Much Building HereDuring Past Year

Building Permits Totaling $42,400.00 IssuedDuring 1929 by City Clerk?Agricultural

Departments of Four High SchoolsHave Prominent Part in Prog-

ress of Rutherford County.

By ARVAL ALCOCK.

The largest town in Rutherford

county, for the past five years For-

est City has steadily grown and the

vear that has just passed was no

exception. Although building per-

mits issued in 1929 were slightly

lower than those issued the previous

year, much building was accomplish-

ed, permits totaling $42,400.00 be-injr issued by J. E. Caldwell, city

clerk. Among these permits was one

for the construction of a $12,000.00

residence by Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Love-lace. and one for the construction()f a $12,000,000 display room for

:be Model Chevrolet Company. Oth-er permits issued during the year

called for the construction of one

garage, five dwellings, three stores,one cotton gin and one filling sta-

tion. The Jones' building on Depotstreet, which was built a few years

paving of the side street on which thepostoffice is located. On this samestreet just across from the postofficea handsome brick building, which willbe occupied by the Hewitt RollerWorks, is rapidly nearing comple-tion.

The Kiwanis Club, one of ForestOity's most active civitj organiza-tions, has several projects in view,pertaining to the future growth anddevelopment of the city, as well asthe club, according to Howard Dog-gett, newly elected president of theClub, who stated that as soon astheir organization could be perfect-ed, the 1930 officers having just beeninstalled, committees would be ap-pointed to formulate plans for thegrowth and expansion of Forest City.

j Another great work thf.t is beingdone that has not only proved bene-

! ficial to Forest City and this town-ship, but to the county as a whole,is that being- done by the vocationalagricultural departments of the highschools at Forest City, Rutherford-ton, Harris and Ellenboro. These de-partments by working with the farm-ers in the townships in which these

j schools are located and by holdingI various contests and demonstrations| have found which grade of cotton is

i best suited to the particular soil that

| the farmer is trying to cultivate. Asi a result of this work, during a con-test recently held by the agricultur-al department of the Forest Cityhigh school, together with the Kiwan-is Club of this city, Tom Harrismade over ten bales of cotton onfive acres of land. Seventy men andboys participated in this contest andgrew 350 acres of cotton, each acreaveraging over a bale of cotton per

ago. was converted into a model ho-

tel building and was leased by C. C.Blanton during 1929. This hostelry

is operated under the name of Hot.elBlanton.

From all indication, however, theyear 1930 will be one of the best,from a financial and business view-point, that Forest City has had for

sometime. Plans are already under

way for the organization and build-

ing of a new textile plant, whichwill employ about 100 persons. It

has also been rumored that a newhosiery company will move intothe building now being vacated by

the Forest City Hosiery Mill, whichis being merged with the plant atSpindale.

Work has already started on the

Statement of Condition of j

FARMERS BANK & TRUST CO.j FOREST CITY, N. C. !

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RESOURCES LIABILITIES II ii Loans and Discounts 11,437,872.70

t. Capital $ 250,000.00 ii Overdrafts 1,934.40 % Surplus 250,000.00 f

Stocks and Bonds 121,827.79 Profits 13,055.20 1Banking Houses, Furniture and Fixtures 144,031.21 Bills Payable 155,000.00 1Cash and Due From Banks 205,171.10 Deposits

... 1,242,782.00 |. Total 11,910,837.20 % Total $1,910,837.20 I

Farmers Bank & Trust CompanyFOREST CITY, N. C. CAROLEEN, N. C. |j

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THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1930.

acre. The ten making the highestscore averaged over eight bales tothe five acres.

As a result of cooperating with, the agricultural department of theiEllenboro school, E. G. Sumipey re-ceived eleven bales, 5192 pounds ol

lint cotton, from seven acres of land.If a person had told a farmer ofRutherford county a few years agothat he could grow a bale of cottonto the acre, he would have beenthought insane, but it has been doneand then some, and if as much prog-ress is made agriculturally withinthe next few years as in the past,Rutherford county will be one of therichest agricultural centers of thestate.

j . Rutherford is not only coming to f| the forefront as a cotton growingcounty, but is also producing alarge variety of other crops. Diver-sified farming has been taught from'one end of this county to the other jand as a result Colfax Township is irapidly becoming a seewt potato jcenter. Three curing houses, with a{capacity of 15,000 bushels have been jbuilt at Ellenboro within the past jthree years. Tomatoes, cantaloupes'

and fruit are also being grown tosome extent, while corn productionper acre has more than doubled dur-ing the past ten years. Dairying isalso a profitable side line being

carried on by the farmers.

The Rutherford County Club, acountry-wide civic organization, |

which has sponsored and assisted in >

sponsoring many agricultural pro-!jects in the county during the past'eight years, will soon outline an ag- 1ricultural and industrial program to- jward which to work during 1930.

Mr. W. W. HicksResigns Position

Rutherfordton, Jan. 6?Mr. W.W. Hicks has resigned as active vice-

president of the Rutherford CountyBank and Trust Company, his resig-

nation being effective December 31,

according to an announcement made

last week. Mr. Hicks resigned on ac-

count of the pressure of personalbusiness matters.

To Drive Out Scrub Bull

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Standing from left to right: O. J. Holler, F. E. Patton, County Agent,and Dr. W. A. Thompson, President Rutherford County Jersey BreedersAssociation.

Through the Educational Department of the Farmers Federation thefirst gate has been opened to drive out the scrub bull from Rutherfordcounty.

The above is a picture of the first purebred bull purchased by the Fed-eration, he is a grandson, of the noted S. A. Golden Gamboge on one sideand a descendent of Golden Lad on the other. This bull will be kept in theoutlying sections o£ the County, three months in one community and thenmoved to another.

More bulls will be purchased next year for the same purpose. The ob-ject is to improve the dairy cattle so that Rutherford County can produceenough cream to operate a creamery in the county.

Joseph EdwardsClaimed By Death

Union Mills, R-3, Jan. 6.?Fun-eral services were held Saturday af-ternoon, Dec. 28, at the MountainCreek Baptist church for Joseph Ed-wards, who died at the age of sixty-six years, at the home of his daugh-

ter, Mrs. Curtis Cardell, where he

had made his home during the pastsummer. The Rev. Mr. Brindle, Gil-key, officiated and the service wasan impressive one. There were manybeautiful flowers which had beensent by friends and loved ones andthe floral offerings were carried by

Misses Mamie Blanton and HelenaGeer.

The late Mr. Erwards was bornOctober 14, 1863. Pneumonia wasthe cause of his death. He had Feenmarried to Miss Annie Higgins, whopreceded her husband to the grave.The deceased at an early age joinedthe Mountain Creek church and re-mained a faithful member through-

out his life. He is survived by hissisters, Mrs. Lula Geer, Rutherford-ton; Mrs. Carrie Monteith, MountainCreek; Mrs. Daby Geer, Rutherford-ton, and five grandchildren, Margie,Katie and Elizabeth Edwards, J. D.and Mary Willie Cardell. Intermentwas made n the churchyard.

JAMES MILLARDAGED 64, DEAD

'Prominent Rutherfordton, Citi-zen Succumbs to Pneumon-

ia?Funeral held Satur-day, January 4.

Rutherfordton, Jan. 6.?Mr. JamesMillard, aged 64, of this place, diedat his residence here Friday after-noon, at 5:45 o'clock. He took pneu-monia on Wednesday prior to hisdeath which claimed his life despiteall that medical skill could do.'

Funeral services were held atGreen River Baptist church Satur-oay, with Rev. B. M. Hamrick, Ruth-erfordton, R-l, in charge of the ser-vice. Interment was in the churchcemetery.

Mr. Millard is survived by his wid-ow, and the following sons anddaughters: Mrs. Bessie Blackwell,Rutherfordton; Mrs. Davie Connor,of Landrum, R-3, S. C.; Mrs. MarthaRowe, of Landrum, R-4, S. C.; Wal-ter Millard, Landrum, S. C.; MarkMillard, Rutherfordton, R-2; Mrs.Meldora'Camp, of Rutherfordton,R-2; Mrs. Daisy Free, Rutherford-ton, R-2; T. F. Blackwell, Gaffney.S. C.;~Mrs. Alice Huggins, Asheville;Miss Lizzie Millard, Rutherfordton.Two brothers, Dick Champion, ofLandrum, S. C., and Bob Champion,of Rutherfordton, survive.

Active pall bearers were: Messrs.Calvin Hardin, W. D. Ledford, J.L. McClure, 0. E. Summers, T. D.Holland, J. H. Rollins, Sheriff W. C.Hardin and Ex-Sheriff, J. W. Bea-son.

Mr. Millard was one of Rutherford-ton's most prominent citizens. Hehad been a life long resident o{ Ruth-erfordton, and was prominent as abusiness man and farmer. He was amember of the Pleasant Hill Baptistchurch.

There were many beautiful floralofferings sent as tokens of love andrespect. They were carried by MissesLillie Roddy, Willie D. Splawn, Nel-lie Williams, Dora Byers and LeonaRollins.