V initunnmnn mint- l HI Ul I HIU M I H I I I I Ml Uhe Medium ; ; Through which you reach the '. '. People of Ma.dion County. '. ', ; ; Advertising Rates on Application ' MADISON COUNTY EXCCIU), Etai&hdJun28,1901. TRENCH DR.OAD NEWS, EtUUUkeJMaylS. 1907. Contolidaied, : : Nov. 2nd, 1911 f MI 111 111 1 1 1 I! 1 1 M-H 1 1 1 Ifi THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XIV MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1912. IECOIlD. NO If,. ,-4tf$ Madison County. JBstabHshsd by th Ugislatur tM - Population, fO.Ul County Seat, Marshall 1M fet ftbOV M lVi New and modern Court Hons, coat 133,00040. . New and modern 111. cost $15,000.00. - New and modern County Horn, coat 110.000.00. Officers. Hon. JMv U Hyatt, SenafoE II District, BurnsvUle, N. C. Hon.. 3. C. Ramsay; Representative. Marshall, N. C. W, H. Henderson, Clank 8uperioi ' Cowt Marshall. N. C. W. M. Buoknor. Sheriff, Marshall, N. a . James Smart. . Register o( Deeds, Marshall. N. C, a F. Runnlon, Traaaurar, MarahaU. N. ft. R. F. D. No. 8. B, L. Tweed. Surveyor, Whit Rock. N. ft Dr. J. H- Balrd. Coroner. Man HiU. N. C Mrs. Ellia Henderson, Jailor. Mar- ihalLN. & John Honeyoutt, Janitor, Marshall. Dr. C N. Sprlnkla, County Physician, Marshall N. C. Jamaa Haynl. Supt County Home. MarahalL N. C. ' Home located about two mllee south west of MarahalL Court. Criminal and Civil. Flrat Monday be tor Flrat Monday In March. Com mencing Feb. 26th, 1912. CtvU 11th. Monday after Flrat Mon- day tn March, commencea May X0, 1918. Criminal and Civil, Flrat Monday after Flrat Monday In Sept Com mencea 8ept 9th, 1912. Civil th Monday, after Flrat Mon day In September. Commencea Octo- . see 14, 1912. BOARDS. . ' .. County Commissioners. W. C. Sprinkle, Chairman. Marshall, h. a C F. Csssada, Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 1. Reubln A. Tweed, Member, Big Laurel. N. C. ft B. Mashburn, Atty Marshall, N. a , '.; ; " " Board meets first Monday In oTerj month. ., .' 'H0ja TCemmlteloners. , A. B. Bryan. Chairman, Marshall, N ' TAFT AIID SHERMAN ARE RENOMINATED BY THE OLD 116 OF REPUBLICAN PARTY WITH 344 DELEGATES NOT VOTING, THE PRE8IOENT RECEIVES A MAJORITY OVER R008EVELT, LaFOLLETTE AND ' CUMMIN8 OF ONLY 21. THE DEMONSTRATIONS WERE NOT OVER EXCITING Colonel' Follower Did Not Walk Out of Convention aa Waa Expected They Might Do, But Inatead War 8llent In Their Seats, Preferring 'to Do Thia Rather Than Be Charged With Bolting Sherman's Vote Wao 697 Taft Makea a Statement. Chicago. With nearly 860 of the Roosevelt delegatea declining to Tote and hustling away at adjournment time to tender to Col. Theodore Roosevelt the nomination of a new party the fifteenth Republican nation al convention at the end of a long and tumultoua session Saturday night renominated William Howard Taft of 1 : Vi it . WILLIAM H. TAPT. ., C, R. .F. D.Zi, , J. A. Ramsey, Secretary, Mara Hill, N. C R. F. D. 2. Sam Cox, Member, Mara Hill, N. C R. F. D. No. 2. O. W. Wild. Big Pine. N. C. . Dudley Chlpley, Road Engineer, ' Marshall. N. C. . . George M. Prltchard. Atty., Marshall, ' N. C. . Board meets, first Monday In Janu ary, April, July and October each year. .' Board of Education. , Jaspet Ebbs. Chairman, Spring Creek, N. C. Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall, N. C R. F.-D. No. S. W. R. Sams, Marshall, N. O. R. F. ' D. No. 2. Prof. M. C. Buckner, Supt of Schools. Mara HI1L N. C, R. F. D. no. t :- v v - 'Board Meeta first Monday In Janu ary, April, July and October each year. Colleges and High Schools. Mara HIU College,' Prof. R. L. Moore, President, Mara Hill, N. C. Fall Term begins August 17, 1911. Spring Term . begins January 1, 1912. - Spring Creek 'High School. Prof. Q. C. Brown, Principal. Spring Creek, N. C I Mo. School opened August r 1. 1911 Msdtsnn Semlnarv Hlch School Prof J. M."Weatherly, Principal, Mar shall. N. C, R. F. X). No" 2. , T Mo. school began October 2, 1911. Bell Institute. Miss . Margaret E. Griffith, Principal. Walnut, N. C, S Mo. School began September 9,' 1911. Marshall Academy. Prof R. G Anaers, Principal, Marshall, N. C- f Mo. School began Sept. 4, 1911, ' Notary Publlca. 3. C. Ramaey, Marshall, N. C. Term expires Jan. 11, 1912. A. J. Roberts, Marshall, N. C. R. F. fD. No. 5, Term expires May 80, 1912. Jasper "Ebbs, Spring Creek, N. C. . Term expires August 10, 1912. ' C Brown, Bluff, N. C. Term ex pire December 6. 1912. ' : J. A.-- Lak. Revere, N. C. - Term ex pires January 10, 1913, . W,' T. t Davie. Hot. Springs. N. C. Term expires January 10, 191S. J. H. Southworth, SUckhouse, N. C. Tern expires January II, 1913. N. W. Anderson. Paint Fork. N. ft .Term expires. February , 1911. J. H. Hunter, Marshall, N, C, XL 9. D. No. I. Term expires April 1, 191 . ' J. F. Tllson. MarahalL N..C, R. F. ft No. 1 .Term expires April 3, 1913. - a J. Ebbs. Marshall. N. ft Term expires April 31, 1913. 'J. W. Nelson, Marshall, N. C. Term explraa April 25, 1913. Roy 1 Gudger, Marshall, N. O. Term expiree. May 3, 1913. . . Geo. M. Prltchard, Marshall, N. C. Term.explreV May 25, 1913. . Dudley Chlpley, Marshall. N. ft. 1rn expires Jily 29, 1912. ' Sid, Connor, Mars Hill, N. C. Term xplrj November, 27, 1913. ... . P08T.. George W. Oahagan Poat, No. 31 G. A. r'' s.-v - S. M. Davis, Commander. J. R Ballard. Adjutant : ' ItesU at the Conrt House Satarday .tt .or me second Sunday la -.:h at 11 A. li Ohio for President, and James School craft Sherman of New York, for Vice President President Taft receied 661 of the 1,078 votes in the convention, or 21 more than a majority. The decision of the Roosevelt peo ple, under direction of their leader, ta. refrain from voting, left no other candidate. The announcement of the Taft victory was greeted with cheer ing from his adherents and groans and hisses from the opposition. When it became absolutely certain early Saturday that Mr. Taft would be nominated without great difficulty the leaders In control of the convention decided to give him as a running mate his companion on the ticket in 1908. V . - ' All others dropped from the race and Mr. Sherman was the only can didate regularly placed before the convention. ' A motion from New Hampshire to make the nomination by acclamation waa declared out of order. There were many scattering votea on the roll call that ensued. The convention amid much confu slon adjourned sine die. . At no time was there an Indication of a walk-out of the Roosevelt dele gates. They expressed . their revolt by silence. In the confusion just before the ad journment, a resolution was adopted giving the national committee power to declare vacant the seat of any man on the committee refusing to support the nominees of the regular conven tion of 1912. , , Sherman's vote was 697. President Taft made the following statement: "The national convention of one of the great parties Is ordinarily Im portant only as a preliminary to a national campaign for the election of a President. The Chicago convention just ended Is much more than . this and Is' In Itself the end of a pre-con- rentkm campaign presenting a crisis mora threatening and Issues ' more Important than those of the election campaign which is to follow between the two great national parties. The question here as stake was whether the Republican party was to change Its attitude aa the chief conservator in the national of constitutional rep resentative government and was to weaken the constitutional guarantee of life, liberty and property fend all other rights declared saored in the BUI of Rights, by abandoning the prin ciple of the absolute Independence of the judiciary, essential to the mainte nance of those rights. The campaign carried on to seixe the Republican party and make It the Instrument of reckless ambition and the unsettling of the fundamental principles Of our government was so sudden and unex pected that time was not given close ly to show to the people and the party the dangers which confronted them. It was sought to break the wise and valuable tradition against giving more than two terms to any one man In the presidency and the danger from its breach could not be measured. The Importance of the great victory which has been achieved can not be over-estimated. All over this country patri otic people tonight are breathing more freely that a most serious men ace to our Republican institutions has been averted. "It Is not necessary tonight to speak of the result in November and of "the issues which may arise be tween the Republican and Democratic parties during the presidential cam paign. '-. , . " , "It will be time enough to do that after the action of the convention at Baltimore. , t is enough now to say that whatever may happen In Novem TAFT AND SHERMAN VOTE Showing How Delegates Lined Up After Stormy Session of National ' Republican Convention. Roll call on nomination: Alabama Taft 22; not voting 2. Arliona Taft f. Arkansas Taft 17; not voting 1. California Taft 2; not voting 24, Colorado Taft 12. Connecticut Taft 14. Delaware Taft t. . Florida Taft 12.' Georgia Taft 28, Idaho Taft 1; Cummins 7. Illllnois roll called. Illinois Taft 2; Roosevelt 62; ab sent 2; not voting 2. Indiana Taft 20; Roosevelt 3; not voting 7. Iowa Taft 16; Cummins 10. Kansas Taft 2; not voting 18. Kentucky Taft 24; Roosevelt 2. Louisiana Taft 20. Maine Not voting 12. Maryland Taft 1; Roosevelt S; ab sent 1, not voting 6. Massachusetts Taft 20; Roosevelt 9; not voting 1. ) Minnesota Not voting 24. Missouri Taft 16; not voting 20. ROOSEVELT NAMED BY PROGRESSIVES COLONEL'S DELEGATES FROM ALL STATES HOLD INDEPEND--' ENT CONVENTION. NAME VICE PRESIDENT LATER Much Enthusiasm Prevails In Orches tra Hall, Birthplace of New Party Sufficient to Carry Conviction That Organisation Means Business. Montana Taft 8. Nebraska Roosevelt 14. 3; not voting JAMES'S. SHERMAN. ber, great victory for the Republicar party and the United States has been won. The party remains as a great powerful organization for carrying out Its patriotic principles as an urgency of real progress In the development of the nation along the constitutional lines upon vwhich it was constructed and has even been baintalned; and its future opportunity for usefulness Is as great as Its achievements in the past" Talk of Adjournment Chicago. The rapid progress made by the convention after the- contests were disposed of In the adaption of reports of all of the committees up to that of the committee on resolu tions materially altered the prospects to final adjournment It was be lieved by the leader that It might be possible to conclude the nominations and adjourn by midnight or earlier. Utica Will Celebrate. Utica, N. X Utica will celebrate Vice President Sherman's renomlna- tlon. Mr. Sherman sent the following telegram to President Taft: "My very . SsT passing of the storm will come a cjear atmosphere and we may expect with a calm Judgment a Just verdict" The Vice President received the ' reply: Tour kind telegram received. We'll pull together again and wtth the same result I hope. It will be a pleasure to work with you. On great victory has been won." 8herman Appreciates Honor, Utica, . N. T. Expressing apprecia tion of the honor conferred by the Re publican national convention in select ing him for a second time as nominee sincere congratulations. With fhaf for Vice President James S. Sherman Happy Over Taft' Victory. ; Cincinnati, O. The news of the vic tory of President Taft In the Chicago Republican national convention creat ed no little excitement In this his home city. Early in the evening the crowds began to gather In front of the newspaper offices," scanning the bul letins closely. When the nomination was announced, bedlam broke loose In the business section of the town. Those of the relatives of President Taft who were In town, were eager listeners to the bulletins as they came over the wires. declared that although it was his pref erence to retire from' public life, he had been honored too greatly by the party to decline a renominatlon. "To appreciate Its full significance," - he said, "one must remember , that not for three-quarters of a century, has a renominatlon ' been accorded to any one for thia office. : Hllles May Lead Taft' Campaign., Chicago. Charles D. Hllles, secre tary to President Taft, probably will be chosen chairman of the Republi can national committee. No definite announcement that his selection was certain .was obtainable at present but it was, known that he had been endors ed by President Taft and was gener ally acceptable. : Congressman Wtl-1 Ham B, McKInley of Illinois, who has managed the President's campaign and was mentioned for the chairman ship refused to have hi nam considered. Nevada Taft 6. New Hampshire Taft 8. New Jersey Roosevelt 2; not vot ing 26. New Mexico Taft 7; Roosevelt 1. New York Taft 76; Roosevelt 8; not voting 6. North Carolina Taft 1; Roosevelt 1; not voting 22, North Dakota LaFollette 10. Ohio Taft 14; not voting 34. Oklahoma Taft 4; Roosevelt 1; not voting 15. Oregon Roosevelt 8; not voting 2. Pennsylvania Taft 9; Roosevelt 2; Hughes 2; not voting 62; absent 1. Rhode Island Taft 10. South Carolina Taft 16; absent 1; not voting 1. South Dakota Roosevelt 6; LaFol lette 6. Tennessee Taft 23; Roosevelt 1. Texas Taft 31; absent 1; not vot ing 8. - Utah Taft 8. ' Vermont Taft 9 not voting 2. Virginia1 Taft '6; not voting 2. Virginia Taft 22; one absent one not voting. ' Washington Taft 14. Wisconsin LaFollette 26. ' Wyoming Taft 6. Alaska Taft 2. District of Columbia Taft 2. Porto Rico Taft 2. ' Hawaii Taft 6. Total Taft 661; Roosevelt 107; LaFollette 41; Cummins 17; Hughes 2; absent 6; present, but not voting 344. Roll Call Vice President. Alabama Sherman 22; hot votinn 2 Arizona Sherman 6. Arkansas Sherman 18. California Sherman 2; not Toting 24. Colorado Sherman 12. ' Connecticut Sherman 14, Delaware Sherman 6. Florida Sherman 12. Georgia Sherman 28. Idaho Hadlpy 8. Illinois Sherman 9; not voting 49 (vote challenged.) Illinois Result of poll of delega tion: Sherman 10; not voting 17; ab sent 30. Indiana Sherman 21; " Hadley not voting 7. . Iowa Sherman 16; Borah 10. Kansas Sherman 2; not voting 18. : Kentucky Sherman 26. Louisiana Sherman 20. ' Maine Absent 12. Maryland Sherman 8; not voting 3; absent 5. Maryland Sherman 20; Borah 9; Hadley 1; not voting 6. '" Minnesota Not voting 24. " Mississippi Sherman 17; not vot ing 3. Missouri Sherman 20; not voting 16. Montana Sherman 8. Nebraska Beveridge 2; not voting 14.--.--..V-': Nevada Sherman 6. :' New, Hampshire Sherman 8. New Jersey Not voting 28. New Mexico Sherman 8. New York Sherman 87; not voting 3 North Carolina Sherman 6; not voting 1; absent 17. North Dakota Not voting 10. Ohior Sherman 14; not voting 34. Oklahoma Sherman 4; not voting 16. Oregon Borah 8; pot voting 2. Pennsylvania Sherman 12; not voting 63; absent 1. Rhode Island Sherman 10. South Carolina Sherman 15; not voting 3. ' South Dakota Not voting 10. Tennessee Sherman 23; not vot ing 1. Texas Sherman 31; not voting 8; absent 1. - Utah Sherman 8. Vermont Sherman 6; noting 2. Virginia Sherman 22; not voting 1; absent 1. v Washington Sherman 14. West Virginia Not voting 16. Wisconsin Charles E. Merriam 20; not voting 2; absent 4. Wyoming Sherman 6. Alaska Sherman 2. . District of Columbia Sherman 1 Mamalt Sherman 6 ' Philippines Sherman I. Porto Rico Sherman 2. Unofficial vote Sherman 69T: Bo rah 21; Hadley 14; Merriam 20; Bev eridge 2; Gillette 1. Absent 85. Present but not voting 338. Chicago Former President Theo dore Roosevelt 'was nominated for President on an Independent ticket Saturday night in the dying hours of the Republican national convention In which he had met defeat. The followers of Colonel Roosevelt gathered In Orchestra Hall, less than a mile from the Coliseum and pledged their support to the former President. Colonel Roosevelt said: Gentlemen: I thank you for your nomination and in you I recognize the lawfully elected delegates to the Re publican convention who represent the overwhelming majority of the voters who took part In the Republican pri maries prior to the convention and who represent the wish of the major ity of the lawfully elected members of the convention. I accented the nomination subject to but one condi tion. This has now become a contest which cannot be settled merely along the old party lines. The principles that are at stake are as broad and as deep as the foundations of our dem ocracy Itself. They are in no sense sectional. They should appeal to all honest citizens, East and West North and South. They should appeal to al' right thinking men whether Republi cans or Democrats without regard to their previous party affiliations. I feel that the time has come when not on ly all men who believe In progressive principles but all men who believe in those elementary maxims of public and private morality which must un derlie every form of successful! free government should join In one move ment. Therefore I ask you to go to s V t r ,w ' "C'"lI. l " THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM It Cover All of the Pending Issues Between the Two Organization For Tariff Board. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. your several homes to find out the sentiment of the people at home and then again come together, I suggest by mass convention to nominate for the presidency a progressive candl aate on a rrogressive platform, a candidate and a platform that will en able us to appeal to Northerner and Southerner, Easterner and Western er, Republican and Democrat alike, in the name of our common American citizenship. Wherever In any state the Republi can party is true to the principles of its founders and Is genuinely the par ty of justice and progress, I expect to see It come bodily into the new move ment for the convention has just sat in this city Is In no proper sense of the word a Republican convention at all. It does not represent the masses of the Republican party. It was or ganized in cynical defiance of their wishes and it has served the purpose only of a group of sinister political bosses who have not one shadow of sympathy with the spirit and purpose of the Republican party of fifty year ago and many of whom have used the party merely as an adjunct to money making, either for themselves or for the great crooked financial Interests which they serve. . But we are more fortunate In one respect than our predecessors, for we who now stand for the Progressive cause, the Progressive movement have done forever with all sectional ism, and we make our appeal equally to the sons of the men who fought under Grant and to the sons of the men who fought under Lee for the cause we champion Is as emphatically the cause of the1 South aa It Is the cause of the North. I am In this fight for certain princi ples and the first and most Important of these goes back to Sinaf And Is embodied In the commandment "Thou Shalt Not Steal Chicago , June 27. The platform adopted by the Republlan national convention, reaffirms the belief of the party in the protective tariff and declares that the present high cost of living is "not due to the protective tariff aystem, aa evidenced by ' the existence of similar conditions In countries which have a tariff policy different from our town." It declares the party' unchanging faith in government of the people, tor the people and by the people, "ex pressing its veneration for the name of ' Abraham Lincoln, whose lofty principles and superb devotion to his country were an Inspiration to the party he honored." It expresses its belief In "our self- controlled representative democracy which is a government of laws not of men, and 'In which order Is the prerequisite of progress." "The Republican party," It says, "is prepared to go forward wtth the so lution of those new questions which social, economical and political devel opments have brought 1 (the fore front of the nation's .interest. It wjll strive to enact the necessary leg islation to safeguard the public health, to limit effectively the labor of women and children, to protect wage earners engaged in dangerous occupations, to enact comprehensive and generous workmen's . compensa tion laws In place of the present wasteful and unjust system of em ployers' liability and In all possible ways to satUfy the Just demand of the people for the study and solu tion of complex and constantly changing problems of social welfare. Rights of Individual. -"In dealing with these questions," says the platform, "It is Important that the rights of every individual to the freest possible development of his own powers and resources and to the control of his own justly acquir ed property, as far as those are com patible with the rights of others, shall not be interfered with or destroyed." The authority and integrity of the courts, both state and federal, must be upheld, the platform adds, but it declares in favor of "legislation to prevent long delays and the tedious and costly appeals which have so oft en amounted to a denial of Justice in civil cases and to a failure to pro tect the public at large in criminal cases." It declares the recall of Judges "unnecessary and unwise," yet favors such "action as may be necessary to simplify the process by which any Judge who is found to be derelict In his duty may be removed from office.' It favors the peaceful settlement 'of International disputes and the , ref erence of controversies between na tions to an International court of justice. ' The Republican party is opposed to special privileges and monoply, says the platform, pointing to the enact ment of the interstate commerce act and of the anti-trust act. It favors he "enactment of legislation supple mentary to the existing anti-trust act which will define as criminal offenses those specific acts that uniformly mark attempts to restrain and to mo nopolize trade." Benefits of Tariff. The Republican tariff policy, de clares the platform, "has been of the greatest benefit to the country, de veloping our resources, diversifying our industries and protecting our workmen against competition with cheaper laborv abroad. "Some of the existing import du ties," it continues, "are too high and should be reduced. To accomplish this correct information is lndispen able. This information can best be obtained by an expert commission, as the large volume of useful facts contained in the recent reports of the tariff board have demonstrated." As to the high cost of living the platform declared that the party will support a "prompt sclentiflo inquiry into the causes which are operative, both In the United States and else where tq increase the cost of living," and that when these facts are known the necessary steps will be taken to reduce high prices. ' The platform declares for the "pro gressive department of our banking and currency system." : It is of great importance," It con tinues, "to social and economic wel fare of this country that Its farmers have facilities for borrowing easily and cheaply the money they need to Increase the productivity of their land. It Is as Important that financial ma chinery to be provided to supply the demand of farmers for credit as It is that the banking and currency sys tems be reformed tn the interest of general business. Therefore, we rec ommend the passage of state and Fed eral law for the establishment and capable supervision of organizations having for another purpose the loan ing of funda to farmers." It favor developing Alaska's re sources and the leasing of the coal lands there "on such terms as will In vite development and provide fuel for the navy and the commerce of the Pacific ocean." Laws to give relief from "the con stantly growing evil of Induced and undesirable immigration, Among Republican accomplishments mentioned are the Panama Canal, the bureau of mines, postal savings banks and the effect to procure greater, econ omy and Increased efficiency in the conduct of government business. . I V FIRING LINE PICTURES WELL KNOWN WORKERS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL "' CONVENTION. IN 0RMSBY M'HARQ " - u Mr. MoHarg ha been on of th most active worker In behalf of Colo nel Roosevelt and had charge f th Roosevelt contests befor th national aommltte. . BAINBRIDGE COLBY ' hi If 1 Balnbridg Colby of New York went to Chicago te look after th legal phase of th contests for delegation In behalf of Colnnl Reeai COL HARRY S. NEW. B r Colonel lew was chairman of the committee on arrangements of th Rs publlcsn national convention. JOSEPH B. KEALINQ n