ESTABLISHED 1896.
xl EWS FROM TH E COUNTY
Oriel Mention of Some of the Hap
penings in. McDowell County
Items About Home People
' OLD FORT
Old Fort, Oct. 14 W.
A. . Burgin
mate a business trip - to
AsheviUV- last
XTtfday. "
Mrs. Terrell and Mrs. McGraw of
XHack Mountain were enests of Mrs.
B. Crawford last Sunday.,' r
Miss Nell Blanchard and Mrs. J. P.
Iamkin, of Augusta, Ga., are visiting
iliss Miller at the hoine of George
'. ZXarshall. ' ; .'
. .Miss Mamie Greene "attended the fair
6 Sprnce Pine iast week.
- Mrs, A. C. Tate ' has returned - from
the Mi ssion Hospital at Asheville.
. Dr. Johnson made a business trip to
Asheville last Saturday. VC
- Clan dins Graybeal spent Saturday in
Asheville. f
Mrs. J. B. - Robinson . of 1 Asheville
-spent the week-end with herl mother,
Xlrsr MTAllen 1
Hiss Maggie Allen has returned from
visit to Chimney -Rock and other
4?oints of interest. x
- Qus Silvers attended the fair at
Spruce Pine last week
JU.C Morris spent the weeK-ena in
.4n0xville, Term. ; : r
Beid Grant was in fsheville, Monday.
1 The Woodmen of the World will un
veil the monument to the memory .of
-Xtee Allison at Bethel on next Sunday.
There will be dinner on the grounds
' every Douy
-attend.
a . i a
is; cordially invited I to
" Chapel Hilt Oct. 13 James Thomas
SIcDowell, the 18-months-oId son of Mr.
s - - " -
-and Mrs. Martin SwannS died i Fridav
aorningr fuheral w
tcom the home Saturday and interment
sade in Chapel ; Hill burying ground.
- The bereaved jfamily have our heart
felt sympathy."
Mr. and Mrs. Will Huffman, of Hick--orjr,
are visiting "the former's parents,
2Ir. and Mrs. J. R.-Huffman. -.
' Mrs. Mainer of " Weaverville, is here
tin an extended visit to her daughter,
ZIrs. A. S. Coats. .
Miss Laura Goforth spent the week
end in Marion. , -
There will, be services at the Chapel
' Hill Baptist church Thursday night, the
-23rd, conducted by Rev. Jones 'y . -
, , NEBO. -'
ITebo, Oct. 14. Quite ia number of
the boarding students spent the week
nd with their homefolks. .
- Ii. E. ' Sigmon,. of Black Mountain,
Was a visitor here Monday. -
O. D. Taylor and family spent Sun
La.y with relatives in Morgan ton. ... - .
Miss Anniegra .Boyette spent .the
' zsreek-end with friends in Lenior.
- Hiss Ellen Carson spent the week-end
ith relatives in Marion. .
; ff igh way Com m ission G ets M oney
- From Sale of . Bonds; - .
: Thel county highway commis
sion has delivered the bonds sold
recently to Seasongood & Myer
end has received the money. - The
Sonds were sold at a good premium
considering the condition of the
aoney marketing
Work is going on in the building
of. roads as fast as possible. Much
surveying has been done:, and con
siderable dirt has been moved.
The commissioners are takin g con
siderable interest inthe building
3f roads and expect : to 5 push the
Tork as rapidly as possble.
loch's Progressiye Shows Coming,
Fred Howell, advance agent of
Cloch's Progressive Shows, was in
Cown Saturday and made arrage
rnents to' exhibit in Marion during
tha week of October 20 to 25. The
actions will include a merry-go-
Ground, tent showsr and concessions.
"Tha Koch's Shows' come recomend
Mcd as being one of the cleanestag
c:reations of the kind on the road.
MARION,
-. Graded School News( 1
On ifridajv October -3, both the
Pershing and Joan of Arc Literary
societies of the high school me$
and rendered a program that was
much enjoyed by alL These socie
ties meet bi-monthly and the meet
ings are looked forward to with
pleasure by the entire high school.
" The: high school met Tuesday
and organized an athletic .associa
tion with the following officers:
Robert Holmes, .president; Miss
Daphne Ruth, secretary; Miss Ola
Gibbs,; treasurer; and Bill Gibbs,
manager. ; The purpose of this or
ganization is to encourage athletics
and to install proper equipment on
the school grounds. - beveral en
tertainments will be given during
the year to provide funds for pur
chasing the equipment. y
The senior class has elected the
following officers;, Herbert Laid
law, president; iraul , btory, yice
president; Miss Daphne Ruth, sec
retary; and Miss Margaret Neal.
treasurer.
Last Mfenday morning the sixth
grade pupils rendered the foil wing
interesting program for the open
ing exercises in the chapel: . t
Song, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp;
Sixth grade,' : ; " : '
Poem, Septem be r ; Sixth grade.
RecitatioD, Kids; Mary K. Ouzts:
Poem, October; twelve girls.
Composition on , Girls, Edwin
Chapman. ,
Recitation, Oh, Shoot Ma; Mil-
Song,' Old Black Joe; School.
Farmers Buy 800 Tons of Lime
Buy a Gurnsey.
.McDowell county farmers order
ed 800 tons of lime thisyearjj. L.
Rurgin, of Old. Fort, leads with an
order for 80 tons. R. F. Morris
finqjs that an investment of $270
in lime is adding $600. a, year to
his farm income.
Get one pure-blood (Guernsey
cow and get started in the indus
try that will put McDowell county
on the map. The Guernsey's lead ,
Start with the best. We expect
to get a shipment of them in this
month. : ' ;: '
I will start to organize Commu
nity clubs next week aod will or
ganize every school district that
shows interest and will co-operate.
J. L. Thubman County Agent.
C. W. Buchanan to Manufacture
WMi? Brick. y.
Mr. C. W. Buchanan, contractor
and builder of Marion, will begin
the manufacture of brick at an ear
ly date. He has already purchased
machinery for the business and ex
pects to be turning out brick ready
for use in a short time. .
The brick will be of concrete
grade. - Sand and concrete of the
best quality only is to be used in
their manufacture. J -
Mr. Buchanan already has orders
sufficient to keep him busy, for
several weeks. ' He expects to be
be able to supply the local demands
as soon as his plant is in full qT"
ation0:-3 .-U--::C.'-V- ;
; The need of such an ind ustry
has long been felt in this commu
nity. Oh account of the long delay
in getting brick and other building
supplies, many builders hesitate to
start to v erect needed buildings.
Now that brick can be secured at;
home this delay should be obviated
to some degree as least. 1
N C THURSDAY, OCT.
Methodist Conference Oct. 22-27.
Plans are under way for the
Western North Carolina conference
of Methodist church members and
ministers to be held in Greensboro
on October 22. This session of the
conference will - be the thirtieth
neia since tne organization was
completed. Bishop U. V. W. Dar
lington is president and presiding
officer, and William v L. Sherill is
secretary. r : ' . .
It is understood -that the work
of the conference will be larely de
voted to the centenary drive of the
Methodists, Those who have been
keeping in touch with the pre pa
rations for the Greensboro "gather
1 1 . I . . t m
ing oeneve mac tnere win oe in
attendance 263 pastors serving in
full connection, 39 ministers serv
ing pastorates, and 26 local minis
ters serving charges but not mem
bers of the conference, - Besides
the ministers, many lay . members
are expected to be present at this
imporant gathering which: begins
October 22 and will probably xylose
on Monday, October 27.
Colored Schools Making a
Fine
Record.; v
The colored schools are making
great progress. The schools - are,
in fact, the best in the. history of
county. " The people are taking
great interest in seeing to it that
children attend. Notrouble what
ever has arison concerning the
compulsory Ja w; : The scho.ols' ar?
overflowing and some" difficulty is
being experienced in providing ad
equate equipment and sufficient
teachers. - '
. At the Marion school the atten
dance is by- far , the largest the
school has ever known. It Has be
come necessary to provide addi
tional desks and more furnishings
of every kind, '
A movement is on foot for a
modern building id which a nigh
school department is to be added,
also a" department for .teacher
training. The meed of such a
school has long been felt -by the
colored people, of this section. . It
is hoped that the work on the-new
school building can be started at
no distant day.
Nero ShotJn.Gambllng Brawl."
Henry Siski . colored, was seri
ously, if not fatally, shot by Rob
ert Goodrum, another neg ro,' ' fol
lowing a dispute over a card game
in which' gambling bad been " par
ticipated in. The shoetiog occurred-Sunday
afternoon out on the
Stroudtown road about one mile
from town. -
Upon hearing of the crime offi
cers went promptly to the scene of
(he tragedy. The criminal had,
however, made his escape, but was
later captured at Old Fort. He is
now in jail awaiting trial. v
- Brown-Tate. V
; Silvanus Brown and Miss Carrie
Tate were - married Wednesday,
October 8, at high noon at the
home of the brides .sister, Mrs.
Ben Conley. The ceremony was
. . -
performed by Rey. Joseph Frye,
of Nebo. r Mrs. Brown is well
known, being a member of one of
the oldest families in this county
and for several years a teacher in
the public schools. Mr. Brown is
a resident of near Neals villa and it
is there they will make their homeV
1 6, 1919
Welfare Officer Takes Up Duties.
Mr. Jas. K. Cowan,., the -newly
elected Superintendent of Public
Welfare, has entered upon bis
work. For -the present, at least.
until he has become familiar with
thee)d and Ihe work Mr." Cow
an win Tdevote considerable time
to. getting the work-organized arid
in hand. As soon as he has done
this he will expect to visit the dif
ferent sections of the county to ofi
fer his assistance in any way that
he can be of aicfto.theup-bailding
and the general welfare of the peo
ple of the county.T - 1 .
- Mr. Cowan will make bis head
a. . ' m"W ...
quarters in iiarion. ue will en-
ueavor to answer au calls as
promptly as possible.
One of the duties of the County
Superintendent of Public Welfare
is to enforce the compusory school
law. He acts as chief attendance
officer to all schools in the county,
in the 'towns as well as in the
country.
The 'County Superintendent of
Schools has sent out ihe blank
forms to be , used in making the
the requirecUre ports to the attend
ance officer. These"; reports here?
after must be mailea to. Mr. Cow
an, who requests the teachers to be
prompt in sending in reports that
t may not ecotue necessary for
him to writ) for them Any prin
cipal who does not have ihe re
quired blanks can secure the same
upon requestto Mr. Cowah.
Contagious Diseases Prevalent.
" A number of cases of diphtheria.
smallpox and influenza have been
reported as prevalent ' in different
sections of the county. While as
yet there is no general epidemic of
any of the above diseases, yet it is
imporiAQi mat an precaunon oe
taken to avoid an epidemic. Of the
three, diphtheria seems to be the
most virulent, five cases ; being re
ported from one section. Quite a
number of cases of smallpox is re
ported in towns. Influenza is re
ported in light, form in a few
places.
The authorities are sending out
the usual warnings to the public.
They insist that all cases should be
isolated, and that crowds should
be avoided. Fresh -air in abun
dance,' plenty oft wholesome food,
and tern por ate living are the best
preventatives of -'any form of dis
ease. v V:v" -;
Real Estate" Transfers.
G. W. Justice, commissioner, to
B. !L. Maunly, land on Broad
River, $51.40. ' ' '
Geo. W. Conley to Ben H. Con
ley, 100 acres acres adjoining T. T.
Adams Company, $500.
Fannie Gibbs Psoctor"to J. H.
Lemmond, land near'. Cross mill,
$2500.
B. H. Allen to-John F. Allen,
all his interef t in land in McDowell
countyr$10, etc t ;
R. E. Loudermilk. to W. E.
Smith, lots in East Marion, $10. r
T, M. Sherlin to . W. E. Smith,
lots in East Marion, $90. ; -
T. W. Brackett ;to M. E. Go
forth," land at Giwood, $500.
7 Mrs. M..D. -Robeson to Bonnie
West, land on Nix Creek, $1.
C. A. Hoyle toJCharles Richie,
interest in. land ajoining G. Ii.
Lytle. $10. - " !
S. Wilson to : W. H. Suttle, 13
acres adjoining Vein Mountain j
Co.$50. -
Charles W. Dixon to L. W.
Dixon, one-sixth in.1 69 acres near
Henry Dale, $75.
VOL. XXIV-NO. 7
STATE NEWS OFTHEWpie
Items Concerning. Events of In
erest and Importance Through-
out the State.
Foster Parsons who killed two
jitney drivers near Hamlet, has
been declared insane by alienists.
Frank J. Dohlman aged about
10 years, of Charlotte, was killed,
near Salisbury when the automo
hile in which hevwas riding over
turned. Others in the car were
slightly isju red.
The sub-committee of the Sen
ate committee of post offices and
post roads has reported favorably
on Owen Gudger to be postmaster
at Asheville. This means that he
will doubtless be confirmed with
out much delay.
The United States health service
has abandoned the idea of estab
lishing a leper colony in Florida
Florida having protested.
Smallpox and Vaccination.
This seems to be an opportune
time to have something to say
about smallpox and vaccination, as
we see from the daily press and
reports from the Bureau of Epi
demiology that there is no little
smallpox in North Carolina, when
there actually should not be a case.
Few of the acute infectious dis
eases show such complete indepen
dence such as race, age, occupation
and sanitary surroundings as small-
pox. it tnnves only on un vacci
nated people. The mortality bears
f rom 1 to 30 perjent. The cause
of smallpox bears no relation on
improved sanitation, which has
lessened the prevalence of tuber
culosis, bowel trouble, hook worm
and malaria. General sanitation.
could not effect smallpox or mea
sles. Smallpox spares neither high
nor low, rich jior poor, black or
white. It spares only the vacci
nated are as safe as the children of
Israel were from death, when the
lentils and posts of their doors
were sprinkled with the Blood of
the Lamb.
We are still 'ignorant as to the
precise way in which smallpox is ,
conveyed. A view generally held.
is that it is air-borne and enters
the system 'with a respiratory
tract. We do know this, that it is
a preventable disease arid most
easily preventable of all infectious
diseases. - -
- Immunity of smallpox appears
on the eighth or tenth day after '
successful vaccination. The ques-
tion is often asked howlongdoes
vaccination protect against smalU
pox?" v The protection is some
wnat variable, it should probably
be about twelve years. Who
should be vaccinated? Every un--vaccinated
person' from babies ,
four weeks old to people 104 years
old. , People should be revaccinat
ed when there is an epidemic of
smallpox. Children cannot attend
school when" smallpox is in tha
family nor can teachers teach,
school who board in families where -they
have smallpox.
. The following . is a . list of tha -diseases
reported to me during the
last month: Smallpox, 15; diph
teeria, 3; scarlet fever, 6. v
J. F, Jonas,
-" v County Quarantine Officer
On "Sunday, October 5th, Rally
Day "exercises were given by tho
members of the Presbyterian Sun
day School in the graced school
auditorium.' "Lightinghe South
land" was the general subject. Re
citations, reading and sons bear
ing on this subject were most
creditably rendered,, in which ths
children showed carefel training
well as application. " Selections by
a male quartette added much to
this excellent program.