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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF MeDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1911.
VOL.' XV NO. 3L
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TAR HEELS FARE WELL
tiood Showing in List of Committee
Assignments Made Public by
Democratic Caucus.
Washington, April 1, North
f3arolina made a good showing in
Ihe list of committee assignments
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f ntlbn I WKhUK INEBO HIGH SCHOOL Stacy. Donnie McGitnsoy and
. NEAR OLD FORT COMMENCEMENT !iTia Patun",. Doon! Mc
Ciirasey was tho winner of the
No One Seriously" Injured, But Closing Marks Successful Year medal in this contest.
Engines of Both Trains Ware liinVe PritrhrH DAlivAr The closing exercises consisted
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Somewhat Damaged.
Splendid Address. wr. in. con-
cert was perfectly rendered and
freight trains numbers 73 and The commencement exercises on provpeativo of hich praise. Tho
made public by the Democratic 66 Mr Point Ton- March 30th andV3 1st marked the attendance upon this commence
oe if nel' west of Old Fort, Thursday close of .Nebo High School's most ment was the greatest of Nebo
uridrWth fa Th'ls waa the High School's history. Everyone
tentative Kitchin, as a member of "W Tuu seventcofmmencement ?d lt P- Present had a word of praise for
woo orwi dama2es to the engines of both pears that each succeeding com- this worthy institution, its manage-
.o. ua i trains. No one was seriously in- mencement, like each succeeding ment and its pupils. Such schools
... j hured, although the engineers of scholastic year, is an improvement will do much for tho advancement
. c. A " both trains suffered shaken ps and oyer the immediately proceeding of of tho state and nation and al-
nuu uuk-. a few bruises It is said that the one Xhis schoo, is a credit not ready this school has indelibly made
ton, are new m the Mouse, with operator at Old Fort made a mis- only to McDowell county but is its impress uoon McDowell county
rp , . IT c . j. take in transmitting an order which generally conceded by the State and surrounding country.
aius i.u0 vjwivo uiuiug aliowed the trains.to collide. En- school authorities to be one of the The faculty of tho tchool consists
'lDe lonowmg were xne gineer James was in
7r.T . "iauc ' T while Engineer Smith was at the entire schooUsystem. principal; J. H. Nanney, Mrs.
uirt, rivTO uu uaruor,, iqb throttle of 66. Conductor Kale There are many qualities that go Q. H. Weaver, Misses Mattio
census; third district, Faison, mer- was in charffe of 7 whi,e Con to make up this schoolf guch M Hcks ftnd NanQ.e McCa Mbs
uiaui uianue auu un,, ex" ductor Shook was on 66. Theac- competent teachers, faithful attend- Cecelia Kirksey has charge of the was a song, sung by a chorus of
WUU,"MV8 j- j. . tt- u- sclent occurred within a short dis- ance upon the part of both teach- music department. I sixteen girls and four boys. l
uieui,, wtuuu uttintt, l"iUM tance of the mouth of Point Tunnel ers and dudi s. efficient manage- Wa fwl that srwial nation wMrf mtrlrihlA t Kr rn.
Vays and means; fourth district, which is the last tunnei gomg east ment and conduct, and last and should be made concerning the pa- voices and all in such perfect har-
rou, claims ana ruies: uitn ais-4.u: nABfAof fk ;nfAMct f jA ji j i I . tv. .1
. . JAlULU IU13 KiliiJ , jjicoiw. nio mwiwv in mo VM'o punt icau u. WHO KrauuB"UK cl&Si I mJUj AUU lirbb QOU3 ox Ujc OCg
S-TTr. A later renolhe Charlotte generally manifested with regard officers. They were good indeed, was struck and every voice chimed
uieuuuu uj rresiueui, auu v icw i , - - - ' to its welfare. I in n t?m Tmtirk .Mk.
residenti sixth district, Godwin, U&server says: ngineer K. 1,. . to attend com. HnmmIJnnor Mootnn,,nv Ae. Laid for Mi Mit!r K u
vnhllr, Unds. reform in thft o.ivil Names, who was injured m the uid I "" " "."" 7TT.Vr" m 7. . .
service; seventh district, Page, ap- FL TT"01118, 18 to be convinced of the excellent
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propriations; eigntn district, iou-1 v . ' - work that is being accomplished.
SCHOOL CLOSING
AT DYSARTSV1LLE
Successful Term Ends With Excel
lent Exercises by Pupils
Urge Attendance.
On Saturday, April first, tfca
closing exercises of Dysartviilo
School were given. Promptly at
three o'clock the doors were opc:
ed and a large crowd came to icq
how school boys and girls are made
into men and women.
The house was beautifully dec
orated with evergreens. Each
window was dressed in a bower of
green foliage, while here and there
ferns and flowers were artistically
arranged in vases. A lovely bor
der of green made of pliant cedar
was placed around the foot of tho
stage.
First selection on prozTamma
sessors Appointed.
mi l
ine ooara or county comrais-
class such excellent training. TEi
play, "Not A Man In The House,"
was enjoyed by all. Between tho
j 1 torium in Salisbury, is not as sen- " . . ' . -.k. nftp nont thn nf xfonj. w
qwd, uauwug auu uurreu, w . The training that s being imparted 7 ; r . p ays camo many reciutions by
nditnrPQin the TAnartment of ously injured as first reported. He . . - . r, n the transact on of routino mat- '.77, . iwwuom dj
penaituresm tne department or . , x , . to the pupils is then in evidence 4 , . f . children from tho different grades,
Agriculture; ninth district, Webb, rpT"S which results in each participant On Tuesday the Manon
judiciary, patents; tenth district, of these exercises exeeuting per- were enrolled. Every child, was
ttudger, Indian arfairs, public ;;r: fectly his or her part of the pro- " given a part in the cnterUinment
Lnin nn - tomorrow. The Observer cor- f line from Patton's Mill to Buck ' .mcau
buildings and grounds.
North Carolina gets Pou
as
respondent learns from a reliable ra'
source that the reports printed to
A brief review of the fol-
It was wonderful to see, how every
chairman of the important com- source .aace report P will serve well to rtiow the great wctp
vitf.. .l.imc rA nir, me eneci, last iuo opcmwr m, wiu i i . ... sari, no
, . i 4, Creek Falls, and township assessors ... . . . , . f
lowing essentials of the program ' . ' tT thing went off in such clockwork
ii , fc were appointed to assist r. H. Dy- , , , .
I onH cnmoccfnl onHort olr in rr of thn
vflfAm tV,o Cai.T7in Tt is Fort was responsible for the wreck , . . .7 , assessor by the corporation com- . . . , ,
reform in the civil service, lt is , school in handling a really heavy . . A. , range tho sUge for plays; thus by
I!;,,? t-w f iron oil in oil thft is untrue, but that the Asheville mission, to assess tho property of r . J .
believed that, taken all m all, the , program. 4, . - such promptness the attention of
State has fared as well as any of ----- The annual sermon waa delivered luia uu' crT3 the audience was gained and held.
Ihe others in the assignments made. w uc f u by Rev. Ira E
p pointed to assist r. it. uy
was appointed county
order; there was no deliy, only &
few minutes were needed to ar
Irwin
r u appointed:
, pastor of the
j i Old Fort in refirard to passing train . , . .
oi tnem are gooa worKing cum- - . T , .7 , Marion Methodist church, lhurs-
taitteesand will give the North .eonunji east, ana as wesiDonna m. The sermon
TJarolmians plenty to do during the -u imvo iguu VA waj, uo cui, -
Sixty-Second Congress.
Rev. J. R. Denton mar! nln.
Old Fort, L. P. Crawford; Broad di( Ho umd thft n,
River, Johnson Letbetter; Crook- Lmft riri,r ..u, tt
trains have right of way, he went 9 "sW a.m. The sermon "4 ' . p ' v V come closer together in the cause
on and had proceeded only a few was particularly good and lent wide reek, O. haa. P. "e; orth Gf education. "Strive to train the
miles when the two trains crashed and telling influence to the hearers. Cove, u. . Conley; Nebo, John children better and by so doing
County Seat of Avery to be Called together." The declamation contest took P1- Aatf;. ujwrwaie, . 1; A" build up the county and suu."
Newland. oauies is wen kuwwu iu place at is p. m. Thursday. ino Tioscs irair Are Dreaming" was
Marion, being a former resident of Lnntes tan were Everett PadfTRtL Bracketts, Miles P. Flack; Glen- Lunr rrnvd di.rvrtiv fn
Beech Mountain and Shawnee- tu:s 1 Fwin nnrnpnincr Arthur HirW wood. A. L. Bright; Montford,
W, two townships of Watauga r,vHft corrflio William NannaVJ W. M. Wilson; Marion, Wm: A tt mwon ' rh
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wmcnare mciuaeu m tu uw uetu. ui j. u. hiuuujt. 1 Frank Hall and Fletcher Simmons. owecDe- for the eveninx? entertAinmrnt bnl
tountyof Avery, will have an John L. Moody, who for the tawh nf thp;ft vnnnc orators won I 1 the house was well fillnd. From
election on May 2d to determine t three years has heQn Superin- distinctions but there was but one Dysartsvllle Dots. lt was cw uU that the
Whether they want to come into tendent of the Chaingang, died on medaL given. Mr. Frank Hall DysarUrille. April 3,-The achoel i- people expected to see something
the new county or not. Then af- WThursdav afternoon at 6 o'clock havino- been credited with the most trtalnment was In every mdm a fnc-l better than in the nraricma fixr.
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ter this election a selection oi a after a very short .illness. Mr. points was presented with the r tTt rXT i cisc. They were not disappointed.
place for the county seat win ae- Moody was taken suddenly ill of medal This medal is given by wonld recommend thao t4chert to any The tiny tots had as important a
mand attention. Several places Dneumonia on Monday while en- B.B.Price. communitT. wantiuic a irood ecbool aad part as tho older studenti in this
Hre pulling for t locationand the n construction on the On Thursday at 8:00 p. m. the careful training. Prof. OU and hlsi nrogramme, This goes to prove
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new town wnicn secures it win oe
tailed Newland
townsman, Hon
Lenoir News.
. O'Gorman is Choseni
Albany, N. YM March 31.-Su-preiaaeiCouHf
Aloy
sius O'Gorman, Democrat, of New
York City, was elected - iJnited
States Senator to-night , by the
Legislature after , the r most , pro
tracted struggle over this position
ever held in the Empire State.
On the final vote, the sixty-fourth,
he received 112 vbtes to 80 cast for
Chauncey M. Depew, whose term
expired Match 4. ' , '
Judge J. S. Adams,-of Asheville!
died suddenly of apoplexy at War
renton Sunday morning. ' He was
as well as usual . at breakfast and
died soori afterwards. He was
elected in 1908, and was one of the
ablest udges on the bench. .
A man of. few words isn't cut
hata mad tn the cotton mill. He Lnnrftrt hv thft Rrhnol took nlaee. I ter, Sheriff Lsnghridgv and hit daagh
' 1 T Tem0Vei immediatel to the The program consisted of marches,
q. W. O. JNeWland. home of Mr. A. L. Page, Marion, songs and drills by the primary entertainment. ,
where everything was done; to re- grades,- and solos and plays by the nn. E. P. Denton recently
lieve him but his1 condition re- farther advanced pupils. visited Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Taylor and
laminfr and nn ThnrCflflV rrw ' l J 1 I Mil. P- CDtTM.
uuaiucvi oiaiui. v . ne ciass uay exercises ueguu i Jit j ' "
his condition changed for the worse, Friday at 10:00 o'clock. The in- Joeej T.jlor and wUe were rUltors
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bringing about hia, death danng trodnctory number being an in- ZTZu
the afternoon. strumdntal duet, "Moonlight
Mr. Moody was a good citizen, tVje Hudson." Following the a- nrdr nicht. .
honorable and upright; , a hard warding Qf diplomas to Misses I Baecom Stacy and children," Ut week.
worker, and a good father and hus- Qlin Yelton, Lula Kincaid, Rosa visited his father-ln law.-John Toney.
band. He is survived by a wife Stacey and Ruth Hunter, a delight- 0. 1L Walton and Him OariBsa, re-
and nine ; children and his father Uul quartette was rendered. cently vWted Hr. and Mn. J. Webb
and motor, Mr. and Mrs. W, 1. One of the main features of the HZlI' Bp
"MririArr frTO'fllftr With " Several I 1 ' i : i? J J I
"""j , "'b- ' exercises was tne literary aauressi v.- , n i .
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delivered at 11:00 a. m. i? riday by Morgan ton to his home at Kirksey.
Judge J. (J. Pntchard. lhe ad- q. W. Johnson and Mary Bartlea
dress was extraordinarily good and were mimed at Union Mills on tho
brothers.
Champ Clark Got Big Majority.
Washington, April 4. Repre- teemed with excellent and practical 26th. W. E. Womack ofQdating.
sentative Champ Clark, of Missou- Jcq to the voung men. Robert Langhridge and wife, and
woe Wod snpaker of the Six- . . Junie Langhridge were rid tore here
f TrRonrnd P.nnorreSS. He Polled I ni MU n1a'A Mlfl
i . W H. VUO l:gU?!?, Mr.-Charlea Kirksey Uaaid to be Im
211 vutes ngaiuow ' rv The contest was that oi execution. nroTinir
Tiiinnic- 1ft for Henrv A; m, . t: r '
"u"'- "winrfh W one for i0050 3K n P"1 were "ll53 John IwU of DemlnK w tfa. nt
"l'w wrfTof Nebraska. Elsie Kaylor, . Maraget, bteppe. or W. G? Bnaer ftlday.
"""..'1 .Cil"" kiinc FtelU Wilson. Fav Padcctt. Era Zcno.
they had rcceiTcd good training
from their teacher, Mia Led better.
The Sunflower Drill," by ten
children from the primary depart
ment was beau tifuL 'Jumbo Jum,"
a very comic play was enjoyed im
mensely. The next sight we be
held was eight lorely fairies with
their queen. They were dressed
in red, pink, blue and green, wear
ing silver crowns and carrying
silver wands, r Aa they marched
and sang one really felt that fairies
must have existed some time.
SupL Giles was present and
after making a short, but very
impressive speech, awarded eight
een prizes to pupils who had come
for tho school term Also a prize
was given by Mr. Steppe to Clyde
Satterwhito for being the best
orator. At the beginning of the
school a Debating Society was or
ganized for tho boys and this prize
offered.
Mr. Steppe deserves much credit
for the excellent work be has done
in Dysartville school.
Tho teachers leave us, their
presence and help will bo missed
but we hope to have them with us
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again.
It
out for a cpmpositor.
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