FORT NEWS
VOLUME III
OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1930 NUMBER 15
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.
A WINDY DAY
The dawn was a dawn of splendor,
And the blue of the morning skies
Was as placid and deep and tender
As the blue of a baby's eyes;
The sunshine flooded the mountain,
And flashed over land and sea
Like the spray of a glittering foun
tain,—
But the wind—the wind—Ah me!
Like the weird invisible spirit, ^
It swooped in its airy flight;
And the earth, as the trees drew
near it,
Quailed as in mute affright;
The grass in the green fields quiver
ed—
The waves of the smitten brook
Chillily shuddered and shivered,
And the reeds bowed down and
shook.
Like a sorrowful miserere
It sobbed, and it blew and blew,
Till the leaves on the trees looked
weary,
And my prayers were weary, too;
And then, like the sunshine's glim
mer
That failed in the awful strain,
All the hope of my eyes grew dim
mer
In a spatter of spiteful rain.
—James Whitcomb Riley.
MRS. GEO. SANDLIN
HOSTESS TO WOMAN'S CLUB
«
Mrs. Geo. Sandlin was a charming
hostess to the members of the Old
Fort Woman's Club at her home on
Main street, Friday afternoon at
3:30.
This being the first regular month
ly meeting of the year, a number of
matters of importance were discus
sed and voted on during the business
session.
A report on the Alumni banquet
was given by Mrs. S. F. Mauney,
chairman of the refreshment com
mittee. A report of the Civic depart
ment was given by Mrs. P. H. Mash
burn, and $9.00 from that depart
ment was donated to the marker
fund.
Miss Gertrude Dula, chairman of
the Library, reported a coal stove
placed .in the / library rooms last
week. The treasurer of the Old Fort
Woman's Club was instructed to
send a check for $25.00 to the treas
urer of 'the monument association.
After an interesting business
meeting the ladies were invited into
the dining room where at a beauti
fully appointed table Mrs. P. H.
Mashburn poured tea. Sandwiches,
nuts, calces and mints were served
to the guests. New members present
were Mrs. W. W. LeFevre and Mrs.
Will Rowe. Special invited guest,
Miss Edith Rowe Grady. A large
number of members were present at
this very enjoyable affair which
proved a real New Year's event, and
was a promising beginning for this
year's club activities.
BENEFIT BRIDGE AND DANCE
A Woman's Club benefit bridge
and dance was given in the clubroom
and Bradley Hall New Year eve, and
proved to be one of the most enjoy
able events of the holiday season.
The party was sponsored by Mrs H.
Taylor, Miss Gertrude Dula and:
Mrs. Geo. Moore. The younger set,
many of them home from college for
the holidays, filled every flying mo
ment with dancing and merriment.
A sweet course was served at a late
hour. The proceeds from this benefit
were donated by the Woman's Club
toward the $100.00 pledged by the j
club for the erecting of the marker. I
THE FIREMAN'S BALL
The Old Fort Firemen gave their
annual ball on New Year's eve in
the Sandlin store which was recently i
occupied by the Graybeal Hardware
Co. A large crowd attended this
seasonal event, the merrymakers
dancing the Old Year out and the
New Year in to the strains of in
spiring music furnished by local mu
sicians, who occasionally varied the
program by singing popular songs,
with violin and guitar accompani
ments.
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"THE LISTENING POST"
"The Listening Post," by Grace
S. Richmond, a novel of married
life, is one of the most warmly hu
man and understanding stories that
Mrs. Richmond has ever written, i
This is one of the new books that
havte been placed on the shelves of1
the Old Fort Public Library. The [
names of the other fiv0 /new books
will be printed in next week's paper.
local and personal
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Mrs. Ed. Silver of Akron, Ohio,
visited relatives in Old Fort Monday.
Mrs. Gilkey Seagle of Marion
spent Tuesday afternoon in Old
Fort.
William, Treverton of Marion at
tended the benefit dance in Old Fort
New Year's eve.
Will White left Monday for Hen
dersonville to visit his daughter,
Mrs. T. Case.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Early and
two children spent Tuesday after
noon in Old Fort.
Miss Millie Kanipe left Tuesday
for Nebo where she is a teacher in
the grammar grades.
Miss LeRoy Bates spent several
days last week with her mother,
Mrs. T. L. Fuller.
Mrs. Karl Kelly of Statesville is
spending several weeks in Old Fort
with Mrs. Etta Kelly.
Mrs. Pearl Reed, who has been
spending several months with her
sister, speht the Christmas holidays
at her home in Black Mountain.
Miss Elsie Gibbs of Asheville was
a visitor in Old Fort Wednesday.
Miss Alma Hemphill returned to
Gilkey Sunday after spending sev
eral weeks in Old Fort.
Miss Evelyn Snyder, who has been
in Asheville for some time, spent
several days last week with her pat
ents, Mr. and Mrs Henry Snyder.
Mrs. J. W. Graham of Asheville
is spending several days with rela
tives here.
Mr. C. Noblitt made a business
trip to Morganton Thursday.
Miss Nancy Miller left Thursday
to resume her school work at Mon
treat Normal.
Francis Mauney, who accompanied
Crawford Fortune and Lesley Mau
r.ey to Raleigh Wednesday, returned
home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Crawford and
daughters, Louise and Nell, and son,
Jack, of Hendersonville, were guests
c± Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bradley on
Monday.
Mr. Allanack of Winston-Salem
visited relatives in 01,d Fort this
week.
Gene Walters of Charlotte was a
visitor in Old Fort the past week.
Miss Louise Porter has returned
to Salisbury after spending the hol
idays with her parents, .Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Parter.
Mrs. Georgia Grant spent the
week-end with Mrs. L. D. Greene in
Marion.
Messrs. Robert Haghes and Hu
bert Kanipe were dinner guests of
Miss Louise Porter on Wednesday.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hensley, a son, January 1st.
Rev. and Mrs. O. F. Burnett and
family were guests of Rev. and Mrs.
C. C. Grogan on Sunday.
i Mrs. C. C. Medlin of Asheville was
i a visitor in Old Fort Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Caplan and
family, accompanied by Rev. and
Mrs. H. C. Marley, ipent New Year
dey in Lenoir.
Dr. and Mrs. (Jharles Jenkins and
small daughter, Betty Jean, have re
turned to their home in Old Fort
after spending the Christmas holi
days with relatives in Mullens, S. C.
P. T. Richardson of Lilesville was
the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Clif
ford Nesbitt Sunday' and Monday.
Donald Mcintosh, who has been
spending the holidays with his par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Mcintosh,
returned to Philadelphia Wednesday
to resume his studies at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania.
Baxter Moose returned to Old
Fort Saturday after spending his va
cation in statesville.
Miss Gladys Warren, who has
been Spending the holidays with her
parents in Raleigh, returned to Old
Fort on Sunday.
Misses Margaret Maness and Ujia
Plott returned Sunday to Old Fort
after spending the Christmas vaca
tion with homefolks.
T. Y. Lytle was a visitor in Old
Fort During the holidays.
Miss Caroyln Mcintosh returned
to Washington, D. C., Sunday after
spending the holidays with her par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Mcintosh.
R. H. Taylor, who spent the
Christmas vacation with his family
in Old Fort, returned to Nashville,
Tenn., Wednesday. Mrs. Taylor en
tertained with four tables of bridge
curing Christmas week in honor of
Mr. Taylor.
Miss Mabel Crawford has accep
ted the position as Girl Scout direc
tor in Greensboro.
Misses Addie Sides, May Ella and
Elizabeth Young, of Connelly
Springs; and Miss Mamie White, of
Asheville, were guests of their aunt,
Mrs. Geo. Hyams, last week.
A few good looking dresses in
large sizes, at the Dula Hat Shop.
Miss Davie Mae Arney has com
pleted her business course at Cecil's
Business ollege in Asheville and ex
pects to take a position soon.
Mrs. Wayne Willing of Wheeling,
W. Va., is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Dave Arney.
Mrs. B. A. Cowan and daughter,
Bessie Mae, of Statesville, were the
guests of Mrs. C. W. Graybeal on
Saturday.
Mrs. Dave Arney, Mrs. Wayne
Welling and Miss Davie Mae Arney
were visitors in Asheville Thursday.
The younger set of Old Fort were
guests of William Treverton in Mar
ion on Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Crawford, who
have been visiting the former's
mother, Mrs. J. R. Crawford, during
the holidays, returned to Spartan
burg Saturday where they will make
their home.
Mrs. Johnny Rockett of Narrows,
Va., who has been visiting her moth
er, Mrs. F. XJ. Fortune, returned
home on Wednesday.
Mrs. Geo. Moore and Mrs. C. W.
Graybeal were visitors in Asheville
Friday.
Mrs. W. W. LeFevre, Miss Edith
LeFevre and Miss Carolyn Mcintosh
were in Asheville Thursday.
Crawford Fortune, Leslie and
Francis Mauney returned to State
College, Raleigh, Wednesday after
spending their vacation with home
folks in Old Fort.
S. E. Early of Marion is visiting
his son, W. C. Early.
Mrs. R. M. Reeder of Columbus,
Tenn., is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Etta Kelly.
Mrs. D. M. Mcintosh and daugh
ter, Miss Carolyn, spent Tuesday in
Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Haynes spent
Monday in Asheville.
Miss Stella Allison of Akron, Ohio
was in Old Fort Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Banks left Mon
day for a short stay in Danville, Va.
Misses Unice Wilkinson and Betty
Crawford returned to Mitchel Col
lege, Statesville, on Monday.
It is reported that 240,000 people
v'sited the Ford Dealers in the Char
lotte territory last week.
Everybody's Theatre, Old Fort, N.
C., will exhibit special Government
film pictures on "Early Care of Baby
Chicks" in connection with its reg
ular show on Friday night January
I 17th, at 7:30 o'clock.
SHELL PRODUCTS CO.
INSTALL EQUIPMENT
Col. D. W. Adams is installing a
tank and storage equipment for the
Shell Petroleum Products Company
at Old Fort and Marion. This com
pany will handle kerosene, lubricat
ing oil and other petroleum products
for McDowell county.
They use the colors of bright yel
low and red. These colors have prov
ed to be a good advertisement for
these products, as a station painted
in these colors never fails to attract
attention.
REV. HANSEL PREACHES
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Hansel of Concord will con
duct services at the Presbyterian
Church at Old Fort Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock and evening at 7:30,
Jan. I2th. Rev. Hansel is consider
ing accepting the pastorate of the
Presbyterian Church. The public is
cordially invited to attend these
services.
...SUCCESSFUL
HOMEMAKING
By GRACE VIALL GRAY
DOUGHNUTS
Doughnuts can be quickly and easily
Made at home. * So easy' is it to make
doughnuts today that the doughnut jar
should never be empty.
By using self-rising flour for mak
ing the doughnuts we can save consid
erable time in the mixing process and
our doughnuts are always same.
The leavening or baking powd-.-r. and
the seasoning and the salt have been
combined In the proper proportions
and have been mechanically mix^d.
A good Inexpensive recipe for dough
nuts requiring only 1 egg is this:
Beat the egg with the sugar; add
the milk, flour, nutmeg and vanilla.
The dough should be as soft as can
be handled. Roll % inch thick; cur
with a doughnut cutter, and fry to a
delicate brown in deep fat. The fat
should be hot enough to brown a cube
of bread in 1 minute. Drain on un
glazed paper, and dust with confec
tioner's sugar.
Doughnuts.
1 egg
% cup milk
^ tsp. nutmeg
% cup sugar
3 cups self-rising
flour
1 tsp. vanilla
Shop with home mercnants,
...SUCCESSFUL]
HOMEMAKING
By GRACE ViALl GRAY
YOU MUST COME TO DINNER
Gone are the days when Mrs. Newly
wed dreads her ftfslr dinner party (or
the new in-laws! Biscuits and cakes,
those traditional gambles of the ama
teur, hold no terrors for the modern
bride, for, with self-rising flour at her
right hand, Mrs. Newlywed is without
fear and without reproach. And so Is
everything she cooks!
"You must come to dinner," she says,
and come they must, these critical in
laws who dread this demonstration of
amateur cuisine. The bride is calm
at her debut. She's proud of her vege
table soup, and the cheese sticks she
serves with It Roasts are simpler
and surer than any other meats and
Newlyweds Favor Honeymoon Caken
and Paradise Pudding.
lamb was ever a standard treat at the :
in-law's home. So roast 'lamb it Is, I
with mint jelly jelled in the refriger
ator, and green peas.
Then comes that bane of life of ev
ery bride before the reign of self-ris
ing flour—drop biscuits! With self
rising flour, however, all fear is gone,
for the actual cooking is a matter of
ten of the last minutes. The recipe is
simply two cups of self-rising flour,
two tablespoons of fat, and seven
eighths of a cup of milk.
Dessert is easy for the happy bride,
for the romantic pairing is obvious—
Paradise Pudding and Honeymoon
Cake. No terrors here! Follow these
directions:
Honeymoon Cake.
Vz cup fat 1% cups self-ris
% cup sugar ing flour
1 tsp. lemon extract y2 cup milk or
orange juice
2 egg whites
Directions: Cream the fat; add the
sugar; continue to cream until the su
gar granules have dissolved; add
the flavoring and flour alternately with
the milk; fold in the egg whites, beat
en stiff but not dry; pour into a
greased and floured cake pan, and bake
in a moderate oven about 30 minutes.
Cool and spread the top aud sides with
orange frosting.
ODD FACTS AND FIGURES
An average of 3,000,000 persons
are ill every day in the United
States.
Thirty thousand cubic feet of I
air weighs approximately 1 ton.
A man's brain attains its maxi-!
mum weight at the age of 20 years.
A single banyan tree has been
known to shelter 7,000 persons.
The soil of Spitzbergen has been i
| found frozen 1,000 feet down. In
summer the surface thaws about
1 two feet.
| A whale's skin varies from 2 inch- i
es to 2 feet in thickness.
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The merchant who runs his store aa
he did 25 years ago Is going to lose
out in this day of progress, when the
demand for the new stuff is so strong.
But Instead of resenting the more ex
acting demands of today's shopper,
the wise storekeeper welcomes them
as opportunities and is out in front
leading the parade with every innova
tion that comes along. He takes a
day off frequently and spends it in
city shops and wholesale houses,
i studying the market and observing
I methods of stimulating trade with nov
j elties, and attractive store and show
window display. These things, when
adopted in his own store, all bring dol
lars into the modern merchant's cash
register. , —
Special Prices
on an assortment of
Good Used Cars
Will sacrifice on these cars to
start the New Year right.
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See us at once.
Fisher Motor Co.
OLD FORT, N. C.
OUR 1930 CHRISTMAS CLUB
IS NOW OPEN
Join now in one of our classes ranging
from 10c to $10.00, payable each week,
' and have your Christmas Money all
ready next year.
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It's not what you earn that makes you
rich, but what you SAVE.
THE BANK OF OLD FORT
OLD FORT, N. C.
J. S. BRADLEY, Pres. F. M. BRADLEY, Cashier
P. H. MASHBURN, Vice-Pres.
NEW SILVER AND GOLD HATS
Latest Styles in Felts at
HALF Price.
MARCEL WAVING
THE DULA HAT SHOP
Old Fort, N. C.
NOTICE!
SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Under and by virtue of the power
vested in me in a certain deed of
trust executed by Fred S. Glenn and
wife, Sue Glenn, and Reid Queen
and wife, Queenie Queen, to I. C.
Ingram on the 30th day of August,
1929, wherein the undersigned was
named as Trustee, and default hav-;
ing been made in the payment of
said deed of trust, I will sell at the
front door of the courthouse in Mar
ion, N. C., at ten o'clock, a. m., on
Friday, January 31st, 1930, the
real estate described in said deed of
trust which deed of trust is recorded
in the office of the Register of Deeds
for McDowell County, North Caro
lina, in Book 37 of Mortgage Deeds
on page 287, etc., which land is
more particularly described as fol
lows: !
Lying and being in McDowell
County aforesaid, adjoining the
lands of Mrs. Ella Washburn on the
north; on the east by the Johnson
Hollifield tract; on the south by Ella
Washburn land; on the west by John
Gouge's land.
Beginning on top of Chestnut
Ridge on a double Ivy in the Wilson
old line and runs north 120 poles
more or less crossing two small
branches to a poplar on the south
side of hill; thence west with Ella
Washburn's line 100 poles more or
less to the top of Chestnut Ridge at
a stake in A. M. Hollifield's line;
thence a southeast course with the
'top of Chestnut Ridge and a condi
tional line between A. M. Hollifield
and John and Hilary Gouge to the
beginning at the Ivy. Containing 50
acres, more or less, being the same
land conveyed by J. J. Hollifield and
wife to W. P. Hollifield and Mary
Jane Hollifield, dated Jan. 26, 1916,
recorded in Office of Register of
Deeds for McDowell County, N. C.,
in Book No. 51 of Deeds on page
201.
Said sale will be made for cash,
and subject to confirmation by the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Mc
Dowell County.
This 30th day of December, 1929.
JOHN C. McBEE, Trustee.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of S. M. Crooks,
deceased, this is to notify all
persons having claims against said
estate to exhibit them to the under
signed administrator within twelve
months from the date of the publi
cation of this notice. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested
to make immediate settlement.
This 6th day of January, 1930.
J. L. NICHOLS, Administrator
S. M. Crooks, deceased.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Hiving qualified as administrator
of the-estate of Mrs. Harriette M.
Allen, deceased, this is to notify all
persons having claims against said
estate to exhibit them to the under
signed administrator within twelve
months from the date of the publi
cation of this notice. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested
to make immediate settlement.
This 7th day of January, 1930.
J. F. ALLEN, Administrator
of Mrs. Harriette M. Allen, deceased
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