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BIRTHDAY CLUB
. Birthday Greetings
BIRTHDAY CLUB HEAD
MONDAY. DECEMBER X . , v
Landon H. Roberts U einrht years
fytold today. He will not be able to
east bis first vote lor a Democratic
. Komfalee for President until the year
19441 That's -a lonj time to bave
, to wait to show the world that Lan
, on thinks his daddy is politically
-riirtitl r The Gudirers are also ae-
counted as Democrats. Looks Jike
fLandoli will either have to be con
tent in the minority, or torn his back
upon a Family Tradition I If he will
, listen to Cousin Steve he may be an
officeholder, before he is a voter!
"Would it not be a good one on Guy
if Steve should convert London to the
belief that the next Democratic Pres-
M ident la not yet born T . '. . Lan-
, had Srtnday dinner -with Mrs. Annie
May White at the French Broad Ho
- teL -i fM big time was - had by all?
However, it "would be guessingr to say
, that Landon is more or less a Ban
. tist, or; a Methodist, than he was be
: fore be met Mrs. White! This lov-
able boy friends of ours .will have
some Important decisions to make for
n mseii some aay. may we vw. - University of St. Louis, is away from
JrJAXA:On hisbirthday. but:he is not
and are otherwise liberal? Affection-
ujrauuia sin uu..v.. m
ate greetings roin the , awr om-;
munity to Landon H. Roberts!
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3
Two well known brothers of Mar
shall wpre born on this date. Eugene
is said to be the older, Howard the
handsomer of the liwo. One is a
banker, the other a master salesman
of groceries at wholesale, including
nails arid overalls! If you are a mer
chant and need a loan you first go
to Eugene; they keep money, in stock
at his bank. Then you go up street
n w. usual eiod humor WgTad -
fSffi rfmgthe
Co, wMcli .t tw. uon .1 u. Jr ,
Indies you ew ioosea overt . jlo;, -
JlSiey have COcjjwiutaand Amsnunitton
- "in tii. shell! Aftr vou have made
your purchases syoU fWill give your
check to Howard on Eugene's bank.
Mr. Hers'chel Sprinkle sends the -check
: to the bank and they give his .firm
credit. Analyze this transaction and
you will find that the bank has loan
ed money without parting from it
at all! That must be good banking;
at any rate, it is a common practice
t t.' .ooiiv nf tmwuurv to
disclose the famUy name of these two, w a Quick-stepping Blonae, of Per
brothers but to avoid any possibility , manent Tint! No problem of looking
of error we will spell it out, R-E-C- youthful vexes Mary as yet! She
T-O-R! This is not a Scandinavian rushes around, working up a richer
name; it appertains peculiarly to the ( hue, while keeping up a patter of
Creeks of Madison County! sprightly talk that endears her to all
. . . ?i - . who delight in being 'witnesses to the
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4 Simple Joys of Village Life! Mary is
Madison County has lost too many taking Teacher Training, too. Good
handsome sons and lovely daughters Housekeeping is a birthright with
I COME YE FARMERS OF MADISON
5 COUNTY, YE AND YOUR WIVES
' COME TO THE
I COUNTY GET-TOGETHER DAY
; Next Tuetday, December 10th., in the MADISON FARMERS,
; Inc., new Warehouse, tbe Marshall busineu men and the Marahall
ladies are going to act as fcot and hottetses. They have beed
working all the week in preparation to entertain the crowd.
Every resident of Madison County is invited to come. J Every
- farmer and his wife is given a special Invitation to come. - Eoch
- family is rsquested to bring a basket of eate to pretut on thsj. '
common table. There will be music 'The Mars Hill string quar.
' tet has been asked to help keep things moving with their, music, -The
Upper Laurel male quartet has been invited to sing for Vie
gathering. ' Mrs. W&rren Davis of Hot Springs and Miss Violet
' Wright of Marshall have been chosen as soloists of the day.
Wm. S. Rice, Big Laarel, is expected to tell some of his interesting
adventures in .farming. Zack Eller, Mara Hill, and Warren Da
vis, Hot Springs, will tell the bankers' view point. Dr. ' R. L.
Moore, Mars Hill, will be ready with a short talk. Other citisens .
will be requested to say, at least, glad 'HELLO te the crowd. . .
Ben FrUby, .Madison's magician, ia on the program for some works
of magic. And shea the BIG DINNER. Let's all be there. -The
whole will last for 2 te S hours. ' The business men have
been requested to close shop for the event. The farmers are re '
quested to stop work for the time,
t COME YE TO THE GET-TOGETHER
l (Signed) COMMITTEE IN CHARGE.
to ther communities. It is true that
our lose is their fain; if you can re
gard misfortune ia that true spirit of
resignation, very well-for you, but
wnat about tnc uavaoaers, no now
many are oot? 'i5;K- ."'.'
Miss Hattie Roberts, daughter of
Mr. Wiley M- Roberts,' was born on
the 4th. day of December within fifty
feet of the (water of' a Babbling
Brook of Madison County, commonly
calledeLittle Pin Creek. The family
home is Weaverville. Miss ' Hattie
received business training Xt a Kno-
viUe institution, alter which she went
out to Detroit to accept a position of
trust in one of the large financial in
stitutions of that city. Detroit is lo
cated on a river at the western end
of. Lake Erie. It would be interest
ing to our readers if Miss Hattie
would write us a letter, making a
comparison ; between the charms of
Detroit River and Little Pine Creek!
To Miss Roberts, as to every expatri
ated son and daughter of Madison
the News-Record sends cordial good
wishes, not 5only for .birthdays, but
for every day m the year, not forget
ting February 29th!
SUNDAY, DECEMBER
Miss Pauline Holdren, residing at
Forest" Hill Inn,. Asheville, observes
this date aa her birthday. Miss Hol
dren gives a portion of her time to
oflSce work at Builders Supply Co.,
MarshalL. The N-R. xtend con- ;
gratulations to this young business
woman. . -
James Lawrence McElroy, gradu-
i; ; i,d
f Ai.a.ntran , Wo Ha n IntAw T.oto-
'n, hv rn'h..
to for hj inclination of Marshall
, people to boagt of our boys wJlo haVe
i gone out into the world, we can still
! find a sufficient basis for stating that
1 Lawrence holds securely a very high
place in the esteem of this commu
nity! One lady who has known him
all of his life and 24 years of her
own tells us he is the finest young
leuow this town has ever produced,
except her own boy! Isn't that just
like some mothers! Lawrence re
sides at 4948 Park View Place, St,
Louis, .fo. which address we are send-
itr W f thi issu- Th
alsothe correct 4estination of
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event f Greetings from alt to this ab
sent son of Old Madison. . . ,
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER' to
Miss Mary Margaret Morrow, sec
ond daughter and youngest child of
Mr. and Mrs. Will H. MorroW, Mar
shall, regards December 10th. as one
of. the most important dates in
history! It was not nearly so im-
Dortant before the year 1911! Mary
and come.
like to see how they f eature-eucJr airtone mlTOoii'pbuiwfrwere the floors
this lass. It ue seem lH after
she has her sach Cert:" te she
should be to .tain, a, Poaltioa
of Some Kind' hef ver- it is we
hope i..will be Rbht Here At Home,
and in this wr feel absolutely sure
we express the wish of , vary many
others, -1
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMTER ll't
- This la the natal day of MiaejCfeB;
mle -Casey, Instructor 0f i-3feacher
Training, Marshall, Miss Casey is a
native Georgian and is a graduate of
her state's leading Normal" Institu
tion, located in the city of Milledge
ville. We believe we are not going
too far in saying that Miss Casey is
intensely interested in and devoted
to her professional Work.
:; John Richard Ramsey, thef elder of
two son of Mr. and Mrs. A.; J. Ram
sey of Marshall, was born -on this
date, in the year 1922, at fDouglas,
in the far-away Kingdom of 'Arizona.
Dick is a second-grader in the Mar
shall school; has brown eyes and a
nicety rounded face, just such a face
as would cause folks who "do not
know him to inquire, "Whose good
lookmgboy is he anybowt" He
belongs now to Marshall. Here's hop
ing that Dick 'will celebrate many a
birthday in the old home town!
- Mr. James N." West. Marshall mer
chant, observes today as his ianrilver-1
sary. Mr. ana Mrs. west nave a son,
Haroli K., living at Kocnester, Fa.
Thev have two married daughters,
Mrs. Allie Austin, Charlotte, and Mrs.
Virginia Curry of Ridgeway, Pa. Liv-
g with them at Marshall i3 their lit-
I f r?rasP-, . K).D
Chas- M. Hmk e
Robert West. Mrs
a sister of Mr.
vfishe" to o'ir fello'w
STR VV esi . a'-r
townsman,
TENNESSEE
December 4, 1929
The Greeneville Burley Tobacco
market onened Tuesday morning,
considering the weather, with a rec
ord crowd of farmers and business
men from all over Tennesseei North
Carolina and Virginia. The opening
market averaged above 26c. Some
grades higher than las... year and
some, esneciaily the better grades, a
little lowe than las$ yearsAlnipst
opening day; and a continual stream
is pouring in' irom every airecnon.
With the nine larare warehouses,
with increased floor space added to
some, it is not expected that any glut
of the market will take place mis
season. -
It is expected that, should any in
creased amount of tobacco be on the
floors at the end of the week, that
three sets of buyers will be used on
Fridays.
The farmers and warehousemen
are, generally speaking, pleased with
the opening market, and with season
able weather, it is expected thbt
matnv farmers of the whole Burley
territory will take advantage oi sell
ing a part, if not all, of their crop
before the market closes for the Hol-
idavs,
Regardless oi false reports, tne
Lonesome Pine Trail, short route, is
the best road to the Greeneville mar
ket. Mr. Cass Wallin of Revere, North
Carolina, sold a load of tobacco from
Madison County yesterday that av
eraged over 30c. Much fine tobacco
is on the Greeneville markets from
the Western North Carolina territory.
SPRING CREEK
DEDICATION
TODAY
The
dedicatory exercises of the
Spring Creek school will be held at
the school Friday, Dec. 6, at one o'
clock. Dr. A. T. Allen, State Super
intendent of Public Instruction, will
i deliver the address. He will speak
! et Mars Hill in the morning at 10:16,
It is expected that quite a number
will hear him at each place.
ROADS ALL RIGHT
TO GREENEVILLE
" It is reported around that the
road to Greeneville, Tenn., is in bad
condition. The people of Greene
ville seem to be of the opinion that
this rumor is started to route some
tobacco in other directions, and they
wish it distinctly understood that the
road to Greeneville is as good as
the other roads. They wish the peo
ple who have tobacco to sell not to
pay any attention to these false ru
mors started to mislead somebody.
Oboe Scotty MacPherson ' hides
the false teeth when he ia away from
home. -
Sax Is that so? Why?
Oboe So his wife can't eat be
tween meals. The Pathfinder. V . '
TCNOW HER S
TO LOVE HER
"'UlsTegg
eggy" Baker, a Hot springs
gu U writes ut one of the most wel
cc v1 letters that has ever come to
th. lfllce. Mias Baker ia engaged in
te -4nf physical . culture in Evan
sUrt,'l lukoia. ' Evanston is to Chi
cago about as Rollins ia to Marshall;
it is am aristocratic suburb. Peggy
almost : confesses Jin her : letter that
she considers the News-Record a bet
ter, newspaper than any of the fa
moui Chicago dailies!'
-.Wiiwill print her letter, without
any further criqiciam. except tnajt
w regard it as much too short:
J"; j Evanston, 111.,
.;'! Dec. 2, 1929.
3 1 am writing to have my ad
;.'; "dreis changed so that I shall not
' . miss any issues of the News
: Reoord. . I look forward to get
ting it every week and read ev
ery i word of it. 1 The home news
; seems very good, to me ''way
. "outhere in Chicago.
' - ' My new address is
"T 'The Oak Crest,
, 1, 1670 Oak Ave.,
Evanston, 111.
r ' Sincerely,
PEGGY BAKER.
Dear Peggy:
To save a stamp I am addressing
you through the N-R. to remind you
that, yjou have forgotten to register
in Out Birthday Club. It will not
be complete without you and other
Madison County folks who have gone
to other parts. Please let us know
at once the month and day of your
arrival;; if you do not care to men
tion the year we can get that from
vour mother! The French Broad Riv
er carsied much mush ice Monday of
this week but the boats are making
regulat trips from Marshall to Hot
Springs via Route 20! Are you
comingi. home for Christmas? A
great many friends of yours hope
with us that you can afford the trip!
x ; Best wishes,
STR
WALNUT HIGH
I SCHOOL
.ThaMfstfivinar -wiuJcelebraledVJby
Wajndt High School, as we believe, in
the true sense of the word. Thanks
giving to be real must not be for the
"many blessings of the year," but for
some specific thing or things. Thanks
eivintr for everything is for nothing.
Thanksgiving to be genuine must
be Thanks livmg.Mouth confessions
without data, deed's, or life to back
them up are "sounding brass or
tinkling cymbals." We live in an age
when things are proved and not taken
for granted because they have been
said.
If we 'are truly thankful for what
has been done for us, we show our
gratitude by passing on our blessings
to some one else, knowing blessings
shared become double. To carry out
this idea and make Thanksgiving a
time of deeds rather than mouth con
fession the school encouraged each
pupil to give something and practi
cally every child did. When these
gifts were collected there was found
to be the following: Canned fruit:
Quarts 47: Half gal. 12: pints 17
Salt 4 boxes: Coffee 6 lbs.: Sugar
40 lbs.; Cabbage 4 heads; Rice '
8 lbs.; Soap 1 cake; Pumpkins 5;
Dress 1: Sausag 5 lbs.; Bread;
3 loaves; Oatmeal 5 boxes j Soda
4 boxes; Pancake flour 1 box; Beans
4 lbs. ; Apples 1 bushel; Corn
(on cob) -3 bushels; Potatoes (Irish
3 bushels; Onions 2 gals.; Sweet
Potatoes bushel; Corn Meal
1 V2 sacks.
The above was valued at One Hun
dred Dollars ($100.00) and given to
the family of the late Rev. Mr. Hurt.
A Thanksgiving Pageant was given
by hte pupils of Miss Dorothy Roberts
and Miss Juanita Caldwell. Pupils
represented Pilgrims, Dutch, Indians
Sqauto and others.
The scenery included an indoor and
outdoor setting. Touches that made
the' play very effective were added by
the pupils; for instance, a Colonial
Fire Place, wind mills, drawings of
the tulips, hyacinths and autumn
leaves. The front of the canoe made
the scene more impressive
Honor Roll for Fourth Month
(Average A on work, perfect attend
ance. A on denortmentV
First Grade Elizabeth Gahagan, Ed
ward Hale, Curtis Shujgart, - Ruby
Smith, Earl Norton, Marie Meadows.
Second Grade Walter Thomas, Paul
Tobacco Growers
If you want to ship your tobac
co to us see Garfield Davis at
Marshall for boxes and tierces.
Carter, Fagg & Co.
." m Morristown, Tenn. 1 ;
Rector Frank Cook, Fred -Header.
eod, ' Lewis Rector. Haul i Dockery.
Shnford Chandler. Jack Davis. Jamea
Landers, David Ramsey, Chapel Gen
try, Margaret An. - Mariorie Hen
derson, Evelyn McDevitt, Kathleen
Ktines,
Third Grade Jerry Treadway, Joe
uagan, Juanita Shelton. ,t . '
Fiurth Grade Dorothy Gahagan, Le
la Hagan, Helen McDevit, Talitha
McDaris, Janie Lee Fisher, Leamon
Davis, Ralph Henderson.
Fifth Grace Virginia Capps, Jeanne
Lunsford, Virgipia Ramsey, Cordelia
Revis, Ida Belle Ramsey, Mary Joe
Chandler. Pansy Craine. Aames Lan
ders, McKInley Cook, Jr., Bula Frank
Rice, Walter Wade Gahagan.
Sixth Grade Ralph Cantrell, Ezekial
Bullman.
Seventh Grade Kate Lewis, Mary
Hagan, June Gahagan, James Plem
mons. 'Eighth Grade Curtis Worley, Lela
Cook, Ruby Hazel Payne, Marie
Hutchins, Helen Hyde, Tresalee Bar
mett. Ninth Grade Luther Roberts, Edgar
(Ramsey,, Ted Davis, Alma Hender
son, Beatrice McDevitt, Zula Wallin.
Tenth Grade Florence Hyde, Gypsie
McDevitt, Catherine Morrow, Her
man Randall.
Seniors Margaret Leake, Marguerite
Wallin.
. FIRST GRADE
The second grade, under the super
vision of 1 their teacher, Mrs. O. F.
Blankenship gave a most interesting
assembly programme on Friday, Nov. '
22nd. The numbers given were very
interesting and the performance al
most, perfect.
The B section of the first grade
thoroughly enjoyed the programme
aind their teacher, Mrs. Davis, seized
the opportunity this afforded for
motivating a language lesson. As a
I result the following letter was com-
posed and sent to the second grade:
JJear Second Grade,
We enjoyed your programme Fri
day very much. We liked "John
Brojwn's Little Indians" and all the
numbers given, but we liked "The
Tar Baby" best of all.
We wish you were giving us an
other programme Friday.
From the First Grade.
'The fourth grade has been work
ing With some of the common errors
in English for a few -days. The ex
ercise consisted of sentences having
blanks to be filled in with the correct
t f ornvpf sthfljKerb .Mjftdiective. rLas
' rriaay'tne children were -informed
Ehe'y would have a contest on these
Monday. -1 "
r 1 So on Monday the children chose
Lela Hagan as captain of the Blue
Side and Burder Worley as captain
of hte Red Side.
JUach common error counted one
point for or against, the side. When
one child missed, it was given to the
next side. The scores were 21 and
20 4n favor of the Blues. This con
test created interest, and the children
enjoyed it.
The fifth grade pupils have been
very ' much interested in making
posters in their Health Class. The
Class divided into four groups. Each
group made a poster, one poster show
ing ' pictures of foods that contain
"Iron and Bone Building Material."
Another poster shows foods that con
tain "Growth and Repair Material."
A third poster shows foods that con
tain "Go. Material." All the foods
on the fourth poster are "Regula
tors; .. The Fifth Grade pupils are very
Interested in the letters, which they
received from the Fifth Grade at
Hot Springs. They plan to answer
these soon.
PARTS OF SPEECH
Sixth Grade
The following frame has been help
ful in teaching the parts of speech.
ach child is given the name of a
part of speech. The teacher reads
sentence slowly that the children
may fix it in their minds. She re
peats the sentence and at this read
ings each part of speech stands when
?rdu 0f m5s group re.curt. Any
child who fails to recognize his part
of speech must write its definition
and original sentence illustrating its
use.
We have Varied the procedure by
having the parts of speech form a
line ,jn the order of their occurrence
in the sentence. This method offers
opportunity for bringing out the
varied uses of nouns in a sentence,
and also the fact that a given .word
may belong to more than one part of
speech, group. , ,
In ' most classes several children
will have to -have the name of the
same part of speech. This affords a
friendly rivalry in the game. Of
course, the number of duplicates can
be.' decreased by including the va
rious kinds of nouns, pronouns, ad-
jectbres, verbs, adverbs that tell how,
those that when and so on. At first.
simpler method is desirable, but as
progress is made, the extra difficul
ties are enjoyed. -
THE REQUIREMENTS
. .v- H-t .. OF A GOOD CITIZEN
- .iBy Tressalee Baraett, Civice I "
We are all citizens, either of the
home, church, school, state, county,
or something else. Citizenship means
membership. - All that is good is re
quired of a rood citizen. He is re
quired to be polite and courteous to
give everybody justice, obey the laws,
stand for what ia right, vote for the
man' that will give his country the
best service and not for the party.
He will not tell anything unless he
knows it to be absolutely true. He
iwill say nothing about anybody that
would harm them. He votes regular
ly. v He votes for the man who will
give his country the best service, and
not for the party. He always votes
the way he believes to be right and
not the way other people tell him to.
His votes are never bought. He helps
protect his people and country. He
always obeys the laws. He is not al
ways lawing other people. He serves
on juries, holds offices, and accepts
membership wherever he is needed.
If he is needed to give information
he's always readv. He attends nnb.
lie assemblies, reads newspapers but
He knows the history of his country
does not always accept their ideas.
and is interested in affairs of the in
stitution. He thinks (straight awd
has a Strong conviction, but when in
formed he is wrong he changes his
mind. A good ditizen encourages
others to do right. He stands for
justice and what be thinks is right
He is honest and always keeps ' his
word. He helns look after the wel
fare of the poorer people. He is un
selfish and places the welfares of
others, before SELF. A good citizen
is cooperative and works with other
people. He carries his share of the
load or burden in everything he
does. He is open-tainded, honest,
intelligent, courageous, unselfish.
RANGER RECIPES
BISCUITS, OR HAND GRENADES?
-Some years ago we entered the
dining room of a workman's boarding
house in an East Tennessee mining
ttfwn; what we witnessed there was
impressive. The sight sticks in
memory. There were a dozen men
at the meal, all clad in overalls. Noth
ing wrong with that; these men had
serious work to do after eating. The
table -cover was oil cloth. Nothing
wrong with that, if kept clean. Good
food is not directly affected by the
table covering. These men were
taking a steaming drink from sau
cers; nothing Wrong with that. We
prefer to, drink our breakfast coffee .
from the cup, but that adds nothing ,
to flavor.: For. all we iknow it may
tastrbetterif pdured Info the saiice '
and then down the throat -tret pa' -(right
f We are not criticizing any
reader of this paper who drinks his
coffee, from a saucer.
The bread at this breakfast was
meant to be biscuits. They were that
kind of biscuit which may taste all
right to one who has never eaten any
thing better! Knots of half-baked
yellowed dough 1 Smeared or dusted
with white flour! Fit for' ammuni
tion in the Chinese Army! Unfit for
the human stomach, the opinion of
one whose stomach js very hard to
offend.
What is wrong if the women of
East Tenn. or Western N. C. continue
to inflict upon their men this sort of
Crime in the name of the Staff of
Life? Do they realize they'may be
shortening the days of their husbands
and brothers by setting before them
such unpalatable and indigestible
stuff, calling it by a name which does
not deserve such odious association?
There is plenty of good flour in
the market; good shortening is abun
dant. Soda is really too plentiful!
Give a moment's thought to what
some cooks are doing with the same
ingredients of which others can make
nothing but Hardware, and if you
are guilty, then see Miss Crafton an-d'
let her tell you what you do not
! know about doing what you contract
ed to do when you accepted the re
sponsibility of operating a kitchen.
For Heaven's sake, and for the
sake of men upon whom the really
hard and serious work of this world
depends, learn now to make a Good
Biscuit, or admit you do not care who
is poisoned or murdered through
your making a mess of what might
80 easily be Something Fit to Eat!
STR
Roads for Everybody
Definite proposals have been sub
mitted to President Hoover by a
group of Senators and Represenatives -whose
duty it is to give particular,
attention to national highway prob
lems. The pproposition is to connect
the larger cities of the country with
what may be termed "'bee line" ex-:
press routes on which motorists can
"step on 'er. and let 'er go," thus '
relieving our present highways of a
good deal of . their congestion, A '
Commission ia asked for to study the
construction of the vast pew road ;
project and it is stated that "road
ways on which : faster and more di
rect traffic will be permitted are be
coming a national necessity.". ,
: John Ref our of Valdese in Burke
County reports a labor- income of
$889.79 from a flock of 188 hens for
the year ending October first. -"He
sold $1,305.29 worth of .eggs and his
feed cost was $415.50. -
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