A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1919
VOL. XXIII NO. 48
BAD- WRECK AT GREENLEE
Ashevilie-Spencer ; Freight- . Was
Derailed at Greenlea Station ;d
; V Saturday Morni ng. : ; " I
- Damage estimated at $50,000 was
sustained when - Southern freight
train No. 52, bound ' from Ashe
ville. to Spencer, was wrecked at
'Greenlee, six miles west of Marion,
Saturday morning.. No members
of the crew were injured. . -
. Between twenty and twenty-five
-cars, the majority ,6f whicHywere
v loaded with coal, were derailed,
-obstructing traffic on the railroad
. for over eight hours. : V -:v : ' ;
5 The train was in charge of Con
ductor Vick Goodwin, with En:
Jgineer Harrison at the throttle.
: : Members ". of the . train crew ; said
the derailment, resulted .from a
. broken, wheel on one of, the cars.
The train comprised sixty; cars.
: lit was moving along at a fair rate
of speed whenine of the cars left
the track,, dragging the others
after it. . . -
The wreck train was jsent from
7 Asheville to clear the right of way.
w The wreck- occurred . at 8 o'clock
Saturday morning, and it..was well
: .' into the niht bepre the track had
; ' ; been made passable. It was neces
. : sary to transfer - passengers- and
- mail on trains Nos 15, 22, 11 and
I2.';.:r:;.,:v-. ; v - - 7 ,,:.y
of M rsrS. B, Grant.
Mrs. i-HarrieVanneyranV
; ; jwife of L BlGrantJdiediat :heV
home at Red Top on -July 9. : Mrs.
vGrant had been'a sufferer for" sev
eral months and death was-not un
:: evpectecl. She was a little more
.' than 75 years old and had been 1 a
f7 -member'of the ch u rcti abouty sixty
years. Her life was devoted to
r-thie service of the Master. She
was a quiet, unassuming woman
.but was always at her post of duty.
She and .Mr. Grant bad. been mar
ried a little more than 53 years
and lived an unusually happy wed
ded life, y- Ten children were born
to this unioni six of. whom, with
-, the husband, 'survive. . They -are:
MrsT Ella Davis and W. F. Grant,
of Marion; JLee; Grant and Mrs.
K. C. Murphy o Old Fort; Mrs.
William-Gilbert Gilbert and L M.
-Grant,of Uree. The deceased is
alsdurvived by one brother, B. L.
The funeral services were con--;
ducted at Stone: Mountain. Baptist
: ; church by Rev. J. A; Nelon.v The
- ; large-attendance at the .funeral and
'the unusually Targe floral offering
J attested the high esteem in which
-Mrs. Grant was held. ;;
. Two Copper -Sti I Is Captured.. -
Deputy Job n Lail and Gus Por
teat made a raid Monday on a block
ade plant located at Hankins; hich
resulted in the capture of a copper
still "with the capicity of about ' 65
gallons. There - was over 500
gallons of beer at the still, which
was poured out before leaving. In
raid Inear Gardeii Ci
dajr, Mr liaiK t assisted by Tj.OI
Lawing, captured a big copper still
on theppnieyfplace. It was well
equipped and in good running -order,
with i capicity : of .: about 110
gallons, V The officers poured out
about 1000; gallons of beer and
brought the still to town. - :
Mr. and Mr J. E. Adams, of
Bowling Green, S.; X5. 'and - Miss
Mattie Smith, of Hickory Grove,
'?.' C, spent the week-end :with
Mrs. N; C. Jones.
Weaver lntrpclucee Bill to7 Recog
nize Service of 11; S. Soldiers.
Washington, July 27. Con
gressman ; Weaver Satu rd ay intro
duced in the house a," bill for the.
purpose of. showing -tna govern
ment's recognition of the splendid'
service of the American soldiers in
the war with Germany. It pro
vides for. all officers and enlisted
men an additional payment of. $30
per month for each month of ser
vice rendered, not exceeding a to
tal of 'one year's pay at the rate of
$30 per month. "It applies to all
men anl officers in ,'. the -United
States army and in the naval ; and
marine I services. . Under this bill
if it should pass, every: soldier who
served a total of one year would
receive an. additional payment bf
$360.00,and the ; soldiers serving
less than one year would be paid
at the rate of $30 additional - per
month. : . . ' . .
M r. -Weaver also- introduced a
bill providing for the appropriation
of $20,000 for , the purchase of a
site and erection of a postoffice
building at Mar phy, and - another
bill appropriating a similar amount
for the site and erection of a build-
hing for- the postoffice at Bryson
City. : ' :-
North Caroli n a Baptists Are Asked
' . fbr $5,500,000;- , 1
'I Quotas for th e d ifferentv States
f pV the $7 5, 000,000 cam paignVof
InHourtHeFnBa p tisQ enoininatibn
were .faxed by i.the.executive i com
mittee1 for the campaign in confer
ence at- a meeting ' in ; Nash ville,
Tehn. ; North Carolina is asked for
$5500,000.. - - 1 :
-Of the $75,bdo,6o0foreign jnis
sions will ?get $20,000,000; hbme
missions $12,000,000, seminaries
and training r' schools $3i000,
aged ministers' relief $2,500,000.
The remainder will be appropriated
to" the different State needs, in pro
portion to; the amounts cohtributed
by them. :-v T J . :.lr':-r- "
:. Pulverized Limestone. :
: The North Carolina State Depart
ment of Agriculture has very large
holdings of limestone in East Tenn.
-a tract of about 226 acres estimatr
ed to codtain not less than 150,000,
000 tons and a small tpul verizing
plant that can put out about 50 tons
a day. This limestone is givgnj to
the farmers of ' North. Carolina Vat
cost of production,' plus the freight.
S The stone is mil led to pass a ten
mesh screen and analyzes from 80
to 90 calcium carbonate and' car
ries a small percentage of magnesT
ium carbonate. It is known as a
high calcium limestone. r
The capacity of the plant is now
being increased somewhat and we
expect to run day.and night, begin
ning about Aug; 15th or 20th.
This will double our present output.-
Orders reaching us early can
likely be filled in time for use . this
summer and fall. Address all - or
ders to W. A. Graham, Commis
sioner of Agriculture, Haleigh
Cuthbertson-Bpst.
SergU Preston A. , Cuthbertson;
of Nebo, who is at present station
ed at Fort Williams, : Me., and
Miss Myrtle - Bqst of Nebo were
married at the home of the bride's
brother F. H. Bost, in Newark,
N. J. , on Wednesday, J uly 23rd ,
Key. J. R.. C. Clark officiating.
Citizens of No Mean Country.
j Americans onbt usually under
estimate their own achievements.
The eagle ordinarily' is allowed to
do a full nieasure of screaming.
But America and Americans have
not yet realized the full extent of
their f achievements during : the
World War. That is the ; pi th of
a remark made the other day by
Secretary of War Baker. And he
backed up. his assertion by some
astounding facts and figures. Stat
istics complied by Colonel Leonard
P. . Ayres,". chief of the statistics
branch of the General Staff,'; have
also been published to illustrate the
size of the job we per f o r med . No
red: blooded American can read the
following record without feeling a
thrill of pride and gratitude rthat
his country: was able to perf 6rm. so
heroic a part i n saving civil i zation
from strangulation by the Huns:
We spent $21,850,000, 000, : or
$1,000,000 an hour, in thewar.: "
', Our armed force, when the armis
tice was signed, aggregated 4,800,
000. men." , : .- -y. Q)r--We
sent 2,086,000 overseas I and
1,390,000 o f thm :saw: battle
servjce,j,:. ; , C. :.,,,y-, :,:y-,
-In one month 306, 000 men I were
landed'in' Europe. . :
'The battle deaths of the war were
about 50, Q00,the wounded totaled
approximately - 236f000, and this'
deaths from disease 56,991; -
" The Quartermaster,VlXpartment
purcl)a6edl80.0
wool sto1skings85v00Prp00 tinder
shirts', 83T600,b0CUdri wersiO
700,000 pairs pf shoes, 26; 500,000
flannel shirtsi; 70,000 1; blantetsV
21,70000ool.breechesr 13,900,
OOO wool cokts, abd 8,300000 over
coats.; i-: ' V -- ":t-C' " -
v American engineers overseas con
stf ucted :f eighty-th ree hew ships
erths and 1,000 miles of standard
and 538 -miles of narrow-gauge
railroads. ' ' ' :t
: "The Signal Corps strung. 100,
000 miles of telephone wires, and
40;CK)0American-made . motor
trucks were sent across the-Atlantic
: -;:;'.::-;-i-
' Machine-guns .produced in "the
United States aggregated .226,557.
TOar -production bf rifle ammuni
tion bad reached .3, 500, 000 rounds
by the end b f the war. ; : : . t
c T American aviators brought down
755 enemy airplanes. v V
'-' Before" the armistice 13t574
twelve-cylinder Liberty Motors
had been - produced by 'American
factories.: : .:.
The. American Air Service totall
ed 200,000 men,- compared with lj
200 when the United States began
hostilities. -i
; American divisionswere in bat
tle for two bund red days : and en
gaged in thirteen major operations.
v ,. At the end American ; divisions
held a front longer than the
British..: ; ;
Our artillery: once" fired 1,000,
000 shells in four hours, a record
without parallel in history. Forbes
Magazine. : . v
- ..yeather Report, j :
Thomas McGuire, Sergeant TJ., S
Army, reports the temperature and
rainfall at ilarion station for the week
as follows: : . ; " ' - '
"Maximum. ,- 90 degrees
Minimum - - 65 degrees -Bain,
- - : .06 inches .
r Sunshine per cent - - . .78-
i The annual convention of the
United Confeterato veterans : will
be held in Atlanta in October!
Wart on Potatoes; a N ew Disease.
Mr, X; E:-Yocum. of the bureau
of plant; industry,- plant disease
survey United States; Department
of Agriculture,' was in Marion last
week. Mr.. Yocum is directing the
attention of Irish potato growers
to' warts on pptatoes," a new dis
ease for this cou ntry and a d an
gerous onethe more dangerous
because so far no remedy has been
found. The disease has not yet ap
peared in this part Of thecountry
but inasmuch as it threatens the
potato industry the "department is
endeavoring to advise folks about
it" in advance: - : "
y Potatb wart xauses.; very, serious
losses in England Ireland, and Other
parts of Europe. In some , places
the disease is so severe that.pota
toes can not be grow u profitably
- The parasite which : causes wart
is spread most f requentl.yj)y -using
diseased potatoes for. seed. V
The disease- is recognized by
rough s pongy outgro wths ya rying
f rom.the size of a pea to that of
the tuber itself,' being produced'on
the tuber especially at the eyes ,or
at in j u red places.- -The outgrowths
are light ;brqwn at ' firsts but with
age -become I black and the mass
readily d eca,vs, cau si n g soil infes ta
tionT f ro ray t he c po res. S i be r ted .
Soil 'infestatioo lasts for "years".
The disease does not effect the tops,
so Watch while digging and report
promptly: all suspicious cases. .? ;..
Mr G if es R ettrr n s to- h aribn c to
Engager In I ns u ra hte B usrn ess t
-:. -cGiJ, W(Xjts; w hbhas:;manx
friends in; Mariob -and McDowell
county ,7 lias opened an oflipe ii the
post office building where herwill
agai n be engaged in insu ranee and '
Teafest ate busi ness.. ;B e f of e enle f
ing. the military service Mr";? Giles
f was'-secretary rod treasury of the
Marion Insurance and Trust Com
pany for more than six years:
v He is considered-one of tlie -best
posted; insurance-men in Western
North -Carolina. Siiice returning
from overseas duty 7 he has been
offered positions by some of the
targest insurance concerns in the
countr; He has however, chosen
to go into business for himself in
Marion, for the reason, as he ex-
p resses it, 't h at M a ri on k is t ti ei
best towii and Mcpoweli the best
in Western North Carolina;" then,
too, hfs friends are here and he
has moje intimate" knowledge; of
insurance rates on every class of
property here than he could possi-
Ibly baye in anj other locality. ;
Ged Giles, as he is : familiarly
known, has been distinctly relating
himself to the business life of
Marion since his graduation from
the Marion High School ; several
years ago. His close attention to
business and his accurate knowl
edge of insurance xates have made
for Inm a reputation among the
business people of Marion and in
surance people throughout the
State.';''.;;.;-j. v . :' - ;,
Mr. .Giles spent only a Very
short time in the training camp be
fore being transferred to Farnce.
He has badVery little to say about
his QYerjJeas duty; ' it is: known,
however, to some of, -his intimate
friends that he spent seven days
on;6ne'front and thirty-nine days
in a field hospital. ' - - ; -
Marion and McDowell - county
will welcome him into the business
worlct and we have no doubt that
many will consult him about their
insurance policies and-" insu ranco
rates?- - '
NEWS FHOM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the Hap
penings in McDowell Count- ;
c Items About Home- People.
DYSAKTSVTLLR. x "
.Bjsarts ville. Jnly 28. Frank Upton
has returned home " after service overseas.-.:--
V : :' .: ; ; '- r .
"J ames L.:. Laughridge and family of
Marion visited relatives here Snnday.
Will Liandis has acrtepted a position
with The Dayis Pharmacy in ilarion.
Miss Mamie Groforth is visiting in
Atlanta. Qa.
Miss Lillie Landis expects to open
school at Laurel Hill soon. -
. Mrs. Maggie Morrison of Bridgewater
visited. her mother, "Mrs. Harriett Tay
lor, last week.: ; : ':;::::
John and Van Mangum and Festus
Carswell left Monday for Detroit, Mich.
v Bratcher Laughridge visited relatives
in Spencer last week. . ;
r Born, to Mr. and 'Mrs. J. L. Spratt,
July-14, a daughter.
James H. Walker lost a fine horse re
cently. .. ' " 1
Real Estate Transfers.
1
B; L. Ash worth : to W. B. Lassite r
and wife, land in Mount Ida addition,
$10 and other consideration. - - "
i D C. Davis to F- M.: Davis, 3 acres
in Crooked' Creek township, f 15. ; : - .
Charles Henley to WiUiam E. Willis,
four tracts in Burgin addition, $810; : ,
- F. E. Ross to W. B. Hogan, 25 acres,
$600. - r ; . - :
J. Albert Foster to S, D. Logan, three
tracts, $300, etc. " . ' .
G. F. Btrbud to R. V Horton, 8 3-10
acres,;Crooke6l Creek road, $822 50. .
W C. Smith to "B, S. Lassiter and
wife,- land near. Presbyterian church,
; -;j;iL, Walton to. Minerva; Texs3
land adjoinlngJW; ; Walker, Gilbert
and Wiliiims, $G50. -:.: ' ;-. -:.; ;
'A. C E. T Belk to' Carter and Luther "
Davis, land in New Fort, $10, etc.
;SalHe Salmon Knupp to A. : E. Belk,
land in New Fort, $10, etc. '
"Mrs. A. G. Hadley to Samuel E: Sen-.
telle, land in Crooked Creek township,
$10, etc. - ; . ::; ;;: : v '
"J. L; Sandlin taG W-. Sandlin, : one-,
half interest in lots 25 and 26 "of Burr
gin addition, $463. " .
-;, J. C. Cole lo Henry Rodgers, land in
Old Fort township, $300 .
- W. :H. Hawkins- to Bob -Goodrum,
land in Mount Ida Park addition. $110.
; -United States" condemnation proceed
ings, .land for Forest "Reserve: I. H
and.X Cr Greene, 270 -acres at $8 an
acre; 68 acres; at nine dollars an acre;
J. M. Houck and r D- E. Hudgins, 15
acres at seven dollars an acre; J. W
Johnson 137 acres "at twel vedollars an
acre; and Etta Stround 42 acres at four -dollars
and a half per acre.
W. R. Chambers, commissioner, to
J: W. -Winborne, land In East Marion
addition, $261. - " v - . : ;
' W. T. Morgan and J. W.: Winborne,
commif sioners, to Sam McCall, -lot at
Nebo, $290. , ' - '. .:'.; ' . . '
W. R. Chambers,, commissioner, to
A. L. Finley, lot on Garden St., $925.
- Roads Badly Damaged.
Frarmentary reports reaching
the office of Road 7Commissioner
Frank Page indicate that the rords
of the state'lare badly damaged as
a result of the rains and floods of
the past week. These reports are
incomplete because of the delayed
mail facilities, and because, of the
road engineers and supervisors of
the various counties have been un
able to furnish a detailed . report b f
conditions. Mr. Page bsIiQYCV
however, that the dam ego will ba
considerably more' than the fifty
dollar allottment for maintensncca
cin take care of, and that tho
counties themselves will have to
provide additional money to put
the road beds back; into anything
like good condition.
- R. L. jProvcst, bf Hssclwood
was here on business Tuccday.