„ Aside Your Little Hammer. Buy a Horn. Blow Into It. Make a Noise For This Town. Yon Will Be Heard Winch Is Worth More, a live Tree or a Dead Tree'
FOREST CITY COURIER
folume II No. 46
•'Live —laugh—learn—the time will come when you
s 't" Learn to laugh and you will live longer, and the
,ger you stay with our programs, the more you learn
d the more you laugh. Laughing helps your appetite
d saves doctor bills.
Our Pictures are From the Greatest Productions of the
o test Writers by the Most Prominent Stars. For Your
J You Cannot Afford to Miss Them
Friday, August 27th
ijthe Serial, Trailed By Three,"
jiwhi 'b comes a Snub Pollard
uedyana a Pathe News,
Saturday, August 28th
bzimova in "Red Lantern''
oaHuro'd Lloyd Corned v.
IIOVA TO BE SEEN
IN "THE RED LANTERN"
mous Star in Remarkable
lay at the Movie Threatre
:\A2l>;O;va. -
szimova. the distinguished Rus
istar, wi.l be the feature, in the
erf u.Metro super-feature, "The
Lantern, at t.:ie Movie Thei
oa Saturday. In it she w seen
(frai roe. which gives her op
acity fur the mo>t powerful
actenzations of her brilliant
jr.
Ie two roles which she enacts
is w; ie' v different as the poles —
is that of the Eurasian general,
let. ana the other Blanche,
English half-sister,
ie story teiis of the life of this
cast girl. who, born in a coffin
lin the Chinese quarter of
a. is at the death of her grand
er, taken to the Christian Mis
sod brought up amidst Europen
Ouuding. Theconfiicting blood
■a surges in her veins causes
passionate restlessness —she
toe .a re of China, the mysterious
passionate land cf her mother,
foe inheritance of her English
the ideals and intellect of the
strong within her and she
ea ball in the hands of Fa'e —
!tn one extreme to the other,
ne becomes the powerful
iden of China—the Goddess
id Latern —is shown in this
remarkable and startling
ngs where all the mysti
gorgeousness of the vivid
into a powerful and
ing drama. The lure of the
orbidden City — thecustoms
•erstitisns of secret China—
?eous pageantry and pomp
surrounds the Orient with
glamour is shown with a
f magic which brings ro
prodaction is one of clever
w ith a star of rare genuis
% supported bysuch noted
a sDarrell Foss, Noah Beery,
■'Urrier, Winter Hall, Mrs.
e > irginia Ross, Edward J.
y> Amy Van Ness, Harry
Eagle Eye. Yukio Aeo
The production wasdirected
Cape llani and produced
the personal supervision of
1 larger, directer-general.
August 30th
' featuring Joe
: J an Paige. With this
Comedy and a Sun
r'-el comedy. A good
program for you to start the week
on • ,
Tuesday, August 31st
Vivian Rich, in "The World of
Folly," a Society Drama of mother
love and intrigue—a genuine story
of everyday life.
The Story of "A
World of Folly"
All went well in the home of
Raoul Blair until his beautiful wife,
Helene (VIVIAN RICH), met the
unscrupulous Duke
Tremaine. Tremaine was a typical
sportsman, and his capture of the
, polo championship greatly increased
! his popularity with the ladies.
Helene Blair loved her husband
devotedly, but he did not return
her affection in like degree; at least
this was her feeling, for he was
constantly engrossed in business,
giving her little of.his time.
When Duke Tremaine first saw
Heiene she caught his fancy. One
day fortune smiled on tne polocham
! pion. who was striving for an in
troduction, for he saved her two
small children from a threatened
automobile accident. To her
j gratitude Helene invited the phiv
lalrous Tremaine to a ball at the Blair
home. Here hisattentions to Helene
became marked.
Tremaine had promised to marry
Jeanne, with whom he lived, but
after he saw Helene he decided to
cast aside his affianced. Later
Tremaine, who had come to be a
frequent visitor at the Blair home,
overdid his attention? to Helene
and she repulsed him. Then her
husband told her that gossip had
been started regarding Tremaine's
visits, and Helene wrote and told
her admirer that she did not wish
to see him again.
One day at his club Blair received
, a mysterious telephone call to the
'effect that Tremaine was with his
wife. Rushing home, he reached
there as his wife was trying to send
Tremaine away. Tremaine hid and
Helene foolishly denied to her hus
band that* he was there. Blair
; searched and found Tremaine, who
jumped off the balcony and escaped.
Helene was denounced by her hus
band, and a separation followed —
Blair being given custody over the
children.
Tremainejilted his fiancee Jeanne,
and the latter, to get revenge, told
Blair that Helene was innocent and
; that she, Jeanne, had made the
| mysterious telephone call to the
| club in order to compromise Helene.
I Blair rushed to Helene and found
j her struggling with Tremaine, who
had forced his way intto the ♦house.
Blair torced Tremaine to confess
i
and ordered him out of the house
the same way Le had gone before —
over the balcony. Tremaine was
found injured on the lawn below by
Jeanne, who forgivingly took him
home. Helene and Raoul were re
united and made happy.
Wednesday, Sept. Ist
Pathe Serial, '"Bound and Gag
ged." Also a two-reel Century or
i Rainbow Comedy and an Interna
tional News.
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Notice to High School
Students
There will be a "get-together"
meeting and watermelon feast on the
school lawn Friday evening Aug. 27
! from 6:30 till 8:30 P. M. All present
students of the High School are in
vited to attend. Boys will be expected
to bring a melon each.
Benj. L. Smith.
GREATER FOREST CITY'S OWN HOME NEWSPAPER
FOREST CITY, NQRTHCAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26. 1920
New School Building
Through misunderstanding op
position has grown up against the
erecting of the temporary school
building. I believe people want to
do what is best to do; and for that
reason this article is written.
Someone has said, "It's a waste,
why not put that sum into the new
building?"
There is no fund available for the
erection of a new building and will
not be till the case is fought out in
Court.
Someone else has said, It will
make an excuse for putting off the
erectiog of a modern building.
The bonds voted, were for the
especial purpose of putting up a
new building and the money can
only be used for that purpose, and
just as soon as the fundsareobtained
they will be spent for the erection
of a building.
The town has outgrown its school
accomodations. There will be 2)0
children without a place to attend
school. The one and onlv question
in regard to the temporary building
is this, is Forest City willing to
spend the paltry sum of four or five
thousand dollars to accomodate 200
children, or will it squeezeits purse
and say to the children of this town,
no!
There is no use saying the town
is not able. It has paved its streets.
Would you 'make the thoroughfare
of trade smoother than the ro;:d of
your children? It has put in a
beautiful white-way to beajtify the
town; would you lock your child in
a cell of ignorance darker than the
blackest night? The day following
the request for the temporary
building the town was able to buy
a fire truck. Would water out wood
and brick, while your cnild lies
smoulderingunder a tireof illiteracy ?
The truck is good insurance; but
a man would be foolish to spend his
earnings for insurance and let his
family starve. The town has ex
pressed its willingness to pay its
part on paving the road from here
to Rutherford ton at a cost of §9 000
a mile. And yet somebody would
be willing to keep 200 children out
of school for a whole year—not his
children to be sure, but somebody's.
There is a loan fund that can be
obtained in February to refund this
sum. The bank has expressed its
willingness to advance this money.
The thing the town is asked to do is
endorse so that this building can be
put up now.
The statement of the U. S Govern
ment is taken anywhere. We accept
a little piece of paper for a dollar
because Uncle Sam has sethis stamp
on it and said it is worth a dollar.
He has placed a value of $25 on a
school day to one child. If you will
multiply 2UO by $25 you will get
$5,000. That is what the temporary
building is worth to Forest City in
dollars and cents for one day. If
you will multiply 15,000 by 160,
the number of days in the school
term, you will get SBOO,OOO. That
is what the temporary building is
worth to Forest City for eight
months. If you will show me an
investment that will declare a
divideud in excess of 20.000 per
cent, I shall reccmeL'd that the town
leave off the erection of the building,
ADd yet, the best part of an educa
tion cannot be measured in dollars
and cents. In the name of 200 chil
dren "crying in the night, and
never a word but a cry" let's quit
kicking, lets do our duty. No roan
who wants to do right can mistake
it.
Benj. L. Smith.
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J. C. Harrill, proprietor of the
Quality Grocery, will be in his new
place next week, where he will have
everything sanitary and up-to-date.
He was in Spartanburg this week
buying fixtures and new stock. He is
pushing off his present stock to save
moving, and hopes to open the new
place with everything new, and of the
best quality. Watch The Courier next
week for his announcement.
Don't fail to see our school supplies
before buying.
Long Drug Co.
William Butler, who has been visit
ing here, has returned to his studies at
Cecil's Business in Spartanburg,
Misses Fannie and Alice King have
returned home after a pleasant .visit
to relatives and friends in Lilesviile.
Small lots of cement can be
bought at the Henrieta Mills, Caroleen,
this week.*
Newsy Letter From
Thriving Cliffside
Cliffside, N. C. August 23, 1920,
We were glad to have with us the
Oxford Orphan Class from the Ma
sonic Orphanage at Oxford from Sa
turday afternoon till Monday morn
ing. The Class presented a splendid
program and reflected much, honor
upon themselves and those who
trained them. The program was
rendered in the Hall Saturday night
befor a large and appreciative audi
ence. The Class also sang at the Bap
tist Church Sunday morning.
Willie Hoy and Romeo Milwood left
last week to enter school at the Farm
School at Ashe yllle.
R. E. Camp a former townsman
| and family of Lincolnton visited
friends here last week.
i F.. B Jarrett and wife and Miss
! Bess Freeman visited friends and
relatives in and near L T nion Mills
I iast week.
Misses Ethylene McCraw. Mary
Crawford and Ed Crawford were
pleasant visitors here Saturday.
Misses Willie and Minnie Carpen
ter spent the week end with Miss
Verua Humphries at Gaffsey.
A number of our people attended
a birthday dinner at the home of C.
Wiison near Lattimore Sunday,
i Among those who enjoyed the
: good eats were B. H. Wiison and
children, W. B. Wilson and family,
J. B Freeman and wife Memory and
Erastus Freeman Miss Nora Freeman
and T. L. Wilson.
We regret to note that B R. Hicks,
assistant Supt. of the Mills will
| move his family to Alexander this
week where he has accepted an im
i portant position with The Alexander
i Company. We are cognizant that
! we lose one of the most estimable
j families in the town. The Church
| too, will feel the loss of this family,
and Alexander will have added to
; it's growing population another
worthy family.
M issCoda Carpenter entered school
at Round Hill this week.
Livingston Freeman returned Fri
; day from the summer School at
[Union Mills.
- Miss Stella McConnell returned
Sunday from her home at Franklin
wheie she spent her vacation.
Miss Naomi Wells of the Mt.
Vernon section is the guest of Miss
Geneva James.
Audrey Humphries spent the
week end with home-folks (?) in
Gaffney.
Deck Wilson has returned from the
Northern markets where he has
purchased a big lot of goods for the
Cliffside Mills Stores.
The wedding bells have been ring
ing again. ThomasLawing and Miss
Mae Mashburn were happily maried
Sunday. We failed to get complete
details concerning the ceremony.
We join their many friends in
wishing them much Joy.
We learn t-tat. another marriage
was solemnized last Saturday after
noon near Cliffside when Miss Besie
McCraw became the bride of Howard
Burgess of Marion. Mrs. Burgess
is the attrac-tive daughter of Mr.
and Mrs J. C. McCraw who reside
just out of to and is an estimable
young woman of charming manner.
We tender our best wishes to this
young couple.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Darby of
Clinton, N. C., are the gusts of Dr.
and Mrs. J. S. Rudisill Mrs. Dardy
,a sister of Mrs. Rudisill, has many
friends here,having taugnt here in
the School a few years ago. Mr.
Darby is principal of the Clinton
School,
Mr. —Goforth, of Kings Mountain
is visiting his sons nere. Hatcher,
Lee and Harry Goforth,
Miss Lillie McCuDs of Charlotte
is the guest of Misses Willie and
Minnie Carpenter.
Justice Davidson and family are
spending this week with friends
and relatives at Gaffney.
The Haynes Band gave a concert
Sunday afternoon which was en
joyed by the people of the town and
visitors.
Z. O. Jenkins and family accompa
nied by Miss Smith, of East Avon
dale, attended the concert given by
the Oxford Orphan Class Saturday
night.
Frank Shull, of Baltimore, is the
guest of his brother, Dr. J. R. Shull.
John Burrus, of Washington, D.
C , is here visiting his parents, Rev.
and Mrs. J. A. Burrus.
Mai Wilson and G. K. Moore Jr
are spending their vacation at Nor
folk, Va,
Miss Belle Allen is expected
here the last of this week to take
chnrge of the Millinery Dept. of the
Cliffside Mills Store, Miss Allen has
just returned from the northern
market and is at her home in
Spartanburg resting a few days.
Miss Mabel Erwin spent the week
end at Waco.
Prof, and Mrs. Clyde Erwin are
away on vacation and will return
some time next week to prepare for
the opening of the school.
The Girl's Auxiliary of the Babtist-
Church delightfully entertained the
Royal Ambassadors at the pretty
home of Mrs. J. F. Scruggs last Fri
day night. There was a large crowd
of tho young people present and the
home was beautifully decorated with
the G. A. colors white and green.
The color scheme was tastefully
carried out in the flower decorated.
After several interesting games'
music, etc., the G. A.'s led the R. A.
to the spacious rear porch and
yard where they enjoyed about a
dozen of the largest and most Oeli
cious water melons we ever saw.
The entire evening was one of solid
fun and pleasure and the R. A.'s are
at a loss to know just what todo to
"retaliate" with a good time as the
G. A.'s gave them.
Misses Virginia and Nell Moore.
Jessie and Geneva James and Miss
Naomi Welis, accompanied by
Messrs, Chas. Moore and Loyd Shu
ford visited in Boiling Springs
Sunday afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. D. J. Hunt have
for their guests Mrs. Hunts' mother
and sister Mrs. Gardin and Mrs.
Poteat of Nealsville.
Born to Mr. R G. Hollifield last
Saturday a bov.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Cambell
spent the week with Mr. and Mrs.
O. R. McDaniel of Charlotte.
Miss Virginia Edwards who is
taking a businesscou rse atCharlotte
spent the week end here with home
folts.
Miss Mollie Burrus and cousin,
Mr. Edgar Burrus of Rock ford,
are visiting the family of Rev, J.
A. Burrus.
Mr. B. B. Mr.Muhan and family of
Charlotte are the gues.s of Mr. Mc-
Mahan's brother-in-law Mr. B li.
Hicks
Born to Mr nndMrs. C. H. Wilson
last Saturday another girl.
The speed law is being enforced
in this vicinity and twenty-six have
been rounded up recently.
Little Miss Beth Padgett of near
Mt. Vernon has been visiting her
cousin Miss Ruth Wilson.
The following have entered school
at, Boiling Springs: Mr Marion
Blanton and Misses Lila Freeman.
Odessa and Esther Hightower and
Melrose Hawkins.
Mt. Pleasant News.
The ice cream supper Saturday
night was a decided success; SBS
was raised, the proceeds going to
help seat the church.
Miss Marv Willie Davis won the
cake for the prettiest girl.
The Home Demonstration Club
met Wednesday afternoon. On
account of illness Mrs- L. A. Hol
land resigned as president; Mrs. G.
W T . Rollins was elected. The next
meeting shall be with the president
Ist Wednesday of September at 10
a. m. You are requested to bring
lunch and spend the day. Various
things will be canned.
Mrs. Eunice Silvers, and children
of Shelby, attended the wedding of
Mr. Basil Horn and Miss Mary
Hamrick.
Mr. and Mrs. B C. Harris, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Henson and Mr.
Arthur Hicks, of Atlanta, Ga.,
visited Mrs. A. V. Hamrick.
Miss Louise Rollins, of Charlotte,
is visitingher parents for a few days.
Miss Ruth Rollins and Mayo For
tune left last week for Boiling
Springs.
Miss Addie Summie, of Alexander,
spent the week-end with Miss
Ruby Holland.
Mr. W. N. McDaniel has pur
chased a new Chevrolet.
Crawford Lancaster and Miss
Floe McDaniel were married August
Ist. We wish for * them a long life
of happiness and success.
A revival meeting will start Lt
Mt. Pleasant Church Friday. Rev.
W. T. Tate will assist Rev. A. H.
Sims.
Is He A Nut?
A short time ago "Dock" Moore
was out in the country and stopped
at a home where there were some
pet squirrels which he immediately
began to play with.
The young lady of the house be
came immediately concerned about
"Dock" and told him to get away
from the cage before they eat him up.
•'Dock" was interested and en
quired if they weren't tame, and
if tame, they surely wouldn't bite.
"Yes," she replied, "tbey are
tame, and they won't bite —anybody,
but they are so fond of "nuts."
Dock, in a very meditative mood,
slowly mended his way toward
Hickory Nut Gap.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance
Happenings of a Local
and Personal Nature
Guy Harrill was the guest of Miss
Helen Griffin Monday night.
Misses Margaret and Nell Young,
are visiting in Lilesville, the guests of
Miss Mary Long.
J. T. Powell spent the week-end in
Chesnee, S. C. with his sister, Mrs.
George Skape.
Mrs. John W. Daniel left yesterday
for High Shoals, where she will make
her home. Mr. Daniel has accepted a
position there.
A good clothing salesman wanted.
To 6ne who can qualify, a good propo
sition will be made. Apply to Forest
City Bargain Store.
Mesdames J. T. Powell, A. W.
McMahan and Mary Powell spent Sun
day in Shelby, visiting friends and
relatives and report a pleasant time.
Mesdames L. Snipes, of Hemlock,
J. H, Newmau and children and Wade
White, of Charlotte, were all visiting
their sister, Mrs. Julia Tollison, in
Forest City, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Crawford moved
Tuesday to their recent purchase out
beyond the Seaboard depot. John
Poole, who purchased Mr. Crawford's
home on Cherry Mountain St., has
moved into it.
Mrs. Fred Heath from Boston, is
visiting in Forest City, the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. Billie Lehr. Mr.
and Mrs. Lehr are with the Lehr £:
Williams Stock Co., which is now play
ing here, to large audiences each night.
J. L. Womack, a former citizen ot
this county, but who for the past half
century has been a resident of Macon,
Ga., has been here for several days
renewing old acquaintances, and shak
ing hands with old ' friends. He will
return home this week.
The Dr. Mcßrayer lands in the Frog
Level section sold well last Saturday.
J. D. Ledbetter, as selling agent,
offers quite a tract of land for sale at
auction on Sept. 4th. See the ad in
this paper. This is a good opportunity
to get a home at your own price and
easy terms.
It is quite a jolly bunch of fun-makers
with the Lehr & Williams Stock Co.,
now showing here, They are putting
on some good bills and have made a hit
witl our people. In private life, they
are just plain, everyday folks like the
rest of us, and are glad to mix and
mingle with the Forest City boys.
They go from here to Lincolnton. There
is one, "Little Florence" whom some
think ought to stay here because she is
so beautiful and pleasant. "Oh! we've
got to stop.
O. T. Huntley and wife have moved
to town and occupying the residence
recently purchased by him; and in
which Ed Parton lived. Mr. Huntley is
engaged in the insurance business here,
being associated with Forest Justice.
They intend branching out and adding
lines of insurance and handle stocks
and bonds.
Ed Parton has moved to his farm
near Gilkey. He said he couldn't get
a house here, so would go back where
he did have one he could live in.
Special prices on school supplies.
Long Drug Co.
Mrs. A. L. Burge and daughter,
Texie Duke, and little grand-daughter,
Jewel, left Monday for their home in
Amarillo, Texas, after spending some
time With her brother, J. L. Gamble,
and other relatives and friends here.
They were accompanied by her brother,
and little son, Hubert, to Black Mount
ain where he will spend a few days
with his daughter, Mrs. Lee R. Moffitt.
R. E. Biggerstaff "took a week off"
last week and spent most of the time
in Easley, with his daughter, Mrs.
Gary Hiott. Mr. Biggerstaff came
back an enthusiastic booster for the
town, and says all Forest City needs
is to have a few W. D. Spearman's
locate here.
The Forest City Bargain Store is
changing the store room recently
vacated by the Farmer's Hardware Co.,
and will get moved in this week. They
are enlarging their stock and adding
new lines, and will carry a complete line
of clothing and gents furnishings.
Watch for their ad in this paper next
week.