FOREST CITY COURIER
Volume il No. 36
Broadway News
Svd Cooper, Mrs. C. C. Lowrance
- Fuller Proctor -went on an
afternoon and had supper
■ bie spring on the creek in honor
£( jcor Craver of Lexington.
Y Hamrick has been very
a few days.
Emma Goforth is visiting J. G.
Son Broadway.
' Bridges is in the Rutherfordton
JJ a l for treatment.
t s C. Cooper Flagman on the
( & 0. Railway spent the week end
Cleveland Six j
SPECIFICATIONS
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MOTOR: Six Cylinder, valve-in-head type, bore 3 inch, j|
stroke, inch. If
CARBURETER: Strom berg.
IGNITION: Bosch magneto.
STARTING AND LIGHTING: Grav & Davis. M
CLUTCH: Borg and Beck, Disc Type.
REAR AXLE: Floating'type. Pressed stwel housing, Tim- J
ken bearings throughout.
FRONT AXLE; Drop forged I-beam. Timken bearings.
STEERING GEAR: Worm and sector type, 18-inch Walnut g
wheel. |
TIRES: 34x4 non-skid on rear wheels.
WHEEL BASE: 112 Inches. (
FINISH: Cleveland blue upholstered in hand-buffed, bright B
finished grain leather. One-man top. B
Also Chandler, Chalmers aud Oidsmobile Automobiles g
and International and Oldsmobile Trucks. , ■
Rutherford and Polk Gounties |
Temporary Service Station and Headquarters at The Thermal p
Belt Garage 0
LESLIE L. TAYLOR, Onager. j
RUTHERFORDTON, U. C. I
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MAKES BEST PAINT—WEARS LONGEST
fat to you $3.66 a Gallon when made ready to use* I
lite a gallon out of any you bay, and if not the best paint made,
return the balance and get aQ your money back•
Inferior GrfOds Knocked Out J
In the iopy run. good goods win every time. It has been our H
Pni.eiple ever since we started in business to handle only the p
r «ry best grades we could get. We have been particularly f;;|
Refill about our canned gonds. Every brand that we sell can {ill
depended upon. We know the cannars —know them to be frj
liable—else we do not buy from them. , lit
carry a complete line of Staple and Fancy Groceries and j;l
your child can shop here as well, quickly, and pleasantly as yo n {:;{
appreciate the patronage that has been given us and pay j j
Particular attention to phone orders.
Keeter & Watkins 1
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at home.
Misses Bertha Hambrick and Belle
Lowrance were in Spartanburg last
week.
Mrs. E. L. Burton went to Spartan
burg Monday.
Miss Ruth McCurry has returned to
Broadway after spending a week at
home.
J. G. Morris is having his house
painted which will add to the looks very
much.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Lowrance of Hen
dersonville spent a few days with his
brother L. C. Lowrance.
GREATER FOREST CITY'S OWN HOME NEWSPAPER
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1920
Mrs. Mary Nell Philips of Johnson
City Tennessee is spending a month
with her aunt Mrs. John Hambrick on
Broadway. *
Mrs. Q. J. Kendrick of Monroe arrived
today to spend a few days with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lowrance.
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All Automobiles stopping in front ;
j| of our store will be promptly serv
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Accessories, Magazines, Fountain ?
Pens, Smokers' Goods, Perfum j
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Drugs, Sundries, Patents—in fact l
anything and everything handled -
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The Nya! Quality Store j
Forest City, N. C.
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If You Were In My Place
What Would You Do
—As A Tire Dealer? —
Would you sell shoddy tires
on which you made a large
profit with each sale?
Would you sell tires with a
guarantee covering only a
limited number of miles?
Would you ''fall" for some
smooth sales talk offering you
an "exclusive proposition"
on some tire * whose worth
was not established?
NO, YOU WOULDN'T —
You wouldn't risk losing your patron,
a ge by indulgence in these practices.
You would sell such well known stand
ard quality articles as GOODYEAR
Tires.
BV\ GOODYEAR customers
* come back again. They're
Let us showjyou our com
plete line of GOODYEAR
Clincher Tires for Ford —
Chevrolet—Maxwell —Dort
and other smaller cars.
B. B. DOGGETT
FOREST CITY, H. C. HENRIETTA, N. C.
Celebration July 3rd
The Rutherford Sun is authority for
the statment that this county will have
I the biggest celebration on July 3rd, at
Rutherfordton, in the history of the
; county, and that preparations are now
going forward to that end.
An invitation is extended to the entire
county to attend and to cooperate.
The aim of the celebration is to do
honor to all who have had a part in
defending our country in time of a crisis.
Soldiers of all wars, sailors, marines,
nurses, etc. are urged to attend in
uniform and take part in the parade.
Every home in the county is asked to
contribute towards a free dinner for
the soldiers. Nobody but persons who
have served their nation in service will
be allowed to partake of the big free
feed.
The four bands of the county will be
asked to furnish the music, and the
mills will be asked to let them off for
the day.
The committee is working on a suit
able program for the occasion, and it
will be announced later.
Arrangements are being made for an
airplane to be on hand to do stunts and
take passengers on a trip to the skies.
The day will be full of enjoyment.
The committee on the parade consists
of Capt. Ben L. Smith, of Forest City
chairman, and Major Henry Norris and
B. P. Caldwell, of Cliffside.
All people who were born in Ruther
ford county, but who now live outside
the county, are urged to "Come Back
Home" that day.
The people who are behind the
movement assures it being a success.
Lets go! Everybody lend a hand.
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Mrs. Josh McMurry Dead
The many friends and relatives of
Mrs, J. E. McMurry will learn
with sorrow of her sudden death,
which occured at the home of her
husband in Forest City on the morn
ing of June 10th.
She had been sick less than
twelve hours and physicians are in
doubt whether meningetis or leakage
of the heart was theimmediatecause
of her death.
Before marriage she was Miss
Carrie McGinnis, daughter of Jim
McGinnis, of the Bever Dam section
of Cleveland county.
She was a loving mother, a kind
and affectionate wife, a .rue friend
andanoble Christuin woman, greatly
beloved by her friends and neigh
bors.
Besides her husband and two
small chi dren, she leaves many
friends and relatives to mourn her
death.
The funeral was neld Fridav and
interment took place at, the Forest
City cemetery, a lavge concourse,
many from Shelby and Cleveland
County, attending the obsequies.
the sincere sympathy of our
people is extended the stricken
husband and motherless children
in this their hour of sorrow.
Miss Alma Cha-jipion is visiting
relatives in Shelhy.
Born to Mr and Mrs.Pl. Benuett,
on June 9th, a tine boy.
Little Alma Phiibeck got her
lingers badly cnt recently with a
lawn mower.
Messrs John Hill and J. O.
Griswold. of Rutherfordton, were
business visitors to Forest City,
this week.
Jud HarrilJ, Hugh Blanton. Boyce
Wiikie and Ernest Koberson attend
ed the bull game at Spartanburg
Tuesdry.
C, P. Peeler, of Shelby, of Shelby
was a business visitor to Forest
City todav. He has the ageney for
the Hudson and Fssx cars in Cleve
land and Rutherford County See
his ad in this pßper.
CLOTHING
We Will Pay Your Bus Fare to Spartanburg and Return
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if you buy as much as $25.00 worth of goods from us
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1181. Main Street Spartanburg, S. C.
Happenings of a Local
and Personal Nature
M . r - _E. Price of Rutherfordton was
a visitor in our town Monday.
j Miss Glenn Hambrick spent the
week-end with home-folks at Henrietta,
i Mrs. S. N. Watson attended the
Baptist convention at Monroe the past
, week.
Lewis ana Jay Reid of Rutherfordton
spent Sunday here the guest of their
j cousin John Reid.
Miss Olema Flack left Monday morn
ing for Asheville w r here she will attend
several weeks summer school.
. Mrs. C. D. Early left Tuesday morn
ing to spend several days visiting re
latives and friends at Gilkey.
. Little Dorthy Green, of Lattimore,
is spending sometime with her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Jones.
Mrs. Joe Burkholder and son Joseph Jr
are the guests of Mrs. Burkholder's
; parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Long.
I Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Covington, and
attractive little son, Boyce, Jr. visited
. relatives in Hendersonville Sunday.
Mrs. Annie Randell, of Asheville,
spent the week-end with her mother,
Mrs. W. Long, of Cherry Mountain St.
j Miss Myrle McDaniel, one of the
I faithful salesladies of Efird's dept.
store, is taking her summer vacation.
If you want ice-cream these hot times
j remember the Betterment Club has it
' for sale on Saturday afternoons on the
square
Miss Claire. Reid has returned to her
home here after spending several days
visiting relatives and friends at Ruth
erfordton.
Miss Kitty Gail Thomas, who has
been spending some time in Forest
City, left Sunday for her home in
Fallis, Ky.
Mr. Oscar Huntley arrived in the
city Monday with his bride from Ten
nessee and are visiting relatives and
friends here.
The Sunday Schools of the Forest
City Churches are regulary and well
attended and much interest ismanifested
! by the schools.
! Messrs E. O. Thomas, P. D. Harrill
Spurgeon Moss and E. G. Abernathy
spent Sunday in Asheville, guests of
Grove Park Inn.
Master Bomar A. Lowrance, of
Charlotte, is spending a few weeks at
the home of his grandmother Mrs.
Katie Lowrance.
Misses Hattie and Beuna Jones and
little Dorothy Green spent Saturday
night at the home of Misses Jones'
brother at Bostic.
Mr. Jesse Melton and son Roy, of
the Golden Valiev section, spent Mon
day in Forest City, with his brother
Mr. Cal Melton.
Mr. Joe Edwards and wife who
moved here recently from Marion, are
now occupying the B. C. Horn bungalow
on west main street.
Mrs. W. L. Horn and children are
spending sometime with Mrs. Horn's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wiikie, of
Wallaceville, S. C.
Mr. A. W. Bennett, of Rocky Mount
Va. spent several days here iast week
looking after his interest here in
connection with the sewers.
Miss Izora Nickloson, of Charlotte,
has ac cepted a position as stenographer
with the Florence Mills, She is making
her home at Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Fortune.
Mrs. Freeman was carried to the
Rutherford Hospital last week and
underwent an operation Saturday. Her
many friends wish for her a speedy
recovery.
Miss Bernice Kanipe returned home
Sunday from Caroleen where she spent
the week very plesently at the home
of her Uncle and Mr. and Mrs.
Bate Jones.
Mrs. A. W. Lynch has returned to
her home here after spending several
days at the Rutherford hospital. She
and Mr. Lynch are all smiles over the
arrival of a new girl!
What's the use? We started to
write up the ball game Saturday, but
what's the use? It was a game of
"ring-around-the-pasey" Forest City
winning in a walk to the time of to
The Forest City club are some ball
players as the teams who go up against
them soon find out.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance
Forest City Route 2.
We are having meetings at the Piney
Ridge school house every Saturday.
Mr. Hill has made us several speeches
upon the consolidation of our school.
It is undecided yet whether it will
carry or not.
„P, e X- and Mrs - w - w - Womack of
Mill Spring N. C. are visiting their two
children of this place, this week. Mrs.
J. R. Hardin and J. E. Womack.
I. N. and Mrs. BiggerstafF of Forest
City with Mrs. Ida Blanton and Mr.
Cowan Blanton visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Hardin Sunday.
D. R. McSwain and family were
plesant visitors in Mt. Plesant section?
Sunday.
Mr. Richard Carroll of Greenville
S. C. has been spending a few days with
his parents Mr. and Mrs. Williarr
Carroll.
Miss Ollie Lee Head, who is making
her home with her sister Mrs. Tantus
McDonald spent the week end with
home folks at Shelby.
Misses Nannie Hardin, Louise Wo
mack and Mr. James P. Hardin spent
the week end at Sulphur Springs visit
ing Mr. Pink Hardin.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivey Bright visited
Mrs. Bright's parents Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Womack were
plesant visitors in this section Sunday.
_ The crops in this section are looking
fine now in spite of being planted so
late.
Mrs. Robert Callahan is very ill but
we hope for her a speedy recovery.
W. M. McDonald has been on th»
sick list, but we are glad to know he
is improving.
O. T. Huntley Married
A very beautiful wedding took
place at Banner Elk, N. C., at the
home of Rev. Edgar Tufts Wed
nesday June 9th 1920, the bride be
ing Mrs. Sallie Banner Jones, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Banner, one of the oldest and most
respected families of Banner Elk.
The groom was Mr. Cscar T. Hunt
ley, sou of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. M.
Huntley, of Rutherford ton, N. C.»
and a well known and respected
business man of Rutherford County.
The night before the wedding the
friends of the bride aod groom came
to the manse with automobiles full
of flowers and beautifully decorated
the room in which the wedding was
to take plaie, so that the following
morning everything was ready for
the ceremoney at the early hour
which it was to take place. Mrs,
Tufts sweetly played the wedding
march and Mr. Tufts, pastor of the
bride, in his usual impressive man
ner. united the happy hearts.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr and Mrs. Hunthy left for John
son Citv, Ashevilleand other points
in this State, after which they will
make their future home in Forest
City N. 0.
The many friends of the groom
are congratulating him on his
good fortune in winning such a
charming and lovely bride
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Services at tjiie Methodist
Church
Services were begun in the
Forest City Methodist Church
Sunday night and good congregat
ions greet the pastor at each service.
The Baptists are taking much in
terest in this meeting.
We are glad to see the unanimity
of religeous spirit that prevails in.
this town.
Mr. A. A. Roth, engineer on the
sewer work here, has just returned
from a trip to New York, where he
visited his mother and other relatives
and friends for a week.
Oscar Huntley and bride, who
have been visiting Mrs. Champion
in Forest City, left Wednesday for
a visit to Newton.