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iWPA PROGRAM BROADCAST
IN MARSHALL LAST SATURDAY
Courthouse Looked Before
Hour of Speaking
The broadcast as advertised last
eek for last Saturday afternoon,
pas carried out as advertised ex
cept that the courthouse could not be
Ised for that purpose, due to the
fuling of the county, commissioners,
kowever, the amplifying outfit was
nstalled in the office of Dr. Sams and
,he messages were spoken to quite a
pnmber of people who gathered on
fridge street and other nearby posi
tions. The voice of Mr. D. M. Rob
naon was recognized delivering the
jreliminary remarks and giving a
ynopsis of the work done in the
bounty and the possibilities for the
'uture with proper cooperation of
11 officials. Following Mr. Ttobin
pn's remarks, the National broadcast
if Mr. Harry L, Hopkins was cut in
jnd the hearers were cognizant of
hat was going on in the nation.
ppendiciti And Age
I.
The- age-:1 atr which-most neonle
aretope appendicitis is in their
wenties. wrthr a. preponderance of
aae occurring about the age of 25,
wording to Dr. Roland M Harper,
fho has studied 267 cases treated
n a hospital with .which he has been
Ji close touch.
I While .the ages of patients ranged
rom 6 to 65 years, the average was
5, for either males or females in
ty or country - , . , -
Dr. Harper points out that this
Jing closely agrees with the sta
tics of hospitals in various parts
I tne country, and may be taken
i a fair average for the entire
opuiation. - .,..
f Appendicitis: he says. 'is evidently
j disease which generally ' attacks
ersons in the prime of life, like
uberculosis and typhoid fever. Ex
-pt in .a relatively small percentage:
C cases, it rarely attacks the very
oung or those past middle age.
' Thosn. overf 60 ys, ore
arely " W'jajied yuJa. appeuuiciUs,
ut, as there are exceptions, every
me.: should be alert to detect symp
toms of the diseases and obtain treat
faent promptly.
eterans Remember
The News-Record
Some veterans, after cashing their
nus bonds, are remembering The
ews-Record. .Quite a number of
feople -are"' in debt to th's paper and
he publisher would very much appre-
late a sett'ement from those who
e fortunate enough to be living and
hjoyjng bonus money.
HONOR ROLL
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News-Record
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Iber 17, we are publishing below
tie names of people who subscribe
f renew their subscriptions to ,The
ews-Record within the last week.
y keeping" your subscriptions paid
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aynan Brjgmaa. Iffsrahallt i,
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M. Shelton, Marshall, R-l
Jj. Allman, Mars Hill, R-l'
liege Library, Mars Hill -V.
Chastine, Marshall, R-l
31 Ross, Strawberry Plains, Tenn.
H. Waldroup, Black Mountain
j jTParton, Marion, N. C.,"R-l - '
H. Norris Marion
s. G.; G. Steppe, Marion f "
G. Fortner, Ocean, View, Va. : -
NOTICE
To All Taxpayer i i
; The law says, your 1935 taxes will be advertised first .Monday in
August, and sold on first Monday in September, -; Pay your taxes before
August. 1st and save the, costs of advertising., ; VH f -f H1 :
- I will call on all persons listing Personal Property for laxes abeut
the first of August, and will be forced to levy on Personal Property for
'all Taxes not paid. ,.-.:'v '. . v - -:-1, -. '- ( .-.
PAY YOUR PERSONAL TAXES, BEFORE AUCUST.lt AND SAVE
costs. . - y yy v
: ' ' J.K.V,rILCON,Jax Collector
17-YEAR "LOCUSTS"
AGAIN
In some 20 Eastern- states people
are talking about, studying and won
dering what will be the aamage
wrought by the millions of 17-year
"locusts" that have suddenly pusnea
their wit out of the eround. These
strance insects that have remained
hidden in their burrows beneath the
surface of the ground for the past
17 years are total strangers to some
people. Not knowing what they are
people naturally fear them. Others
believe the swarms of strange insects
a serious menace to crops and gar-,
dens, while the superstitious believe
them to be a sign of divine wrath or
of approaching war because - of the
little black "W" produced by pig
ment in their wings. But science
long ago exploded those old beliefs
and established the fact that' the so
called "locusts" do more ham to
crops and gardens
while in the nuna. stage underground
than during their short life in the
ouen- After 17 monotonoaa yeaawex
feeding on succulent roots and1 other
substances, in the sou underground
the "locusts" emerge only for a brief
month-long fling of mating and egg-
laymg. .. They eat very little oi any
thin andi probably do more harm
to humane ear drums than to crops,
gardens, trees and other vegetation.
The states being vjsited by lo
custs" this year are New York, Penn
sylvania, ; New - Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, District oi - Columbia,
Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan
Ohio, 4" Indiana, ;'; Illinois, Missouri,
Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas,
Florida ; and Georgia. - f The term
,nocust' is somewhat of a misnomer
Cicada." Some people eonf use the
rect scientific name is "Periodical
Cicoda.'? :4 ' Some people confuse th
cicada 5r with the-; grasshopper, also
sometimes called, "locust," ; but the
bisects are not even remotely rela-
Man' Toe Drops-Off
' ' in i J. ...
' Hickory. 1 June 0- (AP) -Clarence
L. i Whitener,' Hickory at
torney, worked hard to be e
; lected to the State senate. He
lost his race and also lost a toe.
Wfhen Whitener went home
.after being at the polls all day
Saturday, he took off his shoes
and discovered, to his great a
mazement, that his fourth toe
on his right foot had dropped
off sometime while he was busy
with politics. He had exjper
ienced no pain, but immediately
went to the hospital, where doc
tors, although unable to diag
nose the strange event, said
'they could nc have dtone a
better job of ' amputation. They
explained there were certain
maladies which 'could inducje
the phenomenon.
Whitener was Bfffrarently
none the worse for the loss of
the tee. He was walking about
the streets today.
FILE TAX REPORT
Mrs." Sam J. Huskina, Deputy
Revenue Commissioner. Calls
., AtbsntioBi to Data-, fan ITUuias.
FhutohiasK Taat Btgwcto
:f..
Gbjorationv' wtlll' taket noticet that
vexy," oetnaartsntit dnuisrblisineaeiitt'i
PT1 Carolinmtnfaillkr itsr animaii
ireneaisrtsarrepertK .wttn state w
pnrtanent of. Revenue net lata thawl
July 1st unless written extension is
granted. , Blanks for filing such re
ports have already been sent to the
registered address, of every corpora'
ftn. Corporations desiring addition-
lal report blanks may .obtain them by
applying to the State Department ex
Revenue or to the Deputy Collector
of the collection territory in which
the corporation- is located. ' Failure
to file'report by July 1st will add a
penalty of 10. percent end not less
than. 10.CX). t ':-
4$
MARSHALL, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1936
ted. The grasshopper is the fellow
that does serious damage to grain
and other crops in the United States
as well as in many other parts of the
world. While grasshoppers travel
in armies and devastate fields and
counties and states and even count
ries, the cicada is toothless and sucks
its food) from plants, usually without
harming them. In fact the male
cicada lives only a short time and
takes almost no food. iHis worst
feature Is his "song'' and only the
male cicada sings. The female lives
for several weeks, depositing her eggs
about the middle of June.
Perhaps Mrs. Cicada does the most
harm to vegetation in her egg-laying
task. She lays her eggs in groups of
about eight by inserting her strong
ovipositor (a sawlike apparatus on
4.1, hinmen int.n korir vnnnr
on an km(1 cf trees and making
egg pockets. The eggs are laid in
these pockets just under the bark.
The mechanical injury to the twig is
such that it usually dies andi drops
off. But this damage to the tree is
insignificant unless the insect picks
out younjr nursery or orchard trees.
For this reason orchardists are ad
vised not to trim their trees in years
in which cicadas are predicted. Any
way, whether the twigs drop off or
not, the eggs hatch during July and
the active larvae, queer four-legged
creatures, fall to the ground and
burrow into it. After the larvae
burrow into the earth they stay there
another 17T years, slowly developing
ntV molting- from time to time. In
these 17 years they travel extensjve-
Hy-underground and have been known
t3 burrow as deeply as 20 feet.
Cicadas appear somewhere in the
United States every year. This is t'.ie
proper year for one of the largest
known broods to stage its resurrec
tion in the east. The cicadas of 1936
belong to what scientists call Brood
No. 10 This group lapsed into volun
tary burial in the earth just 17 years
asro, Their arrand Daren ts belonged to
the army that made such a memorable
visitation east - of the Mississippi in
1902, There are supposed to be 17
broods in the United ' States, each
(some scientists say 30 or more)
brood appearing in a different year in
some part of the" country. : There is
also a 13-year . variety oi the same
sort, but with a more southerly range
which extends as far west as Nebras
ka and Kansas. , The birds take their 1
toll of cicadas, and so do some domes-
tic animals.; One Pathfinder; editor
has a cat that is jrrowinaf slick and
If at .pftJJift-jtenerv morselscuWhUe
these insects are practically harmless
they should be -destroyed as far as
possible , before the egg-laying stage
so as to ' lessen the brood that will
reappear in another 17 years.
The Pathfinder
4-H Short Course Will
Be Week Of Play,
Work
. An entertaining and instructive
program has been prepared to keep
TAKEN FROM
PRINTED
PAPER KEPT 20 YEARS 'BY
MRS. JOHN E. RECTOR
A copy of the News-Record print
ed November 5, 1915, carries a num
ber of , interesting articles. Gilbert
and Morrow-were the publishers and
J. Coleman Ramsey, Editor. The
first - column . gives a directory oi
maaison uaunty, as xouows:
; MADISON COUNTY
;'' EWishAby;th J8latueesi.
alanlXH6-6I,
.;: Po9ulatianA2EWl32:
,r Cbunty- seat.MajshalL'.
W leKKfeetcabacve seat,ievelc.
NeasBeaeRinwilwnii ceairt hante. caste
!r, Neand.modazn jail cost JlS.Q00i
New-eountv home: cost- alOOOJ'
COUNTY OFFICERS
;- Hon. i- E. Lineback, Senator 35th
District, Elk Park. .
' Hon. Plato Ebbs, Representative.
Hot Springs, N. C. -.,. v .
YfU : A. West,' Clerk of ; Superior
Court, MarshalL- . : . ; -. -,
" Caney Ramsey, SheruT, MarshalL
' James Smart, Register of Deeds,
Marshall. t;.:'.:jv
- C. F. Riunnioo, Treasurer. Mar
snall,N. C, R F. D.. No.; A
A, T. ; Chandley, Surveyor, Mar
shall, n. c, --&- f - v ry
Dr. J. H. Baird, Coroner, Mars Hui,
N..C-- - v- v. ' . . -
i Wi Jf. ' Balding, ' Janitor Marshall,
N.-C.'-' H-i-y---- -
Dr, Frank Roberts, County Physi
ciart. Marshall; N. C. ' - -'
. Garf ield Davis, Supt. County home,
Marshall, NVC- ': '--v.
CpUNTV COMMISSIONERS r".
j'-t"'-"'.. V .i"-,.-..'.-;.J:1- ii'i
. N. B. McDevitt, chairman. Mar
shall; J. E. Rector .-member Marshall,
R. 1 j Anderson Silver member, Mar
shall. Rt. 8; W. L. George, member,
Mars HUI; and J. C. Chandley, White
Rock. . . . ..' i :: , "
P. A. - McElroy,, Co. Atty., Mar-
farm baya and girls hapipily occupied
at the annual 4-H short course at
State College, July 22-27. said L. R
HarrUl,4-H club leader at the Col-
rom!nrning until night, he said,
each day t will be filled with events
especially -designed to appeal to rural
young people and at the same time
give thm v opportunity to study ad
vanced bhases of 4-H club projects in
which tJiey are interested.
Breakfast will be followed by a
brief conierence period each morn
ing except Sunday. This will be fol
lowed Thursday and Friday mornings
jects. ;'i V4SV"i--
Saturday- forenoon will be devo
ted to the;?recognition of achieve
ments,' the, f 4-H honor club program,
and the!i selection of officers. Sun
day morhing the boys and girls will
attend Sunday School andi church in
Raleigh.!:.;, .
The efternooos will be sriven over
to recreation, sight-seeing tours, and
informal discussions among the club
memberi ; An organ recital and a
picnic slipper - will feature Sunday
afternooh. j; , -
Vespe Services, plays presented
by club members, and recreation in
the evenings will conclude the pros-Jams
for Thursday and Friday. A
health pageat will be given Saturday
evening, and the candle-lighted cere
imony Sunday evening will bring the
short, course to a close.
The clubsters will arive at the college-Wednesday
afternoon and re
main. untit,,1thft,,foljowing Monday
morningv ,
The groin; crop of Scotland County
has beenj severely-injured by the ex
cessive mini' of .early spring and the
continues-drouth of early summer.
t r u,' 1,.
Erosion .
Control Mea-
cures Invite Valua
i)
ble Birds
The value of the ' robin and the
bluei birdj us the farmer's friend has
been -pri ti by experimentations
showing t ; biids more than earn
the few U uiig they steal . from the
farmer's orchard, , according to S. Z.
Pollock, junior, biologist of the Soil
Vtions'Tvai on ' jrvice. .
ITv. nfii: rf ' . nnliiM-ai4 kwv IT
lgl Buie8L 0 Biological Survey, us-
1236 stopiac .,4 tof robinsV shos. that
42 pertyhVot the robiQ'sf food- is
animaLenalteri?'.' 16 percenteeflei;
5 1 percent t grasshoppers;' 9 percent
caterpillars, and 11 percent various
insects.
In the experiment using 244 stom
achs of blue birds it was found that
the contents were 58.51 percent ani
mal matter and 41.49 percent vege
table demonstrating that the bird is
of economic) as well as aesthetic value
said Pollock.
Where- wild food is not abundant,
a few fruit bearing shrubs and vines
planted in ? favorable locations will
serve the triple-purpose of controlling
erosion, providing ornamentation and
NEWS-RECORD
NOVEMBER 5; 1915
shall.
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS
F. Shelton President, Marshall
G, V. (Russell Bluff, N. C.
A. F. Sprinkle, Mars Hill N. C.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
creek, N. C, John Kobert Sams,
mem. Mars Hill, N. C. W. S. Sams.
memtilarshall PfnfL:. GL C; Brown,cniatjolti
Superintendent: o Scboolsi. Winhaii. i
; JMB&U Julyfo an OetoJbenreaakisw
,,. HgaiaCT.siiaro coiEgigiar iis-
i MJBfssa HUnr Colleaej Pfcotii EEi
ms Pxemdeni. 41 uinentB. Se
sion 1915-1Q, nine months. Begins
August 17th, 1915.
... Spring Creek High School. Prof.
M. R. Pleasants, 1 Principal, Spring
Creek. 8 mos. school, opens Aug; 1st.
Madison Seminary High School,
Prof. K. G. Anders, principal. 8 mos.
school. Begins July 20. ' :
Belt Institute, ' Margaret E. Grif
fith,, principal, Walnut, N. C.
Marshall Academy, Prof. S. Roland
Williams, principal, 8 mos. school,
opens. August 31.-- - -
,. , NOTARY PUBLICS . . -.;
; J. C Ramsey. Marshall. f.:.-Wv 5:;
!. Jasper Ebbs,? Spring Creek.;
J. BY Hunter, Marshall, RC 8. , m
-J..W. Nelson, MarshalL ,v ; ; 5
- T. B. Ebbs; Hot Springs . .
; Craig Ramsey, Revere. v ? ji ,
N. .W. Anderson, Paint Fork. v . -i
iW. T. Davis, Hot Sorings. . -
I '- .Stevei'RSee, Marshall. - - -
Bat W. Xiafaagan Stackhouse. J
Tflson, Marshall, Rt 2. 5
iC, J., Ehbs MarshalL . -f.t
l'tk. M. Harshburg, Stackhouse.
Di Pi. Miles; Barnard.. 'V'f
. W. B. Ramsey, MarshalL V;
, 'J. A. Wallin. Big'Laurek ; -
.C. C. Brown, Bluff. - j ,.. ,:. A '
COMMISIONERS EXPRESS OPPOSITION
TO NEW DEAL ACTIVITIES IN COUNTY
Explains Why Court
house Was Closed To
Hopkins' Radio
Speech Last Sat
urday Not In Sympathy With New
Deal "Picking" for WPA
Projects
Asked by the News-Record pub
lisher for, an explanation as to why
the courthouse was closed last Sat
urday to the WPA broadcast, the fol
lowing article was handed us 'for
publication, which we take pleasure
in giving first page prominence, the
same prominence given the article
last week from WPA officials.
Surprised at Article
We were very much surprised last
week at an article appearing in the
News-Record which said that the
county commissioners are sponsor
ing" the WPA sewing room projects
in Madison County. For some time
there hag been appearing- each week
in the local paper articles 'boosting
some' phase of the New Deal. This is
nothing less than political advertising
of the national democratic adminis
tration from a local anirle. The
question of supreme importance to
the people of Madison County in this
matter is - "Will the Renuhlicans
alsobe allowed to write their politif
furnishing food and cover forth rob
in and other valuable birdu fond f
purloining the fruit af the cherry,
w-ildgrape, greenbriar, holly, elder,
uogwooa, service .. d ernes, mnd per
simmon.. . ',; i. ... .:-
THfi CMOTOijUST'p t PRAYER i
IWrBrm
first appeared In The -. London
Church Times," is a reminder
that good driving is a Christian
obligation. It is given below:
Grant me a steady hand and
watchful eye,
That no man shall be hurt when
I pass by.
Thou gav-e-st life, and I (pray no
act of mine
May take away oc mar that g;ft
of Thine.
Shelter those, dear Lord, who
bear me company,
From the evils of fire and all
calamity.
Teach me to use my car for
others' need,
Nor imiss through love of speed
The beauties of Thy world;
that thus I may,
With joy and courtesy go myj
way. I
Selected."
r y p h o i d Inoculation
TO THE CITIZENS OF MADISON
COUNTYj
This, is the- yeaafoa TvpheiilnH
Sea your doctor, .at, once-;
C6ainsr,Haaith3 0fIicerii
AIT
lMUIae1SBhMlBkJi4MIM
ILii CTTj'nAthaaTitrvi mewhsen 1 hIuiJuhw
1'aUAI ODilill JT Ibeen usina- the school auditorium as
ALL DAY PROGRAM
- The Baptist Training Union of the
French Broad Association is to be
held at the - Madison Seminary next
Sunday,' June 28. An all day pro
gram has',, been arranged. It is
hoped that a large, attendance; es
pecially of the . young people will be
present.- j . :( ; -f;
OPEN WOW MEETING AT W00D5IEN
HALL FRIDAY NIGHT; JUNE 26, L
Si!i&83aouoffiv;:;;;v.'u
We urge all members to be Present. .
Also all prospective t members, be
tween 16 and 60 years old, as we now
have on a special campaign for this
camp. Our special State Representa
tive, James E. McCabee, will be pres
ent; also District Manager A. B. Gal-
PRICE $1.00 A YE Alt
cal advertising hi this manner and
have it run free of charge?"
The article last wf ek which alleged
that the county commissioners are
"sponsoring" the sewing rooms of the
county was almost a bare untruth al
though the circumstances allowed the
the officials to use that term and "get
by with it." : I ; fl'IlTl
The county commissioners were
asked if they would sponsor the sew-
room project. The answer was "no.
We were asked if we would allow
the sewing rooms in Madison County.
The answer was that any legal pro
ject that would help put Madison
County people to work would be
allowed in the county.
The county commissioners would
have been - glad to have sponsored
any project of this nature providing
we could have picked persons who
need the work to do the sewing and
persons who actually needed the work,,
to do the supervising. The county
commissioners would have given em
ployment irrespective of party lines
or votes.
There has arisen the question of
why the county commissioners would
not allow WPA and other governmen
tal workers to use the courthouse
last Saturday afternoon to hear
Harry L. Hopkins expound the
policies of the New Deal. It is a
question of whether or not the relief
workers would have shown proper
care for the courthouse fixtures be-'
cause persona who in a prosperous
county will not get out and find an.
upright way: of making a living, - de
not have a proper respect for puibVe
property; 'Those persons who deal in
human poverty as a means to an end
are even less responsible, !, . ; .
' We have frespect and sympathy for,
those rsoaAwho are y: 'actually n
need and are tryin; to', help them-t
selvesv They deserve hel)p.- t-W e nav;
profess. to.; be. .i';.nee4 l-and.UlwOl,; 7
not work at a regular job at regular. .
wages. No effort is being made K ;
locally to weed out the persons unfit
for relief; That is the whole question. ;
The county commissioners have
Ibeen notified that unless they make
arangements to help pay for the WPA 1
sewing room and other WPA work it
will stop on July 1. In that event
it will stop in Madison County on
July 1. The county commissioners
have not contributed one penny for
the sewing rooms or any other WPA -,
projects in Madison County and do
not want any credit for anything it
has done here, as we certainly do not
now nor ever have approved of the
wild and foolish spending orgy of the
New Deal.
County Commissioners-
WM. V. FARMER
T. A. HIGGJNS
To Build Baptist Church
At Beech Glen
Miss Mary M. Briggs, of the Beech
Clan, nastinn,, wee, in. Marshall, Wed-
eday.solieiting-, fandsiwHte which. tn.
bnilAa,flmtisitehiirh.irBliaekiGle
Miaau. BHg8.tallsnum tttast ahei im-ws.
111 1)1 m t&xmmudUMm ausjsittad tor'
raise miiSB,.fhW'!thiaii jiui iiese 1 -thaex
lilm iisninniiii iieimieMiiiiiifl insrei
a place to worship. Dr. O. E. Sams,
of Mars Hill, was elected pastor of
the church. She tells us that the
Mars Hill people . have contributed.
liberally .toward this cause. She did
not tell us how many were 'on the
soliciting committee or how muck '
money had been raised. However,
they have sufficent encouragement to
make them believe that the work of v
building the 'church will 'go' forward. .
lo way. of Brevard. whn has taken this
district permanently, replacing j the .
former District Manager Grogan.
Refreshments will be served. We
especially urge those who have al
ready made applications for mepiber
sh to be present " A(L.
V