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ESTABLISHED 1896
MARION, N. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1940
VOL. XLV—NO. 9
Awards Will Be
Made At Horse
And Cattle Show
Prizes In 55 Classes
Given At Annual
Here October 4.
To Be
Event
McDowell county’s annual horse
and cattle show, to be held here at
the fair grounds Friday, October 4,
will oflFer first prizes in 55 classes
and second and third awards in each
of these classes to entries in the
show.
BEAM SUGGESTED FOR
PRESIDENCY OF N.C.E.A
Hugh F. Beam, superintendent of
Marion city schools, is being sug
gested for president of the western
district of the North Carolina Edu
cation Association. N. P. Steppe, su
perintendent of McDowell county
schools, sent out letters some time
ago to a number of school people
suggesting Mr. Beam for the presi-
dtncy and he has received replies
promising support for Mr. Beam’s
candidacy. The election of officers of
the N. C. E. A. will be held at the
district meeting of the association
in Asheville, beginning October 18.
Mr. Beam has been very active in
school, civic and business activities
in Marion and McDowell county for
the past 14 years. He began his
work here 14 years ago as a teacher
A standard track, measuring 125
by 200 feet, was completed at theji^ the Marion high school. After a
fair grounds this week and a small j years he was made principal of
house has been built in the center | the high school and for the past five
for the judge’s stand. Parking has | years has been serving as superin-
been provided around the ring to en
able ^ectators to watch the horse
show from their cars. There will be a
small parking charge for use of this
space.
The fair grounds, located just off
the Rutherford road at the foot of
Mt. Ida, have been graded. Parking
space has been provided for approx
imately 500 cars. Space has been pro
vided for the showing of draft horses
and cattle. Entrance to the grounds
has been made possible by the con
struction of a bridge leading off the
Kotherford road.
C. J. Lynch, a member of the Try-
on Riding and Hunt club has been
engaged to judge the saddle horses
in the show. About 25 entries are ex
pected in this class. The judging of
draft horses and cattle will be by J.
A. Wilson, farm agent of Polk coun
ty.
tendent of Marion city schools.
He is a past president of the Mar
ion Kiwanis club and is now serving
on the board of directors of this or
ganization. He has long been active
in church and Sunday School work
and is now teacher of the Young
Men’s Bible class of the Presbyteri
an church. For several years he has
been active in Boy Scout work and
has served as scout master. He
well known throughout the state in
educational circles.
The western district of the N. C.
E. A. is composed of North Carolina
counties west'of and including Burke
Construction And
Remodeling Are
Under Way Here
WPA Projects And Private
Building Bring Small Boom
To Marion.
HIGHWAY 105 IS BEING
RESURFACED. NO. 26 OPEN
Highway No. 105, from Highway
70 through Nebo to the Burke coun-
j ty line, was closed to traffic last week
The horse and cattle show is being j as workmen . began resurfacing the
Marion is now witnessing a small
building and remodeling boom as
workmen are employed in all parts
of the town on construction projects.
Two WPA projects are now under*
way here. Approximately 50 workers
are now employed at the Marion high
school building', tearing down burned
portions of the structure and begin
ning reconstruction work. Plans fcfr
the $100,000 project call for the re
pairing of eight class rooms and en
larging the library. A new building
on the school grounds will house
four classrooms, a music room, and
a gymnasium. Work on 'the new
structure will not be started until
repairs to the old building are com
plete.
The $49,135 WPA project for a
three-story addition to the county
jail is nearing completion, the exter
ior walls having been completed for
the first two stories and workmen
now being employed on interior con
struction.
The razing of the old R. F. Bur
ton home on North Main street has
been completed and workmen are ex
pected to start soon on the construc
tion of a three-story building to
house the Smith Furniture Company.
The new furniture store will be a
modern structure and will have
sponsored this year by the Marion
Kiwanis club and is being supported
by other civic organizations. Ar
rangements for the show are under
the direction of S. J. Westmoreland j
who is %eing assisted by S. L. Home- i
irood, J. C. Rabb, J. R. Jimeson, W.
C. Mclver and Frank Goforth. Per-
Mns entering saddle horses in the
show have been requested to notify
Mr. Westmoreland. Draft horses and
eatUe entries will be handled by Mr.
Homewood.
Awards will be made to saddle
horses in the five gaited, three gai-
stretch with tar and gravel. Prepara
tions for the surfacing were made
this summer when several curves
were eliminated and much grading
ion Lake^ ^iib have , been ^ forced to
walk after getting as near as possible
by round-about roads.
Highway No. 26, from Woodlawn
to Mitchell county, was opened to
traffic yesterday after being closed
for some time. The road has been re
surfaced and now shows little evi
dence of flood damage.
Equipment of the State Highway
ted. Mies, walking, pony, adult andl^--* Pubte Works Commission is be-
eUld and girl and boy classes.
Awards to draft horses will bemade McDoweU county to make needed
to the best stallion, horse or mare, j .J? Hjghway No. 221 as soon
Mlt. team and mare with colt at “
side. Prizes will be given in the mule
and jack class to the best jack, mule,
Governor Works
On Draft Plans
For This State
Local Boards Soon
Named By Hoey;
Computed.
To Be
Number
Raleigh, Sept, 24.—Governor Hoey
will soon name the local draft boards
which will classify men according to
their ability to serve in the nation’s
drafted armed forces.
The chief executive announced to
day that the number of draft boards
needed in each county was being
computed and said that as soon as
the figures were completed, the
county court clerks, county school
superintendents and county election
board chairmen would be asked to
recommend the draft board members
He said he* had directed the state
elections board to order registrants
on duty October 16 to register those
between the ages of 21 and 35 for
possible compulsory military service
The 1,916 registrars will be on
duty at regular polling places for
the day. The governor expressed the
hope that competent and patriotic
persons would volunteer to aid the
registrars.
Adj. Gen. J. Van B. Metts has
been designated state director for
the compulsory military training pro
gram. He will be assisted by mem
bers of his staff, who have taken
special training in draft methods.
Col. Gordon Smith, assistant ad
jutant general and procurement of
ficer for the draft, conferred today
GEORGE EAVES, FORMER
MARION MAYOR, PASSES
AT HOME IN TENNESSEE
George G. Eaves, 90, former resi
dent of Marion, died early Saturday
morning at his home in Chattanooga,
Tenn. The remains arrived here on
train No. 22 Sunday and interment
was made in Oak Grove cemetery on
Sunday afternoon. The services were
conducted by Rev. W. A. Jenkins,
pastor of the First Methodist church.
Mr. Eaves, a native of Rutherford
county, was married to Miss Kathryn
Burgin in 1877 and moved to Marion
in 1878 to practice law. While here
he became interested in the printing
business and edited the Marion News
for several years. He was elected to
the state senate and for a number of
years was mayor of the town of Mar
ion.
About 35 years ago, he moved first
to Knoxville and then to Chattanoo
ga, where he has taken an active part
in public and social affairs.
He is survived by five sons and
four daughters: C. B. Eaves, of Min-
tone, Ala., Mrs. Luther Beard, of
Jellico, Tenn., Mrs. W. S. Freeman,
of Salisbury, G. G. Eaves, Jr., Mer
ritt B., Beverly M., and Lynn Eaves,
Mrs. Austin Leigh and Mrs. Earl
Smith, all of Chattanooga.
Library Work Is
Expanding Undo*
Project Of WPA
Large Book Circulation And
Organization In County
Made Possible By Agency.
MARION HIGH TO PLAY
LENOIR HERE FRIDAY
Workers of the McDowell county
WPA library project are achieving
their aims of extending library ser
vice and encouraging the use of
books, judging from a report of the
work done over a period of twelve
months. During this period the WPA
has organized three public libraries,
five school libraries and three read
ing rooms.
Organization work has led to in
creased circulation of books and to
a wider use of them in McDowell,
the report showing that 15,180 vol
umes were circulated from public
libraries during the 12 month period
and 3,340 volumes were circulated
from school libraries. This wide cir
culation was achieved by the six
public libraries and reading rooms
in the county having a total of 3,-
890 volumes and five school libra
ries having a total of 3,808 volumes.
Renovation, repairing and servic
ing books are important tasks which
WPA workers perform. During the
12 month period 4,423 volumes have
been made fit for public use and ap-
60 foot frontage on Main street. regarding blanks which
I 4.1,^ J ilAO AAA 4.1^
Most of the space on the three floors
will be used for furniture display.
The East Court Motor Company
on East Court street will be housed
in a new building in the near future.
was done. People going to the Mar-. A new one-story metal frame build
ing has been planned to house the
motor company . The structure will'
have a brick veneer front. Frame
work for the building has been com
pleted.
Preparation for the rebuilding of
the Main Street Texaco filling sta-
the estimated 403,000 North Caroli
na registrants will fill out. It has
been said that North Carolina’s quo
ta under the first draft of 400,000
men might be about 13,000, less
whatever credits the state may re
ceive for voluntary enlistments with
armed forces.
Governor Hoey displayed a letter
from President Roosevelt, ’ noting
that election officials and draft board
members would be expected to serve
without pay as their “contribution
to national defense," just as young
Seeking a remedy for the costly
fumbles that lost the Newton-Mari-
on game for the local high school
eleven last week. Coach Art Ditt is, ^ ,
... J .cl. I. • * proximately 1,000 books are yet to
puttmg the squad through mtenself; , / ’ ^
, . . , 4.U 1 1 -A 'be worked over.
traming this week as the local grid- j
ders prepare to meet Lenoir high 1 example of the library service
school here Friday afternoon. The! offered by the WPA was a bookmo-
Friday event will be the homecom-i ^ile demonstration that was conduc
ing grame* at Marion high school. The county for two months
game will begin at 3:30 in the after-past year. The bookmobile covered
five routes in McDowell, made 45
Lenoir rolled over the local eleven stops and circulated 5,435 books,
last year 26 to 6 in a rough game.
This year, with no injuries on the
squad and a better team in many!service readied people in
respects, the Marion squad stands a,sections of the county and demon-
good chance of aven^ng the defeat. its value so well that the
Both teams have lost one game thisi«o«nty commissioners have been re-
year, Marion losing to Newton 6-0! Quested to provide permanent book-
and Lenoir going down before Ashe-1 ^’'obile service for the county,
ville. ! The new library units in the coun-
The 6-0 score in the Marion-New-j ty will be organized within the next,
ton game fails to tell the story. Fori few weeks, according to Mrs. Ann
more than were circulated by public
libraries in four months. This book
remote
tion on North Main street was begun men will devote a year of their time j the greater part of the afternoon j C. Hawkins, county supervisor. The
last week. Workmen have been em-Uo military training Marion eleven held the ball in j units are North Cove high school li-
ployed in clearing property around! | Newton’s territory. A Marion fum-' brary, with Miss Edna Brinkley as
‘ ble, recovered by Newton, led to the; clerk, and the Sugar Hill elementary
team, colt and mare with mule colt
at side. Beef cattle will be judged
for the best mature bull, bull 2-3
years old, bull 1-2 years old, bull un
der 1 year of age, mature cow, cow
2-3 years old, heifer 1-2 years old,
heifer under 1 year; Grade—mature
cow, cow 2-3 years old, heifer 1-2
years old and best steer. Guernsey
dairy cattle will be judged for the
best mature bull, bull 2-3 years old,
bull 1-2 years old, bull under 1 year,
mature cow, heifer 2-3 years old,
heifer 1-2 years old, heifer 6 months
to one year old, baby heifer, get of
sire and best produce of dam.
Jersey cattle will be judged for
best mature bull, bull 2-3 years old,
are required on
many stretches of the highway.
M’DOWELL FARMS
THIS YEAR MAY
EARN $23,582.78
It is possible for McDowell farm
ers who have signed for compliance
with the 1940 soil conservation pro
gram to earn $23,582.78 this year,
according to figures released by
County Agent S. L. Homewood.
Of the total of 1,394 farms in
this county 1,050 have signed for
compliance with the program this
year. The 344 farmers who failed to
sign under the program could have
made $9,262.47 in soil conservation
payments. If all farmers in the coun
ty had complied with the AAA pro-
the station to make way for the lar
ger building. The new station will
be a one-story structure with a met
al roof and will house a greasing
and washing room in addition to the
office
MORETZ NOW SUPERVISOR
lonly score of the afternoon. Only'school library. The Buck Creek CCC
FOR FSA IN M’DOWELL | occasions did Newton Camp library was organized early in
[threaten to score. ithe year by the McDowell library
McD6well county has been com-} Friday game promises to be'project and officials at the comp ex-
bull 1-2 years old, bull under 1 year,
imtnre cow, cow 2-3 years old, heif-lf*"’ amount-
er 1-2 years old, heifer 6 months to
1 year old, and best baby heifer;
Grade — best mature cow, cow 2-3
years old, heifer 1-2 years old and
best heifer under 1 year.
A Guernsey bull calf will be awar
ded to the owner of the best cow in
milk and the best heifer.
COOLEY TO SPEAK AT
CATTLE BREEDERS
MEET
ing to $32,845.25 would have been
distributed this year.
Of McDowell’s 1,394 farms, 75.3
percent are working under the con
servation program this year. By full
compliance the 75.3 percent may
earn $23,582.78 as compared to
$22,116.01- last year.
According to information avail
able so far this year, it is expected
that complying farms in McDowell
will earn 90 percent of the maximum
payment for soil conservation work.
LEONARD TO ADDRESS
MARION WILLKIE CLUB
T. F. Cooley, manager of the fam
ous Klondike Farm at Elkin, one of
the South’s leading Guernsey Breed
ing establishments, will be the guest
speaker at a meeting of McDbwell j. Paul Leonard, of Statesville
county Guernsey breeders to be held | secretary of the North Carolina Fair
at the Pleasant Gardens Community | Tax association, will be the guest
building Wednesday night, October j speaker at a meeting of the Marion
2. All Guernsey breeders of McDow-1 Willkie club to be held in the club
ell and persons interested in cattle | headquarters here tomorrow night
are requested to attend the meeting, j at 8:00 o’clock.
On October 1 Mr. Cooley will bej Mr. Leonard comes to Marion in
at the annual Guernsey cattle show | connection with the plan of the local
in Morganton where he will judge jwillkie club to secure prominent
the entries in show. On October | speakers to address people interes-
2 he will visit with Guernsey breed-.ted in the candidacy of Wendell
ers in McDowell prior to the night willkie for President of the United
I bined with Burke and Caldwell | important event at the local high ■ pressed themselves as being well
The remodeling of the atore front piHecJtitv TdtrnLr ^
Farm Security Administra-^ game and all preparations At present there are 12 people
have been made to care for a large employed in the county library proj-
crowd for the first home game of the | ect. These include library clerks, the
year. ! county supervisor, Mrs. Hawkins,
jand Mrs. Mary C. Logan, office and
C OF C MEMBERSHIPS | organization work assistant.
REACH TOTAL OF 218^ Libraries and reading rooms in
I McDowell totally manned by the
The McDowell Chamber of Com- ’ WPA, the library clerks and the
of Belk-Broome’s store on D. Grady Moretz, of
street was begun last week. Two new, supervisor of the
entrances will be constructed to thejj^j,^^ counties, it was announced
store, an additional show window
will be provided and the exterior of'
the front will be, finished in Black 1
McDowell was formerly combined
with Rutherford county as a unit
under the Administration. Both were
Permits for the construction ofjuj^^jgj. Supervisor Truman West-
three houses in Marion have been I moreland. Because of the great am-
issued by the town since July 1. The | ount of business of the Administra-
new home of E. W. Parker on Mor-1 tion in Rutherford, Mr. Westmore-
gan street is nearing completion, land was made supervisor of that
work having been started on the j county alone.
structure this summer. Two houses! Moretz now has full charge
on Spring street will be built this | of the Farm Security Administra-
fall, permits having been issued to I tion in McDowell and has office hours
Hubert Hensley and J. H. Hensley
for their construction.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
OF P-T SET FOR OCT. 1
The annual conference of district
No. two of the North Carolina Con
gress of parents and teachers will be
held at the Blowing Rock high school
building next Tuesday, October 1.
The morning session will open at 10
o’clock. Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, state
president, will speak on “The Respon
sibility of Parent Teacher Associa
tions in a Democracy.” A
in the Town Hall in Marion every
Tuesday and Friday. He was super
visor of Burke and Caldwell before
McDowell joined the unit.
CHEVROLET DEALERS
HAVE MEETING HERE
The annual Chevrolet dealers re
contracting meeting for district No.
2 was held here in the Community
building yesterday with approxi
mately 25 dealers from this destrict
present. The meeting was presided
over by C. J. Peters, of Charlotte,
business j 4one manager of Chevrolet.
session will be held during the mom-1 The dealers had lunch in the
ing; committees will be elected and j Community building and held a
reports will be given. [business session afterwards. The
Featured at the afternoon session j business done by dealers last year
will be an address by Dean J. D.^Mes- j was discussed. Last year’s meeting
sick of Elon College, speaking on | was held in Asheville.
“Com'munity Cooperation and Coofrl, Chevrolet salesmen for district
dination.” Officer s will be elected and! N6. 2 and dealers held a promotion
merce now has 218 memberships and; number of volumes in each library
some committees and drive workers;are as follows: Plorence Thomas
have not been heard from as yet, ?Memorial public. Miss Mary Sue
stated Secretary Walter J. Cartier | Craig, 1,523; Old Fort public, Mrs.
this, week in commenting on the j Edna B. Smith, 775; East Marion
Chamber drive for members. | public, Miss Jennie Clay, 708; West
Several memberships in the Cham-1 Marion reading room, Miss Marga-
ber have been taken out by individ-|ret Poteat, 376; Pleasant Gardens
uals in Marion who are not in busi- reading room (summer only), Mrs.
ness here, he said, and indications | Ethel Crisp, 396; Dysartsville read-
are that the goal of 300 member-1 ing room (summer only), Miss Jes-
ships will be reached. The drive isisie Satterwhite, 112; Old Fort high
now being completed in Marion and
all parts of the county will be cov
ered this week.
As soon as the drive is completed,
the different departments of the
Chamber of Commerce will hold
meetings.
WESTERN AUTO STORE
and elementary school, Miss Celia M.
Davis, 1,229; Pleasant Gardens high
school, Mrs. Ethel Crisp, 952; Nebo
high school, Mrs. Eva L. Howell,
570; Glenwood high school. Miss
Joyce Westmoreland, 945; and Dy
sartsville elementary school, Miss
Jessie Satterwhite, 112.
TO HAVE NEW LOCATION NAME MARION YOUTH
FOR POST AT BEREA
The Western Auto Aspciate Store
of Marion will move into new quar
ters on South Main street this week
meeting at Pleasant Gardens.
States.
the conference will adjourn at 3:00
o’clock.
Mrs. Homer Beaman of Marion is
secretary of the second district of the
Congress and state chairman of pub-
iications in the district. Counties in
the second district aye Ashe, Avery,
Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, Mitchell,
McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Watau
ga and Yancey.
meeting in the Community building
here last Thursday night. The new
features of the Chevrolet cars were
discussed and methods of promot
ing sales were explained. The meet
ing was presided over by E. B. Ham
of Charlotte, zone manager of
Chevrolet. The meeting was atten
ded by salesmen and dealers from
all parts of the district.
Harding Noblitt, of Marion, junior
at Berea College, was recently elec-
end. The proprietor of the store, J. ted treasurer of the student body of
R. Abee, Jr., has stated that the en-j governors. Mr. Noblitt, active in
tire stock of the firm will be moved; forensic affairs, was winner of the
to the new location Saturday night first place in the Home Peace orato-
and the store will be open for bus-|rical contest last spring. He is a
iness on South Main next Monday, graduate of Marion high school,
morning. I where he took part in literary events
The new location of the store is i and won medals for oratory. Among
between Streetman’s Drug and | his achievements is honorable men-
Greene’s Jewelry stores, in the i tion for a contribution sent to the
building formerly occupied by Wil-| American Magazine for the Youth
son’s Clothing store. The new quar- forum contest in 1938
ters of the Western Auto store are
larger, providing more shelf space
and larger show windows.
Mr. Noblitt, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. N. T. Noblitt, is majoring in
history and political science.