A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL (XHJNTY.
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MARION, N. C.f THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1922
VOL. XXVI NO. :3r4
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GREAT EDUCAtlONAL
RALLY HERE SATURDAY
e Crowd Attend County
Commencement and Hear
Strong Address by Dr. E. C.
Brooks-Prize Winners.
J The -schools of v McDowell County
axwocu itwu weeK m memorable com
mencement exercises ' under the di
. , rection of Prof. N. F. Steppe. De
hates" and declamation and spelling
' contests were - held on Wednesday
- and Friday night afc the court house
in Marion. ."The - children who ap-
pearedvin these contests, exhibited
V splendid training and their efforts
were credit to themselves, their
teachers and their schools, and should
. velastingf influence in inspiring
others in years to come. But Satur
day, April 8th, was the great day.
The sun came up in the east in all of
its radiancy. The sky was - clear.
Te "atmosphere was warin. An ideal
setting was furnished for a great day
in the school history of McDowell
county; x All was beaming in keeping
with the bright faces of the splendid
young children -who took part in the
grand parade through Main street o
Marion ' at, 10 :30 in the morning.
The inore-than-a-thousand children
.from the schools of the county,
grouped together on the north end of
; Main" street, began the march led by
vthe Clinchfield Brass, Band. Down
.Main street came the iriost beautiful
sight man can behold, boys and girls
ihCfiillivigbrof life, bright, happy
rr? -fnll vf -le. When in full march
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;the line extended from one end of the
aat HT 09 fV4M TTV-
Wg the flag of our country. BacF
again -uvy vatue w , swiims
. : ,vff11x1 in their innocence .with
::dt Sz4Z
placed themselves" and te splendidf f"001 vv eDsxer-s international ic-
: schoolsystem off-McDowell county
header tfr the liearts - of- all who saw
then i KeVer -In MdDowell -.county
"has" there been a scene nearer to the
heart ,of men of human feeling. Joy
and nkppiness filled their hearts.
Satisfaction, and pleasure came to
them in knowmer that McDowell
county UHving, in the last words of
Charles B. Aycock "The equal rightjrn. ompany,
of every child to have the . oppoi t uni
ty to burgeon out all that there is
within himl"
Following the parade, the crowd
assembled in" front of the courthouse
for the-speaking. Mr. D. E. Hud-
gins introducea tne speaKer, ur. .
C. Brooks, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, in spienaia iasn-
ion. He spoke earnestly and feeling -
ly of the schools of the county, and
the great progress that nas Deen
made in the educational advantages
for 'the little ones." He plead that
they be not denied the equal oppor
tunity of developing all that God has
given them.
Dr. Brodks made a strong and
forceful speech. He went into detail
as to the cost per child per day of the
'schools of McDowell county. He
made comparison with adjoining
counties to McDowell. He showed
by figures that the schools in Mc
Dowell .are conducted more econo
' mically than in sortte of the adjoin
ing counties and as economically as
. ' in any of them. He explained in de
4i tail that McDowell county was paid
V each year byhe State of North Car
oBna fronV the Equalization Fund all
.' the salary of the County Superin
- tendent, except $800.00. That is,
the -portion of . that fund alloted .to
ilhmnwell county included all over
:$S06.JD0 of the superintendent's sal
ary and; that that portion was in
creased or diminished to. meet the
amount over. $800.00. Dr. Brooks
'congratulated, McDowell people for
.-their high, schools.- He announced
that the High School of Nebo haoVon
' 3y recently been alloted the sum of
$1250.00 to the end that its efficiency
Should vbe increased to the standard
of the accredited list of high schools;
ifcafris, plaeingU oh an equal with
e; best ih-the State. His. speech
?lw;;fpUo':id?!t)n and inter.est
: the large audience that heard him.
ftft Ifli? afternoon; the athletic con-
tests took place and furnished amuse
ment and created lively and spirited
rivalry.
The exhibits from the several
schools wereyshown in the corridor of
the court house. The result of care
ful and efficient teaching and train
ing was seen on. all sides. The child
ren and their teachers and the county
superintendent, Mr. Steppe, are en
titled to -the appreciation of and
should be congratulated by the en
tire county for this occasion. The
day was great and will long be re
membered. '
PRIZES WINNERS FOR
COUNTY COMMENCEMENT
On account ot the change in the
County Commencement program it
was impossible to award the prizes
and medals in the usual formal way.
The list appears below and winners
who have not already received their
prizes can do so by calling at the
office of County Superintendent of
Schools. The smaller prizes will be
mailed out upon request.
The full list is as follows:
Most improvement in a one-teacher
school: Cash prize of $10.00,
given by "Fashion Center."
Winner: Fairview School.
Most improvement in a two-teacher
school: Cash prize of $10.00.
given by Bryson-Snyder Company.
Winner: Hankins School.
Most - improvement in a three
teacher, or more, strictly rural
school: Cash prize of $10.00, given
by J. D. Blanton.
Winner: Greenlee School.
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SChOOl Z
exhibit from one-teacher
Webster's International Die
10'11 by Marchants & Farm"
Winner: Mt. Mitchell School.
from T twjeacher
tionary, given by Marion Progress.
Wjnnerv Cross Mill School.
Best exhibit .from three-teacher or
more, strictly rural school, Webster's
International Dictionary, given by
First National Bank.
Winner:, Greenjee School.
Best exhibit from high school (a)
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Winner: Marion High School.
Best exhibit from high school (b)
second prize, picture, given by Mc
Call Brothers.
Winner: Glenwood High School.
For the best Primary exhibit, $10.
Library ven by Bank of old Fort
Winner: Old Fort Graded School.
Fnr th hpt srantmar errade ex-
Wbit $10 Lrbrary, given by IX E.
1 Hudgins
Wmner: Nebo High School.
, The judges in the exhibit contest
gave first honors to Clinchfield.
. To one-teacher school situated not
less than four miles from Marion,
with highest percentage of census in
parade: School globe, given by W.
W. Neal.
Winner: Fairview School.
To two-teacher school situated not
less than four miles from Marion,
with highest percentage of census in
parade: School .globe, given by J.
Q. Gilkey.
Winner: Hankins School.
To three-teacher or more school
situated not less than four miles
from Marion, with highest percentage
of census in parade: School globe,
given by J. F. Snipes.
Winner: Garden City School.
To the school situated within
four-miles of Marion having the
highest percentage of its enrollment
in parade: School globe, given by
Beaman Brothers.
Winner: Cross MilV School.
To the winner in the recitation
contest: Gold medal, given by Law
rence D. Greene.
Winner: Miss Lillie Smith, of
Glenwood School.
To the winner in the declamation
contest: Gold medal, given by John
M. Coldwell.
" Winner: Kimball Miller.
To each member of the winning
team in debating contest: "Life of
Lincoln," given by D. F. Giles.
-Winners: Misses Sallie Epley and
Estelle Lavender, of Jhe Old Fort
High School.
To the team winning in the basket
ball contest: A good basket "ball,
given by Carolina Hardware. ,
'Winner: Clinchfield School.
For the winning team between in
dependent systems: Basketball, giv
en by Hugh F. Little.
Winner: Old Fort High School.
To the winner in he spelling cop-
test: History of the World War,
one volume, given by a friend of
education.
Winners: Masters Edgar Robin-
ette, of Marion Mill School and Philip
Graham, of Old Fort School.
To the winner in the composition
contest: One year's subscription to
American Magazine, given by a
friend of the schools.
Winner: Arnold Pyatt, Glenwood
School.
To the school having the best at
tendance for term of not less than
six months based upon its enroll
ment, one $30 library.
Winner! Glenwood School.
To the school with a census of 50
or more, having the highest percent
age of enrollment, $10 library.
Winner: Nebo High School.
To the school having-the least per
centage of tardies based on enroll
ment for term of not less than six
months, $10 library.
Winner; Cross Mill School.
To the Community Club or Better
ment Association doing the most
constructive work for its school: A
phonograph, given by McDowell
County Teachers' Association; alsa a
table and records, given - by Marion
Phonograph Shop.
Winner: Glenwood High School.
High jump: Winner: Dean Mil
ler, Clinchfield School.
Broad jump: Winner: Clarence
Mauney, Old Fort School,
f" 10(T yard rdashY 'Thinner: Clar
ence Mauney, Old Fort School.
220 yard dash: Winner: Clar
ence Mauney fJOld Fort School.
For Perfect Attendance.
(This list is for those schools that
have closed.)
Sandy Flat School: Cread Hogan,
first grade; Mary Ella Upton, second
grade; Tressie Hogan, third grade;
Will Upton, first grade; Grace Tay
lor, second grade.
Laurel Hill School: Mabel Waters.
Flat Creek School: Nellie Lytle,
Charles Lytle, John Lytle.
Greenlee School: Catherine Wil
liams, Gudger Lytle, Clyde McDaniel,
Terrill Stroud, Merriman, Stroud,
Jessie Mae Lytle, Ewart Whitesides.
Morgan School: Jack Reel.,
Stone Mountain School: -Ruby
Nanney, second grade; Pearl Laugh
ter, third grade.
Bethlehem School: Nellie Brown,
second grade; Bud Brown.
Curfew School: Joe Reel, Pearl
Hall, Hester Hawkins.
feelfont School: Clarence Burgin,
fifth grade.
Pinnacle School: James Walker,
third grade; Jack. Walker, 3rd grade.
- New Hope School: Latha Moffitt,
third grade.
Graphite School: Dewey Thomas,
fifth grade; Burnie Hollifield, fourth
grade; Beulah Hollifield, second
grade.
Stroudtown School: Floyd Eng
land, fourth grade; Ben Flowers,
first grade.
Altapass School : Mae Wiseman,
Zoe Wiseman.
Chapel Hill School: Florence Cor
pening, seventh grade; Ada Mae Po
teat, fourth grade.
Oakdale School: Fred Parker,
fifth grade; Fannie Nichols, sixth
grade; Mary Sue Nichols, seventh
grade; Ruth Hemphill, sixth grade.
Garden City School: John Patton,
seventh grade; Ola Jimeson, sixth
grade; Sallie Padgett, fifth grade;
Mary Padgett, fourth grade; Hamp
ton Hennessee, fourth grade.
Piney Ridge Schoof: Wilburn
Davis, third grade; Ira Davis, fourth
grade; Carlyle Davis, fourth grade.
Cedar Creek School: Flossie , El
liott, Glenn Laughter, Ben Laughter.
Pitts School : Ruby Hennessee,
Frances Lonon.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the
Happenings in McDowell
Items About Home People.
OLD FORT
Old Fort, April 12. The debators
nf OIH "Fnrf. srhnnl vhn won in the
triangular debate have returned fromJcr
Chapel Hill. They report a delight
ful trip. - '
Mrs. Hunter of Asheville is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Graham, in Old
Fort.
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Miss Clell 3ranham entertained
her Sunday' school class Monday night . . - -
.... , - ,r , t v Pper, stressing the, importance of -
at the home, of Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. , ;l1 Jalj
, . - giving the cnild some nousenold duty
Gilliam. Those' present were: Miss- f . . . . .
A1 . , i to perform so that: each may xealix&
es Alva Goswick, Emma Allison, ) , . . ? t
Viola Gilliam Bessie Grfeene Geor. importance of their pUce in, the .
- t o t fanuly circle: teaching tliat industry
gia Greene, Louise Swann, Bertha'. , . , w , . '
i tj xt- v i n i yt n " habit and when .learn ecT : in -.th
and Roe Nichols, Pearl Hams, Ge- , . - , , 7 .
neva Early, Helen Clarke, Jeanett j home tt "en e ECV t
Hall and Bertha Ma,on and Messrs. ! SrT
rr, ,T . i. r fine paper, Choosing Xour1 Cnilafi
Clarence Mauney, Charhe Cannon, - , ,, : . , .
Fred Grant, Nolon Gilliam, Bernard ""Fu!"3 inf ow .mothers
Tate and Austin Harris. ishou'd c"SefnI ? e.r chjldrps' -
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Fortune, of i
Asheville were visitors in Old Fort
Sunday.
Ella Owenby, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Owenby, is seriously ill.
The pupils of Old Fort school en
joyed the.day in Marion last Satur
day, where ,they took part in the
county commencement, bringing back
several prires.
Kelly Epley, of Glenwood, was in
Old Fort Sunday.
T. J. Fortune and son, Crawford,
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motored to Biltmore Sunday.
Little Miss Edna Tate entertained
n number of friends at a birthday Vc . V T
party Tuesday afternoon, from three ed ,n .May nrtcmd pfptember, id,
till five o'clock a motlon to & effect-was made andi
i,VirianTsawyr .waa ujGlen-
wood Saturday and Sunday. tde sced by the president, the
J. S. Keener and family have mov- m ,of thiscommittee to be b.
ed to Marion "hshed m the Progress, so that fnends.
r a f5vr Wo 1 my confer with them' in regard to
moved to Old Fort from Hickory.
Little Miss Carolyn Mcintosh en
tertained a number of her little
friends at a birthday party last Sat
urday afternoon.
Old Fort was in Marion last Satur-
day to the tune of two hundred and
fifty.
The basketball fame last SnturHnv
between Marion and Old Fort result-
ed in a victory for Old Fort, the
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j score Demg 5 4 to 1. The rame
!wc HoviT- on uJT
Some good ball was played. Marion
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rallied in the last and made most of county met in convention nere satur- 5
her. points in the last quarter. Joe ,da5r and elected delegates to'the state
Miller of Clinchfield was referee to ' convention follows: J. Ef Kanipe;
the satisfaction of all concerned. j w- Chambers, John Banks, Dr. B
Miss Ethel Miller, who accompani- J Ashworth, G. W. Crawford, P. H.
ed the Old Fort debators to Chapel Mashburn, Millard Hawkins, C. C.
Hill, returned Saturday and reports 1 Lisenbee, C. F. James, Geo. D. Tay
a delightful time. !lor D- A- Kanipe, W. J. Souther, Jj
The township nrimarv was held u Morgan, Perry Hollifield, H.- G.
Monday. Delegates to the county !
convention were selected and other ; Pie Jaite vaiuon, uus mra, Airs,
business transacted. i Edgar McCall, Mrs. B. L. Ashworth,
Dr. J. T. Bowden of Marion Mrs J- Morgan, Mrs. Geter Wil
preached two interesting sermons atjliams Mr- Charlie Craig, Mrs. P.H v
the Baptist church in Old Fort Sun-'Mashburn, Mrs. Tom Fihley Mrs.-A.
riotr " B. Alford.
DYSARTSVILLE
Dysartsville, April 11. R. E.
per of Clinchfield has been here for
the past few days packing his store
goods to move tnem to Clinchfield.
A large v crowd from this section
attended the county commencement
in Marion Saturday.
W. B. Daves .returned last .Thurs
day from Ninety Six, S. C, where he
has been working for sometime. On
his return he-will take his family
with him. Their friends and neigh
bors are sorry to part with such fami
lies as Daves and Roper.
Misses Rebecca and Birdie Laugh-
ridge, Etta Walker, and Messrs.
Cronje and Will- Laughridge and
Erastus Walker were visitors at the
Rutherford hospital Sunday.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs." Carson Jar
rett, April 4, a son. - - r
Miss Grace Cowan returned to Ma
rion Sunday after a week's visit with
relatives here, takingher sister, Miss
Annie, with her.
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PARENT-TEACHER AS- r
SQCIATION MEETING
A meeting of the .Parent-Teacher
Association was held at the graded
school auditorium Monday afternoon
with a goodly number of the parents ,
and teachers in attendance, Mrs. T
F. Giles, the president, presided: and
read several v extracts , and -clippings
appropriate to the approaching Erst-
d7 on especially beautifal little
a direct appeal to those present,-The
program that followed; arranged by.
Mrs. Giles, was unusually' good.4
A paper, . "Household Tasks -and
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Their Relation to School -WorV 7t
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7 "7 . ' . .r -
select . their mpanion5th jadVc
uous care ana .consiaer me .cnaracter
of the children of the neighborhood,
before moving into the neighborhood.
Both papers gave much timely, and"
helpful sqggesfcons to the parent - ;
Mary Kellah Outzs and .Dorothy
Gilkey delighted their hearer .with
piano selections which displayed much
skill on the part of the; young 1 per
formers and gave; pleasure to their!
listeners. . . C' V'V V...'- '-
At, the conclusion of this eplndid'.
V' Mrs. GUes suggested; tUt
their choice for officers for the com
ing year. " :-i
Mrs. Giles wishes to thank publicly V
all those who so generously contribut-;
ed candy, also chewing gum donated j
uy "ie company, ana
p.op c?ra. by Mary Grace Carr . for
1 T ; J J; - i - ;
the sale last Saturday from which a
neat sum was realized to be used for
the 8X50(1 of the schooL
??F.piiRf irANs FiTrr nFTT. , .
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GATES STATE CONVENTION
The Republicans of McDowell
a A a m
Noland, Winslow Lavender, TV : L. :
vl r t v l . t
t . iv. v;uamo&ra was eiecxea en air- ,
man of the county executive com-
Ro-'1! succcedJC-F' James, retir-:
ing cuHirman, ana juts. Vxexer v W 11-
liams was elected secretary to sue
ceed J. Ed. Kanipe, who is now chief
of the Asheville district of the inter
nal revenue service. , .
W. R. Chambers was unanimously
endorsed as candidate for- lf congress
on the republican ticket' from the"
tenth district.' He exnressd ht
neartfelt appreciation for, the honor.
but stated that he could not accept
the nomination f-if tendered. j " -
Old Fort Pminct Meeting. -A
phone message received from
Old Fort yesterday stated that at the
Democratic precinct meeting - held
there Monday to ; select "delegates" to
the county convention" to he held in
Maribn next Saturday, - G. W. "San d
lin was endorsed for Representative;
J. L. Nichols for sheriff ;M. G. Po
teatjfor treasurer ; R. IV- Barnes- for
register of deeds; "Dr. J. B. Johnson
for coroner; the delegates; being un-.
instructed as to other "candidates.
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