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MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY JANUARY 17, 1930
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FROr.I KOT SPRINGS
Mrs '0. W. Grubbs returned to
- Bristol, Tenn., last week for a few
days,, but her mother's health Is very
much Improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Lefner and Mrs.
Lewis motored to Newport, Tenn.,
Wednesday afternoon.
MM. Baker and daughter, Peggy,
of Chicago, arrived here Saturday
night for the funeral of the former's
sister, Mrs. Safford.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Melton motored
to Knoxville, Tenn., Thursday, where
they were called to see Mrs. Jack
M JUVIWU, wuu la 1 Ig 11 k D1-V.
f- Mrs. Jane Woody of Emma, N. C.
iwa in not springs r rifiay a iew
hours before going to Spring Creek
to visit her son.
Miss Cecil of Asheville spent the
week-end with Miss Margaret Lip
pard. Miss Alene Burgin and friend of
Knoxville, Tenn., spent Sunday with
the former's home folks.
Mr. Wesley Penland, who is sick,
was taken to the hospital Tuesday.
Mr. W. H. Hipps of Asheville was
a business visitor in town Monday.
Mr. W. T. Davis was a business
visitor in Marshall Tuesday.
FUNERAL OF MRS.
BESSIE SAFFORD
Funeral services for Mrs. Safford
were held Sunday morning at 10:00
o'clock. She had been married
twice, first to Mr. Johnson and then
Mr. Safford. She was survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Bob Garrett of
Canada; also one brother of Asheville
and the following sisters: Mrs. Brown
of Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs. Baker and
Mrs. Beverly Hill of Hot Springs.
DEATH OF MR. GEORGE WELLS
Mr. Wells, who lived near Antioch
died Sunday and funeral services
I Mr. Caudill, Rev. Mr. Angell and
4 Rev. Mr. Doyle conducted the fu
neral. He was about 80 years of
age and was survived by several
brothers and three sisters and one
daughter. He had been Superin
tendent of the Sunday School for 51
years. And will be greatly missed
among his relatives and many, many
friends.
THE "WE" CLUB
On November 12, 1929, Russell H.
Caudill organized a new Social club
for boys and girls at Hot Springs and
the nearby communities. This club
is the first of its kind to be organized
in the United States of America. It
has a wide scope of membership at
the present time, numbering more
than two hundred boys and girls of
Madison County.
' The activities of the "WE" club
are varied in nature, consisting of
hikes, camping trips, parties, and an
unlimited amount of athletics. The
only requirement for membership is
the age limit 10 to 21 inclusive. All
members are treated alike, regardless
of social standing in the community.
Saturday evening, January 11, at
the Hot Springs high school, a party
was held by the Hot Springs division
of the. club. Everyone present re
ported a good time. Several games
A were played which were characterized
v by much excitement and joy. The
" last bit of entertainment was a dem
onstration at the principles of Hyp
nosis by the leader. Under the in-
fl uence of Hypnosis Clifford Gros-
t,- iose performed many peculiar
, stunts which afforded much merri
ment for all, v
Up to the present the "WE" club
has been a great success in bringing
, the boys and girls into a finer fel
'. lowship with eath ; other. A great
iuture seems sure for the club.
CORRECTION
: - ' Our attention has just been called
to an error made in this paper Dec
27, which we wish, to .correct Y The
interesting article in that issue head
ed Betty Lou" was composed by
Ruth Dennis instead of Ruth Davis
as printed. Handwriting is Often
. misread by printers. We regret the
: error. Ruth Dennis la the bright
little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Dennis of" Marshall and we regret
she did not before now get credit in
.. this paper for having written the ar-
tide. - l .-'
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KEY. J. H. CLOUSE
IN MARSHALL
: Rev. J. H. Clouse and wife of
Amarlllo, Texas, are in Marshall vis
iting relatives, Mrs. Clouse being the
sister of Mrs. Dolph Roberts. Rev.
Mr. Clouse preached at the Baptist
church Sunday morning, being re
quested to do bo by the pastor, Rev.
G. C. Teague. He may preach again
before leaving Marshall, his sermon
Sunday being much enjoyed.
Both Mr, and Mrs. Clouse are na
tives of this region, the former hav
ing been born near Greeneville,
Tenn., while Mrs. Clouse was reared
in Madison county. They were mar
ried at Walnut Creek, in Madison
County, in 1888. For the past 30
years they have made their home in
Texas where the Rev. Mr. Clouse has
held pastorates in various cities, the
last having been that of the First
Baptist church in Houston Heights,
which he resigned a few years ago to
engage in evangelistic work.
The couple will be in this vicinity
until early in February, having a
large number of family connections
in Asheville and surrounding terri
tory. While here, the Rev. Mr. Clouse
will be available for pulpit supply or
evangelistic services.
HOME DEMONSTRA
TORS jMJMN
SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK
Monday, 1:30 Sandy Mush.
Tuesday, 10:30 Spring Creek.
1:30 Walnut school.
Wednesday, 10 :30 Big Laurel school
1 :00 Revere school.
Thursday, 10 :30 Hot Springs school
Friday, 10:30 White Rock school.
1:30 Alleghany women.
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Wednesday, February 5th, Miss
Mary E. Thomas, Extension Special
ist in Foods, will be in Marshall at
10:15 to conduct the first leaders
school in foods, our major subject
for the year. This school is open
for any woman who wants to come.
It is hoped that every club member
will come as the work for the year
will be outlined, and you will have
the opportunity of meeting Miss
Thomas.
In the afternoon of that day Miss
Crafton, Home Agent, wishes to
meet all the club members and or
ganize a County Federation. This
organization wiH help the County
Counsel in planning County-wide pro
grams. Please urge all club members to
attend thes two meetings.
LOWERY ROBERTS
Miss Bernice Roberts, of Madison
County, and .Mr. C. E. Lowery 0f
Morristown, Tenn., were married in
Newport, Tenn., Jan. 12, 193, the
ceremony being performed by Mr. R.
P. Campbell, J. P. They will live at
Morristown. Mrs. Lowery was in
Marshall Wednesday.
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ABOUBAOUS MATTERS
ROBERT HENRY THORPE
DEAD? No, far from it.' Ueua)$hen you see a man's
name at the head of a colomi" as atxve you expect to
see his obituary following, bufrnpt bo with the subject of
this article. There is too much waiting for people to die,
anyway, before anything much is known about them- Mr.
Thorpe is a one-legged man seei tv6ry often in Marshall
and one from whom all of us,sh$pld'tearn a lesson. Many
of us go fussing and fuming and complaining through life
when we have two perfectly good legs and every other or
gan nature gave us, but despite his handicap here is a man
who nearly always meets you with a smile. And it is not
a smile of idleness, either. Mr. (Thorpe is what we are
pleased to call a wonderful success.: ;' He is now about fifty-three
years of age. Ever since he was 10 years old he
has been a resident of Madison County, living practically
all that time near his present home' on Walnut Creek.
When quite young he married a Miss Jenkins, a daughter
of Mr. Thomas Jenkins, once a resident of Madison Coun
ty. Both Mr. and Mrs. Thorpe were orphans and began
their married life with practicallyjnothing. When he was
twenty-five one of his legs was crushed in a log woods, am
putation becoming necessary, the operation being per
formed by Dr. Frank Roberts and pr. J. W. Weaver. He
recovered without going to a hospital. Today he and his
sons together own a farm of about 62 or 63 acres. He has
four living children Mrs. C G. Runnion, of Woodfin Sta
tion, Asheville, Newton Lee Thorpe Carl A. Thorpe and
Miss Bessie Thorpe, all three at Joriie. Mr. Thorpe can
cultivate a crop, using his hoe aid hopping on one foot
and keep up with the average manwith two good feet. He
is a regular subscriber to the News-Record and keeps his
subscription paid in advance. Such a life deserves emula
tion. f:
DR. J. G. ANDERSON
IN the passing last Friday of D. J. G. Anderson of Ashe
ville, Madison County as well ast . Asheville suffered a
great loss. Being a native of Madison, he had a' special
interest in the many Madison, Coturty patients who were
taken to the Aston Park hospital f of which he was chief
surgeon and stockholder. He ul,b greatly missed.
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MIKE O'CONNOR
PEOPLE along the Southern Railway knew Mike O'Con
nor, the engineer on the big green engine, and to know
him was to admire and love him. He made merry of his
job. It takes a real man to do a job like his and do it well
and make music and pleasure for others. Of Irish descent,
his wit and humor took him through and he left a host of
friends who were sad at his going-
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS IN MADISON
AS Will Rogers says, all we know is what we see in the
papers, and that is what leads us to believe that we
people in Madison County, as a whole, are in better finan
cial condition than in many counties in the State. Reports
from the eastern part of the state are to the effect that
many people there are suffering, almost on starvation. An
appeal has been sent out that the condition should be re
lieved by some organization similar to the work of the Red
Cross where storms, earthquakes, and so forth cause de
struction. The condition there is partly due "to short crops
and low prices, renters not being able to met their obliga
tions to their creditors. We understand from the banks in
Madison County that there is more money in circulation in
our county now than has been for quite awhile. It is true
that we have some poor people with us, and the scriptures
would not be true if that were not so. But as a rule the
people who complain most of poverty are some who are
not making the proper effort to have something.
Gratuitous help is not always best for a person. What
they really need is help in the way . of getting them into
some occupation in which they can make their own way by
honest-to-goodness work. Some people imagine that those
who have something are getting it easy. The truth is that
in almost every case, it took the sweat of the brow on the
part of somebody to accumulate wealth. Some people fall
heirs to wealth, of course, but we have come to the con
clusion that nobody makes it as easy - as it may seem.
Those who are helpless, old and not able to work and hon
orable should be helped. How they should be helped,
that is, how the funds should be raised, is a question. But
we dare say there are many people who never darken the
door Of a church or Sunday School, who would help if ask
ed and the need properly presented. Some churches in
our land are appointing committees to do this work. And
the idea is not bad.
RECTOR CAREY
The many friends 0f Mr. Van B.
Rector will no doubt be quite sur
prised to learn of his recent mar
riage. - :.f
- The bride was prior to her marri
age, Miss Marguerite Inei Carey,'
age 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John. Carey ef , Hoatadale Penn. ;
. The' wedding took place on De
cember ' twenty-third, .1920, in De
troit, Michigan, where the groom is
at presentjocated.
Since his graduation from Marshall
High School in 1925, Mr. Rector has
spent the majority of . his time in
Washington,' D. C, also California
and Arizona, finally locating in De
troit, where he has been for the past
year and where the young couple
intend to make their home.
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WRECK NEAR TENN. LINE
j A Dodge -touring car ran off the
(bank near the Tennessee line early
last Monday morning on the road to
Greeneville and the wonder was that
it did not turn over. , It looks impos
sible for a car to reach the position
it was in without turning over. The
car was'owned by Charlie Stanton
and in the car were Taylor Hipps,
Melvin Cole; and Dallas Gunter, all
of the Laurer section.'
Tourist How do you get to the
next town from heref
Fanner : Brown Drive straight
down this road until you pass the
th hi car in the ditch, then turn to
your left. The Pathfinder.
ANDERSON
CONVICTED
The criminal case in process of
trial when we went to press last week
that of State vs. Herman Anderson,
charged with the murder of A. Ran
dall, resulted in conviction of second
degree murder and he was given ten
to seventeen years in the State peni
tentiary. MRS.
B. M. SAFFORD
PASSES
Mrs. Bessie M. Safford, of Hot
Springs, died suddenly of last week
in Florida where she had gone to
spend some time. She stopped in
Marshall on her way down and was
her usual self and her death, which
was said to have been from asphixi
ation, was quite a shock to the peo
ple, so many of whom had known
her for such a long time. The body
was brought back to her home at
Hot Springs, where funeral services
were conducted by the Fathers Grace
and Ruhlmann, assisted by two other
priests, Mrs. Safford being a Catho
lic. Interment followed at the fam
ily mausoleum.
Mrs. Safford was perhaps the
wealthiest woman in Madison Coun
ty. In years gone by she had visit
ed the crowns of Europe and her
home iwas almost like a museum,
containing so many valuable relics,
statuary, paintings and so forth from
many countries of the world. All
her real estate and all the valuable
possessions of her home had been
given to the Jesuits, her stocks, bonds,
and cash going to her only daugh
ter, Mrs. Robert Garrett of Canada.
Mrs. Safford was the daughter of
the late Col. James Rumbough. Her
first husband was the son of An
drew Johnson, the 17th president of
the United. Spates. ..After tts,4eh
She married a wealthy broker, Mr.
Safford of N. Y. Those Who failed to
visit her interesting home while she
was living and could explain all her
belongings, missed an opportunity.
She was a great lover of the beau
tiful, which her beautiful flowers,
cared for by her personal efforts and
the many other beauties about her
place showed.
DEATH OF MRS.
LORETTE
REVIS
The Death Angel visited the home
of Mr. McBee Revis and took away
a loving wife and mother on January
6, 1930, at 2 :00 A. M., age 35 years.
She leaves to mourn their loss a
husband, Mr. McBee Revis, two sons,
Johnnie and Arville Revis; one broth
er, Mr' Lonnie Ledford otf West
Asheville, and one sister, Mrs. John
Roberts u' near Alexander, and a
host of relatives and friends.
The funeral services were from
the Mount Zion Free Will Baptist
church Tuesday morning at ' eleven
o'clock, conducted by Rev. Perry
Sprinkle, pastor of the Grand View
Baptist church of which Mrs. Revis
was a member, assisted by Rev. J. A.
Martin. Her physical body was de
posited back in its Mother Earth at
the Mount Zion burial ground.
The active pallbearers were fire
department boys from Asheville, of
which her brother, Lonnie, is a mem
ber. ' Mrs. Revis will be greatly missed
not only by her family but by the
whole community in which she has
spent most of her life.
She was a faithful servant of
God, was always- a faithful member
of Sunday School, and also of church
service. Her place in the home and
church are vacant. No one can fill
her vacant place. Oh, how we do miss
her more than we can tell. But we
realise that our loss is Heaven's gain.
God knew best to call her from this
earth' for He doeth all things welL
. The floral designs were many and
beautiful.
: We extend our deepest sympathy
te the entire family.
CARD OF THANKS
We acknowledge with grateful, ap
preciation the kindness and sympathy
shown us during the sickness and
death of our wife and mother.'. V '
Especially do we appreciate the ef
forts of Dr. Moore, for we feel he
did everything he could for her. We
also want to thank the people for the
beautiful floral offering. ..'"
MS. McBES REVIS and children.
Odd Names Found
, In Welfare House
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 28. When
Tennessee Iron and Coal Jackson died
his death was deeply felt by his wid
ow, who in respect to his memory
christened the son born after his
father's death, Caboose Jackson.
This fact wag revealed as the re
sult of a survey of the register at the
Hiram House, a social settlement in
stitution here.
A further investigation disclosed
that the Hiram House shelters a child
named Virgin Mary, whose father was
King Solomon. Log Cabin and Tiny
House are chums of Virgin Mary.
Other names found among the
boys at the institution are Dairy
Lunch, Oldham Bacon, Elijah Don
keyo, Joshua, Moses, Pictorial Review
Johnson, Erie Canal Jackson, Admiral
Dewey, General Lee, Munsing Under
wear, and Major Calhoun.
The register in the girl's depart
ment shows such names as Vaseline
Malaria, Queen Esther, Marietta
Pickle, Ivory White, Rosy Apple,
Mary Christmas, Pearl Cotton and
Etta Bird.
137 NEW PLANTS BUILT
ON RAILS OF SOUTHERN
EMPLOYING 20,000 MEN
Atlanta, Ga., January 17. "Dur
ing the year 1929, 137 new manufac
turing establishments were located on
Southern Railway System rails. Ad
ditions were made to 83 plants that
were in operation at the beginning of
the year. These new works repre
sent an investment of about $70,000,
000.00 and give employment to near
ly 20,000 people."
This summary of the industrial ad
vance of the South during the year
appears in the current issue of the r
I Southern Field, issued by the Devel
opment Service of the Southern.
Agricultural conditions are described
as follows:
"A cotton crop of approximately
15,000,000 bales has been marketed '
at reasonably good prices along with
7,500,000 tons of cotton seed. We
have marketed an unusually large to
bacco crop which, in the main, has
brought good prices. Forage crops
are abundant and the dairy and poul
try interests in the Southern States
were never so flourishing as at pres
ent." This issue of the Southern Field
presents in text and pictures a re
view of industrial development in the
South since 1880, showing the great
diversity of manufacturing built on
the South's economic advantages. Em
phasis is laid on the opportunities
for further expansion in established
lines and for the development of new
lines of manufacturing for which
Southern conditions are most favor
able.
An interesting article by Mr. Jas.
F. Ryland, vice president and general
manager of the Standard Paper
Manufacturing Company, Richmond,
Va., shows that this successful indus
try has been developed almost en
tirely by local capital and manage
ment. Furniture, tobacco, textile
and many other industries of the
South have been built up in the same
way, the issue points out.
SHOT IN LEG
Claude Sawyer, Jr 14-year-old
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sawyer,
shot himself through the ankle Satur
day with a .22 rifle as he fell over a
rock. He and Harold Eads were hunt
ing out near the house when the ac
cident occurred.His companion took
him home and Dr. Moore attended
him. His wound seemed to be doing
pretty well Wednesday.
From BARNARD ..;
The people of this section are pre
paring for another crop. : "': '
Mr. Loyd Chandley and two daugh
ters, Odie ' and Annie, attended -court
Thursday. .
Mr. Walter Allen . is visiting hil
parents, Mr.' and Mrs. Z. B. fflassey.
..' Mr. and Mrs. C J. Meadows and .
family have moved to Asheville, N. C.
Mrs. , Sam Chandler of Walnut
was visiting Mrs. T. S. Meadows .
Thursday. . V r t i": ' '
Mr. Jed Buckner of Detroit, Mich.,
is spending' a few weeks with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Buckner of
Barnard. .
Mr. T. S. Meadows is improving
at this wriiirj.