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VOL. 35 8 Pages
DRY FORCES
I AGAIN ACTIVE
APPEAL MADE TO ELECT
DRY OFFICERS
On April 14, 1930, in their State
meeting in Raleigh, the United Dry
Force of North Carolina adopted
the following appeal to the citizen of
e
BLACK LOCUST
Fine Soil Improver
MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1936
MARSHALL SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES NOW IN PROGRESS
PRICE $1.00 A YEAR
The following article sent to cer
tain county agents recently was call
ed to our attention by Mr. Haney, of
Marshall, and it seams to contain
some food for thought. Locusts grow
prolifically in this section, and as they
are considered pests by some, it may
be of interest to them to know that
the State.
TO THE MEN AND WOMEN VOT- they are really great soil builders. At
ERS OF NORTH CAROLINA:
This is an election year; now is the
time that our citizens are determining
the type of persons who will make
our laws and who will be responsible
for their enforcement. Hence, it is
urgent that the United Dry Forces of
North Carolina redouble their efforts
in the fight against the liquor traffic
On May 27, 1908, the State voted "A
gainst the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating; liquors" by a majority
of 44,196 thereby voting out local
option. Again, on November 7,
1933, North Carolina voted 184,572
majority "Against the Repeal of the
Mth Amendment." It was then well
understood that our "State prohibition
laws would not be- interfered with, if
the- people-voted against' repeal.
Our' democratic gwrermnent is
founded! oir the' consent of the gov
erned. In violation of the people's
wishes, the liquor forces of the State,
with the aid of foreign beer barons,
and foreign wine and liquor manu
facturers, procured the passage of the
high powered beer bills wine bill and
the A. B. C. Stores' system for 17
Counties, which have increased drunk
enness and drunken drivers and have
not decreased "blind tigers." In 14
Counties that have A. B.C. Stores,
the record shows an increased of 79
per cent in drunkenness and drunken
drivers. The saloon with all its evils,
which was promised never to return,
is here again, selling every day and
night and even on Sunday.
The United Dry Forces warned our
people that drunkenness and drunken
drivers would increase; and thjijf has
happened. LfbenseB from over zavo
drunken drivers have been revoked in
the last. few months. We commend
the newspapers of the State for their
fight on drunken drivers; and we ap
peal to them and all the people of the
State to wipe out the entire nefarious
traffic and enforce the law.
least, we pass it on in the hope that
it may do some good. The article
follows:
Since I was a small boy on a moun
tain farm, I have observed the useful
ness of the black locust as a soil im
prover and for controlling erosion.
I also observed the usefulness of its
leaves in feeding livestock in moun
tain counties during tie severe
drought in 1930.
The following article entitled:
"Composition of Black Locust Leaf
Mold and Leaves and Some Obser
vations on the Effects of the Black
Locust," by Prof. A. F. Gustafson of
Cornell University, sheds some light
on the subject:
"During April 1934 the writer's at
tention was attracted to the organic
material on the surface of the soil un
der a thick stand of black locusts.
" "This particular locust' aream was
started by ntamtine sprout nbeuf 25
years ago forthe purpose of contwulL
in the' blowm. of dune sand. The
size of the planting has 'become ereat
ly enlarged due to fires, which caused
the locusts to spread by sprouting,
Dr. Blackwell to Deliv
er Sermon Next Sun
day Morning
Commencement exercises for the
Marshall school are now underway,
the first having been given last Fri
day night by the grammar grades in
the form of an operetta "When the
Land of Dreams Comes True". The
large auditorium was practically fill
ed to capacity and the exercises were
said to be very enjoyable. The next
program of the commencement will
be presented next Sunday morning,
May 10, at eleven o'clock, when the
Marshall churches will unite at the
Marshall school for the baccalaureate
sermon which will be delivered by
the Rev. Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, pastor
of the Marshall Baptist church.
Prayer will be offered by the Rev.
Paul -P. Thrower, pastor of the Cou-
iper Memorial Presbyterian churcfc
of Marshall, and special music will
be rendered by a choir composed of
uiemtbiers of the various church
choirs. Tuesday evening, May 12,
at eight o'clock, the senior play, "The
End of the Lane", will be presented.
Wednesday morning, May 13, at 10:
30 o'clock; the seventh grade pro
Gram, which apptears elsewhere itt
Senior Class Roll Of
Marshall High School
The Story Of
"Silent Night"
y Sfc V f
"While making a soil map, as well this issue, will be presented. Thurs-
"Woe unto him that giveth hit
neighbor drink."
The statement is made that the A.
B.C. Stores have sold $2,168,698.58
worth of liquor in 8 months; that af
ter paying State sales taxes in the a
mount of $62,485.00, the Counties
have only $473,392.00 to cover their
operating expenses and profits. In
other wrods, these stores have sent
to liquor dealers of the nation $1F
632,821.00, thus lessening the ability
of their people to purchase groceries,
clothes, homes and other greatly
needed articles; all of this money
over two million dollars being tak
en from the unfortunate victims and
their families, and the Counties get
only about 20 percent. This is eco
nomic folly.
The General Assembly should wipe
out tb4iquoK8tore4Usloea.We
as since then, the writer observed
Kentucky blue grass well established
and making good growth under black
locust trees even though this blue
grass does not grow an the sand away
from the group of locust trees.
"Two samples of dry black locust
leaf material were analyzed and aver
aged 1.282 per cent nitrogen. On
this basis, it was found that the' black
locust leaf material contained 101
Ipouads of nitrogen per acre.
"The growth of blue grass in as
sociation with black locust appears,
fully explained by the albove data, the
locust leaves supplying nitrogen and
other nutrients, holding moisture,
and probably helping to hold down
the temperature of the sand during
hot Denoaay "- -v.. .
ChKbman has shown that the ef
fect of black locust leaves blown over
among such deciduous trees as white
ash, tulip poplar, black oak, and
chestnut oak is to increase their
growth in diameter immediately ad
jacent to the locusts, as compared
with distances of 12 to 72 feet a
way- The same relationship procise
ly was found in the nitrogen content
of the soil, it being .196 among
the locusts and only .090 at a dis
tance of 72 feet from the locusts. As
Chapman points out, this difference
may appear to be small, but it is e-
quivalent to 3,900 pounds of nitrogen
to the acre among the locusts and to
18jd0 pounds 72 feet away, a differ
ence of 21.00 pounds toi the acre 6
inches weighing 2,000,000 pounds.
"The writer collected leaves from
black locust trees in Ithaca on the
edge of the Cornell University camp
us, about October 9, 1934. Owing to
the shorter season at Ithaca as com
pared with Ohio, however, the stages
of maturity of leaves from two plac
es are not strictly comparable. The
nitrogen content of the locust leaves
at Ithaca was 2.33 (dry basis),
which is practically the same as that
of red clover at full bloom.
"If the black locust produces 3000
pounds per acre, they contain about
70 pounds of nitrogen to the acre,, or
on the basis of a ton of locust leaves.
J. oetinds -of nitrogen teu the" acre:
day evening, May 14, at eight o'clock
the class day and graduation exer
cises will take place, after which the
school of 1935-36 will be a matter
of history.
Commencement Calendar, May 10
12, 13, and 14.
Sunday, May 10, 11 A. M., Bacca
laureate Sermon.
Tuesday, May 12, 8:00 P. M. Sen
ior Play.
Wednesday," May 13, 10:00 A. M.,
Seventh Grade Program.
By Emory Ward
It was snowing heavily the after
noon of that Christmas Eve in the
little villacp rf O'hpnrlnrf ii(Vd tm in
The f following students will receive the valIey of th Sa,,ach. Fortwentv
their diplomas at the graduation ex- 'four houra jt had Bnowed and the
ercises of the Marshall High School oads and gtreeta of thg mtIe viage
Thursday night, May 14, 1936: were ,ovprefl Hep witt, t. frpMv
t j
Sadie L. Ball, Elva Lee Ball, Lola fallen whiteness.
Elizabeth Ball, Pauline M. Buckner, I The young priest of the village
Hazel fi. Deal, Joy Marie Farmer, church looked out at the darkening
Ollie Mae Flynn, Lucy Reese Fore, sky. "A silent blanket of snow is
Adeline Hope Holcombe, Virginia glorious for Christmas Eve,' he re-
Ruth Jackson, Geneva Julia McCurry, j marked, "but I hear it will be hard
Blanche; McDaris, Willie Eileen Mor- for many of my members to attend
gan, Ethel Mae Pegg, June Eulaine the midnight mass to-night."
Ramsey Wilma Eugene Ramsey, As he spake the figure of Franz
Gertrude Louise Rector, Agnes Mane Gruber, the village schoolmaster,
Kfce, Jessie Marie KoDinson,, Mary emerged from out the falling white
Opal Roberts, Dorothy Jane Smith, ness an(j entered the parsonage- "Fa
Violet Elizabeth Tate, Mabel Irene ther Josef, Father Josef," he cried
Teague. Julia Lois Tipton, Hugh 'as he encountered the vouno- nriest.
Bradburn, W. Paige Bryan, Kermitit is inaeed bad news that I bring to
a. way, james vvnn x - , jy0U. I have just come from the
Frisby, Arvil Glen Gosnell, Paul Lu- cnurch, and the organ is broken I
ther Huey, Bruce McNeal Hunter, have trIfed to repBlr it. but unsuccess
Charles Edwin Mashburn, Charles fuVv Wn mot if ,A.
Lee Miller, Jr.; Zeno Herbert Ponder, I tfce 0fgan maker from ,our ncigh
Liston Bryan Ramsey, EddHftwrney, 'hveing ge T f eM, that OTr
CRartesJaciraon iteamon, messtonteh rant hm -rri-d ith.
Hardwkke Runnion, ""'oufcth happy Christmas songs of the
children.''
The "priest smiled at the school
master. "Have no fear, Franz Gru
ber," he replied. "We shall not be
disappointed."
"But we mast have music, father,"
Franz Gruber insisted. 'On Christ
mas Eve one imust have music'
"We will have musnic,' the priest
declared resolutely. "Even though
MARS HILL
Eugene R. Treadway, Frank D. Wal-
lin, Allen Zeb Whitt, Jr.
Endorses Geo.
Ross - Pou For
State Auditor
By W. S. PENN
The Reverend Eff David
Dodd, the organ is broken, the children vou
pastor of the Methodist Church at have taught can sing some of the old
ZtltTlWLlr ?0;Ch"st they know s0 well."
Germany, has recently written the I n gruber shook his head. "I
following letter to W. S. Penn, of fear their youthful voices cannot
i Clayton, editor of the Clayton News, sing them without the aid and guid
i i : Caai-wi Pabq Pnii'd nanni- - ., - - ..
9
Miss Louise Coates completed her'
terms work in the Fassifern school,
Hendersonville, and returned to her
home here May 1.
Miss Marye Carter, who has been,
teaching in the Chinquopin High.
School, Duplin county came horn
Monday.
Miss Sara Fox, who has been?
studying at the W. M. U. Training
school, Louisville, has arrived on tne
campus for a visit to her mother.
Miss Willie B. White has returned
home after spending last week with
friends near Marshall.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Erskin Baif"
ey, Friday May 1, a son.
Misses Golda Tillery and Marvisf
Allman. pupils of Miss Bonnie Wefl
gert, of the college expression dew
partment, were presented in a gradtt--
ate recital last Saturday evenfn.
Miss Tillery gave "The Violin Maker
of Cremona", and Miss Allman gaV.
"The Nine Days Queen". Two other
readings were given by other st
dents and Woodrow Wall sang sever
al numbers during the program.
Final axercises of tha high school
will take place on Thursday morning"
and-that evening as announced in last
week's news. The operettas, by the
primary- and grammar grades, givenf
last Friday evening.-were qolorful
and interesting throughout. Bright
flowery costumes, in keeping with"
spring time, added to the interest
An unusually large number of child
ren were used and showed that they
had been carefully trained.
Tha many.friends of Rev. and Mrs.
R. Owen were glad to have them
last Sunday, the occasion being the
baccalaureate sermon by Mr. Owen
on Sunday morning. Since the
church is still without a pastor, Mr.
Owen" was secured for the evening?
"I service also.
t.sis.aiii. 2onr Rnas Pou's candi- it.. - .n .
i -- - irnrnea to iourtn pare)
r-i j r i t : I
should eleet-8irrr.'GewiierattiI
. . . i n . . . ..
MenrDers' oi in' uemrMwiui,
(Continued oir 4thpe)
lUUogcuuaarinocgsiiietf matter to the
soil.
"ThisoelnnlsHoir. i made purely
for the- M"pw o&cingoth-Trtitety'
ctom ofg wtersitBi thw'pwiibiiity. of
wing leaBBie-treofl wiul ions. with
non-legume- Oorrtrol ot the legume
will be essential owing to their rapid
growth. Overtopping of non-legume
trees imight be avoided if these are
planted in narrow belts alternated
SO FAR, HAS NO -OPPOSITION
J
9a
GUY ENGLISH
Candidate for re-election at
Sheriff
TO SPEAK.
IN MARSHALL
MAY 19
DR. RALPH W. McDONALD
Movie Stars See Exposition Music
- of -The
News-Record
Beginning with our issue of Oct
ober 17, we are publishing below with belts of iocusts.
Yours verv truly,
O- F. McCR A.RY,
District Agent.
;he names of people who subscribe
r renew their subscriptions to The
sTews-Record within the last week.
3y keeping your subscriptions paid
lp you will greatly help your local
xaper. Of course, those whose sub
icriptions are paid in advance are al
eady on our honor roll.
Carl Edmonds, Asheville
Irs. Julia Ramsey, Marshall, R-3
N. McDevitt, Marshall, R-3
I. W. Grooms, Mars Hill
iev. J. R. Duncan, Marshall
Irs. M. P. Pritchard, Marshall
I. S. Shelton, Mars Hill
larion Edwards, Stocksville
ieuben Wallin, larsheJl, R-3
;. A. Henderson; Asheville
L..J. Ball, Marshall, R-l
V. G. Reese, Marshall R-2
..T. Blankenshlp, Bluff
. T. Ballard, Buckner '
I. G. Landers, Walnut
aul Payne, Mershan,,H j'lflF
Singing Convention
The French Broad Singing Con
vention will meet with the Free Will
Baptist church, Sunday May 10th, at
2 o'clock P. M. We ere expecting
a large crowd and we want to have
the best convention yet. We have
itivVited singers from Buncombe
County, and Mr. George W. Sebren
from Asheville has promised to send
the Perker Quartette. So we are in
viting all singers to come end be
present. and sing. ' The Convention
will be held at Marshall until further
notice. Come and lefs have a good
time together. , : k- -LEE
BRYAN, Chairman.
. i) ,u, 1 inayppjaiaEgngu Milium I aJmiuu.i....il,..Llll.l.,llilJiiU 1 'UWU""I -
.. ..
A smile spread over the young
priy";e. "Then we shall sing a
,new, aong," , he declared. "Just this
afternoon as I watched the darkening
sky and the softly falling snow flakes,
ithese words came to me."
I Drawing the schoolmaster into his
(study, the young priest placed before
him tne words of that joyous Christ
mas carol that will never die:
"Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright,
Round yon Virgin Mother and
Child,
Holy Infant go tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace."
"Father Mohr," said the school
master as he read the poem, "the
words sing themselves. Bars of music
seem to float from heaven to fit them
selves perfectly -t your poem. I
will go to my home a." "t them down
before they speed away again." ,
That night behind the altar- rail
near a candle covered Christmas tree
Father Josef Mohr, Marie, an orphan
girl who tended the priest's home,
and Franz Gruber sang that glorious
Christmas carol for the first time to
the parishioners of Saint Nicholai.
Franz Gruber himself accompanied
(the little group on his guitar.
I After the storn had-abeted, awor
gavber.frnrPuegew-in Zillerthai
cenw 4O'bid0KtfreTW"thvbrtj")
lewoegaift Afc4ilrft.thelittl1v4Uee'
newteek ai of111iwhMnT,
and fremihil''ik'vpsedctft'
all mankind.
Since that Christmas - in" 181?- it
has become one of the world's best
: loved Christmas carols. In every city
and in every country where loyal
Christian hearts join together to sing
Christmas Carols the iovous words
of "Silent Night, Holy Night" are .Cooking
Mara Hill College Ath
letic Team To Have
Busy Week
A busy week is scheduled for Mare
Hill athletic teams this week with
baseball games Wednesday Thurs
day, and Saturday and a tennis meet
Wednesday. The tennis teams leave
on Thursday for Madisonville, Tenn
essee to compete in a tennis tourna
ment. Wednesday the Mars Hill baseball
team will play the Blue Ridge nine
on the Hilltoppers field. This is the
second time this season that the two
teams have met, the first game play
ed by the Mars Hill Varsity, with
the Lions winning by 5-0.
Thursday Davidson college fresh
men will come to Mars Hill for a
game. The first scheduled game be
tween the two teams at Davidson was
called off because of the serious ill
ness of Mrs. O. E. Roberts, wife ol
Coach Roberts of Mars Hill.
Saturday the Lions meet Belmont
Abbey in a return game. The first
game between the two teams went
to the Lions by 7-4. The Lions are
favored to make it two straight over
the Catholics. '
The tennis team meets Textile on
the Mars Hill courts Wednesday. In
the first meet between the two teee
ihe' Pieeeero wmc vietowoos 4-A
Hfce: Umvw411n be seieieii revenge
:f or'thiy-dWeaV wbenthetw- teasae
meetaahre Wdiieada in' wb
shoold-j btn a v spirited J' battle.
Thursday mornings the- racketeer
leave for Madisonville to compete in
the third annual Southeastern Junior
CoUege Tennis Tournament which
will be held Friday and Saturday.
Mars Hill Names P. T.
A. Heads for Next !
Year
School Next
Week In Marshall
and Mars Hill
Joan Boles and tilaeye Swartheut,
moUon'sietare and radio stare, risked
tiie Texas Centennial . Espeeltiea
gronade. together when they are la
Delia' recently. They ere. ehewt-da
speeting a rare, twelfthi eeataryj aee
eres aataes. part of the aistetfcal e
dibit pliaeirt ny.tne Exposition, erst
Soethwest World's 7ah, whtch-opens
to Dallas June . Mr. Boles, a aatire
Texaa,j told--Cxpesftioa officials that
eeseaa ef Hollywood aw vie stars have
sado k4aae teettend the Wg shew
eartav Its Jane g.Mee. ran.
At the last meeting of the Parent
Teacher association of Mars Hill, last
Tuesday evening, R. M. Lee was e-
lected president of the organization
for next year.
Other officers elected are : Mrs.
Bryson Tilson, vice-president; Miss
Mary Fatztfettald, secretary; James
Lenders,' treasurer. Mrs. Bailey
principal of the Mars Hill high school,
gave a report of the state testj re
cently held" In the Mars Hill schools."
He presented charts showing the tan
provement. made in each of the
gtadefcfc-'-' ;
Attention is called to an adver
tisement in this issue on the second
page. Be sure to read the adver
tisement about the cooking school.
Twenty miles of rural electric linea
are being considered in Orange
County with 47 farmers on the new
lines pledging themselves to use elec
tric' refrigerators.
To Speak In Marshall
V
Ralph McDonald, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor
will speak In the court house in Mar-.,
shall, Tuesday, May 19, 1936 at A
A, M. V.