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I 1 J .-,.,"' ;. Y'r.:. ...:-v .jv-1 ;-,":-'r' -rH.: n r-. , ' ,v v - . 1 1 V( ' 5 ' ??dUqn County Rc'eoiftf , ' .v'X"- 7 V- iT V - & n ' cosoLtDtEDHov.n,,y;;v :7ff ,ff ., , ' vY'y, ;t' ; S';7 -0000000,fW0PPP$fPp'p i::'4''i;x'.'' ';y.V I 'j , " . i-, i , :. '.' i -'K i ! K E .... .. ......... ? Means that yonr sub scription has expired. ipppppppppppppppppppp THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUE!,ISIIED IN MADISON COUNTY No 1 MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, H. C FRIDAY, JANUARY 5th 1923. I VODXXI .yr " : r7 U3 ...t T V K A- Highway Up French Broadv f Leading To :7 - Sought Democrat! From ; Madison Is To Seek Legislation For; 7..- Better RoadSUv I v ; From Marshall To Spring Creek 5 ;ttlPropOM'd iidutca'iWttid ' Op"en t V Up Rich Section Of The ft tefiislation tendina to open V.' m h hitfhwav un the French nrnd Riv'nr from - Marshall to - tie Buncombe Jounty. line, i n leading to Asheville, is said to ; v -j , nive been liberally aiscussea in V.tbis Couijty and to meet with H ti iPubUc favor' ;;v " v i-''" y It is believed J.Wile5r Nelson 1 ''i' : man In 40 yqars i-unnir.' on the ii Demopratic ticket, to be - elected v; r,!to the Hou3e;'from Madison will f'fv introduce a measured providing " r''Kepresen'tative:. Nelson,' it is I - - H-x understood, MUX introduce - and ' hSf t'for ftcV'passafie of .at bill I (,k : v.iicn'wui resuu m : me .coujm,- A " &'lttctidn of a highway from Mar V " -s,' 4KrmVcfh ..Tattle Pinie Creek ;V' ------ ; ;- , i v.tad 'into Spring Creeki - This cont..,,iJ ftT,i i,,y4 V rihh sArtion hf the year iirWt)y4iinpriye- tVux JrvC " tfls of citizens throughout the t territory, in addition to making these sections more accessible and improving transportation in the County in general. .' Another measure which Re presentative Nelson is expected to see; passed will : call for the improvement of thp road from Hot Springs into Spring Creek. This -would serve a large num ber of people in the county bet ter and make for general impro vement. v These county roads will, - it is said result in a great economy for the people of ; Madison and the project leading up the French Broad would shorten distance to Asheville by five miles under any other available route. The Asheville. Citizen. Notice For Filing Income Tax ' Return: ' The following rnust file re turns before March 15th 1923. . ; ' EJvery person with net income " of $1000, if single: -1 . Every person with net income of $2000, if married: . 1 j Every person with a gross inr . come of $000: . ' -5 Every incorporated company, without exception: ' ' ; t Every partnership, without ; any exception: ' ' Every employer must report all salaries of $1000, or moire and to whom' paid. ' ; Returns must be filed on time 4 even if "NO TAX" is DUE. ': File your Return now and iake no chances of a Penalty. . i . Aairess au returns -ana man f rU. S." Collector Internal Rev enue, GILLIAM GRISSOM, Raleigh North Carolina. . , ' ;. . : . . ''...'''' ; The New Year ia now here! So come in and re new your subscrip tion, or SUDSCRI BE You ' know t j e "golden rule". Don't borrow your neighbors paper. Asheville :1s By. Wiley Nelson ' BergdqlL Is Missing Notorious Slacker Disappears From Haunts In Germany. .iV.';.'.-v ,'. . ? -vv' AMERICAN AGENTS WATCH O f '17$ ; ; Federal 0 fiicials Guard '', Every Port Against Entry of WAR ; DODGER. Canadian and Wfexican Borders Caro fully Watched.' . United States government of ficials have thrown a net around every port in the country in an eiTort.to cap'fure.Groyer C. Berg doll, the notorious draft envader yhb; is reported to'av.e, left his refuge in Germany, and 'who' is said to be returning to his honie in Philadelphia. V Every vessel, whether it be a luxurious pas sehger liner or, a battered tramp schooner, is being visied by De partment of Justice men, armed with, circulars giving 'detailed descriptions of Bergdofl. y . According to advices from GermanV. Bersdoll has mvster iousy disspeareolfrbm Ais usd uai liauum, aim ms ineaus more believe he is on his way to the United States in an effort to vi sit his mother without being de tected. . The government offi cials are taking no chances, how ever and the crews as well as the passengers are being -looked over, for it is believed that he would attempt.to smuggle him self into the the country as a sailor rather than as a passen ger. " . AU Borders Covered. Customs officials 'and federal agents along the Canadian and Mexican borders have been or dered to keep a sharp watch for the slacker, with orders that if Bergdoll attemps to . enter the United States he is to be arrest ed the moment ' he "placed ihis foot on American soil. The immigrants at Ellis Island are. receiving a more than usu ally through scrutiny., Every government official attached to the port has been given t h e number of the passport, which was fraudulently obtained by Bergdoll when he fled to Can ada and made his way to Ger many to escape serving a sen tence of five years at hard la bor. Federal officials asserted that the search of ships Would con tinue until, they learn definitely just where the draff dodger is. That he has left Germ a n y. where he never was; very popu lar, is known, and the. active watch fr him will be continued until it is kriown that' he is not heading toward the United Sta tes.' .-.A - .X'-yMv:':"'..' Mrs Emma Bergdoll, ' the sla cker's mother, expresses no con cern over reports of her son's disappearances from Germany; and it is believed that she ' may know something of his where abouts Pennsylvania Grit." ' You Can Get 'the Pennsylvania Grit at-News Recotd Office on Fri day's and Saturdays feeufordho maa Asent. ' , . - i To Feed Entire ? State; Governor-Elect Of OklahOsa Pr: pairing Barbeque for 2C3,C;3 Will Roast , 500 Cattle Army of Cooks Also WiU Prepare 200 Hogs, 200 Sheep, 6,000 Chick ens, 1.000 Turkeys, 600 Ducks and Geese and Wild Game. ( - The inauguration celebration of J. C. Walton, govertior-elect of Ok lahoma, Jan. 10 and U, at Okla homa City, is to be conducted oi a mammoth scajo of cntertainme. free to more than 200,000 expeclc ' visitors who will Come by ox trainr excursion trains, airplanes, prairi: schooners, limousines,' horseback, and afoot. On the list of supplies to be provided are the following; ' Fifteen cartoadaf firewood, with three carloads '"of f pine knots for kindling; 500 beef .cattle for barbe cue, .also 200 hogs, 200 sheep) 10 buffalos; 10 bears,' 10 deers, 10 telope, 5,000 chickens. 1000 turkeys 500 ducks, and geescs, 200 oppoi sums with sufficient sweet ptotatocs to go with them; 3000 rabbits, lOtJO squirrels and groundhogs, frog legjj, aud any other delicacies available. Tv ; Coffee For All T'l !' One huhdrqp thousand loaves ( bSSltd, BpjbVi-. "! piled upjor'the banquet.' l ive tons of (roffee and an equeal tonnage of sugar, 250 bushels of onions, 5 tons of alt,. and 1,000 pounds of pepper. A coffee pot in which 10,000 gallons of coffee can be made at once and with n ten minutes time, has been constructed. The huge coffee pot is heated by steam engines, and it is guaranteed that every visitor shall have as much coffee as he wants and as often as he wants it ; Five hundred butohers, barbeeu crs, and sliccrs, and 8,000 waiters to serve the crowd will be necessary. Oi a completely floored circle, Mn braccd within the half-mile race track at the fair grounds, will be served the grand barbecue, which will induce helpings of various kind of wild meats and Indian dishes. ...... . ' such as the average individual sel dom gets. Everbody Invited. When Jack Walton was making bis campaign speeches overt h state and appealing for votes he announced from every stump that if he were elected he would give instead of the custpmary inaugural ball an old fashioned square dance and barbecue. , , . . ' He promised that his inaugural ball should not be confined" to the dansant crowd, the silk stockings, and the, tea party devotees, but extended annvitation to the boys in overalls and , the girls in linen drcsseS to come tathe inauguration and jx! his guest. , Noti c e ! Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has sold aU his interest in the N. B. NcDevitt Company, to the N. B. McDe vitt Company, Who will assume all the indebtness. , This November 20, 1922. E. N, Holcombe LOST-r-on last Sunday a 32 Spe cial pistol. Finder, pleas return to Sheriff R. R. Ramsey, and receive Reward. ' ' 1 ' 3aptist Chtirch Sunday Night; Tts Greatest Qcestlon Of The Day. ; In these troubled days' and times when upheavels are not merely 2 National, but World-wide - when practically ever country upon the ,'ace of the globe is like a great see thing volcano, bursting forth from many craters, there are, of course, many great questions before the people everywhere. Take, for ex. ample, the following: "The Boot ' 5ni Problem, j "Labor Capital -joiitioii," " Wecld Wide Peaco' .:.''"' ',";: Dut how while these and' other '.a questions are great now indeed -iestioni, in fact, so momentous, ' -t we should give, a great deal of r time and thought to their con ' oration, yet there is & question :f vistly more importance a ques ' "oa upon fhe .right decision of ' ;ch immeasurably more depends. a will take it as our theme on , :ity night at the Firat Baptist C-.a-ch. We hope to see yon there ; la the morning "THE JOYOUS CJRI8T," will be the subject of a 1 , ZW YEAR sermon that, we hope, 'A be an inspiration to all who at J. Usually, we do not think of ' sasbeiniT JOYFUL, do we? think of HIM as being a MAN "ORROW3 AND ACQUAIN WITn GRIEF", and so HE' was. , Bui notice, a Man of Sor rowsnot of Melancholy. He spoke only once, so far as we know, of His sorrows. But fre quently -He spoke of His joys. So, in beginning the NEW YEAR, we are of the opinion that it will help us to consider together, for a little while, "CHRIST A3 THE JOY OUfrONE." We will do so on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. We will appreciate your presence, and do our best to make it worth jour while. Many are sick. We are sorry. We hope and pray for 'their early recovery. : ; In spite of l h e unfavorable weather and the sickness of so many of our people, the attendance last Sunday , was very gratifying indeed. We thank you, and trust that we kail see you again this eomiil Lord's Day-- Until then God be with you all.' ' : v IEUXN AP IEUAN I Oar name injthe Welsh Language. I: P. S. Will make an important announcement Sunday night ' re garding one of the finest set of Pic tures ever seen. In order "to se cure them we hod to undergo quite a little hardship and privation, go ing over, as we did, in the heart of the winter, mountain passes nearly nine thousand feet high, and on the top of which was snow from fifteen to twenty-lwo feet deep. Will put them on as soon as the epidemic of sickness now raging ceases. E. R. E. HsmI3 Iits Cuut Ttcir , I.T::ts With F&rcsrs Cash. ; "KflLLARD LANE, a farmer, -of near Prospect, Me. began to reduce an old bureau to kindling wood when he found in the back of it a rat's nest with fragments of five and ton-dollar biils. More than $50 was identiued and the entire nest was sent tq Washington with the possibility ot it all being redee med.. tlr. lane says he had not missed the money-, and believes it belonged to relatives who owned tne oureau oeiore ne took over the estate. 61 Blocks Of New Homes Is Record Knoxville For'22; 813,266,297. Spent In 4 Years 4 . Building Statistics Show Addition Of At Least 130 ' Blocks Of Homes To City In )Past Four Years,', Majority Having Been Built in 1922; W i t h Homes Absorbing $4,890,142. T Drunken Drivers Would Be Heavily Finfed Under Bill ., , Representative Harry L. Nettles 0 f Buncombe, T o Introduce Bill Providing Fine of Not Less Than $500. Fine For Speeding. A bill'provldiiig that any per son convicted of driving anbuto mobile while intoxicated be fined not less than S5O0, and sentenced to serve not less than 30 days on the CHAINGANG, will be intro duced during the forthcoming session of the general assembly by Representative Harry L. Net tles, of' Buncombe county, Mr. Nettles said last night. Another bill will be offered the legislature, Mr. Nettles said, pro viding a minimum tf $75 for ex ceeding the speed limit. This will do away with nominal fines for speeders, assessment of the cost, and remission, of fines. A bill also will be offered providing for the establishment of patroll ing county roads by speed cops, whether the bill will provide a salary or fee basis remains to be worked out v Will Leave Today. Senator Plato D. Ebbs, and Representatives Harry L. Nettles and Eugene Taylor, of Buncom be, planned to leave today for Raleigh, to t attend the opening session of the legislature on Jan uary 3rd. ' A caucus of the Bun combe county delegation. jivillte held at Raleigh to work out de tails ef bills which will be pro posed... . . . i-' . :.,- Among those upon which de tails are to be formulated, is that providing for annexation of su burban territory to the city of Asheville; amendment of t h e county finance act, the highway construction law, and others. The Bancombe legislators are planning a bill that will work out economical administration of the county's affairs. It is pro babje that a bill wilL.be introduc ed, providing for reduction of the commission paid thetax col lector v : ';, . . -nm1 : " The lesislature probably will be in session about two months.' Fortune Ever ; , Pay Day. Eight Railroad Presidents Receive Afore Than $75,000 a Year, Eight railroad presidents in the United gtates are bejngpaid at the rate of $75,000 or jnoro a year, ac cording to reports 61ed by the rail roads with the Setate Interstate Commerce Committee. , ' . Julius Kruttschnitt; of the Sou- thern Pacific, heads the list with 3J $100,000 a year. Sixty-one solid blocks of resi dences in Knoxville's growth for 1922. . . , Far out-stripping the combined growth' of Nashville and Chatta nooga for the past year, the 1M per cent city has shattered all pre vious records.- Since the world war Knoxville has grown 130 city blocks in resi dences alone, a total of 1.5G3 build ings having been eroded in that time at a cost of $4,890,142, ap-. portioned over the four, years a follows; . . 1019 187 homes, $814,072: 1920 149 homos' $l42,13.r). -, 1921-48G homes, $l,480,t8o.; ;; 1922 743 homes, $2,152,950.'' i ; 'Statistics of the city building it - speclor show a total investment in buildings, and extensions, repairs and renovations, for the same yet iod, aggregating $13,207,207 ap portioned yearly as follows: 1919, $3,080,657; At,'- 1920. $2,479,-- 040; 1921, $2,005,4100; 1922, 012,192. 3100,000 As Damage for Death Of tier Husband. As a result of a fatal accident Mrs. Margaret J. Burner, admin istrator of the estate 6f David J. Burns, filed suit in the Superior Court yesterday against Broad River Lumber Company, French Broad Railroad Company and the , Madison Coun ty Rail way Com pany, asking judgement for. $100 000 as damages. , ; .n It is alleged that on the date of the death of her husband on " October 11th,' 1922, he was1 em ployed by the defendants at Run ion, as chief construction engi neer. While a train was stand ing at one end of the trestle, it is claimed, in full view of the engi neer, the deceased started acrossi the structure and was killed when struck by the engine. There was no way for Burns to save himself, the plaintiff alleges. . Sells Picture For $10,000 , Former German Kaiser Pro V fiteers in Sale of Doom v Wedding Scenes r Ten thousand dollars was re ceived by the former Gsi man ep" peror, Wilhelm, for the hale to a, newspaper, syndicate of; what )? terms the world rights to the first official photograph of bis wedding with Princess Hermine. , f . Wiihelm was considerably annoy ycd when he learned of the hug profits 'm unofficial photographers were making from selling "unauthc rized pictu'res of bis recent wedding He was also prompted by a desire to inerease bis fortune, it is said. ; A. H. Smith,' of the New Yoi k Central, received last year, accoid ingito the report $92,580. Six other men receive from $75,000 to $?0, 000 a year. 1 'J ! r i V
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