TO THE BEST, INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, -THURSDAY, DEC 16, 1915.
VOL. XX NO. 16
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Facts About the County.
Chapel Hill, Dec. 13. -Mc
Dowell has one. thing to bo very
proud of; she ranks first in the
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN
Maud Barnard, Editor.
School Notes.
A Community meeting will be equipment per
held at the Chapel Hill school on '.luw pi".
Thursday, December 23. JZT? be,D 'u-t'!
' XlOfHl for imnrnrpmAnK while thA
? Miss Rosa. Houck,ho has fin- state average is only $8 per $100Q
uw:rQuui:,Yv nii x-ine, is worth of school property." Such
uuw imuK raimew. was the statement of C. B. Landis
donn Jblliott has resigned as of Marion before the Rutherford
principal of Garden City school McDowell County Club meeting in
ana 5. Jb. norton has taken his the l. M. C. A. buildimr at the
pjace. University on December 11. Mr.
Messrs. B. F. Horton and Jock Landis presented several other
iLonon have oust closed a very sue- very interesting facts about the
cessful school term at Flat Creek county.
in 'Broad 'River township. The It 'was decided that a small book-
tpatrons claim that this is the best let of facts about each county
school taught there for several would be issued as soon as possi-
years. ble. Much interest is being mani-
The new school building near ' in tbe county club work by
the Clinchfield mill has just been JS 01 Mcuowen ana numer
completed and the desks and black- V
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the
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lc .rtf hAinir nnt, nn This is reMUCUl
. : , , , . club, re&d a verv interestincr DaDer hAnoflt nf thA -rhi Frorriwir
one ot the oesi omit anq equippea " Y. . ....... J mj
. j" mm l 1 e r i 1 r , 1 - jl . k m
r&cts .nooui vreaun ana iaz- iui.
An entertainment will be given by
buildings in the county. The school
will open
on
I of !nn .5r Pntknafn Pnntn " A
' 1 nil UtlUU III JLltlLl;i 1UI u vajuulv.
for WOrK January tSra . m , - I the school Fridav afternoon. December
i " ti ri ter a series or speecn-maKing ana n. ... .
Pttonnd Kffift Hinks as teachers. aussions, rerresnmenvs were
served and a very nappy and profit- HANKIN3
A number of people from Ma- able social hour was spent. Hankina, Dec. 13. Born, to Mr. and
rmn urn n annincr to nttenri the iit n i i c 1 oxr. u. vjt. xiomneia. jjecemoer llin. a
r " - i iiibiuvfcu uuij uaa uvc uuj a , .
.nnflnino- nf thA 0( Fnrtcrrfldpd 1 t...u-..j i aangnter.
cdckm ouuamg airiu rururnuy C0UDty 1Djhe ytate has a bunch of Saturday und Sunday hre with home I
night. Among the number are representatives who -are more in-
Misses Eva Keeter, Elsie House, terested in their home county than
'-L':'t,-'i "Ac 2 T 3 3
marina uecKer, mauu oaruaru anujare tl)e younc men of the two
Saptr counties jibove mentioned.
Womble of. Greensboro, who will Christmas holidays begin Decern-
be the week-end -guest of Miss ber 22 and end January 4.
Barnard, will also attend the exer-
1 rx ! tl in : r n .:
cises. reaiures in i ne message oi rresi-
STOP THE FIRE WASTE
F!rj Proof ConttmctJon CoU Vary
qtUfUor Than Uvo Ordinary
(t tnflammabtt Kind.
Fireproof con tract. on of bull 4 Lac
aa a whole baa been ao redneed In
coat In recent Umea that the dl?er
en ce between the price of aach a
boUdln. and that of the ordinary In
flammable kind la far from bclnc ao
erloua aa It formerly waa. Bat with
out going to that expeme. the rlak
of fire can be reduced In an almost
Insignificant fraction of what -It now
la. The treat thins to be aimed at It
the laolatlon of the fire, the prevent
Ion of Ita tpread from the point at
which It originate. Thla can be ac
complished aa rerarda the rUar fur
nace and lfa neighborhood, by &re
proof floor construction eparatlnc tbe
cellar from the first story. A con err i
or steel and tllofioor can be eajlly
put In at an Increase of cost orer
ordinary wooden Jolt conlrucUo3
that would hardly be noticeable In
the total cost of a large bulMlnc In
addition to this, and especially In
placea where the sendees of a fire
department cannot be promptly ob
tained the Installation of some simple
ayatem automatic sprinklers or fire
extlmrulshfrti In basement nar the
heating apparatus and also In kitchens
and laundarlea. commends ltslf aa an
obTlous safeguard and offers no icreat
difficulty in the way of expanse
The construction of a fire proof
division wall aa a means of prevent
ing the spread of fire Is recommend
ed by some ran who hare tplallxd
In flro prevention work. Such a wall
may bo built or rick or crr.cri.
runnlr.r rlcht throuth the boa- from
folks.
Miss Belle Hunt4jrof WoodUwn ffpent i Ins; doors are furclshd at all opn-
Saturday aud Sundny here with her j Ings and can be entirely hidden with-
NEWS FROM THE-COUNTY
Brief Mentjon of Some of the Hap
penings in McDowell County
Items About Home People.
MACEDONIA
DyBartFvllle. Dec 11. Mra Mary
Wise epent the week-end with her
mother, Mrs. Buchanan, at Gilkey.
A number of his neighbors asftisted
John Watkins at a "house raising" last
Wednesday and enjoyed a delicious
dinner.
-The Macedonia school Is progressing
f i mm mm m .
mceiy wnn rai&s sarnie uorortn as
teacher. Many things are being done
to beautify the school room curtains
put up, window panes replaced, etc
On Thursday a Mothers meeting was
held with several mothers present. Af
ter the inspection of the exhibits, which
attracted much attention, an old-time
spelling match was given wbich proved
interesting, and also that the Macedonia
school children are bard to be spelling.
There will be a box supper at Mace
donia school house Friday night, the
17th. The girls are asked to bring a
box and the boys cash to buy them.
rhe proceeds are to be nsed for the
To the Teachers of McDowell.
sistex-. Mr.J--JLewiA. - -
MUs Myrtle Brown visited lomefolka
at Ashford last week.
Miss Daisy Barnes epent last week in
Marion with relative.
Miss Delia Gibba spent Saturday and
Sunday at Garden City with homefolks.
Horace Stroud of Toms Creek spent
dent to Congress.
ITnrps that America's stAndino the week-end here with friends
Xe uecemoer meeting 01 ine . b(J 0 , . eces.
sociation will be held in the audi
torium of the craded school build
ing at Marion on Saturday, Decem
ber 18, at 11 o'clock. The teach
ers are -requested to be present and
Percy Barnes returned to Marion one
McDowell County Teachers' As- f . f fe day l.t wk after .pending . few day.
that a body of free citizens be made j. j. rtL move4 hu
ready and sufficient to defend the mill from Nebo to his farm near Han-
country. kins. Ihe lumber business In this part
Insists Consfress sanction and of the community seems to be picking
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B m mm m m m um m a. ma - a m l.hi
,arM. rr oil hoUormAnt, tuorlr. I - , . iniure are oeiier.
v" ' Wftr and INavr I JAnartmpnt fnr
muwjwgut uuuia, ixju -dfinuatft nat onal dftfftn55e. BED TOP
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omebwcsuieuuo wura, uu u.u, Dec a red the irravest threats Red Tod. Dec. 13 -We are havine
agricultural wort, etc. ine cnier r . t th rnnntrv nparft ftnj eome cod weather.
address Will be delivered by Dr. CQfAfw uori uoan rtu.rlj Utr n.fnrol. Farmers are through gathering corn
l w. lniffni or xrinuy voneKo. aj a--: u. i , , uu aioevm56lIMu.
Al c ..". -iV I " ua" O. E.udgins has sold a half interest
iner prouiiueu, cuu,, - poured the poison of disloyalty -in- in hia mercantile business here to W. E.
present. to the verv arteries of America's Hndrina
In. parti tlOna. Th Ns.Uooj.1 1r Pro
tective Association has Usued a num
ber' of pharapblet on reducing Sre
dangers, which can be obtained on
application to Mr. JVanklln II. Went
worth. Secrft-nry. 87 Milk SU Iknton.
Mass. Safety Knirtncerlnc.
KEEP SOHOOLHOUSES
CLEAN.
Bybon Coniey, Sunt. . jjfe
Urcres Concress to enact laws
Baptist Statistics. that would enable the Government
A summary, of statistics for the to crush out such creatures of pas-
t Baptist IState Convention, which sion; disloyalty and anarchy."
met in Cnariotte last week, shows Ownership of adequate ocean
64 Associations with 2,136 church- transportation facilities declared to
es and 26&V088 members, not in- be a question of independence,
eluding 19 churches that have not Federal aid to industrial aud vo-
TeDbrted to ? their Associations, cational education was asked, and
The membership gain for the year some provision for rural credits
was 11.48&, and there was a gain recommended,
of 43 in the number of churches. Suggested it would be wise to
' Xhere were 17,900 baptisms, a provide a "commission of inquiry to
gain of 3,187 over the previous ascertain whether the laws are as
,vear? There were 57B churches serviceable as they might be in the
which reported, no baptisms. solution of the railway transpor-
JMoney raised fo all Convention tation problem,
purposes aggregates $208,195, a The States of the Americas are
ain of $13,536 over the previous not hostile rivals, but co-operating
vear J friends, the rresident declared.
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';TUiiA'-A'1 O10'oitir urrimpn'c
, missionary; societies, including the
' iunior oreanizations. They raised To Sullivan Bros'. Debtors:
$42,598 for regularVurposes and a All persons indebted to Sullivan
special fund of $6,273 for,the Jud- Bros, are; hereby1 notified that I
1 son! centennial and home church have levied upon all their store ac:
building fund. ' counts. Payment must be made
rnllment is 220.- to me at once, or I shall have to
boo, a gain of 45, 785 with a net advertise atid sell. ;,
srain of 68 in the number of Sun- I This Dec. 15th, 1915.
.daV schools. 'T -y J. A. Laughrhkje, Sheriff.
The North Carolina Insurance Com
missioner is of the opinion that dan
ger of cojtly fire could be redact
If schoolhoue. at th end of ech
terra were left In a good, clean
condition. In a statement for the pre
Jmt Issued by ComrnlnloaerJfoanr.
he says:
"Very frequently an lnvrtlratlon
has shown that schoolhouse-s are not
In good condition durtng the vacation
period. It seems to be the Idea that
ichoolhouses should be pat In order
and cleaned up. etc., at the beginning
of each term, but at the dote of the
terra it Is all right to leave scattered
about In the building, piled op In
corners and stored in cloieta any kind
STATE NEWS OFTHE WEEK
Items Concerning Events, of In
terest and Importance Through
out the State.
The First Methodtit church of
Salisbury bit appointed a publicity.
mm and instixctcd bin to by iptca
in local newspapers to be used from
week to week to wt forth the work
and purposes of the chorch.
Ftre tt the orphicie of the
North Carolina Methodist Confer-
cocc In lUIcich Monday raorctcff
destroyed the barn, entitling a I OSS
of $2,600, protected by $1,000 in
aaranc?. The lire stock wera
Mved.
W. D. DtTts, of Wasbicgtea
county, has ju.it brcn mtrried the
fourth time at thi adrancfd ae of
the bride only 3D. Mr. Dim
his had 41 children, 33 of whom
are still living, and bu 12 grandchildren.
After January 1st only 'single
dippctT or safety matches can bo
used in North Carolina to conform
to the "uniform tcatch lawpaned
by the Legislature, This law wai
adopted by the Sute aulhorittri at
a precaution against fir lmv and
njrrchanU ar now workit. o3T
thir block of atrtke easy match.
T. J. Knrtkon, who has railed
The Mci server at Morj:nU3D for
nearly four year, h motrd his
pnn to Madjson iro he will
establish anolhrr piper. Thogooi
will at ft sjbicriMion list of The
Mevvf.rpr wrre purchaacd by The
News Hemld. Mr. Hobcrtson ts-su-d
a k'ood patr, but the connty
prorctUto be too small to maintain
to trrs of lb same political
faith.
Thi State has chsriered the Alas
ka VaJIcy IUilroid Com cany, bar
ing it home ofHce in Drrson City.
The cor juration purposes the con
struction and operation of a rail
road to extend from Br son City,
on the Murphy branch of the
Southern, to the Fallf, on Alula
creek, a distance of 12 miles. The
road will bo entirely in Swtia
county.
H. W. Elliott made a business trip to of . guch ti we afe4 ln lhe
Marlon and Asheville last week.
J. D. Elliott has returned from the
Rutherford hospital and his friends are
glad to learn he is Improving rapidly.
O. E. Hudgins made a business trip
Black Mountain last week.
exercises and haa accumulated dariag
the aesslon. The result la frequently
a fire, started from spontaneous com
bustion or other cause.
"All school committeemen should
adopt the rule of seeing their buildings
are throughly cleaned and -put ln or
Chicago was selected b the Re- ?cr l 100 dos ofvl,choo,nluT:
. . . I In thla war many buildings will b
m t a m w a. a. r .
pu oncan national iommiuee lues-1 gATed rrom humlnx.
day night as the meeting place of
the 1916 Republican National con
vention, to be held June 7, one
week before the Democratic con
vention in St. Louis.
In oder to get anywhere with a
wheelbarrow you should push it.
Same way with business.
Mystery of the Light Not Yet SoWed
A report from tho Lenoir ex
pedition that went in search of tho
mysterious light in Burke county,
says:
,lTbtt the light on Brown moon-
tain is the result of local causes
The McDowell Building & Loan was determined by the party of
Association paid off its 9 series men who last week act out from
In October when $2300.00 was paid! Lenoir to learn tho nature of the
out to shareholders. Series No. 23 illumination to bo observed there.
will open on January 1st. Now is Mr. H. C. Martin, who led the ex-
the time to come in.. Invest your pedition, said tho light was not tho
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sayings, une aouar a montn win rcilection ox a locoraottve head
give you one share. This is an I light or anything else be could
ideal way to lay up money for a think of. Somo of the local scicnt-
rainy aay. a tiargo numoer oi jSts profesa to believe that a plcnti-
now. For further particulars ar IocaIlty 13 thocaQW- Mother trip
ply to J. E. Neai: secretary, attholiH bo made later to investigate
,First National Bank. 1 more thoroughly.
North Carolina Applet In the North,
At the ninth anncil Fruit Show
of the New York College of Agri
culture at Ithica, N. Y.t North
Carolina apples added another vic
tory to their long list. The Di
vision of Horticulture of the North
Carolina Department of Acricul-
ure entered eight plate and tho
judges awarded the bine ribbon to
seven out of the eight. The va
rieties which won first priz were:
Stayman, Winesap, Gano, Bonum,
Virginia Beauty, Rome Beauty,
Missouri Pippin, Royal Ltmbcr-
twig.
Ask Congressto Submit Prohibition
Washington, Dec 13. Cocgrcis
will be urged at its coming session
to submit the question of a nation
al prohibition amentment to the
states for ratification. This was
decided on at a mass-meeting held
hero lite ycsterdiy when resolu
tions were adopted.
The meeting was under tho auspi
ces of the Nitionil Women's Christ
ian Temperance Union.
START the new year right. Tale
stock in the MeDowcll Building
& Loan and own your own home.
New series opens January 1st,
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