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AWEEKim ESTABLISHED 1806 MARION N; O, vTHURSDAY,. FEBRUARY 9, 1 022 VOL. XXVI iJO. 25 ,f V;.V''.;i-'";;.-Ji 0 OEAR EAST RELIEF! !5PSDRirVEFEB6i9 Mri DF; Giles Appointed - County "Organi- zation. Mrs D.; P. Giles has been appoint-- d ' chairman for McDowell county of V.the Near East Relief in: its drive for ifunds beginning Feb. 12th, accord--ing to announcement by i. Col. George hajBellayy: of Wilmington, State v t t To "the sacred care of North Caro ;3ini are entrusted 3,334 orphans of Armenian who were killed in the Sreat jwar and who were murdered 'during Turldsh depredations because vthey would "not renounce -Christ, and become Mohammedans-: : vTyMcDowell county's quota- of - the ; 200,000 asked this year is $180.- 00, - which will feed, clothe and edu- rcate 23. of these helpless tots for one f ; AWilliam Jennings . Bryan, in ,k Jj:difcih5 .declared that "the Neajr ast Kelief ; is the- best or- xizedrnd most efficiently nianaged ; cliarity organization in the world IGeriejfawes: said ; not long ago . rwe grow weary. 01 repiuon ox ap- ; ,.peals,; but ; ob, how weary, do you ?thinkthbse Armenian women - and .children , have grown during the six .years? of .unabated 1 suflfering?" " r: Spme may say that charity begins home, iut there is ntf such suffer- 3ng - in America, and neverliasr been, ; as there . is in Armenia : : . ':- ... It was a wise philosopher who said 'The lightthatshines brightest at liome shines farthest." County Orsanixation. McDowell' County's -organization SNfcEastl ReHef fpilgii?f . lowsi -, - Xf Mrs;D.p:' Giles, chairman;. Miss ' SSlary : Win " lorne,: Mrs. Maggie Hudgins Wither pooii,' Mrs: W. P Artz, vice-chair-'cn vk? . v. ; v -4" ecutive' Committeer Messrs. G. C- Conley N. K Steppe; W. W Neal, T; Az Holton, S. E. Whitten, J. Q. 3ilkeyf " S. L. Copeland, i T. H. Hender i ;ldis. Chas. Burgin. . , :Trearer,; W. Is.: Morris. f.&'Xubetct Chairmen. " Old i Fort G. B.t Strickland. bo--Miss Mamie ' Stacey and Jdrs," John.Sigmon. " " Glehwood Miss- Delia Gibbs. I ?ldeniCity--Watson Wilson. . "Clinchfield Mill-Miss Ola Wall, .Joe .Miller and R. O. Wiley. . ; ;Siloam-Ralpb Tate. - 5 Marion Uliss Maggie Taylor, Adam".Hunt and ! Jno. Snbddy. Greenlee -Mrs. Tom Tate ' and BlissvButh Qreenlee. J S ; Graphiteville- Alonzo Davis. 1 Harmony ? Grove Miss Maggie : yarla and Frank" Witherow. WbawnMissAlberta .'Clary. Kf.SSeei. Geo. ;W:oitfey. v Pitts--Jeter Morgan ' ani . James Averyw . . - .v-- : . 4-WAordMiss.tEa 'H Sugar? Hill-T-Iiss ; Mary Wacaster ' and Jr. W.cM. Wilsons 1- VFairview Miss Mattie McGalliard. B?:lysartsviHe-oe J BtarrM 5 - ;' Pinnacle Miss Rebecca Patton. Bethlehernr-. il. Gibson. -; 7 Hankins-Miss Annie Wall , and J. mCbssMill Fred! Williams? and ' Steoudtowh Miss Thelma Michael Chapel Hill Lurlene i Corpening. GREENLEESCHOOL. ; t iSSS"Despi WiM$-ardaiy: evening, the parents and ehild - ffi $&ehri:ofp Greenlee school had an : un Mf&k 'Siusualiyl pleasant social affair. Games 'Siy'dcontes in -by "--Mill:"J HMyMSttltei sum was f realized. i This fs to -c rff yfebe'added to the desM f undVff t The attendance at Greenlee is very satisfactory now. 1.The. highest, week ly ' attendancef or the year 'f as last week, when, it was 99Nper cent of the nroBment.? v hpp with home; merchants. JOHN G. P YATT DIES - . . ; AT D YS ARTS VIIXE John,G. Pyatt; of Dysartsville, died of pneumonia Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock at the culmination of , about, a week's illness. ' MrNpyatt was a far mer, and lumberman ands one of the most prominent and progressive Citi zens of this section. He was a mem ber of the board of county commis- sioners ox McDowell county, saving been, elected to this office in Novem ber, 1920. ' ,. Monday being the first : Monday there was important work to come before the board, but. the meeting Was postponed until Tuesday and the commissioners and other county offi cers .attended the funeral at Dysarts ville. : v Mr. Pyatt's many friends received tne news oi ms deatn witn a severe shock. It is keenly realized by those who knew him that the county and community has lost one of its best citizens. Mr.' Pyatt is survived by a wife and four children. WILL ERECT NEW COURT HOUSE ON PRESENT SITE - The cotinty commissioners at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday de cided upon the present site, on which (cert in Asheville Tuesday night, to erect the new crpurt house. This) Leonidas Rhinehardt was 'given a decision was reached; after consult-'surprise party Friday night. Those ing with the. people of the county, as present were Louise Swann, ' Daisy to their wishes. The following or-' Mae Arney, Helen Stirewalt, Ruth der, was made: ; . Stirewalt, Ruth Davis, Mary Ulen 'In the opinion of the Board the Settle, Brevard Tate, Robert Wilkin preseni courthouse site together with 'son,' Paul Steppe, Jack McElroy and the adjacent property is the "proper Clyde McCanless. x k: jlocation upon which to erect the hew couruiouse, ana xjwz jiy js necessary to acquire the property known as the Mrs. Dora Nichols FinleyV lot bound - ed on the North by . Court Street on the -East by. Garden Street, on .the .the by the- present court "House lot and that the needs of the : Cdunty demand the; acquisition "i of said - property Ana his. lurtner - .ipuna mai tn.Bpewui ior irearaeni. . Board is unable to agree with the Some parties from Winston-Salem said property owner, Mrs. Dora Nichols Finley, upon a : satisfactory price therefor. " ' - "It is, therefore, ordered that the' said Mrs. Dora Nichols Finley properdins mill building completed and be ty be condemned for the court house 'ready to begin operations. The pow- site "and that proceedings to that end . , t tJz - De lmmeaiaieiy msuraiea. . "It is further ordered that the new court house be erected, upon the com- pmea lot oi vne present coun uouse j" uvuiKigc w giuwcio aim puu site and the Nichols property. j lie generally. "It is further ordered that Erie G.j Dr. J. B. Johnson and I. L. Caplan Stillwell be, and he is hereby em-; are making fine headway on their ployed 'as architect to prepare: the nlans and supervise the erection of the new court house upon the usual architectual commission basis." FEDERAL EXBERTyCOMING TO AID TAXPAYERS Collector of Internal Revenue Gil - liam Grissom has announced that two revenue agents accompanied by a deputy collector .will visit each' im portant town in the State during the period from February -15 to March 1 5 for the purpose of aiding tax payers in the preparation of federal income tax -returns. . The practice has been followed in f previous years, but this year more appointments have been made and a longer" time will be spent in each place. . . - ' v . . . . , The list . of appointments has been announced for. this district by J. E. Kanipe division chief, as follows: Forest City, Feb, 15, 16 and 17; Rutherfordton, Feb. 18; Marion, Monday; and Tuesday, Feb. 20 ... and 21,; Marianna Hotel j Hendersonville, Feb.- 22 'and 23; Brevard, Feb.- 24; Canton, Feb.4 25 ; ' Waynesville, Feb. 27 and 28 ; Asheville, March 1-15 in clusive. - ; ...... ' ,, - -l4 Clinchcro , Honor Roll. 'The following is the honor roll for ClincAcssschoolfbrj JanuaryV C PhiUysSorrellsp Charley Minnish, Russell: Greer, Carita' Simerson, Ber tha' Early, Florence Early, Conley Poteat. ; Most essential to a good" inf ield is a shortstop and second baseman. " ' '; ITEMS OR INTEREST "cr;'. FROM THE COUNTY Brief Mention of Some of the Happenings in . McDowell Items. About Home People. . .. x OLD ;FpRT . Old Fort, Feb. 6.-Edward Barber and child of Columbia, S. G., are visitihg relatives in Old Fort. . Misses Clell Branham and Alva Gbswick spent Saturday in Asheville. Misses Gertrude Dula and Mabel Crawford were visitors in Marion Monday. . S. F.'Mauney has returned from a visit to relatives in Salisbury. - Miss Madaline Mashburn, the only f daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. j Mashburn, and Mr. Hart Taylor were married Wednesday afternoon at 6 o'clock Misses Mary Burgin and . Mattie Tate spent the week-end with home folks at Greenlee. Edward Barber will return this week to his home in Columbia, S. C. J. S. Keener is in Bryson City this week conducting a sale for Bryson Snyder Co. Misses Florence Murray and Fan nie Bruton attended the musical con- Jas. H. Young, U. S. Forestryman, . uangru8iy m at, ms uumo wiwi pneumonia. ; Early and Noblitt have moved into their new quarters. The store build- ing , was, .recently, completed . by Mr, ing r was I . Rev. and Mrs. ,W; K Dawson left . last week -for Greensboro where Mnu 5 Dawson will-be underthecare ofa j have purchased a lot on the old ball ground near the depot and are erects ling thereon a roller mill. Col. D. W. Adams will soon have ' er will come from a dam across the i 1. -4. 4.1. j m.. i ci kko. uppcir chu ui wwu. xhb . plant will be prepared to handle the1 gram m tnis community ana win oe -ouiiaing. ,ine iiiteen rooms up i stairs will soon be ready for occu paiicy. uue oi uxe Auur sture ruuuw 24th. This will be the finest atrac on the first 'floor is being fitted up;tion given here and it is hoped the for a lunch counter and will 'be operated by Taylor Greene. The graded school literary society 1. ve interesting program last Friday night. One feature of . the program was a debate on the subject4: "Resolved, That the World is Grow ing Better." The boys showed con siderable preparation and argued the question quite at length. The judges rendered their decision in favor of the affirmative. ; Miss K. Bailey, fifth grade teacher took her pupils on a picnic and hike last Saturday. About twenty-five were in th,e party and they hiked up Jarre tt's Creek for some distance and struck Scamp. An enjoyable trip was reported. " y . l 3, C. Greene and .son of Asheville arrived in -Old Fort Monday after noon to spend awhile.' . S. J. Fortune and Alfred Gibson of Asheville spent Saturday and Sun day here. v -Finley Fortune, who is working in Asheville," spent Sunday in; Old Fori with his parents. MONTFORDS COVE ; "bunion MUls, Rt. 1, Feb.f 6.ls. W.' JPlack entertained the young people of the community at a party Saturday ? night. . ; '' . " . Grayson ;Koon7 who has been quite , is improving. v - j - -; f s -; -Rev. J:V M. Brown was : . called 5 to (Continued on last iage) W; W. GUY BUYS BILTMOREsVi . TRACT NEAR ASHEVILLE Asheville qitizen.-: sM.g; Sale ' of 13: and - one-half acres of land ;with a frontage 7t on ; -. Biltmore avenue : of 1,275 feet and known as the'. holdings of thev Apalachian Real ty company was affected yesterday when papers -were filed in the office of the register of deeds transferring the property from the V Appalachian Realty company, - of which;; George Stephen is president, to W. W. Guy, of Marion. " ' '"v ' "v ' Sale of the two! tracts in the vil lage of Bilmore which' involved $80, 000, according to the revenue stamps on the . two deeds, marks one "of the importastjt, real estate sales' of .the new year.i ' ' It is understood Mr. Guy has" some associates in the purchase, of the pro perty and that they have in mind.lat- er development of it for commercial j purposes.'- Mr. Guy is president and general manager of the Blanton Gro cery company, which operates whole sale grocery houses at Shelby, Marion and Spruce Rne, and is c known as one of the most successful and enter prising business men- in Western North Carolina. . - . . , ; MARION HIGH SCHOOL QUINT . DEFEATS HICKORYv32 TO 11 In a very fast vi and .-interesting gvsne of? basketball Marion last Fri day tilgh on the local court defeated the Hickory high by a count of 32 to 11, 5i.ckory only registering' two goals from the field; every pone . of their points being made by Mitchell, their, star forward. McMahan starred for Marion' with seven field goals. Atkins held' Mitch ell to two field goals, ,ther least' num ber he has secured this seasonwhile Hipps" f or Marion guarded well, and aiaomadewa- pretty :,baslitayMope land and Sprinkle played a good pass ing game, all their playing deserving credit. . I . . ' . Hickory A said to have one: of the 4 best teams in this section of the state and by defeating them it shows " that it will take a pretty strong team to beat the Marion lads. The line-up and score was as fol lows: Marion (32) ' Hickory (11) McMahan 14 Hawn Cn A - .opeiana o Mitchell 11 Sprinkle 8 TTtcti A. Hyder : Hawn - . Atkins TTnffmoTt ' AAV.. FIFTH LYCEUM ATTRAC TION TO COME FEB. 24TH The fifth and last attraction of the ? ; Lyceum course will be at the graded jfor tie calendar year 1921; - These " i school auditorium Fridav nieht. FelO j. .'. people pf Marion will show their ap preciation for this high class enter tainment, by a large attendance. This number is the' Kaufmann Male'Quartette and assisting artist under the "direction of Walter Stein -ecker, a well known, figure in musical circles of the Eastern and Central States. He has been identified with some of the. prominent churches of the East as solo tenor.' Each ' mem ber! of the organization is a talented musician. All have splendidly train ed musical voices and are finished musicians. Barney Thompson, , bari tone; is not only a fine singer but air so a very fine cellist. . . This instru ment is used in solos, abbligatos and in" the entire ensemble. Theic reper toire ranges from the heavier selec tions of the operas to ( the lighter, humorous and character songs which appeal to the general public ; . Mrs. ' Walter Steinecker 1 furnishes the accompaniments for: f ,the quar tette,Yahd ilse solos and -readings, as a 'special feature' of the 'program. f The joianagement assures Mrs. .W. W". ; Neal,r president of the . Woman's Club,: under whoseauspices it is ghr exi, that this attraction does not go' to the smaller-towns, but as there Was some' misunderstanding . about : .the date of - the; one to : be." Cshown here they will send ' this splendid company instead of the. one' booked ; for. this place. The 'admission .for this at traction iwill ibe 506 for-' adults ' and 25c f or children. '; -l r " NEWS ITET.IS FROM, t:r - OVER THE STATE Items T Concerning Events of In - terest and I m p o r t a n c o Jt) Throughout r the State. , The" annual, meeting of the Wo man's Missionary society ef thejest em North Carolina Methodist con f erence .will ; be held at Salisbury on April 25-28." - A n - ; .v . : .The executive committee of ;the North . Carollrik' Afri cultural : so dety , at ameeting held in Raleigh decided upon the week of October 16-21 as the official 'dates; for the 122 state fair. '-'.';-' V -V':: ' . .''BiU'.lUinwater charged with the murder: of Blaize L. Harsell, a weal thy New; York, clubman, who : disap-. pea red while on a walking trip through the mountains, of" western North Carolina ' or . Virginia; was -found not - guilty when arraigned in Mitchell ; county last I week How eVeri;he'is held in jail charged with the murder of .-Sldpieyl vGiMcey,;Feb. 5.-The;local chapter of the .Epworth league at Gilkey gave a most . enj oyable social program . to ". I the general public at; J the : graded school last night. The program con sisted of. a splendid' speech - on . - Ep-' worth league work'by B.:I. Lunsford who also entertained ; the ? -audi en c e with mountain; folk: song selections, " he being an .expert Avith . the.' banjo and this class of. music. Mr. J. C Wylie,lxthe -: president of the league .was master of ceremonies. The vari ous games and .contests - were ' given . after whicli-punch was .served "to -all , present.; 'About 200; were in attend- ance at thWsbcial..'".- , - A. D. WATTS EXPLAINS . A. D. : Watts; - stte cOTnmissioner of revenueV yesterday " gave out the ; foHowihgN statement concerning; the ; paentf4ncemel "There seems to be still a misun--derstanding- in "the. minds ; ' of -some of the xpeopr;andthe pfficVrs with xef er-v ence to the income-tax which this of- " fice is I nOwTendeayoring to collect. A great many , taxpayers '.- are. 'I now : paying their taxes which .'they listed ; in May, -1921, ; and; which was " their income for" the calendar year 1920.. Under the old law Tthis return .was , made to" the local list-takers durincr the.hionth of May and was for the previous year's income. ; The law- has, been changed and - taxpayers are re-, quired, to make returns" of their in come to the commissioner of. revenue March 15. If not made theii, penal ty will accrue.? ?'Sf'iy)'l'l '- Deputy Commissioner M. -IivReid, of Asheville, will be at the First Na- i tional Bank in -Marion on ".February 15th and 16th for the purpose of aid-, ing State income taxpayers in 'mak-; ing their returns.: Mr. Reid will! be ' in Old Fort on the 14th.' f 'All citizens required to make returns should take advantage of this opportunity to ob tain t assistance in- making their V re- -turns." ; . ' . y ENGlAND-WESTALL. . ' Mr. ; Gay England, of Buncombe county, " and Miss Ella-' Westall, of " Yancey" county, were married by Re v. J.T. -Bowden in the parlor of the He Dowell hotel Saturday evening, Feb. 4th. ' A number of friends were pres-C ent to witness the marriage and to ,;. extend: good wishes to " ' the happy; couple. ; Mr. and Mrs England will' make their future home in Buncombe county. :;r: ": V-," . - , ; ' WEATHER REPORT, t ?: v- Thos. McGuire," . local government weather ;burea observer, reports the temperature and rainfall at . Marion for the" week as follows: it.' v . ' ' Maximupv :65 .degrees; minimuia, 25 degrees; rain, 2.23 inches; . sun- shine, per. cent," .64 j snow, 0.5 of an i;Vk Correspondents will . plessa bear in .mind that, all communications f cr publication must be signed by writer. -.r , V- , ..V; -1
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