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H WIDLE-TRYING TO STOP MGUMENT
HaWt Stantea, Fat S lan tee, And
FewUr Shelter la. Marshal Jail
The bum of Madison county was
again thrown i5theirmelight when
another of its citizens wa snot .to
death last Sunday afternoon,' just a
cross the' Tennesee line froni the
Laurel section of Madison, county.
The dead m an was a deputy sheriff
of .this county Mitchell i Gentry,
Three men are in jail at Marshall as
result; of the shooting and Grady
Cutshaw is in a.hospital at Greene
viUe, ftTenn.i -seriously woundydhay
injr bean- shot -twice through, theeye
and onpe throughttheJh,ip. It, seems
arow between the 0thF parties - who,
in shooting at; one another, are. al-
leged to have levied .Gentry. The
JF j OL.u J rte1iv am
ajjeged to have been having an argu
onent at a filling .station across the
Tennessee -Una when, Mitchejl drove
Ujit aad tried to stop the argument.
Talcing Gutshaw-by the arm the of
ficer had persuaded aim to leave tne
station , when Stanton end4Shetton
are said to have opened fire upon
Cutshaw. -When ,the shooting start
ed. Cutshaw; Jerked from the grasp
the efBeeiy ran about ten feet,
wneeiea arouna ana reur
During this exchange of shots,, Mitch
ell ws , shot nd killed. Cutshaw
fell to the ground, wounded three
times, and the others left the scene,
Sheriff Ramsey is reported to have
stated.' Upon hearing of the shoot
ing Sheriff Ramsey and several dep
uties, went to the. Little Laurel sec
tion and ordered the removal of the
deputy's body,; after "which a posse
was organized and the search started
for the others involved in the affair.
The., men? were , surrounded iftortly
after 10 o'clock and surrendered to
the officer. They were brought, to
the Madison 'county jail here and
were held without bond, for the Ten
nessee authorities, being' removed to
the Greene county jail at Greene
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"Sheriff Ramsey stated tnat lU 3,ei
Ing had 'existed for 'some- time be
tween Stanton and Cutshaw. It is
believed that thejKercation started
when the twp met at the filling sta
tion. V"" " '' '
Mitchell Gentry was-reported by
the sheriff' as an efficient officer and
was one of the most fearless men em
ployed " in the ' department. He is
survived by a wife and several chiK
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A report Tuesday morning was to
the effect ,that Grady Qutshaw, who
was wounded in the gun battle Sun
day, has undergone an operation at
the Greeneville, Tenn., hospital, and
is expected to recover.
Miss Sprinkle
Wins Prize
BISHOP MAXON DE
FENDS HIS - SON
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.. Bishop Maxon, a Protestant
iEpiscopal clergyman' of
nessee, went to New, York ,to
see his,21 year old .son who is ;
in jail in that city on the charge
of beating an old man to death
with a .chair. . ' The boy com-,
mitted; the deed, in a. drunken
brawl and attacked theoW man
who had done him no harm, un- j
der "the influence Voi: bootleg
Uquor. This was the first meet-"
iiig of father and son since the
, dreadful episode took place.
The boy appeared to tie peni- !
tent and asked about his moth
er as soon as he embraced his
father. It was a pitiful case
and the" young man,; who had
no justification whatever for -beating
the life out. of the el
derly man who appeared to
have been perfectly inoffensfve"
suffered the brutal assault with-J
out the least indication of hav
ing borne any malice whatever
toward his assailant. It is an- ;
other illustration of the fury
engendered by the quality of
whiskey peddled around the
country by irresponsible a
gents. The boy will suffer for
his sins, and the father, who is :
a greyhalred, kindly man, with ';
grief-stricken wife, must ' bear:
their share of punishment for":
the sins of their son,, Who i
to blame for this tragic affair
we. do not know, ..jejrioj
somebody is seriously at. fault ;
for the way in which this young
man was brought up. Charity
r. and Children. '
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THE PUBLISHER'S COLUMN
ABOUT VARIOUS MATTERS
POPULATIONOF
HARS!IALtll32
The 193Q census shows that the
population of Marshall is 1132. In
1920 the population was given. ? as
748, which shows a gain of 884. or
61. This difference in ngurei'Js
largely due to the 'extension of the
corporate limits of the town, but
whatever may be the cause, we are
glad to - note the increase in the
town's population.
HUNDREDS SEE FIERY
METEOR EAST OF CITY
Mar HiU Girl's Essay Best
' The Asheville Citizen lof Sunday
carried a picture of Miss Hazel Sams
Sprinkle, daughter of. Mrs. 'Carrie
Carrie Sams JSprinkle, of Mara Hill,
Miss Sprinkl-' having" - written -the
prise wUming.essay at Mars Hill high
school in General Wade Hampton."
The prize was won in a contest
sponsored' by . Asheville Chapter of
United Daughters of the Confedera
cy. Mlsi Sprinkle is: a member of
the senior class, at Mars Hill this year.
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e An error was made in our . last is
tue p to Mr, McGee being pastmaster
at tnglish. Mr., McGee is a Justice
ofihe Peace, but not postmaster. ;
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IKE GETTING A BREATH OF
PURE COUNTRY AIR" '.
tOOl Oi. T A :t .MJ.t.
. -. t May 2, 1929.
Editor. of The News-Record, .".
Marshall, N. Car.. . -
Dear Mr. Story: .'
! Will you please send the News-
Record to S881 St Jean Ave., Instead
Hundreds of Asheville people wit
nessed the passage of a-huge meteor
across the eastern part of the sky
with a brilliant display of red fire and
blazing gases, last night about 9 o'
clock. " ', . - - -.
. Many telephone calls were received
at the office of The Citizen from
people who 'reported the, appearance
of the celestial visitor. The meteor
was described as very large, flaming
jred in color and emitting brighted
sparks of .flashes of light as it sped
across 3ie sky disappearing below
the line of mountains to the east v
- Associated press dispatches from
Winston-Salem and Greensboro last
night indicated that the meteor land
ed in the vicinity of Guilford college
in Guilford county. The extraordi
nary , brilliance of the display in
Greenrfboro and a loud explosion ac
companying the approach of the me
teor led to the belief that it had
struck in the open country north of
the" college The phenomenon was
also faintly, .visible as far east as
Raleigh. The Asheville Citizen ,
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TOO LATE
; If you failed to list your property
for taxes in April, the penalty is on,
and you have no one to blame but
yourself. , ; ': - , .7, .
Dentist's Wife Why do you open
of to our former address, and may the door of the watingroom when I
I add it is most like getting a breath 'sing? , i
of pure country air to get the paper
from borne! v"--, :,. :
I -Thank "yon, : '
ymXx. UojJOL Cuthbertsea
' Dentist I want to show them that
the noise does not proceed from the
patients In the chair. " '
l., . The Pathfinder,
THE REAL MEANING OF POLITICS''
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AT this tlmd when people are 4iBussin politics perhaps
more than anything else, it jmiirht be well for some of us
to get clearly in our minds the re significance of the word.
The Standard Dictionary defines politics as "1. The branch
'of civics that treats of the prlncinle ef civil government -and
the conduct of state affairs; ; th.dministration of public af
fairs in the interest of the pecel prosperity,, and safety of
the stater statecraft political iscnce: in a wide sense em-,
bracing th science f governmeand civil polity, , 2. Polit
ical affairs in a party sense f theadministration of public afr
fairs or the conduct of political matter so as to carry elec
tions and secure public offices, pafty intrigues; political wire
pulling; trickery.. 3. A' man? political sentiment, party
preference or connection, etcf!j
The average man knows iiifj sense the meaning of the
word as it is generally used. .Jtreems to us a pity that the
word should ever, have come to mean party intrigues, polit
ical wire pulling; or trickery ilfiwe allow our Imaginations
to go back, to the time when ourfgovernment of the people,
hy, the peoplej an4 for the peoples was first started, when the
interest of the people as a-whoU was a dominating factor,
when personal preferment or factional advantage was not
considered, when the administration of public affairs wasfai
the interest of the peace, propemy and safety of the state,
regardless of personal, party, orl actional predominance, we
believe that the idea of politicsjm that day was very differ
ent from what it is at the present time. Our sincere convic
tion is tha selfishness in one vrt r or another, has been per
mitted to get control of .the management of public affairs,
and that our government is missing the ideals set by our fore
fathers. In the last two hundred years the. population of
the United States has grown tfrom- less than one million to
well over a hundred million, and the'government by the peo
ple today is a much more unwieldy problem than it was in its
beginning. What the outcome will be in the next hundred
ir two years no one can tell, but unless the spirit of selfish
ness is subjugated to the welfare of the genera good, we
'have evil forebodings as to the future. Last Sunday's Inter
national Bible lesson, was timely, Even then the; spirit of
selfishness and personal prefennent.was cronping out among
even the favorite disciples and the.lesson ofself abnegation
taught them would be a good lesson for many who are seek
ing office and places of honor inthis day and time. How far
our people are from the ideal In government!
THE KERNEL IN THE HARDEST NUT
rpHEi most difficult thing to obtain is often the most valuable
I" when in oaes poase8&mcTLl&r&a& t&'
get in this day of political trickery wire pulling, and polit
ical manipulation are the real facts, in the case. One defini
tion of present day politics might le the science of getting
into or remaining in office by deceiving the public. We do
not mean to intimate that there are not some honest to good
ness, straight out and aboveboard people who have ambi
, tions for office, but under our present methods of getting in
to office even men of this character find it almost necessary
to line up with parties or factions which may use deception
and trickery to land the job. If , our people could only get
to the point where they would not be influenced by anything
but real facts, would not submit to demagoguery, would not
be satisfied with anything less than as many facts as possible
and a conclusion based on these facts we would be advanc
ing far beyond what we are. The facts, and not the circu
lated reports, are the much needed kernel in the nut.
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MADISON COUNTY AGAIN DISGRACED
THE name of Madison County is again trailing in the dust.
The border lines of our states are a problem for our gov
ernments to consider. State and county authorities seem
powerless where law-violators dart, back and forth across
state lines. In such, cases, federal authorities should take a
hand. Why not? - '
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lT" ir the Kwcan - WJoa Icy y, a r f,
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SmeltI'm afraid Tarpon' is suf
fering from exaggerated ego.
Tuna No, mot suffering; he ap
pears to enjoy it. - -
The Pathfinder.
Wberi Oiltim WUd
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. The "Mary Sodflc" oil weU which
threatens the safety of Oklahoma
City by the oil, spray blown .over
the town, defies all efforts to cap It
COMMISSIONERS
MEET- -1
The County Commissioners met in
regular session Monday as usual, and
are gain- in session ae-jmd.eodnmSa.
sioners as we go to press Tuesday.
No fery outstanding step was taken
by the commissioners, the regular
routine of business being the order
of the day.
POWER COMPANY
N E W QUARTERS
The Northwest' Carolina Utilities,
Inc., ha9 leased one of the rooms on
Main Street recently built by Mr. J.
Herschel Sprinkle and Mr. O. M.
Shelton. and are having it prepared
for their, office instead of the office
over the "Bank of French Broad,
where they have been for some time.
Subscribe to The Newa-Record, $2.00
MRS. W. T. BROWN DIES
AT LOCAL SANITORIUM
MARSHALL GIRLS ;
WIN HONORS
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M!m Stella Carver Wise Two Priaee
" Miu Qeeea McDeritt On - "' '
ft is usually enouirh honor to be th -
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recipient oz one prize at nine, vw
Miss -Stella Carver of Marshall - W.
aouDiy nonorea in totre sue receive.
two from the same source at the santal
time, one for perfect attendance and -
the other for making the niches
grade in one of the courses which'
she has recently completed. . Mia-
Carver, assistant cashier, and Mia V.
iMcDevitt, prominently connected
with' The Citizens Bank, Marshal!
have .been taking two courses with'
the Asheville Chapter of the.AmerV,
courses of instruction are given an
can Institute of Banking. , Thesa
nually for the benefit of bankers.
mi. 1 1. 1 p.nt.V.. 09nJ n A
lac ial ueyau oepiieiiiucA Muuf.sw.
ended Anril 15th. Following the
Completion of the course, a banquet.
was held at the George VanderbUt
hotel in Asheville. on which occasion ,
the prizes were delivered, one pria;
of 52.50 in goia going to miss vtuent
McDevitt for perfect attendance, and
two prizes of ?2.5u each in gow go-
ing to Miss Carver. The test 0
which she won her extra prize was
marked perfect, but her daily record
reduced the final grade to 99. Thir
chapter had the honor of having at
its banquet the national president
Mr. W. J. Evans of Dallas, Texaav
Mr. Paul Crowder, formerly of Mad
ison County, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.1
D. Crowder of near Marshall, was e
lected vice-president of this chapter
for the ensuing year. Mr. Crowder
is connected with the Wachovia Bank
& Trust Company of Asheville. The)
Asheville Chapter of the institute haa
a membership of 45, and Miss Carver
and Miss McDevitt were the only rep-
resentatives from Marshall The fact
thatall of Marshall's representative
received prizes speaks well, not only
for the young ladies, but also for
Marshall.
. Attending the banquet, which waay.
held last Thursday evening, were Mr.'
A. W. Whitehurst, Mr. E, R Tweed,
and KOy Li Uuflger, nesiaes jmsee,,
McDevitt and Carver. , . 1 '
EDUCATION
BOARD MEETS
Nothing Unusual But Regular'
Routine. Followed .'
Mrs. W. T. Brown, 38, of Stock
ville, died, at an Asheville unitorium
yesterday morning after a lingering
illness. Funeral rites will be held
this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the
Forks of Ivy Baptist church with the
Rev. J. C Pipes officiating. '
Mrs. Brown is survived by her fa
ther, George Hobsonj three sons, Or
ville, Henry and iW. ' T. Brown, Jr.,
and the following brothers and sis
ters: Stanley E. Hobson and Free
man Hobson, ' of Aslhe ville; Mrs.
Charles Patterson and Miss -Sadie
Hobson, of Asheville and Mrs. Lee
Marsbanks and Mrs. N. W McElroy
both of Stocksville. The Asheville
Citizen, ' . " ' -, ' ; : , 1
The regular meeting of the Board
of Education was held Monday afcr
the court house as usual. All of the
members were present and the usual
routine of business was gone through..
Payment of bills and hearing of cons
plaints marked the order of the day.
A special meeting of the board is set
for May 15th, at which time the bud
get will be' taken up and possibly
made out. The matter of the Sandy,
Mush school district will probably bev
taken up also, as this mattes was not
settled at the regular, meeting .Mon
day.
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STILL CLEANING
UP MARSHALL
Mayor And Chief Of Police Remet.
-' iag Trath Of Tow
. The clean-up week for Marshall, ,
recently designated by the officials did
not end with the week's activities. :
Not all the trash had been .removed
at the close of the week and the time
was extended. - Since that time the -
work of cleaning up is continuing
in more ways than one. -
A SIMMONS RALLY
To the general public of Madison County and Western
North Carolina. There will be a Big Simmons rally
at the Buncombe County Court House in Asherille on
Friday, May 9th, at 8:00 o'clock in the evening.' The
Hon. W. F. Carter - will - be the ' principal speaker, so
let's all go up and make thia a uceasful meeting and
hear what they hare to aay. - -
: ' MADISON COUNTY SIMMONS CAMPAIGN
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