Boiling Springs Hints At Becoming Junior College in 1928
Boiling Springs High School trustees on September 7 resolved to urge Kings Mountain Sandy Run and Gaston County Baptist associations to convert the school into a junior college for the 1928 fall term. They cited high construction costs and shrinking high school activity as state colleges expand. The plan would seek approval and support from the Baptist State Convention in Durham.
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Boiling Springs
Boiling Springs High School
Kings Mountain
Sandy Run
Gaston County
Baptist Associations
Baptist State Convention
Durham
Special Rate to School Students
A special rate of $1.00 for nine months is offered by the paper to colleges, universities and high schools. The paper will serve as a weekly letter from home and includes two keys with each subscription. The Packard Junior Eight is mentioned for younger children.
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Cee Eee Ea
Packard
Poultryman Advises Repairs and Culling for Winter
A poultryman urges repairing the poultry house to stop cracks and leaks and to cull the flock as winter approaches, aiming to prevent losses and ensure shelter for remaining birds.
Prosperity of Rutherford County Echoes Railroad Growth
J C Elliott recalls Rutherford County before and after the Civil War, noting slow Reconstruction, cheap land, and anticipated rail lines. He describes progress from early mills to a burgeoning town, Lake Lure attractions, and a new courthouse, with railroads and cotton mills driving growth while farming lags.
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Rutherford
Cleveland
Polk
Rutherford County
Double Shoals
Buffalo Paper Mills
Shellby
Rutherfordton
Henrietta
Forest City
Chimney Rock
Asheville
Hendersonville
Lake Lure
The
Rock
North Carolin
J.C. Elliott
Armadillo Like Creature Found Far North of Chesnee
Mr Otis Harris a prosperous farmer five miles northwest of Chesnee on the North and South Carolina line shot a peba an armadillo like animal on his farm last week He saw it dig and weighed about twelve pounds It was on display at Z Stockwells Chesnee shop drawing over two thousand visitors The peba ranges from Paraguay to Texas and is unusual to find as far north as North Carolina
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Otis Harris
Chesnee
Colina
Hi Farm
Harris
North Carolina
Z. Stockwell
Armadillo
South
Tropical
America
Texas
Paraguay
Sandy Run Baptist Association Meeting Notice
The Sandy Run Baptist Association meets October 6 7 at Holly Springs Baptist Church. At its last regular meeting a resolution changed the meeting time to Thursday and Friday before the second Sunday in October. Committee on time and place are P C Hawkins Z D Harrill and W M Gold.
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Sandy Run Baptist Association
Holly Springs Baptist Church
Messrs
P. C. Hawkins
Z. D. Harrill
W. M. Gold
Rutherfordton Spindale enroll 1400 students
Rutherfordton Spindale Ruth schools opened on September 5 with enrollment surpassing 1400. Spindale elementary enrolled 539, Rutherfordton 395, Ruth 154, and Central High about 300 students.
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Rutherfordton
Rutherfordton-Spindale-Ruth
Spindale
Ruth
Central
Florence Mill News highlights and social notes
Florence Mill News reports on visits to Asheville Campobello and Cherokee, a pound supper at the White home in Alexander, and local plans. It notes departures for Gaffney, a watermelon party at E. G. Flack’s, and rising alfalfa interest with farmers buying limestone for soil improvement plus farm supplies from Farmers Hardware Co.
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Forest City
Ira Davis
Eunice Thompson
Thelma Jones
Asheville
Dan S. Hardin
J. M. Collins
Cherokee
S. C
R-3
George Shytle
Campobello
Shytle
C. ©. Lane
Pound
A. C. White
Alexander
Burton McGaha
Gaffney
Florence Baptist Sunday School
E. G. Flack
North Carolina
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California Fruit
Candy Kitchen
John Thomas
Prop
Forest City, N. C
Doan
Board of Trustees
King Grocery CO
Sunny Grocer
Forest City, N.C
Rutherford CO
J. C. Elliott
Lattimore
Sandy Run Baptist Association Meets
Rutherfordton Spindale
Florence Mill News
Farmers Hardware Co
Mary Garden
David Belasco
Nazimova
Fiske O'Hara
Alice Brady
Ole Edi
Lybran
Ross Bros
Agomeryy
Audi
Oldsmobile
J. T. Camp
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