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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF-THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY. ESTABLISHED 1896. MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, AUG. 19, 1920 VOL. XXIV NO. 50 - i .-- 2- v. .- 1 i- - V TSAIN HITS TRUCK TWO MEN KILLED Ray Curtis and Toney Shade Killed in Accident at C. C. & O. Railroad Crossing. Returning from work on the Nebo High School building with C. W. Buchanan at the wheel, a very dis tressing accident oceured at the C. C & O, railroad crossing at Marion Junction Monday afternoon, when the afternoon passenger train struck the large truck on which Mr. Buc hanan and His 4?ang of workmen were returning home. There were several workmen on de truck and according to their statements the truck was moving slang at a leisure gait and hearing no sounds thought that there was no train in sight. Just as the truck came upon" the crossing the south bound train' came in at a high rate of speed. Several of the workmen Jumped from the truck, two of them . tending between the rails. Ray Cur tis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Curtis of this place, was struck by . the engine, but lived several hours. .He was rushed to Dr. G. B. Justice's office where every effort was made to save his life. His injuries were fa tal and nothing could be done to save 'hint He was a lad of only about seventeen or eighteen years and is Trell known in Marion. He had vrorked only one day with Mr. Buc hanan on the Nebo school job. Tony Shade, colored, was Jcilled in stantly. He was knocked about 40 feet, an arm and leg -cut off, head j The out-of-town guests present for nadly crushed and his whole body i tne occasion were: Mrs. L. G. Kirk norribly mangled, tpatrick, mother of the groom; Mrs. Seeing the approaching train Mr. w- B RantaeyJfrs. N. E. Aull, and Buchanan gave his engine all the gas Mrs- H- p- Williams, of Hickory; possible anu had barely emerged Mrs w- B- Lindsay, Mr. A. G. Kirk xrom the track when the engine ' Patrick and Mr. M. G. Kirkpatrick, 'went by striking the t&o men who had jumped in the vain effort to save their Jives. The news of the acci - dent spread quickly and in a short time a large crowd had gathered at the crossing view the gruesome sight of the negro laborer lying by the road side, with his body horribly mangled. Young Curtis was well known among the Jarge circle of friends in j Haxion. ". , His funeral was conducted from the home of his parents on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. J. C. Story and Rev. J. T. Bowden officiating. The sympathy of the community Cues out to the stricken parents and relatives in their awful hour of grief. tt. C SENATE POSTPONES ACTION ON SUFFRAGE Saleigh, Aug. .17 National en franchisement of we men apparently xrus defeated In -North Carolina to day so far as the coming, election is concerned. Opponents f equal suff rage, long 'victorious here, were suc cessful in one of the most bitterly fought contests ever staged in the state senate. Their success was measured, by the narrow" margin of two vptes, the count being 25 to 23, but it was suf ficient to lay on the table a resolu tion to ratify the Susan B, Anthony snffrag amendment. It postponed action until the next regular session in 1921. Suffrage leaders, however, may make another effort tomorrow. They may attempt to recall the resolution, but even the leaders were not con fident this could be done. SPECIAL ATTRACTION. The... Grand Theatre wishes to an nounce that the management has se : cured another pictures treat for Ma l. rion, Jin Huckleberry Finn, the : most famous of all American storiesT by the great humorist Mark . Twain, which (will be shown for two days neactVweekv Wednesday and Thurs ; -day.- . - - . y :. . . ' - - , This picture is produced - by the Tlead&glm he iParanwunt-Artcraf t Ccu and' no pains or expense have been spared to gZskk f it ajworthy presentation of tie icsrentures of this character so well loved ;by all Americans.1. GIBBS.KIRKPATRICK. On last Wednesday afternoon at six o'clock Miss Pearle Gibbs and Mr. Geo. W. Kirkpatrick, both of Ma rion, were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Gibbs, Rev. J. T. Bowden, pastor of the First Baptist church of Ma rion, officiating. The house was beautifully decor ated for the occasion in green and white, and the cut flowers used were pink find white dahlias. Utile Misses Mary Anna Miller and Argyle Edwards entered first, carrying the ribbon and flowers. Next came little Miss Virginia Tyler, neice of the bride, who carried the ring. The groom entered with his brother, Mr. N G. Kirkpatrick. The bride entered with her sister, Miss Ola Gibbs, and was handsomely gowned in a dark blue traveling suit and carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses and lillies of the valley. There were no other attendants. After an informal reception was held the bride and groom left for a honeymoon in Western North Caro lina." Mrs. Kirkpatrick is one of the most popular young ladies in this section and is well known through out the state, having taught music for the last few years. Mr. Kirk patrick is a young man of splendid character and is prominently con nected with business interests, and holds a responsible position with the Coca Cola Bottling company in Ma rion. Their many friends wish them ! much happiness. of Charlotte; Mr. R. B. Stappe, of "Asheville; Miss Myrtle Cole, Miss 1 Jessie Mchaffey ana Mrs. B. C. Gibbs, of Knoxville, Tenn.; Mrs. Clyde C. Riddle, of Gastonia; Mrs. G. C. An thony and Mrs. C. C. Gibbs, of Bridgewater, and Mrs. Laura Price, !of Rutherfordton. LOWER PRICES FORESEEN IN LATE CROP REPORTS Washington, Aug. 13. Crop re ports indicate somewhat lower prices for foodstuffs, according to the monthly bulletin of the United States chamber of commerce com mittee on statistics and standards, made public tonight. Slackness in textiles, some leather products, and metal lines, however, are classed as indications of "more a waiting and readjustment period in a moderate way than the prelude to any marked change." "Unless experience .is misleading, the new purchasittg.vpoWer of;the rail roads will be a strong factor in maintaining both prices and the vol ume of business," the bulletin asserts in commenting on the rate increases recently granted. The automobile industry, the bul letin adds, "gives indications of ap proachmg the peak of production for the present," while building operations are hampered by - high prices of material and labor to the point where "only the most impera tively necessary construction can and will proceed." BRIDGEWATER DAMS PROBABLY SAVED FLOOD The almost continuous downpour of rain during the past week remind ed people through this section of the rains preceding the memorable flood of July, 1916. It is generally be lieved that lands along the Catawba river and its tributaries would prob ably be flooded now but for the checking influence of the big dams at Bridgewater. The water in the lakes is higher than it lias been since the ams were completed and is running over the spillway- at a depth of sev eral feet. . The - smaller streams in the county have been up considerably but the river has, not showman alaraiing rise. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE COUNTY Brief Mention of Some of the Happenings in McDowell Items About Home People. OLD FORT Old Fort, Aug. 17. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Strickland of Smithfield, have returned home after a visit to rela tives and friends in Montreat, Lake Junaluska and Old Fort. The Junior League of the Metho dist church gave an ice cream sup per Thursday night on the parson age lawn. Miss Dula, who teaches in the Los Angeles school, is spending the sum mer with relatives in Old Fort. Miss Mamie Wadley of Edenton arrived in Old Fort Tuesday to visit relatives awhile before the opening of school. The children of Mrs. John White of Asheville have returned home af ter an extended visit to their grand parents in Old Fort. Mrs. Sallie Parker of Spartanburg is visiting at the home of J. M. Gib son. Mrs. M. L. Hoghey and son of Ju piter are visiting Rev. and Mrs. R. F. Mock. Rev. Mock began, a protracted meeting at Bethlehem Tuesday night. Misses Mildred and Geneva Bird of Black Mountain have returned home after a short stay at A. C. Tates. Ross and Jacfe Hoffman are on a vacation visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Hoffman. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bradley return ed Saturday from a visit to Kings port, Tenrt. - - " Mrs. P. H. Mashburn and daugh ter, Miss Madeline, are in Asheville this week attending the Musical fes tival. Mrs. T. M. Chaney and two child ren left Tuesday for Winston-Salem where they will reside. Miss Helen Wadkins of Raleigh is visiting Mrs. P. H. Mashburn. James Whitley of Rock Hill, S. C, is in Old Fort spending a part of his vacation. Capt. Artz has recently returned from. a business trip to New York and Boston. Jos. A. Padgett left Monday for Chadbourn, to accept the superin tendency of the school of that place. Little Miss Nannie Sue Sandlin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Sandlin, celebrated her birthday Sat urday night. Incidentally, Capt. James H. Paine has the same date for his birthday. Miss Sandlin in vited him and Mrs. Paine and a few others over to cut the birthday cake, which contained 43 candles for Capt. Paine and Nannie Sue. You can figure out for yourself how many of the candles were for Mr. Paine and how many for Nannie Sue. CROOKED CREEK Old Fort, Route 2, Aug. 16 Miss Evelyn Gettys spent the week-end at her home near Bridgewater. Miss Francis Hicks spent the week end with homefolks near Old Fort. Miss Sallie McKelvey of Marion is visiting at the home of John Ross. Mrs. Tom Parker and daughter, Miss Minnie, of Marion, visited re latives here the latter part of the week. Mrs. Jolly and Miss Ellie Jolly of Marion visited the former's daugh ter, Mrs. Ed. Vess, during the week. Edmund Davis of Marion spent the week with homefolks here. Alfred Lavender says he has grown the largest cucumber on Crooked Creek. It measures 13 in ches in length and is 13 inches a round. Can any one beat it? Stanly Robertson was on the sick list for a few days last week, but is reported to be improving. The decoration services at Bethel were well attended Saturday in spite of the inclement weather. NEALSVIIXE Nealsville, Aug. 12 Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Brackett of iandrum, S. 'C; are visiting relatives here. Nelson and Hazel Parker of Rock Hill, S. C, are visiting their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. GoforiL. Mrs.- J. H. Rayburn and daughter, Mrs. H. A. Brown, left Thursday to visit relatives in Columbus, Ohio. Miss Maggie Goforth of Salisbury is visiting relatives here. Miss Vina Rayburn of Rutherford ton is spending some time here with" her parents. Mrs. J. A. Swann was shopping in Marion Thursday. Mrs. C. F. Wood of Johnson City, Tenn., spent the week-end here with relatives. Mrs. Thomas Porter of Old Fort is visiting relatives here. Misses Vina and Verla Rayburn were shopping in Marion Friday. Mrs. W. M. Wilson of Sugar Hill spent Saturday night here with her mother, Mrs. D. C. Brown. Miss Elizabeth Morris of Forest City is visiting her parents here this week. Mrs. Maggie Link of Marion is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. W. Go forth, who is seriously ill. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thompson were shopping in Marion last Friday. Sigrid Westmoreland made a visit to Canton last week. DYSARTSVILLE Dysartsville, Aug. 16 Miss Annie Cowan opened school at Macedonia last Monday. Miss Bedie Melton of Golden Val ley opened school at the Cowan school last Monday. Mrs. Bobbie Kirksey of Morgan ton visited relatives here last week. Ernest Dixon and two sisters of Gastonia visited relatives -here last week. Mrs. T. B. Landis and two boys were shopping in Marion last week. A revival meeting started at the Methodist church yesterday at 11 o'clock. Hope it will be a success. j Rev. J. H. Bradley of Asheville is doing the preaching. The Methodist church has been newly; covered recently. Misses Lona Goforth and Inez Daves visited relatives and friends in Lawndale recently. Van and Herbert Mangrum - of Detroit are home for a few days. Cronje Laughridge is visiting his brother, Thermal, in Atlanta, Ga. Roby Brackett and Arthur Walker have accepted positions in Forest City. Beecher Denton of Lawndale spent a few days here recently with his father, Rev. J. R. Denton, who is getting old and in very feeble health. Hamp Bates, of Georgia is visiting relatives here this week. CATAWBA VALLEY CHbVFort, Route 1, Aug. 16 Farmers'- are getting anxious for the rain to subside so they can get their wheat threshed. Misses Mary and Minnie Bradley, who have typhoid fever, are improv ing slowly. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Silver visited the latter's mother on Mill Creek yesterday. Bulow KellCy, who has been en gaged in business at Winnsboro, S. C, came home the last of the week. Thp school at Oakdale is progress ing nicely with Miss Geneva Allison and Mrs. William Hicks as teachers. Mr. and Mrs. John Scruggs of Cliff side spent a few days last week with the latter's mother, Mrs. S. C. Kelley. 4 E. H. McCall of Marion was a visi tor here last Thursday. We are glad to learn that "the school "at Siloam is progressing nice ly under the management of Misses Lula -Hicks and May Allison. Miss Frances Hicks was shopping in Marion last Saturday. ttr The nlatform adopted by the Democratic party at San Francisco is a promissory not, and I shall see to it that it will be paid in fall, every dollar and every cent." Governor James M. Cox. NEWS ITEMS FROM OVER THE STATE. - Items Concerning Events of In terest and Importance Throughout the Stated The fifty-ninth North Carolina State Fair will be held in Raleigh this year October 18 to 23. The premium list is now ready for dis tribution. Hamilton. C. Jones, of Charlotte, has been appointed assistant district attorney for the western North Car olina district to succed David B, Smith, resigned. Passenger train No. 16, running between Asheville and Salisbury, was detoured Saturday night via of Spartanburg, S. C. Trouble on the mountain caused the detour. Josephus "Daniels, secretary of the navy, has given assurance to heads of the Old Hickory association that he will be in Asheville for the bi reunion September 2S-29 to deliver an address to the veterans of the world war. President H. W. Chase, of the University of North Carolina, has an nounced the temporary appointment of Dr. John James Davis, for 15 years professor of French at Vir ginia Polytechnic Institute, to the department of romance languages at the University. ConGtruction of the proposed build ing to house the" department of agri culture, contemplated for the imme- ' diate future, has been postponed un 1 til after the reeular session of the LGeneral .Assembly,. next January, as the department s request for an ap propriation of $200,000 will not be made at the special session. v RUTHERFORD MAN DIES AT HANDS OF HIS SON Hirlaad PUmmont, 17 Years of Ax Admits Doing the Shooting Boy Lodged in Prison. Rutherfordton, Aug. 14. One of the most horrible crimes in the his tory of Rutherford county occurred two miles east of Forest City y ester day morning-when Harland Pleat mons, the 17-year-old son of Mr. Clontz Plemmons, shot and killed' his father with a 32 caliber pistol. The exact cause of the horrible affair is a mystery. When some neighbors reached the house shortly after the shooting, the son said that he had killed his father in defense of his mother as he was trying to hit his mother with a chair. The mother and wife said the truth would be known some day while the dying father told neighbors that his wife got the pistol and told his son to kUl him and that she was mostly to blame for his death. The wife also said that her husband was a mean man. Neighbors and intimate friends of the family say they have never known or seen any family trouble, and that the father was a hard work ing, honest and agreeable .man and good citizen. He is a native of Bun combe county, and has several broth ers and a father in Asheville, his father being a member of the police force of the mountain metropolis, Plemmons lived at Marion the first six month of 1919, Cliffside one month following his residence in Ma rion, and Henrietta since July, 1919, and moved to the farm the past Feb ruary. His wife is a native of Madi son county, her maiden name being Tumi Case. Plemmons' body was carried to Asheville yesterday forburiaL His son, who did the shooting, was lodg ed in jail here. He acknowledged the shooting. Plemmons leaves a wife and seven children, whose ages range from four , month to 20 years. - The county au thorities are puzzled as to the exact cause of the horrible' affair. Plem mons and, his wife, wem well known people. . 1 '--v,- ' - - ..; t .
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