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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST -INTEREST- OF THE PEOPLE OF.McDOWELL COUNTY. ESTABLISHED 1896. MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 2, 1919 ; VOL. XXIII NO. 18 7 ;C0RPEN!NG-S7REETMAN Miss (Catherine Streetman Be comes Bride of Captain Max- well Mt Corpenmgt , Oo Thursday afternoon, Decem ber 26, at 4 o'clock, the wedding of Miss Katherine Streetman and Captain Maxwell Michanx Corpen ing was solemnized at the home of the bride on Garden street, the Rev. W. l L. Hutchins of -the Methodist church officiating. The , vows were spoken -in the living room, beneath an arch gracefully decorated with Christmas greens and lighted by talcandclabra. .Prior to the ceremony . Miss Margaret Sheep, of Eliztbeth City, sang "Because I Love You, Pear." She was accompanied by Miss Helen Lonon. . , When Miss Lonon sounded the "strains of Mendelsshon's wedding march, the groom, with his best man, Lieut. T. Q. Donaldson, of JVest Point, N.' Y.t entered the room from tho left and the bride, with her maid of honor, Miss Jalia Barton, came down the stair case, entering from the right. " i The bride," a brilliant brunette type, looked unusually attractive in a coat suit of French blue broad cloth, with collar of seal, gloves and shoes of gray. She carried a - bocquct of bride's roses. Miss Burton "was strikingly handsome in a Georgette crepe of -white and Belgian blue,- heavily beaded in white. She wore a pic ture hat of o ack and carried an arm bouquet of pink roses. . In the dining room where tho buffet luncheon was served the decorations were in white and green. . Miss Streetman- is the only daughter of Mr. J. W. Streetman. She is a graduate of the State Nor mT School .and was a "teacher in tho Marion graded school for two terms. She has by her vivacity. an ! charm of manner been one of the most popular young.women of her set. Captain Corpening is jl native of Marion, but-has for several years been out of the state. He is a graduate of West Point and holds a position in the Educational department there. , . .- ni The young couple 'left on the afternoon train for New . York. They will be at home in West Point after January 1st. . . - Oat of town guests here for. the wedding were Mrs. R. A. Cooper nnd Mis? Rath Gill of. Statesville, Miss Margaret Sheep of Elizabeth City, Lieut. T. Q. DonaHson'.'of West Point N. Y., Misses Wilma and Beatrice" Corpening and Mr. Macon Corpening of , Wooillawn, sisters and brother of the groom. The friends of William M. Ghfa den, recently reported -wounded !in action against the Germans " in France, will be glad to learn that his mother, Mrs E. R. Gladden, ha3 received a letter from him stat ing that ho was gassed and had been in the hospital, but . that he had recovered and returned to .pis company for duty. - i ) Edison P. Holmes, after spend ing the holidays with his parrAts, Ilav. and Mrs. Parker Holmevjeft Tuesday for Toledo, Ohio, to fkke a position with the Henry Dhoety r ictric Co. ' Heleon Sorrels Killed. in France. . , . - ; The many, friends of Rv. and Mrs. A. P. Sorrels of Union Mills, N;4C , w ill regret to learn that they have received a message telling them pf the death of- their son, Heleon Y. Sorrels, .who was killed in'action, in France, October 9tb, i9i3. ' : ; : ,Young Sorrels will be pleasantly remembered both in Rutherford and McDowell counties. Although he spent, most of his life in the lat ter, he pill be remembered in the fdrrnerjby the students of Round Hill Academy especially, where he spent some time, gaining friends among both the cftizens; of Union Mills and the student body. When only a small boy he made a bright profession and joined the Baptist church at Clear Creek. Mr. Sorrels joined the navy when only seventeen years of age, where he served six very successful years, winning and holding the respect and esteem of his officers. and com rades. He received while in the navy, a medal, with - these words on it: "Fidelity, Zeal, Obedience." He came home from the navy in the summer of 1916, staying with his parents awhile, then going to Akron, Ohio, where he worked in a large rubber plant until - 'lie was cilled into camp on Jan29tbVl918. He remained in camp only a few months before going $ to . France, reaching the Jrontabbnt . the.. .first. of August, nd from that time'un til bis death, did This, 'part - to ex tinguish autocracy. Although Heleon was away from home most of the time,; he loved and appreciated his home and pa rents. He saw the necessity of a good( education for he1 wrote his brother Paul from Akron, advising him to remain with his parents and finish bis educations He seemed to realize more and more the blessedness of prayer and the Obedience to a bigher .power for he wrote his mother after going to trance, "It surely must';mean something to have ..a father and mother praying for the safety of their son. Since going through what I have at the frohtVithout getting a scratch I have been think ing a whole lot about that"; and again, "Mother, dear, I will - close with a heart full of love for you andall at home. . You are praying for me I well know", and I'm trying harder every day to make; myself worthy of those prayers." s X Deatfuof.M rs. W. .0. Ledbetter. Mrs'.-WO. Ledbetter died t he home on Morgan street Thurs day afternoon, December 19th, af ter, a brief illness following an at tack of influenza. Mrs. Ledbetter was 29 yers ojd - and besides her- husband is survived by one son, aged seven; one brother, R: L. Kanipe, of Florida, and one sister, Mrs, J. W. Miller, of Johnson Cliy, Tenn. -Mrs. -Ledbetter was a daughter of tho late Thomas Ka-J nipe of Uld Jbort ana a mece or Mrs. J. P. Ray of .this place. She had many friends who will Jearn ot her death with sorrow. : . The funeral services were -conducted from the residence. Friday afternoon by Rev. W.I. Hutchins, pastor of the'Methodist church, of which the deceased was" a member, assisUd by Rev.' G. A. Martin. Interment was made in Oak Grove cemetery. NEWS FROM THE COUNTY Brief Mention, of Some of the Hap penings in McDowell County Items'About Home People. . Dysartville, Dec 30.--John Landis of Hickory, spent last week with, his sis ter, Mrs. Jake Walker. V'- :r, f - B. H. Laughridge ot : Cainp Sevier spent a few days! last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. "Laugh ridge ' . ' ',; ' Born, to Mr. and Mrs. HoBy Elling ton, Dec 16, a son. ' . Robert Langhridge . and family ... of Spencer spent last week with homef oiks here. - Mamie Goforth returned to her school at the Clinchfield Mills, Marion "Junc tion, todays V J . - - Miss Alice Mangnm of Shelby Vifited homef oiks recently. - : - ; Thomas Upton ' has returned " from Camp Sevier. Glad he looks so" wel x Elijah Fortune is home from Camp Hancock - Miss Lillie and Key Landia ; and Daphne Spratt returned to Nebo' High school today- ' . J. bam Upton or Spencer spent sev eral days last week with homefolks here. Letters from France. . Mr. E. A. Kirstein of Broad River township has received the following let ter from his son, Emil M. Kirstein, who is with the American Army in France: "Dear Father: - " "I am well and' getting along fine. Had a very nice Thanksgiving yester- Lday. We had a good dinner and the mess hall was nicely decorated with flowers, holly and flags. We also -bad nice inasic. I was tickled to have my first letter from-home -oif Thanksgiving day, dated Oct. 22nd. Sure was glad to hear all was. well at home, and still hope you are well and getting along nicely witbTeyery thing. Take good care of my horse and farm; l want to nnd taem in. good shape' when I come home. "I am in Southern France. The grass here is nice and green, we are haying frost at night, but the days are pleas ant. I like France very well; it is a nice country, but of -course I will be glad. when the time comes to return to the United States." Mr and Mrs., J. E. Holler have re ceived the following letter -from their son, Frank Holler, Company H, 105th Regiment Engineers,'1 with American Expeditionary Forces in France, ' dated November 27: ." . . v ;' "Dear mother and father: I will try to write you a few lines in answer to your kind and welcome letter I received, yesterday." Was so glad to hear from you. I ami well and hope you all are well. I am in Ameri can headquarters and you bet I am glad of it. We can write anything we want to and we are 'getting good American rations again. . Had American bread the other day for the first time- in six months. ; But we have wound up Fritz little ball of yarn : and ran him back across the Rhine, and we hopato come backhome'8ome time soon.v- - .' "We are now located in a little .town about 25 kilometers from Lamons, com ing here from- a village inNorthern France hear" Amiens. -have been in Belgium and most . all over France. Haven't been to Paris yet but "at ; one time was within twenty miles of the city. We are now about 250, .miles from Paris. We were located near Roisel when .we started the big' drive on September 29 and broke the Hinden burg line. We drove the Huns as far as Besingny where I had the closest call during the "war.. ; The -big shells; fell and bursted all around us, bujk when all was over none or nal . was - Hurt. : VY e were shelled several times but this -was our .closest calT. We feel a little lome some now since we haven't heard a gun or Been an airplane in A a . long ; time. Fritz used to come over with -his air planes and drop bombs around us,; and of course this was not very funny.; I was sleeping in a hole just big enough for two persons when the first shell I ever heard came right . over me, v . You know it made me f eel-a bit uneasy." Born, to. Mr. and Mrs. E. - C. Guy, December 25tb, ason. Fran k B. Morphew Hurt" in 1 otor ; v f ; Accident, t x. v Frank B. Morbhew, son of Dr. M;F. Morphew of this place, ?Was knocked down .and ran over by an automobile ih Asheville last Satur d ay n i gh t ' a nd pai n f u 1 ly .; i n j a red . He was brpught home Monday anoj is re po r ted v to be - getting along ve ry-- we 1 1 . He; Was bad ly br u ised , but it is expected he will soon re cover from his injuries; The Cjti ?en of Sunday gives the following account of, the ccidjent:: "Frank Morphew was knock ed down; and ru q over by aof a u to mobile, last night at the corner of lexingion 5 ana nation ; avenues.; Morphew, accp rd i n g to t h e, p o 1 i c, had; just steoped off the sidewalk at -thoSVrajyd theatre r w Ken the Car tu rn ed the corue r at : a speed , . ac: cording to . e.v e w i in esses, ; o f be tween t wenty- Gve and thirty miles an hour. Morphew was kooe ked entirely across thestreet and land ed in the'gu iter next to thev Bon Marc he. Both the front and rear wheels of the car, then passed" over his body;. the rear wheel passing oyerhis stomach. He was taken to the Langren hotel where he was examined by. a physician: It could not be learned after; the first ex amination, tfh e t her Mo rphew ! was i n j u red internal ly or not. ; 7 "Although there were three eye witnesses who reported on the case, no one coufd give any definite ink formation regarding the make of the automobile. " Morphew did not see the car until it; had struck: him and passed ov r him. The car con tin u edldow BExIn goalrenueithe pe rsbn or persons in the car. seem ingly, the police say, to have : ho concern i oyer their 'reckless Qtwitig;' and so far as is known ha ye Sn ot been seen by anyone in town. The police department took up the case immediately, and made every effort to discover the car angl-itsfd rivers At a late hour last night they, had no clue.: :t'-::; ::0. Morphew is a young man from Marion,' who was in the city on business at the time of the accident. He-was not taken to tiie hospital A friendfrom Biltmore came, to take care of him, and according to re do r is lie was resting . easily late las tonight John Nichols Succeeds-Hu b fa a rd as State ; Bank: Ekarry nerglf ; S. A, Hubbard has reigned; as State bank- examiner,-.and jjvill be sheceeded by John G. Nichols; as sistant bapk examiner, February i. Mr. Nichols- who fs a Marion man, was chosen -assistant State bank ex- aminer in t lasii- April ne enlisted i n the naval a viation ser vice f rom which he was recently released. We join his many friends in extending congratulation on- his promotion. :vj;;jr;;g;: Teeter-Atwell Announcement.' Mrsr William p. Atwell, of Ma rion, -JN". -''O.V'l-annoincesI the hiar riage ' of her daughter, Gladys Grey, to MrFrS 5. A. v Medical Co N. C. The ceremony ; was per formed by Rey. Poweli of the First Baptist Church of Asheville, N. C.f December: 22. ; -.; -v.; " THe bride is an attractive jrpung woman -and has '-a large circle of friends who wish her much happi- neSS'---'-. " i?'.c-r '' :'- "'v--' r v 'i v-' --v :'.' -'''r''Zv;:'' , W. H. England, of Glen wood , recently killed two 15-m6ntbs-61d hogs that weighed iSopounds and 552 pounds, respectively-r-nearly 1000 pounds of pork which ' would bring at the market price about $250.00. : , . - - 'Jf : . , - STATE-NEWS OFTHEWEEU temsConcer i te rest and ImportanceTh rough-: ;Si SJo jit7tJ 'Statei : AnnouncenjentL is made that W. T. Bost the ; well ; known Raleigh newspaper corresbondent, has join- ' ed the staffof the Raleigh Evening Times as a special VwriteV and as sociate editor with Editor O. J. ; Goffinhey are arranging for some special stunts in covering the j ature, says a Raleigh -news item;' ;:,;;J -;';.-. : . ' ' ; Despite the fact that the epidem ic of influenza made- it werv hard carry on a rat-killing contest ia R'3therford co u n ty, M r. C. C. Prof 6 1, Coun ty agen t; repo rts that the -boys and girls in his county did kill a-total of 4,012-food eaters dur-' mg1 the contest w h ich he recen tly ; cbnd ucted. ; Au tho rities of. thi Agricultural Extension service at . Raleigh-figure that a single rat will destroy $2 worth of food in a year. According to this,'Rutherford coun ty has saved $8,024 worth of food by the simple elimination of 4,012 rats. ; -; " ; ''.;-'- The prediction is made by Com missioner -o f Agricul tu re W. A . Graham that the final ginning re ports onthe 1918 .cotton crop in North Carolina will putthe figures for the total crop at least a million bales thebiggest-CTopv-fthe stato ever had, , with the e xcep ti on of the 191 1 crop when : the crop rounded, but a Httiemore J- than a million ; baleTBeports already show V around 800,000;; bales ginned and . there is lots of cotton not only not nffidbuactually ; In h is sum mary 'ofth e progress bLthepUblicatiojafllnews and periodicals in North: Carolina the; past year Commissioner of ila- ; borand Printing M: L: . Shipman ; finds that there are ' nine; morning newspapers with 93,721 aggregate -; circulation in the state, together with 165 weekly and 27 semi-week- -1.V papers having,! respectively, : 467,600 and 57,067 circulation per issued' -There are 34: monthly pub- -lications with237,Q6otcircuIation, seven semi-monthly with 81,000, qaarterly with ll;900 Circulation There are 113 Democratic, 17 . in- : dependent Democratic andl6Re-: " publican ancVt wo independent i Tio pubHean B3 inliependen t aud 33 rel igious pa- pers and the rest devoted to various -special; prof essions and interests. " Over -M ill ion Slated, to B e j M u s iWashibgtoni Dec: 28. PJore than 1100,000 American soldiers; -at home and abroad, have ' beca designated for demobilization siccci' the armistice was sign ed: Genara! March gave the figures today as ' 937,000 men itf home units to ba ; dischargedandljGS.OOP' men "and 6,80Oofficers sisinne by -General y PershiDg for ;iarlycBnvoyhcz:3 from France.'$ c ' ' -i This includes? men already die charged and those who hHye land-? ed from FrrLce. ToJdzio oOcial re portsshpn 533,334 tush and 35,-: 409ofiicers actually diccharged j Complete reports 'from the week just ended are ezpectcd to raise the -total at least one ' hundred thoua?; and." - I,, ,
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