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I MADISON COUNTY RECORD 7ke Medium. Established Juno 28, 1901. FRENCH BROAD NEWS, Established May 16, 1907, :: Consolidated : : Nit. 2nd, 1911. Througk which you reach the people of Madison County. Advertising Rates on . Application, t vwwvwvwwvwwv - vw THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY VOL. XVII MARSHALL. MADISON COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8 , 1915 NO 2 EWS ) it I - mm- Or;'. Hi: it N DIRECTORY MADISON COUNTY. : Established ty the legislature ses- lon 1850-51. ' Population, 20,132. County seat, Marshall. 1656 feet above sea level. ' J- New and modern court house, cost 1 33,000.00. New and modern jail, cost 115,000. New county home, cost 110,000.00. ., .County ONirars. Hon. J E. Llnebac.lt, Senator, 35th District, Elk Park. ""' Hon. Tlato Ebbs, Representative, : Hot Springs. N. C. W.,A. West. Clerk of Superior Court Marshall. . Cane? 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. Baird, Coroner, Mars iBflll W. J. Balding, Janitor, Marshall. Dr. C.N. Sprinkle, County Physi cian, Marshall. ' Garfield Davis. Bupt. county home MarshalL - Courts as Fotlowsi September 1st, 1915 (2) November int.h. 1015. (2 March 2nd, 1915, (2). June 1st, 1915 IVY RnnL 1th. 1915. (21. .T Swiln. Solicitor. Asheville N. C. 1915, Fall Term-Judge Prank Carter, Asheville. ( ' 1914,Sprlng Term Judge M. Justice, Rutherfordton, N. C. Fall TermJudge E. B. CUne, of Hickory, N. a Counlv Commlslonfi - W. L. George, chair man. Mars Hil J. B. Reotor, member, Marshall, R, F. D. No, l: Anderson. Silver, mem hAr- Marshall.. N. CL Route 3 ' , J. Coleman. Ramsey, atty.,Marshall. Highway jComm!Mlon S. Shelton, President, Marshall. Guy V. Roberts, Geo. W. Wild, S. W. Brown, Joe S.-Brown, . A. F. Sprinkle, Big P ne, N. C. Hot Springs, " Waverly, " Mars Hiil, N.C. Board of Education. Jasper Ebbs, : Chairman, ;Sprlng Creek, N. C. John Robert Sams, mem. Mars Hill, N C. W . R. Sams, mem. Marshall. Prof. R. G. Anders, Su per intendment of Schools, Marshall. Board meets first Monday in January. April, July, and October each year. School and Coll8- .m.mi Mill ColWe. . Prof. R. L. Moore. President. -FalllTerm begins August nthl913,rand Spring Term begins January 2nd 1914. Spring Creek High School. Prof. M. R, Pleasants,; Principal, , Spring Creek. .8 mot school , opens Aug. 1st Madison Seminary High School, Prof. G. C. Brown, principal. 7 mos. school. - . V ' Ttnii Institute. Marcaret E. Grlf flth, principal, Walnut, N. C. . j. Marshall Academy, Prof. S. Roland Williams, principal , 8 mos. sohool. Opens August 31, -I Notary fulloa. . ' J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, Term ex pires Jauuary 6th, . 1916. - W. O. Connor, Mars Hill, Term expiresNov. 27th 1916. Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek. N. 0. Term expires January 6th. 1915. 3 H Hunter, Marshall, Route 3. Term expires April 1st; 1915, J -W Nelson,-Marshall Term, ex sires May 11, 1915 . : I B Ebbs, Hot Springs Term ex pires February 4th 1915.' '.... - Craig Ramsey, Revere. Term ex pires March 19, 1915," , N. W. Anderson, Paint Fork, Term expires May 19, 1915. pW. T. Davis,' Hot Springs, term expires January 22nd 1915. - ; Steve Rice, Marshall. : Term ex pires Dec. 18th. 1915. Ben W. Gahagan, Stackhotise, N. C. Term expires Dec. 20, 1915. : - J. F. Tilson, Marshall, Route 2. Term expires Nov. 14thl915. C. J. Ebbs," Marshall. ' Term ex pires April 25th, 1915. : D. M. Harshburger, Stackhouse. Term expires January 16th, 1916. ' D. P. Miles, Barnard. Term expires December, 23, 1916. ". By Peter Radford Lecturer National Farmers' Union. Our government never faced so tre mendous a problem as that now lying dormant at the doors ol congress and the legislatures, and which, when aroused, will shake this nation from center to circumference, and make civilization hide its face In shame. That problem is women In the field. The last federal census reports show we now have 1,514,000 women working in the field, most of them south of the Mason and Dixon line. There were approximately a million negro slaves working in tho fields when liberated by the emancipation proclamation.' We have freed our slaves and our women have taken their places in bondage. We have broken the shackles off the negroes and welded them upon our daughters. The Chaln-Gang of Civilization. A million women In bondage in the southern fields form the chain-gang of civilization the industrial tragedy of the age. There Is no overseer quite. so cruel as that of unrestrained greed. no whip that stings like the lash of suborned destiny, and no auctioneers block quite so revolting as that of or ganized avarice. The president of the "United States was recently lauded by the press, and very properly so, for suggesting medi atlon between the engineers and rail road managers In adjusting . their schedule of time and pay. The engt neers threatened to strike if their wages were not Increased from ap proximately ten to eleven dollars per day and service reduced from ten to eight hours and a similar readjust ment of the overtime schedule,. Our women are working in the field, many of them barefooted, for less than 60 cents per day, and their schedule Is the rising sun and the evening star, and after the dayVork is ove they milk the cows, slop the hogs and rock the baby to sleep. Is anyone mediat ing over their problems, and to whom shall they threaten a strike? : Congress has listened approvingly to those who toil at the forge and be hind the counter, and many of our statesmen have smiled at the threats i and have fanned the flame of unrest among Industrial laborers. But wom en are as surely the final victims of industrial warfare as they are the burden-bearers in the war between na tions, and those who arbitrate and i mediate the differences between capi tal and labor should not forget that when the expenses of any industry are unnecessarily increased, society foots the bill by drafting a new consignment of women from the home to the field. Pinch no Crumb From Women's Crust - of Bread. 'No financial award can be made without someone footing the bill, and we commend to those whd accept the responsibility of the distribution of in dustrial Justice, the still small voice of the woman In the field as she pleads !for mercy, and we beg that they pinch no crumb from her crust of bread or put another patch upon her ragged ! garments. ' "': . We beg that they ; listen to the scream of horror from the eagle on 'every American dollar that is wrung from the brow of toiling women and 'hear the Goddess of Justice hiss at a verdict that Increases the want of woman to satisfy the greed of man. The women behind the counter and in the factory cry aloud for sympathy and the press thunders out in their .defeaso and the ' pulpit pleads for mercy, but how about the woman in the field? Will not these powerful exponents of human rights turn their talent, energies and influence to her relief? Will the Goddess of Liberty enthroned at Washington bold the cal loused hand and soothe the feverish brow of her sex who sows and reaps the nation's harvest or will she permit the male of the species to shove women weak and weary from the bread-line -of industry to the back al leys of poverty? ,1- . . : Women and Children First. The census enumerators tell us that of the 1,514,000 women who work in the fields as farm hands 409,000 are six teen years of age and under. What is the final destiny of a nation whose fu ture mothers spend their girlhood days behind the plow, pitching hay and hauling manure; and what is to become of womanly culture and refinement that grace the home, charm society and enthuse man to leap, to glory in noble achievements If our daughters are raised in the society of the ox and the companionship of the plow? In that strata between the ages of sixteen and forty-five are 950,000 wom en working as farm hands and many of them with suckling babes tug ging at their breasts, as drenched In perspiration, they wield the scythe. and guide the plow. What Is to be come of that nation where poverty breaks the crowns of the queens , of the home; despair hurls a mother's love from its throne and. hunger drives innocent children from the schoolroom to the hoe? ' The census bureau shows that 155 000 of these women are forty-five years of age and over. There is no more pitiful sight in civilization than these saintly mothers of Israel stooped with age, drudging in the field from sun until sun and at night drenching their dingy pillows with the tears of despair as their aching hearts take It all to God in prayer. Civilization strikes them a blow when it should give them a crown; and their only friend is he who broke bread with beggars and said: "Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest" Oh, America! The land of the free and the home of the brave, the world's custodian of chivalry,) the champion of human rights and the de fender of the oppressed shall we per mit our maidens fair to be torn from the hearthstone by the ruthless hand of destiny and chained to the plow? Shall we permit our faithful wives, whom we covenanted with God to cher ish and protect, to be hurled from the home to the harvest field, and our mothers dear to be driven from the old arm chair to the cotton patch? - In rescuing our citizens from the forces of civilization, can we not apply to our fair Dixieland the rule of the sea "women and children first?" There must be a readjustment of the wage scale of industry so that the women can be taken from the field or given a reasonable wage for her serV' ices. Perhaps the issue has never been fairly raised, but the Farmers' Union, with a membership of ten million, puts its organized forces squarely behind the issue and we now enter upon the docket of civilization the case of "The Woman in the Field" and demand an immediate triaL Putting the Law (From the Greensboro Record.) Speaking about liquor legisla tion, one hears it said cow and then that the Legislature cannot enact a law prohibiting shipments into the , State; that it would not stand the test of the courts. We know very little about it, but High Point has an act that pro hibits shipments into th at place and it seems to be sti eking. If a city can enact such legislation, why not an entire State? One re port is that High Point had this law inserted in its charter. If true, what is the matter with Greensboro' that she. cannot do the same thing? This would be a great help locally if no more, for liquor shipments art growing heavier all. the time, though until recent months they were -dimi nishing. . Such a law, even for Greensboro, would save the city and county a great deal of money for the way things are now going on, the criminal terms of court are crowded with retailing cases to the exclusion of qth'er' cases where one is able ta give bond and keep out of jail. Leads the World In 15 years the farmers of ' the United States have succeeded in doubling the value of their pro- ucts. The statement by Secre tary Houston proves this fact. The value of farm crops," farm animal products and farm animals sold and slaughtered the past vear was within a fraction of $10,1000,000,000. This' was $83,- 000,000 in excess of the products of 1913. It was far in excess of the greatest : record ever made and better than the farmers had ever dreamed of, and this in spite of low-priced cotton. It is easy figure out how much greater it yet would have been with cotton 10 cents a pound. , The Amen Can farmer leads the world. THE LOCAL Its Value to The People-Mouthpiece of Country Man Best Public Prosecutor. (The following article, written by Mr, W. J. Peele, of Raliegh. for the Roanoke-Chowan Times nineteen years ago, was "pigeon holed" by the editor, who came across it the past week and print ed it, declaring it is just as good now as it was nineteen years ago. It is in touch with the people, Local attachments are the life of the Republic. The virtue and conservation which resist foreign invusion are found in the country they are attached to the soil. The local newspaper is the mouth mece of the countryman. It voices his wants. It reflects his sentiments, advocates his views It is his best medium of public expression, local public sentiment cannot now b 0 well organized without it for any good work, moral, material or civil. The common medium of expression must be next to the people it must dwell as well as circulate among them; Your local inter ests are little regarded by out siders tiuleas you yourselves show your regard by having public sentiment intelligently crystalized upon vital questions. They must be discussed freely and publicly amoasr vour selves. Your local newspaper is, in good bauds, your best public prosecutor. Crime sinks away before it like a jackal at the breaking of the day. Righteous indignation at wrong in high places finds vent through its columns. You need not look to the . cen ters for just recognition either, of your merits or your needs. A thousand localities are drumming their multiform interests into the dull and tired ears of city life ears confused already with the many-tongued voices of trade. They will not need your com plaint unless you have locally or ganized power which can be felt, and a common voice which can be heard. If you are asleep, a ittle flattery or cajolery careful y administered once in two or four years will suffice to keen you quiet till your opportunity is past. If you are disorganized your threats will be disregarded. You are not well enough decided about what you want to make an nited demand for it. If you have no local common voice your interests will be passed over or set aside until a more convenient season which never comes. It may be that some organ of mono poly tells you that you are float ing on the high tide of prosperi ty, or repeats the oft-told lie that gislation cannot affect the laws of trade. It would close its col umns against a refutation how- evei well tempered. If you have an organ among you which lives by the faith you have in it and not by the campaign funds it will puncture such bubbles. ' It true that much or your iacK 01 prosperity is due to yourselves, is true that intelligent diversi of crops would checkmate ty monopoly legislation in a great degree. It is true that much time is spent in carping which; should be spent in labor But it NEWSPAPER is also true that you are the sov erigns except when you abdicate your thrones; that you are charg ed with the duty of self-govern ment; that it is your business to know what all your public ser vants are doing, and how much they are making; that you have a right to know how much all pub lie corporations are making and how much taxes they are paying and I mean by public corpora tions all who ask any public privileges, such as the privileges of highways and the right to con demn land. Their , officers are also your public servants, because they have asked and obtained from you some of the functions of government and some of them smart enongh to make you believe that the people have nothing to do with how they conduct their business. Perhaps there are papers even in this State which would not publish what I am now writing and yet I have let drop a truth,' whereon, at this juncture, hangs all the law and the prophets of self government It needs to be ' taught in the school room that any corporation which ai'a to discharge a public function is a public servant and must be absolutely controlled by the people as they do their other servants, and that for this very reason the people must say how much they shall make, what pro fit they shall earn, what taxes they shall pay. All these things must be dis cussed plainly, freely, fearlessly, and they can only be so discussed by a paper which is in touch with the people, is dependent upon them for its life and its light. The people who cannot build up such a paper do not deserve and will not have much of a showing for any of the good things which are obtained and preserved by intelligent organization and dili gence in their public affairs. The greatest promise of truth, spiritual or temporal, is that it sets us free free to think and to believe and to se to work to put our beliefs into the shape bf con duct-life. You can make your lccal newspaper clean clean as the life of a girl. It is not ne cessary for it to defile your fami ly, it may help you to elevate the standard of family life help to teach correct private as well : as public duties. There is a certain class of people whonT Rudyard Kipling calls "banderlog," mon key people" they are natural toadies. They play always to the footlights. The marriages, births and deaths of tile cities or among the nobility bf England are of more interest to them than those of their own neighbors. They are essentially foreign in their tastes. The uu known is not only not terrible, as the Latins said it was, but it is won derful, One that worships peo ple he never saw will hardly love those he sees every day and they do not love him. Whatever builds up your com munity builds you up. Make homo' attractive and attractive people will, come ont of it and make other attractive homes. Read good books as well, as papers. Let your children de claim the best literature your State has produced and they will grow up with more love for it. The family is the place to educate; the school is but a supplement ai last. A library of good books even a small one and the read ing habit well formed, are worth more than any teacher you will be liable to meet unless indeed as sometimes happens the teacher was the one that inspired the habit. How To Cure a Lagrlppe Cough Lagrlppe coughs demand instant treatment. They show a serious con ditlon of the system and are weaken' ing. Postmaster Collins, Barnegat, N. J., says: I took Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for a violent lagrlppe cough that completely exhausted me, and less than half b bottle stopped the cough. Try it. Dr. I. E. Burnett, Mars Hill, N. C. kuinousTest for The Roads The December rains put th e sand clay and top soil roads of the piedmont section o f North Carolina to the severest test ex perienced since they were con struct and only the few that were properaly. built, . surfaced and drained, stood the test in any Sort of manner. , As a matter of tact, the average. sand clay; road has been converted into an old- fashiened 'mud road, with the single advantage of grading. The experience, however, will sesult i tba'end ib fche benefi t . of road construction, for the road builders have been given object lesson from which 1 they cannot fail to profit. The improtance of a properly drained road bed, of a sufficient slope from the center to the drains on either side, and of grit and gravel for the finish ing material, has been so clearly demonstrated that there can b e no excuse for mistakes in the re- quirments for good roads con struction in the future. ' And, the knowledge thus gained will be appiied to advantage bylthe more intelligent class of road repairers. The sand clay roads, properly: re paired, may be convert into bet ter roads than when originally built. Exchange. Children's Coughs Children's Cold Both are Serious When one of Tour littla ones shnw symptoms of an approaching Cold, give it Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey at once. It acts quickly, and prevents the Cold erowinsr worse; Verv heal ingsoothes the Ljmgs, loosens the mucous, Strengthens the system.' It's guaranteed. On! v 25c. at vour Druc- glst. Buy a bottle to-day. Bucklen's Arnica Salve lor Sores. NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA MADISON COUNTY " Having qualified as executors of the estate of John Aramons, deceased, late of Madison County," North'' Caro lina, this is to notify all persons hav ing claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the und ersigned, at Mars Hill.'N. C., BF, D. No. 1, on or before the 12th day of December 1915, or this notice ' will be pleaded in bar of their recovery;- All persons Indebted to, said estate will make immediate payment. This December lHb 1914. ; ' J. J. Amnions,, 1 '. J. M. Ammonal Executors of Rev. John Amnions, deceased. 12-18-14 6-t. FOIEYS'CltDT
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