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4 THE EAGLE, BURNSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA THE EAGLE. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Published in Yancey County, the home of the bic red apple. Entered as second-class matter January 28, ''.910, at the post- ofSce at hurnsville, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Girls Dcrmitory at Stanley McCormick School De stroyed by Fire. Coimly Officers. Representative—G. Ellis Card- ner. Superior Court Clerk—Louis English. Sheriff—J. Welzie Bennett. •Register of Deeds—Ben Frank lin. Surveyor—J. R. Young. Coroner—D. C. H. Morgan. County Physician—J. B. Gibbs. Board of County Commissioners —John M. Lyon, Chm’n.; John A. Hannum, Wilson Edwards. Neighborhood News. Mrs. T. U. Chesebrough has been sick for several days. The County Commissioners will be in session next Monday. Mr. Z. B. Anglin is here from Asheville to spend a few days. J. A. Banks was a business visitor to Johnson City Thursday. Today (Friday) is Groundhog Day, to say the leaet about it. Mr. G. M. Garland was a busi ness visitor to Kingsport last Sat urday. On Saturday mornin.g at ten o’clock the girls’ dormitory, known as Elizabeth Hall, on the campus of Stanley McCormick School was discovered to be on fire. The fire started on the ridge of the shingle roof, and was sup posed to have caught from a ball of glowing soot tiirown out from the chimney. Hose was carried to the bathroom on the third floor and attached to the water-system Ne'w Road Law For Yancey County. An Act to be Entitled an Act to Provide for the Construction and Maintenance of the Public Roads and Highways of Yar.cey County. The General Assembly of North ; as a guarantee for their faithful Carolina do enact: i and honest discharge of the Section 1. The Bca'dof Ccunty . ^ of their respcc ive office, Commissioners of Yancey county ; which bond shail be registered in shall in orcer to provide for the ' the office of Register of Deeds at proper construction, improve ment and raaintehace cf tne pub lic roads aud highways of Yancey Mr. J. W. Higgins is on a busi ness trip to Avery county this week. The measels are prevailing in town and throughout many sec tions of the county. Mr. Mack Sorrells has been quite sick for several days at the home of W. S. Bryant. Mr. M. B. Robertson has been confined to his home with sick ness for a day or so. i'Happy Bill” Dodson was here W^nesday sipplying our mer- ch^ts with groceries. •jjffiere will be a steriopticon lec ture at Stanley McCormick chapel Sunday night. All are invited. Mrs. M. E. Mcore is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Hary Maney at Biltmore. Lafayette McClelland has moved his family to town and they occupy the cottage with Mrs. Angel in West Burnsville. Mr. Elbert Watson and daugh ter Mrs. Fouts, have been sick for several days, but are reported better at this time. Mr. G. B. Woody has returned from the hospital at Rutherford- ton wTK re he went to have his arm treated. Mrs. M. N. Anglin died of pneumonia fever at her home on Jades creek last Sunday. She was sick only a few days. “Then I’ll Come Back to You” —five reels—at Stanley McCor mick chapel on the night of Feb. ioth. Don’t miss it. We arc givlnv he first install ment of Yancey county’s nev/ road law in this issue. We will print a section of it each week until compled. Save your Eagles. The brick work on the n'iw J‘l. E. church building was com pleted Wednesday, and the car penters are now busy and the work will be pushed to completion Mr. George Allen, who has been in the Navy • for the past four years, is here visiting his mother Mrs. .Sallie K. Allen. P'or the )>ast two years Mr. Allen has been assistant gunner on the torjiedo boat “Berry.” The destruction by fire of the girls dormitory at Stanley Mc Cormick was a serious loss to the school just at this time, but it but the water px'essure failed. • c5unty at theii' regular meeting Pyrene extinguishers were played: in June 1917, and at each annual upon'the burning roof, but in the ! meeting thereafter, and it is open they were not able to quench | hereby made their duty to levy a the fire. The building burned to j special tax upon all property sub- the ground in about two hours ject to taxation under the State and one-half., It was fortunate | in said county of not less than ten that the wind was from the_East,! cents and not more than thirty blowing the heat and cinders 1 cents on the one hundred dollars away from the school building, or I worth of property, and not less that building would have burned j than thirty cents nor more than Mso. ^ I ninety cents on each taxable poll The students and teachers all i jn said county, always observing escaped safely from the building., the constitutional equation of pro- although a number lost personal. perty and poll tax; said tax shall effects. No one was injured ex-! be collected by the Sheriff or Tax espt Miss Beecher, who tripped, Collector as all other taxes and on the Stab’S and fell, spraining, the said taxes shall be kept her back. The two pianos and aiggperate and apart in the tax part of the furniture in the build- ^ books of the county, and to be set ing was saved. _ _ j apart as a special road fund to be Elizabeth Hall was'built in 1903 for the construction, im- All the cement, radiators, piping, j provements and maintenance of doors, windows and finished lum-1 the public roads and highweys of ber was hauled by wagons from i the Township in which the same Asheville, the nearest railroad, jg collected. And further it shall point at that time, taking three i be the duty of the*'Commissioners days to haul one load. The build-; of Yancey county to furnish each ing was insured for $12,000.00. superintendent of roads in the The girls have been quartered, various Townships with material on the second floor of Stanley Hall' and instruments, such as shovels, which has been separated from picks, mattocks, road scrappers, the rest of the building for their; pio-ws and such other tools and use. The shop tables have been material as may be' deemed nec- moved under the porch, and the I cessary for the proper construc- shop floor space will used as-tjon and maintenance of roads in kitchen and dining-room. j their respective sections under School continued on Tuesday as | their control: Provided, however usual. I that the money raised under this — ‘section shall as far as possible be T% XL £■'if nr 4. I used for permanent improve- Deatn of Mrs. Watson. | ments of the roads in the Town- At eight o'clock in the morning j sWP ‘"S of January 27, 1917, Jesus came! - SschPu 2- That there shall and gaye Mrs. Martha Watson, i ^7 the Board at her home in Bnrnsyille, the: Commissioners of said county great summons to her mansion in i ITjeir tegalar meeting in May her Father's house. She had'1917.\'ld“H‘'eir regular meet- hassed her three score years and Jeg m May of each yeai theie- ten, having been born in 184B. 1 lifter, two s^upermtendents of She was converted over ff;y'roads of each Tovvmstip m the years ago and united with the old. wj'" Mihail bs allowed a Hambufg Baptist ch«h at .Glen-1 ““Pensation of not exceeding villo, North Carolina. Through , J"** dollar and fifty-eente per oay theyears sinSe she lived a life of ^ch day s work vyhile actual- service. During her few years'^7 pp^I posiLivdy engaged in the residence in Burnsville she won i of superintending the work- many friends. She was loyal to kmg, eonstrncting or repairing her Savior and devofed to herjthe wd® ‘'P"''fP^f'e ehurch as well as her home and ‘T'PtP “d to be paid out_ of the A • • 'Township road fund lor the She never failed to contribute Township for which they are ap- to the Lord’s work regularly, “"“‘pd, and who after May When she could no longer be in j 1217, shall hold ofRce for one the services she would ask others 7Par or uptd his successors is to take her contribution for mis-1 e>PP.l«d “d quahhed, as provided sions and pastor’s salary to the T”’‘dis act: Provided further treasurer os the church. , P“d superintendent of She talked beautifully about “ads may be removed at any dying. For her the sting of death Jl-b7.‘>lL was gone long before death came. She became anxious to die and greeted her pastor one morning with these words: “Well, I am here yet. I do not know why the Lord has not taken me home.” After she became very wetk she sang clearly and sweetly one of the old songs about the other shore. Mrs. Watson was ma-'ried November 4,1866, to Mr. Elbert Watson. This good and devoted husband survives the departure of his companion. To this union five children were born. Two preceded her across the valley, and E. Frank John A. and Mrs. Dr. Fouts, of Franklin are left to mourn their loss. The funeral services were held in.the Baptist church and con ducted by her, pastor. Some _ of her favorite songs as “As Abide With Me, Lead Kindly Light, Beautiful isle of Sunshine” were sun. The large attendance on the service bespoke the high es teem in which Mrs. Watson was held. The body was laid to rest in the Burnsville cemetery. D. W. WHITE, Pastor. senuu! ivv- ....wc, The stockholders of the Citi- takes more than an ordinary fire zens Bank will hold their annual to nut a quietus on Prof. Chese-1 mseting next Monday, and the brough. T'hrough his excellent Bank of Yaimey will have its^a.n- management of the situation school did not miss a day and everything is running along about as usual at Stanley McCor mick. There has been considerable talk the past few days about Burnsville township issuing bonds to the amount of $25,009.00 for the pui'pose of macadamizing her ' roads. It is a fact that our roads at this season of the year are no better than they were—except the grade before the recent bond is sue. Some say they are worse. The only way to get out of the mud is to macadamize. What do you say, Mr. Burnsville township man? Are you for the bond issue? Speak right out and say what you think. How would it do to call a meeting of the citizens of Burns- nual meeting on Tuesday, and its stockholders will take dinner at the Burton Hotel at the invitation of the cashier The Eagle is indited to the fo.'lowing friends for subscription payments since our last issue; Dr. W. P. Whittington, Dr. L. D. Gillespie. S. Riddle, Henry Ram sey, G. W. Hughes, J. W. Wal lace. J. B. Hensley, G. P. Dey- ton and W. F. Dodson. Card of Thanks. sijners after having been given ten days notice and a hearing, where m the .opinion of suen Board there exists a good and svfficient cause for such action among such causes stiall be in- ab..ity to perform duties required by reason of carelessness, indif- ferc.icc or other cause and for mallersaiice or misconduct in of fice ne may removed by them without further notice than is neccessay to give him a hearing. Section 3. That it shall be the duties of the Board of county Commissioners at their regular meeting in May, 1917 and before appointing the superintendents of roads herein provided for, to di vide each Township in said county into two districts, by proper boundaries, and record .such boundary in the minutes of their proceedings, and appoint a Su perintendent of roads for each district, and alloting the hands :n each district to the superin tendent appointed for 'such dis tricts; and the hands, thus ap pointed shall not be required to work in any other district of said county; and ^11 taxes collected under this act for the purpose of constructing or maintaining the roads and highways of me county shall be expended in the district and by the supei^intendent cf the district whence collected. Section 4. That said superin tendent of roads as herein pro vided shall receive a fee of five cents for each hand summsned to work upon the road of their dis trict, but the same shall not be culumalative with the compensa tion yrovided for in section two of this act nor shall said superin tendent be allowed the comnensa- the expense of such superinten dent, and filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court; and it shall be the further^ duty of each superintendent of roads to sub mit a quarterly itemized and sworn report to the Board of County Commissioners, showing therein all sums collected by virture of their office, from whom collected, how disposed of and to whom. And in each and every re ort it shall be the duty of the s .iperintendeiit making the sanie that he has at no time worked a less number of hands than is al lowed by this act, and in such quarterly reports he shall report the condition of the roads in his districts and plans for thmr im provement, and shall include in his report and inventory of tools, implements, materia' and other equipment on hand. A failure to submit the report as provided for in this section, shall be a sufficient cause for removal from office. Seciicn 6. All able-bodied male persons, between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five, shall work on the public roads of said county six days of eight hours each, and two additional days in case of obstruction, or washout, of eieht hours each, anywhere in the district to which they belong wher the superintendents of roads may direct in each and every year at such time and place and in such manner as such superintendent may designate:. Provided, that the superinten dent of roads of eafch district shall give to such persons subject to road duty, at lea.st three days notice by personal warning or by leaving a written nPtice at the home or residence of - such person specifying in such notice the time and place where such work is to be performed, and also designa ting in such notice oriwarning the tool or implement jwhich such person shall be required to fur nish and use in doing such work: Provided further, ti^t in case of •-^•ashout,-or other uBI^pccled el •I The Five Ree! Film “THEN I’LL COME BACK TO YOU” Dranriatized from the novei of t.lie same name, and staged and photographed at Pensacola, N. C. Will be shown, Saturday February 10th, 7:00 P. M. AT ■I ETASLEY icEfiillClK ESiOOL Admission—ad'ults 20 cents children under 12 years 10 cents. struction to travel or damage to any road in his district, the super intendent shal not he required to give the notic required in this section, and any person liable to road duty in his disti;icL in which the washout or unexpected ob struction occures shall upon be- summoned by the superintendent of his district, respond to such summons with reasonable prompt ness; Provided further, that any person may pay to the superin tendent in his district the sum of six dollars w’hen summoned to work on the road and the pay ment of the said six dollars shall be received by the superintendent of the district who shall give to the person paying the same a receipt in full for work which he is entitled to do upon the i’oads of his district for the year in which said payment is made. All moneys paid the superinten dent of roads as provided for by this act shall be kept on record by the superintendent shall be expended on the roads of his dis trict an i report it to the Board of County Commissioners as pro vided by section five of this act; and any embezziemen!; o: suca funds by any superintendent shall upou conviction thereof be punish ed as is now' prescribed by law, and any superintendent who fails or refuses to make a quarterly report to the Board of County Commissioners of all moneys cot-' lected by him during the quarter showing how much collected, now expended and to whom paid such failure shall be priraa facie evidence of intention to embezzle the moneys so collected by him; Provided, that no person subject to road duty shall be liable to W'orl? upon any road outsid of his own road district as fixed by the Board of County Commissioners, as provided by section three of this act. Section 7. That any person who shall after being summoned as provided by section six of this act, fails io appear upon said roads, as required to do by sum mons after having failed to pay the sum of six dollars as provided in section six of this act, or fail ing to have present as substitute an able, bodied man of road age, any pe son who shall appear his district upon failui'e to pay the six dollars provided for in said seetton at the time of being summoned or to perform the work required of him in said summons then and in that case the superintendent of the dis trict shall within five days ap pear before some .justice of the peace of the Township in which said district is located and make complaint to such justice of the peace w'hose duty it shall be im mediately issue a w’arrant for the person so reported, and any superintendent failing or refus ing to make such complaint shall be feuilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten dollars not more :han twenty do lars for each and very failure u- make the com plaint as provided for In tn. tion: Provided, however that any road hand or superintendent defaulting as herein stated may at any time after default be prosecuted by any citizen of the county. Section 8. That proper imple ments and tools for the use of working the public roads of the county as provided for in section ofieof thiF'act.'sl'glT'te-supplied- A. BLAMTOi GROCERY CO. Wholesale Dealers Marion, N. C. V ■I "Safty First” • Refprsented in Mitchell and Yancey Counties by W. F. Dodson, SPRUCE PINE, N. C. by the County Commissioners and shall be paid for out of the !-.ulfundot U' districtin which said tools and implements are used; Provided, tiiat uncii uic; County Commissioners shall be able to riirnish and supply the necessary implements and tools they may, and are hereby era- pow’ered and required to com-, pel any and, all persons who are by this act required to work upon^ the public roads of said countv to provide themseives with such tools and implements as are coifl- monly used while working upon said roads of said county under the genetal laws of the State. Tiie saperintendi nt of roads for the di ifict to dc signate the tools or implement that he desires such person to use, in his notice or summons, to su:h person to woi’k said road. Section 9. The superintendent of roads herein-provided for shall within twenty days after the. ap pointment make a full and com plete list of all male persons sub ject to road duty in the district for which they are appointed, and enter same upon a book to be kept by them for that purpose, and shall at the end of every three months eSrek off names of such persons as have been sum moned to work upon ihe roads of their district and fail to do so af ter such summons, and have failed to pay the sum of six dol lars, as provided in section seven- jf this act, or furnish a substi tute as therein provided or failed to perform the work as therein required and submit sfich list to the Board of County Commis sioners, the said report to give the names of each person who has been prosecuted for default and the amount fined. Section 10. As soon as the superintenaer.t ot roads shall have qualified (taking an oath before some.justice of the peace for the faithful performance of their duties) for their respective districts, it shall be their duty to take immediate steps to nut all roads ip their districts in good condition, and keep them in good condition by making all needed repairs so far as can be done with the i'oad hands of such district liable to work upon said roads. iOE S. YOUNG, Bowditcii, N. C. Your Last Chance. Recently we published in these columns an offer to The Youth’s Companion and McCall’s Maga zine, both for a full year, for: on y $2.10, including a McCall Dress Pattern. The high price ! of pap-er and ink has obliged McCall’s Magazine to raise their subscriotion price February 1 to 10 cenis a copy and 75 cents a year-so that the offer at the above price must be withdrawn. Until March 31 our readers have the privilege of ordering both publications for a full year, including the choice of any 15 cent McCall Dress Pattern, for only $2.10. The amount of reading, infor mation and entertainment con tained in the fifty-two issues of The Youth’s Companion and rtie value of twelve monthly- fashion numbers of McCall’s at $2.10 of fer a real bai’gain to every reader ,iaick rCoId Relief tion provided for in section two [ summoned and fails to per-; the roads by sections, of tbi-? while making such summons. j form good and reasonable labor [ ^nd not less than ten hands ini Tbii twn at-nno nrifP offpr in Sections. That it shall be the ' as required by the superintendent i one section for mere thaniHndP^ ^ 3 . -JT I r\f 1-110 /Tioti'inF oho II ho mill Hr of n I i .1 i-.-i xi. _ ii-j. _ o : '-ILlUCCi. is usually found through the prompt administration of a mildly loKative, dispereive tonic—rone Chat vill scat ter the inflammation, remove the wa^e, and help Nature to build up resistance. Perima is That Taissc. Its action is prompt, usually very efTcctive, and its use is without harm- f'dl effects. Eveiy household should keep it at hand for this purpose, and e^-ary catarrhal sulforev should reg ularly usa this rsliablo remedy. The tablet form willbe found very, convenient. A tablet cr tv;o at tho very beginning of a cold will fre quently prevent its development, and these tablets may be taken reg ularly with beneficial results. duty of the superintendent of ! of. of a entire list ofM roads for the several districts ! ^’sdemeanor, and upon con vie j hands haee been worked on the I herein provided for subject to ! ^'on thereof shah be fined not|said road, then all hands, who 2 the supervision of ciie Board of i than five nor more than have worked two days on said County Commissioners, to super-1 seven dollars and ^st for each j shall not be required under [3 vise, direct ana iruve c.hai’ge of j day he falls to perform or have | Qj-dinary condition of roads until' the improvement, maintenance i P9^’fo-™6d the work required of J hfteen days have intervened. 4 and building of all the public j him to be performed upon the : gaifi , superintendent shall be roads in their district, and each j roads of his district, ana in case : charged with six dollars for each superintendent shall give a good | of the failure of any person re-! and every road hand subject to Mr. Editor. To those kind friends who were so constant in their attentions during the sickness and death in my family, I am greatly indebted and I take this opportunity, meetirnr m '-•>*'* wi j-iuujo- - through your papei, of express* a- ^ o'-'-'--' 1 - j u • ' '? h • * • •“ --‘j vlllp township and thresh the Mng to them all my appreciation land sufficient bond in the sum of 1 Q^^ired by secviomsix of this act, upon the road of his district Jitter out? Arc we to flounder of their kindness and attention, j not less than flve hundred dollars to work upon the-public roads of | JContiued next week.) in the mud foi’ever. J Klukut w.vr,soN, The Youth’s Companion—51 issues. The Companion Home Calen dar for 1917. McCall’s M a ga zi n e-—12; fashion numbers. ' One 15-cent McCall Dress! Pattern-—your choice fromj your first copy of McCall’s— 1 if yon send atwo-cent srampi j with your selection. ‘j iTHE YOUTH’S COMPANION,! ! St. P^ulSt., Boston, Mass. ..Is signature is on rfcrv Oos of tbe genuia# Laxative broino^Qumine Tawets 1:0 leioeil^ that c«iT«r. u cold In odo 487.
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