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WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED : 1896.
MARION, N. t., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1911.
vol. xv :;o. 52
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SlMinriie Tiittlel jdeligtitf qlly
nteHained at a porch party last
ltsdaytvefiipg atthe home of
i birister
!"f e occasion j the porch "was
prettily d ecorated with Japanese
: lanterns and Indian heads, the af
fair being an Indian party. The
guests made frequent visits to the
ig-wam at one corner of the porch
herW they -were served with iced
ygrapejaiee by Miss Martha Whit-
tn;lrogressiye , lnaian" w as
played aC five tables. The score.
'iards " were hahd-painted arrows.
"At the close 6f the game refresh
ments were served.
e socia
SINGING CONVENTION
NEWS OF THE STATE
MARION'S FUTURE..,
e Crowds Attend . Convention Happenings of General Interest
at Dysartsville and H ear' - Condensed for Busy Renders
J: ?a,: Sing!ng,: . . Six cotton mills at Concord have
nrt 4. . - - 11.... ' 1 1 1 a 1 I
nuweuwriHjsrjwuinws. no.pn snut riftwn on nrcnnni nr inn it. t .1
x j. i n, i -i " . r .-t r Clarion can oc maaowun icssciion
vittj VVCrtJ icav Uajyo 1UT JL'j'baria-I
Bcfn naturally by far tho most
beautifully located town in tho
most beautiful section of country
in the world Western Carolina-
part of the hotl rircr rJftl ca a
bri'Jt5 eleven hundml !cc hr.;;
and or.o hundred an term fctt
hik'h. Under this LriJ-( alone thi
rircr throu-h tics a. gardens tsA
fountains one of the drirei r v.-;.;
Tho rircr at this point fcmH.v:
fino bathing, boatic;: and Chir.-.
M " Li uiHLi'.d Li itL 1 1 1 1' I ll win INI 1 1 inr r it, t rfm rnri r ith nri . Tt " ! m ....
ville: The Sineinsr Convention. iZyZZ,: I r::"."V? " a"ve, o: wi:c!i there mil
had been looked for with Wt ih- T v 1 1 li- . raur0IC,s' cnmmnc .moan bout tea mile. unJer a CU
naa oeen looKea tor witn great gathcrcd m Yancey Qnty this tains north and wct within a few L Kum?r1
teresi ana some anxiety. iKit uy- fii i u : .t. i r. il , . - .w t.-,
sartsville iust as she alwavs does mile3t shadowed by tho lofty and through a concrete tunnel twelve
barfcsvnie, jusi as sne always aoes, rpu.. r4 ' t:M- I li t .:, f r:.t.u I, .... .
was ready when the time came. , , . , , , - . L m n . II. . ojr ounjrtu &i iiriy
Thff crowds were immense all the T . . ... ,. . , t..i . -t . P . - . ..
time. ' Oq Sunday , there was no wcoK wun iiao.iutes 01 oo . , nsB seven inou boutbera IUUnay ir.d JsUt4
Ies8ahHWelTOVB0ndred:Wple 560,000. ; . ; . and ec capped by snow clouds Highway m tbroash thb pirk
nK,!ont '4 u c4 tllt The laundry of the ToxawayTnn aDJ irosiy misis. visn.ioirom every by on? of the hotel ensz-is arJ
recess would
any community
L mr " t m ... I ltrtt n nl r n I r . m a mmm Ia ma 1 II I I
have done credit f0 at. Toxaway was completely " tw n. sniau lasers.
li.,.aJ u n.A fAnj.nM liomcr on inc vrrr enfa or ins ti,;.-.i-
in fhA Qfofa UCOIIUJCU UV UIUJ1UUUOJ UiUiUUlk'i " I .
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most njo;
. affai rs of ; th e season7 w as a
well party1? given-by M iss Martha
decker at her home on south Main Mr. Price and Mr. Street of Cane The loss is estimated at $8,000
treet. ; After. very unique ana Creek.;- , . ': . Avery county's tax levy for the
interesting game I of avelf the We have; never seen a more en- current year is only 89 cts., on the
hostess V served ; delicious; refresh- joyable occasion.' Of the: entire $100 valuation of real and personal
inents. w no enjoy ea . Miss crowds attending during the con- property, while litchclPs levy has
Decker's hospitality were: Misses vention no one misbahaved in: the been fixed at $1.43. -Avery Vim.
upon which the government
covert orer one thou
crcry drive and lot
IS I Will !rt rrt full f t"rrrr-rl r if V m
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The Dysartsville singing olass
choir acquitted itself-with credit ville Lumber Company with a fj.l eye to Parity and toporiphy;
Snecial mention should be made of large amount of timber on the yard " to ,,ow .,0 nearly a, pa-.H e lhe S:r, of lot,
the leaders. Mr. Geo. D. -Taylor, w?3 destroyed by fire Saturday
beautifyinc. With auto roa-1
hotels, and sanitarium? fast oc-
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xupyms our mountains, whnrc
every brccz i hes kissed n thousand
will bs one bcrrJrcJ feet front by
two hundred fect deep. Thcrouh
ground will be thrown into tilU
sites of from one to ten acres and
enscades and fountains; where barn only alternate lots and sites willba
foot children and speckled trout UoM at nrcsenL
revel in tho same pools; with mi
liaria unknown, hay fever and
In order to rush th? work of de
velopment wc would like to
nlac-a
lightf ully entertained in honor of
ttheir attractive guest, Miss Agnes
r rGaVner, bt J Washington D. C.
tnie guests spent several - pleasant
liours in indulgingin various-gamss
t)f interest after which dielicious
refreshments were served.' Those
- preseiit were: Misses NelleBlanton,
-Julia: Burton, x Blanche White,
will live.
cotton mills at Dur- wife to regain her blush and beauty. ca.Hy, one fourth caihona fcurth
ft whirh had h.n 11 wo mcn Irom SXrcss . OX OUSl-l ' , , '7 . " '
e, wnicn naa en - . , f . . . , cent on defered paper, or two per-
r two weeks1 to et Dess nr0 consigned to the hot and I . ff fu. r,.u .
r GiadyGo other forty or fifty of theso loU rihi
pIIa Sprftttr-AtrnM Garnpr th, w W' ' . 7 V tu,,,v wucru. ujusu van away lo Uesiraclc partie-i on y, ana
MM - Tre can be. nothing; more en- pie, the number of visitors in the only deepen and even th6 mindfof gnarante that every dollar rwiv
Moffitte Sinclair, v- Nell Blanton, joyable than a real singing.convcn- mountains of ratArn North Pro. .... .... Lu . k. ..... c. r? .?V.r . lT
essrsWill Blahton; Robert Hal- tion and no place on earth more lina now U from 4d"O0O to 50 000 K . Ult" vri, w ?a buiUmg danat
t- t now 13 om 40,000 to 50,000. L morning star; where refreshing UnJ onenioir ud roads. All lota.
ISriPwSMP ' .While fighting firo last Saturday sleep sends us forth io enjoy the olh,r than lake fronU at one hun
Mnt-MQ- tnlmpndpr UWkWUUO .uWu4 vmj- unU. . iiirej uouars ftacti, Jake front one
jyiorris, nnnena . . , i
ra&lfcnon hundred and hliy ctoUara rich.
a voung man 1G or li here is the place or the children LniP to bo selected by the nrtr
WZmmm- old, became-orerheated to:gmw stron-an:h develop' both rchosuig or theirlent
OhursdayVSSeptember 4tb, F - . . mind and body and the pale wan as aurvcy can be coapleleU, tr rm.3
Mr. and Mrs. John H.? Gray der , . . . - . .'. ., : . Tha "Erwin
IlflllH IIIH.li IIIHIIV llllim lAlll Vf.IILUJlla I
will be held and that " tho custom n?m -ana uaf
closed down fc
upon a-niarket crowded with de- burning streets and crowded. cars
Dims, as well asothcr goods, rcsura wo ckn Pccour wives and child
ed work last week. ren among tho ferns, cascades, and
' . vr flowers.' Our consignment may be
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teachers will read with interest tne county, has found a raassivccrystal for Whftt is to como unless wo ro- , u "mV Pe- ,br'?
expression. of opinion given below 0f mica 34x28xl7j inches, from .. th- u,,,:,,.,., .mi flv m d"na an-1 haild oac coraodiut nad
f rfini tVis nan of Mrs. R. R. Gotten. nKtolvha SII f, W..l business strain and fl-.o -to UD.tostc hotel ovcrlooiice rircr.
AhnieBaber, Estelle Seratt, Birdie ,s:i.t,f Vrnrtli p,rHn VoJr j j j ,, 'i:;. oor w,vAand oaM aod" w,ttl valleys, likfts acd mouatairj north .
Mruu.u.m omcrn r, tion of. W6raanv eiubs. ion of II. Cl Rizor. chief clerk of 1 ,;V,!
...J 0nie2 to the contml location of
son; iiate Mae istreetman. aiartna.Ut-.:i.: u:ijU; in , . . "" ' ... ..t.
tht:ii -dt .4.v. . ... '.. - I A HiPtnrvman. writtv thft Now- hnnvpn. nnri nntntntr?n Irn n I . . t .
, . . ' ; " norm in wmw?r, iar cnoucn nona
ton News, figures that the severe man's estimation of himself and for the south in summer) and of
droughts come every 30 years, or the world as to gazo into tho un- this property, situated between
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thereabouts. His father told him told star lighted space- under a Junction, nanKins aca mrw ox
of a severe drought in 1815. Just clear mountain sky. . ' ?cn"DUi;,wu'uu
30 years later was the drought of Two miles from the center of There will be eight main en-
1845, 36-years later. tho drought oi bur town the Catawba river and trances from the north, south, cast
. v The; After School Club.
All club .women," mothers and
Thia amount will be a small part
of what we expect to are nd on thia
property and books showing dis
bursements will be, at all times,
lecKer; , Messrs. . w ui -pianion, Uo fn th rhi1d hohr U of
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t ii.ennetn iuroy, jonn tienaerson, Ufe; ftU that brings into closer un-
j:cies uray, joe uues, Men -rice, th home and the school should
Dob McCurry, Lester Williams, bo ! -welcomed and utilfzed. .-The
.From" Monday to Wednesday of After School Club, of ; America
,'W. wept ' TvtJqq Mr nrHPn seems t6 have, woven into one
Greenlee nd Mr. ;R Greenlee strong cord the three important lg whil(y droucht of 10U falls other streams run through beauti- and weU
entertained a large house partyat -'.r just 30 years atfer 1831. . . f ful valleys, but upon reaching this . nis seems 10 us an opporiuno
thClub: House at 'Buck :Creek chM an3 e schooL ; " . oAn. ...Jnmnt nearest town, narrow ,J "me and an opportunity to e
'fcvvith the -marvelous facilities oiawwiuo uicuwufuw wvu . - Clarion a rcson ana nor jou
nnofJnTi alnno- tVft mnit. vitn called lor ceptemoer mn 10 oo r nui joiauts wcimcocnswn
yiHW:.-: iu; hpiM nt thfl Snlwvn Hotel in Char- Between town and river there can double your investment anl
or ail lines-io oiuu v ui traiuiuu i ,w :
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of child nature, its specialized or- lotte a
ranization to meet these special de- - Back
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farmworkers, who are mvin? time beads of commercial orginzauons 7-- :-
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ha After over the State are behind tne move- -
School club xannot lau to oe a uv "U4"WV4
blessing to all who share its bene- signifiied by letter their intention
fife t.: . iV-:'.- - . a , . ; 1 or oeing preseni at vue muuuug. .
"Thft home councif denartment
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seems pf special value, : because it - tight uoal oars uerauea.
reaches the individual mother and Sunday morning at 8 "o'clock
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Falls. Various anjusemehts made
the time pass all too rapidly. The
beautiful scenery and rugged rocks
tf the falls afford a ; constant op
portunity for Jove rs - of climbing
. ind kodaking. . .The water w as fine
for wading and swimming, and the
"xlrop pools wereahd still are
: fuH ,6f j; wary trout. - The: large
porch of thej hew club honse prer
sntM;anJideai potfor lovers" of
-the square dance and Virginia Reel,
:as well as of the more modern waltz
jand two step.' Devotees of forty
two,; set-back ahd bridge found
; full, exercise for" their favorite
games; and if there were .any in
Jthejpatty who 'live to eat" their
:4if elpuf pbsewslll fulfilled
thrice daily when all gathered" at
uhtiful JJboafdgl It; " was with
unspeakable regret that: the party
Bhally broke up and returned; to
town, and by.v unanimous consent
hey;yoted their host and hostess
vthe embediment of hospitality', and
the trip one of the most enjoyable
wcasions of their lives. , - -
Uw , Rtn .am? and cascades amonir I add irreatlr to your r'esurra and
tfwnicn meeiing a oiaie r . . ..n iZ:r fnr ti
Homo" organization will be which wo am constructing three Profit, p acing our town ,a he
nomo organization win oo ....ii front rank of progress where she,
: Tdinr editors and lascs, surrounucu ucauuim . tifU.r.! m A
W 9"wM W - w v wr wm
Very respectfully.
Yancct Bi:crnirr-
Heal K.at
Between these lake arc park i V"...1;i
grounds covering about two hun-h.jncj 0f hou dcairttl cn ey
dred acres connecting. The lakes terms.
will cover about sixty acres, beau
tifully irregular and thirty to for- Ice Cream Supper,
hftlnshftrsolve her individual prob-kKf lnnrlorl rojil cars of tho second lb 1"- fc Citrawool. Ac-t .-Tb Wlltn
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lemin child training. It is the section of freicht train No. 72 wcro PC h 1: t-'"-!-
maiviauai momer, in ner uuivw- derailed at muo post iid, a snori - V , v. J b"
sality upon whom primarily de- distance from Old .Fort, Tho do- These lakes are fed b two hun- a,7
p. ni., for th jr;Ti
tarlV;!
bound passenger train was the first two biles from the river. These to a;tX
train to get through, arriving here lakes and parks belong to tho rvzx-l'
Train No. -11 penis and owners or mis proicriy.
velops the solution of racial prob- bailment tied up traffic until late drod sprincs bf the finest crater, a t u C3 lL, , sh, I:
lems, and what helps her helps all in.the afternoon. No. 22 cast-' d tne lanncswa uo. more "aiut crcx au am
humanity.
VHdping the After School club
rl Kftl n everv mother
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in America." r and two special irams carrin . .. .
soldiers from Norfolk to an
TTiViiift'TAnn: 'Saturday voted cisco were also delayed.
n th commission form of ' No bno was hurt as a result of, Tho C. C. & O. Hiilwy r rr,.:
government. - ; - " I tho derailment. I through this property and over a tr
Ice Crcim S'-ppcr.
Tbere will to R3 cttxta r
rn 'acres each have been reserved over-, Sorrel ;r;rr. tc,l b -r.-i Frllij,
looking lakes and river. i:t,tt t.!r ii c : r !r.r.: L TL;
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