MARION PROGRESS
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
established 1896
MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1929
VOL. XXXIV—NO. 3
STRIKERS BOUND
OVER TO COURT
Losing Effort to Dismiss Case,
Defense Offers No Evidence
—Bonds $150 to $300.
MISS DAPHNE LEE YOUNG I
bride of ROBERT M’CALL
Charged with an assault upon R.
\V. Baldwin, president of the Marion
Manufacturing Company, 17 strik
ing employes of the mill Wednesday
morning were bound to Superior
court, at the conclusion of a prelim
inary hearing before Judge John H.
Harwood.
The defense offered no evidence
at the court session Wednesday, af
ter having lost in their effort to
have the case dismissed Tuesday af
ternoon, when the case was resumed
after having been continued from
last Friday afternoon.
Bonds for the 17 defendants rang
ed from $150 to $300. John Wikle,
the man who is alleged to have
struck Baldwin on the head with
club when the latter attempted to
lead a group of employes through
the picket lines, was placed under
bond of $300.
A large crowd assembled for the
hearing, which was short, since no
evidence was heard. The case will
come up for trial at the next term
of McDowell Superior court, in Sep
tember.
Approximately 650 of the 700
employes of the mill have been out
on strike for the past several weeks.
The trouble occurred at the mill
last Thursday morning when Mr.
Baldwin is said to have approached
the property with the new men with
the apparent intention of having
them unload some cotton and do oth
er work about the mill. The men on
guard are reported to have agreed
that Mr. Baldwin could enter the
property but declined to let the new
men through the line. In the argu
ment that followed Mr. Baldwin was
struck on the liead with a stick, in
flicting scalp wounds. The men were
arrested Thursday afternoon by
Sheriff Adkins. The arrests were at
tended by no violence.
The hearing in the case of the 17
employes w'ho -were charged with
conspiracy to assault Mr. Baldwin
was continued Friday until Wednes
day, following presentation of the
evidence of the prosecution. A. F.
Hunt, superintendent of the mill,
present at the time, testified that
Mr. Baldwin was struck with a club
by ‘John Wycle, one of the seventeen
indicted, but neither Mr. Baldwin
nor Sheriff O. F. Adkins, also pres
ent, could state who wielded the
club.
The hearing before Judge John H.
Harwood, presiding in McDowell
Superior court here, was featured
by a brief talk by the jurist, in
which he asserted the right of a
property owner to go on his own
property, and to hire and “fire” at
will, and declared efforts to inter
fere with these rights constituted
an assault.
In the course of his remarks'
Judge Harwood declared that the
management and officials of a mill
have a right to go into that mill at
any time the management so desires,
and anyone interfering would be
guilty of a violation of the law; that
no man has a right to prevent an
other from coming in and about his
own premises; that no man has a
right to avenge his own wrongs, un
der the law, except that a man can
fight in self-defense. He added that
the day of using force is past; that
society has other agencies and means
of adjusting differences.
Harwooa State* Law
The judge stated that one guilty
of interfering with or forcing anoth
er to do anything that he otheiivise
would not have done, even though
the means used be only a threaten
ing manner or words spoken threat
eningly would be guilty of an as
sault, Employers, he said, have the
freedom of choice in employing and
discharging employes; an employer
may discharge an employee whenev
er he may desire, without giving
any explanation or reason for such
discharge; and each individual has
the same right as any other—equal
rights in ,the eyes of the law. The
employee has a right to say for
The marriage of Miss Daphne Lee
Young to Mr. Robert Lee McCall
came as a surprise to their many
friends on Monday, July 22, at 11:30
a. m. at the home of the bride’s
aunt, Mrs. J. B. Banks, on Spring
street. The beautiful ceremony was
performed by Rev. J. C. Story before
only a few friends and relatives.
The room was artistically decora
ted with rhododendrons, ferns and
beautiful garden flowers. Mrs. Mc
Call looked very lovely in a pretty
tan and blue ensemble with accesso
ries to match.
Just after the ceremony the bride
and groom left for an extended
honeymoon to Norfolk and Rich
mond, Va., and Washington, D. C.,
after which they will make their
home in Marion.
Mrs. McCall is the charming
daughter of Mrs. D. N. Young of
Bryson City, North Carolina. She is
a beautiful well cultured young lady
with
OPENING OF NEW
MARION THEATRE
Beautiful New and Modem
Show House Opened Mon
day Night — Large Crowd.
PARKS TOUR ROUTE
TO BE DISCUSSED
INTERESTING FACTS ON
STATE SCHOOLS GIVEN
Meeting in Hickory Saturday
to Perfect Organization—
Will Benefit Marion.
The new Marion Theatre opened
its doors to the public on last Mon
day, July 22nd, at 7:30 p. m. In
spite of the inclement weather the
hoUse was filled, and everyone ex
pressed admiration of the size and
beauty and comfort of the interior.
The beautiful velvet draperies, stage
curtains and door hangings, the var
ied colored lighting effects on the
stage, the attractive modernistic
wall and ceiling lightings, the com
fortable seats, and the size make
this theatre one that compares fa
vorably with those of much larger
Charming 'peionaTitP 'thlt The theatre is also fitted with
wins her many friends wherever she
goes. She graduated at Bakersville
High School this spring.
Mr. McCall is a son of Mrs. N. M.
McCall of Marion. He is a splendid
young man of sterling character and
holds a responsible position with the
U. S. Postal Service in Marion. Mr.
McCall graduated at Marion High
School in the spring of 1926, after
which he took a business course in
Richmond, Va.
W.
N. C. GAME REFUGES
GET ANIMALS AND BIRDS
Three hundred and sixty-three an
imals and birds have been distribu
ted among the western North Caroli
na game refuges during the past
years, it was announced recently by
W. K. Beichler district forester, in a
comprehensive report.
Of the animals distributed, 75
were deer. Eleven of these were con
fiscated from persons who had trap
ped and were keeping them illegally
and 60 were trapped in the Burleson
deer park. Thirty were bucks and 45
does. Of the total number, the Mari
on fish hatchery received five, the
Federal game preserve two, the state
game farm two, Stokes county ref
uge three, Wayah Bald refuge 13,
Mt. Mitchell refuge 42. Eight were
killed in capturing and transporting.
Twelve elk, captured on the Uni
ted States game refuge and on Hoop
er Bald, were distributed on the Mt.
Mitchell refuge and Brush Creek
refuge.
Turkeys were distributed as fol
lows: Balsam fish hatchery, 3; Mari
on fish hatchery, 3; Warden G. C.
Reed, Black Mountain, 3; Wayah
Bald, 50; Brush Creek, 40; Mount
Mitchell, 110. Twelve pheasants
from Hot Springs and the state game
farm were distributed on Mt. Mitch
ell, Wayah Bald and to G. L. Hamp
ton, Canton. Forty-eight quail, im
ported from Mexico, were distribu
ted on the Pisgah Forest game ref
uge, Wayah Bald, Brush Creek, and
Mt. Mitchell. One black bear was re
leased on the Mt. Mitchell refuge.
STRIKERS RESTRAINED
FROM PICKETING MILL
the most up-to-date air cooling sys
tem, heating plant, modern dressing
rooms, rest rooms and orchestra
pit, and the picture projection ma
chines and the “sound and talking’
equipment are of the very best on
the market. It has been stated by
the architect, Mr. C. C. Benton, of
Wilson, N, C., and numerous film
men that this is now Western North
Carolina’s finest theatre. The people
of Marion may well be proud of hav
ing such a theatre in their town.
For the opening Monday night the
foyer and mezzanine were attrac
tively arranged with ferns and cut
flowers and comfortable seats. Prior
to the starting of the show the Mar
ion Band played outside the doors
The program was a splendid one,
opening with two Vitaphone acts
and a beautiful little Color Classic
“The "Toy Shop”. Mr. J. W. Win-
boqie, on behalf of the Marion
Amusement Company, in a short
speech presented the new theatre to
the Marion public, and Mr. L. J. P.
Cutlar, on behalf of the Chamber of
Commerce, expressed the pleasure
of the people of Marion in having
such a modern and beautiful show
house. Miss Julia Burton added
much to the enjoyment of the pro
gram by presenting two very attrac
tive dances; the first, “Moonlight and
Roses”, danced by Misses Charlotte
Winborne, Elizabeth Neal, Virginia
Gilkey and Margaret Gilkey, with
Misses Miriam Story and Helen
Klontz singing the song; and the
other, the “Doll Dance”, given by
Misses Virginia Gilkey and Elizabeth
Neal. Lastly followed the feature
picture, “R a m o n a”, accompanied
by the splendid six-piece orchestra
from Asheville which added greatly
to the pleasure of the evening.
Mr. E. J. House, as manager of
the Marion Amusement Company,
has worked hard to make this new
theatre as attractive and comfortable
as possible, and he will give the
people of Marion the best that can
be gotten in pictures and entertain
ment; and we hope th^t the public
will give its hearty support and pa
tronage to the new enterprise to en
able the management to keep up the
policy of “The Best in Pictures and
Entertainment”.
Statesville, July 20.—“We are ex
pecting several hundred citizens
along the route to gather in Hickory
on Saturday, July 27th, at 2 o’clock
in the afternoon, to meet in the Ho
tel Hickory and perfect the Eastern
National Parks Tours Association,”
said President Jerry M. Derr of that
organization today.
I have had letters from all points
along the new Parks to Parks route,”
he continued, “and indications are
that there will be people in Hickory
from Murphy at the gateway of the
Great Smokies National Park, to the
Massannutton Caverns at Harrison
burg in the entrance of the Shenan
doah National Park.
“My home town of Statesville will
be reprtsented in great numbers.
Our Chamber of Commerce is work
ing enthusiastically on this route,
which is the shortest between the
two great parks as well as the best
paved route. We are rapidly accumu
lating the necessary funds with
which to print 100,000 descriptive
booklets of this route.
“When the gpneral public knows
that this route is 20 miles shorter
and 100 per cent better as to pave
ment, there is going to be a great
avalanche of tourists from the north
sweeping through the middle of our
state entering at Madison and pass-j
ing through Winston-Salem, States
ville, Hickory, Morganton, Marion,
Old Fort, Asheville, Waynesville,
Bryson City, and onward to Murphy
and the Great Smokies.
“Of course it is our business to ac
quaint the general public with this
route and this is the object of our
association.
Delegations from several towns
along the route are being worked up
and a large number of cars are ex
pected in Hickory for the day.
The dinner at the Hickory hotel
will be the compliments of the citi
zens of Hickory.
The new route was completed re
cently with the opening of the Vir
ginia state highway between Martins
ville andRoanoke via Rocky Mount,
Raleigh.—Out of the 116,077
first grade white children in the
schools of North Carolina in the
school year 1923-24 only 60,057, or
52 per cent, reached the fifth grade,
according to records in the office of
Dr. A. T. Allen, State Superinten
dent of Public Instruction, and pub
lished in the current issue of thede-
partment’s publication, State School
Facts.
Twenty-one per cent of the white
school children and 37 per cent of
the colored school children of the
SCHOOL COSTS
SHOW DECREASE
State Spent One Million Dol
lars Less in 1927-28 Than
During the Preceding Year.
«tate are in the first grade, according
to figures just compiled and included
in the publication.
School children are widely distrib
uted by ages for each respective
grade, the publication shows. For ex
ample, of 122,593 white children in
the first grade, only 55,408, or 45
per cent, are six years old. The re
maining 55 per cent are distributed
in diminishing numbers in the higher
age ranges, up to
children who are 17 years old.
Wide Distribution
The wide distribution of children
by ages within a grade is common to
all grades, even through the high
school, the compilation shows.
“It would seem,” the publication
continues, “that either some children
do not get started to school when
they become six years old, or that
Raleigh, July 22.—North Carolin
ians spent $1,000,000 less for their
public schools in 1927-28 than they
did in 1926-27, so declares State
School Facts, the official publication
of theS tate Department of Public
Instruction in its current issue.
“A comparison of the two years,"
the publication continues, “shows
that in 1926-27 the total sum of
$36,701,501.36 was spent for these
schools, wherdBs during the school
year 1927-28 the sum of $35,655,-
440.70 was expended for all public
school school purposes below college
two firlt grade |
The explanation of the de
crease,” the publication states, “is
the fact that more than two million
dollars less were spent for capital
outlay purposes — new buildings,
sites, and equipment. In 1926-27
more than eleven million dollars
were paid out for this class of ex
penditures, whereas in 1927-28
slightly more than nine million dol-
for some reason or other they are lars were put into new buildings and
continually falling behind by not be- school equipment.
ing promoted for certain yea'rs to tne
next higher grade. From the facts
pertaining to the progress of children
through the grades, this latter reason
appears to be more likely true.”
“The year 1927-28 marks the
lowest point that capital outlay ex
penditures have reached since 1921-
22, when the cost of new buildings
erected and equipped slightly ex-
A table shows that the normal; ceeded six million dollars.”
age white children have increased! On the other hand, as the publica-
from 49.1 per cent in 1923-24 tojtlon points out, the amount of mon-
53.9 per cent in 1927-28, while thejgy spent for the current operation
under age children for the respec-1 and maintenance of schools increas-
tive grades have increased from 3.5 i ed one million dollars over the pre-
to 4 per cent in the same period.' ceding year. It cost $26,580,686.40
The over age children in grades to operate the elementary and secon-
have decreased from 47.4 per centidary schools during 1927-28, where
in 1923-24 to 42.1 per cent in 1927-j as in 1926-27 twenty-five and a half
28. In case of colored pupils, the|miHion dollars did the job.
normal age children showed a lesser! Although the tendency is for cur-
increase, to 30.6 in 1927-28, while i expenses to increase year by
1.2 per cent were under age and | year, the rate for 1927-28 is the
66.2 were over age for their grades. ^ lowest for eight years, the million
I dollars representing a 4 per cent in-
DYSARTSVILLE NEWS. | crease. In 1920-21 the increase was
Dysartsville, July 22.—Miss Poe
Kirksey is quite ill.
“U^ncle” Dave Laughridge Ss m; ggnj.. 1923-24, 10.6 per cent; in
very feeble health. ' 1924-25, 10.2 per cent; in 1925-26,
Lige Fortune is at home from; §.5 per cent; and in 1926-27, 12 per
I 40.6 per cent; in 1921-22 it was 1.3
1 per cent; in 1922-23 it was 11.1 per
thereby giving complete pavement, South Carolina where he has been; ggnt. The four per cent increase last
from Harrisonburg to Murphy. j engaged in the saw mill business.
He is in very feeble health.
W. M. Conley, J. S. Cooper and
Ben Landis are attending court as
jurors in Marion this week .
J. M. Goforth has been right sick,
but is improving.
J. P. Hennessee of Ashford^ was a
visitor here Sunday.
The Baptist Sunday School enjoy-
I ed a picnic at Lake James last Sat-1 MjUg corporation, of Leaksville, kill-
10 , from Statesvi e on-. urday. 1 ed while at work last Friday, filed
A temporary injunction, naming
160 strikers of the Marion Manufac
turing company, and Alfred Hoff
man, Southern organizer for the
United Textile Workers, as respon
dents, was signed here yesterday by
Judge John H. Harwood, in McDow-
||11 Superior Court.
The order restrains the strikers
and Hoffman from picketing or con
gregating about the property of the
Marion Manufacturing company,
and includes a clause against agita
tion of the strikers for picketing.
Sheriff Adkins’ office last night
advised that service on the individ
uals named would begin early this
morning. The list of names was be
ing prepared and assigned to depu
ties for service.
whom he will work
the employment
he added.
COMMISSIONERS MEET
The McDowell County board of
commissioners met in special session
Monday and spent the day in going
over the school and general county
budget.
At the Marion Theatre, Thursday
and Friday, an All-Talking feature
“THE DONOVAN AFFAIR”. An
intensely interesting mystery-tteill-
and may leave ] er in which all the characters talk all
BIG CHEESE FACTORY
FOR WEST JEFFERSON
of any employer.
through.
The United States takes more
than half the coffee grown in Brazil. |
Canada sent $489,000,000 lorth
of products to the United States in
1928.
Raleigh, July 17. — The Kraft-
Phoenix Cheese corporation will
within60 days begin the erection of
a cheese factory and milk condense-
ry to cost approximately $100,000
at West Jefferson, in Ashe county,
it was announced today by R. F.
Farnham, dairy extension specialist
of State College. Whep finally com
pleted the plant will be the largest
unit of its kind in the south, it is an
nounced.
Options have been received on two
plots of ground at West Jefferson
and $10,000 worth of machinery has
already arrived for installation as
soon as the first unit is completed.
Present plans are to build two units,
one to handle the manufacture of
cheese and powdered whey and the
other to be completed later, to han
dle sweet cream and powdered skim
milk.
The final link in the North Caro
lina end of the highway, that" be
tween Statesville and Mocksville, has
been opened to traffic a month. It is
18-foot concrete with banked turns,
making the distance from Statesville
52 miles and taking one hour to ne
gotiate. There are no bad curves and
few small communities through which
to pass.
Number
year, it is seen, is less than half the
percentage of any of the seven pre
ceding years.
LEAKSVILLE FAMILY
GETS COMPENSATION
Raleigh, July ^7.— Mrs. Arthur
King, wife of Arthur King, 39-year-
! old weaver for the Marshall Field
ward to Murphy has been in service, stonewall Kirksey and family of : ^oday before the industrial
for some time and traffic is flowmg Bostic were here Sunday visiting j commission for $6,000 compensa-
heavily over this route. This route I the former’s sister. Miss Poe Kirk- | tion for herself and three children.
aged two, five and eight. The money"
lowers the time from Harrisonburg gey, who is sick.
t;o Murphy four or five hours and | Farmers are most through with | ^e paid her at the rate of about
shortens the distance 20 or more j their summer work. Most all the j week until the full amount
miles. The difference in the time is|wheat is threshed, but it is not asj^f $6,000 is paid. In addition the
due to the difference in the roads, j good as it was last year. j burial expenses of Mr. King will be
■ j paid by the concern for which he
CATAWBA VALLEY NEWS | worked.
Old Fort, Rt. 1, July 22.—W. H. I Mr. King fell into a loom and
Porter and Clarence Bradley spent struck his head on a segment gear,
Saturday in Swannanoa. ] crushing it with the result that het
POULTRY SHIPMENT
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31
The Farmers Federation announc
es that poultry shipments will be
made from Marion and Old Fort on
Wednesday, July 31. The time of
loading at Marion will be from 8 to
12 a. m. and at Old Fort from 2 until
4:30 p. m.
many of the links in the other route
being what is termed Macadam,
roads of a third class nature.
Citizens along the new route are
enthusiastic over the new highway
and a mammoth gathering of good
roads enthusiasts are expected there
on July 27th for the meeting.
295 ARE KILLED BY CARS
IN STATE DURING 6 MONTHS
Raleigh, July 17.—Motorists kill
ed 295 persons in North Carolina
during the first six months of the
year, according to the report issued
today by the motor vehicle bureau
of the state department of revenue.
There were 2,159 additional who
were injured, the report showed,
with 97 of those killed being pedes
trians and 301 pedestrians injured.
The report for the month of June
showed 49 persons killed in automo
bile accidents and 429 injured, in
cluding 10 pedestrians. One death
of
Mrs. Susan Grant
spent Sunday here.
Mr. and Mrs. James Luther and
family of Swannanoa spent yester
day here with the latter’s parents.
Mrs. J. A. Silver is on the sick list
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McCall of
Greenlee spent Sunday with rela
tives here.
Mrs. Hester Bradley and children i ted.
of Harriman, Tenn., is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Adam Wheelon.
The revival services closed at Eb-
enezer after two weeks with several
additions to the church.
Friday, August 2, has been set as
the day for cleaning off Ebenezer
cemetery. All wha have relatives
are invited to take a part in helping
to beautify the grounds for decora
tion day on August 11th.
Miss Susan Allison of Asheville
Greenlee j died within 30 minutes after the ac-»
cident.
Up till noon Wednesday, 210 re*
ports of accidents had been filed
during the day with the commission.
Of these at least 26 are compensable
—%ha,t is, 26 of the 210 will receive
compensation for their injuries. The
others were temporarily incapacita-
occurred at a rai roa crossing, miss ousan Aiiison 01 Asneviue
a^straig t roa ,^nme on a gpgjjt the week-end with her sister,
■ Mrs. V. Setzer.
SPECIAL TERM OF COURT
FOR RUTHERFORD COUNTY
and five at intersections.
Rutherfordton, July 23.—A spec
ial term of the Rutherford Superior
Court for one week only and for the
trial of civil cases, has been ordered
by the Governor, O. Max Gardner,
to be convened at the court house in
Rutherfordton on Monday, July 29,
with the probability of Judge Mich
ael Schenck, of Hendersonville, pre
siding. This court is to dispose of
Fred Parker has gone to Virginia : the congested condition of cases on
and Tuesday at i
“THE YOUNGER enter a hospital for an operation. | docket for trial.
with sound and i ;; ; I
Wheat after limestone and red
Next Monday
Marion Theatre,
GENERATION”,
dialog A pleasing and heart-appeal-, Wheat after limestone and red | The OASIS Theatre will run
ing story of family life. i dover produced 33 bushels an acre! next Wednesday. See TOM MIX in
- (and without such treatment produc- his very latest pieture “THE BIG
Speaking of tonics, there never ed 14.91 bushels an acre for H. Roy | DIAMOND ROBBERY”, with »
can be any going back on sunshine.; Rogers of Person county. ^ igood two-reel comedy.