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SECTION TWO—: FAIRS OF OTHER j DAYS IN COUNTY! Mr. H. L- Carpenter Writes j Interestingly of The Fair Association of the Nineties. i i The following article, written by, Mr. Horace L. Carpenter, of erfordton, appeared in his column; "Other Days", in The Rutherford j County News last week. In view of, the fact that fair week is just a few j days away the article is being re- j printed here. j The Fair j ■ Every generation has something* j ( to look forward to in the way of amusement, and many there be j, who are beginning now to prepare!, for the Fair of 1930, just as the h people were forty years ago; for on : ( August 16th, 1890, there was or- , ganized the Rutherford County j Fair Association. Forty-four of the ( county's substantial and enterpris- j ing citizens signed the charter. Only six of the original stockhold-j, ers are now living viz: T. M. Lynch, ' S. 0. Smith, Dr. W. A. Thompson, D. F. Morrow, J. C. Cowan and C. L. Miller. An old certificate of j stock issued in the name of W. L. Twitty states that he is entitled to 1 one share of the capital but J does not give the value, nor is theL certificate dated; T. B. Twitty signs L as president and Frank Reynolds, j, secretary and treasurer. This fair L ground was located on property now j ■ owned by H. H. Harton, one mile •; East of the court house on road j. leading from the Seaboard to Sou- j thern station. Buildings were erect-j ed, and a fair held much in the way j fairs are held today. Horse racing j was a main feature, mostly by na-, tives of the county. Manly Mc- j Dowell, at one time Sheriff of Burke j county usually visited the fair and j brought over some fast horses. Many i of the young men" and boys distin- j guished themselves in foot and bi- j cycle racing. There were many ex-j cellent well bred horses and mules j entered for prizes. Imagine my | gratification at one of the fairs | when there was placed upon 'Byrd,' a beautiful and fast sorrel mare ft blue ribbon for being the most handsome animal entering the grounds. This was the beginning' of the breeding of Jersey cattle in' the county, and Dr. Thompson en-! tered some very pretty specimens; 2 bmk For Cuts and Wounds i Prevent infection! Treat j every cut, wound or scratch with this power ful non-poisonous anti septic. Zonite actually kills germs. Helps to heal, toe i DAYS OF SUFFERING NOW QUICKLY ENDED j The next time you start one of these days, I see the instant relief you get with Dillard's , Aspergum. Almost before you know it the pain disappears, your nerves suddenly relax. With Aspergum you chew the pain away. For it is the finest aspirin obtainable put up in 1 chewing gum form. Now you can take aspirin any time, any place. No water. No bitter taste. No choking sensation. 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Praised by Thousands for rapid and positive ac +T™ D^ n '^, give U P- Try Cystex (pro -4 . Si ® s - te *) today, under the +L ad Guarantee. Must quickly ♦MV Tt these conditions, improve rest- Only 60c eaergy » or back. PAGE EIGHT from his dairy conducted at his country home, then called C si ,] The poultry and swine exhibits ! while not so large as now wou.d .'compare favorably as to quality. • There was a quantity of old time i j fancy work, quilts and bed spreads, 'considered one of the most interest ling features of the fair. The culin i ary arts while not on as large a j scale as of today were equal in ap j pearance, and possibly superior m i quality for the reason that no sub ' stitutes were used for butter and ' eggs. Sandwiches had not become j , the universal food from baby to ' grandpap, and a frying size chicken could be bought for ten cents. For [three days annually large crowds; ! paid the admittance fee of 25 cents j I many coming from adjoining coun-; ; ties. The agricultural exhibit was j ! exceptionally good, and counts in a j ! measure to the remarkable yields of j I some of our farmers today. That ; | which was looked forward to with i | the greatest pleasure for the young er set was the Fair Ball, which [was conducted independently of the Fair Association, and usually held on the last night of the Fair in the Isothermal Hotel, a forty-four room frame building, erected in 1890, by a corporation composed of the citi zens of the town; W. S. Guthrie was the proprietor. This hotel stood where the present county court house stands, and was burned to the ground one night in 1896. Here the j young gathered for the most notable ; occasion of the year, and danced to j the wee small hours to enchanting *. I music rendered by the noted Italian j I String Band of Charlotte. I wrote j |to Clarence Kuester who first came j ! here as a commercial traveler, • i "wearing short pants, to give me the # I names of these very fine musicians. | His letter follows: Mr. H. L. Carpenter, Rutherfordton, N. C. Dear Horace: i I am certainly delighted to | received your letter. I can give you the informa- j j tion you want although it dates : back to 1890 and I was just a small kid at that time, but re | call the Italian String Band to ] which you refer. This band was formed by an ' Italian by the name of Joc- I Vitta, who played the Italian Harp. He has died and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte. The colored man, member of this band was Chas. ' S. L. A. Taylor, who is still living in Charlotte and is an old man. He was active ir. Charlotte for years. He was Charlotte's first volunteer fire man. He carried off the North Carolina Regiment to Santiago, Cuba to the Battle of San Juan Hills. He left Charlotte as a Captain and when he left the J war he was a Colonel and bears that title to this date. This negro man played the bass vio- 1 lin. The other members of the band were Toney Panella, who ! played the first violin. He died | and was buried in Elmwood : Cemetery. The fourth mem ! her of the' band was Mike j Copellia, who played second | violin. With the exception of the ! negro man, all members of the j band were native bory Italians, i It was a wonderful string band and known to the old settlers ; to this day. I am glad to give this infor- I mation for the historic work | you are oding. Cordially -yoiijrsj C. (5. KUESTER. Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 31, 1929. The Association experienced finan cial troubles, and was sold at fore closure sale in September, 1899. A number of the old stockholders buy ing it in, including the ten acres of land, for the sum of $143.78. Thus ended Rutherford's first fair, and j along with it a considerable loss to j the stockholders, and great disap pointment to those who were anx ious to promote the agricultural in teiests of the county. Their mis take was identical with the cause of failure of the numerous fairs along | this line in the state; same being ; too much questionable amusement, and oftentimes shielding uninten j tionally, law breakers in fleecing' innocent citizens out of their hard earned cash. Music for some of the .fairs mentioned, was rendered by Rutherfordton's famous brass band; | the names of the members I am I anxious to obtain. 1 A Moor considers it a sin to cut H a ' with a knife, declaring that - \ 1-.- . 7 _V"~>QSO. f ■ " **-" "• • ' ' '■ v ■ ■ m r. ■' ' ■ ■ ■■ ' • THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, ,1930. 1 Mountain Farmers Profit From Sales Of Truck i 1 ~~ '! An example of how the market 1 gardens of the mountain section re | turn an excellent profit to their i owners because of the fine quality | of the late truck crops grown there, is shown by the experiences of a { ! group of Avery county farmers as I reported by H. R. Niswonger, exten -1 sion horticulturist at State college. "These growers are selling snap (beans, irish potatoes, cabbage, large onions and a variety of vegetables! from their gardens which return an j excellent income," says Mr. Niswon | ger. "For instance, I have figures to j show sales amounting to $30,.000 | from the sale of snap beans, alone, !in this county. One man, W. S. 'Wise, planted acres from which he harvested 15,000 pounds of beans that sold for an average of 5 cents a pound. More than 150 acres of beans were planted in the county. Several varieties were used. The beans were hauled by truck into i eight states." In addition to the beans, more than 150 acres were planted to irish . potatoes and Danish cabbage. The J . growers are having some success j with the large Idaho Russett pota-' | to known to the dining car trade as , the Idaho Baker. Cabbage growing, is being standardized on the Reed's j strain of Danish Ballhead. When j hucksters were trying to buy the po-! . tatoes for 80 cents a bushel, the j i growers began to truck them out j cooperatively and sold over . 800: |bushels in this way at $1.26 a bush-! el. 0 A deal has just been closed by j County Agent C. B. Baird through which he has contracted 15,000' I 1 pounds of the large onions. Some of | these specimens weighed as much as 2V2 pounds each and are of a good, smooth, marketable type. Many Avery farmers make a good {'living selling, the produce from their >iV •.%... .; VA Drink ' : ;l 11^*41 \@mm j jli\\ Delicious and Refreshing J Jf II ll lune in &MMM tonight! Jj the air again. \ ent.-"*---"—Sparkling music by the Coca-Cola thirty-one piece, all-string Dance Orchestra. Rice, leading sports feature writer, interviews another famous sports champion.-*—*-Broadcasting tonight and every Wednesday evening from NBC studios, New York, over coast to coast network. ® Refreshing, of course, for that's the true inward meaning of ON STATION Coca-Cola. Ice-cold, sparkling, delicious—the drink that VVBT brings that refreshing pause into every day and broadcasts Charlotte greater enjoyment to the evening's relaxation in your big, easy chair at home. For millions of people, Coca-Cola is the first thought and the last word in wholesome refreshment. 1 COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY _ ___ 1 *- BC-€C3 MILLION A ~IT HAD TO BE GOOD I% WHERE IT \ i diversified gardens to summer hotels and boarding houses. One man living on the outskirts of Newland, the county seat, averaged sl2 a week this summer from his sales. MR. ED. TRAMMEL NEW COUNTY GAME WARDEN Rutherfordton, Sept. 15.—Mr. J. Ed Trammel of this place has been appointed Forest, Game and Fish Warden of Rutherford county, ef fective September 16th. Mr. Tram mel is a son of the late J. B. Tram mel of this place and is a brother of Rev. Chas. B. Trammel of Colum bus and Mill Spring. He has been fish and game warden for Chimney Rock this susmmer and is an ener getic young man. He succeeds Mr. W. J. Hardin, who has held the of fice for some time. BELIEVE IT OR NOT. The Bible is the best seller. It comes near to outselling all other books put together. Last year's fig ures for the United States were 000,000 and for the world 36,500,- J 000! Who buys them? Where do they go? What do people do with them? Who reads them? These mil lions of Bibles, abounding with life and light, but all that life and light banked up within the lids, idle and inert until some soul breaks the seals, and releases the throb and the ladiance! When once considers how many homes harbor silent, unused Bibles, one feels like saying to the Bible societies, Hold! Let us have aj moratorium on Bible selling for one , year while we read what we already j have. Some one has said, "We shout, ; 'O for a thousand tongues o sing,' ! when we don't praise our Redeemer, j even with the one tongue we have in . our heads!" —Cadman. v 1 ■ ) Lespedeza standing from 14 to 18 inches high on Stanly county farms was studied by a party of 15 in fluential farmers from Gaston last | week. FRANK P. STRATFORD Certified Public Accountant (Member American Institute of Accountants) General Practice in Public Accounting, Federal and State Tax Matters Rutherfordton, N. C. BUY Your Winter COAL NOW! Those who want the very best call for Virginia Lee Coal. The steadily increasing number of customers is sufficient proof that this coal is without enemies. Lay in your winter's supply before the advance in price comes. Now is the time to buy. It will be consid erably higher this fall and winter. Forest City Seed & Fertilizer Company Forest City, N. C. Phone 132. ! TRY OUR CLASSIFIEDCOLUMN FOR RESULTS i
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