MARION PROGRESS
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
ESTABU5HED 1896
MARION, N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 31, 1929
VOL. XXXIII—NO. 30
BURGLARS ACTIVE
HERE LAST WEEK
WOMAN’S CLUB HOLDS
INTERESTING MEETING
Enter Racket and
Stores, Tainter’s and Lone
Star Service Station.
On last Thursday night burglars
entered four places of business in
Marion and made their escape. The
Kacket' Stor€ on Henderson street
was apparently first entered but on-
The Woman's Club held a very in
teresting meeting last Friday after-
juoon in the Kiwanis rooms. The
president, Mrs. J. Q. Gilkey, called
Carolina I tlie meeting to order and the singing'
®f the club song followed After the
minutes and roll call, a number of
business items were disposed of. A
tournament was planned for St. Val
entine’s day to be held in the Kiwan
is rooms.
Mrs. R. F. Burton was elected li
brarian to succeed Miss Margaret
Winslow, and a committee was ap
pointed to select new books for the
ANNUAL MEETING
CLINCHFIELD CO.
ly a few articles are thought to have, sb^s. It is hoped that every mem-
been taken. Later the Carolina Store
next door, was entered ajid the cash
drawer robbed of about eight dollars
Entrance wasi made by breaking
through a panel in the back door.
The opening was discovered by Po
liceman Allison and when he ap
proached to make an investigation
the burglar jumped through the
plate glass in the front door and ran.
As Policeman Allison gave pursuit
and was joined by Policeman Nich
ols, a burglar was also observed leav
ing Tainter’s drug store on the op
posite side of the street. Both men
were chased some distance by the of
ficers, but succeeded in making their
ber of the Woman’s Club will be
come a membei} of the library.
Hesolutions of respect to ~N.
Margaret Winslow, late beloved li
brarian, were read by Mrs. Cross.
A rising vote' of thanks wes given
to the decorating committee for
their work in selecting curtains, etc.
for the Kiwanis rooms.
A most delightful musical pro
gram was arrajiged by Mrs. T. A.
Wilson, Mrs. John Decker, Mrs.
Klontz, Mrs. Annie Miller Pless and
Mrs. Geo. Phillips, of Charlotte, who
was a visitor to the Club, rendered
pleasing numbers.
I The social committee for this
escape. At Tainter’s about .$3.50 in j meeting was composed of Mesdames
cash -and some other articles were j r j Noyes, J. W. Streetman, Sr.,
carried away. ja^d E. J. House, who served delici-
On the same night the Lone Starlo^g refreshments.
Service Station was entered, for the I
second time in a week, and about | MRS. J. D. LAUGHRIDGE
eight dollars worth of auto parts car-| PASSES AT DYSARTSVILLE
ried off. j
The Carolina Store at East Marion | Mrs. J. D. Laughridge, a well
was also burglarized Monday night, | known resident of this county, died
entrance being made by breaking in 1 her home at Dysartsville last Fri-
through the front door. About thirty {day evening at 8:30 o’clock, after
dollars worth of tobacco, cigarettes, j an illness of several months,
etc., was secured. Mrs. Laughridge was a daughter
_ I of the late Thomas Landis of Mari-
J. Y. LONON TO WED j She was a member of the Baptist
MISS HELEN PARROTT | Church and had a wide circle of
j friends who will regret to learn of
Invitations reading as follows have ] her passing.
Besides her husband Mrs. Laugh-
Old Officers Re-elected — W.
L. Morris Secretary and As
sistant , Treasur er.
MR. JOHN S. FINLEY
DIES AT MORGANTON
Home Building Association
Meet and Elect Officers and
Directors for Year.
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The Clinchfield Manufacturing
Company of Marion, N. C., at its an
nual stockholders’ meeting recently
re-elected old officers as follows:
B. Mabrey Hart, president and
treasurer; H. M. Leslie, first vice-
president; J. L. Morgan, second vice-
president; W. L. Morris, secretary
and assistant treasurer.
Board of Directors: C. A. John
son, Tarboro, N. C., chairman of the
board; H. V. Brumley, New York, N.
Y.; W. W. Guy, Marion, N. C.; B. M.
Hart, Tarboro, N. C.; W. C. Hill,
Norfolk, Va.; H. M. Leslie, New
York, N. Y.; J. L. Morgan, Marion,
N. C.; J. H. Rodgers, Norfolk, Va.;
M. Rosenwasser, New York, N. Y.;
E. F. Smith, Jersey City, N. J.; W.
E. Wall, New York, N. Y.; John
Yancey, Marion, N. C.; Frank H.
Leslie, New York, N. Y.; W. L. Mor
ris, Marion, N. C.; J. W. Pless
Asheville, N. C.
The mills paid 12 per cent in divi
dends for the year from earnings.
ANNUa MEETING
DlTil nujr AWn in an Shepard Finley died at
il/ IjUimii I the State Hospital in Morganton on
last^ Thursday of heart failure fol
lowing an attack of influenza. Mr.
Finley had been a patient at the
Morganton hospital a little over two
years, having been transferred to
Morganton from the State Hospital
in Raleigh where he spent about 18
years.
Mr. Finley was 58 years of age
and is survived by his wife and two
sons and two daughters, John and
Clyde S. Finley of Marion; Mrs.
James Hubbard, of Clinton, N. C.,
and. Mrs. Herman Walker of Mor
ganton.
The funeral service^ were conduc
ted from the home on East Court
street Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock
by Rev. J. C. Story, and interment
made at Oak Grove cemetery.
HIGH SCHOOL BAND TO
GIVE CONCERT TONIGHT
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Home Building Asso
ciation was held at the court house
in Marion on Thursday, January 24.
The report of the secretary and
treasurer, G. W. Giles, showed that
the association had had a very suc
cessful year. A total of 3,252 shares
were represented in person and by
proxy at the meeting.
The old board of directors were
re-elected for the coming year as
follows: J. D. Blanton, S. L. Cope
land, J. W. Winborne, W. W. Guy,
W. C. Smith, E. J. House, C. F.
James, O. F. Adkins, J. C. Rabb, H.
H. Tat^ and E. A. Beaman.
G. W. Giles was re-elected secre
tary and treasurer.
At a meeting of directors which
followed the stockholders meeting,
RESTORING NG
GAME IN STATE
Thirty-Seven Deer Placed ia
Boone Refuge; Some Sent to
Murphy Fish Hatchery.
HUNTING SEASON IS
DRAWING TO A CLOSE
Raleigh, January 25. — With the
last hunting seasons having about a
month and ten days to run, collec
tions from licenses for the current
season had passed $170,000, figures
the following officers were re-elec- ^’^ade public by Wade H. Phillips, di-
been received here:
“Mr. and Mrs. James Franklin j ridge is survived by six children,
Parrott request the honor of your j Paul, Jennie Lee, Joe, Gordon, Bruce
presence at the marriage of their j and Neal, and one brother, J. F. Lan-
daughter, Helen Rountree, to Mr. j dis, of Lexington, N. C.
John Yancey Lonon on Saturday, the | The funeral services were conduc-
sixteenth of February, at twelve o’- ted from Trinity Methodist Church
clock noon, Gordon Street Church of | at DysartsAnlle Saturday afternoon
Christ, Kinston, N. C. I at 3:30 o’clock by Rev. J. M. Brown
A reception will be given by Mr. | and Rev. H. E. Stimson and inter-
and Mrs. Parrott on Friday evening, | ment made at Trinity cemetery.
February 15, from 9 until 11 o’clock,! ;
at their home on 500 Pollock street.! 400 TURKEYS PUT ON
Mr. Lonon is a son of Mrs. Hessie
Lonon of Woodlawn and a member
of the law firm of Lonon and Lonon
of Marion.
BURKE MAN THINKS FRUIT
TREES NEED CULTIVATION
That cultivation is necessary for
the best results in fruit growing has
been demonstrated by A. H. Brown
ing, of Nebo, Route 2, Burke Coun-j forester for'district
LOCAL GAME AREAS
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Western North Carolina game
preserves ought to be teeming with
wild turkeys within a few years, for
400 turkeys have been purchased
from the Farmers Federation for re
stocking on the Wayah Bald, the
Daniel Boone, and Burleson game
refuges and for the state game farm
at Asheboro, W. K. Beichler, state
No. 1, with
The Marion High School Band
will give a concert at the high school
auditorium tonight (Thursday) at 8
o’clock. The program will consist of
band selections, vocal and instru
mental selections, etc. The program
follows:
The Booster March—Klein.
Determination Overture—-Hays.
Have a Little Fun—Bennett.
Poets Dream Serenade—HufF.
Little Marie Waltz—Bennett.
Aunt Hanna—Bennett.
Quartet, “Ole Carolina”; Mes
dames Wilson, Giles, Mangum and
Klontz.
Duet, “Where My Caravan Has
Rested”, Mesdames Giles, Wilson.
Cornet Duet by J. D. Little and
Guy Little.
Cornet solo, Charles Sinclair.
Sabo March—Bennett.
Ocean Waves March—Cumling.
Energy—Bennett.
That’s My Weakness Now—Bud
Green.
Concord March—Bennett.
Star Spangled Banner—Key.
ted for the year: J. D. Blanton,
president; S. L. Copeland, vice pres
ident; J. W. Winborne, attorney; H.
H. Tate, E. J. House and W. C.
Smith, loan committee.
This building and loan association
was organized on August 1, 1920,
and the annual earnings today am
ount to .0644455 per cent.
The monthly installment stock
now in force totals 5,697 shares,
while there is 769 shares of paid up
stock now in force.
New series in the association will
open in April and October.
ty. Mr. Browning set 1,200 peach
and apple trees on a frost proof loca
tion last spring. During the summer
this field was divided and half of it
w^as given to a son. Both halves were
fertilized alike. During the summer
Mr. Browning cultivated his half
while the other was left untilled.
The trees in the untilled section
made no growth and quite a number
of them died, while those in the cul
tivated section made excellent
growth. County Agent R. L. Sloan
reported.
MISSES FLACK ENTERTAIN
Vein Mountain, Jan. 28. — Miss
Mary York of East Marion, Miss
Genniel Kerlee of Black Mountain
and Miss Gertrude Williams of Ashe
ville were the guests of MissQS Gen
oese and Kent Flack over the week
end. In honor of their guests a panic
party was given Saturday evening
with the following guests present:
Misses Ruth Pyatt, Anna Westmore
land, Ines Upton, and Eva Stone;
Messrs. Arnold Pyatt, Cecil Ray
burn, Jack Koon, Barrett Coveny,
Pete Weaver, Lester and Arthur
Stone.
headquarters at Asheville, announc
ed Saturday.
The purchase of 400 turkeys is in
pursuance of the plan of the state
forest service for the wholesale pur
chase of game to restock the various
game preserves of the state, Mr.
Beichler said.
One hundred of the purchased
fowl went to the state game breeding
farm at Asheboro. Approximately
100 were taken to the Daniel Boone
game preserve on Mt. Mitchell. The
remainder were divided between the
Wayah Bald game preserve in Macon
county and the Burleson deer park
near Spruce Pine in Mitchell county.
Elk purchased in the west will
soon be put on several of the western
game refuges, Mr. Beichler said.—
Asheville Times.
MISS VIRGINIA FISHER
WEDS WM. BRASINGTON
rector of the Department of Conser
vation and Development, show.
Migratory wildfowl hunterS have
only about one more week for the
enjoyment of this sport.during the
present hunting season, which closes
the first of February.
After that time the interest of the
gunners will turn chiefly to inland
game, with quail and rabbits de
manding the center of attention,
these being the last of the major spe
cies of game on which the season
closes.
FEEDING ANIMALS IN
(The Pathfinder)
ZOO
I have had some experience in
The folowing clipping from The | feeding animals, birds and reptiles.
NEW FELDSPAR GRINDING
announced for TOECANE
Asheville Times, of January 27, will
be of interest to friends here:
“Mr. and Mrs. William James
Brasington, who were married on
Thursday evening, will be at home
to their friends after February 1 at
105 Louisiana avenue. West Ashe
ville. Mrs. Brasington was, before
her marriage. Miss Virginia Lee
Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Fisher, of 168 Reed street, Bilt-
more. The ceremony, which was per
formed by the Rev. W. Fitzgerald,
took place at the home of the bride’s
aprents.”
Miss Fisher formerly resided in
Marion and was a member of the
Marion High School graduating class
of 927.
Spruce Pine, Jan. 28. — Actual
construction on a new feldspar mill
at Toecane will be begun about
March 1, according to anannounce-
ment just made here by the Golding
Keene company of Keene, N. H.
The new mill will be the. fifth in
the Spruce Pine section and the sec
ond within a year. A large increase
in-the domestic consumption of feld
spar is anticipated, particularly if
the tariff is raised, and all local feld
spar is to be ground in this district,
after the construction of this new
mill, it is believed.
The superintendent of construc
tion will arrive here February 15,
and plans to have everything ready
for construction work to begin the
first of March, with a view to com
pleting the plant by June 1.
The Spruce Pine district, where
the first grinding mill was located
about four years ago, is now produc
ing approximately 70 per cent of the
nation’s feldspar.
HOW DOES YOUR MAR-
RIAGE EXPERIENCE FIT?
HARMONY GROVE NEWS
Nebo, Jan. 27.—Mr. and Mrs. To
ney Fender of Drexel spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. p. V. Fender.
Friends of David Killian will be
glad to learn he is improving.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. M. S.
Carter is very ijl.
There was a delicious surprise
birthday dinner served at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Crawley in
honor of Mrs. Crawley’s 78th birth
day on last Sunday.
Miss Helen Pyatte spent the week
end with homefolks.
John Lawing, who has been ill for
some time, is improving.
DEAN-BRYSON
On last Sunday afternoon at 3 o'
clock Miss Lois Dean and Mr. W. O.
Bryson of Clinchfield were married
at the home of the bride’s parents
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Dean, at Clinch
field. The ceremony was pronounced
by Rev. A. A. Walker in the presence . „ , , ,
of a large number of relatives and On a Pullman sleeper at 7 o clock
friends. A delicious supper was serv- in the morning, when the passengers
ed at five o’clock j were about ready to leave the.r
Mr. and Mrs. Bryson have many [berths, a baby in the stateroom be
friends who wish for them every joy | gan to cry lustily. Just at that mom-
and pleasure that the future can I ent the porter opened the door and
hold in store for them. Isang out: “Fu-st call for breakfast.
DEATH OF INFANT
Roy Rudolph Williams, infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Williams of
Clinchfield, died of pneumonia last
Saturday night. The funeral was
helii at the home Tuesday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. A. A. Walker,
and interment made at Murphy’s
Chap«J. ^
BIG HOG SLAUGHTERED
A Duroc Jersey hog was slaugh
tered on the farm of Herbert Dick
erson, near Fremont, Wayne county,
Tuesday which weighed after being
dressed 980 pounds. The liver weigh
ed 20 pounds, making 1,000 pounds
of meat.
“THE AIR LEGION”, with BEN
LYON and ANTONIO MORENO, at
Oasis Theatre next Monday and
Tuesday, is a dramatic story of our
mail pilots.
A preacher who had married 150
couples thought that he would like to
find oiit how they had ■ trotted in
double harness, so he sent them a
questionnaire. These questions and
the answers he received are given
below:
1.What was your greatest mistake
in courtship? Extravagance.
2. Do you favor long engage
ments? A long courtship and a short
engagement.
3. Is married life all you expected
it t6 be? Absolutely, and then some.
4. Are in-laws still a great prob
lem? Emphatically, yes.
5. W’^hat to you causes the most
trouble in the home? Lack of fair
play and the tendency of one to j
dominate the other.
6. What i sthe supreme joy of
married life? Babies.
8. Should one marry secretly or
against parents’ wishes? Only when
the objections of parents to the mar
riage ard^ unreasonable.
9. Can one live with his or her
people and be happy? No.
10. Do you have Bible reading and
prayer in your home? No. Attend
church? Regularly.
11. Is the girl with a home as hap
py as the single girl with a position?
Far happier.
12. Is the single man really hap
pier than the married man? Great
as are the responsibilities of the
married man, he is invariably the
happier.
13. Does owning a home increase
happiness? Yes, if the debt incurred
is not top great.
14. Do you save systematically?
“Yes” and “no” just about fifty-
fifty.
and have found the problem of die
tetics very difficult. Most monyeys
eat insects, etc., in addition to fruits
and vegetables, and seem to be bene
fited by them. The marmoset monk
eys are especially fond of grasshop
pers, shrimp and crab meat. In fact
they do not seem to thrive well with
out some flesh to eat. All monkeys
are very fond of eggs. Some species
can eat tobacco with apparent impu
nity, while others are poisoned by a
very small quantity. Candy is injuri
ous to monkeys.
Reptiles are as a rule compara
tively small eaters. Some of them
will live many months without a mor
sel of food. Wild crocodiles and alli
gators when subject to captivity are
usually very sparing eaters for a
long time. The average alligator is
far from being aglutton, even when
an excess of food is placed before
him.
A bay ostrich must be fed finely
ch6pped green feed. Collard leaves
and alfalfa leaves are excellent for
them. After a few months a small
amount of grain can be added. When
grown an ostrich needs something
like six quarts of finely chopped and
dampened alfalfa hay, together with
several handfuls of bran and mixed
grain, twice a day'. A small amount
of salt should be added to the ration
once or twice a week. Most water
birds, and especially pelicans, are
gluttonous to the extreme.
Raleigh, Jan. 28.—Happy hunting:
grounds once covered by Indians and
hardy pioneers in North Carolina
are being restored with big game, it
is indicated by a report of activities
of game officials, made today by
State Game Warden Chas. H. Eng
land.
During the past season and the
present, 59 deer have been. released
on state game refuges under the di
rection of Assistant State Game
Warden C. N. Mease of Black Moun
tain.
Thirty-seven of the graceful
creatures have found new ^omes on
the Daniel Boone Refuge on and
surrouftding Mt. Mitchell, the refuge
being the second largest of the state
sanctuaries and named for probably
the best known 6f American fron
tiersmen.
Thirteen have gone for restocking
the Wayah Bald refuge in Macon
county. A large part of the new
stock consists of adult deer, captured
from the state deer farm near Spruce
Pine, turned over last year to the
department of conservation and de
velopment, by former Senator J. E.
Burleson of Mitchell county.
Other deer have been sent to the
state game farm, near Asheboro, and
the “Pete” Murphy fish hatchery,
near Marion, for display and breed
ing purposes.
State game officials declare that
improved methods of catching and
transferring deer have been worked
out since the first efforts of this kind
were made soon after the game law
went into effect.
HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION
Carrots are a good sourre of vita^
miiis, if quinkly cooked or grated
raw in a vegetable salad.
GREATEST HERO OF
THE WORLD WAR
What you did was the greatest
thing accomplished by any private
soldier of all the armiies of Europe,
Marshall Foch told Sergjeant Alvin
C. York, American doughboy. Gen.
Pershing called York “the outstand
ing civilian soldier of the war.’'
What brought York all his glory,
with the Congressional medal of
honor and other high allied decora
tions, was his feat at Chateau Thier
ry, on ^^ober 8, 1918, of killing 20
Germans with pistol and rifle, put
ting 32 machine guns out of com
mission and taking 132 prisoners
home with only a handful of Ameri
cans to guard them.
On the memorable day in question
York found himself cornered in the
open with seven other doughboys.
The sergeant dropped to the ground
and began using his rifle. He de
scribes the fray as follows:
“Every time 1 seed a German I jes
teched him off. In the middle of th»
fight a German officer and five men.
done jumped out of a trench and.
charged me with fixed bayonets. I
teched off the sixth man first; then
the fifth; then the fourth; then t^ei
third; and so on. That’s the way we
shoot wild turkey^ at home and I
got hold of a German major and he
told me if I wouldn’t kill any more
of them he would make them quit
firing. So I told him alright if ha
would do it now'. So he blew a whis
tle and they quit shooting and came
down and give up.”
Like Lindbergh after his transat
lantic airplane feat. Sergeant York
refused every offer from movies,
vaudeville, etc., to profit by his war
record. He prefers, instead, to de-
Strong soap or soap powder should | vote his time “to give all the children
not be used on di&hes decorated with
gilt, because these cleaning materi
Paint or varnish splatters on glass
may be dissolved with turpentine or
alcohol or rubbed off with a dull
knife.
als may contain s ibstances which are
injurious to gilt.
OFFICERS ACTIVE
Sheriff Adkins and deputies report
seven arrests last Tuesday night.
The arrests included the capture of
a man with a Ford roadster and five
gallons of whiskey.
in the mountains the chance that’s a-
comin’ to them.” “I’m a-going to
bring them a heap o’ lamin,” he af
firms. York has just completed the
story of his life and has given lec
tures all over the country to rais»
funds to aid in establishing the Alvin
C. York Agricultural Institute, at
Jamestown, Tenn.
A civic club in Nashville gave
York a 400-acfe farm in the district
where he was bom. The ex-sergeant
is married and has four sons. Now
at the age of 40 he weighs 240
“Brother Jones,” said the deacon,
“cain’t you all donate some small
contribution to de fund for fencing j pounds. His mother is still living.
in the culud cemetery?” 1
j “I dunno as I can,” replied broth-! CLARA BOW in her latest pic-
I er 'Jones. “I don’t see no use in a' ture “THREE WEEK ENDS”, with
j fence around a cemetery. You see,! HARRISON FORD and NEIL HAM-
Burl Jones, a well known colored I dem what’s in there can’t get out, ■ ILTON. Peppy and entertaining,
citizen of Marion, died last Friday and dem what’s out sho’ doan wanta with Clara in the type of role that
Iget in.
ljust suits her. Oasis Theatre, Friday*