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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
lOJION, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 20f 1920
VOL. XXIV Np. 37
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
Arrangements Made to Begin the
Service in McDowell County
to Start About June 1.
Arrangements have been dom
pleted with the State Board of Com
ma nity Service for giving this ser
vice to McDowell county. Mus
Yiolet Alexander, of Mecklenburg
county, will be director of the work
in McDowell. Mr. W. C. Crosby,
State director, will be here to in
augurate this new work and to see
that it is properly started in Mc
Dowell county, starting June 1st.
The object of this service is to
promote a more wholesome condi
tion in the rural communities. It
will be in the nature of movirg
oictures, entertainments and other
attractions. It will not only be
entertaining, but educative in that
lectures will be given on sanitation,
hygiene and proper living.
The work is being carried on in
-several counties in the State and
the people are much pleased with
it. Under the plan of the State
department, the service is given to
tdn communities in the county.
Each community will, in this way,
have the attractions every two
weeks. It is not yet definitely de
cided what communities in Mc
Dowell county will be selected.
This will be decided by the State
director.
Ex-Governor Glenn Dead.
A Qspatc
ad a, dated Monday announces the
death of Ex-GovenorR. B Glenn,
w hich occq rred at that place Sat u r-
day nighW
Governor Glenn was found dead
in his bed Sunday morning death
resulting-froxx heart failure.
He was .attending the Interna
tional Boundary commission meet
ing -when the end came. The only
person at bis bedside when death
came; was a trained nurse who had
been bis constant attendant for the
past year.
Robert Brodbax Glenn was born
in Rockingham county in 1854.
He was educated at Davidson col
lege, University of Virginia and
Pearson's Law School in Yadkin.
After practicing law in Stokes
county, he served in the legislature
-of 1880. Later he moved to fcWin-ston-Salem,
where he continued the
(practice:. of his profession,' becom
ing solicitor, district attorney and
-state senator.. He was elected gov
ernor in 1901 and (luring his term
saw statewide prohibition put into
effect, a development in which he
had a larga share.
After the end of his term as gov
ernor, he was engaged in lecturing
and was in great demand as a pro
hibition speaker.
Suffrage Leaders to Visit Marion.
Mrs. Chas.,Mv Piatt, of Ashe
ville, former president of the North
Carolina !qual r Suffrage Aisojcia
tion apd now chairman of th&Tenth
district ratification committee, and
Miss"Lavina Englev field secretary
of the Natibnal l Association, will
, Visit Marion next iweek and will
discuss the ratification otf the
' amendment to' the Federal Gonsti-
tutioh and citibenshi p work under
league of women voters at, a meet
ing at the court housed next Tues
day afternoon ai 3 o'clock. All
ix ft n1 i II xf i ntri tftf -to nttfthd the
f?v5Sr ' tneetin.c - - " -. '
Revival Meetings to Begin Sunday.
Dr. J. E. McManaway of Green
ville, S. C, an evangelist under
the Home Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention, will
open the revival at the Baptist
church next Sunday morning. The
meetings will continue through
three Sundays, closing June 6th.
Everybody invited and all the
churches in town asked to co-operate
as fully and heartily as possible.
Mr. McManaway is a good preach-
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DR. J, E McMANAWAY
er of the gospel; congenial, sympa
thetic and helpful. All night ser
vices will be at eight o'clock and
the day meetings will be deter-
Sunday morni og.
The new Sunday School rooms
will be formally opened at the
Baptist church next Sunday morn
ing at 9:45 o'clock. After a brief
opening exercise o f the school.
Secretary Er L. Middleton, of Ri
leigh, will make an address on
'The Church and Her School."
The. entire Sunday school and
church are asked to attend and join
hearftly in this jubilation Service.
Mr. Middleton is secretary of the
Baptist Sunday School Board of
North Carolina. At three o'clock
in the afternoon there will be a
mass meeting olf all the Sunday
Schools in and around Marion for
the purpose of creating a greater
Knterest in this line of church work.
l!his meeting will be heldxat the
First Baptist church, and Mr.
Middleton, who has had a long and
rich experience, will speak
OldFort School To Close,
The annual commencement of
the Old Fort Graded School will
begin next Friday, May 21, with
the declamation and recitatiuD con
tests. Several boys and girls will
compete for the medals in these
contests and the occasion promises
to be a very interesting part of the
commencement exercises.
9 On Monday nightthe class day
exercises will be held. , The pro
gram consists of the various class
parts and the literary address by
W. R. Chambers, of Marion.
The Old Fort school has had a
very successful year. The people
have been well pleased with the
work of the school and the teach
ers. At a meeting op the board
of trustees recently practically the
entire faculty was re-elected for
the coming year.
North Carolina produced 14 per
cent of the peanut crop of the
United States in 1919.
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the Hap
penings in McDowell County
Items About Home People.
CROOKED CREEK.
Old Fort, Rt, 2, May 17 Mrs. J. S.
Lavender has been seriously ill for sev
eral days, but is improving.
Mr. and Mrs J. J. Carswell visited
relatives in Montfords Cove and Nebo
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Layender and son,
Jennings, of Marion, visited relatives
here Sunday.
Lee Lavender is visiting friends at
Mount Pleasant.
Mesdames Charles and William Gill
iam were shopping in Old Fort last Sat
urday. Luther Marlow has moved to Virginia.
Mrs Maggie Lavender and daughter,
Miss Estelle, of Old Fort, spent the
week end with relatives here.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Robert
son, May 10, a daughter.
Miss Lula Hicks spent the week-end
at her home in Ca aw ba' Valley.
Carl Morris spent last Sunday in Ma
rion. N. Davis is seriously ill with dropsy.
Mrs. Wheeler Davis and daughter,
Essie Mae, were shopping in Old Fort
last Saturday. -
James Byrd and family o f Black
Mountain visited relatives here Satur
day and Sunday.
Edmund Davis of Marion spent the
week-end here.
CATAWBA VALLEY
Old Fort, May 17 The people of this
section have about finished planting
corn.
Mr. and Mrs. William Porter of Swan
nanoa are visiting the former's brother.
T. A. Porter
spent the latter part of last week with
Miss Annie Bradley.
Mrs. Gk F. Bradley and little daugh
ter of Forest City are visiting the form
er's parents here.
Margaret Porter has been seriously
ill witlsamnonia and typhoid, but is
improving:.
Miss Annie Bradley and sister were
shopping in Marion last Saturday.
Au aeroplane passed over the valley
last Thursday going east.
CHAPEL HILL
Chapel Hill, May 17. Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Swann of Spruce Pine visited
relatives and friends here during the
week.
Mr. Benfield and daughter of Hickory
spent the week with the former's sister,
Mrs J. R. Huffman.
Mr. and Mrs. Tate Mosely of Marion
, nt Sunday with the latter s uncle,
J. A. Swann
Rev. Britain of Nebo spent the week
end "at the home of C. D. Holland.
Friends of Noah Turner will regret
to learn that he is seriously ill with
pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Poteat of Marion
spent the week-end with relatives here.
GREENLEE
Marion, Route 2, May 1? Mr. ancl
Mrs. W. I. Crisp and children are visit
ing relatiyes at Topton.
M. H. Grant spent last week with his
brother near Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Tate spent the
week-end with relatives near Old Fort.
Sidney Hall has returned to South
Carolina after -spending a few days
with homefolks here.
Miss Florence Wright has returned
to her home at Topton after a visit to
her sister, Mrs. W. L. Crisp.
NEBO
Nebo, May 18 We are very glad to
note that material is being brought in
for the new school building and that
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the prospects are bright for beginning
work on the building soon. We hdpe
it can be completed for the next term
of school.
The Sunday schools are progressing
aicely with good attendance at both
churches. Plans are under way for the
observance of Children's Day the latter
part of June.
Miss Georgia Sigmon Is visiting her
brother at Bridgewater.
' E. J. Cuthbertson moved his family
to Gastonia last week.
Mrs. M. Annis and daughter, Mrs.
Smatlrs, of Canton, are visiting the
formers son, Gh G. Annis.
R. "T. McGimsey spent Sunday with
his father neat Bridgewater.
We are glad to welcome home quite a
number of our young people Who have
been off teaching and in school.
OLD FORT
Old Fort, May 18 -J. H. Miller of De
troit, Mich., is spending a few days in
Old Fort.
Cletus Tate spent the week-end with
relatives in Black Mountain.
Miss Mabel Crawford spent Monday
in Asheville.
Miss MadelineMashburn spent Mon
day and Tues daV in Asheville
Rey. John L. Ray preached his last
sermon at the Presbyterian church last
night-
A number of young people of Old
Fort enjoyed a straw ride last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs Cox of Gastonia, are
visiting at the home of D Y. Graat
Cari Greene spent the week-end with
home folks in Asheville.
Mrs. John White and family spent the
week with Mrs. George Hyams.
Mrs. J. H. Pavne spent Sunday with
her parents in Asheville.
R. B. Cannon is visiting his sister,
Mrs. A. B. Finch.
Capt. D. M. Mcintosh and family have
been visiting relatives in Richmond,
Virgjjjtia, for the past ten days.
J. IT. Birdand family of Black Mou: -tain
visited relatives here Sunday.
Jack and John. Fortune of Asheville
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Miss Travis Salisbury, of Salisbury,
was the guest of Miss Madeline Mash
burn a few days last week.
Cross Mil! School Closes Success-
ful Term.
The Cross Mill school closed n
very successful t school term with
an appropriate program on last
Friday night. The exercise was
composed o f plays, recitations,
songs, etc., by the children of the
various grades. The pupils ac
quitted themselves in a highly cred
itable manner, reflecting much
praise upon the teachers, Mrs.
Blanche Hollancrand Miss Nelle
McCurry, for the excellent train
ing they had given the students for
the occasion. At the conclusion
of the program by the school, short
talks were made by Supt. N. F.
Steppe and Rev. W. L. Hutchins.
The school at Cross Mill has been
very satisfactory in every respect.
The attendance has been good
throughout the year, and much
real work has been accomplish1.
The people have co-operated in a
very admirable manner in making
the school of real service to the
community. Xnev have been well
pleased with the teachers during
the year and sent up a unanimous
request for their return to teach
te school next year.
Clinchfield School Closes May 20.
The closing exercises of the
Clinchfield high school will begin
on Thursday evening. May 20,
when the lower grades will give a
program consisting of songs, drills,
plays, etc. On Friday night a play
will be given by the high school
grades.
The teachers and pupils are tak
ing incLch interest in the prepara
tion of the program for the oc
casion, and it promises to be the
best that the school has ever bad.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the exercises on both nights.
Farmers' and Farm Women's
convention'at Raleigh, August 24-5-6.
STATE NEWS OF THE WEEK
Items Concerning Events of In
terest and Importance Through
out the State.
Asheville, Miss Dti& Burnett, feff
the past thirteen years a teacher ij
Buncombe county, and trae of the berj
knows of local educators, was eleel
rural superrif or of the county etam
tary schoeli.
Wilmington, Wilmington propeeel
million dollar hetel seems assures'
according to chamber of commertl
official!. The . sum - total of subsoripi
to date is nearing the $400,600 mark.
Spencer, According to information
from headquarters of the state hiffbj
way association at Greensboro ta
building of a hard surface road 'bs
tween Spencer and the Yadkin rirej
three miles north ef here willhare ti
wait for awhile en account of no biu
being receired.
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CberryriUe, Jehm J. George, caii
f the most prominent citizens ej
Cherryrtile, and one of the l4iai
cotton mill men in ths secton wa
elected mayor, C. A. RudlsllU T. Q
Summer, J. D. elereser aneT N. JL Ea6
riek. oo ramies loners, and Tf. C Htc
elerk.
ftsherfflAtJk--IL A, BeU r? tt
ety cSnarttiUed fttieiie by
himself ia tae mwth with a JX-Ubd
pistol, death resulting almost instantly.
There is no direct cause if the haw
rible act Mr. BeU went , to bed aj
usual and got xtp early.
Allen, The farmers of this cornmun
ity hare been taking adrant&ge o
the farorable weather preparing the if
farms. Owing to the recent r&f&i
farmers sf this section axa Boxaewhal
late getting their cotton planted.
; "The Eyeror t
VThe Eyes of the Wbrfd the,
photoplay from HaVofd Bell
Wright's truly great novel, showo.
at the Grand Theater oo next Mon
day, is a big and intensely in teres V
i ig production.
The photoplay follows the-au-thor's
story with exactitude and the
characters on the sc.etu arcthe
characters from the priges of the
n ;vel to the life.
The exteriors are things of
beauty. The rugged, towering
mountains of Sn Berifardino couty
and the orange jjrnvrs and rose gar
dens around Redland, the locale of
the story, have been exquisitely
photographed into scenes of rare
charm.
It took eight months to film Tha
Eyes of the World" and the photo
play shows it in the careful work
ing out of the smallest detail.
The picture is one of the best
eve shown in the city. Its story
is big and vital, but yet fall of the
human interest of e very-day occur
ences among every-day people.
UiviJ Service Examination.
An open competitive-examination
under the rules of the D. S.
Civil Service Commission for the
position of postof&ce clerk in the
postoffice in Marion will be held
in Marion on June 5. All persons
wishing to take this examination
should secure blanks and file their
applications with the local secre
tary at once.
Mr. Joseph Nathan Harrelsoa
died at his home at Nebo, 'Tues
day, May 11, after a lingering ill
ness. Mr. Harrelson, had Been- in
bad health for a year or more and
was forced to give up his position
with the Seaboard Airline Eail way
last November. He was 24: years
of age and is survived by two bro
thers and two sisters
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