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I MADRON COUNTY RECORD,
I Established June 28', 1901.
FRENCH BROAD NEWS,
Established May 16, 1907. , '
Consolidated : : Not. 2nd, 1911.
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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY,
. .VOL. XV
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st 1913.,
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A A A A .
War! War! War!
Enlist Against
King Mud.
Good Roads Day a, November
. ' Fifth and Sixth. - Every Citizen
of Madison County requested and
invited to dedicate two days o:
' his life to the service of the Stat?
- The State has declared War
gainst mud and she. wants , every
man in her borders to enlist : for
the fight against this mighty foe
of human progress...
Marshall Will Close her Doors
i ' d Fight. . .. '
,' v No. One Township of Madison
County organizes and ; lines up
' for two days battle for the State.
Every Township in the County
Is invited to do likewise. Num
ber One Township will give her
two days of free work to the
construction of The Central
C Highway and every Township
' on the line of The Central High
' way ought to do the same thing
Let each Township appoint s
CaDtain for each ward and each
'Captain appoint as many Leiute
.nants as he needs.
You are aware of the fact that
the Governor of North Carolina
has sent oul a proclamation al
over the state declaring that he
has set apart November fifth and
sixth as good roads day in North
: Carolina. and calls upon every
citizen to devote these two days
to the building of roads and
helping to improve our roads
throughout the ' State. In , obe
dience to this proclamation the
citizens of number one township
met on last Friday night and or
ganized for work on those two
days. The meeting was well at
tended and one. of great enthu
siam and patriotism . James H.
White was elected captain of
number one ward; Bob Ramsey
' captain of ward number two;
Theodore Rector captain of ward
number three and Charles Run
nlon captain of ward number
four. Every body '.will work on
the Central Highway.
Everybody Will Work.
LAWYERS, t DOCTOR S ,
PREACHERS, .' MERCHAMTS,
FARMERS and every body will
work.' Every place of business
in Marshall will be closed and
armed with picks, mattocks,
shovels, axes scrapes, , rakes,
teams and plows all our men and
boys able and willing" to work
will be on the firing line helping
to redeem Madison County ""from
the long reign of mud : through
which she has passed and under
which her farmers and business
people have suffered the loss of
millions of dollars exacted as
tribute to 'King Mud."
Liverymen Carry out Dinner and
' ' " i- ' Ladies.
The three Livery Stables in
Marshall are invited to provide
teams, bueeies. surreys, hacks
and wagons in which to convey
to the grounds dinner and all the
ladies and eirls of the town and
community. The ladies are ex'
pected to prepare the dinner and
be ony the grounds during . the
noon hour. The wonen and girls
must share the honor these two
days will bring to the county.
Qreatest Opportunity of a Century
Let Every man and every boy
who feels the rich blood of pa
triotism coursing his veins,
every one who loves his State
and County lend a helping hand
in this mighty movement for the
progress of our country. In the
past century we have had no
greater opportunity to serve our
state. Our ancestors fought the
bloody battles of war and crown
ed themselves with glory in the
blood of the vanquished enemy.
This is a bloodless battle to be
waged in a time . of pig.ce and
everv man who enlists for' this
battle will whv no crown woven
of human blood but his crown
shall be an halo of progress and
patriotism fadeless in its mes
sage of service and good will to
From Mars Hill to
Bakersville oyer
Roads of Mud
And Ice.
man. ' ' , '
Don't Line up for , Pig Paths and
Mud.
Let every man see his neigh
bor and talk this matter over and
et the sentiment be such that
every one of us will be ashamed
to stay at home on that day and
ine up for pig paths and mud.
Meet us at County Home.
On the morning of November
fifth and sixth meet us at the
County Home at 8:30 o'clock. Let
us clasp hands and seal the con
tract for , two days service for
our country against, MUD, ' the
common enemy of mankind and
human progress.
. Our friends wiU pardon this
bit of personal expef ience since
it relates to the paramount
theme of this issue of The News-
Record.
During the wiriter '. of 1905 we
were living at Mara Hill, N. C,
and Mr. John Bradly, now prin
cipal of the West AshevilleHigh
School, and myself engaged to
take charge of Bowman Aca
demy in Bakersville,' N. C, We
began to look about for a
conveyance in which to get to
They could not go a bit further.
We would have had to leave the
trunks and wagon in the road
until spring had it not been for
a farmer who lived near by.
v rom mm we borrowed an axe
and after chopping and hewing
frozen mud from the ; wagon
wheels for about an- hour we
suuceded in getting a new start
on our journey. Late iu the day
we came in sight of the railroad.
mt t ....
ine train was iaie out when, we
got in about one fourth of a mile
of tbs station we saw the train
come puffing and smoking down
the river. It rolled majestically
on. we were left and, had to
spend the night in Greene Moun
tain. Next day about two o'clock
we landed in Bakersville. From
Mars Hill to Bakersville the dis
tance is about 30 miles. W
Stalled in the Mud
were more than two days and a
-wiv,u i.t u: t .t.rv
Greene Mountain Railway station ' """aB rain and mud and felt
uuib uichk uaa uuui now i nave
been in favor of better public
roads and highways.
We secured a wagon and team.
We loaded our trunks , into the
wagon early, one morning and
started across the hills to Baker
sville. The roads were mudy;
during the day it rained and the
thermometer dropped down al
most to zero. The mud was deep
and stiff and sticky. The wagon
wheels were circles of revolving
mud. The load, though light,
was heavy for the team and the
norses were on a dead pun ai
most all day and when night
came they were almost given out.
We stopped over nieht with a
armer on Jack's Creek and bad
a good nights rest, When
got ready to start next morning
the mud gathered on the day be
fore bad frozen hard and stuck
Teachers Meeting.
The second meeting of teach
ers in townships numbers 1, 3, 6,
7, 9, 12 and 14 was held in' the
Graded School Building at Mar
shall, October 5th, 1913.
l he following teachers were
present: V '
Joe Payne, A. W. Coats,' Por
ter Bryan, E. N. Ward, Mack
Faulkner, S. R Williams, G. 0.
Do you remember the time you
started to town with a load of
produce and the horses stalled
right in the middle of the road?
The mud was up to the axle and
you got out and whipped old
Beck and Jerry and "heaved and
sot" for four long weary hours,
You couldn't fret out at all until
your neighbor came and put "old
Jim" in at the end of the tongue
and helped pull you out. It was
a cold rainy day and you almost
froze to death . It was away in
the night when you got back
home and your wife- was afraid
something bad had happened but
at last you rolled in and when
she saw you, sure enough, she
was right, something had hap
pened. You were - drenched in
like you
were besiegsd for the rest of the
winter' with mud.
A WHEEL SMASHED IN A HUT.
Oh yes, certainly you recall the
time the wagon broke down. You '
ran over a big rock and the wheel
dropped down into the depths of
a deep wagon rut. It was smash
ed and you got out and jacked up
the old wagon and cut a long pole
and stuck it up over the brake
bar for a rest, upon which the
wheel-less axle rode tot he black
smith. You unloaded the wagon
and laid the wheel on the running
(rears and drove her up to the
shop, It cost you five dollars to
have her fixed and you lost two
so vexed av
did know i
talked about.
' You stalled in,
almost to death, b
i j itn j
aown ana uiuea j in
mares all on accounts
and rocks and the ,ste,
tain. A well graded r
sand clay or macadam us
finishing would have evapoi
the mud, filled up the holes 4
ruts, made the mountain alma
evel, saved your team, saved
your expense and worry and made
ife a pleasure forthe whole faroi-
y on the trip to church.
he Colored People of Marshall
and Number One Township
will Work with Their White
Brethren on The Central
Highway on the Fifth and
Siith of November.
John Henry, Colored, will Lead a
Squad of twenty-five Colored
Troops in the Battle Against
Emperor Mud.
Robinett, Grace Fisher. Sallie
fast to and covered all the wheels! Wallin, Jessie Ramsey, Clemmie
of the wagon. We started on Bryan, Ethel West, Bessie Fox,
our way and the wheels broke Ada Ramsey, Maggie Morrow,
through the thin crusts of frozen Laura Ledford, Estelle Moore,
earth over the mud and the thin Maggie Ledford, Adeline Ram
sheets of ice over the holes of sey, Mamie Tillery, Grace Twwd
water. We were trying to make The teachers in attendance
Greene Mountain fpr the train wee given object lessons "on
but the further we went the teaching by the faculty and pu-
slower we traveled and the heav-1 pils of Marshall Graded School.
ler the load became. The mud Supt. Anders asked the teachers
kept sticking and freezing to the to take notes and be ready when
whppls. We were compelled to called on to criticise the work of
rest the norses every few minut- the recitations.
The mud kept sticking and ; The first recitation was in the
freezing until finally the wheels advanced united btates History,
Aokofl like four minafciira nlanets Harrison and Taylors Adminis-
Brpwn, William,, Worley, Jr..
Selma Wells? Maude Carter, Mat days worth threes dollars '-each.
tie Bryan, Etta Alman, Jessie After the wheel was repaired
whose orbits were altogether in
the frigid zones. At last we
were compelled to get out and
walk. The driver came to a little
bank and the horses stalled.
you went back where the disas .
ter occured and patiently loaded
her up again. It took you near
ly two days to pay the black-
smith bill.
OVER THE MOUNTAIN TO CHURCH.
A few days ago you started
to take your family to church
You all got into the wagon and
started across the steep moun
tain. Mary-Anne and all the
children bad to.walk for a mile
across the mountain and the
horses pulled and pulled and
rested and sweated and sweated
and rested until you got . to the
top of the hill. It was a hot day.
They were all tired, the horses
were tired and you were tired.
They got in and you started down
the other side of the mountain
John swung to the brake-bar,
C. B. DAVIS
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DAVIS & DUDLEY, PROP RS.
tration, and was conducted by
Prof. S. R. Williams
The second was a recitation in
geography, and was conducted
bv Miss Estelle Moore
Than Uaa VTn rcria f oritur TDU SWUng tO tne UneS and tDe
rest or the lamiiy swung to eacn
. . ... I -.it nM n n . ilt j-t s1 A mn rAn tit An t
responses that this is ideal wav grinding and rumbling down the
to teach resding. hill like a cyclone. The collars
The fourth and last recitation pf the horses shot up almost over
for the day was in fourth .grade. tneir ears ana ine wnoie crew or
lanirnaffe and was conducted bv you were afraid that the gentle
Miss Adeline Ramsey. , - old family mare would run away
The teachers were then asked in SP1 01 everything tnat could
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to mention some trnod noints of 06 done, i ne Ola man cussea,
the recitation and gave . the fol
lowing: . (1 Review and making
connections with , previous les
sons, board worn, v illustrations,
use of maps, applications etc.
This was followed by a gener
al discussion of first three chap
ters of ' Every Day Problems
in teaching,' The 4th, 5th and
6th chapters of this book were
assigned for the teachers to read
this month.
The meeting then adjourned
until . Saturday Nov. 22. . 1918,
when there will be a general
meetingof all the teachers in the
county. This meeting is ' to be
held at Marshall, and ,Y coUnty
commencement is to be -given by
the teachers at said time and
place. Respectfully , v-v ,
William Worlev.Vr,'
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the old lady went wild while the
children yelled and screamed; a
trace broke and after you had
see-sawed and .pulled and jerked
at the lines for about a hundred
yards you finally Succeeded in
reigning up the old mares on the
bank of the road. You gritted
and ground your teeth: you were
abou to "submit a few remarks"
but remembering that you ' had
started out to church you suc
ceeded in holding back the fiery
and indignant words you had al
most uttered. You bored and
cut and cut and bored for just
half an hour: yon finished the job
nd.started thundering down the
mountain: once agaip.-V Just two
hours and a half irbm the time
you left home yon landed at the
church house. It was, just four
miles from home. The , sermon
was half finished and you were
The Editor has just had an in
terview with John Henry, Ihe
colored porter of the Rector
Hotel, and Henry says that he
will be on the tiring lines when
the fight begins against Emperor
Mud on the fifth and sixth of
November and that he will have
twenty-five of the patriotic color
ed people of number one town
ship with hirn and they wW - help
us in the light for the progress
and. development pf old Madison.
Henry says that he ; thinks it
is a duty he and his people owe
to the "great State of North Caro
lina to help in this mighty move
ment in the uplift and forward
movement pf the county. Almost
every jne of. the colored men
and boys of number one township
have enlisted and It gives us
pleasure to print in advance of
the day the names of these color
ed people who are willing to de
monstrate, with sweat and labor,
their devotion to the "Old North
State." The names given us are
as follows:
Jim Wilds, Nathaniel Horsnaw,
Jim Baker, Charley Henry, Lon
nie Henry, with a team, Bill Bar
nett, Will Jones, ; Francis Mc
Lean, Alf Barnett, with his, two '.
boys, Tom Baker and his . twa
brothers, Hershell Lyles, McKin
ley .Carr, De Witt Gormau, Hub- :
ert McLean, Gus Henry, with a
team, Arthur Jones, Sam Ander
son, Tom Henry, .Neal Feimster
and Will Henry.
This 4s an example of patriot
sm and we commend the colored
people of number one township
for their spirit of loyalty to the
cause of good roads.
A Gentle and Effective Lix
ative. -
A mild, gentle and effective laxa
tive is what people demand when sus
fering from constipation.- Thousands
swear "by Dr. King's New Life Pills.
Hugh Tallman, of San Antonio, Tex
writes: "They are beyond question
the best pill my wife and I have ever
taken." They never cause pain. Price
25c at all druggists, or by mall.
H. E. BUCKLEN & O. Pnlladelphiu
WANTED All the chickens
and eggs you have to sell. . Wil-
pay market prices. -C. M. Dod
son & Son." . . .
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