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MARION PROGRESS A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY j established 1S96 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1929 VOL. XXXIV—NO. 22 KIWANUNS HONOR FOOTBALL SQUAD Team Entertained at Luncheon —Athletic Program and Sportmanship Discussed. Last Tuesday at their re^lar luncheon the Kiwanis Club had as their special guests Coaches Joby Hawn and Hugh Beam, M. W. Gor^ don, Jr., principal of the high school, and the football squad. After the disposal of several busi ness mattei’s President Beaman turned the progi'am over to Mr. Gordon. The first talk was given by Coach Hawn. After he had intro duced each individual football play er he launched foi-th into the athlet ic program that is being carried on in the Marion high school. He stated '.that the three major sports, foot ball, basketball and baseball, are be ing given first consideration, but much attention is being given to interclass games and before the year is over inter-mural athletics should have reached a high plane. As his topic Mr. Beam used, “The Methods of Teaching Sportsman ship.” The fact that the success of athletic teams is generally judged by the number of games won and lost was brought out, but the speak er also intimated that the local pub lic was interested in the sportsman ship of her high school athletic teams. In conclusion Mr. Beam said: “I believe we have reached a high plane in sportsmanship; we have en deavored to reduce profanity, which sometimes appears in moments of excitement, to the minimum; and we have inculcated right living, which will be fully realized in the lives of our boys at a later period.” Mr. Gordon gave the standards of scholarship which exist in the local high school. In order to be eligible for athletic contests students must receive passing marks on at least three of their four subjects. He com mended the athletes on their fine scholastis standing and stressed the importance of a balanced education -where scholarship and athletics go hand in hand. Kelley Gilkey, captain of the Orange and Black grid team, told the Kiwanians the benefits he had received from football, immediately after Mr. Gordon’s inspiring talk. Other speakers on the program were Mr. J. W. Winborne and Dr. W. O. Goode. Both Mr. Winborne and Dr. Goode complimented the coaches and the team and a rising vote of thanks was offered them. The football guests present were: Captain Kelley Gilkey, Manager Kobert Bowditch, Karcher Clay, Kellog Finley, Billy Stamey, Frank Moore, Jessie Mashbum, Harold Glenn, John Bowditch, Louis Wil liams, Haskell Ledbetter, Wallace Winborne, Herman Holcomb, James Ouzts, Clarence Rabb, Dysart Mar tin, J. D. Finley, Forest Roper, Ted Hensley, Ralph Patton and Alvin Finley. MARION HUNTERS CAPTURE | BEAR ON CRAGGY MOUNTAIN] A vicious battle between eight sleek bodied bear dogs and a 250 pound black bear was waged up on Craggy mountain last week. Those who witnessed the exciting episode wei*e Julius Patton, John Jamison, Chas. L. Poteat, G. B. Finley, A. L. Finley, John Michael, and Raymond Robinson. On the second day of the three day hunt, a thrilling chase of two j hours and 15 minutes enabled the' eight beautiful bear dogs of Mr. A.! L. Finley to corner a bear. It was a fascinating picture to watch the j dogs, two of them having the bear by the ears, while the rest of them were like wild-cats clawing and making the fur on the bear’s haunches fly like chaff blowing in -the breeze. It was impossible for i the hunters to chance a shot on ac-j count of the nearness of the dogs. When the bear saw the hunters ap proach, he shook the dogs off as so much foliage that clung to his body and disappeared through the woodk On the final day after a mad tus sle of four or five hours between the faithful dogs and a monstrous ferocious bear, John. Michael found an opening to shoot only to wound the hungry animal. Julius Patton was standing close by and caught the attention of old bruin, who im mediately made a charge toward him. When he came to within ten feet of Mr. Patton, he emptied the contents of a 38-calibre pistol into his body before Mr. Bear called it a | day, and fell fighting. Mr. Finley has a right to be proud i of his fine bear dogs. Twp of them i were crippled and are now under] the care of doctors at a hospital, i One dog, a beautiful red female, j was killed. This makes the fifth bear j hunt this season. | MARION HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM Left to right (bottom row)—Landis Laughridge, Lewis Williams, Dysart Martin, Clarence Rabb, John Bowditch, Captain Kelley Gilkey, James Ouzts, Robert Bowditch; (second row) Forest Roper, Red Glenn, Alvin Finley, Jesse Mashburn, Karcher Clay, Frank Moore, Haskell Ledbetter, Bud Hennessee, Coach Joby Hawn; (third row) Wallace Winborne, Mackey Neal, Hermwi Holcombe, Kellog Finley, Billy Stamey, J. D. Finley, Ralph Patton. MARION HI CLOSES FOOTBALL SEASON Defeat Forest City in the Last Game of Season 12-6—Win Six of Seven Games Played. ORATION CONTEST WILL BE SPONSORED BY LEGION COMMISSIONERS MEET; JANUARY JURY LIST The Board of County Commission ers held their regular monthly meet ing last Monday and disposed of current business matters. The following are the names se lected for the grand jury for the January term of Superior Court which convenes on January 6th: Geo. W. Ledbetter, A. A. McCul- loch. Mills Y. Hoyle, W. J. McGal- lard, Robert A. Upton, Ernest C. Bost, Geo. W. Pratt, J. T. Laughlin, M. B. Hogan, J. A. Davis, M. E. Head, Willie Hicks, W. B. Bigger- staff, Grover G. Cooper, J. W. Bal- lew, James Padgam, Raymond Rob inson, J. M. Vaughn, Francis Brad- shed, Jas. E. Lonon, Gaden Swann, F. L. Bryson, W. L. Morris, B. Cl^- ton Stevens, Robt. B. Laidlaw, A. L. Wall, J. Herman Crawley, Marvin Hemphill, C. Dewey Brown, G. G. 'Gladden, W. R. Hicks, B. B. Wilker- son, W. C. Gibbs, J. A. Brown, D. E. Lonon, G. Logan Tate, Will O. Nichols, J. C. Rabb, A. K. Weaver, Julius A. Cannon, Cdlman F. Dyson, Mills Melton, Francis Stevens, T. S. Fox, T. W. Goforth, Alfred €. Carr, V. P. Cordell, Hal Lawing. R. N. Ellis reports he killed two fine hogs last week, one weighmg 598 pounds and the other 575 pounds net. Any boy or girl in the seventh, I eighth, ninth, . tenth, or eleventh j grade in any public or private school! in North Carolina for white children j shall have the opportunity of orating i on the subject “Our Flag”. This laudable project is being sponsored by the American Legion of the State of North Carolina, and as first prize, a medal and fifty dollars will be awarded; second prize, twenty-five dollars and a medal. Each school in the state will have an elimination contest in the school, selecting the best speaker and sending him or her to the county elimination contest. This contest will take place January 31, 1930. Mr. A. V. Nolan, county superintendent of McDowell county, stated that he would announce place of county meeting later. At the county contest the best speaker will be selected and sent to the Congressional district contest. ! The best speaker from each of the ten congressional districts will be sent to Raleigh for the final award. The Congressional district elimina tion contest will take place February 14, 1930. On February 22nd, the final State contest will be held in Raleigh, N. C. Each of the ten speakers entitled to participate in the final contest should arrive in Raleigh not later than 6:00 in the evening of Febru ary 22nd, and report at the office of Cale K. Burgess, in order to get fin al instructions and information for contest. Dr. Dean H. Crawford, Comman der of- the McDowell Post of the American Legion, stated t^at his post will give a prize to the winner in the McDowell county contest. DR. T. B. PRICE CLOSES SUCCESSFUL MEETING For the past two weeks Dr. Thurs ton B. Price has been holding an evangelistic meeting at the First Methodist Church. Dr. Price had & most successful meeting. Approximately thirty new mem bers win be added to the Methodist Church roster, while each of the other churthes will receive several new names for their cfiiirch roll. ' Several members will join by transfer of letters from other churches. Several hundred were re consecrated to Christ. Initiation of the new members into the different churches will take place Sunday morning. “THE DESERT SONG” has about everything possible in a pic ture to please an audience. We’ are sure :you 'will enjoy it. At Marion | Theatre Thursday and Fridajr. Just a few days ago the Marion High School closed one of the most successful football seasons in her history. The end came with Marion doing battle with the fast Forest City eleven, which proved to be the most brilliant game of the season and which resulted in a twelve to six victory for the local lads. Marion stormed the field to begin the first period, and scored early in the game; before the Forest City eleven could gather their wits. After the earjy score both teams fought on even terms, neither seeming to have any advantage. It was not until late in the third period that Forest City intercepted a Marion lateral pass and raced for their lone touchdown. However, this seemed to be only a stimulus for the fighting Orange and Black warriors, for, in less than ten minu tes, the local boys added Iheir final touchdown. The game ended: Mari on, twelve; Forest City, six. For Marion both tackles. Captain Kelley Gilkey and Karcher Clay, and Jesse Mashburn, guard, played splendid ball in the line, while Ouzts was outstanding in the backfield. The star for Forest City was no oth er than the ill-fated F. Blanton, who played superb ball. This game’s lineup was as follows Bowditch, center; Moore and Mash burn, guards; Captain Gilkey and Clay, tackles; Williams and Ledbet ter, ends; Ouzts, quarterback; Rabb and Roper, halfbacks; Martin, full back. During the season the local boys met strong combinations like Salis bury, Forest City, Canton, and Hen dersonville. Of the total number of scheduled games, Marion was only! once defeated, and that by the i strong Salisbury eleven. As a climax | to the season Marion defeated For-1 est City who was defeated by Con-j cord by only one touchdown. Con-^| cord has been declared’ Western North Carolina champions and by comparative score Marion is on a level with that team. In summing up the l-\ure!' of the' past season it is pleasing to note that Marion not only lost but one game this, year; but that last season the entire^ schedule was played with out' a single defeat. During the past two years eighteen gam6s have been played with only one defeat. The result of the 1929 grid sea son is as follows: Swannanoa Salisbury Lenoir Canton Troutman Hendersonville Forest City UNION RIOTERS GET JAIL TERMS Hoffman Fined $1,000 and Given 30 Days in Jail;Three Others Given Six Months. HYDE ANNOUNCES AWARD TO STATE North Carolina Gets $1,722»- 673 Federal Aid for Road Construction Work in 1931* Washington, D. C., Dec. 1.—r North Carolina was today apportion ed $1,722,673 of the $73,125,000 authorized by Congress as federal aid for road construction work in the fiscal year 1931, Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde an nounced. The apportionments by Mr. Hyde were a response to Presi dent Hoover’s suggestion that public building programs be speeded up and prudently expanded to promote business and prevent unemployment State highway departments will be authorized to proceed immediate ly with preparations for the expen diture of the newly apportioned funds during the next construction feason, Texas was awarded $4,545,880, the largest allotment of any of the states while New Yory came next with $3,605,965. For work during the winter, where weather conditions will permit, and in spring and early summer through out the country. Secretary Hyde said there is available a balance of $28,000,000 previously apportioned. MRS. VON EBERHARD DIED SUNDAY MORNING ASSISTANT COACH BEAM In order to make the review of the Marion High School football team complete, since the picture of Assistant Coach Beam did not ap pear with the squad, we offer it in this column. He was line coach and materially as^sted Coach Joby Hawn during the past season. J. L. MORGAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF NEW BANK 0 Marion ?0 18 Marion 7 0 Marion 26 6 Marion 26 0 Marion 27 0 Marion 14 6 Marion 12 in China find ricf The directors of the Marion In dustrial Bank, J. L. Morgan, John Yancey, W. R. Chambers, T. H. Henderson, A. L. Finley, J. E. Neal, W. J, Atwell, G. W. 'Chapman, and Carter Hudgins, who were elected at a stockholders’ meeting the 25th of November, held a meeting last Saturday for the purpose of com pleting the organization of the bank All the directors Were present. J. L. Morgan was elected presi dent, John Yancey, vice-president, and W. R. Chamber’s was elected at torney of the bank. The matter of electing a secretary-treasurer or cashier was considered, but the elec tion Was poistponed, artd it is under stood that the directors Will meet again at an early date and complete the organization, by electing a cash ier frbni a list of applicants Which has been filed with the board of di rectors. The bank has an authorized capi tal stock of $100',OOO, but will be gin business when $25,000 has been paid in. The stockholders have au thorized the directors to call for an additional amount when it is needed in the prosecution of the bank’s business. It is stated that the matter of a location of the new bank has not as yet been settled, but this paper ex pects to be able to make announce ment of the location in next week’s Alfred Hoffman, union organizer, and three union laborers were con victed by a Burke county jury in Su- j perior court here Saturday on char-1 ges of rioting at the Clinchfield mill' village here on August 30th. ! The jury found them not guilty! of charges of resisting officers, for | which they also were tried. | j Hoffman was sentenced immedi- I ately to spend 80 days in the Me- j Dowell county Jail, Judge G. Ver-. non Cowper, who presided over the trial, said the sentence was made! light because of Hoffman’s physical I condition. Hoffman also was fined j $1,000. j The three other defendants—W. L. Hogan, Wes Fowler and Del Ijew-j is—were sentenced to six months , each in the county jail, to be leased out for county road work at the dis cretion of the county commissioners They were not fined. Attorneys for the defense gave notice of appeal, and Judge Cowper! fixed the bonds for each of the de-| fendants at $2,000. All four of the j defendants have posted bond for j this amount. In posting his bond, j Hoffman stated he would spend the next few months in Asheville. Before passing sentence, Judge CoWper denied a defense motion to set aside the verdict, and observed that in his opinion the verdict was consistent with the evidence. The charges against Hoffman and the three strikers grew out of ef forts of strikers at the Clinchfield and Marion Manufacturing Compa ny cotton mills here to prevent a non-^uAiOn worker from moving into j the Clinchfield mill village on Au- jgust 30th. j Sheriff O. F. Adkins and' other of ficers testified that the furniture of i the non-union worker had been j moved out of the house into which he had moved when starting to work at the mill, and officers had been prevented from returning it. As a result of the demonstration', troops billited in Marion as a precaution, were called to the village and re mained on duty for some time: The case had been on trial more than a week. It went to the jury at 5:30 o’clock Friday night. The vet- diet was reported at 9:25 o’clock on Saturday morning. Mrs. Ottilie Von Ebei’hard, of no ble German descent, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Haw kins last Sunday morning. Mrs. Eb- erhard was bom in Erperies, Aus tria Hungary, and lived to be 97 97 years old. Mrs. Eberhard was married twice. Her first husband was Samuel Kri- vacsy. They were married in Austria Hungary and immigrated to Charles ton, S. C., in 1876. Enroute to this country, their ship went down and they lost all they owned. Samuel Krivacsy was hurt in the Charleston earthquake, and died soon after. J, B. Eberhard was a friend of the Krivacsy family, and his wife died about the time that Samuel Krivacsy did. After an elapsed time J. B, Eberhard married Mrs. Ottilie Krivacsy. Mr. and Mrs. Eberhard moved to Marion 35 years ago, and in 1921 Mr. Eberhard died, Mrs. Eberhard was very accom plished with the needle, and was known for her beautiful handwriting After the death of her husband, she became very suspicious of every body and thought that people were trying to poison her, and trusted no one but' Mrs. Hawkins, Three years ago she moved into the Hawkins home, where she was taken care of until her death. There are no known relatives. Mrs. Eberhard was buried in the Oak Grove cemetery last Tuesday, with Rev. J. C. Story officiating. HORACE HENSLEY DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS too expensive, and eat cheaper foods in its place’. SERVICE FOR RED MEN Rev. J. E. Robinson, pastor of the Clinchfield Presbyterian Church, announces that a special service for Improved Order of Red Men will be held at the Clinchfield church next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. “God’s Royal Law” will be the sub ject of the message. DEATH OF CHILD “THE DESERT SONG” has about everything possible in a pic ture to please an audience. We are sure you will enjoy it. At Marion Theatre Thursday and Friday. Guy Edward Holler, five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holler, died at the home of his parents last Friday after a brief illness. Funeral services were conducted from the residence Saturday afternoon by Rev. Crawford and interment made j at Oak Grove cemetery. i According to census figures, out jof 100,000 white women 78,207 I eventually marry. Horace Hensley, former employee of the state highway commission, died near Murphy, N. C., Saturday, November 23rd, from ptomaine poi soning. His body was sent to his par ents, in Glenwood, for burial. The interment was made in the Glenwood cemetery on Tuesday, November 26th, at 1:30 p, m, Mr. Hensley was a quiet reserved young man, possessed of many charming qualities; one of which was holding the friendship of those with whom he came in contact. Ev erywhere he went he left a host of friends who will be deeply grieved by his death. He is survived by his father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Hensley, of Glenwood; seven broth ers and one sister, namely: Edgar Hensley, R. L. Hensley, of Spartan burg, S. C.; Charlie Hensley, of Roanoke, Va.; Housan Hensley, of Martinsville, Va.; Ralph Hensley, of Los Angeles, Calif.; Will Hens ley, of Balboa, Canal Zone, Pana ma; Boyce Hensley, New York City, and Laura Hensley, Nealsville. The entire family is bereaved and grief-stricken at the loss of a favor ite member of the family. The Southern Livestock Associa tion will meet at State College on January 7, 8, and 9, announces EarL Hostetler, secretary.
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