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TY
'EVERYBODY reads it--
that's whys you can rtach
ger list of Actual Subscri
bers in Madison than- any -Other
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POLITICAL REFORM ANt THE i GENERAL ' UPBUILDING QFt MADISON COUNTY.
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MARSHAIX, 'N. C FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 26 1002.
NO
G0.UN
MADISON
RECORD
FUaniTUfiE
7
. J WHOLESALE AKD RETAIL
VE LEAD!
, Solid Oak Beds from a.oo to 6.oo; - ' - -.?
, . Cane seat chairs, with three slat back, for 50c.
Kitchen safes, with tin fronts, from 3.2$ to 3.00
:i , i Cupboards, with tin front, from 4.00 to 7 do
Dining chairs, from 7 sc to 6 00; :
, v .-.-e , -
Side-boards, from 12.00 to 75.00
Bed Lounges, from 12. to 20.00 .
We cany everything in Furniture See our stock.
, FOUR BIG FLOORS
JASPER L- SMATKERS &;S0M "
. - - , .
45 PATTON
t ASHEVILLE;
" . NOflCE OP TRUSTEE'S SALE
' By ;Virtue of the power vesttfd
-in the undersigned as trustee of a
f . certain deed of truot executed by
US- J, Hay oie on the 22nd .day of
February, 1902, to W. W. Zachary
, which deed of trust and note which
, , it was given to secure, has be en
transferred to J. J. Redmon and
' default having been made in the
, payment of said note and reqieft
having been made that I should
sell the property, hereinde'-cribed.
- Now, therefore, I will sell to' the
..highest' bidder for ' cash' at the
' Court House door in the town of
Marshall, N. 0., on Monday the
29lt day of : September, 1902, the
following described tract or parcel
of land lying and being in the
' . .county of Madison, on , Walnut
Creek, adjoining lands of A. J.
' ' Runhion, the Lewis Peek -farm,
the 'LUenbee farm and W. L.
- Runnion, lying and being' near the
Walnut Creek church and near the
; head of the' Lisenbee mill race.
:'"-;Bein.the''ino-:ln'ds. deeded by
V , tha said S. J. Haynie by U. W
' RuapiojjLaod. J)i wife ,A:E. En.'
5r- nioir ty 'deed Suited -t 16th Aty f
. ; - Beptembef 1882 vud recorded iA
' book KJ uaee 411. of the recirds i;f
-:.:.'..deeds for the eotinty 01 Madison,
pk reference to which deed is. hereby
i mde for "desoription p(" the .said
t '( lands by meats and bounds. .A
?v " ; . JOSEPH R. BESS, Trustee. '
- " This August 28rd,. 1902. .
S'The V'TRADE" and '"PRO
S FESSION AL" editor of the Eagle,
' tht m6uthDiece ' of f the ' Court
; ;SooM,Eing. in hu tirade againxi
; ;&th editor ap4 biisineas manager of
1. The Record says that, he, the said
C ; ' l-TRADE'' and "PROFESSION.
3 AL" ditor 'ia of the kind that
'v. '' m,ket thef world . move." Perhaps
he has been spending. . his', whole
life spitting on his bands and has
v , now com to 1 this ; corner of the
. globe in order to get s ,hold so he
. - - oa tpra tbe thing over. -,Wa. have
JiXfaii hearcT'of ; mqy 'eruptions
, ; ? i'Caujed by tnis ; "trade' and 'pro
c 1 fesaional".. editor anywhew else.
".y ' v If the people 6 Marshall wake up
, ., iaoine morning tared rongside out
' : . standing on their heads in China
f they can oniy looik at this "trade
and professional" aditor and say
T.V'balyon didtt. ;
- v j;A30Y'S WILD RID. FOR LIFE
: ,;,) . i With family -around expecting
f', '' bira t die, andajon riding lor life,
.. 18 miles to get Dr. KingsMew Dii-
'- coven for ConsumptioH.Conghs and
. Colds, Vf. H. Brown of Leesville,
"tre:. In.!., endured death's agonies from
, , ai;hama, butthit wonderful medi
J. cine pave instant relief and soon
C : ;, cored h'no He writes i "I now
sld psonn.lly every" night" Like
- marvelous" cure of Con.-nrhption,
- Pneumonia. Broncliitis, Conght,
f - Colds and G.rip prove Its mstchlw
1 merit for U Throat and . Lung
- - troubles- Guaranteed boitles 60c
- and 11.00. Trul bottles free at
Redmon fc Robert drtig store:; .
' - ' ' ' . NOTICE. , . ; '
All who ma be concerned, will
. '. take notice I bat lbs undeniptiRd
has qualiTed as administratrix of
the estate ct H'F . We-rtll de
cemsed. All arooun'S against sanl
foists must t piwtted wi hio
t 've months from, this data or
t!,' r - will te I'csd a.-ain.-t
the i... j ' f said acooUDta against
" e state.
: -.3 17. day of f-rt. 1?::.
J. ?
FOR ALL
Rocking chairs, from 1 00 to io.co R
AVENUE.
N; c
0,11. FRYE,
PRACTICAL MACHINIST.
Cleans and readjusts all kinds of
Sewing Machines. Tunes and re
pairs musical instruments. A
- card will bring him to your
home.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
Address v
WALNUT, N. C.
Hotlo of a Naw Ward Is Ho. 9. TmnuMp
Notice is here by given that appli
cation has been made for anew
Ward to be laid oil in No. 9.
township, with voting place at
Stackhousc. The same will be
considered by tbe Board on Monday
Tnis Sept. Int. IUU2.
Joseph K Hess
Chm
W. A. Melton Scty.
SURVEYING. s-
All persons who have land to
survey would do well to remember
that J. H. Hunter of Outlook, N
C, is one among the best if not
the best land surveyor in Western
CarOlina-and alwayr ready to serve
the people on abort notice.
A PARSON'S NOBI-E ACT.
" 1 want all the world to know
writes Rev C. J.Budlong of Ashway
R. I. . ''What thouroughly good
and reliable medicine I found in
Electric Bitters. They cured me of
jaundice and liver trouble that had
caused me great Buffering tor many
years. For a genuine - all-around
cure they excel anything l ever
saw. ' Electric Bitters are tbe sur
prise ot all for their wonderful work
t : tt : J 1 - o h.
troubles.' Don't 'ail to. try them.
Only 50cts. Satisfaction is guaroa
ted by Redmon & Roberta.
MADISON'S " BEST NEWS-
PAPER IS THE
RECORD.
WHISKEY BEAMS.
Something absolutely
new anU with which
wr have zperiirn'd for
7arr One Bean Biaka
on glaaa Artificial WhU
kav Kr or Boorbtin J ix
Brana to tfa pint, J uxt lite
thinf lot travfllvn, and
eonfeniant or jiicniw,
eicuniona, He.
Conmina all the Vlrtneof
tbabeat wfaiekiea withont
tb deleteriooa ffi-ct.M J
from tbe pur ve.eubltt
matter, and gnarnued In
coo tain ira poiaonooa or
narrotie drug . ot anr
description. .
If a Dvrer.ge b not dir
ed, a Bean may ba taken
in the aaonth withont wa
ter, ind the Diont eihiler
ati f effect will be expar-lenoed-
Bo of 12 leant. 80c.1
Tbe Beana retai! at 10c
rach, and can be prurared
v
irum anv arupgitt, laorv
grocer, or Srauclata bar.
i or eale oa dining eara.
One bo arnt pod paid on
receipt of 0 cu.
svr A NO
i.o IS I .V W 1 1 1 - K 1 tt
ST. I-Ol'l!,MO.
t"8"C' ,
' t--:Ulsr ttcsri and get all
' ,-ts io retprenee to the
- ' 1 d r"rict and at tbe
it - - ? a t 1 o at tht
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THE RECORD
PUBLIUCD XrtRT FRID-t BY TUB
RSOORD - PRINTIQ CO.
TT.-W. ZAOIUBT,KDn(. .,
9We extend you a cordial invi
tation to visit our office . when
ever ypu are in town., ' . y-
1
WE CHALLENGE the Eagle
thf, official organ of the Court-
t- S
ft nun Jlwnaamt I h. rlnint tnrrtL. s.
w
5
lnlnrt nf lhn rtmntu. to ooinl. out 9
lalori of 1he coun
a single instance in
which w
t-Hatement
ftl a turn Jtvau mi a MiiiAyl
the
uVi) it a-(e it mict avi
records of the county.
STATE TICKET.
For Chief Justice :
WALTER CLARK.
Associate Justices:
HENRY G. CONNOR,
PLATT D. WALKER.
Corporation Commissioner:
EUGENE C. BEDDING FIELD.
Slate Superintendent of Publio
Instruction:
J. Y. JOYNER.
Congressman, 9th district :
HON. E. Y. WEBB
Judge 15th Judicial district:
HON- FRED MOORE.
Solicitor 15th district:
Wm. i. COCKE.
CODITY TICKET
Representative THOMAS. N,
JAMES. - .,
Clerk Superior Court HOW
ARD A. ANGEL.
Sheriff J. R. SWANN.
Register of Deeds J. WILL
GOLDSMITH.
Treasurer JAMES E. BRYAN.
Coroner Dr. I. E. BURNETT.
Surveyor J. HARDY HUN
TER.
Commissioners MERRITT F.
WHITT, M. C. BUCKNER, HEN
RY B. BAUING.
Wtckard'i V0i rUUmant at to XslsaaM
In the joint debate made at
Smithfield between Senator Prltch-
ard and Lock Craig, as reported in
the Ashevilla tiozette, tbe senator
made 'he following statement in
reference to The Record
T "Jt was not true, he said, that
the county commissioners of Madi
son county bad relieved an un
usually . large number ol people
from the payment of poll tax, and
Mr. Craig authority for that waa
scurrilous sheet printed at Mar
shall that decent, men wonld not
allow in their houses.'. '
In order to give the people tbe
facts in reference to that statement
we give the exact number that was
released lasl year and the year
before and tbe people can be their
own ludgea as 10 wno tans me
truth about the matter : ;
There were released from the tai
list of I9OI, in the year lg02, two
hundred and four poll tax payers,
whose names have been heretofore
printed in this paper and if there
was a siugle misstatement in the
ist as printed to ' tnis paper tne
fact has not been called to our at
tention.' And in tact Senator
Pritchard's own - paper, printed in
Marshall, has made the ataten e t
that 204 was the number that as
released. A careful examination ol
ibe records show that there were
only ninety-. bree released from
poll txes in the year 1901 from
the list of 1900, : . "
If the above are not the true
facta ia the case,. Senator Pritch
ard's Court House Ring crowd is in
charge 1 the records and let tbem
tbow the facts to be different. No,
the senator much prefers to slan
der this paper and with it more
tbaa a thousand of the best citi-
ens of his own county rather than
o let the true facts be known in
reference to his owa rinf crowd in
his own county. - j
Tbe F.cccrd it a welcome visitor
.v - . V J I .
0 more i:.a a iooQanq noma in
thscocnty 01 Li: and many
cf them are cf t! e t 'H republican!
ntheaU'.e. I . . the rnitiir'
it to 1 9 tier. ' 1 a r e ? res to kave
I t I I i n a !"t cf the
c' 'i c--c-r w-i. i be taJ
i:WhyJ ;wjf.WB'to tas Koaeyf ;'
V. "While Sheriff Ramsey chuckles
to hiiiisiltf.'beause : the Swann
Zachary t combine is losing sleep
over that 3369.99 it (the money)
has been and is being paid out to
school teachers and for other coun
ty expenses-It will all appear fh
our popular xounty treasurer's re
port correctly , printed in 1 the
Eagle.'!-agle;-
v. No part of that $3369.99 about
which The Record has been, asking
belonged ;i to the school funds
or the general county funds bjit
belonged to the special funds whichf" nore' IfiatSept. 17,
was levied, to pay on the indebted
ness of the county and if any part
of it was paid out as school funds
or on any other account than on
the indebtedness of the county it
was a misapplication of the money.
So far as our; information goes the
treasurer hap refused to pay out
any part of , t' e money on the in
j debtedness of the county or at least
IS r . - t .. a 11 m r . . ..
a 1 we xnow ne nas reiusea to pay tne
hujuuui mai ' wita uuc auuic Ul tuc
creditors of the county.
win tne vagie please tell us
some person to whom part of that
3369-99 has been paid to? We
would like very much to know.
The Eagle either did not know
what it wasxtalking about or was
. A t 1' .1 c
11; lug ui iuui tne people ior po
litical purposes.
Now, let s see how that matter
is. The report of the finance com
mittee of the settlement made by
the county officers on the first
Monday in September, 1902, shows
that there went into the hands of
the treasurer of the county out of
the special funds above referred to,
for the purpose of paying on the
indebtedness of the county, the sum
ofl537-8i; Now it will be re
membered .that nearly all that
money was' collected before the
first day of last May,
When, this money could be held
back no longer and was paid over
into the treaaury, then the situa
tion was before them as to what to
do with it; yil' .after the election, so
we ' find an -rder bylbe board
of commissioners, which is printed
in this issue of The Record, passed
at a special meeting of that board,
when there was but little else done
that day, requiring the money to
be paid out according to the order
of the judge, but they don't say
when. There is no suit in refer
ence to this special funds, and so
far as we know there is no dispute
about the matter among any of the
creditors of the county. Any one
who knows anything about busi
ness knows that the judge can
make no order that Will bind any
body anymore than the opinion of
any other lawyer till there is a suit
in court ready for trial, and accord
ing to the arrangements of our
terms of the court in this county it
is impossible for a suit to stand for
trial on the- civil issue docket till
next May and it is usually several
years before a case can be tried.
So if the purposes of the county
officers, as. indicated in the order
made at the special meeting above
referred to,1 the money will have
been in their hands at least a year.
In the meantime the interest is ac
cumulating on the county indebt-
ness and interest on $5317 82 at 6
percent per annum,, the rate at
which the- county indebtedness is
drawing interest, is 319-06, which
amount the ' tax payers, of . the
county would have been relieved of
paying if the money had been paid
out according to" the act under
which it waa levied, as soon as it
was collected. But no these finan
ciers of the county prefer, rather
than lose anything politically, to
keep the taxpayers of the county
paying interest on this amount and
at the same lime keep the credi
tors of the county out of their
money . If a business man were to
operate his private business, in the
same way the County ofacerSapf this
county run the county finances
could anything be expected of him
but that he would soon go into
bankruptcy?
The finances of the county will
never be any better till there are
some financers in charge of its
business who know something
about business and -who. are not
under control cf the Court House
Rir;. Tie gir a'.est dqiw back to
gpod county r.-rtmnier.t in this
county is the fact that one political
party has too large a majority over
the other. If they were nearer
equal our county would fare much
better.
riaia Answers to Plain Quatlons
"We will ask The Record wh
did make tbe $60,000 indebted
ness? Wtat was the political
complexion of the county board of
commissioners prior to loro
These are plain queations and we
want plain an wen, and then tbei
In 'answer to (he above questions
we will give the statements of the
public omcials of this county 1
reference to the public indebted
ness, up to July 5th, 1897. W
print below an Official statement
made by the board of'commissrbn
era on July 5th, I897:
STATEMENT OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
We, the undersigned commiss
ioners of Madison county deem it
our duty to make the following
statement, in order to show the
citizens the purpose and luteal
of te August election on the bond
qustion
At our regular July meeting this
order was made.-
It is ordered by the board that no
court house or jail be built even
though the people vote in tavor of
bonds. Therefore tbe com miss
ioners will not tsjue any bonds ex
cept the amount set forth in the
act of 1897 to retire the county's
indebtedness, which is according
to our best estimate as follows:
921,000 outstanding bonds issued
under the act of 1887, about 19,000
in common claims such as jury
claims, pauper claims, jail claims,
witness claims, etc.
It is necessary to bond the in
debtedness for the following
reasons :
1st. It will extend the time of
the payment of the present bonds
and claims which are now due, for
a period of twenty-five years, anu
thereby releive the tax payers from
an increased taxation.
2nd. On account of the present
financial depression the people are
unable to pay a heavier tax, which
we will be co'upelled to levy and
collect, nnless the bonds are issued.
The increase in the valuation of
property within the next twenty
five years will be such as to lessen
tbe burden on the present property
holders.
3rd. It will enable the commis
sioners to pay cash on all claims in
which the county is liable and
thereby prevent speculators from
buying up claims at half price.
4th. It will put in .circulation
from 15,000 to 18,000 in money in
Madison county by retiring- the
common claims mat are in tne
. ... .t .
hands of th people m all parts of
the county.
5th. The effect of issuing the
bonds extends the time of pay
ment, but does not increase the
indebtedness of the county .
6th. The chief objections made
to issuing tbe bonds is that it
places the entire 40,000 on in
terest ',: In reply to which we say
that the present 21,000 outstand
ing bonds are already on interest,
and at least four-fifths ot the com
mon claims throughout the coun
ty are also on Interest. '
And we further state after a
thorough . investigation of the
financial condition of the county
and the conditions of the country,
that it ia tor the best interest of the
county to vote for bonds.
Therefore, we appeal to the good
citizens of Madisou county to give
this matter a thorough and. im
partial iuveatigation and go to the
polls on the 10th day ot August,
1897, and csst their votes accord
ing to the dictates of their best
judgment. " .-' '
Signed, . ? v -'--
W. C. Srainxtf , Chm'n.
J. R. Wild, -
W. M. Exoush. .
Commissioners.
So iris to be seen from the
statement of the county commis
sioners themselves that the in
debtedness of the eounty on the
5:h dy of July 1S97, waa about
forty thousand dollars. And they
'make the statement that they had
( made a "thorough investigation of
the financial - condition of the
county."
It is a fact that the board of
commissioners of the connty was
democratic part of the time prior
to tbe firat Monday 'n December
1890.but the twenty one thousand
dollars in bonds, i s relerrcd to in
the above statement as being is
sued in the 3 ear 187, were issued
by a republican board of commis
sioners uider a law Introduce I in
the legislature of 1887 by Senator
Pritchard.
Tbe-e was more than -enough
money levied and collected under'
the bonding net passed iu the year
1887, as ulwya relerred to, than
would have been required topay
off the whole twenty one thousand
dollars and at the end of ten years'
there was not a cent paid on' the
principal and there were several
thou?a-d dollars due on the in
terest. "
There were also several thousand
dollars of indebtedness incurred
against the county by the republi
can board of commissioners in the
year 1887 In attempting to b.illd a
turnpike road through the couuty
which was never completed. We
have not been able to get the
amounts from the records of the
county as to bow much money was
spent on the turnpike ro id but it
is our information that the amount
is in the neighborhood of five
thousand dollar-".
The Eagle has made the state
ment several times that the coun
ty indebtedness is now about
70.000 and it is a known fact that
the democrats have had nothing to
do with the county matters since
December 1896. In 1897 the board
of commissioners state that the in
debtedness is about forty thousand
dollars, and thai to after a careful
nvestigationof the financial stand
ing of the c unty, and now they
put it at 70,000 00 a difference of
about thirty thousand dollars in a
little over five years. How is this f j
The Eagle, the mouthpiece of
the Court House Ring, is making
a great effort, and in fact the most
of the last issue was taken up in
trying to cast slurs at the demo
cratic convention held here on the
3th. That convention needs no
defense from The Record nor from
any one else, for it was composed
of a lot of the very best citizens
and tax payers of the county, every
voting precinct in the county being
represented. The ticket was nom
inated without the use of any cam
paign boodle or liquor and was
controlled by no one man or set of
men, but was truly a democratic
convention where every man had
just as much to say about the man
to be nominated, if he desired, as
any other man. The idea of Sen
ator Pritchard's organ talking
about tickets being nominated by
rings and clicks ia perfectly re-
diculous to say the least of it.
rftWIttWWlttWH
HAVE YOU
If not you have lost money,
in stock at wholesale cost
TO QUIT THE GOODS BUSINESS.
Not a few catch penny items to catch the unsuspecting, . but "
every item CUT TO FIRST COSTI
1 ' , ' Shoes V;
1 a.oo shoes fbr.... 1.50
, 1-75 " " -t.5
1.50 " " ...MS
1 IU5 " ' ... 105
, 1.00 " " 75 80c
Infant Shoes, 17 to 38 c
Ladies & Gents io c
Hose 7c
-AfewLawnsat 4.sand74cenU4)er yard, worth from 6 to
lic; Fancy Negligee Shirts, 38c; Good Jeana FanM, e-x:
Folding and Woven Wire Bed Springs, I 75 and a 00; OW
Ware. 7 l-ac per gal; Best Coffee in town, 9 lbs to 1 00; A
real good one at is lbs to 1 00
THE PECPLE'G
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The Xaf Is lortsehss
The Eagle, 'the mouthpiece of
the Court House Ring, last week
took nearly, aH of its space- in at
tempting to create a prejudice
against J. R. Swatn, the- nomine
tor sheriff on the democratic ticket.
Why is all this?' What has Mr.
Swann done in theoouuty 4rt mekw
this Court House Ring crowd send
off snd employ a "trade and pro .
fesionnl" editor to jut in his
who e time abusing MessrA Swann
and Zachary ? Can it-be thai the
abuse of Messrs. Swann and Zach
ary will help pay off. the county
indebtedness 01 help get rid Of the -pres-nt
high taxes? Can it be that
it will give tdfhe little children of
tlio county belter schools? Will it
help bu i.ld ' bet ter roads " in the
county or aid. in, getting bridges, i
across the; strnaro ? --Will rt im
prove the public buildings of that
count ? These are .some of the:
objects that we thought oewsoa
pers were staited for and it was '
our opinion that "trade ana pro
fessional" editors spent part ot .
their time in the promotion of
some of these worthy objects. Bnt "
it seems that the Court House
Ring has a different kind of work
fur its "trade and professional''
editor; that is to slander and ma- ;
lign citizens and taxpayers of the
county. The qnesiion is why dos
this "trade and prolesBiouai" edi
tor thus employ his tiuie? The
answer is easy and in tact be an
wrrs it himself; because he is
paid to do it. Who is it that pays
him ? Of course it is the ataa
whose bom he is blowing. It
skeins that he puts his wholj time
in defending and white washing ;
the members of the Court House
Ring and tbe claim speculators of
the county. Howls it that thee
members of the Court Huse Ring
and claim speculators of the county .
cu afford to pa this "trade and '
professional" editor his price to
stay here for no other purpose
than to abune Swann and Zachary
and he of the kind of talent that
turns the world oyer. The an
swer is just as easy as the other.
Just the same way that the Sam
crowd can pay more money tor .
nomination iu the county than the
legitimate feea of the office ie
worth by making tbe people pay .c
back to that crowd to bft spent in
he same way again, putting them -
buck irt office tu collect more non- .
ey out of the people, and thus the
endlesvihain goes on forever while
our debts get larger every year and -our
taxes get higher and when we
raise an ohjectiou the slander and '
abuse begins. -
Senator Pritchard's paper, the
Eagle, has the following to say
about the Blackburn and Merrijt
difficulty:
"When Congressman Blackburn
smashed Editor Merritt's "mug" a?
few days ago, because he spoke
slightly of the woman who ia soon
to be his bride, be struck a blow la
defence of all woman kind." '
To have been fair it looks like
the senator's paper ought to have
given all the facts just as they
occurred. -
Senator Pritchard's organ, the
Eagle, seems to be very much dis
turbed because Mr. Swann the
business manager of The Record
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