v1 TOE EMI VOL. 35 8 Page MARSHALL, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5,1936" PRICE $1.00 A YEAR DEMOCRATS SWEEP STATE AND NATION: REPUBLICANS HOLD MADISON COUNTY Election Tuesday Surprises Nation ELECTION IN MADISON ABOUT AS EXPECTED The election Tuesday was more overwhelming than even the most ardent admirers of the New Deal even dared to hope. President Roosevelt won 523 of the 531 elector al votes, leaving only 8 for Landon. It is said to have been the nearest to a unani mous vote since 1820, when James Monroe was re-elected with only one vote against him. Even the State of Kan sas, Governor Landon's own state, voted about 50,000 majority for Roosevelt. The State of North Caro lina remained true to hatory, piling up tremendous majori ties) for democrats except in a few counties. Hoey was elected Governor over Gris som by a large majority and Mr. Edney suffered a much worse defeat in this elect.on v,ti he did two years ago It appears that the five amendments to the woi rarnlma Constitution were oil carried. However, this 18 not Kixen as a fact until com Ae&aau returns are r r Y TUf.-ii "n county voted nv" - mav be seen from the mdib nrinted elsewlhere in tnis paper. The entire republican ticket was elected Dy an avei ahmit two to one. On aJSc v,ia naorp mav be seen tne Vina K?o - cuts of those elected. Wildcat Veterans National Reunion To Be in Knox ville, Tenn. Nov 8th to 11th MADISON'S REGISTER OF DEEDS ELECTED TO REPRESENT MADISON COUNTY NEXT STATE LEGISLATURE JAMES M. BALEY. JR. P. T. A. Committee To Meet Nov. Veterans of the historic 81st or Wildcat Division will meet in National Reunion in Knoxville, Tennessee, November 8th to 11th. It is fitting- that those dates be selected as the Division moved into the Meuse Argonne Sector on Nov ember 8th and the Division lost 1200 of its personnel from that date to the 11th. The activities of the Reunion are as follows: Sunday, November 8th, Memorial Service at 3:00 P. M. Smoker at 8:00 P. M. Monday, November 9th, Opening Session, Noon Luncheon, Afternoon Sess;--n, and Theatre Party at night. Tues day, November 10th, Business Ses sions. Banquet 'at night. Wednes- day, November 11th, Armistice Day Parade, Trip to Norris Dam, Bar becue at TVA activities. Military Ball at night. Major Generar'Charles J. Bailey, Major General Charles G. Roberts and Brig. General George W. Mc Iver will all attend and the 81st Reserve Division will meet with the- Wartime 81st. Every Wildcat Veteran and his Lady are urged to meet with his wartime buddies. Hallowe'en Party A Success The Hallowe'en party last Friday night In Marshall, sponsored bv the IP. T. A., was a decided success, we are informed. The costumes 'and stunts usually featured on those oc casions were well done and the crowd attending auite satisfactory. A net clear pry fit of $26.00 .-wa tealtteiJatfff1We'Tunouiife applied to tne purchase oi school books. VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ! - . ) I oeqtf$? MADISON'S THREE COMMISSIONERS OVERWHELMINGLY RE-ELECTED TUESDAY JETER P. RAMSEY s SA ' V ill f' 41 A' & Jljl : Wm. V. FARMER SHAD FRANKLIN T. A. HIGGINS America Calls FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT I isnt " ? MS JOHN N. GARNER Highway Markers Being Erected I n Mountain Section mm. Y Vi'l AV ' ' ' ' ' ' ; ' ''' '!' ' ' SICKLE GOSNEL H AS BOTH LEGS BROKEN IN WRECK ELECTION NIGHT Mars Hill Founders Day iMars Hill , Oct. 10 (Special) "Remember" was the theme of the address by the Rev. Sankey L. Ban ton, pastor of the First Baptist church, Wilmington, made at the Founders Eiiy program held Sat urday momingr at Mars Hill college, in celebration of 'the - eightieth an niversary of the founding of the col lege. ''The only thing that stands be tween the human soul and bondage is Christianity-the spirit of Jesus,' stated the speaker. "We must re member, and remembering we must be human, devout and magnanimous. I bid you Godspeed in the noblo things that you have done 'and are doing here fvr Mars Hill college." Included on the morning pro gram was Professor Hoyt Blackwell, who stated that $65,000 had been received during the past year and that Mecklenburg county alumni had pledged to raise $25,000 to be put into a building fund. Short talks were made ty E. F. Watson Burnsville, and by Gilbert H. Mor ris, Asheville. At noon, dinner was served to the visitors, alumni, and special guests, followed by a reunion of old stu dents. A histor.c pageant, presented vividly by over a hundred students under the direction of Miss Bonnie Wengert, depicting the founding, establishment, and work of Mais Hill, was nnven in the new amphi theater, before a large audience, at 2:15. The college orchestra, direct ed by Mrs. S B. King, provided music for the pageant. The activities of the d'ay brought to a clo. TAKEN TO GREENEVILLE HOSPITAL BY MAYOR BOWMAN Sickle Gosnell of the Lanrel sec tion, brother of Wade 0snell, suff ered both legs broken about 2 A. M. Wednesday m-ming when the truck on which he was riding was forced off the road near Marshall and Mr. Gosnell's legs were raxigbt between the truck and an over hanging rock -on the side of the road. The truck was being driven by Roy Rice, youngest son of Mr. Jack Rice, of the Laurel section. It was said that the truck was f jreed off by a transfer truck. The occupantg of the truck were returning home after coming to Marshall t j witness the election returns. It was about three in the morning wher. Mayor Bowman left to take Gosnell to Grteneville, Tenn., to a hospital. Revival At Red Hill The Rev. J. A. Martin asks us to say that a revival begin at Red Hill Free Will Baptist church on Brush Creek last Sunday, November 1, and will doubtless continue about two weeks. The pastor, the Rev. J. A. Martin is being assisted in the meeting bv th Rev. A. V. Lawter. of Spartanburg, S. C, and by the Rev. M. G. Gosnell, of Arcad a, S. C. Everybody is invited to attend these services. Our President for another term of 4 years game ; Mars Hill uele'at ng the Camp bell eleven, 13 0. Church Groups At Woman's College Gi ei nsboro, Nov. 4. More than l,:i)0 of the 1,790 students enroll ed at the Woman's College of the . were University of North Carolina this with a f -otball ' f-ill belong t four church denom!- Nov. 4, 1936 A survey of histori- . """" "'w' - T. r M - u Parr, nn frn- th nnrnna, nf aiv: nuictsuia . n.. mr wo . .111, ji. ecting highway markers, will be The executive committee of the Marshall P. T. A will meet nc::t Monday night at 7:30, Nov. t) with Mrs. A. J. Ramsey. HONOR ROLL -of-The News-Record Beginning with our issue of Oct ober 17, we re publishing below the names of people who subscribe or renew their subscriptions to The News-Record within the last week. By keeping your subscriptions paid np you will greatly help your local paper. Of course, those whose sub- scriptions are paid in advance are al- ' ready on our honor roll. , J. V. Howell, Ivy, N. C. P. D. Goforth. Asheville, M. (J. . I D.. T A Martin Mat-shall BM 1 L. F- FreeroJan, Marshall, N.C., r 1 John W. Race. Marshall. N. C.. r 8 1 Miss Ruby Kent, Marshall N. C. rl J. B- Revrs, Greenville, S. C. G. C Myers, Paint Rock, N. C Woodrow Watts, Jerome, Idaho. ' R. P. Davis, Marshall, N. C. rfd I , nder'J .ken during the next two weeks (by Miss Mnrybe'l Delamar Acting Colb ctor for the North Caro lina Hall of History, who will leave Raleigh for the west tcday. Mi.-? Delamar is being sent by the State Historical Commission, C. C. Crittenden, secretary, which is ' carrying on th. historical .naiker program in co-operation with -he j Department of C'onservat ''n .nul ( Development ami the Hilnvnv and Tublic Works Conin.ission. The legislature at its last session ap propriated $5,000 a year for the present bien,n;um fr this purpose. Miss Delamar on this trip ex pects to cover the following coun ties: Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Swain, Macon, JUckson, Haywood, Transylvania, IMadison, Bunconrbc, Henderson, Yancey, Mitchell Avery, McDowell, Rutherford, Clevela ii. Burke, and Caldwell. In each county she will confer with autho rities on local history. The markers, double faced and made of aluminum, are of the edme size as those of Virginia, but the lettering is larger and the- design distinct. Almost one hurlred legends have now been approved, and several dosen markers are act ually in place. Each legend irtiist be mirawH by a STUop of historians who cVj I this work Tor the State entirely I without compensation. " These men I T. Lel'ler, and Cecil Johnson e Univers tv of North Carolina Chapel Hill: Dr. V. K B Dr. W. A. Alabry oi' Hum - i' Dr. W. L. Lingle of navid-m ihe Collejre; Dr. D. A. Lockmil'er of ;.t State College; and Profess,),-. K. in - W. "fonts Mid C W. Paschal of W ake F -ro-t College- nations: Meiho.ii.st, Baptist, Presby terian, and Episcopalian. There are !18 studen t in the Methodist Sonny Boy: "Dad, what is meant , '"11 P- Baptist, :i05 Presby- bv -the bone of contention.?" eenans, ano izz episcopalians. MADISON'S POPULAR SHERIFF STATE SENATOR FROM THIS DISTRICT DaD "The jawbone, my son." A gentleman was describ'ng to a lady the compensation of nature. How in the blind feeling of touch was very acute; how those who were deaf in one ear often heard very ('early with the oiber; and how a ; pel's- n biiniicd in one eye often s.e i .tra well with the ,-oun.l eye. I "Yes."' said the lady, "it i- ve'y i in ,i i k a 1 1 e , and when i come lo .1. nk of it, I have alu ,ys n.it ice i :!:at if por-oii has a short leg, the other k always longer." tenans, I Other chu eh denominations which have representatives in the stud', nt hoily are: Christian, Luth 1 eran. Reformed, Disciples of Christ, jjevvi-h, Catholic, Congregati n'll, i Friends, Methodist Pi otestunt. Chr-itian Science. Moravian, Church of Christ, Unitarian, Dutch He ! formed. Pilgram H 'liness. I'niv. r salist. Primitive Rirtist, ln taiian, . r.d Greek Orthodox. Jaj ' - - k A- ' GUY ENGLISH RE-ELECTED , BY OVER, XA TONSIL CLINIC . rml e-r 1 0, ;i in. Dr. .Ma '. hall, X. C. Sams S. S. RALLY WHELMING MAJORITY lit Air OF MARSHALL ..DR.- J. 1H. HUTCHINS I np uiDcum i ' The ninntiiiy me ting of the Sun day Scho 1 Kiilly was held wit n .Mount Shebah ehaieh, Sundav , .,, i.,i,lii'i I, at 2 p. m I he singing was rendered by Wa nut Creek Quartet. A very interesting program was rendered. The Devotional message, Joshua 1: 1-19, was conducted by Rev. L. C. Roberts. Three very interesting talks were given by seme young people. - Purity Charles Phillips, Jr. Friendship Marion Evans. Obedience Miss Phyllis Phillips A fine eddress Value of Timt, j was given by Mrs. Hallie Corn. The closing message, "Does Re ligion Have You?", by Rev W. L. Lynch- Eleven Churches were represent ed with 125 present. The next meeting: wity be held with Marshall Baptist church, Sun day, December , at 2 p. m. FRANCES FISHER, Secretry TO OBSERVE "COM MUNITY NIGHT" Approximately 100 mothers and fathers are expected to attend the P. T. A. meeting in observance of "Com munity Night," to be held Tuesday evening Nov. 10, at 7 o'clock at the Marshall school. Following a program, games and refresh ments will be enjoyed., "All parents are urged ; to attend."

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