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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
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MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1940
VOL. XLV—NO. 19
CAPLAN AGAIN
NAMED HEAD OF
COIMY BOARD
HOLIDAY IS OBSERVED
QUIETLY IN MARION
2eh Lackey Succeeds McGim-
sey As Register Of Deeds;
Proctor, County Attorney.
The oath of office was administer-
ed to the recently elected members
of the board of McDowell county
commissioners at their first meeting
here Monday by J. F. Moo^, clerk
of the Superior Court, without any
;special ceremonies.
All three members of the board
were re-elected in the November
election. The commissioners chose I.
li. Caplan again as chairman of the
board. Mr. Caplan began Monday his
fourth term as a commissioner of
McDowell. R. P. Morris and C. A.
Workman, the other board members,
began their fourth and third terms
respectively.
Zeb L. Lackey, of Old Fort, the
only new county official to be elec
ted in November, took the oa;th of
office as register of deeds of Mc
Dowell, succeeding R. V. McGimsey,
who has served in that capacity for
the past 10 years. Mrs. Julia Stan
ley, clerk in the register of deeds
office, will continue in that capacity.
Robert W. Proctor, Marion attor
ney, was re-elected county attorney
by the commissioners Monday.
J. C, Rabb who was elected to the
McDowell seat in the general assem
bly vnll not take the oath of office
until January when he will be sworn
in at Raleigh at the opening session
of the Legislature. L.J.P.Cutlar will
at that time be installed as a mem-j A special hearing w;ill be held here
ber of the state senate, representing j on Wednesday, December 11, at 10
the 37th district. j o’clock at the court house to deter-
jmine ahd fix the value of the Mc-
RAT CONTROL PROGRAM j Dowell Furniture Company and
- CONDUCTJB& IN COUNTY |lM?®P€rty b«k>ti«»g to it. A notice
ito this effect has been issued by Is-
j. .. jaac T. Avery, special master and
eradication . - / j
I referee in accordance with an order
Thanksgiving was observed quiet
ly in Marion with dinner parties,
family dinners, hunting trips, an ev
ening church service and a dance be
ing the major items on the program
for the day.
Boys and girls attending schools,
colleges and universities were here
visiting their parents during the hol
iday and many former residents vis
ited relatives here, while several lo
cal families and individuals were
guests in other towns.
With the day marking the opening
of the season on quail, grouse and
rabbits, hundreds of hunters took to
the field throughout the county.
School children throughout the
county enjoyed the holiday. Schools
closed last Wednesday afternoon
and opened for classes again Mon
day.
Stores, banks and most offices,
public and private, were closed for
the day and few people were to be
seen in the business section of Mar
ion during the day.
A special service was held at the
Lutheran church here on the even
ing of Thanksgiving day. Rev. Paul
A. Boriack, pastor of the church,
spoke on the subject, “America’s
Greater Thanksgiving.” Albert Hew
itt, Jr., was guest soloist on the pro
gram and other music appropriate
to the occasion was presented by the
church choir.
Members of the Francis Marion
club and guests gathered at the Ma
rion Lake club Thanksgiving night
for a dance. Popular recordings were
played for the dancers and many
couples spent the evening at the club
house.
WORK IS BEGUN
ON WPA PROJECT
FORPLAYGROUND
Park Expected To Provide
Recreation Facilities For
Marion Residents In Spring.
FURNITURE COMPANY
HEARING TO BE HELD
Work was begun here this week
on Marion's $24,362 WPA play
ground project on the vacant lot
north of the Community building.
The playground will provide two
tennis courts, a wading pool for chil
dren, picnic grounds and attractive
walks. Shrubbery will be planted in
the park and the grounds will be en
closed with a steel fence.
Approximately 45 laborers are ex
pected to be employed on the proj
ect, Mayor Zeno Martin stated this
week. The work will be rushed to
nvake the playground ready for use
next spring, .he said.
The WPA project also calls for
the installation of a sewage pump
ing station in North Marion that will
enable home owners in that area to
connect their sewage lines with the
town’s main disposal system.
TAX LISTERS ARE
APPOINTED FOR
M’DOWELL COUNTY
At the regular meeting of the
County Commissioners last Monday
evening Mrs. Mary G. Burgin
reappointed tax supervisor for the
year 1941 and tax listers were ap
pointed for townships as follows:
COIMY DRAH
QUOTA FILLED
BY VOLUNTEERS
Three Marion Men Approved
For Milif(ary Service; Legion
Plans Send-Off Program.
McDowell county’s first draft quo
ta of three men has been filled from
a list of 51 volunteers who have
signed at the local draft office for
induction since the national draft
lottery. The quota is made up of the
first three volunteers in the county.
They are James Beau Burnette, 21,
Arlie Junior Davis, 23, and Jack Lee
Gibbs, 28, all of Marion.
The three men have been given
given physical examinations by Dr.
J. B. Johnson, of Old Fort, along
with five others who will serve as re
serves available in the event any of
the first three are rejected at the in
duction station at Fort Bragg. Dr.
Johnson has examined nine volun
teers and has .found only one of
them unfit for military service. The
second group of three volunteers to
pass the examination here included
Joe Byrd McKinney, 23, Bill Claude
McIntosh, 24, and Mackey Leroy
Boone, 18, all of Marion.
The three young men making up
the first draft quota for McDowell
will entrain here for Fort Bragg at
9:30 o’clock on the morning of De
cember 9.
The McDowell post No. 56 of the
Anaerican Legion has arranged a
brief program for the morning. The
COLLECTIONS MOUNT IN
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
A total of $513.16 had been col
lected late yesterday in the annual
Red Cross roll call in McDowell
county, Oliver Cross, chairman of
the drive announced.
The fig^ure for the collections does
not include the contributions of
Clinchfield residents, said Mr. Cross,
who stated that most of the county
had been covered and indications
were that the roll call would reach
last year’s quota of $600.
Workers for the roll call have
been active in all parts of the coun
ty. A large group of Marion ladies
have assisted in the drive and the
roll call has been directed in other
sections by workers appointed by
Mr. Cross.
Memberships may still be secured
at the Marion Industrial Bank by
residents of the county who have
not joined the Red Cross.
COLLECTION OF USED
TOYS STARTS FRIDAY
BOARD PASSES
ORDINANCE TO
RESTRICT NOISE
Machine Shops And Welding
Plants In Marion Forced To
Cease Operations At Night*
A used-toy drive will be conduc
ted in Marion on Friday, December
6, by the Francis Marion club and
members of cooperating civic organ
izations, it was announced this week.
The toys collected in the drive will
be repaired by members of the
Francis Marion club and Boy Scouts
and will be distributed to under pri
vileged children of the community
at the annual Christmas party of the
Francis Marion club.
Residents of Marion wish^g to
contribute toys for the party have
An ordinance to “prohibit objec
tionable and disturbing noises and
lights in the town of Marion after
nine o’clock p. m.,” was passed by
the board of aldermen, meeting hers
Tuesday night. The ruling^.becam*
effective here yesterday.
The new ordinance specifies that
“it shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to conduct, op
erate, carry on or engage in what is
commonly known as the ‘machine
shop’ business within the corporate
limits of the town of Marion after
9:00 o’clock p. m. of any day.*' The
ordinance also carries the same re
strictions on electric welding torch
es or other similar devices which
produce brilliant light, unless they
are enclosed in a building from
which the light cannot escape.
The third provision of the ordin
ance prohibits the operation of any
business in Marion after 9 p. m., the
operation of which “produces any
loud and disturbing noise or any
brilliant and or blinding light or
lights.”
The penalty for the violation of
any of the provisions of the ordin
ance is a fine of $50 or imprison-
Seaman.
Crooked Creek—Harlow Noblitt
Dysartsville—C. Y. Pyatt
Glenwood—W. E2dg£^ ^org^
Higgins—C. Rex Wilson
Marion—^T. W. Wilson
Montford Cove—George Marlowe
Neb©*—I* C. * i*»;rka
North Cove—^Eugene Brown
McI>owell county's rat eradication!***'^ OW Fort—E. T.. Burgin
campaign brought death to hundreds' . , , v nr w ^ xv j- *. •
J^ ^ • J /Mj w iof Judge E. Y. Webb of the district 1
of rodents in Manon and Old Fort,! . ® i. j ox * iCOTTON FARMERS TO
stated County Agent S. ' I VOTE ON 1941 QUOTAS
this week m commenttng on!^, McDowell Furniture Co».pa-l .
tte dnv. condM^^here lart week- y determined at that meet-j Cotton groweri of McDowellcoun-
I ^ “^;ing. The properties are claimed byl‘y ”U> Saturday on cotton
been requested to notify members of
the Francis Marion club, the Junior j”— " 'so'd'ays "lor 'each
^ ^ .SrT? Girl“scotte o'-dinance «
Bracketts TownsWp—Miss Helen! three draftees will be accompanied j °Xi°Ingemente”f^r the annual par-i“ separate of-
to the station here by members of
the Legion, the local draft board
ty are under the
.. : f ense.
direction of Joe | Tuesday night meeting the
and town officials of Marion. Each ‘ , ^ aldermen voted to allow Marion high,
of the young men will be given a \ ^ . v ^ i school the use of the Community
flag to carry to the station and then | ® u” u * • f* i gymnasium for basketball
leave vrith his family as a memento, ! ® 1941 season. The town
according to plans of the Legion., j^ ^ ® ° ® percentage of the gate r®-,,
A total of 51 young white men of i
not have a vej enjoyable Christ-
use of the building.
MeDowell have so far signed fori™f®' i board passed an order for the
voluntary indluction at the local u * 1 installation of a one-inch water Ifn«
draft office, amounting to 17 times
this county’s first quota of three.
party and entertainment will be pro-
jVided for all underprivileged chil-
jdren attending. Last year approxi-
jmately 200 boys and girls were
i gruests of the club at the party and
on Spring street.
BASKETBALL PRACTICE
IS TO BEGIN MONDAY j being made this year to{
j entertain a larger number.
Basketball practice at Marion high! Friday has bean set
SANTA CLAUS IS TO BE
HERE UNTIL CHRISTMAS
Santa Claus has returned to Mar-
the day 'i^” week he has been
ent of the state division of predator' Savings and Trust'^^keting quotas for the year 1941.
iind rodent control. 'companT the Reconstruction Pin-The voting will take place in the "^11 begin next Monday with;for the drive for used toys, but they:etmg hundreds of children in lo
in conducting the campaign, bait Corporation and the Union'offlce of County Agent S. L. Home-1“h'dule exp«ted to will be collected throughout
was distributed to cooperating bus-1 National Bank of Lenoir, as securi-: w»oi- Balloting will begin at 9:001
iness firms and individuals. Stores nnTirnYiT«nfo1v o’clock in the morning and will close i Superintendent Hugh F. who will call for them at any place 1 the stores offering Chnst-
jty for a claim of approximately
and factories in Marion gave their; ^^qq qqq
full support to the campaign, statedly E.*Stevens is trustee in bank-
Mr. Homewood, and as a.result theirFurniture Company.
plants were to a great extent freed,;
of destructive rodents. The drive | HIGH SCHOOL
Old!
against rats was conducted
Fort Monday. j
The Marion Kiwanis club worked
at 4:00 in the afternoon. i ®®^^n this week.
Nineteen growers in McDowell! Arrangements have been made
are eligible to vote in the referen-1 with the aldermen of Marion for
dum. Under provisions of the mar- j Wgh school team to use the Com-
keting act, farmers, to be eligible munity building for its home games.
BAND TO GIVE CONCERT
for voting, must have been engaged
iin the production of cotton in 1940
Since the close of football season,!®^ owner-operator, cash tenant,
with Mr. Homewood and Mr. White-;the high school band has been work-5s^^"^***S-rent or fixed tenant, or
head in arranging the eradication | ing diligently on a concert program,
campaign for McDowell. The concert is scheduled for Thurs-
day, December 12th, at eight p. m..
SAFETY PATROL IS ON
DUTY AT HIGH SCHOOL
Seven stations at street intersec
tions and crossings have been estab
lished by the safety patrol at Mar
ion high school and children going
to and coming from school are pro
tected from traffic by members of
the patrol, stated H. C. Holland, high
school principal, this week.
The safety ,patrol-is made up of
students at Marion high. The patrol
has been divided into three groups,
one serving before school open^ in
the morning, another being on duty
at the lunch hour, and the third
serving in the afternoon after school
Members of the patrol are:
Morning group, 8:00 o’clock to
B:30: Harold Buchanan, Billy Stan
ley, Royce McNeil, Robert Cuthbert-
aon, Jay Robinson, James McCarthy,
Wtalter Eckenrod.
Dinner period patrol: John Homer
Beaman, Sammy Britt, Bobby Lo
gan, Guy Nichols, Jimmy Atkins,
and will be presented in the high
school auditorium.
The program lists several popu
lar numbers such as “The Breeze
and I”, “Tea for Two”, “Oh! John
ny”, but the musicians will also
play music of a more advanced type.
“Overture Eroica”, a selection based
on themes from Beethoven’s Third
Symphony, and the “Prayer and
I Dream Pantomime” music for the
children's operetta “Hansel and
Gretel”, transcribed for ban4 by Dr.
Joseph Maddy, the father of instru
mental public school musJc in the
United States, represent several of
the» more serious selections pro
grammed.
Featured will be two numbers—
one a clarinet solo “Dizzy Fingers”
played by Virginia Mae McCall, and
the other a humorous novelty entit
led “Blind Man’s Movie” narrated
by Edith Margaret Grant, who is
aidf.d;and abetted with sound effects
fro^ the bahd.
As this is the first indoor concert
of the school term, a large crowd is
landlord of a shace tenant, or
share-tenant or sharecropi>er. In ad
dition to these requirements, farm
ers must have produced cotton of
staple length of one and one-half
inches or nK)re.
A two-thirds majority in the vot
ing throughout cotton - producing
sections will be required for the cot
ton marketing quotas to be in ef
fect in 1941.
stated Mr. Beam.
The schedule of games for 1941
will be arranged at a Western Con
ference meeting to be held in Hick
ory at an early date. Officials of the
upon being notified.
JURORS ARE DRAWN
FOR JANUARY TERM
OF SUPERIOR COURT
I mas merchandise for sale. He will
remain here until Christmas.
Santa’s schedule takes him through
HARDWARE MOVES TO
NEW LOCATION HERE
Cecil Pinkard, Zane Dalton, Harry j expected to attend the concert and
Miller. [support with their presence the ef-
Afternoon patrol: Lewis Stevens, j forts of the high school musicians.
Wayne Jimison, Kirby Rader, Ralph
Hensley, James Wages, Ralph Alex-;LODGE TO HAVE MEET
ander, Woodrow Hammett, Allen j HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
liedbetter.
Alternates are Glenn Selby, | There will be a regular conununi-
Thomas Fleming, Homer Walker, ■ cation of Mystic Tie Lodge Number
Bill Nichols, Dawes Taylor, Herman 237 A. F. and A. M. Friday night at
B^aon, -Bi^y Gladden, Gornaan -7:30 in the lodge hall. There will
Ledbetter, John Mack Laughridge, be an election of officers and work
Louis Wall, Harold Tumbill and in the third degree. All members
Samuel Snipes.
are requested to be present.
The McC^ll-Burgin Hardwr^^
Marion, moved into new ^artd^ d&
North Main street last week and
store is now open for business at its
new location. The store is now lo
cated near the square, between the
Marion Drug Company and the Mc-
Dow^ell Hotel.
The building occupied by McCall-
Burgin w^ reconditioned before
the stock of the store was placed in
it. Two show windows, with an en
trance between, were constructed on
the front and the interior was pain
ted and made more attractive.
Shelves have been placed around the
walls and the complete stock of
hardware was moved in the latter
part of la^ week.
The store •«ras formerly located on
West Court stareet.
BIBLE SUNDAY AT
SAINT MATTHEW’S
Next Sunday St. Matthew’s will
observe universal Bible Sunday. The
topic at 11 a. m. will be: To Know
God. The topic at 7:30 will be: Go
ing Home.
day jurors were drawn for the Janu-
Marion schoofwrn attend the meet-’Superior Couri; as
ing. i follows:
The local team, under the coach-! Marion Robinson, J. Frank Tur
ing of Art Ditt, won the Western' White, Charlie L. Tate,
Conference championship last year. Chester Davis, H. S. Queen, Sam E.
This season a number of last year’s i J* Blarkburn, Zeb Long,
stars are returning and there is ev- Steppe, R. F. Haynes, Walk-
I local stores every shopping after-
.noon of the week. He will also pay
i visits to local stores every Saturday
j night until closing time.
At the regular monthly meeting j Every afternoon he is greeted
of the county commissioners Mon- here by hundreds of children who
ery indication that Marion will again
have a ranking team in the confer
ence, said Mr. Beam.
POTATO GROWERS TO
MEET AT. SUGAR HILL
Irish potato growers of McDowell
Jbave been invited to attenda meeting
;«bout potato growing, to be held at
Sugar fiill school this afternoon at
1:30 o’clock. County Agent S. L.
Homewood has announced. J. C.
Bennett, agricultural agent of the
Se aboard Air Line Railway, will
speak on the growing of potatoes
during the 1941 season and will out
line a program for the marketing of
potatoes.
Mr. Bennett will offer McDowell
growers a good market for their
potato crops, said Mr. Homewood.
Interested persons are invited to
attend the meeting.
LIGHTS BRIGHTEN UP
COUNTY COURT HOUSE
The court house has become the
bright spot on Marion’s. Main
street. Huge flood lights have been
placed in front of the building and
every night these are focused on the
structure. Three lights provide the
illumination for
er W. Greene, Otis Greene, Charles
R. Pendergrass, M. W. Knighton,
Lester Hollifield, Clyde H. Earley, C.
L. Crawley, Jack Banks, J. T. Bak
er, Walter E. Jenkins, Taft Allison,
J. R. Walker, Fred Murray, A. B.
Setzer, D. A. Fox, A. C. Estes, Roy
J. Ellis, E. E. Watkins, Ben P. Da
vis, J. A. Silver, Roy B. Farr, Robt.
Shuford, A. F. Hunt, J. E. Crawley,
Clyde D. Davis, Thurston Morris, W.
P. Elliott, W. J. Toney, Fate Lentz,
G. H. Ross, J. M. Seagle, H. R. Wil-
kerson, W. C. Benfield, Ed Allison,
John Haney, L. M. Greene, E. P.
Crawford.
ACHIEVEMENT DAY FOR
4-H TO BE HELD HERE
The annual achievement day pro
gram of 4-H clubs of McDowell
county will be held in the court
house here Saturday, December 7.
The meeting will begin at 10:30 in
the morning.
Merit certificates will be awarded
to 4-H boys and girls of the county
who have done outstanding club
work during the past year.
TWELVE ENLIST IN NAVY
Twelve young Western North
Carolineans last week enlisted in the
the building and i United States Navy at the recriting
present him with Christmas gift
lists, ask him thousands of questions
and beg him to be sure not to forget
his visits on Christmas eve.
M’DOWELL POULTRYMEN
REPORT GOOD PROFIT
IS MADE ON CHICKENS
make it stand out in bold relief I station in Asheville. The list includ-
against a dark background. led Herman Lee Dixon of Marion.
An average profit of $1.17 above
feed costs was returned by each of
231 birds on three McDowell county
poultry demonstration farms during
the past year, S. L. Homewood, ag
ricultural agent, said today.
Records kept by the poultrymen,
he added, showed that the hens laid
an average of 143 eggs each. The
eggs sold for 28 cents a dozen—or
an average return of $3.13 per bird
during the year.
Feed costs for each bird averages
$1.96, according to the records^
thus leaving a profit of $1.17.
The demonstration flocks were
kept by Mrs. J. W. McCurry, J. A.
Cannon and the Dobson poultry
farm.
Mr. Homewood pointed out that
poultry raising is a profitable enter*
prise for Western North Carolina
farmers, either as a side-line or as
a major farm activity.
As in dairying, he commented,
cash returns from a well - managed
poultry flock add sizeable amounts
to the farm income all through the
year.
Poultry raising, he stated, is
biggest agricultural enterprise in
the world. Other crops and livestock
are usually limited to certain areas,
but chickens are found in all coun
tries wherever any kind of farming
is carried on.