MARION PROGRESS
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF TH^ PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
established 1896
MARION. N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1929
VOL. XXXIV—NO. 4
MARION PUBUC
SCHOOL FACULTY
WILL CONTINUE FARM
DEMONSTRATION WORK
When it became known that the
board of McDowell County Commis
sioners had fully decided to abolish
% • t. n 1 i j office of County Farm Demon-
List of Teachers Completed ^ strator. to take effect July 1st, the
for the Ensuing Year—R. J. j Marion Chamber of Commerce, feel-
Noyes Heads School Board.
j est importance to the town and the
The faculty for the Marion Public
Schools as completed recently for
the ensuing year is as follows:
First grade, Miss Nannie McCall
of Swannanoa and Mrs. Tjola Flem
ing; second grades, Mrs. M. H. With
erspoon and Miss Ellen Crawford;
third grades, Miss Ethel Covington
I county at large, immediately took
steps to raise the amount of the sal
ary heretofore paid by the county to
maintain this office; and in order to
accomplish this, new memberships to
the Chamber of Commerce were se
cured from the citizens of the town
and county. The committee from the
Chamber of Commerce appointed
for this purpose visited all sections
and Mrs. E. M Crawford; fourth I the county and met with practi'
rrades, Mrs. J. M. Carson and Mrs.
cally unanimous support from all
I, A. Holland; fifth grade^ Mrs. ^0- 4^05^ seen for the continuance of
rah Penny and Miss Em.ly Hoof of | the office, and for the continuance
Newberry S. C.; sixth grade, Missjof Mr. W. L. Smarr, the present
Bertha Moses of Kannapolis and^farm demonstrator.
Mrs. J. Y. Lonon; seventh grade,; mi. j. • •
TVT T?- 1 u 1 ! The success of the campaign is so
Mrs. G. B. Finley; public school mu-1 - , ^ i.
I far assured as to make the Chamber
SIC. Mrs. A. A. Morns. I ^ o ^ i • ..vc j -
I of Commerce feel justified in guar-
High School: Miss Joyce Decker, anteeing to the state the necessary
]\Iiss Vera, Torrence, Miss Ethel j amount for continuing the work. All
Spratt, Mrs. M. F. Bradsher, Miss j farmers and others interested in the
Katheryn Zimmerman of Lexington, j that the committee has not
N. C., Mr. H. F. Beam, Mr. E. C. | been able to see are requested to
Klontz, Mrs. Augusta Klontz, and j^^il in subscriptions, or call person-
ANNUAL MEETING
BUILDING AND LOAN
Officers and Directors Re>
Elected—Chambers Elected
Director and Attorney.
S. S. CONVENTION
TOMEETATNEBO
TEACHERS NEXT YEAR
McDowell County Association
to Gather for Day at Baptist
Church August 9th.
Mr. M. W. Gordon, Jr., of Salisbury,
principal.
Supt. F. R. Richardson announces
that the school term will open Fri
day, August 30th, at which time all
high school and grade pupils must
register Monday will be taken as a
holiday and school will reconvene
Tuesday, September 3od. The school
calendar adopted at a recent meeting
ally at the Chamber of Commerce
office.
Mr. Smarr has served McDowell
County as farm demonstrator or
county agent for about seven years
and has the work well established.
The business men and farmers who
take an interest in this work realized
that if this office should be abolishled
all the benefits that have accrued
calls for two days holiday for | (jm-jng these years of establishing
Thanksgiving, one for Easter Mon-1 ^^e work and bringing it up to the
day, and from December 20th to ; present status would be lost, and it
January 2nd for Christmas. This will ^ould be extremely difficult to again
close the school year of 180 days on establish it. A number of the coun-
May 21st, 1930, provided no unfore-1 ties of the state were waiting for
seen hindrances occur, such as an in- j tj^e state to have sufficient funds to
fluenza or a measles epidemic. ■ enable them to have a farm demon-
At the last meeting of the school, strator, and had not the steps jieces-
board Mr. R. J. Noyes was elected j gary to continue the office been tak-
chairman of that body, and Mr. L. J. i en quickly, McDowell county would
P. Cutlar was elected to fill the un- have lost the appropriations from
expired term of the late D. E. both the sctate and federal govern-
Hudgins. Resolutions were passed in I ments.
memory of Mr. Hudgins. | The Chamber of Commerce belie-
The board has authorized Supt. | ved that it was of the greatest im-
Richardson to purchase an electeric j portance for the welfare and growth
range for installation in the high j of the town to try to improve farm-
school Home Economics department. 1 jng conditions in the county and
A few changes will take place in bring about a better spirit of co-op-
several phases of the school work, | eration between the town and the
it is announced. One of these is that j rural communities.
first and second grade children will
be dismissed each day at 12:45, not
being resuired to return for an af
ternoon session.
The first teachers meeting of the
year has been called for Thursday,
August 29th, at 5 p. in. in the schooT
auditorium.
W. R. CHAMBERS REOPEWS
HIS LAW OFFICE HERE
Two years ago the Chamber of
Commerce was instrumental in pro
moting the McDowell Produce Com
pany, which has had a rapid growth,
and has proven of great benefit to
the farmers in furnishing an outlet
for a large portion of their produce,
poultry, and all other products of
the farm.
The Chamber of Commerce rec
ently made a survey of the county,
looking to the establishment of a
milk condensery, and it is hoped
that this may be established in the
near future.
This county, a year or more ago,
began shipping small quantities of
poultry and now that business has
been worked up to around $40,000
Mr. W. R. Chambers has reopened
his law office which has been closed
for more than a year. Earily last
year Mr. Chambers, Tinder the ad
vice of physicians, gave up work for
a while and has been more or less
inactive un^l the present. Having
completely regained his health he i annually.
announces that he now expects to| Much has been written about the
resume his law practice with vigor I amount of feedstuff, for both man
and with singleness of aim. His cli-|and beast, imported into the state,
- - - • * much is being done with the
hope of reducing this, and it is be
lieved that through intelligent effort
and co-operation by the Chamber of
Commerce with state and federal
authorities, this county can become
nearly self-sustaining.
ents will find him now in his office
over Streetman’s Drug store.
Mr. Chambers located in ^Marion
ten years ago for the general prac
tice of the law. During his practice
here he has been conspicuous in the
trial of many of the important cases
in the state and federal courts. He
was licensed by the Supreme Court
of North Carolina in the year 1915.
At that time he was at the head of
the West Asheville schools and soon
thereafter upon the extension of the
Biltmore schools he assumed charge
of the schools there where he re
mained until this country was drawn
into the World War, wh«« he re-
sigfned to enter the national service,
and it was soon after the close of
the war that he located in Marion
for the practice of the profession he
had originally prepared himself to
follow. He is a graduate of Mars
Hill College where he has been a
trustee for many years, a graduate
of Wake Forest College where he
read l?iw under Dr. N. Y. tJuHey and
E. W. Timberlake, and toolc post
graduate work at Columbia Univer
sity, New York City.
E. L. Bryan of Durham county
has contracted to sell his 3,000
bushel apple crop for $1.5® per
hushel.
PYTHIAN SINGING CLASS
GIVES SPLENDID PROGRAM
A meeting of the stockholders and
directors of the aicDowell Building
and Loan Association was held at
the court house Monday evening at
8:30, and was well attended. There
are three hundred and seventy-five
share-holders in the association, with
more than five thousand shares of
stock now in force.-^' A majority of
the stock was represented by those
who were present at the annual
meeting.
The meeting was called to order
promptly at 8:30 by J. L. Morgan,
president of the association. J. E.
Neal, secretary and treasurer, read
the minu^s of the previous meeting,
the same being unanimously ap
proved.
Mr. Neal read resolutions of re
spect for the late D. E. Hudgins, a
director of the association, one of
the largest stockholders and attor
ney for a number of years. Mr. Hud
gins was a charter member of the
association and has been a strong
factor in building up the institution.
The resolutions were adopted by a
rising vote.
On motion, W. R. Chambers was
elected director and attorney to suc
ceed Mr. Hudgins.
Mr. Neal submitted his report for
the year just closed, showing the
condition of the association to be
thriving. The report was unanimous
ly adopted and Mr. Neal, secretary
and treasurer, and H. D. Hoover, as
sistant secretary, thanked for their
untiring efforts to make the institu
tion a success.
On motion the entire old board of
directors was re-elected, their elec
tion being unanimous. The directors
are: J. L. Morgan, J. E. Neal, Wil
liam Sweeney^ J. Q. Gilkey, F. M.
Bradley, W. R. Chambers, Boyce
Sprinkle, A. F. Hunt, E. H. Dysart,
J. H. Tate and W. L. Morris.
After the transaction of routine
business the stockholders’ meeting
adjourned. The board of directors
met immediately, and elected the
following officers J. L. Morgan,^ pres
ident; J. Q. Gilkey, vice-president;
J. E. Neal, secretary and treasurer;
H. D. Hoover, assistant secretary;
the secretary and assistant secretary
to receive the same salary as during
the past year.
Mr. Chambers then addressed the
meeting, briefly, expressing his ap
preciation of having been made a di
rector of the association and ap
pointed attorney. He expressed great
confidence in the officers and lauded
the association, speaking of the great
possibilities of such an institution
especially in encouraging habits of
thrift and economy. Mr. Chambers
said “The association aids in the
building of homes and general im
provements^ as well as forming and
strengthening habits of saving and
thrift, greatly to be desired in any
community.”
Mr. Chambers expressed the hope
that he might, at least in a measure
perform his duties as attorney for
the association as well as the one
whom he had the honor to succeed
Mr. Chambers said: “I feel that eve
ry stockholder in this institution
should become Athusiastic and
make an effort to increase the sub
scription to stock, and I believe by
the proper use of publicity and per
sonal effort it can be increased to a
considerable degree.”
in the county for the year 1929-30
have been announced by County Su
perintendent Steppe as follows:
Chapel Hill: Miss Edith Barnes.
West Marion: William H. Noah,
principal; Miss Mina Lou Young,
Miss Jessie Bowman, Mies Eula
Pyatt.
The McDowell County Sunday j Eugene Cross: Mrs. Garland Wil-
School convention will be held at Hams, principal; Miss Hattie Taylor,
the Bapti^ Church at Nebo Friday, j Miss Pearl Bomar, Miss Jimmie
August 9th. * ' I Florence, Miss Bonnie Padgett.
This convention is for all Sunday
School workers of all denominations. | principal; Miss Juanita Lucile Er-
It is under the auspices of the Me-1 win, A. L. Eggers, Miss Bertha Dy-
Dowell County and the North Caro-Isart, Miss Geneva Link, Miss Zelma
lina Sunday School Association. The Atwell, Miss Bonnie Burgin, Miss
IN M'DOWELL SCHOOLS PARK BODY WILL
FEATOREWN.C.
Teachers for the various schools
National Parks Tour Associa
tion Plans National Adver
tising of Scenic Route.
convention slogan is, “The
way of life taught in better Sunday
Schools by more efficient leader
ship.” All Sunday School workers
are invited to attend. This conven
tion will prove to be a great help to
all Sunday Schools all over the coun
ty, if only the leaders will attend
and listen and try to practice what
they hear.
The program for the day will be
as follows:
10:30 a. m. Devotional, Rev. A.
A. Walker,
10:45 a. m. Developing Christian
Character, Miss Daisy Magee of
Raleigh, superintendent of Children
Division of the N. C. Sunday School
Association.
11:15 a. m. Business period. Re
ports of county and township officers
12:30: Dinner at the church.
Afternoon Session ^
2:00: Devotional, Rev. P. D.
Mangum.
2:15: Sunday School organization.
Miss Daisy Magee.
2:50: The Teacher and the Meth
od, Miss Flora Davis.
3:20: Discussion of Special Sun
day School problems, led by Miss
Davis.
:4o: Business Period.
4:00: Adjourn.
Niglit Session
8:00: Devotional, Rev. D. A.
Lewis.
8:15: Worship in the Sunday
School, Miss Flora Davis.
8:50: Presentation of Attendance
Pennant.
8:55: The Young People of the
Sunday School, Their Needs and
How to Meet Them, Miss Daisy
Magee.
:30: Adjourn.
Hickory, July 27.— Plans for at
tracting millions of dollars in tourist
trade into Western North Carolina
and Virginia through a campaign of
Pleasant Gardens: R. B. Phillips, j national advertising, were discussed
here today when more than a hun- ''
dred delegates gathered at a meet
ing of the Eastern National Parks
Association. The Park-to-Park high-
Lula Hicks, way, with its 488 miles of scenic
The Carolina Pythian Orphanage
Singing Class gave their first enter
tainment in Marion at the high
school auditorium on Wednesday of
last week. The class consisted of 16
boys and girls under the leadership
of Miss Mary Wyche.
The program consisted of sonp.
recitations, stunts, and closed with
a short operetta. The manner in
which the members rendered their
part, the ease of their action on the
stage showed that the class had been
efficiently trained. There was not a
dull moment in the entire program.
A rather unique part of the prolg^an^
were the stunts given by the boys,
which was thoroughly enjoyed by
everyone. Marion will look forward
with pleasure to a return visit next
The proceeds from the entertain
ment amounted to one hundred dol
lars.
Helen Ramsey, Miss
Mrs. R. B. Phillips, Miss Ola Wall.
East Marion: Miss Mamie N. Sta
cy, principal; Miss Elsie Sta?y, Mrs.
W. H. Noah, Miss Lucielle Conley,
Miss Blanche Turner, Miss Wilma
Snoddy, Mrs. Lula S. McCurry, Mrs.
Effie L. McCall, Miss Annie Little,
Miss Genoese Flack.
Clinchfield: Miss Ruth M. Green
lee, principal; Miss Pauline Tipton,
Miss Mamie Goforth, Miss Edith
Robinson, Miss Anne Porter, Miss
Connie Butt, Miss Hazel Brown, Miss
Lena Spencer, Miss Lona Goforth,
Mrs. Esther J. Snipes, Miss Kather
ine Bennett, Miss Hilda Baldwin.
Old Fort High: S. B. Smithey,
Supt.; Mrs. Lula D. Sandlin, Miss
Bula Kanipe, Miss Carrie Saunders,
Miss Una Plott, Miss Gladys Warren,
Miss Annie Wall, Miss Emma Gassa-
way, Mrs. H. J. Rockett, Miss Laura
Hicks, Miss Margaret Lytle, Miss
Margaret Maness, Miss Laura Lipe,
Miss Della Williams, Miss Mary G.
Burgin.
Curtis Creek: Mrs. Annie B. Mc
Call.
Oakdale: Miss Ruth Kincaid. .
Cherry Springs: Miss Alma Gil>-
liam and Miss Josephine Lindley.
Mt. Hebron: Mrs. Hugh Hensley.
Bethlehem: Miss Elizabeth Lind
ley and Miss Addie Lavender.
Piney Ridge: Miss Kate Ballew.
Catawba: Mrs. Lola A. Lonon.
Sugar Hill: Miss Alice Holland
and Miss Clara Hemphill.
PLAN TO START CREAM
ROUTE IN THE COUNTY
splendor, runs through the Shenan
doah Valley of Virginia through.
Piedmont Carolina into the Great
Smoky Mountain area in the extreme
western portion of North Carolina.
Speakers on the program included
prominent business men and cham
ber of commerce officials were: H.
Brent Schaeffer, president of Lenoir
Rhyne College; Clarence Kuester,
manager of the Charlotte Chamber
of Commerce; J. M. Derr, Statesvillei
president of the Eastern National
Parks association; W. T. Ritter, sec
retary of the Winston-Salem Cham
ber of Commerce; F. L. Adolph,
field secretary of the association; R,
P. Johnson, Wjrtheville, president of
the Lakes-to-Florida highway; Verne
Rhoades, Asheville, executive secre
tary of North Carolina Park Com
mission; June Beckner, Martinsville,
Va.; W. E. Nattress, Statesville;
and V. L. Robinson, Washington, D.
C.
Mrs. A. M. ^'rye of Bryson City
was elected a director of the tour as
sociation to succeed A. M. KTstler,
Morganton, resigned.
A welcoming program during the
dinner hour was in charge of the
Hickory Chamber of Commerce, and
C. T. Alexander, manager of Hotel
Hickory. The meeting was presided
over by J. M. Derr.
All of the talks stressed the splen-
j dor of the scenic highway and the
Morgans: Miss Fannie Nichols. | possibilities of a^ttractingr «
’tourist trade. The route which ex-
POULTRY SHIPMENT
Approximately 1700 pounds of
poultry was purchased for the sum
of $410.00 at the poultry loading
here Wednesday. The exact figures
of the shipment, as well as the re
port for the loading at Old Fort on
the same date, will be given next
week.
F. R. Farnham, Dairy Extension
Specialist, of Raleigh, was in the
county on Monday conferring with
W. L. Smarr in the interest of dairy
work in McDowell county. Some pre
liminary work is being done in the
interest of starting one or more
cream routes in the county. Equip
ment necessary to be used in gather
ing cream at the farm gates, such as
milk cans, scales, sample cream bot
tles, etc., have been ordered and
when shipment is received, one
cream route will be started. Besides
gathering the cream, other farm pro
ducts may be gathered such as eggs
and probably other products. Just as
soon as time and conditions will per
mit, it is proposed to work out cream
routes so that the farmers in every
township will be served by a cream
route.
Mr. Farnham will return to Mc
Dowell county in the near future and
work some four or more days in the
iliterest of this work. Mr. Farnham
expressed himself as very well
pleased with the progress being
made in dairying in this county, and
said with the operation of cream
routes, he felt sure that the produc
tion of milk would be such that the
establishment of a dairy product
manufacturing plant in Marion
would be profitable and very possi-
Curfew: Miss Thelma Holland.
White Pine: Miss Maude Stott.
Nebo High: N. L. Wessinger, prin
cipal; John Moore, Miss Rose L. Sta
cy, Miss Goodloe Haney, Miss Char-
line Brown, Miss Maggie Taylor,
Miss Laura Moore, Miss Millie Ka
nipe, Mrs. N. L. Wessinger.
Fairview: Miss Lucile Hemphill.
Gllenwood High: W. B. HarriD,
principal; Mrs. W. B. Harrill, Miss
Libby Franklin, W. C. Lattimore,
Mrs. W. C. Lattimore, Miss Annie
Spratt, Mrs. Bertha M. Hemphill,
Miss Maude Ballard.
Armstrong: Mr. Hollifield.
Little Switzerland: Miss ^ansy
Hennessee.
North Cove Consolidated: Fred
Abernethy, principal; T. W. Stacy,
Jr., Miss Edna Brinkley, Miss Annie
Laura Cannon, Miss Laura Hensley,
Miss Elizabeth McGimsey, Miss Len-
nie Morris.
Dysartsville Consolidated: Albert
S. Noblitt, principal; Miss Jennie
Lee Laughridge, Miss Inez Daves
Pinnacle: Miss Lillie Pyatt.
Harmony Grove: Miss Ivarea
Flack.
Macedonia: Miss Virginia Finley.
DEATH OF CHILD
Daniel Bright, one-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bright, died
Tuesday and was buried at Cross
Mill cemetery Wednesday afternoon
The funeral service was conducted
by Rev. Brackett.
“THE MAN I LOVE”, at Marion
Theatre Thursday and Friday, is an
all-talking story of a young prize
fighter. RICHARD ARLEN, MARY
BRIAN and BACLANOVA are the
stars.
tends from Winchester, Va., to No.
10 highway through Winston-Salem,
Statesville, Hickory, Morganton,
Marion, Asheville, on to the Smoky
Mountains, was declared to be un
surpassed for quality of roads, scen
ery and historic interest.
Officers and directors of the East
ern and National Parks association
recently incorporated, are J. M.
Derr, Statesville, president; A. T.
Moore, Staunton, Va., and J. G-
Stikeleather, Asheville, vice - presi
dents; L. F. Abernethy, Hickory,
treasurer; W. T. Ritter, Winston-
Salem, secretary; Roscoe Marvel,
Asheville, T. G. Burch, Martinsville,
Va., C. D. Shank, Harrisonburg, Va.;
Fay M. Thomas, Roanoke, Va.; Eu
gene Branch, Winchester, Va.; J. Q-
Gilkey, Marion; E. N. Brown, End
less Caverns, Va.; W. N. Martin,.
Canton; B, B. Fox, Roanoke, Va.;
and Mrs. A. M. Frye, Bryson City.
NEW YORK MAN PURCHASES
ACREAGE ON LAltE JAMES
B. CRAWLEY DIES
AT HOME NEAR NEBO
Mr. H. B. Crawley, a well known
citizen of the county, died at his
home near Nebo last Monday morn
ing at 11 o’clock. Mr. Crawley was
74 years of age and had been in de
clining health for several months.
Mr. Crawley was a member of the
Methodist Church and was held in
high esteem by a large circle of
friends.
The deceased is survived by his
ble. Mr. Farnham was accompanied | wife, two daughters, Mrs. V. M. Ep-
by Ward C. Snarr, field representa- ley of Marion and Mrs. J. S. Pyatt of
tive of the American Jersey Cattle'‘ ^
Club. They left for West Jefferson
where the Craft-Phoenix Cheese
Corporation is building a large
cheese factory, where 15 months
ago, the people of that section prob
ably had no more cows than are in
this section. But the people got to-
Nebo; four sons, William, John,
Pinkney and Ivey Crawley, of Nebo;
one brother, Alex Crawley, of Nebo,
and 34 grand children.
The funeral services were conduc
ted at Pinnacle Methodist Church
Tuesday at 11 a. m; by Rev. H. E.
Stimson, assisted by Rev. J. N. Wise,
gether, got the cows and the milk, | and interment made at Pinnacle
and are now getting the factory, j cemetery.
Let’s do what they have done and 1 — ———;;
are doing at West Jefferson in Ashe:
a splendid talking feature, “THE
! CANARY MURDER CASE”, a Vit-
A cement sidewalk has just beenjaphone act, Fox News Reel, and a
completed from North Main street beautiful Color and Sound Classic,
to the Marion Hospital. ;Prices: 15 and 35, and 15 and 40c.
Thomas T. Townsend, of New
York City, in the early summer
passed through Western North Car
olina and was so attracted with the
scenic beauty of this immediate sec
tion, and especially Lake James,,
that he purchased from W. T. Mor*
gan a sixty-five acre tract of his
“Lake Shores” boundary, on Lake
James. The -acreage purchased has
a long lake frontage, and embarces
some grand building sites, overlook
ing the lake and commanding a
sweeping view of the whole Blue
Ridge Mountain Range.
Mr. Townsend intends to develop
the property into a private estate
for himself and probably others of
his friends.
“T H E CANARY MURDER
CASE” will keep your interest to
the very end in the thrilling unrav
eling of the mystery of the death of
“The Canary”, Broadway favorite.
WILLIAM POWELL and LOUISE
BROOKS are the stars.
SCHEDULE CHANGES
Slight changes were made in the
schedule of Southern trains Monday.
Under the new schedule No. 12,
eastbound, arrives at 4:25 p. m. in
stead of 4;05, and No. 35 on the
Rock Hill division leaves Marion at
4:27 p. m. instead of 4:10.