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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N,vC, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20th, 1915.
NO 35
VOL. XVII
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DIRECTORY
MADISON COUNTY.
Established I y the legislature ses
Ion 1850-51.
Population, 20,132.
County seat, Marshall,
ift.'.'. tBfit nbove sea level.
New and modern court house, cost
133,000.00.
Hew and modern jail, cost 115,000.
New county home, cost 110,000.00.
County Officers.
Hon. J E. Llneback, Senator, 35th
District, Elk Park
Hon. Plato Ebbs, Representative,
Hot Springs. N. C.
W. A. West. Clerk o Superior
Court. Marshall.
Caney Ramsey, Sheriff, Marshall.
. James Smart, Register of Deeds
Marshall.
C. F. Runnion, Treasurer, Marshall
N.O , R. F. T). No. 4.
A. T. Chandley, Surveyor, Marshall
Dr. J. H. Baird, Coroner, Mars HHl
N. C.
W. J. Balding, Janitor, Marshall.
Dr. Frank Roberts, County Physi
cian, Marshall.
Garfield David. Supt. county home.
Marshall.
County commllonr
N. B. McDevitt chaiiman. Marshall
J. E. Rector, member, Marshall, B.
F. D. No. 1. Anderson. Silver, mem
ber, Marshall,, Route S W. h.
George, member, Mars Hill. J, C.
Chandiey," White Rock.
P. A McElroy Co. Atty., Marshall.
Highway commilon
F. Shelton, President, Marshall.
" G. V. Russell, . Bluff, ,N, C.
" AIV "Sprinkle,, ; .Mart mil, N.C,
Board of Education.
Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, .Spring
Creek. N. C. John Robert Sams,
mem. Mars Hill, N. C. W R. Sams',
mem. Marshall. Prof. G. C. Browrt,
Superintendent of Schools, Marshall.'
- Board meets first Monday In January.
April, July, and October each year.
School ndColUa.
Mars Hill College, Prof. R. I
Moore, President. 412 students. Ses
sion 1915-16, nine months, begins
August 17th, 1915.
SonogCreek High School. Prof.
It. Pleasants, Principal,' Spring
Creek.. 8 mos school, opens Aug. 1st
Madison Seminary High School,
Prof. K. G.Anders,p rlncipal. i mos.
school, Begins July 26'
: Bell Institute,' Margaret E. Grlf
flth, principal, Walnut, N. .
Marshall Academy, Prof. S. Roland
Williams, principal 8 mos. school.
Opens August 31,
Notary Pabllos.
' : J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, Term ex
, plres Jauuary 6th, 1916.
' Jasper Ebbs, Spring Creek. N. C.
Term expiros January 6th 1915.
' J H Hunter, Marshall, Route 3.
Term expires April 1st; 1915,
j W Nelson, Marshall Term ; ex
sires May 11, 1915
T B Ebbs, Hot Springs Term ex
plres 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. IP. Tilson, Marshall, Route 2.
...Term expires Nov. 14tH1915.
a" J. Ebbs, Marshall. , Term ex
pires April 25th, 1917.
. D, M. Harshburger, Stackhouse,
. Term expires January 16th, 1916.
D. P. Miles, Barnard. Term expire8
December, 23, 1916. - ,
W. B. Ramsey, Marsaall. Term
expires Oct. 4th 1915. v
' J, A. Wallin, Big Laurel. Term
expires Aug. 8th, 1918. - "'
C. C. Brown, Bluff: Term expire
. January 9th 1917..
To the Farmers of
Madison County
I have within the last twelve
months called attention of farm
ers of my county many tUnes
to
the imnortance of raisins: more
and better beef cattle, and espe
ciallv better ones, for sale,
in
order to bring our cash supply.
In this short communication,
desire to Cft sPe.cial, ne"on
one phase of this business, ana
that is the importance of using
only the pure bred bull.
ii y me uic ui uun. i
When the pure bred bull alone
i ii a I
is used, .the farmer can begin
with any kind of cow; even t
hadlv bred scrub and b.V con
stantly breeding to, the pure bred
bull, in nve generations would
have a wonderfully improved
herd. But one should not start
with low bred cows. The very
best tvDes of cows and heifers
should hn selected for the start,
and the first generation would be
half creeds of the same kind as
the sire. The second generation
would be thrree Quarter bred of
sire. The third generation seven
eights. The fourth generation
fifteen sixteenths, and the fifth
generation thirtyfone thirty twoi
of full breeds, or ninety eight
per cent pure bred.
If this process is patiently ana
presistently followed to the fitth
generation; the herd, for all
nrnr.tical vurooses would be
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equal to a herd of pure bred cat
tle.
For the purpose of raising beef
steers this herd would produce
beef steers equal or nearly so to
the pure bred herd. : The great
trouble with our Madison County
farmers, or most of them is this;
they will purchase a pretty good
bull and raise a fine crop of half
breed heifers, and then make the
great mistake of breeding these
likely heifers to a pretty good
looking half or three quarter bred
bull, when we breed to the pure
bred bull, every generation climbs
one half higher, when we breed
to a grade bull, we slip back just
as far the other way. It matters
not how well the grade may look
as an individual; the law of breed
ing is inevitably against the prac
tice. We have already .; in Madi
son County -an ; organization
known as the Madison County
Beef Cattle Association. This
Association passed as one of its
rules that no member will ever
breed to a bull that is not pure
bred and Registered, consequent
ly we have within the County
several pure bred bulls already
and planning to get in others as
fast as possible. Infact we
want these pure bred bulls with
in reach of every farmer in the
County. Some of these bulls
ara nwnad bv one man and m
other cases by 'two, three ; or
more men co-operatively . ine
r.rV-nnerative Dlan. and the more
owners per bull the better for the
county. We are now trying to
get a sale of bulls especially for
Madison County farmers at Mar
shall, N. C., and perhaps can do
so when a number of farmers
sufficient will indicate their will
ingness to co-operate along this
line
It seems useless now to appeal pers to water their cattle before
y . .111 n.ilU lslmt
further to farmers concerning the
imnortance of this mutter. The
time has fully come for action,
and the farmers who fail to act
'and keep on acting in this busi
ness will find himself for behind
in the near future.
The fight is on and he who
mounts the band wagon first,
will be the first to reach the
goal. " :
Respectfully,
J. R. SAMS,
Ccunty Agent,
Rules for Table
Manners
In the -August American Maga
zine Gelett Burgess writing "The
Maxims of Japhet" presents the
following rules for table man
nors." "My son, when thou sittest at
meat with a damsel, ' have a care
how thou eatest, lest thou offend
.
her.
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rur una is mo tesu ui
love
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whatsoever goeth into thy mouth
. ...
and cometh out again, the same
shall try her as with fire. ?
And of these thing shalt thou
have a care of the apple, and
the oransre. and the peach, and
fruits with skins after their kind
'"The cherry and the plum and
the olive and the apricot, and
fruits with stones after their
kind.
The grape and the raspberry
and the watermelon, and fruits
with seeds after their kind, of all
these things shalt thou have
care.
"And whosoever hath seeds er
skins or stones, that thou spew
est out of thy mouth, these
shall be an abomination unto her
unless she loves thee.
Thou shalt not help her . on
with her wraD whilst thou hast a
clear in thy teeth; it is abomina'
tion. Neither shalt thou pick
thy teeth behind thy napkin; ft
is abomination of abomination.
"And if thou cuttest thy po
tato or any vegetable with a
knife, thou shalt be cast out-inti
utter darkness. ,
"For she smilest with her lips,
and sayeth pleasant things; yet
doth her eye watch' thee, and her
foot tappeth the floor. It is the
end of love." '
A Medicine Chest f of 25c,
In this chest you have- an excellent
remedy for Toothache, Bruises,
Sprains, Stiff Neck, Backache, Neu
ralgia, Rheumatism and for most em
ergencies. One 25c bottle of Sloan's
Liniment does it all this because
these ailments are symptoms, not di
seases, and are caused by congestions
and inflammation. If you doubt, ask
those who use Sloan's Liniment, or
better still, buy a 25c. bottle and use
it. All Druggists.
WateringCattlebe.
fore Selling Them
In the current issue ' of Farm
and Fireside appears an editorial
nallincr attention to the fact that
there is to much euesswork in
grading cattle. Weight of cattle
is guessed at by buyers. A much
better plan would be to have them
paid for on the basis of dreesed
weight. Following is an extract
from the editorials:
There is to, much guesswork in
marketing cattle.
XV la llllo tUSWUl V4 UJUO, wu.f
weiehine. Cattle are weighed
with 50 or 60 pounds of ' water
each inside of them. The man
who does not 'swell' his stock in
this manner loses the' 50 or 60
pounds each, for the buyers as
sume that the 'swelling' has taken
Dlace. , ' ' -'
"This is another case of guess
work, and the shipper loses of
course. Why not? As long as
the buyers have to guess they
guess on a safe basis for them
"selves. Anybody would."
Discovering
America.
Americans have some adven
turinsr in their own land this
summer and America will be dis
covered agavn, in spirit as well as
in fact. The fateful old date,
1492, will after this year be held
but as a shadow of new know
ledge when compared with the
great and marvelous realities' of
1915.
Columbus had but to Across an
unknown sea. He needed a
pluck and presistence which dar
ed only bodily harm and hurt and
he took his reward simply in the
ample form and substance of a
new domain for the soverign
whom he served. He discovered
only the scene and setting for a
new act in mans age old drama.
116 found but new earth, nev;
water, new air, new skies. He
gave us but new forests to fell,
new rivers to tame, new moun
tains to cross, new fields to
plough and plant. His was but
the A. B. C's of discovory his
gift to the world only a tremend
ous bit of new . material, a vast
matter of new space. It was
without soul or meaning except
as it stood for some profound
hope, some ineffable promise.
Fourteen hundred and ninety-two
is the date of dates, yet it does
not stand for achievement. It is
pregnant only of dreams lumi
nous, but with ambitions alone.
But in this, eur new year of
discovery, America is no ' longer
simply a continent; it is a people
"halfbrother to the wild," a
poet has it, with something
good and loud from every iand."
It is ours to discover its soul, its
meaning, its purpose. Our voy
aging now leads us over waters
more vast and by winds more
variable tbas those of any actual
ocean the old time seamen knew,
and brings us to shores more
wonderful than those of any sea
girt island Columbus ever found.
We are to see and find in the
midst of things familiar and com
monplace, yet woefully tangled
and confusing, the heart and
soul of a nation. We are to seek
it out from among the conflicting
ideals and traditions ot men from
every land and clime, and we
must learn in our own hearts, be
fore the answer comes, just how
high and sincere the humanity
and the wisdom that will make
America worthy of her manifest
destiny .Southern Woman's
Magazine.
A Letter From
Flag Pond Tenn.
Editor News-Record: W i 1 1
you allow me a little space in your
paper.
On the Fojrth Sunday in July
Bro. Sprinkle, or better known
as Jack Sprinkle, commenced, a
revival meeting at Fosters Creek,
Baptist Church and continued un
til August 10, and during that
time there were 48 conversions,
andH met on the banks of Big
Laurel and baptised 41, out of 48
Also received one oy restoration
8 by letter hence 50 additions to
the chjirch. The church is great
ly revived, in fact the communi
ty is awakened as never before.
4 Bro. Sprinkle is pastor and did
some of his best preaching, . he is
one of the best revivalist in West
em N. CV
J. G. BRIGGS.
Can't Stampede
the South
(Charlestou News and Courier)
Only politics or ignorance
could cause any unhyphenated
American to ask that President
Wilson employ in hi3 forthcom
ing note to England the same
tone and terms to which resort
was had in the notes of Germany
on the sinking of the Lusitania.
As for cotton, the south, of
course, wants as many markets
for its money crop as it can get
and it looks to the federal gov
ernment to afford it in this re
spect all the protection in its
power. But the intelligent peo
ple of the south have some ap
preciation of the difficulties of the
situation I with which President
Wilson is called upon to deal and
they do not expect him to ac-
complishCthe impossible. They
are satisfied thst he is doing the
best he can for them and for the
country, they are sure that no
body could accomplish more than
he will be able to accomplish and
they are not disposed to embar
rass him in his hard and delicate
task. '
Futhermore, while the cotton
belt has probably suffered more
on account of the European war
than any other section, there is a
large body of intelligent opinion
in this part of the country which
never for a moment has lost sight
of the larger issues which under
line the present controversy. Vital
as the price of cotton is .to the
south an. easily stampeded, as our
people usuall are where cotton is
concerned, the propagandists and
agitators have not been able to
make any headway in the present
situation. We shall be surprised if
anything happens to effect a
change.
Your Cough Can be Stopped
Using care to avoid draughts, ex
posure, sudden changes, and taking a
treatment of Dr. King's New Discov
ery, will positively relieve, and in
time will surely rid you, of your
Cough. The first dose soothes the ir
ritation, ehecks your Cough, which
stops In a short time. Dr. King's
New Discovery has been used success
fully foi 45 years and is guaranted to
cure you. Money back if it fails.
Get a bottle from your Druggist; it
costs only a little and will help you so
much.
Cotton and Human
Life.
(New Orleans Times Picayune.)
Realizing that President Wil
son is thoroughly conservant with
the situation, I think the news
papers of this country would
make a serious mistake to try to
force him to act against bis own
judgment in dealing with England
on .the subject of cotton ship
ments. Senator Smith appears
to placo cotton on a parity with
human life. The destruction of
the Lusitania was one of tre
ereatest crimes ever committed
No property loss can be consider
ed in the same light as the wan
ton destruction of human life.
We have more faith in Wood row
Wilson than in Hoke Smith, and
am confident the president will
brove the more helpful advocate
and friend of the cotton produc
er, and that he will deal with
England in a manner that will
have the hearty a pproval of the
southern farmers.
Morgan Ramsey, John Rice
and J. J. Ramsey were here
from Walnut Monday.
Livestock Donts
There has never been a time in
the history of the south when
more attention was paid to pure
bred livestock than right now.
Pure-bred bulls are going into
every country and almost every
community; purebred draft sires
are being placed in many neigh
borhoods; and the demand for
pure-bred hogs exceeds the sup
ply. This is all most gratifying, and
indicates that the south is turn
ing over a new leaf in agriculture;
but at the same time it is well
that we, in our enthusiasm for
better livestock of all kinds, do
not for a moment forget that
scrubs are scrubs largely because
of scrub treatment, and that
pure breds are pure-breds be
cause they will stand for nothing
but purebred treatment. It's a
priced, purebred bull into your
neighborhood; but it's a finer
thing still to give him the feed
and attention necessary if he is
to remain something more than
merely a pure-bred in name only.
Ticks and scant feed are the
great dangers the cattlemen must
face. Don't forget that any tick
free animal brought into tick in
fested territory is in serious dan
ger, ui cours, tne remedy is
uuviuus me ucks must oe clean
ed up. Don't forget either that
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a pure-bred bull is a bit finicky"
about his feed, and refuses out
right to. thrive on broomsedge
and chucks. Here, . too, the
remedyls plain, : and calls for
good pastures, silos, and some
study of feds and feeling.
These essentials looked to, the
south has many natural advan
tages for the cheap production of
beef and dairy products; but un
less we do look to them with skill
and intelligence, serious losses
are a practical certainty. The
Progressive Farmer.
Two Common Summer Ailments
Thonsands of hay fever and asthma
victims who are not able to go to the
mountains, find relief in Foley's Hon
ey & Tar Compound. It allays the
inflammation, soothes and heals raw
and rasping bronchial tubes and helps
to overcome ' difficulty in breathing,
aud makes sound, refreshing sleep
possible. Dr. I. E. Burnett, Mars
Hill, N, C.
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To become a uni-
versai iavorne, ri
Chero-Cola had to be '
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the perfect drink that 'A
it is. Take yours fronm
the original bottle V
through a straw. Youn
will enjoy it3 unuorri
flavor and the certainty