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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY. ESTABLISHED 1896. MARION, N. C.-THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1915. VOL. XIX NO. 38 EDUCATIONAL COLUMN Maud Barnard, Editor. Marion Study Club. The second meeting of our club 'was held last Thursday afternoon and proved to be a meeting of nin and success. Mi Rr. meaning and success. Miss Bar nard's lesson on "How to Teach Poetry in Primary Grades" was thoroughly "felt, heard and under stood." The poem given special study was "The Land of Story Books," which was taught as it should be to children. The teach ing of sixth grade English was discussed and plans made for that grade of work. Lastly but not the least enjoyed came the story telling. "The Sleeping Beauty," by Miss Lusk, and "The Red Headed Woddpecker," by Miss Barnard, were told in an entertain ing and impressive way. The program for May 20th fol lows: Common Mistakes in Eng lish, Vera Corpening, Mamie Lusk and Blanche Houk. Study of "Corn Lady." Games for Social Eatertainment, Rosa Honk aed members. Songs for Intermediate , Grades. All teachers are invited to -join us. Rosa Houk, Sec. Nebo Study Club. The Nebo Study Club met on Friday, May 14 at the domitory at 4 30 p. m. We had a very inter- esting meeting, although some of our members are away at present uu vioits xuc prugraui was uar-1 -i.j . t-.i.i I riea out in a very neipiui manner. : r 1 i I miss oaruaru gave a lesson on "How to Teach Poems." Miss . . - I ljouye wiison naa cnarge or tne Story Idling period. . , it i After singirfg some songs the nrtm: r for Friday, May 21: History Stories in Primary grades Study of "The Corn Ladv " Each mem- foT mlro cnhnnl nrnirmm Ont. iine of Chapter V in "Teaching the Common Branches." Story tell ang by each member. H. L. T. Convicts Are Sent to McDowell, Thedirectors of theState's Prison in session at Raleigh last week made an order for 25 convicts to work on the section of the Central highway between Old , Henry station and Ridgecrest where Old Fort town ship has provided $20,000 and the Federal Government $10,000, mak ing $30,000 that is available, to gather with the work of the 25 State convicts, for the construction of this important mountain link in the highway stretching from the coast at Beaufort across the State to the Tennessee line. It is understood that as work pro gresses the state will contribute more convicts as they can be spared. Gunter-Mangum. Dysartsville, May 17. C. W. hunter of Old Fort and Miss Maggie Mangum of this place were married Saturday at the residence of Rev. J. R. Denton, who per formed the ceremony. Those pres ent were Miss Ethel Gunter of Old Fort, sister of the groom, Mrs. S. S. Denton, Mrs. J. B. Daves and- Miss Inez Daves of Dysartsville. Many congratula tions. May long life and much happiness be their lot. Complimentary to Miss Gibbs. Referring to an entertainment at Virginia Intermont College, Bris tol, Tenn., one night last week, in which Miss Pearl Gibbs of this place was one of the perfor mers, the local paper's account of the founL or ine reCltal xned the following, which will be read with interest by Miss Gibbs' many Mrinn friends: Last night there occurred at Virginia Intermont College another verv interesting recital in which the performers were Miss Pearl Gibbs pianist, and Miss Virginia oeveney, violinist. A large ana appreciative audience was present arid applause and flowers were in plentiful evidence. ilxi n.xuu -i j : selectl0ln uw ich s he displayed uuuauai nc.yuuaiu uuuuuouuo auu i marked technical 6 rush. Varietv of style was not lacking in her se- lections and Miss Gibbs rendered , . , i j j j iueui wiiu a spienaia aegree or tone graduation reaching from the mnst, snhdnprl ninniecimn in tho TWpAncA tn t.hA hir fnrt.o nnccocroc mmm w w w m w m v J-' a mm wW ttti S AU .Q Po,onaise which ghe p,ayed nini lne yOUnST PianiSt Cave a SDlendid account of herself in the II Trova- tore fantasia which was given an intelligent interpretation in which appealing emotion as well as 6re and dash had ample play." State News nurine a ball same at Suencer Cecil Perkinson, a boy, was struck on the head b a bat fluns b a batter and The Newton Enterprise will here- ., i : I aiier De a semi-weeiuy newsya.yci. n f 111 I ; ran W1U A National society to preserve the old Wiley Jones home, for a time the Paul Jones home, in Halifax county, The Cannon Manufacturing Company is reported to have taken over the KannapOllS Will 01 tne aiiersoa iuuu- ufacturing Company. The considera- tion is said to have "been 1245,000.' Maurice Bill, a well-known farmer and trucker of Cumberland, was at tacked by two negroes one night re cently near Fayettevllle while driving home. The negro population in North Car- olina in 1910 was 697,843, that being 31.6 per cent of the total population, and 144,123 of that number were mu- lattoea. There were 339,581 males, and 358,262 females. The Salvation Army enterxamea aibout 150 children of the Edgemont section of Durham at a picnic. This occasion was one of the annual spring Picnics or "treats" for the little folks -a xt 11,1 I r 4Via rKiTT ot xne mui awuuu Washington. A most encouraging crop statement, just out, estimates that the wheat crop of North Carolina will be 11,000,000 bushels at 11.50 per bushel this year against 7,332.000 bushels at $1.12 per bushel last year. The work of residing the Ashe- vUle-Weavervllle highway which re- cently was authorized by the board of county commissioners and which will be carried forward at a cost of roTimateiv $35,000 has been started. Miss McCormick, 19-year-old daughter of Dan McCormick, of Woodlawn, who accidentally shot herself in the left hip one day last week with a pistol, is reported as getting along very well and will recover. Reports from London would in- dicate that the militan suffragettes have been lost in the excitement. NEWS FROM THE COUNTY Brief Mention of Some of the Hap penings in McDowell County Items About Home People. BKIDGEWATER Bridgwater, May is.-Miss Re Hennessee of Garden City is here here 8116 l spend a few days with heraunt. Mls3 C""1 Tate. Mr ana Mrs, Uharlie Scott or Ulen Alnlllft Jmflnt Hnnr1.v hora xxrtfVi th ters sister. Mra. Abner Seals. Miss Cora Ballew of Harvard is here visiting relatives this week, . . Fed Yfi61- of Jot, risiled friends M. R T,and daURhter; m&9 rie, spent the weekend at Glenwood. Miss Lou Giles and brother, Mark. an Earl Austin of Gibbs spent Snndaj in Bridgewater with friends iJOD mncaia maae a Dustness trip to Miea cecelUBallew .hopping in iu.orga.DbOQ r rvaay. Harrison Winkler has retnrned to his n0me ln Lenolr after spending a few Qy ne" ma. , -ailS8 ttum Aiarxin is visiting in .aia- rion this week. HARMONY GROVE Harmony Grove, May 17. Miss Mar- Bojnnan .nd u.ijj Rev. u. H. Weaker perform inr? thfl Mrcmnnv. Thlr manv friund wish tbem a lonf? and happy life Mis8 Zelda Yelton left Sunday for Asvile- where she will take up work. BaptUt church haa been changed from ten o'clock to nine-thirty Sunday morn ing. A. J. Simmons of Chapel Hill ia spend- ingWne time here with relatives 'The people of this community are re- Molang that work on the good roads is SUNNYVALE Sunnyvale Mar 15 -We have been ' ' having eome rainy weather this week. Miss Emma Murphy of Busick was a visitor here this week. Little Geneva Elliott has gone to Old Fort to make her home with Mrs. Car rie Bnrgin. Alonzo Good of Armstrong was here on business this week John McFalls lost a fineoow last week - Wx WlUTOiB Morgan and Conley passed here this week enronte for the Blue Ridge where they will be put on pasture. Born, to Mr. and Mra. J. T. Sowers, a son. Farm Notes. Thft salft of shorthorn r.attlft nt . , ... , . , , abucvuio last wee pruyeu saus- factory and interesting to buyer, seler aDd visitor. The Gfty-flye , ,oo k u;u, " . 7. , v " ' V ""r price paid oeing $uu for a six- months Old bull. . A little dubbins" rubbed in the horses ears will keep the gnats ftw The eyij smejj of the fish " i -i i u rr: worth will last all summer. Many thanks to William Clark for the &qovq t u A merciful man . " is merciful to his beasts. g q Conley finds plaster keeps off the striped cucumber beetle that get on all Tine crops. Any ust as soot, ashes, air slacked Ume or road dust helpS. The dust , . . . formed by frequent swing of the soil is good. Pull the dirt up close to plants to protect the stem. W. R. Bailey, Farm Demonstrator. Weather Report. Thomas McGuire, Serjeant TJ. S. Armv, reports the temperature and rainfall at Marion station for the week as follows: S' 1 1 l Rai . . . o.82 inches I Sunshine per cent - .85 Planning for Fifth Annual Fair. The McDowell County Fair of ficials are making definite plans for tne next fair which will be held hero about the middle of October. The premium list is being revised now and suggestions as to chances or additions to the list should be handed to the secretary, Byron Conley, as early as possible. Sev eral of our subscribers have made inquiry as to whether McDowell would have another fair this year, and the officials have answered: 'Yes, the biggest, best and bright est fair ever held in our county." This means, of course, that the farmers, house wives, teachers and others most all co operate with those in charge and bring exhibits truly typical of McDowell's great resources. Try to make this tour fair by taking an activf. interest in it. Congressman Britt Has Secured Four Rural Routes. Ashertlle (JcUe-New. Congressman James J. Britt has just received notice from the post office department at Washington of the establishment of four new rural routes in his district. One of the routes is from Weaverville one from Culberson, Cncrokee county aru lvvo f rora Nebo Mc Dowell cbunty. These routes will io into effect . . just hs soon as the boxes am erect ed and the other preliminaries ar ranged and will supply approxi mately 350 families. North Carolina Market. Ahosktt bu: oat. Cotton. 94c: corn. 94c-tl.014 10c bu: ban. 12 bu; n. 12 bu; iwet potlt'', du; creamery butter. Slo lb; ecK. Am Charlotte Cotton. c; corn 14c bu; oy be&m, $1.75 bu; p. II.. S bu; iwmI potatoe 11.50 bu: Wetem creAmery Durham cotton. 9c; com. si bu: ot 3C ou; pea. 92 du: wei poiaioa. ii.zo bu: Wtstern creamery butter. 35c lb: N. C. crMmry butter. 15c lb; CC. 1TH 20c do. Elmore Cotton. ic; corn, tl bu; oat. Tie bu; pea. S2 bu: we-et potatoes. 11 bu: N. C. creamery butter, S5c lb; ecr. 20c dox. Tayettevllle Cotton. c: corn. M-lte bu: ot. C5c bu; pea. 12 bu; N. C. creamery butter. 20c lb; en. 15c do. Ornboro Cotton, fc; : com. 11 bu: oats. 70c bu: iMt potato. We tern creamery butter, r. 22Hc lb; n. c! craamery butter. 32c lb; rex. ISc do. Hamlet Cotton. 9c: corn. tl.CS bu; tyaaa. 12 bu; iwmI potatoes ILIS bu; Wcitrn craamerr butter. 2Cc lb; X. C craamery butter. 34c lb; err. 20c do. IlendersonvlUe Com. 90c. bu: oat a. 72c 1; oy bean. 12.25 bu; paa. i.2S bu: K. bu; oy bean. J2.25 bu; pe. C. creamery butter. 22c lb: err. He do Ivumberton Com. $1 bu; pea. 12 bu; err. 15c do. Maxton Cotton. IVic: corn. 11.02 bu: oatsl 2Cc bu; aoy bean. 12 bu; pea. 12.2 bu; N. C. creamery cutter. jc lb; wet m craamary butter. 25c lb; err. xt-:0c do. Monroe Com. SI bu; peaa, 11.75 bu: N Newton Cotton. c; com. II bu; pa. r V . II. Arm I RaieJrh cotton. 9c: com. fzc bu; oat. 6c du; pa. z ou: iwhi poia.10. n.60 bu; nVetem creamery butter. l(e lb; N. C. creamery butter. Jlc Lb; err. 18-SOc do. Salisbury Cotton. c; corn. 11.02U 11.054; oat. 9Hc bu; peaa. 12 bu; err. 11c do. SooUand Neck Cotton. c; com. fOc 11 bu: oat. 70c bu: aoy bean. 12 bu peaa. 12 bu; sweet potatoes. 11 bu; N. C. creamery butter. 30clb; err. 15c do. Btateavtue Cotton. SVif; com. 0c bu N. C. creamery butter. 35 lb; err 12c dot. Vanceboro Cotton. c: corn. 10c bu: oata. 60c bu; oy beans. 11.10 bu; peaa. 12.60 bu: weet potatoes. 0c bu; Weatern creameo butter. JJHc lb; err. 15c do. Wadesboro Cotton. c; corn. 12H-9SC bu; oat. 7-6c bu: peaa. ins bu: n. c c bu: pea, iris bu: n. c. x-agc, oi me ocvenin norm uaro- ter. XOc lb; err. IS-lSHcIf j'kt 5 - . , hna dutnet, baa definitely decided creamery buttt do. bu; oata. 72c bu; soy beans. 11. SO bu; peaa. 12.25 bu; sweet potatoes, 11 bu: Western creamery butter. ZSc lb: N. C writ A . . air - . . creamery butter. 30c lb; err. 20-2Sc do. Wllaon Cotton. c; corn. 10c bu; oat. 4e bu: oy beans. 12.2 bu: Peaa. 12.25 bu: Western creamery butter. i5c doc- creAm4ry Kcr ,IHc ,b: m Hickory. C. creamery butter, lie tb; err. la-liC GOI, Norfolk. a otton. i.4t New Tork Hutter Sic (extra): 2-rsc (extra). New Orleana Dutter. JOU-llc Ifaxwrt creamery); cK, 15Hc (Wtittra). The Southorn Baptist Convon tion, now in session at Houston. Texas, decided to bold its next meeting at Ashcville, N. C. Chicago. III. No. 2 white com "U-7Cc I (delivered In Ilalelich 93i-UC); No. : nn in J3H-90HO; butter. Z2-2c (creamery): HlCK erra. l.i-lSc (nreta. STATE NEWS OFJHE WEEK - - r t mtmmmwmmmmmmmmmmml Items Concerning Event of 'In terest and Importance Through out the State. The State Department of Agri culture U of the opinion that vitH fair seasons there will bo a fall fruit crop throughout the Stats. t Mr. N.J. Rouse of Kins ton thinks he could win the Democratic nomi nation for Attorney General, but has decided not to be a candidate. Franklin McNeill, late chairman of the corporation commission and now a practicing attorney in Ra leigh, is the latest suggestion for the Democratic gubernatorial nomi nation. The truck crop specialist of th3 bureau of crop estimates of tho Department of Agriculture reports that North Carolina has 5,100 acres in watermellons and 2.2S0 acres in cantaloupes this year. A charter was issued Thursday for tho Biltmoro Hay and Grain company, of Biltmoro, capital $10, 000 authorized and $1,000 subscrib ed by Clarence McCail, C. S. Heed and others. Jo. M. Morgan, who worked under many aliases and made ft specialty accident insurance com panies, was arrested in Charlotte) Saturday for using the mail 3 to Li a i i r s Jdefraud and is in jtil. Morgaurlt is siid, claims to have secured $50, 000 to $60,000 from accident coni- ' panics by fraud ulant methods. Annie Wilson, daughter of G. W. Wilson, a prominent farmer residing four miles from Newton, was killed by lightning Saturday morning when a bolt struck tbb bum at the Wilson home, SCttinff . ' it On fire. The flamCS were CX- tinguished and medical aid sum- moned, but the child was qui to dead. A bucket of dirty water was tho unusual weapon used in an asstclt on .Mrs. lezana rate by b. U. Brink, according to erideoco intro- duced in the Buncombe Snnirlor A. - , . . . Court 10 bin. Pate f OLSO affElOSt - ,... t.t Brink, in which she W13 awarded I , . -m mm m - aamaCS in UlO sum OI 1,&W I0T I . . , . - lUJUriC3 u & rcsuil OI LOO assault and slander at the hands of the defendant. 49 In the Supremo Court room ia Raleigh Wednesday evening, tho I DUSt OI 106 latO JUUgO W. f. lir- i num was lormaiiy presenvca 10 ma f . . .. . , . . , , OUIC II IS luC glib OI IUC norm Carolina Bar Association. Hon- Thos. Settle spoke on tho life and character of Judgo Bynutn, J. Crawford Biggs of the Bar A&socla- tion made the presentation address and Gov. Craig the address of ac ceptance. Congressman Robert Newton - at r .i .i s- I ... ..... . rage, or me cevento riortn USTO- OOt tO bCCOmO ft CSUdlQltO for thO t. 1 KOVernOrShiP tO SUCCCCd UOVCniOr I 1.-. r ty 1 jt I tai. uc uu muo SDOWQ I tr 1 . t ? l3 UCVCriDIDailOU 1U a IClier IO B. friend in the sute, and thus puts an Af,r! ,Un mnA -rw.1.t; I vuu uv K i' uu aWUIIIMVM I u u 1 1 : 1: t " UIV.il UUJU I MC WUJMUi U i LLt a race with Attorney General ctt and Lieutenant Governor umwku u,; r. v. . . ti. I sons the fact that he will be bmv in I i t li . t asDJUgUJU wun nw congressional duties dunog the time it would bo - necessary for h;ra to make the cam- Daign. and that bo will be of more value to bis constituents in his I present position.
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