OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1931
NUMBER 16
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.
BOOKS
We never speak our deepest feelings; i
Our holiest hopes have no revealing,
Save in the gleam that lights the face
Or fancies that the pen may trace, j
And hence to books the heart must
turn
When with unspoken thoughts we
yearn,
And gather from the silent page j
The just reproof, the counsel sage, i
The consolation kind and true
That soothes and heals the wounded
heart.
—Mrs. Hale's Virgil of Love.
BOOKS A FUNDAMENTAL NEED
There are three ciasses of books—
books that give pleasure, books that
give information, and books that
give inspiration. The first class has
its thousands of readers, the second
its hundreds, and the third its tens.
It is a good thing to read books for
pleasure ... It is a better thing to
read books for information. It is one j
of the healthiest joys of the normal
mind to be forever learning some
thing; forever learning and forever
coming to the knowledge of the truth
It is the best thing, however, to read
books for inspiration.—Sam Walter
Foss, late librarian and author.
A liberal education may be had at
a very slight cost of time and money.
Well filled though the day may be
•with appointed tasks, to make the
best possible use of your one or of
your ten talents, rest not satisfied
with this professional training, but
try to get the education, if not of a
scholar, at least of a gentleman. Be
fore going to sleep read for half an
hour, and in the morning have a
book open on your dressing table.
You will be surprised to find how
much can be accomplished in the
course of a year.—Sir William Osier
THE OLD FORT LIBRARY
The Old Fort Library, which is a
free county and state library, is be
ginning its fourth year and has
shown a steady growth since its be
ginning when the citizens of this
community were asked to meet at
the school auditorium and "bring a
book." Mrs. Griggs, of the Library
oommission, ^ddressed this meeting
and encouraged the leaders in this
movement to make this a free libra
ry, that by so doing they could de
pend on the assistance of the State
Library Commission, the commission
being anxious to establish free libra
ries in each county in North Caroli
na.
A large number of books have been
donated to this small but growing
collection by citizens of this commu
nity who are in sympathy with this
worthy cause, some giving valuable
sets of books. Fifty dollars was do
nated by the Old Fort Woman's Club
and $100 was given by the County
Commissioners. "Traveling libraries"
books numbering 100 or more have
been sent to the library by the Libra
ry Commission at Raleigh to be used
several months and then returned. A
number of books have also been do
nated to this library by the commis
sion.
No doubt some day some person
who loves books and who realizes the
great influence that good books have
over the lives of growing boys and
girls will present this library with
a present of either books, money or
a building.
The report sent the Library Com
mission at Raleigh last year was as
follows:
Number of volumes in shelves,
515; number of books added by gift
and purchase, 214. Total number at
end of year, 723.Traveling library
from Raleigh, 213. Number of peri
odicals received during the year, 12.
Number of borrowers registered
during the year, 87. Total number of
borrowers, 201.
A large number of the borrowers
are from the rural sections. If there
is any person living in or near Old
Fort who does not know that this li
brary is their library, they are cord
ially invited to visit it on Saturday
afternoons and enjoy the many good
books they will find on the shelves.
There is not any charge unless the
book is kept out over 14 days,
are requested to take care of books
and return them promptly.
Dr. Robert J. Gill, of Henderson,
N. C., is believed the oldest practic
ing physician in the state. He is 84
-and iias practiced 63 years.
YOUTH AND SOCIETY
Edward J. Ingle, Pastor Old Fort
Baptist Church.
One beautiful day I stood on Look
out Mountain in Tennessee, gazing
at the beautiful scenery in the valley
below. To my right I noticed a small
house with a window in which there
were glasses of various colors. Upon
entering the small Souvenir Shop,
for such it was, there were several
people looking through the different
colored glasses. The proprietor was
saying to those at the window, "Look
through this glass and you will get a
view of the landscape in summer;
through this, a view of it in winter,"
and so on. Surely this is the way of
many people today. Some of them
look through the dark glass and see
nothing in youth but that which is
bad. Yet, others look through the
bright glass of hope and £ee the
youth overcoming the problems in a
marvelous way.
The youth of today have more dif
ficult problems than the youth of
yesterday. Society is growing more
complex. It is more difficult to de
cern between right and wrong than
ever before. What youth needs is not
more destructive criticism but a more
sympathetic understanding on the
part of the older people with them
in their struggles.
society owes youth a debt, and
this debt it is beginning to recognize
There are few parents who wish for
their children the same limited ad
vantages which they themselves had.
They rather are willing to sacrifice
in order that the youth may have
better advantages. This is the debt
Society owes to Youth. Our nation
of tomorrow must be built out of the
boys and girls of today. If we are to
have a better nation tomorrow,
youth must have better advantages
than the youth of yesterday. Society
has made it possible for youth to
have these advantages in every field
of activity, and youth today is being
recognized as never before. We find
youth leading in many of our fields
of industry and other fields of en
deavor.
On one occasion a youth said to a
minister, "Society owes me a living."
To this the minister replied, "Yes,
but remember, you owe society a
life." Truly, if society owes youth a
debt, youth in return owes sopiety a
debt. The present advantages offered
youth were not brought forth over
night, but are the result of years of
effort and sacrifice. Youth is a debtor
to society to take advantage of every
opportunity offered for his develop
ment. There are advantages offered
today, never dreamed of before.
There are high schools today in reach
of every boy and girl, where once
there was only the one teacher
school. Youth owes to society the
grasping of these advantages and
thus help rid our state of illiteracy.
There are beautiful churches now,
where once the small one room
church stood. Youth owes it to the
church to grasp this oportunity to
help rid the nation of many ills, by
throwing its strength with the right.
Youth of today is facing many
problems and solving them. Charac
ter is harder to build today, due to
the multitude of questionable amuse
ments thrown around the youth. The
building of character is one of the
many debts which youth owes socie
ty. If the nation of tomorrow is to
be secure the youth of today must
be careful as to what goes into their
character. It is said that as Colum
bus stood on the deck one day, a
flock of birds flew overhead. Forget
ting for a moment, he looked up.
While looking his ship was turned a
small bit. Of course it did not mean
much then but at the end of ^the
journey it meant the difference be
tween a point near Nova Scotia and
San Salvadore. So it ig with youth;
an act may be small now, but in the
end may be the difference between
failure and success.
MISS FINCH HOSTESS
AT CARD PARTY
Miss Selma Finch entertained the
"Black-Jack Club" on Thursday ev
ening with a delightful card party.
Bridge and dancing were enjoyed
and delicious refreshments were
served to the following: Misses Haz
el Swann, Virginia Vess, Nell Porter,
Jessica Silver, Bonnie Silver and Sel
ma Finch; Messrs. Carl Rock, Merrill
Kanipe, Lester Jordan, Robert Craw
ford, Carlyle Nesbitt and Joe Lee
Burgin.
DEATH OF INFANT
Carolyn, infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Sawyer died Tues
day night in Black Mountain. Funer
al services were conducted by Rev.
E. J. Ingle, of the Old Fort Baptist
Church. Interment took place in the
| Old Fort cemetery Thursday after
noon.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Miss Aleda Gilliland, a nurse at
the Aston Park Hospital, left Sun
day after spending a week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gilliland.
Little J. C. Long spent several days
in Nebo last week.
J. A. Swann, who has been ill for
the past week, is much improved.
Miss Millie Kanipe left Sunday for
Nebo wheer she is a member of the
school faculty.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Case and two
children, Gladys and Ethel, of Dana,
visited relatives in Old Fort Monday.
Miss Sally Thompson is ill with in
fluenza. .. .. .;
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Miss Frances Sheirill, who ia at
tending business college in Asheville,
spent the week-end with her parents.
Misss Edith and Katie McCall of
West Asheville spent last week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. J. Moody.
Arnold Moody returned to Chapel,
S. C., Sunday after spending the
Christmas holidays with his parents.
Mrs. Don Gosorn anrd two children
Norma and Glenn, spent Friday in
Asheville.
Miss Ray Cooper of Marion was a
visitor in Old Fort Sunday.
E. McCanless of Bryson City is
| visiting relatives in Old Fort this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Moody and son,
of Newberry, S. C., spent the week
end in Old Fort.
Miss Hazel Swann spent Tuesday
in Asheville.
Mrs. Harvey Roc-kett has as her
house guest this week her sister,
j Miss Griffin, of Macclefield, N. C.
Miss Myrtle Lytle left last week
: for Beaufort, N. C., where she is a
teacher.
Miss Maude Spencer of Marion was
a visitor in Old Fort Sunday.
C. 0. Jones of Marion was a visit
or in Old Fort Thursday.
J. L. Hudgins of Marion was in
Old Fort Friday on business.
Leonidas Rhinehardt spent the
I week-end in Asheville with relatives.
I Mrs. C. W. Morrison of Asheville
i was a visitor in Old Fort Saturday.
! Mrs. C. N. Allison of Asheville
was in Old Fort Saturday,
i W. C. Early was called to Marion
Sunday on account of the serious ill
| ness of his father.
Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Lewis and
small son of Knoxville, Tenn., were
| week-end visitors in Old Fort.
Miss Geneva Early, who is working
! in Asheville, spent the week-end
here with her parents.
Mrs. J. L. Rayle is ill at her home
in New Fort.
Miss Sadie Burgin and Mrs. Eve
| lyn Wrenn spent Monday in Ashe
| ville.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Haynes and
small son, Preston Francis, were vis
itors in Marion Sunday.
Mrs. Mattie Finch is seriously ill
at her home on Main street.
Miss Nellie Blankenship ha9 as
her house guest this week Miss Mil
j dred Baumgardner of Asheville.
E. W. Griffen of Swannanoa was
in Old Fort Monday.
J. B. Haynes is in Cashiers this
week on business.
Mrs. R. H. Taylor left Monday ev
ening for Mission, Tetfas, to visit
I Mrs. I. V. Beasley for six weeks. |klrs
| Taylor will also spend some time
| touring Mexico. Mr. Taylor will join
; her there and. together they will
! make the return trip by motor, stop
! ping in New Orleans for the Mardi
j Gras.
A CORRECTION
Through a misunderstanding, last
week's issue of the Old Fort News
carried the announcement that Mrs.
P. H. Mashburn had been appointed
general chairman of arrangements
for serving soup to the school chil
dren. Mrs. K. G. Rhinehardt was ap
pointed chairman of this undertak
I ing.
MRS. E. J. INGLE HOSTESS
The young ladies of the Baptist
Church were invited to the home of
Mrs. E. J. Ingle for the purpose of
organizing a Y. W. A. Friday even
ing. An interesting program of
games and contests had been arran
ged by the hostess and were greatly
enjoyed by the guests.
BASKET BALL GAME
The Old Fort High School basket
ball team met the Black Mountain
team on the latter's court Friday
night. The Black Mountain boys
defeated by the Old Fort team, 21
| to 7*
| The 25 farmers' mutual exchanges
now operating in this state did a
combined business of over a million
and a half dollars in 1930.
OLD FORT GLEE CLUBS
APPEARED IN CONCERT
¥
The Senior and Junior Glee Clubs
of the Old Fort School appeared in
concert on Friday evening under the
direction of Miss Kathryn McCall,
who also played the accompaniments
and gave a group of two artistic pia
no selections.
The program consisted of solos,
duets, quartettes and sextettes, in
terspersed with chorus singing. Be
sides numerous classics, there were
patriotic, religious and popular num
bers to suit a variety of tastes.
DEATH OF A. W. PADGETT
Alfred W. Padgett died at his
home east, of 013 Fort on Sunday
morning after several months seri
ous illness/ Funeral services were
conducted Tuesday by Rev. J. L.
Rayle and interment made at Ebe
neezer cemetery.
Mr. Padgett is survived by his
widow and the following children:
Mrs. Etta Kelly, Mrs. J. L. Grant, A.
A. Padgett of Old Fort, Prof. James
Padgett of Waxahaskie, Texas, Mrs.
L. Reid and Mrs. Sally Hamby of
Black Mountain and R. C. Padgett
of Los Angeles, California.
WILL PROVIDES FOR
DIVISION OF MIRROR
Fort Myers, Fla., Jan. 7.—A will |
has been filed in Glades county which
may require the cutting in two of a
mirror.
The will is that of Mrs. Mary
Shaw Yoe, of Louisville, Ky. The in
strument states that the mirror, now
an heirloom in the Yoe home in
Kentucky, may be desired by two
daughters and in that case it is to be
cut in two.
Americans today consume more
than 350,000,000 gallons of ice
cream or about $1,400,000,000 worth
A good conscience is a continual
Christmas.
MASON
RED ASK COAL
$6.50 Per Ton
Delivered.
We Sell for Cash Only,
Old Fort Coal Co.
W, W. LeFevre
•Axtlfou
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When your
Children Ciy
for It
Baby has little upsets at time*. All
your care cannot prevent them. But you
can be prepared. Then you can do we
any experienced nurse would do—what
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give a few drops of plain Castoria. No
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eased your child without use of a single
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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
last year.
C A S T O R I A
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Go To
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Not More Money
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.
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