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established June 28, 1901.
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THE ESTABLISHED NEWSPAPER OF MADISON COUNTY
yoL. xxix
MARSHALL, N.C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1930
8 Pages This Issue
TIKI1
TO MAKE DRASTIC REDUCTIONS
DEMONSTRATION AGENTS
TO BE DISCONTINUED
A-
All Property, Real and
Personal, To Be Re-valued
J. F. AMMONS TO BE
COUNTY TAX SUPERVISOR
JAIL EXPENSE REDUCED; COMMIS
SIONERS TO MEET MONTHLY;
JANITOR'S SALARY CUT, ETC.
General Reduction To Meet New
Unexpected Expense Created By Law
The newly elected County Commissioners,
Messrs. Guy English, G. L. McKinney and
Claude J. Wild, have agreed on the Board's or
ganization and have unanimously adopted some
drastic reductions in county expenses in order to
leeif within the budget "and at the; same time
provide for new expenses of list takers provided
by law enacted in the last legislature. As much
as the Commissioners regret to make these
changes, they find that it will be necessary m or
der to meet the new expense without raising the
tax rate. The following statement by the chair
man of tjie new organization of the commission
ers has been issued:
The newdy elected County
rinmmiasioners announce that
they have agreed on the order
of organization for their Dec.
1st meeting, viz: G. L. Mc
Kinney, Chairman, John A.
Hendricks, County Attorney,
J. F. Ammons, Tax Supervisor,
Hume Clark, Supt. County
Home, and Frank Searcy, Jan
itor. It is also announced
that they will discontinue the
Farm and Home Demonstra
tion Agencies Dec. 1st.
The reason given for this is
the last Legislature provid
ed that the Commissioners on
the first Monday in December,
1930, appoint a Tax Supervi
sor, and he in turn appclint
three free holders for each
townshiD to revalue the real
estate, commencing January
1st, 1931. This law also pro
yides that the Commissioners
may appoint one list taker ex
tra for each incorporated
town, thus making a total of
51 list takers for the County,
In addition to the Supervisor.
,This law prfvides that these
list-takers shall receive not
less than $3.00 per day. It is
pointed out that this i going
to be a very expensive under
taking, and that to be able to
meet this new expense, it is
sbsolutely imperative to s ave
"for the County, to be paid on
tv-5 r exper.se, the $2100.-
$120.00 Attorney salary.
The new Board will also re
duce the allowance for Coun
ty Home and Jail, which will
reduce this expense more
than $500.00, as also they
will reduce Janitor's salary
$120.00 per year, and any oth
er item where possible. The
Board hopes that these sav
ings, which will be about
$3,000.00, together with the
$1600.00 put in the Budget for
tax listing, will nearly cover
this new expense, without
having to go further in debt
or raise taxes.
It is estimated that the re
vajuation of property will cost
in excess of $5,000.00, and it
is suggested that there are ab
solutely no funds with which
to pay for this, except to cut
out and cut down the above
named expenses.
THE 1930 MEANING
OLTHANKSGIVING
REMENDOUS
yond the family circle.
This new Thanksgiving spir
it is seen in the increased num
ber of "friendship" greeting
cards which are making their
appearance. These 1930 ver
sions of the Thanksgiving
message all carry expressions
of sincere esteem, with wishes j
for prosperity foremost among
the sentiments expressed. One
card typically asserts that "a
mong the many things I am
,.
grateful for is the joy of your when the great need of gather-
friendship," while another de-, W together f ami'lv ties of
clares: "T h e Thanksgiving , standing together, brought a
spirit moves me to wish you j general urge toward neigh
health, happiness, and pros-! borliness and wider friend
perity." A natural develop-! ships,
ment of the broader Thanks- .
CROWD
T
ATTENDS PRIZE GIVING
MARSHALL SAT.
LARGEST CROWD EVER SEEN ON
ISLAND AS 6 IN 1 SALE CLOSES
giving significance is seen also
in the increased number of
greeting cards designed espec
ially for Mother, Father, Bud
dy, Sweetheart, or "Home
Folks." Cheerfulness is the
watchword, sincerity the key
note, of all the cards, which j
THE FIRST
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION
Few Americans know that
t h e original Thanksgiving ;standin room in hearin
Proclamation wna lna frtr nvar
-,. . a hundred years;, that it was-
Thanksgiving this year has yenow buff and gold,
taken on a new aspect. AI-j .Thanksgiving is was first set
though Thanksgiving was pri-apart jn 1621 by the Pilgrim
mari'ly religious in its observ-j Fathers gave pause for con
ance, as it is the only religious j temptation of the bounties of
festival celebrated in the U- the harvest and was dedicated
nited States by authority of to the purpose' of offering
the Federal Government, it thanks to God. By 1864, when
has long been recognized as a the day first attained the dis-
time for gathering round the tinction of becoming a nation-
home fires to eat a huge din- al holiday by presidential proc
ner in celebration ot sucn lamation, it was a war-torn
prosperity as one may enjoy, nation that followed Abraham
This year, however, it has Lincoln to church and bent its
grown to mean more a reason knees in prayer. The new
of friendship and expression Thanksgiving was born of the
00 now being paid the Farm
and Home Agencies.
It is further annouced that
other savings will be made by
having but one regular meet
ing each month, thus saving
the County about $250.00 per.
year. This will also save of good wishes extending be- World War and its aftermath,
The Fellow Who Gets The Turkey
By Albert T. Rejd
MST ALWAYS
6tT S0M6TWI!
Perhaps the greatest crowd
ever seen in Marshall was that
last Saturday to attend the a
warding of prizes offered by
the Six in One Sale which
closed that day. On account
of so many people being here,
it was decided after they ar
rived to announce the prizes
on the Island. There was
hardly a spot in Marshall
other than the Island that
would have given the people
dis
tance of the announcer. Some
thirty minutes before the priz
es were to be given but at
four, o'clock, the people began
to gather in front of the school
building.
Doubtless many of the people ex
pected that the announcements
would be made from the steps of
the building and everyone wished to
be as near as possible. However, at
the appointed hour, a truck, cairy
ing the tickets and some of those
participating in the sale, together
with the announcer, drove through
the crowd and stopped about mid
way. Mr. George Sams, with an im
provised megaphone, made the an
nouncements: to the crowd, first
from one side of the truck and then
from the other. Dr. Sams, who also
helped to officiate, called to come a
board the truck, Rev. Everett Sprin
kle, Rev. G. C. Teague, Mrs. Robelle
Redmon and Mrs. Tom Ramsey, who
were to see that the awarding of
prizes was done fairly. The coupons
were even stirred by a minister. The
first announcement was to the effect
that the person who held the coupon
first drawn would get the Dodge
roadster. When the number ws
announced, after waiting for a few
moments, it was found that Mr. J.
N. White held the right number, the
i coupon belonging to his wife. One
I by one as the numbers were cailed.
found at an auction sale in
1921; that it was bought by
the Library of Congress for
$300.00; and that it now re
poses in the archives of that
institution one of the most
valuable documents in the
world. The Division of In
formation and Publication of
the George Washington Bi
centennial Commission, in a
statement issued today, relates
the story of the lost proclama
tion. 1
On September 25, 1789, Eli
as Boudinot introduced the
following resolution in the
House of Representatives:
"Resolved, That a joint com-
Imittee of both Houses be di
rected to wait upon the Presi
dent of the United States, to
request that he would recom
mend to the people of the U-
nited States a day of public
Thanksgiving and prayer, to
be observed by acknowl'edg- !the following received the prizes:
Dodge roadster, J. N. White, Mar
ing, with grateful hearts, the:BnBll. Ford Touringi ciaude Rainey,
may signal favors of Almighty j Spring Creek; Organ, Roy Davis,
God, especially by affording ha": Coat ' Major
, , shall; Dining Server, Mr. Waddell,
them an opportunity to estab-ot Springs; Steamer Trunk. S. B.
lish a Constitution of govern- Ferguson, Marshall; Blankets, Mrs.
. , . , , ''A. W. Whitehurst, Marshall; Tcilet
met for their safety and hap- get No 2 s B Ferguson( Marshall;
pineSS." Bag Sugar, J. N. White, Marshall;
Harmless as this resolution Breakfast Set- Fred Sluder Be
Creek; Toilet Set, No. 1, Sarah
seems, there were objections Thompson, Marshall.
to it. In reading the Annals It will be seen from the above
, , . , I that two people won two prizes
of Congress of that period, we each This .g a gtrange coincidence.
find that Representative Ae- It will be remembered that last year
dantts Burke of South jCaro- j one Person won tw0 Prizes in
contest, in a case in which more
than 50,000 coupons were given out,
they it seems incredible that in a crowd
1 H- . O - i 1
q W3 large . iue uiie oatuiuajr vjiaw
i any one person .should have been
Thanksgiving." lucky more than once, and for the
Representative Thomas Tu-' "" tWn t0 ""PP" to two people
' ,,! is beyond explanation. Bat facts
dor Tucker, also of South i art fact8f and naye to face them,
Carolina, argued that it was whatever they are, , and w can ac
... . . -"' -.' count for this for ino other way
not the business of Congress to th&n hf nying m kr ,: N. Whit
ask for ' a ' national . day m Of and Mr. S. B. Ferguson seemed to
(Carried to Fourth Page) ' ' have a corner on Tuck. v ; .
lina thought we should not
mimic Europe" where
made a mere mockery