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" r " t TIIE NJEWSRECORD (CO AA7 ' PRICE A YEAR ,.UU C't "V ptnte Llbrtt maPISON COUNTY RECORD t, .EWalblished June 28, 1901. , y I) FRENCH BROAD NEWS ; r- 7 J.vi :4; Established May 16,"H907.?r THE NEWS-RECORD CO OK "' l 1T1 0 BOTH A YEAR FOR THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER OF MADISON COUNTY MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDA FEBRUARY 7, 1930 8P&rttfWeek ZBOO VOL. XXIX hmmh r--,. i r n a? v :"-tv i . .... jf' i er 1 v a il )o iv cW&. " 7 w ABOUT TAXES f IN MADISON RESOLUTIONS RcfnUr MmUoc, Beard of ComuU i on ar, MadHon. Conntr, Hold At Manliali. 'North Carolina, Pobniarjr 3, 1930 Present at said meeting Chairman. T. A. Silver r and F. m the full Amnions, Members, being Board. BE IT RESOUVED that because ot th fact that the eXDense of cohi ducting the public schools has steadily increased, and that other expenses have also necessarily increased in ad ministering and carrying on the aft fairs of this county as well as the other counties in the State, it is the unanimous opinion of this Board that the legislature of Nortth. Carolina should impose a reasonable special sales tax on the non-essentials sold in North Carolina, such as cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, cold drinks and oth er luxuries and son-essentials in the ordinary consumption of life. We favor such special' sales tax ar -will not impair or impose a burden either on the producer or consumer, but we believe tnat a- feasonaDie aaiea voa worfld sreatir relieve -the burden of taxes on real estate as well as per sonal property. We also believe that tho burden of the school tax should be so -Jjuited that tha school tax shall be the same in each county of the state. The school tax in Madison County at the present time, for the support of a aiMnnnthi' nohlic school. 18 92c OH the $100.00 of taxable property, and where a special tax is voted ana ley ied to increase the school term,. l that much in excess oi zc on wjf i 100.00 of taxable property. W are aware of the fact that there to law-which provides tnat we senooi tax : shall not exceed 30c on the $100.00 of taxable property, but this law does not worx oui, ori n n complied with as is shown for example by the school taxes in this county. In order to make a showing that the - law is complied with,- after the real uft i mtued for taxes in some of TTTlhe counties,; UwUx .to mdtepn 7jCounty, for mori than-lt will aell for il on ait' average, the, State, then in- - - creases theoretically the assessed ".' value of the lands to such an amount that 80c on the $100.00 would raise the required amount of school money. We know that this is only a subter fuge, for the land is already assessed by the local authorities for taxes for more than it will bear. As one of the political divisions of the great State of North Carolina, and as of ficials of Madison County, in charge of its finances, we most respectfully call upon our sister counties to co operate with us in our demand for the relief herein set forth. Under present conditions we do not believe it would be wise for the Gov ernor to call an extra session of the legislature at this time, but these re forms should De pressea, aemmiueu and enacted into law at the next reg ular session of the general assembly. C. J. WILD, Chairman, T. A. SILVER, J. F. AMMONS, ., Commissioners. 0.L KILLED BY TRAIN FATHER OF PROF; P. C. STRINC FIELD OF MARS HILL The Rev. O. L. Stringfie'ld, 79, who i canvassed the 9 1 at e for ' funds for the erection-of Mere Tldith College, and one of the school's W active founders, was instantly killed ' 'near Wendell shortly after noon Sat - nrday when struck by a freight train. Retired Irom tne active minisiry for some years, the. Kev. j&r. btnng ! field lived with a daughter near Wen a dell, N. C. He was accustomed to walking to town on the tracks of the Norfolk Southern railway. Relatives believe that because of partial deaf ness he did-not hear the approach of the train from behind him. - The Rev. Mr. Stringfield was well ' known throughout the state in church circles. Ht once held a pas torate at Raleigh. Funeral services ' were held at Wendell Monday. Th minister is survived by his widow anthe following children: Prof. P. C. Stringfield, of Mars Hill; Dr. Alvin Stringfield of New York; - Mrs. Mozell Swain, of Asheville; La mar Stringfield, New York composer ..Mrs. P. C. Brantley of Wendell; Miss - Bernice Stringfield of Asheville and "Vana Stringfield, of Thomasville. - UTTRELL DAVIS - Miss Agnes Davis, aw 18, daughter of Lattie and Mrs. Nellie Davis, of Marshall, N. C, and Mr Willie Lit trell, age 19, son of J. M. and Mrs. Jane.Littrell. of Alexander, ! N- C were married January z7th, 1950 j& 1:30 P. M in Marshall. Th eere mony was .performed brevK'B.l. vmuirie. Unemployment -'s v ,: Declines A statement credited to the White Bouse and based upon official figures from the 'Department of Labor says that.' the period ' of unemployment which dates from the collapse of the stock market in (Jctober and con tinued until Christmas in spite of the many efforts to stabilize industry, ha passed. The President says that the condition of employment remain ed at a standstill for ten days, run ning beyond the New Year, but that ainca the beginning of the second week in January there has been a steady upward trend with every in dication that it will continue. drTenglish dies suddenly i . -to. Faneral For Woll Known Phyicin . , , Of .; English , Sottloaqoat, Hold . Thartday Afternoon : News reached Marshall Wednesday night of the sudden death of Dr. I. L. English, of the English settlement of Madison County. Dr. English was a well known physician of Faust, his practice for many years benig among the country people principally of his community, where his services as a physician and as a friend to the needy will be greatly missed. Dr. English Is survived by his wife and two chil dren Mrs. - Louis Briggs of Burns villa, and Dr. A. D. English of Bristol, Va. He leaves one brother, Mr. W. M. English,, of Faust, N. C. Funeral services were from the home Thurs day'.: afternoon at two o'clock, con ducted iby the pastor, Rev. Mr. Hughes, interment following at the family cemetery. Dr. English has two' nieces in Marshall, Mia. S. B. Roberts and Mrs.'. R. - 8. Ramsey, the latter not being able to attend the funeral en account of a recent ill ness. Ds. 'English, who was about 70 years of age, was in Marshall Dec. 10 last and made' a speech at the big Fanners meetine held in Marshall on that liate, jt whicbAtlma he.,iKalook lag te-e n -good health, an' It- is' said that he made some calls the day he died. His sudden going is quite a shock to his many friends in Marshall and other places throughout the county. REVENUE MAN IN MADISON Local Newspaper, Marshall, N. C. Gentlemen : Will you kindly state to your read ers that C. R. Hamrick, Deputy Com missioner, will he at the Bank of Mars Hill on Feb. 24th and the Courthouse in Marshall, N. C, on Feb. 26th for the purpose of assisting anyone d Airing help in filing their State Income Tax Return. All single persons with income of $1000.00 or over, and all married per sons with income of $2000.00 or over and all partnerships and. corporations regardless of amount of income must file returns before March 15th. Thanking yo for this favor, I am YonrsVteuw. ? C. R. HAMRICK, Dep. Comr. FACTS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT THE 1930 CENSUS In a message i to Congress in 1862 President Abraham Lincoln predicted that in 1980 the United States would have 251,680,914 in habitants. Census experts estimate that in 1980 the population will be 122, 000,000 less tihan half of Lin coln's figure. - It will cost $40,000,000 to take the census." The country will be divided into 100,000 districts with one census enumerator to each district In addition there will be 7,000 tabulation clerks and 570 supervisors. The 122,000,000 cards required for the census returns, if stacked seven feet high, would! occupy more than a quarter of an acre of floor space. There are 218 varieties of the Christian faith in the United States. The average person via worth $2,918. New York State possesses one-eighth of the country's total wealth, i Pennsylvania one-tenth and Illinois one-twelfth. The population of the United states is increasing 1,600,000 a year. In 1980 it will be more than thirtw times aa rreat as it was in 1790, when the first Fed eral census wae taken. ' It Is estimated that in 1980 the average number of people per square mile will be more than for ty. Farm dwellers will constitute lesa than 80 per cent of the total People in the Southern .States have the most children, while in J new sngiana. iaminea, are small est Exchanges . .l WAREHOUSE WORK BEING PUSHED MEETINGS BEING HELD AND SUBSCRIPTIONS TAKEN The first meeting of citizens for taking subscriptions to the proposed tobacco warehouse for Marshall was held at the courthouse Tuesday night. Present were Mr. R. A. Edwards of near Mars Hll and the. following of Marshall: F. E. Freeman, A. W. Whitehurst, Carl Stuart, C. B. Mash- burn, O. C. Rector, J. Coleman Ran sey, E. K. Tweed, J. U. Sprinkle, 'Nathaniel said unto Hun, Can there Frank Roberts, R. C. Nanny, D. A''be:any .good thing come out of Naz Robinett, W. J. Russell, J. Morgan i,.,,. oM .. nry, j Ramsey, J. Hersctel Sprinkle .Frank. rehhihP sa,d unto h,m' come and Searcy, Hubert Roberts, George Rec- seu tor, ar.rl H. L. Story. Subscriptions . It was don: so quickly, so accur were taken and a committee appoint- ately and administered a delicate re ed tp see other business men in Mar- Q f appropriate and powerful, shall and secure subscriptions. Meet-,fl x t rrr ings are being held in various parts :i4 at once hlm "nuence of the county as advertised in last and standing with all the office. He week's paper and results will be made known later. MARS HILL GROUP SATURDAY The teachers meeting for the Mars'delphia at the age of eighty-four. Hill group will he held as scheduled Saturday, February 8th, .10 A. M-, at the Instructor of Teacher Training. THE PUBLISHER'S ABOUT THE ROOT OF MUCH EVIL 11TE are aware of the Biblical iagi$liat:;?rrhe- love of T r money is the root of all evil'; antf jiist what that means we may not be able to explain iothe satisfaction of all But one thing we are quite sure of is, that the! lovofliquor is the .foot of muchof the resent day-evils Wfl notice t' day school-literature is mafcm to temperance whether the scripture studied was original ly intended to teach temperance or not. And, to be hon est, we believe the committee has strained or perverted the scripture passage to apply it in this way. When there is so much scripture that bears directly on strong drink and its consequences, we do not see why they should go out of their way to use what to us seems irrelevant. Be that as it may, there is underlying the politics of many people that thirst for strong drink which makes them willing to go al most any length in order to carry their point. And we are not trying to argue that drinking liquor is the worst of all sins ; we doubt that it is. But sin or no sin, drinking liquor in this day of fast and congested traffic is one of the most dangerous practices at all. Even if it could be proved that strong drink was not permanently injurious mentally or physically to the person who imbibes, the very fact that it affects the mind temporarily so as to unfit a person to drive an automobile on our highways without endangering the lives of innocent people is sufficient reason for every good citizen not only to abstain himself from it, but to do all in his power to keep it out of other people both by the proper enforcement of prohibition laws and by discourag ing the use of it among one's friends and acquaintances. And in making up your mind as to how you will vote in the coming election, a proper conception of the importance of abolishing the use of liquor should be a very deciding fac tor in your decision, whether your vote is called democrat ic, republican, or factional. We are not attempting to mention all the evils that grow out of strnog drink. One is enough in our day to condemn it. TAFT AND HUGHES fc' : nnLLIAM Howard Taft, former president of, the United If States, who was spending a few weeks in Asheville for his health, Tesigned his office as Chief Justice of the Su preme Court of the United States Monday and left Ashe ville for his home in Washington a very sick man. Despite all his physicians and special nurse can do, his case seems hopeless. His coming to Asheville endeared him to the people of Western North Carolina perhaps more than be fore. We had for many years held him in the highest es teem, but his nearness to us in his declining days saddened us even more than if he had remained in Washington. President Hoover immediately appointed Charles Ev ans Hughes to succeed Mr. Taft, and a more able man for the place could hardly have been found. Mr. Hughes is a world figure and stands head and shoulders above parti san politics, as all members of the Supreme Court are sup posed to be. Mr. Hughes is in sympathy in spirit if not in letter with the great idea of Woodrow Wilson the League of Nationsone of the greatest documents ever submitted to the nations of the world, and defeated in this country by partisan politics. FEW NEGROES IN MADISON STATE School Facta, published semi-monthly by the State ; Superintendent of Public Instruction, In its issue of Feb-' 7.riiary 1, is devoted to a tabulation of the school attendance by grades of the Negro children of North Carolina. ' We'-",-iaote from this tabulation that the total enrollment of cotfv eored children in Madison County is the ninth smallest of any county in the State, only 83 Negro children being en trolled in the schools in Madison County- Mitchell County : thas only 9 enrolled- the smallest number of all.: Yancey, : lhas 61, Wautauga- 46, Clay 23, Alleghany 75,-v Cherokee . v15S, Swain 47, and Avery 80. Robeson County tops' the list' ; with. 8,833 Negro children 'enrolled in school. V"7 jtlie Boy Who knew American boy nineteen years of agjt'f'ie found himself in London, where he was under the necessity of earning his bread. He went straight to $e printing office and inquired whether help was needed. ; . Inhere are you from?" inquired thef qreman. . ffinierica", was the answer. wAV' said the foreman, "from Amerjcja. Can you set type?" . Th (young man stepped to one of the esses, and in a brief space set up this passage from the First John: worked diligently at his trade, refus- J ed to drink beer or any kind of strong drink, saved his money, returned to America, became a printer, publisher, author, postmaster general, member of Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Ambassador to roy al courts, and finally died in.Phila- There are more than one hundred and fiftf 'ciiunties, towns, and villages in t America named after this same print- ,er boyi--Benjamm Franklin. VMQUS DISTRESSING TO 'THE BAPTISTS OF N. C. Following is part of a letter the writer . received recently from Dr. Chaa- 'E 'Maddry, secretary of the North,Carolina Baptist State Con vention nd General Director of the Baptist Centennial Campaign: "I am coming to you with the most serious problem we have faced in all the years since I became General Sec retary of the Baptist State Conven Hon. As Director of the Centennial Campaign in your Association I want to ask you to share with me this crushing burden. Here is the situa tion we face today: On December 20 we borrowed $65,000, from our two banks in Ra leigh to meet bonds and interest due in St. Louis on Meredith College. We have $44,820 bonds and interest fall ing due. with The Whitney Trust and Savings Bank of New Orleans on February 1st. They reluctantly granted us an extension of grace for thirty days. We must have the mon ey in New Orleans on March 1, not one day, later. We have in hand to day $6,363,56. "We cannot borrow further from the banks in Raleigh. We have a bout reached the end of our rope. I want to say frankly that unless our people, realise the serious situation we face and send us the money due "on pledges, we cannot maintain longer the honor and credit of the Baptist State Convention." This 'is a situation that challenges the Baptists of our county and State As a denomination, we are abte to meet our obligations if we onlyrQL Di;Mddrj is doing his' utmost to meetf and we abobld raByio-im. We cannot afford to let Mereflith college" and other de nominational institutions ba sold- 'uli. deftitortgage; Where1 wttT'we ip The writer wishes to urge every-. one who ha, pledged anything to the Centennial- Campaign to pay it soon. To those who have made no pledge, think seriously over this matter and do your utmost to help your own church and denomination meet its debts.; There are people in Ruther ford" county and the State who are members of a Missionary Bantist churcnyOwho can give and yet have never given one cent to the Centen nial Campaign. They have monev for pleasure, fine autos, trips, radios, and anything they want except for the church. Watchman, nfhnt nf fV.a The News, Rutherfordton, N. C. A Londoner took see "Hamlet." "You sure are behind the times h;j-e." remarked tho And ean. "I sa this play in New York four. years ago." THE SACRIFICE By FRED CORNELIUS It was a bitter cold night, and for the first time in many years, old Tom Mackley had been great disturbed by what he thought was . Pir of "squalling cats. But as a matter of fact, there was only one. ; " It was too cold for the old pros pector to get out of bed, or he would have srotten un nH t-riaA to shoot the disturbing cats. The noise came from out nmiii i horro corral They saualled nH spit -and made a terrible racket as wy ,c;mDed tin comal fence. This was repeated at regular in tervals till after midnight About one 'o'clock the noise- ceased and the old man went to sleep, v. The -next morning, somewhat to the prospector's surprise, the ground i was covered with snow, hard, cold snow that was almost slfceti j, - ,T ,'ThW Tora remembered that he had set steel trap under the cor ral, fence to catch a gopher. He VOftld'jgoow and see if he had capght it What he aaw made him. turn aixlr f it .trethed .out on the froien ground, dead, was a beautiful white: cat. - The -iftli man was tender-heart. ed, and .wept at the sight of the poor creature. , "How . it must, have suffered r : he said aloud, "and me thinking all the time that' that .noise was a pair ef fighting atl r Wett, the poor thing didnt suffer in vain, 'cause I ain't hot er going to set another trap, aad thst will save a lot of other poor eriw n from dying such a horrible death,. I reckon." " . Fro Our Dumb Aslmala. WARNS TOBACCO GROWERS V. ; .JBr W. W. BERNARD vSo'tnuch has been said and writ jtan .-recently regarding the growth, culture and sale of tobacco in East" Tepneasee, it is natural some facta have become distorted. The writer pot being dependent upon what has heenspid or written for tobacco knowledge, but from actual experi- l ... . - .. . . a , oowinea irom me uuaucy oj. h growth of Burley tobacco in thia f wiejy. ieei " 8 uu,,y lo " A3- far a possible the unfavorable ef fect that may result from so much ex aggeration. It is an error for any one to state that the growth of Bur ley tAbacco cannot be- overdone such; statement lacks reason, as ev eryone should know. For proof of this, we have only to look at the av erage price of this present crop, which three weeks ago was over 28c, and is now 23c or' less. While it is true, .the tobacco trade as far as Bur ley fi concerned, is at present in a healthy state, there is an overplus of the Floe-cured growth (which growth is blended with Burley in the manu facture of the finished product) the per cent used of each growth varies according to the surplus or scarcity and price of the respective kind Burley or Flue-cured. Thus it will he seen that the price of one growth affects the otiher. T Those who are to grow a crop this year should not overplant, but should put ' out only what they-can cultivate proprly'and have Warn room in Which w fcouse. ; s It BTltot likely the common grades will exer sell as, high as they have . '?MmmiV W'tt.;;ttwwi'; should -not let the Ihiarh nrices he has receir- ' ed foriommofgradetlallhim into an Main-ereiaputoa aa jty ne uaurR-' tonight t&n.fw. ?ivVV.' the 1920 and the 1926 crop, the aver" - "f ' ; age of which being only 13 He, While it is to be hoped prices may never be as low again, they will if the growers, go ahead and pitch a crop . - indiscriminately. v ; The past season has been a most . o''. unusual one, with a mild Fall, per fect weather for curing and hadling, " the growers had classified virtually J all of the crop prior to the opening of the markets. Prices started off high and the growers bearing in mind the decline in price of last year's crop of about one-third when only (half of the crop had been sold, they naturally rushed the sale of this season's crop and produced a glut on every market. This resulted in the crop being sold in about 30 sale days, when there was really 90 to 120 days in which to sell. Such a rush created a false, im pression that there was not sufficient facilities to take care of the tobacco . grown. The chances are it will be many years before there will be as favorable weather for handling to bacco as ruled the present season and it can be confidently expected that present warehouses and handling fa cilities are ample to take care of a much increased acreage. ' The tobacco growers should bear in minq that tobacco is a quality' crop, must be handled with care, and that a. large crop does not necessarily mean a bigger profit - f In conclusion wish to add that I am interested and eager for the con tinued increase in the growth of to bacco in this section but feel such a growth should come gradually on a firm, permanent basis, and not by pe riodic, spasmodic exaggeration. The Lankf ords Of Madison The News-Record welcomes to its subscription list Mr. R. J. Lankf ord of Fonde, Bell County, Ky. Mr. Lank ford is a native of Spring Creek, sec tion - of Madison County. ; At one time he was a teacher in Lower Big Pine school, after-which he took a . course of business training at Knox ville and then entered the coal min ing . industry. ; For the past twenty years Mr. Lankf ord has been Vice : Prest and Manager of Clear Fork Coal Co., Fonde, Ky., one of the most successful operations of that districts He la also largely interested in fruit growing properties in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. His brother, B.' C. Lankf ord, is associated with him at Fonde as Manager of the general store jtonducted by the company. These men have not lost interest in Madison rCounty a ! its rftr'e fi we.' are aure- te!r' f -! t- !