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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1930
Page
10
North Carolina State College advises home gardeners on essential equipment for pest control. Use a 2 to 3 gallon compressed air sprayer and a hand duster, plus a supply of spray and dust materials. A small 8-ounce glass measuring cup helps portion materials. For key pests like the Mexican Bean Beetle, use magnesium arsenate spray.
Nationwide exhibition by General Electric features the On Top refrigerating unit proving immunity to dirt air moisture and rust. Crowds watch as the unit operates submerged in water with quiet smooth efficiency, highlighting remarkable durability.
Five official crop production contests were announced in North Carolina with winners across cotton and corn from adult farmers junior vocational students and 4 H Club entrants. Notable winners include J Wilson Alexander of Huntersville leading the 11 1 2 acre cotton contest with 145.2 pounds per acre and Pressly Alexander winning the Junior Vocational Corn contest with 137 bushels per acre. Clark Matheny Forest City won the Junior Vocational cotton contest at 856 pounds tint per acre and John A Brown of Weaverville led the 4 H Club corn contest with one acre yielding ... bushels. Prizes exceed $100 in Cool Springs Township. Officials expect many contestants this year.
Guidelines using calcium and lead arsenates nicotine sulfate and pyrethrum to combat Colorado potato beetle cucumber beetle and harlequin cabbage bug. Apply as sprays or dusts with water lime mixing ratios and repeat weekly or as needed for effective coverage.
The article notes that used solutions should be diluted according to the strength recommended by the manufacturer. This guidance emphasizes following labeled concentrations and safety precautions for proper handling and effectiveness.
Ralph Lawing and Mrs Alma McDaniel Hamrick were married at C L Geer residence in Rutherfordton. Rev J W Parker officiated. Mrs Lawing is daughter of J C McDaniel of Gilkey and Win Lawing is son of W D Lawing of Union Mills community.
Spindale hosts a three day Chautauqua May 8 to 10 featuring Vierra’s Hawaiians with a South Sea Islands concert and a later production A Night in Hawaii. May 9 includes Elsie Patay Cymbalom Ensemble plus Vienna Cymbalom Symphony and a Graham immigration lecture. May 10 offers Sprague players The Rivals and The Big Pond closing program with a tale of love and a Frenchman in America.
All day memorial services are set for Saturday at First Broad Baptist Church starting at ten o’clock. Dr W A Ayers of Forest City will give the memorial address at ten in the morning. Dinner will be served on the grounds at noon. In the afternoon Dr E B Jenkins of Rutherfordton will deliver the memorial sermon at two o’clock.
In the 11th annual high school music contest at North Carolina College for Women, Forest City High School girls’ glee club won second place in Class B with forty four members under Mrs A M Lickman and C C Erwin. Winners included Greensboro Canton Statesville Reidsville and others. Over 2,500 participants attended the central contest and final concert Friday afternoon and night.
Apr 28 Rutherfordton notes Mrs M R Champion returns from Blackstone Virginia after winter visit. Local residents visiting relatives include Moore family near Spartanburg D C. Britten Hines Forest City. Clarence Huntley Forest City. Burton Duckett Chesnee and others at J L Smith home. Spent at Spindale and Mountain View reunion at Will Lane’s. Odessa Jones visited Spindale with G Ledbetter. Rev Lawson Wright of Alexander and Weldon Abrams visited.
A daughter named Merl Dean was born to Mr and Mrs Gordon Smalley in Spindale on a Sunday tracing the birth to April 25th with the newborn listed as Merl Dean Ives.
Preliminary census data suggest Spindale may overtake Rutherfordton as the county’s largest town once final figures are in. Bostic shows a decline from 260 in 1920 to 238 now, a net loss of 22 people, while Alexander Mills village records 831 residents, noting it was unincorporated in 1920.
Edgecombe county growers placed 89 cases containing 2 670 dozen eggs in cold storage to relieve a local surplus. The move reflects a coordinated effort by local poultry interests to stabilize prices and preserve egg supplies for the coming weeks.
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