CITY'S ASSESSED
TAX VALUATION
IS $4,175,674.00
City's Tax Rate This Year is
$1.75 Per SIOO.OO
Valuation.
Municipal night at the Forest City
Kiwanis meeting Monday evening,
April 23, was well attended. During
the program Mr. J. E. Caldwell, city
clerk, gave some interesting figures
in regard to the cost of operating the
municipal departments. Ihe Forest
City tax rate is $1.75 ori the hundred
dollars worth of property, says Mr.
Caldwell. The assessed valuation of
property in Forest City is $4,175,-
674.00. The largest single item on
the city's budget is the interest on
outstanding bonds. During the past
year $6,000 worth of these bonds
have been retired. Mr. Caldwell's
table of figures are given below:
Assessed valuation of property for
the year 1927-28 $4,175,674.00
Tax rate: $1.75 per SIOO.OO val
ation.
Amount of tax levy ....$ 73,086.40
Apportioned to the different depart
ments as follows:
Administrative depart
ment ? 4,430.00
Police department 4,463.00
Street department 4,475.00
Health department 2,400.00
Fire department 500.00
Sewer department 300.00
Interest on bonds 44,247.85
Bonds retired 6,000.00
Contingent fund 750.00
Sinking fund 925.00
Bonds Outstanding:
Light, Water & Sewer
Bonds : $306,500.00
Street Improvement
Bonds 332,000.00
School Bonds 90,500.00
City Hall Bonds 25,000.00
Total Bonded Debt 5754,000.00
Number of city employees:
Police and administrative de
partments 4
Light and water departments.— 6
Street department 3
Health department 2
Total l5
Average weekly payroll $354.50
L. N. Rouse of Wake county, graz
ed a herd of hogs from September
to March 15 on eight acres of corn
and soybeans. He fed only a small
amount of corn and in addition to
carrying three brood sows and a boar
in the field, he sold over 2,000
pounds of meat so fattened.
Dark patches under the eyes, ac
cording to a medical theory, may be
due to defective teeth, but probably
more of them are caused by a mo
ment's delay in dodging.
MONEY TO LOAN
On business and resi
dent property.
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FOREST CITY, N. C.
HONOR ROLL
Forest City Grammer School
Has Large Number on
Roll of Honor for Last
Month.
The following students of the For
est City Grammar scnool qualified
for the honor roll during the month ,
of April.
Grade lAI
Nell Abernathy.
Willie Katherine Bailey.
Hazel Baynard.
Edna Downs. j
Gloria Price.
Reba Roach.
Marjorie Webb.
Louise Gray.
Lottie Hardin.
Rebecca Hawkins.
Max Duncan.
David Gillespie.
James Poole.
Albert Shipman.
Thurl McDaniel.
I
Grade lA2
Henrietta Price. .;
Eleanor White.
Billy Gibson.
M. W. Harris, Jr. •
Billy Huntsinger. (
Robert Taylor. .
Thomas Owens. m ,
Grade lA3 1
James Bright. 
Chas. Carver. 1
Grade 2A3
Otis Jones.
Grade 2B
Hoyle Blanton.
Russell Gurley.
Clara Bell Hardin. 
Elizabeth Lawing. ]
Treva Lowrance. 1
Eunice Roberson. 
Ronell Hamrick.
Ruby Harris. *
Grade 2AI
Gladys Allen.
Eugenia Harrill.
Lois Harrill.
Virginia Searcy.
Reid Shytles.
Earl Freeman.
Grade 2A2
Irene Green.
Hazel Hardin.
Frances Moore.
Myrtle Morrow.
Frances Si§k.
Jeanette Tate.
Oleman Beheler.
Charles Smart.
Clarence Johnson.
Ted Huntley.
Doyle Hardin.
Nathan Gordon.
Teal Davis.
Grade 3B
Ben Dale.
Leonard Long.
.P. D. Morrow.
Gladys Vandike.
Grade 3AI
Ernest Allen.
Russell Blanton.
Glenn Justice.
Arthur McDaniel.
Hugh Verner.
Georgia Bailey.
Annie Laura Moss.
Muriel Padgett.
Mary Sue Young.
Annie Glen Yess. t
Grade 4AI
R. H. Ayers.
Mary Willie Woody.
Mattie Mills. .-
Dorothy Turner.
Frances Courtney.
Grade 5B
Willie B. King.
Lynch Mcßrayer.
Edward Thompson.
Grade SAI
Elizabeth Long.
Clarence Owens.
Charles Gillespie.
Mary Logan King. *
Janice Caldwell.
Elaine Gibson.
Robb Blanton.
Annie Sue Griffin.
Grade 6AI •
Martha Moores.
Grade 7AI
Frances Ledbetter.
Doris Ledbetter.
Farmers of Roberson county ex
pects to sell over $25,000 worth of
poultry in co-operative carlot ship
ments before the season ends this
spring.
Thirty-five head of pure bred
dairy cattle were added to the cow
population of Guilford county by
I farm agent J. I. Wagoner last week.
Self feeders number 39 and 40
have been built by farmers of Per
son county recently. The hog feed
ing idea is gradually gaining ground.
Asking a proud young mother if
her first baby is healthy and bright
is just about as sensible as giving a
college boy a pair of hose supporters
for a birthday present.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1928
SUNSHINE TO VOTE
1 ON EIGHT MONTHS
I SCHOOL TERM
Election to Be Held on May 19
for or Against Consoli
dation.
| Bostic, R-4, April 30. Sunshine
| School District has the opportunity of
! a lifetime to secure a consolidated
school which will become an accredit
! Ed high school as soon as the State
| requirements of 45 students in the
high school is met.
The Rutherford county Board of
Education plans to erect a $20,000
modern, well equipped brick build
ing as soon as the progressive peo
ple of that district vote a 30c spec
ial tax levy to operate their school
for the extra two months beyond
the regular county term, of six
months, thus giving a standard 8-
months school term. The district will
not have to repay the $20,000.
At present two districts included
in the election have special tax levies
of 20c at Sunshine and 10c on the
SIOO worth of property at Mt. Har
mony, which will be abolished if the
election carries and a uniform levy
of 30 cents will be made in the en
tire district. The 30 cents levy will
be the limit of special tax, if the
election carries. Some have claimed
that the present levy will be added
to the 30c levy to be voter, but the
law will not permit this. If the
30c is voted that it all that
ries, Sunshine will have one of the
best schools in the county as a small
cost. Children can be educated
through the high school at home,
thus saving parents much money. It
How tke Southern Serves tfu.
THE SOUTHERN is a citizen J
of each of the 2,900 commu- '>' . I'f H $
nities along its lines. Its 60,000 j£«
employees and their families live
it-nc- /, rt mmnnitiQe TVio _ From the Northern Gateways at Washington, Cincinnati and Louisville . . . from the Western Gateway!
in these communities, ine syu,- at St and Mcmphis to thc Qccan Porta of Norfolk> charle|ton> Savannah, Brunswick and
000,000 they earn annually are Jacksonville . . . and the Gulf Ports of Mobile and New Orleans . . . the Southern Serves the South
spent or invested there.
Every day 20,000 loaded freight cars are moving Southern banks. It spends large sums each year
along the Southern's rails, carrying forward the in the purchase of Southern products for use in the
South's commerce. The measure of this service, maintenance, equipment and enlargement of its
gained by multiplying the tonnage handled by; the railroad facilities.
average distance hauled, reaches 12,000,000,000 Xhe Southern Railway System is one of the
ton-miles a year. South's largest industries, and through the service
Every day, speeding along the far-reaching lines it renders it is a vital factor in the growth and
of the Southern, 450 passenger trains carry pas- prosperity of the South.
sengers, mail and express swiftly and safely to To continually improve our service, to build a
their destinations. greater Southern to serve a greater South, is our
Every day the Southern deposits SBOO,OOO in daily job.
•A ton-mile it one ton of A
freight hauled one mile. - - - _____ - - - -
bOUTHLE RN
. RAILWAY . C(SfS SYSTEM
-THE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH
CAROLEEN NEWS
Caroleen, April 24.—Rev. and
Mrs. R. N. Childress and son, Billy,
and Mr. and Mrs. Mosley were the
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Mosley Sunday. The occasion cele
brated the fiftieth anniversary of
Mr. Mosley.
Mr. and Mrs. Buren Phillips, and
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Hamrick spent
Sunday in Mt. Airy with Mr. and
Mrs. T. C. Barber. Mrs. A. I. Phil
lips, who has been spending a week
there returned home with them.
Mrs. T. H. Ferree, who has been
in the . Shelby hospital for several
weeks, returned home much improv
ed, to the delight of her many
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Holland and
children spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. Harrill.
Betty Frances, the small daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie James, has
been seriously ill but is much bet
ter now.
Mr. Byron Hamrick has accepted
a position with the A. & P. store at
Forest City.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mahaffee
were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Hicks Hamrick Sunday.
One hundred solid cars of fat
hogs, fed according to the Shay
method, will be shipped from Beau
fort county this year. Sixty cars
will be shipped this spring and the
other forty on the August and Sep
tember markets.
will mean much for that good com
munity, if the election carries.
The election will be held May 19
at Sunshine school house. Mr. Chas.
Davis has been appointed registrar
for the election with D. D. Fortune
and J. W. Hunt judges.
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Dr. D. M. Morrison, Optometrist
OF SHELBY
Will be in Forest City every Thursday from 8 to 9 a. m. and 2
to 3 p. m. Office back of Dr. Duncan. Telephone 29.