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1V . . : : TrlE ESTABLISHED HEYISPXPER OF MADISON COUNTY . . ' - , i .. 1 1 1 r t VOL. XXIX MARSHALL, N.C-, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1930 ZBOO 4 Pages This Issua UNUSUAL INTEREST SHOWN : , IN PRIMARY ELECTION IMMENSE CROWD FACES NEWS RECORD ' OFFICE WHERE E 1 LECTION RETURNS WERE DIS i PLAYED TILL" THREE-THIRTY O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING Madiwn County polled an .unusual number of votes in the Primary Elec tion held Saturday, June ?. ,'' For the first time in quite awhile the Demo crats had named practically a com plete ticket, and the Republicans, who are in the majority in Madison Coun ty, aroused themselves to renewed in terest Party alignment had been ap parently broken in .'many instances before the primary, but; the election showed a few surprising 'results.' At 7:44 the polls closed and the judges of election and registrars began theij1' tedious count out Meanwhile an extended score board had been drawn oft and iwell lghted in front of the News-Record plant, and as the vote at the different precincts came in it was tabulated in clear view of the immense crowd from all over the county. ; Dr. Sams, who is an. expert at this kind of work, having a carry ing voice, a good-natured laugh, and happy smile, despite defeat and good at figures, had kindly consented to as sist the News-Record force to tabu lating and announcing the results. Meanwhile, a new cabinet model At water Kent radio, had been installed in the News-Record office by the lo cal agent, Mr. R. S. tfibbs, of Mars Hill, and while the people on the itnnld sea the results from the precinct ithe otrot??nhe str in the Simmons-Baiiey conies In 108 oiiiuvo-wj x - - A Avai rarita DV the COUIX60' AllUVUUVu v -- - . - ' ... . . i l! m. f tliA Asheville Citisen uroaacasun Company. Fortunately the weather most favorable throughout the day . - i 4-l.A lavnaflf rrwH AVer seen in Marshall was gathered in front of the jNews-cecora uiu, (- ana Reid ror tue BOara 01 aauca ger to know who had been electeu. j tio( Roberts, Ebbs, Ramsey, amd OU UVUv - man Grover C. Redmon found it dif ficult to keep the street open for traffic some cars being detoured a round another street. Quite a number of people had more advantageous points of vision from windows of the buildings on the opposite side of the street from the score boards. Mir. Glenn W. Naves, reporter for The Asheville Citizen, wa also present, and spent part of Tiis time ,i the News-Rocord office. So dense was tne crowu tut Hour after hour passed .one oy BW" ". A tesal ts one the precmcts reported result W -f t AM tlAM.Vr. 1MUM nu l UIIO M. f . . , , .fin trto crowd wms so Jammed auv -that It was with difficulty that a per. aon could move from one point to SfScH olnTto the news necpro ..l... wfflu tn rnort ior -ovuor .-- uuuun . T)ers found it less difficult to go in nd out by the back door and a round the bank building. At 12 o -clock, the last radio announcement practicsliy conceaea c- Bafley Over Smmons ana v. fTL ZTafter hour passing untfl 8:30 Jiour after nour P" 'tSTtSt News-Record lights were .xurD the --arTE: M a. County Commis. -f P h tvtS Monda? wUl ' sioner f or four years and .a a mem ficlal return canvassed Monaay ...... ? KftM uj ,t:the time b. found tabulated elsewne . W6'' vhun von dont want no Grocer-Then you. don w CrcSeri:No; I've changed ' my . ..Customer , mind., I see your cat u asleep in those cranberries. . - i Grocer-Oh, th.t'U be all J, mind wakinc the cat up; ;, " , The Pathfinder. A little country girl called at a :neighborV Vhouse; 1 "Mra. Smith," aaid she; "mpther wants to know if iyou: iron't please lend her adozen ggs. She wants to put them under hen." ? Aus.'".;-' ;.: Tut them under a bent" asked the ; surprised neighbor. "I didn't know that you'had a henP ;; - "We " haven t,"wa. the f rank -re-Joinder. We are going to borrow the hen from Z':x FroTm." THANKS TO THE VOTERS OF ' - MADISON COUNTY I wish lo thanki you 'H for the loyal support given- ma in the trl- mary on June. 7th, and: further, .wish to say tnat i have po' ill xeeiing to ward those who voted, against me. , I renew mypledfe : wr-mHiTtlni4 If elected in November, I will discharge the duties of thetofflce to the best of my abilltji andejctend kind treat. mnt to all when m tha office. ." Respectfully,: U V J. HUBERT DAVIS, PRTTCHARD NOM Congressman -George M. Pritchard is" leading in his ' race for the nom ination on the Republican ticket for the United States Senate. In the Congressional race, Major Bulwinkle seems to be in the lead slightly over Jones,' and it seems that a second primary will be called. In the So licitor's race for this district, Zebu Ion Vance Nettles seems to have led the ticket In the race for State Senate Harmon seems to have been nominated over bis opponent, Vance. In the Republican 'primary in Madison County, J. H. Hutchins leads the ticket over Plemmons and Sprinkle for Representative. Jeter P.- Ramsey; wins over J Will Roberts ove gam j. y ekv f p oam f. :$vB.-yp m."-. -v"' t iAJB cUa-ri0 aiiA fnr mmmift- iCdUD vi w. . j : i " .. . i sionera McKinney. Bnglisn.- ana . "wnd lead. Pell defeated Holloway for Corporation Commissioner, Mc n 'll j D. Ponra. j sentative, Burnett led over Hensley worley led over xteeves anu uimsci, ROBERT T. EDWARDS DIES Body Brought From Colorado Monday The body of Robert T. Edwards of Johnson, Utah, who died at a hos- nital at Fruita, Colorado, June was brought to Madison County for interment It arrived Monday and was taken hy the 0. C. Rector un dartakuiff establishment to Old Bull Creek church where it was planned JLA . . - . Tuesday afternosn at three o'clock interment to follow At the church, the Mars Hill and Marshall Masonle lod.es having charge, M, Edwards K8 dii of acute fcnnendicitis --: -- . .. -- After 14 dara of illness. He was the son of the late James Edwards of Mars Hill. He is ; survived by his wife. - who3 was Miss Verda i Coats, 'fnrmerlv . of Madison County. The ' twt) Mrs. R. F D S and Mra. Willie Hunter, of Washington, D. C. . ... M Edwards has been quite papa Grawl where .lso Master of Oriental Lodge A. F. and A. M. No.-15, at Johnson, Utah. He Mason t Mar. HilL Mr. Edward, was in Madisoj jftj Ust aummer on visit for the Uuh .1. wi M mt,ch .Umm nf hl native state, especial ly Madison County, that he left hop inr to move back to spend, the re mainder of-.hia . days. ' . " " TJrey Why do yen call your at RsndomT ;: 4.". -t:.f'! w 'v .? 1 .,.-nw.n nonl are always throwing things it. vl .V: ; A'USUSi -- M a - I . The Patnflnder. J A WT'.JLJ JUWU A.l.fc v ! - corn growing contest and report good stands. a Hr - AfW Leaves for. Washington 'f I . S .i' . . ,. .. -,1 i. ' JETER P. RAMSEY - Noin.tl Saturday - 7 , .. port me naa good reasons, I know, j Mr. Jeter P. Ramsey, who iftaa'and I feel as kindly toward them1 as; nominated June , for ' Register of Deeds for Madison .County, defeat - in he present iniumbent, Mr J. Wifl Roberts, by a vote of 174B to to f- TBr.oKinBfnn IJ. f: 1 Monday where- he will work for the ; next two- months as special "nsi elerl at the FederaT Census Bflreatf. 1 , . . fc. JJETKE P. KAMitI IMAtt.O t,, pMpt lip MADISON . - , -? - t " "r; ." " " - ; - - ""' -t "of" thu-offic. Ladies and Gentlemen: From t.e very bottorir of r -y . DEFEATED -?rV r'-Ss 19 vpara faithful service as Y.4. . , Deeds for Madison County, Mr. Roberts was defeated in the Primary June 7. Since he was elected in 1918 the office ia said to have been kept in good order, After 6 years of service, a balance was found by the auditor in favor of Mr. Roberts, so we are told, of sev eral hundred dollars, which he declined to accept, as he said it did not belong to him. "did - for me in the race' for fiegister b did fi?1 anybody could feeL1 1 shall try with ! ?. - , ".",! ciuut&cs, as peruana i wui. a others do, please remember that my mtSBtIons are to do the' right thing to1rtnj - ; ' - ' . especially .am,w agam xnan t twecially 'want to' again thank thcsa vrka made the hard furht for j - , " . - " ffl - 5P l different precincts; I could sever rorget you xor your kindness tfost. sincerely, xzr-"i r. ti::zr. Register of A DEcdRATloH There will be a decoration at the Tillery cemetery, in the Long Branch section, the third Sunday af ternoon, June 15th. Song and pray er services iwill be rendered and talks made by prominent speakers of the county. , J. D. CROWDER. Piffle Mowcher has a scheme lor making one-cent stamps do as well as two-cent stamps. Poof How's that? Piffle Why, he them. use: two of The Pathfinder. TO THE VOTERS OF MADISON COUNTY: I Want to very kindly thank each and t every one that voted for me on June 7th, and assure them if elected in November, I rii'y one chief aim will be to help so men age the affairs of the County that we may U cut expenses ajid thereby reduce taxes. K the ones tnat did not vote for r. . I want to assure them that there is no i II ;;- feelinsr, cfxd that I will know no diflcrcr.t r. in t'lhy dealings vvitli them, V"! u'Zl have now ofTcred myself ihrc; l: r to the people fcr Commusicner, end f I have each time honored me vilh I Test vote.'-';! I most sincerely t! r": 7- . iw a w i iwTTRnrRm NEAR MARSHALL LAST FRIDAY CLUBBED TO DEATH JtNCAR TAKEN) THREE NEGROES , -r- . ARRESTED : .1 .i'u. A , ' - ter K. Bryant, connected with an.' lectrie pomr company erf Greene ville, Tenn., was murdered onthe -River raad between Marshall and Asheville about two o'clock last Fri- day morning. At least his body was . found by bus drivers about that Ihour, but later reports were: ithat ' ) the condition of the body when 'found indicated that the murder had been earlier than two o'clock. '- The small amount of money on him had been taken together with his poekct l' automobile card, but other mscrip ' tions found identified the" body, and n his people at Greeneville were noti- , fled and Mr. W. A. Morrell, of Greoreville, accompanied by others, were in Marshall and had the body , on the hearse before seven o'clock, identifying the man and Baying that r pnd his wife had been residents of Greeneville since last August, his. father and other relatives living at Spartanburg, S. C. They said the Toung man, age about 32, had left . Greeneville about three o'clock the evening before, headed this way but they did not know where he was go ing. Meanwhile, later that night a young Negro had awakened the own" , er of the filling station at Flat Creek the Roberts filling statim-rand had bought some gas. The. Negro rf-Ji :'Ao-sJjLaf Jiiscarwaa taken nd it prov . to be the same number ana ine car answered the description of Mr. Bry ant's car. Officers were put on guard in many cities and towns and the Nesgro arrested in Iincolntton the next day. Meawhile another Negro, mho 'had been seen on the same road rear the scene of the murder; the dsy before was locked up In Marsh all. The young Negro arrested In Lincolnton, said to be only 17, ad mitted, according to reports, that he had been forced at the point of a pistol to hold Bryant while another Negro named had clubbed the young man to death. The oljher Negro named was known by Greenev'lle authorities and had been released from jail only a few days before and was easily identified by marks on his And body, Meanwhil? feeling was running so high In Mar shall and Greeneville that ths ar rested Negroes were locked up in Asheville. Bryant was said to be a popular young man with his company and friends and a lynching 'twas pos sible had the Negro , been return either to Greeneville or Marshall. '-The body wheft found on the road, had been thrown in the grass on side of the road, except thai Ma feet were restftig' oh the pavement, whicL attracted the attention ; of the bu driver. The. clubs with which th: young man had been beatento deal' were foun4 near by". with blood r them. Blood rwas said also to I found on the car driven by the ar rested Negro. I' ' t ' t a f.-r'erfry.hlp; v-
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