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VOL.XI
MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1929 8 Pages This Week
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TWO MEN KILLED AND GIRL
SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN
SHOOTING AFFAIR SUNDAY
Three Man In Jail And 12-Year-Old
Girl In Hospital
PRELIMINARY HEARING TO BE
MONDAY, AUGUST 19
Associational B.Y.P.U.
Program
Arthur Stanton and Albert King
are dead and Stanton's 12-year-old
' daughter is fighting for life in an
Asheville hospital as a result of a gun
. hotla lnat Kunrlnv aft.firnnon about
II E V 1,11-11 wvvnvi." . .
Sampson and Arnold Landers, broth
ers of the Laurel 'section of Madison
County The two Landers brothers
are in the jail at Marshall, held for
the shooting-of the two dead men and1
Hubert Stanton is in jail held as a
witness. Arthur Stanton, formerly of
Madison County, recently of near
Greeneville, Tenn., and Albert King
of the Laurel section were shot to
death following ill feelings and malice
and hatred which had been harbored
for some time. King, Stanton, and
his 12-year-old daughter, were on one
car when they met a truck on which
the two Landers brothers and several
picnickers were riding. There seems
f to be two versions as to who started
f the shooting, but King was shot to
death under the steering gear of his
car and was in that position when the
sheriff arrived, several bullets having
pierced the body. Stanton was in
stantly killed also and the daughter
was shot in two or three places a
bout the face and head and her hand
was shot so that' the middle left fin
ger had to be amputated at the hos
pial. The girl is said to have a chance
at recovery and is in her right mind.
Sheriff Ramsey happened to be rid
ing out that way when the shooting
occurred near Belva and in a few
minutes the house where the Landers
boys lived was surrounded and they
surrendered, saying they were ready
to go. The preliminary trial is set
for next Monday and will be heard
by Ex-Sheriff R. S. Ramsey. The
wyoroner' verdict was that the two
rmen came to their death by Millets'
fired by the two Landers brothers.
Albert King, age about 45. was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. King of
Marshall and is survived by his wife
and eight children, as follows: Mrs.
Paul Cutshall, of Asheville; Willis
King and Chester King of Madison
County; Mrs. Mary Lee Bishop, Miss
Robbie King, Martha King, Auz King
and the baby. He also leaves three
brothers and four sisters, viz., Leroy
King, Greeneville, Tenn., Raleigh aid
Bruce King of Madison County, Mrs
A. C. Gentry, of Laurel; Mrs. Lula
Justice of Morristown, Tenn., Mrs.
uiva i nomas of Laurel, anu Miss Et
ta King of Asheville.
Arthur Stanton, age about 40, is a
nephew of Mrs. W. E. King of Mar
shall, Mrs. King being named Stanton
before marriage. His fattier, Bev.
Stanton, is now serving a sentence in
the State prison for violation of the
prohibition law. Hubert Stanton,
now held in jail in this .case, is the
only brother of the dead Stanton and
h'j haves two children, one a b3y a
bou. 7 or 8 years old and n girl a
tout 1Z. He leaves three sisters,
Mrs. Ethel Ray of Greene County,
Mrs. Artnur uentry of Walnut ana
Mrs. Grace Blevins, rl Kansus City,
mo.
The funeral services for tho two
dead men were held Monday, con
ducted by Kevs. Scott Chandler, Bull
man, and Howard Chandler. Inter
ment followed in th.! Stanton grave
yard near Belva.
This tragedy is perhaps the most
Regrettable to occur in the county in
Igany years. Wednesday's ed'.tion of
the Asheville Citizen carr.ed cr. the
first page cuts of three people now in
Madison County jail charged with
taking human life the two Landers
brothers and Flossie Shelton, wl o Is
charged with shooting her husband
about the middle of July. While
Madison still maintains its name of
"bloody Madison," this Is not th9 on
' ly county in the State, and this is not
the only State in the Union, where
iuch tragedies occur. Crime is
rampant throughout the world and
death follows in Its wake.
Mars Hill, N. C, Aug. 18, 1929
KEY NOTE: Living for Jesus.
10:40 Song Service.
11:00 App. of Committees.
10 Sermon .. Rev. E. N. Gardner
12:00 Dinner.
1 :45 Song Service.
2:00 Devotional Rev. Ralph Mor
gan. 2:10 Report of Committee.
2:20 Special Music.
2:30 How to Increase the Interest
In The Local U- .
nion Bonnie Chandler
2 :40 The Value of Stand
ards Fred Anderson
2 :60 Our Associational Opportuni
ty -Max Roberts
3 :00 The Value of the Association
al B. Y. P. U Rev. H. L.
Smith (Marshall)
3:10 Open Conference.
3:30 Special Music.
3:35 Message Living for Jesus
Rev. E. N. Gardner.
MADISON NATIVE
POPULAR ARTIST
French Broad Associa
tion To Meet At
Grand View
The one hundred and twenty-second
annual session of the French
Broad Baptist Association will be
held with the Grand View Baptist
church next Thursday and Friday Au-
guest 22-23. All the thirty-four
churches should make an effort to
have their delegates and Church Let
ters there at the beginning of the
Thursday Morning Session. Come
praying that this may be the greatest
session ever held.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Raleigh, Aug. 14. More than
12,000 white boys and girls graduat
ed from the public high schools of
the State at the end of the year just
closed, it is revealed from tabulations
completed and released today by the
State Superintendent of Public In
struction. A total 12,145 finished
this year and 11,278 the previous ses
sion, or an increase of 867 graduates
during a year's time.
Of the total number of pupils who
graduated this pasv year, 7,795 were
from rural schools and 4,350 from
special charter or city schools. The
year 1927-28 there were 7,073 rural
and 4,245 city graduates of white
hierh schools. In other words, the
number of rural graduates increased
during one year's time 10.2 per cent,
or exactly three times the percentage
that city graduates increased.
Comparing this year's figures with
those five years ago, 1923-24, there
is found a 75 per cent increase in the
S. S. CONVENTION
A SUCCESS
PULL TOGETHER
By J. HENRY ROBERTS
Editor News-Record:
Have read with delight the article
of Mr. A. W. Whitehurst in your is
sue of August the first, "How To Re
duce Taxes." In the article, Mr.
Whitehurst explains how to make the
among his own people. He has the
vision of service and is loyal to his
own people.
Madison County is indeed to be
cummenaea in giving Dirtn to suca
men, but she is fortunate in having
one of her distinguished sons in her
midst. Any community will be for
tunate in having Ferdie L. Hipps as
a teacher. He is a man who can
i build. His foresight and judgment
can be relied upon. He has been
The Annual Madison County Sun
' day (School Convention met at the
Flat of Spring Creek last Saturday
and Sunday, as previously announced.
The convention was largely attended, bank account grow and when vou
tne attendance being estimated at have the monev then it reduces the T ; 7, V "c ' ue"
750. The devotional exercises were hthoTlLaybehiil l" a"d, faithf' as teacfh"' a 8tu"
Ied by Mr. J. A. Dennis of Marshall taxes are high any were you may go, I?" and 83 a defe"der f h'5 C0Un-
and speeches were made by Dr. J. H. really unreasonably high. ' t ,- t , ,
Hutchins, Dr. J. T. M. Knox, of Mar- i mv articles 0f June the 7th and 1 14 ea5y,t?. P1". fo' s"c'h ama.n
hall -and Miss Daisv Mae-ee State ii,7 Tv. or i , and a successful life in his field. He is
on". . . ,y Ma&ee' tate July the 2Gth, I suggested that some ,,, fn wni.t ,uro tWo ia
, one write good stories of Madison , to be done. He js faithf ul in the nt.
County and describe the beautiful ti0 tha oil ; !,
o....... MJ C11 .1 II. WIV IttlgC uuca.
! He shirks no duty nor is he afraid of
jar.y obstacles. His spirit is daunt-
Sunday School worker.
Mr. J. Coleman Ramsey, who was
on the program to speak, created
ome fun for the crowd bv falling
into the creek. He was walking a
cross on the log foot way when his
foot slipped and he fell into the wa
ter getting wet to his waist. It was
said that they did not know whether
his speech went up or down, but with
a few remarks, he left the
making to Dr. Knox.
sceneries as an advertisement in or
der to bring tourists and home seek
ers to spend their money there, but I 1
believe Mr. Whitehurst's suggestion is j
the better one, and both are good. I
And so are the suggestions 0f your j
farm demonstrator, excellently good.
Now put into Dractice Mr. Whi.t- !
speecn -hurst's suggestions and also your
iarm demonstrator's and those that
II. N. FRANCIS.
HOME COMING
Tho Walnut PruokiTfarion nVinV. J. 14- - i i 11
.,...,. ..vUJ,v..i. v.. ,uu iu in u snort ume 'will say, it s
won the attendance banner and the reduced my taxes" and if they don't
next meeting of the Convention will I'll agree to eat mv old hat anH mv
with .the Walnut church. The i reason for savine that. I know n man
OCTOBER 12-19, 1929
be
officers were re-eleced as follows: 'in Illinois that told me he had cleared
A. W. Whitehurst, President, ten thousand dollars on his poultry
, u. xiuitiiina, i itc-ncomciii, iarm m me year 1924 and if it can
MISS PEGGY METCALF VISITING
RELATIVES AND FRIENDS HERE
From Bluff in Madison County, has
Miss Peggy Metcalf, who has gained schools this year.
total number of white public high
school graduates. In 1923-24 the to
tal number of graduates of the white
high schools was nearly 1,000 less
than the graduates o tfonly rural
Miss. Stella Carver, Secretary.
The Convention Dlans to hold
township Conventions in every town
ship in the county during the fall.
Notwithstading the rain about two
hours, the convention was quite pleas
ant. The people responded with a
splendid dinner and the Convention
appreciates the hearty and generous
way in ' which the people responded j it's you
and cooperated in making tne conven
tion sucl) a success.
be done in Illinois, it can hp HnriA in
mau son uounty, N. V.
August 3, 1929
Mr. H. L. Story
Marshall, N. C.
Dear Sir:
There was a time when several
hundred thousand good citizens of
North Carolina chose their places of
residence in other states of our na-
Start Surfacing
Hot Springs To
State Line Road
popularity in Northern cities as a vo
canst.
Peggy Metcalf is her stage name.
A year ago she married Vincent D.
Daniels, of Sunnysde, L. I., who is a
piano teacher, jasz orchestra direc
tor, "gloiia trotter, and composer.
They are a couple unusually talented
in music.
Miss Metcalf is visiting friends and
relatives in Western North Carolina
and while here has given a number
of programs, one at the George Van-
drbilt roof garden, and two over
radio station WWNC. She sang for
an hour over WJWNU Wednesaay
night, accompanied by "Red" Cross
at the piano.
This native artist socializes in
blues singing. She has a contralto
voice of fine quality. While in the
north, Miss Metcalf sang over radio
station WEAF, New York, and other
stations. Some of her most popular
numbers include.' "Dina," "I Ain't
Got Nobody," and "After You're
Gone."
Miss Metcalf will remain in this
section until September 15. She is
visiting her cousin, T. R. Russell, of
Leanhurst Boulevard, Buena Vista,
and plans to spend the week-end in
Bluff, visiting G. V. Russell, an uncle.
The singer is the daughter of Rob
ert R. L. Metcalf. Her mother, be
fore her marriage, was Miss Victor
Russell, both parents being from
Madison County.
Besides singing over the radio, Miss
Metcalf appeared on the New York
stage and in - some of the largest
cabarets of the metropolis. Her last
appearance was at Colonial Inn, Sin-
gac, J. J. she retired from public
life on February 1, last, and says her
attentions, for the most part, are now
being devoted to the duties of house
keeping. Her appearances here have
been occasiond bv the requests of
friends and relatives.
Asheville Citizen.
The largest number of graduates
from the rural schools in any one
county was in Buncombe, where 273
boys and girls were given diplomas
or certificates of graduation from
high school. Johnston County had a
total of 231 'White high -school grad
uates, and Mecklenburg had 216.
There were only five graduate of
rural high schols in Scotland County,
15 ih Chowan and 16 in Camden.
There was not a county that did not
have at least one standard rural high
school sending out its graduates.
"WHOOZIT IN
MADISON"
ONE MURDER CASE
ON COURT DOCKET
MADISON JURORS DRAWN FQR
AUGUST CRIMINAL TERM
FRED, SHELTON
IS NEAR DEATH
The latest renort is to the effect
that Fred Shelton, who was said to
have been shot, by his wife, Flossie
Shelton, is in 'an extremely grave
condition with little hope for recov
ery, and after being unconscious for
more than 36 hours, he is gradually
growing weaker.
It will be remembered that Shelton
was shot by his bride of only a few
weeks, Flossie Shelton, and was tak-
Oft f A nrAAnAtfllla TH ImanUnl
f"u Kwvei iwcH oi mo ,on ;ne night or July 16. Mrs. She!
About 150 cases are on docket for
the criminal session of SuDerior
Court for Madison county, which will
convene here on Monday, August 26.
it has been announced. Among these
icases will be one murder case, that of
State vs. John Davis, who is alleged
to have shot and killed Bunt Roberts.
of the Doe Branch section of Madi
son county in a quarrel. Davis, im
mediately after the shooting, caught
a train to Marshall, where he sur
rendered to Sheriff R. R. Ramsey
stating at the time that he had done
the shooting, adding: "I had to do
it," that being the only statement he
would make at the time.
At the preliminary hearing held
later before Magistrate Robert S.
Ramsey, the only eye-witness to the
tragedy, George Buckner, negro res
ident of the community, stated that
Roberts started shooting after hav
ing cursed Davis, whereupon Davis
immediately drew his pistol and start
ed shooting, hitting Roberts three
times. The pistol, a .38-calibre gun,
was brought to Marshall by Davis and
given over to the sheriff. This case
has created quite a lot of interest in
Mad son county. Davis was released
on bond for his appearance at this
court.
The list of jurors drawn for this
term of court will be found elsewhere
in this paper.
MARSHALL P. T. A.
SEPTEMBER 3
North Carolina State Highway com
mission began the resurfacing of the
stretch of Highway No. 20 between
Hot Springs and the Tennessee line
Monday, This will be the second
coat of tar and gravel on thii stretch
of roadi - . -- . -
. It is reported that the eight r8fle
link between Hot Spring and Laurel
River will- not be treated this year.
Some changes In curves a-c contem
plated before this piece of road is
improved with a bard surf nee. This
is the only piece of top soil road be
tween the Tennessee tins and . the
Atlantic coast on No. 20. . liv
Machines .to 'harvest sweet clover
eed are being made from old binders
ht a cost of from f 50 to 75 In Stanly
County.
t ton fled from their home in the Lau
rel section of the County and sur
rendered to Tennessee officers several
days later, She was released from
jail on bond after a report that her
husband's condition was considerably
improved. However, she was orer
ed re-arrested Monday night by So
licitor R. Mv Wells, and is. being held
-without bond in the Madison County
jail. .
Minister"! hear, Paddie, they've
gone dry in the villag-e .where your
brother lives." ".'' -.--::
Paddle "Dry," raon! They're par
ched. I've just bad a letter from Mike
an the postage stamp was stuck on
with a pin." Schaefer Magazine,
The President of the Parent-Teacher
Association at Marshall, Mrs. S. B.
Roberts, wishes us to announce that
there will be a meeting of this asso
ciation the first Tuesday i.-i Septem
ber, which will be September 3rd.
This is to be an important meeting,
says Mrs. Roberts, and a1! are urred
to attend.
STILL CAPTURED
ON SPHICORN
A still was captured on Snill Corn
Wednesday, at which four men and
four women were working. One man
and one woman weer lodged in jail,
the others escaping, it was said.
"STEVE AND GUV
We announced last week that we
would operate on the above subjects
at this week's clinic and some of you
are no doubt eager to get the paper,
regardless of your politics. We re
gret exceedingly that we must disap
point you this time. One of the a
bove firm is carrying his left arm in
a sling and it is positively against our
policy to jump on a cripple.
The best we can do is to try to di-.
vert you with a story, which we here
set down as 'twas told to us:
Some female descendant of Benj.
Franklin asked for admission into
some exclusive patriotic society, pos
sibly the Daughters of the American
Revolution; following their rule as
to new members, they appointed a
committee to investigate the private
affairs and secret thoughts of the
Franklin family, clear back to Old
Ben himsef, and when they got so
far back they turned up a scandal
mine! For it was disclosed, not in
Ben's Autobiography, but by word-
of-mouth evidence that
When wise old Ben Franklin appre
hended from trustworthy inside in
formation it was a mere matter of
time until fhe American Colonies
would be at war with Mother Eng
land, he called in his son-in-law, to
whom he said: "Son, we are headed
toward trouble with King George.
For my part, I shall play the role of
a patriot and uphold the Colonies in
this struggle to the best of my abil
ity, but on your part I believe it
would be prudent to hold yourself
out as a Torv. Bv this nlan. comi?
iwhat will, no matter which side wins, i fourth of the Hipps family to grad-
ONE OR THE OTHER OF US CAN jate at waice f orest College. He has
CLAIM AND HOLD THE FAMILY I been preceded by three cousins, all
PROPERTY"! ! ! T0' whch have made a name for them
selves in their respective fields: Dr.
N'nt a had n!nn nt nil nrhun vnn A. T. Hipps, a noted nhvsician ' in
come to examine it from a practical (Asheville, N. C; Hon. W. H. Hipps,
viewpoint. It might even be applied a well-known lawyer in Asheville;
in present day politics. Two men, land Rev. J. B. Hipps, a missionary in
related by birth, let us suppose, per- nina.
ihe slogan My Country" as edited tion. Those were days when North
by your County farm agent is a erood Carolina hovered near the lower end
urns, xne wnoie u. . is "My Coun
try" and to get it closer home, I sug
gest we also have this slogan, "My
Home County," and if anything is
wrong it isn't "My Home County"
it's you. If you want to live in the
kind of country vou likp. fin nnr rn
our clothes in our grip and start on
a long hike, for you'll only find what
you've left behind, as there is nothing
thats really new. It's a knock at
yourself hen you knock your Coun
ty and county officials. It isn't the
County and officials it's you If
everyday works and cooperates and
nobody shirks, you can raise the
county from the dead and when you
have made our norsmnoi ,oi, ii
your felloe make one, too, then "My
Home County" will be what you want
to see. It isnt "My Home County"
-w0 ,uu. togetner, cooperate
'with each other and don't knock.
Remember the slogan, "My Home
County and make it the best coun
ty in the State of North CaFolina
In your issue of August 1st a writ
er was still hammering to know what
has been done with the
money after the information has been
given and published in your paper,
and if that writer has ever made a
suggestion to better conditions I
cannot recall it at this time, and his
articles sound more to me as a knock
er and not a booster, for he has made
ine wnoie state of North Carolina a
Republican State. "Not yet, broth
er." Again I wish to say that I do not
ask for any honors, favors or notori
eties by these articles. I would not
have a public office under any con
sideration even if I wem plicrihlo k
'what I do want is to see "My Home
fniititv" tV,o K-,-4. .... . ,S . .
..v. wic ucai luuiuv in rna Mora
of North Carolina to live in, and it
can be made so if everybody will co
operate and pull together.
I am
Yours for the best,
J. HENRY ROBERTS,
747 Morrell St.,
Detroit, Michigan.
Another Hipps
Graduates From
Wake Forest
Ferdie L. Hipps is following in the
l.j i.v. (vj vfc uifl nidi 11C 13 UIC
fectly congenial socially and finan
cially, might form a partnership
based on the scheme that one would
hold himself out to be a Democrat
and the other a Republican, and thus,
come what might or could, ONE OR
THE OTHER OF THE TWO
COULD CLAIM AND HOLD but
we leave tne rest to your imagina
tion. For our part, we are non-par
tisan !
NEXT WEEK:
ZEB MERRILL, OF ROUTE 2
The Story of a Mas Wbo Has Done
His Part Jo Lift Cow Trading to a
Plant of RjMpectabilit.
And How Zob Handed tho Wont End
of IT to a Colkfo-Trainod Town
Gut ' Who : Undertook ' to
Match Wit. with Zob in
a Calf Tradal
Shinn That srirl you nicked nn at
the dance the other night was from
Ireland, wasn't she?, ' .v r
; Foote No, from Iceland., ,r . .
Sixty-one boys attende'd the club
camp held in Buncombe County last
week. - .
All these Hipps were born and
reared in. mountain homes under the
dome of Murray's Knob in Madison
County on the head waters of Spring
Creek near the Haywood County line.
All were members of the Flats of
Spring Creek Baptist church.
r erdie L. Hipps entered Wake For
est in 1916 but he was called to take
up arms for. his country. For two
years he was with the 81st division in
France. After the Armistice was
signed he attended the University of
Grenoble for one session and took lec
tures at Oxford in England.
When Ferdie L. came back to his
native country he went to the South
ern Baptist Seminary at Louisville,
Ky., for three years. He came back
to Wake Forest last year and got his
Bachelor's degree this summer.
, i Ferdie L. Hipps ts a man of sterl
ing character. , His Dersonklitv is
one which is admired by-everyone
witn wnom he is associated., fie can
stoop nothing basis... -Hit friendt
are many. He has won a nlace in
the confidence of his fellow students
and his teachers. ,v , .
He has the true snirit of bis rr
He is constantly forginir his wav u-"
ward. His ideal is hieh. '
Ferdie L. expects to spend'his life i
of all lists jrivine the ratines of
states in their order of accomplish
ments and progress. Those days,
when we thanked God for the one or
two states which were below us on all
lists, are gone. Now we are setting
our pace to keep abreast with the
best states of the union.
North Carolina has made unequall
ed progress during the past twenty
five years and has now reached such
a position amongst the states of the
union that our 1929 Legislature de
cided by resolution (Resolution 17,
Public Laws of North Carolina, Ses
sion 1929) to invite all former citi
zens of this State who now live in
other states to come back for a visit.
Therefore, the Legislature of 1929
set aside the week of October 18-19
as HOME-COMING WEEK and State
Fair Week.
The central committee on HOME
COMING WEEK met in the Gover
nor's office on Tuesday, July 30, and
decided that it would, be fitting for
each county in North Carolina to
have a home-coming on Saturday and
Sunday of October 12 and 13. In
order that your county may begin
plans at once for our COUNTY
HOME-COMING the committee nam-
ed in Resolution No. 17 selected for
your county the committee named on
this letter, as follows:
C. M. Blankenship,
W. M. Roberts,
W. L. George,
J. H. Davis,
J. W. Roberts,
R. R. Ramsey,
H. L. Story,
Ira Plemmons,
J. H. Hutchins.
The county committee should have
a meeting at once, elect a permanent
chairman, expand the committee, and
appoint additional committees, if it
so wishes, and begin work without
delay.
It is suggested that the home-coming
program for the counties consist
of a public meeting at the county
seat, public speaking by some dis
tinguished son of the county now liv
ing in another state or county, din
ner, picnic, or barbecue, and a sight
seeing trip on Saturday, October 12.
On Sunday, October 13, the church
es might like to have native sons, now
preaching elsewhere, return for ser
mons in the old home county.
Very truly yours,
J. W. HARRELSON,
Secretary to the Committee.
Mrs. Prim "I didn't see your hus
band in church this morning."
Mrs. Grim "No, he doesn't dare
go now.
Mrs. Prim (shocked) "Doesn't
dare go? Why?"
Mrs. Glim "Last Sunday the pas
tor prayed for the loose livers of the
parish. After the service my hus
band asked him if he wouldn't slip
in just a few words about his floating
kidney and the minister threw a
hymn book at him!"
The gum-chewing girl
And the cud-chewing cow
Are somewhat alike,
But different somehow.
What difference?
Oh, yes, I see it now:
It's the thoughtful look
- On the face of the cow.
Dairy Farmer.
' Ruth Coleman of Alamance Coun
ty and Boyce Brooks of Duplin Conn
ty, -were' pronounced the champion
health club members of North. Caro
lina at the recent 4-H short eourse. .
These two young folks earns np from
county and district contests and art
said to be slmost perfect specimens
' of ' ; - ! ; -