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OLD FORT NEWS
VOLUME III
OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930 NUMBER 26
THE OLD FORT NEWS
The Old Fort News is pub
lished each week in connection
with the Marion Progress.
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MISS GERTRUDE DULA,
Editor and Business Manager.
HOME OWNERSHIP TIME
Representatives of Cleveland's
banks and savings and loan compa
nies got together on a 1930 piece
of advice to the people of Cleveland
Their opinion is that there never
vas a better time than this year to
buy or build a home. They did not
mention outright sales. Nearly all
home buyers borrow to build and
save to pay.
For most home builders it is a
ten- to lfteen-year job to complete
the deal, but the joys and satisfac
tion of home ownership last forever.
Home ownership comes near be
ing the keystone of American cred
it. The land is indestructible; the
loan is the buyer's spur; the mater
ial makes the buyer the customer of
American industry. The experience
is the best discipline to which a fam
ily can dedicate its energies.—Col
lier's Magazine.
FUNERAL SERVICES OF
MR. EDWARD J. BURGIN
The funeral services for Edward
Jones Burgin, Sr., were held at the
Old Fort Presbyterian Church Fri
day morning at 10 o'clock.
Mr. Burgin, who had been in fee
ble health for several weeks, died
March 19. He was a Spanish War
veteran, and was 77 years old at
the time of his death.
Surviving are his widow, and
three daughters, Mrs. J. B. Johnson
and Miss Mary Burgin of Old Fort,
Mrs. E. A. Allanach of Winston Sa
lem, and two sons, J. G. Burgin and
Edward Jones Burgin, Jr.
The funeral services were conduc
ted by the pastor, Rev. M. E. Han
sel, and interment was made in the
Siloam cemetery.
Among the out-of-town people at
tending the funeral services were
Mr. and Mrs. James Morris, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Streetman, Dr. P. D. Sin
clair, H. H. Tate, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Pendergrass, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Carson, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Pollard,
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bradsher and
R. L. Greenlee, all of Marion; Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Biddix of Spruce
Pine, Mrs. J. Williams, John Mc
Koy, Mrs. Hugh Tate, Mrs. W. H.
Greenlee, and Mr. and Mrs. Bulo
Biddix of Greenlee; Mr. and Mrs. E.
A. Allanach of Winston-Salem.
MRS. CRIPPEN HONORED
A lovely party was given on Fri
day afternoon by Mrs. George E.
Moore honoring Mrs. Amos Crippen.
Mr. and Mrs. Crippen and son Billy
will leave soon for Cumberland,
Maryland, where Mr. Crippen has
been transferred.
The house was attractively deco
rated with spring flowers. A cake
contest added much merriment, and
a literary contest was also enjoyed,
Mrs. Swich and Mrs. Mashburn win
ning the prizes.
Western Union telegraph blanks
were passed around on which many
good wishes were written and pre
sented to the honoree.
Little Mary Louise Moore carried
a suit case with lovely gifts for Mrs.
Crippen.
y Mrs. Moore was assisted in serv
ing a delicious salad course by Mrs.
jSxley, Mrs. Graybeal and little
Mary Louise Moore.
Guests present were Mesdames S.
B. Smithey, D. M. Mcintosh, Exley,
W. W. LeFevre, Swick, Effie Mash
N burn, Geo. Sandlin, M. E. Hansel,
-C. W. Graybeal, C. Miller and N.
Kimball.
DEMONSTRATION FRIDAY
The public is cordially invited to
attend the demonstration in interior
jr.
decoration given by the home eco
g nomics class under the direction of
I Miss Bula Kanipe, instructor of Do
I mestic Arts of the Old Fort School.
This demonstration will be or. the
second floor of the Anderson-Whis
nant Furniture Store, Friday and
Saturday.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
M. E. Hansel, Minister
Old Fort
Sabbath School 10 a.m.
Children's Worship Service 11 a. m.
Public Worship . 7:30 p. m.
Oakdale
Sabbath School 2 p. m.
Public Worship 3 p. m.
Siloam
Sabbath School 2 p. m.
Guy Steppe of Marion was in Old
Tort Sunday.
ARREST FOLLOWS
AUTO COLLISION
OSd Fort Man Hurt When Car
Leaves Road — To Hold Hearing
in Police Court Today.
T. M. Greene of Old Fort was
painfully injured about his head
and face and Mrs. Greene barely
| escaped serious injury when the car
in which they were riding from Old
Fort to Asheville plunged over an
embankment near the entrance to
Beaucatcher tunnel last night, fol
lowing a side collision with a coupe
driven by A. L. Johnson, of Ashe'
ville, accoi-ding to Captain Bob
Monteath and Patrolman C. R. Hy
der of the rural police department,
who investigated. The collision oc
| curred about 9 o'clock, and the car
in which Mr. and Mrs. Green were
riding was knocked partly around in
the highway, stopping about eight
feet below the top of the embank
ment.
Johnson escaped injury and was
arrested by Captain Monteath and
placed in the city jail. According to
the officers, he will be given a hear
! ing before Judge Zeb V. Nettles in
I police court this morning at 9 o'
clock on a charge of wriving while
intoxicated. His car stopped several
feet below the scene of the collision
\ officers stated. Mr. Green was not
; taken to a hospital and he and Mrs.
I Green spent the night in the city.
! Johnson is said to be a traveling
| salesman.—Asheville Citizen.
EPWORTH LEAGUE GIVES
AN ENJOYABLE PROGRAM
j The Epworth League of the M. E.
| Church, South, celebrated its 40th
i anniversary Sunday night with the
i following program:
j Devotional Service, pastor.
Music, a violin trio, by Lipe.
Song, Miss Eunice Wilkinson.
Reading, Miss Annabelle Noblitt.
! Special violin music, Lipe Trio.
' Solo by Mr. Allison.
Poem, Miss Katherine Finch.
Talk on Epworth League Anni
versary, Rev. J. C. Umberger.
i Duet, Mrs. Umberger and Mrs. C.
' Steppe.
After this very enjoyable pro
gram, which was arranged by Miss
j Marie Sabom, president of the Ep
worth League, a collection for the
| County Relief Association was
' taken.
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SENIOR CLASS OF OLD
FORT ELECTS OFFICERS
I The Senior Class of the Old Fort
High School has been organized
and adopted as their motto, "Not
Finished, Just Begun!" Their class
colors are pink and green and their
flower a pink rose bud.
The class officers were elected as
j follows: Non-is Hensley, president;
J Mary Sue Grant, vice-president;
Frances Sherrill, secretary; Pauline
Noblitt, treasurer.
! The class will be the largest in
i the history of Old Fort School
Those expecting to graduate are:
Beulah Calloway, Nelie Blanken
i ship, Cinda Carver, Daisy Curtis,
i Catherine Finch, Eula Grant, Mary
I Sue Grant, Lucille Hyams, Edith Le
j Fevre, Pauline Noblitt, Elva Nob
i litt, Elizabeth Raymer, Frances
i Sherrill, Geneva Steppe, Nell South
j er, Clarence Bradley, Robert Bry
; son, Norris Hensley, Russell Oates,
Maryland Reel, Harry Raymer, and
| Clyde Nesbitt.
SCCHOOL HONOR ROLL
FOR THE SIXTH MONTH
First Grade: Holland Wilson,
George Eller, Helen Silver, Mildred
| Silver, Eva Parker.
i 2nd Grade: Margie Lee Allison,
i Nita Byrd, Lois Early, Iris Haynes,
Gladys Padgett, Elizabeth Ervin,
Paul Harmon, Jr., Clyde Raymer.
3rd Grade: Dan Kerlee, Rowena
Smithey.
4th Grade: Harriett Long, Archie
Mcintosh.
| 6th Grade: Maud Allison, Mary
Hensley, Mary Margaret Johnson,
; John Russell Nichols, Rena Henley,
i Exam Minick,. Bertis Settlemyre,
| Wade Davis, Codel Camp.
7th Grade: Harris Curtis, Holmes
Hansel, Estelena Young, Nannie
j Sue Sandlin, Edith Lackey, Myrtle
j Kerlee, Kathryn Kanipe, Virginia
j Jones, Gladys Haynes.
I 10th Grade: Virginia Adams, Ju
j lia Padgett, Edna Tate.
Prof. S. B. Sm]they left Thurs
day for Raleigh to attend the State
Teachers Assembly which was held
in the capital city the latter half of
the week. On Friday evening he at
tended the banquet of the Univer
sity of North Carolina alumni which
is given yearly during the State
Teachers meeting.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Miss Nora Bright of Marion was
a visitor in Old Fort Sunday.
Miss Ethel Allison, who is work
ing in Morganton, is spending the
week-end with her parents, Mr. and
Sirs. Fred Allison.
Miss Bertha Bradley of Morgan
ton is spending the week-end with
relatives in Old Fort.
Mrs W. W. LeFevre spent Thurs
day in Asheville.
Miss Millie Kanipe, teacher at
Nebo, spent the week-end with her
parents here.
J. M. Charles was in Marion on
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Nesbitt and
Miss Helen Nesbitt spent Wednes
day in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. LeFevre, Edith
and Howard LeFevre motored to
Rutherford College Sunday.
Mrs. M. Pearcy of Morganton is
spending several days with her sis
ter, Mrs. Ed. Norton.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Simpson of Mar
ion were visitors in Old Fort Sun
| Jay.
Mrs. S. F. Mauney and son, Fran
cis, spent several days in Gastonia
last week, the guests of her father,
Rev. Frank Bradley.
Mrs. Clifford Nesbitt returned
| from Asheville on Friday after
I spending the week as the guest of
i her cousin, Miss Ruth Boyette.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bradley of St.
Louis, Mo., are visiting the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John S.
Bradley.
Mrs. Hugh Tate and small son, of
Atlanta, Ga., are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Tate.
Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Giles of Mar
ion were visitors here Monday.
Messrs. Cleveland and Percy
Franklin of Asheville visited friends
in Old Fort on Sunday.
Bruce Nannev of Broad River
was in Old Fort on Saturday.
Col. D. W. Adams was in Ashe
ville Saturday.
Mrs. W. W. LeFevre, Mrs. Geo.
I Moore, and Mrs. L. M. Exley were
j visitors in Marion on Wednesday,
i, Mrs. D. M. Mcintosh and Mrs. S.
i B. Smithey were visitors in Ashe
ville on Wednesday.
Mrs. Kermit Marston of Brevard
is spending the week-end with her
mother, Mrs. Lee Stirewalt.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Marston and
family moved from Brevard to
Asheville last week.
Mrs. W. Crawford and Mrs. Sam
Stone made a business trip to Mar
ion on Saturday.'
Miss Clyde Jennings, instructor
in the Clinchfield School, and sister,
Miss Mabel Jennings, of Statesville,
were week-end guests of Prof, and
Mrs. S. B. Smithey.
Jerry Mitchell and Glenn Mitch
ell, of Union Grove School, were
guests of Baxter Moose for the
j week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nichols and
! Misses Nell and Edith Nichols were
I visitors in Old Fort Sunday.
T\/T TT 1 A :i TT„ J
son and Kathryn Garland of Ashe
ville and Black Mountain, were visi
tors here Sunday.
J. L. Watts of Hickory was a vis
itor in Old Fort last week.
Mrs. Watkins of Marion was the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. Dennis
1 Haynes, last week.
Ashby Robinson, student of Chap
el Hill, is visiting his parents, Dr.
j and Mrs. W. A. Robinson.
| W. H. White is visiting his daugh
ter in Dana, N. C..
Miss Katherine Finch was a visi
! tor in Marion Sunday afternoon.
J Miss Hazel Swann was in Marion
i Saturday.
| Mr. and Mrs. Carl Swann of
| Asheville were visitors in Old Fort
; Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Early were
! visitors in Marion Sunday.
Mrs. Lee Jordan, Miss Natalie
| Epley, Miss Marion Nelly, and Har
i ry Saunders of Asheville were visi
i tors in Old Fort Sunday.
; Miss Eunice Wilkinson and Miss
Betty Crawford, of Mitchel College,
spent the week-end with their par
ents in Old Fort.
Misses Margaret Maness, Laura
Hicks, Frances Hicks and Lula Hicks
attended the entertainment at the
Pleasant Gardens School on Friday
evening.
Miss Carolyn Mcintosh, who is
attending school in Washigton, D.
C., was the week-end guest of her
parents, Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Mcin
tosh.
1 Members of the Senior Class and
ITi-League enjoyed r. St. Patricks
day party at the home of Merrill
Kanipe Monday night. A large
I crowd was present and a gox>d time
jwas enjoyed by all.
Rev. J. J. Gray of Black Moun
j tain was in Old Fort on Friday.
Misses Una Plott, Gladys Warren
and Edith Rowe Grady returned to
Old Fort on Sunday after spending
three days in Raleigh where they
attended the State Teachers Assem
bly.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wells, of
Lakeland, Fla., Joe JHargrave and
daughter, Edith, of Waynesville,
and Professor Hutchins, of Canton,
i were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Grady
Nichols on Sunday.
Mrs. Don Grant gave a birthday
dinner Sunday in honor of her
j daughter, Frances. Those enjoying
J Mrs. Grant's hospitality were Fran
J ces and Ellen Walker, Joe Lee Bur
;gin, "Stogie" Lonon and Francis
I Grant.
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j CHICKENS BRING POLK
FARMERS OVER $1,000.00
Columbus, March 20. — John W.
Artz, farm agent of Polk county,
states that so far this year 6,250
i pounds of chickens have been solud
• out of Polk county to the poultry
cars, bringing in $1,041 to 150
I farrers and farm women. These
I c hickens are mostly culls and sur
! plus stock that could not be dispos
j ed of otherwise. The Saluda commu
I nity has led so far this year in am
i c unt of chickens sold with the Sun
j nyview community coming as a
j close second. The season lasts until
I July. Last year 4450 people sold 17,
; 500 pounds which brought to the
j county $4,200.
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...bUCCESSHJL
HOMEMAKING
By GRACE VIALL GRAY
THE UNEXPECTED GUEST
It's a sin.pie thing to revive Grand
ma's idea of the ever-tilled cookie jar
in these days of self-rising flour! The
modern housewife can have cookie* of
all descriptions ready for the unex
pected guest.
Grandma's idea was just a tradi
tion of her time, that no one should
leave her house without food or drink.
Grandma always expected the unex
pected guest.
That was hospitality. That was
neighborliness. That was courtesy of
the most genuine sort. And Grandma
handed down her fine old tradition to
daughter and son, and to her descend
ants to the third and fourth generation.
Grandma's idea is a sacred legacy to
the modern housewife, and hospitality
lives again throughout the land.
Of no small Importance in this
renaissance of graciousness are the
modern "bakin* makin's." With self
rising flour. Grandma's heir or heiress
can have on tap a variety of cookies,
cookies simply made and in less than
half an hour. Then, when some one
drops in unexpectedly, there will he
no need of sneaking out for ice cream
and delicatessen cake.
Self-rising flour is a home labor
saver, ready for use, reliable, nutri
tive. It is a soft wheat flour to which
the baking powder and salt have been
added. Self-rising flour is an insur
ance against all baking hazards. Try
filling up your cookie jar with this
recipe:
Lemon Cookies.
% cup butter 1 lemon, juice ani
1 cup sugar grated rind.
2 eggs ' 1 tsp lemor. ex
% cup milk tract.
2 cups self-rising
flour
Directions: Cream the butter and
sugar together. Add unbeaten eggs
one at a time. Beat until thoroughly
blended. Add flour and milk alter
nately. Then add the lemon juice, rind
and extract. Drop by teaspoonful on
a greased baking sheet and bake in a
moderate oven about 20 minutes.
Chatham county is seeding 30,
000 pounds of lespedeza seed this
spring with other scattering orders
being placed.
Melt in boiling water and Inhale
- - . vapors; also snuff up nose.
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OVEff 1? MILLION JARS USED YEARLY
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 Du!a, 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.
Springtime
and one must step smartly forth with
Shoes that reflect the chic note of the en
tire Spring ensemble.
A complete line of Shoes for Children
have just been received.
Shoes for School and Dress wear are
featured at an unusually low price. Com
fortable shoes with correct style.
New Spring Dresses on display, also
beautiful designs in yard goods for
| dresses.
The Crawford Store
Mrs. W. Crawford, Prop.
Old Fort, N. C.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE
MONEY MAKES
Yes, what a difference money makes in
getting the most out of life, in being pre
pared for an emergency, or ready when
opportunity knocks at your door.
Join now in one of our classes ranging
from 10c to $10.00, payable each week.
It is 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.
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Wonderful livibility reported from early sales.
More repeat orders coming in than ever before.
Three-fourth pound chicks at 4^2 weeks, reports
customer. Book your order for Reds, Rocks, and
White Leghorns.
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