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Formerly McDctaall Democrat
VOL XIV;
Marion, n. c, Thursday, January 20, 1910.
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V -Li. !L -LA.JJL V'.:' V V- v J
PROFESSIONAL
W. T. MORGAN
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office in First National Bank- Bldg.
MARION t N;
dr.-e. j. evans,
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MARION,
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Rooms 1, 2 and 3, Poteet Building
T At Old Fort second and fou rth
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T:-AifJVlORPHEW
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW -
Office over A3 ercha-'nVa & Farmers! J
Batiks
M ARION 0:N.- cj
Dentist "
Will answer calls at any-
hour, of .the night.-' ::.
First National Bank Building, ;
Marion N.; C. .-;
BOOSTING'' AND DUTY- ' TROUBLE FOR GRANT.
SMALLPOX.'
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'Supported by the People, vthe Fairview. Postoffice. Muddle Loom- At North Cqve Causes City Council
..-..nwi inujk . uuuii. , 1115. uaige inc. nuiuun anu . iu 1 aae uidiii; niuun
v: -Tthe'.P eople, sme -Interesting Develop-- . At a special meeting of the town
TheNational Printer Journalist, " " menty. Are Looked For. council held Saturday at 12:30
SpaltoThc Obserrcrv-: ;', - - o'clock to Consider the Smallpox
f Asbeville,Jan.12, 'Hon. John I situation it was decided to fiutran-
andnewspVpe that part of the county in the
country contains the following ar- sentative' in Congress from the I vicinity of North Cove. - Dr. Kir-
u icicxeucu u r ne-i ixosier i teuvu uisiriut, is, naviag -vrouoies i oy, oeaa or ino ixara oi- rieauu
Number of the Marion Progress: . aside frora ihe Biltmore postoffice, I department, stated that in the Cove
r Progress is, a good niottoand cer the" AsheviHe postoffice V and . the I there were about thirty-seven cas
tainlyltnbt inappropriate Jna -nrl llmt it W
wspaper-thehhelpful Fairview postoffice sauabble is one spread ins ranid. It was thoaxrh't
uuuuuain? trtntt - - Th MAnAm.ii - xt ' - i - - -
bf;'TmW V-.-T.ii.i I of those patronage." matters that is about the first of the year that the
emocrat,rS.C.
.vww, . favuku l . -l -- . ',' - .t in . wm ... . ...
and S. E. Whitten mWeer aftftr now-looraiD2 IarS to plague tne Board ot Ileal tft hM the sitoaUon
fourteen fyeajrs:; has .sfianrMiii Representative; - : It-is understood f in hind lnt additional cases have
name to ? the.. Marlon t Prmrrnca a-n I hp.rft' t.hat. rhnrrp'c Hva hpnn or will
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use every
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small po r in
on November" 1 1 th,; issued- a booster bVpreferred against the incumbent, opinion of that body to
ntetoost was given Henry Grant, who; incidentally, means-to prevent sir
to ; Marion s .present" and prospective '..i;' - . ' ; .
inrtnatrioo vV - I wnii8 oeanuK tne same - diido astianon.
and all : worthy v institutions; Halt
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that of lr. . Grant, Is' no kin. - The town council decided thai
toae;illustrati6na A coming from the Cove
werej used and the ; needs, : Do&sibiU I holds a fourth-class postoffice job to Marion, who had been expose!.'
T purees or its region and, ; ,tMsi understood, cannot le should be arrested and deUined jn
and i i.T- :?rPer': ?Se removed for. political, reasons or a pest house for twenty-one days"
arged.; The paper not ly gave a D5irposcs' niayibe removed for The Mayor and Board of Health
sood example of boosting but nW.h cause aine cause mai nas oeen was aiso mstruciea vo rent - any
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ea the new. gospel of - goahead, very I or WU1 1)0 assiifnea is incompetency, j ounarag or ouiidings necessary o
effectivly.- In a well written editorial Representative Grant, it is further 1 carry .out the orders of the council.
I about; the paper, for the special in understood 'favorathe'aooointment The Mayor was also instructed
terest of whinK- credit ia
z-,, l - x ot o t w i u J ones i n tne event tne ana gtven power to employ is
iu tne. euterprnrog nrms ana busll. . , - t u 4 ' j . i. .u w
SINCLAIR HcBRAYER;
ATTQRKEYS AT LAW
; ness men;whp have, made.lt possible
by ; liberal advertising' .Ihe . edito
enunciated some excellent newspaper
principles that are applicable to all
newspapersi big l or; little,' metropoll
. n vor rural," as follows: - . '
The publishers of this paper feel
incompetency charge should bees-j many guards a3 he thought neccs-
t iblished, br, established " or not. sary tp keep r people exposed -in
in the event Hency ; Grant should J confinment at the pest house.- i
be removed r. .The Congressman to J In discussing the question Satur
all intent and purposes is not tak- day afternoon Mayor Dysart .and
ing any hand in the fight. - I Alderman Gilkey seated that it was
The friends of Henry Grant feel their opinion that these measures
Prompt Attention Given All
Business, Intrusted to : Their
Care. ' r :-: iSS:
that Uheyv have fulfilled iin ; to the
present, - every promise .made "to .the I tnafc the assault on him and his job I would prevent small pox from" er
VII. - . . 'J- -. . - - . I TT ... ' Prr T f . ? , .
vuDiiu anauie - iuiure or tnis paper lis cruel, xieisa man iu years oriwsring fliunoo. . iney aiso dialed
13 tbe hands of the people, acre and was anrjointed postmaster that reports received .'roin Hick-
OVER GASTON &TATE STORE tiJ
DR. Wm. IIiENllNG
' :"-bENTISTi&tife
A newspaper is a Dublic institution
maintained by Ihe ; people and for
the people. 'Without the support" of
the people " no newspaper, can . exist
unless' it is owned by great corpora
tive ; interests. -
A newspaper's . duty ; is" to pro
tect the interests of the peopiev
rich? and poor alike,; and ' without
BIG MONEY
IN TURKEY
Terin, Farmer Writes Inter
estingly on Poultry Industry
ONETURKEY BROUGHT $30
Railing of TurKep Big Industry in
this County If. he Lived in
North Carolina Would Make
Living "on Poultry One
Dealer Sells Turkeys
- " for $420,000.
The folio log ankle which ap
peared In. the Cherok Scou should
be of interest to tbe farmers of thta
ecuon. It bar out the. ttalcmaat
of the Marlon ProgreM that the fana
era in this section could make taoatj
out of poultry and turkeys: "
Columbia, Tenn., Dec 17. ItOt.
Editor Scout: Columbia la a town of
about T,50 Inhabitant, and I write
this to show you what one man can
do ola the poultry bui!neaa la evea a
mail town. win.. Barker, a produce
dealer, has shipped 90,000 pounds
of dreaaed turkera thla week and thU
Is Thuradaj afternoon. Ilia boslneaa
la 12.000 a day, and reached a total
of fl20.000.Jast rear and -will jco
over half a million this year.
. The growth of turkera Is one of
the big industriei ot this cnunty,
Turkeys alon will bring at jeaal
S7S.O0O Into the hands of the farm
era of this countj each year. - J
I have been raising tarktr for II
or 15 years, aad mj neighbors made
all manner of fun of me. They said
aa a .
mai a man mat itred on a ten
inousand dollar, farm was la "pld
dleT business to fool awaj Ume wltft
turkeys, but with all of that I sUU
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FEED ORDERS
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We aluajt try to Cp a Kood tlock of ! Itj.lCorn, Oata,
Cotton Seed Hnlis aod fill Fml, thtrtfore we are to
fill jour orders PROMPTLY.
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at Fairview on the recommendation ory were to the effect that amall- raised turkeys, and got the very heat
of the late Congressman Mooly. pox was all . over that town and
His wife is 80 years of age and al- that it was not confined to any
most blind and ' the $300"-derived section but that red flairs coald be
from the little postoffice job is all! seen on nearly every street in the
that the old man and his wife have! town.' r " ' -
to. live onl' r Mr.- Jones, bo;is " The council hopes that the action rcou,e the. beet are worth more
caolrmTKa nffioo i. a . centra, (nr-1 tstpn hi? tViAm will nrovnnf email- I n B1BB DrOMe (Sad
mere was in the country. Now. all
of my neighbora are trying to raW-
varatja, ana i cannot near suppiy
the demand for raising purpose.
Tne common scrub turkey Is to
day worth 17 cents a pound, and of
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Building Your- Home
Now is the time to itody about bull! its ycer toce
We can buili It for yoa or fcrclsh te c&tcriaL "
Let us know what yoa want and we will be jUc
' to fnrnuh prices.
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OFFICE IN STREETMAN-BUILDING.
C. E. HOUSE
Surveyor and Draug
- Make or Copy Maps ;
Blueprints and Abstracts a
Office in Strtman Blde.S Main St
L. Cjf
Physician 8 Surgeon
WW WW
. . OFFICES. IN ,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK .
1ON FJSTlioOR - , :
Clf .wwww''-''-''-.;
Special Attention given to office
practice in the treatment of
v chronic d iseases. '
Dysartsville Dots; -.7
Special to Msrton Proirresa. . 7. ' ; " .
DysartsvilleN. C. Jan.' 17. Albert
Taylor, a very . worthy citizen and a
man who has done ranch for; humanity
and Christianity ia now quite feeble. '
;The teachers of Dysartsville School
attended the teachers' meeting in W ar-
enment and betterment of Its people ion last Saturday,, Miss Maggie Goforth
.. - - I .Ida oHannal -1 - a---"
auuvw juucio yariisuu . yuiiuw .... xuav.
paper we .hope shall be the Marion
In the carrying pnt of these ideals
this paper of progress declares - the
following; as i its platform and itwill
f be found :. entirey adaptable to any
and every newspaper in theS United
States: v-' r ' ': ' '; ' ' i ' ;
Good roads,: better schools, a full I, . veej '
offered in onr community; equal tax
t ation for poor and rich alike, "a high
er plane of Christian citizenship, f
forcement of the laws and the up
I building of our - section vis vthe plat
thought that a trencraU order wilt
be issued by the council requiring nd hens that will weigh 22 aad 22
every person in town to "be vacci-
lavor ana,wnn0ut we mongnt 01 per .... . - , " ; . - . . - . ' , tl say her In parenthesis that I have
sonal aggraridi2ement.Horace Gree years under former Collector Har- pox frcmenterins: Manon.- Should no turkey, lo Ml, Md wU, Bot hm
ly called a newspaper "'the watch kins and is-well fixed, financially, any case be reported in town it is any eggs to sell next surtax) but 1
v6 vt : uic, iicutii q luwieaio.; - e u is Bia.'- :..Vji ;. , : - , i wiv a Kcjiw i - umcr w 1 1 1 1 oare m goooier uiai. weigna as ioe.
ing supported by the people a news
paper must support the people- '
No plans; that we might make for
the future" can f be carried. out with
I out - the" support j; of the public Of
I that .anpport we f eellsure - 1 T
; 4 'This county and secti0n asks, for
a - paper . wortny or its past, - propne
tic . of its future, ; asks for . a paper
, which places the prosperity, enlight
naUd within a certain time,
an order has been issued in.
ory and other towns.
Such
Hick-
Preacher Harris stumbled and fell,
striking on bis elbow and bruising his
arm and shoulder very badly causing a
great deal of pain and lameness. -
I Jeff McDaniel has been in poor health
v Bridgewater News.
Special to T& tYoffreM. ' ' .
Bridge water, Jan. 18. Abner Seals
has accepted a position at Rogersville
Tenn-- - .
Jay Ballew has gone to Burnsrille to
enter Stanley McCormick school.
Miss Cordia Simmons who has been
visiting her mother, . Mrs. Anna 8im-
for several weeks." His daughter, Eliza I mons for several weeks returned to her
Helthouser of Bowan county ia with I work In the Nurses training school at
him. ; ' C ' : ." ; . 1 Bale! gh last week. : v
J. Webb "Walker had a violent ; epeU O. C Anthony has ;purchaaed a lot
v-:;. . - , ,' ' i from Will-Hemphill and Is having a
Rev. A.- P, .Sorrels preached a very I new modem dwelling erected.
acceptable sermon at I Dysartsville yea-1 . "Will " HemphilL- and M iae Florence
terday.'- 5-1 Hemphill spent laat Saturday in Marion
Eadley Daves now liTetf at the How- J. N. Yelton's family are very sick
ard place, Henry Mangum on the Hemp-1 with measles. - - ;
hm place, Addie Guffey at the . Eveline - Mr. end Mrs. M. F. .Tate spent Son-
form upon which the Marion Prog Qowen place, James Ixraon at the Joe day with J. M. Tate near Nebo.
R. E. McCALL
,C. R. McCAH
McCall
Coffins and Burial Supplies
Any. ; business intrusted
j to. our care will receive
prompt and" careful ;. at:
' ' tention. - .Vl . V
Over McCall ic Cordeyuraiture
es asks lor your support. ;j : CoWen place.
- This-issue is claimed to be tne Charles C. Dickson of Clifton, S.- a
largest single edition ever attempted J naa beeU visiting relatives here for about
, by a . weekly paper in North Caro weeks.- '
Miss Olley Price after- spending two
months with " her Bister, Mrs. Ockey
Queen at Cliffside, returned to her na
tive health and is now here. ; , i
. Miss" Carey ' Taylor of Brindletown,
made a flying,yisit jto 'JJ" R. Denton's
yesterday.. -- :-r-: 'y: .-
RiH. ",Cowen has bought the mill
Una. Many . prominent -people were
Interested "and1 contributed valuable
articles. .. - '. :
Stroud ; Town Items.:;
18
Special to Marion Progress. v ': t
Stroud Town, : Jan.---17.--Scho61
progressing nicely under the manage- v. ' -.tV t KiTknev's to maka Wm-a
ment of Rev. M. A Matheson as teach- brn aDd Q. D Taylor has bought the
er tno tne awenoance not 1 miU-house at . the mountain to make
Good
ale
lateoVon ;utbern and pf
C. '& O. Ry near Gaiins sid-; "
ingcntainin 60 acres more w
or lessl&i acres of bottom land;
new four-foorn house and font.. ;
houseSfine timber" andnpji
land . : jGood orchard and fine
watep. g Near school house and a
church. -; ; " ; ? -
rmsbneaj
ance'on easy terms. . ; ;
For full information address.
him a barnv v-."'V'.'-' -":: " "L
There was a Baptist church constitut
ed at Gleenwood recently. D. J. Hunt
was eiectea pastor.: - . -; . .: .-.
: ? ..' - "Zero.
" Miss Kathryn Brown visited friends
in Marion last.weeJtv ' " '"' " i"-
S Miss Roe Cke entertained a few friends
at a .tarthdajr party J; tne lutn. Jiucn
pleasure was enjoyed on the; .beautiful
were ushered into the dining .room .JV ?r rmf - nt
where a table was laden .with good 1 eat, deep or work- 'He-Ulster's Rocky
ixiuuiimin xft uj tuv ' greatest wcrtuu
for mothers. Makes them happy, neal-
thy and strong. J. W. btreetman.
things to eat. JJl did , justice to tne
Ed Hawkins, who has been attending
school in Athens, Tenn.,: is among nome
folks again. .. 'i.-r-f-'---..
Ths new- vear is herer .1 wonder how
Mr. and Mrs. Will , Cannon went to
Bakersville on business Friday to be
gone several days. .
Miss Eddie -Young, of Nebo, spent
Saturday and Sunday with her grand
parents Mr. and Mrs. M. F.Tate.
Ml F. Tate spent Thursday In . Mor
ganton. . : r :.
Eck -Abemethy has returned from
Hickory. ' .
Mrs. A. P. Hunter has been quite
sick, but is improving. ; '
Misses Belle and Hattie Ballew at
tended the teachers meeting in - Marion
Saturday.- .
Miss Pearle Tate left Saturday to en
ter Cullowhee Normal School at- Cullo-
whee, N. O. " " -
Mrs. Vick Epley ia- very aick at her
home at Bridge-water. " .
G. a'Anthony Is on the sick list this
week. .
Wishing the ' "Progrees" much sue
cess. ' '- - - .... . r'. . : .
Jack an'd Jvlu.
vwSmallpox in. Hickory.- "
. . - i, ' . - : it i cioinnc in Mnnnn that f hftrft i nn
all set forth determinea resolutions w "r:r
carry them out that the world may. be hundred and bfty cases of smallpox
made better!. g nr. v".V - T5;.'!-"-. in Hickory. ; , The newspapers pub-
I hoge to see- The Progress prosper yQ there state however that this
numbershould bo twenty. An or-
! der has been issued requiring very
citizen of that town to be vaccinat
ed by Jan. .20. . ' . ,V
more. ; lt nas Deen a constant yisuwi; m
bur house long before it changed its
name and we are always glad to" wel
come it. - ' . V i ' i ; .-.;..
BMoch success to the Progress. :
.; . v. -. : . -rZrp.
The long indour life of winter' makes
the blood weak the system easily catch-
-Builds up waste tissue promotes ap
petite, improves '.digestion,, induces re
es cold and disease.' Hollisters lioclcy freshing sleep, giving renewed strength
Mountain Tea is , tlie greatest winter and health. That's whae , Hollister's
remedy ia prevents coius xiocasx,
nn-ntfir. S5 cents.
pounds. I raised a turkey a few
years ago that weighed 42 pounds
and sold It in KashvQI at the State
Poultry Show for f SO.
If I lived la North Carolina and
on a farm I would ratner Hare' a
gobbler and six hens than to have a
contract to put In a thousand tons
or cords of tan' bark or add wood
It It did rain or the drouth came 1
would mske enough to get my' tur
keys on the market. As an average
tnrkey hen will lay aboct 30 tzz I
co sot let the-t wt Mnthr te
ready to et the first time but let
them ley the second time and then
set 'them: 1 have no Incubator but
put a part ot my eggs under chicken
bens, yet let all the little turkeys fol
low turkey hens. I could have so
ten times aa many aa I had at ICuO
a pair. I. sold some at S,00 each.
While I write this we are having
the first snow of the .winter, and tor
two weeks we have been feeding our
stock, but we can expect to feed tor
the next three or four months. Block
all kinds la very high bogs cti
gross; corn 8 6 cents: wneai ii.z.
An unusually large acreage of wheat
own end look In x well: some of It
low aTcriln; gcol snecp pasiare.
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We sell only absolutely Hctfablc Goods
at Trice j that are Lotv. considering quality
We do repairing.
J. FRED SPRAG1 JE
JEWEL ER and OTTICIAJ4
Cullowhee Normal
and Industrial
chool
Maintained by the State
for the boys and girls
of Western North Caro
lina. . : ! :
Special. Course For Teachers
FOB FURTHER INTOItilATlCJN ADDHESi
i. Z M AVISO. Trinctpat. ,
CUZ-LOWItEi:. Joxl4on Ccttniy. f. C.
- It Pays td AdYertise.-
Chicago, Jan:. 12. That adver-
a e. a a
tisirj win nil a churcn as it will a
store is the-verdict of hU Law
rence Chandler. . .
: He advertised last week for lone
ly ' Christians to come to South
Park .Methodist Episcopal Church
and receive 45 replies.- Twenty
five of hU correspondents shook
hands with him at the church, and
Mr. Chandler says he will adver
tise ajrain, J - " - - -
SALESMAN WANTED to look after
our interest In McDowell and adjacent
counties. Salary or coxnmisHion. Ad-
drees The - Victor ' Oil Compan;
Phone 86 when the
Other rettowa Cant Come te Taw.
CVtRYTMWO COCO JO CAT
Atid Drink
WAIT FOR THE WAGON"
Lit will
i surely be along with your or-
der in good time.
1 six-room House and large Lot,
, ' . $1,000.00. ;
i four-room House and large Lot,
$1,000.00. '
1 nine-room House and large' Lot,
can tie cut into 4 fronts, Gar
. 9en and 1gan atrcct
llower hust aheds, .
. -etc, Gne shades,
; . $3,000.00.
&00 Vacant Building Iots Cheap,
HOUCIC
The next best thing to
being prosperous is to
appear prosperous.
It U of vital importance to jou that the depository c f
- " your funds not only appear to b but it, prosperotii-
Ttiat is gaioiog ground.
That U hat sufficient Capilal asd Surplus for all ccc Ur
gent and k-gitimate Dfods. -
' ' J That it if able to repay yoa your money on dccaoJ.
We have a large Capital and Surplus.
We are prosperous as well as aggressive ard txyntoctd.
We pay over to yoa in money (cot in tradu g sUsps
. or check books) any deposit or just Ucrsatd as cheer
fully as the same was received.
. ' And we solicit the business of all dcairing the acrv ice cf
a concern cood acted aJocg these lines.
... .
The First National Bank
FOR SALE- Two new lgrj polfe aad
W. A. OONLEY, ParMDOT
Quk I. WHITE. Caiiiik
Mr. Wage-eamen.
.'- .
. " " Are yoa a man of family?
Are you Jaying aside some of your earnings,
for that day vrhea sickness , and death cross
the threshold of the home, or vrhen panicky
conditious cost you your job?
Injustice to yourself answer these questions
and REMEMBER .
THE MERCHANTS ANDV FARMERS BAKK
T. F. "W REMIT. ParyintXT . Gtxx W. COK1XT. T.-rxtsirurr
IL F. LCRTO.S. Cxhxuzx
aioiiNiel
j Tea or Tablets.
Cleveland. Ohio.
" one pair cf shall. Gaston ii Tate