A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY,
VOL. XXVI no: 45
29, 1922
MARION LAKE fcLUB
HOUSE IS ASSURED
Plans Set in Motion for Erec
tion of $75,000 Club Band
ing on Lake Near Marion.
A meeting of the promoters of the
Marion Lake Club was held in the
f&ce of Plesa, Winborne - & Pless
last Monday when definite plans were
set in motion looking to the building
of a $75,000 club house on the lake
of the Southern Power Co.
Mr. J. Q. Gilkey, enterprising citi
zen, was elected "chairman and a num
ber of committees appointed to look
after the various details of the or
ganization and consummations of the
plans for the new project.
A tract of about 100 aeres of land
has been secured as a location for the
club house. The site overlooks the
beautiful lake and is considered the
most desirable and appropriate site
that could be wished for. When
completed the building will be a
modern, convenient and attractive
structure. . Capable architects will
visit the grounds before making
plans. Every detail is to be worked
out in harmony and in keeping with
the local environments and beauty of
the location. It is the idea of the
promoters to build a club house that
will be second to none in the State.
The building will be designed not on
ly for architectural beauty but for
comfort and recreation.
The membership will be composed
only of persons of good character
and moral standing. Strict regula
tions governing the membership and
purpose of the club will be provided.
When completed and put into
operation t is thought that the dob
will bring many visitors to Marion
and- that it will pe. a jjreat medium
of advertising for this section.
MRS. SARAH HICKS PASSES.
Mrs. Sarah Hicks, widow of James
Hicks, of McDowell county, died
Thursday, June 22nd, in her 89th
year and was buried in the family
cemetery at Union Chapel Saturday
morning, June 24 th. Rev. J. T.
Bowden, pastor of the Fixst Baptist
church of Marion, conducted the
funeral services. Mr. Hicks was an
excellent Chrictian woman, well
known and highly respected. She
'spent her last days with her son,
'"Dock" Hicks, where she died. She
leaves fonr children, two sons John
Yancey (Dock), of this county, and
Fhflmore, of South Carolina; two
daughters, Mrs. John Sttood, of Ma
rion, and Mrs. Mary Silver, of Ten
nessee. Her husband, James Hicks,
served as a Mexican soldier for a
while and she drew a small Mexican
pension up to her death. He died in
1899 ajnd was then 76 years old
Hers was probably the only pension
of the kind sent to this part of the
state and her death marks the pass-
ihg of another historic resident of !
McDowell county.
FOURTH OF JULY PICNIC.
A big Fourth of July picnic to be
given by the Redmen at the C. C. &
O. railway bridge over the Catawba
river next Tuesday promises to be a
great occasion and a large attend
ance is expected. The Redmen ami
their families of McDowell county
will be there with baskets filled with
good things to eat. The public is
invited to attend. Everybody re
quested to bring a basket and a snnle.
A real Fourth of July picnic, Cab
fry fun frolic and a good time is as
sured all.
NEGRO DOWNED IN POND.
Adam Evans, colored, employed by
Geer & Wilson on construction work,
was drowned Sunday afternoon in
Hawkins pond near the Garden
Creek Dairy. Evans was m bathing
with other companions when the ac
cident occurred. His home was in
Bock Hili; S. C. and he had berr in
Marion only about a week.
Communion df , the 'fiord's Supper
will be observed at the Presbyterian
church next Sunday at 11 a. m.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM THE COUNTY
ASH FORD
Ashford, June 26. Mrs. Ellen
English spent several days last week
with her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Laugh
ridge, in Marion.
Rev. J. Williams left here a -few
A a tro m f av nAmto ; n)iin v i ' --f"
m-vm. imiuw hi v"i.
Mrs. EL S. Brown has been very ill
for the past few days, but is improv-
ing now.
Miss Brown of Morganton spent
the week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. S. Brown.
Mrs. E. E. English and daughter,
Miss Alda English, were in Marion
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Heffner of Altapass
were visitors here last Sunday.
The revival meeting begins at Con
cord church next Sunday. Every
body come.
LARGE NUMBER CHILDREN
GIVEN DENTAL SERVICE
Dr. Griffin, the State school den-
tist, reports that he finds the school j Asheville, president; B. L. Lunsford,
children of McDowell county in many ' Marion, vice president; Louise Wil
cases badly in need of dental work. jsori Morganton, recording secretary;
He spent several days at Nebo during Miss Nancy Davis, Asheville, corres-
last week and was kept busv while
there. "
During this week Dr. Griffin will be
at the Clinchfield and Marion mill
schools. The parents of children at
these places are sending their child
ren in large numbers and Dr. Griffin
is kept very busy.
Dr. Griffin is a practicing dentist.
He is sent out by the State Board of
Health to treat only children not
over 13 years of age. There is no
charge and Dr. Griffin hopes to see
every child in McDowell county in
need of dental service. He hopes to
be able to publish in next week's is
sue of The Progress- his -itinerary
showing "the places and dates that he
will undertake to fill.
CHURCH NEWS.
Sunday was another "Red Letter
Day at the First Baptist church.
There were four hundred and two in
the Sunday school, one hundred and
sixty-two young men in the Baraca
class. This is decidedly , the greatest
success the school has ever had in the
matter of attendance. The average
attendance for the month of June
was three hundred and sixteen. The
Baracas' have an enrollment of two
hundred and twenty-six, while the
whole school has an enrollment of
five hundred. The Baraca class will
complete arrangements for its picnic
next Sunday morning and it is im
portant that the whole class turn out
at that time in order that there be a
clear and complete understanding
about this joyous outing.
The "women of the First Baptist
church will serve hot coffee, lunch,
lemonade and ice cream on the court
house grounds during the July term
of court. All attending court are
Corlially invited to patronize this
good cause.
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item of news.
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4. Ii" you report a visitor' to your
section tell where he is from.
5. If some one in your section
I makes a trip tell where he goes.
6. Do not report the neighborhood -h
visiting. U -
, 7. Be sure to report all deaths,
marriages and meetings Qf various
kinds of interest in the community.
8. Send news when it is news. Do
not wait until everybody, knows it
anyway.
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THRESHERS MUST GET
THEIR LICENSES
Register of Deeds R. F. Barnes
wishes to announce that the licenses
for wheat threshers can be secured
at his office, and all are requested to
caD and get them before they begin
the threshing of wheat this year.
Services at St. John's next Sunday
at 11 a. m.
NEWS ITEMS FROM
OVER THE STATE
IteThs"Concernin Events of In
terest and I m portance
Throughout the State.
ine nmeteenxn annual session oi
the North Carolina Rural Letter
iCarri firs' association will hp held at
oneiDy next Monday ana luesaay,
j July 6 and 4.
The fifth annual meetinerof the
Association SuDerior Court Clerks of
j North Carolina will be held at Way-
Lacniin Tnov tta Ti,r
q ancj 7
The fourth annual meeting of the
A 11V AWtJ. bll C lilt Ul WJ. Vll -s
Methodist Bible classes of the West-
em North Carolina Conference, from
44 counties, will convene at Lak
Junaluska July 10 for a three-day
program. The program will consist
of lectures and other entertainment.
The Epworth Leaguers at the an
nual meeting in North Wilkesboro
last wek elected W.
W. Edwards,
ponding secretary; P. L. Flyer, Gas-
tonia, treasurer; Miss Gertrude Falls,
junior superintendent, Brevard.
Charlotte was selected as the next
meeting place.
Kinston. Larry Davl. a Pitt county
youth, is recovering from a case of
luutLjaw w
cullar circumstances. The boy. bare -
footed, stepped on a ruf5ty kitchen
fort, running it throcsh his foot. ' Tha
fork was removed and the wound prop-
eriy treated, healed Recently, while
plowing in a field. Davis was seized
with fever. Lockjaw followed. At
on time his condition was regarded as
critical. Heroic treatment saved his
Wilmington. At the closing session
of the North Carolina Association of
Insurance -Agents, John R. Hall of
Oxford was elected president to suc
ceed Fred C. Odell, of Greensboro,
who has Just completed two successive
terms as head of the insurance organi
zation. Charles B. Sharpe of Fayette
vfll, who has served the organization
for many years as secretary and treas
urer, wai elected vice president, and
McAHster Carson, of Charlotte, was
elected to fill the vacancy caused by
the promotion of Mr. Sharpe.
Llncolnton. The patrons of the
ten o Is In the Rock Springs school dis
trict In East Lincoln held an election
a few days ajo and decided on the
consolidation plan which means bet
ter facilities for teaching in every re
spert. Two hundred and nineteen
votes were cast for the plan with 115
a train st.
Rockingham. "Cyclone Mack" will,
begin a four-weeks revival at Rocking
ham on Sunday, June 25th, beginning
I at 3 o'clock. He was to begin the 19th
but could not secure his new ent
from Atlanta in time. The siteTor
the meeting is on South Washington
street, Just to the rear of the Hal Led-
better lot.
Wilmington. Charleston, S, C was ,
selected as the next conrention city
of public accountants of the South
eastern district at the concluding ses
sion of the annual meeting at Wrights
rille Beach. The convention was
largely attended, delegates being pres
ent fro mseven states.
EJdeiton.-Leonard yon, ,oae of the
4 force near Edenton, was shot
by a negro, Grant .Holley. Lyon was
badly hurt and was rushed to the
home of Mr. J. D. Stillman, where Dr.
Carson attended him. The negro
made his escape. '
OKfor. The Oxford Public Ledger
a JTTJT I
Is Diannlng to erect a neat two-story
brtck buflng cm LlttUJohn street, op-
posit the pootofflca, Marvin Minor
architect of Oxford, has destgaed tfci
building.
Your home paper comes to you as
an old friend and neighbor, telling (
you all the home news while the large
city paper enters your home as a
stranger. Send in your subscription
to The Progress and keep posted on!
j local affairs. " j
INFLUENCE OF ASsdciATlONi
There is no need to go to the win -
dow and look out when you bear the
robin chirruping v cherully. The
a. ii a v . i - j
notes of that bird' are recognized im
mediately.- It is, the same with the
rooster, the canary.: the bob-o-link, or
the lark each has his distinctive
message, aid the song calls up
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. viaiuu u - wits. wiuruicr wiiu
sending forth the golden notes.
Nlt is. the same with people. We
know thp.m hv thpi-iv rnnvrMtinn.
Some neonle are ontimistic and -i.
ways giving inspiration and courage,
rn
are welcome anywhere.
There are others who are always
I " " tf '
ending tault and seeing dire disaster
in the way. They cannot see the
good in anyone. They are pessimists,
and scatter gloom. People learn to
avoid them.
era oro cill rf-Vi ore Txrli r gro rn
stantly looking for slights and un-1
friendly fnotives and expressions of.
jenvy and ill wilL These people us-
ually find what they are looking for ated under the same Federal super-
and they do not have to go far, vision of the Federal Farm, Loan,
either. Board. The present paid in capital
If every one could only realize it, stock is $250,000,, and $25,000 sur
our conversation i really the mirror plus. The bank operates very? much
which we hold up in front of., our- along the same lines as does the Fed
selves. We stand before this and eral Land Bank of Columbia and un
the reflection is what people conclude ' er jthe same supervision. -It makes
(and rightly, too,) -that we are. It
is a picture of the original.
If everybody talked hard times,
j and poor business and disaster, so
manv pictures of this type would be
j
, , , . . .
h P""1 that everyone would begin
to be impressed, and soon there
would be a business panic. Then the
calamity howlers would nod their
Kieads with satisfaction and say "I
told you so."
?-1 On the other hand, if our convex-
sation is cheerful, honest, unselfish,
constructive and progressive we
will make pictures of that kind, and
good times and prosperity will be
realized even more easily than the
opposite.
Let us learn to be the sort of bird
who are welcome! Not crows x and
ravens to foretell mournful things,
and to croak "Nevermore!"
"A bird is""known by its note, and
a man by his talk," Ex.
BOONE IS TO HAVE CHURCH
COSTING ABOUT $30,000
A a meeting of the church exten
sion officials of the Western North
Carolina conference in ? Salisbury it
was decided that approximately $30,
000 will be expended in the construc
tion of the new Methodist church at
Boone, and the work will begin in the
early future.
While Boone is a small town in
the mountains of Watauga county, it
is the seat of the Appalachian Train
in School and the need of a modern
church there is definitely recognized
by Methodists of various sections.
Ser.rch of Years is Rewarded.
Richmond, Va. After a search of
ai-rt-xr vmtr in whirh no trace of the
n . . ff..d th familv of
Henry Strange. South Carolina Con
federate soldier killed in action, was
rewarded when John-Strange,, nephew
of the dead man, -was taken to his
kinsman's grave by L. T..Wyrick of
Athens, Texas, who - declared he bur
ied the oldier's body at a lonely
spot, near sSwift Creek, five tniles
north of Richmond. TVyrick declared
he and Strange were fighting side by
side when the later felL
There were 359,839 fewer meal
animals slaughtered in the United
States4under Federal inspection dur-
ing to ihe United States Department
m , ... , ,
of Agriculture. To this shortage
sheep and lambs contributed. 301,511,
hogs 57,533, cattle 577, and calves
218.
The Progress will keep you posted
as to McDowell county news better
than any other means.
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TWENTY - FIVE good building lots
will go at your price xn July 3rd
on Sweeney Hill.
J JOINT STOCK LAND BANIC-
p FOR McDOWELL COUNTY
Pless and Winborne Emploj
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as Local ' Abslract Attorneys
for Carolina Land Bank
1 . - V : :
We ae glad to annouricf 4iat The
a 'First Carolinas Jojnt Stock Land
z' , :
er, until recently a member of the
Federal Farm Loan Board, as presi-
' dent,, and with offices at Columbia, S-
C"' is do busine5S in this county,
This fact became kn)wn when it was ;
I I .4- L .4-. I - .
learned that Pless, Winbprne and
Pless had become connected with "this
- . ... -
rw vv,
jsentative in the county. When ask
!ed for a statement as to methods of
! operation and terms of loan - Mr,
Pless said:
"The First Carolinas Joint Stock
Land Bank is chartered under the
Federal Farm Loan Act and is oper-
loans only on improved agricultural
lands; it does. not loan on city pro
perty. The proceeds of these laana
must be applied for general agricul-
turai purposes, me loans are mane
direct to the borrower, and the hor-
j. a i . i ;
rower is forbidden to take stock I
the bank. Any person is eligible for
a mrougn irns lnssutuuoa m
; addition to his other work he, is at
tne same time actually farming.
"The bank will accept applications-;
ifor- loans-vcf reck ..to-&&G0O- 'J-
Loans cannot be ihade in r excess-' oC.
fifty per cent of the appraised value,
of the land and twenty per cent oT
the appraised insurable value of. the.
land and twenty per cent of theap
praised insurable value-jof the" build-'
ings, such , appraisals , being made ; by
officials of , the government. Thein '
terest rate is six per cent, "payabla
semi-annually, to which is added osse?
Yt&Y tpnt to amnrtlKA nr Will rrflr rh!
debt over a period of 33 years. In. '
other words, for seven "per cent inter,
est and principal are paid in. 3
years and the debt is discharged.
Repayment of principal may be made
at any time under , regulations issued
by the Farm Loan Board. The bor
rower through this bank is responsi
ble" alone for his own debt. There
are no commissions that may be
charged under the law, nor are there
renewals.
"
"I have become connected with?
this institution because of the finan
cial strength of the men back of it,,
notably among which are J. Pope
iviattnewsj.presiaent 01 the .Palmetto
National Bank, Columbia, S.' C; W
B. Drake, Jr., president of the Mer
chants National Bank, Raleigh, N. C,
A. W. McLean, wealthy planter and
banker of North Carolina; Thomas &
Lumpkin, outstanding lawyers of the
State, and Mr. Lever, the president,'
whose activities in behalf of agricul--;
ture for twenty years are known: to:
every one. The Federal Land Bank
and this bank are acting in the clos
est harmony to take care of all the
heeds of agriculture in the county
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' WEATHER REPORT.
Thos. McGuire, local: government
weather bureau observer, reports the
temperature and rainfall at Marion
for the week as follows: '
Maximum, 91 degrees; minimunx,
52 degrees.; rain, 0.04 jnches sun
shine, per cent; .78 , .
B. & L. MEETING. . C
The annual meeting of the share
holders of the McDowell Building &
Loan Association will be held at the?
court house in Marion .on-; Monday, .
July 3rd, 1922, at 8:30 o'clock;
All shareholders are urged to r be'
present. Everybody, whether "shares- ;
holder or not, will receive' a- warm "
welcome to our annual meetings. -,
J. E. NEAL Sec'y & Tress- ;