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THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER OF MA DISON COUNTY
VOL. 34
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MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1935
PRICE $1.00 A YEAR
TWO SERIOUS CASES FACE
CRIMINAL COURT NEXT WEEK
Several To Be Tried For
Three Murders In
Madison
Judge Warlick To Preside
Although definite arrangements
have not Ibeen made, the trial of Rob
ert Thomas, Oris Gunter, and Arthur
Gosnell, for the alleged killing Friday
morning of William "Bill" Thomas
of the Guntertown section, will prob
ably be placed on the docket for tri
al. Individual warrants have been
issued for the men charging them
with robbery and murder.
John Randall, 67-year-old farmer
of the Barnard section, is to be tried
for the alleged killing of George W.
FJlemmons,, his next-door neighbor.
(Plemmons was shot while standing in
his own doorway while telling; Ran
dall to leave.
The trial of Jack Rice for alleged
killing of McKinley Shelton four
The Silver Lining
Solicitors And Other Enforce
ment Officers Unable T o
vears airo on Mill Creek i the Shel- r Ferret Out Truth Before
Darling., we are growing old.
Though not left out in the cold ;
With four hundred bucks to
spend
Every month, we need no friend;
Yes. my darling, we will be
Always full of pep and glee.
..To the night dub we will go,...
Keeping young and gay, what-ho!
When our hair has turned to gray
Home will see us less each day;
Life, my darling, will be great.
While the youngsters pay the
freight.
News-Bulletin, Greeneville,
Tennessee.
the provisions of this section which
said penalty shall be recovered by
any person suing for same . . . one-
half to the person suing and the other
half to the use of the college." The
college seems never to have received
any revenue from this source. The
restricting of the sale of liquors to
lots of Ave gallons or more practically
meant prohibition for the students of
Mars Hill. In accord with the tra
dition of the college the legislature
excepted Mars Hill with two other
communities of the State in lifting
the .ban on the sale of beer.
The original charter of the college
was amended in 1861, in 1885, and
in 1895. In 1905 most of the old
charter was repealed and a new one
made, which was amended in 1923
and again in 1924.
ton Laurel section is scheduled for j
this term. The case has been heard 1
here once and the State Supreme
Court ordered a new trial. The case
was later nl prossed with leave but
was placed back upon the docket.
Judge Wilson Warlick will preside
at the criminal term of superior
court which will convene here Mon
day, February 25,
BELIEVES DISTRICTS S H 0 U L D HAVE
EXPERT MAJOR CRIME INVESTIGATORS
MADISON MAN
MURDERED FRIDAY
Crime Is Covered
Lawyers At Civitan Club Agree And
Disagree
to have carried a large amount of J
cash on his person was seen that
day with more than $700 in currency,
and it is believed the boys murdered
the old man and robbed him.
Aftet the above was in type, the
Sheriff's department reported th,at
these boys had confessed and signed
a statement that they committed the (
crime, iney were taxen to tne Bun
combe county jail Monday for safe
keeping.
THREE ESCAPE FROM JAIL
4
MADISON -HAYWOOD ROADS
SHOULD BE HARDSURFACED
'r SfC 3(( 3)t l(t J$t
TO BE IN ASHEVILLE
NEXT THURSDAY
Sal and George Wilson, brothers of
Yancey county, who were being held
in te Madison county jail in Mar
shall charged with the theft of an
automobile, sawed the bolts from
their cell door and escaped some time
Monday night Wallace Taylor, of
Madison county, charged with viola
tion' ,of the prohibition law, also es
caped, but returned to the jail Tues
day, A hack-saw blade was used to
saw bolts, allowing the prisoners to
open the door. The prisoners then
escaped through a second-story win
dow
it - '
HENRY A. WALLACE
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
Petitions Being Sent To HigUM'
way Commission About Road
From Hot Springs To Lake
Junaluska
Three Madison Youths Jailed
Charged With Crime
The last meeting of the Civitan
Club last Friday at the French Broad
hotel was more spirited than usual.
The crime of the murder of William
Confess And Are Moved
To Buncombe Jail
William Thomas, 74-year-old mer-
Quite a number of cases of lesser
importance are on the docket.
MARS HILL
CHARTERED
IN 1859
Thomas in the county had just been i chant of the Gunter Town section of
76th Anniversary-Celebrated
February 15
Charter Day was celebrated at Mars
Hill college Friday, Feb. 15, with a
program in the college auditorium at
11 o'clock in commemoration of the
granting of the first charter of the
college in 1859.
Among those appearing on the
program were: W. H. Hipps, Ellis C.
Jones, Henry Sharp, Gilbert H. Mor
ris, and Mrs. Devinish, all of Ashe
ville. Mr. Morris, vice-president of
the Wachovia Bank and Trust com
pany, Asheviue, which administers
the endowment funds of the college,
spoke on the mission and opportunity
of the college and told of the pros
pects of increasing the endowment at
an early date. The other speakers
gave inspirational short talks appro
priate to the occasion..
Introducing the program, President
Moore reviewed briefly the history of
the charters of the college. .The first
charter, which was ratified February
16, 1859, provided that the institution
which was then called French Broad
Baptist academy should be incor
porated as Mars Hill college. J. W.
Anderson, Edward Carter, Thomas
Deaver, and Lewis Parnell were nam
ed a body politic and corporate, and !
the personal property of, the college
was fixed af $50,000 with real estate
not to exceed 300 acres.
Article 8 of the original charter,
a copy of which is in the archives
of the college, provided that the "fac
ulty, that is the president, profes
sors, and teachers, by and with the
consent of the trustees, shall have
the power of conferring all such de
grees and marks of literary distinc
tion as are usually conferred by col
leges and seminaries of learning."
This power, which has never been ex
ercised, the college still has. Since
its founding, however, the college
has done some work of college
grade. For 15 years the college has J
been definitely organized as a junior
college. :
Opposed To Liquor
From the beginning of its existence
the college seems to have been P"
posed to alcoholic liquors. At a time
when any measure to restrict the sale
or use of liquors could hardly be ex
pected to pass the General Assembly
the following article was ratified in
the first charter:, "That it shall not
be lawful for any persons or persons
to retail spirituous liquors, or sell in
any quantity less than five gallons to
any student in said college within
five miles of said college, and such
' selling and retailing within the dis-
committed that morning and it
stirred Judge Guy V. Roberts to say
some things which he said he had for
some time thought that in some way
expert investigators should be avail
able to be placed immediately on the
scene of the crime where first hand
evidence could be obtained before
criminals have the 'time to cover
their tracks. He made a motion that
the club .go on-tecord. as . favoring
such an officer, and that the secre
tary of the club write the Governor
about the motion. Mr,
ney, who had recently become a
member of the Iclub, agreed that
something should be done to get at
the truth, the whole truth, and noth
ing but the truth about such crimes,
but he did not agree that the state
should go to the additional expense
of having: such an officer, decrying
the fact that politics plays too large
a part in prosecutions generally and
saying that he believed such an of
ficer would be subject more or less to
the powers that be in politics. Mr.
Hendricks also spoke on the sub
ject and all agreed that something
should be done. However, the mo
tion was withdrawn and the matter
dropped for the present.
Prof. Dillard reported that efforts
were being made to put through the
projects mentioned at a
meeting
BpS OF BROTHER, DEAD 24 YEARS,
BURIED WITH MURDERED MAN
Madison County, was found eirly
last Friday morning murdered, his
throat having been cut, from which
he died before noon that day. Dr,
W. Finley, of White Rock, when
notified of the murder, immediately
called Sheriff Guy English, who in
turn, wired officers in adjoining coun
ties, the result being that three
youths were arrested at Shelby, N. C..
andTetnrned to the Madison CuhtieotJflufa--
jail charged with robbery and mur
der. The three arrested were of
Calvin Ed- iMadison County Arthur Gosnell,
18, and Oasis Gunter, 18, and Robert
Thomas, 22, a grand-nephew of the
murdered man. They were first
lodged in the jail at Rutherfordton
until Madison officers, deputies El
dridge Leake, Fred McDevitt, Arthur
Gentry, and Henry Ramsey, could go
for them. The youths were known
to the deputies. It is expected the
three will be tried at the February
term of court, which will be next
week.
It is said that Thomas was known
CROWDS TO HEAR
- SEC. WALLACE
Engage Seats Early Next
& , , Thursday
Eight hupdred applications for ad
mission blanks' have come from six
teen connttes'vof Western North
Carolina to Jjear U. S. Secretary of
Agriculture, Henry A. Waljace at
the (general Lord's Acre meeting Sat
urday of this, weekj, according to the
Rjpv.T t CJarVe who is arrang-
Had
Kept Brother's Bones
Store Since 1918
In
A younger brother, dead 24 years,
was buried with him when William
(Thomas was laid to rest in the Gun
Itertown cemetery Sunday. Mr. Thom
jas, elderly storekeeper, was fatally
beaten in a hold-up Friday.
SPRING CREEK, Feb. 16 (Special)'
Efforts to get the State Highway
commission to improve and hard sup-"
face the Spring Creek-Fines Creefc
township road in Madison and Hay
wood counties are being made by a?
large group of citizens in this sec"'1
tion and Haywood county.
Several petitions making the re-"
quest have been signed by many per'
sons in this section, and approved by
the Madison county commissioners.
It is understood that similar petitions
were signed in Haywood county and
that the two counties will unite ef-
forts to urge immediate improve
ments. Conferences are to be held in
the near future with the district high-" '
way engineer.
Since the highway is expected to
e one of the chief connections with
the Appalachian Scenic Parkway for
the citizens of Madison county and
the extreme eastern section of Ten
nessee, speci'al interest is being
shown in the undertaking.
The Sprine- Creek Fines Creek
road, which is State Highway No.
20!), is approximately 40 miles long.
It connects U. S. Highway No. 25
at Hot Spiings with N. C. No. 10 at
Lake Junaluska. The highway tra
verses a section which produces a
considerable number of beef cattle
and is one of the best farming re
gions of Western North Carolina for'
grain and tobacco crops. About nine
The meeting will be in the Central
Methodist church in Asheville begin
ning at 9:45 on the morning of Sat
urday of February 23. Mr. Clarke
announced that the church has be
tween one thousand and eleven hun
dred seats. Admission to the reserve
seats will be by ticket only, and the
tickets must be presented by 9 :45. If
any seats then remain, they will be
open to the public, it was announc
ed. Buncombe county farm agent,
A. W. Nesbitt, and a staff of voca
tional agriculture teachers, will act
as ushers.
The progi)im will include testi-
Twenty-four years ago George years ago the road was relocated and
Thomas, youngest brother of the given a shale surface. Due to con
storekeeper disappeared. For seven siderble heavy traffic since that time,
years after he set out from his home the highway has become worn and .
to work in the timber lands, not a the need. er -improvement' ha be
vordJrv.taa$afif ' 'lIJ-t ."
George Thomas came to light. And In several places tn'rlmen--then
one day in 1918, timber cutters tioned in the petition is not adequate
found a skeleton on Horse branch in for school bus travel. Six or eight
the Little Laurel Bedtiion. It as busses operate in the section, serving
thought a tree limb had fallen and the Hot Springs, Spring Creek, and
crushed him to death. -Fines Creek schools. '
The bones identified by a pair of ; 'Pavement of the highway would
shoes were taken to William Thorn-J benefit greaCy1 citizens in .nearly
as. the storekeeper had a great af- communities, especially the Meadow
fection for his youngest brother and Fork section of Madison county,
it was his wish that the bones of his where four elementary schools are
brother be preserved to be buried located, and the upper section of
with him when his time came. j Sandy Mush in Buncombe county, as
For 17 years the bones rested in a well as several adjoining communities
small box in Mr. Thomas' store at in Haywood county. It would also
Guntertown. Friday he died after , be of great benefit to the traffic to
an assault by robbers.
I'Max Patch Mountain, and would de-
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
TdURNAMENT FEB. 21-23E
Sunday they lowered a casket into crease the time it takes motorists to
the cemetery at Guntertown church. i drive from adjoining sections to this
contained the remains of William j tourist resort.
Thomas and his youngest brother,
George.
The annual Madison County high j to attend. The Spring Creek girls and 'monies concerning the value of the
tance aforesaid by any person or
PCISVIld Sliail ouwjtui OUl.ll w.ovu v ,
for each and every offense against
previous hoQl BasetbaI1 Tournament will be
gin Thursday afternoon, Feb. 21, at
3 :00 P. M. at the Walnut high school
court. Six girls' teams and seven
teams
tournament.
Mars Hill Quint
Sets World Record
the Walnut boys will be slightly fa-iLord's acre plan by members of the
vored in this tournament. Jflrst three churches to bejin the plan, (SIPIEICIAL)
(testimonies from churches that have The hundreds of fans that were
Coach Watson of Barnardsville will become self-supporting through the 'present in the Mars Hill college gym
Will participate in the .be the official referee. A small ad-1 use f the plan, and a number of tes-, Saturday night saw a new world's
Much interest is being mission fee of 10c and 20c will be Simonies from individuals. Arrange- record made from the offensive stand-
shown and large crowds are expected charged.
THE MARS HILL COLLEGE BASKETBAL L SQUAD & COACH
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ketball Baud, which was aeeaei No.
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nament here this week-end. Front i Coach Oren E. Roherta. Back row:
Donald Parker, Carta Hawkins, . den .uj arjpC pB reus iiernaa.
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I ments have been made to show stere- point. In defeating Textile college
optican pictures of Lord's acre proj-,fo Spartanburg, South Carolina, 48
ects, and also Lord's Acre hymnj24, Mars Hill ran her scoring record
slides. up to 1004 points for the season.
Secretary Wallace's address will A total of twenty junior college
follows the Lord's Acre testimonies, igames have been played, fifteen won
His subject, "The Necessity of a So- and five lost. The regular season has
cialized Spiritual Life in the Country- one game to go, that with Boone
side," is in accord with the growing Freshmen, at Mars Hill this Wed-
movement for the development of nesday night. Boone is the only
community life. freshman team in North and South
Increased interest in the Lord's A- Carolina to defeat Mars Hill,
ere p 1 a n is reported by Mr. Much interest has developed over
Clarke this year as shown in the rural the state meet which is to be held
churches where he is delivering illus- in Charlotte this Friday and Satur
trated features. Inquiries concern- day. Mars Hill is paired with Win
ing the plan have also come from gate, the game to be played at nine
twenty-eight different states in theJP. M. Friday. M-- Hill has play
union, and literature has been sent ed Wingate twice already and scor
out to practically all of the great ed ninety-one points while Wingate
mission fields of the world. jhas scored fifty-eight. At the half
The Lord's Acre is sponsored by, of both games the score was very
the Farmers Fedenatncfn, IJnc, ctH close and Wingate has recently de
operatve farm business organization feated some of the best teams in the
serving seven Western North Caro- state. Anything may happen in the
lina counties. . Wingate game and should Mars Hill
Secretary Wallace will also speak, be off, Wingate has a good chance of
at the annual stockholder meeting of I
the Farmers Federation, Inc., which
is to begin at 1:30 i the Buncombe
winning.
Mars Hill has perhaps more re
serve strength than ever before. It
county court house. Directors repre-. was the reserves that were able to
senting seven counties and also seven hold Abbey in check and (rive the
directors at large are to be voted up- .'regulars a breathin spell. The re-1
on by the Federation's farmer stock- ( serves were leading Textile by ten v
holder. Annual reports and other points when the regulars were' pat
matters will come before the stock, into the fray. It Is a tradition here
holders at this meeting, according to .that Mars Hill's basketball teams
James G. K. McClure, president and way have played great tournament
genersp manager. : ,.-v y jbasketbaU.
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