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h - ; V MADISON COUNTY RECORD, l pTT Medium. "Hu-esgh which you reach the people of Madisoc County. Advertising Rates on Application. Hie MEWS- Established June 28, 1901. FRENCH BROAD NEWS, I Established May 16, 1907. ' Consolidated : : Not. 2nd, 1911. J t VWVWVWV WV WW VWVWW W AT vwvvwwwwwwwwvwwwv . THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY. VOL. XVI MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N, C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th 1914. NO. 39 A DIRECTORY. MADISON COUNTY. Established by the legislature ses- lion 1850-51. Population, 20,132. ' ' ' County seat, Marshall. 1650 feet above sea level. V New and modern court house, cost 33,000.00. v, ..." v New and modern jftil, cost 115,000. New county home, cost 110,000.00. County Officers. Hon. C. B. Mashburn, Senator, 35th District, Marshall. Hon. J. E. Rector, Representative, Hot 'Springs. N. C. S. B. " McDevltt, Clerk Superior Court. Marshall. . " - W,'M. Buckner, Sheriff, Marshall. Z. G. Sprinkle, Register of Deeds, Marshall. C. P. Runnion, Treasurer, Marshall IT. O.. R. F. D. No. 4. R. L. Tweed, Surveyor, White Rock W.C. ', .: Dr. J. H. Baird.ICoroner.'Mars Hill ir.c. ;', John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall. Dr.' C, N. Sprinkle, County Pbysi . elan, Marshall. . . v James Haynie. Supt. county home. Marshall. . ' Courts u Fellowai September 1st, 1913 (2) November 10th. 1913. (2) March'2nd, 1914, (2). June 1st, 1914 (2). Sent. 7th. 1914. (2). R. R. Reynolds, Solicitor, Asheville N. C, 1913, Fall Term Judfe Frank Carter, Asheville. . - - 1914, Spring Term Judge M. H Justice. Rutherfordton. N. C " Fall Term Judge E. B. Qine, of Hickory, N. C. County ' Commission w. n. SnrlnVle. chairman. Marahall H A. Edwards, member, Marshall, B. I, D. No. 2. ReubinlA. Tweed, mam " tytf Big Laurel, N. C., -- J. Coleman Ramsey, atty., Marshall 'Highway commission F. Shelton,. President, Marshall. Guy V. Roberts, Geo. W. Wild, -Big Pne, "N. C Hot Springs, " Waverly, " S. W. Brown, JoeS. Brown, A. F. Sprinkle, Mars Hill, N. C. Board of Education. Jasper Ebbs, ChairmanSpring Creek, N. C. John Robert Sams, Mem. Mars Hill, N. C. W R. Sams, mem. Marshall. Prof. R. G. Anders, Superintendent of Schools, Marshall. Board meets first Monday In January. April, July, andWober each year, ehools and CollB'' Mars Hill College, Prof. R. h. Moore, President." Fall Term begins August 17th, 1913, and Spring Term begins January -2nd 1914. ctn rVonV THwh Re.hnnT. Prof. T A Mn.rifg Prinnlnal. Soring Creek. 8 mos school, opens Aug. 1st Vrl 1 1-1 1 Madison seminary nign. duuwu, Vmt. a. n. Brown, principal. 7 mos. -v 7 . ' Bell Institute.! Margaret E. Grjf flth, principal, Walnut, N. C. Marshall Academy, Prof. S. Roland Williams, principal 8 mos. school. Opens August 31, . . Notary Publloa. J. C Ramsey, .Marshall, Term ex aires Jauuarv 1st,, 1914. . W.- O. Connor. Mars Hill, Term MDires Nov. 27th 1914. D, P. Miles, Barnard, Term expires March 14th, 1914. J. fl. Ramsev. Marshall. . Route 4. - T.rm arnirfis Mftrch 16th. 1914. . ; J. E. Gregory, Joe, N. C. Term ex- plres January 7th, 1914. Jasper Ebbs. Spring Creek. N. O, - Term expires Septemben 24th 1914. i J H Hunter, Marshall, Route 3. Term expires April 1st 1915, J : W.Nelson, Marshall Term er Sires May 14,4915 - , , T B Ebbs, Hot Springs Term ex plres February 7th 1915. 1 Craig Ramsey, Revere. Term ex- plres Marcn aa, laio, , , N W. Anderson, Paint Fork, rruvwi nlni Man 10 101b. - C. C' Brown, Bluff, Term expires : December 9th, 1914. ' w. T. Davis. Hot Sprinsrs. Term expires January 22nd 1915. Post. ' . George W. Gahagan Post, No.-38, n a ft. r 3. RicM. Commander: M. Ai Chati'dley, Adjutant. Meets at the Court House Saturday before the sec ond Sunday In eaca masia at n m THEWfLY - BED BUG Some Things You Probably Didn't Know About Him Really the bod buc is a wood tick. Like all insects that have tak en to an animal diet, the bed bug has degradod in structure. Inform h is a monster. Ilia height is one-thirtieth of his width. This accounts for the wonderful facility with which he penetrates into cracks where one would deem it hardly possible to insert a hair. Recorded history does not carry us back to a time when the bed bug was not a familiar household pest. The old 'English Bible of 1551 states specifically: "Neith er sbalt thou nede to bee afrade for eny bugges by.nite." (Psalm XCI. 5.) Bed bugs have been found in tlie winding sheets of mummies that are known to have beeD 5,000 years old. So we know that the patient Egyptians also had their troubles by night.. Bad bugs have blcn found embedded in amber. ; And as amber is well known to be the congealed sap of a Scandinavian tree, we can easily credit the fact that Mr. Bed Bug is a wood tick, as well as the further fact that 01 e has had hi: lauticla pinottured. ' The only pedpl that have been found to be free from the bed bug so far as authentic records go is the American Indian. But what he lacked in the way of bed bugs he made up in the matter of other vermin. A blood diet is not neceusary to life with the bed bug. He is very adaptable to circumstances. When bis human prey leaves him he simply proceeds to subsist on the moisture he finds in the wooden parts of the dwelling in which he is located. Were a bog infested dwelling to be deserted for several years, another family moving in would find , the little mahogany reds" , ready to greet them.- , , , In our laboratories, during ex periments, we have kept speci mens of the bug for several years in glass phials without a particle of nourishment of any kind. Yet their vitality did not seem to be impaired in the least. " We doubt if their is any mem ber of the animal kingdom with the exception of the rat that can exceed the bed bug "in actually applied intelligence. He is cer tainly possessed of a ' thorough knowledge of the habits of human beings, and he takes advantage of this knowledge. Before tak ing up the Walter of the extermi nation of, this pest, and the bpst "means of doing so, we will show the most Important point of why he should be eradicated. Consider the haunts of the bed bng. He is a lover of filth and dirt. His deeds are of the dark est and he loves' dark , places. And germs are of the samev, bent of mind. - Do you wonder that bed bugs carry - germs? Can't you see why and how they are ideal media for actually injecting these germs and bacteria into the very blood? Let us see with what diseases the bed bug. comes in touch mostly : Smallpox; in fantile paralysis, - pneumonia, measles, scarlet fever, leprosy, bubonic plagne, syphilis.; ; .However, Dr. Manning of: the United State Entomological Bu reau says that; a. complete list would probably Include practi cally every iofectioua disease. Di.' Manning goes on to dilate after this manner: "Tho physician returns from the slum case and the lawyor from ihe court where bed bugs swarm; the maid takes her half day in the tenement house; the daily paper is delivered by a tenement dweller; tho hand laund ry often returns from a tenement district; the vacation if spent in an unfumigated summer camp; the traveler's bag or trunk is a favorite hiding place for bod bugs; men, women and children of all social classes come in close contact in railroad stations, tran9- feriug lines, threatres, schools. churches, moving picture shows and public inns." You can plainly eee that ne one is immune from the attacks of the bedbug. But the remedy is as simple as A. B.C. We are strange "'critters," we humans. When we are confront ed by something that is disagree ableno matter how important we strive with all our might to avoid it. We avoid even all men tion of it. The fact that bed bugs exist is known to' all of us, but we studiously avoid reference to it. ' We do not advocate it as a parlor topic or a subject upon which to converse when calling upon one's best girl, but we can not ignore it any longer. XilOsUjF UwUC T v? bald WJO iwviviv i of dealiogs wfth the bad' bsj lif a difficult and complex r mattar if tot' impossible'.' Oh" the "am trary, it is one of the simplest. We have never experienced any trouble in killing off the adult bugs. The great big problem was to find and destroy the eggs. This resolved itself into the mat ter of the means of applying rath er than the preparation applied. And so we set to work to secure an instrument that would atomize so finely that the spray it gene rated would penetrate to the the furthermost parts of smallest nook and cranny into which bed bug could deposit its eggs. This nebulizer was not devised to kill the adult bug. We are after the eggs. ; . Kerosine or other oil is used in the nebulizer. It settles upon Jhe eggs in a cloud and forms a coating that effectually closes the pores. There iu life in "the . egg. The 'life must have .oxygen. When the egg is shut off ; from communication with the air, the life mustTdie. That is the solu tion of the problem. Kerosene incidentally, is almost equally ef fective with the adult bug. By spraying liberally; the premises usu ally can be rid of them. Gaso lene is said to be good, but is ex trtmely dangerous because of its its combustibility "DAora." ' SOUTH AMERICA OF FERS THE CASH Her People Urge United' States to Speed Merchant Ships Southward - Spesial to Ths Hewi and Observer " New Bern,. ,' Sept. 19 That South America is anxious to give the United States her trade and willing to send millions of dollars to this pountry each year j for goods manufactured here, is the statement made b,y W. hi Barr, a former New Bernian who hps just' ret jrned froraTres Barra Parana, S, A., where he has been in the employ of tbe Southern Brazil Lutnbdr Company. Mr. Barr says that the European war has demoralized conditions in thai country and that the lumber com pany with which ha was employ ed has given their employes a va cation until conditions aro better ed. He loft Tics Barras several weeks ago on board of a British vessel and en route to New York there were several rumors that warships were near nt hand and at on port his ship tied up for four days on account of a rumor that two German sliipsjwere near by. However it was later found that these were British boats and his, ship continued on its voy age. . "i Mr. Barr and one of the offi cials of the ( ompnny interviewed a number of prominei t South Americans and from them secur ed letters requesting Congress to take some steps relative to put ting the American flag on board of all vessels possible and to start a merchant marine line to South America. These letters were taken to New York and tnrned over to the headoffice of the Company and have been sent to Washington. Mr. Barr says that heretofore the South Ameri cans have been doing their trad ing with Eneland and Germany and that now all supplies from thfcse countries have been cut off and there is no place left for them to buy their , goods but in the United States and he is firm in his belief that a glorious oppor tunity awaits American tradesmen in that direction. WI lie Back Biter . Is there any one in the world worse than a backbiter is asked by someone and after a lengthy discussion he says no there is not. Not long ago we made a calculation of what different things were wortfi to people and we put in dollars and cents the value of the different members of the body. A finger may be worth three hundred-dollars a, year to us. A hand may enable us to make 500 dollars and that means that it is worth really in cash to produce that amount, 10 000 at 5 per cent interest. My heau may be worth because of its reasoning powers about 1000 dol lars to one. Sometimes more sometimes less or if we had the cash to produce that it would mean 20,000 dollars. A mans reputation may be worth still more to him: and he may get because of his reputa tation for honesty and good busi ness sense 5,000. a year and in that case a mans ; reputation or character is worth to him at 5 per cent calculating 10,000 dol lars. Now the man who takes away the cashiers , character , or repdtation has really stolen 100, 000,u We have not been used to this way of valueing a man or the words that we utter. A man would shrink frtom planning to go in a bank and rob tlw safe of 10,000 dollars because (1) he says be, is not a thief and (2). he would be afraid to do it because he would be afraid to do that. And yet we know men who have rot the least hesitancy in speaking of another in- the terms that rpbs him of what is his most precious asset in this world. You may rob a man of 5,000 dollars and he can make it again but if you rob him of his character you have takeri away from him what can never be gotten back again. And so Shakespeare saya "He who s tea. s my purse steals .trash but he who steals my good name steals what cannot be reacquired" And the man or woman who bacx bites that is like a caniue bites behind anothers fiack and does it to take away from another his good name or the good reputa tion is one of the worst thieves in the world because ho doesn't trv to steal what is trash and can he acquired again but surrepti ously he steals an object that money cannot buy and which it had taken years to make and ac quire. He stabs in the back and sends another to ruin. For it there is no punish meut because a reputation is an immaterial ob ject, something intangible, spirit ual not material and therefore the man docs it without fear of prison walls or chain gang or scaffold or electric chair and for that reason is doubly a coward. He murdesrs but does it sure that no earthly tribunal will try him and convict him. No we take that back, because there is one and that one is the bar of public opi nion and this often times tries, convicts and condemns and the results is that like a boomerang his theft comes back to himself and he suffers. Beware the back biter. County Demons trator The Government has been help ing since the time that a ruraj commission was appointed to da velope tli1 farming f the country It hat bwn the pUn . t davaltf! that which is the foundation o the riches of the country . Many natlonTcfepe'nd ' on ' their manu -factures and mining and oil wells and other things to develope the riches of th6ir land but when we consider the world we find that it is not the manufactures that as sures the needed foundation for the wealth but something that will develope the soil and give the food products to the country. The country that has no farms is in a poor way to stand the crises when they come and so our gov-. ernment has placed all over the. country the demonstrator who will tell us how to get the most possible out of the soil. All over the union we find that the coun ties are awakening to the fact that money spent for the 'farmer is money well spent. Several of the counties have had a demonstrator that is coun ties of our State and we can see tbe v-esult of this in the increased production of the soil Buncombe County has a farm expert' or de monstrator and Yancey County has made an appropriation for this also. Last week Madison County entered in to the front ranks and the commissioners made an appropriation for this end and the government adds to this so that we can have a demon strator who" will be at the service of the county farmer. Mr. J. R. Sams of Mars Hill has been en gaged for this and we are glad that this has been done as bow we can expect to have one who will be able to journey all over the county and arrouse ' the in terest of the people in this which is so important to us and to our existance. The Demonstrator should have a 5 lace in the County seat where he can meet with the farmers of the county and have a demonstra tion room, where all the bulletins and farm journals and ? also have, hero demonstrations of the soils and what they need to develope them. : We are sure that some room in the Court House could be found where the farmers could meet and discuss with the demon strator their needs. We see by f the plan of the Government that the one chosen should be in the Couuty seit on Saturday when the farmers come in. So a long step has been made in advance and Madison has taken her place amongst the progressive counties of the State. We 'congratulate ourselves in having Mr. Sams as ' the demonstrator and we wish for him all the success in the world and we advise the farmers to take advuntage of that which he has for them and so make progress in the work that is so impor tant. Death of an Aged Minister It is not always that a m a n though he be one that has spent many years on this world, leaves behind him the name and the fame of good works as did the one iu whose memory are written these lines. When the g o o d deeds o f men were spoken o f there has been one of whom many spoke in surperlative terms as one who had served his church and county well. Many churches have been served by him and wherever he has served a chu rch there have remained the good seed sown by one who has been a faithful servant o f the Master whom he served through long years. Kev. John Ammons .has beau one that has preached and liae done more; for he has livl Jhm fhould a good soldier of t h e u my m wuicu ue jougnt ana we have never-in the,, yeas during - which we have known of hi m beard anything that showed that ' h& was not what ho' professed to be; and many will be the persons left who. will shed tears of sor row at the passing of this vener able servant of God. Through long years he preached a 1 i f e giving Gospel for the saving o f sinners. But he has laid down his armor and has taken On the imortal radiance of the saints of which innumerable throng he al ready in this life gave s o much proof of being. It is with sor row that we pen these words, for we needed such men as he to help in the fight for righteousness and justice and we take up the burden of life with a feeling of increased responsibility, because a great fighter on the side of the right has fallen. During the late years because of lessened strength, he has not been as active as former ly, but his past strength and his life has been an heritage that we feel honored in receiving and we hope that the coming years may give us stregth , and courage to continue as he did with but fear and with no lessening of zeal for the cause that was so dear to his heart. . Multitudes will -rise up to call him blessed and the work done by him will nevetl end and his name will be on the lips of many for years to come becuse of the powerful sermons he preach ed and the , good he has don e. Rev. John Ammons was a Bap tist Clergyman and preached for more than 30 years. He died at homo last week.. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. Yea saith the Spirit and their works do follow them. The sounding of the different' Ambassadors by the State De partment as to the acceptance of the friendly offices of the United States looks like the begin ning of a crusade thats sooner or later will give peace again to the world. , . :'V r
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