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MADISON COUNTY HECCZID
-Established Jail 28, 1901.
FRENCH BROAD NEWS
: iEsUblished May, 16, 107. ?
; ; Consolidated Nov. 2, 1911
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lydllix S . ; ; MARSHALL,NJ)FRIDAYi MAY 16, 1930 ZBOO 12 Pages This Week
ZADE SPRINKLE IS CAUGHT
DEMAND PRCClOR'REmACIlON
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n I L L COLLEGE NEXT SUNDAY
BY SHERIFFS DEPARTSIENT
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Dr. B. A. Bowers of the First Bap
tist, church f Gastonia, N. Cv will
preach . the anauat sermon at Mars
Bill Sunda morning,-Majr-18, Ha
.will also preach i isslonary sermon
t.tho evening hour Dr. Boiwers was
for many years, prior to his eomg to
Gastonia, pastor in Knozville, Tenn.
i The dosing exercises o the pres
ent session (will be Friday, May 28,
when the alumni address will be giv
en by Mr. Allison W. Honeycntt, su
perintendent of schools,! Henderson
yille, N. C. Mr. Honeycutt's father
was for many years chairman of the
board of trustees of the college and
was greatly loved by the people of
all. this mountain section. .
The complimentary alumni dinner
twill be at 5:80 Thursday evening;
May 2. ' 7 . V, ? h, '
' ' On next Wednesday evening at 8
o'clock the readers' contest will be
held. -Those who will compete are
' Sharon Buckner, of Madison County
Martha Parker of Hertford County,
Nellie Butler, of Catawba County,
Neva McCoy of Gaston County, Bes
! eie S. Lelby of Pennsylvania, and
Annebelle Howell, of Yancey Coun-
ty; ' Wano solos for the program" will
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' oe pisyea oy -jjtrace trsmin ciKinq
' and Frances Snyder, and Mamie Ber
ry will sing a solo.
i -Oratio-Eay Cmtt
Thursday morning at 10 :80 o'clock
- the annual . 'oration-essay eontest 0l
be held, u Competitors will be Jessie
Lee Brendei! of Butherford countyf
Bessie' Stephenson of Maryland, Jes
. ' ' $l'Owen of South Carolina, Julia
. MmAAr at Durham. eountyM. Fxaft-
. tea Barnes, of Kockmtebunty,
-t 'and W. Ruth Cooper Of Soutt yaro
'linn." Piano solos for this program
will be played by Ruth Gribble and
Grace Truman Elkins and Sharon
Buckner will render a vocal solo.
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
- the annual debate is scheduled. The
query is: "Resolved, that North
Carolina should adopt the proposed
constitutional amendment authoris
ing the classification Of property for
taxation." -
Graduation oa May 23
The complimentary alumni dinner
an, annual commencement event, will
be held at 5:30 o'clock Thursday af
ternoon. May 22, and the annual en
tertainment by the music and' ex
prewioa departments, will come at 8
- o'clock Thursday night w .
v. The graduation exercises will be
held at. 10 o'clock Friday morning,
Vav 2S. i The nrosram will open with
musical selection by the orchestra,
followed by the presentation of dl-
. planus. " Just prior to Mr. Honey
cntt! alumnia address, Ernest Moore
will render a violin solo. , After: it,
si girls' chorus will sing "Song of
" Farewem' This, in turn, wfll be fol
lowed by .the awarding of me'dals and
, prises. - ' ...
MOTHER'S DAY PROGRAM
GIVEN AT MADISON '
; . SEMINARY ,
'Song by. congregation "All Hail
'.-. v The Power of Jesus' Name." -J-'
; Prayer by T. J. Anders.
' "How Mother's Day Came About"
- Oi of the best singing classes of East
. Tennessee will be -at; the Presbyterian
Church at three ocIock P. M., Sunday,
May 25th, 1930. The programme will
. consist of "double male quartettes, male
quartettes,; mixed quartettes, duets, etc.".
r This class has been heard over the radio by
' many people and will be.a real treat Don't
fail to hear thi3 class sing. There may be
other classes present at the same time, if
it can be arranged. Let's all be there. -
'it 4y ' MrsJoe' Ramsey. .
MWhy We Are Wearing The Red
i :. by L. Li Roberts;'
Song-f Mother" and Home."
aPlaylette--."Our Mother's Way"
)by ' Intermediates. .'.
Duet "My Mother's Bible." by
' Misses Frances Tweed and Wan
da Roberts!,
Reading "My Mother" by Miss
Zora Roberts. . ,
An Acrostic "My-.Mother"- by
Junior boys and girls.
Solor-"Tell Mother I'll Be There"
by Mrs. Frank Runnion. i
"The Essentials of a Christian
, Mother" by Robert Tweed,: Sr.
Song "Shake Hands With Moth
er Again."
At the close of the program, a
Special collection was taken for the
Bantist Hospital at Winston-Salem.
Following the program was an un
usually interesting sermon by the pas
tor, Rev.,lHoyt Blackwell of Mars
Hill. His subject was A Worthy
Woman." Special, music was fur
nished by the choir, led by Mr. Char
lie McLean of Marshall,, ,
ELOYD SMITH
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flURT JN WRECK
Taken To Heepitat in AfUville
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Floyd Smithy of Spring Creek, sufr
fered painful U injuries Thnrsday
morning when the'truck bn which
he and his father, Mrs Jeptha Smith,
were riding, turned $ve the. Laurel
bridge;; Km Jolbi Henderson the
ewnef trf thVekvlo -was driving,
fooked'b&
ing the truck" to" run1 off. ' Mr. Floyd
Smith suffered a broken foot, his
heel string being almost severed, a
severe cut on the calf of his other
leg. He was also bruised in other
parts of the body. " His father was
also cut about the. back. The injur
ies iwere too serious to be treated ex
cept, at a hospital, and after receiv
ing first aid from Drift Roberts, Floyd
was taken to the Aston; Park hospit
al The father was? jbje; to return
home. It seems that the men were
on their way from Spring Creek to
Marshall when the accident occurred.
JOINT SESSION
OF TWO BOARDS
ConmiMloMrs Aad Board Of Eda
, eatioa Hold Joint Sowioa Te
' Disc a '.'Badge!''
As provided by law, a Joint ses
sion of the board of education and
the countv. commissioners was held
at the court house .Thursday, May
15th, for the purpose of going over
and .discussing the budget of the ed
ucation board. As the budget had
not been completed, the commission
ers could not take any final action in
the matter. ; . "L. .
r This Joint meeting is provided so
'that the commissioners of any coun
ty may discuss curtailing or chang
ing any items which to the two boards
may : seem necessary. ,
1
nging
t The publisher , of fThe NewsrRecorcl is
insidiously by' mUiaU ticciised by' The
Madison County Tinies, an organ recently
started in Marthall, in its issue of May 7,
: of bribing the cemmissioners of Madison '
County to continue placing the County's
advertising in r lews-Record. The ac
cusation is worded in such way as not to
make; the assertion that bribing has been
done, but attempts to make the impression
that such is the case .thout actually say
ing so. This charne of bribing is a serious
charge and is a libel on the character of
both the commissioners and the publisher
of the News-Record, u In its issue of the
14th its inUniations have developed prac
tically into assertions and jn more than
one place an effort is made to create the
impression that;Jbribing( or something of
that kind, has beeti going on between the
above named parties. Vfe, the under
signed, therefore Remand that the publish
er of The Madison! County Times prove his
charges or retract and apologize for hav
ing made suc charges or insinuations.
SIGNEDi'ifl.
H.L.STOiiV,
Publisher
G L. McKINNEV
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THOS. TRIPLET!
TAKENBY DEATH
FnneraJ For Leicester Citizen To Be
Held This Morning
Thomas S. Triplett, 82, one of the
most prominent, of Leicester's older
citizens, passed away at his home on
South Turkey Creek at 8:30 o'clock
Tuesday morning, after a serious ill
ess of several days duration.
Funeral services will be held at
the residence at 11 o'clock Wednes
day morning, and interment will be
in the Brick church cemetery. The
officiating pastors will be Rev. M.
Lef twitch pastor of the Leicester
M. E. church, South; the Rev.. W. H. j
ICAROLIIIIllIlSllIlijlpfStW
V ' ' COPYRICHT 1930 BY BOYCE frRANXtN
; CAMPUS OF HG UNIVERSTrY OF. NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL v'
FHJNDED hjjJS?. thU ia the oldest State University in America, The original
State Constitution provided for the maintenance of a State University. Jn J ?S9
bd was passed in the Legislature providing for it support, appointing forty true- r
rest for ha management. The preeaat site of Chapel Hill was chosen fat 1792. Via.;
February . 1 79$ th first building wae opened,- with- (acalty of three profesaora.
Forty -ofi erodenU enrolled tfce fnt yeat. Today, the University has over 203 faculty
ttembera and an enrollment of about 2, i00 studeate. "
The News-Record.
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Pless, pastor of the Bell M. E. church
and the Rev. G. L. Lovett, also of
the Leicester M. E. Church, South.
Pallbearers have not been announc
ed. The deceased was one of this com
munity's most respected citizens. He
was prominent in church work, and
was for over 60 years a member of
the M. E. church. South. He owned
a large farm in the Turkey Creek
section. He is survived by his widow,
Sophia; two children, Mrs. B. L.
Lunsf ord and Dr. Edgar Triplett,
both of Leicester; 1 nine grandchil
dren, and two great-grandchildren.
The Asheville Citicen.
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How About When It's Celaaeunf?
Silk manufacturers', theme, song:
"I Get the Blues When It Rayons."
CHARLES MacRAE IN TOWN
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Mr. Charles MacRae, prominent
lawyer of Asheville,' wae in town re
cently. He is announcing in this,
issue for Solicitor. ., ;. ,. '
ELECTION BOARDS
ARE INSTRUCTED
Democratic And C O. P. Voters To
Bo Givon Separate Boxes
Instructions to county boards of
elections to provide separate boxes j
for Democratic and Republican vot
ers in all contests in the June 7 pri
mary, in accordance with the ruling
last week by Attorney General D. G.
Brummitt, are being sent out today
by Judge J. Crawford Biggs, chair
man of the State Board of Elections.
The Senatorial contest is the only
Statewide contest in which both
Democratic and Republican boxes
are required, since there is. only one
Republican candidate for Corpora
tion Commissioner in each of the two
places to be filled. George P. Pell
is opposed in the Democratic Primary
by James H. Holloway. Stanley Win
borne's name does not appear, since
he had no democratic opposition.
Ballots Being Sent Oat
Ballots for the U. S. Senate con
test are now being sent out to the
30 counties in which there are no
judifciaL .eo1teitorial pr.Obngression-
at contests- by R. Maxwell, secre
tarybf the State? ?oaj4 of Elections.
Ballots is i Judges, toJicUoia, - and
''peiStimtMMi not been delivered
by the printers yet. When they are
ready they and the. State-wide con
test ballots will be sent out together,
within the next few days. Official
ballots cannot be distributed except
to electors when they start to vote,
but sample ballots are provided for
convenience of pollholders.
Democratic ballots are white; Re
publican ballots are light blue; while
the sample ballots, so marked in big
black letters, are yellow, Democratic,
and "pink for the Republicans.
The Democratic United States
Senator ballots have the names of
Furnifold M. Simmons, .Thomas L
Estep, and Josiah W. Bailey, while
on the same ballot are the names of
George P. Pell and James H. Hollo
way, candidates for the Corporation
Commission nomination. On the. Re
publican Senatorial Tickets are. the
names of Irvin B. Tucker, George M.
Pritchard, H. Grady, Dorsett and
George E. Butler.
. The Asheville Citizen
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The search by Buncombe county
authorities - for Zade Sprinkle, 45,
charged with shooting Ted Davis, .80,
to death in a house on Deaverview
road six months ago, ended abruptly
early Wednesday with capture of
Sprinkle at a road house font tU? ?
from Clayton, -Ga. YT'i$&?&''$
. The capture; was made by Sherltf
J. 3. .Bailey hd several of his depu
ties, assisted by Georgia authorities,
at about tenTVclock Wednesday
morning and shortly" after 'soon
Sprinkle was hi the Buncombe county
jail charged with murder. He Is
scheduled to go on trial for his life
in Buncombe county superior court
Wednesday, V f
Sheriff Bailey received information :
Tuesday that Sprinkle had arrived
Sunday night from Atlanta at Jabe's
Place, a huge rambling road house
at Tigers, Ga., four miles out of
Clayton, county seat of Rabura
county. Taking with him Deputy
Sheriffs Willis Mitchell, S. T. Cog
gins, and O. B. Sumner, Sheriff
Bailey left Asheville early Tuesday
night. They enlisted the ; aid of
Sheriff Ingram, of Macon county, at
Franklin and then went to Sheriff
Luther Rickman, of Raburn county,
who gave his assistance. The officer
inspected the road house from a dis
tance Tuesday night but their trap
was not ready to spring untO morn
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Sarroanded Place
Surrounding the place, ' Sheriff
Rickman demanded of Jabe Cannon,
operator of the road house, whether
Sprinkle was still there. A few min
utes later they were informed that
Sprinkle was there. The V officers
went to Sprinkle's room' and found
him Jn .fied. Resubmitted without
resistance,, ewn. rising Jtromi his bed
and 'shaking hands Svith his captors.
Sheriff Bailey said Sprinkle told him
he was glad he ,Jad: been captured,
adding that he had . thought many
times of abandoning his hiding place
and surrendering in Buncombe conn
ty. '
The sheriff said Sprinkle evidently
had expected capture eventually and
appeared so lacking in disappoint
ment over his arrest that he volun
teered to leave Georgia without ex
tradition and gave his pledge not to
attempt escape if not ' handcuffed.
This pledge he kept. He talked but
little of the crime with which he is
charged either on the return trip or
from his jail cell.
Sprinkle's appearance has changed
startlingly in the time "since he is
alleged jto have killed Davis. From
a man once strong and robust he ap
pears almost emaciated and-extremely
nervous, according to those wha
have known him for years and wL)
saw 'him yesterday. Sheriff Bailer
said Sprinkle told him he had wor
ried much since becoming a fugitivs
and had given himself to hard dissi
pation. , " i .' i
The shooting with which' Sprink!
is charged occurred on November ,"
at the home of Mrs. Lois O'Kelly c
Deaver View road. Sprinkle and T
vis are alleged to have engaged in a
quarrel Involving the letter's m
Davis was said by witnesses to ha
been sitting on a side of a I "
After .. some f words; Sprinkle is
leged to have fired four .45 ca'..
bullets into Davis' body. Mrs. O'K
and Plummer Lowe claimed to 1
been eye witnesses and will be r
cipal witnesses for the State.
' Sheriff Bailey and is men v
particularly elated over Sprii " '
capture since the sheriff had re
ed the case as the "missing link"
his administration. Sprinkle was
only man among the score cl
with murder during ffiesneriTs !
in office who had succeeded i
caping. "'. ;
, The sheriff has known Sn l ' '
years.- He said Sprinkle at or
was one of the wealthiest s
prominent men politically
son connty.. His wife, se
dren and '.. many kinsmen
Madison jconnty and East "
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payments there'd be alt
taken out of pec;'. i
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