PULL
FOR
FOREST
CITY
.Volume IV —No. 14.
NEW MANAGEMENT
IS WELL PLEASED
Forest City Business Men Want
Good Paper Here and Have Re
sponded Liberally What Others
Say.
This is the third issue of the
Forest City Courier gotten out
under the new management, and
-ve wish to say to our many read
ers all over the county that we
are well pleased with the outlook,
and especially are we are grateful
to the business men for their lib
eral support and to the good peo
ple all over the county who hkve
; omo forward and subscribed for
•the paper. Forest City is the
largest and most important town
n the county and well worthy of
a representative newspaper. It
fi hall be our earnest desire to give
to you a newspaper which will be
a credit to the town and county.
We shall spare neither pains nor
expense in carrying out our plans
to this end.
To the merchants in the smaller
places throughout the county we
would call attention to the large
subscription list of the Couripi,
which circulates more largely in
the more densely populated pait
of the county, thereby making it
a most excellent medium in which
to place their advertising. The
Forest City business men are well
aware of its pulling power in ad
vertising, and are responding JTic
cordingly. Also the Forest City
Courier has a large and well
equipped job department and is
prepared to turn out first-class
work on short notice. Back oi
ur modern equipment is a
-j' -vj. rt printers who know
to turn out modern printing iifl |
most satisfying manner.
In conclusion, we will say tfljg
we have come to stay, and areßgji
jng to give you a cbunty jZ
worth while. Your subscrirfl
now will materially aid us, in fl |Ji
Tying out our plans. We arM
to ivo you a paper witßjj|jfa|
manyS
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FOREST CITY COURIER
In a letter to the editor —
with a crisp dollar bill en
closed—this young love-lorn
swain writes: "Young man
wishes to correspond with a
Catholic girl, between the ages
of 17 and 20. Object—matri-
if both are suited. Ad
dress P. O. Box 167, Hillyard,
Wash."
MR. ROLLINS TO ENTER BUSI
NESS AT HENDERSONVILLE
P. E. Rollins, of Caroleen, Ruth
erford county, was in the city
Friday and Saturday for the pur
pose of renting a house in which
to move his family February 1.
He rented the new cottage erected
by S. Maxwell on Pfetton street
just off Fifth avenue. Mr. Rollins
will on February 1 open up a
ladies' ready-to-wear store in the
building formerly occupied by the
European Shop on Main street.
Mr. Rollins attended the Board
of Trade banquet at the Ilodge
well Friday night.—Hendersonville
PUBLISHED IN THE BUSIEST, BEST, BIGGEST AND FASTEST GROWING CITY IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
READ THIS, GIRLS;
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE
Out in Hillyard, Wash.,
there is a young man who is
feeling the loneliness of that
far country, and evidently has
been touched with heiart
strings tugging for the com
panionship and love o± a
mate. Now, as North Caro
lina is noted for the beauty
and graces of its girls, not to
mention the many other good
qualities which they all pos
sess, this young man comes
right to our state in his laud
able ambition of securing a
wife.
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY JANUARY, 19, 1922 •
ESCAPED CONVICT
BREAKS JAIL
His Capture Follows Shortly After,
When He was Apprehended by
Chief G. M. Huntley at Bostic.
CHarlie Helton, an escaped con
vict, was arrested near IV.arion
Saturday by Whit Owensby and
Broad Robbins. The prisoner was
placed in the Marion jail, awaiting
information from State authori
ties at Raleigh as to the proper
disposition to be made. Helton
lost no time in effecting his escape.
—Marion Progress.
Helton was captured at Bostic
by C hief of Police G. M. Huntley,
of Forest City, Wednesday of last
week. He came into Bostic on a
freight train and had not been
there thirty minutes before our
chief had him covered and com
pelled his surrender. He was
brought to Foest City and on Fri
day turned over to the county au
thorities at Rutherfordton. A re
ward of $25 had been offered for
his arrest, and it is thought that
there is a reward offered by the
postoffice department, as Helton is
thought to hkve been connected
with a postoffice robbery. Hel
tons capture, following s,o closely
his arrival at Bostic, is only an
other instance of the good work
done by our efficient chief of po
lice.
DEDICATION NEXT SUNDAY
The dedication of the now Wes
leyan Methodist church in Forest
City will take place next Sunday,
22, at 3 p. in. The build-
ayer to the church above
LThe esteem anil apnrccia-
L which the conference
■church of Forest City
Bis magnanimous is
|wi can be expressed by
this life.
|B]dw. M. Graham, presi
■ North Carolina con-
be !> 1  sent in its be-
received for the
■ most beautiful and
|Bmilding, and will also
in the ceremonies of
J. A. Clement, of
BBS presch the dedica-
The Rev. E. W.
hmKm Asheville, is also
present and take
and will
evening- at 7:30
Graham will
|H|ffiHriorning- at 11.
cordially invited
at all these
HBB» will be a great
in a church as
have a seat ac-
HHHjmhis time of great
so do not
t> take you in
HBHHwiyiog groceries
HOBroccry.
SALES
Co.
HHH9khB as follows:
Chev-
Buick
Avon dale,
■IBs. McCall,
Geo. A.
"Four";
Reo
Chev-
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HMMMMBi«■ Dog-
Ala.,
Trust
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NEW BOTTLING
PLANT ERECTED
Lime Cola Enterprise Established
by Mr. A. S. Lipscomb in New
Building on East Lowrance
Street.
Mr. A. S. Lipscomb, of Gaffney,
S. C., has recently established >a
Lime Cola bottling establishment
in hie new building on East Low
rance street, in Forest City, and is
now well under way with the new
enterprise. His plant is equipped
with the latest improver! machin
ery and hastet capacity of t>oo cases
ai day. His product is well known
in this section and there is no rea
son why he should not meet with
complete success in his undertak
ing.
The superior shipping facilities
and many other advantages offered
by Forest City were the determin
ing factors in his decision to come
to our city. Mr. Lipscomb resided
here before but had been away
about eight years. He .s well
known to our people and his re
turn is hailed with pleasure. lie
days Forest City is the best town
of its size in North Carolina, and
he notes a wonderful growth here
during his absence. Mr. Li, scomb
will remove his family from Gaff
ney to this place within the next
few weeks.
THE FARMERS BANK AND
NATIONAL THRIFT WEEK
National Thrift Week, which be
gan Tuesday, Jan. 17th, Benjamin
Franklin's birthday, offers an op
portunity not only to honor this
great American, but to profit by
carrying* out in a practical v.fiy
his teachings in the art of
living and the use of money.
Realizing that a growing savings
account should oe the part of every
one's financial arrangements, the
Farmers Bank & Trust Co. has
inserted a most timely ad in. this
issue of the Courier. You should
turn to the last page and read the
message of Rutherford count v s
strongest financird institution.
In speaking* of banks, a noted
writer recently said: "The bank
is the economic fountainhead from
which flows the unique and unpar
relied wealth that this country en
joys. And, in the individual analysis
it is cle'ar hat every American owes
a large measure of his comfort and
well-being to the excellence of our
banking system. As the Bank
serves the Nation, just so will it
serve you! This, surely, is one of
the great, inspiring truths that
thrills the American Youth with
his amazing, boundless, irresistible
ambition. Any young man in this
country may hope to command the
Bank to ,ck> this or that for him.
Yea, if he will enforce command
of his own qualities of integrity,
energy, and thrift, the Bank will
beg to do his bidding."
The farmers Bank & Trust Co.
was opened for business on Feb.
3. 19T5, and has had a remarkable
growth, gaining in strength day
by day and week by week until it
stands as the strongest financial
institution in the county, the to
tal resources are now over one and
one-fourth million dollars. At the
recent meeting of the directors a
semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent
was declared of record of Feb. 3,
and the business of the bank was
found to be* in a most gratifying
condition.
There are many reasons back of
the phenomenal growth of this
popular institution, foremost of
which is the sound judgment and
business acumen of its officers and
directors.
RETURNS TO OUR CITY
Mr. R. H. Morrow has recently
moved back to Forest Ctiy from
Route 2, Rutherfordton, and his
friends were glad to welcome him.
He formerly resided here, where
he owns property, and is gl-ad to
be back in the best town in the
state. Mr.. Morrow is an expert
bricklayer, and as Forest City is
expected to enjoy a building boom
this, good year, he sou Id prosper.
Some day you will own a Chevrolet
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
COMING EVERY DAY
So many new subscribers
have come in during the past
two weeks that we have not
the space to spare to give a
complete list of them. How
ever we take this method of
thanking one and fell, and
promising to do our best to
ward giving a paper that will
prove of pleasure and profit to
aIL
And especially do we appre
ciate messages like the fol
lowing, from Mr. J. F. Flack,
of Rutherfordton: "I notice
from the label on my paper
that my time expired last
month. I take fe pleasure in en
closing my check for $1.50 in
renewal, and I wish you suc
cess in your management of
the Courier."
A few more messages like
the above will grdatly heart
en us in our endeavor to give
you a real live county paper.
A VISIT TO THE
CHAMPION & McBRAYER GIN
Through the kindness of Mr. B.
L. Mcßrayer, of the Peoples Elec
tric Co., the editor was erlabled to
make a visit to the Champion &
Mcßrayer Gin, on the Poor's Fork
road, last Saturday.
We enjoyed inspecting the gin,
the first we had ever seen, as
there is no cotton raised in our
native state of Kentucky. Every
thing seemed to be in the most
excellent shape tor the carrying
on of the business. We found the
folj. of th*t place to Joe ..most
obliging* and courteous and expect
to go back at our earliest oppor
tunity.
A thriving mercantile br.sjn ,-s
is conducted there by Mr. B. H.
Allen, whom we found to be a
most pleasant gentleman. Mr. Al
len has just completed the erection
of a new garage building, which
is to be occupied and the business
conducted by Mr. H. A. Bradley,
of Spartanburg. He is a fine;
mechanic and will do genera! auto;
repairing, etc. Prospects see a good 
for him to build up a successful
business. Mr. Bradley is to occupy
a residence of Mr. Allen near the
G. M. Huntley farm, and ho and
his family will prove most wel
come additions to that section.
One of the best features of our
visit was in gaining the consent of
Mrs. G. N. Mcßrayer to act as the
Forest City Courier's coriespond
ent at that place. Mrs. Mcßrayer
is a talented writer and we are
sure her letters will prove of
great pleasure to our readers all
over the county.
We expect to have many new
subscribers come in from there,
and Mr. Bi. H. Allen has consented
to act as the Courier agent. Call
at his store and see Samples of
the paper and subscribe through
him.
Some day you will own a Chevrolet
TO ORGANIZE COUNCIL
At the meeting 1 of the Parent-
Teacher Association Wednesday
i afternoon a report of the commit
tee, that had been appointed, to
confer with Mr. Hill, county su
perintendent of education, report
ed that Mr. Hill was very much in
favor of organizing- a County
Council of the Parent-Teacher As
sociation. Mr. Hill suggested that
a meeting he held in connection
with the teachers' meeting Feb.
24 th at Rutherfordton. Every
school in the couny will be re
guested to send representatives to
this meeting..
Some day you will own a Chevrolet
IN BAD HEALTH
Mr. J. V. Bright, of near Bostic,
was a caller at the Courier office
Monday. He was on his. way to
Rutherfordton with his wife to
consult a physician in regard to
the latter s condition. Mrs. Bright
has been ill for some time and
underwent an operation recently.
She may have to go back to the.
operating table, but her many i
friends hope she will recover suf-i
ficiently to prevent this.
$1.50 per year, in Advance
25 COUNTY BOYS
MADE SACRIFICE
Clarence Griffin, Collector of
War Records, will Compile Bio
graphical Sketches; of the Heroes
The following is from Clarence
GriHin, collector of war records
lor Rutherford county:
In the. course of my work of
past three months 1 have found
that twenty-five Rutherford coun
y boys made the supreme sacrifice
in the World War. I am comply
ing a. biographical sketch of the
life of each one:, I will appreciate
it very much if the parents or re
latives will send me a sketch of
the life of their son, or relative,
that was killed in the war or died
in service, if I have not previously
visited that home, or wrote them
in regard to the matter. My list,
includes the names of the follow
ing boys. If you know of any
other boy who was killed, or died
in service, from this county, whose
name is not on this list, you will
be conferring a great favor on me
if you will let me know of it:
S. R. Long*, Ellenboro.
F. E. Long, Ellenboro.
H. Y. Sorrels, Union Mills.
L. C. Carver, Rutherford ton, R.
F. D.
Laxton Huntley, Forest City.
Festus Roberts, Rutherfordton,
R. Fl D.
H. L. Martin, Harris.
Joe Earley, Bo&tic.
R. B. Price, Harris.
Broadus Hames, Cliff side.
J. W. Vickers, Rutherfordton, R.
F. D.
Barney Hopper, Forest City, R.
F. I).
Yates Ciec; - , Gil key.
Fred Williams, Rutherfordton.
W. E. To we ry, Forest City, R.
F. D.
R. E Huntley, Spindale.
Baxter Guffey, Union Mills.
Perry Sisk. Forest City-
Charlie Sane. Rutherfordton, R.
F. D.
J. S. Randal!, For \ t City, 11. F.
D.
Russell Logan, Iton.
M. B. Hawkins, Cliffside.
.Jay Hudson, Cli Aside.
Helon Lane, Union Mills.
W. F. Henderson, Hendersonville
(formerly of this county).
All WKr Work Committees who
have not reported should do so.
1 desire a detailed account ol the
Red Cross work in this county
during the War. Please send mo
your reports.
CLARENCE GRIFFIN, Spindale,
N. C., Collector of War Records
for Rutherford County.
Some day you will own a Chevrolet
METHODIST CHURCH
Preaching* Sunday night at
Methodist church. The subject,
"The Great Hero," the man who
discovered the power that over
came the world.
We are now selling Pathe phon
ographs at one-half price. Moss-
Rein hard t Co.
Conor HV
Dorothy Dalton at the Movi*
Jan. 25, in "Dark Mirror."'
THE
CITY
WITH A
FUTURE