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- k ' .- . - . ';- ' ; ,. y - r . - -y . - ' V " - ' -- : Z .' - " -' . -!.y " J - - ,-; - fc V ' " ; ' " " v -x - - '"y r - y - , y v - - . - :- . " .y ; " . ' - ' . - ... '--,, ... . - .. . ., . . . . ........ -. .... .; .... ; , . .. . '.. ' , v. . ..; ...... -. - : . ... . . :j. . ..i . 1. ...... . , . .- ... . ' . .... ; . ... - : , .... . . .... - - -, v-.- . .t- . ' - - " i , - s. . v - - , : '' - . j . - y y - ' , ' x y- ' .-' " t ' . v - . ' - . y -' ' - - y - - 4. y" - A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVpTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OE McDOWELL COUNTY. ESTABLISHED 1896, MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10; 1918.; y OL XXII NO. 20 tsv i SCHOOL APPORTIONMENT Board of Education Hakes Largest ' . Appopnatlon jn History of - ; the County. , The County B jard of Education .was in regular session last Monday y "in the office of the .County Saper , intendent of Schools. A number of matters was op for the consider ation'of the Board, one of which was "the" re-establishmenVof the district at Thompson's Chapel and the construction of V school: boj Id : r inff in that section. The County -Snperiatendent was -instructed to . inveatifjate-thB matWr and make recommendations to the 3oard at "the- cast regular meeting. There was alo a' petition on file from the "colored oeople of Sooth Marion, ; asking for the establishment of a -district and a building in that sec- . tion.of town. No definite action was taken by the Board but the County Superintendent was in structed to look -into the matter 'fully "and report to the County Board at a subsequent meeting. :J After the disposition of all mat- tera the Board went into the ap propriation of school fund to the various ; districts ; in" the county. After discussing the increased cost t)f living and the inadequate salar : ies of teachers the' Beard decided ; to increase the appropriation for teachers' salaries In order to m-y-creasa the fun.d for the pay ment of salaries the Board found it would be-, necessary for every, official charged with the duty of handling ihe school fund to practice the closest economy in the expenditure of the school fund. After setting aside very conservative amounts ' for administration .and incidental purposes, ' the appropriation to ischools was found to be the highest ever made ' in McDowell County , for schcol purposes. - The following shows the amount apportioned from the County and -State funds to each school. Special taxes are not included in ihse figures: - , . Marion Township District No. 2, $280.00; No. 3, $120.00; No. 5, $420.00; "No. 7, $140.00; No. 8, 1 $420.00; No. 8, $560.00; No. 9, $140.00; No. 10, $280.00; No. il, ; $140.00; No12, $140.00. Old FortTownsbip District No. It $420.00; No: 2, $140:00; No. 4, ' $140.00; No. ' e; $14d.00; No. X . $140.C0V ;. ;;; Crooked Creek Township- Dis trict No. 1; $14000; No. 2,;$280.00; ' No. 3, $140.00; No. 4. $140.00; No, r- 'Z, $140.00. Broad River Township District - No; If $280.00;. No. 2, $140.00; . No. 3, $140.00; No4, $140.00; No. V 5, $140.00. T Montsford Cove Township Dis trictNo. l; $140.00; No. 2, $280.00; : No. 3, 4140.00; No; 4,. $140.00. Bracketts Township District No. 1, $140.00; No. 2, $140.00. . Gleawood Township District y No. i,$420.oo.::;-:;.- ' Djsartsville Township District - No. 1, $420.00; No. 2, $140.00; No. 3, $140.00; No. 4, $140.00; No. ' 5, $140.00; No. 6, $140.00. Higgins Township District No." VI, $280.00. Nebo Township :District No. 1, $310.00; No. 3, $140.00; ; No. 4, : . $140.00. : y- ;;. ; y North Cove Township District No. 1, $140.00; No. 3, $140.00;No. ' 4f 0110.00; No. 5, C2S0.OO; No. 6 C::0.C0; No 7, $230.00; No. 8, : iio.oo. ' . . . . . . r Selective Draft Law is. Upheld by : Supreme Courti-.- ';Washitigtoorl; Jan; ' ; 1. -Every contentionxraised against the-selective draft act was swept aside by the Supreme court C today in a unanimous opinion delivered by Chief Justice White, upholding the law as constitutional. Authori ty to enact the statute and to send forces to fight the enemy wherever ha may be found, the court held, lies in the clauses 6f the constitu tion giving congress the power to declare war and supoort armies. "As the mind cannot conceive an army without the men Jto com pose it, said the chief justice, 'on the face of the constitution the ob jection that it does not give power to provide for such men would seem to be too frivolous for fur ther notice" The opinion then proceeded to take up and definitely dispose of each of the many questions raised by cpoDsel for the convicted per sons whose appeals brought the law before the court. Congressman Weaver Will Distri bute Seeds. Washington, Jan. 5. Repre sentative Zeb Weaver is to distri bute in the Tenth North Carolina district 23,000 packages of vege table seeds and 3,000" packages of flower seeds. To supply this mammoth . wholesale-, distribution will be these varieties sent North Carolina farmers. Sixty-four pound packages of Kansas alfalfa; seventy two pound packages of cowpeas; eighty, four pound packakes of sweet sorghum, ninety, two pound Virginia soy beans. One hundred and fifty, one pound packages of soudan grass. These seeds will be for demon stration purposes. Representative Weaver will introduce a new strain of cotton in Rutherford, McDowell and Polk counties with these liber al stipulations ai advanced by the United States department of agri culture. Nine hundred quart pack ages will be distributed of the im proved type of cotton seed with the provision that any farmer who makes a detailed report of his suc cess with this type to the depart ment, he will get a haif bushel of Y free seed for the next year's crop. i Congress to Adjourn by June 15. Unless the senate plays politics and loafskon the job-,. Congress will adjourn between June 1 and July 1, according to Majority Leader Claude Kitchin. Mr: Kitchin thinks the housewill be ready, to adjourn npt later .than Jane, 15, and if the senate will get to work there will be no reason for Con-. gress remaining in session all sum mer as it did last year. Both branches of Congress are .disposed to appropriate whatever money is asked of it to continue the war and to pass .any "additional legislation which the President thinks ' desir able for the speedy termination of the world conflict : - : The management of - the Grand Theatre announce thatv thejr - have secured for Friday, January 18 thr one of the most talked of pictures being shown op the screen today. This ' is the great si reel photo- lay. ' Eedemption." in which Evelyn Nesbitt-Thaw and her 'son, Russell Thaw, are the stars, y N EWS. FROM THE CPU NTY Brief Mention of Some of the Hap penings in McDowell County Items About Home People. DYSARTVTLLB Dysaxtsville, Za.nT.-l E. Roper made a business trip to Marion last Friday. , Miss Mathews of Rock Hill, S. C.l epent the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Taylor. 1 Neal Duval, of Camp Jackson, Colom bia S. C, epent a, few days with home- folks here during the week. Miss Cora Mill returned Saturday after spending the -holidays with her parents near Old Fort. Key Landis has returned to school at Nebo. ... - . James C. Goforttfand W. N., Laugh- ridge spent a few days with relatives in Marion last week. - Bratch Lauglj ridge of Spencer visited hisited his parents here during the holi days. , : Misses Mamie and Lona Goforth have returned to their-workof teaching after spending the holidays with homefolks NEBO Nebo, Jan. 8. After quite a long obsence, here we come again. On account of the bad weather the school here was suspended, for a few days, but will resume work Thursday Jan. 10. Miss Belle Drake, who underwent ah operation for appendicitis at Steedley hospital, Spartanburg, ' S, C. , is back home now and we are glad to say she is getting along-nicely. J. C. Goforth -spent last Sunday night here with his sister, Mrs: Q. D. Taylor. Joseph Wilson of Ashford spent the week-SioTwitti relatives mrrr. Miss Maggie Taylor was shopping in Marion Monday t ' Rev. T. A. Drake attended the funeral of his father near Henderson ville last week. . . . - " food in Allied Countries Scarce. Washington, Jan. 7. The food situation in the allied countries of Europe is graver than it has been at any time since the beginning of the war, and is giving American government officials deep concern. Official reports picture extreme food shortages in'Eogland, France- and Italy. The fact that conditions in Ger many and Austria are far worse offers the only ground for- opti mism in viewing the situation. In England and' France the situ ation is described as ; critical in a cablegram to the food administra tion Sunday from Lord : Rhondda, the British food controller, which concluded, with these words: I view-the situation with grave anxiety:" -V y S "v .:.V Saturday a cablegram froni the French government ; said ' that th6 wheat crop has been requisitioned and . that .the bread ration would be cut to allow only seven ounces ; of bread daily to all persons except the very "poor and those doing hard manuaf labor, y In Italy conditions are not as good perhaps as in either England or Frange.ry; , Compulsory rationing will .be stared in Eoglahd ; immediately with meats tfce first cotnmod ity , to be . 3ut under . control. Distribu tion M: .nutter and margarine will be takeh.innd iext and ; other foods will be added'as they become scarcer. All of the principal food Stuffs' will te rationed by April. .y.r.'- -, y ; - After the Disloyal. ;:v y A government agent is investir gating alleged cases of disloyalty in Catawba. W. Stroupi mem ber of the board of commissioners, is under investigation. - -y - ' Income LtOfficejViri'tlBelHlrS - IF-'fcJanjJaiy WvM- Ah official fnw D. Watts, of tatesville, collector of internal revenue for y the west ern district of North Carbiina, will 1 be in Marion from January 21 to Januarv 30, inclusive, to assist the people of Marion and section in making out their income tax re turns; R. . B. Boger, of Morgan ton, the ofiicer assigned to this county, will be at the, following places on dates as follows: yy ? Old Fort January 18th and 19tb. Marion, Jan uary . 21st to r 3()tb, inclusive; February 18th to 23ri3, inclusive. ' - . v ' .. "It'.will be well for .every un married person whose net income for 1917 is" $1,000 or over, and every .married person living : with wife or husband whose net income for 1917 is $2,000 or overf to all on the income tax man and; learn whether or not they : ha ve . anyy tax to pay," Collector' Watts, says in a statement today. ' "The person subject to tax who doesn't' make return in tne time prescrioea is going to regret it. The govern ment will get after all income -tax slackers. . - -fe " A multitude,: of business and professional men, traders and farm ers, wnadicLnot nave to pay here- - - - ... tofore, will have to pay this year. The safe thing to do is for" every pexsnnwiiQ h arttotafc-i ncome . of $1;000 or $2,000 a$ the case may be, and who is not sure aboutVtiat deductions the law allows him, - id play it safe by calling on the in- come tax man7 J - - In all nineteen .deputies assigned to .tfre 19 districts in Collector Watts' territory -are now on the job, instructing the people as'sto their liability for income' tax and the method of mailing the retu rns. Deputv Collector Byron Conley of this place has been assigneg work in Henderson; Madison addIran- sylvania counties. . . Taking OffTassenrTfains. . To free Jocomatives. and crews for the more important freight transportation, 20 - per cent, of through , passenger trains on :thei Eastern rail road were d iscbntinued Sunday-; byy approval of Directbr Gene rah4McAd oo. The run ning schedule of others wi 1 1 be reduced to lower speed to facilitate the movement of freight grains. ; .' .This policy::willijbe grlduanyDex tended .to affect ; train service throughout I the country Fast trains between .New yoxk and Chicago and St. Louis, and be tween Chiwgo and Westercpoiuts, probablywillKbe the next: to be affected.' , ... Individual railroads will take the initiative in suggesting jburtailmentsb wili.be approved by rthe Kdirector general in most cases' r. :J yy So faf indications hayenot been announced on- the Southern j rail way, but ou ri t u rn ililcpnie; 1 - WebbNominatibmConfinTiedi y v - ;. .. .. ." .- -.' . -:.-;"K'yiyy'' rThe senate j udrciary cto mmi ttee, of which Senator Overinan is chair maD,;has Vepbrted favorably tc(the senate! the nbminatinn bll Webb3f Lsheville l?United S ta tear tnarsbal for the western dis trict for another four years and of William .T. Dortch,. of Goldsboro, to boTnarshal ictctnb itiastern; dis trict for four years, ys' v : STATE NEWS OFTHE VEEi; I tern s JJd n icefn i ng Ey e nts of I ri terest and 1m ?r: ssman rZebulon" Weaver bas : appointed . iGrbver Kiser of Forest City as a page in the Housci ..of Jpresenpesl 'j;r ;is;tbsonfn c Major Gen.; John": F; Morrison? has been authorized to ; decide bo4 tween the claims of Charlotte and! Fayetteville for the loc thK ; ordnance jdepar iSSnEcamp ;: I !;-;.: About 460 Germans, rounded up in they Philippines and brought ; from there to'Sanranciscb will be added to the colony yat ; the in- v ternment camp at Hot Springs.. I' An examination of the medical records of the causes of -i rejection of men f romi Co-f lumbiaV S.: C. shows that 16; 5 men of 'ea6i0 were rejectednnjaccpi min'3Sdness5'5.M ;! Thejsu ryiBy of n u rsing resou rcesl V in Nort ; Carolina time ago by the I General Medical ; y Board of the Council- of National Defence as a part of a nation-wide " survey, shows" Hbrth Crblinahas! 839 registered and 119; non-regis ? nurses. i....-: Great quantities of liq ubr, most ..V . . of it brought into the State in t r n n ks a n rl s ni t-caseyw o ro-egi zed at many points i n. the State" du rincr - the holidays.? The biggestf haul iMsmadea Lexingtb last wee where ' 468 quarts were found con- . cealed at three different places. ; : Rev;-;:feDr1X3hasy vWBjrdla.;; prominent -and popular. Methodist Asheville, .died suddenly Thurs- . a strope of - apoplexy. Dr: Byrd wis 58 years old and; is ' V survived tois wif e : and William Byrd.:; :- ; ; Kkindor iffinf J Gai y a native of; Burke.' county," contri butes the statuei of a r Confederate ' soldier to "be placed on the uncom- y" pleted Confederate monument at ' Morganton ; ;The statueywill be thaf of a private andwill: be r nine feet -talKy1 ' : " Jerome . Ji KolaskeV- who claims " '. to be of , Polish descent and is sup- . to oea uerman sny, is m jail at Raleigh to answer charge Of eneririg theRaleigh .'Iroii' Wprksr a local j munitiob plant, 'to obtain information ; that might bo'- bsed against tbe:Amerrcan government.4: . Yj tnessestestifled yjtfaat Kolosko i J had had much pro-German talk. ritrbiireKtwiri 1 Washingtbn, Jani:7-The 'i food administration hasf arranged to con trol during'1918 the supply of biq der twine, so important to farmers, particularly those of 'the "granger stateReasonable prices, though " somewhat higher, willbe assured. v This, 'bon trol wift ' be effected y h through yoluntary agreements; the y binder twine : makers have made vitb the food administration, which will- centralize.; the buying- and ieHininate'5mpettion y nejribjjcirculationy in the United States January 1 amounted:' to-$5320,424;000 or C18.76 per capitaas ; compared with $5,035, 370, 00(j one month ' ago, In tho r last'year money; in circuliticn ' hex increased . C680,000,000. l A'
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