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adyertise in THE progress IT PAYS * MARION PROGRESS THIRTY-FIVE YEARS | YOUR HOME | PAPER A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY ESTABLISHED 1896 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1931 * VOL. XXXV—NO. 41 WOMAN'S CLUB TO HOLD FLOWER SHOW Movement Started Two Years Ago Will Be Continued with Public Display May 27. The annual flower show which -was inaugurated by Mrs. Annie Mil ler Pless two years ago and held each year at her home on North Main street, will be held again at the home of Mrs. Pless on Wednes day afternoon, May 27, at four o' clock. The Junior Woman's Club is co operating this year with Mrs. Pless in giving the show; the committee from the club is composed of Mrs. E. A. Beaman, chairman, Mrs. R. B. Crisp and Mrs. C. A. Harris. The affair will be open to the pub lic and all who are interested are in- j vited to bring exhibits and attend the show. It is hoped to have at least two of |he judges from out of town. The exhibits will be numbered and no names will appear thereon until after the judges have decided the winners of ribbons. The following awards will be giv- \ en: First awards—Blue Ribbons. 1. Best Roses. 2. Best Poppies. 3. Best Peonies. 4. Best arrangement of Flowers (may use mixture). I 5. Best Reproduction (copy of picture of arrangement of flowers, picture to accompany exhibit.) Red ribbons will be awarded for the second best of each appearing in the list above. Honorable mention will *be given exhibits ranking next after the red ribbon class. The ribbons will be hand painted by Mrs. R. B. Crisp and will be something that e^ch winner can be proud of from an artistic standpoint, as well as being symbolic of a suc cessful flower grower. Tables for a luncheon and break fast will be arranged by some of the members of the Junior Woman's ■Club, showing the use of flowers in table decorations. There will be no competition inthese, however. Refreshments will be served out of doors, weather permitting, giving all a chance to view the lovely flow ers and grounds of Mrs. Pless. A few rules for exhibitors in the shows are given: 1. All flowers to be grown by ex hibitor. 2. All exhibits must be on display at the home of Mrs. Ples9 not later than three o'clock Wednesday af ternoon, May 27. 3. Each person may display three exhibits. Everyone who has flowers in yard or garden are invited and urged to bring and put them on exhibition, and all who are interested, whether having exhibits or not, are cordially invited to attend and see the display FIDDLERS AND BANJOI5T3 HEAR KING COLE'S CALL It's a pity King Cole is dead! He's the man of whom it's said: Old King Cole was a merry old soul, A merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, He called for his bowl, He called for his fiddlers three. If old King Cole lived at this time, and anywhere within a thousand miles of Marion, he'd never miss the fiddlers convention in the high gchool auditorium next Saturday night, May 23. The fiddlers three have increased some since Cole's days, and they'll all be there, with banjoists, guitarines, ukelelers, yod Jers, warblers, and garglers. The convention is open to the public, to participate in the program or in the capacity of innocent by standers. Those who are not accom panied by a musical instrument—vo cal or mechanical— will be charged for the privilege. The American Le gion, sponsor for the entertainment, will retain a portion of the incre ment. Commander Noell and associ ates invite hearty co-operation in the dual object of making a bit of jack while providing an evening of delightfully wholesome afumsement for the whole family. Vibrations in the innermost core of the atom have been proved to ex ist by firing high speed alpha rays in to aluminum atoms. MAY QUEEN CROWNED AT MARION CITY SCHOOL Clear skies and warm spring sun shine contributed generously to the success of the May Day pageant of Marion city school held Friday af ternoon on the athletic fitld. How ever, preliminary training under ca pable leadership and with loyal co operation caused the proceedings to click with machine-like precision throughoilt. Favorable comment was excited by the orderly manner in which the several grades marched on the field, led by the boys band; in the pageant preceding the corona tion ceremony, beautiful costumes, perfect poise of the little girls and clear enunciation of those having speaking parts was particularly no ticeable. It was a lovely scene in which Dorothy Wilkinson was crowned Queen of the May; and yet, amid all the color of many flowers and throngs of pretty girls, none was more beautiful than Queen Dorothy herself. After this event, children of all the grades up to the seventh took pai~t in the drills, dances, plays, and all those things which delight the eye and at the same time make for grace, control, and precision in the minds and bodies of the young. The perfect day, first of a late spring, brought out an unusual num ber of spectators who were delighted with the program. While the beauty of the scene as a whole was greatly admired, everyone present realized that careful planning and attention to detail had made the program the success it was. All the teachers of the grades taking part were present assisting in the management; much of the success was due to prepara tion that has been taking place dur ing the past weeks. The committee in charge was Miss Ethel Covington, chairman; Mrs. G. B. Finley, Mr9. A. A. Morris, and Mrs. I. A. Holland. HOME-MADE GOODS SHOWN "MADE IN CAROLINA WEEK" Officials of the Merchants Associa tion and the Chamber of Commerce are working on a display of North Carolina made merchandise to be made "Made in Carolina Week" June 1 to 6. The vacant store in the Merchants and Farmers Bank block, formerly occupied by Lavitt's De partment store will be used for the purpose. Products of 23 McDowell county manufacturing plants as well as goods made in other parts of the State and handled by local merch ants will be shown. This is in line with Governor Gardner's proclama tion, which says, in part: "I urge particularly the manufacturers and merchants of the State to use every facility at their command to famil iarize the public with the industrial products of North Carolina to the end that a better appreciation may be had of their place in the lives of the people and that further develop ment may be encouraged." Exhibits will be arranged accord ing to plans suggested by the division of commerce and industry of the de partment of conservation and devel j opment. It is expected at this time ! that groups from the women's clubs | of Marion will be in charge of the | store, to inform the public of the ! purposes of the show and explain any details connected therewith. MOBILE MOLASSES MIXED IN SUNDAY MOTOR WRECK Mr. and Mrs. John W. Moore, of i Raleigh, received minor injuries ' when their car overturned on the curve at Clinchfield Sunday morning Mrs. Moore had a number of cuts on the face, none serious; Mr. Moore was also slightly bruised. The car was considerably damaged. After being treated by Dr. G. S, Kirby the pair were little the worse physically, but were far from being happy. They were returning from ! mobile,, and had a gallon jug of Ala i bama black strap molasses, of which ! both it seems are devoted lovers. In the mixup, the jug was broken and contents spilled, spreading over wearing apparel and everything in side the car. The result was, as a witness said, a sight to behold. SPECIAL BOARD MEETING Elsewhere in this paper forpial notice is given of a special meeting I of the board of county commission ! ers, to be held Tuesday, May 26, in the courthouse. The purpose of the meeting is to amend a resolution regarding the renewal of notes for general county school purposes. ALL DAY MEETING FOR FIFTH SUNDAY All McDowell Baptists Wan ted at Clear Creek for Great Event of the Year. All superintendents of Sunday Schools of the Blue Ridge Baptist Association have been requested to call off the usual morning hour for the fifth Sunday in May to give ev erybody an opportunity to attend the big all-day mass meeting at Clear Creek on that day. W. T. Mor gan, formerly moderator of the As sociation, Rev. Oi L. McGinnis, and others active in church work of the county, are working to make, it the greatest event of the year for the Baptist denomination. Superintendents and all officers of the Sunday Schools, the congrega tion's and members of classes in all the churches of the county are urg ed to attend. All who can are asked to bring baskets of dinner to be spread on a common table for the entertainment of a vast crowd ex pected to attend. No set program is being prepared; the proceedings will be informal, to give pastors of churches and all ministers of the Association an op portunity to take part in an open meeting and discussion of matters vital to church growth. Sunday School officers and all others interes ted will have full opportunity to present views tending to arouse in terest in church work and promote growth of spiritual influences, i Efforts are being made to give the widest publicity throughout the As sociation to the gathering, in order that the largest crowd yet assembled at any Baptist meeting may be pres j ent at Clear Creek Baptist church at Garden City, Sunday, May 31, all ; day. TEACHERS ON PARADE AT KIWANIS CLUB MEETING I F. R. Richardson was program chairman but conveniently called himself out of town, turning1 over to , Miss Kate Zimmerman the business 1 of entertaining the Kiwanis Club Tuesday morning. Members present ! voted it an excellent substitution, I not loving Caesar less but Rome j more. | Miss Zimmerman presented first a i mixed quartet, Misses Annie McCall and Virginia Gilkey, Harold Klontz and Frank Hunt; Mrs. E. C. Klontz was heard in a vocal solo. John Can tarell, piano solo. Mrs. Klontz also sang her original composition, "What's the Matter with the Moon?" Miss Ethel Spratt, professor of English on the high school faculty, gave running biographical sketches of her colleagues. Of the 26 ladies and gentlemen, 13 are married and 13 single, 6 of the latter being mortgaged, she said. Some were compared with movie stars, often to the disadvantage of the star; pecu liarities, foibles, and propensions of each were given in detail. J. Q. Gilkey and W. T. Morgan, with others, brought forth the hos pital question. Suggestions were made for an early opening of the hospital for the great benefit of the public. Mention was made of the fact, not generally known perhaps, that the Duke estate pays one dollar per day for each charity patient cared for, which benefit is now be j ing lost. W. N. C. A. A. MEETING IN HICKORY, MONDAY Superintendent F. R. Richardson and Hugh F. Beam represented Mar ion high school at the second annual meeting of the Western and Pied mont divisions of the W. N. C. Ath letic Association, held in Hickory last Monday. Among the speakers was Coach Reece, of State College, a former Notre Dame star and member of Rockne's famous four horsemen. All business before the meeting was cleared up, a very fine spirit prevail ing. Winners in the all-conference baseball team will be announced at an early date, together with football schedules for next season. PLANTGROWING FIRM The new firm of Laughridge and Nichols can hardly be beat growing garden plants. Their tomato beds are flourishing at the South end of the courthouse. BRUMMIH SPEAKS, PLEASANT GARDENS Attorney General Delivers Ad dress Before Senior Class Friday Evening, May 22. Honorable Dennis G. Brummitt, State Attorney General, will deliver the literary address of the Pleasant Gardens school senior class Friday evening, May 22, at 8 o'clock. The school considers it very fortunate to have the pleasure of having this man from our state capitol to speak to the people of the county at Pleasant Gardens school. Mr. Brummitt is quite well known for his work in the state, and especially for his interpre tation of the new school law, and his interest in other phases of educa tion. His subject has not yet been announced, but whatever it may be, it merits the attention of the people of McDowell county. Mr. Brummitt's speech will follow a brief graduation exercise and the delivery of diplomas to the high school seniors and certificates to the seventh grade. I OUTDOOR FIESTA, MUSIC, PLAY, AT CLINCHFIELD Miss Ruth Greenlee and associates brought Clinchfield school to a close with a series of entertainments that began Thursday evening at 6:45 with a pageant on the campus by the primary grades. Frances Sprinkle was crowned Queen of the May. A 1 number of dances, drills, a May pole, and other features of play ground activity were done by the : little folks before a large crowd of patrons and friends. • i Monday evening, the piano and voice pupils of Miss Ruth Tipton ap peared in a delightful program of vocal and instrumental numbers at the school auditorium. A dramatiza tion of "Hiawatha" was given in the auditorium Tuesday evening by the higher classes. The seventh grade gave a play, "Miss Minerva and Wil liam Green Hill", in the auditorium Saturday night Appreciative audiences were pres ent on each occasion, encouraging to the young folks and gratifying to those who work untiringly for the j promotion of good influences. Miss ! Greenlee, Miss Anne Porter, and others of the faculty were gracious ly hospitable and attentive to the comfort and pleasure of the many who enjoyed the programs. OLD FORT FINALS BEGIN NEXT SUNDAY, MAY 24 * | Principal S. B. Smithey of the Old Fort School announces the following program of commencement exercises | Sunday, May 24, 8:00 p. m., bac calaureate sermon by Dr. John E. Calfee, president Asheville Norma! School. This will be a union service with all the ministers of the various churches in Old Fort taking part. Monday, May 25, 8:00 p. m., mus ic recital by Miss McCall's music class. Tuesday, May 26, 8:30 p. m., the Senior Class Day exercises. Thursday, May 28, 8:30 p. m., the graduating exercises and an address by Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president of j the Appalachian State Teachers' Col lege, Boone, N. C. Friday, May 29, 3:00 p. m., base | ball game with Asheville Senior High at Old Fort. Friday, May 29, 8:30 p. m., a play, "Safety First", will be given by the high school students. All of these programs are free to the public with the exception of the baseball game and the play, "Safety First." A small fee will be charged for these to help defray the expenses of commencement. ATTEND REIDSVILLE MEET OF RED MEN, POCAHONTAS A delegation representing Etowah Tribe attended the Red Men's con vention in Reidsville May 12, 13, 14, The 600 delegates representing 7, 000 members of the State, were de lightfully entertained by the people | of Reidsville besides the interesting daily sessions of the council. Local people who took part were i Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Landis, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. A j E. Jarrett. Mrs. Landis and Mrs, Jarrett are officers of the Great Council of North Carolina. McPAR HOSIERY MILL IS ENLARGING PLANT The outlook for better business is sufficiently encouraging to warrant McPar Hosiery Mill in purchasing additional machinery and make a substantial extension of their manu facturing plant. C. R. McCall is president, and E. W. Parker secre tary and tareasurer. Just recently, twenty-two new knitting machines have been install ed and are now in operation; seven ribbers and seven loopers were ad ded at the same time. This increases the daily production 150 dozen pairs of socks; as the capacity was alrea dy 2,600 dozen pairs per week, with the new machines the mill is now turning out 3,500 dozen pairs of socks weekly. About twenty percent increase in number of employees and payroll is also brought about. Demand for their product is good, Mr. McCall said, and the price is fair. The mill has been running con tinuously and is now operated at full capacity with no indication of any letup. The extension to the building, now being commenced, is the first unit of a structure that will reach j from the present one to Henderson J street, and when completed will be two floors 36 feet wide by 95 feet long. It is not expected that the full length will be built for some time, but additions will be made as re quired by expansion of the business. The business, Mr. McCall said, is steadily growing. Beginning in a j small way, extensions have been made as demand for their product i increased, and this policy will be continued in the future. SATURDAY WILL BE POPPY DAY IN MARION Each year the wearing of the pop py in memory of the World War dead has become more general, Mrs. J. C. Bowman, president of the Am erican Legion Auxiliary, said yester day in announcing the annual poppy j sale to be held here Saturday. "Poppy Day" will be observed \ nationally on May 23, the Saturday before Memorial Day. Hundreds of disabled veterans, working under Auxiliary direction in government hospitals, have been given employ ment for several months making the huge supply of poppies sold on these i occasions. Approximately 100,000 volunteer workers from the Auxili ary throughout the United States will offer the poppies on the streets May 23, and receive in exchange contributions for the welfare of dis abled veterans, their families, and dependents of the dead. The poppy was first adopted as , the memorial flower of the Legion at the national convention in Cleve land, in 1920. The first nation-wide ! sale was conducted in 1921, and that year the Legion Auxiliary made the poppy its memorial flower, at the convention in Kansas City. Other or ganizations also conduct poppy sales but the Legion and Auxiliary's vet eran-made poppy, sold entirely by volunteer workers, can be easily identified by the official emblem on each flower. Groups of Marion young ladies will be out early Saturday morning offering for sale the blood-red pop pies made by veterans to benefit dis abled veterans in hospitals. It is be lieved that a million more Americans than usual will wear poppies this year on "Poppy Day"—join the pro cession and wear a poppy next Sat urday. PLAY AT EAST MARION; CLOSES FRIDAY NIGHT Closing exercises of East Marion school will be held in the school au ditorium Friday night, May 22, at 8:00 o'clock. A play, "The Doo-Fun ny Family", will be given by the seventh grade. J After the play, the graduating ex j ercises will take place, prizes award j ed and certificates given. Miss Stacy I invites all the patrons and friends of the school to attend the program. A GROWING CONCERN Increase is the natural order of all things in life. A stock of goods grows if the merchant is prospering, but the Magness Company furniture stock has a new line of growth, j About six weeks ago, some rustic garden seats made of green willow were put in place. Immediately sev eral pieces put forth young sprouts which grew rapidly. One of the piec ; es still on the floor has a number of branches in healthy, vigorous condi tion, some as long as ten inches. INCREASE ACREAGE IN COUNTY FARMS More Fertilizer Used and Work Advanced Over Pre vious Years. Building Soil. Farm work in McDowell county, at this time, is not only considerably advanced over recent years, but more acreage is under cultivation, this year than formerly, it is learn ed from farmers and others interes ted in agriculture. J. D. Blanton, in close touch with agricultural conditions in the coun ty through his own holdings of farm lands and dealings with a large num ber of citizens who till the soil, says the fine open weather in the early part of the year was favorable for preparation of lands and was used to advantage by many progressive farmers. Mr. Blanton stated also that the number of people who have gone back to the "farm to make a living" is considerable, and that any such who are really making anx honest effort to accomplish some thing are finding little difficulty in securing needful assistance. R. L. Greenlee, T. H. Bartlett, C. Y. Gilliam and J. H. L. Miller report increased use of fertilizers and soiL buildijig legumes, and noticeable ac tivity in the preparation and seeding of increased acreage of McDowell crops. All those named are firm be lievers in taking care of the land—• feed the land and the land feeds the farmer—and say the policy of using means to build and maintain fertile soil is growing. County Agent Smarr using State and Federal agencies, is constantly keeping this idea working A. F. Wagner, unloading a ship ment of fertilizer, said his sales, at the McDowell Produce Company, have been very much better this year, havirg sold over 200 tons and much slag already to 100 or more farmers. He also reports unusual ac tivity along all lines in agriculture, having sold a quantity of soybeans and other farm seeds. Mr. Wagner says the work going on now is dou ble that of two years ago. He is buy ing about 1,000 pounds of poultry weekly from county poultrymen, paying the market price through the week. Mr. Wagner said countygrown corn is becoming scarce, although he has bought a large amount this sea son, grinding some 250 bushels of McDowell corn daily; most of this, meal is sold locally. DR. MARR WILL PREACH AT NEBO COMMENCEMENT Principal N. L. Wessinger announ ces the closing of Nebo high school next Wednesday night, May :27.r when a class of seven, four young men and three young ladies, will bo given their diplomas. On Sunday afternoon, May 24, at 3:30 o'clock, Dr. T. F. Marr, pastor of the First Methodist church of Marion, will preach the commence ment sermon. Monday will be Class Day; at 8:00 o'clock in the evening, the senior class will appear in a play, "Judgment Bar." Tuesday evening, May 26, two plays will be given, one by the sen iors and the other by mixed high classes. The 'graduating exercises will take place at 8:00 o'clock Wed nesday evening. Dr. P. L. Elliott, president of Western North Carolina Teachers College, at Cullowhee, will be the speaker. Diplomas "will be given to the fol lowing: Misses Ella Ray, Mary Sim mons, and Maud Watson; Harry Hemphill, James Middleton, James Parks, and Elven Teague. There will be no charge for any of these programs except on Tuesday night. ~ METHODIST CONFERENCE IN RUTHERFORDTON I The annual session of the Marion District Conference of the Method ist church was held in Rutherfordton Tuesday and Wednesday, under the supervision of Rev. E. W. Fox, of Marion, presiding elder. Rev. T. F. Marr and other ministers of the county with delegates from five counties were in attendance. Delegates elected by the First Methodist church of Marion, to at tend the conference, were Eugene Cross, G. W. Chapman, Frank R. Richardson, H. D. Bishop; alternates J. F. Jonas, J. F. Wilkinson, Mrs, i Annie Miller Pless.
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