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MARION PROGRESS A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY ESTABLISHED 1896 MARION. N. Cm THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1929 VOL. XXXIII-^NO. 38 THREE EIURED IN AUTO CRASH N. F. Steppe, J. W. Ragland and E. C. Klontz Painfully Hurt in Accident Saturday. TAX LISTING DATE CHANGES NEXT YEAR N. F. Eteppe, county superintend ent of schools; J. W. Ragland, Mari on attorney, and Prof. E. C. Klontz, of the Marion High School faculty, had a miraculous escape froifF death in an automobile accident at Carey, a few miles west of Raleigh, while on their way home from Raleigh last Saturday morning. According to reports reaching here Mr. Steppe and Mr. Klontz, accom panied by Mr. Ragland, had started home after attending the meeting of the North Carolina Educational As sociation in Raleigh and were round ing a curve near the town of Carey when a large limousine, owned by Mrs. Thos. F. Fyle, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and driven by her chauffeur, col lided with the coupe driven by Mr. Steppe. It is said the Packard car was running at a high rate of speed and that the driver evidently lost control of the car. It swerved to the right of Way and struck Mr. Steppe's car with such terrific force that the occupants were thrown out and the car completely demolished. As a result of the accident Mr. Klontz was rendered unconscious for some time and it was at first thought his injuries would prove fatal. All were hurried to the Rex Hospital in Raleigh for treatment. After having his wounds dressed it was found that the condition of Mr. Klontz was not as serious as first thought and he was able to return home on Monday morning. Mr. Klontz suffered a dislo cation of the elbow, was cut about the face and head and badly bruised. Mr. Steppe was cut about the hand and badly bruised but is reported to be getting along very well and ex pects to be able to return home in a day or so. Mr. Ragland sustained a severe cut across the head, was cut about the face and badly bruised. Mr. Klontz, while badly bruised and experiencing a severe shock, is recovering at his home on South Main street and hopes to be able to resume his school work in a short time. The 1929 Machinery Act adopted by the Legislature which has just ad journed provides that real and per sonal property shall be listed for the year 1929 under the provisions of the Machinery Act of 1927. The 1927 Act provides that property shall be listed as of May 1st. The 1929 Act provides that property shall be listed for the year 1930 as of April 1st. The only provision of the 1929 Machinery Act which becomes oper ative this year is that in reference to the discount for the payment of tax es and penalty for failure to pay same. Discounts and Penalties All taxes assessed or levied by any county in this State, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, shall be due and payable on the first Mon day of October of the year in which so assessed and levied, and if actual ly paid in cash on or before the first day of November next after due and payable, there shall be deducted a discount of one per cent. After No vember 1 and on or before the first day of December a discount of one- half of one per cent will be allowed. After December 1 and before Febru ary 1, the tax shall be paid at par or face value. After the first day of February and on or before the first day of March a penalty of one per cent will be added; after March 1 and on or before April 1, a penalty of two per cent; after April 1 and on or before May 1, a penalty of three per cent; and after May 1 and on or before June 1, a penalty of four per cent. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SEASON OPENS FRIDAY Silently, yet swiftly. The pulsing breath of spring Is lending life and beauty To every living thing; Opening bud and blossom Along each walk and way, Spreading gladness and delight To greet the Easter dayT^ Tinting skies with sapphire ‘v.^reams with silver bright. Sending little winds abroad Through the 'pCoaxing: fragrant'blossoms the burefi^ CrjQn^u^^^I^n^ * To4he=^sen:^God. ^^iompting feathered songsters. ^On each leafy bough ^To herald out the tidings: ^.^Spring is with us no^ The high school baseball season will open this week, the first game to be played at Rutherfordton on Fri day afternoon between Marion and the central High School team of Rutherfordton. The outlook for the Marion team this year is said to be very encouraging and a series of in teresting games is promised. j The first game of the season to be, played in Marion will take place at I i Cross Mill Park Tuesday, April 2, at 4 o’clock, when Valdese will playj Marion. A schedule of thirteen games has I been arranged to be played before the State championship series in which Marion will enter this year. ‘ tion was held at the farm of Mr. W. M. Wilson, where we cut at the rate of 12%- cords of fire wood per acre, leaving 540 trees per acre standing. Only the waste trees were'cut, just like thinning and weeding a crop of corn. It will pay McDowell farmers to visit these farms and see just what this work means.” Mr. Graeber further stated: '‘North Carolina has a million and a half acres of farm lands cleared but idle. This means that we don’t need to clear more land for crops. Idle lands don’t pay taxes or produce in come. Growing trees are producing wealth. Farm timber is the farmers’ best savings bank; the trees add the interest every night.” “This idea of thinning and grow ing timber is begfinning to take like measles with riiany farmers,” said Mr. Graeber. “I noticed that Mr. G. C. Condrey, of West Marion, has started an excellent job of timber> thinning and mangethent, just a few miles out of town. He is setting a good example for his neighbors.” FIREMAN ELLIS HURT IN A WRECK NEAR THERMAL CITY Let your hearts be happy, ^Throw all cares awa)^ Join in nature’s symphony^ On this Easter day. —Katherine Edelman EASTER CANTATA MONDAY EVENING Damasre Suit Statred The Raleigh paper contained the following account of the aciident: The quickest civil actioh in court as the aftermath of a motor wreck was started Saturday afternoon in Wake Superior Court less than sixj hours after five peojple were sent to the hospital with injuries received when two automobiles crashed on the Central Highway near Cary. The accident occurred Saturday morning. A large limousine, owned by Mrs. Thomas F. Fyle, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and driven by her chauffeur, Albert Gordon, collided with'a coupe driven by N. F. Steppe, superintendent the McDowell County schools. The three Marion men were in the coupe returning to their home after attending the State Teachers’ con vention here and and the Brooklyn car was headed toward Raleigh. The collision occurred where the high ways Nos. 10 and 90 meet at the Cricket filling station. Gordon, the chauffeur, was arres ted by a county deputy, but later re leased after suits were started. The suits were started by Steppe, Ragland and Klontz against Mrs. Fyle, but Broughton and Biggs, counsel for the men, stated that the amount Of damages sought will not be determined until the extent of the injuries are known. REVIVAL SERVICES AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH “The First Easter” to Be Pre sented by Music Club at the First Baptist Church, 8 p. m. Revival services were begun at the First Presbyterian Church last Sunday with a large attendance, „ . i i and the services are constantly | Easter Monday evening at 8 o clock. The program will be given The first public performance of the Music Club will be the presenta tion of a cantata entitled “The First Easter”, by Ira Bishop Wilson' on growing in interest and attendance. The meeting is being conducted by Dr. J. E. Flow, evangelist of Concord Presbytery. Dr. Flow is a fearless and forceful speaker of the old-time gospel and intersperses his sermons with illustrations and stories that carry home his point to his hearers. The people who have heard Dr- Flow of during the week have been much im pressed with his able gospel sermons. The meeting will continue through out the week with services daily at 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. RUTHERFORD SINGING CONVENTION TO MEET Rutherfordton, March 22. — The Eutherford County Singing Conven tion will meet at Mt. View Baptist Church, three miles south of Ruther fordton, Sunday, March 31, all day. A large crowd is expected to attend. About a dozen choirs will take part, besides many quartets and special numbers. DEATH TAKES HEAD OF OAK RIDGE SCHOOL Oak Ridge, March 21. — T- E. Whitaker, president of Oak Ridge Military Institute since 1914 and one of Guilford county’s most dis tinguished citizens, died here Wed nesday night at 11:30 o’cldck after a week’s illness- He was about years of age. 65 be given at the First Baptist Church under the direc torship of Mr. T. A. Wilson with Miss Julia Burton as organist. A sil ver offering will be taken. The pro gram is as follows: Voluntary, Allegro Brillant (Lou) Miss Julia Burton and Mrs. R. K. Davis. FARMERS STUDY TIMBER FARMING Rutherfordton, March 26. — Fire man Ed Ellis, of Erwin, Tenn., is in the Rutherford Hospital suffering with a broken leg, left arm broken and foot bruised as a result of a head-on collision on the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway near Thermal City, about 12 miles north of here, yesterday morning. Brakeman Peak opened a switch by mistake, which caused the wreck. A through freight was on the side track standing still with 60 cars of coal while a freight was on the main line enroute north loaded with per ishables, mostly oranges, fruits, etc., ANGLER’S BHl IS STATE-WIDE Several Changes Made in the Game Laws by 1929 Assem bly; State License Fee $2.10 Wild life conservation scored heavily in the closing hours of the 1929 General Assembly with the concurrence of the Senate in two bills which had previously gone through the House. Probably the main feature of wild life measures to be enacted, into law was the State-wide angler’s bill which passed both of the houses of the legislature as a committee sub stitute to the Etheridge-Boyd-Mull bill, which was offered early in the session. The law which is in full force after its ratification by the presiding offi cers of the Assembly, prescribes a li cense fee for all types of fishing and is made State-wide in application. The main alteration from the bill in its original form is the elimination of the county license provision. As the law goes into effect, it will require a State license fee of $2.10 of any person who participates in any method of h6ok and line or rod and reel fishing in counties outside the one in which he permanently re sides. Fisherr en from other states will be charged a non-resident fee pf $3.10 for fishing in North Carolina waters. The exceptions from license re quirements are as follows: “No per son required by law to procure a li cense to propagate fish for sale, shall and was making good time, getting ready to climb a grade when it took 1 required in addition to secure a. the switch. It was running late and was trying td make up time. The cars piled up and the loss was heavy. Engineer O. H. Fox, on the fast freight, jumped and saved his life, though he suffered some bruises. Mr. Ellis had a narrow escape and was dug out from under a “mountain” of oranges and vegetables. GARDNER ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN OFFICIALS Farm Timber County Offers a Profitable Crop, Says State Forester. McDowell County farmers attend ed two meetings on Thursday to study methods in timber farming. These meetings were held at the farms of G. C. Conley, Marion Route 1, and W. M. Wilson, Marion Route 2. Farmers are anxious to know how they can make every acre of land produce an income. They have found by experience that there are better methods of planting and growing com; better methods of hatching and feeding poultry. And now the more progressive farmers believe there are better methods in management Invocation, by Rev. J. S. Lockaby. „ , . j mu ^ Violin solo. Souvenir (Drdla) ;Mrs. »* ‘heir woodlands. These meetings Arnold Morris. Scripture, Rev. W. 0 MISS M’CALL HONORED At the annual conference of the North Carolina State Union of Stu dent Volunteers for Foreign Missions held in Raleigh March 15, 16 and 17, Miss Katheryn McCall of Marion was elected president of the North Carolina Union for the coming year. Miss McCall is a rising senior at Greensboro College and one of the most enthusiastic student volunteers preparing for service as a missionary for the foreign field. The Student Volunteer with national headquar ters in New York endeavors to in terpret missions to each college gen eration, enlist students in prepara tion-»f or missionary service abroad, and relate qualified candidates to church boards. Miss McCall, being a member of the honor society, Y. W., C. A. Cabinet, and Letter Club of the Athletic Association, is an out standing student on her campus. As a Junior in the School of Music she appeared in recital on March 5. Her playing was characterized by clean technique and unusual interpretative ability. Goode. Prayer, Rev. J. C. Story. Solo, “I Know That My Reedeem- er Liveth” (Handel); Mrs. T. A. Wilson. Offertory solo “Ave Maria” (Bach- Gounod); Miss Burton. Organ prelude, “The First Easter” Silent the Sleeping Town, by choir Contralto solo, “In the Garden”, Mrs. P. D. Mangum. “Shall Heavy Rock”, soprano solo, Mrs. Annie Miller Pless. Choir. Soprano solo, “The Break of Day” Mrs. D. F. Giles, ,“As It Began to Dawn”, contralto solo, Mrs. E. C. Klontz. Choir. “All Hail”, soprano solo. Miss Zel- ma Atwell. Choir. were in charge of W. L. Smarr, County Agent, Mr. Smarr was as sisted by R. W. Graeber, Extension i Raleigh, March 21.—^Formal an- oS- McDowell I nouncement of the appointment of Colonel John W. Harrelson, profes sor of mathematics at State College, as director of the state department of conservation and development, was made by Governor Gardner to day. Colonel Harrelson will take office April 1, relieving Major Wade Phil lips, director since early in 1926, who was not a candidate for reappoint ment. Major Phillips will resume the practice of law at Lexington. Colonel Harrelson, like the gover nor, is a native of Cleveland county and they attended State College to gether. As assistant director, the governor announced he had appointed J. G. Hargett, of Trenton, to succeed his fellow townsman, J. K. Dixon, the present assistant. DYSARTSVILLE NEWS. „ , ^ ^ ^ 1 1 Dysartsville, March 25.—The Dy- Forester, of t e ta e o ege, -, school closed last Friday eigh, N. C. I night with a good program. There ]Vir. taraeber stated that the farm j good crowd in attendance con- timber of McDowell county offers i gidering the rainy weather. The Dy- the greatest opportunity to the farm ers in making their farming opera tions profitable, by balancing their labors throughout the year. “Tim ber,” he said, “is a crop just the same as cotton or corn. This crop can be made just as profitable, if we will give it the same intelligent management that we give out other farm crops. We thin our crops of corn, giving each stalk an opportuni ty to grow. Why not thin your tim- sartsville school has had a very suc cessful term this year with Mr. Chas. L. Haney as principal, assisted by Misses Inez Daves, Annie Spratt and Lerline Corpening. Eugene Vickers is planning to move to Marion. Mrs. W. A. Laughridge was hon ored with a birthday dinner here on Sunday. Dinner was served on the ground near the home of her son, J. D. Laughridge. A number of relati- license provided by this act. T^e pro visions of this act shajl not be ap plied to the Atlantic Ocean, the sounds or other large bodies of water near the sea-coast which do not, in the judgment of the Department of Conservation and Development, need to be stocked or protected; nor shall they prevent the owner of any land or members of his family under 21 years of age fromfishing thereon without a license.” Among the most important of the changes in the State Game Law ia the advancing of the open season for quail and turkey to November 20, in. order to allow hunting on Thanksgiv- ing Day. Rabbit and dove seasons, have also been changed so that all four of these will open on the same date. The four seasons, with the ex ception of dove, will close on Febru ary 15. Dove season will end on Jan uary 31. New features of the game law in clude a license requirement of $2 and $3 for trapping wild animals, these amounts to be for county and state licenses. Non-residents will be i'equired to pay a trapper’s fee of $25, with an issuing fee of 25c being* added in each case. Hunting guides are also to be reg ulated by the payment of a fee not; to exceed $10, the definite amounts to be fixed by the Board of Conser vation and Development. The board is also empowered to make rules and regulations respecting the conduct of guides. The game law amendment also gives authority to the conservation, the conservation board to change open seasons for rabbits and bears any county irrespective of the first and last dates fixed under the game law. ber ? In many stands we find the ^ ygg were present and the occasion Christ Is Risen”, final chorus, so- trees are over crowded. We find j greatly enjoyed Top-dressing small grain with quick-acting nitrogen is a sure way to increase yields of grain and hay, say agronomists. E. G. Goforth, of Gknwood, here on business Wednesday. prano solo, Mrs. Annie Miller Pless. Choir. Benediction, Rev. P. D. Mangum. Sopranos—Mrs. D. F. Giles, Mrs. Annie Miller Pless, Mrs. T. H. Hen derson, Mrs. Ben Price, Mrs. John A. Poteat, Mrs. S. L. Copeland, Mrs.' George McCall, Mrs. L. B. Coone, Miss Zelma Atwell and Miss Lois Gilkey. Altos—Mrs. Arnold Morris, Mrs. R. K. Davis, Mrs. Roy Davis, Miss Joyce Decker, Mrs. C. A. Harris, Miss Elsie House, Mrs.'P. D. Man gum, Mrs. J. E. Decker, Mrs. E. C. Klontz. Ushers — Katherine Giles, Estelle Mangum, Debs Hendei-son, Mary Vir ginia .Copeland, Betty Wilson, Helen Klontz. stunted, crippled and diseased trees j Mrs. Alice Evans and three little fighting with the better trees for j children visited relatives in Marion plant food and moisture.^ as well aSij^g^ week. sunlight and air. These crippled and | Easter program will be given stunted trees will make fire wood, j Methodist Church next Sun- Take them out and give the better o’clock, by the children, trees a chance to grow. 1 Rgv. H. E. Stimson, the pastor, will “Today we held a meeting at the i be present and observe the Sacra- farm of Mr. G. C. Conley, where a j ment of the Lord’s Supper. Every thinning demonstration was started. ] body invited to attend. On the area thinned we cut at the! W. H, Taylor has returned home rate of 16 cords of fire wood per | from Charlotte where he recently acre and left 440 trees per acre [ underwent an operation. We hope standing. This leaves a full stand for! Mr. Taylor will soon recover for he the size trees on this area. In fact j is one of our best citizens. the remainnig trees will provide for j » two or three future periodic har- j Pasture seed mixtures are being vests, with each harvest getting bet-1 planted on small grain in Burke tgj. s I county as a start in the growing of A similar meeting and demonstra-. niore permanent pastures. ' BIRTHDAY PARTY Union Mills, Rt. 1, March 23.— Mrs. F. V. Harris celebrated the eighth birthday of her little daughter Mary Ella, last Monday from two till four o’clock. The children enjoyed a number of outdoor games, after which they were invited into the din ing room where fruits, cakes and candies were served. Mrs. Harrisv was assisted by Mrs. Cora Nichols, Miss Mary Lee Wilkerson, Miss So phia Rhodes, Mrs. Eva Vess and Mrs. John Smith. The following children enjoyed the happy event: Pauline, Rachel, Vasser, Viola and Lodge Parker, Don and Sophia Hemphill, Vurtel Wilker son, Jean, Thad, Verdie and Therou Harris, Harold and Carrier McCCur- ry. Little Miss Mary Ella received many pretty gifts. Over 14,000 pounds ©f sweet clov er seed have been ordered by -farm ers of Iredell county this spring. The acreage to this clover will be increas ed by 400 per cent in this county.
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