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MARSHALL. MADISON COUNTY, N, C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st, 1915.
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NO, 39.
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IHRECTORY
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aIauison county;
tibllshedly the legislature set'
' Ion 1,850-51. . . .,.';) ,)'...';,(
Po'iiulatlon, 20,132.
brvMyseat, Marshall. '
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' lieet above sea leyel.,j !
'l ttew and modern court house,'
coat
133,000.00. : " "
JJewJ and modern jail, cost $15,000
j New county home, cost $10,000.00.
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!".- I 1 Connty Officers
j - Hon.J E. Llneback, ' Senator, 35th
Dlitrlet, Elk Park -
Hon. Plato ;Ebba, HepresentatlvB,
! Hot Sorlncs. K. C.
' W." A. West. Clerk o Superior
Court Marshall. , . ..w i
C&neV 'Ramsey, Sherfffr Marshall.
Jimea Smart.Uteeisteif 'of Deeds
: Marshall. " K'
: G: F. Riinn'Dn. Treasurer, Marshall
N.O. K. F. D. No. 4,,
a; T. Chandley; Surveyor, Marshall
; Dr. J.H. Haird. Coroner. Mars Hill
W. J.' 'balding ianltor',' 'Marshall
Dr. Frank Roberts,' County Physt
: clan. Marshall: ' 7 '4 ...
! , Garfield Davin. Supt. county home.
Marshall,;!) ;i,.!a-;. '
County
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' commllonr
NB. McDe'vltt ohaliman Marshall
J. E. Rector, member,; Marshall, B.
v F. Di No. 1. Anderson. Silver, mem-
: hr. Marshall.. - Eoute' 3 W. U
s nohrrra mnmher. Mars Hill. ":. J. C
chandlev. White Reek. . . : ' " '
Pi A McElrov Co. Attv.i: Marshall.
Hlffhvuay
cammlaalon. ,
F.J Shelton, President, MarshaliiT ?
A. JT. gprinklerr11 MaUl,'
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Board of Eduoatlon, - ,
' Jasper 'Ebbs, j Chairman, Spring
Creek. N. C. John Robert bams,
mem.5 Mars Hill, N.. C W, R Sams,
' mm: Marshall.' -"Prof G. C. Brown,
i Superintendent of Schools, Marshall.
Board meets first Monday in January
April,. July, and October each year
1 Marf'i ;'Ul.:HWJ
m Tifc'alda' 4l2fetnderlU.
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Ses-
' sicra i915Tl6,invlnon(befrins
- ; August lh, msi i2-J$M&
to. tv- l?PleaSante, , PriictpaT1-3 Bpritg
. Creek." 1 8 riios scjiipblt op August
Madison Seminary i lii?h School,
Prof. H GrAnders,prlnopaip3 r6oS.
-hnol." "Beffins Joly i.
Boiv 'iTiRiihitrf.VMarcaret Ei Grlf
flth, principal,' 'ytalriut.'N. .
, Marshall Academy, Prqf. S. Roland
-! Williams, principalv8 moa. school. .
, Opens Aogus 31, 1 . ; '
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ji C.ManMey"Mar8hall,Jrerm ex
! plrea Jiuuary 6th, JMO. f;j (i
I Jasper Ebbs, SpringCrefek. N. 0,
j Term expires January 6th 1915.
j J H 4ifnteF4lar8halii Route ;3.
Term eipifes April 1st' 1915,' !
Tw iTJftlson. , Marshall Term- ex-
,: Sires Milrl915;V';-
T B pjbWr'.Hot flpringa4Term ex
. pires Febjiarrtltl' ll&J'
, nrr limsey. -Revere. Term ex
pires Marci 19, 1915, ., , I'.'
N, ,wi I Anderson Paint Fork,
Term eiresMayl9,
W. T. Davis, Hot Springs, term
expires January 221915. J - ;
S teve Rice, Marshall. Term- ex-
. plres Dec, 19. 19J5. ; u ;
- Ben Wi Gahagan, Stackhouse, N .
a Term expires DeC-2CH 49155
J. F. Tilson, Marshall, Route 2.
Term expires Nov. 14thl915. (
C j;EoMian.Term- ex
pires April 25th,' 1917. .' ; ; . ,
D. M. ' Harshburger, Vstackhouse.
I Term expires January 16th, 1916.
' D. P. Miles,' Barnard. Term expires
- December, 23, 1916.- - ' ":
W.B.' Ramsey, Marsa'all.. Term
expires Oct, 4th'1915i,..
J, A. Wallln, Rig. Laurel,. rTerm
expires Aug. 8th, 1916. ' ' 1 "
C. C Brown, Bluff: Term expire
Jwary 9th 1917.. 'V
Sixty Prisoners in
the. Rijncnmhe Jail
ALL RECORDS v FOR PAS'
, FOUR YEARS BROKEN
Men Outnumber Women is Us
ual Five Held On Capital Ca pi
tal Charges Problem Is :'
"V" ' v'r': Presented.
With sixty prisoners in r the
county jail.-all records , for. the
past four years for numbers con
fined at any one time are broken
according to a statement, made
yesterday afternoon by Jailer J
B. Jordan. Mr.. Jordan added
that at no time during his term
of office before this have so many
prisoners been held in the' local
bastile. v. j";." ..
: Of the foreffoinaf the men as
-usual greatly outnumber the wo
men, there being confined at pre.
sent no less than forty-four men
while there an only sixteen wo
men prisoner. ' : ; 'i '?
Another notable feature of the
imprisoned men is the large num
ber that are held on charges that
are of a' capital" nature.' There
are five men held on charges that
are of a capital nature. There
are five men held on charges of
this serious . nature. .' They .are
Hardy Wiggins and Merrit Mil
lerVrecently transferred here aft
er being convicted of murder in
Graham county? J.'-OV Southers,
charged with having mudered his
wife, in Rutherford county; gam
Carson, charged with the murder
of Hiram Hurst several weeks
ago near Ivy Hill; and Olye Ward
charged with having burglarized
a house in West Asheville. x
As several more days inter
vene before Superior Court can
begin its process of sending pris
oners to' the'eeunty roads or free
nz them on ' being found not
guilty of"' the charges preferred
against them, the congested 'con
dition of the jail mayj caused eeri'
Oui fembafrBment to the county
officials':; When the,' grand jury
begins its work, it is .not unlike-
y, if its past record is maintain-
ed to hand down true bills at the
rate of fifty a day. If it docsj
this, , the problem of ..finding - a
place to incarcerate the prisoners ;
may prove k difficult job for the
county commissioners.-'AsfteviZe
Citizen. ' '
Madison County should be lad
Of the splendid condition of her
jail and court laffairs. Since the
creation of the Recorder's Court
that has jurisdiction all -over' the
county, and the establishment of
the chain gang which is doing
some splendid, work in' the ' way
of building roads in the- County
of Madison. , -The 'County Jail re
mains practically empty and . 1 the
expense of the 1 Grand ' J ory ; m
the Superior Court is only a
nominal affair. We ; only " have
two terms 'of Superior , criminal
courts a year and trie Grand
Jury at each term disposes of its
work in from one to two days at
each term. Previous to the , establishment-
of the Recorder's
Court the Grand Jury was in ses
sion from a week to a week and
a half at each term that : it ." met.
At th& last term of the Superior
Court where the court had crimi
nal jnrisdicition it took the Judge
ess than two days to -dispose of
all criminal matters. ' 7
To the Citizens of
North Carolina
In submitting this letter on the
subject of ' "Fire Prevention. " I
beg to call your attention, to the
fact that this Department, by a
campaign -of education, is en
deavoring to lesson the tremehd-
ous fire waste ' in fthls State by
arousing our people to their indi
vidual responsibility in this mot
important matter. When we are
confronted with the fact ' that ap
proximately $3,000,000 worth
of property is destroyed by fi rd
in this State annually, and that j
fully two-thirds of this loss
preventable, it behooes ns to
stop and consider how we may
remedy the conditions that entai
this irretrievable depletion of our
resources. . .
Even this loss, enormous as
s, dwindles in importance ; when
we consider the loss of life caus
ed directly by fire. People con
tinue to handlo gasoline careless
y, to ctart fires with, kerosene
oil; to allow r children to play
around bonfires; to leave smal
children injrooms containing open
fires, and each of these causes, as
woll as many others, claim an an
nual toll of human life. . ,
The Governor of North ,,Caro-
ina has issued a Proclamation
designating Saturday, October
9191S,' as : "Fire Prevention
Day'- and . urging the public
schools of the State and the
mDpicipal officers thereof to give
proper and formal' recognition to
fie day and its meaning, and
requesting the citizens - generally
to give special attention on that
day; to the condition of ; their
premises.
Let us enter heartily into the
pirit of the occasion and conti
nue 'the good work started on the
9th day of October, 1915, to the
end that each succeeding day
ma truly be a "Fire Prevention
Day."
A copy of tlie Proclamation is
htrewith'enclosed. ,
. JAMES R. YOUNG
;- Insurance Commissioner.
0 SUPERINTENDENTS AND TEAC
HERS OF THE PUBLIC SCKOOLS
OF NORTH CAROLINA.
lln accordance with an Act of
the General Assembly of North
Carolina, the 9th, day of Octo
ber has been designated ' by pro-
amatlon of the Governor as
Fire Prevention Day.'.'
I urge the co-operation of Sup
erintendents and Teachers '.with
the State Insurance; Department
in its commendable efforts to pre
vent loss "of property and y life in
iNortn trom nre. xiet every teacn-
er : on Friday preceaing -i a ire
rnvention Day" read to the
school children the proclamation
of the Governor and the letter
and practical suggestions of the
Insurance Commissioner for the
prevention of fires. Post these
suggestions in the school-room
and carefully observe them, not
only on "Fire. Prevention Day,"
but throughout the school term.
I have no doubt that the loss of
many school houses in North
Carolina by fire can be prevented
by the observance of these sim
ple precautions, and that the de
struction of much other property
by fire now and hereafter can be
prevented by instructing the
school children to observe these
precautions for the prevention of
unnecessary fires.
; ' Very Tespectfully,
J. Y. JOYNER,
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction.' ' ' ;':!
Larcrest Animal
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on jann.
Snarks' World Famous shows
are oiwea to exniou at Asneviue,
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Thursday, October 7, and from
the newspaper reports ' preceding
thftm thnir Mhihiimn will h
worth eoine many miles to wit-
npea
.
Among the many features the
snow carries is what is claimed, to
. . ... . .
do the largest land animal on
earth. It is an elephant said to I
be three inches taller than Jumbo
and a half ton heavier.
Some Lea. of her immense size
can be Obtained when you consid-
er that she is 11 feet, 7 inches tall
and weighs over 5 tons. In other
words she weighs as much as 10
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A i J! ..i...J0ii.0 1 ina tnf iha hottormonk
with the show is Capt. Wesley's
troupe of educated Seals and
Sea Lions. These interesting
Bea animals perform the most
seemingly impossible feats; bal-
ancing chairs, umbrellas and
whirling brands of fire while
climbing ladders, walking tight
ropes and riding the backs of
calloDlntr horses. This feature
baffles description and must be
seen to be appreciated.
Many other wonderful things
are to be seen with this mam
moth show, and the main perfor
mance beneath the big tents will
fcfesent a,- number, of , the most
marvelous foreign acts of the
centcry. :
The menagerie of wild animals
carried with the show is com-
plete in every detail, and con
tains rare and curious specimens
of the earth's most interesting
and curious animals, v -
A mile long street parade of
dazzling splendor, beautiful wo
men, and handsome horses, inter
spersed with three brass bands
and a steam caliope will traverse
the streets shortly before noon,
and this feature alone will be
worth going many miles to see.
Don't forget the date and the
place of exhibition Asheville,
Thursday, October 7th.
Frosted Corn Silage
rarmers can bave born
Wllch Fails ' tO Mature
by Putting it into the
Silo Immediately After
the First Frost.
The fact that corn . if frosted
and immediately put into the
silo will btill make good silage
may prove of great advantage tolnow without a single gully, and
corn growers "in., certain sections
whore the lateness of the present
season may prevent - the corn
from ripening or : reaching the
clazed staee before the frost, ac-
cording to the dairying experts
of the department. Those who
have not been intending to mane
silasre of their corn should find
this information very useful
in
be
the event that corn can not
harvested in the ear.
TWO CHILDREN HAD CROUP
The two children ot J. 'W. 'Nix,
Cleveland, Ga., had oroup. H write:
'Both got so chokf d up thoy could
hardly breathe. , I (rave them Jfoley's
Honey and Tar and notlnng else ana
it, comiJetelv cured them."; Contains
no opiates. .Cuts the phlegm; opens
air passages. Sold everywhere. -
To the Farmers of
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maoison
I.I Ina vam Q rtr tA.iffav Nanr. VX I
"s ? .
w, ecome my auty, nJlDM
accepted the call to the work of
Farm Demonstration, to begin
the work5 and now fttthe expira-
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uuuui iiic uibk .year, i.ucsuc ,u
tnann every man. woman ana
chid in Madison County who has
1 1
vlin tua nr, BnPh loval ur.
port.
: In every section of the county,
without exception,
the people
have opened wide their doors and
hearts to me as their agent and
servant, and vied with each oth
er in this generous hospitality;
for which I acknowledge my very
deepest gratitude.
. I While! have done mv best alone
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the County, and while it. is my
great pleasure to see improve-
ments here and there undertaken
I . A ? Xl. A.
various points in me county,
my work falls far short of full
satisfaction in view of the enor-
Imous amount of improvements
yet to be accomplished.
I I have tried to get a few farm-
ers in every section of the '' coun
ty, by improved methods to do
some definite work, in order that
they and their neighbors may
more f ullv understand the im-
oortance of doing all farm work
in the best manner, possible.
I have -insisted from Ivy, to
spring Creek, and round-about,
that Madison .Connty I is preemi
nently a country suited by natu-
ral conditions to the raising of
kPPf ph1p.
I have also Insisted and am still
insisting that the PURE bred
BULL for this COUNTY is the
key note to our financial prosperi
ty and ultimate greatness as a
County.
I have also urged that in order
that we become a great and
prosperous cattle growing peo
ple; we must learn to successfully
grow larger and better crops of
grain and hay on our cultivated
fields, and make richer and more
luxuriant rjastures on which our
improved cattle can graze. .
And finally, I have urged ' that
in order to do the proceeding
things;' that we MUST build
most of our soils up to that stan
dard of fertility that will pruduce
good crops and ; rich pastures.
This brings us right face to face
with the gullies and waste lands
lDihe V PT tTR
., anA lak tni.m
brand new one in Madison Coun
ty. Let us call it THE MADI
SON COUNTY NO GULLY
CLUB. There are many farms
I want every farmer in the coun
ty who has no gullies on his farm
to write me a postal card telling
me so, and I will put his name
on the NO GULLY list and have
the names published later.'
It is neither a scandal nor a
ism to nave guinea up to now; uui
it will be both to the farmer who
allows them to remain in the fu
ture. We are going to have good
roads all over our connty and
people of intelligence and means
are goingl topass through aud
farmers should have more pride
if nothing higher and nobler, than
to have their farms marred with
blighting sores.
Respectfully,
J. R. SAMS,
'?. . County Agent
Items From
uucKner, IN. L.
Oar Farmers are most through
harvesting their fodder. '
Mr, 3. O. Robertson who has
been eneaeed in the accid wood
business in Yancey County, has
" DC vx,uniy' n
Mr. D. L, Duck, made a , busi:
IIIII1B trit. t- A oKavtMI A la.f ntnnU
1.9111,11110 uu, nccn.
Our new church house at Bet'-'
hel is nearing completion. ..m.,...
Bethel Graded School, last Fri-
dai" week was a perfect success.
Our School continues to grow.
It's sure one of the best, and we
are prouJ of our teachers. ,
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The writer just returned from
a trip to Yancey County, where
I he visited Elk Shoal and Jacks
OUUrCUeS.
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A nice time
indeed. ,
Some time we see articles and
folks may think that we would
I 1 al .
rpiy mem especially those that
try to cast reflection on us. We
haven't time, and silent contempt
is the best medicine, and they
are getting plenty of that, the
Irishman said that to shoot the
Leer, was amunition wasted, it
would kill its self, and when you
see people going at such rapidity
juss oe sun, tney will soon run
their raoe.
Subscribe for The Newa-Ke-.
cord.
Your Correspondent.
Box Supper.
Everybody come to a Box Sup
per at Bull Creek School house
Saturday night, October 2nd.
Ladies come with box, boys come
prepared to buy a box.
The Supper is given in interest
of school.
Everybody invited.
L. E. FORESTER.
Mr Editor, I find that the
farmers are very , much pleased
with my articles in your paper,
and when I fail, to give you copy
concerning farm matters, I sug-
gest that yon either write or in-
sert some
line.
clipping along that
Respectfully, '
J.R. SAMS.
. In a Bottle
- Through a
jf Strawisweyr&y I
to enjoy tho dc!i
I ciousnec3 of Chcro- ','
I Cola. This way it
u is always unifcrn,