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A; WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO. TOE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
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ESTABLISHEECI896S
MAJRIO K
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HEADS SOCIETY
Dr. Guy S- Kirby Named Pres-
ident of. Tenth District. Med-
ical Society, : : w
Asheville Times,-7th. x .
Dr. Guy S. Kiry of Marion, was
elected president of rth Teith Dis-ri
trict Medical, jcietyat4: the" annual
business me'eting.a Vli
Wednesday, to succeed Dr. F. Lr:Si
ler, of Franklinl Marion was. select
ed as the meeting place 'for-the April
session. ; - r Jr
Dr. A. F. Toole, of this ' city, was
chosen vice-president and Dr. . JV Wi
Hunhicutt, Ashieviliei .-elected n&j
retary of the associationr;Othp of
ficers are: Dr.. J. R.v ' ' McCracken,
Waynesville, vice-president; Dr. TW.
R. Kirk, Henderson viller Mce-presi-dent;
Dr. Dan Bryspn, BrysOn City,
vice-president; and DrH. B. Adams,
Murphy, vice-president
Addresses were delivered by Dr.:
W. S. Rankin,- Secretary of . the state
board of health; Dr. Hubert' A. Roys-
ter, president of the statedial'
society ; and 1 DivvJ FV ySflerof
Franklin, etmng-pre4ef7 --
Dr. Eugene B. Glenn,; of. heville,
nresided attft1anm
nesday night.
ANNUAL MEETING: HOME
;. xAtthe : anniial ' mtin"the
rHomVuUdihgAdciont lielr in
the 'court house: Tuesday night, Oct-
MARION DOfcTOR
li; the following officers Vwere elect- 4UB 13 vwjr iuui,w,wi.uw Mua, fl0y e ana xxeine raccnara. first
Id- j"D Blanton nresiaent- Wd with .her artist's perception of B grade : Donald DoVer, Wood
Pv-31 tortiWniS. Q t.J -nu
assistani-secretarjgnlg
W Winlorn attorney. :Toll6
ini bcW 4WC
Tater1lf''ustice-m'W
lateM. j. .lusnce,. J'
TatlC JusticeWWuyLv
Bush- J. W.iriborfie;n --bntoiorf---
W 6
AdkLdlS?
oSuditor arid ooth, with its display of fancy work,
treSoV dS;and ch; by & charming arrahgemen.
treaSUeLS 1 Iwor, theorize in the woman's .exhibit
approvea. Mne xeport snoeu
i ,'Wr-vfliaiiiki r
substantial condittdn. J"16 eailor VA Jauuei " ix-wcaim, geneva ateppe, unrisrina Mcuaniei,
Approximately '900 shares ;-relth edin &azm6 devoted tojcirl Rock, Khoda Padgett, Florine
reported subscribed to the new Octo- f work and womenV ; dainty Ham?, Clyde Nesbitt, Irene Jordan,
t mtj- -needlework designs, wrote for' a pic-, Vera Oates. Fourth crrade: Mar-
uer series, -uua bcws wm icuuim.
open during the month of October
L ,5KT-'
and the directors I believe tKS series
will be doubled before the close of
the month.
The secretary and treasurer re- cnaracwraura., xier uuuic buuwo
Darted that surteen homes iri Mclhandvf efficiency and her children
pcrnea xnat sixteen nomes in mv , . . . . t
Dowell county had been built or- re-
modeled during
cers believe they
double this number
year and Jbat
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McDowell . cpunty.-r
W. N. C. CONFERENCE " .
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
fererice. of the Pentecostal Holies!
Church 'Will hold its sixth annual :ses-1
sion Tvith th
costal Holiness . church, midway Tbe-
tweenJtWMariotta
cotton . mills beginning - ' on . Friday
night, Oct.lth, and continuing xf or
:abbut-fourdays;S Z.'i'M
There , will ; be rdevotio'nal - services:
eacheyeriingt.at;'.7i45p
each ; day ;a!yU;at
signs' will be held both morning and
afternoon.' v Between severity ive
arid one 'hundred preacners andele
will nttPTiH. . - K:
The;eoriferencewill
over by, the . General Superintendent,
Revv J. HKinggbf idycm,.
All, are invited to, atxend.
TRANSPORTATION FOR
J CCWIIER
The McDowell county commission
ers have, agreed? to pay rthe railroad
fare ol Confederate Veterans to the
annua -1 reunion -i! at Chattariobga,;
Tehi Pctoer2
doubtless .be good news, to the old
ioldiers It is expected tjiat a large
number will avail themselves of-the
opportunity to attend the meeting at
the year' The offi-f - sxlower .. wim. ljLtswxi iuuui- iurner. rentir .-grade: Histeiie iav-j lur r. w Jouuucia aa uccu viait- -. . ..v
r will - -riiore than er s auu vmw buuu uvtasiuiu. renaer, ernara xaxe, VYaiiiam iTe-" o.viv. o.tnwi "ciC iwi uc .7-,-v . .
-TTrtimo -iBiiHfnlrayer' pumisned in izu nas Deent grade: James Miller. . jonn .ivmi maue a Dusmess mp 10
the .llpme, rjjuiiding; -..j., 1 6 - - , kfn owv . -.stimulate -more rfimnUte '
FORMER MARION WOMAN
. . ACHIEVES SUCCESS IN
C 1 LITERARY CIRCLES
' Of interest to the Marion people
m be the -followitn& clipping from
The Birmingham Age-Herald with !
reference to the,; literary r work .of
Mrs." J. N;JCoraeliusi5eeV?'aTOV C.
Chase. Mrs. "LCorhelius-OTsb'drb
arid reared in this section, where she
has many friends jwho will be. .de
lighted to know that she has-distin
guished herself in the literary field.
She took first prize in the Walt Ma
son contest, which within itself be
speaks Mrs. Cornelius ability as a
writer. The poem which Mrs. Cor
nelius offered in the Walt Mason
contest won the first prize from
aniong hundreds submitted in com
petition. A
With reference to Mrs. Cornelius
the Birmingham Age-Herald carried
tlie following, written by one of the
paper's regular staff reporters: -
- "Among Birmingham's brilliant
women is one so modest and retiring
in her disposition that she might apt
ly be . compared to the violet wjiich
hidesj its charms except from those
who lovingly seek for them.
"Such a woman is Mrs. J. N. Cor
nelius, the : talented president of the
B.irmingham .Vriter'AJclub, who is do
ing so mucK;Elne literary arid artistic
work, that she is becoming , known
through the magazines and literary
publications of the country, while
her -own friends here' in the city are
very little aware of her success.
"Besides her writings, Mrs. Cor-
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Davis. : Second grade: Maryf
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;oo Deauxnui was mis doom inai
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ture of the booth and a description
WitMonteiits. - :' . -v
x ;. TO7iVi l-i folanto' Mts f nrnolino
I combines lovelv crraces of womanly
f Tl 1 TT V. Xl.
01 ner as a ww" . "p"
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u"'u. -f - -. . J ; Al T
of this naper.:
fr: TLS AND TWO MEN
Raids by local officers during the
past week resulted in the capture of
four stills and two men On Octo
ber v2rioT Deputy Sheriff R. C. Nan
neyv reports having destroyed a still
on Jackson's creek and arresting a
man by . the nameLof Halton. t
1. On ' October 4th Deputy" Sheriff
Mitchell arid Prohibition Officer J ohn
copper - outfit
hear Greenlee, and .on the same date
Deputy- Sheriff J. A. Good destroyed
a'stillTon Ldnville mountain in North
Cove township
. On, last Friday Deputy Sheriff
Mitchell ;and vohibition S , Officer
Banks. ; made 'another raid in North
Cove township . where . they destroyed
a stillarid arrested iFlemAutrey ton
a charge of violating the prohibition
Iaws.5AuW held ; under- $500
bond forallegfed distilling. yT -t-4-
i 5 WEATHER REfpRT,;
- Thos. ; McGuire, , local governinent
weather bureau ' bbseryeri reports: the
temperature - and ; rainfall at - Marion
fbrtfhe week as foUoWs: ; ;
Maxiriliirri 85 Agrees; himuiir
36td?greVsy'raini(K
fni-j tlip WTninjH -"Ars. -vornenus-ueauuim poem -n. iverton, aine . .upiey. Hiieventn . v . ? 1 -.n,.: - -
surishine;;'per; cerit..8 5Hr 'fy:-K
1 1 tMb OF INTEREST ' .-
; FROM THE COUNTV
Brief Mention of Some of the
Happenings in McDowell- 'TV? a? u ae
At. i r i " .finest of Miss Floy, Williams Satur
Items About Home People, night. ' ' :
OLD FORT v v ji The White Pine school is progress
. Old Fort, Oct. ll.Born, to Mr.;iin& hicely with Miss Haney as tea'ch
and MrW; L. Dalton. -Saturday. -er-- The patrons and friends of the
vet. if. a.aauenier. i
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Miss Alva Goswick spent Sunday
in v Winston-Salejpi . withjiomefolks, :
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Huntley of
Ridgecrest, spent Sunday, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Fortune.
Mrs. Ben Byrd of Asheville visit
ed relatives here Sunday.. . . , .
Misses Katherine Bailey and Flor
ence Murray sperit Sunday in Wea-
! verville the guest of Miss Pearl
: Evans.
P. H. Mashburn and family mot
ored to Asheville, Saturday.
Ted Hyams spent the week-end in
Asheville.
Wallace, the magician, gave an in
teresting entertainment' at the audi
torium last Monday night.- A large
crowd enjoyed the performances
- J. C.. Greene of Asheville 'Vsepnt
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Monaay m urn i? ort.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nichols spent
Sunday in Old Fort. 5
-"Mr. arid Mrs. Ben Burgin and Mr.
and Mrs.1 W. : O. Nichols motored - to 4
Black Mountain Sunday. .
- The' honor roll for the' Old Fort
schoof as follows: First "A"
grade : James Atkins, Isaac. ( Dayis .
J t? T?.rtV- n awWtoW't-the home? of- C.' P.
I 1 J -..f
Jennie . MaeNbblitt K:6:
Plemmons, Winnie Simmonif Mr and nzo Parker-Sun
Davis. Second grade: Maryj4; J r , ,
T -r. ,n.:l, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lytle of Green-;
Virginia Adanis, , Jessie Davis, Beat-' , 7", . . ureen-
n 9reek
Sherrill, Francis Su?day- . ,
Walked Hezakiah Autrey Lester L M W.nslow Kitchin anoV little
Plemmons, Lytle Steppe, B. T. Nich.:der of Spartanburg, S. C, who
M ThW 'fL Aliurtve been spending the summer at
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- Harvev tJonnor. Marv sue iirant -
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garet Rock, Francis Sherrill. Fifthana elD morgan, Keha woblitv Ed -
-Imae? 'Elizabeth 'Strickland:' Thorn- !na Hawkins, andLaura Reelof Ma-
TT-.H j: of .!
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grade: Alley
,. Ward Tre-
si-annp. spvpnf.h ornrfp'
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venon. fiigntn graae: jjennis nay-,
'nes, Rosa Turner, , Walter Graham.
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iNintn graoei Jannie farmer, Jfeari
MONTFORDs" CCXVE
Union Mills. Rt. 1 -Ortl10. -Falls
jare too "busy these days to ' visit andat with rheuhiaHsnrfor ' the past
news is scarce. ;
Cane strippings seem to be great-i
ly in vogue. The young folks have en visited James Hogan last Sun . through govrenment agents to ascer
enjoyed them at the following homes: Ida v. ' - jtai ihe names-of all children, with
G.vM. Harris on Friday night and!
Mrs-Delia' Lejdbetter's on Monday
night. r '
Mr. and Mrs. Elijah West of Mon
tana are visiting friends in the cove.
Miss Pearl Simmons is spending
this week in Rutherfordton.
" Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilson were
visitors at Sugar Hill Sunday.
After a week's visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. Wm. Wilson, Miss Louise
Brown has gone to Glenwood to
spend the remainder of her vacation
with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. James iJurgess and
children, Mr." and Mrs. M. R. Nari
hey ' and : children, W. G. Harris and
wife, Mrs Cora Nichols an o! Vernb
Harris and family spent Sunday at
thier home of r Frank; Nanney. 1 -t '
vU MilesStott; ,youhV son of :M. . L.
Stdtt, Jiad the misfortune of falling
from his bycicle .SMday, - breaking
hlslshoulder borier J He.was taken to
Marion where he. was given the at
tention of a physician and is getting
along nieely. . ; 'f s'ji-L '
"" Mrs.. Iillie ; Wilkersori; and children
and Uncle Andy" Wilkersori were. visi
tors at E. Cl Harris Sunday. ; O"
Mr.-and Mrs (Grbver Harding' df
Caroleen-spent-Sunday at E, ' C.
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. -- Mr." and Mrs. L. P. Hemphill spent
Sunday at G. HemphiU's
jscnooi met rnaay ana aiscussea-
lpians Ior improving conaiuons ana
oaiuraay iney put tneir woras into
action by cleaning off a play , ground.
Mr Panter of Crooked creek" andJNew Smyrna, Fla.1, has' been elected
JVliss Evelee Muxphy -were quietly
married at the home - of Will Haynes
last Friday .night. May .joy and
happiness bo " their lot - all - through
this -life. ;
Aiiiw. Hemphill is repairing his
newly "purchased home at Gilkeyf
where he expects tomove soon,-.
CROOKED CREEK
Old Fort, Rt. 2, Oct. Jl07 Cold
frosty mornings, potato digging,
wheat sowing and some corn being
gathered, are the order of the day on
1 the creek. . . - I - - -
Mr.- and Mrs. J. N. Nesbitt of Old constructed on the summit of
Fort'visited XMr;andMrsV. A.-B. Hal- rown mountain in . Boone ' forest. -fOrd,Wd'y;V
3 - - -.-U j The tower wiU be; 75; feet in height
;Miss i-ela" Milton is right sickwiUuand ;:st. Valjout ?250. It ". is
tonsilitis."' . - , " r.-. vs.-.v stad that work will start immedi-
lMiss: Bessie .Cuthbertson "and- Miss ' and hen completed- the tower.;
Annie Lavender nent the. weetnd ; command a . view of all go rern-
ai;the .f6rmer's home at Neb; " ' :
Mr and Mrs.- Judd - Noblitt -and
qhildren arid 'Miss r Lucy Halford
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and"Mr5- A,:W,. LaTendcr
'children visited reUtivs near-Green-
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Ahvillft visits rp1vM Wp Hnr.1
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ing the week.
HAW BRANCH
Old Fort, Oct. 1L Misses Norarlele' buttbere. fe eaKpn ; to believe,
t.ai -, . -
rion spent Saturday night arid Sun -
day with relatives here. '
I ' ; tri-.J tt i i a i
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ItfCoo Pirn Unnrli'na
- . ra iWiuu3 &cvuxucu w
Marion after spending some time
t, n, , .
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hrfv xr"L il.u xt. fL,:4TliA Wtbni f,,Ko,Wn.--
iwppk.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Reel and chilcl-
The box supper at Curfew'was a
success-and a neat sum. Was realized
CATAWBA VALLEY r
Old Fort, Rt. 6ct. io".Mr. and
Mrs. Williain Melton of Ridgecrest
were pleasant visitors here Sunday.1
Leon and Maude'ilver visited re
latives on Curtis creek the latter
part of last week. '". ' - ; ' 0 :
' Mr. and Mrsr G. W. Bradfey of
Greenlee were" callers at the home of
J. W. bra'dley, Sunday. . . ' "
Bulow Kelley spent Sunday . on
Crooked creelc. , C :-- ; V , 1 '
Mr. and Mrs." Lt9t Wilson have
moired '.into' theV :cominunity from
BurnsvilleT, JT" . 1 ; r ; : -
A singing was enjoyed at the home
$f 'J. H. Pimeer Sunday afternoon.
A.- L.j: Hicks I moved from -here.to
Old Fort last-Wednesday. We "are
very sorry :to have him leave. Us. ?
Mis3 Sara Bradley has gone to Old
Fort'to spend a while with her sister,
"f Willard Kelley and Tate Parker
attended the box supper at Curfew
Saturday nightv ; - ; , . :.
(Continued on -page ten)
NEWS ITEMS FROM
OVER THESTATEL
Items-Concerning Events of In-"
teres t and I m'p.o rtanco
- ThVoughout the State.
The annual session of the Western
North Carolina conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church will be
held, in High Point October 19-2L
W. R. Patton; formerly, town man
ager of Morganton and : located in
that capacity for several months at
superintendent ofroads' in : Burke
county. v , v" -C - :
- Statistics : f or North Carolina of
the 1920 census 'of manufactures
announced by ll the census bureau
show " Winston-Salem leading, in ' the
value, of -manufactures -with ,$200,
485,000 for the year 1919? an inr
crease of 437.7 per "cent , over 1914.
Durham ranks second with $70,65 9
000, while Charlotte stands second in
percentage of increase-over 1914.
Officials, pf the forest service, an-
.shounce,that a steel lookout, tower
;m"land In CaldweU county.; It is.
expected that.it willprove invaluable
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; OF -VITAL : STATISTICS
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Raleigh, ;Oct,4-In several xoun-.
the; state ;.the.;tate'.Board2cr
? .isnsjtnnga;an nt ensive-' ..
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tics, vIt;X
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ported mord
? thef reports .jm-vita l Eta Us- -is
necessary that a higtj per-
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main in the official registration area,-
.-ll!!,.011 U ?
Census ; Periodic checkings are re-
to show conclusively that ,uch
rercenUge is maintained. , S
5ci?.l attention will bevrivtsn to
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t'x rccrtj 0 b!rth:. The repoits. ,
Jf Icth in the state rjrc Eow , trac-
i.csiiv ons nunarea per xren - com-
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- umur i umaa aroi
ported, require by Uw. North
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Carolina according to the rvpoits
made lead3all thef- states rf the;
TTtvj rn xiritVi "tVio ' Vi?rrViocf - Vi?t-Vi
Union With" thft ' hi P"h fJlt " filfth Mtp. .
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nearly eighty-five- thousand : births
ihnvinrr been renrdd during ihr
:nr.
Si!
ia on recommended by 'the Bufeaa-
oi xne census, in tne selected ter-
ritory: a careful canvass- is made
the jiames of parents, who have been
born within the-past" : year. . These;
reports are. then checked against the
birth certificates 'filed with the bu
reau; of vital statistics 5n the State
Board of Health from the same ter-.
ritory. V - : "
Under the laws of North Carolina
it is a misdemeanor punishable m by
fine or imprisonment for an attend
ixig' physician. or '.midwife to fail to
hjromptly- report to the " local regis
trar any birth. The birth certificate
contains such . necessary inf orrnation r
asthe name of the child, the name
of the parents, place of . residence
arid other important information. A
birth certificate - is a document that
may prove of the highest value, and
is now recognized as the " inherent
right of -every child N born in the
State. It is the intention of the
State Board of Health . to protect
that right, and, insure it for every-,
child insofar as is possible. - " .
November 7 to 12 is "Subscribe to
Your Home Town Paper Week' in
every state. CclcbrateTjy paying up
your subscription. There's4 nothing
like your own community newspaper.
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