THE MARION PROGRESS
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MARION AND McDOWELL COUNTY
ESTABLISHED 1896 MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1944
VOL. XLIX—NO. 15
Local Races In
McDowell Draw
Minor Interest
Five McDowell County Offices
Will Be Decided At Polls
On Next Tuesday.
Despite the fact that only a few
McDowell county offices are to be
filled in the election next Tuesday,
November 7, interest in the election
is growing in the county.
The polls will open at 6:30 a. m,
and close at 6:30 p. m. Easterr
Standard 'time.
The offices contested in the elec
lion in the county are house of rep
resentatives, register of deeds, anu
county commissioners.
The voters will receive one balloi
bearing the names of the presiden
tial candidates: Franklin D. Roose
velt and Harry S. Truman, Demo
crats; and Thomas E. Dewey and
John W. Bricker, Republicans.
The Federal-state ballot, bearing
the names of the candidates for th«
U. S. senate, for governor, and tht
various state offices, is next on the
list.
This will be followed by the coun
ty ballot and the ballot on the five
proposed amendments to the consti
tution of North Carolina. In addi
tion there will be one township bal
lot.
The Federal and state ticket lists
the following candidates:
United States senator—Clyde R
Hoey (D); and A. I. Ferree (R).
Governor—R. Gregg Cherry (D);
Frank C. Patton (R).
Lieutenant governor—L. Y. Ba!
lentine (D); George L. Greene (R).
Secretary of state — Thad Eure
(D); W. H. Cragg (R).
State auditor—George Ross (D);
J. M. Van Hoy (R).
State treasurer—Charles M. John
son (D) ; S. B. Roberts (R).
Attorney general—Harry McMul
lan (D); Sam J. Morris (R.
Superintendent of public instruc
tion—Clyde A. Erwin (D) ; B. Carl
Fussell (R).
Commissioner of agriculture—W.
Kerr Scott (D); Clarence A. Allen
(R).
Commissioner of insurance—Wil
liam P. Hodges (D); Halsey B. Lea
vitt (R).
Commissioner of labor — Forrest
H. Shuford (D) ; James E. Spence,
Jr. (R).
Associated justices of the su
preme court—A. A. F. Seawell (D);
E. P. Stilwell (R).
Associate justice of the supreme
court—William A. Devin (D); Al
geron L. Butler (R).
Member of congress from eleven
th district—A. L. Bulwinkle (D) ;
E. V. Moss (R).
The official ballot of Democratic
and Republican nominees for state
and county offices follows:
State senate 27th district—Wade
B. Matheny and Lee B. Weathers
(D); Charley Logan (R).
House of Representatives—J. C.
Rabb(D); E. P. Crawford (R).
County commissioners — I. L.
Caplan, C. A. Workman and Charles
Holland, Democrats; Johnson N.
Nesbitt, E. W. Parker and C. Y.
Banning, Republicans.
Surveyor—E. A. Allanach, Demo
crat.
In Marion township B. L. Robbins
is the Democratic nominee for con
stable. He is unopposed.
BULWINKLE DELEGATE
TO WORLD CONFERENCE
Major A. L. Bulwinkle, congress
man from this district, has been rec
ommended by the State Department
and approved by the President as
one of the delegates from the Unit
ed States to the World Conference
on Civil Aviation to be held in Chi
cago commencing November 1. Ma
jor Bulwinkle left Gastonia Sunday
to attend a conference at the State
Department in Washington this
week. The international conference
will last probably three or four
weeks.
Major Bulwinkle stated that the
political situation in the district is
good, and that he knew the voters
would realize the necessity of his
absence from the district on election
'day.
RECEIVES HONOR — Hugh F.
Beam, superintendent of the Marion
City Schools, was named director to
represent the district at a meeting
j of the Western district of the N. C.
Education association in Asheville
j last week. Mr. Beam served as
| president of the Western District
j Teachers Association in 1940-41.
! He has been superintendent of the
; Marion City school unit for the past
'■ nine years, and has been active in
; school, civic and business activities
!in Marion and McDowell county for
(the past 18 years.
!
MARION P.T.A. TO SPONSOR
MILK TAG DAY SATURDAY
The Marion Parent-Teacher As
sociation will sponsor the annual
sale of milk tags on the street here
Saturday, November 4, it was an
nounced Tuesday.
Students of the school are given
paper tags in the shape of milk bot
jtles to be sold to the citizens of Ma
; rion and proceeds are used by the
! Association to supply milk for un
derprivileged children.
The drive is conducted in this
manner in order that the contribu
tion may be small enough for every
one to have part in this worthy
cause. Every donation, however
small, plays a vital part in the wel
fare of undernourished children,
and the public is asked to cooperate
; whole-heartedly.
i
JUDGE PLESS SPEAKER
FOR ACHIEVEMENT DAY
PROGRAM NEXT SATURDAY
i
! The annual Achievement Day
; program of McDowell County Home
j Demonstration Clubs will be held
j Saturday at 2 p. m. in the office of
Miss Jean Steele, home demonstra
i tion agent.
j At this annual event representa
tives from Home Demonstration
j Clubs throughout the county meet
I to discuss work that has been ac
■ complished during the past year,
talk over problems and make future
! plans.
Mrs. J. L. Haney will preside over
the meeting.
j Judge J. W. Pless will be the
' guest speaker, and Mrs. J. H. L.
j Miller, past president of the N. C.
j State Federation of Home Demon
stration Clubs, will give a report of
; the state meeting which she recent
fly attended in Raleigh.
| Miss Anna Rowe, western district
j agent, will be present to present the
i gavel and certificates.
The program follows:
Hymn: "Saviour, Like A Shep
herd Lead Us."
Psalm 23rd—in unison.
Prayer: In unison.
Hymn: "Faith Of Our Fathers,
Living Still."
Club roll call, minutes and re
port—Mrs. Watson Wilson, county
secretary.
Address: J. W. Pless, superior
district judge.
Presentation of gavel and certifi
cates—Miss Anna Rowe, western
district agent.
Report on National Home Dem
onstration Conference—Mrs. J. H.
L. Miller.
Election of secretary. Bazaar.
"
MILLER BUYS INTEREST
IN THE WRENN PROPERTY
J. H. L. Miller, who formerly op
erated the Builders Supply company
has purchased the two-third interest
of Seborn Perry in the Wrenn build
ings on South Main street. One
third interest in the property is re
tained by Mrs. E. J. House. Mr.
Miller stated yesterday that im
provements on the property are con
templated as soon as conditions will
permit.
J. B. Laughlin
To Head Kiwanis
Club Next Year
Chaplain Hood Of U. S. Army
Guest Speaker At Meeting
Tuesday Evening.
! Chaplain George Hood, of the
I United States Army, was the guest
speaker at the Kiwanis club last
j Tuesday evening. Chaplain Hood
j spoke very interestingly and gave
l several vivid accounts of his wort;
j with our armed forces.
In discussing the work of the
• chaplain the speaker said that it was
I his duty to provide services for the
: soldiers at least once each week, bui
: that in most instances services were
held much more often. His wort
also included regular prayer ser
| vice, fellowship work, personal
: counseling and visitation of the sick
and wounded in field hospitals.
' Chaplain Hood was attached to
I the Ninth Infantry Division which
saw action in Tunisia and Sicily and
i was engaged in the campaigns of
j Kasserine Pass, El Geuttan, Sed
jjene and Beizete. At Troine, Sicily,
Chaplain Hood received a knee in
j jury while helping to move dead
jand wounded soldiers from the front
' to the rear. He was hospitalized in
North Africa.
The election of officers was held
at the conclusion of the program.
| James Laughlin was elected presi
| dent, and Sam L. Homewood was
named vice-president. The follow
ing Kiwanians were elected to the
new board of directors: Garfield
Beaman, A. S. Bradford, Lee Con
ley, Rev. R. I. Corbett, Roy W.
Davis, Dr. Carl McMurray, R. W.
Proctor, W. S. Shiflet, and Wayne
Suttles.
All new officers and directors will
I take office at the first meeting in
11945.
MARION HIGH WINNER
OVER BEARCATS, 12-6
I
! A large crowd of spectators wit
nessed a nip and tuck football game
packed with thrills from start to
finish between Marion and Ffender
sonville last Friday which was not
decided until the final whistle, with
Marion nosing out their visitors 12
to 6.
The Orange and Black Rippers
i scored early during the second per
iod and led at half time 6-0. Hen
dersonville came back strong in the
third stanza to tie the score but Ma
rion went out in front again during
the final period.
! The defensive playing of the Ma
rion line was outstanding.
The Biltmore high school team
will meet the Marion Rippers on the
high school field here next Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. An interest
ing game is promised.
LARGE QUANTITY OF
SUGAR ISSUED FOR
CANNING PURPOSES
In announcing that no additional
sugar would be issued for canning
purposes, an official of the local War
Price and Rationing board said that
to date 185,675 pounds of sugar had
been issued for this purpose. This
amount of sugar is a considerable
increase over the amount issued last
year.
Using government figures, which
indicate that four quarts of food
stuff should be processed for every
pound of sugar used, 742,700 quarts
of food should have been processed
in Marion and McDowell county.
The local office of the War Price
and Rationing board discontinued
issuing sugar for canning purposes
i on October 31.
MARION DRY CLEANERS
CHANGES OWNERSHIP
!
j A change of ownership of the Ma
I rion Dry Cleaners has become ef
fective, according to announcement
made this week.
The business will continue to op
erate under the same name with
Mrs. J. L. Gouriey as manager. The
i names of the present owners have
| not been announced.
| "Mrs. Gouriey has already assum
jed her new duties.
Cherry To Speak
At Court House
Saturday Night
Address By Nominee For Gov
ernor Will Be Highlight Of
Democratic Campaign.
|
Maj. R. Gregg Cherry, Democrat
j ic nominee for governor of North
Carolina, will deliver the feature ad
I
dress of the Democratic campaign in
; McDowell county at a rally at the
! court house in Marion on Saturday
| night, November 4, at eight o'clock.
Party leaders are confident that
a large crowd will be present to hear
Major Cherry, whom they are con
fident will be the next governor of
North Carolina. A cordial invita
tion is extended to all interested
1 voters to be present and hear the
address. Ladies are especially in
vited to attend.
i In addition to the address of Ma
jor Cherry, candidates for county
offices on the Democratic ticket will
be presented at the rally.
Plans are being made for a torch
light parade preceding the speaking,
and there will be band music.
Interest in the campaign in Mc
Dowell is increasing as the election
date of November 7 draws near.
County contests for the election in
! elude the office of register of deeds,
representative and county commis
sioners.
»
REPORT SHOWS 94.6
PER CENT OF 1943
TAXES COLLECTED
!
i The 1944 tax books for the coun
ty were recently turned over to
! Sheriff Grady Nichols, tax collector,
| and during the past week notices
have been mailed out to taxpayers,
j Announcement was made that
94.6 per cent of the 1943 taxes have
| been collected, following settlement
i made by the county commissionei's
i with Mr. Nichols in which a report
from the auditors was examined.
This marks the highest per centage
of collection made in this county.
According to the report, the total
tax charge for the year 1943 was
- $228,483.51 and of this total taxes
already collected amount to $216,
109.11, leaving the amount yet to
be collected at $12,374.40.
Taxes for 1944 which have been
collected and paid into the office of
the county accountant amount to
$91,576.11. The total tax charge
for 1944 is $219,869.85, leaving a;
balance of $128,293.74 to be col-!
lected. |
McDowell county ranks among
the first five counties in the state as
j to financial condition.
STAFF SGT. MILLER HAS
PART IN BOMBING ATTACK
i Staff Sergeant William F. Miller,
member of Fh-st Lt. Ray C. Stubble
field's crew in the "Bomber Barons"
j of the 13th AAF, recently participa
ted in the longest daylight forma
I tion bombing attack of the war
which consisted qi a 2500 mile raid
against the Balikpapan oilfields in
j Borneo.
The Japaness sent up twenty-five
fightei's in defense of the valuable
| oilfields, but the tight defensive for
mation of the Liberators and the
long range firing of the gunners dis
j couraged the attackers from making
| more than three passes.
Besides Lt. Stubblefield, the crew
consisted of eight men. i
I
j
MINISTERS MEETING
AT HUT NEXT MONDAY
j The monthly meeting of the Mc
i Dowell County Ministerial Associa
tion will be held at the Methodist
I church hut next Monday morning at
1,10:30 o'clock, it was announced yes
| teTday by the president, Rev. J. A.
i Satterfield.
(EVENING OPENING OF
LIBRARY DISCONTINUED
| The opening of the Florence
i Thomas Memorial Library on Thurs
! day evening of each week has been
discontinued through the winter
months, it was announced this week.
The evening opening wiLl be resum
ed in the spring.
COMING TO MARION — Major
R. Gregg Cherry, Democratic nomi
nee for governor, will speak at court
house in Marion next Saturday
night, Nov. 4, at 8 o'clock.
SANDLIN HOLDS UNIQUE
RECORD WITH RAILROAD
George W. Sandlin, of Old Fort,
68 - year - old agent - telegrapher
for the Southern Railway at Marion,
has returned home from Washing
ton, D. C., where last week has was
duly commissioned to practice law
before the Supreme Court of the
United States. Mr. Sandlin now
claims the unique distinction of be
ing the only railroad agent in the
country who can sell a client a rail
road ticket to Washington, make his
Pullman reservation, accompany the
said client to the Nation's Capital
and represent him before the high
est court in the land!
Eight years ago, Agent Sandlin,
at the age of 60, decided to become
a lawyer. He attended law school
six nights a week in the city of
Asheville for five years and was ad
mitted to the North Carolina bar in
1941. During the five years of law
school he commuted 150,000 miles
between Old Foi't and Asheville,
wore out two automobiles, but did
not miss a class, and, being a good
railroad man, he was always on
time.
Mr. Sandlin has been in continu
ous service of the Southern Railway
for 57 years, beginning as a water
boy for the Western North Carolina
Railroad in 1887 at Old Fort, where
he still lives. He is the oldest man
in point of service on the Asheville
Division. When the war emergency
is over he expects to retire from
railroading and devote his time ex
clusively to his law practice.
LOCAL LEGION ARRANGE
FOR ARMISTICE NIGHT
BANQUET NOVEMBER 11
Carr Bell, Commander of the Mc
Dowell Post No. 56 of the American
Legion, announces that the local
post of the American Legion is ar
ranging to enjoy an Armistice night
picnic supper on the evening of
November 11th, starting at 8:30
o'clock at the Community building.
He also stated that 197 other Legion
Posts in North Carolina are expect
ed to arrange similar banquets and
that these banquets are to be held
simultaneously throughout the state.
Post Commander Bell stated that
he is appointing a special committee
on arrangements for the local Ar
mistice night banquet, which he
hopes will be bigger than ever be
fore. He termed Armistice night
the Legion's Own Holiday and that
of every World War veteran and
stated that every member of the lo
cal post of the American Legion and
all veterans of the first and second
World Wars who were honorably
discharged are also invited to at
tend this banquet. The Command
er is hoping to make this banquet
by far the most successful and en
joyable banquet ever held by the
local post.
MERCHANTS WILL MEET
TONIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK
The regular monthly meeting of
the Marion Merchants Association
will be held Thursday evening, No
vember 2, in the Community build
ing at 8 o'clock. Several proposals
which will be of vital interest to the
members will be discussed and acted
upon.
An entertaining program will be
presented at the close of the busi
ness session. Refreshments will be
served. All members are expected
to attend.
Hoey Upholds
Party Record
In Talk Here
Appeals To Volers To Choose
Roosevelt And Cherry For
Next Four Years.
Clyde R. Hoey, former governor
of North Carolina and Democratic
candidate for the United States Sen
ate in the coming election, spoke to
a large crowd at the court house
here Wednesday night of last week.
R. W. Proctor, chairman of the
Democratic executive committee,
'presided over the meeting and intro
duced the county candidates who
made brief talks. The speaker of
the evening was introduced by J. C.
j Bowman.
Mr. Hoey declared President
j Roosevelt best fitted to lead the
I country the next four years and
said that Gregg Cherry, Democratic
| nominee for governor, and a Demo
cratic general assembly would con
tinue North Carolina's sound, prac
tical and economical government
' under Democratic leadership.
i The candidate invited men and
. women not now affiliated with the
! Democratic party to join by letter,
j certificate or by profession of faith,
and he urged a solid backing of the
i Democratic ticket. He issued a gen
1 eral appeal to the voters to support
the Democratic policies ana candi
j dates in the election of November 7.
1 Mr. Hoey reviewed the adminis
trations of Republican Presidents
Harding, Coolidge and Hoover and
charged that the combined results
brought the United States into the
: greatest depression in history and
said that the advent of President
Roosevelt meant the restoration of
confidence and uplifting of morale
of the American people.
The defeat of the Commander in
Chief now, he said, would give com
jfort to the nation's enemies in Ber
lin and Tokyo. He cited the various
benefits derived from the New Deal
administration and listed the several
New Deal policies which Governor
Tom Dewey of New York, Republi
can candidate for the presidency,
promised not to repeal if elected
president.
JOHN B. BANKS PASSES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
John Barnett Banks, 66, died at
his home in Marion Sunday after
noon after a lingering illness.
Funeral services were held at the
residence Tuesday afternoon at
4:30 o'clock with Rev. M. O. Owens
and the Rev. Carl McMurray of
ficiating.
Mr. Banks was a Spanish Ameri
can war veteran and served 13
years in the army. He served as
federal prohibition officer for 14
years, having retired in 1936 be
cause of ill health.
Mr. Banks is survived by the
widow, Mrs. Docia Young Banks;
two daughters, Mrs. James C. Brad
ham and Miss Betty Lou Banks of
Marion; five sons, Alvin, Jack, an<{
John W. Banks of Marion, Cpl. C.
Ray Banks, U. S. army, and James
Y. Banks, Seaman 2ncl class, U. S.
navy, and four grandchildren; one
brother, James Banks of Burns
ville; one sister, Mrs. J. B. Ewing
of Boonford; and three half-sisters,
Mrs. Ben Banks, Mrs. Garrett Ai
rowood, both of Burnsville, and
Mrs. D. Ray of Dillingham.
K AND W BEAUTY SHOPPE
SOLD TO MRS. RUBY CLARK
i —
I The K and W Beauty Shoppe has
been purchased from Mrs. Jack
! Stuart by Mrs. Ruby Clark, of Drejc
I el, and Mrs. Clark will arrive Mon
' day to assume management of the
shoppe. She has had five years ex
I perience in this type of work.
Mrs. Jack Stuart left yesterday
to make her home with her daugh
1 ter, Miss Ida Sue Allen, at 83 Cum
berland Avenue, Asheville.
ROPER PROMOTED
Ensign Forrest Roper, son of Mrs.
! R. E. Roper of Marion, has been
promoted to the rank of lieutenant
j (j. g.), according to word received
here. He is now on duty on the At
lantic. Mrs. Roper is residing ia
| Norfolk, Va.