Pleasant Grove Memorial Sunday Services Outline
The Pleasant Grove Methodist church in West End Forest City hosts annual memorial services starting at ten with Sunday school and grave decoration. Rev J W Williams will preach at eleven, followed by a noon dinner on the grounds. An afternoon song service and Rev R T Baker sermon are planned. hundreds from several states are expected. Cemetery overseer J W Matheny maintains the grounds.
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Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
West End
Forest City
Oelock
A'Yelock
J. W. Williams
West Main Street
R. T. Baker
Brittain Presbyterian Church
Blanton Fights to Draw in Two Recent Bouts
Jack Blanton a Cliffside lightweight returning from a brief retirement due to a minor injury fought to a pair of draws in the last two weeks. An exhibition with Jerome Spangler in Kings Mountain on April 18 ended without a winner, and a April 24 bout with Chesnee champion Henry Byers also finished in a draw. This week he faces Ramos of Spartanburg a hard punching rival who previously stopped one sparring partner. Analysts split on who holds the edge as Thursday night’s clash approaches.
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Jack Blanton
Cliffside
Jack
Jerome Spangler
Kings Mountain
Pack
Henry Byers
Ramos
Spartanburg
K. O
Blanton
JENKINS TO SHOW HOLY LAND PICTURE AT BOSTIC
Rev E B Jenkins of Rutherfordton will present his travel filmed sermon in the Bostic school auditorium on Saturday May 2 at 8 oclock Admission is 10 and 15 cents Citizens are invited to attend and enjoy the presentation
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Bostic
E. B. Jenkins
Rutherfordton
Holy Land
Why Not Master Gardener Honors For City Garden
A reader celebrates Mr. J. B. Long s garden in the city. He tends vegetables and flowers with a systematic layout and notes strawberries potatoes beans beets tomatoes onions cabbage and more. He keeps chickens as a hobby and invites visitors to see the thriving plot.
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J. B. Long
Mr. Long
Change Terms Of Board Education Change Terms Of Board Education
Raleigh April 27 Senator McLean introduced a bill to set Rutherford County board of education terms. The measure specifies W W Nanney six years J T Harris four years and J C Hames two years. The bill passed the Senate and moved to the House.
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Raleigh
O. R. Coffield
Rutherford County
W. K. McLean
Polke County
Senate
Rutherford County Board of Education
W. W. Nanney
J. T. Harris
J. C. Hames
McLean
House of Representatives
A Psalm of Cotton and the Farmer’s Plight
A historical lament mirrors agricultural distress as cotton debts, liens, and poverty press on the farmer. The speaker rails at hardship, mortgage fears, and ruined schooling while contrasting a harsh life with fragments of ads for planters and housing inquiries. An unfurnished room request appears alongside farm supply mentions and a local hardware ad for Hill Dropping Cole Planters priced at $25.00.
Harris wins state essay prize for land policy
Marvin D Harris of Harris high school earned second prize in a state wide essay contest on A New Land Policy for North Carolina. The award includes a medal and $5 in gold from the Department of Conservation and Development. The letter announcing the prize was signed by State Forester J S Holmes to Prof W M Lovelace.
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Department of Conservation and Development
North Carolina sees bigger plantings of major crops
Extension officials report expanded fall plantings across North Carolina with expectations of continued spring sowing. Analysts say corn acreage could rise about 7 percent, barley by 40 percent, and wheat near 491000 acres after 1930 setbacks. Overall corn acreage up about 19 percent across 1929 and 1930.
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North Carolina
State College
C. A. Sheffield
Boiling Springs JC Clinches Intercollegiate Debate Title
Boiling Springs Junior college won the intercollegiate debate championship with both girls and boys teams taking top honors. It marks the first year a single college achieved this dual victory. T. T. Long Jr. of Forest City stands out among debaters. Over 20,000 peach trees thrive in Caldwell County orchards following improved management and spraying, yielding profit last year.
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Boiling Springs Junior College
T. T. Long, Jr
Forest City
Caldwell County
Sweet potato growers net 85 percent price in Wake county
After deducting all charges for freight, baskets and commission sweet potato growers of the Apex and New Hill communities in Wake county received a net price of 85 percent cents for 7 244 bushels of sweets shipped recently.
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Apex
New Hill
Wake County
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Pleasant Grove
J. W. Matheny
Matheny
Arev
Keer
F. B. Jenkins
Spindale
Master Gardener
Hill Dropping Cole
Farmers Hardware Co
Marvin D. Harris
Mr. Sheffield
The
Farmers Federation
Farmers Friend
Spindale, N. C
Osu Whang
Lifetime Guarant
Doggett Motor Co
Forest City, N. C
Jack’s Leader Store
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