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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 9, 1944 VOL. XLIX—NO. 16 Roosevelt Leads Party To His Fourth Victory In County, State And Nation Claim 407 Electoral Votes Are Assured; Hoey And Cherry Swept Into Office. Heavy Democratic majorities for President Roosevelt, Clyde R. Hoey, nominee for U. S. Senator, and R. Gregg Cherry, gubernatorial nomi nee, were reported in McDowell county and throughout the state last Tuesday. Unofficial returns from 1384 of the state's 1922 precincts gave Roosevelt 413,141 votes to 177,624 for Governor Dewey—almost the same ratio by which the President carried the state in 1940. Cherry, Gastonia lawyer, veteran legislator and former state com mander of the American Legion, polled 303,356 votes and his oppon ent, Frank Patton, of Morganton, 115,308 returns from 1,062 pre cincts. In the 11 congressional districts 37 out of 151 precincts gave A. L. Bulwinkle 14,619, E. V. Moss 5, 134. President Roosevelt's big lead in his fourth term election lengthened with returns coming in yesterday. Returns announced yesterday point ed to his electoral vote margin over Governor Thomas E. Dewey towards 407 to 124. JOHN W. BALLEW DIES AT HOME AT BRIDGEWATER AFTER SHORT ILLNESS John W. Ballew, age 84, died at his home near Bridgewater, Thurs day morning, November 2, after a short illness. Mr. Ballew, a promin- j ent farmer, former railroad man and a Mason, a native of Yancey county came to McDowell county in the year 1887. He was employed by the Southern Railway Company until twenty-five years ago when he retir ed to his farm near Bridgewater. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, which he built in 1901 and was an Elder until his death. He was twice married, his first wife being Indiana Riddle, of Burns ville, who died in 1894. To their union was born five children who survive: W. Jay, Mrs. Ralph Aber nethy, Mrs. T. B. McDaniel, Mrs. Hattye Middleton and Mrs. H. R. Ellis. His second wife, who surviv es him, is the former Ellen Ballew, of Yancey county. Six children of this union survive: Mrs. Tom Stac ey, of Nebo; Winslow G., of Marion; Mrs. R. E. Patton, of Statesville; Mrs. J. E. Middleton, of Nebo; Mrs. I. A. McLain; M. Sgt. Jack Bal lew of the U. S. Army, stationed in Burma. He is also survived by twenty-two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Bidgewater Presbyterian Church, ■Friday, November 3, at 3 o'clock, with Rev. R. C. Clontz, pastor of the •church and Dr. Carl W. McMurray, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial followed in the family cemetery. "LT.'WIN-BORNE INJURED WHILE SERVING AT SEA Lt. J. Wallace Winborne, Jr., for mer resident of Marion and son of Justice J. W. Winborne of Raleigh, ^received a foot injury while serving aboard ship, according to word re ceived by his wife, who is now resid ing in Atlanta, and later by - rela tives here. The injury occurred while Lt. Winborne was passing from one ship to another. He slipped and the foot was mashed between the ships. The first message was received on October 16 and later word received from Lt. Winborne stated that he was a patient in a hospital, his foot had been placed in a cast, but that he was recovering nicely. His pres ent station is not known. SCOUT COURT OF HONOR SET FOR FRIDAY NIGHT A court of honor for McDowell county Boy Scouts will be held at the First Methodist church Friday night, Nov. TO, at 7:30 o'clock. A full attendance is desired. CHERRY HEARD BY LARGE CROWD HERE SATURDAY NIGHT ! Nothing is more essential to the J well-being of the people than "that! their government shall at all times I I have their best interest at heart and shall be operated solely with that j purpose in view," declared R. Gregg | Cherry, Democratic nominee for j governor in a speech at the Demo- j ! cratic rally at the court house here last Saturday night. R. W. Proctor, county chairman, presided and introduced the county officials who made brief talks. Mr. Proctor also introduced Major Cher-j ry, who was greeted by a large and enthusiastic audience. The candidate described the Democratic party as one which was conducted for the service of the i people and declared that the Re-j publican party was the agency of j "selfish and special privilege inter- j 1 ests." He urged full support of the 1 Democratic candidates, state and , national, at the polls Tuesday. "An honest political party is the j best vehicle for sound and construc- j tive government," declared Mr. Cherry, "and the Democratic party in North Carolina ha3 for 44 years j represented honesty and integrity in the interests of the people. | The Democratic party has brought about the state operated highway system, the nine-months and twelve grade school system, an improved; public health program, social ad-. vances such as old age assistance, care for the blind, care for depend- j ent women and children and unem ployment insurance, continued the speaker, in listing some of the ac complishments he said entitled the , Democratic party to continued sup-; port. Discussing the national adminis- J tration.. Mr. Cherry declared that farmers, businessmen, laborers, in fact practically all classes, had been benefitted and brought to higher economic levels by the administra tion of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He compared this with the previous I Iw.elve years of Republican admin i istration which he said had brought ! to the nation the worst depression in history and "had created a con dition which almost amounted to national bankruptcy, when most in dividuals had all but abandoned ! hope for the future." He put the choice to the people between "a re turn to the terrible days of Hoover and the happy and increasingly prosperous years of Roosevelt's re gime" and expressed the belief that there was "only one choice, the re election of President Roosevelt." i j j | I I PHILLIPS IS SPEAKER AT DISTRICT MEETING HERE | C. W. Phillips, of the Woman's j College U. N. C., state president of jthe North Carolina congress of Pa ! rents and Teachers spent Wednes ' day morning of last week at the an Inual meeting of district number 2 of the congress which was held at the First Methodist Church here. The meeting was opened with the devotional by Dr. D. E. Camak, pas tor of the First Methodist Church and greetings were extended by H. F. Beam, superintendent of the Marion City Schools. Mrs. Charles E. Rowe, national field worker, spoke on information time during the morning session and conducted a question hour at the afternoon session. Illustrating the several pamphlets and papers edited by the National Parent-Teacher As sociation, Mrs. J. W. Burke, of Gib sonville, explained what they con tained and told why they should be used. Luncheon was served by the (members of the local Parent-Teach ; er Association. Mrs. J. Worth Morgan, of Forest City was elected director and 'Mrs. Maurice Smart, of Forest City, | was elected secretary. The meeting i was well attended with representa tives from Lenoir, Forest City, New land, Morganton, Rutherfordton and other points in the district rep- , resented. I *r — Buy More War Bonds. J. C. RABB Re-elected to House ZEB L. LACKEY Re-elected Register of Deeds Rayon Finishing Plant Planned For Old Fort i i Delaware Company Buys The Old Tannery Property For Site For New Plant. Old Fort—Plans for the construc tion of a rayon finishing plant here by the United Textile and Merch ants Manufacturing company of Delaware were revealed Friday with the announcement that the firm has purchased the old tannery property in Old Fort from the Marion Mach ine company. ! Excavation work at the site is ex pected to get under way in the near future and members of the Six As-, sociates, architectural firm in Ashe-. ville, said that plans are being made to begin building work as soon as i WPB approval will permit. Mayor Harvey J. Rockett, in an- j nouncing completion of the transfer! of the property, said negotiations had been under way between the company and the owners for about nine months. .Mayor Rocektt has taken an active part in the negotia tions. Erection of the plant is scheduled to be accomplished in three steps. As soon as the first is completed, employment will be given to 250 to 300 workmen and by the end of the third year the last unit is scheduled to be completed, with capacity em ployment at that time around 700. Building requirements have not yet been definitely decided, it was announced, but in addition to the main units housing the plant, it is expected that a power house and a water filter plant will be included. Property purchased by the com pany includes 96 acres in and near the center of the town, with the buildings standing on the tannery property. Old Fort residents sub scribed $4,500 for the purchase of 20 acres adjoining this tract for the site of the filter plant. Operatei 10 Plants The Delaware corporation is oper ating 19 plants at various points in the United States now and said that plans are to operate the Old Fort plant on a three-shift basis 52 weeks (Continued or. last page) McDowell War Fund Goes Well Over The Top | County Raises Total Of $9, 660.89 For The Various Re lief Organizations. McDowell county has not failed ;j its $9,200 quota in the United Warj Fund drive has been raised, it was; announced yesterday by Mayor J. F. I Wilkinson, county chairman. Mr. Wilkinson reported that total j contributions amounted to $9,660.- j 89, exceeding the quota by $460.89. j Mr. Wilkinson desires to express; his thanks to all who assisted in the drive. It was realized that the1 quota set was a large amount to raise, but with hard work and gen-' erous contributions by the manu facturing plants, business houses and individuals the challenge has, been met. The money which will go to fur nish food, clothing and medical sup plies to people who are starving, homeless and ill will show to the world that Ajnericans are grateful for the plenty which they enjoy. LT. PADGETT RECEIVES I MILITARY HONORS Lt. (j. g.) Joe L. Padgett, after spending: a 30-day leave here, left. for Fort Pierce, Florida for tem porary duty at the Amphibious Traning Base in Development and Research in Demolition Warfare. Lt. Padgett took part in the^In vasion of Normandy, also in South ern France as officer-in-charge of a Naval Combat Unit. Before leav ing for overseas he received a per sonal commendation from the com mander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet for outstanding research work in amphibious warfare. His unit received the Presidential Unit citation for successful per formance in the Normandy Inva sion. BANKS WILL CLOSE SATURDAY, NOV. 11 The First National and Marion Industrial Banks will be closed Sat urday, November 11, in observance of Armistice Day, it was announced yesterday. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RE-ELECTED I. L. CAPLAN C. A. WORKMAN C. L. HOLLAND Large Majorities Are Given All Democratic Nominees In McDowell County Voting Mcdowell's quota IN NEW WAR LOAN DRIVE IS $365,000 —— ! McDowell county's share in the . impending Sixth War Loan drive i has been set at $365,000, it was an-• nounced yesterday by J. F. Snipes and J. N. Morris, who will again act1 as co-chairmen of the drive. The figure is $81,000 less than the quota for the Fifth War Loan drive. The quota for E bonds alone is $159,-' 000. North Carolina's over-all quota is' $121,000,000, and the national quota for the drive is 814,000,000,-' 000. While the sixth war loan drive of-' ficially begins November 20, it is announced, sales of all series of E, F and G bonds made from Novem ber 1 to December 31 will be count ed in the drive quotas and included in the final tabulations. The local chairmen stated that a meeting will be called at an early j date to set up an organization and make plans for the drive beginning November 20. ; C. L. NORWOOD, OLD FORT SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS Charles LiDell Norwood, 43, j principal of Old Fort schools, died i at an Asheville hospital Thursday j afternoon following a brief illness. j Funeral services were held at Old Fort high school auditorium Satur-1 day morning at 10 o'clock, the Rev. j Thomas B. Ruff, the Rev. D. C. Wes son, the Rev. H. O. Huss, the Rev. j M. C. Stevens, the Rev. H. C. Mar ley, the Rev. F. M. Williams, the Rev. J. C. Farmer and the Rev. R. i L. Smith officiating. Pallbearers were members of the: school boards of McDowell county j and the town of Old Fort. Burial took place at 4 o'clock Saturday af- j ternoon at Waxhaw, near his birth place. | Memorial services were held at the Old Fort schools Friday morn ing, with Harry Swafford, acting principal, in charge. Mr. Norwood had been active in school work in North Carolina near ly 20 years and had served as prin-[ cipal of Glenwood school in Mc Dowell county four years before going to Old Fort as principal four years ago. Before going to Glen-! wood, he had been a member of the | Old Fort faculty. He was a deacon in the Old Fort Presbyterian church and was active in church and civic affairs. He was president of the McDowell county chapter of the North Carolina Edu cation association at the time of his death. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Miss Jem McGuirt of Monroe; a son, Charles LiDell, Jr., of Old Fort; a daughter, Margaret Louise, of Old Fort; his mother, Mrs. W. W. Norwood of Waxhaw; three brothers, A. B. and F. R. Norwood of Waxhaw, and J. ,<W. Norwood of Charlotte; and four sisters, Mrs. S. H. Stevenson, Mrs. J. 0. B. Hughey and Mrs. E. E. McCain of Waxhaw, and Mrs. C. F. Gamble of Charlotte. Lackey and Rabb Lead Tick et; Caplan, Workman, Hol land, Allanach Re-e:ected. The national, state and local dem ocratic tickets Tuesday swept Mc Dowell county in one-sided vote that approximated majorities of 1700 or more, incomplete returns compiled yesterday showed. Indications were that the com plete vote would be lighter than that cast in this county in 1940 and that Roosevelt received a somewhat smaller proportion than he did in his contest with Wilkie four years ago. With reports in from 15 of the 17 precincts the vote for president stood Roosevelt 3,703; Dewey 2,104. In the race for U. S. Senator 15 of McDowell's precincts reported a total of 3,713 for Clyde R. Hoey and 2,030 for his Republican op ponent, A. T. Ferree. The vote for governor from 15 of the 17 precincts was R. Gregg Cherry, Democrat, 3,869; Frank C. Patton, Republican, 2,060. The vote for congress from 15 precincts was A. L. Bulwinkle, Dem ocratic incumbent, 3,745; E. B. Moss, Republican, 2,012. In the various county races fig ures have been tabulated from 16 of the 17 precincts with the follow ing results: Representative: J. C. Rabb, Democrat, 3,964; E. P. Crawford, Republican, 2,104. Register of Deeds: Z. L. Lackey, Democrat, 4,012; Clarence M. Poole, Republican, 2,085. County Commissioners: Demo crats—I. L. Caplan, 3,863; C. L. Holland, 3,857, and C. A. Workman 3,919. Republicans—J. N. Nesbitt, 2,145; E. W. Parker, 2,209, and C. Y. Banning, 2,117. E. A. Allanach, county surveyor, was reelected without opposition. Wade B. Matlieny and Lee B. Weathers, Democratic senators from this district, were given large ma jorities. Matheny received 3,365 votes and Weathers 3,342 votes in 14 of the 17 precincts reported Their opponent, Charles Logan, Re publican, received 1,655 votes. DR. JOSEPH COHEN OF TEXAS TO SPEAK IN MARION NEXT SUNDAY Dr. Joseph Cohen, of Dallas, Tex as, who has made five trips to Eu rope within the last fifteen years, the last being made as Europe flam ed with war, will speak in Marion three times next Sunday. He speaks Sunday morning at the First Bap tist church at 11 o'clock, at East Marion Baptist church at 6:30 p. m. and again Sunday evening at the Clinchfield Baptist church at 7:30. Dr. Cohen was in France when. Paris fell to the Germans; he was iiv Germany on Victory Day there; and he was in Russia at the outbreak of hostilities. He witnessed Hitler's war drive in motion, saw much of what went on in Germany, and has recently returned from Russia. Hi3 subject Sunday morning at the First Baptist church will be "The Bible, the Jew, Hitler, and Christ." Dr. Cohen is noted as a speaker, a writer and lecturer. He has writ ten many articles, and has spoken in more than 1,800 of America's greatest churches. The public is cordially invited to hear him at the three churches where he is to speak Sunday. PLEASANT GARDENS P.T.A. MEETING TONIGHT AT 7:30 The Parent Teacher Association, of Pleasant Gardens will hold its regular November meeting on Thursday of this week at 7:30 o'clock in the school auditorium. The general theme will be "How Can Education Be Made More Ef fective?" The guest speaker for the occasion will be F. M. Waters, superintendent of Hendersonville schools. Mr. Waters is an educator of wide experience. The school program will be pre sented by the seventh grade under the direction of Mrs. Babel Moser.
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