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iiat iTaaaSaVatfl WE GUARANTEE a la!" , ger list of Actual Subscr1" . t bers in Madison than anv 1 Other newspaper. 1 MADISON EVERYBODY reads it that's why you can rtach i everybody through THE q I RECORD. T COUNTY RECORD . - i . -. , - .11 POLITICAL REFORM AND THE GENERAL UPBUILDING OF MADISON COUNTY. ' " - . VOL. III. MARSHALL. N. C. FRIDAY. JULY 4. 1902., NO.1. . i , . v ... . V 4. t . IS r U It n I IUKt? I u rfj WINDOW SHADES MADE TO ORDER FURNITURE SOLD ON INSTALLMENT ON , EASY TERMS JafpeF Ii. k 45 PATTON ASHEVILLE, O.H.FRYE, PRACTICAL MACHINIST. Cleans and readiusts all kinds of Sewing Machines. Tunes and re pairs musical instruments. A card will bring him to your home. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. Address WALNUT, N. C. First Class Hay neatly baled for sale. Call or addsess C. A. HENDERSON, Dry Branch Farm, near Mat shall, N. C. Attention, Democrats All democrats of the 1st ward No. 1 township are requested to meet at the court house in Mar shall at 3 o'clock p. ni., Saturday, July 5th, for the purpose of select ing delegates to the county con v.jntion to be he.d July 11th, 1902. J. R. SWANN, Chairman 1st Ward. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS The trustees of Mars Hill Col lege will build at Mars Hill, N. C, one school building requiring about three hundred thousand brick. Those wishiug to bid on the contract will apply ai once lor particulars and specifications to V. H. Woodall, chairman build ing committee, Mars Hill, N. C. Call fr Primary Conventions. Bv authority vested in me as chairman I hereby call a primary convention of all democrats in their respective townships to be held Saturday afternoon July 5th at 8 o'clock. Each township will -organize by electing a township chairman and an executive com mittee ol three, all of which should be selected from (be roost active working democrats in your, town ships. You will then elect dele gates to the county convention to ' be held at Marshall, N. C, at noon. .Friday, Ju' the 11th. This con vention will elect delegates to the State, Judicial and Congressional Conventions. A full attendance is d.esirad. very .. township chairman is I especially requested to be present - i at county convention on Friday, Jul 11th, tor the purpose of elect ing a county chairman nd other important business will be traus , .acted. . convention tor comity ouiccrsi will bo called later." -T . :, Tnos. J. McBHAY, ! W. W. ZaoHABY, Chairman. r - Secretary. ' . j " " ' ' esodssyoar- i " '"l ' ' f ' J "W m- i-trtiKi-rihi jJOB-PRINTING - ii yos wani u none scauj . - ""'M"CL17i-Mc-xrriTP $5.00 REDUCTION : ' OF NlSSEN WAGONS ; ; Vi " " To reduce present stock we will give 5.06 off the price on all Nis sen Wagons, including tee special grade made to onr order, low wheels, thick tires, ironed bolsters and standards, and special mountain brakes. This offer only for present stock. - T. S- MORRISON, ASHNEVrLLE- Smathep Son AVENUE N: C uq yon wanuo ownvmma Do on want to sell fa 2 VAN SMITH (NEAR THE DEPOT) Buys nil kinds of produce t high est market price, unu sells all kinds of FAMILY & FANCY at Lowest Possible Figures. FRESH MEATS of all kinds,constantly on hands HOME MADE SAUSAGE n specialty. Goods Delivered free Anywhere In town. "HYETAB" WHISKEY BEANS s oliU'tliliiL' alwolulclv we have experimented for vears- One lican makes one glass Artificial Wins key Rye or Pourlmn; six 10.1118 to the pint. Just the t thing lor travellers, and eoiivenicnt for picnics, excursions, etc. Contains all the virtue of the best whickirs without the deleterious eflccLMitd s from the pure vegetable matter, and guaauteed to contain no poinonous or narcotic drugs ol any description. If a bever..ge is not desir ed, a Bean may be taken in the mouth without va- ', ami the most exhiler- ati ig effect will be exper ienced- Box' of 12 Beans. OOc. The Beans retail at 10c each, and can be procured from any druggist, tuner grocer, or tirsl-clas bar. For sale on dining care. One box sent postpaid on receipt of V) eta. Ginseng Distilling Company DISTir.TjRRR OV HYK iNI) BOURBON WHIHK1KS 8T. IXDUIS.MO. FREE TO THE BABIES. The Eastern Manufacturing Co., of Chicago, wlllpreaent to every baby, odder one year of age, in this county, one solid silver baby apoon with the baby's given name engraved on Same. Ton do not have to pay one cent nor bny any thing to get this spoon. The Eastern Manufacturing Co. are large manufac ture and jobbers of Jewelry and silverware, and have taken this method of advertising their goods. Instead of pending thousands of dollars for aiagatine advertising they have decided to givt it away direct to consumers. The. undersigned firm has been made distributins; agent for this locality. - Bring your baby to their store and give its name and ag and yoawiU receive one of thess beautiful silver spoons all engraved free of cost This U not a cheap article, but solid tJlver of elegant design.,. Dont fail to look over the elegant Une of The Eastern Manufacturing Co's goods oa uispiay as F.Saalt Jn. M r shall, N. C THE RECORD Published Every Fbidat by the RECOKD PRINTING CO. W. W. ZACHABY, I'.DrroH. J. R. SWANN. UtrsiNEsa Mamokh. OFFICE IN 3rTD FLOOR REDMON BRICK S'LO'6 jBgrWe extend you a cordial invi tation to visit our office when ever you are in town. WE ( 'HALLE f!E the Eaale the official organ of the Court Ilouse Ring and the claim specu lators of the county, to point out a single instance in which ue have made a mis-statement of farts, or have mis-quoted the records of the county. Notice to Candidates The Record will print your an nouncement from now until conven tions are held for $3.00. This will carry with it the privilege of your friends writing short letters in your behalf. RETR0SPFCT10N. Tbe Record Enters on Volume III. It is natural and salutary that thi! individual should give pause on liii birthday or other anniver sary, anil look back over the path way traversed, dwell upon the in cidents by the way and note the progress made. It is no less prop er and necessary that a public journal should take a backward glance when it, 111 passing a mil t- 3t(ine in its career, finishes each yuluine and begins another. It is therefore with what wc trust may be pardonable priile, that the Record, as it enters on Vol. Ill, takes a retrospective look at the trail over which its infant footsteps toddled, reviewing it on up to the present good hour, when in lusty, vigorous youlhfulnf-ss it- is ready to still turn its face to the morning of the future, eager to be talized and refreshed by the ele vating joy nf service which it ih ever ready to ronderto ths upbuild ing of the material and commer cial interests of Madison cminty than which the state can boast no fairer and to the promu'gation and establishment of the principles of the democratic party the ortho dox politics of the common people tor whose betterment, it is confi dently believed history has offered nothing to compare with it, and the present nothing to equal it. One of the primary objects of tbe Record, since its inception, hns been and still is: 10 thoroughly ac quaint the citizens of the county with tbe current and recent past fiuuncial affairs of Madison, and1 to give the details of tbeir administra tion, in buoIi full, complete and accurate manner, that they may be known and read of all men. This tbe Recced has . faithfully tried to d), and is persuade! that some measure of success has fol lowed its efforts. When has there been in the history of th s county a more corr.prelier.8ive, general and intelligent conception of the coun ty's financial condition than there is today? When the Record was bom, the walla of the court house were unadorned by a single report bt a county officer as the law re quires. - Now monthly and quarter ly thereon, the legends 'may be read. It is true that the sheriff has only made one meager report of two lines, but that is slightly more satisfactory than complete and oblivious silence. It indicates that this High official still sits at the seat ol customs and receives the public revenues. This paper has stood and still stands for tbe material, ; commer cial, social, educational and moral betterment of Madison county. It recognises the sleeping energies of the grest water powers, the hidden weijtli or..!pnrals, the waiting forests, the fertile soil, the salubrious climate and the native intellectuality And excellent moral tone in the lives of her people all these are here. The Record recog nizes their presence and the per sistent and noble efforts cf her sons und daughters in their en deavors to develop and bring to light all these varied elements of wealth and excellence And in this labor of evolution thn work of upbuilding and of development this paper has asked, lias urged the outside world to come in and help, and, by the helping, reap the rich rewards that must come to brain and heart and money that spend themselv.es in a field so promising. The Record warns to see people cf cu'.'ure "lope in" here men of means to "lope in" peo ple with philanthropic hearts to "lope in" men of sinew and brawn to "lope in'' men who will plant tho orchard's, sow the hill siaes in grasses, neip buna our public highways, and construct school hous 8 in every neighbor hood all tl, esc all good citizens from anywhere under the eun, the Recokd will welcome as brothers who wish to labor in one common cause. We Claies tbe Reward The Eagle makes a great to do 111 offering a reward for the proof 01 a certain statement made in the Record of week before last. that paper was embolden to make that offer from the reason that it knew the books of the coun ty were so badly kept and a part of tne necessary records to prove the lacts were lost, destroyed or other wise misplaced. That is the fight that the Record has been making all the time : to try to get the officers of the county to make their reports, keep their books and item ize their accounts so there can be 1.0 doubt as to what becomes of the public funds. We will give the evidence that we have of the facts stated in the Record referred to, and we are wil ling to leave the matter to any dis interested juror in the county as to wbetner we are entitled to the re ward or not: The taxes of 1897 and tbe settle ments in reference thereto were made, or should have been made under the revenue act of 1897. be ing Chapter 169 of the public laws 01 mat year, Section 35 of the said chapter has the lollowmg provisions: "Provided, the sheriff or tax col lector shall not collect the taxes for any years until he shall have set tled in full with the state and couii: ty for the previous year (if he was the sheriff or tax collector) and given the bond required by law, and if upon examination, the com missioners are not satisfied with the solvency of the surety to said bond, they may require new bonds to be given. Before receiving the tax list he shall produce the receipt of the state and county (if he was the sheriff or tax collector of the pre vious year) to the clerk of the board of commissioners, and in the event the sheriff fails to produce the aforesaid receipt or give the re quired bond, the board of commis sioners shall appoint a tax collector, who shall give bond as is required of the sheriff to faithfully collect and pay over the taxes according to law." So it may be seen that if a sheriff or tax collector has not made final settlement of the old tax list when the time comes for him to take the new list, which is the first Monday in September, he forfeits his office and the commissioners shall appoint s mau in his place, nd they have no discretion in the matter. Upon examination of the receipts in the otnee we tana tne following "North Carolina Madison County. "Received of the board of coun ty commissioners of the county aforesaid, the foregoing tax list of Madison county for the year 1898, amounting to twenty-four thousand, three hundred and ninety and 60- 100 dollars, $24390.60, which I am to collect and pay over as required by law,. This the 5th day of Sep tember, 1898. ; R. S. Ramsey." It is a well known fact that R. S. Ramsey had the tax list of 1897 for collection and here we find a receipt in the office of the board of - com missioners, where the tax collector had been delivered the tax list of I 1898 on the 5th day of September of that year. - " - - But the Eagle says the final set tlement was made on the first Mon day in October. What does . that paper mean for us to infer from that statement? Does it tneafl for the people to understand that they turned over to the tax collector the1 tax list of 1898 when the tax col-1 bers of the Court House Ring re ectoc had forfeited his office and 'fast to make tbeir reports, as re- I the law said that the board of com- missioners should appoint a man in his place? Will the Eagle please explain this matter to the people? The mistake was discovered in the matter by an examination of the abstract of the year 1897 which abstract the law requires to be kept on nle in the Register s office. Af ter the matter had been called to the attention of the people in cam paign speeches for several weeks the mistake still stood uncorrected, but sometime afterward someone corrected the mistake on the ab stract, and if the county officers will please let us see that abstract it will bear the evidence of the cor rection on its face. We have asked to be allowed to see that paper since the last issue of the Eagle, but, for some reason or other, it can't be found So that paper thought it could make a wonderful dodge on the matter and fool the people about it because the incompetent officers of the Court House Ring failed to make any record of their settlement, and that the tax abstract in which the mis take was made had been lost and could not be had for evidence in the case. The point we make in the affair is that when there had been a mistake of over fourteen hundred dollars made in favor of the tax collector that some one of the county officers ought to have dis covered it before an outside citizen made the discovery; that if the county officers had discovered it and had not let it be known, and the tax collector had received the next tax list and had not settled in full for the taxes of the previous year, and the records of the county for at least a month showing a mistake in the tax collector's favor of more than fourteen hundred dollars, we say that the last state is much worse than the first and the officers who allowed it ought to be prose cuted for criminal negligence in office. If the Eagle wants any further evidence on the matter, just please produce us the abstract of the taxes of the year 1897, which the law says must be on file in the Register's office, and we will give you all the proof necessary. But no, the Eagle prefers to at tempt to fool the people because the officers of the Court House Ring refused to keep records of settlement as required by law and because the records that contained the mistake are lost but it happens that we got hold of enough evidence to prove our charge beyond a reasonable doubt before any fair minded jury. Mr. W. W. Heyward of Hickorv has come to Marshall and has taken chVge of the editorial department of thij Eagle. He has the appear ance of being a clever and intelli gent gentleman, and we hope that ne win conduct mat paper on a much higher plane of journalism than it has been in the past. If he does, the discussions of public mat ters between the two papers will do a great good in the county. The people are getting sick and tired of so much clash between the two pa pers. The people want to know the records and the facts but they don't want to have to read so much stuff to get them. The Record never has at any time offered any criticism of the action of the board of commission ers for releasing any man who was disabled and aa too poor to pay his t xe. Tho criticisms of The Record only applied to biich cases as were released lor political reasons. In explanition of the reference we made t the failure of the tax collector to account in his settle ment with the commissioners for the schools part of the 84 insolvents of the year 1899, the Egle ears: lhat the school funds t r the years '97. 98, '99, and I9OO have re ceived, irotn tne insolvent taxes $136 21. We have not disputed the fact that that amount was paid into the treasury. Bnt how does thst ex plain whs- became of that fifty one dollars of school funds. That fifty one dollars is not contained in the $186 21 so far as any recorls show. If that money was paid into the treasury there ought to be a record of the matter showing the exact date and the exact amount, if the records are kept right. j Will the Eagle inform ns of Ihe date of the paying in of the fifty one dollars 7 Or will they reler us to any certain item in any record of the county where just that amount of school funds have been ac counted for oat of the insolvent list? Vile epithets towards the editor of The Record will not answer these qnestions in the minds of the people and the Eale will find it out. It the books were properly kept and the accounts itemised ss required by law there would be no trouble over the disposition of public f urn's, but still some mem quirod by law and the Eagle de feuds them in their refusal. ATTENTION, DEMOCRATS! Every Democrat in the county is urged to go the primary convention Saturday, July 5, and elect a chair man and five committeemen for each township and also send delegates to the county convention to be held in Marshall on July nth. T. J. Murray. Ch'm Dem. Ex. Com. Madison Co. The ini st diabolical attempt that was ever made by any news paper in this or any oilier country to mislead and defraud the minds of the people was the attempt of the Eagle last week to deceivo the people of Madison county in its pretended comparison between the expenses of the county under two years of the democratic board and two years under the republican boar-', Since about the year 1895 the claim speculating business in this county has been tl. riving. The claim speculators would buy up a lt of small jury tickets and other small claims of various kinds and would then take such claims to the board of commissioners and de mand that the commissioners give ihe speculator a claim inc tiding all their little claims, which large claim would be an intenst bearing claim. Up to the latter part of the year 189(5 or the time the present register of deeds went into office the claims thus consolidated were listed along with all tbe other claims issued by the commissioners. But after that time those consoli dated cl'iiins were never listed at alt and the only record kept ol them was the stub of the bo k from which they were issued. Upon examination of the stubs it appears that not only the claims of consolidation were not 1 stcd but many claims containing hinounts other tian for old claims were never listed in the regular list of c'aims. The Eale in its com parison of the different years just took tht claims an lisu-d, .contain ing many of those consolidated claims, for the first two years ofits comparison of the expenses and the last two years it took no notice ol the claims that had been issued but had not been listed, though many of them appear to contain large amounts, other than old claims as above stated. And whi-n those stubs were examined it was found that from the first Mon day in May 1897 and the first Mon da in September 1898, which time is included in the time re ferred to by the Eagle, there wer FIFTEEN Til 0USAN1) SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE DOLLARS AND FORTY SIX CENTS worth of those consolida ted claims issued by the late board of commiss oners, though rot one of them was accounted for in the statement as contained in the Eagle. Such statements and mis representations by the Court House Ring and i's representatives htve been allowed to pass unchallenged until the financial condition ol the county has become deplorable. But the people are getting too well informed ou coU'ity matters to be imposed 011 in any such style Why can't you tell the truth ? We would like to tsk the Eagle, the official organ of the Court Ho'inc King and the claim speculutoni of the county, it it i not ajacl that about the tinie the Legisla ture of 11X11 met, there wax a conference held in the office of 1'ritchard and Rollins, between Ken 'Ur I'ritchard, T. 8. Kollins, Chairman o( the Republican Executive ConiruiTtee :f the district and County Attorney, I. N. Eblm Representative from Madron county, John A. Hemlrickx Chairman Republican Executive Coin uittee of the count. , tho Board of County Commiaaionera of Mad if on cc nntv, together with some claim bo deni against the coULtv, in reference ti formulating a petition to the Gtneral Ansembly aaking lor fecial taxea of 1 20 on each poll and 40c. on 1 .00 worth of property ? And if it is not a fact that T S Rollins, attorney for the Board of Coruniiwi- ner did not have drawn np on hi typewriter, a petition to the General Assembly aaking for inch tax, which a majority of the Board of Conn ty Commimionets adopted in open aeaaion, copiea of which petition wai forwarded to the reprr n'ative of .Madison countv and the senators of this district? And if i is not a fact that a' bill waa prtepared in almost toe exact terms ol tbe pe ition ana 11 a cony ol the same waa not Introduced in the Lower House by the representative of Madison county, which afterward! became a law r Sptclal lotlcel Pet'tious havtng been filed with the Board for a new ward to be cut off from the 1st and 2nd wards of No, 1 township with the totiDg place at Walnut Creek school house, near J. Nr Jones, notice is hereby given' that the. Board will consider the matter on Saturday, July 5th, I9O2, at Marshall, N. C ; J. tt. SWANN, . 1 Chairaak County. Beard oUElscri Fruit Growing Id Madison Again Knowing as I do, that" maay thousand young apple treea were set in tho Eastern portion of Madi son county last spring, it is all im porfat.-t just now that the' should have proper ,.care and attention. Every small limb that is not de sired to become a part of the lap of the- tree, should be removed. In fact, they should have been remov ed before this time; however, if it has been nrg'ected, do not neglect it any longer. Cultivate thorough ly. Stir the ground about them often and thoroughly. Let no grass or weeds grow about the young trees. I haye cultivated three times already and can show growih of trees set April 26, that measure 27 inches in length. Who can boat that? Now concerning Bro. Gahagan's theory that the locust tree growing in e'ose proximity is beneficial to the apple tree : The locust may be and in all probability is, more or less leguminous; but my observa tion is such as to dL-credit the theory that they are, in any way, beneficial. I have some trees al most surrounded by locusts, some of my very best bearers are so sit uated ; while, on the other hand, .-ome of my moct trifling trees are on t ie same soil and similarly sit uated, Appletrees, like men, are hard to understand. Soraedo well with little chance, while others are no good with all the chance you can possibly give them, though this is the exception and not the rule. There is something remark able about the satisfactory results Bro. Gaazan trot from that "patch" of trees he set on blue grass sod and gave no cultivation. They would not live on my land on bluegrass BoJ, surrounded with locust sprouts or trees. My opin ion is, that his land is admirably adapted to the growth of apples, or his trees would have died before the bearing period. Had they re ceived careful attention from time of planting until the bearing period doubtless the results , would have been much more satisfactory to h;ni . The greatest wonder to me is that people in our county grow such little fruit, even apples, to say nothing of pears, peaches, cherries, plums, grapes, etc., etc. All these fruits will grow to perfec tion in Madison, and why not each farmer for himself find out which kinds are best adapted to his farm and plant them. Let us all awake to a higher sense of our duty as farmers. Respectfully, J. R. Sams. BIniT Dots. Editor Record: I will you a few dots from Bluff.. give There have been two weddings recently, Chas. Finley and Mine Nancy Wardrop were married a few days ago, and Mr. Will Gregjfc and Miss Dude Morris was mar ried lately. A. E. Melton and wife went visi ting Sunday. Hope they ha4 V goodtime. Mrs. Annie Landers was visiting her father Sunday. Mrs. Delia Lank ford was visi ting her sister and brother-in law, Chas. and Jane Moore, Sunday. Crops are looking extra fine oa Spring Greek. Good luck for the farmers. -' J G. Reynolds one of our old neighbors is very low with dropsy.. Hope he will recover. Win. Lavender was visiting in our vi!age Sunday. Jeff Moore bought a line cow the other day. ; , i ; -, . Moseley s spla-hing men seem to be doing a good business spl&ahiug I have been told of an "Eaghy lhat has lately made its appear ance in the county. I think the farmers had better look after their lambs and pigs pretty close, for they tell me that Essies are bad after lambs and . pigs, but from what 1 can find out it does not f y very high, so there msy not le much danger. I xaesa it is liU s good msny other thing gotten u p, it is only a scarecrow, so don't L afraid. It will die in a lew dav-. Success to The Record. YuV. A. B. C. iBluff, June 23, 1902. ' 5 t It ) t i t f
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