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THE ESTABLISHED ft EW3PAPEJR ; OB; MA DISON COUNTY
VOL: 33
8 Pages
MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY; DEC EMBER 27, 1934
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BARNARD M A N
SHOT TO DEATH
John Randall, Sr., In JaU
Charged With Killing
George Plemmons
THROUGH STATE
CAPITAL
KEYHOLES
By Bess Hinton Silver
George W. Plemmons is dead and
John Randall, Sr., is in the Marshall
jail as a result of a quarrel at the
IPlemmons home -in Barnard Monday,
Randall gave his age to officers a 75
years. Both - were farmers of the
Barnard section. PTmmonswas 69
ears of age, and was an one.
Randall.
Officers said that Plemmons was
r ahot with, a 12 gattge.shan while
standing ! near his -wn.roj: faor
commanding Randall not to enter the
Plemmons home where Randair,wtf
4d run for protection from; her hus
band. The charge entered .Mam
mons' stomach killing him almost in
stantly. . The shooting took place about 1 :3Q
o'clock Monday afternoon. Neigh
bora heard Mrs. Randall and her hus
band in a quarrel, and aha then weal
to the Plemmons home only a few
steps away and was followed by her
husband. Plemmons told Randall not
to come near the house. The two
men then argued for a few minutes
before Randall is alleged to have shot
Plemmons. Mrs. Wemmons and
Mrs. Randall told officers that they
saw the shooting so no inquest was
held.
No date for a preliminary hearing
had been set Tuesday, Sheriff English
paid. Bond is seldom allowed her
when there is any probability that
the charge will be first degree mur
derfef' ' ,-, .i , -; . .,.
JtandaJl was tried here for first, da,
grey murder, eve'ral "years '" : ago. ;4n
j.nn.w.Hnwwmr th. aHil killinir of
fl his first wif e Re 'wfi'4t1iittEii
serve 84 years in the 'penitentiary.
Part of the time was "nerved and he
was then paroled. He served four
months for, taking part in the killing
in 1900 of Eli "Bud" Lunsford who
was allegedly shot 4 by his cousin,
James Lunsford alias George W.
CONSOLIDATION Sentiment
for county consolidations is growing
in North Carolina but, the prognosti-
cators will stake their reputation that
the Idea . doesn't get beyond the
dream stage during the coming ses
sion of the General Assembly. Home
town v courthouse (politicians would
howl to high heaven if their Repre
sentatives began talking about ia
bolishing their jobs and the natives
would get into no end of squabbles
about the county seats of the new
districts. Capitol Hill believes that
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pvuiisuiiyaiiua i . counties wuj u
mong those things not . done by the i
Legislature next year.
DEADLY Death takes lew holi
days on North Carolina's highway
system. The total highway fatali
ties reached the all-time high for' one
month during November vwhen 115
persona ware killed. The next Gen
eral Assembly is almost sure to pass
some sort of drivers' license Saw but
the more important thing is enforce
ment. It will take money to do the
job and many more highway patrol
men will have to be employed, in the
opinion of authorities on such mat
ter. The money is in the highway
fund to pay for the job but a lot of
folks want to use it for something
else. '
SANTA CLAUS You can find
plenty of prfitically-wise people who
believe that there will be a real San
ta for sch.op"teachers, highway em
ployes ,,nnd other State hired help
when the General Assembly meets.
Governor Ehrjnghaus is as proud as
a dog with two tails over increases In
State revenues and he is not expect-S&Mi'VPO-
increases 4' State reve-:
ones and he Is Wot expected to opposw1
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SHORETWEED
MRS. HOYT SHOr
who before her marriasre last Sunday was Miss June Tweed, of
Marshall. , .'; yr ,-
head that Noifi Carolina dtntists are
going to quit the.r efforts tc get eth
ics inscribed on the statute books
just because the Supreme' Court re
versed them on their prosecution Of
Dr. J. E. Owens, Asheville dentist
and close friend of Senator Robert
Reynolds. The tooth-drawers are al- 1
retedw at work on nlana f or a bill to'
(be presented at the next Legislature f II LL HAS
No; th .Carolina is going to ask for
increa!fedt .appropriations from the
next General 'Assembly. And by the
same token they stand a much better
chance 'M getting at least part of
whbt th'eyj want: than they did two
years ago. I; The members of the
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Lunsford of DeQuincey, Lr.. who is
to be tried for the 34-year-oTd crime
next August.
Randall is one of the three living
eye-witnesses to the shooting in 1900.
James Lunsford came from Louisiana
a year ago to stand trial for killing
his cousin. ,
Randatt is alleged to have been
beating his third wife just before the
shooting Monday took place. He was
tried for the alleged killing of the
first one. The second left, charging
cruelty.
SODOM LAUREL MAN
SHOT IN QUARREL
Starling Chandler was shot in the
hip as the result of an altercation in
the Sodom Laurel section about noon
Monday in which Robert Norton took
part. Norton is alleged to have shot
Chandler in self-defense, officers said.
Chandler was given medical atten
tion by Dr. W. A. Sams of Marshall
and then placed in the jail here. jer crmiegi
iVorton la under XI . ()()() hnnd nnrimi '
, -, r a
preliminary hearing to be held Janu
ry 5. Chandler was painfully but
not seriously hurt.
iMreages ? .to pit; for the puWc
slftves.'fti jtn fact hbbodyf "would be
surprised if he recommended a little
more' gravy to go with the dry bread.
The legislators themselves, as weHfas
their neighbors, have more money
than they did two years ago and 'ev
erything looks brighter. State em"
pftoyes are npt failing to hang up
their stockings, eveh though some of
them may .have to tie up holes in the
toes and heels.
CRIME All these State and na
tional conferences on crime are striv
ing toward a goal that can be de
which win,?ae )he carelessly nclin
i'drffue arid-narrow' o ' surren&erheh
urren&eflheir
cense. Incidentally they aim to keep
yip .iiuiiua ui hue uuuu ju iet"' Avr
pair at a saving of money by kicking
the unethical out the well-known win
dow. .- ' ..
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HAS HELP If kinship has anything
to do with it Senator Paul Grady will
be President Pro Tern of the neat
Senate, in the opinion of these who
profess to ' know their politics and
genealogy around the ancient "and
honorable State Capitol. One 'such
gentleman points out that Senator
scribed in one word cooperation. !""uy .--.
From corner to Supreme Court and Wttive from t Pender and al-
still upward to the Governor and 1 !? Cand,date for SlLe8ker of the
n, n ' , . . j . i House, are cousins. This same man
most, in the opinion of those who
handle criminals in State Institutions,
is cooperation. All too often' police
officers think that the whole system
of justice depends on them. Likewise
some judges seem under the impres
sion that it is up to them to admin
ister justice in its entirety from be
ginning to end. Prominent North
Carolina criminologists are of the o
pinion that all these officers and their
legal functions should work as parts
cf one big machine of justice and
that - such cooperation would result
in better daw enforcement and iew
makes the seemingly extravagant
statement that almost all the Gradys,
Outlaws and Maxwells in this State
are kinsmen. If that is half true it
gives Mr. Grady a good start over his
A marriage of impressive dignity
was that of Mies June Tweed and Mr.
Hoyt Shore, solemnized Sunday, De
cember 23, at high noon in the Cou-
per Memorial Presbyterian church
here, with Dr. W. E. FInley officiat
ing.
About the decoration of the church
for the occasion there was an air of
quiet simplicity. The altar was bank
ed with native mountain spruce. It
was lighted by white cathedral tapers
burning in tall white candelabra.
"The nuptial musical program in
cluded Schumann's "Traumeri" and
"The Rosary" played as violin solos
by Mrs. O. S. Dillard, accompanied
by Mrs. E. "E. Ramsey. Mrs. R. W.
Zink sang "At Dawning" and "I Love
Jo'tf Truly". The Lohengrin Wedding,
March and Mendelssohn's Recession
86 were used in the bridal ceremony.
.The vows Were spoken to the strains
of. Nevin's "To A Wild Rose".
Mr. Burwell Shore, of Charlotte,
served as best man to his brother.
Groomsmen were Mr. John Stafford, !
of
AS TO MARSHALL
SWIMMING POOL
Mr, Zimmerman Shows Anotkw
er Side To The Question
News-Record :
We noticed a news item in this pa
per in which the Civitan Club had ap
pointed a committee to approach the
Board of Education about a swim
ming pool for Marshall high school.
What worries us is that this com
mittee will likely overawe the Boms
of Education into granting the pmj
ect. In that case we can already
envision delegations in the Board of
Education room trgrn Spring Creek,
Walnut, Laurel and all the' other luck
schools wearily shifting fr6m onefe
to the ,6ther, waiting qir the Board af '
Education to grant a swihimiiur vot "
for their schools. And why not?
We are all fine folks and earer to
splash in a swimming pool. Besides,
we all have to pay for these pool
together.
But if we build a swimming pool
Charlotte, and Mr. Robert War-1 for every high school in the eounty.
a X15TILL tfJ,FOCiwith
- MAKSHALLjJDec. 15 (Special),
Marshall, with er papulation : of ap
proximately 120!0y isJcaown mostly as
the"iown with (Only1 one street, al
though it has more; than one street,
and the town that hasj a school house ,
on an island in the river. Jt is crowd
ed between the., mountains and the
river and has- spread onto. the sur
rounding mountain tops,
The laws-of the little :town are of
ten thought to be as unusual as the
town itself. Many of them have
been forgotten and are only occasion
ally referred to by the mayor, alder
men, or police. Many have just been
outgiown. This is especially true in
relation to those concerning horses,
livery stajbles. and the 10 miles an
hour speed limit for the main street.
It is still an ordinance of the town
that anv person who shall fasten
opponent, Senator" Carl L. Bailey, of any horse or other animal to any
Washington county. But don't be
misled. Mr. Bailey has his following
in the Senate where he played an im
portant part in school, tax and game
legislation two years ago.
LOOKS SURE It's no longer any
' secret that powerful pressure is i.o
be brought upon the General Ajsem-
shade tree . or fence in said town
shall be subjected to a penalty of $10
for each and every offense," that "no
person or persons, shall feed any
horse, mule, or other animal on any
public street of the town of Mar
shall except from feed "buckets of
bags suspended from the neck of
FUch animal, nor shall any person
BURNS ARE FATAL
TO COOPER CHILD
AT PAINT ROCK
Fatal burns were suffered Friday
afternoon, Dee. 21, by Sara Marie
Cooper, 18 months old daughter of
Dir. and Mrs. Ralph Cooper,' of Paint
Rock, this County. . , , .
The baby ran through a small fiie
built by several children who were
playing in -the yard of the .Cooper
home. Her clothes ; were ignited.
She was rushed to the office of Dr.
David Kimberly, of Hot Springs, but
Bied soon after her arrW. r ;
The mother, "Mrs. Cdoper. was in
Newport, Tenn., on a shopping trip
it the time and the father-was' in
laywood county where he is employ-
d by a lumber concern. " The baby
kaa in the care of another daughter
f Mr. and Mrs. Cooper. , '.-:
Surviving are the parents, one sift
er, ani two brothers. The funeral
lervices were held Saturday after
loon. v.' . ,
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(Crowded out last week) .. s ,
EtEAD; MEN-hairrnanshiFa of im
portant legislative cvommittees are
beginning to attract attention in the
wick, of Winston-Salem, Mr. E. S.
Tweed, Jr., of Marshall, brother of
the bride, and Mr. B. J. Shore, Jr.,
of Charlotte, brother of the bride
groom. The bride was given in marriage
by her father. Miss Pattie Tom
Tweed, of Hot Springs, cousin of the
bride, acted as maid-of-honor, and
Mrs. E. R. Tweed, Jr., of Marshall,
as matron-of -honor.
Little Miss Nancy Ann Ramsey,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Ram
sey, of Marshall, served as flower
girl. Dressed in quaint black velvet
dress with heavy white lace collar,
white shoes and socks, she dropped
rose petals as the bride approached
on the arm of her father, preceded
hv te rin-barer, E. .R. Tweed PI,
white, ' satirt, blpua, white jsbpes
The .bride fyas stunning in olose-i
fitting gownof blue velvet wiUi roll
collar of .silver , metallic cloth., She
wore a sraalfl hat of matching ma
terial, and silver kid slippers. Her
arm, bouquet was of pink roses tied
with whits satin ribbon.
The maid-of-honor. Miss Pattie
Tom Tweed, was attired in burgundy
crepe and velvet, wearing a small
velvet hat in the same color, and gold
kid sandals. She carried golden
roses tied with golld-tinted satin.
Mrs. E. R. Tweed, Jr., wore a rich
gold velvet with matching accessories
and carried burgundy roses ribboned
with gold satin.
Mrs. E. R. Tweed wore a gown of
black crepe and beaded net with a
close-fitting black hat.
The groom's mother, Mrs. B. .1.
Shore, was gowned in black crepe
and velvet, wearing a small black hat.
Immediately following the cere
mony Mr. and Mrs. Tweed entertain
ed with a reception at their home.
Decorations were carried out in the
seasonal red and green. In the re-
v,"""j MKawnjf plants to wannv
the water and then add the upkeep
to the regular budget we will have sv
new crap of tax foreclosures and
more relief cases.
But someone handy with figures
will hastily show us what a tiny straw
it will add to the taxpayer camel's
back. It is, however, always the last
straw that breaks the camel's back,
and if we have observed the back of
this paper in recent months we know
there are already in Madison County
several! camels with broken backs or
at least with bad cases of lumbago.
If the worthy members of the Civ
itan Club must meet, why couldn't
they sip tea and discuss amicably the
whatness of the what without plan-',
ning new ways to , ,the, taxpayer's-.
' ' -1 fl somef of. theses"
fcuijaJs $Fvuyerj"from the-lumbago T ;
After afl, isn't it' frtSl 'wowilmpopl"
ant that a child have a home to go,to" '
after school hours, than that he ler f
the breast stroke and the crawl- diuv
intr school hours? . n : ,
L. A. .iziMMERMAN
J. J. Shore, Winston-Salem, N. C.;..
Mr. John Hanson, Ashe vile, N. C;
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Ebbs. AsheviHe.
N. Cr'-Mr! and Mrs. N. J. Warner,
Asheville, N. C; Mr. and Mrs. J. BV
Tweed, Hot Springs. N. C; Mr. and..
Mrs. George Warner, Asheville, N.
C; and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Joy
ner, Union City, Tenn.
MARS HILL
WINS GAMES
The bride and groom left immedi
ately for points in Western North
i bly to divert highway funds into oth- hitch any animal to any awning, post
i n, n!in nnlo MfliranQnAihi 1 r nAtrn ' ,. 1 t ...1. L. ', - n,.n
eating such action, in some instances, peirded, nor allow any animal to stand
.Motorists are now said to, be paying ; on any sidewalk or crossing of said Carolina. The bride's going-away
noil vlla lutiii obate ruvmiuv, aiuuii.,
many county roads make difficult
traveling ror farmers. If gasoline
Mars Hill college returned today
from a very successful basketball
trip through central North Carolina.
Three games were won and one was
lost. A total of one hundred and
seventy points were scored against
one hundred and nine. In four games
Mars HH scored sixty-nine more
uo wo momKorC t hri. i points than the opposition. The
dal party and the immediate families teams Plaved and score was: Rther
of the bride and groom. A buffet j ford defeated fifty to thirty; Oak
luncncop., .was -.Served to seventy , Rid fifty-two to sixteen; Wingate
o-uests v" ' " ' ihirty-seven to twenty-five; Belmont
HOLD EVERYTHING Don't get ex:
cited by recently revived publica
tion of the prediction thPt Tarn C.
Bowie,, Representative -' from Ashe
county, will run for. the Democratic
gubernatorial nomination in 1936.
Of course, Mr. Bowie may run but .the bridge streets. No car shall be
rn.:.i 4-;.. .- mi i
- mew posts are par- and Hcen,e money ig turned int0 oth.
ticularly eignficant because :of the t channels the roads will not im
fact that most legislative work is Urove and automobile taxes will not
v -vv.v..utu.yi i oeqrease.
uuur is more or less oi a cui-ana-dried
affair. The attitude of a com
mittee chairman has a vital Relation
to the chances of a bill becoming
law. You can't tell who will be who
in the House 'until the Speaker is e
lected but in the Senate it is a differ
ent story since Lieutenant Governor
A. H. (Sandy) Graham will have the
appointments again this year. You
might, not be far wrong in a guess
that Senator U. L. Spence of Moore
county, and Senator Harriss New
man, of New Hanover, will head the
powerful finance and appropriations
committees, respectively, In the Up
per House. Both have played impor
tant parts on these same committees
in the Lower House and their view
are not - radically divergent- f rtm ,
those of Mr. Graham and the admin-;
istration.
town. i costume was a dress of skipper blue
It has been ruled by the tewn fa- adorned with crimson velvet bow,
thers that weeds on vacant lots with,- I worn .with brown accessories.
in the town limits must not exceed
10 inchej in hoight. All person? IV
mg on main, street are responsible
for 1'ie ccniition of tbe sidewalks in
front of the'r doors. No gnues. box
ing o - wrestling rr even marines are
to be ,-layed on the streets by any
person
Per ons living here who drive their
cars to work are asked to park them
on main street, preferably on one of
paiked on the south side of main
street for more than a few minutes.
The firing of fire-crackers or sky
rockets calls for a $50 penalty.-. No
person under 21 years of age is al
TEETHS DonV get Tit Into
h's close personal friends say that he
wL'I not opose Congressman R. L.
Doughton if that worthy decides to
reel: the henor and arouni Raleigh it
iV cenerally accepted - fact that the
Con-rressman. also a closs personal lowed to enter a pool room In Mar
friend of Mr. Bowie's, U planning f o ' shaft Nor is any minor, allowed to
do that little thing. What Mr. Bowie loiter en ithe streets here after 8 o'
does win depend largely upon what: e!ock in the evening during the wuv
Mr. Doughton decides to do, in the o- ter months and 9 o'clock in the sum
pinion of mutual friends of both' mer months, without the writtea con
tuse political big-wigs. " " t . sent of parent or gusrdian. Much
. I - " - - .( 1 of the oia-nme run among youngsters
-I WANT THE MONEY Times bainr hi. !. stonnL It I. Mnirfet
, ; i what they are everybody and his tying a can to any dog or other ani
your , brother working for the State, of mal the line is $5 Asheville Citixen.
Mrs. Shore is the daughter of Mr.
Abbey thirty-one to thirty-eight, ihis
bing the only defeat on the trip.
Murrel! led the team in scoring with
sixty-four points; Kell was second
with thirty-five ; Kropff was third with
twenty-nne and Anders fourth with
twentyeight points. The team av-
and Mrs.' E. R. Tweed, of Marshal . era&ed frtrtwo P'nts per game
She was graduated from Queens
Chicora in 1933. She was a member
of Alpha Delta Pi and held a number ,
of responsible offices in student ac
tivities. She taught in Charlotte in
1934.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. J. Shore, of Charlotte.
He is a graduate of Duke University,
class of 1932, a member of a prom
inent fraternity, and active in sev
eral organizations. Mr. and Mrs.
Shore will be at home in Salisbury
after January L , .
jk Out- f -to wn' guests included Miss
Dorothy Tyson," Georgetown, S. C.
Miss Nancy Redfern, Asheville, N.
C; Miss Beverly June Pruette, Ashe
ville, N. C; Miss .Blanche" Blanton,
Charlotte, N. C-i Mr. and 'Mrs. B. J.
Shore, Jr.r,.Chrltt; j)I. C; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Warlick, Winston-Salerar
N. C; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Weitmore-,
land, Charlotte, N.'C Mr. "and Mrs.
tit n tT -i . r'V.-i-ti. vt r i r '
j t nKj, vuuiuuv! i.. v., JUJ. ,
John Stafford.. Charlotte, N. C; Mr.
while the opposition averaged twen
ty-seven points per game. Old-timers
here were reminded of the basketball
trip taken by Mars Hill just ten
years ago when Lenoir Rhyne, Oak
Ridge, Wake Fprest and University
of Norh Carolina were defeated on
four successive nights. The only team
to defeat Mars Hill on that trip was -Trinity
and this was by a one-point -margin.
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The team- this year is composed of '
all Freshmen, but one, Hawkins, of.
Asheville. States represented on the
varsity - ( squad , are : North Carolina,
Indiana,- Tennessee, South Carolina. .
and Virginia. . The squad will assent- -ble
for practice January 1st. the first "
game to be January 5th with the Le- 'j
noir Athletic. Club. a . . . ... "7
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