A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST. OF.THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY. -
ESTABLISHED
1896.
VOL. xxir NO. 4
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GRADED
SCHOOL
USUAL ENROLLMENT
AH Things Bid Fair for Excelldrit
Year's Work RuralSchools f
Doing Good Work.: .
The Marion Graded school open
edlast Monday with a.bout the
nsaal enrollment for the first week.
The enrollment will be increased
each week for sometime. 'The
school lias been organized and .the
classes are at work and all, things
l.j fair for an excellent year's
u Thft standard of work re-
qaired has been raised, and a high
er grade of scholarship, will berre
qaired for promotion in all classes:
The failure of a large number of
the students to be promoted at the
close of last session has impressed
the student with the necessity for,
greater effort and closer applica
tion. The faculty are very much
in earnest about their work and
with the cooperation of the parents
a most excellent year's work will
be accomplished.
A science course of study has
been introduced into the curricu
lum and a labratory outfit for the
same has been ordered. A coat of
Alabastine to the walls of the clasa
rooms has improved the appear
ance and added to the comfort of
the rooms.
The Clinchfield Mill school open
ed Monday with the following
teachers on duty: Miss Mane
Moss, principal; Misses Cassie Pat
ton, Effie Hicks and Mae McCurry,
assistants. The school opened with
the largest initial enrollment since
its establishment. The teachers
are takiDg the school census ' this
year. This enables the teacher to
visit each home in the community,
thereby getting acquainted with
the parents of the children. r
The school has outgrown its
present quarters. Mr. Little, su
perintendent of the mill, will erect
a modern building at the earliest
possible date. The plans for ' the
building have been drawn. 'The
brick are on the ground- and as
soon as the other material can be
secured the actual construction of
the building will begin. It will
be thoroughly modern in every re
ject; steam heat, electric lights
and individual furniture.
a ne Marion Mill school opened
Monday with Miss Delia Gibbs as
Principal and Misses Jennie Whit
!?n and Mattie Tate, assistants
Ahey are all teachers of several
Tears' eXDeriPnPA anA framinrr
mi ' " -
. e local authorities are co-ODerat-
?ln every way possible to inake
tQe school a success.) Prospects
Se bright for the best school ever
ducted at this place. : . W-M
Stroudtown spoool- is making
great progress with Mr. Alonzo
,as DrinciPal and Misses Dora
elle Gibbs, assistants. The
Iment has already passsed the
water mark of any previous
ClT more students are coming
are f ' The teacners &Qd students
Z .akln much' interest in im
TL the building and grounds;
2Ins shades have been pro:
tem for tQe class rooms and , the
'WpTs has been clearedS b& ill
Vsocks and rubbish. ' '
given Pefeam supper, will -be.
that (;lday evening, Sept. 21.
nin r s and students are plan
s f0r a jolly, good time on this
UrtNo!
occasion. ' v Thft nrno rtSU :
v fpt school purposesi The pul
lie is cordially invited to attend.
visiting the rural schools for the
past several weeks. He states that
f the schools, without a sihele ex
ception, are doing very satisfactory
work. The -teachers and pupils
seem to be greatry. interested in
the .work.: A number of schools
have made considerable improve
ment in the condition of ; school
grounds. Several are making ad-
I ditions to library and school equip
ment. . Mr. Steppe states that the
outlook is exceediingly bright? for
a very prosperous school yean
Several, schools are making a
serious mistake, he thinks, in stop
ping the school for fodder pulling.
This not only -disorganizes the
school, but the pupils and teachers
often lose interest in the work af
ter a several weeks' suspension of
the school and its activities. It
has been found by experiment that
the f armer does not gain by pull
ing the fodder, since he loses as
much in the weight of his corn as
the worth of the fodder would
amount to if left on the stalk. ;
: A new school building for the
colored race, in district No. 2, Old
Fort, is in course of construction.
The building is a neat two-room
structure, built on the brow of a
hill. It will be very attractive
when completed.1 Thecolored folks
of the district made it possible to
have the building by helping with
a veay liberal donation toward the
cost. They are taking great in
terest in school matters.
' - Greenlee-Ryals.
The county friends of Mr. Ed
ward T. Greenlee, who visited re
latives" here several times while
manager for the American - Naval
Stores Co., of Savannah, will prob
ably be interested in the following
extract from The Savannah Morn
ing News: '
" ' Miss Mary Louise Ryals and Ed
ward T .Greenlee were married in
Washington, D. 'O.,.' Sunday eve-
-ning, Sept.r2nd, at 6 o'clock, at the
Vesidence of the bride's aunt, Mrs,
W. T. Ware, whom she was visit
ing. ; Theceremony was performed
by Rev. Wi S. Dunlap, rector of
St: John's Episcopal church.
- Mrs. Greenlee is the daughter
of the late Maj. and Mrs. G. M.
Ryals and a sister of Mrs. W. D.
Champion and Sidney G. Rjals,
of Savannah. Also of Ed win C.
Ryals of Richmond, Va., and James
Wi Ryils, of New Orleans.
; Mr. Gre.enlee has been depart
ment manager of the local office of
the ,Columbia Naval Stores ' Co.,
for some time, but has recently
been assigned the" management of
the Chicago branch of the same
house. - ' , ,
,;' Mr. and Mrs. Greenlee left im
mediately lafter the ceremony for
Chicago, f where they will make
their home for the present. ; -.
SBuierior court convened; Mon
tiay with JudgeFergusbn presid
ing and Solicitor Schenck prosecut
ing on behalf of the State. .J. F;
Wilsoln-waspiade foreman ; pfthe
granoViurywith XEpleas
officer iir charge. The criminal
docket 'as completed yesterday
Thursday morning at. 9 oxjlock
when the civil docket will be taken.
tnAinin(T
nnn : a recess mneu uum
HVI'DOWELlr COUNTY;
C:Tm EN 0 FFJ0 CAMP
': -:?c r--f - ' r..rA
":..r- v.,v-. -.. . fS7:""'., '-
f ortr JWeri, "Constituting County's
Second 0 uota for N ew Armyr
2-Leave for Camp Jacksnn.
' On Wednesday, morning of this
week the county exemption board
sent fQrty men to Camp Jackson,
Columbia, S. G., . these men con
stituting theecohd quota from
McDowell county for the new, na
tional army .V The men left Jhere
yesterday morning at 7:35 o'clock
with. Von Ray in charge and Seagle
Halliburton as assistant. A large
crowd of friends ; and relatives as
sembled, at the station to bid them
farewellNand God-speed. The fol
lowing men compose the forty per
cent of the county's quota:
-458 Edwin Booth J Brinkley,
Nebo. -
676 Wates Burnett, Old Fort.
1185 'William E. Conley, Ma
rion. 126: Robert Ray burn, Nealsville
373 George Clingman Craw
ford, Sugar Hill.
437 FessieBartlett, Little Swit
erland. r ,
43 Clyde Vernon Duval, Dy
sartsville. 924 Claud M. Laugh ridge, Ma
rion. io Daniel Vaughn, Marion.
1236 Daye Shehan, Marion.
-601- trover JTbomas 'Cooper,"
Marion. ';
li03 B. Garland Walsh, Marion
v 1020 James E. Hicks, Marion. '
772 Dallas McCurry, Old Fort.
982 Noah' Pope, Marion.
966 Frank Kay lor, Marion.
939 Samuel Edwin Proctor,
Marion.
379 George Hall, Sevier. .
874 Hampton Morgan, Marion
1195 Joe D. Blackwell, Marion.
675 Augustus Turner, Old Fort
905 Edward Avery Norton,
Marion. v
355 Robert Hepsley, Sugar Hill
530 Samuel Carl McNeeley,
Nebo.
1211 Horace Edgar Blackwell,
Marion. ;
1132 Roby Alexander Webb,
Nebo. 7 ..
1032 Seagle W. Halliburton,
Marion. -
269 William Edgar Low6ry,
Pitts. " - ,
919 James Henry Owensoy,
Marion. .
. 341 John Connor, Fairview.
1007 Von T. Ray, Marion.
112 Joe Mostilleri Nealsville. '
1067 Guthrie G. Gladden, Ma
rion. v :
i 900 Walter E. Laughridge, I
Marion. N - I .
363 Marion Onslow Hawkins,
Marion. ' -, .-'r,
93 Herbert Carson Mangum,
Dysartsyille. " - " '
154 William Shuford,-" Garden I
City: ' -. ; v-1 V-; :-, v.',-V Itt; ; ;
773 - Will Manley, Graphiteville
470 lErnest " McDowell Cuth-'
bertsbn;;MarionV--
383 r Kelsey Hoppes, Woodlaw ri
Four of the men ordered to - re
nbrt failed to appear and alternates
were seiectea i w fcuoir , piauo.
The four, who.f ailed to; be ot
yesterday rmornirig7ark ian
Floyd StroudrB
don Ledbetter, DomeVjLancelot
Davis, Bat Cave, and Johnsqri Hol
lifield, who will be sent to - camp
later in; the week.-' " , , V ,
Four;DeaQV and Heavy Property
l-ess From Floods. :'
Goldsbpio, C.,V Seii, .15.
An entire freight trai n on the At
lantic Coast Line was 'enjgul fed 4 in
the flood today when A the engine
arid nine cars ran. into a washout
between Goldsborp, arid Wi 1 mi ng
ton. ; The death of flagriian Henry
T. Moore in the wreck brought the
total known fatalities in the flood
up to four. . Engineer T. A Law
therand the fireman on the freight
train, were seriously injured. -
:? Several miles of the road bed
has been demolished by the flood
waters. - V
The rain ; fall, here ' tonight con
tinued. '; Streams are rising at the
alarming rate -of one foot an hour.
, More nouses ana crops were
swept away this afternoon. Whole
families who fled to high ground
were' cared for in more- fortunate
ly situated homes. Hundreds of
families have seen their property
saving of years, wiped out.
Stoney Creek here assumed the
proportions of a river driving esi
dents on the outskirts of the city
from their houses. The floods are
general throughout eastern "l Caro
lina. . :- ' - v;
The business sections' of Golds
boro, Kinston and other North
Carolina cities are inundated to a
depth of from tWo to six feet.
Co mmuD ijcatiod ir w i th manyd is trie ts
is entirely cut off Disastrous
washouts on railroads are feared.
Narrow, escapes and -heroic res
cues abound. Two milk wagons
were swept through Kinston's
streets, the drive"rs barely escaping
drowning. The known dead are
two aged negroes here,- Edmund
Frizzelle, an aged white who en
deavored to' ford a swollen creek,
and Engineer Lawther.
Greene, county, reports heavy
damage to buildings and a number
of facto riesr threatened by the; ris
ing Waters.
" -
A Garden for Every Home Twelve
Months in Year. .
Raleigh, Sept. 15. The City of
Raleigh, has planned to rnake itself
a model for the cities and towns of
North Carolina in the matter of
gardens, having taken as a motto
"A garden - for every .home' 12
months, in the years." For the ac
complishment of its purposes; two
trained women havejjeen employed
as garden supervisors, and a course
m elementary agriculture has been
introduced in the city schools.
The Chamber of Commerce,
through its food comiriittee, " has
been prbmotipg this plan, and has
distributedthrough the coopera
tion of Boy Scouts, a garden sched
ule for the fall months, a copy, of
this schedule bei ng pi aced in each
of the 4; 100 homes in thecity.
A number . of North: Carolina
cities are urging utilization of f all4
arid winter gardens, .but so far : as
is known no othejr city has - taken
such well-directed, systematic and
effective steps in this direction ,as
hasthe,City"of Raleigh. ; - J ;j
Thps. ; McGuire, who was ap
pointed to take the school census
Marion graded school, has
completed his work. ; His -figures
for the year 1917 show Jthat' there
aref 516 persons in ithecity be
tween the ages of 6 land 21 " years,
compared with 452 two years ago,
or a gaiii of 64. ; . : , ; r
RED CROSS WORK: :r : '
VIUST NOT CEASE"
Too , M any B andages" arid Too M uch
iii ate rial i sj Impossib le m o re
Honey and Auxiliaries Needed. -
Willis J. Miln e r, associate dU:
rectorof theRed Cross, Sou them !
division, urges the'Chapters to in-"
crease interest in the work in every '
wayi Mr. :Milner said. "As the
war. progresses the work - will be
come more and more important.
From many chapters we get letters ;
stating they have completed large
numbers of garments and surgical
dressings, but they do not waritto
make too much bf any one thing.
I waht to emphasize that will be
almost impossible to produce more
than is needed in the way of surgi
cal dressings and hospital supplies,
and knitted "articles.; -To empha-
size this fact he" quoted from a let-
te'f; received from , a ; Red Cross
nurse in France: ' What are 'you- '
women doing' for the 'jRd Cross 1
If you could only spend a week"
visiting the hospital here and see.
the great need for dressings arid
all kinds of hospital supplies, - you ;
would think nosacrifice . too great,
for you to make to further this
work. We are having to use
strips bf linen f orbandages and
just any thing we can get bold of.S
For God's sake interest the women
in your section in thisTwork iand
ship over more supplies." ? ;
The Marion Chapter is making
supplies as" fast as .possible with -the
few workers it ; has" been able :
tqinterest in this work; and'hopes
to ship a box of supplies soon, but
in order tq continue to make dress
ings vand hospital supplies, itis
necessary to have more money to.
carry on this work. The Chapter7
has spent about all the money riowf
on hand . for material arid: surely
there area number of people, m
this county ready ' and willing to
donate more funds to" ibis cause.
Anyone wishing to make donations
are requested to see Mr. .Winbornei N
Mrs. Winborrie or Mrs. Beaman..
MORE AUXILIARIES NEEDED. T
The Marion Chapter of the Red
Crdss wants an Auxiliary in every
community in this county; If
your communityjiasn't one brgan- v
ize one at t)nce. Don't put it off -
until some more- convenient time.
There, is always some, one person
needed to start things moving, and ' .:.
that some one is ybu. If, you be
long to the sewing club turn, it in
to a Red Cross -unit. ; If -you " be
long to a bridge club or a reading
club, turn it into a Red Cross unit.
Or jut a group of neighbors is. a .
neuclus for organizing a; unit. '-"bit
is also desired to have an auxiliary '
in every church! in the countyv
The churches7 in many instances
are the first to organize under the
banner of the Red Cross to do
God's work in the jwar . ; Organize,
your unif and write to :Mrs. Bur
ton, secretary of the Marion Chap- -ter
of the Red Cross, -f-
V Officers JPJtay, W. W. Neai;
By rbn Conley and ; G. W. Duncan
brought in" a '' blockade "distillery
Tuesday night which they captur
ed near the Mashburn - place, two
miles from Old Fort. ;7 About 500
gallons of beer was destroyed. The
still was a galvanized affair "which
had a capacity of about 65 gallons.
No arrests were made.