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Entered W second-class mall matter
Juno 18th, 1907, at the fostotnce at
Marshall, N. C, under the apt ol Cong
ress of March 3, l!7WT.,'
Thursday, April 29, 1909.
FARMERS WOULD BENEFIT BY
EXCHANGE OF IDEAS. '
: The question of greatest lm
portance at -the present time is
that which touches the farm. "We
all are dependent upon the coun
try for our prosperity;' hh
Wheat may rise in price, but
. if it is in the "pit" only that it
lias thi3 rise, then there is no
real prosperity. However, if the
'" cultivation of the land reaps
great crop, then the prosperity
is general and good times are
with us. The incipient industries
of bur land should be protected
but thtfgreatest protection of our
country is the "farmer.' He brings
. the balance of trade to our shores
. and the wheat, corn, woj1, ap
ple3, fruits, cereals and produce
of the farms are the producer
' ' of prosperity.
...The. easy flow of money when
crops are good is the proof that
it is not tbe manufacturer but the
farmer who is the mainstay
America's prosperity, and to meet
the great increase of population
apd the increasing demand on us
for world, supply shows that we
must get an ; increasing amount
of produce from the farm. " How
to dp that is the question. --We
must have a more intelligent cat
tivation of these farms and im
proved methods, improved ma
chinery, .and wise foresight
should be employed. Why could
we not have a summer course of
instruction at our - Farmers'" In
fAlute with an exchange of ideas
inaugurated.. .
A CLEAJiZR TOWN.
, LiBi us an wonc to mane our
town the cleanest, the best, the
most beautiful town in the moun
tains. "We have 'the finest Court
House and the best kept and
cleanest. ' . Our citizens are build
itig beautiful residences; we have
started the water-works and we
have voted municipal bonds for
improvements. Let us get every
dollar's worth out of them, . Good
side-walks, paved, streets, and
when Marshall has been beauti
fied and instead of mud our fel
low citizens find good streets,
they will carry the improvements
on to every road yi the county,
Such improvements; are an ad
vertisememo the town and will
draw . bu,l3S - and ' residents
'With gocschools, good streets,
plentiful water supply and good
firft nrntpnfcinn thtwo hillairlna nrill
be full of residences, our streets
full of stores and business, and
the town will multiply "by ten its
inhabitants, '.
Good roads mean easier haul
ing and quicker travel. While a
tax seems heavy : and burden
some, the ulterior benefit is much
more than the burden. That
which is paid to;the road fund
will be saved in hue paid to
teams and workmen and in the
end means more, hauling, higher
prices and greaier profits and
therefore a quicker turning over
of money. Let us have good
roans although they do cost us
lung.
FLEICED TO ENFORCEMENT
CF LAW AND ORDER. ; "
Little interest has been shown
in the municipal election next
Tuesday. This should not.be go.
The next few years will be inv
nortaiit ones in; the history of
the town. Thfe' power dam is
almost a certainty; our streets
are to be paved; there is a prbb
ability that when , we have tbe
power, .enterprises will seek to
locate here and we must be ready
to accept the opportunity when
it presents itself. What we need
is that public, spirited citizens
who are awake" to the importance
of these openings, and who are
ready to sacrifice a little of their
time and strength for the benefit
of the town, may accept places
on the ticket. - Let the party
nominate its best, most public
spirited men, and let them give
themselves to the advancement
of the town, realizing that they
are not serving only the present
but also are building for the fu
ture' ''
Then we have laws upon our
books that must be enforced.
Marshall voted; for Prohibition
by a majority of 518 to 0, and
we want men who will stand for
the enforcement of this law. Let
the Republican party of Marshall
nominate men who stand for civic
righteousness and civic progress
and the town will advance as
never before. ; Don't let the
growth of the town go by default
or lack of interest. These local
elections touch us where we live.
We want the best, and let us
have it, voting for those candi
dates who have the interest of
ti e town at heart. " ,
CIVIL DOCKET SMALL.
ONLY ABOUT . HALF WHAT
IT
WAS IN FORMER TEARS.
Superior Cou .t for the trial of
civil actions begins Monday, May
3rd, with-Judge G. S. Ferguson
presiding. ' There are only tw4"
fv-pW1 'leases on the "caleif4ar
more tKan the first week as none
of the cases are very important.
There are only ninety-nine civil
cases on the docket, all told, about
fifty of them being live ones; It
is a noticeable fact that litigation
in this county is- growing less
each year. It was only a few
years back when it was impos:
sible for litigants to get their
cases tried, notwithstanding the
fact that we. had six weeks of
civil court during the year. Now
any one who has a suit-can get a
hearing at the first term that the
cause stands for trial; then it is
a rare case when the court con
sit mes more than one week of
the two, weeks of the term which
is allowed. . It is also a fact that
crime in the county is decreasing
each year.' At this writing there
are only 68 criminal cases on the
docket, many of them being old
cases where the crime was com
mitted more, than two years ago
and the defendant not caught.
There is not likely to be more
than one hundred cases for trial
at the next crimipal court which
convenes in August, and no doubt
the docket will be tried in three
or four days, when" only a few
years ago it took the entire two
weeks term to dispose of the
criminal docket. ? :
Grapevine Items, t
Here I come from Grapevine
again.
We have ,been having some
very cold weather for the time
of year. We have had some
f ro: t. ..'.' "'. . .-v -: ' .
Our road supervisor, Mr. J.
. Y, T i, is going to try his
' : i re ad working next week.
' TjWishes him success
:lertaking, for th- roads
'y need working in this
t crops look right well
i. The people are
x:-U-i a r: '.t smart of
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Quite a scrap occurred on the
head of Big Pine last Saturday
morning in which the participants
engaged nsed. sticks, brooms, fire
shovels, )rails and other instru
ments of war in the beginning,
and later nbot guns and army
rifles were in evidence at long
range, which was a signal for a
double retreat on the part of
some of the fighters. ...
This fight was a branch of the
same old trouble which the Welts
and Bakers have heretofore had
so much trouble over.
When Mr. Wells left the coun
ty he sold bis interest in the
Baker land to Mrs. Catharine
Gentry, and as Mr. Wells moved
out Mrs. Gentry moved in, being
forbidden to do so by Air. Baker.
i the occasion of the fight, T.
H. Baker, his brother and Mr.
Buckner, his brother-in-law,
were engaged in moving the
fence that surrounded the house
in question, when Mrs. Gentry
and daughter engaged Baker!
and others with sticks, rocks,
etc., until Lank Gentry arrived
and brought into play a shot gun,
shooting twice, the flrst shot go
ing wild and the second shot
taking "effect, two shots hitting
the old warrior, T. ' II. Baker,
near the eye; three shots hitting
Henry, his brother, in the breast,
and one shot hitting Mr. Buck
ner. ;; Mr. Baker took exception
to this unkind treatment and
turned loose his war gun,' shoot:
ing three times into the house in
which Baker claims Lank vi as
concealed and was shooting from.
After a quick exit from the house
by Lank the firing ceased. . The
result of the battle is marked by
some two or three holes in the
house, hair and bUwdjoa the
fence and a black'feye on Baker.
The damage jtone to! the parties
is not serious. '- "''.-':'? ,:, .-'v.
,hWalnut News Items.
Well, Mr. Editor, since Mike
is done planting corn. ' he nd?na&owlD!r
has time td giveyou a sUorTTeP
tev! from Walnut.
' The closing exercises of Bell
Institute school will take place
on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of May.
Sermon Sunday morning at 11
o'clock by W. J. Bruce of Knox
ville, Tenn. Class Day Monday
at 2:30. . School entertainment
Monday evening at 6'xj'clock.
The graduating , exercises wUl
come off Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock. All are invited to at
ten4 these exercises. '. " 4 r '
Dr. James A. Worden of Phil
adelphia, Supt. i of . Teachers1
Training and Sunday School
work, paid Walnut a visit last
week. While here the Doctor
preached two very able sermons
which were enjoyed and, spoken
very highly of by the people of
Walnut. ,:; This is the kind of
preaching the people are hungry
for preaching-that comes from
the Book of Books and notfrom
books.
Miss Belle Reese of Asheville
is visiting her sister, Miss Reese
of Bell Institute. ;
The town election for Walnut
will be held next Tuesday. '';' (
Misses Kate and Margaret
McNeill, Ibna Buck, Thomas and
Mr. Joe Phipps took a horse
back ride into the Big Laurel
country last Saturday.
Prank Brown, Allen and P. V.
Henderson are at home for awhile
from their work in South Caro
lina. -
Mr. and Mrs. M. II. Davis,
Mrs. Allen Henderson, Mrs. Flem
McDevitt and Revt Frank March
were shopping in . Marshall last
Saturday. ,'
J. C. Ramsey of Marshall was
seeing home-folks Saturday and
Sunday. " ' '
; ; MIKE. ::
A Precactioa
"Ma," said a newspaper roan's
son, "I know why editors call
themselves 'we.' "
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"'L. t only a migration
of thj 'vi folks from the
count, i ; town in these dajTs,
but thf-r, s i wide spread notion
that it i s ; ' , the - proper thing
for th9 ol J f jlks who haye made
money farming to go to town for
their last years. "The farmer and
his wife the wife especially
have in mahyases the same de
sire as their children to get rid
of the cares of farm life and move
into town that they may ''feke
life easy" in their old .age, and
are often equally disappointed in
the results, ojr the change. In
every town of ' any size may be
found country bred men" and
women of mature years who are
incessantly longing to return to
the farm. ' . '
Aside from this, is it not strange
that folks should desire, In so
many, oases, ; through all the
years from youth to old age to
get away from the environment
to which they are most accustom
ed an where, it would seem,
they , should find most content
ment? And why are such things
so?;-M:r V';"::r-;:"':;v
It seems to us that the answer
in many cases Is to be found in
the barren, dilapidated, unattrac
tive home surroundings and: in
the lack of. beauty and comfort
inside the home. It is from the
farm where tfie yard is bare and
unfenced, the ; house unpainted,
the home devoid of books - and
games and pictu res and music,
thaf the young fo'ks are most
eager to get away; and it is from
this same type of farm, life that
the old folks are most desirous
of escaping to the new liferr-for
them of the town"' , - ,
If you wtshjrour boys and girls
to remain on the farm, if you
wish to remain oh it yourself with
enjoyment an4 contentment when
you have passed the age of great
est activity, iake it a cheerful
place at. wbh tofstay. r From
the' farms ere thei-e are big
oaks and m;
s and magnolias
'.protecting the
-liM.a.lLXi JT'! '5.1
grows and t! . oses bloom, homos
where pi-ovison is made to satis
fy tbe sense of beauty and where
the charm as well as the labor of
country life is part of each -day's
experience, it; is not, as a rule,
that those come who ; throng to
the towns, either in "youth or in
age, through dissatisfaction with
their lot. , When you have seen
the trees in the dooryard growing
taller and : broader year after
year, have watched for the com
ing of the irises and the holly;
hocks in the garden summer after
summer, have cared for the rose:
bush or the honeysuckle from
the time it was planted till it
clambered all over the porch,
have filled each nook and cranny
of the old house with scores of
pleasant memories, you will not
be quick to iear yoiirself away
from it all to spend your days of
enforced leisure amid the un
familiar scera of some town. J
Make the. home attractive.
There is no excuse for an ugly
farm home; and with a little care
and attention, the planting of
trees and shrubbery and vines
and flowers, the caring for the
lawn, the brightening of the
walls, and the addition of new
pleasures to the fireside, you can
make your place prettier and
more home-like with every pass
ing season.
With country life what it should
be, and what we can make it, we
would hear little of the rush of
the young to the cities cr of the
often pitiful desire of the old to
get away from the homes of their
own making.
Death of Lun rutrd.
LumWard, t
i vt Dave Ward
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of Weavervill
nephew of II.
place, died c
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home one a:
south of Mar '
o'clock. Th
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friencU andr
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...The Aslievillo Citizen of the
2Hh inst. contained the following
complimentai-y notice of our for
mer fellow townsman, Mr. Ben
Barnes, which we reproduce in
fuiu-. :. ' , :,-:":r-';
"Though he did not' blow eny
horn to announce his presence,
one of the United States crack
detectives ; is here Mr. Ben
Barnes, special agent of the de
partment of justice at Washing
ton. As be Is not here on official
business no harm is done by
mentioning this fact. Time was
when Mr. Barnes was 'a deputy
marshal and deputy . United
States revenue collector and his
being seen in this vicinity would
have caused alarm, but now his
duties do not concern . mere
blockaders." -. -f , . .- '
Mr. Barnes since be was last
in . Asnevulo has accomplished
some important work. ; He was
put on the trail of the strikers
who on December 24tl shot and
killed Deputy United States Mar
shal John C. Mullen at Stearns,
Kentucky. .. Deputy Mullen had
been given an injunction to serve
on some, strikers and these he
fonhd barricaded in a hotel. They
at first refused to allow the ser-.
vice fiJbe.made on' them, but
later agreed to this, j However,
when the officer , attempted to
enter the hotel someone inside
shot and killed him and then a
fullisade ensue! between" those
inside and the officers outside in
which one of the . garrison was
killed. Failing otherwise to get
the defenders fot the .house the
ofiicers t.et fire to it, and it was
ournea, wose insiae malting
thij. escape. Mr. Br(ries (railed,
then... persistently and finally
landed v six wanted , on the
charge oi idling the officer., He
arrested the lst one at Forest
City in this stai .
The special agei, wenfc to Vir
ginia where he securj five coa.
vi l.ons m poonarre caP3 0!,el
: viJeii'ee lic bad work j..
1 he oSicer was . then sent" to
South Carolina, to capture five
members of a family named Pal
iner, who were accused of shoot
ing and killing Deputy United
States Marshal W.' F. B. Cbfbin
March 8tb, while he was seeking
to arrest ojieof - their number
Mr. Barries secured all the neces
sen evidence.- , Mr. Barnes was
sent by the department to Miss
issippi to "work up the case
against a man named P. M.
Sausby who killed Postoffice In
spector Fitzgerald. Sausby was
postmaster at a small town near
Jackson, Miss., and the inspector
hod come to go over his accounts
Finding that the inspector had
discovered a' shortage ; Sausby
shot him. J As the result of the
special agent's work Sausby was
sentenced; to life imprisonment
by United States court. " ...
The special agent appeared at
Statesville to present the evi
dence he had worked up against
Captain John . Powers of this
county on the charge of peonage
when he was foreman on the S
and W.. railway northwest of
Marion. Capt. Powers was con
victedas told in yesterday's .Citi
zen, ana sentenced - to serve 15
months in the penitentiary.
Otten Bad Tried It.
The police court magistrate of
a town in southern Kentucky was
walking'down th'e street one No
vember evening with his friend
John Markham, a distiller. '
'Judge,", said Mr. Markham,
have you ever tried my Number
One brand of Old Markham?"
"No, John," admitted the judge,
but I tried three men in court
this morning who had tried it,"
Lverybody s Magazine.-
That there sh.oukl one Man die
'lcri' t v. '" l.n.l capacity for
-n, ' ' th: i I call a tragedy,
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.ie
CAPITAL. : -
PROFITS
RESOURCES
SOLICITS ACCOUNTS SUBJECT TO CHECK OR ;
ON FOUR PER CENT. CERTIFICATES OF DE-
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES IN
FIRE PROOF VAULT. FOR RENT
Please Get Your Deeds.
All persons who left Deeds and
papers In the Register's office for
registration during the term of
W. R. Rice," deceased, will please
come forward and pay the fees
on them as I badly. need the mon
ey. 1 do not want to put out
these papers into the hands of
an attorney for collection if I
can help it but I must certainly
collect the unpaid fees. So call
at the Register's office and pay
for your deeds and get them.
MRS. DORA RICE.
" v. Administratrix.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
i Having qualified as administra
tor of P. T. Rice," deceased, late
of Madison county, N. C, this is
to notifv all persons hav jig
claims against the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to tne
undersigned on Or before the 15th
day of April, 1910, or this notice
will be plead in bar of their re
covery,. M ;.
All persons indeVted to said
estate will please make immedi
ate payment. -.-.'- ' :.:'.' X'..
" This the 15th day of April, 1909.
J. C. RAMSEY;
lto-27 - - Administrator,
NOTICE
North Carol inarrMadisoa County, r
In Superior Court Before tbe Clerk.
J. C-Ramsey, administrator, of P. T.
Rice, deceased, vs. Margaret Rice,
; widow, and Arthur H. Rice, Mary
D. Rice, Spencer F. Rice, May O.
Rice, Isaao J. Rice and H. Clyde
Rice, heirs at law-oT P. T. Rice, de-
' cea";S!t?t; .v
The defendants above- named .will
take notice that a special proceeding
entitled as above has been commenced
in the Superior Court of Madison coun
ty to sell the following described real
estate to make assets" to pay debts, to-
wit: . Situated in No, 5 township, .Mad
ison county, N. C, adjoining lands of
Gay Williams and others and known
as the Ball fill property, consisting
of a ono-half undivided, interest of the
Hall M ill property, said property oon
talnhjg about one-half acre, said one
half aero contains the mill property,
a pack aouse and, the mill race, said
interest neinsr deeded bv Cora Rice to
Peter Rtoe and recorded in Book 23 at
page 538, to which reference is made
for s full description. And the said
- JJ
will further take notice
that they are required to appear before
the Clerk of tha Superior Court of
Jlfadison County a his . office in .Mar
shall on the 22nd dky of f ay, 1009, and
answer or demur tolthe complaint in
said-action or the plaintiff will apply
to the court for the reW demanded in
said complaint.
This April 15th, 1909.
.-. ' . J. H. VBITE
lt5-13 Clfrk SupeWor CouM,
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NOTICE .OP DISSOLUTION,
' ' " . '
This is "to notify all persons
that J. H. Edwards has sold out
his entire interest in the poods
business on R. F. J). 3 to li. A;
Edwards, and that all ckbls due
R. A. Edwards & Bro. are to be
paid to R. AEdwarJ rt once,
and that R. A. Eh" ' " ; : here
after res; '' I?. : .". - ll j
against e . t ,s.
This A; : :
lt5-13 :. Ih
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Re:-'
the L:
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c5,ooo.oo
tuo.ooo.oo
8150.000.00
Notice of Sale of Land
Under and by virtue of a de-S. .
cree of the Superior .Court made '
and entered a a certain proceed
ing therein pending entitled "J.
B. Cody, administrator of H.R.
Rhea, dedeased, vs. W. S. Rici j
and oUiera," I will on Mondi y,
the 3rd day of May, 1909, sell at
the court house door in the town
of Marshall, Madison county, N.
C, to the highest bidder for
cash, all interest of Jessie Rhea,
Carl Rhea and Maggie Rhea, the
same being an undivided three-
fifths interest in and , to the fol
lowing described tract or parcel v
of land, lying and 'being on the-.
waters of Bull Creek, in the
eounty and State aforesaid; and -
bounded and . more particularly
described as follows;
Beginning on a red oak, Mar-
tha Hensley's corner in her west ;
line, and runs up the same ridge
a northward course with N. Hen
sley's line to his sourwood corner .
in Thomason s line; thence up
the orchar4 ridpe a westward
course to N. L. Rhea's chestnut
oak corner, of his 25-acre tract
of land; thence with the line of
his 25-acre tract of land to the
beginning corner of said tract on .
a sourwood; thence with N. L.
Rhea's line of the 103-acre tract
of land to the corner on a black
pine, ..Martha" Hensley's corner
and runs thence with Martha. A.
Hensley's line to the beginning.
Containing 90 acres more or less. "
Said lands will be, sold for the
purpose of: raising - assets to pay
the indebtedness of the said H.
R. Rhea and the costs of admin
istration. This March 20th, 1909.
J. C. RAMSEY,
lt4-22 Commissioner.
NOTICEN.
North Carolina In the Superior
Madison County - - Court.
Jasper Ebbs, administrator of J. G.
Reynolds, deceased, vs John Reynolds
and others. v
John Reynolds, W. J. Reynolds, Al
fred Reynolds, Sarah Harris and Tho
mas HarrisDefendants above named
will take notice that an action entitl
ed as above has been commenced in
the superior court of Madison County
to sell the lands of which the said J.
G. Reynolds died seized in the said
county for the purpose of raising assets
to pay the debts of said intestate and ,
the costs of administration; and tha
said defendants will further take no-
tice that they are required to - appear .
before the-Clerk of the Superior Court
of said County on the 8th day of May
1909, at his office at the court house in
the town of Marshall, N. C. , and ans
wer or demur to the complaint in said
action, or ; the plantiff will apply to
the (Jourt for the relief demanded in,
said complaint. This April 5th 1909.
' J. H. WHITE ' .
r: . - - . Clerk Superior Court.
. NOTICE
North Carolina. . in the Superior : .
MaJUon County , . Court. .
R.' W. Rice. Clementina (). Haw
thorne and Husband M. S. Hawthorne.
The defendants above named will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commencad in the
Superior Court of Madison County for
the recovery of certain real estato si
tuated in Na il Township in said
County on the waters of I-iiulo Creek
and known as the A. li. Vliit:iker
tract and the said defendants will furt
her take notice that they are required
to appear at the tprm of" t'( Sdii.tku
Coui t of said County to I o hi Id vn the
i .Mominv after t uo I t, , u,tria
:nvli I , at t
1 Ct:imty in
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