North Carolina Newspapers

"V.. A; WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO. TOE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY. , .... .tJ ESTABLISHEECI896S MAJRIO K - i VOL:: XXVI NO. - a 0 Wxfi 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 'ZZ 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- ' ' . , ' ; - tta . . . : , Davis. : Second grade: Maryf : : ' .w," - ;oo Deauxnui was mis doom inai ... . . - . .. 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" L 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 "V A t ' J : 1 A 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 v m - v i, - - 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 1'. 1 - - Harvev tJonnor. Marv sue iirant - 1 . . :. garet Rock, Francis Sherrill. Fifthana elD morgan, Keha woblitv Ed - -Imae? 'Elizabeth 'Strickland:' Thorn- !na Hawkins, andLaura Reelof Ma- TT-.H j: of .! . grade: Alley ,. Ward Tre- si-annp. spvpnf.h ornrfp' ' A -n. .V V i venon. fiigntn graae: jjennis nay-, 'nes, Rosa Turner, , Walter Graham. . v . . . 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. ?a?rris'- - 5 . -- 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 . n TT7 . . w T . , i and"Mr5- A,:W,. LaTendcr 'children visited reUtivs near-Green- - T Ahvillft visits rp1vM Wp Hnr.1 : ; " I 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 . . . . ItfCoo Pirn Unnrli'na - . ra iWiuu3 &cvuxucu w Marion after spending some time t, n, , . . """rtr'r' . . 1 . r ,5 iL . - 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 - .V1 "S ' r"" ; Wll'l K- 1-f 1- f K M )- 1 N ; OF -VITAL : STATISTICS - , , . Raleigh, ;Oct,4-In several xoun-. the; state ;.the.;tate'.Board2cr ? .isnsjtnnga;an nt ensive-' .. - tics, vIt;X . ported mord ? thef reports .jm-vita l Eta Us- -is necessary that a higtj per- :Jzl - Z. "Yi "" -V - " 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 . . - . . . .iJ- . t'x rccrtj 0 b!rth:. The repoits. , Jf Icth in the state rjrc Eow , trac- i.csiiv ons nunarea per xren - com- ... u i j. ' . . . - umur i umaa aroi ported, require by Uw. North - . . 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. . - -. , " 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. x Sf- yi- 3S V', -