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V f i I I 1 1 in rn n s - ' -Mi hC SA a So vC SMiOOID) J r 4 VOL.34 8 Pages HOPKINS PROMISES WILL NOT MISS Afl. 4 The drive to employ the country's nable workers on government jots aim rJ. to direct them into available private f L employment will not miss the country areas and small towns, Harry 1 nop- kins. Works iProgress Administrator; said last week. That there is an urgent necessity to car for the Nation's rural and Btnall J. utiAmfilAiNiJ in atifYurn Kv t.hfi IiUWIl U'lcmpivjcu us uv " " J fact that approximately 40 percent of the BtOOO.ftOO families on relief are to be found in the open country 1 1 anC towns tinder 6,000 m population, "Ths city used to be a iant mag npf. drawing unemployed labor from the country," Mr. Hopkins pointed out. "This is no longer true, tor a while, after the beginning of the de pression, the flow was reversed, going from citv to country. Now even this movement hag slowed down. Unem ployed needy people are in both city and country." "Work is largely the answer for both. areas," he said. This is borne out by the fact that contrary to the general belief, a ma jority of the families on relief in the open country are those whose econo m'z heads, whether men or women, are not farm operators. They com prise a group of workers who main tained themselves in the past by work ing at a great variety of trades and jobs. "It is plain that the country and small town problem is not predomin antly a farm-operator problem but essentially one of finding work for non-agricultural workers, just as it is "Plans are being made under the S4.000.000.flno Wnrlcn Proeram to ir take care of the rural' unemployed A in the city," Mr. Hopkins declared. who were on the relief rolls as of May, 1935," he continued. "One of the main features of this program will be an extensive secondary road-building program. A .substantial sum will be spent by the Works Progress Admin istration for this purpose." About two-thirds of the roads in the United States are not State high ways subject to Federal funds. It is these roads which will come under the program, other' measures designed to alleviate the unemployment .problem in the rural areas, include the follow ing: Construction of various kinds, such as small dams, levee building, rebuild ing streets, waterworks and sewage disposal, extension of lighting sys tems, community sanitation projects, j recreational projects, stream pollution I Two New Cases of Paralysis in County Since the last issue of our paper, two more cases of infantile paralysis have been reported in Madison Coun ty. One was reported Saturday Marvin Bali, the 8 year old son of Pearson Ball of the Piney Grove sec tion. The other was reported Tues day Flora Searcy, the 4 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Seaccy of Brush Creek. BRYAN REUNION MUCH ENJOYED The annual Bryan reunion was hel J aaturuay, August 4, at tne nome ot Mr. Al Bryan of the Madison Semin ary section. About 100 members of the family enjoyed the occasion. Those in attendance ranged in years from three months to 85 years, and were present from ail sections of the county and the eastern part of , the state. The Metcalf strinir band and Walnut Creek quqirtet furnished tha music. Mr. jpnn Jpryan of Long Branch "presided, and , gave a . short account of the hMory of the Bryan fami Several short speeches were made by J)r. J. H. Hutchins, Mr. Aud rey Bryan of Chadborn, N. C, Messrs. J. M. Baley, Sr., and Jr. The reunion lasted all day : with dinner on the ground. GREAT S.S. RALLY AT MARS HILL ' . . - The S. S. Revival of th French Aooutjanun came to a close with a gwat rally at Mara HU1 last Sunday. A splendid crowd Was pres ent. ' ine reports snowed that 1147 people had been enrolled in the study coarse work. ;tV;':" v,;: .; -. , Mr. Harold E. Ingraham of the S. S. Board was ths principal speaker. Mr. Ingraham was at his best. ? - ' The next monthly Convention will be held with the Hopewell Baptist Church the first Sunday in September at 2 r. m. The S. S. Association offi cers for ths coming year ares ; Superintendent, Fred Jervia; Asso ciate Superintendent, - Wade White; Secretary, Miss Marian Marchanks; Associate. Secretary, Miss ., Frances Fisher. ... An offering was taken for the Rer. A. J. Snrinkle at the Sundar after noon rally in Mars Hill, and $6.36 was donated. WPA PROJECTS COUNTRY AREAS CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF ' NORTH CAROLINA, 1 H. GRAHAM ; control, and sanitary surveys, Resettlement Administration wi 1 also have a program for rural areas to aid farm families. " ' Mr. Hopkins pointed out that at - tamnts were being made to provide employment for as many types of Skills as pOSSlDie. ... ... We have found that to meet me, Ainnlovment needs of the rural re lief population, ' rar. nopKina saiu, "the Works program must provide for a wide range or occupational skills. That is, we must as nearly as nossible put people to doing the work they have been used to. This is im portant to keep human talent and abilities from deteriorating. MWhen they get opportunities to re lan nrivate employment we don't WHt them demoralized from the dole. Our people don't want a nano-oup, but something to help them hold their headjs np. This is what the Works Program k attempting to do." Figures from the research studies pt the Works Progress Adminjatration mm ths tnera 'ar'earryTSiiou.uiw rural and small town households re ceiving relief. Of this number, a to WU OI x,uuv,vuv laimucB, ui 11 K- cent, wore familiea with other than farm operator heads. This number includes farm laborer families. About 600,000 households, or 29 percent of the total, were families whose heads were classed as farm operators. Of this number,, about 48 percent were tenant families, 38 percent were farm owners, and 14 percent were families of farm cropp- ent living in tne ooutnern scutes. The great majority of the 1,500, ?TEN YEARS AGO IN MARSHALL From the NEWS-RECORD Filei Jim W. Redmon, who lives on the Asheville road, is in a critical con- dition at an Asheville hospital after an accident in which the Ford car he was driving was struck by a freight train here Saturday afternoon. The car was demolished. Three men were wounded Sunday afternoon rear White Rock when a target shooting contest turned into a general riot. Seems that the first man to fire hit the bull's eye, and claimed the gun that had been set up as a prize, saying noodyb could do better.. That brought on quite a little talk, and the marksmen ended up shooting at each other instead of at the arge. Two are in ftn Asheville hospital, though hot dangerously in jured, and the third is home with a battered face. tC; Three cows belonging to Mr. C. F. Foitner of Marshall were electro cuted Tuesday (August 8, 1025) by A high charge in a wire fencj across which a power line from Asheville had fallen. The family narrowly escaped coming into contact with the same current, since they thought the cows had been killed by lighning. Board of Aldermen this week pass ed an ordinance ' forbidding' school bus drivers to cross the railroad tracks without first sending someone ahead to make sure no train is coming., . Mr. W. B. Sams is rebuilding his home, which burned down several months ago. Mr. F. A. Dodson sold out his store and merchandise this week to Mr. H. E. White. ' Walnut -Miss Jane A. Hyde, missionary to China for 21 years, arrived last. Wed nesday at Walnut to spent some time with her family there. . . r . ?.v-Big Laarel Much excitement on Big Laurel this week when the 18-year-old son of Mr. J. R. Wallin was bitten by a rattlesnake near his home. i - a 4 i V i jjL.., .... . , j jjnr -r A. THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER OF MADISON COUNTY MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAYS AUGUST 8, 1935. 000 non farmer heads of rural and town households on relief are Tin skilled laboreri! One-third of them are unskilled industrial laborers,' while more than 8501000 are farnt laborers. Another 350,000 are skilled and semi-skilled industrial workers. White collar" workers, including pro? f essional, proprietary and clerical workers, include 100,000 heads. There are 60,900 Servants in the group. I The above figures were based on proportions revealed in 138 sample counties selected as representative of the nine ma(jor agricultural areas, hese counties contained eight percent Sketch of Alexander Hawkins Graham CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA By JOHN C. HARMON, Jr Alexander Hawkins Graham, now Lieutenant Governor of North Caro lina, and who is seeking the Demo cratic nomination for Governor in 1936, was born in Hillsboro, North Carolina, August 9, 890, the son of John W. and Maggie F. (Bailey) Gra- )iarn or "Sandy" as he is better known throughout the State, is the . hia f ., w in r enCe m Publlc ,lfe- Hls father, Major ' John W. Graham, after serving ! throughout the Civil War. was a mem- ber of the gtate Senate for five terms. Hi. onnf.thA, William A. (Irnhnm ;." ' " ; ' was United States Senator, Secretary of the Navy, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Governor of North Carolina, Whig nominee for Vice-President in 18.52; and afterwards appointed on various boards and commissions, many of which appointments he declined. A. H. Graham was educated in pri vate schoola in Hillsboro, the Epis copal High School at Alexandria, Va.,1 and graduated from the University of North Carolina with the A. B. degree in 1912. During the next year he at tended the Law School at the Uni- Vli,sity4 pf vHortb" t!arolinkliindrthe summer Law . School in 1918, and after receiving: his law license, at- tenHpri Harvard TTaw 3rhnnl for one tended Harvard Uaw Scnopl lor one year, In 1914 Mr. Graham returned to Hillsboro and began the practice of law in the office of his father, the late Major John W. Graham, and soon be ame actively interested in community affairs, being appointed County Attor- ney in December, 1914. He' contin ued active in local government until the outbreak of the World War when he volunteered for service and was sent to the First Officers Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe," Georgia. After completing a three months training course, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant and joined the 81st Division which was being organ- zed at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. Mr. Graham served during the entire period of America's participation in the War and spent more than eleven lonths in France, where he saw active fighting and where he received two promotions, so that upon the close of hostilities he was honorably dis charged with the rank of Captain and Regimental Adjutant. For a number of years prior to the World War, Orange County had been known as a Democratic County, but in the election of 1916 the Republican Party gained control of the County, filling all the county offices save one. I ; NOTICE I" appreciate the attitude of many kind people in regard to 'listing their' taxes. It is a very unpleasant job; however all per sons must abide by the law, and every person who haa failed to list his taxes, regardless of politics, religion or Color, high or low,-; most and will be', treated exactly alike. When this job is com pleted and every home and person in Madison County has been - pleted, you will be compelled to say that I have been perfectly j fair to ev.ery person. It ia a matter for every person to pay his part of the tax load of this County. - v, t ', I am now located permanently in an office adjoining the tax collector, where I can see yon any day from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. ' I hope it will not be necessary to issue any warrants for .failure to' list, which will be necessary and which I will be com pelled under the law to do, unless the taxpayer appears before mfc . and list hia taxes. , , - - . - . of all rural and town families in the general population of the areas they represented. The areas, in turn, dontain 54 percent of all such families in the United States as a whole. ' The States lucluded in the survey wefe Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan sas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mon tana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Okla homa, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, land Wisconsin. j y Thfs condition continued for four years, and upon returning home Mr. Graham became active in politics and as shortly selected as Chairman of th Democratic Executive Committee foi: Orange County, which position he still holds. After a strenuous cam paign, the Democratic Party secured control of Orange County in the elec tion of 1920 and has continued in con trol Spince said date by increasing ma jorities at each subsequent election. Upon taking up his law practice in hisj home at Hillsboro, Mr. Graham again accepted appointment as Coun ty Attorney and has been actively collected with,the government of the county during the last fifteen years anj has had an active part in giving to grange County one of the best and most economical (governments of any ounty in the State. tn addition to local offices, Mr. Graham has d;voted a great deal of ttt to his duties in connecteion with infotnbership in the State Legislature where he served as a member of the Hduae of Representatives in the Ses sions of 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927, and 1929, in which last session he served as 'Speaker and presided with eminent fatness and ability, attracting much 'favorable comment not only from the Lme5nbers of the body, but also from iihefpress of the State. j :i932 Mr. Graham was a candi- d-W for the Office ot Lieutenant uov- era.or ana recerveu tne nommunua over Iwor able -opponents . bvi A. Vety ntiJUsring ' inajority, "and - wasubae quently elected" to this Office which-he is now holding. By virtue of this office, Mr. Graham has been the pre siding officer over the past two ses sions of the State Senate and has in that capacity continued the enviable record as one of North Carolina's out - standing parliamentarians and presid ing officers. In any sketch of Mr. Graham it is essential to note that he has had varied and extensive experience in State government, for during his legislative terms he served as Chair man of the Committee on Proposi tions and Grievances, Committee on Judiciary, and the important Finance Committee, all in the House of Repre sentatives. In addition, he has also s rved as a member of the State Budg- et Commission for a period of six years arid for a short time as Execu tive Counsel and Parole Commission er. During Mr. Graham's legislative service, he has alwaysiaeen active and rogressive in advocating and sponsor ing forward movements and has been especially interested in the improve ment of the school situation in North Carolina, being closely associated with the movement for the present eight month school term, having appointed Honorable A. D. McLean as Chairman of the Education Committee in the House in 1929 and again in Senate of 1933. Also Mr. Graham has served PAYERS E. W. RfiECE TAX SUPERVISOR NEWFOUND BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 1 NEXT WEEK AT NORTHFORK JUST TO SAVE A CAT Appealed to by the Humane Society of Hartford, Conn., to help in rescuing a cat that had j crawled into a sewer, the Street j Department sent a motor pump i and two men who pumped all the J water out of the sewer so that a ; boy could enter the sewer and I bring out the cat. Isn't this a fine testimony to the spread of the humane idea? Not every Street Department of a city would have gone to such trouble and expense to save an unfor tunate cat. The Superintendent of Hartford's stre.-ts deserves a medal. as Chairman of the State School Com mission since July, 1933, and in this work has had an opportunity to come in close touch with State affairs and State government in general. During his public career, Sandy has made I ountless friends throughout the State by his frank and straightforward statements regarding all public quest ions, and has at all times tried to lake his opinions well-known, even on controversial issues. Mr. Graham was married to Miss Kathleen Long on August 28, 1917. They have two sons, A. H. Graham, Jr., ajgie 17, and John W. Graham, age 11. Mr. Graham is a member of the Episcopal Church, American Le gion, Forty and Eight, Junior Order, North Carolina Bar Association, and Trustee of the University of North Carolina. WeSi fowler Hurt , Thursday "afternoon of last week Mr. John Wesley Fowler and his i year old step-son, Burder Gowan, narrowly escaped being killed when the car in which they were riding I turned over and down aji-embank- 1 ment on the spring ireeK roaa op- posite W. C. Fowler's residence near the bridge at Hot Springs. The two had made a trip via Del Rio, Max Patch and Meadow Fork and were re urning to their home at Marshall vhere Mr. Fowler operates a coffee GLEANINGS From the Dailies By S. M. H., Jr. A defective oil line spoiled the hopes of Soviet airmen to make .the 6,000 mile hop in their i;-ton "mys tery ship" over the north pole to Cali fornia. The three Russians took off last Friday, covered 875 miles before the trouble developed. Incidentally, they felt it necessary to radio back to Moscow for official permission of the government before turning back. A new "myttery ray", uccefully tested on the Jersey coast, Highlands, N. J., last week, promises almost un believable new accomplishments in war. in Diack daricness on tn., cousi coast-cruard cutter prowler: on shore cauged mechanicai aiming of a big 'searchlight, then turned the light on, In 48 out of 61 cases the light hit directly amidships. Officials point out that the light could be replaced with a "iin, or a battery of guns. Movie, (lancing and cocktails on a transatlantic airliner these things may be possible early next year if the regular de-luxe service, now being planned by the British-Bellance Air craft Comnany, just being organized, works out. In Hollywood .a little .monkey t rled and "cursed", very much alive at a crowd gathered in the laboratory of Dr. Ralph Willard. Six days he fore, the doctor had frozen the Simian solid, and after 120 hours had revived him. There may yet come a time but you figure that one out. In Peoria, UI., 26-year-old Gerald Thompson was this week found guilty of one of the most brutal murders of the decade. By his own confession, this sadist had been for years carry ing out dozens "of carefully planned attacks on women and girls, getting away with them because the victims were too humiliated to tell. Some time ago he left pretty Mildred Hall mark dead in a ditch near a Peoria cemetery, bringing on investigation that led to his apprehension. Crowds gathered about the courtroom cheered, as news of ths verdict came out - DECORATION Decoration at Anderson Branch Cemetery at C. G. Payne, second Sun day in August at 10 o'clock, and sing in at thejihurch after noon. Every body come and bring flowers. $1.00 A YEAR The Newfound Baptist Association will be held with the Northfork Bap tist Church, Big Pine, nine- milea South of Walnut, beginning Friday, August 16, 1935. We hope all chur ches will beches will be well repre sented. Visitors cordially invited. WALTER GOFORTH Moderator shop. Mr. Fowler is not entirely sura as to how the accident occurred, but looked over toward the home of hi brother and lost control of the car Mr. Fowler was taken to Dr. Kim berly's office where he regained con sciousness. It was first thought that he was seriously injured and an am bulance was sent from Marshall to take him to a hospital, but upon reaching Marshall he stopped at home and later developments showed that his injuries were not so serious. The car in which they were riding was practical demolished. RUBY GLENN MURRAY DIED JULY 28, 1935 At about three o'clock Sunday morning, July 28, the ten months old daughter, little Ruby Glenn, of Mr. and Mrs. Moody Murray passed away. She was an unusually bright child, loved and petted by all who saw her. She is survived by her parents, and the following grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. Ben Clark, and Mr. Farris Mur ray. Funeral services and burial were at the Peek Cemetery, conducted by. the Rev. Jessie Corn. TOWN CLOCK STOPS AG AIM At 12:10 Tuesday night the town clock stopped, one of the weight breaking loose and falling with a con siderable noise, according to people who said they heard it It is hoped k- v that. the damage may spoft bCiPWpairejl Jt.Ji. and the clock xunninf? igain. r""-; " TO GIVE CONCERT AT WHITE ROCIt The orphan children of the Odd Fellows Home at Goldsboro will giv a concert at the White Rock School Thursday night, Aug. 15, at 8 o'clock. Proceeds will be for the benefit of the Orphans' Home. Let them have a good attepdance. MRS. THOMAS Coach Meal Service Offered By Southern Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 7, According tn a current announcement by F. L. Jenkins, passenger traffic .manager of the Southern Railway System, special coach meal service at popular prices is now available to passengers on a number of the Southern's local and through trains. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus are priced at fifty cents per meal and are served on trays to coach passengers in their seats. The special coach meal service is benig tried out on the following trains on the Southern Railway system: Nos. 9-10 and 27-28. between Columbia, Melrose and Spartanburg, S. C; Nos. 15 and 16, between Salisbury and Asheville, N. C; Nos. 25 and 26, be tween Charlottesville and Chattanoo- ra: Nos. 28-22 and 21-27, between Knoxville and Statesville; Nos. 31 and 32, between Charlotte and LoiumDia; Nos. 35 and 36, between Washington and Spartanburg; No. 40 between At lanta and unariotte; jnos. l and z,. between Chattanooga and Jackson ville and Nos. 3 and 4 between Cm-"" cinnati and tlanta. The coach meal service is being of-- fered as an aded inducement and con venience and the railway is hopeful that this experiment may prove pop ular with the trveling public, state Mr. Jenkins. MRS. BILLY EBBS DIES IN ACCIDENT WIFE OF FORMER M.ADISONT MAN BURIED TUtuAY IN KNOXVILLE - .Mrs. Billy Ebbs, of Knoxville, wee accidentally killed Sunday, August 4. about noon as she fell from the auto ' mobile in which she was riding, her' fall being due to the door flying open as they rounded a curve. Mrs. Ebbe is survived by her husband, four bro thers, Troy, Vera, Jeter and Floyd, and several children. Funeral ser vices were at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Knoxville. - v , .i