North Carolina Newspapers

A THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER OF MADISON COUNTY OL. 33 8 Pages MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1934 PRICE $1.00 A YEAR R. BETTS COMES BACK ABOUT DAMS IN MADISON COUNTY Or 15 Million Spent In' Madison Would Be Helpful Weaverville, N. C. July 7, 1934 ear Mr. Editor: There isn't anything preju dicial to Madison County in the fecessary relocation of the ilroad to permit large dams the bed of the river. There iard. of ould be advantages possibly minister, a new system . of ate 3 REV. JNO. BALLARD TAKEN BY DEATH Prominent Walnut Minister Passes At 89 "I hear you stayed in a reservation in western North haunted house last night. What J Carolina have been invited to happened?" attend Farm a n d Home week About twelve o clock a ana take part in the program ghost came through the wall just as if there were no wall there." "And what did you do?" "I went through the opposite wall the same way." Ex. lllie ivev. JUI1I1 HCIUJ uai- Walnut. 89-vear-old died earlv Sunday , the Grand Canon. Ex. fre'ght 'mornincr. at hia home, after an Nor would the amours illness of ,two years Plebe Do you make life-size en largments from snap-shots? " Photoaxanher That's nur sDecial- ty. :WQo attend the convention Plebe Fine: here's a picture of I J 01 entertainment. Last year their exhibition of Indian danc es' rich in the symbolism of tribal lore and ancient legends attracted wide attention. iFarm and Home week lead ers are preparing in magazine form a program of activities a long with articles of interest to farm men and women which wfl PLANNED SOCIAL ECONOMY AND END OF PROFITS URG1 LEANING ON UNCLE SAM Venturing a step further than its silver denominations, the General Council of the Con gregational and Christian Churches, which met at Ober lin, Ohio, has adopted a reso- PROGRAM PLANNED FOR FARM WEEK f land taken for flooding have He was born October 23, fany notable effect on the tax 11344, on Jack's Creek in Yan- levies against other lands. itCey county, the son of the late would be nothing like as much David and Vian Ballard. Dur as the effect of the purchase of his early life he lived in land for U. S. Forests. ithe Reems Creek section of As for silting up, that would Buncombe county, reouire several thousand years. I nnrino- thp War Retween the Thprp mav not be enoucrh wash Rfofpa th RPv Mr Ballard Several thousand North dirt on the lands to fill very lsei.VpH jn the Union armv. He Carolina farmers and farm wo- lanre and deen reservoirs. A WJ, nrdainpd a minister in the men are looking forward to an large lake in Italy has been re- Free Will Baptist church on i "educational vacat!on" a t ceiving muddy water for cen- May 10, 1872. He served as Farm and Home week at State turies, and one end of the lake past0r of churches in Tennes- College, July 31 to August 4. has filled in for a distance of a- see an(j jn Barnardsville, Mar-1 Periods of study, in which bout a mile, in 2,000 years. shaU and other sections of they will learn more about lrv And befddes, it is beltter to Western North Carolina. ting an abundant rural life, will cjytch this rich dirt, anyway. He is survived by his widow , be alternated with delightful In the dim future it may be 'd the following children by recreational activities and in- iormai gainermga m which they can chat with one another Infirm nlprlcrinnr ita mamHai' In an interesting article in i v11rv,p, tft wnr. f. iVla nhftl- 1 be distributed free to all the Chicago Tribu'v of June tion nf thp DrofH svstpm anj 11, Arthur Sears Henning, 'fnr Q niaMOrl 0;qI annnmv Washington representative of jT, rnfi. svsfpm , , demned out of hand as being based on the exploitation of one class by another and as be ing destructive of all human values. To it is attributed in ternational and industrial war, MADISON SCHOOLS OPEN JULY 23 that outstanding American newspaper calls attention to the fact that more than 23,000, 000 people in the United States are now dependent on the U- -i Inked State government for a High Schools Open August 20 jpart, if not all, of their sup . ; i port. In listing the number of Announcement is made by .'classes, Mr. Henning says that authorities that all elementary there are 16,000,000 receiving i schools in Madison County will support from federal relief nnn T , , 1 , . O '? 1 i. U 4- .,11 U'rrU 1 1 1 1 o A A t AAA ujph ouiji cinu inai an ii jsii iiuiius; mere Hie o,uuu,uuu schools will open August 20. HELPFUL HINTS farmers receiving AAA bene fits; 1,120,000 veterans on the government pension rolls; 1,- vmt,vvv persons on emergency i decentralization l j? l . r a a f t f , l ,j iciiei woik; dm.uuu enipiu,yeu nJ nowor and in the administrative branch of the federal government. In ad- unemployment, insecurity, star- vat;on, and misery. The daring step at Oberlin is another indication of the left ward swing of the churches, most of which are developing an increasing antagonism to ward the old social and politi cal order and calling boldly for of wealth power, and a wider ana more equable the means of distribution of abundaneeat pumped back on the land to nj rst wife: Mrs. Hester A rebuild land. Penland, Cleveland, Va.; Mrs. As to the risk of floods from Loretta Cole, Beaverm road; bursting of dams, it is a hazard y. A. Ballard, Spartanburg, S. of course. "t)ne dam in Penn- c. ; T. V. Ballard, Swannanoa ; sylvania hjirst and caused dam- C. M. Ballard, Tulsa, Okla. ; J. age, possibly 40 years ago, g and b. R. Ballard, of Phoe known as the Johnstown flood. njX( Ariz.; C. N. Ballard, New Many people were lost; but it arK n. J.; and Mrs. Effie L. is a safe guess that 10,000 per- Ree(j( Lake Charles, La. sons are killed by autos, to 1 Children surviving by his from bursting of dams. It al- second wife are DeWeese Bal so depends on how well dams iarj, Grand Rapids, Mich.; are built, and engineers have ROSCoe Ballard, of Detroit, lessons to go by, now. Mich.; Paul and RexJOBallard, The truth of the matter is, and Mrs. Day, of Battle Creek, the TVAU?is considering the Mich.: rand Ray Ballard, of horsepower and the powerful Three brothers,. J.' N. and D. by rubbing the leather with the on, 600,000 persons are re- hand inside of a fresh orange peel (ceivl"r oroutn renet, 4uu,uuu and then polishing with a soft are employed on public work Profit Sy8tem AMaied cloth construction, 300,000 in the ci-j of. Fish smeil can be removed vi'ian conservation corps, 215,- The oberlin resolution does about their experiences during iffcfni frying pans by cleaning i"" in me army ana navy, o,- more than cry out against the the past year and their plans them with salt and hot water, 'fO? are employed in the legis- Gid order. It is a definite for the -future flutter will keep sweet a !,at ve branch of the federal pedge to work toward the ab. The discussion of mutual long time, even in hot weather, government and 3,d00 in the 0iition 0f the present system, problems will give the men and Jfitis -stored in strong salt M"dl"al branch Just a d d and the inauguration of a WAmn tipw iHAa for tacklina br:ie;?PrDMe brine in ai1.11 """ W1 thoroughly planned and or- these problems when they re turn to" their homes. Each will be helped to profit from the ex periences of the others. During the classes and dem onstrations, trained experts will show the farmers and their, wives the latest, developments learned in the scientific study mg suojecis. - . One of the features will be the series of messages brought slope Jar,$makinifv it strong e- nougn ; to noa a TJQiaiOi. v, :im' le8e:;the;;li'utt6"ry i cw f. rtt. .i ;. ?e to line the ; -1 ; mtry .. , -'!th r-- c ; t clean, 1 jiinielt;' a .Clean and attractive appearance. Paint can be removed from urn oev i Ay '(lit is f.a adv insid f dra whl ''; IL wag naye recetvua Kwveti;, theJDieeting Of This: !"istartlbig enougM , but -aiW-fcAaArt.'wkkw be Unbelievably ; cheap, and A Ballard, and w: W. Ballard, 4-U . mvAnAiit nlnn la t CTltra TnP J? T TkT r 1 t to the public: it DIFXral 'services0 were con- ito the Farm and Home weekj woolen clothing no matter how is the most ambitious, and e- ducted at theTome with "inter- gatherings b y agricultural hard or dry ,t has become, by conomically sensible plan ever Tfa Xll$JL unfolded for development,ana on the south fork of Reems w" .I?1-"1 "? , ir.. wJ15 ,."'3: for reduction in the cost of liv- creek mg-. Pallbearers were Mr. Tony And the plan probably m- nz, Fred McDevitt. Thomas volves a water way for sea-go- McDevitt, John Chandler, S. A. ing vessels to Knoxville, and Ramsey and Clyde McClure. that in turn means,a release of the stranglehold the railways have had on the development of interior locations in their Civitan Club Suggests wnrb vf nil rcr nn VmirP. in- human cities. 1 beats ror The expenditure of 10 or 15 tural Dolicies of the govern ment and outline the plans that are being made for the future. I In recognition of the self- with water. Wet the spots two or three times, then wash out with soapsuds. Colored silk fabrics need sacrificing work of cotton and careful washing. Never allow (tobacco committeemen in pu3h-I them to become really dirty. ing the sign-up campaigns 10 a i vv asn m com water 10 wmcn a Stupendous total, and do not annWA annial o.Pnnnmv wtiiVft forsret that -t in . addition there ;Wii appiy an our natural and ariiiore man a ramwii ersuHs human resources directly- ta human needs. democrati-' it m not all cf the word, picture attnat- nnAuotin A AtMtnmt ' v tively :paintsf He social serM , hen :th;newirar.-m the nationar progran0tion?a?d insurance for aU.-'CT.- , , announced,, are put into effect, (B) Eliminate private own- at least half the population of ership in the means 0f produc- " 3 the United States will be re- tion and distribution wherever ceivmg support, m some form such private ownership inter- or other, from the federal gov- ferea with the 8uccess of a ernmenf Then m addition, of pianned sociai economy, mak- course, there are our state, int, Drofit: unnpCessarv and im- county and municipal officers pogs;bie. and workers, getting their pay , "(C) End unemployment, from the public. Taxes,-Mrs ab6Tish poverty, enable maxi Henning predicts, under this mum preVention of disease and new svatem will be three or rrim. n a atimiilat tVie fiilleat : lour times as great as mey are development of thp nrt5 ann ...... " 1 " 1 . 4. Tr j? ,,t, iK. r .. cpaf.il finish, cert ficates, little salt haa been added ?o as,dL f e. x, u. v--"--. sciences." 'will be presented them at a to keep the color from running, 'public must foot the. bill, and, Herei then is an influential ioint meetmg of all farmers Use water in which macaro-the man who has a private bus- denomination gone definitely Visitors Wednesday which has been ni, rice or potatoes have beeni'"' V.. , ' iJI,Vtlte i,"uuT' Socialist and apparently cnai- designated Cotton and lODac- Doiiea m as a iounaation ror1"-" " ' lenging ine iew vem ?i0i.Cifta.0" Vote. Agai.t Propod Dam. worlf in the county will b ex ceedingly helpful. We should, however, bear in mind that the whole Tennessee Valley is go- In Madison County co Day. Cherokee Indians from the 1 soup or sauce. The Pathfinder. The Marshall Civitan Club mg to be an exceedingly mvit- D. , . , J ,,. Trj0 J 1 Ul Jv,r,f UIC UeiWH HULCl IOM x xUOJ piace iui tauiioi uircsuucut and for land for farming and residence discussed some matters that may be of interest to the peo- BAPTIST S. S. REVIVAL STARTS JULY 15TH UCI1LC- 1 TUoolioll , T 1 11 1 IV. f'e Ui .1101011011 i nave caiicu me auciiuuu ui t? 4.1,- fiM4. ima the TVA to the desirability of County For the first tone the Rev. Ralph Shumaker pre sided. Mr. Guy V. Roberts building these great dams in the county and , no doubt .the TVA will study it carefully and an item ha3 appeared in the pa pers to such effect. , ANSON,GBETTS i and Madison Over 30 Baptist Churches Will Participate In Sunday School Training Classes SCHOOL LIBRARY OPEN SATURDAY Children Should Do Parallel Reading der tsome project worthwhile for the county -.-or town. Oth erwise, our meetings were hardly worth while. Mr. Hen dricks took another view of the matter that the association, fellowship, and friendship re sulting from eating together at regular intervals, were worth while ' of t themselves , even if nothing outstanding was ac complished. One project sug- Mrs. Guy V. Roberts asks us gestfed wa3 to provide some to say that the school library I piace in Marshall with seats will be open every Saturday 'and comforts where women from 2 to 4 o'clock, go that! with babies might feel at home children may get books and do nd rest while in town. t li e I r parallel reading. A J t. On motion made by Mr.. Rob teacher will be at the library , ents the club voted against the a. 1 j i, i. i a. . , r-j:- ai me nuurs ueatKuateu w propose aams ior sist pupils in getting the books. Cmmtv, 'Another matter brougnt 10 Sunday, July 15, at 7 :30 suggested that he thought the , P.M., the 4th annual Silnday club should sret behind or un- School Revival will begin in the Mistress You will cut andlthe attention of the club was roll the lawn, weed the gravel Jthe fact that the Boy Scouts path, pot v some t chrysanthe- nave n0 place in Marshall mums, plant - all those rose , which they can call their own bushes, clean out 'the green-' meet.fr These matter8 were house and see to the heating Voted f0r further consideration apparatus, and" by the members of the cluh as . New Gardener Excuse me, jt adjourned to meet two weeks madam, but is this a day's hence at the French Broad ho work or a' five-year plan!" v tel. - i French Broad Baptist Associ ation. Teachers will be sent out to over 30 Sunday schools. There are only 39 churches in the French Broad Association. Some of -these 39 churches were not invited to enter this year as the officers of the asso ciation felt that these other churches were not prepared to conduct a training class. Some of the 30 churches that will take part belong to the New Found Association. A few of the teachers may be sent out to the churches on Saturday, July 14. However, each S. S. superintendent will receive a card tlm week from Madison le As.ciat4bnal Superinten dent telling him when ana where to meet the worker for that church, i . The Superinten dent of the S. S. Association the nose, and indications are nw wanlnHnm rnllpd for that he will have to have as big the "ultimate extinction" of the a nose as the one furnished by ijquor traffic, condemned fund one of our most popular mo- raising for charity through lot tion picture entertainers whose teries, pari-mutuels, or similar first name i3 Jimmy. .method?," and , indorsed the , The political possibilities ot Catholic campaign against "un ,the system are of course signin- desirable" motion-pictures. cant and by no means to be lg- The Rev Jay T stocking of ,On Monday, July 16, at 2:30jnored. People who depend on gt Louig Wftg eiected National P.M., all workers who can do the government for their sup- Moderator, and a tribute was so may meet at the Marshall ; po naturally favor the the- pa,-d to Dr g pkes Cadman Baptist church for a daily ,ory of government which is by big eiection as Honorary meeting. No meeting on Tues-, providing the living. And with Moderator, a post filled by Cai day. la fifth of our population de- yin Coolidge, former President un Wednesday, July its, an .pendent on government am ui from 1923 to 1929. The Rev. wages m some form or otner, Dr staniey c, Harrell of Dur it can readily be seen that the han North Carolina, was chos opponents of the New Deal As3iftant Moderator. Dr. have their work cut out ior Willlflm Wftrn(.A nav of Rridc-e- workers are Requested to meet at the! Marshall. Baptist church at 2 :30 P.M. and bring with them as many delegates as pos sible. On Friday, July 20, at 2 :30 P.'M. all workers and del egates who care to do so may meet again at the Marshall Baptist church for another gen eral' meeting. No meeting on Saturday. On Sunday, July 22nd, 2:30 P.M., after the bat- J.1 1. U Ui 4- i.u. Lie naa ueeii luugiib, aiicr ine victory has been won, every man, woman and child of Mad ison County and the French Broad Baptist Association is invited to come to the Mars Hill Bapti3t church, where 700 peoDle will be gathered togeth er in a the fina them if they expect fto make port Connecticut, was unani any sort of showing in the No- m0u9iy reelected president of vember election the National Home Board. All of which brings the ques- Thg Literary Digest tion, if the present tendency ( keeps up, what will happen .. . when all of us are dependent taxes to be paid. They will 4.u ,nmflr,f fr.r o Hvinir? be paid neither by the rich Who will then pay the taxes to who can evade them, aior the keep the machine going? The very- poor who cannot pay. answer is of course obvious. The great, forgotten middle Before we arrive at that period clasjs of American earners and we will necessarily hav to consumers will pay the bjll, have a new form of govern- and continue to pay until they ment, one in which the central are ground between themill h...ii t WMhinirton is ev- stones. Not a pleasant pc- I ... ... i ?j 4-.. kni' mil a4 o a rn irAHIIT brilliant circle to hear erything. and tne private cm- ui, Jit j- I reports of the cam- zen merely a cog in the great to aoaooui .'-""-- Hat, a .rtmfl nf thtk 'machine. Individualism will xne aisseion o. v. wiunw. nnicm nnri ereatest sDeakers eVer sent into I then be destroyed, but who says he feels he is safe in say-jthe field of the Southern Bap- would prefer being a red individual, wnen ne cuum uv insr that these S. S. teachers are tist Convention. Each church men and , women whose lives j will be expected to send 5 are dedicated and consecrated itruckloads of delegates. This to the task of upbuilding the , will be - a great meeting, the S. S, work. The French Broad like of which has never been Association is looking forward known before. 1 to a great week. " FRED JERVTS, Supt Her fsther Well, Well, it's a. nice little well-oiled cog, any- pleasure to meet my daughter's ft- . how? nee. I want you to make yourself Yt until reach the bliss- right at home here. ful state where the government I Her fiance Thank awfully, hot t gives all and takes all, there think it would look better if I moved, will remain old-fashioned in after the eeremony. Ex.