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VOL. XXXVII—NO. 17
LEADERS DISCUSS
NEEDS OF CHURCH
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Methodist District Meeting
Here Wednesday Told of
Plans to Rebuild Solidly.
Rev. E. W. Fox presided at a dis
trict meeting of pastors, stewards
and lay leaders of .the Methodist
Church here Wednesday. Represen
tation was general over the entire
district, embracing twenty-seven
churches and pastorates. It was
brought out in the deliberations that
the Marion First church and Marion
Mills were the only two charges to
» pay up all claims last year.
A feature of the meeting was an j
address by Dr. John F. Kirk, execu-1
tive secretary of W. N. C. C. Board
of Christian Education, on the gen- j
eial outlook. "The last year was one j
of the hardest years," Dr. Kirk said.,
"Only during the Cleveland admin-j
istration have we had such a year
previously," he continued. "We are.
facing new conditions. Becoming |
more spiritually minded, people are |
searching after God. In all our meet
ings this has been especially empha
sized. We are no longer rating men
by what they have, but what they
believe. We are hopeful for the fu
ture, and with this spirit we are to
rebuild for the future."
Dr. Kirk offered his services in vis
iting the charges of the district to
discuss church school problems,
spending a week with interested
Sunday school officers and teachers.
Rev. B. C. Reavis of Morganton
spoke on "the pastor in the pulpit."
The minister needs as never before,
he said, to sound a note of inspira
tion and consecration. The responsi
bility of the pastor is greater than
ever before. He should be divinely
called and a God-sent man-. The
church being the greatest in°titution
in the world, should have the place
of first importance with the pastor,,
Mr. Reavis concluded.
W.F. Wood, of the Marion church,1
reported for the committee on be
nevolence, showing a reduction of
$3,083.
Dr. A. W. Plyler, of the N. C.
Christian Advocate, spoke on the
place of the church paper in the
church's program, saving it should
truly be the newspaper of the church
The afternoon session was given
to discussion of district stewards re
ports. Steps were taken to nlan for a
district spiritual life conference to
lay particular emphasis on the spir
itual needs of pastors and people.
Marion Music Club
Goes On The Air At
Nine Tuesday Night
Tuesday night, December 6, the
Marion Music Club will be heard
over Station WW N C, Asheville,
from nine to nine thirty. Mrs. T. A.
Wilson is director with Miss Helen
Lonon as accompanist.
The following program will be;
broadcast:
Sweet Miss Mary Neidlinger
<At Parting Rogers
-"Cradle Song MacDowell
The Club.
Polonaise in A Flat Major __ Chopin,
Miss McCall.
Twilight is Love Light-_ Rubenstein |
Today Bond^
Mrs. Pless, Mrs. Harris, Mrs.
Klontz, Misa House.
Forgotten Cowles1
Mrs. Wilson.
In The Heart of The Hills Lee
Miss Gilkey, Miss Atwell, Missj
Burton, Miss Ballentine, Mrs.
Harris, Miss Moser, Mrs.
Klontz, Miss House.
Trio, Promises Klontz
Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Harris, Mrs.
Klontz.
Solo Selected
Miss Burton.
She Never Told Her Love __ Haydn
Pleadings Herman
Boats of Mine Miller
The Club.
BAPTIST WOMEN ELECT
At a meeting of the Woman's Mis-'
sionary Union of the First Baptist
church, held at the home of Mrs. J.
D. Blanton Monday afternoon, the
following officers were elected for
the year: Mrs. T. H. Henderson,
president; Mrs. J. D. Little, vice
president; Miss Ethel Ford, secre-''
tary. . |'
FOUR ASHFORD ROBBERS
BOUND OVER FOR TRIAL
Theron McGhee, Ike McGhee, Roe
Byrd, and Beauregard Blankenship,
who were arrested in connection
with the robbery of the postoffice
and store of J. B. Lonon, at Ashford
November 13, were bound over to
McDowell superior court, the trial to
:ome up in January.
The store, in which the postoffice
is located, was entered on Sunday
night while Mr. Lonon and family
were at church. A big iron safe was
carried away, apparently without
trace or clue being left behind. Af
ter several days of investigation by
Sheriff Adkins and Lieutenant Beck,
with members of their departments,
the safe was found near Ashford. It
had been placed on a railroad hand
car and carried a couple of miles,
then removed from the railroad
tracks to a more convenient spot and
there opened and ransacked. The
safe contained some money and val
uable papers.
The men, when arrested, admitted
their guilt, and told the officers that
the robbery had been carefully plan
ned some time beforehand. It was
their belief, they said, that the safe
contained a considerable sum of
money, enough to cause them to
take a great risk in the robbery.
Such, however, was not the case, as
there was a small sum kept in the
safe. They waived a hearing when
brought before a committing magis
trate.
It was thought at first that the
men would be carried to Asheville
to plead to the federal charge of
robbing a postoffice. But local offi
cers decided the state case would
come first, and the men will go to
trial in January, when they are ex
pected to plead to the charges of
breaking and entering and robbery.
The federal side of the case will be
taken up later, it was said.
Finley And Party
Get Three Bears On
Big Hunt Thursday
It begins to look like a closed sea
son on bear will have to be declared
unless A. L. Finley and his famous
pack of bear dogs can be kept out of
the woods. The last hunt on which
this aggregation turned loose their
best stuff ended Friday when a par
ty of about twenty hunters returned
here with three bears, the best hunt
had so far thi9 season.
The bears were killed by W. F.
Grant, Hayes Carver and Fred Lentz.
In size they ranged from 150 pounds
to 300 pounds.
Early Thanksgiving morning, the
party entered the field, taking stands
by daylight. Shortly afterward the
hunting pack, numbering some of
the best dogs in the country and fa
mous for the number of bears
brought to bay, was turned loose in
the foothills. The first day two bears
bears were killed. The party silent
the night at the home of George Car
ver, where they were well cared for.
and got- out to another early start
Friday morning. On the second day
another bear fell victim to the dead
ly aim of a skilled hunter, after the
faithful dogs, keenscented and tire
less, had brought it around to a point
where the men had taken stands.
Mr. Finley said he and his dogs
had gone into the mountains ten
times this fall a nd from thp ten
hunts eight bears have been brought
out to furnish fresh meat with the
gamey flavor to the hunters and their
friends.
The last hunt was best of all. Fin
ley and his dogs learn more about
bears with the passing of time; it's
getting so Mr. Finley and the old
pack almost always bring a bear
home when they get really set for a
big hunt.
ANNUAL SALE OF THE
CHRISTMAS SEALS IS ON
Mrs. R. J. Noyes, chairman of the
Christmas seal sale, will begin an ac
;ive canvas9 of the city Monday with
;he purpose of selling many of the
ittle seals that help in the fight on
:uberculosis. Last year much good
,vas done by the seal sale, a large
lumber of children in the Marion
schools being helped with nourishing
?ood as the result ofthe proceeds of
;he sale.
School children will call on the
public beginning Monday, Mrs.
Sfoyes said.
You will enjoy "THE BIG
3ROADCAST" next Monday and
fuesday at Marion Theatre.
PUBLIC INAUGURAL
HERE MONDAY NIGHT
All County Officers to Be In
ducted into Office at Cere
mony in Court House •
Every public official elected by the
people of McDowell county, from
constable up, is expected to attend
a public inaugural ceremony in the i
courthouse Monday night to be'
sworn in and inducted into his office
which he will hold by right of the,
peoples's suffrage. J. Will Plesa, Jr.,
district solicitor, will preside over
the meeting.
Not only the recently elected offi
cials, but all the citizens of the coun
ty are urged to attend. The meeting
here will be one of a statewide series
to be held in every county of the
state, for public installation of all
local officials.
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The meetings throughout the state
will open simultaneously at 7:45
Monday evening; from eight to nine
there will be a broadcast of the pur
poses of the Institute of Government \
over a statewide hookup connecting
with the public meetings in each of j
the 100 counties; then will follow
the first formal public installation of
local officials ever held in North Car-1
i
olina.
It is desired that every olticer who
goes into office at this time be sworn
in at these public ceremonies. After
the installation there will be several
short talks by prominent citizens.
The Institute of Government is
being organized in the counties by
Judges Junius G. Adams, M. V.
Barnhill and W. A. Devin. Its pur
pose is to study affairs of govern
ment, to bring to the citizens gener
ally a comprehensive picture of their
state government in action, and to
; prepare them for the duties and re
responsibilities of good citizenship j
to the end that improvement in gov
ernment may be achieved
By the public installation it is ex
pected that every officer will have a
clear and concise conception of the
responsibilities of his office, and out
going and incoming officials may
confer on the tasks confronting the
officials going into office December 5
Herding the organization commit
tee here are J. Wallace Winborne, J.
Will riess, Jr., Robert W. Proctor,
Dillard S. Gardner, and others who
are familiar with the workings of the
Institute, some of whom attended
the opening of the Institute of Gov
ernment in Raleigh last summer.
All the citizens of the county are
urged to attend Monday night.
iTax Case Probably
Heard At January
| Term, Burke County
The tax injunction -suit brought
by citizens of Crooked Creek, Mont
ford Cove and Old Fort townships
has been postponed aga,in. It was to
be heard at Lenoir Wednesday, be
■ fore Judge Michael Schenck, but was
postponed from that date to the con
i vening of superior court in Burke
i county, which begins January 12 and
runs two weeks.
!
Thi: case was brought by taxpay
ers of the townships named, to re
strain the collection of taxes under
the terms of a resolution of the
boards of education and county |
commissioners, which it is claimed
by the complainants in the case j
works an injustice to the taxpayers
of the townships named, in that the
debt service of the schools and dis
tricts was placed upon the county asj
a whole, whereas some of the bonds
outstanding were issued for the ben-j
efit of certain school districts only,:
such procedure placing a charge up-!
on the townships suing while it ben-!
efitted others and not the ones suing,
it was claimed.
COLLEGE PLAY AT WEST
MARION SCHOOL TONIGHT
"Mary Comes Home From Col
lege" will be presented at the West.
Marion school tonight by members
of the P. T. A. It is a romantic little
story with lots of homely philosophy
and plenty of laughs, and will be
very pleasingly presented.
Proceeds will be used for school
purposes, a small admission being
charged. A large attendance is urged
and expected.
Music will be furnished by the
Marion string band.
WALL'S PREACHING
BRINGS IN SHEAVES
Number of Conversions While
Evangelistic Meeting Was in
Progress at First Baptist.
Evangelistic services held at the
First Baptist church the past week
were brought to a successful close
Sunday morning. The meeting was
an outstanding success, described by
the pastor, Dr. B. F. Bray, as "the
sanest, the most constructive, and
the most helpful meeting in which
I've ever had a little part."
Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First
Baptist church at Shelby, preached
during the week, services morning
and evening, and at the closing ser-j
vice--Sunday morning. A Thanksgiv- j
ing service in which all churches par
ticipated was very beautiful, .very i
helpful and very inspiring. Horace j
Easom, educational and musical di-'
rector of the First church at Shelby I
and a man of rare personality and j
charm, conducted' the singing.
Of these two, Dr. Wall and Mr. j
Easom, it has been said that "they'
are safe and sane leaders who will!
always leave a church better than
they found it."
There were many conversions at
the services. A large number will be
added to the membership of the
First Baptist, while it is thought i
there will be a number of additions
to other churches of Marion as a re
sult "of Dr. Wall's preaching.
In the meeting conducted by Dr.
Wall, with the assistance of Dr.
Bray and other pastors of Marion,
there was no sensationalism. Religi
ous forces,all the churches of Marion
cooperated in a very beautiful Chris
tian way, for which the church
through its pastor and officers ex
pressed heartfelt thanks and appre
ciation.
STUDY CLASSES FOR
NEW CHURCH MEMBERS
Each afternoon next week, at four
o'clock, Mrs. B. F. Bray will conduct
a study class at the First Baptist
church for recent additions! to the
church. The book, "Meaning of
Church Membership" will be used to
instruct the new members.
Something like forty-eight were
added to the church at the evangelis
tic services last week, of whom more
than thirty were received on profes
sion of faith, the others by transfer
from other churches. The ordinance
of baptism was administered last
night, Wednesday.
Marion Vs. Newton
Friday At Hickory
For Football Crown
Football fans and all friends of
Marion's scrapping eleven should go
to Hickory Friday afternoon for the
game Marion must play with New
ton to settle the championship strife.
The game will be played at Lenoir
Rhyne College, starting at three o'
clock.
The Marion lads felt themselves
winners of the western conference
title, by virtue of having won all six
of their conference games, while
Newton had tied one of theirs. How
ever, officials of the conference have
decided otherwise and have ruled
that the playoff between Marion and
Newton will decide which high school
team is the winner of the conference
title. Coach Beam stood out against
the ruling but finally was overruled
with the announcement that the
game Friday must be played or the
Orange and Black squad would for
feit the championship.
Therefore, a battle royal may be
expected Friday. All those who have
watched the Bearcats in action and
have admired their fine exhibitions
of good football and fighting spirit
will want to see this final rally and
heroic effort to justify their claim to
the conference title. A great game
is promised; a big crowd should go
to see the Bearcats win, but—they're
still the home team and deserve all
the praise in the world.
RHODES ON SCHOOLS
At the meeting of the Kiwanis
Club Tuesday, Guy B. Rhodes, prin
cipal of the Old Fort school, read a
very fine paper on school cost which
will be published in The Progress
next week.
THIS ROPE HAD A COW
ATTACHED; NOW 2 MEN
HAVE TO PAY PIPER
By sticking to the case officers of
the sheriff's department were re
warded Saturday with the arrest of
two young men who have formed the
habit, the officers said, of picking up
a rope and carrying it away al
though there may be a cow attached
to the other end. The men are
George and Arthur Hudgins, whose
home is on Eli Mountain, near Mar
shall. They were brought into coun
ty court Tuesday.
In the county court the men were
bound over for trial at the next
term of superior court.
This case had its beginning
about November 15, when a fine
Jersey cow belonging to T. E. Ma
son, whose home is on old highway
10, was stolen from his home and
carried away on a truck. Sheriff Ad
kins, when the theft was reported,
sent Deputies Gordon Page and Geo.
W. Duncan to investigate. The offi
cers learned some facts that seemed
to have a bearing on the case, being
aided by W. H. Porter, a cow spec
ialist of Old Fort. Clues led up be
yond Asheville, between that city
and Marshall.
Friday morning, early, the two
young men thought to be the abduc
tors of the Mason bovine, returned
through the same community and
bad upon the Chevrolet truck anoth-!
er cow, a young animal, which they
said would be offered on the market!
in Rutherfordton. Officers communi
cated with Sheriff McFarland in that
city, who arrested the two young
men in a short time.
It was found that they had sold
the second cow to Will Flack, at
Union Mills, receiving as payment
$7 in money, six gallons of gasoline,
and a half gallon of oil, the officers i
said.
Patton, Broome Tie
Waynesville In Hot
Thanksgiving Game
Thanksgiving day Coaches Beam
and Vance with their football boys
went to Waynesville for an after
noon engagement which proved to
be a thrilling game, ending 12-12.
This was the first time the Marion
and Waynesville teams have played
in a number of years. Coach Beam
stated that he and his team were re
ceived in a big way and that Way
nesville displayed a high degree of
sportsmanship. The boys of both
teams were in the game every min
ute of the time, hit hard, played
square, neither asked nor gave quar
ter. i
Marion received to start the game,
made one first down, then forced to
punt. WTaynesville immediately re
turned the kick. On the second down
Bell standing on his own thirty yard
line attempted to pass to Winborne,
which failed as a defensive man
stepped forward to snag the ball
and race for the first score. Padgett
was substituted for Bell and the
duty of punting fell to Broome, who
got off a short one which was re
turned deep into Marion territory.
The mountain boys completed a
short pass and then on several nice
reverses carried the ball over for
their second touchdown.
Padgett gave way to Bell and for
the first time during the game the |
Marion boys made their plays click, i
Reverses, spinners, plunges, passes
were all good. The local lads took
the ball on their thirty marker and
kept possession of it until Patton,
left end, caught a nice pass and
went over for a tally, a few minutes
before the half ended.
Beam's boys came back into the
game a touchdown behind at the be
ginning of the second half. Both
teams fought hard but neither could
score during the third quarter, how
ever early in the next period Broome
hit the line for the tying marker.
The game ended with both teams
making a desperate attempt to regis
ter an additional point, but to no
avail.
The line as a whole deserves a
lot of credit for the showing they
made in the Thanksgiving contest.
Bradburn and the Pattons were per
haps in the brightest glow of the
limelight. Joe Noye9 also put up an
exceptional game until a leg injury
gave his post to Bradley. In the
backfield Broome was the big noise,
well aided by his co-workers.
The lineup was as follows: John
son, center; R. Patton and Noyes,
guards; F. Patton and Hensley, tack-1
URGE CHANGES IN
N. C. CONSTITUTION
Entirely New Document Offer
ed by Commission; Would
Give Governor Veto Power.
Raleigh, Nov. 26.—Modernization
of North Carolina's organic law, by
writing into it many things that are
now statutory and removing from it
many things that are constitutional
was recommended today by the Con
stitutional Commission in its report
to Governor Gardner for submission
to the 1933 General Assembly.
The most important change sug
gested Were those relating to the
organization and government of
counties, cities and towns by statu
tory instead of organic law;
strengthening the power of the gov
ernor by giving him the veto privi
lege and writing the executive bud
get into the constitution; broaden
ing the authority of the general as
sembly, and writing into organic law
provisions for limiting the incurring
of public debt.
Governor Gardner, in a statement
tonight, said a preliminary examina
tion of the report "creates the im
pression on my mind that the com
mission has done a thorough piece
of work."
"Ours is one of the few Southern
states that has not completely re
vised its constitution set up in the
reconstruction period," he said.
The governor declared the report
followed "the best line of modern
thought with respect to state consti
tution."
Comprehensive Report
He said it undertook "to present
an adequate and comprehensive
statement of fundamental principles
and at the same time leaving a broad
scope of. authority to that branch of
the state government that is most di
rectly representative of the people—
the general assembly—to meet the
problems presented by changing con
ditions."
The commission, which was ap
pointed in 1931 with Chief Justice
W. P. Stacy, of the state supreme
court, as chairman and eight other
members, submitted a complete re
vised constitution for consideration.
It included 12 compact articles'
which, unlike the organic law adop
ted in 18G9 and amended from time
to time, leaves out many govern
tal functions which the commission,
in its letter of transmittal, said were
"only legislative" and not "basic in
character."
"Stability is to be desired in a
constitution, and the restrictions on
the legillative power should be limi
ted to the fundamentals of govern
ment, other wise changed conditions
may not be met without amendments
to the organic law," said the letter.
Transferring from organic to sta
tutory law the organization and gov
ernment of counties, cities and
towns, the proposed constitution
would authorize the general assem
bly to enact statutes for local gov
ernment.
Optional Plans
Optional plans may be provided.
The proposal, if adopted, would
wipe from the state's organic law
the offices of sheriff, coroner, clerk
of court, county commissioners, jus
tice of peace, treasurer and survey
or—all now constitutional offices.
A complete new article on taxa
tion was suggested which would
throw the problem squarely upon
the shoulders of the general assem
bly with "debt limitation" the means
of providing "tax limitation."
Although the short ballot is not
included in a proposal in the draft,
four members of the commission—
Judge John J. Parker, George E.
Butler, J. P. Carr and Burton Craig
—submitted an alternate proposal
for the executive set-up which would
give the governor power to appoint
heads of ?11 state departments.
There also was an alternative pro
posal on the veto, submitted by Dr.
Clarence Poe, which would permit a
majority of the house and senate in
stead of a two-thirds vote to over
ride gubernatorial, objection.
The play "Mary -Comes Home" at
West Marion school tonight, is given
by the P. T. A. of that school.
les; P. Patton and Bradburn, ends;
Bell, quarterback; Bux-leson and
Winborne, halfbacks; Broome, full
back.