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MA DISON COUNTY
VOL.34
8 Pages
MARSHALL, N. .Q.; THURSDAY, F !AR CH J, 1935
PRICE $1.00 A YEAR
THREE YOUTHS GO TO DEATH ROW
FROM MADISON COUNTY
MARSHALL COURTHOUSE CROWDED
FIVE FULL DAYS TO HEAR
MURDERtASES
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Dramatic Scenes As
Youths Are Sentenced
To Die May 3
" Judge Warlick Make Fine
Imrjression
One of the most dramatic courts
ever held in Marshall was that last
week which ended .Friday evening a
bout 6:30, when the death sentence
was read out Ty Judge Wilson War
lick, for three youths, Arthur Gos-
nell, 22, Oris Gunter, 19, and Robert
Thomas, 22, of Madison County, to
be electrocuted at the State Prison
May 3, 1935. Though the three had
made a complete confession which
had been written out and sworn to,
every effort possible was made by the
State to give the three boys a fair
and impartial trial. Three of Mar
shall's attorneys had ,been named by
the court to defend them- Mr. John
Hendricks for Gunter, Mr.' Hack
Ramsey for Gosnell, Mr. Carl Stuart
for Thomas. . Assisting Solicitor Net
tles in the prosecution were Mr. John
H. McElroy and Mr. Calvin R. Ed-
ney. The jury, drawn from a special
Miss Lois Church spent a few days
venire of more than a hundred men .here with home folks.
the killing Jan. 25 of Ben Naughty of
Little Laurel. The cage will be heard
by R. S. Ramsey, magistrate, next
fMonday.
To Speak Next
Sunday In Asheville
E. E. Lee. our Southwide Baptist
Training Union Field Worker, will
speak at a mass meeting at the First
Baptist church. Asheville. Sunday at
ternoon, March 10th. at 3:00 o'clock.
Every Baptist in reach is invited to
hear him. JSveryone interested m
B. Y. P. U. work is URGED to hear
him.
MRS. PEARL T. AMMONS,
(Buncombe Asso. B T. U. Pres.)
HOTSPRINGS
Misses Ollie Parris and Lucille Col
lins spent Saturday in Asheville.
iMrs. Dock Summerel was shopping
m Newport. Tenn.. Saturday,
Ranger Johnson and Mrs. Johnson
of Greeneville, Tenn., spent several
days hTe with friends.
Mrs. Baker, who has spent most oi
the winter in, KnoxviIIe, Tenn., and
ueorgia, returned to her home here
Monday.
of Madison County, was composed of
the following:
Lawrence Kirkpatrick, Claude Wil
lis, Alvin Robinson, W. R. Reese,
Frank Randall, B. J. Ledford. M. B.
Worley, H. H. Hamlin, C. H. Reeves,
Lee Sams, A. J. Hensley, R. A.' Ed
wards. The prisoners were charged and
convicted of murdering in cold blood
William Thomas, 74-year-old mer
chant ot the Gontej-town section of
Madison County on the morning of
Feb. 15, 1935, the purpose being to
Mrs. Chas. Buririn is spending sev
eral days this week in Tennessee with
her daughter, Mrs. Sjdnev Izlar, Jr.,
and family.
Miss Ernie Freeman spent the
week-end here with her sister, Mrs.
Jj WiT Morris.
Mr. Roy Poette has returned home
after spending three weeks in Geor
gia. His. mother died with pneumo
nia while he was there, and his fa
ther was. seriously ill with pneumonia
put is now much -Improved w,t ,
Mrg. C. T. Parris and Mrs Ira Plem-
mons were joint hostesses Monday
night at the Plemmons" hotel with a
miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Mar-
rob him. which they did while the
old man lay dying between his store jgrrtj. X
where he slept and the home of his jnough oveljf and u8efu, to start
uttugnier, wnere ne wa bccuswiucu ; Housekeeping at once. However,
to eat breakfast. Efforts to prove I they are now spending a week with
Gosnell, who struck the fatal blows, parents in the eastern part of the
taA ah w on 8tate- Mr.Batts will either be sent
j. i to Max Patch or the eastern 4art of
uvunauie space including swimiug tne state after the 10th.
room was taken at the court house, Mr. J. J. Scisjn and Mr. Neal Lewis
so ereat was the interest in the two are able to be out again after being
murder trials-that of J. W. Randall f.aTdMrl Kirby and familv are
coming before the three boys. Judge m0vine to Erwin, Tenn., to make their
Arthur Gosnell, yc; Live been in
dicted, triedt and convicted by a jury of your
county of the crime of niurJcr in the first de
gree of one William M. Thomas. The law
prescribed that the ', punishment far y our
crime is death. The judgment of the court,
therefore, is that you be remanded to the
common jail of Madison County, there to re
main until the ad jourinient of this court, and
upon the adjournment of this court, it is or
dered that you be conveyed by the High
Sheriff of said County of Madison to the Pen
itentiary of the Stae of Nojrth Carolina,; and
by him delivered to the Warden of said Pen
itentiary; and it is further , ordered and ad
judged that you remain in the custody of
said Warden until Friday, 3d day of May,
1935, tnd that on said day, between the
hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and three
o'clock in the afternoon that you be taken by
the said warden to the place of execution iri
said penitentiary;
And it is adjudged that the said warden
then and there cause a current of electricity
of sufficient intensity and; voltage to cause
death to pass in and through your body until
you are dead; and may God have mercy on
your soul.
The same sentence was given each of the other two.
WAKE FOREST - MER EDITH SUMMER 4
SCHOOL 'UNIT TO BE HELD AT
MARS HILL NEXT SUMMER
Bills Introduced
By Representative
Herschel Sprinkle
(Many Will Attend Mountain
Division From June 10 To
August 10
nior class.
The cast is as follows:
Ting, a bell-boy, Edwin Mashburn;
Sam, a porter, Liston Ramsey; Wil
liam Winkler, from New York, C. L.
Miller; Aunt Jane, his sister-in-law,
Hope Holcombe; Jane, his niece, June
Eulaine Ramsey; Susette, a French
maid, Wilma Ramsey; Bobbie Baxter,
in love with Jane, Ray Frisby; Ben
jamin Moore, a bachelor, Charles
Redmon; Kitty Benders, an. actress,
Mrs. Louise J. Buckner
O f Asheville Passes
On February 27th House Bill 98,
"To Authorize and Empower the
Board of Commissioners of Madison
County To Appoint the Tax Listers
and Assessors" was introduced and
sent to Committee on Judiciary 2.
On the same date House Bill 499,
"To Provide for the Election of a Tax
Collector for Madison County, and
To Fix His Salary" was introduced
and sent to Committee on Judiciary
2. The bill would provide for elec
tion in 1936 and biennially thereaf
ter. The salary would be $1200.
WALNUT CREEK DEFEATS
MARSHALL 7TH GRADE
The Walnut Creek grammar grades
defeated the Marshall 7th grade Wed
nesday afternoon. 23-17. W. Ramsey
starred for the winners while Joe Nix
was the outstanding: scorer for the
losers.
MARS HILL
Woman's Club To Have Program On
Home
Mother Of Mr. Cauley Ebb To Be
- Buried Friday At Jupiter
Mrs. tto'uise J. Buckner, former res
ident of Marshall and mother of Mrs.
Caultfy' Ebbs, 'died about eight o'
clock , Wednesday morning, March 6,
1935: at, 'the home of her daughter,
Mrs.' S. F. Whiter in Asheville. Mrs.
Bucl er hflr) ten HI. for quite a long
tim,C-ghe'TiHirvivetW5y the follow-!
msr sons, land daughters: James Buck
ner of Granger, Wash., Emmett Buck
ner of fLeaksville. N. C, S. Garfield
The regular meeting of the Wom
an's Club is to be hejd on Friday eve
ning or this week in the home oi
Mrs. E. R. Elmore. Mrs. Jno. Mc'Leod
is program leader. Miss Gladys John
son, Mrs. Bryson Tilson and Mrs. P.
C. Stringfield are to take part on
the program. Associate hostesses
with Mrs. Elmore are Mrs. H. C. Ed
wards and Miss Beulah Bowden. .
Personal
torn to Mr. and' Mra. ST O. Tren-
tham Friday, March f. a baby daugh
ter.
Miss Myrtle Elmore is attending
the conference in Asheville this week
AIN FULLY HURT IN ; Buckner of JuDiter. Mrs. H. Martin
A I ITniwnR.il F ArnnFNT.and Mra. M. Montrose of Atlanta, for the county chairman of the adult
AUlUMUBILt 1 Mrs. C. J. Ebbs, Mrs. Pollie Fore and educational work.
Mrs. White of Asheville. She also Misses Bobby Gray and Kathleen
Ganelfe, the 10-year-old daughter leaves two brothers, Marion and Elmore will both be home over the
Warlick complimented the six law
yers who appeared in this case. Es
pecially did he mention the defense
attorneys, .as they had so little to
work on in their defense. The charge
to the jury was clear and explicit,
ending soon after five o'clock Friday
afternoon. Tt was said that the jury
after retiring had prayer and then
- took one secret ballot which revealed ,hc;ir most
n unanimous verdict. Mfltlioro nH iwere served,
other relatives of the. boys screamed
as , the sentence waa concluded, one
mother fainting and taken out by
Sheriff English.
A gloom was cast over the court
future home. Mr. Kirby has been in
ine grocery Dusiness here lor the
past several years.
The Ladies Aid and Missionary So
ciety met iuesday afternoon or Dor
land Bell school. A Dlay was given.
several readings and a duet bv two
senior girls, and the program was
very much enjoyed by all. About
thirty members and several visitors
were present. After the business
delicious refreshments
C. W. CHURCH DEAD
Charles Wesley Church, 80, one of
the oldest and best known citizens of
attendants ,not that the verdict orthe Antioch section of this county,
sentence could have been other than idied at the home of his son, Vernon,
given, tut because tljat such shame at Antioch, near Hot Springs, Thurs
should have befallen the county to day morning at 11:30 o'clock, folr
have produced three boys that could I lowing an illness of two - weeks.
contemplate such a crime,
of
Mr and Mrs. Jack Nix was pain- James Kuykendall of West Asheville; week-end because of spring holidays
f,,ll iniured Sundav moVninc when l. jKnucmuren ana .o.iiew Kranu- "'" "w. J"":.
, , ' " children
struck by a car near the Free Will two "o'clock Friday afternoon at
Baptist church as she was leaving Jupiter Baptist church.
Sunday hscopl. Mr. Fred Sprinkle,
whose car unfortunately struck the DOINGS OF THE
child, was driving up the hill and an- CIVITAN CLUB
other car was coming down at the 2f.' . . . ,
. i; v., ;4. juqge wiison wanucic, vwmcnor
00",c1 w." " HU"" """" tr Settles, Court Stenographer Emer- ker, Mrs. B. M. Canup, Mrs. L. B. 01-
ff " s j ri...- t PJ :ive. and Mrs. fioyd
church. It was said the child jump-1 , . P'an
the former is a student and in the
Wilmington high school where the
latter is teacher.
Mr. Roy Wall has been in bed this
week with influenza.
Leonard Carter has been confined
to his bed for two weeks on account
of illness.,.
Mrs. IR. L. Moore, Mrs. Eugene Co-
Wake Forest, Feb. 27. During th
summer of 1935 a division of the
Wake Forest-Meredith summer school
will be operated at Mars Hill Col
lege at Mars Hill, as a result of action
just taken by the respective boards
of trustees.
Dr. Daniel B. Bryan, who for th
past 15 years has been dean of Wake
Forest College and general director
of its summer school, stated that the
establishment of the unit in the Blue
Ridge would make possible the ad
vantages of a four-year liberal arts
college curriculum to a wide area
that js now without such facilities
Professor Bunyan Y. Tyner, head
of the Education Department of
Meredith College, has been elected di
rector of the Mars Hill division, and
Prof. I. N. Carr, dean of Mars Hill
College, will be associate director.
The new division will be an integral
part of the Wake Forest-Meredith
summer session which will continue
to operate at Wake Forest.
Having the approval of the State
Department of Public Instruction,
the new unit will offer courses of in
struction which will be identical with
those given at Wake Forest, and
credit may be obtained on the North
Carolina teachers' certificates and on
all four years of Bachelor's degree
work at any of the three institutions
concerned.
The faculty will consist of profes
sors from Meredith, Mars Hill, and
wake Forest. Fees at both unite
will be identical, andjdates of opera
tion will coincide, June 10 to August
The present sumlr school at
Wake Forest has assumed full re
sponsibility for the offering and ad
ministration of the Mars Hill division
and maintains authority for approv
ing faculty selections, the character
of courses, and policies.
Wake Forest College News Bureau
By J. L. Memory, Jr., director.
1 fHnn4- - C 1 1. . An.
, . .j L . I. 'club at the regular meeting Friday
mnlrinn nif.iHpnf linn vnidnhlA It. I & 6 j
Sy-S of tv, Fronoh Hrnnrl Vintol WrM
was at first feared the child had been I , " ,. , . , ,
juage warncK torn me
Were guests of the Marshall Civitan
killed.
of Dr,
lve. and Mrs. Floyd Holcombe are
ning to attend the State W.M.U.
Convention to be held in Durham
next week.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
K,:j.-!W. C. Taylor, who for several weeks.
She was rushed to the office I " " ? """ '"""Miaa been in the Aston Park hospital
- mar. rtapmiKo Rnmo or ma no irhhAra v . . . .
J. L McElrov where she was " ' . 6 ' sunering irom a Dronen Done, js lm-
, u i4. this county and prospered, he be-, have her home again in a few weeks.
er were that the injury was not so
serious as was at first feared.
Catawba county had moved to .proving and the familv exoects to
(lieved Madison is a good county in
ville road just beyond the John Am
nions place, died Tuesday. She is
survived by her husband and six chil
ren, the youngest onlv an infant of
a few days. She is to be buried at
White Rock Wednesday at two o'clock.
TREADWAY DAVIS
Final Rites Held For Mr. Either
Runnion On Monday
Mrs. Esther Anderson Runnion, 65,
Gets 8 To 10 Years For
which to make a permanent home.
Solicitor Nettles and Mr. Eve made
short talks. Mr. Eve said he traces
his ancestry to the first woman, as w'dw f W. L. Runion, and a life
" ' T 1 TVI a MADirlnnl. f Mar. U:iT A is. A at A
v v r ii m XT 4-1.1 icjiuciii Li AAti a 11111, uicu -5UU-
Of interest to manv friends is the ca" w seen V lne name- Mr- wemes idenv
here Sundav morninc.
announcement of the marriage 0f was lad to be a guest, to sit at the j Mrs. Runnion had been critically ill
Miss -Ruby Davis and Grover Tread-;laD'e wren ana enjoy the leuowsnip "T "'' "elorfter "er
' rt snmo Mnrohn l. pifi. i health began to fail a year or two
way- . , , ,, ago she was active in the social and
The wedding took place Sunday ze1?- And Mrs- Edney' recenty a religious life of the community. Even
fHmon Feb. Path ot A -nin o'clock bnde. was fittingly recognized and in recent years her interest in the
Death was due to influenza and heart lat the home of Mr H. R. Ramsey. ie-cefully responded. church and the life of the community
'trouble. ! I At the business meeting of the d,d not I lag. ......
";uuii8 vvco 4uicuji 1 , , . o tj d.u t I one i suivivea Dy two sons, in. j.
M- rL..i. t... j i i. . r . . ... ... rlnh f;nv V. Rnhprts S R Knhprrs. 'r . ....f .... " '
ait. ui.uicn was oum ana rearea in ibv a few close inends-of the Driae ' . . . ' ,ivunion oi Mars niu and vy. L. Kun-
'c a . l ! the Antioch section. He married 'and eroom Whitehurst, the Rev. James ion of Asheville, and three brothers,
? aling, Automobile; Miss Susan Barrett, of Sandy Mush,! (Miss Vziiift, attractive and only Hyde' and CraiS U Rudisi were i; W t! I'A nd
1 . . . , . . . DICULeil UUCULU1S. lXilCBL XtUtEUC. - '
aaugnter oi rar. ana mrs. uscar ua- - . . ,
. . ..... ... . treasurer of the club, was aDnointed
vis of near Marsnau, received ner ea- .... , ,
XO suiicib uiuiicy w ueiitty CAUCliacs
-' ' ' i," : I Buncombe county, 52 years ago.
Ceorge Wilson was convicted' of i Four children, all of whom survive.
the larceny of the automobile Of Dr. Iwere born to this union. They are:
n. a. o-idb oeverai montns ago and I Vernon, Ed, Dennis, and Mrs. Hoke
was sentenced by Judge Warlick last i
, ,week d a term of pot, less than eight I Mr. Church was active in communi-
nor more ihAn ten years in State
Prison at hard labor. -The prisoner
was guilty of other similar offenses,
which explains why. he was given so
many yeara.;-.i.;" ".. t- . v-
RANDALL TAKRN
TO STATE PRISON Ury'- K .
J.. W. Randall was taken to the
Play At Marshall
State Prison at Raleigh this week to School Friday Evening
vegiu ui Knwnw oj io io is years.
ty affairs, and was a member of the
Antioch Methodist church. ' i -
Funeral services were held at the
Antioch Methodist church Friday
morning at 11 o'clock with the Rev,
Moir W. Edwards, pastor, officiating.
Interment was in the church ceme-
If he lives the 16 years, he will be
92. -t,-.;v'r ; V-'iy:':.
ARRESTED IN CONNECTION
WITH BEN NAUGHTY
- J MURDER ,
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Elmer Cantrell and Feraan Frank
lin of the Laurel section are being
held in Marshall jaU charged with
ucation at Marshall high school.
Mr. Treadway is the son of Mrs.
T.i. via TrMilvan n via Mr TrASlf).
' . . ... Stnto tnhp.rulnRin snnitorinm
way is connected with the fibef mills
at Salisbury, N. C. The couple are
Making their home temporarily at
the home of the groom.
for a 14-year-old girl of the Walnut
community who has been sent to the
S. S. CONVENTION
Funeral services were held at 3
o'clock Monday , afternoon at Mars
Hill Baptist church with the Rev. L.
B. Olive, officiating, assisted by the
Rev. J. R. Owen, pastor of the French
Broad Baptist church of Asheville.
and Dr, O. EL Sams, vice-president of
Mars Hul college. Interment was in
the family plot in. the Mars Hill cem
etery. V
Active nallbearers were the follow
ing nephews of Mrs. Runion; Ralph
BIG BRANCH
Near Vlar Hill " ;
The Junior class-of Marshall High
School will present a three-act com
edy, "The Arrival of Kitty"; Friday
vening, March 8, at 8 o'clock, in the
high school auditorium; . The play Is
fall of laughs and will provide an
vening of fun for all who attend.
Admission charges are . 10 and 25
cents, and the proceeds will be used
6 4
a Ima . r . , . i . ...
ounuay ancrnoon, raarcn. me ora.
) The meeting was attended by a
large number of people, which repre
. sented several of the churches of this
, , . , - r section of the association. A hearty
We were very triad to learn of Mr. -,. jj 4.. .11 v
Bated Burnett's" buying the R. P. Mc- 'Xr v Z "?
;Cracken farm on the Branch. ; : i . n intemstSna- nrnn-m
Burnett was burning some jij .ooneration .rvaii.H tt,rnnrhnn.
The monthly meeting of the French
flroad Sunday School Association was 'Anderson, Rome Anderson, Harry An
eld with Locust Grove Baptist church jderson, George Anderson. John Rob-
Mr.
bnoont sage on his farm Monday night the meeting. The program was ren
eid bia xcitee1nt.Most all dered by a. group of young people
the people. came in to helo him fieht th. Vk. r .u...v
rir ''"v'w Vui ' " i v heir Pa8tr' Brov Eugene Cooker, in
Dr. W. Y. Hutchins and family of .charge of ; the 1 devotional message.
Kingsport; Tenn were visiting rela- others On BTOgrem were Mr. William
r rr -tt .lrcn1s,1' ounuays aiso (Worley. Mr. Jeff Roberts. Bro. Wade
Or. J. H. TIutchins and son, Howard, , White and Bro, Brodcutt new pas-
Mv,Fech t' - . tor of Laurel Branch church. The
1 he farmers have been verv btnv n,.; iiuni.. . r r - -t
burning. tobacco beds for the past Calvarv BartLt rhurrn Wm A..
for the school paper and for 'the Ju-JTrk Sao d " ' ,vi,le' Mr ,T?uckn?r brought a fine
, work also. message. His subject was, MMan'4
ert Anderson and Ramon Anderson.
Honorary pallbearers:- R. L. Moore,
L. Z. Elftr, Paul Bruce. N. S. Whit
akertK. B.. Murray, X. F. Holcombe,
Ur. VV. I Robinson. Calvin R. Ed
ney,. J. P. Sams, E. Z. Stines. Roy
wail, J. V. fcmith, and J. . Ammons.
Mrs. Tommie Tweed Dim At Her
v Home Near Here
Mrs' Tommie Tweed, who for only
a few months had lived on the Ashe-
Greatest Privileges". W ' ' '
Xhe next meetino- will be held with
the California Baotist church. Anril
the 7th, 2.-00 P. M. All the churches
are expected to send representatives
to this meeting. The neighboring
churches of this territory should at
tend in large njimbers. .
DEATH OF MRS. MARGARET
HANEY OF MARS HILL,
ROUTE 2
Mrs. Margaret Haney, age 52, died
at her home near Mars Hill Monday
night, Feb. 25, at 10 o'clock, hea.t
trouble being the cause ef her death.
Funeral services were held at the
Foster Creek Baptist church, where
she had been a member for 36 years,
and were conducted by the Rev. Tom
Eatmon. Afterwards the body was
laid to rest in the nearby cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Messrs. Frank
Ramsey, James Wilson, John C. An
derson, Gather Ray, Horacle Wal
droupe, Andy Fender, and Charley
Fender. Mrs. Haney is survived by
her husband, Milton Haney, and 7
children: Messrs. Andrew, Harry, Si
las, Floyd and Paul Haney; two
daughters, Mrs. Nellie Riddle of Lei
cester, and Miss Mae Haneyof Mars
Hill, and three brothers and three
sisters.
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John F. White Admitted
To County Home
At the regular meeting of the Board
of Coutoty Commissioners Monday,
all being present, John F. White, weft
known resident of the Mars Hill Be&-
tion, was admitted to the county
home.
Miller Ward was appointed regis
trar of vital statistics ot the Foster
Creek section. Other recorded items
of the meeting were adjustments as
to taxes in several cases.
KENO PARTY
. MARCH
14
A keno party will be given by the.
Marshall P. T. A. at the Marshall
school auditorium at about 7:30 P. M.
March 14. ; Practically all the busi
ness concerns of Marshall are contrib
uting prizes. A small admission will
be charged. ' The game is very simple
and enjoyable, but requires no ( ex
perience to be able to play.
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