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VOL XVII MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N, C, FRIDAY, JULY 2nd 1915 NO 27.
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DIRECTORY
' MADISON COUNTY.
Established I y the legislature ses-
lon 1850-51:
Population, 20,132.
'County seat, Marshall. ,
J6S6 leet above sea level. , -
New and modern court house, cost
33,000.00.
New and modern jail, cost 115,000.
New county home, cost 110,000.00.
County Officer.
Hon. J E.- Llnebaok, Senator, 35th
District, Elk Park - , '
, Hon. Plato EbbB, Representative,
Hot Springs. N. .
W. A. West. Olerk o . Superior
Court Marshall. , -
Caney Ramsey, Sheriff, Marshall.
James Smart, Register of Deeds
Marshall. - ' '
C. F.RuWon, Treasurer, Marshall
N.C , R. t. P. No. 4. 1
A. T. Chandley, Surveyor, Marshall
N. C. " '-
Dr. J. H. Baird, Coroner, Mara Hill
N.C. .
W. 3. Balding, Janitor, Marshall.
Dr. 4ank Roberts, County Physi
cian, Marshall. .
Garfield Davis. Supt. county hbme.
Marshall.
Courts m Follow
September 1st, 1915 (2) November
10th, 1915. (2'; ,
March 2nd. ) 15, (2). June 1st, 1915
f9V Rant. ,Uh. Itfl5. 2.
J. Ed. Swain, Solicitor, Asheville
. N.C. 1915TFall Term Judge Frank
Carter, Asheville. '
1914,Spring Term Judge M
Justice. Rutherfordton, N. C.
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Fall Term Judge E. B. Cllne, of
Hickory, N. C .
County ' cmmlilonri
N. B. McDevltt chaiiman. Marshall
J. E. Rector, member, Marshall, U
F. D. No. 1. Anderson. Silver, mem;
ber, Marshall,, Route 3 W. L
George, member, Mars Hill. J( C.
Chandley, White Rock, s' , i
P. A McElroy Co. Atty., Marshall,
F. Shelton, i,rsiaeni,.JMrsuiiii.
G. V. Russell,; ' ? Bluff, N, C.
A. F. Sprinkle, Mars Hill, N. C
Board o' Education,
JaSDer 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.
Board meets first Monday In January.
April, July, and October each year.
Sehoola andColla
Mars Hill College, ; Prof., R. L.
Moore. President. 412 students, Ses
sion 1915-16. nine months. , begins
August 17th, 1915.
3rw.nnr Oep.k Hiirh School. Prof
fil. iv Pleasants, Principal, "Spring
Creek. ' 8 mos school, opens Aug. 1st
Madison Seminary High School,
Prof. G. C. Brown, principal. 1 mos.
school. .- v .
Bell Institute', Margaret E. Grlf
flth, principal, Walnut, N. .
.Marshall Academy, Prof. S. Roland
Williams, principal 8 mos. school.
Opens August 31, .
Notary Publloa.
J. C. Bamsey, Marshall, Term ex
pires Jauuary 6h, 1916. ;
Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek. N. 0.
' Term expires January 6th 1915. ,
. J H Hunter, Marshall, Route 3.
Term expires A.-ril st, 1915,' t
J W Nelson, Marshall Term ex
slresMaylt, 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 Rice, Marshall. Term. ex
pires Dec. 19th. 1915.
Ben W. Gahagan, Stackhouse," N.
C. Term expires Dec. 20, 1915.
J. F. Tllson, Marshall, Route 2.
Term expires Nov. 14thl915.
C J. Ebbs, Marshall. Term ex
pires April 25th, 1915.
D. M. narshburger, Stackhouse.
Term expires January 16th, 1916.
D. P. ' Miles, Barnard. Term expires
December, 23, 1916.
W. B. Ramsey. Marsaall
Term
expires Oct. 4th 1915. V " .
J, A. Wallin, Bl,' Laurel. Term
expires Aug. 811), 1916.
. c c Brown, Bluff: Term expire
January tn 1911.
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IT ISN'T YOUR TOWN, IT'S
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If you want to live in the kind cfatcvsn
Like the kind of a town you like,
You needn't slip your clothes in a grip
, And start on a long, long hike.
You'll only find what you left behind,
For there's nothing that's really new.
It's a knock at yourself when you knock
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. your town,
It isn't the town-it's YOU.
Real towns are not made by men afraid
' ' Lest somebody else jets ahead.
When every one works and nobody shirks
You can raise a town from the dead,
And if. while you make your personal stake ,
Your neighbors can make one, too,
Your town will be what you want to see.
It isn't the town-It's YOU.
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Mars Hill
Rev. J. It. Owen the pastor of
the Mars Hill Baptist Church
returned 'from Asheville where
he has been attending the Bible
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Conference at the First Baptist
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Church
The Summer
School closed
last week. v-r ' ;. -"..,.-,
Mr. J. B. Barker one orih
students of the Summer School
is in the Briertrs Sanitarium of
Asheville suffering from a slight
stroke of Paryl.ysis.
Grover Redmon was in . town
Monday. . '
Mr. Lewis E. Thomson whs is
clerking for R. S. Gibbs & Co.,
left Sunday for Lynchburg, Va.,
where he wilfspend a ;few days
with his parents :
Prof. Carlie Brown passed
through Mars Hill Monday en-
route to Marshall.
Presiflent Newall of Weavnr
College was here Sunday.
A number Of Mars Hill young
men and women are attending the
teachers Institute -in Asheville
this week. . -
Prof. James Wallin was in
Mars Hill, Monday from Big
Laurel,
ZEBRA.v
Reasons for Avoid
ing War
(By Arthnr MacDonald, Anthro
pologist, Washington, D. C.)
Th tiA nrpspnt war crisis wE
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should make peace secure as pos-
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sible, with honor and dignity,
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To this end, we
maximum precautions for peace
and minimum risks of war; and
for the following reasons:
1. - If we, the greatest repub
lic of the world, enter this war
fter contiuually preaching peare
to other nations, , it will be the
most terrible set-rback to peace
the world has ever seen. Somer
times reformers need reforming.
2. If we, the greatest neutral
nation, become involved in tnis
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neutral Dalions and may even go
so far as to invnlvn Smith Amei-i
ca: we would then be a link of
blood between Europe and our
Southern neighbors.
3.. The
repeated assurances
given time and again, thai
great army and navy are the best
security for peace are shown to
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be absolutely false, by what is
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kuiuk uu in iii u rope now. in
science, facts talk not theories.
4. If it comes to a Question
between : military-, heroism '-and
moral law.
5. 7 Prom a military point of
view, we are far from beinir uroD-
erly equipped, and it is doubtful
if there be time sufficient to pre
pare ourselvos.
7. If we can only be Datient
and contain ourselves for a little
time until the war is over, there
will doubtless be no more great
wars for years to come. War aft
er all is only a relatively tempo
rary duration of abnormal condi
tions. .
7, From a purely selfish point
of view, if we will only be . wise
ecough to keep neutral, we will
be called upon to suodIv Eurone
to a prodigious extent at . enorm
ous profit and may become the
commercial center of the world.
What have we to gain from the
war? We certainly have much
to lose. "
A Good House hold Salve
Ordinary ailments and injurres are
not of themselves serious, but lnfeo
tlon or low vitality may make them
dangerous. Don't neglect a cut, sore
bruise or hurt . because it's . sraalL-
Blood Poison has resulted from a pnf
Drick or scratch. For all such ail
ments Bucklen's Arnica Salve is ex.
cellent. It protects and heals the
hurt: is antiseptic; kills Infection and
prev ents dangerous complications
Good for all skin .Blemishes, Pimples
SaltEheu Get an ordinal
Salt Kneum, txzema. uet an original
bounce 25c. box from your Druggist.
Id order to make the income
meet the expense of running
Pennsylvania the governor of
thatgreat state recently cat thi
appropriation bill just $fl,570
(Jood for you Governor. If there
were more . Brumbough's at the
head of the various branches ' of
Governmet there - would be less
extravagance and waste fewer
men who lay around and. fatten
off the peoples tax money.
They Have Stolen
My Country
(Philadelphia Evening Ledger
It is not a n iron cross but a
decoration from the Red Cross
that Marie Adelaide o I Luxem
burg wears. Nothing could b e
more pathetic that the interview
published in this newspaper Sat
urday, in which the grand duch
ess Related how they have stolen
my country.
'Had we suspected the treaty
breaking intentions of the Prus
sianu," said she, "we should have
rushed to arms. If we had had
18 hours notice, we should have
put at least 25,000 men on our
eastern frontier. We are as big
Montenegro, and our country is
as mountainous, but we had im
plicit faith in th e Internationa
law; and we thought we were im
mune."
instead, the trapped grand
duchy was pilfered over night,
taken as a burglar might steal a
watch, betrayed and exploited
The young grand duchess must
ask a German officer for permiss
ion to take a ride. She, who did
not resist, is a pnsoner. Yet
Potsdam tells us that Belguim
was outraged because Belguim
resisted. Had King Albert bro
ken the faith and given free pas
sage to Von Kluck, there might
be fewer Belgians dead, but the
starving would still be starving
as they are in Luxemburg, and
Belguim would be no more free
than is that trampled territory,
-There is no justice and no pity
m ft .military machine; there is
only ruthless might. '
Could We Defend
Ourselves
Of our army of 4,726 officers
and 95.977 enlisted men, one
fourth, are virtually non comba
tants; men of the coast artillery
on fixed posts, men of the
quartermaster and commissary
departments, men in charge of
ordnance and transport, musicians
teamsters, cooks. To garrison
the PhiliDDines. Hawaii, Porto
Rico, Alaska and the canal would
equire 50,000 men. That would
leave to guard the entire United
States 25,000 regular.
On paper our militia numbers
323 officers and 199,000 men
of those properly equipped for
war we could put into the held
120,000, Of these 120,000 mili
tiamenand no 4 enemy would
land on our shores with Jess than
400,000 regulars the chief of
staff reported that for the year
ending June, 1914, 23,000 failed
present themselves for annual
inspection, 31,000 failed to attend
annual encampment,, and from
one end of the year to the other
,000 never fired a rifle on the
rifle range. These 120,000 would
allow us for the protection of
each mile of our coast, forty
men. ,
Even were the crews of the
life saving stations to volunteer
and shoot breeches buoys of the
invaders, it would be an insuffi
cient answer . to guns that can
throw a shell twelve miles.
"But," the reader protests,
'you forget our reserves." '
On the contrary, we wish we
could. .
The other day, as guest of Mr.
. P. Gardner of Massachusetts
the entire reserve force of the
United States army was invited
to sit down to dinner at one
table. The acceptances and re
grets together numbered just
eighteen. Richard Harding
Davis, in the July Metropolitan.
A Cough Remedy that Relieves
It's perpared from the healing Pine
Balsam, Tar and Honey all mixed in
a pleasant, soothing (Jough Syrup
called Dr. Bell's . Pine-Tar-Honey.
Thousands have benefited by its use
no need of your enduring that an
noying Cough or risking a 'dangerous
Cold. Go to your dealer, ask for a 25c
original bottle of Dr. Bell's Pfne-Tar-Honey,
start using at once and get
rid of your Cough and Cold.
Earth's Richest and Safest Spot.
English economists have 3e
clared that America's wealth
grows $5,000,000,000 a year. And
since the official estimate of our
national wealth three years ago,
exceeds $187,000,000,000 the total
today must now have passed the
$200,000,000,000 point. These
figures are colossal beyond com
pare. They mean si.uuu uu oi
wealth for every inhabitant, and
represent more than double the
wealth of the United Kingdom,
our closest competitor, and they
very nearly match the conbined
wealth of Engiand, France and
Germany.
Our wealth is ten times that of
Italy, eight times that of France.
These leading European coun
tries are now tearing at each oth
er's vitals & destroying property
much faster than they can create
it. Hence all Europe is today
actually moving backward, while
the United States is sweeping
swiftly forward to ft state of still
greater opulence. Ours is the
and of plenty, of peace and op
portunity. These three factors
are aiding powerfully in persuad
ing . the individual investers of
Europe to hold fast to their Amer
can securities, since here is the
spot where their capital will be
reest of perils and surest of win
ninga large reward. rnnaaei
phia Public Ledger.
An Easy Pleasant Laxative
One or two Dr. King's New Life
Pllli with a tumbler ,of water at night
No bad, nauseating taste; no belch
ing gas. Go right to bed. Wake up
in the morning, enjoy a free, easy
bowel movement, and feel fine all day
Dr, King's New Life Pills are sold
by all ; Druggists, 38 in an original
package, for 25 cents. . Get a bottle
to-day enjoy this easy,' pleasant laxa
tive..' Notice
Having qualified as Executor
of the estate of J. B. Sprinkle,
deceased, late of Madison County,
North Carolina. This is to noti
fy all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceas
ed to exhibit them to the under
signed at Mars Hill, N. C, on or
before the 24th day of June
916, or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of their recovery,
AU persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate
payment.
This the 22nd day of June 1915.
A; F. SPRINKLE, Executor,
J. B. SPRINKLE, Deceased.
The peace you hear talked of
in Mexico could be spelled with
an 4H':'- and a few other let
ters ard probably would come
nearer expressing the true si
tuation.
Be Fair to the Girls.
In Boston, last ween, a young
girl killed herself because of ma
licious reports about ber charac
er. The girl was honest. She was
unfortunate in not being popular.
She was supersensative and alone
in the world.
Unfriendly tongues began to
wag. Ugly reports were put in
circulation. The helpless victim
could not trace them to ' their
source. She found it useless to
attempt to put an end to the un
friendly stories. To deny Jthem
she found did no good.
Worried, harrassed and de
spondent, she decided to end it
all, and did so.
"How large a portion of chas
tity is sent out of the world by
distant hints,' wrote Sterne,
"nodded away and winked into
suspicion by the envy of those
who are past all temptation of it
themselves. How often does the
reputation of it helpless creature
bleed by a report which propa
gating it, beholds with pity and
is sorry for it and hopes it may
not be true, but in the meantime
gives it her pass that, at least, it
may have fair play in the world,
to be believed or not according
to the charity of those into whose
hands it shall happen to fall."
If there is a person to whom,
you feel a dislike f hat is the very
person of whom you ought never
to speak. It is an easy matter
to blast a character. It is a diffi
cult matter to restore a good
name ouce besmirched with scan
dal.
Women are given to careless
criticism of those' they do not
like. An innocent girljonce talk
ed about finds that her path thro
life is not stre fin with roses, and
more than one good woman has
been driven: into evil ways be
cause of the scandal-breeding
tongues. :
The serious feature of it is that
the victim is usually the last one
to bear the malicious reports in
circulation. She notices a cer
tain reserve of those whom she
has looked upon as friends, with
out knowing just why.
Scandal breeds . hatred. He ti
red breeds contempt and brings
ruin.'-.
A cruel story runs on wheels
and every hand oils the wheels as
they run.
, The victim of scandal in Bos
ton is to be pitied. She hadn't
the moral strength to fight her
battle alone and she had no one
to help her.
Those responsible for her fatal
act should feel their gilt. "At
any rate it should serve as a war
ning to others who carelessly or
maliciously destroy the character ..
of those about them. Be fair to
the girl. Memphis Commercial
Appeal. , -
Notice to Teachers
' All teachers are uotified that
the annual examination will be
held, beginning on Thursday,
July 8th. All teachers who con
template teaching " in Madison
County, are requested to be pre
sent on the first day, for the pur
pose of securing blanks and gett
ing further instruction from
superintendent.
; R. G.ANDERS,
T i Supt of Schools,
The cljeaiu.'t-t Roof.' is made
with Georgia Shingles. We sell
them at $2.50 per square.Mor
row & McLendon.
war, it will tend to draw in othe1'