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! """i"'. ' v ' ---f '-,'. ' POLITICAL REFORM ANCt THE GENERAL UPBUILDING OF -MADISON COUNTY. " . ' -
VVOI Nt ' ;!. '.'r :,; MAR8IIAX1L; N. C FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21 1902. ..' - NO(a,
(HMHifiMHiiHfMiMtfi(HH(iH ( MAD1S0I CODITT RECORD
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And I mean every word of it!
COINQ TO SELL MY ENTIRE STCCK-IF YCU MISS A
BAR3AI.1 ITS TO OWM FAULT!
Shoes For
INFANTS FROM 17c UP. CHILDRBNS 87o TO $1.00
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"Gatharina Shoes for Ladies:
1.05;
.: . Published Every Friday, by
THE RECORD PR INTINQ CO
J. R. Swann, Business Manager.
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$2.50 SHOES FOR 12.00;
$1.65 SHOES FOR II 25;
12.00 SHOES FOR 11.50;
11.50 SHOES FOR $1 15;
Henson Special:
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BEST $1.25 SHOE ON THE MARKET, 11.05 ;
MEN'S FINE SHOES,. .. .95
SPLIT.LEATHER BROGANS, 85
BLANKETS
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60o. GRADE, 87h
f 1.35 GRADE, 11.00.,
75o. GRADE, 50c. 1.00 GRADE, 75c,
18.50 PURE WOOL BLANKETS, 12.75
''Seeing is believing," so come and
see
for yourself.
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R. Swann i
THE PEOPLE'S FRIEND.
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the official oraan ot the Court
$m House Ring and the claim 'spec.
m latort of the county to point out
a single instance in - which we
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41 nave maae a mte-naiemenf of
J facts, or have tnis-quoted the
records of the county. . '
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oeipt or to take aaid oath as to pay
inent of poll tax in order to vote.
Any person wilfully and knowingly
presenting a. false certificate of, ex
emption shall be guilty of forgery
It shall be the duty ot every Sheriff
and Tax Collector, between the first
and tenth days of Mar, 1902, and
biennially thereafter to certify un
der oath a true and correct list of
all person! who havs paid their
poll tax tot the previous year on or
before the first day of May,' to the
Clerk of the Superior Court, who
shall, within ten days, record the
same in a book to bo provided for
that purpose, keeping each town
A Free Picture of Gen.Lee
Any veteran, who contemplates attending the Reunion at Dallas,
April 22nd lo 25th, wtH receive a handsome picture of General
Robert E. Lee, and a copy of his farewell address (suitable for
framing), if he will send us his name and address, and the name
and address of the Cam p. to which he belongs.
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Bojoi nit to urBopthicq
Do joi lilt to sell
VAN SMITH
(NEAR THE DEPOT) ; ;
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v-Buys all kinds of prodnoe at bigb
" est market price, nd tells all '
s.' v-t , kinds of ; v :,. :
FAMILY & FANCY
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at Lowest Possible Figures.
FRESH: MEATSi
cf all kinds,constantly on hands
-"HOME MADE '' SAUSAGE a
it specialty. ' ,: ... .
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Coois fisIlTsrti tti lijiiM li tin.
My Hair
l had a very severe sickness
that took off all my hair. I par.
chased a bottle of Ayer's Hair
Vigor and It brought all my hair
back stain."
W. D. Qulnn, Marseilles, 111.
" One thing is certain,
Ayer's Hair Vigor makes
the hair grow; This Is
because it is a hair food.
It feeds the hair and the
hair grows, that's all there
is to it. It stops -falling
of the hair, too, and al
ways restores , color to
gray hair. ;
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DR. T. C SMITH.
Wholccalo, Druggist,
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40 years In irugs.
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. The provisions of the new Con
stitution requiring all those who
are liable to a poll tax to pay the
same before the first day of May of
the year in which they vote, that
is. the taxes of the previous year
must be paid by that time, made
it necessary to make new provisions
in the election law in order to carry
into effect that provision of the
Constitution.
We give below the provisions of
the election law relative to the tax
feature of the Constitution :
Sec. 13. That no person shall
be entitled to votJ, unless he shall
have paid his poll tax for the pre
vious year, on or belore the first
day of May of the year in which
he offers to vote, as prescribed un
der Article V, . section 1, of the
Constitution. Every person liable
for such poll tax shall, before being
allowed to vote, exhibit to the
registrar his poll tax receipt for the
previous year, issued under the
hand of the Sheriff or Tax Collec
tor, of the county or township
where he then resided ; and unless
such poll tax receipt shall bear
date 011 or before the first day of
May of the year in which he offers
to vote, such person shall not be
allowed to vote: Provided, that in
lieu of such poll tax receipt it shall
be competent for the registrar and
judges of election to allow such
person to vote upon his taking
and subscribing the following oath:
"North Carolina, Coun
ty. I do solemnly swear (or af
firm) that oil or before the first
day of May, of this year, I paid my
poll tax for the previous year, as
required by Article VI, section 4,
of the Constitution of North Caro
lina, .i
"Sworn to and subscribed be
fore me this the. ... day of .,
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Registrar,'"
Which oath shall btu date on the
day on which such election is held :
Provided further, that if not satis
fled," the registrar and judges of
election may require ether and
further proof ot such payment of
poll tax. Every Sheriff or Tax
Collector upon payment of the
poll tax, shall issue to the person
paying the same a certificate show
ing the amount of such , poll tax
and the true date upon which the
same was paid' , Any Tax Collec
tor or Sheriff ' wilfully ; failing to
give a tax receipt to " any. person
paying his poll tax, or giving a
false date, shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor. Any person having
paid his poll tax as above provided,
and having lost his tax receipt
shall tt)n making affidavit of such
loss and satisfactory proof ot his
identity, be entitled to a duplicate
thereof from the Sheriff or Tax
Collector, And any sherifl or Tax
Collector who shall falsely date any
tax receipt or duplicate thereof,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and punished in the discretion of
the Court."' No person who has be
come of age since the first day of
June of the previous year, or who
was fifty years of age or over on the
first daf of June of the previous
year, shall bw required to prodnoe
any poll tax receipt, or Uke the
oath as te payment of poll tax here
inbeiore provided, in order to vole.
No person who has been exempted
by the Commissioners Of the county
wbertin he reide on s-count of
poverty or inHrmftr t be re-
Quired to produce . 7 1 A tax re-
oje, keeping
shiu separate, and . certify a true
copy thereof to the 'chairman of the
Board of Elections for such county
Any Sheriff, Tax Collector or Clerk
failing to comply with the pro vis
ious of this section shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction, forfeit his office, and be
fined or imprisoned .
The first day of May has been
the time provided by law for
great many years in this state as
the time before which the sheriff's
and tax coflectorsof the State must
make final settlement with the
Boaids of Commissioners and ac-
couut for all the taxes collected or
ought to have been collected out of
tbe tax list of the previous year.
Taxes do not have to be paid
but one time during the year and
it they are paid prior to the first
day of May, the tax payer has
twelve whole months before the
first day ot next May, which is as
much as he could expect unless he
wisnes to pay two taxes in one
year.
But when the law is complied
with as laid down above, there will
be no more, complaint in Madison
county of having, paid your taxes
and then being returned on the
insolvent list or that men who have
plenty of property have been re
turned on the insolvent list,, for it
will be a matter of record from the
UHh day of May as to just who
have paid their taxes and who have
not.
And as 75 of tbe poll taxes go
to the school fund of the county,
the time when the new Constitu
tion went into effect will forever
mark the beginning of an era in
which the poor school children of
the county ot Madison will get
their dues and theusands of bright
boys and girls will receive a good
education and spend their lives in
useful pursuits who, otherwise,
would have added to the sum total
of ignorance, dissipation and crime
had it not been for tbe improved
condition of the public schools
brought about' by the new Constitution.
We would like to cull the atten
tion of our readers to the letters of
Mr. J. R. Sams on the subject of
Fruit Growing in Madison. We
print hie second article in another
oolutn of this issue of our paper.
Mr. Sams is one of Madison's best
oitisens, thoroughly practical and
well up on the art of fruit growing.
We are unable to see why Madi
son-should not he on 6 f the lead
ing fruit growing counties of the
8tate. Haywood county, adjoin
ing us on the west and Yancey
county on the north-cast are per
haps . the finest apple growing
eounUes in the State- and there 1s
no good- reason " why Madison
county should not come up to eith
er of them. . ' '
As Madison county was placed
in a new district by the last Legis
lature and as the people of the
counties composing the new dis
trict are not so well acquainted
with each other as they are from
the respective districts from which
they came nd in order to assist in
bringing about a closer familiarity
among the people of the new dis
trict, we have offered a prise for
the best guess made on the total
number of votes cast in the Con
gressional eon teat in next Novem-
oer. Our proposition is given in
full In another column of this
paper and we hope that onr friends
will take an interest in the contest.
It wiH be our purpose during tbe
whole campaign to give all political
developments in each county in
the district free from any bias
wha'ever. 1
A Good Thing.
The North Carolina Year Book,
published by the News and Obser
ver, Rnleigh, is a compendium of
valuable information and as a ref
erence book tor matters pertain
ing to the various cities, towns,
and counties is exceedingly full
and satisfactory. The work of
compilation has been faithfully
done and the News and Observer
has performed a notable service to
the State by reason of this publi
cation.
Whatever is undertaken by this
old reliable newspaper, with the
brainy and accomplished Josephus
Daniels as editor, the publio may
expect to be well done, as in the
case of the Year Book.
Tad and His Letter.
The faot remains just as we stat
ed it, that Tad (J. Will) Roberts
did write a letter endorsing the
Crumpacker bill, for he read the
etter to several persons in the
Record office, also to other parties
in town.
But we wish to apologize to our
readers for printing anything that
Tad may have said or even read,
without some further proof to sub
stantiate it.
Barnard ltemsi
I am informed that Mr. C. A.
Nichols of Barnard is contemplat
ing establishing a broom factory
between Barnard and Jewel Hill.
This will add greatly to the interest
ofovr community.
Died" near Barnard February
15, tbe little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac McGee. The little body was
laid in its resting place at Jewel
Hill, to sleep until awaken by Him
wbo does all things well
John T. Bell has sold hip bouse
and lot to S. A. Ramsey and has
moved bis family to Green county,
Tenn. Mr. Bell was a good citizen
d will b arnatlv missed in our
community. , ., '
Rev. Lucas, of Tennessee, preach
ed to a large audience in the Bap
tist church last Sunday.
Miss Bartie Leonard, has return
ed to Jewel HiK after a visit to her
home in Tennessee.
The Barnard Literary Society
will hold a public debate in the
chapel of Bell Institute February
22, at 7 JO p. m.
The work on the Industrial
Home is progressing very slowly
on account of the bad weather.-
Mr. E, W, Reeves is now build
ing a barber shop near tne new
store of McClure k Co., at Jewel
Hill. B. E. Guthbix.
Thomas H. Enflun for Congress.
From tb. Newton EnUrprii.
It was a great source of pleas
ure to the many friends whom
Thomas M. Hufham has in Madi
son county to hear how generally
through his district his candidacy
for the Democratic Congressional
nomination is endorsed. This is
only a just mead of praise, and his
mauy friends in Madison county
and elsewhere in the west rejoice
te see his merit recognised. . The
inth being a new Congressional
district, has not yet had time to
get its bearing, and hence these
words of commendation from one
who has knewn this valiant
Democrat, this scholarly lawver
and this very gallant gentleman for
eleven rears. At Ihe bar he has
met with signal - success and has
proven himself fully equal to the
occasion in conducting intricate
and important cases.! Asa pub
ic speaker he possesea the traits
of tbe orator; wit. humor, pathos,
sarcasm , invective, la ability as
writer be comes second to none.
No more masterly production ap
peared anywhere ia North Carolina
during the campaign of 1900 than
his three articles. "The Case
Against Negro Suffrage," "The
Southern Policy of the Republican
Party," "The Amendment. Its
friends and Its Foes." They
were copied and recopied by the
newspapers and scattered far an
wide as campaign documents by
Democratio' State -executive Com
mittee. . " . ,
Before entering tb fields of law
and politics he won for himself
distinction as a scholar and educa
tor. He was president of Mars
Hill College during the years 1890
1898 and was largely instrumental
in building up that institution until
it became the great intellectual
light of the west. Out irOm its
halls went forth hundreds of young
men who are now fighting the bat
tle of life in many portions of the
district and who will unite in urg
ing that the man wbo ; was their
preceptor for four years shall re
present the district in the nation's
capitol . He comes from one of
the old southern families. His
father is one of foremost pnlpit
orators ot the State, founder of the
Baptist Tabernacle in Raleigh,
editor of the ' Recorder, agent for
Wake Forest College and Baptist
Orphanage, he has represeuted 'his
people in many high position for
forty seven years, Thomas M. Huf
ham on his mother's side is a de-
scendent of the distinguished
Mosley and Fairson families.
But in hi. nature and tendences he
is thoroughly democratic. He
Las fought his own fight and blazed
his own path . He is a good mixer
snd makes friends everywhere
because he loves men and despises
distinctions based on anything
save merit. ' His character is
above reproach. Asa campaigner
he is second to none in the district.
Wherever he goes he will arouse
the Democrats to the highest pitch
enthusiasm. Since his nuiusbts
been mentioned for his position a
large number of the strongest Re
publicans have bravely expressed
their determination to support him ,
for Congress as loyally as they did
when they followed him as presi
dent ot Mars Hill College and he
.carried their institution from the
darkness of failure to the sunlight
ot success. By nuturj he- ia as
gentle and tender hearted as a
woman. He loves little children
with whom he is a great favorite.
But in all matters of conviction
and principle be is a stern man
who pursues what seems to- him
the right course and let the con.
sequences take care t thenise.veit.
It would be impossible to imagine
any one more incapablo of . fear.
Devotion to his friends , constitutes
one of his chief characteristics, and
in turn he has the rare faculty of
personal magnetism and attauhrshia
friends to him by bands of steel.
Above all. he has the unconquer
able will that, defeated to-day re
turns tirelessly to the pursuit of
its object to-morrow and never
rests u utile its purpose is accom
plished. With this jjifted young
Democratic leader in the front as
our standard bearer there - will h
no more talk of Democratic jossns
in the west. If he is the' nomu-e
it is conceded by all in this seciiuii
that Democracy will sweep tho new
district like afire cn the prairie.
We have followed him before and
we will follow him again. Our
watchword and battle-cry will be
unity, 'harmony end victory.'
J Hoe. J. Murray, :
Outlook, Madison Co. N, C.
AXES
WE HAVE THE BEST
IN TOWN
FOR. . . . .
COME IN AND SEE US.
AX EVER SOLD
50 CENTS. '
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SELL
BfWJtMfli
Vsf-. BUT.
Jifiytfiinj
COST COST!
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Don't be deceiyed into buyhold,
shoddy and shelf-worn goods by the
false cry "
AX COST.
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We are not selling "at cosfand
will not try to deceive the people
wth such statements, but we res
pectfully invite a'-comparison of
our goods ;aud prices with iany in;
town. .
Come andlseethegvalues we
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New And Up to Date Line of
DRY" GOODS NOTIONS A HATS:
SHOES. CLOTHING. GROCER
IES STATIONERY AND DRUGS
01 every Description, uot oufl
prices, compare with onr neigh
bors and see who is selling nearest
cost. ..- : '
We keep what yon want. Wei
will make the price right. Don't
fail to call and see us when in
town. " .' ., . ..'-.'- , :
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REDMON &
ROBERTS,
: v -Marshall, N. C-
DRUGSTORE BUILDING.