MARION PROGRESS
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER bEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
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MARION, N. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1929
VOL. XXXIII—NO. 32
COUNTY BONDS
SOLD MONDAY
WILLIAM GLEN LONG
CLAIMED BY DEATH
William Glen Long of East Marion
died at the Marion Hospital last Sat
urday morning with double pneumo
nia after an illness of several weeks.
Ussue of $50,000 Sold to Bray Mr. Long was 23 years of age and a
BroOiers of C^reenAboro at a
• £ East Marion. He was converted when
Premium of $6Sa00. : a young man and united with the
I East Marion Methodist Church, of
i which he remained a faithful member
A special meeting of the Board of | ^ntil the end. He was a member of
County Commissioners was held at
the court house in Marion on Mon-i served as president. He took an ac-'
day, February 11th, (or the purpose; in church affairs and will be
of considering the question of per-j greatly missed by the class as well as
manently financing floating indebt- church.
edness of the ccointy as jsequired by
the General Fiscal Control Act, ap
plicable to all counties in North Car
olina. This indebtedness is an accu
mulation of necessary and perman
ent improvements made from time to
time through the last fifteen years.
The representatives .of several
bond buyers were present and after
competitive bidding, Bray Brothers
Besides his parents, Mr. Long- is
survived by his wife and one son
Gene Arthur; two brothers, Deffice
and James Edward Long, and one
sister, Miriam Hope Long, all of
Fiast Marion.
The funeral services were conduc
ted from the East Marion Methodist
Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’
clock by Eev. J. N. Wise, assisted by
W.N.C. COUNTIES FARWDISCUSS
GET ROAD FUND
at this time to determine to what ex
tent the people of the county are in-i
terested in producing enough milk toj
Allocation In Some Counties
More Than Was Spent on
Roads During the Past Year.
of Greensboro, N. C., offered to take; h. C. Brackett, Rev. A. A. Wal
the issue of w®rth of and Rev. W. F. McMahan. A
bonds at an interest rate of five per | jargg crowd attended the services,
cent, and pay a premium of $560.00 j ^ quartet from the Cross Mill Bap-
and all expenses in connection withitigt Church rendered several selec-
the issue, whereupon the board ac-Uions, after which appropriate re-
cepted the offer, ©n this floating j marks were made by Rev. H. C.
debt the county is pajang six percent | Brackett, Rev. A. A. Walker and
interest, thus a saving on one per i jjgy j Wise. Interment was made
cent will be assured. This funding, Providence cemetery,
debt was attempted by the Board of'
Raleigh, Feb. 8.—Western North
Carolina will receive a substantial
land tax relief from the gas tax bill
to create a county maintenance sys
tem, which passed the house today
with only one dissenting vote after
about five hours of the warmest
kind of debate.
Buncombe’s allotment under this
fund of $3,000,000 set up by the bill
to aid the counties and which must
be used for road maintenance, is
$57,270.
Other western counties will re
ceive amounts as folows: Avery,
$13,380; Btrrice, $S0,090; Cherokee,
$22,890; Clay, 9S00; Graham, $12
030; Haywood, $20^570; Henderson^
$21,270; Jackson, $23,404; Macon,
$23,370; Madison, 25,200; McDow
ell, $23,460; Mitchell, $13,170; Polk
$12,940; Rutherford, $35,160;
Swain, $24,780; Transylvania, $17,-
160; and Yancey, $18,030.
Commissioners in 1927, but owing
to legal complications, was not con-
sumated. These legal complications
made it necessary that action be de
ferred until the Legidature conven
ed, at which an enabling act may be
obtained.
HAWKINS-HARRILL
It comes as a surprise to their
many friends to learn of the mar
riage of W. B. Harrill, principal of
Glenwood High School, Nealsville,
N. C., and Miss Thelma Hawkins,
Home Economics teacher of Clinch-
field School of Marion, at the home
MARY KELLAH OUZTS * | of the Baptist minister, in Nealsville,
HEADS G. C. STUDENTS Friday afternoon, February 1, at five
I o’clock. Rev. J. M. Brown officiated,
The following clipping from the' the ring ceremony being used in the
Greensboro Daily News of February presence of only a few relatives and
12th will be of interest to the many i close friends.
friends of Miss Mary Kellah Ouzts, The bride was beautiful in a tan
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. georgette ensemble wi^ accessories
Ouzts of Marion: to match.
“Miss Mary Kellah Ouzts, of Mar- ■ Immediately after the ceremony
ion, was last night elected "by the - Mr. and Mrs. Harrill left for a week-
Greensboro College student body as; end trip, and returned Monday to
president of the students’ governing take up their work in their respective
association for the ensuing year, schools, where they will remain un-
Miss Mildred Cross, of Sanford, was til the end of the school term.
PARM' PRORI operate a cheese factory in Marion, j
1 nMWi* 1 IVVrOLildiiflO If we had the milk, we could locate a; ^
SENATE ADOPTS
SECRET BMOT
cheese factory, or some kind of
butter factory in Marion. It seems!
Program for Better Agricul- the farmers have not increased the I Senate Passes Secret Vote Bill
Upon Its Second Reading-
More Amendments Ahead.
ture Discussed at Series of number of cows for the apparent,
lack of a market, while the market'
has not developed locally for the!
want of the product in volume suffi- j
cient to make the operation of a;
Meetings Held l^ecently.
A serjes of meetings have recently profitable. However, thei F'*>- W—The fate
been held throughout the county for successful dairying is theAustralian
the purpose of discussing mth the permanent pastures, i W
people the agncultural problems ofj^^^ necessary feeds, | on second reading, after ad-
the farm, the remedies for these j breeding up of the dairy ‘he Canaday-Broughton am-
problems, and the making of a pro
herds by using fine pure-bred bulls,
gram of work for each community in available markets
solving these Problems. Meetings j production is being
were held at West Marion, Sugar,
Hill, Glenwood, Macedonia, Dysarts
ville, Harmony Grove, Nebo, North
Cove, Pleasant Garden, Old Fort and
Cherry Springs. Each of the meet
ings were addressed by the County
Agent along the lines mentioned
above, aftter which the meetingfs were
turned into a “round table discus-
ijion’’ for the expression of opinions
and suggestion s by those attending
for meeting the agricultural prob
lems of McDowell county. The simail
income per farm, the cause, and rem
edies were discussed.
The average cash income per farm
Several counties will receive un- in McDowell county is probably less
der this allotment a larger amount, than $500.00. This is due to the fact
of money than they spent last year
for highway maintenance by direct
taxation.
TAX VALUATIONS OUGHT
TO BE CORRECTED NOW
I. am more than ever convinced
that relief ought now. to be given the
great majority of the people of Mc-
The marketing of poultry is being
taken care of very satisfactorily by
co-operative car shipments of
poultry. When there is a surplus of
eggs on the local market, eggs are al
so sold through the poultry car sales
which helps in the marketing of eggs.
The packing company at Ashelrille
pays the Chicago market price for
hogs every day in the week, thus pro
viding us with one of the best mar
kets for our hogs. What we probably j ^e designates to' accompany him
need in this line is for the farmers to j secret voting booth, with
co-operate in the production of hogs approval of the election ofiicilals.
by the car load, have a certain day to
have a hog car in Marion and sell
our surplus hogs similar to the man
ner in which poultry is being mar
keted.
endment "by a vote of 38 to 9.
The battle of amendments, how
ever, is not over, for Senator Whed-
bee, of Perquimans, announced in
explaining his vote that additional
amendments would, be necessary to
secure his vote on the third %allot^
and other senators are known to
share his position.
The Canaday amendment, which
was responsible for the support giv
en the bill by the eastern Democrats,
provides that in primaries a voter
may, at his own request, be accom
panied into the voting booth by any
! member of his family, or by any per-
NEW FORD FINANCE PLAN
Messrs. C. F. Barnes and W. S.
Shiflet, of the McDowell Motor Com-
_ pany, local Ford dealers, returned
If the farmers co-operated in the i from Asheville, where
production afid storage of Irish poi^^they received details of the new Ford
tatoes and sweet potatoes, these pro
ducts could probably be marketed
profitably by the car load method.
Many sections of the county can pro
finance plan.
The new finance plan will be oper
ated by the Universal Credit Compa
ny, and affiliated specialized oi'gani-
that so many of our farms do not
produce very much to sell, due to the
low per acre yield of many of our
crops, and to the lack of the proper
operation of the farm so that profit
able eijaployment is given to every
member of the family throughout
the year. In order to increase the in
come on the farm, we must have
! more stuff to sell, and to make mon-
Dowell county in the matter of the ^ production must be
present assessed valuation of proper-
ty for taxes. I think our Representa-| of .many of our crops,
tive and our Senator ought to be; average production of live-
asked to give the Board of County products, is near the cost of
Commissioners power by a special; production, so we cannot expect to; truck can be grown and sold to near-
act of the present Legislature to re- much money with the margiA | by markets at a profit inmeetingthe
duce, or raise, valuations, and that profit so close. We cannot expect | demands of the market,
certainly many farms and small: increase the income much while j It seems that the time is here when
properties especially, which are as-1 producing only one or two crops for; the farmers should co-operate in the
sessed at much more than sixty per- during one or two periods of the production of all crops, and then a
cent of their actual value, ought to wheat. But if: market will be found. It is best to be- pord policies and standards. The
and that the valuation TTrr>r1iif*intr r*rr»nc wViir'h hrintrlcin this co-oDerative action rre-ht at _i --j.:
duce apples profitably. By pruning, | ^^tion controlled by the Ford Motor
spraying, cultivating, fertilization, | Company and operating solely for
and the proper handling of the or-Uj^g purpose of financing Ford pro
chard, apples can be marketed very jucts on a “time” basis. The branch
satisfactorily by trucks to nearby office serving this territory is located
towns and cities. Some perishable
at Charlotte, N. C.
This is of special interest to pros
pective purchasers of Ford products
on a “time” basis. Under this author
ized finance plan, Ford customers
will have a finance service* available
which is sound and in keeping with
we are producing crops which bring gin this co-operative action right at p]a„ jg nation-wide in scope and for
large, every day in the year, being the bottom, starting out with the in- ^t^g exclusive use of Ford dealers.
has taught several years.
be reduced
in a number of instances of
the daughter of money-making properties, where produced at a cost less than the sell- dividuals grouped together in com- i ig another step of the Ford or-
the valuation is ridiculously low, pvnpnf fn in. I munitv oreanizations to work out ganization fh reducing costs by con
trolling operations from the mine to
held as nearly ^jjg consumer. The cost of this ser-
monthly as possible at the above pla- yjce will be lower than any hereto-
ces for the purpose of working to- fore available to Ford customers on
named president of the athletic as- Mrs. Harrill v— i i i
sociation. Miss tioyce Flippin, of Pilot, Mrs. Etta Stroud of Dover, N. C. valuation is ridiculously low, ^g expect to in-|munity organizations
Mountain, was made president of the She is a gfaduate of N. C. C. W. and' raised. But I am mform-; income on the farm.
ed that a closed—or at least not a | ^j^g
“The election, held in strictest sec- Mr. Harrill is the son of Rev. and Public—nieeting of the County Dem- diction of the field crops, we must
recy of ballot, one wee^ after nomi- Mrs. I. D. Harrill, of Lattimore, N. oc^atic Executive Conamittee has increase the fertility of the soil, and
nations had been made, provoked a 1 C. He is a graduate of Wake Forest held and that it passed a ^^j^g advantage of the use of improv-
very intense interest, practically ev- 'College and has had one year at'^ ed machinery. By the proper rota-
ery student being present. ! Columbia University. He was princi-1 ^^thority to the Board of County growing a plenty of
“In the student government ass6- pal for two years in his home coun-i o”i™issioners o oo
jfx J* !• J I edy any injustices and inequalities
ciation^ Miss Ovfzts victory was of ty and is now closing a second suc-i ^ ,
the greater interest because of the
fact that her name was the only one
their problems.
I Meetings will be
presented from the floor for any of
fice in any of the three organizations
MEETING OF WOMAN’S CLUB
The Woman’s Clu\ held a very in
teresting meeting last Friday in the
Kiwanis room with the president,
Mrs. J. Q. Gilkey, presiding. Twen
ty-five members responded to roll
call and one new member, Mrs. Wm.
Treverton, was "Brelcomed.
The book committee asked that a
book shower be given the library,
and members are asked to donate a
cessful year as principal of Glen-l*" the valuation of property, which
wood High School. may exi^, until the expiration of the
[regular four-year period. This does
MARION STARS DEFEAT j meet the wishes of the great ma-
HENDERSONVILLE 25-24 i jority of our people, in my opinion. I
the summer and winter legumes, such
as the clovers, vetch, soybeans, etc.,
we can easily double the yield of our
crops within a few years. Along with
the proper rotation of the crops, we
must include the use of ground lime-
gether in carrying out a definite plan j ^ national basis, and automatically
of work. The meetings will be adver-1 reduces the price of Ford cars pur-
tised through the local papers, and chased on a “time” payment basis,
otherwise, and the people of the | it is a further expression of the es-
county are urged to co-operate. j tablished Ford policy of giving out-
J. H. Greenlee, of Marion, purch- standing values and complete service
ased a pure-bred Jersey bull calf | ^o the consumer at the lowest possi-
from E. S. Frisbie of West Marion ^,jg cost.
during this week. Edgar Morgan of | The plan also contemplates the
Glenwood has also purchased a pure-1 purchase by Universal Credit Com-
bred Jersey bull from J. D. Wilson, jp^ny of sound and adequate fire and
of Sugar Hill. ; theft insurance, protecting the joint
H. R. Niswonger, Extension Horti-; intesests of the purchaser, the deal-
culturist, was in the county on Wed-1 gr and the company in the car.
nesday and Thursday giving pruning j ^he purchaser receives a policy of
demonstrations, and *making appro- standard form insurance providing
book from their private library and night by a-score of 34 to 3. The ac-
bring or send to the tournament, curate shooting of the Canton team
which will be given in the Kiwanis, was the only feature of the game.
stone and the proper use of fertili-
believe they want all such injustices
The Marion All Stars defeated the j righted, now. j providing the best market for
Hendersonville All Stars in a close I 'do not feel that the executive .j.|jg crops grown in the proper crop
and hard fought battle on the high | committee of any political party has | rotation plans for each farm, no
school court here last Friday night. i right to determine what ought | doubt but that good livestock offers
The game ended with Marion leading 1^° ^e done in the matter of ad justing j ^j^g j^gg^ market. Fine dairy cattle, _
25 to 24. Both teams displayed a lot! tax values. There is, or should be, no | g^^g hogs, fine poultry, with the prop- priate talks on the proper care of or-; protection for one year. Such policies,
of fight. The play of Anderson at! shadow, even, of politics in such mat-1 gj. management, will pay more than chards. Demonstrations are being ayg iggued by the Home Insurance
center for Marion was the feature of ^ers. It is a tax-payer’s proposition. | ^jje market price for corn, wheat,; held on the farms of G. C. Conley, j Company of New York, the largest
the game. . I I ^^^e been ad^^sed that my pub- | j^^yg^ ^gj^j crops. A small' Claude Fortune, M. L. Good, E. E. | fij.g insurance company in the United
Canton defeated Marion Monday | lished utterances in this connection gheep may be added to profit! English, Henry Croom, I. L. Knupp | states. The policies provide for set-
- “ heretofore has, by some, been taken | farms. jand A. B. Burgin. | tlement based on the actual cash val-
as relating to, or aime a , on y one , proper rotation of crops and | W. L. SMARR, County Agt. ue of the car at time of loss.
cerUin large company, aga.nst_which}j^^^^^^^^^yl;^^^j^^^^^^^„^^^^ ^ . ^he Universal Credit Comoany
rooms on the afternoon of Feb. 14th, I The guarding of Howard and Mc-| J have appeared as CMnsel in a num-j , PREPARING FOR CENSUS and the Ford dealer will work to-
or to Mrs. R. F. Burton. Books from; Call featured for Marion while the| fair I providing profitable em-j xhe census bureau is preparing to gather in making this new economi-
others than club members will also: shooting of Brink for Canton was [ I ployment for every member of the start enumerating the people of the -cal Ford service available to all pur-\
I enougl^ with that company and with ^ throughout the year. The av-] United States the first of January i chasers of Ford products on a “time’'''
I the public, to say that I am reliably ^ ^j ^
exceptional.
be appreciated.
Mrs. Annie Miller Pless gave a I
most interesting account of Tier trip | “SEVENTEEN , HIGH
to Europe and Mrs. John Decker! SCHOOL PLAY,
read a letter from a travel club that' ^—
was moct eniovable. ' “Seventeen”, by Booth Tarking . . . ^ . ,.
During the social hour, Mesdames | ton, will be presented by the Senior j personal investigations of any indi-
E T: McMillan, J. G. Beaman and L. Class of the Marion High School at | yidual or company s tax assessment.
j informed that the report that its
MARCH 1 land, including fine river bottoms, is
assessed at only ten or eleven dollars
per acre, is not true. I have made no
E. Browder, hostesses,
freshments.
served re-
LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS
The Legion Auxiliary met the
first Monday in this month at the
month at the home of Mrs. Annie
Miller Pless. There were eighteen
present. After the business meeting
^ was over Mrs. Pless read her diary
of her trips abroad, which was very
interesting. Delicious refreshments
were served. Mrs. R. J. Noyes and
Mrs. Pless were joint hostesses.
Tb^ next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. H. E. Noell on the
first Monday in March.
the high school auditorium on Friday | for the reason that I am employed
evening,'March 1st. It is a four actios an attorney by nobody in that j
I>lay of youth, love and sunshine,
with Dalas Duncan as “Seventeen”,
Miss Margaret Lawrence as “The
Baby Talk Lady”, Woodrow Lem-
mond as jaftitor and Miss Hazel Par
ker as Jane. In fact an all'star cast
has been chosen from the senior
class. Do you think love is blind,
deaf and dumb? Ask “Seventenn”.
He knows the answer.
connection. I have expressed myself
as a citizen, and not as attorney for
anybody. The general information
upon which I have based what I have
said has come to me entirely un
sought, and is but common informa
tion to all who are, concerned.
W. T. MORGAN.
North Carolina; basis. The McDowell Motor Compa-
milk cows, 50 to 100 hens, and the; is to be divided into 12 districts, in-' ny, local Ford dealers, will be glad
number of hogs to take care of any | stead of 11 as in 1920 'to explain all the details of the plan,
surplus corn, or skim milk. The cows: A bill pending in the senate' which applies to both new and us&d
would bring iiT more cash than the ^ provides for the force necessary to cars purchased from Ford dealers.
average farmer is receiving at this i take the census. It will give jobs to i
time. j several hundred people in the state. ^ P. O. S. OF A. NEWS
Much of the success of farming de-; Charlotte, Asheville, Greensboro,
pends upon a satisfactory market.' Raleigh, Wilmington, and other
Farmers should study the markets,; towns will be headquarters for su-
determining what markets are avail- j perviSors. Already applications for
able for the products which should I these offices are coming in.
be produced, in what form the mar-j ■■ —• '
ket wants these products, the time, | LOCAL BILLS
the quality, the quantity, and other! Senator W. F. Wood has introduc-
factors of marketing and then co-op-1 ed bills in the Senate to permit the
eratively meet the requirements of city of Marion to issue bonds for a
the markets. I town hall, and to permit the city of
In the marketing of dairy products | Marion to issue bonds for water and
COURT NEXT WEEK ^
The ci^^l term of McDowell Supe- lished in
rior Court wijl convene here on next
Monday with Judge T. B. Finley
I presiding. There are 22 cases listed
j for trial on the court calendar.
SCHOOL PROPERTY IN N. C.
VALUED AT $100,000,000
Raleigh, Feb. 11. Figures pub- nearby creameries are offering a sat- sewer lines,
KILLS FINE PIG
Joe A. Hensley of Nebo placed on; ^ j
the market a few days ago a six'; Raspberry culture will be started
months old Red Durock pig which | in Avery county this year by boys
weighed 190 founds net. • [belonging to tht/4-H clubs.
recent issue of “School
Facts”, issu6d by the State Depart^
ment of Public. Instruction, show
that North Carolina has completed
the bulk of her school building pro
gram, which began shortly after the
World War. Public school property
used for secondary and elementary
education is valued at $100,929,265.
isfactory market for butter-fat. This
market was used satisfactorily by T.
Washington Camp No. 40, P. O. S.
of A., met Monday night, Feb. 11th.
Brother Bussell of Statesville, state
organizer, was present at the meet
ing. He proposes to organize a coun
ty association comprising Hickory,
Whitnel, Morganton, Bethlehem, Le
noir and Marion. A delegation from
each of the camps mentioned is to
meet at Morganton one night next
week to plan for the new association.
Next Monday night Brother Bussell
will be with the Marion Camp again
and will let us know the date to meet
at Morganton. A contest is now on in
Jos. M. Wall, aged 63, died at his
W. Wilson, B. J. Hensley, and others home in LinvHle tpwnship, Burke ; our Camp to procure new members
years ago, and is being used by J. M.; county, Monday and was buried at and reinstate old members who have
Hilney, I. C. Crawley, W. M. Conley, Oak Hill cemetery Tuesday after-, been dropped, from the roll. At our
L. G. Hollifield, E. E. and Jay Eng- noon at 2 o’clock. Mr. Wall was a j next meeting, Feb. 18th, Bethlehem
lish, W. G. English, S. M. Avery, W. I prominent merchant of the commu-. Camp is invited to meet with us and
E. Willis, J. H. Greenlee and others, nity and has three brothers residing, hear Brother Bussell,
at this time. A survey is being made ^ in Marion. ^ | ROY J. ELLIS, Prea^