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A aAAa- ' - : : V -; . v , -A-- - ' . v . ". . A ' v . "t : A - ' . A-AA A 'AA- ' " " ""."V "i - - AA ;- r . 'A A. - .... . . ' I . ., A-v .Aiv- A. hi; ESTABLISHED 1896. MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1917; ; a-:-'vv;- VOL. XXINO. 30 r t x . I i : a -A'i - . x-:--r--,v r "PLANTING DAYM APRIL 5 governor Bickett Issues Proclama tion -to People of State Ur ; ges Mayors to Act. Halgh, March 18. "Planting day" is established for North Caro lina through a proclamation issued by Governor Bickett, the first for the Bickett, administration, the call being for the people in the towns to meet on that day and launch niovements for seeing to it that all vacant lots are planted and the farmers to spread and observe the. injunction to plant abundantly of feed and food croos. Theprocla matiotf says that "conditions which now confront us appeal for activity on our part with peculiar and comj pelling power. j "The world war has drawn Jtp the battle line millions of those who in times of peace 'went forth to sow.' China and the Unitefi States are about to swell the le gions who fight and must be fed. "From the south the boll weevil is marching on North Carolina. "The amended crop lein law was framed to give the small farmer a decent chance to escape from a credit system that levies upon the right to live and labor a most heavy tribute but long profits will no longer tempt him to take long chanqes. He will wisely and justly insistithat the farmer must pro duce his own meat and meal and whenjhe has done this, he will find no difficulty in obtaining the other necessary supplies, and these things make a substantial increase in our food and food crops essential to our self-preservation. "The proclamation calls on all mayors of incorporated towns to call the people together and to de vise and put into execution prac tical ways and means of having every vacant lot in and adjacent to the town planted to grain orgrass, peas or potatoes. "All farmers organizations of every kind to meet and counsel their members to heavily increase the food and feed crops this year. "All landlords to insist that their tenants shall plant food and feed crops ample for the susten ance of their families and their livestock. "All merchants and ' bankers to counsel their customers who are engaged in farming to increase the acreage planted to food and feed crops to such an extent that it will be unnecessary for them to pur chase any food supplies next year. ": In conclusion the governor says: 'The times are troublous, no man can say what an hour may bring forth, but if we shall act with prudence and diligence, the meal will waste not nor will the oil fail." Adamson Law Constitutional. . Washington, March 19. The Adamson eight-hour railroad law was held constitutional and valid m all respects by the supreme court today. The decision makes eight hours the standard of a day's work for f ailroad employes and ratifies the increased pay awarded them by cngress. - - The immediate effect at the de cwion concerns 400,000 men and W ?l veuthen fcack pay amount- ol0oo,ooeoween 000'000 ld County Commencement Program. The following program has been announced for county commence ment at Marion" Saturday, March 31st: ; 19:30 a. m. Parade of floats and school children. March Marion Graded School and all county schools, now in ses sion with banners. 11:00 a. m. Recitation and dec lamation contest by boys and girls below 8th grade, at graded school. 12:30 to 1:00 Dinner hour. V 1:30 p. m. Address. 2:30 p. nv Athletic games for boys; rhythmic games for girls. All day exhibit of work in the court house, 8:00 p. m. Debate at graded school. Query: "Resolved, that the State of North Carolina should grant the right of suffrage to wo men." Declamation and recitation contest. Music. (Ppogram furn ished by high school students of the county schools.) On Saturday, March 24, first and second grade pupils will be tested in reading at the superin tendent's office, all day. On the same day oil work for exhibit is to be handed in. Best progress in reading, first grade, a book; second grade, book. Best progress in writing, first grade, set of pencils; second grade, school stationery. Third and fourth grade recti tation, book of poetry. Third and fouirtrr grade Lianguage exhibit, a book. Fifth and sixth grade composition (Conservation of our Forests), set of books. Fifth and sixth grade composition (Con servation of our Native Birds), fountain pen. Best recitations and and declamations, fifth and sixth grades, also high school, medals. Best essay on Ideal Rural Life in McDowell, by girl, subscription to Woman's Home Companion; by boy, subscription to Progressive Farmer. Successful examination for high school, certificate. Per fect attendance and punctuality, books. School having best average attendance for year, Young Folks' Encyclopaedia. Best school float, picture. Vehicle bringing largest number of children to town,' $10; next largest, $5. For exhibits of work, blue ribbons. Social Affairs. The Embroidery Club was en tertained by Mrs. T. J. Hallibur ton and Mrs. Gruber last Friday afternoon. After an hour of con versation and needle work, several beautiful selections on . the piano and violin were rendered by Mrs. Halliburton and Prof. Gruber. At the close of the meeting delightf ul refreshments were served. On Friday af ternoon Mrs. J. W. Pless was hostess to the Sans Souci club. Baskets of daffodils added , to the attratiyeness of the living room where the games were played. In the dining room, where the guests were seated at a long table, the tasteful decorations suggested the nearness of St. Patrick's Day. Places were designated by cards held in the mouths of small green birds, airily -perched on ; the edges of the glasses. The favors were small clay pipes tied with green satin ribbon, land white baskets filled with green candies. An elaborate 1 course I luncheon ' Was served An enjoyable feature of the afternoon was: the reading : by each guest of an Irish Witticism. NEWS FROM THE COUNTY Brief M ention of Some of the Hap penings jn McDowell County Items About Home People. CLENCHFIELiO COTTON MILL. Marion, March 19. W. A., Vess ; and family have moved to the Clinchfield mill village. Miss Beatrice Simmons spent Sunday and Monday with her sister j at Gilkey. 4 C. O. Wilson spent last Saturday and Sunday with relatives at Blackeburg, SO. Claud Queen, son of W S. Queen, died at his home here last Friday night. The body was sent to High ! Shoals tor interment. A series of meetings was begun at the Baptist church here Sunday." We hope to have the co-operation of the en tire community. THOMPSON'S FORK. Thompson's Fork, March 19. Mrs. Ivev Gibbs visited homefolWs near Har mony Grove yesterday. . j Mrs. J. C. Hemphill, whb has been on the sick list, - is improving. Miss Mary Lou McNeely of Morgan- ton visited homefolks here last week. Ham McNeely of Marion visited rela tives here Sunday. Mrs. June Tate is visiting relatives at Nebo. Robert and Carl McNeely attended the debate at Harmony Grove Wednes day evening. Thompson's Fork String band will meet with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cuthbert son next Saturday evening. Andy Simmons made a business trip to Morgan ton today. Farmers are putting in every day the weather will permit preparing for an other crop. "It behooves all the people to put in every available acre and raise all the foodstuff possible. New Modern School Building for Clinchfield Mill Village. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Cliochfield Manu facturing company held at the of fice of the company on Wednesday, March 14, the board approved and authorized the erection of a mod ern brick school building for the proper housing and schooling of the children in the eighth district. The company is to furnish the land and building complete at its own expense, and the plans will call for a modern building and equipment in every respect, in cluding steam heat, auditorium, library and gymnasiu nr. Cooking and domestic science rooms will also be provided. By the next school term this mill village wiH probably need ac commodations for around three to four hundred scholars, and carry ing out the progressive policy of the management of the Clinchfield company nothing will be left un done 4o make the building and equipment second to none in the state. Hugh,F. Little, assistant treas urer, and County Superintendent ByrQn Conley were appointed to select the site for the building and grounds and approve plans for the structure. Ashland Moore, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Moore, of Old Fort, died Tuesday morning, the 13th, following an attack of meningitis, feefore his sickness young Moore was in the employ of the Consolidated Engineering company and was -well known in this section of the state. The body was shipped to , Thomasville, the former home of the family where interment was made. Bring. in - or c phone -your news items to The Progress office. N One Killed and Two Injured in Ac . : ; cident lattHicko Hickory, Mar. 18.C. S. Ward, local manager qf the Cherb-Colk plant here was almost . instantly killed -and Misses Pearl Frazier and Beatrice Sigmon were - injured, Miss Frazier Seriously, when an automobile driven by Mr. Ward was struck by Southern "railway westbound passenger train No. . 21 at Longview" this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mr. Ward died in five minutes. His home was at Qolum bus, Ga.,. and he -came here six months ago as manager for the Chero-Cola plant. He was 38 years old, a widower and is sur vived by one $on, Herchel. The automobile, was headed for Hickory, when the accidept oc curred. The highway runs parallel with the railroad and Mr. Ward had backed up on the railroad track, it was said, to make the turn. A blustering wind dead ened the sound or the shrieks of the locomotive and he did not hear the warning. The machine, a Buick roadster, was completely smashed and the oil tank and parts of the equip ment thrown several yards. The locomotive hit the rear end of the auto and the impacjb broke Mr. Ward's neck. He was not badly mangled. Physicians who are at tending them say the young ladies will recover. Railroad Strike Called Off. New York, March 19. The rail road strike has been averted. Yielding to the appeal of President Wilson and facing the probability of this country's entrance into the world war, the railroads early to day granted the demands of the brotherhoods for a basic eight-hour day. The telegraph wires today are carrying orders from the' bro therhoods recalling-the strike. The decision is regarded as a complete surrender to the brother hoods, brought about, however, after the patriotism of the railroad managers had been brought to the test. The president's mediators, playing what they considered their trump card, were not successful in this mission until after 56 hours. By the terms of the settlement the combined salary list of two railroads Will be increased approxi mately "$60, 000, 000 a year. Conferences will be held here between v the managers and the brotherhood chiefs to decide a basis for back pay as the new a greement is to be. retrocative be ginning January 1. It is estimat ed unofficially that the men have coming to them between $12,000, 000 and $15,000;000. Farm Loan Association Now Ready for Business. The Marion National Farm Loan Association is now. ready for busi ness. All members are requested to call at the office of the secretary and treasurer and complete; appli cations for loan and sign same in the presence of the . secretary. Farmers' that did not become mem bers when the association was . pr- ginized;are also solici ted to "call on the secretary and make application for a loan and become members 6f the association. ? L The q2zq of the secretary is in the rear of the First National ;Bahk building. ; -r;: A rV &. W: Giles, Sec. & Treas. STAT EN EWSO FTH EW EEK Items Concerning Events of In terest and Importance .Through-? out the State. Dates for the Catawba county ' fait at Hickory this year are Sep tember 25-28. Secretary of War Baker will de liver the commencement address at. the University this year. A fuel famine in Morganton has become so serious that the public schools have been ordered closed until the famine is broken or the weather grows warmer. :' ' Sudden Death of L A. Chapman Mr: Lee A. Chapman, one of McDowellounty's oldest and most prominent citizens, died. Monday night at his home on Buck Creek hear Garden City, bis death being due to heart failure. On the day prior to his death he journeyed to Marion apparently in good health but died shortly after reaching his home. Mr. Chapman was 76 years of age, having been born in Burke county. He served four years in the Confederate army, returning to McDowell county after the close. of the war where he has resided until his death. He was twice married, first to Mary Ann Bailey, and second to Mattie Holland, who with five children survive. They are C. Chapman, Santa Rosa, Cal.; R M Crlapman, Cannon City. Col.; G. Wi and F. J. Chapman and Mrs. R, H. Bomar, of Marion. Mr. Chapman took considerable ' interest in the political life of his county and was twice elected coun ty commissioner; He was a mem--ber and steward of Carson's Chapel -Methodist church. -In his death McDowell county lose a valuable citizen who will be greatly missed by a large circle of friends.: J The funeral services were- con ducted from the home Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock by Rev. Par ker Homes and Rev. "J P. Morris and interment made at Providence. Notice of Summons. North Carolina, i In the Superior Qourt McDowell County ) Before the Clerk. " W. G. Hunter, Administrator of J. W. ' ' Bailey, deceased, - , : VS V.:--"- : Manley T. Bailey and others, heirs : at - law of J. W. Bailey, deceased. To lary White Bailey, & minor; Hugh Alvin -Bailey, a minor; Thadeus Baileys and wife, rBailey; Mattie Bailey; Florence Reeves and. husband, Acy Reeves ; Nettie Ellis and husband, Toba Ellis; Julia Addison and husband, Greorge Addison; Rebecca Whetstine, a minor; Tom Whetstine and wife, Whetstine, and T. Hobson Whet- . stine, a minor; of defendants: ' You and each of you will take notice that a Special Proceeding entitled as above" has been instituted in." the : Super- -ior Court of McDowell County, N. C. before the Clerk, for the purpose of Bell ing land to make assets to pay debts of the estate of J. W.- Bailey, deceased, and relates to a fund of One thousand $(1000.00) Dollars in the hands of Thomas, Morris, Clerk of Superior Court of Mc Dowell County, held as real estate of J. "W. Bailey; deceased, and to the lands of which J. W. Bailey, deceased, died seized of in McDowell County. . -You will further take notice that yon are required to appear at the office of the Clerk of Superior Court ot said coun ty of McDowell on the 18th day of April, K917; and answer the petition or com plaint, a copy of which will be deposited in the office of the- said Clerk of said county within ten days from the data of this summons ; r and you will take no tice that if you fell to appear and an swer as required, to do, the .petitioner will apply to the court for the relief de manded in the petition. ' - . .Of this notice yon will take due heed." Given under my hand this ' 19th day of March, 1917. - , . . -r. :r- -.: f- l : Thos. Mobkis, -t ; ; 'Cleik'of Superior Court. . Pless & Winborne, Attfys for petitioner v
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