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A WEEKLY' NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY ISTABLISHED 1896. MARION, N, C, THURSDAY, DEC 4, 1919 VOL. JCXIV NO. 14 GREAT HIGHWAY PLANNED Completion of System from Tennes see Line Through Avery, Burke and McDowell Assured. Developement of the dormant resources, scenic and material, of -one of the richest and most pic turesque regions in America is promised" in plans now maturing for the early - construction - of the necessary first-class highways to make it accessible.- Last spring the- State Highway Commission, In "co-operation with" the .counties traversed, made provision for4he macadamized road from the Ten nessee line at Cranberry, N. C- 3iwD Toe River to Mitchell coun ty, thence through Mitchell, Yan cey, Madison and " Buncombe to Ashe villa. This system reaches the county seats of all these counties. either on the main line or with short branches, as well as other towbs including Spruce Pine and PI u nitres. Work on these roads begin ns soon as the plans and peciGcations have been approved by the United States Department of Agriculture at Washington and the contracts can be let. Further completion of the system laid out in 1916 and 1917 by- the vtate Highway commission is now planned by Avery, Burke and Mc X)oweIl counties, as recent" official action has shown. Avery - county by its county commissioners is now i ' , i : 4. u l. v T ' . l i. -M i m fi Mf imti u i. a r l 'lull i i 1 1 of the Toad from Newland, ddwft the LinviHe river valley via Cross oora and .Altamont to LinviHe .Falls, At this point there is about a mite and a quarter in Burke -county, between ; Avery and M c Dowell counties. The people of ship in Burke countyare about to hold an election, ordered by the Burke county "commissioners at their request, to vote an issue of -4$10,000 road bonds, which will pay for their part of this piece of road end: also contribute to the Jon--struction "of an improved road from Xinville Falls, joining the main - VUt3 CUSb SlUB Ul JUIUVUIC HVCJ. J.UD townships" of Upper Creek and -.Quaker -Meadows, "covering the mountain region lying between 'Jonas Ridge and Morgan ton, have previously voted bonds, which they .will now sell and proceed . to -co-operate in building a good road across the mountains . by the near est route from Morganton to Lin viHe Falls, thus .connecting the -county seats of Burke and Avery. Probably the most important sand one of: the most interesting Sinks in this "whole system is' the seven miles from LinviHe Falls; -down the' picturesque canyon of the North Fork of the Catawba, to LinviHe Falte station oh ' the-C. C & 6. Railway. This project has long been a favorite with the State . Highway Commission, beginning In the days of Joseph" Hyde Pratt nnr? rnntihnih to the -nresent. It vras adopted and. federal aid pro vided as Project No. 6 by the State Highway Commission in 1917 and -considerable work J has already hz on done on the lower end of this section. With the 'contemolated completion -of this road through Ncrth Cove and Marion townships to 21arion to connect with the Cen; trr.l Highway the'mountain region -Till b3 opened uo and its varied resources and onequaled scenic and climatic attractions made available to the world. The mountain peo ple folfy realize what -these great highways mean to them' and rare quite willing to do: their part to secure them. - The McDowell County Road Commission under the capable and energetic leader ship of Mr. Hugh F. Little, is taking a" very prominent position in the work .of bringing about these results, for- Mr. Little has imagination, the business sagacity and the force to conceive and exe cute far-reaching plans. " The Burke county . part of . this system includes a steel bridge over LinviHe river near LinviHe Falls, which was ordered by the Burke county commissioners last Monday, to be built along with the J new road; . " ' " Road Bonds Sold Montfords Cove Road Nearly Completed. .. The McDowell Highway Com mission met in its office, in the court house Monday to receive bids on $100,000 on county high way bonds. : A number- of bids were considered, the highest being that ol A. T. Bell & Company, of Toledo, Ohio, offering in addition to the faco of the bonds a premium of something over $3,000.00,whicb was accepted. ; Owing to. unsatis factory conditions of, the bond market at this time the commis sioners feel that they have secured a fair return for these bonds. . -v- Actual ; work- in: constructing roads is going forward as fast as possible. The-engineer is locating roads in different sections of - the county The road in "Montsford Cove township is practically grad ed and if open -feather continues it is only a question of a few weeks whe this road will be completed. The bridges will be erected as soon as the material can be placed oh the ground, after which the road will be thrown open to the public. A considerable part of this road is already in use. . - : The Montsford Cove road begins at the Marion township line, run ning through the entire Montsford valley to the Rutherford . county line It is being built strictly ac cording 1 to government specifica tions and when finished will -be a great asset to , this part of the county. - . - : Red Cross Seals N o w on Sale Red Cross Christmas Seals were placed on sale in - virtually 'every community in North Carolina last Monday, the sale to continue ten days. A total of 9,000,000 seals are being : offered for. sale in the State this year, of a value of $90,- 000. The funds derived from the sale of the seals will be used in the State for the cure and prevention of tuberculosis. ; '-' "Last year . tuberculosis killed 3,391 people in North Carolina! In the same period there were ap- proximaiely 27,000 open and active cases of the disease in the State. The economic loss from this one cause was in excess of $15,000,000 for the year. The reduction in the number of deaths from this cause during the last four years has been abou12 per cent. .Tuberculosis is preventable and curable." -The funds for the continuad cam paign against this source of sorrow and los3 is largely financed by Jhe sale of Red Cross Christmas seals. Buy them.today.. . l: NEWS FROM THE COUNTY Brief Mention of Some of the Hap? Openings in McDowell County Items About Home People. CHAPEL HILL Chapel' Hill, Dec. ; 1. Appropriate Thanksgiving exercises were held at the Chapel Hill school honse Wednesday afternoon. Mr. J. E. Kanipe. principal of the school, made a brief talk on the origin of thanksgiving, after which the pnpils of the school gave a splendid program consisting ot songs, recitations, plays, etc. A number of patrons were present and the program was enjoyed by all present. Ther stage was artisti cally I decorated -with autamn Leaves. The school is, progressing nicely under the leadership of Mr. Kanipe; assisted by Miss Lona Gk)forth, and the patrons seem well pleased with their work. - - Jlrs. 4-da Belk,; of Jefferson City, Tenn., is visiting her father, Mills Hicks, who is very ill. ' - -:. . . Miss Lona Goforth spent Thanksgiv ing with homefolks at Pysartsyille ,: z Arthur Hicks, of Atlanta. Ga.. is spending a few days at the bedside of his father here. Mr. and Mrs. C, D. Holland spent Thursday in Stroud Town at the home of the latter's uncle, W. M. England. ; Misses Eyelyn and Thelma Holland spent Thanksgiving with relatives at Bockpath. " - ' - - 7 W. A- Proctor is confined home suf fering with blood poison. " We nope he will soon recover. . . - OLD FORT :;: - Old Fort Dec. 2.Geo. B Strickland attended the golden r wedding anniver sary of his parents in the eastern part of the state last week and also attended th SUte,TeacUraw Miss Grace Arney of Davenport, Col lege spent the week-end here with her mother, Mrs. D F ArneyV. ' ; ' V Miss Hannah Stariies of Davenport College spent the week-end with Miss Grace Arney. ; v j. -V "' X Mrs. G. B Strickland and daughter, Elizabeth were hopping in Asheville last Friday. Wayman : Tjipp, of Hickory-- spent Thanksgiving in Old Fort. V . - ; Carl. Greene and Jack Hoffman at tended the dance - by the management of the McDowell in Marion Thursday night. : '---f- -v" : v Miss Han nah. Shrock spent Thanks giving in Murphy. . . - ; Miss Frances Artz was in AsheyiUe the latter part of the week. . ULLaaea Pearl Evans. Essie Mashburn , , ; - . . . . i.nng anvwhere in ttie state. It will and Foydell Tate spent last Friday at!" . v . . ... . Montreal : : r r ' . have a seating capacity of nearly Miss, Maude Crawford spent the week end in Asheville, : -. . . . Alyis Allison has gone to Durham to accept a position. r - - - - : Ed White and Reid Grant t have ac cepted positions with an electiical com; pany in Winston-Salem. . . . The girls basketball team of the Old Fort high school have a game scheduled with Montreat next Saturday. ' - ' 5 Misses Emma .Allison and Martha Hy ams spent the week-end with rela tives in Morganton. , , " Rev. and Mrs. R. F. Brigham spent Mondav With Mr. ; and Mrs. W. A. Burgin on their way to Asheville here Mr. Brigham attended the Wesleyan Methodist conference. ' ' Miss Myrtle McCurry spent .Thanks givingwith" Mrs. Lonnie Burgin on Crooked Creek. . BornV to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence nor, a daughter., J ' . . -- Clarence Mauney is very ill - with influenza. . " . Born, to Mr7 and Mrs. James Young, a daughter. An enjoyable "party was given in honor of Miss -Thelma Hyams : at the home of her parents;last Wednesday night. Those present were: Misses Ger trude Dulai Annie White,' Jennie Stire waI t. " 'KTamie Greene. Mamie Wadlevi Pearl Evans and Bonnie Fortune, Mrs. Murphy, Messrs. Jack Hoffman,-" Alvis Allison, Harry Burgin, -Carl Greene and Joe Crawford. v: v I .-- K .:':asHFORD:'-'-j-:- v- Ashford, - Dec. 1. 'Z MessrsU H,' S. Brown, J.- O. Wilson S. 11. ' McCall, Sam. Brown, Sam McCall and J.- Gk Brown made a business trip to Marion today. ..'-.. " , . ; .Misses Tennie and "Reatice Brown and Iva McCall of Nebo High School, spent Thanksgiving with ' homefolks here.N" " . " Qnita a.nnmber of young folks enjoys ed a party at the. home of Mr. and - Mrs. Earl Swafford on Thursday evening. - Bascom Franklin, of LinviHe Falls, and Miss; Katharine Bough of Crbss nore were visitors here Saturday. ; Hobert Burleson and Lucy 'Franklin, of LinviHe Falls, were visitors hero Sun day. .. ; - .- - - . " Fred and Bennie Brown spent- the week-end 'with homefolks Mrs. Pekrl Higgins, Miss Minnie Bail ey and- MrsT EHzabeth r Higgins were guests ot Mrs W.f H.' Swafford last week; - ' On last night Misses Beatrice and GayeBrol, delightfully entertained a large number of young- folks at their home. Music and games made the even ing enjoyable for all present ' The Ashford school is planning a tJhristmas programme for the holidays. - : 1 GREENLEE , : Greenlee, Dec. 1. Mrs. 'H. A. Tate has been quite ill for some time but is improving. ,';. -i , ' - Mrst John Hogan and' little daughter of : Marion spent the week end here with homefolks: v - . - M vs. D.TG. Ledbetter is visiting her mother4n;South Carolina : . Zeb.'. V. i Snipes has returned -home from overseas.. We heartily welcome him home again - - - 7 f i i v i i o i i"- r i x-v i - . ouncnneia ccnooi ounaing adoui J - ; ' Completed' ". " ' ""J TheTnew hih school building pleted and ready for use"; in "! time for the Christnaas ventertainrnent. The finishing touches -are now be ing put on and as soon as the fur niture for the class rooms and auditorium has been received and installed the building will be ready for use.' The new bnilding is be ing erected at a cost of about $50, 000.00. y It has ' an ampFe number of- class rooms, auditorium: and basement. A large room is being fitted up in the basement for do mestic science work. The? audito rium is one of the most magnificent that can he found in a school build- 1,000; ' Tbe- building. is equipped in a strictly ; .mudern nmmbir. " It has electric lights, steam .heat, water and the best quality of furniture, that jean be-Purchased,, J The Clinch field : school, from - a stand point "of numbers, is - one of ? he largest in the county. " The en rollment is considerabl.v.higerthan in any mill village. The people ofj the Clinchfield community are greatly interested in the education of their children and are proud of the, new building and equipment which is to be used "for this pur posed v ; v;A;. " ; Work on New Buildin gt Making Mucli Headway. 1 The work on the new building for the firin of Gaston Tate is moving along at arapid rate. ;: The basement is: practically finished, ready for the brick work to begin: ; Th new structure is to; be mod ern in every ' respect. It will be a f handsome two-story brick buildingj equipped with the latest appliances. The first floor will be devoted to i .VrxU ' anomantQ of the firm's general line bl iner chandise, while on the second floor will be ofEce suites. 1RESTRICT USE OF COAL Stores and Manufacturing Plants Must Observe Certain Hours to Reduce Coal Consumption. : v Orders drastically-restrictincr the use of coal by practically every class bf consumer in the south were issued by the regional coal com mittee last Saturday night, the nev? orders becoming effective at noon Monday. War time restrictions were virtually reinaugu rated by the new rule. The order was nec essary, the committee pointed out to conserve the now rapidly dimin ishing fuel supply. . Stores, - manufacturing plants and warehouses are restricted In the use of heat and' light to hours be tween 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. Orna- manfal livUt-n 1J uivuvai jiKiina, wuiio way iigois electric sign boards or illuminating bill boards will be prohibited be tween the hours of 7 a. m; and 4 Only enough heat may "be used 1 1 f A A A A g3 111 M M M. W m . Mi A. A -m. .J . ufacturing to keep the temperature at ,70 . degrees. Moving picture' of "amusement may maintain this temperature from -1:30 p. m. to. 10:30 p. m. ; v 5 1 r'' MannfMPtnrintr nix n to nnA . far tones are put on - a forty-eighty ..... ........ . .. - ' " 5 . hour a week basis by- the commit tee's orders. . ' 1 .': ... ' I h A r- rm mi t f oa allrtrrrnH cana.al excepxions jjrtrg srores,;ror tne sale of drugs only and : restaurants are allowed to maintain fhpir nrAc-7 P.nt - SphorlnlA"- . hnt - mnt: 'n.n'rfrnil . lights where possible. : "Barbershops are; allowed to re- a. m. and 6 pt m. - - (-rRnfirnl-nffift liirhfcs mar rAmain on after "4. p. m. -where the opera uon or ,vuai inaus&ry is invoivea Kail road stations, telephone, tel egraph aud newspaper oflSlces are exempted from the lieht restric tions. On Saturdays the time - of clos ing is extended v to y p. , m. ror stores selling' food and wearing ap parel. Dairiesand refrigerating plants Irnriac nlanto 1 1 tVi a m ono to sewerage plants, gass and water works plantsrplants operating con tinious processes, printing plants of newspapers and periodicals with batterv. charcinc outfits and rtlants. producing lights and power for m .... 41 " a : a ta arhnha r tnlamxfnh nnh in. utilities are exempted from restric tions put'bn light and power. Victory Loan Figuresjbr McDowell : A report of the Victory Liberty Loan, compiled by the federal re serve bank of ttichmond and re cently issued, gives certain ' statis tics relating to the loan which illustrates the banking resources of the countv: . .." The population of the county is given as 18,000, with 3,000 at Ma rlon and 1;000 -at Old Fort,; the two banking centers. -The resources of the First Nat ional Bank are-placed at $866,000 those of The Merchants & Farmers Bank at $215000, and the Bank of Old Fort at $128,000. JThrou-h these banks respectively were sub scribed to the Victory Loan C86, 250,r $20,450, and $22,050? making the total for the county $110,650. The number' of subscrbers is givca as 280.
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