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MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1931 VOL. XXXV NO. 43
BAPTISTS ENJOY
BIG RALLY SUNDAY
Hundreds Gathered at Clear
Creek Joined in Meeting for
Spiritual Revival.
Baptists of McDowell county and
other sections included in the Blue
Ridge Association gathered in large
numbers at Clear Creek church last
Sunday in a good fellowship meet
ing and rally of the denominational
forces bent on a revival of religious
spirit and church growth throughout
the territory. Estimates of the num
ber in attendance placed the figures
at six hundred or more. Leaders in
the work were much pleased with
the day and expressed the opinion
that great good will surely follow.
W. T. Morgan, formerly modera
tor of the association, presided at
the morning session; R. B. Phillips,
principal of Pleasant Gardens
school, occupied the chair during
the afternoon. The meeting, adver
tised as a spontaneous gathering of
all persons interested in church and
Sunday School attendance and all
other matters looking to a strength
ening of religious influences, was
without a formal program. Preach
ers and laymen were invited to e~
press then- views on any phase of
church work. There was no hesita
tion in the responses that came
from pastoi's, teachers and superin
tendents, and a number of consecra
ted men who occupy no official posi
tion but are active and neenly inter
ested in religious affairs. Reports
were made of -especially fine work
| being done at Cross Mill, Neb©,
Clinchfield, Woodlawn, Clear Creek,
Harmony Grove, and other points.
Having no assigned subject, no in
structions to talk on any particular
lines, the speakers were able to give
expression each to his own views,
experiences and hopes, many of
them telling of their own enriched
lives and the blessings of their peo
ple through the work of the Lord.
The talks were illuminating and in
spiring to the hundreds who listened
with close attention to every word
6a id.
The afternoon session was short.
After two or three extemporaneous
speeches brought to a close the
round table discussion begun in the
morning, Mrs. J. L. Morgan was in
vited to talk about the work of the
Woman's Missionary Union, which
* will hold the annual meeting at
Clear Creek next Tuesday, June 9.
Mrs. Morgan has given largely of
her time organizing local -unions du
ring the past year besides other
years in mission work, and is well
qualified to talk 'on the purposes of
the missionary unions. She told of
the men and women sent > to foreign
^fields to spread the gospel; of missi
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on work in nome neias; ui uevu™
efforts by small groups of men and
women to furnish material assistance
to the needy and in carrying on the
great work of the mission boards.
Mr. Morgan, who had presided in the
forenoon, was asked to speak. He
felt, he said, that the great outpour
ing of people, and the close atten
tion given throughout the proceed
^ ings, indicates widespread intesres
in the church; that progress and
growth is possible in any congrega
tion, however small, and that such
4 meetings will bring about a revival
of religious interest throughout the
association.
At the noon hour, under the shade
of spreading oaks in the church yard
a fine dinner was served, a dinner
that can hardly be surpassed any
where in the excellence of the food
and the bounty of the generous'la
dies who prepared it. From pqre
cold water, through roast chicken
and ham, fried chicken, steaks, sal
ads, sandwiches, pickles, stuffed
eggs, cakes of many kin<fc, fruit pie
and delicious custards, to hot coffee
there was nothing lacking. Generous
hospitality and kindly courtesy pre
vailed; everyone was fed to his full
est satisfaction, and much was left
on the tables.
NEW BRICK STORE
G. H. Ross is having -erected on
his property at Gray's Corner, on
Baldwin Avenue, a brick store room
which will be completed in the next
ten days. About the middle of the
rfjnonth it will be occupied by the
Ideal Dry Gleaners, a firm composed
^>f Mr. Ross and G. P. Seagle.
McCLELLAN speaker at
MARION COMMENCEMENT
A masterly address by Rev. Charles
Stuart McClellan, Jr., rector of Cal
vary Episcopal church at Fletcher,
Tuesday night ended the commence
ment program at Marion city school.
Fifty-seven young men and women,
the largest graduating class the
school has ever turned out, were
handed their diplomas by Superin
tendent F. R. Richardson. Principal
M. W. Gordon, Jr., presented to Har
old Klontz, of the Senior class, a
scholarship medal given by the Mar
ion Kiwanis Club, which, it was
stated, will be an annual gift in the
future. Young Mr. Klontz had an
average of over 95 for the year.
Dr. T. F. Marp, pastor of the First
Methodist church in Marion, Sunday
night preached the baccalaureate
sermon, in the high school auditori
um. Out of the years rich with ex
perience, Dr. Marr admonished the
young graduates to walk circum
spectly, putting their faith in things
worth while; and he also told them
they are now only beginning their
education.
Clas9 Night on Monday evening
I was unique; opening with the carry
i ing of a huge daisy chain by the
juniors, the program was interesting
| from beginning to end. The seizor
: class president presented to the
school its gift, a miniature Statue of
Liberty.
WELCOME SERVICE
AT FIRST BAPTIST
! Sunday night there will be no ser
vice at either the First Presbyterian
or the First Methodist church. The
pastors and congregations of both
churches will join the congregation
of the First Baptist church in wel
coming Dr. B. F. Bray, who has ar
j rived to take up his work here.
New Rules For
County Valuation
Supervisor Says
R. Fred Baimes, county tax super
visor, has received from the State
board of assessors instructions on
| revaluation of property for local ad
valorem tax for the year 1931.
The provisions of the machinery
act of 1931, the letter says, are
practically the same as in 1929, ex
cept: "All property of every kind
and nature, real and personal, shall
be listed as of the first day of April,
except that for the purpose of suffi
cient time for a thorough reassess
ment of real property in 1934 and
quadrennially thereafter real prop
erty shall be valued as of the first
day of January and listed in the
name of the owner as of the first
day of April."
! "In consideration of the postpone
ment of the quadrennial assessment
of real- estate, the board of county
commissioners, as a board of equali
zation and review, may, in the years
i 1931 and 1932, equalize and adjust
! values as between particular pieces
of property: Provided that in any
1 county where revaluation has been
undertaken in 1931 the commission
ers are authorized to pay the ex
pense incurred, and that no horizon
tal reductions or increases shall be
made in real property valuations as
a whole but equalization may be
made as between particular pieces of
| real property where such equaliza
tion does not affect the total values
of real property in such county to a
greater extent than ten pen cent of
tthe value for 1930, and the commis
sioners may consider the value re
ported by appraisers."
i
METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME
ONE OF BEST IN COUNTRY
f Dr. T. F. Marr, president of the
| corporation controlling the Method
j ist Children's Home at Winston-Sa
| lem, last week attended a meeting of
j the executive committee at the home
| Dr. Marr was very much pleased
with the conditions existing at the
institution. He said the policy gov
erning its conduct is not merely to
provide shelter and food for the or
phan child, but as far as it is possi
ble to make it a real home. Dr. Marr
said recently a committee of social
\ investigators from the north had vis
| ited the home and pronounced it one
of the best conducted and results
I achieved the equal of any in the
| country.
I
You can see and hear HAROLD
BELL WRIGHT'S famous story
"EYES OF THE WORLD" at Mari
| on Theatre on Saturday.
TRADE EXPOSITION SHOWS LONG UST
HOME PRODUCTS HERETOFORE UNKNOWN
i The first trade exposition held in
Marion in many years is taking like
malaria in Arkansas. Many people
of McDowell county and visitors
from other' sections are showing
much interest in the native products
and manufactures on display in the
Wrenn building, Number 7 North
Main, placed at the disposal of the
Merchants Association and Chamber
of Commerce through the courtesy
of E. J. House. Doors are open to
the public from 9:00 in the morning
until 5:00 in the afternoon and will
remain open until 9:00 o'clock Sat
urday evening. Southern Public
Utilities Company is lighting the
building, free.
Much credit is due the merchants
under the leadership of their presi
dent, Dean W. Tainter, and the
Chamber of Commerce, of which C.
F. James is president and M. E. Kel
}ley secretary, for the success of the
I exposition held in observance of
| "Made in Carolina Week." Business
houses of the city and county have
given very cordial support to the
idea of displaying products and re
sources of the StaTe to promote fur
ther development industrially and
otherwise. Goods manufactured in
the county and elsewhere in North
Carolina, minerals and medicinal
herbs native to this state are being I
shown, attracting the interested at-1
j tention of many who will thus be- j
j come more familiar with the land in i
; which they live and of which they
often are not very well informed.
I The display as a whole is very
j creditable; some individual exhibits
j particularly attractive. The mineral
i window is seemingly drawing more
! attention than anything else, having
| a wide variety of things mined deep
down in the earth. Its opposite, the
! herb window, has many seeds, roots,
barks and leaves used in the making
of physic for human ills. Cotton,
yarns, and cotton goods, hosiery
from our six knitting mills, home
spun fabrics, leather and tanning ac
ids, corn meal and flour, brooms,
foods, drinks, drugs, hardware, lum
ber and building materials in finish
ed state, handsome furniture, and
j paintings, paper cartons, electrical
utilities, and other things make up
the liberal display, topped off with
' samples of modern newspaper and
jobprinting plants.
MISSIONARY MEETING AT
CLEAR CREEK TUESDAY
| The annual meeting of the Wom
an's Missionary Union of the Blue
Ridge Baptist Association will be
held at Clear Creek Baptist church
next Tuesday, June 9, beginning at
10:00 o'clock. There will be morning
and afternoon sessions; ladies are in
vited to provide baskets of dinner to
be served at the noon hour.
Mrs. J. L. Morgan, director of the
organization work in the association,
who has visited more churches and
talked at more missionary society
meetings in the past year than was
ever done before, will preside at the
opening session. A great deal of in
terest has been taken in mission
work; some of the local unions have
been very active and have had inter
: esting progi'ams at their meetings,
Mrs. Morgan said in forecasting a
large attendance at the meeting
Tuesday. The program was published
last week.
REPLACEMENT OF DAM
AT HATCHERY IS SOUGHT
Negotiations for the replacement
of a dam at the local fish hatchery
i are being carried on by J. Q. Gilkey,
a member of the State board of con
servation and development. The dam
gave way Monday and caused the
loss of 1,000,000 bass fry and 160
adult brood bass.
Mr. Gilkey states that all sports
men who will co-operate with the
! board of conservation and develop
! ment by donating brood bass to it
will receive the full appreciation of
the board.
It was not known definitely what
caused the dam to break, but it is
thought that the heavy rains that
have been falling here lately may
have caused water to seep into the
earthwork and undermine the con
crete dam.
CAMP COVE ECHO
OPENS JUNE 21
Hugh F. Beam, who will be chief
I councilor and athletic director, an
| nounced the opening of Camp Cove
j Echo for boys on June 21. F. R.
| Richardson, who will again this year
! direct the camp for the Marion Ki
wani9 Club, stated that the outlook
is very encouraging, applications
coming in daily from boys all over
' the State. Mr. Beam is leaving today
to speak before Kiwanians in Salis
bury, Winston-Salem, Concord, Lex
ington, Newton and Statesville on
matters of the camp.
MRS. MANGUM AND FAMILY
LEAVE FOR MISSOURI
Mrs. P. D. Mangum, Misses Es
telle and Jean Mangum, and Bob
Mangum left Wednesday afternoon
by motor for Missouri, to join Mr.
Mangum in Excelsior Springs where
he is pastor of the First Baptist
; church. They will go through Louis
j ville, East St. Louis, and Booneville.
They were the recipients of much
social attention from friends here
before leaving, many calling to say
j goodbye on the day of their depart
j ure, and wishing them a pleasant
1 trip and much happiness in their
| new home.
DR. BRAY ADDRESSES
CONGREGATION ON PROGRAM
In connection with active and en
ergetic work toward organizing- the
congregation of the First Baptist
church, reported in this paper previ
ously, it is interesting to note the
tenor of the letter addressed by Dr.
B. F. Bray, the new pastor, to the
members of his church. In it Dr.
Bray speaks of the "bigness of the
program to which you have c.'tlled
me", which "calls for enlistment
and enlargement and will demand,
on your part and mine, patience,
christian grace, hard work, and a
willingness to work and co-operate
with the majority."
The location of the pastor's study
£
will be announced later, he says, and
the hour from eleven to twelve each
weekday except Monday given to
those wishing to confer with the
pastor.
Concluding his letter, he says
"support our church with our pray
ers, presence and words of encour
agement. May I count on you being
present Sunday, June 7? Come with
a smile, come with a prayer that God
may use and bless our efforts to
gether."
MARION SUMMER SCHOOL
WILL OPEN JUNE 8
The Marion high school will again
open a summer school this season,
offering any course for which there
is a demand. It is necessary that
three students register for any one
course before the subject can be giv
en.
| The first summer school to be held
! in Marion was run last season with
! Hugh Beam in charge. This school
j met with such success that it is being
I attempted again this year. A num
ber of the graduates in the 1£T31
Senior class were enabled to receive
their diplomas by the work comple
ted at summer school.
During the six weeks of study any
two half courses may be taken which
will give a unit of credit. The school
i is especially intended for delinquent
! students or pupils who find certain
| courses difficult. -
It would be a good idea for every
i Junior to check his or her credits,
I 7 ;
before it is too late, and if they are
insufficient for graduation next year,
; enroll in the summer school which
| will open June 8. Freshmen and
| Sophomores are also eligible for en
! rollment.
MR. MAUNEY RE-ELECTED
At a joint meeting of the county j
j commissioners and county board of,
education, held last Monday, S. F.;
Mauney was elected to succeed him-j
self as welfare officer of McDowell1
county, the term of office being for
two years.
J. L. Nichols, chairman of the coun
ty commissioners, presided; A. V.
Nolan, by virtue of his office as
superintendent of education, was
secretary e—officio. The members of
the two boards took into considera
tion the valuable work done by Mr.
Mauney since he assumed his office
last December and elected him to a
! full two-year term without a dis
isenting vote, it was announced.
PLEASANT GARDENS GROWS;
ALL TEACHERS RE-ELECTED
Pleasant Gardens has just closed
what is believed to be the most suc
cessful year in the history of the
school. Much progress has been made
in the various departments. Princi
pal R. B. Phillips has been re-elected
for the fourth year at Pleasant Gar
dens, and with him all the teachers
of last year who applied. The fol
lowing were elected at a recent
meeting of the local school board:
Mis9 Ola Wall, Miss Lula Hicks, Miss
Sallie Padgett, Miss Ellen Bland,
Miss Helen Ramsey, _ Miss Geneva
Link, Miss Zelma Atwell, Miss Ber-1
tha Dysart, Mrs. Delia G. Westmore
land, Miss Pearl Monroe; Miss Laura
A. Sloan, and Mr. A. L. Eggers, high
school. Miss Elsie House was elected
to fill the vacancy left by the resig
nation of Mrs. Thessa J. Sparks.
The school made an average daily
attendance in the elementary school
of 403 which entitles the school to
twelve teachers in the elementary
staff. Mrs. Bertha Hemphill, who has
been teaching in Glenwood for sev
eral years, was -elected for this posi
tion.
For the year the school enrolled a
total of 625 pupils „ in the entire i
school. The enrollment the year be
fore was 533. The total high school
enrollment was 74. Average daily at
tendance for the entire school was
453. Percentage in attendance for
the entire school was 85; for the i
school 94. Number of pupils trans-'
ported daily 315. Number of vol
umes in library 120G; number ad
ded during the year, 247.
The senior class for the year con-1
sisted of Alvin Wiseman, Jack Gibbs;
Mae Wiseman, Robert Padgett, Ray;
Quinn, and Eula Lonon. The gradu- j
ation address was delivered by Hon. |
Dennis G. Brummitt, and attended j
by one of the largest crowds of the i
season. i
Stack Presides
At June Term
Criminal Court
Judge A.~ M. Stack, of Monroe,
will preside at the June term of Mc
Dowell superior court convening
here next Monday, June 8. Jurors
for a three weeks session were drawn
at the May meeting of the county
commissioners, the lists being pub
lished in this paper May 14. The
June term is for both civil and crim
inal cases; however, in view of the
heavy docket on the criminal side a
civil calendar was not prepared for
this term, the entire three weeks be
ing required, probably, for disposi
tion of those who bob up at each
term of court with a difference of
opinion between themselves and the
law.
There will be a number of cases
continued from previous sessions,
expected to be disposed of at this
term. New cases in which indictments
have been prepared since the Febru- j
ary term include 4 for assault, as
sault with a deadly weapon and car
rying concealed weapons; 8 driving
while drunk; 1 forgery; 15 prohibi
tion cases, manufacturing, transport-'
ing, possessing; 11 robbery, larceny,
breaking and entering, theft of car;
1 nonsupport; 2 rocking houses; 4
damaging State property; 1 fugitive
from justice; 1 dynamiting fish.
ANDERSON, WHISNANT JOIN
TEAMS IN LOCAL STORE
N. P. Anderson, who came from j
Winston-Salem and established the i
Anderson Furniture Company here a
number of years ago, and later, with
L. J. Whisnant opened a branch at
Old Fort as Anderson Whisnant
Company, announces the consolida
tion of the two houses here as An-.
derson Whisnant Company. Mr.
Whisnant has already taken up resi- 1
dence here and may be found at the I
company store.
Mr. Anderson is already too well
known locally to require introduction
to Marion people, being a member of
the Baptist church and Sunday
School, of local clubs, and a lover of
field sport9. Mr. Whisnant has also
'made many friends in the western
part of the county. A native of Ca
tawba, he graduated from Duke
University and joined Mr. Ander
son's forces in August 1927. When
the Old Fort branch was established,
in 1929, Mr. Whisnant became a
member of the firm and active man
ager of that store. He is a Baptist,
has taken active part in Old Fort af
fairs and will be a valuable addition
to the life of Marion.
COMMISSION NAMES
SMARR COUNTY AGT.
Provision Made to Support Of
fice Period of Two Year#
with County Funds. ,
The much-discussed question of a
county demonstration agent was
settled Monday at the meeting of
the county commissioners. Provision
was made to support the office for
two years; W. L. Smarr, serving in
that position for some time, was
elected to serve during the next
year from July 1.
iiivery township in the county was
represented in the gathering of
farmrs who appared before the
county board when the matter of a
county agent was taken up. It was
stated in the beginning that the
board had previously gone on record
a9 favoring a county demonstration.,
agent, and that the only question to
be decided was the selection of one
to fill the position. Among those who
spoke on the subject were G. C. Con
ley, J. M. Haney, M. P. Flack, W. M.
Wilson, W.M. Conley, A. R. Walker,
Ralph Goodman, E. A. Beaman, W.
E. Brown, Sewell Brown, J. G. Bur
gin, L. J. P. Cutler, and others,
nearly all of whom agreed that the
present county agent, W. L. Smarr,
had rendered good service, and that
his work had been beneficial to in
dividuals and to the county as a.
whole. Mr. Burgin said in his town
ship, Old Fort, there is a decided
sentiment against having any dem
onstration agent at all, and that a.
petition had been previously presen
ted along that line. Mr. Beaman and
Mr. Wilson thought that Mr. Smari*
had done good work, but both were
of the opinion that it would have
been much better if he had not la
bored under the handicap of uncer
tainty as to the duration of his office
and that he should be given a chance
to proceed under more favorable
conditions. Mr. Cutlar said the work
done through the demonstration offi
ce and that of Mr. Smarr personally
was so well thought of that business,
men of Marion in co-operation with,
farmers of the county had paid Mr.
Smarr's salary for the last year and
a half. He also pointed out that the
allowance for the office would mean,
an increase of taxes of only one-half
a cent on the hundred dollars valua
tion, or an average of about thirty
seven and a half cents on each tax
payer. C. M. Lytle spoke for the tax
payers, saying it was an unnecessary
burden which does not benefit all
the people and that many are op
posed to having a county agent.
Mrs. I. L. Knupp, of Crooked
Creek, made a very effective speech.
She said: "I haven't much to say,
only this: We live way up in the
cove and Mr. Smarr don't come of
ten, but he never fails if we call
him. I don't know what we'd do
without someone to call on when
there's trouble with the fruit trees,
the vines and our chickens. He has
helped a lot and saved us many
times the 35 cents he costs. I cer
tainly hope you won't do away with,
him, for that looks like going back
to the time when we didn't care
whether we made anything or not. t
always thought it bad to be penny
wise and pound foolish. Some say
Mr. Smarr can't be at two places afc
once. But that's always been a fault
of mine, too; I can't be in two places
at one time."
POOL ROOMS REGULATED
At a meeting of the board of al
dermen Tuesday night it was order
ed that pool rooms be licensed for
another year beginning.July 1. Act
ing upon requests of occupants of
the old hotel annex on North Main,
the proprietor of the pool room in
that building was directed to secure
a location elsewhere if it ia desired
to continue in business. The police
department was instructed to exer
cise a close supervision over all pool
rooms in the city to prevent any vio
lations of local ordinances.
TREVERTONS WILL MOVE
TO MORGAN STREET
Mr. and Mrs. William Treverton
have taken the Tate House on Mor
gan street, the home for many
years of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Tate,
who are leaving today for Catawba
county.
Mr. and Mrs. Treverton and fami
ly will move to their new location in
the next few days.