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MARSHALL, N. C, FRiPAYj APRIL 9, 1926
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THE MARSHALL SCHOOL SITUATION.
AREPLY TOMR. MCDEVITT
In view of an article in last week's
issue of the Record written by Mr.
N. B. McDevitt, a member of the
County Board of Education, relative
to the school project that the board
has undertaken at Marshall, I feel
that something ought to be said to
correct the erroneous statement made
by him. I dislike newspaper contro
versy, as seldom any good comes of
It Kiif in Inatfoa in tho Rnnrri ttt KHll.
Jt cation, to myself, and the County
" Hoard of Commissioners this article
is written.
In the first place, I shall state that
Mr. McDevitt is a member of the
County Board of Education, and that
as such it is his duty to attend the
meetings of the Board to consider
the interests of the public school sys
tem. For the past eight months, Mr.
McDevitt has attended no meeting of
the County Board of Education. Mat
ters of vital importance have been
- brought before the board for its con
sideration, but at all times he has e
vaded the meetings, seeking to avoid
responsibility, and hoping to be able
to attach blame to any of its acts,
whenever possible.
during these months, through the
papers the matter of the building in
the Island has been discussed. An
election was ordered by the boara to
enlarge the district, and to provide
additional funds to secure a new
building. Dur.ng none of these
tih. inu u'u ira u u...., v.
boaru, r A one time am oe ra , un marcn im, u, me ""'"J homesick, or wanted to move back to i woman was temporarily insane. Mrs. ana luarsntwi peupie are luuti
voice aj.a n ember of the Board a- Board of Education, loaned to Mars Sprjn Creek. Usually her husband iPlemmons was the daughter of Mr... 4, t To
gainst saio action. I feel sure thatlHill $25,000.00 for the purpose of strayed with her at night, but last Fri- and Mrs. -Wexler Hnynie, of Spring'"1 uPon th6 future of the Is
if he had beer. active in his . work jbuilding a new building there. The d ight he ished to g0 foxhunting Creek, and is survived by her parents : iand -.with renewed interest.
as a niemuei . "",;'' W'w" ,
in'attempting to defeat the proposi-, $2375.00. The salary schedule for
tion. tnat a saiisia ivory pruBiju xw teacners iur umi. m ."'" "r' he found Mrs. Flemmons gone and hi i
all concerned could have been work-jtwo months $1876.64. This gives a Jyinf, j the floor almost frozen,
ed out. t v u !ttalof A25-H,or fa? deflc,tiThe husband's, first thought was- that
Now let's see as to the basis of hia;0f ;$549.02. If Mr. McDevitt was so(ghe had gone to Spring Creek. So he,
argument against the school. In the'anxious to see that no district got wjtn Mr. John Gentry, went to Spring
article named above he states that; more money than it could pay back Creek- The people there had not seen
he has asked the court, through his.why did he let Mar3 Hill i get more her and knew nothing about it. Re-.
affAVflAVt.
to pass on the scnoomouso
or Island question for Marshall and
f . ' -Urii.n rnntv .''
jtih rn tntmiiamt loaireu munn vim
"7 Board of EducatwnV'unaer in fwwn
'. statement of Mr. McDevitt, he states;
that the reason . for .' bringing; . this
action is that the building of isaid wall i
"would result in the ruin and destruc-j
tion of the property, real and person-
1 nt ttin nlaintiir."
Now, if he is bringing action a
gainst the board of education to pro
tect his property, why does he not o
state in his article? If he is bringing
the action to restrain the building
why does he not do so in his restrain
ing order against the Board? If he
is honest for bringing suit against the
board to protect, his property, why
-does he not bo", state ; m-his article?
If he wishes only to etop the build
ing because of the alleged inability
of the school to finance it, why does
he not restrain the building on that
ground?':. ;.! ;!
m the article named above, Mr. Mc
Devitt takes the position and attempts
to prove that Marshall is asking spe
cial favors of the County Board of
Education other than that which the
other districts of the county have re
ceived especially Walnut, Mars Hul
LI
T0 THEV0TERS OF
I ; MADISON COUNTY:
X " ' . I hereby announce myself a candidate
V ' f for theoffice of Sheriff of Madison Conty
1 v subject to the Republican primary tobe..?!
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neia June OUl, v&u.. xx liuuuuawu anuy :
lected I will endeavor, by the help and co: Li
operation of the good people of the county, g
r a-nfnyna, Trio lawst nnfl PVfirnt.A thp duties
of ;this. office in a fair and impartial 'man:
ner. Thanking you for your .support in
tho past and asking for your vote and influ
ence in the coming Primary.
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and Hot Springs. . ... , ...
Now let's see as to the facts in these
cases. Un April 5th, lazu, the uoun
ty Board of Education passed an or
cion passea an or-
der in which the Board exchanged
property with S. R. Freeborn, giving Under the audit prepared by Dr. Wi
Athe id 8ch201 VtWr on.d E. Finley, the school property of the
15000. one thousand payable cash, county valued at $243,000.- I
and the other m four equal annual (think that this is an exceggive vai.
payments. This amount was not paid ation j think possibly, $76,000 or
out of the Walnut Special taxmg1$100 000 too hi h But the int
ITi.. A n hnf stilt f . 4-10 rvex-n a a 1 BihnA 1 7. . .. . . . .
iuiuo, uur vuv vv.tiii! that all this
iunas, leviea on tne property oi me)W5itn
county as a whole. In addition to
this, the Board of Education from
time to time has expended quite a
sum of money on the Walnut, build
ing out of the general county funds.
This year six or seven hundred dol
lars was spent in giving the .Walnut
school two extra rooms, painting,, cov
ering, etc. -
Now as to Mars Hill. On Septem-
ber 3, 1923, a petition from No. 5 and
No. 16 Townships was presented to'
the Board of Education calling lor a
special tax election in those townships.
Ji .iTmJ!" au
The purpose of this election was to
provide funds to supplement the six
. - .
months term and to pay interest and
4,i..wF. w.. " ifi. 'T'
school at Mars -Hill. The total valu-
i rm a nni n nv i fir m ii iirii
, ation of these townsinps a; Riven Dy
jthe Register of Deeds id $740 524.00.
I a fifty cent rate on this valuation,
( ' , A,? ,no it. n . ;
than it could pay DacKi inis year,
the school budget was made up be-
ttnvm.1 rarna rn tha CountV. Mr. Mo-
uevitt a a manur-Di tn uurwi.
Education pasaad an tun Duager. u
it we find that. there Was apportioned
the Mars' Hill District out, of. the
gpeheral school levy of ithe, county
$3750.00, outside of $330.00 payment
on the State Literary Fund, making
a grand total of $4080.00 in order to
run an eight months' term. Of this a
mount $1250. was apportioned to pay
the Principal on the Special Building
Fond 'used in erecting the Mars Hill
building, and the other for equipment
such as desks, chairs, and other e
quipment that Marshall is proposing
to pay out of-its regular Special
Building Fund. If Mr. McDevitt was
so anxious to see that each district
paid its full part of the building
debt, as he is that Marshall pay hers,
then Mars Hill would have had no
building. today. , , ,
- I am not criticizing Mars Hul or
Walnut for this. I think that the
Board of Education , did the right
thing in caring for these schools as it
has. The purpose of a board of ed
ucation, is not to save -taxpayers
money, but to provide school facili
ties for all the children of the. coun-
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ty. And it is not the policy of the
state or county to force each district
to provide its own buildings; the same
is distinctly a county proposition. vv
' The point that I wish to empha
size is, that as a member of the Board
of Education, Mr. McDevitt was ex
tremely negligent of his duty as a
member of the board u he permitted
then to m hv with hie sanction, or
tw ha f. i' i nusi. a
is playing to political and
sectional prejudice. I shall leave it
t t. i ),, .
.. tvjl f;.f,
property
the
exception of
MRS. FARIDO PLEMMONS OF
HOT SPRINGS1 STILL MISSING
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BELIEVED HER BODY I S
FRENCH BROAD RIVER
I N
s 3"
?d ,ast FrAday h? not Jet .b-en
Tniinn nirnmiarn rno Kiuaf nao noan
dili t dragged. No trace of the
vomm can be f nd M pem.
mons was a young woman, hardly!
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tnirty, ana lert tnree cnuoren -one
kA.. m tv- -u a ht
piemmons were formerly from Spring bleeding. The people on Spring Creek
Cfeek and Mr Plemons Was aland in Hot Springs give these people
mechanic, in a garage at Hot Springs. I &.?od name. No reason can be giv-
" seems that Jttra. I'lemmons wasen ior sucn an aci, excepi mat tne
and Slie readily consentea. wnen ne
returned t0 his home about midnight,
turning again home, Mr. Plemmons
COMMITTEE MET MONDAY
ENJOY LUNCH GIVEN BY BUSI
NESS MEN OF. MARSHALL
Mr
, Arey Stre Dairying for Mad
ison County. Mr. Sams Urge
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As advertised in this paper before,
the Madison County Agricultural
Committee met in Marshall Monday.
After attending to some business in
Mr.' Brintnall's office, this committee,
together with the Board of County
Commissioners and the County Board
of Education and some of the business
and professional men of Marshall
were given a lunch at the New Cafe,
the lunch having been provided by
the business men of Marshlal. At the
lunch, Mr. Guy V. Roberts was toast
master and three or four responded to
toasts, the principal speeches being
made by Mr. J. A, Arey, in charge of
dairy extension work at the State Col
lege, Mr. F. R. Farnhour, of Asheville,
Mr. Earle Brintnall and Mr. Guy V.
Roberts. ' The lunch proved to be an
enjoyable get-together affair. . which
is always conducive to good fellowship
nnu a uetier unuersiauuuig
another. " -.v"v.
.One
Mr. William Spencer Rice, Of Big
Laurel, entertained the crowd with
one of his jokes.
At z o'ciocK aDouc lorry zarmers
met in the court house and heard S m County Agent at Large, who
quite an able discussion of dairying ,, n,d t0 e jn the audience, was
by Mr. Arey. Following the address, i C8fd on and 8poke yery interesting
anjopen discussion among the famew , on tne SUDject permanent pas
present proved quite fatarestii.-;-;i-1n'A:,Hj,.lnB'de very emphatic .the
Some pomts made by Mr. Arey-- taporU , n 4 practicability of
After bemg introduced by Mr. Bnnt- hl , for permanent pasture,
nail, Mr. Arey spoke along the follow-He ,t nires several years to
injf lmes-e had been IB years in the j get started, but that it will grow ony
dairy extension workmostlyfa the nere on g'rich ,oil once tt geta
Piedmont section of the state and.that1 i- Dermanent, He men
conditions here in tne mountains were
as good as in the Piedmont section.
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farmers have not only tobacco, but
cotton and peanuts as welL He
in the' eastern part ox tne state jae
; To the Voters of Madison County and the
' v- Candidates for Tax Collector; ; (
"V : - PROPOSAL ; .
-V , ' ' M & Candidate for the office of Tax
" Collector, I suggest to my opponents let
;the high man or lady be the Nominee. This
saves the County the extra expense of hold
Mn a second primary;7 ' Are you both will
ing? " . . .' -J . - : " V
$25,000.00 on the Mars Hill building,
and $17,000.00 on the Walnut build
ing, or $42,000.00 has been paid
out of the general School funds of the
county. This leaves a valuation of
$201,000, that has been paid out of
the general school .funds of the
county. All that we insist is that
the facts be put before the people
of the county, and let them pass up
on the facts.
. Mr. McDevitt states that the di
rector of finances stated that this dis
trict has to pay back next year ap
proximately $9923.00. The director
of, finances does not make any such
statement. Notice his wording, "has
had the funds." But the director of
Finances does not say that Marshall
district has ta pay these back or that
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found a note stuck up near her coat
going to a lone grave. Be good to
wis "o n tW Bloodhounds we i
8ercued' which Laced her thA";dR;
ux liik river. j. l euorL i iihl umou ,
and a knifeliad been found about the
premises is jaid by those in position
tto Know to De absolutelv witaout
to
-. -i x : mi i l i i i
ouuaauon. xne diooq on me step,
fmm o ino.o i,ih v,qH i DUilaing,
ana one Biirt .wirs. nmaer, oi ricn-i
dersoh County, and brothers, Messrs.
uenm ana 'Troy naynie oi spring
Creek.
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Sunshine is a great protector and
healerf and, thechild that is gradually
and tarefully exposed to the direct
ray's f the sun will benefit in health,
saypme . demonstration workers.
stressed the '.importance of having
more than one source of income to
depend on and that dairying and poul
try raising can both be well done in
the mountains. He made the startling
statement that from fifteen to seven
teen million pounds of creamery but
ter are shinned into -North Carolina
every year. He said North Carolina
stands high (about 10th) in crop pro
duction while in per captita wealth it
takes 4 1st place.
He then discussed a creamery for
this county, saying that when we get
to shipping out as much as 6000 or
7000 lbs. of butter fat, we could then
well establish a creamery. Quality
butter is what is needed. He says
that Grove Park Inn, in Asheville, is
now trying to, make arrangements o
get butter from Denmark, in an effort
to get quality. He spoke of the ad
vantage of our farmers in having so
many cool springs in which to keep
the milk or cream. In North Caro
lina the average is two cows to every
farm-while in Iowa there is an av
erage of fourteen cows to every farm.
He said that
500 cows would oe. a
cniflfiMAnf ntimhA, fnr a rrpftmfirv.
'. Mr. J. R. Sams Speaks
Following the' speech by Mr. Arey
j Vl-Atmtaann Mr, J. n.
r; j .ui.. . n.m nlor umn.
t N. C. which-, had been a fine
tu j had not been plowed up
pasture and tu
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AUW '
COUNTY C0MnSSI0NERS ENDORSE
MARSHALL SCHOOL BUILDING AND
WORK ON BUILDING AND WALL
PROCEEDS
OUTCOME 'OF INJUNCTION
AWAITED WITH INTEREST
' From the amount of work
going on in the Island prepara
tory forthe erection of the new
schooPand the wall to protect
it from occasional high water,
one would judge that nothing
had happened" to hinder the
wotflc in the least. The State
Engineer,
Mr. Simpson,
was
here Tuesday and pronounced
the excavations sufficient to be-
i
gin pouring cement for the
f ,. . 6 ,,
luuuuauuii ui ine vvaiiss ui me
.The excavations for
!tne nrotectintr wall have also w fvt" hlh cho1 at Marshall,
:lne Proiec.lln8 dn nave alsolNorlh Carolina" so long a. it i. given
been rapidly pushed forward ! no preference oyer other high .chool.
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REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION , ..
WAS HELD LAST SATURDAY
The Republican Convention of Mad- the State Convenioja in Durham on th ' f" ,
bon.tamt? irahld -."At t&e Court Jgth ? These ate rrint tm
chairman,. Mr. S. B. Roberts, called
the meeting together at 1:30 o'clock ;
and' stated the object of the meet
ing. A motion was made by Mr. B.
W. Gahagan, that Mr. S.- B. Roberts
be elected as county chairman to suc
ceed himself. The motion was unani
muosly carried. On a motion made
by Mr. J. WU1 Roberts, Mr. Q. R.
Edney was elected secretary. A full
delegation of 16 was elected t attend
SING CONVENTION
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SINGING CONVENTION TO
BE IN MARSHALL FOURTH
v . SUNDAY IN APRIL
Mr. W. A. Treadway has asked us
to publish that the usual Madison
County ' Singing Convention will be
held in Marshall the fourth Sunday in
April. 1 t,f
A)( jO
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TO THE VOTERS OF
MADISON COUNTY
I j ?- thereby announce myself a candidate: $
tor the office of Tax Collector, subject to n '
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tiie'" action of vthe'Republican :-Mmary. ot
"4:- June 5,; 1926. r r.v-;f p
or
Notwithstanding the fact that
there has been some lively dis
cussion of the school matter in
and around the count house this'
week, the County Commission
ers have wired the State author
ities that they favor the Mar
shall school building project.
Their resolution as wired
reads as follows :
Commissioners Favor
f High School for
Marshall
The County Commissioners,
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m ocooiun mm .v.v.", uu v.
'following resolution:
in Madison County.
W. R. ELLERSON, Chairman
G. B. BROWN
W. G. BUCKNER
A. R. McDEVITT
L. H. TWEED
the new place of organization, i. They
were, instructed to vote , thefull
strength of the county pro rata as to
the number attending.
The Senior Class of
Marshall High School
will give:
"AND HOME CAME
TED"
at
The Pastime Theatre,
Friday, April 23rd, at
8:00 P. M. Admission
25 and 35 cents.
LLECTOR
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Your friend,
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