OLD FORT
VOLUME III
OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,
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NEWS
NUMBER 50
int. ulu hORT NEWS
The Old Fort News is pub
lished each week in connection
with the Marion Progress.
MISS GERTRUDE DULA,
Editor and Business Manager.
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FITTED FOR LIFE
A Massachusetts senator declares j
that fewer than a fourth of the min- |
ors who left school in that state last
year did so because of economic
pressui-e. Forty per cent of them, he
declared, left because their studies
were not fitting them for the work
they intended to do.
When such a remark is made, the
speaker is likely to be charged with j
utilitarian aims in education. But
why, in this workaday world, should
not education have utilitarian aims?
Those aims need not stand in the
way of the highest idealism, but may
finely contribute to it.
A boy is eager to "get on in the
world." He wants to earn wages, to
help take care of the family, and in
time to support a family of his own.
Education should enable him to do
this as fully and as quickly as pos
sible. It must, if it is to arouse and
hold his interest.
The true teacher will of course
remember that "making a living" is
not all of making a life, and will put
into the most utilitarian education
enough poetry to sweeten it, enough
history to ennoble it, enough about
other lands to broaden it, and espec
ially enough religion to uplift it.
And if this is wisely done, the pupil
will not be driven waay, but held
more firmly to his course. — Chris
tian Endeavor World.
TOWN BRIDGES BUILT
AND STORES REMODELED
The two bridges crossing Mill
creek on Catawba a-venue, near the
center of the town, are being re
built. Extra heavy oak flooring is i
being used to replace the badly worn i
planks. The work on these two
bridges, which started last week, will
be finished the first part of this week
The Bradley store building which I
is being remodeled and raised to the
level of the street is rapidly nearing j
completion, and will be occupied by j
the Harris Bargain Store.
The large fireproof warehouse!
consti'ucted by R. A. Westermann
this summer, and located in the rear|
of his large store building recently i
occupied by the Bryson-Snyder com
pany, has been completed. The store
buildings have also been repainted!
inside, and other improvements made
Carpenters have been able to find
work in Old Fort this summer, re
gardless of the business depression. |
CAMFIINU I Kir AINU r ISM
FRY AT CAMP ALLISON
On Wednesday night the members
of the younger set were entertained
with a camping trip and fish fry at
Camp Allison. This delightful trip
was given in honor of the young la
dies who will be returning to Col
lege this month. Among those enjoy
ing this trip were Misses Eunice Wil
kinson, Nancy Miller, Catherine
Finch, Carolyn Mcintosh, Betty
Crawford, Dorothy Spencer, Marga
ret Rock, Elizabeth Hansel, and
Janie McSwain; Mrs. Sam Stone;
Messrs. Francis Mauney, Crawford
Fortune, Donald Mcintosh, Harry
Noblitt, Maurice Flemming, Merrill
Kanipe, Sammy Stone, Norris Hens
ley, John Boone, and Gus Garland
of Black Mountain, and Bud Hen
nessee of Marion.
HARRIS-PADGETT
Miss Florine Harris, daughter of;
Mr.' and Mrs. J. R. Harris of Old J
Fort, was married to Mr. Raymond
Padgett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Padgett, on Friday evening. The
marriage was solemnized at the
home of the bride's parents, Rev. J.
E. Ingle, pastor of the Baptist
Church, officiating. They will make
their home in Selma, N. C., where
Mr. Padgett is employed as an elec
trician.
FILM TRIANGLE OUT;
FIVE-CORNERED NOW
Exit the "eternal triangle."
' Enter the "hilarious quintangle!"
This radical transition in screen
roamnce occurs in Richard Dix's j
comedy, "Lovin' the Ladies," at Ev
erybody's Theatre Friday and Sat
urday.
Dix, as an electrician who mas- j
querades in high society, is one of!
the "angles." Instead of having to j
choose between two girls, he has
four on his hands—Lois Wilson,Rita
La Roy, Virginia Sale and Renee
Macready.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
. ITEMS OF INTEREST
Miss Fannie Nichols left last
week for Trenton, N. J., where she
will take a course in nursing at a
hospital in that city.
F. P. Sweeney of Johnson City
spent Sunday with homefolks at Old
Fort.
Miss Myrtle Lytle has returned
after spending several days in Char
lotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Noblitt and
three children of Anderson, S. C.,
spent several days last week in Old
Fort as the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
C. F. Noblitt.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Early of Er
win, Tenn., were in Old Fort Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Davis of Mar
ion were visitors in Old Fort Sunday
Miss Gertrude Durljpm left Satur
day for her home in Knoxville,
Tenn. Misses Millie and Bula Ka
nipe accompanied Miss Durham to
Knoxville, returning Sunday night.
Miss Natalie Epply of Asheville
is spending several days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Epply.
Ewart and Otis Grant were week
end visitors in Spruce Pine.
Jack Saunders of Marion was in
Old Fort Sunday. •
Mr. and Mrs. J. Pritchard of Ashe
ville were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
I. H. Greene Sunday.
Miss Stella Sherrill yDent Satur
day in Marion.
Miss Katherine Finch has return
ed to her home here after spending
several days with relatives in Ashe
ville.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Haynes and
Miss Rubie Haynes were visitors at
Lake Toxaway Sunday.
Mrs. M. J. Hunt and small son,
Bobby, are spending the week in
Westminster, S. C.
Mrs. Maggie Rabbitts spent the
week-end in Black Mountain.
Members of the Epworth League
Union of Asheville enjoyed a week
end party at Camp Allison last week.
Miss Margaret Marley left Satur
day for Lenoir where she will teach
this year.
Miss Lois Padgett underwent a
tonsil operation Monday.
Theodore Watkins of Marion was
in Old Fort Friday.
Mrs. Murphy of Nebo spent sev
eral days this week with Mrs. J. E.
Long.
Mrs. Lee Jordan and son, Melvin,
of Asheville were in Old Fort Thurs
day.
Miss Mary Sue Grant is a student
of Cecil's Business College, Ashe
ville. j
Rolan Morgan of Forest City was ;
the guest of his aunt, Mrs. A. C. Ka
nipe, Sunday.
Mrs. W. W. LeFevre and daugh-1
ter, Edith, spent Thursday in Ashe- i
ville. !
Fred Keyner of Charlotte was in
Old Fcrt Sunday.
Miss Dorothy McCrain of High
Point was a visitor in Old Foit on
Sunday.
Clarence Bradley is a student at j
Cecil's Business College in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Nesbitt were
guests of Rev. and Mrs. Dargan on
Sunday.
Arlo Bates has returned to Old
Fort after spending a week in Ten
nessee. i
Mrs. J. S. Bradley, Miss Maud
Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brad-'
ley and F. M. Bradley left Tuesday
by motor for Raleigh where they
will spend severaldays.
George Kimball Miller returned
from Raleigh last week, after spend
ing several days in that city on bus
iness.
Miss Elizabeth Strickland will re
turn to Greensboro where she is a
student at the N. C. C. W.
Austin Harris, Miss Maud Craw
ford, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bradley
of St. Louis, Mo., who ar^ the house
guests of Mrs. J. S. Bradley and
family, motored to Blowing Rock on
Friday.
Austin Harris, who has been tak
ing a course in window decoration
in St. Louis, has returned home.
Teachers of the Old Fort School
attended the teachers meeting held
on Friday afternoon in Marion.
Miss Elaine Mashburn, who has
been visiting her mother, Mrs. J. M.
Mashburn, has returned to Asheville
Mx\ and Mrs. H. Bueck were the
guests of Miss Gertrude Dula last
week. They returned to Cullowhee
on Wednesday evening, where Mr.
Bueck is principal of the high school
Miss Nancy Miller left Wednes
day for Winston-Salem where she
will enter Salem College.
Mr. and Mrs. George Strickland
and daughter, Elizabeth, who have
been spending the summer in Old
Fort, returned to Pine Level Tues
day. where Professor Strickland is
school principal.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Westermann
are the week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Goodson in Asheville.
Bradford Hendron of Wilkesboro
will spend the winter with Mr. and
Mrs. S. B. Smithey. Mr. Hendron,
who is a brother of Mrs. Smithey,
will be a member of the senior class.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist Church will meet at the
home of Mrs. J. L. Lackey on Wed
nesday afternoon. Miss Sally Finley
and Mrs. Charley Stepp will be joint
hostesses.
Mrs. J. S. Bradley, Miss Maud
Crawford, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Bradley visited relatives in Asheville
on Thursday.
Mises Clare and Frances Artz and
Prof. Geo. Hurt were the guests of
Mrs. A. Farnsworth at her lovely
home on Curtis Creek last week.
Thomas Dale, Jr., of Washington,
D. C., is the guest of his grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ray.
Mr. and Mrs. Reid Grant of Ashe
ville visited their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Grant, last week.
Mrs. Chas. T. Steppe, Misses Ar
wyn Steppe and Nelle Allison and
Lytle Steppe spent last Saturday in
Asheville.
Mrs. Betty Silver has returned to
Old Fort after spending several
weeks with her sister, Mrs. Gouge,
in Mitchell county.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Davis of Mur
phy spent last week with relatives
in Old Fort.
Rev. I. A. Rhinehardt is the driver
of the Old Fort school bus that
brings in the children living on Ca
tawba Valley east of Old Fort.
Miss Edith LeFevre spent the past
week-end with relatives in Hickory.
Misses Margaret and Marian Wea
ver are the guests of their aunt,
Mrs. J. C. Umberger.
Miss Eunice Wilkinson returned
to Mitchel College at Statesville on
Wednesday. Miss Wilkinson was the
winner of the Theodore Presser
Scholarship, given for excellent
work in music the past year.
Miss Edith LeFevre will leave for
Greensboro the 12th where she will
enter N. C. C. W.
Miss Janie McSwain will return
to N. C. C. W. on the 16th.
Miss Carolyn Mcintosh will leave
for Duke University on the 19th.
Robert Wilkinson and Charley
Stirewalt returned to Old Fort on
Saturday after spending two weeks
in the eastern part of the state.
Col. D. W. Adams made a business
trip to Asheville Monday.
Miss Edna Tate, who has been vis
iting in Atlanta, Ga., has returned
home.
Henry C. Fisher, of the Fisher
Motor company, made a business trip
to Charlotte on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Walker are
the guests of the former's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ulus Walker.
Miss Natalie Epley of Asheville
visited relatives in Old Fort Sunday.
The following young people en
joyed a picnic at Lake Tahoma on
Tuesday: Misses Helen Nesbitt, Pol
ly Noblitt, Gladys Stump, Marie Sa
bom, and Annabelle Noblitt; Messrs.
Merrill J^anipe, Robert Hughes, Al
bert Noblitt, Austin Harris, and
Gordon Kanipe.
MRS. GEO. MOORE HOSTESS
FOR WOMAN'S CLUB
Mrs. George Moore was a delight
ful hostess for the Woman's Club
on Saturday afternoon at her home
on Main street.
Lovely flowers, artistically arran
ged, decorated the spacious rooms.
Mrs. J. E. Ingle, Miss Mildred Mc
Dade, and Miss Katheryn McCall
contributed to the program discus
sions which were informative as wel}
as enjoyable.
The out of town guests were Mrs.
A. V. Nolan of Marion and Mrs.
George B. Strickland of Pine Level,
both former members of the Old
Fort Woman's Club.
Mrs. George Sandlin, club presi
dent, presided, and a large atten
dance of members was a feature of
the first meeting of the fall season.
During the social hour, delicious
refreshments were served by the
hostess, who was assisted by Mrs. D.
M. Mcintosh, Mrs. C. W. Graybeal,
Mrs. Hart Taylor and little Miss
Mary Louise Moore.
BARNES-MAUNEY
News of the marriage of Miss Do
ris Barnes of Jacksonville, Fla., to
Mr. Clarence Mauney of Jackson
ville and Old Fort, has been received
Members of the younger set en
joyed a picnic party at Lake Tahoma
Monday night.
Tha Pacific Ocean is composed of
approximately 68,634,000 square
miles.
Hints For Homemakers
By Jane Rogers
I
BOILED water will lose its flat
taste if it is poured from one
pitcher to another three or four
times, or if it is shaken up in a
large bottle.
An easily prepared mushroom
sauce that adds tremendously to
the welcome accorded to the beef
steak is made as follows. Mix to
gether in a frying pan one table
spoon butter and one tablespoon
flour. Stir in gradually one cup of
brown stock. When the mixture
reaches the boiling point, add one
cup small mushrooms, one table
spoon mushroom ketchuc, salt and
pepper to taste, and one teaspoon
caramel.
FIRE DESTROYS CAMP
ALLISON BUILDING
The main building at Camp Alli
son was destroyed by fire Saturday j
night about eleven o'clock.
Earlier in the evening campers
had built a fire in the stove. When
they awoke about eleven o'clock the
building was in flames.
This property was sold by Mrs.
I Coleman Allison some months ago
| to an Asheville man, and was insured
HOUSE FOR RENT
A new five room bungalow ' on
Church street. Desirable location,
i
reasonable rent. Mrs. E. L. j
| Stirewalt.
EVERYBODY'S
| THEATRE
OLD FORT, N. C.
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RICHARD DIX
in
"Lovin' the Ladies"
LOIS WILSON
RITA LA ROY and
ALLEN KEARNS
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
SEPT. 13-14
COMING
" ALIAS FRENCH GERTIE "
< ONLY A DOCTOR KNOWS *
WHAT A LAXATIVE
SHOULD BE
Mi mv -MM'V i •* - —
Danger lies in careless selection of
laxatives! By taking the first thing
that comes to mind when bad breath,
headaches, dizziness, nausea, bilious
ness, gas on stomach and bowels, lack
of appetite or energy warns of consti
pation, you risk forming the laxative
habit.
Depend on a doctor's judgment in
choosing your laxative. Here's one
made from the prescription of a
specialist in bowel and stomach dis
orders. Its originator tried it in
thousands of cases; found it safe for
women, children and old folks;
thoroughly effective for the most
robust man. Today, Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin, as it is called, is the
world's most popular laxative. It is
composed of fresh herbs and other
pure ingredients. You can get it, in
generous bottles and ready for use, at
any drugstore.
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New Ways to Earn Money
\
and the Old Way to
Have It!
Within twenty-five years, one-third of the American
working population has gained employment from in
dustries and business born during that brief period of
time. There are thousands of new ways to earn
money, but only one way to have money.
It's an old, old story which we so frequently repeat
—save money, and if you will heed it, you will not on
ly earn money—but truly have it and enjoy it to the
utmost.
THE BANK OF OLD FORT
OLD FORT, N. C.
The New Felt Hat
New brim and crown lines—large and small
head sizes
Felts trimmed with chiffon velvet
Stylish and becoming new velvet tams
in chiffon velvet for the girl with the long bob.
Something new and different.
Dula Hat Shop
OLD FORT, N. C.
Tempt Wilted Appetites
With a Colorful Salad
By JOSEPHINE B. GIBSON
Director, Home Economics Dept.,
H. J. Heinz Company
COLORFUL salads appeal to heat
wearied appetites as does al
most no other food, for they are
cool and crisp even when the ther
mometer reaches unusual heights
and it becomes a real problem to
plan appetizing meals.
Since this is true, it is a very
wise plan to allow salads to play
an important part in warm weather
menus. Combinations of seas n
able vegetables and greens, with
well-flavored dressings, should be
generously woven into every day's
meals. The more substantial salads
may be used as the main course
for luncheon or dinner, while
dainty combinations of fresh fruit
are excellent to serve in place of
dessert for dinner.
Why not try one of these deli
cious salads for dinner to-day?
Country Salad: 3 cups diced
tongue or other cold meat, 3 hard
cooked eggs, 1 cup shredded cab
bage, 1 small minced onion and %
cup Fresh Cucumber Pickles, cut
small. Moisten with 6 tablespoons
Mayonnaise Salad Dressing that
has been thinned with about 2
tablespoons of juice from the jar
of Pickles. Mix well and season
with salt, pepper and % teaspoon
Prepared Mustard. Chill and serve
in deep, crisp lettuce cups, gar
nished with slices of Fresh Cucum
ber Pickle.
Molded Olive and Nut Salad:
Dissolve a package of lemon flavored gela
tine In 2 cups boiling water, and when It
begins to thicken, fold in Vi cup chopped
nut meats and V* cup Stuffed Spanish
Olives, sliced. Mold in Individual molds
and serve in nests of crisp lettuce gar
nished with Salad Cream Dressing.
Luncheon Salad: Heat 1 med
ium sized can Cream of Tomato
Soup to the boiling point. Add 1%
tablespoons plain gelatine that has
been soaked for five minutes in Vx
cup cold water. Add 2 small cakes
of soft, white cheese, and % cup
Mayonnaise Salad Dressing. Mix
thoroughly and when the salad be
gins to thicken, add cup diced
celery, 1 green pepper chopped, and
% cup Stuffed Spanish Olives,
sliced. Mold in individual molds,
chill, and serve in lettuce beds, gar
nished with sliced Olives. This
recipe serves from 10 to 12 people.
Golden Gate Salad : J*1*
melon balls 01
cantaloupe cubes, 1 cup pineapple cubes, J
cup fresh peach cubes and 1 cup dice\
marshmallows. Chill and moisten with
MaySnnaise Salad Dressing. Heap the
fruit generously in halves of chiljed can
taloupe or small melons, from which part
of the centers have been removed. Last
of all, top with whipped cream into which
Currant Jelly has been beaten. For each
cup of whipped cream, use 2 tablespoons
Currant Jelly. Serve In nests of crisp let
tuce.
Summer Fruit Salad: chill 1
cup each of blackberries, cantaloupe
balls or cubes, fresh pineapple,
grapefruit and red raspberries. Ar
range in small individual mounds
on nests of lettuce, keeping each
fruit separate, and leaving a space
in the center for the salad dress
ing. As a dressing use Mayonnaise
Salad Dressing, folding in % cup
sweetened whipped cream for each
cup of Mayonnaise.
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