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COUNTY LEADS STATE IN SCHOOL FUNDSFORYEAR Rutherford Spent More Money on Her Public Schools Than Any Other County in State Rutherford county scores again. According to a recent statement from Raleigh this county spent more money on her public schools for the * school year 1925-26 than any other county in North Carolina, the sum being $730,316.44. Of this amount $424,952.03 was spent for capital outlay, sites, buildings, furniture, etc. The county took second place in the state on the total amount spent per with a per capita expenditure of $66.43. This was during a period of great - building activity when many of the leading high school and rural school buildings were being erected. This is more than the larger and wealthier counties spent such as Buncombe, Mecklenburg, Forsyth or Guilford. It is about $64,000 more than Buncombe county spent that year on her schools. Henderson county spent $62.08 per child and ranked sth while Polk county spent $52.08 per child and ranked 10th. Rutherford county received $50,- 214.44 from the State Education Equalization fund last week of the $3,250,000 appropriated by the last General Assembly. County Superin tendent Clyde A. Erwin was highly pleased with this amount. Only six teen counties in the state received more than did Rutherford from this fund. Cleveland county received $47,- 201.93 while Burke got $22,289.71, McDowell $10,510.68, and Polk re ceived $29,320.85. Ninety counties received from this fund. The Board actually distributed $3,126,643.39 to j the 90 counties, the law requiring that SIOO,OOO of the fund be held for emergency use, and the balance be ing made up from the $23,257.29 of the present equalization fund which has not yet been expended, thus mak ing the total of $3,250,000. The total called for by the Stato INSURE! Insure against the fatal fist of accident . . . misfortune . . .damage . . . disaster! Like a grim crushing blow, an accident may befall you at any moment. You can never be sure, but you CAN be insured. . Insure with this agency of the Hart ford Fire Insurance Company. We can give you COMPLETE automobile insurance pro tection. We can keep you out of trouble. Let us help you today. You may be glad tomorrow. ■m SECURITY |oE| Insurance & Realty Co. G. B. HARRILL, Sec'y.-Treas. —: PHONE 64 Forest City, - ' - N. C. WASHBURN NEWS Bostk, R-l, June 21.—Misses Lil lian Washburn and Layettle Weast spent last week at Lake Junaluska where they attended the Epworth League Conference. The Junior League superintendent entertained the Junior's with a picnic Saturday afternoon. At the home of Clara Cooper. Every one reported a nice time. Misses Esther Bailey and Ruth Har rill spent the week with Vernelle Weast. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hipps were pleasant Visitors at the home of Mr. B. F. Weast Tuesday afternoon. The Epworth League will give the play entitled "Old Oaken Bucket," again at the Oak Grove school build ing No. 2. The public is cordially in vited to come and bring some one with you. Don't fail to see it! Ad mission 15c and 25c. Proceeds will go for the church. NEAL-McMAHAN Mr. J. D. Neal of Rutherfordton, was married to Miss Grace Lee Mc- Mahan of Forest City by Rev. W. T. Tate at Trough, S. C., on June 15th. Both are well known and have the best wishes of a large circle of friends. budget in all the 100 counties of the State, covering the six months school term and teachers salaries for this period, plus 15 per cent for current expenses, for 1926-27, amounted to $13,773,278.26, repre senting an increase of 5.94 per cent over the budget for 1925-26, deduct ing the total amount of the budgets of the ten non-participating counties from this total, the balance needed in the 90 participating counties was found to be $10,512,501.79. But the amount that would be yielded in these 90 counties by a 40 cents tax on existing, or 1926 valuations, was found to be but $6,887,175, which subtracted from the $10,512,501.79 left $3,625,321.17 or nearly $500,- 000 more than the equalization fund contained. So the valuations were boosted sufficiently to take up this excess and make the fund go around. —Rutherford County News. THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1927. i AQUATIC STAR AT LAKE LURE Youthful Palm Tippy Having Great Time at Mountain Resort —— Lake Lure, June 24.—Palm Tippy, 5-year-old aquatic star, who will be remembered immediately by movif goers as the freckled face, blond haired youngster, pictured by Pathe News, diving from the head of an elephant into the sunny waters of Florida, is in the mountains of West ern North Carolina seeking new worlds for his youthful prowess. Upon first reaching the Land of the Sky, Palm was a little doubtful about there being sufficient heights and waterways where to give full dis play to his waterdog proclivities. Of course, the wooded peaks of the Ap palachians tower high, but one can't j well do a "swan" off a mountain J unless there is plenty of water be-1 low wherein to complete the dive. In this uncertainty, Palm and his j father, who is accompanying him on j his vacation in the Land of the Sky, j turned to Lake Lure and have been j spending all their hours for the past week taking advantage of the 1,500- acre expanse of crystal waters at the mountain lake resort. With a depth ranging from a few inches to more than a hundred feet, Palm is not complaining of lack of water in which to imitate the porpoise lo his heart's content. He has likewise been taking advantage of his opportunities to acquaint himself with the riding qualities of the various speed boats skimming over the lake. The young Florida "salt" has already fallen in love with the plunge into these fresh mountain waters from off the stern of a super express boat going from under him at full speed. Palm has faced hundreds of news cameras and motion picture machines during his youthful but eventful career. At the age of four years, the youngster won a gold medal at Young's Pier, Atlantic City, for a 70-foot dive into a tank. He has per formed in high diving stunts with Ringling Brothers Circus, has made the spectacular plunge from the side of a great ocean liner. These and dther equally startling feats have already been encompassed within the scant five years of this splendidly developed little bundle of muscles, nerves, and vitality. At present the attractive youngster is under contract to appear in motion pictures with Hal Roach, whose sudden call to Europe has made necessary the postponement of Palm's Hollywood appearance for several months. Palm is a full fledged member of the American Red Cross Life Saving Corps, and has three lives to his credit he has saved from drowning, by virtue of which he is the proud own er of two Cai-negie madals. » Recently the youngster gave an exhibition at the large Asheville Rec reation Park swimming pool,- his program including various types of dives and demonstration in life sav ing. PROGRAM PREPARED FOR CLUB SHORT COURSE Raleigh, June 27.—Programs for the annual boys and girls club week, July 11 to 16, have been prepared and plans are being made to enter tain between 500 and 700 young vis itors at State College during the short course. According to L. R. Harrill, club leader, and Miss Maude Wallace, as sistant state home demonstration agent, many of these boys and girls are coming to the college with their /expenses paid, either partly or en tirely by various business concerns and others organizations who want to reward outstanding boys and girls. In a number of instances the club at home is paying the expenses of its delegate. Money was raised by var | ious methods during the past year to send a representative to the short course. Those who come are club leaders and are the cream of the work in North Carolina. For five days, these boys and girls will have a continuous round of study, demonstration, recreation and social life at all times carefully sup ervised by the faculty which is com posed of the extension specialists, district and county agents from over the state. The boys will take courses in livestock, farm crops, poultry, forestry and club recreation. The studies in fore; „ry and recreation will be new. R. W. Graeber, extension forester, has been secured to teach the forestry project while John Brad- BIG REVIVAL AT SHELBY Dr. Lee R. Scarborough Assist ing Dr. Zeno Wall Shelby, June 27.—Dr. Lee R. Scarborough, author of many religi ous books, wide traveller, head of the Baptist Seventy Five Million drive of a few years ago, pastor of the Southwestern Theological Seminary, the most largely attended theological Seminary in the world, is assisting Dr. Zeno Wall pastor of the First Baptist church in a two weeks revival meeting being held in the open-air on a lot adjoining the church build ing. Seats have been provided for 3,000 people and a choir loft for the orchestra and 200 trained voices under the direction of the church's music director H. M. Pippin. Dr. Scarborough is one of the ablest evan gelists and most gifted ministers in the Southern Baptist Convention and it is expected that the revival meeting will be the largest attended ever held in Shelby. Last year Dr. Wall conducted a I tent revival here which outstripped ! anything the Baptists have had since the days of the Dixons. Following the same policy of last year, congre gations from suburban and rural churches will be invited on specified nights to attend in a body and bring with them their best singers. Dr. Scarborough is in great de mand throughout the nation and Di\ Wall and the citizenship of Shelby consider themselves fortunate in se curing him for this two weeks open air revival. Other folks who HAVE something to sell, rent or exchange, get in touch with buyers in the easiest way —they place a Classified Ad of their own in this column. Only one cent a word. Phone 58 and let us know your wants. ford of the National Playground As sociation of America will teach the classes in recreation. This project will be given to only the most advanced club members so that they might be able to serve as leaders at club encampments and other gatherings. The girls will take work in foods, clothing, room improvement, recrea tion and poultry. 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