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SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SCHOOL
BONDS TO BE HELD MOHDAT
Fores. City Will Either Go forward or Backward,
According to Result of Tiiis Election
let E'. eiy Citizen, Especially the Ladies, Vote On This
Important Issue—Our City Must Go Forward
WHY VOTE FOR BONDS?
BECAUSE—
-I.—Your vote is against the issue until you vote for it.
2—We must have a school building. That which we have
is a barn or worse.
3.—The new building has been erected at a very reason
able cost.
4.-If we are to get the building we have to pay for it.
| s.—Bonds will make less taxes for the interest will be less
and the time in which to pay it longer.
6—lt will make business prosper, while defeat will bring
scorn and dishonor on the town for years to come.
7.—We owe it to our children. It is the next best thing
j to helping them find the Salvation of Jesus Christ.
The i • ' d election ,"or the is
suance ? town of Forest City,
0 f SC r,( 1 h!? in the amount of
g50,0 ■ held here 011 Mon
day, 1 • ;r ' : -
There is no such tning as "hav-,
ing nothing' to do with this elec-'
tion." Every registered voter
stands against the success of this
proposition until he or she places
his ballot in the box in favor of
the bonds. Do not let anybody
deceive you. You must vote for
this question or your name counts
against it just the same as if you
voted against it. j
Our present school buildings are
an absolute disgrace to any civiliz
ed community. They are dirty,
sooty, smoky, cold, damp, iigiy,
ot properly lighted—a real men
ace to the health of the children.
Hardly a day passes that some
room does not have to set with
burning eyes from smoke, breathe
soot, or be chilled for lack of
proper warmth. When it rains
the water pours in. Six grades
or section.; of grades are without
a place to go to school, for the
old Baptist church has to be given
up. If you do not believe this,
ask your children or go see for
yourself. Our duty is plain. We
must have a building!
Our new school building has
been erected at a very reasonable
cost. The amount originally voted
v '3s for a school less than half
1 the enrollment at present. The
increase necessitated enlarging ch-e
auditorium and providing twelve
addtional rooms. Seats have to
Put in. Every cent is being
wisely spent and will be account
for ir a published statement. •
It we are to get this building
must pay for it. Little JL
doing charity work,
are not charity subjects. We
can an, l will pay for what our
town needs. j
l!l ° Me;>! way to pay for in-!
is by bonds, for they;
g lss .ued for a long period of j
in this case for thirty!
-- 1G interest on bonds is'
thi S case it cannot be !
et per cent. All the folks'
*l° come to _ Forest City for ;
[ oaVs will help pay for our
wool building. ,And they should, j
tlla help use it and get;
good °f it. The new build- j
to,, V 1 . (!iTIW Hew business; the!
Mr ~) uslncss turn will help!
m'.i : e cast . of the school that 1
fir»■ i I)oss^le - Money borrowed j
L'L . 0 state has to be paid 1
lear; ■ n years and in twenty |
iw',' : v other loan would j
LT ai li ' nc short term an d at I
W er if n ;  r °f' ! Taxes will be 1
ifthJ. onds are vote(l than
t 0 5 '' defeated. It is easy;
k Pall l '' at if a thing has t0
couM 1 ,r ' payments that
lake ,r Pa "! in thirt y> it wi,!
year , h " tunes a s much each
coml s h t -° over . the business that
follow, t ? wn tbe twenty years
ChiM has no share - If you
Or vot- ICI - taxGS » s tay at home
the bonds ' if y° ll
H vn+ xes ? £° t0 the polls
kli r bonds
fe tou-n SS p g '° 1 0cl ! n a progress
lconitvi" • eop^e to live in
t that goes forward.
Wst'r" '' y a rea t boom to
lew u v: lo have this handsome
'table t ' Mills find Pro-
J school buildings at
forest
their own expense. Our building
represents the concerted spirit of
the town and therefore is all the
greater credit to the town. To
i /•'"eai, the issue would be to take
: backw--;.id step. We would be
i.ux.c-; uo.vn on.' We would reap
to ourselves scorn and disgust.
People would say "I don't w\t
to live in a town that is not for
progress." Hang your heads if
the bond election fails to cari'3 r .
Much as we pride our town,
cherish progress and hate high
taxes, the chiefest reason why we
should vote for bonds is that it
is our duty to our children. The
children of any community is its
chief asset and chief hope. If we
give our children the proper edu
cation we give them the next best
thing to the salvation of Jesus
Christ. If we educate our chil
dren they can make money; if
we give them money without edu
cation they will lose it. Best of
all, education enables boys and
girls to grow into lives of ser
vice. The future will differ from
the past. If your boy is to take
as high place in the world as you
have taken, he must have better
school opportunities. Opportuni
ties are greater; therefore, com
petition is stronger and respon
sibilities larger. Brain investuent
pays the largest dividends in this
world.
The bond election will carry:
but it w T on't unless the voters
cast their ballots. Men and wo
men, rise above prejudice, rise
above selfishness and greed, rise
above indifference. Forest Citv
is being weighed in balances.
Will she be found wanting? There
are just three things that can
defeat the bonds; namely, greed,
prejudice, and indifference. They
are all unworthy of a Christian
community. Do what a Christian
spirit dictates and the w T riter will
cheerfully accept the results.
SUBSCRIBER.
A FINE BOY
One of the most interesting
events of the past wcvek was the
announcement of the birth of a
son to Capt. and Mrs. B. L. Smith.
The stork's visit came on Thanks
giving. Mrs. Smith is at the
General Hospital at Spartanburg,
and at last reports she and the
fine young- man were both getting
along nicely. The young fellow
has been named for his illustrious
I dad—Benjamin L. Smith. It is
said that Capt. B. L. Smith, Jr.,
i has already been elected as mascot
! at the High School. There is no
! more popular couple in the state
than Capt. and Mrs. Smith and
they have been almost overwhelm
ed with congratulations over the
arrival of the fine boy.
MOVES INTO NEW QUARTEFo
T. C. Whisnant & Son, the popu
lar wholesale firm formerly locat
ed on Depot street, have moved
into commodious new quarters in
the new James building on E.
Main street, where they have
greatly added to their fine stock
of goods and are better prepared
to serve their large list of cus
tomers. This progressive firm
has made great strides since com
ing to Forest City and their suc
cess is well deserved.
PUBLISHED IN THE BUSIEST, BEST, BIGGEST AND FASTEST GROWING CITY IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 1522
The Grand Finale
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HENRIETTA NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Moore spent
Thanksgiving in Hendersonville,
enjoying the day with Mr. and
Mrs. P. E. Rolilns.
Miss Liliian Belk spent the
week-end here, visiting Mrs. K.
B. Pratt.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Babington,
of Shelby, spent Thursdaj' most
pleasantly with Mr. and Mrs. R.
L. Armour.
Mr. S. P. Verner enjoyed the
Thanksgiving holidays with his
family at Bjrevard. Since his re
turn Sunday night he has been
suffering an attack of grippe and
has not been pble to attend school.
We hope his condition will soon
be better.
Mrs. M. W. Belue and two chil
dren, of Gaffney, S. C., have been
spending- a few days here, visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Smith Mrs.
Belue's parents. They returned
home Monday.
Miss Ostine Whisnant, who is
teaching at Washburn this year,
spent Thanksgiving at home.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Hamrick.
Miss Alma Whitaker and Louie
Smith enjoyed a bountiful Thanks
giving dinner v/ith Miss Elma
Scoggins at her home in Morcs
boro.
Mr. J. E. Christopher spent a
few days at his home in Pickens,
S. C., last week.
Mrs. Durham Moore, of Shelby,
is here to spend a few days with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Hamrick.
Mrs. C. B. Wiseman spent
Thursday in Lincolnton w T ith her
daughter, Mrs. Theron Chiles.
Mr. Will Smith, who is with the
W. L. Fanning Co. of Shelby, en
joyed the day with his family
here Thursday.
Pvliss Francis Postelle, who has
been taking treatment at the
hospital in Asheville, has return
ed home and is much improved.
We are indeed glad to see her
able to be home and out and hope
her condition will continue to
improve.
Miss Edrie Boylston spent
Thanksgiving at her home in
Greenville, S. C. Miss Marietta
Dandridge accompanied he>%
spending the holidays most plea
santly- in her home.
Misses Virginia Edwards and
Dovie Sue Harris spent Thanks
giving at their home in Ruthei
forclton.
Mrs. A. C. Lovelace had as her
guest from Thursday until Sat
urday, Miss Carolyn Hall, who is
a member of the school faculty
at Rutherfordton. They were old
college mates and the visit was in
deed an enjoyable one.
Mr. John Webb, who has been
working for several months in
Florida, returned home Saturday
to spend a few T days.
Misses O'Lema Flock and Clara
Harrill spent the holidays at their
homes in Forest iCty.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Methodist church will give their
annual Christmas bazaar at the
Welfare House Saturday night.
1 Dinner and supper will be served
to the public and every one is
I urged to come and help in tlii.s
I worthy cause.
Miss Annabelle Sane enjoyed
; Thanksgiving at her home in
Campobello, S. C.
; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Flowers
! left Tuesday-for Darlington, S.
C., where they go to spen a few
; days with relatives and friends.
Mrs. I\. B. Pratt enjoyed.
Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs.
H. R. Camitz at Caroleen.
CAROLEEN NEWS
Most of the teachers were out'
'of town for the holidays. Miss
Heath spent Thanksgiving with
| friends at Waco. Miss Ollie Mae
; Gold spent Thanksgiving at
• Shelby with her parents. Miss
t Starnes spent Thanksgiving at
, her home in Granite Falls.
! Miss Carrie Beason, of Ruther
! fordton, spent Sunday with her
; sister, Mrs. Fred McDaniel.
Mr. Dock Philips spent Sunday
: with Mr. J. L. Philips.
i
Mr. J. D. Mauney and daugh
! ter, Sue, and Sarah Hughes, spent
Saturday in Charlotte
Mrs. J. H. Edwards spent s e
i week-end with her parents, I\lr.
j and Mrs. J. W. Piercy.
. Misses Thelma and Ruby jtlich
j ael were pleasant visitors of Mr.
| and Mrs. F. M. Hamrick during
i the holidays.
i Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Francis and
! children visited Mr. T. S. Watson
I of Mt. Vernon.
Miss Smathers spent the week
end at Henery, N. C., with Mr-.
North Gaunt.
Miss Leona Edgerton spent
Thanksgiving at home in Mill
Springs, Nl C.
Mr. D. F. Beachboard and fam
ily, accompanied by Miss Reba
Philips, spent Thanksgiving in
Asheville and Chimney Rock.
Mr. Buren Philips spent Thurs
day in Greenville, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Harvey and
 son were the guests of Mr. and
| Mrs. B. A. Stalnaker Thanksgiv
ing day.
Mr. W. V. Smith and family
spent the week-end in Waco with
Mrs. Smith's parents.
Messrs. H. L. Cudd, B. S. Haney
and J. R. Lynch made a business
trip to Charlotte and Salisbury
Monday and Tuesday.
Several boys from here attended
the football game at Greenville, S.
C., Thursday.
Rev. W. T. Tate took the girls
auxiliary of the Baptist church
on a ride to Boiling Springs
Thanksgiving day. They had a
delightful time.
Rev. W. T. Tate gave the de?.-
cons of the Baptist church an oys
ter supper Friday night, Dec. 1.
They report a fine time.
The Caroleen Baptist church gave
a Thanksgiving dinner at the
pastorium Thursday.
A full house enjoyed "Carmen,"
a first-class picture, given at the
• Caroleen hall Tuesday evening.
The regular meeting of the
Caroieen Parent-Teachers' Associa
tion will be held at the Methodist
j church Thursday p. m. Education
will be the general topic for dis
cussion. Prof. W. R. Hill will be
:he principal speaker for the occa
sion. All the parents are request
id to be present. A full house
is expected.
The Parent-Teachers' Associa
tion has been of a great service
to the town at large. Much in
terest has been manifested in all
the meetings which have been held
The organization brings the par
ents to closer facts 111 regard to
what their children have been do
ing in school.
The Parent-Teachers are putting
much stress on "Education Week."
Caroleen has just cause .for being
very proud of this wonderful or
ganization.
TWO GREAT SERMONS
i BY REV. O. L. STRINGFIELD
i
! Rev. 0. L. Stringfield, supply pas
tor of the First Baptist church,
, has announced that he will preach
to men and boys only and to
1 ladies only next Sunday.
! The sermon to men and boys
will be delivered ac the Metho
dist church at 3 o'clock p. m.
At 4 o'clock he will deliver his
address to ladies at the Baptist
church.
Following is a skeleton of the
' two great addresses:
To Men and Boys Only.
I.—The most wonderful thing
of this earth is the love ot a
girl, or woman for the man who
has won her heart.
2. —The man who fails to take
in the meaning of a woman's love
' is more of an animal than a man,
and the fewer the children oorn
to him the better off the world
will be.
3. —To abuse this love is to
bring life-time regrets tc hi n
self, and besides becomes unworthy
of the respect of all men.
4.—The thousands of our girls
in our reformatories hang like
ghosts about the heads cf those
men who made it necessary for
us to shut up the girls as from
lions and wild beasts.
s.—The kind of girl you want
for your wife—pure as an angel,
as to character.
6. —What is man's highest of
fice in the social world? He is
the PROTECTOR of girls and
women.
How she depends upon him! 1
Why do women so highly honor
soldiers? How handsome the sol
dier looks to her in his uniform,
16 shooter on his shoulder march
ing off to protect her honor.
7.—From this minute will you
protect girls like you want boys
to protect your sisters?
To Girls and Women Only,
j 1. —A woman's real place 111 the
world is not fixed by the cloth
ing she wears, by the work chc
does for a living, whether making
sox or pies or writing lucters,
but in .the adornment of her soul
(1 Pet. 3:4, Titus 2:3-5, Col. 3:18-
20).
2. —She is a great factor in tne
first institution the Lord estab
lished —the Home. She is to settle
the question as to whether it
shall be a home or a boarding
house. The Lord marries some
and the devil marries some. The
devil's greatest thrust is at the
home life, destroying the sacred
ness of the girl's, the woman's
$1.50 per year, in Advance
COUNTY OFFICERS
ARE INSTALLED
11 lit he r ford County's New Officials
Are Given Oath of Office ai
Rutherfordton last Monday.
Rutherfordton, Dec. s.—New
county officers were jiven the
oath of office last Monday. There
are very few new faces at the court
house, notable among the new of
ficers being Mrs. Minnie Fortune
Blanton, who succeeds Mr. J. F.
I Jack as Treasurer. She is the
widow of the late T. R. Blanton
of Forest City.: She is the daugh
ter of Mr. ; r 1 "Irs. Tom Fortune
and is 38 ;.„a. ; • .. he is the
mother of three children. She will
do light housekeeping- here with
Mr. and Mrs. Plato C. Rollins. Site
was educated at Forest City High
school and Fassifern, Lincolnton
' and has always been active in
public aff. s. - /coeds Mr,
!J. F. Flack, who has been trea
surer four years.. defeated
him in the primary by 11 votes.
Mr. M. T. Wilkie was sworn in
as Register of Deeds. He begins
his third term, or fifth year.
Mr. D. ' . begins the
second tern}, or filth year as
Clerk of Court.
Sheriff J. W. Beason began his
third term, or sth year as s her it',.
Mr. W. G. Harris took the oath
for county commisisoncr for six
years. He was elected chairman
of the board. He has just served
two years and has been on tlie
board previous to the last term.
Mr. G. W. Rollins took the oath
for the four-year term. He ser
ved one term of two years pre
vious to Monday.
Mr. G. F. Watson succeeds Mr.
D. D. Fortune for the two-year
term.
Recorder 0. C. Erwin takes oath
January Ist while the Supt. of
Schools goes in the first Monday
in July and the board of Edu
cation the first Monday in April.
The last Legislature changed this
law as they formerly went in the
first Monday in July.
UNION MILLS NEWS
Lewis-Gofcrth Wedding.
A marriage of interest to the
many f;| ?nds of the contracting
parties was that of Mr. Frank
Gofoith and Miss Annie Lewis
which occurred in Marion on
Thursday, Nov. 23rd. This bride
is a daughter of Mrs. Hattie
Lewis, of Union Mills, and the
Jate Charles M. Lewis. She was
educated at Round Hill Academy
and the North Carolina College
for Women, at Greensboro, and
is widely acquainted throughout
this section »»f the state. Mr. Go
forth is the youngest son of Post
master and Mrs. C. C. Goforth.
i and holds an important position
with the Southern Railway. Botr.
the bride and groom are from
prominent families, and have the
congratulations and best wishes oI
a large number of friends.
GEER —W ATKINS
Mr. Van Watkins, son of Mr
Will Watkins of this city, and
Miss Bessie Lou Geer, of Ruther
fordton, Route 4, were married at
the Methodist parsonage last Sat
urday morning at 7 o'clock by
Rev. Parker Holmes. The couple
have the best wishes of a host of
friends.
person and manners —this he
strives to do by keeping girls and
women in ignorance as t"> what
it means for a girl to be immo
destly clothed, to dance, to see
immodest pictures, to allow men
and boys to even touch more that
the tips of their fingers, to ride
in autos without a very safe
chaperone, to have dates with boys
before she is old enough to take
in what real love is, nor how te
know love when she sees it, for
real love never yet brought re
grets to its object.
3.—Why do boy s deceive girls,
fool girls, as we say? Nine tenths
get too soft towards boys and the
boys get tired of it.
4.—Failing to ring the 10 o'clock
bell has ruined many a home.
5. —Our girls who n-'cd a re
formatory are no more capable of
making homes than are our con
victs to make fine citizens.
6— Things that are more sol
emn than graveyai ds —wrecked
lives in and out of a reformatory
-7 to sit in company.
B.—How to win a husbanu ana
keep him won.
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