OLD FORT NEWS
OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1930
NUMBER 37
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.
There is only one thing greater
than happiness in the world, and
that is holiness; and it is not in our
keeping; but what God has put in
our power is the happiness of those
about us, and that is largely to be
secured by our being kind to them.
"The Greatest Thing in the World,"
By Henry Drummond.
We hear much of love to God;
Christ spoke much of love to men.
We make a great deal of peace with
heaven; Christ spoke much of peace
on earth.
—Henry Drummond.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS MEET
IN COUNTY CONVENTION
Announcement is made of the
McDowell County Sunday School
Convention for Sunday School work
ers of all denominations, which is to
be held in the Baptist Church in Old
Fort all day Wednesday, July 23rd.
The convention is being held under
the auspices of the McDowell Coun
ty and the North Carolina Sunday
School Associations. The officers of
the local County Association are as
follows: A. V. Nolan, of Marion,
county president; Miss Maggie Tay
lor, of Nebo, county secretary; Mrs.
M. H. Witherspoon, Children's Divi
sion supeiintendent; Mrs. Garland
Williams, Young People's Division
superintendent; H. O. Wilson, Adult
Division superintendent; T. G.
Stump, Administrative Division su
perintendent. The township presi
dents are as follows: Miss Maggie
Goforth, Dysartsville; W. M. Wilson,
Nealsville; G. W. Wilson, Nebo; H.
H. Justice, Marion; J. M. Lonon,
Ashford; H. E. Early, Old Fort.
One of the outside speakers for
the convention will be Miss Flora
Davis, Raleigh, general superintend
ent of the North Carolina Sunday
School Association. Other speakers
will be announced later.
A number of the county's well
known Sunday School warkers will
also take part in the various sessions
of the convention.
It is expected that this will be one
of the largest and most representa
tive Sunday School meetings ever
held in the county.
WOMAN'S CLUB MEETS
Mrs. Charles Jenkins, Misses Mil
lie and Bula Kanipe were joint hos
tesses to the Woman's Club on Fri
day afternoon. Mrs. Geo. W. 'Sandlin
the club president called the meet
ing to order and the devotionals
were offered by Mrs. H. C. Marley.
After a brief business session, mu
sic by Miss Edith Rowe Grady was
enjoyed by the members of the club.
The living room was artistically dec
orated with flowers and most de
lightful refreshments were served
by Mrs. Jenkins and the Misses Ka
nipe; after which the meeting ad
journed and the ladies attended the
cooking class held in the Sandlin
building.
THE BARACA CLASS MEETS
The Baraca Class, and Men's Bi
ble class of the First Baptist church
of Marion, met with the Old Fort
Baraca class at the Baptist church
at this place on Sunday, June 8th.
Major W. A. Collett, Mr. A. H.
Mitchem, and Mr. A. V. Nolan, all
of Marion, were present and made
talks.
The Old Fort class will return the
visit, meeting with the Marion class
June 22nd. The attendance, includ
ing the visitors, was 76.
MISS PREAS HONORED
Miss Nannie Sue Sandlin enter
tained on Thursday evening in honor
of Miss Louise Preas, of Johnson
City, Tenn. About twenty-five guests
were present. Several contests were
enjoyed, and prizes were awarded
the winners. After very enjoyable
games and contests, delicious re
freshments were served.
OLD FORT vs. EAST MARION
The Old Fort baseball team play
ed a return game with East Marion
on Old Fort grounds June 4th. The
^ home club took the countt over visi
tors 10-6. Superb pitching by John
Steppe andhitting by home club won
the game for Old Fort. An unusually
large crowd attended the game.
Twelve additional good farmers
of Caldwell county will plant alfalfa
this fall, reports P. M, Hendricks,
county agent.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
|
Miss Anne Porter will leave Fri
day to attend commencement at N.
C. C. W. at Greensboro. The class of
29 holds its first reunion this year.
Miss Gladys Mitchell of Greensboro
will accompany Miss Porter home
for a two weeks visit.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Brackett of
Winston-Salem, spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Porter.
Miss Anne Porter spent Wednes
day in Asheville.
J. A. Groves and daughter, Vir
ginia, of Asheville, were guests of
Miss E. R. Grady on Sunday.
Cleveland and Percy Franklin, of
Asheville, visited friends in Old
j Fort Sunday.
Mrs. S. F. Mauney returned to
i Old Fort Sunday after a week's vis
! it to relatives in Gastonia and
Thomasville.
Miss Maude Crawford spent Wed
nesday in Asheville.
Miss Anne Porter, who has been
teaching at East Marion, is at home
1 for the summer vacation.
| Mr. and Mrs, W. P. Artz spent
Wednesday in Asheville.
Miss Lucile Kerlee of Black Moun
tain is visiting relatives in Old Fort
this week.
Mrs. F. B. Terrell, Mrs. Carrie
i Bach, Misses Sadie Burgin and Ma
! rie Sabom spent Wednesday in Ash«
i ville.
Miss Gladys Warren left Monday
for her home in Raleigh to spend the
summer vacation.
Miss LeRoy Bates of Morganton
spent last week-end with her mother
Mrs. Fuller.
Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Greene, Polly
Greene and Hazel Swann spent Wed
nesday in Asheville.
Mrs. Janie Reed spent Wednes
i day in Asheville.
' Mrs. H. C. Marley, Miss Margaret
j Marley, and Mrs. I. L. Caplan spent
! Monday in Asheville.
j Mr. and Mrs. H. Murry of Marion
'were visitors in Old Fort Sunday.
Mrs. Fannie Stevens and three I
! children of East Marion are visiting I
Mr. and Mrs. H. Early this week.
Mr. S. E. Early of Marion visited j
his son, W. C. Early, Monday and \
| Tuesday.
Misses Millie and Bula Kanipe:
and Anne Bridges were shoppers in |
Asheville Wednesday.
Luther Grant of Marion was in
Old Fort Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Noblitt of Gas
tonia were the guests of Mr. and
i Mrs. C. F. Noblitt Sunday.
Miss Goodloe Haney of Nebo was
I in Old Fort Tuesday.
Miss Robbie Noblitt, who has been
visiting her cousin, Miss Pauline
Noblitt, returned to her home in
Gastonia Sunday.
Miss Carrie Saunders left Satur
day for her home in Troy, N. C.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Long
on June 4th, a son, Cecil Howard.
I Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Turner and ,
: Johnnie Turner were in Asheville ,
I Sunday. j
Mr. Hubert Moorefield of Morgan
ton was in Old Fort Tuesday.
| Mrs. M. Padgette of Marion was a j
i visitor in Old Fort Tuesday,
j George Bryson and M. E. Head ;
motored to Oteen Tuesday afternoon j
R. E. Bolicks of Rutherford Col
lege was in Old Fort Wednesday.
Miss Margaret Maness left Satur
day for her home in Biscoe, N. C.
Harry Bach left Sunday for his
home in Wilmington, Delaware. |
Grover Ramsey of Spruce Pine
i spent Saturday in Old Fort.
Little Harriett and J. C. Long are
visiting their grandmother in Sky
j land, N. C.
| Miss Alma Greene is visiting
'friends in Bakersville this week,
i John Lanning, of Jackson Hill, N.
j C., spent the week-end in Old Fort.
I Miss Fay Cooper of Marion spent
last week-end with Miss Stella Sher
rilL I
Miss Pauline Noblitt is visiting
relatives in Gastonia this week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Terrell left
Saturday for their home in West
Palm Beach, Florida.
7 I
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Smithey were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Nolan j
of Marion on Sunday.
Rev. Carl Rogersf of Waynesville |
conducted services at the Baptist
church on Sunday morning and ev- j
ening.
Prof. S. B. Smithey left on Mon
day to attend summer school at the
Appalachian Teachers College where
he will be an instructor during the
summer session.
Misses Lucile and Hazel Keever
were guests of Miss Eunice Wilkin-;
son on Sunday.
Donald Mcintosh, medical student |
of Philadelphia, has returned to Old ;
Fort for the summer.
Crawford Fortune and Leslie
Mauney, of State College, have re
turned home.
Mrs. Charles Gosorn, of Denver,
Colorado, and Mrs. Kate Vanderver,
of Higginsville, Missouri, are guests
of Mrs. Don Gosorn and Mrs. J. Ep
ley this week.
Mrs. A. W. Padgett is seriously ill
at her home three miles east of Old
F ort.
The B. J. Cafe is serving lunches
at trains No. 11 and No. 12, con
tract being let on account of the
dining car being discontinued on
these trains.
WOULDN'T TRY IT AGAIN
Diner—Let nie see— I had a steak
yesterday.
Waiter—Yes, sir. Will you try it
again today?
Diner—No, I think not. If you will
bring me a different one I'll see what
I can do.
The Fickle Public
How many a man of genial style
Who can't see when to stop
Is entertaining: for awhile
And then proves just a flop.
Knew a Vagabond
"I once possessed a splendid dog.
He could always distinguish between
a vagabond and a respectable person."
"What's become of him?"
"'Oh, I was obliged to give him
away. He bit me."
So Says Tradition
■"In our country the land is rather
flat. We don't know where to locate
the poorhouse."
"What you mean?"
"Every poorhouse I ever heard of
was located over the hills."
Worst Part of It
Judge—You, a respectable young
man, stole a coat. In consquence you
have lost your post, and brought trou
ble and sorrow to your parents.
Accused—Yes, and the coat was too
tight in the bargain.
Milam Tonic
Rheumatism, Eczema, High Blood
Pressure, and Stomach Trouble.
No alcohol or dangerous ingredient.
Old Fort Drug Co.
Bradley Drug Co.
COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF
LAND
Under and by virtue of a certain
decree issued from the Superior
Court of McDowell County, N. C.,
in the case of the First National
Bank of Marion, N. C., vs. L. W.
Elias, J. Lee Lavender, O. W. Rob
ertson, Stanley Robertson, Mrs. L.
J. Robertson, and A. W. Lanning,
appointing the undersigned as com
missioners, and authorizing them to
sell at public auction the lands here
inafter described, the undersigned
commissioners will, on the ninth day
of June, 1930, at twelve o'clock M.
at the courthouse door in Marion, N.
C., offer for sale to the highest bid
der for cash, the following described
lands:
Lying and being in Crooked Creek
Township, McDowell County, N. C.,
containing 300 acres more or less,
and being more fully described in a
Mortgage Deed from L. W. Elias to
J. Lee Lavender, O. W. Robertson
and others, dated April 1, 1926, and
recorded in Book 35 page 143, Mc
Dowell County Mortgage Records,
to which reference is here made.
The terms of the sale will be cash
and subject to confirmation by the
court.
This 7th day of May, 1930.
ROBERT W. PROCTOR,
C. C. LISENBEE,
Commissioners.
SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
NOTICE
North Carolina, McDowell County.
In thte Superior Court.
Mary Louise Davis, Plaintiff,
vs.
Carl Cecil Davis, Defendant.
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of McDowell County
for the purpose of securing a di
vorce; and the said defendant will
further take notice that he is requii
ed to appear at the term of the Su
perior court of said county to be
held on the second Monday in Sep
tember, 1930, at the court house of
said county in Marion, N. C., and
answer or demur to the complaint in
said action, or the plaintiff will apply
to the court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This 23 day of May, 1930.
J. L. LAUGHRIDGE,
Clerk of the Superior Court,
A Great Store Now Ready
to Serve You
Old Fort Department Store
. Opening Sale Continues
With Outstanding Specials
Come in and let's get acquainted! You'll find the
Greatest of Bargains in this New Store.
Brand New
Goods
Brand New
Store
0-4 Sheeting, nice and smooth 35c
Men's Heavy 220 Overalls 88c
Boy's Overalls - 66c
Men's Sox - - 5c
Brand New
Prices
Brand New
Specials
Ladies' Patent y|Q
Strap Slippers
Ladies' Novelty QO
Slippers - - xjH.OO
Men's Curlee Suits, nationally known,
guaranteed to wear, time limit your own
judgment, prices as low as $ 15.98.
Palmolive Soap, one cake for
5c
Old Fort Department Store
Next to Grady Nichols
OLD FORT, N. C.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND FOR
TAXES—NO. 1247
Take notice that under and by
virtue of an order of the Superior
| Court of McDowell County, N. C.,
j entered in a civil action entitled
Lee W. Williams vs. Matilda Green
! lee heirs, said action having been
instituted for the collection of taxes
due McDowell County for the year
1927 by the defendants, the under
signed having been appointed as
Commissioner to sell said land for
the purpose of satisfying judgment
rendered in this case, will, on Mon
day the 23rd day of June, 1930, at
ten o'clock, a. m., at the courthouse
door, Marion, N. C., offer for sale to
the highest bidder for cash the fol
j lowing described lands. Listed for
taxation in the years 1927, 1926, in
J Old Fort Township in the name of
i Matilda Greenlee heirs as 52 acres
i and bounded and described as fol
lows: Beginning on a black gum on
the spar of a ridge, the beginning
corner of the Grant, and runs N 34
poles crossing the creek to a stake;
then E 14 poles with the meanders
of the creek to a stake; then S 55 E
60 poles up the creek to a white oak
at the point of ridge; then E 12
poles; then N 85 E 20 poles with the
top of said ridge; then N 55 E 30
poles; then E 60 poles crossing the
ridge crossing, same course 7 poles
to a pine on the E boundary of said
tract; then S. 60 poles to a black
oak, SE corner of said 100 acres on i
the E edge of said ridge road; then I
[W 100 poles to a spanish oak and \
white oak; then N 40 W 100 poles i
crossing the creek three times to a j
pine; then S 60 W 20 poles to the
beginning.
i The terms of the sale are cash and
subject to confirmation by the court.
This 12th day of May, 1930.
ROBERT W. PROCTOR, i
Commissioner.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND FOR
TAXES—NO. 1245
Take notice that under and by
virtue of an order of the Superior
Court of McDowell County, N. C.,
entered in a civil action entitled
Town of Marion, N. C., a corpora
tion, vs. Mrs. Florence Taylor
Goode and husband Robert Goode,
said action having been instituted
Keep Your Money
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tation. You may hesitate before writing a check where
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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
i P. H. MASHBURN, Vice-Pres.
for the Collection of taxes due Town
of Marion, N. C., for the years 1927
and 1925 by the defendants, the un
dersigned having been appointed as
Commissioner to sell said land for
the purpose of satisfying judgment
rendered in this case, will, on Mon
day the 23rd day of June, 1930, at
ten o'clock a. m., at the courthouse
door, Marion, N. C., offer for sale to
the highest bidder for cash the fol-j
lowing described lands. Listed for
taxation in the years 1927, 1925, in
Marion Township in the name of t
Mrs. Florence Taylor as one lot, j
bounded and described as follows: j
Lying and being in the town of
Marion, N. C., on Spring St., and
being that certain lot of land de
scribed in a deed from Ralph Dun
can and wife to Mrs. Florence Tay
lor, which deed is recorded in Book
63 page 544 McDowell County Deed
Records, reference to which is here
made.
The terms of the sale are cash and
subject to confirmation by the court.
This 12th day of May, 1930.
ROBERT W. PROCTOR,
Commissioner.
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