CROP REPORT
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh, Sept. 13.—An answer to
the racket about North Carolina's
prosperity is reflected in the Sep
tember Ist crop forecasts released
by the National Crop Reporting
Board September 10. After an ad
verse spring and very dry summer pe
riod, we have a prospect of 83 per
cent /or corn; 79 for tobacco; 69 for
cotton; 79 for apples; 78 for sweet
potatoes; and in fact, the average
for all the crops shows 78 per cent
of a full crop or normal condition.
This means that in spite of adverse
conditions recovery is not only pos
sible but, as viewed from past years'
actual results, that the harvests are
good.
ine cotton crop shows the best
condition in the southern cotton
states. We have an outlook for a
good and profitable tobacco
t Wheat and barley showed the best
yields for many years. Corn, with
an indication of about 21 bushels
per acre, showed a condition equal
to any crop for several years in
this state. The fruit crop is unusu
ally good, as indicated by the pro
duction in the Sand Hills of probab
ly over 3,000 cars of peaches, while
the apple crop all over the state is
unusually good. From a bad begin
ning the pastures and hay crops are
now in good condition. The pea
nuts, while off in stand considerably
seems to indicate fair results if fav
orable weather continues. Soy beans
and cowpeas are looking better than
for several years. Pecans indicate an
unusually good crop. /
A review of the- September Ist
crop report for North Carolina as
passed by the State and Federal De
partments of Agriculture, is as fol
lows: Condition of the corn crop 83
per cent of a full crop or normal
promise. This indicates 47,981,000
bushels. This is considerably better
than last year, but some under the
five-year average, and shows an im
provement of 3,000,000 bushels dur
ing the past month.
A summary of additional crop con
ditions is: The late Irish potato crop
64 per cent; cultivated hay 77; mea
dow hay 9 ton yield; clover hay 68
per cent of a full crop promise; al
falfa 75; peanuts 73; cowpeas 82;
soy beans 80; sorghum cane 83; pe
cans 78 per cent; while fruit crops
show grapes 85; pears 67 and the
peach production is 67 per cent of
a full crop production.
I An interesting feature of the re-
_ GRAND OPENING 4
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, SEPT. 17th and 18th ffij %
As Exclusive Distributor of
* \ Jferfk Staf-O-Life Stock and Poultry Feeds 1
Milk-Flo Dairy Feeds j
We want every poultry and dairy feeder in this section to come in \jy
i J Friday and Saturday and look over Rllenboro's livest and most com- v M
- plete "feed headquarters. Through special arrangement we will ,
w have at our store two poultry and dairy specialists to heb you get
M your flock or your herd on a better paying basis, Come in during
f *** the day and talk with these men. Each is a specialist in his field and
kMp, can give you valuable help. »««.||
y 9 %) In EXTRA! Friday and Saturday at Our Store FREES ll^Ss|
- * The Baffling Mysterious Milk Flow Efg^s]
2400 Gallons of Milk Daily From Thin Air, Also ||
Mechanical Chickens i.
Bring the Children, a Real Treat : ———
• Saturday at S;00 p.m.—Fiddling Contest ,
The Fiddlin'est Fiddlers in this section of the country will compete
for cash prizes, starting at 3:00 P. M. If you can fiddle, bring your ffTkiSl Hrflfll
best selections; if you can't play, come and hear the best fiddlers con
■ fc test put on in these parts. - .f:1
ALSO HOG CALLING AND CHARLESTON CONTESTS. fMErolll I
i Coffield's Staf-O-Life Feed Store
ELLENBORO, N. C. -„.j_
Music Saturday afternoon by the noted McKinney & Wilson String Band.
HIGH SHOALS NEWS
Mooresboro, Route 3, Sept B.
Miss Mavis Dedman spent Sunday
with Miss Nellie Earley.
The B. Y. P. U. convention at
High Shoal Sunday was very success
ful. Saturday night was stunt
and a social was enjoyed by all. Sun
day many songs were sung and many
delightful talks were made. Mr.
Moore of Mars Hill, was present, also
Mr. Gardner, state B. Y. P. U. presi
dent. •
Mr. Martin Ramsey and family,
went to the Sunday school conven
tion at Forest City, Sunday.
Miss Bessie Ramsey spent Satur
day night and Sunday with Miss
Mamie Shires.
Mrs. Mary Curtiss, formerly Miss
Mary McGinnie, spent the week-end
with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Shires visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Shires, Tuesday.
The boys of today are taught san
itary and healthful living conditions
in hundreds of Boy Scout camps. In
most of these camps Fly-Tox, the
modern safeguard to health and
comfort is part of the regular equip
ment. Get Fly-Tox from your retail
er, always in bottles with blue la-'
bels. }
Fly-Tox the milk-house against the
filthy flies. '
For an enjoyable evening out of
doors spray Fly-Tox on your cloth
ing.
B. B. Doggett Sells Fords.
port is that pertaining to the distri-.
bution of tame or cultivated acreage.
This indicates that of the total ac
reage, soy beans occupy 29 per
cent; cowpeas 23; peanuts 13; clo
vers 15; cowpeas and sorghum
mixed 7; grains cut green in an un
ripened condition 4; and all other
tame hays 9 per cent. This shows t
that we have a large variety of im- (
portant hay crops; in fact, more
than the states to the north and!
west. Our alfalfa, millett, sudan and,
Johnston grass crops are estimated.
to be from 3 to 4 per cent of the
total acreage. Every kind of farm
can grow its needed hay in North
Carolina.
THE FjOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1925.
SHELBY CHECK FLASHER
HEADS THIS WAY
Mr. Cleveland B. Walker, alias
Ponzia 11, paid Shelby a visit Wed
nesday and after kiting a couple of
checks of small denomination blew
out of the city via the bus route in
double quick order, says The Shelby
News.
In order to establish his credit he
deposited $lO in a local banking in
stitution and then proceeded to work
the trade.
He visited Fannings and Kelly
Clothing Company and worked both
concerns for small amounts, one for
$8 and the other for $7.85 before
Mr. Fred Field, of Keelly's "smelled
a mouse" and proceeded to get busy.
Chief B. O. Hamrick got on his
trail and it developed that he had
purchased a ticket for Asheville and
had boarded the bus headed west.
The .-sheriff of Rutherfordton was
phoned but the get rich quick artist,
it is supposed left the bus at Forest
City and for safety's sake had sought
the tall timbers.
Motorcycle cop, Poston, Police
man Jim Hester, Cline Lackey and
Mr. Field got in a car and burnt the
rode up to Forest City with the hopes
of landing their man, but he couldn't
be found.
There is a slight possibility that
the party that got off at Forest City
was not the check flasher wanted.
*" The Shelby officers are making
every effort to land their man for
their sporting blood is up and they
don't propose to let such piker stuff
be pulled in this fast stepping burg
and especially let him get away with
it.
The same party visited Blanton and
Wright Clothing Company, and at
tempted the same scheme. After a
manipulation of checks some of
which were off color this firm suc
ceeded in taking the kinks out of
this high finance scheme to the ex
tent that they are $5 ahead of the
game. In other words the deposit on
a suit of clothes is now in their pos
session as well as the suit and the
young man may dress himself up
ADVERTISING
"Some people have a wrong idea
of advertising," said a well known
merchant to The Courier yesterday.
"Advertising is the most important
thing connected with stores. It is a
great mistake not to read advertis
ing, because the reading of same
will save you so much money. Ad
vertising is educational from many
phases. It teaches one to learn the
art of cost and delivery as well as
many other things. Advertising tells
you of so many beautiful things that
you can buy for yourself, or your
family. It also tells you where to
buy the best goods at Jhe lowest
prices. Readers of advertising in
the home town newspaper very sel
djpm are caught by the glittering
promises of the mail order house.
They buy at Home, where they know
they will get real values."
GOITRE REDUCED
Two Inches. Choking and Smother
ing Relieved. A Linament Did it.
Mrs. Geo. Baldwin, College Place,
Cplumbia, S. C., says she will gladly
tell or write her full experience to
any one about Sorbol Quadruple, a
colorless linament. Get more informa
tion from Sorbol Company, Me
chanicsburg, Ohio, all drug stores or
locally at Reinhardt Drug Co.
HOW MUCH CHANGE HAVE YOU
Have you 70 cents more in your
pocket than you had at this time
last year? You should have. The
amount of money in circulation per
capita August 1 was $42.01, the
treasury estimates. A year ago it was
only $41.31. In November 1920, the
total was $52.56, the highest ever
recorded, but while it was an aver
age the people didn't have it that
year, the profiteers had corralled
most of it. —Capper's Weekly.
when he calls and pays the balance
and gets the natty gray that he had
purchased.
HOG PRICES FOLLOW
USUAL SEASONAL TREND
Raleigh, Sept. 13. —An average of
hog prices by months, covering any
considerable number .of years, - will
show that September prices rule
highest. Knowing this, good farmers
in several of the eastern and some
of the central counties of the state
laid their plans last spring to take
advantage of this high market,
j "In following out this plan, our
j county agents helped these good
! farmers to get their early spriny far
rowed pigs on full fped, and the
animals are now moving to the Balti
more and Richmond markets," says
W. W. Shay, swine extension spe
| cialist at State College. "On these!
markets, owing to the fact that I
about eighty-five per cent of the
feed given these pigs has been corn, i
they top the market, which on Au- >
gust 30, was $15.50 at Baltimore and •
$14.50 at Richmond for medium \
hogs.
"When corn is against the
hogs at SI.OO per bushel, and the
necessary supplemental feeds at the
market price, the gains on hogs prop
erly fed, cost about $7.00 per 100
pounds."
Mr. Shay states that the county
agents have already shipped ten cars
and still have about 4,00 head of
hogs to finish feeding and shipping.
"At present prices," skys Mr.
Shay, "these hogs are netting the
farmers about. sl3 per 100 pounds
at the farm, or $25 for each 195
pound hog, which is the ideal weight
under present price conditions. This
price gives a profit of better than
sll per head. The return per bushel
of corn is about $2 which is an in
crease of five hundred per cent in
profit on corn costing 75 cents per
bushel to produce, as compared
with selling it at SI.OO per bushel as
grain." v
Thirty-five scrub bulls have been
replaced and 21 pure bred animals
brought into Jackson county dur
ing the past summer.
UNION MILLS NEWS
Union Mills, Sept. 13.—Mrs. A. B.
Nanney is visiting homefolks at
Glenwood, this week.
\Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bennett and
children, of Spindale, spent the day
Sunday with Mrs. Bennett's moth
er, Mrs. Sam Mashburn, who is very
sick.
Miss Virginia Uoforth, who is
teaching in Montford Cove, is at
home now. v . The summer session of
school bein^over.
Misses Edna Allen, Mary Kate
Hartsell and Lillian Strute, left to
day for Asheville,- where they will
enter the Normal.
Mr. Hugh Hemphill left yesterday
for Wingate Junior College, at Win
gate, where he will take up his col
lege work.
Mrs. Sam Mashburn has been sick
for several weeks and is improving
very slowly.
Mr. Murriel Johnson is leaving to
day for Furman University.
Mr. and Mrs. Deveny Mashburn
and little son, Jack, are in Union
Mills this week.
Rev. T. R. Baker, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, filled the pul
pit Sunday and Sunday night with
two inspiring sermons. A large
crowd was present.
Mr. Worth Hughes, of Kannapolis,
spent the week-end at home.
Now that dairy farming is assum
ing its rightful place of importance
on North Carolina farms, extension
worker:; are devoting more attention
to the kind of cattle being used.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends and
relatives for the kindness shown us
during the death of our dear son and
brother, and also for the beautiful
floral offering.
Mrs. E. M. Lawing and family.
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