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e .. - v : A1 ' y "J - si, ;MARION PROGRESS, MARION N. C THURSDAY, T NOV.: 1$ 1920 -1 t. If' .. 3-. " 1 . i -i MARION PROGRESS published every thursday bV the. Mcdowell publishing co. MARION, N. C. ' t S. E. WHITTEN, Editor and Prop. . .- Entered at the Postoffice at Marion, N.C, as second class matter. TERMS: -One Year, $1.50 Six Months, 75c "Three Months, 40c Strictly in Advance I MARION, N. C, NOV. 18, 1920 THE ROAD QUESTION. One of the big questions with "Which the coming session of the Gen eral Assembly will have to deal is the road question. We are, have always been, in fa 'vor of good roads; and when we say xoads, we mean roads, roads in the plural, not a road. What we want to see is a system of roads that serve the masses of the people, not a few classes of people. We want a sys tem that connects not only all the larger towns, county seats, but per meates every section of the State. After building the trunk lines we must build feeders. Roads connect ing the county seats and larger towns are all right as far as they go, but they do not go far enough. Roads to serve all the people must be roads that reach all the people. A system of roads to serve the peo ple of McDowell must not only con nect Marion with other county seats, but mast make it possible for the people of Broad River, of Bracketts, of Crooked Creek, to reach Marion -and other points. There must be a system of roads in the township. People want roads leading not only to large centers, but they want roads that make it possible for them to go to the church of their community. They want roads over which they can "transport the children of the com anunity to large central points where good scholls can be maintained. School consolidation without roads is impossible. . Good roads cost money. One reason- we have not been able to con struct good roads is that we have not been willing to pay the price. A poor road is the most expensive road. A road to be efficient must be a road that can be used three hun dred and sixty-five days in the year. "15ome of the roads that we are now building can be used for only a few months. Merely to grade a road is only the beginning of the project. The road must be completed. Com pleted in such manner thatwhen one contemplates a whole day's trip one does not have to consult the augury as to the kind of weather to be ex pected before leaving home in the forenoon to return in the afternoon. JEven a community road should have ome sort of surface that a slight shower will not make impassable. A satisfactory system of roads cannot be built in a day. It will re quire years to build a system of roads that will serve all tfye people. This is no reason, however, why we should not begin. For the sooner we begin the sooner will we get the roads. We have temporized, com promised, and economized (?) long enough. The1 time is at hand when two should adopt a big program of road construction, that when com pleted will serve the people of every county in North Carolina. We can not plead poverty, and if we could, that would within itself be the very reason why we should have good roods. Good roads mean good schools, good churches, good business, and ,good people. k Let it be hoped that when the General Assembly takes up the road program of North Carolina that it ''will lose sight of everything but North Carolina's development, and "work out a scheme big"' enough for a big 3tate and a big people. Nothing else will or can be satisfactory! Noxt Thursday being Thanksgiv ing, The Progress will go to press a day earlier. Please bear this in mind and send in copy for this issue as early as" possible. The Progress will keep you posted as to McDowell county news better than any other means. RECKLESS DRIVING. , More people are being killed as a. . result of careless and reckless driv ing of automobiles than are killed by the .railroads. ' An examination of the records discloses the fact that the number of accidents increase rather than diminish. Laws have been passed limiting the speed at which cars may be driven, but some drivers pay no at tention whatever to the law. No one expects the officers to catch every offender, but it does seem that the officers could do more to enforce the- law. Usually we for a terrible accident to ham) TZTJlrt r A does not restore life to then beginj the laws l.w. are in,; offer our entire $30,000.00 stock of up-to-date Fall and' Winter Mer he protection of the pub-ii a ' tended for the protection of the pub lie. They should be enforced as a measure of prevention rather than of restoration. There is a law against . children under sixteen years of age driving an automobile and it should be en forced. We often see children driv ing cars. This is dangerous, as they are likely to be more careless than grown ups. They do not have as much forethought as older people. Then, too, what is the use of having a law if it is not enforced. Let's see that this law and the one against speeding is enforced. WORK AND SAVE. The world owes no abled-bodied slacker a living. He must go out among his fellows and earn it. The character of that living depends sole ly upon the mental and physical equipment with which he has been endowed, aided and developed by his own unceasing efforts. The work slacker in peace times is as much a menace to his country as his proto type in times of war. He is costing his country :aillions every year, and It is who is pushing ever upward the cost of living through reduction I of output and effort. More individ ual effort and more production will bring down the cost of living and thereby remove distress,- says Wash ington Post. Thrift is the lever through which this war-worn world is to be stabilized, for neither the na tion nor the individual can get back to a rational basis so long as the de sire to indulge in reckless spending controls it. "Work and save" should be the slogan of the rising genera tion, 'for upon the character of those now entering upon man's estate de pends the future of this nation. PLAN TO GROW STONE FRUITS First Separate Stones From Flesh and After Seeds Have Dried Pack Them in Sand. The customary method of growing stone fruits from seed is first to sepa rate the stones from the flesh, wash ing the seed, if- necessary, to separate as completely as possible the stones from the flesh. Then, after the seeds have been dried for a few hours, mix them with eight times their bulk of sand and put them way in a Jar or crock in the cellar until cold welther. Then wet the sand slightly and bury the jar or crock outside just below the surface of the ground. The following April plant the seed in rows at a depth of about three-quarters of an inch. STRAWBERRIES NEED MULCH Clean Straw, Leaves, Swamp Hay and Other Material Free From Seeds, Ar3 Best. Strawberries should he muleted with clean straw, leavps. wntnp hay or other similar material which fs free from weed seeds. Cover the plants rwo or three inches deep after the trround freezes and weight it down to prevent its being blown vfT by th wind. Corn stover or Iiciii u t n .'i.s , may be used in the abscin d of other t material. j SELL ALL SURPLUS ... . w Cockerels Especially Should Be Mar keted Just as Fast as Possible in Summer Months. Surplus cockerels, especially, should he marketed just as fast as possible nil summer. Unless you, have a strong demand worked up for your stock for hreedln? purposes, it Is Impossible to hold them any lenjrth of time and make money on them. The annual timber consumption in France is 100 baord feet per capita, or one-third less than that in Amer ica. Marion Progress, $1.50 per year. Be and lastliig iainifciFNo Everybody has been wait,h.ave ne off right much, especially in plain cotton cloth, while otHer v ppeni lines have held stiff. It is the opinion of some of New York's business V " ! men that goods are much cheaper now than thev We cio not know how that may be but we do know that We are goings td " cnanuise at We do not reserve a single article in our store. To prove to you that this is' a bonified strafeht 20 per cent off sale you may figure the prices for yourself as every article in our store is marked in plain figures. No faking at "Fashion Center." Twenty per cent off on aU 'Shoes, ftfeh's1 and Boys' Suits, -Overcoats and Pants, Ladies' Suite, Goats, and Dresses, Sweaters, Hose, Underwear, Dress Goods, Notions, Blankets and everything in ready-to-wear. V We mention a few sides these we have hundreds of other special Bargains that are "good buys." One lot Men's Half Hose, 25c value, for 12c One lot Men's Silk Hose, $1.00 Druid L- L- Brown Sheeting, former price 30c, special Best grade Calico, regular 30c value, special 1 ' 18c Coffee, Ready Cash ground coffee, value 40c, special 24c One lot Men's Dress Shirts, value to $2.00, special "FASHION CENTE GASTON & TATE, Inc. WANTED) White Farmers To settle in Burke CouDty, Georgia. Special inducements offered. For further informa tion, write - BURKE COUNTY CHAMBFR OF COMMERCE, Waynesboro, - Ga. IT PLEASES THE WOMEN of the household to find our sanitary wash basin and bath tub equipment always white and clean and working perfectly. No leaky faucets, no dripping or sweaty pipes, ra stained porcelain, no trouble f any kind with basins, tubs or toilets when we install them. MARION TIN & PLUMBING CO. (Successors to L. W. HufiFma) Phone 191 The Progressive Farmer and Tbe Progress both one year $2.25. Only lO work days. expecting a bier tumble specials that are priced regardless of cost. One lot Ladies' value, for 69c One lot Ladies' Hose; $2.00 Outing Flannels, extra heavy, twilled in all colors, former price 35c tJo 45c, , special ' 24c yd 18c Air Float Talcum Powder, 15c value, for 1 9c and Texas Pecans, worth 40c toUiOcJb., all you want for 24c lb. Try some. up $1.19 One lot Men's value, for A Lower Price ILeel for Good! Clotihies Our revision of prices on new-fall suits and overcbats enables you to buy good clothes now at the lower prices anticipated next spring. q without blare ot trumpets, or brass band accompani ment, we're sacrificing our profits for this season: to give you now the benefit of future reductions. We're confident that this action will bc ap preeiated and not only havp its effect this season but for the future' as welL The new Pali and Winter suits and overcoats we now $25, $30, $35, $40f $45 and $50 i""4 IfJ. M0 IT. AO OotMk The Quality Shop or mm m in DriceS. Some will be in sixtar days. Hose, 25c Value, for 12 Buster Brown Silk; value, for 'l-.?lL29 Work Shirts, $1.50 ' 98e right now;S a; t i ' ii Mil Cfc ill r: f Mir SO , I II j. v . MSIllMlil 1 i . it 4 id if- ss4 4. 1
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