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ill e M e w s e cor Madison County Record mutuuiibtd Juo 35, ltOt . French Broad News . BlUbll.h.d Utif It, 10T COB SOLIDATBD NOV. I, IH : Means that joar sub- t scription has expired. J THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY .., ..M.I III I '-" ' , Illl. ..,,,. - .i.,.- ,,, ,,. .1. M . . . . -. ,. ., -- VOL XXI . MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTy, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH, 3rd, 1922. . No 57 RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE 1 State Board of Education Duties of the Teacher. " The failure or success of the compulsory attendance law de pends mainly upon the care and that with which it is enforced by the teachers. They come in direct contact with the children and parents and they may, by firmly yet reasonably insisting upon the positive compliance with the law in every detail and by building up public sentiment in the community, arouse a spirit of co-operation that will make the operation of the law entirely : friction less and harmonious. It is the teacher who has the best opportu nity to instruct the pupils and parents in the value of regular attendance and point out the waste and decreased efficiency re sulting from irregular attendance upon the school. Notice and blanks for reports, have been prepared for the use of the teacher who should not rely solely on them for secur ing the attendance of pupils, but should visit parents who may not see the necessity of observing the law, and should seek the co-operation of other parents and all social organizations of' the community in an effort to persuade tho parents to send their children to school. Recoids and Reports Every teacher or principal shall make the reports named be low, and the County Superintendent shall not approve the final voucher of any teacher or principal until all reports have been made according to law. 1. Notice of Absence Report Form C3 Every teacher should impress upon the child the necessity of providing a prompt excuse of his absence. Each child should be instructed to bring a written excuse from the parent on the first day of the return to school after having been absent. Such a rule as this will decrease materially the number of notices to be sent to parents and will aid the teacher in accounting for the ab sences from school. ' " 2. Weekly Report to County Superintendent of Public Welfare Report - Form C5 : On each Friday afternoon the teacher or principal in charge shall report to the County Superintendent of Public Welfare -the names and other required information of all children of compul sory attendance age who were absent during the preceding week and for whom no valid excuses were rendered. Only one report covering, the entire school and signed by the principal will be ne cessary in schools of two or more teachers. s 3. Final Compulsory Attendance Report to Coanty Superintendent of Schools Report Form C6 This form will be sent to county superintendents to be dis tributed by them to the teachers. The County Superintendent i3 required to make a similar annual report, to the State Superin tendent. ," 4 ;. 4. School Record of Evidence Report Form C7 Two weeks previous to the close of the school term the teach er or principal shall read and explain the child labor law and rul ings of the Commission to the pupils. 'Opportunity shall then be given to those expecting to enter employment to make their de sire known to the teacher or principal. Those wishing to enter employment will be" furnished with a school record of evidence The evidence secured upon this school record of evidence will; be considered by the Superintendent of Public Welfare or authorized agent of the Commission in issuing a child labor certificate in'ac cordancewith the provisions of the Child Labor Law. Court Proceedings Judge Shaw oppned Criminal Court in Marshall Monday morn ing. A heavy docket awaits the action or the court. In the ab sence of Solicitor Piitchard who because of sickness, was unable to attend court. Judge Shaw ap pointed Thos. S Rollins, of Afihe vilie, acting solicitor. The greater part of the court's first seas on ., Monday was taken up in hearing the habeas corpus plea 6t Frank Free, Lewis Miller, Joe Hodge and J, H Byars from Polk County charged with killing James Pritchard of that County. The State . was represented by Knlipihrtr 8. P. Dunnagan,, of Rutherfcird; the defense by Hall Johnson and Jack Burgess, of Achoviilf ' After hearing the case the judge ordered that th defendants be remanded to jail until - fll rtfier '. orders from the After a careful pruning of ihp docket by the "cipias continued nrosed" methods, the .iirt k.rt,frf the -machinery : of . .. . .. i charged in two indictments with carrying concealed weapons wis found guilty in both indictments. A third indtctmentchargpd tienn- er with assault with deadly weap on with intent to kill , 'Preparing for Spring. ! "Preparedness" is more pop ular in this countrv than ltas a few years ngo. Not; only pre paredness7 for ."war which God grant may never come,- but pre paredness in every way. ' NoWj in the winter is the time to prepare: your home grounds for-spring. Cover tender plant- so they will not be frozen. Look after unsightly .-. places A few hours spent now will mean much tq the beauty of your home and of the town next spring. ; ,,v . Agents Wanted Live agents wanted , to handle fin for the Genuine J. R. Watkiha Products. Write. quick for free sample and particulars The J. U. Watkins Co., Dept. 74, New York, N.Y. , . . - , justice working. Hlie Keener The History Of Marshall,! The entire High School De partment of Marshall was given the "History of Marshall" for one of the required long com positions in English. The student writing the all round best composition with reference to originality, neatness, arrange ment of all events and data, correct punctuation, spelling and capitalization as well as interest was to have it published in The News-Record. Our county paper later offered a prize of one dollar to the winner. May Worley, a student of the ninth grade had the best one; Lawrence McElroy, tenth grade, second; Bonada Silver, tenth grade, third; and Anna Mae Deaver, eighth grade, fourth. Once in the place where the town of Marshall now . stands there lived a tribe of Cherokee Indians. They named the river Tocokestee. When the Indians started to move west the first man who came to Marshall was' A. D. Beard. He was also the first merchant. , v The county was established in 1851. The question then arose as .to where the county seat shojild be built. Jewel Hill and Marshall were the two contend ing places. It was at first built at Jewel Hill but was later moved to Marshall through the influence of the Vances, Bar nards, Nichols and Beards. They then had to begin a plan for a county court house and county jail. They began work on the court house at once and when it was finished they thought they had made an up-to-date court house. When they went to work on the jail, most everyone would like to know how it looks so I will tell you the best I know. The men took their axes, went into the wood and cut down long trees and hewed them into what was then called flat logs. A double wall was built about eight inches apart and these walls were filled with small rocks so the prisoners could not saw the logs into and get out. The inside of it was sealed with what, is called today four ' inch deals sawed out of oak timber. They were stood up and down and filled full of large nails in order to make it safe to keep the prisoners in. That was counted a satisfactory jail house. Mr. John B. Nelson was the corvuiH merchant that lived ; in uwvv t Marshall. , Mr. Zeb .Vance was born m Marshall. He became a great man. He was'elected governor of North Carolina tor tnree terms. He was also United States Senator. He died in Washington and was brought to Asheville and buried at RWer side cemetery. Mr. J. C. Pritch ard succeeded him in office. 1 Marshall had been improving all the time up to 1861. Then the war broke out between the States. Everyone knows what war means to any town or Mintrv i t means death and destruction. So Marshall made no imnrovements in the next fn 1861 there w a s a great North Carolina. By May Worey, Ninth Grade. feast at Marshall called a Barbe cue. It was in . honor of the soldiers who were going to the war. Mr.. Bob Vance made a speech. At the time of the war the population of Marshall was not over fifty people, but they did their part in the fighting. The first homicide in the county was committed at Marshall. A man by the name of Ransom Merrill, a high sheriff of the county was killed. He seemed to be blood thirsty and wanted to rule. It was on an election day that this awful deed was committed. We are told that he swore that' morning that he would rule the election that day or spill some man's blood or some man would spill his, so he did both, The oldest hotel was built in the year 1876. It is standing yet but has been remodeled and is now being run as a hotel by Mrs. T. B. West and daughters. The first church was built in the Island. It was tjie Mission ary Baptist. The people from all over the county came to that church. It was made of logs with a large rock chimney atj end and one door in front. The first bridge was built to the Island by Mr. Jack Gudger. t was built of woo'd. James McNew who was doing part of the work was killed. The bridge was standing on posts. When it was finished he told some of the other men to knock the posts out as he thought it would stand. When the ' posts wre knocked out the bridge fell on Mr. McNew and he was instant y killed. . In the year of 1876 Marshall was flooded by high water, .The church and the dwelling houses in the Island and the bridge that extended to the Island were washed away. . : (, One of Marshall's prominent citizens was born in ,the . Island before the river first overflowed. He is now one of the, business men of the. town. , ' ' " " " In 1881 ths Southern Railroad Co., built a railroad through Marshall, One man was killed by Wasting. lie was the one who set fire to the iuse. The other men had all left to be out of danger. Tho blast did not go off when the man thought it ought to so he went back to sse about it. Just as he was stoop in over it to see what was ths matter the blast went- off and the man was blown to pieces. The railroad was first laid where the : street is now,'; but there were some - objections to this. Mr. Jack Gudger , .was walking along the track .one day, he stumped his toe, . fell down, and broke his ' leg. He put in a complaint and was paid a large sum of money by the Southern Railroad Co. Th e wall was built out in the edge of the river and the track was laid on the wall, The first school was upon the Hardwick Branch. The term was usually about three months long. The books they studied Were spelling, .reading,, arithme tic and, the dictionary. . .The I house was made of logs with two windows and one small door. The seats were nothing except logs split in the middle. They had holes , bored in each end and the legs were put in the holes. It was later turned into a negrd school. Mrs Enoch Recor was drown ed in the year of 1895. She was crossing the river to her garden which was in the Island. She was in a boat with a colored man who was rowing the boat for her. The river was up a little, the boat turned over and they were both drowned. In the year of 1900 the mis sionary Baptist built another church. , It was located where their church now stands. The inside of it burned up in a few years after that caused by a bad flue. It was rebuilt in 1906. The Methodists were next to settle in Marshall and the Presbyter ian's next. They have not been here so very long. The depot has always been where it is now. It partly burn ed down one time , but was re built. Mr. Will Gudger was the first depot agent in Marshall. ', The first Madison Countyjpa per was published the twenty eighth of June 1901. It was call ed the Madison County Record. The first bank in Marshall was the French Broad Bank. It was built in 1903. The Citizen: Bank was built in 1910. Both banks have been doing good work for several years. The first rural routs in Mar shall were started in 1905. There were five rural route and one star route. The mail was once brought through Marshall in stage coaches Cunningham wws the first man that was hanged in Mar shall. He was tried for killing a man.; j He cut the man's body up and sank it in the river. Peter Smith was hung in 1905 for murder also. ", Marshall was the first place that ever made peg hoes. It was said that Marshall was not wide enough to sew a shoe and then turn it. ' ; .- The Cotton Mill was built in 1906 by a body of men. It is a great advantage to the people of the cotton mill section. It has changed hands several times. It is now being opepted by the Captolia Manufacturing Co. The mill is. located on the west ; side !of (he i.' '?r. The ftf: .mill is located on the -s-tiirio side oHhe river as the cotton null - It, .hrv? been in use about as 16r4; tho other mill. They are both run by, the sane company; The dam at the dopot was built in 1915 in 'oi d r i hat it might furnish enou,h power tO run the COtton mill. The electric lights w - creestab - lished the twentieth d:!y of Oct 1911. The power first came from J the Ivy dam but latter the dam at Redmon was built and it furnished, the power. In 1914 the World War began but' the boys f from Marshall were not Drafted - tinlill 1917. Then they did their part in the war. Some of them.: have tu- berculosis now. caused., by gett- j ing heir lun.gs gassed when The Red Cross of Marshal! did their part also. The girls mctnucc a week and cut rags into small p'eces to make pillows, for the soldiers. The river over flowed its banks the second time the six teenth of July 1516. It did a great deal of damage to the town. Fortunately it happened in the day time or several peo ple might have been drowned, but as it was, only two were drowned. They were Mr. James Guthree, and his shtcr-in-law. The people were told that the river was coming down but they did not believe it. Su;:ic of then did not even try to save thch things or themselves either. A few people were crazy enough to stay in their houses until they had to be rolled cut i:i buggies. The water did i grea-; deal of damage washing away several dwelling houses, tiie two bridges that spanned the river and was in every house on Main Street except Mr. McEL'oy'j , home and the Baptist church. The Island was covered viih beautiful trees" and it was a r:ic3 shady place for a'fair but they were mostly all washed away. The Street was made of gravel uutil 1917. Then it was paved from the depot to the Free Wi' 1 church. Marshall only has ovi Main Street but I guess as n:uc i or more business is carried oi ii th t as. any other street cf it size. There has been several fires in Marshall, among them was tho . Marshall High School building It was burned down the seven teenth o f March 1918, ' a s it happened it was in the n:(.;ui, o; tome of the shojol children n: gl.t have burned up. There was nothing saved except the piano and a few chairs. No one knows how it caught on fire as the fires in the building had gone out. In the summer and fall of 1918 another school house was built. It was made of concrete blocks and was arranged for six teachers. "The school did not open that year until after Christmas. They had a very short term a n d most of the students had to take their grt-Ao over. The school house is located 1 upon one side of the hill. We do not have very much play ground but hope to have some more, in the future. The school opened this year ihs first of September with eight teach ers. We are having a very good school. . .. , , The first fair was held in 1910 and since,-that time one '.,has been held every year.,,, Things are brought from ail over the county and many people receive prizes. 1 -1 ' There ?re several buildings in town among them arc live dry goods stores, seven grocery stores two hardwares, one drug store, two banks, four hotels and four churches. The latest thing in Marshall is the .Champion shoe shop. v It is locate J a ! 'rid iSLTot. It lis the first shoe she;) thct has I ever been in Marshall tnat could & 1n t .l t :h nf f nW- Marshall ; - built in. It was built be- ' tween two hill with the French Broad river running in the mid dle of them. It is not as large as London or New York but it is the largest town in our county. Some people from other places do not like' the people in Mar shall but I don't know of any place where the people are more generous than they are in our .town. Of course some of them are not as good as ' they ought ,to be and there is room lor im- 1 provement in plenty ot them. they .were in Eurcpi
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