PULL
FOR
FOREST
CITY
rOL. V—No. 4
EVERYTHING IN READINESS FOR
BIG CELEBRATION SATURDAY
The Big Steel Flag Pole Now Ready For Unfurling
of Old Glory Armistice Day
Soldier Boys and Visitors From Every Section of County
Coming To Join in Big Event—All Ex-Service
Men Requested To Wear Uniforms
MUSIC BY THE CELEBRATED CLIFFSIDE BAND
THE PROGRAM
10-00. Musical Selection Cliffside Band
10:15. Address of Welcome Speaker Selected
10-30 Sons— '.America" Schools of the County
J Foot Race ....... E. & W. Shirt
By Forest City Courier.
11.00 Three Legged Race Cap to Each Winner
Prizes by C. S. Hemphill.
11:15. Bicycle Race Prize, Eversharp Pencil
By Peoples Drug Store
11:45. Tug of War Upper vs. Lower End of County
12:00. Lunch. All ex-soldiers will be served free by the
Ladies of the town.
1:00. All ex-soldiers and schools of the county will fo-m
in line for parade at old school building.
1:45. Prize to largest number cf pupils representing any
school of the county (except Forest City).
$5.00 given by Quality Grocery Store.
2:00. Flag Raising Ceremony.
Address by Dr. R. J. Bateman, of Asheville.
3:15. Wrestling Match Two best in three falls
Prize, box of cigars by Rexall Drug Store.
3:45. High Jump, Broad Jump, Standing Jump, Shot put.
SI.OO prize for each event.
4:00. Basket Ball Forest City vs. Old Fort.
One Uniform, by Flack Hdwe Co.
Greasy Pole Climbing. $5.00 prize by J. M. Price & Son.
Horse Traders Union —Best pair horses br mules coming
to town, $5.00; Moss & McDaniel.
Prettiest baby shown in Moss Furniture Store between
1 P. M. and 2 P. M. —choice baby chair.
Handsomest young lady, 15 to 25, in Horn's Cash Store
1 t~ 2 o'clock, a choice pair of oxfords.
Tire to fit oldest Buick automobile coming to town on
the above date; given by Forest City Motor Co.
Largest load of persons on truck or wagon coming to the
celebration—loo lbs. good Flour, by Jones Grocery Co.
To any ex-soldier who will marry, his license and minis
ter's fees will be furnished I free by Long Drug Co.
visiting Padgett & King's, 1 to 2 P. M., a
nicafl^^Bpread.
leatures. every
where will enjoy this special fea
ture.
111 making complete arrange
ments lor the soldiers and sailors,
who will be the especial honor
guests, the comfort and pleasure
of visitors has not been overlook
ed. Come to Forest City Satur
day and help in celebrating the
most notable event of the cen
tury—Armistice Day.
The big steel flag pole, 85 feet
"igh, for the display of the stars
a pd stripes, was placed in posi
tion in the park Tuesday. At
nights the flag pole will be light
ed with an electric arc which can
be seen for niiles around. A 15-
loot flag, donated by Efird's De
partment Store, will be ready for
the flag raising ceremony at 2
P- ni. Saturday.
The Betterment Club held its
last meeting at the home of Mrs.
e ulah Moore Wednesday after
noon, at which time all arrange
ments were completed for their
Part in the event.
W illis Towery Post, American
Region, has also completed all ar
rangements to the minutest de-
FOREST CITY COURIER
I The participation of the
;s at Rutherfordton and Cliff-:
makes the event a county
-3 affair^
emember to lend your presence
this occasion, for the success
-vhich our Legion posts have
ired diligently. Let's show
appreciation of the war heroes
making the Armistice Day j
bration the success so earnest- j
lesired by the ones who are j
ring the movement.
)'me to Forest City Saturday!:
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The Committees.
slow we publish the various,
mittees, which have striven;
:1 for the success of the day: j
xecutive—Mr. J. F. Alexander, j
Mrs. J. F. Alexander, Mrs. I. B. 1
Covington, Mrs. C. E. Alcock, Mrs.!
T. R. Padgett, Chas. Flack, Dr. [
T. J. Wilkins, Capt. B. L. Smith, j
Entertainment —Mrs. W. C. Bos- j
tic, Mrs. R. E. Biggerstaff, Mrs. j
C. E. Alcock, Mrs. T. R. Padgett, j
Mrs. W. L. Brown, M. D. Harrill, I
Dr. J. W. Wilkins, Chas, Flack, j
Program—C. E. Sanders, C. E.!
Alcock, M. D. Harrill, Chas. Flack, j
W. L. Brown, V. T. Davis.
Rutherfordton—R. E. Price, Ray,
Harrill, Mr. Donegan.
Cliffside—Chas. Moore, Palmer
Harrill.
Henrietta—Jarald Mahaffey.
Caroleen—Grover Hardin, Mr.
Hill.
Alexander's Mill—Terry' Moore,'
Arthur White.
Spindale—Clyde Ellis.
Bostic —Broadus Moore, Geo.
Smith.
Ellenboro—James Beam, Austin
Harrill.
Red Cross—Miss Margaret j
Young, Mrs. F. I. Barber, I. B.;
Covington.
Finance—Dr. T. J. Wilkins, M.
D. Harrill, Oscar Price, Chas.
Flack.
PUBLISHED IN THE BUSIEST, BEST, BIGGEST AND FASTEST GROWING CITY IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 9, 1922
1. t-A iIOX Y ear. r I
COUNTY GOFS
DEMOCRATIC BY
1200 VOTES
State Will Probabty Exceed 60,-
000 Majority—New York and
Possibly Ohio and Indiana
Democratic.
Just before going to press,
Gudger W. Edwards, Chairman of
the Democratic Executive Com
mittee, announced that incom
plete returns indicated a Demo
cratic victory in Rutherford coun
ty of 1,200 majority. Three small
precincts were missing when these
figures were given out.
Several Republicans in Forest
City dispute the figures as given
out at Democratic headquarters,
and it will take the official count
to determine the actual result.
However, there seems no doubt
but what there is an increased
Democratic majority in the coun
ty.
The Courier regrets that the
official count could not be obtain
ed, but these figures will not be
ANNUAL RED CROSS ROLL CALL STARTS SATURDAY
■ f Another Tiny Reason for Red Cross.
' Cn the very eve starting the art- I
nual Red Cross Roll Call, Nov. 11, |
comes thi# picture from Smyrna I
showing one cf thousands of tiny g
tots who lost father, mother and 1
home at the hands of the Turks. 1
Red Cross was active in the Near g Ji/ ' " "'V
East Relief work of rescue. 1 X
Don't you want to help? g JffiM-J.-, --Mm
mgm
A MESSAGE FROM MANAGER HOPKINS
Mr. Harry L. Hopkins, manager
' southern Division, American Red
i Cross, Atlanta, Ga., sends the fol
! lowing message to friends in this
county:
| To the members and friends of
' the Red Cross: It is impossible
! for me to meet all of you person
| ally as I should like to do, but I
; am enabled to say a. word direct
!ly to you through the courtesy
and co-operation of the Forest
j City Courier.
The Annual Red Cross Roll Call
:will be held November 11-30 this
j year. Will you not write or speak
an encouraging word to Mr. I. B.
: Covington, Chm. Red Cross Chap
ter; Mrs. W. C. Bostic, Vice Chm,
available until 48 hours after our
regular time of going- to press.
It is said that Robert Twitty
j independent candidate for County
(Commissioner, polled 1200 votes.
| A statement is sent out from
! Raleigh that incomplete returns
j indicate a Democratic majority of
| over 60,000 in North Carolina.
Ten Democratic candidates for
i Congress have swept the State,
iln the eighth, ninth and tenth
| districts, where the Republican
! vote has hitherto been heavier
j than in other parts of the state,
ian increased Democratic majority
1 is shown.
Congressman Weaver, of this
district, has an increased major
ity.
Gov. Alfred E. Smith, Democrat,
iis conceded the election by his
| Republican opponent in New
York.
In Ohio the result is in doubt,
with a chance of Democratic suc
cess.
Tennessee elects a Democratic
governor, while it will take the
count to decide the issue in Indi
ana.
FINE GIRL
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Rein'nardt Wednesday evening,
November 1, a daughter, Gladys
Smith.
or Miss Margaret Young:, Execu
tive Secretary, Forest City.
Tell them you will help with
the Roll Call in your neighbor
hood. or that you will renew your
membership.
Your Red Cross Chapter is or
should be one of the forces for
the progressive betterment of your
county, but your Chapter and the
national organization are depend
ent upon public support. Locally
and nationally, Red Cross officers
will appreciate your active co-oper
ation and pledge yoa their best
efforts to keep the organization
faithful to its obligations to dis
abled ex-soldiers and in its many
other services to the country.
DEBATE AT BOILING SPRINGS
The following program will be
rendered at Boiling Springs high
school, Saturday, Nov. 11:
Address by President—W. T.
Brown.
Scherzo . Brillante, Duet—Mary
Barnes and Gladys McClure.
Declamation —"The World a
Whispering Gallery"—J. Wesley
Davis.
My Little Sunflower Goodnight
—Solo —Mary Sue Pruett.
Oration—"The Dignity of La-
Reading—"Matrimonial Experi
bor"—J. J. Sparks,
ment —Edith Harrell.
DEBATE
Query: Resolved, that an in
come tax is a desirable part of
the scheme of taxation.
Affirmative—Frank Barnes, Paul
Howell.
Negative, Grady Putnam, Joe D.
Hamrick.
Male Quartett —Messrs. Ham
rick, Barnes, Beach and Hamrick.
Marshals, Hartness Gibson,
Chief; Dewey Piummer, Leonard
Triplett.
THE RUTHERFORD FAIR
Rutherfordton, Nov. 7. —I am
'sending- herewith an itemized list
|of the premiums awarded at the
j third annual county fair.
I am sure that the readers of
your paper will appreciate your
publishing this 1 ist, and will
[allow me in behalf of the Fair
i Association to thank you for the
co-operation and interest your pa
per has manifested.
Through your columns we de
sire to thank the exhibitors and
patrons for the good will and in
terest throughout the fair.
It is inevitable that some mis
takes should be made, but the
coifimittee and the superintendents
of the several departments have
done all they could to treat every
one with justice and impartial
ity and so far as possible will be
glad to correct mistakes.
We desire that every citizen
shall take a personal pride in the
County Fair and will appreciate
any suggestions for the improve-,
ment of fairs to be held in the
future.
The association is on a firm
financial basis and if we have the
co-opertion of the people of the
county we will have the best coun
ty fair in the State.
Yours truly,
0. C. ERWIN,
Secretary.
A partial list of premium win
ners is published this week. The
remainder will follow next week.
RADIO SERVICE
Long's drug store has proven a
popular place gince the installa
tion of the radio service. Every
evening the store is crowded to
hear the splendid programs. .
A FINE BOY
Born, Monday, November 6, to
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Byrd, a son
—Eugene, J.
$1.50 per year, in Advance
HANDSOME NEW
BANK BUILDING
AT CAROLEEN
Farmers Bank & Trust Co. Goes
Into New Structure, Which is
Modernly Equipped Through
out.
The handsome new bank build
ing at Caroleen was occupied by
the Farmers Bank & Trust Co.
last Monday, when they moved in
from the old quarters in Cooper
town.
The new bank building is a
handsome structure, 25x60 feet,
with an elegant eighteen foot
high front composed of beautiful
Indiana limestone, and makes a
striking appearance. The build
ing is modern throughout, fire
and burglar proof, with an entire
new set of fixtures. Inside the tiled
floors and mahogany finish gives
a touch of elegant refinement,
where everything for the comfort
and convenience of the public is
added. The building is steam
heatecl and well lighted, and car
ries fire and burglar insurance.
The bookkeeping is done on the
Burroughs ledger posting machine,
and every modern safeguard and
convenience has been added.
The Caroleen bank is backed by
the entire resources of the Farm
ers Bank & Trust Company, with
total resources of more than one
and a quarter million dollars. The
force is composed of Mr. W. V.
Smith, cashier; Mr. W. L. Hicks,
assistant cashier, and Mrs. Claire
McCardwell, bookkeeper, who com
pose the officials ol' the Caroleen
bank. They enjoy the supervision
of the officers of the parent bank
at Forest City, composed of
Messrs. B. B. Doggett, president;
J. H. Thomas, vice president, and
K. S. Tanner, treasurer of Hen
rietta Mills, nlso vice president,
all of whom take an active inter
est in the affairs of the institu
tion.
The Carolecn branch of the
Farmers Bank & Trust Co. was
opened June 20, 1910, and has
steadily grown into its present
high financial standing and in
the confidence of the people. With
the new and commodious quar
ters, backed by a splendid set of
officers, the future of this popu
lar institution is assured.
FREE PASS TO MOVIE
Mr. W. L. Horn, proprietor of
The Movie, announces in this issue
that he will give a 30 day pass
to the one writing the best ar
ticle on "Why I Attend the
Movies."
Sharpen your oencil and make
a try for the prize. Make your
composition short and to the
point, and \>ite only on one side
of your paper. The winning ar
ticle will published in The Cour
ier.
Turn in your aitic'e at The
Movie window Saturday.
Get busy. You may be the win
ner.
LADIES' REST ROOM
The Farmers Hardware Co. an
nounces that they h.ave prepared a
ladies rest room for the accorn
dation of visitors on Armistice
day. All are invited to call and
make themselves at home.
ELLENBORO NEWS
ivi rs. R. P. Blanton, of Lincoln
ton, spent the week-end with her
mother, Mrs. Margaret Harrill.
Miss Pauline Harrelson spent
the week-end with homefolkes in
Cherryville.
Mr. Rex Long and Miss Leah
Martin left Saturday afternoon
for Hoi lis, where they are to
teach this winter.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Connor,
Ennis Connor and Mrs. C. L. Har
rill went to Chimney Rock Sun
day
The Flower Show, held here last
Friday and Saturday, was a great
success. A beautiful collection of
chrysanthemums, dahli.is, roses
and ferns were displayed.
Miss Madge Harrill, of this
place, who is now working in
Charlotte, has been very sick, but
is improving.
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