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COUNTY A" ; '.POLITICAL REFORM ' AND THE GENERAL UPBUILDING . OF MADISON COUNTY. ' VOJUJI. MARSHALL, N. C FRIDAY. JANUARY 10. 1002. NO. 2. MADISON RE0M , V" . : ; i ... rw,: i Dotoh want to finjinpirhinq Do jod want to sell . & w VAN SMITH (NEAR THE DEPOT) ?v ... f ". . .. . :. . v. Buys all kinds of produce at high est market price, and sells all kinds of 1 , ; FAMILY & FANCY : at Lowest Possible Figures. FRESH MEATS of oll kinds.conslantly 011 hands HOME MADE , SAUSAGE a specialty. v ,.. Goods Dellrersi fret Anywhere 1b torn. . - 8 (bs Coffee for.. 2 lbs Soda for .. 16 lbs Sugar for . Outing, Domesi ic, ,,..... . Nails,.....?. These are a few o our prices. IE 'SELL . ier;tblns iReduc Stock! , Will1 Save You Money. ; Faoinators, I adies Capes, Mcln-; , . . ., f tosh Ooats,- ht "prices to mnko thftm go. 'i' Boys' Suits, sizos 6 to 10 years, -: ' " going to close 6ut at actual costl J-otof-nj-in's odd s : ; , pants at half price. - -V; '"K'- : ; - ; " Speoial Cut on men's lleavy ' - -Fleeijed Underwear. Ladies' ribbed vests and pants ' ' ' to match. ' iTunks, tesecopes & r 4 -:: .Hand-bags; Furniture, Centre tables U Rockers ' JR1 TT! '8HOESJTII AT YOU C ' i ' WANT, I am - htadqu irters - ' " Quantity,' Quality and prices .are right. J Novelty Taist flannels, Cash- ; meres. Serges, Crepons and " ; - '. .'.'.! Waterproofs. Just what , ' . , you iant in this line ' ' - :, I SELL THE BEST - COFFEE " IN 'TOWN. 't f Wanted- all kinds 0 of . Country Pro- v o - duce: poultry eggs - corn and wli eat. i 3 5 ONE PRICE -TO ; EVERYBODY AND THAT PRICE RIGHT! : t I r Yours for fit I Ll, THEPEOPLE'S FRIEND DR. T;C. V7holG'31e 40 years in dmgsr Tli Son tiara. In tns Geography., rr covers thb whole south. 'The great rivers don't cany pusaengers anv more,?' said l hauncey Depew, "me great railroads have taken tlioir places." Mr. J)epew la right Uraw growi on the whaves at Oniaha anil Knsea Wty. ana only few fritght boat! are now occasion allvaeen at Cincinnati and Louisville, The Harper hive Rotten a new geog ranhr from which the children describe the great eoanlry It gives t the vonngslem. The school children ated to describe the riveriLintnow they describe the great j-uilroadg. . To Illustrate' how they describe them, the teacher in the . Washinrtoa public school sold: . .''.. 'Now, Marv .can yon describe the' South, eru railway? you know it is 9,000 miles iung. - .','",.:--! "Yes, sir, that is very easy," eald Mary. "The Southern reallv commences in New York. It runs its cars over the I'ennfyl vania railroad through Philadelphia; and Bultimore to Washington . Thou it leaves the Capital and ransight by Washington Monument and the 'White House, Man. anas and Bull Run battlefields to Lynch burg nerr Appomattox, where General Lee surrendered to General Grant, then to Now Orleans end Florida. Continued in last column. ,..1.00 . . . Sc. .1-00 5 to 10 cents a yard. 5 cents a yard. .. .. . .. cents a lb. Come In Bad learn more about theiA. WE BUT AnjtDlng in 'Trade. SMITH. :. P'ruggi'st,7'; . !! ...... J MADISON ' COUHTY ' RECORD Published Every Friday, by THE RECORD PRINTING CO J. R. Swank, Business Mannger. f - "I We chauenqe the Enterprise, the official tyrgan of Ihe Court Howe Ring and Ihe claim specu lators of the county, to point out m a sinale instance in which we have made a mis-statement ot JJJ facts, or have mis-quoted the records of the cowtfv. Prospects ! the Big Park. The indications are that the ef forts to secure the establishment of the Appalachian Park will be suc cessful. In a general way, it may be stated that the object ot the Park Association and its friends, is to induce the government to buy or secure control of several million acrei of wooded land in Western North. Carolina and adjacent terri tory, for the purpose of conserving the forests and conducting the lum bering Interest on scirntific prin ciples The idea, yet in an em bryonic state, has met with almost universal encouragement in Con gress, in the newspapers, in asso ciations and clubs that pertain to such matters, and also enjoys the prestige of having had two special messages from the White House, warmly endorsing the idea: one by the lamented late chief executive and one by President Roosevelt, an ardent devotee of woods, game and nature generally, Both of our TJ, S. Senators are on the Forestry Committee,, to which the matter has been referred. so it would seem 'there remain; uotbing to do but to settle the-de- tails ; ana herein will be found much to . occupy attention and challenge the ripest statesmenship and broadest wisdom. Fof the government to take charge of this large area, made up of parts of sev eral states, and while controlling the same, still leave the residents ereof occupying" f ieir present homes, and confining this jurisdic tion exclusively to timbered lands all this, all these things requiring nice adjustment will demand time, wisdom and patience A point of paramount interest to the people of Madison is the ques tion of boundary lines: this, of course, is a matter yet To be settled by tne commission to be appointed or by officials ofc the Agricultural department, as the law may diieot. The 'boundary, as it afftcts this county, as suggested by ' the Park Association, can be ' roughly out lined as follows: from point at or near Barnard station, draw a line to Mitchell's Peak, a north-easterly mrecuon ; iroin tne same point, at or near Barnard, draw ; a line to ......... . . . i waynesvi.ie, m a souw westerly wl ! . '.-. . . direct. ort. ow the timbered ter ritory that is in this county, in-' eluded between these lines and the Teuueste line will give sarcugh, appr jxiiuate ila of what has been suggested as tho part of Madison takan in'.o the propesed reserve. Now the proportion 1s to assume control ofr or a noire title to noth ing but timbered lauds within this 1 territory. The UU -law, enacted I by the General Assembly. of 1901, 1 consents to the government's acqui-1 ition of any lorest covered land in I Western North Carolina, that may be, in the opinion of the govern- ment, needed for a national forest escrve, proviumg, nowever, tnat i any resident of the territory, at the time of the passage of the act, (Jan. 18, 1901) may hold 200 acre of land on which his residence is located, and providing further that the state shall have a : concurrent j civil and criminal jurisdiction with the Federal government in. the tar ritoiy so acquired. -' ' f As to the location of boundaries it roav be a J Jed. that what has teen a.'aiei to is merely ten'alive and stipes live, and the future alone can determine where these lines are to tvm.---w:: It looks like the park or. the res ervation is coating and it is hoped i it may benefit our people. QUESTIONS UNANSWERED. . Will the Enterprise, the official organ of the Court House Ring and the claim speculator of the coun ty, (commonly known as Little AnaniaK) please answer the follow- in? questions, all of which have been; asked several- times before but have never been answered? FwvAwWhy dp not the GIANT 'cofftmissioners require the county officers to makef their itemized and verified annual reports as required by sections 728 of tho Codo and section 93 of chapter 7 of tho public laws of 1901? Second: "Audit it is one ot the editors who has been doing so much harping at the Record because it saw fit to oppose the measure enacted in tne inter est of the claim speculators, we would liks to ask him if it is not a fact that about the time the Legislature of 1901 met, if there was not a conference in his office between himself, the representative of the county, the chairman of the republican executive committee of the county, the board of commis sioners, together with some of the claim holders against the county, and perhaps others, and if in that conference it was not agreed to present a pe tition to the Legislature ask ing for this high, tax, and'if in pursuance of that agreement, the said editor pro tern did not hare -drawn upon his type writer, a petition to the Legis lature, in almost the exact terms of the law as afterwards passed by the legislature, and if a majority of said board of commissioners did not sign the "s&id petition and'' forward the same to the representative and senator in the General Assem biyr'and if the representative did not introduce a copy of a bill drawn in accordance with the request contained in said petition?" Third. "Now, if the Enter prise wanted to be frank and honest in its course, why did it make the false charge concerning the local eolicitorf or the county of Madison, that he did not examine the county records, when his official report was spread on the minutes of the court for the very time the charge was made? Will the Enterprise please answer this question, and not try to shirk it by saying that is "unfair discussbn?'' COMMISSIONERS' MEETING. January 6th, 1902. Hoard m-t: : mambera nreaent. Wm a Rice'.aud I Plemmons. Wm. Encliah not beinir nreaent. . ' -.- Tr - pumman. WM .laoud chair . r r . man pro tern. . v Ordered by the Board, that.he sheriff be charged with the follow ing insolvent taxes collected by him for the year 1900, to-wit r W; U, A. Edwards, $2.70 and W, R. Cillery, 12.94; Ordered by the Board, that Cora Mason be admitted as au inmate 0f the County Home. ' : A petition filed at the December meeting, 1901, of No. 7 and 8 townships, asking that publio road be layed off and established from the Spring Creek road at or uear the E. tL Wagoner mill place on Jasper Ebbs' land, to run the moct practical root . to Intersect with the public road at the Kogers farm on Little .Pine Creek. The beginning is in No. 8 township, and ending in No. 7 township, There being no opposing petition filed, aud it appearing to the Board tbaVthe roa4.U.nec.ry for puh- V tr I lie convenience. It is hereby order ed that a public road b laid off and established in accordance with a petition herttolors filed. It ' is fart'et orJered that B. S- Ramsey herifT of MaJifon county, sum- mons three disinterested men as jurors to lay off " said road, and make their report to this Board at the February meeting 190 J; ("pub lic notice having been given of -the filing of said petition. ; Ordered by the Board that Pen- land & Reeves be released of the following tax, for the'' year 1901: State. $1.00; Pension, 19 cents; School, 85 cents; County, 13.25; total, $5.19. It is also ordered that Mrs. Sarah Sams be released of the following tax :Stato 26 cents? Pension, 5 cents; School 28 cents; County 87 cents ; total, 11.41. Ordered by the Board, that the following jurors be summonsed by JJje i sheriff of Madison county, to serve as jurors, February term, 1902: No.f "Township: W H McLean, J G Edwards, 0 R Robinson, J W Kilpatrick, Vance Ramsey, ,"J R Green, I F Wild, Joe Franklin, G W Bryan; No. 2 township: W S Rice, John Norton ; No 3 town ship: H C Amnions, W W Ander and J E Edwards; No. 5 township M C Buckuer, Z G Sprinkle, W W Hamlin, A J Bruce and D 8 Ball No 6 township, C M Hipps: No 8 township, J C Harris, A S Miller, L S Suttle, Noah Ledford, R H Riddle; No 9 township, S L Rector Thomas Rufty. W L Bright; No 10 township, Frank Landers, W H Rice; No 11 township, J P Burnett; No 12 township, H C Johuson, F CCoiwell, GW Roberts; No 14 township, J H S tines, J C Ramsey SECOND WBEK. No 1 township, W J Gudgor, H Guthrie, C A Henderson, ' John D Cuppa, J N Bryan, Cling Claik. and J C Rector; No. 4 township, S W Robinson ; No 6 township, G W Wells ; No 7 township W B Roberts No 8 township, W R Plemmons, J A Martin ; No 9 township, S T Rec tor, J J .Fitzgerald and C W Clark No 10 township, W G Rice, T J Walliu ; No 16 township, J R Hoi oinbe. - Ordered by the Brard, that Sar ah Colwell be allowed (3 00 pau per. Ordered by the Board, that R A Henderson be allowed 9?.10 keep ing jail, i .-. vC. Ordered by the Board thai C B Mashburn be allowed f 7.55 fees and half lees., Ordered by the Board that John Saul be allowed 110.00 for killing 2 wildcats.) Grderid by the Board that W W McPeters be allowed $5 .00 for bur ial expenses, pauper; Rachael Buck uer. " : ' Ordered by the Board that J K Hardwicke be allowed 10.00, Co- Supt, of Health. Ordered by the Board that Len Hendsrson be allowed $123.78 for keeping paupers for Nuv. Ordered by the Board that Len Henderson be allowed $182,60 for Dec 1901, Ordered by the Board that F. Roberts be allowed $6.25 station ery for Register's office. . " - Ordered by the Board that F. Roberts be allowed $2.16 lumber for jail, ''-. OrJered by the Board that Ira Plemmons be allowed $5 00 servi ces as County Commissioner - Ordered by the Board that V B Davis be allowed 2.50 for postage for soldiers' vouchers. . . , Ordered by the Board that Wm S Rice be allowed $540 services as County Commissioner', " ' Ordered by the . Board, that M Ball be allowed $9.80 .fees and half fees, ; ; :v . ' ' '' A petition fited November meet- ing, iwi by ine ciusensoipio. i township, 'asking that a public road be laid off and established, be-' ginning at the Walnut Creek road and running up the Statiea branch and to intersect with the publio road at the big gate near C. A. Henderson's, , and public notice haviog be-jn given of ..the filing of said petitieo; and there being no opposing. perltiorJ filed,"and. it ap pearieg thai said, road is a public "r;.r JT "r ,. V-i ; , . Ji .. I. k.k.' m mat w. . vuiiu iuiu iin um i established as set forth in s.id pe tit ion filed. It is further ordered that R. B. Ramsey, &pj& of Madi' ion county, summons three disin terested mt-a as jurors to" lay c!l ' gaid road 'and'imake their report to this Board at February term, 1902. Whereas, a petition was ; filed at Nqvemliep meeting, 1901, by the citizens of Noj'9- 'township asfcing tnat a puonc roua oe iaia an and established, beginning at the cop pens mines on Sbutiu creek and to run the most practical route to Wildcat Gap road, and whereas public notice having been given of the filing of said petition and there being no opposing petition filed aud it appearing that said road is a public necessity, it is hereby ordered that a publio road be layed off and established as set forth above, as in said petition filed. . Ttl is further ordered that R. S- Ram eey, sheriB of Madison '-' county, summons three disinterested men to lay ofl said road and make their leport to this Board at February meHing, 1902. : , 5 Whereas a petition was filed '-at December meeting, 1901, by the citizens of No. 13 .township askingj mat a puonc roaa be layea on ana established in suid townchip, bz ginning on Meadow Fork and runs up to Marion Keener Milk Gap, and whereas public notice having been given of the filing of said petition, and there being no oppos ing petition filed and it appearing that said road is a public necessity It is hereby ordered that a public road be layed oft and established as set forth abova as in said petition tiled. It is further ordered that R. S Ramsey, sheriff of Madison county,summons three disinterested men as juiors to lay off said road and make their report to this Board at February mooting 1902. Whereas the suit brought by the N. C. Corporation Commissioners against the Southern Railway Co., the W. U. Tel. Co., and others has been compromised and settled, and whereas the N. C, Corporation Commtisioners had notified . this county of the value of the property of said Companies in this county for the years 1899. 1900 and 1901 as follows: Southern Ry. Co., for TREASURERS vREPORT, For Becember, 1901. " v - , 4V S.CHQOL FUND. c Deo. 1st, to bal forward By paid W,G. Price. J is wens, ; R C Allman James Haynie Pansy Murray, Hattie Wilds, ' S J Peek John Gardner, Florence Bradburn VaBna Lee McLean," Minnie Lyda, Zade Rash, Lucy Warne, Nora Roberts, 8 W Angel Redmjn t Ramsey, A W.Arrowood, II D AValdrmil), Winston Rica, W V Farmery L D Edwards, WHickam W A:Coe, Emma English fine Grinds! aff, u II II t II II M It ll II a K ll U Kd Connor,' JBBalef", J W Goldsmith, Eugene McPeters Guv V Roberts k MB'Reeves, i Lula N Allen, ' HKUwis EUaE,Alen TOtftlo .;.,., s.oee By paid J M James .... v V. . . postage v JToUl psid.n...,.w...v. BL on hand Jantiaryllst, 1902............... 'TV ROAD December 1st,' Bal on hand,..rt.........,...., VWUIWI vv,i vu uauu Paid Anderson Bros Paid D Total MnatHrtllttfa oe m J an nary 1st, to bal ou hand, oooootoosooeooeoooe ; FINES December I, to bal on hand..;. Collected of Magutrates.x January 1st, 1902.,u., w a a a a Vu ' . ". PAUPER December 1st, bai n. and........ January 1st, bal :tn' hand,...... GENERAL "TDecimbeT IsL bafon Liud January 1st, bal on- hVad.' . -. - . ' ' . '- JUHYFUND December 1st, bal on hand. ..,. ...,.,.. JauuaryTst, tar'du haud.i.,,..... 18&.1346441.34. 1900 $846482.74 . 1 tt ' Istberefore ordered ' ' thai the Jfe'stftn Union Telegraph Company be CBarged with $40.40 additional faxf5r the years 1899 and 1900, audit is further ordered that the . Sotfftern Railway Company be . granted a rebate of $59.78 as a i reiulf of the termination of , 'aid V snit reducing the value of the - Railway Company's property. . Ordered by the Board that the v following, parties be released of - their poll tax for the year 1901 W. H. Fisher, H. E Balding, W. J. Balding, Henry Smellser, D. J, .. Plemmons, Rpbert Payja. CJisrlegr Beaver, B. M. Davis, . iL Robert - and Reuben Metcalf. - ., v - ' - Cbntfnued from first oluasav. "Where else does it no to, If ejyt" "Why, it runS all over ereatsosi. - It spreaas out like a great in an over uw South to New frletns, Florida, St. Load ud Atlanta ..;. "Give mesome of the cities the South ern roes through, Mary, , Whv. from VsTLinia It aoee throturh North Carolina with its 196 cotton factor ies, and through the cot to aoeV toeo.no . Uelds tAGnensboro, CharliOe. 8asnatteK eillo and (Jbarleatoo,. where thr grew : Evbibtltoa U, and the to fcTaaBah, with its grand old Bum Veaavw. - Free thy vannah It rone to Brnuswick. Qa.. withia sight of Jeker Island, and then to M. Augustine, with its palmetto and pedes trees, and the down into the orange groves yt Florida, where, after 'ahooUnsj a few alligators, yon'o.n ferry aoose to Havafea andsee Korro Custle snd Um Mnkeii main. Here yon can pick bananaa while jots watch the -pretty Spanish- gjrUi as tW pluy their guitars and flirt with, love-sick cavaliers through the iron rat- -wnere else aoes it run, waryr- uWhv, to Memphis and West. Thro It . goes to rmnmgluimudtAattanoorswuai - iia luoBou-. : mountains, ... , wan aavwv tou7ht among the cloud. From Chaste noora," continued Mary, pointing oa tho map you see tho Soathera raws soathsast to Atlanta and to Cincinnati Si. Ivvab Chicago Cleveland Detrost an4,Pfttoharg. But the Southern don't here Its own . track north of dncinnato does it MeryS No but they send oat thois weoaariiU Florida Special from Chicago ovor tho Big 4 O.'Jti a r and Moaoa and trey ran - hraughcars to Florida frosn Cfel i A and Pittsburg to Jai-ksoBVilLa. But that 8natbera's Psalm UaifWd that riesfrom New Yk to- St. Aagostiae -' Augusta Boa Air and Aikea said Mary enthoaiastically ana toe t .Miasm S bmt that flies to the land of the aky like a .. cannon ball Irom New York eo Aahovlllo ; NslivilIeAUaataMobiWan4:NwOrras r where you eaa see the lavtshiag' Qreoe) girUvwith their goo goadryso oad.. - ....28i5 a 12 ..25 00 3 40 ; 3 , 184 28 40 23 66 87 47 75 00 25 00 2 50 25 00 25 00 2 22 8 98 7 50 25 00 41 11 6 65, 23 50 80-00 83 83 85 87 48000 25 00 ' 19 63 25 00 . 22 50 XI 00 . 86 84 58 49 65 67 , 14 31 rr 919 18 106 80 5 24 . $1081 22 1CC1 '.1 FUND t""'i C1 $ 4 48 100 o r 43 TTi ea ( 9 a a a sx oooooooooeaeeowwe4)oee i c ) o w a aeaea)e)eoaiej i t FUND' - ..-j: .,.M....i.,....,. COUNTY,: :.'..- .......... r t-