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THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER OF MA DISON COUNTY
VOL. 34
8 Pages
MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAYS DECEMBER 12, 1935
PRICE $1.00 A YEAR
'V
MAOISOn COUNTY FARMERS TO MEET IN MARSHALL HEXT SATURDAY
SHINING EXAMPLE OF 4-H CLUB
WORK AT MARS HALL CIVITAN CLUB
Latin Student Wins
Recognition
Books Wanted For
Marshall Library
d
GATHERING OF INTEREST TO ALL
FARMERS IN MADISON COUNTY
o
,-New Way of Making Money to be Presented to
Farmers
Letter BWing Mailed to Farmers by County Agent
It is holed that the courthouse will be filled to capacity next
Saturday, December 14th at two o'clock to hear disciiissed a
matter that should be of vital interest to the farmers and busi
ness men of Madison county. It is impossible to convey (to our
readers the ideas that ,will be brought out at the meeting. Fol
lowing is a letter being mailed Out by the commftte appointed
by the Civitan Club:
Marshall, N. C.
December 10, 1935
Dear Sir:
There will be a meeting of farmers in th Court House Saturday, Dec
ember 14, at 2:00 P. ll., to discuss the posaibiUtjr of operat'a cooperative
cannery m Madieon County.
Leading farmers think a cannery for wild blackberries, tomatoes, and
Inarms would 1-wrtbr much money te producers. Thia would give farmers
aicaah' tmmm duringrthe' sotfrnwr, and labor for the unempJeyeaV
M J. ET Barr, air experienced catmenynmi, will be present. AKywne
ioterdMtfgnwhig these-crof should arrange to be at the- meeting. A
good attendanoe' la necesary to encourage the establishing! of this plant to
market yor fresh- asffd panned 1 vegetables;
Make ptarawrto- be at tnr-netlng.
v Very truly yours,..
COMMITTEE: Geo. W. Miller Craig L. Rudisill Herschel Sprinkle
Mr. Ernest Harrill, Mars Hill Col
lege student, received a notification
The Marshall Parent-Teachers' As
sociation has set aside the week of
Monday from Shipp G. Sanders, of December 16-20 as Book Week. The
Chanel Hill stating that, he had won I Mm bringing in or donating the most
third' place in the state translation Jbooks will be given' a free matinee to
contest for colleges, commemorating the movinir picture show made nossi-
tne zuuuth anniversary or the Latin
poet, Horace. This contest was held
under the auspices of) the American
Classical League, the assignments be
ing given to the different states by a
National chairman. North Carolina's
assignment was the eleventh ode in
Book 2 of Horace,
First place in this contest was won
by Miss Catherine Zimmerman, of
sue ouege .or as. uenevieve oi sne An invitation w extended to all
Fines, Asheville. Second place was tt.i. .Amt. otnj a.
won by Frank S. Poe, of Davidson annugj meeting of she Asheville pro
college, the notification stated. . ducsien Credit Association at Ashe-
ftiinuuncemems oi me winners in 0Jj January
ble by the splendid cooperation" of
Farmers Invited To
sHeyUle, Jan. 17th
SOCCER FOOTBALL
AT MARS HILL
.5
This Saturday at two thirty p. m.
the first soccer football gaine ever
layed in this parfof the country will
WkeJace iiit Mara Hill between Mars
Hill, . eollera and Asheville School
The game will be free to all arid plen
Laurel Lad Gets Prize
Offered by Civitan
Club
Congressman Bulwinkle In
pressed by Boy'a Speech
The. last
ty of sesta are available, also ample Club was one ofl the most inteiathur
Three guests of
Mr. Barr, above mentioned, addressed the Civitan Club at its last meet
ing and impressed hie hearers as one who knows what h is talking1 about.
Be sure to hear him. Madison county needs ready money crops and means
of marketing such produce. Such a plant s will be discussed may mean
much to the people of the county.
Orphanage Car Valued
At Nearly $800.00
The Rev. J. L. Bragg who bag had
. ' jicharge Of collecting and shipping the
carload of produce which went tor-
yaxd jd tha - Tlwmafc.OrttnoWeJ Mjirahf ILat he . stra ff jSJBflle l
Thanksgiving' days ha received state-
mentg from the Orphanage showing
the value placed on every articleand
the amount, contributed by every
church. (He was mailing! Tuesday,
statements to the various churches
which showed the Orphanage's esti
mate and the total amount 'sent in the
car from the French Broad Associa
tion and the Newfound Association
amounted so i ioo.iz I. o. o. mamas- - .
ville. The Southern Railway cut the mad
freight, rate to one-half on this ship
ment, making the freight amount to
slightly more than $61.00. S39.92 of
thig amount was contributed in cash
by the churches toward defraying,
the freight. In other wordst. the var
ious churches mentioned in our last
issue contributed toward this cause a been killed on Little Pine, and which
Mrs. Yelsey Treadway
Passes Away '
. . . . ... 1 -1 tL;. knn l
Footoau iians win Ke uns kbiuc f"" were ipresent-4j. D WaJIin.
verv much as they are close akin. ' Congressman Bulwinkle. Mr j v
..J h. kull uVMioJ frnm nn end of1 J. D ' Wallin 1
or January 17 th in th, Court d". 'he other the 'only rule, of Mr. .n'd Mrs! Dewey WaHin0', Ta
Hav nf STnraoa Ttnn A , ,TC ? y---- being tnat a Player caunuw use iub -uxci aecuon Of Madison fount it
The Foreten Lanuaw club f, ar?W7 o'th Aociation. hands to advance the ball. The play , the special guest of honor at the m!
rourh the BHsoeia- " o j it r-ik.. -Jf-Drlze in sue
. 1 over Hie wm ii nm yo-nwu," vt miihiui ciuh cnnto
ZfuZ f now making ie. first aptfeareneea in growing tbe. be catU. andrn m,
eeting of thifl theountrV. . .. Iw mtroducad hy Mr K
Mars HU1 will opew her basketbaU najl , oftNawton , N. C, fomer demon
season this. Saturday night at. ?:30 stratio aant 'of MaX CouX
Horace at their regular monthly borrowed money, through the aasocia.
wwjr vtx. o it a stockholder and
iwy ana is ws at tn time-that Mr. aHumi thi. .ni.oi moot.
Huff mad puWic the recognition1 that stockholder which is held for the
nm, oeen given ar. warriii a trans. nurpoa ofl hearing a complete report
Mrs. Edd Huff Die at
Hot Springs
tttthfc year's work of the organiza- Astewjll. School also fiurmshio? i who started th 4-H club wort Ttul
tionfc the election of officer and the u a i, nf ennntr Tr "uo. work 10 the
transaction of such other business as .k.ui sn k. n hand t hi ! .i!. r .ral..a rert of
max some before the bod. 1TZ. " TLT-LT" 1:"" b and
Mrs.
inwoome peiorj? sne Doajt, Mra Hill to see the opener. oejved the heartv i .77" -
"We- w.U 'be- deUgfcted to have al, Soccer games, have been- arranged present, The report foHows
farm era who am .nnt : atrvkhnltrWa ol. -i. . " . it.: i r--. F" r -lu'iows.
SO attend the meetmo' Mr. Dvernll ilk fi,... j uiwiuue
..j u: j Vl 1 .C . ,r . :coiiejfe, lfhviuouu cunKc i" na was called
was also
Edd Huff, 66. died at her id4 "in 0f.der that they might learn ; Tw0 ' es wU1 be piayed with each hort speech follow.ei,P
home at Hot Springs Sunday nu?ht 01 W rean service which is offered team one at Mara Hill and one on the ' Wallin. Mr. BulwinkU nrai .i
Soon after midnight last Friday,
December 7, Mrs. Wesley Treadway
passed away at her home, in south
.4. no F' cii. J.VJ.J.
been- aTmfferef for- year' or more
from cancer ofl the stomach. Funer
al services were at three o'clock Sat
urday afternoon at the Methodist
church at Walnut, conducted by the
Rev. B. E. Guthrie. Mrs. Treadway
is survived by her husband, one son,
Dock Treadway, and one daughter,
Lucy Treadway. '
Dog Killed
Little Pine
on
MADISON MAN
KILLS HIMSELF
at ll:30oclock, following an illness t0 .the, farmers ofl this section by the campus of the other college.
oil only two daya Mrs. Huff suffered XT It ,,
a heart attack Friday night and did Xhf , officers of the Asheville associ-j
not rally from it. She was a devoted "N0" arev J1?n A. Hudgens, Pre?d-i
and active member of the Baptist ti' A- ,f Dlssa- vice-president; W.
i i.u : 1.1 i. . 1. overall, secretarv-1 rMsnmr. Hil-
hv oil n7i. irno v ou ia .,,r,,!,,,i He West, Asst. Secretary-Treasurer.
by her husband, one daughter, Mrs.' Edition to the President and Vice
Frank Lunsford, of Hot Springs three J?8"1 otherpirectors are: Harry
sons, Melvin T. of Sah Diego, Calif., xvarasey, ana a. .
Claude. H., of Asheville, and Swann Bonnftt- '
B., of) Hot Springs; three sisters, Mrs. i v T" 1 1 :
W. B. Swaney, of Paint Rock, Mrs. ' -pin nilDV n r w e
Carrie Roberts, of Laurens. S. C, and F. C O JY J
Mrs. James Lusk of Woodruff. 8. C. I CULL SWEET POTATOES
nd ny aaveral grafidc1inderiT 'wt. -v
al services were irt the local Baptist Unmarketable sweet potatoes may
church, Tuesdhy morning at 10:80 j be fed to dairy cattle with excsllent
o'clock, conducted by Rev. P. T. Mc- results, says R. H. Ruffner, head of
Fee and Dr. W. E. Finley. Interment ' the animal husbandry department at
was In Fairview cemetery. State College.
Active pallbearers were W. A. Both the tubers and the vines make
Long, Frank Brown, Floyd Harrhon, a good, palatabh feed which will
Jennings Runnion, . F. Tweed, and produce milk and butter of high quali-
boy f0r his Tfir:h"" ; j
asked that the Civitana Yo evehing
possible to promote farm
the boys and girls in the county. Mr
waste ct "k the 1 and th
tkt L u- by sueh erosion, an
the advisability of ionnoti. L 77
Mh ert of our soil and to
fnrnUn a means of livelihood tor fZ
mre generations.
lVfr Ran. .L. ).- '.
Lying in a critical condition from of !, ; .:s LFfr3"'11 speaker
an illness of influenza and pneumon- than is uaialk, .nXr r!L tlm?-
t -B.T rt 2 l on is i.. " v v uu aa nifFHror mm
rwmoKivu, 09-vr-utu tne Clrfb. i Ho U 1 T
Clarence Candler. Hotnorary pall
bearers were: Dr. G. F. Ross, Ira
Plemmons, C. H. Hazelwood, J. D.
Hensley, U. S. Collins, Rov Hender
son. Will Fleming, R. C. Kirby, L. B.
Brooks, H. J. Candler, D. G. Church,
G. C. Long, Frank Lawson, D. 3.
IPrice, W. T. Davis, and Lee Fowler.
Flower girls were: Gladys Harkle
road, Mildred Grubbs, Edith Collins,
grand total of $828.34.
Poultry Expert In
Marshall
Mr. H. S. Wilfong, hatchery and
flock inspector, of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, of Raleigh, N.
C. ia in Madison county this week re
testing poultry flocks that sell hatch
ing eggs to state approved hatcheries, j
ne Biaies inut mere are aDOUI louu
Mr. B. J. Ledfbrd of the Little
(Pine section was in Marshall Tuesday
ana sent to Kaleigh by tha Carolina
Special, the head of a dog, which had Cllie'Paris, Mildred Harrison and Hel
uccu &uieu on Ldtue rme. ana wnicn n rtairia
was saia so nave bitten a horse and
several cows. The report from Ral
eigh Wednesday was to the effect
that the dog was mad. We have not
learned whose animals had been bitten.
at his home.
the shooting, Pennington's wife and
a friend, Clarence Suttles, had start-
d to erive the sick man a dose of med-
: . : mi i : : : . I r t
But livestock men can afford tojpiHs. accidentally dropped, and the
feed only cull potatoes or those which two were on the floor retrieving the
cannot be marketed for human con-ipms wnen rennington enui niraseu
farmer of the Keenersville. section the jUaAtf?6'
Madison county,, near Joe ,Post "
suddenly pulled a gun ,from under- 60me thirty ' vSii; wan
i 'JAi.j nA 7. " eperiencS'in the
iicauii J.u iri UUIXnWeSS in CSIln Dm rr ,
shot himself to death Monday night ed hvti. wB?? ?e M employ
i w n . . . .11. in ii.
flnliT an tTf a r. t hafnrA r - Mw,iii.te
..... -.ncstcrn iNOrtn I rn n
Beech Glen Cagers
Wriley P. Allen Passes Away
Last rites were conducted at 3 o'
lock Tuesday afternoon at Gabriel's
Creek Baptist church for Wriley P
Allen, 58, who died Sunday a. hi
home m Asheville. The Rev. Perry
sumption at a fairly good price, Ruff
ner pointed out.
Sweet potatoes contain about on3
ourtk the total feed value of an equal
weight of corn. Consequently, dairy
men cannot afford to allow more than
one-fourth the price of corn for sweet
potatoes.
The shooting occured at 7:30 o'clock.
Sheriff Guy English and Coroner Gro
er Redmon investigated. Pen
nington was shot through the heart
and died almost instantly. Several
persona said they heard him threaten
to commit suicide on previous occa
sions. Pennington bad lived in Mad-
Hnan Qaann Sprinkle, assisted by the Rev. G. C
I ox officiated.
T. , . . , , , , Burial was in the church cemetery.
birds, maily Barred Rocks in Madi- their 1935-36 basketball schedule last T Radford V S Buckner V V
son county ft-om which hatchng eggs Saturday night when they met the .CoffeyfLeS Ballad and Wa r cidy
IlSaSiiS STeffl fJTr r LaxXI1 i Mrf AlleZ who waTa retired frm
hI 2"thnMSSTi 5X? !W1e ?0ck. Aler otf Madison county, is survived by
. " j . " , ri . Yr : " tuuii. me local sexiene one sister Mix etnllip Ptupl-npr nf
made a good start abk& thia line, but barely nosed out the Laurel girls girls -tBtZSoUarMt
has a long way to go. Eor instance, i.ik .ii- d u wesl Asnevnie, one niece. Mrs. urace
he says, in Wilke countr mors thatr fiW ZiZ"T ZZJC:.bWer J vvest; Aheviue: and two
40,000 such bird.ar kept.. dS U. Bo"th .,G . T
teams promise plenty of competition .Beach Fla
'in the Madison county cage schedule ' '-
In the issue of November -28,. un- tM, yeK Mi Angusta Jafvis, mem
SJ5 ISSrnJS. the Juto wa recently
r;" r" ...'"-."V""1 eiectea captain 0f the girl's seam
Sweet potatoes may be fed cows j ison county about two years, coming
i m 1 1 tt it . i vT'll r -r I
in place ot corn snage. uime mcic nere irom &ousn niu, va. tie is sur
are 25 pounds of digestible nutrients vived by his widow and one child.
in 100 pounds of potatoes, while an
equal weight of silag contains only
17 pounds, the cows will not need as iCpDfPTI IR A I
much potato2 feed as silage. V.Iir 1 UK ,r . T
When sweet potatoes are fed, the ! GIVING
cows should also get eight to ten;
pounds of legume hay to balance the j -
ration, as potatoes consist mostly of My attention has heen called to an
siarr-li nnd iicar. Ruffner stated. error in the statistical table No. 4 of
This left nl "ZT'
fit I cleared lfor" thT clZ
and Papa gave me $10.00 for the fod
der, making me $46.00 profit.
From 25 pounds to 30 pounds of the New Found Baptist association '. sj,evije t Vej A
canninr in
TT .
impressed th "CIZ 72 M mVc?
t, i. . . o ox me ciuo
that he was ninij , . .
Marshal, ,ext Saturday a
- Vu "lee"ne: of farmers at the
ST6 A- tW icIock' when it2
hoped somethmg deflinite will be dona
fiffKameIeVfnT years oJd and the
Son 7m6 n Laurel Hifh School, the
son of Mr. Dewey Wallin
I had two entei prizes for this year
beaevrre f Crn and tw baby
The
j"cu ou du. per acre-
potatoes a day mav be fed the av.ci- i Minutes, where
age cow. but it is advisable to feed chuich paid their pastor $26.92 for'case
1 1 .111 ;- j ! Ui Hx I
i i,on,.wy uir oui. is improving ai Kermit Buckner, popular all-round
Til a ?.T. o y-i ""ember of the Senior class has bej,i
iLS? -hji eea:Mt- Swarj choBen 'or the boya Profess-
. w , uukbu ui mis. jiunaiu mi i
We regret this error very teams.
JOIN RED CROSS
ii nr l ti i.
mp ivieauow rom . A j -1
onlv five to ten pounds a day at the the year ending August 1, 1935. Itwere n g0od condition tv.! i ey
start. The quantity may be increasea jsnoum nave .peen 'o.a. i am sor- weighed 905 lhi Tk i J
gradually as the cows learn 10 eai ,ry of the mistake and this is mty only . weighed 44i lh Ul 1
the roots. , way to correct it now. jk 7 ' 75
The swe3t potatoe vines may oe w-e are not- nsnnr our nastors e-Hh k i. .7 "-cinea 4tA
grazed off bv the cows, or they may nnh. Table- Ni 4 shows only two ibs per Jhundr3
be polled and fed in the barn. Each churches nassingr $3U)0.00 for pastor's of '3 iL m- j,v ?Ver!,?Ja ?aitt
cow can consume trom ju so sala y for the year ehding August 1, these palwa n7? j 0Z
pounds of vines a day. Do not allow 1935 md omy tej, churches paying o7 ifi rtj ,.i - le a ?rofit of
them-1 eat more than this amount, to Mt,(. f started tn ?25 f the Cf ves whl
Ruffner added, 1 The present financial condition in irif3 '.!" wa 14-00
v., v. j j a.. c J.o-W- cost S29.01L
giving is needed whereby ev-! af'ter the '
Robetts,
much.
V. Howell ia coaching both
HONOR ROLL
The News-Record
O. F: Cooper Passes
Away at Azalea
ery member of every organization in With this mon to Newnort!
a church may he enlisted in a ystem- Tenn. anf, hJ Je"L:t:eW?"r
auc plan ofl giving, amd then it's eisy registered white-faced heifers
. . . v" J vx WU1 1 HIS 19 TY1V oannrtA
in 4H
69. who died Monday morning. Dec-
errfher 9th. at Ytia tinma near A vnlra.
Beoinninrf witfi our issue of Oct- innfiirtut t 1 1 vln.ir Ti,iIbv
ober- 17, we are publishing below j morning at the residence. .
the names of people who subscribe Burial was in Azalea Methodist
or renew their subscriptions to The church cemetery.
News-Record within the ' lest week.- Mr. Cooper was an employee of the
By keeping your subscriptions paidAzaiea woodwsrkin company an1
'uo yon will aveatly help your local member of Asalea Methodist church,
paper. w course, tnoss wnosa hd- ig wrvived by three sons. Walter and
, the churches seems to demand that a FW boriiT T V0A
a a nciF a r r ZIlfTtX QmnfM man of giving is needed whereby ev- !flX XJzJJl $731
miiVi3nAL.L nva
presents
(A Comedy-Drama in three acts)
Friday Night, December 13, 1935
Time:7:30 P. M. ionei y,i.nde' 60 far, as financial this work.
tii i noii 1 1 iurii ouif a i iniTnu i rvi i u . t .
lVlI.OllALili JTlaAjrl IWWL -a-a 1 Wivivm anu tanouui De running on lour. II a.
friST OF CHARACTERS) i "urCn.'s oemna with running expens-
Funeral services fter O. F. Toooer. 'MR?. EITTH RTTJ55?T?.T.I.. Rihrd' neeond wife Lucv Reece Fore es. it dampens the spirit of the mem-
MRS. OLIVER WOOIXRUFF
i ural rhurchea have hoon r,,nniV, nn I 7v . ?econa year
one vlmder n fa, finPiflrUD W0,rK and 1 exPeCt to continue
scriptions are naid in advance are al
ready on our honor roll.
O. E. Roberts, Mars Hill, N. C.
H. D. Rice, Mars Hill r-1 ' . -G.
C Myers, Paint Rock, N. C.
E. V. Russell. Bluff, N. C : .
L. T. Freeman, Marshall r-1.' '
Mrs. JTK Rogers; Marshal, r-
Frank Keith Marshall r-2 ,-.
Monroe Redmon,' Marshall, 1 1-1 -J
Miss Hasel Angel, Cullowhee, N.
- Luce's Bureau, New York City .
Hubert Deal, Marshall, r-8. . .
Hobart Fender, Flag iPttnd, Tenn.
Bob . Cooper, of "Asalea, and Ralph
Cooper, of Paint Rock; thre daugh
ters. Mrs. Ruby Phippt and Mrs. Nel
lie Harrison, of Asalea, and Mrs. Gay
Murphy of Bnrnsville: two brothers.
Jim Cooper., of Knoxvttle, Tenn., and
K. L. Cooper ofl Ohio; and three sis-f
ters aU of KnoxviUe. : '
Mr. Cooper was well know" in the
Paint (Reck section of Madison coun
ty, where he spent sometime viu his
son. ..- . 7.- -. -- -
' JOIN RED CROSS
MRS. EMORY SCOTT
BRIGGS, The Russell's Butler
bers. The lack of 1 AOnnH nracHrnl
) Society Matrons, wilm Ramsey ,estful financial system cripples all
her friends j tww Qmith thl ork Ln chucn'
) l Dorthy Smith Ofken.the castor must va umnaid.
Two Madison Men Jail
ed fn Tennessee
Two Madison county men are in
ureene county. Tetinessee.
with (participating in th
jail m
barged
LUCIA RUSSELL, Their daughter
DUDLEY HUSSELL, Their son
RICHARD RUSSELL, A financier
List an Ramsey and forced to neglect his duty to his robbery of two filling stations ia
June E. Ramsey church in order to provide for his own i Greene county Saturday.
F. Ray Frisby nome and family. I . A. B. McDaniel, of the Walnut we-
Charles Redmon " The cry of the orphanage must fall tion. was arrested near his home Snn-
ELIZABETH (Bess) RUSSELL, Richard's daughter from the - n def ears, or at least on eara of day afternoon and, waiving extradi-
-, ' v. s west Eileen Morgan ,ose unable to respond. In suchltion, was taken to Greens rountr to
GEORGE GARRISON, presumably Lucia's admirer Edwin Mashburn churches, there is never any money await a hearing. Jesse Gahagan. al-
ETHEL ASHELEY, a society girl
LUCILLE CHRISTY, young society girl
FLORA FAKJNUM, Dudley's inamorata .
TIME: The present.
home
PLACE: The Russell home in Chicago.
SYNOPSIS OF ACTS
Act L Living room of Richard 'Russell's fashionable
in Chicago An afternoon in spring.
Act II. - Same as in Act I. Evening several months later.
Act III. Same as previous acts. Three o'clock p. m., two
days later. .. 4-.-;
: Admission: 10c and 20c
Tjiii!p "RAi.tnr.for needed eauinment.
Geneva McCurry j. Therefore, one of the pressing needs
Gladys Payne n every Baptist church is an effective
, Tlan of continual giving.
) There . are four churches not re-
oorswff a treasurer in the New Found.
ihe church organisation is not earn
pleted without a treasury.
... ". Vm. 41.. VV- -
1 . ' 1VHI, IVI VII C
' i. HENRY ROBER1S.
Clerk New Found Association.'
JOIN RED CROSS
so of! she Walnut section, surrender
ed to Sheriff Williams, of Greene
county,' Monday afternoon.
in rot be ry--of the two fHling sta
tions is reported to have nesed $76.
Suburban Resident: "It's sunpl
fine to wake up in the morning and
hear the leaves whispering outside
your window. ' x
City Man: fs all right to hear
thi leaves whisper, but I never could
stand hearing she grass mows . -
h