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rULL FOR FOREST CITY Vol. IV -No. 32 HENRIETTA NEWS -93 —Miss Mattie Whisnant, W ho has 'been teaching at Daven , 'rt College, returned home last Thursday. Miss Louise Tabor also returned from Davenport last Mrs J. B. Tabor, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Boch, of Winston-Salem, returned home ,S Mr W and Mrs. L. C. Cobb visited relatives and friends in Gaffney, c f Sunday afternoon. _ Mr Perry Wiseman arrived home Monday night from Richmond 7a„ where he has been in school f- r the past season., Mrs. M. W. Belue and children, of Gaffney, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Smith. Mrs A C. Lovelace and chii dren are' spending a few weeks with relatives near Rutherfordton. Miss Mosteller, of near Gaffney, was a shopper at the Henrietta Mills Store, Monday. Miss Olema Flack, Mrs. P. D. Harrill and Miss Clara Harrill, or Forest City, were peasant visitors in town Monday afternoon. Mrs. T. C. Smith spent the week end very pleasantly with Mr. and Mrs. T. Leßoy Smith, of Charlotte. Miss Edna Ervin, who is attend ing the Textile School at Spartan burg, is spending a few days at home. Mr. Clarence Ervin, of Newton, N. C l , is in town for a few days. Ho is an insurance representative for the Junior Order. Mrs. H. R. Camnitz and Miss Lois McMurry spent the day ver" pleasantly in Spartanburg Tues day. We were very sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Fannie Fales. Funeral services were held in the Baptist church Monday afternoon. She was buried in the new ceme tery at Avondale. Miss Lila Freeman, of Cliffside, spent Monday with Mrs. K. P. Pratt. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Harrill have moved to Caroleen. We regret very much to see them leave our community. Many people from here attended the memorial services at Provi dence church Sunday. A very interesting ball game vvas played between Henrietta and Caroleen Saturday afternoon at Henrietta. The score was five to nothing in Henrietta's favor. The big sale at the Henrietta Mills Stores has been a tremen dous success, and will continue until June Ist. If you are look ing for bargains, pay them a visit before you buy. Mrs. E. T. Childs, of Lincolnton, is visiting her mother, Mrs. C. P. Wiseman. Mr. Miles Kennedy, who has been very ill • for some time, is very much better, we are glad to learn. Mrs. J. L. Ooten left last week for Gastonia where she goes to spend some time with relatives. Mr. Willie Lovelace, brother of I)r. T. C. Lovelace, of this place, was a visitor here Tuesdav. MAKING THINGS HUM Among the big sales advertised in .art week's Courier were those oi Efird s, Forest City, and the Henrietta Mills stores. Manager Kemhardt reports that his sale was a success throughout. Re ports from Henrietta and Caroleen are to the effect that Manager Armour had a most successful sak af, JOt h the big stores. Business on over the great county of Rut 1 - ertord seems to be good just now. CLIP OUT THE MOVIE PROGRAMS FOR REFERENCE -uch week in the Courier will iound the Movie program for a week s entertainment, and we would suggest that readers clip t .he programs and save them reference. Then when some one says, "What's on tonight?" oj K l !P' y. ou can be prepar -1 to tell them just what picture j -0 oe shown. Manager Horn "as some splendid pictures com ng, and it will pay you to watch l ne program. DOLLAR DAY A SUCCESS " ~U lffs ide Mills Store put on a , g dollar day special for last Fii v and Saturday, and the event r >ed a most gratifying success e\ery particuar. The big store .was crowded on both days. The of this sale proves verv inclusively the drawing power 'Mulder rtlSing in the Forest Cifcy FORI^^^^HURIER CANDIDATES V FOR eft Candidates ty offices filed 9 follows: ttj For the ris, John P. BesM land, Solomon Gal kins. For Sheriff —H. 1 W. Beason, W. CM For County TM Faqk, Mrs. Minnii For Recorder —(jfl D. Smith. For Register ofl Wilkie, T. H. Ferrl Clerk Superior ! Johnston. Cornor —Perry FL Commissioner, 6 C. Harris, J. A. Mai land. Commissioner, 4 m ' ;: i W. Rollins, E. A. MsH'-ifj Commissioner, 2 F. Watson, D. D. FcH .'jj Board of Educatio® j Jones, J. M. Calton, 1 >1 D. T. McClain, Thtir»J er, Mrs. C. B. Wisft j Hensley, W. W. NaniH In Cool Springs Tel j Constable, W. P. H» Johnson andj Ed. Groseßl trate J. B. Long, Johr* and J. L. Gamble have I The only Republicans! offices last Saturday \M Watson, for Represent* T. Lewis, for Sheriff; a Walker, 6 year term as] sioner; J. O. Ledbetter, term as Commissioner. : K. P. PLANNING ' FOR BIG M Members of the local Knights Pythias, are plann the big district meeting held here next Monday Four o'clock in the afternoon i» the time for the first assembly, which will be followed by a sump tuous supper at 7 P. M. Then back to work. A large crowd of visitors is expected to be present, and the meeting promises to be one of the best ever held here. The Forest City lodge is showing a most healthy growth and is rapidly increasing in membership. Among those to take ranks at the meeting Monday night were J. E. McFarland, Walter Moore and Burnette Harrill. Rutherfordton, May 20—The Philathea Class of the local M. E. Church met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. F. Geer. There were 26 members and visitors present. A very enthusiastic meet ing was held. Misses Jennie Car penter, Louise Justice and Willard Powers were elected delegates to the State Baraca-Philathea con vention in Hendersonville, June 15-18. It is expected that a good delegation will attend the conven tion from this county. The class decided to send a linen shower to Miss Swannie Hes ter, student at the Moody Bible school, Chicago. Miss Hester is a former member of the class. She will complete her course this fall and will go to the foreign fields. About twenty dainty pieces of linen will be sent her, at an early date. After other business was tran sacted, delightful music was furn ished by Mesdames Eaves and Adams and Miss Jo Morrow. The host served a delicious ice course. The Davis-Dickerson-Mills Chap ter, U. D. C., met Friday after noon at the home of Mrs. E. B. Harris. A very interesting meet ing was held. Prof. J. R. Adams, principal, of Wakelon High school, Zebulon, ar rived here last week to spend some time with his parents, Dr. and M. A. Adams. Dr. M. A. Adams,> pastor of the First Baptist church is attending the Southern Baptist convention in Jacksonville, Fla., this week. W. T. Bost, of Raleigh, will fill his place here Sunday. Miss Venetia Waters, who holds an important position in Gas tonia spent the week end here with home folks, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Yelton. Miss Clara Bell Wiyey accompanied her. Attorney S. Gallert attended the Executive Committee in Raleigh meeting of the Democratic State Thursday. Miss Logna Logan, of Great Fall, S. C., spent the week-end here with homefolks. Attorney Kemp Nixon, of Lin colnton, was a visitor here Mon day. PUB LI RUTHERFORDTON Bp it; it IPKere, would sell vour life tonight for a million dollars? No 1 Then why sell ail your eternal iu ture for the silly things of this world. * * * Wealth, honors, pleasures may satisfy the soul for a season, but the season is brief —these things pass away and the soul that trust ed in them is left in empty deso lation. m * # If a man gains the whole Worid and loses his soul he has lost all. # * # Some people are so in love with the dollar that if they should by any luck get into heaven an extra angelic police force would have to be put on duty to keep them from digging gold out of the streets and prizing gems out of the walls * m * Some people just can't be happy unless they enjoy a big spell of blues occasionally. * SJC « Some people think that to be a Christian you have to drag your chin around in the dust! * ♦ # „ There are Christian people right here in Forest City whose cheer fulness never gets above — Hark from the tomb a doleful sound! * * * Whenever you start a revival meeting the can't-do-it-ers always turn out in force and begin to grunt and groan! * # * The only time I want to wear a number 'leven, and use it in grand style, is when I see an of ficer, who has sworn to uphold the law, ignoring violations of the law going on right under his nose. * * * I don't care what church you be long to, are you lined up on God's side in the battle against wrong? * * * I am neither a pessimist nor -in optimist. I stand with the old negro who said that he was pos sumist! When our boys went overseas to help save the LIBERTIES of the world we cheered loud and long, and told them that whan they came back they would find us waiting them with a welcome that would deny them nothing. Now that they have come back and thousands didn't come back, they sleep in Flander's Field —and ask for a pittance to help them get on their feet again we bit terly assail, them and tell them that to grant them what they ask would bring ruin upon the coun try! Great God into what awful depths of baseness and ingrati tude the people have fallen! And what unconscionable liars we have become, I'm for the boys, I m for giving them what they want, the country can never repay them for jsf 1 od 1 e ! clos ''i!kyour ■NIHIIHHBpiv out of «K d e r B. G. Gren i-ife' general song Methodist though, has em m the states in the 'II! associated with 0 : "®®fTleading evangelists of & and is a member of ffV ?||?perdenominational Associa te! m Evangelists, headquarters, :Wiona Lake, Ind; the home town Wf Billy Sunday,, who is one of the directors and leading officials A that body.' He, also like Dr. Carter, is reg ularly engaged in the leading churches of the country, also tabernacle and union meetings. Mr. Grenfell, besides directing the singing, plays the flute and piccolo, which is quite an asset to the music side of the meeting. Here is a comment from one of the Springfield, Mo., papers of he and his work: "Grenfell, the song leader, is small of stature but there has never been a song leader in Springfield before that has gotten so much singing out of our peo ple. What a volume of singing would we have if he were as big as some of the song leaders we have had heretofore." Mr. Grenfell has organized a Junior booster club amongst our girls and boys of the town. Margaret Moore is the captain of the reds and Ollie Tate is cap tain of the blues. There are some interesting features in connection with this booster club, so all girls and boys between the ages of six and fifteen should join one of the sides and be a booster. He is very anxious that we have a real large choir and says with what he heard on Sunday there is plenty of material to furnish one, so all singers of the town are es pecially invited to come and help. NEW EQUIPMENT FOR SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Washington, D. C., May 22. That it may continue ade quately to "Serve the South, Southern. Railway System has re cently placed orders for new equipment consisting of 20 loco motives, 5,390 freight cars of steel construction, 500 automobile cars of steel construction, 100 steel passenger cars, and 250. ca boose cars of steel underframe construction. i The magnitude of the order can j better be appreciated when it is realized that if it were possible to ; place the freight car equipment in one train it would be 47 miles ! from the engine to the caboose. If broken up into trains of an I average length, it would comprise 250 freight trains, or one train ! every 2Vi miles from Weshington ' to Atlanta. The new passenger cars, if 'coupled into one train, would be ! a mile and a half in length from ' the engine to the rear coach, and ] represent 20 trains of the average I length. The coaches are of the latest design and are of all steel construction. In placing this large order for new equipment, which will be de [ livered in time for the fall busi- J ness, the Southern has demon ! strated its faith in the return of ; business prosperity in the South 'and this will place the Southern in position to handle with safety ( and dispatch this increased busi t ness. D COUNTY J. DAVIS NOW WITH SEBREN'S gllpfSV. J. Davis, formerly of es Electric Co., of this j§yiߧft s taken a position with Music Shop at Asheville, SrajjXmeeting with success in his RpH)osition. Mr. Davis is a üB|V and composer of more than R||Hry ability. An Ashevilla HBaper, in speaking of an en iPynment in which he appear iijKays: "The special music by wsm Sebren quartet proved a fea |S?, this group of singers being imposed of E. B. Sebren, G. G. ■igler, W. J. Davis and H. I J. Homberlin." J FLORENCE MILLS NEWS Revs. H. C. Sisk, H. A. Hender son and L. M. Blanton have just closed a successful tent meeting at. Spindale,, and have moved the tent to Eastside Mill at Shelby' and will proceed with the services right early. Little Hazel Hardin spent Sun day with her grandparents in South Carolina. Revs. T. A. Sisk and J. M. Waycaster have moved their new Gospel tent to Cherryville, \vher* they will begin a series of evan gelistic services. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Flack, last week, a fine boy Charles David. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Owens are at the bedside of their daughter, Effie, near Mud Cut. * Mesdames H. C. Sisk, Detta Har ris, and May Belle Wilson were Henrietta visitors. Sunday. Mrs. Ethel Hardin and children are spending the week in South Carolina. Mr. E. E. Sisk and family, -f Henrietta, were pleasant here Monday. WITH J. M. PRICE & SON Mr. V. R. Price, who has been with the Caroleen store for thp past two years, connected with the grocery department, has taken a position with the firm of J. M. Price & Son, of Forest: City. This splendid firm—the "store with a conscience" —is well known all over the county for square dealing and carries a large stock, catering especially to the men and boys. Forest City extends a cordial wel come to Mr. V. R. Price. FORMER EDITOR HULL PRAIS ES PYTHIANS AND COURIER Mr. H. C. Hull, former editor of the Courier, who is npw located at St. Augustine, Fla., wrote to Mr. R. E. Biggerstaff last week, renewing his dues for K. P. in surance, and had the following to say in praise of the local lodge: "I am indeed pleased to note from the Courier that the Pythian banner is still flying in Forest City, and if the boys do as good work in the future as they did in the past year, and keep its stainless folds of red, yellow and blue unfurled to the fair or stormy winds of Heaven, I will in deed be proud of the fact that I did my 'bit' in helping to revive Forest City Lodge, No. 82. Give the boys my best." Mr. Hull's many friends here will be sorry to learn of his mis fortune, where he goes on to say: "I went to work and two weeks ago today had the misfortune to saw the end of my finger off at the first joint. Getting along all right so far, I think, and, will be 0. K. if poison does not set in." In a recent letter to the editor of the Courier, Mr. Hull said: "Pardon my delay in writing to congratulate you on your Easter edition of the Courier. You are certainly getting out a very cred itable and newsy paper, and the business men are supporting you in a most loyal manner. The business men of the entire county have been supporting the Courier in a most loyal manner, indeed, for which we are grateful. The Courier makes service its watchword and slogan and the management will continue to serve tie pecpie of the entire coumy to the best of its ability. The Courier's subscription list been growing by leaps and bounds, we long ago added the Autocaster Service, have added to our equip ment with new type and material, and will continue to spare no ex pense is serving the good people of Rutherford county. CUT OUT THE ADS Boys, remember J. M. Price & Son are offering a suit free to the one saving the largest number rt T, D. Bill ads. Read their ad. $1.50 per year, in Advance CAROLEEN NEWS Large crowds are attending the revival meeting at the Baptist church. Mr. Tate is doing some fine preaching and we are having splendid singing with Profs. Blan ton and Owens leading. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend. We are glad to see Miss Mar garet Lynch out again, after a couple of weeks of illness. Missess Thelma and Ruby Mich ael, who have been visiting their sister, Mrs. M. F. Hamrick, hive returned to their home in Marion. Miss Margaret Sloan, ster.og rapher at the Henrietta Mills, spent the week-end at her home in Bostic. • Mrs. C. A. Long-, accompanied by her niece, Miss Ruth Robert son, motored to Westminster Sat urday and attended the play giv en there Saturday night. Mr. W. E. Owens and family attended the memorial services at Shiloh Sunday. We notice that Mr. M. R. Reid continues to make his calls regu larly at Sandy Mush. Mrs. J. E. Whiteside, with her little grandson, Herman Queens, left Tuesday for Mt. Pleasant to attend the commencement exer cises of the M. P. C. I. Profs. Blanton and Queens have opened up a music store in the store house opposite Hamrick's Cafe. Mr. Palmer Rollins has moved his family into the house vacated by Mr. G. C. Harrill. Miss Eula Ferree spent the week-end with Miss Lillian Logan at Logan and attended the play entitled, "The Little Clodhopper," given at Westminster Saturday night. WASHBURN NEWS The farmers of this section are rushing to finish their planting while the sun shines. Miss Delia Wells, of Nashville, Tenn., after spending a week with Mr. R. L. Wells and family, is visiting relatives in Elenboro. Miss Lucy DePriest gave a par ty Monday night in honor of Miss Delia Wells. Flowers and hearts were the most interesting features of the evening. The guests brought flowers of their choice and hearts, too. Mr. E. N. Washburn and family motored to Charlotte Sunday, vis iting Mrs. Washburn's brother, Mr. Thomas Horton. Mr. Horton, a former resident of our commun ity, is now a prominent business man of Charlotte. The Club girls will give an ice cream supper at Washburn school house Saturday night, May 27th. Music and a good time. Come. Chidren's Day will be observed at Salem June 11th. Watch for the announcement of the drama to be given at Wash burn schoolhouse in June. WEST END NEWS Mr. A. C. Brackett and mothor, of Casar, N. C., visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Harrill last Sunday. the , "Queen's Gospel Quartet Singers" attended the Memorial services at Union, N. C., last Sun day and sang to over three thou sand people. Mr. Edgar Williams, of Caro leen, made a "short stop" at the home of Mr. T. L. Queen Sunday afternoon. Miss Ada Hoyle and brother, Parmer, of Casar, N. C., visited Miss Leaffie Queen Sunday after* noon. We are glad to note that Mrs. Williamson, who has been on the sick list for some time, is im proving fast. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Taylor, of Ellenboro, visited in West End Sunday. Miss Hamie Queen is home on a visit from Spartanburg. Mr. R. C. Smith and family, cf Avondale, visited homefolks here Saturday. The Gospel singer quartet, com posed of Queen and Queen, Wil liams and Williams, will leave this week-end for Concord, N. 0., where they will do a lot of work in the "Music Patch." BIG SAMPLE SALE Mr. W. A. Harrill, of Ellenboro, the merchant who makes things move, has advertised another of his big sample sales in this issue of the Courier. See the ad. and then read hand bills for the many bargains. When Mr, Harrill puts on a sale he always gives big bar gain prices on everything otterea. 8 PAGES 48 COLUMNS