OLD FORT NEWS
VOLUME II
OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1929
NUMBER 41
THE OLD FORT NEWS
The Old Fort News is pub
lished each week in connection
with the Marion Progress.
MISS GERTRUDE DULA,
Editor and Business Manager.
BOOKS
Books are part of man’s prerogative,
In formal ink they thought and
voices hold.
That we to them our solitude may
give,
And make time present travel that
of old.
Our life, fame pieceth longer at the
end
And Books it farther backward
doth extend. >
—Sir Thomas Overbury.
local and personal i Harry Raymer is spending several
ITEMS OF INTEREST I weeks in Bryson City.
F. Foster of Statesville is visiting
his son. Rev. Jonathan Foster.
G. H. Harrill of Forest City spent!
the week-end in Old Fort. j
v r> Tir i • A 1- Ml I A. D. Moody left Sunday for Sa-
L. C. Wilson was in Asheville on •
Saturday.
VAULE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
The public library of Old Fort is
proving more valuable all the time.
If every one could but realize what
it means to have access to good
books—a Library is not a building,
nor a collection of dead and dusty
books, but a living, active agent of
service. The Library is a community
information service station.
William Jennings Bryan said:
“The system of free public libraries
now being established in this coun
try is the most important develop
ment of modern times. The library
is a center from which radiates an
ever w^idening influence for the en
lightenment, the uplift, the advance
ment of the community.”
We all know well enough what it
means to have a public library, so
now let’s all boost it, work for it and
help it grow.
ARTZ HOME ROBBED
The home of Capt. W. P. Artz
was robbed last Sunday night while
the family were attending church.
The house was entered through a
screen door from which the wire
screening had been cut in a way that
was not noticeable. Several watches
and rings were stolen, allso silver
ware. These articles were not missed
until Monday evening. About $500
worth of Jewelry was stolen from
the room of Miss Frances Artz.
As yet no clue has been found that
would lead to the recovery of the
stolen goods.
Miss Janie Parker of Asheville
was a visitor here Sunday.
Miss Marion Nelly of Asheville
spent Saturday night in Old Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Nichols of Ma
rion were in Old Fort Sunday.
Mrs. Whitmire and daughter Olive
of Biltmore visited Mrs. Edwin Ep-
ply Sunday.
W. Lavender spent Friday in
Asheville.
Guy Steppe of Marion was in Old
Fort Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Durham of Ashe
ville spent the week-end with Misses
Bula and Millie Kanipe.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Allison of
Black Mountain spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Allison.
Mrs. R. M. Reeder and small son,
Raymond, Jr., were in Asheville on
Saturday.
Miss Marjorie Steward of Hickor
ry was in Old Fort Sunday.
Dr. J. B. Johnson made a business
trip to Asheville Saturday.
Claude Parker of Marion was in
Old Fort Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Lytle of Bilt
more were visitors in Old Fort Sun
day.
Bring us your prescriptions. We
fill them just as the doctor orders.
Bradley Drug Col Adv.
Miss Alma Gilliam of Asheville
spent the week-end in Old Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Ricks of Clare
mont are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Swann.
Miss Leora Patterson of Asheville
was a visitor in Old Fort Saturday.
Miss Woodhouse of Fayetteville
spent Saturday with Miss Millie Ka
nipe.
Marion Nesbitt of Gastonia is vis
iting relatives in Old Fort.
Columbus Kerlee of Black Moun
tain visited his son, Stanley, last Sat
urday.
Luther Grant of Marion visited
his aunt, Mrs. M. G. Turner, Sunday.
Mrs. W. H. Bradley spent Monday
HAT IT COSTS\
TOQOUERNUSi
By PROF. M. H. HUNTER
Depf. of Economies. Unw. o/IHinoij
“HERE COMES ARABELLA”
On the evening of July 23rd the
Woman's Club of Old Fort, assisted
by the Junior Club, will present at
the school auditorium a charming
three-act play, “Here Comes Arabel
la.” This plaiy comes highly recom
mended and the cast, which is local,
includes a majority of the younger
set. Chinese and gypsy choruses giv
en in costume will lend color among
other attractions to the entertain
ment.
luda Mountain where he accepted a
position.
Mrs. W. W. LeFevre spent several
days in Charlotte last week.
Miss Thelmal Marston spent sev
eral days last week in Raleigh.
Miss Pauline Hicks, of Canton, is
visiting relatives in and near Old
Fort.
Mrs. M. H. Grant of Greenlee
were shopping in Old Fort Saturday.
Miss Sue Zackery of Asheville is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Ed Norton.
Mrs. Reuben Cannon of Kansas
City, Mo., is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John White.
Mrs. Geo. W. Bryson of Asheville
was a visitor in Old Fort Monday.
Miss Bessie R. Fleming of Ashe
ville spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fleming.
Mr. Geo. W. Bryson, of Bryson-
Snyder Co., spent the week-end with
his family in Asheville.
D. T. Roughton is spending some
time in Columbia, S. C., on business.
John Turner Roughton is with him.
Mrs. Preston Ball and small son of
Asheville are visiting Mrs. W. W. Le
Fevre.
Garnet White of Kansas City is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John White.
Dr. A. W. Robinson of Mount Hol
ly spent the week-end with his fami
ly in Old Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Westermann
are spending several days in Ashe
ville as guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Goodson.
Mrs. R. J. Whitley and Mrs. W. E.
Porter and sons, Robert and John,
of Tazewell, Va., visited Mrs. J. M.
Charles last week.
Mrs. W. H. Greenlee and daugh
ters, Misses Ruth and Nina, of
Greenlee, spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moody.
Misses Elizabeth Henry and Lois
Kelly, of Augusta, Ga., will arrive
soon for a visit with their cousin,
Mrs. D. T. Roughton.
R. G. Van Newkirk of Cumber-
The Tax on Automobiles
DO YOD realize tliat, in most states
in
land, Md., spent several
The many friends of Rev. R. F.
Mock in Old Fort, where he was pas
tor of the Methodist Church for five
years, have been commenting favor
ably on his recent sermon delivered
at Franklin, where he is now pastor
of the local church. This sermon, in
which he denounced Bishop James
Cannon, Jr., for his Wall street
gambling and his activities in poli
tics, was published in the Asheville
Citizen of June 26th. The sermon of
Rev. R. F. Mock was described by
the Franklin correspondent as “one
of the most powerful sermons ever
delivered in a local church.”
“ WEARY RIVER ”
Is a penitentiary a place of pun
ishment for past mistakes only or a
melting pot to remold misguided
character and ability?
Can anything good come out of
Sing Sing or Joliet or San Quentin;
anything that is worth the trouble it
takes to nurse it into being and to
keep it flowering in spite of ridicule
and distrust and indifference?
To these questions “Weary River”
has at least a partial answer. It is a
question that no less a literary high
light than H. L. Mencken has been
trying to answer by first encouraging
and then publishing in his “American
Mercury,” the works of various gif
ted prisoners in Califorftia prisons.
“Weary River” pictures most
graphically the two great struggles
that confront any convict who de
sires to take a new road and work
out a new life. Contrary to most
prison yarns the jailer is not the vil
lain. In fact the warden, a fair and
discriminating picture of many war
dens throughout the country now, is
the hero of the story and the saviour
of the boy. Everybody’s Theatre,
July 5th - 6th.
in Asheville.
Mrs. Flora Gilliland visited friends;
in Asheville Monday.
Rev. J. W. Gray, who has been as
sisting Rev. Dixon in a revival, left
Monday for his home in Black Moun
tain.
Edward Gray of Elkin was a visi
tor in Old Fort Monday.
M. L. Grant and Otis Grant were
visitors in Asheville Monday.
Miss Mabel Crawford of Asheville
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs,
J. R. Crawford.
Mrs. B. V. Lehmann of Hickory is
spending several weeks with her
father, A. L. Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar White of
Winston-Salem spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. John White.
M. J. Hunt spent Sunday in Wea-
verville.
Mr. and Mrs. Clapp Greene of
Asheville visited relatives in Old
Fort Sunday.
Q. H. Bradley visited relatives in
Asheville Monday.
West Potter of Asheville was in
Old Fort Monday.
W. S. Gragg of Black Mountain,
was in Old Fort Tuesday on busi
ness.
Miss Myrtle Henley, who is work
ing in Marion, spent the week-end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Henley.
F. G. Wilson made a business trip
to Asheville Wednesday.
Miss Edith LeFevre is visiting
friends in Charlotte and Hickory.
J. C. Sandlin, who has been ill, is
improving.
Mrs. C. W. Graybeal has returned
home after spending several months
in Charlotte.
Don’t forget to get your piece of
Rogers silverware at Everybody’s
Theatre on Wednesday and Thurs
day nights.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvan McDougle of
Black Mountain were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. S. F. Mauney on Friday.
Mrs. R. A. Raymer and daughter,
Elizabeth, are spending several days
in Bryson City.
One gallon Thermal Jug $2. Also
paper plfites and cups. Bradley Drug
Company.
Kill-ko is death
quarts and gallons.
Company.
to flies;
Bradley
pints.
Drug
Adv.
“ THE FLEET’S IN ”
More than 300 extra players ap
pear in Clara Bow’s new starring
picture entitled “The Fleet’s In!”
garbed in the uniform of the United
States navy. For the most part, the
men selected were ex-naval men so
that authentic and realistic atmos-
week in Old Fort in the interest of
the Union Tanning Co.
The Presbyterian Sunday School
enjoyed a delightful picnic dinner at
Recreation Park on Thursday atfer-
noon. About fifty members were
present.
Mrs. Geo. Moore and children have
returned home after spending the
past month with Mrs. Moore’s par
ents, Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Preas, in
Johnson City, Tenn.
Miss Billy Pharmer of Asheville
entertained on Saturday evening
with a birthday party at Recreation
Park. Those attending from Old Fort
were Misses Nannie Sue and Caro
line Sandlin.
The Old Fort Extract Works closed
on July 1st for a period of several
months, during which time many im
provements will be made on the
plant. About 80 men were employed
in this plant. The Catawba Tannery
will continue in operation.
The revival which has been in
progress at the new Baptist Church
for the past two weeks, is attracting
large crowds. These meetings are
conducted by Rev. E. C. Ellis of Ba-
kersville, who is assisted by Rev. C.
L. Taylor, pastor of the Old Fort
church.
Mrs. John Rockett was hostess to
the Bridge Club on Thursday even
ing. Three tables were in play.
Special invited guests were Miss
Emma Allison, Miss Daniels, Mrs.
Harvey Rockett. F. M. Bradley, J. L.
Whisnant and Donald McIntosh. A
salad course was served at the con
clusion of the games.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Charles had as
their guest last week their brother.
Dr. J. W. Wetten, and nephew. Jack
Wetten, of North Tazwell, Va. Dr.
Wetten has represented, the 9th dis
trict of Virginia for the past twelve
years. He also was captain in thej
142 Ambulance Division during the j
world war. i
Robert Culbertson of Morganton
was injured on Saturday afternoon
when the sedan he was driving ran
off the road and turned over on high
way No. 10 between Old Fort and
Greenlee. Culbertson was
brought to Old Fort in a dazed con
dition, but" after receiving medical
aid was able to return to Morgan-
tOIli
"‘Rolling along fine” is the news
from Mr. and Mrs. Charley Snyder,
who are spending their vacation on a
motor tour of the West. After spend
ing a few days in the Yelowstone
Park, they expect to continue on
their way to Washington. Miss Emma
the feature ; Freeman, who accompanied them.
owning an automobile you pay
three distinct taxes in addition to the
tax you may pay upon gasoline? The
first is that levied by the federal gov
ernment of 3 per cent upon the fac
tory price of the car.
In most states automobiles are con
sidered personal property for purposes
of taxation. The local assessor is ex
pected to list them at their selling
value. In many instances few automo
biles are . listed and the values placed
upon those listed Indicate an unbeliev
able (depreciation.
The most important levy based di
rectly apon the automobile la the li
cense fee demanded before its opera
tion becomes legal. This is'found in
each of the 48 states, but there is
no semblance of uniformity in the
method of making the levy nor in the
amount exacted. The total receipts
from this source in 1926 were about
$288,282,000.
In the 48 states at least seventeen
different bases are used in determin
ing the license charge. The most im
portant basis for pleasure cars is
horse power, although other bases
used by some "tates are value of car;
weight; hors* ;-ower and weight; fac
tory list Value and weight; value,
weight and ho.se power.
The size of the license payment var
ies greatly from state to state. With
the introduction of the gasoline tax,
some states reduced the registration
license to a nominal amount sufficient
to cover administrative costs and road
police, while any net*revenue from the
owner of an automobile was to come
from the gasoline lax. From this small
amount the annual license ranges to
almost $100.
The license charge upon trucks Is
usually higher than upon pleasure cars,
and the basis of levy is frequently
somewhat different. The bases of levy
most used are carrying capacity; horse
power and tonnage; weight; total
weight of car and load; value, horse
poweir and carrying capacity; tire
width; horse power and weight In
many states the rules applying to
pleasure cars also are used in deter
mining the license payments on trucks,
days last] The payments required by the different
An Insurance
Against Being **Broke*’
A bank book having a good sized balance
will insure you against going “broke,” es
pecially if you consult us before investing
your money in any of the many schemes
being presented daily. A savings account
makes you more careful with your money
—it creates a spirit of thrift that is without
question worth many dollars to you.
THE BANK OF OLD FORT
' OLD FORT, N. C.
Hats on Sale
All Hats on Sale for two weeks.
Stylish hats of the best quality. "
Dula IMillinery Shop
Old Fort, N. C.
states vary from a few dollars to as
much as $800 a year.
In licensing busses, the seating ca
pacity is frequently taken Into consid
eration In arriving at the amount. This
is frequently combined with other fac
tors such as mileage, horse power,
weight and gross receipts. The charge
varies greatly in different states.
(g). 1928, Western Newspaper Union.)
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NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that under
Give Grain Supplement »nd by virtue of the power of sale !
. , T» I. contained in a certain deed of trust,
to Animals on Fasture | executed by G. W. Davis, Carl Davis
Should grain be fed to dairy cows I and wife, Louise Davis, to J. A. Bur-
on pasture? Since spring and sum* i gin, trustee, dated March 24th, 1924,
mer grass Is relatively low in nutri- and recorded in Book 29 page 195,
ents. a cow producing 25 to 30 pounds I office of Register of Deeds for Mc-
of milk per day must eat about 150
to 300 pounds of grass in order to
get enough feed for her daily re-
Dowell County, to secure the pay
ment of certain indebtedness therein
mentioned, and because default has
been made in the payment of said in-
quirements. Since this is practically 1 debtedness and demand has been
impossible, a grain supplement must j made upon the undersigned to exer-
be given. For cows producing 20 to j cise said power of sale for the pur-
35 pounds of milk per day, a mixture
of the ordinary farm grains such as
oats, corn, wheat bran, and barley
fed at the rate of 1 pound of grain
to 4 to 6 pounds of milk produced per
day will be sufficient. For cows pro
ducing more than 35 pounds of milk
high protein concentrate such as cot
ton seed meal or linseed oil meal.
Take home a quart of Ice Cream
for dinner. Bradley Drug Co. Adv.
Adv.
phere could be obtained
“The Fleet’s In!” is , . .i. •
attraction at Everybody’s Theatre j visited her brother in Minnesota on
July lOth-llth, Wed. and Thursday, i their way across the country.
VERYBODY’C
THEATRE
OLD FORT, N.
C.
RICHARD BARTHELMESS
in
“WEARY RIVER”
Friday and Saturday
JULY Sth and 6th
“MYSTERY VALLEY”
Jerry’s Big Hand Comedy
Monday and Tuesday
JULY S'th and 9th
CLARA BOW
in
“THE FLEET’S IN”
Koko Kleans Up, Comedy
Wednesday and Thursday
JULY 10th and 11th
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
MORTGAGE
Notice is hereby given that, under
and by virtue of the power of sale
contained in a certain mortgage deed
executed by George Davis, Carl Da
vis and wife, Louise Davis, and E. L.
Davis and wife, Sallie Davis, to J. L.
Burgin (dated May 9, 1924, and re
corded in Book 65 page 519, office of
Register of Deeds of McDowell coun
ty, N. C.) to secure the payment of
certain indebtedness therein set
out, and default having been made
in the payment of said indebtedness,
the undersigned Executors of the es
tate of the said J. L. Burgin, deceas
ed, will, on the 5th day of August,
1929, at 12 o’clock, M., at the court
house door of McDowell County,
Marion, N. C., offer for sail at public
ut-cry, to the highest bidder, for
cash, all the right, title, interest and
estate of the said George Davis, Carl
Davis and wife and E. L. Davis and
wife, in and to the following descri-
,bed pieces, tracts or lots of land, ly
ing and being in Crooked Creek and
Old Fort Township, McDowell Coun
ty, North Carolina, viz.:
FIRST TRACT: A certain tract or
parcel of land in Crooked Creek
Township, McDowell County, North.
Carolina: Bounded on the North by
the lands of R. M. Burgin, on the
East by the lands of Sallie Clark; on,
the South by the lands of
Lytle, and on the West by the lands
of R. M. Burgin, and being the land&
conveyed by R. L. Burgin, deceased,
by will to Nettie Gentry, Caroline
Lytle and Josie Lytle, which said
land is more fvflly described in the
said last will of R. L. Burgin, of rec
ord in the office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court of McDowell County,
North Carolina.
SECOND TRACT: Being Lot No.
. 3 in Block L in the town of Old Fort;
ard Harris and wife to said Davis, I Beginning at a stake on South Main
pose of satisfying said indebtedness,
the said undersigned trustee will, on
the 5th day of August, 1929, at 12
o’clock, M., at the court-house door
of McDowell County, Marion, N. C.,
offer for sale at public out-cry, to the
highest bidder for cash, all the right,
title, interest and estate of the said
per day. the ration should contain one ■ q. W. Davis and Carl Davis and wife,
in and to the following described
real estate, situate in Old Fort Town
ship, McDowell County, N. C., to-wit:
FIRST TRACT: Being a house
and lot on the South side of Water
street in the town of Old Fort, known
!as the 0. E. Blalock place, and de
scribed in a deed from R._ L. Bow
man to said Davis, which said deed is
of record and is hereby referred to
for a full description.
SECOND TRACT: Lot on East
side of South Main street in the town
of Old Fort, known as the W. B.
Burgin barber shop house and lot,
and described in a deed from W. B.
Burgin to said Davis, which said
deed is of record and is hereby re
ferred to for full description.
THIRD TRACT: Being the lot
known as the Richard Harris house
and lot in said town of Old Fort and
fully described in a deed from Rich-
which said deed is of record and is
hereby referred to for full descrip
tion.
Also the undivided interest of the
parties of the first part in and to
three certain houses and lots in New
Fort. One known as the J. L. Nichols
lot, deeded by J. L. Nichols to George
Davis, which deed is of record and
reference is hereby made to same
for full description. Another known
as the C. P. Harmon lot, deeded from
Harmon to Beech and from Beech to
G. W. Davis, which is of record and
reference is hereby made to same
street and Goodson’s comer, and
runs East 120 feet with said Good
son’s line to a stake; thence North
37 feet and 4 inches to a stake;
thence North 120 feet to a stake in
South Main street; thence South 37
feet and 4 inches with said South.
Main Street to the beginning.
THIRD TRACT: Being Lot No. 14
in Block No. 2 of New Fort lots of
Old Fort, and lot No. 15 in Block No.
2 of New Fort lots of Old Fort as
shown on Miller’s Map of the said
lots and being the same conveyed by
J. L. Nichols and wife to U. S. Davis»
for full description. The other known! E. L. Davis and Mollie Davis by deed
as the Tom Davis house and lot and j dated February 3, 1914, and record-
deeded from Tom Davis to G. W. ed in Book 50 at page 445, office of
Davis, which said deed is of record j Register of Deeds for McDowell
and reference is hfereby made to the j County, to which reference is made
same for full description. , for description.
Posted this 27th day of June, 1929. this 27th day of June, 1929.
J. A. BURGIN, Trustee. I j BURGIN,
—— ^ ! W. S. BURGIN,
Subscribe for the Manon Progress j M, G. TURNER,
—^the home town paper. i Executors of J. L. Burgin, deceased.