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MADISON COUNTY RECORD
Established June 28, 1901.
FRENCH BROAD NEWS
Established May 16, 1907.
Contolidatad Nov. 2, 1911
le ' paper that tells what tha
pple in the country as well
i those in town are doing.
Published TWICE A WEEK Tuesdays and Fridays
THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER pF MADISON COUNTY
)L. XXIX
MARSHALL, N.C., FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28, 1930
Hi
4 Pages This Issue
THE NEWS-RECORD
M
0 COURT IN
MARSHALL NEXT WEEK
L URT TO BE HELD FIRST
MONDAY IN JANUARY
ALL JURORS, WITNESSES AND
DEFENDANTS SUMMONED FOR
NOVEMBER TERM, EXPECTED
in MARSHALL JANUARY 5TH.
1931
The News-Record wishes to set its
ders straight as to when the next
of court will convene in Marsh-
IfXi It has gotten into print around
nr.i.o11 tl,of Ya onnrf will rnnvene
uuvhuiu .....
belt Monday, with Judge McElroy '
J .' Ttr nwA waliahllT inftwm- .
pramuiiig. c cue i"""') .
edithat this is a mistake, and that
V next term of court to be held in
2 irshall will be the first Monday in
Jbuary, 1931, which date will be
I Jiuary 6. As stated in The News-
t ecord before, all Jurors, Witnesses,
? kfendants. and any others who
jfere summoned to attend the No-,
1 . .11 l i .1 Iwl
ember term, will be expected to be
fa hand when court convenes Janu
ify 5. We trust "that this notice will
bl sufficiet o prevent people from
cv"""g """
jpecting to attend court, for if the j
i .1... .,f ,'niiaa II it is now. it ;
coming to Marshall next Monday ex
nnnfimma ns it is nOW. it
will cause great inconvenience to
people living in the remote sections
of the couty to make tne trip ior
nothing.
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THANKSGIVING
IN MARSHALL
The Union service at the Metho-
rdist church at ten o'clock Thursday
wrning was attended by a goodly
Umber, more than would naturally
be expected in view of the fact that)
the around was practically covered
j with snow and the thermometer had
i gone down to the low level of 1 1 the
E night before. The pastor of the
f church, Rev. S. C. Weatherly, was
prevented (doubtless by the weath
er) from attending. However, Dr.
T. . Y 1
J. t M. unox, pasior oi me jrresuy-
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tenan cnurcn oi raarsnaii, was pre-,
ent and delivered the Thanksgiving
. i i j wi.j
sermon as scheduled. He selected
. . . , . . .
as the text for his discussion a part
of th 4th chapter of Ephesians, and
discussed the subject of thanksgiv-
ing quite ably. Among the many
good ideas advanced by the preach-
... , , . .. .
er, one of the most striking was that
A! Imffnaa anrl lonroaqinn
billlCo VI UiObi coo a
such as our country is going through
at this time, often result in thanks
giving. While this may rsem
strange, the idea was that such con
ditions bring people to their senses,
cause them to think seriously, and
,
when they do, they begin counting
their blessings, which results in
thanksgiving. Gratitude is the con-
dition of the mind and heart rather
than the pocketbook. It is to be re-
A... . ko, f
greixea mai & kicbmi ""'
people did not hear the splendid ser-
ion of Dr. Knox. !
'An offering was taken to be di-
ided among the three churches par-
i innhtlBsu I
to apply on their funds for charity.
The hymns used at this service
were in keeping with the season, as
were also the church decorations.
"Thanks Be To God," was very ef
fectively rendered as a solo by Mrs.
R. W. Zink, Mrs. Carl Stuart at the
piano. Mrs. 'Leedom, a missionary
from California, was present and led
the congregation in prayer, having
been called upon by Dr. Knox.
FIFTH SUNDAY MEETING
The Fifth- Sunday Meeting of 'this
month will be held at Walnut Free
Will Baptist church, beginning Sat
t nrday morning at 10:00 o'clock and
' closing i Sunday afternoon. Rev.
George Briggs ia the Moderator.
Everybody ia cordially invited.
J. A. MARTIN.
Agatha That man had the nerve
to kiss me.
Gaioop Her certainly did.
The Pathfinder.
MARRIED FOR LIFE
i
J. HENRY ROBERTS ATTACKS
ARTICLE IN NEWS-RECORD
OCTOBER 3, 1930
4800 West Fort St.,
Detroit, Michigan.
Nov. 14, 1930.
Editor The News-Record :
In your' issue of October 3 was
puDiisnea a lener iieaueu, oimu
protesta.nt Clergy Refuse To Marry
in 1 nt rvtl 1 1
published a letter headed, "Shall
jjivorcea reopie:
The problem
of "Debunking" marriage with a
view to bolstering the Christian
home on its shaky foun
dation should be the duty of all
christians and church workers. The
Presbyterians have an organization
t thof nfFant arA aalr tVlo m'H of
alJ churcnes There is today a real
need for de-bunkmg marriage and
divorces. The false values which
which have attached to both marri
age and divorce must be eradicated,
. ... i i j
ana ior tnis service we must, aepenu
n the m!nistry of all denomina-
. . . . ... i. .
tions to assist youtn in avoiamg ine
tragedies and to provide for all ac
cess to a normal christian home.
The Christian idea of marriage is
a permanent union of one man with
one woman This ideal antedated
Victoria by more than 1900 years.
It is, moreover, acknowledged by
science to be the most satisfactory
solution of this problem which the
human race has yet developed; and
yet that writer would have its read
ers believe that it is a product of the
"hustle" period and equally subject
to abandonment, as fashions change
and a man or woman should take
love wherever they find it. I be-
lieve the writer of that letter is a
minister of the gospel and as I un
derstand his letter, he is advocating
a crusade to free the "right" of
men and women to take love where
they find it, from the interference
of the laws of man against forni-
, . ,
cation, adultery, and incest
It is
" f marri
e V .. . . . tM man a
is a civil contract between man and
" ,
woman so far as that goes and so
, , ,
. laws of man are .con cern-
but my Bible Mark 10 7. 8,
speaking to the Phansees
aid: But from the beginning of
creation. God made them male ana
creai on, uou c
man
- w-
leave his father .and mothet and
cleave to his wife; and they twain
shall be one flesh, so then they are
no more twain but one flesh."
When a man and woman have
married, they are one flesh so long
jr,l, O.Q "Whot
as tney ooui u.
tnereiore uoa u. ,u.
let not man put asunder . The 1 1th
and 12th verses read: "And he saith
unto them (Jesus speaking to his
Hisrinles "Whosoever shall put a-
- -
way his wife and marry another
committeth adultery against her.
And n a woman j
her husband and be married to an-
other. Bhe commiueih auuneiy.
Anv married life is what the con
tracting parties make it, and when
one begins to cheat they begin to
be suspicious and it grows on that
party till it makes life a hell for)
them.
"Oh. what a tangled web we
weave
wtian flrat we rjractice to de
ceive."
My idea is that any clergy that
would perform a marriage ceremo
ny of a divorced couple aids and
assists the couple in adultery, and
his authority as minister of God!
should be revoked. Luke 16: 17, 18
Jesus speaking to his disciples,
"And it is easier for heaven and
earth to pass away than one tittfle
of the law to faiL Whosoever put
teth away his wife and marrieth
another committeth adultery; and
whosoever marrieth her that is put
away from her husband commit
teth adultery." This free love, a
woman who is any mant woman
can marry, divorce, and marry a-
gain and as often as they wish till
marriage with that class of women
and men has become a joke, and
the laws of man upholds it till a
woman can get divorce if her hus
band kisses her too often, or if he
doesn't talk to her enough; or at
least, it has been daney Any kind
of excuse and get a divorce through
the courts. Marriage has become
such a joke that I have known peo
ple to get married one day and sep
arate the next morning and go to
court later .and get a divorce for
non-support; and the writer of the
letter of October 3 approves and
says that a clergy should marry a
couple of that kind, as the laws of
man give him that authority.
When a couple have married,
they are married for life. When
we are dead we are dead. It is fft
ier for heaven and earth to pass a
way than for one tittle of the law
to fail." Then with all these sci
ence and modern days, why can't
the dead be revived? No, God'fe
law still stands, and the dead can
not be revived; and when divorced
people get married, it's still a case
of adultery, and science and mod
ern davs don not change it. If we
die and go to hell, we are there and ;
did it ourselves and all science and j
modern days will not get us out.
We'll have.lpftay there.
Yours fore best, '
J. HENRY ROBERTS.
Madison County Man
Attacked B y Negro
With three stitches necessary to
patch a wound in his head, Harley
Mcintosh, of the Big Laurel section
of Madison County, last night was
wondering about the type of hos
pitality extended visitors to the Land
j of the Sky.
I Mcintosh told officers he was
! walking along Southside avenue in
Asheville when a negro, later identi-
COUNTY'S NOTES
FINALLY SOLD
Mr. Hendricks At Last Successful
In Placing Madison's $180,000
NOTES
After a great deal of effort on the
part of Mr. Hendricks, the $180,000
of Madison County notes have been
disposed of at a private sale. Mr.
Hendricks informs us that he receiv
ed absolutely no bids in response to
his advertising. It began to appear
as if Madison would default in its
obligations, for the first time in its
history, and Mr. Hendricks considers
that the county was extremely for
tunate in placing these notes for the
reason that if the county had de
faulted, that fact would always be
thrown up by bond buyers. The sale
was made to lEyer & Company, 44
Wall Street, New York City, and the
rate of interest is 5, the notes be
ing dated November 15, 1930 and
due November 15, 1931.
CARRY FOOD TO
MARS HILL FOR
BAPTIST
TRUCK TO GO TO
ORPHANAGE
NEXT WEEK
The people of Mara Hill and vi
cinity are preparing to send a truck
to Thomasville the first of next week
carrying farm products or any ar
ticles of food to the Baptist Orphan
age. It was intended that this truck
make this trip as a part of the
Thanksgiving offering this week, but
due to the unfavorable weather con
ditions, the trip was postponed until
next week. All who can should con
tribute something to the support of
the orphanage. And there are many
people who could spare something
from their .home or farm, but who
fied as Millard Gray, suddenly at
tacked him. Mcintosh could assign
no reason for the attack. Gray is
being held in the city jail in Ashe
ville without bond.
AT HOT SPRINGS
Hot Springs School and Churches
Observe Thanksgiving Day by
Special Program
Hot Spjpgs, November 27. Ap
proximately 350 school children par
ticipated in a special Thanksgiving
program . given in the High School
auditorium. The program was a3
follows: Song, Thanksgiving Morn
ing; Scripture, Dan Brazille; Pray
er, Rey, Mr. Garenflo; The Gover
nor's Proclamation, John Davis;
Thanksgiving Acrostic, First Grade;
The Story of the First Thanksgiving,
Ilia Mae Waldrdjp; Song, Seventh
Grade; Thanksgiving in the Barn
yard, First and Second Grades;
Thanksgiving Fun, Jerome Lewis;
Dialogue, Pauline Plemmons and
Ethel Fowler; Song, Third Grade;
Song, Thanksgiving Day, Sixth
Grade; Dramatization, Turkey for
the Stuffing, Fourth Grade; Reading,
Thanksgiving Day, Catherine Lewis;
Poem, ''Jo'e Brazill; Farmer Brown's
Turkey, Second Grade; Thanksgiv
ing Poem, Catherine Williams; Song,
America the Beautiful School.
Christmas holidays begiin on
Tuesday, December 23, and end De
cember 29.
Special Thanksgiving services
were held this morning at 8:00 o'
clock in the Methodist Episcopal
church, Rev. Mr. Caudill conducting
At 11:00, o'clock Dr. Finley conduct
ed services at the Presbyterian
church.
GETSG 0 0 D PRICE
FOR TOBACCO CROP
MR. T. W. WHITEHURST SELLS
TOBACCO AT 20c BEFORE
OPENING DAJY
by
Mr. A. W, Whitehurst, cashier of
the Citizens Bank of Marshall, re
ceived a letter from his father, Mr.
T. W. Whitehurst, of near Greene
ville, Tennessee, Friday morning, in
which the statement was made that
he had already sold his crop of Bur-
ley tobacco for 20c a pound. It has
been announced by the various
warehouse men that the Barley to
bacco market will open December
10. The fact that Mr. Whitehurst
was able to get such a price for b.'s
crop is encouraging, as it shows that
the purchaser at least has confidence
in the sales that will be made when
the market is open. Mr. Whitehurst
received $929.00 for three acres of
tobacco.
could not spare money. It takes
something like $600 a dsy to run
this Orphanage, feeding, clothing
and educating around 1200 children,
and any articles of food, etc., can be
used and are appreciated. Don't
let this Thanksgiving pass without
having done your bit to help thosa
less fortunate than you. If you can
spare a ham, chickens, turkeya, pota
toes, corn, vegetables, or anything
that can be used for food, take it at
once to Mars Hill, where it will ba
loaded on a truck and carried free
of charge to the Orphanage. Such
articles may be left with any of the
stores at Mars Hill or the Bank. As
the truck is going anyway, let'3 fill
it up and gladden the hearts of thej
children who need your support
ORPHANAGE
IS COUNTY AGENT
WORK TO STOP?
TEACHERS'
BTEETING
(CONTRIBUTED)
The large attendance of the Madi
son teachers at a meeting last" Sat
urday was certainly evidence of
their interest in the school work of
the county. When it was found in
mid-week that a member, of the
State Department of Education
could be present at a teachers' meet
ing on the following! Saturday, ia
call was issued asking the teachers
to come in. The response was grat
ifying. Notified late and not ex
pecting a meeting, the teachers re
sponded en masse, nearly evervbodv
being present. Could there be a
greater evidence of their interest
in the work?
And the meeting was a tmnd r,n
two entertaining numbers, ,short
but full of ideas, prefaced the pro
gram. ' The pupils of Mrs. Roberts'
room gave a Thanksgiving program,
which showed an excellent back
ground in English and history. The
children were natural, full of pep,
and easily carried their audience at a tlme when tne federal govern
back to 1621 in the old Plymouth j ment is preparing to spend untold
colony. The exercises from a teach
ing standpoint were excellent Ifc
that they brought out correlations
and leads into other fields. The
teacher training class gave an o
riginal play, "Does It Pay?", show
ing something of their work in Eng
lish and Education.
Dr;..ama,..siho has. done valuable
work in the schools of Madison,
gave a very helpful talk in "Health".
Dr. Sams is fully aware of the
health conditions of the county. He
has inoculated against typhoid. He j gressive farmers, the farm bureau
has taken time from his busy life I in Marshall which has saved thou
to weigh and measure the children j sands of dollars to the farmers of
in the Marshall school. He has spo- Madison County during the past sea
ken to the Parent-Teacher Associa- j son alone. The business of this con
tion. He has encouraged in every t Cern alone, for the first ten months
way the Hot Lunch project. He of this year, has amounted to $33,
himself is often a smiling visitor at 000 and business was done with a
the lunch counter, as the little folks margin of 6 out of which all ex
file by. Well, when all is said, he ! penses were paid. This concern has
made a good heart-to-heart talk to ; given a market to the farmers every
the teachers, which took root be- day in the year where they could
cause of his genuine interest. Cas- sen their poultry and their eggs for
ually he mentioned the Hot Lunch the best prices obtainable. This
project, praising Miss Whitted, who j market has paid as much or more
has been a big factor in its inaugur- , than any market in Western North
ation and existence, and the far-
ent-Teacher Association.
Miss Juanita McDougald, of the
State Department of Education,
made a talk to the teachers on County before Mr. Brintnall came
"Health". This year the reading here. Since the organization of the
circle work of the county takes the cream business the farmers have
form of a health program, each shipped 84000 pounds of cream, re
teacher who attends meetings and ceiving therefore $36,000 in cold
fills out questionaires having com- cash,
pleted the course. Miss McDougald ,
was very interesting as she hit the I could go on indefinitely and
nail on the head and checked on show you where he has introduced
some really constructive Health root-rot resistance tobacco into the
work in Madison. Her program for County, where corn and tobacco
the county will mean much to the yields have been trebled by scientific
individual child in helping him ear- methods, where wool pools have
ly to correct physical defects, and been formed, and cooperative ship
to the teacher in helping her to get ments of lambs and plans for future
at fundamentals. Miss McDougald is shipments have been made. I hold
a live wire and her contacts with no brief for Mr. Brintnall, but as an
the teachers mean much. owner of farm lands, as a large tax
Supt. Blankenship thanked Dr. payer, and as a citizen of Madison
Morrison, who graciously attended County I want to protest against an
the meeting wUh his Extension y action that will bring our present
progressive agricultural plans to an
c ' end. If this work is stopped, the
Dr. Morrison spoke interestingly farmers 0f the County will have no
to the teachers about the Health one to direct their activities. It
program. He is a favorite with the means a backward step for the
Madison teachers. County. I think it will m"an clos-
, . ti i u insr the Farm Bureau and I think it
Superintendent B ankens pre- the .n
sided th f the hands of the people who hereto-
was all smiles because of the large taraw
. woroot fore sold us a $1.75 bag of fertilizer
attendance, because of the interest
of the teachers, and because of the j.Ior d-ou-Health
work that is being done in fa
Madison. i upon our County Commissioners. I
The next teacher's meeting will consider them honest, conscientious
be held January 24, 1931, at which ! men, but I hope they, will reconsider
time Miss McDougald will again
be present and check on the follow
up work from this meeting.
GUY V. ROBERTS ARGUES
FOR RETAINING WORK
The County papers announce that
the Commissioners have decided to
discharge the County Agent and do
away with County Agent work in
Madison County. I am sorry to see
this and truly hope that they will re
consider the matter. I think no ac
tion could be taken which would be
more destructive to the well being
of Madison County than this.
I have figured out that the office
of County Agent costs the farmers
only $300 a year and that the re
mainder of the salary is paid by the
U. S. Government and State Govern
ment and corporations. Whether
they retain a County Agent or do
not, will make very little difference
I in vour tax rate- Madison County
is solely an agricultural county. The
County Agent is, or should be, the
! key, or central man, for all the
farmers. When you do away with
the farm agent, you do away with all
hope of organization among farmers
and with all hope of participating in
state or government relief. It us
most unfortunate to do away with
the federal government's farm igent
millions in helping the farmers.
When Mr. Brintnall came to our
County there was not a good hen
house in it. Now you may find mod
ern and up-to-date poultry houses
on every hand. He is getting many
people interested in standard poul
try. He has helped to build up one
oi ;tbeUaflultrjL .and. ,eSL .markets,
where farmers can sell their poultry
and eggs for cash and then trade
where thev please. He has estab-
lished, thru the cooperation of pro
Carolina.
No cream was shipped nor ever
had been shipped from
Madison
this matter and support the County
farm work.
GUY V. ROBERTS.