North Carolina Newspapers

A V :'.' -V llih 11 k II 1:: LOCAL AND PERSONAL':: j 8. Brlgmaa of Belva was in town Monday,; - Mr. William Henderson waa in town Monday. V See ad of James' Cash Store in another column. "'.""..' Mr. M. L. Church was in Hen dersonvllle Sunday. i Mrs. Hobble . Huffman came Wednesday Evening. W. M. Lawson was here from Hot Springs, Monday. Thomas Lawson was up from Hot Springs Monday. Mr. George Wild was down from Big Pine Monday. Ira Plemmons was here taking orders for flour Monday. Joe Johnson who has been sick . is again , in the office setting ; type. Hon. T. J. Murray has been indisposed but is much better now. . ; Special values in Mens and Boys clothing at James Cash Store. ;,':v ' Mr. N. B. Tweed was in Knox ville last, week ' purchasing . goods.' , -". .- .":,";'.' " Prettiest lot of DreSs Silks f at James Cash Store at reduced prices. , 'xv The Board of Commissioners met last Monday Tuesday ; and Wednesday. ' ' " Don't forget the Square Doa.1 Clothing Store, 'when you go Ho buy your suit. ; , f ,-, j - Hon. Jasper Ebbs was in from Spring Creek for Board of Edu cation meeting. j Miss Stockton is teaching - the . kindergarten on the mill side arid v began last, Monday. . ' , j , - The Finance Committee of the ' County met last Wednesday ' to settle up the books, . Buy your . boy an Overcoat a,t Jame3' : Cash Store. Very '. low prices during the Holidays. , The new well is progressing very wellla deed "and v "will1; gO down faster reek la passed. Of course you want a Square Deal, then buy your suit at the . Square Deal Clothing Store. ' ' Mr. Troy Redmon has accept ed a Dosition as Bookkeeper for The Bank of French Broad. The CJounty Board of . Educa tion iet last Monday, it being - the first Monday of December. Ladies Kid Gloves-Blacks and Tans-worth $1.00 but selling for 60 cents at James' Cash Store. . . .-' - . i . Mrs. Will Sprinkles and D Charles attended the Annual at Mars Hill College this last week. T. A. Center of Green ville, S Cls visiting friends here; this week.: , , All the County officers settled - with the Finance Committee this week. . , ' ' , .Mr. Zade .Sprinkles' is living ' In the Roy Gudger House having ; moved his family here last week v If you want to do business with a good bank in a good town call and see us. Bank of French Broad. '' . James' Cash Store is offering Nos, 2-J4..3, H and, 4, Ladies Shoes fct cut prices to reduce overstock. Mrs. A. W. Perry, nee Miss Dovie Lowe, of Raleigh, is visit ins relatives and friends here this week. Mr. Fosey Fisher has placed a line' of clotlics in his shop and is selling them in connectlonwith his pressing club. ' ' , Mrs. Byers who has been visit ing hec daugher, Mrs. Stabler,' returned to her home in South Carolina last Saturday. Miss Clota Sprinkle has re turned home after spending se veral weeks with her Grand fat her, Mr. Geo. Bryan, on R-2. ' Mr. and Mrs. S. 3. Stamey " i ve returned to their- home on inR Creek aT'.sr having spent time won in the mill T: Somewhere between Station f-vl e co '.'.'. ': .".:" ", r n.-l - i , CL"V. '. ( ' Mr. Guy V. Roberts, went to Raleigh last Monday to argue a caso before the ' Supreme - Court on Teursday. He returned Wed nesday. ; ' ' ' .. ; . Mr. J. G. Cassada brought to the Editor a 8 lb and V ounce sweet potato which we enjoyed very much. .It was of the best quality and sweet. Several persons had birthdays this last week. Miss Catherine. Runnion, Eugene and Howard Rector and the editor advanced a year on the 3rd of December,, Mr. N. B. McDevitt is placing a high board fence between his property and the livery stable. He will reside in his house from which Mr. Everett Tweed lately moved. ' ' ' WANTED, orders for fine frostproof cabbage plants, all varioties. $1.25 per 1000, cheaper in larger lots, satisfaction guar anteed.-F.-T. CANNON, Meg getts, S. C. 4-1-18 Mr. Roy Runnion and Miss Hattie Runnion were united in marriace on last Thursday at the residence of Mr. Clarence on Walnut Creek. The News-Re cord wishes them much bdppi ness and long life. ' ; C. L. Brittain wishes to an nounce that v he lias opened a Pressing Club and is . ready to serve all his friends at most rea sonable rates. The club will be located In the,; Allison building and there Mr. Brittain will give you fullest satisfaction. The Mars Hill faculty gave an entertainment at the Court House last evening. TbeJiour of; going to press does not allow us to givo an ap prestation gf the entertainment. Which will be done next week. Miss Mary Gudger - gave a novelty shower for Miss Lucy Smart ou last Mondny afternoon Quite a number of the' younger set were present and the pre sents wtye arranged on a Christ mas tree. The shower was from four to five o'clock. - ; v - ; The numerous fires lately make topra pointed' the warning of the News-Record ' some time ago. We would reiterate this warning Examine the flues see that the gutters are cleaned out. : Dead leaves in this dry time are likely to catch fire. Clean out the gutters by all means.: Insure yourliouse and feel secure. V A stich in time sves nine." Blackwell-Smart. Qn Thursday December 5th, Henry islackwelj was united in marriage to Miss 'Lucy Smart daughter of Mr.' James Smart, Register of Deeds. . The cere mony took place at home ' of the brides parents and afterward the newly married couple left for their future home .at Erwin Tenn.. where Mr. 1 Black well is employed with the O. C. & O. Railroad. T h e News-Record wishes them much happiness. Walnut News Items. . The revival meeting that was conducted here in the Free Will Baptist Church two weeks ago, was quite a success.- The meet ing was conducted by Rev, Tom Cole and the Free Will Baptist preachers of Wahiut. ' This was an ' old time Holy Ghost' revival, where people showed the praises of God and where people were - Baved f uora sin. There were 84. converted and reclaimed, and the church was greatly revived.- ' Fourteen join ed the Free Wil Baptist church, and there are others' yet to join. Several- will join the other churches of our town. There were eight baptized last Sunday evening, and quite a number yet to be baptized. The collection at the- close of the meeting for Bro. Cole was Revs. Cole, Ballard, Reeves and Ramsey, have been holding a revival meeting at Dry Branch for the past two weeks. , We un derstand at this -writing that they are havbur a food meeting. The little two :.r old child of Mr. and 'Mrs. Chandler 'led last Sunday whh ti .;nd was buried Monday in t! r: Walnutcenktcry. Money , Plenty in Madison. As an eviuenco of the pros lrous condition of the people of our county at this time it " is pleasing to note that the deposits in Tho Bank of French Broad on November 2Gth ns shown in thoir statement published in this paper shows an increase , of nearly $20,000.00sover their September statement. ' Most of this mono.v has been deposited on interest which shows that the majority of our citizens are well fixed finan cially and are placing their money where it will bo safo and working for them at the 'rate of 4 per cent. : Thd Bank of French - Broad began business nine years ago the first day of this month being the first bank in Madison county. During all these years this Bank has hail a good business and has been' a profitable investment for its shareholders as well as a stron and safe institution for taking care of the money doposited with it. Tho 'deposits in The Bank of French Broad ron November 2Ctb 1912, were more than'il38,0O0.O0 all of which is money' belonging to individuals and business firms and does not include any State, Countv or Government funds. With capital stoclr .paid - to $2:5,000.00, earned profits of near ly au,0UU.UU and total resources MORE than $180,000.00, : , The Bank of French BroacI Is starting in on its JUtn year better pre pared than cvor before to serve tlie Banking needs of the citizens of Madison county. Road thei detailed statement on the opposite page. Advertisement How Bananas Are Shipped. BANANAS are cut green, at different, stages of development, depending upon the market for which they are intended. Those destined for New York and Bos ton, a largo part of which are con sumed at those ports without an additional haul by rail, are cut at a more advanced stage of develop ment than fruit going to more distant ports, of which is to be re shipped to" the interior by rail. Thus a large proportion of i the fruit entering at New Orleans and Mobile is cut earlier than that sent to New York; the fruit for the) English markets is cut still mature. Tho first is called "full" and the last "three-quarters." ' As all fruit is sold delivered at the railroad, each farm is provid ed with its own tramway leadin from the fields to the railroad, the cars being drawn by mules. No tice is given to tho grower to de liver a specified quantity of" fruit alongside the cars on a given date, for shipment by a certain vessel, and within twelve to ' cightocn hours after tho fruit is cut it has been transported to Port Limon and loaded aboard ship ready tor sea. ;,;, :;;;.;;;:. : ' i-.. At the wharf tho fruit is trans ferred from car fo ship at tho rate of two thousand bunches per hour, by mechanical loaders, . spc dally designed to carry it without bruising, over canvas rollers , and into the ship's hold, v Upon arriv ing at its over-seas destination the fruit is unloaded in the same man ner, and within a few hours" after the steamer has docked, its c trgo has been placed aboard special trains of refrigerator cars, waiting to carry it to interior points of distribution.;' ' ' Thus the bunch of bananas hanging at the corner grocer's,! in the small town of the Middle West, or New England, has been, in most cases, less than fifteen days out of its native habitat in the tropics.--This-National Geograp hic Magazine. ' - Drives Off A Terror. Tlio chief executioner of death In the Winter and spring months is pneumo niae Its advanoe'ayents arft cold and pript In any attack by one of- these maladies no time should be lost in taking the best medicine obtainable to drive it . otf. Countless ' tboasands have found'this to be Dr. Kinir.s. New Discovery. -, "My husband believes it has kept him from having pneumonia three or four times," writes Mrs. Geo. W. riace, RawsonviUo,. ,Vt., "and for coughs, colds an'd croup we have never found its equal." Guaranteed for all bronchial affections. Price GO eta. and J1.00. Trial hottle free at Triplott & Rector. . '. ' . -; - . Christmas will soon be here, nd the little hearts of the child- 1 ;: he . ir.n.lo pl'id. Santa Upper Big Pino School Histoid . And Closing Exercises. Editor News-Record: T h closing" exercises and the history of the School of :Upper Big Pine this ytar Is so much worthy of being known abroad in our County that I, as one especially onterested in our County Schools, would like to see it printed in your next issue, it you have pace. v The unusally splendid history of this year's work which I chan ced to see in the register that was handed in tch our County Superintendent at , the close of the school, stands as follows: : The adoption of new books )n the State for this year made tho question of securing new text books for each district the first difficult task which co: fronted each teacher who taught in. Madison Uounty. iCealizlng this fact. Miss Clyde Daniel of Wake County, t h e Primary Teacher, and I, j knowing that we would teach at Upper Big Pine this year, visited every home or saw the parents of every homo in the District two weeks before school opened, and, so for as was possible, we graded the . children and gave them a, list of the books which they would need at the opening of the school and urged all to start to school the first day and attend regularly. - Through these tireing efforts at our own expense and loss of time, and through the kindness1 , of Mr." Geo. W. Wild, who agreeed to order the books for us and place them within reach of the pat rons of the school, giving them the advantage of exchange pric es on new books ! and allowing them to pay for books with any kind of produce when they could not pay money, we had in an order of more than $70.00 worth of books at the close of the first day of school and a full number of pupils to begin with. With this supply of books and a smal ler order whlcn was made a week later, our school was amp ly supplied with all the new text books and each student was plac ed in his respective grade at the beginning; thus giving . them an advantage of progress far be yond what they would have had without this forethought and labor considering the fact that new books could not be , had in the county for some time after schools opened. - ; When school was begun we planned an ; entertainment by means of which we raised $19.00. This money was in securing a $30.00 School Library, an up to date Standard ; Sectional Map case of eight maps on spring rol lers, and a new Geographical and Historical map , of North Carolina in a spring roller case for oar school buildings Those, we are sure, will add greatly to the progress and success of the next school at this place. In addition to visiting, grading and ordering books, securing 1 a library and maps, the building has been furnished with a supp ly of fine new blackboards which are of invaluable aid in teaching and the broken window-panes have been replaced. .: . Since there -were only" four months provided for by. the County fund, we as teachers took it upon ourselves to give two week's service free of charge to the community. Thus our: school was lengthened to four and one half, months. Notwithstanding the fact that we did. not enroll so many as was enrolled last year on .account of the exchang of books; and the near by school to which, many children went rather than to buy new' books,' our dailjr aver age, which counts for most, has held up much better during the whole term.; Especially, do the Primary Grades show a decided increase, which when compered with last year stand as follows: Daily Average Last year This year 1st month 2nd month 3rd month 4th month 42.5; .40.5 39.a 32. 29.55 31.75 21.13 17.75 -Total for all grades compare as follows: - " Daily average Last jear This year 1st month 90.65. . 72.05 2nd month 57.5 - 0S.7 .3rd month -15.3 ' (53.7 4th month '40.9 50.3 ' Thesi; figures speak for them- selves and asoit tli.it our ( Trts 1 ill.S your have ..t.'-s -n:!j not been v v. Live i: 7r LEAGUE OF ASHEV1LLB MERCHANTS WILL PAY YOUR to Asheville and return to combined purchases from one or more of the fol lowing firms reaches the sum of ; 330 THIRTY Jl. li KM WOOD & COMPANY. Dry goods Knd Clothing, ready to wean lor Men, women and UtUldreu. 7 & 9 Pattoa Ave. BROWN BOOK COMPANY" Books and Stationery. . O the Square and 66 Pat Ion Ave. BROWN-MILLER SHOE CO. Shoe, Bags and Trunks. 47 Patton Ave. J. L. SMATHERS A; SON Furniture, Wholesale and Retail. 15 N. Main 8t. opposite Langren HotolJ When trading, ask the whom you buy for your rebate certificate. BOOKLET WILL BE FURNISHED ON REQUEST. ' WE BUY Poplar, Oak, White, Yellow aik Black Pine, Chestnut and Walnut logs and lumber, best Cash prices paid on delivery at our mill t '':;WB'.SELL;':v.:; Flooring, Coiling, Siding, Moulding, Framing and all kinds bf Building Material. Tobacco Barrels, Wagon Beds, Turkey and Chicken Coops, Crib Patterns. ," I will do your custom sawing work from our plant guaranteed to give satisfaction. See us before elacing an order for lumber or selling logs or lumber. We Sell Wood. J. J. REDIVION & SOU JAMES' CASH STORE Pins 1 cent per paper Wire Hair Pins 1 cent dozen Spool Thread 4 cents Soda 3 pounds for 5 cents Matches 7 l-2c dozen bozes 10c Children's Stockings 71-2 "Big Jack" Oveoalls 75c "Eagle" Overalls 75c The above prices are not new to thousands of people in Madison county. They heard of them , for the first time two years ago when we adopted the Cash System and they have been coming to our store and receiving the benefit of them ever since. They are held down by the CREDIT SYSTEM and its HIGHER PRICES." They were tempted to buy because it was so easy just take the goods and have them charged priees wasnt considered So easy. Now they never have a cent truly their own. ' They owe it all. Lot us advise you to get your nose off the grindstone. Be independent. Own your own money and be free to spend it where you can get the best bargains. ' The above prices arc only sam pies of tho values we are giving our customers. Similinr reductions apply to Clothing, Shoes, Dress Goods, Notions, Hats, Caps, Groceries, Haadware, Etc Climb on tho band wagon of prosperity by trading at JAMES' CASH STORE FROST PROOF CABBAGE and LETTUCE PLANTS. . Crown in the Open Air We are prepared to Ship from now -oint il A prjl 1st,, tlio FINKST AS SORTMENT o( CABBAGE PLANTS tied in bunches of fifty (50); cor-1 rectly counted, with an Extra Hundrad Plants KllKK to each Thousand purchased. These Plants'are raised from KROST PROOF SEEDS which are (frown especially for us on Long Island, N, Y. Our Plants are spray ed with LIMB and made free from Germs. Our prices are 1.60 per Thousand delivered, count guaranteed and prompt shipments. ; We refere you to Peoples National Bank, Charleston, S. C, as t'o our reliability, also to Post Master and Express Agents, Meggetts, S. C, OUR LETTUCE PLANTS ARE FROST PROOF also, and- we will put in at the same flgiirea. We want Agent to handle our Plants at each Station; Commission deducted from prico of plauts at 10 per cent; Write and secure Agency. . ' , : . THE ENTERPRISE PLANT CO. Tlie Larpest Potato riant and Cabhajfe Farm in the South. Fifty acres devoted in South Carolina and Florida to Plants alone. accordingly as a result of more regular attendance LOANS E. ALLM AN Principal. gurely t h i s ieport, copied from the register, is a credit to any district and to be , sure the people ottJpper . Big Pine are proud 61 it. - . ' - Schooi closed Wednesday and Wednesday night the27tb. The dav 1 exercises - consisted- of choruses, drills and recitations by the small cbildrens before noon. A splendid dinner was " '. 1 on the crennd for the RAILROAD FARE your home If your total or DOLLARS $30 OTTtS GUEKN UAttDWAttE CO. Hardware, Farming Implements and Machinery, etc. . !-' :,'.. On the Square. G. V. STRAPLEY ' Staplft,and Fancy1 Groceries. 3 E. Pack Square. . CUAS. E. HENDERSON Jeweler Watches, Jewelery and Holiday Goods 62 Patton Ave. M. V. MOORE & COMPANY lOutattcrs to Men, Women and Child ren. Holiday Goods, it Patton Ave. first merchant from and matching reasonable. All Eg BB5&83Z9EQEBHnS Waukegan barb wire $2.50 per - 100 pounds. Wire Stables 2 l-2c per pound Wire Nails 2 1-2C per pound Extra good 10c Outing for 9c. Regular 50c Underwear 42 l-2c Regular $1.00 Dress Shirts 75c Regular 50c work Shirts 43c Good 50c enameled dish pans 25 ffiEGGETTS, S. C. large crowd, bf people and all enjoyed a feast on the . nice things which the good ladies of the-ximmunity had prepared. After, noon two excellent ad dresses along the line of educa tion were delivered by Messrs. George Pritchard of Marshall and Jasper Ebbs of Spring Creek The speeches were full of burn iog'zeal and all thoroughly en joyed them. The night pro gram consisted of t'wo splendid cl.oruscs, recitations. " declama tions and three well prepared plays by the larger children. Entire program frr th O-'X and Africa Leads In Gold Prcdactica. (Washington Dispatch.) ; The world's production of gold In 1911, was estimated at $407, 449,000, according to the'U..S. . Geological Survey. Africa was by far the greatest producer,, with $192,972,100; the United States came second with $96. 233,500. Australasia third, $59, 187,900; and Mexico fourth, $29,-" 190,000. -Other large producer's were Russia and Finland, $24,- 805,000; China, $10,000,000 Brit ish India," $9,702,100. : $outh America as a whole produced uearly $17,00(000.; :: ; ' ( . . Folia A Foul Plot. ; When a shameful plot exlsti be tween liver and boweis to causa dis tress by refuslntr to1 act, take. Dr. King's Now Life Pills, and end such, abuse of ' your system. . They gently compel riht action of stomach, livor and bowels, and restore your health and all good feelings. 20o at Triplett A Hector. ... Swat The Rats. The rat must go. It' has been so decreed. lie is not only a pest. and maybe a transmitter ofdisease,. but he is a destroyer bf property. at fact is known. Secretary Wilson 6omo time ago, called at tention to the enormous damage done to crops and property in this- ntry by these rodents. A sim- iliar complaint has just been mado in France. An organization' with . the formidable name of the Incor porated Society for the Destruc tion of Vermin estimates that the- iamage done in that country amounts to$40,000,000 a year. lis means a tax of about Si k year to each inhabitant. This to high a tax to pay to the rat ibe," says the spokesman of the society, "and the ever-present danger from the rodents' propa--gation of maladies Jike the plague and pneumonia shows the wisdom of carrying on a determined war of extermination." The oxtermi-' ( nation of rats, flics and mosqui-. toes there is a task worthy of the twentieth century and one thai ' will certainly entitlo it to the ' blessings of posterity, even if it ' accomplishes, nothing else for the amelioration of the race. ;,- EYE, EAR, NOSE aid TESOAT SPECIALIST. , If you need glasses fit. If you have Catarrh If your throat needs frMting. CaU on r DR. I.' E. BURNETT, MARS HILL, K. C. and have your work done. H has a oomplete set of Instrument ko perform all kinds of operation, and a new up-to-date office eq ultimata I to treat all kinds of dlseM, .- lle has taken two special ooarwa. Be guarantees MJisfaotioa. ' Geo. M. Pritchard Attorney. PRACTICE N ALL COURTS MISS ROBERTA ROGERS Public Stenographer . .. orncEi BANK OF FRENCH BROAD BUILDING -"::..-. -;'-; t'"' . Hours : 8 to 2. Catarrh Cannot Be Cure J with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, M fhrr eumol tt Uie nat of tho dleM, CaUrrh fca 11 blood or mi.i'-' tutlonat dlnaae, uid In onler to can It yon "t w tnumal remedies. Bnirg OAUrrb Otre m n m--j temally, and acta directly una tm b;iKfd Surface. Hail's CAUrrb lure ta n-t - 1. - It was Drescrioed bv ooe of t- p It Is compowd of im U u t- With the best Wood -" muoous irlfioe& T l t two lntrriM)is Is w'--4t t . HiiU la suriiis - f a 1 &. F.J.i A ij . t fWrt hr ffr t- 7 .(1.- 1SM UUB t suy A Ml iK -im In thlf country for yr twa m r . night waa so wonderfully that all present declared t' selves charmingly pleased the, exercises. ' Both c! " and teachers shouM I. ' lated for their X' v spleiauiJ succ-"-'.