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THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER O J MADISON COUNTY
VOL.34
8 Pages
MARSHALL, N.C., THURSDAY, JU . 27,1935.
$1.00 A YEAH
EASTERN STAR MINSTREL PRESENTED
TO APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE FRIDAY
The MinstreJ- Show, whh$t was
sponsored by the Eutern Star. Chap
ter No. 85, of Marshall, under the
direction of "Hap" Anderson, was
presented at the Marshall High School
auditorium last tna&y evening me
Organize B. T. U.
A Baotist Traininar Union was or
ganized last Sunday evening at the
HjT.wvtaAM.il Danfiot .knvnh 'I ha A-tffln.
Minstrel was composed entirely or jo-, jg under the supervision of Dr.
local talent with the exception of
"Hap" Anderson, who is a former
black face comedian of national rep
utation. The program was a variety
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. The Union will meet everv morn-
insr of the 1st and 3rd Sundays im
mediately following Sunday School
of music, short plays and jokes, which and meet at 7 o'clock P. M. on the
the audience enjoyed ver- much.
The program was -opened with the
entire chorus singing "bailing on me
2nd and 4th Sundays,
The officers elected were: Miss
Lucille Farmer president: Miss Lil
, ? uubuiv a. c imbi 1 WUU V
Henry Clay", with W. B.Kedmonana jian whitehurst, vice-president: Miss
Paul Payne as first enfls ana on j Helen Alliston, Sec- Treas., Miss Ma
Sprinkle and Wendell McPevitt as 1 )el parmer anc Ernest Teague,
8cconu uua. iiuiuouioraj uroup uaptams,
zation of the Union.
CHECK-UP SHOWS
MARRIAGES ARE
FEWER THIS YEAR
musical (Reading entitled, "They
Always Pick On Me". Next on the
program were three vocal solos:
"Stars Fell on Alabama", by Miss
Ruth Dennis, "When Your Hair Has
Turned To Silver", by Miss Willie
Maye White, and Pray for the Lights
to go Out", by "Hap" Anderson. The
entire companv then sang, "Goodbye
Boys", which ended the first half of
the program.
The second part was composed of
two hilarious plays; the first one, en
titled "Little Nell", inwhich Wendell
McTlevitt, E. R. Tweed, Jr., Kon
Dan Cupid is going to have to do
some tall hustling if he equals his
1934 record for Madison County this
year,
Sprinkle and Eldridg Leake . partici- ,1im1; , Kn ,vai tha
"The
Man Who Looks Like M". was com
posed of Selwyn McDevitt, Fred
Sprinkle and W Anderson.
Tha Minstrel was a success, but
because of the threatening weather 1
only a small crowd was present,
MRS. OLLIE BALL
during the first ai months of 193JJ
only 82 couples fypKed, as agqat
102 for the first half of lee year, a
decrease of almost 20. Of coats
two or three mora happy couples will
step up before the present month is
out, but hardly more than that.
So far, April has been the best
month for the matrimonial bureau,
We the people of Lower Big "Pine with a total of 18 weddings, five of
Baptist Church are very much in sym- them on one day That da Aprii
KSSlSWlS: which-perhaps appropriately-is
Ollie Ball, and also with the family the anniversary of the entrance of
because their best friend on earth is the United States into the World War
gone. But we believe that she has jn 1917.
gone to live where all is peace and ft da ha8
joy and love for ever. I . ,, , ,.
Sister Ball lived to be 47 years old been March, which managed to. ring
and had been married to Fletcher Ball , up only 7 weddings; and from March
29 years, ;he was the mother, 01 ay 4 toMajfchlllfiiere"were "none ft
-IhathTnTeaT
Pearl and Mr. Leroy; the fdwr who
are married are Messrs. Robert and I The 1935 groom averages 27
Clyde Ball, Mrs. Edward Lunsford years of age, almost five years older
and Mrs. rioya aiaweu. a u than his bride, who averages 22 V
her T,stor. the Rev. E. F. Sprinkle, years. But in 1934 the average age
She had been a faithful member of of the groom was juat over 26, of the
the Lower Big Pine Baptist Church bride around 21
for 12 years.
Your mother dear has gone away,
You'll see her here no more;
But you can be with her some day,
And part with her no more.
By Tyson Worley, Clerk.
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MARS HILL ,f
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Born to Mr. and Mrs. George Ed
wards Tuesday, June 25, a daughter.
Master Owen Tilson left a week ago
Sunday with his aunt, Mrs. Zora
Craig, to spend a while with her in
her home in Raleigh i;
Miss Katherine Anderson is attend
ing the Boone Summer School this
summer.
Misses Irene and Margaret Hol
combe have recently returned from
a visit to relatives in Raleigh.
Mrs. Betty Edwards and little son,
from Winston-Salem, are spending
some time here with Mrs. Edwards'
mother, Mrs. Cling Anderson.
George Anderson has gone to De
troit to find work, leaving a short
time ago with his brother Francis who
had been home on a visit.
We should have noted in this col
umn two weeks ago that Miss Victoria
Jarvis, who had recently graduated
from the Knoxville General Hospital
had been home on an annual vacation
and had returned to the hospital for
a few months' continued study,
fv GLEANINGS
I From the Dailies
By S M Ht Jr
Miss Daisy Anderson, who recently
received her Master's degree from over the chances of getting the State's
oui a new and cheap car powered by
? Diesel engine, to meet Jap competi
tion abroad. To be sold for about
',. it will make 70 m. p. h., and 30
ilea to the gallon of fuel-oil, which
will burn instead of eas. and
If" .'I to
;hich sells for six cents a gallon. They
n't beat old Henry.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh has
fliaims to fame than a daring flight in
proven this week that he has more
aft. airplane. He, together with Dr.
exis Carrel in New York, perfected
hanical device to keep whole or-
a alive after removing them from
the , bodies of animals an invention
jttijftt 'the scientific editor of the New
YrfcTimes calls one of the most sen
sational in the annals of medicine and
of science in general. It will be used
in. the study of methods for controll
ing disease. But who knew Lindbergh
wts a man of science as well as a
flier?
JRaleigh merchants are thinking
gin
REPORT EFFQHEINGSMADE
, TO MOTE U.S. 25 FROM CffiT
Upper Laurel Farmer
. Is Accidentally Shot
- James Blankenship, 28, a farmer of
Upper Laurel section, was fatallv
wounded Saturday mdrninigi at about
10 o'clock when a 12-guage shotgun
accidentally discharged, the shot en
tering the left side of his head.
Zade Ramsey, also a farmer of the
same community, said he and Blank
enship were hunting ground hogs at
the time. Ramsey told officers they
had found a ground hog and that he
gave the gun to Blankenship while he
went to find something with which to
dig the animal out of its hole. Ram
sev said he had !gone only a short dis
tance when he heard the shot and re
turned to find Blankenship dead. Dr.
Sams, county coroner, conducted the
investigation at which a verdict of ac
cidental death was returned.
Blankenship is survived by his mo
ther, Mrs. Ben Blankenship, and sev
eral brothers and sisters.
Columbia University, came horn for
a .short stay, going on to Virginia
to Summer School in one of the State
Collga where she will be located
next yea.
Haynee Baird, a medical student
at Chapel Hill, left for Cane River
and Burnsville a few days after re
turning home, to aid Doctor Robert-
3 sales tax declared unconstitution
al Presumably they would bring a
test suit to force a Supreme Court
decision. The move has been handed
oyer to a committee of the N. C. Mer
chants- Association.
OXFORD ORPHAN
AGE SINGING CLASS
TO BE HERE JULY 5
30 COUPLES AT
DANCE MONDAY
I Of the 82 licenses issued in 1935,
25 were to Marshall couples; Mars
Hill chalked up 4, Hot Springs 2,
lAsheville 5, White Rock 4, Ivy 2,
' Big Pine 2, Big Laurel 6, Bluff 2,
Revere 2, and one from each of the
following: Fort Bragg, Oteen, Bar
'nard, Buckner, Kings Mountain, Joe,
(Luck, Paint Rock, Alexander, Lei
cester, Bald Creek. From outside the
tate there were 17 all of them from
About 30 couples, some from out-, Tennessee, with the exception of one
of town, attended the regular semi- from New York,
monthly dance of the Virginia Reelj 11
Cotillion Club, held Monday evening
in the Masonic Hall here.
Algie Boss and his colored orches
tra furnished the. music
OWTANS HEAR
TVA ENGINEER
Clubs Declare War
On Roadside Signs
H. C -Dykes, agricultural engineer
of the Tennessee- Valley Authority,
told the Marshall Civitans last Fri
day thut although he- wasn't personal
ry in favor of -gome tf the things be-H
ing done by governamentai agencies,
that the Soil Erosion projects started
by tha TVA .improvad land, that has
' been, ruined, Av washing and is a
help to. the f armera on, tha watershedd
of the Tennessee River. . The use,
mostly Of grasses, tout often of ter
racing, will leave heritage for gener
ations to come, who will live in this
section. '-:-' ' " : 7 .
He gave no definite statement of
what the TVA will do in regard to
, dams along the French Broad River.
' ' He said that he wasn't in that depart
ment of the Tennessee Valley- Au-
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vThe Rev. Mr. Taylor, who will te-
place Dr. W. E. rlniey. . . of White
Rock,, retired Presbyterian minister,
made a short talk to the Civitans ex
Dressing his appreciation of the cour
tesy extended by that body in inviting
. him to be its guest. - , ti ;
J. W. Wible, assistant county aent,
J. O. Wells, recently appointed county
school superintendent, and Everett
Tweed, Jr., were admitted as members
of tha club Friday. James M. Baley,
Jrw waa appointed a member of the
Public Works Committee to help se
cure for Madison County its share of
the Public Works money to be allotted
to North Carolina.' This committee
has made plans for a' Recreation Cen
ter and swimming pool on the Island
here. -
The Civitans will sponsor a plsy in
the Marshall High School auditorium
July 26. Local persona will, make
nn the cast . . . 1
A boycott of products advertised n
unsightly roadside signs in North
Carolina was recommended the other
day at a meeting of home demonstra
tion club members in Pinehurst.
In a resolution adopted, the mem
bers appealed to farmers, merchants,
hambers of commerce, woman's clubs
and other organizations.-to enlist in
the war against signboards.
Many of th signboards not only
mar the landscape, but they are also
a source' of danger inasmuch as they
divert the drivers' attention from the
road,, tha resolution stated. .
Trie womm- alsa commanded the Ag
ricultural Adjustment. Admmisfiation
ror it benefit to agrjculturev, wnich
are being felt by the club women and
business houses of the nation as well
as the farmers themselves.
After throwing their supnort be
hind the world peace movement, they
turned to the moving picture industry
to endorse the improvements made in
the moral tone of pictures.
The use of motion picture theaters
as "nurseries" for children while pa
rents go about other activities was
deplored as being had for the mental
and physical development of children.
lA resolution adopted by the Cum
berland County farm women prior to
the meeting at Pinehurst requested
that rural electrification be given a
prominent place hx tha public works
program. . . " : . ' "
. Copies of the resolutions have been
sent over the State for study by club
women so that delegates to Farm and
Home week at State College thus sum'
mer may be prepared to act upon
them at that time.
Forty-five vears for Hermon Metz
Waley, 25-year-old bandit who helped
on and Doctor McLean in that section i vthi Weyerhaueser kidnapping. That
this summer. lia hi sentence, received less than a
Professor and Mrs. D. D. Blanchard month after he was priding himself
and son Decatur, of Chinauanin. ,feh thie success of his first major crime.
spent a part of last week here with Aind he court is studying the chances
Miss Marye Carter,, and while here ojf convicting his sobbing 19-year-old
they visited Crag Gardens and b-wfe Margaret
ther points of interest in this section. 4; A -' 1
A large group from the local auto- ySfff. - ranaj.ury ot tne
imer school and ttu Mini-terrf Co. iW ? : WW. expioaed into protests
erence made the trip to Craggy Gar
dens Jt.urUrnapn-laU
week. A irar.tlber' . of othersl .loo.
from the community went on other
days, and all were quite enthusiastic
about the magnificent views and the
beautiful gardens.
Mrs. R. T. Allen, of Charlotte, isi
here for a few weeks with her mother,
Mrs. R. S. Gibbs.
Mrs. W. E. Wilkins Jr. and little
daughter Catherine Gene are expect
ed Thursday. They will remain for
about three weeks with the Gibbs.
Among the visitors on the Hill Sun
day were Mrs. Horace Fielden, of
Jefferson City who came to see her
daughter Mrs. Locke Robinson, and
Mrs. Ira Hodge and Mrs. Smart, of
Rutherfordton who came to see their
mother, Mrs. A. E. Edwards.
Mrs. Geo. Leiby and young son,
accompanied by Mrs. Leiby's mother,
Mrs. W. E. Wilkins, returned to Mars
Hill a few days ago. Dr. Leiby is to
be located at Burnsville this sum
mer, and Mrs. Leiby will probably
Ver political protection of racketeers,
ahdlhegandictirienti ft big Way. -uf? weeM
'Npaptes-yey
huge criminal machine estimated to
take $500,OCO,000 from suckers every
ear.
In Toronto, almost nine years ago,
one Charles Vance Millar willed a
prize of a half million to go to the
woman who bore the most children in
en years. With the period almost up,
and the newspapers keeping score,
there are half-a-dozen mothers who
may win. Last week the six of them
got together, agreed to divide the
money equally among them,, no mat
ter who wins. But they add the
race will go on just the same. Lead
ing the ranks now is Mrs. Lilly Kenny,
mother of 14, 11 of whom have been
born during-the time-limit. She hopes
for another set of twins, having had
three already.
The Oxford Orphanage Singing
Class will be at the Courthouse in
Marshall Friday, July 5. This enter
tainment is being sponsored by the
Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star.
The Class is- traveling this year in
their own bus, and- the party includes
17 children.
Watch next week's News-Record
for further announcements.
Mr. Thomas C. Tweed
Funeral services for Mr, Thomas C.
Tweed, 73, were held Sunday at 2 o'
clock at his home in Weaverville.
The Rev. G. C. Cox, of the Weaver
ville Baptist Church, officiated.
Mr. Tweed had suffered a paralytic
stroke just ; four weeks , befor7hife
An effort to take U. S. Route 25
out of Marshall and put it through
other towns is being made, according
to city officials here. The matter waa
to have been taken up at a meeting
of governors and mayors in Morris-
town, Tenn., yesterday and today, had
not that meeting been indefinitely
postponed because of "circumstance
beyond the control" of the Morris'
town Chamber of Commerce.
Full details of the plan are not
known here, and the only informa
tion available is that "there has been
considerable competition for the re
routing of No. 25 through towns o
ther than Marshall." Just how thia
can be done to any advantage was
not mentioned.
IRioute 25 runs South through Mor
ristown, Newport, Marshall, Ashe
ville and Greenville, S. C. The link
'between Marshall and Newport is by
far the shortest paved route that
could be made across the Tennessee
line without moving the route to the
north or south over at least 100 miles
of its length.
It is planned to have as delegates
from Marshall to the meeting in Mor
ristown one or more of the City offi
cials or their counsel when the matter
comes up for discussion.
Tobacco Growers To
Vote in Referendum
Ballots onwhich growers may cast
their votes in the flue-cured tobacco
referendum are being distributed to
farm acrents in the tobacco counties.
The question at issue is whether
the growers wish to have the tobacco
adjustment program continued in the '
future. The present program is due
to expire with the 1935 crop. ,
E. Y. Floyd, of State College, an
nounced that all share-tenants, share- '
croppers, renters, and landowners
who are actually engaged in the pro- -ductionof
flue-cured tobacco are elig-
MsUoThad,
vuu w iivvitvi, mv; a T w oiuwu
Oddities: Fish story: John Larkin,
Asheville, nabbed a 3 -pound bass in
be here with her mother a large part Lake James w.hich was taring spec-
of the time I latles at tne urne. oo me report goes,
Tra Hod,. Jr.. i Qn0nH!n tho .,n,. anyhow. beems someone fishing
mer here with his grandparents, Mr. Imust have lost the sPecs and the ba8S
and Mrs. A. E. Edwards, having come
a few weeks ago with Miss Ada Ed
V ards as she returned rom her school
at Roanoke Rapids. x
Misses Helen Murray, Marjorie
Carter and Martha Ellen expect to
pend the latter part of this week, with
Miss Zane Redmon in Marshall.
got them caught in its gills. . . . Cat
(Continued on Page 4, column 3)
Aldermen To Meet
The Board of Aldermen will meet
in the Commissioners office in the
Court House next Tuesday, June 2,
at 8 o'clock..
CHI MAYiGETA FONDS TO
RECREATI ON PARK ON ISLAND
BRASS BAR CHANCES HANDS
Mr. C M. Ramsev has recently
bought the Brass Bar Cafe from
Messrs. Clyde and Bill Redmon.1
Several improvements an oeing
made. Mr. Paul Roberts is acting as
manager of the Cafe.
Chances that Marshall may be able
to get the funds necessary for
beautifying the Island and building
a swimming pool there appear to be
good, according to James M. Baley,
Jr., who was appointed to the Public
Works Committee of the Civitan Club
at its last meeting. W.vs;
The agency through which the
money would be obtained would be
the . WPA not to be confused with
the PWA, through which an unsuc
cessful effort was made a year or two
ago. This agency may be willing to
supply an outright 100 of ..the
necessary money, provided it can be
shown that from 60 to 7594 of the
amount win be spent for labor alone.
- In a letter to Mr. Baley, George W.
Coan, Wprks Progress Administrator'
for North Carolina, speaks very fa
vorably of the project and promises
to give his attention to the matter
immediately after his return from a
conference in New Orleans on July 5.
The plan would be to landscape
the island, plant trees and shrubs,
and build a dam at the lower end to
prevent the backwash from high wa
ters from ruining the grounds. The
swimming pool would be fed by the
overflow from Marshall's city reser
voir, v- .... ,
For at least ten years Marshall has
been making efforts to get some sort
of municipal v recreation center: for
the city. The News-Record carries
today an excerpt from an editorial
in its June 29, 1925, issue, urging
that tha project be carried through.
"Whether or not the people now
living ' in Marshall shall live to see
the thing ' materialize depends on
whether the town people will get be
hind the Jwbgram, show soma interest
and refuse to give up until tha end
has been accomplished," commented
a prominent business man yesterday.
worse since that time. Many mem
bers of the family were present for
the services, since a family reunion
had previously been planned for Sun
day. Among them was his brother,
Mr. M. D. Tweed of Black Joe, Ky.,
who had arrived on Friday. The fu
neral was held on the lawn at the
home, and interment took place at
the Redmon Cemetery in Marshall.
Mr. Tweed is survived by his widow,
the former Miss Beatrice Jones, and
by the following children: sons, E.
R. and L. H. Tweed of Marshall. J.
B. and R. F. Tweed of Hot Springs.
and Coleman Tweed. Daughters, Mrs.
J. C. Self of Asheville, Mrs. T. J.
Self of Gaffney, S. C, Mrs. Max Am
mons of Asheville, Mrs. Walter Ens
ley of Alexander and Miss Sue Tweed
of Marshall. There are in addition
21 grandchildren and 2 great-giand-children.
Active pallbearers were his grand
sons, Rex, Donald, Jack, John and
Thomas Self, and Fred, Harry and
were Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, GlenWest,
Everett Tweed. Honorary pallbearers
Thomas Williams, Jasper Buckner, J.
H. Rice, and D. B. DeUinger of Wea
verville, D. L. Warren of Asheville,
and Herschel Sprinkle, W. E. King,
A. J. Whitehunst and J. Coleman
Ramsey of Marshall.
Flower girls were his grand-daughters,
Patty Tom Tweed, Jane Self,
Marie Ensley, Frances Scott Enstey,
Mrs. Hoyte W. Shore, Mj- Everett
Tweed, Jr., Patty Self and Mrs. WUL-.j
iam Lane.
justment contracts.
When the county agents have re
ceived the 'ballots, they will distribute
them among the growers, Floyd said.
The growers may sign the ballots and
return them to the countv agent's
office any time before 7 p. m. on.
June 29.
If the program is continued, a few
minor changes may be made, but it
will be essentially the same as at pre
sent. Floyd pointed out.
Or -if a grower wishes to vote an
unsigned ballot, he may do so by de
livering it to the county agent in per
son on June 29.
The future -program contemplate
the adjustment of production to con
sumption, with benefit payments
which would tend to equalize any
difference there might be between the
market price and a fair parity price.
Claude T. Hall, of Woodsdale,
chairman of the tobacco growers.'
state advisory committee, has pre
dicted that the referendum will roll
ud a heavy vote for continuance of
the control program.
TFM VFARC AP.H
IN MARSHALL
From the NEWS-RECORD Files
Mars Hill to Permit
Late Enrollments
Students who were unable to enroll
at the opening on June 10 of the sum
mer session of the Mars Hill division
of the Wake Forest - Meredith Sum
mer School will be permitted to en
ter several of the courses on July 1
for the last six weeks of the session,
according to an announcement made
last week by B. Y. Tyner and I. N.
Carr, director and associate director
It has been suggested and seem
reasonable that Marshall should own
the Island. Why should Madison
County own the one level spot in the
Town of Marshall? i
And why should Marshall neopl
have to drive ten or- fifteen miles to
flow from the city water . reservoir
find a swimming pool? The over
could be piped to, a pool of our own.
afe vecv liiiSa. xpeaser and: tha coat
would, be many times- repaid- by thav
oossession of a place of recreation
such as this would afford.
About twenty-two Marshall young"
people went on a fishing trip to the
dam below the city Sunday. No fish
were caught, hut the partv enjoyed
the picnic supper none the less for
that Among those who went were
Aubrey Ramsey, who arrived almost
too late for supper; Miss Maxie Wear
er from Newport, Misses Georgia
Rector and Blanche Ramsey. . ' ,
The Ladies' Missionary Society of
the (Presbyterian Church dedicated
their room at the church Thursday
afternoon. Dr. W. E. Finley made)
the address dedicating the room to
Mrs. J. N. Andre. A very interesting-'
sketch of Mrs. Andre's life was read ,
by Mrs. J. Coleman Ramsey, and th
Misses Norma Ramsey and Hallie Sil-
of the division,
This arrangement is expected to' -Hnt.
benefit especially those students who ; Mrs. T. A, Silver entertained from.
S to 8 Wednesday In honor of the fiftl
wish to . review or repeat certain
courses, and teachers who wish to
earn renewal credits or credits for
raising certificates.
Those interested should communi
cate at once with one of the directors.
Opening data July 1. Cost: Registra
tion and tuition, $15: room and
board, $31.60; total for the six weeks,
$460.
birthday of her little daughter, May
Keith Silver. : j: -
Roy Rector, Dube (Ramsey, Hubert
Worley, Bon White. Clyde Teague and
Max Roberts are leaving) Sunday for
Fort Bragg, where they will spend S
days in the Citizens Military Camp.
Mr. Jack Ramsey almost broke hi
neck recently, by diving into water
too shallow. He was in bed several
days from the injury. .