MRS. M. C. DAVES DEAD
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Lattimore, R-l, Dec. 5. Mrs. M.
■C. Daves passed away at her home j
here, November 25. She was 66 years
of age. Her husband died about six
years ago. She leaves five boys and
three girls, all married but one. j
They are as follows: Messrs. Twitty,
Charlie, Bomer, Tom and Coy Daves,
all of New House; Mrs. Andy Jones, j
©f Golden Valley; Mrs. Arthur Turn
er, of Casar and Miss Vernice Daves,
at home.
Mrs. Daves joined Sandy Plains
church in early lite and remained
a faithful member. She was a
good neighbor and loved by all. She
was always ready to lend a helping
hand. The children will miss her,
but their loss is "Her Eternal Gain."
Funeral services were held at Sandy
Plains Baptist church Saturday af
ternoon, November 26, with Rev. W.
M. Gold in charge. A large crowd at
tended. She was laid to rest beside
her husband. Her grave was covered
with beautiful flowers, which showed
the high esteem in which she was;
held. Mrs. Daves was the daughter
of the late John Moore. She also
leaves one brother, Mr. John Moore,
Jr. She was a kind mother and a
devoted wife.
BOY SCOUT FIELD DAY
AT LINCOLNTON DEC. 10
On Saturday afternoon, December
10, the Boy Scout troops of the Pied
mont Council will meet to contest,
for honors in various scoutcraft ex
ercises, on the athletic field of Lin- j
-colnton high school, Lincolnton.
Scout troops from the counties of,
Polk, Rutherford, Lincoln, Cleveland t
and Gaston, comprising the Piedmont
council, will be represented.
Troops will assemble at the ath
letic field at 2 o'clock and form for
a short parade through the business
section of Lincolnton. The American
Legion band will furnish music for
the parade and at the field exercis
es.
The events are scheduled to start
at 2:30 o'clock promptly.
The exercises will be held under
the auspices of the Lincolnton Ki
wanis Club and a suitable silver tro
phy will be awarded the troop show
ing the highest proficiency in the
various contests.
In case of bad weather the con
tests will be held on the following
Saturday.
Events will be inspection of troops,
rope throwing contest, signaling,
equipment race, flint and steel fire
contest, fire-by-friction, water boil
ing, archery, knot tying, relay race
and shelter tent pitching.
All troops in Rutherford county
are urged to have representatives
present for these events.
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MRS. PEGRAM LIKES NEW
HOME IN CALIFORNIA
Mrs. J. T. Pegram who recently
motored from this city to Long
Bemch, California, has written back
very enthusiastically of her trip and
of California. Mrs. Tegram, in spite
of her 67 years of age, motored over
3000 miles in a Ford car, and en
joyed every mile of the trip, on ac
! count of its magnificent beauty for
j the entire trip. The following is a
part of a letter written to Miss Ellen
Pegram of this city. "We made the
trip in twelve days. Could have made
it a couple days shorter if we had
have known the shortest route, and
had not been delayed by road con
struction. We had no car trouble. We
had fine weather and good roads all
the way. I like California well
enough to make it my future home. I
was even sorry when the trip was at
its end.
Except for the nights being cool,
the days are lovely and warm. I am
told that it never gets any colder
in the winter. It seems more like
spring than fall here to me. There
are all kinds of flowers blooming in
profusion. Lettuce, tomatoes and ev
ery other kind of vegetables growing
in the fields.
I have greatly enjoyed the many
kinds of fruits. My appetite has in
proved very much and my health is
excellent."
CARPENTER-TAYLOR
Rutherfordton, Dec. 5. —Miss Nell
Taylor became the bride of Mr. Pat
Carpenter of Raleigh, Thanksgiving
day, at 7:30 o'clock at the Presby
terian manse. Rev. W. L. Latham
performed the ceremony. It was a
quiet and impressive ceremony.
The bride is the youngest daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Taylor of
Route three. She has held a posi
tion with the Harrelson-Fanning Co.,
Dept. Store of this city for the past
four years. She won a host of friends
by her pleasing manner and charming
personality.
The groom holds an important
position with the Norfolk-Southern
Railway. He is a young man of
splendid character. They will make
their home in Raleigh. They left
immediately after the ceremony for
a trip.
OFFERS PRIZE FOR
UNUSUAL CORN EAR
Raleigh, Nov. 28.—1t is as hard to
find an ear of corn with the rows of
grains in odd numbers as it is to
find a human being born with an un
usual number of fingers.
"In fact so unusual is it to find
such corn that I will give a prize
of SSO to the first farmer in North
Carolina who sends me in a normal
ear with the grains in an odd num
ber of rows," says' Dr. B. W. Wells,
head of the department of botany at
State College. "Any normal ear of
corn of any variety always has its
grains in an even number of rows. If
one does not believe this, let him
get seme ears and count the rows:
After he has checked up a few
thousand, he will become convinced."
The reason for this, states Dr.
Wells, goes back to the young ear.
When it is not as big as one's finger
and is only a mass of growing tissue,
carefully tucked away in the green
shucks, one may see a number of
small ridges forming. Each of these
ridges splits into two parts to form
two rows of corn. This is an inherit
ed habit. The primary prominences
develop two spikelets with the two
resultant grain all along the ear.
This is the secret of the whole mat
ter, declares the botanist.
The habit of developing these even
rows of grain is as fixed as that habit
in the human species to bud five
fingers on the primary arm extension
and it is as easy to find corn with
an odd Aumber of grains as it is to
find a human being with nine or elev
en fingers.
Dr. Wells believes that farmers
will find many other interesting facts
about the crops which they grow or
the plants and trees on the farm if
they will observe some of the habits
of these plants. Some of the inform
ation will of course have no practical
value in solving farm problems but
the study is interesting and enter
taining and adds greatly to one's
store of knowledge which may even
tually be of service in the farming
enterprise.
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Those who cut Christmas trees from
the property of landowners without
first securing permission have lit
tle of the spirit of Christmas and
are breaking the law.
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Dolomitic or magnesium, limestone
applied to tobacco land at the rate
of 1,000 pounds aif acre improves the
yield and quality of the weed.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, DEC. 8, 1927.
GET WOOD SUPPLY
BY THINNING TREES
Raleigh, Nov. 28. —There is
enough open land in North Carolina
now and the best way to get the sup
ply of wood for the winter is not
to clear up another strip but to thin
out the trees throughout the wood
lot.
"We are approaching the season
for getting out our supply of wood
for the next year. Shall we follow
the usual practice of clearing a strip
of land or shall we begin to work
the timber as a farm crop by thin
ning the trees," asks R. W. Graeber,
extension forester at State College."
We don't need to clear land; we have
a surplus of open land now. This
is a very good year to start the prac
tice of thinning timber. One may ex
pect from five to 15 cords of fire
wood from each acre, thinned, and
the good, straight, thrifty trees ieft
will have an opportunity of growing
rapidly into high class timber. This
means that there is another money
crop growing on the farm."
In thinning the farm woodlot, all
that is needed is to follow Nature's
plan and advice, states Mr. Graeber.
All the dead, crippled, diseased and
over-crowded trees are cut out leav
ing only the strong, straight, thrifty
trees to grow into high class timber.
The same plan or idea is followed
that is used in chopping cotton or
thinning corn.
It is found that the average farm
er in North Carolina uses from 15
to 18 cords of fuel wood on his own
farm each year. This gives him a
market for his waste timber and two
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or three acres of land might well
be thinned on the farm each year
to supply this home need. Many ad
ditional cords might be sold for fuel
in the towns and cities. If all the
. farmers of North Carolina would
follow this plan for a period of five
years, Mr. Graeber believes that the
State would be hailed as a leader in
the development of its forests.
A number of good farmers are al
ready following this plan but hun
dreds of others should adopt it this
year in the opinion of the forester.
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1 Planting cotton in hills eighteen
inches apart returned Joe Glover
of Rowan County btween 650 and
700 pounds of lint cotton per acre
at less expense than the old system
of planting, he reports.
Tom Tarheel says he has put a
stop to shooting birds on his place
and he is having less trouble from
insects now than ever before.
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