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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1931
Page
7
Forest City North Carolina weekly publication lists editor owner C E Alcock news editor Clarence Griffin society editor Arval Alcock assistant manager and advertising rates. Subscription rates shown. Published Thursdays across Rutherford County.
The Post editorial warns of dangers from communist activities in the United States. It urges cautious measures within bounds and rejects both hysteria and violent repression. It concludes that a nation as great as this must strive to remain sound and whole.
The Memphis Market Master quotes John Wannamaker on merchandising and rampant advertising. He built a $60,000,000 fortune by heavy promotion especially in downturns, arguing quitting advertising is the poorest policy. Brands once vast in public memory faded when firms stopped spending.
The Cleveland Star reports record auto sales in North Carolina for May, surpassing both this year and last May. Experts note over 4,000 new motors sold in a single month, suggesting money flowing and possible better times this fall while acknowledging summer months are typically slow. The piece also mentions soldiers receiving May bonuses.
North Wilkesboro welcomes Frank L. Smith as chief of police with strong hometown support from city officials. W F Toney earns praise as night officer of courage and good judgment. York Finance Company to open an industrial bank space over the A and P store, Harrill and King installing banking equipment from the Chimney Rock Bank. Forest City boasts a lively merchant community, but warns against reduced advertising in summer. President Hoover urges Indiana editors toward optimism and renewed confidence to boost buying. Dixie Golf Course by Don C Melton opens on Highway 20. locals commend the venture.
Ted Alcock writes of the new ball park stirring pride in the community and the lingering blues of modern life. Readers send letters, including a jab at his Dope column, while local talks touch on parking, law, and optimism from Roger Babson.
Rutherfordton June 15. Dr A D Underwood closed a two month campaign visiting Forest City Ellenboro Caroleen Henrietta and Rutherfordton elementary schools. He examined 600 children and treated 510 with 648 amalgam fillings 104 cement fillings 905 teeth treated without extraction six abscesses treated 300 extractions 510 children cleaned with 75 other treatments. Total operations 9543. Campaign cost taxpayers nothing. Children under 13 treated. Extension Circular 186 by C H Brannon offers free copies on boll weevil control.
Veterans of the World War who let their war risk insurance lapse should seek reinstate ment as restoration is likely. File disability claims before July 3 to preserve rights. if denied, pursue a jury claim. Claims should be under permanent and total disability from the disability date, paying $5.70 per month per thousand insured or $57.50 per month for ten thousand. Obtain further details from any American Legion Post service officer.
The testimony centered on Smart interrupted by Price’s name and a remark about a cut to Chief Price. County officers recalled Smart being moved from Forest City jail to Rutherfordton jail after the slaying. Witnesses described overheard remarks and Smart with a knife, insisting he would not go home.
Funeral services for Zachariah Walker 72 were held at Sandy Plains Baptist church with Rev Zeno Wall and Rev S B Elam presiding. A Mooresboro Bank vice president and Boiling Springs Junior College trustee, he joined the Baptist church young and served as deacon. Survived by widow son William and three sisters Cathy Whitaker Foster Whitaker Corrie Walker burial in church yard.
Rutherfordton June 15 two convicts Guy Allen and James Perkle escaped the county chain gang around 6 am while guards were at breakfast. Allen, with a year sentence since April 27, is wanted in Asheville on a car theft charge and has a long history of escapes. Perkle, from Spindale, held six months for store breaking, had served about a month and fled about two weeks earlier. neither man has been recaptured as this edition goes to press.
A surprise birthday party hosted by Miss Pearl Mitchell honored her sister Myrtle at Carolean on June 14. Guests played golf, enjoyed games and music, and shared fruit. attendees included Pauline Hollifeld, Margaret Lynch, Lydia Alfred, and C A Kennedy among others. Five milk routes will open in Beaufort County when the new creamery starts in Washington in July. A carload of good cows will be sold at auction in late June.
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that property purchased with military compensation and taxed locally remains taxable under state law. Opinions upheld Guilford County taxes on J M Lambert and A Martin, despite federal exemptions. The ruling may go to the U S Supreme Court. Two cases were decided, one denying mercy in a murder case and another granting a new trial.
The Bolen family expresses deep gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of Mrs Hester T Putnam mother mother in law grandmother. Grateful for the floral offerings and blessed wishes.
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