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MARION PROGRESS A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY ESTABLISHED 1S96 MARION. N. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1929 VOL. XXXIII—NO. 44 COHMSSIONERS MEETING MONDAY Commissioners Pass Resolu tions Concerning Road Fund and Fishing License. The County Commissioners at their monthly meeting last McTnday, passed resolutions requesting the State Highway Commission to permit the Commissioners of McDowell County to use McDowell’s allocation for State road funds for the purpose of paying interest and principal on the county road and bridge bonds. The resolutions passed by the Coun ty Commissioners are as follows: “Resolved that the Board of Coun ty Commissioners of McDowell Coun ty request the State Highway Com mission to apply McDowell County’s allocation of the County Aid Road Fund for the ensuing year and until further notice for the KIWANIANS LAUD WORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Marion Kiwanis Club held a most interesting meeting today at which time they lauded the work that has been done by the Marion Cham ber of Commerce. J. Will Pless, Jr., made a most interesting address which was well received by the mem bers of the Kiwanis Club and visit ors present. Mr. Pless pointed out that McDowell County was a twenty million dollar corporation and that the City of Marion was a six million dollar corporation, both of which need publicity as much as any other business. Mr. Pless stated that the Marion Chamber of Commerce has been a big success, to put it in terms of a cold cash investment; that it has paid a dividend to its members as well as those citizens of Marion who are not members. After Mr. Pless finished speaking a number of others were called upon to express their views on the forthcoming member ship drive, and without an exception all said that they hoped to see it go interest TnT'principal on“^D^en “d that they would work to bring about this end. Tuesday night the membership committee held a meeting and plan ned their work when more than twenty men gathered to help. They started out Wednesday morning to secure pledges for another year. Al most everyone of the old members will renew their pledges, and many new ones will be enlisted, it is an nounced. METHODIST PREACHERS OF DISTRICT ENTERTAINED County’s road and bridge bonds; and that the County Accountant be in structed to furnish the State High way Commission with detailed state ment of the payments of interest and principal on said bonds for the fiscal year beginning July 1st, 1929.” Fishing Licenses The following resolutions with ref erence to charges for fishing license permits were pa^ed by the County Commissioners at their meeting Mon day: “Whereas the fishing streams of this county are badly in need of re stocking, and “Whereas the Board of County Commissioners is of the opinion that it will be advisable to provide a resi dent county license in order to sup plement funds to be allotted to our county from other sources for the protection and propagation of fish: “Therefore, Be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of McDowell County that pursuant to the terms of H. B. 238, S. B. 1232, Section 4 of said law entitled ‘An Act for the Propagation and Protec tion of Game Fish in North Carolina and Providing Revenue Therefor’, enacted by the General Assembly of North Carolina at its session of 1929, that an annual resident county li cense, of $1.10, or in lieu of such li cense a daily fishing permit to cost 50c, is hereby required of all male persons above the age of sixteen | forty-four guests, years who fish by any and all meth MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE HELD HERE lAIRORCUSHERE SATURDAY, MAY 18 Mrs. E. L. McKee, State Presi dent U. D. C., Will Speak at Court House Friday Morning At 10:30 o’clock Friday morning. May 10th, the old soldiers of Mc Dowell county will meet at the court house in Marion, where a splendid program will be given. Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva, State president of the United Daughters of Confeder acy, will be the principal speaker. Mrs. McKee is a magnetic speaker and all who do not hear her wll miss much. Everyone is cordially invited to attend the exercises at the court house. Following the exercises the old soldiers will be given their annual dinner by the Daughters of the Con federacy at the Methodist Church hut. Then they will go to the ceme tery for the purpose of decorating the graves of their comrades of the sixties. All are requested to come and bring some one else. The Daughters wish to honor these heroes as much as possible, as they ■^hey will have this privilege. There will be no reception ^or Mrs. McKee at Mrs. Cross’ home as had been planned, as Mrs. McKee will not arrive until Friday morning. On last Monday Rev. and Mrs. E. 0. Cole entertained the members of the Rutherford County Ministerial Association and a number of other pastors and their families at their cottage on Lake James. A devotional and business session of the association was held at eleven o’clock. This was presided over by the president. Dr. W, R. Ware, of Rutherfordtori. At noon a bountiful picnic dinner, with brunswick stew, was served. Mrs. Dr. J. F. Jonas, Mrs. J. W. Ouzts, and Mrs. C. W. E. Pittman assisted Mrs. Cole in serving the dinner. During the day boating and fishing were enjoyed by the ods of hook and line or rod and reel! XATE ELECTED fishing in McDowell County. j ‘ ' MAvnp fiittm timf “Be it further resolved that a i MAYOR FIFTH TIME copy of this resolution be forwarded i to the Department of Conservation' Mayor H. H. Tate was elected and Development, Raleigh, N. C., I mayox of Marion for his fifth term and that a copy be spread upon the | Monday without opposition in the I quietest election held here in many I years. Only 121 voters expressed minutes of this board. JURY LIST Jurors were drawn for H. D. „ ^ ^ June j choice at the polls, term of Superior Court as follows: | addition to the mayor, „ ^ ^ XT ! Bishop, J. Clay Conley, M. S. Laugh- S. D. Glenn, L. J. P. Cutlar F. H.. j ^ Wilkinson and L. A. Lusk, J. A. Walker, C. F. NobMt, W., present members of the board C. Huffman, L. O. Lawing, C. E. Jai- j aldermen, were elected without rett, A. C. Kanipe, J. H. Brown, W. C. Smith, C. Boll, R. E. McCall, T. M.! Flack, J. L. Spratt, E. A. Beaman, F. j C. Nanney, B. A. Simmons, W. L. Grant, B. F. Ruth, J. A. Hensley, T. B. Davis, A. B. Burgin, R. V. Hens ley, Lee Hicks, T. W. Wilson, Elbert Poteat, J. B, Haynes, J. H. Lewis, A. F. Hunt. Second Week opposition. MRS. NEAL ENTERTAINS Complimentary to her charming guest, Mrs. N. A. Townsend, of Dunn, N. C., Mrs. W. W. Neal enter tained with two tables of bridge at her home on Viewpoint Drive last Tuesday afternooil. Mrs. Leslie won high score prize and Mrs. Davis won C. J. Stines, C. L. \^alker, Lonnie j score prize and the guest of hon- Moore, T. O. Curtis, G. G. Pender-presented with a pretty gift grass, W. B. BiggerstafF, G. C. Free man, R. J. Noyes, I. L. Knupp, A. L. Cowan, J. F. Moody, K. L. Payne, W. I. Stacy, J. A. Gallion, C. F. Davis, J. S. Haney, A. L. Elliott, G. W. Eng lish, J. E. Lawing, T. G. Wall, M. L. Good, D. V. Elliott, D. C. ^Buchanan, T. A. England, M. C. Mclver, C. C. Byrd, J. H. Greene, I. H. Bradley, Michael Reed, D. M. Walker. Third Week J. D. McKinney, J. R. Gray, H. H. Gibson, H. C. Mangtim, T. B. Faw,'A. R. Hemphill, P. C. Hoppes, J. A. Mc- Kelvey, J. L. Nichols, M. Y. Hoyle, R. M. Good, W. 0. Gibbs, 0. S. Ei^nklin, J. S. Henline, A. H. Mitch- em. Berry Burnett, Geo. R. Hall, J. M. Carpenter, C. Y. Gilliam, C. S. Poteat, R. B. Laidlaw, C. E. Bolich, E. W. Huskins, T. C. Rayburn, Chas. A. Roland, J. H. Bowman, Wade Hol- lifield, Clyde Smaley, P. W. Buchan an, Ed Johnson. CLINCHFIELD TO HAVE UNION SERVICE SUNDAY Parachute Jumpers Will Per form at Francis Field and Planes Will Stage Races. One of the most colorful “air cir- ever attempted in the State „ounces,~is made up will pe held at Francis Marion Field here during two days beginning Sat urday, May 18. Parachute jumpers, will perform both days and civilian planes will stage races. A large num ber of entries have already been made. The airport committee of the Marion Chamber of Commerce will spare no time or expense to give the public of this section of North Caro lina a show which will demonstrate what is being done in the aviation industry of the United States. The dedication of the airport here was held last September when more than fifteen thousand people atten ded the event. This record breaking crowd and their automobiles were taken care of in fine shape by the well organized airport committee of the Chamber of Commerce. A fifty acre area for parking cars has been It is the custom in the Clinchfield I community for the churches to hold on one Sunday evening in the Spring a union service at the school building in the interest of the school. The ser vice will occur this Spring on next Sunday evening at 7:30. Last year the house was packed to its capacity, and it is hoped that the community will show the same interest this time. The program. Rev. A. A. Walker an- of both local MARION HATCHERY WILL BE ENLARGED feel the time is passing by in which | set aside for the coming circus and DISTRICT MEETING OF WOMAN’S AUXXILIARY HERE The annual district meeting of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church will be held in Marion today. The meeting will be opened with cel- no difficulty in. taking care of anoth er crowd is expected. Considerable development has been made since the field was first openedto the public. The area has been enlarged. A complete drainage system has been installed and nu merous other improvements made. It will not be necessary for pedestri ans to cross the field and walk a long distance in order to be near the planes. The planes will operate di- i rectly from the foot of a hill and invited talent. The following progn^am will be given: 7:30 p. m.—Opening Song. Invocation—Rev. J. E. Robinson. Chorus — “Day is Dying in the West,” School Girls. Devotional—^Rev. J. N. Wise. Vocal Solo—Ruth Wiley. Reading—Ruth and Naomi, Ruth S eagle. Chorus — “Praise Ye Jehovah,” School Girls. Speech of Introduction—Supt. N. F. -Steppe. ‘ Address—Mr. W. T. Morgan. Vocal Quartette. Benediction—Rev. tA.. A. Walker. PARENTS STILL HAVE POWER Asheville Times. Chicago, usually the center of no little crime news, has this week suf fered a tragedy which moves its pub lic officials and educators to search ing comment which is worth the reading of citizens in other communi ties. J. Q. Gilkey Secures Appropri ation for Marion Hatchery and Other Projects. Mr. J. Q. Gilkey, a member of the State Board of Conservation and Development, was in attendance last week in Raleigh upon a meeting of the Board of which he is a member. Largely to Mr. Gilkey’s influence, an appropriation for $5,000 to im prove and enlarge the Marion Hatch- ery was made. He was also success ful in securing an appropriation for the purchase &f 165 acres of land in th^ Toe River section adjoining the Daniel Boone Refuge. This will be used for a fish hatchery or game farm. It is well suited for either pur pose, consisting of meadows with many streams running through the land. An appropriation of $6,000 for a mountain nursery was made. The nursery will be used to gnrow" young trees for reforestation in the mountain section of denuded lands where forest fires have killed out the trees and shrubbery. It is the plan of the state officials to grrow the young trees in the nursery and plant them on the deforested land wherev er needed. ^Mr. Gilkey is very* enthusiastic ov er the plans for development of the Superintendent' Edward J. Tobin of the Cook County Schools, one of i natural resources of North Carolina the coroner’s jury called in the case of George Lux, school student killed in an automobile accident which fol lowed a drinking party, is moved to speak as follows and of the Western section. The Fish. Hatchery has proven a great success and has been due largely to Mr. Gil key’s interest and untiring effort* that the Fish Hatchery for Marioa ebration of Holy Communion at St. i i • v n u i j - , , ^ i which the cars will be parked. John s Church at 11 o clock withi Bishop J. M. Horner in charge. An j address will be delivered by Rev. Mr. i Kent, rector of Valle Crucis School for Girls, and this will be followed by a business session with Mrs. R. L. Claywell, of Morganton, district president, presiding. Luncheon will be served at the Methodist Church hut at one o’clock. A business meet ing will be held at 2 o’clock. Thirty- COOKING DEMONSTRATION I NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY About 70 per cent of the young I first secured, and that this sec- men of 18 to 25 years of age accept j^^d appropriation for its enlarge- as the regular recreation a party,: ™ent has been made. Reforestation an auto ride, dancing and a bottle of gin or moonshine. About 50 to 60 per cent of the I girls above 17 years of age accept An electric cookery demonstration | code, will be conducted at the Duke Power I In pre-Volstead days the bottle Company office by Miss Decker on never aspired to dictate the social Monday and Tuesday, May 13 and; habits of our young people. 14, from 3 to 5 o’clock each after- | today. noon. The classes promise to be very | ^ young couple, a bottle of moon- five or forty delegates are expected, '■elpful and entertaining and the “rtT thlt t^ dies of Marion are invited to attend, dangerous quartet that can be con NANCY CARROLL sings, with ’ i cocted for the destruction of human BUDDY ROGERS accompanying her on the piano, in “ABIE’S IRISH ROSE”. Next Monday and Tuesday at Oasis Theatre. Mixed spring flowers and baskets! furnished a pretty background. The I hostess served a salad course follow- of much lands in Western North Car olina has become necessary and Mr. Gilkey expects to see valuable re sults from the appropriation for the nursery. Mr. Gilkey states that many peti tions, letters and requests are being It does ] received requesting that a change b© made in the- game^season. How ever, before taking action, Mr. Gilkey states, due consideration will be given to these requests in or der that everybody may be heard. No action with reference to any new law will be made until the Board transferring association of the young people meets in July. This will give ample of both sexes. A home or a family time for every interested party to be tied with a bottle of bootleg has a ‘ heard and for the Board to give the foundation in quicksand. i matter proper consideration. Rowan farmers are planning . , , . . , , i' . ^ i Families and homes originate from cash in on the growing ol sweet do-; ^ ver in that county by their bees to modern hives. ed by an ice course. Those enjoying the afternoon with | Agent, and Geo. W. Chapman. the hostess and honoree were Mes-|^Q|^pj RESPONDS TO dames Bogar, Leslie, Bristol, Davis, McNaughton and Claywell of Mor ganton, and Mrs. J. W. Winborne. INCREASED CORN YIELD Result of demonstration on Chapman farm near Marion. Reading from left to right: Avery Padgett, W. L. Smarr, County NITROGEN IN FERTILIZER PLEASURE CLUB MEETS The benefits from side - dressing corn with quick-acting nitrogen is convincingly shown in TO CLEAN UP CEMETERY Wednesday, May 15, has been set apart as a day for general work on the Carson’s Chapel cemetery. All persons having relatives and friends buried in this cemetery are asked to meet there at 10:30 o’clock, bring , , J —— - demonstra Mrs G. W. Kincaid was the hos- last year by George for the meeting of the Odd Pleasure Club Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the home of Mrs. John Hogan. Jokes and music afforded much amusement, after which deli cious refreshments were served by the hostess. The invited guest was Mrs. R. R. Bower. The next meeting of the club will be held with Mrs. C. W. Davis on West Court street. potash and 50.32 bushels per acre ‘ The bottle is a by-product of Pro hibition. Either the bottle as one of the trio has got to go, or its ancestor, Prohibintion, must go.” Lest this be too discouraging to parents and others in authority over youth, emphasis should be placed on Mr, Tobin’s concluding remarks for the benefit of fathers and mothers. He was particularly impressed by j the concern manifested by the youth- 1 ful witnesses at the inquest over I their parents’ learning that they had I been drinking. “Inclined to be bold ! and frank to others, they went to the j limit of untruthfulness to hide things j from their parents.” This leads the i Superintendent to offer the parents Ithis pertinent observation: “I dare j say at least 90 per cent of parents I ^re fiercely opposed to their chil- I dren’s drinking. The significance is j that parents still hold the whip hand, if they will use it.” from the area getting the nitrate of j OVER 500 SLATED FOR soda in addition to the other two i TRIAL IN FEDERAL COURT materials. Valuing the corn at $1.00 i per bushel, the plot receiving the! Over 500 defendants, the majority nitrogen side-dressing returned $38.- ; of whom are charged with national AT HIE CHURCHES ST. JOHN’S CHURCH J. S. Lockaby, Rector. Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. Morning service at 11 o’clock. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH J. C. Story, Pastor. Mother’s Day will be observed on Sunday, morning at the 11 o’clock service. The pastor will preach a special sermon and the choir will have a musical program in keeping with the spirit of the day. You are cordially invited. Bring some one. Let us make this a.great day. Sunday School at 9:45 a. m. 8 p. m. Sermon by the pastor. Christian Endeavor at 7 p. m. The General Assembly meets in Montreat Thursday, May 16th, and will continue eight days. Ashe county citizens have sub scribed $5000 in stock to assure the permanency of the cheese factory at West Jefferson. A shipment of 30 high grade Jersey cows were also im ported into the county recently. The United States exports five times as many eggs as it did twenty lunch, and the day will be spent in j years ago the W. Chapman on his farm near Mari on in McDowell county. A report of the demonstration has been made by County Agent W. L. Smarr. The demonstration consisted of five acres, in which were three check plots of one-fourth acre each. On I one plot the corn received no f ertil- jizer; on the second plot, an applica- jtion of 300 pourfds of superphos- jphate (acid phosphate) and. 40 pounds of muriate of potash per acre was applied broadcast at planting time, and on the third plot, an appli cation of 300 pounds of superphos phate, 40 pounds of muriate of pot ash were applied as in the second plot, and 200 pounds of Chilean ni-juse of clover, soybeans. cleaning off and cemetery grounds. beautifying The Bryson Store announces a sale starting Friday, May 10th. big CLINCHFIELD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH J. E. Robinson, Pastor. Sunday, May 12, is Mother’s Day. , , , Worship with us at the Clinchfield 54 per acre over fertilizer cost, while | prohibition, postal regulations and j Church, 11 a m The that getting no nitrogen returned Federal bankruptcy law violations, pastor. Rev. J. E. Robinson, will use $26.30 over the fertilizer cost, or in' are involved in cases slated for trial a topic, “A Mother’s Reward.” If other words, Mr. Chapman secured i at the spring term of the United approximately 20 bushels of corn I States Federal court for the Western for the 200 pounds of nitrate of {district, which will convene in Ashe- soda, reports Mr. Smarr. ’ville Monday, May 13, according to This demonstration shows that | an announcement by the clerk’s of- corn responds readily to applications | of quick-acting nitrogen materials i attention of the court on the and that the yields secured from 1 three opening days will be mainly oc- their use, pay a profit above the I c«P»ed with cases from McDowell money invested in the Chilean ni-jand Buncombe counties, according trate of soda. Mr. Chapman kept an accurate record of the time and la-1 ! to the calendar. mother is living wear a red rose in her honor. If mother is dead wear a white in her memory. “Come thou with us, ^nd we will do thee good.” SOUTHERN RAILWAY Arrival and Departure of Trains at Marion, N. C. No. 36 —Eastbound 5:43 am No. 15—Westbound __ __ 7:25 am T 1 i. J ..... X .e No. 11—Westbound __ 11:50 am Jurors selected for the term from No. 22—Eastbound __ __ 12:10 pm 4:05 pm _ __ 6:33 pm bor spent in producing the corn. His I McDowell county are C. R. Wilson,' No. 12—Eastbound land had been improved through the ; L. R. Cowan, J. E. Crawley, Garland' No. 16—Eas^ound , _ _ - . . _ ;No. 21—Westbound __ __ 6:12 pm and lime- Williams, T. B. Conley and J. M. trate of soda was applied per acre i stone when the corn was knee high. wheat. At harvest time Mr. Chapman se- of cured 29.74 bushels per acre from An extra good “Sound” picture, with talking and singing in it, at Oa-|the area not fertilized; 30.98 bush- sis Theatre next Monday and Tues-j els per acre from the area getting day,—“ABIE’S IRISH ROSE”. lonly superphosphate and muriate of rotation with corn and ; Tate. The demonstration was ‘AB- I No. 35—Westbound __ __ 1:35 am I Charleston Division 1113—Marion-Rock Hill, Iv. 5:05am 36—R’ck Hill-Marion, ar. 11:40 am ux a series conducted in the state by Don’t fail to see and hear — ok tw • i xi-n i a the county agents of the Extension | IE'S IRISH-ROSE; next Monday or, Service co-operating with the Chile-j Tuesday at Oasis Theatre, with| Nitrate of Soda Educational i BUDDY ROGERS and NANCY j The average length of a lion’s life an Bureau. CARROLL. is 4Q years.