NOVEMBER 27, 1930 NUMBER 9
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.
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SHARE WITH THOSE IN NEED
In the ancient times men were
urged to be mindful of the less for
tunate. "Eat the fat, drink the
sweet and send portions to those for
whom nothing is provided" has come
down to us as an admonition out of
the past. Some such admonition
should constrain eVery one of us to
action this present Thanksgiving
season.
With many, making gifts to the
orphanages in North Carolina has
become a habit. This present Thanks
giving season makes most urgent de
mands upon the occasional givers as
well as upon the regular contribu
tors. The needs are especially urgent
just now because of the reduced in
come in this hour of increased der
mands upon our orphanages. Hard
times multiply the number of needy
children that must be cared for.
Share with these children. — N. C.
Christian Advocate.
ENRAGED BULL ATTACKS
PROMINENT FARMER
Mr. T. A. Porter, who lives east of
Old Fort, was painfully injured on
Wednesday when he was attacked
by a full grown bull, belonging to
him, and sustained a fractured rib,
with numerous cuts and bruises
about the face and body, before get
ting the enraged animal under con
trol. Mr. Porter, who was unaware
of the bull's presence, was getting
corn from his feed house, late Wed
nesday afternoon, and while walking
away from the feed house was
struck and knocked down from be
hind by the bull, who rolled hi9 own
er about and managed to keep him
pinned to the ground while evading
Mr. Porter's attempts to seize the
ring which was fastened in his nose.
The weight of the massive head on
his chest and the mauling adminis
tered by the animal, before Mr. Por
ter could grab the nose ring, resul
ted in a broken rib and a badly
bruised side. Mrs. Porter, seeing her
husband's predicament, seized a
pitchfork and rushed to the scene
but was not forced to use the imple
ment on the bull.
Mr. Porter stated that the animal
frequently came to the feed house,
received corn from the hand of his
owAer and left without molesting
him and that on this day, having
failed to get the anticipated peace
offering, he became enraged and reg
istered protest in a manner which
might have proved fatal, had it not
been for the foresight of his owner
in dehorning him some time previ
ously and placing the ring in the an
imal's nose as a means of control.
DR. M'INTOSH ADDRESSES
SCHOOL CHILDREN
Dr. D. M. Mcintosh made an in
formative address to the faculty and
pupils of the Old Fort School on
Wednesday morning relative to the
operation and maintenance of the
county hospital at Marion, following
the request for contributions by Mr.
Crawford F. James of Marion.
Dr. Mcintosh gave figures supplied
by the Duke Endowment showing
that the Marion General Hospital's
per capita cost of operating expen
ses is about a dollar less per day as
compared with the daily running ex
perises of the thirty-six hospitals in
operation under the Duke Endow
ment plan at this time. Thursday,
the day set by the school principals
for the "pounding" of the Marion
General Hospital by school children
of McDowell, brought generous con
tributions of fruit and vegetables
from the pupils attending the local
school and the supplies were trans
ported to Marion by school bus.
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CONFIDENCE SHUwn inc.
BANK OF OLD FORT
Confidence in the soundness of the
Bank of Old Fort was evidenced by
the town's leading business men
making their usual Saturday's de
posits today, and there being no
withdrawals, save the usual payroll |
amounts. j
The Bank of Old Fort is under the j
conservative management of P. H.
Mashburn, president; J. B., Johnson,
vice-president; F. M. Bradley, cash
ier. Other directors are Dr. D. M.
Mcintosh, J. L. Nichols, C. H. Burgin |
and T. C. Bradley. . j
Mrs. K. Cohen of Washington, D.
C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. W.
Araey. /, ,
Local and personal
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Mrs. C. W. Graybeal attended the
luncheon at Grove Park Inn on Tues
day given in honor of the U. D. C.
delegates.
Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Umberger and
four children spent the week-end in
Hickory.
Misses Bula and Thelma Ross of
Marion were the week-end guests of
Miss Katherine Finch.
Miss Louise Laughridge was in
Marion last Thursday.
Miss Bonnie Elliott of Marion was
the week-end guest of Mrs. Ed. Nor
ton.
Miss Annie Bell Noblit|;. spent
Monday and Tuesday in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Artz spent
Tuesday afternoon in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Williams and
two grandchildren, Evelyn and Wal
ter, spent Saturday and Sunday with
relatives in Bakersville.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Boozer of
Asheville moved to Old Fort last
week.
•Mrs. Charles Burgin spent last
Saturday in Asheville.
Horace Early made a business trip
to Marion Tuesday. ,
H. C. Fisher spent Several days in
Asheville this week.
Mrs. Georgia Grant and Miss Mary
Will Greene of Hendersonville were
visitors in Old Fort Tuesday.
Mrs. Harry Bach of Philadelphia,
Pa., is spending several days in Old
Fort with Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Burgin
Mrs. Robie Harding and small son
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jordan
in Asheville this week.
T. G. Stump was in Waynesville
Monday.
Mrs. Geo. Moore spent Wednesday
in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Routh and son,
Bill, moved to Hickory Thursday.
Misses Viola and Eula Grant and
Ivan Woodford were visitors in
Asheville Sunday.
Mrs. W. A. Fleming is ill with in
fluenza.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Grant and
small daughter left Wednesday for
Davidsboro, Ga., to visit Mrs. Grant's
mother.
Misses Susan and Nelle Alison of
Asheville spent Thursday in Old
Fort with relatives.
Mrs. T. H. Henderson of Marion
was in Old Fort Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Bonnie Davis of Marion was
a visitor in Old Fort Sunday.
Mrs. D. M. Mcintosh returned on
Monday after spending the week-end
with her daughter, Carolyn, at Duke
University.
Tom Young Lytle is spending this
week in Old Fort with friends and
relatives.
Miss Grace Gilreath spent Satur
day afternoon in Asheville.
Mrs. Joe Mashburn spent SaturT
day in Asheville.
I. Rhinehardt returned to his home
here Saturday after spending last
week at the bedside of his mother,
who is seriously ill in Canton.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hensley spent
Saturday in Asheville.
Miss Laura Curtis of East Flat
Rock spent the week-end with rela
tives in Old Fort.
Miss Estelle Lavender was in
Asheville Saturday.
Miss Stella Sherill spent the week
end in Asheville with her sister, Miss
Frances Sherrill.
Ernest Hansel of Charleston, W.
Va., spent the week-end with his,par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. M. E. Hansel
Miss Blanche Brinkley of Glen Al
pine, visited her uijcle .and'auoV Mr:
and Mrs. T. L. Fuller, over the week
end. ,
Miss Grey" of Asheville Was the
week-end guest of Miss Elizabeth
Lipe. . ■
Miss Audrey Gosorn spent Wed
nesday in Hendersonville with Mrs.
George Grant.
Mr. and Mrs. Coit Murray of Mar
ion were visitors in Old Fort Sunday
Mrs. George Sandlin has been ap
pointed by the Times-Citizen news
paper as their correspondent from
Old Fort.
Miss Polly Greene returned to her |
home here Saturday after spending
a we«k with her cousin Alma Greene,
in Bakersville. Miss Greene accom
panied her home to spend several
days.
Rev. J. L. Rayle arrived in Old
Fort from Table Rock on Thursday!
to take up his duties as pastor of the
M. E. Church. He was accompanied
by his wife and small daughter.
Members of the Old Fort chapter
of the U. D. C. attending the opening
session of the General Convention of
the U. D. C. Tuesday night were:
Mrs- G. W. Graybeal, chapter presi
dent; Mrs. P. H. Mashburn, Miss
Gertrude Dula, Mrs. J. B. Johnson,
Mrs. S. F. Mauney, and Mrs. Effie
Bjaahbare- . idrM
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
HARDY M. BURGIN
The funeral services for Hardy M.
Burgin, son of Mr. and Mrs.. Charlie
Burgin, of1 Old Fort, were held on
Monday at 2:00 o'clock in the Bap
tist church.
Hardy Burgin, who was a brilliant
young man, spent most of his boy
hood in Old Fort where he was m>uch
loved and admired by all who knew*
him. He died in Webster, Mass., on
Thursday night following an opera
tion for appendicitis.
Surviving Mr. Burgin are hins wid
ow, his parents, two sisters, Mrs. Ev
elyn Wrenn and Miss Sadie Burgin,
and two brothers, Austin and Wil
liam Burgin. The funeral services
were conducted by Dr. Campbell of
Asheville, Rev. M. E. Hansel and
Rev. J. E. Ingle of Old Fort.
The interment was made in the
Old Fort cemetery.
MRS. NORTON HONORS NIECE
Complimenting her niece, Miss
Bonnie Elliott, of Marion, Mrs. Ed.
Norton was a charming hostess to a
number of young people at her home
in Old Fort Saturday , afternoon at
3:00 o'clock, A delicious salad course
was served to the following: Misses
Alice Laughridge, Polly Gosorn, Sel
ma Finch and Bonnie Elliott; Messrs.
Francis Mauney and Norris Hensley.
A counsel meeting of the Epworth
League of the Methodist Church wasi
held at the home of Miss Annie Belle
Noblitt, president, Friday evening.
Plans were made and discussed to
make the League more interesting.
Those present were Misses Helen
Nesbitt, Catherine Finch, Gladys
Stump, Louise Laughridge and Elva
Noblitt.
Mr. Francis Mauney entertained |
with a table of bridge at his home
Saturday evening. Those enjoying
his hospitality were Misses Kather
ine Finch and Louise Laughridge and
Mr. Ernest Hansel. Delicious refresh
ments were served by the host.
Greatest of All
Homecoming Days
For the strictly proper observance
of Thanksgiving day there should be
a real grandmother, as old-fashioned
as the, century will permit. At her
home, however unpretentious it may
be, all the children should come to
gether to renew for her the memories
of younger days when she had them
all under her own roof tree; when she
could go to each bedside before her
own weary body sought rest and see
for herself that they were cozily
tucked in; when she thought it sweet
to make the nightly rounds, when all
childish faults lay hidden in sleep and
the naughtiness had faded away with
the setting sun, leaving only the an
gelic loveliness of childhood. Yes, the
grandmother is undoubtedly the con
necting link that holds families to
gether.
Grandmother's Day.
Can't you see your own grandmother
in her kitchen, where she likes to
think she is still mistress, even If she
is not allowed to do as much as she
did in days gone by? Perhaps she is
one of the fortunate ones whom her
children have not killed with kindness,
hut have allowed to live the work-a
day life as much as she desires and
her strength will permit. How happy
she bustles about making pies and
puddings, baking ham equal in flavor
to Charles Lamb's roast pig, preparing
the turkey for the oven, "with his
drumstfeks meekly folded over a well
stuffed breast!" How briskly shf
wallcs* about, bier, thoughts flying here .
arid there, gathering up lost threads
in a tapestry of memory which sin'
is joyously .weaving! And how the
children love the day, the delights of
anticipation far exceeding those 01
j real}lation ; hbw they watch the pan
try shelves groaning with the Wv^igh!
of good things; how penetrating are
the pungent odors floating on the
breeze, how trying to their patience
the endless waiting! If the dear
grandmother has gone on to a higher
Thanksgiving, the next best is the
loving mother.
Thanksgiving Spirit.
It must be a loving mother with a
heart big enough to take in all th£
lonely ones who have no homes.
Around her the Spirit of Thanksgiv
ing may safely hover and be glad of
the opportunity, for there is less room
for that spirit today and the original
significance of the day is passing. For
the athletic devotee, It is the grand
windup of the football season. If
mother contemplates a noon dinner, it
must be early so the boys and girls
may eat and run, not realizing that to
her it is a day long anticipated for
the homecoming of the children and
the renewal of memories deai* to her
heart.
General Holiday
Thanksgiving is a holiday in every
state, territory and possession, by
Presidential proclamation.
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TWO STILLS CAPTURED
Deputy, Sheriff F. P. Lytle reports
the capture of two stills during the,
past week. On November 20 a large
copper still, sixty gallons of beer
and all equipment were destroyed on
Bird's Creek, near the Reynolds Or
chard, in Crooked Creek township.
On the following day a large steam
distillery with about 800 gallons of
beer anfl five gallons of whiskey
were destroyed on the headwaters of
Catawba river near the John' Moore
fields.
EVERYBODY'S
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OLD FORT, N. C.
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in
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" ADVENTURES OF TARZAN "
Starring
ELMO LINCOLN and .
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NOVEMBER 28th-29th
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Department Store
15 Days Fall Sale
OLD FORT, N. C.
Sale Continues Until Monday,
December 8, 1930
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But More Wisdom
WHAT this country needs
is not more money,- but
more people who know how
to use it wisely. Banking a
goodly portion every day
is wise.
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OLD FORT, N. C.
STRONG COURTEOUS HELPFUL
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Felts in good quality and stylish design.
ALL HATS GREATLY REDUCED IN PRICE.
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reasonable price.
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