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Marion progress., 1949-06-30
Mcdowell County
Bond Sales Total
In Current Drive

With just a few more weeks to go
in the current U. S. Savings Bonds
Opportunity Drive, cumulative sales
of Service E Bonds in Mcdowell
county amount to $55, ,4O6.25 for
the period April l through June 18.
All sales made through July 16 will
be included in the final Drive fig
ures. The county quota is 100000.
This information was contained
in weekly sales report issued by
Allison James of Greensboro, State
Director Of the U. S. Savings Bonds
Division for North Carolina, and re-
ceived today by J. F. Snipes, Sav.
ings Bonds Committee chairman fol-
Mcdowell county,
"With seventy-three per cent OF
the Drive time elapsed our county
has achieved 82.6 per cent of its
quota" the county chairman stated
"Cumulative Series E Bond sales
for all 100 North Carolina counties
for the period April l through June
18 total $8,894,644.25, or "a pei
cent of the $12,0OO,0OO state
quota" he said.
Other Opportunity Bond Drive
statistics for the state are as fol
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Marion progress., 1949-06-30
Y0UIH-F0R-CHRlST
RALLY SCHEDULED
AT CROSS MILL

A Youth-F orr Christ Rally will be
held at Cross Mill Baptist church al
8 p. M, Saturday, July 2, accord
ing to announcement this week by
Earl Rayburn, publicity chairman
for the Rally.
An invitation is extended to al
churches in or near Marion to have
Representatives present. Ern ne s.
of Greensboro, student of the Boil
Jones University, will bring thu
message.
The Melodeers will render sew
eral numbers, special music will be
presented by the trio Of the First
Baptist church, and Miss Doris
Gouge will give a vocal solo. Many
choruses used in Youth-For- Christ
rallies will be included in the pro-
gram.
Rayburn said similar rallies have
been held over the nation and many
foreign countries in an effort tc
help make young people bette,
church citizens.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
|4-H Camp
Will Be Held
At Swannanoa

Mcdowell county All club boys
and girls who wish to attend the All
camp at Swannanoa, July 1919
should make application between
now and July 8.
Girls planning to attend should
see Miss Jean Steele, county home
demonstration club agent, or Miss
Ruby Lea Kiser, assistant agent
Miss Steele said letters have been
mailed explaining the plans fully
but any All girl who wishes to at
tend is eligible whether or not she
received copy Of the letter. She
urged applicants to see her or Miss
Kiser as soon as possible.
Boys who wish to attend are ask
ed to notify c. H. Lockhart, assist
ant farm agent.
The Swannanoa camp will be
open to boys and girls from Nc
Dowell, Polk and Henderson coun-
ties during the period July 1919.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
FUNERAL RITES
FOR M. J. HOOVER
HELD SATURDAY

Marcus J. (Mike) Hoover, II,
prominent retired business man of
Marion, died Thursday afternoon
/ in Marion General Hospital after
short illness.
Reared in Randolph county,
Hoover moved to Marion in 1897,
entering the furniture and lumber
business. He was engaged later in
the coal and wood business until
his health failed several years ago.
Hoover was charter member
of the Marion Volunteer Fire De-
partment, serving continuously
with it from it's organization in
1907 until 1943.
Funeral services were held in
McCall's Funeral Home Saturday
at II a. m, with the Rev. James
B. McLarty officiating. Burial was
in the family plot in Oak Grove
cemetery.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Benedict Bristol, Jr. of Morganton;
two sons, Howard D. Hoover of Or
lando, Fla, and c. Kirby Hoover
of Anderson, S. c.; three grand
children, and brother, j. NJ.
Hoover Of High Point.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
HOLIDAY CL0SINCS ANNOUNCED
FOR MARION STORES AND PLANTS
Some Plants Ta Close
All Week; Some
Bonuses VILE Be Paid

Practically all Marion stores viii
be closed Monday in observance Of
July 4.
North Carolina Employment Ser
vice office, Draft Board office,
court house offices and city hall
will be closed for the day. The Post
Office wiA be closed and no de-
liveries made. Box mail will be dis
tributed>
Holiday and vacation periods for
local Industrial plants have been
announced as follows:
Textile Mills
The Marion Manufacturing COM
pany will observe Monday as a holi-
day.
The Cinchfield Manufacturing
company will be closed all next
week. Employees will be given
weeks vacation with pay.
Cross Cotton Mills, Inc. will be
closed all week and employees will
receive bonuses Friday Of this
week. The bonuses will be four per
cent of the employees earnings for
the first half of this year.
Furniture Company
Drexel furniture company will
be closed Monday through Satur-
day. Employees who have been with
the company for a year will be CIV
en- a weeks vacation with pay.
Those who have been on the pay
roll five years or longer will he
given two weeks vacation with pay.
Bonuses will also be paid those who
have been employed year or long
er on the basis Of earnings.
Box Factory
The Eta Paper Box factory will
be closed the entire week.
! Hosiery Mills
Overlook Knitting Mills, McPar
Hosiery Mill, Josephine Mills and
Elizabeth James Knitting Mills
will be closed the entire week.
Marion Knitting Mills, Hewitt
Hosiery Mills, R. L. James and Son
Mill will close Monday only.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
SUICIDE
AT NEB0
MONDAY

The death Of Gordon Bailey, 50,
of Nebo, Monday was pronounced
suicide by S. J. Westmoreland, cor
oner.
Sheriff c. M. Pool gave the fol
lowing account of the story as told
to him:
Lloyd Cuthbertson, neighbor
saids Bailey came into Marion with
him for a few hours last Saturday
He said he spoke only once during
the time they left until their re-
turn. When leaving Cuthbertson he
walked into pine grove near the
home where he lived with his wife,
his daughter and son-in-law, Mr.,
and Mrs. Clyde Fender.
Later he returned to his home
but was missing the next morning.
His body was found in the same
pine grove he had entered during
the afternoon, before 12-gauge
shotgun and shot had entered his
chest. The handle of the gun was
propped between the limbs of maple
trees and the barrel supported by
forked sticks driven into the ground
His position indicated he had stood
facing the gun and used a stick to
pull the trigger. A neighbor report
ed hearing a shot about a a. m.
Pool said relatives informed him
Bailey had been in ill health.
Funeral services were conducted
in the residence at 4 p. m. Monday
afternoon by the Rev. Dewey Hod.
ges, assisted by the Rev. Milton
Duncan and the Rev. Judd Bowers
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Marion progress., 1949-06-30
community Improvement Project
Launched At Nebo This Week

The Nebo Home Demonstration
club is sponsoring Community
Improvement Project, according to
announcem e,t this week.
There will be contest for the
most improved home, church, store
or other place of business and cash
prizes will be awarded winners.
The contest will run until October
l, 1850, allowing entrants ample
time to take picture before start
ing any improvements, then plan
and work to the best of his or her
ability. When the work is finished,
the club asks that another picture
be made showing improvements as
the winners will be judged by the
before and after pictures.
Residents of the community are
asked to clean up, paint up and
fix-up property. The club urges that
grass be sown and shrubbery and
trees planted to add to the attract
iveness of each home, store, church,
service station, etc. Each person is
asked to plant at least one white
or pink dogwood' tree on his prop
erty because dogwood has been
chosen the club flower.
The major project Of the Dem
onstration club will be the construc-.
ton of community building with
a recreation ground surrounding. it,.
This building to be for the use. Of
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Marion progress., 1949-06-30
MARION
TO Be F0CCED
WITH DDT

The Town Of Marion will be fog
ged with DDT Thursday of this
week, Reece Snyder, town manager,
said yesterday.
The Orkin Exterminating COM
pany of Asheville has been employ
ed to fog Marion and the operation
is expected to be completed in a.
bout 20 hours.
Parents are urged to protect
children from the fog by keeping
them out of the streets. Residents
are also cautioned with regard tc
tender shrubbery near the street
Protection may be afforded by GOV.
ering the shrubbery or by washing
after the fog is completed.
Bee keepers should make some
provision for protecting their bees
Snyder said.
Automobiles should not be left
on streets during the spraying
because the paint will be discolcr-
ed until they are washed.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
Marion Marauders
Defeat Lenoir
Lose To Shelby

Johnny Lanning's Marion Ma
rauders pulled game out of the
fire Friday night when Tom Cum
by blasted a ball out Of the park
in the twelfth inning to defeat the
Lenoir Red Sox eight to six.
The game went to twelve frames
after the Marauders staged a rally
during the last half of the eighth
to tie the score at six-all. Going to
bat, trailing one to six, it looked
as if the game was about over. but
the Marauders dug in and were
able to score run and fill the bases
with only one man away. At this
point skinper Gonnard pulled the
ace pitcher, Walter Lentz, who had
pitched masterful ball up until this
point. Wiederman went to the
mound and was faced by Long
John Beam who promptly connect
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Marion progress., 1949-06-30
Funeral Services
For Mrs. Willis
Held Last Friday

Mrs. Callie Watson Willis, 81,
died last Friday night at the home
of her son, Fred !Conley, in Clear
Creek section. She had been i'll only
a few days.
i Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at three o'clock at
Clear Greek Baptist church. Rev.
Carson Britain officiated.
She is survived by five sons, two
daughters, number Of grandchild-
rem and great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Tom Watson of Minnea-
polls, N. c.; and Will Watson of
Spear; one sister, Mrs. Annie Bu-
chanan of Bakersville.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
SHERIFF AND MAYOR
DENY *'REICN OF TERROR"
EXISTS IN MARION

Replying to a statement from the
Washington office of the Uphol
sterers International Union (AFL)
local law enforcement officers have
issued statements denying that q
reign of terror exists here.
According to the statement OF
the Union issued last Sunday the
following message was wired tc
Governor Kerr Scott:
"Urgently request investigation
at your direction of virtual reign OF
terror against our unions organic.
ers at Drexel furniture plant il
City of Marion and in Mcdowell
county.
"Two successive brutal beatings
of organizers Charles Brown anc
Theodore Freeman, of Asheville, or
June 10 and II, the last in actua
presence of city police officers, in
dicates cynical completely of city
and county law enforcement Off
GERS in aid of anti-union company's
attempt to frustrate rights of labor
for free choice of collective bar
gaining agency"
Sheriff Pool said S. B. Hoffman
president of the Upholsterers In
ternational Union, had cone to hi
office with the request that he senc
deputies to the Drexel Furniture
Company's plant here to protect
his unions organizers.
~ told him that my office woulc
gladly furnish deputies if the Ma
rion police requested them," Poo
said.
"He then asked me to let hin
pick members of his union and have
me deputize them. Naturally
couldn't do that, no more than
could deputize officials of the
D.rexel plant. I also told Mr.. Hoff.
man that my office would ~serve
any warrants he wanted served"
Mayor J. w. Streetman, Jr. made
the following statement:
"The charges made by the Up
holsterers International union and
published in the newspapers Of the
state today that there is reign
of terror in Marion, are: absolute
ly false and without any founda-
ton of fact.
"There have been few fist
fights between employees Of the
Drexel Furniture company and UNI
ion organizers. All persons involv-
ed have been arrested, tried, and
convicted Of an affray and all
union and non-union men alike
have fully complied with the judg-
ment pronounced in my court and
no appeals have been taken.
II welcome any investigation by
the State Bureau of Investigation.
the Attorney General, or the Gov
ernor, for I know that such inves-
tigation will clearly reveal that the
law is being impartially administer
ed and enforced in Marion"
An SBI agent made an investiga-
tion here, Tuesday and gathered in
formations which he, will submit to
Governor Scott when he returns
from Colorado where he attended
the National Governors conference.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
SUNDAY
HOTTEST DAY
OF THE WEEK

The highest temperature reading
since last Thursday was on Sunday
when the mercury hit SO. Minimum
the same day was 68, according to
figures recorded at the local wealth
er bureau. Monday lacked one half
degree of being as warm with a
maximum of 921s. but the mini
mum was one degree higher than
the previous day.
Other readings for the week
were as follows:
Thursday 81 high, 81 low; Fri
day 81, 68; Saturday SO, II, and
Tuesday of this week 90, 68.
The Bureau also recorded 80 in
ches of rainfall last Friday and "a
on Sunday.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
Marion Voters
Oppose Sunday
Baseball Games

Marion opposed Sunday baseball
in an election here Tuesday.
There were 822 ballots cast, in
ciuding four spoiled. The count was
s12 in favor of Sunday games ano
5O6 against.
The referendum was called by
the Board of Aldermen after peti
tions had been presented propos
ing that Sunday games be allowed
and others opposing the games.
All ordinances prohibiting public
baseball games in the Town Of Ma
rion will remain in effect.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
Regular Meeting
hOf Education Board
To Be Postponed

The regular meeting of the
County Board of Education has
been postponed.
N. F. Steppe, county superintend-
ent, said the meeting date occurs
on Monday, July 4, and will be post
poned in observance of the national
! holiday. The meeting will be held
Thursday, July 7. steppe said,
) ''parties having matters to present
to the Board should appear before
the Board on July T."
All county offices will be closed
Monday, July 4.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
Jackie Houck
In u. S. Navy

Jackie Houck, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Heuck, Sr. of Marion, en-
tered service in the U. S. Navy a.
bout two weeks ago and is now sta
toned at San Diego, California. Be-
fore entering service he was in
charge of the supply room at the
Marion Manufacturing company.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
Coroner's Jury
Terms atal Accident
Unavoidable

c.. G. Grindstaff, who was driv-
ing the cab in which Arcemus
{ Chandler of Mars Hill was killed,
) was given hearing before a cor
oner's jury here Monday and the
accident termed unavoidable"
The incident occurred June q
near Old Fort. Grindstaff, owner
and driver of the cab, had brought
j Chandler to Marion and was return
ing to Mars Hill. He said passing
car crowded him off the pavement
and the cab overturned when he
tried to steer it back onto the pave
ment.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
|Double-Header Game
On The Fourth

Marion will play a double
header baseball game with
Morganton on July 4.
The afternoon game will
be played at Morganton
and the night game at
Marion.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
JAMES MOORE PAROLED

State Paroles Commissioner T. C.
Johnson has announced the parole
Of 19 convicts from North Carolina
prisons. The PAROLES include James
Moore of Mcdowell county, SEN
fenced in September, 1947, to 2,k
to three years for assault with g.
deadly weapon.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
BUILDING PERMIT

The Town of Marion issued a per-
nit to Mrs. Frank Anderson Mon
day to build a frame dwelling be-
tween State and Miller streets. Es-
timated cost Of $1,000.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
MARAUDER SCHEDULE

Thursday: Lincolnton at Ma
rion.
Friday: Marion at Newton.
Saturday: Newton at Marion.
Monday: Double header. Mar
ion at Morganton in the after
noon and Morganton at Marion
at night.
Tuesday: Open date.
Wednesday,: Marion at Hend-
ersonville.
Evening star., 1949-05-22

THE SUNDAY STAR wAsAsnk,on. p c : A-s
Evening star., 1949-05-22
One Debtor Prisoner
To Take Pauper' S Oath
o. -. Asss.s .sAssa fssaa

RUTLAND. vi. MAY 2l--Ouly
one o. Vernon; three poor oee.og
prisoners appeared headed .os
freedom today as Gov. ETnes; "
Gibson said he couldn't do AIRY
thing about the 18Th century law
that holds them behind bars,
The three-an ex-Gls. f~o oi
whom we're NAEi prison camp tn
uiates-are Frederick l. LApan
-. Of Marshaeld. W Ralph }
Fusa,t, %. Of SprinSrelc. Mas
and Bernard J Smith. -. Of Pair
Haven. VI.
Mr.. Lapan is in jail IN Mont
pelier and the other two are card
playing jail mates in Rutland
Mr.. LApan. his counsel sad. is
ready TO Try TO get out by iaking
q psuper's oath.
His attorney said he plans 10
apply TO the jail commissioner for
permission for Mr., Lapan 70 take
the oath.
The only alternative for the
three is to pay court Judgments
about $4,000 each for Mr.. Smith
and Mr.. Fueatt and $4T5 for Mr.,
Lapan-handed down as result
of automobile accidents.
Both Mr.. Flgstt and Mr. Smith
have said they will not take the
poor debtors oath.
Legal sources say that the 1898
Law could hold the veterans al
though this is not prohahle-in
jail for life as long as the judg =
ments are not paid.
The Governor said he hadn'; D;
given any thought TO a special ses-
sion of the Legislature He de-
clared he has no authority 10
make any legal move for freeing
the trio.
The whole case. he added. is
just a lot OF STUFF blown up by
someone
Some Briushers who emigrated
to Australia last year, with govern
ment assistance. Just went for the
trip. and then returned home
Australia's immigration Minister
Calwell charged. in Canberra,
Evening star., 1949-05-22
Virginia Prices Cut
On Kerosene, Fuel Oil

Kerosene and heavy fuel oil
prices dropped in Virginia yes
terday and similar reductions are
in prospect for the Washington
Metropolitan area tomorrow.
The cut in the District area
amounts to about II cents barrel
on fuel oil for heavy industrial
use and one-half cent a gallon on
kerosene.
E. T. Lemon, Virginia division
manager of the ESQ Standard Oil
Co., announced the price reduction
in Virginia and said it went into
effect in that State yesterday.
In Washington, a representa-
tive OF one fuel oil distributor said
notification of the price cuts were
received here yesterday from
Standard Oil of New Jersey.
The heavy fuel oil price reduc-
ton brings the cost to about 81 SO
a barrel compared with So a bar
rel last November. This reduc-
ton is the latest in a series of
cuts. Virginia prices on kerosene
will be 1875 cents a gallon for tank
wagon delivery and 9.4 cents a
gallon for tank car delivery.
Evening star., 1949-05-22

noncommissionSd officers of Hit
ler's army.
The armament trusts such as
Krupp's which fiourished in the
Weimar republic can be curbed
by the ban on making of arms
without government permission.
II the new constitution had been
in force when Hitler was climbing
to power, he would have bumped
against this provision:
Whoever by force or threat Of
force changes the constitutional
order, deprives the fed
eral president of his constitutional
powers or compelS him
to exercise his powers in a specific
manner shall be condemned
to penal servitude for life or not
less than 10 years"
Parties attacking democratic
freedoms can be outlawed.
Whoever abuses" these free
doms shall forfeit" them.
AS in the Weimar republic. the
chancellor will be the chief policy
making Official of the new West
German state. He will name his
own cabinet ministers.
Another similarity is the two-
house law-making body. The lower
house of some 400 members
called Bundestag-will be elected
by the people and will elect the
chancellor. The smaller upper
house-Bundesrat-will be chosen
by state governments. as the
United States Senate used to be.
But it won't have as much power
as the American Senate.
To avoid new general elections
Evening star., 1949-05-22

constitutions guarantees of civil
rights.
That is just what President
Hindenburg did in 1882. But that
can't be done under the Bonn con-
stitution.
The president can dissolve Par
Lament only in case it denies the
chancellor a vote of confidence.
Even then, the Parliament can
forestall its dissolution by electing
a new chancellor. The president
must accept the chancellor elected
by Parliament. He can not sus-
pend civil rights.
In general structure. the West
German government will some
what resemble the Weimar republic
with most variations patterned
after the United States and Bri-
tish models.
But the president will not have
so much power as the Weimar
president. And the member states
appear to have more power. like
American States.
The new constitution also lays
more stress on civil liberties and
observance of international law
than did the Weimar constitution.
1t provides for waving some Ger
man sovereignty to join q United
States of Europe or. other interna-
tional organization.
Arms Making Controlled.
In contrast to the Bonn consti-
tution's omission of a national
army, the Weimar republic main
tanned an army of 100000 volun-
teers who later turned up as the
Evening star., 1949-05-22

every time the chancellor loses In
a vote of confidence. the Bundles
tag can merely elect q new one.
There are signs that West Ger
many may avoid one thing that
weakened the Weimar republic
the division Of the voters into so
many small political parties that
none could direct the government.
The two major parties in West
Germany today control about 80
per cent OF the votes. The tug of
war between the Conservative
Christian Democratic Union and
the left-wing Social Democrats
may resemble the Republican
Democrat contests in the United
States.
Evening star., 1949-05-22
Reich's Constitution
Full Of Safeguards
Against New Dictator
BY the Associofed Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, May
21.-A new Hitler would have a
tough time trying to seize power
in the new West German repub-
lie that will start operating in
two months.
The constitution ratified last
night bristles with safeguards
against a return of dictatorship
or rebirth of militarism.
Planning aggressive war is spe-
cif1cally forbidden. No provision
is made for declaring any kind
Of war or for raising an army.
War weapons cannot be manufac-
tured without permission of the
government.
The first such government is
scheduled to take Office at Bonn
by mid-July. Parliamentary elec-
tions will be held soon by the
member states which are in the
United States, British and French
zones.
The Bonn convention, in draft
ing the West German conStitu-
ton, borrowed many things from
the constitution of the We.mar
Republic. set up in Germany after
World War I. But it avoided
others.
Can Name New Chancellor.
Under the Weimar constitution
the president could fire the chan
cellor (prime minister) any time
he desired and appoint new one.
He could simultaneously declare
an emergency, dissolve the Reich
stag (parliamen0 and suspend the
Evening star., 1949-05-22
Doughnuf Queen Crowned
By Camp Fire Girls Here

Washington area Camp Fire
Girls crowned their doughnutI
queen yesterday at Camp Mawavi
near Triangle, Va.
She is 13-year-old Evelyn
Hutchings of Edmondston, Md,
and she earned the crown by SELL
ing more doughnuts than any
other girl in the organization.
Her record for the three-week
doughnut selling drive was 803
dozen. Her court was made up
of girls who won runners-up hon.
orS in the drive.
The Blue Birds, junior group of
the Camp Fire Girls, crowned
their own queen, 7-year-old Ka-
rem Sue Packard. 3446 South
Wakefield street, Arlington. who
sold 421 dozen doughnuts.