MARION PROGRESS, MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, AUG. 20, 1931
OLD FORT NEWS
MISS GERTRUDE DULA, Editor and Manager
VOLUME IV
OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1931
NUMBER 47
GETTING BUSINESS
> GLOOM BEHIND US
By ROME C. STEPHENSON
President American Bankers Association
•T*HERE is such a thing as over-stay
* ing a depression just as there is
of over-stayicg a boom. Over-confi
R- C. STEPHENSON
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<lence makes the
great majority
miss the turn in
a boom, and un
der-conf idence
makes them miss
it in a degression. ,
A leading New
York hanker was
asked recently
when he could
tell that a turn
for the better had
come. "About
three months
after it has hap
ijtxjcu, lit} eanuiaiy replied.
There is more significance in tha
remark than appears on the surface.
As more and more manufacturers and
^ ismess men realize that the turn has
already come and that they are over
staying the time to adopt constructive
policies, they begin cautiously to press
their selling campaigns, to speed up
their production, to enlarge their work
ing forces and increase their com- 1
mitments for supplies. It is the gather
ing -weight of their influences that final
ly raises the pressure of confidence
to the dynamic power of recovery.
The surest way to bring the nation
out of the business depression is to
raise the pressure of public confidence
to the point of becoming such a
dynamic force. It has invariably been
the push of that force which has
started recovery in the past, and it
is the gathering power of this force
which will start recovery from this
present depression.
It is a favorable sign of the times
that there seems to be general agree
ment that the bottom of the depres
sion has been reached and all eyes
are peeled and looking ahead for the
first indications that the turn for the
better is in sight. Who knows but
what the first thing we know we will
find ourselves looking backward in
stead of forward as we realize that:
the turn has already come. It is a
rough and rocky road that runs across
1 the bottom of the valley of business J
depression, and most of us are too
busy steering the old Ford from bump j
to bump to be able to take in all the .
scenery. So who knows but what j
some important changes in the land
scape are already taking place.
BANKERS FAVOR
GRADUAL CHANGE
i
National Commission Believes
Local Sentiment Should Gov- 1
ern Evolution in Methods
of Conducting Banking.
WF substantial changes ar© to be
» brought about in branch banking in
the United States they should origi
nate within the states rather than1
from Washington on inter-state lines
as proposed in "trade area" branch
banking plans, a recent report of the
Economic Policy Commission of the
American Bankers Association de
clares. Such changes, it adds, "should
develop by evolutionary rather than
Revolutionary stages."
I "The extension of branch banking
through state action would mean that
states not now permitting state banks
to have branches or else closely re
stricting them, would individually lib
eralize their laws as an expression of
changing local desires and conditions,
and this doubtless would insure a de
liberate, evolutionary process," the re
port says. "The other method, that is,
through Federal action, would mean a
sweeping change for the country as
a whole, for legislation granting
branch banking powers to national
banks in all states, regardless ot local
sentiment, would, of course, induce
equivalent branch banking enactments
In every state in the Union not now
permitting or really wanting state
banks to have branches, in order to
keep them on a competitive equality.
Upholds State Privileges
"We find some bankers who feel
that a proper stimulus to the develop
ment of branch banking would be
j^'ven by the Federal Government tak
ing the initiative through gvanting
broader privileges within state lines
to national banks than they now en
joy. It is argued that state govern
ments could then follow suit as to
state banks and that in this way a
more progressive- branch banking at
titude might be promoted by the na
tional banks taking the lead. While
.* we do not deny th^t there may be
some merit in this view as to some
specific localities, we stand firm never
theless on the principle that no such
grant of powers to national banks
should cross state lines, or exceed the
privileges that state legislatures could
and would grant to their state banks.
"Moreover we believe that if the
choice between these two possible
courses of extending branch banking
were put up to bankers they would
be generally opposed to any forcible
* Imposition of branch banking on the
states through the medium of the na
tional bank system. We believe it
would be preferable for any change
to come about through the more grad
ual and democratic method of the
states granting their banks branch
^ banking powers state by state where,
if, and as local conditions and senti
jnent might be ready for a change."
TRAIL OF BROKEN HEARTS
WHEN WIFE FOUND DEAD
Eagle River, Wis., July 31.—Geo.
W. E. (Jiggs) Perry, on the stand to
defend himself of slaying Cora Belle
Hackett, today gave a story of his
parting from the Chicago widow
whom he bigamously married, and
of his various loves.
Perry said that mutual confessions
that welath of which each had boas*
ted was mythical led to the ending
of his "honeymoon" with the slain
woman.
After the admissions, Perry testi
fied, he left his "want ad bride"
standing in the roadside near the
Lac Du Flambeau resort, unharmed,
last summer.
When he had told Mrs. Hackett
he had married her bigamously, his
"bride" insisted they must part, he
continued.
When he left( Mrs. Hackett, Perry
said, he went to Cleveland, Ohio,
and met Kathryn Gebhardt, whom
he had married bigamously and then
deserted her. From Cleveland, he
said, he went to Eldorado, 111., where
he married Lida Downeh.
Perry's stay in Eldorado was cut
short, he testified, by a chance meet
ing in Harrisburg, 111., with Eliza
beth Morrison, whom he had also
married bigamously. Perry said he
went to Blytheville, Ark., where he
pawned Mrs. Hackett's automobile
for $150, and met Dorothy Davis
who "fell in love with me and we
were married." From Blytheville
Perry went to St. Louis and was
married after a few days to Harriet
Milligan.
"One day Harriet called me and
told me the newspapers had a <?tory
about Cora Belle Hackett's body be
ing found and connecting me with
the murder," Perry said. "I became
frightened and left."
Assuming the name of Frank Mo
ran, Perry said, he went to San Fran
cisco and there became secretary of
a labor welfare organization.
"There I met Anna Guiterriz—a
beautiful Spanish woman. I liked
her a lot and we were married,"
Perry said.
FIGHTING HIGH GAS TAXES
Though legislatures in ten states
succeeded in raising the gasoline tax
this year, news dispatches and edito
rials in the nation's newspapers show
that the popularity of the levy is on
the wane and that the tax is no long
er "painless."
For the first time in the history of
the tax, there was active and wide
spread opposition to increased rates
in many states. The rate was raised
only after prolonged and bitter bat
tles, and in several states opposition
is continuing to show itself through
activity for a referendum vote to
offset legislative action. The plea of
state officials that larger gas tax re
ceipts are needed, is met by protests
from motorists and business men
that the time has come for economy
and efficiency in government, rather
than increased expenditures.
This should be good news for the
harrassed motorist, who, in addition
to a gas tax of two to six cents a
gallon, must likewise pay a personal
property tax, a registration fee and
a driver's license fee for the privi
lege of operating his car. Perhaps
happier days are ahead in which he
will not have to face the apparition
of still higher taxes.
TO RIPEN TOMATOES
If handled right, tomatoes will
ripen successfully after light frost
has killed the vines. It is probably
best to pick all the tomatoes after
the first frost. Select only uninjured
fruits that are mature or nearly so,
and avoid bruising or other injury.
Those in the right stage of Ripeness
show a yellowish-white color near
thte blossom ends or on the sides. A
well ventilated dry cellar is a good
place for ripening. Put the tomatoes
in one layer on shelves or shallow
trays. If the room is dark the toma
toes will ripen more uniformly. At a
temperature of about 70 degrees F.
with a humidity of from 75 to 80 per
,cent tomatoes ripen rapidly but do
not keep well after ripening. At a
temperature of 60 degrees F. they
ripen at a moderate rate. A temper
ature of about 55 degrees is the low
est at which they will ripen satisfac
SHERIFF ADKINS STARTS
AN INVESTIGATION
Sheriff Oscar Adkins has started a
new investigation, which will be of
interest to both old and young "Did
you ever hear of a Dentist having
false teeth? or of a Doctor having
his appendix removed? was the
question Dr. P. D, Sinclair asked the
Sheriff. So far the Sheriff has not
been able to find a case of this kind,
but is continuing his search for a
satisfactory explanation of this ques
tion.
Geo. Moore, superintendent of the
Old Fort Extract Plant, thinks it is
because the Doctors know before
hand what the cost will be, and the
layman does not know until later.
Jdula reunion held
AT LAKE TAHOMA
The annual Dula Reunion was
held at Lake Tahoma on Sunday, rel
atives and friends attending number
ing over 85. Several counties in
North Carolina and three States
were represented. Lake Tahoma,
Western North Carolina's most beau
tiful lake, proved an ideal place for
the large crowd who enjoy this fam
ily gathering each year. A picnic
dinner and supper were served on
the dining tables at the lake and
swimming was enjoyed by the youn
jger folks
Among those attending were:
j Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Goodson and
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goodson and
family, of Asheville; Mr. and Mrs.
; Carl Gibson and family of Burns
;ville; Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wester
mann, Old Fort; Capt. and Mrs. Ho
mer Mason, Mr. and Mrs. John Mc
Allister, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Camp
i bell and family, all of Spartanburg,
S. C.; Mrs. A. W. Dula and family,
of Lenoir: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Haw
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'kins and family, of Marion; Mr. and
; Mrs. Julius Dula and daughter, of
Lenoir; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Dula, cf
Oliver; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dula, of
Durham; Mrs. A. M. Dula, her
I daughter Evelyn and son Arthur, of j
Black Mountain; Miss Gertrude Du- j
[ la and Miss Lenore Keatley, of Old
Fort. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Armstrong,
of Spencer; Mr. and Mrs. Ballew of
Stockton, Calif.; Miss Ida Connelly,
of Lenoir; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Con
nelly of Charlotte; Mrs. Thomas'
Campbell, and daughter Margaret of I
Pinehurst; Mr. and Mrs. Jean Ham-1
ilton and daughter, Frances Jean, of
Chicago; Miss Caroline Wearn, of |
Charlotte; Rev. M. W. Dargan, of j
Black Mountain; Prof. Donald Con-j
nelly of Winterville; and Miss Mary
Edwards, of Winston-Salem.
PRESBYTERIAN FOLKS
COMPLIMENT THE BISTLINE
FAMILY WITH PARTY
Saturday evening:, members of
the Presbyterian church and Sun
day School gave Mr. and Mrs. G. P.
Bistline and family an informal sur
prise party at their residence on
Main street, as a token of apprecia
tion of their interest and hearty affil
iation with them, and with the com
munity at large in church and civic
affairs, during their residence in
our town. The love and appreciation
of those assembled were expressed j
by the pastor, Rev. M. E. Hansel, j
and Dr. D. M. Mcintosh, teacher of j
the adult class of the Sunday School, j
of which Mr. Bistline was president.
Mr. and Mrs. Bistline left Monday
for Cumberland, Maryland, to which
place he has been transferred as
superintendent of another large tan
nery of the United States Leather
Company.
The good wishes of the whole com
munity follow them in their new
home, and it is the earnest hope of
all that upon the rebuilding of the
tannery at this place, which was de
storyed by fire in July, that this
highly t esteemed family will be re
turned to Old Fort.
MISS HANSEL DEPARTS
FOR WESTERN FIELD
i Miss Elizabeth Hansel expects to
j leave Monday for Browning, Mont.,
| where she will teach in a Govern
j ment boarding school for Indians,
j This school is located near the Na
tional Glacier Park among the Black
Feet Indians, who were once a very
fiercepagan tribe. This tribe aided
General Custer in his campaign
against the Sioux Indians. Miss Han
sel is the attractive daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. M. E. Hansel, and
her many friends wish her much
success in her new work.
MRS. McINTOSH HONORS
MRS. BISTLINE WITH PARTY
| Mrs. D. M. Mcintosh assembled a
few friends on Friday evening at her
home on Main street, in honor of
Mrs. Geo. Bistline, who left on Mon
j day for Cumberland, Md. Two tables
of bridge were in play. Mrs. C. W.
Graybeal was the winner of the high
scox'e, and Mrs. J. M. Mashburn was
awarded the low score prize. A beau
tiful guest prize was presented to
Mrs. Bistline. Delightful refresh
ments were served at a late hour.
Those enjoying Mrs. Mcintosh's
: hospitality were, Mrs. Geo. Bistline,
Mrs. S. B. Smithey, Mrs. C. W. I
Graybeal, Mrs. J. M. Mashburn, Mrs. |
P. H. Mashburn, Miss Lenore Keat-,
ley and Miss Gertrude Dula.
Mrs. C. W. Graybeal, Mrs. D. M. j
Mcintosh, Mrs. J. S. Bradley, and
Miss Maud Crawford attended servi
ces at Blue Ridge on Sunday morn
ing, at which time Billy Sunday
] preached.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Mrs. Lee Stirewalt has returned
to her home in Old Fort after spend
ing a few days at Rutherford Col
lege, where she was the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Roy Cornwell.
S. F. Mauney, welfare officer, and
son, Francis Mauney, made a trip to
Concord on Saturday to take two
boys to the Jackson Training School.
They visited relatives in Salisbury
en route and returned on Sunday.
Mrs. Hadley, of Mt. Hebron Insti
tute, was a visitor in town Tuesday.
Frank Yancey of Salisbury was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. F.
Mauney on Wednesday.
Mrs. P. H. Mashburn spent Satur
day afternoon in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Early, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Harris left Wednes
day for Wilmington to spend several
days.
Miss Gertrude Durham spent sev
eral days this week in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt. V. McGimpsey
of Nebo were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Long, Sunday.
Mrs. A. A. Graham returned to
Old Fort Wednesday afternoon af
ter spending several days with her
son Walter at Nebo.
Miss Nannie Brasington of Way
cross, Ga., is visiting friends in Old
Fort.
Miss Elizabeth Lipe visited friends
in Tennessee last week-end.
J. E. Bolick of Rutherford Col
lege was in Old Fort Wednesday.
Mrs. Teague and daughter, Mary
Louise, were in Asheville Saturday.
Miss Olive Whitmire of Biltmore
was in Old Fort Saturday night.
Miss Carrie Lee Weaver and Mr.
Roy Hutchins, of Gastonia, were vis
itors of Miss Louise Laughridge on
Sunday.
Mrs. R. M. Boozer was in Nebo
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hunt and
small son, Bobby, were visitors in
Marion Thursday.
Mr. and Mr9. T. E. Laughridge
and family, of Atlanta, Ga., spent
Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Laughridge.
Miss Marjorie Grant left Sunday
for Winston-Salem after spending
two weeks with relatives and friends
in Old Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Grant of Ma
rion were visitors in Old Fort Sun
day.
Miss Natalie Dunn, of Blue Ridge,
was the guest of Misses Dorothy
Spencer and Margaret Rock over the
week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Rowe were in
Asheville Saturday.
Jack Stevens of Biltmore spent
Sunday in Old Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Crawford and
small son, of Spartanburg, S. C.,
spent the week-end with Mrs. J. R.
Crawford.
Mr. and Mrs. Bulo Grant and fam
ily of Marion visited relatives in Old
Fort Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Gilliam, of
Asheville were week-end visitors in
Old Fort.
Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Rayle and
small daughter, Agnes, spent sever
al days this week with relatives in
Greensboro.
Little Willie Mae Turner is spend
ing a few days in Marion with her
c6usin, Evelyn Grant.
Misses Pauline Bradley and Milli
cent Byrd, of West Asheville, spent
this week with Miss Edna Tate.
Miss Evelyn Gilliam of Asheville
visited relatives and friends in Old
Fort over the week-end.
Mrs. M. A. Hazelman and daugh
ter, Flora Belle, of West Asheville,
were the guests of Mrs. W. E.
Teague on Saturday.
Mr9. Bess Miller is the house guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Mashburn and
Mrs. Sue Sandlin attended the Billy
Sunday services at Blue Ridge on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Nichols and
two daughters, Misses Mary Sue and
Estellena Young, moved to Marion
Monday. They will reside on South
Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bradley have
returned to their home in St. Louis
after two weeks visit with relatives
in Old Fort.
Mrs. Geo. Sandlin, who has been
visiting her brother, Dr. Harry Dit
more, who is a patient in a hospital
in Washington, D. C., returned home
Tuesday.
Capt. and Mrs. Homer Mason and
Mr. and Mrs. John McCallister, of
Spai'tanburg, S. C., ' were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wes
termann.
Mrs. George Moore and children
motored to Johnson City, Tenn., last
week where they will be the guests
of relatives.
Mrs. Sam Wilkinson, who has been
visiting in Johnson City, Tenn., re
turned to Old Fort on Saturday and
was accompanied home by Mr. and
Mrs. P. F. Sweeney.
| Miss Carolyn Mcintosh spent the
week-end at Lake James with
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Harris and Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Early and daughter
Lois, returned home Saturday after
spending several days in Wilmington
Mrs. Roy Early and family, who
was the guest of her mother, Mm
Julia Clark, in Canton last week, re
| turned home Sunday. She was ac
i companied home by Mre. Clark, who
; spent a few days in Old Fort.
Clapp Green of Asheville was a
visitor in Old Fort on Tuesday.
On Monday night a group of fif
teen members of the younger set en
joyed boating and dancing at Lake
Refuge.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Hudgins and
family, of Akron, Ohio, are guests
of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Grant this
week.
Mrs. Harry Bach, of Wilmington,
Dela., arrived in Old Fort on Thurs
day for a few weeks visit. She was
accompanied by her niece, Miss
Clyde Terrell, and her nephew, Mel
vin Terrell.
Miss Mary Sue Watkins of Ral
eigh is the guest of Mrs. P. H. Mash
burn this week.
COAL
Winter is coming; so is my
Clinchfield Egg Coal. Will
unload a car next week, $5.75
per ton in five ton lots.
Old Fort Coal Co.
W. W. LeFEVRE
Old Fort, N. C.
MRS. JOHNSON HOSTESS
TO WOMAN'S AUXILIARY
Circle No. 1 of the Woman's
Auxiliary of the Presbyterian
church, met at the home of Mrs. J.
B. Johnson on Tuesday night. A
goodly number of members were
present, and two visitors, Mrs. An
nie Morgan, of Fayetteville, and
Mrs. W. R. Walker, of Greensboro.
The Woman's Auxiliary will meet at
the church on next Tuesday night.
DECORATION DAY AT BETHEL
An unusually large crowd atten
ded the annual decoration at Bethel
last Saturday. The reunion of the
Burgin family at this time was the
occasion for many relatives to meet
for the first time in many years. Af
ter the devotional exercises and the
speakers of the day were heard, the
graves were decorated with many
flowers. Dinner was served on the
grounds.
Art For Heart's Sake
She—"Can you draw?"
He—"A little—why?"
She—"Then draw closer."
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Knock Knees
"You sell anti-knock gas?"
"Yes, sir."
"Let me have a pint, I want to
rub some on my girl's knees."
ANNOUNCEMENT!
Dr. D. M. Mcintosh wishes to an
nounce that he has opened an office
for general practice in the Post
Office Building in Marion. He will
be there every afternoon.
Marion Office Phone 58
Old Fort Office Phone 32
Old Fort Residence Phone 11.
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OLD FORT, N. C.
Try a Chicken Dinner at
The City Cafe
Old Fort's Favorite Eating Place
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D. A. SILVERS, Prop.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
UNDER DEED OF TRUST
Under and by virtue of the power
given in a certain deed of trust, dat
ed the 15th day of May, 1925,
executed by A. C. Rader and wife,
Belle Rader, to the undersigned J.
E. Neal, Secretary and Treasurer of
the McDowell Building and Loan
Association, Trustee, said deed of
trust recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds for McDowell
County, N. C., in Deed of Trust
Book No. 32 at page 41, I the said
J. E. Neal, Trustee, will sell at the
courthouse door in Marion, McDow
ell county, N. C., on Thursday, the
3rd day of September, 1931, at 12
o'clock noon, to the highest bidder,
for cash, the following described
tract of land, to-wit:
Adjoining the lands of R. N. Ellis,
beginning on an iron stake plapted
on the N. E. corner of Lot No. 33
and N. W., corner of Lot No. 32,
| and running S. 68 W. 70 feet to a
stake, the N. W. corner of lot No.
33; thence S. 38 E. with line of Lot
No. 33, with Street 150 feet to a
stake on the N. edge of Surry
Street; thence along the edge of
said Street N. 68 E. 70 feet to a
stake, corner of Lot No. 32; thence
N. 38 W. 150 feet to the beginning,
including all of Lot No. 33 of the
Burgin Plat, and being fully descri
bed in deed from J. N. Norton and
wife, to A. C. Rader, and dated July
31, 1924, and recorded in Deed
Book 64 at page 325, of McDowell
County Deed Records.
This 3rd day of August, 1931.
J. E. NEAL, Sec'y & Treas.
McDowell Bldg. & Loan As
sociation, Trustee. _
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