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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
ESTABLISHED 1896
MARION, N. C., THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 3, 1938
VOL. XLIII—NO. 14
Senator Reynolds
To Speak Herje
Saturday Night
.Speaking Will Be Preceded
By Torchlight Parade And
Fireworks.
The Democrats of McDowell coun
ty are bringing their pre-election
•campaign to a grand close Saturday
night at the High School auditorium
when the high-light speaker of the
campaign will deliver an address at
■8:00 o'clock.
The occasion is to be celebrated
with a torchlight parade at 7:15 be
ginning at Spring street on South
Main; and by fireworks immediately
preceding the speaking.The fireworks
will be shown on the school grounds.
The speaker for the occasion will
be none less than The Honorable
Robert R. ("Our Bob") Reynolds,
popular United States Senator, who
also is a candidate for re-election.
Mr. Reynolds, whose home is in
Asheville, is noted as an interesting
and entertaining orator, well versed
in political matters, widely traveled, |
and one who has been given credit j
for doing more to help advertise |
TJorth Carolina than any other per-j
son who has been sent from this j
state to Washington.
Albert Blanton, county chairman,:
will preside at the speaking.
W. D. Lonon, McDowell county;
solicitor, who was Reynolds' cam
paign manager in this county during
the primary, will present Mr. Reyn
olds as the main speaker.
HOME CLUBS TO HAVE
ALL DAY MEETING
Miss Anne Tucker, home demon-;
stration agent, announces to her i
club members that an all-day meet-!'
ing will be held on November 9th at ;
the court house on Beautifying the j
Home Grounds. The meeting will be 1
counducted by J. H. Harris, exten- j
sion landscape specialist from State |
College. The morning meeting will j
be held from 10:30 to 12:30 and will;
include a discussion of grading, |
drainage, walks, drives, lawns, and
general fertilization of trees and
shrubs.
The afternoon demonstration will
deal with arrangement of planting,
transplanting, pruning, and propa- i
gation. The hours for the afternoon
meeting are 2:00 to 4:00.
Miss Tucker calls special atten
tion to the change of the date which
previously was announced as Nov.!
8th, but was changed to Nov. 9th
because of election day.
JUDGE STORY TALKS
AT CROSS MILL SCHOOL
A Democratic rally was held at
the Cross Mill school house on last
Thursday night with a large atten
dance present.
Misses Eunice Ayers and Inez
Webb provided entertainment in the
form of string .music, songs and tap
dancing.
Attorney Alford Morgan introdu- j
ced the candidates who, in turn,
made brief talks.
Mr. Morgan also introduced D. A.
Pox as manager of the meeting
which was a part of the local Demo
cratic campaign. Mr. Fox presented
Hon. Paul J... Story, judge of the
-county recorder's court, as the prin
cipal speaker of the evening.
Mr'. Story made an interesting
and instructive talk dealing with na
tional, state, and county issues, and
showing how the government has
been brought right to the people un
der the Democratic administration.
Oscar Adkins, former sheriff of
McDowell, made a brief talk in be
half of the candidates.
IMORGANTON MAN BUYS
MARION, LENOIR STORES
S. R. Wallace, of Morganton, head
of the Wallace Five, Ten and Twen
ty-five cent stores organized in Feb
ruary, Monday announced the pur
chase of the Emery stores in Lenoir
and Marion, bringing to five the
number of units in the new chain.
Mr. Wallace formerly owned an in
terest in the Emery stores.
Wallace stores are now operated
in Hickory, Mocksville, and Mount
Holly, in addition to the new branch
es in Lenoir and Marion.
TO SPEAK HERE
Senator Robert R. Reynolds
RED CROSS LOOKING
TO ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
STARTING NOV. 11TH
The annual Red Cross Roll Call
will be started in McDowell county
next week with al>
schools, clubs and
organizations tak
ing part in the
membership drive.
The annual mem
bership drive will
extend from Nov.
11 to Thanksgiving
Day and will be in
charge of Mrs.
George L. Conley as roll call
chairman, assisted by the following
members of the Junior Woman's
Club: Miss Virginia Conley, Mrs.
James, Mrs. Vernon Thompson, Mrs.
Albert Shiflet, Miss Bobbie Laughlin,
Mrs. Dysart Martin, Mrs. Fletcher
Shoemaker, Mrs. Will Erwin, and i
Mrs. Frank Goldsmith.
Zeno Martin is chairman of the j
McDowell county Red Cross chapter, j
Mrs. Conley, roll call chairman,
las announced chairmen for the va
■ious communities to assist in the
vork as follows:
Supt. Hugh F. Beam, city schools; (
Chas. L. Norwood, Glenwood and J
Dysartsville schools; Stanley Living-;
ston, Nebo school; Mrs. Zeb Vance,j
Pleasant Gardens school; Franki
Goldsmith, Cross Cotton Mill; A.!
F. Hunt, Marion Manufacturing Co.;:
Miss Ruth Greenlee, Clinchfield Man- j
ufacturing Co.; C. E. Bolick, Mc-i
Dowell Manufacturing Co.; Mrs. P. j
H. Mashburn, Old Fort.
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BDOADCAST THROWS
COUNTRY INTO FITS
The daily papers all over the coun
try are reporting frantic results from
the effects of a nation-wide broad
cast Sunday night which was the
dramatization of a fantastic story of
the people on the planet Mars waging
war upon the earth. Evidently many
people did not understand what it
was, and it was made so realistic that
some were reported to have fainted,
others were thrown into hysterics,
and police stations were overwhelm
ed with phone calls from people
wanting to know if war had been de
clared.
Locally it was reported that fam
ily prayer was held in homes where
the good old custom was unusual.
CHANGE IN PENDER
STORE MANAGEMENT
John Runion, who has been con
nected with Pender's store in Shelby
is succeeding W. C. Edison as mana
ger of Pender's store here. Mr. Edi
son has been transferred to Win
ston-Salem.
INSTALL WATER SYSTEMS
Two more McDowell farmers have
just installed hydraulic rams for
private water systems on their farms
during the past week.
L. V. Bradley completed work on
his system las$ week at his farm of
Highway 70 near Nebo; and James
Hogan finished work on his water
system about the same time on his
farm in the Crooked Creek commu
nity.
FIRE MONDAY
A small residence in the colored
section known as Morehead City in
the Marion Manufacturing Company
village was burned Monday after
noon about 3:00 o'clock. The Mari
on fire company assisted in saving
surrounding property belonging al
!so to the company.
Hunters Prove
Hazard In Woods
During Drought
Forester N. F. Rogers Cautions
Against Smoking In The
Forests.
The long continued drought in
this section has caused forest fires
to become a menace, according to
Forester N. F. Rogers.
Mr. Rogers says that hunters are
the main hazard at the present time
aa many of them are in the woods
hunting bears and squirrels. He cau
tions especially against smoking in
the woods while the fallen leaves,
underbrush, and timber are so dry.
Among the worst fires which have
been reported over the weekend and
up to the present time are one near
Blowing Rock over the week-end
which burnt over 3,000 acres; one
at Montreat which started Friday
and was still burning at the time
this was being written Tuesday and
threatened some of the homes at
Montreat and destroying about 1,-j
000 acres of forest; one about one j
mile off the Mt. Mitchell motor road i
burning 25 acres but was brought]
under control Tuesday; in our own
county, one at Greenlee last Friday
and Saturday burned over 30 to 35'
acres; and one at the head of Pep
per's creek in North Cove the first
of this week raged through 100
acres.
The men of 'the CCC have helped I
greatly to bring these fires under
control and to save untold thousands
of acres of timberland and National
park and forest lands from being de- j
nuded of their beauty and invalua
ble growths.
Some crews of WPA workers also
have been called in to help the CCC
men, it was learned.
MARION HIGH SCHOOL
DEFEATS ASHEVILLE TEAM:
The Marion high school football1
team was scheduled to play Lenoir j
last Friday on Lenoir's ground, but j
the game was cancelled by Lenoir, j
To replace the scheduled game,!
Marion arranged a game on her own
field with the B team of the Lee Ed- j
wards high school of Asheville.
Marion made a touchdown in each j
quarter of the game and was sue-1
cessful in each instance in kicking
the goal for the extra point, leaving
a score of 28-0 in Marion's favor, j
Dean kicked all of the extra points
The touchdowns were made by Dix
on, Ayers, and Hawkins, Ayers mak
ing two.
Coach Donald Robinson of the
Marion team said the blocking and
tackling of his team was the worst
he had witnessed this season. He
says that the team has a lot of work
to do this week to get in shape to
tackle the strong Forest City team
on the latter's gridiron Friday.
Mr. Robinson said he believed
Treadway would be able to enter the
game against Forest City.
Two more games are on the sched
ule to be played on the Marion home
grounds before the season is ended.
HALLOWE'EN QUIET HERE
No serious damage was reported
on Hallowe'en as having been done
by pranksters. The night was cele
brated here by many young people
who came out in comical costumes
and make-ups. Show windows on the
main business square had to be
washed next day to remove marks
which had been made with soap.
Some of the markers had such a de
praved sense of humor as to write
indecent words on some of the win
dows which is regrettable. There al
so were some hoodlums abroad who
were so lacking in reason as to let
the air out of parked automobile
tires thereby causing the owners to
be liable to serious circumstances in
case some emergency arose or caus
ing them to be late to their work.
GREGORY HOME BURNS
A fire alarm at about 2:30 on
Thursday morning of last week call
ed the Marion fire company to a
house off State 9treet which was the
; property of Shuf. Blackburn, but
was occupied by Larry Gregory. The
house, a 5-room structure, was ' a
total loss and only the radio and one
pillow were saved of its contents,
j The origin of the fire was undeter
mined.
Norman Kenzie
New Rector of
St. John's Church
Will Conduct Services Sunday
With Celebration Of Holy
Communion.
The Rev. Norman Francis Kenzie,
of Florida, has accepted a call to be
come rector of St. John's Episcopal
church here. He will succeed Rev. J.
S. Lockaby who resigned as rector
of St. John's over a year ago to ac
cept a call to St. Andrew's church in
Charlotte. Mr. Kenzie, who has been
in charge of the services at St.
John's church for the past two
months while assisting in supply
work at Morganton, will move here
this week and take up his duties here
as rector. He will be accompanied by
his mother, Mrs. G. F. Kenzie, who
will reside with him in the rectory
on South Main street.
Mr. Kenzie was born and reared
in Fort Myers, Florida, and gradu
ated from the University of Florida
in 1933. He received the degree of
Master of Arts from Emory Univer
sity, Atlanta, Ga., in 1934, and en
tered St. Luke's Seminary of the j
University of the South at Sewanee, (
Tenn., in the fall of the same year, j
In June of 1936 he was ordained to j
the deaconate. He received the de-j
gree of Bachelor of Divinity from
Sewanee in June 1937 and was or- j
dained Priest on June 3, 1937.
I
Before coming to Western North
Carolina to assist the Rev. W. S.
Stoney in the work at Grace church
in Morganton, Mr. Kenzie was en
gaged in supply work in the diocese
of Florida. !
Mr. Kenzie will conduct services:
at St. John's next Sunday, with eel-'
ebration of Holy Communion, at
11:00 a. m.
GARDEN CITY VOTERS
HEAR ROY DAVIS TALK
Attorney Roy Davis addressed the j
voters of McDowell eounty in a
Democratic rally at Garden City in j
the Pleasant Garden school auditori-;
urn Friday night at 8 o'clock.
The meeting was opened with j
string music, songs, and tap dancing |
by Misses Eunice Ayers and Inez i
Webb of West Marion.
D. N. Lonon was master of cere-;:
monies. He called upon L, J. P. Cut
lar to introduce the candidates, \'
most of whom are on the ticket for
re-election. The candidates respon
ded with brief remarks.
Mr. Cutlar also presented Mr. Da-!
vis, the principal speaker. In his ad-:'
ress, he gave a concise summary of
the national achievements of the
Democratic administration; of the'
state's progress under Democratic;
leadership over the past 38 years;
and then presented concrete facts in
connection with the county's Demo-:
cratic rule. He pointed out that, in (
addition to the county's financial!
obligations having been met, even j
through the depression years, a sink- j
ing fund of more than $300,000 has
been established, about half of;
which has been invested in the j
county's own bonds bought at a pre- J
mium, and part in government
bonds the maturity dates of which
fall so that they meet the payments
of the county's interest payments ;
and other obligations at the rate of
about $40,000 a year thereby saving
enormous sums for the taxpayers.
The speaker called attention to
the additional buildings added to the
county's school system, and to the.
lowering of the ad valorem tax rate j
from $1.20 to $1.16. He then traced
the gradual decline in the rate from
$1.89% in 1928 to the current rate
of only $1.16 which he said has been
brought about through the business- j
like administration and careful plan-;
ning of those in charge of county ■
affairs. j
A large audience gathered to hear
Mr. Davis.
MOVES OFFICE
W. A. McNeill, resident highway j
engineer, moved his offices to Mor
ganton Monday of this week. Com-;
pletion of Mr. McNeill's work on the
Marion to Woodlawn highway was
given as the cause for discontinuing
the office here, it was learned. Mr.
McNeill's work in Morganton will be
on Highway 181 from Morganton to
Rutherfordton, it ia understood. |
j NEW RECTOR
Rev. Norman F. Kenzie, who has
accepted a call as rector of St.
John's church here.
Republicans Get In
Full Swing; Gudger
The Republican political ' cam-1
Daign got into full swing with a big
•ally at the Old Fort Community!
juilding Tuesday night. Dr. Dean H.!
Crawford presided and presented
;he candidates. W. R. Chambers in- i
;rodueed George M. Pritchard as the
ceynote speaker of the occasion. j
Mr. Pritchard, an attorhey of j
\sheville, is a former United States
longressman from the 11th district,1
ind is a son of the late Judge Jeter
Pritchard who also was a senator.. •
Vonno L. Gudger", Asheville at
;orney and Republican candidate
for Congress from the 11th district
will speak at the court house at Ma
rion on Friday night as a part of
:he Republican campaign; and on
Saturday night there will be a Re
publican rally at Cherry Springs
school house with William Meekins
is the principal speaker.
Mr. Meekins is an Asheville attor
ley and a son of the well known
federal Judge Isaac Meekins.
JNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS
PAID BY MARION OFFICE
AMOUNT TO LARGE SUM
Raleigh, Nov. 1.—More than three
nillion weekly continued claims had
)een handled on the 342,152 origin
il claims that had been filed for un
employment benefits in the nine
nonths from January through Sep
;ember, 1938, Dr. W. R. Curtis, di
'ector of the division of research
uid statistics of the North Carolinia
Jnemployment Compensation Com
mission, shows in a recent report,
rhe weekly continued claims num
bered 3,090,625.
In the same period, 949,137
checks were issued for a total of
P7,076,086.79, while a breakdown
shows the amount of money, num
sers of checks, and numbers of orig
inal claims handled through the 65
district and branch offices in the
state. t ,
The Charlotte district, embracing
nine counties, topped the list of the
ten districts in amount of money
distributed with $1,627,935.82. The j
Winston-Salem district, with eight
counties, was second with a distribu
tion of $1,174,992.93.
Here Friday
The Gastonia local office, embrac
ing Gaston and Lincoln counties,
topped the list in amount of money
distributed by one office, with $532,
116.47 in benefits paid. The Char
lotte white office distributed in
Mecklenburg and Union counties
$383,237.39. The Rutherfordton of
fice, serving Rutherford and Polk
Polk counties, distributed $240,089,
29.
The Asheville office received 33,
834 original claims and 294,845
weekly continued claims during the
nine months, and delivered 100,609
checks amounting to $811,485.45.
The Marion office distributed 17,110
checks amouAting to $132,787.92 in
this area.
FIRE DAMAGES HOUSE
Old Fort, Nov. 2.—Fire, originat
ing in the kitchen flue, damaged the
toof of the house occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. I. H. Greene around noon
Monday. The Old Fort fire depart
ment was prompt in extinguishing
the blaze. Mrs. Effie Mashburn, of
Asheville, is owner of the property.
Changes Being
Made Today In
Methodist Circle
Reverends Cornett and Jen
kins Moving Hei*e; Jenkins
To Preach Sunday.
Several changes are taking place
in Methodist circles here today as
transfers made at the recent confer
ence go into effect.
Rev. J. C. Cornett comes from his
recent charge as pastor of the First
Methodist church of Hickory to as
sume his duties as presiding elder
succeeding Rev. John W. Moore.
Rev. Mr. Cornett does not come
to Marion as a stranger. He has de
livered sermons here during the time
he was pastor of the church at Mor
ganton previous to his going to the
Hickory church.
Rev. Mr. Moore, upon leaving Ma
rion, has been granted Sabbatical
leave for one year. He will rest a
while at Lake Junaluska, leaving
there shortly to visit in Florida and
in High Point where he has a daugh
ter. In July, Mr. Moore will accom
pany Bishop Arthur Moore on a
three-month European tour. Upon
his return from Europe, he will as
sume duties on a new charge, it is
understood.
Rev. W. A. Jenkins also is expec
ted today to assume charge of the
pastorate of the First Methodist
church. Mr. Jenkins comes here from
Elkin while Rev. P. W. Tucker,
whom Mr. Jenkins relieves here, will
go to Elkin. Mr. Jenkins will hold
morning and evening services at the
Methodist church Sunday.
Mr. Jenkins has held important
charges in Chapel Hill and Char
lotte, and he was one time president
of Davenport College at Lenoir.
Other ehanges- include the trans
fer of Rev. A. J. Barnwell, pastor
at Cross Mill, to Dallas while Rev
M. A. Lewis comes to Cross Mill;
and Rev. W. E. Rufty succeeds Rev.
J. P. Hipps on the Marion circuit,
the latter being transferred to Bel
mont; on the McDowell circuit, Rev.
W. A. Kerr is succeeded by H. C.
Freeman, and Mr. Kerr was thans
ferred to Todd in the Statesville
district.
Those who are leaving Marion
and McDowell county have express
ad regrets at departing and appre
:iation for the many kindnesses
shown them while residing here.
MARION MAN ELECTED
TO DISTRICT OFFICE
A district meeting of the Junior
Order will be held in Valdese to
night for the purpose of installing
the newly elected distric^ officers
for the Fourth district which inclu
des the Marion council.
Jack Cowan of Marion Council
No. 309 was elected District Con
ductor at a district meeting held at
Morganton on Oct. 11th, and is
among those to be installed at the
meeting in Valdese tonight. He has
been asked to bring a delegation
from the Marion lodge with him to
the Valdese meeting.
SODA DEMONSTRATION
A nitrate of soda demonstration
has been completed on the Morgan
place about three miles west of the
city on Route 70. John Kaylor, ten
ant on the place, conducted the ex
periment. On the land where the so
da was used, 50 bushels of corn to
the acre were produced. On the land
where no soda was used, the yield
was 33.2 bushels of corn to the ac
re, it was stated.
BEAR HUNT
An organized bear hunt will take
place Friday and Saturday in the
Mt. Mitchell Wildlife Management
Area. The hunting party will be com
posed of A. J. Hutchins heading a
party of 25 hunters from Canton.
This is the first of three hunts to
take place in the area this fall, it
was learned.
BAND TO GIVE CONCERT
The Marion High School Band is
preparing to present a concert to
the public in the high school audito
rium on November 22nd. The re
ceipts will be used for the benefit
of the band, it was stated by Ber
nard Hirsch, director of the band.