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MARSHALL, N, C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1936
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MARSHALL POSTQF F1CE TO
DEMANDS BEING MADEONNORTH- '
WEST UTILITIES FOR BETTER SERVICE
BE MOV ED ACROSS STREET
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R. N. Ramsey Building
Being Remodled For
Government
Th Marshall postoffice is soon to
be moved from it present location to
the R. N. Rameey fcuildmir bn Main
street. ' The Ramsey building was
, last occupied lbyan Asheville furni
ture company, who have - already
. movted out and work is sroinj? for
ward on preparing this building for
the postoffice. We understand a new
front of plate glass and other ar
rangements for day lighting will be
put in and new furniture throughout
will be installed..' " '
The Marshall office, we understand,
has more than met the old requir
nients for a second class office, but
new regulations have recently been
enacted which prevent the change.
However, we understand, there is
ground for hope that Marshall will
soon have a second instead of third
class office, which means city deliv
ery, an extra clerk and other conveniences.
The present building now owned
by Mr. P. V. Rector has been used
for the postoffice about twenty years.
Before that time it was where the
present Coffee Shop is, next to the
News-Record office. It was at its
present location in the 1916 flood.
Mr. Rector bought the building from
Mr. J. G. Eamsey several years ago.
The Caney Fork
Baptist Church
The people at Caney Fork Baptist
church on Little (Pine gladly take this
opportunity to thank those who have
been so kind and generous in donat
ing to Jiejp u in rebuilding the
church which was totally destroyed
by the storm last March. We wish
to expre our profound appreciation
to all ifafl have-paid so generously
and to the Rev. D. K. Cohn, the con
tractor, who has worked so faithfully
and earnestly to rebuild the temple
of God at Caney Fork, that all those
who Jiave donated in any way will
feel good over their investment. ,We
most also give public expression to
Wf- feelingsipOseWiiraitu4Si &
thwtoirelpiia
debt against the church that we will
not be embarrassed by the debt a-
gainst the nice church in the New
body'is welcome at any time. !. v,-
The church is not completed , yet,
We, lack the steps, plastering, some
ttnusnng work and some painting.
Yours for the best,' -
J. HENRY ROBERTS
mjSEYES
Eighteen-year-old Patricia Kelly,
petite, blond, and easy to look at, re
cently introduced herself at Detroit
headquarters of the Works Progress
Administration by demanding a jod
as foreman of a pick and shovel gang.
She was within her risrhts. too.
Under the rules, one member of
a family has a right to take the place
of another who has been called to
work and is ill
"Here is an order callinsr father
to work." she said. "He can't come,
He is sroinir to the hospital. Mother
is in the hospital now and I have two
brothers and a sister to look out for
I read in the paper that one member
of a family could substitute for a
nother in WPA work. Let me have
mv rind's nlace."
"As foreman of a nick and shovel
eansr working in the street!" gasped
the official..
The eirl nodded, eupressinsr her
tears, her handkerchief tightly knot
ted in her hand.
If vou don t want to make me a
foreman,'' she suggested, "just give
me a shovel."
"What experience have you ever
had with a shovel?" asked the official
quizzically.
Patricia was not in a mood for jok
ing.
"I've often shoveled coal into our
furnace," she insisted.
"You had better sro home and wait
for an openine in a woman's project,"
tho official advised.
'I need work now," the girl pio-
tested, "and I believe that I am en
titled to it under your rules."
"Since vou insist," admitted the
official. "I'll hove to talk this over
wi "somebody." ,
The official conference brought
Mrs. Cecil R. Chittenden.') Michigan
State Director of Federal (Writers'
ProJeeK' -n-the Heene'. - One" JgTawce
from Patricia's blue eyes, and she
capitulated.
"I bet she ean do more than shovel i
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HELL'S HALF
ACRE
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In the mountains near Hot Springs,
Ark., is a queer bowl, or lake, oi
small rocks which is known in the
section as "Hell's Half Acre".
We are not accustomed to think of
rocks as fluid, though coal has been
crushed into smjall particles which
flow, and quick-sands separate readi
ly to permit the passage of a heavy
body and fill in and smooth them
sleves out when a hole has been dug
in them.
The rocks of Hell's Half Acre are
quite sizable and in no way compara
ble to the grains of crushed coal or
of quick sand, yet in a way they act
like them.
Groups of visitors often amusie
themselves by digging the rocks out
until they have made a large hole,
either in an effort to reach bottom
Town Board Making In-"
vestigations As To Oth-1
er Sources of Power
A petition recently circulated
mong users of power in tills vicinity
revealed that at least 90 per cent of
the purchasers of power are not sat
isfied with the present service. The
current is so irregular that small as
well as large motors do not function
as they should. Then is also com
plaint that the minimum rates charg
ed are excessive. Other sources of
power are being investigated.
Visitor at Presbyterian
Church Next Wed
nesday Night
MR. AND MRS,i FRANK KNOX
Chicago Publisher Mentioned for Republican Nomination for President,
and His Wife, Taken on Holiday Vacation m Washington.
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IN DEFENSE OF PRODUCTION CONTROL
Read the special announcement a
bout the visitor to be at the Presby
terian church next Wednesday, even
ing. Notice may !be found under reg
or to uncover "pirate's gold" supposr j lar Presbyterian Church heading;
ed to be hidden in the bowl. The !
mysterious thing is that, upon return
ing to the patch a few days later the
visitors always find that the hole they
have sunk with so much exertion has
filled in and the rock heaps which
they piled up have smoothed out,
leaving the surface of the odd forma
tion just as it was before they ruffl
ed it.
Winston-Salem Host To
State Sunday School
Convention
In Defense Of ProduCt--tqular scheme of farm management.
tlOn Control ;If'the farmer had been growing only
i 10 lbs. a year for several years, that
.was evidently what he himself con-
. 'sidered fitted to his situation. He was
In the Jan. 23 issue of the News-' rfJ his farm all the time. He should
Record. Mr. James Shelton protested w,,
that the telegram sent by the Laurel I., ' That the gowrnment
Community to the President urging 1 I A a a 4,v0 ,,,
a substitute for the i tobacco product-adgment in regard to this manage-
-. -.-. r S ,BifM pi nia own iarm seems corn-
Court did not represent the sentiment, pifeentary to the farmer. To cut
of SO per-cent of the farmers. ' , -),. -tamar An nf in
, , . , - . - -mv w viuvi iunw ' " - -
The answer is that the idea to reinWtha m an v. : to the stones here tnd there.
state some similar form of production tnjm more than the original 100 per- Another curious feature is the echo
control originated in a public meet-; cent seems reasonable enough. i effects. If four or five people are
rag, which possibly Mr Shelton at-1; But someone will mv- "Mr. TC has l scrambling over the formation, they
A thousand delegates from all sec
tions of the state are expected to at-
tend the North Carolina Sunday
tion was caused by a pressure fold School convention which is to be hem
which broke up a mass of metamor-in Winston-Salem on February 17,
phic rock, Ouachita stone. Some peo- 18. and 19. The Centenary Methoa
ni ko thAnirnt that tho Yitih wn ! ist Church, one. of the largest ana
the debris of an outflow frpjn an old .most adequately equipped- church
volcano, but this is not accepted by Piams in me duuw, wu b
explanation has been advanced which'i Rev. Shuf ord Peeler, of Salisbury,
will satisfy the natives of the section. 1 general secretary of the North Caro
Though Hell's Half Acre lies in the J"a Sunday School Association, an
midst of a section noted as having nounfiejl this week that a number of
the second greatest diversity of vege-he most prominent religious leader
tation in the country, it is almost i the country are to participate in
barren. Only a few hardy lichen, the three-day session, discussing va-
have managed to attach themselves , nous phases or tne central ineme,
r orwara uiruugii vuvi:imvh. .
Amonsr these are: Dr. Oscar P.
Blackwelder, of Washington, D. C
who will preach hte convention ser-
I j i m.' .. . ,. rtr-jjus someone win say: -but. a. nas "' j.wua,wuu, - j . . . eun r;
visible and audible assent, but no dis-
sent; so the telegram, seemed
uie voice oi wie iarmers. . xne per-
entage for or against must be a very
vague guess.
T. m,alra Ik. t;tir
i A . ... 1 . CCt a I ITirn n fnrn ana " TUf-ma rhittAtirf.n I . ... .
ruuna ahwcwuuu iiui we uuw "";r 1 j i as a voice m public attairs, i sup'
to assemble ourselves together again
after eleven months to sing praises
and worship the good Lord and Mas
ter. The people of this section had no
warning the late afternoon Of March
25, 1935 of what was coming. The
people of Madison County and these
mountains of Western North Carolina
had never been visited by a severe
electrical disturbance accompanied by
an unusual rattling of hailstorm. It
was a cause for wonder.
Then at 5:3.01. P. M. the tornado
struck, it's funnel traveling at 60
miles per hour,sucking at the earth
like an erratically pushed vacuum
cleaner, cutting a mile-wide path of
destruction, totffljy destroying the
Caney Fork Baptist church, damaging
other churches, destroying 52 homes
killing one man, some taken to the
hospital and several wounds. We
have a nice, well constructed church,
32 ft. (by 40 ft. built of concrete
blocks, nice seats, and will comfort
ably seat 250 people.
I cannotrfommand words to express
our gratitude to the Rev. D.. K. Cohn
for his work, and especially the pulpit
he has built. In all my rounds I have
not seen as nice a pulpit as that one.
I have seen pulpits that costs thou
sands "of dollars, this one has not
cost more than $20.00. You'll have
to see this one to appreciate it and
our first service will be at 2:30 p.m.
oaturaay, reoruay a, and al mem
bers are requested to be present for
som important business. First Sun
day School at 10 o'clock a. m., Sun
day Feb. 9. Preaching at 2:30 p. m.
Sunday. The pastor, Rev. Everett
Sprinkle will have charge. Every-
vntured,
Yes, Patricia cou'd. Shp wis a rad.
nte of FoHson High School and had
oiten contributed to the "Tower Tri.
hnne ". the school publication. Fur
thermore, she was a good typist.
would you iust as soon pound a
tvrewrite -for me as to use a pick
and shovel in the street?" asked the
Stnto Director.
"T'd rather.'' the visitor agreed.
"Then, t have fob for you." an
nounced Mrs. Chittenden.
Pt.ricin was overioyed.
"Now. I can brine mv mother hnme
nnd see that my father cets hosnital
treatment," she declared after the de
tails of her employment had been fix
ed up.
patricia may not write original ar
t'cles for the American Guide, the
Government's forthcoming five-volume
travel handbook but' she will
have an important part in preparing
the perfected copy of the writers af
ter the state headquarters editors
have made their corrections.
The Kelly family lives at 7319
Neckel Avenue In Dearborn, near De
troit. Mrs. Kelly k suffering from a
serious illness and has been receiving
treatment at the Henry Ford Hosni
tal. Edward Kelly, the father, whn
has been out of work three vears, has
pose he should attend meetings more
often to wear off timidity, to think
what he wants, and express himself
there.
One hears various proposals to im
prove the methods of control used in
the wst. The old method did lack
proper machinery to make adjust
ments in entering new allotments or
increasing or decreasing old ones in
answer to expanding or contracting
needs and capacities of farmers.
Even more lacking was any tech
nique in determining who to enter un
der the control or whom to increase
or decrease in allotments. Increases
and decreases in allotments were
made, it seems, but accusations are
heard on every hand thaf these ad
justments were made on the basis of
special friendship, or family relation-
Iship.or some form of bribery or trad
ing for favors instead of on the basis
of the facts of the situation.
On the other hand the determina
tion of a producer's base at the be
ginning of the production control was
quite scientific. What better way
could there be to learn what allot
ment a farmer should have than to
take an average of what the farmer
himself through three vears consider
ed fitted to his conditions? Thatis, the
size of his farms, the size of his work-1
ticks and build more barns this year.
is -growiaitmore.obacco than-he
ever grew in his life before, and draw
ing bonus for cutting 40 percent.
The answer ia that Mr. X probably
lied about his acreage and falsified
his pounds at the beginning of the
control to get a high base. But that
is not the fault of the production
control scheme. That isi a fault of
moral character. Mr. X wasn't raised
right at home. He probably never at
tended Sunday School. He is a moral
ignoramus and now that he is grown
up he betrays his fellows.
Now if the complainant against
Mr. X are really sure as to his identity
and really sure that they despise him
for being a liar and a cheat; pressure
of public opinion will eventually
straighten him out.
If, however, they secretly admire
Mr. X for being "slick" and success
ful and will show their admiration by
according him public deference and
iffice then conditions will become
worse in spite of their complaints.
Another criticism of the production
control is that it should not !ut the
small, farmer but only lihe big one.
at a distance ' of ten feet, " because
their footfalls send countless, echoes
rector of Church Community Music,
Boston University; Dr. Harry C. wun.
gions Education Chicago Bishop
William F. McDowell. Methods E-
niecottal Church. Washington, D. C.
rumilfflr m-ffve-direction
the loose Tocka, producing a bedlam
of noises.
lured by the mystery of the soot. TheDr- Charles E. Schaeffer Board of
writer, who is preparing an article on ome Missions, jteiormea nurcn,
the rock patch for the American I Philadelphia; and Dr. Lawrence Lit
Guide, the Govenment's forthcoming tie. Western Maryland College. In
5-volume travel handbook, found that .addition to these, outstanding Iead
at the mere melton of Hell's Half er" a11 denominations in the state
Acre, the eves of most any old miner i will be present and will have part m
of the section will gleam and he willitne program.
begin to mutter about "gold." "Span- Free entertainment for lodging
ish diggin's." "Mexican iewels." nnd and breakfast is offered to thosie at-
the "Lost Louisiana Mine." The tending provided they register eariy.
precious metals have never been Anyone may register as a delegate
found in paying quantities in the Hot bv sending the registration foe oi
Springs area, however, though "m nil 50c to Mr. Peeler. These entertam
pockets of extraordinary richness ment arrangements have been made
have been uncovered. The region, possible through the cooperation of
indeed, is a "land of lost hops" forjthe Winston-Salem churches and the
miners, and everywhere one finds , Chamber of Commerce,
souvenirs of vanished dreams in the The high light of the convention
form of abandoned mine shafts. will he a great pageant entitled, ine
According to tradition, there was , World t. Praver ami tne ixatewav to
once an old miner and gambler who uoociwin, wnicn win De airecwu uy
used to disappear into the hills near I Prof. Smith.
banner win oe presented to tne
HONOR ROLL
- of -The
News-Record
-vBes&nin oar Issue of Oct.
ober17r we are publishing below
.B name, or people who, subscribe
v i!"rfw toefrMcriptions to The
..,,wiuun the last week.
By keeping your subscriptions paid
np you will geatlv hl ,... i-.i
paper. Of course, those whose sub
scriptions are paid in advance are al
ready on our honor roll., ,
Lonni Coats, Marshall x-2.,- .
N. B. McDevitt, Marshall N. C. -V
H. B. Franklin, Alexander, N. C. '.
H. K. Ramsey. Marshall, N. C. . ' -E.
P. Goldston, Marshall, N. C. " v
, Jonsh Reese, Marshall, r-S. - ,
J. H. Clark, Leicester r-2. ,
Floyd Yelton, Mars Hill. N. C. ; '
J. E. Carter, Marshall, r-2. ,
Jeter P. Eamsey, Marshall, N.' C
Mark Pegff, Marshall, r-1.
Mn. Joe Bishop, Marshall, r-1. '
Mrs.- Flora Chandler, Marshall r-3.
Hubert Davis, Marshall, N- C.v - . . ' 1
ftomnch maladv. The children in inir fnrr-o kia Ur v:
the family beside Patricia are William : s
lb; Kobert, 14, and Betty Lou, 16.
iho vnrl nnhnV whpnovpr V o hart Koaii A
Te bigTrmer L havin the largest number
ine Dig tarmer nowever, farms tnru u..: tt hnsoH n the miles traveled.
it LCI VVII A UUlVlll Ul VUIU. 11 C -v " v
!has played his last game and nobody
knows where he found his stakes.
Gone, too, is a Hot Springs doctor
who thought he had located the wall
of the "Lost Louisiana Mine" and
renters who are smaller farmers on
the whole even than small farm own
c-rs. When the big farmer is cut it j
will cut the smallest of all farm,-'
ers.the renters. It has actually work
Revival At Metcalf
Creek
ed to cut these renters out altogether
tried to sink a shaft into Hell's Half
.-m j a -.I .., ti ..."-i'ea to siiik a
about it some fewj""1? uw" lc"uw Thnrsdav
imu uuuuouuii i,o si,od mm ii om ae-
some bloodshed
months ago.
L. A. ZIMMERMAN.
Schools Closed This
Week
Should A HeaW Stand iect tnis and in addition will greatly
of Broom Sedge Be
Burned Off or
Turned Under?
I increase the production of the follow.
J ing crops.
All Madison Countv Hio-h saoIq
are discontinued thi week '.on ac
count of thie weather with the excen-
n M ii . . 1 . i . . .
wun ui hjb naarsnan scnooi ;. v..'
This action was taken hv tha R-ir
of Education at a meeting last Mon
day. , i ney expect the uhnnh niii k.
aoie to begin next Monday, Feb 1(K
S. S. Rally To Be Held
Next Sunday
inie to bad weather conditions it
was impossible to hold the regular S.
S. Rally at Bethel Feb. 2nd. This
meeting will be held next Sunday,
Feb. 9th jt 2 p. m. at Bethel Baptist
church. The same program will be
given.:. ,
FRED JERVIS, Supt.
Services at Baptist W
: . ; ; Church Sunday
There will be reealar servicM at
tha Marshall Baptist church next Sun
day. The pastor, Ber. Hcyt Black
wall. will have charge . 1
By K. A. HANEY,
Madison County AuiiUnl Farm
Agent
In reply to the Question asked a-
bout he cultivation of land that has
a .fine coat or covering . of broom
sedge, whether to plow it under or
burn depends on tire density or
thickness and the time it is to be
plowed.
It would be all right to plow it all
under in the fall of the year and let
it lie until spring. - y.:
If it is to be plowed in the soring
it-probWbly should be thin burned
nd then plowed, v This burning
means to- partially burn and leave
Brush Creek Watershed
Project Approved By
T. V. A.
rtroying a natural phenomenon. The
last of the timber which the doctor
used for shoring is rotting at the '
rock patch, and the mine is still "lost.' .
By K. A. HANEY,
Maditon County Assistant Farm
Agant
be broadcast from Nashville, Tenn
essee, Station WSM.
This program is one of a series
called, ""Teachers' College of the Air"
sponsored, by Peabody College and
Insurance Companies of Nashville.
The tnnin that Waofam r.uli...
n n. ... . . . . . . . . . : "V .. w vuvtuia
xi. w. snonner, Assistant District ' Teachers' College will use is "A
Agent, Shelby, N. C. notified me on 'Teachers' College in the Open Coun-
January SO 1938 that the Brash "7-
. . ... , i .. ...
revival meeting ciosea out on
Jan 30. 1936, which was
V.rM h" Rev. Js' Corn, assisted bv
Rov. Chferlte Drake.. The revival
continued very npar three weeks with
prppt results. 31 renewals and con
versions. - wood percentage had never
. ,f"own Ch-ip- in regeneration. Peo-
MADISON BOY TO BE ON worked cooperatively bv nraisinir,
. RADIO PROGRAM God. shoutin" aii leading lost souls
Claude Keener, of Joe, a student to Chrit. Rpv. Mr. Com T,raebed
at Western Carolina Teachers' Col-ja number of very able informative
lege will appear in a radio program sermons. When preachers and lay
February 21, 6:30-7:00 Central ( men become ipronerlv . interested in
Standard time. The m-ocmim will evangelism, results are nlways won-
iderful. We ive uod tne nonor ana
praise for. it
WILLIE B. METCALF
Creek watershed project in Madison
County , had been officially approved,
in the Knorville office by the Tenn
esse i Valley Authority. ,
Land classification in the area will
be started at once so tint the f ertflit,
er may be gotten by the farms in time
for naa when they :, do this spring
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fv ox wo wage on ine land. I wauis;. ,?: - . ,
would not recommend clean burning j : This area is located 5 miles West
at alLV Broom sedar serves tt make of Marshall on the Dixie Highway.'
'the' land mora loose and porous and V- S. No. 25. There are approximats-
adds; bomoa.' .. ' .. liy 4,000 acres in thia area. There
Broom secfcge is a very definite. are 89 ' farm in the area with ap-
aign. of our or acid soiL ' Two or .proximately 400 people farming
three, tons o lime per acre will cor-J la the only industry of the area
Other students and faculty mem-
rs wiu con
the prograpi.
Walnut P. T. A. To
Meet
The Walnut Pareit-Teachers As
sociation will meet Thursday Feb. S
be lmnl"r t 7:30 p. m. AU patrons are nrged
V- irXAnt-
TUNE IN NEXT SUNDAY .
AFTERNOON
Mr. Hamilton Coleman, a Christian
Scientist of ahricWgo. Illinois, will
conduct the "Church of the Air"
program on ? Sunday, February 9,
1S36, from 1:00 to 1:30 P. M., East.
em staaoara:. Time. This urogram
Walnut and Beech Glen
- in Double Header
Friday - -V
Walnut and Beech Glen will meet
will be radiocastver the Columbia Friday night on the Walnut court
Broadcasting - System and . may fee (for a doubleheader basketball game,
heard over Stations WBT (1080 Kil-!Both teams are strong and are rated
ocyclea), Charlotte, N. Q. WBIG about even. The first game wiH start
(1440 Kilocycles),' Greensboro, N.,at 7:30 p. m. Admission, 10c and
C., and WSJS (1310 Kilocycles), '16c A large crowd is expected to
Wuuton-Salem, N. C, - - , , , tbe present a a f . ;
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