Revival to Begin at Oak Grove July 31
Rev Williams led Sunday services at Oak Grove with a large crowd and visitors. A revival meeting starts Wednesday night July 31 and continues one week to ten days with all invited. Families of Tate, Wells, and Harrill were noted visiting, and Edna Hamrick along with several others attended a chimney Rock picnic alongside Ethel Tate and Edith Biggerstaff.
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Oak Grove
Bostic
Williams
George Wells
Forest City
Leard Wells
T. B. Harrill
S. Mises Edna
Virtie Mae
Addie Hamrick
Ollierea Randall
Joe Hawkins
Bernice
Avondale
M. E. Hawkins
Chimney Rock
Ethel Tate
Lucille Webb
Edith Biggerstaff
Eugenia Randall
Kate Harrill
Ellenboro
R-2
Bedford
Elijah Hamrick
Shaw Randall
Mary Harrill
Charlotte
C. B. Harrill
Bud Bailey
Juhe
W. T. Harrill
H. J. Harrill
Paul Harrill
Della Randall
Ollives
Bethel Church
Forest City Baptist Church
Concord
I. D. Harrill
Oak Grove No. 1
Miss Toms
Dewey Blanton
Hester Carpenter
Cliffside
Tommie Harrill
Bethel ‘Baptist Church
Local Families Visit and Attend Gatherings Across Communities
A string of social visits and family occasions spans Charlotte to Hendersonville and Ellenboro. Mae Harrill of Charlotte visits parents C. B. Harrill. Eugenia Randall hosts a party. Daniel Hamrick and son George visit Delia Randall. Naomi Jolley from Alexander stays with grandparents W. A. Jolley. M. B. Beam and family dine with Jack Harrill at Spindale. Bate Dobbins and family and Mrs. Martin visit T. B. Harrill. L. B. and Thurman Lowery travel in Cleveland County. Maci Blanton spends weekend in the area. J. M. Randall visits W. T. Harrill. M. B. Beam and family spend Sunday with Clyde Wright in Ellenboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Biggerstaff
Clarence
Odell Tate
Nellie
Oral Biggerstaff
James Webb
Grady Randall
Mae Harrill
Charlotte
C. B. Harrill
Eugenia Randall
Daniel Hamrick
George
Delia Randall
Naomi Jolly
Alexander
Mrs. W. A
Jolley
Bate Dobbins
Reading the Times and the new business age
A writer discusses how changing times hurt local merchants yet boost distant trade. He notes cars and roads pull customers away but also widen markets as shoppers come from fifty miles out. The piece argues adaptive, modern methods sustain business amid progress.
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Times
Far From the Ideal Economic Woes of Wheat Farmers
The piece argues farm distress stems from overproduction and high costs, noting wheat prices at prewar levels and current prices beneath a dollar while farming inputs rise 60 to 100 percent. It contrasts surplus grain with global hunger in China, calling the world still out of joint economically.
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China
Farm yields tied to lime use and clover crops
No clover produced on T. W. Drury’s Burke County farm when lime was absent, while using one ton per acre yielded 15 200 pounds of green material. The permanent 4 H club camp at Mountain Branch Station near Swannanoa will be ready this month. Madison County farmers have pledged nearly $8,000 to fund a farmers’ warehouse at Marshall.
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T. W. Drury
Burke County
Mountain Branch
Swannanoa
Madison County
Marshall
Birthday for Mr. Martin Woody at Home
A large gathering of friends and relatives celebrated Mr. Martin Woody's 52nd birthday at his home on July 21. Attendees included the Woody family, L D Pitman and children, A R Sorrels and family, M L Sorrels, Calvert Johnson of Rutherford R-4, W M Dalton, and Bertha Kellar of Lake Lure. A long dining table held a variety of foods prepared for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilkey
Martin Woody
Woody
Marion
L. D. Pitman
Forest City
A. R. Sorrels
M. L. Sorrels
Calvert Johnson
Rutherford, R-4
W. M. Dalton
Bertha Kellar
Lake Lure
Grady Dalton
Ellenboro 4 H Short Course At State College July 29 To Aug 3
Ellenboro area notes the 4 H short course for club members will be at State College from July 29 to August 3 with about 600 young farm girls and boys expected. The item includes local farm and church news plus revival notices and social updates from Ellenboro and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Rutherford County Jersey Club Buys Pure Bred Bull
The Rutherford County Jersey club purchased a pure bred bull to be used in a county community. The Eastern North Carolina tobacco market will open on September 3, about a week earlier than last year but not as early as eastern growers requested.
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Rutherford County Jersey Club
North Carolina
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OAK Grove News
C. N. Tate
Mr. Tate
Rev. C. N. Tate
Mrs. Tate
Winston-Salem
Reale We
Rio Castoria
Thedford
Wno
M. B. Beam
Jack Harrill
Spindale
Hester Magness
Mr. Than Tate
Hendersonville
Warsaw
Poland
Sofie 4 Oldak
Judaea
Herbert Phi
Hare
Womer
Charles Kelley
Italy
Boston
Herbert N.Y
Mr. Martin Woody
Bethel
Johnston County
Sys
Firestone
Oldfield
Doggett Motor Company
N. C
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