FOREST CITY COURIER
Published Every Thursday in the
interest of Forest City and Ruthei
ford County.
Entered Aug. 22, 1918, at th* post
office at Forest City, N. C., as second
class matter under act of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
C. E. ALCOCK Editor and Owner
CLARENCE GRIFFIN— News Editor
MRS. C. E. ALCOCK Society Editor
ARVAL ALCOCK „ Advertising
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THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1928 j
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PENSIONS 1
A JUST DEBT •
The Bureau of Pensions has just i
published some interesting facts.
about its work. Since its establish- (
ment in 1781), the Bureau of Pen
sions has distributed about $8,000,-
000,000 in cash and 69,000,000 acres (
of the public domain.
On June 30, 1927, there were j
.* R;t ; 142 pensioners on the rolls, in
cluding 17 widows of men who serv
ed in the war of 1812.
The figures showing the amount
of money distributed seem quite im- J
pressive, but the government owes a
very real debt to the men who serv
ed in thp military or naval forces
when the country needed them most.
Now that these men have grown old
or have become incapacitated in any
way, it would certainly be an un
grateful government that would fail
to pay this debt.
A. B. PRICE FOR COMMISSIONER
Mr. A. B. Price, well known farmer
and business man, at the insistent
call of many friends, this week an
nounces as a cadidate for County
Commissioner. He is widely known
all over the county and will make a
strong race. He is especially well
equipped to fill the duties of this
important office and his friends pre
dict his easy election.
STOVER P, DUNAGAN
FOR SOLICITOR
In the proper column will be found
the announcement of Mr. Stover P.
Dunagan for the office of Solicitor
(or Prosecuting Attorney) for the
Recorder's Court. Mr. Dunagan is
a well known young attorney and
is well qualified for the place he
seeks. Along with his announcement,
Mr. Dunagan says: "If elected to this
office, my only pledge shall be to
prosecute any and all violators of
the criminal laws where the evidence
is sufficient to justify the prosecu
tion; to discharge these duties vig
orously. fearlessly and in an unself
ish manner."
Woolsey's heavy bod> paint is the
best. Get it from the Farmers Hard
ware Co.
Lime and cem«nt. Best in quality,
lowest in price. Get it from the Farm
ers Hardware Co.
PASTOR MARRIES COUPLE
WHO ARE 1,500 MILES OFF
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Mill Loii McCulley aal Archel
v G*nioung, both itudents at the Kan
\ «as • State Teacheri College it
' Hayi, Kans., were married recent
• ly by the Rev. H. Sweetland, pas
tor of the Methodist Church at ?
Haye. ' Back of this simple an
nounement is the interesting fact
that the clergyman who married
the young couple was not in Hays
at the time, but in fact was about
1,500 miles away.
He bad been called to San
Francisco, Cal. The young people
did not care to be married by any
other pastor, nor would they con
sent to postpone the ceremony.
The problem was finally solved by
arranging to have the minister
marry the young people from San
Francisco, and this he did by
means of the Long Distance
telephone.
PROVIDENCE NEWS
Forest City, R-2, March 13. —Mrs.
R. C. Chapman who has been on the
sick list is improving, we are glad to
Mr. and Mrs. John McDaniel visit
ed their daughter, Mrs. Crawford
Lancaster, of Alexander, Saturday
afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster's
oldest daughter has measles and pnu
monia, we are sorry to note.
! Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hardin, of
Forest City, spent the week-end at
Mr. W. V. Harrill's.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brandle, of
Spartanburg, spent the week-end
with Mr. Brandle's father and moth
er, Mr. A. Brandle, also Miss Austin
and Miss Mary Helen Tate, of Shelby
spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
A. Brandle.
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Harrill visited
Mrs. John McDaniel Sunday after-
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Brandle visited in
Shelby Saturday afternoon.
Mr. John McDaniel was in Latti
more Monday on business.
Mrs. Frank Adams and children
Mrs. John McDaniel Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Lack Hopper and
children, visited Mr. and Mrs. A.
Brandle Sunday night.
Ladies, we have a big lot of $5
hats which are now going at $3.75.
! C\>l! and see what wonderful !>••
i gains we have for you. Mrs. E.
; E. McCurry.
PLAN TO SPEND v
$38,000,000 ON
LONG DISTANCE
Bell System's Building Program
for 1928 to Surpass All
Previous Records
During the year 1928 the Long
Lines Department of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
plans to spend nearly $38,000,000 to
take care of growth and in improve
ments in Long Distance telephone
facilities in the United States. This
is an increase of $2,000,000 above
the $36,000,000 which was expended
for the same purpose during 1927
and which, up to this year, was a
record for such expenditures.
The new facilities which are
planned will be used to improve
the present Long Distance tele
phone service and to provide for
expected increases in this service.
Plant additions are to be made in
nearly every state of the Union.
Long Distance cable is the larg
est single project in the construc
tion program, the expenditure for
this item comprising $19,791,000
and including underground conduit,
pole lines, loading coils, building®
and equipment. It is expected that
about 1,370 miles of cable, con
taining more than 680.000 miles of
wire, will be installed by the Lone
Lines Department during 1928.
Nearly all of this cable will be
owned jointly by the Long Lines
division of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company and by the
Associated Bell Companies through
out the country.
Cable work planned for the year
will provide for the completion of
a second all-cable route between
New York and Chicago, to taka
care of the constantly increasing
telephone traffic between these
points, the extension of the exist
ing New York-Washington-Rich
mond cable as far south as Greens
boro, N. C., and the completion of
an all-cable route between Chicago
and Davenport, la. Additional ca
bles are also to be installed on a
number of existing cable routes.
Aerial wire construction planned
for the year, including new pole
lines, will involve an expenditure of
14,341,000. It will include work on
each ol the three transcontinental
routes. New circuits are also to be
strung from St. Louis, via Dallas
and El Paso on the southern trans
continental route, to Los Angeles,
and from Chicago via the central
transcontinental route to San Fran
cisco.. Work on the northern route,
which i closely parallels the original
Lewis and Clark Expedition of
inote' than a century and a quarter
ago, will provide for additional cir
cuits available from Chicago vi*
Minneapolis and Helena, Mont., to
Seattle.
The sum of $9,519,000 has been
appropriated for switchboard and
other telephone and telegraph
equipment, and $4,345,000 will be
devoted to line work which includes
pole replacement, line changes, etc.
WE BUY OR SELL—AII kinds of
real estate. We can get what you
want or sell what you need at the
right price. Sales conducted. A gen
eral real estate business. See us be
fore you buy or sell. CYCLONE AUC
TION CO., Forest City, N. C. 52-tf.
. Special. Good coal at $7 per ton.
Let us make your delivery now.
Farmers Hardware Co.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1928
DECLAIMERS AND
READERS CONTEST
TUESDAY EVENING
County-Wide Declamation-Re
citation Contest to Be
Held Here.
; The Rutherford County High
School Declamation and Recitation
Contest will be held at the Cool
Springs High school auditorium, at
Forest City Tueday, March 20th at
8 p. m. County Supterintendent
Clyde A. Erwin will preside. Each
i high school of the county will be en
titled to one representative in each
of the contests. The girls will con
! test only in reading with the boys
will enter the declamation contest.
Several schools have already an
nounced their contestants. Miss
I Leona Hardin and Mr. Phillip Cham
bers will represent C°°l Springs
; High school. Miss Lilly Mae Free
man will represent Mt. Vernon in
the reading contest. It is hoped that
every high school in the county will
be represented in each contest.
! The County Board of Education
will furnish the silver loving cup to
the winner of the reading contest
while R. E. Price will furnish the (
cup to the winner in the delcamation I
contest. Recitations and declama- j
tions will b« limited to eight minutes, j
WHIPPET GOING OVER STRONG
The Whippet factory ended up
February 25,000 cars behind orders.
Among new owners are:
Melvin Waters,
C. C. Ilardin,
Robert Ilarrill,
R. A. Becton,
E. A. Hamrick,
Odell Ilarrill,
E. F. Buchanan,
J. L. Crow,
Alfred Bradley,
VV. B. Shaffner,
W. B. Shannon,
R. E. Hollingsworth.
Visit the W. L. Horn Motor Co.,
and see the new Whippet, or phone
for demonstrations. —Adv.
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLI
CATION
In the Superior Court before the
Clerk.
North Carolina, Rutherford County,
Vonnie Wilson Taylor vs. Ernest
Taylor.
The defendant above nam
ed, will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been commenced
in the superior court of Rutherford
county, North Carolina, to obtain a
divorce absolute on the gi'ounds of
adultery, and the said defendant will
further take notice that he is requir
ed to appear at the office of the un-
J cWk of the said court on
cr before the 11th day of April,
1928, or within thirty days thereaf
ter, and answer or demur to the com
plaint of the plaintiff filed in said ac
tion or the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
This the 10th day of March, 1928.
J. Y. YELTON,
Clerk Superior Court.
RIDINGS & JONES, Atty's. 23-4t
USED CARS
FOR SALE
I have the following cars
for sale:
1 '27 Chrevolet Cabriolet.
1 '27 Ford Touring.
1 '26 Buick Sedan.
1 '25 Dodge Coupe.
1 '25 Studebaker Touring.
1 '26 Studebaker Sedan.
1 '24 Ford Truck.
1 '25 Ford Roadster.
J. T. CAMP
Phone 107 Moss Bldg.
FOREST CITY
TRAIN SCHEDULES
Seaboard
No. 21, South Arr. 1:18 p. m.
No. 109, South, Arr. 10:30 a. m.
Mixed.)
No. 22, North Arr. 4:21 p. m.
Southern
No. 113, South, Arr. G:2O a. m.
No. 36, North, Arr. 10:09 a. m.
No. 35, South, Arr. 5:35 p. m.
No. 114, North, Arr. 8:56 p. m.
Clinchtield
No. 37, North, Arr. 10:45 a. m.
No. 38, South, Arr. 4:48 n. m.
No. 110, North, Arr. Jjl:2o a. m.
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I Farmers Bank & Trust Co. |
1 At the close of business February 28,1928 |
| Condensed from statement made to the Federal Reserve I
!g Bank at Richmond, Va., and the North Carolina State |
ig Banking Department. .§
I I RESOURCES t I
g % Loans and Discounts $2,083,428.54 * §
g * Overdrafts 1,029.88 £ 5
, j § * Stocks and Bonds 143,400.00 J Iff
1 S * Banking House Furniture J fa
; 5 J and Fixtures 144.031.21 * g
! § % Cash and Due From Banks .. 194,668.57 * S
• 1 | TOTAL $2,566,558.20 * I
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M | LIABILITIES % |
i* Capital Stock $ 250,000.00 | g *
J Surplus 250,000.00 * £
% Undivided Profits 12,674.92 * B
% Rediscounts 248,969.69 | S
| Bills Payable 225,000.00 * §
% Deposits 1,579,913.59 $ S
| TOTAL ...I $2,566,558.20 | g-.
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