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DRUGGISTS HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET ' WEDNESDAY NIGHT Mr. David Ovens, of Charlotte, Principal Speaker at Third Annual Banquet of Druggists. Rutherfordton, May 19.—1n a stirring address before the Ruthei ford County Druggists Association here Wednesday evening Mr. David Ovens, general manager of Ivey s Department store, of Charlotte, de clared that the modern women had put out of business th£ dirty, un kept and badly managed stores and places of business, and had encour-j aged the growth of well kept insti-1 tutions where courtesy and service! ;were the byword. The theme of Mr. | Ovens' address was "Progress." Hej prefaced his speech with a number j of humorous stories, and illustrated many points in his address with a J brand of humor characteristic only, of David Ovens. | Mr. Ovens declared that this was an era of tremendous prosperity, despite the fact that calamity howl ers were preaching to the contrary. This is an age of scientific business, he said, and the business not operat ed along scientific Jines, be it a grocery, drug or dry goods store, is eventually headed for the rocks. • "The chain store system is one of the most scientific and economically operated systems ever devised; To compete with them the independent merchant must eliminate much of his overhead, carry in stock what is J. H. MILLER T. E. BYRD Miller-Byrd Motor Co. General Auto Repairing Parts and Accessories PHONE 107. Government Square. Forest City. MnBHMM .. I Will Vacation j Days Find You I Broke? !■ Remember that your vacation does not begin with choosing the place. After you have looked over the folders, after the ;| arguments are over how does the bank book look? You had better look at that first and then read the folders. A vaca ;j tion must be a paid one to be enjoyable. Save now if you wish to enjoy yourself . . . CAPITAL AND SURPLUS 9100,000 1 INDUSTRIAL LOANS INVESTMENTBANK ;i FOREST CITY, N. C. Investigateourweekly Savings Plan. demanded by tfee customers of that particular store, give service, inter spersed with courtesy,, Mere words and lengthy radio addresses will not ( stop the chain stores. It is up to the J customers as to whether the mde (pendent merchant or the chain mer chant survives. The women of A j merica dictate to the merchants •what they shall carry in stock, the { price, and the mode in which it is [dispensed; They will go to the place fof business that is scientifically run, • where service, cleanliness and court jesy prevails." He appealed to his associates to put "their whole soul into the work" and appropriately illustrated his point. Mr. B. P. Scruggs, vice president of the association, acted as toast master. About forty members of the afcociation, their wives, guests, friends, and members of the were present. The dinner was serv led at the Isothermal hotel, and the (menu consisted of fruit cocktail, (celery, olives, pickles, fried chicken, j macaroni, creamed potatoes', green peas, banana fritters, lettuce salad i hot rolls, ice cream, cake and tea. (Each guest found his or her place; \y means of attractively printed place cards bearing the menu, pro- j gram, officers of the association and j other information. R. E. Price returned Mrs. W. R. McDonald presented five small girls and two boys of the Spindale school in Scottish and French Apache dance numbers. Dr. 0. J. Mooneyham, of Henriet ta, gave the address of welcome in a brief, appropriate manner. Several earbertaining selections were given by the Keeter twins, with little Miss Vivian Keeter at the piano. A soprano solo, Mrs. Clarke White, of Charlotte, was given, also a solo by Mr. Walter Scott, of Char lotte. The Scott quartette, of Char lotte, gave two enjoyable selection, 'Sweet and Low" and "Old Virgin ny." Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Hicks, of Chesnee, also gave several string music selections. Messrs W. R. McDonald and Lin wood Robinson, black face come dians, imitating "Amos 'n Andy," gave a skit which proved a feature of the program. Their act represent ed the opening of the "New Hope THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, MAY 1«3«. Drug Store," and the difficulties facing that institution. The speaker of the evening, Mr. Ovens, was presented by R. E. Price. Following Mr. Ovens' address the meeting adjourned. This was the third annual banquet of the Rutherford County Druggists Association. Members of the asso ciation are the Cliffside Drug Co., Henrietta Mills Drug Co* Hall-Rudi sill Drug Co., Forest City; Mooney ham Drug Co., of Henrietta; Refti hardt Drug Co., of Forest City; The Robinson Drug Co., of Ruther fordton; The Thompson Watkins Drug Co., of Rutherfordton; and the Spindale Drug Co., of Spindale. Officers of the association are J. S. Rudisill, president; B. P. Scruggs, vice-president; W. R. McDonald, secretary-treasurer and O. J. Mooney ham, attorneys The association was organized in April, 1927, and is one of the two active druggists associations in the state. SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Deed In Trust, made and executed on the 4th day of January, 1928, by S. O. Dobbins and wife, Myrtle Dobbins, to W. L. Brown, Trustee, for For est City Building and Loan Associa tion, to secure a certain indebted ness. The said Deed In Trust being on record in the office of the Regis ter of Deeds for Rutherford County N. C., in Book 2 at page 108, de fault having been made in the pay ments of the said indebtedness and by request of the party of the third part, the undersigned Trustee will on FRIDAY, MAY 3», 1930. within the legal hours of sale in front of the Forest City Building and Loan Association, in the town ef Forest City, N. C., offer for sale to the last and highest bidider for cash or good security the following des cribed real estate, to wit: Lying and being in Cool Springs Township and described and defirfed as follows: Being part of the J. D. Ledbetter Sub-Division of the F. B. Harrill farm at Alexander Mills, consisting of lots Nos. 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, and 86. as shown on map made by J. A. Wil kie, Surveyor and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County in Plat Book 1 at page 1. Reference-to which is made for a full and complete description of the said lots. This, the 30th day of April, 1930. j W. L. BROWN, 30-4t. Trustee. ! NOTICE OF RE-SALE The bid in the former sale of the lands; hereinafter described having been raised, and ail order made there in for re-sale of the said property, j in that special proceeding ,in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Rutherford County, entitl ed 'J. W. Matheny, Administrator of Wm. Miller, vs. Pearl Clark, alias, Pearl Humphries," under and by vir tue of power contained in said or der of the said Court, the under signed commissioner will offer for re-sale at public auction for cash,, subject to a prior lien of SI,OOO in favor of the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, S. C., and also subject to the taxes, at the Court House door in Rutherfordton, said county and State of North Carolina, on WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1930. at about the hour of 12 o'clock, M., the bid to start at $1,548.75, the following described lands: Lying and being in Cool Springs township, Rutherford County, N. C., being all that certain tract of land, containing 71 acres, more or less, Bounded on the North by lands of A. Pk, Grose; on the East by lands of W. G. Carpenter ; on the South by lands of J. M. Hughey, ( now E. C. Weir and W. E. Moore) on the West by lands of Mrs. Don Melton and others, being generally known as the "Bill" Miller, (deceased) old home place. This, the 12th day of May, 1930. X W. MATHENY, Commissioner. B. T, JONES, Jr., Att'y 32-2t. Those who have been advising Col. Lindbergh to stop flying for fear of an accident must be getting discouraged. The radio may have replaced the cradle in many a home, but the re sults so far as the neighbors are concerned are no different. OAKLAND NEWS Forest City, R-2, May 19.—The | Adaville Missionary Society met Wednesday afternoon and gave a good program. Three new members joined the society. Memorial services will be observ ed at Adaville next Sunday begin ning at 10:30 p. m. After service the flowers will be spread on the graves. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander and friend of Belmont spent the week end at Mrs. A. C. Moores. Miss Carry Mcßrayer spent sev-| eral days last week with friends at Buck Shoals. \ Mr. George Sinclair has been real sick for several weeks and contin ues very sick;, COURT ORDERS SALE OF POWER FIRM'S PROPERTY Rutherfordton, May 19-—A sale will be held here on Monday, June 2, at 3 p. m., when the property of the Carolina Mountain Power Com pany at Chimney Rock will be sold under order of the United States District Court by order of Judge E. jY. Webb. F. G. Pierce and N. C. ; Harris have been appointed, receivers ( and referees in the case. The sale will be made in front of the Court ' house here and will include all prop 'erty of the Carolina Mountain Pow er Company, such as the dam at 'Lake Lure, power plant, other prop erties. All bidders will be required ;to deposit $25,000 in cash three days prior to the sale or SIOO,OOO in bonds. MEMORIAL SERVICE AT HUNTLEY CEMETERY Rutherfordton, R-l, May 19. Memorial services will be held next | Sunday afternoon kt the Huntley cemetery, two miles south of Oak land. The exercises will begin at 2:30 o'clock. The graves will be decorat ed, and following this short memor ial services will be held. TODAY, AS FOR YEARS BUICK DEDICATES ITSELF TO THIS BASIC SERVICE POLICY. . "Satisfy the customer." This has been the service policy of the BuicU Motor Company throughout the twenty-seven years of its history And so faithfully has Buick followed this policy that today the familiar emblem of Authorized Buick Service means prompt, efficient and courteous maintenance to more than 1,500,000 Buick owners. BuicK has twice as many owners as any other company selling cars § priced above SI2OO. Here are a few of the many important points of Buick's Service Policy More than 4,000 factory-supervised Service Stations assure all Buick owners the same fine standard of skilled Buick service. 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McLaughHn-Buick, Osbawa, Oat Corporation Buick and Marquette Motor Can S ' Forest City Motor Co. Forest City, N. C. WHEN Bkn tR AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT . . . BUICK WILL BUILD THEM Thirty-nine farmers of Cleveland Twenty-two poultry club county have entered the corn grow-j out of 40 enrolled in Polk conn 4 -? ing contest being conducted in that j year completed their -work £r / county this season by R. W. Shof-j reports. The 22 member j rcp"rt fner, farm agents [income of $549.52 from t v * ? r - .i »•:?> FRANK P. STRATFORD Certified Public Accountant (Member American Institute of Accountants) General Practice in Public Accounting, Federal and State Tax Matters Rutherfordton, N. C. POPULAR EXCURSION FARES MAY 29th, 1930. TO WASHINGTON, D. C. May 30th, 1930. TO RICHMOND and NORFOLK ROUND-TRIP FARE FROM FOREST CITY, N. C. Washington, D. C. $13.00 Norfolk, Va. $10.75 Richmond, Va. __i $ 9.73 Old Point Comfort, Va. $10.75 Virginia Beach, Va. $11.25 BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL Washington, D. C., June Ist. Tickets good going and returning all regular train?. (Except Crescent Limited). ASK TICKET AGENTS "TRAVEL BY TRAIN" Southern Railway System
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