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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE pF McDOWELL COUNTY.
Rushed 1896.
JIARION, N. C THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1917.
VOL. XXI NO. 48
OFTHE DRAWING
.hers anifNames of Young
"1 Standing First on "Call
List" for McDowell.
trtile the Exemption Board of
n county has not yet receiv-
Tc U? numbers from the War
the oftc a beiQw
! DeF bers and names of those
I out number a3
f bv unofficial lists of numbers
bvthe press. The following
driven as substantially correct,
ESttL those drafted may acquaint
Lues with the position in which
Ytands for call. It does no cover
;fSe drawing for McDowell
tty but covers sufficient number
I make the first quota, which is re
rted to be 101 men.
Slus King Flack, Vein Mountain
.Edw-in Booth Brinkley, Nebo.
85Jim Dale, Marion.
1095Claude Weeks, Marion.
fl3-Will Warren, Marion.
Jll7-Curtis Cleveland Wilson, Ma
rion. g37N'orman Callicutt, Marion.
337 Robert Lee Clements, Dome.
57gWates Burnett, Old Fort.
275-Samuel Edgar Lowery, Pitts.
aflj-Frank Watson Wilson, Nebo.
HSo-William E. Conley, Marion, Rt.
3.
364-James Saunders, Old Fort.
945-Marion Padgett, Marion.
596-Wayne Lytle, Old Fort.
1267 Will Patton, Marion.
53t)-Edward McNeely, Nebo.
643 Ralph Whitesides, Old Fort.
Sl26-Robert Rayburn, Nealsville.
1237-Jimmie Head, Marion.
734-George Washington, Old Fort.
755 Ed Lee McCanless, Old Fort.
107 Frank Gardin, Nealsville.
616 Jesse Goodwin, Old Fort.
373 George Clingman Crawford, Su
gar Hill.
1266 Williard M. ,Johnson, Garden
' n r t" 1 1 r i : j. : i
no ueorge .it:raiis, orapxiiteviiie.
486 Coleman Fieldin Dyson, Nebo.
692 Voorhey August Hicks.
60!Wuliu3 Logan, Old Fort.
810 Roy Jackson, Marion.
507 James Arthur, Construction.
309-George Alexander Garrison,
Black Mountains
437 Fessie Bartlett, Little Switzer
land. G04-Harvey Abraham Keaton, Old
Fort.
tt-Gyde Vernon Duval, Dysarts-
ville.
12fi-Augustus Sisk, Marion.
WSo-Leroy Frank Toney, Marion.
KMHaude M. Laughridge, Marion.
Roscoe Shuford. Busick.
1014 Garland Clayton Hall, Marion.
U'8 Chart p P Cr. : n r :
14-Samuel Marcus Holland. Nebo.
-Charlie Byrd, Sevier.
Austus Walter Henson, Ma-
nun.
ohn West Stroud, Dome.
Mi- vau?hn Marion, Star Rt.
mv llliam MrKinlov n
1031 rGreenville S. C.
437-Tp ,0rge Wm SPrase, Marion.
-.vuu.,: ueorge, Construction.
Purgeon Mason, Garden City.
Dave SKo nr. .
n Williams, Woodlawn.
-martin Bivins. niH
j?l80n Camp Owensby, Marion.
JOUr -ioert rarker, Old Fort.
- x nomas cooper, Old
Uo.Ur J!ey Euene Wall, Marion.
Rnf t aisn, Manon. X.
Johnson. Old Fort.
ert English, Pitts.
y WKKee Toney' Neb
lO bb, Nebo, Rt. 1.
mes E. Hicks, Marion, Rt 1.
Si FrenrK Tlm -.r. ....
, " nAcrson, xaaxion.
'"'niey Uavis,. Old
r oleld, Woodlawn."
Clarence Hair, Dysarts-
v White Ricketts, Old Fort.
. ' tanburg, S: CV, 271 Saxon Ave
wMvuk. uuaiiiau, xritws.
972 Charles Oliver Jenkins, Marion.
983 Noah Pope, Marion. -757
Mills Melton, Old Fort.
966 Frank Kaylor, Marion.
86& William fc. Morrow, Marion.
332 Williaw Floyd Stroud, Dome.
379 George JHall, Sevier.
542 James Waddell, Old Fort.
194 Lazarus Thompson, Ashford.
874 Hampton Morgan, Marion.
552 John Williams, Old Fort.
298 Charlie " Weldon, Ledbetter,
Dome.
675 Augustus Turner, Old Fort.
1148 John William Dobbins, Marion.
343-i-Leasure Warren, Dome.
982 Willard P. Jamison, Marion.
726 Rufus Lee Jordan, Old Fort.
15 Ceph Pyatt, Nebo, Rt, 1.
905 Edward Avery Norton, Marion.
933 William Hawkins Odom, Marion
452 William Edgar Bost, Nebo.
355 Robert Hensley, Sugar Hill.
530 Samuel Carl McNeely, Nebo.
809 Willard Jackson, Marion.
1114 Kinacd B. Earley, Marion.
645 Wishum Bryan, Old Fort.
218 Thomas Harlow Noblitt, Old
Fort.
620 Jesse Gardner, Old Port.
550 Coleman Witherspoon, Old Fort.
574 Henry McCorkle, Oid Fort.
31 Joseph Home Biggerstaff, - Dy-
sartsville.
981 Jesse Burley Poteet, Marion.
770Tohn Weatherly Moffitt, Old
Fort
882 Larkin Lee McCraw, Marion.
677 Robert Winters, Old Fort.
1211 Horace Edgar Blackwell, Cla
rion. 525 Roy Ransom Snypes, Nebo.
760 Dave McFalls, Graphiteville.
183 James M. Denny, Linville Falls.
56 Jacob William Walker, Dysarts
ville. 792 Marion Swepson, Marion.
5 Robert Gardin, Marion, Rt. 2.
350 Washington Fleming Morgan,
Nealsville.
54 Troy Washington Walker, Dy-
sartsville.
870 James G. Moore, Marion.
549 John lAllison, Ridgecrest.
44O Ed Gardin, Sevier.
741William Quincy Phillips, Old
Fort.
1054 William Franklin Sigmon, Ma
rion. 711 Kenneth C. Sawyer, Old Fort.
1022 James Hardy, Marion.
841 Charles Beam, Marion.
638 Joe Guy Burgin, Old Fort
1032 Seagle W. Halliburton,' Marion.
623 Parm Duncan, Old Fort
269 William Edgar Lowery, Pitts.
685 George Washington Thomason,!
Old Fort
1141 Charlie Duncan, Marion.
1016 James Alfred Henson, Marion.
335 Lancelet Davis, Bat Cave.
493 Rosco Conley, Nebo.
923 Aaron W. Owensby, Marion.
341 John Connor, Fairview, Rt. 1.
1007 Von T. Ray, Marion.
391-Spence Hughes, Sevier.
353 f!nr! Arthur Koone. Suear Hill.
970 George Kaylor, Marion.
637 Stewart Jackson Fortune, Old
Fort
360 Lester Jason Reel, Nealsville.
1217r Roy Burgin, Marion.-
571 John Henry Gilliland, Old Fort.
488Samuel Grant Edwards, Nebo.
704 William 'Harvey, Jr., Old Fort.
72 Lawson Tate Sisk, Nebo.
1053 Geddie Wriston Giles, Marion.
356 George Washington Parker, Su
gar Hill,
112 Joe Mostiller, Nealsville.
1067 Guthrie G. Gladden, Marion. .
128 Nathan Reel, Nealsville.
679 Caswell S. Thomas, Old Fort "
815 Sidney. Largin, Marion.
11 Frank Haynes, Marion,. Star Rt
j90O Walter E. Laugridge, Marion.
363-Marion Onslow Hawkins, Ma
rion. - - ' -
1142William Franklin. White, Ma-
. rion' . . - -6p1r1
Withrow. Marion.
327 Louis Mills Eliott,' Red Jop
664 Edward- Jones Burgin, Jr.,
- -Fort, Rt 1. c : ;
93 Herbert- Carson 1 Mangum,
Old
Dy:
I 'sartsville. ' . - .
957 Julius FranTdin Parker, Marion
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NEWS FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the Hap
penings in McDowell County
Items About Home People.
SEVIER.
Seyier, July 23. Mr. and Mrs. Gist
are visiting the latter's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Huskins.
Mrs. Renfrow, who has been sick,
improving.
Jeff. Renfrow who has been sick
is
is
able to be out again.
J. A. Good made a business trip last
Monday to the sawmill in the mountains.
M. L. Good made a business trip to
Marion last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Manfredo and
son, Charles, Jrf, of Rntherfordton,
visited the former's daughter, Mrs. J.
A. ,Good, here last week. Charles Jr.,
is a member of the hospital corps and
will leave for camp Sevier at Greenville,
8. C, in a week or two.
We have a good Sunday school at the
Presbyterian church here, about 60 be
ing enrolled.
Mrs. Ida Smoot and children are visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wood
Huskins, who live near the Adams band
milL
We are glad to see C. F. Barnes back
in the depot, after an illness of three
weeks.
HARMONY GROVE
Nebo, July 23. G. W. Pyatt and
daughter, Rittie, spent Friday in Ma
rion. Robert Bifirgerstaff of Cleveland coun
ty, spent a few days with relatives here-
Misses Annie Bowman and Rosa Hol
land was shopping in Marion Saturday.
A number of the young folks enjoyed
a singing at the of Miss Dora Hensley,
Sunday afternoon.
Ben Simmons spent Saturday in Ma
rion. Mrs. Isaac Hicks has been on the sick
list for the past few days but is im
proving. Dan Rowe and Floyd Lawing was in
Marion on business Saturday.
F. E. Pyatt spent the week-end with
his brother, Ceph Pyatt, at Alta Pass.
Richard Mangruin died at the home
of Mrs, M. J. Dysart, near this place,
Wednesday, July 18, and the burial ser
vices were held at Pinnacle Thursday,
July 19. He leaves to mourn his loss a
wife, two children and a host of friends
who will miss him. He was a true and
faithful member of the Woodmen lodge.
Robert Crawley spent Saturday with
relatives at Thompson's Fork.
Alexander Crawley and daughter,
Delia, spent Saturday in Marion
THOMPSON'S FORK
Thompson's Fork, July 23. Miss
Maggie Hemphill is visiting relatives in
Hendersonville.
S. C, McNeely was in Marion Monday
on business.
"George McNeely, of Marion, spent a
few days here with his uncle, S. CV Mc
Neely, last week.
J. C. Hemphill attended court at Ma
rion last week.
. Robert McNeely and John Hemphill
made a business trip to Marion Friday.
Several of the boys and girls were
visitors on Camp creek Sunday.
Carl McNeely and sister, Jessie Coe,
yisited Miss Hankie Murphy at; Bridge-
water one day last week.
James Holland spent Sunday with
Carl McNeely. .
James Bowman was a visitor here
Sunday.
Misses Mittie McNeely and Rena
Hemphill were visitors at Nankins last
week.
Corn crops are looking fine on the
creek now. '
Robert McNeely was a visitor at
Bridgewater Saturday and Sunday.
Dan Rowe"was in Marion Saturday.
DYSARTVTLLE
Dysartsville, July 23. Mr. and Krs.
J. R. Kirksey and. two daughters spent
several days 'with relatives in Hender
fionville recently. X ; ' :
Mrs. Harris and little son of Morgan;
tonretiOTedhomeatnTday after spend
ing a couple of weeks erewithMiei
aunt.Mrs. JW. Jarrett
: Miss Elma. Christy, of r the State Hos
pital, Morganton, is spending her vaca
tion with her mother hete. '
E. B Satterwhite is yisiting relatiyes
in Burnsyille this week.
W. G. Bates : attended the district
conference of the M. E. Church, South,
in Burnsville last week.
Will Landis lef t Sunday for Raleigh
wnere he will take final examination
for entrance in the navy. .
Miss Mamie Goforth has gone to
Nealsville where she begins teaching
today. She has the intermediate work
in the school there. - .
Miss Grace Cowan of Rntherfordton
is visiting her parents heie.
Rev. J. A. Fry of Nebo was a visitor
here Monday.
NEBO.
Nebo, July 24. A series of meetings
Will VlAOrln of f VlC TWckf Y.nta VniU V . 1
next Sunday. The pastor, Rev. J. A.
Fry, will be assisted by Presiding Elder
Holmes of Marion. We hope the meet
ing will be a success and that much
good will be accomplished.
Coit T. Hendley of Charleston, S. C. ,
visited at the home of his uncle, G. D.
Taylor, during the week. .
Miss Bettie Bowman is spending a
while with her grandparents at'Colletts
ville. Rev. J A. Fry spent several days last
week at Burnsville attending the dis
trict conference.
Misses Hattie Taylor, Tracy anb!
Georgie Sigmon. were shopping nT Ma
rion Saturday.
J. E Jamison of Georgia is spending
awhile with his family here.
Miss Ruth Hunter is yisiting her
brother in Asheville
Misses Bertha and Lessie Beach spent
Saturday and Sunday with, relatives in
Morganton.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C- Mashburn and
children of Marion Junction spent Sun
day with the latter's sister,' Mrs; J: L
Padgett.
Mrs: Fry of Hickory, spent the week
end at the home of her uncle, J. E.
Sigmon. , -
Resolutions.
At a meeting of the Bar Association of
McDowell County held on this date, W.
T. Morgan acting as Chairman, and J
W. Winborne as Secretary, the follow
ing resolutions were offered and unani
mously adopted:
1. That it is the sense of this associa
tion that it is contrary to legal ethics,
and contrary to the desire of the govern
ment, that any lawyer receive any com
pensation for any aid which any lawyer
may render to the exemption board, or
to any applicant or his representative
desiring exemptions; but that such aid
shall be rendered voluntarily and with
out compensation by aiding in prepara
tion of 1 affidavits and jevidence, it being
understood that there shall be no per
sonal appearance before said board by
any lawyer,.
2. That the members of this Bar shall
render such assistance as conditions will
permit to any member of the Bar called
to the service, and each member will
endeavor to see that no advantage is
taken of such lawyer, or his client, by
reason of his absence while in the ser
vice, and further to see that no advant
age is taken of any soldier while in the
service in any legal proceeding and that
each member of this Bar will receive no
compensation for any legal service ren
dered to any soldier while in the"ser
vice. This July 21, 1917.
W. T. Morgan, Chairman.
J. W, Winborne, Secretary.
Approved:
J. L. C. Bird, W. T. Morgan, J. W.
Winborne, Hudgins & Lnnsford, C. C.
Lisenbee, W. M. McNairy, J. W. Pless.
GERMAN
raider is
Nn eastern
WATERS
An Atlantic-Port. A British steam
er which arrived; here from Calcutta1
borught . word of German attempts to
stop trade between the far east - and
English - and ' American ports." ; - The
ship's otticers - x said the ' - waters ; off
South Africa had s been strewn with
mines recently . and that two steamers,
bhe of 5,000'tons and another of 3,200
tons; wMch ' had ; not rbeen reported
sine they lett .Capetown;. were;be
lleved to have been iosx.
FOOD BILL PASSES SENATE
Administration Measure Will Be
Re-Written This Week
; To Wilson Soon, "
Washington. The administratioa
food control bill, virtually written at
ter five weeks, bitter contest, was
passed by the Senate, eightyone to
six. Conferees from House and Sen
ate have begun work and leaders hope
the measure may be in the President's
hands in ten days. v
As revamped, the bill gives th
President broad authority over foods,
feeds and fuels, the latter, -including
kerosene and; gasoline, provides ad
ministration by a food board of three
members instead of an individual; au
thorizes federal fixing of coal 'prices,
requisitioning and operation of mines.
and authorizes a minimum guaranteed
price of not less than $2 per bushel
for wheat at primary markets. The
Senate prohibition sections, prohibit
ing manufacture of distilled beverages
during the war and directing the Pres
ident to buy all distilled spirits in.
bond, was' substituted for the House
"bone dry" provision and will be One
subject of difficulty in conference. - ;
Senators voting against T- the bill
were: .Prance, Maryland f. Hard wick,
Georgia r Penrose, Pennsylvania;
Reed, Missouri; Sherman, Illinois and
Sutherland, West Virginia. r
Many Amendments. v
Scores of amendments were; dis
posed of, but the -principal features,
were . , the" :flncorporatSbn of the
amendment authorizing the - minimum
wheat price, and another by Senator
Pomerene's greatly broadening the
government's power to handle the, coal
situation. The government's guaran
tee for jwheat would be payable at all
principal inferior primary markets un
til July 1, 1919. The Senate rejected,
46 to 35, an amendment by- Senator
Norris to-have 4;he . food boardlnstead.
of Congress fix the minimum price.
' The Pomerene coal amendment, ln
corporated by the overwhelming vote t
of 72 ' to 12, directs the President
through the federal trade commis
sion, or other agency, to fix coal
prices, wholesale and retail; regulate
the entire industry and, if necessary,
take over and operate coal mines and
fix prices of labor.
On a final vote, the Senate refused
60 to 23, 'to place the bill's adminls-;
tratioh In the hands of an Individual.
.Senators understood the administra
tion would endeavor to. have the con
ferees substitute the original House
provision for a single administrator.
Appropriation In the House bill of .
$150,000,000 was left unchanged by
the Senate, which added an.appropria- '
tion of $10,000,000 for. federal pur
chase and safe of soda nitrates for
fertilizer. Another important Senate
addition to the bill provides - for a
Joint congressional 'committee, to su
pervise war expenditures. It was pnK
posed by Senator Owen. '
To Prevent Hoarding.
The Senate also added provisions
against hoarding of foodstuffs . and for
regulation: of grain exchanges, authbr
lzinz the President to close them if
necessary to stop speculation In fu
tures. r' ' f'- '
The bill limits government control
virtually, to Jhe original subjects of
the House measure, 'foods, feeds and
fuels. ' 1 T
In lieu of the House bill's broad
provisions for licensing food dealers.
The Senate bill limits federal licensing
to the following agencies and .these .
only which have products in interstate
colfl storage and1 packing houses, farm
Implement factories," : coal, producers
and J dealers and wholesalers of des
ignated necessities " . v
-.The:- House? bill's provisions for fed
eral requisitioning of necessaries la
limited to the' Senate redraft to food,
feeds'- and fuels : and ' other supplies ;
for military purposes only. Govern
ment purchase and isaleof foodstuffs,
to maintain reasonable. prices, also is
limited by the Senate bill , to fuel,
wheat, flour, meal, beans and .pota-'.
The House ; provision for " authority
to requlsiuon lactones general
curtailed . by the v Senate to : factories,
packing housesi mines J and - other
plants needed for military or "other
piibUc nse connected tn the common
defenseirr- - r':;
f Neither,. House or Senate; draft pre
sents - the original administration pro
posals ; for government control ot
clothing and maximum price fixing. t
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ara Thompson, -Spar-
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