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! .... 1 , ',. : t I or. . i,r' ( THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER OF MA DISON COUNTY L VOL. 34 8 Pages MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1935. gtat Librarian i.00 A YEAR GREAT DAY AT MARS HILL COL LEGE WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK Baptist State Conven tion Holds Session In Madison Town Dr. Blackwell Deliver Master ly Address Wednesday afternoon of last week was a gala day for Mars Hill College and for the town of Mars Hill. A Mwainn of the RaDtist state conven tion, which was meeting in Asheville 'and girls seeking fuller and more use was held in the mam auditorium at ful lives. The sequel of wnich is tnat of Mars Hill College are well aware that thioughout this long term of years she has made continuous pro gress in things of the spirit ; also that she is as sound in the faith today as she wlis when delivered of the pray ers of those godly men of old. That the academic rating of the college is well established is affirmed by the fact that it is approved by every ac- rediting agency in whose jurisdiction the college lies. It is a fact of com mon knowledge that Mais Hill Col lege HUs served to the utmost limit of iher resources heart-hungry boys Mars Hill. All adjoining rooms had been thrown open and "gut renesn ments had been prepared. The rost rum was filled with a choir made up of College students, enough seats be ing retained for the speakers of the occasion. It was a happy thought to Have the convention meet there to discuss the topic of Christian Educa tion. All the Baptist schools of the she must now have physical equip ment to match her magnetic intangi ble assets and to make, them effect ive. Mars Hill College seems poised on the threshold of a . new day. Her physical lesources, including a ninety-five acre campus, twelve buildings for dormitories and administrative purposes, and six ottages for teach state were ably vepresented. -ine ers and employees are valued well pirncipal address was. delivered by beyond the half-million dollar mark, Dr. Luther Little, of Charlotte, who aghhist which property there is not has preached in Marshall. The ad-', one dollar of debt. Moreover, Mars dress was masterly. Mkrs Hill Col- Hill College stands today with a price lege was ipresented by Dr . Hoyt less heritage of traditions, character, Blackwell, and as his address was 'and goodwill and with a record of such a masterly presentation of the .heioic service in the field of Chrstian College, ks past, present, and hopes j ducation extending over ti iree-quart-for the fjrture, we requested that he ers of a century. The times demand let us ha the address for publida- 'the tvpe of education which, she cari' lion in lata paper. iau Aomwiur MARS HILL Church Resolutions Rev. and Mrs. L.B.Olive flows: offer. The local' environment is'' al most ideal for the sort of college? Mars Hill should become.' And who ?V. Df . 1 111 A iJu LkntdwS'ufc' that' she has" tome' to the Dr. Bljckwell8 Aaattiig a time as this? On Mars Hill College ,i a I VLfi. fr!.H- f h08t of patrons and friends and in :M?.i?" .rllLithe quality of the. lives of the young HUB VUUTVUUUIIi kj v -.. v ago, in the hills of Madison County, a child was born. This ehild, like many another, was born of prayer, the piayers of farseeing land devout mountain parents who wanted Christ ian training for the children of un born generations This Child was first called French Broad Baptist In wStitute, but, like the Hebrews of old, when the' founders saw1 that the .off- ' epifojr of 4hei prayer warjroing j 1' Having sustlained war, file, pover ty, indifference, and narrow vision, Mars Hill College begins iher eighti eth year lich not in material things out m we mgn esteem ana support oi - gfcter's familv. Thev exneot tn Rev. L. B. Olive with Mrs. Olive and the children have lived in Mars Hll for more than three years. His ministrv during that timo has been la comfort to the sick, a stimulus to the discouraged, light fiom the scriptures to those in Spiritual dark ness, and food for Spiritual growth to those who desired to grow in grace. He has been faithful to his convictions, and fearkss in the pro clamation of the truth as it s reveal ed in Jesus Christ. During all these yefrrs he has main tained his previous interest in the missionary fi:ld in China where he had formerly seived. He and Mrs. Olive now have another opportunity to serve in the spread of the King dom of God in China. The Mars Hill church speeds thnr .eoinir. realizing thvf. they can do in China, wHit many otners m America aie unwillinsr or unable to do. The church commend? them for their faithful service and prays the blessinsr of God UDon all thsir future. L, Z. ELLER MRS. J. W. Huff VERNON E. WOOD The Olive Family Leaves for China Reverend L. B. Olive and family, who; for a little more than three year's have made their home here, left' last Saturday to stiart on the first lap 6f a six weeks'. trip leading to CMnkiinjr, China, For about two weeks they plan to visit relatives in this state. Then about the first of December they will leave Raleigh by train for Slan Francisco, allowing, for a day's stop-over in Kansas City with . WALNUT-SCHOOL : NEWS 300 PEOPLE IN MADISON NOW BEING PUT ON WORK RELIEF The Parent-Teachers' Association held.'Us regular monthly meeting in the hgh school auditorium lhurs day,; November 8. The visitors and new members were recognized by Mr. Wilson and Dr. Hutchins, P. T. A. president. We was very fortunatp to have Dr. and Mrs.'Fonder, of Fort Wayrw Indiana. Everyone enjoyed the program giv en by Messm Connell and Clyde Ro berts and Lillie Maye Stines. The busin ss meeting closed by the "rade-count, a tie between the fourth grade, Mrs. Noville Hawkins and the eleventh griade, Mrs. Epps McCluns. The fleeting ended with a most en joyable reception given in honor of the new faculty members. The following grad:-mothers have been . selected : 1st, Mrs. Bernie Payne; 1st, Mrs. Edd Ramsey; 2nd and 3rd, Mrs. Luke Rector; ' 2nd. Mrs. Fleet Reoves; 3rd, Mrs. Guy English; 4th, Mrs. E. D. Wilson; 5th Mis. Spung.eon Chandler; 6th, Mrs. Clyde McClure; 7th. Mrs. Ben Wayde Gahagan; 8th, Mrs. Edd Ramsey; 9th Mrs. Lisenbee; 11th, Mrs. Margar- rette Bryan. Thursday, November, 14 a Burns p;ogranj, sponsored by Mrs. Emma Ramsey, was given in the high school auditorium. Sheriff English Gets Short Wave Radio For Automobile Reward for Bank Distributed Robbers Five-hundred and sixty dollars of the $700 r:ward offered by various people for the arrest and conviction of the Mirs Hill bank robbers has been distributed by Judge Oglesby as tollows: bnenn Kiley, iaz:weii, Tenn. $200; Sheriff W. R. Smith, Newport, Tenn. $200; Chief of Po- lce Richaidson, Morristown, lenn. $100; $60 to Sheriff Guy English of Madison county with which to e quip his car with a short wave radio. Sheriff English and Buncombe county officers had expressed themselves as j employing 35 persons. 11 Projects Now Underway In Madison County Mr. J. O. Drake tells us that em ployment for aiound 800 people in Madison county is now provided by the WPA in eleven (projects as fol lows: . 1. Sewing Rocr.12 ::i three sections, (a) Maiishall. In charge of Mrs. L. H. Giezentanner. (b) Walnut. In charce of Mrs. Portia Chandler. (c) Hot Springs. In charsre of Mrs. Tom Russell. These three tare employing approx imately 75 persona. Mrs. Hugl Lance, Hot Spiinjs, is the county supervisor for the sewing rooms. 2. Water Line at Beech Glen High bcnooi: m cnarge of A. W. Robinson, Union Thanksgiving Service" people it has toudhed 'and tiained Until this, dajr Mars Hill College has never aent a naid renresentative into the field, out her ipatrpnage ia limited only by the capacity of her dormi tories and class rooms, all of which tare now crowded beyond the point of Oidfciary comfort. What an oppor tunity these facts suggest,- -: Our friends, friends of education. friendsof , keen. 'TiswuB. -worthv. rii ALWe'W SSf Sd "to wtth us the Burden, the grdater day; to help make permanent December 13, on the President Cleve- land, of the Dollar Line. As they go across the Pacific they will have a day's rest in Honolulu, and then pro bably another day in Japan. They are returning to tire Baptist Mission, in Chinkang, China, where they serv The usual union Thanksgiving ser vice wiH be held Thanksgiving Day, 10:00 a. m. at the Methodist Church. Rev. Payl P. Thrower, pastor of the Presbyterian Chuich, will deliver the message, Areopagus of the South. Mars Hill CoHege. In the fall of 1856, the doors of the first building, a small, rectangu lar brick structure, wei opened to receive students. Mr. W. A. G. Brown, of Tennessee, gentleman, scholar, Christian, waa in charge. After two years, Mr. Brown was succeeded by the Reverend J. B. Marsh, of New York state. During Mr. Marsh's administration, a large dormitory and president's home were built. But tolas 1 the War between the States came on, the school was clos ed the doimitory and president's home were burned, and tie original building! "was badly mutilated and what has been done: and to neroetu ate an institution which has stood. stands today, and under God will stand for the training of men and women who, it hopes, will seek first the Kingdom of God and His right eousness. Mars Hill College attends today in Uigent need of the following physi al equipment: a dormitory for young women, to be known as the Edna Corpening "Moore Dormitory for Girls, a modern science building, a dining room large enough to seat the students 1st one time. nrf four hun dred thousand dollars additional en- xv wiuiuui . if.-uUUj wuw d0 wment. We have every reason to daunted by the desolation poverty, e t that friends 0 believe ani wreckage of the ,war, the , found- tht an inVe8tmet here will prove top burned brightly, grew dim. flick-1 no nthe thini, Btl . M S8 w6W agai,U .."Jfiwalk serenely together toward the through these yeai there was light, 1 8nnBet of life- ' wwarutne lib, atiStTli L T I My f r5end8 of thi Convention, we with the fervent spirit of the orayers ar0 k,mti.or : a ui -,. tI of the first founders of the college. n unti? th CrlTnt During this period, another chUd of !$P.ZrL ' the Great Day f f ha hilLa Af Waatawi MAt4k PaiuilWa "'' late Mrs! Ashbel Carter, died at her .home ih ParrqttafVQile, Uenn. last Thuisday night after an illness of several weeks. A number of the rel fetive hejre-attended the funeral. i Mr, Perrell dwards moved his wife and? eon '.down' to his place,; of work; in Tennessee week 'before last, JMrjL'., i L " v-ida left-M Frl ay fori visit of abouti mtfntiA with her daughter. Mrs. Mitchell, near Kaieigh. -r ; Mip. Paul 'Etheridge, of Atlantis, was the guest last week fo her sister, Miss Gladys Johnson. Dr. and Mrs. Johnson were here too for a day and night last week, being in Asheville during the State Baptist Conventon. 1 Wednecdav afternoon of last week whs a really big occasion for Mars ed for about eight years before Mrs, uuve's health necessitated a return to America. Much has already been' said in- the .Asheville papeii and jalso;' irt;thk coluTmi-Coricerning therrrsnd. toeir work, but tob much cannot be said about their seal arid earnestness for the spread of the Kingdom. That truly seems to be their one objective in life. Their friends here join in wishng for them a safe and hannv inumpv and health and happiness in tueir re turn to Chinkiang. The Mars Hill Cafe has changed ! Tf,6 LTl"?" TO1! F hands again. Mrs. Airheart, of At- ?,ere f or the TSi? held atLthat t,me lanta, who came here several mentis feltl6 LariediJUabT?,,eVery ago becfeuse of her husband's con- J8? 75 nection with the Drug store, has tak- lPovered visitors, many who had en over this stand,. She had her ope.i- f" ff6 m J.onn." yaps' ing last Friday and served tea and 'wtd ,ived T.d stJ11 ot,ners sandwiches amid daintily decorated who have sons or daughters here now. surroundings. She lhas hfad much ex- j" was happy occasion, iperience as manager of & tea room m. I 1 f y . , . in Atlanta and expects to make a real ' Those who lovparties will be in- go" of this enterprise. v" V . " ""cau" u,Br p ' I promises to bring an evening of real . . renonata fun This is announced by One ways Mia. ltiiiaA ..iv, .1 : t 1 : j 7,1.. 1 wuniai who ia wiiuiijf ana means comminee or tne f. I. A. business course at the Fassifern Part of th fun ia in "o-otfirvo- in" school in Hendersonville, came home You will" be measured around the for the week-end two weeks ago with waist, they say, and will pay a penny her was her aunt, Miss Alma Free- for each inch measured. Prizes are ,na.n' of Greenville, S. C. to be given to the man with the Miss Clarine Reese, who is taking largest waist line andhe woman with not wishing any share of the reward money for their pait in the investi gation. They cojiceiyed it to be !a part of their regular duty, and the vigilance of Sheriff English was largely instrumental in securing the arre?t and conviction of the foui men who were tried and convicted. Mad ison county's Sheriff and Buncombe county officers drserve considerable praise for their high conception of duty. The remainder of the $700 labout $140 is to be kept as a re ward for the capture of the oth:r two bank robbers wjno are still at large. It may b. oi interest to our read ers tp knw that Miss Sanderlin, who was wounded by stray bullet as th: bank robbers fled from Mart Hill, re turned last week to the Aston Park hosoital in Asheville. but was soon dischaiged and is practically well, and is said to be visiting relatives in and near Asheville. The Asheville Cit-zen-Tmes is to be commended for starting the subscription at $100, in addition to dvng its support and wide publicity toward tbj dapture of the bandits. 3. Forest Fire Crews: in charee of Wayne Peek, employing 16 persons. 4. Grandview Road project; in charge of N. Alston. 6. Laurel Road project ; in charge of Carmel Jervis. 6. Bluff Road project; in charge of Rolland Peek. These three road projects, are em ploying about 90 peiisons. 7. Spring Basins county wide; in charge of Lee Wyatt; employing 12 persons. 8. Mars Hill Strept: in chare of L.- J. Carter; employing about 35 per sons. 9. Hot Springs Fost Survey; in charge of F. Smih, employing 8 per sons. 10. Big Creek Road .mroiect: in charge of C. M. Wheeling, employing about 43 persons. 11. Additions to Spring Creek high school; in charge of Horace Sams; employing 12 persons. Other projects will be started! which , will pip.yide employment for the remaining approximately 300 now unemployed. Mrs. Belle Runnion .Passes Away 4 1 -4 , ' 1 Frinmncnt - (and Well ' Woman of Walnut Creek . Died Wednesday Morning Mrs. Belle Ruainion, more than eighty years of age, and one of the most well-known and beloved women of Walnut Creek, died at her home Jk .. t i It 7 . 1: 1 TidriJb:r-i8dM5- morning November 20. 3he Bad been ill only two or tJnree days and Robert T. Gentry Dies i" 1 On . Sunday night,. November 10, 1935 at 7 o'clock, the d:ath angel .ctCl i awayJou dear r Gudps He was 5 yeara, Imanth-, and, T days old. He spent his last idaya with one of his daughters; Mrs. Maggie Payne. Grandpa professed faith in Christ and was baptised at 30 years of bg3 and lived a good Christian life arid was loved by all those that knew him. He leaves to mourn his death, five was born. Under the guidance of sucu teachers as R. L. Patton, Charles E. Taylor, Mills, and Royal, R. L. Moore was made ready to receive the mantle Tt these tarlier builders, and for. thirtyeight years U and hi Godr given companion have labore here faithfully, sacrifkially, heroically, wwn tne result that today Mare Hill men and women belt tfhe globe in Mrs. Perry N. Snelson Dies Mrs. Pmr VU SfceAedl 1:50 oTtlock ThaKd v morninir. Nayember . at hfiprnft at, Dill ingham, She had been? ill, for v.the aM0b MA UUIUWU a business, course m Ashevlle, spent the week-end at tier home here two weeks ago. Mrs. Laura Hained, great aunt of several persons here and sster of the the smallest, Tiey hope all the large Dersons at tend of course! The Masonic Hall is the place. Friday evening of this week, and 7:30 is the time. gudger vmmMm F0Kfi0RPMNAGE Lisse Gentry, of Glen Rogers. W. Va and three girls, Mrs. Joe Price, Mrs. Maggie liayne and Mrs. Harrison Messer, all of Marshall. N. C: thirty grandchildren and four great-grand children and a host of friends. The interment was at the Payne's chapel church Tuesday, November 12, at eleven o'clock conducted bv tne Kev. uecii Keece, lassist;d by the Rev. Kimsey Ball and the Rev. W. N. Martin. The flower girls were four of his grand-daughters: Mrs. Carris rayne, uisie mce, Ollie Payne and connie messer, ana two srirl friends. Fronie and Mae Payne. The active oallb bre.s were:Ono of his grand-sons, Qurtis Price, Clarence and Arvalee Payne, Willard Payne, Lydia Brown, and Buster and Homer Ufayne, and Paul Ffayne. Written by two of his grand-daugh ters, Mrs. Carm Payne and Elsie Price. Mrs. Don Fisher Passes Away PRODUeE m. - J . . m 1 j t- im rt i till and at thisjrer hour, five hundred th lata L. M. Bryaarof3 MaS lin: and slxty-aicftt fine young women and She is survived by her tu6and7 and I young men are on our campus from the following sisteia: Mrs. J. P. I seventy-thiea counties of North Car-1 Whiteside, of! Ratherfordfton; Mrs. 1 ohnla, nineteen states, the District, of , Moody Brigman and Mrs. Henry G. I Columbia, and four foreign countries, Roberts, of Marshall; Mrs. Sankey I getting ready, to take their places in .Brigman, of Walnut; Mrs. Hal Wilde f th world to do justly, to love mer- and Mrs. Troy E. Wilde, of Detroit, cy, and to-walk humbly with our God. 'Michigan; Mrs. Emory Carter and , . i ...... .o ii.gwKjr 1 . uuiwu, vi wuiwrai., ana V; 11 Hf T r v tt, l . m. mu. vi mast im noes. Funeral services were eoiWueted tat 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at tne Mountain View Baptist ' churcU near Leicester. Interment followed in the church eemetery.-.-i. TO BE OPEN TH5 JJAYS NEXT klle, hpiuiidjng.will be open Mon WEEK . .. day-Tuesday, nd i Wednesday. No- .( vember ,a&...2fi. ..17, and it is hoped ers,?RT. E, Thomaa F: H. Thomas, and Mrs. Don Fisher, ate 41. nf the Seminary section, died about 1 1 -HO I o'clock Tuesday night. November 19, - ' - whktwiihik uean.ui for- about -three, months. -L-She is eup? five by her husband and three thild ren; Fnk,. Bertie Ruth, and.,. Aya Kate.. .. She is alsd survived bv hr parente,OiIr ahdMrs.;F.- il. Thomlas; two.' sistra, .Mrs. Ballad - Smif k. JSfrs,L H.UtBhjss,andJisa.4ffoth-k$ Dr. W. A. Sams asks us to an- that enough produce will be brought nounce that the Gudger building in J3 fill a car full. Let all the churches Marshall near the railroad station and SntiHav Schr.nl.. in k i?r.h will be open three 4iys next week for Broad Association be sure to pay at- recciTing iproouce to De toaaea on tention to tnis notice. HONOR ROLL TTJie News-Record 1 i i 1 Beginning witfi our issue of Oct lober 17, we are publishing below the aamei of people who subscribe . or renew their subscriptions to The ' .News-Record within the Jast week. .By keeping your subscriptions paid up yov will Rveatly help your local paper. . Of course, those whose sub scriptions are naid in advance are al iready on oar honor roll. - ... . Arise Edwards. Mars Hill r-1 William Redmon, Cyllowfiee u- -' Mrs. Charles Dickson, Tulsa, Okla. A. J. Ramsey, Marshall Mre.- Frank Hart; Jr. Elisabethton, Tennessee. ' -Fhad PrAnklin, Marshall, r-J Mia John E. Rector, Marshall, r-1. A. A. Gregory, Marshall. . ' V To Preach at Peeks Chapel r i. - ' Spalling sf sun of Mialstar Ia an article that came out In the News-Record last week I wsh to make some corrections in the name of the Indian p each:r that is to Breach at the Sunday School Rallv to ba held (at Peek'a Chapel, December 1st Tne right spelling of the name is: Sagoyiwatha, and he ia a Cherokee Indian and not a Croatan Indian as came-oat in the paper. '' Sagoyewatha. (Rev. Jg. H. Sanderson English) DID YOU FAIL TO LIST PART OR ALL OF YOUR PROPERTY FOR TAX? I want 16 men. a man from everv towtmhin in Marlinnn fTniiM- : ty; to make a bouse to house drive to discover every piece of tax- uie property not listed lor tax. I will ipayja reasonable price lor , this work. ' The price will vary according to townships. Some . townships are much easier worked than others. Apply for this ."Work not later than Saturday of this week. It is toy intention to select men who will give, every man, regaidless of politics or any thing else, a square deal. -,, ? .. To those who tiave been notified to list their property fo tax and have failed to- do so. may I asy, this criminal court starts next Monday, and the Grand Jury will be in session, and it appeals : now tHit I am going to have -to turn in a few names from every township. I hope, however, this will not be necessary. T; prob ably should have done tfi's the last time the Grand Jury met, but j I realize that money is hard to get and I do not want to cause couit costs to be added to any one if it cani ba avoided. , ELLIS W.REESE, TAX SUPERVISOR FOR MADISON COUNTY .-irrt-rrc: Roy Thomas, of the Walnut section funeral se.vices wen at ton . clock Thursday mornimr at tho MaH. ison Seminary, conducted bv tho tor, the Ifev. X. JL Bragg, interment louowing at the Bryan graveyard. juja. i r isner was a good woman and wui oe ereatiy missed in the commun lty. Wade Crow Died November 13. According to a long attempt at poe- Mjr, mac urow aieo; about four o' clock. November" IS 1QSB Th. writer did not give anyttiing about wnera na uvea, nia age. or ha fam ly. but we have learned from other sources that he was about is ox aire ana tiled in .south ?aiiin and the body was hroucht to Mrii. son county, where he iinnerly lived. huu wu ounea near uopewell. , Grace Moore's Great , Aiait Buried Sunday her death was quite a shock to her many friends who had not learned of her illness. Mrs. Runnion is survived by one son Mr. Robert Scott Runnion of Raleigh, and the following three daughters: Mrs. Estelle Hunter, of Ashevifle; Mrs. Jennings Runnion, of Hot Springs, and Mrs. Carol Love, of Saint Petersburg, Fla. Home Coming Day At Kalamazoo (LITTL PINE Creek) Through the News-Record, Mis Miary Morris wishes to announce that all the old families, boys and girls, who have ever attended day school or church at Kalamazoo, ar.j invited to a Home Coming Day this Thanksmv- ing. November 28. IPlease hrino- vonr children and la basket of lunch. Mrs. W. N. Price, of Los Anc-eles. California, who is visiting her moth er, Mrs. H. E. Ball, will speak to us in the afternoon about the mission work in California and Mexico. Mrs. Price and her husband, the late Rev. W. N. Price, spent over a Quarter of a' century; in mission work anion the Indians in California, We ;ahall bo i glad to- hear from any other-fprr. 9r home folks retu.nng tha,t day. SPEeAL MEimKf," J P.!ffl6W Mra. L, A. Bryan, offers Hal, was in Marshall' Monday 'afternoon en route home from PaVrottsvillv Tena.. where she had been with her aunt. hen. State and District Officers of P, T. A. to put on a School of Instruction in Marshall Mrs. Doyle Allev. district dent, land Mrs. R. Binford, state P. T. A. Field worker will conduct a school of instruction in Marshall high school auditorium on Monday afternoon, November 25th. School principals P. T. A. officers, chairmen of com mittees, room representatives and anv person interested in P. A. work are invited and urg d to at tend. This is not a formal bnt a friendly tpund-table discussion at which an experienced state woik er, gives instruction about P. T. A. work. , Any person interested iav this work could attend with profit. : Mrs. Guy V. Roberta, nrendant at - the County Council, hopes that there, may be a representative rrona from. evory school in Madison. The meet ino will begin at 8 s. m.' ' Mrs. Laura Harned, for fee vera! weeks Mrs. Harned being buried Sunday. It will b recalled that Grace Moore sang in one of her wonderful hroad- eaata in honor of this great aunt eX 'i fl 1 !t
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