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1 " ( - ' :- A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY. ESTABLISHED 1896. MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1920 4 '-. VOL. XXV NO. 12 PBGGItESS ' . 1 1 1 i IT t " -t: t f i r It. hi 4 r- . . . as V;V- SI ' - i s.- -1 ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM CLINCHFIELD Vocational Night School Or ganized Basket Ball Game Honor Roll. Last Thursday night a vocational night school was organized at Clinchfield by Mr. Fred Willis, who has charge of that branch ,ofv the educational work in North Carolina. About fifty of Clinchfield's ambiti ous workmen showed their interest by being present for the organiza tion of classes in weaving, spinning, carding, mill arithmetic, etc. These classes are to be conducted by men of experience; men who are heads of these departments. J. F. Miller has charge of the spinning class; Boyce Sprinkle, of the carding class; R. O. Wiley, of the weaving class, and C. W. Wilson has charge of the arithmetic class. If there is need -for them other classes will be organ ized. The only cost for those tak ing the work is the cost of text looks. By persistent effort in pursuing 3ng one course until its completion sind taking up another it is perfect ly possible for an ordinary workman to work himself up to a superintend ent. . Each twenty lessons is called a school. As soon as one school closes another may be started and "these continue as long as interest is .shown. It is announced that fifty three such schools have been organ ized in North Carolina this year. It os the ambition of the organizers that the Clinchfield shall be one of "the best of the fifty-three. Playing their? first game of the -season the boys Clinchfield school quintet, on last Friday afternoon, won over Nebo High, with a score of slightly less than three to one. Clinchfield assumed the lead at the first and retained it throughout the remainder of the contest. At the end of the first half the score was 11 to 2 to which, in the second half Clinchfield added 4 and Nebo 4. "Clinchfield showed a great deal more ability at tossing goals, but Nebo -did some good pass work. Both teams deserve credit for the show ing they made, as for them basket lall is somewhat of a new sport. The well known entertainer, Miss Beulah E. McNemar, gave one of lier delightful programs at the Clinchfield auditorium last Tuesday night. Miss McNemar occupies an unviable position on the American platform of today. She has .enter tained in almost every state in the TJnion and before most prominent gathering, and always charms her hearers. She always presents a pro gram that "is elevating and instruc tive. Her varied program was di vided into three parts, between each part the Clinchfield band rendered appropriate selections. A musical selection by little Frank Jolly and Lucile Baker brought much applause. The Clfnch&eid School honor roll for the past month is -as follows: i First grade: Nora Norton, Clara Bradley, Kell egg Finley. Second grade: Stephen Bradley, Robert Lawing, Ray Minish, Lawson Smith, Mabel Thomas, Emory Gregory. Third grade: Essie Martin. Fourth grade: Lucile Baker and Bessie -Brooks. Fifth grade: Eugene Dob son and Ruth Hollifield. Sixth grade: Louise Saunders and Bettie Lusk. Seventh grade: Mabel Sprinkle. Eighth grade: Edwin Brown. SPECIAL ATTRACTION Oasis Theatre announces that they liave heen. fortunate to secure a real Vaudeville Show for Clarion for Fri day of this week, consisting of the famous Mack Sennett feature-comedy picture Yankee Doodle in Ber lin, accompanied by a special pianist and a troupe of six pretty girls who will give singing and dancing special ities after the picture.- This is a ; company which ordinarily only plays . ins much larger towns than Marion. f1 There will be an afternoon perform- imqe commencing at 3 'cleQk. A STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM ITS MEANING. By Dr. L. B. Morse. Perhaps the most frequent ques tion asked regarding the forth-coming highway legislation, is: What highways are to be built and are cer tain highways to have precedence over others? These are pertinent questions. The public has a right to know and to be assured, as far as may be, as to the policy that will be followed in matters of this kind. First of all it must be plain that neither individuals nor road organi zations will have anything to do with the deciding as to a road system to be included in the State's program nor as to the priority of work pur sued. Any bill that may be passed by the legislature will delegate, as it should do, all this authority to the State Highway Commission. This is the one organized and con stituted body that has to deal with State - wide road matters. It is through it alone that Federal aid is now apportioned to road projects all over the State. A practically com pleted road system has been definite ly set forth by this Commission,1 copies of which can be had for the asking. This system as laid out is the result of a vast amount of study of the peculiar conditions, needs and4. T - . . ' fn .Ipffprsnn ( itv Ton n trv vicit m topography of the State and embrac - . .... es the entire commonwealth, giving prominence or favor to no particular section. Even a casual glance at the proposed system would convince the most sceptical that the rights of everyone is safeguarded. So much as to where roads are to be con structed. As to the priority of work in the event of a very considerable amount of money being spent under State funds. The Commission has on its membership men from widely separ ated sections of the State who have given every proof of their conscien tious endeavor to protect the State as a whole. And as they have done this in the past it would certainly appear that the Commission can be trusted to do so in the future. In- " equalities of course exist, but in the main it must be admitted that the activities of the State Highway Com mission have been very generally distributed over the State. Of course there are many coun ties which have even thus far re ceived little benefit from Federal aid road money; but, it must be remem bered that the State in itself had no j funds (except automobile license fees) and the Federal appropriations were only spent where there was County initiative. All too common - ly as might have been anticipated the wealthier Counties more quickly availed themselves of Feder al aid which was their privilege un der the law. That the other and poorer Counties did not do so was unfortunate, but in no wise is the Commission responsible in the mat ter. They had no power to expend Government funds in those counties which did not qualify. It would surely appear that the attitude of the State Highway Com mission would certainly be fair to the several Counties as well as to the State as a whole, both as to highways to be improved and like wise in the matter of pursuing the Work in each and every County as soon and as rapidly as the emergen cies of the case would admit, so that the construction of a great system of hard surfaced highways would be built as evenly and as uniformly as possible. NEW RAILROAD COMPLETED. Asheville, Nov. 18. The Carolina and Georgia railway, from Andrews in Cherokee county to Hayesville in Clay, has been completed and open ed to the public, thus opening up. the last great section of the state with out a railway and giving a railway to what is believed to be the last coun ty in the state without a railway. Fourteen statdfe, not including Germany, have applied for admis sion into the league of nations. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE COUNTY Brief Mention of Some of the Happenings in McDowell Items About Home People. MARION, RT. 2. Marion, Rt. 2, Nov. 18. Miss La ura Shirlen of Marion spent the week-end with her aunt, Mrs. Phifer Davis. Miss Sue Dobbins of Nix creek is visiting friends here, R. H. McCall visited friends near Old Fort, Sunday. Mrs. T. F. Dobbins of Mt. Airy is spending some time with home folks here. J. G. McCall was a visitor at the home of Mr. Coldwell, Sunday. Miss Signa Fleming and Mrs. Dora Grant of Old Fort spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Grant. Logan Bradley was a visitor at the home of William Snipes, Sunday. CATAWBA VALLEY Old Fort, Rt. 1. Nov. 22. The farmers are about through sowin, wheat and gathering copti. Miss Annie Bradley made a busi ness rtip to Marion last Saturday. , latives. Mrs. William Hicks, who has been ill with "flu,, has returned to her school at Oakdale. i Willard Kelley spent Sunday af- i terneon at the home of T. H. Allison. John Porter of Swannanoa is emending a few days here with his uncle, T. A. Porter. Walker Parker of Crooked creek spent the week-end with his grand parents here. ' Walter Porter went in search of a bear on the Blue Ridge Saturday but returned without "old bruin." T. J. Silver of Old Fort was a visitor here yesterday. Miss Sarah Bradley is spending a few davs in Old Fort with her sister. rs. T. J. Silver. CHAPEL HILL Chapel Hill. Nov. 22. J. A. Swann made a business trip to Hick ory during the week. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Swann of Ma- rion were visitors at tne latter s pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Huffman Sundav. J. T. little son of Mrs. Hennie meel- aiea on tne 1 ,zn az ine nome oi nis uncie, ai. a. roteet. inter- "ttfe maue l ni" uur - 1 ing ground. j. 1 "M 1 tt: 1 1 l Mrs. o . i. carnes spent tne weeK - end in Marion. Farmers have finished sowing wheat and corn shuckings seem to be the order of the day. Mr. Noah Turner, who has been seriously ill for quite awhile, died Monday, Nov. 15, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. D. Smith. The funeral services were conducted Tuesday at Chapel Hill Baptist church by Rev. J. C. Story, and in- terment made at Chapel Hill bury ing ground. The deceased is sur vived by three children Mrs. J. F. Poteet. Mrs. H. D. Smith and Ed. Turner. Mr. Turner was in his 84th year. He was a consistent christian, being a member of the Baptist qhurch for about 40 years, and a Confederate veteran. May the Holy Spirit and Comforter comfort the loved ones left behind. THANKSGIVING SER VICES AT OLD FORT There will be a Union Thanksgiv ing service at the Methodist church in Old Fort next Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock. Everybody invited. The people of the community are urged to attend and give thanks un to the Lord for His great blessings during the year now closing. Rev. C. P. Holland, pastor of the Baptist church, will preach the sermon. Thirty persons are reported killed at Dublin, Ireland, Sunday, when "black and tans" fire on a football crowd. HEAD ON COLLISION NEAR MARION SATURDAY Two freight trains ran together in a head on collision near Clinchfield Junction last Saturday afternoon. A misunderstanding on the part of the engineer on the train going east seems to have been the cause of the collision. The engineer on the train going west saw the down go ing train rounding the curse at a high rate of speed, in time to shut off his steam, and escape Xrom his en gine. The engine of the train go ing west was almost at a standstill when struck by the engine of the train going 1 east. However, consid erable damage was done in the way of wreckage. Several cars were al most entirely demolished. The en gines were badly damaged and one man injured. Two cars loaded with cattle arid hogs were wrecked and a number of the hogs were killed. The cattle, in some mysterious way. escaped from the wrecked car and in a few minutes after the trains came together the woods were liter - ly ful1 f calves and COW5" The aUie. n0pS wcre rou UP Y tre railroad force and hroueit to thp stock pens at Marion where t.hev were re-loaded the following day and continued on their journey. The news of the wreck soon reach- ed town and a large number of peo ple hurried to the scene. It was a to monstrous engines rammed together. nf v. u But for the fact that the engineer on the up going train saw the other train in time to stop, the damage and injury would have doubtless been great. SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR THANKSGIVING SEASON The schools of the county sus pended activities Wednesday after noon for the Thanksgiving season. A number of the schools will remain, closed thru the balance of the week, the teachers taking advantage of the holidav to attend the Assembly in A beviiie. A .rire cleicntio the countv will attend The foilow- ing delegates, who will re'Vi-st local unit of tht Asseir.b". among those in attendance: ar. Sr. per A. II o'. P. F i-.'endt r.ts N. F. Stei pe. T ion. G. B. Strickland. Mr . ()T, . Mr. T. A. Woodv. Mi Greenlee i .anehe t enr. v. i c.fSf.a Penny and Mary iVteat. The program of the Assembly th.s vaer is an unusually strong one. Holding its sessions in Asheville makes it convenient for teachers of ,the western part of the State. It is expected that the number of teach- ers who will attend the Assembly J tjs year wjH break all previous rec- ords Superintendent N. F. Steppe Ieft Tuesday to be present at the ftrst meeting of the County Super- jntendents Tuesday night. BIRTHDAY PARTY. Hatel Whitten, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Whitten, enter tained a number of her small friends 'Monday afternoon from 3:30 to: 5:30. the occasion being the celebra- tion of her eighth birthday. The ; little folks enjoyed games and a con test after which iref reshment. con I sisting of cake and cream, fruit and j mints, were served. Those present were: Virginia oniey, rreu uiiif, im l,iwikci, Elizabeth Neal. Albert Neal. Grace Mary Justice, Grace and Joe Reid, Hubert Bolch, Miriam Story, Joe Noyes, Virginia and Kelly Gilkey, Lila Mae Lonon, Robert Dale, Blanche Hutto, William J. Wilkin son, Charles Sinclair, Edgar and Alfred McCall, Katherine Giles, Mackey Neal, Charlotte Winbome, James and Cody Hippjs, James Outz, Mary Goldsmith, Roberta Neal, Kennetji Whitener and Kate Cowan. --i i tt1 i i u . . t : v t John Jeter Crutchfield, celebrated police court justice, who has presid ed over the police court in Rich mond, Va., for the last 30 years, died Sunday, after an illness of about two weeks. He was 76 years old, and was a prominent Mason and kjetaran of the war between the states. NEWS ITEMS FROM OVER THE STATE: Items Concerning Event of Ir- terest and Importance Throughout the State. H. R. Tuker and G. G. Caabl were injured but r.ot fatally' when they drop 200 or 300 feet in an air plane at Camp Greene, Charlotte. The friends of Sheriff John A Isenhcfwer. of Catawba county, are urging that Mr. Iwnhower be ap pointed United State Mashal for tho Western District of North Carolina, to take the place of Chas. A. Wtbb. Brownlow Jackson, of Henderson, ville. is also being endorsed for the same position. Mrs. Harry J. Zebra, whose hus band was for a doterv yean hc&d of the music department of EHiiabeth LcOllege here, for several years or ganist in one of the leading local churches, but who four months ar ; disappeared. wa found asphyxiated in her home in Charlotte Sunday er pet dog. Lo dead, clasped 1 in her Mn Authorities pronoane- ; ed it a clear case of ruiride ft j reading a letter, written in Gernvxa ; which she left addrese-d to a family ! friend, asking for a simple fcneraL The North Carolina Methodist ! Conference, in session in FUdrr Mount. ainntwi t V, r-TrT- f V ' , , . . . . j Conference and social semce boxrti , , . . which declares war the running ef Sunday train, the printirg of Suniiay newspaper, play.r.g baseball and golf and all unnecessAry things on the Sabbath, and invokes the na tional Conference to rrMect the lord's Day. The report asks that moving pictures be censored, that cigarettes be kept from the boys. in dorses the movement for league of nations and indorses the work of the anti-Saloon League. DOUBLE MURDER OF BRUTAL CHARACTER GatTney. S. C. Nov. 21. OScers Saturday rv.grt arrested Roy Her) dei -or., rged 16. who is 'alleged to have killed two small hoys. Fn&rA; r.r.d F:. yd Kirby. aged six ar.d eight y o v. r late ?.:urd&v 1! th Blue I 'ran. . h eiehhorhood. six cvilcs from (jrTi r.ey . I". orr.ia! gathered by the cS- cor? indicate a double murder of the most brutal character. Henderson, according to the ac count given out by the officers, en ticed the smaller boys away from , home with him to go hunting, and when near a creek he shot the young er lad, blowing off the top of hi head and a part of his hand; then beat the larger boy over the head with his gun until he wj dead, after which he threw both bodies into the creek, where they were found later by their father, who became anxiorr and went in search of them. i HenJtrion Dmi Killing. Henderson denied the killing after his arrest. He is quoted as laying" that he left Frank and Floyd Kirby st a certain point after they went out hunting with him.. GLENN LIPPARD, YOUNG WHITE MAN, MURDERED Hickory. Nov. 21 Glenn Upward, a young white man, was murdered and apparently robbed by unknown persons just across the Burke coun ty line on the Rhodhiss road, it de veloped this afternoon with the find ing of his body by some horjetnea who saw it from the highway. A pistol bullet has crashed into his head and his skull was crushed with the butt end of a pistol, a 'part of which was found nearby. A crumpled dollar bill and a fiat purse also were found. Lippard, who was employed by a Hickory concern, was said to hare had about $700 with him w'hen Uit seen last night. The U. S. treasury opposes post ponement of payment of federal tax installments doe December 15. -v ' ,. V--:- A 'jj " -4-. X--';'- V".
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