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Thursday afteraooarwaV-ane ofjti.e,
i taMt delightful jseeaaloins of all the
... r commencement exercises. . V'Grado
1 ----artes of the collage were there froni
" ' sway section of the State and other
i il!uti classes beta represented fotm
'Representatives of! the differ
ent classes were- requested to atnd
- v ' r; sma some iumww fpwun war
1 -made, Tht't deHghtful,
t , ,boi eapectally.ewai the hour f
, cuu .mingling !li - cinssmaies maa
friends of the college.'. Jinny of the;
speeches that -wore, !made swero lino,
but perhaps tho speech, which meanf
more for tho,' college than 007 other
wm tkot by Mr Morris, oi official of
tho Wachovia Bank 4 .Trust (tompony
of- AshevHle.' who for theV first time
-was attending tho conunencement ex;
f owiaet of the"eollege..' Mrn Morrii
: declared that in hi I brief acquaint
ance with tho collego ho waa to much
impressed with the .line work' done
there that he proposed to start: a
1 movamont that would never stop antU
tho eolleto had an ondowment of at
.: least $500,000. Hi speech waa mosi
" hily applauded, and Mr.- Black-
stock, tho, master of 'ceremonies ;de
clarod that Mr. Morris was a man who
'meant what ho said. ' '.s t
' Tho wvonty-fourth commencement
. program came to a close" Friday a
- bout noon, following tho alpini ad
dress -by Mr. .A. W. Honeycutt,.. of
Henderson ville.1 Serenty-eix gradu
ated, in Junior college and fourteen
After deliberatfing ' for several quiro. an organising f of, representa
iwoeks I have decided at just about tives from the, smalle,r, and poorer
tho ;"IHeventfi Hour' to enter tho counties, liko :Afc$tf&t'pfa ..eoa bo
race as candidate for Representative put over becausa-the smaller counties
for Madison County at tho next Gen- are in the majority, 9, the act should
oral Assembly. . This decision has be made law befoM'4Jce are listed
been made because of the many re- for next fWthWmMil '' ' '
quests that have eomo to me from : Another method lor-relieving our
4vinAm f Blmnnt. ovnrv opfinn nf thn tar burden WOUld'b tbroUltb the re-
county, and I am NO MAN'S catMU,
date excent mv own. for I have too
much, self respect to allow any man
'ft AMf what I shonlrf do i f maka
this announcement through a privi-;iieve
lege, wmcn petongs w every man in iiiiuii w ' k.wv. -
the county, alike. , ; , Jthe 'laxfty 'of the iawothei-case
Friends, when I say f oj Madison of where State wide action only can
County I do not mean for Marshall prodnea tl'J5-.
or any other specific place or com- 'Wo hear thotax Wsrrof mfj
inunity of the county singled out, but f eation groantag-under h Iod
for the 22,000 people who comprise ;I am frank to say thatnvmany ta
tho entire citisenahip of our county, atances those who howl :e"
In other words th man wiio pays
. ;. aw
. mon. hn. maid himself as
candidate
W reprt w
ther than this principle
hini would not e a fit
1. shin with
subject to be termed citisen of his 4hem eompUlning in many . eommun
t county. t is my conviction that anyties tan vod wQl hear from thosof
J 1 man in whom is friendt Had conaaeo,
1 to tho extent of electing him as their
. tepresenUUvei who would: betray
4.Lt i. i .-L.4 v. Mb,.,.!
- bo instrumental!! enacting sucht,leg-
Jslatioa as would enhance the person-.that
.1 4-Mf- in, inr . n tw.at nu
in
. tho vilest foravr If elected, it ismy not assessed in any .degree of -fair-;
purpose to serve to the best of my" a yitm as compared with -personal proi
lv. all. -of tV-Teerle,-. d. tp:Hveeimb. ''e4m.OTof?bwd,o
, iu.Mi-1 aa ooRaiijie. earrv oat thai wLih- nerfected whereby the honeat tiller
-oa of the eitiaens as n whole- a ,J .
' TV. kt-t.ai. .Hiinmmt t which
amv el ns should asniro at the present
time, and at all times ao for that mat
- tar, should be- lower- taxes and thus
.better living conditions. 1 Any. man
of ordinary mtenigeneo is convinced
jtbat - Goverrement cannot- function
. without some form of taxation and
too, any right thinking citisen would
sot,!! be could. -advoeate a policy
that would tend, to -obstruct progreas.
'There has ba a tendency to overdo
vOUT Dunn CI fir IU IIUJ .mm
, v during tha lst few jt irs, but by be
. t''- tna-. conservative in revery- trench iof
Our County, Government, I'acison
County is in good no-. .100 to cpcome
In a reach. better financial cond:tiqn.
r I 'am convinced that the greater
trcM-t for relief for our tax raye'S
ti ' r.i rn fact alost the only rrosrct
i u is t'-.ror-H i.e S-'e k'sttnT,. V e
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. at a- vt r rei rnr ui la t o v.
OT.l
. ' r 10?a wii Tou;h;Tics tp rare. ,z : i x rrnimuer e-
. . . ,v. ivir mr CrmntT its rro-
ta rro-
icr..ct ! If t e : Just this on
s
rt ;e 1-eve. y-tax 'layer w
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Ji MISS BESSIE MAtEJKENT
. Mr. W.' -A. F.i Kent, father of Miss
Bessie Male Kit,rho bail boon miss,
inir for several we.idiwai:ijtf Marsh
all MondayHo was accompanied by
Mother dangborr- Mts.;! a 'Ed;
wards ofMan ;HillTho -inisoing
girl's peopli feati she hs 'met irith
fool play, no menage having been' re
ceived from.her in .all. this, time. -.-.
werw given eettiflcafes of graduation
fronthe academy departinent; Thus
came to a close one: 01 the greatest
years (n the. history of; the collego.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
peal of certam jan l?n w
non taxable- securitieavhehind which
so much of the weaWhyhl. our State
is Mdina- to aveJdVWiattWl. :T I be-1
that the greatest injustice lm-
are no wosojwno rrr '":
Minii ,t tn irfia J -almost crushed.
'It's irrevocably the land ownerto
hb crops for bia.''elihood.r xet 7"
Vwffl - hear a far siemntagorof
outer Dusinessw.r . Prrrrz
act a good portion of e eriticistagW
done by those who wear out te Court
tr.n sfc-ma and wno nave neon aw-
,ting on hhft Cjourt Hoasjweo iwjtong
their natural physiqao la xe
I av-rm landii fai Madison County-re
m luuinifr ,t-CLUuvci4T uvwuvm - i
Jof the soil eould get st least halfway
twin are deal - If s true and might oa
wen do aamiwa vqs vnr vmvm
where.ventJittle.afJort.il put forth
to make farm land yield a -creditable
rneowe. bnt it is aa up dinpu table fact
that the farmer as a Whole is not get
tine a square deal, and I do not knew
f: any ambition that I would hold
greater than, to be able to give him
relief. -'- 'J-'A ' v-ivV -'Ci T i 1
' In eonelueion"! ouIf H out as I
see H. as means' of;;TectJvo tax-ro-ducHeni-'-
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, 1st- No'' more Bonded Vlndebted-
V nees without consent of every, vot
' " erof the coufiryi v.
' 2nd. - TTecfive Stetewide legirfs,
- lation (which eoul-1 include lUX
f .ury taxation very rective!y.) '
-Jrii.-' Fair assessment of, all real
- fBd .personal profrty.. .. ! r ."'
"Laaies and Gentlemen, I've- tried
to outline and trvTt to vou ,my
sennsi ior tae r
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--making body
y pledgre my
' -i secure for
n County
every itV .
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...every I.
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Elati Urn 4 Twa Weeae VV
J .MyEaavtafa Maraba84ao4e
'Tfio Presbrterian church .was' fZIa. 1
to'-eapacity Sunday aiteraeota to'l -
thosingtng by tho choir fromT',flIor OriOpposed t. patting
TensW, of which. Mr, t B.
W. ;Calni
formerly of Marshall, Is asontlhiivslrs;
tie member. Mr. . Coltmaa Rams-: j
was master of ceremonies ' and "c&!Ie4
upon Rev. 0. Ct:Te'agnel-who led to
andience. a praorer.. The . aingers con
stituted a double ntule .flanrtot-Ar M
octet and a female duet. .One of tho
men. waa IanjW;.Tho, andleneo was
delightfully entertained for about an
an hour.-After tho first two or'threo f0MWe.nB,Ia4 a,0,nnt.. "4 tne inv
selections, MrCatea Introduced tho rJ P0" of ocoh
vMtors as follows: Mri. Charlie Da- f7' U oxpenao shonld b oided.
via. Mrs, Ed Kevs. tHuamrs F
edith, . . O. Franklin; O. - W. Thh
bermaa, R. E. Akers, J. O. ' Mil-
rr T," R. Keys, R, N. Caton, UG.
Shelton. AS 4 these people inrpressed
the audience with their " ability to
smg rrom tno eoni, Tbo electi(mi
were of a high order and untumally
well rendered; 4 Usually, men's voices
are more onjoyablo thsn those of W
tnen,; but while the male voices la this
group were very, fine, .they: wesa-ind
more so man those of. .tie women,
the t w o female- voiees- blend
ing, unusually sweet harmony. Words
of appreciation were spoken by :Mr.
Ramsey and a,t his request PfKnox,
pastor . of the- chnrcV..mado most
gracious speech f appreciation and
then called upon one 'of the visiting
siagersV who was himself paster of tho
.ju. -v . 1- v i w
ww''
ceptably. Some four or five carloads
of Erwbi people eamo over for the' oc
casion and" Marshall enjoyed having
these good people and would like to
have them return.
TO VOTE IN
PRIMARY
f--.'j... P
. inaepenaentS a n
t
Dm..v Of
-,I?5r .JmFY Vr
? Either Party
In a statement on questions of law
rotating to the June primary elections
Attorney General. Dennis - C. Brum
mitt pointed out1 recently that under
the ; State election biw, independents
eans not enter either tho RepdbHcan
or Democratic: primaries.'i
r'i : At ft-ho! request of Chairman J.
Crawford Biggs, of -the State Board
of Elections,-Attorney-General Brum
'
i11 .leolo
AnatraUan hallot miiaiiiMM. nanuid bv l
the?-l029;GenmU"Asgembly4;"will be
used itt. tho Juno Primary for the first
tins m' si-tete'electioiwv v.--:ri)''lVaWow,ais
.-.--As
. only two parties, r the- Demo
cratic nd Republican,voro electing
candidates' by primary, Mr.' Brum
faitt I pointed tout that i independent
voters were Inetegible to enter either
primary, but that .provision, br made
for their 'voting in the general elec
tion. - '
'.'One cannot -vote bf the primary
part of the . Republican ticket and
part of the Democratic ticket,, the
Stete official said. , ; .
f A voter may change hia party affiliation-
prior to the primary elec
tion, Mr. Brummitt continued, "Al
though regritared as a Democrat, a
Republican : 'or an hidependent the
voter may, - during thia registration
period or when' be goeS'vtd vote 'in
the .primary, declare a, change, w hb
party aESation ; 'and' ask. - that, the
change" be entered 09 the regiatra
tion book." 5:4-, ?iirlt,
'A' voter may be challenged '"upon
YE
j! Vill VRonir
-1 -a-ilii'j J..i'.-
iafiwb'elnecewry1 in order io
.r" majorityjto ttt winner, j-X,
y
itr4o the ozoenso of boldin WL
secon primary! favor letting the
Qiree 'conunliaioilers who roceivo thtf
itA .:j.v.- a '1.
primary bo declared the nominee, efj
tho party.-, I -sboulialo be glad if
OH 'the candidates ' for " tho vari-
aua o f fie k a, would .agroo to let
be declared tho nomiaoa,
f of ;howin, 8jr;oloetto to a
I i 1 ver' ww yours, ,-r,
CLAUDE .a?., WILD; r
tMIINAL COLiRT:
flN MARSHALL
." The regular criminal .term .SuperL.4
u. w ... L'lfi.:-,.
w yuurv cviitbucu nvnuay, mwy J5j,
13Q. with r7udge Cameron F. MacRae
presiding-Bon,.R.,M. Well prose
cuting for the' State. s ' ' 1 '
The calendar was ealled, which eon
(taiaed 1J5 eases, i A number of cas-
Were, disposed of as followst t 1.
eases- against- Eu- H. TroadgQl
Were sol prosaed with leave. ..Tho, de-'
fendant was ' charged with , reckless
torivmg .ann pmuiw eaz. mvoxicaieo
an auomobile.
The iase . Seborn' .D
- -A
charged with manufacturing whiskey
was dismissed, the defendant having
not been taken. The esse has been
on docket tor more tnan a year.
S cases against Steve Ltmsford
were dismissed or nbl prossea witn
leave, the defendant having not been
arrested. The, defendant is charged ,
whh 'CCW in 8 cases, one case of
drunkenness, and 0ne case for viola
tion" of nrohibition larw.
"Roy Howell was allowed to pay
$25.00 on bill of cost and given un
til August .term to pay balance.
, The 2 cases against Hubert Stan
ton for assault with intent to kill
were continued, the defendant noiw
bemg confined in Greeneyille, Tenn.
jaiL;- . :'- -" ; ;- '
Tha ease against Covart Fortner
and Jeter Smith, charged with purg
oiy, was nol proased with leavo.A?v ti
i Arthurj Crow,j charged, with '.larceny-
and under bond to - appear at
May term' of court, 'was -called and
defendant failed to :!answef .Judg-
ifn was entered arainst him- and
y MerritBucknor was allowed mm
August term eourt.tn-.whieb to pay
balance of coat upon payment. of
215.00 at this term.. A.. ': .KSl'
V-Rafus Clerk -pleaded guUtr to fip-.
orating car Intoxicated and -was nnea
$50.00 and
Nate SheltonV riiaxged with, sotting
payment 01 sucn core aa coovj wv
be. liable " , V: $
AaWua'Claritf-'diargod. Titb oosauli
pleaded gutfty and was discharged
upon payment vt eost,",j;iil.
V F. R. Gilbert war given months
on tho roads for transporting liquor,
. '. M X 1 4l
Fred- FOrO' WS",'(Hins.!,.aiw .
tha aronnd that he" does not affllUte
with such party, or does nqt in good
faith intend . to support mo :onii(jBr,sr -ptig,;-. Moasra. ' Bettys j ad
dates ndihinated in the primary, ox
such party. In such ciwo - it b th
duty of the' election .officials to ide
termina the challenge as a" pure at-
ter of fscC:. Mr. Brummitt stated.; :
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4.1
to r:oT.Ruri
23aE(SVEDI?lC!ASA,P
) i V V t 4 t f rf , 1 , T I . Jf
on wad.. - :
Tho.bdl of. indictment affantnT-An
4-K;.ri. -TeyloitrWas given ? months:
w r, . .., - - 1 1. V ' L , J," i -'
- " - T" vVurbt having arrived. The data
.77! ,77 vT TTT :lTr:, Ti
TST V ".Vr ' ' .
: 4w.ws.ooto: tb. ftmmiw wuu
JlTC". SL!2
fronf. thoirstero of ? Goaett . Lumber
Company "'on ! Spill Gorav is Bow' on
trkl.- ' -
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LEICESTER FAIR
4jl
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r,ii IV! Ti IkNll A Y
" VrZ ; 7S7?.r,7t
4 11 11, - I J :u!""";,,r'ir
definitely decided to hold a fair this
. m - u
IfifBi. finanC,;C,m 7 i-hojicquitted himself quite favorably..
Msrvin Glance a. chairman and L O., Bost poUtlciaM( hte
,Robein as secretary, wasmelected, void o ind de.
,but the election of other officer was on . high bardl
npstponed,unta s .later date, (Owmgttttermnce beinff that '
to the absence of O. S.TDfllard, secre- prfOToVe . from .nace,
' nHis interpretation of tho worda
-The Uicestor fair, undefrito a:Graduation and Commencement was
rrl0 R W?"8' Jrsidef. qite striking, and his word picturo -
ua 0. 4VUW1U, wotiwi,
jmlendidjrogress;
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leaf -yaatta .aoiia;
the.
best eommunitv fairs m .the r state.
finance c4femittee
has already started rotk and. has re-
. ported progress, and in view of this
fact Leicester community is looking
forward" t another good fair some
time in late Saptember. ,
MADISON COUNTY
POPULATION
20307
1930 CENSUS SHOWS INCREASE
. OF 224 IN TEN YEARS i '
The population of Madison County
has increased from 20,083 m 1920 to
20,80T "in 1980, according to infor-j
jnation given out from ther census,
bureau .in Asheville. - Some of the
divisions of the county i'Aowod,; de-
crease population and it was feari
ed iby -some tbat tho. total for the
.County : would show?? falling off
benca it is 'uite ' irratifying"' WiJea
has mcreased
itheVhan to' baWdecreaieC M
ison is one'of :'-thsj most fcrosperoas
UI WO- jfWJJV4w
counties in tho SUtej and many of Jts
diita Wha moved teother olaeaa
aad tried it for ji wnlle iUunt aaA&d'ilsiy o'ejockyp.
d tried it for while hav moved Saturday; May s lav 9 o'ewcay p.
ck to good oliMadbv'n; teHyjs 4,in."Watc;Fri
backl
SIEZBftlAIISiKEra
Ajfi.X- , H-A
.fWf Clea W Cah
Medstw.CevaUaos'r
- Indications; am that Miuihali k to
jt unwatmi mm. nmrn, Muan
. j through' the summer months.
Thm
, G. Fortner homo nlaeo is ttfideK
'rofaig iminrovements o fit It for ounv
G,'.FFortaar;:aro spending great
deal- is building and equipping : this
place for the convenience and pleas
ure' of ttiose who wish to spend a
summer amid soma of the most beau
tiful mountain .scenery, of Western
North . Caxol A for - natural
beauty, Kiurshaa csJinot bo excelled.
Located on the banks of the' be: U-
ful French-Broad River.t and sur-
mnnAaA k tawarinr Beaks that kiss
tha' sky,' no snore lovely place can.be. This -site has been tw i
fourd hi which to revel in the.ke..a-. girls from, vsrio-j T
tls of nature. ;"r; iV"iT''b. toT .'?!'$"-' r i ','
IKlt WBAIIXT fPEAUi ;
' 4..4 4MIU
. .m..: v.
ViUVS)VV V sa-iaMO Ma. . m issa
day
toorcisoa won given in tho form of
P Thnrsday ovoning, directed by
Professor; D. vM., Robinson, principal. ,
Master Rochelle Blankonship was tho .
mascot of the class. ' , The graduating -exercises
Friday morning began by ;
tho,, seniors, : capped , vand . . gowned r
marching, in from the roar and, tak
ing their places on the rostrum, tho
s -president, Joe ads, being aceompa- -
vntedv py tne mascot. .rouowing uie :
l.acbooi song as a chorus," the speaker
' v of, the occasion wis introduced Ty.,
.xiinnntAnrint i;. M. KianitiMiRMn to
V audience not as large as had been
expected, tho auditorium being
of-Raleigh, wh'iaop6posing Senator
his subject matter was not what soma
j
n .T,iTiH,honJh Jot W.
master-
-r" , -- - -
pCoeo: His address wi
was doubtless an
h,rf h'kiJi
The attendance was not as great as
- t . " ? '
n a tyi OTfeTiTiTTyY n
AllllV r II 111 It I ,V. '
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(Jf YEARS
PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDER IN
SECOND DEGREE
. Zade Sprinkle; formerly Register
of Deeds and well to do business man
of Madison County, who was on trial
!in Buncombe County last week, for
shooting to death last November Ted ;
Davis, in a house on Deaverview
Road, which was accepted ' by rth0
State, and after hearing an array of
witnesses, of some of the most pitom-,
inerit people in - Madison and Bun-
combe Counties, as to his character
JUp to a few years ago, was given a
1 gentence of from four to six years in
gtato prison.;i Mr. Johif, McEhroy; of
fMarahall .was ono of -the defense at
- 'tornevs'Ny
1$
IDDLR'$; CONTION . V
A ; Fiddler'a Ccmvention will be held
-at Mars Hill High, School Auditorium,
BUILT FOR LIARSnALL
'grounds and tho old :homo place can
should meet
requirements xor soma ;
family. CMy
water i being piped across the river,
so that ahdwer baths,' runnlnj 'wttir.
i. ...
bo i avaaabie. xne a enner a1"
MT H4MLU
to "10 from1 the' road on the oppc
side ef the river.' Qaite a flouri.,!J
I garden, ia in enltiyatioi this sumr
A beautiful Tock precipice oxten.
upward many feet, fronts the r'
near the bath house, and lis te
la hardly visible from the r -1 1
Messrs., Fortner plan. to tar r
ment: for boat riding, '..:
mint, and the roads out of :
lead through some of the it.:
J tiful scenery in Western Ko: C
-lina.
jW.-.tur.! v
-. )
t'. . .r
tfr 1
:.-rs. Fortner f sve
sTy.ir.t'e-it s