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MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940
VOL. XLIV—NO. 3«
Three-Day Trade Celebration Starts
Today In Marion With Treasure Hunt
Sponsored By Many Local Merchants
ASHEVILLE MOTORCADE
MAKES STOP IN MARION
Prizes To Be Given Displayed j
In Store Here This Week;j
Valued At $500. i
WORK ON ADDITION TO
JAIL TO START TODAY
Marion’s Trade Jubilee, a three
way
Work on the $50,000 WPA proj
ect for an addition to the McDqwell
I county jail was scheduled to start
i today with approximately '60 men
{being employed in the construction.
day celebration gets under
here tonight w.th a treasure hunt m|
which local merchants are Eivingj ^
away prices valued at $600 For the I j
past week the many prizes ofrered by . j i. u i n.
^ , . ■' found to be necessary to make the
Marion stores for the treasure hunt; _
tavc been on display m the bu'W'-S j ifi,,ati„ns. The lack of proper ar-
formerly occupied by T. W, Wilson S|
iregation of male, female and juve-
The display of prizes has attracted i prisoners were said to have
much attention from passersby. Also alterations necessary,
on display were a group of many'
prizes that will be given to the larg
est family in town Saturday night..
The new addition
house will be built
wing. It will house
the court-
the south,
modern jail -
These were all contributed by local janjj quarters for the jailer. The
merchants. j space in the courthouse now being
Tonight’s program, opening with a-used as a jail will be converted into
offices or storage space.
It is thought that about eight
months will be required to complete
the new addition.
FARMERS WILL SUPPLY
MILK FOR SHELBY PLANT
Approximately 50 farmers in Mc
Dowell county have signed to furnish
milk for a plant of the Carnation
Milk Company that is being estab
lished in Shelby, announced County
Agent S. L. Homewood this wetk.
The routing of the milk trucks
through McDowell county will be
announced before May 15, he said.
Plans call for the milk collections to
begin in the county on May 15.
band concert, will be built around
the treasure hunt. Tickets for the
hunt have been distributed to all the
merchants taking part in the pro
gram. Visitors to local stores tonight
will be given a ticket with a number
on it at each store. On each of the
prizes to be given away in the trea
sure hunt will be displayed a num
ber. The person finding some article
in a Marion store that bears the same
number as one of the tickets he has
been given, will claim the prize. Ap
proximately five articles from each
store in Marion participating in the
Trade Jubilee will be given away in
the treasure hunt.
No sales will be made by local
merchants tonight. Stores will be op
en only for the treasure bunt. P*rizes
won in the hunt will not be given
away tonight, but they may be had
by calling at the store tomorrow
night.
Arrangements for the treasure
hunt have been under the direction
of Cato Holler, chairman, Dan
Hitchcock and J. E. Evans.
Spotlighting tomorrow night’s pro
gram for the Trade Jubilee is the
style show^ that will be held in the
Marion Theatre at 9:00 o’clock p.
m. Wearing apparel from Marion
stores will be featured in the show.
Several models for each store will
take part in the style display and all
merchants and firms taking part in] Five permits for building and re-
the Trade Jubilee will be represented \ modeling in Marion have been is-1 MARION ROTARY SETS
1KM0DEUNG AND
BUILDING UNDER
Some 44 membei-s of Asheville’s
Junior Chamber of Commerce, on
their second get-acquainted-with-
Western-North Carolina > tour, stop
ped in Marion for a brief visit last
Friday afternoon.
The Asheville visitors were enthu
siastic about the scenic wonders
around Marion that they had heard
much about but few had seen. Leav
ing Asheville Friday morning, mem
bers of the tour visited ^ Mars Hill
College, Burnsville, Spruce Pine,
Little Switzerland, Linville Falls,
Linville Caverns, Marion and Old
Fort.
Near Spruce Pine the party was
joined by Major J. P. Dodge, of Mar
ion, in charge of the Blue Ridge
Parkway land office of the State
Highway Commission, and E. M.
Dale, ranger for the National Forest
service. Major Dodge and Mr. Dale
conducted the tour members over a
15-mile section of the Blue Ridge
parkway between Little Switzerland
and Linville Falls.
At Linville Falls the tour was
joined by Walter J. Cartier, secreta
ry of the Marion Chamber of Com
merce, Hugh Beam, superintendent
of Marion city schools, J. J. Johnson
of the State Highway patrol, and Lee
Erwin, captain of Marion police.
Through arrangements made by Mr.
Cartier, the tour members visited
Linville Falls, Linville Caverns, and
continued their tour on to Marion.
The visitors were greeted in Mar
ion on the courthouse lawn by Mayor
Zeno Martin. He pointed to the im
portance of Marion as an indistrial,
agricultural and tourist center. He
introduced Dean Tainter, president
of the Rotary club, Cecil Dobson,
president of the Kiwanis club, Jim
Neal, past president of the Francis
Marion club, and V. T. Eckerd, pres
ident of the Chamber of Commerce,
all of whom welcomed the visitors
on behalf of their clubs and orgrani-
zations.
Moore JBryson, jiresident of the
Asheville Junior Chamber of Com
merce, responded to the welcome ad
dresses. He stated that the tours
were being conducted to discover the
wonders of Western North Carolina
Also expressing thanks for the hospi-
MAKION STUDENTS
TAKE FIRST PUCE
RATINGS IN MUSIC
Six Soloists And One Group
Given One Rating in State
Contest.
Marion high school music stu
dents won seven first ratings in the
first day’s trials of the state high
school music contest in Greensboro,
Tuesday. Several other Marion stu
dents won second, third and fourth
ratings.
Marion high school was entered
in the state contest as a class B
school, the class being determined
by the student enrollment. Approx
imately 50 pupils from the local
school are taking part in the con
test. In the Tuesday trials soloists
and instrumental groups were heard
Yesterday the band contests were
staged.
Marion students receiving first
rating in the Tuesday program were
Louis Cutlar, violin; Harold Little,
trumpet; Bryan Gibson, trombone;
Virginia Mae McCall, piano; Robert
Gourley, baritone horn; Henry Leon
ard, bass clarinet; and a clarinet
quartet. Second ratings were given
Katherine Ledbetter, oboe; Margar
et Moore, alto clarinet and a brass
sextet. Third rating was given a
brass quartet of Marion and fourth
ratings were given to Billy Alley,
French horn; and Bill Bolton, tenor
saxaphone.
The Marion high school band took
part in the contest yesterday. The
band and music in general at the
high school are under the direction
of Bernard Hirsch.
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
PAID OUT $4,518.07 IN
CHECKS LAST MONTH
The Marion employment service
office distributed 970 checks in the
amount of $4,518.07 in the area
served by the office during the month
of March, it was announced by Chas.
G. Powell, chairman of the State Un
employment Compensation Commis
sion.
In the 27 months of distribution
of out-of-work benefits, from Janu
ary 1938, through March 1940, the
Marion office has distributed 34,574
checks in the amount of $235,900.61.
The 46 white employment offices
and the 10 colored branch offices in
the state in the month of March
distributed 70,161 checks for a total
of $352,225.98, less 1,362 checks for
$15,058.34 which went to claimants
who had established wage credits in
North Carolina but who resided in
other states while drawing benefits.
In the 7 months of benefit pay
ments, these local offices distributed
2,019,121 checks for $13,326,086.16
in North Carolina, in addition to the
20,046 checks for $ 230,233 which
went> to out-of-state claimants. Total
payments for the 27 months to resi
dent and non-resident claimants am
ounted to $13,556,320.93, included
in 2,039,167 checks.
THERMAL BELT MEDICAL
SOCIETY MEETS TONIGHT
HNAi^ PROGRAM
IN CITY SCHOOLS
BEGINS APRIL 25
Commencement Exercises To
Be Closed With The Senior
Graduations On May 24.
According to a report just receiv
ed here, the Marion high school band' Spartanburg, S. C.,
was given a first rating in the state. (j^norrheal Problem”; Dr.
musical contest yesterday. | Hamrick of Shelby,
I Suture Materials”;
Commencement prog^rams for the
schools in the Marion city system
will be begun next Thursday when
an operetta presented by children
of the primary grades will be given
at the Clinchfield school. The pro
gram will begin at 8:00 o’clock p. m.
Various progrrams will be presen
ted by the city schools until May 24,
when high school graduation exerci
ses take place in the Marion school
auditorium.
The progiams as outlined for the
city schools are as follows:
Primary operetta at the Clinch
field school, April 25, at 8:00 o’clock
p. m. Grade operetta by the central
elementary school in the high school
auditorium, April 26, at 8:00 o’clock
p. m. Senior play in the Marion high
school auditorium. May 3, at 8:00
o’clock p. m. Elementary music pro
gram at the Clinchfield school. May
9, at 8:00 o’clock p. m., and again
on May 10 at 9:00 o’clock a. m. The
Four speakers will be on the pro- Cross Mill primary operetta. May 10
gram at a meeting of the Thermal at 8:00 o’clock p. m. Seventh grade
Belt Medical Society to be held at | graduating exercises at the West
the Marion Lake club tonight at 7:00j^^arion school, May 13, at 8:00 o’-
o’clock, it was announced this week, dock p. m. Seventh grade graduat-
Attending the meeting will be doc- j exercises at the Eugene Cross
tors from McDowell, Rutherford, j school. May 14, at 8:00 o’clock p.m.
Cleveland and Polk counties and ap- Seventh grade graduation at the
proximately 50 physicians are ex-; Clinchfield school May 15, at 9:00
pected to be present. o’clock a. m. Seventh grade gradu-
Speakers for the evening will bejation at the East Marion school, at
Dr. Paul McBee of Marion, “Middle 18 =00 o’clock p. m. May 15. Seventh
Meningeal Hemorrhage”; Dr. J. A. is’^ade graduation at the Marion high
Thei®c^®®^» May 16, at 8:00 o’clock p.m.
John I baccalaureate sermon will be
“Sutures and' Sunday, May 19, with the
and Dr. Austin' speaker to be announced later. Se-
COMMITTEE TO STUDY j Woody of Tryon, “Maternal Health j nior class night exercises will be held
LAYING OF WATER LINE j Program in Polk County.” | May 23. The graduation exercises of
I Dinner will be served to members!the high school will be held May 24
IIT t \f imi lyi ft DfAlso expressing thanks for the hospi- Keeter, superintendent of j of the Society and guests at 7:00 o
fVAl iW fflAKlUWltality received here was Vice-Mayor M^arion water works, and the Marion dock.
|l. Lyons Lee, of Asheville. [streets committee, composed of R. B.
I Leaving Marion the tour members! CrisP. S. W. Blanron, and R. L.
1 • « n d' made a sliort stop in Old Fort and| authorized by theBoard
Permits Have Been I S S U e Asheville. In 01di«^ Aldermen at its meeting this week
From Town Office For Bus-{Fort the party was greeted by Mayor|to investigate the possibility of lay-
iness Concerns, Dwellings.
John V. Robinson and conducted to
the Arrowhead tea room for refresh
ments.
Members of the Junior Woman’s i sued from the town office since Jan-
club have been working for the past uary 1 of this year, it was announ-
few weeks arranging the program! ced this week by Hugh Conley, town
for the style show. Plans have been [ clerk.
under the direction of Mrs. J. F. j The remodeling of the T. F.
Shoemaker, chairman, Mrs. Will Er-iWrenn building, opposite the James
win and Mrs. Rowe Mauney.
Tomorrow night’s prog^ram
The Marion Rotary club was the
only one in this Rotary district that
had five meetings with 100 per cent
attendance in March, it was announ-
! Hotel, has been begun. The com-j ced at the weekly meeting of the
will I pleted structure will be occupied by j club last Friday.
ATTENDANCE RECORD
open with a band concert. All stores!a new' drug and luncheonette con-j The Rotary club was addressed
will be open for sales during tl\e!cern owned by Dean Tainter. Plans j'by Dr. Paul McBee, of the Marion
night’s trade program. ; for the remodeling of the building General Hospital, who was progi-am
The three-day Trade Jubilee pro-, call for the construction of a new chairman for the meeting. Dr. Mc
Bee talked on tuberculosis, its caus
es, prevention, and cure.
Plans were discussed for members
of.the club to attend the district
conference of Rotary to be held in
Hickory April 28-30. All Marion Ro-
tarians are planning to attend the
ctonference.
The meeting was presided over by
Dean Tainter, president. Guests of
the meeting were Rotarian R. C.
Carter of Glen Falls, New York, and
Rev. L. B. Hayes of Greensboro.
gram will be climaxed on Saturday (front to the store, the laying of new
night with a street dance which will (flooring and remodeling of the inte-
be staged on the main business block jrior. New equipment will be install-
of Marion. The block will be closed I ed in the store and it is expected
to traffic and turned over to the | that the formal opening may be held
dancers. during the first part of May.
Square dancing has been chosen! A new structure to house the
as the most appropriate for the Ideal Dry Cleaners is nearing com-
event. Three sections of dancers will | pletion on West Henderson street
be directed by experienced callers I beside the Laughridge Fui'niture
and space will be available to accom-[ Company store. Work on the inte-
modate any number of people. Music irior of the brick building is being
will be broadcast over a powerful i completed this week and the Ideal
public address system. j Cleaners are expected to occupy the
Arrangements for the street danc-;new plant next week,
ing have been made by the Francis j Three permits have been issued
Marion club. Lighting for the occa- for private dwellings. A new home
sion will be supervised by J. A. Wierj being built by P. J. Story is nearing
of the Duke Power Company. , completion on Augusta street.. The
Opening the Saturday night pro-■ building is a two-story structure and
gram will be a band concert. Prizes | is being built under the direction of
that have been on display here thisjj. F. Glenn, contractor,
week will be awarded to the largest! Other permits were issued to
family in town. All stores will be op-! Woodrow Hunter for the construc-
en for sales during Saturday night’s jtion of a one-story dwelling on the
festivities. Sinclair property here and to
Marion merchants have been work-1 James Hughes for the construction
ing for the last few weeks in prepa-lof a dwelling on Virgfinia Avenue,
i-ation for the Trade Jubilee. At-[Elliott and Stamen are the contrac
tractive window displays have been tors for the Hughes house,
arranged and special articles to bei
ing a water line to Morehead City
and installing a water system on
Virginia Avenue. The committee will
stu(Jy the proposition and make its
report to the Board of Aldermen.
Marion Aldermen this week an
nounced the appointment of Hubert
Martin as electrical inspector for the
town.
Regulations governing the dispo
sal of garbage and trash from local
stores were discussed and the Board
moved to take steps to inforce rules
prohibiting the collecting of rubbish
piles behind Marion stores.
17 DEMOCRATS,
5 REPUBUCANS
AREQUAUnED
at 8:00 o’clock p. m. with the gradu
ating address being delivered by Dr.
Joseph Sevier, president of Fassifem
school for girls in Hendersonville.
CONSERVATION WORK
DONE IN COUNTY CITED
G. O. P. CANDIDATE FOR
A total of 10,177.4 soil conserva-
’tion and soil building practices were
I carried out on 747 farms in Me-
j Dowell county in 1939, announced
j County Agent S. L. Homewood this
Three Contests; Five Demo- week.
m r% w' n ' M. \ Payments for soil conservation
crats In Race or egis er , ^j^ye been made to most of the
Of Deeds. I farmers in McDowell county who
I carried out the practices as outlined.
j by the county^ agent.
Twenty-two candidates officially ^ Conservation work done in the
filed for office in the Democratic and: county in 1939 as listed by Mr.
j Republican primaries May 25th be-1 Honnewood was as follows: Terrac-
i fore the dead line for filing arrived ing was done on 378.5 acres of land.
I at six o’clock Saturday night. Seven-1 on 46 farms, 807.7 acres in pasture
GOVERNOR TO SPEAK HERE | teen Democrats will seek their par-1 on 138 farms were seeded or reseed-
Ity’s nomination for county office in;ed, 2,631.5 tons of ground limestone
John R. Hoffman, of Burlington, j the primary while five Republicans j were used on 234 farms, grasses
candidate for the Republican nom-jhave filed their bids to become their were seeded on 78 acres on 15 farms.
ination for governor, will speak at
the court house in Marion on Friday
evening, April 25, at 8 o’clock.
Mr. Hoffman ^is visiting all of the
counties in the western part of the
state on this trip. He is opposed in
the primary by George Pritchard of
Asheville and Robert H. O’Neill of
Statesville.
NEAL WINS MORGANTON
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Albert Neal of Marion won out
over a field of 75 golfers in Mprgan-
ton last Saturday in the Carolina
Golf Association’s opening one-day
tournament with a low gross score
of 160 for 36 holes. He had 77 for
the morning round, and turned in 83
for the afternoon 18.
Golfers from North and South
Carolina took part in the tourna
ment.
sold at reduced prices during tKe Ju-! lee Marion’s greatest trade event,
bilee have been shown. j Advertising for the festival has been
The Trade Jubilee has been built | under the direction of V. T. Eckerd,
around the theme, “Shop in Marion.” president of the Chamber of Com-
It is being sponsored by the Marion! merce. General supervision of the
Chamber of Commerce with the co-j program has been carried out by
operation of local civic clubs, all of] Walter J. Cartier, secretary of the
whom are working to make the Jubi-1 Chamber of Commerce.
BROUGHTON HERE TODAY
J. M. Broughton, Democratic can
didate for governor of North Caro
lina, will be in Marion this after-
WAKE
FOREST SINGERS
TO BE HERE TUESDAY
The 'Wake Forest Glee club, a
group of 40 students, will present a
program at the Marion high school
auditorium next Tuesday night, Ap
ril 23, at 8:00 o’clock.
Members of the Glee club will be
guests of the Marion Kiwanis club
at dinner Tuesday night. The singers
in their appearance in Marion are
being sponsored by the Kiwanis club.
Proceeds ^rom the Glee club con
cert will go to the Marion high school
band.
NEW TEA ROOM
Miss Mabel Crawford announces
partiy’s standard-bearers.
In addition to county offices, two
385.3 acres on 94 farms were plant
ed in winter legumes, 2,260.1 acres
Democrats will seek township offices, I in summer legumes on 457 farms
B. L. Robbins of Marion township
and A. A. Padgett of Old Fort town
ship.
Democrats will have contests for
three offices. Register of Deeds, the
Legislature and State Senate. No
two Republicans sought the same
county office, hence there will be no
ticket in the primary.
The list of Democratic candidates
are; For State Senate, Ashby Rob
inson and L. J. P. Cutlar; for House
of Representatives, D. F. Giles, J. C.
Rabb and H. J. Hall; for Register
of Deeds, R. V. McGimsey, John
were turned under. Some 60.6 acres
of forest on 13 farms were thinned,
summer legumes were interplanted
with soil depleting crops on 1,670.1
acres on 474 farms, lespedeza was
seeded alone on 1,468.8 acres on 427
farms, timothy was seeded alone on
2.3 acres on four farms, and strip
cropping was done on 5.4 acres on
two farms. Two hundred bags of
triple superphosphate were used on
one farm, and 600 pounds of 16 per
cent phosphate were used on one
farm.
Sign-ups for compliance work with
!the soil conservation program next
Stepp, G. W. Chapman. Zeb L. Lack-ly^^^, completed last Saturday,
ey, and Mack Dixon; to conservation payments will be
sioners, I. L. Caplan, R. P. Morns i farmers who have not signed
and C. A. Workman; for member of compliance with the program.
the Board of Education, Dr. J. B. I
Johnson; for surveyor, E. A. 1 SERVICES AT
nach. I ST JOHN’S TUESDAY
The five Republicans filing were 1
R. A. Poe, for Register of Deeds; O. j Bishop R. E. Gribbin and Miss
Dennis Hanes, for House of Repre-1 Maude Cutlar, field worker in the
noon at the James Hotel. According the opening of the Arrow Head Tea 1 senUtives, and R. A. Lonon. C. Y.; department of Christian Education,
Room in Old Fort Friday, April 19.; Banning and Johnson Nesbitt for this province, will conduct a ser-
to an announcement made here this
weeJi, Mr. Broughton will meet
friends at the hotel at 8:00 o’clock
p, m. The public is iiivfted to visit
him at the hotel.
vice at St. John’s Episcopal church
next Tuesday afternoon at 3:30. All
The Arrow Head will be located in j county commissioners,
the new, attractiye, stone building j The registration book in various
recently erected on the property of! precincts will open April 27th and [members are urged to attend,
the Crawford home place. remain open through May 11. I Services next Sunday at 11 a.
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