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THE ONLY NEWSPAPEO PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY
VOL XXI
MARSHALL, MADlSON COUNTY, Nj C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd 1923.
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;Shows Alabama's
Need of Forestry
I Legislation .
I I BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -In a re
'cent interview I,.T. Quinn, Ala
bama commissioner Of conserva
tion, says: ''Unless drastic steps
are taken to prevent it; Alabama
f will fiind thern?elves in the
. column of jumber importers, in
stead of' exporters, within the
next few years.'' lie goes on
further to outline a policy of
f conservation, and has requested
. Governor Kilby of "Alabama to
include in his message to -the
legislature an appeal or ' enact
meat of laws which will provide
for the protection of the state'j
forests fend reforestation.
' "We are today cutting our
timber more than fdbr-times as
fast as we are producing it," said
Commissioner Quirin:'; ''Only ten
per cent of what is now ; being
cut is original growth; the other J
ninety.. per cent-; being second
growth and of inferior grade.
, , in 1919 there were, wo saw
mills in Alabama cutting pine
timber.' Of this number thirty
had a ten-year cut or over. In
1922 we have approximately 500
saw mills ' "cutting pine timber
with possible fifteen with "a
ten-year cut or over.. These
figures sound appealing, and they
are,1 but they are as nearly, cor
rect as thegoYfrjnt estimates
can male 'them 'T " ":
"I am reliably informed that
the states of Georgia and Texas
are today importing more lumber
for domestic purposes than they
are exporting. At the present
rate Alabama will be doing the
same thing within a few years.
"The number of -people' ' whose
livelihood depends directly :or
Indirectly upon our Jests is
very large. ' The place of foregt
products in sustaining the pre
sent industrial structure of the
state is of great importance.
"Between 50 per cent and 60
per cent of the State is classed
as forest land. We have then a
land problem, a question of how
half of the state is to be utilized
in the future. The , , problem of
Alabama is to make the forest
lands of the highest service Jn
building up the state on a perma
nent basis. We have approxi
mately six million acres of cut
over land in the state with less
than 50 per cent of it suitable to
profitable agriculture. The re
mainder is practically worthless
except for growing timber. ;
' "The lumberman claims that
the present assessed valuation of
these cutover lands will hot per
mit reforestation because they
would be forced to pay taxes on
them for a long period of years
before they could get" any re
turns and by that time the taxes
would have, eaten " up all ; the
profit, f.; v r't--.' ,
; . "In the state of Louisiana there
is in Operation a severance tax in
lumber and other natural resour
ces. Out of nhis severances tax
revenues are obtained to 'run a
divisionf forestry in the de
partment of conservation. ; .
"The nominal tax value ; is put
on non-agricultural cut-over acres
which enables the.: commissioner
of conservation tar enter into a
contract with the' land owner,
enderthe direction of a ' trained
state forester to reforest these
cut-over lands. The reduced tax
ir.come to the state on areas und- j
c r contract is made up through ;
t 3 severance license tax." In
r cf the other states the di-
Bull Creek Items.
J. Miss Jesain Metcalf who baa been
detained at "home on account of flu
(fas now returned to School a, Dor
fend Bell i V.
j Miss Thelma Cohn has returned
to.AshevilIe Home School after a
brief illncRS
, Mr. Millard Lewis of Grapo Vine
is now boarding at Mr. It. F. Til-
fery's and attending school at Mar
shall, and seems to be getting along
xicely in bw books.
I Mr. George Edwards Bpent Tues
day night with his brother, Mr.
Hobcrt Edwards of retcraburg.
t Messrs. R. M. Whitt, D.D. Mer
rcll and Albun Buckotr were gntAa
ajt the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Silver last Sunday.
.Messrs. McKinley Candler, Stew
art Metcalf and Kara Merrell at-,
tended Prayer meeting at Bull
Creek last Sunday evening." . .
Misses Ora nhd Alda Merrell were
guest of Mr. .and Mrs. G. It Mer
rill's Tuesday night.
Miss Ora Waldrup who has been
ill with flu is now ablo to bevin
teaching at the school of this place.
vision of forestry U operated up
on revenue secured through an
occupation tax.
"The legislature of Alabama
in 1907 passed a - forestry bill
which was aoDroved by Governor
a.. Coiner, But ' iatef TV' wast
declared unconstitutional
"Annual forest fires . destroy
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of young growth that
would in the years to'come prove
a valuable assett to ' the state
One of the principal features of
a forestory program should be
he inauguration of a fire control
system to prevent forest fires.
When Alabama shall have taken
the proper, steps through the
'proper machinery for fire control
and the establishment of a, con
structive program !n forestry,
the federal government, through
its bureau of forestry, will co
operate in a financial way in
helping to perpetuate the forests
of the state." V v
v It is considered as a eertaiaty
by the best inform pea ia toth
lumber and legislative, circles
that a plan for the reforestation
of the state of Alabama will be
taken up by the next legislature
and ! thoroughly thrashed out
Many plans are being advanced
and the severance tax plan is
coming in for severe criticism
as placing a burden on the . lum
berman that is entirely - . out of
proportion to his profits, " out of
the tree. It is stated that this
tax actually costs many times its
apparent total. ; . -4 !
. " One plan which is receiving
the1 backing of a number of lum
bermen and others who have
given the proposition considera
ble thought is the purchase of
the cutpverjands that are not
suited. to agricultural purposes
by the state. This to be accomp
lished by the issuance of long-
term bonds to the 'present owners
of the lands at a dollar, basis on
the present taxable valuation of
the land, these bonds to bear in
terest at 4 or 5 j per cent per
annum; . ..-; .
There is no question of the
fight that will be made to make
Alabama's law an example of
fair and square legislation and
an example that can be followed
u rt w states faced b th
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same Problem' ; ; : , '
Where Did Cam Get His Wife?
The above question was ' asked the other day in the lobby of
a certain hotel here in Marehall, and we will answer it on Sunday
night jn a prelude to . our regular message at the BAPTIST
CHURCH.
!; This question-Where Did ,
question of about every infidel
The infidels will ask it, or rather
arms, look at you with what they suppose is a wise and over
powering eye, as mnch as if tq say: "Now we have got you."
But they haven't by any manner of means, for the problem as to
where Old Cain got his'wife is
there is to be found between, the covers of the OLD BOOK.
If you don't believe it come and see Sunday night .
ina uivdAiMi Diara iin iuw win De tne suDjecc oi
the regular message of the hour.
On Sunday morning we will
COMING AGAIN OF JESUS CHRIST." ' If you ar at all inter
ested in the SCIENCE OF THK
than cordially invited to be present and listen to our first message
along this most important line. We do not expect everyone to
agree with us in everything that we shall say. But you can acT
cept what appeals to you and reject the rest. We do want you
however each and every one, to give us credit for being honest
and sincere in very blooming thing, for, as sure as you live, we
are that is, if we know our own heart, and we think we do.
Glad to see so many of you out last .Siindayr , Hope to see you
again on the coming Lord's Day. Thank you very much for your
kind expressions of regard. Appreciate them highly. My pray
ers and best wishes to and for you all.
... ':' ' ' ' ::'y: 's E. R EVANS, ,.
; R S -Niagara Falls is one of the great scenic wonders and
marvels of the world. We have
we used to live in Buffalo, N. Y.,
away from there We have a beautiful set of slides and a rattling
gooa aesenptive talk of same. .
attraction. Further announcement Sunday nieht.
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Fine Work By
Officers Rector
& Whitner.
An important raid was made
by the Prohibition officers Wil-
lard Rector and Will Whitmer
when they captured a still and
some men in t h e Catalooch
Country twenty miles north of
Waynesville. For some time
there has seemed to be an ever
running source of liquor in this
country which was hard to lo
cate but on information these
officers started and were led to
the. house of Frank Palmer who
was suspicioned as knowing the
source of the supply and direct
ing it to the outside sections.
When they arrived at the house
they did not find the man but
discovered more liquor than the
lav allows as Frank had a gal
lon" and 3 quarts of moonshine.
Officer Rector tracked Frank
through the snow from his back
door for t h r e e quarters of a
mile to a still. This was, hidden
in the Laurel. There Frank Pal
mer and frarrison Hall w e re
busy at work making more of
the unlawful. These men were
arrested and taken to Waynes
ville where they were given a
hearing and bound over to Fed
eral Court at its next term. The
nfTioAra nffl tn hft con tfra filiated
forthe arr es.t in Haywood
County, , ' t f
Officer Rector has shown him
self in the fulfilment of his du
ties as Federal Prohibition of
ficer and with the assistants he
has done yeoman work for the
Bureau that he serves.
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Cain Get His Wife?" is the pet
that you meet wherever you go.
fire it at y ou, then fold their
one of the easiest to solve that
begin a series of sermons on the
LAST THINGS you are, more
visited it a number of times, as
and the falls are just 21 miles
We are planning it for our next
E. R. E.
The Allanstand
- Industries.
Last Sunday The Citizen publi
shed an article on a Western North
Carolina industry that is not known
to the people in proportion to its
value to this mountain region. The
Allanstand Cottage Industries is
what the name of the organization
indicates home Industrie Its
purposes are briefly as follows;
To bring money into communi
ties distant from markets; to give
women, especially, in isolated sec
tions the opportunity of exercising
their artistic skill in profitable oc
cupation; to presort th rfta of
the pioneer : days and te prqdne
antatef f Deantr aad va!; woh
as coverlets, portieres, rugs, basket s
brooms hatB. v , k ' ,
With the encouragement offered
by the industries, the workers in
many communities of the moun
tains are"- making baskets' in 241
different styles, rag rugs, linsey and
tapestry in numerous designs, and
other articles. That the market
thins provided brings 'welcome' ad
ditions to the family " incomes is
shown by the average family' in
come of frgm $200 to $400 a year
from making baskets,'
Ono of the features of' (this in
dustry arousing much interest am
ong visitors to -this section is' the
proficiency of the . workers , in ( the
use of dyes made from roots, bark,
flowers and leaves. .
The articles, made are ' widely
drstributecf among tourists, and
therefore the Allanstand Industries
does much to advertise Western
North Carolina. Officers and sales
room are located in Asheville',' and
those who are interested in an ' im
pprtani local industry are invited
to attend theexhibition soon to be
given. '.' - '
FOR SALE -17 beautiful lots" at
Hot Springy N. Cf. ; For quick
sale! : Cash terms. ,: Owner leaving
for1 West Virginia. See C. W
I Notion, Stackhousc, N. C' 1-10-23 1
About 5,000 Are
Arrested In 1922
Speeders Head List with Tota
of 683 Arrested in 12
Months.
Asheville has its story o:
crime, of sordid life of human
failing, of blind youth and
thoughthless folly. In the
chapters of 1922. Police Court
Records, there are 4,948 charac
ters introduced with charges
ranging from petty traffic vio
lations to murder, arson.'' rape
and manslaughter. t .
Compared with last year there
is a gain of nearly 500 in '1922,
a total or 4,401 entries were
made in 1921. , '
Speeders head the list for 19-
22, there having been 683 per
sons arrested in the city of Ashe
ville alone for speeding with
automobiles and motorcycles
Hand in hand with the speeders
go the reckless drivers, 229 hav
ing been arrested in the city
during the 12 months period en
ding today.
remaps but a small percen
tage of the drunks in the city
came under the observation of
the law in 1922, but there was a
minority of J515 less fortunate,
and these were hauld into court
on charges of being intoxicated,
Gambles, those who failed to
get away with . thfr game, total
ed 551 in 1922. Perhaps there
are many reasons tor the 01 o
arrested and numerous unarres
ted drunks in the city, during
the year. The records of the
court show 239; reasons during
the year, for that many arrests
were, made of persons, (charged
with various whiskey violations
Stealing, under the highbrow
and less offensive term of lar
ceny, was charged against 154
persons.
July, for the past two years,
has beeib the banner month for
police activities. In 1922 there
were 627 arrests. In 1921. there
were 627 arrests, identically the
same number. vv v '..''
The number of arrests during
the past year, by months is;
anuary 3 0 2; February 3 2 0;
March 258; April, 350; May 493;
une, 429; , July, 627; August,
50 2; September, 412; October
427; November. 331; December
35.
Ninety And Nine Granted
Divorce. '
Eighty-Five Divorce Cases In Bun-
' combe ..County Dismissed In 'j,
' . Year. , .
There w-re ninety and nine di"-
vorcesranicil m iUineombc- coun
ty during the past j months This
is not a case of 90 out pf 100 for in
1921, the year previous, 637 mar
riages took place in the coutity. '
More than 85 divorce cases were
dismissed during the year when it
became- apparent. 'that; the plain
tiffs for some reason or other failed
to prosecute their cases. In most
of 'the-'cases, ss far as it may be as-
ertained,"the parties have agreed
to start over-agam or to separa e
without divorce.
In 1921 there were' 112 divorces
granted iu Buncombe county. The
divorce is becoming more frequent
in BuhcOmbe county. Until the
past to years less than 50 were an-
nual!y Erantcd'
Indict Gunter On
Murder Count
Newport, January 24. T h e,
grand jury has returned an 1 indict
ment charging first degree murder
against Francis Gunter, alleged
slayer of Lloyd Mal hes.
Gunter is held in the Knox coun
ty jail, but ho will be relumed to
Newport Monday and arraigned
before Judge J. L Drinnon, of ti e
circuit court. The actual trial will
not be hold Monday, but an' early
date1 will be set.
The prosecution will ask for the
death penalty to be imposed upon
Gunter. Guntcr's defense will prob
ably be temporary in s a n i t y or
drunkeness. . ' "
The killing occurred at Cosl y
late in November. . Gunter was on
the war path, menacing the life of
several with a shot gun, it wan
claimed. Mathes came along With
out parley Gunter ordered him to
raise his hands. Mathes complied
with the demand, but argued with
Gunter and bgcd for his life. Af
ter a few words had hcen passed,
Gunter discharged the shot gun in
to the heart of Mathes. who fell
lead instantly. Gunter then burr-
e(
his own home and fled to tho '
mountains where he was captured
the same day, officers stale '
Ninth District To Get Near
Three Mere Million For
Road Work Under State
Bond Issue.
How Fund of Two Million Has
; Been Expended In Ten
Counties.
FIGURES IN FOURTH
BIENNIAL REPORT.
Show Projects Taken Care Of
Under Administration Gov.
Bickett. .
The Ninth District of the State
highway Commission, comprif-
ing the counties of Buncombe,
Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Hay
wood, Jackson, Macon, Madison
Swain, and Transylvania, will
have approximately three mil-
ion dollars to continue, c o in
struction of highways, includ
ing around two million dollars
on hand from the district's sharo
of the fifty million dollar bond
issue, of 1921, and an estimated
amount of $1,200,000 from the
$15,000,000 bond issue, J. G.
Stikeleather, Highway Comm
issioner for this district stated
yesterday. .
Projects for highway cons
truction' in the ID counties, let
as a part ot the fifty million
dollar bond issue, completed or
under construction, 'amount to
approximately $2,550,000, accor
ding to the fourth biennial re
port , of the State Highway Com
mission to Governor Morrison
and the General Assembly, '
The fund of over two million
dollars for highway construction
covering projects let and under
construction is divided among
the 10 counties as follows:
Buncombe $162,726; Cherokee,
$240,029; Clay, $142,664; Graham
136,662; Haywood, $114,087,
acKson, ao4u4 jviacon, $226.-
78; Madison, $243,071; Swain.
$3 1 8,3 4 1, a n d Transylvania,
137.5Q0. ,
Of the total of 673,09 nules of
the State Highway system,-
Continued On Editofal Paa