A . WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TOE; THE. PEOPLE OF. McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
AJEtf ON N.,THURSD 12; 1919
VOL. XJail NO. 41
GRADED SCHOOL CLOSING
An nua! Address by Hon. VO. . M ax
Gardner Sermon by Rev. y
W. L Hutchins..
1 The closing exercises of the Mb.
rion Graded school -began 'on Sun
day night, when the commence
ment sermon was preached by Rev.
W.. L. Hutchins at the Methodist
church. Mr. Hutchins was at his
best and delive red an eloquent a nd
impressive sermon on ; the subject
of "The Modern Man." His ser-.
raon was received in a very appre
ciative manner by -the large .con
gregation thatlheard him, 5 and was
highly instructive: to - the . young
"graduates. .
A special feature of this occas
sion was the music rendered by the
high schooL pupils," which was en
joyed by all , and reflected great
credit upon their instructors. -
The declamation' and recitation
contest was held ; in the graded
school auditorium on Monday ey
. ening. ; TheK various speeches and
recitations were very much enjoy
ved -and showed thoroughness ; of
training and preparation , on r the
- part of the contestants and their
instructors. , There were five boys
and five girls wfio took part in this
contest, as follows: Robert Holmes,
Al n a Radef, Paul Story, Herbert
i Laid 1 awf; Lenoir Bird , Viol a G iles,
: Zil pahi Frisbie,: Mae ..GilesV Lu r-
line Cor pebing land Gieorgia Fin-
inemseiyes so weii ,ina ine gauges
had a hard taskr to determine the
dinners, the declaimer's medal be-,
ing awarded to Paul Story and the
recitation medal to Zilpah Frisbie.
The medals were awarded by Mr.
B. L. Lunsford, .one of the judges,
with a few well-chosen and appro--.
priate remarks. ' . ; -
" Monday night's program was jn-
' terspersed with beautiful piano
selections by members of ; Mrs. P.
A. Reid's music class,:all of which
were rendered in a; very - pleasing
and artistic manner, reflecting
credit on teacher, and pupils. ; r
1 On Tuesday night the annual ad
1 dress was ; delivered by Hon. O.
Maxardner t6 large and enthu
siastic audience. ; The speaker was
H introduced by Mr. D. E. Hudgins,
in akfew1fitting w
note of Mr. Gardner's address was
VService id the; New; Era Mx.
Cjfardner delivered a , most , power
. f uland effective address which was
- warmly received by his hearers.
"The music for : Tuesday bight in
cluded choruses by the, boys - and
1 girls o t the high: school and j?iano;
selections by pupils of I: Miss Julia
Burton and Mrs. ; Reid's music
classes. Mr. J. Q, Gilkey, chair
man of the school board, awarded
the.diplomas. to ; nine graduates;
who areMao rice Deal Atwell, YAixr
ginia Lurline f Corpening, Georgia
Kate" Finley Gertrude Preston
Jones, Herbert Clay Martin; Jeter
Moore Morgan, Naomi Nelle Mc
Cur ry, Bessie ; R6 wena - Tate J cid
'-Florence Edna: Rader.!:
- Mr! TA. Holton, superinendr
ent, then awarded prizes former
feet attendance and; scholarship;
Those receiving-prizes for scholar
ship ar: Thurley Franklin Clark
Walls, Eugene; Cross, Jklildred
:Wall, Benson Davis," Mildred Hol
tbn, Blildred Hudgins, Lucile Con
ley, Elma Houck, Ruth Cowan,
Paul Story, Edna Rader. These
prizes .were books -given by the
teachers of the differejit grades to
which :the winners belonged. '?J
- Those- recei ving p rizes - for pe r
fecfattendacce areitf hurley Frank
linj. Arnold Haney, Louie ' Bird,
Jimmie Gibson Frank Goldsmith,
Paul Corpening, William Story,
Irene Franklin.' Brownie V Giles,
: . ... . . . ... . . .
Vernon Chapman, Viola Giles and
Mary' Olive , Conley. The prizes
were books "given ) by members of
the school board. '
;Mr. T. A. Hoi ton has been the
efficient superintendent of the Ma
rion school for the past - year and
lias rendered very satisfactory ser
vice to the school authorities, as
well as the; patrons of the. school.
Despite;the handicaps of the past
year it has been tne most-prosperous
and successful year in the his
tory of the school, y
The faculty and superintendent
have been re-elected, with the ex
ception of a few teachers who' did
not ask for re-election. : and these
places will bQ 01 led as soon as suit
able teachers can be" secured. The
school board has requested the full
co-operation of the public, in view
of the lengthened schoor term for
the coming year, and, the board de
sires a full and perfect attendance
of every child of school age in the
town for the coming year.
Padgett-Beaman.
A niarriage- of more than un
usual interest ts a wide circle of
HenbioitibVth
fTennessee was that of Mr. Homer
Beaman of Marion and Miss Faye
Padgett "of Nebd. The wedding
took -place on Tuesday evening,
June-10, at 9 o'clock at the home
of the bride's parents at Nebo, the
home being tastefully decorated
for the occasion with . daisies and
firns. :' " - 7
4 The bride and groom entered
the parlor to the strains of Lohen
grin's wedding inarch, rendered
by Miss Louise Crawford, - and
standing before an improvised al
ar the ceremony was "performed
in a; most impressive manner by
Rev. W. L. Hutchins, of Marion,"
the ring ceremony being used.
From the altar two hearts of dasies
were suspended and as-the vows
were taken one of the hearts was
gracefully, drawn f rom view by
little Miss Sarah Brown, cousin of
the bride. ' During, the ceremony
Miss Crawford f at the piano, soft
lo p'layed "Hearts and Flowers." .
y The bride was attired in a hand
some gown of . w hite crepe; meteor
and real lace and a yeiL of white
tulle which- was caught - with a
wreath of lilies of the -valley. -She
carried a shower bouquet of Bride's
roses and lilies of the valley. -Her
only ornament .was a diamond, and
pearl brooch which was a : gift, of
the groon : ; ; ; V '.';
' After the ceremony a course of
ices ; and cream was served by
Misses Bonnie Padgett: and ;- Hazel
Brbwn.sOnly immediateinembers
of the family an dintimate friends
of -the bride and groom were pres-ent.7-;'.;
- : : - : ' ; .
-The bride is the eldest daughter
of Mr and Mrs. J. L. Padgett and
isTavvery ; accomplished young lady.
She received her education at Mere
dith College, Raleigh, and Carson
and Newman ; College, Jefferson
City?;Tennessee, having graduated
fromthet latter in 1918 "
rrThe groom, who was formerly
of -Kcoxville Temw is now a
prominent young business man of
Marion. . He recently received his
discharge from the army in which
he served as first lieutenant.
r The bride and "groom left for an
extended trip to Washington, New
York and other points north. .'
N EWS FROM THE CO U NTY
Brief Mention of Some of the Hap
pen ings i ri McD owel 1 County
Items About Home People.
; . DYSARTSVILLE.
: - Dysartsville, ' Jnne 9? Rer. ; Snipes
preached in the Baptist'church Sunday
at 11 o'clock. . ..' '. C
; Mrs.; J. Bay Denton and child of At
lanta, Ga. are visiting relatives and
friends here. f - s .
rKeet Fortune is home' from . overseas.
Glad to see him looking so well. " '
- Miss Mamie Cowan is; home for a few
weeks from Berea College, .Berea, Ky."" ;
Miss Ruby "Kirksey s visiting rela
tives inRutherford county. - ; .
Mr. and Mrs. W. W Dysart, with
their daughter and son, Mary and Sam a
el, of Lenoir,V spent -Btsyeral days here
last week with. friends and relatives." t -;
B. H. Laughridge is hom8 from camp.
We are glad to see him looking so well
after being sick so long, "
Herbert Mangum bas returned to
camp for treatment. ;V . ; ;
" J. Ii. Laughridge and family of Ma
rion were visitors here Sunday.- -
WOODLAVN . :
Woodlawn, June 9.-rMrs. J. B. Ward
continues quite ill. . - '
M. L. Good spent Jriday evening in
Marion where he attended a meeting of
the Masonic Lodge. ' t. v
The sixteen-year old boy; of Steven
Hollifield of Three-Mile was taken to
the hospital at Marion Coring the . week
for an operation on his leg;, due to a
fracture xjf the bone :1 " T-
Ash worth Hicks of Toms Creek was a
visitor here Sunday. 1 "v
Born, to Mr, and Mrs. J Al : Ghxd, a
daughter. 1 .A : '5, A;j "A, .;.
. Quite a pa'rty from "Marion spent Sun
day, af fernobnYr itHrieid-at Wood
lawn. . - - . - ' . '
Mr; and Mrs. Fayette have .returned
to Woodlawn after spending some time
on the mountain where the former
worked for the Adams company.
James Hollifield of Three Mile was in
Woodlawn on business recently
CHAPEL HILL
. Chapel. Hill, June 9. -Cyrus Huffman,"
an aged Confederate veteran, died last
Thursday -evening, v He leaves six child
ren, four, sons' and two "daughters to
mourn his loss. '
' Mr and Mrs Tate Mosley of Marion
spent the week-end here.-: : "
W. G. Kaylor and C L. Holland made
a trip to Marion Junction.. Sunday.
- Mrs. M. B. Potest is reported serious
ly ill. ;-::- r A .
r Frank Barnes of South Carolina is
visiting his father, J. H. Barnes. ; .
Miss Tina Swann is quite ill with
measles.' ;: 7 A . . - ';
r Mr and Mrs. Charles' Poteat spent
Sunday with the latter's parents? Mr.
and Mra. C. D. Holland. . ' -
v Missionary Conference.
The Woman's Missionary con
ference of the Marion district will
convene in the -Methodist church
in Marion on Wednesday morning:,
June 18, at 11 -o'clock: " Mrs. M.
B. Goodwin i of Morgan ton who is
district secretary, will preside at
the meetings. " There wilL be three
conference officers present. Mrs.
Lucy Robinson, who is president
of the Western"- North Carolina
Missionary conference, will bo hero
and fully explain the missionary
work. Mrs. W K. Harris of
Asheville, who has charge of the
young people's department of work
and Miss Amy Hackney, who has
charge of the children's work, will
also; be present. . Ail will make
helpful talks about the work. Each
organization ; ofn the; district will
have a delegate at this conference.
The conference will close Thursday
afternoon. ' - ;
The public is cordially invited to
attend. Especially, are all the mis
sionary societies . of tho diCerent
churches invited. Lunch will bo
served at the district parsonage for
the delegates and visitors.
: v: ; . Pratt-Williarason.- .
The following accouot.from The
Times of the' Pratt-Williamson
wedding in Ashevillo last Saturday
will be of much interest here where
Mr. Pratt- has a' large circle of
friends and acquaintances:
"The marriage of Miss Louisa
G.- Williamson to Mr. Julius Wil
liam? Pratt took place yesterday
morning at 11 o'clock at the home
of the bride's mother. The house
being -a rtis tical ly , d eco rated w i th
massas of pink roses. Mrs. Pratt
was becomingly gowned in a wed
ding dress of ? white greorgette
crepe and point lace, with a long
veil fastened to her head with
white; rose' buds, and was given in
marriage by her uncle, Mr. . Win
ston Walden. The double ring
ceremony was used and was per
formed bv theRev.-J. S, Williams.
Mrs Langdon C. Bell, of Colum
bus, O., sister of the bride, was
the matron of honor. Miss- Ma f
jorio Pratt, sister-of the groom,
was the only bride's maid. Little
Miss Mary WaldenBeU, niece of
the bride was the flower girl. Mr.
Pratt's only attendant was his fath
er, Colonel William Pratt of Ma
rion who: acted as best man.
"MrsPratt is the daughter of
Mrs John Williamson and the late
John Williamson of this city. She
is a very capable young lady, and
possesses charming manner a.nd
pleasing personality which have
won many-, friends for her. Mr.
Pratt is A tho "son of Colonel - and
Mrs. Pratt of Marion and is a man
of exceptional ability.1 For. the
past few years he has been an. in
structor at the United States Naval
academy at Annapolis. Md.
''Immediately following the cere
mony, Mr. and Mrs. Pratt left for
Chicago where they will spend the
summer. After ' September they
will be at home in Annapolis."
'J' Mr. Lee Allison Dead.
Mr. William Lee. Allison, of OH
Fort, died at his home early Thurs
day morning, after'a brief -illness.
His death comes as a distinct shock
to his many friends in Old .Fort
and McDowell county.
Mr, Allison is well known in this
county having lived at Old Fort
practically all his life. He has
held1 a position with the Union
Tanning company for a number of
years, and'was engaged in his us
ual work up until the evening be
fore his death, wKen he. was taken
sick. ; Tb"ri? morning he sud
denly became worse and passed
awayjn a short time. " ;
Mr. Allison was a member of the
Methodist church, and held a high
office in the Masonic Lodge, being
a member of Jopha Lodge No. 401.
The f uneral was at the Methodist
church, conducted by Revv R. F.
Mock Friday at 10 o'clock a. m.
Interment was had at-Bethel.
'Mr. Allison was 49 years of age
at tho time of his death, and is
survived by three children, Airs.
W. F. Grant, of Marion; Alvin
Allison and George Allison of Old
Fort, who have the sympathy of a
large circle of friends in their
great loss. :
Prayer Meeting Tonight.
"Prayer meeting this week.ca
Thursday evening at 8:45 at the
Baptist church instead of Wednes
day as usual. Plcasa note tho
change and bo sure to attend. -
J. T. Bowden, Pastor.
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STATE N EWS.OFTH E WEEIC
Items Concerning Events of In
terest and Importance Through-
but, the State
The Experiment Station Cream
ery at West Raleigh churned over
2700 pounds of butter during tho
month of May,-and paid oat over
$1200 in cash for milk supplied by
farmers in the vicinity of Raleigh.
To date. . approximately 3,200
boys and girls have enrolled in tho
poultry club work of the Agricul
tural Extension Service. Practi
cally all of these members are in
well organized community clubs.
Commissioner of Agriculture W.
A. Graham announces that North
Carolina's exact figures as to tho
1918 cotton crop "show a total yield
of 919,388 bales for the year Vith
Robeson county leading as usual,
her crop- being 63857.
site Jias been purchased at
High Point for the erection of a
10-story steel and concrete expo
sition building to bo used for dis
playing all lines of furniture msda
in the ' South. When completed
the cost will be approximately
$400,000. ;
The western North Carolina dis
trict, composed of 15 counties, has
gone several thousand dollars tover
its quota in the drive for the Sal
vation ;army fund. - Buncombe
county is in the lead with an over
subscription of $2,562.52.
; v Social Affairs.
vr The San Souci club was cnt: r
tained at the hospitable home of
Mrs. J. Q. Gilkey on North laia
s.t' re e .Handsome decorations
were used throughout the lovrer
floor of the - house and a dainty
two course lunch was served. 103,
the afternoon pastime enjoyed by
the twenty guests entertained by
Mrs. Gilkey. .
The members of the senior class
of the Marion high school were de
lightfully entertained one hight
last week at the home of Miss Nello
McCurry. The invitations receiv
ed by each, member of the class
were in the shape of tombstones
upon which were written: vTho
class of 1919 bids a joyful farewell
to itself Friday night at Miss Nello
McCurry's." After the guests ar-
rived tney were entertained by a
unique program of games, tricks
and fortune telling arranged by the -hostess.
The hostess, assisted by
her sisters, Misses Mae and Alma
McCurry, served refreshments. At
a late hour the guests bade fare
well to their high school days by
singing appropriate songs while
lighted candles grew dim.
The Twentieth Century club h:!d
its regular semi-monthly' nice. in;:
at the home of Mrs. Florenco I.
Thomas Saturday afternoon, I'ro.
Thomas being hosteos for the af t:r
noon. Tho response to roll c:.!I
was Musicians of 'France? Th2
regular program, with Paris c.
subject, was given in a very en
tertaining manner by Mrs. IL A.
Burton and Miss Winrlorr.
pleasant feature of the meeting
a review of the many points cf in
terest brought up at the C.:ur.
in Asheville attended bvdc!: -;f
from 42 states, also lb 3 It. C- L:
Federation meeting lien ':: -ville.
After a social hour t --
served at small tables, r.tir. . . s
decorated with rc::3 zzl
Tho next vzzzAzz will clc: r. y.
successful ycor lor this I :. ' r
club.