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PIANO
For
Christmas
What would give more
pleasure and lasting benefit
than a Piano for your Christ
mas gift to wife or daughter?
Think it over. Then come in
Jet us show you our won
iVPI offerings.
Watch The Courier next
week for our regular cChrist
mas ad.
W.G.Magness
The Piano Man
Forest City, N, &.
Housewife Be
More Careful
Bread is your main stake in preparing a meal. If
you "will just notice what a difference in your meal
•when you set it on the table if you have that fine tex
tured bread, Bost's Butter Flake Bread and Bost's Top
Notch Bread. It will set your meal off just right.
Our truck works all grocers Forest City and Ruth
erford County and this famous Bost's Bread can be
found at your grocers. Our cakes are as fine as can be;
with a flavor for every taste.
Get it at your grocer.
Bost's Bakery
SHELBY, N. C.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY
TAX RATES BY TOWNSHIPS
/
Henrietta Mills Pay Largest Tax of any Corporation in
County With C. C. & 0. Railroad Second.
Taxes are always a vital subject.
The regular county tax rate for this
year is $1.46 on each SIOO worth of
property. Most people in the coun
ty will pay more taxes than that
for many have special taxes.
Rutherfordton, Green Hill, Cool
Springs, Chimney Rock and Colfax
Townships, have a special 4 cents
tax on account of the Charlotte-
Asheville highway. Colfax Town
ship has a special township bonds
tax of 6 cents on each SIOO worth
of property. In other words, citi
zens of Rutherfordton, Green Hfflt,
Cool Springs and Chimney Rock
Townships have a county tax rate
of $1.50, exclusive of special school
tax, while Colfax has $1.56, exclus
ive of special school. High Shoal
Township has a special road tax of
1 l-2c, making the total county tax
$1.47 l-2c, not counting the special
school tax.
Special School Tax
The majority of the school dis
tricts of the county have a special
tax to supplement the regular
school fund. Spindale has the high
est special school tax rate of any
district in the county it being sl.lO
on the SIOO while Rutherfordton is
second with 95c. We must remem
ber that all these special taxes were
voted by the people on themselves
for improvements which they de
sired.
Following is a complete list of
the special school tax of the county
on each SIOO worth of taxable
property by districts with the
amounts: Spindale, $1.10; Ruther
fordton, 95c; Hampton, or Ruth, 90c;
Caroleen-Henrietta, 90c; Cool
Springs Township, 66c; Ellenboro,
55c; Buck Shoals district, 15c; Chim
ney Rock, 20c; Wrights, 25c; Dob
binsville, 10c; Floyd's Creek, 30c;
Ferry, 10c; Haynes, 20c; Harris,
30c; Hicks Grove, 30c; Gilkey, 25c;
Green Hill, 25c; Glenwood, 10c;
Gray's Chapel, 25c; Mt. Vernon,
30c; Mt. Harmony, 10c; Maria (Dun
can Creek Township), 30c; McKin
ney, 20c; Providence sc; Pinehurst, 1
30c; Piedmont, 35c; Oakland, 10c;!
Oak Grove 10c; Race Path, 20c; j
Sunshine, 20c; Strickland, 15c; Sec- i
ond Broad, 10c; Washburn, 20 c;
Walls, 30c; Watkins, 30c.
For example, a person owning
property in Chimney Rock Town
ship should have a tax rate this fall
of $1.70; a person in Harris district
should pay taxes at the rate of
$1.76 on each SIOO worth of prop
eray. In Cool Springs the total eoun
|ty rate should be $2.16.
Poll Tax
All able bodied men between the
J ages of 21 to 50 years pay a flat
county wide poll tax of $2.00 each
while able bodied men between the
ages of 18 and 45 years, living out
side incorporated towns should pay
$2.00 per years road poll tax.
For example, an able bodied man
forty years of age living in Forest
City, who has property listed for tax-
ation should pay a total of $3.91 on
each SIOO worth of property as fol
lows: County rate, $1.46; Charlotte-
Asheville Highway, special, 4c; spec
ial school tax, 66c and town tax $1.75.
This does not include the $2.00 poll
i tax.
Big Tax Payers
Who is Rutherford county's larg
est tax payer? At present it is the
Henrietta Mills with an assessed
valuation last year of $2,538,964,
and a tax of $49,509.79. Their spec
ial school tax last year was $21,-
158.19.
The second largest tax contribu
tor to the county is the C. C. & O.
Railroad, which paid $43,241.16
last year on a valuation of $3,099,-
031. This corporation's valuation
is larger than that of the Hen
rietta Mills by nearly a half mil
lion dollars but they do not pay as
large a special tax.
Other corporations that are help
ing in a large material way to run
the county government are: Sea
board Air Line Railway with a tax
last year of $17,858.89 and a val
uation of $1,059,752; Southern
Railway with a tax of $5,284.13
last year and a valuation of $311,-
422; Cliffside Mills with a tax last
year of $27,822.16 and a valuation
of $2,529,288; Florence Mills with
a tax last year of $23,357.02 and a
valuation of $1,304,862. They paid
a special school tax of $8,612. Last
year while Alexander Manufacturing
Co. paid $14,192.91 on a valuation
of $792,900.00. Special school
amounted to $5,233.14 last year.
BETHANY NEWS
Mrs. James Byers Died Tuesday, No
vember 29, After Four Months'
Illness—Local and Personal News.
Forest City, R-2, Dec. 6. —The
much needed rain was supplied last
week. More rain fell last week than
has fallen in two years and every
body seemed very glad to see it.
On account of the bad weather
Saturday, Rev. Z. D. Harrill did not
preacli at Bethany. There were a
Few present Sufnday morning and
Rev. Harrill held a short service.
Mrs. Harry Lee Marlow and two
qhildren of Marion, spent the week
end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Green.
On last Tuesday afternoon Mrs.
Jim Byers passed out of this world
into the Great Beyond. She had been
ill for four months with tumor of
the brain. She was buried Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 at Providence,
with Rev. Z. D. Harrill of Ellenboro
in charge. The undertakers in charge
were Padgett & King. Our heartfelt
sympathy goes out to the bereaved
ones.
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Carroll, Misses
Lucy Carroll and Leona Hardin spent
j Sunday afternoon at Mr. W. E.
Lewis'.
On account of the bad weather
Sunday night there were not many
present for B. Y. P. U.
Our B. Y. P. U. is planning to
give a Christmas program and Christ
mas tree. Watch for the program and
date. ~
"The Woman Pays"
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Grace W. Elliott, Los Angelas,
failed to pay $l5O per month aii
mony to her former husband, as
ordered by the court.. He had her
brought to court. Now she 1 mast
pay. From the $200,000 which *
grew from $50,000-— wken hubby
managed things.
Serious Business *
was most serious when he ap
peared in court to defend a soit
filed by his former manager Jade
Kearns for one-third of a million
—claiming breach of contract.
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BOY SCOUT NIGHT
AT RUTHERFORDTON
Rutherfordton, Dec. 6.—Thursday
night was Boy Scout night at the
Rutherfordton Kiwanis Club Hall.
The Boy Scout Troops of Spindale
and Rutherfordton, with their scout
masters, Prof. L. W. Jones and Mr.
J. H. Hill were present. Mr. R. M.
Schiele, scout executive of the
Piedmont council, of Gastonia, was
present and made a strong address.
The major part of the program was
given by the scouts. The meeting was
held at the Iso-Thermal Hotel at*7
o'clock.
SALEM NEWS
Bostic, R-l. Dev. s.—We have
had our first snow of the season. It
made us feel like Christmas was just
around the corner.
Mr. B. T. Wright, of Lattimore, was
the guest of Mr. Earl Stacey Tues
day evening.
Mattie Lee, the little daughter of
Mr. George Self has had a bad case
of blood poison but is better, we are
glad to note.
Mr. Ed Melton visited Mr. Bud
McDaniel Sunday morning.
Mr. Earl Stacey spent Friday eve
ning near Sunshine.
Mr. Bud McDaniel visited Mr.
Elijah Melton Wednesday evening.
Mr. George Self has gone to Phil
adelphia, Penn., where he has ac
cepted a position.
Misses 'Jessie afnd ;Ruby Stacey
visited Misses Edna and Thelma Mel
ton Sunday.
Mr. W. E. Stacey spent a while
with Mr. Reid Melton Sunday.
Most every family in this com
munity has killed one or more hogs.
Plenty of fresh meat for Christmas.
NOTICE—Auto owners don't wor
ry with cranking your car. Bring your
old battery and $8.75 to the Forest
: City Battery Shop, corner Broad-
I way and Grace Streets and get a new
113 plate battery. 3-tf.
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Cronin, of Rockport, Ind. "I jgp,
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jg being well.
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sg ache across my back, and my Sj
sides hurt me. I worried s
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f5 would get up, do what was g?
absolutely necessary, and S
then lie down again.
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i£ ed Cardui to me. I took it 9g
I for several months, and all fig
the time I was growing Ss*
stronger, and less nervous. 3?
My aohes and pains finally 2g
disappeared.
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My improvement has been W|
permanent. The good health, jj
which followed the taking of 2?
Cardui, is still with me, so I
do not hesitate to recommend gs
it to my friends." c . ja4
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GENERAL
—goes a long ivay to make friends
Veterans of Two Summers
You'll find the same General Tires that started in
service this summer on the same cars next summer,
rolling up records of almost unbelievable mileage,
comfort and safety.
The answer is General's outstanding success in reduc
ing internal friction and offsetting the ravaging effects
of increased road heat and faster speeds in hot weather.
You can go through the winter getting double protec
tion from skidding with General's dual-grip treads*
s There's a great satisfaction and feeling of true economy
when you can speak of your tires as veterans of two
summers. r
Forest City Motor Co.
FOREST CITY, N. C.
How Much Would
You Lose?
If fire should destroy your prop
erty tonight, how much would
you lose on every dollar invest
ed? How would your insurance
square with your loss. How would
your claims be handled?
Your insurance is a vital thing to
you and should be handled by
men who thoroughly know their
business, and will give you the
benefit of their knowledge.
Si SECURITY
1 Insurance & Realty Co.
G. B. HARRILL, Sec'y'-Treas.
—: PHONE 64
Forest City, - - - N. C.