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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWElL COUNTY.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 23, 1920
VOL XXV NO. 3
ESTABLISHED 1896.
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LEADING CITIZEN OF
MARION PASSES AWAY
Dr. Geo. I. White Died in Mor
ganton Monday After Long
Illness Funeral Here Tues
day Afternoon.
CLINCHFIELD SCHOOL OPENS ITEMS OF INTEREST
The Clinchfield school opened Mon-j FROM THE COUNTY
headed by Miss Mary Greelee, prin- - Brief Mention of Some of the
Happenings in McDowell
Items About Home People.
OLD FORT
Did Fort, Sept. 20. Miss Mary
Mauney, who has been visiting Mrs.
cipal. Everything was ready for the j
beginning of work on the opening
day. Miss Greenlee had been at her
office for some time outlining the
. t, t t wi,;in I work for the coming year, and had
The aeatnoiyr. urKc . prvthint? readv for beeinine what
rrf whYch TleSU at ad Oaks expected to be the best year in the J. M. Mashburn, has returned to her
nere, wracn hiitnrv of the school. home in Badin.
Sanitarium, at Morganton, childreB and teachers assem- Miss Bessie Roe Flemming left
morning at one o clocK, wnue ex- auditorium for the Saturday for Asheville to take train-
-pected tor some tv-, opening exercises and for the an- ing at the Mission Hospital
deepest gn " " r nouncements. Miss Greenlee, prin-
thU, through his effort, it has pro pres
moted pn.ct.caHy all of the mdus interesting talk
tries that made a . name forth feo of students
lTSSL ent. M, Little emphasi.ethe im-
was , . " . .. portance of education and told of his
-ond his high Christian character . ,
"u 1 6 . AflPri-fa fr nrnvirtP t n hpst. for the
made him an extraordinary power in . ,
raaae nun miuf v- jd people of the mill village. He was
-the community, and it might be sa d P attention by the
that he was for many years not only who showed by the ex-
a leading cWien, but the leading IP were
bom in Wilkes f Mr" Li"'e'S eff0rtS
ounty in 1866 and was 54 g years of gchool hag the larK.
prp at the time of nis aeaxn. xie
Age ai me uiuc census of school children in the
graduated at the University of Mary-
graouateu at W1C J us county. The attendance on the
land in 1890, making the highest .n
average in anatomy of any student P e
in the history of the f buUdin wa3 fied to its
pracUced medicine in W.nston-Salem cap8city and there i, now
short time, later go ,ng to Mont- additPioaf rooms for some of
wyre he was a member 01 tne .... ,
ff of the State Hospital for about the work o tne scnoo
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Messrs. T. J. Fortune and Elmer
Comer of West Asheville spent the
week-end in Old Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mashburn en
tertained the following young folks
Wednesday night: Misses Jennie j
Stirewalt, Annie White, Lola Alli
son, Cora Laws, Vivian Sawyer, Bon
nie Fortune and Bessie Flemming;
Messrs. Jack Hoffman, Clarence
Mauney, Harry Burgin, Reid Grant
and Royce McDaniel, in honor of the
nineteenth anniversary of their
daughter, Miss Essie.
Miss Thelma Grant, who is taking
a business course in Asheville, spent
the week-end at home.
Miss Gertrude Durham is visiting
her mother in Knoxville, Tenn.
Mrs. W. F. Grant of Marion spent
the week-end here.
A party was given at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Flemming Fri
CONGRESSMAN WEAVER
SPEAKS IN MARION
Hon. Zebulon Wearer, of Ashe-
ville .present Congressman from this
district and candidate for re-election
this fall, spoke to the voters of Mc
Dowell county at the court house
here Wednesday, September 22. Mr.
Weaver has had large experience as
a legislator, having served two terms
in the Hous of the North Carolina
Legislature and later serving two
terms in the Senate. Since 1916 he
has represented this Congressional
district at Washington and his record
is one that is thoroughly in keeping
with his promises made to his people
when he first asked to represent
them.
In his speech Mr. Weaver referred
to the great work of the Democratic
congress since 1913, contrasting it
with the record of the Republican
party since it has been in power, and
conclusively showing that the Demo
crats had more than fulfilled their
campaign promises and made good
their platform while the Republican
party has not a single constructive
piece of work to its credit, Mr.
Weaver showed, too, the falacy of
the arguments advanced by the op
ponents of the League of Nations.
The League of Nations, he said, is
composed of the Council and the
Assembly represented by 37 differ
ent Nations, each of which has one
representative. The Assembly is
merely a body before which the plans
SUPERIOR COURT
NOW IN SESSION
Judge W. F. Haxdmg Presid
ing Orer Two Wee kV Term
--Several Cases Disposed Of
Superior court for the trial cT
-riminal and civil cases conTeoei
here Monday morning with Judge YT.
F. Harding, of Charlotte, presiding
and Solicitor J. E. Ship man prosecut
ing for the State.
The morning session was taken ap
with the selection of the grand jury
the judge charge to the grand jury
and the reading of the docket for the
term. Judge Harding's charge tov
the grand jury was very able and
comprehensive.
J. L. Wilson of Nebo was made
foreman of the grand jury and W. G.
Lavender is officer.
Ashe Buchanan plead guilty to
forcible trespass and judgement was
suspended on payment of cost.
Stan Biddix plead guilty to charge.
of manufacturing whiskey and
judgment was suspended for three
years on payment of cost
Sid Hemphill, retailing, not guilty.
Albert Forney, for assault with
deadly weapon, plead guilty and was
fined $100 and cost. In another
case for carrying concealed weapon
he was found not guilty.
I. E. Mariow plead guilty to the
charge of contracting for personal
benefit and judgement was suspend
ed on payment of cost-
Jasen Rhodes plead guilty to the
t, ... ito Be adopted by the League may be
e work ot tne scnooi. ressie xvue. ytiuu " v , . . A, , , ,v
e wwia. vm. .... idKniwH. rs the final Dower and the
rm u il v. .rl K r TavriT vtroa trrooT tr Pn " ' ' 1 i -
three years From Morganton he ,s : "7 Tr ' " 'I" rit of action in th League i inlchKrc of rryinR conxld wpca
to Sarion where hfpracticed foUow: ( Mi Mary Greenlee, P"! Joyed by .H. Those present were . P is con,.jand drew a fine of fifty dollar, d
Us lrTiess? some time before en- cipal; Miss Runyon. tag h , M,e. . Bonn.. f f nh' I posed of one representative each cost.
ms pruicsoiwii "w. o-iivrtl. M m Mvm fioforth. Lottie 1 Mae Allison. Bula Kanipe, Millie ta- r . ., t TT -r.;t
gaging in the banking business - Qla Wall and ! nilc. Gertrude Durham, Helen Davis, from nine countries, tive o: tnese ; enry , "
In 1895 Dr. White was niameo to - - - Mashburn. countries being permanent ineji,.
1 n x ri Mq United States, England. rance. i Ueorge uuncan, cnaxgeta wiva .
Clara Griffin; Messrs. Clarence Mau- permanent in the nlt with deadly weapon, wat foaad
ney. Grady Nichols, Harry Burgin, -v y ' ,;u
. . . -r, T ,. i.. council wnue me remaining ioui hJ
r.' . M,k D.ton. son of Mrs. J. B. o,c ,.p ou.7 . mled by tne A-embly Andrew Smith w fcand ci!tr
M He is also survived by bent0r. of this place, died in Ashe- l '"- it sees fit. He explained also .on a char of larceny. SUe.
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three sisters, Mrs. J. wn nams ville from tne enecxs oi an .njury Arnev reti
s jr, 1 Q5 Dr White was marnea i,u ' , ,
in iyo ur. wrv Louise Porter, CTade teachers
Miss Mamie Sinclair, daughter of the s
i a. r t t Qi-nlai-r whn. with one
, .71- M.a White, and MACK DENTON DEAD.
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and Mrs. J. H. Shaw, of Greensboro, that he received while in military ser-
t . t ' that the League did not take the war not yet announced.
and Mrs. J. N. Stone, of San An
tonio, Texas.
The affection and esteem in which
he was held brought a remarkable
demonstration to his funeral. All
of the leading citizens, as well as the
poor and humble, attended, and in
every way possible indicated love
and respect for Dr. White, and the
floral gifts were unusually lavish
aftd beautiful.
Dr. White was an elder in the
Presbyterian church for many years,
an officer of the graded school board
and a director in the majority of the
industries of the town.
The funeral services were held at
the Presbyterian church Tuesday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, conduct
ed by Rev. J. C. Story, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, assisted by Rev.
W. L. Hutchins, of the Methodist
church.
The tribute paid by his pastor was
eloquent, forceful and with deep
feeling.
The sympathy of the entire com
munity goes out to Mrs. White and
family in their great bereavement.
Among those in attendance upon
the funeral from a distance were
Mrs. J. H. Shaw and Mrs. J. B. Wil
liams of Greensboro, Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Kearns of High Point, Dr. and
Mrs, J. A. Sinclair and Miss Violet
Lyerly of Asheville, Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Henderson of Burlington, Mrs.
Ben Montgomery of Spartanburg, S.
C, Mrs. Carlotta Smith and Mrs.
Phifer of Morganton.
making power of the United States ; The civil docket will probably be
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vice before his return from France. no nuy - awmy from Conjrre and did not af-, taken up today
aV IT i f t, wppV feet the sovereignty of our country1
Tic Ppar Evans sDent the week- j-" e j
. ... u . n v niivpr in the least. He asked that the vot-
end with her sister, Mrs. I). N. Oliver .
, . a ers of this district keep faith with
at Montreat. returning Monday e UA fc i
tne soiuier oena in r raiu-e l m-'uhk
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Mr. Denton entered St. Leo's Hos
pital where he was a patient for sev
eral months. From St. Leo he was
cprtt to the Winvah Sanatorium,
i vn r rT"i in (T
Asheville, where he was under treat- i
ment up to nis aeawi. , A , , OT.c h BttpnHd Field's
Mr. Denton at the outbreak of;
A. , . j v. j ! Minstrel Saturday night,
the war volunteered his services and i j
uie wdi vumii Misses Bessie and Georgia Greene
was assigned to the 105th engineers, . . , , ov-ll0 M.
, . . , . took in the circus in Asheville Mon-
where he performed active duty un- i
til wounded. Mr. Denton before go-i ; ...
LIBRARY TO BE RE-OPENED
The Ladies' Library Association
)rnmf; , , . 'for those who stood for the League ' WR5 for number of years a most
Mr. Keeter returned Monday from , , v1 ; Vi---
ing to the army was engaged in the
real estate business at Greensboro
where he made many friends who
will- regret to learn of- his passing.
He was married in 1917 to Miss Lot
tie Hughes, of Greensboro, who be
sides his mother, Mrs. J. E. Denton,
Mrs. M. G. Poteat, Miss Dewey Den
ton, Hugh, Earl and Charles Denton,
and a sister, Mrs. Stanford, survive.
The body was carried to Greens
boro on Monday where the interment
was made on Tuesday.
Mr. Denton was a young man 26
years of age. He was reared in
Burke and McDowell counties where
he has many friends who will be
shocked to learn of his untimely
death.
The sympathy of the community
goes out to the grief -stricken mother
and other members of the family.
Frances went to Asheville Monday.
Herbert Duncan returned Monday
from his home, where he has been on
account of his mother's illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Marshall and
Miss Frances Artz are visiting Mrs.
Fisk in Asheville.
A flnmncfir HPTICP shower WES
Mr. Weaver had among his audi
ence many ladies who were very en
thusiastic, as were the rest of his
heavers. He appealed to every per
son to ca.-t aside partisan principles i
arid play" the part of a full-blooded
American rather than that of a i
Democrat or Republican. After his
address a very enthusiastic meeting
of the ladies was held at the Demo
cratic headquarters to make plans ;
! for the entertainment of Gov. Bick- ,
' ett who will speak here on Friday, j
uomesuc October 1st. and Hon. Cameron Mor-
given in the Domestic Scmence room or
at the school building Friday after
noon at 4 o'clock. Several of the
ladies of the town brought utensils
suitable for the kitchen, which were
appreciated. Punch was served and
a pleasant hour passed.
Mr. Britt of Asheville spent Sat
urday in Old Fort, the guest of Mrs.
Charlie Burgin.
Geo. W. Lemons and family of
Dallas. Texas, who recently spent
some time m uiu run, -
riron who will also speak here
Tuesday, October
Quite a number enjoyed the com
munity singing given by Lee Laven
der at his home Sunday aitemoon. ; f Markm and whie she Ured lha
c r,T,,4 Mtc Vrod Wilson of Old' . , . . . i.
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for the last three years it hrs not
been active. Rlairing the need lor
it, and missing the plearur ard
benefit derived from it, the members
of the Woman's Club have recently
Uken over the book about fix
hundred and fifty in number and
will at a very early date be in posi
tion to op-en same to the public
Through the courtesy of the public
spirited owners, a suitable room haa
been secured in the new Tate-Giles-Ples3
building at a nominal rent, the
book-cases hire been moted in. and
the work of re-lirting and thelring-
the books will begin at once
More than twenty year gi
throusrh the efforts of the late Mrs.
Thomas, the library became a reality
Fort visited the latter's parent. Mr.
and Mrs. Silvers. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mauney of Old
Fort were the guest of Mr. and
Mr?. J. S. lavender Sunday after-
ENTERTAINMENT AT NEBO.
The play, "Aunt Jerusha's quilt
ing party,"-will be given at Nebo
Friday night, September 24th, in
stead of Oct. 1st, by the members of
the community league. The married
men and women of the community
represent the characters of the play.
Ice cream and cake will be sold and
the program will be closed with a
cake walk. An admission iee oi iu
and 25 cents will be charged and the
proceeds will be used for the benefit
of the school. Everybody is cordial
ly invited to attend. lt;
Subscribe for the Marion Progress
THEATRICAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Grand Theatre in announcing
the presentation of "Everywoman"
on Wednesday and Thursday of next
week desire to state to the public
that this picture is an allegorical pre
sentation of the life of every woman.
It is claimed by the Paramount-Art-
craft Co. to be one of the most beau
tiful and perfectly produced pictures
that they have ever made, and it was
selected by the local management as
the best picture available with which
to openthe new theatre in the Tate
and Giles building, but on account
of delay in completing the new build
ing, the picture will have to be shown
at the old theatre on the dates pre
viously arranged.
through Sunday returning to their j no y
homo after having spent ine suimnn
in Asheville and other points in
Western North Carolina.
Mrs. P. C. Harmon returned Sat-
urday from Asheville where sne
spent the week-end with her sister.
Everyone who attended the enter
tainment given at the school audi
torium Tuesday night by the Ha
waiian was highly pleased and said
'come again."
R e e 1 a n d c n i : d -
ren and Mrs. Ft: a Heel of Curfew
Mr. and Mrs.
was ever keeuly interested in it and
untiring in working for it, giTiric
liberally both of time and mexnf.
In appreciation of this it has been
decided that there could be no rsore
fitting name given it than Tee
' F.orence Thomas Memorial Library.
While the library will be ur.der the
direction of the Womia'i Club, yet
spent Sunday with
Frank Turner. '
O. A. Davis spent Sunday with h:s i
mother on Cedar creek. i
Miss Myrtle Lytic spent last week:
visiting relatives in Old tort. book twice a, week- It is earnestly
t., TVin "R, hn; been rirht sick i ... -n
J1I t A.'-w
but is improving.
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v.:i in no wise oe r.eces.ary
a club nit ruber in order to become a
subscriber to the l:brary- The due
will be one dollar and a hsif per
year with the privilege of gttir
Twenty-five per cent of the men
who were drafted into the army
ctuld not read nor write English.
CROOKED CREEK
Old Fort, Route 2, Sept. 21. The
farmers of this community are tak
ing advantage of the beautiful
weather and fodder pulling is pro
orrotinc rapidly.
Grayson Bailey is attending the
reunion of the 81st Division at
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Carswell have
moved to Nebo.
Mrs James Lavender and children
spent the latter part of the week
with the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wlliam Condry. near Bethle
hem. Mr. and Mr. Porter Fortune spent
Sunday with the latter's parents
Mr. and Mrs. John Ross.
Miss Llora Steppe spent the week
with homefolks near Old Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Davis of Old
Fort visited the latter parents Sun
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hoped that many of the men and all
others interested in promoting the
welfare of the town will become
subscribers. As soon as possible &
goodly number of new bocks will be
placed on the shelves and crsca
pleasure, as well as profit, ts prom
ised. Any one desiring to atcnbe
to the library may do so by paying
the subscription price tn a driver.
Apply either to Mrs. J. Q- GufceTt
chairman, or Miss Margaret WiJ
low, secretary of The Florence
Thomas Memorial library Association.