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MARION PROGRESS, MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, DEC. 19, 1929 WE WISH YOU A Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year Marion Dry Cleaning Works Expert Cleaning and Dyeing PHONE 236 MARION, N. C. RECORD NUMBER NOW IN STATE INSTITUTIONS Do Your Christmas Shopping Here Come here and load your arms full of Christmas delicaces. You will have food for the Holidays that the entire family will enjoy to the utmost. Fruits, Nuts, Candy, Fruit Cakes, Vegetables, Etc. mm Spencer Grocery Co. Phone 255 There are more prisoners and in mates in the state’s penal and cor rective institutions now tban ever before in the history of the state, according to figures obtained Satur day from the state prison, and the budget bureau, showing a total of 3,055 in the state prison and in the .corrective institutions, exclusive of the number in city and county jails. In 1915 there were but 716 in the state prison with not more than 1,- 000 in all institutions. The State Prison Kads with the largest number, having 2,257 pris oners as of December 1,, and with this number increasing daily. These prisoners are scattered over the state on two big prison farms and in 14 prison camps. The prison for the last several months has had from 500 to 600 able bodied prisoners for whom it has been unable to pro vide employment, according to Su perintendent George Ross Pou. The other state correctional insti tutions are also crowded. The state correctional school for boys, the Stonewall Jackson Training School, near Concord, now has 498 boys committed to it, all under 14 years of age, while the correctional school for girls has 300 inmates. The Mor rison training school for neg^o boys has some 250 more. The rate* at which crime seems to be increasing and especially the rap idly increasing number of juveniles being sent to the state correctional institutions is proving of real con cern to state officials, since this in crease makes the cost of maintain ing these institutions increase pro portionately. RECOGNITION TO BE GIVEN EARLY USERS OF NITRATE The Ideal Christmas Gift A WESTINGHOUSE FULL AUTO MATIC RANGE WITH FLAVOR ZONE OVEN. Allowance for your old I’ange — Terms. NATIONAL imUTIES CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA An attempt is being made to find some of the farmers who pioneered in using nitrate of soda as a fertil izer in North Carolina. As a fea ture of the centennial celebartion of Chilean nitrate of soda, suitable recognition is to be conferred on the farmer now Hiving in this state who first used “Soda” and also on the farmer who has used it for the 1 longest period of time. I It is thought that McDowell coun- jty will have several representatives j among the early users of nitrate. I Any farmer who has used nitrate of I soda for 25 years or more should j report his experience, for he may, I unknowingly, be the first or the old- ! est user in the state. Names may be j sent to County Agent W. L. Smarr, ; who will forward them to the com- ■ mittee which will make the awards I The use of mineral fertilizers in the United States, according to County Agent W. L. Smarr, runs back to the last half of the past century. When the first farmers used mineral fertilizers there was much doubt about the value of the practice. It was a “newfangled” idea, about which very little was known. But as a result of modest farm tests and experimental re search, it has now become an eco nomic necessity in the agriculture of the county. The first shipment of nitrate of soda was brought to the United States in 1830. Since then it has been used by four generatior of American farmers. Today, with the exception of lime and marl, it has probably been utilized the longest of the inorganic substances now used for agn'icultural purposes. Tires--A Real Gift New Low Prices on 30x3 $ 4.77 30x31/2 R. 5.05 30x31/2 O. 5.19 29x4.40 5.90 29x4.50 6.68 29x4.75 8.19 29x5.00 8.50 30x5.00 8.75 28x5.25 9.57 30x5.25 9.98 Ballew Motor Co. Phone 22S Marion, N. C. MRS. N. R. RENFRO DIES AT HER HOME AT SEVIER Mrs. N. R. Renfro, aged 70, died Mx)nday, December 9th, at her home at Sevier. Mrs. Renfro was buried at the Green Mountain cemetery Dec ember 10th with Rev. J. C. Story officiating. Mrs. Renfro is survived by her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Brownlow Flynn, of Sevier; Mrs. F. Hollifield, of Mitchell county; Mrs. H. H. Houston, of Watauga, Tenn.; three sons, Sam. M. and James G. Renfro, of Sevier, and D. K. Ren fro of Tennessee. MRS. J. H. KNUPP DEAD Mrs. Jas. H. Knupp, aged 23, died at her home in Stroudtown last Mon day after an illness of long dura tion. Interment was made at Chen*y Springs cemetery Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. County Agent E. D. Bowditch of Clay county reports 3,000 bushels of sweet potatoes stored in co-opera tive curing barns. Mr. Bowditch has just gone into this county and gives credit for the work to the former agent. A co-operative shipment of 200 turkeys was made to the Baltimore market from Avery county last week. WANTED Boarders or roomers. Nice rooms, good meals, and gar age included. Close in. Reasonable rates. Gall to see Mrs. F. C. Stacy, 145 Park avenue. | CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness shown to us during the illness and death of our beloved baby; also many thanks for the beautiful flowers. • Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Hodge. Colds Best treated without dosing‘--Ju8t rub on OVEff 1? MILLION JARS USED YEARLY IN CASE OF TROUBLE PHONE 363 National COMPANY WE WISH YOU A Merry Christinas and a Happy and Prosperous IMcw Year Anderson Furniture Company WE SELL FOR LESS ON EASY PAYMENTS EVERYTHING FOR THE HOME. PHONF 4fi MARION, N. C. Old Newspapers for sale at The Progress office at Sc » bundle. WHERE ECONOMY SINCERE Season's Greetings TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS At your A&P Food Store you wiD find every thing necessary to make the Christmas dinner a success. ORANGES 40e FANCY FLORIDAS Size 150s, doz. Size 216s Doz. 30e CARNIVAL ASSORTED CHOCOLATES 5 ^ $1.89 POPULAR BRANDS CIGARETTES $1.19 CLICQUOT CLUB SEC 3 bottles ^OC WHITE HOUSE CIDER 59c Gal. Jug DEL MONTE RAISINS Seeded or Seedless 9k. 10c BOKAR COFFEE ^ 41c MINCE MEAT Keystone lb 19c PLUM PUDDING 32c DROMEDARY 22c CRYSTALiZED PINEAPPLE, ft 55c Crystalized Cherries, lb. 55c COCOANUT BON BONS CREAM DROPS LIBERTY CREAMS GUM DROPS and other favorites 19c cuoict MIXED NUTS, lb 25c Layer Raisins 2 lbs. 25c NO. I SOI'^r SHELL. WALNUTS, lb . . 33c Grape Juice 25c LAIUJE WASHED BRAZIL NUTS lb 19c CURRANTS iSS, 19c ALMONDS, ft . . 43c LAYER FIGS 23c I*APER SIlEIili PECANS, lb 43c GELATINE Chalmers lb. I5c CRANBERRY SAUCE No. 2 can 25c ISranamother^s Bread full pound wrapped loaf 7c GRAND MOTHER’S FRUIT CAKE 2 ^ $1*00 CRANBERRIES lb. » 21e SUCIAR J.V Granulated iti MAXWELL HOUSE THE &REAT _ Sic Shortening g COFFEE & Paciiifii^ Bucket $1.00 lb 41c
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