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3: 'V. sw. Vy. v J Ll LlUS rLlJ THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER OF MADISON COUNTY VOL. 34 8 Pases MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY-, OCTOBER 10, 1935 PRICE $1.00 A YEAIT FOUNDERS' DAY TO BE CELEBRATED AT MARS HILL NEXT SATURDAY ?i2J:H u b e r t Price Next' Saturday, October 12. Mars IHill College will celebrate the 79th Cnniverearv of the founding of the college. Foundais' Day is celebrated every year on Oitober 12 and for tunately for a number of people this year the 12th falls on Saturday, so that friends of the college may at tend two functions that day the the celebration, which is to take place in the mourning, and the football game, (.iich will be in the afternoon. In addition to the regular exer cises for Founders' Day, considera tion will be given to an enlargement and endowment program for the col lege. Preliminary efforts . have al ready met with encouraging response from friends of Mare Hill everywhere. The Founders' Day program will include appropriate exercises in the college chapel at 11 o'clock, at which time Senator Josiah W. Bailey will be the ntincipal speaker; a compli mentary luncheon in the college din ing hall, with a few minutes devoted ttf short talks by visitors; and a foot ball (tame at three o'clock with Oak Ridge Military Institute. 1600 invitations have been sent to former graduates of the college. Two Injured When Truck Turns Over Two men were seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when the tiuck they were driving turned over new Cook's filling station, close to Wal- nUWalter Davis, of Asheville, ard James Renneau, of Newport, were driving the loaded coaj. truck to Ashe ville from Middlesboro, Tena n the accident occurred. Full details as to how the truck happened to overturn .could not oe. '; The men were treated by Mar- snail doctor. . . . , rvi a xe MARS HILL Buried Saturday - ' i. Hubert Price, 80, son of Mr, and Mm. Joe Price, of Little Pine, was killed Fuiday in coal mine accident in Virginia. He Ws working in the mine when timber fell on him. T.ie funeral services were held Saturday at 1 o'clock at Payne's Chapel on Lit tle Pine. - ' Surviving are the widow, one son, his parents, three brothers, and three sfeters. Two Literary? Group Formed at Spring Creek The students of the Spring Creek liiigh school this week organized two literary societies the Horace Kephart and the O.Henry societies. The offi cers ate: Horace Kephart Society: Presi dent, Wayne Woody; vice-president, Georgia Coward; secretary, Agnes Reeves; assistant secretary Wilma Holt: treasurer, Kenneth Gowan; chaplain, Lattie Henderson; chorister. Charley Jurkpatnck: reporter, Lu cille Plemmons; sponsor, Contstance Fitzgerald. O. Hen:y Society: President, Iowa Ebbs; vice president. Edith Ferguson; secretary, Newton Ebbs; assistant secretary, Beulah Norns; reporter. Faye Plemmons; Mardial, Dean Reeves; chaplain Grace Plemmons; chorister, Cleopnus Kirkpatrick; sponsor, Miss Emma Logan. Funeral Rites For Three Madison Boys Funeral services were held Sunday for Arthur Gosnell, Robert Thomas and Oris Gunter Madison youths who were electrocuted at state's pnaon at Ralejgh Friday for the murder of William Thomas, 75-year-old gxand unlca of TiowM and Gunter.; . Cornell was buried; SataJcVayfter noobr in' Revere' cemetery,! the jT TvL-isi ai.-..A'wH.- Boaoni seswn Ol .in, : cuuuv J4Ckowu and -Cuntej-Jfeiec burial Local Committee . . Supply Goods Received . To Adjust Debts By State Relief Head Work of the volunteer debt ad justment committee in Madison. Raleigh. Oct. 2. North Caro- . line will continue to receive govern' county is being continued and expand-'ment surplus commodities, accord- 1 -i ..I j : .i r . .. ing 'to a statement today by Mrs. Thomas O'Betry State Relief Ad ministrator. A the present time, ap proximately 100 carloads of wheat are being received, which North Carolina mills will convert into ap proximately 30,00,1 barrells of Hour, or 300,000 bags of 12 and 24 pounds. Two car loads of prunes nave just been received which are being packed in 60,000 two pound ed under the supervision of the- Re settlement Administraiton. J. B. Mc- Devitt, Rt. 3, Marshall, N. C, is chairman and A. W. Whitehurst, Mar shall. N. C, secretary of the local committee. The debt adjustment program, in augurated in 1936 by the Farm Credit Administration, has been transferred by President Roosevelt to the Re settlement Administration. An allo cation of two million dollars from the , bags and distributed over the state. Works Relief Fund has been mada to, Mr. William L. Nunn, Director of carry on the program throughout the Commodity Distribution, Federal nation, i qurplus Relief Corporaiton, stated Members of the volunteer commit- recently in Washington that an al tee have received no compensation, most inconceivable amount of sur Many of them have even paid their plus commodities had been distribut own expenses when, as was often the ed throughout the country. More tons case, their dutv called for travel. The of commodities wye purchased and allocation for this work is to be used distributed last year by the Surplus to defray expenses of the volunteer Relief Corporation than by any other committees land for supervisory ser-1 agency. vices. Such distribution, Mr. Nunn stated, The county committees were ap- serves the double purpose of re pointed for the purpose of trying to lieving congested markets and aasist- avert court liquidation by prevent- in those io pressing need of actual TAX BOOKS FOR 1935 ARE TURNED OVER TO COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR an c-TeraSon for appendicitis 1a the Sunday m.g;i tte ftuptertowP BUtmorV hospital tX i..inmH ta her! home! mountain overlooking .the place ind hopes to beVfullyecup ..nn Ska is -manning to sa v. on "S'" um. w , ,. k AuzrUtineFJa.. the latter tart of fc Melvin Shelton and the Rev. Mr. Gun TV -,rV u dietitian I ter nad chkrare of the service. in a leading hotel in tbit city. At both aervicea letters written by ' Miss Charline ,Metcalf and Mr. the youths Wore they went to the Walter Wnisnant surjprised their electric chair were read, friends by ffettin married last Sat- Gosnell is survived by his mother, urdav evenipg. They are at home and one sister, Mrs. Dora Gunter. at Mrs. Whis'ilint's parents' home Thomas is (survived by his mother, while she continues Iher studies in three sisters, Mrs. Bulrey Gosnell, the college and he continues with hie Mrs. Judy Mae Page. Mr. Jeannette woik at the CCC camp. Norton, land Benny Thomas. Gunter is Mrs. Fletcher' Knyker and Mrs. (survived toy his father, Willard Gun- Jake Brown joined with otner mem ter, ana two sister, ana two erotners. bers oftheir family sunaay w ceie- , - . - , J?t'lA K' Beecher Strange Dies Edwatds at Cwir home about three Near Hot Springs mues Deiu auxin uv ".v Mr. and Mrs. Guy Merrell are Beecher Strlange, 60, a resident of moving Monday to Enka. wherg they the Shut-In section, near Hot bpnngs, wiU make their home during the whv died suddenly Friday night about ter ' " 11:30 o'clock, presumably pf heart Another house is going up t Mars attacK. Me naa womew aunnir mjy bankruptcy r oreciosure. It is their duty to attempt to bring debt ors and creditors together, to see if an amicable adjustment, mutually satis.)jctory, can be arranged. In addition to settling thousands of individual cases, including a number m this county, county committees have had great influence in th3 res toration of credit stability and in de veloping the prjtfitice, on the part of all creditors, of making reasonable adjustments to avoid court liquid tion. Farmers who are in financial dis tress should consult k. member of their county committee. The com mittee members for this county are: W. K. Anderson, Ivy, N. C; C. J. Wild. Big Pine, N. C; and E. C. Rec tor. Marshall. fore retiring. Members of This family were awakened during the night and when they reached . his bedside he was dead. He had been employed at the Heilman planj at Hot Springs for seveial years. - ; , -H isi- survive by two sons. Ruble,- of Clinton &. CV. and Kestle. of Barpardsville ;aeven: duhters, 1nHiT1.ww.Mr; reounsa M-.iNeWDOrc. ewDort. Tenn., the old liome'of the deceased. xor nuriai. oubsisten'- items. By removing sur pluses from the market, producers are able to realize production costs, if not always a profit. "North Carolina", Mrs. O'Berry continued, "during the nast year has received more than a thousand bales of .cotton and millions of yards of textile goods. lhe cotton was. used for Making matti esses and comfort ers? Textile goods was used to make mattress and comforter covering, sheets), pillow cases, towels, clothi.ig, etc- Tops of food-stuffs were also received and distributed. "It is difficult to estimate the value to . those in need, of these surplus commodities," Mrs. O'Berry con cluded. "Since all distribution is su pervised by the Social Service Divi sion, these commodities go where the need n greatest and are an undoubted asset is relieving need." v'i V ; - Abstracting Land Titles In Madison County For U. S. Government Mr. J. C. Fletcher, prominent at torney of Lenoir, N. C, and his daughter, Mrs. Lila Barnhardt, also of Lenoir; and Mr. G. W. Cunning ham, of Lenoir, are in Marshall ab stracting! titles of tracts of land in Madison county , which are being sold or transferred to the United States government to be included in a national forest. Mrs. Barnhardt, stenographer, and Mr. Cunningham assist Mr. Fletcher in this work. They have been in Marshall for about six or seven weeks and are hoping to be through with this work as it ap pears now. within about ten days. Between 45 fend &01 tracts of land, with a total area of between 6,000 and 7,000 acres will be included in their present titles. Merrell Family Holds 1935 Reunion at Home Some Changes Made in Matter' Of Settlement and Bonds Of County Officer pseNi freely. ; With the added strength of Bur riette and Dodson in the line, Coach Wllkie's ;elaven; me.eit.a the atrnnir spruce-mne team on the Marshall ,nj9ljiJayv Kickoff at 3:30. tub has County tlijctfonatimr sii" BUf"e rid nietfts-.H tclub members." ' - . Spr in g Creek7 Man Accidentally Kills Self Farida, the 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Waldroup, of Spring Creek .accidentally shot and killed himself late Friday (afternoon while Three Men JailedCFbr kt-caiiiig iTiavur s war Three men were arrested and lodged in the county jail here early Wednesday night after being caught in an attempt to steal a Chevrolet The Merrell family held its 1935 reunion October 6, at the old Mer- rel homestead two miles east of Mars Hill. Not as many were miesent as in previous years, lartly because of illness and partly because of the cool wdather. There were several short talks by relatives and Dean I. N. Carr of Mars Hill College, as well as Prof. Albert Merrell of Lexington. N. C, were among the speakers. T.ie meeting was called to order for a business, and the following? offi cers were elected lor the coming year: resident, qaJvm R. Edney. Vice president. Charlie Phillips; treasurer, Zeb Whitt; secretaiy, Clara M. Tweed. The reunion will meet next year the second Sunday in September at the same place. Miss Mabel Jones v G i ve n Reception The tegular meeting of the county commissioners was held Monday with) a full board present. The tax books for 1935 were turned over to the tax collector for the collection of taxes. The books for 1934 taxes were turned over to the clerk of the court. wno leceives and deposits every month's delinquent taxes with penal ties. Both the county attorney and the clerk of the court are required to give good tnd suthcient bonds in the amount each of $5,000. The county attorney is also required to turn over to the auditor the first of every month delinquent taxes col lected in the preceding month 'and his salaiy not to be taken out of the taxes but he is to be paid as are other county officers. Other matters of routine, such as cljims; for killed sheen and cattle, etc were al-:o at tended to. Carolina land section. the wonderful Laurel HilW-that of Ma and Mrs. Len Car ter, across the joad from Mr. Car ter' brother, Mr. Ashe carter, sui- ficientiWprk tbs been done on tie building to allow the family to move in. The "Heard and Seen" writer should, have been in this community Monday to see the froien apples ex-i hibited here, said to have been fro zen on the trees in the Laurel sec tion - Sunday njgbt Thermometers in some places near Mara Hill ft ist . ered zz degrees cany Monday moin ing. The late flower gardens that i . lact week were brilliant with for geous fall colorings, are ; now. desti tute ol color. The late vegetables, too, were ca&aht. by Jack Frost. And some damart was dene to the mo- j 9 jsses i can that was still in the I field. ::a,.-.:..:,y:. Couple Observes 49th Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Edwards cele brated their 49lj weddinar annivers- their home near Mars Hill ary Sunday with familv reunion at Mr. and Mm. Edwards were mar ried October 6, 1886, in the Flat Creek section of Buncombe countv. near where they established their first home. U tey ' later mo veeV to their j present some in Madison -county, wnere uiey nave-iivea xor the pest ; 29 years. Mr. Edwards is the oldest son of the late James Edwards, of Mart HilL and Mrs. Edwards is the daughter of the late William Sircy, of Bnncombe county. - Mr. and Mrs. Edwards Have lived ' on the farm all their lives and still love their vocation. Mr. Kdwards, al-1 thomrh partially bund, says that read i' inc is his favorite pastime. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have seven children, - four sons, Luther. Arville, Kenneth, , and Willard, and f Tee i daughters, Mrs, Jake Brown, Mrs. Fletcher Kuy ker, and Miss Annis Edwards, all of the Mara Hill community.. - - , day and showed no signs of illness be- Practical and Smart out hunting with a friend near his home. He, with Herman Smiu'i, a boy friend, were hunting! and young Waldroup aws carrying a .22 calibre rifle, when in some manner it was dis charged, the bullet entering the boy's hcurt. Death was instantaneous. De- tails of how the accident actually f r'"," happened have not been learned. Fari- went inside to ge 30me yit'terie8 As i v ii j h, "- he came out. he saw Shelton get out eral brothers and sisters. Funeral of another car acroas the street, services will be conducted at Hvert cUmh into his CM and drj h Baptist church Sundjay morning, and m by the Masonic TemPie. Mr. Bow- ounai will taKe piace m tne cnurcn man iumned on -le nninff hn.ri f sedan belongling to Mayor Dediick Bowman from in front of O. C. Rec tor's hardware store on Main street. One is Corbit Shelton, out on parole from a Tennessee penitentiary; the o':er two gave their names as Jack Allev and Ross McRay. I iur. cowman naa ieit nig car in cemetery near by. HOW TO INTERPRET HAND SIGNALS When a driver holds out his left hand and wiggles fingers, unat means he s removing ashes from his cigar. Holding out left hand, svinging it in circle: pointing out scenery to Aunt Emma from Milwaukee. Hold ing out hand, palm up: trying to see if it's iteming. Girl holding out left hand; demonstrating new engage. ment ring. All other cars should stop at once until she signals for a left turn. Tjien proceed as if she were gouug to make a right turn, but she 11 probably fool you by backing up. Roanoke Rapids Herald. of the car Shelton had left. One of its two occupants drew a pistol, which the Mayor wrenched laway from him. He then held the men until they were taken by officers. Meanwhile, Mr. James "Dube Deaver and Mr. Harrison Treadawav took Deaver's truck land blocked die Hill road at its intersection with the highway near the -home of Dr. Sams. bhelton gave up without a fight. The three are beinn held on charge of larceny of an automubile. Miss IMabei S. ones CarmMi tn6duntsvffle-Tjirn.OB;Tee day, sept Zi. Tne ffigfvtfteiore .she left hei friends in - Allegheny sur prised her with a party at" the home ofMr. and Mrs. Prince Ray., After a program of games the friends of the AUeghanev community gave Miss Jones a shower of vegetables, fruits, jams jelly, butter, and other good things. Mr. P.ince tRfciy then gave a a short talk saying some appreciative words about Mias Jones' work dur ing the years she spent in . the Lau rel countrv. "Miss ,J6nes writes that the night after she reached Huntsville the peo ple of the Huntsville Presbyterian Church came to her home, all bring ing donations of food, aftid otter useful household articles. She says she is very happy over the send-off given her by her Laurel friends, and also the welcome jriven her by the eood people of Huntsville. Miss Jones writes that she has a large field of work in mer new home and is busy getting started in her work although sne misses her good friends in North Revival in Progress at Free Will Church Here ,A r.e7'v started last Sunday at tfce Marshall Free Will Baptist church. The Rev. Scott Vehaun is assisting the pastor, !e Rev. J R B.igman and it fe hoped that 'the congregations will be large at every sendee, every evening at 7:30 Mars Hill To Play Oak Ridge Saturday Th?M.raHHin0rCt0t,er ? 'Special) ine Mars Hill Lions, winners in theis- JSrt 2 etWUnter lookinglr at Mar, HilT 6 on Satnrda' going. 8$ wU1 Je worth ' WLogeUe'r WI!r l wi the, elfamnijni Tent Oat PMri. .------, ox tne i as J. F. A m m o n s Enlarges, His Business FLOOR SPACE DOUBLED AND , ANOTHER SALESMAN ADDED A SIMPLE daytime suit in the new crush-resistant velvet It is prsc - - ileal, smart and flattering in the f extreme. This Is the season when ! J- velvets are In the lead. Hat, bag and - gloves are also in crash-resistant - velvet, which means serviceability r well as elegance and chic In this naoer will be seen kn ad- Jvertisement of the department store I of J. F. Ammons of Mars Hill. De ' suite ti dnnreasion and with faith in the future, Mr. Ammons is enlarg ing liiis nnsmess.', He has acquired the Qeopge building, recently gutted by a fire, and a doorway opened be tween it and Mr. Ammons' other de partment.; This progressive merchant Stresses quality mdadii, plaasad easterners, and invites the people to visit his store. . . . i .. ' - " T ' Marshall Tramples Hall Fletcher 20 -0 - Rounding into late season form, Marshall 0iigh school's Red : Torna doeeacored an imtressive fetorV over' the Hall Fletcher high school eleven last, Friday on the Marshall grid, besting the heavier Buncombe county aggregation by the score of 20 to 0. Marshall substitutes were EMBARRASSED Sings From Berlin The publisher of The News-Record is often embarrassed on account of the failure of his friends' to keep their subscriptions paid. up. And in some cases, it is not because they are not able to pay.: Moreover, he cannot believe that they would like to. have i the paper stopped. This is true of people in Mar shall as well as in more remote sections of the county. Will they force us to discontinue all sub scriptions a t expira tion? -They could srreat ly help their local paper by keepiniT their sub scriptions to the News- Reccrd paid in advance, i llf ,atpljfF 1 r ' - f - - V . Hv,r, SfS T?& S the ffi"- A few mites ll v- J i iDS aeam scored on a 16V yard ibas from Clarke to Frazer who ran five yards to The Lions again drove o this touch to scoring position. The Lions' third Sme result of n inter cepted pass. Carter plucked a Win gate pass out of the air on the Win gate 34 yard hne, and lan it back ror the six points. Try for extra P0ELfwlS2 0n' m ree attempts. Wirtz, W. Edwards. Weaver and featured the nlav nf ti,a d:ii Club. Rohr. RhinphnrHf- P., . M'Intyre stood out offensively and defensively fWr the Wingatersi Civil Service Exam For P. O. Job at Hot Spring Applications for , tha IT - R nl Service examination for Postruaster ft Bo Spriwp eH he obtained a y postoffka there. These must be in Washington D. C. n or hofnr October 25. See posteu in Hot Springs pustomce too Dy. DUSOLINA GIANNINL star of the : UetropoUtan opera, who will be heard on the next of the weekly, . aeries of the "Magic Key", broad . casts, over the stations of the NBO WJZ network aW 2 o'clock, EST, . Sunday afternoon, . October UUu j SIgnorina Gianalni, now on a Euro ' pean Concert Tour, will , sing -In . Berlin. Her voice will be brought to , the NBOWJZ , network audience through the short wave facilities of ' R.CJL Communications. ' 7 . - - Hearing music clearly across the ocean is one of the wonders of mod " era radio development Rudy Valle and his orchestra and other celebri ties will be oa the program. ' PUNISHED FIRING FOR FOREST According to an tanauoncement by Joseph C Kircher, Regional Forester for the Souther region of the United States Forest service, Luda Kirk of Chuckey, Greene County, Tennessee, has been given a maximum sentence) ' of two yeans imprisonment for will fully setting fire to timber within th -boundaries of the Pisgah National Forest. ' - Kircher said the severity of Kirk'sT sentence would probably have a bene- ficul effect In curbing woods burn--ing in Western North Carolina' and--eastern Tennessee where the Govern- - - ment owns millions of acres of nation al fores forest land. In the past, hex eaidi sentence for similar efTen?esr has usually been merely a smll fln ' or imprisonment for a coirole of". months. .-, t-.-i' ---v.,.; -".. Government forester. aatim.f . damages from -forest - fires in therv" south at approximately $47,000,000 for the three year neriod from 19.11. to 1934. , v