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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY;,
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ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. .yTHURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1922
VOL! XXVI NO.; 35
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McDowell democrats
HOLD CONVENTION
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Large Attendance Strong
Ticket Selected Delegates
- to State Convention.
- The Democrats held their county
convention on - last- Saturday. Every
; .precinct, in the county was represent
. d by' delegates and citizens- interest
ed in the business of the convention.
Mr. E;,H. Dysart -was called to the
chair and elected permanent chair
Tnan of the -rieeting. S. E. Whitten
and Dr. J. B. Johnson acted as secre
taries. Mr Dysart, after making a
few remarks, called upon Mr. D. E.
Hudgins to 'make the keynote speech.
Mr. Hudgins came forward amidst
much cheering, and spoke for more
than thirty minutes on the record and
achievement of the Democratic party
in the Nation, State and County.
Especial emphasis was laid by Mr.
Hudgins bn-the record of the two
parties in McDowell. He made re
ference to the recent adoption of
platform by the Republicans, under
taking to show that the platform as
-set forth was one of criticism and not
one of progress. Speaking' of the
democratic policy, Mr. Hudgins stat
, ed that the Democratic party stands
for progress; that it believes in con -
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sixucuon ana . nox aesxrucxion. nejuiyde Duval, J. C Goforth, Mrs. W.
dwelt at length upon the advance--B. Daves, Miss Mamie Goforth, J. L.
ment of roads, schools and other Padgett, Mrs. H. H. Tate, Mrs. T. B.
measures effecting the welfare of the Conley, Miss Mary Gordon Greenlee,
-people. I Miss Elsie House, Gordon Page, G. S.
AffAt- htt. ftdHrs Mr. Kiidnns
fc nrHpH with t.h
"business of nominating the various
officers. J. L. Nichols. M. G. Po-
teat and R. Fred Barnes were nomi-
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nated by acclamation for sheriff,
-treasurer and register of deeds re-
.SDecthfay. Willlar.JIci-JBurgin
draWn-an! he was.npt a candidate
for nomination. James L. Laugh-
ridge wai then nominated for Clerk
ofhe Court. For county commis-
Mr. 'Logan. Lackey, present
sioners
chairman of the board of commis-
sioners, anu su. j. VA
Ashf orL also a member of the pres-
i i n r tr c fni.li.h -F
nt board, were nominated to sue
ceed themselves. For the third mem-
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lpr there were two candidates, Mr.
Dei: mete wcic CVY " " '
fAt. T. WiUnn nf Neho. and Mr.
Jesse Price, of Dysartsville. The
tabulation of the vote gave the nomi-
riation to Mr. Wilson.
Dr. J. B. Johnson was also nomi-
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nated by acclamation for coroner,
and L A. Haney lor surveyor.
For the house of representatives
Mr. W. W. Neal, who has been the
Representative from McDowell coun-
i;y for th past four years, was nomi-
nated to go back to the Legislature,
t-My- CS: W. Sandlin. of Old rort,
to the.convention with a solid
aeleatiSn from his home town for
-him After the balloting Mr. Sand
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lin addressed the convention ana
mr"" . rm: He1 P. Steppe spoke on, "What Junior -
rnSSrH-S. Done for Our Public
the vote was
j. unanimous for JVir.
indUC Wile
Neal.
, In the race for Senate D. F. Giles
4 was successful over B. L. Lunsford.
Mr. Lunsford, at the conclusion of
the voting,' in a few . appropriate
words, requested that Mr. Giles'
. nomination be made unanimous.
The chairman" -appointed D. E.
Hudgins, J. W.- Winborne, G. C. Con
ley,' Johnson Ledbetter, F. M. Brad
ley, B. H. Hennessee, O. F. Adkins,
J. E. Nealr D. W. Adams, T. J. Fpr
: tune, Mrs. J. Q Gilkey, Mrs. E. H.
Dysart, Mrs. J. W. Pless, Mrs. P. D.
r Sinclair, Miss Mary M. Greenlee on
platform : committee The commit
" tee retired and prepared the platform
: upon which the democratic candi
dates wiU wage the campaign m No
vember. The platform was adopted
amidst much cheering. It has been
: - ; pronounced one of the strongest plat
"Ever adopted in McDowell
COUhty. An examination will - show
that the Democratic "r"
Hto ko ahead with its progressive and
TZrncWe program jrf building up
X the people of McDowell countypro
: welfare and handling
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economical and businesslike way.
The convention was a success in
every respect. If there had
ever
been thoughts of any dissatisfaction j
or . any break such were easily dis
pelled when the delegates and those
attending the convention came to
gether and did those things for the
best interest of the people, of Mc-
Dowell county and of the Democratic
party. Everybody went away happy
and with the best of feelings. One the week-end here with Misses Mur
man, in speaking of what results ray and Bruton.
may be expected in the November
election, said that the Democratic
party will win easily by a majority of
not less than seven hundred and
fifty. '
Delegates to the State convention
were appointed as follows:
I. V. Stroud, J. I. Nanney, W. A.
B. Garrison, Hicks Morris, J. M. Gib
son, L. A. Burgin, Mrs. C. M. Bur
gin, Mrs. J. Bradley, Mrs. Sid
Mauney, Miss Mary Burgin, Miss
Mattie Tate, G. W. Sandlin, F. M.
Bradley, T. J, Fortune, D. W. Adams,
W. H. Hennessee, Bob Hennessee,
Mrs. J. D. Avery, J. E. Wilson, M. L.
Good, J. L. Wilson, Mrs. G. W. Con
ley, T. T. Wright, A. D. Erwin, J. F.
Wilson, Mrs. R. V. McGimpsey, Miss
Mamie Stacey, Marion Simmons, Mrs.
Addie Cuthbertson, Mrs. John Sig-
'mon, Carson Jarrett, James Upton.
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Kirbv. Jr.. W, W. Neal. B. L. Luns- !
ford. Miss Julia Burton. W. H. Hill.
Mrs. John Hogan, W. O. Ledbetter,
W. M. Blanton, K. Jd. Neal, D. F.
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Giles, C. B. Mitchell, Mrs. G. C. Con-
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ley, miss nnrae late, j. in. leiton,
Lester Waters, Jesse Price, Frank
Witherow, Mrs. C. B. Morgan, W. C.
George Rhom, W. C. Rayburn, Fmk
Morris, W. C. Wilson, J. D. Wilson,
J. M. Snoddy, Mrs. S. L. Copeland,
O. F. Adkins, Mrs. P. D. Sinclair,
Mrs. W. A. Conley, Mrs. E. P. F6y,
Mrs. B. B. Price, Mrs. A. W. Grayson, :
l.hiiTl I .rT-Tfn in cr Mrs K H ( nr.
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pening, Augustus Martin, Logan
- Tate, Avery Gibbs, Mrs. E. H. Dy-
sart, Mrs. D. E. Hudgins, W. W. Guy,
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ivirs. uen iewis, mrs. virgn iiiiiis,
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Mrs. Ed. Landis, Miss .Laura Merrill,!
J. Q. Gilkey, Mrs. Chas. Burgin.
The platform is published else-
where in this paper.
DISTRICT MEETING OF
, JUNIOR ORDER IN MARION
f district of the junior
Qrder q North Carolina held its
regul&T m'eeting in Marion April 15.
meetmg wag called to order by
R Q Noland at 2:30 p. m. After
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lui .uncneon j y y
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p a xr
j tr v-wi'""iw"'
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tne junior uraer m tneir awrnu iui
education and the work they have
accomphshed in building up our edu-
cational equipment and system.
"Education is the foremost and most
necessary factor of Americanism,"
he said. "The policy of education
has been purposely ignored by rulers
of many nations" in order to promote
aristocracy, but Juniorism along with.
the other organs of Democracy has
brought the Americans from such a
state of ignorance to a liberty loving
body of Americans. The. Americans
are learning to think for themselves.
This is the result of our system of
education. Education means self
realization. Some fail because they
fail to realize what is in, them. Edu
cation gives a person inspiration and
a hope. It is the hope of a future
and with this hope it is impossible to
keep a person or even a nation in the
background. Let us stand shoulder
to shoulder with our system of edu
cation." The meeting adjourned to hold its
next regular meeting July 21, with
the Burkmont Council of Morganton,
N. C.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the
Happenings in McDowell
Items About Home People.
OLD FORT
Old Fort, April 18. Misses Agnes
: Cox of Montreat, Bess Whitson and
,Marv Whitson of Swannanoa. spent
Winslow Arney, who recently un
derwent an operation for appendicitis
at the Mission hospital is able to be
out again.
Miss Frances Artz, who is teaching
at Charlottesville, Va., and Clara
Artz of Asheville are visiting their
parents here.
The Junior and Varsity basketball
teams of Old Fort High school were
entertained Monday afternoon at a
reception given in their honor by the
Domestic science classes.
Misses Ruth andX.Myrtle Holder of
Glen Alpine visited friends here Sun
day. Miss Mae Allison, member of the
Junior class at N. C. C. W., Greens
boro, spent the Easter holidays with
her parents here.
Miss Bessie Rue Fleming, who is a
nurse at the Mission hospital, spent
Sunday with her parents here.
Jack Fortune of Asheville spent
the week-end in Old Fort.
Marion Nicholas was a visitor here
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Earley entertained a;
number of yung people Saturday
evening April 15th, in honor of the
oifrnrnnnTn onniTrAwamr t
their ,
daughter, Annie Those present were'
.Misses Salhe and Natanp Knlev. Ari-T-
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, die Thompson, Mary Hoffman, Palsy
"eD"ieI- "d Heln CIarit: Messrs.
u' rH"f; h P H"TO' "?
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Mr. nd Mrs. Chas. Burgin.
Ella, the 14-year-old daughter of
an(j yjrs j g Owenbv died
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ro Sehad
aDOUl lour weeJs lrm wncn sfte
almost recovereo. one sutiereo. a re-
Ians5e from whirh sh never rprnvpr
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fn ,np was n nntrnr. nrnmi qiti cr onr
loved and respected by all her play-
mates The family has the sympathy
daughter. j
Some unknown party or-parties en-
tered the postoffice at Old Fort Sun-1
' day, night, broke open the safe and
removed therefrom valuables to the 1
amount of thirty-five hundred dol-'
.lars. The things removed consisted,
of postage stamps, liberty bonds, war!
cash of th7s 4a thepeTsonll
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' far clue has been found as to the
guilty party.
1 Honor Roll fot April. '
; First BHyamS Connor, Fred
. wwuuui, uuoiu jwvcx, van a-ui umnc,
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irrances urant, jacK nugnes, ressie
Holland, Mamie Mason, Jennie May
Nobhtt, Garland Oates, Virginia
Hofoc on) TWr,oM Qtonno
First A J. R. Harris, Guy Lewis,
James Patton, Dysart Burgin, Pau
line Byrd, May Connor, Dora Shehan.
Second grade Ethel Byrd, Ethel
Burgin, Jessie Davis, Beatrice Free-
man, Evelyn Gilliam, Blanche Harris,
Stella Sherrill, Virginia Vess, Horace
Dover and Lytle Steppe.
Third grade Clyde Nesbitt, Rus-
sel Oates, Carl Rock, Kenneth Rhine
hart, Catherine Finch, Mary Sue'
Grant, Eiith LeFevre, Sallie Owen
by and Vera Oates.
Fourth grade Carolyn Mcintosh
and Frances Sherrill.
Fifth grade Edward Treverton,
Margaret Rock, Ashby Robinson and
Austin Harris.
Sixth grade Pearl Harris, Ruth
Hemphill, Anna B. Noblitt, Louise
Swann, Annie White, Ralph Kennedy
and Noland Gilliam.
Seventh grade Ward 'Treverton
and Gordon Kanipe.
High School honor roll next week.
Those making highest average in
their respective grades for-March aire
as follows: 1st B, Chas. Hall; 1st A,
Guy Lewis; 2nd, Evelyn Gilliam; 8rd,
Catherine Finch ; 4th, Carolyn "Mcin
tosh; 5th, Elizabeth .Strickland; -6th,
Blanche Lewis; 7th, Ward Treverton.
MARION ROUTE ONE .
Marion, Route 1, April 17. Mrs,
W. C. Morgan spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Morgan at Glen
wood. Misses Rosa and Annie Morgan
spent the week-end with Mrs. AI A.
Jamison at Harmony Grove.
Will Greer and Jesse Morgan are
visiting friends at Lenoir this week.
Miss Rosa Morgan and Miss Fan
nie Gardin attended the box supper
at Harmony Grove Saturday night.
Mrs. Maggie Bright . spent last
week with Mrs. A. V. Morgan.
DYSARTSVILLE
Dysartsville, April 18. Friends . of
Mrs. J. P. Walker will be glad to
know that she has returned home
from the Rutherford hospital much
improved. '
John Parker of Glen Alpine and
Fulton. Land is of Lexington have
been spending a few days with the
latter's sister, Mrs. J. D. Laughridge.
J. P. Walker and W. C. Mangum
made a business trip to Marion Mon
day. . .
Z. V. Daves and family of Marion
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with relatives here.
Miss Helen Wilson spent the week-
lnA iuie0 w.TrrTTT noffva nf Tn.
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Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Laughridge
and Miss Mae Curtis of Marion were
Ivisitors here Sundav.
"Mi Alice Mangum of Marion
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snent Easter with her narents here.
H. C. Daves and family of Glen
Alpine werethere Sunday.
'A smgY
Laughridge last Saturday night was.
enjoyed by a number of friends.
Misses Daphne and Ethel Spratt of
Marion spent the latter part of the
weelc with homefolks.
Mrs. Everette Clontz and children
of Morcanton are spending- a few
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days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
lC" H' Manm' -
j Misses Grace and Ruth Cowan of
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! Marion were nere sunaay.
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1 Curtis Hutchms of Union Mills
r, o ioM--v-r Viavo QnirloT
B L Lunsford of Marion was here
business Friday. ,
G. K. Ayers lost a fine cow last Otto E. Stockinder on "Lange's Col
week, lodial Gold Test"; and Dr. J. R. Mc-
Charlie Kirksey of Morganton was ;Cracken on "Nose and Influenza.
here tSunday. IThre wa general discussion of each
A number of young folks last Sat--subject among the doctors, from
urday enjoyed a trip to Pilot Moun-j which views of all angles .were pre
tain. j sented. . - -
Key Landis of Marion was a visit-j Upon adjournment of the meeting
or here Thursday. ja sumptuous picnic dinner was served
! f Mfes ? -turned af-
, terspendmg a few days w!th relatives
ln M?n0n-
A large crowd of. children here en-
joyed an egg hunt Saturday after-
noon in the grove near the Methodist
church.
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; Nebo. Rt 1, April 17. J. M. Walk -
er, Jesse Price and' W. R. Cooper
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wfr. business visitors in Marion last
jarouna in row Doats. vJtners en
Saturday, 'joyed the motor boat. While others
B. R. Foster of Cliff side visited rode around lakes and over the
homefolks here last Saturday and i dams where nature n be
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aunaay. -
Mrs. E. L. Walker and Misses vMyr-
tle Foster and Irene McDaniel of
Clinchfield spent Easter with friends
and relatives here
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home from Forest City, where she
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has been spending some time.
Mr. and Mrs. N. K. Walker spent
the week-end with relatives in Ma
rion. .
Mr. and Mrs. L. Foster of Spindale
are spending a few days here with
the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Foster. v-
Some good singing was enjoyed-by
quite a large crowd at the home of J.
M. Walker on last Saturday night. A
string- band composed of Messrs.
Bost, Nanney and Early of Marion
also rendered some very fine music"
(Continued on last page)
DISTRICT1EDICAL SO-' V
cjety: meetsin hiARioii ,
The Medical.- Association of the
Tenth District of North " Carolina -held
its annual meeting in Marion on
last Wednesday, April ;12th. DrJG- I
S. JCirby the presidentjf the associa- '--tion,
and his friends and associates -had
arranged for the large number
of visiting Doctors toehold their meet
ing at the Cpnley Club; Houseof the .
Western Carolina .Power , Company
on Lake James. The oy was ideal,
clear . and , warm. The visitors, wif re ;
met and taken by automobiles to the . x
Club House and themeeting ncas -.
called to order at 11 J o'clock by the -president.
-Mr?v..-W.rWinlwrnej''2o "
the local T bar, delivered the address '
of welcome.. Dr. J. F. -Toole, of '
Asheville, . responded ; in rEappyl fash -ion,
expressing great deUght; for. tiie
recepTon accorded ', - the 1 'association.
Then . followed the address, of ;-the .
president, Dr. Kirby, his 4 subject be
ing, "The Relation' of the State Hos
pital for Insane to the " Medical Pro
fession." He gave " gfapWcL descrip
tion of the treatment insane persons .
receive at the "State Hospital and "
spoke in glowing terms of how well "
the patients are- taken care of.Tn, '
the course of his address, he recom
mended that each; of ' the JvicepVesi-
dents call upon tlje boards of county
commissioners . in their J ; respective
counties and ask that places be fitted ;
up in some , county institute,, other -
tnan tne common jail, where insane
persons can be ftakeh . care of while
waiting commitment: to the -Morgan-
ton Institutien. The ubject; ,was .
splendidly ireatjnd;weUl'receired.v
rpiiowing me presiaent's aaaress
Tound - tabledis
in k -
!in in the association-: unanimously
Posing resolution against the placing :
,of insane-persons, awaiting "transfer
Jails, the practice being-scored in na
ncertate;.terto-It;.waa.the(m .
mms opinion that in this -day. en-
IsHtened humanity- the w: counties
should provide some place other than
Prisoners' cell even f or temporary
commeraeni oi xne uementeo.
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Several papers of unusual interest
were d and discussed; The pro
gram consisted of the following:
t cj i ttz . j i - . -
uwaru xwng reaa a paper- on
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wnat tne General iTactioner bhould
Ktioav About Tl1hp7rlnIR,,? , Tli -t.
w. Elias spoke on "Treatment of the
Sick Child's Alimentary Tract"; ;Dr.
by the ladies of Marion. ; The Asso-
; ciation expressed great appreciation
Lr the courtesy accorded by ; fhe
j Western Carolina Power Company
i and the ladies. '- . .
j After luch the ihen f
! doctors were seen moving in all di
rections taking in the many pleasures.
of such an outing. : Some gathered
UT) fisninc- ta ckl e and wentabo ut th-
I fjic.u in h. eti0 n a
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;its most srenir. hpantT Tho ft.h-
all expressed themselves ai being
highly pfeased with the day.
Among those present .were Drsi J.
LaBn.ce Ward, E.-B. Glenn. WmiaTa
R. Griffin, R. G. -Wilson. K. R. Ivy, C
' T ' Jl
E. Cotton, Joe B. Green, C C- Orf.
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9 r eTre?
o. j? otuwn, -j. vr.x.uas, vi. o. ien-:
nent, B. RTSmith, F. W, GrifSn, R.:A.
White, J. E. McRae, W. J. Hunnicu'tV
J. W. .Houston, O. E. Stockinger, - A.
B. Greenwood, W; H. Scruggs, H. H.
Briggs, Edward King and A..C:Mc-
Call, Kenilworth;Drs. Nofel, J. B.
Milleiv I. G. Beal, TBlacl? Mountain;
G. S. Kirby, B. L. Ashworth, J F.
Jonas, G. ..B. Justice and -M. L. Jus
tice, Marion; Dr. Guy Dixon; Hender
son ville; t Dr. :W. M; Thrash, Weaver
ville; Dr. J. F.? Abel and Dr. J. R. Mc
Crackeri, Waynesville." 1- -
-:ihe business of the people m an