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ESTABLISHED 1896
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1940
VOL. XLIV—NO. 24
EXPECT PROJECT
FOR A NEW JAIL
TO BE APPROVED
357 PERSONS RECEIVED
$4,181 FROM WELFARE
DEPARTMENT IN JANUARY
Seek WPA Aid For The Erec
tion Of $50,000 Addition To
The Court House.
A total of 427 people received
$4,181 from the Welfare office here
for the month of January, including
those persons on Old Age Assistance,
Aid to the Blind, and Aid to De
pendent Children, according to Mre.
G. W. Kirkpatrick, county supervisor
of public welfare. Also between
thirty-five and forty families were
taken care of by the county poor
fund.
One hunderd children belonging
to fifty families, were, taken care of
with $862, while 314 received old-
age assistance with $3,140. There
were 13 blind cases which received
a total of $179.
LOCAL BANKS HOLD
MEETINGS; REELECT
BOARDS, OFHCERS
Report Successful Year Expe
rienced By First National
And Industrial Banks.
D.F. GILES TO
SEEK SPEAKER’S
POST IN HOUSE
Enters Race for Senate
Marion Attorney Announces
Candidacy For Representa
tive From McDowell.
Officers and directors of the First
National Bank of Marion were re
elected at the annual meeting of the
stockholders and directors Tuesday
afternoon in the home office here.
The project for a $50,000 jail as
an addition to the McDowell county
court house has been approved in
Raleigh, it is understood, and is now
awaiting final consideration in Wash
ington. The county will contribute
$20,000 toward the total cost of con
struction and the balance will be
borne by WPA aid. This matter of
erecting a new jail for the county
has been under discussion for several j children, receive help from a county} $125,000, and the surplus $65,000,
D. F. Giles, Marion attorney, and
former represehtative from Mc
Dowell county and senator from this
district, has announced he will be a
candidate for the Democratic nom-
The annual report of the National! ination for representative from Mc-
Dependent families in the county Bank showed that a good year has
which cannot be placed on either j been experienced, and officers are
NYA, WPA, CCC, old age assistance, j looking forward to 1940 with op-
aid to the blind, or aid to dependent I timism. Capital stock of the bank is
months, and is now reported in the
last stages of execution.
In a report to Judge Armstrong
at the last term of Superior Court,
the grand jury all but condemned
the jail in saying that crowded quar
ters, bad plumbing fixtures, and no
place for the segregation of prison
ers, prevailed.
The new jail, which will rise three
poor fund, provided by the county, j an increase of $15,000 over last
The OAA, AB, and ADC is public as- year, making the capital and surplus
sistance, and persons participating! total $190,0ft0. Bank reserves am-
on relief provided by any of these ■ ounted to $21,000, an increase of
agencies are not eligible for NYA,
WPA, or CCC work.
The welfare officers first try to lo
cate dependents on one of the six
government agencies before they
become wards of the county. There
stories, can accommodate twice the {are but few cases in which some
number of prisoners, and provide | member of the family cannot be
more sanitary conditions as well as j placed on one of the government re-
provide for the segregation of white j lief agencies.
and colored inmates. | The county poor fund takes care
Preliminary plans have already medical care, and hospitali-| The Marion Industrial Bank,
been laid by the architect, and thejZ^^io’^ small number which [which met Tuesday morning in their
be converted Irecipients of this relief. j first session of the year, re-elected
$5,000 over the previous year.
The officers of the bank, which
were re-elected, ai-e: John Yancey,
president; W. R. Chambers, vice-
president; J. N. Morris, cashier; and
W. F. Grant, assistant cashier. Di
rectors for the bank are as follows:
John Yancey, J. N. Morris, W. R.
Chambers, W. L, Morris, Wm. C.
Smith, J. F. Snipes, T. W. Wilson,
and C. A. Workman.
j LEE FLYNN IS
SENTENCED TO
DIE MARCH 22
Found Guilty Of First Degree
Murder Of His Wife; Other
Cases Heard.
Doweli county in the general assem
bly and stated that if elected he will
seek the speakership of the house.
Mt. Giles served in the state sen
ate in 1914 and 1923 and was elected
to the House of Representatives iii
1937.
Mr, Giles was engaged in educa
tional work in McDowell and Wake
counties and with the State Depart
ment of Education until 1929 when
he completed a law course at Wake
Forest College and took up the prac
tice of his profession here.
Ashby Robinson, above, represen
tative from McDowell county, an
nounced yesterday that he would be
a candidate for the State Senate
from this district in the June pri
mary.
COMMISSIONERS FAVOR
GREYHOUND SERVICE FOR
FEDERAL PARKWAY RUN
old jail quarters will
into office space.
Considerable interest has
shown in the county over the e«c-. ^
tion of the new jail, as the need for!*"^5^ ^ ^
such has been long recognized.
At a meeting of the
County Commissioners last week a
resolution was unanimously adopted
From 1907 until 1914, he was su-1 endorsing the petition for fran-
perintendent of education for Mc-jghies for the operation of a passen-
Dowell county. In 1916, he became i gej. ^^s service over the Federal
An amendment adopted at the j their officers and directors,
been' session of congress, provided
that the federal government shall
superintendent of education in Wake
county where he served until he
went with the State Department of
Education in 1919.
In 1924, he was presidential elec
tor at large from western section of
North Carolina and actively cam-
Other cases disposed of included
the following:
Ernest Browning, found guilty of
breaking and entering, was senten- .
ced to central prison for a term of
not less than one nor more than five
years.
Jesse James Pin tuff, plead guilty
to bigamy and was sentenced to pris
on for not less than two nor mora
than five years.
Howard O’Neal, charged with
statutory rape, plead guilty to as
sault on a female which plea the
state accepted. He was given 12
months on the roads,
j Will Gudger, found guity of as-
board of jsault with a deadly weapon, was
sentenced to four months in jail.
Robert McGalliard, arraigned on
a charge of non-support of his chil
dren, entered a nolo contendere plea.
He was sentenced to 12 months on
the roads, to pay the costs of the
action and to pay into the clerk of
the court’s office $7.50 per week to
be disbursed for the benefit of the
defendant’s minor children. The sen-
condition>
parkway, from Washington, D. C.,
to Asheville.
Since the Parkway traverses a
considerable distance over this
county, and a proper development
of the parkway would be of vital | tence was suspended on
importance to the ctizens here in that the defendant pay costs of this
[with the county and state contribut
' ing one-fourth each. Previously each
How soon the project will be ap- ^ three agencies had contribu-
proved is undetei’mined. one-third each to the program.
iThis increase provided by the gov-
APPROXIMATELY 75 ENTRY |
BLANKS RELEASED FOR 2ND ,
GOLDEN GLOVES TOURNEY
, ... 4.1. u i paigned throughout the State forthej^his county, the matter was weighed term of court and begin his weekly
shown that 1939 was the best year ^ ° i.- x- i 4. - „ , u-
a.- » !-• i. o • Democratic ticket. carefully before the franchise was
in e s IS ory. emi | jjg jg ^ former grand chancellor | endorsed for the Atlantic Grey-
North Carolina of the Knights of j hound Corporation. A representative
stockholders .n December The cap-j ^ Masonic Lf the Queen City Coach Company
* *1 jft I ®rder, an Odd Fellow and a member: Asheville was also present at the
w.th the resources totahng H46,-i ^ Ueeting and presented his petition.
* . i In announcing his candidacy forj -phe decision made by the commis-
, 1- V4. • W. R. Chambers is president Lgpresentative, Mr. Giles stated he j gjoners was drawn up in the form
ernment will afford a shght increase Industrial Bank, John Yancey, I withdraw from the race for L, ^ resolution which will be presen-
for aid-to-dependent-children.
Jack James and Clarence Rabb,
head of the registration committee
of the second annual Golden Gloves
Boxing tournament, which is to be
held in the high school auditorium
THERMOMETER PLAYS UP
AND DOWN THE SCALE;
THIRD SNOW FALLS SUN.
vice-president, and William Trever-
ton, cashier.
The board of directors is com
posed of W. R. Chambers, John Yan- j j^tention to seek that office.
speaker of the house should W. to the Interstate Commerce
Neal be nominated for lieutenant
j governor. Mr. Neal has announced
Commission.
cey, J. F. Snipes, Zeno Martin, T. H. j candidates for the ^EW FLAGS ADORN THE
Henderson, W. W. Neal, Jr., C. A. representatives have an-
While the thermometer was hitting'‘^•jnounced their intention of seeking
on Jknuary 18, 19, and 20, reported a l'iB*' ot 43 degrees and a “*j Chambers is attorney for both:,, ..’ j Salisbury Rowan county. During an intermission 01 t
today that approximately 75 applica-j23 degrees Frjday of last week he Uzell of J perior Court Friday morning,
.. ^ : J ^^^o.lsecond snow of the season blanketed |ana Joe i. Mrvi-fV, r.
low of
Rabb.
the speakership. They are George A.
JUDGE’S PLATFORM IN
SUPERIOR COURTROOM
During an intermission of the Su-
atten-'
payments January 13.
Mack McLee, charged with assault
on a female, was found guilty and
sentenced to 90 days in jail.
Jack Elliott, plead guilty to bas
tardy, and was given six months on
the road, suspended upon payment
of $200.
Roosevelt Harris, charged with op
erating a motor vehicle while under
the influence of liquor and without
license, was found guilty of the first
offense and sentenced to 60 days in
jail.
Emery Hardin, charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon, was
found not guilty.
Mack Honeycutt, found guilty of
tion blanks had been issued to pros-i ^ f 4-u 4-
2w co"uld still HOME IMPROVEMENT HEADS !
be «pre"ented here are Asheville, i be seen clinging to grassy spots asj NAMED FOR THE NEW YEAR
Morganton thermometer! Home improvement leaders fromj FILES SUIT AGAINST
Although fe\v entry blanks >»o ^ of 12 the various home demonstration}
[breaking and entering, was senten-
Greensboro, Guilford county. | tion was called to the North Carolina ^
TOWN OF OLD FORT
been returned Sun- clubs over this couiity have been 1
committee, much
manifested since the announcement
last week.
: day morning to find a two-inch snow
named as follows for 1940, Accord-■
land United States flags which were eighteen months for
draped on each side of the ,greeny, and five years in prison for
bench, by Robert Proctor, -ember. entering,
of the bar association. i Godfrey, charged with carnal
At a meeting last July of the Su- ^ ^ge of
perior Court judges, held at the Mt. | sentenced to eight to
Suit for $2,428.30 has been filed; Mitchell Game Refuge, it was decid- prison. The de-
FORMER TOWN OFFICIAL
„ , , ., J ,ino- to a rpppnt announcement bv' Tate, former alderman i ed that the coihnty commissioners ^ notice of appeal to the
which offered kids and even grown->mg to a recent announce e y,^^^ of Old ForticomDlv with a ruling in the consoli- „ . ,
Ed, Butler of Morganton has been ; UP=, an opportunity to try out the.r
chosen to I’eferee the bouts, and the.
Christmas sleds.
Miss Jean Steele, home demonstra-1 and former police chief of Old Fort, comply with a ruling in tne consoii- appearance bond
.. TTiii Mr« F '.according to a summons and com-jdated statute books and purchase a *5 000.
Snow plows ™'ere ;^on ^si^erv^» white Pine, Mrs. D. M.! P'aint ®'ed in the offlce^of the ®“Pe-j standard of C0l0^i's,^ prefer^bly^ sift^ Flynn, McDowell county far-
selection has been met with wide ““d to clear the ^ streete, ^but ^ F._ Moody by | consisting of United States colors charged with slaying his ^vife
pending, Mr. Rabb
J. F. Moody by I consisting of
flakes turned into sleet in the | B^^hlehenrW^^^ Dockery and Shaw, Char- and North Carolina colors. : during a quarrel at their home in the
afternoon, and | Dy^^^Uville, Mrs. Eva Laughridge; ^ lotte attorneys. The papers were: The purchase was made in Decern-; community, of this county
approval.
Plans are ^ mu-
srtated, to send the winning team to i siderably. T is
. ^ tnnrTia I of the season and the deepest.
the went as high as 41de-jNebo, Mrs. G. W. Wilson
ment. This Will be the first Un,e any ^ to Springs, Mrs. Don Davs; Pleasantl
here entered the,g
! I signed by John Robinson as mayor iber so that the flags could be dis-1 j^st October 9th, was found guilty of
first degree murder by a jury of Su-
such team from here enterea tne j
Charlotte tournament, if the plans
mature.
The fights will be conducted on a
clean scale and under the sanction
of the A. A. U. and under open class
competition for white amateurs, six
teen years of age or over without re
striction.
The Hawkins building has been
secured for temporary training
quarters for the entries
Eugene Cross is
boxing conimission.
CITY FIRE LOSS DURING
1939 GREATLY INCREASED
morning
ideal snow temperature.
Monday morning the snow was
still intact and in a few hours the
sidewalks had been made passable
with snow shovels, but even so, they
were dangerously slippery and au-*
tomobiles slowed down to minimum
speed. There were a number of
frozen pipes reported in the early
morning, but as the afternoon rolled
chairman of the around, the streets and sidewalks
both became mushy and sand was
scattered over many streets and on
some walks.. The lowest tempera
ture recorded Monday was 23 de-
The 1 West Marion,^|S“5Td ' |pl.y«l at this term of Superior^
The complaint alleges that Mr.. Court. Each flag has gold fringe Court here last Thursday af-
Gardens, Mrs. Melvin Burnette; Ebe-iTate was employed as a police chief jsels and poles ^ and was sentenced Friday
nezer. Miss Maude Silver; Glenwood,! while a member of the board of i ^ . , . - , morning by Judge Frank Armstrong,
Will idfivmen in violation of the law and j stands to the right of the ®to die on March 22. Flynn
Mrs. Claude Monns; Chapel Hill, i dermen in violation of the law andisianus tu J piyn
that he continued to hold both public j bench and the State flag to the left. | motionless and showed no fac
Mrs. J. H. Baines; and North Cove,
Mrs. O. G. Lonon.
Miss Steele announces that her
visits to the demonstration clubs be-
gin(ning Monday, January 15th
through the 19th are as follows;
Monday, Sugar Hill at 2:00 o’clock;
offices from May 1, 1935, to August j A vote of thanks was tendered to | expression as he heard the death
31, 1938. !‘he commissioners by the court pronounced.
The complaint charges that “while ‘he purchase of the flags
a member of the board of aldermen
(of Old Fort)—from May 1, 1935,
to May 1, 1937, the defendant re-
Tuesday, White Pine with Mrs. Ho-jceived as salary as chief of police.
mer Ledbetter at 2 o’clock; Wednes
day Nix Creek with Mrs. Dobbins at
2 o’clock; Thursday, Bethlehem at
the lodge hall at 2 o’clock; Friday,
Dysartsville in the school building at
Marion’s fire loss during 1939 was
$23,410 greater than 1938’s loss, ac
cording to figures compiled for the
past five years from the records.
Only one big fire kept 1939 from
being the least expensive fire year of
a long time. The cost of that fire was
$35,585 when the McDowell Furni
ture Company burned.
There were nine fires reported in
1939 to ten in 1938. Property dam
age was estimated to cost $36,750 in
1939 to only $13,340 in 1938.
ST JOHN’S CHURCH
TO ELECT VESTRYMEN
grees, considerably higher than the 2 o’clock.
8 degrees recorded on the previous During the past week Miss Steele
Wednesday night. The highest tem- has been attending an annual county
perature was 41. farm agents conference at State
College in Raleigh.
ISSUANCE OF MARRIAGE
LICENSES GREATLY OFF
Ten marriage licenses were issued
from the office of the register of
deeds of McDowell county during
the month of December, according
R, V. McGimsey.
In 1938, twenty-one licenses were
issued during the same month, and
MRS. SAMANTHIA KIMSEY
71, SUCCUMBED WEDNESDAY
Following the morning service at
St. John’s Episcopal church on next
Sunday morning a parish meeting
win be held to elect vestrymen for
the year. All members are urged to
attend.
Mrs. Samanthia Kimsey, 71, died
Wednesday morning at the home of
Wess Smith. Funeral services will
be conducted at the Stroudtown
Methodist church at 2 o’clock on
Thursday afternoon. Burial will be
the decline was believed due to the ; in the church cemetery,
physical and health examinations! She is survived by two daughters,
which have been made mandatory, j Mrs. Wess Smith, and Mrs. A. L.
Mr M«Gimsey said. A noticeable de-|Sherlin, one son, Lawrence Kimsey
$1,625.
“That the defendant was again
elected in 1937 a member of the
board of aldermen . . . and served in
that capacity until May, 1939.
“That while a member of the
board of aldermen . . . from May 1,
1937, to August 31, 1938, the defen
dant recei ed as salary as chief of
police tae sum of $808.30.”
FIGURES ON SALE OF
LICENSES ARE SOARING
Official figures for the sale of li
cense plates has reached 2,559 since
the opening December 3, according
to Mrs. J. J. Johnson, who is in
charge. These figures are through
the first week in^January.
Of the 2,559 tags sold, 1,991 were
automobile, 549 were for trucks,
and 19 were trailer tags.
A report from Raleigh showed
SCHOOLS TO REOPEN
MONDAY, JAN. ISTH
crease has been observed in the is-{She is also survived by one sister,!that 39,259 more automobile tags
the early part of 1939 , Mrs. Julia Raqkley, and two broth- had been sold in 1939 than were sold
suances since
and it is thought that South Carolina
and Tennessee is getting the busi-
ers, Boyd and Harding Wilson, all
of Georgia, and five grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
The reopening of the Marion
city schools and county schools
has been postponed until Mon
day, Jan. 15, due to the preva
lence of colds and influenza.
The postponements were or
dered last Friday after N. F.
Steppe, county superintendent,
and Hugh F. Beam, city super
intendent, conferred with city
and county health authorities,
who deemed it advisable to de
lay the opening another week.
In some sections, more cases
have been reported, but on the
whole the epidemic is under con
trol, it was stated.
The postponement will delay
the closing of schools in the
spring until the first week in
May.
j FTynn, a former inmate of the
I State Hospital for the Insane at
Morganton, was convicted Thursday
by a jury. The trial began Wednes
day.
D. F. Giles, attorney, of Marion,
appointed by the court to defend
Flynn, served notice of appeal to
the state supreme court.
Flynn’s only defense during the
trial was that he was insane at the
time. His counsel introduced a rec
ord which showed the defendant ahd
been, in the State hospital.
Albert Flynn, seven-year-old son
of the defendant, was the only eye
witness to the shooting and was the
principal witness for the state. He
related in detail the incidents at his
home prior to the fatal shooting and
told the jury he saw his father choke
his mother and then shoot her to
death.
Court adjourned at noon Friday,
leaving approximately a dozen cases
untried and an equal number con
tinued.
MEETING POSTPONED
The district meeting of the North:
MERCH^iNTS’ MEETING
There will be a merchants’ meet-
Carolina Petroleum Industries com- 4. o qa
’ • Mar- ing Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
I oeen soiu 111 xvos nmu were ouiu mittee which was to be held in | ni. u #
in 1938, and all indications are now lion yesterday has been indefinitely j o clock at ®
that a still greater increase is expec-1 postponed. The meeting was to beimerce o ce. a
ted in 1940. [represented by thirteen counties. [been requested.