OLD FORT NEWS
VOLUME IV
OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1931 NUMBER 18
THE OLD FORT NEWS 1
!
The Old Fort News is pub
lished each week in connection
with the Marion Progress.
MISS GERTRUDE DULA,
Editor and Business Manager.
YOUTH AND THE HOME
Edward J. Ingle, Pastor Old Fort
Baptist Church.
The Home i s the first institution
ef society which God founded. When!
man fell in the Garden of Eden and
'was driven out, he set forth on one
of the most venturesome journeys
ever undertaken. Before this time
his had been the lot of perfect har
mony with all creation because he
was in perfect harmony with God.
When he sinned he was out of har
mony with God which also placed
him out of harmony with God's j
creation. Thus we cannot begin to i
imagine the struggle which Adam'
and Eve had in rebuilding their j
home. All had been peace, and work
was not known, but now that which
they were to exist upon must be ob
tained by hard labor. i
I
The home, like other institutions,
has had a struggle in gaining its
present status. The home of yester
day was a home of struggle and sac
rifice in order to exist. It took the
concerted effort of all in order that a
scant living might be made. It was a
factory within itself, for everything
the family wore was made in the
home. Everything the family ate was
produced on the farm. There was
very little time for social functions,
and those which were engaged in j
were of the simplest form, often
taking the form of work, such as
corn-shuckings, log-rollings, and
house-raisings. Of course the youth
^ of this age had very little time for i
ppieasure. i
That home of yesterday is gone, j
and out of its ruins has come the;
home of today, with its many per-!
plexing problems. The home of to
day does not have the struggle for
existence that was the common lot
of the home of yesterday. Modern
machinery has alleviated the hard la
bor both of husband and wife. The
cloth for clothes can be purchased
now cheaper than it can be made at
home. Work, due to modern machin
ery, can be accomplished with less!
effort and in shorter hours. Thus the
youth of today finds that he has i
many more hours for social activities
than the youth of yesterday.
As to how the youth will use this
time isdue largely to the home in
which he is reared. The burden rests
more upon the home than upon the
^outh. The first impressions of edu
cation, society, and religion are ob
tained from the parents in the home.
There are very few who ascend the
scale of success higher than the ideal
in the home. There are many homes
today where the youth is being ne
glected. Many a father is willing to
spend a few hundred dollars on his
business but cannot see where it is
necessary to spend anything upon
his daughter and son. He expects
them to be content with the same
old room and furnishings which he
used when he was a boy. The vouth
of today cries for an outlet. They
want a nice room where they can en-!
tertain their friends. They desire a
few modern conveniences. But often
these are denied them because they
cost a hundred dollars or so. Thus ;
being cramped, they become disc-our-1
aged and discontented at home, and
many have left never to return be
cause of such. The home owes it to
youth to be attractive and as alluring
as possible.
The youth owes a debt of honor to
the home. Not long ago I read in the
paper where a very prominent physi
cian visited his home community, a
very insignificant place, once a year !
to care for the eyes and throats of j
the school children free of charge, J
because he felt a sense of responsi- j
bility resting upon him. What a fine
example of gratitude this is. Youth is
Commanded to honor their parents,
not stop with obedience. Obedience
may come from compulsion without,
but honor comes from within. Obedi
ence may die with the one who com
mands, but honor lives on. Obedience
may come from force, but honor
comes from one's own free will. Thus
youth owes to the home a debt of
honor. A man was seen while riding
on the train, to remove his hat as he
neared a certain church on the road
and after passing to replace his hat.;
The conductor, on one occasion en- 1
( quired of him the reason for such.
His answer was that his parents were
buried in the cemetery at the church
The home of tomorrow must be
built by the youth of today. If our^
homes are those in which God is
crowded out and everything else has
full sway we may fear for the homes
of tomorrow. Does the youth of to
day know more about motion picture
stars, baseball players, and prize
fighters than they do of the °reat
characters of God's Word? If they
do, who is to blame, the youth or the
home? A very prominent Christian
worker on one occasion asked his
small son, who Saul of Tarsus was,
and the answer was, he did not know.
But the boy immediately said to his
father, "I know who the Home Run
King is, his name is Babe Ruth."
The father hung his head in shame.
He realized that* he had neglected
his son's spiritual life, and began im
mediately to teach him the great
truths of God's Word. Oh, parents
of today, doe9 the youth of your
home know more about the home run
king, champion golfer, and movie
stars, than they do about the great
heroes of God's Word? If so, is the
fault with the vouth or with the
home?
HI-Y CLUB HOLDS MEETING
The Hi-Y Club of Old Fort met in
tthe school building Tuesday night,
January 20. The meeting was called
to order by the president, Vann
Hughes, and the club finished elect
ing officers. James Bistline was elec
ted secretary and Robert Crawford
treasurer. Professor Smithey gave
a helpful talk on the purpose and or
ganization of the club. The members
decided to have their regular weekly
meetings at the high school building
on Thux-sdays at 7:30 p. m. The pres
ident appointed a committee, com
posed of Carlyle Nesbitt, Lester Jor
dan, and James Bistline to prepare
the program for the next meeting.
The officers of the Old Fort Hi-Y
Club are the following:
Van Hughes, president; Carl Rock,
vice-president; James Bistline, secre
tary; Robert Crawford, treasurer.
LOGAN GREENLEE
CHAPTER MEETS
Misses Nannie Sue and Caroline
Sandlin entertained the Logan
Greenlee Chapter Children of the
Confederacy, at their home on Fri
day afternoon.
Miss Edna Tate presented a paper
on the life of Matthew Fontaine
Maury; Jean Hansel read an inter
esting article on Stonewall Jackson;
and Nannie Sue Sandlin gave a
sketch of the life of the South's peer
less leader, Robert E. Lee. Refresh
ments were served by the young
hostssses at the conclusion of the
meeting.
MRS. FISHER HOSTESS
TO NEEDLECRAFT CLUB
Mrs. Henry C. Fisher was hostess
on Wednesday to the Needlecraft
Club at her home on Church street.
Those present were Mrs. J. L. Nich
ols, Mrs. D. A. Silvers, Mrs. S. B.
Smithey, Mrs. I. L. Caplan, Mrs. W.
W. LeFevre, Mrs. H. C. Marley, and
Mrs. G. W. Ledbetter.
Delightful refreshments consisting
of a salad and sweet course, were
served by the hostess.
MARION MUSIC CLUB
G$IVES CONCERT HERE
The Marion Music Club gave a
concert in the Old Fort school audi
torium on Friday evening.
Sixteen members of this music
:lub rendered a delightful program
)f beautiful choruses and solos. A
arge and appreciative audience was
present.
BRIDGE PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Graybeal en
;ertained with three tables of bridge
Friday evening. The top score was
tvon by Miss Maude Crawford. The
gentleman's prize was won by Mr.
George Sandlin. Mrs. Graybeal was
issisted in serving by Miss Crawford
ind Mrs. Geo. Moore.
CLUB ACTIVITIES
The Welfare Department of the
31d Fort Woman's Club is continu
ing their work of serving soup to the
jndernourished school children.
Those in charge of this work during
;he past week were Mrs. D. A. Sil
vers, Mrs. Edward Boozer, Mrs D.
F. Arney, Mrs. Winslow Burgin, Mrs.
3on Grant, Mrs. Geo. Bistline, Mrs.
3eo. Sandlin, Mrs. S. B. Smithey and
VIrs. Fred Ingle.
BRIDGE PARTY
Miss Estelle Lavender entertained
vith one table of bridge at her home
n New Fort Saturday evening, hon
>ring her house guest, Miss McGlo- j
ion, of Marion. Those enjoying Miss
Lavender's hospitality were Miss El
ra Noblitt and Miss McGlohon;1
Messrs. Albert S. Noblitt and J. Lee
^a vender.
! LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
1
Miss Margaret Lytle had as her
guest this week-end, Miss Lingerfelt
of Biltmore, N. C.
G. L. Allison of Marion was in
Old Fort Sunday.
Miss Kathryn McCall spent the
week-end with her parents in Marion
Mrs. Mattie McCall of Marion was
in Old Fort Sunday.
Misses Margaret Maness, Mildred
McDade, Una Plott, Millie and Bula
Kanipe and Mae Epply of Marion
were the dinner guests of Mrs. Anne
Noblitt on Saturday.
J. Lee Lavender of Columbus visi
ted relatives in Old Fort over the
week-end.
Miss Estelle Lavender, who is
teaching in Marion, spent the week
end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Lavender.
Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Gilliam of
Asheville were visitors in Old Fort
Sunday.
Miss Aleda Gilliland, a nurse at
the Aston Park Hospital, was in Old
Fort Sunday.
Reubin Simmons of Marion was a
visitor in Old Fort Sunday.
Mrs. S. F. Mauney, who has been
visiting in Gastonia, returned home
Sunday night.
Mrs. Starr Hanner of Gastonia has
returned home after a few days visit
with her cousin, Mrs. S. F. Mauney,
in Old Fort.
Miss Maxine Wilson and Francis
Mauney were guests of friends in
Marion Friday.
Rev. I. A. Rhinehardt conducted
services at the Ridgeway Baptist
church, near Canton, last Sunday.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Rhine
hardt.
Friends of Rev. I. A. Rhinehardt
will be sorry to learn that his moth
er, Mrs. Betsey Ann Rhinehardt, is
quite ill. Mrs. Rhinehardt is 87 years
old and lives in Haywood county.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Cornwell of
Rutherford College spent the week
end in Old Fort with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Mathias of Wash
ington, D. C., spent Sunday with
Mrs. E. L. Stirewalt.
Miss Lelia Marler of Collettsville
was the guest of her cousin, Mrs. E.
L. Stirewalt, the past week.
Miss Lenoir Dula was a dinner
guest of Mrs. George Masters on
Monday at her home in Marion.
Mrs. J. B. Johnson, who visited
her sister and daughter in Winston
Salem the past week, returned to her
home in Old Fort Monday.
Mrs. John Henderson, Mrs. George
Masters, Mrs. W. H. Hawkins, and
Robert Hawkins were guests of Miss
es Lenoir Dula and Gertrude Dula
Monday evening.
Misses Carolyn Mcintosh, of Duke
University, and Edith LeFevre, of
N. C. C. W., will arrive in Old Fort
to spend the week-end with home
folks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Grant and two
children, Evelyn and Betty, of For
est City, visited relatives in Old Fort
Sunday.
Mrs. Robie Harding and small son
are spending several days in Ashe
ville with Mrs. Harding's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jordan.
Mrs. Guy Grant and small son
spent several days in Hendersonville
with Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Greene.
Mrs. Gordon Grant has returned
to her home here after spending
some time with her mother in Davids
boro, Georgia.
Rev. and-- Mrs. D. A. Lewis and
Mrs. J. L. Rayle spent Tuesday in
Asheville.
Col. D. W. Adams made a business
trip to Forest City Thursday.
Rev. J. L. Rayle made a business
trip to Marion Tuesday.
Douglas Marr of Asheville was a
visitor in Old Fort Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Silver were
in Asheville Saturday.
C. P. Kerlee of Black Mountain
was a visitor in Old Fort Friday.
Horace Early made a business trip
to Marion Saturday afternoon.
Miss Ethel Allison of Morganton
spent the week-end with relatives
here.
Albert S. Noblitt, who has been
working in Durham, returned to his
home here Tuesday.
Miss Gladys Stump was in'Marion
Saturday.
Miss Charley Mae Epply of Marion
was the week-end guest of Misses
Millie and Bula Kanipe.
E. L. Early of Bostic was a visitor
in Old Fort Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tucker of
Winston-Salem are visiting the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. Ida Fortune.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Grant and
family, of Marion, spent Sunday in
Old Fort with relatives.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
The Woman's Club is still solicit
ing dispensers of soup. Those wish
ing to help in this worthy cause
j should communicate with Mrs. K. G.
j Rhinehardt, who is chairman of this
! special welfare work.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends for
their kindness and sympathy during
the illness and death of our dear
mother, and for the lovely floral of
; ferings.
A. B. Finch and family.
I Dinner guests of Miss Gertrude
j Dula on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
j W. A. Goodson and children, Jeanne
i Frances, and Billy, of Asheville Mr.
j and Mrs. W. H. Hawkins and Robert
i Hawkins of Marion, and Miss Lenoir
j Dula of Paris, France.
Dewey Burgin has returned to his
work in Salisbury after spending two
I weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
| Henry Burgin.
Worn out and washed soils in
Orange county will be started on the
way back to fertility by a multitude
of mangum terraces which the land
owners are now preparing to build.
"Smile
at the
Ache"
Ordinary pains— head
ache and neuralgia, muscu
lar pains, functional pains,
the headache and congested
feeling of a cold in the
head—how quickly they
disappear when you take a
tablet or two of
DR.MILES*
tbtoir-Tflint
Dr. Miles' Aspir-Mint is th«
Tiew, stable, mint-flavored tablet
that is making people all over
the country "Smile at the Ache"
Your druggist has them.
YOU'LL GET RELIEF
ER YOUR MONEY BACK
ItMay.Be
Jlrqent
When your
Children Ciy
' for It •
Castor it, is a comfort when Baby is
fretful. No sooner taken than the little
one is at ease. If restless, a few drops
soon bring contentment. No harm done,
for Castoria is a baby remedy, meant
for babies. Perfectly safe to give the
youngest infant; you have the doctors'
word for that! It is a vegetable pro
duct and you could use it every day. But
it's in an emergency that Castoria means
most. Some night when constipation
must 9be relieved—or colic pains—or
other suffering. Never be without it;
some mothers keep an extra bottle, un
opened, to make sure there will always
be Castoria in the house. It is effective
for older children, too; read the book
that comes with it.
Read the advertisements. It pays.
Sheriff Jim Nichols
\
Is Back in Town!
Mr. J. L. Nichols has taken Charge of the
OLD FORT DEPARTMENT STORE
and is here to give his old friends good
bargains, more goods for less money.
Be sure to come to see him
at
Old Fort Department Store
OLD FORT, N. C.
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.
THE BANK OF OLD FORT
OLD FORT, N. C.
STRONG COURTEOUS HELPFUL
Tax Notice!
The Tax Books of OLD FORT
township are in the hands of
C. L. Tate
*
and will be open every Saturday
at BRADLEY'S DRUG STORE
for the collection of taxes.
Pay Your Taxes Now.
0. F. ADKIIMS, Sheriff
and Tax Collector.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as Administrator
of the estate of John M. Fair, de
ceased, late of McDowell County, N.
C., this is to notify all persons hav
ing claims against the estate of the
said deceased, to exhibit them to the
undersigned, at the law office of W.
R. Chambers, esq., Marion, N. C., on
or before the 15th day of January,
1932, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This 13th day of January, 1931.
W. J. McGALLIARD, Admr.,
of the estate of John M. Fair.
Europe's highest dam has been be
gun in the Swiss Alps.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as executor of
the Last Will and Testament of A.
B. Halford, deceased, late of Mc
Dowell County, N. C., this is to noti
fy all persons having any claim
against the said estate to present the
j same to the undersigned executor
j within twelve months from the date
! hereof, or this notice will be plead in
j bar of their recovery. All persons in
! debted to the said estate are required
to make immediate settlement.
This 26th day of December, 1930.
J. W. HALFORD, Executor of
A. B. Halford, deceased.
Marion, N. C., Rt. No. 1.
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