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MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, DEC. 19, 1918
VOL. XXIII NO. 17
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i)iHlMP5GHO0L NEWS
enza Has Little Effect on the
Rural Schools" Tests Being
l- . .Conducted Other News.
; -The rural schools are being little
ceGted by the epedemic of influ
eiiza, there beiog less than a half
-dozen schools not in operation on
account of the disease. The schools
were ail stopped during October,
a few until the middle of Novem
ber. In only two instances has it
been "necessary to suspend school
work after having resumed it.'
"Very rigid regulations are being
"enforced, and every precaution is
being taken among the rural
schools to keep down an epidemic.
The attendance' in most of the
schools is exceptionally good, con
sidering the various handicaps.
The State high schools at Nebo
ancT Glen wood have had un pre
ceded attendance so far and an
additional teacher will be added at
Jlenwood immediately after the
holidays to aid in taking care of
. tihe increased interest of the new
highjschool at that place.
The County Board of Education
at its January meeting wjJl offer
for sale bonds on the high school
districts of .Nebo and Glen wood.
The bonds were voted last spring
but owing to the unsatisfactory
-bids that have been offered for
these bonds, no sale has been made.
Tho board hopes to effect a sale
soon that the construction of the
new building may be started at
once. The new buildings are bad
ly needed and efforts will be made
to have them in readiness for the
fall opeDiDg next year.
. The annual apportionment of
county funds will be made on the1
fijrst Monday in January. The
County Board of Education hav
ing adopted a policy of, rigid econ
omy will be able to make the
, largest apportionment to the va
rious districts in the history of the
county, Bast year the board very
materially increased the appor
tionments, but the. amounts will
be still further raised this year.
'This is absolutely necessary in or
der 4o pay the increased salaries
of teachers and to meet the - pre
vailing high prices of building
material and school furnishings.
V By reason of increased salaries
very few teachers have gone from
McDowell to other counties, A
rnall number have accepted :ov-
. ernment work, making it neces
sary to secure a few teachers from
ther sections. McDowell will be
-fortunate in having every school
taught this year. One of- the larg
est counties reported .recently that
. probably forty of its one-teacher
schools would remain untaught
-owing to the shortage of . teachers
Supt. N. Fv Steppe is conduct
ing a series of examinations in . the
: schools to determine theoroficien-
cy of the students. The results of
these' tests . will probably be an
Juodnced as soon as the work has
been com pie ted. :r'. : v
,:2 zJetters were sent outA f rom the
uperintehdeht's onice last week to
teachers instructing : them to ; jren'
der every possible assistance in the
JjSed Crbssdrive going'on thisWeekv
?mucH intert in
Eted Crossand itisQxpecteat
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lcilcctiye tud in thecampdign; ior
members
Nebo High School Items.
The Bonerian Literary Society ave a
sacred entertainment at the anditorinm
Sunday night. TbB program included
the reading of the 4 Other Wise Man,"
illustrated with tableaux representing
different scenes in the journey of the
"Other Wise Man." The costuming
was entirely oriental. The scenes rep
resenting Joseph and Mary with the
child Jesus, the heralding of the Angels,
and the Roman Soldiers were especially
impressive. At the close of the program
Miss Padgett, who is in charge of the
Red Cross drive, presented the cause
and secured thirty-one members.
Miss Richardson is in charge of Miss
Stacy's rooni for a fewdays
School closes'TTriday for the holidays
and will re-open Monday, Dec. 30. The
mid-term tests will be given in Febru
ary. Now classes will he started in
Physical Geography, Physics. Algebra,
and one in the Reading Circle work for
those who inteficT to teach next year.
Some practice teaching will be given in
this class. The seventh and eighth
grades are delighted with the prospect
of & test Wednesday' to be sent out by
Supt. Steppe.
Ralph Drake left Sunday for Hender
sonyille to spend the holidays.
The- churches at Nebo now - have
preacWng' every Sunday. . : . J
" How about a subscrj ption to The
Progress as a Christmas present for
you rf riend ? Nothing would-be
pf tnore genuine pleasure Ahan - (He
home paper.:"r - ?'
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ay tke 01x111110 reaOn Bring
joys ofreace toou; ari3. in the;
coming year may
mbarao on your happmermaij
your opportunities not be En
trenched; may the Battler of the
paj be fbrgotten,an the Bugle;
call lead you on to loved oneor
who love you,ancl watch over you.
Demobilization Gains Momentum.
Demobilization of the military
forces at home is gaining in mo
mentum, General March states,
with approximately half of the 1,
700,000 men in the home camps on
November 11 specifically designat
ed for early discharge.
Reports to the war department,
Gen. March said, indicate a rate of
discharge of about 15,000 men a
day which wil be doubled when
demobilization is in full progress.
The list of designated troops as
given out by the chief of staff
shows that of the combat divisions,
which are to be demobilized last,
15,00(fmen already have been se
lected for early discharge.
In addition to- the figures for the
troops at' home, General March
said that 5,653 officers and 135,263
men of the expeditionary forces
uo to December 12, had been de-
signated for return and of these
1,373 officers and 30,750 men al
ready have sailed ; for home.
.Whlle not all counties have re
ported the sii bscri p tions to - the
Untted War Wprkiund ihftbxs
State total :$l;422r485,- about 60
per cent oversubscription:.:
there be no
Dr. Alexander Re-elected.
Dr. H. Q Alexander, of Meck
lenburg county, was re-elected
president of thev North Carolina
Farmers' union over'Ray King, of
Nash couaty, by a vote of 64 to 30.
at the annual convention of the
union at Wilson Wednesday night.
Dr. J M Tempiet n, of WaUe
county, was re elected vice presi
dent of th union, bs was E C
Faries, as secretary treasurer.
The executive commiitee for
1919 will be comprised of W. B.
Gibson of Statesville, reelected;
Ray Kin gr, of Nash; C Li. Cherry!
of Edgecombe county; R. C. Max
well of Gibson, and Orlin Cruse,
of Rowan county, all new men.
W. R. Dixon," of Wilson county,
was elected State organizer to sue-'
ceed J. Z. - Green, who resigned
from the; place several months ago.
. The reborts of Preside a t Alex
ander and Secretary Faires showed
a total of 17,000: members in the
State, an. increase in - m'embershi p.
over last year. There is approxi
mately $I4,TW in ithe" treasu ry ; at
present.; '
' - Mrs. W. Ol Led betterCis re cov
ering from an attack of influenza.'
STATE N EWS 0 F TH E WEE 1 C
Items Concerning Events"-, of In- .:
terest and Impertance-Thrpugli-Vv
out the Statf-;V:i
J udge Henry W. Whedbeo of "
the fifth Superior court district,
has resigned and will return to the .
practice of law at his home' at :
Greenville. r - : -c
Mr. Cameron Morrison of Char
lotte has formally v announced -that
he will be a candidate in the next
Democratic primary to succeed. .
Governor Bickett. ; C v
Of 2,238 illicit distilleries seized
in the Southeastern- States one
third were found in North Caro-"
Una, according to the annual report
of the Commissioner of r Internal
Revenue. : :
The proposed memorial .building
to be erected in Raleigh in; honor
of North Carolina soldiers who :
died in the Great War was endorsed -by
the State Council, of DefenseioT- .
session at Raleigh last week.
Company I, 321st infantry, 81st
division, captured a big German
field gun the night before the arm- .
istice was signed. Many "dit the" ;
members of the company are B u n--combe
county men and Ashe vi lie is
now, asking the government" for "
that German gun as an ornament i
for Pack Square. '-
Filling the -vaeaney-created rby
the resignation of W. H: Woolard,
John G. Nichols, just mustered out
of the Aviation Service, has . been
appointed Assistant" State Bknk. :
Examiner, a position which He held
before joining the colors last iMay.
Mr. Woolard goes with thePamli- -co
Chemical Company, at -Wash-,
ington, a branch of the F. S. Rpys
ter Company - - .5"?v
Pension Money Here for Old Sol
diers and Widows.
Seventy-two veterans .of r the.
Southern army during the yf&r :
between the states,, who are now -residents"
of McDowell county,.and
fifty -three widows of veterans will-,
receive a total of $5,675 00' as pen- .
sions from the state of North Caro
lina, vouchers arriving late Satur-
day afternoon at' the office of W. HI :
Hawkins, Clerk of Superior Court. : '
This pension -money, which comes
as a big Christmas gif t io " thpse: .
who receive it, Is nbw1ready or c
distribution at MK Hawkin's office. :.
There is one veteran in the first- .1
class who receives $75; two in ' the T
third class who draw $55 each;
sixty-nine in the fourth -class who. .
draw " $45' each ; J and fi f ty-th rce
widows w ho are also in tb e f ou rtb ;
class and draw $45 "each. 5 " X;';
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To the Editor MAiuoir.KoaBxsi: .
It has been called " to. my: .atten
tion that some persons are selling
short-weight butter;: SpeciaFRuIe-
No. 5, promulgated, months ago by .
theTJniteoStatSFpod -A
tration,: makes itunlawful for any
person -:to iTnanufacture. and tsell
prints of butter weighing less than -one
pound; Butter weighfng from
twelve to thirteen; ounces has beed
on the market for, sometime,' and
each time the FpodTiws haye been
violated. : So, it: will bav well for
persons who have butter jto sell to
seta)it?jfchat
ounces hereaf ter.Hw-Xr ' . .
J-r J; -Li" CBibi; Inspector;; ;