BLANTON REUNION
WEIL ATTENDED
L ar ge Number Gather Mt.
Olivet For Family Reunion
Thursday—Some Local
History.
(By James C. Elliott)
Lattimore, R-l, Jul y 21. The
surviving children, one son, Burt
Blanton and six daughters, Mrs.
Dock Price, Mrs. Martin Gold, Mrs.
Oliver Hamrick, Mrs. James G. G.
Hamrick, Mrs. Martin Davis and
Mr « T witty Daves, with grandchild
ren and many friends met at Mount
Olivet Baptist church July 17.
This is a prosperous church in a
r regressive community, located on
the southeast end of Cherry Moun-^
lain. i
Frank Blanton was born in 1831
a , ; d was reared in Cleveland coun
ty He married Miss Sarah Chitwood
in 1860, and moved to Rutherford
county. He volunteered in a Cleve
land company in the spring of 1862,
and served faithfully in Co. F., 56th
Regiment. I was with him in the
same company. I am fortunate to be
the last to tell of the hard service
and six battles he went through un
til he broke down at the siege of
Petersburg about the first of August, >
3864. '
This was their first family reun
ion. R. E. Price, editor of the Ruth
erford County News, a grandson,
was master of ceremonies, along,
with Rev. Martin Gold, son-in-law,'
and Rev. Sankey Blanton, a grand-1
son. Miss Mozelle Gold, a grand
daughter, acted as secretary and his- ,
torian. She is a fine, brilliant gill j
who has finished at Boiling Springs :
and is continuing her course in;
higher schools. Sankey Blanton is a ;
very bright young man, aspiiing to
the ministry, early joined a military
company and was the youngest sol- ;
dier that served in Col. June Gard- (
ner's regiment on the Mexican Bor- \
der; then came the larger experience j
in the World war and in the drive that •
broke the Hindenburg line, taking
13,000 prisoners; that he helped to,
convey to the rear. He says he got j
into it so deepi that he had little
hope of getting out. I heard him make (
a patriotic address at Big Springs
church on the eve of leaving for
the war. He finished at Wake For
est, and took a coutse at Louisville
Theological Seminary. He is now
located at Louisburg, Franklin coun
ty, N. C.
Frank Blanton and wife reared
five sons and seven daughters.
KILLS FIFTY-SIX SNAKES
NEAR CAROLEEN
Caroleen, July 21.—Mr. Henry
Head, who resides near here, killed
a large garter snake and fifty-five
small snakes last Thursday near his
home. He noticed the large snake
crossing the road and killed it, af
terwards killing the fifty-five "sons
and daughters." - .
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State Democratic
Committee To Meet
Raleigh, July 21.—A meeting of
the state democratic executive com
mittee here Wednesday, July 23,
has been called by Chairman Odus
M. Mull for the purpose of organiz
ing and laying plans for the fall
campaign.
The committee, consisting of 120
members—l 2 from each congres
sional district—will meet in the
hall of the house of representatives.
One of its chief items of business
will be to elect a chairman and a
vice chairman.
Mr. Mull, who has served in the
position for two years, is slated
for re-election as chairman. Mrs.
Thomas O'Berry of Goldsboro has j
been prominently mentioned for
Y!ce chairman to succeed Miss
Mary Henderson of Salisbury who,
it was understood here, has an
nounced she will retire.
The new executive committee was
named at the district Democratic
conventions which were held here
the morning of July 3 just before
the state convention met.
Mr. Mull said he was expecting
a n enthusiastic meeting of the com
mittee. He predicted that vigorous
plans for a militant camipaign
a gainst republicans in the fall elec
tion would be made.
The democratic campaign is
-lated to get under way about Sep
tember 1, it was learned, the exact
date and details to be decided by
the committee.
j SUNDAY SCHOOL ENJOYS •
PICNIC SATURDAY
j Alexander Mill, July 21.—The Sun
day school classes of the Alexander
Methodist Sunday school went on a
picnic Saturday afternoon and even
ing to Boiling Springs, where a nice
evening was enjoyed by all. Those
attending the picnic were Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs.
Cline Davis and children; Mrs. Davis,
Margaret Neal, Bernice aohnson, Ola
Johnson, Viola Johnson, Ruby Mode,
Lucy Ledbetter, Marie Hawkins,
Mary Sue Matheny, Ruth Griffin,
Blanche Allen, Elizabeth Jolley,
Louise Matheny, Alice Coffee, Mary
Alridge, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weaver,
Mrs. Weaver, Graham Weaver, M. V.
Ledford.
Asheville Firm
Buys Telephone Co.;
Lake Lure, July 21.—The Tele-j
phone Service company, Inc., of j
Asheville, has purchased the Lake j
Lure telephone service and has tak-,
en over its active management, it j
was learned Saturday. The purchase
price was not revealed.
C. W. Valentine, of Asheville, will i
be the manager of the new company,
which was granted a charter by the
secretary of state at Raleigh Satur
day. In addition to Mr. Valentine,
the other incorporators are: T. Val
entine, of Asheville R. C. Higgins,
of Burnsville; and H. M. Bailey, of
Wadesboro. The authorized capital
stock is SIO,OOO with $3,200 sub
scribed by the incorporators.
Mr. Valentine is also manager of
the Appalachian Telephone company,
at Candler, and its subsidiaries at
Hazel, Craggy and Leicester.
MR. AVERAGE FARMER
BROADCASTS.
Station FOR
BETTER —M>. Av
erage Farmer at the mike.
The stock farmer is now face
to face with what is perhaps the most
critical and dangerous period of
the entire year—late July and Au
gust. I noticed last week in driving
through the country that practically
• all of the pastures are d,ry and brown.
I examined some of them and am
convinced that even a goat could not
get enought to eat in most of them.
I stopped by the roadside in two
or three places where herds of
hungry-looking cows were search
ing the pastures for little patches
of green grass that might have
teen overlooked. They found few,
however. It was evident that these
herds were receiving little or no
grain. Their appearance vouched
for this fact, too.
I passed other pastures, howev
er, in which cows were lying in
the shade, chewing their cuds, ap
parently contented. They were '
sleek-looking and I am sure that
they were receiving a good ra
tion. No doubt the owners of
these latter herds also would ap
pear more contented than the
owners of the others.
If You haven't been feeding all
summer begin this week to give
all of the cows, and the heifers
as well, a good portion of a well
balanced ration. For the milking
herd give each cow 'one pound of
some ration such as the following
for each four or five pounds of
milk: ground corn, barley, or hom
iny, 200 pounds; ground oats, 200
pounds; wheat bran, 100 pounds,
ar.d linseed meal, 100 pounds.
Some farmers ~ say that they
can't afford to feed grain, and I
just as emphatically say that no
farmer can afford not to. Don't
starve your cows and expect them
to make a living for you.
j Station FYBL—YOURS FOR
BETTER LlVESTOCK—signing off.
Good night.
* Base ball, golf and fishing equip
ment. Farmers Hardware Co.
Ice cream freezers, oil stoves,
camp equipment and other hot weath
'er necessities at Farmers Hardware!
Co.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1930.
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