A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1922
VOL. XXVI NO. 41
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HIGH SCHOOL CLOSES
SUCCESSFUL TERM
Graduation Exercises Monday James; 2 A rade Charlotte Win
Nicrkf R . r . -m borne;-3 B grade, Mamie Spencer;
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Twenty Graduates:
The
Marion High School concluded with
e Monday evening program. The
entire commencement exercises were
of a very high order .and reflected the
quality of the work that has been
done by the teachers and students
during the year.
The first of the series of com
mencement programs was given on
Friday . evening, when six girls and
six boys met in the finals of recita
tion and declamation. Those pitted
against each other in the recitation
contest were Ethel Spratt, Sybil
Henderson, Pearl Wilkerson, Anna
Fay Hunt, Mary McConneli and
Charlie Mae Epley. The contest
was . a spirited one and the young
ladies did themselves proud upon the
occasion. Winning were Mary Mc
Conneli, first medal, and Pearl Wil
kerson, second medal.
In the declamation contest Simmie
Cross, Florian Sprinkle, Frank Bur
gin, Francis Little, Edward McMahan
and Edward Hudgins were the rivals.
The competition was keen in this con
test, and when the judges rendered
their decision Edward Hudgins was
declared the winner of the first med
al; the second medal going to Sim
mie Cross.
On Monday afternoon a very
unique program was given by the
primary department m the nature of
a story-telling contest. The little
folks were quite at home in this con-
test and gave evidence of very excel-;
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lent training for the occasion. Those
narticibatinfiu in this contests were
EJwyn Prentiss Bowden, Edith
NicSols, Zeb Shaver, Frank Bolton
and Carrie Joe Lewis. Edith Nichols
was successful in winning the prize,
.Another feature of the Monday
evening program was a spelling con-
test participated in by Charles Mc -
Call, Avery Woody, Opal Epley and
Harry Gwin against Dallas Duncan.
VJWA" au xJAHAts xyuxicau,
Beatrice Pearson, Dorothy Saurfders
and Benson Davis; the latter proving
to be the successful contestant.
On Sunday evening at the Metho-
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n.flr(1H 5.r.r.nl sprmon to thp
graduating class The church was
well filled with patrons and friends I
who came to hear Rev Lassiter's
sermon to the young graduates. It:
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was a very awe discussion ana was,
efonor. n with tniifh interest hv '
those in attendance. S
On Monday evening the Class Day
exercises were held and the award
ing of diplomas, certificates and'pany, of Knoxville.
prizes made. The young graduates
easily proved themselves the best
class that the Marion High School
has ever, had. There were twenty
young ladies and young gentlemen
composing the graduating class of
1922. The class parts were as fol
lows : President's address, Robert
Poteat; History of the Class, Jack
Justice; inventory, Elizabeth Gilkey;
Personnel, Zilpah Frisbie, The
Grumbler, Edna Brown; The Scrap
Bag, Josephine Elizabeth Bush;
Class Poem, Alda Norton; Prophecy,
Brownie Giles; Class Will, Mae Cur
tis. The other members of the
graduating class were Cleone Bal
lew, Jennie Conley, Alice Roane
Cross, Emily Irene Franklin, Elma
Houck, Vera link, Rowena Mc
Donald NeaL Melvin Bristol Patton,
Daphne Spratt Luna Jane Wall and
William Franklin Wood, Jr.
The awarding of diplomas, certifi
cates and prizes was made by Supt.
T. A. Holton. Supt. Holton was at
his best and he made the awards in
his usual graceful and charming
manner. His words were well chosen
as he addressed the graduates for the
last time.
The whole program was sublimely
beautiful and was listened to with
keen interest by a packed auditorium
of friends and patrons' of the school.
It - was really a fitting climax to the
best , year in the history, of -the local
high school.
Scholarship Prizes.
1 B gde' Cecil Willis; 1 A grade,
j Margaret Gilkey 2 B grade, Jack I
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o a graue, James otepp; ftin grade,
Charles McCall; 5th grade, Edgar
McCall; 6th grade, Estella Hawkins;
7th grade, Carlton Gilkey; 8th grade,
Katheryn McCall; 9th grade, Ethel
Spratt; 10th grade, Pearl Lewis;
11th grade, Daphne Spratt.
The scholarship medal was award
ed Elma Houck and the English
prize went to Alice Roane Cross.
Students in the high school who
had an average of 95 per cent or
above for the year are Helen Frank
lin, Mildred Holton, Katheryn Mc
Call, Francis Adams, Ethel Spratt,
Pearl Lewis and Daphne Spratt.
Grammar Grade Graduates.
Mary Nelson Bettis, Katherine
Bost, Annie Laurie Cannon, J. Robert
Carr, Margaret Craig, Benson Davis,
John Davis, Ethel Early, Edwin Fin
ley, Elva Frisbie, Jemmie Gibson,
Carlton Gilkey, Helen Goldsmith,H
Harry Gwin, Robert Hawkins, Maude Mills gpent a few days with her
Lail, Mary Alice Laughridge, David ' daUghter, Mrs. J. P. Walker.
Little, Kern Lunsford, Rowe Mauney, Miss Jennie Lee Laughridge at
Ruth Mitchell, Owen Morrow, Robert tended the commeneement exercises
McCall, Mary Willie McCall, Celia in Marion.
Nanney, Robert Shaver, Margie Sira-j Miss Rebecca Laughridge spent a
erson, Wilma Snoddy, Pansey Spen- I f ew dayg relatives in Marion
cer, Dorothy Tanner, Jennie Wall, 'jst week.
Guyon Whitten, Florence Yancey,
Lena Young.
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TRACTS FOR THIS REGION
Raleigh, May 25. The eighth and
nm.n aisric.s consxixuong ,ne uim -
tory of which Asheville is the center,
get a half million of the $2,933,000
going for the construction of
' mniTa 4-V. a vasnlf r-f fftflov'e iarr)
ways as the result of Uday s record
award by the state highway commis -
Uiori. This will be spelrit oil-
projects, as follows:
! Sixteen miles of gravel - road be-
jtween South Toe river and Swiss, in
Yancey county, $97,970, with an ad-
ditional cosf of $42,933.60 for bridge
'work. R. S. Freeman, of Knoxville,
is' the low bidder.
I Ten miles of waterbound macadam
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from Murphy to the Georgia state
hne, $56,868, MiUs Williams Con-
struction company, oi wmcnester,
Ky., being the low bidder.
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One and on-haIf miles of hard
surfaced roadway between Sylva and
Dillsboro, $66,764.30, Mills Williams
company, of Winchester, Ky., low
'bidder. Bridge work costing $15,-
676 also goes to this company.
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$87,715, C. C. McCabe, of Tuxedo,
low bidder. Bridge work costing
$17,997.50 goes to E. A. Wilson com
Eighteen projects were included in
today's letting, the bulk of work be
ing for eastern districts, which were
left out at times when the western
counties were getting heavy awards.
At today's meeting of the state
highway commission Commissioner
McBee received approval of the fol
lowing new projects for June and
July lettings:
Six miles in Avery county; 14 '.
miles in Yancey; bridge over Mills
creek and the Southern railroad in
McDowell county; four miles in Mc-.
Dowell, which Mr. McBee says is I
"Mrs. Sloop's road;" eight miles in
Burke; eight miles of hard surfaced
from Bat Cave to Hickory Nut gap,
in Henderson county; hard surfac
ing of the road between the Gaston
county line and Kings Mountain;
hard surface, Forest City to Ruther -
fordton, in Rutherford county, and
bridge over the Toe river on the :
Bristol-Asheville highway at Spruce
Pine. -
Chief Engineer Upham announced
today that 147 highway projects are
under actual construction in every
general section of the state from
Cherokee to Currituck counties.
"Thecontractors are making record
time and the highway machine is
running the prettiest you eyer saw,"
he added.
Miss Frances Holmes, of Forest
City, visited friends here last week.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the
Happenings in McDowell
Items About Home People.
DYSARTSVILLE
DvsartSVille. Mav 30. Aldon
Hutchins of Cliffside was a visitor
here Sunday.
Arthur and Erastus Walker and
Thomas Glass attended the memorial
services at Pisgah Sunday.
J. L. Laughridge and family of
Marion were visitors here Sunday.
Mrs. Z. V. Daves and children of
Marion spent last week with relatives
here.
Mrs. James Spratt and daughter,
Miss Annfe, attended the commence-
met exercises in Marion during the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Jackson were in
Marion Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Landis of Ma
rion were visitors here Sunday.
Mrs. Joseph Hutchins of Union
MOUNT HEBRON
Hebron, May 27. Wilson
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Moffitt -lowly recoverii from his
serious illness.
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spending six weeks with her mother that has ever been heId at the Old
Craig Mrs Woodard ex'iFort schooL Rev- John L- McBride
esged" heTf as charmed with the delivered the invocation and the
gcen f Mt Hebron Class Day exercises immediately fol-
he h(es to return before the Iowed The Parts were M follows:
' is over , Salutatory, Louise Fleming; History,
j Mr and Mrs A B Halford ffave a i Viola Gilliam; Poem, Vivian Sawyer;
. K Prophecy, Kimball Miller; Class Will,'
farewell party and musical for Mrs. , , J' . , ' , '
ZrrJA 11M4,.W 5 'Paul McCanless; Valedictory, James
Ted of XstrumeS:
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solo by Miss Pauhoe Mofntt and sing-
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front porch.
The Young People's Missionary
B&nd wag re.organized Sunday eve-
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T.1T.O lYI i I hPlmn Kprtrpn wnc pivot-
.iciucii. mv i.-xioo i.i-i.ua xtv7ixi.
secretary. Mrs. Nellie Moffitt and
Miss Pauline Moffitt were given
charge of the music. Miss Eliza
beth Burgin and the officers comprise
the program committee.
There will be prayer and song ser
vice, commencing at 7:30, every
Sunday evening in one of the chap
els. GARDIN
Marion, May 29. Miss Mayme
Bowman of Marion spent the week-j
end with homefolks here
Miss Lillie Smith was shopping in
Marion Saturday.
C. D. Wacaser made a business
trip to Hickory one day last week.
Grayson Craig made a
business
trip to Marion last week.
- Miss Bula Wacaser was shopping
in Marion last Friday
A social was given at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Wacaser .Satur- (
day evening. Those present includ-
ed : Misses Clema, Lillie and Blanch
Smith, Mary Holland, Alice Hensley, and community. He has been re-(ty for moral and spiritual encour-,
Lizzie and Carra Evans and . Bula elected Superintendent for the com- agement, then come to the First Bap
Wacaser; Messrs. James Smith, Lew-.mg year and has signified his inteji-itist church next Sunday morning at
en Westmoreland, Ivey Holland, ;
Soux and Sol Evans, James Hensley, !
CalvinEvans and James Morgan. !
After many enjoyable games were
played, lemonade and angel food
cake was served by the hostess, Miss
Bula Wacaser.
HANKINS
Marion, Rt. 3, May 30. Miss Lot
tie Wise of Knoxville, Tenn., is
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ing her sister, Mrs. George Cooper.
John Anderson, and Robert Erwin
of Morganton were visitors here Sun
day. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hall of High
Point are visiting the former's moth
er, Mrs. E. Y. Hall.
OLD FORT HIGH SCHOOL
, CLOSES SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The concluding exercises of the
01d Fort HiSn School were given
last Monday and"" Tuesday evenings,
The Monday evening program wa$
i&ven to the recitation and declama
tion contests. There were five girls
contesting for the prize in the recita
tion contest, and four boys in the
declamation contest- The selections
were all masterpieces, and those en
gaged in the two contests did credit
' to themselves and to the school.
Natalie Epley, Olive Whitmire, Eliza
beth Sherirll, Myrtle Lytle and Jen
nie Stirewalt were in the reciters
contest. The medal was awarded to
Jennie Stirewalt.
Franz Strickland, Robert Hughes,
Clyde Miller and William Treverton
competed for the declaimer's medal.
Robert Hughes, for the second time
in succession, proved to be the win
ner. The program was interspersed
with appropriate music.
At tfye conclusion of the contests
Supt. N. F. Steppe Was invited to the
platform and talked at length con
cerning the schools of the county,
with special emphasis on the finan
cial side. He was listened to w;th
much interest as he gave the figures
showing the number of children in
the county and cost of operating the De enlarged soon to care for the in
schools. A packed house was pres-jcrease of patients,
ent and at the end of his address ! :
Mr" StePPe was the recipient of much ,
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and prolonged applause.
I The Tuesday evening pro erram was '
iller' The personnel of the. 1922
Iclass o1 the Uld ort, school excelled i
that of any previous year. The work
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accomplished has been, very gratify-!
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g to teachers and pupils. The
young ladies and young gentlemen
themselves proud on the last oc-
casion of their gchool career Much
applause was heard as each member
completed his part of the program.
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the class by Supt. G. B. Strickland,
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who spoke feelingly of his interest in
-the class and of 'his hopes for them
in the future.
Following the presentation of the
diplomas was a musical selection, af-
ter which Rev. C. B. Holland pre-
sented the speaker of the occasion,
Dr. W. H. Fitzgerald. Dr. Fitzgerald
(delivered a very interesting talk, and Last Sunday was truly a Red-Let-jwas
heard by one of the largest ter-Day with the Sunday school of
(crowds ever assembled at the Old the First Baptist church. The goal
jFort school. (had been set for an attendance of
The Old Fort High School has been
steadily growing for the past several
years. The attendance increases
every year and the power and in-
(fluence of the school will become
greater as time goes on. Supt.
Strickland and his corp of teachers
have been trreat factors in the pro
motion of the school at Old Fort and
ia raising it to the recognized stand-
ard of one of the best high schools
in the State. Mr. Strickland has
been superintendent for the past :
four years and is greatly appreciated
by the entire citizenship of Old Fort
tion of directing the school and its
interests for another term.
WEATHER REPORT.
Thos. McGuire, local government
weather bureau observer, reports the
temperature and rainfall at Marion
!for the week as follows:
Maximum, 79 degrees; minimum,
45 degrees; rain, 1.96 inches; sun-
visit-'shine, -per cent, .64.
NEWS ITEMS FROM ' .
OVER THE STATE
Items Concerning Events of In
terest and Import an c e.
Throughout the State.
The commencement exercises of
Trinity college will embrace June
4-7.
A 300-pound-black bear, -measuring
seven feet in length, was trapped
and killed near Murchison, in Yan
cey county, by a farmer named Brig
man, a few days ago. ; x ?
The second reunion of the Wildcat
Veterans' association, composed - of
veterans who served with the eighty''
first division during the world war,
will be held in Winston-Salem next
August. 4
One hundred and thirty-five young
men received diplomas at the State
College, Raleigh, this year, the larg
est class in the history of the instill- .
tion. The list included two McDowell
boys, Sidney F. Mauney, Jr., and
William Gordon McKoy, both of Old
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RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL
RECEIVES RADIUM GIFT
Rutherford ton, May 28. -The
$100,000 radium gift to the Ruther
ford hospital arrived here Friday 'and
was installed Saturday. The insti
tution will be ready to offer - treat
ment within a few days. -The gift
was made by J. C. Plonk, of Hickory,
as a memorial to his deceased wife.
Laura E. Plonk. The hospital may"
SMALL ADDITIONS
FORT?
FOREST HOLDINGS
Asheville Citizen, 29th.
national forest holdingsof ' the gov-
ernment in Western North Carolina
was hT the- reserrau
ons commission at Washington, this
nd being, inside tracts in six locali-
ties, according to word reaching the
United States Forestry office here.
ne tract 1S reported to be in Mc-
ni,.0n 0j x, rt.v,0- .
Dowell county and the .other Tive are
located m Caldwell county.
Fighting Diptheria.
The steady increase in the death
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rate llom aiptnena lor tne i&st tnree
year is causing the state board of
health to warn parents of children to
take extraordinary precaution and
cal1 a doctor when the child develops
!a sore throat or other symptoms of
this disease. In 1918 there were 242
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aeatns irom aipxnena, zat, in lyzu
anH ..fih -m 1921. ThP nf m-o.
ventives will lower this death rate
tjust as it has lowered the rate of
deaths from typhoid and the public
is urged to take these precautions.
RED LETTER DAY AT THE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
.three hundred and when the reports
were brought in from the classes
they showed there were three hun-
dred and six present, and others
came in later. The Baraca class had
seventy-one in attendance. It was
an inspiring scene to look upon that
bunch of young men interested in
Bible study. Their goal is set at
one hundred and they will hahthem
next Sunday. If you are intereswd
'in the young men of ' Marion and
wish to see them at a time when they
make their very finest appearance
and strongest appeal to the communi-
9:45. Mr. R. K. Shotwell, the teach
er of this class,, and his class officers
are to be congratulated in the ac
complishment of this unusual, work. . -The
pastor will preach Sunday
mornings at eleven o'clock, and Sun
day nightv at eight o'clock Mr: John
B. Twiggs will address the congrega
tion, which will be made up of the
congregations of all the town church
es.
Pastor.
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