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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1929
Page
5
A promotional testimonial extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a swift remedy for colds flu dengue malaria and bilious fever. The speaker claims it strengthens blood and health and notes taking three bottles after exposure. Advertisement urges trial tablet sample for 10 cents from Buffalo NY.
A School Board questioned an teaching applicant on whether the earth is flat or round. He replied that he would teach round or flat depending on the Board’s preference, implying adaptability to authority. The piece then shifts to urging customers to choose from grocery stock as the way to get the best.
Senator Amos Beam of Forest City gains twelve Senate committees including Banks and Currency and Education while Senator Frank Wood has eleven committees and chairs Banks and Currency. Representative Biggerstaff serves on three House committees and gains two more on Wednesday. Other assignments include Distributing of the Governor's Message Enrolled Bills Mining and more.
Federal officers W. W. Owens and E. E. Whitener found a giant beer still in Holbert Cove upper Polk County. The operation yielded four thousand gallons of beer and 26 bushels of meal with an extra heating apparatus. The device reportedly could produce liquor at about one gallon per minute.
Rutherfordton January 21 county commissioners named registrars of vital statistics for each township. List includes Rutherfordton Miss Willard Powers Union E C Carver High Shoals M B Mahaffee Caroleen Green Hill C Lee Biggerstaff Sulphur Springs A L Henson Forest City Morgan Township L D Hemphill Union Mills Logan Store Bostic M G Crow Gilkey H F Killian Duncan Creek Mrs Grady Withrow Hollis Cool Springs O R Coffield Ellenboro Chimney Rock J C McDaniel Trees Camp Creek John E Flack Union Mills
Rutherfordton January 21 A group of cattle growers gathered January 11 in County Agent F E Pattons office to organize the Rutherford County Jersey Cattle Association with Dr W A Thompson as president O J Holler as vice president and S G Walker as secretary treasurer Field agent Mr Snarr of the American Jersey Cattle club urged better size and the group plans a Jersey Calf club in the county as its first project.
Ellenboro notes funeral services for Mrs. Grover C. Spurlin of Charlotte were conducted at Oak Grove Methodist church near Ellenboro on Monday afternoon January 14. She formerly lived in Ellenboro, belonged to a prominent Rutherford County family, and moved with her husband and family to Charlotte several years ago after a brief illness ending with pneumonia.
Ellenboro merchant and poultryman A S Harrill returned from Madison Square Garden Poultry Show with nine prizes from eleven Partridge and White Wyandottes entered. His Partridge Wyandotte cock earned first prize and blue ribbon. He also claimed one second, four third, and two fourth places. Harrill has bred Wyandottes over thirty years and earned more than $2,000 in prize money, bringing honor to Rutherford County and North Carolina.
G L Jenkins reported nine bales of lint cotton from seven acres near Ellenboro averaging 510 pounds each. The crop valued at 1052.84 with total costs 1528.94 yielding net profit 576.74 or 82.39 per acre. Costs include managerial 10 per acre and rent 10 per acre.
Troy Blackwell age 22 was struck and killed Sunday night January 13 near Cliffside by a car driven by two Horton brothers. He died instantly from a broken neck after being dragged fourteen feet. The accident occurred about eight o'clock near his home on the Chesnee and Gaffney road near the state line. The Horton brothers, who had been to Chesnee to fetch a physician, reported striking something and planned to return to investigate. Blackwell was buried Tuesday at New Pleasant Baptist church with Rev. T. M. Hester and Rev. M. M. Huntley officiating. He leaves four brothers and three sisters.
Ellenboro Jan 21 The 780 acres of cotton averaging 530 pounds lint per acre produced by 189 boys and farmers from thirteen vocational schools near Charlotte were analyzed at the Bale Per Acre banquet. Findings show average lint and seed receipts per acre 124.97 dollars, production cost 67.22 dollars, net profit 57.75 dollars, and lint cost 8.83 cents per pound. Land rent and managerial charges set at 10 dollars per acre, implements 1.50, labor 20 cents per hour and horse labor 15 cents. Fertilizer seed ginning and marketing at actual cost.
Rutherfordton January 21 Mrs Slemmie Ruppe wife of C H Ruppe Union Township died Friday January 11 and was buried January 13 at Chimney Rock Baptist Church with services led by Mrs M M Huntley and E P White. She is survived by her husband and five children Mrs S S Huntsinger of Neyville Ed neyville Mrs B F Ledbetter of
Chimney Rock Miss Ida Ruppe and D W and J A Ruppe of Rutherfordton announce the death of a 69 year old resident. She was a Polk county native, daughter of the late Abner Cantrell, a Baptist church member, with fifteen grandchildren surviving.
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