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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. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1929 VOL. XXXIV—NO. 16 LEGION INDUCTS NEW OFnCERS McDowell Post Installs New Officers at Banquet—Spon sor Drum and Bugle Corps. COUNTY SCHOOLS PLAN TO OBSERVE EDUCATION WEEK Newly elected officers of the Mc Dowell Post, American Legion, were installed at a banquet held in the Kiwanis Hall last Thursday evening, October 17th. Commander Hoover and Adjutant Lee Erwin were the sponsors of this spirited meeting, and a large attendance was in evi dence. Installation of officers for the en suing year 1930 was the first matter of business. All of the new officers were lined up in one end of the hall and Commander Hoover addressed them in an impressive and forcefuf manner. Each new officer was pre sented with a bronze emblem signi ficant of his respective office. Each outgoing officer gave a short snappy speech, which was responded to by Commander Dean Crawford, and Adjutant J. S. Lockaby. The following officers were in stalled: Dr. Dean Crawford, post commander; Wm. Gladden, first vice commander; H. B. Lavitt, second vice-commander; Rev. J. S. Locka by, adjutant; Lee Erwin, finance and athletic officer; R. W. Proctor, service officer; G. F. Washburn, guardianship officer; S. W. Hally- burton, sergeant-at-arms; Rev. P. D. Mangum, chaplain; J. E. Melton, historian and publicity; J. H. Bea man, Americanism; H. B. Lavitt, membership officer. There were three features spon-, , ... sored by the McDowell post:of the ^ TiriT-r% Trim’ll* American Legion. The first, “To en At a recent meeting of the princi pals of McDowell County schools held in Marion a number of impor tant things were brought up per taining to the schools of the county. All the principals are co-operating with the County Superintendent in attempting to have a higher average attendance, in maintaining high standards of instruction for every child in the schools and giving 100 per cent services for every dollar jpent by the taxpayers of McDowell County for schools. Perhaps the most important mat ter considered was the making of plans to observe American Educa tion Week. This was gone into quite in detail and all the schools will take part in this, and it is hoped that the various communities will get much pleasure in this activity. The programs will be built around the basic objectives of education. The main thing will be for everybo dy to become better acquainted with the schools, their work, ideals and achievements. Much emphasis is now being plac ed upon health and citizenship in the schools as well as a proper attitude toward hnest, hard work. Dr. A. T. Allen, State Superinten dent of Public Instruction, says: “America has created an education al system which^ provides the oppor tunity of free schooling to every boy and girl. The highest success of this grift to mankind, the free public school, requires the understanding and co-operation f all. American Ed ucation Week offers a splendid op portunity for us to renew our faith in childhood and to rededicate' our selves to its service. “The primary purpose 'bf Ameri can Education Week is to acquaint W.N.C. GETS LARGE PART HIGHWAY FUND The Sum of $115,000 Will Be Spent on No. 19 and 194 Be tween Woodlawn-Crossnore dorse and authorize a committee constituted of Lee Erwin and How ard Hoover, the former as chairman, to proceed to organize and develop a Junior American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps among boys, together with the development of boy scout work and junior baseball league.” Second, “That the Legion unani mously endorse the idea of a Com munity Christmas Tree for Christ mas 1929. A committee is to be se lected by the Commander to work out plans for same.” Third: “Discussion as to ways and means of conducting a membership drive for members in 1930. Three prizes are to be given as follows: A suit of clothes by Harry Lavitt; a five dollar hat, by Lee Erwin; a five dollar gold piece, by Dr. G. P. Bingham.” A motion was carried to the effect that all new members! Little count two votes, and anyone renew- eleven schools, with their aims, achieve ments and needs. This is the week when the public comes to school and the school goes to the public. *It Raleigh, Oct. 17.—Distribution of the half million dollar highway equ alizing fund and adoption of ordin ances governing the use of state highways and designed to keep the roads and right of way clear of ob structions and to protect the surface of highways from injury, were the chief features coming before the State Highway commissioners in session here Wednesday. The half million dollar fund, set aside by the 1929 legislature for dis tribution annually to districts in which the cost of roads or bridges is above the average, will be used in puch districts this year to close gaps in the federal aid system. A total of $115,000 wil be used in the eighth district — $85,000 to be spent on Route 19, South of Marion, in McDowell county, and $30,000 on Route 194 between Woodland and Crossnore. The ninth district gets the next largest share, $150,000, which will be expended on Route 28 between Franklin and Sapphire, in Macon and Jackson counties. A total of 17 miles was added to the State system, several other roads added for investigation, and three delegations heard. Contracts were awarded to low bidders in Friday’s letting, with the exception of those in the seventh district are subject to the approval of Commissioner A, S.Hanes of Winston Salem who was absent. DENTAL CLINIC AT PLEASANT GARDENS Dr. A. L. Wooten Conducts Clinic And Addresses The School on Care of the Teeth. For the entire week ending Octo ber 18, Pleasant Gardens School had the services of a dentist from the State Department of Health, Dr. Wooten, a very capable man, who gave attention to* the teeth of aboutl^Qj^].(j merchantable timber Roads added seventy-five primary pupils, and ex amined the teeth and gave advice to about three hundred and fifty more. Dr. Wooten also gave a series of lectures' on the care of the teeth from the third grade through the high schooL These talks were graph ically illustrated, by various draw ings on the blackboard, showing a decayed tooth and its> effect upon the body, the cost of a timely attention compared with the cost in time, pain and money of the tooth that has been neglected “because it does not hurt me now”. “There are two things necessary in properly caring for the teeth,” said Dr. Wooten. “They must net only be cleaned at least twice a day, but they must have dental attention twice a year. It may be true that ‘a clean tooth never decasrs’, but we cannot,^ without the services of a dentist,, keep our teeth perfectly clean.” When asked what dentifrice was best to use, he said, “None of the usual brands will probably be harm ful, but they are too expensive when salt or soda will serve the same pur pose.” His advice was from begin ning to end practical and helpful, j and the school regrets that he could not be here for several days more to maintenance include: ,, , ^ , J i Columbus county from Route 20 should make pup.I teacher and par-|_^^^_. Wacamaw, ent conscious of h.s obUgat.on tOi^_^ the county has improved it one mile Robeson county, from Maxton to true to the needs of lift around it. The school exists to inform, to lift, to guide,* to inspire.” MARION WINNER OVER LENOIR BY 26-0 COUNT Marion’s fighting high school foot ball eleven pushed defeat in the face of Lenoir here last Thursday in the Rowland, 153 miles. Burke county, from Route 10, one mile. to the system jgg pupjig he found needing immediate attention. It sometimes seems that our vari ous State departments give more at tention to us than we give to our- .oelves. But after all the State is in terested in a healthy, intelligent cit izenship, which cannot be built up without effort. M’DOWELL COUNTY'S FOREST RESOURCES The North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development recently issued a bulletin entitled, “North Carolina Resources and In dustries’*. Data contained in the bulletin show the results of a recent survey by counties. McDowell coun ty figures are worthy of considera tion. The forest area of the county is approximately 220,189 acres, or about 77 per cent of the total land area. On this area there still remains an estimated stand of 200,000,000 (National Forest not included) of various grades anA species. By placing a rough average value of $3.00 per thotisand board feet on the stump on this remaining stand, we find that there is still $600,000 worth of merchantable timber in the county. The value of this timber manu factured into lumber at an average price of $25.00 per thousand board feet would be $5,000,000. , Sawmills are cutting about 4,000,- 000 board feet annually. At the same time the remaining trees and new trees are increasing the stand every year. Authorities show that a conservative estimate of the rate of growth in this section is about 250 board feet per acre per year. The 220,189 acres at 250 board feet per acre means a growth of 55,047,250 board feet per year for the county, which figured at $3.00 per thousand means an increase in value of $165,- 141 per year for the county. The Forest Service slogan, “Pre vent Forest Fires—It Pays,” seems to have some justification for its in creasing popularity. JURY ACQUITS GASTONIA MEN IN FLOGGING TRIAL Drexel^ to PLEASANT GARDENS HAS SPLENDID SENIOR CLASS The Senior class of the Pleasant best game played so far this season Gardens School promises to be one on the local field. Lenoir put up a plucky fight, but when the sound of the firial whistle had died Marion had chalked up a 26-0 score. At the beginning of the game both teams seemed evenly matched. gain was made by either generally the ball was ad of the best in the his tory of the school. The class is not only large in numbers for a school of this size, but theschodf feels that by commence ment there will be few schools in the state with better qualified pu pils. While Pleasant Gardens is a young school, having existed for on- OFFICERS CAPTURE TWO STILLS AND THREE MEN ing membership count one vote. vanced only a few yards on the first ly three full years, it is steadily LOCAL TEACHERS HONORED The entire teaching force of the Marion city schools attended the meeting of the Western District Teachers of the North Carolina Edu cation association held in Asheville last Friday. Mrs. Xj. B. Finley presided over the sectional meeting of the Gram-1 was little trouble for the local lads mar Grade teafchers in the afternoon j to gain. This boy Ouzts time after Mrs. Finley was also named as a I time raced around end for substai^ member of the nominating commit tee to name officers of the associa- three downs and then that team would punt. Marion broke the dead lock as Ouzts, in a wide end run, clipped off a thirty yard gain. With the addition of several more runs, plus an equal number of line bucks and a pass, Marion registered her first touchdown. After the first mark was made it tion for the ensuing year. Mr. Hugh Beam was elected chair man of the Science section for the coming year, and will have the task of shaping the program for the meeting of that section for the next annual meeting. Mr. Beam will pre- fside over the meeting of his section next fall. Mr. E. C. Klontz was honored with the office of secretary-treasurer of the Western North Carolina Com mercial Teachers’ Association. Mrs. Garland Williams of the Cross Mill School addressed the Grammar Grade Teachers’ Section on the subject: “Are We Developing The Child to The Best Advantage?” The meeting as a whole was very instructive and inspirational. Ap proximately two thousand teachers were present. CLINICS FOR SCHOOLS Dr. A. L. Wooten, of the State Department of Health, is doing a worth-while service in putting on dental clinics in the public schools of this county. However, the best partibf his work is, perhaps, the ed ucational side. He is examining all Roper, halfbacks^ Martin, fullback, the beginners in a number of th^e schools and doing as much work as possible for the time that he has al lotted to him for McDowell county. tial gains; Rabb began to shut off tackle and to twist out of the arms of the enemy for gains; Martin, early in the second quarter, reached into the air and pulled down a Le noir pass and raced for a touchdown Roper, halfback, ran beautiful inter ference, and the line played as a unit. At the beginning of the second half Lenoir came back with a strong defense and the ball was exchanged for a number of times, but it wasn’t long until Marion was again march ing into the shadow of Lenoir’s ^al. It would be hard to pick the out standing men- of the game. For Mar ion the backfield worked in perfect unison and the line was a stone wall forward. The ends, Ledbetter and Williams, played exceptionally well on the offense; on the defense the whole line stood out, even Red Glenn, playing his first game, fought like a veteran. The defensive tackl ing and t)ffensive passing were fea tures for Lenoir. The line up for Marion was: Bow- ditch, center; Moore and Glenn, guards; Captain Gilkey and Clay, tackles; Williams and Ledbetter, ends; Ouzts, quarterback; Rabb and growing and making much progress. It is said to be the first school in the state to be built, equipped, and standardized in both high school and elementary departments in the same year. There are now four hundred and fifteen pupils enrolled in the elementary grades, and fifty-ieight in the high school department. Eve ry teacher in either department is well qualified to give standard in struction, and all those in the high school department have degrees and experience. The following pupils are expected to graduate in the spring: Arthur Davis, Harlan Gragg, Finley Lonon, Joe Patton, Garland Padgett, Clara Ellis, Locky Hennessee, Irene Lambe, Faye Ledbetter, Minnie Williams and Ruth Wall. The officers for this class are: Finley Lonon, president; Locky Hennessee, vice-president; Clara El lis secretary. B. Y. P. U. MEETING AT BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY OtSTONU LABOR LEADERS GUILTY Four in Aderholt Case Senten* ced to 17 to 20 Years—Two Get 12 to 15 Years. Charlotte, Oct. 21.—The seven la bor agitators and strikers, found guilty by a Mecklenburg county ju- rjrtoday of the murder of O. F. Ad erholt, Gastonia chief-of-police, and also of assault on three other police officers, were sentenced late this af ternoon by Judge M. V. Barnhill. Four of the defendants, Fred Er win Beal, of Lawrence, Mass.; Clar ence Miller, of New York; Georgfr Carter, of Mizpah, N. J.; and Joseph Harrison, of Passaic, N. J., each were sentenced to serve not less than 17 years nor more than 20 years in the State prison at Raleigh for conviction on the second degree murder charge. W. M. McGinnis and Louis Mc Laughlin, l>oth of Gastonia, each were given sentences of not less than 12 nor more than 15 years on the murder charge. K. Y. Hendricks of Gastonia was given a sentence of from five to seven years on th® oame count. Lesser sentences to run cdncur- rently with the sentences imposed for murder were given. Beal, Miller, Carter and Harri^n were given ten years each after being found guilty on the charge of felonious assault on T. A. Gilbert. McGinnis and Mc Laughlin each were sentenced to not less than five nor more than sev en years on the charge of assault On Gilbert. Hendricks was given a five year sentence on this change. No sentence was ^ven any of the defendants on the charge of assault against A. J. Roach or C. M. /Fergu son, officers. CANTON AND MARION TO PLAY HERE FRIDAY Concord, Oct. 19. — A superior court jury deliberated fifteen min utes less than two hours here Satur day and acquitted four textile mill operatives charged with kidnapping, and flogging Ben Wells, British com-j munist, and two others, during aj ^he Marion high school coaches strike disorder at Gastonia lastj^e^e pleased with the outcome of month. j their team when it defeated Lenoir Wells, Cliff D. Saylors, and C. M.jae-O last Thursday, but they are Lell, striking textile workers of the j working hard to have their boys in Manville-Jenckes Loray mills, wereujjg condition for the game kidnapped from a Gastonia boarding kgre Friday with Canton. On Tuesday, October 15th, near Black Bear Camp, six miles north- cast of Marion, Prohibition Officers^ J. B. Banks and Robert Forbes, with the assistance of Sheriff Oscar Ad kins and two deputies, Ben Henley and T. B. Conley, captured Wood row Johnson in the act of making his first run with a 150 gallon still, and destroyed 3,000 gallons of com mash. This is one of-the largest stills ever captured in McDowell county. One-half mile farther up the creek, the officers found another still of 60 gallon capacity, ready for operation. The larger still had six large vats ten feet long, four feet wide and four feet deep which held the mash that was about to be run. About 750 gallons of beer was found ready to be run at the smaller still, but no body was found in the vicinity. Both stills were of the steam type, capa ble of turning out a great volume of umscorched whiskey. Robert Johnson and Chester An derson were also taken into custody, but due to lack of evidence both were released. Woodrow Johnson is held in custody for trial. house on the night of September 19, driven 50 miles across three coun ties, and flogged. Upwards of 20 defendants were questioned in the commitment hear ing which was featured by the ruling of Judge T. J. Shaw, excluding Wells’ testimony because of his avowed atheism. Seven were held to the grand jury, and four indicted, namely, Horace Lane, A. G. More- head, Carl Holloway and Dewey Carver. Trial of the case before Judge A. M. Stack here was featured by the court’s defiance of the ancient de cision of the North Carolina su preme court’s defiance of the anci ent decisists. Wells’ testimony was admitted by Judge Stack, who told the jury to disregard the labor dis order in reaching its verdict. MARION FOLKS INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH D, L. RUST IS KILLED BY FALLING BRIDGE The latest ZANE GREY WEST ERN, “STAIRS OF SAND”, at Oa- sfs Theatre this Saturday. Mr. W. G. Wilson announces there will be a meeting next Sunday af ternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the First Baptist Church in Marion for the purpose of organizing an a^socia« tional B. Y. P. U. for the Blue Ridge Association. All pastors, Sunday School superintendents, B. Y. P. U. folks and others interested in the work are .invited to attend the meeting. ANNIVERSARY SALE The Leader’s fifth Anniversary sale will begin Friday, Oct. 25, and continue throughout next week. The Leader announces that its new stock of fall merchandise will be "re duced to enable folks to buy winter needs at special low prices.^ Morganton, Oct. 18.—D. L. Rust, superintendent of the roads of Burke county, was aln^st instantly killed shortly before noon yesterday when he was caught beneath the falling timbers of a bridge, which he and a crew were repairing. The bridge known as Hoyle’s bridge, is across the upper South Fork river, about 12 miles south of Morganton. It had been seriously damaged by recent high water. The crew started with the injured chief to the hospital here but he died in a few minutes after being placed in the car for the trip. The nine men with him had much difficulty in ex tricating him from beneath the bridge, and though several of them had been thrown into the river aa the timbers fell no others were seri ously hurt in the accident. Mr. Rust was 69 years of age, was a native of this county. His home is four liiiles west of Morganton. He is well known throughout the county and as superintendent of roads was making a fine record. His wife died a little over a year ago. Two sisters, Mrs. Sam Riddle, of Bamsville, and' Mrs. P. F. Simmons, of Morganton, six sons and four daughters, survive Monday it rained all day, making it impossible for a workout in the open but training was carried on be hind the closed doors of the gymna sium. The boys were given a long scrimmage Tuesday, and Wednes day was spent largely in defensive work. This afternoon with the fin ishing touch before the Canton game, coaches Hawn and Beam will give the boys their last over and we may expect action tomorrow. It must be remembered that Can ton lost a hard game to Coach Hawn’s outfit last season and they will come to Marion with blood in their eyes. The local mentors realize that they are up against a real scrap tomorrow and have worked their boys to that end. The probable line up is as follows: Bowditch, center; Moore and Mash- bum or Glenn, guards; Captain Gil key and Clay, tackles; Williams and Ledbetter or Holcombe, ends; Ouzts quarterback; Rabb and Roper, half backs; Martin, fullback. Mr. Roy C. McNairy, Mr. David Blanton and Misss Emily Blanton were injured in an automobile ac cident near Glen Alpine last Sun day afternoon. They were returning home fr®m Chapel Hill when the car in which they were riding colli ded with a Ford car occupied by J. W. Watkins, wife and child. Mr. McNairy sustained two fractured rigs, was cut about the head and badly bruised. Miss Blanton sus tained cuts on the head and hip and was considerably bruised but not seriousljT injured. Mr. Blanton re ceived minor injuries, being consid erably bruised. They were carried to Grace Hospital in Morganton fol lowing the accident, but both Mr. Blanton and Miss Blanton were ab le to return home after a short time Mr. McNairy, however, will remain in the hospital for several days. Mr. Watkins was slightly cut about the head while Mrs. Watkins Approximately 105 billion cigar- and child escaped uninjured, it islettes were manufactured in the Uni- STRIKERS ARE MOVING OUT OF MILL VILLAGE Forcible eviction of “undesira ble’’ families in l^ouses belonging to the Marion Maunfacturing Compa ny and the Clinchfield Manufactur ing Company will not be necessary, in the opinion of local officers. Although eviction papers against 59 families in the Clinchfield vil lage were made returnable Tuesday no action will be taken before Fri day, Sheriff Adkins said yesterday, and he doubts if it will be necessary then. The families are moving out voluntarily, and it is believed that in this way eviction can be avoided. learned. led States last year. BIRTHDAY SALE The Fashion Shop announces a Birthday Sale beginning Friday, Oct. 25, when special values will be offered on fall and winter merchan dise to make new customers for this store and please old friends and customers. Special prices are given in a page ad. elsewhere in this pa per. Read it. Corn on the bottom lands of the Yadkin River in Da^dson county is a total loss due to high water of late September.
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