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MADISON COUNTY RECORD, Established Juno 28, 1901. FRENCH BROAD NEWS, o . 1 - j he mcaium. j Through which yon reach the people of Madison County. Established May 16, 1907. , . J Consolidated : : Not. 2nd, 1911.- J J Advertising Rates oa Application. J vwvvwvvwvwwvwvwwvwv, THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PU:US::iD IN MADISON COUNTY VOL. XVII MARSHALL. MADISON COUNTY, N. C FRIDAY, JUNE 18th, 1915 NO 25. 7T7T7 v no 7TT f Tt TT TT J I i 1 f I J i l i II 11 a DIRECTORY . . .. , Established I y the legislature sea ' Ion 1850-61. ''. ; , , Population, 20,132. , ' ' Ccanty seat, Marshall. J6i leet above sea level. - . , nw nd modern court house, cost 33,000.00. -f J 1 . nI .m. I rt IMHI. X1BW IUU IIIUUOI'U --"I new county uuui, ,iu,uw.w. " y County Officers. Hon. J E. Llneback, Senator, 35th TM.t.l.f IS 1 1- Tvlr , v ' Hon. Plato Ebbs, Representative, Hot Springs. N. Caney Ramsey, Sheriff, Marshall. James Smart, Register of Deeds Marenaii.x . . " C. P. Runnlan, Treasurer, Marshall N.C; R. F. D. No. 4. A. T. Chandley, Surveyor, Marshall Dr. J. H. Halrd, Uoroner, Mara am N. C. - , ' . ' - W. J. Balding, Janitor, Marshall. - - . w mil Dr. Frank Roberts, uouniy rnysi elan. Marshall. Garfield Davl. Supfc. county home. Marshall. ' ' Cnnrti u Followii c if I9. November March 2nd. MIS, (2). . June 1st, ma (2). SeDt. 7th. 1915 2). J. Ed. Swain, Solicitor, Asheville N.C. 1915, Fall Terra Judge Frank Carter. Asheville. - ion Knr'.mr Term Judtre M. H. ' Tnpt.lna niiKhnrfnrdton. N. C. V n ii m Y 1 v T nilna nf 11 A CI 111 uu.o aw. 1 Hickory, N. C , ' County commllorlr . J . . N. B. McDevitt chaiiman. Marshall J. E. Rector,' member, Marshall, R, F. D. No. 1. Anderson. Silver, mem hr. , Marshall.. Boute 3 ;. W. L. nuiM memhei': - Mars '-Ullr Ji C Chandley,.Wlilto Rock. ,! -.. P. A" MoElroy Co. Atty., Marshall Highway. .jCommlMlOB , F. Shelton. President, Marshall.. G. V. Russell,' Bluff, N, C. . A. F. Sprinkle, Mars nill, N.. tabard of Education. Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring Creejc, N. Co' John ' Robert-Sams, mem. Mars Hill, N. 0. W R. Sams, Marshall. Prof, R G. Anders, Superintendent of Schools, Marshall. Board meets first Monday in January, April, July, and October each year. School andCollagaa. . . run n T v I . viitarH n ill uuijckdi - -. Moore. President. 412 students Ses- aion 1915-16, nine months begins August 17th, 1915. ". " Snrine Creek High School. Prof. Hi. iv. Pleasants, Principal, Spring Creek. 8 moa school. opens Aug. 1st Madison Seminary High School, Prof. G. CBrown, principals 1 mos. school.'', :. Bell Institute, 1 Margaret E. Grif flth, principal. Walnut, N. M ftp-hull Academy. Prof. S, Roland "Williams, principal 8 mos. school. Opens August 31, ' ' Notary Publico. J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, Term ex pirea Jauliary 6th, 1916. Jasner Ebbs. "Soring 'Creek. N. 0 Term expires January 6th 1915. , J H Hunter, Marshall, Route 3 Term exnlres April 1st; 1915, , " J W Nelson, Marshall Term ex- sires May 11, 1915 4 . - , T B Ebbs, Hot Springs Term ex pires February 4th 1915.' v 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 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. C. J. Ebbs, Marshall. Term ex pires April 25th, 1915. ., v - ; ' ' D. M. narshburger, Stackhouse, Term expires January 16th, 1916. J). P. fMilos, Turnard. Term expires December, 23, 1916. W. B. Ramsey, Marsaall exnlres Oct. 4th 1915. Term . T a: Wallin. Bvj Laurel. ; Term I f u ps Aug. 8th, 1916. -C. C. Drown, Bluff: Tvt.a expire yQihl?17. THE WEBB KEN- YON LAW. Decision on Its Constitu-1 tionality Expected When Supreme Court Re-con-Venes June 14 Next. (Washington Dispatch) ( , Among the important deci sions expected to be banded down by the Supreme Court before ad- o u r n m e nt is taken for the Summer is that upon the constitutionality of the Webb- Kenyon liquor law., The ques tiou which the Supreme Court is expected to decide is not . so niach whether, the Webb-Kenyon law, per se, is unconstitutional but whether the Web-Kenyon law as construed and applied by the lower court 'would be unconsti tutional. The Supreme Court reconvenes Monday, June 14, and the decision may . be announced then. In effect the Webb-Kenyon law prohibits the interstate shipment or transportation of intoxicating liquors intended by any person to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used, either in the original package or otherwise, in violation of any State law.. This legislation was passed by Congress over President Taft veto, in March, 1913. It was the outgrowth of a Jong line : of bup-, reme Court decisions, beginning in 1888, in which it had been held that the power of Congress over interstate commerce was ab solute; that it was1 not within the power of a State to interfere with interstate shipments of liquor, and that saTejn original patkages was an incident of interstate com merce which could not be forbid den by State laws in the ; absence of legislation by Congress. The two cases now before the Supreme Court are referred to as the Kentucky and the West Vir ginla cases. The title of the former is the Adams ' Express Company vs the -State ;of ,Ken tucky, and the title of (he West Virginia case is the James Clark Distilling Company vs. the Ameri can" Express Company and the State of West Virginia. - - The Kentucky case is the simp ler of the two. In this there was no agreed statement of fact; that the liquor was purchased in Jeli co and High Cliff Tennessee, paid for in advance, and shipped 'into Kentucky for the personal use of the consignees and was not to be used or sold in violation of law. In the ;West Virginia case, the Circuit Court of Tucker County at the instance of the Commissio ner of Prohibition of the State had issued an injunction enjoining the American Express Company from 'accepting shipments of . li quor consigned to 'residents of that County unless it had first ascertained that such liquor was ordered by the consignees for their, personal use without solici tation by . the consignors and without intention to be received, possessed or sold in violation of the laws of the , State. The in junction also required that the ex press company knew that such liquor would not be kept for gift as a beverage or. for distribution among the associates of the con signee. In face'of these restric tion the American Express Com pany , restirctions the American Express' Company .retired from the transportation of liquor de stined to reshkets of Tuc!: cr County. , ; -. it was contended by counse for the State of West Virgina that laws of that State forbade the use of the mails for adver Using purposes to induce the purchase of liquor by mail or ex press. The Supreme Court is expected to pass on this sped fic point. . Anther provision of the West Virginia law which it is expect ed, will be finally decided' upon is that making the place of delivery the place of sale. Under the rea soning behind this provision, by arbitrarily establishing the place of sale, and then forbidding the sale of liquor, the interstate ship mentjof liquor would be .entirely under the control or the btate notwithstanding that neighboring States from which the shipment would be made wouldoe equally concerned. The Supreme Court will decide as to whether such provisions of the state law are or are not so onerous as to con stittute an interference with legi linoate interstate. President Taft in his veto of the Webb-Kenyon law said he be lief ed it "'a violation of the int erstate commerce clause of the Constitution iu that it is in sub stance and effect a delegation by Congress to the States of power regulating interstate commerce in liquors, which is vested ex clusively in Congress. , A Great increase :: in Taxes v (From Leslie's.) With war taxss and income taxes adding to the taxation burden of the conntry, extrava gance in public expenditures is likely to become one of the big political issues of furtuae cam paigns. A recent report of the census bureau., shows that the assessed value of real estate and personal property in "American cities was almost twice as 'great in 1912 as in 1902. This increas ed value of taxable property, and the natural increase in population might be expected to take care of the natural increase in the cost of Government, without any in crease in the size of the per capi ta tax. But the per capita levy, .. .... v which in 18b0 was only $3, rose to $9.22 in 1902, and to $13.91 in 1912. Meanwhile, most of the large cities are going heavily in to debt. - The public indebtedness of the Federal Government, the States and the cities and town ships of: the United States in creased more than 70 per best in the year. 1913 over the amount reported in 1902. What a fine showing is 'thus made for' those who advocate municipal and Gov ernment ownership of public ser vice corporations! If the Gov ernment or the States or cities were to run railroads or; other public service ' corporations on such an extravagant plan taxa tion would soon be doubled and the Nation be bankrupt; To Sleep Well In Summer Slight inflammation of the bronchial tubes causes a distressing cough and makes sleep impossible. Foley's Hon ey and Tar Compound stops that an noying tickling and relieves the rack ing, tiring cough. Good for all coughs colds, oroup and bronchial affections, Dr. I. E. Burnett, Mars Hill, N. C. T suggestions as to Proper Farm i Methods. Editor News-Record: . Marshall, N. C. Dear Sir:- ; I desire to , contragulate your last number. . Your article relative to 'THE MERCHANT and the COM Mumi x," is ootti timely and wise, and merchants ; would do well to heed its suggestions. The time baa come when- men must know their business, and conduct it on well established lines and on a high plain, yes; the mer cnant is a necessary cog in our i ouFiness machinery; but every machine has use for just so many cogs and any more is su perilous, and as you suggest, the people are growing intelligent and the power to discriminate, and in the future, the successful merchant will be the one whoknows bisbusi ness and conducts it in the inter est or nig customers, as well as that of his own. We are living in an age of co-operative movements, More and more it is dawning up on people every where that we are our brothers keeper, and as we learn to understand and apply this principal . in business as well as social relations, humani ty will be lifted .onto higher plains. ' ; '', 1 iWjiat M.' Reagan J says about ,Tjreblight" on apple trees is misleading, I am not many gene rations old and have witnessed its appearance several times in my ife, It is a Bacterial trouble and liable to appear any time; perhaps more liable to come when cool rains are frequent about blooming time. '" Then the suggestion about the seventeen year Locust may be, and may not be true. Last - Saturday the office -of Farm Demonstration of Madison County was notified that this is the year for them to appear in this County. He also requested that this office furnish specimens. This information and rfequest come from Mr. B. P. Metcalf rof. of Zoology and Pathology of A. & M. College, West Ral eigh,1 KaC So every one may be on the out look for these num erous neighbors which we are liable to have for a few days. Respectfully, J. R. SAMS, ' County Agent. To all Co-operators and ' Dem onstrators in Madison County. You realize perhaps as well or better than I do the value of time to the farmer just now. . Clover yet not cutL wheat harvest well in sight, grass and oats to be harvested just ahead and weeds and grass peeping out. from und er every little rock, clod and cre- vis in the cornfield. Too many farmers are clinging to the old tyle of using the hoe too much. More cultivators pulled by the horse and mule power should be used. Buy more cultivators and keep them moving. Let no crust form after the rains in the corn fiield if possible. A fierce and hot fight for just a few more days will determine what the present crop will be, men, boys women and girls have worked heroically in the fields of Madison this year, and never in the history of the County has there labor shown to such advantage as at the present time. Let every one nerve him- self to the conflict just for a fewjence has been 100,890,856 vo more days and this crop will be finished. War and Weather (Prom The Wall Struct Journal) Does War affect the weather? It certainly affects almost every thing else, and it were strange Indeed if it did not ups jt more of this mundane sphere' than the 3,000 miles of frontier along which the Nations of Europe are fighting. . ' i If you do not believe it, look back a little to the time when the North and the South fought like tigers. After the three-day bat tie at Gettysbury the whole of southern Pennsylvania and of northern Maryland bad drenching rains which swelled the streams to unprecedented heights. That was the result of cannonading in which not more than 300 field pieces were in use on both sides. The unexampled explosion of powder in shot-and shell-fire up set Jupiter Pluvius, and he wept for the greater part of a week over the enure area in which atmospheric- conditions were unsettled by this memorable com bat. - From the artillery standpoint the explosions in Europe are easily 25 times .more extensive and disturbing in their effects on atmospheric; conditions, ' Firing 200,000"btiella In an hour, as was reported of the Austro-German assualt on Przemysi, could not but result in 'climatic upheavals more or less extraordinary in the areas immediately affected, to say nothing of remoter portions of the globe. . '' But no one part of the atmosp heric envelope that covers tne earth could be so rent and sunder ed as that of the continent of Europe, without affecting inter continental changes, that may ac count for the prolonged screen of cloudiness that has hung over the eastern portion of North America causing this unprecedentedly cool Spring and Summer, which keeps our heater fires going well into the middle of June. At any rate, the sun's progress north from the celestial Equator does not s em to produce the usual rise in temperature. And it is perfectly plausible that the clouds of war, including Germany's asp hyxiating stunts, have so blacken ed the world's atmosphere belt as a whole as to screen Old Sol's rays down to an April tempera ture in the heart of early Sum mer. The Bible's Endurance. The Bible is parpetually re- canonizing itself by its , enduring application to and influence on experience, whether of ; peace or of war. Despite its inability during the last year to enter some countries with its colport eurs, the American Bible Society announces that sales during the year just closed have been ex- eptionally large, a total of 6,370, 65 volumes, many of them sep- erate books of the bibical 1 ibrary This includes the number printed as well as sold for' the society in foreign lands. From the head quarters in New York the year's output was 2,416,418 volumes. The total record of the society for its nearly 100 years of exist- lumes. Compared with this case of demand and supply, how ep hemeral and small thef circulation figures of any secular or "pro fane" classic that may be cited! Christian Science Monitor. Children's Stories A FLAG DAY STORY Once upon a time someone thought that we should celebrate flag day on June 14 of each year. I think it was a very nice : sug gestion and I am sure you will all agree with me. So I am go ing to tell you some things about our flag that perhaps some of you do not know. Of course you all know that the flag we use today is not like the one used years ago. , ; V ; . , The first American flag was adopted by congress on June 14, 1780. Duriny the Revolutionary war there were a great many dif ferent kinds of flags, but at th close of the war the people want ed one flag for the whole natbn. So three men were chosen to de cide just what the national flag should be, and as they could not decide, they went to a lady, nam ed Betsy Ross, to ask her help. Of course. they wanted the colors red, white and blue, ' but they could not agree as to the arrange ment of the stars. George Washington, so the story runs, showed a six pointed star to Betsy Ross,. but she. be- iai used to cutting, seized a piece of cloth, fplded it, and with one snip of her scizzors made a five pointed star, wbich they all liked and it was used on the sample flag that she made for their ap proval. These stars she laid in order on a blue ground with the stripes of red, white and blue. 'or ten years after that Betsy Ross made. all of the official flags used in the United States. Of course yoi kuow each star represents a State and the tbirt- een stripes are for the original thirteen colonies. For some years there . were fifteen stripes until congress changedback to thirt een and added a star for each state. The largest flag made by the government is thirty-six by nineteen feet, and the smallest the same in inches. There is a pecial flag in honor of the presi dent which is very handsome and expensive, is is made of heavy silk and beautifully embroidered with the coat -of arms of the Unit ed States. hrough 'brotherhood and loyalty . all victories are won, So hoist your flag today with milch ado; And if you are patriotic and America's own son, . You will sing: "Hurrah, to my flag I will be true." Notice Having qualified as administra tor of the estate of Jas B. Ry deceased late of Madison County North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to ex hibit them to the undersigned at Marshall, N. C, on or before the' 1st day of June 1916, or this no tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. : ' All persons indebted to said es tate will please make immediate payment. . . This May 20, 1915. GEO. M. PRITCIIAED. Pixecutorof J. B. Ray deceased.