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4k HADISON COUNTY RECORD, .7vk Medium. j Thronfi which you reach the people of Madison County. ' ' S Advertising Rates on Applicaticxj Establisneci J une zo, xyui. FRENCH BROAD NEWS, Established May". 16, 1907. Consolidated J : . Nst. 2nd.. 1911. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv ww Vw:T;;:?i?iiPc:Lisi!EDiM madison couimr ...... . s ., 7, . n. . . ; ' ! ' '" '! ": -'Sy A iff , At '-- . - - -v - , , '. : MAfcSHAT t A?IgON "COUNTY, N. C.,, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 , 1915. NO 1 VOL. XVII AAA - hrr XT 5 ' . DIRECTORY MADISON COUNTY. Established I y the legislature 6es- : Ion 1850-51. , Population, 20,132. . County seat, MarshaH. J658 feet above sea level. New and modem court house, cost 183,000.00.. . ' , New and modern jail, coat $15,000. New county borne, cost 110,000.00. Cooaty Officers. Hon. J E.Lineback, Senator, 35th District, Elk Park; : Hon. Plato Ebbs, Bepresentatlv. Hot Springs. N. C. , ' ',W. A., West. Clerk of Superior Court. Marshall. , Caney Ramsey, Sheriff, Marshall. James Smart, Register ' of Deeds Marshall. - '. ' C. P. Runnlon, Treasurer, Marshall N.C.R.F.D. No. 4. A. T. Chandley, Surveyor, Marshall n.c Dr. J. H. Balrd, Coroner, Mars Hill N.C. , ....-5 r. ,s. , W. J. Balding, Janitor, Marshall, Dr. (J. N. Sprinkle, County Pbysl clan, Marshall. Garfield Davis. Bupt county home. Marshall. " '''' Courts ts Ftllawt: snt,ftmhr 1st. 1915 (2) November 10th. 1915. (2) --Vv March 2nd. 1915. (2). June 1st, 1915 2). Sent. 7th. 1915.(2). J. Ed. Swain, Solicitor, Ashe ville N. C. 1915, Pall Term-Judge Frank Carter, Asheville. 1914, Spring Term Judge M. H. Justice. Rutherfordton, N. C , ir.ii TormJiiltre E. B. Cllne, of Hickory, N. C. County Commlton rm. W. L. George, chair man. Mars Hi J. E. Reotor, member, Marshall, K F.D. No. L f-Anderson. llver,"mem ber Marshall,, ?X. C Route 3 ; : ' J. Coleman Ramsey. attyMMarshali; HlBhivy 'Commlsloi P. Shelton, President, Marshall. Guy V, 'Roberts, Geo. W. Wild, S. W. Brown, Big P ne. N. Hot Springs, Waverly, Mars Hill, N. Joe S. ,Brown A. P. Sprinkle, Board of Bduoatlon Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, JSprlng Creek, N. C 4 John ; Robert Sams, mem. Mars' Hill, N. C. W R. 'Sams, mem. Marshall. Prof. B. G- Anders, Superintendent ot Schools, Marshall. Board meets first Monday in January April, 'lulyl'an Rioter ?ach year. . Sahool nd Colld' , Mars Hill College, Prof. R. U Moore,'Presldent. FallSTerm begins August 17tH: 1913,": and Spring Term hefrins January 2nd1 ,1914.'. Spring Creekf High School. , Prof. M. R. Pleasanta, .Principal, -1, Spring Creek.' 8 mos school, opens Aug. 1st Madison Seminary High School, Prof. G. C Brown, principal. 7 mos, achool. .; institute. Marearet E. Grlf fith; principal, Walnut, N. C. Marshall Academy, Prof. S. Roland Williams, principal 8 mos. school. Opens August 31, . . ,' Notary luillo. J.'C. Ramsey, Marshall, Term ex pires Jauuary 6th, 1916. O. Connor. Mars Hill, Term expires Nov 27th 1916. Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek. N. o. Term expires January 6th 1915. -' J H Hunter, Marshall, Route 3. Term expires AprU 1st; 1915, , J W. NelsonJ Marshall Term ex sires May 11, 1915 . T B Ebbs, Hot Springs Term ex pires February 4th 1915. 1 Craig Ramsey, "Revere. Term ex pires March 19, 1915, ' N. W.' Anderson, : Paint Fork, Term expires May 19, 1915. ' CW. T. Davis, Hot Springs, term expires January 22nd 1915. Steve Rice, Marshall. Term ex . pires Dec. 19th. 1915. Ben W. Gahagan, Stackhouse, N. C Term expires Dec. 20, 1915. : ; J. ;F," Tilson,' Marshall, Route 2. - Term expires Nov. 14thl915. r C. J. Ebbs, Marshall Term ex pires April 25th, 1915. i p. M. Harsh burger, Stackhouse. Term expires January lQth, 1916. P. P. 'Ueai Earnard. Term expires For the Farm Demonstration Co 1 u tan r Mars Hill, N. 0. . Dec. 23, 1914, Editor News-Kecord: v : j Mars! N. 0 , Dear S- As Agent and representative of everything that is for J)f6gress and betterment in Madison Coun ty, I desire to speak through your medium to the - Beef Cattle growers of the County. Now as we have oH the 17, of December organized a Beef cattle growers Association for the county, it behooves every such grower to put his shoulder to the wheel and push with might and main for the success of this Association. The Constitution of the Association provides that t h e Association should urge the introduction , of short Horn Bulls. f ; This does not mean a tight against those v who perfer Her- fords or Angus breeds. Here are the conditions facing cattle breed ersin this county. At least 95 per cent of all the cattle In the county has for its foundation the Old Roan Durham that bur fore fathers brought her e severa generations ago, this we cannot help, and we need not try. . Then nine tenths or more of', the pure bred Bulls that have been pur chased latelyare short . Horns. wlilch breed beautifully .into our present foundation, as the short Horn breed as now known noth ing more than the modernizing of the old Roan Durham breed rnose who prefer iierfords and Angus should enter'our Beef cat tie Association enthusiastically and reap the benefits of purchas ing stock co operatively just the same as if all bought t h e same breed. Yet, we believe and in sist that it will be immensely better for all to agree - on one breed for the entire county and thereby standardize our cattle and be able to buy and sell co operate ely to the greatest ad vantage. Knowing as I do the almost unanimity in every town ship of the; old Roan Durham foundation of cattle, I could not do otherwise than recommend, the importance of adopting ? short Horns as the breed to write upon for general propogation in tne county.. ., . .. . Now let all who have little dif f erences yield to the overwhelm. in? majority, if possible, and be the Banner County where pure short Horns may be foubd .when sought for. 1 Respectfully, ' . J. R. SAMS, Local Agent. Mars Hill, N. C. Dec. 23 1914. Editor News-Record: 'V Marshall, N. C. Dear Sir: ' ' r. As agent for Farm Demonstra tion work next year in -Madison County. I desire to speak through your columns to the citizens of the county and especially - to those who have listed with me for Demonstration work the en- sueing year. , One hundred and fifty men and boys and one woman have , enter ed the race and we want to make the contest sharp in order that the best results may be obtained. Some people have the wiong idea of this Demonstration work, and I would like to disabuse the mind of such. Some think that the tsrsa who make! tha meet corn Vibbon 'itest.' This . i - e true, ! Th 9 objtv producei ;athe least cost. Thv-- C ' t&naee who takes a piececVi $ iiw.t formerly produced ,20ush'4 corn per acre and brings Jt up ; to 40 bushels per acre next year at a cost of 15 cents per bushel, will best the man who takes a ' piece that brings 60 bushel per acre and makes lit yield .100 'bushel per acre at a cost of 18 cents per bus bel. Any one can see the logio and justice of this plan of esti mates. This buts the man with medium land on an equality witp the man who has rich land. "I desire to say further to those who have listed for work. , , il am off on a furlough now un-; till Feb. 20th, when I vv i 1 1 b with you till the crop is complet ed. Of course ISO farms are more than one man c a n visit every four weeks. Consequently, I will be compelled ; t o organize my work in a way that lea n reach as many as possible every four weeks- In order to do this, the county will be devided into 4 convenient districts, to be arrang ed during my furlough, and a reg ular circuit established,' and the rest of the county will bo , visited often as possible and . the work carried on b y Correspondents.; Those sections o f t h e , county. wnere regular mommy, vi s l is cannot be made must not think eel less interest there than else where in the county; for this i s not true. '' It is lack of roads, and natural bariers, like rivers and mountains, that are in the way We' trust that some of these diffi culties will b e removed before long. Now for a good pull. hard pull and long pull, all to eether and old Madison will soon be one of progressive counties of the old North State. - ' Respectfully, - J. R. Sams, s . . . Local Agent Mars Hill, N. C. Dec. 24, 1914 Mr. Editor:- A word t o my Demonstrators, Co operators and Corn Club Boys of Madison County, relative to seed corn for Demonstration purposes next year. It was my pleasure to be at the Buncombe County Corn show held at Asheville Dec 19, 1914 under the managment of the effi cieut local agent Mr. E, D. Weav er who has been carrying on this work in Buncombe County for. five years. , No better , object lesson could possibly bejtaught relative todem onstratibn work in a county, though to have visited our corn show at Marshall on t h e 17th, and the Buncombe County Corn Show at Asheville on the; 19tb; while ours was a creditable show for untrained actors, the B u n CJmbe show proved clearly what five years of training in seed se- ection under dfie whose duty is to keep constantly o n his job will do. I was struck with the uniformity of type at the Ashe ville Bhow, which w a s exactly what was lacking in our show at Marshall. Of all the excellent samples of corn on exhibition at Asheville; JMr. J. Hi Holcombe of CandlerN." C. took the pre mium prolific corn, and, his broth er, Mr. Robert Holcombe, of the same community took the pre mium oq the large one-ear va riety. .These gentlemen arewell known to me as they both attend ed school undir my tuitica forty years ago. I have known them all their life and know them to be straight in their dealings, and can honestly recommend them aud their corn, as Mr. Hill o' Washington, D. C, passed on the excellency of their corn. I have no interest whatever ra the above mentioned corn or men except as I know the men and M r. Hill reputation as a judge'of corn. 3 my people desire corn for seed they shou.d apply early l n the season. I do not say the above in anyisense as an advertisement for these men, only for-information to the people under my direction as Demonstration Agent for Mad ison County. I promised to look out for the best seed corn ' possi ble, which I have faithfully done Mr. A. F. Sprinkle and Mr, Job Peek of Mars "Hill, N. C, is no bad place to go for seed corn. ' Respectfully, " J. R. Sams, Local Agent. RAILROADS APPEAL TO PRESIDENT The Common Carriers Ask for Re liefPresident Wilson Directs ;( Attention of Publlo to ' ' Their Needa. ' . 'ine committee or railroad execu tives, headed by Mr. Frank Trumbull, representing thirty-five of the leading railroad systems of the nation, recent- aemorandum briefly reviewta the dif. VnulUa bow flonfrontinc the raRraafis of the country and asking for the co operation of the governmental authori ties and the public in supporting rail road credits and recognizing an emer gency whioh requires that the rail roads be given additional revenue. The memorandum recites that the European war has resulted in general depression of business on the Ameri can continent and in the dislocation of credits at home and abroad.- With revenues decreasing and interest rates increasing the transportation systems of the country face a most serious crisis and " the memorandum : is strong presentation of the . candle burning at both ends and the perils mat must ultimately attend such conflagration when the flames meet is apparent to alL In their general aiscuBsion the railroad representa tives say in part: "By reason of leg islation and regulation by the federal government and the forty-eight states acting independently of each other, as well as through the action of a strong pu duo opinion, railroad expenses , in recent years have vastly increased. No criticism is here made of the gen eral theory of governmental regula tion, but on the other hand, , no in genuity can relieve the carriers of ex penses created thereby." President Wilson, in transmitting tne memorandum, of the railroad presidents to the ', public, character izes it as "a lucid statement of plain trutn. ' ,, The president " recognising the emergency as extraordinary, con tinuing, saia in part: . "You ask me to can the attention of the country to the Imperative need mat railway credits be sustained and the railroads helped in' every possible way, whether by private co-operative effort -or by the action, wherever feasible of governmental agencies, and 1 am glad to do so because I think the need very reaL". The conference was certainly a fortunate one for the nation and the president is to be congratulated for opening the gate to a new world of effort in which everyone may co-oper ate. -V :' There ". are many important ; brob-: lems In our complex civilization that will yield to co-operation which will not lend themselves to arbitrary rul ings of commissions and financing railroads is one of them. . The "man with the money is a factor that Can not be eliminated from any business transaction and the public is an inter ested; party that should always be con sulted and happily the president has invited all to participate in the solu tion ot our railroad problems. -' mm mm school : Charlotte, N. C. Spring Term . Begins January 16th. New students" may Renter Jan. 5th without extra cost. Ap ply for illustrite4 citaJojue. v dolS CONGRES8 DECREE8 DOLLARS IN DULGING IN LUXURIE8 MU8T- FR8T SALUTE THE FLAG. War. Revenue Tax of $106,000,000 Levied Beer- Bears Brunt of Burden. . . Congress has levied a war tar of $103,000,000 to offset a similar amount of loss on Import revenue due to the European disturbances and o this amouat beer is the heaviest contributor, having been assessed ap proximately 150,000,000; a stamp tax on negotiable instruments, it is estimated, will yield $31,000,000; tax on the capital stock of banks of $ 4,350,000 and a tax on tobacco, perfumes, thea ter tickets, etc., makes the remainder. Congress has decreed - that:; the brewer, the banker and the Investor must shoulder the musket and march to the front; that milady who would add to her beauty must first tip Sam, and a dollar that seeks pleasure must first salute the flag; that Pleas ure and Profit the twin heroes of many wars shall fight the nation's battles and by an ingeniously an ranged schedule of taxation congress has shifted the war budget from the shoulders ot Necessity to those of Choice and Gain, touching in its various ramifications almost every line or business. All hail the dollar that bleeds for its country; that bares ltd breast to the fortunes of war and risks its life to preserve ihe stability and integrity of tne nation s credit ; The market place has always been afavorite staad tor trtir'revenue col lectors. The trader Is a great flnaa. clal patriot, His dollar is the first to rally around the star-spangled banner and the last to hear the coo of the dove of peace, He is called upon to buy cannon; to teed and clothe, the boys ia blue and each month oheer their hearts with the coin of the realm.. Men can neither be free nor brave without food and ammunition, and money is as important a factor In war as blood. Many monuments have been erected la honor of heroes slain in battles, poems have been writ ten eulogizing; their noble deeds and the nation honors its soldiers while they live and places a monument upon their graves when they die, but very little has been said ot the dollar that bears the burdens of war. . Honor to the Dollar that Bears the Burdens of War. All honor to the dollar that , an swers - the call to arms and, when the battle is over, bandages the wounds of stricken soldiers, lays a wreath upon the graves of fallen heroes and cares for the widows and orphans. All honor to the Industries that bend their backs under the burdens of war; lift the weight from the shoul ders of the poor and build a bulwark around the nation's credit All honor to those who contribute t the necessities and administer, to tne comforts of the boys who are marching; cool the fever of afflicted soldiers and kneel with the cross be side dying heroes. A dollar mar fight its comnetitor In business, Industries may struggle for supremacy in trade and occupations may view eacn otner witn envy or suspicion, but when the bugle calls they, bury strife and rally around the flag, companions and friends, mesS mates and chums, all fighting for one flag, one cause and one country. The luxuries In life have always been the great burden-bearers in gov ernment We will mention a few of them giving the annual contributions to the nation's treasury: Liquor, $250,. uuu,uuu; toDacco, iiikj.uuu.uuu; sugar, $54,000,000; silks, " $15,500,000; 1 dlax . . .. 0tt on. aaa ; .... . n .mm - uiuuuo, to.ooi.uuv; muunery, 000; furs. .$2,024,000 and automobiles. $870,000.,; We collect $665,000,000 "of Internal and custom revenue annually and $450,000,000 of this amount classi fies as luxuries, and to this amount we should add the $100,000,000 war tax now levied. " " . '-'; .'" The war tax is immediately effec tive. Tramp! 1 Tramp! Tramp! the industries are marching $100,000,000 strong and beneath the starry flag they will fill the treasury again while they shout "Hurrah for TJncle Sam! In every field of human activity the demand for more competent men and women ia growing every day. Espe cially so In agriculture. Home pride is a mighty valuable a net and the farmer who has none 1st carrying a heavy aandicap . on the road to success,;.:. , , HARKETIMRLD'8 I GREATEST PCOuLfn WE ARE LONG ON PRODUCTiOK, 8H0RT ON DISTRIBUTION. By Peter' Radford '' Lecturer National Farmers' TJnknh" The economic distribution of farm products is today the world's greatest problem and the war, while It hat brought Its hardships, has clearly em phasized the importance of- dlstribul; tlon as a factor, in American agriaul. ture and promises to give -the farm era the co-operation of the govern ment and the business men the ' solution ot their marketing; problem This result win, in a measure, com-, pensate us for our war losses, forth . business interests and government ' have been in the main assisting at, most exclusively on the production. side of agriculture. While the depart. ment of agriculture has been dumping tons of literature on the farmer telling him how to. produce, the farmer har been dumping tons ot products In the nation's garbage can for .want of a market " i The World Will Never Btvve. i At no time since Adam and ISve were driven from the Garden of Eden, have the Inhabitants of this world suffered from lack of production, but some people have gone hungry from the day of creation to this good how for the lack of proper distribution. Slight variations in production have forced a change in diet and one local ity has felt the pinch of want, while another surfeited, but the world as a whole has ever been a land of plenty, We now have less than one-tenth of the tillable land of the earth's surface , , Under cultivation, and we not only , have this surplus area to draw on but it is sate tc estimate that in case of - dire necessity one-half, the' earth's - population could at the present time ' knock their living out of the trees of the forest gather It from wild -vines and draw It from streams. - No one Shottld become alarmed; the world will never starve. '." - The consumer has always feared, . that the producer would not supply1 him and his fright has found expres sion on the statute books of our states -and nations and the farmer has been urged to produce recklessly and with out reference to a market and regard less of the demands of the consumer. - v Back to the SoIL The city people have been urging '. each other to move back to the farm, - but very few of them have moved. . We Welcome our city cousins back to the soil and this earth's surface con. yy ' tains 16,092,160,000 idle acres of tilUJ able land where they can maker i Irving by tickling the earth witY a ' ' , ". forked stick, but we do not need Anem ' so far as Increasing production con cerned; we now have all the producer we can use. The city man has very. - erroneous ideas ot- agricultural condl- . . ( tions. The comironly accepted theory that we are short on production Is all wrong. ,i Our hnual increase in pro duction far exceeds that ot our In- ' crease in population. ' 1 The World as a Farm. ' I Taking the world as one big farm,! we find two billion acres of land lnt t cultivation. Of this amount there 1 J approximately 750,000,000 acres on the.' western and 160,000,000 acres! on the! eastern hemisphere, in cnltivatlom.' M This estimate, of ourse, does not in elude : grazing lands, forests, 'ete- where large quantities of meat are produced.'. v C .Vr:'''"'''-'u':;K'' The world's annual crop approxi mates fifteen billion bushels of eev ' , reals, thirteen billion pounds of fibres- ' i and sixty-five million tons of meat . The average annual world crop too the past five years, compared with the previous five years, is as follows: . j . . PastHalf . Previous Hair -Crona Decade. '' i - Decade. - Corn (Bu.) 8,934,174,000 3,403.655;oOt Wheat(Bu.) 8,522,769,000 3,257,526,000 3.608,315,000 17.541,100 J average .to - Oats (Bu.) 4,120,017,000 Cotton(BaleB) 19,863,800 Tne world shows an crease in cereal production of 13 per cent during the past decade, compared. with the previous five years, while the . world s population shows an increase . of only three per cent , ' r The gain In production far exceeds that of our Increase in population, and ' It is safe to estimate that the farmer can' easily Increase production 25 per cent if a remunerative market can be found for ."the products. In textile - fibres the world shows an increase during the past half decade tn produc tion of 15 per cent against a copula tion increase of three per cent - " The people of this nation somll adSress themselves to the subject cf Improved facilities for distribution. ' -v- - -.- a .' ( r
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