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1A FT : ' ' A V TT T7: vc? " Tv II III! I W f I V V ft -M .11 II ' m f J . A - ifc - - - - . - -- - -,--...---- . 4 - - 1 " vwujiiv. . . ,v...y.-: ' : - :'C; marionn.-a, Thursday, march n.-mo. - ; ; . : : ' 1 I.O EMSSSIOX AL DR. E." J. EVANS, , . DENTSIT: S: 5 WW'' marion, a ' Rooms 1, 2 nd 3, Poteet Building At Old Fort Second Jnfxmrth r j Monday's j f T. A;ilpRHEW Office over MerchanVs& ParmeTs',- M ARION - ' 1 N. i C c DR. JvGILiSPIE - Dkktist : . Will answer calls at any ? hour of the night. :: :: - J Rooms 3, 4 and 5 ' First National Bank Building, , Marion, N. G. : " SINCLAIR S McBRAYER ATTORNEYS AT LAW Prompt Attention Given All Business Intrusted to Their Care. ' :-: :-: . " :-: OVER GASTON & TATE STORE DR. WM. FLEMING DENTIST -""wwww OFFICE IN STREETMAN BUILDING. C. E. HOUSE Surveyor and Draughtsman Make or Copt-Maps V ' Blueprints and Abstracts a w Specialty. - ; Office in Streetman Bldg Main St L. C. GONEKB, H. D. Physician S Surgeon .- WWW -: OFFICES IN FIRST NATIONAL BANK . ON FIRST FLOOR - , , : ww ww ':. ; Special Attention given to office practice jn the treatment of chronic diseases. R. E. McCALL" C. R. McCALI McCall Vros. UNDERTAKERS Coffins and Burial Supplies Any business intrusted to our care will receive prompt and " careful at tention. ' V " ' Over McCall & Conley's Furniture - " Store. - GRUBER'S Headquarters, -for ; - Everything Gobdto; Rut who said Pianos iaDd Orr ' gaDs? ; Now-' that's i. my line, and it's ti me for fishing, so let me have-abitievli RELIEVES WHEST OTHERS FAIL- Candies OVER THE G. C. Or RAILWAY Agent Hill, of Nebor Gives BneDescriptipn of Road andCou ntry.fh rough Z : 0, Wh icK . it Passes. ': ; Spdai to Marion Progress. - - ' -. ? Nebv?N. C March T: Having jast taken an Inspection trip over the C. a &0. R. II. from Dante, Va., to Spartanburg S. C, it may be of some" interest to tri ve a brief description of .the road., and coun try througb vfhjch-it passes. 2 Dante, Va , which js the present northerly terminus of the roacl, is a coal mining . town of several thousand people,-mostly foreign ers who work in the mines. Leaving Dante the' road follows the valleys of Lick Creek and Cliach Itiver for forty miles to Speer's Ferry, Va., where connect tion is made ith -the Virginia & Southwestern Railroad for the East and West. At Bangor the company has a large lumber plant Dungannon has several stores and residences and nice depot. : " , The land hero would be suitable for farming if well drained. Fort Blackmore is a scattered village with several stores, restaurant and nice buildings.. Speer's Ferry is a beautiful town six or eight stores, splendid hotel and nice residences. Iieaving here we passed through a tunnel nearly , a mile in length and came to the beautiful valley of Kingsport, Tenn. Unicoi is" a p retty town V with several stores, depot and residences. . This is a flat country suitable for farming. Next is Fishery'Station where the Government has established a fish hatchery. : This' is a beautiful place lawns, shade tres, etc. We could see the -fish jumping up out of the water. " Erwin, Tcnn., next is "a very thriving little , city, and growing rapidly. Here the, com pany's general shops are located. Unaka Springs, Tenn., a, summer resort, has a mineral spring noted for its curative qualities. - Leaving Unaka Springs the road passes for six or eight miles through the "gorge of Toe River. These wonderful rock formations must W seen before its grandeur can be appreciated. Following this river some forty miles .we reached the summit of Blue Ridge mountain at Altapass, N. C; which is over 2,600 feet above sea level. ' Huntdale is a small village with several modern residences. Green Mountain has two or three stores. nice houses, and good, depot ac coraodations. " Toecane is a beauti ful town, several stores, residences, depot, fine houses, hotel, etc. v and very hilly. Galax, a village with several stores and postpnice, sits on a large cliff at the river's edgeq Bodnford has two or three stores, depot, beautiful scenery. Spruce Pine is a pretty place," h s nice de pot, several stores, church, etc. This place has the right name for you can see -spruce pines along the river for miles. . Altapass consists mostly of . temporary buildings, camps,. etc. - - . " Leavinff -Altapass we started down the Blue Ridge mountain around : many Hoops, etc., one of which is about seven miles around. W also so through a number of tunnels.- The scenery is something wonderful ? and is well worth the time and money to see. One place you can see day light through three tunnels. Vr ; .. - Z: From Starnes Station to Speer's Ferry; about 10 miles, the road bed is hewn put of solid, rock, v . Linville Falls is a 'village situa ted in a grove of white pines and takes its 'name . from the famous fallsTnearjbyT " - Two miles south of "Marion we connect with the ; Southern Rail road east and west and at St.' Paul, Va.. connection is "made with the Norfolk & Western Railroad for R!n afield and Norton. - At Marion we i? pass : th roughs the last tufinel and enter, the fertile country from Marion to" SparUaLnburg,f crossing the Pocolet and Broad .;; Rivers. There are about 31 tunnels between fv.ntA slid Marion, 17 of which are between Altapass and . Marion, distanc f about 30 miles. The country "is somewhat undevelbjicd yet but nic . depots,: residences, and manufacturing plants are be ing rapidly erected.. , ' The lssenger equipment is first class in every way. The coaches are steam heated, "electric lighted, vestibuled .throughout, smoking rooms, etc. ; - The Western Union Telegraph Company and the Southern Ex; press Company are installing their offices daily.: - 7 " : i .The road bed is so well construc ted that it gives the traveler ease and comfort over the entire route Yours truly, . R. W. Hill." ' Parental Neglect" News and Obeerrer. . In Waynesville last week five wayward boys, between the ages of 14 and 18, r were jailed ; for breaking into stores and stealing. They were enrolled as students in the public schools, and some peo ple hastened to the conclusion that the schools were not doing, their duty by the boys. The Waynes- Courier preaches a sound . sermon to parents, after thus stating the facts: ' ".From a statement made, how ever by the city superintendent of schools, if is learned that these boys wers notorious truants and law breakers. ' It was learned that it was difficult to keep these boys in school for as much as a week at time. Early in their career they became. loafers and street walkers, .with -or without their parents' consent. From attempts to deceive their teachers . the v blundered into worse efforts to de- ceiue tne folks -at home. JLney succeened in the latter, for no one could think for a moment that en lightened parents would knowing ly allow a son of tender years to sink into crime without, strenuous efforts to reclaim him." The Courier goes on" to say that these crimes were committed in the night time, and asks, "Why are they allowed to stray from the parental roof at the '.itching time of night when thieves stalk about!7: and it truly adds no school,- no church can save the boy whose home fails to give him what he needs.7' There must be coop eration botween parents and teach ers. -The wise parent does not let his son leave home at night except to go to some particular place and he requires him to be at borne at a proper hour. . One of the wisest men who has lived in Raleigh, gave this sound advice to a widow who had half a dozen sons: "Know where they are at night," That was enough. The steps astray be gin in the darkness. ; CHARLOTTE IS CHOSEN. Queen City Selected forlJempcrat- ic State Convention. . . Raleigh, March 10. The state Democratic executive committee in session here tonight selected Char lotte as the place Jor the state Democratic convention, and July 12 as the date. The vote as to place was Char lotte, '33; Greensboro, 21. , j uiy iz was selected rormecon- vention because or tne sentiment for short campaigns. Following the selection of time and place, the committee went in to executive session to consider the proposed revision of the" plan of regulation. The organization pln was re vised, sections 10 and 12 ammend- ed. The new plan differs in few respects from the old one. COUNTY-DATES. f -" :"; The committee took:, up', the questionof dates for "the precinct primaries and county conventions and selected June 25 for precinct meetings and July, 2 for .county conventions. ' Thereafter H. A. London offered ar motion that the date for. the-.State ctnvention' as adopted jearlier . in " the night for July 12 be chanirHl to July 14. There was a central stir , and a Spirited discussion with the result that the motion to change to Julv 14 prevailed; The reason given for the chance was that to me?t on the 12th would require travelling on Sunday by many delegates. Formtrty McDoUntt Tmocrat PEOPLE'S FORUM. rruUfrtApArtiiMiiiu rerrJ for kum fro h peopW m TvHoat topic. Tms rooK4U U oi mmMlUi for tb lw of us (ottmm. dnU. All eomtnaok-stk4 w t migtnmHj iod for oar proctloa ibofjb lt im mmj b vltbeM la paUlcaOoB.) Farm Life. . We saw in last week's Psoobkm a piece in the People's Forum signed E. R. B. Now anybody knows e-r-b spells erbv yet some people "will spell- it h-e-r-b. Did it ever occur to you, dear reader, that we don't hare to use that si lent "hn. if we don't want' to I -So we will decide that the author of that piece was some kind of an erb (herb), and that he gave us something to think about. ' . I dont know What ram going to write 4but I believe I will sign ray name "Janus." I think this nam appropriate because Janus was the name of an old Roman deity, al ways represented with a-1 double face, and the door, to his temple always stood open in time of peace and was closed in time of war. I do not mean to say that I'atn a two faced man and will talk one way and write another, or talk one way to one person and another to some one else; but as the old Romans intended their god to do, I have two faces in order to look both ways. With one face I love to look backward towards the types of men ane woman who are pass ing away and the glorious .history of our south land mingled, as it is, with traditions and. superstitution and filled with daring deeds of honor and chivalry. I would not for a moment forget the older men and women of our country-who have fought great battles in - both private and public life, and the fruits of whose industry we are now enjoying. , But what gives me greatest joy and fills me with an overwhelming- desire "to lire, are the thoughts of the future of our country, when our social life in the country has undergone a change and is placed on a high in tellectual plane; when the last vestage of ignorance, supersUtu- tion and foggism is torn away and our farm life is a thing of beauty from a social as well as a financial standpoint. uur inena it. li. gave u v m " w t some good suggestions in regard to improving our farms and I'm sure it we would follow tnem ce would hare much nicer looking farms and farms that would bring us more money, but it seems to mo there is something lacking in our farm life which U infinitely more important than the amount of money we get from them. - If every farm in North Carolina was kept as neat and clean as tho best tended garden, and her sacred and intellectual life remained the same in the truest sense of the .word. she would be no better off. What we need in our country is a high type of intelligence the twentieth century men and women, who can talk about something besides "ground hog day," "Asho Wed nesday," and the signs in the neck" and such foggy, superstiti ous ideas. Of course thksesuptr stitions are, to a - great extent. dying out but there are sun men . in every section, and trading men at that, who close their purs ancj sears their conscience against everything in the way of improve ments, which docs not mean an other dollar in their pocket. They refuse to see the good these im provements will be to the country and the inestimable value . they will be to their children and" their children's children. In the recent court held in Mar ion" one - of "our. " neigh bora; aueiJ the overseer of a couDty road for cutting a few little scrubby "pines out of his. pasture to put in the road. Now," young iotelligen men and women, of McDowell what do you think of such stuff Ml I t . .ft iou peruana win iiuii, yet uvre are scores of such mn in McDow ell county; there are a plenty" o "a . or men who wm not -gire a wn or a day's work to improve the public roads along by their hou"? and when the public undertakes to build a piece of a road, in place o putting everything Into it Ur c in they will try to gtt everything out of the public treasury they can, and charge the county about one hundred dollars per acre for a right of way across land that haj a I. - .11. . . I uwfc wxa oip j) sprout pj since the days of lHnicl !lon and David Crockett. Not only are nv men ton nio- gy to spend llm, thmight or mon ey oo improvements of which their country standi so sorely In oeod, but they are not willing to gire a single thought to any.cei Idea or theory that pertains to the social and Intellectual development of their country." They sem to think that th mind of the farmer has no ' business . with anything that does not pertain to his work ' .1 r 11. . v. . - - I ia ua dcioi. ii4 not an unconv thiog to bear farmer tay they don't believe inndini? their !ys to collegea, that t!"y cnv hKn ithall kirvU of rr NmrWd ideas in their, head. It U juU such things as this that ratW the farm life dete&Uble to the college bred man and cot him en". nvoinncnt are xnnrr tactful and levating,' thn r"r!j will be ready to say tht h think him- self above the countrr Ufa arvd; that it looks too rmavHi v famt Well, to tell the truth, I gtj he is and I thank (Sod that in the a a a broad minded man who hat a true conception of lif ther U aotne- hing that tells him it i too com- mon 10 spenu ins life Rowing a humble long ci red animal whn 1 a. . . ife holds so much for him. Iam thankful, too, that man was not created for drodgrry .a!uo, bot for pleasure and enjoyment as well as work. 1 wouhl not hare too Uko from this that I'm not in fa- a m m m vor ot worK lor i am. i can amy that I hare done as raocH wok In my life as anyone in the same Uroe and while I donH bot of III hn far from thinking it d out i ao i eel tnai It tt airaoat a ........ disgrace that 1 hare lived moat 30 years in the country and hare done nothing to make the life in my community more attractive and interesting, and as I write tnis i w oncer ti any or the young people of McDj--!1 county fWl he same way about tL If . let us bear' from yua nl w cunlry people will begio I ere and now to make things in the coo oty buxz at a twentieth century raU. Us.1 us. "Do noble things not dream! hem all day long for the great ness or ue-country dor not con sist in a wide extent of territory but in the type of men and women who go to make up its' common masses. I will say In conclusion, dear Progress readers, that I dklnt mean to write so much, and to my friend "erbwill say that I do not mean to say our country does not need to follow his suggestions, but I am mereJy giring ideas as to its needs and truil he will area with me in what I hare said if these ideas do not seem too extravagant. If be can't agrc with ue I hope he can do as well as the old broth va m a a a' erlrteard or did when ne was aiked for a contribution for the heathen, "Wall, I can't kive yoo nothing but Fm mighty sorry' for era." So if I can get this sympa thy I'll feel like Tre scored a point, for aymiMthy makes all mankind akin. Tale sorrows leads cs closer to our kind, a m m m And tn serious noura or lire we find Depths in the soul of men which lend new worth And majesty to this brief a nan of earth." . Respectfully Marrc. . Don't IMak tKat LU otat t Ctsrv-L ThoosaadJOt ottlalU our Kt Ufa curvd.bj Doaa'a OictmcU 50c at aay drag koto. - . - 0T1CC A coorrntioo of thm EoUkaa of McDovall ooonty 1 brby oallnl to mt la th Cbrt llcnm at U&rlza 5tnrdr. Utszh tX 1910, at t o'cloc k to. for ihm taiM of icio- drl- fct to tba Etat, Cuirmkwvi, Jn- dicirp and Senatori! cuuTrctuoj, jrdRct catisf to trt tixt wCl j brl i at tb variooa rocitxx prweiadt oq rnii j, 2iiarc& ( I p. n. J. L. HokoaK. diirau Ilrpaliicma Co H Ocmo. for FEED Bob ft g Ml DO Buffaloes. Hewitt NEAR DEPOT. Sterling -S ilver war e Cut Glass Fine Clocks Hand Painted China Call and See Our Line Repairind Done J. FRED SPR.AGU33 JEWELEU and OTTICIAf DOC u it's Money In to trade It will pay you to laresUr;atc and Jet ear prices before you bay. Oar stock is Urt and raricd, and wc hare many special altics. iDress Goods, BIccchxngs, Sheet-. ings, Etc A ycry attractire line of Ladies, Mess and Childress Oxfords and bih est shoes. Also big Use Men and Boys shoes. A sice Use Mess Collars, Ties and Shirts. Gardes Seeds, Osioa Sets. &c McCall & Conley Q DOC Cullowhcc Normal and Industrial School Special Course L. M AVISO. Trincipat. WATOH REPAIRING If you want yosr vrcrk dese riht. sesd it to ; me and it Will redone PROMiTXY.asd at a saving of 25 per ccrt. Sesd watches by - registered rsail and transportation both ways will be allowed. J. T. BOOTH, .tkwkt.kr, or.i roin n. c STUFF Materia PliOSE 137 in Factory Style. 3QC Your Pocket u with us! n DOC Maistaiscd by the State for the boys and this of Western North Caro lina. : For Teachers