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MADISON COUNTY RECORD S
Established June 28, 1901.
FRENCH BROAD NEWS
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The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
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Established May 16, 1907.
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VOL. XXI MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY AUGUST 9, 1929 8 Pages This Week
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OFFICE OF HOME DEMONSTRATION
AGENT IS CONTINUED
TAX RATE CUT IN MADISON
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
COUNTY TWENTY-EIGHT CENTS
MISS CRAFTON REELECTED
FOR ANOTHER YEAR
The office of Home Demonstration
Agent was continued by the County
Board of Commissioners in session
here Monday. Miss Frances Graf
ton, who has filled this office in the
County since last fall, was reelected
for another year. This action of the
Commissioners followed the request
of a large delegation" from over the
County, 43 being housekeepers and
Y 9 club girls, and one man. Miss
M Crafton seems to be getting her work
V well organized and the women in the
County are responding1. However,
better work could be done 'with much
better results if more of the women
of the County would cooperate in this
matter. Let the women of Madison
cooperate in every way possible to
make this office prove to be one of
the most beneficial of all.
"WH00ZIT IN
MADISON"
MOVING PICTURE OF MR.
GEORGE LLOYD, OF MAR
SHALL, AFFECTIONATE
LY KNOWN AS "UNCLEs
GEORGE"
If you live in Madison County and'
do not know Uncle George, you must
be a very obscure person yourself, for
Uncle George is easy to meet, though
hard to pass, and has . a host of
friends, not only in the urban com
munities, Marshall, Hot Springs, etc.,"
but also in the coves and hollows of
Bloody Madison.
Uncle George came to, Marshall
eight or ten years ago to visit friendlB.
mi nnaaihlv to- studv at first hand
ur "mountain "Foas aai-luttwifTa
mils: he liked the country and its
lmrahiA fnlicK an much that he has
staved right on, and is now a recog
nized1 citizen, although he pays no
taxes.
Uncle George's father was born in
Wales, which made a Welshman of
him; Uncle George himself was born
in the State of Pennsylvania, which
made him a Republican. He takes
little part in local political matters
in fact, he seldom carries a gun at all.
The date of his birth is somewhat
obscure. The writer has had various
conversations with Uncle George as
to his early life, but whenever the
talk got close to the question of his
first birthday, this canny Uncle of
ours would give us a sort of look
which plainly implied that he wonder
ed what the devil we were driving at.
Some people are interviewed with
great difficulty, as to their private
lives. You can lead a woman to a
soda fountain and1 make her drink
much more easily than you can find
out her true age, and in this respect,
at least, Uncle George is just a trifle
like a woman. We know, however,
that he was born prior to the Civil
War because we find him enlisted in
a Pennsylvanian regiment that was
sent down to subdue the Southern
Rebels in the '60s. Due to his fleet
ness of foot, he came through that
bloody ordeal almost without a
scratch. He then enlisted in the ar
my , of the Pennsylvania R. R. and
served that Corporation so well and
fuli pay. In other word's, he now
Tine from the Government, which is
indirectly paid by you and me, and
the other from the Pennsylvania R. R.
wmcn, in a remote gense, la paiu
me and you. But we do not begrudge
one cent of the money, for Uncle
George earned it well and knows
well how to handle his earnings.
But we will have to hurry on with
our little story. The writer is so
fond of Uncle Georare. even on short
acquaintance, that he finds it hard to I
keep within the limit allowed lor tms
subject . . . His habits of life
in our community are simple and
sound. Gets up before breakfast and
retires after supper; is punctual, at
the post office but usually late at
Sunday School; walks with a brisk
many a man whose legs are twice as
'long as George's; carries a silver
watch on 'a golden chain; sports no
less than half . a (fozen hats of as
many styles and appears to change
headgear more often than any other!
bachelor in town; Deing a Dacneior,
in this case, does not mean that he
has no nse for womankind, or that he
is a woman-hater, bnt it does signify
that he is absolutely unwedded, an J
we beieve his ease is hopeless, for
when asked when he expects to take
unto himself a wife, he, came right
back and asked, "When do yon ex
pect to take a trip from Marshall to
Newport in a submarine boat?"
The writer is not paid by the Inch,
but by the foot, for this series of
Vetches, and we are limited to one
ot per issue. Should we happen
Inscription On Fossil
The Field Museum of Natural
History has acquired a fossil tur- I
tie which has aroused the interest j
of numerous scientists. This tur-
tie, which belonged to an entirely
unknown species, contains six
Chinese inscriptions believed to
have been carved on the shell a-
bout 4,000 years ago. It was
found tin Shen-si province and was
brought to this country by C. F. i
Yau. The inscriptions are 'deli-
cately traced and are in the earli
est stage of Chinese writing, be
ing identical with that on . the
famous oracle bones of Ho-nan.
Apparently the inscription was
carved on the fossil by some Chi
nese mystic millions of years after
the turtle's death. The Chinese
regarded the turtle as a sacred
creature with the power of pre
dicting the future. . There are no
zoological records of this particu
lar species of turtle and it is be
lieved by paleontologists that it
lived in the Miocene age, some
19,000,000 years ago. Oriental-
ists hope to be able to descipher
the inscription.
The Pathfinder
to run over that mark, the editor
claims the right to chop the story at
the end, which would sadly spoil our
work, in this case, for just at closing
We want to say of Uncle George
Lloyd that he is one of the finest
sports we have ever met; a good com
panion and a friend worth keeping;
arid whatever his age really is, we
hope he lives to reach a hundred and
turns into his second century with
unimpaired health.
Stay on in Marshall. Uncle George.
realloveT ytfui-andiveryfcown
needs men like you who set the ex
ample of minding their Own business!
NEXT WEEK:
Steve and Guy, or
A Partnership that Work, Without
A Working Partner.
MARSHALL SCHOOL
TO OPEN AUG.
29TH
MARSHALL FACULTY SESSION
1929-30
The Marshall High School will open
August 29th instead of a week later,
as had been expected, says Prof essor
Robinson, who was in Marshall this
week preparing for the opening.
The following will constitute the
faculty for the Marshall schooj the
next session. Some changes may be
made in the arrangement of .grades,
but these are the names of the facul
ty.
HIGH SCHOOL
Douglas M. Robinson, of Mars Hill
(Principal and Mathematics.
Miss Anna Mae Caddell, Carthage,
N. C. Home Economics, .
Miss Mad'ge Tweed, Marshall, N. C.
Science.
Miss Selwyn McDevitt, Marshall, N.
C. English.
Miss Ada Michael, Oxford, N.C.
Latin. ': .
Mrs. C. M. Blankenship, Marshall, N.
C. History.
Professor Dixon Coach & Science.
7th Grade Mr. E. O. Burnett, Grand
View, N. C, & Miss Mary Burgin,
Weaverville, . N. C.
6th Grade Miss Selma Rector, Mar
shall, N. C.
5th Grade Miss Bessie Ramsey,
Marshall, N. C. i
4th Grade Miss Ada Silver, Marsh-
all, N. C, Route,
3rd Grade Miss Louise Webster,
Mars Hill, N. C, and Miss Mary
Culbreth, Rutherford, N. 'C.
2nd Grade Miss Nina Renter, Bilt
more, N. C, and Miss Ruby Ed
wards, Mars Hill, N. C.
1st Grade Miss Jeannette Bigham,
Chester, S. C, Miss Margaret
Ward, Marshall, N. C. ;
Music Teacher Miss Marie Hale, of
Boone, N. C. ,'y
Pure Food
One reason for a longer span of
human life may be traced to our pure
food laws. ' The public endorses the
package-goods 4dea that has recently
annexed macaroni, weiners, fish, etc,
into the cellophane-wrapped family
of protected- foods. ' V -
Go as far as you can see and when
you get there, you will tee farther.
Elsie Lincoln Benedit C .
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BEGINNING WITH THIS ISSUE THE NEWS-RECORD
OFFERS TO ITS READERS SOMETHING BOTH
DIFFERENT AND EXCLUSIVE
The News-Record has the good fortune to engage, for
a limited season, the exclusive services of one of the coun
try's foremost specialty writers -k man who describes him
self as a columnist, if you know what that is. We have
made a contract with this party by which we will be able) to
give our readers something novel and racy in each and ev
ery issue, and we doubt if any other county weekly in the
State can offer anything just lik it. This agreement be
tween our correspondent and the 'News-Record is confiden
tial, in some of its terms and conditions, but we deem it pru
dent on our part to publish the fact that we have conceded
a free hand to the correspondent in his choice of subject
and object, upon condition that will hold the News-Record
harmless as to any flare-back'or kick-up from his writ
ings. In other words, we pay hirft well for his services but
we require indemnity from him before; allowing him entire
"freedom of the press."
Elsewhere in this edition. you will find his first offering,
under the heading', "WHOOZIT.IN MADISON." We hope
our readers will enjoy his unique style; in the treatment of
his subjects.
This correspondent desires us to announce that the se
ries will continue! indefinitely, possibly through a hundred
individual subjects; that it will include both ladies and
gentlemen and that it will finally be county-wide.
He also hands us for publication the following synopsis
of a few of the featured that will follow under "WHOOZIT
IN MADISON":
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Dr. Frank Roberts, venerable and beloved dean of our medical men
and one who is equally skilful with knife, whether in the operating or
dining room.
Judge Pender McElroy, a jurist who sticks to the middle of the road
and is probably headed toward Raleigh atod the Supreme Bench.
Mr. O. S. Bradford, genial and tunny Agent of the Southern Railway
at Marshall. - , ; j
Hon. N. B. McDevitt, former law-makr, sometimes law-breaker, but
one' of our best citizens, in spite of his. faults.
Chief Bob Nanney of the Marshall Firf Department, who is also head
surgeon in one of our leading cutrup placid the aijiteri Meat Market,
liSKerlir Bo" RaftSeyT inanhdfes htbhey tn the Country and
spends money in town, now a J. P., but said to be especially fond of fish
caught without a license and of game taken out of the lawful season.
Hon. C. B. Mashburn, reputed to make money wherever money is to
be made, to handle said money with extreme care (some say he fondles
his cash) and devotes some part of said lucre to the judicious improve
ment of his country estate, which is located well within the city limits of
Marshall.
Mr. Roy Gudger, best known for paying taxes cheerfully, and a man
who adheres to St. Paul's advice, at least as to marriage, and sticks
pretty close to the lines marked out by Ben. Franklin for our guidance
in the care and use of money.
Miss Edna Robinette, conceded by all who know her to be the most
popular young lady in the city.
(Mrs. Annie May White, who gave up a political position for one in
business and has made an enviable record for ability in both fields.
(Etc., etc., to be continued)
HARRISON CUTSHALL
KILLED IN TRUCK WRECK
JONAS HENDERSON AND TWO
OTHERS BARELY ESCAPE
DEATH WHEN TRUCK
TURNS OVER
Sunday, July 28, Mr. Jonas Hen
derson Was taking Mr. Harrison Cut
shall to Greeneville to have his foot
treated. Mr. Henderson was driving
his big truck and Mr. Cutshall Was
on the seat with Mr. Henderson in
the cab of the truck. On the back of
the truck were Mr. Will Cook, of Bel
va, and Mr. Bob Luny of Greene
ville, Tennessee. As they were a
bout 1 miles from Greeneville, the
triiik turned over, catching all four
men under it. The cab crushed and
Jlr. Cutshall was Tasini to death.
Mr. Henderson managed to release
h m'el; exceo': ;:is feet, but was un
able to help his companion. The two
men on the rear of the truck manag
ed to get out and when assistance
from Greeneville reached them and
lifted the truck, Cutshall was dead, ;
Mr. Henderson had two ribs broken,
was badly bruised and skinned, but
the other two men escaped with bruis
es, no bones being reported broken
at the Greeneville hospital to which
all Were taken.
Mr. Cutihall lived slightl cn the
Tennessee side of the line, and is sur
vived by his wife and! children. Mr.
Henderson Was able to be in Marshall
Saturday and Wishes it distinctly un
derstood that he was not drunk, that
there was no whiskey about the truck.
Hf says the wreck was caused by the
PAPER LATE AGAIN
' POWER OFF THURSDAY
Everything was set for the News-
Record to be out on time again this
week, when just as we needed power
more than ever H was cut off at two
.. v -m
making it impossible to catch Thurs-
day night's maiL
ELECTRICITY AND RELIGION
Stauley News-Herald.
Henry Ford says religion is like
electricity. It is hard to understand.
He says he does not understand elec
tric'ty, but that he believes in it just
the same and recognizes it as a power
ful force. The same is true with the
matter of religion he says. "I want to
know more about electricity," he re
cently said, "I see its power and its
results in that light. I see it turn the
wheels of industry. I know that it
warms our hearts and that it makes
Vio u'Vila xir-ivlrl Hofto," T lrnnw tVlrif
it lights up the dark places of the
earth. I see and admit its effectiveness
even though I do not profess to under
stand it all," he said, in comparing
electricity with religion.
DIFFERENCE YEARS MAKE
The Chickasha Star tells in the fol
lowing interesting manner of the dif
ference in amount of materials re
quired to make an evening dress 40
years ago and today:
"Then it required 15 yards of wide
silk, 5 yards of skirt lining, 3 yards
nf horsehair cloth to stiffen the-skirt.
tfour yards Of silk for dust rune, 6
; ds of velveteen, 1 and 1-2 yards
,of sleeve lining, 2 inches of buckram
for collar stiffening, 4 dozen fancy
buttons, 1 card large hooks and eyes,
5 spools of silk thread,. 2 spools cot
ton thread. 4 buttonhole twist, 2
J yards f eatherboning for collar, bolt
'of seam binding. . Today it takes
three ytrds of silk and thread. Tet
-v ... w tn-
no man on earth can figure why to-
'oays ' more thaa thoso
.-'of 40 years ago."-:. -; r .
Venus Rotates
Astronomers have hitherto been
in doubt as to whether Venus, the
earth's nearest neighbor among
the planetsf' rotates upon its axis.
Although Venus has a much heavi
er atmosphere than the earth, its
density, temperature, size and
other physical properties resemble
those of our srlobe. Dr. W. W.
Coblenz, of the Bureau of Stand-
ards, stated before the National
Academy of Sciences that fine
measurements of the temperature
distribution f of Venus indicate
that the planet is rotating on its
j axis like the earth, although pos-
sibly at a very slow rate of speed.
Formerly it was supposed that
Venus always turns the same face
toward the sun, which would
mean that one side would be in
I tensely hot and the other extreme-
ly cold. The planet's dense at-
mosphere prevents an examination
I of its surface through powerful
j telescopes. Dr. Coblenz was able
to measure the heat radiation
from definite spots by means of
the latest thermocouple.
The Pathfinder
RELIEVING THE FARMER
The corn borer eats the farmers grain
The bee moth spoils his honey,
The mosquito gives him quite a pain
And the auto gets his money.
JUST LIKE SOME VOTERS
Pennsylvania paper A large barn
on the George E. J. Lewis was elect
ed to fill the vacancy on the board of,
education- caused by the resignation
RANGER WRITES
Editor, News-Record:
I am comparatively a stranger in
your city, but I like your town and
your people. It seems to me that
Marshall and the country around it
can have a fine development in the
future, if you people will grasp your
opportunities.
Are apples raised to any extent in
Madison County? My reason for
askinar this is that I am extremely
fond of fried apples with my break
fast and I wish you would kindly let
me know where I will find a place in
Marshall that serves fried apples at
breakfast.' "My wife at home follows
the best method of cooking fried
apples I have ever seen, and I will
give it you, as it might interest some
of your readers:
She drops a few slices of very fat
bacon in the -pan and renders out the
grease, after which she removes the
meat. She then drops in the sliced
apples, either freshly prepared or
good Canned apples, sprinkles this
liberally with sugar over the top and
adds a plenty of butter to season.
Then she Duts it in a hot oven and
when it is cooked, you have the main
reason why I feel, a little homesick
when I am away from the wife.
Thank you for giving me the time
to read the above, and for an early
answer to my request.
Yours truly,
.' ' ' " ' S. T. Ranger.
The, editor is very glad to hear
from , Mr. Ranger and hopes he will
like oub town well enough to return
and spend some time with us every
year. We have asked Mr. rJnntnaii,
our capable. County Agent, to give
you any possible information about
apple culture in our community. In
regard .to fried apples, we have made
inquiry' of .'our public eating places
and we re happy to inform you that
Mrs. Boh Nanney, who conducts one
of our leading hotels, makes it a rule
to serve fried apples for breakfast
every morning, in the year. You will
find her place on Main Street Call
there for a meal and we feel sure you
will be delighted. Editor.
A 1 1 ri
A mosquito has twenty-two teeth,
all of which may be seen through a
microscope," we are told, and all felt
through' a iift , stocking, as any girl
can tell you. -Albany Knickerbocker
Press.
. - Ni' Ov Braseom has been secured as
assistant county agent in Buncombe
County. j' V 4
; ."Bop what's a monlogT'
CA jnpnolog conversation be
tween husband and wife." "." ,
"I thought tbat was a dialog--'
"No, a dialog is where two persons
are speaking." Capper's Weekly.
NO BACKWARD STEP BY COM
MIS&QNERS IN MATTERS
ESSENTIAL
The above headlines will perhaps
be the best news to come to the peo
ple of Madison in many a day. The
burden of taxes has been a sore sub
ject for quite a while and the people
have been fed on promises that it
wouli be reduced only to be disap
pointed but the commissioners Mon
day seemed to have fallen upon a so
lution of the problem, partly due to
the increased equalization fund. The
rate has been reduced from $2.23 to
$1.05 on the hunuVed dollars valua
tion of property. The rates as they
now stand are.
General County $0.15
(Same as last year)
Maintenance of Public Schools
for six months (97c last year)..
Surfacing and building roads and
bridges (20c last year)
County Debt Service fund (85c
.92
.30
last year)
.50
.03
Jury Tax (.01 last year)
County Home and Outside Poor
(same as last year)
.05
This makes a total of $1.95 on $100
valuation of property.
SPECIAL ROAD TAXES
Special Road Taxes are as follows:
No. 2 T. S $0.45
No.
8 & 9 T.
13 T. S.
14 T. S.
15 T. S.
.20
No.
No.
No.
.68
.20
.12
.07
No. 16 T. S.
Special taxes in all Special Tax
Districts is 20c with the exception of
Spring Creek, where it will be 30c
by virtue of their having no "special
tax for the year 1928.
The allotment to Madison county
of $68,596.14 from the state equali
zation fund, and of $13,672.61, from
the fund to aid eight months' term
schools, made it possible to cut the
countywide tax rate for schools five
cents jou the .?10a valuation, awl the-:
rates in, the special tax districts by
amounts varying from 10 to 30 cents.
At a meeting of the county board
of education Monday afternoon, sup
plies for the new Spring Creek High
School were purchased. The new
building will be finished and turned
over to the county school board next
Saturday. It will be dedicated some
time in September.
Purchase of the supplies for the
school was before the board at the
meeting in July, but action was de
layed, and Tuesday members of the
Board said that, by delaying, they se
cured better bids and1 saved the coun
ty several hundred dollars.
All the schools in this county will
be open by September 2, with about
160 teachers at work.
Madison county is making as rapid
progress as any in the state in edu
cation, according tjo former State
Senator Woltz, of Gastonia, a mem.
ber of the state equalization board.
who was here a few days ago con
ferring with members of the county
board ot education.
WHAT'S NEW?
A midget airplane recently display
ed at Roosevelt Field, L. I., has a
wing spread of only 20 feet.
Chemists have produce a nonintoxi-
cating alcohol called isopropyl.
By a cross of wheat with rye, a
new grain with great power of resist
ance to cold has been developed in
Russia.
Lead is now used between founda
tions and steel framework of sky
scrapers as a shock absorber.
Solid instead of liquid fuel is used
in a new English tractor which plows
at the rate of six miles an hour.
In recent tests an airplane was
hooked on to the dirigible Los Ange
les and released again while in flight.
Women To Eventually
Run The "Whole
Works"
(From Graham Messenger)
The emancipation of women is' still
marching on.
Women are now doing things in
every walk of life, and are indulging
in every habit and. custom known to
the race. They lead churches, teach
school, dictate to men, manage offic
es, raise children, make homes, legis
late, politic, drive cars, gamble, swear
fight, paint their faces and accord ng
to some authorities, dress indecently.
And these facts arc gathered from
an average day's news. , : . ; ,v
It's growing on them, too, and ,
whatever it is will soon have the wo
men folks rnnnlng the. whole works.
There's no end to what a woman can
do. And, there seems to be no limit
to what some of them will do. ,