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Published TWICE A WEEIC4-Tuesday$ and Fridays.
THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER OF MADISON COUNTY
VOL. XXIX
MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1930
ZBOO
MADISON COUNTY RECORD
1 Established June 28, 1901.
- FRENCH BROAD NEWS
Established May 16, 1907. '
Consolidated Not. 2, 1911
8 Pages This Issue
4 BARNARDSVILLE PEOPLE KILLED ;4-H CLUB GIRLS
IN WRECK NEA R WEAVERVILLE : ENJOY DELIGHT-
Reported A Fifth Die d On Way To Hos
pital Thursday Morning
FUL FIVE DAYS
SHORTER CLOSED ! BAPTIST SUNDAY SUNDAY
INJURED TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
IN ASHEVILLE
I.
THE CENSUS REPORT
OF 1930
"Four persons iwree killed and five
othres injured, according to an extra
of the Asheville Times, but a Iater
report was that a fifth man died on
the way to a hospital, when a large
SPEND FIVE DAYS IN CAMP
NEAR SWANNANOA: ENJOV
SPORTS: CLASSES DURING
OUTING
Many of our North Carolina
counties show large gains in
population by the recent census
report while in a few others
,i i i : i
sedan sight-seeing car collided head- Z T d tXt
o with a Ford truck two miles population. The fifth district
north of Weaverville about 10 o'
clock Thursday morning. The truck
was en route to Asheville from Bar-
nardsville, and had a load of five per- j
sons. The sight-seeing car, owned :
by the Red Top Cab company of i
Asheville and driven by Dave Brown
was travelling in. the opposite direc-
tion. j
The dead, taken to the Clayton-:
Hyer funeral home in West Ashe- f
ville are : Tarse Tessner, 28, of Bar-,
nardsville; Cecil Anderson, 14, oj
Barnardsville; Mrs. Cindy White, (
70, of Barnardsville; John White, ;
20, of Barnardsvlile. j
The injured taken to the Aston j
Park hospital in Ashveille are: Dave
Brown, Asheville, driver of the
sight-seeing car; A. A. Ballard, of j
Barnardsville; Mrs. Tessner, of
Barnardsville. j
Miss Alice Good and Miss Josephine i
Wolfe, both of Cincinnati, passen-,
eers in the Packard, were slightly,
injured. The Packard was en route
to Linville Falls. Missse Good and
Wolfe were not hurt seriously e
nough to be taken to the hospital.
J. F. Holcombe of Mars Hill, one
ottM fyrst persons tk wrjve, at the
j -Vi ornpsnme spec-
scenv, u!.iww vc . - . ... i st i
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Five persons, hejHd, lay on , - jren. .v
near the pavement; tne pnvem
i ...;t-i tltftiv tSlnoti: the
was coveicu .
Ureat is ixortn Carolina
which is well named the Imper-
ial District still stands at .the
head of the congressional dis-
tricts showing a gain in popula-
tion of 149,136 within the last
ten years. This district contains
Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and
High Point, three fine cities of
the Piedmont region. The ninth
district comes next in point of
increase in population in the
last decade, shewing a gain of
117,776 of people living vrith-
in its bounds. The total fo-:
the state is 3,165,146, a gain of
606,623, within the last ten
years. North Carolina continues
to hold its place Recording to
the internal revenue report of
the second largest federal rev-
enue producer in the United
States being exceeded only by
New York, but stands first in
miscellaneous taxes collected.
The miscellaneous taxes include
the tobacco tax. While North
Carolina with several other
states dropped off some in the
amount of revenue produced
still ijf stands 'well up toward
the head and furnishes its full
share toward the support of the
;.: SEASON
' . shorter closed season which will .
rpernit fishermen to indulge in their
fatjorrte sport on Easr Monday and;
uniform closed seasons on fishing to '
make possible a mice effective pro- !
Ction of fish during the spawning
peirfod are important features of
Following is an aCCOUTit Of i: changes recently mad n bv. the Board
the recent camping rtip Of the jConservation and JJevelopmcnt at
4-H Club girls, as written by Its semi-annual at Morehead City, i
two of the party : tnder the ievv regulations, the
Everyone was excited and thrilled clo ed season in fishing will rot be-
when she first viewed tho Camp. gin until May Is'., instead of April
There were one hundred 4rH Club 20 as has been the law previously.
girls from three counties Madison, Tirs closed se vw applies to all spe-,
Buncombe and Rutherford that en- J ei- of frame fn'i except the trouts ,
joyed the five days spent in swim- of( Western North Carolina whose
nung, hiking, and other supervised spawning season comes during a
activities. The girls occupied the different period of the year. The
three small cabins, while the coun- period of the year in which these
dors slept in the ma:n assembly types of fi::h are protects:! extends
hfill. Evervonp was busv at first frow September 1 to Arri! 15 of
CONVENTION WELL ATTENDED
AMERICAN SUPPORT OF
THE LEAGUE
thi following year. j
trhe general closed season will ex
tend from May 1 to June 10, giving
a 40-day protected period in the
future in the place of 50 days here-
getting her straw mattresses and
leaking her beds. Some slept on
cots, others on bunks, whiln others
put their straw mattresses down on
the floor.
The girls rose at six-thiity and tofore.
the first thing on the program was Another new regulation also pro-
i s.tting-up ex -v.-es or swimming hibits the taking of fresh water fish
I either you preferred. A nort time in commercial waters during the
' after breakfast was devoted to clean- time that the season is closed in in-
: ing up the camp and preparing veg- lard waters.
etables for dinner, etc. Classes in Seining will continue under the
' swimming, basketry, and singing oc- ban in inland waters following ac-
cupied the r?t of th time until din- tion of the board in denying re-
It is reported that since the
organization of the League of
Nations nearly $8,000,000, have
been contributed from private
American banks for the work of
the League Organizations to the
number of 172 and private cit
izens numbering 341 have made
contributions to this :work. Four
million dollars were given by
27 men to prosecute the Lea
gue work, the largest amount
being by Mr. John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., who gave two million
dollars for the support of the
League. This indicates the large
interest taken in the work of
the League by American busi
ness men. When the violence of
the period has passed it may be
assumed that larger interest
still will be taken in the League
of Nations and the dream of
Woodrow Wilson will be fulfill
ed. The work the League ha.J
done has already accomplished
much and when it has been
generally endorsed by Ameri
can citizens and the League is
allowed to do its full part in
Due to the absence of some who
were on the program of the French
Broad Baptist Associational Sunday
, School Convention, which met at the
j Seminary last Saturday and Sunday
j it was necessary to make some
j changes in the program. However,
the meeting was well attended and
proved to be interesting and help-
f ul. Hon. George M. Pritchard, who
( was to have spoken on prohibition
I Sunday afternoon was not present,
! and in his absence Mr. C. B. Mash-
j burn, of Marshall, delivered a very
fine talk. Mr. T. E. Hunter substi-
i tuted for Mr. Vaughn Fisher, who
( was to have led the devotional, but
was absent. Mr. Robert Tweed wel-
corned the people on Saturday, after
which a delightful dinner was serv-
ed on the grounds. Dr. R. L. Moore
of Mars Hill College was present
and made a fine speech on the sub-
, ject assigned him on the program,
1 and church libraries was the topic
I ably discussed by Mr. Ezra Burnett.
' Sunday Mr. C. M. Burnett led the
devotional, following which the Sun-
' day School lesson 'was taught by Mr.
! William Worley, of Marshall, who
is one of the best informed Bible
students in the state. In the after-
i noon, Mr. A. W. Whitehurst led the
' devotional, after which Dr. Hutching
I made a fine talk on the subject as-
the promotion of peace
and ' signed him and was followed by Mr.
ner.
quests that special permits be grant- g00d will among men, its agency
TWO ENJOYABLE TRIPS ed for this privilege in certain coun-
On Wednesday afternoon the girls ties of the State. The board took
from Rutherford County, with come the viewpoint that as a wholesale
of the c iselors, and any of the method of taking fish, seining is un-
other girls who wished to go, visit-' fair to the great masses of fisher
ed the Biltmore Estate. The trip rripn whose opporunity for sport,
through the beautiful grounds ,. and wTuld be spoiled when waters are:
conservatories was greatly , enjoyed. : depleted by those who would cxer-. .
The girla the Entered the stately. jfce. the privilege if sefciirig were
and historical mansion, where they permitted.
viewed many bemitiful anti,uo and Collections from onglers' licenses
foreign pieces, of furniture, lovely this season are said by officials to.
i ue-s. tapestries, etc. No one can ' be well ahead of last year, having :
will be one of the greatest m
the world. Charity and Chil
WHAT'S IN A
1 i Mashburn. Before the meeting ad
! journed, a resolution of thanks to
j the Madison Seminary people for1
I their hospitality was adopted. The
next Convention is to be at Gabri-
' el's Creek church. Rev. N. H.
' Griffin was made chairman and Mr.
i Fred Jervis secretary.
iDBBRUHL-REUN0IN
v of the Ford truck a&s
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scattered over a distance oi six to jj0 statc in the Union has made imagine tike beauty oi tms piaco un- reached approximately ?du,uou. e
ten feet. greater changies in its way of life, til he ha3 3e?n it. State law requires that every person
One man, he said, lay on tha right thftn ha3 North Carolina in the last Thursday morning at 1 0 o'clock 1 wno fishes in any other except his
side of the highway (looking south). decade. By a system of road-build-' all the girls and counselors loaded 10me COunty must take out a State
I The DeBruhl Reunion will be
There seems to be something my.i hed SundaV( Augu.st 10th, at the
Mr. Holcombe felt his pulse ano
concluded he was dead. Some eight
feet away, and near the center of
the highway, lay a little boy, breath
ing slightly. The child died before
the ambulance ari-Jved.
On the same side of the road, but
off the pavement, up on the bank,
rVi-t ltvPrl a-
lav an elderly woman, -
fend the freedom of teaching.
University is a power plant of en
lightenment for the whole South,
and thp p-allantrv of Wake Forest
bout 15 minutes. On the opposite has begn fin eXample North Caro.
side was a fourth person, a mn- iina is going through a profound
He died while he was being placed adjutment in the f ace of the new
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ing, boldly conceivea ana emcientiy j into tne scnooi uusses anu muiuicu license, nowevei, mc -
carried out, it has broken down the to the Recreation Park. Through quirement has been extended to in
isolation of the rural communities. ' the kindness of the city park officials cjude an fishermen in 26 counties.
The State has really cared for edu-' v.e were given free" access to all Fishermen, it is said, should ascer-
cation enough to pay for it and de- amusements. The glr'.i greatly en- tain if their county is among these,
Thr : wod riHim- t.hp f.ms wheel, r.ier-
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and the were served watermelon uy iamuies on tne diock maneo u
terious about a proper name turned
into an adjective or participle. Ac
tually it may signify a product as
.innocent of bewildering compli
cations as pasteurized milk or mer
cerized cotton, but the mere fact
that the term has been deviously
derived from a name originally i-
dentifying one family from other
home of Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. DeBruhl
near Alexander, which is to be an
all day affair.An address will be by
Mayor Roberts of Asheville. All
rrlatives and friends are urged to
be present.
REVIVAL AT
WEAVERVILLE
north,
industrialism. New York World.
: v.a ambulance,
nrd car. headed
was on the left side of the road, its
7"nt wheel being entirely off ,
pavement, Mr. Holcombe .aid. Hej
.estimated that the wreck oceam-d
bout three minutes beiore ne .-(
d. and he said tne onv
Packard was gone wnen ;
Three young women were in Jnel
Packard, but Mr. Holcombe did not
know if they were injured.
There were five persons on Tne
truck, he said, and only one of these
lived long enough to be placed on
the ambularxe to be taken to a hos-
nitn.1.
Mr. Holcombe, a uvlori.;t yjo
happened to be passing just after,
the wreck, said the bodies lay so it
was just possible for cars to get by,
without passing over the bodies. He
remained on the scene until tho am
bulance arrived to direct the traffic
and protect the dead and dying, he
said. ,. j
A.,..n'nf the wreckag-' ir.ui-,
cated that the Packard sedan dnvon
by Brawn was iravei.mS .
Tate of speed and struck the Ford -truck
almost directly head on. The .
Ford was turned over into a ditch
at the left of ih road and complete-,
ly demolished,-while' .the front of '
he Packard ns battered Anto a
mass of trlTifS
the ditch witMaTWn eet'of.e Iford..
Most 61 i-Wgoothefj,.
Packard w on; the rignf Me, Tnmr-- j
.n thttartrrivrti might iatcft- - 1
been tryinlOLpasa.oacli other to thc
left when he cash jccarredv. '
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many other amusements afforded at Howard. When we returned we difference m the world apparently.
t!;i park. Of course the s .t'.ler I were hungry and tired but happy, j Considerably less dumfounding is
children were greatly intrigued by VESPER SERVICES the selection of a good collection ot :
the zoo. ! Vesper services were held after and "TV and "XV and the The Pregbyterian church of Weav-
When lunch time arrived we were supper, then athletic event lasted making of an absolutely unpronoun-( of whic Revererid H. B.
called to the picnic ground and (Continued on Page S, Column 3) ci'ble name, bearing no relation how- Dend ' ig phstor,-will hold a revival
ever to man ana nis nomenclature. . srvip. Rtftvtinp Aumist 3rd at the
j This is perhaps a question which morning service and continuing for
will never De answereu. wny snomu ten Reverend James F. Har-
it be mysterious to everyone that j D. D., pastor of the Second
I John Mercer or Louis Pasteur have p ... churth. Charlott. will.
namesake adjectives and participles ( - Reyerend w K- Beaty
floating around the world , of DininghaM( conduct the services.
Mystery concerning John Mercer's ' Dr. HardieJ)ef ore coming to the
: namesake adjective and participle Charlotte cnurcn wnicn is ihe "ra
'mercerized and mercerizing, has largest in the Southern Assembly,
been so widespread and so confound- was pastor of the second Presbyteri
ing to the proper promotion of mer- an church in Houston, Texas. Drl
chandiae made of this strong and Hardie will bring his family with
finolv lustered cotton product, that him and will occupy one of the cot-
mother haifY'wnai '
Johnny I "Heart failure,"
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85 per cent of the industry concern.
ed with its manufacture recently se
lected an altogether new general
name durene. Although a "made"
name, having been coined from two
inherently fine qualities of this
yarn, durability and sheen, it is not
the offspring of anybody's uncompli
cated and very handy.
tages belonging
Weaver.
to Mr. Robert
County Government
Lester A. Pratt, certified public
accountant of Washington, D. C,
here yesterday for a conference with
Charles M. Johnson, sceretsry, and
other officials of the County Govern-
' An always most conscientious in-
forjiint tells us that he was living in ment Advisory Commission, was high
a certain prosperous city when the in his praise of what has been ac
dairymen of the community got to- complished by that organization.
gether in behalf .of . r pasteurizing ; "I have been employed to put in
their milk. They announced to the a new cystem for a Virginia county
good Kousewjves of the 'community and I started an investigation f
fhat !hay were going to do this for see what state had accomplished
;hem. What was their astonishment 'most olong that line and decided it
toe .Wfd' quits flatly that "trick was North Carolina'', said Mr. Prattr
ttfilk? .aBft't-at all necessary to the "Since - coming here ; L have, been
VkU' 'Seine that fomraunity. The amazed by what has beenaccomp
feiafaitai'i'tizens would,-thank you, fished. It has been done dually
thW nrilic UttSt.-ai H came into the but effectively and I;hav tmnd just--wK-ld.
There. beW a, psychologist, wlat I yantod-Newj an Obsrver
- dairymertrtaa;iitiCn?waj- Mved. f.
H Mugsested they call their.pasteur'. .SMpwreckea "vay,co ,wat ng
iiA beverage "perfect .milk", and cannibal. look, at us so IntenUyT" -tUti
chrlstcniwr brouffhi iinnWdUtef .Hfc-6mpanioaf (cbeerfully) f :"t
sAllafatVJao ana increased sale. " ceci hev the food Inspector.
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