State Playing Santa Claus to Confederate Vets
North Carolina distributes semi annual pension checks to Confederate veterans and widows, totaling 96 checks worth 6752.50 dollars with 182.50 each. Four widow checks are 150 dollars, fifty five checks are 50 dollars for Class B widows. No new names added due to funding limits. some may join next year. The Davis Dickerson Mills chapter UD Confederacy bought stockings for veterans due for Christmas. Local residents attended events and church revivals, with visits and dinners noted among community members.
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Rutherfordton
North Carolina
Superior Court
Confederate Military Organization
County Board of Pensions
Davis-Dickerson-Mills _chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Mooresboro R-1 Church Appointment and Visits
Rev. I D Harrill preached at Race Path with 161 in attendance. Miss Gladys Robinson joined by letter. Large singing crowd, Vera Summey and Amarae Robinson to return from Asheville Normal College. Visitors include Bert Crosby and John Scoggins from Charlotte and Columbia, S C.
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Mooresboro
R.1
I. D. Harrill
Race Path
Gladys Robinson
Vera Summey
Amarae Robinson
Normal College
Asheville
Mrs Rucker Taken By Death In Rutherfordton
Mrs Fannie Dodd Rucker 55 wife of James A Rucker of near Rutherfordton died at her home on State Highway 19 after an extended illness. Born and reared in New Prospect South Carolina she leaves a husband four children two sons Jim and Robert and two daughters Alice and Edna plus six stepchildren and six sisters. Burial was at Mill Spring Sunday noon. She was a devoted Baptist and held in high esteem locally.
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Rutherfordton
Fannie Dodd Rucker
James A. Rucker
Near Here
Rutherford County
Here
New Prospect
S.C
Jim
Robert
Alice
Edna
J. W. McKnight
Fort Pierce
Fla
P. L. Gregory
Macon
Jack Sullivan
Greenwood
S. C
A. D. Carter
Gastonia
John Dodd
Landrum
G. C. Wolfe
Inman
J. F. Watson
M. P. Ramsey
Ella Dodd
Mill Spring
Baptist Church
Sulphur Springs Sunday School Christmas Program
Sulphur Springs Forest City R-1 district announces a Christmas program at the church on Monday night December 23 with public invitation. The B Y P A selects six month officers led by Pauline Cole as President and Alton Kendrick as vice president, with Estelle Bland Qui Leader, Annie Henson Treasurer, Bessie Henson Joyce Bland Leona Robbins and Mrs C E Wall as group captains.
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Forest City
R-1
Sulphur Springs
Pauline Cole
Alton Kendrick
Estelle Bland
Annie Henson
Bessie Henson
Joyce Bland
Leona Robbins
C. E. Wall
Annette Hopper
Marvin
Wendall Eaves
R. W. Eaves
W. M. Hopper
W. B. Bland
Myrtle Hopper
Henry Mathis
Broughton Strickland
Boiling Springs
New Books Added To City Library In Past Month
The city library added over a hundred volumes this month including one by M. W. Harri Jr and two by Clarence Griffin along with two copies of Bechtlers and Bechtler Coinage, plus one book by Mrs. M. L. McConnell. Mr. D. F. Morrow donated two copies of Then and Now, a Ruth erford county romance. The library will be closed Tuesday Saturday and Christmas week. books due December 24 and 28 will be accepted without fine on the next library day.
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M. W. Harri Jr
Clarence Griffin
Use Cottonseed Meal In Fattening Ration
Experiments show cottonseed meal can aid pig fattening when fed in dry lots for 55 to 84 days at 1/3 to 1/2 pound daily without poisoning. In a soybean pasture trial, pigs fed 3/4 pound daily for 90 days showed no furious effects and greater gains at lower cost.
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Hostetler
Texas
Mr. Hostetler
E. H. Hostetler
State College
Spindle Fire Causes About $1000 Damage
A Sunday noon fire damaged a Spencer Corporation house in Spindale, occupied by Luther Hamrick who was away. Neighbors alerted the alarm, the fire department arrived promptly, saving the structure from total loss. Some furniture was moved out. rest damaged by water. The house was insured.
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Spindale
Spencer Corporation
Luther Hamrick
Death notice and poultry text reference correction
Obituary notes the death of Mr. C C Dobbins of Caroleen after a three year illness. It corrects the widow’s maiden name to Miss Frankie Yelton and adds sister Miss Biddie Dobbins of near Ellenboro. Also mentions the fifth edition of Poultry Disorder by Dr B F Kaupp from State College as a widely used poultry science textbook.
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C. C. Dobbins
Caroleen
Frankie Melton
Frankie Yelton
Biddie Dobbins
Ellenboro
Dobbins
B. F. Kaupp
State College
Burns Prove Fatal To Mrs. Livingston
Mrs. B C Livingston of Charleston West Virginia died from burns she sustained earlier. Her body was brought to Rutherfordton for funeral services held Tuesday. She was 86, widow of B C Livingston, daughter of O T Waldrop, and left a seven year old daughter, a father W B Waldrop, a brother, and a sister. She was a Presbyterian church member and well known in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherfordton
B. C. Livingston
Charleston
West Va
O. T. Wal- Grop
W. B. Waldrop
Presbyterian Church
Seventeenth Annual Southern Livestock Convention at State College
Livestock workers from across the Southland gather at State College January 7 8 and 9 for their seventeenth annual convention. Programs may be obtained from E H Hostetler State College Raleigh NC.
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Southland
State College
E. H. Hostetler
Raleight
N.C
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Santa Claus
S. C. Robinson
Herbert Parris
Spartanburg
George Jolley
Floyd McGinnis
Ferry
Ray Greene
Stephens
Ion Robinson
Norris Lowing
Elizabeth Elmore
G. Champion
Jennie Lee
Jack
Avondale
Plato Champion
Dwana Jolley
Hattie Crusby
Bert Crosby
Columbia
John Scoggins
Charlotte
E. T. Randall
N. C
Mill Springs
City Library
Courtney
Forest City, N. C
Victor and Brunswick
Burns
Mrs. Livingston
Piano
Magness
Main
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