fp „rsday. January 1. 1931
P \NK DEPOSITORS
HOLD MEETING
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p , oh n John D. Biggs Pledges
Aid- W iH Meet Again
Next Monday.
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Dec. 25.-Or. J !
liquidating agent for tho
Rutherford county which
r- i ith addressed a meeting.
;i ~s urs in the court house |
Wro Monday afternoon,
were highly pleased
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■ tiuide and seriousness ot,
• ~»• agent to help them.
. ated that he wished to:
■'.'hJ-o \d to help the depositors;
. . :!-. o y were entitled to their
l ; : ; e v' and he pledged every ef- j
. to secure it for them, j
■ s'sited that he was willing,
lie 'i • • »•>» ,
ve any information that he;
v, available any time and invited ■
Til'tive criticism.
• told of some of his dif-;
;; e , and stated that a special |
c-.V .mittee from the depositors)
,1 aid him. He told of one man |
!'j ■ week who came to him and !
.-.-..,1 that he owed the bank and)
v-ir-i-d to pay and offered him land j
the debt but that he could not j
the land as he had to have cash j
■ay the depositors. He further 1
that he would appreciate any
a i information at any and all
nr. - that would aid him in collect
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i JANUARY Ist! First on the program
J settling the question: "Will I continue
j; to spend freely or hadn't I better SAVE
some?' The latter is the wiser move as
j you soon learn when your Luck breaks
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I a SAYINGS ACCOUNT with this Bank
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•I CAPITAL AND SURPLUS SIOO,OOO
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INDUSTRIAL LOAH& INVESTMENTB ANSK
FOREST CITY, N. C.
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investigate our weekly Savings Plan.
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I ing what was due at the defunct
; banks. •
One man offered to give him a
mortgage on everything he had to
i pay his debt to the bank but the
trouble was "No Cash.
Dr. Biggs stated that he was
I here to serve the depositors. He
! also stated that he had several
farms for sale now. Dr. Biggs of
fered to assist in securing lawyers
to help prosecute the cases.
Attorneys.
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It will be well for all depositors
to remember that if they wish to
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be personally represented they must
.employ counsel. Attorneys W. C.j
Mcßorie and D. Z..Newton have'
' been employed to represent the
county as a depositor while B. T.
Jones, County Attorney, will help
; them. It is expected that the State j
i Corporation Commission will have a
special attorney to represent ic
while the Solicitor will appear in
; all cases in criminal court as a
I general prosecutor.
Good Suggestions.
It was suggested Monday after
| noon that a per cent say 1 or 2
1 per cent of all money on deposit by
;the common depositors be set aside j
|to be used as a fund to employ
; attorneys to help recover all funds
' possible. That would be the fair
i est and easiest way. The bank is
i sure to pay something some time to
the depositors. If SIOO,OOO is paid
back to the depositors, 1 per cent
would yield SI,OOO, which would j
likely be ample to employ a spec-,
ial and able attorney. Each de- j
positor would then pay his 'pro-j
portionate part. The legality of
this will be investigated and re
ported on at the next meeting.
Meet Again January sth.
It was decided best to meet ag
ain on Monday, Jan. sth at 2 p .m.,
in the court house and to ask all
depositors to meet then. No collec
tion will be taken but some plan
will be devised to proceed on then.
Tell the other depositors so they
can be here for the next First Mon-|
day meeting.
James Lutz. 4-H club boy of New
ton, route 4, Catawba county, pro
duced 1*24.6 bushels of corn and won
$79 in exhibit premiums from his
club arce this year, reports county
agent J. Wade Hendricks.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, FOREST CITY, N. C. *
GOLDEN VALLEY
Bostic, Dec. 28. —Christmas
passed very quietly in this section
as the roads were so bad that travel-
ing is a difficulty. We hope that the
roads will soon get so that anyone
can travel with out any trouble.
Neighbors showed their friendly
Christmas spirit by pounding Mi
Frank Houser who has been afflict-
Ed many years. Just he and his daugh
ter, Miss K,ouser /ivfc to-
gether. They showed much apprecia-
tion for what was given them
Also they gave Mrs. Zennie Mel
ton and children (a widow) a pound-
ing on Christmas eve. They brought
her sugar, coffee, beans, flour, lard,
sausage, sweet potatoes, candy, soda,
soap, dresses and hose. For which
she greatly thanked them all.
Mr. "Mart'' Fortune of Georgia,
is spending the holidays with his
brothers.
Miss Nannie Melton who has been
spending some time with Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Campbell of Ruth, 
turned home Wednesday.
Mr. Lonnie Hunt of Asheville,
spent the holidays with home folks.
Those visiting Mr. Frank Houser
and his daughter, Miss Minnie, Sat
urday were, Misses Vonnie Houser,
Nannie Melton. Messrs Lonnie Hunt,
and J. D. Houser.
Miss Ethel Grayson who has been
ill for a long time isn't any better
we are sorry to note.
Mrs. Letcher Rollins has been
very sick but is improving we are
glad to note.
The B. Y. P. U. and Sunday
school gave a Christmas play and
a tree Wednesday night which a big
crowd enjoyed it very jnuch.
Miss Mary Fortune of Mars Hill
college, and Mr. Blaine Jones of
Wake Forest college y are spending
the holidays with home folks.
Mr. Howard Morrow and son,
Fred, of Greenville, S. C., spent
Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs.
Julius Self.
Miss Mary Fortune had as her guest
on Sunday Mr. Monroe Toms.
FAMILY REUNION SUNDAY.
Spindale, Dec. 29.—Twenty-one
members of the family were present
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
L. W. Griffin here. Every member
of the family was invited and were
present at the reunion. Besides Mr.
and Mrs. Griffin and the children
at home the following: were present:
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Northy and
daughter, Jimmie Sue; Mr. and Mrs.
Forrest Griffin; Mr. and Mrs. Max
Tolleson and son Bruce; Mrs. Tolle
son and son, Clarence; and Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Griffin and son, Donald
Clay.
Pruning Apple Trees
Produces Quality Fruit
Pruning 1 as a part of the mana
gement program in an apple orchard
does not always increase the num
ber of bushels to the tree, but it
does make a difference in the quan
tity which will grade out as first
class apples.
"The profits from an apple orchard
always depend on the number of
baskets, boxes or barrels which con
tain apples of uniform size, well
colored and free from blemishes,''
says If. El- Niswonger, extension
horticulturist at State college. "Thick
bushy trees afford protection to in
:ccts and diseases and shield them
from contact with spray materials
The highest percentage of cull apples
is nearly always harvested from thai
part of the tree which has not been
thinned or is left unpinned. Apple
trees of this kind should be opened up
so that it will be easy to cover the
fruit and leaves in all parts of the
tree."
As to cost of pruning, Mr. Nis
wonger says two orchards in the
i Brushy mountains, one containing
| :'.500 trees and the other 600 tress,
'spent $57.75 and $8.75, respective
ly, a year during the past two years.
; The trees in the first orchard were
! from 8 to 20 years of age and the
• latter from G to 14 years old. These
j costs cover the labor in hauling the
brush from the orchard as well as
the actual work of pruning'.
The main object in pruning a
bearing apple tree is to maintain a
well balanced top and the even dis
tribution of fruit spurs. In the young
tree, the purpose is to develop a
well balanced top that will fruit uni
formly, says Mr. Niswonger.
CJse Courier Want Ads For Results
UNION TRUST CO. IS '
STATE DEPOSITORY
Rutherfordton, Dec. 29.—The peo-
ple of this section will be interested
to learn that the State Revenue De-
partment has designated the Union
Tiust Co., of this city as a depository
loi State Automobile license funds
which are being sold here now at tho
City Hall by the Hunter Auto Co.
This shows that the State and
the Hunter Auto Co., recognizes the
Union Trust Co., as safe and sound
| banking institution. It shows con-
Ifidence in the local bank.
Last year over $52,000 was taken
in by the Hunter Auto Co., on the
sale of automobile license plates
and it is likely that a similar
amount will be handled this year.
To Cover State
With Farm Message
A program of farm meetings for
the purpose of carrying facts about
the agricultural outlook and the need
of food and feedstuffs production
in North Carolina next season has
been arranged t by the agricultural
extension service of State college to
cover every county in North Carolina
during January and February.
Five teams of extension special
ists will go to work during the week
beginning January 5 and starting m
the coastal counties will work grad
ually westward towards the Tenness
ee line. Five meetings a day will be
held. In these meetings, the speak-
ers will present facts about the pres-
ent production of food and feed sup
plies, will show how far the county
is from being self-supporting, and
will outline the program embodied
in the adopted slogan, "Farm to
Make a Living in 1931."
Dean I. O. Schaub says the cam- •
paign will be in charge of the dis-'
trict agents in their respective groups'
of counties. The local home and'
farm agents will arrange the meet- 1
ings and give them local notice. Lead-j
ing key farmers, bankers and busi-!
r.ess men of all kinds will be invited.
There will be no guess work in ' 
the facts to be given, says Mr.; j
Schaub. Already the economists are t J
working out the need of a family
Commenced
Friday Morning,
December 26
Efird's
Annual After Christmas
Pre-lnvcntory Sale
Continuing One Week
Through Saturday night, January 3.
Cut in Price
Ladies' and Children's Ready-to-Wear, Men's Clothing, Toys,
Blankets, Underwear, Shoes, in fact a genuine old time Clean
House Sale before Inventory. Money is easier to count than
merchandise so we will sell 'em cheap.
Efird's Dept. Store
Forest City, N, C.
or a livestock unit for feed and food
for one year. The home demonstra
tion pepole are also at work on facts
about more complete diets which may
be prepared from foodstuffs produc
ed at home.
Mr. Schaub says it is not enouarh
next year to reduce the acreage to
cotton and tobacco. The crops that
may be raised in place of these two
must receive attention. The need of
local markets must be studied and
above all else, if there is a lack of
home-grown supplies, this must be
remedied.
That Waferiike Slimncss
Soda Fountain Bos—Did you buy
that bread 1 sent you out for?
Clerk —Yessir, I bought these loaves
that are already cut.
Boss—All right, get busy and slice
thetn. —Life.
Me, Too, Sonny
"Mummy, yon bought sister a piano,
so buy me a bicycle.''
"What for?"
"So ihat I can go riding while she
practices.*' -Bush Humor.
Misapplied
"I like that schoolgirl complexion."
"Yes?"
"Bui the average schoolgirl doesn't
know how tu apply it."
Safety First
"Darling, look at il.ose lovely dia
monds in th:M window. The spark'.e
almost blinds one."
"Yes. lei
As a Last Resort
"Miss >ldhai:» hrs tnken up astron
omy."
"11..U strange! I'er! ;ips .'.hi- has
heard thai there is a man in Cl:e
moon.'*
JAMES T. PADGETT
LICENSED EMBALMER
With Padgett and King Undertakers
Night Phone, 27; Day Phone, 41. Forest City, N. C.
Official Limitations
1* irst Oflice. Hoy—l>on'i you ever
have a day otT for your grandmoth
er's funeral?
Second Ottiee Boy—What! And me
working for the registrar of births and
deaths ! —lnverness Courier.
In tl 2 Air
Jimmie—My father doesn't keep
pigs in our hack yard any more.
Eddie—How is that?
Jimmie—The neighbors got wind of
it.—l'atlifinder llag;i v.\ ne.
It's a Funny Game
"I'm surprised at you, losing yo?jr
temper at bridge!"
"My dear girl, that was all I had
left to lose.'' —The Humorist.
In Keeping
"AYhat is this?"
"A bulldog pistol."
''Now 1 understand what Is meant
by a pistol's bark."
Hatchery owners and poultrymen
of the State will meet at the Guil
ford county court house on Friday,
January 2, to consider forming
North Carolina Hatchery Associa
tion.
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