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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1931
Page
9
Rutherfordton reports a slight June drop in recorder court activity with ninety seven cases heard. Sixty four convictions were secured, fines totaled 635 dollars, county costs reached 280.40 dollars, and 67 months and 20 days on the county chain gang were imposed.
The Forest City Methodist church Woman's Missionary society notes a surge of peace talk and warns against propaganda driving war. They cite 50 peace groups in Japan and 232 worldwide with millions, plus education chapters on cooperation and League of Nations aims. The speaker urges deliberate effort to advance organized peace or risk unprecedented devastation.
A wedding surprised many friends as Chivious Curtis and Essie Goode wed at Rutherford County Court House on Wednesday afternoon. The bride, daughter of John Goode, is a Cliffside High graduate who taught at Fairview for a season. groom son of Mr and Mrs Will Curtis of Ellenboro. They will reside in Ellenboro for now.
Beekeepers in Alexander county announce the largest honey crop of the spring since 1916. Farmers Hardware Co advertises water coolers electric fans and ice cream freezers starting at 1.00.
About 66 000 bushels passed certification out of 86 800 bushels inspected on 2 454 acres. 20 000 bushels were refused due to noxious weeds diseases and varietal mixtures. Middleton credits more growers and counties with increased certified seed this season.
Bankers and brokers and public officials, entrusted with others funds, have betrayed confidence. People fear handling funds and face a reckoning as unethical business practices expose failures across Arkansas. The note from Arkans as Methodist remarks on widespread distrust.
A garbled item notes curb market activities in Morehead City with urged sales on market days, reflecting local commerce focus and routine trading patterns despite incomplete text.
Acknowledgment from Mr and Mrs Volney Earley of Bostic R1 expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for kindness sympathy during the illness and death of their daughter Daisy Coleene and for the flowers May God bless each of you.
Roger Babson, noted statistician and economist, urges preachers to lead campaigns urging congregations to pay their bills. He argues prosperity hinges on ethical behavior, noting years of financial dishonesty and loans made with no real chance of repayment.
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