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VOL. XVI
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N, C, FRIDAY, MAY 29th, 1914.
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BALEY &
DIRECTORY.
MADISON COUNTY.
Established by the legislature ses
' sion 1850-51.
Population, 20,132.
County seat, Marshall..
1656 feet above sea level.
New and modern court house, cost
33,000.00.
New and modern jail, cost $15,000.
New county home, cost $10,000.00.
County Officers.
Hon. C. B. Mashburn, Senator, 35th
District Marshall.
' Hon. J. E. Rector, Representative,
Hot Springs. N. C. '
N. B. McDevitt, Clerk Superior
Court. Marshall.
W. M. Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall. --
Z. G. Sprinkle, Register of Deeds,
Marshall.
. C. P.- Runnion, Treasurer, Marshall
K. C, R.F,D,No. 4..:. . ..
R. L. Tweed, Surveyor, White Rook
n. c, -
Dr.1 J. H. Baird.ICoroner.lMars Hill
n.c. v -' : , -,:- "
John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall.
' ' Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County, Physi-
clan, Marshall. ,
James Haynle. Supt. county home.
Marshall.
Conrts m Fellows:
September 1st, 1913 (2) November
10th, 1913. (2)
MarchJ2nd. 1914,(2). June 1st, 1914
(2). Sept. 7th. 1914, (2). '
R. R. Reynolds, Solicitor, Ashe ville
N. C. 1913, Fall Term-Judge Frank
Carter, Asheville. "
, - 1914,Spring Term Judge ' M. H.
Justice, Rutherfordton, N. C.
- Fall Term-Judge E. B. Cline, of
Hickory, N. C.
; County Commltonf' ,
W. C. Sprinkle, chairman. Marshall
R. A. Edwards, member, Marshall, R.
F. D. No. 2. ReubinJA. Tweed, mem
ber, Big Laurel, N. C. ,
. J. Coleman Ramsey, atty., Marshall.
Highway CommlMlon)
F. Shelton, President, Marshall.
'" Guy V. Roberts, "
' Geo. W. Wild, Big P ne. N. C.
' S. W. Brown, Hot Springs, " .
Joe a Brown, Waverly, M
A. F. Sprinkle, , Mars Hiil, N. C.
Board of Education. .
Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
Creek, N. C. John Robert Sams,
: mem. Mars Hill, N. C. W & Sams,
mem. Marshall. Prof. R. G. Anders,
Superintendent of Schools, Marshall, y
Board, meets first Monday in January.
1 April, July, and October each year.
School and Collaffaa.
Mars Hill College, Prof. R. L.
Moore, President- Fall Term begins
August 17th, 1913, anoV Spring Term
begins January 2nd 1914,
Spring Creek High School. Trot.
- R. G Edwards, Principal, Spring
Creek. 8 mos school, opens Aug, 1st.
Madison Seminary ; High . School,
' i Prof. G. C. Brown, principal. 7 . mos.
. .' ' school. ' . .
' Bell Institute Margaret ;E. Grif
fith, principal, Walnut, N. C.
Marshall Academy, Prof. S. Roland
Williams, principal, 8 mos. school.
Opens August 4th.
". Notary Public.
i . J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, Term ex
' plres Jauuary 1st, 1914. . .
j ". W. O. Connor, Mars Hill, Term
, . expire Nov. 27th 1914. .
D, p. Miles, Barnard, Term expires
March 14th, 1914.
. J.. A. WalUn, Big Laurel, Term
We car r y All
Kinds of Hardware,
Cultivators, Leather
Goods, Nails Etc.
Don't Forget
That We Sell The
Old Reliable
Nisson Wagon,
If in need of a
Cook Stove or Range
We have Thorn.
and
JARRETT,
xpiresJan. 24th, 1914.
J..G. Ramsey, Marshall. Route K
Term expires March 16th, 1914.
J. E. Gregory, Joe, N. C. Term ex
pires January 7th, 1914.
Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek. N. 0,
Term expires September 24th 1914.
J H Hunter, Marshall, Route 3.
Term expires April 1st 1915,
J W Nelson, Marshall Term ex
sires May 14, 1915
T B Ebbs, Hot Springs Term ex
pires February 7th 1915.
Craig Ramsey, Revere. Term ex
pires March 19, 1915,
N. W. Anderson, Paint Fork,
Term expires May 19, 1915.
C. C. Brown, Bluff, Term expires
December 9th, 1914.
W. T. Davis, Hot Springs. Term
expires January 22nd 1915.
Pool.
George W. Gahagan Post, No. 38,
G. A. R. T. J. Rice, Commander f M.
A. Chandley, Adjutant. Meets at the
Court House Saturday before the sec
ond Sunday in each manth at 11 a m
Feel Dull and Sluggish? Start
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It beats all how quickly Foley Ca
thartic Tablets liven your liver, over
come constipation make you lively
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symptoms were entirely removed by
the through cleansing Foley Cathar
tic Tablet3 gave me." They're won
der, .
' Dr. 1. E. Burnett, Mars Hill, N. C.
E. ZEPH RAY
ATTORNEY - AT -LAW
Marshall, N. C.
Criminal Law and Law of
Damages a Specialty.
Pract ce in all the ourts.
. ! ' Child Cross? Feverish? Sick?
' A cross, peevish, listless child with
coated tongue, pale, doesn.t sleep; eat
sometimes very little, then again ra
venously; stomach sour; breath fetid;
pains i n stomach, with diarrhea;
grinds teeth while asleep, and starts
up with terror all suggest a worm
Killer something that expels worms,
and almost every has them. Kicka
poo Worm Killer is needed. . Get a
boxto-day. Statatonce. You won't
have to coax, a s Klckapoo W orm
Killer is a candy confection. Expels
the worms, the cause., of your child s
trouble. 25c, at your Druggist.
I am paying 23 cts per pound
for spring chickens, llj cents
for hens. Also tOD of market
for eggs. J- H.HAYNIE. ;
Keep Bowel Movement Regular
Dr. King's New Life Pills keep
stomach, liver and kidneys in health
ly condition. Rid the' body of poisons
and waste. Improve yonr complexion
by flushing your liver and kidneys.
"I got more relief from one box o f
Dr. King's New Life Pills than any
medicine I ever tried," says a E.
Hatfield, of Chicago 111. 25c at your
Druggist. " ' "
Avoid tho danger of disease by
placing Screens . on your doors
and windows.--Morrow & Mc
Lendon. '
AN OPEN LETTER.
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Is Ira Trying to Deceive The People?
Charles B. Mashburn, Candidate for the Legislature, Asks
Ira PJemmens, Candidate for the Same Place, Some
Questions. ' v
Mr. Plemmons, I am informed
tbat you are making a house to
house campaign endeavoring to
win the nomination by ''cheap
John Politics" playing the roll of
all things to all men.
To those who favor good roads
you admit that you are in favor
of good roads, but oppose .the
present road building for the
reason, you say, that there is no
provision in the law for the pro
tection of the people's money in
that the Highway Commission
is not required to make reports
showing what they have done
with the money and the people
can not tell whether the money
is being stolen or squandered tor
anything about it. Now, to this
sneel of vours. I would, reply
that you are either Ignorant o f
the law or trying to fool v the
people. Chapter 828 of Public
Local Laws of 1913 provides that
all road money shall be turned
o r t o the county Treasurer
and that he shall give an extra
bond and place the same on inter
est until it is used in road con
struction; and the acts further
provides that the Highway Com
mission before entering upon the
discharge of their duties shall
each cive a bond of one thousand
doliars-wjd takes an. path Jo, dl s
charge all duties, prescribed by
the laws and makes the issuing
of false or fraudulent order for
money on the county treasurer a
crime; and section 30 of the act
reads as follows: It shall be the
duty of the highway commission
to file a sworn statement fully
itemized with the clerk of the
Superior Court on or before the
tenth day of each month showing
the amounts received and disbur
sed by them, during the previous
month and the amount of money
remaining on hand. A copy of
said report duly certified by the
Clerk of the Superior Court shall
be posted at the court house door
at Mashall for the information of
the public.
The law as a whole is the most
iron clad statute I have ever
seen for the protection of the
people's rights.
No, Mr. Plemmons, the road
money has not been squandered
or stolen. The Chairman of the
Commission tells me there is more
money on hand now than was at
the start, that the board has not
spent the interest that the money
has drawn. : . -DOES
MR. PLEMMONS TRY
TO PREJUDICE THE COUN
TRY AGAINST MAR
SHALL. . To those good citizens in the
country who don't like some of
the people living' in town you
give them a speel against the so
called "Marshall Ring" thereby
trying to create prejudice again
st me because I live in the town
of Marshall. Now, I ask you to
give the names of those forming
the Marshall Ring and tell the
people what conspiracy, if any,
the town ring, as you say, are
making or have made against the
Deoole of the country and if you
say the county , officers including
myself, are in the ring, then i
reulv that the present county
officers are from the body of the
county and have the best inter
ests of the county at heart. The
high Sheriff is from number
fourteen township; the Register
of Deeds hails from Mars Hill
and so docs the Clerk and the
Treasurer lives seven miles in
the country and the commission
ers are all from the country and
the Representative was from Hot
Springs and if all officers neces
sarily join the Marshall Ring in
conspiracy, against the people
ther I would ask if you have lost
your membership in the Mar
shall Ring because you have been
out of the office of commissioner
for a few years. If you have, do
you now propose to run for office
again' that you may regain your
lost membership in the Marshall
Ring? An appeal to the people
of the country to arouse hatred
against the people of the town is
demegogery.
I hope I have been misinform
ed in regard to your course.
WHAT IS MR. PLEMMONS'
PLATFORM.
To those who oppose me be
cause of the present road build
ing and the taxes and money it
takes to build roads and the bonds
tbat have been issued you join
them in opposition to good roads
and read a part of my article in
The News Record where I dis
cussed the road buiiding proposi
tion and state my position in fav
or of good roads and say that if
they want high taxes to vote for
me and if they want low taxes
vote for you. Now I want to ask
you to set forth your platform
that the people may know just
where you stand on the question
of good roads for Madison Coun
ty and if you stand for good
roads how do you propose that
they shall be made?
Are you in favor of good roads
for Madison county?
' Are you in favor of building
them by issuing bonds?
: Are you in favor of building
them by taxation ?
v Are you in favor of building
the roads altogether by free labor?
If vou are opposed to roads for
Madison county and want the
county's ciiizens to walk and with
their teams pull their produce
over the mountains, through the
mud to market, you should tell
the people so, so that the pro
gressive element in the county,
who are standing for better roads
may know ; where to place you
and vote accordingly.
If you are in favor of using no
bond money, nor tax money but
free labor only in building roads,
then the man who has nothing to
give to road support except his
labor want to know it so that they
may know how to cast their vote
in the coming election.
If you are in favor of building
the roads altogether by taxes,
then those who are burdened
with taxes at the present time
want to know it so that they may
know how to cast their votes.
DID MR. PLEMMONS CAUSE
THE COUNTY COMMISSION
ERS TO ISSUE $300,000 IN
BONDS WITHOUT A
. VOTE OF THE PEOPLE
. BY HIS SPEECH.
If you are in favor of building
roads for Madison County by
selling bonds to complete all the
rOads, then the people who are
opposed to a large bonded debt
want to know, so that they may
know where to place their vote.
After yon have answered the
above questions in a straightfor
ward way, and put the people
wise as to your policies then I
want you to explain to the people
how it is that ,vou came before
the County Commissioners when
they had the proposition before
them as to whether they would
call an election for the people to
vote on the bonds or whether
they would simply issue the
bonds under the old law as was
in their discretion to do, and by
a speech insisted on them issuing
$300,000.00 in bond's without
submitting it to a vote of the
people and when two of them bad
cast their ballots in favor of is
suing the bonds why you congra
tulated one member of the Board
who voted for the issuing of the
bonds and told him that he had
done the right thing, as I am re
liably informed you did?
MR. PLEMMONS ASKED TO
EXPLAIN.
Please tell the people also how
you expect to reduce the taxes,
when you made a speech and
urged the Commissioners to sell
$300,000.00 in bonds without sub
mitting it to a vote of the people
which will require a levy of 50
cents on the $100 worth of all
taxable property in the County
at its present taxable value to
pay the interest on the bonds, let
alone maintaining and keeping
up the road?
IS MR. PLEMMON& OPPOSED
TO THE RECORDER'S
COURT?
I also understand that you are
trying 16 court popularity ' with
those who are dissatisfied with
the Recorder's Court and the
people would like to know how
you stand on that question.
It is the opinion of a great
many people, who have observed
the working of the Recorder's
Court that it is the best law that
has ever been passed for the
County in regard to the Courts,
that it brings about speedy trials,
maintains order in the country,
checks the crime of drunkenness
and bootlegging in the County by
bringing the offender immediat
ly to trail, saves feeding prison
ers in jair from one court t o
another, waiting on trials; and
oftentimes saves some innocent
man from remaining in jail six
months before he can have a
hearing and bring his proof be
fore the Court to prove his inno
cence, saves the expense of long
weeks sessions of the Grand
Jury and turns fines into the
school fund and in itself, is self
supporting, practically, and saves
the County in the end thousands
of dollars a year. If you are op
posed to this Court, as I am in
formed you tell some people you
arc, the good people of the Coun
ty, who stand for law and order
and for the most economic plan
of administering justice, want to
know it. .
MR. MASHBURN STANDS BY
HIS RECORD IN THE
GENERAL ASSEM
BLY OF 1913.
Some of the good things he
did in connection with the Re- j
presentatiye of the County were !
to procure convicts from the
State, to be fed, clothed and su
perintended, free, to the county
to help build roads, of the value
of $50,000.00 to the county. V
Established a Recorder's Court
that is proving to be of great
value to the county., - ..
Passed a law requiring the
the Treasurer of the county to
be elected in 1914 and thereafter
to deposit the county's money on
interest from the time it comes to
his office until it is used by the
County, thereby saving the inter
est to the taxpayers of the Coun
ty. Passed an act requiring the
Commissioners to keep the public
buildings insured against fire at
all times.
Increase the free schools from
four to six months in the county.
Enacted laws to govern the ex
pending of money in the way of
building roads in the county
which might be raised by any
means, which machinery provides
that every dollar of money raised
by any township in anyway shall
be expended in that township on
the roads and providing tnat no -money
shall be spent on any road
in the way of improvement until
the same has been surveyed and
laid out by a practical engineer,
skilled in road building, in the
most practical and benefitial way
preventing the wasting of money
on roads improperly located as
has been done always in the past.
Appointed a highway commis
sion of six good business men
who have made a success for
themselves and who have the
public interest at heart and scat
tered them over the connty so
that every territory should be
represented and provided th at
they should serve practically
without conpensation except the
sum of $2.00 per day in attending
their meetings and where neces- ,
sary to look after the construct
ion of any road and these men
are discharging their duty to the
time is worth in their own busi
ness from $5.00 to $10.00 per day
each and we provided that when
any of the Board chooses to re
sign that their successors need
not be appointed unless the num
ber gets down lower than three.
This was done tbat" when the
roads were once established and
there were no need of the judg
ment of the whole number to
keep the work going in the int- .
erest of economy any number of
them might resign and leave the
i emainder ta complete the job un
less the commisioners saw it to
the best interest of the County,
to appoint their successors.
So now the County of Madison
can go along on the high road to
prosperity, good roads, good
schools, good citizenship, with a
non-partisan road board, ' and
maintain the good name of the
County along with other progrcs- ,
sive counties of the state, with
the least cost possible.
I stand by my record, what I
have done, and were I to be nom
inated for the House, I would
feel at liberty and it my duty to
pass any law or to amend any of
the laws already passed in ac-
cordaace with the views and
wishes of a majority of the good
citizens of the County and if this
letter is read in connection with
my article on roads some weeks
ago and the announcement of ,
my candidacy, the people will
see where I stand.
It is what a man stands for and
will do that concerns the people
and when they have thoroughly
understood my record and decld-,..
ed to adopt some other policy by
a majority I shall be satisfied as
I have nothing at stake except
the best interest of Madison Coun
ty as a whole and ; I stand' for
that. v; -; vvA - ' "
I have not lime to go and see
the peop.e as our court is coming
first of June and my time is. all
taken up and I will leave my case
in the hands of the people.
C. B. Marshburn