A!fAPPEAL TO
COMMON SENSE
proves that what was good this
morning is liable to be bad this even
ing. A friend of ours was reading
the paper the other evening and his
wife asked him if there were any
*ew fashions. "Yes, but they're out
»f date—this is this morning's paper,"
sxiiled he. Common sense will tell you
that the meal is complete when it is
prepared from the groceries that we
provide you with. The regular staple
canned articles, preserves, pickles,
sausages, etc., the best that we are
able to purchase in the open market
and our prices to you are such that
you can afford to patronize us with
out injury to your pocketbook.
i
Jones
Grocery Co.
Forest City, N. C.
XMAS MOHEY
FORYOU
Search Your Attic for Fortunes
in Old Confederate Envelopes
Among the old letters of many South
ern families are hundreds o£ very rare
stamps and envelopes. Many have been
found and sold for small fortunes.
Single envelopes have been sold for
as high as $2,000, and many have
brought upwards of SIOO each. It
sounds "fishy,"' but it's true. They are
valuable because they are rare. And
they are rare, not because there are
only a few, but simply because most
of them have remained stored away and
forgotten, in old trunks and closets.
Make a thorough search through your
attic or store room for these old war
letters. Fortunes in rare stamps or
franked envelopes have been found in
old trunks which 110 one ever dreamed
contained anything of value. Keep the
letters if you wish, but send the en
velopes to Mr. Harold C. Brooks, Box
223, Marshall, Michigan, and lie will
immediately write you, stating their
value. In sending them to him you are
*ot obliged to sell unless his oiler meets
with your approval. Anything not pur
chased he will return in good order.
Mr. Brooks, who is mayor of his city,
i 6 a private collector and has paid
thousands of dollars for old envelopes.
Although the rare issues are especially
desired he also buys many of the com
moner kinds. Many people in this way
are getting Christmas money with very
little trouble and no expense.
The First National Bank of Marshall,
Mich., writes: "Mr. Brooks has been
in business here for twenty years. You
will make no mistake when you recom
mend him to your readers as worthy of
the fullest confidence, both financially
and personally."
Mr. Brooks states that there are so
many different stamps which are similar
in appearance he cannot quote values
from written descriptions, but must see
the envelopes. There are, for example,
ten different Confederate government
stamps bearing the portrait of Jefferson
Davis, and many local* stamps or
stamped envelopes are very much the
same in appearance. The same is true
of U. S. issues, the heads of Washing
ton or Franklin being used on different
stamps. Mr. Brooks does not buy loose
stamps, stamp collections, coins or Con
federate money. Stamps should not be
cut from the envelopes and no dates
written on. He is fully acquainted with
all issues even though the postmark
may • show no year aate. Those espe
cially wanted are Confederate issues,
but he also buys U. S., Canadian.
Hawaiian, and certain foreign stamps
provided they are on the original en
velopes and mailed not later than 1865.
If envelopes are sent in a bunch
they should be carefully packed in a
cardboard box to protect them from
damage while in the mails. If you have
reason to believe your envelopes are of
special value send them by registered
or insured mail.' If you have no old
letters written during or before the
Civil War, show this notice to your
friends —especially those whose fami
lies have lived in the same home for
several generations. Many old families,
old banks and law firms still have
stored away hundreds of letters, wait
ing to be burned or sold for large
gums. Before destroying such envelopes
or folded letters investigate tbeir value.
Mr. Brooks* address is as follows:
HAROLD C. BROOKS,
_ Box 223, Mawhall, Mich.
THE FARMERS .
SHORT COURSE
DECIDED SUCCESS
Sixty Farmers Attend the
_ Meetings and Show Great
Interest in Lectures.
The farmers short course which
was held in Forest City Nov. 16th
and 17 th was a decided success. In
all, JSO farmers attended the meet
ings, and showed a great deal of in
terest in the lectures and demonstra
tions. The course had been planned
with a view to the especial needs
of this community. The specialists
who conducted the course have made
detailed studies of the agricultural
needs of this locality; hence the
work was very practical. The men
attending the course expressed them
selves as having derived much bene
fit from the work. The Kiwanis
Club deserves much credit for spon
soring the course.
The first session was opened Tues
day morning at 9 o'clock. R. W.
Minish of- the local Kiwanis Club
presided over the meeting. The first
lecturer was H. R. Niswonger, State
Horticulturist. His subject was
vegetable growing. He advised the
farmers to grow an abundant sup
ply of vegetables for home use. He
advocates a vegetable garden of 1-2
acre for a family, of five.
Mr. Niswonger was followed by
J. R. Same, State pasture specialist.
Mr. Sams is probably the oldest man
in agriculture extension work _ in
North Carolina. He is intensively in
terested in the business of growing
grass-fed catttle. He took a text
from Genesis, "Let the 'dry h/nd
bring forth grass." He discussed
the best grasses for this section and
the profits to be derived from pas
ture land.
J. D. Kelly, Agricultural Develop
ment Agent for the Southern Rail
way spoke next on "The Marketing
of Horticultural Products." He de
scribed the best ways to market the
surplus vegetables and small fruits
grown here, and the time to put
these products on the market.
B. A. Buff, of the Farmers Fed
eration then told of what Rutherford
county" had already done in growing
truck crops and discussed the pros
pects for the coming year. He was
followed by J. W. Goodman, District
Agent for Western N. C. Mr. Good
man discussed, briefly, the feeding
of hogs. He said the first problem
here was to get some hogs to feed.
He said that corn, which brought 90c
a bushel, would, if fed to hogs,
bring $2.00 a bushel.
Mr. Niswonger closed the morning
session with a discussion of a sweet
potato storage house. Conditions
in this locality are admirably adapt- j
ed to the growing of sweet potatoes
and a storage house is a necessity
when potatoes are grown on a lai'ge
scale.
The afternoon session was given
up to a field trip. The farm of Mr.
Joe Allen was visited and Mr. Sams
gave a pasture demonstration in
which he showed the types of grasses
best adapted to this section. Mr.
Sams says most of the feed for cat
tle and hogs should come fro mthe
pasture and he showed the value of
pasture land. One of the vital needs
of this section is stock. The farmers
were much interested in this demon
stration. Mr. Niswonger conducted
a very fine orchard demonstration.
He showed the best methods in prun
ing and explained the principles of
pruning. Then he showed how an
orchard should be cared for to com
bat disease.
Wednesday's session was 'opened
by A. B. Bushong, agricultural tea
cher from Ellenboro. He discussed
the work in vocational agriculture
in the high schools in North Carolina.
The main feature of this work is
the projects which are carried on in
the home farms.
After Mr. Bushong's talk, the rest
of the day was given over to poultry.
Fred P. Abbot, Development Agent
for the Seaboard, discussed the com
parative profits from an acre of land
devoted to cotton or tobacco or
poultry. The Agricultural year book
for 1925 shows that an acre of land
which yielded 400 pounds of lint cot
ton gave a profit of $34.00 after de
ducting expenses. An acre of to
bacco yielding 660 pounds gave a
profit of $91.70, after deducting ex
penses. A test of 800 chickens,
White Leghorns, and Rhode Island
Reds, was made on one of the test
farms at State college. After de
ducting the cost of feed, each hen
yielded a clear profit of $3.08. At
least 200 hens can be grown on an
acre of land. Thus, the profit from
an acre of poultry would be $616.
These striking figures made a great
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1926
|MT. PLEASANT NEWS
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Forest City, Route 1, Nov. 17.
Mrs. Forrest Davidson returned from
the mountains last week, where she
j has been visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Matheny,
j Flora, Ovelia Summers and Mrs. For
rest Davidson, visited the County
Home, Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Matheny,
Clarke Matheny and Willie Toms,
• spent Saturday night at the home of
| Mr. Webb Kennedy.
Rev. M. L. Buchanan filled his
I appointment at Mt. Pleasant Satur
day and Sunday. Rev. Buchanan's
daughters sang and played for us
Sunday morning. Each one enjoyed
their beautiful music. Sunday night
Prof. Blanton, a music teacher, of
Caroleen, visited at our church.
There was splendid singing and play
ing. Each one appreciated Mr. Blan
ton coming to our church and we ex
tend to Kim a cordial welcome to
come again.
Miss Velma Mayse left Sunday for
Boone, where she will enter school.
The Home Demonstration Club
met with Mrs. C. M. Holland last
Wednesday. Miss Howard demon
strated apple sauce cake and pie. Af
ter the demonstration refreshments,
consisting of sandwiches, cakes, pie,
apples and hot chocolate, were serv
ed. Each one present enjoyed the
occasion.
Most of the Doys ana girls of
this community who are away at
tending school, will spent Thanksgiv
ing with their homefolks.
Mr. Thomas Toms, of Georgetown,
Ga., will arrive this week with a
truck load of hogs. Buy your pig
from him and save money.
Miss Mallie Matheny visited Miss
Pauline Kennedy Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Davidson and
Mr. and Mi*s. John Frye, visited Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Davidson, Sunday
afternoon.
"GREENWICH VILLAGE
FOLLIES" COMING
TO SPARTANBURG
Spartanburg, S. C., Nov. 24. —This
will be gala week in Spartanburg.
It will be long remembered by the
older theatregoers who have seen
James Mclntyre and Thomas Heath,
better known as Mclntyre and Heath
in some of their ludricrous charac
terizations of the negro race, and
the younger generation of theatre
goers will receive a treat such as they
never anticipated when these inimi
table "burnt-cork" comedians, featur
ed with the "Greenwich Village
Follies" come to the Mohtgomery
Theatre, Friday evening, November
26.
Mclntyi-e and Heath are in
comparable. They are unlike any of
the present day comedians. If the
whole institution of revue or vaude
ville had done nothing but develop
the negro characterization of this
genius team, the institution would
still be vindicated.
Did you ever hear anything more
contagiously joyous than the happy
laugh of childhood's innocence?
According to a florist famous for
color combinations "there are no
jarring notes in nature's colorings."
impression on Mr. Abbot's audience.
C. F. Parrish, Extension Poultry
Specialist, from State college talked
all the remainder of the morning ses
sion. He talked on, Breeds, feeding,
diseases, housing, inculation and
brooding. Mr. Parrish knows poul
try and the information which he
gave was very valuable.
In the afternoon, Mr. Parrish con
ducted poultry demonstrations on
the farms of Messrs. Sam Flack,
Neil Vickers and Joe Doggett. These
farms each have good flocks. Mr.
Flack has White Wyandottes, an ex
tremely fine flock, and he has found
them a very profitable venture. Mr.
Vickers has some of the best White
Leghorns in the county and a model
poultry house, recently completed,
which accomodates 250 hens. He
says he made a clear profit, after
deducting his expense, of $4.00 a
hen last year. The flock of White
Leghorns on Mr. Doggett's farm be
long to Miss Mathews. She has a
fine flock of pullets and she finds
that it is more profitable to keep
pullets than hens. At each of these
farms Mr, Parrish discussed housing,
culling and general management of
chickens.
There is a great deal of interest
in poultry in this section so this di
vision of the course was very popu
lar. The interest shown in these
demonstrations will doubtless yield
much benefit to the farmers.
The old Puritan New Englanders were
the first to set aside November 25th as a
day for giving thanks for the blessings
they had received during the year.
- The fine old custom has endured and so
we are .about to observe with prayers of
thanks another Thanksgiving day.
And think of the many things we have
to be thankful for.
Health—safety—peace and prosperity
and many, many more. Let us enter into
the spirit of the day. Also give thanks for
the modern banking systems which have
made our prosperity possible.
Closed all day Thanksgiving.
Farmers Bank
& Trust Company
FOREST CITY - - CAROLEEN
"Farmers' Accounts Invited."
/
AN EXTRA MEASURE OF SAFETY
AN EXTRA MEASURE OF SERVICE
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