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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 1920
VOL. XXV NO." S
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GOV. BICKETT MAKES
STIRRING ADDRESS
Delivers Strong Plea for
League of Nations and De
fends Revaluation Act in
Address Here Last Friday.
On last Friday, October 1st, at the
court house, Governor T. W. Bickett
made one of the greatest speeches
ever heard in local annals.
The Governor confined his ad
dress, for the most part, to a strong
endorsement and appeal in behalf of
the League of Nations. The Gov
ernor discussed the League strictly
upon its merits, showing under the
League plan the impossibility of war
should the League be adopted. He
reviewed the incidents leading up to
the war, its conclusion, and the draft
of the League of Nation by Presi
dent Wilson and his colleagues at
the -Versailles conference. The act
that all the leading nations of the
world except Russia, Turkey, Mexi
co and the United States have rati
fied the fraety and the League of
Nations, the Governor thought, was
indisputable evidence of the sound
ness of the League principles and
sufficient reason within itself that
the United States could not afford
to remain isolated from the rest of
the civilized world, and be classed
with the uncivilized nations that
have failed to ratify. Speaking of
Article X the Governor said that any
person who makes the statement that
the League of Nations would make
it necessary for America to send her
30ns across the sea to fight again
without the act of Congress, was
either a liar or a fool. The Gover
nor read a letter from a young cap
tain who made the supreme sacri
fice a few days after writing to his
mother of the great principles for
which America was fighting, the let
ter itself being a great appeal for
such a plan as the proposed League
of Natio'ns. The address was listen-!
ed to by an overflow audience, and
notwithstanding the fact that the '
Governor talked nearly two hours, ;
he received the closest of attention, j
and at most any time during his ad- j
dress there was such a silence that i
the falling of a pin might have been 1
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heard
In his defense of the revaluation
act, the Governor proved conclusive
ly that the new system of taxation
ia a system which places the tax bur
den upon all alike. Under the old.
iniquitious system many persons paid
more than their just "proportional
share of the taxes, while others es
caped their jujt part. The Gover
nor gave many instances of such in
justices, and showed how, under the
revaluation act, such practices in the
future would be impossible. It wasj
the first time, the Governor said, that
the people ot Nortn Carolina naa
been $riven an opportunity to tell the j
truth about the valuation of their
property, and the Governor congrat
ulated th property holders of the
State for their honesty in telling
the truth. Seventy-five per cent of
the property holders, under the re
valuation act, listed their property
at such valuation as was accepted by
the boards of appraisers. Twenty
per cent failed to list their property
at full value and five per cent listed
property at such figures as were
lowered by the assessors.
Speaking of woman suffrage, the
Governor said that he had not felt
any necessity for woman suffrage,
but now that they were given the
right to vote, he appealed to the new
voters to vote for merrand measures
that meant for the best interests of
the country. In this he had no
doubt of what they would do, and he
aaid that he would be willing for the
men to remain away from the polls
and leave it to the women to decide
by their ballofc the great issues that
are now before the voters.
In the audience were a large nu ra
ber of women and they showed their i
appredation of - what ; the - Governor
had to say throughout his speech by
.much applause. ' Much favorable
I comment has been heard on the
Governor's great speech and many
have volunteered the statement that
if the same speech could be made
throughout the country there would
be no doubt as to the outcome in the
November election. The Governor
was at his best and spoke with cour
age and great conviction.
MORRISON MAKES GREAT
SPEECH TO BIG CROWD.
Hon. Cameron Morrison addressed
an overflow meeting of Democrats at
the court house here last night in a
speech which is said by many to be
the greatest ever delivered in the
county. As early as seven o'clock
the court house was packed with Mc
Dowell citizens, both men and wo
men, and they came with much zest
and enthusiasm to hear the champion
of their party deliver his great demo
cratic sermon.
Mr. Morrison was introduced by
Hon. J. W. Winbome in a happy
speech of introduction and the long
aublic career of the candidate was
given in a few well chosen words,
which made a hit with the audience.
The speaker entered the room mid
cheers and applause and delivered a
two hour address covering every
phase of the Revaluation Act, the
history of the two parties in North
Carolina and the Nation, and his
condemnation of Senator Lodge and
his colleagues in the senate was
greeted with hearty applause At
the name of Woodrow Wilson the
people cheered for several minutes
and no fair minded person who heard
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wic apeecn cuuiu say iuai i.e spue
anything but the truth.
What he said, on party unity was
great and he answered every argu-
ment that has been used in the cam-
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crat and he promised tnem that H
they would come to the Democratic
party they would receive "free grace
and never dying" political love. His
discussion of the "Covenant of Pro
petual Peace" attracted much at
tention. No one who heard him
read Article 10 and discuss its fair
and impartial provisions can say that
there is anything in the argument ad-
vanoH hv tKt Rpnnhlipni3 tlinf flip
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League of Nations is a dangerous ad-
! venture for the United States.
At the close of his address citizens
in great numbers came up and warm
ly congratulated the speaker, and his
visit to Marion will ever be remem
bered by our people of all classes.
STEWARDS HOLD MEETING.
The stewards of the Methodist
church met at the parsonage Monday
night and discussed the various phas
es of the work of the past year and
made plans for the coming year. The
financial affairs of the church were
founcj to be in good shape and all of
the various church causes will, be
taken care of in full at the close of
th e conference year.
The stewards expressed their ap
preciation of tne efforts of the pas
tor, W. L. Hutchins, and unanimous
ly requested that he be returned to
his church for next year. A corn-
mittee consisting of J. Q. Gilkey,
D. F. Giles and X. F. Steppe were
appointed to draft suitable resolu-!
tions to the annual conference which !
Coi;aK,irv fltnKor 9HtVi
asking for the return of Rev. Hutch- :
ins, and expressing the gratitude and ,
appreciation to Dr. Parker Holmes, j
presiding elder, for the work that he .
has arromnlished durincr his four
years service on the Marion charge.
Plans were made for the improve
ment and remodeling of the parson
age. A committee was appointed to
have such improvements made as are
necessary.
FARMERS UNION MEETING.
The McDowell County Farmers
Union will meet at the Farm Supply
company's warehouse in Marion next
Saturday, Oct. 9, at 1 o'clock. Full
attendance is desired as delegates
will be selected to the State meeting
at Monroe, Oct. 13 and 14.
L. H. Miller, Pres.
C. M. Pool, Sec'y.
paign dj ine xvepuoucans. xie saiu teachers, for if once the people up
hw loved a Reirabliean 'better tha any- dergtand the importance of good
body in the world except a Demo- teaching, the people will be willing
TEACHERS HOLD IN-
TERESTING MEETING
Dr. J. H. Highsmith and D. F.
Giles Make Addresses
Next Meeting in January
The teachers of McDowell county
held the last meeting of the year last
Saturday at the graded school audi
torium. Notice of the meeting had
been sent out from the office of the
County Superintendent and practi
cally all the teachers were present.
The meeting was opened with a
short prayer and talk by Rev. W. L.
Hutchins, pastor of the Methodist
church.
Dr. J. H. Highsmith, State inspec
tor of schools, was present and talk
ed at length on the matter of certifi
cation as relating to salaries. Dr.
Highsmith's address was very illumi
nating and threw much light upon
the new plan of teacher training and
certification. Certification, said Dr.
Highsmith, is applying the yard stick
to the training and qualifications of
teachers, thus regulating the matter
of compensation in proportion to the
ability of the teacher to teach. He
emphasized the importance of ade
quate salaries, but qualifications, he
said, come before salaries. Teach
ers should be paid according to their
earning capacity, for their earning
capacity will be in
their ability to teach. Dr. High
smith so interwove the matter of cer
tifirnt.inn anH m1nTis s tn t Vi n t-o i i crV
Iy convince teachers that they must
be quaiified to earn high salaries,
He also emphasized the importance
of tne work of the teacher as a
mMn5; nf Hnrntino- th t
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the appreciation of the right sort of
( to pay for it
Following Dr. Highsmith, Mr. D.
F. Giles, of the State Board of Ex-
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airnners made a very interesting
talk on the work of the State Board
of Examiners. He told the plans for
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organization oi summer senoois in
the reading circle groups. The
Board of Examiners, he said,
thought in the terms of the child,
rather than in terms of the teacher.
In the requirements of teacher train
ing Mr. Giles made it clear that the
real purpose was to render service to
children through training teachers,
the teachers, therefore, being a
means to an end. If the end is suc
cessfully accomplished, then teach
ers must be prepared for their part
of the work, according to Mr. Giles.
Mr. Giles was listened to with close
attention and the teachers were
much pleasedSwith his talk.
Mr
C. C. Lisenbee, president of
the Association of
Committee, made a
County School
short talk in
wnicn ne expressed his appreciation
of the work that the teachers are do
ing and of his interest in the matter
of education. He spoke of the im-
portance of adequate salaries based j served in the State senate a few
upon the qualification of teachers to ; years ago. He is asuccessfifl law
render service. A number of the j yer jn Lenoir and is well knowji
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committeemen were present anu ex-
Pressed themselves as being much
Phased with the matter.
Superintendent N. F. Steppe talk-
rl hrifiv nf t.hp rnmrm l?nrv srhon !
law, emphasizing' the importance of
schools that attract children, thus
obviating the necessity of compelling
their attendance. He made it a
point that if a teacher makes her
school all it should be that there will
be little trouble in getting the child
ren to attend.
Plans were set on foot to organize
a local unit of the teacher assembly.
Under the new plan of organization
the assembly is made up -of units,
every county constituting a unit.
The membership fee is $1.00, fifty
cents of which goes to the" State or
ganization and fifty cents, remaining
with the county organization. The
Assembly meets at Asheville during
Thanksgiving this year, and it is
hoped that practically every teacher
in TdcDowell county will attend.
The next meeting of the county
teachers will be held in January,
i when a department program will be
worked out. The teachers will come
together for a whole day's work,
when work that is being done in the
schools will be reviewed and plans
set forward for its improvement at
the January meeting. The question
of County commencement will very
probably be brought up at this tneet
ing. If it is decided to hold a coun
ty commencement, plans will be set
on foot for making it a great day for
the cause of education in McDowell
county.
WOMEN'S DEMOCRATIC .
CLUB GIVEN POINTS
A most enthusiastic meeting of
the Democratic women , was held at
the court house Saturday afternoon,
a nuniber of the prominent women
of the county being present. The
meeting was presided over by Mrs.
Ed. Dysart, chairman of the Wo
men's Democratic Club, who in a few
well chosen words stated the object
of the meeting; that it was an opezi
meeting and any question the womeij
wished to ask would be answered by
Messrs. Lunsford, Hudgins and Pless,
who were present and would be' glad
to give any necessary, information,
Mr. Lunsford addressed the wo
men, telling them he was gratified to
see them taking such an active in-
proportion toiterest in Politics and assured them
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no icit nicy cuuiu nave a wuuuenui
influence in purifying politices. He
told fchem where and how to register
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asKea, ana expiainea mat unaer tne ed by Dr. Adams of Rutherfordton.
laws of North Carolina' a woman j. c. Greene, Jr., spent Saturday
must have been in this state two an(i Sunday in Old Fort,:
yers and a resident of the town or The teachers of the Old Fort High
county six months before she is en- School attended the teachers' meet
titled to the ballot. jing in Marion, -Saturdayr0c,.
Mr. LunsfdrS's address -was fol-) "Mr. and Mrs. Geo. ; E'. , Marshall
lowed by a question box discussion, j took several of their friends out
which proved very interesting and ' camping up on Curtis Creek for the
helpful. 'week-end. Those in the party'were
Mr. Pless was then asked to ad- Misses Mary Burgin Ethel Miller,
dress the women on the Leasrue of Tn;oVoVi Riiv r.lora (irffRn o-nA
Nations which he did in a forecful
manner explaining why the enemies
preyent the truth to mislead the pub. ,
lie for selnsn and political reason.,
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and how there could be no possible j
objection to the covenant but for the
perfidy and treason of the Republi
can party.
The women are m earnest m their form a stock company 'in Old Fort
determination to insure a continu- and buy the system? Rightly man
ance of good government in state aged, it should be a paying proposi-
and nation.
WAKEFIELD AND ALEXANDER
ELECTIONEERING IN M'DOWELL
Hon. Lawrence Wakefield and
James Alexander, democratic nomi
nees for State senate of this district,
were in Marion the first of the week
in the interest of their election.
i They state that conditions through-
j out the district are very favorable !
to teir election. They found the
. condition of McDowell quite satis-
j factory and are well pleased with the
outlook for November.
Mr. Wakefield is not without ex-
! nprienre in matters of politics, hav
j throughout the senatorial aistnct
; where he has many friends. Mr.
Alexander is also a lawyer, where
he enjoys a successful practice at his
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home town OI 1 aVIOrSVllie. xxe lb a
young man of sterling qualities an,d
fine personality. He is popular in
his home county where he expects to
run' far in advance on the county
ticket.
PLAY AT GLENWOOD.
"Miss Fearless and Company," a
two hour play of three acts, will be
given at Glenwood HigTi School,
Saturday night', October 16, by ten
young women of the school faculty
and community. The proceeds will
be used for the benefit ojt the school.
Quite a number of McDowell wo
men have registered during the past
week for the approaching election
News comes from . Crooked ' Creek
township that seventy women regis
tered tere Saturday-65 Republi
cans and 5 Democrats.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the
Happenings in lcDowell
Items About Home People.
OLD FORT
Old Fort, Oct. 4. Miss Annie
Justice, a graduate nurse of the Mis
sion Hospital in! Asheville, visited
Miss Emily Mashburn, Sunday.
Issac Joyner of . Greenville, N. C
arrived Saturday to enter the Old
tfort High School. J
Harry sBurginr left today for Ra
leigh where he -will attend idng's
business- college.
Miss 'Gendva Allison visiUdv Cora
Laus Saturday and Sunday. y ,. N ;
Mrs. L. N. Mock arrived Saturday :;
from Winston-Salem to spend; gome
time with her' son, Rev. R. " FL Hock. ;
Miss Thelma Grant spent ;the j
w.eek-end with homefolks.
Miss Gertrude Durham returned"
Saturday from - Knoxville, TennX.
where she. has -been visiting, her,-1
mother. . ,-' '
The Qreen River Baptist Associa-i'
tion heljt jtl annual session in .Old ;
Fort last' "week, cosing Friday I night, j
Miss Nannie Nichols, who is at-'
tending school at Forest City,, spent; 4
Saturday and Sunday, with ;hef; pa-:;
rents.
Miss Margaret White of Asheville
visited in Old Fort last wjeek. .
A revival meeting is being held at
the Baptist church this weeki The
pastor, icev. u. f. .Holland, is assist-
UlllUUVUU U1UU1A) U Cll
Megsrs John Artz Eugene Keeter
Herbert Duncan and Fred Bradley,
Telephone subscribers in Old Fort
were disaDnointed Mondav mornmff
f4 - or
when they were informed that the
telephone service in Old Fort had
been discontinued. The public will
I demand telephone service. Why not
tion.
The Saxon family f who spent the
summer in Old Fort, have returned
to their home in Florida.
Some of the progressive citizens
of Old Fort have signed up r for a
four-day Music festival to take place
in the spring. The entertainments
will be given by the best talent in
the country. It will be a treat to
those who attend.
Such . a move
ment means education to the com
munity and deserves the unanimous
support of all the people.
NEBOj
Nebo, Oct. 4. On Friday evening.
Sept; 24, the ladies of the Communi
ty League gave a play, Aunt Je
rusha's Quilting Party, in the school
auditorium. Notwithstanding the
fact that it was pouring rain a large
number of people were present and
thoroughly enjoyed the review of an
old farshioned quilting party. To
Mrs. E. Lu Tate, the coach, and her
co-workers, who gave up many hours
of pleasure and rest while preparing
this program, the school owes a
hearty vote of thanks.
, After the play the ladies sold ice
cream and cake. For two of the
cakes couples both old and young en
joyed old-fashioned ' pake walks. .
Miss Hattie Taylor and Mrs. Anna
Alexanderwon the first cake and Mr..
Watson Wilson and Miss Mabel Mor
row, the' second. - The receipts for
the evening .wore $47.45. . ;
A Before' the play the school child- ;
ren vied witheach other : in selling
tickets. . Miss Louise Alexander sold
the maximum number and received
the prize of $2.50.
At a call meeting of the.Cpmmuni-
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