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4 fftla .1. - f,' , THE NEWS-RECORD frO flft '7 : -PRICE A YEAR L T $Uy - Q If MADISON COUNTY RECORD Established June 28, 1901. : , FRENCH BROAD NEWS Established May 16, 1907. Consolidated November 2, 1911 i ' n n Th PROGRESSIVE, FARMER I I ARMER $225 THE NEWS-RECORD CO.OCT -v I I " rk BOTH A YEAR FOM . U U U . , u . . .. THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN5 MADISON COUNTY VOL. XXI MARSHALL, N C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1929 8 Pages This Week 1500 : FINE FARMING IN IDAHO MR. GEORGE W. SILVER WRITES fr OF TRIP FROM MARSHALL Jerome, Ida. ' - Oct. 8, 1929 Editor News-Reeord: If you will allow me space in your paper, 1 will five some of my mends an account of mystp west. , We started from Marshall on Sep tamber 8th at 12 M., and stopped at Knoxville that night; so starting early next morning and driving slowly, we v reached LouiBYIfle the next night, and continued to drive slowly until about the third day, when we decided the car was ready to make better Vme, so we made an average of bet ter than forty miles per hour until we reached Jerome on September 20 at 2 P. M., a distance of 2767 miles. We used one hundred and fifty gal lons of gas and four and one-half gallons off oil. The total cost of both was 44.12. We had nice weather nearly all the way through. There were two skowers the second day, and H hard rain the day we reached Idaho. ? .One fellow in Marshall told me that I would never get through in a" Chev rolet car, but he was mistaken, for it was like a young bronc. - I just had to hold her down all the way through, and we would have made the trip without any trouble -had it not been for one of our automobile friends scattering some roofing nails in the road a few miles east of Cheyenne, and I picked, up two of them at the same time in both rear tires, but that only delayed us for a few minutes. We found splendid roads all the way, mostly hard surface, until we reached Nebraska; then it was gravel all the rest of the way. The Lincoln Hicrhway is sure fine and well marked I guess some one will want me to say something about the country here in Idaho. I believe it is the best farming country I have ever seen, especially in the Snake River Valley. I have seen more beans in the past four days than I had ever heard .of before and all kinds. or crops do wen The farmers are averaging above thirty bushel of beans pollers and umg them I or seven -rents - per POUndt J - V . .?:. . 1 some parts ox tne state ao not iook so well, especially the Wood River (Valley. , Their : winters hive been light ior several years and naturally poor crops for want of water; Game is plentiful .here. We see flocks of Chinese pheasants any time we get out onthe farms, and wild chickens and ducks. All this is good but there are other things not so pleasant Churches are not so plentiful. Sunday Schools are scarce. Plenty of grown people here, I guess, have never seen tne inside -oi a cnurcn house. 1 . ' - I believe that, the Mission Board would do well to send some good old tune preachers to this country. II the people here were. all Christians . i i j 1 -t a. 1; . cms wouiu ug nu pmto 1,0 ue. There was a birthday party at Mrs, M. Tipton's last Sunday and quite a crowd 01 people were mere. Mrs. Tipton -was 85 years old.' She left Madison County about 21 years ago, and is still in good health. . I guess I had better close before I write a long letter. v:' ; GEO. W. SILVER. Martha Neihlken , of '' Asheville, and Dan Maclaren. Jr., of Roland. . The table, bearing its large wed ding cake, glowed in its color scheme of golden and white.: Upstairs in charge of the Gift Tables,- covered with their golden greet ings, was Mrs. C. V. Broiles of Bir mingham. IMr. Zeb Baird, who received with Mr. and Mrs. Weaver, was Mr. Weaver's Best Man fifty years. Mrs. William Sidney Porter was also a very young guest on the same occasion. WICKED LITTLE DEVILS AWAKE, GIRLS! OPPORTUNITY MAY PASS WHILE YOU SLUMBER GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Weaver re ceived two hundred guests from eight i tp ten Wednesday evening, as tne i iests arrived strains of the fiddle t . 1 til . T f . t. 1 J! - ana tne uie uanjo, in meioaies 01 a by-gone day, could be heard from the side porch of the Weaver's lovely country home while old uncle Gilbert Baird, . sole survivor of ' the Weaver family Blaves, helped the guests in parking their, , cars. vI i s s Pearl Weaver . received the guests ; at the at-floor. . Golden ; and wnite t autumn added their touch of beauty and mel lowness to this commemoration of their youth in the autumn of the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Weaver. Assisting them in receiving were Mrs. D. P. " Herndonof Birmingham, Ala., sister : of Mrs. Weaver,Mr. W. H. Weaver, Mrs. J. J. Burnett from Del Rio, Ten nessee, sister of Mr. Weaver, Mrs. William Sidney Porter, Mr. Zeb . Baird, Mrs. C. A. Nichols, Mrs. Eliza Reagan, Mrs. T. H. Weaver. ; In the sun parlor were Miss .Sue Weaver of Tela, Honduras, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Maclaren of Roland, Miss Louise Weaver of High Point. Miss Clara Caldwell of Fort Worth, Texas, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weaver of High Point ' and Mrs. -Noab Walser of High Point guided the guests to the dining room where Mrs: Frank Blackstock and Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Faweett of New York were assisting. Pouring coffee were Mrs. Robert Weaver and Mrs. J. J. Reagari Serving the guests were Betty Gwynn Weaver, Josephine Er skin, Mary Elisabeth Reeves, Rebecca Morris and Margaret Whitten. Di- i rectins; to the Punch Bowl were Mr. 1 and Mrs. Lynn Wsver. , Jliss Bere- nice isarry ana na num in, oth of Asheville, rr"-; ! at the - -h Fowl. Ass! ' t 1 "--s .:;---.ret t ' Listening in to the heartbeats. sighs and groans of the community, we discover disquietude in certain social circles. ' The reason is not far to seek; there is an unusual infesta tion of fleas, and we mean the kind that prefer a human host. is proper that such a problematical si tuation . should be referred to the press for .research and solution. The progressive ' publisher gladly serves where all other agencies fail to func tion. As in mysterious murder cases. so is the question "Why is the flea, whence is he, and where is he at?" accepted by the modern journalist as a challenge to his knowledge of sci ence and to his powers of deduction. Our first conclusion was that these wingless, blood-loving insects, with their extraordinary powers of. leap ing, come to us from Detroit, via Charlotte. We mean we suspected that they artfully concealed them selves in the dog-hair upholstery of Ford cars, at Henry's factory, and hitch-hiked their way to Marshall, designing to live upon this community m true parasitic habit. We have discarded this theory in favor of a more piausipie solution. It is a notorious fact that Roy Plem mons of Hot Springs and Morris Bu quo of Black Mountain are fox chas ers and dog lovers; it may not be so well known generally, as it is to the writer, that, these young gentlemen sleep night after night with their dogs, when the- chasing season is in full swing.'. This scan not be . done. even byu men pf- respectable social etandrngj, without effecting a transfer of fleas from dog to master. In other words. -the dog is a carrier of com mon -fleas; the master becomes a common carrier of fleas. The com ings and goings of men of the Plem- mons-Buquo stripe are not as well regulated by laV as might be neces sary to protect the innocent element of society. They mingle freely with our people) what can you expect if you come into contact with ttaemi fleas, of course, and more fleas, in due course. We suggest that our authorities establish a quarantine, on the west, say at Walnut, to cut off the Invasion from Hot Springs and on the east at Ivy Bridge, to control the flea traffic from Buncombe County. The writer of this story may not be able to take a leading part in the measures pro posed here lor curbing the activity of' fleas and carriers. .He may be caued away irom town about tne time the paper goes ; to press and would probably remain away until this flea excitement - has subsided I Personally, we hold no grudire against the men whose names we print in this fearless style; but we do like to see bur Pet Theories Thoroughly Tested! HOWDY, E C. C. A woman intimately known to us. outstanding in intellectual and spir itual attainments, is giving the best of her life to welfare work among the less fortunate of a great city in eastern America. - This lady sees and feels the hu morous, no less than the pathetic and tragic. She writes us and makes us acquainted with one Emilio Plan- amento, Italian widower, father of five children. Emilio announces to the good ladies who guard his kiddies while he is bearing a hod jr shovel ing stone that he is leavirt soon for Italy to find "a new mamlria for his chillen." But, mark you, this man of simple faith in God and womankind has no one woman in view. He does have f his "chillen" in mind and on his heart and he does believe that in Sunny Italy some woman will be found who will return with himi to America to be a new mamma to his five. Such beautiful trust inspires us. yet makes us somewhat ashamed that we have leu than five chillen I : And there is still another thought here: Is it not really too sad that E milio must recross the ocean to find a new mamma for his kiddies, when here in good America iyes, right here at home in good old Madison County, there must be women who could love and serve him equally well, if only they knew Emilio and his five? If any of our girls would care to correspond with Emilio we would be happy to arrange an introduction. But Hurry I For Emilio needs you now! STR 'mm t. c. s. . Mr. Thos. C. Stevenson of Valdese, N. C. was a Sunday visitor in Mar shall. Tom arrived after business hours Saturday evening,, from which we deduce that his visit was of a so cial . nature. Moreover, we infer from cursory observation that his un cial interest in some way touches that deeper, interest education, schools! ana personnel. Tom s is a winning personality, You seem1 to have known him in college days, although you may have only iust met him to day... Mr. Stevenson is a man of rank In the textile industry. He is manager of Waldensian Weavers, at vsidese, manufacturers of draperies. tapestries and rayon fabrics. It seems to us appropriate that a man of his refined sentiments and tastes should be identified with a business nroduc- ing things of romantic association. - Torn offered little resistance to our suggestion that he should buy the space we now devote to him by join ing our subscription family, at the regular, rate. ' - We welcome you. Tom. and we commend your literary taste in add ing; the-News-Record to your list of selected' journals. V Hurry back! This is a competitive world and while we will do what we can to protect your interests between visits, you may find that it win be safer for you to look out for Number One! STR CNWa-Herald. Morsranton. kindly copy) ' , A' MR. JAKE BUCKNER AND SONS TURN OVER IN WRECK TWO HOME SPECIALISTS JOIN COLLEGE STAFF TAKES CHILD BACK , ii- Mr. M. M. Runnion, formerly of Madison County, recently of Detroit, Michigan, was in Marshall Monday. Mr. Runnion has recently married a wealthy widow ofSt. Thomas, On tario, Can; He was driving a beau tiful car. His first wife, who- was sister to Mr.' J. L. Howell Pf near Pe nmnargi fliedNaout two years ago, leaving: -child about, twd years old. For the last ten and one-half months the child has been with Mr. and Mrs. Howell. THIS NEGRO SOME EATER COULD EAT TEN MORE MEN THAN Two Dozen Roasting Ears, Ten Pies, Sack Cement, and 4 Dozen Bottles of Soda Water, Just a Lunch For Him. Arkansas City, Ark., Sept. LC. John Horton. an extraordinary negro-, of this place, is dead from natural causes, according to physicians. He was a monstrosity in so far gfehis stomach was concerned. , J? ' Horton traveled a great deal and often appeared in Arkansas towns and wanted to bet he could eat any thing, and the crazier the bet the better he liked it. The only' sick spell he ever had was from eating a lot of cement and then drinking several gallons . of Water, which caused it to solidify. He delighted in bananas and could Mars Hill College now has its Mad ison County Club. This is fine, for it is only through organization and united effort that the best service can be rendered. The News-Record has miake short work of a whole stalk of requested S. T. Ranger of pur edi- the fruit. He could eat the peeling, inai stair to yisn mars am, meet the stalk and all and walk around tae omciai members 01 Madison taub . rattling he money he had won, al ; give an account of their pro- His hardest stunt was eating one posed activities to our readers. This dozen lemons, peeling and all, and story will appear in our next issue. J8ucn a tningr M eating fourteen two- Meantime if any member of the Club, or : any one interested in the Club or. its., members would like to join our Subscription Family we will be happy to enter your name, and if you have no objection, to mention you by way of Welcomis to the News Record Sub. List. ' HERE'S HOW N. C. FOLK GOT NAME OF "TAR I WASHINGTON, Oct.' 8. Sana tor Ovwmaa waa just learned that the word "Tar Heal" bad Its origin daring the Civil War. . Ha is informed hf the Library of Congroaa that it waa a name given' in derieioiyby Miuiuippiaai to brigade of North Carolin ians, (who, in one of the groat battle of the Civil War, failed to hold their position on a ' certain bill ' - , The MiMusippians taunted the North Carolinian with having forgotten to tar tWr heel tt pinr. ' ! rce ' trm. L' e 1 -. ii -.A;' '"9 "I ..;'. pound chickens only increased . his appetite. It was simply nothing for him to eat a couple of bushels of apples at a time, or a forty pound watermellon, rind and all. He had offered to bet he could eat the heart out of a wagon load of watermel ons, but found no takers. ', He could eat ten or twelve dozen eggs at a time . and twenty or thirty pies at one sitting. . Ten pounds of beef meant nothinar to him. .' . He -is the negro about whom the story originated concerning the eat ing of a dozen ears-of corn. A man here offered to bet him that he could not eat a dozen of them at once, cob and all. -The. negro said he had to leave for a few mdnutes, but would be right back. and take the. bet He went out and brought a dozen on the cob. ate them, and came back and ac cepted the bet. Ha won it, naturally, but had to eat a dozen extra pre viously just, to "be sure he could do it ...a::,;,- '...-v,-,;.- .f c Horton could drink two cases or 48 bottles of soda pop at a Sitting and often bet he could drink a case in less than a minute. Tests demon strated that the liquid wouldn't flow out of the bottles in less that, twice the time Horton said it required, in this feat, as in all others, the loser always had to pay ,f or what Horton drank. No scientific erflafstfon has ever y,P-n r j f.f v t I '-.I cf artom- Miss Myra Woodruff and Miss Eliz abeth .Cornelius have been added to the staff of the borne demonstration department at . State College to do special work- in research and girls' cluba, ." - Mfes Woodruff will not be evailable for f eld work as are the other spec ialists In the home demonstration de partment : since her activity will be confined entirely to research, masters under-the direction: of the-tforta Car ouna Experiment Station?'- She Is a graduate of Oberlin College with a Master's degree- from Columbia U- nivtrsity. She has also completed most .of her studies leading to a Doctor's degree. Miss Woodruff has specialized in child development and parental education and one of her first projects will be a study of the standards of living data which have been accumulated by the Department of Rural Sociology. Miss Cornelius has been home a gent in Davidson County for about five years and during t time has shown marked ability in? club work. Her promotion waiPiwade for the purpose of using her talents in the larger field. Miss Cornelius will work with home demonstration a gents and club leaders in developing better 4-H club work throughout the State. In this she will be associated with L. R. Harrill, state club leader. These two appointments will aid the home demonstration department to serve the farm homes of North Carolina much more efficiently than in the past, says Mrs. Jane S. Mc Kimmon. The College has never had adequate research on which to devel op its home demonstration activities nor has it had a specialist who could give her whole time to work with the rural girls. The enlarged program made possible by these two appoint ments will be of tremendous value, she says. Mr. Jake Buckner and son Ray. of the Big Pine section, in drivimr from Marshall Saturday .inadvertently ran the truck into a ditch near Walnut and turned over. No serious person al injury was experienced, but the windshield - and fenders of the truck showed what had happened. The top 01 tne truck was also crushed in. Mr. Buckner and son Dewey were in town Monday, from whom we learned the particulars. WHO IS HE? JOIN OUR BIRTH DAY CLUB mVm,,ttm 'fcUtaa ltpERrgWWO "MAC. Hi N Kiy.yun .nrk uiuue m .imi, .uiii; Stephen B. Roberts, Jr. - Join our" Birthday Club! It costs you nothing and for all you know, it may tiring rou something! RANGER RECIPES The News-Record proposes to work up a Birthday Club or Society, of county-wide scope. The scheme, of course, aims to make the N-R more popular by the simple means of con tributing to the pleasure and happi ness of our subscribers and . readers. How can this be done by a newspa per? We will endeavor to show you, if you will cooperate with us in our plan; this will require practically no effort on your part, and positively no money from you to become a member of the Birthday Club. We will establish, on or before Saturday 'morning of this week, Birthday Registers at the followinsr places in Marshall: Marshall Pharmayr Moore' Pharmacy Office of Mr. Hubert Davis, Clork of Superior Court. These gentlemen have kindly con sented to cooperate with lis in listing1 names and other information requir ed. Everyone who desires to Join the News-Record Birthday Club may do so by entering name and address on the register, and by showing month and day of birth. Those who wish may also give the year of birth but this is not required; we would much prefer to know the year, month, and day -of "birth of children and of younger folks, let us say below eight- HELP US TO FIND HIM The News-Record has information of some value to the Tallest Man in Madison County. What is his name and where does he live? We wish to locate him at once and we ask your help in finding him. If your Tall Man is not over- six feet six inches in height, he is not the man we are looking for. If he is closer to seven feet tall, he may be the man we seek. Drop us a card or call in to see us and let us know the name and height of your Tall Man. In due course we will let you know through the paper who is the Tallest Man in Madison County. He may be your Tall Man. Help us to find the Tallest Man in Madison County. WAIT FOR THIS Last Saturday there was a football game at Mars Hill between the Col lege team and some unknown nine or eleven from somewhere East of Craggy. The writer expected to at tend this game and report it for the News-Record, but could not quite make it. However, it is not too late to write up this game in the way we would - have told the story had we been there. This story will keep for another week and be just as fresh then as" to day. Look for it in next issue. The score wag , j j.itCL Invaders 20 Defenders .000 The Color Scheme and all that will be described next week. STR HOME DEMONSTRA TOR'S COLUMN h AMERICA Following is a poem written by an eighth grade girl of Beech Glenniigh SchooQ, who is' studying immunity and Vo cational Civics. America is. my native land. And for America I will always stand. America is where I will always dwell, I love her more than tongue can telL I'll always love America's rules, And all her counties' free schools. ' America is where my teachers dwell, . And all of them I love so well. America is the home of the brave and free. . - - - 1 Where a limited number of foreign ;. ai-s must he. .... . America, our country, is more than a- land - -- It gives opportunities for all at hand. America is a land of ease, Where we all worship God as we : ' please, "... America is a land of peace, " ' A f Where joy and happiness shall always . increase. OLUE ENGLISH, 8th Grade Civics. Prices on the tobacco markets .of Columbus County : averaged about four cents a pound above the price received last season and fanners ex- rressed s-""' " "in et ta outcome. FRIED APPLES If there are no fresh aDtJes in the market, you will have to use canned apples. nrst, locate tne can opener or cleaver; nothing can be done without such a tool. Having found it. then send to some near-by groceryman for a can of apples. Open the can, us ing care that you do not snair your nngers. four contents of can Into a round glass bowl and carefully drain off any excess juice. Take a three tined fork and test the apples for nrmness. 11 they are over-soft, do not attempt to fry. but make a stew. You will know best whether your nusoana likes his stewed apples en riched with butter or more naturelle. Do not over-cook the stew. This robs the fruit of flavor. Serve hot. wk plenty of butter in reach and Jftep the biscuits coming until He pulls back his chair and makes some appre ciative remark like "My mother knew, a trick in cooking apples worth two of anything I have ever seen except at her table." (Next week we will instruct the Young Married Set in a delicate mat ter which we prefer not to discuss in advance. , . STR When it comes to reducing, some women are poor losers. The Pathfinder. THE COUNTY PAPER Judge L. W. Rigsby in opening the city court of Cairo her two weeks ago - reomiitended to. tha largo Mmber of citisons assembl ed that they subscribe for their ,county paper those who . war j not . enbaeribertj nd that they not only glance over it out road it religiously. Ho pointed out how regular reading of tha county pa per is necessary, if a person is to heap informed a to what i hap pening about him. ' - ; . 1 . Wo are not hacking p Judge Rigsby admonition solely be cause ;we aappon So publish county paper. .The county paper is an institution, and we foot that tha people should realise mora that it i an agency almost the only agency through which tha people f county can keep well informed on their county's doings. Not the possibility of a mone tary aavings, hut the groat ndk vantage of keeping well informed on everything .list happens, should causa ovary citisen to road his county paper regularly and careful'.y. Cairo (Ga.) Me-sesger. DEMONSTRATION TJjere will be a demonstration of Singer Sewing Ma chine attachments at the Court House -in Marshall, October 23rd at 10:15 o'clock. This is a public demonstra tion. The representative of the Singer Company will give the demon stration. The different uses of the attachments, which are very varied, will be shown and the many attrac tive things that may be with the knowledge of the use of these attach ments. Tell your friends. Come. The 4-H club at Beech Glen served burgoo at noon to the students. SCHEDULE Monday 1:00 Sandy Mush girls. Tuesday 8:45 Center girls. 10:30 Walnut girls. 2:30 Pioneer women. Wednesday -10 :15 Singer Demon- T"tmfifvn . WHVtVU. Thursday 10 :30 Hot Springs girls. Friday 10:30 White Rock- girls. 1:00 Alleghany women. Teacher Training Class Attends Indian Fair The drive to the Indian Fair was a most delightful motor trip. The class left Marshall about seven o' clock, October the eleventh. As we traveled along the (scenic French Broad River, the sun with all its splendor shone through a veil of fog. The mountains were riotous with color. Interesting towns we passed through were Asheville, Canton, Waynesville, Sylva and Bryson City. The most important features of interest were the Enka Rayon Plant, Champion Fibre Company, Trout Hatchery and Pulp Mill at Sylva. The class enjoyed the display of Indian art and craft and the Agri cultural exhibits. Perfect handicraft was shown in the bead, basket and., pottery work. Some were for sale, while others were only for exhibition. Among the Indian activities observed were Green Corn Dance, Rifle Con test, Archery Contest, and La Crosse (Indian Ball) . No one can realize the peculiarities of the Indian games unless present. . The high mountains which rise up on every side, with the large Open . space between, and the clear Ocona lufty River running through the midst, make the Cherokee Reserva tion a place of unusual beauty. The Indians pride themselves in the care they take of their Reservation. Hav- ' ing been born here, they love their home and have no desire to roam.. : At noon a picnic dinner was spread on the ground, we had as our guests Miss Juanita McDougald, State Supervisor of Teacher Training, and Mrs. H. u. Story. i.r ? , The afternoon was spent enjoy ing general features of the Fair and the Carnival. . After a most delight ful day on the Reservation we return ed home very grateful to those who - arranged this outing in our behalf. THIS HOT DOGS The Senior Class of jrarhall HI, and others, went to Laurel I.iver ln?t Thursday n'ht on a we: r rr- t. About 12 w-e rrn "t fl a r