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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST. OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N.. C, THURSDAY JANUARY 18, 19J2.
VOL. XVI NO. 20
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LETTER FROM FLORIDA
iMr. j.-D. Ledbetter Writes About
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' Things of I nterest on His Trip
-rA Big Fish Story. :
Orlando, Fla. Jan. 12, 1912.
Editor of The Progress:
On Thursday evening1 before
leaving-Marion a ( friend of mine
said to me: "When you get to Flor
ida write me a letter, but probably
you won't have time to write to all
you would like to, so write a letter
to The Progress and we. all can
hear from you." Now, if you will
allow space in your columns I will
try to tell of some of the things I
have seen that were interesting to
me.
The first thing after reaching the
middle and lower part of South
Carolina that I took special notice
of was so many cotton fields that
were white with cotton. Some
old fort Marion and the Lighthouse
are all of interest. I climbed the'
MARION LAWYERS WIN
a
winding stairs to the top of the Pless and Winborne Get Verdict of
ight house, 165 feet high, and got $2,916 in Case Involving .
good : view of the ocean and Lawyers' Fees.
country. L
a t i . 0i 4 ABneviwe uuxeo, ism.
itor leaving oc. Augustine my In thft fAf3A
next stop was at Palatka. It is on the case ot pless and Winborne
ine ow jobns river, and the river Bgainst D. j. McDonald was Bnish
Teachers' Meeting.
ProKrara of District Tcschcrs
THE CENTRAL HIGHWAY
Meeting to bo held at Old Fort, RePorts Are Encouraging all A!onS
February 10th, 1912. ' the Line Situation in the
School music and oponipjr exer- Different Countiej. .
ciws Miw Delia Williams and Ainm c.sij.ixk.
Marguerite Grant. I In rranoose to letters scot out
Classification and organization, I last month by II. B. Varcer, of
.nis point iooks to oe a naif mile ed, the jury having awarded the B.vrd. tral highway commits to the
uaoi.uu oiDgoi special piaintiff the sum of $2,916. How to gpt the school hoard to trustee of each of the cishtrea
iijwrebtinere. it nas a population The case was Ukn ud in the co-o Derate Mr. James McCall. counties throairh which the hir?h,
A rfr I l - -..I t i- ' -
ulT . . pan or tne court Monday morning and has Supervision at .play time, Mr. hav will urging thut work be
muuuwuuu beems to oe negroes. been a very interesting and som- A. T. Ili.-ttcr. . 4complotHl by Mav 1. and asking
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viwuuuiba ueauuiui town OI what unusual onft. Thn nlaintiflV ThftRviow. riw nnd viiw for the oxict rnrdiliMnc rnm,.r
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auuut MX mousana population. wh0 are members of. a law firm, at of a historv and ceornnhv rccitn- ing rfDlief have been rvctxxtA from
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oome oi xne orange groves here Marion, alleged that the defendant tion, Mr. . II. Weaver. U ronj.rity of the trustees.
are immense. mere are oranpfli mnf, i,Am nrvn l u...n ..... i i 1,1 I w ):.: .
trees in nearly all the yards. Many cases in which they had appeared dence of.studpnts. Miss Mary Cra- son county T. J. Murray, of Mar.
or me trees are lull ot oranges yet for him, He is a railway contrac- ter and Mr. I. C. Griffin. shall, said: "Mar Hill townshln
ana tne grouna unaer some ot tne tor and alleged that the judgments Some mistakes in teaching, D. has already voted $10,003 in bond.
trees is covered witn the yellow for which they desired to be paid F. Giles. so they will have a first clivs road
c . . . a. a mi l l l
iruit gomg to waste, xnis is tne had been collected by him after the from Ashoville to Mars Hill and
v . .vrwa uoo I aiiorne.vs naa ceaseu to renresent nana ui uiu run name uiuuci. aiso a roaa icaaing otnc Uiuinca
SO Tar. I r. 1C nifA nii tiro rm hara L! I ... - . l I f t it it.. r .
looked W if thev had not been . . ' . mm. Thc stockholders of the Hank Of wiwaru aiars&au. not opnngl
. , , . - LneClimateiS line tor this season It nnnPAr that Ploc unrl Win. liv.i c... u..i.i I tnwnshin will votft lO.COOin
nipu-pn ar. ail I was T--in Thar. T.rm I . - . I r ! wiu run, nviu tuvu Biiuum luicuut
f - " I AT thQ rOQ i 'hAM ion em a 1 1 -vr 1 m It 11 l v I . t Ml .1 T
v,ij,i. Au6.OWaouiau pome naa represented Mr. mo at Old Fort on January 10. The 10 DUlia a tta iroai me icnnrssott
that covers a big part of this coun- Donald in cases against the McAr- foliowi,, ..fficcrs were re elected Kno through Uiat tntrthip. that
try somewhat liKe broom straw thur Brothers company, the Mead
covers places in McDowell. bws comoanv. the S uth and Wes
If you are looking for razor-back tern Railroad company and the
hogs, come to Florida. I have seen Carolina. Clinchfi-UI and Ohio
a' number of hogs and all of them Railroad company.
reason for this was that labor was
so hard to get. On reaching Sa
vannah, Ga., I saw the long leaf
pine and small palmsln abundance,
also long moss covering the trees
along the swamps.
At Jacksonville, Fla. , I spent
nearly two days. This beautiful
-city has many of the large palms
-along its streets, roses and flowers
were in bloom around the dwell
ings and the lawns were as green
as if itwassummer time. v ; -
On Teaching St. Augustine, (the
oldest to wn in the United States)
I found many things of interest.
I spent two days in this beautiful
town. St. Augustine has two as
fine hotels as to be found anywhere
The Alcazar and Ponce De Leon.
These two hotels cost several mil-
lion dollars. I was at the opening
of the Ponce De Leon Hotel, Tues-
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for the eiiHumg year: L. F Craw- there win only be two townships
tonl, president: P. H. Mashburn, to vote bonds in onW to gri the
m.. -1 1.1 .1 t 1
V!i-o-preNitli iit; F. M. Hmdley, niiti completed uir;ugn .Mansoa
cashier, ainlJ.S. Bradley, assisunt c0001 numlxra nn and thrrc"
Directors were elected as 15 understood thnt Mars
cashier. Directors were elected as 15 unuersiooa innt Mars am
arejfull bred long-nose razor-backs. The case ; has been h hard ftiuirht fUows: L. P. Crawford, P. IL township will begin work as soon
1 he temperature here yesterday one by the counsel for both the vUshbuni J. L. Burkin J S spring opens, , Another branch,
.
and to-day has been from 60 to 65 plaintiff and defendant and a num
degrees above zero. The water ber of lawyers wre intnMlu el
here is not to -be compared with who testified as to the gool char
our mountain water in drinking acter of the plaintiffs. As exerts
qualities, stilK believe Western I a number of attorne vs ;who :wph
North Carolina has an ideal climate, placed on the witness stand testi
even if it is a little cold in winter fied that as a contingent fe th-
With best wishes to TnE Pro- amount being asked by Mr. Piss
gress and its readers, I am
Very respectfully,
J. D. Ledbetter.
was not exorbitant but instead was
very reasonable, .although it was
testified that if it'had been airreed
to Day him a straight fee, the
Won't Do Without It.
Victoria, Tex., Jan. 12, 1912.
day evening, January 9. A special Editor Progress,
train from New York brought in Marion, M. U.
llrndley ni.d F. M. Bradley. or highway rurw irom
The reiMrt of the cashier showed V'M b WV ot Wm tiville M tho
'lu-tMiik Im I in Gnc shape, with Tennewe line, th- siimc U-iog
iright piH Cts.fiif the yenr 191t. pmeticnll.v completl.
.iividiM of 12;rer cent winid r E.; G Chamber?, of Ash-t iUc,'
u g.M. ...v amount was plated trustee for BuccomU' county v rote,
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the surp.us. Mi,,- iut moe c-unij
will hav her road c uu!ttl 1 tho
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Nebo News. 1 iitywooo line oy .itv 1, pMDiy
s-ioner, and will s m corauinco
the guests and-a concert began at - Uear Sir:-The first snow to " " "u " . .. . .
.,1ihiiShIeDjoved very much, reach the gulf coast country io waran ana inomas 8. uo mns a,,-
Many of the old houses which were many years is " falling here this peareu lor u. ue.cu.
huilt back in the fifteenth and six- morning and revived memories of was warmly congratulated by his
. . - . . ' . -fv rtt-i ri o tt a err a rrt a rr er tr 1 nnmif tKiA
teenth century are stiir standing the glorious old Ulue Kidge the --"-k .
ilT onA Ilia SJlrr" nnr Vianntr Hotto I bUlU
ijauu ui wo uaj auu uayjjj vtajro
ef f Via Inner. noro tr qopVi nn Avtint.
that I could not longer deprive Ross NeSro Convicted and Sen-
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myself of the one and only source tencea uiaaaen Acquitted.
and in use Some of the business
streets are so narrow that they have
no sidewalks. These old streets
have never been made any wider
than they were when first made a
'few hundred years ago. The sul
phur water was something new to
me and I don't believe I ever could
like the taste or smell of it. While
at St. Augustine I ihade a trip out
to ( the seashore and the alligator
farm. This alligator farm contains
two thousand alligators, the small
est ones being about six inches long
and the largest twelve feet long.
At this farm I saw a large sea tur
Me which measured more than f ou r
feet across. I saw a large suh fish
which had just been captured and
was Supposed to weigh fully one
thousand - pounds. The Florida
mesUnion the following
mention pf this Ifisbi l-vA
v iHSt; Aigustihe, Jan. 8.x-pne of
"thejargest sun fish ever captured
: in this Ickjafity ,was taken i off South
-Beach Saturday. ; The huge fish
-had gotten too far in sbore and be-
lcame i stranded. IIJnableta get off
M into deep water, he was easily cap-
: tured by strollers on the beach. It
.required the combined efforts of a
dozen mfen to get the fish on ' dry
landJIThe fish! measures" ten feet
with enormous fins, and it is ; esti
.mated it weiglis fuUy onfe thousand
ll?The IwireleSW
Snrnh HHUiourion wm called- ou U-t tlic convict Ciiup at th- Mt
-.veniiig flr life has bwnftlowly p lowrll county lin- nnd contptcto
amount woul probably not Im as! hwhj for iho lAt three months rshf I th. nvl into Afhiil Yoi cia.
large as that which was asked for. j NVa a no0it wuinan aoa oas ivii mu je.r.j m Huncom - doif.i: her
run on May 15 n
W. T. Morgan, Nlariort, irus"
iUtiht;r, Mr. C. M. Hetiiphill- l.vr McDowell county, rite
Tnad lluutc-r left yesicnlAy for I'ettrr- that thir rrnds ar- very muddy
bur. Va.. where ho hi acc a Anj lhat TOj,T lhf n. jUUe pfOV.
pect of anything of cod sequence
Mi Eddie Young and Mjrtle Mnrn lir;n-
x. Lie utaiutiua ciu icuiuort veil i . . . i . i I -
r I nid the inutii'T oi fotirtwu cnilurfu.
by Locke Craig, A. Hall Johnston j f,f wh,lul survive her. Tu Uuer
.art of hrr hfe waa ejwnt with her
yours very truly,
Bruce M. White.
of communication with the. people John Ross has been convicted
of McDowell county, and hereby and sentenced to die February 1G
enclose money order for the Ma- for the murder of John Dixon, the
rion Progress for another year. Cleveland county farmer whom the
Wishing every one a happy and negro brained with an axe on the
prosperous New Year, I beg to re- night of December 12. Ross con-
main, ; . fessed: and said that brank u'ad-
den, a white man, was with him.
that he planned the crime and forc
ed him to take part in it. Glad-
Greenlee N GWSi I den. he said, killed Mrs. Dixon.
Old Fort, Jan. 15. Charles W. Ma- Frank Gladden, the white man
son, -. Southern Railway . Agricaltriral implicated by the confession ot the
agent, visited this school last. Friday in T . j "
tte interest of the Boys' Corn Club. Ten negro John Ross, in the murder of
of onr boys joined and we are looking Mr. and lrs. joon xiixon, promi
forward to some of them getting a prize, nent and wealthy people of Clcve-
Bourgeon Walker fell and hurt him- ian(J county, was acquitted by the
self while skating last week. We hppe t ouAiUr cntnrlifl th(K twlrA
he will Boon be able to return to school. , ,. . . 4- ,
kiss Delia:' Wlliams . gave a candy meu uwuu ug u . wuu uuup-
puUing last Friday night which was en
joyed by Hisses Maryland ; Lottie Mc
Koy, Ethel Mackey, . Hannie Biddix';
Messrs. Edward Bnrgin, r Morray, Mack
ey, Fred Biddi Gordon McKoy, Thorn
as Greenlee and Prof. A. T. Ledbetter.
ported confession of the negro as
evidence sufficient to convict. (
The case against Qladden, for
murder of Mrs. Dixon, was nol
prosed" with leave, as were the
1 Rev F. Li Higden- the new. Presby- cases against the negroes. Hack
terian minister, " preached at Siloam Ross and his step-son, Cullcn Mull,
Sunday afternoon. ; ; r. -: . (and all were released.
" Tolbert Parker had the misfortune of
gejting his foot hurt at the saw mill re
cently: '"-'y . v'.v'" " ; ' . .'; .'T ' '
: ; The ' weather " is, bad -but w pro
pheiyf tbt it will be better next week.
But a ''prophecy' is not always true.
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The plant of the F. S. Royster
Guano Company, near Tarboro,
was completed destroyed by "fire
Saturday; The loss t is estimated
at $100,000. . - :- -
Arthur Iltckn. Jeo and Edwin Cor
peuing spent Saturday and Sunday at
their home.
Miu Vara Corpenlng was shipping in
Marion. Saturday.
Annmberuf the dormitory .girb are
at present out of school on accuuut ot
measles, but eo far it ha not broken in
to our school work very much Wb
have several tuore new stauVnU in
bchool, amonc whom are Bert Ledbvlter.
Jam llail, Annie Ulbnoa.- Addie
EiUott and LKj'ua Gibba.
The Euzaueth Wiley Ut?rarT Sod-rty
invited the Henry Grady SocMy to at
tvud iu miiug lat Friday night and
the following program vraa rendered:
Sou By Society.
At the roll call each member respond
ed with a quotation from Longtellow.
Duet Moonlight oa the lindson
Miaees Young and L. lonon..
. Recitation A Naughty Little Glrl'i
View of Life Mlisa Dal a try Graham.
Quartet When the Sunset Toms the
Ocean Blue to Gold MIacs Wilson,
An'nln, Beck and Stepp.
Comic Hits Mi Donnie McGlmscy.
Puzxlee Mii Msry Greenlee,
' Solo Pure as Snow Miss E. Lonon.
IteciUtioa How the Laure Stakes
were Lobt Miss Edna Welhu
S ng Swert Be Your Dream Mb
Eva Blair. . :
. Current Events "SIlss Ada f5rown.
Trio Roses of Spring Mics Stacy,
"Wilson and Kaylor.
Silent Critic Miss Lillian Ecnon.
Song Meet Me To-night In Dream
land Misses Cuthbertaon, Hlx, Paton,
Lonon, Oonley and Goforth.
Critic's report." . ' -
E. F. Muraford, insnicrof the
Suthern Baptist avmbly at Blue
raont, very much interested in
the Central highway and Is build-
inir a mile of the nvl from the
Mcl)w-U county hue in thedircc
ion of Old ForL . .
I. L Pratt, ;who lives in Old
Fort township, ha also anvl to
Ouild a mile of rpd in that town
ship down llie moutiUin and his
hi road in pretty, fair condittoa.
The Black MouuUtu roaa com
mUVmnen have dit e some work
if Utru Bluemont Bird Black Moun
tain. ,
Some of the couuttes bet wet a
Aihevtlle and the seashore havo
their roads in fairly t;ood hxpc.
and reports of work to bo done at
an early date are encouraging to
those interested in tho highway.
over which a run will be made !a
May. " .
YT)U can't afford U iuU this of
fr. A iianUimrj 42 p tree dinner
h t HiuJ l ilt; pKOiutm ou-i year
f r niiU H.. Thf vvry UKSl
! ar will cii ynit more
iiinty Viwlwre.! .Wtir nut. take
a ivanUg of this oiler and get the
paper a year in adi:tiju!
.The Unitrd States has about 2,
000 newspapers, .