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it A 'm 't h J t l i V r v.. 1 , f bC r L if;. THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER OF MA DISON COUNTY VOL.34 8Page MARSHALL, N.C.; THURSDAY. MAY. 30, 1935 PRICJ?n.OO A YEAR v CHAIRMAN OF COUNTY COEKHSSION- M REPLIES TO L C. REED'S LETTER Mr. W.V. Fanner Give. "Some FacU . Relatives IO 1 IMC piaouun vuuu- ty Crisis." f . Relative to the story carried last 1 in t Vw-P Ainr1 nn the fi. nancial crisis of Madison County, Mr.. Wm. V. Farmer, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, made this week the following state? ment: "The letter Mr. L. Ct Reed reguest ed published in the News-Record last week, from Messrs. Eyer & Co., of Watt Street. New York, was not re ceived by me until its contents bad GLEANINGS From The Dailies By S. M. H. DR. BLACKWELL ACCEPTS MAR SHALL CALL Dr. Hovt Blackwell. of Mars Hill, has accepted part time call to the Marshall Baptist Church. He preacn. ed in Marshall Sunday night after de livering a most masterlv baccalaur ate sermon to the graduating class of Mars Hill College in the morning. Before taking his text Sunday night THROUGH STATE CAPITAL KEYHOLES Bv Bets Hinton Silver STORM BREWING? In the Four th Congressional District, so ably re presentedyfor more than a third of a TOWNS AND COr OFFICIALS CiGED TO ACT PROMPTLr Madison League Base ball Result Since the government went into he -made some preliminary remarks,, century by the beloved late Edward the business of catcnlng kidnappers, one being that the very first semon iW. Pou. it now appears there may be nt case has gone un- he ever tried to preach was in the it is an impressive list, Marshall Baptist cnurcjx in 1918. He 'Brijjft t that epresenl thirties of unhand lthen told the congregation that in re- Lumpkin, of Franklin, k it'LP sponse to an approach bv the com- pd;U as co-author of solved. There running into the Representative W. L. known to one ... i i ,k. .nn hi, mw piMiiirnnr nr in, mirijiiii ending, for ransome-hunters since hJ-", decided to do h best 'ald-Lumpkin plan in the late Legisla- Hauptmann. Yet now someAne has for the Marshall church. For the ture;and,"a peoples candidate" may tried to pull the biggest and grand- present he has only two Sundays open offer in opposition to Congressman est job yet, by holding George Weyer. the 2nd and 4th. He will be at Harold D. Cooley. Mr. Lumpkin was haueser, 9-year old son of a lumber .the mid-week service everv Wednes-' a bitter opponent of taxing 'fat-back magnate in Tacoma, Washmgton. for 'day .night and at both morning and an.dJ"0,aS8.es Jend the wTnlnnn JLf. JT tJi evening, services two Sundays a schools and an avowed "liquor con- .w.vvw. . 6vu" ""i' . tvni" man. Ha twAR CArvori a. nRm ing hands off until the child is re-j Dr. 'and Mrs. Blackwell have re. 'among young Democratic leaders. already been published in the press. Iturneaj dui wnen inai nappens, tne centiy returned from a trip to Pales. I rumor-graph also reports that Jnf W it was doneIn this way. I supposedly college-graduated snatcher tine and other countries in the east- , former Representative Otway Binns can nnl.r flurmiso, "The condition referred to, as Mr. Reed and others well know, existed long before the present Board oi Commissioners assumed office. "It seeTvi that Messrs. Eyer & Co. New York brokers, bought $180,000 of Madison County Road Bonds, with the supposed contract with the for mer Board of Commissioners, and State Highway, that the State of North Carolina would ipay each year $15,000.00 to Messrs. Eyer & Co. out of funds the State had previously borrowed from Madison County to construct roads. This $15,000.00 was paid by the State to Messrs. Eyer & Co. according to agreement until last year when Madison County School Rnnda became in default. Then the State seems to have found that the contract, approved and ac cepted by John H. McElroy who was Countw Attorney and whose duty it was to pass on the validity and legali ty of such contracts for the County. was not binding upon the State. will have to do some fast stepping. - LEAGUE TEAM Sandy Mush Petersburg em hemisphere. His description ", ui iuau, is leeuuir um. mic Sunday night of the trip 500 miles a- Fourth District Congressional waters. Walnut Creek cross the desert from Jerusalem to 'theiS' mentioned as possible foes of White Rock (Played U(t Saturday) Petersburg, 4 ; Mtarshall, 0' Batteries: Robinson and Hunter; Bryan and Burnett Sandv Mush. 13: Walnut Creek, 6 Batteries: Brown and Reeves; Ram sey and Roberts, Robinson Games this Saturday Petersburg at Walnut Creek Walnut at Marshall Sandy Mush at White Rock State Haaltk Official Ethviuti O Ter New Tarn FwUral Finaaciac Pablie Work. Abraham's Congressman Cooley are State Sena- Harnessing the ocean, tides. to frl5SZ ply power used" to be the lancllul countryjwll8 ite interesting. Dr. itors Carroll Weathers, of Wake, and idea of pulp-magazine wrl.te and Blackwell will be iprofessor of Bible ! W-P, Horton, of Chatham. impractical areamers. cut the u. . nf M., tt jii f!iwB ov -n f. KiEhUJSALS Is there to be a Army, with funds from the four-bil- ter haviK Deen away on a leave of ab lion relief fund, is going to tackle the sence for two years taking dagrees job up in Maine by the end of this at Yale and Edenburg. Scotland. week. On Passamaquoddy Bay, where He is expected to be a power for the waters rise and fall 28 feet, re- ,ooa in Marsnau. servoirs will be built to trap water at . w . high tide, then let it escape through IA H K II H I flh hydro-electric turbines to make pow er. There is uncertainty as to where : the power will be sold; but $36,000 000 will be used to give 4,000 to5,000 people work for some three years. CONTINUED AGAIN re- deal in North Carolina politics? Some of the natives think so. Representa tive Wm. Scholl, of the great State of Mecklenburg, has announced his candidacy against Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle, and Representative Ed. Summersill, of Onslow, would not surprise his neighbors if he announc ed against Congressman Graham Barden of the Third District. UNUSUAL George Ross Pou, Ral ,eigh Attorney, probably emerged as ' the most: popular of the so-called The case of Jack Rice, who was to lobbyists in-so-far as the people as rf4. i, ; f n i i ,u-a have been tried at the present session a whole are concerned. Pou repre But that is not the only place where . 0 rnrt a eo.tA ;n(j ; f; . , , . , , , VI UUJI V VVIUV L s L uvvw.iu uumvvu ivok- liivbivukbu HI KV V-llllllJ "......k uV muraer ln connection with the fatal Thomas Midgeley, Jr.. chairman . f 'bootinr of McKinley Shelton in the Board of the American Chemical , 1930 wa8 continued to a special ses- oucieiy, preuicis nr tne nexi. iwu s on uv COnsent. of Judee W son War- The announcement from Wasfr ington yesterday that the Federal Government would, finance the con. struction of worth while public work by giving to a community 45 percent of the total cost of a project and lending the remainder of the money needed at 3 percent caused the State Board of Health to go into high gear and get out in a half day almost one thousand letters to city, councy and school officials urging them to submit at once projects for needed improve- ImpTlfs "This is just what we've been wait ing for," beamed Warren H. Brooker, Chief Engineer of the Department, "and the town or county that doe not get needed new school buildings, new water and sewerage systems, jnew hospitals, or whatever is needed is overlooking the only opportunity Miss Clyde Robinson of Flag Pond, of its kind for public improvement Tenn., Rt. 1, and Mr. Ralph Shelton, (that has ever been presented." son of Mrs. Cora Shelton, of Flag j "Why, just think what this is going rona, route i, were married Mav a Dy 'to mean t0 North Carolina," enthus- STANDINGS Walnut W 1 1 0 0 0 0 SHELTON ROBINSON W. M. Edmonds, justice of peace SHELTON RIDDLE ed Mr. Brooker, "new school build ings will be provided and decent sani tary facilities installed at many . , lexistimr schools. There are almost Ol Will- " , . "Therefore the State Tof North iyears the fwing scientific ad- iick Tuesday. Rice was sentenced in Carolina has withheld the $15,000. which they are. due Madison County each year, with the result that Ma- diversion of highway funds and the outcome Of such legislation was not displeasing, although there is an add itional1 contingent diversion. Mr. Pou .fought side-by-side with the schooj forces seeking higher school atrropriations. He also favored bet- ard Riddle of White Rock and Mr. 1000 scnoois in Joe Shelton, son of Mrs. Arminda Shelton of Erwin, Tenn., were mar ried May 23 by H. K. Ramsey, just ice of the peace.. McPHERSON INMAN Mr. Bill McPherson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McPherson, of Sevierville, Tenn. and Miss Margaret Inman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Inman vances: a new source of energy that. 1932 to 10 tol5 vears on this charge will make "interplanetary travel pos- and to 7 to 10 years on a simultan-sible- two Vinur workdays: chickens 'eous char re of assault on Delbert dison Countv is now paying double jthe size of pigs and eggs as big as shelton. New trial, however, was prison employees, as well as more at Marshall, May 10 by the Rev. J. interest on the same money in addi- I footballs: television so perfect that granted by the North Carolina Su-j cakes and 'coffee for all State hired R. Duncan, pastor of the Marshall tion to a bonus. ,n,mnnn n ,oof irl reme ourt. ; J ..Hheip.. Unable to attend the sessions .Methodist church ter pay for) teachers, highwa" and of Morristown, Tenn. were married "Under ithe above named condi tions the present Board of Commis sioners have not renewed the said notes or paid anybody a bonus. with every member sitting in his own home. Solemn high mass" was celebrated'jfollowing residents of Madison Coun- l"bed-side" balk made in North Caro- It is our sincere desire and aim at 8 a. m. at Corbel, Ont., as the open- tv J. E. McLean, J. C. Chandler, W. lma. to use every honorable means to ling of the observation of the birth- K- Hunter, Creed Shelton, R. R. Rice, i NEW TARGET Now that the Gen maintain the Vi icVi renutntinn nnd 1 .. e .u n;AnA ntnntnnlata v.rv. iE. G. Metcalf, S. A. 'Phoenix, N. J. I ei-al Assembly is no more (at least credit that Madison County has en-! h0 riiie vmL .a Stamey, G. W. Coates, J. C. Redmon, for ninety days or more) Tar Heels tance came up joyed b the past, but under no cir-! M.ie. yet in the farmhouse of their rbeanGilSbae7Met eumstances are we disnnsed in stand . .. .... Kooeits. uilDert Met bv and see the Countv dealt with un-1 Parents there was more bitterness j Hamlin, Geo. S. Lippar fnii-lv nr handeH sn.h a raur Heal lthan happiness; lor the little girls rorester, Van Wallin, J "Yours for better Countv Govern- ihave been installed in a swell new jW. F. Allen, R. C. Eller, W. H. Bal- Senators and Congressmen. Right at and ask for yours back ment, ihome across the road, given by his 'ard, S. W. Robinson, C. H. Reeves, (this time North Carolinians probablv the next leilow."? WM. V. FARMER. CHAIRMAN, 'Majesty the King They are hardly D- J Price' J- s- Hagans. Joe Hall, are more interested in agriculture, That is one of the forms taken by "Board of County ' Commissioners." . allowed to ee their own babies so H- D Fisher J- E- Rice- Anderson bonus and public utilities legislation, the chain letter fad in its dying . ... , , - meccau, u. a. Alien, uaiiner Anaer-1 many a letter win go loith to Wash- swuifgies. in isnevuie, wnere tne this State without toilet facilities of any kind, not even privies, and over 3000 with facilities appraised as bad. These schools ac commodate over 400,000 North Caro lina school children," continued Mr. Brooker. "Wide awake school officials are going to take advantage of Fed eral financing of public works to elim inate many such health menacing sit uations," There are many communities in the State that do not have public water supply and sewerage facilities that will obtain them under this new " nrnoram. or the officials of such Com--roZ- mnnlHeTwTiriuweTB constituents later for failing to ob- What would you do if an acctuain- , to you, asked for a -'" . will focus their attention more acute- nickel, dime or quarter, and gave in 'ed Mr. Brooker. An abundance of ly to national affairs and instead of return a paper which read, "This : disease ererm free and sparkling wa- ard, Ellis petitioning State Senators and Repre- money is to be used for shipping don- !ter together with facilities for im B. Landers, I sentatives, appeals will go to U. S. keys back to Egypt. Don't be an ass; ,. . . , . . ', - j w u xii leonf j i n ' r T.-i:: ; v; v,i.. imediate and complete disposal of do- mestic wastes are two of the greatest The Superior Court, which con-(in peronfeMK Pou made one radio vened Monday with Judge Warlick appeal ifw his bed and radio offi- "U A IV "NlCITVt C ;llreaidingrelled forjury siethe-ciaU.:t was probably -the- first V1A1JI .4?lVfkJB4pf DIMES, QUARTERS KENO PARTY carefully must they be kept. blessings of modern civilization, and," added Mr. Brooker, "are the two most important public health objectives that can be attained by son, W. U. frice, Haynes Wallin, J. ington concerning the Warren pota- tricic nas aoout gone the rounds, G. Shook, J. E. Burnett. I to control bill, the Patman bonus bill your best friend won't lend vou a EYiromnn. "Hi n,liaf --a ,m., I Rv Wertnesdav nicht the f!nnrf Viad ffated for n Presidential vetnl Prn. nickel for a done, for fear nf hemp- anv community." FRIDAY NIGHT Jim'" ' ! disposed of about half its docket, i bably as many communications will twice a sucker. j New public water systems, new B- i iiCL...; vsj. iuKo,, vi iiic laoca uciiik ni'" v-noi - . ""i uit ciuun ui me vv neeier- 'town vtems nnrl evtenuinns new nckey: Sharpening a bit of a of laTcenv. transnr.rtin. nr sell- Ravburn hill whirl, nnn, t constitutional- nf the law ha heen sewerage systems and extensions, new EASTERN STARS TO ENTERTAIN pencil." I Foreman: 11 line liquor, and assaults. The Court is operating pas and electric companies questioned. The c'ons "You 11 'ave the union 'expected to adjourn Friday. The Eastern Stars will give a Keno after you, me lad. That's a carpenter i party Friday night, May 31, at 8:00 job, that is." o'clock. Let everybody come and have a good time. Admission 25c. PRFnirTS FINF RITR. 'I NEED A HOME FOR THE j LEY TOBACCO CROP SUMMER" While it is a little early to predict oncerning the burlev tobacco crop Marshall Mad Pup comDan p qutwuoneu. me K'onsucution says, "-- i o- under Federal rather than State ton- "that the legislature shall not enact ! treatment plants will be given pre- trol. Proponents and opponents of local laws partially repealing any ' ference in the new program of pub both the Bonus and Raybum bills are State-wide law and some able lawyers lic wnri, reported active. have declared that is just what the1 . . D: C ID l'BLACKEYE R.. R TWt lm- liquor bill does. The oninion here is Ihmk of getting aDsoiuteiy iree CB k,CYCrttl c"r'lc,ist of the Greensboro Daily News, that drys will seek injunctions to pre-sufficient money to cover 45 percent , t.7i i v does not fail to crack down on Secre- vent the elections and that the Su- of the cost of a project, that alone Five Marshall people are being tary of State Staeev W WHe f- iireme Court will eet a shot at the !.i....u .-.j l x. treated for prevention of rabies af- his reported failure to take a volun- problem. . . , . f , ter a six-months old German Police tarv salary cut along with the enforc- ll'uu,u: lo w -" pup was reported mad last weekend. Ied shortened rations of other State TPn IHHM PARTFR needed improvements made now, but o i l j: ... j: employees. Clark wrnro. "Tl, r VAIVl Lil oHditinn." enthused Mr Rrnnker. Hni. annenT fnr hnmoa nnrl inha fnr .... - . . . . . - j Wrn. rr An. a ..ill n. n .....n. ai nn nnr nhlltren tnr this slimmer hrnncrht Woitan. Wnrtl I irn inn pbH Torvn. " J .ccviimif i,u a Duoyikiuii . ' most ratifvin results. Most of our es-.ee hnwever Snnervisnr Tiiwsoln of rabies were first noticed in the , T ...7" " Le" wnose pay could not . A 1 DLKLA "the balance of the money, 55 per- jrirfa hove heen nlaed snmo nf InrJ.n th Aahenilte Tnhop nnr. last. Thursdav nn Fridnw several j , . .. 1 :.aw' were ask-, 'cent- nf the post of n nrniect. can be " 1 . - 7- -" j r--r j t --- j eu to voiuntaniv contribute a snecifi-' " 1 them with good wages which will Market, stated that in recent survey, I persons were nipped or scratched, and ed amount to the State in its hour of ' Ted John Carter, son of Mrs. T. obtained at) only 3 percent interest, solve many a problem, for them. Not in conjunction with John M. Hayes, Saturday the dog's head was sent to Ineed. Some of them did. One State Carter of Marshall will be among a heretofore unheard of rate for the so many or our nig noys nave gotten president of the Asheville robacco Roejo-n for evaminatinn fcv nffiiois 'official was listed o- j - - r, o me seniors w (rrauuaLe irum Derea uuttm:D ui puuuc w'a, at the State Board of Health Labora- 3. Dr. Fred B. ! In the letters to city, county and tones. On Monday official confirms i"e la a.on? those on the salary in- - XT v.. . ',., nc. x, w w 1 f r-u u oa i or sihaa a. 1 . iwi in 11 1 v hut i 111 h . m , iiai 1 iiiaii 1. ki rr 1 luui 1 iiimo. .tL.j. . x. nci. ac ua iiok. oiuuc iL nHHinhd imnnusi- . ' - - ' fwork and we still hope that some of Board of Trade, it appeared as a re xl 1 J tr. xi i 1 inem may oe wanteu. i,ven inougn sult of information.gathered through- " ,.c iZ" "u,u"cx " out the counties of Western North , , v tne counuea 01 western, iiui hi i .l. j , . . rZrri CT C?.. PecKfr the - - - wTrTr . - may hope if Executive Committee of the World that architects and engineers be re- of beinVable to help, still there" llZdT ' W treatments of those who h7d ceieXhe tTsalarvo international Friend- tamed at the earliest possible mo- two dozen more that need so Vef .'gj averajre mad(J jjbeen contacted by the dog, which be- yield an incTeTJ Mr ClaKight ship and authr f Tl bkS " ? "lu PaT T much to have some such change, to Agnevm W season, and with the longed to Mr. J. W. Wihle. ihave added that State Auditnr R.,. peace, will deliver the Commence- twna for th needed improvements 5f Jn5 ISS tr-I? JOLt excellent management of the Ashe- Being treated at present are- Mrs. ter Durham,, publicly declared to be ment address. and to prepare the application to the r .": T-C- iu i vme looacco marKei, n w gen ih homes that Will take them' Half of j.1 , v ' "'ri 7' wmie, and ner sister Mrs. Pauline "i r. ti j uhi.- Mr. carter, who wm receive m twa ior iunai. ahu " SSVSS ASJl jfrlHE3tti Ihr8aV l,"? GertiGmn 11 &ui?LT- BacheIr.of Arts deTe wi,h a major rect;d also to the frtthat reveT they range in age from 6 to 12 years, markets in the burley belts, and that nd 8 respectively; and Knoxi Brig- timated that both Secretary Wade in En-TIlsh came' to Berea four years producing municipal improvements Some of them could be so helpful m it i geli considerable more tobacco man nd Auditor Durham mav be faced ago from the Weaverville High School may now be financed with bonds a home, and all of them would so ai. fv.w iaB4. I . w;th strong nnn.it;nn u. tk..- ,. T l, .-.-i:- t..: 4.1. . 1 iu viic j.xitiiaiy VV eavervnic, INOiin v.ruiiua. like to be loved. we are not asKing, vtm wt little tobacco has been you 1 w wkb u or our nuie ones - t out et however, with good weat or b g ones either. There are some of her conditions existing for the next the little ones that we think it best 2 t. -?;.a !,.. iorw to keep for another summer, pMu:ticaiiy the entire croo will be I anyway, and there must be some big set out -t that time. Although in- tS. r7w.1 Md ct and cold weather hav done the meals But we do feel that aside j,mKI. t jo,,t beds if from the very great help it to ton 8eems as If there will be enough when youteke jme of these kiddies. t" ont croo you are aoaing sucn a lot to-the lives ,T svn th indictioiui l Seed Being Used To Prevent Erosion f ZlJiJJ Wi beUeve PPears that the acreage planted thi. !JL u wffl r' 'yeirwUl be approximately the, same I Jt.W-Py0 i0' iln last year, or at least that there 'CROSSNORE SCHOOL, INC. , ' - CROSSNORE. N. C. Relief Office Moved " from Marshall The Relief office which has been in Marshal since it was established, first in the courthouse later in the Gudger buildings on Main Street, is being moved to Hot Springs. Queh tioned as to why the chanms, those in charge say they do not know why tit- -U 2 I I . - vim vutuijfg Being maoev High Point. March 18 Annroxi- matelv 295.000 nounda of seed have ?m rwoi,ea mia opnng Dy tne SOU Erosion Service in High Point, which will be distributed among the farmers living in the Deep River erosion con trol area. Besides the vast amount of seed that the farmers of Deep River are receiving, more than 1250 -tons of Kme have fcecfl distributed durinir the Winter months. One , hundred twenty-five tons of fertilizer Kkva al. so been received In Hk-h Point and (will he issued to the cooperating form- , I . "EzDerimentmtjivn ; li. WELLS TO SPEAK AT 3. S. CON- said A. H- Veasey. agronomist of the . VENTION ' North Carolina erosion control areas, Prof. J., O. Wells will be the pria- "that the use of fertiliser greaOv b Ruitu s a r.nnwntin creases the contrast: between . 'close' tsipal speaker at the French Broad "Jji. BBd TT vHnd ' will be no decrease in the acreage. S. S. CONVENTION During, that nledsre onlw the revenue from a. . . . . ' - - " j LIQUOR The eleventh-hour patch- hia coUege yearS he hM bten promin- ,the faci!ity for the retiremet of the work liouor bill nDH k i, ent in campus activities. He has debt. late General assembly to call elections served as president of Alpha Zeta, 5 !t'rdQ1f,qU0r-in f,v?teen S?nntie9 men'B literary society; vice-president UTTruTKC f ueASt? 18 rtfl the mibject of of the Berea FoJk Club; and as DR. J. H. HUTCHINS Many wSStakeSLgS -ember of the track, cross country ! QUITS BURNSVILLE dv enactment or the measure and th DasKetoail and speeooau teams, r or , 1 - tu- .f veara he has taken a ' UT- ! nuccains maae it Known fertiliser nor lime was used was atfi.j J J Bj "Sea k that, he has given up hto the rate of a little less than 12 tons ""V in ha annual Dance dental fa, Burnsville, and K SZ "' " jcal Education Deparfanent "Jjjg tte er8Thin 2S? S T k UT7DV UVVP iif! North Carolina Include rt tellAMA HMUU illV Jl 1"!:: 1TA1MH A V MTfUT rWUMl roit been dropped, and illUlliiil lllUili' one of Che two front rooms convert ed into m reception room. New wal tuck? blue grass, alsike clover,- or- cnara grass, tau oat grass, red top pass. Sudan grass, timothy, white Dutch clover, soybean and lespeieaa. Lespedesa hnn proved to be the most userui crop the Soil Erosion Service nas yet purposes, as well a for buildin nn 2. at 2 ft. m. A lam erevd k nct- led to be present. . v Tha Virginia Reel Cottflion Club paper,, and reftnished ceilingis and found, for .S" ? Mhall hi- equipment , to as well for hniidin. n 0day night, June S from ? tol. r ,n-v a' fine e?pearance here. . a: m -1 .k. -A.i 1 - . H a itm Knu .nn nu mini ika cdi. . .. .. iiuu t--i,- n,v t k" ,ceiuun-in;i nib, from a-i'"' " na xor.nse as a nay oroD. , v. . .rr ; . . .. . " as wall as in tne - operating room, with Little IvT Baptist Church June . tnP.par 'over 125.000 onid f iJLd7 ored band will furnish the music w'u L" " . S.t. Utionof core. wheaCandcloveV and Wed hav. fceen issued to thV Deep ' iU to Z .aT - timothy.thelosaofeoil where neither! River farmers so far thin Snrig. .. Bufldin. v - IW efficiency, v