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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1930
Page
2
Ferry news reports twelve converts baptized at Fieyds Creek with Rev A G Melton officiating and delivering a sermon on John 16 33 about peace in tribulation. Local residents pass along hospital treatment notes and visiting relatives from Lincolnton Georgia while others plan travel, guests, and fishing trips in the county.
About thirty farmers attended the demonstration at P B Owens farm on Cane Creek with J S Howard of the Chilean Nitrate Soda Educational Bureau delivering an address on seeds rotation soil care and expanding yields. An estimated corn yield on plots using Chilean nitrate and acid phosphate ranged from 34 to 40 bushels per acre versus 17 to 25 bushels on a plot with acid phosphate alone.Yields will be compiled in October and Owens Patton and bureau officials will report final results for corn requirements.
One hundred farmers from Pitt County attended a Korean demonstration last week on Y T Thorne’s farm. County Agent Arnold reported representation from every township in the county.
Jas M. Miller is identified as the representative for Carolina Cafe, with a contact phone number listed as 95.
Raleigh selects 129 teachers from 70 counties naming W L McGahey W Y Fielder A B Bushong and G H Singleton as top performers for the year ending July 1. Ellenboro High School highlights include 15 000 bushel cooperative potato storage 85 farm members in Ellenboro Canning Association a community hatchery for 7 000 capacity and a $20 000 project profit plus $15 000 in cooperative buying and selling.
Forest City R 2 Sept 2. Local residents mingle with relatives and friends across nearby towns. C L Moore and Corton of Hamp ton Va visited Mrs A C Moore and Miss Alda Moore, who then returned home with them. Elizabeth Moore and others joined trips to Charlotte. Kate Moore visited sister Mrs B R Douth in Charlotte. Pierce Henderson family spent weekend at A M Dixon's. Mamie Hamrick of Lenoir and Tia Hamrick of Spindale visited Mrs E M Divinney. O H Sinclair and family plan a few days with Broadus Dodson of Fair View. Dodson family joined singing convention at Mt View.
Miss Wyattie Toms hosted a chicken fry at Rainbow Lake on Friday afternoon in Forest City. About three thirty, fires were built and food laid out including chickens, cake, pies, sandwiches, and lemonade. Invited guests included Misses Mary Sue Holland Mallie Matheny Ovela Beatrice Summers Mary Greene Ola Hunt Mattie Ossie Pauline Toms from Mount Pleasant and others from Forest City Henrietta Cliffside Floyd Creek Mt Pleasant Floyd Creek and Floyds Creek.
On the Cliffside Mills farm near Caroleen a fertilizer demonstration led by B E Gold and F E Patton County Agent attracted many farmers on Tuesday August 26. Tests compared 600 lb acid phosphate 50 lb nitrate potash 300 lb Chilean nitrate soda versus 600 lb acid phosphate 50 lb nitrate potash with no soda, showing seed cotton yields of 1200-1400 and 700-900 pounds per acre respectively.
Gene Byrnes column notes social visits in Gaffney Cliffside and Rutherfordton. Mentions Mrs Jackson guest with Mrs Bingham and Doris Hopper ill. Local gatherings include Eaves family from Charlotte and Smiths. Funeral of Pink Robbins at Holly Springs referenced. Court house mass meeting set to protest tax levy next Saturday at ten. Oxford Orphanage Singing Class represents about 415 children. County Agent Grant notes five to six carloads of milk cows could be financed. Forest City pride voiced. Optimist joke about summer garden.
Rev Cleve Holland returned missionary preached at Race Path to a large crowd. Many from the community attended Mountain View church singing convention. Miss Beulah Earley returns home to Dobbinsville after visiting relatives. Pearl and Ethel Wood of Avondale spent weekend with Effie Champion. The Robisons hosted Fay Jolley and Owen Padgett for dinner. Herbert Parris family of Boiling Springs visited the Robisons. Community members attended Wall revival in Henrietta where Rev Wall preached strongly.
In Sulphur Springs Forest City R 1 on Sept 1 a large Sunday school crowd attended morning and a lively Y P U gathering at night with several visitors. Miss Estelle Bland hosted a class social at the spring with ice cream and games while Miss Ruby Robbins heads to Boiling Springs Junior College. Mr and Mrs Robert Head from Caroleen visited L M Robbins Saturday night.
Charlotte September 2 1915 Dollar Day planned by Efird's to offer extensive merchandise across departments. Store officials emphasize value through cooperative effort and quality bargains, aiming to attract broad customer interest despite competition from other department stores.
A notice of a trustee sale under a deed of trust dated August 10 1925 by D P Sisk and Carrie Bin Sisk Doggett as trustee. The sale will be held at the courthouse door in Rutherford County North Carolina on October 2 1939 at noon. The property is part of the Q A subdivision in Forest City on the west side of Collins Street comprising Lots 16 and 17 as shown on the map by J A Wilkie Surveyor recorded in Book 1 page 10 in Rutherford County Deeds, for full description reference.
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