Social notes and garden advice from local and regional events
Mrs Clyde Whisnant hosted a birthday gathering Tuesday January six with card games and a salad course for a group including Nell Young Mayme Martin Vera Whisnant Spurgeon Moss G C McDaniel Charles Flack Fred Webb and Robert Holmes. A county diet of farm news follows with Clover cultivation boosting corn yields in Bladen County and soil improvements planned by E L Green with J I Powell.
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Clyde Whisnant
Nell Young
Farm Census Under Way in North Carolina
North Carolina farmers will be counted as part of a nationwide census. Enumerators seek detailed farming data from last year for statistical use only. Participation is voluntary but required by law. records are confidential and burned, with only unidentified data retained.
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North Carolina
United States
Poultry Paves Way for Owning Farm in Iredell County
In Raleigh reports by R. W. Graeber County Agent, E Parker of Amity, Iredell County, demonstrates poultry as a solid farm income. Parker, a small farmer on rented land, runs 350 high grade white leghorns with crude equipment yet fine methods, recording an egg and poultry sale of 1488.45 in eleven months against 465.49 feed cost, yielding profit of 1702.86. He recently bought a new place and built a warm house for 350 layers, saying poultry success inspired the move.
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Raleigh
Jan
E. Parker
Amity
Iredell
R. W. Graeber
State College Extension Division
Soodstone Weodsstone Wood Like Ordinary Wood
A garbled note describes a material called soodstone or weetstone, a mate mix of sawdust mag cement pressed into planks with no grain and cut by a saw. It claims it is non inflammable and resembles ordinary wood in use though specifics are unclear.
Tomb of Viking Queen Unearthed in Norway
A tomb believed to belong to a Viking queen has been found in southern Norway. The burial chamber contained a full set of equipment for the afterlife including a furnished kitchen, beds, and looms, reflecting northern pagan beliefs.
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Norway
Asset and Liability Summary From Bank Ledger Data
The figures list demand loans secured and unsecured totaling 1,173.19 in loans and a large pool of assets including United States and Liberty Bonds, stock holdings with Federal Reserve Bank, real estate values, and cash items. Totals show cash in vault, checks for clearing, and net amounts due from banks with final balances around 1,777,042.72.
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United States
Liberty
Federal Reserve Bank
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Wm. W. Butler
Charlotte
T. E. Smith
Baltimore
Vonn
We Music Club
C. M. Whisnant
P. Hall, Jr
Spartanburg
A. F. Weaver
Thermal City
Thos. G. Stone
Wilbur Proctor
Orangeburg
S. C
Mr. Proctor
Mrs
W. D. Proctor
Maurice Swartzmann
Chesnee
Jack Michalove
Jacob Traub
New York
Alda Freeman
Mr. Eras
M. Capple
Jus Freeman
Capple
Cliffside
C. L. Moore
Hubert Moore
Willie Moss
Wilton Flack
Rutherfordton
Mr. Vaughn Beam
Marion
Lizzie Beam
T. L. Bowen
Lawndale
Bob C. Harrill
Harrill
W. A. Ayers
Mary Ayers
Ernest Roberson
T. C. Whisnant
Messrs. W. W. Moore
Blanton Biggerstaff
Paul Whiteman
Messrs
M. J. Harrill
J. A. Wilkie
A. E. Foster
John W. Doggett
Shelby
Florida
R. E. Biggerstaff
Robbie Biggerstaff
William Biggerstaff
J. S. Doron
Whiteman
Mary Crowell
Tom Tarheel
Wanamaker’s
Cleveland
G. W. Rollins
R. 1
Forest City
E. C. Blair
State College
Blair
E. L. Green
Bladen County
J. I. ‘Powell
Rutherford
N. C
Kissimmee
Mr. Grover King
Cyclone Auction Company
Forest City, N. C
Cliffside Theatre
Gloria Swanson
The
American Legion
General Electric Co
Legion
Legion W
Cliffside Mills
Lars
B.A. Walker
Newburg
Thedford
Treas
Farmers Bank & Trust CO
Busine
Liberty Bonds
State of
I. B. H. Long
B. H. Long
J. B. Long
H. Thomas
C. C. Moore
T. R. Padgett
State
NEW Men’s Oxfords
Dalton Bros
Forest City, N .C
Cherokee Springs
Spindale
Mayo
Forest City Cliffside
Caroleen
Henrietta
Mayora
Spindale Sun
Marion Wee
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