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THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY
VOL. XVII
MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY N, C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19th, 1915.
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DIRECTORY
MADISON O UNTY. ,
legislature sen
Established ly the
Ion 1850-51.
Population, 20,132. "
Ccuntv 'seat, Marshall.
18.',i eefc above sea level.
New and modern court house,
33,000.00.;
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cost
New and modern jail, cost $15,000.
New county home, cost $10,000.00. '
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, ' County Officer "
Hon.J E. Llneback, Senator, 35th
North Carolina
way Down List
in Per-Capita
Production
(Special to The Observer.)
Chapel Hill, ;Nov: 9.-rMThe
Productive Power of Agriculture
in North Carolina" was the sub
ject of a paper read by Fred ; II
Deaton "of Iredell County at' the
regular . meeting of the North
Carolina Club Monday night. In
comparing North Carolina" yields
with the average yield of the
Superior country at large. Mr. Deaton
showed how the value of the
the United States
in 1914 averaged $16.34, where-
; District, Elk Park y , ;
' Hon; Plato Ebbs, ; Representative,
, Hot Springs. N. C. ,
W. ; A. West. Clerk o
Court. Marshall. :
Caney Ramsey, snerin, Minuu. crop yield in
.Timea Smart. Keeister oi ueeas
" C. P., Runnion; Trea.urer, Marshall average, in Norths Carolina
NO R. F. 1). No. 4. . . lor, ne same year was 9zu.i per
A. T. Chandley, Surveyor, Marshall acre, or $3.84 more than the ave-
N. C. - . ' . rage for the country at large." In
Dr- J- H. BMra, uoronej, arsnu. substance hig papep was.:ftS fo,
; '. - ,J..l'...1i'r.K.ii lows:
W. J. UaiQing, JHUllur, iuiouii.
Dr. Frank Roberts, County Physl-
,Clan, Marshall, i . :.
Garfield Davis. Supt.-county home.
Marshall. V '
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
CONVICTS L5CAPL
The Opportunity of Woman's Influence
Christmas
Sandy Mush Leaps Into Prominence by Wholesale De
livery Which Occured in Early Hours uf Yesterday
Morning--; Three are Recaptured by Pursuers.
A child's life will be determin
ed verp largely by the . adequacy
with which these two great needs,
alluring expectations and excite
ment within reason, are provided
by the home, the school, ' and the
on the World's
Music.
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community. . Parents and teach
Laying blankets on the floor of I fVas stated by a member 'of. the
the big cage in which they were board last night that the commis-
confined so as not to attract the
attention -of the guard, fifteen
convicts, all long term men, at
white convict camp, No. 2, locat
ed at Sandy Mush, near Odessa,
crawled through an opening little
arger.than a man's body which
had been made by sawing through
the iron bars, lowered themselves
to the pround and escaped early
yesterday without having to
overpower a single guard. That
that they had made their escape
was.-' not discovered, until after
aybreak, aud owing to. the fact
J ers have always tried to meet
these needs in one way or anoth
er. The great holiday seasons
have survived because they min
ister to them. For works and
even months each year the normal
child looks forward to the Fourth
of July, to Thanksgiving, and
most of all to Christmas.
Plow should Christmas be cele
brated in the school? The Christ-
Nor'jtb Carolina outranks evryJ
ono of 'the rich Middle ( "Western
prairie States in the averagei ya-J
lue oftheper acre crop yields.iihaf the telephone wires between
ana ouirauKS every southern sanay jvinsn ana Leicester were
State ezcept Kentucky. ' All 'told cut, presumably by the escaping
N. B. McDevltt chaiiman. Marshall we outrank 28 States in the per convicts, no report of the whole-
acre yield of cror values.' In sale delivery was made to Sheriff
1909 we. ranked higher than 29i E. M. Mitchell until '8 o'clock
States in the total crop values. Ih yesterday morning. ' "'
1915, ou total crop " wealth is Following the receipt of the
$218,000,000; an increase' of $151,' telephone message from Captain
000,000 since J900, or an average- J. H. Cragg, in, charge of the
increase ofr $1Q,000,000,' a year camp from which the convicts es
for the last 15 years. ,' ' ' caped, Sheriff Mitchell notified
But in the per capita produc-1 all points within' a radius of a
tion pf xrop'values triere.inoth hundred milea of Asbiaville,- and'
er story to be told. Per capita Isenf telegrams broadcast to coun
productionof crop calues means ty oflScers and city police ; at' all
the average gross j return of places . in this and adjoining
wealth to the ''farmer for the states to which the convicts might
years expenditure of time, labor make their way.
and capital, s In the census : year Acting in co-operation with the
the, per capita production of crop city police, Sheriff Mitchell or-
wealt in the United States1 ranged ganized large posses of deputy
from ', $135 in New Mexico to sheriffs and policemen and sent
$1,378 in North Dakota. In North them to various sections through
Carolina our. per capita ; produc- which the convicts are reported
tion was only $236; in this parti- to have passed. As a result of
cular, 43 States make . a better this work before nightfall three
shQwing and only four States of the convicts had .been captur-
make a poorer showing than this ed, one of them,' Horace De-
State. For instance, the per Breuhl, only after his cap had
County ' cmmllonr
J. E. Rector, member, Marsnan, n.
F. D. No. 1. Anderson. Silver, mem
Knr Mnrshnll.. Route 3 W. h:
George, member, Mars Hill. J,
Chandley, White Rock.
P. A McElrov Co. Atty., Marshall
Highway commlMlon
F. Shelton, President, Marshall.
;'G. V. Russell, ' v BJuftVN, C.
. A. F. Sp?nkle,' -': Mars Hill, N. C.
Board of Bduoatlon.
' JaSDer' Ebbs, Chairman, Sprjng
Creek. N. C". John Robert Sams.
mm. Mars Hill. N. C. W R, Sams,
mem. Marshall. Prof. G. C Brown,
Superintendent of Schools, Marshall
Board meets first Monday in January
April, July, and October each year,
School ndCIg-
.Mara Hill College, Prof. R. L.
Moore, President.. 412 students. Ses
sion '1915-16, nine months, begins
Ausrust 17th. 1915.
Snring Creek High School. Prof.
Ai-iv. Pleasants, Principal, Spring
Creek. 8 mos school, opens Aug. 1st acre cr0p , producing power o,f been perforated by a bujlet when
Madison Seminary : High School, North Carolina in 1914 was $20.18: he refused to halt. He - made a
frOI. iV. U.AIiUBfS.U nuvifni. tv u..
deadly weapon; Charles Cole,
Of Town $17 Q9 On t.l.o nthor wi A dash fnv t.Vio Vronli VlmaA 'SeDtember 28. fourveara. hotrso,
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D.n ii,,,o . TMronrt. TtiXJrif iaiJUipnr per caniia proaucuon nver. wnere ne was capiurea oyiucoR.iug, jet5 rnyuiueiu, luur
i B 'Jl Annft. T I r..; r n M r mi
.v. i.inii Wiinnt. N. J-l'x-z ' I Kiuu-wmum was aoo: iu luwui uei-ecu w. ivi. uavenpon. me
Marshall Academy, Prof. Sland 1 Mm.-f v"0 Jook, n toe twootner convicts were captured
.mithm. rnnftiUi s mos. sohoiW?- Per , capita country wealth of I at Marshall. They were .Otto
Opens August 31, " . ,
sioners would probe the matter;
to the bottom and determine up
on whom the blame for delivery
rests.
County Attorney J. W. Hay
nes declared last night that as
soon as the convicts are appre
hended, they : will be prosecuted
to the limit of the law and at the m1s sPiriti mu8t; have 80me cn
next criminal term of Superior crete expression. That is to say,
Court, the judge will be asked to ther muat e Rivinff and receiv
give each and every one of them inS of tokens of friendship, and
an additional term of two year as B00 wi'l.. Further and particu-
provided by law. larly, i there should be plays
-Continuing, Mr. Haynes said: which exalt the Christmas ideal
''There are five guards in addi- Here is a magnificient opportu
tion to the captain at the camp nitJr f-'r tne school to make child
on Sandy Mush. One of the re" more 80cial ln lne rignt sense
guards is susposed to stay awake ve tnem an appreciation
all nhzht and watch the move- of their fellows, and develop in
ments of the prisoners from his them some. restraint of their self
euardhouse which has an ' onon ' wh impulses, Christmas is the
ipg into, the cage through the besfc time ,n all the year to unify
bars of which he could easilv tne family group and develop
bring his cun to bear unon a I more intimate and altruistic rela
prisoner in any part of the cell. oaa among its members.
There is a considerable , element Does tnis mea that we should
af uncertainty as to just how the gY6 more presents and - hav0
ddiery ' of so jnany prisoners j m.Qe feasting vthajj ianpw,; b
was effected, but I am informed custom? - It means just the op
that the guard whose duty it was posite. It is unquestionably, a
to keep watch was asleep. I dodtit"ment. mentally and nervous-
not know whether.this is true or ly, for children to be surfeited
not.' The whole affair seems in- with gifts. Add overindulgence
in food, drink, and especially
sweets, and the day that ought
to be the most exhilarating and
inspiring in the year becomes a
tragedy of mental and -physical
dissipation. Xet the child have
attractive food on this day, but
let only meal be a departure from
the usual simplicity, that the
child may go to his bed at night
thinking more of the - social ex
periences of the day than of the
food packed inside his skin. M.
V. O'Shea in the December
Mother's Magazine.
excusable.-' ; ,,
The "Roll of Honor."
The list of those who escaped,
the date they began serving their
sentences on the road and the
length of the terms follows:
Jeter Pritchard, January 5, 18
months, burglary; Harry Moore,
January 13, four years and two
months, robbery; Otto Munsey,
no record; Horace DeBruhl, May
19, 18 months, assault ' with a
In the case of 'Wagner we can
also find female influence exert-.
ing strong pOwer in some of his
compositions. .'
The uncomplaining devotion of
his first wife can scarcely be ex
aggerated. During the Parris
days of poverty she trudged
about seeking and obtaining loans
for her husband (a WagnerirV
loan was practically a gift,) she
took in lodgers. in their humble
apartments, she blacked the
boots of husband and lodger, and
she sewed and washed and drud
ged, only to be set aside when
the days of prosperity came, and
when she objected to her hus
band seeking inspiration from th
wives of other men.Such inspi
ration he found in MathiWe We
endonck, who was the chief t fact- .
or in bringing forth "Tristan and
Isolde."
But the reader should imagine
two distinct Wagners, almost a
real Dr. Jeky II and Mr; Hyde
Wagner the little and Wagner the ?
Great. The latter it vas who
never forsook his nighest Ideal
in art; who worked a quarter of -a
century upon a great music
drama ("fne Uing of the Nibel-
ungs") without the hope of ever
seeing it given, and wrote to a
friend. "If T li VA' t.A PAmrvlnrA 1 -
V - v wv VVUJ IWVO
shall have lived, gloriously ."'and '
If X die-Wore It is finished I RhlL
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nave aieu ror sometning beauti- " -
The second wife of WagVer u
wa Cosinia. the daughter ?of
Liszi, Cosnriia Wagner was a help v
mate indeed for her imperative
and very erratic husbands .She ;'
was his secretary; she stood as '
the ) buffer y between 'hi in anl
troublesomd visitors; she was the
diplomat who smoothed out many
a trouble - that was caused'. bv
Wagner's impolitic and firritatjng
ways; and nxt to himself, Wag
ner loved her as well as anything '
on , earth.-Louis O. Elson in
the: December Mother's Maga
zine. :
Notary Plibllos
3.
pires Jauuary th( im. f, -f
Term expires January'- 6th 1915.
J H Hunter. M Marshall, Route
Term expires April 1st; 1915,
J W Nelson. ' Marshall Term ex
. sires May 11, 1915 , '.
T B Ebbs, Hot. Springs Term ex
pires February 4th 1915. . v ;
. Craiar Ramseri Severe,' Term-ex
pires March, Wlti?-:''-' ' ;';
N. Wi ' JVnderson,.' : Paint.' Fork,
Term exnirea May 19,. 1915V c '
. ,1 -V-H, - T mn ii " !.. J t -i
.v tfnui til. wai:uiiiiu.. xu iiu il was iviiitikhv nnii .1. i-trH.H.n.
vu'. uu ' To Fix Pesnonsibilitv
a special session of
production is
per capita production- is
the
J. C. Ramsey, Marsbail, lerm ex- wealth is imoortant: - tier acre' "L. A
more' important; county commissioners wnicn win: (j. iCraine,
breaking; Roy West,' no record; JtlClp tllC
Cius liller, September 19, four
months, retailing; Charles Stew
art, July 15, 22 months, -assault
with intent to kill; W. G. Smith,
October 2, one year, larceny; J.
Orphanages
John 0. khelton of White
Jock, N. C, was a visitor in
town Saturday and Sunday.
still be ne today for the purpose of
more important ; but Per caoita fixing responsibility for the es
wealth retention is the most im- cPe of fce convicts, Chairman
portant otall. Favored by good fin1,nfTQ nf. tho fn,s
soils and ..'..unexcelled 'teasons, front a careful -investigation into
North ' Carolina, .has wonderful i the circumstances- made yester-
powers of farm wealth produc- day at the camp in question. : It
tion, out seems to 1 nave feeble
oowers of farm wealth retention.'
If we would only adopt a system flTF CERS tLtUtl) BT MAUI
by which we could retain a 'air .V CAN RHlffn
uvii uvnuvi,
October 20, four
months, larceny; , Floyd Green,
October 11, six months, sent here
from Burke County; J Green,
October 2', larceny, thret months
Frank Harris and X'C. 5 Johnson,
no records. -tr.Asbeyille Citizen,
November 17th.. ' .- ' , -
W fyipMki Hot Springs ' term pi oportion of , : the warm wealth
Term x-
expires juuusi j tiuu iwu,
Steve Rice. Marshall.
pires Dec. ,19th. 1915.
Ben W. Gahagan,' Stackhotise,
C Term expires Dec. 20, 1915. '
J. F. Tilson, ; 'iarsnall( Route
Term expires Nov, 14thl915.
we produce ech year, the farm Good Roads "and Farm Denibhs'-
wealth of bur 'State would be in- , ration Program Annou.ncedftt
creased amazingly. ; t v r;v, ; Marshall -ast Saturday.
a Jl Ebbs, . Marshall. Term ex- 'l thusc meeting held at M
ssth. 1917. ahaii last Sattrrdaafte
y r, J tT.MKhnii,;nr 'sthou: W Pf sttttev ' is. to. take I ftipction of .officers wai
N. j i , In conclusion, North Carolina,
2. although she nas a greater ,ped Madison; County Bparjlof
hi1 ru Tin inni' i i vm i nwpp r.nnn T n o I - . ,
ar-
rnoon.
held
Term expires January, 16th,:i916.: ,viuer pce among; tne progres-1 & prognm of work for'tbe en
D. P. Mi'lesy Barnard. - -Term expires otes sne must increase her r. ar was disussed.
December, 23, 1916 .: , - - .'. per capiw proauewve power ana i TOb'' primary-, object of -the
W. , a" Ramsey Marsaall.- Term Practice greater thrift ' She Madi8on'county board of trade is
Pires Oct.. 4th . .-' 1? the upbuilding of Madison cou
J, A. Wallln. Eig laurel .;r Term-honaM p6teible. -Theri. and not ty and much interest was display
xplrea Aug. 8th, 1916. .. until then, " Will phe take her ed among the "members" present
n n Rrnwn. ninff: Term emlre place among the most progressive reDfesen ting all sections- of . the
ranusrv 9th 1911. - . I farm States. , county, in .the proposed' plans.
Two important matters that will
occupy the attention of the new
commercial organization, - are th(.
sscunnp; Of goo roads . through -
ouij ine; oouQiy a9.aa support,or
the' fajfin 'monstrat6n:,work
Kealiziftg Jthat. .. 'p,'w.y hotel ,at1
.Marshalfj. woujdibe an . adfrantagjEj
to thejcounty-i' thjaiboard of trade.
will Jmmedaate.ly.Jbfegin wbrk" toTl
: wari3 ec(6H)a'otol. '
0. p.;Browu;iw; elected nresf
deht of the neljoird' jErade
with IE. 'Z.ay. a4; vce president
.The positkfsecvetary and.
treasurer, by a unanimous" votef
was giyen. to H, C. Edge, a young
real estate man or Madison who
has ..been one of the leaders in the
board's organization.. The. jco i
stitution and by-laws adopted are
based on those of the AshevjUe
boaM of trade, which organiza
tion took a prominent part in the
formation tf-its .Madison .county
neighbor. Sunday. Citizen .!
Lincolnton, N. V-
a : Nov: 15, 1915.
Whereas,; our kind Father
above has blessed us with peace
and plentyV'aod in recognition of
this, the President of the -United I
States and the Governor of North
Carolina have set apart Thursday
November 25, 1915, as a National
Thanksgiving! Day; I Zadok Par-1
is, President of the North aro-
lina'OfcpharisV Association, do re
spectfully ask everj" citizen f of
North Caroiitra, irrespecjtiye . of
color, politics or religion, to set
aparji one day's'-earnings to be j
,siit.' on TnaBkNgiviffg.;Pay, to I
m orphanage or niarccnoice, or
some eectjUrphanjft h;s qoin-.
' J . Z:MRfS,"P,esident.
LincofdtoN. G.-u , ...
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Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley .Cathar
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