A WEEKLY.NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF. McDOWELL. COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. .C., THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1919
VOL. XXIII NO. 46
ELLIOTT GETS 25 YEARS
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oentencea to lerm at nara LaDor
for Murder of Tony Johnson-
- - Moore Acquitted.
T. J. Elliott, who was charged
with the murder of Tony Johnson,
near Old Fort the latter part of
Jlay, plead guilty to a ; charge of
murder in the second degree -in
Superior courtjaow in session here.
and was sentenced by Judge Webb
to twenty-five years at hard labor
in the State prison at Raleigh.
Elliott is 61 years old ' and has- a
wi f e and several children. . For
years he has roamed; the: Blue
Ridge mountains and was looked
upon as a modern Kip Van Winkle.
He carried a small 22 calibre rifle
with him all the time, and it was
ith this gun that Tony Johnson
-was slain. " v; - 'I
The case : against Anderson
uVIoore, who was charged .with the
killing of Simon. B. .Shew at the
Clincbfield mill last April, was con
cluded Wednesday when the jury
returned a verdict of not guilty. '
John Blaloek plead :guilty to
weapon, and disorderly conduct and
was fined fifty dollars and cost, r
J. W. Fowler, for assaul fc, with
deadly weapon,; drew a fine of i five
dollars and "cpsfo'';!
Dock WiliiamscaTryip con
cealed weapon,' fined $5 and cost. .
. . Wv RParkerGharles and; Arx
thu r KrkeK rpasslng j up g
ment suspended OnJpay hieht of cost.
C D; Elliott, assault with dead
ly weapon, judgment suspended on
payment of cost. V :
William Epley, Winslow Arney
and Joseph Atkins, gambling; Ep
. ley fined $15 and cost; Atkins $15
and cost; judgment suspended on
payment of cost as to Arney. ; T.
George King, larceny and break
ing in car sentenced to th reey ea rs
on roads in North Cove township.
R.L. Bowman,, gambling, judg
ment suspended on payment of cost.
Jim Harris, carrying .concealed
weapon, fineoV$5 and cost.
Divorces were K granted in the
AllnmJiK rtdeae' Q " f rr rra n - ttc
Minnie Morgan,' Louisa Mace vs
Robert Mace, Vera Ward yV J. K.
JWard, E. C.-Ennis vs Sid Eoriis,
:j. u. ur reene ys jpveiyo ::aj reene,
Elijah Owens vs Eyla Owens, and
Emma Gilmore vs James Gilmore.
'; Thecase of the- Marion Cash
Feed Company vs E. D. Rendall
was compromised. . . !e
-" George Kelley vs Southern Rail
way, judgment for ' plaintiff for
$100 and cost. ' :
' way, judgment for plaintiff for
$150 and cost. : ,
Mrs. M. A. itoomson ana u, n.
Robinson vs : Southern ; Railway,
judgment for plaintiffs for $400.
'' Five judges representing the Unit
ed States, Great Britain, France,
Italy and Japan, will be selected! to
presid e at the trial of the former
German Em peror, which is expect
ed to take place in Iibndon this Au
tumn. Chief Justice Edward
Douglass Whi to probably r.will be
chosen to represent rthe United
States af the trial. John Andrew
Hamilton (Lord Sumner), of Great
Britain will precide over the " five
judgesselectcd. ' ' v N .
L- The Rev. C. R.' Cody will preach
at St. John's church next Sunday
night at S:30 o'clock. " .
Grand Jury Recommends Erection
of New Court House and Jail. : ;
The grand jury in Superior
4 court has made its report of the
work for the week and has " been
dismissed. W. W, Neal was fore
man of the jury and J. D. Wilson
secretary' The jury" members
inspected the various offices in the
court house and found .v them in
very good condition with all -.' rec
ords kept in good shape. . Thev
found, however, ihat vthere is - not
sufficient room in the court house
andecommended that a new court
house be erected. - -r
The jail .was also visited by the
body, and found to be in splendid
condition, l everything neat and
clean ; al( the prisoners claimed they
were well - cared for and had' no
Complaint to make. They 'report
ed that- 'the . jail is entirely too
small to take care -of the - increased
number of-prisoners and therefore
recommend that a new -jail be built
on the back end of -the lot where
the present jail stands."
The county home for the aged
and -infirm was also visited by the
jury members and thoroughly in
spected. Conditions there were
found;, just as goodas they -could
be 'considering the v buildings."
We strongly ixeqommenoU" thp
report reads, "that one modern, up
to-date building be erected at onrce
a building large enoujgh to- take
care -of " all ; the inmate's. This
baildinhould have" all modern
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conveniences, sucn asrsteam-peat,
electric lights water, etc. ?1 Pend
ing the erection of such a building
it is recommended that a kitchen
be built to the main-building and
that a telephone be put in. Each
one of the houses were visited and
found in good condition, kept neat
and ;clean. r .' ..
. They Teport ten inmates at the
county home; four white ' women,
three: white child ren one; white
man, onenegro man and one negro
woman. The inmates report that
they are well taken "care of and
treated all right in every- respect.
One of the white women and two
white children are .blind And should
not be kept in this place," the re-
port says. w i ne negro woman is
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insane and should - be sent to : an
insane hospital." r ':
Army Trucks to Be Used in Build-r
5 : 7 ing Roads Over the State.
f Raleigh, ? July, lOrThe army
trucks which have been purchased
by .the highway commission for use
in constructing the new roads" in
North Carolina have arrived . and
will be distributed to various sec
tipns of the state where the com
mission has road work under way.
Many of these army ' trucks have
never been assembled, . but 1 some
oi them had been i n use for several
months by the military authorities
before the signing of the armistice.
The commission believes that it
bought these trucks at a good price
and that they can be used to good
advantage in the construction work.
About 1,500 miles of roads have
beenx approyed by the highway:
commission and the work on &ome
of these will be started at oncec In
many cases thel counties liaye al
ready besun work on these roads.
and the, commission .will merely
furnish money or material for-its
part of the work.
W.' lli Hefner, of Nebo, was in
town Tuesday; " " - v r
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the Hap
penings in McDowell County "
' Items About Home People.
-h:"Z:'. CHAPEL HILL .
Chapel Hill,- July 14 The many
friends of Mrs Rachel Turner will; re
gret to learn of-' her death which oc
enrred on Thursday r July 10. Mrs. Tur
ner was in her 79 th year and"was a con
sistent member of the Baptist church.
She was th$ mother of six . children,
three of whom survive.. They are: .Mrs.
H. D. Smith, Mrs. John Poteet and E.
D. Turner." Her husband also survives.
The funeral was conducted by Rev., J.
C. Story and interment made at Chapel
Hill burying ground -The family have
our heartfelt sympathy.' ' . . '
G. P Pofeat is very sick at his . home
at this place. ; .
Mr. and Mrs. Syncox of Columbia, S
C.V attended the funeral of the ' latter's
grandmother, Mrs. Turner, last week
Mrs. J. H. Barn es and children spent
Sunday in Nebo. N ; "
:r: DYSAKTSVILLE "
Dysartsville, July 14 T. E.
Satter-
white has returned from Marion where
ha has been under treatment and we
are glad to state his health is improving.
The Baptist revival will begin the 4th
Sunday In this months Hey. Bennett
expects to do the preaching.- - v
; Miss Annie Co wan has gone to Water
Valley,; Miss , to spend quite awhile
with her brother, John B. Cowan.,
Eugene Upton-aad-Clyde Duval have
re turned home from overseas.' - ,
Will Landishas gone to Detroit, Mich V
to accept a position. V: ' - -
The Methodist revival will begin Fri
day night betore the second :Supday in
August;,.;..: , j;.-
May be a half of a crop. . ' V
We hope the threshers will visit this
community soon. Wheat-is not good.
but it will have to be threshed. .
Ernest Satterwhite, James C. Goforth,
and Festus Carswell made a business
trip to Marion last Thursday.
" , ;' , HANKINS ;V:
Hankins, " July lS.r-J - W. , Hall of
Spruce Pine visited Ids another here
during the week. " r
Misses Cora and Donnie Hall of Dy
sartsville spent a few days here with
their sister during the weeki
Joe Hall spent the week-end in Can
ton; N. C.-;r, -:'y r..:.; P-V...
Lester Erwin left Tuesday for Canton,
Ohio where he has accepted a position.
Yirgil Morgan made a business trip
to Canton last weeks " : ;
. Rev. Erwin will begin a revival meet
ing at the Methodist church next ' Sun
day afternoon at 4 o'clock. livery body
cordially invited to attend the services.
LonTermer-Pafdoned. -: ':
-, Tom Young, of McDowell coun
tyj servingthirty years for murder
in the second degree, ' has2 been
granted a conditionaP pardon. In
pardoning Moore - the governor
gives the follqwing'reasonjs for his
action : - ": . '.
iThis defendaut has now served
eleven years, is a Class A ' man,
and is a model prisoner "in every
respect The evidence shows that
at.thetime of the commission of
the offense Young was drunk, and
the next day did not know' any-
Itbing aboutrit. All" the - present
county officials of McDowell coun
ty, and the ex-officials who were
in office at the time this case was
f triedjwrite strong letters in behalf
of this prisoner as does, also the
soliciter who prosecuted.: T h e
trial . judge is dead. ". For these
reasons a , conditional pardon is
granted.-; 'T---'"' '-- .;. ;
;The: E p worth r League of the
Methodist church will give a play,.
"Pleasure Sought," at the graded
school houso Thursday night, July
24. A small admissibnfee of 10c
and 20c will - be "charged. Pro
ceeds will go to a A very worthy
cause. - r v ; :1 -':' ;
E J. Harbison Elected Principal
; of Nebo High School; '
Mr. E. J. Harbison, of Burke
county, has been elec tad principal
of. the Nebo Hich School Mr.
Harbison is a graduate of Trinity
College and is a successful school
man. For four years he was. head
of the department of "education at
Davenport Coliege.r The people of
Nebo consider themselves fortunate
in securing the services of such: an
able man and are looking forward
tb the coming year as the greatest
in the history of the Nebo school,
v The State "Department of Educa
tion has established a course in
teacher-training at the.Nebo school
for the' teachers of this section.
This course will be supervised by
the State Board of Examiners and
Institute Conductors.- This new
feature of school work at Nebo'will
add considerably to the standing of
the Nebo school. - It will also make
it possible for the teachers of Mc
Dowell and adjoining counties to
take an aporoved course in teacher
training at home. , 4 ":
Mr. Harbison has.already moved
to the Nebo school and entered up
on his duties. lt , is his j?lan to
make a thorough canvass of the
county to enroll as many, students
as the school can accommodate.
He will begin bis canvass in ft few
days.V Students desiring to enter
the Nebo school should communi
cate with Mr. Harbison at Nebo.
wr:"GtenwooySchobl."iT'"-
Miss 'HeUie B. Rochtlle, of
Durham, N. C, an A. B. graduate
Of the State College for. Women of
Greensboro, and anA. M. graduate
of Columbia University, has been
elected principal of Glen wood High
School Miss Bochelle comes, to
McDowell county with: high rec
ommendations. She was superin
tendent of the La Grange system
of graded schools last year, render
ing, a very su perior grade of ser
vice. The chairman of the school
board at this place recommends her
in the highest terms. V-
i Miss'Rocbello . is at "present in
New York taking a special course
in school work. She will report
for dutv immediatilv. "after the
closing of the summer school.
The "people of .Ail en wood vare
jjreatly interested in the school
work in their district. They feel
they have Wen very fortunate in
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their choice of a principal and corps
of teachers. They are expecting
great things as a result of the for
ward steps they have.taken for bet
ter educational facilities in their
community.. -! - - -
Beside Miss Rochelle the follow
ing teachers have been elected at
the Glenwood school: Miss Pearl
Teter, - Morganton; Miss Elsie
Stacy, Nebo; Mis3 Maggie Byrd;
Nealsville; M i s s V Mattie . Tate,
Greenlee, and:Miss Bessie Raburn,
Nealsville.
'-. Marriages. : ;
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-The following : persons were
marriedat the Presbyteriahinanse
fecentlyiRev. J;.C. Story officia
ting: Jnly Srd, Mr. Alvin Mc-
Gee, of Ashf ord , and Miss Mary
Laws, of Old. Fort. July 5th,
Mr. Josenii Smith, of Morganton,
Afarv Baker, of Marion.
July 13thV Mr. H. E. Greene, of
Morganton;. and raiss vivisn
Simpson, of lilen Alpine.
STATE NEWS 0FTHE WEE1C
Items Concerning Events of In
Jerest and Importance Through
out the State.
Ringling Brothers circus will
show in Asheville on October 24.
The North Carolina Postmasters
association will hold its annual
meeting at Wrightsviile Boach"
Wilmington, on August 15 and 16,
The Nor.th Carolina Historical
Commission has elected Henrv M.
Lonon legislative reference -librarian
to succeed the late W. S. Wil
son. ; ,- '
Catawba county voted Saturday
on a road bond issue of half mill-'
ion and the -bonds - were lost by
about 200 votes. Various factors
contributed to the defeat.
. J. M. Ray, general of the Fourth
brigade. North Carolina division.
United Conferedata Veterans, an
nounces the appointment of John
J. Mackeyof Asheville as his assis
tant adjutant general and chief of
staffwith the rank; of lieutenant
colonel. The order is to take effect
at once. - " -
Representative Weaver of the
Tenth district asks CoDgress to
award Julius McClureof Cberokeo
county the sum of $5,000 " for th
loss of an-arm, ilcCIure having
been crippled in a battle with the
Jim Rose gang of -army deserters
draft evaders and outlaws, while
assisting in the capture of the des-
A company of Asheville men, rep
resentatives of the board of trade,
Merchants';- association, Rotary
club and, others -have secured an
option on the Mount Mitchell rail
way, which is not running this year,
and they will attempt to form a
stock company to purchase the
road, so that it can be continued as'
a passenger- carrying road, ine
fbad goes to the top of the moun
tain, the highest point east of Pike's
peak. -V-" -
v True bills for murder have been
returned against John P. -Snyder
and Geo.? McClure, who killed
Claude Buchanan recently, at
Waynesville. It is .alleged .that
Buchanan, who was killed on the
premises of Mrs. Chas. Snyder,
a widow and relative of J. P.
Snyder, had pfesisted in trying to
force his company on Mrs. Snyder
against her will. The killing
aroused much feeling and the ac
cussed, who are held without bail,
may be taken to Buncombe jail for
safe-keeping.
To set . at rest rumors that he
was not whole - nearedly support
ing Cam; Morrison for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor,
Senator Simmons annuonces that
he is supporting the Charlotte maa
to the best of his skill and ability,
or words to that effect, and will
continue so to do. Mr. Morrisoa
deserves the honor Senator Sim
mons thinks, because'of conspicu
ous servics to his , party and the
k State and-because pf bis fitness for
the position; and saying which,
the Senator asserts, he is dispara
ging the claimsjof no other candi
date.
Dr. Dean H. Crawford hzs re
ceived notice that he successfully
passed"-the' North Carolina Beard
of Dental Examiners and will ba
grahted'State licenced to. practice.