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jert'ord County
Items of Interest
Tjg Sun Ju,> 2.1,
, sa;a and Madge Wilkins
oi'- ntal PO rcb party last
morning in honor of Miss
Harris, bride-elect at which
engagement was announced
iMary Dickerson to Mr. Jake
I of Charlotte.
-Margaret Justice, charming
the late Ed Justice, of
francisco, Cal., is the guest of
IL. Justice here. Miss Lila
je, her sister, left Monday for
?cto n to teach after spending
time with Mayor and Mrs. M.
gtice.
; ;Helen Alexander died here
ihome of her brother-in-law,
I W. Logan last Saturday
at 7 o'clock. July 24th, at
£of years. Miss Alex
[bad been an invalid for sev
ers. She was a native of
Jenburg county and toe daugh
'tbeiate Mr. Edwin and Mrs.
:Alexander, the last of a large
Leontract for top soiling the
j section of the Charlotte
riiie high way will be let at Ashe
iugust 10th at noon This sec
ludes 10:25 milesand extends
Forest City to Green Hill,
[contract for the first section
Smiles from the Cleveland line
test City was let to Ross Bros.
;iy 7th. It is expected that the
act for the rest of the road will
iioon and work will be rushed
opletion.
?name of the school at Golden
irhas been changed from Gold
:dustrial institute to South
::ain Industrial institute. This
fropriate as the schocl is located
the South Mountains and is a
Rain mission school. When
;car South Mountain Industrial
rate mentioned hereafter, re
ner it is the school at Golden.
i Agricultural club summer
opened yesterday at Chimney
Between 40 and 50 girls and
in club work in the county
)ra four days camping trip
f the direction of the county
agent Mr. L. D. Thrash and
»?ent Miss Eva Logan. The
members left Rutberfordton
fday feeling good and out for
iar days enjoyable camp life,
shave been secured and the
ion picked out so that the only
'there will be to do is to pitch
mts and set the camp in order,
ieifordton, Aug.' 9.-The cfcam
;eominerce, at its regular meet
Stnight, appointed acommittee
ito investigate the advisability
'Wishing a large modern hotel
scare of commercial and tour
ftel. Such a hotel has been
ahere for many years. With
®p!etion of the top soiling of
isheville-Cbarlotte highway
?h the county it is expected
■jndreds of tourists will tray
ieroad every week. It will be
tted by next spring. Work
are going forward
yon it now. Several parties
seen figuring with different
therein regard to a large
111 hotel.
•tew and enlarged water sup
;he town is now ready for use
cut off for several
from the county are going
■Kb Tuesday to attend othe
mass meeting for good
■■Merest in better roads and
■' D this county continues to
■•j-iQty wide farmers picnic
Friday was well at-
MiHsaps, state demon-
Bi a 2entof the western district
B^es ville,and G. T. Wyatt,
■••secretary of the American
■ of Kentucky were
| Pal speakers. The former
Bf o|, ganization and co-opera
|" e the latter spoke on Farm
I 'Qand Marketing. Heshow
rat one of the big problems
today was a successful
Jl  c artn products. He aiso
■ JW Uut all other vocations
Some Ford, This.
"Did you ever see a Ford auto
mobile in a junk pile?' inquired one
automobile driver of another the
other afternoon. The automobile
driver to whom the question was
put said that he never did. "That
reminds me," said the interrogator
''of an advertisement that I ran
across in some journal some time
ago. I clipped it out and here it
is: For sale one Ford car, with pis
ton ring; two rear wheels; one front
spring: has no fenders, seat or tank:
burns lots of gas; hard to crank;
carburetor busted half-way through;
engine missing; hits on two; three
years old in the spring; has shock
absorbers and everything; radiator
busted, sure does leak; differential
dry, can hear it squeak; ten spokes
missing; front all bent; tires blowed
out; ain't worth a cent; got lots of
speed, will run lik the deuce; burns
either gas or tobacco juice; tires all
off, been run on the rim. A damn
good Ford for the shape it's in."
. Or
Mrs. W. L. Horn has as her guests
her mother, and sister, Mrs. C. A.
Wilkie and sister, Miss Leona
Wilkie of Wallaceville.
Watch Forest City grow.
were organized and getting their
share of the wealth as well as their
rights. A county division of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
was temporarily organized with O.
T. Waldrop. president; A. C. Moore
vice president, and County Demon
strator I. D. Thrash, secretary and
treasurer Thirty members joined
the organization Friday and others
expressed a desire to join soon.
The county fair association has
been organized with 28 directors
and the following officers: President,
K. S. Tanner; vice-president, J. F.
Alexander, Forest City, second yice
president, C. C. Proffitt, Forest
City; third vice president, Q. J.
Holler, Union Mills, and O. C. Er
win, Rutberfordton, secretary and
treasurer.
Mr. J.P. Carter, evangelist singer
of the home board led the song ser
vice at the Baptist church Sunday
evening. August 8. He is a. singer of
exceptional ability. •* ( ,
Mr. Frank L. Hicks, of Fort
Worth, Texas, is here on a visit to
his mother, Mrs. A. A. Hicks. He
will spend some time here.
Mr. Matt Stroud, of Oklahoma
City, Okla., was here Monday. He
is visiting relatives and friends in
the county.
Mrs, Sam Burgin. of Ellsville. Ga.,
and sister, Mrs. A. A. Williams, of
Fort Valley, Ga., have arrived in
the city rhe guests of their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Carpenter. x
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Edwards, of
: Graham. Va., arrived here Friday
night to spend some lime with the
former's folks. They are considering
locating in this county.
The musial comedy on the county
fair given here lastweek in the
house was a decided success. Miss
Josephine Bidleman, of Pittsburg.
Pa , was the director and did herself
credit in the few days she was
here.
Misses Gladys Lewis and Theresa
Taylor, who have been attending
the summer school at the A. and E.
college West Raliegh returned home
Sunday night.
Mrs. M. H. Justice and daughter,
Miss Louise, after spending some
time in Norfolk, Va , with Mr. M.
H. J uslice, Jr.,returned home this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shotwell, of
Charlotte, came up Saturday night
to spend a week with Mr. and Mrs.
C, N. Justice, who live near town.
Miss Mamie Lee Stroup, of Char
lotte, is here on a visit*to her uncle,
Squire and Mrs. John F. Dean.
Mr. E. A, Carpenter, of New
berry, S. C. spent the week-end
here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. (J. Carpenter.
There will be several social
events of interest here in the near
feture. Wedditg bells are ringing
and will continue todo so for some
weeks.
GREATER IOREST CITY'S OWN HOME NEWSPAPER
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1920
Newsy Letter From
Thriving Cliffside
Cliffside, N. C., August 9th 1920. —
ihe people of Cliffside are enjoying
a vacation this week and some need
ed repair work will be done while
the Mills are standing.
Messrs. J. E. Hardin and W. B.
Vaught, of Greensboro, were visitors
here last week the guests of Mr.
Chas. H. Haynes.
Section No. lof the Baptist Young
People's Union presented an inter
esting program last Thursday even
ing consisting of a playlet entitled
"To Die or Not to Die."
The program was well rendered and
was very interesting as well as in
structive. Miss Emma Sue Wilson
resigned her office as president of
the Union as she antl her sister Miss
Annie are to enter school again this
year at Mars Hill.
Several of our young folks will
enter school at Boiling Springs
next week.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Worth
Womick, last Thursday, a girl.
Miss Alma Freeman has resigned
her position with the Cliffside Mills
and returned to her home near Mt.
Vernon where she will remain until
school ooens at Union Mills.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. S. A, Rob
inson, Saturday, a boy. Thii
youngster is an only son although
he has nine sisters hence the broad
smile which radiates from Mr. Rob
inson's face.
The following boys are camping
at Chimney Rock this week: Memory
Freeman, Hugh and McFarland Hill,
Jay Hicks, Broadus Wilson, Samuel
Padgett, Cordie Freeman with B.
E. Roach in charge.
Mr. John Butler and Miss Lane
were happily married last Wednes
day. squire R. B. Watkinsofficiating.
Double Funeral
The funeral of Mrs. Nancy Sisk,
who died August 2, 1919, and son,
Perry L. Sisk, who was killed in
action in the world war, in France,
October 10th 1918, wiil be preached
at Hillsville Church Forest City
Sunday August 15th, at 11 am,
by Revs J. L. Hodge and P. A.
Romer. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
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Happenings of a Local
and Personal Nature
Join the Board of Trade.
Harry Eastler, of Spartanburg,
spent Sunday in Forest City.
Miss Ruth Scruggs spent the
past week-end with friends in
Shelby.
Miss Margaret Baber, of Blacks
burg, visited Miss Myrle McDaniel
last week.
MUs Lottie Stroup of Shelby was
the guest of Miss Ruth Scruggs a
few days last week.
Miss Lanie Emory ,of Enoree,
S. C,, is visiting Miss Margaret
Walker, in Forest City.
Mr. and Mrs. JamesjLowdermilk,
of Enoree, S. C., is visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. Joe. T. Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Odus Moore and
Odus Jr., of Hampton Va., are ex
pected toarrive here Friday. They
will be the guests of Mrs. Moore's
aunt Mrs. Katie Lowrance and Mr.
Moore's parents Mr. and Mrs. A.
Moore.
———o,
A woman wiil be governed by the
man she loves, but will not be directed
by a man whom she highly esteems.
Not every one may have a super-six
and skim the asphalt paths of ease,
buta beneficient Providence has endowed
most of us with a pair of good legs.
An optimist is a fellow who can say,
no matter where he is kicked off.
"This is my station."
Many a good man stammers,
And, though it sounds absurd,
Each time he starts to tell the truth
He always breaks his word.
Why American Women
Want the Ballot
LOWEST INFANT DEATH RATE
fc IN FULL SUFFRAGE COUNTRIES? -
BALLOT SAFEGUARDS THE HOME
New Zealand, First Country to Grant Suffrage to Women,
Has Lowest Infant Mortality Rate in the World—
Women Use Ballot to Further Legislation for Home
and State.
In days gone by dire accusations
were brought against women who
dared nurse an ambition to have a
voice in the government of their coun
try. Every unlovely epithet in the
English dictionary—and there are sev
eral—was bestowed upon them. They
were home-wreckers, child-haters,
family destroyers. But year by year
woman suffrage was tried out, country
by country, state by state, and lo!
it was discovered that woman was
using her vote, not to wreck the home,
to protect it; not to the hurt of chil
dren, to their great good; not to de
stroy the family, to strengthen and
secure it. So widespread has been
the discovery that opponents of
woman suffrage no longer dare make
these charges save in backwoods
places—or places that they consider
backwoodsy. In view of the facts, it
is to flout the intelligence of a com
munity to tell it that to give a woman
the right to protect her honi£ and her
children by a vote is to make her
hate home and children. Every time
and everywhere that woman gets a
chance to vote she proceeds to use
that vote for the benefit of home and
children. Consider the record :
Over 300,000 babies die every year
in the United States before they are
one year old. The National Conser
vation Commission estimates that an
individual is worth $2,900 to society.
At this rate the 300,000 babies repre
sent a yearly loss of $870,000,000 to
the United States.
Five countries have a lower infant
death rate than the United States.
They are New Zealand, with an infant
death rate of 59 per 1,000 births; Nor
way, 68 per 1,000; Australia, 72 per
1,000; Sweden, 72 per 1,000, and
France, 78 per 1,000. The women in
all five countries leading the list now
have full or municipal suffrage. Wo
men have had the vote in New Zea
land for twenty years and New Zea
land has the lowest infant death rate
in the world.
In the United States, California, a
full suffrage state, is the banner Baby
State. It has the highest birth rate
in the Union, and a very low death
rate. One of the lowest infant death
rates in the United States, 47.7, is' in
Berkeley, California.
In Portland, Oregon, the infant death
rate is 55.1 per 1,000 births; in Spo
kane, • Washington, 57.7. Kansas has
reduced its rate from 120 to 70 since
It adopted a Public Nursing Associa
tion in 1913. Washington gave women
the vote in 1910, California in 1911,
Kansas and Oregon in 1912.
When, of all the civilized world, the
country that has had woman suffrage
the longest has the lowest death rate,
and the countries with the next low
est rate all have woman suffrage, can
there be a doubt that woman suffrage
helps to bring about healthier living
conditions for all the people?
Isn't ft evident that when mothers
are represented in government and
their opinions and interests are con
sulted, babies have a better chance?
Isn't it proved that women with the
ballot do not neglect their homes and
babies?
Giving the ballot to women not only
helps them to do their own work more
effectively, but actually Increases the
wealth of the nation, both in man
power and in dollars and cents.
The lowest rate recorded in
the 1920 World Almanac figures was
in equal suffrage Seattle, Wash.,
where in 1917 it was 6.9 per 1,000
population. The next lowest was 7.0
per 1,000 in Boise, Idaho, in 1918, and
the next was 7.3 in Berkeley, Cal., In
1917.
Full suffrage Colorado pays $1.43
per capita for charities, hospitals and
corrections as against Florida's $1.61.
Colorado has 610 prisoners per 100,-
000 population committed in 1910 as
against Florida's 1,307 per 100,000
population—less than half as many.
According to the United States
census for 1910, the number of pau
pers in almshouses in full suffrage
Kansas was 735 as against Connecti
cut's 2,244.
According to the same census, Con
necticut has the second largest num
ber of paupers of any state in the
Union, 201.3 per 100,000, the largest
number being in New Hampshire,
230.2 per 100,000. Both of these are
male suffrage states. Kansas has 43.5
paupers per 100,000 population. Okla
homa, another full suffrage state, has
the lowest record of all, 2.9 per 100,-
000.
SUFFRAGE IN THE
SOUTHERN STATES
Arkansas and Texas have primary
suffrage.
Florida has municipal suffrage in
charter cities—(about 12 cities). A
bill for primary suffrage passed one
house last year.
Tennessee has municipal and presi
dential suffrage.
Georgia wq§nen have suffrage in the
Atlanta primaries. This was conferred
by the Democratic party committee.
Louisiana had a state referendum
last February which carried the state
except for a comparatively small ad
verse vote in New 7 Orleans, about 4,000.
In North Carolina a bill for munic
ipal suffrage passed one house last
year, and was defeated by only four
vctes in the other house.
In thirty states women are entitled
to vote for the next President. These
states control 339 of the 531 votes in
the electoral college. They contain 17,•
500,000 women voters.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance
Happenings of a Local
and Personal Nature
Ed Scruggs was a business visitor
to Shelby Saturday.
L. C. Low ranee was a visitor to
Gastonia last wee.?,
Jake Ellis Cooper has been quite
sick for the past few days.
Mr. and Mrs. W, L. Tate spent *
Sunday in Rutherfordton.
Sid Cooper, of the C. C. & 0.,
spent last week home-folks.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Blan
ton, on the 10th instant, a fine
daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Skidmore, of
Mfc. Holly, are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Lowrance.
Misses Alice and Fannie King
and Eunice Tate are spending a
week at Lilesville guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. V. King.
_Mrs. W. L. Brown returned Sun
dayto her home at Hot Springs
after spending two weeks with her
mother Mrs. A, L. Mauney.
Mr. Edgar Head and Miss Essie
Whisonant were happily married at
the home of Rev. H. D. Harrill,
on Wednesday August 4th, Rev.
Harrill officiating.
The recent hard rains have got
ten many of the roads in bad con
dition and traveling is disagreeable.
Hard-surface roads would be per
manent and prevent all this
Mrs. L. C. Lowrance, who has
been sick for some time, willbecar
ried to the Rutherford Hospitcl this
week, where it is to be hoped by her
friends that she may receive great
benefit
Miss Bessie ~ McDaniel who has
spent the summer here leave
Friday far a few weeks visit in
Richmond and to New York and
Baltimore before she begins her
winters work at Goldsboro.
Rev. and Mrs. H. D. Harrill had
as their guests the past week-end
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Grider and
Roy and Dee and Mr. Waiter McCol
lough, and son of Rock Hill S. C.
and Mrs. Hutchinson and little
daughter of Bridgewater.
The inclement, weather prevented
maoy people from coming to Forest
City Monday. A few of the horse
traders braved the rain and came
anyway. Arrangements are being
made to have a big gathering here
the second Mondav in September.
Watch for further announcement of
what will be pulled off that day.
The Buck Stove & Range agency
for Rutherford County has been
secured by the Flack Hardware
Company and the first shipment has
arrived. The Buck ranges and
stoves have seventy six years of
experience behind them and they
have stood the test of time. Abso
lutely none better and few as good.
Look for a demonstration date when
a Buck range will be given away.
Basil C. Horn and Miss Mary E.
Hamrick were married Tuesday
at 6:30 a. m., at the home of the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A, V.
Hamrick, of the Sandy Mush section,
by Rev. S. N. Watson. Immediately
after the ceremony the happy couple
were driven to Ellenboro, where
they boarded the train for Washing
ton, Baltimore and other points
North. The many friends of this
popular couple wish them much joy.
The unvelimg of the monument
over the grave of Otis Morrow will
take place at the N. H. Morrow
grave yard, near Mt. Pleasant
Church on Sunday August 15th at
2P. M. The unveiling will be in
charge of the Forest City Camp \T.
O. W., assisted by other local
Catnps. Camps from South Carolina
are expected to be present arriving
here over the C. C. &0. and return
ing on the down train.