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McDowell County’s Leading Newspaper MARION PROGRESS Advertisins in the Progress Pays A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY ESTABLISHED 1896 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940 VOL. XLV—NO. 11 CHAMBEIiS AGAIN NAMED MODERATOR OF BAPTlSr BODY M. W. Gordon Elected Clerk And Deaton, Treasurer; The Next Meeting At Clinchiield The 12th annual session of the Blue Ridge Baptist Association met with the Bethel Baptist church Tues day and Wednesday of this week. Out of town speakers were Rev. M. A. Adams of Rutherfordton, Rev. W. Perry Crouch of Raleigh, Rev. Wy man A. Wood, of Swannanaa, Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, president of Mars Hill College, Dr. John Arch McMil lan of Thomasville, and Rev. J. A. McKaughan of Winston-Salem. This annual meeting was well attended and was pronounced by the Associ- ational leaders superior to any pre viously held. A total of 4,698 mem bers were reported and 205 baptisms during the associational year and gifts toward all objects, $27,363.47. W. R. Chambers, for the fourth time, was re-elected Moderator. Other officers were elected as follows Rev, W. E. Pettit, pastor of the Old Fort Baptist church, vice moderator; M. W. Gordon, Jr., Clerk; Rev Thom as Deaton, pastor of Garden Creek Baptist church, treasurer; Rev. Von King, pastor of East Marion Bap tist church, promotion chairman Rev. C. E. Gilliam, historian; Mrs R. O. Wilson, president of the Asso ciational Woman’s Missionary Un ion; Gordon Wilson, associational director of the Baptist Training Un ion; J. A. Walker, Associational superintendent of Sunday Schools. Dr. B. F. Bray was appointed Bib lical Recorder representative and Alonzo E. Davis, E. W. Parker and A. H. Mitchem were appointed Or- plliui^e representatives. Rev. C. H. Hamby, Rev. W. E. Pettit and Rev. Paul Reese were appointed on the semi-annual Associational Program committee. Next year the Association will meet with" the Clinchfield Baptist church and Rtev. J. E. Henline was designated to preach the annual ser mon; alternate. Rev. Paul Reese. The executive committee of the association will meet Friday, October 18th at 7:30 p. m. at the First Bap tist church. MERCHANTS DIVISION OF C OF C TO HAVE MEET The first meeting of the fall sea son of the merchants division of the McDowell county Chamber of Com merce will be held in the Community building here tomorrow night at 7:30 o’clock. A Christmas sales promo tion plan will be the most important business to come before the merch ants, according to Chamber Secreta ry Walter J. Cartier. At the meeting a committee will be appointed to formulate a sales plan, including the decoration of Marion streets for the holiday sea son. The merchants will set a date for the Christmas sales opening and plan a shop early campaign. They will al- discuss a proposal of the execu tive committee for having a merch andising institute here during the winter for sales people and store owners and operators. The advisability of having two employer-employee banquets here this fall will be discussed. Such meet ings have been proposed for thfe latter part of October ^nd Novem ber. All merchants of McDowell county are being invited to the meeting to morrow night. A special invitation has been extended to the merchants of Old Fort. AUDITORS GIVE REPORT ON TAXES IN M’DOWELL The McDowell county commis sioners at a recent meeting made a final settlement with Sheriff Grady Nichols for 1939 taxes and received the auditor’s report. According to the report the total bill for last year’s taxes was $203,064.17. The amount collected to date of settle ment, September 30, was 187,283.- 62, leaving a total of $15,780.55 un collected for the year 1939. The percentage of taxes collected on 1939 taxes by Sheriff Nichols was 92.2 per cent and the total percent age uncollected was 7.8 per cent. The 1940 tooks win Ke released REGISTRATION BOOKS TO OPEN ON OaOBER 12 Registrars Designated To Serve For Election And During The Draft Period. PICK MEMBERS OF DRAH BODY IN M’DOWELL W. L .Morris, A. S. Bradford, And W. S. Shiflet Recom mended by Local Committee The registration books to list new voters will open Saturday, October 12, at 9 a. m. and close at sunset October 26. All voters who have moved into the county, or their pre cinct, or who have become of age and have not regfstered, since the last, general election in 1938, must register if they desire to vote Nov. 5. Each voter who registers must take an oath to support the Consti tution of the United States and North Carolina. They must have lived in North Carolina one year and in their precinct four months by Nov. 5 to be eligible to register. The law requires the registrar to be at the polling place from 9 a. m. to sunset on October 12, 19, 26. On Nov. 2 will be challenge day. If you wish to register and cannot go to your polling place on these dates, see your registrar. You cannot vote unless your name is on the registra tion books. If you are in doubt as to your name being on the books, or as to which precinct you live in, be sure to get that information from your registrar. The registrars in the precincts al so .will serve for registering young men from 21 to 35 years of age, in-* elusive, on draft registration day, October 16. Young men who are ill, who can not help being out of the county, or who will have some other legitimate excuse for not registering on the six teenth, will be permitted to register later with the county draft board. Absentee voting will be permitted in the general election, but tiie Gen eral Assembly cluinged the absentee CHERRY IS SPEAKER AT DEMOCRATIC RALLY Three members of the-McDowell county draft board, a medical exam iner and government appeals agent were recommended Saturday to Governor Hoey by a committee com posed of J. F. Moody, clerk of Supe rior court; N, F. Steppe, county su perintendent of schools, and T. W. Gowan, chairman of the county board of elections. Recommended for members of the draft board are W. L. Morris, A. S. Bradford and W. S. Shiflet, Jr. J. B. Johnson of Old Fort was recommen ded for physician and Robert W. Proctor, Marion attorney, for the po sition of appeals agent. All members of the board and the other two recommended will serve without compensation. The medical examiner will make all necessary physical examinations and the ap peals agent will prepare appeals from decisions of the locar board. The board will make final decisions affecting the introduction of citizens into the military service, the gover nor’s letter said. Registration for the draft will take place between 7 o’clock in the morning and 9 o’clock at night, Oc tober 16 at the following polling places: Marion Numbers 1 and 2, Commu nity building; No. 3, Clinchfield Company Store; No. 4, old school building; No. 5, Cross Mill school; Montford Cove, school building; Higgins, Rex Wilson’s; Bracketts, Flack’s Store; Glenwood, Pyatt’s to the sheriff in a few days and discount of one-half of one^per^cent session to per- _ - - ballots to be issued solely by the will be allowed provided 1940 taxes are paid on or before November 1. Beginning on November 1, taxes will be net, and effective February 1, penalty will be applied. MRS. FREDA O’NEAL, FORMERLY OF MARION, DIES IN STATESVILLE BEAM HEARD AT LOCAL MEETING OF ROTARIANS Mrs. Freda O’Neal, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs, John Hyams and former resident of Marion, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Lippard, at Statesville, N. C., last Saturday morning after an ill ness of several months. She is sur vived by a son by her former mar riage, Fred H. Troutman, of Golds boro, and two daughters, Mrs. Doris Basshe, of New York City and Mrs, Ldppard with whom she made her home; also three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Childs, of Greensboro, Mrs. G. H. Knight, of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. S. E. Whitten, of Marion; one brother, John F. Hyams, of Ashe ville, and five grandchildren. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 at the Johnson Funeral Home in Statesville conducted by Rev. J. Lewis Thorn burg, of St. John’s Lutheran church. Interment was made in Oakwood ceinetery in Statesville. She was born and reared in Mar ion where she was well known. She resided here until a few years ago, and was a member of the First Meth odist church of Marion. The public schools are destined to play a vital role in the national de fense program, Hugh F. Beam, city superintendent of schools, told Mar ion Rotarians last Friday night. Realizing that democracy is on trial in this world crisis, he stated, educators have dedicated themselves to the task of preparing boys and girls to take their places in the eco nomic life of the community,and of training them in good citizenship. Mr, Beam discussed briefly the or ganization of schools and stated the policy of the state to be to provide minimum standards of education for every child, giving equal opportuni ties to all. John R. Abee, Jr., was in charge of the program at the Friday meet ing. Guests were Rev. J. J. Wood^ Rotarian Tom Rose of Shelby, and Miss Louise Poteat. “In North Carolina, Democrats can point with pride to a record of achievement since 1900,” stated R. Gregg Cherry, former chairman of the Democratic executive committee, opening McDowell county’s Demo cratic campaign at a rally held at the Pleasant Gardens school last Sat urday afternoon. “During the past 40 years, educa tion has been made available to ev ery child in the state and the money appropriated for schools has increas ed from $100,000 in 1900 to $27,- 500,000 in 1940,” he said. “Eighty- four cents of each dollar for schools is paid to teachers, as compared to 70 cents of each dollar in the state ranking next to North Carolina, Democratic government has brought 11,000 miles of hard sur faced roads to the state and 47,000 miles of secondary roads, and farm- to-market roads are being constantly improved, he said. The health work of the state has resulted in an increase of eight years in the life span of North Carolinians and the state is providing needed aid for de pendent children, the blind and aged, “Governor Hoey will go out of office with the state dept reduced by about $27,000,000,” stated Mr, Cherry, “and he will be succeeded by another progressive Democrat, Mr. Broughton.” He called upon ,McDowell county voters to support Roosevelt, stating they should not turn from one who has helped every American, Mr. Cherry was introduced by HORSE, CATTLE SHOW DRAWS LARGE CROWD Program Climaxed By Saddle Horse Exhibitions; Award Winners Are Announced: Crowds thronged the fair grounds near Marion all day last Friday to witness the annual horse and cattle show sponsored by the Marion Ki- wanis club. The program for the show was climaxed by eight saddle- horse exhibitions, held in the after noon before a crowd estimated at about 2,000. ♦ The program for the afternoon was begun with a parade of draft horses , and cattle that had won awards in the morning show. To the strains of band music furnished by the Marion high school band the prize winners circled the show ring. W, R, Chambers, Marion attorney, opened the saddle horse show with a brief talk, pointing to the aims of the fair association to provide an annual fair for McDowell county at which agricultural and industrial in terests would be represented and en tertainment for all county residenta would be provided. The 75-acre tract on which the horse and cattle show was held was purchased by a group of Marion residents interested in an annual fair for the county, he said. Judge J. Will Pless, of Marion, as a j Shows to be held at the fair grounds successful lawyer, past commander j will be operated on a non-profit bas- of the American Legrion, former | jg and with the support of McDowell speaker of the house, and former i county people a fair can be made a chairman of the Democratic execu-1 valuable asset to McDowell agricul- tive committee. jtural and industrial life, he said. Congressman Zebulon Weaver, of j ^he horse show opened with the Asheville, spoke briefly, urging sup-jfi^g.g^j^ed exhibition. W. L. Morris, port for Roosevelt. He charged thatj^iding his attractive mount, “Belle,’" Willkie had adopted the program ^his division, ^e Democratic party and stated that |sg^^„^ was won by C. A- WiUkie was a loyal Democrat until |-^^ricman, riding “Flash’* and tBird YOUNG DEMOCRATS TO PLAN PARADE. SPEAKING Young Democrats of McDowell county will meet in Democratic headquarters here Friday night, Oc tober 12, at 7:30 o’clock to lay plans for a torch light parade and a speak ing, with J. M. Broughton, Demo cratic candidate for governor of North Carolina, as a possible speaker Reports on membership drives re cently held by the Young Democrats will be heard and an open discussion on the coming election and the part the McDowell members will play in it will be held. chairman of the board of elections. Thie prospective voter must handle the matter himself or through his wife or husband, mother, father, sis ter, or brother as agent. Registrars for the seventeen voting precincts in McDowell county have been announced by T. W. Gowan, chairman of the county board of elections, as follows: , Marion No. 1—Reid Bird. Marion No. 2—Highland Hawkins. Marion No. 3—G. W. Biggerstaff. Marion No. 4—J. E. Roland, Marion No. 5—Lester Waters. Bracketts-^George Rhom. Buck Creek—Bud Hennessee. Dysartsville—Paul Laughridge. Glenwood—W. E. Morgan. Higgins—Rex Wilson, Montford Cove—George Marlowe, Nebo—E, L, Tate. Old Fort No. 1—C, L, Tate, Old Fort No, 2—J. F. Harmon. Turkey Cove—Gene Good. North Cove—J. L. Carpenter, Crooked Creek—Glenn Bradley. Store; Old Fort 1 and 2, Community “touched” holding.j,,. Asbury, Springs, Nebo, Annis store. Buck | which he was affilia-j mounted on “Scatterbrain” Creek, Community building; Dysarts-! ted. mounted on facatterbrain. vUle, school building; Turkey Cove, America has enjoyed prosperity! Miller completely outclass- Childer’s store; North Cove, Wse.\^nder Roosevelt, he stated, the i® femmine nders. man’s store. MARION WPA PROJECT GETS FINAL APPROVAL . , . , itakmg first place m the ladies class tional income increasing approxi-. , , . , „ , . , . , , _. X J ■ XL i. I on horsemanship and* first in the boy mately 100 per cent during the past! , . , , oi. a i. • ... „ J 1 J t> land girl class. She won first in the eight years. He declared Roose-!, ,. , ... . ,, velt to be thoroughly acquainted | ® ^ ° I with international and domestic,; the most attractive and The $24,362 WPA project for the! problems, knowledge that Willkie I trained hope in the show was construction of a playground and a I does not possess. ! ^mit . small sewer pumping station in north Congressman Weaver was intro-1 was winner of the confirma- Marion was approved by President! duced by Robert W, Proctor, of Mar-1 , v Roosevelt last Saturday and it is ex-1 ion, who presided over the rally. Mr. i The horse show was Judged by C. pected that work on the project will j Proctor also introduced J. F. Moody,; Lynch, a member of the Tryon begin about the first of November, it I clerk of Superior court; L. J, P, Cut-: and Hunt club. His decisions CLAY MAY SERVE AS LOCAL TAX COLLECTOR R. S. Clay, former police chief of Marion, has been appointed ddiVi- quent tax collector of the town by the board of aldermen, it was an nounced this week. Mr, Clay has not accepted the position yet. Should he take the job, he will succeed J. Y. Lonon. The aldermen, at their monthly meeting here Tuesday night, con sidered a petition drawn up by Mar ion residents protesting against a local welding plant, which the peti tioners charged disturbed the peace of the town at night. The board held the matter for further consideration. CORNETT TO PREACH AT FIRST METHODIST Rev, J. C. Cornett, superintendent of the Marion district, will preach at the First Methodist church next Sun day evening at 7:30. Following the regular evening service the fourth quarterly conference will be held. was announced here the first of this liar, candidate for the state senate week. |J* C. Rabb, candidate for the house; The playground planned in .the Sheriff Grady Nichols; R. P. Morris WINNERS IN CANNING ' CONTEST ANNOUNCED Miss Jean Noblitt of Old Fort won first place in McDowell county’s 4-H club canning contest, receiving the award from Miss Jean Steele, hoine demdfistration agent, last' week. Oth er winners in the contest were Mar tha Hoppes, of North Cove, second; and Mary Sue Tisdale, of Old Fort, third. The prize winning jars of canned goods of Jean Noblitt have been sent to Raleigh and have been en tered in the state fair. Miss Marjorie Hoppes, of North Cove, entered a dress making review in Raleigh last Friday. ROAD PETITION GETS APPROVAL OF BOARD Rocky Mount police have register ed more than 2,100 bicycles this year The McDowell county commission ers approved a request of petition ers here Monday for the widening of and surfacing of a three-quarter mile stretch of road near West Marion school. About 20 families were said to live on the road and a church and store are located there. The road is located near the West Marion school, forming an intersection with Sugar Hill road at that point and leading to Glenwood road. project will be constructed on the vacant lot beside the Community building. It is expected that wading and I. L, Caplan, county commission ers; Zeb Lackey, candidate for Reg ister of deeds; and Solicitor Clarence pools, tennis courts and other rec- j Ridings, Mr. Ridings urged McDowell reation facilities will be placed on the grounds. The sewer pumping station- will be placed in north Marion and will en able home owners on View Point Drive and North Main street to con nect their homes with the sewage disposal system of the town. The $24,362 project calls for a Federal appropriation of $16,564, which has been approved, and a sponsor’s appropriation of $7,808. HUNTING PARTY ENDED HOLLER KILLS MOOSE Catd Holler, James Cooper and Lyda Burnett have returned from a hunting trip on the Alaskan border, which lasted about five weeks. The party visited Yellow Stone Park in Wyoming, and other states included in the tour were Utah, Montana, Vir ginia, Kentucky, Idaho, Nebraska, Washington, Ohio, Tennessee, Kan sas, Missouri, Mississippi, Oregon and California. The party fished for rainbow trout and hunted grouse, geese, ducl^s and other game. The fish caugiit were said to weigh from 1% pounds to almost 12^ pounds. The hunting party stayed at a ranch house about 50 miles from Quesnel, British Columbia, and hun ted about 12 miles from the ranch. Mr. Holler killed a moose which was guessed to weigh around 1000 or 1100 pounds. Mr. Holler stated that he was having the head of the moose mounted and that it would be sent to him some time in December as a Christmas present. Democrats to arouse interest in vot ing, Robert James, president of Mc Dowell Young Democrats, sponsors of the rally, spoke briefly. Approximately 250 people atten ded the rally, which closed with a free barbecue dinner held on the school grounds. Music as presented by the five Drake sisters, of Hender sonville, proved very popular with the audience, the girls being called upon several times for encores. EUGENE CROSS SCHOOL GIVEN HIGHEST RATING Announcement that Eugene Cross school here has been given the high est rating accorded an eight months school by the state was received last week by Hugh F. Beam, superinten dent of the Marion city schools. H. Arnold Perry, in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction at Raleigh, wrote Mr. Beam that the school is classified in the II-A rating, determined on a basis of the physical equipment, in structional supplies, school manage ment, division of classes among teachers and subjects, and all teach ers having grade A certificates. Mrs. Garland Williams is principal of the school, which has seven teach ers and 233 pupils enrolled. P.T.A. MEETING The Pleasant Gardens P.T. A. will meet Thursday night at 7:30 in the Community gymnasium. The meeting will be held as an informal party. were as follows: Men: Five-gaited class — W. L. Morris, first; C. A. Workman, sec ond; Mr. Asbury, third. Ladies on horsemanship: Louise Miller on “Shorty”, first; Mrs. Charles Greenlee on “Nelle”, second; Joyce Westmoreland on “Peavine”, third. Three-gaited class: Ray Smith on “Tony”, first; Buster Miller on “Sil ver Nip”, second; S, J. Westmore land on “Peavine”, third. Walking class: W. L, Morris on “Jim Crow”, first; Buster Miller on “Silver Nip“, second; J. C. Rabb on “Brownie”, third. Boys and girls under 18: Louise Miller, first; Pete Gibbs, second; Janie Gill, third. Pony class: Ned Dobson, first; Jimmy Gibbs, second. Adult and child: S. J. Westmore land and Patsy Kirby, first; J. N, Morris and Louise Miller, second; J. C. Rabb and Kenneth Rabb, third. Confirmation winners: Ray Smith, first; C. A. Workman, second; W. L. Morris, third. The horse and cattle show formal ly opened Friday morning with a parade down the Main street of Mar ion., led by the high school band. Following the parade, the judging of draft horses and cattle was begun at the fair grounds with first place awards being given in 26 classes. Draft horse and cattle entries were judged by J, A. Wilson, farm agent of Polk county. The follow ing stock owners were awarded prizes for their entries: Best stallion: J, E. Jimeson. Best horse or maref Marion Pad-* gett, first; J. C. Rabb, second; Al bert Anderson, third. Best colt, 1-2 years old: J. E. Jimeson, first and second; Justice (Continued on page 7)
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