MARION PROGRESS
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
estabushed
1896
MARION. N. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1929
VOL. XXXIV—NO. 24
DUKE COMPANY BUYS
TWO MORE PLANTS
^^•“cKases Liake Tahoma And
Old Fort Plants. And Plans
Extensive Improvements.
J. Q. GUkey, prominent Marion
financier, announced Saturday that
h« had completed a deal in which the
Cuke Power Company had obtained
the Lake Tahoma power plant, which
is located near here, and the Old
Fort power plant at Old Fort, N. C.
The Lake Tahoma was bought
from the Lake Tahoma corporation
of Marion, and the Old Fort plant
was bought from the Jupollo Service
Company, of Cleveland, Ohio.
It is understood that Ihe Duke
Power Company will make many im
provements at the Old Fort plant
and will furnish power for the Amer
ican Leather Company’s tannery and
extract plants there, besides furnish
ing power and lights for the town of
Old Fort and its other industries.
The power obtained from the Lake
Tahoma plant was formerly sold to
the National Utilities Company here,
which furnishes electrical operating
power for Marion industries.
The former owners of the Lake
Tahoma plant were the D. E. lludg-
ins Estate, A. M, Kistler of Morgan-
ton, George Chapman, and J. Q. Gil-
key of Marion, who originally devel
oped Lake Tahoma as a resort and
the power incident to the impound
ing of a large lake, known as Lake
Tahoma.
This entire property was purch
ased in July of this year by the
Lake Tahoma Company, headed by
Roy M. Mead of Cleveland, Ohio
and Asheville. Associated vHth him ^
are Alfred S. Barnard, an Asheville I
attorney, J. Q. Gilkey of Marion, I
and Col. D. W. Adams of Old Fort. BAPTIST CHOIR TO GIVE
Mr. J. Q. Gilkey of Marion will: CANTATA SUNDAY NIGHT
have charge of the supervising of!
MRS. H. A. GIBBS DIES
-AFTER BRtEF ILLNESS
Mrs. H. A. Gibbs, 57, of Garden
City, who' before her marriage was
Miss Lettita Brown, daughter of
the late R. W. Brown of Garden
City, died at the Rutherford Hospi
tal Thursday, December 12th, fol
lowing an operation on Monday.
Mrs. Gibbs was ill only a few days
prior to the operation.
By the gorgeous and lavish floral
tribute of friends and relatives, one
can readily understand the follow
ing phrases, “She neVer saw any
thing wrong in anyone”; “To know
her was to love her”. Mrs. Gibbs was
noted for her lovely disposition and
her wholehearted co-operation in
aiding distressed and bereaved fami
lies. She had the true heart of a bom
mother. She was a devoted member
of the Methodist Church since she
became a member at the age of
eleven.
Mrs. Gibbs lived in Garden City
for thirty-six years and reared ten
children who have gone out into the
world of rumble and bustel and
made good, which clearly demon
strates the coiTect qualities of
motherhood.
Mrs. Gibbs, who had a large con
nection of very prominent people, is
survived by her husband, six sons
and four daughters. The sons are
Avery, Bruce and Jack Gibbs, of
Marion; Ernest Gibbs,u)f Richmond,
Va.; and Charles Gibbs, of Waynes-
\ille. The daughters are Mrs. S. W.
Westmoreland, of Shelby; Mrs.
Stewart Turlington, of Dunn; Mrs.
Mason Ledbetter, of Sanford; and
Miss Nell Gibbs, of Jonesboro, N. C.
The funeral services were conduc
ted last Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. B. B. Price, aunt of
the deceased, on South Main street
by Rev. W. O. Goode, assisted by
Rev. J. C. Story, Rev. P. D. Mangum
and Rev. J. S. Lockaby, and inter
ment made at Oak Grove cemetery.
a commodious club house and golf
course and other recreational feat
ures, with a view of having a club
membership drawn from the Eastern
and Southern states that will justi
fy the necessary expenditures.
The power plant and the electric
f ystem at Old Fort was originally
constructed by the White Coal Pow
er Company, headed by Col. D. W.
Adams, and was sold to the Jupollo
Public Service Company in
ber, 1928.
A Christmas Cantata, “Prince of
Peace,” by Truman Wolcott, will be
presented by the choir at the First
Baptist Church next Sunday evening
at 8 o’clock. The program folows:
Prayer and Scripture by Rev. P.
D. Mangum. Prelude.
Recitative, tenor, “Comfort Ye
"My People”, Nelson Parker.
Recitative, baritone, “The People
That Walked in Darkness”, Mr. Bell.
Chorus, with contralto and tenor
Octo- solos, “Arise, Shine, for Thy Light
Is Come”, Mrs. R. B. Phillips and
I Leroy Silver.
—— 1 Recitative, baritone, “Behold a
DEBATING AND ORATORY | King”, Mr. A. 0. Leonard.
TEAMS ARE ORGANIZED! Quartet, “He Shall Feed His
! Flock”, Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Mitch-
D. Little and Mr. A. O.
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
X^HAT twowordsmhumantongueare
~ ^ moreheart'WarmingthanthoselThey
not only represent a friendly greeting, but in
them are summed up the whole spirit oFthe
Yuletide—brightness and laughter, joy of
living and joy c^giving,health and happiness,
peace on earth and good will to all raen.
It is a greeting which we will hear often in
this community of ours during these happy
days of the Christmas season. We will hear
it on our streets, in our stores, along our
country roads and in our homes. For ours is
a friendly community and nowhere is that
friendly greeting more sincere. It is not pos^
sible, however, for each of us to say "Merry
Cliristmasl” to everyone and thus complete
the happy circlc Yuletide good cheer.
But there is one who has that rare privilege,
one who has been a welcome visitor at the
firesides of the homes in this community
throughouttheyearandwhonowclaimsthe
right to be the first to wish you joy at this
joyous time. That one is your Home Paper.
So your Home Paper carries from you to
all the community and from all the com^
munity to you, this friendly greeting:
MERRY CHRIiSTMA5l
-THE PUBLISHERS
INDUSTRIAL BANK
DIREaORS MEET
Wm. Treverton of Marion Is
Elected Cashier—New Bank
Will Open First of January.
The Marion High School has or- j
ganized a debating team and a team
in oratory, with M. W. Gordon and
Hugh Beam in charge. The English
department will also help in the
coaching of these teams.
For the past several years little
interest has been shown in public
Recitative, contralto, and aria,
tenor, “The Angel Gabriel”, Mrs.
Phillips and Mr. Walker.
Aria, soprano, “My Soul Doth
Magnify the Lord”, Mrs. T. A.
Wilson.
Chorus, with bass recitative, and
soprano solo, “How Beautiful Upon
speaking, despite the fact that there Ben*^:^ce. ’ ^ Little,
IS no other activity that^so well fits [
one for life. The high school plans |
to make these teams one of her fore-}
PART II
O’er The Plains of Bethlehem
Soprano solo and chorus, “Hark,
^ ^ 4. r>nrTPTit f What Mean Those Holy Voices?”
most features during the current , ^ ^ Henderson and choir.
year. I Recitative, contralto, and tenor
The following students reported j solo, “And There Were in the Same
to the initial call
Katherine Spratt,
Betty Wilson, Mamie Spencer, Mary
Goldsmith, Katherine Giles, Eleanor
Young, Lon Coone, Frank Moore,
Ralph Steppe and Harold Klontz.
A number of trips are being plan
ned for these students, which will
be given them without cost. One of
the first events will be the oratorical
contest sponsored by the American
Legion. This contest will be held
some time in January. After this
contest is over an orator will be sent
to Lenoir-Rhyne and Mars Hill Col
leges where high school contests will
be held.
In the field of debating an inter
esting work is to be done. Marion
will enter the state-wide debating
contest, headed by E. R. Rankin,
secretary of the North Carohna
High School Debating Union. If suc
cessful, the students will be sent to
Chapel Hill to take part in the con
test there. Besides these actmties
several dual debates will probably
be arranged.
The question which will be discus
sed this year by the High School De
bating Union will be:
That North Carolina should adop
the proposed constitutional
ment, authorizing the classification
of property for taxation.
Missouri produced
els of sweet potatoes this year.
for members: i Country”, Mrs. A. C. Leonard and
Baritone solo with chorus, “And
Suddenly There Was With the An
gels”, Mr. J. D. Little and choir.
Soprano and baritone solos, “Calm'
on the Listening Ear of Night”, Mrs.
Henderson and Mr. Ray Queen.
Recitative, contralto, “And It
Came to Pass”, Mrs. A. C. Leonard.
Men’s chorus, “Let Us Now Go
Even Unto Bethlehem”.
Recitative, contralto, “And They
Came”, Mrs. A. C. Leonard.
Chorus; “The Holy Night”, Miss
Helen Ramsey, Miss Dorothy Saun
ders and choir. , x,.
Recitative, contralto, “And the
Shepherds”, Mrs. Phillips.
Chorus, “O Praise the Lord, All
Ye Nations”, Choir.
Benediction. ^
Mrs. T. A. Wilson is director,
with Mrs. P. D. Mangum as organist,
and Miss Betty Wilson, violinist.
WEATHER DATA
Warm sunshine with a misty
touch at dawn, has been the feature
of much talk during the past week.
The average maximum and mini
mum temperature and pfecipitation
for the week December 8th to 15th
At a recent meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Marion Industrial
Bank, composed of J. L. Morgan,
John Yancey, W. R. Chambers, W.
J. Atwell, A. L. Finley, Carter Hud
gins, J. E. Neal, T. H. Henderson,
and G. W. Chapman, the organiza
tion of the bank was completed by
the election of Mr. William Trever
ton, Cashier.
Mr. Treverton has been a resident
of McDowell county for twenty-five
years. He was employed by the Un
ion Tanning Company when a young
man and stationed at Old Fort and
was in charge of the records and fi
nances of the Old Fort Tannery for
more than twenty years. About a
year ago he resigned and moved to
Marion to gnter business here. Mr.
Treverton is now in the prime of
life and his former business associa
tes at Old Fort say that he has had
such training and business experi
ence as should qualify him to make
the Marion Industrial Bank one of I
BAPTISTS PLAN
MEETING AT NEBO
Program Announced for Mid-
Winter Meeting of the Blue
Ridge Association Dec. 29th
The mid-winter meeting of the
Blue Ridge Baptist Association,
which was recently organized in Mc
Dowell County, will be held with the
Baptist Church at Nebo on Sunday,
December 29th. There will be two
sessions, the morning session begin
ning at 10:30 o’clock. An interesting
and instructive program has been
planned for the day. The principal
speakers will be Dr. Perry Morgan,
of the State Sunday School Depart
ment; Dr. M. L. Kesler, of the
Thomasville Orphanage; and Dr. W.
R. Bradshaw, pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Morganton. The
INTERESTING CONTEST
ENDS AT CLINCHFIELD
TEACHERS MEET
AT EAST MARION
Mr. A. B. Combs and Supt.
Nolan Speakers at Interest*
ing Meeting Last Saturday.
On last Saturday morning the
kitchens of twelve Clinchfield women
were judged as a result of a kitchen
contest that was put on by the Home
Economics Department of the Clinch
fieM School.
The winners of prizes are as fol
lows: Mrs. Myrtle Arrowood, first
prize, an electric toaster; second _______
prize, Mrs. R. B. Baker, aluminum , . ^
roaster; third prize, six dinner plates School was the scene
Mrs. J. C. Norman; fourth prize, * ''"J' mterestmg meeting of all
Mrs. J. N. Sexton, an earthen mixing ‘he tea»hers of McDowell county
last Saturday morning, December
These women have made many im- Mamie Sta-
provements in their kitchens. The f
walls were painted by the Clinchfield « ’»>'■' welcome m behalf of the
Manufacturing Co. Convenient school. ■ . j
wood boxes were made and varnish- \ Nolan, supenn en en
ed at home, stools the correct height, McDowell county schools, ex
covered garbage cans, built in shelv- pl®l”®d that Dr. Hig smi wou
es and other labor saving devices *>e able to attend the meeting
have been put into these kitchens, “d Mr. A. B. Combs assistant m-
The necessary equipment that every schools of North Carolina
good housewife needs can be found .
placed conveniently in these kitchens introduction of Mr.
Cleanliness and order is the keynote Combs by Mr. Nolan, Mr. Nolan
of each kitchen. With paint and var- P^^^^ed out several interesting items
nish every rusty table, shelf and relative to teacher accomp ishments
cupboard has been made bright and McDowell county. He to o e
spotless inside and out. The color advanced steps in education that
schemes are tasty, too. the teachers in McDowell county
Each kitchen is planned with some making, and remarked that
definite color scale in mind. Har- McDowell county ranked ^thin two
mony and design prevail, giving a three counties from the top m
pleasing and colorful effect. ^his field of general improvement.
The women have worked hard. He said that inspiration and enthu-
Thye have put forth every effort to ^iasm were required to create effec-
make the contest a success. A won- and that economy was
derful spirit of co-operation and un- evidence, and too, that 85 per
selfishness has been shown by both of the school children of Mc-
the instructor and the members of ^o eight
the club months school training.
All of'the appreciation that is pos- ^r. A. B. Combs, speaking for
sible to give is offered by Miss Hilda Highsmith, gave the group of
Laldwin, the instructor, in return teachers a most interesting talk on
for this wonderful spirit of the wom- their vocation. He stated that on
en of the Clinchfield Mothers Club, ^^^t Friday he had visited a number
It is to be hoped that' others in McDowell county, anA-
the community will realize the need that he admired the teachers of this
of bringing their homes up to the their original and inten-
present day standards and join us in «ive training that was adequately
the Spring contest which will begin ^e^^^^^trated in their class rooms,
in January Another most interesting incident.
The judging was done on the basis remarked, was the idea of the
of improvement, credit being given teachers supervising playground ac
tc those who worked and made a tivities, and the discipline, team
special effort to better conditions in j and good sportsmanship that
their kitchens jwere in evidence. He said that direc-
A tea was’given Saturday after-1 ted learning is the soul and sub-
I oon in the home of Mrs. J. B. ^ stance of teaching. He gave an in-
Laughlin as the closing social event I teresting outline on observing re
ef the contest. Mattie Margaret | ^^^ts from teaching. He stressed the
Laughlin, Leona Baker and Aeline of teachers adherii^g to the
Norman served tea, cocoanut cake, text book too closely, and said that
nuts and mints. The following were [to secure the maximum interest the
present: Mesdames T. H. Henderson, 1 teacher should consider the pupil’s
Thomas Wilson, J. B. Laughlin, Myr-'^^o^^edge that he has outside of
tie Arrowood, R. B. Baker, J. M. the text book. The true success of
Sexton, L. M. Early, T. V. Ellis, Ar-
the teacher in accomplishing the
greatest good, said Mr. Combs, is
to have a sympathetic understand-
program follows: i t:, m i t.,-
on ™ ' ^in Ferguson, Clara Taylor; Misses
n w 11 York, Annie Benson Priest, ^ symparnetic unaersi^na
Ora Hull, of South Mountain Insti- Greenlee, and Hilda Baldwin. P^^P^^’ that when you be
Messrs. T. H. Henderson, A. V. unsympathetic you are doom-
lan, Arvin Ferguson, Charies Eariy,! chosen voca-
i.nd J. B. Laughlin. Ition; but sympathetic understanding
Supt. A. V. Nolan presented progressive accomplishment,
prizes and other gifts given by the
merchants of Marion.
tute,
10:45 a. m. Round Table Discus
sion. Topic: “The Application of
Christianity to Every Day Life.”
11:25 a. m. Special Music by the
Garden Creek Church,
11:30 a. m. Address by Dr. Perry
the leading financial institutions of Morgan, State Sunday School De
its kind in the State.
The new bank will open about
January first and will have its quar
ters on Main street where the Wes
tern Union Telegraph Company had
their quarters until they recently
moved into the new Burton building
The new bank is designed primar
ily to meet the need of the person
of small means and for the repay
ment of small loans upon the weekly
or monthly basis.
GLENWOOD DEFEATS
GLEN ALPINE TEAMS
Tuesday night, December 10 th,
the boys and girls basketball teams
of Glenwood High School won two
partment.
12:15 p. m.—1:30^ Dinner.
1:30 p. m. Praise Service by Rev.
Odus McGinnis, pastor of the Nebo
and Oak Ridge churches.
■ 1:45 p. m. Special music by Cross
Mill Church.
1:50 p. m. Address by Dr. M. L.
Kesler, of Thomasville Orphanage.
2:20 p. m. Special Music by Mari
on First Church.
2:25 p. m. Address by Dr. W. R.
Bradshaw, Pastor Morganton First
Church.
I RITES SUNDAY FOR S. M.
CROOKS OF CLINCHFIELD
PENSION CHECKS FOR !
VETERANS ARE READY:
The State of North Carolina is
playing Santa Claus this week to
nineteen Civil War veterans and
forty-one widows of veterans in Mc
Dowell county, and in doing this will
leave $6,417.50 in the county.
The semi-annual pension checks
for veterans and their widows ar-
Funeral services for S. M. Crooks,
66-year-old Spanish-American War
veteran, who died last Thursday,
was conducted Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 at the Clinchfield Methodist
church by his pastor, the Rev. J. H.
Strickland, assisted by Rev. A. A.
Walker and Rev. P. D. Mangum.
Mr. Crooks was a prominent mer
chant of the Clinchfield Mill section,
rived at the clergk of court’s office j He was married three times. His
last Saturday afternoon, and, as is j last wife, Mrs. Minnie Curtis Crooks
the custom, are ready for distribu-1 survives. He also has two sons, Robsr
tion now, sc that the “boys in gray”; and John Crooks, of McDowell
Every one attending is asked to | and the widows of those who have j county, and two daughters, Mrs.
bring a dinner basket well filled.
The sessions will be presided over
by Mr. W. T. Morgan of Marion,
victories from Glen Alpine, 69 to 6 moderator of the association. Rev.
Max. MiA.
66.2 28.4
One year ago:
55.1
26.5
Prec.
.00
.83
The Merchants and Farmers Bank
and the First National Bank will be
closed two days, December 25th and
26th, for the Christmas holidays.
and 26 to 18, respectively.
This was the girls’ first game of
this season, and the game unus
ually fast, with only a fev/ fouls
made on either side.
Each girl on the team deserves
praise. The outcome was never cer
tain, for first one team would score
and then the other.. But Glenwood.
by superior team work in the last
half, outplayed them. The final score
was 26-18 in Glenwood’s favor.
The boys game was an easy vic
tory; but very spectacular in watch
ing Dan Haney looping the ball in
the basket from all angles of the
court. The score stood 69 to 6 for
Glenwood at the end of the game.
Fine sportsmanship was displayed at
all times between the two teams.
A. A. Walker, pastor of the Clinch
field Baptist Church, is clerk of the
Association.
The Blue Ridge Association is
composed of twenty-one Baptist
churches in McDowell county, hav
ing an approximate membership of
three thousand.
RESIDENCE BURNED
NEAR CLINCHFIELD
East Marion was the scene of a
disastrous fire last Thursday after
noon, when the home of W. O. Bry
passed on, may have something with
which to enjoy the holiday season.
Last year at this time twenty-
eight veterans and forty-seven wid
ows received $7,660.
This year nineteen who wore the
gray will receive $182.50 each, to
taling $3,467.50. Nine widows rank
in class ‘A’ and will receive $150
each, totaling $1,350. Thirty-two
widows who are in ‘B’ class will re
ceive $50 each, totaling $1,600.
Laura Dellinger of Worthville, N.
C., and Mrs. Annie Clark of Nebo.
The McDowell Post of the Amer
ican Legion had charge of the bur
ial. The interment was made in the
Oak Grove cemetery.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT
EUGENE CROSS SCHOOL.
MARION DEPUTY RETURNS
WITH NEGRO PRISONER
Chief Deputy Ben E. Henley,
who left last Saturday for Washing-
Mrs. Garland Wiliams, principal
of the Eugene Cross School, an
nounces that there will be a free
Christmas program given in the
school auditorium Friday evening,
December 20th, at 7:30 o’clock.
DEATH OF CHILD
Jennings Buel, thirteen months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
son, situated on Baldwin avenue, j ton. Pa., to bring Henry Sisk, negro,
was totally destroyed. i back to Marion on a charge of mur- _ __ _
It is supposed that the fire was | dering Charlie Anderson, negro, in | Hodge, died at their home on Eliza
caused by a defesctive flue. Part of ^ i.-- - . _ .
the household goods were saved. The
loss was estimated at $5,000, which
was partially covered by insurance.
One hundred thousand enumera ^
tors will be required to take the U. jtwo story frame structure
S. census of 1930. with shingles.
The building was an eight-room; crap game here. Sisk was arrested
1924, returned to Marion with hisjbeth Drive on Wednesday Dec. 11th,
prisoner last Monday. | ^nd was buried at Piedmont Baptist
Sisk is aleged to have killed An-1 church cemetery
derson when an argument arose in*a County Thursday.
in Rutherford
covered!by W. B. Dinsmore, Chief of Detec-j G. W. Pyatt, of Nebo, was a visi-
Itives, Washington, Pa. jtor here Saturday.