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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922
VOL. XXVI NO. 46
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COTTON CONDITION
REPORTS FAVORABLE
Benefitted Materially by The
Weather Conditions in Cot
ton Belt.
' New York. A detailed analysis of
reports received from annrnTimn(,
1,600 reliable correspondents of the
wournai or commerce leads to the be-
lief that cotton has benefited matoH-i.
J"' a I Trl 6nt in weather con-
SSrHf onnTUtuthe greater
CLvQ nr L e past two
weeas or more. These returns, gath-i;
ered under an average date of June
24 place the estimate of percentage
condition at 72.4 per cent, an increase
of 6 per cent. over last month, and the
highest June condition figure since
wnen it was estimated at 82.1
per cent.
It is, however, not the largest in
crease in recent years einno Ti,r,
19.20 a gain of 3.5 per cent was indi-1 chants and Farmers Bank of Marion
cated and in 1918 of 1.9 per cent. Last an( 4$ner business enterprises. Mr.
June there was a decline of 5 per Conley . was not a rich man in any
cent and in 1919 no less than 7.1 per sense of the word but he had accent-
Percentage condition a year cumulated a comfortable living by
ago was only 68.3 per cent, but 71.5 frugal habits and the application of
tore thaT gd business Principles.
Although considerable late cotton There has never Deen a citizen of
has been planted during June, cor- McDowell who was probably any
respondents have not changed their more widely known than Mr. George
estimate of acreage increase for the W. Conley. He was every man's
whole belt; and the total is placed by friend and was universally loved and
the government at 34,339,000 acres, respected throughout the entire coun-
Froxn this, with a condition of 72.4 per tv
ceni, accoramg 10 tne government
formula a crop of ll,224,000)aales
mieht be raispd. whir.h onmnarosfiwfth
an actual production last year of 7,- Psitions of trust in McDowell coun
953,641 bales, 13,439,603 bales in 1920, ty. At one time he was elected
and 16,134,930 bales in the banner year
of 1916.
Lynching Denounced at Atlanta.
Atlanta ,Oa. Denunciation assisted by Rev. G. O. Yount. Inter
lynching, laxity in law enforcement ment was made in the family grave
and of "maudlin sympathy" which It yard in North Cove
was asserted encourages the lawless . n i , , . . ,
was Tolced here at conference of l-- -.nl was. twice . marrjed;
the league for enforcement of law first to Mlss ABme Hardin, who died
through constituted authority, a nearly ,a number of years ago. There were
organized Georgia' institution. jsix children, J. Clay Conley, of Ma-
Jess Mercer, secretary of the rion, Mrs.'Mattie Conley Bateman, of
league and former federal prohibition Johnson City, Tenn., Harvey, Reid,
officer in this state, declared that Gardin and Thadeus, all of whom
many sheriffs in this state care not survive. The second marriage was
a button for the law." He charged to Misg Etta Greenlee) who also sur.
that the Hall county courthouse doors him
at Gainesville are propped open with " .
7 . , ",a n Mr. Conley was a good neighbor,
tombstones broken from the sod of i . 6 '
a negro graveyard and the negroes a loving husband and father and his
kave been told they have no right to death is a great bereavement to the
have stones over the graves of their many who greatly loved him. The
dead." sympathy of a host of friends goes
Failure to punish a murderer in Bar- oui to the stricken family in their
tow. county, damage done around Fitz- hour 0f great bereavement.
serald since the strike on the Atlanta, j f
Birmingham and Atlantic railway, dy- pjcES AND DATES FOR
xuuniting of cattle dipping vats in . DENTAL TREATMENT
southern Georgia, extensive bootleg-1
ging operaUons, attempted intimida- Dr. E. J. Griffin, the dentist sent
tion of the chairman of the board of to McDowell by the State Board of
county commissioners at Columbus Health, to give free dental treat
und other overt acts were charged byment to school children under 13
Mr. Mercer. years of age, will be at the following
W. Woods White, Atlanta, was elect- es Qn the dateg mentioned:
ted president.
Government May Buy Canal.
I Washington. Purchase by the fed- j
ral government of the Cape Cod and j
:n;amoi fiwamn canals, now privately ;
jowned and operated is authorized un
00r,stP amendment to the rivers
and harbors development bill adopted
toy the senate commerce wm..
?With the acceptance by the committee
lof the two important amendments, tne
iK'Twas made complete and rts fav-
.,ble report to the senate was or,
Jnder the terms of the amendments
ihe government agrees to pay $5,000,
CW cash and to assume bonds aggre
gating $6,000,000 face value tor the
SSrf-Obi waterway. The Dismal
Swaihp canal, which runs from the
r-hflsanfiake bay to Beaufort, N.
SC purchased for 1600.000 uude,
tSie amendment.
Mrrisoh Speaks at Meeting.
hi0le S uperior court Judge,
ffrfrtfw express opinJons to Jurle,
tbe rlgnt w , session ol the
BEST CoiTr assoo.at.on a,
;Wri6htsv.ne Beach ,
Governor - . a
jrers or lu ; - tne develop
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soul in
n ?rrtf the natural re-
ment ana exp""
K.rees members we
GEORGE W. CONLEY PASSES.
George W. Conley, a highly re
spected citizen, passed away at the
hom? of his son' J Ciay Conley- in
Mr. Conley had been in feeble health
some time. His death, however, will
be a shock to his many friends and
business associates throughout Mc-
Dowe11 county.
Mr. Conley was a man
of
fine
was
combination nf mmiit.w w
not only a man of strict moral char-
acter but a n of influence and
business ability. He was influential
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community and a leading
force in everv Power that meant for
tle uplifting of the community. He
was loyal to his church and liberal in
his gifts to every charitable cause.
Mr. Conley was a good business
man. For some time he has been
! closely indentified with the Mer-
Mr. Conley was not a politician
but he has held several important
county commissioner of McDowell.
The funeral was held from the
residence of Mr. J. Clay Conley and
was conducted by Rev. J. C. "Story,
Sugar Hill, July 10th and 11th.
White Pine, July 12th.
Harmony Grove, July 13th.
Pinnacle, July 14th.
Vein Mountain, July 15th.
Dysartsville, July 17th and 18th.
Glenwood, July 19th, 20th and 21.
Flat Creek, July 24th and 25th.
Pitts, July 26th and 27th.
Ashford, July 28th and 29th.
Woodlawn, July 31st and August
1st.
Chapel Hill, August 2nd.
Garden City, August 3rd and 4th.
Gowans (Buck Creek), August 5th
Greenlee, August 7th and 8th.
Siloam, August 9th.
Bethlehem, August 10th.
Cherry Springs, August 11th ad
12th.
Stone Mountain, August 14th.
Old Fort, August 15th, H'th and
17th.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
IN REGULAR SESSION
The Board of Education met in
regular session in the office of the
County Superintendent on last Mon
day and transacted considerable
routine business.
The board set the date of Monday,
July 24th, on which the rural sum
mer schools may open.
The school committeemen were ap
pointed for the various -districts.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the
Happenings in McDowell
Items About Home People.
OLD FORT
Old Fort, July 4. S. J. Fortune
and Miss Bonnie Fortune of Asheville
spent Sunday with Mrs. G. Y. Gil-
liam.
j Miss Magg'ie Allen, Miss Wells,
Mrs. J. B. Robinson and Mr. Craven,
all of Asheville, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Maggie Allen.
J. O. McDaniel, Clffford Steppe,
John Jordan and B. Y. Allison have
returned from Middleboro, Ky.,
where they have been working.
R. W. Silver's choir was invited
over to Stone Mountain last Sunday
and everybody enjoyed the singing
and dinner which was spread on the
ground.
Mr. Craws of Greenlee spent the
week-end with his daughter, Mrs. W.
L. Grant.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Silver spent
the 4th in Marion.
Harry Ditmore spent Tuesday with
his brother, Ralph, at Arden.
J. C. Greene of Asheville was here
on business last week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Allison of Bilt
more spent Sunday with Mrs. G. W.
Sandlin.
Misses Frances and Lula Hicks
who are attending summer school at
Asheville spent the week-end with
homefolks here.
NEBO.
Nebo, July 3. Miss Margaret
Roberson of Burnsville was the guest
of Miss Louise Alexander last week.
Glenn Snipes and Fate Lentz
made a business trip to Marion last
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Zeb Snipes made a business trip to
Asheville last Friday.
Watson Wilson spent the week-end
with homefolks here.
Miss Sudie Alexander spent the
week-end with homefolks here.
Mrs. Annie Alexander was a visitor
in Asheville last Week.
C. S. Poteat made a business trip
to Marion one day last week.
Misses GeorgieSigmtfn, Sue Tate,
Vivian Parks and Bessie Cuthbertson
are at home from Summer school.
Mrs. Charles Hemphill is on the
sick list.
W. J. Kincaid and daughter, Mary,
were in Marion last Monday on
business.
R. V. McGimpsey made a business
trip to Marion one day last week.
F. P. Cuthbertson of Asheville was
a visitor here last Sunday.
There will be prayer meeting at
the Methodist church every Wednes
day night. Everybody invited to
come.
CROOKED CREEK
Old Fort. Rt. 2, July 3. Mr. and
Mrs. John Gilliam and Mr. and Mrs.
Carey Parker of Gastonia spent last
week with relatives on the creek.
Mr. and Mrs. James Gray of Ma
rion and Mr. and Mrs. James Laven
der motored to Chimney Rock Sun
day. The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Berryhill has been very ill
for the past week.
Miss Addie Lavender is at home
from Summer school at Union Mills.
Miss Lela Melton is attending the
Summer school in Asheville.
Farm work is progressing nicely
on the creek, grain is harvested and
most everybody is ready to lay by
the corn.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Parker had a
family reunion Wednesday, June 28,
in hanor of the birthday of Mrs.
Parker. All the children and grand
children were present and spent a
most enjoyable day.
A. D. Lavender made a business
trip to Marion Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Gilliam of
Old Fort visited relatives on the
creek Sunday.
CARLYLE
Nebo, July 3. A wedding which
came as a surprise to their many
friends took place June Sth when
Miss Maude Arrowood of the Cariyle
section became the bride of Mr.
Wayne Case of Asheville.
Miss Arrowood is a young lady of
education and culture. She attend
ed Mars Hill College, where she made
an enviable record.
Mr. Case is a graduate of Bar
nardsville High school. He holds a
responsible position at Biltmore
where the young couple expect to
take up house keeping in the near
future.
j There will be preaching at Oak
Grove next Sunday by Rev. P. J.
'Shell.
1 M iss Pearl Bivens was the guest of
'Miss Myrtle Arrowood last Friday
! night.
H. G. Arrowood made a business
trip to Marion last week.
' Ben Browning has returned home
from OldFort.
Miss Myrtle Arrowood was in Ma
rion last Saturday.
LAUREL HILL
Nebo, Rt. 1, July 3. T. C. Mc
Daniel and son of Cliffside were visi
tors at tfte home of J. D. Walker lart
Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Walker visited
relatives in Morganton last Saturday.
j Miss Myrtle Foster of Marion,
spent the first of the week here with
'her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fos
ter. j Miss Grace Poteat, of Morganton,
spent Saturday and Sunday with re
jlatives and friends in this communi
ty.
Lonnie Foster, of Rutherfordton,
has been spending several days with
homefolks here.
S. C. Morgan and Jesse Price were
business visitors in Marion Monday.
J. M. Walker made a business trip
to Rutherfordton, Monday.
Henry Whitener, of Ruth, visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L, H.
Whitener, here last Sunday.
DYSARTSVILLE
Dysartsville, July 3. The Presby
terian revival will begin here on the
fifth Sunday in thii month.
Miss Regina Matthews of Rock
Hill, S. C, is spending the summer
with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Taylor.
Key Landis is expecting to return
to Detroit, Mich., soon, to finish his
course in pharmacy.
The contractors of the public high
way are progressing nicely with their
work.
Mrs. J. Pack Walker is not im
proving in health.
There wos a community singing at
the Baptist church yesterday after
noon. It was good.
Wheat is not very good this season
here.
MOVING PICTURE
j SCENES OF ASHEVILLE
! A picture which should be very in
teresting to Western North Caro
linians will be The Conquest of Ca
naan, which will be shown at Oasis
! Theatre on next Monday. This is a
! Paramount - Artcraft picture with
Thomas Meighan as the star, and was
j made in and around the city of Ashe
'ville. Many interesting scenes of
! familiar spots in Asheville are shown,
and many beautiful views of our own
I Carolina mountains.
WEATHER REPORT.
Thos. McGuire, local government
weather bureau observer, reports the
temperature and rainfall at Marion
for the week as follows:
Maximum 93 degrees; minimum,
64 degrees; rain, 3.72 inches; sun
shine, per cent, .42.
The Baraca Class of the First Bap
tist church will have the much talked
of picnic on Thursday, July -th,
leaving the church at 3:30 .p. m.
Transportation will be furnished and
plenty of eats. . There will be fewral
unique things on the program and we
expect a big crowd. Place will be
out at the lakes. The Phileathea
and Junior Phileathea classes are all
invited together with officers and
teachers of the Sunday school.
NEWS ITEMS FROM 1
OVER THE STATE
Items Concerning Events of In
terest and Importance
Throughout the State.
Wilmington. Figures available ar
the custom house here ahow that re
ceipts at Wilmington during the
month of May were more than halt
a million dollars, with the prospect!
or the entire year exceeding tour zuil
1 ton
Durham. Amendment of the league
rule in regard to clubs employing In
eligible players to read: "The man
ager shall be fined $100 and the In
eligible player employed shall be
fined $100." was the most Important
action of Pledmoat league directors
In session here.
Sutesrille. E. S. MlUsaps, farm
agent for the Piedmont district, has
issued a call for a conference of the
agents of his district to be held In
St&tesrllle on July IS. 19 and 20th.
While here the farm agents will hare
headquarters at the new Vance ho
tel. Wilmington. Although the ship
ping season is not yet over the amount
of fruit and vegetables shipped north
from Wilmington this s-eason will
amount, in cash returns to shipper,
to more than IZ.OOOOOf, agents of the
Fruit Growers' Express announced
here.
Elizabeth City. The new 10.000
organ of the First Methodist church
of this city is now completely Installed
and will first be used in the dedica
tion service at the new church,
-p. hi oh will be held as soon as all out
standing indebtedness against it Is
paid. "
High PoinL Following a splendid
address by Dr. T? fi. Lewis, of Wash
ington. D. C, president of the general
conference of Methodist Protestant
chnrch. the summer conference ol
ministers of that denomination in
North Carolina closed at the Child
ren's Home here.
Mount Olive. Notwithstanding un
favorable weather conditions, ship- ..
menu of potatoes and encumber
from this point this year hare bees
unusually heavy. The potato crop
nor the encumber crop have been bar
rested, yet, so anal figures are Dot
available.
Greensboro. R- L Earnhardt, lo
cal chiropodist, has the option of 12
months on the county roads or learlng
the city for good. The roads or ban
ishment sentence was Imposed In the
municipal court fololwing his "trial on
a charge of having narcotics- In hit
possession. He has until Jnly 10 tc
wind up his affairs and hit the grit.
Kinston. Amateur scientists her
are delighted with numerous finds ol
' fossil cominp out of a new munlcipai
artesian well at Hillcrest, They are
bits of petrified w3ol. sharks teeth
and o:her thine?. Nothing has turned
up yet that couid not be classified.
Persons versed in fossils say all the
finds so far are only duplicates ol
things found in this region before.
Rockingham. Declaring that he
Intends to conduct such a reriral
as will give the derll high blood pres
sure, 'Cyclone' McLendon opened a
four weeks reriral at Rockingham be
fore an audience of 4.500 people. .
Lumberton. Close observers de
clare that crops generally in Robeson
county are the poorest seen In several
years. Hhe continued wet weathSTrlt
the cause. The tobacco crop, which at
one time was very promising, has beet
damaged seriously by the heavy rains,
.thousands of acres belnx practically
ruined.
CharlotteHermaa Massey. white,
son of Noah Massey. was killed by be
inx crusher by an elevator. He and
another boy were playing near the ele
vator. The Massey boy went under
the elevator while the other was pull
Ing it up. It fell, crushing the boy to
death.
The Progress will keep you ported
as to McDowell county news better
than any other means.
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