A. WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1922
VOL. XXVI NO. 3C
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SEVENTEEN PROBABLY
DEAD IN TEXAS FLOOD
Toll of Death
Flood That
and Ruin in
Sweeps Fort
Worth, Te
,500 Home-
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ess.
FOrt Worth, Texas, April 25.
Seventeen probably dead and prop
erty damage estimated at approxi
mately one million dollars is the toll
of a flood which swept Fort Worth
early today, carrying before it scores
of residences and small buildings,
-oversowing hundreds of acres of
land and inundating several city
streets.
John J. McCain, Fort Worth city
-engineer, issued a statement tonight
in which he declared that the levees
around the rivers, which broke here
early today and flooded lowlands of
this city, were "dynamited by un
known parties,' and that an investi
gation by a grand jury would be de
manded immediately.
The city water plant is out of com
mission and other utilities endanger
ed. The flood followed a heavy
storm last night and this morning.
St. Louis, Mo., April 23. More
"than 3,500 persons are homeless and
at least 1,500 homes in the Trinity
Valley "between Arlington Heights
and Fort Worth, Texas, are inundat
ed according to advices received by
the Southwestern division of the
American Red Cross here tonight.
EPWORTH LEAGUE HAS
DISTRICT MEETING
. Connelly Springs, April 24. At
Rutherford College auditorium the
second Marion District. Epworth
League institute was held Saturday
and Sunday, April -22nd 23 r'with a
-delegation of one hundred' or more
representatives from the league chap
ters of Marion district being present:
Spruce Pine, Marion, Morganton,
Old Fort, Glen Alpine, Rutherford
-College, Gilkey, Oak Forest, Mount
Harmony, Dayton Bend,
B. L. Lunsford, secretary of Ma
rion district, had charge of the insti
tute .and Miss Grace Bradley, field
secretary of the Western Carolina
conference, was present during the
full program. A complete program
was arranged, filling practically the
entire two days, Professor Reep,
president of Rutherford college lea
gue, having charge of the entertain
ment affairs. Yesterday an address
by Professor M. T. Hinshaw, presi
dent of Rutherford college, at 11
o'clock and in the afternoon an ad
dress by Rev. W. F. Elliott, pastor of
Rutherford college circuit, were the
features of the program.
The Institute is to be held next
spring at about the same time at
Rutherford college. Resolutions
were passed by the institute express
ing appreciation for the hospitality
received at the hands of the- college
authorities.
Pottry Plant for Marion.
A pottery plant is the latest in
dustry to be added to the numerous
recent enterprises for Marion. The
plant is located near the Clinchfield
mill and s operated by A- VT. Hilton.
All kinds of flower pots and earthen
ware is being manufactured by the
new enterprise. The output at
preient la about one hundred gallons
per day and it is understood that the
capacity of the plant will soon be in
creased. The new enterprise is
known as the Clinchfield Pottery
works.
Rural Carrier Examination.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex
amination to be held at Marion, N.
C.t on May 27, 1922, to Till the posi
tion of rural carrier at Marion and
vacancies that rnay later occur on
rural routes from this post office.
Application blanks may be obtained
from the . office mentioned above or
from the United States Civil Service
Commission at Washington, D. C.
Glenwood High School will close
JFriday, April .28.
DUNCAN-BIDDIX.
Old Fort, April 22. The Old Fort
Presbyterian church was the scene
a beautiful wedding Wednesday eve
ning, when Miss Elizabeth, Biddix
became the bride of J. Herbert Dun
can. The church was lovely in its
decorations of cut flowers, lilac and
azalea being used effectively.
The words were spoken by Rev.
John L. McBride, pastor , of the
church, in the presence of a large
number of relatives and friends of
the young couple. Miss Florence
Murray, of St. Pauls, N. C, played
the wedding music.
Promptly at 7 o'clock the bride
and groom entered to the strains of
Lohengrin. The impressive ring
ceremony erf the Presbyterian church
was used, during which "To a Wild
Rose" was softly rendered on the
organ. The bride was lovely in a
traveling suit of taupe poiret twill
and periwinkle blue canton crepe,
with accessories to match. She wore
a corsage of Ophelia roses and carna
tions. The happy couple left on No.
21 for a wedding trip amid the good
wishes and congratulations of scores
of friends.
Mrs. Duncan is the charming
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bid
dix, of Greenlee, and has made her
home in Old Fort for several years.
She is a niece of J. L. Biddix of Ma
rion, and assistant cashier of the
Bank of Old Fort. Mr. Duncan is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Duncan, of
Iron Gate, Va. He has been book
keeper for the Noyes Lumber com
pany, of Old Fort, for some time
and is a young man of splendid busi
ness ability and pleasing personality.
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan will be at
hone in Old Port upon their return
from their wedding trip.
Mcdowell and rutherford
to hold summer school
Arrangements have been made for
the operation of a joint summer
asti-u-i1 of TTriirtn ftlla ViV f rTlrtWll
and Rutherford counties, the sum
mer school to open Monday, May 15.
The summer school is for the pro
fessional training of all county teach
ers holding certificates below, the
elementary grade. Teachers holding j
second grade, provisional B, provis- j
ional A, and temporary certificates
are required to attend this summer
school. The term will be six weeks.
Capable instructors have been se
cured and a very high grade of work
is promised. There will be at least j
four instructors a director and ;
three teachers. Miss Mary M. Green-
lee will be a member of the faculty j
and will have charge of the classes
in subject matter. A special teach
er of writing and drawing will give
instructions in these subjects.
The cost will be very low. Board
and rooms will be provided at the
dormitories of Round Hill Academy.
The management will provide board
and rooms at actual cost. An effort
will be made to hold, the board down
to something like $15.00 for the
term. Teachers for McDowell coun
ty are expected to communicate at
once with Supt. W. R. Hill, Ruther
fordton, N. C, and engage reserva
tions at the dormitories.
OFFICERS DESTROY
THREE MORE STILLS
G. B. Woody and A. E. Nichols,
deputy sheriffs, destroyed a distillery
plant in Nebo township on April 18.
On the same day a still was destroy
ed by Deputy Sheriff J. A. Good
near Pitts.
A large steam distillery was de
stroyed in Montfords Cove township
on the 19th by Deputy Sheriffs D. Y.
Grant, G. B. Woody and A. E. Nich
ols. WEATHER REPORT.
Thos. McGuire, local government
weather bureau observer, reports the
temperature and rainfall at Marion
for the week as follows:
Maximum, 71 degrees; minimum,
34 degrees; rain, 0.87 of an inch;
sunshine, per cent, .80.
Most Indians in America support
themselves by farming.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the
Happenings in McDowell
Items About Home People.
OLD FORT
Old Fort, April 24. Misses Kath
eryne Bailey, Foy Dell Tate, Mary
Hoffman; Messrs. Clarence Mauney
and Franz Strickland attended the
Epworth League conference at Ruth
erford College, Saturday and Sun
day. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Har
mon, a son.
Miss Nannie Nichols, who has been
teaching school at Ashford, has re
turned home to spend her summer
vacation.
Miss May Allison, who is attend
ing school at the North Carolina
College for Women at Greensbror,
spent Easter with her parents. '
Rev. W. L. Barrs and family of
Drexel, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. L. J. Epley.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Fortune spent
Sunday with relatives in Black
Mountain.
Misses Bonnie and Nora Fortune
and Viola Gilliam, Messrs. Cletus
Tate and Burton Vess enjoyed a trip
to Broad River, Sunday.
Mrs. Barton and daughter of
Asheville spent the. week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Atkins.
A site has been purchased and
plans are on foot for the erection of
a pottery concern to be known as
the Old Fort Pottery Works. Those
interested in this new enterprise are j
Messrs. D. W. Adams, J. A. Lowery, ;
and J. H. Young of this place and !
Messrs. Jegglin and Fullbright of
;lJR9l$a nhugSC-- ..
J. K."Byrd and "son of Black
Mountain spent Sunday with Mrs. A.
L. Byrd.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Nichols and
son motored to Ashford to attend the
school commencement last Friday .
night. j
Deputy D. Y. Grant of Old Fort
and two other deputies from the low
er end of the county made a raid in j
Sugar Hill township on the 20th of ,
this month and captured a steamer i
moonshine outfit.
Mrs. T. J. Silver, who has been on
a visit to relatives at Gilkey, return
ed home Sunday.
Patent medicine venders are very
much in evidence in Old Fort two
last week and one this week.
Mrs. J. B. Johnson and daughter,.
Mary Margaret, are visiting Mrs.
Johnson's sister, Mrs. Allanack, in
Charlotte.
CROOKED CREEK
Old Fort, April 24. There has
been an epidemic of influenza in this '
community for the past two weeks.
Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Dawson of
Old Fort were visitors at the home of
J. S. Lavender Tuesday.
Tom Beach was a visitor here
Sunday.
Miss Grace Erwin of Henrietta is
visiting her sister, Mrs. A. W. Lav
ender. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Gilliam, a son.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Davis, who
were 'recently married in Washing
ton, D. C, have been visiting rela
tives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Allie Lavender were
visitors at the home of Fred Noblitt,
Sunday.
O. A. Davis and Miss Rooney
Daughtery attended the funeral of
the latter's ' grandmother, Mrs.
Daughtery, at Black Mountain, yes
terday. Misses Hattie Gilbert and Dora
Justice were shopping in Old Fort
Monday.
CURFEW
Old Fort, Star Route, April 25.
Grayson Pendergrass and family of
Greenlee were guests at Mrs. Lou
Reel's yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Parker, Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Morgan visited friends
on Little River Sunday.
John Reel was in Marion on a
business trip Monday. '
Mr. and Mrs.- R. D. Parker have
moved into the. Saunders house,
Richard Jolly and family and Mrs.
Bessie Saunders and children, vof
Clinchfield visited Mrs. Lou Reel
Sunday. " -
DYSARTSVIIXE
Dysartsville, April 24. Mrs. Z. V.
Daves and children of Marion spent
last week with her mother, 1Vfrs. W.
A. Laughridge, here.
Miss Mary Greenlee county su
pervisor, of Marion, was a .visitor at
our school house here last Thursday.
Friends will be pleased to hear
that little Claude , Webb Daves, who
has had pneumonia, .is improving.
J. L. laughridge" and family of
Marion were visitors here Sunday. .
Nass Hennessee and family of
Glen Alpine were visitors here Sun
day evening. '
Z. V. Daves, of Marion, spent Sat
urday evening and Sunday with re
latives here.
W. H. Taylor made a business trip
to Marion Saturday.
A singing was enjoyed by a large
crowd at the home of Mrs. J. D.
Laughridge Sunday evening.
W. B. Daves and D. C. Laughridge
were in Marion Monday.
Miss Etta "Walker and Cronje
Laughridge visited Thomas Walker
in Motanton Sunday.'
Mr. and Mrs. Will Landis and lit
tle soTrbf Marion were visitors here
Monday. N .
J. P. Walker made a business trip
to Marion last Friday. ;
Mr. and Mrs. fceat Fortune and"
little son of Concord are visiting re
latives here. ,-V .
. . CLNWOOD. .
Nealsville, April 26 Tne friends
of Mrs. C. G. Morris will regret to
learn of her death, April 24th. - Mrs,
Morris has been in bad health for
several years. The sympathy of the
whole community - goes out to the
family in their sad hour. The fun
eral was held at the Bethel grave
yard Tuesday evening.
George Henley of Clear Creek
spent the week-end with homefolks.
Jesse Morgan and Will Greer have
returned from Granite hois.
Oscar Morgan of Sugar Hill, spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. England.
Misses Delia Gibbs, Irma Shaw,
Myra McFall, Emmabel McFall and
Celestia Penny and Messrs. Sigied
Westmoreland, Guy Greer, E. West
moreland and William Hennessee
motored to Bridgewater last Sunday.
Miss Flay Morgan and Koy Mor
gan of Harmony Grove were in Glen
wood Saturday.
Miss Annie Mode of Spindale
spent the week-end with friends and
relatives here.
JMaude Seacy of Chimney Rock is
visiting relatives here.
Jack Cosby and Clyde Bowman
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. D.
Wacaser last week-end.
BIG CROP OF APPLES
PROMISED THIS YEAR
Hickory, April 22. Farmers who
were fearful Thursday night of a
killing frost had something else to
be thankful for when they looked
over their fields today and thought
of the promise of an abundant crop
of apples, peaches and other fruit.
The early morning vas " cold, but
there was no hint of frost and any
damage caused by the cold will be
small, it is thought. N
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item of news.
3. Do not number your items.
4. If you report a visitor to your
section tell where he is from.
5. If some one in your section
makes a trip tell where he goes.
6. Do notrepbrt the neighborhood
visiting.
7. Be sure to report all .'deaths,
marriages and meetings of various
kinds of interest in the cornmunity.
9. SIGtf YOUR NAME.
NEWS ITEMS EllOMKr S
Items Concerning Events of la ): -interest-
and I m p or tanc o,': ";
Throughout the State. -:
The annual coention
North Carolina Federation of Wo
man's Clubs .will le held , inv Greens'
boro on:May2, ; 3 and 4; ' . , y
Governor' Morrison . will again : es- '
tablish the summer capital in Ashe-- ;:.
ville and those members of his farni- A
ly and official staff who were there
last summer will; return her states.
A. C. i Avery j6i ;Burke . county
prominent , attorney and .at present '
mayor of Morganton, - has entered .the '
race for the nomination for corpora
tion commissioner: against W. TMee
Dates for the 1922 Asheville 6u-
sic Festival have" been designated .for i
August 13 to 18 inclusive, and de
cision has -been reached to 'engage
the Philadelphia Symphony v. or ches-
tra as the prime musical -feature.-4- "
The 23rd annual commencement -of
the . Round Hill Academy ' at Union
Mills will be held April ; 29 to May
3rd. The -baccalaureate . sermon will '
be preached on Saturday jnorning
11 o'clock.' .On'; Tuesday, ,Majh2, the'
literary address will-be delivered. by
Hon. W. Rl-Chambetsof ifrarion.
The Jackson; County Journal says
the contract has Wen, let for , the '
erection of the new ; girls' dormitory r
at the Cullowhee Normal and Indus
trial School ithayingbeen awarded
to McElwee andHesterpf . Raleigh, - 1
on a bid of $89,000." ; The, ; building
is to-be completed vby 3?ptem,ber .1.
v The May term of United States,
district court will convene - in Ashe-villete-Mondajressibn"
will ?
last twov weeks- :arid 397 vcases : have ;
befeir placed?. pn ' the court , calendar..
The majority of ,thel cases are viola-
tion of - the ) prohibition laws.V. The-,
list of juror; include. -the;': following t
from McDorwell ; epunty : - William . ' "
Treverton .and J. , A, Burgin of Old '
Fort ; William Marlow,'.of Marion. i
TOE HIVER FAIR AT .
SPRUCE PINE OCT. '37
The premium lists have just been
issued for the annual Toe-River Dis-T
trict Fair, to be held at Spruce ,Pine
in Mitchell county, Oct. 3, " 4; 5, , 6 .
and 7, 1922. - . -
The district covers the counties of
Avery, Mitchell, McDowell, Yancey -Burke
and Watauga. The premiums., -offered
by the association are in the
neighborhood of $2000 and the busi
ness men of Spruce Pine and vicinity
have offered in addition about six
hundred dollars . worth - of " special
prizes for exhibits in different class
es, making the possible returns- for '
the exhibitor greater than -ever be-
fore. " V
Wm, Wiseman of Spruce Pine-. is
secretary of the 'association. -
LESS THAN TENTH OF APPLE
CROP KILLED BY FROST
Asheville Citizen.
Between, five and, ten per cent xf
the apple crop ' in Western -' North
Carolina was killed by Sunday morn
ings' frosts, Q.' C. v Prof itt, T . county
farm agent, estimated yesterday af
ter examinations and reports. r
The heaviest 'damage - was inflicted
in the low sections; where the wind
did not ' counteract the severitv of
the frost, and orchards v along; th'fe
banks of the Swaananoa v; river in
Buncombe were; particularly- heavy
sufferers, Most of the Swannanoa
river orchardists ' report their crops
total losses. ' '
The loss, however, is 'nothing like
as heavy as last year's, when over 90
per cent of .the; apples ; and. other
fruits were killed.. - - ' )
PENSION .PAYMENTS TO .
BE MADE : EVERY MONTH
Washington, April .21. After
July next everybody oh the: govern
ment, pension roll will be paid month
ly instead of rquarterly,. the House to
day; having- agreed to a Senate l
amendment to a bill ' ordering - the
change. - .
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