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A. WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THEBEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY, t
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C j THURSDAY, JULY 13, 19JL1.
VOL. XV NO. 45.
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BOBBERS DYNAjyilTE :
C. C. & 0 STATION county Board of Education Names
. cm. xx . j o r v Committeemen for McDowell V;
Windows Shattered and Safe : , 1 Countv.Schoois. :
Demolished and Robbed - , ..- - .
, At the regular meeting or the
TIERCE BATTLE AT OLD FORT "T? f educa"?n Mond'
the school districts in the county
SOUTHERN RAILWAY McDOWELL TEACHERS
GOOD ..ROADS TRAIN Who They ArTanJ DUtrlctJ to
At Marion Next Monday Two Go
vernment Road Engineers Ac-
; company Triin and -Will.
Answer All Questions
The citizens of this section will
ashbiirn and Connor Wounded
While Attempting to Arrest
, Suspicious Character.
The station of the C. C. & O.
3ailwav at . Marion Junction was
dWrnifftd last Sundav niht about G. P. Poteet, John England.
o W ortrv,o nnrvorn rJ District No. 3 S. Lu Dobbins,
and the safe: the windows. George Poteat, Charles Carson
and the entire building was wreck- District No. 5-J. E. Jimison,
A OnW ft small amnnntof monev N- ' "Won, ueorge parson.
was received, as the agent had re- ' District No. 7-F. A. Hall, John demonstration coaches equipped
vftd all th monev but two Plroua nenry uiDson
Checks and some small change. District-No. 8-H. L. Lytle,
Th work was done evidently .by Mr. ; rye, Arthur McOall.
. inexperienced men, as too much District No . D Barnes,
! nU;rfl ron Th hnrcrlars James Hemphill, J. H. Epley.
left no clew, but the place was District No. 10G. C. Oonley. wide experieDCes arQ qualiCed to
securely guarded until the blood Daniel Lucas, J. M. Brown. giv6 the most vaiuabQ information
bounds were brought from the con- District No. 11 S. P. Curtis, QQ d roads building. Y. J.
Vict camp; but they failed to locate u- - nlPs, iom v I Hurlbut, of the land and industrial
uisinciiso. ivo. r. iraagem department Gf the Southern rail
G. iW. Johnston, W. I. McMahan. way goes with tho train. n
old fort Ib the object of the 4road im
District iNo. 1
George Dobson, W
Which They Have Been
Assigned. for Year.
The McDowell County Teach
era' Association was in session in
Marion Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of last week. The exami
nations were given doring the
three days, and certificates issued.
The remainder of the time u
devoted to discussions of such
Yv crivftn it finft nnnortnnltv tn lm
were selected for the coming year about thoimportancoof good roads
as follows: " I j 4UJ u..:u:
. , . v ' BUU WUO UCSb LUUbUUUS ui uuuuiu
. - MAMON TOWNSHIP d keepinR them in p, when
District No. 1 Graded fachool.- ... , imnmt ,: nu
. . . I UU Vt4 a Ul v W V. U4UU W M mi u, w.- I . . . -
T;T t r B, ing operated by the Southern rail- U,"-VU3 ""'r3' V .l
way and affiliated lines, working in
conjunction with the United States
office of public roads; visits Marion
on Monday, July, 17, at 2. p. nx.
The train consists of lecture and
with a stereopticon, exhibits, and
working models, and is accompani
ed by Messrs. D. H. Winslow and
W. N. Fairbanks, two govern
ment road engineers, who from
the trail.
Since this occurrence all sus
vicious characters along the rail
way lines have been arrested and
searched for clews. One is still
Vioinor hftld in ihpi iail here for
lurther information. Monday AisoTD- J,sf a'e--vt
tm nVIM thw. men District No. 3 Graded
Wre reported walking along the -'Df net No. 4rA. L: Beach,
railroad west of Maridn. Mmrae- Charles Key, G eow Om
diately Sheriff baughridge and Dj?tnct N' t"J- B"t,e".
'-Chief Finley set out in pursuit. Sid Quinn, Dr. F; W. Ihne, W. L.
They boarded a passing freight Vtuinn, w. . ""m
teachers when they brgio thlr
work in the respective districts.
The meeting was possibly the most
enthusiastic and well attended ever
held In McDowell county for the
length of time.
Stato Supervisor J. A: Biveas
was with us for one day. and de
livered two most splendid addresses
to tho teachers.
lho loilowing teacnem wert is-
I signed to work in the different
districts for the coming year:
MARION TOWNSHIP
District No. 1 Marion Graded School.
' District No. 2 Mia Florence Hunter.
Mrs Charles Steppe.
District No 3 Cordelia Catrp. MUj
Carrie TaU.
SAUL REPLIES TO DAVID
A Tender Spt Touched in Divid't
Reference to Lt Yean of
the Civil Wir.
Dear Mr. Editor and rcaJem of
Tun PEoatu:
In lastweck'aPnOfjtfcf we taw
comment on the 'Glorious Foarthn
In which the writer drew the
Fourth of July orator Mover tho
coal" and condemned his i!cgTjlaT
and almost pathetic optimUra1 la
rerd to our social ar.d economic
conditions. He teemed to be in a
mood to criticise every thine fron
the way our women dress to lbs
crecdi of our denomination tdo
of which I for ono readily art,
hut our friend David touched a
tender spot in the last paragraph
of his article when be aaid the
South should be ashamed of the
part she bore in that "four yean ,
of hclP known in history as the
Civil War.
Now I don't know who this fel
low David is but unless he is a
Yankee I cannot Cure ost where
be stays, where he was bora, or
where he expects to live, and what
his relicioa and politics are (if be
District No. 2 A. L. Hicks,
J. Allison, Ben Tisdale.
District No. 3 Graded School.
Hugh A. Tate, 7 V 7- Na Mb has any). If he Is a Southerner
f P TlHnt V Provemfent traln "tonotonlystimu- May McCoj. Mi Effle Oi W he certainlv should be nrotvl of
r.R. McCoy. -,ate inU5rest j the good TO&ds Strict No. 7-TVilUam Nanney. tm oertetoljr should be prox. J of
movement but to give practical in
struction in the building of roads
and their repair. President Fiu-
ley, of the Southern railway, is an
ardent good roads advocate and
realizing the vast economic impor
tance of a system of improved high
ways to the people of the South,
an
District No. 4 MI Manraret Btrpp. , t in .
District No. 5-GedGli, Mia. p22l "U f laacJ 1 Are lho
Oonredcraic veterans who stard
isince they gave a satisfactory ac
count of their presence here they
Were set free.
The officers at Old Fort had been
Notified to search all passing trains.
1 About the time the above mention
ed freight was due at Old Fort,
Chief Mauney and ex-Sheriff Mash
burn, with two citizens, started to
-Hn unknown .white man who, upon
being haul ted, began to fire upon
'the officers at short range. The
i fire was returned by the office rs
-and a regular battle followed, in
which ex-Sheriff Mashburn was
"Shot in the ankle and Mr. Connor
in the shoulder. ( When Chief
Mauney had empted his gun he
1 began throwing rocks at the man,
but he held t his ground ,' until : he
had emptied the chambers of two
pistols at officials. ; Thn he escap
' ed into the mountains, followed by
nearly all the men in Old ITort.
At this writinsr no trace -of his
whereabouls has been t discovered,
though parties have been organiz
ed and the surrounding mountains
carefully searched. 7
It is not believed that- the . des
perado had anything to do with
the dynamiting of - the : C. & 0
station , but it is very certain that
he is an escaped criminal, v Only
' the'uncertain light of rthe m
prevented a more disastrous result
Beck.
District No. C Miss Pearl TaU.
District No. 7 Miss Cora Lcra Butt.
District No. S Old Port Graded
SchooL
CROOKED CREEK
District No. 1 Winter school.
District No. 2-Mr. aod Mr. N. F.
Stpp.
District No. 3 Winter school.
District No. 4 Mi&a Princey Pat tea.
, HIOOINS
District No. 1 R. E. Hlnshaw, Mias
Kat Green, Miss ETa Keeter.
District No. S Winter tchooL
BROAD RrVTIR
District No. 1 Miss Pearl Ded better.
District No. 2-Mlsa Maie Bird.
District No. 3 F. A. HalL
District No. 4 Miss Lizzie Groom.
District No. 5 Bea Hortoa.
BRACKETT3
District No. I MIm Ada Brown.
District No. Miss Pearl WlUiama.
DY8ARTSVILLE
District No. 1 Winter echooL
District No. 2 G. D. Taylor.
District No. a Mias Oicn Yeltca.
District Na 4 Miss Maie Gofcrth
District Na 5 Alonxo Diris.
" District No. & Miss Verm Corpcnlng.
NEBO
District No. 1 Mia Cordelia Camp.
District No. 2 Nebo High SchooL
District No. 8 J. A. Gtttja.
" MONTFORD3
"District No. 1 Winter pchool.
District No. Jlmmlo nnntr. Miss
Grace Flnley. .
among us, so few in number, with
amputated arm or lej; like solitary
oaks in a fallen forest, to be de
nounced as unworthy of trust ard
k A J.AJI it.. CMll. 1. 1 ,1 . 1
District No. 8 -TVacb to be 5ct . 77 vUMl uuvaxj
District No. 9 -D. W. Crawford, MU 10 history of this naUon but la
Eddie Yonng. the history of the world. Vbo It
DtarictJSo. 10 MUa Efio Lynch, it, bprti in Dixie's sunny lied
Miss Lnrlice.Ilick. N where every heart is as warta as
District No li-Mlss Manda mictt. lho Southern sun and every boss
District No. 13 Charie PoUaL . , . - , -t
OLD FORT " temple of love, can fail to
District Na 1 A- T. Ledbttr, Mi realize that the man who bore arms
rv- i XT o Ttr:i I . . . . . . . Urv Rnrn TV11 William I In thft Imt NGM rwr of t V
. a.' iL. I JJlStriUl XU. U IT JIO.Y "lUllia, .-.Ja U K UtK,pvhio "fTAftM v I " - w.
"amL r C. C. Lindley, Stacey Kelly. 3. "CZZ .wu-? Tui MdU. nick. proudMi tb.1 er nahri orfrr
.1 ' - District No. 7 JasDer Souther. Lu. a k. c...u I , . n7 Dinner or uiustrated the
tne tnree men aiong me trac. - wo wruwrj wncu ujr
The train was stopped at the 107 Aom "ror, vx. ern ra,iway and ameci lnCsin order
taile post and the Sheriff and ;the - nobth cove that the people might have the op-
hief both jumped from the train District 1 jasper Hollifleld, portunity to receive tho informa-
nd immediately saw the three men Fred Burnett, Elndge HolhBeld. tion a3 to the improvement of roads
xloseby. Upon the command to District No. 2-Frank Suttles, which it affords,
halt, the men threw up their hands Sam 3?d- ,. The Southern railway, at great
and submitted to a careful search. District No. 3-Will Gouge, expenSe, bhandling this train with-
Nothing of an incriminating nature John Lwry, John Buchanan. Mt cbarge to the government or
7as found upon their person, and ao' r0 the people, and all tho lectures and
joe wasnourn, uasper w inmiua. demonstrations are free. The Ice-
District iNo. 7 Joe Conley, Ed. Jtureaand exhibiu are bound
iiingiisn, ouei oruwu. prove helpful to all interrsted in
MONTTORDS COVE trrA rn unrl thft xnfirta will be
District No. 1 J ohn. Bird, B. W. ready to Answer all questions whoso
Harris, G. M. Harris. solution may be puzzling the indi-
District No; 2 Will Wilson, viduals as to how best to improve
R. P, Morris, A. W. Hogan. nis roa(i.
District No. John Iiail, Kas- The working models will be
carr Plnrmn fronrcrA ATri reran. I nl .r. !. AMfinv, Via t-nv
the station. On the way they met . . 4j. w. ' Mathes, ,wer beinr f urniseU by a
ur nnvnnmn tDhuo mart nrhn nnrtn ' . I .
Rnsco Keel, Vance Rawing. gasoline engine installed for the
nebo - i purpose, and with these the experts
District No. 1 J. K. Stacy, T. are enabled to explain what ma
W. Stacy, J. J. Lewis. terials make the best roads and how
District No. 2W. A. Conley, they are made and repaired at the
A. D. Erwin,'H. G. Arrowood. smallest necessary cost
District No. 3 DJ - W. Dobson, Those in charge of the train ex-
J. W: Holland, Frank Randolph, tend a cordial inviUtion to 'the
, jL.:Bito:KiVER ; " people of this community to attend
District No. 1W. H. Grant, the exhibition. All county officials
B. C. Marlow, C. J. Lytle. ' and road supervisors are asked to
District No. 2r-J. Ledbetter, take part and the ladies will bo es-
J. N. Dobson, 0. J. Owensby. pecially welcome.
District No.- 31 V. Stroud,
t t Vonnw w.HR. Oarrison. The board of directions of the
tS JA.0 tuuuuj , .
devoid of honor because their voice
once sounded in the charge of
Stuart and Forrst'a invincible bat-
tallionst Are tho men who meet
every year on old battlefields to
renew the old camp association
... .
and sing again loose o;d socgi
chanted during the pauses of tho
battle on the hills of old Virginia,
to be stigmilizedi as disloyal be
cause their heart beats with &
quickened puliation when they hear
again the strains of Dixie! If so,
they will die disloyal men.
Are the dear old grandmothers
to bo denounced as rebellious 'be
cause toey ten our cntldrca tae
true stories of bravery and courage
which make the history of the
South brighter and more glorioci
than the wildest dreams of fancy
that were ever wovep Into Cctioa,
If so, they too will die as they
have lived Uebcls.
As I have already said, if David
is a Yankee we can forgive him
for we can ee why a Yankee with
the prejudices of his people for
many- gtncratioas. having been
DUtrict No. Znl UdbtiUr. bTX3Ughl to bear open him can have
District No. 4 W. H. . Morris, Western North Carolina Fair as-
M. A. Burgess, W. L. White. sociation held a meeting in Ashe-
District No. 5 B. L, Nanney, ville last week and decided to hold
W. H. Hudgins, J. A. Taylor. - the fair from October 24 to 27, pro-
' ' ceooked creek. ' vided these dates do not conflict
DUtrictNo! lT-J L-Bird, H. J. with the Haywood Jackson and
r.; tr nvf Hrobm. McDowell counties fairs.
nJetFi rf Nn : :A: W. i Gilliam .
jXtj v: Tnnie Burcin.V r ! The experts are estimating that
District Na 4 Winter ichooh
NORTH GOVTS
DUtrlct No. 1 Z. a'Ounp.
District No. 3 Tuachen to be elcted
District Na 3 Edwin Corpenln.
District No. -4 EJgar Kanipe,
District Na 5 Mba OU Gil,
District Na CE. It M arpux Mla
Mary Greenlee, '
District Na 7 Miss Lonbo Brown,
Mi&s LuU KincaSd.
A lady in Accomac county, Vir- bettor scud it to some ankt4
rtlf a" n: Hftlford. the cotton crop this year will bo tho
t kLL i t Ror.n?nrr 4 largest in the history of tho ' count- ginia, has. a servant who has been journal.
dame? vjiuauu, . r; - fnnrtAnn- and a.half million with her forty-six years. Hats off
snch viewa, butif bo is a Southern
er we cannot forgive him or bgin
to understand wby he should ever
raise his voice against a section
which being outraged by another
had the manhood and conrage to
rebel.
I would not presume to dictate
to Brother David, but would sug
gest if he has any more such stuff
as the last of ,his articis he hsa
Sincerely,
of the battle.