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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER' DEVOTED -TO THE BEST INTEREST. OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. 'a, THURSDAY, FEB.. 6, 1913. ' '
VOL.-XVII NO. 23
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Social Jfet&s
dist church held their regular busi
ness and social meeting at the home
of J;' W. Streetman; Jr., Tuesday
iuK tt. R TWcr. rlAlichtfnlW evening, January 18v After the
entertained twelve' of her friends bsiness of the league, ..the, mem-
Wnod. niirht. nf boIt i ' De rea.Q ana aiscusseo wo iwo
social game of Forty-Two. This noted Bible chaj-acters, namely
ivioses ana iraui. j ine Daoersreaa
game being charmingly informal
brought forth much enjoyment
and. merriment from all present.
Dainty refreshments were served
late in the evening. In the, after
noon at 3 o'clock Mrs. Dysart had
been the hostess to twelve of her
friends. Both functions were
ed with gracious hospitality.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Numerous Small Bills Are Put tie-
fore the Legislature Solici
tor's Salary, Etc. N
and talks made by the young men
and women were, excellent and
would have done credit to any
Christian society. After quite ah
interesting and excitihgx discussion
Moses' side won. , Mrs. Streetman
the young people by her cordial
hospitality. Delightful cream and
On Saturday last Mrs; Giles en- cake was served.
tertained a number of f the Marion ThevLeague will discuss at their
ladies at Nebo High School where next regular business and social
for some weeks Mrs. Giles has meeting Esther and Deborah. The
been conducting a class in special young people of the town are wel-
studies. The guests going down come at the .Sunday evening de-
on the 10:45 train, returning at votional meeting in the' Sunday
6 p. m. The afternoon wast spent School room of the M. E. church
in playing "108," similar to- "42." at 7 o'clock.
At 4 o'clock tea was served by the a , . W ,
hostess. The day though informal a,n4.lafut rl a"e0?n,Jt.he
was especially pleasant. Mrs. ?"&S CUfr held its
Giles returns to her home in town f ortnightlytin jat the home of
the middle of this month. - U TS-; G Gnffin- h of
the afternoon was a very pleasing
Mrs. P. A. Eeid was hostess : to one to all, "Current Events," the
a number of her friends at her roll call being answered with the
home on , Wednesday last. The various things being done by the
main feature of the afternoon was ati ve, prominent : women of our
a soeial game of cards. Beautiful country. - The papers for theafter:
bowls of hyacinths and narcissus noon were The Parcel Post in
were used as floral decorations in America and. England, by Mrs.
the sitting room. At five o'clock E. Hudgins; Child Labor in the
tea was served in the dining room Mills, Mrs. Giles; Notables Who
where the twelve ladies were: seat- Passed Away in 1912v Mrs. Pless;
ed atone long handsome table each The New Theatre for. Children in
plate being marked by a place car New York, Mrs. Geo. L White.
and a bunch of white hyacinths At the close of a very pleasant and
and narcissus while a large bowl instructive meeting, tea was served.
of ferns and white hyacinths mark- The next meeting, which comes on
ed the centre of the table. This St. Valentines Day and is at the
pleasant social affair was most en- home of Mrs. D. E. Hudgins, will
joyable to the guests of a gracious have for the subiect, "The Noted
hostess. Lovers of the World" with a Val-
; entme roll call. In two weeks time
Several weeks ago a number of the subject for the afternoon will
me . young maies organizea a ciuo,
. purely social in its nature; they de
cided to call it thp "T. and N.
Club." The first two meetings
were with Misses Lucile and Nellie
Blanton at their home on Hender
son street, and the hours spent with
flving needles and pleasant "chat
passed rapidly. The hostess, " on
each: occasion, served dainty re
freshments. Last week Miss Julia
, Burton entertained the Club,- and,
notwithstanding the clouds and
rain, a dozen Club members met
and enjoyed the hospitality 'of Ihe
young hostess. The meeting this
week will be on Friday afternoon
: with Miss Sara Copeland.
oe An Atternoon witn loog
fellow" and quotations. Later will
come The Former Women of the
White House."
;; On Friday evening the hospit
able home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Howard was aglow with festivity
when ; Mrs. Howard entertained
sixteen of her lady friends. In the
large; halp anJ!iption ropms,
tastefully decorated m : hyacinth
blooms and potted fernst the hos-
tess, assisted bv Miss Annie Laura
piantbh,. greeted each guest. After
.an venjoyablel hour - in' the social
me Fortytwo, ah exceptionally
tempting tea. was served consisting
pi salads, sandwiches, ices, cakes,
ripe stawberriesX and bon; bons.
Each guest was then the recip
of a dainty favor, i the ' handiwork
w xne nosiess. xnese preuy giiis
- . were greatly admired oy an , ana
added to what already was one; of
the season. v . , :
'.' The young people of .the Metho-
it
Nebo School Notes.
Nebo, Feb. 5. Miss Eva Stacy,
one of Nebo's most attractive young
adies, on Saturday last passed
from' this lonely life of ksinisterity
to encounter the life of double
blessedness with the person of one
L. E. Sigmon. Mr. Sigmon was
the former agent for the Southern
railroad at this place, but now is
transferred to ttie office at Ridge-
crest. Miss Stacy is a member of
the 1912 graduating class of Nebo
High School, and the first of her
classjto win a life partner. C We
bespeak: them a life of happiness
m .tne companionsnip or eacn
other. J ': ' H-: : : ' -X -:X X".Xr '. .
The honor roll ?. for ttie) week
January 27 to 31 is as follows:
Madge Brown, Neal Duval. Ma-
mie ijrotorth, Uaintry Urabam,
Edith Lonon, Fay e Padgett, Cheley
Sigmon, Elsie Stacy, Maggie Tay
lor, Effie Cannon, : Alonzo Davis,
Delia Gibbs, Cossie Patton, Laura
Hicks, - Carol Thomason, . Ethel
Alexander; Myrtle Brown, Ada
Conley, Fred Hensley, Belle Hunr
ter, Berry Hunter; Tracy. Sigmon;
m . '-Oil- V T-" ' a TTT'I -f YT -a'
lorn otacy, ljoitie v nson, name
Taylor, John Rudisill. ; ;
iFire which swept the riverfront
of .Savannah, Ga., for two blocks
early Sunday morning did damage
to the extent of $1,500,000. '
-: , Senate Tuesday.
Petitions were received from Gas
ton, Cabarrus, Cumberland, Rockins-
ham, Rowan and Watauga counties
for 8ix-montbs school terms.
The . following bills passed - final
reading: -. '
Senate bill to amend section 350S of
the Revisal, so as to make the mini
rown punishment for horse-stealing
four months instead of fire years.
This was-opposed .by Wakefield and
Watts. ,
House bill to amend the Revisal,
section 93, so as to require notice of
refusal to pay an account bv an ad
ministrator to be In writing, the Sen
ate amendment not to apply to tran
sactions prior to enactment.
Senator Studdert was added to the
Committee on Penal Institutions.
House Tuesday. ,
Raleigh. The Stewart bill amend.
ing the divorce' laws . passed . the
House Tuesday afternoon, it " origi
nally provided that separation for two
years be ground for divorce. The com'
mittee had amended hls, making the
time five years, the party abandoned
without cause having the right to re
marry. r; m ' . .
The House passed the Justice ant!
trust bill, which applies the Federal
anti-trust law to the state, k en acts the
provisions of the old Held anti-trust
bill of the 1907 session and .provide!
machinery for the Attorney General tc
enforce the law. - , ;
. number of blllspassed final read)
ing In the house. : ""' f - ,
.-Senate Wednesday. .
The senate discussed at consider
able length, the question of whether
constitutional amendments shall b
submitted to the people bp this ses
sion or by a special session 'next falL
Petitions were' sent up by Senator?
Brown, Coffey, Hall, I vie, Payne.
Barnes, Peebles, Evans of Bladen.
Bryant and Davis for a six-months'
school term and compulsory-education
law; by Hooka, from Woman's Club o!
Goldsboro, for right of women tc
serve on school committees, for bet
ter laws regulating labor of womer
and children and for a vital s Litis
tics law; by Pharr from the Eclectic
Club of Charlotte, for the vital static
tics law.
House Wednesday.
There were numbers of petitions re
ported from various sections of the
state for the child labor legislation,
six-months school terms and compu!
sory attendance, better roads, searcl
anad seizure law, and petitions for tUt
state to provide for the expenses c!
the state xmilltia In attending the in
auguration of President Wilson.
Bills passed final reading as fol
lows:
Gordon bill to require preparation
for University and four-years reading
medicine before persons can be li
censed to practice. j -
Senate bill to authorize the sum
moping of jurors from other counties
'for the trial of causes In certain cases.
. House bill to prevent Infant blind
ness, f
House bill to prevent the use of
firearms by children; parents an?
guardians vbelng guilty of misde
meanor under certain circumstances.
-,.-, , Senate Thursday.
- , Raleigh. The Senate voted 27 to 1C
for the appointment of the legislative
committee of five from the Scnato and
eight from the House and the com
mission of five' by the Governor as a
constitutional amendment . commts
sion, as recommended by the Joint
Committee on Constitutional Amend
ments..' V 'V.I.'-' i ' V...
A message from Governor Craig sub
mltted the proposition from C. . '. C.
Duncan' to buy the State's stock la the
A. & N. C. Railroad for 949.950 In
cash, .75 per cent of par value.
V Among reports of committees was
an unfavorable report from the Com
mittee oa Education,'
House Thursday.
; Petitions' from many part of the
state for six months school terms, for
compulsory school attendance,' child
labor legislation; special school tax
levies, woman's suffrage and state-wide
dog tax. 1 . - '
A,1 message received from the . Gov
ernor, transmitting , without recom
mendation the proposition of E. C.
Duncan to purchase the auto's stock
la the Atlantic & North Carolina Rail
road Col, was referred to the finance
Committee.
Bills passed final reading a fol
lows: , -
Relative to the Issuance of bonds
in Forsyth county fo rthe Roanoke, ft
Southern" Railroad.
To validate electric light bonds In
Asheboro.
To allow Red Springs to lssur
school bonds.
Senate Friday.
LATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Interesting Reading Matter of
Local and National Affair
In Condensed Form,
It is expectrd that th Southern
Hichway conrcntioa will biUrtf
ly attended at Asherillo on Febru.
ary 1 2. ,
Participants in tho Gtn Alnino
Urn-
nessco has improved ennucb to 1
providing for 12 peremptory challenge wrricxl from the hospital in Stats
by the defendant In capital cases and v;nft tr, hU LmA T, ..
The Scnato passed the Judiciary I Ktt1 .ra m-.j.- n.
r-mmitt'- v I attio arts rfcoTenDff. Dr.
Carolina Bar Association jury bills
four for the. state, the state to stand
oone at the foot of the -panel, and do
ing away with the requirement that
Jurors la the box must be freeholders.
; Petitions were received from citi
zens of Northampton county for bond
ing railroad employes; from citixens
of Littleton for an appropriation of
120.000 for the Oxford Orphanage;
from Farmers' Union of Halifax coun
ty. for six-months school term and
compulsory school law; from
Order Councils at StatcsvUIe
ton la. Pilot Mountain, Frankllnton and
Asheboro for better child labor Law
and compulsory school law.
House Friday.
In the House the Kellum bill passe4
by & good-sized majority, directing the
Corporation Commission " to investi
gate the receiver's sale to the A. &
T. Railroad and subsequent division
of the old Cape Fear & Yadkin Val
ley Railroad,. Wilmington to. Mount
Airy, by the Southern and Atlantic
Coast Line, and report to the. Attorney
General as to findings - that Indicate
conspiracy to throttle competition in
violation-of the Sherman antitrust
law.
The following bills were ratified:
To authorize Commissioners of For
syth county to issue refunding bonds
&tnatt4. Saturday. pctdt the campaign bivinjr bn
The senate passed tne bouse Joint l l-nKl r.,,. f
inj: $10,000.
in uracc bospttal at MoruaotoQ
arc out of dacj;tr. .
Judffc James E. jd, nf
Greensboro, Federal judce, will
70 years old on February 14, 1915,
and has announced that be will it.
tiro on tho day ho is 70. He will
retire on full pay. This will citf o
Junior President Wilson the appointm-nl
' nf some one to a good job, Itpsya
$C,000 a year.
The Citizen says a meeting la
Central Methodist churcli, Aho-
yille, Sunday nicht, closxi a cam-
paien of two weeks in the interv-st
of foreign misskjns. which has
been conducted by Dr. IL K.
Boyer, the missionary scrcur f
Western North Carolina Confer
ence. Dunne tee Dist two weeks
mectincs hare lxea held in fifteen
cities of this state: and the sum rf
$15,000 has been raised amonjr the
Methodists of the Conference for
the support of foreign missions -
resolution for the governor to ap
point a committee or taree to con
fer w4th oQclals of railroad compa
nies In effort to settle contest over
freight rate discrimination without
retaliatory legislation at this ses
sion.
House bill to amend Revisal so
to require hunters starting fires to ex
For Ono Term of Six Years,
A constitutional amendment
which would restrict the PreWent
of th United States to a sim:!
Ungulsh them' passed final readings. I trm of six years and would Ur
oodrow iUon, Theodore I loos.
veil and William H. Taft fp.ro
a ain seeking election, was p
i roved by the Senate Salorday y
bo narrow majority of one role
After a t ree data ficht in which
th prog revives joined with mtny
Republicans in oprKninjr the m-
uro as proposed, the Senate adopt
ed the original Works r.soluti'n
by a vote of 47 to 23. The lan- .
i;uc which it is prtirwvd to in
srt in the constitution in place of
tho Orst paragraph of article two
is as follows:
Tbo executive power shall bo .
veitcd In a President of the United
States of America. The term of
President shtll be six years and no
person who has held the oGce by
election, or discharxre its powers
or duties or acted as President
under tho constitution and Isws
nude in pursuance thereof, shall,
bo eligiblo to bold a?ain the ofUco
by election.! The Vice President
is also elected for tho tame term.
Senators Simmons and Overman
voted for the resolution. Senator
Overman also voted for an amend-
mcnt, -which was defeated, to ct t
tho President and Vice President
by direct voto of the people Sn
ator Simmons voted satirist the
smf ndrocnt. The resolution pisrd
fer to seizor to bring into the itiuhow jyoes to the Housa and if it
passes tlist body and b adopts br
The following also passed:
Senate bill fixing boundary line be
tween two school tax districts in
Wilkes.
Senate bill to empower Madison
county to buy land adjacent to court
house for better fire protection.
Senate bill to appoint magistrates in
Nash and ratify their acts.
Senate resolution to pay expenses of
Vacation Committee on Homo for
Wives and Widows of Veterans,
Announcement was made of the
consideration of all divorce bills by
the two judiciary committees on Tues
day afternocn at -3 o'clock In the
senate chamber.
H ou s e Sa tu rday.
There were petitions Introduced ad
vocating six-months minimum terms
of public school; for compulsory
attendance; ; for location of the
proposed Western Carolina Tecber
Training school and for chUd labor
legislation. x
' Tho bouse passed the Joint rcsolo
tlon endorsing the proposed Trans
continental Highway, Atlantic to the
Pacific' '""
Representative Clark of Pitt conn
ty Introduced In tho house a drastic
antl-clgarette bill. as follows: v
, 'Whereas, the public welfare ' de
znands that -the health of its citlxens
be protected, and that tho ycung
men of our state be allowed to grow
to a fully developed manhood; , and
whereas 'the use of tobacco la the
form of cigarettes Is admitted and
recognized aa very Injurious to ' th
human system, therefore the general
assembly of North Carolina do enact:
"Section 1 That It shall be a mis
demeanor for any person, firm or cor
poration to mannfactnre or sell, of
for the purpose of selling, glvlcg
i
away, or otherwise disposing of. any
cigarettes, cigarette papers or sub
stitute for the same; and a violation
of any of the provisions of this act
1 shall be a misdemeanor runlrhable
by a fine cf rot lc?s than 550.
(Continued oa last pas)
three fourths of tho but it will
brctitnt a part of the uermascnt
aw of tb Ud.
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wKfi business visitor bre cV.?r-
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