OLD FORT NEWS
VOLUME III OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1930
NUMBER 35
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.
J, S. BRADLEY IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Prominent McDowell Man Dies Af
ter Lingering Illness Funeral
Tuesday.
Mr. John S. Bradley, 73 years
old, died at his home here Sunday,
after a long illness.
Formerly engaged in the mercan
tile business here and president of
the Old Fort bank, he was one of
the oldest and most prominent citi
zens of the town. He was a Mason, a
member of the Old Fort school board
for 12 years; chairman of th-e coun
ty school board, and a member of
the Baptist church.
The funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at the Baptist
church. The Masonic lodge here
had charge of the services at the
grave. The Old Fort schools atten
ded in a body.
He is survived by his widow, three
sons, Fred M. and Thaddeus, both of
Old Fort, and Carl E.., of St. Louis;
and four brothers, Kealey, of Old
Fort, Logan and George, both of In
dianapolis, and Grayson, of Guthrie,
Okla. He was a brother-in-law of
Mrs. George Lee, of Asheville.
MAN WHO DROVE FIRST
LOCOMOTIVE ACROSS
BLUE RIDGE IS DEAD
W. P. Terrell, the man who dr.ove
the first railroad locomotive across
the Blue Ridge mountains and into
Asheville, was found dead in his
bed here Monday morning.
Mr. Terrell, who was 74 years old,
had been suffering from heart trou
ble for the past several weeks. He
lived alone and a neighbor remained
with him until 10 o'clock Sunday
night and offered to spend the night,
but Mr. Terrell insisted this was un
necessary. He was believed to have
become ill shortly atter the neigh
bor fleft, as he had not removed his
clothing.
When the railroad was under con
struction by the state, the line was
built up to the long Swannanoa tun
nel, and while this tunnel was under
construction, the Asheville end,
from near the top of the mountain to
Biltmore, was built.
To facilitate work on the Asheville
end of the line, a small locomotive
was hauled by oxen over a "cordu
roy" road—a road floored with logs
—across the mountain to the west
end of what is now the Swannanoa
tunnel and was used on the west
side in construction work.
But it was Mr. Terrell who drove
the first locomotive through the tun
nel and on to Asheville.
Mr. Terrell was also the first
Master of Masons at the Old Fort
lodge and was one of the first dea
cons of the Old Fort Baptist church.
Surviving are three (daughters,
Mrs. Maud Kaufman, of Philadel
phia, Mrs. Carrie Bach of Wilming
ton, Del., and Mrs. Ethel Eisenspabt
of Los Angeles, and two sons, Frank
of West Palm Beach, Fla_, and Mel
vin Terrell, who resides in West
Virginia.
SCOUTS ENJOY PICNIC
The local troup of Boy Scouts,
organized some time ago, enjoyed
an outing to Catawba Falls Saturday
chaperoned by Mr. J, E. Long, a
member of the sponsoring commit
tee. The boys were under the com
mand of Charles Fisher, assistant
Scout Master. The officials of the
Boy Sccruts are as follows: Scout
Master, I. L. Caplan; Assistant Mas
ters, Charlie Fisher and C. M. Jen
kins; sponsoring committee, W. W.
LeFevre, Chairman; J. E. Long, S.
3. Smithey, (G. P. Bistline and S. L.
"Noblett. A g-reat deal of interest is
Ibeing taken 'fry both boys and par
ents in this mwement and it is hoped
that this interest will continue. The
boys are planning on several more
outings during t'he summer,
Those attending the B. Y. P. U.
convention at East Marion Baptist i
church were Miss Josephine Linley, j
Miss Pauline Linley, Mr. and Mrs. i
Jeter Morgan, Mrs. B. Y. Allison,!
and George Linley.
"1 1
Mr. and Mrs. Stacy Noblitt, Mrs. |
Paul Allison, and Miss Estelle Lav
ender were visitors in AshevHJe on
Tuesday,
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Miss Lizzie Crawford is visiting
friends in Asheville this week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lytle of Mar
| ion were visitors in Old Fort Sunday
Mrs. Fred Wilson of Marion spent
Saturday in Old Fort.
Misses Bula and Millie Kanipe
j and Carrie Saunders spent Saturday
| in Asheville.
Guy Steppe of Marion visited his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stepp,
in Old Fort Sunday.
Ed Allison visited Mills Melton
at the Mission Hospital in Asheville
Sunday.
Mrs. S, Whitmire and Miss Olive
Whitmire of Biltmore spent Sunday
with Mrs. E. Eppley.
Mr, and Mrs. Eddie Ragle left on
Saturday for a week's stay in New
York City. Mrs. Ragle, on her return
win stop in Franklin, Ga., for an ex
tended visit to relatives.
Mrs. Eouise Nesbitt, who is visit
ing her aunt in Black Mountain, was
in Old Fort Saturday.
Miss Robbie Noblitt of Gastbnia is
; the house gufest of Miss Pauline
Noblitt.
I Albert Noblitt and Francis Sabom
j spent Thursday in Asheville.
Floyd Kelly, who has been work
| ing in Indiana, is visiting his mother,
| Mrs. Etta Kelly.
| Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Early are
i spending the week-end in Marion.
I Miss Sadie Burgin spent Thursday
j in Asheville.
i Miss Janie Parker of Asheville was
! the guest of Miss Marie Sabom on
Wednesday.
Miss Dorcas Williams, former
music teacher of the Old Fort high
school, was in Old Fort Thursday,
i Mrs. Don Grant spent Tuesday in
j Asheville.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins
have as their house guest Mrs. F. S.
Jenkins of Easley, S. C.
Dr. and Mrs. U. B. Sutherland
I and small son, of Easley, S. C., visi
ted Dr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins on
Sunday.
Miss Elaine Mash burn, who is in
training at the Aston Park Hospital
in Asheville, spent Sunday with her
mother, Mrs. Effie Mashburn.
Capt. and Mrs. H. W. Mason, of
Spartanburg, S. C., were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Westermann on
' Saturday and Sunday. Capt. and
Mrs. Mason were enroute to Kansas
where they will visit relatives for the
next two months.
Luther Grant of Marion was a vis
itor to Old Fort on Sunday.
i Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Silvers, Miss
Edith Nichols and Walter Nichols
i of Marion visited friends here Sun
day.
Mrs. H. D. Milton of Black Moun
tain, who was formerly Miss Maude
| Gilbert of this place, was a visitor in
Old Fort Sunday. Accompanying
l Mrs. Melton was her daughter, Miss
j Mildred Hemphill, who gaduated
[ with highest honos from the Black
I Mountain school this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beam of
Marion visited friends in Old Fort
last week. Mr. Beam was formerly
sheriff of Rutherford county.
Rev. M. E. Hansel and daughter
Elizabeth were in Asheville Friday.
Mrs. Georgia Grant spent the
week-end in Marion with Mrs. L. D.
Greene.
The Christian Endeavor of the
Presbyterian church gave a social
and surprise shower for their Super
intendent, Miss Mary Will Greene,
at. the manse Thursday evening.
Miss Greene will leave June 1 to
take nurse's training at the Mission
Hospital in Asheville.
.Miss Audrey Gosorn and Mrs.
Georgia Grant -were in Asheville ffi®
^Wednesday.
Mrs. Mattie Tomlin and daughter
Claudia, who have been visiting Mrs.
S. F. Mauney, left Tuesday for their
"home in Harmoetry.
Raymond antS Carl Padgett of
Charlotte spent $he week-end with
relatives here.
Miss May CanrpIbeU was in Ashe
ville Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Nichols, Mary
Sue Young, Misses Elizabeth and
Annie White and Mrs. Nannie Jus
tice were in Asheville Tuesday.
Dr. "F- H. McMillan will leave on
Thursday for Washington, JR. C,,
where he KVill spend several days
with his sister.
David Taylor, who has been at- j
tending Mars Hill College, has ztt*
rived to spend the summer with his
parents, Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Taylor.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Allison have
moved to the Newton house on Nich
ols street.
Lee Lavender of Columbus visited
relatives in Old Fort last week.
Miss Brady Silver has been visit
ing her sister in Hendersonville,
Misses Stella Sherrill and Virgin
ia Vess were in Marion Monday.
Clyde Miller left last week on a
business trip to Wisconsin, where
he will spend the next few weeks.
Miss Elizabeth Hansel, of Flora
McDonald College, has arrived to
spend the summer with her parents,
Rev. and Mrs. M. E. Hansel.
Col. D.W. Adams and I.H. Greene
spent several days of the past week
at Mile High, near Pinnacle.
Miss Lenore Keatley has as her
house guests this week her mother,
Mrs. Lila B. Keatley, her sister, Mrs.
Dorothy K. Evans, her nephew, Mas
ter Haimar Denny Evans, her aunt,
Mrs. Lin?. Burlin, and Mr. Wilmer
Hasson, of Maryland.
Evidently Chinese Boy
Has No Use for 'Phone
Telephone service in Shanghai, with
the subscriber's talking 'half a dozen
languages and the operators all Chi
nese, has been the target of complaint.
The latest voice raised is that of a
'Chinese youth, the operator of a pri
vate switchboard in a foreign firm. Fie
stated, in that peculiar phraseology
known only to his kind, as follows:
"For long time now this telephone
'no good and everybody fight me. This
not my fault. I proper boy, but tele
phone make everybody angry and
•everybody fight everybody else. 'Pretty
soon all Shanghai fight and telephone
fault. This no proper. My Sunday
school say must love everybody. How
•can I love everybody when everybody
fight -me because telephone no work.
■1 think house boy job more better. But
every house have telephone and every
body 'fight me again. How 1 .yet away
from telephone? I work in shop,
have telephone-; I go to school, have
telephone; everybody have telephone,
-so fashion everybody fight. More
proper I think have telephone all fin
ish. May be you have friend who no
have telephone and wanehee house
boy, you tell me, 1 go. No more tele
phone, 1 very happy."
Popular Weather Signs
Decried by Forecaster
""There's a lot of pagan superstition
about many of the weather signs that
people like to believe in," said a weath
er forecaster recently. "There nre a
score of rural sayings, especially when
winter is coming on. as to how severe
It will be. The groundhog is credited
with miraculous vision. Such ideas
go back for centuries.
"Lots of people believe that the po
sition of the new moon is a sure fore
teller of weather. The saying is that
if the new moon stands upright, the
thin crescent in a vertical position, the
weather will be dry for the greater
part of the coming month. On the
other hand, if the new moon reclines
on its back, in the shape of a shallow
cup, that means a month of rainy
weather.
"All the pioneers in this country
firmly believed that, and out in the
• country districts you will find many
people today who are equally credu
lous. Unfortunately, the idea has no
'basis in fact. Weather bureau rec
ords, if examined, will completely dis
prove any such ideas."—New York
: Sun.
Cleveland county farmers have
sold $30,706.62 worth of poultry to
two firms in Shelby during' the four
months of January. February, March
and ApriJ.
To save space in school rooms a
blackboard has been invented with
leaves that swing outward like the
pages of a book.
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
Personal Property
Intending to quit house-keeping at |
the Morris Grant place (better
known as the "old Hamp Grant
Mill";) about 5 miles east of Old
Fort, .Mrs. Grant will sell at public
auction, on
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1930
everything on the premises, consist
ing ©f ^Household and Kitchen Fur
niture, Farm and Ganlen Imple
ments., .and other articles too num
erous ;lfc© mention.
Sale Will Begin at 10 0*<dock.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE !
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of Whitson M.
Blackweider, .deceased, late of Mc
Dowell County, N. C., this is to no
tify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
at Old Fort, N> C., on or before the
1st day of May, 1931, or this notice
will-fee pleaded in bar of their recov
ery. All persons indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate
payment.
This 29th day of April, 1930.
MRS. ELLA BLACKWELDER,
Administratrix of estate of Whit
son JVI> Blackweider, deceased.
THE BRIDGE BUILDER
An old man going a lone highway,
came at evening cold and gray;
To a chasm vast and deep and wide.
The old man crossed in the twilight
dim,
The sullen stream had no fear for
! him.
' But he turned when safe on the
I other side
And built a bridge to span the tide.
; A fellow pilgrim standing near,
j Said "Old man, you're wasting time
i building here.
: You've crossed the chasm dark and
| wide,
i Why build a bridge at eventide?"
! The builder lifted his old gray head,
I "In the path I've come," he said,
i "There followeth after me today
IA fair haired youth who must pass
this way;
This chasm which has been as
naught to me
To this fair youth may a pitfall be
: He too must cross in the twilight dim
| Good friend, I'm building this briUge
for him."
—Anonymous.
Jones County farmers have sold
680 head of fat hogs for a net profit
of $11,203.65 so far this year.
•kttlfou
Ready
When #»///
Children Ciy
for It
'Baby has little upsets at times. All
your care cannot prevent them. But you
■car. be prepared. Then you can do what
any experienced nurse would do—what
most physicians would tell you to do—
give a few drops of plain Castoria. No
sooner done than Baby is soothed; relief
is just a matter of moments. Yet you have
•eased your child without use of a single
■doubtful drug; Castoria is vegetable.
So it's safe to use as often as an infant
has any little pain you cannot pat away.
And it's always ready for the crueler
pangs of colic, or constipation, or diar
rhea; effective, too, for older children.
Twenty-five million bottles were bought
dust year. £
CASTQRI A
FAMILY DOCTOR * •
LEARNED THIS ABOUT ;
CONSTIPATION !
Dr. Caldwell loved people. His years
of practice convinced him many were
ruining their health by careless selec
tion of laxatives. He determined to
write a harmless prescription which
would get at the cause of constipation,
and correct tt.
Today, the prescription he wrote in
1885 is the world's most popular
laxative! He prescribed a mixture of
herbs and other pure ingredients now
known as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin,
in thousands of cases where bad
breath, coated tongue, gas, headaches,
biliousness and lack of appetite or
energy showed the bowels of men, ;
women and children were sluggish, ;
it proved successful in even the most ;
obstinate cases; old folks liked it for
it never gripes; children liked its
pleasant taste. All drugstores today |
have Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin 1
!n bottles.
We Thank You
We want to take this opportunity to
thank our friends in Old Fort and Mc
Dowell County for the splendid patron
age they have given us during the years
we have been with you. We are leaving
you but we will always have a kindly
feeling for our friends in this section.
Bryson-Snyder Co.
OLD FORT, N. C.
Keep Your Money
in the Bank
Are you troubled by having your money "burn a
hole" in your pocket? That is a common fault of mon
ey. If you have your money in the bank, whether it be
much or little, it will not burn any holes and it will be
there when you need it.
Money earned on the person is a temptation to
spending. Money in the bank does not offer this temp
tation. You may hesitate before writing a check where
you would not hesitate to spend it if you had the mon
ey with you.
We offer you the advantage of our banking facili
ties and invite you to open a checking account with us.
THE BANK OF OLD FORT
OLD FORT, N. C.
J. S. BRADLEY, Pres. F. M. BRADLEY, Cashier
P. H. MASHBURN, Vice-Pres.
IThe City Barber Shop
| announces the consolidation of the two
^ shops operated in Old Fort. The Main
Street Barber Shop has been enlarged
\ and improved. Your favorite barber will
\ be found at this location. Call and see us.
Cleaning and Pressing Club in the rear.
Z. L. Lackey, Prop.
\
Old Fort, N. C.
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