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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED. TO THE BEST INTEREST .OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION N, C., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1918.
VOL. XXII NO. 40
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v R E P0 RT t) F ; Lffift L : BOARD
S hows Th at B oard Has ; Cal led ' 21 2
Men Sin ce Decern be f 1 SrSS
he county" exemption board has
completed and sent to the governor
.of the -state v the.- report showing
" what the board has accomplished
in sending oilmen and the balance
on handi with the status of ; each
'' "ClaSS-'.. V-'J-'svsi 'XZfi-l i.fcr-i' :T . 5 f,iar
;The report showed that the board
still has. 61 men in class one from
i the old draft, a portion of whom
are men whoihave been moved for-
; ward from - deferred . classes .since
. the conf er.ence.of the legal ad visory
board; . In addition, three are held
;; in the remedial class,-, two white
; and one coloredV twenty.fi ve have
beehjplacedJ n Jimitedl-service 52
white and 3 colored; and one placed
with; the emergency, fietxorpbrat
tion. Thera were shown to be 29
ydelinqaents,;!! white and . 18 col-
Since December 15, . the report
showed, 212 men have been mduct
;. Ved into ser vicerlT of whom were
: white and; 38 ; colore. -Inductions
S; : prior tp E)ecemDer., 15; were 81; all
;white exct
1 J In the lie w, cr ri9i8 draft,, the
. report "showed; sixty-seven have
iuali6edlfq service, 52 of
' whom are .white and . 15 ; colored;
fourwhiteineri haye been placed
foHhelimited service ; group, ahd
.one'white manr and - twa colored
men are ifi the remedial class. : In
the new draft there" are three de
linquents, all : colored, and there
-are five men .. who r have not, been
examined.
- The local board will send thirty-
five men to Camp HancckAugus
:ta,( Ga; today The Iistofthe
; men in this call was published two
"V weeks agof v;. v "S-:
1 11 S rf Has; ? I ntnp5i06bl Enemy
IgAccordin
of the war department about 5,000
Gcsrmahs" i nterneWihthisicauh-
try. This includes 1,310 prisoners
of war at Fort McPherson, Ga. ,
most of whom ere . seamen on
German shi ps;j839 alien enemies at
Fort Oglethorpe, i Ga. ; 1 432 alien
enemies ijatvFpjrtgDpuglas,! Utah;
and oetween i5,uuu.ana ,&uu pris
oners taken fromxGermanmer
chahtmehat Hot jSprihgs,N;C
at present'under the department of
labor. The I as t n amed "are soon to
be moved ibbrtOgleihorpe; Ga.
; Fi ve hund red Germans in tern ed
in this country are ; said . to have
been sent to army camps to aid in
cultivating gardens. One hundred
were scheduled fori Camp -Devens,
100 for Camp Grant, 100 for Camp
Sevier, lOfbramp f Wadsworth
and 100 for Camp Sherman .
It is also reported that 216 Ameri
can civilians, including sailors, are
interned in Germany. The num
ber of American prisoners located
in Germane camps was ;onlyl33
when the above information was
sent but though the numberis'now
rdouT)tles.s;greateriijN
The nav department announces
thaf three men are known to be
dead, iqrtseven'aremissinglwid
- twelve are unaccounted .' for as .the
result k)f the sinking of .the United
i States cruiser San Dieo last Fri
day off tho liong Island conskThe
men unaccounted for. arc believed
to have been on Icvc. " -
:-(Successful Teaches, Institute.
TheTeiwherV :;Insiitute Xwhich
came, to successful conclusiohbn
last Friday : was one of? the best
ever conducted in McDowell coup
ty M r. DrF." Giles and Miss
Susie Fulghum, members of ;V the
State Board of Examiners and In
stitute Cond uctors held the insti
tute. , There were in attendance
about sixty-five of the teachers of
McDowell county. Those . jdoV in
attendance upon the institute at
Marion are in attendance upon
smelaQcredited summer schbol. "
; The institute was brimful of in
terest from the first to the last day.
In every successful institute there
are three things of value to' the
teacherinformationor knowledge
of the subject matteri the benefits
to be derived in having the teach
ers united in a body, : and. inspira
tion. 1 Not only were the work and
methods of the highest order, but
the teachers were inspired with a
spirit of patriotism and a desire to
make the -schools of McDowell
County the best in k its history.
Every teacher present entered into
the work of the institute in a whole
hearted manner, with the purpose
of securing the greatest possible
benefit,, thus better equipping her
self for the "work of her chosen
profession. The institute has been
pronbu need by , those who have at
tended previous institutes to be
the best ever conducted in Mc-
Do weirCpun ty On.; Friday mcrai
ing the ; teachers, in appreciation
of the excellent work done by Mr.
Giles and Miss Fulghum, unani
mously adopted the following reso
lutions: .
'Whereas,- we the teachers . of M c-
Powell Oonnty. believe that the State
of North Carolina owes to her children
the best which she cah offer, and realiz
ing that there never has been a period
in history when education has been of
sacH vital ! importance, and knowing
that we may serve onr country in' the
capacity of-teachers at home as well '; as
those who serve overseaa. we have been
voluntarily chosen, - as citizens of : the
State, to assist her in this all important
task of educating her children, and we
feel that it is our solemn duty to do all
in our power to prepare ourselves for
this worlr."- . ' - :'. i'
"Whereas, it has been the profit and
pleasure of this group of teachers to", be
under the instruction and guidance of
Miss Fulghum , and guidance of Miss
Fulghum and Mr. Giles for the past two
Weeksj andi whereas we wish to express
our appreciation for their splendid ef
forts to help and inspire us to. higher
ideals therefore let it be 5 5 : -v
; i f 'Resolved, that we, V the teachers of
mcuoweu joumy sureiy , owe a very
great' debt of gratitude to Miss Fulghum
andJMr. Giles for giving us these past
two weeks so brim full of help , and in
spiration and, we' wish to express .to
them our hearty. appreciation of the ef
forts which jfchey have-put forth in our
behalf. '.We feel that because of their
interest, we one and all, shall return to
bur schools in t the .'fall with a larger
vision and a firmer determination ' to
m.ake good in; our work and to become
a source of inspiration in tbe communi
ties in which" it will be our pleasure to
serTe,. .v- ;':v;.,;--$Mabjorie
Pratt, Ch'm. J
; ; ? 'Mrs;, W. M. Wilsok, Sec'y.'
IffGerman
Pajrisfiruly 23.LCcording to ; a
review of the military ' newspaper
owned : by -."Premier ; Clemenceau,
the German ;tipsses since ; March 21
are apprdachinisr 1000,000 men.
In the United States, army and
navy training camps, the jc. u.
A. gives over 6,000 free entertain
I ments "monthly. - - . - : .:
ALLIES PUSH FORWARD
Despite the Increasing Resistance
JV;.o.f-Hw
9 : t:tinue Gains. .
. - . - .', .r i - i ,- . . - x-,- . -v- . .. " - ..
- The entente allied troops on the
Soissons-Kheims . salient" continue
to gain ground, Joth on- ther west
ern side of the battle front and on
the south on the Marhe and toward
Rheimsv notwithstanding the inT
creasing resistance of. the Germans
sind the bad weather that is pre
vailing on; the southern of the line..
While the latest gains recorded
are not great, on : the whole, as
ihose of the orevious days, .they
nevertheless have added v positions
of strategic value to the allied line
for the further prosecution of the
efforts to clear the line of the
enemy. In the fighting more pris
oners, guns and war stores have
fallen into the hands of the Ameri
can, French and British troops.
MANY ERISONEBS TAKEN,
Paris, J uly 23. French, Ameri
can and British troops made con
siderable advance during the day
on the Aishe-Marne front, accord
ing to-the war office announcement
tonight. In addition, to occupy
ing several villages they captured
1,800 prisoners
Huns Driven Over Marne.
London, July 20.. So Germans
remain south of the Marne, except
prisoners and -dead -r
.This message is sent bv the Ren
ter correspondent at French head
quarters and is timed Saturday
evening.
HUNS RETREAT.
Paris, July 20. The Germans
violently attacked on their right
flank; and south of the 3Iarne,"
says the war announcement tonight,
'have been compelled to. retreat
and re-cross the river."
'The French hold the entire
southern bank of the Marne. More
than ; 20,000 prisoners "and more
than 400 guns have been captured."
For Misses Finley and Laughridge
The following from, the Burns
ville Eagle will be of interest to
friends here:.
Oh last Tuesday evening, Mr.
and Mrs. B. B. Byrd entertained
a number of oung people in honor
of their house guests, Misses Mayo
Laughridge and Ruth "Finley - of
Marion. . -v" ; .- v ' '.' ' :".9- ',,'.
Many pleasing games were en-
th roughout the eve n i ng.r The
color scheme, TyelloW and; white,
was beautifully carried out on the
cardst used in the progressive con
versation contest. ' V:. " " : "
r Following the contest, the
guesta were ushered into the din
ing room w here delicious refresh
ments were served. The punch
bbwir which formed 1. the center
piece for the dihirig table! vvas ar
tistically banked with daises ;
: 'Out of town guests present
were: Misses 1 Marguerite, Tieha
and Mild red Hensley, 1 Sarah, Bill
and Ethel Proffitt, Paralee Rector;
Mayo Laughridge, Ruth Finley,
and Messrs. Arthur Hensley ,-iil
Parsons;r and -Pender -and Frank
Wilson'r-r"':.. -w -
Iy he guests ' departedf they
voted Mr. and Mrs. Byrd a - most
charming host and hostess.5 -
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:Buy War Savings Stamps.They
will iielp you on your record ,of
caving." ; " ; .
vuiiiuibi ubuuui) luvjjcii. iiiuiiuayi
At the J uly meeting of the Coun
ty. Board of Education it; was de
cided to permit such schools as de
sired to operate their school during
the summer months," to open" on
Monday, July 29th. 'A number of
schools have taken advantage of
this arrangement of the board and
expect to open for. work on next
Monday. The following list shows
the schools that expect to open,
and assignment o f teachers:
Chapel HillMisses Harbison. '.'.'r
;Stroudtown-Mi8s: Maggie: Bird and
Tom's Creek Miss Mattie'Hnnter.
Buck CreekMiss Mand Elliott. -Siloain
Misses Ruth Greenlee7 and
(Geneva Allison. -Curtis
Creek Miss Frances Hicks.
GrapEiteville Misses Jessie Conley
and Laura Hicks- ' ' '
' Catawba Miss Annie Bradley.
Oakdale Miss Cora E Miller. T
Bald Mountain Robert JLi. Clements.;
New Hope Miss Flora Steppe.
Belfont Miss Maggie Taylor and-
' Piney Ridge Miss Maggie Bradley.
, Jackson Creek Miss CorrieLedbetter
Mqunt Mitchell Miss Mary Greene.
Woodlawn Misses Lottie Wilson and
Clara Bird.
Sugar mil-MrL W.' M. Wilson and
Miss Bertha Morris. .
Curfew Miss Lula Hicks.
Morgan's Miss Mae Jordan. -t
Vein Mountain Miss Lona Gofortb.
' Macedonia Miss Mamie Johnson. -;
Cowan's Jktiss Ev lyn Gtettys.
Tate's Miss Ruth Yelton.
Firemen's Relief Fund.
The 1918 firemen's relief fund,
ace d miliateoTTdr tho va ri ous cities"
and towns of the State that main
tain fire departments through the
payment by insurance companies
of one-half of one per cent. on insurance-
premiums received from
insurance in the respective muni
cipalities, Jias been paid o ver to the
State insurance department and dis
tributed by Commissioner Young.
The total amount is $12,547.97.,
Marion gets $463.63. . :
The fund is used for the relief
Cf 'firemen sick or injured by acci-1
dent, the care for their dependents
and for relief of needy firemen who
have had as much as ten years ser
vice. It develops that in quitea
number of the towns there has ac
cumulated - considerable unused
funds from the monies received in
past annual distributions and Com
missioner Young is urging the
proper authorities to invest these
funds in war savings and liberty
bonds. v . V
J. H. Tate and Eev. G. A. Mar-tin-left
Tuesday Jor ; Yancey, and
Mitchell counties, where they go
to organize the merchants of these
counties and secure their co-operation
in the sale dfiwar sayings and
thrift stamps J M r, Tate Jahd Na
than Lazarus, chairmen of.the two
leading divisions of the state, have
beenjappointed directors for eleven
counties,, and it is in the interest
of this work that Mr. Tate has
gone to Yancey and Mitchell count
ties. ... y-::ir, c ': ' : :yr--v.
4 ; T;5 J. ' Perki ns; : while; pickin g
huckleberries on Bald . Mountain,
near Hankins,"' last Thursday cap
tured a snake which measured 6 J
inches. Mr. Perkins, ;;to make
good his story, brought the . snake
toC town-with him forexhibition
and it attracted considerable aV
tehtion Some said it was a Bull
shake while others : believed it to
be a Hoop snake. r Any way, it was
ar Vhbpper" and with this capture
and 18 gallons - of huckleberries
Mr. Perkins was well pleased with
his day's work, v -'.'
STATE NEWS OFTHE WEEK
Items Concerning Events of In
terest an d Importance Th rough - -
; out vthe State. : , -
; B. S. Franklin, county commis
sioner of Vake, said to be "high
in church and- pblitics,M is under
indictment for living inl immoral
relations with" two women sisters.
Payetteville has been definitely ,
selected as the site for anew train
ing camp; J Approximately 15,000
nien are to be kept at the Fcyette
ville camp, which will bo either" a
havy artillery or small; arms in
struction school. 5 -
- A new hotel : building will ba
erected at the Methodist Assembly
grounds, near Way nesville, to replace-
the. Junaluska Inn,, which
was burned recently. .' There wns
$75,OQO insurance on the inn,
which cost $100,000. "
The sentence of Frank Keever, .;
convicted of manslaughter in" Ca- :
tawba Superior court, was reduced
from five to" four years.?- Case ap-
pealed ndf bond fixed Tsi $1:006."" -
Keever sold wood alcohol and a
couple of x Conover "youth's - who
drank the stuff died from the; ef- ,
Provost Marshal Generah Crow-
der reports to Secretary of : War
Baker that thre are 490 alien reg
istrants in North Carolina, and 320
allied jaliens in the Tar Heel State. ,
The - neutral aliens number" 44,
while there is a total of "22 enemy
aliens in North Carolina. ' There ;
are 104 persons ih the State" allied .
with enemy aliens; ;
Vitalizing the Stud of ; Agri--culture"
is the title of a valuable ,
little" phamphlet which has, just .
been issued from the State College,
West Kaleigh: r The author is Prof.
C. B. Williams; Dean of Agricul- ;
lure, and his; purpose is .to give
helpful suggestidns to' teachers in :
our elementary "schoolswho are
condactin'g'.claesiigrienlture.; . .
Teachers and any others who desire
copies can get them by writing to 4
the Registrar's Office at West Ra
leigh.' 'sA ' j. '-"i':.. ' :r '0
Big :Timber,B6uhdary;S6fd:ir-'
Ashe ville,' July 22.Fif ty thous
and acres of ; timber located in
Transylvania and Jackson counties,
North Carolina, Raebu rn county,
Georgia, and Oconee county, South
Carolina, were purchased today by
Jonathan Starr, of New York; and
his associates. The timber, will be
used by the emergency fleet cor
poration' and .the . federal - railway
administration in the building of
ships and; repairing of railways.
More than 300. men -; will : be " em
ployed in the otieration of 20to 30
mills and , work is - to be f begua
about August 1. w The timber will
be shipped from Breyard and Tox-awayl-"'.;.-J;.l--;.
.
iyi Lenoir Boy in Casualty List. '
- Friday morning's papers carried
the name of Charles Edgar Dysart
of Lenoir as "missing in action".
He is the second son of - M r. r and
Mrs. W. W. Dysart of Lenoir,
formerly of Marion. . Young Dy
sart enlisted at Marion in the avia
tion division and was later .trans
ferred to the infantry. He is 2T
years old. He has two brothers
in Ecrvice, First Lieutenant J. O.
Dysart and Priyato L. A. Dycart.