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1 MAFJOM FJROGIRESS .0 StPH'i'llj s 'i A WEEK LY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY. ESTABLISHED 1896. MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 16. 1920 VOL. XXV NO. 2 i 1 V 9 t LEGISLATION FOR McDOWELL COUNTY Representative W. W. Neal Secures the Enactment of Much Important Legislation. At the special session of the Leg islature, Representative W. W. Neal was instrumental in having enacted several laws of much importance. One law which Mr. Neal had pass ed has to do with the payment to deputy sheriffs for the capture of blockade stills. Under the old law the county commissioners were re quired to pay $20.00 each for the capture of a blockade still, whether it was found to be in operation or not. This law is now very material ly changed in that no fee is paid for the capture of an old blockade still, but provides for reward of $50.00 for the conviction of any person en gaged in blockading. The $50.00 to be a part of the fine and cost of per sona so convicted. The capture of an old still has very little influence in abolishing the whiskey traffic, but when persons making illicit whiskey are captured and convicted the source of the trouble is then re moved. The law saves the county the $20.00 that was originally paid and encourages the officers in finding the guilty persons and having them punished. The motor vehicle law for Marion which required the payment of $2.00 in order to secure a chauffeur's li cense was repealed. Mr. Neal made an effort to amend the law under which confederate vet erans are entitled to pensions. The old law provides that where an old veteran owns property to the amount of $500.00 he cannot secure the State pension. The Neal bill pro vided that a Confederate veteran mut poes not less than $2000.00 of taxable property before he be comes i r. ' 1 ;gi hi j to a pension. As a matter f common sen.se, every one knows that $500.00 worth of proper ty provides very little income. Twi) thousand dollar- us certainly lit tle enough for an old -oldier to own to bar him from rh" small pension whi.-h th- State pay-. Old soldiers will a! - hereafter he paid their pen sions twelve months in advance in stead of six. This is a very import ant la'A and 'or. federate veterans will no dojbt appreciate the efforts f Mr. N'a! m their behalf. A r. other law wh;eh Mr. Nea. sup-por't-d makes it pos-ib.e tor tr.ose serving as jurvrro-m to receive a lit tle more pa v. The new law pf vide that the county commissioners in their discretion can pay jurymen hereafter as much as 4. on per day. The small amount allowed under the old law was not sufficient to pay the expenses while attending court. Jurymen now receive up to $4. mi provided the county commissioners so order. The law that prohibited the Coun ty Board of Education from increas ing the number of schools or school districts was amended by Mr. Neal. Under the old law the County Board of Education was prohibited from creating a new school or district re gardless of how badly needed the new school district should become. Mr, Neal amended this law so as to enable the County Board of Educa tion to increase the number of schools or districts. provided the educational requirements of any sec tion or community required a new school or district. The creation of a new school or district. however, must be approved by the State De partment of Education. KIRBY-BRITTON. A beautifully appointed wedding was solemnized Wednesday after noon, September 15, at 5:30 o'clock at the Methodist Episcopal church, South, in Marion, when Miss Ruth Eugenia Kirby, daughter of Mrs. B. P. Davis, became the bride of Mr. John B. Britton, Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Britton, of Johnson City, Tenn. The wedding service was read by Rev. W. L. Hutching, pastor of the Methodist church. Preceeding the ceremony, Miss Elraa Carson, accompanied by Miss Julia Burton, sang "At Dawning," by Cadman. To the, music of Mendels shon's Wedding March, the wedding procession was lead by the ushers, Mr. J. W. Streetman, Jr., and Mr. Grayson Neal. Immediately follow ing came the groomsmen, Mr. Ken neth Kirby and Mr. Floyd Mitchell. Miss Mary Kirby, in blue organdie, and Mis Margie Kirby, in pink or gandie, preceeded the maid of honor, Miss Margie White, who wore a gown of white ordandie. The bridesmaids and maid-of -honor carried bouquets of American Beauty roses. Next, little Mackie Neal and Mary Mar garet Giles entered from opposite aisles, carrying French baskets of white dahlias. Immediately preceed ing the bride came little Virginia Gilkey carrying the ring in a silver filagree basket. The bride followed with her grandfather, Mr. J. W. Kirby. She wore her travelling suit of taupe velour and Hudson seal, with a black feather toque, and a corsage of Bride's roses and lillies-of-the-valley . The bride was met at the altar by the groom and his best man, Mr. William H. Mitchell. Before a tall altar of white fVewera, gren foliage, and gleaming candles the marriage was performed. Immediately after the ceremony the bride and groom left f or an ex tended trip through the East and ' the Great Cakes. i Out-of-town guests present were: (Mr. William H. Mitchell, Mr. H. R. i Britton. Mr. J. B. Britton. Sr., Mr. : Chester Slemons. of John -or City. Tenn.; Miss Nolle lavis and Mrs. Frank Waller, of Asheville. N. C; 'and Mrs. -I. ?. Hopper, of Florence, S. C. ' Mr. and Mrs. Britton will be at 'home at the Franklin Apartments. 'Johnson City. Tenn., where Mr. Brit ; tori holds a responsible position in : the leL'al derartment of the General ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE COUNTY f the & u. Mrs. Brit ton is a popular member of the 'younyer set o r Marion, where she has a host of friends. Brief Mention of Some of the Happenings in McDowell Items About Home People. OLD FORT Old Fort, Sept. 14. Misses Gene va and Lola Allison spent the week end in Dysartsville. Miss Mary Mauney is visiting Mrs. J. M. Mashbum. Miss Louise Flemming spent the week-end at home. Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Brig man, a daughter. A crowd of young people enjoyed a motor trip to Buck- Creek Falls Sunday. There will be Children Day exer cises at the Methodist, church .th 4th Sunday morning in this month. The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church will give an ice cream supper on Mrs. Sid Mauney's lawn Tuesday evening, Sept. 14. The girl's Basket Ball team has re organized for the year with the fol lowing officers: Annie Earley, cap tain ; Vivian Sawyer, secretary and treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson of Pitts burg, Pa.T are visiting the latter's sister, Mrs. D. F. Arney. Miss Flora Steppe spent the week end at home. Irving Lemons of Dallas, Texas, is spending the week with his cousin, Franz Strickland. Geo. W. Lemons of Dallas, Texas, head of the advertising department of the Dallas News, spent Sunday in Old Fort with Geo. B. Strickland and family. Carl Green, former student of Old Fort High- School arid a member of last year's graduatingclass, j&ent a few days last week in Old Fort. Joe Crawford of Hazelwood, spent Saturday and Sunday with his pa rents here. Several Old Fort boys and girls left this week for Colleges and the University. Among them were Joe Crawford, to Wafford College; Carl Greene. University of North Caro lina; Misses Millie and Bulah Ka nipe and May Allison, North Caro lina College for Women; and Grace Arney. Davenport. Harry Burgin will leave in a short time for Raleigh to enter a business col lege. The Liberty Literary Society was organized by pupils of the high school last Friday afternoon with the following officers: Royce McDaniels, president; Clarence Mauney, vice president; Vivian Sawyer, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Graham and Mr. and Mrs. Dal ton. Miss Helen Huff of Asheville has Ttturned to her home after spending some time in the city. Miss Emily Mashburn and Miss Justice of Asheville spent the week end in Old Fort visiting friends and relatives. Sidney Mauney, Hugh Tate and William Burgin left Monday for Ra leigh to resume their studies at the A. & E. college. Willard Silver and family who for the past year or more have lived on Curtis creek have removed to Old Fort. Miss Nannie Nichols left Sunday for Forest City to enter the Forest Cit high school. XX S. Noblitt is building a jewelry store of solid concrete. He will soon have it completed and ready for occupancy. NEBO Nebo, Sept. 14. School opened here last Tuesday with a good en rollment. Prospects are bright for one of the best schools in the history of Nebo. Mrs. S. L. Ruff and little son, Sid ney Lee, of Wacrosse, Ga., are visit ing the former's mother, Mrs. J. K. Stacy. Miss Maggie S. Taylor left Satur day for Marion, where she will be principal of the Marion Mill school. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hemphill and littlflT son, R. A. Jr., of South Caro lina are visiting relatives here. Miss Essie Hemphill of Caroleen spent the week-end with homefolks here. j Misses Lottie and Helen Wilson left last week for Weaverville where they will, enter school at Weaver col lege. They were accompanied by their cousin, Daphne Hunter, of PaU myra, Va. A play, "Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party," will be given at the high school auditorium Friday night, Oct. 1. Everybody invited. NEWS ITEMS FROM OVER THE STATE: Items Concerning Events of In -terest and Importance Throughout the State. Rutherford's tax rate for 1920 will be 48 cents on the $100 worth of property and $1.44 on the poll. Last year it was $1.68 with $2 on the poll The Newton Ice and Fuel Com pany's plant at Newton was destoyed by fire Monday. The loss is estimat ed at between $40,000 and $50,000. Burke county, North Carolina, of which Morganton is the county seat, has a population of 23,297, increase of 3,709, or 21 per cent, the census bureau announces. Andrews has a population of 320 more than Murphy, according to fig ures released today by the censusr bureau, which gives Andrews 1,634 and Murphy 1,"314. Funds of $7,500 each for the Uni versity of North Carolina and the State College for Women at Greens boro have been established through, the will of the late Victor S. Bryant prominent Durham attorney, who died recently. BICK.ETT AND MORRISON TO SPEAK IN MARION Chairman Warren has arranged many of the date? for many speakers in the campaign, including Gardner and Page as well as Morrison, and these will be announced from time to time with others yet to be made. I Dates for Governor Bickett have just j been arranged as follows: Waynes- viile, Sept. oil; Marion, Oct. 1; Salis bury, Oct. 2. Appointments for Mr. Morrison in clude the following: Taylorsville, Oct. 2; Burnsville, Oct. 4; Marion. Oct. 5; Rutherf ordton. Oct. 6; Ashe ville. Oct. 7; Waynesville. Oct. 8; Svlva. Oct. i. FEATURE COMEDY AT GRAND THEATRE Down on The Farm, the special five reel feature comedy to be shown at the Grand Theatre 'on next Mon day is said to be just about the fun niest picture ever produced. This picture, produced by the famous di rector Mack Sennett, has broken all records for attendance at theatres in the large cities of the country, and will furnish more wholesome en tertainment than a circus. ItEACHERS' MEETING IN ASHEVILLE IN NOVEMBER I . Between 1.000 and 2,000 teachers from al! parts of North Carolina will gather in Asheville on November 25 for the annual meeting of the North Carolina Teachers' assembly. Where the meetings of the assembly will be held and what the program will con sist of have not been decided, but plans will soon be under way to pre pare these details. Thanksgiving week-end is usually chosen for the meeting, as this al lows the teachers Thursday and Fri day without loss of time from the school work. Bom, to Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ty ler, September 12, a son. ( Received last week too late for publication. ) Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Spencer of Atlanta, are in Old Fort visiting re latives for a few days. Mrs. Edward Evans of Asheville is in the city on a visit to relatives. F. O. Allen left Monday for Ruth ford County, called there on account of the death of his aunt, Mrs. Julia Wood. Bill Stirewalt is at home for a few days from Akron, Ohio on a visit to his parents. H. I. Williams left Monday for Harriman, Tenn., after spending a few days in Old Fort. The Old Fort graded and high school opened Monday with the larg est attendance in the history of the school, 375 being present the first day. All the faculty were present and everything pointed to a fine year's work. W. M. Allen is spending a few days in Dillsboro on a pleasure and busi ness trip combined. Mrs. J. W. Graham and son, Phil lip, left Sunday for Kingsport, Tenn., on a few days' visit. Miss Evelyn Burgin left Monday for Siler City to accept a position as music teacher in the city schools for this year. Mrs. Fred Jones and little son. of Washington, D. C.,,are in Old Fort for a few days visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. McCanless, Mr. and ASHFORD Ashford, Sept. 13. The farmers in the head of our little valley are very busy threshing the golden grains. The yield is far greater than expectations and 'the thresher is cleaning and saving it most beauti fully. S. M. McCall and J. O. Wilson made a business trip to Marion, Monday. Miss Alda English of Marion spent the week-end with homefolks here. Daniel Hitchcock of Marion visit ed friends here Saturday and Sun day. Miss Bessie English left Monday i for Brevard where she will enter j school. I Mrs. Earl Brown and sister made j a business trip to Marion Thursday. I Mrs. S. E. McCall returned home Thursday after visiting relatives in Spruce Pine. Miss Mabel Crockett returned to Hickory yesterday where she will take up her work again for the win ter. Misses Molly McKinney and Myr tle Swofford of Burnsville visited relatives here last week. MRS. E. A. KIRSTEIN DIES AT FAIRVIEW Fairview, Sept. -11. Mrs. Sarah Jane Kirstein, wife of Mr. E. A. Kir stein, died at her home at Fairview on Sunday, Sept. 5, at the age of 59 In 1886 she was united in marriage to Mr. Emil A. Kirstein, who with seven children survive her. She unit ed with the Cane Creek Baptist church at Fairview at the age of six teen and at the time of her death was a member of Laurel Springs Baptist church. Mrs. Kirstein was regarded as one of the best women in all the land. She was loyal to the cause of Christ and everything pertaining to the up-v building of her church and communi ty. She was a devoted wife, a mod' el mother and a sympathetic friend. The church and community will feel her absence keenly. The funeralservices were conduct ed from the residence by Rev. S. T. Moore and interment ma'de in Laurel Springs cemetery. CATAWBA VALLEY Old Fort, Route 1, Sept. 13. Miss Maude and Leon Silver spent the week-end with friends and relatives on Mill creek. Miss Annie Bradley made a trip to Marion last Saturday. A number of people from here at tended the decoration at Mill creek Sunday. V. L. and W. L. Bradley spent Saturday and Sunday with friends at Greenlee. David Griffin is ill with typhoid fever. Mrs. Ellen Odom of Black Moun tain is home for a few days. Miss Laura Hicks is teaching school at Old Fort Misses Lola and Geneva Allison have gone to Dysartsville tt spend a few days. (Continued on page ten) FAIRS TO BE HELD IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA In 13 counties of Western North Carolina 48 special, district, county ! and community fairs will be held, all ' taking place within the next two months. This is considered by agri cultural agents as a record for this I district. The special fairs to be held . will be the Cherokee Indian fair at Chero kee on October 5-8, and the Western North Carolina apple show to be held in Asheville October 27-29. C D. Mathews, Raleigh, is secretary of this fair. The only district fair to be held will be at the Toe River fair, Spruce Pine, October 5-8. The secretary is N. M. Wiseman, of Spruce Pine. The following county fairs, with their location, date and secretary, will be held: Avery, Newland, September 29-30, H. B. Burleson, Newland, secretary; Graham, Robbinsville, October 12-13, S. S. Hooper, Robbinsville, secretary; Madison, Mars Hill, October 14-15, J. T. Redmon, Mars Hill, secretary; Polk, Columbus, October 13-14, M. I. Flentyre, Tryon, secretary;. Swain, Bryson City, October 15-16, K. Elias, Bryson City,, secretary; Transylva nia, Brevard, October 14-15, R. i Lawrence, Brevard, secretary But one negro county fair will be held in the district. It will be in Asheville on October 5-8. Crane county, Tex., with a popula tion of 37, supplants Cochrane coun ty, Texas, which has 67, as having the least population of any county in the United States. Marion Progress, $1.50 per year.
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