A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
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MARION, N; G., TH.URSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1911.
VOL. XVI NO. 1
AT THE COUNTY FAIR
Gathering of Old Soldiers and the
School Children Features
of the Big Event, ;
Do you remember last year in
October, when the school chilHren
of McDowell County, together with
the old soldiers relics of another
-generation , a!id the remnants of a
lost cause, tottering of limb and
weak of f amemarched together
through the streets of Marion ?
This mingling of youth and age
will be onetf the features' of the
Fair inVOctbber.V The . ladies -of
Marion, descendants j of , the CotS
federate Soldiers, - have organized a
chapter of the Daughters of the
Confederacy; and, onUotooer 20th,
thev will entertain in Marion al
of the soldiers of McDowell coun-
ty. These ladies will have in
charge the program for this day,
BRIDGEWATER NEWS '
Mrs.John DrAdams Passes at the
-Home of Her Parents r -"
Personal Mention.
Bridgewater, Sept. 5 -Mrs. John
Adams of Lancaster, ; S. C. died
here last Thursday afternoon at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. P. Tate, after an illness of
several " months: Besides a hus
band she leaves three small child
ren, the youngest' about two years
or age. .Mrs. Adams acre was
about fort v. -She has been a mem
ber of the Bridgewater Methodist
church from Girlhood and: was
known as. one of the most' perfect
i .- . a ' " - :rii. i - i
cnrisuan rauniui women. one
was buried at the Tate gravB yard
Saturdav morninfir at 11 o'clock.
The funeral service .was conducted
by KevoKichardson of Nebo.
J Messrs. Walter and Marvin Sta-
cey of : Nebo spent Thursday in
Bridgewater on business.
WINTER CLOVER CROPS
Sugar Hill News.
C? ' ttti l - a n t t y " r Tl 1
"made a business trip to Marion the lat- ClOVer, Yetch, and Small Grain
ter part of last week. CroDS Are Best for This Puroose.
The school at Maple Grove Academy , . v
closed last Friday. unil the farmers net The unprecedented drouth which
their 'crops' leathered. And now there nrAvails in somn Ktions of thft
can be seen long faces on every ReStato is an obioct lesson as to the
m a a a I
causea Dy me aepannre oi our iwo , . . .. ,
most excellent teachers, Misses Jranie luo of organic matter or humus
HnntPfR nrftrfl FlnlfiT. - 1 10 tUO SOU, A3 lb IS a WCll KllOWn
The Bodetr which -waa orcanixed at I fact that in addition 'to other de-
Maple . Grove by Misses . Hunter and I sirable qualities decaying organic
well and thoroughly cut up U:fors
plowing under next f pries. Gool
rcsulu mty be expected only whea
they arc well mixed with the toll
before the crop is pUatcd.
If any one doubU the benefits to
bo had from thtso winter-corcr
crojis let him prepare one acre of
average land and trct it u de
scribed abore. Kext sprint plmt
anoUier acre by the aide of it that
' --7. -"I .n . . I Tiuco a pcrou oi me Tajse oi win .
A ,t. u4,nTt,a I 4.. -t f " j .. I vr-CLM cr truiri.
aa a a a ; I . ... I Nfl fflf mr nf th atattA mn-
mosi lmeresiinir Dart oi iue Drcxraui nA. r-..rm rAmA d, ..i.i n,,i - - - w
was the recitina of Miss Finley. I r r . . J Honed crow CAS be had from al
We are sorry to oose another one of . most any rcpuUblc seed man. but
,,. MLalcrom for this nurpow arc tnci. .... -
uuiWvu..u..U5.Jwuu6.ww, . - Ai- i u ouy only the tst and xrcsse: ironi
xyster iiams, w no is y leave iai3 wtck vjuici ivn-no, ouu jiuih
for Nebo where she will enter school. I crops. On laud whre th cloven
Dr. and Mn.'J.F, Jonaa of Marion nn(i i .ch wilt i?ru succpsUiiIU
.... .. ... . . s m W- -
visited the latter a parents, air. pft . p n pi(t r
Ivjrs J. C. Crawford, the latter part of " ' ' " ' '
charge the program for this day, Miss, Florence and- Nettio ik. Mr. Jonaa went out, qn rrel snH .mm crp. lut urh-re I .c,
ami propose, to make Jt one of StTqW S humlng ?hlU here bnt ..ith mtl, ,!l,n..i Sr H w.ll be
merrimentand pleasure. . ; . pine Higli School. . : J-'iJTitl T' , ' '
m , i -r-it'. . - - , , luck or finding a tree wltn as many in V..r Kw risalt4 tiin rmn.
Besidesaday dunng the Fair. John and Clinton Cilley of Hck- it as that reported by B. A. Jtsrlow and .......
impurities. The'bet are none too
rood. T. II. Pakkks,
Director Goicra tire Etjcrimntjs,
V. 0 IViartment of Agriculture
beinsr set aside for the old soldiers, ory spent last wees nere witu tneir j c. Crawford. . It is said that while
one has also been set aside for - the lllue cousin jonn iyeriy.
Symar.tha Responds.
'I-vitac &ijs Mtf;it Syminth
incc rr turning from the north b
school ch i Id re nv and the programs
houM n'.t in ci'tickly an'p
a. a Uihl i'i;ici!i!lv in tho v.-slirn nrt 1 ur.null to rfJPOld.
Mrs. Ben Cohlevv and children Urt that thv rA4 aCratree which ortho' Sute. Pronini th- Nnd b Jvuc no doubt waj cnio.e
to
. : m r - : a; ia! 1 . .. I..... . . . li. t
u ru nf fkpw arA hpintr OI - AYiarion are visuiUK reiauye was, loaded with squirrels, nd after diskinir and Mrrofting nmt sot 15 uisiinuisn Jacoo ironi vtw in
lor ootn or inese u.iys: ro uiufe herathis week. V; : y - x V f shooting away aU tneir ammunition and Iouruh crt crimson cl ivr his old tec. That continent
pnr acre, and if convnint, sow that hn 1 deceived i:n when hj
w. v v,..-f- neraims weeK.t . . shooting away all their ammunition and
worked out bythose interested, F i. KUXrthvnt HinkoVvsnftnt kilUne nineteen, that Mr. Mario Wfeized
-and the events of thecFair promise Sunday in Bridtrewater. -:; : I a stick and ran down to the body of the
w - -
L b. rhe gre and rbn; Va 11 tWo more aas they; iame 300 pounds Ac d Phhato t Walh
McDowell county evo held. - Let was called home on.ccouiif of the iown-.- then they went away leaving peracrc, m ilhat will help to in- to respond,. -
nipnnnw.'tn.m- the Fair death of his sister Mrs. J, Ad amis, nnirrels in the tree. : ; : sure a stand of clover. Srao m Now I do not knowexictlj whit
i . . . ' - V - A w this ono pound of ho means, whea ho sxx U.it
. - Ir TT ik I tu rni p seed per acre,: prcicra'Jiy raiur. urmuic re.-.ij..j, .
it;-;--"-"r thbCornjarJ.imJnz
Vr-ir 'rjrrriiirrri. a,i..I thn tumin loavriq nrotcctth5 voun? moral, Uiiauuiii'. x:. u ucc;u.cr
- iilL33-XAJ-l LUtT HiUUU CLH54ito 1M UlAUVMij - - " "I -
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better.
Premium lists have been made
-out, and . we areuthorid tar say:
that every &an, woman7 and child
in Marion and McDowell County
ness trip to Glen Al pine Monday.
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Cotton Miir.News.
I wlth Mies "Mamie Crawford.
can offer for any premiums inthe SuptH: F; Little and Boss Car-
list. Let all plan to f make the der J. R: Fry e went to Rutherford-
Fair better, by reason of entering: ton lastweek; on business;
into the spirit? of. it;-;
clover plants in their early. staxrea.
ISAAC iTt rr An nn Viarm tn Kfw thf tnr.
nip seed as theso crops re intend
led -to plow under next spring to
Old. Currency.,
Some very bid , currency was
brought to this office V few days
ago by Mr. A. B. Gilkey. 'Oae
was a forty dollar
titled the bearer
v;niei-ingineer- ana iiasier mo- oinouay, ue uwug oi jw uah.,. . a
chanic- V - V :' v: - - x . the strangest coincidence or tne xnatier vuu iuwh am mw
.-W. Pressleyand familyhave ttt. a . . a. ,-..:!:..
- . - . . --t-jnouse xnat way. nowMwouueuj w -j qDMW as to masc suiuuicai
ack to Marion after a lew ATAn.4un(f nifni to .ai.j
-.v o prawiQ mj wiiubkanu vim luicr.
State
an
the hst oi Sontcrabcr. while in tho
J. Webb Walker and daughterj eastern and wanner sections of tho
of ihes-e. rjminthan will tr.:
"Is3acn in open combat, cither
mental, jhys:cilf or moral, and
prove to him that Sjmanthat U
able it mpood.
(SrwArrntA.)
moved back
bill is a picture resembling a i puz
zle, card. It is a curiosity; An
t)ther bill, North Carolina.: curren
cy, calls for five hundred dollars,:
agreeable tb in Act of Assembly
passed at Newbern the 10th dayof
May, 1780." "Death to .Counter-
eif'is printed on one end of fthis i to come our way
bill. Mr. Gilkey has had them in
his possession for quite awhile and
prizes .them very V highly as old
'relics. J -
DysartSYitle Dots.
Wi - . - i" V"j uysartSTiiie, oept 4. nr. ana ra. improve tbo soil. .
Win, : Clay has- been promoted Tama WRnrpr pnbrtAmd Ust Wednes-1 - ..i t, . t 'r J.i
by oupt. -Little to the position ; OI dav on the occasion of the fonner'al ,4. ; , . .
nuthcrfordton fievis.
Ilniberfarilos. Bi. 5 TW Hctrr
fardto ETadM boil ctird ylrrlxj
xnortdns with tb fol!owis fmchTt :
MIm KcU: Walter. Crrl wr.!t
radftt; UUi Ks:cia Carxs!r. tMrd
and fourth jcra-!'; ilia Ehiw,
f.flh a&d fixth gn!r; 111m l!rgrct
Qalnn, iTtnth a&l eighth gr-Ific
- J. Van .Carter, of Ullrich. --rl
fecrrury of tbo Kcrth Carol In b:tUf
Sch:Dol Awtccitioa. wi ber Moity
cocJTiltinj? with potse ef th Ssaday
Bchool worker rrUUru to bcillr a
county int-pr-drsctslsiticil SzzLxy
School oonTeaticn ln t nathtrfcTvlt la
October. " '
H IL Dyi-art, oca cf Marisa'a proi-
J rent dSUro. I peat sTtral days la tbt
J city 1: Trc-;.
L G. L. Taylcr, fcrarly cf
rtjrUle. cow lool-l ccat GilXrr.
if 1 ri in Cjwn 8atsn!ay.
D 11. IWch. cf HiclcrT. afur a a ab-
a a ... .. . i I f-tc! c?f t rerol weia. la rttzrrfU to
meawju. bwki, bushel oi small gram ana .a ioutiu$ , .
twenty fonr pounds. Zheo. . . wvt lbe dt and.
d. uuKey. aay iney naa eTexy imn5 nreaiiu i jrrowth to withstand the wtntc
p bill which "en: months atthe mill at Rutherford- gufy the inner man. from turkey In tho ccnlral part Gf tho Sta
to receive "forty. ton-M , -' ; ; . they should bo out in not later thi
Spanish milled dollars, or the value qV
thereof in gold or silver, accordbg U is now running a section m T Webb Walker and danehterJrpctrn and warmer sections oft
to a resolution passed by Congress the Sptnning-Koom. . . Raciiei Condrey, were visiting last week gulo thcy can bo put in as late as
t.PVi.1iu1lnTiU ipnt: P.fi.-ITTS" Our Mill run off 100,000 lbs., of in the Camp Creek conntry. i O.
On both the face and back of the cunn during tne memo TT i'.JT
This is theiargest production we Uanghter, lire. J IL.Goforth UstwceV. In tho CoasUI I'lavo section Bor
Ln;. OI.a Afon einro -lift, mill uoruuior xiu" oiu wiuuSuvui lOVCr JS aibu uuu Jur u muwc
have.; ever gotten since tne mm . Satnav tt winrr man.
.. -- . i . w r cover crop.
started . 5 : - A v V" Decatnr Daves has moTed to and will t - . ' , . . r
V We need isome more houses down tend Beid and Dock's fionrinK mUl. " " . Hairy vetch also makes a nnc
onVur sideof town " as you can't ' Mrs. IitcKibbeii Denton and her three winUr-covcr crop, and will succeed
a ' l children. Jamei Marion. JohnRobert ?n nlmrtst anv nart of Iho SlAtA on
rent OUtLUUvyu una wajr.iu ivo ' - - ; - - i . - ,
or money;" .The town is . bound a?aTAn!t.te'l ot well dratuts! Ur i. eitci .lljr !.-;r.-
Commissioners Meet.'
Greenlee News.1
n . Patridge dr'Moufitaiu pMl grow v ,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Denton spent a . . , -J
day last Veek with J. Webb Walker. If sown alouo sow at tho rate of uJ.D3uij
Mr. Walker cnt for his cnesta a water- pounds of seed per acre, sou
Greenlee, Sept. 4; The Green- melon abont eighteen inches long, red with rye or other small grain, one
lee SchooLwill stop for fodder pull-
The county commissioners held
a monthly meeting Monday. The
most of the day. was taken .up with
routine matters. - A special8 school
tax election was - ordered held in
School . District No.. 2, Crooked
Oeek township, October 30. -s
Horace Sentellrf. of Wavnesville.
. , .. 1 :
lias been appointed private secreta
ry to Congressman J. M. Gudger,
3r., to succeed Owen Gudger, who
vras given the annointment during
the spring, but who ,. on account
of his law practice his connection
with the Western orth Carolina
- -Fair association, of which he is sec
retary, and other business, felt it
to his interest to resign. - .
The returning Congressmen must
- face the explahatioa of why; those
.gardeu seed didn't sprout, - :
ing Friday, Sept. 8. :;
There will be an 1 ice cream sup
per at the Greenlee School-house,
Friday, Sept.-8. The public is cor
dially invited.. ; , L'
Miss - Mary Greenlee returned
l r Crooked Creek News..
Old Fort, Sept. 4 Mrs. John Kennedy
and Miss Mary' Bowman of Wallace are
. . ftu r rrr T)AW,4.Afi I rrmw cnrrfL; fill I V SOW r VO at tilC
home Saturday from North Cove Hiss iillie'PadRett were marrlcij. A. W. rato of ono and a blf bushels per rtAooThimAr bj llcDil
where she hw teen teaching: onWofflitiUnK. TtanjUy. A6t You want a heavy krowtb trr ccst,.f1
r-f an.l irrJ t r-i"i t' u
of vetch per acre. They should co.i. jfwithThoHntheTficaE-S-bo
sown at about tho same timo as Mr. IloVr; G. Howard trji Tf tirl
crimson clover and covered from from a rbit to rtUUrc a: Mar'.sa cl
one to two inches deep. KTl"fc. c.v,
Whcrp ncno of theso crops will lth rT T r. roU ju trisdr .aL
Tho graded hool won tto t;.ca
as
lere sue oas uetsu weauuiuj;- i . " .... , ... , . vv ... - r
. o.. v r--ji 31. Edcrar Gilliam and Misa Lennio . url r4 t .Xl
Mrs. aiuart. Mrs. . YV ouuuuuac, . a.. ...u wwuw;vMini auu w
. . - kt mKi m w am v t on o t t n n T-f 1 1 1 i .
and Misses Margaret of vcsctablo matter T. M. PilUata 0( HesJer.ia, J.
f I UUUUUUOO (lulu. a.umwma. w i UimittUliQ. A UOJ Avi. fwv . w - w f 4 A . rs, --
of Mfs. W. H. Greenlee, Saturday Denver. Colo., in a few days. Bst Turn under two or thrco weeks pton of Charlotte, J. Y. Plc.i
onornonn - wishes to twth of the yonng.coupies. before you wish to plant tlio crop 0f Manon make up a commit'-co
- d a I 1 .4 I ITTltl T H IT1 1 1 V 111 I I Li A Ul 1 I . . f II . T. ....1 I... . . .... AI T "V 1 n f J- 1 r. T " . nr.
T)r J K Biddix. of Hickory, . "T"- wmcu is to xoiiow. i.jc ciaj- m-'u . ....... .v. ...
- ! X VVbiIt were guests at the home, of Mr. Croom . rait ted to iret r.ai system of registration and
visitediiis brother, J. K.-Biddix, week .1 ly, should not be permitted to of .;Uarul rcrrt
Sunday.3 : r ;'-;; ; Misses Annie Lirzie Croom.. Mary woody.bcforo turning under, lict- texl meeting of the North Car-
t! nr TifjJ!:.!.:-:r;nf polflf?rM -nran nfl fr John TvrrmedY are tpr turn it tinder as. BOOU tS the Tl. f,vi!mri
tl - f V XJlUUli. la V --& VAw. J - A-J r UIU av aa- w. w I " - - " - ( .4t .-wv
near Greenlee, v
There ; has been an orpjan pur
chased for lhe .M. E. Church : at
Greenlee; ; - -. ; " - -
Rev. J. W. Bradley, of Ieford,
spent a few dayiathome last week.
- - v . .-. Student .
hesdi bcin to appear than to wait
..i T Ik ..II
! visiting in Asheville:
Walter Bradley spent Saturday nihtj nQj fa jrrQYu. If it nets full
with his coTin.rtnnr morgan, near , - followa it
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tunew. . . . ' 1- , , r- . 1 At t
Several of tho young peopio enjoyed wouia suuer more iuaa u u r u
a trip to the falK Sanday. - - was put on tno lanu.
We have nad enougn ram oa mo
creek to do for a while.
Hie dlawba ritcr which hr.i
boon lower thti Ruir.rnr, than for
many yr-irs, is up r crcral fee. r.i n
It 'JTill hare io rr? i:ver:J f . t
All thc3 crops should di'!;cJ ( th- n)f;r.:l l-:vcl.