A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWEll- TOUNTY,
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N; C.f THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921
VOL. XXV NO. 31
COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION IN SESSION
"T. W. Stacy Re-elected Chair
man N". F. Steppe Re-elected
County Superintendent.
The County Board of Education
met in regular session at the 'office
of the County Superintendent Mon-
day." Under- the new law the board
TPorni2es in Anril instead of Jnlv.
:as formerly. . Mr. T.. W. Stacy was
re-elected chairman of the, board."
. A number. of petitions were. filed,
asking for school buildings and other..
"matters. The '- county superintend
ept and chairman were appointed a
committee to investigate tne condi
tions in the old Tom's Creek chapel
and make recommendation to the
'State Department. The - county su
perintendent was also instructed to
investigate the school conditions in
-Higgins township and report at a
subsequent meeting. Under the law,
the County Board of Education can
not create new school districts' with
less than sixty-five children and con
taining less than twelve square miles
of territory, and in no event can the
board create a new district in case it
increases the number of districts in
jthe .county. The object of this law
is to encourage consolidation rather
than creating so many small schools.
Large, central schools, where the
school can be well organized, are
thought to be better than so many
.smaller schools with poor equipment
and o"f ten times inefficient teachers.
The last session of the Legislature ;
t r-' -i : u- r-,
passea a-iaw aumunmig iuc vuun.jr
TA nt Mntion to elect a Coun-
ty Superintendent at the April meet-
. . . i i
ing. N. r. oteppe Was unanimously
elected for the coming two years,
He has served in this capacity for the
last four years and much progress1
has been Tnade during his adminis-1
tration ' I
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HAVE BUSY DAY
The Board of County Commis
sioners were : in session Monday and
Tuesday. Considerable " matters of
routine were.passed upon by the
Board
Under the new law providing for.
the assessment of property, a coun-
ty supervisor of tax lists must be aP -
pointedJ The work of the tax list is
under the direction ox tne county su
pervisor, who appoints all the listers
and has general direction of .the
work. .Mr. W. H. Taylor of Dysarts
ville was appointed supervisor. Mr.
Taylor iis thoroughly qualified to 011
the position iTe served as county
commissioner for a number of years
an T?f the trronertv in his r.
" home township several times. He is
a man. of good " business judgment
and knows the valuation; of property.
:' Mrv W. -Or Ledbetter was appoint
ed a member of) the County Board of
.Appraisers. ;Their board of apprais
ers has certain powers of review and
recommendation , to the . State Tax
Commission. Mn Ledbetter is well
qualified for 'this position. He has
been in business for a number of
years and is peculiarly nrcea w serve
in - this capacity. " -
The board will meet again on
April 18th to consider bids on an is
sue of bonds which is proposed for
the ' purpose of - taking xare of the
" county's floating indebtedness. '
'masonry honors
' LOCAL MEMBER
nrJ ; t xxr " WinVin-m - haLS '" been
elected district deputy in- the 44th
district of North - Carolina Masonry.
Thial position, iis always given . as - a
t distinct mark o Masonic Efficiency
nd; qualifications. rMrr Winborne is
a deep student of Masonry arid is
niMpred one oi xne nesi liuwiuicu
men on the principles and the worK
-oi tne irpMJfOHjr : ;
uties iwinhe to have general: super-
Vision over the lodges of this district;
and to see that the work is properly
rrried on. i In - thisTconnection he
: will beVrequired:to visit -the; lodges
;and keep: in ' constant f -toucn c wri
"- them. -;..-y-V:f:'
MISS MARY. GREENLEE ELECT-
ED COUNTY SUPERINTEND-
ENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
At-a joint meeting of the Board'of
County Commissioners and County
Board of Education Monday, Miss
Mary M. Greenlee, principal of the
Clinchfi eld High School, was elected
County Superintendent of Public
Welfare, effective July 1st.
Miss. Greenlee is well qualified for
the duties of this office. She was
educated at the Nebo High School
and the State College for. Women.
For the x past several . years she has
held important positions in the
school system of the county. She
was high school teacher at Nebo Jfor
several years. For the past two
years she has held the position of
principal 01 tne nncnneia mgn
acnooi. ine latter scnooi, under
her direction and supervision, has
made most wonderful progress. The
school has increased from four to
eight teachers, in the past two years.
It has a large enrollment and its per
centage of attendance is said to be
the best in the county.
Miss Greenlee's home is near
Greenlee Station. She is a daugh
ter of W. H. (Billy) Greenlee. She
is welLlyiown throughout McDowell
county and her election to the im
portant position of County Superin
tendent of Public Welfare will, no
doubt, be read with much interest
by her many friends throughout the
county.
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
MEETS; CONTRACTS LET
i The hierhway commision for Mc-
-
Dowell county held its regular
j monthly meeting at the court house
MnnHttv. when contracts were let for
" -
maintenance of the following
county highways:
Marion to Dysartsville highway to
Morgan and Marlowe.
Montfords Cove and Sur Hin
ntgnway 10 cuius manowe, oi ontfrieiid, Miss- Edmondson.
fords . Cove township.
j Old Fort-Grooked Creek highway
to W. L. Bradley.
The matter has been before the
commission since early in the year
with reference to the taking over
and establishing. the road- in Nebo
and Marion townships leading to the
Catawba river dam as a part of the
svstem of public hiehways in Mc-
Dowell county. Large delegations
have presented this case to the high -
way commission at different times,
way
both in person
and by written peti-
tion. urrinc? that as this road had al -
readv been built free of cost to the!
county and as it was gradually going . Simmons, last week, a son. -down
by not having any mainten-! Mr. and Mrs. Tolbert Scott and
ance to speak of that the highway .two children who have been spending
commission for McDowell take it
over at once and provide proper
maintenance for it.
The commission having considered
these request and - petitions very
seriously, on. account of the impor-
tance of the road and the citizenship
interested, and on having a petition
before it-signed by some three or
four hundred citizens from all over
the county, has decided to take over
Mm nA r.r rnaVp if n nart of fheJlaSt WeeK.
system of county highways and has
advertised for maintenance contrac
tors to -keep up the road for the
eleven months beginning May -15th,
1921, and ending April 15th, 1922.
Contractors Alexander & Patton
are now building camps on the
Crooked Creek ;highway extension
and -will start work on this project
of five miles at once
A CARD TO THE VOTERS.
AH good citizens . agree that Ma
rion does need and .must have safe
and. competent officials. The voters
of Marion representing the highest
types' of American men and women
are fully., able - to choose their , own
representatives, and I shall be "con
tent to abide by their decision at the
polls the: first qfMay.'' I have given
no pledges to -anyone in ' regard to
appointments of any one, to Jill other
offices, "and should . the "citizens name
me their' mayorv ability and, firmness
will be my guide Jn filling appointive
positions.- '-.i- . T '
- -:'K- : ?ben price. '
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the
Happenings in McDowell
Items About Home People.
OLD FORT
Old Eort, April 4. Mr. and Mrs".
T. J. Fortune and family, spent Sun
day in Black Mountain.
Mrs. Henry Westerman is visiting
relatives in Marion. -
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mashburn was
in Marion Sunday.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil
Davis, a son.
Mrs. S. A. McCanless of this place
died at her home Wednesday, March
130. She leaves a father, mother.
husband, two sons, a brother,
two
sisters and many friends to mourn
her departure.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Hens
ley, a son. - i?
Miss Flora Steppe spent the week
end in Marion with her sister, Mrs.
F. M. Moody.
The Piedmont Eevening Star Fes
tival, given at Old Fort last week,
was a decided success. The four
evenings were attended by good
crowds and all enjoyed the concerts.
A similar contract has been made for
next spring.
H. A. and Mrs. Westerman, who
spent the winter in Southern Florida
have returned to their home in Old
Fort to the delight of their many
friends. ,
G. B. Strickland and Miss Ethel
Miller of the 01(L Fort High school
faculty went to Nebo Friday after
noon to serve as judges in the trian-
debate between the Nebo and
l- rM i tt:v. u i n: ti
uichwuuu igu acuuuia. iuiaa ruui,
of the Marion High school faculty,
iwas the third judge,
j Miss Madeline Mashburn will leave
'Friday for Goldsboro to take part as
bridesmaid in the wedding of her
Mrs. George Sandlin spent Satur
day and Sunday in Asheville.
Miss McAndrew, who was plat
form manager during the Evening
Star Festival, left Monday morning
for Cherryville.
NEBO
Nebo, April 4. A large crowd at-
tended the quarterly meeting held atNnney, Sunday
, the Methodist church here Saturday
and Sunday, Rev. Litaker of Marion
preaching a splendid sermon both
! days.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles
monwi wim reiaiwes near morgan-
ton, returned home Saturday.
Misses Maggie and Hattie Taylor
Marion spent the week-end here
j with , homefolks.
j Mrs. Nannie Howell and chUdren
of near Asheville visited her mother,
ers- ey, xne iawer pan oi lasi
f week. ;
Rev. and Mrs; Frye of Morganton
attended the quarterly meeting here
A protracted meeting wiH be held
at the Baptist church Here next
weekT Everybody is urged to coirfe
out and take a part in the meeting'.
The B. L. S. and N. H. N. societies
of Nebo High school attended the
picture show in Marion Saturday
night. - -
.-Mrs. Florence Boyd and three
grandchildren of Glen Alpine spent
the week-end here with her sister,
Mrs. C. M. Hemphill.
The bodyof Raymond Cuthbert
son, son of . Mr. and Mrs.. Tom Cuth-
bertson, who .was killed in- France
during the worlds war, was .brought
home Saturday and was buried in the
Harmony Grove cemetery Sunday
atr3 -p. m. - f ..j;-
On Wednesday ; af terhoon, 'April
1 3th, "at 2 :30 o'clock, the Community
Club of Nebo, will have it's, monthly
meeting in the- auditorium of ;the
Nebol High School. The exercises
will - be. conducted by tie first "and
second . grade rooms under charge of
Misses Louise Brown and : Emma Mc
CalL - As this .wiU be the last meet
ing with the school, it is hoped that
all parents wnT make an' effort to at
tend. '-
CROOKED CREEK
Old Fort, Rt. 2, April 4. W. M.
Lavender passed away .at his' home
here Friday morning after a short
illness. His death was a shock to
the entire community. Although he
had been in feeble health for .some
time, his illness did not seem serious.
Mr. Lavender was born Dec. 9, 1847.
His boyhood days were spent- in --this
community; Then he went to Ten
nessee and later to Madison county
where he. spent several years. About
a year ago he returned to spend his
last days among his early; associa
tions. . It has been a great pleasure
to him to renew his old - friendships
ajiti( many new ties, have been form
ed, for none knew him" but to love
and respect Jjirn. The deceased was
twice married and widowedl To- his
first union was born two .children, "A.
H. Lavender of this place and Mrs
Mary Holt of Hot Springs, N. C.
Several brothers arid sisters, a num
ber of grand children, and a host of
relatives and friends mourn his loss.
The body was laid to rest Saturday
afternoon in Bethlehem cemetery.
Rev. C P. Holland of Old Fort con
ducted the funeral services.
Miss Annie Walker is very ill with
measles.
Mrs. Wiley Davis and children of
Old Fort spent the latter part of the
week visiting Mr. and Mrs. Nat.
Davis.
TY.e infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Alonzo Gibson was buried:-at Salenr convicted in December, 1920 term - of
Saturday afternoon. I Burke county Superior court of slay-
George Walker and Johnson Hal- j ing Glenn Lippard. ; ReaspnV 1 or the
ford are at home from the army. j pardon given by; .the Go verrior- are
Miss Estelle, vender- - of Old - bsed on ;lettra-fro
Fort . spent the week-end with her maii nd Judge ShawIwho " reported
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. ;that evidce ; disd
Lavender! trial established an alibi for Cecil. L -
Frank Turner is building a newj Governor. Morrison has announced
nouse 4n nis farm. .
MONTFORDS COVE
Union Mills, Rt. 1, April 4.
The
cold snap hit us a linle -but . nothing
was hurt much, in this section. . Colonel Watts will jke office on the
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harris - visited day of May, next under an ex
relatives at the White House yester ecUe jnt is
iay. ' subject to 'the confirmation ; the
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Nanney were .stafe smte at its.next siting,heth.
visitors at the home -of Columbus . "-.?oi o. -?
: Mrs. Bertie Grayson arid children
of Higi Point Are visiting the for-
mers father, J. o. Crawford, - candidate to Isuceedhiinself s the
Mr, and Mrs. G. M. Harris were ; democratic nominee in the primaries:
guests of R. P -Morris, "Sunday." K'0j24":"5.''
', Mr. and Mrs- J H. L. Miller and
family of Marion were, visitors here
o
Mrs. Bertie .Grayson and children
and Mrs. J. P. Rabb and J. C; Craw-t
for were gueste-of U D. HemphiH
ant- Sndafs. V -Jion, 'Rolved, :;T The licy
Miss Ella Grant is Jising Collective - Barinlng Should
aunt, Fanny Hall. , : ; - r ! ! PrevailinT American Industry- Miss
r -Verno. Harris made a . . business . ; - , , y -
z - - ,. es. Maude Sercy, and Gudlow Haney
trip to Rutherfordton Monday. ... -. .r
, - , ,r . . J . iA rj on the anirmative at . Glenwood ;won
Mr. and Mrs.. Grant Hams; visited : :----- 'i. : ; :
. . v ti, , t i - , a unanimous . vote, over Misses- Ada
relatives at. Maple Creek Saturday -, ' e.. --- r'.i:i:.. a
and Sunday. V;f; i
; Irene " Hams spent Sunday with
iv. v.- . , ,v - l -
Miss EtheL Ledbetter. -' --t -
v , i v.
-Sunday, school was organized -at
vv uive lite buivui- uuuac uuiiuajr
afternoon wiith Mr. E. S. Harris as
superintendent. , . - :
y Mrs." P. Wilkerson spent Sunday
at the, home of her mother, Mrs
Jane Padgett. -;:r:-- .'..i":'"'v -'
jOak Grove school met with Union
Mdills High school Friday and entered
with N her in.some of the contests.
Ransom: Hemphill of ' Oak 1 Grove
school t won the prize" as the fastest
runner and Thurston; Hall as best
jumper. - 'y:- - ' ' ' f y y y.:-
Miss Maude Stott is visiting her
sisters, Mrs. Geer and Miss . 'Dovie
Stott; in Marion; y ;--." "C 'kAy'
iTfiere will be a match game "of ball
Saturday at Glenwood high school
between the Siatteri. and Oak Hill
school of this place".4 . yti-i?i
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Chapel HilijApril iJ.MsL
Mrsv M' Ai SwannofMarioni spent
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NEWS ITEMS FROM t vf
OYER THE STATE
I terns Concerning Events of Ib
terest ?incl I m p oTr tan c o
"Hircra
By selling over 62,00a,u00pounds ,
of leaf tobacco this; season, , Wilson,
N. C, wins . the distinction o being
the greatest leaf tobacco market in
the world. '-"f -'-
Mathias Leonard,! .who died , in i
Winston-Salem last week at the age
of '91, is survived by ? , 150 descend
an'ts-r-six sons, three daughters, 52
grandchildren and 89 Z' great-grandchildren.
:'.:- ''.'lr -'. ' . .
- i A. C. Avery was elected mayor of ,
Morganton last Vlonday by a majori
ty of 255 votes over ;.his - Opponent, '
John M. Pearson. Aldermen elected
wereRoy. C. Huffman, F B. ; Duck
worth and H. L. Riddle. - v : ;
Congressman R. I Dough ton says
Lfche report that he Trill be a candidate
for governor in 1924 is without ,
foundation. He says - he is not a
candidate and does not expect to be
come a candidate for. the office.
The Summer session of the North
Carolina State " College of Agricul
ture and Engineering, "Raleigh, will
open June 14 and continue through
July 27, according to the preliminary
announcement -recently issued by the
director, Dr. W. A. Withers.
Governor Morrison has granted a
pardon to Cecil Hefner, who, with
Dock Hefner and Lone Young, 'was
- Watts, of Statesville, as commission- C
er ox revenue, unaer uie act oi izi
carries a salarv of $5,500 i'a Wear.
confirmed then, - heilH "hold r; ofiice
wjth the state
Novembet :and
bnicers1 elected 1 last
in thfe "meantime be", a.
-NEBQ AND QtENWOOD
AFFIRJiiATlVTCAMS:WJW
In the dual debate between : Glen-
Uu-i-w r-':&iU$nnfZ .
. - . , - . , - Tuf x'
nudges qf the contest were Miss Ellis, -
It, - z.'-m- ,tt - " . w j i
Supt. T. A.' Holton of Marion Graded
ici.-, - - iriin'i'M
rionl SAtlNebo, Misses M
and Lenai Spencer, representing -Ne- -bo'saffirnmtive,
: won a unanimous
vote oyer. Miss Annie - Morris and "Mr.
Oscar Morgan, the . negative team ,
from' Glenwoo'd. i . The judges there -
were'.Miss ' Miller and Supt. ;G. B.
Strickland "of - Old Fort 1 Graded
School, and Miss Poole of the Marion ..
Graded school. :Ther defeated, as well
as the ; victors - showed familiarity
with rtheV sub j ect in hand and put up
a'goodn fight creditable to ; their
schis;?:-
Subscription from Rutherford Man.
A Kutherf ord : county, man : sends
inihissubscription .to'i The ' Progress,
sayinjEnclbsedr find 40e ; in
stamps for your, valued .'paper i for
tinm6Be
ial f on pvar'rt ex-president made : me
sub&cri6e2p That V article" !aIone is
wnrfV Attn V ferr-. -ianvV : democrat tO
reaa.'.v v.