MARION PROGRESS, MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, NOV. 28, 1929
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MARION, N. C., NOV. 28, 1929
O giv* thanks unto th« Lord, for He it
I food; for His mercy endureth forever. Let the
I redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He hath
iredeemed from the hand of the enemy;
And gathered them out of the lands, from
i llie east, and from the west, from the north,
land from the south.
j They wandered in the wilderness ia ■ soli-
j«ary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Hungry and thirsty, their aoul fainted ia
tfiem.
Then they cried unto the Lord in their
, trouble, and He delivered them out of their
Stresses.
And He led them forth by the right way.
tiiat they m'ght go to a city of habitation.
Oh that men would praise the Lord tor
His goodness, and for His wonderful works to
file children of men!
For He satisfieth the longing soul and fill-
eth the hungry soul with goodness.
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow
of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
THAT VACANT SEAT
The highest privilege of living
tliat anybody can attain is by ce
menting that brotherly love and af
fection existing in all well governed
communities. The greatest medium
through which this is accomplished
is by filling that vacant seat.
Somewhere in the church, maybe
beside or right in front of you, is a
vacant seat which is silently eloqu
ent of your moral obligation and
freedom. It speaks your chance to
share with others the inspiration
and delight of the church service.
When that vacant seat is filled, it
will yield a net gain for all. It would
improve the sermon which can never
be better than the congregation.
No minister can “fill the pulpit” of a
half filled church. The preacher is
the dynamo. That vacant seat is the
short-circuit. It is impossible to
throw the current of interest across
it.
Now, the only cost of making the
service more stimulating, the ser
mon more inspiring, the music more
charming, the fellowship wider and
more humane, the atmosphere more
congenial, is just a kindly word of
invitation, a little extra energy in
behalf of your Master and your
Church.
How can you possibly face that
vacant seat?
WHY MILLS GO SOUTH
The New England press is making
much over labor disturbances in ray
on mills in East Tennessee and cot
ton mills in North Carolina and
Because they rebelled against the words ot j South Carolina. It is receiving aid
God and condemned the counsel of the Most
High:
Therefore He brought down their heart wnth
labor; they fell down and there was none to
help.
Then they cried unto the Lord in their
trouble and He saved them out of their dis
tresses
He brought them out of darkness and the
death, and brake their bands in
Oh that men would praise the Lord for
. His goodness, and for His wonderful works
to the children of men 1
For He hath broken the gates of brass, and
art the bars of iron in sunder.—107th Psalm.
and comfort in the undertaking from
a journalistic element in the south.
Sinclair Lewis, fiction writer, has
used his highly developed powers of
imagination to portray conditions in
the worst possible light. His stories
have been widely printed in sections
where they might do the south most
harm.
In the first place, cotton mills of
New England did not come south to
secure cheaper labor. Labor natural
ly is cheaper in the mountain and ru
ral sections of the south than in the
congested areas of New England,
but the real motive behind the move-
AT THE CHURCHES
ST. JOHN’S CHURCH
J. S. Lockaby, Rector.
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
Morning service at 11 o’clock.
Celebration of Holy Communion
at 11 a. m. Sunday.
WE ARE THANKFUL
It is often a ponderous fact as to,
whether we think of Thanksgiving I ,s to
or Just a symbol for a Turkey Din- ^
per. Let us reflect back to our stur- The description of Marion, N C„
dy forefathers and the hardships and forbidding place
they had prior to the making of ‘^e imagination of
Thanksgiving day a national holiday. |'''«> get their menUl picture
Poems have been written about '>■»" Propogandists. The description
grandma’s and mother’s cranberry enfrely at variance with actual
sauce or pumpkin pie. Surely not | f
all thoughts are centered on feasting
or the matter of just eating, or vis
iting. We have to delve into past
history to find the real reason for
being thankful.
In 1620, our pilgrim fathers de
cided to brave the surging waves of
the mighty Atlantic ocean and seek
a new world in which to establish
religious freedom, rather than to
submit to the religious oppressors.
After numerous and trying hard
ships they were successful in estab-
llishing a colony. The following year
God smiled on their worthy endeav
ors, for the crops were good and the
food plentiful. When all the crops
were harvested, these sturdy New
Englanders set apart a day for
Thanksgiving and rejoicing. They
realized that God in His own
omnipotent wisdom and mercy had
prospered them.
The first celebration was held at
Plymouth, Massachusetts, and rep
resentatives of several tribes of
friendly Indians, who brought veni
son and wild turkey, took part in
this gn’eat celebration.
It was only a few years later that
the Massachusetts Bay Colony and
Connecticut followed the wise ex
amples of the Puritans. The Dutch
of the New Netherlands set apart a
day fo»* Thanksgiving in 1644. The
Continental Congress appointed one
or more thanksgiving days during
-Jthe Revolutionary War, except in
1777. George Washington appointed
a day for Thanksgiving in 1789 and
another in 1795. In 1812, President
Madison proclaimed a day for
Thanksgiving. The custom met some
opposition; but in 1858, it had be
come so popular that the governors
of twenty-five states and two terri
tories issued Thanksgiving procla
mations. President Lincoln, the pre
mier statesman, proclaimed the
^fourth Thursday in November, 1864,
a day of Thanksgiving. Since that
time, each president has proclaimed
the fourth Thursday of November
as Thanksgiving day, a day when all
citizens of i,he good old United
States of America are invited to
turn their minds and hearts toward
Crod and thank Him for the many
“blessings they have received.
ly, healthful community. The mills
are more than a mile from town,
with no other buildings in the vicin
ity. Working conditions are as good
as they could be made anywhere.
The controversy has little to do with
wages. The people in the mills, while
admittedly poorly paid, are earning
more than they have been accustom
ed to earn, and most of them are liv
ing better and more comfortably
than ever before in their lives.
It is a mistaken idea to assume
that the mills are moving south for
the advantage of cheap labor. The
manufacturers have been in the bus
iness long enough to know that good
wages mean low labor cost. The big
item is saving in transportation of
the manufactured article as against
the cost of shipping raw material.
This margin makes the south desir
able over New England as a manu
facturing center to such extent that
it can easily absorb a higher wage
scale.
The textile industry will not be
dismayed by radical agitators, be
cause that element must be dealt
with in every section. Mills are inev
itably coming south to be near the
base of supply and to follow a fun
damental economic law. — Memphis
Commercial appeal.
Many interstate shipments of adul
terated foods and drugs are seized
yearly by the Food, Drug and Insec
ticide Administration. This is to
protect the public from harmful
or otherwise illegal preparations of
foods or drugs.
Shop with borne mercnanta.
Now Millions More
Stop‘5^” Colds
Better External Treatment Wins New
Users All Over tLe World
Whoopee! Dangerous Curves
ahead! But look who’s coming
around! CLARA BOW! At^Marion
Theatre next Monday and Tuesday.
Every year since the introduction
of Vicks VapoRub, more and more
people have given up the old-fash
ioned way of “dosing" colds and
turned to this modern external
method. Today, the whole trend of
medical practice is away from need
less “dosing.”
Mothers of young children espe
cially appreciate Vicks because
there’s nothing to swallow, and, of
course, nothing to upset delicate
stomachs. Just rubbed on, its medi
cated vapors are released by the
beat of the body and inlialed direct
to the inflamed air-passages. At the
same time Vicks acts through the
Bkin like a poultice or plaster,“draw
ing out” tightness and soreness.
Year by year, the fame of Vicks
has spread from neighbor to neigh
bor and from state to state, imtil
now it is used for the colds of adults
as well as children in over 60 coun
tries.
The ever-growing demand for this
modem method of treating colds is
shown in the familiar Vick slogan.
Made famous when Vicks reached
“17 Million Jars Used Yearly,” later
raised to “21 Million,” these figures
are again being changed, as there
are now “Over 26 MUlion Jars Used
Yearly”—^in Uie United States alone.
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THANKSGIVING
DAY
FISH! FISH!
The only trouble we have is get
ting enough fish to supply the de
mand. The quality of fish that we
sell is such that if you buy them
once you will want more. This week
we have a choice variety of fresh fish
and oysters.
Don’t be misled. When you want
the best fresh fish or oysters, go to
THE FISH MARKET
14 E. Henderson St.
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NOTICE
This is to certify that Col. H. W.
Adams has this day entered and lo
cated Ten (10) acres of land in Mc
Dowell County, North Carolina, Old
Fort Township, on the waters of Ca
tawba River, adjoining the lands of
D. W. Adams on all sides.
-Beginning on a stone and pointers
the S^outhwest corner of the Haw
kins 640 acre tr&t. Grant No. 661,
now the property of D. W. Adams,
and runs South 45 West 20 poles to
a stake in the line of the E. C.
Mockridge tract, Grant No. .676;
then runs various courses and^ dis
tances so as to include the vacant
lands only.
Witness my hand and seal, this
the 15th day of November, 1929.
R. F. BARNES,
Ex-Officio Entry Taker.
Fruit Gakes for
Thanksgiving
Order your Fruif Cake now for Thanks
giving. Delicious National Biscuit Com
pany Fruit Cakes in two and five pound
sizes, both dark and golden. None better.
Cranberries, Nuts, Fruits.
Let us supply your Thanksgiving Grocer
ies. We deliver.
COWAN GROCERY CO.
Phone 85 Wrenn Bldg.
Old Newspapers for sale at The Proeress office at 5c a bundle.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH|
J. C. Story, Pastor.
9:45 a. m. Sunday School and Bi
ble Classes. |
11 a. m. Preaching by the pastor.
6:45 p. m. Christian Endeavor.
No evening service on account of
the revival meeting at the Methodist j
Church. 1
SEVIER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School Sunday afternoon
at two o’clock.
Rev. J. C. Story will fill his regu
lar first Sunday appointment at
three o’clock.
You are cordially invited to come
and worship with us.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
P. D. Mansrum, Pastor
Morning worship 11 a. m. Sermon
subject, “The Spiritual Deep of
Life”.
There will be no evening service
account of the revival service at the
Methodist Church.
At the close of the revival, the
B. Y. P. U- will be organized with'
Mrs. T. A. Wilson, director.
CROSS MILL BAPTIST CHURCH
W. F. McMahan, Pastor
Preaching every Sunday at 11 a.
m. and 7:00 p. m. Sunday School at
9:45 a. m.
SILOAM, OAKDALE, OLD FORT
Rev. M. E. Hansel, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian Church at Con-i
cord, will preach Sunday, Dec. 1st,!
at the following Presbyterian
Churches:
Siloam at 11 o’clock.
Oakdale at 3 p. m.
Old Fort at 7 p. m.
Every member is urged to be
present.
STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
LETS CONTRACTS FOR BOOTHS
Raleigh, Nov. 14. — The state
board of elections in making the
award to the different booth manu
facturers said that some representa
tives had called on the counties and i
gotten from them an expression of
preference for their booths.
The board said that had it been
left to them they would have pre
ferred the “all steel” booth and
placed the orders in which the se
lection of the kind of booth was left
to them on the “all steel” design.
Where a county had expressed a
preference for a canvas and steel
booth and had not specified any par
ticular kind of steel and canvas pat
tern, the board awarded orders to E.
W. Graham, Laurinburg, manufac
turer of the Carolina Australian
booth.
The board has been requested by
between 35 and 40 counties to pur
chase around 2,300 booths. The oth
er counties of the state will individ
ually provide their booths.
The famous “It” giri, CLARA
BOW, will be at the Marion Theatre
next Monday and Tuesday in her
latest and most interesting picture,
“DANGEROUS CURVES”.
MIS IT
Gftina to market the tnodctn WOy
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Prices Effective for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29th and 30th
MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE, 1 lb can 44c
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TOMATOES, 3 No. 2 Cans 25c
SOAP—7 cakes Octagon __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 25c
FLOUR — Plain or Self Rising, 24 lb. bag 98c
WALDORF TOILET PAPER, per roll 5c
SALMON, Tall Can 15c
PINTO BEANS, 3 Pounds 25c
ALL 5c CANDY and GUM, 3 for 10c
CAMPBELL’S SOUPS, 3 cans 25c
GUARANTEED EGGS, per dozen
49c
CORN FLAKES,
2 packages for _ __ ^
15c
RICE, 5 pounds for .
BEEF ROAST
3C
BACON—Sliced and Rindless
FAT BACKS
PORK CHOPS
TENDER/ROUND STEAK
CHEESE
ElCGUrwiGGiy
THE MODERN WAY
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