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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER-DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY;
ESTABLISHED. 1896.
Marion, n.' c, Thursday, may 25, 1911.
VOL. XV NO. 38.
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GREAT CENTRAL HIGHWAY
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A iGreat. Project .Which Will Do
Much to;Develop McDowelk
' " . and Otter .Sections. 'J
: Last February an act was passed
by the Legislature chartering the
"Central -Highway - through North
Carolina from the seashore to the
Tennessee linea distance Cof 460
" toiles ne of "the' greatest roads
ever proposed in Any part . of the
country, and: the longest , single
: Irpad ever undertaken in the United
States,' we are told..4 .'.V. ,
A great highway, like this will
do more to develop this mountain
: Section than any thing else, We
i ihave the most beautiful and health
- tul resort place anywhere in the
country. ; What has - made Asbe-
Ville and Buncombe county ; what
ney.are to-day? The travel; to
. Asheville as a summer! resort.
liook; too, at (Hendersonville, Sa
luda, Try on, Chimney Rock j Black
tg Mountain and Mon treat in summer,"
tow they team with summer visi
" tors, and think of the thousands of
; - dollars that's brought in and left
there,, by .wealthy Visitors every
Summer. Would we . . have H such
tople in McDowell county ? y We
have as beautif ul mountains and as
fcure air as -any of these places, v
With the great Central Highway
Dver which people could speed in
comport from -the: seashore sum
taer resorts ,to!-the" Blue Ridge
mountains- this' would be" the". 'most
Unviable and ideal ! section of. the
Vholexountryfintowbi(;vwbuId
feooh pour: a," constant stream of
- people whom we would not other
wise ever see. At every house and
country home summer, boarders
' would be begging for shelter at
fancy prices" as is the case now
from Asheville - toward ' Chimney
Rock and for miles on each side of
the Fairview foaa. This- feature
alone would 1 richly repayV.' within
the shortest time, the mountain
tjommunities, such as ours; through
which the highwaywould pass for
building it, and all who have ever
traveled over a mile of good road
"awake can lmaeme". what it
. means to the comfort and economy
of time, wear and tear, etc, etc. of
.-'the people in getting to and from
market to be in. reach of sucn a
road. The increase n valuation
'of real estate and the increased op-
1 fcortunity to make farming; 'profit
able in a dozen ways with a good
: road to market would make the
'owner of a small , farm more
; Wealthy and enable him to make
j--ii more money than was the wealthiest
and largest farmers a few years
v ' ago ? with the crude roads over
" which they've had to '"tug" their
products to market; Such condi
tions make life in the country and
"on the iarm , the most ideal, ;the
happiest and . the ; most , lordly and
" independent of i any condition that
people can live. u v
r -Where, is. thishighway to ' be
located? v There is more ways than
4 one it can be located. Rival sec
' . tiohs on the - eastern end of this
?; road are so - awake to what it means
"to get it their way that they J are
offering large sums of money sub-
scribed by citizehsf rom $4,OOCj.0O
. ,to SCOOO.OOto.-be expended - on
the Voad as an inducement for its
,! location through their sections.
It ;is said that an f effort is being
' madfi bv the people of Rutherford
' Vnnnntvand other sections to have
this highway: located .their; way- CHAMBER OF. COMMERCE.
tnrougn tlie Hickory - JNut Uap
from Asheville; I This would take Organization Effected for Marion
it beyond the reach of us. ' Every . , Heetine: Called for Friday
raan; in. McDowell county, and wuuf
especially - all within five to ' ten V
miles of this htehwav (if it iro - A Vbamoer f- Commerce, . or
this wav) ouiht to be astir to have Board of Trade has been organized
this great: road and. leave their business men of
work for a daV and W out ti rnoet Marion. A large number of citi
theoffi6ials who will pass through zens haye already subscribed their
McDowell county 'prospecting for names 93 Ambers of tho organiza
the location at Old For ton the 7th tion-i The following gentlemen
6f June, at Marion that night and constituto the officers lor one year.
xtu -.il 'jf - - - r.i- President. "B. B. Price! Viea-Prftsl.
ab xiklmj liih mnrninir . or inR nin. -
and show,
preciation
.This may
The Misses Gibbs Entertain.
At their, ple&nt country home
on last Thursday cvcninc Mistes
Hallio and Pearl Gibbs entertained
very .delightfully quite a number
of their friends with Miss MUs
Morris, of Hendcrsonvillc, tho
honored guest.
The homo was mast attractive in
its floral decorations"of laurel, ivy.
PEACE COMES TO MEXICO
Tho Final, Forrnal Agreement Sirr
ed by Both Parties.
Juarez 3Icx.t May 21. 05c!al.
ly designated rcprescaUlirrs of
the Mexican govcrninent acd the
rcrolntionhts at 10 o'clock tonight
signed a peace agreement at tho
ferns and pqUcd plants, ttithold the hostilities ththvo been
tirao hospitality' Mr. and Mrs. in Mexico for tho list six moathsj
Gibbs erected tho arrivinff rucsU Tboach corerinff onlr tho orin.
while Misse3 IIoJI.o Gibbs and cipj afSOtUua uhct flr
their - interest and' ap- J?'- 9 & ,Kirby; Secretary J vSSS 1 'creai.co1' rrcord,
in the "matter. : V ' V and , Treasurer, John H.' Gray; h" Ml Hodjnns scrr- the concessions by th cotcrntneat
be the chance of liffl- Erectors, R. H. Bennett, Uoy S. .raupa, lroia or those demands which started, oa
U t rpnilKsSte Kirby.B. B. Price, 'E. C. Gny and a wof Kroen". . The eveoinc November 20 the list armed rcro-
hiehwav-throucrh McDowell coun- 'v ooson; r inance Uommit- 7 .-'nuiioa in icuco. Telegrams an-
time to have a. great central ; State
slinw in it mill pnnntji 'Wt 1pb1 laDd B. B. Price.. . re.rcsnmenw were senrea. .Jmeatwem dUpatched tbroochoot
toward p-Bttino1 it .; On dv's tiiiift ' A'.meeting-of this organization ' ,ao7 fmt"s ura ,.pt?1 Mexico to rtToloUonary and Fed.
willnotrberiiss-:.
from now hv n. m.n hnt hnw 8:30 : o'clock at the Mananna
.n mi. V .t hirm.w Hotel for the purpose of adopting
and silffpr for lark of it for vMrs a name. nxlnR lne aucs 01 raem
and years if we should fail to get feentnLceJfc-00d
it And we are not called upon to
vote bonds to get this road. ''
- How is it to be built? ' This will
bs answered in the next issue, of
this paper. ' f ' I "
which will be done by a' majority
vote of those present at tho meet
ing, and to give attention to any
otner matters tnat may bo soin
necessary.: The organization will
merry party saidgopd niCht with The agreement was signed' tftcr
many manKs. inanks lor a most lhrc5 days of indecision, Fmr.chco
enjoyable evening. I. ' Mm. Jm !r.,f tw.
Thoso present were Misses Mor- T0lution. cxnressini? thft thi
ris, Davis, Kccter, Merrill, R&t-lpc&ce could bedeclarrd nnlr
lifife, Strectman. Landis, Whitten, nor bccamG
Ureenlec, Djsirt binclair and honai prdcntind uhenew CtWcel
isaoer; Alcssrs. Morris, A. Mo w- instalfrvl
Call; L. Morris, Halliburton, Hen
derson, Whitten, Blahtob, Giles,
Some of his chiefs argued other
wise, declaring that armed force 3
in the field in the interim might
precipitate trouble. It'w&.s tog
gested too, that In deferroc-f to tho
wish of President Diaz to retire
when tranquility was rratoml, the
pw Rgrw!mrnt be rasde irorri.
meet twice a month, the first and . ; . . ..... I Wdnesr hir Afmn from fir, til , .
iacrarers, proxessionai men, ana ; -r--w -...T... ";WT W1U1ID inururuYo asji. ine
then be ready for business and will
Farmers' Union i at Vein Mountain. ire attention to many impbrtant Df"V Lonon.-Corpening, Miller,
v.in Min MVs - A 1A. otters so often coming an which "mcr
ckl branch of the Carolina Farbers "avo- ne""?,?rT . most ca5e5- Mrs. McCail Entertains.
- - . . . . oeen neniected. I -
union was organizen nere in ueo- " . . . A i tt,., rr.n -u-
- , ' 1 his orrranization hones to be of I k .'wvaH
rurryr iyi i,witn nvememoers. .t - ... tlfal nation t hr lnrMtr nw
iv 1 1 10 .. ttt. Kreai oenem w iqo wwn ana win ; r
fourth- Saturday nights when all
members are on hand. We; have
enierea into a contest in our union
to see who can make the best yield
of corn from one acre of land, -We
have a" prize of $10.00 for the win-
ner; - ' v'-:-. . v : ,' . .-, - "'
w e nope soon to ; nave ail our
bestmen become members of our
union and we believe they will join
as soon as good results of j the or
ganization are realized.. z'
Decoration Day at Bethel.
all citizens interested in the Growth slx ociock tn nonor oi ,ncr sisier, u;,. v;ew prevailed.
and upbuilding of vMarion and a - tcif, ana inend. The troops, it Is provided, will
special united effort will be put Mrs. D. P. McClurd. The hnase be . disbanded proportion Mr t4
forth through this wnization w-M,Ul"
whereby Marion will be benefitted ao aenarum' rns ana roses. .
jsir?.j. v. trcetman receive! iv-rt-t p.nru,fA r c.,i,-
- . m m am. u li a ft ft. ft .i ft. r i k i ft r l . " .11
at' tho door. Punch was served IV
from a prettily decorated corner - lUleigh, t May 3. Formal an-
in the hall bv Mrs. Pescud CraiL- nooccemcai or tnc cuuirtUcj of
in many ways.
V Cotton Mill News.
The Mill is running along nicely
now, turning off both quality and
quanity. Production now running
around 100,000 yards per week
which means about 57 miles of
Tho CAilers were . received in the Hon. Charles' Bradley Ay cock, ex-
oarlor by Mrs. McCall and her governor cT Korth Carolina, . for
guests. They we're then invited the Unlt Sutea senate Umuctecd
into tho dining room by Mrs. A. cator F. M. Simaioi ws rpiio
Blanton in her usual graceful man- this afternoon. The .announce-
ner. whore trior wore zervti do. mcnt is maxle in a letter from Mr.
: :i.ii :t xTT- i
Tuesdav June 6th. will- be ob- oin ?ver we0K- nay now
served as Decoction Day at Bethel about 50. to 60 families living here ,iclobs rcfreshmcnU by Mrs. C. Aycock to Col. K. B. .Whiucld. .
church by thW;Woodraen of the averaging, froin three: to eight to M McCaij and Mrs w. ,CMc- of Kinston. Quito a contrast', u
Call.
XVUUUb Uiilkjr wutuu
World of Glenwood, and the large ' S a good living
connection whose dead- are buried at lul3 maustry. -
-4. u: u;i:; : aUaU: Our. best weavers average in
av iiuia uuijriu iuuuu. uvuivuasi i . (
A : Wall Johnston will deliver - the wages irom l.HJ to.DU per day
address of the occasion: , ; Spinners from 75c :to
day and Card room help from $1.00
Sugar Hill News. to $1.75 per day.; Pay day comes
Snirar HiU. Mav 22. E. H. Dvsart of twice a month which everyone
Marion was a business visitor last week. I looks forward to with pleasure.
Governor A j cock's announcement
to that of Chief JosUce CUrkY is,
few days ago. Governor Aycock
An Old Newspaper, saying that bo stands on.no p:r-
County Commissioner ,IL " AV 80Ba,pIat-fora' h?v
Prof. J. W. McCall of Ashf orI spent
Sunday nere. . -
Mrs. "M. A. . Hemphill, is .visiting re
latives at Otter 'Creek this week. ;
- J. C. Crawford and daughter Mamie
were in Marion shopping last Tuesday,
Mrs. C. M. - Hall 1 was shopping in
Marion last Friday. : v " '
Next Saturday is decoration day at
Lester Morris b assisting Mr.
Copeland in the office of tho Com
pany. ;. '. ,, ' ,' . - ' ;
J. L. Grant of Bamberg, S. C
has movedi to the' - village; Mr.
Grant has charge of the Cloth room
as overseer.
D. D. Little, President, is back
Tate, of Greenlee, was io town
Saturday. While in town Mr.
Tate called at this office and show-
cd us a copy J of Tho Asheville
Spectator, printed at Asheville
July 31, 1850, 55 years ago. John
D. Hyman was editor and publisn-
or. 1 no greater part or tno issue
"MVvnfrtTiVa- fVvn-A "RjinHnt' r.Tinrr.h and
Sunday is the regular appointment. I wiin us aicer an illness ox; aooui
Rev. D. J. Hunt is pastor. V : ? Si. three months at his homo in Spar
tanburg.
"Kimball's mill : and storehouse, Arthur McCall visited his homo
8 milei from Oxford, on Tar river, at Woodlawn on Sunday.
burned last Thursday night. L. T.
Kelley, the miller, lost his life in
the burning storehouse. The mill
was a five-story building. The loss
is estimated at $40,000. v :
Effective the fifteenth of June,
the Asheville Cotton mills will close
down for ah indefinite period.. The
reason assigned for the closing Thn pommtncpment exercises of
down of the mills: was that condi- T3avidson College will, take place
tionsin cotton goods market and May 23-31. Gov. W. W. Kitchin
price or cotton. uo uuu juanijr 1 uu-i Wju aeuver, vdo annual uuuress on
:ninor at nresenti ' ' ' the 31st.:
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-Tom Painter, night overseer of
Spinning,1 visited his homo in Un
ion last Sunday. . v . .
Wo are glad our mill is running
full time when so' many of tho
mills in North and South Carolina
are shutting down one and two
"weeks in the month. , : . . ,
stood upon the national and stale
Ekmocratic platlorms, and he be
lieves that the assembled know,
ledgo of the nation and the t tale
'far greater than his own. He tys
that ho intends to znako no cam
paign, but must stay at,horne and
pursue the practice of the Uw, but
that when tho Umo comes will
wili deroted to - nolitlrjil mattira-
At this time Millard illmor of tender his services, as always to
New York, and Buchanan and Fro- lh? focratic party and his eim-
.. 9 I ...Til I . T ... ft!
mnnk refins nil nnrlMt fnPpci. I PajKa CO Will m ICO micrt.".
dent of tho United. States. John
A. uiimcr, or uuiiiord, was on
tho ticket for Governor of North
Carolina and Zeb B. Van co was a
candidate for tho State Senate from
Bpncombc. . .
In repairing his house a few days
ago Mr. Tate came across the 'old
relic and prizes it very highly.
Mr. Tate's dwelling is ono of Mc
Dowell's old landmark's. A brick
from tho chimney of his houso
bears tho dato of 1811.
of tho Democratic tlckrt rather
than personal. f
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The State boilding comniision,
in session in llalcigh Friday after
noon decided, to purchase tbe
Grimes property, fronting 210 fect
on CaDUoT tqcire and CT fret ech
on Fay etU: villa and Stintxiry
Streets, as the site for t!.i20:0
Suite adratnutrationbailiin, which
was provided for by the recent
Legislature-' Ttie price i 1 for
tho property is .5,OX. ihc p-r-
Farmers say that wheat in Tc
n tat? coriKjmUon br wh-mi it
'tirst oUoreU two woc:i k'o
prospects
lino crop.
are encouraging for a
chv ling fforn tto inn.r c
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