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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED' TO THE BEST IhnEREST.OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWEli' COUNTY.
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ESTABLISHED 1896.
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VOL; XXVr NO. 2
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tax levy. made for :
Mcdowell .county
"The Rate to BeSeventy-geven
. Cents on tKe, $100 Wprth, of
t 3Property--Tn63liip
ations-.;
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The Board oiXounty Co
lon-
xs were in regular session Vn'Mon
day. A long list of routine matters
were acted upon and ttl&ryfor
taxes for the comirigf year, was made,
olthstanding" 'the fact "that the
reduction in the assessed valuation of
property for the county- amounted
to somethings like three million dol
Xars, the commissioners were iablej,to
Isold the levy down td a conservative
point. v : The levy for; all. purposes in
the county,; including; scnools aiid
zoadi, amounts- to ;onl77c'; This i
xnuch lowerjthan :' at number of other
counties, and seVen cents on the
5100.00 lower than Buncombe, which
made a levy .of 84c. - The commis
sioners, while in favor of going for
ward with the present constructive J
' program, realize on :. account : of the
'resent" depression in; business there
is a demand on the part of the'public
, for the tightening : uppf t)ie taxing
power. With: this U&':;inindc-'rder
for the levy was: made as, follows :
v 1. General poll, taxi of two dol
lars : that is, one' dollar- - and ; .-fifty
"' nts for " public- school fund, ? and
Sfty cents for supportfpoor.
2. For General County , purposes :
Property tax :tei&bt'0&?e0etifa, J
3. ; For general "road purposes::
Property tax rate Of :thre cnte.
4. For bridge purposes t Proper- J
ty tax rate of ;fiva cents. . v ?;
5. .For s general ita6V bond . puiv
-poses, that is to pay. interest: ,-"eai j
County road bonds and to ; create
yz sinldiigf und'ipjpaythe sameatjina- J
- -turity: Property tax rate or twelve
-cents. ( .v ." ' :" ' ' ; - v
6. For funding floating indebted-
"xiess and paying -interest on bonds:
. Prooertv tax 'rate of eight cents. 'N
7. For general - school" purposes:
Property tax rateof thirty "cents, for
teachers salaries land seven cents for
Irailding and incidental fund; V -
- ' Rod Bonds and Maintenance.
' Mari(t6wnship-Foftrbad bonds,
uiat is to pay-interest on roaa ponas
aTw? prPAt sinkine- f undsl . a 'property
-r-' nf f miV rPTi. ATi d noil tax
of twelve cents. For rad mainten
ance property tax rate of 11c and
noil tax of 33c. . ;;0
Old Fort p ; t6wnship---For road
fronds? Kronertv tax 4C. POii tax
t?v rnninttmance: Prop-
wrtr tjnc fc.; noil tax ll5c.
'M''Kv tw;e?T.lrp linftd hondsr
Property tax 4c, poll tax For ;Wagener and Miss Alma - fiemphfll
-a nofnti.tion - Prnnertv tax 2c.1 nAsWA ' cin nd wat-a
poll tax .mm,-.- i:h?&&
Dysartsville jtpwnship For . road-
tionds:
Property tax ill scents, poUit
vtax 33c 'For road . maintenance:
Iroperty tax 20c, poli ttax i60c; : o
, Crooked Creek- wmsnip--Fol:
road .bonds: Ioperrytaxllc,: poll
tax v, 33c. For s road;' maintenance :
Property. ta:20cill toxsc
Broad ;Riverv township For road
. feonds1 : iEroperty tax. 10c, poll tax
S0c. For road maintenance : Pro
perty tax 20c, poll; tax 60c. .
V Montfords .Cove, township For
road" bonds: Property- tax JlOc, poll
.tax 30c. For road maintenance :
property tax 20c, poU'taxOc. '
North : Cove townshipFor road
lwnds: Property ; tax UOc, poll 'tax
0c. iForroadTOaihtenancei
..iperty tax 10c, poll tax 30c. .-; ' V
: Higgins. ' township ! ;For r road
Snds ?v; Prop tax
SQc For Iroad maintenance: j-Prb
l-rty taxlOcpoll tax30c.g
BrackeHownshipjForS
I Jjonds : loperty tax , 1 5c, poll -tax
' Sct . For ; roao! j maintenance : ; Pro-
oerty tax 15c, poll tax' 45c.
Glenwood v township rxr ' ;road
: Property tax; 10c, s poll tax
'-.SO'c';.1 For ? road; hiamteriarice r
Sperty itaxbcpolT 'y
Social i;iSe
'it iCrobked Creek tNo.;51Pterty
.ra-:26c'5oil'iax0
f ' Wiggins No. 2.rVopytax20c,
tax 60c." iW0
30c, poll tax 90c. r
Nebo No. 1. Property
poll tax. 90c. . J-
Nebo To. 2. Property
poll tax "60 c.
;Nebo 'No;- 3. Property
tax
30ci
20c,
3,0c,
tax
tax
poll;.tax 90c. , .
Old Fort No. l. Property tax 10c,
poll; tax 30c v :V':-;V ' .
ISOld FrtjNo. 2.jPropWrty tax 12c,
poll tax 36c3 ', ' ' V
" Old Fort No. 3.-Property tax 45c,
poll tax $1.35 , ; .' v
01d.Fort Nos. 5 and 5 .Prop
erty tax, 10c, poll tax 30c
Old Fort No. 7. Property tax 20c,
poll-tax. 60c.
X North Cove t No.
iOc, -poll tax .30c.
orth XJove NO.
1 5c, poll tax &0e.
; North Cove Nos.
4. Property tax
5. Property i;ax
6 and 6. Pro-
perty tax 7c, poll tax
,Northx Cove To. 7.-
20c: -Property
tax
10c, poll tax 30c.
Montfords -Cove Property tax
J5c, poll tax 45c. '
Bracketts : Nos. 1 and 2. Proper
ty tax 8c, poll tax 24c.
Marion No. 2.- Property tax 8c,
poll tax 24c.
, Marion No.
poll tax 90c.
Marirfn No.
poll tax 45 c.
; Marion No.
3. Property v tax 30c,
4.
Property tax 15c,
Property tax 25c,
5.
poll tax 75c.
Marion Nos. 8, 8 and 10. Pro
perty tax Ipc, poll tax 45c.
- .Marion No. 9.r -Property-tax 5c,
poll tax 15 c.
Dysartsville No. 1. Property tax
20c pc31 tax 60c.
TV (Pinnarfej-Property
tax
2ac,poll tax 60c.
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MARION HAS DISkSTROUS
FIRE FRIDAY MORNING
Dire of" the worst fires to happen
in Marion for a number of years was
discovered last Friday morning about !
2 o'clock in the Wrenn building,
The fire it seems caught the hall
of the second floor over the Marion
Tin and Plumbing Shop. The blaze
had made considerable headway when
discovered arid before it was extin-
jguished the whole second floor over
, Doin xne ijroy wnoiesaie wrug vom-(
pany and the Marion Tin Shop were
burned oiit. The Kirbv Drue Com-
' pany . s'uffered considerable; loss vand
, the loss of the Tin Shop was no small
1
item.
Mrs Marv Van Waeener. who had '
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rooTYis on the second floor m
iMir. Iiot- rtnVinM o-nnHtt
VXX OCWUUU. AlVUi ill VAA
. ..destroyed.. In an effort to escape
v imir- Kniiii'no Van
considerably bruised in jumping
from; the secon story. window. They
edS bed clothes to the window and
dropped from the second story. Mr.
J. M. Crow, baker, who also lived on
the second floor of the building,
Pr-AWd without ininrv. " s
f Trnpflifltv 'tho lrm was
sounded, the ' Marion Fire
ment was on the scene in a
Depart-
few sees
onds. The fire
uiiub. nuVaiiT nuLAcu
under serous handicaps, r in that they
did not have ladders of sufficient
lengthto scale the outside walls of
the; building. Since the fire was
f
burninc in
the second story, about
.ViA.'rtrilv wnv tn rpftch thft' firp. was to
climb to the top of the , walls and ,
turn the "waJter n the f Iraming build-
mgvrAftet?about an hour of heroie
work the flaniesvwere well under con-
trol The fighters fought like vet-
erans and owing' to their efforts the
damage -to property js greatly less
than 'it would have been.
f ; The 4amage tp the building is esti
mated at$15,03IO, with $10,000 in
surance.cTbe Kirby Drug Company's
loss is estimated at $12,000 and this
W .partially covered by ' insurance.
About $1;500 was sustained " by the
Marion . Tin ' '&. Plumbing,, Company
with $1,000 insurance. ; 1 : - -
- The building Is owned by T : F.,
Vrennvof High Point and E. J. House
tof Marion and it; is, understood they
expect to repair: and put the, building
back in good - condition - as soon - as
possible v-' 1 :
ITEMS OF INTEREST 'w
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C : y FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of Jthe
Happenings in McDowell
ItemAboiit! Home People.
Nebo, Bt l, Sept. :5.-r-B. R. Foster
has gone to Cliff side where he has
accepted a position.
Mr. and Mrs. John Poteat of Mor-(
ganton spent Saturday night with
relatives in " this community. 1 ;
Miss Hessie. Waters has returned
to Marion after spending a few days
here with homef oiks.
J esse Price . and Paul , Ricketts at
tended, the McDowell County Sing
ing, convention at Bethlehem on Sun
day of last weec. - - ;.'
L. H. Whitener made a business
trip to Hendersonville last week. -
Roy Morgan and sister, Miss Floy,
of Marion, - spent Saturday night
here with their unt, Mrs. G. H.
lington.
Miss Biddie Price of Marion spen
the week-end here with' homef oiks.
Overton Price spent last week in
Cliffside. -
J. M. Walker visited in Rujher
fordton and Spindale recently.
' A. P. Poteat of Nealsville was a
visitor here one day last week.
Lawson Taylor of Kansas City,
Mo., is spending a .few days here with
homef oiks. t '
J. D, Walker -made a business trip
to Marion last Saturday.
OssieOPrice of Cliffside is at home
for a few days. r;
"J. B. Walker was, in Glen Alpine
, a number of young people
i
enjoyed a .singing on last Sunday
night given .by Miss Myrtle Foster..
I
I misses jE.mei ana
Agries Foster
Guy. Cochran of
and Messrs. Zeb and
Cliffside are spending a few days
visiting friends in this community.
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HANKINS
Marion, nz. d, &ept. t. a large
Marion. Rt. 3. Sept. 6.-
crowd enjoyed tne supper at tne
j scnooi nause aaturaay mgnu ine
; program opened with a short talk by
Mr. B. L. Lunsford of Marion. He
told the people of their needs for a
"cci chuiu ..t
days in the week their children must
live and grow. -4 He also
j
impressea
upon "them their duty of standingly
their teachers while they are work-
i
mg so
faithfully for the betterment
of the
school.
entertainment consisted
: -rni
of
or
cake-walks, the sale ot pies
'girls,'
numbers, cake and lemonade,
ice cream and fortune telling,
the
- - toal - - Proceeds from whlch mrtf
to $53. Some good music was also
7'?"'.
-uu. - T- -r
speaK too mgmy ux mr. "mu
noPe. lo.
Miss Mae -JVllison spent the W:
?nu.wtui atjiiv - . -
' mr. aim iur. u. . nuwarua,
Carlyle, spent Sunday and
wtn their, daughter, Mrs. G.
win
school will suspend ext Eri -
, . . . -
"day for two durmg to
hope to have the building cover,
f"v. ,
ice creamfeast at the homer
OI . . 5 . . s
i enjoyed . by
quite a number of
friends who live near,
Nebo,
NEBO.
Sept. 5. Dr;
and Mrs.
Hoke Hemphill of Chapel Hill visited
j relatives , here last week,
N Misses MaggieVand Hattie Taylor
left Saturday for Marion where they
will begin, teaching school at the Ma
rion Mm. -zyy . ;.;.;::"l
Mrs. John Sigmon and daughter.
" Georgia,,; returned home(, last vekiMrs.' Garland
from Ohio, .where they haye i peeh
spending several days with relauyesj
Mr."-and ' Mrs' Herbert; Giles: ijii I
baby of ' Raeford vare visiting4 -Mrs.
Giles' -mother," Mrs. Alexander.; 'I :
xrMr. and ! Mrs, Carrol Sigmon f of
Bridgewater spent theweekend here
with Mr. and; Mrsw? John Sigmon. -:V
- Miss Georgia Sigmon will leave
Tuesday for Elon College where-she
will enter school. : - - - '' 's; "
Watson, Wilson left Saturdays for
Garaen City, wjiere he will begin his
school. .:-"" ; -'.
c Misses Maggie and Vivian Parks,
who are teaching schoolcat Harmony
Groye, spent- the, week-end here. . l
- r.Mlss. Bertie ilawing of - Harmony
Grove visited the Misses Parks here
Saturday and Sunday. ' y -
-y.
Mrs. Summers arid
f fTYiW ,
have
and
moved back here 'for the fall
winter,-term-of -hool. - 5
A crowd from here motored , to
Blowing Rock r Sunday on A picnic'
Miss Essie . Hemphill will "leave
one day this week -v for Rutherford j
county "where she will teach school.
, Miss Elsie- Stacy spent the week
end atGreenlee.' . " v. ;
- n6ntfords COVE"' ,
UnlqnTMilis, Rt. 1, Sept. 6. Mr.
and Mrs. Grant .Harris visiteoT tKeif
i brother; E H. Harris, at the Ruther
ford-hospital Sunday, and report his
.condition better. . - i - f
Mr.- and Mrs. Wm. vldbettero
tpred to Shelby last" Friday. "
Misses Flay Williams and Ethel
Ledbetter spent Saturday night with
Miss Vera Ledbetter . 1 :
Mrs. E.MtStott is right sick. - .
J. P. Williams -.has been right -sick;
The ball game .between the ? Cove'
boys and the cotton mill team re
sulted in a score of 18 to 8 in favor
of the former. - ?
"VflTTifl Harris and familv and Mrs.
W G. Harris -and Mrs.. Cora .Nichols
vipted ' fronds at Glenwood ' Sunday. 7umDeJ employed .oto, : as. com
Mac!te -Stott, a student- at .paredth tho previous month. JLurn
Round Hill kchool; spent the veek--Mr;m as
enll with Homef oiks h.- :
A party o'f-youngsf oiks consisting ! "S;-:..- . . rrz r-
of Misses .Vera Ledbetter; Mary Sue PIN TO EXTEND HIGHWAY "
KemphillClara i. Harris . andMrV and TOr HNDERSON COUNTY
Mr3. Ge(rgc Haras
ing trip tp Chimney Rock; last week.- highway commissior ;for V McDowell :
. W. A. Misenheimer anil . some .county, is making,!' an 'arrangement
friends of Asheville visitedhef or Jf or meeting liwith- the commissioners ,
raer's Qldhbme rplacc at v tlie WrHtepf
House, Sunday. 7 " ' : , : ; in extending the ' ".Crooked :f Creek- r?
Born, to Mr. and'Mrs.: y.HarrVBfR
ris, a son. .'C'''V-.v',v",: i countytovH?"dersonvillef
; Mr. and Mrs.r.J. M. Harris visited Only senpepf.;nigW
their son at Old Fort Saturday and have
Sunday. ;T " H
j Rodnev He
mphill of Nebo 1 visited
'his parents here Sunday;-;' .
' j.vcv. anu.iuio. uuAco uiunu ojjhw Kiinvav iiuiu .xicuukiuh vine; - ,
: tt.m - ' V-fm.'.' a.,' ' -
ounuiiy at ougar nui. r;;'-,
! Mrs. F. V. ; Harris, Ray Hemphill ;
and Arthur Nichols motored yto the
Cove Sunday.
BROAD RIVER"
.. Old Fort, Rt. 2, Sept. 5- R C. -
Nanney spent yesterday in -Marion
; oh business. t ;S:?zj?j V?site'villeVeople;a'"highway: both: to
Misses Lockye; and" Hattie' Nanney.
homefolksX -
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t The protracted meeting which; be-
&anv at stoniB Mountain Tuesday
The pastory Rev. F.very bad' railroad grossing ; between
iSimmons waS assisted by Rev, M. Hankins station and " the Catawba
g
Snipes of Nebo. We hope muchr
good was. accomplished. v? r:
-j-.' Miss Meiaona iitroua spent i?naay
nignrwitn Ji.steue xaoms avtne norae
01 "'12 V. "
yy . j. JDryan - xieaoettcr was - a
i. sitor,at,R; , NannVs
Sunday afternoon. ,
The' Stone fountain school is pro -
e nic . ..: V .
t Estelle Morris spent Thursday
night at the home; of I. V Stroud. : j
Little Robert - Nanney, son of Mr. j
ana mrs.-ii. w iManney, nasDeen on
the sick list .for several .days, but is
improving.. . - -v - '' . - .;;:
Work, on . the highway down Broad
river 'is progressing nicely ;
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HARMONY GROVE. , i
Nebo,u Sept. 5.Mrs.;iBen Sim
monis and-little sbh : have returned
home; after spending" spine time with
Williams v on - Buck
. Miss Alice-' Mangum has .returned
to her .home at Dysartsville x after
spending a few days here.': - v: -
"A singing was given at the home
of Dan Anderson 1 last Friday night.
The "affair was enjoyed by all present.--
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Continued' on last page) :
NEWS ITEMS FROM
;;:f:;PYER JHEf STATE
CmerninjETEvent5 of In
terest amd x I m p or t a n c e
Throughout the State.
Between 600 an 70ft
have
com-
i been returned to Work at the
! mills of the Champion Fibre -
pany tat Canton, i Several ruhdred of -the-workers
were laid off about two 1
weks ago, when the plants , were '
closed: down;ftemporarfly was
stated that the jnills were close d; due
to the lack of fall orders. , 1
vThe program, has - been" completed ' 4
for the Western North 'Carolina - and ;
Buncombe 5 county state co-operative
district t agricultural fair f or , colored -people;
to be held in Asheville Oc$o-C
ber 10 to 15. The air. will be in
conjunction with the"; juvenile, home
movement; inaugurated ; s e v e r a 1
weeks ago TheTaffair will be held
in Oates park.' - ; . ; .v . -
1 Imprbved;' mdustrialxionditions in. .
NrthtrolinaaH reported in the I
monthly "survey- of the employment
service, for J the department of labor
fprAugust 'Nininetextile mills
reporteoVl 9,938 on the pay rolls Au
gust '15, an inciese Of -112 as com- -pared
withJuly '?;i5.j Textile opera-V;
tors, while -.not optimistic, expect to
pe able; to continue oni" f ufl time.
Thirty-six lumber, products mills re- .
port employment of 2,272 onthe pay' ;
,rolls August : 15, decrease in
the
and it; is prpbablcithat - JSenderson
county:, wUl
x vv.cpmniissipners OI;.v:tiuCXiOWeu
re plann
vllle highwtys with; the road to be
;. built between Morganton and Ruth-,
j erf ordton.: ." Arrangements are ; being.
made to have a .conference at once
with the Burke and Rutherford coun- .
ty omcialsl, Thiy wai give; the :Dy--
Rutherford
i & .n. cuni.xat;i. )vui uts m, yn. oaiuruay,
A 4- 4- Ml 1 1 -X. O i-. 3
Sept. 10, tO 'build a section of road
on the Marion-Oak-" Grove ChurcV"
hfghwaV whichSwilliminate the
- river , bridge on-the;. C. C. y& O.'rail
way, und run; the road around under
he railway bridge.' The, railway com- -.-
pany, will ".-pay; lor about'one-hall or
Jil?1 OI "V- j v r-;
. jiingineer-.xu.artm ana aii. ox tne .
Uunty - nighway commissioners -- i
IspectedJUie roads in -the northern -
part of the county on Tuesday, Sept.
!eth. Thev went especially to inspect.
'th Rroftd Rir nmi' nw Wnr
completed by Alexander & Patton.
CONCRETE LINK. OF
;
ROAD IS OPENED
. Kutlerf ordton,; Sept. Z. rThe con
crete link of the Asheville-Chariotte-WUmixjgtdn
highway, known as, pro
ject. No. 77, recently completed ; by
the Wilson construction company,- of
Rutherf ordton, -was opened to the
public Tuesday afternoon. It is lo
cated f romthe eastern city limits at
the Seaboard Air line railway sta
tion extending through town to the
corporate limits in the northern part
of town, comprising 242 miles.
About one mile of this paving is
16 feet wide,, - and- the remainder
varying from 24 to 33 feet-,
The Salvation Army
in London in 1865.
eas founded
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