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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N.. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 22, 1914.
VOL." XVIII NO. 21
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MAJ. W. A. CONLEY DEAD
Honored Citizen of McDowell
County Passes Away After Brief
Illness Funeral Sunday.
Maj. W. A. Conley died atliis
home in Marion Friday evening at
8:45 oc'clock after a serious illness
of a week's duration.
The funeral service was conduct-
ed at the Methodist church Sunday
afternoon t 2 o'clock by the pastor.
Rev. U D. Thompson, and Rev.
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H. H. Jordan, of Morganton, and
interment made in Oak Grove cem-
etery at 3 o'clock. The great mul-
titude of people, from different
sections of the pounty,. and -classes
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irom tue wwu wuu tUDu 1
f uneral ana ounai, snowea wun
what esteem he"was held by all of I
our citizens.
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iviaj. conley wz uuru iu a.u-
well county September 12, 1837.
His father moved to bis farm on
the Catawba river in McDowell
county, when Maj. Conley was only
a boy and he lived there th re
mainder of his life.. He owned the
fine and valuable old home of his
father. He married Miss rlennie
T Q i qqo tti
Gardm, January 9, 1888. Eleven
, , , .
children survive.
Hewas from ope of the most
prominent families in McDowell
county, and. personally was one of
the most prominent men t that has
ever lived in the county. He en-
listed in the Confederate army un-
der Col. D. H. Hill, and was al
brave and true soldier.
He held many responsible posi-
tions in the county. He served
several terms as chairman of the
tfoard ot uounty commissioners,
and represented the county in both
the House and Senate in the Legis-f
lature, but his; greatest usefulness
and force inhe county was in his
t home and business lite. t
By his industry and fiDe business I
judgment he,accu'mulated a consi-
derable amount of property which
he has left to hisiamily. Heown-
ed several valuable farms, owned
stock in furniture. factories, cotton
mills, and banks, and was vice- writers of his day; he was always
president of the Western Furniture vivacious and animated and his wit
Company, and president of The and humor was endless. Interest
First National Bank at the time of ing anecdotes are told -ot his asso
his death.. He was a man that ciation with Ruskin, Thackary,
the business men of the town Emerson, George Elliott and others,
turned to when they wanted tcren- Tea was served at small tables at
ter into any financial enterprise, the close of the program, and this
He was a man who had-implicit social feature was equally enter
confidence in his friends. He was taining.
a man of very strong convictions The next meeting, with Scotland
and character, yet entirely unpre- again as the subject, will be at the
tentious. He iiever tried to make home of Mrs. John Decjser.
any display of himsellor his prop-
erty.- He was generous in his na- Embroidery;Club.
ture, and a philanthropist in help- Miss Nell Blanton was hostess for
ing to build up his section of the the Embroidery tilab at her home
county. He gaye one thousand on Depot street last Friday after
dollars on the bridge that the cpun- noon. The house was prettily de
ty built across the Catawba river corated in red and green which
in Nebo. township, and gave five caused a holiday air to prevail and
hundred dollars to the Nebo High the hours passed very pleasantly in
School. He was very kind to all deed, owing; to Miss Blan ton's charm
classes of people, especially the as a hostess. - Tbe.guests were met
noor. While his barns and larder by Miss Blanton and Jier sister,
were overflowing with plenty, he Mip Lucile Blanton. All-present
never turned away; ,the poor and enjoyed the delightful musicTen
needy who went to him forbread dered by Miss Julia Burton. JTemp
and meat and was never known to" ting refreshments were served dur
oppress the poor. Heas the very ilig the evening.: r I
personification of honor and hbn- ? Those present were: Misses Ruby
esty and we are told that ati hon Deal, rWbod Florence iHildebran,
est man is thloblest &of Baxie Merrill, MauH Barnard, Lu
(S.$MMiMW cile Blanton, Julia Burton, Moffitte
In his deathV ndt bnlv his Sinclair: and Katheryne Lassiter,. :
batMct)owellcoutty has sustained
a great loss.
At a meeting of the. Directors
of the First, National Bank on
Tuesday, the following resolutions
rere adopted:
WHEftEAS, God in Ms -wisdom has re
called our beloved President. Maior
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Conley to Himself; and whereas in the
Ions service of Maior Con lav an Pratt.
dent of this Bank, and its parent banks,
the institutions have . had wonderfnl
Progress and snccess, the high character
anf nle ualiie8 f th dnt not
only always protecting the patrons, bnt
lendiDg and creating confidence and
good will;
' And Whereas, the loss of his kindly
gracious presence and personality is an
ir?l5? 08a: v t4, ,
Now Therefore be it resolved:
That this Bank record the feelings of
each Director that in his loss, we monrn,
in his absence we suffer; to his charac-
r we Pm men as an example of
noble qualities and high standard of
UYiag. that our heart8 gQ Qut in 8ym.
pathy to his noble wife and children.
and that his memory will always be a
benediction upon those with whom he
served.
Twentieth Century Club.
On last Friday afternoon the
members gof the 20th Century Club
at fche home of Mrs. J. Q. Gifkey,
ry u i.
Mrs. E. H. Dysart being hostess,
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lwenty-four members responded to
the roll CftH with quotations from
various gcoteh writers of QOte
Tbls was the of an
tertaim prosTfim with Spotlaod
as the subject.
Mrs A. Blanton gave a concise
oqj- f f Ann
which is not quite so large as the
state of South Carolina; its various
industries, wealth and other things
0f importance. Mrs. John Decker
gave a sketch of Sir Walter Scott,
his fame as a writer, his princely
home and wonderful personality.
Then an analysis of some of hisva-
rious heroines was given. Mrs.
Minnie Blanton read a paper on the
poet Robert Burns, who has by
his imaginative mind and magnetic
pen, made a lasting fame for him-
self and his country. Mrs. Frank
Wood followed with an article on
Carlyle, one of the most talented
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8 UTS
ON FREIGHT REVENUE CON
TENDS TRAFflC MANAGER
GREJEN.
AN INCREASE iS DOUBTFUL
Probable Gain In freight Business
Not Definato Enough Data Upon
Which4 to Run 'Road. Lengthy
Hearing Begun.
Raleigh. Freight Traffic Manager
L. Green of tbe. Southern Railway
wa .onthe .and, nearly, three hours
In the intrastate freight rate hearing
and scarcely more than got started In
the presentation of his eridence. It
is said. He is following lines of eri
dence designed to show that the
Southern's present freight" rate reTe
nue ' cannot stand . th big cuts, pre
scribed in the Justioe act through
applications of the Minnesota rates.
and is developing an exhaustive pre
sentation of Carolina freieht condl
tions compared with Minnesota and
other territories.
Led by General Counsel Thorn, ha
asserted that In great freight sections
of the more thickly populated sec
tions of the country where rates are
now some lower than in North Caro
lina, definite movements for increases
in rates are pending before the Inter
state Commerce Commission with
urgent approval by great commercial
and shipping organizations, s
It required a couple of hours earl
ier in the day tp" complete the testi
mony of Vice President and Auditor
Plant of the Southern Railway. Mr.
JPlant s audancevwas In the. line. ot
showing methods of keeping the ac
counts of the Southern as to the valu
ations, of their property.'
He testified that there are imme
diately ahead of the Southern non
profit yielding expenditures In this
state aggregating $3,412,000 and on
the whole system of $6,240,000. These
include increased station facilities.
new depots. There have been such
expenditure the past 13 years of 85,
484,000, and of this $63,500,000 has
been expended within the past three
years.
The company has sold Its bonds
since reorganization at a net loss oi
$12,500,000, and the bonds are now
under the present freight and pas
senger rate revenue conditions com
manding only 72 to 73 on the bond
market. To reduce the net revenue
from $441,000 to $30,000 for this state.
as the application of the proposed re
duced rates would do, would have
the effect of still farther depressing
the financial ability of the company
to maintain an efficient service, he
said.
The final witness by the Southern
Railway in the 'ntrastate freight rate
hearing before the Rate Commission
was Assostant Chief Engineer T. P.
Gatlin, whose special work Is main
tenance of way. "His testimony was a
mass of figures showing the condition
of the North Carolina lines of the
Southern and what Is necessary to
bring them up to standard condition.
He represented to the commission
that it will require. $20,000,000 to put
all the line in standard condition.
A, Progressive Dairyman.
'Newton. R. Iu Shuford Catawba's
largest 'dairyman, is engaged in plac
ing an overshot wheel at his dairy and
butter house,; which will drive his
separator-and churn. Early in last
year Ur.'Shuford installed a milking
machine which has proven to be a
wonderful success. He has also in
stalled an electric system which
pumps water for barn I and dwelling.
furnishes power t or sawing wood and
running the 'milking machine and fur
nlshes lights for iome and barn.
Awarded Damages, $200105. -
Durham. Just before court ad
journed the Jury in the Rhodes "case
returned a verdict giving O. A. Rhodes
$200.05 damages . account of the city
emptying sewerage into . Blackwells
bnuichrwhlch flows by his farm. The
five cents was awarded as. nominal
figure for . temporary damages.- The
verdict la considered a Yictory, for
the" city. The V Jury was out about
four, hours,' making the trial of the
case, take, up three fwnoie days. .; , ,
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STAND
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN
Matrd Barnard. CdlUr.
' - The Teacher's Ambition.
To help the child to become unselfish,
pelf-reliant, kind, thoughtful, consider
ate, honest and Independent; to train to
habits of usefulness; to promote purity
of thought and life; to have even some
.
email pan in awakening loxuer pttrpoeos
and holler aspirations; to arouse In the
minds of boys and girls an honest and
sincere hope to be able to some extent
to make happier the school, tbe home,
the community,, the state, the nation,
the "world should be(the highest ambi
tion of every teacher. Barrett.
Glen wood jOloses,
Last Friday completed tho jeai'a
work at Glen wood. This has been
the most' successful term in tbe
history of the school. Miss Broa
den as principal has done excellent
work and is very popular Uh her
students and patrons, who hope to
secure herservices again next jear.
School Notes
Miss Pearl Beck of Burke couu-
ty is teaching at. Curfew.
The school aDome will clt83
next Friday. Mr. ,H. M. Lyda
has taught a very successful school
there this year.
They have just installed a new
oil stov.e at Greenlee and we are'
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expecting good results from the
cooking and sewing classes there.
The Nebo faculty spent Sunday
rn "Marion attending tho funeral of
Major Conley.
Miss Martha Hall completed her
work at Three Mile school last
week and will enter Nebo High
School soon. The patrons of Three
Mile report a good years work and
we hope to keep Miss Hall in our
teaching force. ,
, Miss Maggie Goforth is now
finishing the unexpired term at
Pinnacle.
The school at Vein Mountain
closed the first of the year.
Miss Addio Elliott has feeen
teaching in the intermediate de
j partraent at Glcnwood since Christ
mas.
Miss Blanche Houck has just
finished her work at Cowans.
East Marion School.
The honor roll for tho week end
ing January 16, is as follow:
Charl.no, Charles and Edoa UrowbH
Anna, Jennie and George L. Con
ley, Gus and Elmer Dover, Etowey
and Annie Lee Helms, Guy Jar
rett, Mary Herman, Annie and
Delia Lowdermilk, Vesta Murphy,
MyrtlePoteet, Lessie and Pink
Seagle, May Sbeban, Ray and Vir
ginia Vawter, Loy, Myrtle and
Lula Finley, and Joseph Gibson.
S. and L.'
With the end in view of making
Weaver college, at Weaverville,
the Jeaing junior institution of
le&rnicg of Southern Methodism,
the management of that college is
determined to raise an endowment
fund of $200,0OQ of which! amount
$50,000 la expected to como. from
Asbevillo friends and supporters of
the institution. .;".
Dr. Paul W. Troutman of Aber
deen has bought the dental busi
ness, together with tho office and
Oxturesbf Dr. 'J. O. Biddix, at
Hickory, and has taken chargo of
of the place. Doctor Biddix , will
leave in; a; few weeks . for Balti
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GETS FARM LIFE SCHOOL
Keen Rivalry Develop Among Msck
lenburg Towns Dtslring the
Institution.
Charlotte. At a postponed meeting
of the Mecklenburg Coanty. Board of
Education htM a few days s go in the
office of County Superintendent llo
Cluikej. the effer of 126.007 by Pin e-
Tille was accepted and the board Tot
ed to recommend the coanty farm Ufa
school for this thrlring locality.
The fUht between Derlta, Pine till e
and HuntersTille waa exceedingly
warm, for each of these fertile sec
tions of the county wre anxious for
the school and all had made strenu
ous efforts to land It. the work, dsrtng
the past month or .more belnr carried
on with vigor tn each ot the three
districts,'
The requirements made by the state
are $25,000 and 29 acres of land and
Pinerllle in exceeding this amount haa
shown how anxious the citltens are
for this school. It has been said that
every man in Plnerille made a person
al subscription to the fund for the
school with one exception and that
man wm not in the town and coaldV
not be seen. The community tn addi
tion to raising the 6.0C? by prlTale
subscription, raised $20,000 In a
special bond election.
The total pouplatloo of PlnevUle
was stated to be S3 1 and so close did
these figures approach 1,000 that tho
committee representing Derlta ex
pressed an anxiety to re-count thU
number and see if there were not
more than 1.000 citizens In the town.
t Should there prove to be more than
this number Pincriile will forfeit tho
school for the slate dors not allow the
school to be located In a town ot more
than 1,000 population.
This meeting vu called primarily
for this purpose, having been post
poned frcxa tho Srst :.ioday inXtnu
ary to give the various sections time
to make their canvasses and get their
offers in shape to be presented to the
beard", and because Chairman W. W.
"Watt could not be present.
The offers of the other two sections
were not read to the board because
they wore not in exact shape. Doth
sections asked for more time; but
since the board had announced that
that day was the date set for tho fi
nal decision, and since Ptncvllle had
met the Issue, the board ell that un
less PlnevUle was wiiliag. through lis
representatives, to agree to a further
delay, that It could not extend the
time and be fair to Plnevf'.e. The
PlnevUle representatives were not will
ing to agree to a postponement, for
they stated the orders had bad an
equal start and should have had their
propositions In shape..
The Derlta delegation evidenced a
desire to carry the matter farther and
stated that its offer would be made
direct to the -state department of
education and that It would ask for
the school, desplteahe fact that Plne
vUle would receive the recommenda
tion of the Mecklenburg county board
of education.
Catawba Warehouse Ready.
Newton.-The Farmers' Union meet
ing in Newton recently was addressed
byMr. W. D. Gibson, president of the
Fanners' Union in Iredell county and
a member of the state executive com
mittee. The stockholders of the
warehouse authorized the directors U
begin business at once,' They are now
looking for a good manager and. as
toon as one yean be secured business
IIl begin. They will handle fertiliser,
lime, salt, sugar, all kinds of farm in
plemeuts buggies, wagons, etc They
,wlll also ship sweet potatoes and oth
;r fans produce in carload lota.
The plan la to do a general whole
'sale business. Cooperative baying
and selling is the purpose for which
the warehouse company was organ
Jied. The Fanners' Union bought
through iu business 'agent, X A.
Propst. in October, of last year over
SO tons of fertiliser. It will order this
spring: between SoO and l.CWtons,
I -.No Convicts For Cleveland
Shelby. Tho convict cam p- will be
no more, according to the ruling of No
6 Highway Commission in session reH
ccntly. - ,The commissioners havt
reached the conclusion that under the
'circumstances it is much mare satis
factory to hire' labor than depend sole
ly, on convicts, and as soon as terns
of those now on the road expire, ths
force will be hired altogether.'