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- r PRICE A YEAR..!- ( $ZlU , II ; , MADISON COUNTY RECORD Established June 28,' 1901. ' II ; FRENCH BROAD NEWS - Established May 16, 1907. ' ;. ii .nn The PROGRESSIVE FARMER THE NEWS-RECORD fl0 or . j-. BOTH A YEAR FOR j p.iJ . ; . LJ U U ContolidaUd November 2, 111 j .1 -tl'!i THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY ! f.- ,'"1 i .VOL. XXI MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY," OCTOBER 25, 1929 8 Page. ThU Week i U I Ii i" j 150Q ;u ''v'f If Li VA 1 -i SR McELR0Y DEAD IN WRECK; BODY BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION WHEN . FOUND ' A . tlOQ. All Marshall was shocked beyond words to express last Friday night ' when it was learned that Pender Me ' Elroy, age 25, son of Judge McElroy, of Marshall, had been found on the Marshall-Asheville highway not only killed1 In a wreck, out the body burn v ed" beyond recognition. Car sifter car went to the scene -of the wreck only for its occupants to realize the "-fSorror and helplessness of the situa- Those who first saw the wreck t had no idea who the occupant of the . wrecked and burning car had been, ; but when Marshall people arrived, it was soon identified1 by the license tag von the car and by other personal be - longings foond about the ' charred ' body. Fear was at first entertained ; for the life "of Miss Violet Wright, - who had accompanied him that af ter- - noon to Asheville, but later it was learned that she was spending the night with her father at Naples, N. C, and he was returning alone when the car ran up the bank on the right side of the road, -turned over in the road and immediately was enveloped in flames, according to witnesses living near the scene of the wreck. The body was taken to an undertaking es tablishment m Asheville and prepared for burial. '- "" ' Funeral service were from the home Saturday afternoon at four o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. C. Unv berger, pastor of - the Methodist church, of which Pender was a mem berassisted by Rev. J. T. M. Knox, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Marshall. 'Three of , the favorite hymns of Pender were sung by the choir Md -words of sympathy' and apt propriate statement were spoken -by the- ministers at the home . and j: fhe services concluded it the grav : by Wfle. Mr. Knox, It being necessary . Jfor the pastor to; rush tp AsheviHe . before the concluding ftrvlcefc., Interment was at the i Pritchard cemetery. . Acting ae pallbearers were six of Pender's friends, Will B. Ramsey, W. A. .West, Jr., Cline Rec tor, Fred Sprinkle, Jim Redmoh, and N. B. McDevitt, Jr. - Honorary pall bearers were Messrs. TRoy ' Gudger, A. W. Whitehurst, George Robinett, R. S. Ramsey, S. B. Roberts, N. B. Mct Devitt, Sr C. B. Mashburn, J. Cole man Ramsey,' and Dr. Frank Roberts. The .floral designs were many v and beautiful. 1 y Rev. Mr. Knox spoke quite feel ingly of Pender as a young man just i . .blooming into manhood and referred . ''to him as a "pal" in the most affec tionate terms. The deceased is sur- -viyed by his father, one sister, Mrs. "Ca'rl .Stuart wife "of ; the Mayor of 'Marshall, and two. brothers,. Mr. John ' B.' -McElroy, f prominent attorney of . Marshall,, and Lawrence McElroy, a Utuden of medicine at St. Louis, Mo. ',. '.Judge - McElroy "was at West Jef- JTerson, 0., where he was holding -eptnt. when apprised of the tragedy and 'reached home only a few hours v3e'fore'the funeral. The entire fam- t - -ll-y'.has the deep sympathy -of the host pf jfriends of Judge McElroy through--tout the State. . ' NO APOLOGY MARS HILL APPROVED AS PRE - MEDICAL COLLEGE Mars Hill is included in the latest bulletin of the American Medical As sociation : giving the list of colleges approved for pre-medclal work. "This. action of the American Med ical Association is considered signifi cant as heretofore the association has not recognized premedical work done in junior college. The fact that Mars Hill is included in the first list of junior colleges thus approved is gratifying to the administration of the college. While premedical work at Mars Hill has for some time been fully accepted1 by leading medical colleges of the country, this has been done without the official approval of the American Medical Association. TARIFF RATES ARE COMPROMISES All of - the - industrial 'and other varied interests of the country have laid their cards on the table at Wash ington; and the Senate is struggling to arrange tariff act that will pro vide revenue for the Government, and shut out certain classes of for eign goods that can he produced at home. Congress must also enact schedules that will not unjustly tax American consumers .-when purchas ing such necessities as sugar. The Dtemiocratie (and insurgents have formed! an alliance to defeat the flexible provisions of the tariff bill on the theory that if (the Presi dent is given broad power, to ap prove . of the recommendations of the Tariff Commission, and change existing tariff rates, the procedure would be a clear surrender of the rights of Congress to the President. The, fact that this has been done for mantfTeara Woes not seem to be con sidered. z, ; v, ' '"' In an absolutely non-partisan spir. it.l.mayb obaerved-that .it would be Jb mission to- make worse mess of the schedules tfian Conlgreas, iis doing with ,ita compronfising methods. Be sides everybody but a fejw Senators seems to know that the traide condi tions of the world change from time to' time and it ought to be some body's business to meet neiw situa tions and . to raise and lower rates and to do it in the interest of the United States. If anyone has an i- dea that Congress is the last word' of wisdom in fixing up a tariff bill then he is standing on the wrong foot. The. present tariff bill is a com promise, the same as" all its predeces sors have been. Let us hope that it possesses the merit of being bet ter than those tariff acts that have preceded it. SHEEP FEAST AT MARS ML HOW-TO REDUCEITAXES IN " ' v:-fflB0m r ': - Successful industries' at -all times keeps, careful watch on their expenses and productions. ' C.j' .fx i u i Madison. County is a large. industry, with-0,000 people de pending on it for a livelihood. The taxes we pay represent our' expenses which amount to near $260,000 dollars.' The assessed ' valuation of our taxable property . which is approximately $10,000,000 dollars is the amount-the people of the County have invested. Now let us see what we produce in a money crop each year. It has been carefully estimated that Madison County pro duces the following: 'i -t'itt ' '.'nv ' Tobacco :.$50000000' T ' Cattle 100000.00 Poultry 1 50000.00 v All other resources , 60000.00 Total cash crop produced -j$700000.00 II i Less expenses (taxes paid) ' 250000.00 , Net profit $450000.00 . ... You see from the above figures that we make a profit of four and one half percent on our ten million dollar investment. Now suppose we find out what some ether people are doing1. Let's get right close home, just over the mountains in Tennessee, Greene County, our neighbors. f " -l 5 Yes, they pay taxes over there. -! Their tate per hundred is $2.40 and ours is less than $2.00. Their tax levy brings in more than a half Million dollars and ours Is about -half that much. - Let's see what they produce eaeh year - . ; Tobacco rown in Greene County 44----"--------- -2500000.00 - Live Sto:k shipped out : J $1600000.00 Poultry JL-i,.. ..J..$2500000.0O Milk sold - - 4-&- -l$1000000.0a Lumber and -other products .$2500000.00: Total money crop each year .-X ,$10,000,000.00,v. Less expenses (taxes paid) 1 600,000.00 " i, ' '.; Net profit on investment $9,500,000.00 ' This represents a profit on the1 assessed valuation of twenty "r millions of forty-five per cent annually This looks like a business orianizatlon running very smoothly and in high. '--.v-'--- Does it hurt Greene County to pay; twice the amount of taxes we do when they have ten times the profit left that we do, after they pay their taxes? '' There is no question but what pur. production, from the farms in Madison County is entirely too low. ' v We have the finest grazing Jand tp be found anywhere and there is no better and purer water. There is going to waste right here each year at least two and1 a half million dollars worth of" . . We should have more cows and beef cattle. We can easily produce two and a half million dollari each year of poultry as those who are engaged in this industry ars making plenty of mm---. ey and there is always a good cash market, for all that we can .produce..1,! i - r k,x J r a ' , . Madison County has some high producing farmers and they tVMm prosperous and roskmg money: J W hVw-the natural r .sources and. it is time we are utilising' them to'jncreasa; jnrfror i d"I wisii t congratulate onr Board of Comity Commissioners on being able through their efficient administrating of the Coun ty's affairs to reduce ur tax rate. They haye at the same time . been liberal enougrto provide means by which our farmers, are offered the advice and help of trained experts in farming and dairying which is very essential to the present methods of pro- 8TeCoperatimnnfnd hard work is the secret of successful farming. The Citizens Bank is ready to assist any worthy farmer lo increase his production and make his home a more happy abode. , Lot's .11 work together for a JgSSSSm. shadow may be' tenuous. ' But with correct locus you? will detect the ap proach of a change. It should thrill you with interest ' J! Yj'iZ.Tfrj.tf.sCt There are.' st 1 1 1 p e o p 1 e im probably Italian, partisans, v .who maintain that ,; Amerigo Vespucci, or, Americus Yespucius, was the orig inal discoverer of our country. They! expiam matters in tnu way: Amerigo aiscoverea tne continent nrst but this was withheld - from' the ' Associated Press and hushed up, giving Colum bus a chance to claim the honor. Why? , That's too deep for this writer. MBS LOUISE ROBIN SON SUDDENLY PASSES A young society boy of New fork, with a talent for imitating birds, cats. does. nigs, turkeys and roosters, has been offered $2000 a week to bring his accomplishment to the stage. ' Yet he can not accept this enticimr offer? Whv? Because his mamma won't let him J For which we have the word of 0. O. M. That smells to us like Rank Snobbery, This too nroud mamma must think her pet boy. to be spiritually, superior to tne numDie animais irom wnom ne takes his.,cues. y-. Ve'v 'n-.-y STR., SCHOOL SATURDAY MARSHALL PUBLIC SCHOOL TO tew. RUN 'SATURDAY :ts .- -. f. SOME SCATTERED THOUGHTS By Jack V, JoyeW' . Some of you may have read a ' Scurrilous, - Slanderous Libel which , : wfi slipped in last week in which wo . mj4a tf Ifmaa, nAnvtnitlnvltf flio4 4nsA certain young sporting gentlemen are responsible for the fleas you may i feel upon your person, if you have personal fleas. ; This dirty dig would never have gotten by if our publisher had been on the job. We took mean advantage of his presence at the tate Fair in Raleigh. Our publish er is a very cautious gentleman, in what he prints. He ' is - afraid some one will bring suit and attach his sub scription list and his winter coal pile, For our part we are scared of noth ing and if you will observe you may see that we love to live dangerously. If it would make matters worse we would apologize to Roy and Morris but the plain truth is that this pair ' of young married daddies are of suSh good nature aad of such sym pathetic understanding of our mo tives and feelings that we have no wish at all to mix things further with them, in these columns, yet would be happy to cave an Invitation to eat with them at any t;me. With tiie Mars Hill people a sheen feast hag become an annual affair. It will be recalled that the privilege of sponsoring this feast last year was given to . the Parent-Teacher Associ ation and that quite a nice sum was cleared for the benefit of that organi zation. So a similar affair has been planned by. the Ways and Means com mittee of the P.T.A. for next Satur day, beginning at five P. M." Mr. and Mrs. Obie Jarvis have kindly offered the' use of their homes again for the feast. Chicken salad sandwiches liave been added to the menu for the benefit of those who would like to go to the feast but do not care for the other meat.; 'Pies and coffee will be served also. : The patronage of those" who enjoy eats of this sort will be appreciated. t'o'-, About a month ago, a chicken 'sup per, which is ' also an annual affair with the Mars Hill people, was given at the Murray Cafe. The generosity, of the school patrons' and merchants of the town,' for this affair was ap preciated. Besides the money real ised from such occasions there is a social value which should not be over looked. The P.T.A. appreciates the spirit of cooperation which has al- -i a i j v Have you seen in the papers about the young school "marm" in Gastonia who admits teaching the children that what we need over here is- a government like Russia. I feel like quoting to her the chorus of a popu lar song during the warr ll ' , "If you don't like your Uncle Sammy, If you don't like the Red White and Blue, Go b$ck to die country where you came from, . ' 4 Don't bite the hand that's f eeding you!" . " i ! If she delights in the. Russian form RANGER RAMBLES Robert Louis Stevenson, a man lovable even when cynical, wrote that people are going to regret it wnetn er they marry or not. Let's take a vote right here at home in Marshall and see how sentiment is divided. Anything for amusement, provided it's not scandalous. The average country newspaper is largely filled up with reprint, and with subtle propaganda which comes to them all set up, and with local l tems rarely flavored with excitement. If you like that kind of paper, you will find the paper good. If you like something - different, Subscribe to the News-Record! We can see no earthly excuse for printing in our personal columns the report that R. T. Sanger, regular driver of the Knoxville-Asheville bus Marshall public school will have school, this coming. Saturday in order to make up the, time lost Tuesday due to the 'flood.' There are two other days that' will have to be made up this fall, but it has not been de cided which Saturday will .be ; used for this. v The present law passed last win ter at .Raleigh requires that there shall be 80 days in each term with no exceptions. If we do hot have school on Saturdays to make the time up that was lost during high water, schoor will have to continue until Christmas day, and by making up the time, school will end 'Friday, December, 20, and reopen Dec. 30. PROMINENT YOUNG LADY ' MARS, HILL GREATLY -' MISSED OF FIRE -AT 3r-"',-4i'1 GROCERY STORE OCCUPIED BY ; G. CHURCH DESTROYED The corner store ODDOsite the Drug store in Hot Springs was destroyed by fire Tuesday night, OctoDer zi. he cause of the nre nad not oeen determined. Had it not been for quick work on the part of the fire fietotinor force, the flames would doubtless have spread to adjoining buildings. The stock of grocieries owned by Mr. D. G. Church was part ly at least covered by insurance, but the building had no insurance and was estimated at a loss of around $2500.00, falling equally on its four owners, W, rranK no Dens, mr. o. n Rnherta. Mr. Guv V. Roberts, and the W. B. Ramsey estate, all of Mar shall. of government; and abhors ours so, ;passed through on time Wednesday why in the name of all that's won- j morning, but if our readers wish this derful, doesn't she go ijiere and live class of news item, they only have to and leave our children alone. She MADISON COUNTY SUNDAYSCH00L ASSOCIATION TO HOLD TOWN- SHIP CONVENTIONS There will be a township Sunday School Convention held with the Presbyterian Sunday School a t White Rock, N. C, Sunday, Nov. 3, 1929, at the regular Sunday School hour. Mr.,- Chapel Tweed, township President, will be in charge of the Convention. There will be a township Sunday The death of Miss Louise Robin son, prominent and much loved young lady of Mars Hill, in the afternoon of October 11, 1929. came as a ieMt shock to the entire community. She went to a hospital in Asheville the first of that week for treatment, and on Thursday of that week, she under went a slight operation, bavins- a thyroid gland removed before it be came serious. She survived the on- eration satisfactorily and was .thought to be recovering when suddenly her heart failed her the next day. " , Funeral services" were from the Mars Hill Baptist church Sunday af ternoon at two o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Bev.- J.. R. Owens .assisted by Rev. Mr. -Ballard, pastor of Beth el; herhome church, on Middle Fork, where the concluding services and interment took place. The pallbear ers were Mssrs. Douglas M. Robin son,. Robert Robinson, Stanley Robin son, ' Wulard Robinson, Ferrell Ed ward!, 0. E. Roberts, T. L. Bram lett, and Zack Eller. ' :: :, She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Robinson, of Candler, N. C, and several brothers and sis ters," one mamed sister living in Canada. At the time of her death she was an active member of the Mars Hill Baptist church, having changed her membership from Bethel, her old home church. The following tribute sent-us by a prominent lady of Mars Hill is much appreciated by this paper: - - Thirty-three years ago the fifteenth of November, Miss Louise Robinson, daughter of Mr; and Mrs. J. G.; Rob inson, was born in the Middle Fork section: of Madison County.- . . 1 She was converted at the age of i8 yean and was a faithful Chris- ' tian till her death, October H, 182?. v Whenhe was 14 years of age,-he parents; moved to Andrews, ta she was. in sehool till 117. At that time she cam to Mara Hill to make " lege. -f - ' With the exception of two years. which she spent teaching near Cand ler, she has been a resident or mars Hill. She quit teaching to be home maker for her uncle, Dr. W. F. Robinson, at the death of his first wife, Mrs. Ada Corpening Robinson. In this capacity she endeared herself to the whole community, by her efficiency, sweet gentle spirit, and her neighbor ly kindness. In April, 1926, she accepted a po sition as bookkeeper for the T. L. Bramlett Company. Here she de veloped into a very fine business wo man. Her friends were numbered by those who knew her. Hardlv a person has - since this time visited the store who does not remember "Miss Lou". - She will be sadly missed1 here as well as in Sunday School, where she was secretary of the Junior Depart ment. " Most of all. she will be missed in the home of Dr. Robinson, where she was a real daughter to Dr. and Mrs. Robinson, and sister to the four boys. FORMER MARSHALL YOUTH DIES IN DETROIT HOSPITAL is planting seeds of discontent in the ferttfe hearts of youth to spring up and rock the foundations of our gov. ernment and utterly, destroy it. . " I do -not claim our government to be a Eutopian form of government. We have our imperfections but in stead of absolute abolishment of it, !why not striveto improve, or do we j true beyond all doubt! want to live in a country wnere we j nave to reaa tn morniug v find who is the President.' Do' you know who is president of Russia? No, not unless you have read the morning paper. v , " ' say so to get it. Nothing is easier aUnni rinnvtinn hlH with the Bio- nail KBinerinK I a yniicij i Journalistic Flowers. People may wonder why the pub lisher of the N-R. puts his own name in the local-personal column about as often as that of any other notable person. It is because of the satis faction there is in -printing now and then some item which we know to be JITNEYDLNNER . The " iadTjiS of the Presbyterian church will serve a Jitney Dinner here and takes this opportunity to next Saturday in the Sprinkle-Shel-thank one and all for the help ren- ton building, and at :00 P .M..will dered. An old timer is one who can re member when a flag pole was some thing to hsng a flag on. The Path- STR. finder. : also serve a Waffle; Suppler. You can't afford to miss the Jitney Din ner. Com and get a surprise. - . , In England if a man shoots a wo man that's noose. The Pathfinder. An automobile manufacturer says i touring will be done at a rate of 100 miles per hour in ten years. We doubt that our Hupp win maice tne speed, at that age. But we do think that it will be necessary to place some such speed limit on Cheyrolets and Fords ! i-j -,rSri:. . j. Children who had new dolls last Christmas will remember the skirts were shorter than ever before. It will, probably be .different this holi day season. We i look ? for longer skirts on the really fashionable dolls. Long skirts, , or longer,' are due in Marshall some time before -school is out Whether they will arrive by bus or mail' we do not know, but we wiim their comins. ' If vou are as observant as we, vou can see for. yourselves the shadow cast before this coming event, although the Laurel -Baptist church near Big Lau; rel postofnce? Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2 o' clock P. M. Convention will be in charge of Rev. Henry Rice, Town ship President. There will be a township -Sunday School ; Convention held with the Grand: View Church Sunday, Nov. j 40., 1829,, at 10 o'clock A. M. Con vention will be in charge of J. Cole man Ramsey. Township President, MADISON COUNTY (SUNDAY V. ; ,,.,SCOOL ASSOCIATION. t j ;-.By -X,'. W. Whitehurst, Prest Taxicabs of smaller size have been O. KM. for New York streets.1 we may soon; expect to hear of ona being extracted- from : its . victim. The Pathfinder ''r-;'-' ' Next to a dim on a - davenport, nothing seems to have slipped out of sight as noiselessly as that . China- Russo "war." The Pathfinder. Olstem Guthrie, age 18, formerly of Marshall, died in the Herman Kieffer Hospital, Detroit, Mich., Monday morning, Oct. 21, at 2 P. M. His death followed an attack of. spinal meningitis. The deceased is survived by his mother, Mrs. Bertha Candler; four brothers and three sisters, Mr. Her man Guthrie, Miss Robbie Guthrie, j Mrs. Plaufto Sheperd, Miss Thelma Candler, and Mr. Charlie Candler, all of Detroit; Mr. Delmar Guthrie of Mahomington, Penn., and Mr. Paul Guthrie of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Funeral services were held at Maney's Funeral Home at 2 P. M., Wednesday, October 23., with burial in Wopdmere Cemetery, Detroit. A Much Appreciated Letter Mars HilL N. C, R. 2.' V Oct. 21, 1929. H. Ll Story, Editor, ') -' :, ; Marshall, N. C. v.;.-.'-; Dear .Mr. Story: v.r ;4;;-,;J: Please accept my thanks for the space you gave us in advertising our play.. 'r, -v,-. . ' Our auditorium. jwaa filled. The proceeds amounted to $58.00, not withstanding the low admission W. "still insist that the best way to charges. get air-minded is to pump np a flat" . With kindest wishes, I am tire on a hot, country road. The Very truly yours, Pathfinder. V. FLOSSIE MURRAY.