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Page Two Early Is Named Com mander Old Fort Legion 0 Horace Early, veteran of World War I, was elected commander of Arrowhead post, No. 280, of the American Legion, organized Fri day evening at Old Fort Other officers include I. L. Cap lan, Jr., adjutant; Sidney O. Bry- Vcte For Monroe M. Redden Democratic Candidate For CONGRESS HDon S. Elias Executive Director of Station WWNC, Vice-President of the Asheville Citizen-Times Co-, end District Manager of Hr. Redden's Campaign— “ Without any HI-will toward any candidate, 1 feel I caa make a contribution to the upbuilding of Western North Carolina by supporting the nomination and election of Monroe Redden to C-ongr— e. and have agreed to act as bis district manager. "Monroe Redden is a seasoned and i accessful attorney and business man. His demon strated ability and well known energy and public spirited services to ths aree and the Democratic party make cer tain that our interests will be protected and pushed if be lu In Congress. “The people of Western North Carolina are entitled to the moet competent, energetic and intelligent representation in Congress. I am confident our people have an awakened understanding of the urgency of our needs today and will register their desires by nominating Monroe M. Redden in the Democratic Primary an May 25.” PRIMARY ELECTION 1 MAY 25, 1946 HEAR MONROE REDDEN ,£*£9»‘ißTS7!V. —. ■ - ■ .#ag Solid fjPfj Comfort THAT IMPOSSIBLE ITEM YOU M ERE UNABLE TO BUY LAST FALL WHEN SO BADLY NEEDED CAN BE PUR CHASED NOW. ASSURE YOURSELF OF A COMFORT ABLE HOME THIS WINTER. If'* * >. r irT*~N ... * k STERCHI BROS. 52-56 Biltmore Ave. Phone 4435 WE CLOSE EACH WEDNESDAY AT 1:00 P. M. Daily Store Hours, 9 to 5:30 Except Wednesday—Saturday 9 to 6 I son, service officer, and W. How -1 ard LeFevre, publicity officer. | The Old Fort post, which was [ organized by District Commander r Joan E. Melton of Marion, will , supersede the Veterans’ club or ganized several months ago. For better Job Printing ■ see us —The News. BASKETBALL BELLES By E. BYRD (Bill Bums arrives in Glendale to coach girl’s athletics. He finds the cards stacked against him, with one political faction after his neck, his first team antagon istic and his captain secretly in love with the past year’s coach. Bill has a run-in with Randy Smith, his predecessor and suc ceeds in licking him, only to be met with the shocking news that his entire first team is turning in their uniforms.) “Quitting . ..” the words seemed to echo from the arched rafters of the spacious Glendale gym. Coach Bums and the remainder of the squad watched in stunned silence as the six g.rls turned and walked proudly from the gymnas ium. “Anyone else want to quit?” queried Coach Bums, suddenly white around the lips. The response was surprisingly quick and surprisingly whole hearted. “No sir,” “Not on your life.” “Let them go,” was heard from all sides. Myra Jones, one of the guards that had shown aptitude for the new zone defense stepped for ward. “Coach, we’re behind you, one hundred percent. We be lieve in you and whatever you say goes with us. We’ll do our best for you and Glendale High School.” A happy look came upon Coach Bum’s face. ‘‘Thank you, girls, I believe you, and with that spirit we can go a long way. Many games are won on spirit. If you don’t have that flaming competi tive spirit, if you aren’t willing to go ‘all out’ to win, you can’t be a great team. Now let’s have a real practice.” The girls entered into practice with a great zest, and it seemed to Bill Bums that never had he seen such vim, such determination. He surmised rather grimly to himself THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS that the citizens of Glendale and ; Gracelyn High might well be sur prised when opening night rolled j around. However as Bill watched the j scrimmage game that was taking place between his new first team,j his erstwhile second team moved j up, and some of the other young hopefuls, he realized anew the fact that while he had a strong defensive team that his offense was sadly lacking. Too well he knew that it took points to win a ball game, that the guards could not bear the whole burden alone. What was the answer, the for wards had some good quick open ing plays, they were good on their crip shots. Rebounds .. • that was the answer. They just didn’t get rebounds. They were small to begin with, and , their jumping wasn’t timed properly to get the best results. Another year and they would be “tops”, but they didn’t have another year just two more days now, really one more practice until nearhy Gradelyn High School invaded Glendale to pry off the lid on what had to be a successful season if Bill Bums was to retain his job. Just then Bill felt a timid tug at his sleeve. “Here I am, Mr. Bums. You told me to try bask etball, and if that’s it I believe I would like it.” These words tumbled excitedly from the lips of the tall girl that he had seen playing softiball on the vacant lot She was clad in faded blue shorts and an old blouse and wore sneakers. Bill Burns smiled into the eager eyes that he noticed were almost on a level with his own. This girl was tall. “So you want to learn? Well stick around and I’ll give you a few pointers.” With a blast of his whistle, the young coach summoned his squad, pointed out the mistakes of the practice game, gave praise gener ously where praise was due, and dismissed them with the remind er that the next day was the last real practice before the opening game. As soon as the squad had gone, Coach Bums handed Rosa Jordan a ball and said, “Now, let’s see you shoot.” She fondled the hall in her hands and said, “Say, this feels good.” Whereupon she flipped the ball smoothly toward the basket only to have the ball fall short. “Why, it looked easy when the others were doing it,” she mur mured in surprise. Lender the pa tient tutelage of Coach Bums, she soon got the knack of holding the ball properly and showed that she had the makings of a good shot. Both became so interested in her progress that they lost all count of time. Coach Bums suddenly noted the poor visibility in the gym, the sun had almost gone completeyl down. He opened his lips to suggest going home, when he heard a loud tapping on the door of the gym and looking to ward the door he observed a beard ed face peering through the glass. Beside the face, the barrel of a well polished rifle caught the rays of the setting sun. Rosa Jordan gave a subdued gasp, “It’s Pa, and he’s mad.” The gymnasium door slowly open ed. (In next week’s installment, Pa Jordan, ‘‘the best blamed shot in the world” appears. Gracelyn High comes to Glendale and . . . Ah! .. . let’s wait until next week ) Hull Appointed Office Manager of Sterchi Firm o H. P. McCarroll, manager of Sterchi Brothers, Inc., furniture store, announced recently the ap pointment of Joseph J. Hull as credit and office manager for the company in Asheville. Mr. Hull recently received an honorable discharge from the army as staff sergeant after serv ing 31 months, 27 months of which was spent in the Pacific area- Mr. Hull has spent more than five years with the Sterchi com pany and before going into the army was credit manager of the Decatur, Ala. store. He is mar ried, a member of the Methodist church, and of the junior chamber of commerce. The symbal is the oldest known musical instrument made of brass, and was used as early as 1047 B C. Uranium worth SIO,OOO a ton was found in Manitoba. FROM THE WORD ! OF GOD—SIN By JANET DOUGHERTY Some people say, we do not sin, we just make mistakes. There is a vast difference in sin and mistakes. Sin is moral depravity, wicked ness, iniquity, to be unmindful of the gifts of Providence. Sinful, tainted with, or full of sin. Mistake, to take in error, to select wrongly a wrong act done unintentionally. The first sin, in the Bible was Adam and Eve eating the forbid den fruit. God commanded them not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it. (Genesis 2:17.) God gave them every blessing, they needed. And God said, Be hold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. (Genesis 1:29). God warned them, for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Adam and Eve were placed in the beautiful Garden of Eden with every blessing they needed. Just like God has placed people in this beautiful world today with every blessing. But like Adam and Eve, they can’t he satisfied with the things he allows them to partake of, they have to eat of the forbidden fruit. The devil tempted Eve, and he said unto the woman, yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? (Genesis 3.1) And the serpent said unto woman, ye shall not surely die- (Genesis 3.4). And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. (Genesis -3.6.) So we see Eve did not believe God, she believed the devil instead. She sinned, and caused her husband to sin. We do not live or die to ourselves. We have an influence over others, for good or bad. In the great judgment day when we stand before God to be judged, will we stand with those whom we have won for Christ? Or will we stand with those whom we have caused to go astray, by our sinful influence? Will we hear God say to us, come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the word? (Mat thew 25:34.) Or, will we hear him say, De part from me, ye cursed, into ev erlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels? (Matthew 25:41). Sin will send us to hell. But righteousness to heaven- Which will it he for you, dear one? God is speaking to every one today. It is not his will that any should perish, hut that all should come to repentance. ((II Peter 3:9). To the sinner he says these words, And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. (John 5:40.) The sinner rejects Christ there fore an awful doom awaits them. But God is pleading with you, sinner friend, give me thine heart? Because of sin in our lives, we are not receiving the blessings God has in store for us. Your in iquities have turned away these things, and your sins have with holden good things from you. (Jeremiah 5:25.') Sin is the cause of all the un happiness in the world today. There is such a thing as sin for the Bible says so. And the word of God is true. If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble them selves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heav en, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land- (II Chronicles 7:14.) o PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD Careless soul, why do you linger, Wandering from the fold of God? Hear you not the invitation? O prepare to meet thy God Why so thotless are you standing While the fleeting years go by, And your life is spent in folly? O prepare to meet thy God. If you spurn the invitation Till the Spirit shall depart, Then you’ll see your sad condition, Unprepared to meet thy God. Careless soul, O heed the warning, For your life will soon be gone; O how sad to face the judgment, Unprepared to meet thy God. Conservation News Bv L. B. HAIRR , - < 0 r, i R. N. Jenkins of Old Fort, L. 1 E. J. Burgin of Marion R. 4, Joe Swan of Glenwood, R. 1, and other McDowell farmers have . needed wildlife borders on their farms recently. In cooperation ( with the Catawba Soil Conserva tion District, these farmers used lespedeza seritea and lespedeza bicolor in seeding their borders. J. G. Burgin of Marion, R- 4, had his alfalfa mowed for hay last week in the field west of his home. J. F. Mills of Glenwood, R. 1, has a fine stand of crimson clover in the field across the creek from his barn. Mr. Mills plans to turn this clover and follow it with soybeans. Reports are that many farmers will make their soil more absorp tive and cut down soil losses this spring by plowing under winter cover crops. Several agriculture workers from McDowell attended an all day field meeting held at the North Carolina State Hospital Farm at Morganton last Tuesday. The value of strip cropping, per manent hay crops, and improved pastures were among the many practices discussed at this meet ing. J, W. McCurry Named Emergency Food Man ager For McDowell J. W T . McCurry chairman of the McDowell County AAA committee has been designated as emergency food program manager for Mc- Dowell county and will help to speed the job of supplying food under President Truman’s emerg ency famine relief program, in an effort to reduce the terrible suf fering caused by economy invas ion and drought in Europe and Asia. Mr- McCurry will enlist the co operation of the McDowell Coun ty USD A Council in coordinating the program and organizing the food conservation measures re commended by the President’s famine emergency committee- Local food conservation meas ures are now being worked out and every man, woman and child in McDowell county are requested to voluntarily conserve their food daily, especially bread, fats, and oils, to make more available for shipment into destitute areas. Bakers, food distributors, home makers, hotels, dining cars, res taurants, institutions, and all pub lic feeding industries are request ed to adopt conservation and ec onomical use of bread fats, and oils. Local civic groups, churches, schools, newspaper editors, theater managers and all other organiza tions and groups are requested to help carry out the program on a voluntary basis. Piano Pupils To Give Recital In Old Fort O Piano pupils of Mrs. D. T. Roughton and Miss Margaret Marley will be presented in a recital on Friday evening, May 17th at eight o’clock at the school auditorium. The glee club from the grammar grades of the Old Fort school and other specialty numbers will be heard on the pro gram. Piano students taking part on the prgoram are Gloria and Bar bara Macon, Mary Ida Bradley, Nancy Jane Morgan, Edna Alli son, Betty Jean Parker, Mary Davis, Jean Setzer, Dora Ann Harris, Joyce Harris, Wanda Har ris, Margaret Burgin, Mary Ann Early, Betty Marston, Barbara Harris, Laßue White, Mary Vann Hughes, Elizabeth Grindstaff, Nancy Wesson. SISKS “Where Everyone Meets” SWANN AN OA, N.C. —o Special While They Last ALL METAL SCOOTERS, ONLY $5.59 Also All Metal Child’s Lawn Chairs, only $2.95 Full assortment of Greeting Cards Thursday, May 16, i 94 g Professional And Business Cards A Professional or Business c cost you only $2-00 per mo »,! Send us yours. 8 INSURANCE WILLIAM J. WRlght AGENT, BLACK MOUNT*} State Capital Life Ins f. Ordinary, Accident, Industrial LAWYER<r~~~^ Wm. C. Honeycutt Phone 3191 Black Mountain, N. c, ►#####»»»»»»##### rn m r ELECTRICIANS GEORGE W. STONE Phone 2033 Black Mountain, N. C. ELECTRICIANS " R. W. COOK PHONE 3082 Black Mountain, N. C pLUM BER«f J. W. Russell Phone 3934 Black Mountain, N. C. Ann’s Luncheonette ACROSS FROM DEPOT Black Mountain, N. C. TAXI CABS TELEPHONE 3801 VICTORY CABS Black Mountain, N. C. 5 and 7 Passenger Cars FRIENDLY CAFE Under New Management Harry Davis —: — Jim Early SWANNANOA, N. C. W.E. CORUM Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Across from Moore General SWANNANOA, N. C. FLORISTS Flowers For Every Occasion Whitehead’s Flowers Flatiron Bldg. Asheville, N. PHONES: Day, 7135 Night, 8157-B GREGG The Florist Flowers for All Occasion Corner State and Daugherty St BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. Clothing and Shoes E. W. STEPHENS Phone 3571 Box No. 666 _ ; CAFE . SMITH - PYATTE 1 We specialize in Chicken s® Steak Dinners. Everybody Welcome! SWANNANOA, N. C. i Refrigeration Service - T. J. MARETT Phone 3091 r | Black Mountain, N> 1— Who’s cutting » » /C«t+tonl\ cord for YOU , boy? We cant W ™.(gzy bim down!
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