A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, 'THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1922
VOLT XXVI NO. 37
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.ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT:
OF NEBO HIGH SCHOOL
Closing Exercises Held Mon
day and Tuesday Literary
- - ' Address by E. F. Watson.
. The commencement exercises of
Nebo High' School began on lastffrm
J -day with the baccalaurate sermon, by
Tley. C. M. Pickens, of Morganton.
, 3tev Pickens held the close attention
" of he packed auditorium, where he
spoke in a practical way of the things
inost essential in life. He took his
text from the first Psalm and his ser-
' mbn was really a great one-.
; ; On Monday night the class day ex-
...ercises were held.' : Thre young
' ladies, Zulu Stone, Louie. Alexander,
. . 3elle ..Somers, and two young men,
: ' Chaff ie Sigmon and Isaiah' Watson,
. -constituted the graduating class
, Their papers were most excellent and
. . - . -. .
demonstrated clearly that the class
is an unusually strong one.
The , school auditorium was ap
propriately decorated with the class
colors, white and green. The ap
v pointments were tastefully arranged
nd the new lights added much tojthe
general attractiveness of the oc
casion. On Tuesday morning the literary
address was delivered by Hon. El F.
"Watson, of Burnsville. Mr. , t. E.
c Hudgins, chairman of the High school
board, in a few but fitting words,
" presented the speaker of the occas
ion. The speaker took as his sub-
- ject "The Pursuit of Happiness." He
Ani, v ,rv, A
IoITqw only the things that bfings by larSe crowds.
happiness; he cautioned them to ! On Thursday , evening the high
avoid alt sorts of dangers and tempr.scho1 students presented most sue -
tations. "In the middle of the ' cessfully the play, Farm Folks. The
stream," said the speaker, " is tound.
xne sai es waters mis aaouress was
iiyely 'reeled by the large Wdiehce
present. .
SuptN. F. Steppe talked briefly
on the schools of the county, giving
guresshowing; the number of child-
. ren and the total cost of operation.
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bo school and urged upon the people
the importancej of co-operation and;st"uu 111 01 tne siage in a nne
lending their support m making the
schoorof greater service, not only to
the immediate community out to tne
county at large.
On Tuesday evening at 8 o'cloc
tne annual play was given to a large
. . . t
and appreciative audience. ine
young actors performed their parts
admirablv and were the recipents of
much applause throughout the entire
nrofrram.
' Nebo has had one of its most sue -
cessful vears. Much interest has
been taken by the citizens of the com- the occasion depended m no small plans -are as follows. Misses Kath-I The funeral was held from the
munity and the work that has been way uPon the short but fitting speech eryn Bailey Mary Burgin, Mattie Methodist church Wednesday morn
accomplished lb? students and teach- of Rev. J. M. Brown, who presented Tate Ruth Greenlee, Adeline Wilker- inS and was largely attended. Rev.
ers'has been of a very high order. ; the diplomas. 1gon Mrg Winfield Keeter; Messrs. Hipps, pastor of the deceased, con-
Mr. H. M. Roland has been the "ef- j Thls year has been e most suc- John Artz, Eugene Keeter, Eugene ducted the funeral services. Inter-
Tir.ial nnH has rendered
entire satisfaction, not only to the
authorities of the school, but to the
community at large. Assisting nd
co-operating with Mr. Roland were
-the following teachers: Miss Mamie
Stacy and Mrs. Bynum Finley in the j
Jiigh schbol department; Misses Anna
Conley, Lottie Wilson, Thessa Jime-
- son, Nelle McCurry and Louise
' Brown in the grammar grades and
- primary department.
r The Nebo school has now met the
requirements to become fully ac
credited. All necessary equipment,
scientific and literary, has been in
stalled. ' The number of teachers
that are required has been employed
aiid hereafter Nebo will be ranked
- .among, the best schools of the State.
This' is the bbiective toward which
$hecommunity and county have been
r working for some time. The news
that Nebo is now recognized as a
vtandard L high school will be favorr
ably received by the many students
and friends of the institution.
EAST MARION SCHOOL CLOSES.
The closing exercises of East Ma
. rionschool ;oh Ap-:;28tVwas well
attended Everne enioyed " the
: well ' prepared ahd j varied -program
. which :was given by the upper grades.
i Ac number deserving. special men-
tion was Bubble Land, a very pretty
and clever exercise. The flag party
was a novel patriotic number. Little
Miss Bessie Brooks read exceedingly
well and in the play Billie Bowman
was indeed very clever as the old
Dutchman.
At the clqse of- the program Miss
Mary Greenlee delivered 18 prizes
for perfect attendance. She be
sought the parents to see that twice
as many children get prizes for per
fect attendance next year, and to
give their children every opportunity
possible.
In many ways this has been the
most successful year in the history of
East Marion school. Parents have
co-operated with the teachers as nev
er before. A wide-awake perent
teacher association has been of great
nelp to the school. t The capable, ef
ficient principal, Miss Maggie Tay
!lor has keen assisted by-a splendid
i nAn. -c 4. i tt i i m
corps of teachers, Misses Hattie Tay
lor, Hazel Richardson, Sue Gonley,
Olivia Patton and Mrs. Arthur .Mc
Call. GLENWOOD SCHOOL CLOSES.
Because of the fact that the final
exercises were so near the coiintv
commencement occasion, at which
time the school participated in all
contests, and that each month
throughout the year some feature of
entertainment was offered to thejlicious ice cream and cake were
niihlifv r. onwAAi Hi1 xiserveu. xnose present voieu iurs.
stage an elaborate commencement.
Despite the inclement weather the
programs of both Thursday evening
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ana rnaay morniner were attended
, "C1 anu mei
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"v"w iwwn
.
j Preceding the graduating exercises
' 'Friday morning Supt. N. F. Steppe
made a 0Tt but impressive talkon
Perfect attendancewhat it means
' and what it costs. At the close of
ma La IK zu Der cent ot tne avpraw i
i o
i attendance of children for the year
were awarueu prizes given Dy me
0W Bard of Education.
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jonly two young ladies, Misses Ora
k ' Bright and Lela Marlowe. Miss
IV'! r tI rTxro roan a anHiH aco etr ' He
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vc w0 c-
11 vered by Miss Bright. Following
the valedictory Miss Emmabelle Mc-
Fall rendered a very beautiful solo
.which was much in keeping with the"
': program, and added greatly to the
effectiveness of it. The success of
! eessful m the history of the school,
, Mlss Celestia L. Penny, the efficient
j principal, is a woman of unusual
juuw lUi dl quauiiB-uuw, uu umty
as a leader. She has been ably as
sisted by a splendid corps of teach-
ers.
CLINCHCROSS.
On last Thursday afternoon .the
folks of Clinchcross community en
joyed a rare treat. . When the cur
tains were -parted the audience was
welcomed by a bright, snappy greet
ing song which, was the beginning of
a program of miscellaneous nature.
The entire program was well render
ed, but the play deserves special
mention. Though every member of
the cast rendered his part well,
Daniel Hitchcock as Uncle Pete, Ray
Sorrels as Col. Wayne, and Annie
Lee Helmes as Mrs. Wayne did es
pecially well. This has been un
doubtedly the most successful year
in the history of Clinchcross school.
This success is due to the untiring
efforts and faithful work of the
teachers, Misses Alda English and
Bessie Tate. Patrons and children
desire that these teachers return, but
their good works are known ahd
they are being called to larger fields
of usefulness.
Don't miss THE KID.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the
Happenings in McDowell
Items About Home People.
OLD FORT
Old Fort, May 2. The town, and !
community was saddened Monday
morning early when it was announced
that Sirs. A. A. Sawyer had died.
Mrs. Sawyer was 52 years old at her
death. She was born and reared in
this community. She was a faithful
wife, a devoted mother and a good
neighbor. She united with the Meth
odist church at the age of fifteen
and remained a faithful, member to
the end. Besides her husband she
is survived by two " daughters and
three sons: Mrs. John Cannon, Miss
. '
.one
Vivian, Athel, Kenneth' and Carroll.
was laid to rest in the Old Fort
cemetery. The funeral "services were
conducted by Rev. R. F. Mock of
Bryson City.
Mr. and Mrs, Clyde Miller enter-
jtame1 a Iew friends Monday evening
in honor of Misses Jean and Mary
. Richards Those present were: Mr.
' and Mrs- Wm- Treverton, Mr. and
Mrs. George Marshall, and Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Strickland. After several
interesting games and contests, de-
Miller a most charming hostess.
Arna rnXSH Zl
drug store recently completed by
Mr. Caplan is moving into hs new
Ponl.n or1 TNe T,io Kil;r
: "
j i i whole -community is fortunate ih
' tnan uia r oru ' having an opportunity of hearing this
1 Misses Jean and Mary Richards oflman. A cordiaPinvitationas extend
Carlyle, Pa., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. I ed to everybody to attend the, ser -
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Ill. I fLIII III V I I lllll m K. W 1 1IIIII1 l.lll
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! Mr. and Mrs. Westerman of this
place have returned to their home af-
ter spending ttie winter in Florida,
; Miss Fannie Bruton, teacher in the
old Fort school, has returned to her
home at Mt. Gilead.
Miss Murray, music teacher of Old
Fort m h school escorted the fol-!
lowmg to Montreat one day last
week to attend the music recital:
iMisses Olive Whitmire, Edith Le-
Fevere, Carlyn Mcintosh and Robert
jtu et!
, M-
Mice Alva r.nQiuipL- fifVi wrnHo'and known as a srood man and public
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teacher, has returned to her home in .
Winston-Salem.
C. A. Snyder made a business triplin the war between the States. He
to Morganton recently. !was a member of the Methodist
A camping trip to Mt. Mitchell is
bei pianned for the week-end by a 1
group of young people from Old Fortjhis own-church, but his home and
and Marion. Those included in the !
twiw winfioiH TTootor ani nMr!ment was made at the Oak Grove
shplt
j Mr and Mrs Duncan have return
jed from their wedding trip and are
making their home at the Sandlin
House.
BETHLEHEM
Old Fort, May 1. -Mrs. James Sil
vers is ill with influenza.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Souther of
Catawba spent Sunday with "Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hogan.
Willard Kelley of Catawba and
Miss Pearl Turner and father spent
Sunday in Marion.
Little Mamie Parker of Marion is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Mills.
Miss Irene Hogan and Miss Marie
Jackson of Crooked Creek spent
Sunday in Marion. K
Frank Turner's baby has ben very
sick for several days. .
Mrs. Hattie Hogan was in Old
Fort one day last week shopping.
Mrs. John Reel was in Old Fort
the latter part of the week.
Riley Staton, who has been on the
sick list for some time, is improving
slowly.
Mrs. Robert Hoover and children
have been visiting her father, Mr.
Staton.
(Continued on last page)
REV. J. E. MAHAFFEY TO HOLD
REVIVAL AT MARION MILLS j
Rev. J E. Mahaffey, a well known;
pastor-evangelist of the Upper South
Carolina Conference, has . been en-.
gaged toehold a series of revival ser-j
vices at the Marion Mills Methodist
church. These services are to begin !.
on the evening of May 8th, and will
likely continue about two. weeks. Monday the road . in upper North
Mr. Mahaffey has had a very sue- "Cove township connecting with Ave?y
cessful career as a pastor-evangelist, J county was ordered built. It will be
and he is so much in demand among come a part of the State MghwSy Y
his brethren in his own conference system. The construction of this Ija
that it is not ofetn that he can be se-; portant link of ;road will cost sonfe
cured to go elsewhere, but the pastor thing like $80,000.00; $32,000 pt
of the Marion Mills churchjfound that which will" be paid by the Stated The
he had an open date of about two J completionof this link' of road WO!
weeks Jn, the arly part of May andjgive direct connection ith " Avery,
promptly secured his services for his : county and will make it possible for5
church. the people of upper North Cove -and
Outside of his native state Mr. Ma- the mountain section to reach 'Marion '
haffey is better known as an author land Avery county over a good road. -than
an evangelist, as-he has written - A large delegation of - citizens - was
Lquite a number of books, of a relig- i
ious nature, that have, had- a very the Road Commissioners '.the, impoT
wide circulation. One of these books tance of building this stretch of road,
has been published in a 100,000 di- An order , for survey of the road
tion, and" it has gone all over Ameri- from Providence to Crooked Creek
ca and even to foreign lands. - J highway was made. This-road will
5e is naturally argumentative in make it possible, wen built, for the ;
his style of preachingand this gift, people who live between the Mont
has been, perhaps unconsciously, de- fords Cove road. and the Crooked '
veloped through the controversial ina- J Creek road, a distance of about: nine
ture of much of his work. In ' his J miles, to reach Marion on :? a . good
treatment, of a subject he leaves the road. At present this roVd' is in -impressioi
on his audiences that he j very bad condition and- for some-
is an authority that it would be' use
less to contradict, and yet he does
in n aeeable spirit that
, . . rprt ind nf
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rnM orflrnTM his hpnrom
-.vices.
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riTi7PN piccrc i ville road was completed"1- some - tirne' -i
i iz.w, fAaa agro but there has beeii strung sen--Mr.
A. B. Gilkey, familiarly known ? ment for this connecting;: link ?f
as "Uncle Gus" died at his home about four. miles; beVwe en McDowell
Monday morning, in nis 92hd year.iand Rutherford -countie : Thevsut-':
tt- . . i , f.y . j ivey was made some time ago and the ;
His death, notwithstanding his ad- contract for the nstroction of the.
vanced age, was a distinct shok to jroad will be let m-the 15th inst. 1 .
his many friends , and - relatives
throughout this section. He was ac- j
tive almost to the last, having been!
on the streets of Marion last Friday.
Mr. Gilkey was probably one of
jtne Dest Known citizens oi mcuowen
jcounty. He was active in church
spimea. citizen, ne was a vonxea-
erate veteran and saw active service
church and took much interest m the
upbuilding and welfare of not only
community,
cemetery
Mr. Gilkey is survived by a wife
and three sons, A. L. Gilkey, of the
First National Bank, E. D. Gilkey, a
druggist of Asheville and J. C. Gil
key, assistant state bank examiner;
and one daughter, Mrs. L. E. Woot-
en, of New York City.
The sympathy of the entire com
munity is extended to the sorrowing
relatives in their hour of great be
reavement.
VAUDEVILLE ACT COMING '
TO OASIS THEATRE
The Cleveland Star of Shelby car
ries as a news item in it's last, issue,
the following:
"The Berven & Norman company
which, is holding forth at the Prin-
rwnl il i 'it.
cess lneaxre xms.weeK witn a special
vaudeville attraction is proving one
of the very best show companies ever
in Shelby, and judging from .the liber
al patronage of the Shelby people it
is making a decided-hit. It's a clean
wholesome show, full of the spice"of
variety and funny jokes. The musi
cal numbers are new and catchy."
This musical vaudeville sketch will
be at Oasis Theatre oi the evening
Don't miss THE KID.
McDOWELL HIGHWAY
COMMISSION MEETS
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Make Order for Construction
6f Roid m North Cove and
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. OysarteoTownihips.-: ...
At the regular meeting of :tjie
County 1 'Highway "Commission on test
present and urged forcefully up$n
time there has ; been an -urgent de
mand for better' road' forVthis sec-
tion. The conipletibn of, the road
a 'uu-
" ai . . MU atUUUU .
u:-.ut - .
An order yt rrmdfor ihe cQl
sStruction: of a link of road from D5.
f.artvilleto the Rutherford courjCy 1
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fording an excellent type of iroad fdr
ithe travel between.- McDowell and
RTttherjbTcotmtiei
FIDDLERS AND BANJO
PICKERS CONVENTION
At an enthusiastic meeUngof the.
Kniffht- 0fxPythias i last week it was
idecided to hold their musical conven-
. Marion on the-afternoon and
: ir: oav- a .
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b pickers, mandolin and goitar
nlavers. in fact alLmusicians take no-
jtice that cash and uabie; prizes
j fce offered for the best talent ex- "
. An fiddiers or other1 mu
sicians who" expect to enter the con- -test
will notify R. F. Barnes of Ma
rion, N. C., at once to enter their
names on the list'as one of the con
testants. The general public is invited and .
a big time is promised all whor at
tend. Such old .time, selections ' as
"Cindy Let Your Bangs Hang Down,"
"Sourwood Mountain," "Old Joe
Clark," "Little Brown Jug," "My
Darling Nellie. Gray" and- many
others that promise just as much gin
ger and sentiment will -feature thr .
programs.
ASH FORD ,fV
The closing exercises of ; the Ash"
ford school took place r on Friday
night, April 28th The : program
consisted of 'songs, drills, dialogues,
etc., and was enjoyed by ai large anaV
appreciative audience.! . One" who had .
not visited the school untilr that oc
casion could see : the 1 patient 'and
faithful work of the teachers jplainly
reflected by the way 'the "little -folks
rendered their ; parts;; -Miss Edith
Lononhas been -the efficient princi
pal for the past" year She has been '
ably assisted, by . Miss 'Nannie , NicholsJ ;
Ashford .is ,"qne of the ' largest 'two
teacher scho ols" in the. county and is
in a community where there is, much,
civic pride.- By "reason -of this Che
teachers have : been ' able -to greatly
improve -the "physicall equipment of .
the school . by adding such . things as .
library, athletic equipment, -maps and
pictures-
Youll be sorry if you- don't see
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