Tobacco in Town and Juice on Every Farm Headlines
A compilation notes headlines from nearby papers and local business chatter. It mentions a $90,000 Morganton hotel project, new B L associations in Marion and Forest City, housing shortages, booster activities, and a countrywide see the country tour by Rutherford farmers with 53 autos and 260 people, plus farm demonstrators in Forest City and Hendersonville News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Morganton
Forest City
Rutherford Sun
Rutherfordton
Hendersonville
Rutherford
Farmer’s Bank & Trust Company
Catawba
Cleveland
Henderson
Farmers Welcome Rain and Local Weddings
The Rock Corner section notes a beneficial rain that will aid crops. Mr. Joe Koon and Miss Ola Rollins were married last Sunday afternoon. Ambrose Crotts and family visited J. J. Rollins Sunday night. David Crotts and Lee Newton called on J. S. Carpenter and enjoyed ripe watermelons. Lucinda Webb of Lattimore, visiting her son D. D. Webb, is quite ill. Selma Butler returned from visiting friends in Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Koon
Ola Rollins
Ambrose Crotts
J. J. Rollins
David Crotts
Lee Newton
J. S. Carpenter
Lucinda Webb
Lattimore
D. D. Webb
Mary Davis
Forest City
W. E. Padgett
Caroleen
Clarence L. Early
Young Swope
C. H. Padgett
Stennett Walker
Avondale
W. L. Lee
Petersburg
Calvin Harrill
Tip Sams Twins and the War Time Family
Benzie Bird in Claremont Va Herald reports a rustic ballad about Tip Sams who raises tobacco and trades in skins. He has seven sons in addition to twins and a wrinkled wife who smokes a pipe. The poem notes the seven sons sleep in France while Tip continues his trade and bears more twins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Benzie Bird
Claremont
Herald
Gift denial and town building notes in Forest City
A local man who often borrows small sums from ads asks Joe Reinhardt for five dollars but is refused after being told the loan would feel like a gift. The Weathers building nears completion with modern amenities and planned two week move for business. Mr. Lail of Asheville visited, and Pink Hardin from Mt. Vernon cut 34 cross ties from a large tree, all graded A1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Reinhardt
Joe
I. P
Weathers
Forest City
Hardin
Mt. Vernon
Golden goblet and pocket-book cautions in verse
The piece mocks modern vice and warns readers to temper desires with finances. It contrasts old warnings about fast societies with a shift toward self restraint, urging a heart to heart talk with one's pocket-book before acting on impulses.
Walls News Notes Bostic R 2 July 31 1920
Crop reports from Walls area note exceptionally good cotton and harvested wheat with flour prices not alarming. Revival at Walls Church draws large crowds with sermons by Rev. Z D Harrill and Rev. C H Padgett. Several join the church. local social updates include visits and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostic
Walls Church
Z. D. Harrill
C. H.padgett
Walls
Chivous
J. N. Jones
Forest City
Care and Treat ment of Stock and Poultry book released
New book by Dr. L. D. LeGear a veterinary surgeon from Toronto notes 128 pages of up to date data covering horses cattle hogs sheep and poultry with charts and illustrations. Priced at 10 cents a copy available from dealers or by sending a dime to 1700 North Broadway St. Louis Missouri as a newspaper subscriber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. LeGear
Toronto
Ontario
Veterinary College
North Broadway
St. Louis
Lynchburg Chilled Plow Agency Opens September First
The Flack Hardware Company announces it has secured the Lynchburg Chilled Plows agency for the county. The plows are famed for lasting quality and self sharpening shares fit Lynchburg and Oliver plows, guaranteed to last two to four times longer than usual. Opening date September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flack Hardware Company
Lynchburg
Eebburg
Oliver
Also Mentioned on This Page
Forest City Courier
Thompson
N. G
Congress
Harriman
Tenn
Iss Pearl Milligan
N. C
Knoxville
Marion
B. & L. Association
McDowell
Selma Butler
Charlotte
Mr. Lail
Asheville
Lynchburg Chilled Plow Agency
Spartanburg
E. Main Street
Spartanburg, S. C
Olema Wlack
Wa Coo Co
Kodak
Agenc
Ilbert
Gilbert & Rami Cliffs
Guuners
Mgr
Forest City Building & Loan Association
I. B. Covington
W. J. Davis
Sec
Treas
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