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fit Formerly McToUtl Democrat ... . - . . ? . .... iM - i. t. f VOL XIV, - ; : .' ; - '' " B - ,. - ...... . . . - . iiv. . 10. , PROFESSIONAL W. T. MORGAN ATTOENEY-AT-LAW: Office in First National Bank Bldg. - . MAR.ION, N. C.: DR. E. J. EVANS, : BENTSIT" , - ' , - MABION, - N. G.l Rooms 1, 2 and 3, Poteet Building At Old Fort second aiid fourth Monday's , T. A. MORPHEW ATTORNEY-AT-IiAW Office over Merchant's & Farmers' f Bank. MARION - N. C. DR. J. GILLESPIE RE1D, DEOTlSTr- ; Will answer calls at any hour of the night. : : - ; Rooms 3, 4 and 5 First National Bank Building, .Marion, N.C. SINCLAIR 8 McBRAYER ATTORIIETfS AT LAW - 'Prompt Attention Given All.. Business Intrusted to Their- Care .... . --' t- - . . s- - -- OYER GASTON & TATE STORE 5:SR Wm. FTjEMING DENTIST Vwvww OFFICE; IN STREETMAN . BUILDING. ; C. E. HOUSE Surveyor and Draughtsman - Makg or Copy Maps Blueprints and Abstracts a. i Specialty Office in Streetman Bldg. - Main St L. C. 0NEKB, H. D. Physician 8 Surgeon OFFICES IN FIRST NATIONAL BANK (. ON FIRST FLOOR. V Special Attention given to office practice in the" treatment of -. chronic diseases. R. K McCALL C. R. McCALL McCalt "Bros. UNDERTAKERS . Coffins and Burial Supplies . ' -fZjt sir-"-" ".." . . '. -. c- V;-..'i - "'- ,. Any business intrusted to our care- will - receive prompt, and careful at tention . "s- " Over McCall & Conley's furniture Store. - Located on Southern and G. C &O By near Gardins sid-: ing, containing 60, acres more or less, 8acre of bottomland; new four-room hbuse and . out houses. Fine timber and up - land. ; Good, orchard and ; fine water. . Near school house and church.'." ""-"2 ' .Terms: One-half cash, bal;; ance on easy terms. . " For full information address , CD. Wacaser, Good Sale TO TOP OF BLUE RIDGE Jhrough Snow and Ice Says Spartanburg Herald. MEN IN JAIL Three of Excursionists Were Arres ted and Placed in. Marion Jail. OverThree Hundred Made the ; Trip. Toe River Was Froz en Over Only one Fight During the Day. - Was" ever excursion i in such a season run? Well not often, anv- way, and it is not likely that there The judgment of thejury was sus will ever be another excursion from taine by the higher court This SDartanhuro- tn t.hA fWRi.,a T?.l1cr mnnntomc n fcr " vwuu 1U V(ID uca V1 I winter. Kut. rPo-ardlAcva nf tVio I weather and the seasorn th Rnr. tanburg Herald's excursion to Alta Pass and SorucePine. over th a 0. &0.. vftstftrdRvthAnnlt. t k0 year, . as a success from every staud point. It was a delight-1 f ul and exceedingly unusual outing, and from a financial standpoint tne thnncrh thij Karl roolln Koon OTjW. T. Morgan and -TnHcrft Avartr t ..vv x. w vivi viivv hundred persons on'the train, the majority of them being from Soar- Ltanburgi though Mayo, Chesnee and other points along the line I were well represented. Everybody i enjoyed the trio; the coaches beinsM comfortable, and the crowd with one exception was well behaved and good humored. . All kinds of weather was encoun- tered, from bright warm sunshine to lowering clouds and driving snow storms. Just. beyond Marion, N. C., tfiough the sun was shining briffhtl v. a snow storm rapd. sweeping down from the mountains above. - In the vallev a little snow aiv Deared in the sheltered , nlaces and 1 on the north aide of the hills, but as the mountain climb began snow appeared everywhere, and snow storms swept the valleys below, while the sun shone bright above, It was a remarkable winter dav in 1 the mountains, and those who wit- nessed it will always remember their crossing of the Blue Ridge in December, At Alta Pass, where the first stop was made, the ther- mometer registered 9 degrees above zero, with a stin, wind blowing. Here it took some fifty of the ex- cursionists to push, the turn table around with the train's engine hnt this fiirnpripnr.ft was P.n- invpsd. After lfiavincr Alta- Pass! for Snruce Pine, the Toe River " was reached, and found to be f foz- pnnvprrnm hank to hanlr. At flnirnta Pinft several of the oartv vntnrpd on t.hft ir-P. and found it safe. y " ' ' The excursionists enjoyed the day and were delighted with the won- derful scenery.of, the return trip, The only unpleasant incident was rnnl AnmnntP.r bp.tween. Mar- tin Turner of Cherokee and Ralph twm;i1o f T7intrprvillp in r smnlr- ;nv pftmnflrtmp.nt, of one of thenars. McMillan hpino- ant on the wrist and nose. Chief Hill and Lieut Nolen of the bpartan burg police force- who were on board, arrested the parties and put a stop to their rowdvi'sm. At the instance of the railroad authorities, Turner .ti-r' ? rv ana auoi-uei jtvuj iuou o taken off the train at Marion on the retarn -trip to-answer charges of ierlprlfr pndnr.t, and tlrinkins?bn U19VUV v'-'-T" I the train. . . T , : The case of the ? young men charged with assault, drunk and disorderlv conduct on the train was tried before Magistrate Ratliffe and Turner was bound over to the Su- nPTior Court under a bond of one hundred .dollars. Berry was re leased on the payment of costs and Wall was discharged.. . Chief of Police Hall was in Mar ion from Wednesday night until Thursday evening. Hall was.elet ted Chief of Policer department at Spartanburg a few weeks ago. - - - Most disfiguring skin eruption s. Wo Itching piles; provoke , profanitybu fc fula. pimples, rashes, etc.. are due . to profanity won t eure Uiem. ,Doans Oint r i -jr ; TrAr TXirA Riff Am mpnt rmrAfl itchinir. bleedintr orprotrad- is a cleansing blood tonic. - Makes . you MABION, CASE APPEALED from Mcdowell Cojunty Have Been Decide! by Su preme Court County LostSuit; 'i ft .... mk I rin.oourt House base ness . andWinborne Had Biff' j : ; . . ... V ., . -Irj " ? Verdict Sustained. radically an or tne cases in which our readers are interested i which were appealed from the Su perior Court to the Supreme Court haveJ)een decided: .1-1. . . . . . " . - . -: .The Johnny Wood case where the boy lost an eye and arm by the explosion of dynamite and the jury gave him a verdict for $6441.00. is one of the: largest verdicts ob- taihed in McDowell county recent, I ... " I -ine nrm or xriess ana rv in-1 borne represented Wood and Hud- ffins Watson and Johnson the rail- r-:u'y--'- The Lowerv case in which the milivi 'U1a Wm.. : M.ci-J lQS j Jrew rocks upon the house where the plaintiff was, sicki ; the JUT ffave $1500. This verdict was TTr.ne . w ' i Wfcn Tu J mwwvu UUU ... U VUUJVU UUO A fUAl UIUI I company. Ih too case of Crawford, admr. of Lytle, the negro who was killed afc Old Fort and judgment was I given for $1700. This verdict was aIso i sustained. Pless and Win- borne, and Hudgins, Watson and Johnson represented Crawford and W. T. Morgan and S. J. Erwin fcbe railroad company. 1 court house case, the coun ty lost in the Supreme jCourt the suit for damages where the jury cave $1800.- The court held that tnc ! county haying accepted i the work, could not go behind the ac- ceptanceV But the court also held tbe $1600 scrip was void. iiie opinion of thebupremeUourt 1b this case was as follows: 1. Suit was instituted to enjoin county commissioners of McDowell county" from paying three notes of $500 each to B. F. - Smith. The county commissioners sued Smith forjdefective work done by him, and later the two actions were cod solidated, the county commissioners being made party plaintiffs. The case waaremoved to Burke county. The county commissioners were authorized bv the Legislature to is- sue $5,000 of bonds for the impro- vement of the court house. Thev Unntmpted with Smith for thft snm nf 16.500 to imorove the conrtl I ... . house, eivimr him in addition to the bonds three notes for $500 each. nnon. trial, a lodgment was rftn - dered against Smith for $1,800 for f ailnrft to" nronerlv nerform con- tract and the bonds and notes were declared valid. . Both plaintiff and defendant appealed. Plaintiffs ap- peal: Held that the Legislature having placed a limit of $5,000 as amountof contract of imnrovement and county commissioners having contracted for $6,500. the three I notes for $500 are void as exceed irior thedimit authorized by the Le- gislature' of which Smith had full knowledge. Keversed. , . 2. Defendant's appeal: The con-J tract with Smith provided that the county commissioners should-ap- point an inspector to oversee the t'l- , -., - . , 1 . .1" v j v..v...-KWw. -. county commissioners approved the worir as luiiy complying wiin xne Snecifications. Afterwards latent defects came to light and suit in stituted . Smith ; offered to repair the defective work but was refused. Held, that an inspector having had fuH oooortunity to inspect 4 the I work and being approved-both l by him and county commissioners, the! e vidence does not sustain the mdg - j ment of $1,800 against Smith for defective work and. the judgment - is reversed. ; " : . Hudirins. Watson & . Johnston and Pless & Winborne for Smith, and W. T: Morgan, Judge Avery & Ayery and Erwia for Burgin. ing piles after years of . suffering. . At .N: C, THURSDAY, JANUARY BIG: INDUSTRY MAuqcATE Thousands o Acres of Fine I T.mun i j da..u NEAR WOODLAWN- Tr.Ti-Adams,, of Richmond, Yt., is Promoter Will Build Tramroad from Armstrong Creek Section to Woodlawn Connecting with C. C, &; 0-May v Erect Mills and Fac- tories to Cuf and. Manufacture Wood . Products. V; Adevelopment, which will be sricrantic in its DroDortions and m . - wnica win mean mucn wme vvoou-1 lawn section of the county as rwell as the county at large, is promised This development will bave ju origin in the vast amount of fine t,mber in the county which for years has been inaccessable. T. T. Adams, of Richmond. Va.. a caDitalist has Durchased several thousand acres of fine timber lands Ian Armstrong Creek, near Wood- lawn. He is now obtaining the nflrhUif.wav fnr n tramrmiH tn mn . i " " ' - from the UDoer Dart of Armstrong creek to the Carolina; Clinchfield and Ohio railroad at the Woodlawn station. It is the plans and purposes of I Mr. Adams and hU associates to cut this great amount of - timber, and it is now exDected that a com-L pany will build mills and factories alon the route near where the lumber will be marketed and mann- facture the outrDuL , T.T.Adams and his brother have been here repeatedly late'ly. and the Marion Progress is in- formed on the best of authority that just as soon as the" right-of- way b secui. im-engtpeer . will oe puion me nne, ana then the road will be constructed. It is hard for one to Vealizs what great benefit will be derived from this enterprise in that end of the county. It has heretofore been I inaccessable, and the timber has notbeencuL and as the market was so hard to reach the magnifi- cient farming region about Wood lawn has not received the atten tion it will receive in the future. This announcement coming as it does on the dawn of the new year should bring great rejoycing to ine People, noioniy m uiaisecuon but the people of the entire COUU- It will mean a partial opening 1 . I P1 nunureus or acres oi leruiesoii, ifc wil1 mean an increase of business l or ine mercoanis oi oab section, will mean profateble employment to lrge number of people of the county and it will finally mean' at substantial increase in the values of farm-lands of that community, ilie establishment ox the mills and wood working plants will De SKiea iaDor w w coun v It t;ii . j tt a i - . and the ultimate value of these P113 w nara w conceive. ESTAT0Et special to mamon pkooems. Eetatoe, Dec,, 128. caxriatmaa passed very qnltely at this place. Charley Conley had the misfwrtone of Ws dwelling housenear Penlaad flowing J 71: 1 UIO UU BU UOU niWHUajf KVi - cn,TT- t -pf rs. , farmfirw 0 thi niais Tiaitlnz -hi I mother and brothers here he has. tor nished instrnmental music for Christ- Wm HnsMna is probably seriously hurt by falling off his wagon few days ago. '- . ." - . ' v We axe glad that the price of lumber will be better for 1910. We had plenty f snow and ioe and hard winds f6r-Christmas. - ; Wo are burning lota or wood, making lots of ashes and -will hare plenty of home made soap neit year. ? - . We think we will .hare, better times next year than during the past year high priced lumber will help some. TJnclft Toms Steam Sawmill U f roe up and something else will freeze if the cold weather oontinuea. j -'' E.- Simmons is poorly with a cough. He is an old Confederate Soldier and we hope he will get -Better, '' 'J A prosperous New Tear for the Editor of the Marion Prepress, , . J - 8. 8. 6f 1910. r : i YEAR'S .-..-ftCHiBjEMwn A Record of, Year's Effort of . . Mnn,.r,M..vLPi..u . ONLY PARTIAL LIST What Marion Accomplished "Along Industrial and Other Line Dur-. -ing 1909. List Shows Mar ion Has" Made Many Strides : Forward in Past Twelve, Months. -Number of " New Residents Secured. The beuefiu tlt Marion and Mc- w'eH county havederived through 106 efforts of the . Manufacturer -. .... . . . . . -nou are DOt 10 ff"d at or over loo,lced 11 " beeu ODO 1110 mosl im.p,rUnLf,,CIt in lhe s development of Marion must 08 cknowWjjnl by a)) fair minded citizivn.. I : Most of the work done will be productive of benefit in the future am cfforts of t,,e members of. the V1110 Wl" 1)6 rww"rU,Hl ln jrer and several rea is after. usiug wuich lb uas UOUB will .ri i i. i i mi it has for Jr to come and it has stamped the word MMarion, N. u on th0 D,,nds of m1 People who, when an opportunity arises. V'f begin an investigation of the wwn wnlco iney read and neara 80 macn tDoal- Xt brought together our people : instilled m many the enthna- "sm wnicn aosoiote necessity ln advancement of a community tnd Progress of a town. Enthnsi- smis the sparl! ; which kindles ln- progress, advancement and great. nesa- If Clob 1 dooe m clse dunnsr the year but arouse enthusiasm of a number of our PPJt would be worthy of the unsunlea support or an of our I'? ciuzens. , To tnce ie ccompIisbments of "unD ine .Irom WDlcQ our diref or M" - wucullCTI w.vu,u D6 a nara lasic. tsat oeiow are a Iew Ql wo va,nss wmai m wm selves should commend the organi zation to the community: 1. Early in the year one of Ma rion's most prominent citizens. Dr. Geo. I. White, interested himself in an effort to secure a cotton mill for Marion. He was given every assistance by the Manufacturers' Clab and the citizens of the town. The ultimate result of the efforts I nut fnh m M trnADtn tr mil f- 2. The securing of an excellent larucie in wib ASiieviiie iiizen sev- ting forth the advantages growth of Marion can be attributed direct to the Club. The result of known as the this article is well vice-president of the club remarked la short time ago. 'It was 1 good investment." I n m . i -r ri a., xne uriuging oif. icr, of MooresviUV to Marion to pro- mote a pants factory was due di rect to the Club. An account of his visit will be found in another section of this paper. 4. C E. Brown and family, of Brooklyn, K. Y., after a good deal of work, was secured as a new resi dent. He will move to' Marion early this spring and engage in the truck farming business. 5. David A. Shaw and family, of Pittsburg, Pa., will move to Marion this month. Shaw has already vis ited the town and made his decision. 6. . One of the most prominent new residents secured was Dr. W. S. Hay. who moved to Marion some time ago. Dr. Hay came to Marion with; an enviable reputation, not only as a physician of skill, but as a good' citizen. ; ; . J i 7. Df L. Carlton and family, of Kernsville, s lawyer, wUI arrive in Marion in a short time and will be associated with one of our most promising law firms Mr. Carlton is a lawyer of experience and will be a valuable addition to the local bar" , r .-, -' - . .-.-- . J 8. The carry ing; . of a -pctiUoQ before the North Carolina 'Corpo ration Commission by Attorney J. (Continued on 6th pagf) HsBBiMdrY6BJir - ""lHldrane The Money you Pay for Rent in a few ypazs would Build you a Good Home. . If you buy your Lime, Ccmtt, Wall Plaster, . building blocks and all kinds of building Ma- ' tcrial from us. If you cannot call, write us for "prices on building materials. Hay, Oats Corn, arid Feed Stuffs. Are Sold by BUFFALOE S, HEWITT NEAR DEPOT. ;on Watches and Glocks ARE MORE APT TO STOP IN COLD WEATHER WE DO STRICTLY HIGH GRADE REPAIRING IN AXJL, BRANCHES Hf 1 OP OUR BUSINESS. J. FRED S PRAGUE! JEWELEU and OPTICIAN Vtfl -v'! Giillowhce Normal and Industrial School Special Course .For Teachers FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ADDRESS " Bw. MASDlSOJtTrtncivah - CVLLOWHZZ. JacKton County. Ji. C. The next best thing to being prosperous is to appear prosperous. It is of vital importance to you that the depository of your funds not only appears to be, but is, prosperour. That is gaining ground. That it has sufficient Capital and Surplus for all contin gent and legitimate needs. That it is aUe to repay you your money on demand. We havo a large Capital and Surplus. We are prosperous as well as aggrcssire and experienced. We pay over to you in money (not in trading stamps' . or check books) any deposit or just demand as cheer fully as the same was received. And we solicit the business of all desiring the services cf a concern conducted along these lines. The First National Bank W. A. CONLEY, Pbesidot No one sliould be without A Checking It is not only good business bnt SAFE, as your canceled checks from the bank : . . - will sare you from paying a bill : the - '; second time. DO :IT NOW! TH MERCHANTS; AND FARMERS BANK :'V " :r." f :WAwpy,X c. .". ; V; T. P. WBJDTN, Pmsident ' . Oro. W. COSLET. Y.-Parspcrr -. It. P. DURTOK. Cjuics PHONE 137 . ! ay fjVfT fl fl. fQ H TH CA. H OJLIfA. Maintained by the State for the boys and gbis l of Western'North Caro-. lina. r v Geo. I. WHITE, Camdeh Account - Nealoville, N. C, ciear-OTeu. uhuukai, " o .1-,