OLD FORT NEWS
MISS GERTRUDE DULA, Editor and Manager
VOLUME IV OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1931
NUMBER 50
... SUCCESSFUL
HOMEMAKING
By GRACE VIALl GRAY
What tastes better than Hot Biscuits and Honey, whether it be morning, noon
or night? These appetizing-looking biscuits were "made in a jiffy" with
self-rising flour.
hot biscuits and honey
"Eat natural sweets" say the doc
tors and dieticians. They are more
healthful and less injurious to the
teeth and digestion than rich, heavy
sweets, and by natural yweets we
mean dates, figs, raisins and honey—
nature's own preserves.
And with honey, of course, the nat
ural complement is hot biscuits! Pip
ing hot biscuits, plenty of sweet but
ter and pure, unadulterated honey—
what ~ould be a moie perfect com
bination for that ligh Sunday evening
'supper or to serve at an informal
gathering?
The biscuits need not cause you
any anxiety if you are not a thorough
ly experienced housewife. A great
deal of the uncertainty can be re
1 moved from biscuit making by the use
of self-rising flour; that is, soft wheat
flour t j which has already oeen added
at the mill the right amounts of pure
moQo-ealcium phosphate and bicarbon
ate of soda, which is really baking
powder, and salt for seasoning. To
us$, the flour is sifted only once and
the mixture should be handled as
little and as lightly as possible.
Here is the recipe which is as sim
ple as it is economical:
Hot Biscuits.
2 cups self-rising % cup milk
flour . (whole or fresh
2 tbsp. fat buttermilk)
Sift and measure the flour. Add
the shortening and cut or rub it intu
the flour. Then add the milk a little
at a time to make a soft dough. Roll
until about one-third inch thick and
cut with a biscuit cutter. Place on a
baking sheet and bake in a hot oven
(450 degrees F.) about ten minutes.
Serve at once with butter and honey.
We Eat With Our Eyes
THE above heading is a fact,
not just a trite saying. When
food attractive in color is
set before us, the sight of it stimu
lates and increases the flow of
the appetite gastric juice and in
creases its quantity, in prepara
tion to receive and digest the food
we are about to eat. Hence the
w-expression: "It makes my mouth
\ water." No less an authority than
\ W. R. M. Wharton of the Food &
Drug Administration of the United
States Department of Agriculture
made this statement recently in a
radio talk.
"Nature," he said, "has tinted
our natural foods with all the
colors of the rainbow, and we
have formed the habit, through
the ages, of associating various
flavors with the colors of pro
ducts. Take, for example, black
berrfes as we see them on the
bush. If they are black, we know
without tasting them that they
are ripe and luscious. If they are
red, we know that they are un
ripe and sour. These things we
know by experience, and this ex
perience is infallible. You prob
ably have never seen peas colored
blue, nor macaroni colored red."
Color in Canned Foods
That is the reason why more
and more canned foods are now
put up in those sanitary enamel
lined cans which preserve the
hues of highly colored fruits and
vegetables much better than the
ordinary containers. The shining
interiors of these cans not only
present a tempting appearance
themselves, but provide contents
that conform to the housewife's
ideas of what colors the foods
should be.*
GOOD PRINTING
IS ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST
Especially is this true when buying letter
heads and other business stationery.. Such
items are your personal representatives
sent through the mails. You want them
v to look their best.
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NOTEHEADS
BILLHEADS
STATEMENTS
ENVELOPES
PROGRAMS
FOLDERS
CARDS, ETC.
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Best Advertising Medium.
DISTRICT AUXILIARY
MEETS AT OLD FORT
District Number One of the Con
cord Presbyterial met at the Old
Fort Presbyterian church on Wed
nesday, September the 2nd. with
about seventy-five members in atten
dance. The church was elaborately
| decorated with fall flowers and dahl
j ias in gorgeous shades predominat
I ing.
Rev. M. E. Hansel, pastor of the
local church, conducted the devotion
als. Greetings from the hostess aux
iliary were expressed in a most cor
dial and charming manner by Mrs.
M. E. Hansel. Response was made
for the visitors of the day by Mrs.
R. E. McCall of Marion in sincere
and graceful manner. In the absence
of Mrs. Feimster, chairman, Mrs. Z.
V. Long of Statesville, Presbyterial
president, presided over the meeting
During the morning session, inter
esting and instructive talks were
made by Mrs. B. F. Pollard of Mari
on, Mrs. Rufus Gdyn, and Mrs.
Bernhardt of Lenoir, and Miss Mar
garet Douglass of Brazil, who gave a
very interesting discussion of Mis
sion work. *
A picnic lunch was served at 12:30,
the long tables being spread under
the shade trees on the church lawn.
During the afternoon Young
Peoples Work was discussed by Miss
Claudia Frazier/a report of Mitchell
College was given by Mrs. W. B.
Ramsey. An interesting report of
Montreat was heard from Mrs. A. M.
Yates, which was enjoyed greatly as
was the colorful talk by Mrs. E. F.
Reid of Lenoir on "the Conference
for Colored Women" which was held
at Winston-Salem.
The attendance banner was awar
ded by Mrs. Chas. Jenkins of Old
Fort, which brought to a close a day
which was filled with social pleasures
and added inspiration in the work.
OLD FORT GIRL IS
HONORED AT COLLEGE
Miss Elizabeth Strickland, who
with her parents has been spending
the summer in Old Fort, left Thurs
day for Camp Silver Pine9 at Roar
ing Gap to attend the North Carolina
College Campus Leaders Conference.
From there she will return to school
to resume her studies at W. W. N.
C. which, since the consolidation of
State College, is known as the Wom
an's College of the University, in
Greensboro.
Miss Strickland, who graduates
this coming June, holds the honor of
being a marshal and social chairman
of this college. The president and
faculty, together with twenty mem
bers of the school body who have
been selected for this signal honor
from among the outstanding campus
leaders, meet each summer to make ]
plans for the coming school yea/.
Miss Strickland, daughter of Prof, j
and Mrs. George B. Strickland, is an
Old Fort girl and her many friends
at this place are proud of the honors
she has received.
UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL
AT FLETCHER NEXT SUNDAY
The Old Fort Chapter of the U. D.
C. have received the following invi
tation :
,"The North Carolina Division Uni
ted Daughters of the Confederacy
cordially invites you and your
friends to attend the unveiling and
dedication of the memorial to Jeffer
son Davis, Calvary Episcopal church,
Fletcher, North Carolina, Sunday af
ternoon, September 13the, at 2:30
o'clock."
MISS ALLISON HAS NEW
POSITION AT UNION GROVE
Miss Emma Allison is at Union j
Grove, N. C., where she has accepted
a position as instructor in Home Eco
nomics. Miss Allison taught last year
in the high school at Jenkinsville, S.
C., where she was re-elected for this
year's work, having resigned to ac
cept her present position which is un
der state supervision and is a pro- j
motion in her chosen field.
COUNCIL MEETING HELD
* AT C. F. NOBLITT'S
A council meeting of officers and
teachers of the Methodist Sunday
School was held at the home of C. F.
Noblitt in New Fort last Wednesday
night. Plans were discussed for im
proving the Sunday School, and a
committee was appointed for attend
ance, recreation, etc. During the
evening refreshments were served.
M. L. Grant, Mrs. L. C. Hudgins,
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Woodford and
Otis Grant attended the funeral ser
vices of L. P. Salmon, at Gaffney, S.
C., on Tuesday.
MRS. J. L. RAYLE IS
HOSTESS TO S. S. CLASS
Mrs. J. L. Rayle entertained the
Gleaners class of the Methodist Sun
day School at her home on Catawba
avenue Thursday evening. Flowers
of the season made a colorful deco
ration. After the devotional service,
conducted by Miss Elizabeth Lipe,
the meeting was turned over to the
entertainment committee. Prizes for
contest were Won by Misses Louise
Laughridge and Davie Mae Arney.
After the games little Miss Agne9
Rayle, daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
Rayle, rolled into the room a pink
wagon filled with delightful gifts for
Mrs. T. R. Kanipe, recent bride and
former teacher of the Gleaners class.
While refreshments were being ser
ved,^ Miss Eunice Wilkinson rendered
a piano solo. Those enjoying Mrs.
Rayle's hospitality were Mrs. Geo.
Moore, Mrs. T. R. Kanipe, Mrs. M. J.
Hunt, Mrs. O. D. Haynes, Mrs. W. E.
Teague, Mrs. T. R. Carver, Misses
Helen Nesbitt, Elizabeth Lipe, Eliza
beth Poteat, Margaret Maness, An
nie Bell and Polly Noblett, Sally Fin
ley, Marie Sabom, Davie Mae Arney,
Louise and Alice Laughridge.
WOMAN'S CLUB MEETS
WITH MRS. G. W. SANDLlN
The first fall meeting of the Old
Fort Woman's Club was held on
Thursday evening at the home of
Mrs. George Sandlin with Mrs. Sand
lin and Miss Bula Kanipe as joint
hostesses.
The rooms were artistically deco
rated with fall flowers for this occa
sion. During the business session the
minutes of the last meeting were
read by Mrs. K. G. Rhinehardt.
In regard to welfare work, Mrs. P.
H. Mashburn reported that 30 dozen
glass jars furnished by the Red Cross
for canning fruit and vegetables for
winter use had been distributed and
an additional number had been re
ceived to distribute for this purpose.
Plans for club activities for the
coming winter will be made at the
October meeting.
Delicious punch and wafers were
served by the hostesses.
MISS MILLER WINS
SCHOLARSHIP AT COLLEGE
Miss Nancy Millar, talented daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Miller of
Old Fort, has recently won a scholar
ship in Harmony and Piano at the
College of Music at Cincinnati, Ohio,
where she is enrolled for the coming
year. Following her graduation from
the high school at this tlace, Miss
Miller was a student at Montreat for
two years, during which time she
studied under Mrs. Crosby Adams.
The past school yeai" she was enroll
ed at Salem College at Winston-Sa
lem, N. C. ^
Miss Miller left Sunday a week
ago for Cincinnati and will continue
her musical studies there during the
winter.
PLYLER - HEMPHILL
The marriage of Miss Nell Hemp
hill of Old Fort to Mr. Paul L. Ply
ler of Salisbury was solemnized in
the Old Fort Presbyterian church on
Tuesday morning at 9:00 o'clock,
Rev. M. E. Hansel officiating. Miss
Hemphill is the attractive daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mills Hemphill
of Old Fort, and has been employed
as secretary for a life insurance
company in Salisbury. Mr. Plyler
has a position with Efird's stroe in
Salisbury. Mr. and Mrs. Plyler left
by motor for a short wedding trip.
On their return they will be at home
in Salisbury, N. C. The church was
beautifully decorated with fall flow
ers. Mrs. Janie Reid rendered the
music for this occasion. Relatives
and close friends who attended num-1
bered about thirty.
DONALD LEE TURNER IS
HOST TO YOUNGER SET
Donald Lee Turner entertained a
number of his young friends at his!
home west of Old Fort Saturday ev-j
ening. Delicious refreshments were j
served to about thirty guests.
S. S. CLASS ENTERTAINED
Members of Mrs. E. J. Ingle's class
and their husbands enjoyed a social
meeting at the Baptist church on,
Friday evening. Contests and games
were a feature of the evening's en
tertainment. Refreshments were
served by the class. About twenty
members were present.
Col. D. W. Adams and daughter,
Mary Virginia, Misse9 Eunice Wil
kinson, Betty Crawford, Mary Cow
an and Catherine Finch motored to
Spruce Pine Saturday to attend the
Toe River Fair.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Mrs. W. W. LeFevre spent Thurs
day in Asheville.
William Treverton of Marion was
in Old Fort Friday.
Mrs. R. M. Booser was a visitor in
Asheville on Thursday.
Misses Bessie and Ethel Allison
were in Asheville Saturday.
Mrs. Geo. Curtis is visiting rela
tives in Washington, D. C.
Mrs. L. C. Moore and, son Frank
spent Friday afternoon in Marion.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Porter are vis
iting relatives in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Mrs. Ben Allison is spending sev
eral weeks in Shelby with her moth
er.
L. N. Saunders of Washington, D.
C., was_i week-end visitor in Old
Fort.
Miss Frances Sherrill of Asheville
spent last week at her home in Old
Fort.
John Grant of Asheville was a
visitor in Old Fort over the week
end.
Mrs. W.L. Paris of Etowah, Tenn.,
is spending a week with relatives
here.
Mrs. Cox of Gastonia is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. D. Y. Grant, this
week.
Robert Wilkinson and Earl Nesbit
left for a visit in Johnson City, on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Connelly attended
Toe River Fair at Spruce Pine Fri
day night.
Mrs. Foy Dell Hensley and Miss
Edna Tate spent Saturday afternoon
in Marion.
Miss Mary Kathryn Erwin of Bilt
more spent the week-end with Miss
Frances Kanipe.
Miss Elaine Mashburn of Asheville
visited her mother, Mrs. Effie Mash
burn, on Sunday.
Mrs. S. F. Mauney of Marion, Miss
Cowan and Mrs. Pearce were visitors
in Old Fort on Sunday.
Miss Bertha Greene of Charlotte
spent last week-end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Greene.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Grant and fam
ily of Marion visited Mrs. M. G. Tur
ner last Sunday afternoon.
Miss Edith LeFevre returned to
her home Thursday after spending
several days in Asheville.
Miss Ola Curtis and small daugh
ter of Flag Pond, Tenn., are spend
ing two weeks in Old Fort.
Prof. G. E. Hurt of Mission, Tex
as, is the house guest of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Artz this week.
Miss Jean Hansel left Tuesday for
Statesville where she will attend
Mitchell College this winter.
Robert Hughes left Sunday for
Hickory where he has accepted a po
sition with the Carolina Stores.
Clyde Miller, who left two weeks
ago for New Mexico, is at Swastika
where he is visiting relatives.
Ernest Hansel left Tuesday for
the eastern part of the state where
he will spend the next few months.
Mrs. Madaline Taylor left Satur
day for Baltimore and Washington
where she will visit Mrs. T. M.
Chaney.
Miss Annie Laurie Stepp of Mari
on was the week-end guest of Miss
Louise Preas and Miss Nannie Sue
Sandlin. /
Mrs. Janie Reid and niece, Miss
Janie McSwain, have returned home
after spending several days in Hick
ory with friends.
Mrs. Fred Artz, Sr., and Miss El
sieArtz, of Johnson City, spent the
past week as the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Artz.
Col. D. W. Adams and I. H. Green
of Asheville are spending several
days at Camp "Mile Hi" on the Pin
nacle of Blue Ridge.
Miss Mary Cowan of Asheville and
; Old Fort will return to the Universi
I ty for Women at Greensboro on the
16th where she will be a senior this
year. x
Miss Janie McSwain will leave
i Wednesday for Greensboro to re
sume her studies at the University
for Women. Miss McSwain will be a
I junior this year.
! Fred Artz, Jr., spent the week-end
in Old Fort with Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Artz, enroute to Johnson City. Mr.
Artz has a position with the tannery
plant at Columbus, Ind.
Mrs. Wade Davis, accompanied by
j her daughter and son, left last week
I for middlesboro, Ky., where they will
j join Mr. Davis who is employed with
! the tannery at that place.
William Barnett and sons, William
Jr. and James, and Mr. and Mrs.
I Calloway and family left last Satur
j day for Chattanooga where they will
| be connected with road construction
work.
Mrs. J. S. Prease and son, Dr.
Hugh H. Prease, of Johnson City,
returned home Monday after spend
ing the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
j Geo. Moore. They were accompanied
by Miss Louise Preas, who has been
the house guest of her sister, Mrs.
Geo. Moore, the past week.
NEWS BRIEFS
During the month of September,
swine growers of Beaufort county
will have a regular sales day for
hogs each week at Washington when
co-operative shipments will be pool
ed.
The curb njarket established for
the convenience of summer visitors
at Morehead City netted Carteret
county farmers and farm women an
average of $200 a week this season.
TOWN PROGRESS TALKS
I BET I COULD
DO A LOT BETTER I
IF / WERE OA/LV
sombjjher.es
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DMLT JOB
Success Is won, the great men tell
us, by concentrating on the job at
hand. Any golfer knows that the man
in our cartoon has a very small chance
of putting the ball into the cup while
his gaze wanders over the landscape.
"Keep your eye on the ball" Is good
advice in business, as in golf. If your
business does not yield satisfactory
returns, perhaps it can be made to do
so. Inform yourself on all the new
wrinkles in your line and use them.
Advertise, install new equipment, give
your customers better service, see how
much you can do for the public. Do
this, and it's likely your business will
develop to such an extent that ^ou
will envy nobody, and have no desire
to move to another city.
Announcing
The opening of
J. L. Nichols' Store
OLD FORT, N. C.
With all New Merchandise. A splendid line of
Dry Goods, Ready-to-Wear, and Fresh Groceries.
Low Prices on all Merchandise.
A welcome awaits you at
our store.
J. L. Nichols' Store
OLD FORT, N. C.