MARION PROGRESS
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MARION, N. C.
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MARION, N. C„ MAY 28, 1931
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POPPY SALE MAKES RECORD,
FOR SICK VETERAN RELIEF
The annual poppy sale to raise
funds for veterans in hospital and
dependents of deceased veterans
reached a success last Saturday nev
er before attained. Twelve hundred
of thenational Legion flowers, made
by vterans in hospitals, were receiv
ed here, and over a thousand of
them were sold for $101 in cash.
The sale was well organized,which
made for success. Mrs. J. C. Bow
man, president of the Legion Auxili
ary, was ably assisted by others in
making and carrying out the plans.
A window at Streetman's was beau
tifully decorated in the form of a
memorial to the war dead. A num
ber of active young people were se
cured to sell the poppies on the
street. Mrs. J. F. Miller and Mrs. G.
Fred Washburn had the persistent
co-operation of Misses Frances Mc
Peeters, Mabel Bishop, Mary and
Margaret Edmondson, Margaret Gil
key, Estelle Washburn, Jane Street
man, Mary Lois Laughridge, Marjo
ry Mahonev, and Ruth Saunders in
street sales. Mrs. Bowman, acting as
cashier, was kept busy all day at
Streetman's counting the money
turned in, as a group would f'sell
out" and return for more poppies.
The sale was continued into the
night at the fiddlers convention. In
addition to those sold on the streets
in Marion, a supply was taken to
Cross Mill by W. G. Wilson, while C.
B. Landis had sales made in Clinch
field. Both helped out wonderfully,
their co-operation being very much
appreciated by the auxiliary.
MADE IN CAROLINA
Active preparations are under
way for "Made in Carolina Week"
which begins next Monday. Secreta
ry Kelley has had the vacant store
room at 5 North Main thoroughly
cleaned and put in shape for exhib
its of homemade merchandise to be
^installed this week.
Products of the twentj-three Mc
Dowell county manufactories will be
displayed in the store, as well as
Other merchandise made in the State
and carried in stock by local merch
ants. It is expected that clubwomen
of the county will be in charge to
"wait on" visitors to the show. Be
sides the exhibits in the general
store, members of the Marion Mer- j
chants Association will make espec- i
ial displays of Carolina made goods
in their own stores, Secretary Kelley
£ald.
Dean W. Tainter, president of the i
Merchants Association, C. F. James,
president, and Secretary Kelley of
the Commerce Chamber, have allot
ted space to the following named
manufacturers and business houses
of the county:
Cross Cotton Mills, Clinchfield
Mills, Marion Mills, Marion Prog
ress, Elizabeth James Mill, Drexel
Furniture, McDowell Furniture,
Teague Furniture, Marion Veneer
and Panel, Novelty Hosiery Mill,
Lake City Hosiery Mill, Gilkey
Homespun Weavers, Sevier Knitting,
Mill, McParr Hosiery Mill, U. S.
Leather Company, Catawba Furni
ture, Etta Paper Box Company, Mc
Dowell Produce Company, Pyatt's
Flour Mill, Beaman Lumber Compa
ny, Coca Cola Bottling Company, j
Marion Knitting Mill, Watkins I
Brothers, Rabb Grocery, McDowell
News, McDowell Hardware, South
ern Public Utilities.
Mr. Tainter stated that the show
room would be open to the public
from 9:00 a. m. until 5:00 p. m.
daily and until 9:00 p. m. Saturday.
"MIGHTY LAK A ROSE"
The city desk is gaily decorated.
Standing thereon is a tall vase bear
ing a cluster of superb roses, sent
with the compliments of Mrs. L. L.
Bolch. Buds, ready to burst forth
in fragrant bloom, are deep red; the
fullblown flower is radiantly pink,
fading to a delicate cerise with pass
ing days. These are unquestionably
prize-winners, and bring to the dull
den of daily drudgery a sweet aroma
like that from romantic isles of
spice. The world seems more kindly
"When You Look in the Heart of a
Rose."
W H. Whitten left Friday for
Knoxville, Tenn., where he will
.spend some time with relatives.
Mcdowell chapter meets,
RED CROSS ANNIVERSARY
Mrs. J. Garfield Beaman, director
of woman's work, was hostess to Mc
Dowell Chapter of the Red Cross on
last Thursday night, the fiftieth an
niversary of the founding of the
American branch of- the society. A
brief resume of recent work was
given and plans made for summer
activities.
Two hundred county families
having been supplied with garden
seed, it is the purpose of the chapter
to encourage vegetable canning on a
large scale. At an early date demon
strations will be held in the various
communities, showing the manner
of putting up fruits and vegetables.
In this way, it is hoped that many of
those who were given help in the
past winter will have put away
some food on their own account for
j the next. Fruit jars will be needed;
the chapter solicits contribution of
I fruit jars in any number or quantity
I the public may find convenient.
I In the absence of Chairman A. V.
Nolan, who was attending a school
commencement program, the vice
chairman, M. E. Kelley, presided
and reported that 131 white and 8
colored families were given food to
the value of $1,193.6;?; of these CO
were farm owners, G6 renters, 12
sharecroppers, 1 soldier family.
There were applications for 188
families, 49 of them found to be
not eligible.
Mrs. R. F. Burton, secretary of
the chapter, gave a short history of
the Red Cross in McDowell county.
It was organized, she said, July 9,
1917, with 106 members, and in
1918 had 259 members with several
auxiliary branches, including one
colored. Mrs. Burton reported a vast
amount of work done during the war
by the local chapter, sending many
things to the soldiers at the front,
and employing two graduate and
twenty volunteer nurses among the
sick.
A very pleasant social hour was
enjoyed after the session, during
which Mrs. Beaman served block ice
cream and cakes. Representatives
from Old Fort were Mr. and Mrs. S.
F. Mauney, Mrs. Geo. Sandlin, Mrs.
P. H. Mashburn, Mrs. J. M. Mash
burn, Mrs. H. C. Marley, Mrs. K. G.
Rhinehardt, Mrs. D. Y. Grant, S. B.
Smithey.
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BISHOP CAR STOLEN;
SECOND THEFT ATTEMPTED
Sunday night a bold thief made
away with the Buick automo
bile of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Bishop
whilV they sat in the First Methodist
church for the evening service. The
car had been parked on the curb on
Logan street, opposite the church,
and it is thought the thief simply
rolled it down the hill until a good
opportunity was at hand for starting
it.
Although Mr. Bishop took steps to
advertise the theft of the car, no
trace of it has been found, it having
vanished without a clew of any sort.
It is a dark blue fourdoor sedan
bearing N. C. License number 159
170.
The ease with which the Bishop
car was carried away must have en
couraged other such deeds. Tuesday
night about 10:00 o'clock, Mr9.
Charlie Burgin went to the street to
lock their Chrysler, left at the curb,
but the car wasn't there. Thinking
it may have rolled down the hill she
went to the curve at the foot of
South Main and saw a man trying to
start the Chrysler around the curve
on Morgan. He made a hasty geta
way, but left the car.
MRS. MANGUM PRESENTED .
GOODWILL TESTIMONIAL
Last Sunday morning at the close
of the Sunday School hour, Mrs. P.
D. Mangum was the recipient of a
handsome gift from the congrega
tion of the First Baptist church in
appreciation of her loyal and un
failing service as organist over a pe
riod of six years. At the request of
W. R. Chambers, chairman of the
board of deacons, the presentation
was made by M. W. Gordon, Jr.,who
referred to his own strong feeling
of personal friendship for the family
and that of the congregation, as well
as Mrs. Mangum's fidelity and devo
tion to duty, which, it was said had
been given withopt compensation.
Mrs. Mangum made a very eloquent
little speech. She said it was true
that the position did not pay a sala
ry in money, but was far from being
without compensation. It had been
worth a great deal, she said, to ren
der the service, it was a privilege to
play for the congregation, and a
rare pleasure to feel the response of
the congregation as they joined in
the singing. She said she hoped she
and Mr. Mangum would be joined in
' Heaven by all the congregations
they have known and that she could
have the biggest pipe organ to play
for them there.
! Contributions to the gift were
made by all organizations of the
church and Sunday School, through
Mrs. S. P. Daniels among the women
and C. A. Workman; the men..
DENNIS G- BRUMMITT
AT PLEASANT GARDENS
! A large and appreciative audience
listened to the address of Dennis G.
Brummitt, State Attorney General,
at Pleasant Gardens graduation ex
ercises May 22, at 8 o'clock p. m.
The subject of his address was "The
Purpose of an Education". He out
lined his speech under three major
topics: 1. An education should help
one to make a better living. 2. An
education should produce a more
civilized life. 3. An education should
add to the beauty of life.
He contrasted the opportunity of
boys and girls today and told of his
experiences in the old log school
houses years ago; touched upon the
question of taxation, and expressed
his "belief that the people of the
state demanded the present opportu
nities for their children. He illustra
ted the underlying reason for prog
ress in education when he said "I
never see a father with a lad by his
side who does not want the lad to
escape some of his father s mis
takes." This has brought better ad
vantages for children year after
year. Life is too brief and the meth
od too expensive to learn everything
by experience.
"Without material things," he
continued, "we cannot build a high
i social order. We could not have the
j present school system without mon
| ey. We must consume more and
I produce more. The life of a person
living in this age is much fuller of
opportunity for enjoyment than it
was at any previous age. King Hen
ry VII, with all his pomp, could not
hear "Amos and Andy" over the ra
dio as can the average boy and girl.
"And then education should pro
duce a move civilized person. \ou
are probably surprised at this state
ment. Every living organism has
i within it a surge to become some
thing better than it has been. So
may it be with our young people."
I Mr. Brummitt gave illustrations of
education as a character builder
"There are two great forces of
right behavior," Mr. Brummitt de
hlared, "that from without which is
law imposed for protection of the
innocent, and that from within
which is a desire to do right for the
sake of right. A high social order
cannot exist on fear of punishment
i only.
"Education should add to the
; beauty of life. It is beauty in its dif
ferent forms that takes away the
dreariness of life and adds glamor
to common things and events. We
find it in the rose at our ' door, in
the clear sky, in the stars, and in
the moonlight. We find it in the
smile of a little child, and in the rip
ple of waters; we find it in stories of
fairies and elves; we find it in music
and in art; we find it in the great
Bible stories, and in the life of Je
sus. Keep some of the illusions of
life; believe in Santa Claus, if you
wish; be a George Washington or a
King Arthur; continue to find some
thing of glamour after old age, for
it is this that relieves life of its
dreariness and sometimes of its de
spair."
"MAKING NEW FRIENDS
AND KEEPING THE OLD"
Oakland and Pontiac cars are sold
on the principle of making new
friends and keeping the old." It will
be good news to the public that Mar
ion Buick Company has added these
two good cars to the Buick agency,
making three popular General Mot
ors cars handled.
"The guiding spirit of the Oak
land Pontiac," the factory says, "is
to make every car so well that it will
inevitably make a friend." This spir
it, they say, will govern Morris
Laughridge, Arnold Morris and
Pete Bolch in selling and servicing
these cars. They have four of the
popular types just placed on the
floor, impressive in style, beauty,
and charm of graceful lines.
Several years have elapsed since
these two cars were sold in Marion;
those who do not know their fine
points are invited to call for adem
onstration.
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RESIDENCE CHANGES
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Wagner have
just moved from East Court to West
Court, occupying the R. L. James
place, opposite the high school build
ing, which was improved and freshly
painted for their use.
Mr. and Mrs. James, about the first
of the month, moved out to their
handsome residence in Gardne City,
a two-story structure just built on a
roomy lot southwest of the high
school.
WEEKEND AT BLACK BEAR
Joby Hawn, athletic director at
Marion high school before taking a
similar position with Winston-Salem,
jwas at Black Bear camp last week
end with a group of boys from his
school. Salisbury also had represen
tatives and a few from Marion went
out for the night.
H. B. Lavitt drove to Salisbury
Sunday to meet Mrs. Lavitt and
i their children, returning from a vis
jit with relatives in New York
SPEND-THE-DAY FEAST,
ROCKLEDGE-ON-THE-HILL
Half a hundred relatives gathered
i with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. L. Miller at
their country home, Rockledge-on
the-Hill, last Sunday for what has in
times past been described as an ante
bellum feast and spend-the-day par
ty. Sisters, brothers, in-laws and
numerous progeny enjoyed hours of
gossipy,conversation and a dinner
seldom seen since that word "de
pression" was invented. Served on
one long beautifully decorated ta
ble in the spacious dining room the
elegant repast was a delight to the
hearty and vigorous but torment to
any given to dyspeptics.
The guests entertained by Mr.
and Mrs. Miller were Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Neal, of Spartanburg, S. C.,
and family; Mr. and Mrs. W. K.
Keeter and family, of Morganton;
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morris and fam
ily, of Sugar Hill; Mr. and Mrs.
Roland Morris and family, Hickory;
I Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Poteat and fami
! ly, Nealsville; Mrs. A. C. Gardin
: and family, Nealsville; Mrs. H. P.
Keeter and family, and W. L. Mor
[ ris and family, of Marion.
$58,649.05 IN TAXES
UNCOLLECTED MAY 1
Revised and corrected figures give
the total collection of 1930 taxes in
McDowell county as $313,784.27,
as of May 1. Figures published at
the beginning of tthe month as stat
ed at that time, were approximate
only, final collections in outlying dis
tricts not having been reported in
time for publication.
The amount charged on the tax
books at the beginning of the collec
tion period, October 1, was $372,
433.32. Deducting the amount shown
I above there remained the sum of
$58,649.05 yet unpaid when the us
i ual period of payment closed April
30. The time having been extended
by the county commissioners for a
period of ninety days, the books will
remain open until August 1, at
which time sales of delinquent lands
will be made.
These figures were given out by
Miss Mary Alice Ballew, deputy col
lector in the office of Sheriff 0. F.
Adkins.
FIDDLERS GAVE PLEASURE
TO ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD
The secret is out; at last it has
been learned just what it takes to
get out a crowd in Marion! A fid
dler's convention will do the 'rick,
hundreds and hundreds of them
turning out Saturday night for the
program put on for the American
Legion by Mack Crow of Shelby.
There were not less than seven hun
dred men, women and children pres
ent and, if uproarious applause and
laughing faces can be taken as evi
dence, every one of them got the
full worth of the money.
I
v FLASH!
The flower show at the home
of Mrs. Annie Miller Pless
Wednesday afternoon was a
tremendous success. Gorgeous
ly beautiful flowers in endless
variety, summer frocks of
rainbow hues, lovely ladies,
sparkling eyes and captivating
smiles, punch and cakes and
sunshine—all these are too
much for one day! Let's sleep
over the dreamlike ensemble
and report the event in full
in the next big edition.
Our Vegetables
"Grown in Carolina"
Are kept fresh! — sprayed with pure
sparkling mountain water, like falling
dew, to keep them tender, crisp, green.
They taste better and make for better
health and strength.
Inspect our equipment and goods.
IN OUR MARKET
Pure Pork Sausage lb. 25c
(Made of Fresh Native Pork)
Beef and Pork Sausage lb. 20c
(Made Fresh Daily)
Freshly Ground Beef lb. 20c
Small Lean Pork Chops lb 25c
Your choice cuts Native and Western
Beef at Low Prices.
— Fresh Dressed Trout —
— Fresh Croakers —
Visit Our Table in Wrenn Building
Carolina Week, June 1 to 6, and sample
our Home Made Mayonnaise.
Rabb's Ph7°5ne Rabb's
Good Things to Eat
EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK !
Country Hams, Pork and Beef Roast
Fresh Vegetables—beans, peas, toma
toes, greens.
New Potatoes and Cabbage
Strawberries and Cherries
Bananas and Oranges.
City Market
Jack Cowan
Phone 85 for prompt delivery.
Western Steak
Pork Sausage
Mixed Sausage __
Picnic Hams
lb. 20c
lb. 20c
lb. 15c
lb. 16c
Fancy Groceries
The l afe; of Old Fort, Marion and Vicinities
Are Cordially Invited to Attend the
Cooking School
AND
Electric
TO BE CONCUCTED BY
Mrs. Beulah Mackey Yates
Old Fort, (Sandtin' Bldg,) Monday, June 1st
(NEXT TO1 ALLISON & MELTON MARKET):
The Oasis Theatre, Marion, Tuesday and' Wednesday,
June 2nd and 3rd, 3 to 5 p. m.
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