OLD FORT NEWS
MISS GERTRUDE DULA, Editor and Manager
VOLUME IV OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1931 < NUMBER 51
Marion High School
Auditorium
f
September 18, 8:00 p. m.
BENEFIT ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
MAIN BOUT—8 ROUNDS
K.id Clark, 168, Winston-Salem, N. C., vs. Jim Earle,
165, Swannanoa, N. C.
SEMI-FINAL—6 ROUNDS
Satogie Lonon, 134, Old Fort, vs. Boyd Owenby, 133,
Swannanoa, N. C.
6 ROUNDS
Battling Ike Hall, 141, Swannanoa, vs. Bad Mickey
Walker, 138, Marion, N. C.
4 ROUNDS
Hicks Roberts, 132, Biltmore, vs. Red Walker, 133,
Marion, N. C.
4 ROUNDS
Razz Walker, 136, Marion, vs. Vesta Calloway, 135,
Swannanoa, N. C.
NEGRO BATTLE ROYAL
Admission: Ringside, $1.00. General Admission, 50c
AUCTION SALE
Tuesday, Sept. 22,
10:30 a. m.
Hemphill Farm,
Dysartsville, l\l. C.
One of McDowell County's
Finest Farms.
Fine Dairy Proposition
On the Block for the highest
Dollar.
BRING DIMMER AMD COME OUT
NOTICE OF SALE f LAND
UNDER DEED OF .TRUST
Under apd by virtue of the power
given by a certain deed of trust,
dated the 5th day of August, 1929,
executed by George W. Logan and
wife, Anna Logan, to the undersign
ed W. R. Chambers, Trustee, and re
corded in the office of the Register
of Deeds for McDowell County, N.
C., in Deed of Trust Book 43 at page
149, I the said W. R. Chambers,
Trustee, will sell at the Courthouse
door, in Marion, McDowell County,
North Carolina, on Saturday, the
19th day of September, 1931, at 12
o'clock noon, to the highest bidder,
for cash, the following described
tract or parcel of land, to-wit:
Being lots Nos. 4 and 5 in Block
No 17 Mount Ida Park to the town
of Marion Addition. Beginning at a
stake on Williams Street and runs
South 117 feet to a stake; then West
50 feet to a stake, then North 117
feet" to a stake on Williams Street,
then. 50 feet with said Street to the
beginning, let it contain what it may
This 18th day of August, 1931.
W. R. CHAMBERS, Trustee.
SOMEBODY hag almost anything]
you want to buy. Let your wants l
be known through wantads in The
Progress.
LAND FOR SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain mort
gage executed by B. M. Wheeler and
his wife, Hettie Wheeler, to E. W.
Griffin, on the 22nd day of May,
1931, securing an indebtedness
therein described, which said mort
gage is recorded in Book 41 at page
289, McDowell County Deed Rec
ords, and there having been default
in the payment of said indebtedness
at maturity as in said mortgage pro
vided, the undersigned will, for the
purpose of satisfying said indebted
ness, on Thursday, September 24,
1931, at 12 o'clock M., at the court
house door in Marion, N. C., offer
for sale to the highest bidder for
cash, the following described lands:
Lying and being in Old Fort town
ship, McDowell County, N. C., ad
joining lands of the U. S. Govern
ment, and beginning at mouth of
Mill Branch near overhead bridge on
No 10 highway, then up and with
branch to U. S. Government line,
then northwest with Government line
to Mill Creek, then down and with
the creek to mouth of Mill Branch,
the beginning, and,being the land
described in said mortgage.
This 24th day of August, 1931.
E. W. GRIFFIN, Mortgagee.
Read The Progress ads. j
FIRST FALL MEET OF U. D. C.
HELD WITH MRS. GRAYBEAL
A delightful meeting marked the
initial gathering of the Old Fort
U. D. C. Chapter for the fall and
winter season on Thursday after
noon at the home of Mrs. C. W.
Graybeal, chapter president. At the
business session all unfinished busi
ness of the past year was completed
and a full report of the year's work
which will be sent to the State U. D.
C. officers for the State meeting, was
■read. Mrs. J. B. Johnson and Mrs. P.
H. Mashburn were selected as dele
gates to attend the State meeting
which will meet in Charlotte in Oc
tober.
An invitation to attend the un
veiling and dedication of the memo
,rial to Jefferson Davis at "Open Air
Westminster Abbey of the South"
at Fletcher on Sunday afternoon
was read by the president.
The motion that the Old Fort
chapter pay for the charter for the
j children's chapter was approved by
| all the members present, and an ef
| fort will be made to secure this
charter before the State Conven
tion.
Delicious punch and wafers were
served by the hostess.
Those enjoying Mrs. Graybeal's
hospitality were Mrs. Geo. W. Sand
lin, Mrs. Don Grant, Mrs. Winslow
Burgin, Mrs. Margaret Rabbitts,
Mrs. J. B. Johnson, Mrs. S. F. Maun
ey, Mrs. Charles Steppe, Mrs. P. H.
Mashburn and Miss Gertrude Dula.
NUMBBER OF YOUNG FOLKS
LEAVE HERE FOR COLLEGE
Among the Old Fort girls who will
be at North Carolina College for
Women at Greensboro thi9 year are
Misses Janie McSwain, and Edith
' LeFevre, who left on Monday. Miss
Elizabeth Strickland and Miss Mary
I Cowan, who are seniors, left on
Wednesday. Miss Carolyn Mcintosh
! left on Tuesday, to resume her
| studies at Duke University at Dur
i ham. Mary Virginia Adams left on
Wednesday to enter St. Mary's Col
j lege at Raleigh. Miss Nancy Miller is
; continuing her musical education in
| Cincinnati, Ohio. Miss Jessie Ola
Davis is attending school in Middle
boro, Ky. Mss Margaret Rock is con
tinuing her studies at Cecil's busi
ness college, Spartanburg, S. C. Miss
Jean Hansel left last week toenter
Mitchel College at Statesville. Miss
es Helen Nesbitt, Hazel Swann and
Edna Tate left on Monday to enter
the Asheville Normal School. Miss
Mary Margaret Johnson left Wed
nesday v for Winston-Salem where
she will resume her studies at Salem
Academy. Lesley Mauney and Craw
ford Fortune will return to State
j College, Raleigh, this month, and
I Donald Mcintosh wili leave during
| the month for Philadelphia to con
tinue his medical course in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania Medical Col
! lege.
OLd FORT LADIES
ATTEND DEDICATION
A handsome memorial to Jefferson
Davis, president of the Confederate
State sof America, was unveiled in
"Open Air Westminster Abbey ot
the SoutK," at Fletcher, on Sunday
afternoon. The dedication ceremon
ies were under the auspices of the
North Carolina Division of the Uni
ted Daughters of the Confederacy,
and the main address was delivered
by Dr. William R. Owens, pastor of
j the First Baptist church of Asheville
Members of the Old Fort U. D. C.
attending were Mrs. Geo. Sandlin,
District Director; Mrs. C. W. Gray
beal, chapter president; Mrs. M. M.
Burgin, Mrs. P. H. Mashburn and
Miss Gretrude Dula.
TO PRESENT PLAY FRIDAY
NIGHT AT AUDITORIUM
"Farm Folks," a four act play,
will be given at the school auditori
um in Old Fort on Friday evening at
8 o'clock.
This play was given here some
time ago and pleased a large audi
ence. It has since been presented in
West Asheville with an attendance
of about 200. The proceeds on Fri
day night will go to the Gleaners
Sunday School class of the Method
ist church. The play is. presented by
local talent, who have received much
favorable comment on the able man
ner in which they portray the differ
ent characters. Everyone is invited.
Mrs. Clifford Nesbitt has returned
to Old Fort after spending several
weeks in Murpheesboro, Tenn., the
guest of Her brother and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Purdy Richardson. Mrs.
Nesbitt was entertained extensively
while in that city.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Rayle spent j
Tuesday in Asheville.
Mrs. Laura Halford of Mount j
Hebron, who has been the guest of j
Mrs. Henry Ragle, has returned i
home.
Mrs. Annie Graham is spending J
this week in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Barker of
Greensboro spent the week-end with
Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Rayle.
Carey Hansel is visiting his par- \
ents, Rev. and Mrs. M. E. Hansel.
Mr. Hansel has been employed in
Verbank, New York, the past sum-j
mer.
Mr. and Mrs, C. W. Graybeal j
moved on Tuesday to the residence
formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
Bistline.
Mrs. D. M. Mcintosh and daugh- j
ter, Miss Carolyn, spent Friday in
Asheville.
Mrs. C. H. Burgin, who has been i
visiting her son William in New
York City, has returned to her home
in Old Fort.
j Miss Emma Allison, instructor in
Unian Grove School at Jennings, N.
C., spent the week-end with home
folks in Old Fort.
' Mr. and Mrs. Perry Alexander of
| Swannanoa were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. P. H. Mashburn Monday.
Mrs. S. F. Mauney and her house
guest Miss Cowan and Mrs. Pearce
were visitors in Old Fort on Sun
day.
The musical concert given at the
school auditorium on Thursday night
attracted a large and enthusisatic
crowd.
The play, "Country Folks", given
by the Methodist Ladies Aid of Old
Fort, was played to a large audience
in West Asheville Friday night.
Mrs. Madelyn Mashburn Taylor,
who has been visiting Mrs. T. M.
Chaney of Baltimore, Md., has re
turned home.
Mrs. C. C. Wyche, Mrs. J. R.
Crawford, Mrs. Blanche Rock and
Miss Lizzie Crawford spent Monday
in Black Mountain with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lee and daugh
ter, Mrs. Pearle Gilliam, of Ashe
ville, were guests of Mrs. J. S. Brad
ley and Mis9 Maude Crawford on
| Sunday.
Miss Margaret Marley has return
ed to Lenoir where she is an instruc
tor in the city school.
Miss Lizzie Crawford has return
ed home after spending a week in
Asheville.
| Mrs. C. C. Wyche of Spartanburg
spent the week-end with her mother,
Mrs. J. R. Crawford. She was accom
panied by Mrs. Blanche RoRck who
has been spending the past week in
j Spai-tanburg, S. C.
j Miss Robbie Noblitt and Mr. Har
ry McLeskey of Anderson, S. C.,
were visitors in Old Fort last Sun
day.
I Mrs. D. W. Adams and daughter,
Mary Virginia, spent Saturday in
Asheville.
Mr. Susan Allison and Mr. Jack
Bates of Asheville were week-end
visitors in Old Fort.
Mrs. J. 0. Laughridge of Marion
was a visitor in Old Fort Sunday.
Miss Jean Hansel left Tuesday for
Statesville to enter Mitchell College.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis Bright of Ma
rion spent Sunday with Mr. andMrs.
W. C. Early.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Fowler of Flat
Rock stopped in Old Fort Saturday
enroute to Catawba.
Charles Turner from New York
is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. q. Turner.
Rev. M. E. Hansel was in Concord
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Grant and fam
ily of Marion were visitors in Old
Fort Sunday.
Miss Laura Curtis of East Flat
Rock is spending several weeks with
her sister, Mrs. Sabom.
Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Rayle were in
Asheville Tuesday.
Mrs. Annie Graham was in Ashe
ville Tuesday.
Miss Helen Nesbitt left Monday
for Asheville to enter school at the
Asheville Normal.
Miss Mabel Crawford of Old Fort i
and Miss Faye Conley of Marion
have taken charge of the dining
room in the Marianna Hotel in Mar
ion.
Mrs. P. H. Mashburn will leave
the latter part of this week for Bal
timore to visit Mrs. T. M. Chaney
for ten days.
Mrs. P. H. Mashburn, Mrs. I. V.
Beasley and Mrs. Madelyn Taylor
spent Monday in Asheville.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins
moved on Tuesday to the house for-1
merly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ben j
LeFevre.
JUNIOR LEAGUE ENJOYS PARTY
Members of the Junior League
enjoyed a party Friday night at the
home of Dorothy Rhinehardt. After >
the games, lemonade, cake, and wat
ermelon were served to the follow
ing: Lois Early, Katherine and Lou
ise Connor, Norma and Glen Gosorn,
|
Hubert, Marie, Max, and Joe Nes-:
bitt, and Donald Grant.
SENIOR LEAGUE HAS PICNIC
About twenty-five members of the
Senior League enjoyed a picnic at
Catawba Falls last Monday after
noon. Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Rayle
were chaperones.
BIRTHS
Born, to Mr. and Mrs.J. G. Bailey,
a daughter on September 1st.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Burnett, a
son September 6th.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Padgett, a son, September 5th.
Carey Hedgepeth of Lumberton,
N. C., who has been visiting friends
in Old Fort, returned home Monday.
Mr. Hedgepeth expects to enter the
school of medicine at the University
of Maryland in a few weeks.
Prof, and Mrs. G. B. Strickland,
who have been spending the summer
in Old Fort, left on Wednesday for
Cleveland, N. C., where Prof. Strick
land will assume his work as' princi
pal of the school at that place.
Restless,
could not sleep
MTHERE were days
when I felt like I
could not get my work
done. I would get so
nervous and 'trembly'
I would have to lie
down. I was very rest
less, and could not
sleep at night.
My mother advised
me to take Cardui,
and I certainly am
glad she did. It is
the first thing that
seemed to give me
any strength. I felt
better after the first
bottle. I kept it up
and am now feel
HEALTH
Tito Thedford's Black-Draught
tat, Caaatlpstton, Indixertioa,
and Bfliomnteas.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
UNDER DEED OF TRUST
Take notice, that whereas, T. L.
Epley and wife, Cora A. Epley, did
execute a certain deed of trust to
the undersigned, which deed of trust
is dated the 16th day of July, 1928,
and is recorded in Book 37 at page
149 of McDowell County Mortgage
Deed Records, conveying the lands,
therein and hereinafter described, as i
security for an indebtedness therein
described, which deed of trust con
tained full power of sale in the
event of default in the payment of
said indebtedness at maturity.
And whereas, there has been de
fault in the payment of said indebt
edness, and demand having been
made upon the undersigned Trustee
that he exercise the. power of sale
therein given.
Now, therefore, the undersigned;
will, on Friday, the 2nd day of Oc
tober, 1931, at 12 o'clock noon, at
the courthouse door in Marion, for
the purpose of satisfying said indeb
tedness, offer for sale, to the high
est bidder, for cash, the following
described tract of land, lying and
being in Marion on Henderson Ave.!
Beginning at a stake on the North j
side or margin of Henderson Ave
nue, in the Town of Marion, the j
Southwest corner of the W. F. Mc-!
Peters lot ^nd runs North 21 West;
with the line of said McPeters lot!
210 feet to a stake, the Northwest!
corner of said McPeters lot; thence;
South 60 West 55 feet to a stake;!
thence South 21 East on a line par-J
allel to and 55 feet distant from the |
first line above described 210 feet
to a stake in the North side or mar-j
gin of Henderson Avenue at a point;
55 feet from the point of beginning;
thence North 60 East with the said!
North side or margin of Henderson!
Avenue 55 feet to the beginning, be- j
ing a lot with 55 feet frontage on!
Henderson Avenue and running back
210 feet, between parallel lines.
The terms of sale will be cash,:
subject to confirmation as provided
by law.
This first day of September, 1931.
W. R. CHAMBERS, Trustee.
Sept.3,10,17,24
NOTICE OF SALE OF NOTE
$4,000.00
TOWN of MARION, N. CAROLINA
REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTE
Sealed bids for the above note
will be received until 10 o'clock, A.
M., September 23, 1931, by the Lo
cal Government Commission of
North Carolina, at its office in Ral
eigh, for the above note, dated Sep
tember 1, 1931, and maturing six
(6) months after date, without op
tion of prior payment. There will be
no auction. Interest rate 6 per cent
per annum. Interest payable after
maturity. Note will be in denomina
tion of $4,000.00. Bidders must pre
sent with their bids a certified check
upon an incorporated bank' or trust
company, payable unconditionally to
the order of the State Treasurer, for
$20.00. The right to reject all bids
is reserved.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
COMMISSION
By: Chas. M. Johnson, ..Director of
Local Government & Ex-Officio
Secretary of the Commission.
NOTICE OF SALE OF BUSSES
AND TIRES
Notice is hereby given that the
McDowell County Board of Educa
tion will offer for sale to the highest
bidder at the court house in Marion,
North Carolina, two (2) Federal
chassis and tires, on September 30,
1931, at 12 o'clock noon. Terms of
sale cash. The right to reject any
and all bids is reserved.
A. V. NOLAN, Secretary,
Board of Education.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
UNDER DEEDS OF TRUST
Under and by virtue of the power
given by a certain deed of trust, da
ted the 3rd day of December, 1929,
executed by E. H. Dysart and wife,
Mary Logan Dysart, and also power
given in a certain deed of trust, dat
ed the 2nd day of April, 1930, exe
cuted by E. H. Dysart and wife, Ma
ry Logan Dysart, to the undersigned
J. E. Neal, Secretary 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 in Deeds of Trust Book 42
at page 69, and the second deed of
trust being recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds for McDowell
County in Deed of Trust Book 42 at
page 102, I, the said J. E. Neal,
Trustee, will sell at the courthouse
door in Marion, McDowell County,
N. C., on Monday, the 28th day of
September, 1931, at 12 o'clock noon,
to the highest bidder, for cash, the
following tract of land, to-wit:
Bounded on the West by Main St.,
on the South by Lot 41 in Burgin's
original plat of the Town of Marion,
on the East by Garden St., on the
North by Lot 43 of said plat.
Beginning on a stake, corner of
Lot 41 on Main St., and runs North
2S, West 4 poles to a stake, corner of
Lot 43; thence North 64 East 20
poles to a stake on Garden Street;
thence South 26 East 4 poles to a
stake, corner of Lot No. 41; thence
South 64 West 20 poles to the be
ginning, containing 1-2 acre, more
or less, same being the present home
place of the said E. H. Dysart.
This 25th day of August, 1931.
J. E. NEAL, Trustee,
McDowell Bldg. & Loan Association.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
UNDER MORTGAGE
By virtue of the power of sale
contained in a mortgage deed made
by Will Garden and wife, Edna Gar
din, dated the 5th day of September,
1930, and i*ecorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds for McDowell
County, North Carolina, in Mortgage
Deed Book 41 at page 218, to which
reference is hereby made, and de
fault having been made in the pay
ment of the indebtedness as therein
described, whereby the undersigned
mortgagee has sustained loss and
the power of sale has become opera
tive, the undersigned mortgagee will,
therefore, on the 8th day of October,
1931, at 12 o'clock noon, sell at pub
lic auction, for cash, at the court
house door in Marion, McDowell
County, N. C., to the highest bidder,
the following land and premises, to
wit:
First Tract: Beginning at the S.
W. corner of Block B and runs 3.88
chains to a stake; thence near E. with
outside line 3.12 chains to a stake;
thencff N. 35.30 E. 3-tenths pole to
a stake; thence N. 75 degrees W.
8.37 chains to a stake in Reed
Street; thence S. 4 E. 4.25 chains to
the beginning, corner, it being lot
No. 15 in the E. K. Hild property in
Block B as shown on the map of said
land, containing 1.7 acres, more or
less.
Second Tract: Beginning on an
>ld marked Spanish oak corner sit
uated on top of a ridge in the forks
5f a road and runs N. 8iy2 W. 9 Vz
poles with Frisbie's fence to a stake
n corner of same; thence S. 64 W.
21 3-10 poles to a stake on the E.
aank of new road or Reed Street,
which is 24 feet wide; thence S. 5
legrees E. 1 42-100 poles with said
street to a stake; thence S. 76 E. 26
3-10 poles to a stake on W. side of
road on ridge; thence in a Northerly
iirection 16 3-10 poles to the begin
ning, containing 1 7-10 acres, more
5r less.
This 7th day of September, 1931.
W. R. CHAMBERS, Mortgagee