Thursday, May 28, 1931.
| Cotton 3c | Annual June Sale Announcement [ Regular Size Octagon |
| Store Closed to Mark Down V I A FFTPTVQ I
5 Efird's store will close at 1 o'clock jBE| HH jRR 9B i-i*. A U
g Thursday to mark down and re-ar- HI fIHJHJf Hn 9ft The Leaders in Low Prices B
a et" B sl ™» er even n t d of e the th^ the great ' f§t Mr H 9 Come to Opening I
CLOCK FRIDAY MORN- B I I I U The Greatest 1
\ ING, MAY 29TH. HHK HI H HI WIW °. f the Year. Sale Will Con- |
a tinue Entire Month of June. |
ANNUAL JUNE SALEI
SEE OUR 4 PAGE JUNE SALE PRICE I rrm/iMFwrrc • HEI 71 7777771 I
I UST OUT TODAY. I -COMMENCES- btore Opens 8:30 1
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 29th
IEFIRD'S PRICES WILL TELL THE STORY. YOU WILL I Merchandise bought one week ago at the market's lowest 3
FIND PRICES IN THIS SALE UNHEARD OF FOR 20 TO forced ebb in great quantities—to go on sale for the first time |
30 YEARS BACK, IN MANY CASES, LOWEST IN MER- Friday morning. ' S
1 r AMTIT r HISTHDV Prices on Regular Merchandise Re-arranged. This Will be a Great Bareain 5
1 HISIUK,Y. Carnival. "Don't Miss It." , „ BWMII S
Cleveland Farmers jwind storms last week, got under-
Hard Hit By Hail j way Monday.
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I Many farmers, especially those who
Shelby, May 25.—A relief pro- rent or own only small farms, are
gram, organized Sunday in rural ~ „ ... , , , ,
, « practically without funds and other
churches to aid scores of farmers
in Cleveland county, who suffered resourc es with which to restore theii
crop and land damages to the ex- ruined crops and other losses, wit'li
tent of SIOO,OOO or more in hail and j the result that the need for imme
| Its Open House at -j-pJrfau23 toJunetO
-Hello, everybody Buick
speaking. Wouldn't you like
to try our Eight? Glad to have
you—whether you're thinking
of buying or not."
Buick invites everybody—everywhere— to drive this great
Eight, priced from $1025 to $2035, f. o. b. Flint, Mich. More
than 50 out of every 100 buyers of eights in its field are
choosing Buick and thirteen other makes share the
balance. The reason is outstanding performance.
COME DRIVE—NO OBLIGATION—GLAD TO HAVE YOU
Owing to their popularity, the present models of 1931 Buick
Straight Eights will be continued throughout the summer and fall
Forest City Motor Co.
Forest City, N. C.
better automobiles'are built, Buick will build them
- j diate assistance is great in several
| sections.
Reports of damage in several out
lying districts continued to come in
e
Monday. In lower Cleveland, in the
r Boiling Springs and Earl sections,
1 farm crops were riddled and topsoil
washed away. A heavy storm also
lashed across the upper section of the
• county. Hail fell heavily and in j
many sections covered the ground to !
a depth of one foot. Field and gar-'
i
den crops were cut to pieces and j
beaten into the ground, while win- j
dows were shattered in many
and roofs torn away or baa y
damaged. Corn and cotton fields were
washed into deep ravines and on
many farms no vegetation was left
undamaged.
Farmers in sections where the j
storm did little damage are lending i
labor, horses and mules, and new j
seed to farmers in the stricken areas, j
and a busy program of replanting is J
underway. j
The relief work was organized sys-1
tematically in a score of churches 
with the result that the battered J
fields are filled with voluntary work- [
ers, who are laboring to get another!
crop into the ground.
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Banks Favor
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Emphasis was placed on the strategic ,
position the banker holds through the j
use of directed credit at a recent meet-;
ing of the Alabama bankers' agricultu- i
ral committee. Alabama is confronted j
with the problem of over-production of
cotton. The committee recommended
to banks that credit be extended on
the basis of a twenty-five per cent re
duction in cotton acreage. The value
of growing other crops than cotton
was strongly stressed and count 7 out
look meetings are being planned with
the thought of bringing about a more'
balanced agricultural program in the j
various communities. j
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A paragrapher asserts that gossip j
is the only thing for which the sup-
ply is not equal to the demand. How j
about alimony? j
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The Cleveland County Poultry'
Association plans to store their sur- '
plus eggs in cold storage for later •
marketing. \
THE FOREST CITY (N C.) COURIER
! BUSINESS PITFALLS
! IN FARM DISTRICTS
! .
! Bankers Point Out Hazards of
I
I Unsound Practices and Hsip
I Farmers to Avoid Them.
| in which bankers may discour
; ™ age unsound farm practices are de
| scribed by President F. D. Farrcll of
: the Kansas State Agricultural College
I in the American Eankers Association
! Journal. He says:
i "In Kansas in connection with the
Importation of dairy cattle, a large
shipment of very inferior animals came
Into a county to be sold at auction to
local farmers. The county agricultur
al agent informed the bankers that the
j cattle would be a detriment to the
j community. The bankers refused to
j finance the purchase of the cattle and
j the sale was abandoned. The cattle
i were shipped to another county. The
| county agent and the bankers there
5 did as was done in the first instance
| and the second county escaped.
I "A year ago creamery promoters be
| gan trying to capitalize the Kansas
| farmers' desire to improve his markets
• by inducing communities of farmers
i to purchase creamery plants before
' production and local conditions justi
j fied them. Informed of this by the
State Agricultural College, the bank
i ers association sent warnings to every
bank in the state, leading many to re
fuse to support the creamery promot
ers until the college approved the plant
for the community concerned. This
saved many communities loss from the
premature establishment of plants.
"A third way bankers can discourage
unsound practices is to refuse to fin
ance farmers who wish to pyramid their
enterprises, a temptation difficult to re
sist. This is illustrated among farm
ers who buy cattle for feeding pur
poses. A farmer feeds two or three
cars of cattle one year and makes a
good profit. This induces him to buy
twice or three times as many the sec
ond year, still more the third and so
on until he finally loses more by having
too many cattle on feed in a year of
bad prices than he made in several
previous years with smaller numbers
and better prices. When bankers dis
courage bad practices their action is a
positive benefit to the farmers con
cerned."
St. Augustine, Fla., has invited
King Alfonso to become a resident.
We now expect Los Angeles to make
a bid for Kaiser Wilhelm.
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The inventive genius of legisla-, If the optimists are to be believ
tors is sorely taxed by the necessity' ed, business has turned the corner
of inventing new taxes. ,so often lately that it must be dizzy.
, Pity the poor folks who have no j Both political parties seem rather
radio sets with which to listen to all ; reluctant to take the responsibility
the wonderful advertising talks. | for what the next Congress may do.
j NOTICE H
jf To the Tax Payers of the jf
il Town of Forest City, N. C. |
it Who OWE their 1930 Taxes: if
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if Please make arrangements to if
If pay them as the town needs »
:i| the money, and we need the if
rif town. Just one way to keep if
if our town up with the best |[
i: and that is for every one to if
if pay his or her taxes. To those if
if who owe heir 1928 -1929 j
t taxes: If your car gets gone if
i: or your time garnisheed smile if
if and say I just forgot to pay. if
if Please see me and save cost, if
|| P. M. FLACK, ||
Collector if
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