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; --.A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, OCT- 3, 1918
vol: xxiii no. 6
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A GREAT WAR SPEECH
Governor Blckett Delivers Thrill-
ing Patriotic Add ress to aft
n Big Crowd in Marion. .
; for his 'pathos," and deep earnest at
tention to his argument f or earnest
. ' participation by all in - the great
. war effort of our people, a great
5rowd was held captive for two
s hours- by Governor ; Bickett, on
IQTi. Monday in V one of the ! greatest
c ; speeches ever delivered in Marion.
' Governor" Bickett was escorted
1 : from the residence of Mr. Q.
Gilkey, whose guest he was;; to the
court house by the Home Guard in
: ull, uniform.; He was presented
. to the audience by attorney J . W.
jples a brief statement; in
v whicli ne said that historjr ".would
, v accord: Governor Bickett a position
- with . Governor LVance as one. of the
- great ' War Governors." '
On account ofthe fact that Go.v
- -ernof Bickett desired especially to
-speak to the. country people, many
of whomcould not get into " the
V --court- house, thd children under
; -fteen yisars of age, after a five
1 g minutes! talk 6y Governor BicketJ?,
, ; were requested by the Committee
- to giv room to, many women and
. men who were unable to hear the
7 Goverhor until the children -vacat-
: d. ; Governor 'Bickett, without
- any preparation, made a very de
.: lightf ul talk to the . children.. vftd
' then proceeded - with : his ."great
speech., Hel was able to show that
V - r this co u ntry, led by the ?tresid ent,
: V had done everything in the power
"' of mortalman to avoid K thisT war;
: except to sacrifice the:honor of the
natioE and Jts safety He quoted
' from the records, 'showing that it
was undoubtedly the desire of Ger-
many to 7 conquer France, Russia
. ' ' nd England, and then land in
'fKc Mexico wib ? a great army and
Germanize America. . He showed
. that Germany had so planned and
;'oh its world map 4 had written in
large letters over the territory of
the tJnited States and Canada ;the
Gernlania. Germany thought
that j America : would not fight.
The audience greatly cheered .;. him
when he stated that Germany would
not only have to write in red over
this country, but, before it could
' Germanize this country, it would
have to drench it in the Ted 1 blood
of ;thispepplel4v7' MW-i
He paid . dis respects or disre
spects' to the slacker. According
to the Governor, when this war- is
orfione(will:be Held in such
great con tend pt as the soldier slack
er; who attempts to bide-behind his
wife's skirts and avoid service or
attempts bv any other mans to
keep out of .the army. He also
showed that ;thbse who:' failed t to
contribute assistance to sofiiiers by
purchasing bonds arid aiding the
." Ked Cross and other great wor ks
' organized for the boys over there"
would be held by the boys who re
tu rned as great slackers, as the
boys who avoided orattempted J to
avoid service. . Kecords are ' being
keDt of what every man and wo
man is doing and these records will
l be scanned closely by the soldiers
to see what has been done while
they were offering their lives. JFor
those ; wha ; -failed the Governor
stated that it were better) thatf a
minrstone were hanged about their
necks and they cast into y the? sea
He paid a beautiful" tribute to the
pabriuusiu ui jioe wumen, mey were
offering ; their " husbands, sons,
sweethearts, relatives and friends, j
witnout a grudging, : overcoming
their tears with their smiles so that
the boys might serve their country
without worry as to conditions! at
home: 'rr ' ' ; ;
He showed that the statesmen of
airother great nations in war with
Germany, as well as neutral na
tions, and all of the great men of
this couritryr-Democrats and Be
puoiicansrwere loosing to our
great President for guidance and
all were recognizing him as the one
great and preiminent statesman of
the world.. He made a great . plea
that all participate in. the great
Liberty Loan now, asked by the
Government.' It should not be bv
the rich alone, but that, even at
great sacrifice, the poor should
participate. .It is an honor and
privilege even though it brings
hardship. It cannot bring to any
such hardship as the boys are wil
ling to make in offering their lives
in behalf of this country and be
half of women and children and
e civilization of -the world,
v His closing description of Lib
erty bonds was eloquent1
Led by the choir and Mr. J. G.
Stikeleather, who is .. assisting the
Governor in his campaign in the
west, patriotic songs were ren
dered, after which the campaign
for subscriptions Was started by a
su bscriptioD of $10iOOOBTOUDceHensleyr VanilfrbtrrgrrHelen
by the Governor as being made by
Mr Hugh F. Little. Many thous
ands of dollars subscriptions were
obtained in the afternoon, and the
committees throughout the county
will.be earnestly at work through
out this weekl ,
Old Fort Graded School G oes Over
The Topi
,The new allotment of war sav
ings stamps to the schools was sent
out about two weeks ago. , The
amount allotted to X)ld Fort Grad
ed School was $2000. It required
but about two afternoons for the
boys and girls of this school to se
cure' pledges for the school's quota.
They not only secured pledges for
the total amount allotted, but about
$600 in excess, makibg the total
pledges amount to a sum of about
$2500, thus being first among the
schools to go over the top."
, The Old Fort school organized a
wars savings society during last
year. s The students did f very ef
fective work in selling war savings
stamps arid liberty bonds.' The
student-body is very erithusiastic
and always does well any task as:
signed'to it.
The management of the school
is very much pleased with the
school arid work as started off this
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' Linen Shower for Red Cross.,
The Red Cross commissioner for
France has cabled that the hospitals
are : in urgent need of the f olio w
ingsuppliesr Bath' towels, hand
towels and handkerchiefs, and- has
decided to ask our chapter to share
in providing these articles. Every
family Is asked to contribute one
article, or a set of articles of house
hold linen from its reserve r stock.
The articles wanted should be newv
or substantially newvand of strong
texture,' and should - be laundered
before being sent in.. , '
"The: articles are to be delivered
at the Bed Cross room any time on
Thursday afternoon, Oct. 3, or by
10 o'clock Friday morning. : The
allotment for the -Marion chapter
of the Bed Crosi is: ; One hundred
and three bath towels 18x38 inches,
205 Chand towels 18x30 and 143
handkerchiefs 18x18. . , V '.v,
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY
B rief Mention, of Some of the Hap
penings in McDowell County-- :
; Items About Home People. Y
STROUDTOWN 1 ; ,
Strondtown? Oct. 1A number of the
people here attend .the ; singing con
vention in Marion last Sunday. '
. Miss Maggie Byrd epept the latter
part of last week with relatives at Neals
vifle and Old Fort. - ,
Bev.-?Wacaster who has been here, for
several weeks is still conducting a very
successful revival meeting at the Metho
dist church, and has succeeded in hav
ing one hundred conversons up to this
time. f.. ; ';
The school at Stroudtown is still prjo
gressing , .nicely with a large enrollment
otseventy-five pupils. Thev W. W. So
ciety .which has recently been organized
with 40 members gave a; very interest-J
ing program, on, Friday, Sept. 27, to the
mothers of the community.
Sergt Eugene' Byrd who has been
overseas for six months, and who has
been sent here fea an instructor made a
short call to see relatives here last week.
George Hawkins of Cleveland, South
Carolina, has again moved to Stroud
town. I We are very glad to. have him
back as a neighbor. 1
There will ba a quarterly meeting at
the, Methodist churchlhere next Thurs
and Friday. . v
Misses Maggie Byrd and Ethel Wil
son with many others r attended the
speaking by Gov. Bickett at Marion on
last Monday.
Following is the Stroudtown school
honor roll for the month of September:
Kay Bowman, Jessie Bowman, Shirley
Flowers, Hubert Flowers, Elva Frisbie,
Buford Elliott, Dora Hensley. Kate
Frisbie, - Clarence Nichols Reid Hiid,
Albert Hensleyr Don Nichols, Winslow
Pendergrass, , Floyd England, Kobert
Hild, Marie England.
NEBO
Nebo, Oct.1 The Literary Societies
have postponed their- program for Fri
day night on account of the revival
services which are in progress.
Rev. D. S. Richardson, of Harris,
placed his little daughter, Vivian, in
the domitory Monday
MrC. Whiton of Washington " spent
Sunday night at the boy's cottage and'
left his son in school.
Roscoe Pyatt of . Oid Fort entered
school Monday: t
BoarH at the dormitory the past month
was $8 25, ? Everyone was surprised at
the cost and well pleased with the fare.
We doubt whether anyone but our ef
ficient .. manager. Mrs. Masters, could
have brought the high cost of living
and low rate of board ? together.
HONOR ROIiIi .
In order to be on the honor roll pu-
Lpils must have perfect attendance and
have made an average of 90 fo on their
work; '
First grade: lionise Boyrman Vestal
Teague, Emma Walker. . Second grade :
Sara Brown, Jack Headriek, Mabel
Pyatt, Eunice Stacy. Third grade Bil
ly Bowman, Pauline Frye, Mary Alice
Headriek,. Katherine Hunter, Ruth Kin-
caid. ' Fourth "grade: Vinolin Teague,
Edna Drake, . Bonnie Padgett. Fifth
grade : Mary Eula Vick, Hazel Brown,
LucUe HemphUl, Vel!ma Penland Anna
Faye Cuthbertsony Sixth grade: Viv
ian DeVauJt, ; Lola DeVault, Mattie
Bailey,' Betty Radford. v Eighth grade:
Daphne Spratt: Eleventh grade: Lil-
ie Landis. r : ''i
THOMPSON'S FORK
Thompson's ";Fork; Sept. SO. Mrs.
John McNeely of Hankins visited her
father, James Hemphill,; last week f 7 t
Neely. visited their Bister,; MrsLeila
Morris, in Johnson City last week.:
Ben Hemphill was in Marion on buslr
ness Thursday. " v - ':--"y
i Mrs.' Ivy : Gibbs and children 'were
visitors In Nebo, Sunday. " v-.-'H
Mrs. 3. C.: McNeely and son; Sewell,
were shopping in Nebo Friday. : .
; Mrs; "Maude ; Cnthbertsbn and two
children" of Marion . were V visitors here
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Tom Cuthbertson of this place - has
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. John Hemphill attended ; the "singing
convention at Marion Sunday. 2.
Miss Bena Hemphill was shopping in
Nebo last week.-: .;r:-"l, ,,.. '
Mrs. J.N . Yelton and daughter, Buth,
were-visitors in Nebo Sunday.
"' Mr. and Mrs. Will Henline and little
daughter of Marion visited relatives here
Sunday. v ' .
; Miss Mary Lou McNeely has returned
to Morganton after : a - vacation .spent
here . . ,." ' ' '.
James Henline visited his daughter (n
Marion Sunday. ,
Bryan and ,: Sewell McNeely - spent
Monday in Bridgewater. . -.
- GREENLEE 1
-Greenlee, Sept: 30! Mrs. R. W. Tate
spent last week with hr sister in North
Cove. - "' ' - ' ' ;
Mrs. W. H. Greenlee is visiting her
brother, who is very ill, in Georgia.
Melvin Burnett spent last Friday in
Asheville. -
A number of the people of this
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munity attended the singing convention
in Marion Sunday which was; enjoyed
by all.
Trbyal Moody of Virginia spent last
week with his brother here. v
Miss Rebecca Greenlee who has been
in school at Nebo, is at home for a few
days:' ; ; - . ' r i
Miss Margaret Dobson spent the week
end with homefoIk8 here. .
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Hennes
see, Sept. 26, a daughter.
Mrs. Lamb and little daughter are
both in the hospital at Marion for treat
tcent. .
' Miss Annie Wells, who is teaching at
the dlinchfield cotton- mill spent the
week-end with homef oiks. ;
Miss Camilla Dobson spent Saturday
and Buhday with her parents here. " ' '
Lyceum Course for Marion.
This annoancement comes, I am
sure, with much interest and gen?
uioe oleasure to the citizens of
Marion. To have a high class
Lyceum. course is a credit to and
speaks well for any town.' Do you
care to patronize that which brings
before you the highest ideals, the
finest entertainments, the greatest
inspiration, the noblest of our arts,
in 'short the truest and best to
which man has yet attained? Then
you are immediately interested in
the high class course4 which is to
behad here this year. It is .our
purpose to do good, to inspire the
intellectual and moral tastes-for
better things. VVe confidently ex
pect your patronage; you owe it
yourself, to your'town, and to the
public spirited citizens of your
town-who have' made it possible.
that a Lyceum course is tabe here
this year. - rr: -ts
The course will be held in tne
Graded School auditorium, . Tick
ets for the season or; an number
of the course, . may be had from
any - member of the guarantors.
Look them up before they call.
The course;! comes- through the
Red path Lyceum Bureau and; con
sists of fiye attractions, via: The
Maritime Quartet, MaryelMiIlert
Attha Concert Company, Robert
Manlove and the St. Claire Sisters
The first number will be .The MaH
ritime Quartet on Thursday even
ing, October 10. Don't miss it V
Now, clear citizen, attend all the
attractions and support the ones
who haye mostTwillingly made the
course possible They are W. W.
Neal, Ceph Blanton, R." B. Clark,
C. F. James, W. C. Smith, J.; L.
Morgan, F. .F. Gwin, Eugene
Cross, T. Halliburton, :W."Ti.
Morris R 0 Gilkey WZ ' W.
Guy, Hugh F.v Little and Byron
Conley.;t- y: ' --1; SWf
Thanking you in ad vance t for
our patronage, I am -:
i&vr: very sincerely, -V
";: ' V T. A. Holton, SecV. -
purchased the Sorrels' farm
BURGARS SURRENDER ALL
Withdraw from VVar While Victory v
After Victory Rests on Ban- ;
i I: ners of the Allies, v"
. Bulgaria is definitely out of the
war and Turkey, virtcmlly cut oCE
from communication with er al
lies and her. armies in Palestine al
most Annihilated, likely soon will
be forced to sue for a cessation of
hostilities againsther.- -
-Meanwhile the entente alhedf or
ces from Belgium to Verdun bri
six battle fronts are registering ; .
victory after victory over the Tea
tonic arms, and the enemy front
almost everywhere is crumbling, Vv
notwithstanding the deslperate re-
sistance that is being offered on
various sectors.' : :-. ?t ' ;".'
Seeing eventual defeat - staring
her in the face through the 1 swift
progress of. the Serbian, Italian
French and Greek troops in the -reclaiming
of Serbia and s the in-
vasion of 'Bulgarian territory, the
Bulgars lagged for; an armistice . ;
reserving to themselves no condi
tions. All the territory now held ?
by King Ferdinand's men is to be
evacuated; the Bulgarian army is '
to be immediately demobilized arid
all means of transport inside ; the 1
kingdom, even along the- Danube, x
is to be given over into allied hands.
Thus, in addition to the isolation
of Turkey, the back door to a di .
rect invasion f -Aus tr ia a Hi nga ryr
is flung open to the allies arid doubtV
less the time ; is not 'f far distant
when advantage to the full will be taken
to the newT: avenue through
w)aich the enemy can ? be reached..
With the debacle in; Serbia and
Bulgaria complete, the Austro- .
Hungarians in Albania soon will
be put to the test, and when their
evacuation to their own borders isx"
accomplished, the allies will have
welded an iron semi-circle about 7
the central powers from the Black
sea to the North sea.
Viewing the situation in all its
as pec ts the" success of the great
offensive in Belgium and France; '
the blotting but of the war zone in
the Balkans; ,the cutting off of the
Turks from intercourse with Ger
many and Austria-Hungary except
by the long route through the Can
casus and southern Russia and the ?
steady gaiiris that " fire - being made
by the allies in making Russia
I once more a factor in the, struggle
the darkest days of the war n
seemingly are faced by the Austro
Gjermans. ; ':,; c v" 1 ; :;: .'v ;
, On ail the sectors" under attack 1 ,
from Belgian Flanders to the region
of Verdun the German front is v"
gradually-bending back under the
violence of the attacks of theBriU
ish, Arixericans, French and x Bel- '
gians. " In Belgium the advance of
the troops of King Albert arid of
Field Marshal Haig have- proceed- 6
ed so. deeply , eastward, that Grer-
many's submarine bases on the .
North sea are in jeopardy, through.
tbeximpending cutting of the lines r
b"f communication vbehirid y them.
The famous Messines-Wytschaeto "
ridge has been captured and the .
allied guns do'minate the plains bp- -
yond. v:::C-:, ?:'y: yJ':''! '.
In the region of St. Quentin, v;
where the Americans are fighting
with the British, the old Hindcn
burg line has been cut and. pens-'-'
t rated to & depth of three ; miles N
over a front of eight miles. ; ; "
St. Quntiri has at last been taken -l?y
the French after bitter fighting
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