NEWS
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Entered as wcondciass mail matter June 18.
, t907, at the Pottaffice at Marshall. N. C, under
the Acta) t-ongresu aj March 3, 1879. .
THURSDAY; SEFT. 23d, 1909.
A3 we remarked the Ceme
tery ! - : "'"''
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History repeats itself so do
most people.
, He who never dares, never at
tains anything.
The song of the pick and shovel
is heard in the streets.
The region of ice does not seem
to have cooled the temper of some
men.
The Fall of the year is upon
tli threshold. Now for beauty
of color.
How much easier life is if we
hear a word of appreciation once
in awhile.
In a discussion the man who
keeps his temper is the one who
wins out in the race.
5 If most men were as religious
as they say they are, there would
be little need of courts of law.
Things are happening so rapid
ly nowadays that newj is stale
before you can get it set up in
the papers.
: Religion is not something fixed,
but au ever-progressing and for
this reason, cver'present tenden
cy. Froebel. .
These long stamps are tiie Bob
v Burdette said of the Columbian
stamps they require a ' Jog's
tongue to lick them.1' "
When we read Peary's epithets
in regard to Cook, and the heated
language of Bridgmjin, we begin
vo wish mere-Wits numorsu ,triv.
The pitlpj,y-was an instrument
of torture in olden times. ; We
have It today in the papers and
some men must suffer. However
it is no less cruel now than then
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Why does not someone write a
have many noted men who were
" born here- many noted occurren
ces that should be written up.
Where is our historian?
The mairxfr'woman.who is al
ways finding fault because some
' one is flistiaeing them in the race
:. of life deserves to be left behind
v in the home-stretch leading to
- the goal of successful endeavor.
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With the present price of farm
- products, it would seem there'
- need be no insistent sounding of
the slogan, "Back to the soil.'
Men will be forced to betake
; secure the necessaries of life.
Marshall haslost for the win
ter a great number of the fair
ones. School has been the cause.
-' There is hardly, a town of its siae
in the State which sends as many
or its ycung people away to
school..
.
How some people can practice
some of the things they do, is
'incomprehensible toothers. How
the human being can stoop to
the depths of utter degradedness
to which "they do, cannot be reas
oned out. - In some natures there
seem to be lost some pin or wheel
that makes them human. Thev
become brutes, and even the
I rutes put them to shame,' for
1. :..3 brutes are better than they.
., ' . '-
Do you know everything is
'.e I by the waywe talk of it.
o drummers can sell almost
"ae his poods and with better
" ? ano! Iier f ail3 to sell. "Every-.
" ' 1 t!.o way ycu present the
, " ' - I we t.illc deprecat-
r t;
in
God helps him "who helps him
self. . Get busy. . , -'
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A man's greatness consists in
his ability to serve. '
Many a man has lost a fortune
because he first lost his head.
Where the treasure is, there is
the heart. Where is your treas
Ure? , ' "
Now isn't it a delight to have
a school to which we can point
with pride, v.
A little explained, a little en
dured, a little forgiven, the quar
rel is cured. Selected.
Many men feel more deeply a
pricking of their pocket books
than of their consciences.
The mechanical tendency m
boys should be developed. They
are to be the inventors of the
future.
The first end of education is,
or ought to be, to train the mind
to habits of lawful thinking.
Lyman Abbott.
Truth is stranger than fiction
and many a man refuses to believe
it because his Jbiggest lie cannot
compare with the truth.
Why is a drove of cattle like
some pieces of iron ore exposed
to the air? Because they are
covered with an ox(h)ide.
The first lecture on the Course
will be in October. Just save up
your $3.50 to redeem that prom
ise to take a season ticket.
A great many of us "are like
the story of the man who said he
just set arid thunk, thunk and
set, and sometimes just set.
It is just about getting to be
time for Teddy to come' out of
Africa and tell us of his trip.
We need him to arbitrate this
polar dispute. . . ' . .
Why is it that a "great many
good men are of a different Opin
ion when there is .danger of pub
licity ; arid when their ?; opinion
will not be knbwnjpublicly.
Red Cross stamps were pbpu
lar during the past season and
fifty million have been printed
for this year. Help along ' a
worthy work by using them.
Now is the time for candidates
to be on the lookout. Already
fences are being straightened and
wires pulled for future office
When, oh! when will men stop
wanting pie.
The enmity of some men is
more to be desired than their
friendship. It is an honor to be
bated by some, for their hatred
is not of us but of what we stand
for, -.,-' ;
Japan has the base ball craze.
Preparations for one hundred
thousand spectators were made
in Tokyo when the University of
Wisconsin nine played there.
That beats record attendances
in this country. - ,
A man who was in our town
recently said that - the - papers
ought to have a large amount of
advertising from the merchants.
The merchants evidently do not
realize the importance of telling
the people what they have.
We are-hoping that th:.s winter
we may not see such streets as
we had last winter; "The arrival
of the machinery bought by the
town looks as if our hopes are to
be realized. Here's hoping. '"
A good book is the best friend
one can have. , ' If it . is on your
shelf its kindly face looks at you,
its page counsels you.;. The read
ing of it delights your mind. : You
can talk to it and it don't talk
back Don't misuse it.
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We should be wary of speaking
of others. The tendency of all
of us is to gossip and talk" of
others. A lio cannot be taken
back once it is uttered and often
the reputation of a man is blast
ed just because we do not like
hici, an;l repeat some idle stry
i i regard to him. We can kill a
r. i l y a word kill his charrc
' -; v ' ' 'i i ? v"crt!i nic e Can
Anything that belongs to us,
even if it isn't of the best, is bet
ter than somebody else's posses-.
slon,i even if better. : Shake
speare's line "ought to be repeat
ed: .'VTis an uncomely'thiug but
'tis mine own.' , , . , . ,
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One of the greatest means of
spreading contagious diseases is
the common .drinking cup in
public places. The State of
Kansas has - prohibited this by
law. It were well that other
states might follow the example
set. " - v ' -' ' . -v ':
If a man can write a better book,
preach a better sermon', or make
a better mouse-trap than his
neighbor, though he build his
house in the woods, the world
will make a pathway to his door.
Emerson.
An open mind -is not always a
blessing, because like at open
road it may lead to a noble city
or a barren wilderness. An open
mind may mean richness of ma
terial or vacuity.
. '
Five and a half days to Lon-
i Jan ! The Mauretania and Lusi-
tania have lowered the record of
crossing the Atlantic to five days
and a half and now a person can
start from New York and in five
days and a half be in London to
dine. That means over thirty
miles an hour.
There is no lonelinessso deep
and so sure as that of theperson
who does nothing for others'.
The good neighbor is never
lonely. The Good Samaritan
was not lonely even when he
was far from home, on the road
to Jericho. Love is never lonely,
for love searches out others, and
learns their needs, and supplies
them. It is only he who thinks
chiefly of himself and his own
Interests who is sure to be lone
ly, even in the midst of teeming
life. Let us make Mr. Jowett's
prayer our own: "Deliver me
from the loneliness of ' selfish-
ness." Ex. . - "f i
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A vast amount of useless effort
is spent in this world We go at
thingsin haphazard O
reason is that we.do i
what wjret1"'
leads us to attempt whatUre don't
know anything about. Education
is to1 teach us how jo do a thing
and the best way to do. it and
the least effort needful. "A French
company sank hundreds of thous
ands of dollars of money in drain
ing a lake that filled up at each
new freshet. The implements
they sent were for railroading
instead of mining and the result
was failure. So we ought to
understand our -subject before
we undertake to do anything in It.
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The human mind needs some
thing to help it. 'The humdrum
existence of daily ? life will wear
out body and soul unless there, is
another world in which it may
play and work. The cultivation
of the mind affords this. A inan
or woman becomes narrow when
there is not the development of
the mind. In this realm we can
rest, though the body be worn
oat with toil and the spirit bowed
down with worry and doubtt Try
this remedy for weariness. It is
within the reach of everyone,
even the humblest, for in this
day of schools .arid opportunity
there is none who can not have it.
Worth of Time
. The following we would quote
as showing the worth of time to
the great companies. : -
"The statement . that it cost
the Standard Oil Company $48,-
000 to cease operation during the
funeral services of H. H. Rogers
is an apt illustration of the value
of time in an-industry," said the
professional photographer. , - If
it wasn't ;f or that we would
double our business. y
"The officers of a concern may
be enthusiastically in favor of
having a s'et of pictures of the
works, but they chill when the
general manager bands them a
little slip showing just how much
the time we use costs and how
much net profit they are going
to lose, etc., balanced . against
the speculative value of the pic
tures as business getters."
"Our price, no matter how
hi0"h, cuts no ice., It's the pos
tal stamp account.comparative'y.
For instance, we took a set of
I ' cturcs of the Armour stock-
e there
ay paid
' pictures,
j ;st $1000,
uhe pictures
i photographs.
twenty dollars
Oood price-,1 for
pictures of L- . j." ' .
Now all do. it have' to deal
with f.ose giw-t companies nor
do we all reali what the little
spaces . of tinie je waste . are
worth and wh?i.can be done in
them. A : boyi' Or g'rl ; should
realize that tiwA.is worth a great
deal to a mercJort.- He pays for
it. . In calculations a. boy or girl
says, if I canxMO ja problem it
does mot make .any difference
how; long I tafce just so I do- the
problem and orfe does it in ten
,minutes,-anoth. ta.kes an hour.
When' he doesjjfor a merchant
one loses SO mRutes that he is'
paid for andjhene who loses is
time and he isjare to choose the
one who do'es'L the quickest
When wo t
the amount
of time wast
. ... i
that .could be
employed xgfa
something
repent of
we should
useful we
having wasvj
use 15 minute's
ay in reading
in a very shor
mB we would
be master of e
books.
Jearnedjatin
-iS'spidle the
etn used in
J companions
jig his mind,
jvho invented
studied' while
jars and is one
iiof the world,
en can improve
Wd" girls be-
and will rise
.ove the time.
f an old saying
rnpress it upon
time," of tentimes
David Livin
.whjleJtendjr
moments insi
i' ,
idle badinage
was used in
ueorge bteveu
the Locomoti
tending the qo
of the fumnna
S men ahoUf
themselves o
come useful cit
if tney only i.
Time is mono
find wft won!
woul
ne.
ytol
every one
We try
we have
h on Our biains,
we. say,' and s
why doCwe say
that if it is S
complain of
n. Wei never
ving too hnuch
money, and
e (is still more
valuable w
interest, I
bring us,-'
of it in i
will pay
ilaced p
tput it put at
ifa tf inn n j4f
.iiesult by these
g 'ourselves." It
er : than ; momSy
stand be eternal.
Playtim s of a'I.Tatioa -
When the t rift discussion was
the hottest theadlines of the
papers announced a. heated set
to between the! Republican and
Democraiic mnhersof Congress
and we might !;;inethatitwas
a fierce word ncounter on the
floor of the House. But when we
read further wjes found that it was
only a game of pnseball between
picked nines f otn the different
sides of, the H ouse. Every na
tion hass its ; distinctive game
which makes tl e genius and na
ture of ttiepeoi ,le: We always
associate cricket with the Eng
lish, and Torn Brown at Rugby
has shown wha a power a crick
et player :is and what an inter
est can be aroused over it. Golf
is a Scottish gane in vogue here
for sedate, slower moving people.
The international game is. tennis
and the world oi'er we read of
tournament, hi which te . susa
pions of every country meet to de
cide their prowess, but' in" no
country can yon1 find a game that
has so taken a 'nation as base
ball. Not that it is a "game popu
lar outside of Our own . limits.
Where can you fYnd in every cor
ner cf the country anything that
has so taken every one as has
this game. Ari4 itdoes not wane.
Every 'bamlV every; coffntry
place, every l ity goes wild over
it. Thebusiness man will close
up early to ie the game; Misses
flock to the .field and sealed
amongst the fans cry out their
favorite dob. The country boy
fresh from the field will give the'
swimming hole "the go by and
walk miles to play a game. You
hear talk of "M tthewson and
Wagner, of catcher and pitcher
and enormoufjdr s are paid the
pitchers awl-players. The hero
of the small boy is the pitcher
who has shutout a rival club.
Every ope goes v " 1 and busi-,
ness andhome ar 1 aC-; poos
by the board in lor t t a
game may be sec . . V,, ' . nv
hands that are b J r . i-
gers that are ere 1 i i
an si;;ns of fierce ; "
the diamond. ,L? r
that car legi&iat 1 1
on t'.o diamond i
di.-c.. the r- i
y; '
an 1
only C
but it ;
making t
$4200.for ; '
Four bun art
each is a pre
, of
f fg
n
tai-i.1 . All had played ball
before, because where,! is. the
American L ey who has not play
ed. "And it is just as it should
be, There is' no game : so dis
tinctive of the American . nation
as baseball. .Hold on. to it it
makes man of us, ' " '
Lengthening the Span of Life
There are many evidences of
the growth of that true univer
sity extension, which' means the
increased interest in the affairs
of the common people. Two
such institutions, Columbia and
University of California, working
separately and independently but
simultaneously,-' nave recently
made a list of some of thexways
in which the average man is
shortening his life, and reducing
his chances of attaining a healthy
and !- happy ! old ( age. .Among
the things which ; most persona
do at times! but which are known
to be harmful and frequently
dangerous are running for trails,
overeating and too hasty eating;
the resort to stimulants, sleeping
in unveritilated .rooms, keeping
the house too - warm in . winter,
and the air in it too dry; neglect
ing to screen the house from flies
and to protect the food from their
touch; the use of icer f rom impure
water, worry and loss of sleep.
..Few .persons are. guilty of all
these sins of . omission and of
commission but most persons are
guilty of some of them. - Yet
every one of them is certain to
entail danger, and ' many reduce
very materially the span of life.
Moreover, there is not one of
thesebad habits that cannot, be
curcdnor one that is beyond
the control of the ' poorest as
well as richest man. ' ,
In a very : real sense, every
man carries his life constantly
in his haud, and there , is the
deepest truth as well as witand
humor in Dr. Oliver Wendell
Holmes's remark that no one is
so likely to die of old age as one
who has an incurable disease,
it is the ' little daily precau
tions which : count. Tb time
they take is more than repaid
by the dividends which accrue to
the paid tip policy of5 reasonable
ness cn'd self oi
Imp ovement ia t
avy
. ! Where there's smoke . there's
fir and all that we have heard
and read of the Navy ' lately,
while not in its entirety true,
still had enough of basis to stir
up our Naval officers and the re
sult is amazing and the progress
made in the last ten years mar
vellous. When our hearts .were
stirred by the stories ' - of ' Dewey
at Manilla and Schley at Santiago
we felt that there were no fcucb
men as ours and . that the man
behind the gun had done good
work, 'i We read of the Oregon
and Maine, of the Iowa and the
cruisers that sent ' the Spanish
vessels to, the bottom and our
men seemed to be able to hit
with every shot. But when the
expert examined the number of
shots and compared them with
the number of hits it was seen
that only five percent of shots
fired made bits so that 95 per
cent were lost or went wide of
the mark. It was seen "that " it
was necessary to do something
ia order that our navy might
hold its place ano n gs t the
world's armaments and "nation,
for we were before the average f
and our hearts tho filled iwith
enthusiasm for the deeds done
could not feel that our men bad
done their best. - So a . great
string! maneuvers were com
menced; and men were trained
to shoot for the mark and not to
fire wild.- ' You see great deal
about useless waste of powder
and money; that, ltj is not worth
while to do it, but the result of
it all is that in the late . firing
contests, the 40 per cent of shots
fired hit the mark. So" you see
what improvement has been
made, and it places our navy on
a par with the best in the world.
Ten years ago only one shot ; In
twenty hit the mark, today two
in every five hit the mark.' It
makes ournavy an efficient fight
ing machine, one that will be
able to take care of ourseacoasts
and the great trip around the
world proves that it can" strike
any place for it can go any place;
All the progress has been
macle in a decacio but it has been
; 1 i ci.'v 1 v hai-J work on the
;:1
and , at
SJOMPANION
e IN
k-caco::3
jThe Bank of
" MARSHALL, N. C.
lias CopItl of ;' -v
Stockholders' Abilities .
Accumulated Profits - ;
- Alaklns Total of - ,
H
which stands, not as the total
3
I Every dollar of this must be lost before any depositor can
j lose a penny. "i " '
! V This is a STATE Bank,.operated utfder the strict bank
ing laws of North Carolina. .1 -x .
I v "" At least four sworn reports are made each year and this
1 Bank is examined each year
(1
Its funds are protected by a modern Burglar Proof steel
safe, and vault, and are insured against burglary and sneak
thieves. - - , , '' ' .
AH of these things, coupled with careful, conservative
H management, assure the patrons of that supreme safety
l; which is the prime essential of a good Bank
the cost of much criticism by
the unknot ing public because
of what it thought to be needless
extravagance. When we have
anything we want it to be 'good
and our navy built at such a
cost is a thing to be proud of, for
it is now efficient.
s Concentrated Ability
Getting started quickly is the
secret of winning some races. A
man who can run faster and bet
ter than his Opponent after they
are both 'n full action has more
than once lost a ce to that op
ponent because of the advantage
the latter gained by starting
like "a shot from a' cannon. Many
a" man loses much of the advan
tage that his general ability gives
him, by taking so long to get . in
to the thing: that he would do.
He comes up to it mentally, then
backs offplays with it a little,
then thinks about something else
and finally,' after baying wasted
precioUs minutes or hours that
he can never regain,' he settles
nwn into his "sHide" and does
is the time regularly - lost before
he really gets going that helps
to keep him only an average,
It is better to begin a piece of
of work befora you ai'e ready,
than to take . so long getting
ready" that, when you. do begin,
your time-and energy are - half
gone; Bring together the ability
to start quickly and the ability
to run well "In the stretch," and
you have an invincible " combina
tion The man above the average
gets sixty minutes of high pres
sure accomplishment out of every
hour. - He has learned to con
centrate all his powers quickly,
and he wins as much by good
starting as by good running. ':;:;'
- Katydid
I love to hear thine earnest
voice, k '
Wherever thou art hid, '
' Thou .testy little dogmatist,
Thou pretty Katydid!. .- :. t ,
, Thou minds) me of gentle folks
014 gentle folks are they, . '
Tho u 'says't an undisputed
. thing J r';
In such a solemn way.
Thou art a female katydid!
I know bythe thrill . .
- That quivers thro thy piercing
notes, , . -
So petulant and shrill - v
I think there is a knot of you,
Beneath the hollow tree, -,
A knot of spinster Katydids,
Do Katydids drink tea?'"
.' '
Oh, tell me where did Katy live,
And what did Katy do?
And was she very fair and
"young, . ' -And
yet so wicked too?
' Did Katy love a naughty man,
Or kiss more cheeks than one?
' I warrant Kety did no more v
Than many a kate has done. ,
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
. Not a Gentleman
"Mr. P., howis "it" you have
not called on me for your ac
count?" v -'
"Ob, I never ask a gentleman
for money." . . " -.
''Indeed! How, then, do you
get on if he doesn't pay?"
"Why, after a certain time I
sonclude he is not i' gontlonian,
and then I.askhim."Tit-LiU.
French Broad,
t
$25,000
925,000
sia.ooo
862,000
security, but as the f
by the State Bank Examiner.
Directory.
JVladlson County
Established by the Legislature, Ses
sion 1850-1. - .
Population, 23,500.
County Seat, Mnrsball.
1,640 feet above sea level. . .
- ' orriolal :" ' : '.
J. P. Tilson. State Senator, Marshall,
R. P. D. No. 2. . - r .
A. J. McDevitt, Representative, Wal
nit. - - . V
J. H. White, t.'lerk Superior Court",
Marshall. . ; .
G. w: (Jole, Sheriff, Marshall. '' '
James Smart, Register of Deeds,
Marshall.
W. H. Henderson, Treasurer, Mar
shall. R. L. Twed .Surveyor, White RoSk.
Ir. J. H. Itaird, Coroner, Mars Hill.
' J. C. Ramsey, County Attorney. Mar
shall. -r . r . :
P. A. McElroy, Special vAttorpoy,
Marshall.
Dr. W. J. Weaver, County Physiolan,
Marshall. - . -.
John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall.
' J. C. Chandley, Chairman Board of
Commissioners, Alleghany. .
H. J. Jervis, Member Board of Com
missioners, Bripgsvllle.
C b. Cassada,. Member Hoard of
Commissioners, Marshall, R. P. D. 1.
James Haynie, Sunt. County Home
Marshall, R, P. D. No. 3
Home located two miles -north-west
of Marshall. J V N "
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Board o Education.,
Jasper Ebbs, j chairman, . 'Spring
lvnJ3ATirray,:'Margblll, N. C.,
1.7 JCf U. no,? .v- -"
1 M. Brydn, Marshall, R. P. Di 'L - .
- M. C. Buckncr, Superintendent, Mars
Hill.N.C. i.
Road Commissioners.
A. E. Bryan, Chairman, Marshall. V
3. A. Ramsey, Seoretary, . Mars Hill.
- Sam Cox, member, Mars Hill, R P.
D. No. 2. ,
O.- W. Wild, member, Big Pine. .
. Methodist , ' -v
Rev. Mr. Simpson, pastor. Service
every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.,
except second Sunday. '
Sunday School every Sunday at 10 a.
m. Dr. W. J. Weaver, Superintendent.
Presbvthsian-
Rev. W. E. Finley, pastor. Services
every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 JO p. m.
Sunday acnooi every Bunaay at 10 a.
Sunday
m. T. N. James, Superintendent,
Prayer-meetinK every Wednesday-at
70 p. m. :-s:--r
- .X:x Baptist xJ.
' Rev. Zeno Wall,1 pastor. Services
every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at 10 a.
M. B. It. Ledwell, Superintendent. "
Prayer-meeting every Tuesday at
7d0 p. m.
Fraternal.
Marshall Chapter, No. 61, R. A. M.
Dr. W. J. Weaver, High Priest, J. H.
White, Secretary. Meeta Friday after
full moon in each month. -- . -
French Broad Lodge, No. 292, A. 7.
and A. M. W. i. Weaver, Worshipful
Master, W. C Sprinkle, Seoretary.
Meets Friday before full moon in-each
month. - . - .
KniiAts of Pvthias. Fidelitv Idce
No. 14& i. Coleman Ramsey, C.O., W.
H. Henderson, K. R. S. - Meets every"
Thursday nlght.:r --;-':..;y;,,';-f'i;.' ;'..;.
Jr. O. U. A. M.,No. 160. George W.
Sams, Councilor. Meets every Satur
day night. ' .: .-. .
What's a Cigarette? - I
One of Satan's weapons. A
Bmall roll of paper filled with
poisoni A something with fire
atone end and nothing at the
other. It nips manhood, makes
idiots and invalids. Makes tail
lionaries out of "those who manu
facture them, and smoke for the
. i . i . . . . m
one wnu ourns in em. jho gooa
in them or the man who makes
them. A cheap smoke for
cheap people. Simply a "coffin
nail." -THOS. HURST. ...
HOME RULE
BILLS
IN THOUSAND LOTS ONLY
, WITH YOUR HEADING ,
C.KJKJ TnousAirD.
' cash with o::d"t;
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