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it I) r. TI OTII A YEAR OR 'p.dt j A YEAR t 3 '"4 THE ONLY NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED IN MADISON1 COUNTY VOL. XXI MARSHALL, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1926 1200 xl ' - -' ) $2.00: DILLARD AGAKJ xMCTS AND FIGURES lV M tllllAJ MMion. I have Mid the Commission. .,, MotgaViUmseyT that- the H$ ' , ' , 1 wer in session and thej 'have isaid .School under their !nianagemmt s ! -mZi Mbru v rj, u I V !i I can oe seen in report .made "c,k ' u v it ., . , . ' and on the 1st day of ' April, '.1926, u.S,5" "TSASSf !25 Frk NMh..:nt'AtSS'ey Gen- Ti.1 j T eral, wrote the State Bupt. and used -l8L0.r!d.irffI the.eword8L"Am.jorityf Jhe Board -i- k r, ""v"v" T . u r"" of County commissioner of Madison S rVnn -.. C0"11' Mh 23rd, without for aJsTrh! .mJLvul": al meeting attempted to rescind ' TIl i? ttfflt1 ta 18t.w action in applying for .aid loan of &2&f& l65,v0O.00.nlsVa. done by dicing ZZ JZZ'uT i7?Zj l-'i paper irom one nemDer oi tne JmLhi"" ,"rTi VI' TT' board to another ai id securing the M-dJ of three membera of the , 9 ' uP ,Ma, Board." jit has been said that N. B. t r in J . iMcDevitt sneaked before tSe Board, ' X,note flaming headlines in the Pwhen. in'fact. he went upon invitation. per, boc U..UC- eaitorais, tnat tne ;l .wuid sppe that Bome one went , County Commbsjonera Endorse Khool J Mejgh.d represented that the fll QomtywmisBioMn had also nrtde " ? jnoat -vi & Boau:A: ai,i rttement ? ' - 2X1 i0 v s110 PaUainf .. On the 28rd of March while the hv CfX-i- N t . . . 1 . ' . .v otate jueparcmenc oi education. t Last year it was fought to a finish about where the school was to be lo cated and the Board insisted that thv had nothing to build with, as no means oi repaying was la sight, but now it's made to appear that N. B. McDevitt im eii;ieQ ouiiauig sice, wnen ne fact is McDevitt and Roberts at no time ever decided on a building site, since no funds were available for uee. :' When the election of a 1 County Sura, came off last time I was present. Frank- Jarvis. a native of Madison County and a prominent teacher 'of experience and holding a college de gree 'from a reputable college was :' (CarrUd to fourth page) tnat . n e y do . endorse , building 7, the district can pay for same anj oard of Commissioner were Jn oes SZZ&'X? W demonstration was put !? T?&2!& hfveJ? W.'VV'i11? on by the head of the school system I stated thatthe lengthy article in last and ;highly respected citizen. S. W. i week news was in justice to the Com-'.i nH whin missloners, for the benefit of the pub. j. B.-McDevitt was befote Said Board ' -Hc, the, need no defense from any- h wa8 foreed to take numerous in. ' ll1 5vd aid or Be ""J!8 t07 suits from the head of the school eys at this time.- I commend the Com-teT ,. j - - . mwionersjfor refusing to make an f admitted that N. B. McDevitt appiwauon to tne state oan unq w nrimarf ror member of HOME IN CALIFORNIA, WRITES THE NE WIS -RECORD MRSFARIDA PLEMMONS FOUND ALIVE NMlOT SPRINGS LEAVING 3TOCK BARN SEEN BY MEN AS SHE WAS.1 itit B in .qlinH.w aPhnn Min ' Mr, U. K. Wild spent Sunday after noon carrving in his grass seed, which , T , ... .." .i we. think it would have better to wait Thi?, morning', early some men saw; until Monday to do. Mr. Era"-tus Plemmons was absent from , Sunday school Sunday. We missed him very much. Mr. Garfield Roberts has his moth- ier-in-law staying with them while he we wian nun mucn sue- iit 16X0-00' Poetically all of the Board 0f Education and was elect- , .. wuicn wio vouniy in gTenenu wouju j have to pay back. ed and confirmed by the Legislature and up to this time has not been put V ? that the County Com,.off 0'iaid boardi but it'B contended J,.'S18sierA!lJSn?d ?pc.t,onor that ihe Board was so maneuvered f the '$68,000.00 toaid in nuilding Mar- that N. B. McDevitt'a service on said . shall! ; school house olely oir the . Boad absolutely worthless as a , advice -of, their attorney if this. 9 cancelled postage stamp and has been not correct the. County Commission- ginca the Jew Board organized as he s can speak up. A s J and Mr Frisby are all the members i!t!ttippeo th th5 .pounty .Com on Mid D08rd that were elected and ,taissloners are praised ta the article that tne other two defeated candi bovexeferred tond Uien are criti- dat eands Mr. Chandler makes; a ' i ?ot obeying orders. If t' see majority. and McDevitt was ignored about all this. In Jan., the application when Committeemen were-to be ap- ,.0heJ.S.?5'000-0,,i?ra.8 , toi Mart pointed soon after the new board took shalL- ; They say that it waa repre fn M.t thn-'nriam members ented tojthem that it -Jtr purely a' ro-ge'gd wh0 g0 on in their localities i' district jiffan- and said district could and that MarshaU district was jumped 5?p"'!sV,S m ' V' j Mfc on, it being jttcOevitt'a nome ana u.. V Jlarch th,, 1926, McDevitt heard, a. i McKinney and Wm.' V. .Farmer, oout tne application ana asKea cer- whoge termslad not eJEpwed, were tain, members of the Commissioners'' hoth i-m bw the committee and Mother S&te Ian Fundtforf$65,000.fl0:did ftt on, v.G. CMcKiliney was a1 that you undersUnd that the ' district was Ghairman of the Board of Com-, aoie to pay this money ana .interest tnigeioners, that had signed the appli- nnu iw wwier uuuKaiuiM dock nnu .cation; for the s5,oou.o loaned mat run its schools, or did you sign it with thi Supt. says in last week's paper tne intention oi levying a tax on au tnathe saw in Raleigh ah old appuca of Madison County to take care of it? tkn signed by N. B. McDevitt for said I was advised that it was purely a u.. That. rivtit. Brother, but I district matter whereupon I said that promised that Board of County Com these loans could not be had for misaioners that the money would not district without the endorsement of i,e uged ttntil such times as the district' me county oy its commissioners ana COuld repay same, and asked tne ooaru if the district could not pay it the 0f Education to confirm my promise County had to do so. , On the SSSrd and they did so. We went squarely of March, 1926, a young man came to the County Commissioners and told to my place and advised that a mem- them that we could) not pay it and we oer oi rae mara oi vuraraissiuners stuck to it. Whether or not Mr. me said for me to come to the Commis- Rmney has changed his mind since he sioners' room I went and met the man resigned from the Board of. Commis and asked why I was wanted and was sioner8 i can't say, but I can say that asked why I was wanted and was jje was crazy for a house and so was told. I.said: "Wait until I go .back t Mr. SupU and you admit-that I got and get my figures" and when I had the funds. I must have been a little done so, I went into the Commissions bit interested at that time, but the era' office and gave them such facts Board was just emerging from Anan as I had and I found three members cja embarrassment, wherein : Mc of said board in sesspn on the 23rd Devitt was invited to a seat on said of March. ; I am advised that they ad Board and accepted when lots of his dressed a letter to the State Supt. ask. friends said he was crazy for (ticking ing that the $65,000.00 loan be can-nijj head into the halter. Pardon me, The following letter from Mr.'Pickens explains itself : '- . SOLDIERS' HOME California. It Mr. H. L. Story, Editor THE NEWS-RECORD, Marsnau, worth Carolina. .. ' r. Dear Sir: . Recently an old war comrade and school-mate of mine (Shepard Deaver) sent me a pamphlet, the author of which was Comrade M. A. Chandle. ? , . At the same time Comrade Beaver suggested that I write some of my personal recollections of same period and something pf the service of our negiment. The Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry (Union) and others. " ' , Marshall is almost my native town as it was the nearest town to my home though in Buncombe' County, just across the Madison County line, y -In the. early days I-had a sister and some nephews and nieces living in Marsnau and visited them there very frequently. Some of these live there now. ' - ' . :v , -4-."... ' Therefore, if you think the inclosed "reminiscences" would be of sufficient interest to your readers t justify your doing so, you. may print the same la your columns.-. a woQian leavinaVa stock barn on the farm Of Mri WfK. Ellerson. The men approfachetf ttnd"-."f ound it to be Mrs. n . Si,?J. i . i i t r anaa riemmons wno so mysieriousiy disappeared. .two weeks ago. She protested that her name was! is hunting. not lemmonay , -1 ne men nnauy over-. cess. puwpreu ner nu tuuB. nor iiume. ux. : mrs. jonn no Dens is selling out 10 Sams of Marshall Was called and pro- iro to Detroit. Mich., to make her nounced it a case of amnesia. After home. having first aid treatment, the woman Miss Lovie Baker and little daugh collapsed and, 'finally came to herself ter are going to Detroit, Mich., for a and begged: to eee. her husband and i job. . children,' Ier children were at her Mr. Roosevelt Roberts has sold his mothers s home. "She and her hus- pig and will go to Detroit Monday f band are now at the home of Mr. Crit. , Mr. T. J Wild has been very busy Stamey. . &,, '- getting out acid wood. He borrowed The finding 'of this woman this Mr. Jeter Baker's wedge and lost it. morning has solved one of the most! He has been worrying very much a-bafflmg-mysteries that has confronted j bout it . If anyone finds it and will the people of this section ot the btate. .return it to him it will be greatly ap March 30, 1926., Every means of searching has beenjpreciated. 'used, the river' dragged and dyna-i Mr. Aliver Roberts who has been people - -ovMvyvu ifiiw wvuuwuw v. her. We wish for him a epeedy re- tard aigrieS in aMiicationo'thTr'Ic expunge any part that yoa regard as probabfy-offensiye mm LI O LI tetany of your readers or btherwise irrelevant or immaterial. f You will probably make a continual story of itif accepted at all.. I can later write an article for you, giving my ex periences in the Indiieta warfare on The Plains in the '70s under Custer in the Seventh IT: S, Cavalry, Fighting the Cheyennes Arapahoes, Kidwahs, Commanches and Apaches. Also some thing pf Buffalo hunting and other items of interest in those days. In this, the inclosed' article, I have omitted many of the minor incidents of our military career, to save space and avoid verbosity. I am pleased to know that Marshall has a newspapen of its very Own. ' THE RURAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE SIMPLY DELICIOUS I meet many of the natives of W. N. C. here at our annual State picnics, such names as McLean, Plemmons, Vance, Mon day, Pickens, Munson, Brittain, Roberts, McEl'ioy, Peek, Howe, and .others. ' Yours, very respectfully, - . J.C.PICKENS. (Formerly of Jupiter) NOTICE! LADIES and GENTLEMEN, DEA FRIENDS: itJt, . '.4 i' wttkf I nave been kept at noma, suffering With a MTare burn." No doubt; friend who have kept my office opa: have tarred yon kind-, ly. ' I hope to e right at my post of . ''dut'y .ioow' '" When -yri'U ar 'tal ' town call, 'I hll be (led to ere.. yon. ' Please remember me at Prl-, For the past three -'diary', la iml and vow for me. - - '- JlepeetfuHyr-::::4-'4 ly. covery. ' ' Best wishes to the and all its readers. . News-Record From BONNIE HILL SCHOOL ; ;to mot iff. ' . ... Through the courtesy of Miss Haws, our-school was the guest of the Hot- -Springs'-school on Friday morning. Track No. 15 carried us to and from the school and Shutin creek. An in- ' teesting'. program of songs, recita tions, end the dramatization of "Goats 3n the. 'Rye; Field" was well rendered i by tur hosts? ' We then visited seven- REMINISCENCES Of VP I w J3 A (.VTO THE VOTERS OF .mm 1A MADISON COUNTY: . ' I Hereby announce myself a'candidate m r- r it I"; Li a lawyer from Connorsville, Ind., and later Captain in the Fifth Indians Cavalry, named J. Albert Smith. .After his resignation in 1864, our next and last Laeut.-Col. was a regu lar army man Lieutenant from The Third U. S. Artillery and a graduate of West Point; named William Cham bers Baxtlett. -'. It seems that our regiment was not a full legt. and not entitled to a full colonelcy, Our first .military excursion after organization, was a "joy ride" from Knoxvilla. to .Greenville vix i frnlorhti mountea iniantry. . r.acn composeu train and when it seemed inclined to fo white soldiers. . If these loyal reg- icrnore the sneed lawi wa would ret lments were ever recognized and en-0ff and try to hold it down to proper t a .... iL . .Iti - 1 . . .. . - - . . ronea on ine miliary recoras oi ino mits, wnen going up-grade. Pertaining chiefly to The Second North Carolina i Mtd. Infantry r and incidents and anecdotes of the mem bers while serving the Union cause in the Sixties. Toward the beginning of the end of that memorable contest, all the various organizations of union troops accredited to that rtate, were merged into three regiments, namely: - The First. The Second, i and The Third The ijemocrkftc : Township Chair men ' of Madison County are request ed to call meetings Saturday, the 17th, at 1 P. M. ana elect township chaur men and senddelegates to the Coun ty Convention in Marshall at 1 P. M. the 24th,, to elect delegates to ' the State Cbnvenfcion and elect aXJounty Chairman. ' V 'i f vv ,-. . N. B. McDEVITT, Co. Ch'm. Dem. Ex. Committee Madison County. ai class rooms" to, observe the excel- Vl? 1 m.: l--'Ll' . .. J L - At. Ci it tf' "t lent worn., ueing- aunts mere. -: ovme of ua now feel that we would, like. to atteitd that fine schooL "tt'Ju f -.i.V , tv3d1.' hohijairbo' supper n a" r r'f J nnultr aiirht. Anril 24. at the1 school fe house tcr secure funds for several im - portamV sehoe4 twojecta. r-'" -(.- 1 ; Th-v TVavAlinfl. CiXAiwpir nAim9A - from Raleigh was placed W circula- . tion on Sunday. At the same serv ice, Mr. Vance Blankenship was e lectedj i Superintendent - while three 'classes Adult. Intermidate, t. and Junior completed the . organization. From BIG PINE We havebeen having some fine weather.. , Thei-people of this section are very buij fixing for planting corn. . We had a nice SundaySchool Sun day. i-A large crowd and a lot of vis-. .The Senior Class oi Marshall H igh School wjll give: , "AND HOME CAME TED" at The Pastime Theatre, Friday, April 23rd, at 8:00 P. M. Admission Mr.- c. w.m has been sick toT s and 35 cents. some tune t We. hope he will soon be' - ;,,!;(". . f Li : for the Office of Sheriff of Madison County,; subject ; to the Republican primary , to; be .55 ' held June 5th, 1926. If nominated and e- i lected l will endeavor, bv the heln and co- LIU; . r - - - - - -. - operation of the good people of the C9unty, I J 7 to enforce the laws and execute the duties j I -! oi this office in a fair and impartial man- the past and asking for your vote and influ ence in the coming Primary. ' " r: state that they helped restore to the he nor able position, it is now so proud to. occupy, I am ignorant of the fact Be that as it may, we are xully recog nized at the capital of the great coun try we helped to sustain in its pris tine grandeur. ' ' The Second North Carolina Mtd. Infantry was organized at Knoxville, Tenn., in September, 1863 and served until the close of hostilities. :- - , i Our first LieuU-CoL was originally At Greenville we were disembarked and headed south toward our native Dixie and visions of buckwheat cakes and sorghum cheered us onward. -We later found that our destination' was a noted health resort known as "The Warm Springs" just over the state line in jn. , The object of our being sent there was. of course., to benefit our health ; --. - v i . . i as we nilgai ve euoject 10 ducc ague, (Carried to Sixtk Page) o; 11 n i . A LI i To the Voters of Madison County and the . - Candidates for Tax Collector: -; PROPOSAL n : ." As a Candidate for the office of Tax Collector 1 suggest ;to my opponents let the high man or lady be the Nominee. This, saves the County the extra expense of hold-: ing a second primary. - Are you both will mg? , - Yourfrir ' TO THE VOTERS OF . .1 MADISON COllNTY I . ,1' ' . - , t h I - f t t'fntif v . , ,.' ' -i.pl'. r I herelby announce "myself a candidate , a a fortho office of Tax Collector, subject to n- ; A a.i Jxi Jl-Jr i.t. t' 1.1.' r-' :. li li- i wiv acuuzn vi x uie xvepuuiican jrrimary . 01 v 1 A a J ! Jur 5, 1926. : 1 Li O A .Mm
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