A -WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. . C, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1919
VOL. XXIII NO. 30
MEET1 NG WOMEN'S CLUBS
D istrict M eeting W i I 1 B e Held in
Marion Saturday, March 29
Interesting Program.
; .The district meeting of the wo
men's clubs in this section will be
held in Marion on next - Saturday,
- iMarch 29. A number of members
:from Waynesville, Tryon, Bre--yard,
Hendersonville, Asheville,
Black Mountain and . other places
Tvill be present: Mrs. Faye Craig,
Mrs: J. W. Winborne, Mrs. W.T.
Morgan,' Mrs. W. WNeal, Mrs.
D. E Huclgins, Mrs. E. H Dysart
Mrs. Eugene Cross and Miss Mar-
'garet Winslow will act as a receiv
ing committee at the station- ;
The business - meeting, with
luncheon, will be at the home of
Mrs. J. W. Pless. Mrs. P. A.
Reid, Mrs. J, Q. Gilkey, Mrs.
E. A". Thomas, Mrs. RF. Burton,
Mrs. J. F. Conniffe, Mrs. W. C.
McCall, Mrs.-T. A. Hblton, Mrs.
J. E. Decker and Miss Decker
will assist .Mrs. Pless in welcoming
the guests. . .-' '.
At four o'clock a musicale and
tea will be given at Lone . Beech,
nhe home of Mrs. D. E. Hudgins,
-who will be assisted ;. by : various
Jadies of this social f unction.
The program qt addresses will
be. as follows: rs. 'V .'.:
Address -of - welcome by Mrs.
Wv Pless; response by Dr Caro
line Keller, of Waynesville. Child
Welfare by Mrskte Vaughn;
library Extension, by Mrs. Minnie
BlantonJ -The Council Meeting,
by Mrs. J. M. Gudger, Jr. ; The
State Federation, by Miss Clara
Cox; The District Federation, by
Mrs: E. F. Reed; Community
Clubs, by Mrs. J . H. Henley.
Mrs. J. K. Cowan of Old Fort Dies
After Short Illness. ,
Mrs. Georgia E. Cowan, of Old
Fort, wi fe of James K. Cowan and
second daughter of J ames J. Britt,
of Asheville,,died Thursday after
noon at 4 o'clock, being ill a -very
few hou rs. . Mrs. Cowan was in
perfect health early Thursday
morning when she was taken very
suddenly ill. She became un
conscious and died in a very short
time, not once regaining conscious
before her death
The deceased was the mother of
four little girls', the oldest being
only eight years old. They are
Mary, Lucy,- Margaret and Jim
mied all of them living. She was
a member of the' Presbyterian
church and had a ; host of friends
both in Asheville and in her home
town. Mrs. Cowan is survived by
her husband, her father, two broth
ers, four sisters and four daughters.
The funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon in -Asheville at
th e home of her father, James J.
Britt, conducted by Rev Dr. R.
F. Campbell and Rev. Dr. W. F.
Powell. Interment was made at
Riverside cemetery.
School Fund, Apportioned. J;
Apportionment of the state
equalization school fund among the
100 counties of the state; has just
been made by the state department
of public instruction.: The fund,
aggregates $504,94:2.40 and pro
vides for a school year of not less
than 95.7 days, or a fraction less
than five months - McDowell's ' al
lotment is $8,276.61. : k
McDowell Hospital Installs New
"' . .' .Apparatus.! :
The McDowell. Hospital has just
secured and installed a modern and
brand new X-Ray machine. : It is
now beiDg used daily. Dr.Kirby
Lhas al ready made several photo
graphs of fractures, tumors and
other hidden disorders." This is "a
very valuable machine in locating
foreign substances, broken bones
and growths of all kinds that can
not be located In any other manner.
It. is a very expensive apoliance
but invaluable in the practice of
surgery. , . ' ' ."'
The McDowell Hospital has been
in operation under the ownership
and management vof : Dr. G. S.
Kir by for about two years. He
has 'met with signal success, ha ving
lost in the whole period of time
but three or four cases, and these
were all of cancer origin. Marion
and vicinity has been badly in need
of such an -institution and are to
be congratulated that there is in
this section an institution of this
kind, with strictly modern appli
ances and thoroughly competent
and qualified people to manage it.
The building has a number of
rooms and wards. A section is ap
propriated to ' the use of : colored
patients. Owing to the growing
needs and increasing' demands it
has? baen necessary to add new
rooms and space continually. The
hospital is now full of patients, all
of whom are doing nieely - :
Mrs. B . P. H e nsley ,of Old Fo rt
Passes Away.
Oil Friday, March 14th, Mrs.
B. P. Hensley of Old Fort passed
to her reward, and surely a great
reward it was, at the age of 73
after more than fifty years spent
in faithful and loving service of
Jesus Christ. To those who knew
her and to know her was to love
her her. life will ever be an ex
ample of Godly contentment and
Christian motherhood. '
- The funeral services were held
on March 17 at the Baptist church,
of which the deceased bad been a
devoted member, for many years,
where friends and relatives gather
ed to pay, their last tribute to this
good woman. The services were
conducted by the pastor. Rev.
Ernest Church.
Surviving Mrs. Hensley are her
husband, two brothers, Sidney Po
teet of Nealsyille and Joseph Poteet
of Morganton, and ; thirteen - chil
dren: Mrs. George Childress Lafayette-
Hensley, Sidney Hensley
and Adolphus Hensley of- Knox
ville, Tenn. ; ; Harvey Hensley of
Sugar Hill; Mrs, Vernon Moore
of Sheriffiend, Ala. Mrs. Eugene
Beach of Charlotte; "Joseph Hens
ley of ; Chattanooga, Tenn. ; John
Hensley of Johnson City, Tenn.;
Benjamin and Lemuel Hensley of
Knightstown, Ind.,, and Millard
Hensley of Old Fort; also thirty
nine grand-children and six great-grand-children.
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Missionary Program for Greenlee.
The following program will be
given by the Greenlee Baptist
Sunday School" at the Greenlee
school building on Sunday, Rarch
30th: " -
10:00 a. m. Sunday School,
11:30 a. m. Add ress by : Mr.
W. T. Morgan of Marion. :
12:30 p. m. Dinner on grounds.
v, 2:00 p. m. Home and Foreign
Missionary Day program. -r. . ;.;''
Supt. J. M. Pendergrass extends
a cordial invitation to all to attend.
N EWS FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the Hap
" penings in McDowell County
Items About Home People.
HARMONY GROVE.
Harmony Grove, March 23. Child
ren's Day will be observed at Harmony
Grove on the fifth Sunday in March.
Everybody is invited. Dinner will be
served on the ground.
Harmony Grove school is progressing
nicely with F. Li. Simmons and Miss
Carrie Ledbetter as teachers. ' They are
planning for a nice entertainment Boon.
Ed., Crawley, has returned home from
Cmp Jackson, S. C.
Pink Crawley spent Saturday and
Sunday with friends at Greenlee. -
Mrs. H. B Crawley, who has been ill
for quite a while, is improving. - '
Roy Morgan and George England of
Marion spent Saturday and Sunday here
With homef oiks and friends.
Alexander Crawley made a business
trip to Marion one day last week. -
Fermon Pyatt made a business trip to
Marion, Tuesday.
Dan Crawley made a business trip to
Nebo last week. -
John Holler of Chapel Hill was a visit
or here one day last week.
DYSARTSVILLE.
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Dv8artsville, March 24. Ernest Sat
terwhite made a business trip to Marion
last Tuesday.; .
Will A. Landis has secured his dis
charge from the XT. 8. navy and will
probably spend the summer here with
his parents. ' '
' Mrs. J: D. Laughridge has been quite
ill the past week, but is some better. -
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carswell' of the
Southern Power pompanyy are with: the
former's pareotfor-er-detys-Tho
construction work there has closed for
awhile -.- ' '" ' ' ' -;;:
Miss Maud Elliott, principal of ' Dy
sartsville school, has had to go home on
account oF her health failing The
other teachers, Misses Bradley and Cald
well are getting on nicely with the
school. We regret Miss Elliott had to
give up her work here.
R. E. Roper made a business trip to
Morganton last .week."
Pack Walker was in Marion last Tues
day on business. , -
T. E- Satterwhite does not improve
very rapidly. He is. yet unable to sit
up anv.
James CGoforth reopened his school
at Laurel Hill after a vacation of three
weeks on account of the influenza situa
tion in that district.
' The farmers are real busy preparing
for a corn crop. "
Hub Mangum is home again from the
army. -
WOODLAWN
Woodlawn, March 24 The wheat
crops are , looking green regardless of
March winds.. -
. There will be services at Sevier Pres
bvterian church next Sunday, the 30th.
Everybody invited.
J. BT Ward made several business'
trips to-Marion during the week. -
Reid Good is convalescing after a se
vere case of measlesr .
- Charlie Barnes of Morganton was here
on business last Friday.
The Revenue officers made a raid"
recently and found some of - our mount
tain men busy.' "m
Charlie ' King and family have, re
moved to Armstrong. ."'',.
J; Y. Hicks of Toms creek made a
business trip to Woodlawn a few days
ago. - . :;-' -'.-: ; .
Charlie Gouge of Mitchell was a visi
tor here recently. . " . - , - . J -Robert
Brinkley passed throughWood
lawn Saturday enroute home from Hick
ory with a new car. . "
. Harrison Gregg is home on a visit
from Black Mountain, where he has
been at work during the winter. -
Mr. and Mrs. W. F.. Greene and little
grandson are visiting relatives in Cald
well county.
- STROUDTOWN -
Stroud town, March 24. The box sup
per here Saturday night wasa great
success . The - proceeds amounted to
thirty-one dollars and" eighty cents,
which will be used to buy school room
furniture and library books. " x . .
Sergt, Horace Early, of Camp Eustis,
was a visitor in Stroudtown last week.
Miss Lizzie Angel of Cane River . is
visiting Mrs; CC Lisenbee.
v" Quite a number of the people from
Old Fort attended the box supper here
Saturday night.
" Miss Maggie Byrd spent Sunday with
her sister at Old Fort. ; ;
Oscar Wilson and Harry Caldwell -of
Ashford were present at the entertain ,
ment here Saturday night
NEBO HIGH SCHOOL ITEMS.
The Reading Circle held its last meet
ing on Friday. - An examination will be
held here on Friday, April 18 at 2 p. m.
Misses Louise Cox and Rebecca Pat-"
ton will go to Oak Hill for the Trianga
lar debate on April 4th, while Rebecca
Greenlee ahd Ralph Tate will defend
the affirmative at home. The query is:
"Resolyed, That the United States Gov-
ernment should adopt a policy of re
quiring one year of military training of
all able-bodied men before they reach
the age of 21." .
Last Friday night the Bonerian Liter
ary Society gave 'Princess .Love-Joy"
at the school auditorium. The door re
ceipts amounted to $10 00 which will be
used to pay the expenses of the debat
ing team. After the play a pie supper
was given. The $15 realized from the
supper will be used in our library. "
District Centenary Meeting.
A conference for all the pastors
and local church directors of the
Marion district Centenary will be
held in Marion on Thursday and
Friday of this week. It is hoped
that Bishop Darlington niay be
able to attebd. Rev. K.,M Court
ney, conference missionary secre
tary, E A. Cole, conferenedirec
tor, and other men of note-will, be
here. Free entertainment has been
provided for all who attend."
Tne conference 'will open Thurs--day
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
Methodist church and close with
the'jsession on Friday morning at
9'o'clock. . There will also be a
meeting Thursday evening at 7:30
o'clock at which time the. various
phases of the Centenary movement
will be discussed.
School Honor Roll
Following is the honor roll ' of
the Old Fort Graded school for the
fifth month: . - ; -
First grade Ransome. Lvtle,
Anna Bird, Bob Bird, Gordon tion
on, Annie Step"pe, Frances Sherrill,
Bettie Crawford, Clyde Nesbitt,
Cecil Burgin, Worth Bargin, Bes
sie Lai Elva Noblitt, Pauline
Noblitt,- Willard Lonon, Glenn
Justice, Grady Justice. :
Second grade Olan McCurry,
Helen Steppe. Margie. Lytle.f-' ' .
Third grade MaggieLail, Helen
Nesbitt, Elizabeth Strickland. ' '
Seventh grade William Trever
ton, Es telle Lavender.5 . --
Eleventh grade Mav Allison,
Leila Melton. .
Missionary Rally at Harmony Grove
The Harmony Grove Sunday
School will observe.Sunday, March
30th, as Missionary Rally Day.
Good speakers have been secured
anoV an interesting program has
been arranged for the day. Din
ner will be served ou the ground.
Everybody invited.
Bishop James H. McCoy, of the
Methodist Eoiscopal Church, South
died at his home, Birmingham.
Ala.., Saturday night, after a long
illness. He was regarded as one
of the ablest scholars of his denom
ination. - ' ' -
STATE NEWS OF THE WEEK
Items Concerning Events of In
terest and Importance Through-
: out the State."
The act of the recent Legislature
increasing the pension for Confed
erate soldiers and sailors and their
widows, pays first grade pensioners
$100; second, $90; third, $70; and
fourth, $60, to be paid half in Juno
and half in December.
A special term of Cleveland
county Superior court will be held
at Shelby, beginning May 5, for
the purpose of trying Aaron Wise
man, charged with the murder of
Dr. E. A. Hennessee, in Burko
county, the trial of the case having
been removed from that county at
the request of the solicitor Judge
B. F. Long will preside.-
It has. been announced that the
baccalaureate sermon at the ap
proachingcommencement of Davidr
son college will be ' preached by
Rev. Dr J. Lay ton, of Hunting
ton, W.Va. President John H.
McCracken, of LaFayette college
Easton, Pa. will deliver the annual
address before the literary societies.
Friday, at the home of Ed Avery
about a mjle from the city ball of
Asheville, Revenue Officers John
Lil and A. E: Poteat, of Marion,
seized a 50" gallon coppor still, 15
gallons of corn whiskey, 300 gal
Ions of beer several bushels of
jcornr two hand cora-1 mills- -an A a
half barrel-d malt. It was said
that this was the first still ever
captured in the city.
The entire plant of the Wilsoa
Lumber and Milling company "and
adjoining buildings at-Lsnoir were
destroyed by fire Wednesday night.
It the buildings were stored $3,000
worth of fertilizer belonging to the
Farmers' Warehouse company and
$440 worth of hay belonging to W
A. and A. V. Miller. ,
The legislature has - authorized
Rutherford county commissioners
to sell $25,000 worth of road bonds
to meet a like-amount from the
federal government to build and
put infirst class condition the
Charlotte-Asheville highway thrd
Rutherford -county. The bonds
will be sold soon and the work be
gun as early as possible.
Wild Cat Division Not Likely to
7 Return Soon.
That the 81st division, familiar
ly known as the Wild Cat division,
composed of National Army sol
diers from North and'South Caro
lina, Tennessee, and other parts of
the south, will probably be utilized
in the army-of occupation at least
for several months is indicated . in
a letter received from a member of
Company E, 322 Infantry, Satur
day, says the Asheville Times. The
letter stated that 19 divisions have
been designated for early transpor
tation to America, but. the 81st is
riot in the list.- s
Theidivisions that will return are
as follows: March, 27th, 30th,
84th, 37th and 91st divisions; April,
26th, 77th82nd, 35th and 42nd di-.
visions; May, 32nd; 28th, 33rd,
80th abd 78th divisions; June, 89tb,
90tb, 29th and 79th divisions.
, in
- It is announced-from both Paris
and Washington that the United
States Congress may be called in
extra session about the middle of
May, the time the President is ex
pected to return home.