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MARSHALL, N.C., THUR3DA;yAPRlL 23, 1936
PRia?1.00 A YEAH
.,:NOREnLE(piN
ED ON
FARMERS THANKFUL FOR
HELP OF RESETTLEMENT
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Republicans Of Dis-fa-iciNbmiii
FORMER ABIAT
NIGHT JUDGES
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TEND
EUR
i NEXT CONTEST TO BE HeQIDED
181 9EVN JVIKjU 'ADU!
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" V which ia scheduled for next Saturday,
l night for ur fast issue o the News-,
i ' Record, We inadvertently made a very
j - unfortunate statement which nag
been UTOpsljr ' inimindprjtood. We
, 'rotated that, tlj next .contest wilj be
! i : ideaidedi 'by iteyen-, fuwpal Judged.
' l We did jMt, Intend to intimate .that
; taf , juugea : wiq serveu in inq , issv
'. contest were not impartial.' It will
be recalled that the contest the jlast
,:, tint wu jupposed to "be. decided by
the . amount of applause,, and the
..judges were merely to decide which
m numbers received the greatest, '-a-
4 mount of applause. They had noth
1 hut to do with the merits- &f the nef
' formers except ai the applause might
, follow merit. .For Instance, if the
poorest performer in the Vholet pro
gram had received the longest and
- loudest applause, the prize would
have gone to that person. Of course,
that would not be likely to happen
and did not happen, but you can see
that it would be possible for it to hap
pen. However, in the contest sche-'
duled for next- Saturday, night, the
judges are not to be governed by ap
plause, but are to decide- the win
ners on what they consider- merit.
The three , judges who served in the
last contest, did a good conscientious
service. They are good level-headed
men, and if any of our readers got
the idea we were trying to criticise
their judging we hope they will un
derstand by this that they were mis
taken. IMPORTANT BAP
TIST MEETING
APRIL 28
Denominational Leaders To Be At
First Baptist Church, Asheville,
Next Tuesday '
The seventh in a series of mSh'i
meetings of the North Carolina Bap
tist Convention will be held in the
First Baptist Church of Asheville on
Tuesday, April 28, to which are in
'vited all laymen and ministers in the
denomination who live in the Ashe
"ville" vicinity." ' " " . r:.
M. A. Huggins, Raleigh, General
Secretary of the Baptist work in the
state, is directing these meetings and
.plans that one such gathering shall be
held within reasonable distance of
every Baptist man in North Carolina.
The other eight places where such
meetings have been scheduled are:
Rocky Mount, Fayetteville, Raleigh,
Winston Salem, Charlotte, Hickory,
' Bryson City and Boone.
After these meetings snail nave
been held it is planned that on or a
bout the last Sunday in May there
shall be a Baptist layman speaking
in every one of the denomination's
2,400 churches in the state, carrying
to the people in their places of wor
ship some vital message on the de
nomination's great program in the
JS'e Asheville meeting next week
will have a morning, an afternoon and
an evening session. A noted list of
speakers will appear on the program,
,v.nm are: B. A. Bowers, Gas-
tonia- I. G. Greer. Thomasville; Walt I
N. Johnson, Durham; M. A. Huggms,
(Raleigh; J. T. Henderson, Knoxville;
R. L. Moore, Mars Hill! W. C. Tay
lor. Richmond; and J. C. Pipes,
Asheville.
H0N0RR0LL
-of-The
Newa-JRecorcV
BeoHnninir with our issue of Oct
ober 17, we are publishing oeiow
the names of people who subscribe
or renew their subscriptions to The
News-Record within the last week.
Bv keeDin? your subscriptions paid
n vnn will irreatlv help your local
paper. Of course, those whose
scriDtions are paid in advance are al-!
ready on our honor roll.
Monroe Ramsey, Greenville, S. C.
Mrs. E. W. Briggs, Marshall R-2
News & Observer, Raleigh
,j Myrtle Meadows, Spring Creek
Frank Frisby, Marshall R-l
Mrs. Joe Nieradsik, Aberdeen, Wash.
D. S. Tweed. Marshall R-2
S. J. Capps, Marshall R-2
die. M. Ramsey, Jr., New York
Marvin Keys, Newpbrt, Tenn.
C. A. Redmon, Marshall
A. H. Sams, Marshall R-2
Mamie Frisby, Charlotte
Riley Capps, Marshall R-3
J. x. Redmon, Marshall
Vergie Liseiibee. Marshall, K-;8i ... J
Sam J. Peek- Mars mn-K-i
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f middle age.
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BIG DAY AT
CANEY FORK
New Building' More
Than Filled
.BOUNTIFUL DINNER SERVED
Sunday, April " 19, was" a gala day
in the history of the Caney Fork sec
tion of Madison County It will be
aremembered that the Baptist fhurthr
by thai name was destroyed by a tor
nado fa march, 1U35- just a little;
more than a year ago. : Since thenj
the people of that community liave '
gone to work and put bp a church
building of concrete blocks. Overhead
is ceiled and later they plan to plas
ter over the blocks. The floor is well
built and modern windows and doors
make the church attractive and easy
to ventilate. The pulpit stand is
quite ornamental and is well suited
to the. needs, of the church. Mr. J..
Henry Roberts, who has been quitje
active and enthusiastic in the re
building of the new church, invited
the writer and his wife to attend the
Sunday School Convention there last
Sunday, which invitation was accept
ed. Mr. Roberts is superintendent
of the Sunday School, and had charge
of the program. Mr. Ira Plemmons,
of Hot Springs, president of the New
Found Association, was present and
made more than one speech, taking a
very active part in the program. Un-
-cr his leadership, with his able as
sistants, the New Found Association
!s making progress. The sermon at
eleven o'clock Sunday was delivered
by the Rev. L. C. Roberts, of the Lau
rel Branch section. His subject was
"The Guide," and he gave an, -able
discussion of it. Following the ser
mon, Mr. Ira Plemmons delivered
is jyrinftipBl address, using as his
theme, "Power and Values. During
the interval between his speechAi)d
the noon hour, songs were rendered
by the Long Branch choir, and by five
youths of the Little Pine section .It
was expected that the grown-ups
would sing all right, but it is selddm
that boys about eleven or twelve
years of age will get up before an
audience like that and sing as they
sang. They were certainly evidence of
proper' training. Meanwhile, the la
dies, many of them, had slipped out
and were preparing what is known
in this section as an "all day dinner
on the ground." A table some 20 or
30 feet long and about the usual ta
ble width, was filled with meats, sand
wiches, pies, cakes, breads, pickles,
and so forth. Hot coffee was also
served and plenty of drinking water.
It was a real feast, and when all had
eaten to their heart's content, much
of the food was gathered up to be
taken back home. There was no ev
idence of starvation in that congre
gation. Following the dinner intermission,
Mr. Fred Jervis spoke and told of the
work that was being accomplished in
the French Broad Association and
pictured the possibilities of the New
round. Then came the Rev. Joe
Parsons, of the Walnut church, who
spoke and made a fine impression on
his hearers. Then followed some
more singing by the "Sugar Cane"
choir of Big Pine, under, the leader
ship of Mr. Kenny Wild. Mr. L. L.
Morgan, of the Sunday School de
partment of the State Baptists, was
present, as was also Mr. Browning, of
Swain County. Both were on the
program, but Mr. Browning spoke
first. He is not a minister, but
is
sub-running for office. However, after
hearing him speak on what has been
done in the last six years in his as
sociation in Sunday School work, one
would th'nk that he is more a preach
er than a politician, that his hobby in
life is building Sunday Schools ( and
politics is a side line. He made
fine speech and aroused the enthusi
asm of his hearers. Mr. Morgan is
well known in Sunday School work
and his speech was of practical and
helpful suggestions of jiromoting the
work of the Sunday Schools., The
meeting adjourned about four o'
clock after a full day of helpful pre-
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; , ign It. provided the measure-pot men of the North aea and the channel,
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ini For
LEAKE ELECT
In the Republican Senatorial Con
vention for the 80th .Senatorial Dis
trict of North Carolina, which , was
held In the Court House in Marshall,"
Friday, April "17th, the convention
unamJinouy nominated Dr. J. H.
Hatching, Marshall Dentist for State
Senator from-this district. Eldridge
Leake, Marshall Attorney, was elect
ed Chairman for the district. He
succeeds the late Judge John A. Hen
dricks, as District Chairman. Steve
B. Roberts also of Marshall was e
Iected Secretary of, the District.
Dr. Hutchins' name was placed in
nomination by Eldridge Leake in
short speech in which he said in part,
"The man I place in nomination
is a Lincoln Republican, a conserv-
ative Republican. A man who
knows the needs of the people of this
district, as probably .no other man in
tbdistrict knows them. A man who
is. diplomatic when the needs of the
people require diplomacy, but who
when diplomacy fails, can fight with
the best of them. A man who is so
fair that he will work for the best in
terests of all the people regardless of
any creed or party alignment. A man
who has labored lono- and faithfullv
for the Republican Party, who has cation to control the schools in Re
fought its battles in season and out publican Counties,
of season. A man who has fought 4th. We demand a fair election
for the party regardless of whether he law and,, the repeal of the absentee
himself were a candidate or not. A ballot law.
man who is a Republican when the' 5th. 'We extend our sympathies
sun shines, or when the Democratic to the families of the former chair
Storm Clouds cover the State and ' man of this district, the Hon John
KTatinn unri whon th .iiof fWVs ' A. Hendricks, and the Hon. H. Clay
fall thick as snow flakes in a, March
Storm." j
Mr. A. W. Whitehurst, who had
been talked of as a candidate for ,
State Senator, withdrew his name !
from the convention in the interest '
of harmony in the party, and Mr. C. !
.-RTdney, speakingof this sejf-s;
rificing spirit on the part of Mr.
Whitehurst, praised him very highly
for his love of the party, saying a- ,
mong other tkings: "All men here ,
probably have political ambitions. It
is said that 'Greater love hath no man
than that he lay down his life for his
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friend,' tmd to this might be added,
Greater love of party hath no man
than he lay down personal ambitions
in the interest of party harmony."
Dr. Peterson, of Mitchell County,
acted as Temporary Chairman of the
Convention, with Eldridge Leake as
Temporary Secretary.
Dr. Peterson appointed the follow
ng as a resolution committee for the
Convention: J. E. Landers, C. R. Ed-
Remains at Post of Duty Despite Opposition
Senator J. W. Bailey,
Sfflp Senator
RMAN
nsKAS B. JMoerts, Ira nemmons,
inijOf L -Kinney. This commit.
tj01tUWnd submitted to the
OMMjhtfdii'tlie following resolutions
wWch5er"adopted by the Conven-
ti-nanifU8ly:
'ABSOLUTIONS
W&eNVwe, the Delegates of the
30tlrWtorial District of North Car
olina," in Convention assembled, and
'Whereas, we believe in the policies
enltaiaud -by Lincoln, and
s, we believe in the princi
ples ftf liberty and freedom and 'local
self-iffovtrnment,' and,
Whereas, .the present National and
State Government have deviated
j from d e destroying these prin
Ciples, Now,
inereiore, oe it nesoivea mat.
this Convention go on record as con -
demning the policies of this present
Administration, commonly known as
the New Deal. We also condemn
the act of the last Legislature, in o
pening Par Rooms in certain North
Carolina Counties.
2pd. ; We are opposed to the pres
ent Sales Tax.
3rd. We are opposed to the sys-
tern of appointing the Board of Edu
Cox. former Chairman of this con
gressional .District, both of whom
have passed away, and to all other
bereaved Republicans in this district.
The following were appointed to
serve with, ithe Chairman and Secre
tary onthe,istrlct Committee: from
.yanceyfCounGanretfe Bailey; from
MitcBeu County, George Greene; and
f Madison County, Ira Plemmons.
The 30tj. District is composed of
these f our countjes.
RESIDENCE BURNS
AT WALNUT
LEAVES FAMILY IN DISTRESS
The small two-room house occu
pied by Mr. and Mrs. John Davis, at
Walnut, was completely destroyed by
fire Sunday morning. Mrs. Davis and
two children were on a visit to her
mother, Mrs. Sans, at Hot Springs.
I John, after building a fire in the stove
in the morning, had gone away for
of North Carolina
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Families Set Up On Sound Farming
Basis Became Self-Supporting, sax
Regional Director
Straight from the heart come ex
pressions of thanks from former re
lief families now working their way
to independence With the aid of the
(Resettlement Administration, reports
Homer H. B. Mask, regional director
of the Resettlement program in North J
uaroiim, Tennessee, -Kentucky, Vir
ginia and West Virginia,
i Letters are beino received dailv
from these rehabilitation clients vic
tims of the depression, tenants,
stranded groups found on land unfit
for farming telling of the new hope
brought to' them by the aeiping hand
of the government.
The following .was quoted by Di- 1
rector Mask from the letter of a
North Carolina client who has al
ready been provided with a farm :
Just one year ago you reached
out to me a helping hand and lifted
me out of misery . . . School bus pass
es our door and it is a pride and joy
to any true parent's heart to see his
children go forth to school and Sun
day school and church feeling that
I they are really somebody and not
oound dowjl to a life of siavery
The debt of gratitude I owe the gov
ernment can never be half told."
Fi)om Virginia, the regional di
rector stated, came this letter, pen
ciled on plain tablet paper in the hon
est scraw of a hard-working farmer,
another Resettlement client:
"Last year I was working only part
the day, and while he was gone the
house burned down. John is a son of
Mr. Garfield Davis, of the Walnut
section.
: MARS HILL :
HONOR PUPILS AT HIGH SCHOOL
A misprint in last week's item a
bout high school honor pupils, gave
both the Salutatorian and the Class
President to Miss Willie Jarvis. She
is the Salutatorian, but the class
president is Charles Jarvis. The Val
edictorian is Miss Phyllis Phillips.
Miss Montez Scott, whose picture
also appeared in The Citizen on Tues- (
aay oi last wees recently won imbv
prize in the local high school Essay
Contest in 4tne .department of Home
teohtbSea. -PERSONALS
Dr. and Mrs. Walt N. Johnson, who
are spending the winter in Durham,
expect to be in Mars (Hill over the
week-end. It has been announced
that Dr. Johnson will preach here on
Sunday morning.
Mrs. O. E. Roberts, who has been
qu'j ill for several days with pleuri
sy, is much improved and expects to
meet her classes again on Wednesday.
Mrs. C. C. Bruce, who underwent
an operation two weeks ago in a hos
pital in Lexington, Ky., is expected
to return to her home near here on
Wednesday.
On Thursday of last week, the
Womans Missionary Society gave a
tea at the home sf Mrs. Jno. McLcod,
honoring Mrs. W. C. Taylor, who is
soon to sail for Brazil, where she and
Dr. Taylor will resume their work as
missionaries.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carter, of Ashe
ville, spent the week-end here with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carter have sot
no housekeeping1 next door to Mr.
Carter's father's home.
Tuesday's Asheville Citizen car
ried a long article honoring Mrs. R.
L. Moore. The story of her faithful
! service to the school for 39 years is
jpiven along with the plans for a new
j dormitory for women, which, when
erected, will he known as the Edna
'Corpening Moore building.
Mrs. G. D. Silver Dead
1 Mrs. G. D. Silver, of Petersburg, in
-Madison county, died Tuesday niffht
I at her home after a brief illness of
i aralysis. Her nusoana ana an ner
children were at her bedside at the
time of death.
Mrs. Silver was born in Madison
county June 22, 1882. She is sur
vived by her husband; two brothers,
L. R., and R. C. Gosnell. both of Elk
Mountain; three sisters, Mrs. Eliza
beth Austin and Mrs. R. C. Carter, of
Craggy, and Mrs. Magpie Penley, of
Salisbury; and the following chil
dren: Offie, Willie, Ed, John, Mrs.
Velt Clark, Bonnie and Donnie. all of
Marshall: Mrs. Forest Ponder, of
Buckner; Foy, of Asheville: and Ro
land, of Albemarle. Nineteen grand
children also survive.
Funeral services were held at the
Bull Creek Baptist church Thursday
morning at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Silver's
nephews served as pallbearers, and
the flower girls were her nieces.
Mrs. Silver was a life-long member
of the Bull Creek church.
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time and living on relief. Part of
the time I could not make, enough to
buy something to eat. I aja very glad
to say this year I am a. thousand time -better
off. I have only a small placev
but I can make a good living on it. -I
have a ,pw. one mule, four nogs.
My wife has about 80ft cans of ftnit -'
and vegetables,. If it had not beeav
for 'rehaV ! dont know what w -would
have done. I feel I can. V
ttter another year as I have -start
bow. Last, winter, I did not have- '
any wood or coiL this winter I hav
plenty of wood, enough to eat asdl -soma
clothes."
-Prom a. Tennessee farmpr who was
taka into the rehabilitation Pro
gram, Director Mask quotes the fol
lowing:
'As a client I will write von a few"
lines to let you know just how I feci '
in regard to the Resettlement Admin
istration. In 1935 I had no team or
way to farm. Through you I got a -team
and fertiliser and something to
eat and wear. I paid up in the falL -4
I'm in the same thing this year and -like
it fine. It caused me to be my '
own boss."
The main object of the Resettle
ment program, according to Direct
or Mask, is to give employment to re
lief -labor and to permanently set up
families on a sound farming basis,
helping them to avoid becoming fo- '
ture relief problems and making a- -nother
depression less possible. The
program is taking poverty-stricken
families out of shacks and tobacco
barns and hovels and putting them on
a self-supporting basis in decent
homes on good land and turning large
areas of submarginal land which can
not be farmed profitably back into
forests and recreation areas.
THE TAX LISTER'S
SIDE ISSUE
This is the month for tax listing.
A unique feature of the tax listers
duties has nothing to do with tax
lists. Yet, it has a real relation to
the county's welfare. The lister is
required to ask for the 1936 crop
acreages of each farm owner. What
has that to do with tax listing, you
ask?
Fifteen years ago there were many
farmers who were suspicious that
this information was a scheme to
either increase taxes or else to aid
8pecuiators.
After eighteen years,
growers are convinced that this ia
not the case. Many advantages have
proven , to tre . available to them and
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Walnut Audience
Well Pleas
ed
A good house turned out to see and
hear the performance at Walnut
school Tuesday night, when Ben
Frisby and Robert Davis of Mar
shall staged their show. Mr. Frisby
was at his best and used some tricka
which he had not used before. People
from Marshall went and the house
was almost filled. 12-year old Robert
Davis, who came into prominence at
the last Amateur program in Mar
shall, also amused the audience by
imitating birds, hens, roosters, dogs,
and so forth. The gate receipts at
10c and 25c amounted to more than
$30. Mr. Frisby is among the best
as a magician and ventriloquist, and
there is no telling what young Davis
may become, so much of his life is
yet before him if he lives. It was a
good show and well worth the price.
Macfison County Base
ball League To
Organize
SIX TEAMS DEFINITELY
DECIDED TO ENTER
Dr. J. H. Hutchins, president of the
Madison county baseball league, has
informed us that six teams namely,
Spring Creek, Hrt Springs (town),
Walnut, Marshall, Hot Springs CCC
Camp, and Petersburg have definitely
entered the league this season.
There are six other teams from
which two teams will be picked from
this number. They are, Mars Hill
(town), White Rock, Beech Glen,
Sandy Mush, Mars Hill CCC Camp,
and California Creek. Dr. Hutchins
urges that the last six teams named
will communicate in the near fntura
concerning this matter. A sche
(fule will be published in this paper
as soon as it is available.
The return of the Madison coun
ty league is expected to create much
interest in baseball this summer
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