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if ,' 44444444444444444444 5 J Madison County Record , MM.Uiid un IS, 101 J 44444444444444404444 5 Means that your sub- S scription has expired. PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP s ePFS-Kecor ft? J Ubllthcd My U, t0J ' a iviivii uivu iibng CONSOLIDATED. HO V. I, Itn PP99999P999999999999 mi & THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY ;yOL XXI MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16tH 1923. No 6 N i I. PRESIDENT'S PAY NOT ENOUGH TO COVER EXPENSES Costs $124,000 To Keep Executive Mansion. In - Even Simple Way. " , WASHINGTON, Feb 2. -It is a good thing that the people of the United Slates do not follow, the , predecenj; insisted upon for the American ambassadors, and require the President to maintain his own ' living establishment, i. xe t h c ;White House. If we did, nobody but a millionair could afford to be President. Wo pay the President $75,000 a year, while the expenses of running the White House this year, according to the estimate Bubmitted to Congress, will be ab out $125,000. - Nor ia this the whole expense in cident to, the Exeutive Mansion. This sum merely maintains for the President a house and grounds, beats the house, lights both houBC and grounds, and stuffs the prem ises with servants. The scale on which the President chooses to live after tnat is his own affair. In other words, he pays his own gro- eery bill. Compared with the palaces in European capitals, or even with the residences provided for some of the South' American Presidents, we , seem to house our Chief Executive - in exceedingly simple and 'modest , -td hioiCJEven " visitors ' to T Wash: ington, when they look on the shim- mering Greek facade of the White ' Howe, must feel.that in size and elaborateness it compares unfavor ably with the show places in the residential sections of their own cities. .. r The White House, however is de ceptive; it is largo and more elab orate than it looks. Few people realize that the grounds enclosed by the White House fence comprise an area of nearly 17 acres, or that it takes about 00 servants to main tain the establishment.'..': i If there ever should come a Pre sident of truly Jacksonville sim plicity, who Vould insist upon shoveling the snow off the White House walks, - he would have a "weeks work ahead of him after each blizzard. There arti 11,473 square yards of sidewalk on the White House grounds. , There are 29,759 square yards of roadway to be swept, 1,000" linear yards over half a mile of hedge to be trimm ed, and 391 shade trees to shed their leaves every Autumn." These grounds are a show place, observed by thousands of tourists e v e r y yearv To sweep the walks a n d drives, rake the leaves, seed and tod the la'wn, and. keep the grass- trimmed, the Government has to ' pay out $10,000 a year. Yearly Coal Bill . A Tidy Sum. ! The annual co.d bill for t h e White House itself at the present prices cornea to about $4,400 a year. This Bum provides about 270 tons of furnace coal and 85 Ions of stave coal i Nothing but anthracite is used at the White House.1 The gov : ernnWt keeps the White House cheerful in dark and cold weather " by providing 3af cords of chestnut wood per annum to be burnt in the open fireplaces. The White House gas bill runs at ttfe rate of nearly $40 a month.' ' r ,- . ' " .Cut flowers for the White House cost the Government $9,000 a year. These are produced in' the White . House greenhouse 16 -nf them ' Chich, incidentally,' consume about 700 tons of coal a year at "accost of $,600. , In addition, one gruenhouse on the averago is rebuilt ever year at a cost of $9,000. Consequently, the flowers and plants used in the White House actually cost over $25,000 a year. Great quantities of these flowers are senfr to Washi ngton hospitals, , Economy ha kit Hie White House, as It has the other Govern ment establishments. Mrs. Hard ing herself has taken the lead in keeping down operation costs. Tlie past wing of tho mansion is used only on state occasions, and accord ingly Mrs. Harding has given orders that it is to be heated only when absolutely necessary. During - the coming year the Government pro poses to spend $10,000 removing the heating plant of t h e White House altogether and hooking up the mansion with tho heating sys tem of the State" War and Navy Building next door. The latter heating plant -burns soft coal at about half the price of anthracite. The reform will also make unnec essary the services of the fireman who tends the furnace. ,-'' . It is also propp(yoi.eut--down the ioe bill by installing a refriger ation system during the coming year at a cost $4,000. The Government is getting ready to give the White House an extcn tive remodeling. In 1902 the White House was reconstructed, and the whole, lower' part of the building was made fireproof ; but a recent inspection shows that the attic is stilt a fire trap, and that 'some of tho roof beams, have cracked or pulled loose from their stirrups. The Government is going to spend $5,000 this next year prepairing the plans for the renovation., . The electric light bill at the White House comes to $8 600 a year. Tiie bill, is kept down1 fo thatl- figure by virture of the fact , that electricity for the ' mansion costs only three cents a kilowatt hoar, as compared with about 10 cents for the- same unit of current paid by the average householder, i One of thev members of the White House menage is ah etcctrican, who Fees to it that the lights' keep burning. The light bill includes the cost : of lighting the grounds and green -houses as well as the house itself. In these days of scarcity of ser vants we bear of fantastic wages paid to household help; but the White House hired girl, the highest paid one there, gets only,1, $35,00 a month. Perhapsitia the prestige of her position that keep's her from quitting the job cold just; as" mil lionaires are glad enough 4o get the $12,000 Cabinet, jobs. The maids' at the. White House, however, are - not general house workers, but merely housemaids and laundresses. Most of this ser vants are men. There is a mana ger at $1 ,500 . a,, year, "and except for the engineer, who .draws the same pay, he is the highest salaried employee The head butler gets $70 00 a month. Contrary to what society fiction and drama would teach us, he. is not the proud inon-arch- of below, stairs but is out-ranked in pay, at any rate by the four footmen, the chef and second cook, and the head house-cleaner. The chef gets $1,2D0 a year,: . -The $124,000 Bpent annually in A Bill To Be Entitled An Act To Create The Office of Tax Collector, For Madison County And to Fix The Salary of The Sheriff of Said County And For The Election of The County Commissioners Biennially And to Regulate The Conduct of The Officers of Said County. Th General Assembly of North Carolina do Enact: Section 1. That the office of tax collector be and the same is hereby established for the County of Madison. . ' - ' Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the said tax cullector to collect, account for and settle all State, and County taxes of said county of Madison under and by virtue of thejaw prescribed for the coilection and settlement of taxes by the sheriff of said county, provided, howeyer that the sheriff of said co.unty shall collect and settle for all specjal license taxes as is now provided by law and shall receive the fees for collecting said special license taxes. 1 -''.s. ';' " ;' Section 8. That before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties as tax collector he or she shall execute and file with the board of county commissioners of said county the tax bond as now prescribed by law and shall take and subscribe the oath of of fice provided by law for tax collectors; provided, that the county commissioners for said county of Madison may make the b6nd for -the said tax collector in such manner as they may deem to ' the best interest of the county. .. , , Section 4. That the said tax collector shall receive as full compensation for hi3 or Her services in the collection and settle ment of taxes the sum of ififteen hundred dollars, $1500.00, per annum, payable in monthly installments. . The said tax collectori'Bhall pay , over to the ; treasurer or the parties provided by law td receive the money collected as taxes for the'said county of Madison,; all money collected' by the said tax collector each week ard take receipt for the same.r Section 5. That said lax collector shall be inducted into his or heroffice on the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred twenty three and shall hold said office for a term of three years and until his or her successor is elected in the manner pre scribed by law for other county officers: in said county?;, by the Qualified YoiexaihereoXand Amtil by the board of county commissioners for said county. VThat on the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred twenty six, the said tax collector shall make full settlement with the board of commissioners for said county at which time the board of commissioners shall turn over the tax books of said county to the successor or "said tax collector and the bond of the tax collec tor herein appointed shall be responsible for all taxes collected by the said tax collector and the faithful performance of the duttes of the said tax collector up and until the said first Monday in ' December, one thousand nine hundred twenty six. Section 6. That Mrs. Annie Mae White, be and she is here by appointed tax collector for'the said county of Madison to fill the vacancy caused by the creation of said office, and' it shalj, be her duty upon filling the bonds and taking the oath of office pre- scribed by this act, to collect, account for and pay over and settle the taxes for the remainder of one.thousand nine hundred twenty three, one thousand nine hundred twenty four, one thousand nine hundred twenty five, and so much of the taxes of one thousand nine hundred twenty six as she is required by lav to collect dur ing her said term of office and she shall be required to collect and turn over so much of the taxes for bne thousand nine hundred twenty .six as is now required of the sheriff by law. Section 7. That the sheriff of said county and his deputies shall receive as full compensation for his and their services such fees of his office as is now or hereafter may be prescribed by law, andjn addition thereto the said sheriff shall receive the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars, $1,800-00, per j ear payable monthly in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. $150.(0, out of any funds belonging to the county of Madison. Section 8.. Tbatin addition to the compensation allowed to . the sheriff of Madison county in the precedin&section,hereof, that Lwhere the said sheriff or his deputies shall seize property under and by virtue of the prohibition laws of North Carolina he or his said deputy or deputies, shall receive one third of the proceeds of the sale of such seized property. That if the sheriff makes the seizure he shall receive the said.amount xr if his deputy or deput-' ies shall make the seizure the said deputy or . deputies shall re ceive the said one third of the proceeds of the- sale of the said captured nd seized property, or if the property is seized by the said sheriff and his deputy or deputies in' conjunction with each:; other that the said proceeds of captured property shall be devided: among the sheriff and his deputies as may be equitable, and just tp each o. them. Section 9. That the board of county commissioners of said ' county shall on thefirst Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred twenty three!' annually thereafter,' deliver the tax book of said county to the tax collector for collection of taxes as here-,: inbef ore provided. '; ". 1 ,;: ' -.. . : maintaining White House proper is but fraction of the cost of ma intkining the" President's whole es tablishment, It costs $75 000 a year to pay the people who work in his office, and he spend9 $36,000 for stationery, telegrams, telephone and books, and other business sup plies, including automobiles He his -of her cesser Istraattflei has a $3,000 printing allowance, and can draw $25,000 for travel expen ses.' The Government maintains a White House police force o( 30 privates add three officers aba cost of $59; 000 per annum, , The- total bill, including the President's salary h about $100,000 a ea, Ash'e ville CiUscn. ' -r , V; , Section 10. That the officers of the said county of Madison shalj personally attend to their said office in such manner as to ( keep all records in proper shape at all times aad to be in their of- j fices during office hours for the accomodation of the public who . i may have business with said( officers or in their said offices, and it shall be unlawful for any officer of Madison county to be intoxi cated while'on duty and if any of said officers of said county shall be intoxicated while on duty or daring office hours such intoxica tion shall be sufficient cause upon proof of such intoxication be ing made before a Judge of the Superior Court of North Carolina holding court in said county to declare said office vacant and for the removal of such officer, provided that such officer shall have notice of such peoceedings before the Judge and shall have op portunity to make defense. .Section 11. That the terms of all the commissioners of the said ccuflty of Madison shall expire on the first Monday in Dec ember, one thousand nine hundred twenty feur, and their succes--sors shall,bc elected by the qualified voters of Madison county in the regular election for State and County Officers held in the said county of Madison in one thousand nine hundred twenty four,' which commissioners elected at the said election shall qualify on the first Monday in December, one thousand nine hundred twen ty four, and shall hold their said offices for the term of two years and their successors shall be elected at the regular elections every two years thereafter, so that the term of a county commissioner of the said county of Madison shall Section 12. That any person of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor in addition to the penalties hereinbefore provided, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court. ' Section 13. That all laws and this act be and the same are hereby repealed and so much of the existing law, not in conflict with force.' Section 14. That this act shall from and after its ratification. Quick I .M. I wholesale the following, . Flour Meal Brand & Shorts Hay Cotton Seed Meal, and Oats. I buy all this In Car lots. . I have a stock on hand now, and a car of each rolling I am in a position to dive YOU, Rock Bottom Prices For your require ments. V FLOUR Have YOU ever lriedhe HARVEST QUEEN FLOUR ? If YOU have YOU cer tainly will agree there is none no better at any price. :-:-V .'.;;."' SEED OATS I tlave them at a good Price. Buy From .Me And Bank The Differanc.e. F. E. FREEMAN Best Quality Important Cap ture Of Whiskey . : Saturday afternoon Grady Mer rill ratne - into inform the officer that thcr? was liquor stored in his Tobacco bain and (hat tho officers should come and take it. Prohibi-i tiori officer WiHard Rector was away in Asheville on duty and so deputies Troy Rector and Chief Powers went out and found the liquor but returned in town to got the' Prohibition officer and capture the men. The officers returned ab out dark and found, a car on the hill above t)r, Tilsons and two men farther down the road. Officer Rec tor and the others waited for some time and Jater the car came down and stopp(l and put out the lights. The moa had in the meantime in tlie absence of the officers gone to the barn and looked at the liquor but had not taken it out Finally after waiting for four hours for the be two years. violating any of the provisions clauses of laws in conflict with this act shall remain in full be in full force and effect t.9 Service m nmmammmmmmmammmmtt men to go to the barn they went on down and arrested the men and then went to the barn and found 80 gallons of liquor. The two men were Hammond of Weaverville and Edmonds of Tennessee Hammond had a thirty eight Smith and wes ton revolver on him and both men had a bottle of liquor on their per sons. They were brough t to Mar shall and were tried and put under 1000 bond each. Hammond gavo bond but Edmonds is still under arrest in the jail. This is impor tant as the amount of liquor is lar ge, and the men old offenders in' this respect We congratulate Of ficer Rootor on the capture. Dr. J. N. MOORE Has Moved His Office Up ,.. Over Grover C. Redmons Store. You Will Find Ilirn There Any . Time.