OLD FORT NEWS
MISS GERTRUDE DULA, Editor and Manager
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VOLUME IV OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1931 NUMBER 39
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
UNDER DEEDS OF TRUST
Under and by virtue of the power
given by a certain deed of trust, dat
ed the 28th day of January, 1928,
executed by W. H. Wall and wife,
Ruth Wall, and also power given in a
certain deed of trust dated the 10th
day of February, 1929, executed by
W7. H. Wall and wife, Ruth Wall, to
the undersigned J. E. Neal, Secreta
ry and Treasurer of the McDowell
Building and Loan Association, the
first deed of trust being recorded in
the office of the Register of Deeds
for McDowell County, N. C., in Deed
of Trust Book 32 at page 200, and
the second deed of trust being re
corded in the office of the Register
of Deeds for McDowell County, N.
C., in Deed of Trust Book 32 at page
276, I, the said J. E. Neal, Secreta
ry and Treasurer, Trustee, will sell
at the courthouse door in Marion,
McDowell County, N. C., on Satur
day, the 25th day of July, 1931, at
12 o'clock, noon, to the highest bid
der, for cash, the following tract of
land, to-wit:
Lots 8, 9, and 10 in Block "A"
Map 5 Section 1 of the Pleasant
Gardens farm, map of which is re
corded in McDowell County in the
Register of Deeds office, being the
lots conveyed to W. H. Wall by E.C.
Wall by deed recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds in McDow
ell County, North Carolina, in Book
72 at. page 485, to which reference
is here made for more specific de
scription.
This 23rd day of June, 1931.
J. E. NEAL, Sec'y & Treas.,
McDowell Buidling and Loan As^o.,
Trustee.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
UNDER DEEDS OF TRUST
Under and by virtue of the power
given by a certain deed of trust, dat
ed the 4th day of November, 1927,
executed by Fred Greer and wife
Minnie Greer, and also power given
in a certain deed of trust, dated the
24th day of July, 1929, executed by
Fred Greer and wife Minnie Greer,
to the undersigned J. E. Neal, Secre
tary and Treasurer of the McDowell
Building and Loan Association, the
first deed of trust being recorded in
the office of Register of Deeds for
McDowell County, N. C., in Deed of
Trust book 32 at page 213, and the
second deed of trust being recorded
in the office of the Register of Deeds
for McDowell County. N. C., in
Deed of Trust Book 42 at page 31, I
the said J. E. Neal, Secretary and
treasurer, Trustee, will sell at the
courthouse door in Marion, McDow
ell county; N. C., on Saturday, the
25th day of July, 1931*, at 12 o'
clock, noon, to the highest bidder for
cash, the following tract of land, to
wit:
Adjoining the lands of Beaman
Lumber Company. Beginning on a
stake in the north edge of State
Highway No. 10, and in Beaman's
line and runs with said line N. 50
feet to a stake in said line; Thence
N. 53 E. 30 feet to a stake in said
line; thence N. 53 E. 30 feet to a
stake; thence S. 22 E. 50 feet "to a
stake in the edge of said Highway;
thence with said Highway S. 63 W.
50 feet to the beginning, containing
1-4 acre mere or less.
This 23rd day of June, 1931.
J. E. NEAL, Sec'y & Treas.,
McDowell Buidling and Loan Asso.,
Trustee.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
UNDER DEED OF TRUST
Under and by virtue of the pow
er given by a certain deed of trust
dated the 7th day of January, 1928
executed by W. H. Withrow and
wife, Lena Withrow, to the under
signed J. E. Neal, Secretary and
Treasurer of the McDowell Building
and^ Loan Association, and recorded
in the office of the Register of Deeds
for McDowell County, N. C., in Deed
of Trust Book No. 32 at page 197, I,
the said J. E. Neal, Secretary and
Treasurer, Trustee, will sell at the
courthouse door in Marion, McDow
ell County, N. C., on Saturday, the
25th day of July, 1931, at 12 o'clock
noon, to the highest bidder for cash,
the following tracts of land, to-wit:
First Tract: Beginning on a white
oak, Ramsey's N. W. corner, and
runs with Ramsey's line S. 17 de
grees E. 22 poles to a stake and sour
wood, Ramsey's S. E. corner; thence
N. 61 E. 31 poles to a blackgum,
Brown's corner; thence N. 33 degrees
W. 10 poles to a blackgum, Brown's
corner; thence with Brown's line N.
38 E. 25 poles to a pine, Lee Con
ley's corner; thence with said Con
ley's line N. 45 degrees W. 30 poles
to a white oak, said Conley's corner
thence N. 52 degrees W. 15 poles to
a stake and sourwood near the
spring, Nichols' corner; thence with
Nichols' line S. 46 degrees W. 46
poles to a stake with sourwood and
whiteoak pointers; thence S. 65 de
grees W. 6 1-3 poles to a stake with
pine and blackgum pointers; thence
S. 47 degrees E. 12 2-3 poles to a
stake in Ramsey's line; thence with
said line N. 63 degrees E. 6 1-3 poles
to the beginning, containing 15 acres
Second Tract: Being one lot No.
15 in Block A on Map No. 3 of the
J. L. Morgan property, Pleasant Gar
den Farm, said lot fronting on the
Central Highway 50 feet and run
ning back to the center of Garden
<3reek. For a more complete descrip
tion reference is hereby made to a
map which is recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds for McDowell
County in Map Book 1 page 53. Ex
cepting and reserving an easement
or right of way across said described
premises for a line for the transmis
sion of electric power.
This 23rd day of June, 1931.
J. E. NEAL, Sec'y & Treas.,
McDowell Buidling and Loan Asso.,
Trustee.
"What's your business?"
"Serving the I. W. W."
"Yeah?"
"Sure; the motorist who is seek
ing Information, Wind and Water."
"Was it much of a necking party?"
"Was it? Well, before the dance
the hostess announced: 'Everybody
chews his pardner.' "
THE INDIVIDUAL
AND HIS BANK
By ROME C. STEPHENSON
President American Bankers Association
O ANKERS recognize that their busi
ness carries especially heavy pub
lic responsibilities and welcome all
R. C. STEPHENSON
sound measures to
aid them meet the
duties this im
poses. Unceasing
efforts to bring
about continually .
improving meth
ods to safeguard
depositors in
banks of all kinds
have long been up
permost in the
plans of bankers'
organiza
tions throughout
the nation. They
are not the outgrowth merely of the
past year of business adversity, but
have been carried on actively for many
years and have resulted in great prog
ress along lines oZ better, safer bank
ing methods. Although banking along
with all business has suffered reverses,
conditions in this field have been far
less severe than they would have been
had not bankers been widely success
ful in their endeavors to develop the
! high standards of banking that now
generally prevail.
The American Bankers Association
and bankers' organizations in every
state actively support the principle
of government supervision of banking.
The national banks, which receive
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their charters to do business from the
federal government, are under the su
pervision of the Comptroller of the
Currency at Washington. Through his
efficient staffs of expert bank examiners
in every section he has the duty and
powers to keep watch of the way every
national bank is being conducted, to
suggest desirable changes in its poli
cies or methods and even to step in
and take control for the protection of
the depositors if such action is war
ranted. The state banks, also, which
are chartered by the various state gov
ernments, are subject to similar su
pervision and control by state bank
officials. In addition hanks in many
places have long maintained voluntary
clearing house associations which en
force even closer supervision over their
members.
Bankers Favor Public Supervision
Present laws adequately enforced
contain ample provisions for govern
ment supervision.' Bankers univer
sally believe in strong, capable banking
departments manned by officials with
the discretion and courage to enforce
these laws and act under them as the
common welfare demands. They be
; lieve that these public officials should
j he paid sufficient salaries to comjnand
the services of men of character, ability
! and a resolute spirit of public service.
They believe also that the banking dc
j partments should be kept free from
all political or other special influence
in order to be able to act at all times
with single-minded independence solely
for the benefit of the public interest.
Although banks in the United States
operating under state or national char
ters are thus subject to supervision of
p blic authority, they are strictly pri
vate business enterprises. They are
owned by their stockholder.", and ad
ministered by officials chosen through
I the boards of directors which their
, stockholders elect. No bank is owned or
; operated by the United States Gov
j ernment, nor, with one small exception
j in a western state, by any state gov
! ernment. The function of government
in banking is to promote and enforce
I careful banking administration through
j the system of examination and super
vision which I have described. This,
however, does not relieve the individu
al depositor from the necessity of
judging and choosing carefully as to
his banking relations, just as in his
; other business or professional rela
tions. He must inquire for himself into
1 the character and type of institution
and men he shall do business with,
satisfying himself as to their, reputa
j tion, reliability and capability. These
qualities are essential to complete the
element of safety and dependability in
any human institution.
An Illusory Law
The bank deposit guaranty law in
any form is a snare and a delusion, de
! clares a banker in a state where ii has
been tried, adding: "It is a license and
encouragement to irresponsible banks
and banking and penalizes capital sol
vency and prudent banking. It creates
a sense of security in the minds of the
unthinking and uninformed that is
false and impossible to be realized on
ultimately. To crmpare it to legitimate
insurance is without reason and ab
surd. It jeopardizes the solvency of all
banks and the safety of all depositors
for the theoretical safety of a few.
Guaranty schemes always have been,
are and always will be impotent, futile
and disastrous. It is not new. Has been
tried, failed and discarded at intervals
for more than 100 years in this coun
try. No well-informed, honest and in
telligent mind can accept it in prin
ciple or practice. Competent bank su
pervision and restriction of banks to
territory that will "warrant sufficient
capital investment and accounts is the
only sane and honest course and will
afford all the guaranty the depositing
public Is entitled to as compared with
all other human affairs."
CAMP ELLIOTT BOYS
PAY OLD FORT VISIT
A large group of boys from Camp
Elliott, accompanied by C. A. With
erspoon, camp director, were in Old
Fort on Saturday night. After enjoy
ing a Wild West picture show and
cold drinks at the drug stores, these
enthusiastic boys boarded the large
truck to return to Camp Elliott.
Seventy boys are registered at this
camp which opened the loth for its
fourth season.
Camp Elliott is located ten miles
from Old Fort, near the Bat Cave
Old Fort highway. This camp is shut
in by a towering range of mountains
and primeval forest. The elevation is
1800 feet, insuring cool nights. Camp
activities are naure study, camp
craft, hikes, tennis, volley ball, play
ground ball, games, swimming, boat
ing, religious instruction, story tell
ing, etc.
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THE TRAGIC ERA
If Hiliare Belloc is right in his
; opinion that "Readable history is
melodrama," the true history story
of the twelve tragic years that fol
lowed the death of Lincoln should
be entertaining. They were years of
turmoil. "The Tragic Era" by Claud
Bowers, gives an appalling picture
of the past. The diary of George W.
Julian is published in this book,
which also contains interesting
: sketches of Andrew Johnson, Chief
Justice Solomon P. Chase and Thad
dus Stevens. Much attention is given
to the women of the South.
This book was donated to the Old
Fort Public Library by George E.
Moore and is being read with much
interest by the patrons of the libra
ry.
PARTY AT LAKE REFUGE
The younger party enjoyed a par
ty at Lake Refuge Saturday evening
Dancing was a feature of the even
ing's amusement, and late in the ev
ening Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Mcintosh
arrived with refreshments for the
crowd. Miss Mabel Crawford was the
chaperone for the evening. The par
ty was enjoyed by the following
young folks: Misses Catherine Finch,
Carolyn Mcintosh, Margaret Rock,
Dorothy Spencer, Elizabeth and
Jean Hansel, Betty Crawford, and
Nancy Miller. Messrs. Francis Maun
ey, Bill Keeter, Donald Mcintosh,
Bob Wilkinson, Clyde Miller, Shirley
Miller, Bill Edwards, Zeno Wall,
James Butt and Nevin Carpenter.
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BIBLE CLASS MEETS
The Dorcas Bible Circle met at
the home of Mrs. J. M. Charles with
Mrs. Charles and Mrs. Lewis as joint
hostesses.
Twelve members answered the
roll call and Mrs. M. M. Burgin was
enrolled as a new member. The
prospects of a good crop from
"God's Acre", that this class has cul
tivated, was reported as in fine con
dition.
After the devotional a social hour
was enjoyed at which the hostssses
assisted by Gene Charles served a
salad couise.
PROF. SMITHEY'S MOTHER
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Prof. S. B. Smithey received a
message on Monday announcing the
death of his mother, Mrs. J. R.
Smithey, at Wilkesboro, and left im
mediately for that place. Mrs.
Smithey was 60 years of age, and
was killed when struck by lightning
about 3 o'clock on Monday. She is
survived by her husband and two
sons, S. B. Smithey and Ira Smithey.
YOUNG PEOPLE ON PICNIC
On Monday evening the members
of Mrs. Janie Reid's Sunday School
class of the Presbyterian Church en
joyed a weiner roast at the tourist
camp east of Old Fort. The evening's
entertainment consisted of singing,
cooking and eating around the camp
fire.
CLASS ENJOYS PICNIC
Members of Mrs. M. E. Hansel's
Sunday School elas9 enjoyed a picnic
supper at the foot of Tower Moun
tain last Friday evening. After sup
per the young people hiked to the
top of the mountain. Mrs. Hansel
chaperoned the party.
Dr. J. H. Davis, who has his sum
mer home at Montreat and who ser
ved as pastor of the Old Fort Pres
byterian Church during the summer
months several years ago, was a vis
itor in Old Fort on Saturday. Dr.
and Mrs. Davis will be at Montreat
for th,e rest of the summer, after
which they will return to Tuscaloosa,
Ala., where Dr. Davis will be asso
ciated with the University of Ala
bama as professor of Psychology.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Mrs. W. P. Artz and Miss Clara
Artz were in Asheville Thursday.
W. R. Walker was in Asheville on
Thursday.
Mrs. T. L. Bryson of Marion stop
ped in Old Fort Saturday en route
to Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Lytle and
i family of Biltmore spent the week
end with relatives here.
; Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Lytle of Mari
1 on were in Old Fort Saturday.
!
| Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kerlee and fam
ily, of Black Mountain, were the din
ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Burgin Sunday.
1 Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Long and fam
ily visited the former's mother in
Arden Sunday.
i
i Ewart Grant of Celo spent the
| week-end in Old Fort.
Theodore Fowler of Marion was
in Old Fort Saturday.
; Joe Lee Grant spent Thursday in
: Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Early spent
I Wednesday in Asheville. n
[ Mrs. T. B. 'Faw and Mrs. Annie
Hughes were in Marion Friday.
Mrs. S. Whitmire visited her
daughter, Mrs. Epply, several days
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Rhinehardt
and family were visitors jn Asheville
Tuesday.
Mrs. Hessie Steppe was in Ashe
| ville on Monday.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood of
Greensboro were visitors here Mon
day enroute to Asheville.
Mrs. W. W. LeFevre spent Satur
day in Asheville.
i Mr. and Mrs. L. Jordan of Ashe
1 ville spent Sunday in Old Fort with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Allanach of
Winston-Salem are the guests of Dr.
jand Mrs. J. B. Johnson.
Mrs. Geo. Moore and children,who
have been visiting Mrs. Moore's par
ents in Johnson City, have returned
I home.
i Miss Alma Freymoyer of Pitts
j burg, Pa., is the guest of Dr. and
Mrs. J.B. Johnson.
I. L. Caplan made a business trip
to Asheville, Monday.
Col. D. W. Adams is spending the
greater part of this week at Mile-Hi,
where he is having some improve
i ments made on his hunting lodge.
! The paving of No. 10 between
Old Fort and Greenlee is progressing
rapidly and is now in sight of Old
Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Fisher and two
1 children, Mary Jean and H. C., Jr.,
and brother, John Fisher, motored to
' Mount Mitchell on Sunday. Col. D.
| W. Adams accompanied them as far
las "Mile Hi".
i Misses Kate Edwards, LeVann
! Edwards and Mildred Edwards and
D. L. Edwards, all of Mullens, S. C.,
are the house guests of Dr. and Mr$,
Charles Jenkins this week.
Mrs. Bessie Watkins of Marion is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Haynes.
Bulow Grant of Forest City was a
visitor in Old Fort Friday.
Miss Ethel Allison of Morganton
I is spending two weeks with her par
ients here.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Poovey of
Winston-Salem were in Old Fort on
| Sunday.
| Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Haynes and
j small son Preston visited relatives in
Marion Sunday.
! W. Turner of Celo spent Saturday
in Old Foist.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Lail and
daughter of Asheville were visitors
in Old Fort Sunday.
Austin Harris is ill with tonsilitis.
Frank Jolly was in Asheville on
Thursday.
Miss Carolyn Mcintosh attended
the dance held at Lake James Club
house last Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burgin and
small daughter of Graham, N. C.,
are the guests of the former's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Burgin.
Mrs. C. C. Wyche and two nieces,
Misses Margaret Rock and Dorothy
Spencer, of Spartnuburg, spent the
past week-end in Old Fort with rela
tives.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller and son.
Lieut. Shirley Miller, of Florida,
were guests this week of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Miller, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Mashburn re
turned on Friday evening from Cop
per Hill, Tenn., and were accompa
nied home by Mrs. Hart Taylor and
son, Robert.
Miss Janie Burgin, who recently
graduated from the high school at
Oxford, is visiting friends and rela
tives in Old Fort and will leave for
Salisbury the last of the month
where she will enter the nurses
training school at that place on July i
1st.
Mrs. S. F. Mauney and son Fran
cis left Monday for Gastonia where
they were the guests of relatives for
several days.
Misses Carolyn Mcintosh, Doro- i
thy Spencer, Margaret Rock and j
Betty Crawford] spent Saturday at;
Blue Ridge with friends.
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ECONOMY
Then there is the Scotch motorist
who bought exactly 10% gallons of
gasoline for a 215 mile trip because
the salesman told him the car would
do just 20 miles to the gallon.
If the optimists are to be believed
business has turned the corner so
often lately that it must be dizzy.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
UNDER DEED OF TRUST
Under and by virtue of the power
given in a certain deed of trust, da
ted the 10th day of December, 1.928,
executed by W. R. Huskins and wife,
Meek Huskins, to the undersigned
J. E. Neal, Sec'v and Treas. of the
McDowell Building & Loan Assoc'n,
and being recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds for McDowell
County, N. C., in Deed of Trust
Book No. 32 at page 273, I, the said
J. E. Neal, Trustee, will sell at the
courthouse door in Marion, McDow
ell County, N. C.,on Saturday, the 25
day of July, 1931, at 12 o'clock
noon, to the highest bidder, for cash,
the following tract of land, to-wit:
Being lots Nos. 28 and 29 in
Block "A" of the Villa Vista Subdi
vision as shown on Map made by
Dave Gibson and ^eco^dpd in Map
Book 1 on page 161, in the office of
the Register of Deeds of McDowell
County, N. C., the same being a part
of the W. T. Morgan dairy farm.
This 23rd day of June, 1931.
J. E. NEAL, Sec'y & Treas.,
McDowell Buidling and Loan Asso.,
Trustee.
Phone 64 for Job Printing.
Better Breakfasts
IF you want to start the day
feeling as chirpy as the little
birds in the branches outside your
window, include plenty of .fruit
in your breakfast, and lots of
milk and cream. In the follow
ing suggested menu you can have
top milk or cream on your cold
cereal, there is a sauce made of
milk on the sausages and you
can have cream in your hot bev
erage. Most people prefer this
variety of ways to just drinking
milk or cream. Here's the menu.
Iced Cantaloupe
Cold Cereal
Sausage Slices in Cream Sauce
Strawberry Jam Toast
Hot Beverage
Iced cantaloupe is delicious on
a hot summer morning, and
strawberry jam adds one more
fruit. For the main dish make
a white sauce of two tablespoons
butter, two tablespoons flour, one
and one-half cups milk, salt, pep
per and one-fourth teaspoon kit
chen bouquet. Slice the contents
of a 9-ounce can of Vienna sau
sages thin, and add to the sauce.
Reheat and serve on toast. This
will serve six people.
Good Coffee
If you are a lover of coffee and *
want that for your hot beverage,
be sure to select one of the brands
that is vacuum packed. These
retain all their flavor and aroma,
and assure you coffee with a
kick. Nothing is flatter than cof
fee that has been exposed to
oxygen, allowing much of the
flavor and aroma to escape.*
Summer Hats
Late Styles
Marcel and Finger Waving
Prices Reasonable
THE DULA HAT SHOP
OLD FORT, N. C.
Not More Money
But More Wisdom
WHAT this country needs t
is not more money, but
more people who know how
W~
to use it wisely. Banking a
goodly portion every day n
is wise. " '
THE BANK OF OLD FORT
OLD FORT, N. C.
STRONG COURTEOUS HELPFUL