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VOLUME III OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1930 NUMBER 32
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.
JUNIOR-<SENIOR banquet
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An unusually pretty compliment
in the form of an elaborate banquet
was paid , to the members of the
graduating class of the Old Fort
school by the Juniors under the su
pervision of Mrs. Geo. Sandlin, on
Friday evening, May 2, in the Home
Economics room. A beautiful color
scheme of green and pink, the Sen
ior class colors, was artistically car
ried out in the decorations as well as
in the lovely three course dinner.
Van Hughes, president of the Jun
ior class, was toastmaster, and in his
usual charming and individual man
ner gave the speech of welcome to
the honor guests and faculty. The!
following toasts were heard during!
the evening:
Toast to Seniors by Jessica Silvers.;
Response by Norris Hensley. Toast j
to Juniors, Clyde Nesbitt. Response,!
Stella Sherrill. Toast to principal,
Cai'roll Gilliam. Response, Mr.
Smithey. Toast to Adam's crystal
ale, Edna Tate. Toast to Mr. Nolan, !
Florene Harris. Response by Mr. I
Nolan. Toast to faculty, Hazel j
Swann. Response, Mrs. Sandlin. i
Toast to Miss Kanipe and Home Ec-!
onomics Girls, V. Hughes. Response,1
Frances Miller. Sir Walter Scott's
Goodnight Toast, Miss Grady.
This banquet was in charge of \
Miss Bula Kanipe and her Home Ec- j
onomics Girls. Several of these girls,
who were very attractively dressed,:
served in the capacity of waitresses!
and added greatly to the delightful
ness of the evening.
WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING
The monthly meeting of the Old
Fort Woman's Club was held in the;
Club rooms in the Bradley building
on Friday afternoon. The president,
Mrs. Geo. Sandlin, presided. After
the devotionals were offered by Mrs.
Marley, reports by the different de
partments were given by their vari-!
ous chairmen. Mrs. Henry C. Fisher
reported on the benefit dinner ser-;
ved last week, of which she was i
chairman. Over seventeen dollars
profit was realized from this project
and the club expressed appreciation
to Mrs. Fisher by a rising vote of
thanks. j
Mrs. Don Grant was appointed
custodian of the silverware owned
by the Woman's Club. Another item
discussed, was the need of funds by
the welfare department, for which
cause a benefit bridge will be given
soon.
It was voted to have the two reg- j
ular meetings of thte club in June
and July in the form of a party and !
a picnic, respectively, varying from I
the regular business meetings.
Mrs. Graybeal gave an excellent |
report on thte work the library was]
doing. The treasurer was authorized!
to make another payment of $25 to j
the Monument association.
MOOSE GOES TO BUFFALO
Baxter Moose, science teacher and !
athletic director of the Old Fort j
High School, left Saturday for Buf-j
falo, N. Y., where he will join the
Buffalo Club of the International
.£ieague.
Moose regretted very much to
leave before school was out, but a
flattering offer induced him to do so. j
He stated before leaving that he
had' never been in a better commu- j
nity than Old Fort and that the peo- j
pie were of the very best type. He
says that he hopes to be able to re
turn next year.
COOPER - PORTER .
The marriage of Miss Louise
Porter of Old Fort to Mr. John Mil
an Cooper, of Salisbury, which oc
curred in Charleston, S. C., on Eas
ter Sunday, was announced this
week and was of much interest to
Miss Porter's many friends.
Miss Porter is the attractive j
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Por- j
ter of Old Fort. Mr. Cooper is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. F. ~W. Cooper of
Asheville. They "will make their
home in Salisbury where Mr. Cooper
has a position with the Southern
Railroad Co.
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
Mr. ancj Mrs. G. M. Turner cele-j
brated their twenty-fifth anniversa-1
ry last Sunday. An elaborate dinner;
was served at noon to the large cir
cle of friends and relatives who en
joyed Mr. and Mrs. Turner's hospi
tality. [
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WHERE ALL THE BIG
ONES ARE CAUGHT
We were hanging over the bridge
rail on Kingland Causeway at Sara
sota, Fla., the fishing was slow.
There was Rev. M. W. Dargan of
Black Mountain, N. C., W. M. Good
son of Asheville, N. C., Capt. Homer
W. Mason of Spartanburg, S. C.,
Jim Hemphill of Marion, N. C., H.
A. Westermann of Old Fort, N. C.
Capt. Mason said, "You ought to
have seen the big red fish I caught
at Cortez Bridge. Why, when they
struck, they came near jerking me
overboai'd. I had 200 yards of line
on my reel. I thought every minute
I was going to lose all my line, but
you know I got six nice ones that
day." Dargan said, "That is nothing;
Goodson and I were out in a boat on
Sarasota Pass, the water was clear,
you could see the bottom, we could
not get a bite, so we were looking at
the coral rocks on the bottom when
presently Goodson said, 'What is
that?" Why it was a huge Jew-fish
lying in a hole in the rocks. We put
two big fish on our shark hooks and
lowered right in front of the Jew
fish, but he must have been asleep
as he paid no attention to it. Dargan
said, 'Goodson, let's tie Josephus to
a line and let him down to fasten
the hook in the mouth of the fish,
then we can pull him in,' but when
Josephus was in the act of fastening
the hook the Jew-fish woke up, and
with a mighty lunge he swallowed
Josephus. There we were, so we tug
ged and got the Jew-fish up and he
spat Josephus out."
Josephus was a colored boy they
took along to bait their hooks. The
Jew-fish weighed four hundred
pounds.
Jim Hemphill was quiet a few
minutes, then said: "That's nothing,
boys. Why last summer I was down
at Lake James, and I saw a boy fish
ing on the banks of the lake and I
asked him what luck. He said, 'haint
had a bite'. I said why I see bass in
there; there must be a hundred.
Let's see your bait. The boy pulled
up the line and showed me a nice
lovely minnow." Jim said he told
him "gimme that minnow;" took a
bottle out of his pocket, poured
something in the mouth of the min
now, and says "try that". Imme
diately there was an awful commo
tion; the water just churned, the
boy hollowed for help and pulled out
a fourteen pound bass. The minnow
had grabbed him by the neck. We
all were quiet. Jim says, "if you
don't believe it I can prove it when
you come back to North Carolina."
We all went home perfectly hap
py with our day's luck.
H. A. WESTERMANN.
[This fish story is a copy of one
sent to the Asheville Radio Station
by Mr. Westermann to be entered
in the Fish Story Contest.]
INSTALLATION SERVICES
AT SILOAM NEXT SUNDAY
The installation services of Rev.
M. E. Hansel as pastor of the Old
Fort and Siloam Presbyterian
Churches will take place next Sun
day, May 11th, conducted by the
following commission of Concord
Presbytery: Rev. H. M. Moffett, D.
D., Davidson, N. C., Rev. J. C. Story
and Rev. J. E. Robinson, Marion, N.
C., and elders Dr. D. M. Mcintosh
and J. C. McKoy, Old Fort, N. C.
Dr. Moffett will preach at Old
Fort at 11 a. m. The installation
services at Siloam will be at 3 p. m.,
followed by similar services at Old
Fort /it 8 p. m.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all of these services.
Mrs. J. C. Umberger delightfully
entertained her Sunday School class,
"The Gleaners" on Friday evening,
at her home. Original and very in
teresting games and contests were
enjoyed by those present.
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
M. E. Hansel, Minister
Old Fort
Sabbath School 10 a. m.
Sermon by Dr. H. M. Moffett 11 a.m.
Christian Endeavor Society 7 p. m.
Installation Services of pastor
elect with preaching by
Rev. J. C. Story 8 p. m.
Siloam
Sabbath School 2 p. m.
Installation of pastor-elect
with sermon by Dr. Moffett 3 p. m.
Oakdale
Sabbath School 10 a.m.
LOST—on Highway No. 10, between
No. 19 and Catawba River bridge,
1 brown traveling bag. Finder please
return to The Progress office and re
ceive reward.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Mrs. G. W. Crawford and Miss El
len Crawford were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. John S. Bradley last Sun
day.
Mrs. Lily Johnson and son Billy of
Pueblo, Colo., were guests of Mr.
George Bryson and sister, Miss Sel
ma Bryson, the past week.
Mrs. G. C. Cooper of Sylva visited
her brother, Garland Bryson, who is
ill, and other relatives in Old Fort
this week.
Mrs. Laura Nichols has returned
home from Swannanoa where she
spent several months visiting her
son.
Guy Crawford of Asheville was
the guest of his mother, Mrs. J. R.
Crawford, on Friday.
Carlos Newton of Hickory spent
Sunday in Old Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Greene of
Marion were visitors in Old Fort on
Sunday.
Capt. T. P. Terrell, who has been
ill, is much improved.
The Old Fort Chapter of the U.
D. C. will meet on Thursday after
noon at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. S.
F. Mauney.
Miss Elizabeth Crawford is spend
ing the week in Asheville.
Mrs. Blanch Rock, who spent the
past week as the guest of Mrs. C. C.
Wyche in Spartanburg, has returned
i home.
A. W. Padgett suffered a painful
accident on Friday afternoon when
he fell from the top of a loaded lum
ber wagon.
Miss Pearl Hemphill, who has
spent the past winter in China Grove
where she was an instructor in the
school, returned to her home in Old
Fort last Saturday.
iv±r. aim ivirs. r»,. raagett atten
ded the commencement of the Black
Mountain School on Wednesday
evening.
Miss Nell Hemphill, an employee
of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company in Salisbury, was a guest
of homefolks this week.
Miss Anne Porter was a visitor in
Old Fort on Saturday.
Floyd Kelly of Evanston, Ind., is
the guest of his mother, Mrs. Etta
Kelly.
Mrs. Janie Reid, Mrs. J. B. John
son, Mrs. S. F. Mauney and Miss
Sadie Burgin were visitors in Ashe
ville on Thursday.
Miss Anita Umberger of Concord
was the guest of Miss Edith Rowe
Grady on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Westermann
and Miss Gertrude Dula visited Mrs.
W. H. Hawkins in Marion, Wednes
day.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Dargan of
Black Mountain visited relatives in
Old Fort on Friday.
George C. Bryson spent the week
end with his family in Asheville.
Rev. C. P. Holland and son of
Glendale, S. C., visited friends in
Old Fort on Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Bryson of Ashe
ville spent the past week in Old Fort
to assist with thte sale conducted by
Bryson-Snyder Company.
Miss Margaret Jordan has been
ill the past week.
When
A CLEANSING
MEDICINE
Is Needed
"I have < taken
Black-Draught
all my life, when- i
ever in need of a £
medicine for con- *
stipation," says
Mrs. G. C. Burns,
of Buna, Texas.
"My mother and 4
father used it in |
their home for "
years, and I was
raised to think
of it as the first thing if I
had a headache or was con
stipated.
"At one time I had indiges
tion real bad. I was all out
of sorts; my skin was sallow,
«ptd I had gas pains. After
a course of Black-Draught, I
got all right. I have given
Black-Draught to my child
ren, whenever they needed a
medicine of the kind."
Insist on Thedford's
Black*
Draught
WOMEN who need a tonic
should take Cardui. In use
over 50 years. c-iai
Col. D. W. Adams made a busi
ness trip to Marion and Pleasant
Gardens on Wednesday.
Prof, and Mrs. A. V. Nolan of
Marion were visitors in Old Fort on
Friday.
Robert Hughes made a business
trip to Marion Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Westermann
and Miss Gertrude Dula visited their
sister, Mrs. W. M. Goodson, in Ashe
ville on Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. W. Sandlin was a visi
i tor in Asheville on Saturday.
The patrons of the Old Fort school
, Were ccJrdially invited to visit the
j Home Economics class on Tuesday
I afternoon, at which time the class
I entertained with a tea, under the di
| rection of Miss Bula Kanipe.
| Mrs. Clifford Nesbitt is the guest
| of Rev. and Mrs. M. W. Dargan of
| Black Mountain this week.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nichols and
Miss Edith Nichols of Marion were
visitors in Old Fort on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Green were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pritch
ard over the week-end
Charles Mears of Asheville has
been spending a few days in Old
Fort as the guest of Harry Greene.
Finley Fortune was a visitor in
Asheville last Saturday. x
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Silvers and
Mrs. D. A. Rix of Marion were visi
tors in Old Fort on Sunday.
FUNERAL SUNDAY FOR
GEORGE W. SABOM
Funeral services for Mr. Geo. W.1
Sabom were held at the home westj
of Old Fort on Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock. Surviving the deceased is j
a wife and two children, Miss Marie
Sabom of Old Fort and Mr. Francis
H. Sabom of Pittsburg, Pa. The fu-j
neral services were conducted by i
Rev. J. C. Umberger of the Method-;
ist Church and interment was made
in the Old Fort cemetery. A large!
crowd attended the sei'vices and the
many beautiful floral offerings ex-1
pressed the love and sympathy of
many friends.
Irttell igence of Trees
Trees have almost as wonderful a j
sense of direction as birds. Should I
there he a leak in an underground wa
ter pipe in a park or graden, a neigh
boring tree is almost sure to find it
out, and, extending its roots in that
direction, project a shoot through the
break into the pipe. Even more ex- 1
traordinary is the performance of the |
rattan, a climbing palm common in ■
tropical countries. When it has climbed i
a tree, it goes over the top and comes j
down again to the ground. Then, i
growing at the rate of a foot every 24 j
hours, it sets out straight for the next i
tree, which may be over 50 yards |
away.
Tastes Smart
A little animated question-mark was
curious as to the contents of a bot
tle that his mother was using to cure a
headache. He wished to smell it, too.
He persisted until he got one whiff
from the smelling salts bottle. After
recovering enough to talk, he said:
"Whew, that tastes pretty smart in !
my nose; how does it taste in your j
nose, mother?"
Frankness
Little Jane was visiting one of the !
neighbors, and talking all the time,
finally got to comparing the neighbor's
home with her own.
"We have a nice dining room, too,"
she said with frankness, "but we only
eat in it when we have company."
LOOK AND LISTEN, PLEASE!
Did you know that you could get
your BABY CHICKS here from
some of the Southland's finest State
Accredited breeders? Every Breed
er raised under State Supervision
an Bloodtested by them. Large
beautiful chicks. Hatches ready for
delivery each Monday and Friday.
Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, j
White and Silver Laced Wyandot-i
tes, Golden Buff Orpingtons and j
large White Leghorns. Phone or'
write us and we will mail them pre-!
paid direct to your door, or come to j
see us. We are in the North edge of i
Statesville on Highway No. 115. |
You'll get fine chicks at very rea- i
sonabie prices.
For the next four weeks we will
make you our very finest State Ac
credited chicks at $15.00 per ^hun
dred in any of the Heavy Breeds,
$14.00 in quantities. Best Leghorns!
$12.60 per hundred, $12.00 in quan- \
tities, delivered. A wonderful op- [
portunity to get fine stock at most j
reasonable prices.
BUNCH POULTRY FARM
AND HATCHERY
Statesville, N . C.
Three Big Days
Thursday Friday and Saturday,
May 8th, 9th and 10th
Ends Our
Big Close-Out Sale
Everything I Price
Except Groceries
See Our Grocery Specials
Bryson-Snyder Co.
How
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Succeeded
Ask the majority of successful men how they
have attained success and their answer will be
"Through Saving." With the means open to
you, with the way made so easy, why not follow
this easy way to greater success?
THE BANK OF OLD FORT
OLD FORT, N. C.
J. S. BRADLEY, Pres. F. M. BRADLEY, Cashier
P. H. MASHBURN, Vice-Pres.
MAKING IT EASY
TOURING the winter months
nearly everyone would be
benefited by the consistent use
of cod-liver oil. One of the
drawbacks to its more general
use is its natural taste.
SCOTT'S EMULSION
is not only cod-liver oil prepared
for easy digestion, it is also made
pleasant-tasting and this makes
it available to millions who need
its neaitn-giving Denents.
Be sure you use Scott's
Emulsion—it's cod-liver
oil made easy to take.
Scott & Bowne. Bloomfield, N. J.
NOTICE OF RE-SALE OF LAND
Under and by virtue of an order
of the Superior Court of McDowell
County, State of North Carolina,
made in the special proceeding en
titled R. L. Reel, et al, against John
Reel, et al, the undersigned Commis
sioner wiH, on the 24th day of May,
1930, at 12 o'clock M., at the court
house door in Marion, McDowell
County, N. C., offer for re-sale to
the highest bidder for cash a certain
tract or lot of land lying and situate
in the Town of Marion, and more
particularly described as follows:
Adjoins the lands of Mrs. Keeter
on Garden Street in the city of Mar
ion, N. C. Beginning at a stake, the
southwest corner of the said A. E.
Neal lot and runs east with his line
213 feet to a stake, the said Neal
southeast corner; then south 66 feet
and 8 inches to a stake; then west
213 feet to a stake in the-center of
Garden Street; thence to the begin
ning, it being the lot conveyed by
M. S. Carson to L. C. Sinclair, and
recorded in Book 35, page 68, and
conveyed by L. Carson Sinclair to N.
C. Jones and recorded in Book 35,
page 168, and lot on which the late
N. C. Jones lived at his death.
Re-sale of said land is ordered by
the Court on the ground that the
bid received at prior sale has been
in
This 7th day of May, 1930.
W. R. CHAMBERS, Commissioner.
A man all wrapped up in himself
makes a very small package.
NOTICE OF SALE OF
REAL ESTATE
State of North Carolina,
County of McDowell.
Under and by virtue ofthe power
of sale contained in a certain mort
gage deed executed by G. W. Messer
and wife, Annie Messer, on the 28th
day of March, 1929, which mortgage
deed is recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds of McDowell
County in Book 41 page 36, and de
fault having been made according to
the terms thereof, indebtedness in
full having fallen due, under the
powers therein contained I will on
Monday, the 9th day of June, 1930,
at 2 o'clock in front of the court
house door in McDowell County,
City of Marion, N. C., offer for sale
at public auction to the highest bid- ~
der for cash the following described
real estate:
The same being as follows: Begin
ning on Three Black Jacks on a
ridge, Hall's corner, and runs with
Hall's line S. 55 E. 56 poles to a
stake in the road, hall's corner;
then with the road and Hall's line
N. 34 E. 8 poles to a stake in the Old
Hillgard line (now Hall's line); then
with said line S. 60 E. 20 poles to a
large W. O. on top of a ridge, Hall
and Burgin's corner; then with Bur
gin's line west 25 poles to a syca
more on the west bank of the road,
Burgin's corner; then with the road
and Burgin's line, S. 23 W. 28 poles
to a stake in the road; then with thte
road as follows: S. 7 W. 10 poles; S
43 W. 12 poles; S. 19 W. 12 poles;
S. 5 W. 8 poles; S. 21 W. 20 poles to
a stake on the west bank of the road
and at Sugar Tree branch; then up
and with said branch as it meanders
98 poles to a small ash and a bunch
of poplars on the bank of the said
branch; then leaving said branch
and running N. 52% W. 17% poles
to a maple on the bank of a small
branch; then N. 20 W. 14 poles to a
dogwood and ash on the bank of
Sugar Tree branch; then with said
branch N. 11 W. 30 poles to a large
ash on the outside line; then with
said line and crossing the
East 55 poles to a chestnut; then S.
along a ridge and crossing a deep
hollow 36 poles to a black gum;
then East 20 poles to a large C. O.
stump; then North 42 poles to the
beginning, containing 40 acres,more
or less.
The lands herein described are
now in the possession of a lessee.
This 7th day of May, 1930.
W. M. GURLEY, Mortgagee.
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