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THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER -OF MADISON COUNTY
VOL. 33
8 Pages
SEVERAL MADISON COUNT Y
PROJECTS SHOULD BE STARTED
MARSHALL, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1934
Civitan Club Names Commit
tees To Look After Public
Improvements"
The Marshall Civitan Club
in regular session at the French
Broad hotel Friday discussed
several matters of importance
to this section. A committee
SPORTS
MARSHALL DEFEATS
.SPRUCE PINE,
14-10
shall made numerous errors
which were very costly. Reid
led the Marshall hitters, get
ting three hits for five trips to
the plate.
Southers, Spruce Pine's
pitcher, struck out 14 of Mar
shall's batters. The game was
very unintercif g and onesided.
With only a handful of spec-
tntnra hara MnraVinl) want nn a
J X i.U XV. mir . . ' " . " -
a iiaiu w .M ui.u hitting spree last Saturday,
TROY ROBERTS DIES IN
MADISON COUNTY
SALES TAX IN N.C.
AND CALIFORNIA
Comparison Of Two States
Interesting
PRICT" 0 A YEAR
TWENMGIKSjilJOTARY
.go""'-
SCITOOLS OPENINMADKOPT
, By W. E. PRICE
Greensboro,. July 25 North
Carolina and California are
vounir separated by the breadth of
Trov Roberta. 28.
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ud with the State Hiarhwav V.. ,r,rTT"; farmer of the Barnard section tne nation ana nave itue con-
-.r!mmMiA aflFnr t I ".I"8MUJt V mt8' UT W1 of Madison countv. died at his, tact except that Calif ornians
VlllUVV4A A IkVW 1" f J m A VW hdOAn - tm ' I 1 n-l
tne main street oi jyiarsnaii wi
dened, raised and the pave
ment extended at the lower
smoke Tar Heel ciVarettes and
thrSCnPine nin6' 14 to 10- day of last week following an 'North Carolinians are enter
Marshall got off to a six run t k of heart digease He jtained by Hollywood movies.
end of town, recommending IX iL nSfp naa Deen ln 800(1 ftea,tn aU day !v. x i " x I
that some of the buildings be o S v7 nd aPPeared or" h?Z mutuaI ,nterestf ?n
i, i M:wo Vme.s ln tne nrst innin2 'mal until the attack state .government question of
mittee was to make an effort to, ; Al ,i P t ? "".S.X ri-SS'.?.'T.'ST.!S:
ci. 1 1 1( 1. uil y iwvyuV'i i.o win V. - 00 , t
HOT SPRINGS
(SPECIAL)
Mrs. R. A. Plemmons, moth
er of former State Senator, Ira
Plemmons, is very critically ill
at her home here. Mrs. Plem
mons is 78 years of age and
has been in failing health for
some time. She has been in a
semi-conscious state tor the
past three or four days and the
Faculty Of Schools Beguuunff
Work Monday "
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np nf thp worst storms in ""K"011' imnaie xuuuci,
The following schools witit
teachers as named opened in
Madison last Monday, July 23:
Oak Grove Neva Ponder.
Piney Grove Winston Rice
and Katherine Roberts.
Rice Walter Ramsey and
Tillie Buckner.
Big Laurel Eva Rice Sams
and Mrs. Haynes Wallin.
Ebbs Chapel Roscoe Phil
lips, Edna Honeycutt, Edna
and
get the Marshall-Mars Hill firaf fi,7a fu;Q
road hard-surfaced all the way be a safe ead ut in thg sixth
10 Mars mil. it was repuneu
tnar tne conxraci now iei caus-niatl uroo xfm.fl Mnr,nil xtxu i, o " x
a . . . ... . . n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a v iLirui.i . li
nrst nve innings tn;s looked to ters Mrs- Maude Payn Ma., tax at about the same time. A-
It was reported1- 0 " "c bel Roberts, and Leta Roberts -uvui uie oniy umerence is mm
M wa iinnmg, Spruce Pine crossed the Rarnnrri. ,nH fiv. hmthw. I California collects 2V- Der cent
came back m their hail ot the mMv to. T3..vf uQ,. California taxps all snlpa in
AA a 1 1 Y 1 UCMC, 1IUH. ClllU iJ-WUVVA 1 ' .Mr-u ...
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of Barnard.
,eluding the basic foods.
products when sold by the orig
inal producers.
In each state the tax is kept
for a certain number of miles,
which stops short of Mars Hill ;sixth to score 2 more runs that
by a distance of more than aput the iocalg 5 run8 in the
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r. :VZ.i:Mfl- V?. the .8vth ?"ni? .'LAST RITES FOR CHARLES, and farm, forest and mine
m TVh rtr i ?pr,ce rine' W ,n tfle am 01 4, BRYAN HELD SATURDAY
will not permit these two gaps jCosty errors and a timely home
is,?a lnIv.i? iLT run by Sufins, scored. six runs! Funerai services for Charles
33mfxT ""'X fcito j overtake Marshairs lead Bryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. 'separate from the selling price
C?S 6 Thf foa un l?rnd ff0 int? theJe,a,d 9 to 8- Lewis Bryan, of Mars Hill, who of each article.
Stnn Trll f nrWhEH0ffeer;LM.Sr 1 ?!?d tw died in an Asheville hospital As might be expected, the
SSJ tfJ Ll ?;mp if r ,n ie"' half of the sv" Friday morning at 12:30 0'-.California yield is vastlv great-
7a7rniX o h m1 .r .1 runs m e c,ock' were held at the home er, some $4,000,000 per month,
IvPJ Jf com" eighth to put the game on ice. near Mars Hill Saturday after-jthan is returned from the sales
.cCu ... .... .. xu;. uurneu, iviarsnau s ace eaten- noon at 2 o'clock.
o "1 - ? m" u .11 s,0060. one 0I, awaras The Rev. L. B 0jive pastor
WWB VS ITIMVUMII
A committee composed of
Messrs. O. S. Dillard, A. W,
Whitehurst and C. L. Rudisill
was appbintvj '. .v-k. efforts
to get st.nv t-iing done m Mar- 8Core m0re than one run in the Hill cemeterv
shall by the PWA with refer- ninth with t m.n nn h m cemetery,
ence to a gymnasium a n d !anj two out Caldwell tighten- TOTAL OF $700 RAISED
swimming pool. Xhis matte ed down nd out Swann pop mar un 1 rri 1 rr.F
W. C. Ingle.
Lower Little Pine Ibbie
Ball, Evelyn Wilson, and Elva
Carter.
Upper Little Pine E. N.
many years visited this section
Saturday night. A wind that
had the proportions of a cy
clone almost, accompanied by
tVmnHpr liofhninof rnin nrr?
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hail, did considerable, damage, vv'ana"u"y e,nt- nj.
to growing crops shade trees 1 Highland Mabel Radford,
and buildings. The rear of the ' Revere P. N. McDevitt and
Wade HamDton brick cottaee Mrs- Cora Stines.
North (that stands on thp old Monn-' Spill Corn Gennell Fox and
Carolina exempts basic foods jtain Park hotel grounds was
'slants on the nose that cleared ef the Mars Hill Baptist church
tne leit neia Danit ior a. nome officiated, assisted by the Rev,
run in the eighth inning.
tax in North Carolina, where it
has run something ovfr $500,
000 per month in the first year
of operation. The inclus-'on of
&pruce rme tnea to put on the Baptist church in Mars
,a late rally but was unable to Hill. Burial was in the Mars
J. R. Owen, former pastor of 1 basic foods in the taxable col-
was particularly stressed It to end the game. Redmon and
was pyuimu uui " """ i Burnett led the Marsnail at- a total of $700 was raised
shall could furnish its part, W tai.k with three hits in-five trips tofgJFe
$2000, a project could be sta!to the. plate, two of urnett g a , f0S ffl weeklitS
tedthatldnWfc
the community this amount ; bfe-, Caldwell kept Spruce Pine's aiumnit the S. and W. cafe
ing multiplied by four. In oth- hits well scattered until the teria 1
er words if Marshall could aAVpnth inniW whn thPV oi-'a u
raise $2000, an $8000 project .hunched threp hits with four n. d t tvt o.-x f .h,jnfi a rv-; t ;i
M, i , ... 1 . xJ I , .v. XJ. iuuui Ci uicoiucub vi uiuui i. 1 1 c muciivau XJKiom-
V.UU.U uc iuiuijiiiw:u vyivu "-, rviarsnaii errors tin score s x tu ui . tv, tj ao, ta nacn.iof,nn ...v,;u ..,t
nresident of the countv alumni led the ODeration of the sales in
1
umn in the Pacific coast state
accounts for something of this
difference. The chief cause is,
of -course, the tremendous su
periority in buying power
which exists there. In the o-
pinion of well-qualified observ
ers Tiowever, still another fac
tor exists. They believe that
.Jlection of the sales tax in
CalMwhia has been accom
plished with more uniform e-ffectiveness.
This is further indicated in a I
i.ixa.oi
employment relief labor. The 'rwnSi
committee was urged to start Marshall
something as soon as possible. Cohn, 2b
Another matter discussed at Redmon, cf
length before adjournment was Burnett c
wui9uu 9 iiiiccst in tiic j.u- XN1X rt
posea scenic parK to parK nign
way. 1
Mrs. Warren Davis
Has Narrow Escape
Rector, lb
j Roberts, 3 b
j Ramsey, ss
Caldwell, p
Thomas, If
Reid, If
Reims, cf
Mrs. Warren Davis came i
near having a serious wreck j
Thursday afternoon of last j
week. Crossing the railroad Spruce Pine
just about the time the light Young, cf
signal was turning red on ac- Swann', lb
count of an approaching McNeiil ss
freight train, she found her, car q Burleson, 2b
whirling around in the road, Henline rf '
slippery from a recent rain. Edward's, 3b-p
When it righted itself, it was Stuart, If
headed . in the opposite direc-.guujn8' c '
tion and was on the railroad, h. Burleson p
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group; W. ti. mpps, Asneviue it states, rney tound (Janior
attorney, and Frank Wells, su n?a's 2 per cent levy netting
perintendent o f Buncombe 1 48 per cent of the state's total
countv schools. it a x collections while North
blown down; the home of Mrs
Thos. A. Russell was badly
damaged, many roofs were
ripped off and giant trees that
were many years old were up
rooted. In many cases the tops
of trees were twisted off like
corn stalks. No personal in
juries have been reported. The
Carolina Power and Light Co.'s
line was broken down by an
up-rooted tree and the town
was in darkness Saturday
night.
Eighty-two new CCC enroll
ees have arrived at Camp Alex
Jones, local CCC camp, this
week, and are undergoing
treatment that will last for two
weeks. With the addition of
these enrollees and four expe
rienced men, the full strength
of 200 men, at the local camp
has been attained. When the
new men have been condition
ed accordingto-orde"-they-will
be placed in the French
Broad division of the Pisgah
National forest, building reads,
trails, and doing fire preven-,
tion work and many other i
types of work that come under can?P. placed under quar
this department. antlne by the camp physician,
Dr. David Kimberly, on Thurs
The Rev. Moir W. Edwards, day afternoon, to prevent the
ntnr nf tv,0 TTnt SnHnfrs spread of meningitis. One of
Thursie Green.
j Lower Big Pine Zenna Par
is, Ruth Guthrie, and Alma
j Henderson.
Upper Big P i n e Albun
j Buckner, Selma Worley, and
Jonas Chandler, Jr.
I Doe Branch Gordon Rob
erts. 1 Roaring Fork (Mrs. Gertie
Suttles and Thelma Davis.
JPoplar Gap Caney Smith.
Long Branch Vahn Carter
and Bessie Roberts.
Sandy Mush Marie Rob
erts. . California Creek Ronald
Higgins, Thaida Carter, and D.
Hill.
Rice's Cove Mrs. Mary
Franklin.
Bright Hope A. C. Hill and
Orlena McMahan.
Foster Creek Glen Jarvia,
Roby Reece, and Mamie Rice.
Ivy Ridge Clive Whitt and
Rj&Jervis. . ..v
,Grape Vine W. E. Abrama
and Iva Glen Coats.
Keener Carrie Davis.
Cross Rock Mont Hannah.
Carolina's, 3 per cent sales tax Methodist charge is conduct- tne members of the camp was
yielded but 15.8 per cent of the 'intr a 10 davs meeting at Fair- stricken with what appears to
Will you send some nice cut- tol state revenues in the first
"Hello! This is Mrs. Jones. jyiel
lets right away?" five months of its application
"I'm sorry, but we haven t Illinois with a 2 per cent sales
0 any cutlets."
tax got 27.8 per cent of its rev-
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"Well, then, a couple of nice ienue from that source up to the
lean pork chops." 'time of the survey, which was
"We haven't any pork chops I made about- the first of the
either, Mrs. Jones." , year.
"Oh, how provoking ! Then j
a small sirloin rteak will have
"We haven't any steak." PAINT ROCK :
"For heaven's sake! Aren't .
you Smith the butcher?" Misses Mary Gardner and
"No, I'm Smith the florist. ! Helen .C.hockley were in Paint
view church. Mr. Edwards j "e n,ciui.Siu mm vao iu.vu
being assisted in this meeting10 uteen hospital ior treatment
0,
" "Oh! Well, send me a dozen IRnrlr Mnndav afternoon
9 white lilies. My husband musti Mr. JRobert Keller and
i daughter have been visiting
0 be starved to death by now
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and to determine just what was
the nature of the illness. The
quarantine will be lifted just as
soon aaall danger is passed.
Miss Mildred Grubbs return
ed home Wednesday from
Loudon, Tenn., where she was
guest of Miss Christine Lefler.
Billy Brooks is spending a
ot Flag
c.viieJ to those accompanying
hvr. to ?eave f the. , car ; nd ..they
stood &i.d saw ttio freight train
take off the rear end of the au- A P 0 0 0
tomobile. ' Mrs. .Davis was Mar. 220
hardly, conscious that she hadi mj. Koaa
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I iMiss Dorothy Pope returned
to her home -in Asheville
L j i .i n m 1 fi 1
xu x rrw-voc i inuuiao, i nursaay alter visiung ner
w Vr T1!! B? grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
taught ?hlt was .'.SJl, aMfeVoahyrV of
t i u i. o r whirlitio- nrnnnd I Buriesbn r home runs, Burnetti Miss Cortta May Roberts of
Though: miirtu
nnlb l.L d wii, Caldwell, 2; off Burleson. l;,Week as the guest of Miss H-
leson, 4,, Edwards, 2; stolen - - Messrs. Harold and Bobby
bases, Marshall, 8; S. P., 7.
brought to her office by Mr.
Robi. Tweed.. She was re
turning from Morganton where
she -had' taken a patient, the
father and brother of the pa
tient accompanying "her, :
SPRUCE PINE TRAMPLES
:( MARSHALL '
DENTAL CLINIC
Under the supervlsio
Buckner of Asheville ' have
I been, visiting on Paint Fork for
.the past two weeks."
( Miss Eutha and Mr. Joe Ma-
uV:. " 'i.- '?:v,J;'."': 'j. hey were the dinner guests of
After defeating Spruce Pine Mr "and Mrs W - W Anorel Sat-
QaimitA'XIiit V lliimfliBU XAiiM j' . ;
uaiuiuaj, vuc woun vcniu UrQaT ElgllU v
v lost, their return game Sunday r Mr.' and Mrs. Bob Gentry
, to spruce Pine by the score oi y8Pent Sunday with Mr. and
xe 114' to '2. None of Marshall 'a Mm cvnoof r.artar .
Relief Organisation, ;DreXJn regular pitchers made the trip.-., Mr." and' Mrs. John Rodes
derwood is - holding a dentahPaui - Roberts, w h o.s started, were the guests of Mrs. Rodes'
clinic in- the -rural schools "bf-pitchinflr tot 'f: Marshall. . was sister. Mrs. r Wvn Briflrmon.
Mrs. Keller
Mr. Hardy Woody was visit
ing in Paint Rock Sunday af
ternoon. Mrs. James Cannon of
Greeneville, Tenn., spent last
week with Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Holt.
Miss Mabel Woody, small
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Woody of Marshall has return
ed home after spending a week
with her grandmother, Mrs. E.
H. Ricker. "
ThejRev. Mr. Pegg and Mr.
Charlie Thornburg of Alexan
der were in Paint Rock Sun
day. x . . '
Misses Margaret and Adrian
Martin and Mamie and Thelma
L- b attended prayer meeting
Wednesday night of last week
at Antioch.
by the Rev. J. P. Mason. Re
ports so far are very encourag
ing. Miss Elma Currin of Hen
derson, N. C, is conducting a
Sunday school revival at the lo
cal Baptist church this week.
Miss Currin has a wide repu
tation in this field of work and .
is meeting with much success 'while with relatives
here. A large congregat on at- p0nd, Tenn.
tends each session and the lec-1 Miss Alice La Rue of Greene-
tures are open to all the other viue Tenn., was the week-end
church denominations. At the guest 0f Mrs. Heilman.
close of the Sunday school re- Mjss Emily Lance is spend-
vivai, the Kev. j. u Bragg, oi mg a while with relatives m
Hendersonville, N. C, pastor Asheville.
of the local Baptist church, , Mrs Henry Plemmons ha
will begin a two weeks series been seriously ill the past
of revival services. The con- W(,pir ,
gregation of the Baptist church . M'sses Ellen Brooks and Ma
under Mr. Bragg's leadership, inr;p o'Dell left this week for
has grown by leapsjnd bounds tne short course at State CoU
and the Sunday school is the iege( Raleigh, N. C.
largest in the town. The, Mrs. Brown has as her guests?
church did not have any pastor thig week ner daughter-in-Ia'
or Sunday school before Mr. ;an(j tw0 sman sons 0f Tampa"; '
Bragg was called to the pastor- jrja
ate. ' Mrs. Glenn Brooks and little-,
Word has been received here daughter are spending this-
of the death Thursday after- ;week in 0ld Fort, N. C.
noon of John Scruggs Brown :
FOR THE BLLNU,
Paint Rock Sunday.
The young peonle
of Knoxville, Tenn., at his sum
mer home, "Chateau Beau
mont" at Flat Rock, N. C. Mr.
Brown was 77 years of age and
was widely known as a manu
facturer. For several years he
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was president ox- ine ruuou
Miss Helen Shipley was in ICo. of Knoxville,. Tenn., retir
CRIPPLES, AND
Mars Hill, 2fc'V
July 24, 1934
(All . parents who have crip-
pjed children, blind or deaf,
He announces that he will also scored
Madison -County f o r,-children Iblasted from' the box, in theSunday"
from six to twelve years of age. ffifct' inning when. Sprueeraer(i$6Jaie An'gell. returned
a ; sux runs, - tyy wn oniy to 4er home Saturday week al
out -;"RedReidelievedter yisiting Miss Mary Sniith
strong Spmci
conduct a clinic
schools of . the
they open.
in the . high one
county when .Roberts bufc.coiild not; stop the iind"M'sa. Irene TKirkpabick :"of
oprov rine nine, .uvcpnng ureer zor two wee lea.
iur a few years-ago from all
of ' the ihusiness connections.- He mar-
Methodist church are present-Tried Mrs. i Carolyn Rumbough
ing a rplay, "Our Neighbors." j Marshall several .years agoJare-reauested to take them ta
Saturday night, July 28, at the . who survives him. He is well tthe Biltmore Parish House on
Methodist church. Everyone is known here, having visited this 'July 28-r-this coming Satur
invited' to come. Admission place " quite- often. Funeral July 28 this coming Satur
10c and: 15c.,- The characters (services were to have been held day for free examination, v
are given elsewhere in this is- .in Knoxville Saturday. Yours truly,
sue. ; ; Camp Alex Jones, local CCC MARION EDWARD3
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