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A WEEKLY ' NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE. DEST INTEREST OF THE -PEOPLE OF McDQWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, DEC. 25, 1919
VOL. XXIV NO. 17
- WISEMAN CASE AFFIRMED
No N ew Trial for Accusedr Slayer
of Dr. E: At H e h n esseei oSS;
' :';'V: Burke CoU nty.y -
Raleigh, D3aroD Wise
anIost bis Hfe In a 3;Ato 2 vote
of the Supreme, court todays which
finds no error in JudgeBen Long's
Atrial of the:f amot33;)pase in t-tvhich
:5 Wisem
"vder of Dr. E. ArHennesseei Burke
-county.
: : h A new :trial had been generally
Cued before the highest court, S.
g j EryinJ
broadside attack the cqu rt be
low. Justices Allen and V B ro w n
Yd issen ting tod ay can no t rejp r ess th e
feeliniTi that the jury resolved-rea-S
fcbnabl e doubt too easily and they
annbifeellhaJuge Lotigkept
kwelli his 6vrn vi-vromj-tfiose:
'triers. ; ;V
,' uo!ge A) len writes I the dissent
txnd Chief Justice Clark the major-
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ity bpihiohiwith V Justices Walker
and Hoke agreeing with hi in. The
xonrt s opinion rests wnouy: on toe
jury's agreement on the evidence.
The chief - justice sees no : place
fthere the court may : interpose if
the r jury: could , find satisfaction
with the evidence. The chief does
not think that Judge Long made
ju ry r-.ba vieijet assidt he buck to the
chief justice -that gentleman for
The defense never" has believed
that the prosecution, will ask that
this verdict stand. Th state has
;tTT:: tbbrythat WWise
tnore than he bas tbld.It expects
bim to tell more. " ; : - H -
Railroad Tileasure Passed; Senate.
VWashin
-Cumminsl.bili paying the ' way Jot
:. return of the ' raiifDads . to private
. operation "passed v- the senate , late
today by a: vote of; l$o 30, ending
Va prolonged discussion of the meas
- ure, And. making th e- hoi id ay-recess
of Congress : : possible, v - It went
, through -without change in the anti-strike
and other important pro
Visions around which the senate
measure ?-v was drawn, and", was
" sent to conference for adjustment
during the recesst with the CEsch
- bill, passed by thejluouse Novem
; S ber 17. inateqactm
.permanent railroad reorganization
legislation is hoped for;by leaders
cirly -bet month::;;r
r iThe urtimateisposUibji, of Hhe
1 railroad problem, ho weyer, stilLis
in doubt as the. senate and house
pill .cqaJanuarl pre
Y. Yibusljrqct;" byPjresident cWilson
r for return Of th3
owners.;No further vord regard
;1dix his prcccrhdtenUbns preached
iconress beforeJadjournnient over
;: the h olid ays;Y-rJti;v;'i'
JYl-v Unices' yctccd the President,
the pending legislation, according
to plsns of ,;ccp2rcs3ionaI lenders,
T70uld;rcqbiro rctur'n-of the roads
by JaiczHsi. ; The rnilrcnd nd-:riinistrat:cn,-"bowcvcr,"",:
has plans
TC-Jy ibr thqir return January 1
under a "-.presidential'-.'' prdclama
tica, should LIr. Vihon adhere to
J.-. this announced program.;; v;--;"; y
S:r7ic: i rt St. John's Epi:copri
T r.t 11 s. m. end 7 p. a.
rv::: ; Carhtn: day r.t 11 a. m.
Mrs; A. Bjanton County Chairman
Z I Y Armenian-Syrian Relief. 1
- Announcement hzz just been
made that Mrs. A. Blah ton has been
appointed chairman of the Armen
ian and Syrian Relief campaign in
McDowell county-ami selected to
put the bounty - fcover the top'' in
the drive for the adoption of home
less children of the Near East. The
newly appointed chairmahwiil soon
begin; her work which .will include
a Christmas appeal in behalf- of
hurid reds.-of naked, - hungry and
bom el ess 1 i tt I e ones w ho a re; tod ay
pleadjng to .Americans for just a
morsel andf a place to lay thei r
head s." i n; peace.'-1 : 1 ''J. ' .Ct '.K ;'
acceptingthe responsibility of
the relief work in the county, the
newlyamed chairman is expected
to -haye:no trouble inlsecu ring; the
adoption, of the couhty's quota of
orphans. . She will have the assist
ance of loyal workers and will wage
bis drive with-a?confidencethat
characterized her previous war ef
forts during similar campaigns for
'riefW
" The mission of the Near jEast Re
lief is almost i identical to that of
American Red. Cross, arid in some
instances bbth- prganizations are
cooperatingin giving the necessary
aid to the sufferers in Armenia and
Syria.
:-
Youit Folks Home for H olid ays r
YTiiQ following young folks have
TetafhiroinJtEe
to spend, the holidays - w i th homo-
fblksi ;?Joseph v and "Sara, t Story,
?aul Banner and John Poteat, y of
Davidson? College ;"G uy Kirby; Uni
versi ty, Cha pel Hill; Misses Sarah
"Hudgins and Margie AVhite, Gray
son Neal and Hubert Martin, Trini
ty College, Da rjiam; Misses Mary
Hudgins and Gertrude Jones,
Greensboro College 'for Women,
Greensboro; -Miss Ida' McGuire,
Flora MacDonald College, "Red
Springs; Miss Sara Troutman, 'Ma
rion College, Marion, Va. ; Miss
Margie ;Kirbyr Virginia College,
Roanoke, ;Va.; Albert Blanton, Au
gusta Military Academy, Fort De
fiance Va.; Miss Virginia Banner,
Charlotte; Miss Lorn a James, Brevard;-:
Edwin Pless, -Blue Rdge
School, Hend erson vill e ; " M iss Vi r
ginia r. Holmes, Salem College,
Winston - Salem; .Glenn McCall,
Oak Ridge.. . ' V '' v.
- Etowah Tribe Elects Ofncers.
; O ffice rs for the term begi n n ing
the first sun cold moon and ending
the fi rst" sun buck moon (January 1
to July 1) were;elected in the wig
wam of Etowah Tribe No". 147,
Improved Order Red Men, at the
Clinchfield mill last Friday night.
Chiefs are.: as follows: . Prophet,
J. : Boyd Farrow, Jr. ; Sachem,
C. W. Wilson; Senior Sagamore,
V. Nichols; joniOr Sagamore,
T. V. Iiusk; Chief f of Records,
S. N. Bradford ;iKceper of Wcm
pura, 7 I- incda3? ; Tribal Dcpur
ty; H. F. Little; ' Trustees: H: F.
Little 18 months; O. C. Copeland
12 months; end G. H. Taylor sis
months. - Representatives to grest
Stte council in May, C. JT. Wil
son end C. V. .Green. Y
The newly elected chiefs will be
4 'raised ' by D b p u ty S e cb z m H n z h
F. Little on Friday nicht, Jr.n. 2.
EtOTTh Tribs crn-nizcdcnly.
about ihrcD mentb3 r.o uitb thirty
ni"ccib:re. -: .'.;.Tho menib:r:bip . Ir i
incrc:.::d to TO. , '
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the Hap
penings in - McDowell County
Items About Home People.
r-Yfi Y OLD FORT-; -:Y- k::
Old Fort, Dec. '22.-Earl Bradley has
arrived from the University and is
spending the holidays with his parents.
; William Bursin,-Hngh Tate and Sid
ney Manney, of the State- Ckllege are
spending the, holidays with their pa
rents here.' " , . v ; - , '
Bnlow Grant is spending Christmas
with his parents here. Mr. Grant holds
an important position with a rubber
company in Akron, Ohio. ' r 5
; Jack Allison and William ; Allen, of
Akron, Ohio, are spending the holidays
with their parents here. - Jv 's ; " -,
Miss. Mabel Crawfprd has returned
from a visit in Asheville? -"
Miss Mae Jordan is spending the holi
days with her parents here. . Miss Jor
dan is teaching at Garden City -
Miss Grace Arney, of, Davenport Col
lege, is homer for the holidays ;
R. E. Crawfordof Asheville Visited
his parents here daring the week'. :
Misses Millie and Bnlah . Kanipe,; of
the State Normal, are spending the holi
days with their parents here: .
'Miss Gertrude Durham, of the State
Normal College, is visiting here. ." '
Jack Hon!man, an overseas veteran,
ia spending Christmas with hi3 parents
in Old Fort. ; . ; : Y : ,;'- ,
; Lee Lavender is in town for the
holidays. , 1 ---, : ; " Y Y ' -
A party was . given, at ;the hoxne of
Miss Gertrude Dula last Friday evening
in honor of the Black Monntain high
school basket ball team. r . m ;.
Reid Grant of Greensboro is spending
the holidays with his parents here. -v
The Black Mountain High School team
tt3- u zZzz. k. i lir. a.X-wl 1 imriu b e re
last Friday by the score of 20 to 6 . The
game was higbly.contested, in the first
half, the score standing 6 to 6, but in
the second half tho visiting team was
entirely outclassed '
, '-; ; . CROSS MILL VILLAGE
Marion, Dec. 22. We have a very
progressive little ' village with a nice
new church and good people. . ' .
- School closed Friday for the holidays
with a short and well rendered program
and a Christmas tree for the children.
Our school has had a very successful
term with Mrs Blanche Holland as
principal and Miss Nell McCurry, as
fcistant. .
,The Cross Mill Debating Society met
Saturday evening for its weekly contest.
The question discussed was ".Resolved.
That the" Works of " Nature Are More
Admired Than the Art of Man." "The
speakers Tot the affirmative were" G. R.
Freeman and L R. Payne; for negative,
D. Al Fox and Gordon Wilson. Both
sides put up a splendid argument The
judges decided in favor of the negative.
There are several cases of smallpox
in the village, . N .",.' -
Mrs. Thomas Brown underwent an
operation for appendicitis at the He
Dowell Hospital a few days ago. j :
.F. O. Stott has , moved Into his new
store buildfng on corner Main street
and Central highway. f. The new build
ing is equipped with an up-fo-date
lightingystem. ' : - ; ' - ' f
V-IIeW.Officerrfor..ntt'Jda:.LbdgeJ;.
-At the regnlaV meeting of ht,
Ida Lodge No. 58, Knights of
Pythias, held last Thursday night,
officers for the'eoming year were
elected as follows: J. C Story,
chancellor- commander; I V;
Saunders, vice-chancellor; B. P
Davis, prelate; R. L. Gilkey," master";-of
.'.works j H. H. Tate, keeper
of records and seals; J. " H. Tate,
crater of exchequer; W. A. Swce
neyV master of arme; L. D. Greene,
Iriner guards and H. L. Pgett,
outer card. The now oGcpro will
be installed at the regular meeting
in 'Jannry. ;'-;.";. ' . ; -v ' . . . '
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Sentences of All Life Terms Arc
Commuted. "
Governor Thonias W. Bickott
Saturday issued a sweeping order
commuting to t thirty years each,
the sentences of all the life termers
in the;Ndrth Carolina state' prison.
I' am opposed to. eternal pun-4
ishment in . this world," said the
governor, explaining his action
and insisting that the prison sen
tence depriving man of his free
dom should not also -deprive him
of his hope. y -.
Included in the commutations
are thirty-fiye. prisoners, twenty
three' negrpes 5 and twelve whites.
The prisoners include two women,
one, Sarah 3Vykolf. convicted in
1879 of murder. The life term of
Ida Ball Warren and Samuel Pres
ton Christy whose trial and con
viction in Winston-Salem in 1916
attracted, national -attentionr are
among those commuted. V
Farmers Union Officers Elected.
; At the m'eetfng of the McDowell
Farmers' Union held in Marion last
Saturday thev following officers
were elected fordie year: L. H,
Miller, president; G. W. Lytle,
vice-president; C. M. Pool, secre
tary and treasurer; J. A, Walker,
chap'ain; D. M. Curtisf conductor;
J. G. JVIcCall, doorkeeper. The ex
ecutivecomraittee is composed of
G. G. Pendergrass, T, . A. Porter
and W. A. Houck.
JThe next. .regular., meeting pQhe
unfon will ba held at-the court
house in Marion on the.fi rst Sstiir.
day in Mnrch.
"r Is There, Profiteering?
Much has been said of late about
the scarcity of houses in Marion
and people are asking "Why does
not some one build houses to rent
If thev will go to any contractor
or builder and figure with hira on
the cost of building, then try to
secure a lot on which to ."build I
think they will find the answer tO;
the question.
An editorial in the last issue of:
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Th Progress stntes there are a few
instances of profiteering in- rents
in Marion." This should be inves
tigated and if true due punishment
meted out to the fiVnders. But
is there anv ;ph.fitteering? Any
on e- who has had ex oe rienco c i n
renting houses will tell you that
they must getat least 109 on their
investment in ordeisto realize a net
profit of 6. Would any fair
minded person call that pro fitteer
ing? I think not, and yet I doubt
if many in Marion are getting more
than that; and some I , know are
getting. far less.
My heart goes out to the poor
down-trodden fellows who are be
ing forced, by tho bzzo profittcer,
into buying homes for themselves;
but as the years roll on and they
pay their taxes, . insurance, and
perhaps interest on money bor
rowed to pay for their homes, the
house needs repainting and re
shingling, and the plumbing- re
pairing, - methinks they will say
with ether citizens, - "'There is a
E-'thfacticn.in .rning a home ' but
zs a bueincca nrorceition it is bet
ter to rent.'
poratien with - r.n ..' cuthorized c
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STATE NEWS OFTHEWEEu
Items Concerning. Events cf In
terest and Importance Through
out the State.
Twenty-three illicit distilleries
were destroyed end a number of
arrests of operatives were made
during raids last week in. Wilkes
county. "
John H. Buchanan was killed
near Clarissa, : Mitchell county,
Isst Wednesday, when a large limb
that he and his son, McKinley, hid
been cuttir- frornjx tree fell and
pinned him cainst the tree.
James li Duke hss contributed
$10,000 .through Trinity colic no for
the benefit of superancate"." preach
ers, and widows and orphansf de
ceased preachers of the:Mcthcdiet
church in North Carolina.
Congress Adjournes. for "Holidayc.
.Congress aejourned- -Satarday
night until January 5, for its holi
dayvacation. " Dnder the holtdsT
u rge," m o re "busi c c : 3 w c 3 t rab : "z z t
ed : Saturday thr.n -. often
through in a month. 2 ft for "r a
tion io January, howeVer, were,
many important measures, 'includ
!ng the German peace treaty.
.Closing hours of the senate were'
enlirened by by two moves toivard
a compromise on the treaty but
the question of ratification" wezt
over.
23. Persons Killed in Collision.
On aw a, Maine, Dec. -0. Twenty-three
deaths resulted frooi r
head-on collision between an immi
grant train and n freight train ca
the Canadian Pacific Rsilwsj, two
miles west of-Onawa today. Sev
teen persons were killed outright
and six died afr being removed
from the scene of the wreck. Fifty
passengers were injured, many of
them seriouslv.
Resolutions of Respect.
" Death ect-ered the hoc: -3 cf I'.t. snl
Mr T..M Hemphill en the ereir. cT
1 November 20. 1919, and took irczilore-l
ones at hoine to the home eternal ArrJa
Sue Hemphill, a faithful esI uerctrl
ineraher of oar Barptist Yoacg rt-rplcs
Union. " v
VTbereas Gol in his great vriv!cin Lss
seen fit to reiriOTe her frcin onr rail.:t,
and tnovcnjq: the lasa that we hare re
tained by the death cf ctir beloved cenx
ber, be it resolved therefore:
1st. That her memory be cherished
by us, and that we erer held before cur
Baptist Youns Peoples Union cf 11.3
First Baptist church her faithfolneea
and lojalty to tha causa cf God aj a
model for cs to strive for.
2nd.; YThile car hearts ars heavy be
cause eha will not meet vrith r.3 hera
again, still be bow in submission to ths
will of our Heavenly Father, givir
thanks unto Him for such a Ufa cs Lt:
and comforting ourselves vrith ILs
knowledge -that Ha doeth all thin vre 'l.
- Crd. That wa extend our he:.rt:..t
sympathy and lore to the father, mcth r,
brothers and sister and pray that thej
may realize that "He who is ne-rer
than breathing, clc: or than han'3
feet.." ia ever ready to - cc
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till
who mourn.
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bo. cent to tho family, cno la recorded
cn tho tt. T! r 1 cf cur XJreicn and tlint r
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