OLD FORT NEWS
VOLUME III OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1930 NUMBER 22
THE OLD FORT NEWS
The Ol'd Fort News is pub
lished each week in connection
with the Marion Progress.
MISS GERTRUDE DULA,
Editor and Business Manager.
REAL HEROISM
We want a heroism which is he
roic in sits nwn seci'et thoughts. We
want heroes who slay dragons in
private. We want the royal courage
which strangles an unworthy impulse
as soon as it is born. We want ex
ploits in sacrificial thinking, magnif
icent conquests of selfishness in the
quiet courts of the soul. A real man
must wrestle with lions and bears in j
the jungles of his own spirit, and
there he must register a courage of
which the world has no account. All
of which means that a man must be
a hero in the very pith and fibre of
his being. It must be his nature to
be heroic.—J. H. Jowrett.
BRIDGE PARTY
The Old Fort Woman's Club en
tertained with a bridge party at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George E. \
Moore on Saturday evening. The!
house was decorated with flags, ban-'
ncrs and spring flowers.
Little Bert and Mary Louise
Moore, dressed as George Washing- j
ton and Martha Washington, met
the guests and presented them with
miniature flags.
After five progressions were
played Mr. George Sandlin was the!
fortunate winner of a car tank full
of Super Shell gasoline donated by!
Col. D. W. Adams to the club. The j
consolation prizes were won by
Prof. S. B. Smithey and Mrs. Joe
Mashburm
Delicious refreshments were ser
ved by Mrs. A. Crippen, Mrs. P. H. |
Mashburn, Mrs. Geo. Sandlin, Mrs.1
W. LeFevre and Mrs. Geo. Moore, j
Those present were Mr. Louie
Cuthbert, Mr. Bestline, Mr. J. Hig- i
gins, Miss Carrie Saunders, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Sandlin, Mr. and Mrs. E.
Ragle, Mrs. Hart Taylor, Mr. and
Mrs. Graybeal, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. I
Moore, Dr. and Mrs. Harry Ditmore,1
Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Mcintosh, Mr.
and Mrs. C. Nesbitt, Mr. Robert j
Wilkinson, Miss Edith Rowe Grady,i
Miss Gertrude Dula, Mr. Clyde Mil
ler, Mr. Kimball Miller, Mrs. W. Le
Fevre, Prof, and Mrs. S. B. Smith
ey, Mr. and Mrs. A. Crippen, Mrs.
P. H. Mashburn, Mrs. Joe Mashburn
and Miss Maude Crawford.
ST. VALENTINE PARTY
On Saturday night, Feb. 15th,
Miss Frances Grant charmingly en
tertained a number of her friends
with a Valentine party. The house
•was very prettily decorated with red
hearts and other Valentine ideas.
After several contests progressive
alphagram was played at three ta- i
bles, the prize going to Mr. Wood-j
row Harris. A salad course was ser- j
ved by Miss Grant, assisted by Miss !
Pearl Cox. Those enjoying the party
were Misses Frances and Dorothy j
Walker, Jennie Mae Noblitt, Doris
Dalton, Martha Hughes and Agnes
Noblett; Messrs. Gordon London,
Joe Lee Grant, Carlyle Nesbitt,
Woodrow Harris, J. C. Hensley, Al
gie London and Dewey Hensley.
OLD FORT, SILOAM, OAKDALE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
M. E. Hansel, Minister.
/ Old Fort: Sunday School 10 a. m.
Public worship with sermon by pas
tor, 11 a. m. Christian Endeavor
Society 6:45 p. m. Prayer service
Wednesday, 7:30 p. m.
Siloam: Sunday School 2 p. m.
Oakdale: Sunday School 2 p. m.
Public Worship with sermon by the
pastor, 3 p. m.
VICTIM IDENTIFIED
Kit—"But anyway, dear, we must
give Jack credit for getting her a
nice engagement ring.".
Kat—"Oh, no, we needn't — the
jeweler's given him credit for that."
—Sydney Bulletin.
A REQUEST
Old Fort people are reques
ted to send news items for the
Old Fort News page, in the
Marion Progress, to Miss Ger
trude Dula, editor of this page,
and not direct to the Progress
office. This is to avoid the same
news item being printed twice
on the page. Mailing boxes for
Old Fort News items will be
found at the Old Fort Drug
Store and the Bradley Drug
Store. Postoffice Box 191, Old
Fort, N. C.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
R. V. Jones of Marion was in Old
Fort Saturday.
Marion Nesbitt of Gastonia spent
Sundya with Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Noblitt.
Clarence Wise of Marion was in
Old Fort Sunday.
Dayton Ayers of Marion visited
his uncle, W. C. Early, Monday.
J. L. Lackey spent Sunday in
Asheville.
Miss Grace Smith of Marion was
a visitor in Old Fort Sunday.
T. Y. Lytle of Marion is spending
several days with Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. Burgin.
Otis Grant is ill with influenza.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Swann of
Asheville visited Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Swann Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. LeFevre and
Edith LeFevre spent Sunday in
Rutherfordton.
Misses Rhoda Grady and Hazel
Swann spent Saturday in Asheville.
Miss Polly Ann Greene spent the
week-end in Asheville.
W. E. Grant of Spruce Pine spent
Sunday in Old Fort.
Misses Stella Sherrill and Nellie
Blankenship spent Saturday in Mar
ion.
Miss Davie Mae Arney made a
business trip to Marion Monday.
Miss Mary Ellen Young of Con
nelly Springs spent several days
last week with Martha Hyams.
J. A. Swann visited relatives in
Asheville Saturday.
Mrs. B. G. Curtis spent Saturday
in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Harris spent
last week-end in Converse, S. C.
Mrs. N. Justice spent Monday af
ternoon in Marion.
H. Hansel is spending the week
end in Charlotte.
Mrs. Annie Hughes was a visitor
in Asheville Thursday.
Mr. J. L. Melton of Black Moun
tain was in Old Fort Tuesday on
business.
Mrs. S. M. Wilkinson and Robert
Wilkinson motored to Asheville on
Thursday to visit Margaret Jordan
who is a patient at the Mission Hos
pital.
Mrs. Geo. Moore, Mrs. S. B.
Smithey, and Mrs. J. B. Curtis were
visitors in Asheville on Saturday.
Miss Ethel Allison, a student
nurse in State Hospital, Morganton,
is spending several days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Allison.
Mrs. Ola Jones of Asheville is
visiting her sister, Mrs. W;* W. Le
Fevre.
ivirs. waiter Jbe^'evre and Mrs.
Henry C. Fisher spent Wednesday
in Asheville.
Misses Polly Ann Greene and Ha
zel Swann attended an "Old Time"
dance at Camp Allison last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. LeFevre and
family made a visit to Rutherford
College Sunday.
Miss Catherine Finch entertained
with one table of bridge last Wed
nesday. The guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis Haynes and Robert
Bryson. Dainty refreshments were
served.
Miss Mary Will Greene was a vis
itor in Asheville on Thursday.
Robert Bryson entertained with a
stag party Monday night. Enjoying
his hospitality were Messrs. Charley
Fisher, Francis Mauney and Merrill
Kanipe.
Dr. Alfred W. Dula of Lenoir was
the guest of his sister, Miss Gertrude
Dula, last Thursday and Friday.
Mr. Riddell, auditor for the Uni
ted States Leather Company, is in
Old Fort this week.
Mrs. Hill and three daughters of
Marion were visitors in Old Fort on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Sweeney and
Robert Wilkinson visited friends in
Johnson City on Sunday.
Special
CHICKEN DINNER
ON SUNDAY
With Vegetables, Deserts
and the best of Coffee
50c.
Why bother to cook? You will
enjoy a dinner at
The B. and J. Cafe
OLD FORT, N. C.
NEXT TO POST OFFICE
| Major W. A. Collett of the Mari
on Progress was a visitor in Old
Fort on Saturday.
Mrs. D. Rix and sister, Hazel
Swann, of Dendron, visited friends
in Old Fort the past week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hopper of
Marion spent Sunday with the for
mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. C.
Hopper.
Mrs. C. M. Young and two daugh
ters, Elizabeth and Mary Ellen, of
Connelly Springs, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hyams, Sunday.
Dr. D. M. Mcintosh, chairman of
the McDowell County Relief Asso
ciation, attended the meeting of
this organization held in Marion on
Friday night.
Mir. and. Mrs. Henry C. Fisher
spent the past week-end in Biltmore
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Reed. Mr. Reed, father of Mrs. Fish
er, has zbeen dangerously ill.
Francis Mauney entertained a
number of the "younger set" at his!
home Monday evening. The guests
were Miss Mary Will Greene, Miss
Louise Laughridge, Miss Catherine j
Finch, Miss Nancy Miller, "Capt."i
Fisher, Merrill Kanipe, Harrison J
Hansel, Maurice Flemming and
Robert Bryson.
HIGHWAY MEETING
TO BE IN ROANOKE
The first meeting of the Eastern |
National Parks Tour, the great;
highway that connects the Shenan- j
doah of Virginia with the Great'
Smokies of North Carolina, will be
held in Roanoke February 28. The
highway is known as the Blossom
Trail, and beginning at Winchester
in Virginia passes through Marion
to Murphy.
All towns along the route are
a^ked to send representatives to
hear reports and take part in elec
tion of officers. J. Q. Gilkey of Mar
ion is one of the directors, and is on
the program to reply to the address
of welcome by Mayor C. B. Fox, of
Roanoke.
BRIEF NEWS OF INTEREST
Mountain farmers desiring infor
mation about growing barley tobac
co will find agronomy information
circular 45 prepared by E Y.
Floyd of considerable interest, i
Copies of the circular may be had j
free of charge from the agronomy |
department at State College.
Corn grown by adult farmtrs un-j
der demonstration methods in Ca- j
tawba county last year produced an |
average of 53.3 bushels per acre as:
compared with the county average,
of 20 bushels. The cost per bushel
was only 73 cents as compared with
the average cost of $1.46 a bushel, j
NOTICE OF SALE OF TEN THOU
SAND DOLLARS WATER
BONDS OF THE TOWN OF OLD
FORT, NORTH CAROLINA.
Sealed bids will be received by the i
Board of Aldermen of the Town of
Old Fort, North Carolina, in the of-i
fice of the Mayor in said Town, until |
eleven o'clock a. m., on the 8th day
of March, 1930, for the purchase
of TEN THOUSAND ($10,000) j
DOLLARS water bonds to be issued
under the Municipal Finance Act of j
North Carolina, to bear date 1st day
of October, 1929, and to mature st !
rially FIVE HUNDRED ($500) !
DOLLARS on the 1st day of April J
in each of the years 1932 to 1951, j
both inclusive; and the bonds £re to I
be in denominations of FIVE HUN-1
DRED ($500) DOLLARS each,!
bearing a rate of interest not to ex
ceed 6 per cent per annum to be
fixed on the date of sale, payable
semi-annually on the 1st day of
April and the 1st day of October of
each year, both principal and inter
est payable at the Chase National
Bank in the City of Ne"*" York and
State of &ew York. Bidders are in
vited to name the rate of interest
which the bonds are to bear; the rate
must be in multiples of one-fourth
of one per cent; must not exceed six
per cent, and must be the same for
all of said bonds; that bonds will be
awarded to the bidder offering to
take them at the lowest rate of in
terest, at a price not less than par j
and accrued interest. If any bidders!
name the same amount of interest,
the premium shall determine the
award., The right to reject any and
all bids is reserved.
The bonds will be accompanied
by the written approving opinion of
Messrs. Storey, Thorndike, Palmer
& Dodge of Boston, Massachusetts.
Each bidder must present with his
or its bid certified check on an in
corporated Bank or Trust Company,
payable to the order of the Treasur
er of the Town of Old Fort, N. C.,
or deposit a "sum of money for and
in an amount equal to two per cent
of the face amount of the bonds bid
for, to secure the Municipality from
any loss resulting from failure of
the bidder to comply with the terms
of his or its bid. Said bonds will be
awarded at not less than par unless
all bids are rejected.
February 19, 1930.
There will be no auction.
I. L. CAPLAN, Clerk.
Read the advertisements. It pays.
||. ..SUCCESSFUL
HOMEMAKING
By GRACE VIALL GRAY
WHAT IS SELF-RISING FLOUR?
This is a question often asked b.v
women—just what is self-rising flour?
From what is it made and what are
the advantages in using it?
Well, first of all, self-rtsing flour is a
soft wheat flour to which the miller
adds pure monocalcium phosphate and
bicarbonate of soda, which is realU
baking powder, and salt for seasoning.
So it is after all a ready prepared or
pre-leavened flour.
Using self-rising flour in the home
three times each day has many advan
tages. The greatest thing about it is
its dependability. In fact, self-rising
flour gives the only source of a uni
form biscuit 365 times a year. Do not
add bakiug soda or baking powder to
it.
When a woman mixes soda and but
termilk, she lias no way to tel! ac
curately about the acidity of the but
ter milk without taking it to a labora
tory, and if she wants to have a first
class biscuit, the soda and buttermilk
must neutralize each other. In the
self-rising flour the leavening is ac
curately proportioned by weight and
on a basis of a minimum, whereas, the
other way is usually a maximum and
guess work at that.
Self-rising flour is economical for all
baking purposes. In addition to the
saving in the purchase of baking pow
der, soda and salt, it also saves eggs.
The leavening is so generally dis
tributed that it does not require so
many eggs. In the original recipe for
the standard 1-2-3-4 butter cake, four
eggs are required if using plain flour.
Substituting self-rising flour in the
same formula requires only two eggs
Use one egg to every one and a half
cupfuls of self-rising flour.
You can take any of your own fa
vorite cake recipes and change it into
a self-rising flour recipe.
Use one whole egg or two egg whites
to each one and a half cupfuls of
flour, and add one tablespoonful of
liquid for each egg omitted from the
original recipe. Omit all baking pow
der and soda. Do no unnecessary
beating. Do not let batter stand aft
er mixing. Bake at the correct tem
perature.
The most common mistake in bak
ing cakes is in having too hot an oven.
Keep the oven at 350 degrees F.
Seven farmers of Cartaret county
are fifteen hundred dollars richer
this week through the co-operative
shipment of 78 live hogs. The hogs
brought top prices with a total of
$1551.18.
LET V!» TRAIN YOU FOR
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Typewriting, Shorthand, Stenotypy,
Bookkeeping and Accounting are the
Keys that open the avenues to the
business world.
New business enterprises coming tc
this section will call upon our schorls
fop office help—then, why not take
specialized training which assu^>s
busineE3 success.
LAND FOR SALE
Whereas under date of October
6th, 1925, J. M. Mashburn and wife,
Effie S. Mashburn, executed and de
livered to J. L. Nichols, Trustee, for
the Bank of Old Fort, a certain
Deed of Trust securing an indebted
ness of $3,000 due eight months
after date, which Deed of Trust is
recorded in Book 28 page 278 Mc
Dowell County Mortgage Deed Rec
ords, and whereas there has been de
fault in the payment of said indebt
edness at maturity:
Now therefore, under and by
virtue of the power of sale contain
ed in said Deed of Trust, the under
signed will, at the courthouse door
in Marion, McDowell County, N. C.,
on Monday, the 3rd day of March,
1930, at twelve o'clock noon,
offer for sale to the highest bidder
for cash, for the purpose of satisfy
ing Said indebtedness, the following
described piece parcel and tract of
land, lying and being in McDowell
County, N. C.:
2nd Tract: Being lots No. 7 and 8
in Block "K" in the Town of Old
Fort, N. C., bounded on the north
by Main Street, on the E. by Spring
Street, on the S. by Railroad Street,
and on the W. by the lands of the
late G. B. Thomasson: Beginning on
a stake on Main Street, a corner be
tween Thomasson and Jones, and
runs S. 30 E. 153 feet to a stake on
Railroad Street, thence N. 75 E.
112 feet and 3 inches with Railroad
Street to a stake on Spring Street;
thence with Spring Street N. 32 W.
191 feet to a stake on Main Street,
thence with Main Street S. 59 W.
101 feet and 6 inches to the begin
ning, and, being ^fujly described in a
deed from G. A. Thomasson to Mrs.
G. C. Jones, recorded in Book 28
page 306 in the Office of the Regis
ter of Deeds of McDowell County.
Said sale will be for cash and sub
ject'to-* confirmation by the Court.
• ^tiP'cSy of January, 1930.
J. L. NICHOLS, Trustee.
DOES COST OF TRANSPORTATION
INFLUENCE YOUR CHOICE
OF A CAR?
Mr. Geo. W. Bryson of Bryson-Snyder
Company drove to Ohio recently, travel
ing 652 miles. Cost for gas and oil was
$7.70. Number of occupants, three. The
car that he drove was a Chevrolet Sedan,
i
See our display and ask for a demon
stration of the New 1930 Model.
— CHEVROLET —
"For Economic Travel"
Kanipe Motor Co.
Old Fort, N. C.
Extra Value
Without Extra
Cost
Triplex shatter-proof glass windshield
Rustless Steel
Five steel-spoke wheels
At least $50 extra value is represented in just these
few features of the new Ford car—most of them ex
clusive to Ford in the low-price field. Yet they are
given to you without extra cost.
Other important features are the four Houdaille
hydraulic double action shock absorbers, the safety
of the fully enclosed four-wheel brakes, the alumi
num pistons^ the chrome silicon alloy valves and unus
ual accuracy in manufacturing. In design, material
and performance the new Ford is a value far above
the price.
$435 up—f. o. b. Detroit
Call or 'phone for demonstration
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.
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-Pre».