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VOL. XVII MARSHALL. MADISON COUNTY, N, C, FRIDAY, APRIL 9thi . 1915X . , 1 ' . . ; . NO 14.
DIRECTORY
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MADISON COUNTY.
K-aablishod t y the legislature se-Ion'i850-51.
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Population, 20,132. 1
". County seat, Marshall.
, 1(150 feet above sea level. ,
New nd modern court , house, cost
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, New and modern jail, cost $15,000.
New county home, cost $10,000.00. ,'
County OHkcrf.
Hon. J. E. Llneback, Senator, 35th
District, Elk Park V v " ,
. Hon."' Plato. Ebbs,. Representative,
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uot springs, n. v. r .-, . .-i .
W. A.; West, Clerk a, Superior
. Court Marshall. : " v .4
Caney Ramsey, Sheriff, Marshall.
. 1 .James Smart, Register " of Deeds 1
Marshall. : . .
, ' C. P. Runnlcm, Treasurer, Marshall
N.9 , R. F. D. No! 4. , . -: ry
. A. T. Chandley, Surveyor, Marshall
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Dr. J. H. Batrd, Coroner, Mars Hill
n. c.
' W.J. Balding, Janitor, Marshall.
Dr.' C. N. Sprinkle, County Physi
cian, Marshall.
Garfield Davis. Supt." county home.
Marshall. . - ' ' . : . '
. ' CoorU at Follows:
September 1st, 1915 (2) November
10th, 1915. (2)
March 2nd. 1915, (2). June 1st, 1915
(2). Seiit, 7th. 1915, 2). t
J. Ed. Swain, Solicitor, Abbeville
N.p! 1915, Fall Term-Judga Frank
Carter. Ashevllle.
lSU.SDrlnff TermJudee M. H
Justice, Rutherfordtarr, N. C.
Fait Term Judge E. B. CUne; of
' nickory, N. C. -
County ciirmiilonr(
W. L. 'Georce. chaii man. Mars Hil
V. D. No. 1. Anderson. Silver, mem
" Jaer, Marshall,, N. . Route 3
J. Coleman Pamoey. attyMarshaU.
I'. Shelton, President, Marshall.
Guy V. Roberts, . "
Geo. W. Wild: Biff P ne. N. C.
S.W.Brown, Hot Springs, "
JoeS. Brown, Waverly, "
A. F. Sprinkle, Mars Hill, N. C
' Board of Education. -i
Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
Creek. N.. C. John Robert Sams,
mem. Mars Hill, N. C W R. Sams,
mem. Marshall. Prof. R. G. Anders,
Superintendent of Schools, Marshall.
Hoard meets nrst wonoay in juuj
April, July, and October each year.
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Mars Hill College, - Prof. R. L
Moore, President, FallJTerm begins
Augustnth, 1913, ' and Spring Term
..begins January 2nd 1914.
' SDrlne Creek Hteh School. Prof
M. R. Pleasants, Principal, Spring
Crtek. 8 mos school, opens Aug. 1st
Madison Seminary High School,
Prof. G. C. Brown, urinclpal, 7 mos.
school. ' -
V Bell Institute. : Maiearet ; E. Grlf
; nth; principal, Walnut, N. C.
Marshall Academy Prof, S. Roland
Williams, principal 8 mos. school.. '
Opens August 31,
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J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, Term ex
f ires Jauuary 6th, 1916.
Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek. N. , 0.
Term expires January 6th 1915.
J H Hunter, Marshall, Route .3.
TefaTeiplres April 1st; 1915,
J W Nelson, Marshall-Term ex
1 sires May 11, 1915 '
T 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. , ,
W. T. Davis, Hot Springs, term
expires January 22nd 1915. ' ,
Steve Bice, Marshall. Term ex
pires Dec. 19th. 1915. .
Ben W. Gahagan, . Stackhouse, N.
C. Term expires Dec. 20, 1915. y
J. F, Tilson, Marshall, Route 2.
Term expires Nov. 14th 1915. ,
' G- 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. ' . '
W. ' B. Kamsey, Marsaall. Term
expires Oct. 4th 1915.
" - J, A. Wallin, Big Laurel. Term
expires Aug. 8th, 1916.
C..C. Brown, Bluff: Term expire
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I Many Years Ago
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In tearing down the old
building which' has stood so(
long on the corner of the
Gage lot, a number of old
papers and , . letters '. were
found and which are curi
ous reading to us at the pre
sent time. , :
They date from before the
time that many in . town
were , born and the news'
item are . curious. - O n"e
speaks of General Bob Vance'
as member of Congress and
his candidature for re-election.
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He is getting an approp.
riation for the deepening of
the Upper French Broad so j
that steamers can run there, f
The corner stone of W eav
erville College is laid and
there was a debate there and
declamations were had; one
of the declamers was Walt
er Vandiver. . "
, A citrious ; item of news
was the account of a ball
game between Asheville
aud Weaverville in which
the score was 66 to . 43 ' in
favor of Weaverville. This
is quite different from the
items of baseball news to
day especially - the ; score.
These items were taken from
The North Carolina CitizSH,
of lAahevitle, with tfie'' date
of May 7th, 1874.
; Another paper the Christ
ian Standard published in
Cincinnati, has the date of
September 28th 1872 and
the following' news of the
day are given. i
Just think of news from
Dr. Livingstone in Africa
being news ' and a paper
from the time of the Geneva
award and notes on that.
r Great Brittiaa
Prince Arthur is soon to
visit Birmingham and the
authorities made an approp
riation for expenses, not
withstanding the protest of
the Iiepublicans, - The In
ternational Society has been
in session in London.' Hod.
Chas. Summer has arrived
in London. His health has
mach improved. The Eng
lish Tory" journals 'do not
like the results of the arbi
tration. The London Stand
ard says:. "What.: a farce
has been played at Geneva
where England has been ad
judged to pay tribute to a
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bully which repudiates her '
own obligation?" "The Her
ald breathes defiance and
says: '.'The breach between
the two countries has only
been widened." The princess
Beatrice, the fifth and only
unmarried d a u g h t e r of
Queen Victoria, has been
betrothed to the Marquish
of Stafford. The Princess
is in her sixteenth year.
Two trains collided near.i
Glasgow, Sept. 16,? killing
two persons anil wounding
several. A boat capsized
Sept. 19, on the , Clyde, off
the Isle of AranT and seven
persons were drowned. . A
mob broke up a meeting be
ing held by Thomas Hughes,
M. P., at Frome, Sept. 17.
John Fox 8s Cov merchants
of .Mincini. Lane. London.
k have suspended with liabili
ties of 50Q,(X)Q. I bey had
connection w, i t h several
houses in America and "were'
severely affected by the re
cent failure in Baltimore.
Miss Rye has sailed from
Liverpool for Quebec, with
fifty children f o r.,. whose
homs are to re found in
Canada." -
DURING A LULL IN THE OPENING DAY CEREMONIES '
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The Panama-Pacific International exposition was. opened by a wireless
Wilson at Washington, and caught m the tendrils of a wireless aerial on
tlon. Instantly the power was released in the mighty Palace of Machinery
opened. k The scene is on .the gwiiJ
fdjano, MOT.'amni jonnson 01 uaniornia, Mayor James koipq, jr. or Ban urancisco, rresiaent u. u. Moore or thfl
exposition and a notable group of visiting dignitaries being seen In animated discussion of the epochal event Id
the press box the correspondents
I Wake Forest
Wins in Dou
ble Debate
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Further Laurels Added to Long
String of Forensic Honors
of the Past.
FOUR STRONG DEBATERS
Messrs. Honter, Pritchard, Moll
and Avery Have no Trouble
in taking Double-Header
From Richmond College in
Contests at Wake Forest and
Richmond.
Wake Forest has again vindi
cated her, claim for prowess in de
bate, Friday, while- the storm
was raging in Wakes .Forest and
Richmond, four young' men from'
the Euthalian & -Philomatheian
Societies were defending the lau
rels won by such predecessors as
Thomas tixon, Wjlliam Walton
Kitchin, Fred T. Collins, Fred F.
Brown and a score or. more oth
ers ho have written their names
in the Baptists' hall of oratorical
fame. At the same time John P.
Mull and Thomas A. Avery were
winning at Wake Forest over
Weston Bristow and M. L. Bres-
tein, Cary T. Hunter. Jr., and
Jeter McKinley - Pritchard were
sweeping ; victory from E, T,
Terrell and C. A. Jluckor in the
hall of Richmond College.
Judge James S. Manning,
Judge R. W. Winston and Col.
Alf A. Thompson, all of Ualiegh
sat in judgment at Wake Forest
and were unanimous in their de
cision favoring Mossers Hunter
'and Pritchard dcfcnJ 'd the neg
ative fidu of the same question
'debated at WakeFovest. ' Their
victory was probably even more'
gratifying Mull and Avery, de-i
AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
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jjtand after . the cererionies Jtfd,fiendedt
are seen flashing to the world the news
fending the affirmative of the
following query: ' 'Resolved, that
all industrial disputes should be
settled by compulsory arbitration
the constitutionality waived
Secretary of State Bryan Grimes
presided and announced .the d ex
cision, amid tumultuous Cheering
that added one more to the batch
of trophies proudly displaced in
the Wake Forest Library.
At Richmond the judges were
Dr. J. Allison Hodges, S. S. P.
Patterson and Dr. Henry IR. Mc-
Ilwaine. They were in the baili
wick of their opponents. ; who
were backed by hundreds of
cheering supporters, yet they
won handsomely.
Mr. Hunter, Jr., is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Carey J.: Hunter.
of this City. Besides being a de
bater ' of much force and elo
quence, he wields a virile pen
just as eloquent as his voice.
Mr. Pritchard is the son of
Judge Jeter C Pritchard, of
Asheville, one of the State's
foremost citizens. Young Pritc
hard had won oratorical laurels
of .State-wide fame even before
he entered college. He expects
to enter the profession of law.
Mr. Mull is a son of Cleveland
county, a county that has sent
many sons to Wake Forest, among
whom is Congressman E. Yates
Webb of the Kinth District. He
comes from a family noted in
that section for forceful thinking
Hens reputed one of the most
forceful debaters at Wake Forest
in paany years, from the, stand
point of logical argumentation.
Mr. Avery is from Rocky
Mount, a senior at Wake Forest
a leader in every phase of college
life, and one of the most popular
students in the big Baptist col
lege. His oratory is forceful and
his manner craceful as a lyceum
lecturer. " ' .
Messrs. Hunter and Avery are
members of the Philorrathesian
Society, Messrs. Mull and Pritc
hard of the Euzelian. ..'
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iTjtfilfci
spark, dispatched by President Woodrow
the lofty Tower of Jewels at the'exnoai-
and the portals of the exhibit palacei
Secretary -f the Jnteripr-.FraaKlln'.K
that the exposition had opened.
Does It Pay?
According to trade journals
the practical mercantile establish
menis spena 1 per cent or ; more
of their gross sales for advertis
nig. mr. iviercnant, are you
making this wise investment for
the success of your business?"
Western North Carolina Demo
crat. We put the proposition up to
our local merchants. All pro
gressive and successful business
men constantly keep their ; busi
ness before the public, and in
every instance it has paid 1G0
per cent.
A Monorial road with a speed
of one hundred miles, will con
nect New Bedford with Fall Riv
er, Massachusetts. ,
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With The World's
Workers
Mr. Edinon has , spent four 1
years in perfecting his new dLt I
mond-disc phonograph. ; i
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The Weather Bureau employs
both kites and balloons 'in ex
ploring the upper air regions.
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' It is claimed that the volcanic
ashes covering1 Pompeii will be
made into an excellent fertilizer. -First
water diamonds are being
found in great quanlties . in , the -
heretofore little known Arkansas .
mines. - ' ' '
A Cap with a 1 deep visor, in
which a windowlike arrangement
of celluloid is inserted, will be
welcomed by antomobilists.
The largest clock in the, world
is ihat on Colgate & Company's
Jersey City building. It weighs
aix tons, and has a face thirty
eight feet in diameter.
Jo '. 'a .V '
Carbonic acid gas ' is valuable
i fr DUnt nutienfc Experiments
ave proved that both' foliage and
lowers, upon which the gas liaS
een used, are greatly stimulated
by it
Seaweed has been successfully
used in the manufacture of artifi
cial silk. The weed is washed
up in great, masses upon the
shores of Norway. Normandy,
Scotland and Canada.
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Great concrete wharves the
Balboa Docks have been built
at the Pacific Ocean entrance of
the Panama Canal. The founda
tion of the docks goes down to
the solid rock below. ;',
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Waste newspapers are used al-.
most exclusively in the ' manu
facture of pasteboard boxes. One)
of the largest plants for the manu
facture of such boxes is :' in - the
neighborhood Of Philadelphia-- ?
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