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U 1 : rK v w Li V I za-"i.iJl--; LJ A L VOL. 35 8Pae MARSHALL, N. C; THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1936 PRICE $1.00 A YEAR WW A 17171? m I V HI A N BLAMING FARMERSWITH SOIL SAYS CITY DWELLERS ARE RESPONSIBLE Mr. Anton G. Btt, of WeaT.rTill. replies to the ertlele ef Mr. Goldton last wswk as follows: Mr. Editor: I do not wish to dispute the state ments made in your paper by Mr. Goldston, the Soil Surveyor, except in one respect. There is no question that an acre of new land, in a few short years, has washed away by rain up to $5,000 and even more of fertilizer chemicals in the sou, taken at hag fertilizer prices. It is the same sort;-of thine with the timber, of forest trees ranging in age from 300 to 1500 yearn It is a gain the same with the fish in the streams, the coal and minerals in the mines, and in an extreme case, the liver of gasoline which has not a great many years to run. Mankind is destroying the Earth. The American people are eating up the resources of the United States and have supported millions of for eigneia from these resources, at no pay. Mr. Goldston says "the 35,000, OiftO acres that American farmers have ruined and the 225,000,000 a cres which they are now ruining". That is the part I would deny. It is true that the faimer holds the plow, aa a woodsman wields the ax, but that is not where the fault lies if we decide to call it a fault, and not an uncontrolled force. The farmer and the woodsman have no choice in the matter. The cir ty people control politics, make the rules of the game, control the laws and the taxes and during the past few years by political action seek to con trol the prices for the benefit of the city population. Here is a concrete example. 20 years ago white pine lumber was worth about $22 a thousand and to day $18. Suppose a timber i owner did not destroy his white pine the past 20 yeas. He has lost the use of his money for that time; he has paid taxes on the timber, and has to sell -HONOllROLL - of - ' Tlie News-Record Beginning witfh our issue of Oct ober 17, we are publishing below the names of peopje who subscribe or renew their subscriptions to The News-Record within the last week. By keeping your subscriptions paid up you will greatly help your local paper. Of course, those whose sub scriptions are paid in advance are al ready on our honor roll. Robert Teague, Maahall, N.C. Miss Thelma Franklin, Asheville. Miss Nellie Crough, Cullowhee, N.C. John Craigmiles, Hot Springs, N.C. Bartley Gentry, Marsall, N.C, rfd 3 E. P. Goldston, Marshall, N. C. Lee Worley, Stocksville, N. C. John Banks, Stocksville, N. C. Wm. M. Anders. Detroit, Mich. Mrs. A. R. Rector, Lansdown, Md. M. C. Faulkner, Marshall, N. C. rfd 2 J. N. Fisher, Marshall, N. C. Rfd. 2 Mrs. Walter Niles, Cambridge, N. Y. Calvin R. Edney, Marshall, N. C. J. E. Kent, Marshall, N. C. Rfd. 2 A. S. Reeves Walnut, N. C. T. E. Huff, Mars Hill, N. C. Douglas Robinson, Mars Hill, N. C. W. M. Lawson, Paint Rock, N.C. Mrs. Bertha Adkins, Una, S. C. Vernon Runnion, Detroit, Michigan. J. H. Jervis, Stocksville, N. C. r-1. Mrs. M. A. Chandley, Asheville, N, C. ! Flbo&WateGobers Hlghtvdy At Marshall ti . N . " Hinlnf waters of the French Broad ' Jpeaterday at Marthal! .after heavy nlnr kioont a quarter er mue rron tne aepoc at annaau.' me track m tn puxare is ownee oy sarpa Bprmjuo, hkm epwitor, whe was attenfptiaf to roach hta plant, located at the epper en&ef the blocked highway. A anJh-i iher ef lor at the mill floated away. Too highway was epea today. She water ereypef rapUUy aad wa tthaa a Jo belew U hUhway this moralnj. . , s . - ' - - Abore cut and reading taken 'from last - Monday's - A'Tjllr Citlxen-vVr f ;t ffbnea and reprinted i7 eir. courteofua permiaaion, -rrr ; ' " ! r -i -iv ' -r 9 J - ....... , : m ..'-'i'S'.'-T A P 1 1? P T C T A now in a lower market. Like many ot her owners of natural resouces, he is compelled by the rules of the game, which he does not make, to do as he does do. He makes a poor living, or none.by handling these , espurces in the only possible way left open to him, or perishes. So whose fault is it after all? Who demands this folly, who makes any thing but this folly punishable by commercial death? The discovery of America opened new resources, followed by, the mod ern world as we know it, but' the. United States is no longer in nosition to keep up the flood of food to ove 400 million in Europe depending on this country in part. Shortly we will not have enough for ourselves. There is no question of the destruc tion of the Earth by growing mil lions of humanity but it is unjust and silly to blame it on the farmer the woodsman, the fisher, and the miner. The fault is the insatiable appetite of city dwellers for more and more of the supplies of the Earth, and leav ing no way open to those who rather these things, to do it, and live, in any way but the way it is done. If mankind in mass had wisdom and thought of the future, the laws and the tax arrangements would make it pay the faimer, the woodsman, the the miner and the fisher.to conserve, rather than leave no possible way o pen but to destroy. So I object to the city dweller charg ing the waste of fertility unreplaced and unreplaceable, on the fatmer. ANSON G. BETTS 728 Books Donated To Marshall School The Marshall P. T..A. sponsored "Book Week" movement before the Christmas holidays. During this week 728 books were brought to the school library. Out of this number, 182 books -were added to the fiction shelf. The grades which brought the most books were: 1. 10th Mrs. Blanken ship; 2. 9-A Mrs. McLean; 3. 8-C Mr. Wilkie. The next meeting of the P. T. A. will be Tuesday, Jan. 28th at 3 p. m. in the high school auditoium. All member are urged to be. present.. , : V. McCLURE 'Sedr. French Broad Becomes Furious Again OUT OF BANKS LAST SUNDAY The heaxr rainfall last Saturday all day and night and Sunday morning followed by snow caused the French Broad river to over-run its banks a igain last Sunday, as may be seen by the accompanying Dictures. As a consequence, the Marshall school was closed Monday but re-opened Tues day. Very little damage was done, but it looked furious for several hours. Water over-ran the railroad between Marshall and Redmon to a depth of about 8 inches, but trains made their regular trips. Fiddlers' Convention An old time fiddler's convention will be held at the Walnut High School auditorium on Sat. Feb. 1. The doors will be opened at 7:00 p .m. This contest is open to everyone in Western North Carolina. Cash prizes to be awarded to winners of the fol lowing: Best string-band' best fid dler, best banjo player, best . guitar with singing. If yoji wish to enter this contest please communicate with lllllKiilillilllliii "Mm river covered BUhway No.' to for a distance of about a quarter ot a mile. -had occurred a this lectloa. This photograph was maoo - yesterday! (Dr. J. H. Hutchins, president of WI- , ' 1 " " ' ' I v KelbSf Adm Students GetHoliday As Waterslsolate School I :a iTnnof at ; . v. - : To Speak at Mars Hill Monday I Mr. J. G. K. McClure, president of the Farmers' Federation, Inc., will speak at the Chapel Exercises at Mars Hill College next Monday morn ing at 11 o'clock to the faculty and stqdent body. The public is cordial ly invited to hear this address. A SHORT SHORTHAND COURSE 1. Containing nothing MT 2. To behold C 3. An insect B 4. Part ofl body I 6. A tent TP 6. A poem LEG 7. A number AT 8. All right OK 9. A slang expression 10. A foe NME 11. Intemperance XS 12. An image FEG 13. Poorly dressed CD 14. Not difficult EZ 15. Jealousy NV 16. A girl's name LC 17. Another one KT 18. Literary effort SA 19. A creeping vine IV 20. To surpass XL Smoky Mountain Trail R. R. Ramsey Re mains On Board of A. P. C. As sociation At the annual stockholders' meetjf ing of the Asheville Production Cre AH AannfinHnn which serves slxtee4 mmtiflu of Western North Caro'ina, held at Asheville on January j.7, 193, repoits by officers showed toat, tnis Cooperative credit organization oj farmers had a very successful ye fn io9R i ii. - -rat The meeting was attended not ojui by stockholders but also by many farmers. who are not members, but who desired to acquaint thiBselve with the credit facilities,- wbirtSJl association is offering to the' farmers: of this section. , An invitation bad been extended by the association to all farmers to attend. After the repoit of the year's oper ations had been made by W. H. O verall, Secretary-Treasurer of the as sociation, the report being illustrated by chaits showing how much' business was done, how much it costs to run the association and how much income was received, the meeting was ad dressed by H. L. Gardner, vice-president of the Production Credit Corpar ation of Columbia, S. C. The Ahevilla association made 149 loans for $39,727.00 last year. The two members of the board of directors of the association elected at the meeting are A. J. Dills, Jack son County, and C. C. Bennett, Burke County. Other members of the board elected a year ago aie John A. Hud gens. Henderson County, H. L. Net tles, Buncombe County, and R. R. Ramsey, Madison County. At the annual meeting there was a round table discussion by members, at which plans were made for 1936. MARS HILL To Sponsor Book Day The Mars Hill Woman's Club at 1 1 1 iMiwWnr" lliiilil llllill Ii' : : - r IE "..;S;- r . i;. , ;B?.g-"iw(,-.'-,-: II .-. - isw joefwn.. a jfeT.-. v'timiiiiiwi not miwiiwM n 1 ' n - Students at Marshall High school had a holiday today as waters of the French Broad river, upped by Ueavy. alns, blocked the school, located on Blanahassett Island In the river. When this photograph was made yester day, the water was only several feet from the bridge to the school. Kecedlng waters today made approach to the hchool possible, but the school basement was still flooded with water. The school Is expected to reopen Wednes day. Above cut and reading taken from last Monday's Asheville Citizen- Times and reprinted by their ecent meetinsr voted to undertake Droiect of enlarging the library ofTthe High School. The committee H H tf f H Mars Hill College and ; Madison County Professor Hoyt Blackwell i '(One cannot think of the mutual re lation of Mars Hill College and Mad ison County apart from that long jdjocession of loyal, capable, and inaecrated men and women whos hive labored here and into whose la 1har ie have entered:; One thinks of fer;;-Bw,iM White, Miss Helen? McMastery ana others. As these veterans of the Kingdom pass in review, a series of questions arises. Why Mars Hill College? Why Mars Hill College in Madison County? Is Mars Hill Col lege of value to Madison County? Does; Mars Hill College merit the support of the citizens of Madison County? Are the College and the County seiving' one another to the utmost of their resources? Are the College and the Caunty walking and working arm in arm for the ongoing of the Kingdom of God? Here on the heights in Madison County, in God's great out of doors, where health is abundant, living plain, and thinking high, where earth and sky meet, it is easy for the finite to commune with the. Infinite. Sure ly no one will gainsay that Madison County has no greater single asset thn Mars Hill College. The bchooi ha Anna much to elevate the moral ers of the circles this year are Mrs. has done much to eievat Holcombe, Mrs. Guy George, standards of the County, to Mr phiniD Dixon and Miss Vista .property values, and to substantially ,st;nes The names chosen for cir increase the volume of business. Butjceg foT the year are -phe Olive Cir ithaseone beyond this in that it has cle, The McCall Circle, The Taylor nrepared scores of young men and Circle, and The Delia HugginS. Two prepared sLf u of the cirCie8 have begun the study women of Madiaon County for places Auiick.a, "Who is My Neigh- ' . M. -II i : - .L . XTahAM aflfl IT! Of -responsiuiniy in o i-ww" the Kingdom. The doors of mars Hill College have been, are today, and ever shall be open to every boy and girl in Madison County who has pre pared to enter. Moreover, just as far as possible, she will aceept her pay in farm produce and in work done on the campus. It is a fact of common knowledge that Mars Hill College has served aven ibevond her resources, beginn ing in Madison County and extend ing to the ends of the earth. With her two years of unsurpassed junior college training linked up with her Bummer school larrangment with Wake Forest and Meredith Colleges, there is no reason why every ambi tious young man and young woman in the County should not have a college degree. . . Since the College and; the Coun ty are perhaps more vitally linked to gether' in the work of the Kingdom today than ' ever before, ' and since the County is in better shape "finan cially, than at any. time since 1930, surely we stand ready to hear her call . for ' additional ' funds .. for the sole purpose of serving her -constituency more efficiently and. more effectively-. -:.. i In next week's "fcsne ef The News Record, we hope to set foith wy which each one ef us may. greatly help. 4 " courteo us permission. MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL PLAY PROVES DECIDEDLY ENTERTAINING hopes, by personal solicitation, to reach each patron and friend of the school and ask each one for a dona tion of at least one hook suitable for the ybrary. Wedneday ot nexi week, Jan. 29, is the day set for the "shower." The books donated should be in the hands of the committe be- fnr tn o'clock on that day. so Kiey may all bo presented at the chapel hour. They expect to read the names of the books and the donors at that time. The same library was enlarg ed a few years ago by this same metn od, sponsored at that time by the P. T. A. The Club and the Committee expect ii favorable response at this time.' . . - .v v. .ij jh.. -w jm, Sunday School Attendance Low The heavy rain early last Sunday morning turning to a blinding snow storm shortly after nine o'clock, caus ed the Sunday School attendance to be unusually below the average for a bad day. In some classes, there was not a single member present, and two departments had only two each. However, by the enH of the Sunday School hour, the storm had broken and a number gathered for church services, only to find that the preach er expected for the day Rev. Nane Starnes, of Asheville, had been forc ed to give up the trip on account of the unusual weather conditions. Circle Are Named The four circles of the Woman's Missionary Society met for their first meeting of the year last Mon day afternoon. The membership of the circle, is changed each year and new names are selected by the eroups. For several years they have been named for missionaries in ac tive service on the fields. The lead- Activities of Madison County High School y if. if, The Madison County Schoolmas ters Club held their regular month ly meeting in the county court house last Thursday evening. The following high school princi pals and teacheris were present: Superintendent J. O. Wells, Profes sor A. V. Nolan, Ray, Edwards, Phil lips, and Bailey, of Mara Hill; H. W. Cook. Hot Springs : T. P. Burgess and Meadows, Spring Creek; Guy B. Rhodes, Marshall; E. D. Wilson, Clyde and Carmel Roberts. Walnut; J. V. Howell and Angel, Beech Glen; and C. M. Blankenship, Laurel Several general matters in the routine of business , were, discussed by the county superintendent, and the next county-wide teachers meet ing was announced for Saturday, Jan. 25. ' - . .' . ;' . Contest te be Sponsored Thurrtfay evening, Jan. 23, the county wide reading and declama tion contest for the high schools will be held at the Beech - Glen High ScfcooS.' Each county ' high school will Send one girl nd one boy to part icipate in the eoniest'vv ? : ; -' Monday afternoon, Feb. 10 r the primary toty-telling - contest for grades 1-8 of the county aenoois wui be held in the auditorium of the Borbmi Cfeek - high school. Each Madison county echool will be allow Characters in "Look Out Liz zie" Manifest Splendid Training The people of Marshall and vicin ity were given an opportunity last Thursday evening to witness one of the most amusing amateur plays ever staged in Marshall. The attendance wai not as great as it should have been. If the people could have known before hand what a treat would be in store for them, doubtless the auditorium would have been near ly filled. Seldom does one see ama teur perform more naturally ana Frisbf, v neWf4armerr-an -i filainiserattterw -Witt? old lady, would be hard ' to efjuai. Their daughter,' Wiliria Ramsey, also was quite ngural, and showed splend id training. The hired girl whose part was taken so well by Hazel Deal, p'roved to be a splendid actress. In, fact, all the characters did their parts well Liston Ramsey, as the hired man, Clarine Bryan, as the neigh borhood gossip, Jack Jones, as an old miser, and Charles Redmon as the sporty looking stranger from New York. Extreme in their make up, with effective staging, as a whole they presented a delightful play. Be tween the acts a trio of guitar and male voices rendered very enjoyable selections. Those in the trio were: Frank Roberts, Onnie Robinson, and O'Dell Robinson. Mr. Clarence Highsmith was the business manager of the play and Mr. Howard Wilkie, high school coach, and a member of the faculty, is to be congratulated because of the splendid training which the actors reflected. The en tertainment was given for the bene fit of the Basketball squad and was repeated at chapel, Tuesday for the benefit of the school who could not attend the entertainment Thursday evening. 'bor." The other two are using Dr. Taylor's "Sharing With Neighbor A merica." - - . $ x ed one participant in this contert. Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 11, the oral reading contest for the elemen tary grades (4-7) of the Madison county schools will be held in the aud itorium of the Laurel (White-Rock) High School. Rules for the contests have been forwarded by the superintendent to the pi incipals of each school. Grover L. Angel, , of the Beech Glen high school, ia chairman of the county ac tivity committee. Other members are: Principal T. P. Burgess, Spring Creek High -School, and Henry Clay Edwards, Mais Hill High school. . Basketball Tournament Datoa. Selected Dates were selected at the meeting for the Girls and Boys' High School Basketball , tournaments. , The pre liminaries will be held on the Wal nut high school court, Feb. 14 and' 15. , Semi-finals and finals will be played on the same court the follow in week-end, Feb. 21 and 22. The tournament schedule will be announc ed at a lafer date. Drawings for the pairing were t'made at the meeting. Princial J. y. HowelL of Beech Glen high school,, is Chairman of the Ath letic Council. The basketball coach es of the various schools are nieat- oers or the couneii and are working out definite plans for th e rneet V:VlV. ' .1 C