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COUNTY HOME FARM ONE OF BEST IN N. C County is Owner of Fine Farm Produces Sufficient Foodstuffs to Feed Inmates. I Rutherfordton, July 6.—Ruther ford county has one of the best farms in the state. It contains 305 acres ar.d is located two miles west of Rutherfordton on Highway 19 to wards Polk county. This farm be lieves in Governor Gardner's live-at home program and raises most of the supplies needed for the 50 in mates of the county home. The superintendent of the county home and farm is C. S. Royster, a well known farmer. Mr. Royster re cently cut a 16-acre field of wheat that was as good as any wheat grown in this section of the state. Last year Mr. Royster made 308 bushels of wheat on about the same land when wheat was not as good as it is this year. He produced 365 bushels this season. I Last fall Mr. Royster used a sack of 10-0-4 fertilizer to the acre when' the wheat was sowed. In March he used 100 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre on the wheat. He sold most of the wheat last year for seed. He won second prize at the State Fair in Raleigh last fall on wheat, which is the Improved Purple Straw variety and sold most of the wheat for seed. i It takes 1,300 pounds of flour per, month and from 15 to 20 bushels of ( meal to supply the bread demands - - • I I The Bulwark || j of the Home! || i ► it X It's your Bank Book. The man who depos ;; its regularly in fair weather need not fear J: stormy times, days when he is out of em o > ployment or laid up with an illness. Open an account today at ► I o ► i! Union Trust Co. / :: FOREST CITY, N. C. o !| CHAS. C. BLANTON, President. | FORREST ESKRIDGE, Cashier. J: R. E. BIGGERSTAFF, t J. WORTH MORGAN, i k 7 | Managers ©f Forest City Office t Tttttl., jof the home. Mr. Royster produced I about 1,200 bushels of corn on the ' farm last year. 1 Fifteen big hogs were killed last ' year, or about 4,000 pounds of meat, • He had to purchase some to feed his l "big family," This year he plans to . kill at least 16 big porkers, or around *5,000 pounds of meat. He raises the j Big Bone Poland China hogs with - some O. L C. breeds. Mr. Royster 'sold about $6O worth of pigs last summer and fall, which goes into ! the county treasury. [ There are 11 good milk cows oa the farm at present which give from ' 30 to 35 gallons of milk per day, or ' about 250 to 300 pounds of milk. Jerseys are used. Six of the milkers are registered while the others only ' lack about one-sixteenth of bemg registerable. The home never ouys t milk and butter, though at present 1 there are about 60 people to feed, including inmates, prisoners, juve niles and the Royster family. Costs $14.72 Per Mouth. Mr. Royster fed the inmates of the county home at $14.72 per head per month last year. McDowell county has three inmates at the Ruther ford home for which they pay $3O per month each to support. Mrs. Royster is matron of the home. She looks after the garden cows, and chickens. County Farm i Agent F. E. Patton is also of assist ance to the farm in mating helpful suggestions. Of the 305 acres 100 are in culti vation. No cotton is raised. About 65 acres are planted in corn this ! year while the rest is planted in grain, and gardens . Mr. Royster raised 10 tons of oats and vetch this year. He purchases no feeds or corn, as the farm is self-supporting. About 45 acres have been cleared since the Roysters went to the home in December, 1922. The farm pro duces about 10 times as much food and feed stuffs since the Roysters took charge as it did previously. New Home Built. During the fall of 1925 Ruthei ; |ford county erected one of che most, modern and comfortable county homes to be found in the state at a icost of over $70,000. Cabarrus coun ty has a home similar to that of Rutherford. There are three brick l THE FOREST CITY (N. C.I COURII i building at the home, connected » with an arch. : Each building is equipped with t steam heat, electric lights, water and . sewerage. The keeper and his fam s ily live in the center building while > the south wing is for white people i and the north for colored. Tfc« » buildings are well ventilated and i screened and are of pressed brick r with tile roof. A fireplace is in each b end of each home. > There are fifteen acres of improv ed pasture land on the farm. 1 Kiwanis Club Talks ! New Highway Plans s Shelby, July 6.—More state high , ways was the subject of the discus ! sion at the Kiwanis club Friday night, t the club having centered its efforts on trying to get No. 190 paved thru Polkville, Golden Valley and on to Marion. E. B. Jeffress, state high way commissioner, has been invited to address a joint meeting of the Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis clubs Thursday night, July 16th. The com mittee in charge to confer with the city aldermen relative to gas plant for Shelby was not ready to report. Lightning Burns Ellenboro Barn Ellenboro, July 6.—A large barn: on the farm of Charles Spratt, Col-j fax township farmer, was burned. with all contents when it was struck! by lightning during a terrific storm; late Thursday afternoon. Two mules, J farm tools and a nearby crib with a store of grain were also destroyed) by the flames which spread rapidly, i Mr. Spratt was away and Mrs. Spratt! was helpless to combat the flames- The total loss amounted to about, $2 000. Some insurance was carriei The storm was followed by show ers which broke the intense heat wave in Rutherford county. ELLENBORO WINS TWO. Ellenboro, July 6. —Ellenboro wonj both morning and afternoon games from the Boosters here Saturday by the scores of 6 to 3 and 7 to 3. In the morning game Quiek •'hurled beautiful ball until the eightkj when errors together with a hit by; Wilson proved his downfall. Leej Green hurled masterful ball for thsj home team after the second inning.; Wiley also starred for the visitors Jn this game. I In the afternoon game Charlotte j 'cams back with Farrell, Central j high hurler, in an effort to win. I Kirksey bore down in the pinches for Ellenboro, however, and allowed! | the visitors only seven hits. CLUB MEMBERS ENJOY OUTING AT CLUB CAMP One of the most interesting events in the club calendar according to ; ° : 4-H club members, is the annual en j j campment. All the girls who spent! I five days in the recent camp at the ; State test farm, near Swannanoa.j agreed that it was the most enjoy-' able and instructive outing they had ever attended. j I ; This encampment of fifty girls i i from four counties, Franklin, Bun ! combe, Madison and Rutherford, en joyed this camp together. ■ The girls arose at seven a. m., ana the first thing on the program was setting up exercise and swimming. A short time after breakfast was devot ed to cleaning up the camp, and pre paring vegetables for dinner. es in arts, dramatics and belt mak ing occupied the rest of the time un til dinner. In the afternoon the girls hike 4 or swam. After supper different girlj dramatized plays. Tuesday morning was devoted to the election of fourteen superlativesj of the camp. Lillian Smith, of Avon dale was selected the pretties girl. Nell Stailings, of Franklin county, j was elected the P. L. ; Sarah Summey of Rutherford county, has the dis ; tinction of having been elected to 2 ; j superlatives, she was the best all- { round girl in camp and the cutest. Mrs. F. A. Read of Franklin county 1! had most personality. Sallie Lou As jkue was mqst athletic; Winnie Price >j of Forest City, was selected the > j sweetest girl. Miss Price has an out. > standing record in club work. She > attended the short course in Raleigh J i last summer. She has had more that \ | eight years in club work. Eric Mediii >j °f Franklin county was voted best r I swimmer; Lillian Smith. best dancer: f\ Winnie Price best actor; Ruth Smart £ most dependable; Natalie Smith best I singer and Nell Stallings most oritr * inal. £ The girls enjoyed ever minute oi + the busy exciting camp life. The I four county agents in charge of thej camp expressed themselves as de lighted with it. All admired the splen- I did spirit shown by the girls in co operating and entering into camp life. Miss Frances Crayton, of Mad | i s on county, was in charge of the kitchen. Miss Laura Howard was in I charge of the camp yards. Miss Adna . Edwards of Buncombe county and Miss Gee of Franklin county was in charge of other camp activities. LEGION POST WILL PICK NEW OFFICERS THURSDAY; 1 The regular meeting night of Wil lis Towery Post No. 74, Legion, has been changed to Thurs day night instead of Friday night is in the past. Election of officers for the next year will be held Thursday night, also delegates to the State conven tion will be elected. The State cpn vention will be held at Morehead City, July 26th to 28th inclusive. All members are urged to attend Thursday night at 8:00 o'clock at City Hall i—— 1 * ! Diplomas framed while you wait. (Farmers Hardware Co. HIGHEST—r LOWEST"- ! V^HkV Today— and eyery day— treat yourself to | x ice-cold bottled Ccca-Cola. Herfe's a drink - J at its oelicious best—the happy answer to thirst wholesome refreshment. All you can ask for in a drink. And all for a nickel. - y/^ K _ —- Coca-Cola contains nothing artificial. Its natural qualities are safeguarded with twenty-two laboratory tests. Purity insured with sterilized bottles, filled and sealed £/rg air-tight without touch of human hands. ti/wWv LwVs.C yvu nine million times a day. Www > Delicious and Refreshing VUNE-IN on our radio program. ' ) jVM 31-piece, all-string orchestra. Grantlanc ' .* «fU, Rice interviewing world celebrities. f IN «'*• • Every Wednesday Night • - 6 -" * ° T ° ' B Co °° TO GET r-H'BRB IT I S i | FERRY NEWS j Ferry, July 6. —Mr. and Mrs. A 1 vin Sherlin and little son, who have been spending sometime here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. I Sherlin are leaving for Rock Hill, S. C., where Mr. Sherlin has work. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tate and chil [dren spent Sunday with Mr. Edgar 1 McGinnis and family. j Mr. Claude Kennedy and family jof Charlotte, were visitors here last Sunday. . Mr. Myles Haynes and mother and | little Myles, Jr., of Avondale were i ——— _ i G. M. Huntley Son Funeral Director! Licensed Embalo^er. Free Am balance Sernce. DAY Oft NIGHT, PHONES 29?, AND ftS. WEST MAIN STREET. v FOREST CITf, ft. C. Thursday, July 9, 1931. . visitors here Sunday afternoon. I Mr. J. C. Monteith, of Piney Rj v . er, Va., spent the week-end whh hi? family here. He reports extremely hot weather where he has been work, rng. We can boast this here too. Messrs Wiliams and James, 0 f Tennessee, and Philadelphia, P a respectively were visitors here last Wednesday. Mr. Williams was pros pecting for graphite near here. Mrs. D. T. Dyer was reported sick i Sunday but is better now. ' The fourth was real quite here unusually so it semed. Bean Beetle Dust, 25c. Farmers Hardware Ce.
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