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A 4444 J Madison County Record ? ......ud Jua 80, 1101 s T EVr,n-k U.nhJ - Re f AN X MARK HERE I : 4 it-ui.ii uiuau iicns BtUbltihtd May It, ltOT Means tbat your sib- t : scription has expired. COHSOLIDATEDHOV. 1,111 Tie TT .. 1 Bew.s croi THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY . VOL XXI ' MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C FRIDAY, MAY, 19th, 1922. -.. No 67 ; - '- ' ' " '' ' I Refutation Of Misrepresentations. . Since I announced ns a candidate for the Legislature J have been in formed that there are being circu lated over the county statements originating in the town of Marshall in regard to certain things, which other counties were paid, and we have had,' or will have the regular six months term of school. Madi son County received about $5000 from thia source and I think it in fair to eay that not exceeding $50.- it is stated I did while serving as a 00 of the $5000 came out of Macti memoer oi ti e this County. The statement!? which have been reported to nic are absolutely with out the shadow of foundation and are 'fake ' ' One statement, I understand is to the effect that I passed a bill in the last Legislature prohibiting the people of Madison County from votfng on road bonds. This state- Legislature from eon County either directly or in directly. This money was derived from the larger counties and the corporations. If this was a crime I am guilty. I understand that it is still being circulated that 1 pauperized the sheriff's office. I have heretofore sta ed the facts about this matter but I wish to say again the office to which the sheriff was elected in ment is absolutely false. I never j tnis county paid $1200 until he re Droooscd siich a bill or thoueht of.ce'vefl the tax books and then uch a proposition and no such bill was offered in ' 1 be Legislature. 1 did vote for a bill . which provides that the county' cannot be bonded for more than five per cent of the taxable value of the property in the county. Instead of this taking the bridle off. it puis on the bridle and says to the authorities with the power to issue bond;, , you can go thus far and no farther. I am an advocate of 'good roads and I want to see a pood road from every sec tion of Madison County, leading in to the county scat. There are still tome sections in Madison County that are practically cut off from the county seat and persons living in those sections are forced to go over rough trails and a long distance to attend to their business at . the county seat. I was selected when in the Legis lature tQ help draft the State High way Bill. I was the only Repub. lican who had that honor. I hearti ly supported the bill in the house and was flattered by a number of leading Members telling me that I made the best speech in support of the bill - Under that law we are now'having sixty five miles of the principal roads jn' Madron County maintained i.y. the slate and we will eventually have a hard surfac ed road, built by the State through this county. ; The average tax pay er does not pay ona penny into the fund used for thW purpose. '-. The money is raised by the automobile license tax and, the tax on gasoline used in motor vehicles. This bill will in th'ci end bring into, Madison n a... ' i - n '1 a' . ' vuuuiy a minion uouars to main tain and build mads, from the richer countys and corporations out Bide of Madison County, if this is a crime I am guilty. At the extra session of the Legis lature the proposition came up whether or not the State would ap propriate money to pay the school teachers what they had already earned and to continue the publi. schools, for six months,, the time provided by law. It will be recall ed that some of , the, teachers in this county had gohe some two or three months without receiving any pay. , A bill was introduced to ap propriate a sufficient amount of money to pay; the teachers. ' and ex tend the schools for the term of six months. This bill was vigor ously opposed by sonic of my, poli-1 tical friends and by many Demo crats. : I suppportcd the bill with all my ability and Gov., Morrison very f lettering'- said to . Ex-Gov Bickett and other leading men that my speech on thip bill was the best speech that had been made in North Carolina in three years, I do not claim this distinction or that "TTwas at all .worthy of the compli ment. The bill passed, our teach era in Mad;son County as well as $1500 per year, and $60 00 per month for a deputy. With this he paid all the expenses and fees in cident to the office went into the To The Republican Voters of Madison County ii win i i mmm Ladies And Gentlemen I take this method of urging upon you the Great Importance of Register ing for the coming Primary. Next Saturday is the last day to register for the Primary and all; that registers for the Primary will save having to re-, gisterfor the Fall election when we battle , with the Democrats. Every Republican should register and vote, regardless of who they vote for in the county fund i made the salary of Primary. This is important. No one the sheriff $3200, increased the fees , i i i i j n i " i from fifty to eighty per cent, and should lose their vote through failure Sfre& u Z to register.. See the Register in your township deputy serves the process w arcl or To wnship between now and he gets the fees. . , , , , . if the law had been left the way oaturaay ana get your name on nis it was the sheriff drew the salary I hoOK and if he did not. rupcpoA himoolf when he went out of office he. took b. D. SxUuEjKiO. me tax dooks to. collect the taxes m, r,JUi: T7 ' . xi for the year after he retired as Vliaillimil IXepUUllCdll rjACCUUVe sheriff. . If the present sheriff had fAmmiTTna guueu i.ue tax dooks next year tne fees would have amounted to vab- out $6000 for four or five months nafl been sold for moneys worth I work. When the sheriff retires now nave contnbuied at least $5,000 in services to the ex soldiers and their dependents. It is a loss of time and money to me to go to the Legislature but coming up in the next Legislature and I believe that I can be of i . . . to abolish the some service 10 ine people, oi my All I am trv- county as well as the State. My U .i!l '.I . , ne seines wun tne commissioners on the first Monday in December and that is the end of his job. I do not believe the people are will i J. ! AAA tl ug iu pay aouuu, to collect one tax. I understand that it has been re ported that I tried town of Marshall. ing to do for Marshall is to make Past record m thc Legislature is an it fit to live in. ; I am in favor of Pen book and 1 d?y ftnv raln ('r a aravity Water System for the womnn to point to any act I did or town And t.hn TWrrf nf ilm.n vote 1 cast that was against the through my assistance as attorney interest of my county or my State, are trj ing to get such a svstem for I love my native State of North the town, and when the people of Carolina, my county and my town. the country come here they will I love my country and my country have plenty of good water to di ink men, and it is through this spirit The County hasnothine to do with and none other that I, offer to this, and is not liable for a penny make the sacrifice of time and of thc. cost. . ' : , ' . . money to represent the people, of Space will not permit me to eo Madison County in the next Legis through and -explain the various lature. I moot respectfully ask the things I did in the Legislature in women of Madison County tq ' in- behalf of my County and mv State. sPect my rccord m tne eneral As I wish to say in . this connection aembiy and ascertain tor themselves that I stand for the upbuildine of whether or not it is , acceptable to the 8cH3oIs in our county as well tnem as the btate, and, I am for more I will furnish any one who is in education and better education- and terested with the records to show better facalirie, fnr nr.fttion .v.rv how 1 stood on every question that dav in the vear. It mav sePm 1,1 was presented to the last i.egisia " J i . i - . . i a boost to mvself and rnt.hpr tm. -uw.- Examine my .recora - ana u modest for me to sav it. h.if. T hv a " tnal PU - nPl been appealed to bv leadinir Ho. aPProve of then vote f?r 8omeb,idy publicans as well as Dn.monrnm cIse- but tbe name of common from nr..oiien!1v mr TvTnwh justice do not vote against me on Carolina to run for the Legislature some mftllufactured fa,se report and and to be a mMnher nf th nn. laisc siaLemeut uiai- iias ausuiuw-ij- ral Assembly of 1923.' ' no foundation. There is one thing I , w sh to JOHN A. HENDHICKS mention, and that is something has ' Since writing the above Mr. Deen eaia aoout ex-serviee men. i Romulus Edwards ; has issue. X a believe that I can truthfully say statement in which he wiys . "I am mat i nave aone more tor the men absolutely opposed to any more who served in the World War and bonding our county for anything their dependents in the way of without a vote of the people." helping them to get compensation BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL or in any other way it was possible KNOW THEM." for me to aid them all of the bal- In 1912 Mr. Edwards was elect- ance of the workers in the County ed a member of the County Board put together. From the time we of Commissioners in Madison Coun- entered the War my office door has ty on what was generally known as been wide open to the soldiers and the "BOGUS TICKET." While their dependent and if the time Mr Edwards and his colleague m t ove couinoutca to them I were serving as commissioners a special act was passed authorizing the issueing of . $300,000 Madison County bonds . The act provided that the question . might be sub mitted to the popular vote of the people, the act also provided that Meeting of The Dixie High way 'Association The annual meeting- of the Directors of the Dixie Highway Association has been called meet in Jacksonville, Fla., Hote Semincle, May 20th and 27th. It is sincerely hoped that Ashe- ville may this year organize at least three or four automobile loads of Asheville citizens and attend this annual meeting in Jacksonville. Judge N. H. Alii son, President of the Association Chattanooga, Tenn , urges the undersigned, as Director for North Carolina, to get up as arge a party as ' possible from Marshall, Asheville, Hendrson- ville, and other points on the Carolina Division to attend this meeting. You know the , importance of the Dixie Highway to Asheville and what its continued improve' ment has already meant and will continue to mean. Sincerely hope we can get at least three or four cars to make this trip. Dr. W. H. Glenn and Mrs Glenn made the trip from Ashe ville to Savannah, Ga , a week or so ago, a distance of 312 miles, in one day. The trip can be made in one day. The trip can be made fairly well in two to two and one half days at the outside. Let's go, Cordially yours, N. Buckner.y.' Director, Dixie Highway As sociation, North Carolina. Agents Wanted there are many , important things tbe commissioners might issue the $300,000 bonds without . a vote of the people. Mr. W. C. Sprinkle a member of the Board! plead : with Mr. Edwards and Ed ward's Collea gue to submit the question to the people, but Mr. Edrwards presis tently refused and he' and his col league over the protest and yoie of Sprinkle on the 2tst of April 1913 put over the $3f.(000 bond issue without a vote of I the people which constitutes about half of the' indebtedness of Madison County WHEN WAS Mr. 1SD WARDS CONVERTED to the. VOTING PROPOSITION? In the last Legislatut.tj 1 voted for a bill, which became, a law that prohibits the issuing of bonds or incurring indebted-iess against the county beyond five pa.- cent of the taxable value of tho property in the county. I advised that the last proposed $150,000 boi ad issue" was not legal, The boncta were sold on a tentative bid of four and one half per cent premium: Here is what the purchasers' of the bonds have to say. ' ' , Marx ajid Co., Bar '.. Jra. Birmingham. Alabama. April 26th, 1922. Clerk Board Road Commissioners. ' Madison County, . : ', Marshall, N. C. Dear Sir:--" . Refering to contract, of Messrs Kaufman-Smith Emert and Com-' pany and ourselves for the purchase of $150,000, Madison County, ' N: C- road bonds, we have used every endeavor to have these bonds 'ap proved, but all bond attorneys .-'are of the opinion that . these boa da will be illegal wriuld be carrying above the 5 debt limitation. Yours Very Truly. l " Marx and Compajr. i By W. A. Watkias Men and women wanted . to handle city trade and retail the ori ginal nd genuine Watkins Pro ducts, Remedies, Extracts, Spices, Toilet Requisites, Household i Spe cialities, Automobile Accessories, etc. Over 150 guaranteed products. Our: values are unequaled and Watkins Quality is in a class by itself. Write today for free sample sample and full details of our offer' and what it means to you. The J. R. Watkins Co.. Dept. 76, New York, N- Y. dollaVs indebtness. All bonds of MadLsorf County have been issued under W'8 that I had - nothing to do with thejnaking. I am in favor of reducing V taxes every penny, wheie is it pc sible to do so. ' ' I understand that it is being cir culated in the c ounty that if I go to the Legislatui that I am pledg ed to create a lot V new offices at big salaries and alt 'o to creates' a perpetual hoard of "!ounty commis aioneri. Every :.word of this is mauufaclu.ed acid is absolutely ialu I understa "id that Edwards says ae will reduce taxes' by cutt' i Jig dovn tho ealan of the County officers. Whose w. l liov cut and how much ?' The beri I's salary ms more than doubh d. liow much rill he cut the sheriff t . A continuous string . I falsehoods, about me withou!; ant foundation whatever, are Lalai cir; i plated over the county. ; In rc'ird So what 1 have tlone or what I an i going to do. ..-.-'.:V"':- I have the best ibteresi' of Madi- r 4.. k.. anrT if -1 &m "c ,y 'elected I will act acordina;ly I ng the Count yi 1 4. w a and -women appeal fcv vuw uw of , Madison Coun ty to ; repudiate the attempt to deft tat me by false and slanderofus mil jrepresentatidus. JNO. A. HENDRICKS From Roy McCampbell. Realizing th,e time is very short before the primary and that I may ndt get to see all the voters personally I take this opportunity to announce through the paper how I stand toward Madison county and her affairs. As for the county I think we have a grand one, but as to her affairs I think we are just about on t the eve of in solvency, the .indebtedness that we are .laboririg under at thia writing is about six hundred and fifty thousand dollars, can we wonder why our tax rate is so extremely high ? ,. And if the one hundred and fifty thousand dollars that have been issued would have sold then would such moves like this decreased the tax rate? I say NO, bit would have rather increased the rate. Now people are we lomj. to set with idle and closed hand.-; and see our money slip from us ike this, I should say not, I am not trying to kick about paying tax but I am kicking because we dont scarcely see the efi'eci; of our money. People of Madi son County we need our Coun- ty affairs, put on systamatic bc- sis we need more practical ideas and riot experiments we have had these , experiments to the ull of it and in my estimation most all have proved to be noth ing less than1 a higher tax rate and more indebtness, do the peo ple of Madison County want to continue to tolorate this, if so we will tstill labor under the same old burden that' we are now under. ' As I , said in" my announcement "I do not stand for any thing that will increase or place a burden of the tax payers of ... Madison County." am heart and mind in sympa thy with all that have any tax of any nature to pay for I know the case, it .means money and blks just to be frank it means ' might near all a.poor man can rake arid scrape the whole year to. meet this demand, and there is another thing I would like to; mention is the road arid the way they are maintaining the ques tion, are we getting what we' hould out of the money we put into roads each, ? year? I w ill ansWere this in one. word and j fc is NO is there a"man that - is re sponsible for, a penny of road money, if, the overseers of the roads now was not men of hon est characters we would be in still worse shape than we are, we need an experienced road man that would be under bond or the money furnished to maintain roads and the roads ' should be on taxation, for ins tance every man that was sub ject to the road assess him a tax. of five dollars per road year and then every district that pays this money in .let the same go or maintaining the roads from where the money was collected, theres several other things that should be don 3 but they are to many to talk about we need lots of things done but the mam thing is economically legislate n to promote better roads schoon and etc., JM ow voters I solicit your votes and I will further state if I am elected to the le gislator of 1923 1 will do every thing in my power to enact laws that will bring.about better cor ditions the County as a wholt, and for fear, that I dont get to see every voter personally dont mistake aything else or be mis- 1 led I am for betterment of the people I ask one and all to sup-'' port me thanking all in advance. r ROY McCAMPBELL, : For County Representative This saves the county of i5(J 000 ) . til
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