farm Problems Met By Vocational !
Agricultural Class of High School
Bovs Make Tests
With Fertilizer
At Cool Springs
- j en cid Results Shown by
Class Taught by Prof.
Sutton
t By ARVAL ALCOCK
rore?t City, Noc. 19.—Six tests
beir.K conducted by the Depart
rt 0 f Vocational Agriculture, of
•ownfhip to determine the best grade
( , t - fertilizer to use for cotton and
and the best variety of cotton
■to be grown by the farmers in this
There are two fertilizer tests be
ing conducted by this department,
ne cotton and one corn test. Each
ies t is made up of five plots* of one
tenth of an acre. All are fertilized
differently and accurate records are
being kept of the expense and prqfit
of each plot. j
Four cotton tests, to determine the j
be?: variety of cotton to be raised J
in this section, are being conducted. I
\ll of these tests are being conduct- j
e d by the boys in the agricultural
c ] af s of the high school as a part
of their school work. Prof. D. H. Sut
tor i? the teacher of this class and i
rht tests are being made under,
hi> supervision.
Meet Local Needs
All the series of experiments are
planned to meet the need of the
local farmers. There is no problem
more vital than the problem of fer- \
tilizer, while it is also essential that
the farmer should know which is the
best variety of cotton for his own
particular soil. A highly successful
cotton fertilizer test was carried on
by this class last year and a good!
many of the farmers of this section j
took advantage of the facts proved!
by the experiment in their cotton j
planting this year. .
As has been stated, all these ex- j
periments are carried on to meet the j
need of the farmers, and the facts;
established by five hog feeding dem- j
onstrations, carried out by the class j
last year, are governing the feeding j
of hogs on a number of local farms, r
More than 500 cockerels were capon- j
ized in this district this year as the j
result of a demonstration to de- j
termine whether it pays to caponize
or not.
Poultry on Farm
Poultry on the farm has been one
of the department's special aims
since it was started three years ago.
The number of pure bred poultry
in the community has more than
doubled since the work began. Work
in feeding, breeding, housing and
sanitation that the department has
done has greatly increased the yield
from poultry on the farms in the
school district. Fifteen model poul
try houses have been built under the
direction of this department and it
has cooperated with the Rutheifoid
County Poultry Association in buy- j
in? feed at wholesale.
It has also been the aim of the j
Vocational Agricultural Department,
to have an equipped farm shop on j
every farm represented in the class, j
Work benches, tool cabinets and
boxes are just a few of the many
things made by the class. Many use
ful articles for the home have also
been made by the boys. The pur
pose of the course in shop work is to
prepare the boys to do shop repair
ing on the farm. In these days of
sutos the blacksmith has almost be
come a thing of the past, and tools
by garage mechanics repre
sent a big expense to the farmer.
A well equipped farm shop is essen
tial to the farmer who would repair
i his own tools.
Field Work Excellent
The field work done by this class
iast spring is extremely creditable.
They have pruned four orchards,
grayed three orchards, equipped
twelve farm shops, culled four flocks
poultry and H|ide a number of
field trips to nearby farms to study
ln cubation, breeding and farm man-
a ?6ment of poultry.
In the work of the department of
Cool Springs high school every effort
tas been made to cooperate with all
local agencies in the general ex
tension of agricultural work. To this
the department has worked with
the Rutherford County Poultry as
s°ciation, The Farmers Federation,
Forest City Kiwanis Club, and
County Agent F. E. Patton and
Laura Howard.
The agricultural department was
of the promoters of the Forest
\ Curb Market. The department
n oo Perated with the Forest City Ki
j wanis Club, the County Farm Dem- 5
! onstration and Home Agents in I
starting and promoting the market. I
The boys did about half the work
en the curb market building.
Morgan Wins Honor
Norman Morgan, who is now a '
senior at Cool Springs high school, '
won the highest honor that a voca- j
tional agriculture student can • win
when he was made "Carolina Farm- !
er" at the Young Tar Heel Farmers j
meeting in Raleigh, last June. There :
were seven of the three hundred j
agriculture students of the state up- j
on whom this honor was conferred. I
There are nine qualifications for this j
honor and the relatively small num- •
ber of students who qualified show j
how outstanding the record of a j
j "Carolina Farmer" must be. Norman \
| is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mor- |
gan of the Mt. Pleasant community, j
He has been an outstanding stu- |
i
dent of agriculture for three years.
Forest Hunt, another student of
this class, won first prize in this
state for an essay on "Cotton Mar
keting," in the fall of 1927. This
gave him a trip to the Southeastern
fair at Atlanta.
Mr. Sutton, teacher of the agricul
tural department of Cool Springs
high school, was chosen as one of j
the five outstanding agricultural !
teachers of North Carolina, at Ra-
leigh in June. These men were se- j
lected on a comparative score being j
based on the state program of work i
as outlined by the State Department
for Vocational Agricultural Educa
tion. These five men were selected
from 110 teachers of agriculture in
the state as being the ones who did
the best job of teaching in the ,
high schools. In grading the teachers
the scoremen took into the consid
eration the work accomplished by the
teacher with his class, the efficiency
of the class as a whole, and the man- (
ner of work done. The state is di
vided into five districts for conven
ience in grading and Mr. Sutton was
chosen as the outstanding teacher
in the fifth district. V ;
CITIZENS PROTBT
BOND ISSUE.
Petitions Circulating Calling
For Referendum Vote on
$57,000 Bond Issue
At a meeting of the county com
missioners of Rutherford county on
October 29, an order for issuing
bonds to the amount of $22,000 was
passed, the sum to be used for the
construction of a bridge across Broad
river, near Harris. At the same meet
ing another order authorizing the
issuance of $35,000 in bonds for
purposes of reconstructing roads and
bridges in the county which were
damaged or destroyed last summer
in the flood, was passed.
Many people of the county, feel
ing that the special bond issue was
unnecessary, have protested against
it. Several petitions are being circu
lated over the county, and are being
signed by the voters, calling for an
election on the matter. Signatures of
fourteen percent, or about 1600
voters, are required before a special
election can be called. According to
reports Saturday approximately 1200
had signed, and all of the petitions
had not been called in and the names
counted. Those sponsoring the move
to call an election have until Decem
ber Ist, to complete the petitions.
According to those who are famil
iiar with the situation little difficul
ty will be experienced in securing the
necessary signers of the petitions.
ELLENBORO ORGANIZES
LOCAL BOY SCOUT COUNCIL
Ellenboro, Nov. 19.—A local Boy
Scout committee was organized at
Ellenboro last week when Mr. R. M.
Schiele, scout executive, from Gas
tonia met with a small group of in
terested citizens. The qpmmittee or
ganized is alreafly sponsoring the
re-organization of the Ellenboro
troop which was one of the best, if
not the best, troop in the county at
one time.
The following men were selected
to make up the committee from the
town: Chairman, A. B. Bushong; vice
chairman, Fred Harrill; Finance, O.
R. Coffield; court of honor, Capt. J.
E. Bland; publicity, A. B. Bushong;
troop organization and training, M.
O. Harrill, school relations and read
ing, Professor T. A. Jones; camping,
J. E. Beam, health and safety, Dr.
Adkins. Members at large E. E. Har
rill, J. A. Martin, Capt W. L. Black,
G. M l . Edwards and J. G. Henry.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 1928
Rutherford County's Next Representative
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HON. GEORGE BIGGERSTAFF
The above picture is that of Hon. George Biggerstaff, who
was elected as a representative to the General Assembly from
Rutherford county over his republican opponent, D. L. Craw
ford. Mr. Biggerstaff is well known in the county, having held
public office before. He was treasurer of Rutherford county
several years.
DEMOCRATS HOLD
PARTY BANQUET
C. O. Ridings Honored By Can
didates Friday Evening at
Iso-Thermal Hotel
Rutherfordton, Nov. 19.—A most,
interesting and enjoyable meeting |
was held at the Iso-Thermal Hotel I
Friday night in the form of a get-to- !
gether dinner when the Democratic j
county candidates held a banquet in i
honor of Democratic County Chair
man, C. O. Ridings and Mrs. Ridings
and other workers in the recent cam
paign.
Party harmony and a spirit of
loyalty and good-fellowship featur
ed the meeting. W. W. Nanney, bank- J
er and member of the County Board
of Education presided over the meet
ing. Practically all the Democratic
county candidates were present, and
all are Democrats except one.
Hon. George Biggerstaff, recently]
elected to the Legislature from Ruth- j
erford introduced a resolution thank- j
ing Chairman Ridings, Attorneys S.;
P. Dunnagan, M. L. Edwards and oth-.{
ers for their part in making a suc
cessful campaign in the county. Mr.
Ridings responded in a brief and ap
propriate address. He declared that
the Democratic party is not dead, but
is much alive and will be found on j
the job" two and four years hence, j
Special mention was made of the
faithful work of Mr. Biggerstaff in
helping the county Democrats to win
the campaign.
Short and "enthusiastic speeches"
were made by R. R. Blanton, county
solicitor; A. R. Beam, state senator;
R. E. Price, editor of The Rutherford
News; W. C. Hardin, sheriff; J. R.
Anderson, chairman of the County
Board of Elections; Clarence Hames,
newly elected member of the county
Boar 3 of Education; C. S. Royster,
Superintendent of the Rutherford
county home; George Biggerstaff, i
member-elect of the Legislature; J.
T. Harris, member of the County
Board of Education, and M. L. Ed
wards, attorney. The latter made a
plea for party harmony and loyal
ty. All felt optimistic over the fu
ture outlook of the party.
Those present at the banquet were
Messrs. W. W. Nanney, M. L. Ed
wards, J. T. Harris, George Bigger
staff, Clarence Hames, J. R. Ander
son, W. C. Hardin, W. C. Hightow
er, H. H. Tucker, R. E. Prfce, Dr.
W. P. Hall, J. A. Dennis, A. R. Beam,
R. R. Blanton, Mr. and Mrs. C. O.
Ridings, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Geer,
Mrs. Minnie F. Blanton, and C. S.
Royster.
ELDER WHITE TO PREACH
AT ELLENBORO SUNDAY
Ellenboro, Nov. 20. —Elder C. M.
White will preach at the home of Mr.
S. J. McKinney, near Ellenboro, on
Sunday, November 25, at 2 p. m. All
are invited to attend this preaching
service.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF 27TH
DISTRICT CANDIDATES
At a meeting of the county board
of elections of the counties of Polk,
Henderson, McDowell, Rutherford
and Cleveland, held in Rutherfordton
Friday, the vote of the candidates
for state senator of the twenty-sev
enth judicial district was canvassed,
and was as follows:
Beam, democrat, 21,098; Wood,
democrat, 21,086; Morrow, republi
can, 18,481; McWhirter, republican,
18,537.
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STARTS CONSTRUCTION
WORK ON ROUTE NO. 19
I Construction work on State High
way No. 19, Rutherfordton to Mar
ion, began last week. The survey for
this route has been completed, and
the road will be constructed first
from Rutherfordton to the Ruther
ford-McDowell line. The present sur
vey eliminates a number of bad
curves, gives the road a better grade,
shortens the distance and avoids the
heavy pull over Ball Alley. The
road will leave the present roadbed
north of Thermal City and will fol
low the river through the gap, and
parallel with the Southern railway
tracks.
SMITH'S GROVE
Forest City, R-3, Nov. 19.—The
Rev. W. B. Craig filled his regular)
appointment at Smith's Grove Satur
day and Sunday. A large crowd at
tended the services on Sunday. The
Rev. 0. R. Flack was in charge.
Misg Virginia Finley, of Chesnee,
spent the past week with her sister,
Mrs. W. H. Allen, who has been very
ill.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Bridges and
Mrs. Humphries were dinner guests
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Crowder.
Miss Esther Green was a visitor
of Miss Mossie Yelton last week end.
Rev. W. B. Craig and 0. R. Flack
were dinner guests Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Smith.
Miss Annie Mae Andrews spent
Sunday with Miss Ruth Crowder.
Miss Louise Radford was the
guest of Miss Mossie Yelton Sunday
afternoon.
Little Miss Evelyn Crowder spent
Saturday night with Miss Alice Hard
in.
Mr. Joe Duke, of Caroleen was a
visitor last week of Mr. Howard
Carter.
Miss Ethel Andrews is on the sick
list this week.
Miss Virginia Finley spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Pinkie Forten
berry.
Miss Mary Wilson Hardin spent
Saturday night with Miss Ruth'
Crowder. '
Mr. Albert Dixon, of Shelby, and ■
STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY MEETING
TODAY AND FRIDAY
Mrs. Maude Minish Sutton One
of Sneakers on Program
of Folk-Lore Society
The annual meeting of the State
Literary and Historical Association,
The North Carolina Folk Lore So
ciety and the North Care 1 r.a State
Art Society will convene in Raleigh
Thursday (today) and continue
through Friday. The first session of
the Art Society was held yesterday
(Wednesday.)
Among the speakers on the State
Literary and Historical Society pro
?ram are Dr. James K. Boyd, Prof.
R. D. W. Connor, Lois V. Rumph,
William Pok, and A. R. Newsome,
which constitutes a brilliant array of
talent in historical research work.
On Friday evening the principal ad
dress will be delivered by Prof. C. H.
Van Tyne, head of the history de
partment of the University of Mich
igan.
Local Woman on Program
The seventeenth annual session
1 of the North Carolina Folk-Lore So-
I ciety will be held Friday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock in the Virginia Dare
Ballroom in the Sir Walter Hotel.
Mrs. S. Westray Battle, of Asheville,
president of the society, will give a
paper, "Some Folk-Words," followed
by a paper on "The Musical Possibil
ities in Mountain Songs," by Mrs.
Maude Minish Sutton, of Forest Ci . L y.
Douglas MacMillan, of Raleigh, will
give a paper on "John Kuners". Each
paper or reading will be followed by
English and Scottish ballads, North
Carolina Folk songs, and folk song
| quartettes. The session will close
J with a business session and election
of officers.
Mr. Charles McMurry of Lincolnton,
were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Crowder one day last week.
Messrs. Carl and Luther Helton
and Ernest Lee, of Ellenboro, were
visitors at Mr. Roland Smith's Sun
day afternoon.