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OLD FORT NEWS
VOLUME III OLD FORT, N. C.t THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1930 NUMBER 23
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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.
OLD FORT GIRL PLAYS
LEADING ROLE IN OPERETTA
In a Statesville paper of Feb. 27
is an interesting and complimentary
article of«an operetta in which Miss
Eunice Wilkinson of Old Fort play
ed the leading part, which will be of
much interest to her many friends.
" The Japanese Girl,' an interest
ing and attractive operetta, the mu
sic by Charles Vincent, was presen
ted by the girls of the music depart
ment of Mitchel College in Shearer
Hall on Friday evening at 8 o'clock
The operetta was given under the
direction of Miss Margaret L.
James of the College music depart
ment, with Miss Virginia Thomas
accompanist. The first act of the
operetta tells of the visit of a num
ber of Japanese girls to a girl friend
of theirs, 0 Hana San, who is about
to celebrate her eighteenth birthday
regarded in Japan as 'the coming of
age'. The scene throughout the op
eretta is a Japanese garden, the
home of O Hana San (beautiful
flower). The character was played
by Miss Eunice Wilkinson, whose
voice and dramatic ability was high
ly complimented by those attending
this operetta, as well as the faculty
of Mitchel College."
EXTRACT PLANT RE-OPENS
The Old Fort Extract plant of the
Union Tanning Company began
chipping wood on Friday, after , hav
ing been inactive for about eight
months. The plant will employ about
125 men and have a weekly payroll
of around $5,000.00. George Moore,
better known to his friends as "Red"
Moore, is superintendent of the
plant.
Many changes and improvements
have been made in the plant since
the closing, preparatory to the re
suming of operations. Over a hun
dred and lfty men were on hand
Saturday to apply for work. Quite a
number of them were old employees
who were again employed to take
charge of their old positions.
HOME ECONOMICS DEPT.
GIVES STYLE SHOW
A style show was presented at
the auditorium of the high school
on Thursday morning by the mem
bers of the Home Economics Class,
under the direction of Miss Bula Ka
nipe.
Attractive styles in sport dresses
and school dresses, designed and
made by members of this depart
ment, were displayed by living mod
els. In the latter part of the pro
gram little Misses Lois Early, Mary
Louise Moore, Ann Smithey, Harold
Kanipe, and Gene and Dick Erwin
featured correct styles for street,
school and evening wear.
JNDIAN ARROW MONUMENT
BEING ERECTED THIS WEEK
The contract for the erection of
thte monument to be placed in the
own square has been let by Dr. D.
M. Mcintosh, chairman of thte com
mittee on construction and design,
to C. Melton of Black Mountain,
and construction started on March
3rd. The unveiling will take place
about the first of May. Plans will
be made and program arranged for
this event during the next two
months.
OFFICERS CAPTURE
STILL AND TWO MEN
Deputies Taylor Greene and C.
L. Tate attended a late party last
week and they were rewarded with
the capture of a thousand gallon
steam still and two men. The raid
was made at one o'clock Tuesday
morning, on the head of Catawba
River. Ten gallons of whiskey was
found. The men, Turner Denny and
Barney Huntley, of Ridgecrest,
were bound over to court on a $500
bond each.
RELIEF ASSOCIATION TO
MEET IN MARION SUNDAY I
|
Dr. D. M. Mcintosh is mailing out j
notices to the local committees of j
the McDowell Relief Association j
for a call meeting to be held in Ma-!
lion on Sunday March 9th, at 2:30:
p. m. The mimeographed copies of
the questionnaire to be used in the
welfare work which was presented j
by Dr. Mcintosh and approved, at
the last meeting, will be distributed
this time, . . ? j
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
R. E. Simpson, general manager
of the lines east, was the guest of
J. C. Sandlin on Wednesday.
Mrs. Jenkins, who has been visit
ing her son and daughter-in-law,
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins, re
turned home Friday. She was ac
companied by Mrs. Charles Jenkins,
Miss Mary Burgin, and little Miss
Betty Jean Jenkins, who will spend
the week-end in Easley, S. C., be
fore returning to Old Fort.
Edwin E. Epley, who is at present
employed at Saluda, spent several
days last week with his family in
Old Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Miller spent
several days in Old Fort last week
visiting relatives enroute to Idaho
where they will make their home.
A. C. Fisher, general Superinten
dent of the Extract Company, spent
several days in Old Fort on business
pertaining to the Old Fort Extract
Company.
Mrs. Geo. Moore, Mrs. M. E.
Hansel, and Mrs. W. Wagner visited
'friends in Asheville Wednesday.
Caroline Sandlin, who has been
ill, is much improved, and expects
to resume her studies in the Old
Fort school this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Burt J. Curtis and
sons, Beverly and Harris, and Mrs.
W. Wagner left last week for Tam
pa, Fla., by motor. Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis, who have occupied the
Roughton House since coming to
Old Fort from Ohio, expect to make
their home in Tampa.
Mr. Louie Cuthbert, chief chemist
of the Union Tanning Company, is
spending a few days in Johnson City
on business.
Mrs. D. M. Mcintosh, Mr. and
Mrs. P. H. Mashburn and Mrs. Amos
Crippen spent Wednesday in Ashe
ville.
Mr. and Mrs. Dock Greene and
family, formerly of Bakersville,
have moved into the Mashburn
house, corner of Main and Spring
street. Mr. Greene is an employee of
the Old Fort Extract Company .
Miss Elizabeth Lipe spent the
week-end in Asheville visiting rela
tives and friends.
Mrs. Gilbert Steppe visited rela
tives in Asheville for several days
the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Swike, from Chatta
nooga, Tenn., have arrived in Old
Fort to make their home and are
stopping at the Piedmont Hotel. Mr.
Swike is a bookkeeper for the Union
Tanning Company.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bradley and
F. M. Bradley were visitors in Ashe
ville on Tuesday.
Mrs. W. M. Blackwelder was call
ed to Nealsville Wednesday on ac
count of the serious illness of her
aunt, Mrs. Hall.
The Old Fort Woman's Club will
hold its regular monthly meeting
! on Friday afternoon at 3:30 at the
(home of Mrs. Amos Crippen.
! Mrs. Charles Jenkins has been
| supplying for Miss Nan Brasington,
instructor of the Old Fort School,
who is absent on account of illness
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Williams of
Marion, were in Old Fort Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Lail of Ashe
ville visited Mrs. G. W. Sabom last
Sunday.
Miss Nora Bright of Marion spent
Sunday in Old Fort.
Ewart Grant of Spruce Pine spent
the week-end in Old Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Eai*ly of Erwin,
Tenn., were visitors in Old Fort last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Reed of Mari- j
on were visitors here Sunday.
Col. D. W. Adams spent Monday
in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Moore of
Burnsville were visitors in Old fort
Monday night.
Rev. C. C. Grogan made a busi
ness trip to Marion Monday.
Misses Laura and Frances Hicks
spent Saturday in Asheville.
Mrs. Carl Kelly is spending sev
eral days in Hickory.
Miss Virginia Early of Marion was
the guest of Mrs. W. C. Early last
week.
Miss LeRoy Bates of Morganton
I spent Sunday in Old Fort.
Henry Gibbs made a business trip
to Asheville Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Blankenship
J of Canton spent last Sunday in Old
j Fort with Mr. Blankenship's parents.
| Miss Davie Mae Arney spent
Saturday in Asheville.
Miss Helen Watkins of Raleigh is
i visiting relatives in Old Fort this
; week.
| Mrs. Edgar Hensley entertained
j the B. Y. P. U. last Friday evening
| at her home. A number of games
were enjoyed. Delightful re(fresh
jments were served.
E. D. Rix of Rutherfordton spent
the week-end with his family in Old
Fort.
Miss Johnsie Thompson and Roy
Sanders of Concord were guests of
Miss Jean Hansel Sunday.
Capt. Charles Fisher, Merrill Ka
nipe and Maurice Fleming spent
Sunday in Black Mountain visiting
friends.
Mrs. Dennis Haynes, who has been
ill, is much improved.
John Artz, farm demonstrator of
Polk county, visited his parents,
Capt. and Mrs. W. P. Artz, Sunday.
EASTERN STAR MEETS
The Old Fort Chapter No. 170 of
the Order of the Eastern Star held
a meeting on Monday night at the
Eastern Star rooms. At this meeting
new officers were elected and will
be installed the second Monday in
March. Mrs. Don Gosorn will be the
Worthy Matron for the coming
year. A large crowd of members at
tended with out of town members
from Asheville and Marion.
Diseases of Goldfish
Fungus diseases often attack the
goldfish, sometimes so severely that
there is nothing to do hut make a
fresh start. One remedy for the dis
ease is a salt bath, using a heaping
teaspoonful of salt to two quarts of
water. The patient should he left for
about a week in this solution, which is
renewed daily. If no noticeable im
provement is shown in four days, in
crease strength of solution to about
double, leaving the fish in this for two
days. Then reduce the solution to its
original proportions, after which the
fish may be returned to the aquarium
Road Map
The Bible at Wary Anne's house
did not have pictures or maps. One
day the family was visiting some
friends. When Mary Anne picked up
their Bible and found a map of
Palestine in it she took it to her fa
ther. exclaiming:
"Look, daddy, there's a road map in
this Bible."
Peanut Problem
Notwithstanding the enjoymeni
over her first bag of peanuts. Nancy
Vera, .iust past three, was experienc
ing difficulty in breaking .he shells
of the monster goober with her tiny
fingers.
"Muvver," she asked, holding up a
big peanut, "will you unbutton this
thing for me?"
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.
Special
CHICKEN DINNER
ON SUNDAY
With Vegetables, Deserts
and the best of Coffee
I 50c.
Why bother to cook? You will
enjoy a dinner at
The B. and J. Cafe
OLD FORT, N. C.
NEXT TO POST OFFICE
Gladiolus Bulbs
About twenty varieties, mixed
or separate. Small blooming
size, fifteen cents a dozen;
$1.00 a 100.
Medium size, 25c a dozen;
$1.50 a 100.
Large size, 40c and up a
dozen.
IRVIN A. HEWITT
Old Fort, N. C.
UAT 17 COSTS |
TO GOVERN US i
By PROF. M. H. HUNTER
^ Dept. of Economics. Univ. of Illinois J
i
Use of Inheritance Taxes by
States
IN 1926 the states received $90,632,
000 from a tax on inheritance, or
about one-fourteenth of the total re
ceipts from taxes.
Since Pennsylvania adopted an In- |
heritance tax in 1896, the states have |
placed some reliance for revenue up- j
on the transfer of property at death, j
At present there are but three states, j
Florida, Alabama and Nevada, which i
do not make some use of inheritance j
taxes.
There is no uniformity in the use of 'j
the inheritance tax among the differ- !
ent states. In general, however, the |
rates increase as the benefaction in- j
creases and as relationship becomes !
more remote. Usually three relatives j
are noted: Direct, such as husband. |
wife, children; collateral, such as i
uncles, nieces, nephew?, cousins; and
strangers in blood.' or no relation to
the deceased.
The federal government has been
responsible for the tendency to great- 1
er uniformity in state inheritance tax
rates. Under the present federal es- ;
tate tax, a credit of SO per cent of the
tax due is allowed for inheritance
taxes paid to a state. Many states
have increased their rates so as to
take full advantage of this credit pro
vision.
In the state of New York direct
heirs receive an exemption from tax ;
of $5,000, while the rates range from
1 per cent to 4 per cent, the latter ■
applying to bequests in excess of $100,- ; l
000. To all others the exemption is !
$500, with progressive rates 1 per j
cent to 8 per cent. In addition there
Is an estate tax applicable to that part
of the estate in excels of .$1,000,000
with rates ranging from % of 1 per
cent to 10 per cent.
In Wisconsin the maximum rate ap
plicable to direct heirs is 8 per cent, i
while the maximum upon strangers i
reaches 40 per cent, a rate as high
as is found in any state. An exernp- ;
tion of $500 allowed strangers, j
while $2,000 is allowed direct heirs. ;
except a widow, who i? allowed
$1 5.000.
Illinois allows an exemption of $20,- i
000 to each direct heir, but levies !
rates ranging from 2 per cent to 14
per cent upon bequests. The exemp- i
tion to strangers is $100, while the
rates range from 10 per cent to 30
per cent.
One difficulty, with the increase In
rates, has been evasion by making >
gifts before death. Many states, there- j
fore, make the Inheritance tax rates j
applicable to al! gifts made In con
templation of death.
<■©. 1928. Western Newspaper Union.)
NOTICE OF SALE OF TEN THOU
SAND DOLLARS WATER
BONDS OF THE TOWN OF OLD
FORT, NORTH CAROLINA.
i
Sealed bids will be received by the!
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 j
of March, 1930, for the purchase j
of TEN THOUSAND ($10,000)
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; j
DOLLARS on the 1st day of April1
in each of the years 1932 to 1951,;
both inclusive; and the bonds are to
be in denominations of FIVE HUN-i
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 New York and
State of New 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
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. j
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.
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SWEATERS
You will need one of the stylish new
Sweaters for Spring. Come in and see the
beautiful assortment just received and
make your selection.
New Silk Dresses, stylish designs and
colors.
Shoes! Shoes!
Good quality Shoes, medium priced.
You may find just the shoes you want in
my line. Call and see them.
The Crawford Store
Mrs. W. Crawford, Prop.
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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THE BANK OF OLD FORT
OLD FORT, N. C.
J. S. BRADLEY, Pres. F. M. BRADLEY, Cashier
P. H. MASHBURN, Vice-Pres.
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