PROGRESS MADE
IN AGRICULTURE
IN RUTHERFORD
People Are Co-operating to
Make Experimentation
Worth While
By J. M. Osteen
"I am of the opinion that our vo
cational agricultural program in the
county is largely responsible for the
progress we are making in school
consolidation," states Clyde A. Er
win county superintendent of schools
of Rutherford county. Mr. Erwin
says that his opinion is backed up
by the numerous reports coming to
his office from patrons in communi
ties where vocational agriculture is
being given.
At present Mr. ErWin has four de
partments in his county and has ap
plication in for two more as soon as
the state department can co-operate j
with him. His plan is to place a de-I
partment in each rural consolidated
school community. At present he has
departments located in Forest City,
Ellenboro, Rutherfordton and Harris
communities.
The four departments of Mr. Er
win'c _'ounty has co-operating with
his teachers of agriculture a total
of 182 boys with 346 definite pro-
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come here for a free ex
amination. We are ex
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ly!
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We will tell you frankly
whether or not you need
glasses.
DR. D. M. MORRISON
OPTOMETRIST
Will be in office with Dr.
; Duncan on every Thurs
! day-—8 to 9 and 2t03 p.
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jects under the supervision of these
men and 221 adult farmers, in even
ing classes, carrying 260 projects un
der the supervision of the teachers,
or a total of 403 farm men and farm
boys co-operating to improve the
I agriculture of Rutherford county, in
this co-operative work a total of 606
definite demonstrations are being
conducted at the present time cover
ing both crops and livestock enter
prises adapted to the county, the
major ones being cotton and poultry.
In the cotton improvement work
being sponsored by each of Mr. Er
win's departments, J. R. Moore of
the Alexander Mills, is offering such
department a cash prize of $25.00 to
help encourage the work. This im
provement work includes a longer
staple cotton which this will also
agrees to pay a premium for. This
mill uses 8,000 bales of this longer
staple each year and would prefer
buying it from local growers, ac
cording to Mr. Moore's statement.
The Kiwanis club of Forest City
is co-operating with the Cool Springs ,
department by making available j
more than S3OO to encourage the j
cotton improvement work of his de- j
partment.
OUR CITY'S OPPORTUNITIES
A large factory in a nearby state
has experienced much labor trouble
during recent years. The installation
of new machinery has been vigorous
ly resisted by the workers. All at
tempts to modernize the plant and
enable it to meet present day com
petition have failed because of the
hostility of the employees.
Recently a strike broke out;
bombings followed the attempts of
the company to develop new or
ganization by securing the services
of new laborers. This factory is
located in what is universally re
garded as a large city.
Recently a small town with an ac
tive Chamber of Commerce, having
a wide-awake secretary, has secured
a branch of this factory which prom
ises to become larger than the parent
plant.
And it was done without a bonus,
without a public stock subscription,
or even a tax remission.
The secretary of the chamber of
commerce in the afore mentioned city
has merely pointed out the advan
tages in locating a plant in his town
—its freedom from labor agitation.
It occurs to the editor of The
Courier that our own city has just
such opportunities. In the great
cities there are many plants operat
ing under the handicap on hostile
labor. They would benefit and pro
fit enormously by locating a factory
in a small city. That small town
might just as well be Forest City
as any other place in the United
States.
I It is merely up to us to advertise
and sell our city by citing its real
. industrial advantages.
THE BOY
SCOUT
J How would we get along without
j the gallant young fellows! They are
j no where in evidence except at places
i where their services are required,
| and there they are present in abund
ant numbers, ready to the hand of
veteran or visitor, alert minds, well
informed and quick of action, the
i finest body-guards soldiers ever had.
i The usual sight is two scouts to the
veteran, one on each side as shoul
der-props, and they never leave their
charge until he is comfortably dis
posed of just where he wanted to be.
Coming out of the Auditorium, Mon
day night, The Observer got into
one of these Scout-manned busses
and had good opportunity to witness
their performances in transportation
of veterans from the Auditorium
and distribution to their several
homing places. The veterans would
be helped in and out of the buss with
a care that was tender. They would
not be dropped on the sidewalk, but
carried into the house and left in the
safe hands of the house-keeper be
fore being relinquished. At the
Thompson Orphanage two scouts
who had escorted a veteran into the
home, tarried a longer time than was
expected. When they got back to
the buss, they explained that they
had been delayed by putting him to
bed and tucking him in. And what
splendid guides these Boy Scouts are
through the traffic! No harm comes
to veteran under their charge. Great
is the Boy S«out and he is making a
record of prideful observation by all
people at f;he reunion.—Charlotte
Observer.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1929
OWNS'PHONETCO^
Luther * Nebraska j
owns the i smallest i telephone $
exchangejn |
exchange covers a, radius [ofj
30 miles about his own bomejf
Though 1 71 1 years'old,\lhe fat-|
tends to'all necessaryvrepairs |
whileihis Iwife andfdaugh-*|
ters are the Rates J
for J the * Clark f phone 'service' |
are $25 annually.^(Herbert) |
OAK GROVE NEWS
Forest City, R-3, June 10. —Mr.
and Mrs. Mills Yelton spent last Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Crow
der.
Mr. Ernest Lee, of Ellenboro, was'
a visitor with his sister, Mrs. Forten-!
berry and Mr. Fortenberry.
Miss Mary Wilson Hardin was the
Sunday guest of Miss Gertrude For
tenberry.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Fortenberry
spent one night last week with Mr.
Fortenberry's parents.
Miss Louise Radford, of Forest
City, is spending the week with Miss
Mossie Yelton.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Crowder spent
last Sunday in South Carolina.
Mr. Astor Small of Rutherfordton,
is spending a few days with his sis
ter, Mrs. Lee Crowder, and Mr.
Crowder.
Among those visiting Mr. and Mrs. j
Roland Smith Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Anderson, Mr. George
Helton, and Mr. Grady Sisk, of near
Ellenboro.
Misses Pearl and Mary Elizabeth
Crowder spent Sunday afternbon
with Miss Vonnie Grose.
Mrs. Farris Yelton, her mother
and brother, spent the weekend with
relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Bridges were
: visitors in Avondale last week.
I Rev. Mr. Brownel, pastor of the
Mt. Vernon church, will preach at
j Oak Grove the fourth Sunday in this
j month.
' Mr. Bridges, of Hickory spent
| Sunday with Mr. Guffey.
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Rutherford
County Maps
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Every school and every
individual should have one
of R. E. Carpenter's Ruth
erford County Maps.
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MOTHERS' AID FUND
! QUOTA ANNOUNCED
Rutherford Allotment $659.94
—Will Be Distributed Be
i ginning July 1.
Raleigh, June 10. —County allot
ments from the mothers' aid fund of
$47,500, provided by the last general
assembly were announced Sunday by
Miss Lily E. Mitchell, director of the
mothers' aid for the State Board of
; Charities and Public Welfare.
The fund was established to aid
; worthy mothers deprived of support
in order that they may rear their
| children properly and maintain their
: homes. The fund is divided on a
jper capita basis and the county al
j lotments will be paid in monthly in-
I stallments beginning July 1 to all
j counties that agree to .match the
amounts received from the state.
Rutherford's quota is announced
at $659.94.
In setting up the fund the legisla
ture provided that SIO,OOO of the
state's total fund of $47,500 should
be set aside for'the exclusive bene
fit of families of prisoners. Of Ruth
erford's quota of $659.94, $138.30
will be used for this purpose.
Progress is a question of vital
public issues, not the private am
bitions of men.
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