MARION PROGRESS
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
ESTABUSHED 1896
MARION. N. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1929
VOL. XXXIV—NO. 23
KIWAMANS HOLD
INTERESTING MEET
New Federation Building for
Marion Discussed — Plan
Baskets for Unfortunate.
At the regular meeting of the
Kiwanis Club last Tuesday, a very
interesting and instructive program
was rendered. Kiwanian Jones from
Lexington and Kiwanian Deal from
Hickory were welcome visitors.
The matter of a new Federal
building for Marion was discussed.
It was suggested that a building was
needed that would be adequate to
house a postoffice and to have' sever
al federal office rooms that are
needed, especially in a county seat.
A committee was appointed from
the Kiwanis Club consisting ®f C. F
James, chairman; M. F. We^ and S.
L. Copeland. This committee is to
work with a committee from the
Chamber of Commerce and exert
every possible effort to further the
plans for a new postoffice for Mar
ion.
Concluding tbis discussion, F. R.
Richardson led the Club in several
spirited songs.
Two good extemporaneous' talks
were made by Rev. P. D. Mangum
-and C. F. James.
Rev. Mangum commented on the
difference between love and friend
ship, saying one is supposed to
serve friends and not use them, aYid
that love is a more intense emotion
than friendship, although many peo
ple say that friendship is greater
than love because love is selfish. He
remarked further, that we all should
put on a spirit of the Good Samari
tan this Christmas; have a pleasant^
greeting and good word for every-1
one, and that it is not hard to |
preach, but it is difficult to practice ]
what we preach.
Mr. James alluded to the common i
PARENT-TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION
MEETS
Mrs. J. F. Jonas, president of the
Parent-Teachers Association of Ma
rion, presided over this group of in
terested mothers and teachers at
their regular meeting last Monday
afternpon.
Announcement was made of the
advanced step in becoming a mem
ber of the P. T. A. congress of the
state and nation, effective Dec. 9th.
F. R. Richardson, superintendent
of the Marion schools, gave a short
talk to the assembled parents on stu-
TRIAL OF MARION
DEPUTIES STARTS
Trial Gets Under Way at
Burnsville; Jujry Quickly
Chosen; Trial Moving; Fast.
DECEMBER 15 TO 21
LIVE AT HOME WEEK
Governor Calls Upon Citizens
of State to Emphasize Liv
ing at Home Next Week.
Courtroom officials set a speed
record in selecting the jury at the
end of one day’s session of the Yan-
dents'^ recor7s7¥e Tta'tid'that‘ca“rds |
would be sent parents from time to
time to let them know how their
child was progressing, and when the
child was falling behind, each parent
the trial of eight deputies charged
with murder in connection with the
shooting of six textile mill workers
in front of the Marion manufactur-
would know just how to handle the '1^
situation. - > ^
An attractive program was 4)re-
sented by the students of the Marion
rchool at the cnclusion of the busi
ness meeting. The numbers on the
program wjere: A folk dande, a le^
and fat stunt, a reading by Annie
Laura Steppe, and a barn dance. The
program was well executed through
out.
It was voted to have the next
meeting of the Parent-Teachers As
sociation in the evening, so that the
fathers, who have their business
worries of the day and are unable
to attend in the afternoon, could
cast their cares aside and join the
mothers in studying the vital issues
that confront this organization from
time to time.
EUGENE CROSS SCHOOL
FORMS SAFETY PATROL
practice of the average man patting j i, q i,
himself on the shoulder, instead of;.
having an unbiased introspection. . » i v
made of himself. He stated that the | ® ® ^
average man is damned because of j'» “^Sanize the patrol and address
.. J _ . V, + the Parent Teachers Association,
self-inflicted pity, and a man that
pities himself loses his self respect.
Following organization of a unit
last week at Eugene Cross School,
Marion now has two school boy safe
ty patrols functioning. The Cross
Mill patrol was organized by Mrs.
Garland Williams, principal, and E.
R. Wells, district manager of the
Carolina Motor Club.
Several weeks ago the safety pat-
j rol movement was inaugurated here
; with formation of a unit at Marion
C. T. Matthews, direc-
i tor of the traffic and safety depart-
came to Marion
to
Mr. James read a poem on "Pity”
that was enjoyed and appreciated by
his audience.
Sixty baskets of Christmas cheer
Mr. F. R. Richardson, superinten
dent of schools, and other officials
are thoroughly in sympathy with
the ■ club’s accident prevention Snd
the members of the patrol are meet-
clash between sheriff’s deputies and
strikers. Eleven farmers and one
carpenter compose the jury.
Solicitor J. Will Pless, Jr., of Ma
rion, who heads the prosecution
counsel, announced that the state
would seek a verdict of second de
gree murder. Conviction on this
charge carries with it a sentence of
from two to thirty years.
Clyde R. Hoey, representing the
defense in the murder trial of the
eight deputy sheriffs who went on
trial at Burnsville . last Tuesday
morning announced shortly after
the opening of court that their plea
was “not guilty” to either of the
two counts on which they were in
dicted.
The eight deputies on trial for the
fatal shooting are Robert Ward, »B.
L. Robbins, W. A. Fender, T. M.
Greene, William Twiggs, Dave Jar-
rett, Jim Owens and Charlie Tate.
The trial was transferred to Yan
cey from McDowell upon motion of
the state. The change of venue was
garnted by Judge G. V. Cowper of
Kinston, who is presiding at Burns
ville, after it was shown by state
and defense that prejudices existed
in McDowell county.
A formidable array of counsel
represents the state and defense, re
spectively. In addition to the solici
tor the state is represented by A.
Hall Johnston of Asheville, D. F.
Giles of Marion, who represented
the strikers during the labor difficul
ties in Marion last summer, and
Charles Hutchins of Burnsville.
. J. 4.U J J ing with splendid co-operation. The
will be given away to the needy and t i j % u 4-
- ® ^ 11 4^ patrols are composed of honor stu-
unfortunate in McDowell county by ^ ^ t.- i. j rn. •
I. t:. u V dents from the higher grades. Their
the Kiwanis Club. Each member of . . . i. ..i. i. i
' mission IS to teach the younger chil-
this organization is giving five dol
lars -toward this basket fund. The
club will hold its regular meeting
Tuesday, December 24th at one o’
clock. Luncheon will not be served.
After current business is disposed
of, in as brief a manner as possible,
every Kiwanian will load their car
with baskets of Christmas joy and
deliver them throughout the county
that afternooil.
TWO MEN ARRESTED
FOR STEALING
DRESS
Two aliens, Melvin Burchfield
and Lamp Farley, of Elizabethton,
Tenn., who moved here recently to
work in the hosiery mills of this
city, were arrested last Sunday for
stealing a dress that Mrs. Jacob
Smith had finished altering and had
hung up in the back part of the lob
by of the McDowell Hotel.
Policemen Allison and Nichols,
who were standing on the outside of
the hotel, knew they were suspici
ous looking characters and watched
them. Allison saw Farley take the
dress and tuck it underneath the
bib of his overalls. When the two
men were about to leave, the officers
tapped them on the arm and march
ed them over to the jail house, there
to let them reflect in complete soli
tude for their misdemeanor.
dren to walk instead of run across
streets, not play in the streets and
cross highways and streets at regu
larly designated intersections and
not “jay-walk.” The patrolmen are
posted on sidewalk curbs and do not
go into the streets to direct vehicu
lar traffic.
“Through organization and equip
ment of safety patrols and fostering
educational measures in promoting
safety methods among children and
adults, the Carolina Motor Club is
taking the lead in North Carolina in
an effort to cut down traffic acci
dents,” Mr. Wells pointed out. “Last
year traffic accidents cost 675 lives
in North Carolina, 136 of the vic
tims being school children under 15
years of age. There were 27,000 fa
talities from this cause in the nation
last year.”
Raleigh, Dec. 4.—North Carolin
ians under a proclamation issued by
Governor O. Max Gardner are called
upon to “live at home” the week of
December 15 to 21.
By “live at home” the chief exec
utive explained, he means to feature
North .Carolna grown products up
on the household table, in the groc
ery stores, and whatever Tar Heels
gather about the festive board.
He called upon civic clubs, minis-
,ters, judges, and all other citizens
to emphasize living at home during
the week.
Governor Gardner pointed out in
his proclamation that while North [
Carolina produces almost every ar
ticle of food needed to grace a table,
thousands of dollars are spent each
year to bring foodstuffs into the
state. Referring to this, he declared
it “economically unsound and as a
practical matter wholly unnecessa
ry.”
The proclamation setting aside the
week for calling attention of North
Carolinians to the basic foods and
table luxuries their state produces
is part of the governor’s agricultural
program, launched soon after his
inauguration. Principal emphasis so
far has bee^ given to urging farmers
to use purebred seed and livestock
and to market their produce upon
econoriiically sound principles.
In connection with “live at home
week the governor will give newspa
per folk of the state a banquet at
the executive mansion on December
19 with the menu to be made up en-
shall be served and in this let them
enlist the active co-operation and
participation of the farmers and
their wives. It would not be improp
er, I think, and would certainly be
highly useful for the ministers of
the gospel to set aside Sunday, the
fifteenth, for a sermon on the sub
ject of living at home. When the
wice Joseph was confronted by the
prospect of a food shortage, he ad
opted practical measures for meet
ing the crisis and thereby saved
from hunger his own people in an
other land.
“Let the superior court judges
call this situation to the attention of
■PORT FILED BY
HIGHWAY PATROL
Motorcycle Officers in Thui
District 5topped 1,836 Cars
During November.
According to the monthly report
of Lieut. R. H. Beck, of the eighth
district state highway patrol, 1,836
automobiles were stopped during
grand juries and let the home and I NoA^ember.
There were 94 arrests made for
alleged violations of the state higli-
farm demonstration agents make
this program their slogan. Let the
retail grocers co-operate by adver
tising each week some North Caroli
na product and let the woman’s
clubs build their programs around
this movement. Let the attention of
the eight hundred thousand school
children of North Carolina be focus
ed upon it by appropriate exercises.
And let the heads of every state in
stitution and of the department of
agriculture assist in practical ways
in carrying forward this program
upon the success of which the hap
piness and prosperity of all the peo
ple of the state so vitally depend.”
HAWN AND BEAM PICK
ALL CONFERENCE TEAM
tirely from foodstuffs produced in
North Carolina.
After the 1929 football season
was well under way the coaches and
school authorities met and decided
to form an athletic conference that
would suit the needs of the teams
in this section of the state. This con
ference was formed and called the
Western ^ Athletic Association of
North Carolina. Superintendent
Carver of the Hickory Public
Schools
the new organization. ^
This association was divided into
I two sections of ten schools each.
The western section includes; Mar-
wajj^ motor laws. A total of $1,375.-
95 jwas collected from these viola
tors. The patrolmen spent 1375
hoi^s on duty and traveled 11,068
miles on their motorcycles.
Only one was killed in the eighth
distinct and ten were injured. Other
act^ties reported by the patrolmen
follows: Accidents, 16; sentence
years and 4 months; total li^ts
fixed, at station, 684; reckless driv
ers,’ 6; drunken drivers, 9; improper
licehfie, 35; without license, 12; lost
tag^j 5; motorists warned about vio-
latiphs, 1,742; courtesies extended,
81 ;i parked on highway, 249; passing
irves, 38; passing on hill, 29;
|ng the road, 163; hearse driv-
|l5; total number of cards is-
230; total cars stopped, 1,836.
ICHFIELD WOMEN
ENTER KITCHEN CONTEST
On Saturday, December 14th, the
kitchens of twelve of the Clinchfield
women will be judged for first place
in a contest which is being put on by
the Home Economics Department o'f
diclaied'presidenrof Clinchfield School. These kitch
ens will be scored on the following
points:
General appearance; color scheme,
10 points; arrangement of equip
ment, 15 points; cleanliness, 30
points; necessary equipment, small
(eggt beaters, double boilers, spatu-
i ion, Lenoir, Morganton, Hickory,
! Shelby, Rutherfordton, Forest City,
Text of Proclamation i Hendersonville, Canton and Way- , . - ,
The proclamation of the governor! nesville. • Every season this asocia-t points; Ige. (stools, gar-
follows in full: | tion will declare a winning team!^^^® wood boxes, tables, etc.)
“The people of the state lare send-, and some reward will be given that j ^
ing out of the state annually for the I team. The association will also pick; P”
purchase of food and feedstuffs a I an all-conference team. | given by some of the merch-
sum in excess of $250,000,000. An i Due to the fact that this associa-I Marion. They are as follows:
Seven attorneys represent the de- ^he extent of this collossal^ tion was not formed until about the I First, an electric toaster. Second,
drain upon our I’esources and earn- middle of the football seasop a i^” aluminum roaster. Third, a set
ings may^ be obtained from some champion team will not be declared j china dinner plates, given by the
simple comparative statistics. It this year. But with, the schedules ™cDowell Hardware Co. Fourth, an
The prizes for the contest have
fense: Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby, W.
T.Morgan, Fred Washburn and Wal
lace Winborne of Marion; and E. F.
Watson, D. R. Fouts and G. D. Bai-1
ley, of Burnsville.
NEBO SCHOOLS TO GIVE
PROGRAMS fiEXT FRIDAY
PENLAND-WALL WEDDING
The marriage of Miss Jennie Wall
to Mr. C. W. Penland on December
4th has been announced by the
bride’s parents. Mrs. Penland is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. G.
Wall of Marion, N. C.
Mr. Penland is employed by the
Southern Railway Company in
Asheville. Mr. and Mrs. PeiUand
will make their home m West
Asheville.
“ON WITH THE SHOW”, with a
east heaUby BETTY COMPSON.
is a gorgeous, spectacular, and lav-
ishly produced ALL-COLO
that you will enjoy seeing. At Man-
on Theatre next Monday and Tue .
YOUNG COUPLE MARRIED
TWICE WITHIN TEN DAYS
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mace, who
live in the northern part of McDow
ell county, have the right to boast
that they are well married.
On November 27th, Clarence
Mace and Miss Eula Wacaster ob
tained a marriage license from the I Martha
Nebo, Dec. 9.—On Friday evening
at 7:30 a Christmas operetta will be
given by the Primary grades of Ne-1
bo school and everyone is specially
invited to be present. It is hoped
that all will come to see these little
folks give their program. There will
be no admission charges. The oper
etta is “The Kidnapping of Santa
Claus,” by Effa E. Preston and
George W. Wilmont.
The eleventh grade of Nebo High
School has put out some very nice
shrubbery in front of the building.
As you pass the school, look and see
what our eleventh grade is doing for
our school in appreciation of the
values the school has gfiven them.
Friday morning the ninth grade
will give a program and they wish
to invite the public to their program
On Friday morning, Dec. 20, the
eighth grade is giving a Christmas
program and this grade is very anx
ious for parents and friends to come
and be a part in their program.
The honor roll for third school
month is as follows: firet grade: Ray
Simmons, Lucille • Simmons, and
Margaret Moore; 2nd grade, Annie
Laura Hollifield, C. H. Simmons,
McGimsey, Mary Louise
would, for example, be sufficient to' and the result of these schedules 1 mixing bowl,
pay the total property tax, town and i Coaches Hawn and Beam declare j. following women are enter-
county, for four years. It is nearly the Marion grid team the unofficial i contest: Mrs. T. V. Ellis,
twice as much as North Carolina has! Western North Carolina Conference ' Hensley, Mrs. J. C. Nor-
spent on roads over a 10-year peri-! Champion. Marion has played her I Myrtle Arrowood, Mrs. J-
register of deeds of McDowell coun-j Moore, and Jamie Nelson; 3rd grade
ty, took the license to Spruce Pine, | Georgia Burkhart, Jenrie Dyson,
Mitchell county, and were married I Thelma Simmons, Nona Snypqa; 4th
there on the same day by a regular
ordained minister.
After the ceremony, they return
ed to McDowell cunty and settled
down to “live happily ever after”,
but when the marriage license was
returned to the McDowell county
register of deeds, he promptly in
formed the young couple that they
were not legally married, and that
they had best be married in McDow
ell, the county where the license was
issued.
Last Saturday they appeared be
fore T. B. Conley, a McDowell coun
ty justice of the peace, and renewed
their vows in holy matrimony, and
returned home to celebrate their
second honeymoon.
grade, Alva Snypes, Alonzo Watson,
Margaret Wessinger; 5th frade,
Louise Jamison, Doris Moore, John
Dyson, Robert Simmons; 6th gfrade.
Anna Simmons, Margaret Wilson,
Hattie Seagle; 7th grade, Karl
Brown, Claudia Chapman, Marga
ret Moore, Catherine Watson; 8th
grade, Edith Hollifield, Virginia
Early; 9th grade, Marshall Poteat,
and Burley Snypes; 10th grade, Ella
Bates Ray, and Maude Watson; 11th
grade, Mabel Gibbs and Lillian
Helms.
Sullivan, Mrs. L. M. Early, Mrs.
A. C. Ferguson, Mrs. R. B. Baker
and Mrs. L. C. Duncan.
The homes of these women will be
opened to the public on Saturday'
od. It amounts to $81 annually, for five conference games without de-
every man, woman and child in the j feat and no other team in the asso-
state, or more than $400 for the av-; ciation has done that. Morganton
erage family. ; and Hickory were both undefeated
“This state of affairs is economi-lbut one or l^'o games were tied in'
cally unsound, and, as a practical; each case, so Marion should be ■ to the friends and others
matter, wholly unnecessary. With' granted first place; j interested. It is hoped that
the exception of tropical fruits and ^ Both the Marion coaches picked a 1 come and see the improve-
spices. North Carolina can, by intel-! first and a second all-conference j ”^®”ts that have been made,
ligent application and planning, pro- j team. These teams, as selected,. ap- j Much interest is being shown by
ovorv -frknHdfnflF /»nncinTY»pH Ktkirkw [the woinen of the Community in
this contest.
The judges are Miss Annie Ben-
duce every foodstuff consumed by pear below
man and beast and now largely pur-j FIRST TEAM
chased from outside markets. Our 1 Position Name
School j
almost incomparable soil and climate I End Dorsev Forest Citv! ’ Asneville; Miss Mary
are admirably adapted to the li:::: TOSklFore^t
duction of corn, wheat, rye, potatoes j Tackle Gilkey Marion i Wilson, of Marion.
beans, celery, lettuce, tomatoes, ap- Tackle Conley _ Morganton
pies, peaches, and all the great sec
ondary crops of hogs, cattle, poultry
milk and butter.
Equipped to Live at Home
“No state in the American union
is better equipped by nature to ‘live
at home’ and no state is more depen
dent upon outside sources for almost
every food necessity. We dissipate
what might easily be converted into
a gigantic surplus to meet this annu
MRS. CHARITY E. SISK
IS CLAIMED BY DEATH
Guard Williams Canton 1
Guard Justice Hendersonville I
Center Bowditch Marion | Ravages of fire claimed Mrs.
Quarterback- Mackeral Hickory | Charity E. Sisk, aged 88, and widow
Halfback Ouzts Marion j of the late R. Harrison Sisk, on last
Halfback _ F. Blanton Forest City j Friday 24 hours after her dress
____ Marion had accidentally caught fire from an
open-hearth fire. Mrs. Sisk was liv-
Fullback Rabb
SECOND TEAM
End Short Hickory
End Williams Marion
Tackle Fox Hickory
al deficit in the realm of elementary I Tackle Clay Marion
production. Money that could be | Guard Moore Marion
spent for better schools and homes j Guard HortoYi _ Forest City
and the comforts and conveniences Center Seaboch Hickory
of life goes for food and feedstuffs, j Quarterb’k Shackleford Waynesv’le
of a frequently inferior quality, (Halfback Rash Lenoir
when almost everything we need
could be economically produced on
our dwn farms and in our own gar
dens.
“Now, therefore, I, Oliver Max
Gardner, governor of North Caroli
na, with a view to focussing the at
tention of the peple upon what ap
pears to me to be their greatest sin-
Halfback Newton Hickorj’
Fullback __ Lipscombe Rutherf’dt’n
In making the above selections
Coach Hawn and Coach Beam con
sidered the teams played, the re
sults, and the experience and age of
the players. The coaches were of
the opinion that there were no out
standing ends in the conference this
gle present need, and in pursuance season. They also attempted no hon-
of my general agricultural and ‘live' orable mention because it would
at home’ program, do designate and make the list too drawn out. How
ing at the home ^of her son, W. B.
Sisk, in Marion whei^ the fatal ac
cident occurred.
Mrs. Sisk was. bom and reared in
McDowell county, and never moved
from the county during her life.
She was a member of the Harmony
Grove Baptist church for 75 years.
This church is the oldest church in
McDowell county, organized in 1844
The interment took place at the Har*
mony Grove Baptist church with
Rev. W. F. McMahan officiating.
She is survived by three sons and
six daughters, namely: J. M. and W.
B. Sisk, ef Marion; R. F. Sisk, of
Forest City; Mrs. Mary Dixon, of
Marion; Mrs. Maggie Toney, Drex-
el; Mfs. Carrie Gettys, of Glen Al
pine; Mrs. Sallie Taylor, of Morgan
ton; Mrs. Frances Helms, of. Monroe
Don’t miss seeing the ALL-COL
OR musical extravaganza “ON
WITH THE SHOW’\ at Marion
Theatre next Monday and Tuesday.' produtcs
set apart the week of December 15-i ever, there might have been a slight j and Mrs. Harriett Smalley, of Cow-
21 as ‘live at home week’ and to |this j change in the star team selection if i pens, S. C. There are also 55 grand-
end urgently request the co-opera- j several conference players had not
tion of all the people. I suffered injuries during the season.
“ Let the civic and luncheon clubs!For example: Newton of Hickory
and the chambers o commerce hold a | would have had a first place posi-
dinner at which nothing but the tion if he had played the entire sea-
of North Carolina farms son.
children, and 77 great grand-chil.
dren.
“On To The Show” at Marion
Theatre to see “ON WITH THE
SHOW”. Next Monday and Tuesday^
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