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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTE1REST. OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, AUG. 14, 1919
VOL.XXIlt---NO. 50
WILSON GIVES REMEDIES
r FOR CHECKING COSTS
Present High Cost of Living Not
V:: Justified by Shortage of Sup- -plies,
Either. Present or
Future, Tells Congress : ;
In an address to congress last Fri
day President Wilson laid several
specific proposals before congress for
checking the high cost .of -living, but
at the same time declared permanent
resulti could not be expected, tintil
peace time bases were fuly restored
by ratification of the peace treaty. -High
prices, the President told.con
gress, were not justified by shortage
of supplies either present , or prospec
tive but "were created in many cases
"artificially and deliberately" by "vi
cious practices."- Retailers, he said,
were responsible in large part for ex
tortionate prices. . -
Strikers,, the President warned the
t labor world, would only make mat
ters worse and those who sought to
employ threats and coercion were only
'preparing their- own destruction."
leaders of organized labor, the Pres
ident said, he -was sure would pres
ently yield to second sober thought.
"Illegal" and "criminal" were the
words the President used in', charac
terizing the' methods by, which some
present day prices have been brought
about. -- :''- ' - - I.
Present law3 he said wouM be en
etically .employed to .the limit to
force out food hoards and meet the
situation so far as possible, but to
supplement the existing statutes' he
specifically urged the following: ' , . :
Licensing of all corporations en
gaged m interstate 'commerce, with
specific regulations designed to se
cure competitive" selling and prevent
"unconscionable, profits" in the meth
od of marketing. ; ' '
- Extension of the food; control act
to peace times and tjie , application of
" it3 . provisions against hoarding to
fuel, clothings and other, necessities of
life, as well as food.; r 7 ' t
A"' penalty; in; the -food control -act
-. A law regulating -coia storage, lim
iting the time during T which good3 ,
. . . ..
may De neiaj preserving mcuiuu i.
disposing, of them if held beyond.theJ
permitted period and requiring tnai
when .released," goods bear the date of
storage. - : - " v. '
, Laws requiring that goods released
from storage for interstate com
merce bear the selling, prices at which
theywent Into storage and requiring
that all goods destined for interstate
commerce bear the prices at which
they left the hands of -the producer. -
Enactment of the pending;bill for
the control of security issues. "- -
Additional - appropriations for gov
ernment agencies which can supply
the public with ful informaton as - to
prices at which retailers buy. " "
Early ratification of the peace
treaty so that the "free processes- of
supply and demand" can operate.
Immediate steps by executive agen
cies of the government promised-by
the President included: - . ' - ."-
The limiting and controlling of
wheat shipmentsahd credits to,f acil
itate the purchase . of wheat ship
ments in such a way 'as not. to' raise,
but ratherto lower the price of flour
at'home. . - - . - -" : -
Sale of surplus stocks of food and
clothing in .the. hands '.of' the. jvern-"
. ment. ' , : . :" ".; ' '""-'(
The forced withdrawal from storage
and sale of surplus stocks in private
hands. ' .:.-'; :"- , '" :"V.
General recommendations included:
Increase of productionT :;
Careful buying of housewives.
Fair dealing with the people on the
part of producers, : middlemen and
merchants. ; : ,." .- .
- That there be no threats and undue,
insistence upon the interest of a sin
gle class.
Correction of "many things" in -the
relation between capital and labor in
respect to wages and conditions -of
labor. ..:.' '.'!.
In concluding the President made a
plea for deliberate, intelligent action,
reminding congress that an'-unbalanc-ed
world was looking to the United
States. '; - - - " -' -" : '
: ,rWe and - we alone," .: he said, "now
hold the world steady. Upon our
steadfastness and self-possession - de
pend the affairs of nations every
where. '- It is in this supreme crisis
this crisis for all mankind - that
America must prove her .mettle." -:.
Land Sale Postponed. . ;:
Tha auction salo of tbo E. , Kf'
Hild farm" h-3 bcca,postpoccdnn
til nest Tuesday, tho 19th.: The
J. C. Bowman and S; A. .Potest
property afo also advertised to bp
cold on the 3C3 day. Tho adver
tisement apocars elsewhere in this
issue. V : -. . ' - - ' . ." ' "
PRICES NAMED FOR FOOD
GOVERNMENT WILL SELL
Distributing Point for this Sec
: tion Will Be Atlanta-Sales
r Began On August 8th. "z
The shipping point for meats, and
vegetables which the government ; of
fers for sale at cost will be the stor
age points-., where this food has been
held in reserve " by the war depart
ment, Atlanta, Ga., is the nearest
point for this ; section and orders
should go there." The shipment- can
be made on and after August 18th.
Prices for the food were quoted as
follorwrs:V - -v- ; t-"'
Meats Corn beef, No. 1 can, 30
cents; No. 2 can, 58 cents; six pound
can,- $2. Roast beef:' No. 4 1 can, 29
cents; one pound can, 41 cents; two
pound can, 66 cents; six pound can,
$2.50. Corn beef hash, one pound can,
23 cents ; , two . pound - can, . 23 cents ;
two pound can, 23 , cents; two pound
cans 40 cents; bacon ;in crates, 34
cents per pound; inl2 pound : tins, 36
cents per pound. .-. -' - : "
. Vegetables Baked beans, N6.1
can, seven cents; . No. 2 carfr 13 cents;
No. 3 can, 18 cents. Stringless beans,
No. -2 can, 11 cents; No. 12 can, 48
Cents. Corn, No. 2 can, 12 cents. Peas
No. 2 can,' il cents Tomatoes, No. : 2
can.' 11 cents; No. ;2 half cai,13
cents; No. 3 can 15 cents; No. 10 can,
4S cents. Pumpkin, . No. 2 can,', six
cents; No.' 3 can, nine cents; No. 10
can 24 cents. Squash No. 2 cans, six
cents. . y . ; .
'The - number df cans . available for
sale in each . commodity range from
22,302,022 . of the No. -3 cans, of 'to
matoes to 1,025 cans No.-10 size, of
pumpkin.- The largest amounts' oth
erwise are 15,000,000 No-1 cans and
19,000,000. No. 2 cans of corned beef,
12,000,000 each of the one and two
pound cans of roast beef, 11,000,000
each,xf the one and two-pound cans
of corned beef hash; 13,000,000 cans
No. 3 size baked beans, 18,000,000 No:
2, cans of corn, 10,000,000, pounds of
crated bacon and 6,000,000 of bacon in
12-pound tins. c -w-'
- The sale,,.the war 'department "said,"
"will be the largest direct sale-.to the
American people ever attempted."
The prices; were, stated- to; be "ma
terially lower than those . prevailing
in the commercial -market ' and the
food: was described' as being-in excel
lent, condition. ; - " ' 1 '
IC(5nomic outlook of - ;
EXPANDING BALKAN AREA.
: Ijondonu rWith the Rumanians in
Budapest, the economicoutlook of the
expanded Balkan kingdom? has bright
ened. Many, of the most "important'
British firms and combines have sent
out r representatives to stddy ' . the
ground and accept orders.. - Numerous
smaller firms are doings a : good - busi
ness," British Commercial Attache
Adams has Just come out and is ,sup
porting the. representatives of British
firms by his first hand knowledge of
the country. - ; ' : -
: Thus -Ith conditions which favor
the introduction of -British . merchan
dise, a broad vista of activity opens
out before us: "Large deals have been
transacted just lately. " - r
UNITED STATES SENDS - .i: -'
J - ULTIMATUM TO RUMANIA
'-. Ix5ndon. A dispatch from 1 Vienna
by way . of Copenhagen t6 the ; Ex
change Telegraph company says " that
the United States has sent an ultima
tum to , Rumania demanding t with
drawal of the severe armistice terms
presented- to Hungary, on , pain of a"
cessation of. the shipment of food to
Rumania... " --''." ' . "
HOOVER STOPS ALL FOOD ' c -EN
FJOUTE TO BUDAPEST,
V Paris Herbert Hoover, head of the
Lnter-allied relief . commission, i- has
stopped all relief supplies on their way
to Budapest taking the position that
he. would "be unwrnranted in 'letting
supplies reach" Hun ?ary . while the Ru
manians are now depriving . the peo
ple of foodstuffs. - - -;
Members of the ; American peace
delegation said that there are ' no
American troops now in Budapest and
that none will be sent there. ; v
" - - fhnney-Hoganr
Last Wednesday afternoon ISIr.
Kuben Nanney claimed as his bride
Mis3 Ella Hoan, of Nealsvillo, the
ceremony being performed at Su
gar Hill, McDowell county. Mr.
Nanney is the youngest son of Mr.
G. W. Nanney, of Rutherfordton,
Route 3. . " ,' ' ;
NEWSFROM THE COUNTY
Rrfaf KAnt;nn rtf Q n m a f U a 14 o r.
v m a w U w mm m w w m m m w " m w
Openings in McDowell ; Cbunty-2
y It era s About Jiome Peoplei -
OLD FOBT 7. - .
Old Fort, Aug. 11 Misses Flora
an3 BartBaCurtis bvMarion wbb
have been on alvisit to Mrs. C. F,
Noblitt, returned home Saturdayf ,
C. Ii. Gilbert and family from
i '' trt et .. . . . t "
Greer, S. G., are.on a visit ta the
families of P. C. and James ..Har
mon an New ;;Fort; itcI'U
Gordon Justice arrived Sunday
from France, much: to the , delight
of his relatives and friends. : .v.';-
News has been received that Jen
nings Nichols ,has arrived- from
overseas. 'C zl
'. ' McKinley and Reu ben Poteet 6 f
Marion returned home Monday af-;
ter spending' Sucdiy at , J; M.
Kanipe's. -:l-'r:--'':
Miss Grace A rney returned Mon
day from an extended yisit to .vAt
lantic City and otherfpintsc;
Dr. Garren and daughter, Ruth,
of Monroe, sbent Monday. :ihS Old
Fort. Dr. r Garren - at "one time
practiced medicine here.
' James Whitby of Che"raw, S C.,
is spending his- vacation "in Old
. Ted and Jack Saunders of Ma
rion spent Sunday at the home of
Mrs. S. A. ;McCanlessv f -
TheJ Baptist Sunday 1 school is
planning to have a picnic at Ca
tawba Falls Thursday of this week.
1 . J. C. McCurry of iAsheville", re
turned home Tuesday after; - visit
ing his mother, y J- ,1 1
ObioT is expected in tQld vfjprt
Monday, , tovisit relatives.- ; X '
Carl Blalock and-f amily of 'Dal
las, Texas, are in the city on a yisit
to his mother, Mrs.-J. P. Norton.; -
r Mrs. F. R. Stegall and family
and Mrs. Pigley and family are on
a visit to C. A, Nichols; . ::::t
Mrs.Helen DofiPy JsonJa visit
to Mrs.' Hicks G rant.'..;,: y j-
-Miss Maude Crawford wilHeave
Tuesday for; a -few day s visit-to
Ashevillei.
.Mrs: S: Huffman -of Mt ;Holly,
and daughter. Miss ' Zoe, :-of 4Ne w
York City, who have, been : on - a
visit to tbe family of S'. M. I Huff
man, left for Ashe vil le f o r a few
days after which they : will eturn
to Mt. Holly. r ; v
-. On last Saturd ay M on treat i and
Old Fort played, a game of baseball
on the Montreat diamond, the re
sult being. 4 tp. 2 in favor of, Mon'
treat. Onthe previous Satu rd ay.
Old Fort won a game from Mon
treat on the Old Fort diamond. : ;
c DYSAKTSVIDL.E - - '
Dysartsville, ';' Aug. lllrCland vM;
Lanrhridge of Marion visited? relatives
here Sunday. v . ,
;Miss Re'gina Mathews of Rock Hill,
is visiting her a ant, Mrs. W.H. Taylor.
James Cr Goforth wasLiu Marion j lksjt
week. ; ':- -
; Miss Bertie TayloVof iBBdge water 'is
visiting relatives here.";; t J
Ernest Satterwhitemade business
trip to Marion last hTirsa:ayxy:sr
i'. Miss Irene Dysart of Hickory, is visit
ing MrV and Mrs: W. g. Jaylor. ;
Miss Lona Goforth has gone toTJEapel
Hill"wbere.8he opened school Monday. "
Miss : Pearl : Eanghridge of Atlanta,
Ga., is visiting relatives here. : ; . ".
"i Bratcher Laughridge has accepted a
position in Cook's "shoe shop in Spencer.
9 Pack Walker made a business trip to
Marion-last Tuesday. - :: -,;'; 'v V"
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c . . r r CHAPEL HTLL : :i 5
- Chapel Hill, Aug. ll.Mr. andjMrs.
G. PPoteaf are visiting the former's
sister at Spruce Pine. :. :
Mrs." Willard Curtis and ' children ; of
Bock Hill, S. C, are. visiting the form-.
er's parents, Mr. and llxs. H. D. Smith.
Kenny and Benton Poteet spent the
week-end with relatives in Old Fort.- ,
.: Mrs: II. B. Poteat is seriously ill at
her home here. ". .
- f: Swannof Glenwooa was a wel-
i irs. 55. u. J amison and children . of
Old Fort are jrisiting her parents, Mr. n j ,,,. . . -and
Mrs. J. w. England. ,? , .American Red -Cross Will Ask
Mrs. W. A.: Proctor and sister, Mrs.
C. EHuffmah, are yisiting relatives in
vThe Chapel Hill school opened Mon-
day with a good attendance - under the
leadership o J. : E. Kanipe of Marion
and MissJLona Goforth of Dysartsville.
: ne revival meeting at this place
closed.iast Sunday evening.- " : We hope
much.; and lastinsr food was a
SSS R ea 1 Estate Tra n sfe rs c !:
Mrs. il E Caldwell to Thomasville
Chair company, !; timber on North Ca
tawba riverJ$ia 0 JO.- - - "
WI T Morgan, and J. W. " Winborne
commi8Sioiier to J. L rT Wilson, . land
near Hattie Wilson, $200; to J. Ii Pad
gett, lot at Neoo, fpo. --
Qeo W. Chapman to Brnce B. Getty s,
two acres on Buck creek, f 1000, etc. :
W.; M. Harris .to H. White, lot in
JSevsr; Fort:f 140BS--
J. Lancaster to W." S: Owensby,
60 acres ad joining A. . 0 Frady, $250.
r H. W. j Miller, to- Eliza , Wright,v 32
acres on" Flat '&eViz.p:,
B. :L. Bo winan to Carl Davis, land on
Water street. Old Fort, $1100 . '
: jr D. - Murphy - to , Slarion. Williams,
land on Ccmnierce streetr Old Fort $10
JrSlaniisonvtoiE SLiMcCnrry, land
adjoining W.- M .Goodsohr :on "Crooked
Creek "road, $425: - - ;
Mf: F Morphew to F. Giles, , home-
place on Main street, Marion, $7000.-'
Mrs. Florence Thomas to Mrs. Nellie
Loinaford. two lota on Park Hill. 100. '
E: Maness to J. H. Gray; lot at
Fairrnont;Park;.;$I.S5
p3 acres.ad joinging Buncombe linet $200
adjoiningTbseph - A. Poteat.; and Mrs
Little;
"J. L. J. Jamison to Mrs-A -T Jdnes,
land on. Crooked Creek road, $500. ; ;
Sarah E. Brinkley to C- L:: Arrowobd,
land -at;ebo,t00;::-
A- D.'Erwin and: wife toU.Lfewjs,
land at ebolrSSOifg-r &y-:0
P. C Presnell to J. Browning," 25
acres. Grant 5198;t$25P3;- t
" J. S. - Kelly ; to . Nancy Pressneli, 25 1
acres of Grant 5198. $i00
FarmersH Institute's N ext Week.
: Two fnrmers'; and ; women's in
stitutes wi) I belHeld 3nMcpoweH
county T3ext week at Dysartsville,
Slonday,",Angust 18, and at Stroud
to wn,rTuesd ay, - August 19: The
institntes will open at 10:30 o'clock;
shrptJnew ;times
County : A gen t -Th u rman " u rges
i. . ' t -;. .u.:
are fcir4countries; To meet these obligations
f am 1 1 ies-, and -take ad vantage r of
such a splendid opportunity to tear
trained special ists on t her Tarious
subjects.
"lbhbmical isbil siniorbvement'.
fopd aud -feed crops,-live stock.
pastures, --.insect pestsand tbeir
cdntfoliatidlriiarkefc
cussed atthe f armors jneetings. .
hejwoiqen
conducted ' by , representatives ojt
hoEu5demonsitratipnw
women are ; invited to come.; Some
ofStn e top ics 'if o3 i sc osst br4- & in
which the women t;wiil be deeply
interested, are .good reci pes for
firelesi cboierJhowop
food for the sick, balancing meals
on a small inconie, u p-to-datelaun -dry
methodrr convenient arrange
ment of kitchen with home-made
laborVsyiffSdevices;
bp beautifying : the homt Jgrunds,
cbmmuhityj buildingsIetc
Tho bond election iii Forest City
l&3tj7eeli for
building carried by atfcyerwhelra
ingajontyVWprlrAwill besin
soon, it is statePJand- rushed ; to
'ANOTHER RED CROSS
DRIVE IN NOVEBIBER
For Fifteen MilHort Dollars
Pbr: Continuing Work.
Plans for a nation-wide Red Cross
SmSaigrn, Pemng , Monday Novem-
vhTi "LSI
The primary obiect of the r-
paign,. which will be known as the
rhird Red. Cross call, will be to enroll
members for; 1520 but there will be
m addition a general appeal for $15,
000,000 to enable the organization to
complete its war obligations at home
and abroad. There will also be local
appeals, where necessary, conducted
by the chapters, to secure funds need
f or local ; programs.
. During the war there were two an
nual Red Cross campaigns, the War
Fund Drive" hr the late spring and. a
Christmas Roll Call for-membership.
The only campaign : this year will be
the one in November and in succeed- .
ing years; there' will be. only an an
nual roll call in which the Red Cross
will seek the 'reaffirmed allegiance, of
the - American people expressed in
doHar memberships. The money so
derived will be used - f or American
purposes rand the - approval v thus re
ceived is to be -regarded as a man
date to carry, on future programs.
"The first task of the American
Red Cross . is,- of course, to complete
its obligations to American' soldiers
and . sailors," said Dr. Farrand, chair
man, ;in ' announcing . the program
"The organization plans, as its future
policy, to concentrate its efforts upon
peace problems v at home, . unless
Amerca. should .again be involved in.
war or confronted by grreat disasters
creating special emergencies. -
,v "The Red Cross -programs are pri
marily within the . field of public
health f and will aim particularly at
co-operation with official, activities,
federal,; State and - local. The Red
jeaerai, axate ana; local
I Cross will seek- not to duplicate the
work of established; i organizations,
but will endeavor to supplement oth
er 'agehci'&fthey: nlressiy-ciizt
orvi to stimulate and organize work
The tremendous, task of the Amer"
ican' Red Cross-in the ; war lias, how
ever, left - a - continuing obligation
which - cannot be fulfilled for some ;
months to come, -Dr. Farrant - stated, .
In.'an amendment to' the army, bill,
Congress has prolonged the responsi
bility of the Red Cross abroad by au
thorizing Secretary of War Baker to
transfer to the Red Cross such medi- .
cal-ani surgical supplies and supple- .
mentary ; and dietary foodstuff s now
in Europe as is not needed by the
army - abroad ; by authorizing Secre
tary of War. American - Red Cro ss to -relieve
and supply the pressing needs
of the countries involved in the late
urn " "
"SubDlies For WarTVVork.
; Inventories " of .these supplies , are
now, being made. ; To this 'will . be ad
ded such rnaterial as the American
Red; Cross itself has in Europe and
these, will be distributed in the coun- '
tries , where the organization is con
cluding its war relief program, and
I where, because of the ravages of war,
famine, and epidemic, .the distress is ;
most pronounced, as in the Balkans',
rvmnu ; aim ouier . eastern jpuiuuch
and administer this -.df preign relief the
Red Cross must ;rase at this a 'fund
of $15,000,000, Dr. Farrand stated, v .
"The Red- Cross; authorities realize
that, the,- astonishing generosity . of
the 'American people during the war "
! and the present hi crh cost of livincr at
!pr&
manas ior assistance xo oiner peo
ples," 7 continued Dr; Ferrand, , "but
we must remember that ourv 'allies
were , much harder hit - by the war
thaniwerecwe? andithat we haye - in
curred obligations to them which hon
or, demands shall be discharged. In
naming the -sum of $15,000,000, the
Red -Cross has, triel to determine the
smallest amount which will enable it
to round out its work and make ef
fective the appropriation; of army
goods rather than y to estimate tho
generosity of the American peopla."
" In conclusion Dr. Farrand said:
" "It is believed that the end of our,
foreign:" obligations, is in sight and,
accordingly the Red; Cross is turninc
its chief attention 'and energy to t
ldevelopment; of . a clearly defined
home-- program which already in
cludesr systematic ! preparedness for
disaster relief, ' a , widespread nursing .
plan, continuing home . service opera
tions, first aid instruction, and a jun
ior - lied Cross program, all of which
will depend for their success upon
large and vigorous chapters. For
these reason s-the enrollment cf mem
bers is the chief purpose of the I No
vember campaign. It is the primary
ambition of the American Red Crosa
o be of service to Americans.
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Services at St. John's nest Sua'
day at 8:30 p. m. .
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