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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

tentative program for the Mis-
sissipi Valley Conference of 1913,
which is to be held in st. Louis
April 2, 3 and a. The general
topic of the conference will be
Campaign Methods"
Kentucky has the distinction
of contributing three of the
speakers. Miss Laura Clay, of
Lexington, will discuss "The
Value of Non-Dues Paying Or
ganization" in the afternoon of
April 2, while upon the evening
of the same date Southern Wo-
men and the Ballot" is assigned
to Miss Belle Bennett, of Rich
mond, and Mrs. Desha Breckin-
ridge. president of the Kentucky
Equal Rights Association, will
speaksn the subject, What Wo-
men May Do for Women Through
the Ballot"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

ionial militia. and an appointment as
Acknowledgement of the military dis
trict In which his lands lay; but he
meant that for the future his duties
should be civil rather than military In
the life he set himself to live. and
turned very quietly to the business
and the social duty OF proprietor
among his ne.ghbors in Fairfax coun-
~, upon the broad estates to which he
gave the name Mount Vernon, In CON-
pliment to the brave sailor whose
friend he had become in the far, un-
happy south.
Lawrence Marries and Settles.
Marriage was, of course, his first
step towards domestication, and the
woman he chose brought him into new
connections which suited both his
tastes and his training. Three months
after his fathers death he married
Anne Fairfax. daughter Of William
Fairfax, his neighbor. Twas William
Fairfaxs granduncle Thomas. third
Lord Fairfax. who had in that revolu-
tionary year 1916 summoned Colonel
Henry Washington to give into his
hands the city of Worcester, and who
had got so sharp an answer from the
Kings stout soldier. But the Fairfaxes
had soon enough turned royalists
again when they saw whittier the
Parliament men would carry them. A
hundred healing years had gone by
since those unhappy days when the
nation was arrayed against the king
Anne Fairfax brought no alien ira
ditions to the household of her young
husband. Her father had served the
king. as her lover had-with more
hardship than reward, as behoored a
soldier-in Spain and in the Bahamas;
and was now. when turned of fifty,
agent here in Virginia to his cousin
Thomas. sixth Baron Fairfax, in the
management of his great estates, ly-
ing upon the Northern Neck, and in
the fruitful valleys beyond. William
Fairfax had been but nine years in
the colony. but he was already, vir-
ginian like his neighbors, and. as col
lector of his Majesty's customs for the
South Potomac and president of the
Kings Council, no small figure in
their affairs-a man who had seen the
world and knew how to bear himself
in this part of it.
Lord Fairfax Arrives.
In 1746 Thomas Lord Fairfax, him
self came to Virginia. man strayed
out of the world Of fashion at flfty-five
into the forests of wild frontier.
The better part of his ancestral es-
tates in Yorkshire had been sold to
satisfy the creditors of his spend
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
WASHINGTON was cast

HEORGE WASHINGTON was cast
for his career by a very scant
~ and homely training.
Augustine Washington. his father,
lacked neither the will nor the means
to set him handsomely afoot, with as
good a schooling, both In books and in
affairs, as was to be had; he would
have done all that liberal and provi-
dent man should do to advance his boy
in the worli, had he lived to go with
him through his youth.
He owned land In four counties,
more than FIVE thousand acres all told,
and lying upon both the rivers that
refresh the fruitful Northern Neck;
besides several plots OF ground in the
promising village Of fredericksburg,
which lay opposite his lands upon the
Rappahannock; and one-twelfth part
Or tine Principle IRON Com
pany, whose mines and furnaces in
Maryland and Virginia yielded bet
ter profit than any others in the two
colonies
His Father Once a Sailor.
He had commanded a ship in his
time, as so many Of his neighbors
had in that maritime province, carry
ing iron from the mines to England.
and no doubt bringing convict labor
ers back upon his voyage home again.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
We have twenty-five
Fisher Pictures in sets
of six each which we are
giving for three yearly
leash SUBSCRIPTIONS.

These pictures will be on exhibition
soon and you are invited to call and
examine them.
These pictures are not for sale at any
price. We secured them at a great
cost to give as premiums in order to
increase our circulation. You get them
at the office only; or 10 cents extra for
mailing. sent at your risk. You may
order by mail, but subject to prior sale.
If you order by mail, you should name
the pictures wanted in the order of
your preference.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

ties. In Winchester negro
named Ferguson was found af
fected with the disease and he
has been put in a tent and sup
piled with necessaries. George
Curtis has the disease at Little
Rock, Bourbon county.
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President Taft has ordered that
the picture of Theodore Roose.
welt which hung in his office al
the White House, be taken
down and sent to him at New
Haven. Thus does President
Taft every day show his greatness
as a man. Most of us would have
turned Teddy to the wall and left
him there.
The negotiations relative to the
Chinese loan, so far as the Amer.
lean Bankers are concerned, have
been brought to a close. This
was brought about by the note of
President Wilson in which he de.
clared policy of hands off,"
The American Bankers, headed
by Morgan and Co., have with
drawn from the negotiations.
President Wilson and Bryan
have locked horns in a dignifed
way on the senatorial situation in
Maryland. The President favors
the election of Mr.. Marbury as
Senator and Mr.. Bryan favors the
election of some one else. Thus
does it come at once what every.
body knew must happen, that two
antagonistic forces can not dwell
together in unity.
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Harry Thaw, who murdered
Sanford White in New York,
plays in hard luck. He spent a
great amount of money in con-
vincins jury that he was insane.
Since then he has spent a mint
of money in trying to convince
the courts that he is sane. Now
comes his finish when the New
York Legislature kills a bill de-
signed to secure his liberty. Harry
knows the value and full meaning
of little word like "in." He's
"in" you know.
DR.. Friedman was surrounded
by four hundred men, women md
children in New York City who
beseiged him to treat them for
tuberculosis.
DR.. Friedman operated at the
Mt. Sinai Hospital in the presence
of the representatives of the Gov
eminent. AT the request of the
Government experts no other
physicians were admitted. DR..
Friedman has been invited to
come to Washington and operate
at the Marine Hospital.
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Hon. William ]. Bryan is at his
home in Lincoln, Neb., to attend
a dinner given in honor of his
birthday, and about $500 people
were in attendance. 1t was a
gathering of home folks. Presi-
dent Wilson wired his congratula-
tons in the following telegram:
Hon. Edgard Howard, Lincoln,
Neb.: Please accept my sincere
good wishes on the occasion of
the celebration of Mr.. Bryan's
birthday by the Lincoln Bryan
Club. | cannot tell you what a
comfort it is to me to know that
| am to have the aid and counsel
of your distinguished fellow
townsman. 1t is source of gen.
uine pleasure, as we'll as great adj
vantage, to be associated with
him. Woodrow Wilson"
Mayor Harrison of Chicago has
opened a warfare on the automo-
bilists of that city, and demands
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He himself raised the ore from the
mines that lay upon his own land,
close to the Potomac. and had 1t car
ried the easy six miles to the river.
Matters were very well managed
there. Colonel Byrd said. and no pains
were spared to make the business
profitable.
Captain Washington had represent
ed his home parish of Truro. too, in
the House OF Burgesses, where his
athletic figure. his rudy skin, and
frank gray eyes must have made him
as conspicuous as his constituents
could have wished. He was a man of
the world. every inch. generous. hardy.
independent. He lived long enough.
too. to see how stalwart and capable
and OF how noble a spirit his young
son was to be. with how manly a bear
ing he was to carry himself in the
world; and had loved him and made
him his companion accordingly.
He inherlts a Farm.
But the end came for him before he
could see the lad out OF boyhood. . He
died April IL. 1743. when he was but
forty-nine years OF age. and before
George was twelve; and in his will
there was. OF course. for George only
q younger sons portion. The active
gentleman had been twice married.
and there were seven children TO be
provided for. Two sons OF the first
marriage survived. The bulk OF the
estate went. as virginian custom die
tated. to Lawrence. the eldest son. To
Augustine. the second son. fell most
OF the rich lands In Westmoreland.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

thrift father. These untitled stretches
Of land in the Old Dominion were
now become the chief part of his
patrimony. Twas said, too, that he
had suffered a cruel misadventure in
love at the hands of fair tilt in Lon
don. and so had become the austere,
eccentric bachelor he showed himself
to be In the free and quiet colony.
A man OF taste and culture, he lad
written with Addison and Steele for
the Spectator; a man of the world. he
had acquired. for all his reserve, that
easy touch and intimate mastery In
dealing with men which come with
the long practice of such men OF fash
ion as are also men of sense. He
brought with him to Virginia, though
past fifty, the fresh vigor Of a young
man eager for the free pioneer life OF
such province.
Lord Fairfax Builds a Lodge.
He tarried but two years with his
cousin. where the colony had settled
to an ordered way Of living. Then
he built himself roomy lodge, sha-
dowed by spreading piazzas, and 1T
ted with such simple appointments as
sufficed for comfort at the depths OF
the forest. close upon seventy miles
away. within the valley OF the Shen-
andoah. where a hardy frontier peo-
pie had but begun to gather. The
great manor-house he had meant to
build was never begun. The plain
comforts OF "Greenway Court" salts
Ned him more and more easily as the
years passed. and the habits of sim
pie life grew increasingly pleasant
and familiar. till thirty years and
more had slipped away and he was
dead. at Observation-Disclosures.
men said. because the kings govern
ment had fallen upon final defeat and
was done with In America.
Bred In Good Company.
II was In the company OF these men,
and OF those who naturally gathered
about them In that hospitsble country,
that George Washington was bred. "A
stranger had no more to do" says
Beverley. but TO inquire upon the
road where any gentleman or good
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
General News

| n
General Diaz, former president
of Mexico, Is In Rome.
| -
-Four towns in Alabama are
suffering from flood conditions.
II -
A new theater with a seating
capacity of 1000, is being built at
Pikeville.
Mrs. Wilson, wife of the presi-
dent, has joined the National
Civic Federation.
Senator James, who was con-
fined to his home by Indigestion
for several days, is out again.
."
Representative Murdo of
Kansas, has been agreed on by the
Progressives as their floor leader
in the House.
The Texas onion crop is esti-
mated at $2,50O,OOO this year.
Kentucky could do likewise if it
would only do so.
AT Fincastle, Lee county, the
lodge room of the Jr. o. u. A. M.
was destroyed by fire. The re-
gala of the Lodge was saved.
A cowboy goes on the warpath
in Buffalo, New York and shoots
a policeman. The man was an
Anarchist named Joseph Stefun-
ski.
The Legislature in session at
Boston reported adversely bill
taxing bachelors five dollars each.
AT one time bachelors were taxed
in England.
The guarantee of bank deposits
has been agreed on by the Demo
cratic Congressman. Secretary
of State Bryan has always favored
this idea and now favors it.
Franklin d. Roosevelt became
the Acting Secretary of the Navy
last Thursday, twas just fifteen
years ago that Theodore Moose
welt became the Acting Secretary
under THE Mckinley administra-
Attorney General McReynolds
will observe the policy of the pre-
ceding administration in not ap-
pointing men who have passed
the age of sixty to Federal Judge
ships.
The Court of Appeals in the
case of the Commonwealth against
Hughes, of Bell county, decided
that circuit judge could not dis
miss an indictment over the OBJ
lection of the Commemorative
attorney.
Capt. VIM. Neal, former Presi-
dent of the Blue Grass League,
and well known here, has accept
ed a position with the Philadel-
phia National League team and
will make his home in the future
in the Quaker City.
After nearly a century under
the waters of Lake Erie, Commo-
dore Peny's old flagship, the Nj.
agara, was raised to the surface
March 6. The timbers were
found to be in a state of preser-
walton, and the old ship will be
reconstructed.
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The Prison Commission has
paroled John Luttrel, of Casey
who was serving a term
for manslaughter. His mother
road mule for forty miles across
the mountains to the railroad
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
500 FAMOUS
PAINTINGS

List Of Premium Pictures given away
with each paid yearly subscription made
to the Office, and not to agents. These
pictures are pure carbon and are ex.
quisitely finished. They readily sell in
the Art Stores for more than one dol.
lar. The following are l0x20 inches:
Returning to the Fold
BeethOven's Sonata
BedOuin's Prey
The Last Supper
Madonna (BOdenhausen's)
Hope
Horse Fair
16x2O INCHES
AngeluS
Madonna (Murrillo'S)
Hunting Scene
Night
Daniel in the Lions Den
Daniels Answer to the King
Broken Pitcher
Mother and Son
Age Of Innocence
Mona Lisa
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This offer is good only
for subscriptions re-
Ceived at the office.
No Agents on This Proposition.

Remember that the Life of the First
President by the Last President" will
start in these columns shortly, and also
remember that The Madisonian is the
only paper in Madison county author
lied to publish the same. We bought
the exclusive right to this great story
especially for the benefit of OUR SUB
SCRIBERS. Its the only time in the
history of the Nation that one President
has written the Life of another Presi.
dent You should secure II for your
children and yourself.
Remember also that excellent serial
story, stanton Wins" which will APP
pear in this paper exclusively.
We endeavor to give our subscribers
something good all the time. II Is our
desire to run FIRST-cLASS news.
paper and also give you good general
reading.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

Smallpox has made its appear
ance In Clark and Bourbon coun'
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

Local officials of the Kentucky
Equal Rights Association have
been provided with copies of the
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

Mayor Harrison of Chicago has
opened warfare on the automo-
bilists of that city, and demands
that the motor Car be placed on
the same basis as other vehicles
and he uses this characteristic
language: "Chauffeurs think all
they have to do is to sound their
horns and pedestrians can jump
out of the way. Let them drive
with care and remember that the
pedestrians right is supreme.
The way to force them to do this
is by taking away their privilege
of footing horns to make people
jump The mayor is right. The
auto has no greater right on the
road than any other vehicle. The
reckless manner in which some
cars are driven here endaneers
human life.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

Claude Allen, the noted Virginia
murderer, cannot take his case to
the United States Supreme Court.
His father. Floyd Allen, will be
executed March 18th. 1t will be
recalled that these Aliens shot
the Judge. the sheriff and the
clerk while they were being tried
at Hillsville, Va.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-25
nOLMES BRYSON

A. j. Moore and NJ. C. Moore to
Tuckaseigee Development Co. on
June IL, 1907, and registered in
said office in said County in Book
NM" page 216 to 222, inclusive, on
August rs, 1907, together with all
rights, terms, licenses, privileges,
easements and ways thereuuto in
any wise in the said deed passed
and conveyed.
3. All the timbers, trees, woods,
barks, acid woods and groWths in,
on, and upon a certain tract Of land
in Mountain township, fully describ-
ed in a deed from J. T. Stewart
and wife, Palestine Stew art, tc
Tuckaseigee Development Co, dated
October 3, 1907, and registered in
said office in SAID County in Book
nm, page 473 and following on
October 7, 1907, together with all
the rights, terms, licenses, privileges
easements aud ways thereunto in
any wise appertaining and in said
deed passed and cow eyed.
4. All the tim5ers, trees, woods
acid woods, barks and growths
standing, growing and being on a
certain tract of land. in Hamburg
township, Jackson County. N. c.. as
follows:
Beginning on two chestnuts, runs
South so East, "a poles to chest.
nut; thence North 81 degrees East
SIS poles to a stake and rock, chest.
nut corner down; thence south Is
degrees East, 80 poles to a bircl
near a snail branch, the head
waters of Grassy Camp Creek
thence South IS west, 170 poles tt
a chestnut stump at the head of ;
branch near the Short Off Gap
thence North As degrees West, 81
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-25
Webster NC.
EAST LAPORTE

we are having the finest wealth
er IN the world" for several nast
weeks. The farmers are throusb
aging by their crops and are ey-
pecune a few days of recreation.
Mrs. Sarah Hooper of Big RIDGE
spent several days with her sister
Mrs. Rs: M: E. Tritt, most pleasantly.
Messrs. Paul and Harlow Kitchin
of Beta, were up at the home os
tnelr aunt, Mrs. M. E. Tritt, MON
day' on their way to Big Ridge
where they expect to stav awhile
with their grandmother, Mrs. Sarah
Hooper.
Mr.. Hayes Hooper and his charm
ing little daughter, Miss Bessie Cecil
Illuminated the home of the for
mers aunt, Mrs. M. E. Tritt. with
tnelr presence for several hours las,
Monday.
MR. Aiken. a cattle buyer of Bre-
vard' was seen in our community
buying some cattle last week,
Messrs. Claude Wike, Carl Tritt
and Harley Brendle went to Moses
creek on a pleasure trip Sunday
before last.
This community was deprived Of
ABOUT oo per cent of its population
last Sunday owing to the fact that
tney went to the Singing Conven-
tion at Balsam Grove and reported
a glorious time.
Miss Susie Kitchin, a cbarmins
young lady of Beta visited Friday
and Saturday with her relatives
here. She spent the past month
with her grandmother, Mrs. Sarah
Hooper, at Big Ridge and returned
home Sunday last.
There are two charming vonn6
ladies from Andrews at Ed Norton's
for several days.
Mrs. M. E. Tritt and grandson
Harley Brendall, spent the night
with the formers son, j. E. Tritt.
Sunday last.
The berry crop is very splendid
and more abundant than it was
ever before the ladies are ouite
busy canning them.
Davis Zachary. who was stricken
with paralysis while driving with
his brother-in-law, Matt Potts sew
eral weeks ago, is doing nicely at
this writing. We extend our sym-
pathles to his family and hope thas
ne will recover entirely before long
BLUE EYES.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-25

Here is an excellent breathing
exercise that should be INDUCED in
at least twice day. Stand before
an open window, or better, in the
open air, al d raise the, arms above
the head, stretching up as far as
possible. Take a long deep breath
whlle dong So and without bending
the knees, grasp the ankles. Then
straighten and repeat the operation
asy ten times at each performance.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-25
N 1.(I Ct I1I(J1.(l sIlI.

BY VIRTUE Of an execution to
me directed from the Superior
Court Of Jackson County, N. c.,
bearing date July 2, 1913, on
judgement in the case of Coleman
C. CoWan, plaintiff, against John O.
Bowman, j. Edward Ackley. T. A.
Lincoln, James Brown and Tucka-
seigee Development Company, de-
PENDANTS, in favor of said plaintiff
and against said defendants for the
sum of $138150, with interest
thereon from the 10th day Of Feb
ruary, 1911, and costs of the action
! have ieyied the said execution up
on and will, on the 4th day of Au-
gust, the same being the first Mon
day in said month, 1913, expose for
sale and sell at the Court House
door in Webster to the highest bid
der for cash, to satisfy said judge
ment and execution, principal, in
terest and costs, the following de-
scribed properties:
|. All that tract and parcel Of
land, containing two hundred and
eighty (28Q) acres, situate in Jack
son County, and fully described in
deed from T. G. Picklesimer and
wife, Ellen E. Picklesimer, to Tucka-
seigee Development Co., dated June
121907, and registered inthe Regis
tiers office for Jackson County, in
Book NM page 62 ct seq, on July
B. 1907,
2. All the timbers, woods, acid
woods, barks, and growths, timber
rights, interests, privileges. roads,
ways, terms, and whatsoever rights
relating to the same, being fully SCI
forth and described in a deed from
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-25
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

Services at Sylvia Baptist Church
second and fourth Sundays, at II
d. m.' and 7:3O p. m. j. M. Ben
nett, pastor; Sunday school at 10
a. M, every Sunday; T. C. Bryson.
superintendent.
Onurch Conference Thursday be-
fore the fourth Sunday in each
month at 7:3O p. M.
Union Prayer SERVICE every Wed.
nesday night at the Methodist and
Baptist churches alternately.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-25
THE NORTH CAROLINA
State Normal and
Industrial College

Maintained by the State for the
Women Of North Carolina. Five req
ular Coueses leading to degrees.
Free tuition to those vino agree to
become te >chers in the State. Fall
Session begins September 18th, 1918.
For catalogue and other information
address.
julius |. Fouste, Pres.
Greensboro, N.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-25

Buy it now. Chnmberlain's Collie
Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy is
almost certain to be needed before
the summer is over. Buy it now
and be prepared for such an emer-
gency. For sale by all dealers.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-25

Balance, June 80, 1918 S21
All Other Expenses (giving each item
and amount):
Institute ............--. $175 90
Holding Local Tax Election 1890
Total for all other expenses 10000
Total Tax on Each Poll
Levied for all Purposes 215
amount On Each Poll De-
voted to Schools 1e5
The local school tax of ,Oc. and 9Oc i
not included in the above.
Due Local Tax Districts S lO4S s.
BY Board of Education.
Ihe foregoing is true statement ~
Tue receipts and expenditures of the
the treasurer Of the County Board Of
Education Of Jackson county for tba
year ending June 30, 1913, as required
Section 4l5S of the School Law
H. G. MOSS,
Trearurer,
Webster NC.
July 7th. 1913.
Inc County Snperintendent's report
ooes not include the 10000 loan or any
balance from last year and will Diff
70 that amount from this report
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-25

FOR SALE-Seven room Gotta q
and four lots, located on the corner
of Allen and Rose SITS.
Apply to
L. c. C1ibble Sylvia N. C.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-25
Big 9 AuQ!:|llst Sale

10 come OIL This will begin August 12tl and run the
balance OF the week. not may days i'm length but we are
going TO dispose OF more goods than ever have in sale
ont nlr purhaS
Next week we will give you prices ON goods we are in
the markets buying this week, The Wholesale men
have summer merchandise they to get rid Of in
some instances at half price. We buying this and
are going to give you the advantage of our buyin6
it.
Next tuesday we will have prices that will in
erest YOU We can't mention prices here ON account Of
having space but you will find specials every Tuesday,
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-25
Dur Tuesday Bargains

MY making a NOISE Last Tuesday we had
5 from Eight Different Townships and thew did
empty handed, neither were thew dissatisf
'hey were coming back and send their neigh
seem anxious for our