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THE MARION PROGRESS A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPIiE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY ESTABLISHED 1896 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1944 VOL. XLVIII—NO. 26 Fourth War Loan Drive Gets Under Way In McDowell To Raise Quota Set At $380,000 Victory Organization Meeting Held Monday Night With Judge Pless Speaker. The Fourth War Bond Loan cam paign is already under way in Mc Dowell county, and according to word from the Co-chairmen, J. F. Snipes and J. N. Morris, workers in the drive are already reporting sales. The quota assigned to Mc Dowell county by the treasury de partment is $380,000, and of this amount $190,000 must be sold in "E" bonds. A victory organization neeting was held in the community building last Monday evening with approxi mately seventy-five key workers present, representing the various in dustries of the county, along with the heads of civic organizations and the teaching forces of the city and county. Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., made the principal speech of the evening, after being presented to the group by Robert W. Proctor, prominent local attorney. J. N. Morris was master of ceremonies and kept the meeting moving at a lively clip. Judge Pless, in a very forceful way, presented the cause of the Fourth War Bond drive to the group. In the very beginning Judge Pless said, "The very fact that we are called upon to conduct a Fourth War Bond Drive is one of the things that makes this country worth fight ing for." He pointed out that in any of the aggressor nations, who are the enemies of freedom and de mocracy, that such an event would not be possible—that these coun tries would demand the money and property of their citizens be used in the war effort. "In America," Judge Pless said, "our government is asking, not commanding—its citizens to lend, not give—a part, not all—of the in come that we are making to the prosecution of the war effort." During the course of his address, the speaker stressed the point that the general public was able to buy bonds, in that ninety-five per cent of the people were making more money than ever in the history of their lives. And making more mon ey with fewer durable consumer goods available for purchase, that nothing better could be done with surplus money than to invest it in war bonds. This practice will also be a curb against inflation, the speaker said. In concluding his address Judge Pless said, "Besides the fact that putting money in war bonds is a good investment, we should buy bonds as patriotic citizens, and in this way bring to us a finer America and an earlier victory." The quota for the nation set for the Fourth War Bond drive is $14, 000,000,000, which is approximate ly a hundred dollars for every citi zen in America, but in McDowell county the quota is $380,000, which is about twenty dollars per person. Surely we can reach this goal. The drivje officially opened last Tuesday and will close February 15, but those in charge of this work pointed out that we can reach our quota if every citizen will do his part and buy bonds to the limit. TAX LISTING IS WELL UNDER WAY IN COUNTY Tax listing in all townships in Mc Dowell county is well under way and, in view of weather conditions, splendid progress is being made in the job, it is announced. However, there are those who have not listed property for taxation and they are urged to see they- list taker as early as possible and complete the job. All property must be listed for taxation during the month of Jan uary. For failure to list this month a penalty of one dollar will be charged against all property owners. SWEET POTATOES Buy certified sweet potato seed stock and improve the yields and quality of the crop, suggests J. Y. Lassiter, Extension horticulturist at State College. I RED CROSS CHAPTER IS MAKING PROGRESS; COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Work of the American Red Cross appears to be making progress in McDowell county, under the leader ship of Dr. Carl McMurray, county chairman. C. C. Lovewell, special war fund representative, and for merly a field director, at Drew Field, Florida, was highly pleased with the progress of the Red Cross work here when he visited the local office on Wednesday of last week. Mr. Lovewell came to Marion for the purpose of assisting local Red Cross official with their organiza tional work for the next Red Cross drive for funds which is scheduled to take place in March. Various committee chairmen met with Mr. Lovewell and final details of their plans were developed. Committee chairman of the local chapter of the Red Cross are as fol lows: Dr. Carl McMurray, county chairman; M. W. Gordon, vice chairman; Eugene Cross, roll call chairman; Mrs. G. B. Justice, resi jdential enrollment; S. R. Cross, special gifts; E. P. Dameron, busi ness dictrict; R. W. Twitty, plan jning; Otis Broyhill, group enroll ment; Homer Beaman, outlying ter ritory; Hugh Beam, publicity; Mrs. Bessie Carr, secretary. On Monday Dr. McMurray, Mrs. Can*, M. W. Gordon, Eugene Cross, R. W. Twitty and Homer Beaman went to Asheville to attend a dis trict meeting of the Red Cross. The meeting was held at Battery Park hotel with Allen J. Carter, Regional director for both North and South Carolina, in charge. The purpose of this meeting was to consider plans for the oncoming Red Cross drive. Twelve counties of Western North Carolina had representatives present, who took part in the dis cussion. New Rationing Plan Goes Into Effect Feb. 27 Facts About New Simplified Plan For Shopping With War Ration Book Four. I j Beginning February 27, 1944, ra jtion bookholders will follow a new ; simplified plan in shopping with War | Ration Book Four. First, all the red ! and blue stamps which become valid on that date will have the same point value. Second, red and blue tokens will be used in making "change." | The new plan is explained by the office of Price Administration as fol lows: The new rationing plan goes into effect on February 27. It applies to red and blue stamps in War Ration Book Four. It does not apply to green stamps and brown stamps which will be used as in the past un til they expire. Under the new plan, red stamps and red tokens will be used to buy meats, fats* and oils. Blue stamps and blue tokens will be used to buy canned fruits and vegetables and other processed foods. No matter whether a red or blue stamp is marked 8, 5, 2, or 1, each stamp will be worth 10 points. Each red or blue token will be worth one point. Five blue stamps worth a total of 50 points will become valid on Feb ruary 27. Three red stamps worth a total of 30 points will become va lid on February 27 and three more each two weeks thereafter. The validity period of red or blue stamps will be approximately 12 weeks, about three times as long as previously. Tokens will' be good in definitely. Red or blue tokens will be used in making "change"' by the merchant. These tokens may be used later when purchasing rationed foods.. (Continued on last page) R. I. MCMIL£.*M I State civilian director to be guest J speaker at civilian defense rally and ] supper at Community building here I Friday night. State Director Civilian Defense To Speak Here i R. L. McMillan of Raleigh, state director of civilian defense, will be ! the principal speaker at a rally and oyester supper for local civilian de fense workers at the Community building Friday evening, January 21, at 7:30 o'clock. ! Mr. McMillan, who comes to Ma irion on invitation of Mayor J. F. | Wilkinson, local defense command | er, and Cecil Dobson, county co- or dinator, to address the gathering on i some phase of civilian defense, is | past commander of the State Ameri ! can Legion and vice-commander of | the National American Legion, and ! will have a message of interest to jail members of the organization. I All members of the local organi | zation, including auxiliary police | and firemen, air raid wardens, first 'aiders, medical corpsmen, control j center operators, and the utilities ! division, are invited and a large i crowd is expected, i | CARAVAN OF GERMAN CAPTURED EQUIPMENT COMING TO MARION A truck and trailer caravan of German captured equipment is scheduled to visit Marion on Wed | nesday, February 9, it was announc ; ed yesterday by J. N. Morris and J. j F. Snipes, co-chairmen of the Fourth 1 War Loan campaign. The equipment is composed of | one tank destroyer with a 76 mm. i g'un which was captured in North ! Africa, when all occupants were |killed; a German half track field | kitchen, a large piece of field equip ment mounted on half truck which | was used by the Germans to feed : their units in Sicily, and other small | pieces. According to the itinery, the cara van will arrive in Marion at ten o'clock in the morning and remain here for display until one o'clock in the afternoon. The itinery includes 59 cities in the interest of selling war bonds during the fourth War Loan drive. BOY SCOUT COURT OF HONOR FRIDAY NIGHT The McDowell County Boy Scout 1 Court of Honor will be held at the | First Methodist church here Friday i night, January, 21, at 7:30 o'clock. ! Awards and advancements will be 1 given for work done during the past i month. Parents are urged to at tend the meeting. i jU. S. CASUALTIES ON ALL FRONTS SET AT 139,853 ! Washington, Jan. 15.—The of fice of war information today re vealed that the latest announced casualties of the war and navy de partments brings the total to 139, ! 858—32,078 dead, 45,595 wounded, >32,478 missing, 29,707 prisoners of war. i Of the 29,707 prisoners of war, 1,619 have died in prison camps, most of them in Japanese occupied territory. The report for the war depart ment is as of Dec. 23, 1943; that for the navy department as of Jan. 14, 1944. Pless Declares Law Violators Hindering War Three Defendants Sentenced To Terms In State Prison; Five Divorces Granted. Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., presided over the January term of McDowell county superior court, which opened Monday morning, January 17, and ! was adjourned later during the | week. j In his charge to the grand jury ; Judge Pless stigmatized as "un ! patriotic" law violators who inter ! fered with the war effort. In his I ! charge the judge stated that in ad j dition to the direct results of their I crimes, those who insisted on going I outside of the law made it necessary I for jurors and witnesses to be called j away from their work for the trials, | which in many instances is now vi i tal, to say nothing of the extra bur den in court costs which must be paid with tax money. Judge Pless urged the public to support law and order, and said that generally the people got the type of ! government and law enforcement jthat they wanted. To have good I government, good officers and of-1 j ficials must be elected to places of j responsibility. In concluding his i 'address to the grand jury Judge j j Pless spoke highly of the officers and i j officials of McDowell county. He , | also commented that MeDowell j county citizens are law abiding and said, "We do not have any crime j waves here, any underground or any : gangs." | Judge Pless named A. C. Hewitt, ! Sr., hosiery manufacturer, as fore j man of the grand jury. The eight other new members of J the grand jury are: Fred P. Lytle, i : A. D. Green, Nathan Reel, C. W. ; ; Norman, W. H. Worley, John C. Vess, J. C. Boyd, and A. C. Walker. The nine members remaining on | the grand jury, with six more j months to serve are: Dan Hitchcock, I !J. B. Laughlin, Roy Rabb, Robert '< W. Davis, Adam F. Hunt, H. F. Lawing, Marvin Hemphill, Toney j Fender, and Edgar M. Reel. Five divorces were granted dur ing this term of court as follows:! Mary Terrell against W. A. Terrell, ; Mary Cutfhbertson Jones against. Charles Jones, Wesley W. Davis1 against Texas Bradford Davis, Ralph W. Vess against Bernice Roberts Vess and Renna Vesta McGee : against Mack McGee. j Jesse Taylor and Harold Single- j ton, charged with larceny and breaking and entering, were both j found guilty, and Taylor was sen-! itenced to serve not less than twelve. I and not more than eighteen months , J on the roads on the larceny count, ; and was sent to the state peniten ! tiary not less than three nor more jthan five years for breaking and en I tering. Harold Singleton was sent j (Continued on last page) | MERCHANTS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES TO TAKE PART IN BOND DRIVE I Plans for participation in the j [Fourth War Loan campaign were ! made at the meeting of the Marion | Merchants association last Thursday evening. Participants in the drive will include employees along with store owners and managers. It was announced that each employee sell- j | ing $200.00 or more of bonds or j stamps will be qualified for the hon- j j or roll, which will be published | j weekly in the local papers. All j I merchants were urged to double ! their efforts in behalf of this fourth | patriotic drive. i Price ceilings were discussed with | special attention given to clothing. | F(jod and furniture were also dis cussed. It was reported that, at a j recent price panel meeting in Mor ganton, one of the speakers called; attention to a recent survey of 400 i ! stores in the Charlotte area. Out of j (this number, 168 were issued statu-: j tory warnings. Merchants were! j urged to stay within regulations. ' | The matter of earlier closing of: | stores on Saturday evenings was discussed, and a committee named: to contact members not present at j the meeting to ascertain their wish- i es on the matter. MORRIS, CROSS, HARRIS AND BRADFORD ELECTED TRUSTEES OF HOSPITAL A called meeting of the Trustees the Marion General Hospital was leld at the hospital Tuesday eve aing for the purpose of filling sev eral vacancies. J. F. Snipes, who has served on she executive board of the trustees for a number of years, offered his resignation, stating that due to the pressing demands of his business and personal affairs that it was im possible for him to give the neces sary time to the duties required of the hospital trustees. The board re luctantly accepted the resignation realizing that Mr. Snipes has given generously of his time and energy bo this work, and that his .efforts have had an important part in the progress made by the hospital. Other vacancies were due to the deaths of Eugene Cross, Sr., S. L. Copeland and L. J. P. Cutlar, all of whom were faithful in their service on the board of trustees. Mr. Cut lar was chairman of the executive board at the time of his death. J. N. Morris, S. R. Cross, Chas. A. Harris and 'A. S. Bradford were unanimously elected to fill the ex isting vacancies. At an early date another meeting will be held by this body for organizational purposes, j The trustees will elect its own ex ecutive board which in the past has consisted of three members. Dr. j Guy S. Kirby is, at present, the only | member on the executive board, the other two members having been J. F. Snipes, resigned, and L. J. P. | Cutlar, deceased. Total Of $5,896 \ Subscribed For Y.M.C.A. Camp Funds For Projects At Old Fort To Be Used For Addi tions And Improvements. Contributions to the fund which is being raised by the interstate com mittee of the Young Men's Chris tian association in North Carolina and South Carolina to finance pro posed additions and improvements at Camp Elliott, near Old Fort, al ready have reached a total of $5, 896, it is stated in an announcement in the Charlotte Observer. In making this announcement George M. Ivev of Charlotte, chair man of the executive committee of the Interstate association, expressed pleasure because of "the splendid progress thus achieved," and indulg ed the hope that the special finan cial effort will continue "in high gear." With a goal of $19,411 prescrib ed, contributions to date leave $13, 515 yet to be raised, "and every dol lar of this amount is urgently need ed to assure the complete success of the very essential program," it was stated. As compiled by J. Wilson Smith of Charlotte, interstate secretary of the association, the cost of the addi tions and improvements is shown to be inclusive of the following: Church $2,500; town hall and craft shop, $2,500; lodge, $2,500; waterworks system, $9,000; two sleeping cabins, $600; new equip ment, $1,000; pergola, $500; other improvements, $811; total, $19,411. This summer camp for boys in the two Carolinas has grown substan- ; tially since its inception in 1927. | The demand for use of its facilities and services has rapidly increased, j and the need of the proposed addi tions and improvements is consid-1 ered a very vital one. Upon completion of the expansion j program, the camp is to reflect "a modern and model community," in- j elusive of such facilities as a church, j store, infirmary, new lodge and i boathouse, residential section, lakes, i iown hall and craft shop, water-; works, dining lodge, post office, li brary, game room and other recrea-1 :ional equipment. Because of greatly increased de mands from campers, the season; iext summer is to be six weeks long er than heretofore. Advertising, to bring results, nust be good advertising. 9 Committeemen Meet Here Next Monday, Jan. 24 J. A. Propst To Present 1944 Food Program; Schedule Of Community Meetings. A meeting of Community Com mitteemen for the purpose of dis cussing the 1944 Food Program will be held Monday, January 24th, at 9 o'clock, a. m. in the courthouse, J. W. McCurry, chairman of the Mc Dowell County AAA Committee, announced yesterday. The program will be presented by district field man, J. Alvin Propst, of Shelby. In addition to the committeemen, this meeting will be attended by representatives of other agricultur al agencies who will assist on the^ educational work which will be nec essary to meet the goals in the county. Arrangements have been made for individual contact by the com munity committeemen in each sec tion of the county in a schedule of meetings to be held in each commu nity for the purpose of explaining the program to each farmer. S. L. Homewood, County Agent, and L. B. Hairr, of the Soil Conservation Service, will also be present at these meetings to assist toward informing farmers regarding the production: goals and obtaining an increased participation in the practices and use 01 conservation materials. ine farmer may sign for conservation materials such as superphosphate, limestone and seeds which may be available at the timtf he signs his 1944 farm plan. The committeemen will assist each farmer in listing his intended crops and livestock for 1944 and in selecting practices which will dove | tail into his farm production sched ule in order to meet the 1944 pro duction goals established for this county. The meetings will be held at 10:00 each morning- at places scheduled. Community Meeting* Tuesday, January 25, Bracketts Community at Macedonia Church. Wednesday, January 26, Glen wood and Higgins Communities at Glenwood School. Thursday, January 27, Dysarts ville Community at Dysartsville School. Monday, January 31, Montsford Cove Community at Sugar Hill School. Tuesday, February 1, Nebo Com munity at Nebo School. Wednesday, February 2, Old Fort Community at the Old Fort Com munity Building. Thursday, February 3, Crooked Creek Community at Cherry Springs School. Friday, February 4, North Cove Community at North Cove School Building. Monday, February 7, Mariorx Community at Courthouse in Ma rion. ROLAND HILL SUCCUMBS AFTER STROKE IN SHELBY J. Roland Hill, 52, formerly lino type operator for the McDowell News here, died in the Shelby hos pital on Wednesday evening of last week following a stroke he suffered Sunday afternoon at his home on Kings Road, near Shelby. He never regained consciousness after suffer ing the stroke. He had been con nected with the Cleveland Times as linotype operator for the past two years. Surviving are his wife and one son, Ensign J. R. Hill, Jr., who is a navy pilot serving overseas ia the South Pacific combat area. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ENFORCEMENT MAY BE UP TO COUNTY HEADS Raleigh, Jan. 14.—North Carolina school superintendents would be re sponsible for the enforcement of the compulsory attendance law, under a recommendation made by the state board of education. Attendance officers would be in formed by the school principals of the absence of pupils. They, in turn, would follow up unexcused absences with prosecution under tha provision of the state law.
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