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/ I M DR. B. M. JARRETT Chiropractor New Farmers Bank Bldg. Forest City, N. C. Tues., Thurs., Sat., 2 - 7 p. m. > f j ~ " ~ * r MONEY TO LOAN Easy Payment Plan on Residental and Business property. Prompt and Courteous Service Guaranteed. See « MOSS & POWELL or M. C. GREEN Phone 137 Moss Bldg. \ :■ Right Out of Our Ovens ij 5 to Your Table £ $ :j *" #? UR BAKERY P r( >d'tcts are go ing better every day. Each |j» I" day's business is better than ij the day before. When order- J 1 ■J ing Bakery products, please ask Ij ■J 4|or Forest City Bakery pro- «JJ «J ducts. We will appreciate it. ■J Our products are handled by ■ J every merchant in Forest City ■I and other leading stores of the ■! ■I County. We bake anything and "I •V everything that is good. I FOREST CITY i j* HORSE I , SENSE ■A friend of ours who stated ■that he had lived on nothing ■but milk for over a year and ■gained weight every day was Basted how he managed it. "I fcarrt say that I remember, but k presume my method was sim ■lar to that of other babies." ■ our First National Pocket ■Jook will "gain weight" if Bvhen you start out to do your Bnarketing you bring your list Birect to our grocery store and lee how many of the things meted you can get from us. We Barry these things for the eon- Benience of our customers and Everything is good and fresh. Blarketing is made easy for all »ho deal with us. ■ Jones ■ Grocery Co. l I INTERESTING AND j OTHERWISE (CLARENCE GRIFFIN) j 1 The Mills Family | Col. Ambrose Mills, one of Ruth erford county's early settlers, was the founder of the Mills family in | North Carolina. The influence of the Rutherford branch of the Mills fam ily has been felt throughout the state, politically and socially. Col. Ambrose Mills was born in England in 1722. He was taken while young to Maryland, where he marri ed and settled - on River, but later moved to the frontiers of South Carolina where his wife was killed by the Indians during the Indian war of 1755-61, leaving an only son, William. He afterwards married Miss Annie Brown, of the Chester region, sister of the noted loyalist leader, Col. Fletchall. About 1765 he settled on Green River in Rutherford coun ty and by his last marriage had three sons and three daughters. In 1776 he served in Rutherford's brigade against the Cherokee Indians. In 1778 he and the notorious David Fanning raised a corps of five hun dred men with the design of joining the Royal Standard at St. Augustine, Fla., when one of the party betrayed their plans. Mills and sixteen others were apprehended and conveyed to the Salisbury jail. Fanning under took to rescue them on his way, but his force proved too weak to effect the purpose. Mills was in the course of time liberated and joined Fergu son's corps with the loyal militia of , Rutherford county and fought at Earle's Ford and at Kings Mountain J where he was wounded. He was taken prisoner by the victorious Whigs and was taken to Biggerstaff's old fields, near Gilberttown, three miles north west of Rutherfordton, where he, along with eight other Tories were hanged on October 14, 1780. Lieut. Anthony Allaire, of Ferguson's corps, made the following *iitry in his diary in reference to the hanging: "Satur jday, (October) 14th, (1780) Twelve | field officers were chosen to try the | militia prisoners—particularly those who had the most influence in the country. They condemned thirty. In the evening they begun to execute Lieut. Col. Mills, Capt. Wilson, Capt. Chitwood, and six others who un fortunately fell a sacrifice to their infamous mock jury. Mills, Wilson and Chitwood died like Romans. The other Were reprieved." William Mills, like his father, Ambrose Mills, was devoted to the i Loyalist cause. He was born Novem j ber 10, 1746, and like his father, j served in 1776 against the Indians. I He acted as major under his father at Kings Mountain where he was badly wounded and left on the field for dead. He was taken prisoner by the Whigs and was tried at Bigger staff's fields and sentenced to be hanged. He was saved from this fate by leading Whigs and Tories, who in terfered, knowing his true worth and goodness. In after years he set tled in the mountain region of North Carolina. Mills River and the beau tiful Mills Gap are named for him. Early in life he married Eleanor Morris, by whom he had two sons and five daughter. Among the early settlers who entertained the minis ters they found few like William Mills and his family. While living in Rutherford Bishop Asbury stop ped with him a number of times, and his house was the preachers home for a number of decades. Their two sons and five daughters gave an average of fifty years to the service of Meth odism in this section. William Mills died on his birthday, 1834, as a con sequence of a fall from a horse, be ing eighty-eight years of age. One of William Mills' daughters married Rev. Samuel Edney, a Meth odist minister, who first carried the banner of Methodism across the Blue Ridge. Samuel Edney was born in Pasquotank county, N. C., in 1768. He became d Methodist minister in 1790, and three years later was sent to the Swannanoa circuit. While on this circuit he married Eleanor Mills. He settled on Green River, in Ruth erford county while serving his charge, but in 1796 he removed to Henderson county, at a point since called Edneyville, named in his hon or. After moving to Edneyville he was a local preacher, and at the same time the postmaster and was for over forty years a justice of the peace. He died September 17, 1844, loved and respected by all who knew him. His influence was far reaching and he probably did more for good than any other single individual on the rough frontiers at that time. It is said that the first camp meeting THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1928. held west of the Blue Ridge was held on his lands. Some of Rutherford, Henderson and Buncombe's most honored and highly respected! citizens of today are connected with the Mills and Ed ney families. ELLENBORO YOUNG PEOPLE ENJOY PICNIC PARTY Ellenboro, July 9.—A number of young people from here enjoyed a delightful picnic Thursday at Bridge water. The party left Ellenboro early Thursday morning and motored to Bridgewater, where lunch was spread at noon and enjoyed by all. Shortly after lunch the party left for Morg anton where a short stop was made to visit Misses Wilma and Sarah Byers. A stop was made at Glen Al pine to visit Prof. L. W. Cain, a former Ellenboro teacher. From there the party motored by the way of Marion and to Ellenboro. Those composing the picnic party were Messrs. Chivous, Sherman and Will iam Padgett, Frank Hamrick, Misses Xantippa Padgett, May and Herm enia Hamrick, Lucy and Maude Wright and Kathleen Turner. RELIEF FROM CURSE OF CONSTIPATION A Battle Creek physician says, 'Constipation is responsible for nore misery than any Other cause." But immediate relief has been ound. A tablet called Rexall Ord erless has been discovered. This tablet attracts water from the sys tem into the lazy, dry, evacuating bowel called the colon. The water oosens the dry food waste and causes a gentle, thorough, natural novement without forming a habit or ver increasing the dose. Stop suffering from constipation. Chew a Rexall Orderless at night. Jext day bright. Get 24 for 25c to ay at the nearest Rexall Drug Store. 26-tf 801 l weevils and bean beetles are now causing much concern over east ern North Carolina. The bean beetles are reported as destroying beans in many gardens while the boll weevil is appearing in increasing numbers. To ° few people realize thatmuch mile- your tires and inspect rin^d^ a £® IS lo st by poor tire application. If imum mileage. We have the experience and equipment your tire is improperly applied it means a pinched tube and to do the work right. a flat tire. You have to pay the cost of tube repair, and Drive in today and see for yourself. We'll satisfy you suffer annoyance, delay, and lose mileage. Let us put on on both quality and price. A.COUMER ' I ! x Regular 30 1 x 3V& OTHER SIZES PRICED PROPORTIONATELY LOW DOGGETT MOTOR COMPANY FOREST CITY, N. C. MADE MOST WHEAT AGENT EVER SAW Raleigh, N. July 9.—The effect of using a small amount of quick-act ing nitrogen as a top-dressing for wheat is tersely but effectively told by County Agent E. S. Millsaps of Randolph County who last week at . tempted to help harvest a five-acre |ti*act which he was using as a dem • onstration. "Last Friday," says Mr. Millsaps, j "I was in one of the worst mix-ups | that I have ever seen. We applied 200 pounds per acre of nitrate of so da on a five-acre piece of wheat this spring. Friday, we tried to cut the wheat. There had been a heavy wind and it was blown in every direction. I believe that this land would have made the greatest yield of wheat that I have ever seen had it stood up. The wheat was so thick and so rank, that the knotter on the binder was almost in constant motion. We could not use the carrier and you coulld walk across the field on the bundles. I cannot say now what yield it will make, but certainly it is the most straw that I ever saw on a piece of j land." The average yield of wheat in Ran (dolph County in 1927 was only 12 j bushels per acre and the average ; money value per acre amounted to $18.12. Apparently, if the wheat on this demonstration makes the yield that Mr. Millsaps' picturesque de scription indicates, interesting facts will be brought out as to how to in [ crease wheat yield and values in the [ futui'e. Randolph County is one of | the leading wheat-growing sections i of North Carolina. Last year, 30,743 ' acres were planted with only David- I son County planting a larger acreage. The total production was 368,916 bushels with Rowan making a sligfot | ly larger yield with an acreage less [than Randolph by some 300 acres. | However, the results of this dem- I onstration indicate that it will be ' wise in the future for farmers of the county to top-dress their wheat with ! such quick-acting nitrogen fertiliz- I ers as nitrate of soda and thus obtain i the excellent yields which appear [ possible to obtain. . Poultry supplies at Farmers Hard [ware Co. The Spirit of Service | Whether you buy bonds, boots or beefsteak, you always prefer to deal with men who are glad to help you. In the vital matter of your insur ance protection this agency of the Hartford Fire Insurance Company will gladly give you the friendly service of a helping hand. We can offer you know ledge, skill and experience—and a sincere desire to make these things work for you. ra SECURITY mmM Insurance & Realty Co. Mjjjj G. B. HARRILL, Sec'y.-Treas. —: PHONE 64 s Forest City, ... N. C. \ 4 »■ I
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