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MARSHALL. MADISON COUNTY, N, C, FRIDAY, APRIL 30th, 1915
NO 17.
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, DIRECTORY
MAD1HON COUNTY.
Established ly the legislature ses
Ion 1850-51. .
Poiu:atlon, 20,132.
' C; :.ity seat, Marshall.
Jei.j leet above sea level.
New and modern court house, cost
133 000.00. i
" ' New and modern jail, cost 115,000.
New county home, cost 110,000.00.
, County OHicsrs.
Hon. J E. Llneback, . Senator, 35th
District, Elk- Park . : .,
. Hon. Plato Ebbs, Representative,
Hot Sprlogs. N. C.
W. A. West.. Clerk o Superior
Court Marshall. .
Caney Ramsey, Sheriff, Marshall.
James Smart, Register ,, of Deeds
Marshall. - -
CL F. Runlibn, Treasurer, Marshall
N.C, R. F. 1). No. 4.
A. T. Chandiey, Surveyor, Marshall
N. C. :
Dr. J. II. Kaird, Coroner, Mars Hill
N. C.
W. J. Balding, Janitor, Marshall.
Dr. Frank Roberts, County Physi
cian, Marshall. .
Garfield Pavls. Supfc. county home.
" Marshall.. " m ' ' .
Courts Feliowsi
September 1st, 1915 (2) November
10th, 1915. (2-: . ,
March 2nd. i:il5,'(2). June 1st, 1915
(2). Sept. Ilh. Jsl5,2V .
J. Ed. Swain, Solicitor, Ashevllle
N.C. 1915, Fall Term Judge Frank
Carter, Ashevllle.
1914, Spring Term Judge M. H.
Justice, Rutherfordton, N. C.
Fall Term Judge E. B. Cllne, of
Hickory, N. C. "
County cmmlionf
N. B. McDevitt chaliman. Marshafl
J. E. Rector, member, Marshall, R.
F. D. No'.' 1. Anderson. Silver, mem
. . ber, Marshall,, . Route 3 "W. L.
V George, member,' Mars BlU..p.
Chandiey, Whit rvockj f ;v
. P., A MoElroy Co. "A tty., Marshall.
Hlirhuimy comillon
V. Shelton, President, Marshall. ,? 1
' : G. V. Russell, . Bluff, ;N, C. ;
A. F. Sprinkle,. .' Mars Dill, N. C.
Board of Education.
jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
Creek. N. '& John Robert Sams,
mem. Mars Hill, N. C. W R. Sams,
mom. Marshall. Prof. R. G. Anders,
Superintendent of Schools, Marshall."
Board meets' first Monday in January.
April, July, and October each year.
Schools ndColl8.
Mara ' Hill College, Prof..' R,' L.
' Moore, President. Fall JTerm begins
August 17th, 1913, and Spring Term
: begins January 2nd 1914.' ' '
' r-r-flg Creek High School. Prof.
iO. i.. Pleasants, Principal, Spring
Creek. 8 mos school, opens Aug.. 1st
Madison Seminary High Schoo),
Prof. G. C. Brown, principal. 1 mos.
school.
; Bell Institute, Margaret E. Grlf
flth, principal, Walnut, N. C.
V Marshall Academy,' Prof. S. Roland
- Williams, principal 8 mos. Bchool. r ,.
Opens August 31, " ,
, " Notairy Putollo. '
J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, Terra ex
pires Jauuary 6th 1916,
Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek. N. 0.
' Term expires January 6th 1915.
J a Hunter, Marshall,. Route 3.
Term eipirea April 1st; 1915,
J W Nelson, Marshall Term ex
pires May 11, 1915 ;
T B Ebbs, Hot Springs-Term ex
pires February 4th 115. .
Craig Ramsey, ReVere, Term ex
pires March 19, 1915, v
N. W. Anderson, Paint Fork,
Term expires May 19, 1915.
. W. T. Davis, Hot Springs, term
: expires January 22nd 1915. ,
ftevo Rice, Marshall. Term ex
pires Deo. 19th. 1915. .
Ben W. Gahagan, .Stackhouse, N.
C. Term expires Dec it), iuio.
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, 1910.
D. P. Miles, Barnard. Term expires
December, 23, 1916. ; Y' .
W. R Ramsey, Marsaall. , Term
explresOct. 4th 1915. " ,
J, A. Wallin, Bl Laurel. , Term
expires Aug. 8th, 1916.
C. C. Brown, Bluff: Term expire
JinuaryBth 1917.
Commerce
Wonderful Opportunities Ahead of i
as a
The United States Should be Prepared For
All Emergencies. '
The press and commercial as-'
sociations of the - United States
are making much ado over the
opportunity afforded for an ex
pansion ot the commerce of the
United States becaus of the busi
ness paralysis of Europe.
Whole pages of the metropoli
tan dailies are filled with the won
derful opportuuities ahead of us
as a nation. '
The ascendency of the United
Stftt.f-i to a world nredominatine
power is hailed from all sides as
an accomplished fact.
'We are pictured by the opti
mists, as a nation at peace with
the world and with not a ripple
in the skies. .
The possibilities are indeed
great provided we approach
them with some degree of wis
dom. .
We must not expect foreign
governments to quietly submit to
oilr absorbtion of their commerce.
They will unquestionably seek
means for regaining that which
they have lost and. we have gain
ed, possibly even to the extent of
involving us for war in an ecdeav
or to cripple tis. " 'wf : ,'
' And their lies our menace.
We are not in position to face
Too Much
Dynamite
;; It has'been suggested by some
warned and twisted genius that
the president appoint a . commis
sion of eminent American states
man to submit proposals of peace
to the warring kings of Europe,
that commission to- be ' composed
of Theodore Roosevelt, William
Jennings Bryan and William
Hbward Taft.
It is a tremendous array of in
tellect, representing the three ex
tremes of political faith, but we
fear! such a composite selection
would be surcharged - with 'so
much dynamite that the inevit
able explosion would scatter the
doar kings to the four winds. , K
A Sluggish Liver Needs Attention
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are in for a spell of misery. Every
body gets an attack now and then.
Thousands oH)eop!e keep their Livers
active and healthy by using Dr. King's
New Life fills. Fine for -the Stom
ach, too. Stop the Dizzness, Consti
pation, Biliousness and Indigestion
Clear the blood. Only 25 cents at
your Druggist. -
CANADIAN TKCUPS
From the European War Zone
comes the news that the Canadian
troups saved the day for the al
lied armies in one of the fiercest
engagements of the war, While
the1 Canadians', are subjects of
Great Br ittian, they are !Ameri
cans, and this news comes of no
surprise to us, for history teaches
ma that the Americans have saved
the day in many battles. It is
the same old story of . American
valor and heroeism. . ,
and Guns
us
Nation
such a war. . We have nlether
the guns nor the ammunition
eaoiDPing n large army such
for
as
would be required for repelli
ug
an invasion by a first-class pow
er. ; '
Foreign governments can plaee
millions of troops in the field, but
we can arm. and equip only a few
hundred thousands.'
Is it reasonable to suppose that
these governments would submit
to the loss of their commerce
without striking back? -
If we are to build up a merc
hant marine we must have the
means of protecting it once it is
afloat.
We do not need a largo , stand
ing army, but we do need guns
and ammunition for use in emer
gency, for without these we
would be helpless.
. Congress should supply arms
and equipment sufficient for at
least a million men, for , with a
less number than this we would
have no -assurance whatever of
safety.. '. , " . -.
v Our. trade expansion.., imigbt
even prove . the boomerang that
would eventually plunge us into
a long and costly war. ' : : -
The good people of Terr Haute
Ind. . armed with the law, : ha ve
set an example in dealing with
corrupt election practices that
other communities . so attracted
might well follow. They have
just sent their Mayor and other
city officers to the penetentiary.
Every good citizen of all politi
cal' parties should feel it bis
special duty to report for prose
cution every instance . of votej
buying or vote selling or other
forms of corrupting the ballot
box that comes to his knowledge.
To fail to do so'is to permit the
destruction of the only safe-guard
the people have and tends to
undermine the. very principles
upon which pur , gQverninent is
founded. So long as' corrupt
political bosaes can extort money
from ;office holders, then reim
burse the office holders by giving
increased salaries at the expense
of the taxpipers.X Just'-so long
will the taxpayers of any com
munity groan under their burd
ens. There Is only one thing for
good citizens to do; that is invoke
the law ' and put such methods
down, 4 . t
Our "JITNEY" Offer-This and 50
DON'T MISS THIS.-Cut out this
slip, enclose with five cents to Foley
& Co.; Chicago, lll. writing your
name and address clearly.; You will
receive In return a trial packt ge con
taining Foley' Honey and Tar Com
pound, for cougns, colds and croup.
Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathar
tlo Tabletsl--pr, I. E. Burnett, Mars
Hill, N.C : y
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Corn Growing.
iMr. Editor:- While it's the pur.
pjse of the General Government
and the State by, co-operative
agency to do a lot of definite and
practical work, or to have farm
ers In differt nt parts of the coun
ty to do such work; at the same
time there is a lot of general
work that suould be carried along
while the other is being done.
' The detfinite work we want far
mers to do this year, is to demon
strate what Madison County soil
is capable of doing- If other
counties can produce 100, 125,
150 and 22n bushels of corn per
acre, why not Madison? If it
cannot be done in Madison, what
is the reason? Is the land too
poor? Is our land and climatic
conditions out of harmony with
corn growing? Or is it the fact
that our people don't know how
to grow it, or still, is the reason
the fact that they have not yet
tried. ' We have many men now
engaged in an effort to try to
prove why it is that large yields
of corn have not been made in
Madison. Next Fall we will be
able to speak more authoratively
than before. 1
Then we have many men enga
ged in keeping records of the
eost of producing corn in this
county on average land. This
will be of interest to the public as
well as to the men who are mak
ing ihese tests. The ; educational
valiiq to every farmer who under
takM o keep these account will
bWworth much inore to-tirnHhau
the time engaged in keeping them
Then in addition to this defi
nite work we are trying to do,
we are waging war on stumps,
rocks in the fields, .Willows and
Alloe's along creek banks t and
branch runs, briars and bushes
in the pastures, old, dilapidated,
useless Apple trees so common in
the coves and old farms where
brandy was once made. .
Then there are in many places
for instance round about Mars
Hill deep gullies and worn out
lands, which should be reclaimed
and the soil rebuilt. The idea
once was that rich lands could be
cleared and run in corn and wheat
as long as it would produce these
crops and then cast aside for pas
ture lands, At last it is dawning
upon us that it takes the same
kind of land to make hay and
pasture tfiat it does to make corn
The problem of the present far
mer, be he old or. young, is to
build up the run down lands, and
this is not hard to do. There is
abundance of evidence evrywhere
that nature is striving to do this
vsry thing and we want to let
her. Now let every farmer in
the. county who has a gully on
his farm get busy and eliminate
It. This won't interfere in the
least with regular' farming. ,
Already this good work has
begun, and evidence is abundant
that great thing3 may be expect
ed in old Madison this year.
Our next corn show will bo a
marvel to our own people. It
will almost look like ? a county
fair. In fact we are thinking of
and planniug for this very thing,
which we hone will materialize
before a great while. - .
Tn nnnfOnslnn lftt me atrain call
atteutian to the sale of Short
Horn Cattle that will take place
at the Fair Grounds, (Klverside
Park) Ashevllle, N. C, on 12th
day of May 1915. Let every lov
er of good cattle go prepare!,, w
bring back a fine bull of heifer or
both. Let Madison be the ban
ner county iu purchasing" at the
ale. Respectfully,
J. ft. SAMS.
'' Local Agent.
jhe Reward
Peoples' Tongues Have a Wonderful Influence upon
the Growth arid Progress of their Home Town
From little sprouts , big trees
will often grow.
We trample upon the sprouts
of today and gaze with admiration
upon the giants that were sprouts
of a former generation.
And it is much the same in
municipal affairs. We think too
much of the ending ; and not
anoujrh of the beginning. We
overlook the little things of to
day which have in them the mak
ing of the big ones of tomorrow.
This tendency of human nature
is strikingly illustrated in the
case of a gentleman who had oc
casion to spend a week in a
country town, and was remark
ably impressed by the uniform
courtesy shown him by the citi
zens of the, place.
If he was interested in a puo-
lie building, or a park, or a manu
facturing enterprise, a dozen men
Our Yearning For
the Hills
How much of the influence of
early ehviroment, of those habit
uated . reactions which comprise
tnr Aftch one of us the. iron? ring
of history .there 'is In even . our
deeper attitude to ward the eter
nal world toward what we call
nature! Not long ago I spent
many weeks in the prairie country
of the west, a sense of oppres
sion constantly Increasing in
weight upon my spirit. Those
endless, level plains! Those roads
that stretched without a break
in infinity! A house, a group of
barns, a fruit orchard, now and
then a clump of hardwoods, alone
broke the endless, flat monotony
of snow-covered fields no, not
fields, but infinitudes where a
single furrow could put a girdle
about an entire township in my
home land! My soul hungered
for a hill; my heart craved, with
a dull longing, the sight of a
naked birch tree flung aloft
against the winter sky. Back
through the endless plains of Illi
nois the train crawled, away from
the setting sun. But the next
dav lieht "disclosed the gentle,
rolling slopes of the Mohawk val
ley, and before many hours had
passed the Berkshire hills were all
about us, like familiar things re
covered. The camel hump of
Greylock to the north was sap-ohire-blue
and beckoning. The
hearer mountains wore their red
dish mantles pricked with green
above the snowy intervales, and
laid their up-reared outlines stark
against the ' sky. Shadowy ra
vines let into their flanks, sug
gestive of roaring brooks and. the
mvstery of the wilderness.: The
The clouds trailed purple shadow-
anchors; the sun flashed from the
ice on their scarred ledges. - And
weight seemed suddenly lifted
from my spirit. The words of
tbe ancient Psalmist came to my
lira unconsciously: ''I will lift
up mine eyesunto the hills. From
whence cometh my help? My
help cometh from God." Walter
Pritchard Eaton iu Harper's Mag
azine for May.
Mrs. J. M. Franklin and fami
ly of Greeneville, Tenn., are
spending a few days with relat
ives in Marshall. ' " '
0f Courtesy
were ready with information and
explanations, pointing out the
various advantages, and with
ever a good word for the people.
They made him welcome.
A few weeks later while travel
ing in, another state he met a
manufacturer wno was in search .
of a change of location for his r
piant. He mentioned the place
he had recently left, and spoke
in glowing terms of the people
their characteristics, and espe
cially of their courtesy to the
stranger within their gates.
The manufacturer was much
impressed, and a few days later
visited the place. ' He is there
now, with his factory and his 150
employes.
Truly, a man's tongue has a
wonderful influence "upon the fu
ture of his own town.
Is there a lesson in it for us?
This is Man
An average man of 150 pounds
contains the; constituents found
in 1,200 eggs. There is enough
gas in him to filia gasometer of
$,649 ;cubic . feet. He,: contains
enough iron to make-- four . ten- ,
penny :'-n'aiIsv Ui fat wcuild al4
75 candles and a good-sized cake
of soap, i His phosphate contents,
would make 8,064 boxes of match
ea. There is enough hydrogen in
him in combination to fill t bal
loon and carry him above the
clouds. The remaining consti
tuents of a man would yield, if
utilized, six teaspoonf uls of salt,
a bowls of sugar and ten gallons
af ater. ; . ,. .
; A man has 500 muscles, 1,000,
000,000 cells, 200 different bones,
four gallons of blood, several
hundred feet of arteries and veins
more than 82 feet of intestines
and millions of pores. His heart,
weighs from 8 to 12 ounces, its
capacity from 4 to 6 ounces in
each ventricle, and its size is 5
by 8 by 2J inches. ' It is a
hollow, muscular organ, and
pumps 22 i pounds of blood
every minute. In 24 hours the
heart pumps 16 Ions. It beats
about 72 times a minute. In one
year an average man's heart
pumps 11,680.000 pounds oi blood
The heart is & willing slave, but
it sometimes strikes and it al
ways wins. Practical Druggist,
Makes 61 Feel Like 16
"I suffered from kidney ailment for
two years," writes Mrs. M. A. Bridges
Robinson, Miss,, I commenced taking
Foley Kidney Pills about ten months
ago. 1 am 61, years of age and feel
like a 16 year-old girl." Foley Kid
ney Pills invigorate weak and derang--ed
kinneys, relieve bickache, rheuma- .
tlsm and bladder tiouble. Dr. I. E.
Burnett, Mara Hill, N. u. .
"E. ZEPH RAY
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