THE NEWS-RECORD
The paper that tells what the
people in the country as well
as those in town are doing.
MADISON COUNTY RECORD
Established June 28, 1901.
FRENCH BROAD NEWS
Established May 16, 1907.
Consolidated Nov. 2, 1911
Published TWICE A WEEK Tuesdays and Fridays
THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER OF MADISON COUNTY
MARSHALL, N.C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1930
8 Pages This Issue
yoL. xxix
History Of
The Marshall
Bautist Church
About one hundred years ago, ex-
1
act date unKnown, uiu ma. i
tist church was organized, ana was j
v. i,nnu.n "Thp Old River Hill
Baptist church." Sonic of the char
ter members were Shepherd Rice,
Jim Davis, Davie Davis, Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley Sawyer, and Mr. and
Mrs. Garrett Ramsey. The first
pastors of the church were Rev
erends Billie Recce and Steve Wal
lin, and Lee Roy Sams. Steve Wal
lin w:is elected as regular pastor.
The association possibly known as
the French Broad Association, met
with the Old River Hill Baptist
church, in the early history of the
church. The number of people at
tending the Association was estimat
ed at fifteen hundred. They were
divided into groups of one hundred
to the family, then there were still
five hundred without homes. Two
visitors from another section of the
country were Davie Farringsworth
and Jobie Ramsey. They offered to
take one hundred each, that still
leaving three hundred without lodg-
i?oi,(TcwnH n ana
inc. - "
Ramsey"- v-Tou- ended
Ramsey very graciou y ,
.l.:. u;oi;tv to the other three
hundred, bringing their number of I
guests up to two hundred ana miy ,
each. With the services of slaves
the people were taken oare of.
Dr Clark bought a farm which
took in the little Old River Hill Bap
tist church. The church was dis
possessed, thereby leaving it home
less The church found shelter in
the old Chunn house at the extreme
west end of Marshall. The church
at that time had about eight male
members. The Chunn house was
bought by Mr. Rollins, and was
known as the old Rollins house. At
the time the church was meeting in
the Chunn house. Mr. Nealy Tweed
lived there. The church was m the
Chunn house, for only a short period
of time, when the war came up. The
church was not active for a period
of time during the war.
The next move was from the old
Chunn house to the Court House,
about the year 186 X. The members
of the church at this time numbered
about fifty.
A house of worship was built on
Blannahassett Island, and the first
pastor of the church in the new
building, was Reverend Henry Gil
bert who lived at Big Indian Creek
a distance of about twenty miles
Marshall. Brother Gilbert
walked this distance to pastor the j
church. It is said that at the time
of one appointment, the earth was J
covered with snow and ice. There'
was some doubt about Brother Gil-1
bert's coming. Some were watching
for his appearing, and in the far dis-
tance they could discern an object.
As the object drew nearer, they i
found it to be Brother uoert
wrapped in an old shawl. Major
Gage, who was Mrs. Will Morrow's
father, was a strong supporter of the
TJotiat pause, and owned a dry
A.Ja atAra npfir where the court
, near wnere tne c,
house now stands. Major Uage gave
Brother Gilbert a nice overcoat.
Brother Gilbert told Major Gage he
didn't know when he could pay for
, the overcoat. Major said, "Brother
Gilbert, I do not charge you any
thing, only to leave the shawl at
home." The church still has old rec
ords made by Major Gage, when he
was Clerk of the church.
Among the pastors up to this time
were Jake Wild who was pastor for
four years, and Reverend Mr. Jordan
from Transylvania County. The
membership by this time numbered
about 75 or 80. Reverend John
Ammons, father of Mr. A. L. Am-
those who have done much, for the
a. v - iio-oVoii n.ntiRt
eause oi a r
church. '. ..
In the June flood of 1876, the
church was badly damaged; however,
some of the lumber was saved A
lot. was boueht at the West end 01
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ncnn in i iih iii'w uuuuiiic- '-
church building was used
by the Methodists, Presby
terians and Baptists and was known
as a Union church building. All the
churches worshipped at Sunday
school together, the Sunday school
being known as a Union Sunday
school.
The Prcbytcriiuis were first to
withdraw from the Union church,
1 ! n.n lr.n (hoiv OWIl h.OUSP Of
worship, located in the east end of,
Marshall. i
It was about 1903, thai the Rev.
M. A. Wood came to the church as !
pastor. It was through the efforts
of Sisters Mary Gage Hudgins, Cora ;
Allison and others that such a great
and good man was secured. Broth- j
ev Wood took nold oi me worm m
Wood took hold of the work in
loorl nnmrirf. and be. tosether with
his devoted wife, Lottie B. Wood,
worked in and out of season. The
Lord blessed and prospered their ef
forts and the church 'grew to the ex-
tent that they decided to buy a lot
iCnrr:ptl to Fifth PaKe)
Homer Lapp, three times winner of
the annual wheatland plowing contest,'
Homer drives three horses instead of
a tractor.
:H0NESTY
: NEEDED:
Tl,rniicrli revelation of the
scandals of office buying and
selling in New York it has been
once more impressed upon us
that honesty is one of the most
essential, most needed elements
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in our political anu sucim m...
Not enough stress has been
placed in modern times on the
high and laudable quality of
honesty. We praise genius, a
hnitv and brilliance, but it is
- an hon(jgt man
, smartest in
the state, if the smart man is
t hnnpst. The same is
true
about business associates.
The dishonest, or conscience
less, men have a big advantage
over good, straightforward citi
zens. They push themselves for
ward and seek public posts
while the dependable man,
though public-spirited, waits for
the office to seek him. Public
opinion is too lenient with these
thieves. Thieves are
cowards, and if they had to face
tV.o withering scorn they de-
serve they would be afraid to
tPL It requires a peculiar
degree of rascality indeed for a
1 man to bnv a judgeship wnere-
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Dy tie nay paw juu
others. The Pathfinder.
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BestBlowmajp
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f life
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MRS. NANCY
REVIS DEAD
News reaches us as we go to
nress of the death of Mrs. Nancy
Revis, Alexander, N. C., R. F. D. No.
2, which took place about 11 o'clock
Wednesday night. Mrs. Revis, age
75, was making her home with her
son, McBee Devis where she died.
She' had been sick for some time
and her death was not unexpected.
Funeral services will be at 11 o'-
cloe
k Friday morning, conducted uv
Rev, j
A. Martin, interni'mt follow-
in? at the Frank Rector ennetery.
She is survived by the following
sons and daughters: Oliver Revis,
of Walnut; Jerry Revis, of Max
T'-i-rh; B'.-nyan Revis, of Alexander,
R. 2.; McBee Revis. of Alexander,
R. 2.; -Mrs. John Tipton of Penns
Giov- , '. -T. ; ?lrs. M'Mi S licit on, of
Marshall, R. 1.; Mrs. Si-ve Ilu'Uer
of Jupiter; Mrs. Bui'gin Clark, of
Woodfin.
i
Plants Locust Trees
To Reclaim i-iillsnaej
An eroded bill i'le, hv-g an eye
sore on the Suggs Ta in '.n Gas' on
rnntr-. will he rer humed by he en-
i i r .,..:.1,(
of
, ,-..-etic won; aen m, . F ...
Binu SiHres. 4-H club
4-H club member, by
planting to Hack locust seodlimrs.
"I had been worried about those
gullies for a long time," .aid Ralph
;i i.onni-tino- his nroiect to his coun-
' ty Jent, L. B. Alt
! sion forester. R. 1
man, and exten-
son torester, n. vv. uiaoo.
t. tit
State College. "I planted the 400
black locust seedlings on March 10
and on October 1, I made a careful
checkup. At that time a85 were
' living and had made an average
growth of 48 inches. I believe in
about ten or twelve years, these
trees can be used for posts or some
other purpose and perhaps by then,
grass will again grow on the land."
Ralph secured the trees through
an offer by the State Forest Nursery
to supply seedlings free of charge
to club boys for club projects if
they would pay 50 cents xo cover
the actual cost of packing and ship
ping. The 400 trees secured by
Ralph only covered about one-hal"
of the eroded field and he plans to
set out at least 400 more this winter.
Commenting on this work by the
Gaston club boy, Mr. Graeber snys
hundreds of farmers in the Pied
mont and Mountain sections of
North Carolina could profit by this
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HOT SPRINGS B. Y. We Should .
The Baptist Young People's Union
of the Hot Springs Baptist church
held its first social Saturday evening ;
at 8:00 o'clock. This B. Y. P. U. j
has been organized for only two i
months and is doing a splendid work, j
The President, Williford Reese, was
in school at Mars Hill College last
I year, lie carries Ibis work in heart
J nt all times and is glad to respond
m0 anv
ling of a religious nature.
Tho; c present were: F.ula 1' owier.
Ada II ni-'son, AHie Reese, Fdd
Candle:, luld Calloway, Joe Jlnzl-
wood,
, er, C.
i ?Tau -I
i ice A
1 Wad;'
! Colli.'
I".ea"rord Reese. Clover ! oM-
T. Careiiilo, Victor Corbett,
r.,.-;..-t!. A Ilia Johnson, lieat-
'.... , f;ith line i a-i-, Nina
O-
1 1!
IJee
nder on. I.'.Ml.e
er and W'liiford
Marv
This
Us ale a
v. p. r.
eucoui ag
work ot'
lias a iuUiri
our "'oung
o.ir Master
. Let
peO-
vie- ii
i 'i
ce.
Bla
Lor l:
tree i
a 1
mm:
an !
the
Ml:
clovi
i ; therefore a ;'-oil
U takes nitrogen
stores it in the -oil
uild-
i'r-om
The
inz i-l nt.
the air and
roots "old
he soil and k;
, it from !
washing ami many sore syiots on
farms could be cured !y tnis simpie
treatment.
Mr. Graeber suggests that other
i..u v.,-c.- i.iant irro- the trees m their
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nroject work mignt worn. i"""
with their county agent to get the
trees free of charge. The Nursery
charges adults $3 a thousand.
Ttn. purebred ewes and one reg
istered Hereford beef bull were add
ed to the breeding stock of Alle
ghany county farmers last week.
Avery onion growers shipped
5,000 pounds of high grade white
onion, carefully graded and packed
in 100 pound bags to outside mar
kets as the beginning of a new crop
industry in the county this season.
Yellow corn, ranking high in nutri
tive qualities, yielded equally as well
as the white varieties grown in tests
with ten varieties in Caswell County
this summer.
Eleven Jersey cows were purchas
ed by Beaufort county farmers at
an auction sale held in Washington
last week.
increase
6
We must increase the Seal
this year.
Sale (
Tubei culosis show an increase
during times of stu ss and derrpK-.-ion
in Germany during the war
'he in'Tcn"" in the da'h rate from
Tuberculosis was mo.e than loll per
eent-;--
up
S!-:f I
,-oi-k
so
in our state at tins ume u
to us to incr::.asf. our
SALK and ini-vase our health
long all li'ies.
Ye-, mo-icy is (igho-r in so nip ways
end yet every one seems to have
ii.ru-; to do iiie thi'ys they want
o !o. Witnr s the (-1 bra'.'on at
'. .;- AIo. .-!!': in, Ocioli'-r 7th, en
, :r- ly proper am! wi 50,0110 peo
ple pivscnl, expenditure of ov r half
million dollars. Witness the foot-
v games, the picture shows, i.r.to
mv ile travel. etc., our job is to
,al:e all th- people want to buy
Senior Congressman
Wisconsin, who has served 38 year
iii Congress and has just been re
nominated. ."SUING THE :
SAMARITAN
Let us suppose that when the
Good Samaritan was transport
ing the poor robber victim to
the inn on his beast that that
beast had fallen down and brok
en the leg of the charity pas
senger. Would it seem right
for the fellow to bring suit for
damages against the Good
Samaritan?
Such a suit would be some-
thing like the many suits which
have been brought against auto-
ists by their guest passengers
I after accidents in which per-
haps both suffered. When two
men are riding together the
owner and driver who is fur-
nishing everything is also sup-
posed to liable for any possible
Avnaoo to the other wneinei
the guest was invited or had
begged for the ride. The idea
is so absurd that seven states
have passed laws on the s'.b-
ject, providing, generally, thr.t
the free-riding guest cannot re-
cover damages unless the driv-
er caused the accident inten-
tionally or through willful mis-
conduct. That would be equiv-
alent" to assault. That is roa
" sonable, and all other states
should fall in line. It takes
too. of the abuse oi
friends or kin seeking accident
insurance money in. collusion
with the driver. The guilty one
hnnld be punished, whether
driver or guest, but both should
accept 'risks alike., 1
. The Pathfinder. "
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1 Sale
SI
Christmas
als. Wre are fortunate
in
th
our smallest unit of side i3
jienny, while the largest may
onlv a
!.' any amount.
Mrs. K. R. Klmore, Mars Hill, N.
C, hi's been appointed County Seal
Sale Chi.irman for .Madison County
( for t
! Side,
ng
1 2Iird An'iual Christmas Seal
She l:"s apnointed the follow-rairmr-n:
Miss Kthel English,
Cierr .;..!. Ivy, N. C. MisS
Carter. klbs Chapel School,
X. ('.; Mr. Wayne Farmer,
!'! g, X. 0. : Mrs. Fred Sams
1 n
him v
Fans.
Hot Se
and Mr
i C. We
an or-;:
O. M. Jarvis, Mars Hill, N.
arc very anxious to perfect
animation in the county at
o we can begin the Sale
once
irnmplly November 28th.
The' he-t and most perfect piece
in" wo I. t- lii.d. take now i- nutri
tion work in the schools, coupled
with health habit formation work.
DAIRY COWS CHEAP
SHOULD BUY NOW
Farmers, especially those located
in eastern North Carolina, now have
the best opportunity they have had
in years to buy young dairy animals
at reduced prices.
"In the drouth sections of Virgin
ia and Tennessee, hundreds of good
dairy animals may be bought at beef
prices," says A. C. Kimrey, dairy ex
tension specialist at State College.
"These are mostly grade animals but
are of high quality. They can be
shipped into eastern North Carolina
on farms where there is sufficient
feed to carry them through the win
ter and may be grown into excellent
cows."
When the heifers are two years
! old, they may be sold as cows or kept
for dairy purposes on the farms
where they have been matured, says
Mr. Kimrey. At such an age, the
cows are ready to pay a good market
price for all the feed they can con
sume and convert nto milk and
cream. Every farm may ship some
cream to one of the many creameries
now oDeratiner all over the State.
The skimmilk may be fed to calves,
I poultry and hogs.
Mr. Kimrey says it should be kept
i in mind at all times that dairy cattle
can convert their feed into more
; pounds of human food than any oth-
! er kind of domestic livestock. Then,
too, he says, eastern Carolina needs
to grow more dairy cows on its
farms. In addition to having con
' ditions suitable for growing large a
mounts of cheap feeds suitable for
cows, there is always a good market
t ', in the section for milk cows.
Breeders of milk cows can sell
their animals for $100 a head and
t above for the good ones. This means
that there is always a steady, reliable
market for the grass, grain and hay
t which could be grown on lands now
! producing other crops at heart-
i breaking prices. No other section
: of North Carolina can produce as
; abundant yields of good legume hay
at such low cost, says Mr. Kimrey.
It was her first real view of a cot
ton plantation with the plants all in
full bloom, the endless fields of white
causing her no end of wonderment.
Thev stood spell-bound at the spec
tacle until the young lady broke the
silence by remarking:
"What a wonderful crop of pow
der puffs! It's the first time I've
seen them actually growing!" Ex.
Mr. Spendix-Any installments due
today!" ,
Mrs. Spendix No, dear, I think
not
Mr. Spendix Any payments due
on the house, the radio, the f urnitura
the rugs, or the books?"
Mrs. Spendix-No.
' Mr.' Spendix Then I have ten
dollars we don't need. What do you
say if we buy a new car?"-r-Hard-ware
Age. .r;-': :