Forest City lauded by Dunn Co. rep on prosperity
Mr. T B Munson traveling representative of R G Dunn & Co. praises Forest City for strong finances and business grit. He notes the town's resilience after regional bank failures and Lake Lure turmoil, saying local firms end the year financially better and that Forest City stands out among small towns in the state.
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Arave
Forest City
T. B. Munson
R. G. Dunn & Co
Charlotte
Munson
Lake Lure
Buy at Home Campaign Urges Local Product Support
A Monroe Enquirer summary extols buying locally to boost town growth, payrolls, and tax wealth, urging residents to patronize nearby producers over distant cities. The Forsyth county threshing season yields high grain returns with 900 bushels of oats from 12 acres and 3,000 bushels of barley from 60 acres.
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Monroe Enquirer
Forsyth County
Strolling Column Touches Local Life and Characters
A fragment from a Columbia based column recalls Big Bill Haile visiting, gossip about a stenographer who enjoys the writer's work, and a mix of townsfolk. The piece hints at a pink shirted stranger, a suggested park sign about sidewalk penalties, and a wary warning about banking and old age savings.
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Bill” Haile
Columbia
Tax rate confusion sparks call for mass meeting
A reader questions county tax projections claiming only a three cent reduction from last year despite headlines. He outlines last year’s 1.75 rate with 54 cents bank losses and 81.5 cents for school and road funds, arguing the year’s 1.18 rate omits these costs and urging taxpayers to meet in August to demand relief.
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Editon
Holy Moses
Buncombe
Forest City social notes in Oakland News July issue
Mrs 1A G and Ozelle Moore and Mrs. Mattie McDaniel visited Mr and Mrs John Moore at Boiling Springs last week. Mr and Mrs Pierce Henderson and family spent the weekend with the latter's parents, A M Dixon Jr and Addie Johnson and family of Alexander, who are visiting Mrs W H Carver.
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Forest City
R-2
Ozelle Moore
Mattie McDaniel
John Moore
Boiling Springs
Pierce Henderson
A. M. Dixon, Jr
Addie Johnson
Alexander
W. H. Carver
Advertising as a mass storytelling method for sales growth
The piece defines advertising as telling others what you want them to know, reaching a wide audience efficiently. It emphasizes repeating sales ideas in print to multiply impact, save time, and extend reach from house to house, turning awareness into revenue.
Entertaining Party In Spindale Honors Clarke Hosts
Misses Gertrude and Inez Clarke entertained many friends with games and a contest won by Forrest Robinson and Reid Daniel. Refreshments were served to a group including Stella Freeman Lillian Robinson in Starnes Lill Atchley Maggie Whitaker Elma Griffin and others from Spindale Alexander and Tennessee.
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Spindale
Gertrude
Inez Clarke
Forrest Robinson
Reid Daniel
Stella
Hattie Freeman
Lillian Robinson
Starnes
Lill Atchley
Maggie Whitaker
Elma Griffin
Annie
Zelda Newton
Estelle
Emma Price
Alexander
Annie Dee Atchley
Tennessee
Mrs. Forrester
Charlie Biggerstaff
Glenn James
Lewis Robinson
Howard Hyder
Gilbert Moxtfrede
J R. Patrick
Leonard McCurry
Pajama Party Honors Miss Mary Alva Taylor
Miss Helen Thomas hosted a pajama party Tuesday morning from 9 30 to 12 o clock for her guest Miss Mary Alva Taylor of Pleasantville Kentucky. A three course breakfast was served and guests joined in dancing and Bunco. Attendees included Kr Foster Mahen of Charlotte Mary Logan King of Chestnut Hills Kat Alexander Dot Rudisill Bud Rudisill Ebb Thompson Winifred Gray Barrell Harrill Rose Suber Marjorie Padgett Mary Roberts Reinhardt and Helen Thomas.
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Helen Thomas
Mary Alva Taylor
Pleasantville
Foster eMahen
Charlotte
Mary Logan King
Chestnut Hills
Kat? Alexander
Dot? Rudisill
Bud
Ebb’ Thompson
Winifred Gray
Barrell’ Harrill
Rose Suber
Marjorie Padgett
Mary Roberts Reinhardt
Huge Wheat And Corn Crops Forecast
Washington July 13. The agriculture department forecast bountiful corn and wheat harvests with corn at 2,967,958,000 bushels versus 2,094,000,000 last year drought year and a five year average of 2,761,000,000. Wheat expected to exceed last year with 869,013,000 bushels and a five year average of 822,000,000. Durum 32,000,000 and spring wheat down due to drought.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
P U Convention Caroleen July 25 26
The Sandy Run Baptist Y P U convention will be held at the Caroleen Baptist church on Saturday and Sunday July 25 and 26. A program of the meeting will be printed in next week's issue of The Courier.
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Sandy Run
Roper and Barringer Wed in Forest City Charlotte
Miss Christine Roper of Forest City and Mr Paul Barringer of Charlotte were married on Monday July 6 The Courier will publish a full wedding report in next week’s issue
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Christine Roper
Forest City
Paul Barringer
Charlotte
the Courier
Proctor Abrams Return From Ten Day Holiday Trip
Mr and Mrs Vernon Proctor and Mrs Charles Abrams of Spindale traveled by motor to Harrisburg Scranton Pennsylvania and Lacona New Hampshire visiting friends and relatives. They journeyed via the Shenandoah Valley to Washington D C on the return and say they had a wonderful time.
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Vernon Proctor
Charles Abrams
Spindale
Harrisburg
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Lacona
New Hampshire
Shenandoah Valley
Washington, D. C
New Cottons For Evening GHEER Fashion Notes
New GHEER cottons dominate smart summer evenings among the young. The text highlights two models with low sweeping hems: an evening dress with organdie trimming and widened shoulders tapering to the waist, and a tiered cotton lace frock with lace or net ruffles.
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South Carolina
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P. U
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Barringer-Roper
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