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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. JULY 4, 1929 VOL. XXXIII—NO. 52 MARION READY FOR BIG CELEBRATION American Legion Sponsors Event — Big Parade, Ball Game and Other Attractions Tainter’s new drug store, which will be known as Tainter’s No. 2, lo cated in the new Lonon building next door to the new theatre on W’. Court street, is now open. Mr. Dean Tainter, owner of the store, has spared no pains or expense in making the new store an achieve ment of which he is truly proud, . . . , feeling that Marion needs and will Manon IS m gala att.re awaiting appreciate a store of this type, the Fourth Flags ahd banners are The new building presents an at- streammg from the streets and tractive appearance, is well arrang. buildings and pepping everyone up Ud, and with a new 16 foot soda for the celebration. Plans are being j f„u„tain, electrical refrigerated, and the- management will be enabled to give the best of celebrations Marion has ever had and Marion expects to entei'tain many guests and visitors for the day. The local chapter of the American Legion is sponsoring the celebration and have a full program for the day. Lee's riding devices which is com posed of merry-go-round, ferris service. Mr. Tainter announces that a complete line of drug sundries, nov elties, French and domestic*^ toilet preparations, stationery, leather goods, candies, etc., will be carried. The San-Tox line of quality goods. wheel and chair-o-plane is here this claimed to be the best of its kind week and will remain the entire j market, has been secured and week and perform during the cele-1 announcement is made elsewhere in bration. It is located on the corner of this paper of the San-Tox One Cent Main street and Railroad street. The day's program includes a big parade in which many floats are to be entered and fraternal orders and organizations will parade. Addresses will be made by State Commander Gregg Cherry and other Legion offi cials. A baseball game will take place in the afternoon and a boxing exhi bition will be staged in the evening. The Marion Band and th^ Char lotte Drum and Bugle Corps have been engaged to furnish music for the day. A special program featur ing Alice White in “Hot Stuff" with singing, talking and dancing, will be given at the Oasis Theatre. From all indications, Marion wlil entertain several thousand people Thursday in the celebration. The Legion chapters of Morganton, Le noir and Asheville are co-operating with the local chapter to make this H big event. The program for the day wiH be as follows: PROGRAM 9:30 a. m. Assemble at headquar ters at Marianna Hotel. 10:00 a. m. Grand parade. 11:00 a. m. Address by State Commander Gregg Cherry at couit house. Presentation of prize cups. 12:00 to 1:00 p. m. Dinner. 1:30 p. m. Band music. Races on Main street, with standard monkey sale for the opening day and contin uing through the week. Other spec ials, it is stated, will be offered from time to time, The policy of the man agement will be to sell for cash only^ The public is cordially invited to visit the new store. Special treats are promised for the opening days— Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. COURT TO CONVENE HOLDS MEETING HERE NEXT MONDAY Annual School Budget Adop ted at Meeting Monday— Small Schools Open July 15. Judge John Harwood to Pre side — Civil Calendar Con tains 30 Cases For Trial. At the regular meeting of the j The July term of McDowell Supe- Board of Education at its office at i rior court for the trial of civil action the court house on Monday, it was j will convene here next Monday with ordered that certain of the small | Judge John H. Harwood, of Bryson short term schools beginning in the summer time be opened on Monday, July 15. A few of the small schools in the outlying districts found it better to open the schools during the summer in order that the sifiall chil dren be able to attend. The most important matter enac ted upon by the Board was the an nual school budget. This was taken up in joint session by the Board of Education and the County Commis sioners. The two boards met in one session on May 31st when the budget was gone oVer item by item. Final action was taken at the Monday meeting when the budget was ap- City, presiding. Thirty cases have b^en placed on the calendar for trial atithis term. The list of cases follows: Monday, July 8th, 1929: Colonial Life Insurance Co. vs D. F. Giles; Julia C. Williams vs G. D. Williams; Julia C. Williams vs G. D. Williams; First National Bank of Marion, N. C. vs L. W. Elias et als; Carolina Rub ber Company vs Ed Smith; Ed Smith vs W. E. Vaughn et als. Tuesday, July 9th: G. C. Conley vs C. C. & O. Railway Co.—protest by Deft.; John Yancey vs. C. C. & O. Railway Co.—Protest by Deft.; A. Blanton Grocery Co. vs Pace Lum proved. The budget as agreed upon L ^o. et als; A. Blanton Grocery is about $4,000.00 less than the\^^ Lumber Co. et als; A. budget for the previous year. This j Blanton Grocery Co. vs White & Sef comes about by reason of the fact that the debt service decreases each R. L. TONEY OF NEBO TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Mr. Robert L. Toney, well known citizen of the county, committed sui cide at his home at Nebo last Sun day evening by cutting his throat with a razor. Mr. Toney had been ill for some time, having undergone an operation last spring for appendi citis from which he had never fully recovered. He disappeared from the home about six o’clock Sunday even ing; and, when members of the fam ily began a search, they found him in the woods a short distance away where he had ended his life. It is believed his rash act was due to poor health. Mr. Toney was engaged in the saw mill business for a number of years and later in the mercantile business. He is 'forty-three years of age and is survived by three children year as a certain amount of bonds and interest is retired each year. Every item was carefully scrutin ized in order to meet the demand for economy. The budget approved, it is hoped, wilt be sufficient to re-' „ .. . ^ j- ■ j L- 1- .L J J ...1- 1. , iK. M. Gilkey Jr., by next friend vs tain the high standard the schools ^ ^ G. E. Woody; W. K. M. Gilkey vs. zer. Wednesday, July 10th: A. H. Giles and J. H. Tate vs Hennie Con ley Wood et als; R. A. Poe and J. R. Benfield vs J, N. Gill — Protest by Deft.; Carl Edwards by next friend vs C. R. McCall and T. W. Hall; W. of McDowell county have maintain ed and set up. FRANKLIN PASTOR FLAYS BISHOP CANNON IN SERMON | Bank STATE WILL GET MORE A^D ON NEW HIGHWAYS MRS.BICKETTTO HEAD NX. RAILROAD Raleigh, June 12.—North Caroli na, with 1,685.4 miles of completed highways on which Federal aid was received, now has under construc-: tion and approved for construction Governor 86 additional new miles 11.2 miles previously aided, on which has been allotted $975,120.20, according to a report of the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agricul ture, as of April 30, 1929. This state has slightly more than 2 Max Gardner has appointed Mrs. T. per cent, or approximately one for-1 W. Bickett, widow of a former gov- ty-sixth of the 77,441 miles in thejemor, as president of the North Car- United States that has been built | olina Railroad company. Makes Her Presi dent; D. F. Giles of Marion Named Secretary-Treasurer Raleigh, July 2.—Governor O. with Fe^ral aid. The estimated cost of North Caro lina highways now under construc tion with Federal aid is $1,725,523 - 63, of which the Federal Aid allot ment is $862,761.78, as compared with total cost of $220,923,192.01 in the nation, of which the Federal government is paying $89,197,221.- 58. North Carolina has 76 miles of initial aid roads under construction, as compared with 7,707.3 miles in the nation, and 11.2 miles which are being raised to a higher type surface than when built with Federal Aid. Federal aid roads approved for construction in North Carolina will j Hinsdale of Raleigh. George C. Tu- cost $237,676.85, of which the Fed-1 dor, of Winston-Salem; Robert W- eral Aid allotment is $112,358.42. | Lassiter, of Charlotte; Arthur M. This is for one 11-mile stretch. j Dixon, of Gastonia; and C. A. Hunt, Federal aid funds still available I Lexington, reap- for North Carolina in highway con-1 Pointed on the board of directors t.>- struction amount to $1,950,^61.83.1 gather with the folowmg new direc- This company is a J)rivate corpor ation of which the state owns three- fourths of the stock. The road is leased to the Southern Railway. Re muneration of the president is $100 a month and passes over all railroad? Mrs. Bickett succeeds Word H. Wood of Charlotte. D. F. Giles of Marion was named secretary-treasurer. W. H. S. Bur- gwyn of Woodland was named at torney, to succeed J. B. Clark of Fayetteville, and Charles F. Dalton, of Charlotte was reappointed expert Dan Allen of Raleigh was named state's piroxy succeeding John W. as compared with $79,267,292.69 available for all of the states. JUVENILE HOMES CARE FOR 1,387 CHILDREN tors: D. W. Royster, of Shelby; Hill M. Hunter, of Greensboro; Mrs. T. W. Bickett, of Raleigh; and Walter S. Martin, of Canton. G. E. Woody Thursday, July 11th: J. L. Nix vs Charles Falls et als; First Nation- of Marion, N. C. vs Davis ! & Wiley Branch; McKinley Loftis Franklin, June 26.—“Any minis-i by Gdn. vs Conger Phone Pole Co.; ter of the church, be he bishop or 1 Ted Johnson vs, B. & H. Coach Co. whatnot, who s5 far forgets his re-! Monday, July 15th: William Hay- lations to the church and to God as i den vs B. & C- Lime & Stone Co. et to go off after false gods, who Tifeaks i als; B. L. vs TJebrgfe his ministerial vows by mixing in pol- W. Craig et als; Carrine Callard, itics and by using the money given alias Carrine Clampet vs Duval-Up- him by Methodists to gamble in Wall j ton Oil Co. et als. street, is totally unfit to be a minisis- Tuesday, July 16th: J. W. Pless He is also survived by his parents drill. Other stunts and amusements I Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Toney, of Nebo, 3:00 p. m. Baseball game at Cross two brothers, W. J. Toney, of East Mill Park. Black Mountain vs. Eas; Marion. ter of the Methodist church, and should get out voluntarily,” in the opinion of the Rev. R. F. Mock, pas tor of the J'ranklin Methodist church who denounced Bishop James Can non, Jr., bishop of his church, in his sermon Sunday morning. The Baptist church had its 7:00 p. m. Band concert on court house lawn. 7:30 p. m. Boxing bouts at high school auditorium. 9:30 p. m. Crowning of Miss Mar ion. 10:00 p. m. .Grand street dance, followed by fireworks. DISCONTINUE OFFICE OF FARM DEMONSTRATOR At the Monday meeting of the County Commissioners a large dele gation was present in behalf of the^ Farm Demonstration office. A public hearing was held in the court room and a number of citizens were heard upon the subject. After a patient hearing, the commissioners decided to discontinue the work for the pres ent year. It is said there is considerable sentiment in favor of the continua tion of the work and that an effort may be made to have the work car ried on without assistance from the County Commissioners. As yet, no definite action has been taken those interested in this work. by BASEBALL GAME HERE THURSDAY AFTERNOON Marion, and M. S. Toney, of Nebo; and one sister, Mrs. C. F. Dyson, of Nebo. The funeral services were conduc ted Monday afternoon at two o’ clock by Rev. H. E. Stimson and Rev. J. N. Wise at Harmony Grove. SPRING PIG CROP IS SMALLEST IN 3 YEARS Washington, June 25.—The spring pig crop is the smallest since 1925. Figures made public today by the Department of Agriculture also dis closed that the crop of 1929 was 8 per cent less than 1928. A decrease of 8 per cent, the re port said, would be equivalent to about 4,300,000 pigs. The decrease shown in the 11 corn belt states was about 6 per cent, which would be equivalent to about 2,500,000 pigs. The number of sows farrowed for the United States was about 10 per cent smaller, the report said, and for the corn belt about 8 per cent small er than last spring. There will be a baseball game sponsored by the American Legion at the Cross Mill ifark at three o’ clock between Black Mountain and _ i, win n miles- Ban- East Marion on Jnly 4th. Both teams^ock HIGHWAY BOARD TO TAKE OVER MITCHELL ROADS Bakersville, June 29.—The board of county commissioners of Mitchell county will meet A. M. Kistler, state highway commissioner for the eighth district, at an early date for the purpose of turning over to the state the following county roads: Little Rock creek, six miles; Cane creek, six miles; Altapass, four miles; Big Carnes, and now the Methodist church is burdened with its Cannon,” declared Mr. Mock. • The minister, referring to Bishop Cannon’s political activities and his alleged “flier” in Wall street, said: “any minister who will gamble in Wall street has no interest in the church nor in the Kingdom of God, and is merely using the cloak of the church as a smoke screen and is bringing shame and dishonor upon the church.” Intimating that he might be dis ciplined for his criticism of the bish op, Mr. Mock declared: “I was called to the ministry of Jesus Christ, and not to the ministry of any particular church.” vs Southern Railway Co.; Dallas Biddix, by Gdn., vs Clinchfield Ry. Co.—Protest by Deft. Wednesday, July 17th: L. C. Cor dell, by next friend, vs. McDowell Furniture Co.; W. G. McKoy vs G. W. Chapman et als; Walter Pyatt vs Southern Railway Co. Thursday, July 18th, 1929: A. A. Young vs. Clinchfield Manufacturing Co.; R. E. Early vs Marion Chevro let Company. COSTS TOO MUCH „ , . ^ T i I TO PRODUCE MILK Raleigh, June 18,—There were 1,-! 387 children cared for in correction-1 June 17. —Usually when al institutions of North Carolina dur-^^^ industry is new, the cost of pro- ing 1928, the annual report just \ ^^ction is high. Such is the condition pleted by Roy Eugene Brown, direc-^^^ industry in North tor of institutions for,the state board (Carolina of charities, says, and at the end of «^Milk is being produced at too the year there were 1,018 children in ^ ^^is state partly be cause of inexperience and undevel oped conditions and largely because prospective dairymen are neglecting to produce feed for the cows and young heifers,” says A. C. Kimrey, dairy specialist at State College. “Usually we give more attention to securing a high price for our milk rather than to producing it for less. We must begin to think of producing* milk cheaply.” To do this, he says, a low cost, suc culent roughage must be provided. The kind of roughage will depend have been o rganized about three weeks and are gaining in strength. East Marion has played only two games and won them. Since these games Arrowood, Little and Good- son, of Davidson, have joined ranks with the local team. Black Mountain has one op the best amateur teams in this section. The teams are about evenly matched and a real scrap is in store. Arro- wood or Styles will do the tossing for the home town boys. On Thursday, Fourth of July, the Oasis Theatre will open at 10:30 in the morning and run all dffy. dana-Boonford-Ledger, 17 miles; Penland, four miles. The board of commissioners has met all requirements of the highway commission, it is said. If it’s hot on the Fourth, or if it’s cool, drop in Oasis Theatre and see “HOT STUFF”, You’ll be enter tained with a gay and amusing sound and talking picture. Farm men and women of North Carolina have a cordial invitation to attend the exercises of the annual Farm and Home Week at State Col lege, July 22 to 27. BRANCH FARM PICNICS ARRANGED FOR SUMMER A series of field days and farm pic nics have been arranged for the six barnch stations of the North Caroli na Experiment Station and farmers who live in the vicinity of a station are invited to attend. “The first of the annual picnics will be held at*the Piedmont Branch Station farm near Stat^ville on July 18,” says Fred E. Miller, assistant director in charge of test farms for the State Department of Agriculture “The others are as follows: Tobacco Station, Oxford, August 1; Black- land Station, Wenona, August 8; Mountain Station, Swannanoa, Au gust 15; Upper Costal Plain Station, route 5, Rocky Mount, September 5; adn Costal Plain Station, Willard, September 12‘: Every farmer is invi- NEBO NEWS Nebo, July 2.—Rev. Goode of the First Methodist Church of Marion delivered a splendid sermon at the Methodist Church here Sunday night .The people of Nebo are justly proud of the new Methodist church which is nearing completion. Rev. H. E. Stimson and family have moved into the new parsonage. The people of some of the other i churches as well as Nebo gave a mis cellaneous shower for the parsonage on last Thursday afternoon. A missionary pageant entitled, “Teaching them to observe all things,” will be presented at the Methodist church next Sunday night, July 7th, at 8 o’clock. This is a splendid program. Everybody is in vited. Mrs. G. W. Wilson and little daughter, Virginia Lee, spent last week with the former’s parents. Dr. and Mrs. Robertson, at Burnsville. Misses Rose Stacy and Charlene Brown are leaving this week for Co lumbus, Ohio, where they will attend summer school. Miss Thelma Cuthbertson of Mar ion is spending this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cuth-! bertson. Miss Helen Plant and brother spent last week with their aunt, Mrs. K. E. Simpson, in Rutherfordton. We are all, very glad to see “Uncle ■instilmtionft >«khough the total planned capacity was only 975. The institutions devoted to the correction of^ Juvenile deyinquency in the state are: Eastern Carolina Training School at Rocky Mount, (for white boys); Jackson Training School at Concord, (for white boys); Samarcand Manor at Samarcand, (for white girls); Morrison Training School at Hoffman, (for negro boys) and the North Carolina Industrial School for girls at Efland, (for neg ro girls). These are all state institu tions except the Efiand school which | the'dai- was established by the federation of j ^ farm but if a sufficient amount of negro women’s clubs and is assisted j jg available, no bet- by an annual state appropriation of roughage can be had than that $2,000. supplied in summer by a good grass During the year the Eastern Caro-1 nutrients lina Training School cared for 89, milk production and supplies vi;- boys; the Jackson school for necessary to the health of the Samarcand for 345 girls; Morrison j Silage for year round succu- Training school for 189 and Efland j ^j^^n pasture, for 22. At the end of the Jrear Jack- needed is an abun- son was the most crowded institu- | ^^ppjy legume hay. This is tion with 516 boys while its capacity | j^ggded if young heifers are to be is only 470. i grown into good cows and if milk i& During the year the population of; provided at low cost. Alfalfa. the state training schools increased 22 per cent, increasing from 832 to 1,018. Three of the girls at Samarcand 1 Manor were found to be feeble-min ded and were sent to Caswell Train ing school. During the year 31 runa ways occurred and 318 children were is the cheapest source of such hay^ Wliere alfalfa hay cannot be grown, other legumes should by all meana be provided, says Mr. Kimrey. Milk can never be produced at low cost in the absence of cheap, suitable feeds and these are impossible unless they are grown at or near the place sent from the various institutions to | ^^xey are to be fed and thus, their parents and. relatives or werej^^^^ expense of merchandising paroled. Twenty-three were readmit-1 transporting. Concentrates must ted to the training schools, having j course be added to the roughages^ been re-committed by juvenile courts I jf ^^e soil is not fertile enough Over 50 per cent of the boys and k ^ g^^^ ^^ey must be purchas- girls in the state training schools are I jg ^uiit up. half orphans or orphans, the report i says, and all children in the correc-' tional institutions are sent there byl ted to bring his family and a well | Frank” Wilson out again after an filled basket to the picnic held at the j illness of several weeks, station near which he lives. We are I Prof. N. L. Wessinger and family planning interesting programs.” j have returned after spending a while Some new work has been started | with relatives in South Carolina, on several of the farms that will be j The little daughter of Mr. and of interest to those who have visited; Mrs. J. G. Carswell, who has been ■them before. A nuAiber of improve-Uuffering with inflammatory rheum mehts have also been made that will atism, be attractive. Mr. Miller expects able to be out yet some 20,000 persons to attend the ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA j It is on the same parallel of lati- Juvenile courts when no better way|tude as the central Mediterranean of coping with their delinquency can | countries and has a climate similar be found. thom, considered the best in the j i world. j OUR NATIVE LAND , highest birth rate of all We Americans do more than glori-jthe 48 states, and that the death fy the natal day of our great free j rate is below the average for the republic. We honor it. Wewegard it j average for the United States, reverently. We give thanks to God-: Has but three-tenths of one per We extol the Pilgrims and the Found- cent foreign-born population accord- ers. We bow before Washington. j jng to the last census. Three hundred and sixty-four j Has a larger variety of trees na- days in the yea^ we admire i tive to it than most other states, the our country for what she has done j trees ranging in variety from pal- and for what she has become; but on, mettoes to firs. ^ one day—the Fourth of July—^we| Has the oldest state university in much improved^ but not what she is and because j America, founded at Chapel Hill in i she is our own.—George Harvey. , 1789. six picnics this summer and is mak-i ing his plans on that basis. j Wilkes County is harvesting a On Fourth of ^July Oasis Theatre ■ If it’s hot on the Fourth, or if it’s bountiful hay crop this season. Over | will show an entertaining picture, j cool, drop in Oasis Theatre and see 1,000 bushels of soybeans have been j ALICE WHITE in “HOT STUFF”., “HOT STUFF”. You’ll be enter- Tije firsi steamship crossed the', planted for late hay and soil im-|It has singing, talking and dancing, tained with a gay and amusing Atlantic m 1819. 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