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s . - . V. , r :V1 V Madison County Record V uiwued Jan. 13, Itol 1 - .. i TO KUMlMk V.zizi tht year s:b- t J scriptisa has exp:rciA j ipppfppppppppppppppp French Dread News lautili.hod Mr It, luf Ik J ' . O - COnSOLIDATED BOV.I.inil XPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP VyLi..Ll V-U- aTIIE ONLY nStSPAPE : 1 UBLISIIED IN MADISON COUNTY .,'''"",'"'''" ' v i t' VOL XXI x MARSHALL! MADISON COUMY, N. C. FRIDAY, UGUST 22nd, 1924. ! No 43 ' U " ' -J . ' , ' -U- ' . i: Marshall, County Scat of Madison : , County, Holds a Unique -Place With towns . (By Staff Correspondent) ' MarshallJuly 2!).-MarshaIl the county seat pf Madison County, will) a popu'aifon of about 1,000, . is uniaue among towns due to its peculiar geographical situation. It . is located on the Tight bank of the French Broad River, about 23 ' miles West of Asheville, and is in the heart of tlje rugged mountain Vounlry thai Vretehes . between Asheville and the Tennessee lino. The main lino of the Southern Hail way passes tl o orgh the town and the seilipn has the. advantage of splendid' freight and passenger J'acilities.- This fact js aiding great y in the opening up of the region around Marshall and Hot Springs, another. large town of this county, , located rtn f ho Southern Railway about 20 miles West of here. ? . The-peculiar , geographical posi tion 6f Marshall makes the ,town long and very narrow. The valley between tTieFrench Broad River and the mountain tiides is extreme ly -harro? and , residents of the ;,:,. ' ,;r town have had to seek, roim Wor expansion on themouiitainside ' that hem in the town.. 1 Because of mis laci, a visitor loymuranau is I liable to think that there' is very little to the town, but if one takes the opportunity to walk around a bit he will be supriHcd to find bow ingenious nianTean ' be: in finding : suitable places for the . location of school buildings, business houses, and dwelling places. : v V Marshall is an up and coming , town and her citizens are anxious v to do all they can to aid in im' proving social and business condi- lions. Schools have been built, . , . streets have been paved, and busi- ' ness structures have been erected ' . -t .to t15e care of the growth in popu , . lajtion and of the expansion of 1 business.1 -''-;,;.'. - i The tremendous.' flood of' J916 completely inundated thev main , part of town, and" many buildings ' '' were washed ,. away and consider V able damage done. But, this -did not : discejirago. the citizens of .'" Marshall who then went 'to work with a right good will and within a few months the town was. again , . A back to normal, nevVBtiuctures had j been built and business was . thriv ing and the citizenshustlin. ' a Civic improvements have come , " in for their share of k attention of ' late years. Within the ; past 12 montns' Marshall turned on' jher rew supply of waler.v The gravity line was installed and other im- ,provemeuls made at a Cost of about;. v.' $.)5,C0H.( Tl.e water -;is bi ought ' from the head of Hunter Creek in a six inch cast iron pipe. The flint ; ; . n servoir is on top of Redmon ' Mountain about 800 feet ibove the t- t.)wn, w hile . the oilier two reser vjirs are immediately bolbw.. ; The capacity of these reservoirs is about " SOOO.OuO gallons. . The watersheds - -13 made up tf 700 acres of "virgin ' , forjst land on the' crest " of the Walnut. Mountains. N o r t h of . "Marshall. The water is piped from - -a large nuiftbr of spwigs that are . on the watershed. The ' water is vo'l and of 1 a fine quality. The Tourt house ha been renovated fir'e last year and now has the apf sarance of - newness. Shrub ; i rv and evergreen have been l .ted on the court, house lawn and the grounds have been othsi ' ' wi -e improved. ," i" ' ..; The town authoratives have in tailed three-drinking fountains on main street for public use. The water system has also been extended to The1 Island, in the middle of the, French Broad River just o iposite the town of Marshall The Island ,is a (very attractive place, with fine' shade tree-j and old swimmin' holes." It is now mainlj used for camping purposes. The Seate. Orphans School of South Carolina is now conducting a camp there,. 'A large , number of boys and girls Are in attendance. The camp will last through the Summer months. A small building . and several tents constitute the hous ing equipment. .The island (con tains about 20 acres of land, and was formerly called Blanna Hassett after the famous island in the (hio River. ' . .- - 0 J Although Marshall's not a tour ist town and there is no hotel that directly eaten to the tourist trade, the town has many attractions that appeal to tourists. The climate, water, scenery,, people, and other things border on the ideal. Around Marshall, on the hill .sides and hill tops Uiat abound in great profusion in this region there are fonumerabl fine sites for Summer homes."- .' The State is now building a high way, from Marshall up the French Broad River to Ash ille, which will.be part of ' the famousDixie Highway. Work will bp completed in about a year, it is anticipated. The road follows the river bank mostof the way and the highway forces are having a , large amount of rough work and blasting to do. The road will be hard surfaced j When completed the drive from Marshall to Asheville wiil, be, one of the most beautiful on the Dixie Highway. - . There are two good roads now between Asheville and Marshall maintained by the . State. One is by Sandy Mush, a distance of 23 mies, and the other is by Mars Hill, where Mars Hill. College is locat-d, a distance of 33 miles. A regular bus servicj Is . maintained daily between Asheville and Mar, shall over the Mars Hill routs. ' When the highway is completed up the river Asheville will be with in 20 miles of Marshall. Marshall has two hotels each containing about 25 rooms. They are the Montezuma, and thf Rec tor House. These two hotels are mainly commercial, though tour ists frequently are guests- there. Marshall offers excellent opportuni ties for the establishment of a large tourists hotel , This town has several industrial establishments. - T h e Capitola Manufacturing Ccmpany i a large concern, which makes cotton yarns, The .Company was founded in 1904 OfficeVs are A Q KaK president; and J. J. Redmon, vice-president The Company operates a flour mill About 100 workers are . employed in all: ' ; . Other concerns include the Oscar Daver Planing Mill, and the Geor gia Talc .pompany. . The talc comp my ships annually thousands of dollars worth of talc One mill is located here, another on Big Laurel, and Murray County, 1 Ga another . in Judge J. Frazier Glenn is the principal own er. Crayons and ground tale are manufactured 'and the material is sl.ippcd to points in New York, New Jersey,-Missouri and elsewhere Last July the Bank of French Broad moved into its new and handsome brick tructure on Main street. - l he building, wrncn is three sfories high, cost about $58,- 000. It is fireproof and has mod ern conveniences! . Thg first floor is devoted to the hanking business of the company, while the second and third rtories areued as offices Officers oftbs bank are: J. J Red mon, president ; Dr. Frank Roberts vice-president; W, B' Ramsey, cashier; and H. C. Rector, assw fant cashier. The capital is $25-', 000, 1 arid .the u plus profits $50,000, , , si The other bank of ' Marhidl, known as 1 he Citizens Bank of Marshall and Hot Springs, is also a well established institution The officers ar: Everett Tweed, presi dent; Cauley Elbe, vice-piesi(l nt ; Arthur Whitehurat, cathier; ami Wurn-n Davis, afistant rnshier. The cnpitalization is $50,000; with surplus and profiti at nearly., C-25, ooo.- ' '.' ,r- ":. Madison County has 07 p.nljii school districts of wtucli tlnec are for colored children. Each dix trict contains a school house Tte population of the' county is around 20,000. ..' The county has two standardise credited high schools, one being at Marbhall and the other it Walnut. The Marshall High School building was erected in 1918 at a cosk- of about $30,000.; The 'building is made -of concrete blocks, ' is two stories high and contains, ' 11 class rooms. This coming y e a r; 12 teachers will be employed, five in ! the high school and 'seven in ' the grammar; "a n d primary, grades About 150 pupils are expected thii d tmfe 36 tjf Higl. -TTTV- year, which will be an increase about 20 over last year. The School at Walnut; six miles West, of Marshall, was finished about a year ago. The building has 12 rooms, and ocst a total of $30,000. The school will have this year on enrollment of about 300 students with nine teacheis, three of them high school and six elamentary teachers. - About 60 students will be in -the high school department, the remainder will go into the grammar and primary grade?. Work is going on on the new ad dition to the school equipment at Mars Hill and it is thought the new building will be ready for occupan cy by December 1, The addition will be seperate from the old school building, which contains six rooms The new build ing will contain a like number. ' This year there will be nine teachers and about 300 pupils. The new addition will be one story high and made of brick and will cost in the neighborhood of $25000. Consolidation of 'the California Creek high school with the Forks of rvy sehoom being planned. If the plan goes through the school will be located a. Mi.w Hill, and some 600s(!uts will attend the one PIace- Thc Fork.9 Ivy school is ito pe cii8coniinuea arte,- the com ing year. Thi sc'io-l his two teachers and about 75 j-upilf. - Shool officials: hope that by next year the eight monthsc'iool term wjll be r,enerl tlutiUghout the county.' This question will be de cided by a v ite of the cit ze ns of the county next Spring. The present school at Marshall runs for nine months, and the one at . Wal nut "eight months. The Madison County School Board is composed of the fallowing men: Jasper Ebbs, of Trust, Chair man Wiley M. Iioberts, of Mar shall; NVB. McDcvitt, of Marshall and Homer Henry, of Marshall., superintendent o f schools. Mr. Henry is a graduate of Emory and Henry CC" 3, tf Vir-tniar of the cbes cf Ha tliciiJ: 1 am- mer school at the . University of North Corolina ;jn 1913 and in iy&W irom ltuo to he wa principal of the Wi!ke9boro High school. Ill IHI7 he oeeame prin cipal of the Sylva High" School and remained there two years. Id 1919 he bccflinecacher of mathe matics at the Cullovvhea ' Normal and Collegiate In-tilute. In 1921 he went to Murphjffrr a sl ort while to take chuigc 61 the imblie schools there, and he then camC li Marahal tobeciinm,Superint.end(n of the Madison County School, Several small residence have been built hert in the - pat few inon- lis. The Moore-Davis Com pany has opened up a ' new store within thopastyear. The concern deals inodiy '0 )ds. ; . Madison is a. vba'ceo i aisiug re gion, iiutwiihst'inding it is also u mnuntaiicirttnly.,' Atiout. '$"2,000,. OOtJ wort li t.f teaf totntcco H ship ped fnim ,vluiliu!l and Hut Sprinp ..acli year, it is estimated by i piomi.uut citin !ii.. This count uiao pi'Cnluce splendid crops of ap ples, grapes, cherries, pears, and other fruits, Madison cpunty supplies miner als of many kind.., .Talc is mined extensively, and garnets for polish ing steel and for use as gems are found. The garnet is found 'em bedded in talc and each stone tak en out has 12 sides, no more and no less. When beaten up the par- ticl' s of garnet also have 12 sides'. Tlu nly explanation offered i3that . ne of the peculiarities of na Meriwether Hotel Unused For Years Destroyed By Fire Blaze at Alexander Destroys Old Hostiery and Adjoining Residence At Late Hours Last Night Fire of 'unkhdWn origin- late last night destroyed the old Meriwether Hotel at Alexander a house of about 35 rooms, and the dwelling of Mrs Fred E West, adjoining. The fire, start- e a i n Mrs. west s name shortly after 11 o'clock, accord ing to reports last night, and gaining headway destroyed the hotel building also. . ' Approximately $20,000 dam age1 was done by the flames, ac cording to estimates of the own ers, and it . is understood that both buildings were completely razed. The hotel, it is said, had not been occupied as such since 1915, but Mrs O C. Meriwether owner, resided in it and was there at the time of the fire. Owing to tHe .distance from any fire department little could be done to Ibxtinguish the flames which consumed the: frame buildings in a short time. Why Joes the average indi vidual not inquire, with the same concern regarding5 the causes of destructive forebts fires as he des about the cause of a fire in his city or town which perhaps does only a fractional part of the damage? . ; v v Every year forest fires in: the United States destroy or ilamage timber of sufficient amount to build five-room houses for the entire population of ,a . city the size of Denver, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Atlanta, Louisyilla n.&r.::3 wzy, jew; ur leans, or :.:Jr;t:-, D. C ' ' -''.. '' Tourists Routed Away From Dixie Route A, Cer.ierson : viIle,"AsheviIle, end oth er Points b a Greens boro Motor Club In . Asheville Asheville, N. t, July - Wil- I'am J. Slemme, fljrist, of Hat tiesburg, .viiss, who recently drove from Hattiesburg to Hen- . dersonvil'e, 698 miles 'in three days left Asheville twelve days ago over Dixie Route A for St. Louis and, according to a com munication to his brother-in law A illiam A Seeger, received last night, mad-' the trip t St. Louis in good time and reports the road in excellent condition, the equal of any longdistance high way. CoTect routing informat ion that saved Mr Stemmieand his wife at least 800 miles extra travel was given after the Greensboro Carolina motor club had advised Mr. Stemmie the road to the West, was not pass able but routed him through Greensboro and Washington 800 miles further than over Dixie Route A. Commenting on- this R. M. Beadles, president of the Ashe ville motor club stated this morn ing that in his opinion each ' car that travels to Cincinnati or Louisville over Dixie Route A will.be the r"-is ff'i";Htj j i r .... . - , -. - w . . , ten to, twenty five cars from the middle west this fall when the movement of tourists start for the Carolina and Florida re sorts. Many of these motorists travel by easy stages and will top at Hot Springs, Marshall, Mars Hill, Weaverville and Hendersonville a n d take in other points in- Western North Carolina and - other places all along Dixie Route A. Roscoe Marvel, manager Ken- il worth Inn and member of the Board of governors of the Ashe ville Motor club expessed the hope that all gaiages, in Ashe ville, Hendersonville and other towns, on Dixie Route A, and nil other towns in Western North Carolina will give this western routing to all inquiring - motor tourists in that it will bring a great deal of valuable motor tourists business through West ern North Carolina it has never had before, during the latter parv o f Sepiembe'r, October, November and December., Correct routing f o r Dixie Route A, the Asheville Motor club advises, is through Mar shall, Hot Springs, Newport, Straw Plains and across ferry, 25 cents, Mascot, Knoxville, Maynardsville, TazewelJ, .Cum berland Gap, Middlesboro, Pine ville, Barbouville, Corbin, Lon don, Mt Vernon, Bearea, Rich mond through Lexington t o Paris, Falmouth and Cincinnati, o r through Winchester from Bsrea, or through Georgetown from Lexington. -At Mt Ver non travel may veer, to west through Crab Orchard a n d Bardstown to Louisville and St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Chica go, or from Cincinnati to Chica go, Detroit and Cleveland. The entire road from' Cincin nati south will be signposted with handsome Dixie Route A signs daring tl.3 fall to make it easy to follow. '. . Canal Earcirjfs The Panama Canal, i but wond erful monument t o Republican statesmanship and fHrfiglitedness chalked up a new Ujj;h record in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1924, when 27,210,000 lonq; torn totaling $2i.29l,0J0. This was a monthly cargo aveiap of 0') ) and tolls coll?cti'n of $2,n?4,t;vii. Compar ed u it'i the fiscal year 1923 transils increased nearly U2; net tomaire- 40H Per cent; tolfs almost 30; and cargo corned over 37. The total coft of 1.1 Cera!," cx elusive of fortifications and right's acquired,' was about $:i7.),000 0 0 The amount received in' tolls in 1924 lepresenled about gross on the investment., which u a good showing, but the factor of smallest consideration, for the Canal has proved a marvelous im petus to our foreign trade, the pro fits from which , accrue to this , country in one t. ay or another. " The Government And The Wheat Question ' Serious minded peoplepeople who act in accordance with judg ment instead of hysterical emot ion- recognize that the possession and exercise of power carries , with it responsibility. This ' re mark is made preliminary to com ment upon the rent prediction of a sre 1 ' ' r f ' ' t!. Lusnbt. Jf it does, the Rood for tune will bring joy to t he hearts of wheat farmers. But it will also bring some criticism frpm consumers- of bread who will have to pay a higher price ' for what they buy. They- will be asking the Government to limit the price of wheat. A few months ago there were a Iobspf farmers who wanted ,the Government to undertake the fix ing of the price of wheat that is to fix a minimum price Now if the Government asserts and ex- ercises the right and power to fix a minimum price : for wheat, it must also assert and exercise the power to . fix a maximum price . And if that is to be done as to wheat, it must be done with regard to all other essential com modities. To do all this fwould mean the employment of a vast number of official boards for the determination of fair prices, a series of high boards to which ap peals, could be taken, and also an army of enforcement officials ten times more numerous than thqse employed to enforce the .prohib ition law. ' ,-' , All thess things are consider ations that should I e kept In mind by those who are inclined . to get hysterical and advocate Government control as the solut ion for every industrial problem. There is cause for reassurance in the fact that when socialis ic remedies were proposed in Con gress, a vast majority of the far mers themselves looked with dis favor upon y them. The recent rise in the price , of grain has provenxthat Government inter vention was not what was needed. Those farmers who kept their heads, even in the face of dis tressing adversity, have been vindicated. Human carelessness countinu-3 to be chief cause of ad forest fir es. The number of man car 1 fires in 1223 ran as high : j ', of ,th total in certain set"; f the country and is approx:. 0 percent for the cour.tn- ' -wholj.