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WPP OLD FORT NEWS VOLUME II OLD FORT, N. THURSDAY. APRIL 11, 1929 NUMBER 29 THE OLD FORT NEWS The Old Fort News- is pub lished each week in connection with the Marion Progress. ' MISS GERTRUDE DULA, Editor and Business Manager. I ANNUAL CONVENTION B. Y. P. U. AT OLD FORT O’er the moistened fields A tender green is spread; the bladed grass Shoots forth exuberant; th’ awaking trees. Thaw’d by the delicate atmosphere, put forth Expanding buds; while, with melli fluous throat, The warm ebullience of internal joy. The birds hymn forth a song of gratitude To him w^ho shelter’d when storms were deep And fed them through the winter’s cheerless gloom. —Anon. BEAUTIFY YOUR TOWN Announcement is made by the Civic Department of the Old Fort Woman’s Club that the week begin ning April 16th will be observed as “Clean-up Week.” It is earnestly hoped that everybody in town will do his bit toward cleaning and beau- tifsring both residence and business lots as well as vacant lots and grass plots along the streets. Every inch of ground in the town is somebody s re sponsibility, and everybody is expec ted to do his duty. It is time for the yards to be raked and for flower seeds to be sown. Prizes will be offered for the best kept yard, vacant lots and grass plots along the street. The Annual Convention of the B. Y. P. U. of the Green River Associa tion of the churches of McDowell and adjoining counties met at Old Fort Saturday and Sunday with the Old Fort Baptist Church in the spac ious new church recently completed. A large number of delegates were present and the addresses delivered by the state officers of the Union were very helpful. Special musical features were part of the program. M. L. Jones is spending a week in Old Fort in the interest of the Asso ciation. Churches included in the Associa tion are Arm^rong, Bethlehem, Big Level, Bills Creek, Bulah, Chapel Hill, Clinchfield, Cross Mill, Cherry Springs, Clear Creek, Camp Creek Cane Creek, Cooper’s Gap, Colum bus, Dysartsville, East Marion, Glen- wood, Greenlee, Green Hill, Hall- town. Harmony Grove, First Marion, Macedonia, Montford Cove, Moun tain Creek, Mt. Pleasant, Mills Spring, Mountain View, Mt. Vernon, Nebo, North Cove, Old Fort, Oak Springs, Piny Knob, Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Grove, Piedmont, Pea Ridge, Pepper’s Creek, Pacolet, Round Hill, Ruth erf ordton. Silver Creek, Sunnyvale, Turkey Cove, Woodlawn, West Point, Whiteside Valley and Zion Hill. FAITH AND HEALTH Literary Digest. The surest foundation of mental health, says Dt. Charles S. Thomo- son. Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, England, is “faith in things unseen—^the sense that God is in his heaven and all is right with the world, no matter what the appear ances may be. The feet must be firm ly planted on some sure rock of re ligion or philosophy.” As he is furth er quoted in the London Telegraph; Dr. Thompson says that anger and storms of passion can shake the ner vous system to pieces, that “*he coarser passions, such as anger, hat red, and jealousy react adversely on the body far more commonly than the reactions of ambition, pride, and esthetic and intellectual emotions.” Therefore, this religiously minded physician goes on: “The whole point of educational training should be to establish con trol of feeling, while developing ability to express all feelings in the most spiritual way. It is not simply mental work that leads to break downs, but mental work accompan ied by emotional strain. “To sum up the study of the treat ment of the mind, a wide range of practices must be embraced. In Alle viating nervous disorders we must take into account not only suggestivo therapeutics, medical hypnotism, the psychoanalysis of orthodox psychol ogy, but go further and attempt to understand how and on what basis prayer and appeals to the ihghest spiritual instinct of mankind have curative value.” ^ LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. Clyde Kezziah of Salisbury j ITEMS OF INTEREST hisited her aunt, Mrs, S. F, Mauncy,! on Tuesday. j GRADED SCHOOL GIVES INTERESTING PROGRAMS Mrs. E. E. Epply. and small daugh ter, Mary Evelyn, spent the week end in Biltmore. Miss Louise Laughridge, of N. C. C. W., Greensboro, spent Easter with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Laughridge. Mr, and Mrs, Orval Lipe of Gaff ney, S. C., were visitors in Old Fort last Saturday. Rev. H. C. Marley has opened a grocery store in the building next to the postoffice. Miss Margie Gibson left Sunday for Kingsport, Tenn. W. E. Grant of Lenoir spent the week-end in Old Fort. Miss Elizabeth Lipe spent several days last week in Biltmore. Miss Una Plott spent the week end in Asheville. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Grant of For est City, spent Sunday with Mrs. M, G. Turner. Theodore Carver of Allen, Ky,, spent the week-end in Old Fort. Miss Emma Allison, of Spruce Pine, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. B. Y. Allison. Miss Elizabeth Ledford, of Erwin, Tenn., was a visitor in Old Fort Sun day, [ Mr, and Mrs, E, S, Early of Mari on visited W. C, Early Sunday. I Mr. and Mrs. James Free left Sun day for Kingsport, Tenn. Mrs. S. Whitmire and S. W. Hall of Saluda spent several days last week in Old Fort. Miss Mabel Crawford of Asheville spent the Easter holidays with home- folks here. John Bradley, who has been ill, is much improved. Mr. and Mrs. George Lee and Vii- ginia Lee, of AsheArilie, were guests of Mr, and Mrs. John Bradley onj Sunday. } Mr, and Mrs, J, R. Kincaid and J. R. Kincaid, Jr., of Dillsboro, \vere guests of Miss Elizabeth Sherrill on Sunday. Mrs. Charley Snyder, who has been visiting in Dillsboro, has re turned home. Of much local interest was the marriage of Miss Addie Turner to Mr. Theodore Carver, both of Old Fort, which was solemnized on Sun day, April 7th. WOMAN’S CLUB MEETS With Mrs. I. L. Caplan and Mrs. H, C, Marley as joint hostesses at the home of Mrs. Caplan on Main street, the Old Fort Woman’s Club enjoyed a most delightful meeting Friday af ternoon. Among those present to share in the pleasure of the occasion was Mrs, C. W, Graybeal, ex-presi dent, who has been absent for sever al months, Mrs, Effie Mashbum, vice pre&i dent, presided and the meeting was ■opened in the usual manner. After the report of the secretary, reports of the various, committee chairmen ■were heard. The general topic for discussion was the “Flower Show^, which w ill be held some time during August, The program arranged by Mrs D. M. McIntosh was very much enjoyed,- A poem, “An Old-Fashioned Garden,” was r'endered by Mrs, fjnarles Jenkins, and an article on Ihs “Quaint Beauty in Old-Time Gardens” was read by Mrs. Narcy Kidbair, After the program, delightful re freshments were served. The club willl meet in May at the home of Mrs, Amos Crippen. The following interesting pro grams were given at the Old Fort High School recently: Program by Fourth Grade Song by class — “Twinkle Little Star.’^ Reading, by three girls. A piano solo. “Spring,” song by five girls, A Color Story—girls and boys. What Does Easter Mean—four girls. Program of Eightb Grade TYPES OF LITERATURE Classification of types of litera ture, poetry and prose, Clara Croom. Ten Famous Novelists and Their Chief Works, Lena Roland. The Story of Stevenson’s Treasure Island, K. Blackwelder. Famous Epic Poems. The Story of Uljrsses among the Phaeacians, from William Cullen Bryant’s translation of Homer’s Odyssey, James Blanken ship. The Ballad, Jessie Lewis, Bonny Barbara Allan, the Wife of Usher’s Well, Nell Porter. Program Ninth Grade Devotional Exercises, Kenneth Rhinehardt. Song—America, Class. Short Story, Julia Padgett, Poem, Hazel Swann, Scientific Events, Selma Finch, Life of Patrick Henry, Carl Rock. Recitation, Carroll Gilliam, Reading, Vera Oates. Life of Rudyard Kipling, Edna Tate. Poem, Ruth Allison. Jokes, Bonnie Silver, Program Eleventh Grade The Marseillaise—All. The origin of The Marseillaise, Frances Mauney. The French Flag and French Pa triotism, Thelma Souther. Most Famous French Painter, Mary Will Green. Notre Dame, Carolyn McIntosh. The Louvre, Elaine Mashbum. A Story by Maupassant, Eunice Wilkinson, The Seine River, Walter Gilliam. Longchamps, Betty Crawford, Champs Elysie, Olga Marston. SCHOOL HONOR ROLL Grade 4-A—Caroline Sandlin and Fannie Allison. Sixth Grade — Estelena Young, Nannie Sue Sandlin, Juanita Adams, Edith Lackey and Dorothy Eller. Seventh Grade — Doris Dalton, Jaunita Grindstaff, Bertha Lewis, Alice Laughridge, Billie Nesbitt and Edward Prince, Olive of Biltmore were visitors in Old Fort Sunday. Miss Marion Nelly of Asheville visited friends in Old Fort Saturday and Sunday, Miss Annie Laura Curtis of East Flat Rock visited her sister, Mrs. G. W, Sabom, Saturday. Miss Alma Hemphill, of Gilkey spent the Easter holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hemphill Guy Early of Erwin, Tenn., was a visitor in Old Fort Sunday. Dr, W, A. Robinson and S. F. Mauney of Mt. Holly spent Sunday in Old Fort. L, N. Saunders of Morristow: , Tenn., was in Old Fort Sunday. Mrs. Geo. Sandlin and two chil dren spent Saturday in Asheville. | Miss Dorcas Williams spent the | week-end in Asheville. j Miss Nellie Hemphill of Salisbury spent the week-end in Old Fort. Miss Margaret Marley spent Sat urday and Sunday with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. H. C, Marley, Miss Tressie Parker of Marion spent Saturday and Sunday in Old Fort. Mrs. Fleming Snipes of Marion, visited friends here Saturday. Misses Alma, Nellie and Joe Mills Hemphill spent Saturday in Asheville Carey Hedgepeth spent the week end in Greenville, S. C. Miss Louise Porter of Charlotte spent the week-end with her parents, Mr, and Mrs, T. J. Porter. Miss Myrtle Lytle of Spencer spent Easter with relatives here. Miss Anne Porter spent Saturday in Asheville, John H, Allison spent Sunday in Charlotte, Mrs, Geo. Moore , and two small children, Bert and Mary Louise, spent Easter in Johnson City, Tenn, Mrs. Tilda Dover of Erwin, Tenn,, attended the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Tom Jordan, Sunday afternoon. Bom, to Mr. and Mrs, J, A. Devin- ney, on the 25th, *a son. Austin Harris has been on the sick list several days. Miss Janie Parker of Asheville spent Easter with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Lonie Parker. Mr. and Mrs. Forest Lytle of Bilt more, were visitors in Old Fort Sun day, Veraard Steppe of Ravensford, N. C., spent Sunday in Old Fort. Miss Bula Kanipe has been on the sick list several days. Mrs. Georgia Grant, who is attend ing a business college in Charlotte, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. T, M, Greene. Miss Lucy Poteat of Morganton is visiting Mrs. Ed Norton. Miss Ethel Lanning spent Easter “THE NIGHT WATCH” Graying hair about the temples can often be immensely more at tractive than an air of extreme youth. Paul Lukas proves this contention with his role opposite Billie Dove in First Nationals “The Night Watch.” He is shown in the picture as a naval officer, who is careful to place the call of duty above his private life. Alexander Korda, who directed the picture, has given it the true daughter | European atmosphere and quality. Everybody’s Theatre, Fri. and Sat. j Appetite Estimated on a Footage Basis Vegetable Requirements for the Average Family. “How much?” is one of the impor- I I tant questions about the home vege- I z table garden. How to avoid a surplus ! | of some vegetables and a scarcity of j | others, is a problem which calls for a i | knowledge of the size, tastes and pref- j | erences of the family as well as of ^ the productivity of the vegetables. I An average recommendation of the j amount of vegetables to be planted fi»r a family of five persons has been worked out in row-feet by the home demonstration specialists of the Ohio State university. For a family of this size, «ay the specialists, there should be planted 300 feet of potatoes, with the hills 10 to 12 inches apart, and with tfen pounds of seed used for each 100 feet of row. Of onions, 100 feet should be enough and a pint of sets should be used. Another 100 feet should go into spinach, with the plants 3 to 4 inches apart. An ounce of spinach seed will be enough for 100 row feet. Fifty row feet of cabbage, with the plants set 12 to 15 inches apart, will supply the family. An equal footage of radishes, 1 inch apart in the rows, will call for only one ounce of seed. Fifty row feet of Grand Rapids let tuce, with the plants only 4 to 6 inches apart, may be obtained with one-fourth of an ounce of lettuce seed. One hundred row feet of green beans will not be too many. They should be planted about 3 inches apart in the rows, and half a pint of seed win be required. The average family will consume the tomatoes from 100 feet of early vines and 300 feet of late vines, the plants being set 36 to 40 inches apart. WANTS WHAT HE WANTS A man is that large irrational creature who is always looking for home atmosphere in a hotel and hotel service around the house.—^Detroit News. “YELLOW BACK” Backgrounds of rare scenic beau ty, filmed in the mountains and for ests of the far west, are revealed injin Jackson Hill, N. C. “The Yellow-Back,” the FBO pro-1 Miss Davie Mae Amey of Ashe- duction of James Oliver Curwood’s | ville spent the week-end in Old Fort, story which is coming to Everybody’s} Hugh Hensley is ill with rheuma- Theatre on Monday and Tuesday. i tism. Director Jerome Storm took his Mrs. E. R. Wrenn of Siler City, company, headed by Tom Moore and N. C., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Tom Santschi, to the lake country of Mrs, C. H. Burgin. the High Sierras for exterior scenes} Mr. and Mrs. T. P, Richardson of depicting the deep Canadian woods jTryon spent the week-end with Mr. and the results achieved by Cinema-1 and Mrs. C, Nesbitt. tographer Phil Tannura have wonj John Blankenship of Asheville warm praise wherever the picture j spent Sunday with his parents here. has been shown. | Mrs. D. T. Roughton left Friday ifor a visit to Charlotte and the R. V. McGimsey, welfare officer, j Magnolia Gardens in Charleston, S. was in Old Fort Monday. 1C. ' . Peking Soy Bean Excels | as Strictly Hay Plant i The Peking soy bean is probably the | best strictly hay -bean that can be j raised in Illinois, Should not be sown | very deep, just deep enough that they are well covered. Sow them following j com planting; five to six pecks^per acre will be sufficient, as these are very small. Sow them with a grain drill as this will tend to keep them from becoming coarse. They should be cut as the beans begin to form in the pod, which will probably be about the time the lower leaves begin to show^ ripened condition. I Agricultiiral Notes Bermuda is the outstanding grass. ♦ • • Com, where it can be grown suc cessfully, makes the best silage. • « • Market gardeners have found that good vegetables can be had only when the sou Is full of plant food. • « * For cows there is no better grain than oats although the price often makes it prohibitive to feed them in large amounts. • • • Cream should be protected in the winter to prevent freezing. The cool er should be properly insulated against freezing to insure Its use both aommer and winter. Don’t Live in a Sliadow All Your Life Step out of the shadow of financial depen dence into the sunshine of financial inde pendence. The step is not long, the way is not difficult—a savings account with a portion of your earnings added regularly will soon place you in a position where you can be financially independent. THE BANK OF OLD FORT OLD FORT, N. C. Style is the Keynote of Progress, whether it's woman’s dress, an automobile, or a man’s suit—it’s noth ing if it’s not fashionable. Busy men don’t trouble themselves with style details. They don’t have to. That’s our business. Style is a science with us. Let us keep you authoritatively and correctly up-to-the- minute in your dress. Our prices are right, too. Robert Tailoring Co. M. E. HEAD, Salesman Local Address: Old Fort, N. C. Hats for Spring Soft and Flexible Straws Smart and Distinctive Onyx Pointex Hose. Dula Millinery Shop Marcel Waving Old Fort, N. C. THEATRE OLD FORT, N. C. BILUE DOVE In a film of intense emotional power ' “THE NIGHT WATCH” “HIRE A HALL”—Comedy Friday and Saturday APRIL 12th and 13th “YELLOW BACK” With TOM MOORE ALICE COLLEGATE, Comedy Monday and Tuesday APRIL 15th and 16tb BABY CHICKS VERYBODY’ Barred Rock, Rhode Island Red and White Leghorn Chicks now 14c. 2 to 4 weeks old chicks 25c to 35c. THE BURGIN HATCHERY Old Fort, N. C. Route 1, Highway No. 10 APPLICATION FOR PARDON OF ANDY HOGAN Application will be made to the Commissioner of Pardon^ and the Governor of North Carolina for the parole of Andy Hogan, convicted at the January term of tKe Superior Court of McDowell County for the crime of manufacturing whiskey and sentenced to the common jail of Mc Dowell County for a term of eight months. All persons who oppose the grant ing of said parole are invited to for ward their protests to the Conmiis- sioner of Pardons without delay. For All Who Need Cod-liver Oil Scott's Emulsion APPLICATION FOR PARDON OF JOHN REEL } Application will be made to the j Commissioner of Pardons and the i Governor of North Carolina for th© j parole of John Reel, convicted at the January term of the Superior Court of McDowell County for the crime of manufacturing whiskey and j sentenced to the common jail of Mc- I Dowell County for a term of eight I months. All persons who oppose the grant- I ing of said parole are invited to for- jward their protests to the Commis sioner of Pardons without delay. \ ,.r