Ellenboro Plans Colfax Fair A Community Event
In Ellenboro on October 11 and 12 1929 a two day community fair will be held with the event named Colfax Fair after the township. Forty residents elected officers and department directors including A B Bushong president J E Beam vice president C B Harrill second vice president Fred Harrill secretary Bettie Greene treasurer and directors G L Jenkins horticulture H G Moore livestock A S Harrill poultry Mrs John Martin supplies Miss Maggie Spurlin canned goods Mrs J E Beam fancy work Professor Curtis Price school Miss Ida Greene floral Professor R B Tapp athletics. A premium list is being prepared and exhibitors are urged to prepare cotton corn canned goods horticulture and farm products.
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Ellenboro
Colfax Township
Curtis Price
Colfax
A. B. Bushong
J E. Beam
C. B. Harrill
Fred Harrill
Bettie Greene
G. L. Jenkins
H. G. Moore
A. S. Harrill
John Martin
Maggie Spurlin
J. E. Beam
Ida Greene
R. B. Tapp
Rutherford County
Boll weevil found in Cleveland cotton fields
Cleveland Star reports a large weevil infestation on the Bate Blanton place near Eskridge Grove as the red spider pests also cause damage. Clarence McEntire, visiting Shelby, notes unusually large weevil specimens and widespread pest activity threatening the cotton crop ahead of picking time.
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Cleveland
Clarence McEntire
Bate Blanton Place
Eskridge Grove
Shelby
Cleveland Star
Transition Period for Retail Business Foretells Change
The article notes a shift in American retail as chain stores grow and management changes occur. It argues that old practices are obsolete and aggressive local merchants must adapt, using advertising and stock upkeep to meet competition and draw trade amid rising costs and a moving market.
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Main Street
America
Forest City
Ihimself
James L Hill Dies In Shelby At 72
Mr James L Hill born and raised in Rutherford county near Bostic died at his Shelby home on September 6 after a stroke. He was 72 and a devout Methodist. Funeral services were by his pastor. Survived by his wife Maggie Murphy Hill seven children and twelve grandchildren and one sister.
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Shelby
James L. Hill
Rutherford County
Bostic
Maggie Murphy Hill
Charles Smith
Dock Smith
Great Falls
S. C
Julius Weathers
Fayetteville
James Gault
Norfolk, Va
A. D. Bright
Roanoke
Bill Young
Erwin
Tenn
Virgil Hill
Charlotte
W. N. S. Rollins
Ellensboro
R-2
Kinscella Piano Class Starts in Forest City
Forest City residents discuss the Kinscella piano class introduced in the grammar school music room on Wednesdays from 2 15 to 4 15. Miss Goggans offers first year lessons at five dollars per term, aiming to expand to other township schools and broaden access to music education. A new all metal flying boat in Europe features 24 passenger seats, four 2000 horsepower engines, and a top speed of 126 miles per hour.
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Forest City
Miss Goggans
Europe
Death claims Mrs. Abram Hamrick in Ellenboro area
Mrs. Abram Hamrick, 88, died October 1 after an extended illness at the home of her daughter Mrs. Evie Putnam in Lenoir. Services were held at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church with Rev. D Hunt and Rev Washburn assisting. She leaves three sons, two daughters, many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her late husband was a Confederate veteran of Cleveland County.
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Ellenboro
Hamrick
Mt. Olivet Baptist
Hollis
D. Hunt
Washburn
Shelb
M. Gold
Evie Putnam
C. A. Hamrick
Rox
J. L. Hamrick
Eng
Elijah Hamrick
James Withrow
Holl
Putnam
Lenoir
Lewis McSwain
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
Cleveland County
Laxton
Frank Hamrici
Jewel
Lee Norris Putnam
R. K
van McKinney
Lattimore
Exorbitant prices paralyze Damascus bachelors and suitors
The piece notes bachelors from Damascus lament high charges by fathers of eligible brides and some suitors rely on installment plans. It also mentions women outnumbering men on Tagawa Island and a new gas production process yielding over 11 900 cubic feet per ton of straw.
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Damascus
Tagawa
Pacific Ocean
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Ugless
Congress
Dewey
Manila Bay
Secretary of the Navy
Herbert Photos
N. Y
Kinscella
Johnny
Abram Hamrick
ED. Grose
Spindale
Harrill & King
Orest City
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