MARION PROGRESS
PUBLISHBD EYEBT THURSDAY EVENING
BY THE
McDowell PUBLISHING co.
Marlon, N. C.
S. E. WHITIEN, Editor and Prop,
Sintered at the Postoffice at Marion,
N. C., as second class matter.
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MARION. N. C., SEPT. 31, 1916.
To Our Subscribers.
All articles entering into the
maDufacture of paper is advaociD^
in price. A month’s supply of
white paper that cost us $12 three
months a^o now costs us $28 and
other articles in proportion. We
have not yet made any increase in
the price of subscription, but some
thing must be done to meet this
enormous increase. There are a
number of bur subscribers who
haye become careless about their
subscription accounts and it is to
them more particularly that we
are addressing this anpeal. We
are glad to indulge our subscribers
as much as possible but changing
conditions and advancing prices
are going to force us to adopt more
business-like methods. If you are
due us anything, please send it in.
An Appeal to Officers to Enforce
Prohibition Law.
To the citizens of Marion:
Let us as officers of Marion pre
cinct just ask ourselves the ques
tion, Are we doing our duty to
ward our fellowman by letting the
blind tiger dens continue to oper
ate around us with our knowing
all about their existence? The vo
ters of McDowell had faith enough
in our officers to elect them to
office and now you must do away
with such damnable dens as we
have in Marion. Let’s put our
shoulders to the wheel and stand
together for the right. If you of
ficers will break up these places
the people will stand by you.
Some may say “they don’t hurt
me,” but let us remember we are
raising children, and some may fill
a drunkard’s grave if these liquor
dens are allowed in our midst.
You know this is true, friends.
Keep your eves open and see for
yourself. I know that if only one
man tries to do his duty he may
be done away with, but if all stand
together and do our duty God will
take care of us. Another may say,
“I am afraid of my job.” Well,
you had better be afraid of it any
way if you don’t enforce the law,
especially those in authority.
May these scattering remarks
cause us to think and act. O. C.
Newspaper publishers and other
large consumers of paper will be
interested in the efforts that are
making to establish wood-pulp pa
per mills m Korth Carolina. The
State Forester is preparing a won
derful exhibit for the State Fair
at Raleigh, the third week in Oc
tober, showing the possibilities of
North Carolina in the field of pro
duction of wood puln and of high-
grade paper from our native woods
—proving that this State can man
ufacture paper and can establish
splendid paper producing* mills
here if the proper efforts are made.
The Progress wants the news
from your community and will be
glad to print items of news from
any and all sections of the county.
Every community should be repre
sented by a live correspondent who
will give the local news of his or
her neighborhood.
Hear Murphy Friday Night.
In each presidential campaign
the Democratic party in the State
selects two electors who actually
do the voting for president. This
year, if you wish to yote for Wood
row Wilson, you must vote for
him through the electors. One of
them is Col. Walter Murphy, of
Salisbury. He speaks here Friday
night, Sept. 22, at 8 o’clock. Mr.
Murphy is a man of high character
and is an excellent speaker. Hear
him Friday night.
If you will subscribe to The
Progress or renew y^ur subscrip
tion at once we wiU include four
standard magazines, idl one year,
for only 25 cents extra. Write or
phone.
Furniture Factory For Sale.
Take notice that the undersigned will,
an dec and by virtue of the authority
vested in him by certain deed of assign
ment executed by the Western Furni
ture Company and recorded in Book 54,
Page 467, of McDowell County Deed
Records, offer for sale to the highest
bidder for cash at the Court house door
in Marion, N. C., on Friday. October
20th, 1916, between the hours of 12
o’clock m. and 2 o’clock p. m-, the fol
lowing described lauds and property,
to-wit:
Those two certain tracts of land lying
and being in the town of Marion, Mc
Dowell County, N. C„ Fpecifically de
scribed as follows:
First Tract: A certain piece or parcel
of land adjoining the lands of J. L.
Morgan, Southern Railroad Company,
and others, known as the old Marion
Furniture Company lot—Beginning at
a stake on the Southern Railroad at the
northwest corner of the culvert, a cor
ner of a tract of land conveyed to the
late J. D. Bondurant by J. L. Morgan
and J. S. Elliott, and runs with the
Southern Railroad north 53 east 21 poles
to a stake on said Railroad, in the line
of the lumber yard; thence north 31
west with the line of said lumber yard
to the line ot the right of way of said
Railway Company; thence same course
north 31 west 14 poles from said right
of way to a stake; thence south 53 west
25 poles to a stake in J. L. Morgan’s
line; thence south 56 east with said line
20 poles to the beginning, excepting and
reserving, however, from said boundary
of land a right of way for Railroad
switch of ft. in width from the
right of way of the main line of the
Southern Railway Company to the west
ern boundary of the aboye described
land, which said right of way has been
surveyed and located by the Southern
Railway Coinpacy, said tract of land
being fully described in a certain deed
from W. A. Conley and others to the
Western Furniture Company, recorded
in Book 31, page 193, to which reference
is.here made for more certain descrip
tion.
Second Tract: A certain tract or lot
of land adjoining the lands of J. L. Mor
gan. Western Furniture Jompany, and
others, on the head waters of Muddy
Creek, bounded as follows: Beginning
on the north corner of the factory lot of
said Company and running north 31
west 7 poles to a stake in Morgan’s line
of another lot; thence north 87 west
with his line 23 poles to a stake, 4 feet
north « f a pine, Guy's corner; thence
south 5 west with the line of the Blue
Ridge Furniture Company 24i poles to
a stake in the branch; thence down the
branch south 64 east 23^ poles to a cul
vert on the Railroad; thence with the
line of the Western Furniture Factory
lot north 55 west 20 poles to their cor
ner; thence with their line north 53 east
28i poles to the beginning, containing 3
acres and 7i square rods, excepting and
reserving a right of way where the road
now runs for the use of the general pub
lie, which said tract of land being
specifically described in a deed from J.
L. Morgan and wife to the Western
Furniture Company, recorded in Book
31, page 261, of McDowell County Deed
Records, to which reference is here
made.
All the rights, interests and estate of
the Western Furniture Company, under
and bv virtue of two certain contracts
with the Southern Railway Company,
recorded in Book 30, page 400, and in
Book 32, Page 187, of McDowell County
Deed Records, to both of which records
reference is here made for more specific
description.
Togethe'r with all buildings, plant,
machinery, tools and appliances, used
in connection with and attached to the
furniture plant of the Western Furni
ture Company in the town of Marion,
N. C.
The undersigned reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
The undersigned will at private sale,
between this date and the above date
of sale, sell the stock of furniture, lum
ber, material in process of manufacture,
office fixtures and office furniture, and
all other effects and property not here
inbefore named of the Western Furni
ture Company. Anyone desiring to
purchase same, or any part of same,
may see the undersigned.
All the stock of furniture, lumber,
material in process of manufacture, of
fice fixtures, and all other effects and
property of the sajd Western Furniture
Company, in Marion, N. C,, to the
highest bidder for cash, between the
hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 4 o’clock
p. m., on the said 20th day of October,
1916, the undersigned reservins: the
right to reject any and all bids.
This the 19th day of September, 1916.
J. W. WiNBORNE, Assignee.
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Shoes!
Shoes!
Now is the time to look after your winter shoes. Fall has come and winter will soon be
here and the longer you put off the shoe question the worse it will be for you. The price of
Shoes has advanced about 25% since last winter and we can not begin to duplicate our stoch at
anything like the price. We have hundreds of pairs of shoes in stock now that would cost us
50c more on each pair to buy them now. We have not raised the price on any shoe in our
stock yet but can not say how soon we will be forced to do so.
Now listen! The main point is this; Buy your Winter Shoes at once while you can get
sizes and can save this inevitable advance in price. If you haven’t the cash it will pay you to
borrow it and pay interest as you will save in the end.
WALK-OVER SHOESI We have been selling Walk-Over Shoes for men for a number
of years and can honestly recommend them to you as one of the best makes of shoes on the
market for the money. We have them in the new lasts and the leading grades of leather in
tan, gun metal, Platinum calf and vici, all at the old prices of $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00.
“SELBY” SHOESI This is our “Ladies’ Shoe.” We have been selling “Selby” Shoes
for fourteen years and can say they have a splendid record. We have sold them to persons who
found them so good they would tear the name out of inside and preserve it and bring it back
with them when they wanted a new pair so they would be sure to get the same make. We
have Selby Shoes in all the leading styles and leathers and certainly can save you money.
The H. C. God man make of Shoes is another good line we are proud of. They are made
for Women and Children for service or ^very day wear. They are made of solid leather and
give perfect satisfaction. We have a big stock to select from and all bought at the old price
and we are selling them way below the market.
“BILLIKIN,” the 20th Century Shoe. Every pair made with 5 rooms in each shoe. “A
Room for Each Toe.” We have them in gun metal, tan, vici and patent leather and all we ask
is a trial as they are guaranteed, to give satisfaction or a new pair.
Don’t forget to come in and look oyer our line of Shoes at once, as we can and will save
you money if you take our advice.
Also don’t fail to see our complete stock of merchandise in all lines,
will be glad to see you and show you through whether you buy or not.
Come to see us, we
Gaston & Tate, Inc.
“The Square Destl Store.”
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Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for the kindnesses shown us
in the death of our daughter, Virginia.
Mr, and Mrs. J. D. Blanton.
COMING!
Dr. Alfred W. Dula.
EYE SPECIALIST
Marion, MONDAY and TUESDAY,
Sept. 25th and 26th.
Old Fort, Wednesday and Thurs
day, Sept, 27th and 28th.
GLASSES FITTED EXCLUSIVELY
I am better equipped than ever to look
after your eye troubles. I have just re
turned from the Pennsylvania College
of Optics and Opthalmology where I
have been taking another Post Graduate
Course in my profession, just keeping
up to dato and giving my patients the
best service possible.
You know me, I was raised among
you and you know my people. I am one
of your own boys that has made good
in his chosen profession.
Two days in your town this trip. Take
this opportunity to have your childrens
eyes examined. Give the youngsters a
fair show with the other children.
Glasses fitted to suit your general ap
pearance. I do not peddle; I examine
eyes scientifically and have them made
to suit your eyes as well as your general
features.
Don’t miss this opportunity to have
your eyes examined by a Known Eye
Specialist and conservator of human
vision.
Consultations Free on this trip.
Dr. Alfred W. Dula,
• Lenoir, N. O.
Here are the Colleges that I graduated
at and Hospitals at which I have taken
special instruction and the degrees con
ferred during the past 18years: Doctor
of Optics, Philadelphia Optical College;
Graduate of Optics, Philadelphia College
Hor. & Optics; Graduate of Optometry,
Philadelphia Optical College; Refrac-
tionist. Medico Chirurgical Hospital;
Optometrist, South Eastern Eye Dis-
pensiiry; Betinescopist, Pennsylvania
College of Optics & Opthalmology.
Fall Suits Are Ready
Collegian Clothes
Crossett and Steadfast
Shoes.
Soft and Stiff Hats in
the latest styles.
Underwear. Sox, Ties,
and everything for
Men and Boys.
Call in and make your
selection now.
J. H. L. Miller Clothing Co,
THE QUALITY SHOP
I Fall Millinery
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Opening
You are cordially invited
to attend the fall millinery
opening Friday and Sat
urday, Sept. 22 ahd 23.
Red Iron Racket
The Home of Good Bargains.
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