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Fresh Norfolk Oysters
Circle K Hams
Bost's Butter Flake
Bread
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Nice Green Lettuce
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California Celery
Red Cranberries
Choice Grapes
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Apples
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Oranges
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Bananas
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Grape Fruit
Lemons
Walnuts
Pecans
Nigger 'foes
Plum Pudding
Everything that goes in
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hi MRS. C. E. ALCOCK
The help of friends will make this column more incerestinp. Please
eall 140 and report items for this column. All news items of interest to
women are welcomed.
Miss Margaret Sloan spent Tues-
I day shopping in Charlotte.
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Rev. H. C. Sisk visited in- town
Monday.
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Mrs. Sam Abernethy is real sick
with the "flu".
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Mrs. E. W. Huntly and Mrs. Fuller
spent Monday in Shelby shopping.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jones are
all smiles over a baby girl.
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Little Hazel Bridges has been real
sick but is improving.
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Mr. C. C. Lawrence spent Friday
in Charlotte on business.
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Mrs. Syd Cooper and children left
j last week for St. Paul, Va.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ike Biggerstaff were
Shoppers in Shelby Saturday.
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Mi's. Edgar Huntley had for her
supper guest Sunday night, Miss
Pearl Hardin.
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» Mrs. John Hamrick who has been
sick with the "flu" is able to be out
again.
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Mrs. Bunion Henderson and baby
have returned home after spending
a week with her mother in Chesnee.
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Mrs. Edgar Huntley and son, Ted,
and Miss Pearl Hardin spent Sat
urday in Shelby shopping.
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Mr. Hiram Watkins, of Charlotte,
spent Sunday here with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Watkins.
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Miss Polly Huggins, of Shelby
spent the week-end here with Miss
Margaret Young.
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Mrs. A. S. Lipscomb will leave this j
week to spend the holidays in Gaff
ney.
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Miss Willie Sue Mauney, of Ly
man, S. C., was the week-end guest
i of Misses Katherine and Ruth Dorsey.
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Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Stevens, of
Carlton, Ga., spent Saturday and
Sunday here with Dr. and Mrs. W.
C. Bostic, Jr.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Harrill and
Mrs. Alamae Davis Ellis and Miss
Mary Davis were shopping Thurs
day in Charlotte.
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Mr. Joseph Womble, of Mars Hill
College, Mars Hill, spent the week
end here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Womble.
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Misses Mary Crowell and Virginia
Calhoun, of Shelby spent Sunday
afternoon here with Mrs. A. W.
Falvey.
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Mr. and Mrs. C- R- Harrill and
children, of Asheville, spent Sun
day here at the home of his grand
mother, Mrs. H. D. Harrill.
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' Misses Katie Mae Toms and Maiy
D. Palmer, of Lawndale were the
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilber Mcßrayer.
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Mrs. R. S. McCluney, Miss Maude
McCluney and Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Blackburn visited in Chesnee, S. C.,
last Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fuller Proctor, Mr.]
and Mrs. Edgar Huntly and son, and j
Miss Elsie Proctor spent Sunday in.
Polk county. j
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Miss Minnie Arledge, of Columbus
and Mr. Roone Arledge, of New
York City, spent the week-end here
with their sister, Mrs. W.. C. Bostic
and Dr. Bostic, Sr.
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The sale of Mr. A. V. Hamrick,
conducted by Huntley & Wilkie last
Saturday was largely attended. It is
reported that quite a lot of the off
erings were sold at a good price.
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Mr. W. L. Horn attended the mid
winter convention of the Carolina
motion picture owners' association in
Charlotte Monday. Prominent motion
picture operators from over the state
were present. A feature of the meet
ing was a banquet at Hotel Charlotte
Monday night.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1928
! Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Athens, of
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| Charlotte, spent Saturday and Sun
j day here with Mrs. Athens' parents
i Mr. and S. R. Suber. Mr. and Mrs.
J Athens' have just returned from a
delightful visit to Mr. Athens' rel
atives in Europe.
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| Misses Hazel Price, "Tim" and
| Esther Rollins and Mr. Charles
j Sumney attended the foot-ball game
Saturday between University of
North Carolina and Duke University
in Chapel Hill.
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Mr. John W. Dalton left Monday
■ night for Richmond, Va., where he
I was called on account of the illness
| of Mrs. Dalton who is spending some
,time there with her brother, Mr.
; Carlisle Mcßorie who is in the hos
| pital for treatment.
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I Mrs. Allie Miller and father, Mr.
! S. S. McKinney, of near Ellenboro,
| have moved to Forest City and occu
j pied the residence on the Huntley
'■ chicken farm, on Cherry Mountain
I street.
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j BAPTIST W. M. S. ELECTS
•j OFFICERS FOR YEAR
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Beginning on Monday, December
3, the Woman's Missionary Society
of the First Baptist church met each
afternoon throughout the week to
observe the week of prayer for
j Foreign missions.
Splendid programs were rendered
by the different circles and although
the "flu" was raging there was an
i average attendance each day of four
j teen members during the week. Fri
jday afternoon the Young Matron's
J were in charge of the program. Their
subject was "China'* and was very
interesting. The monthly business
meeting was then held. Personal
service report: Visits to sick, strang
| ers and shut-ins, 225; garments giv
: en, 33; trays sent out 56; flowers
■ given, 51; collection"*?or missions;
$68.75; to charity, $21.50; other ob
jects $10.00; orphanage, $5.00; To-
Ital $104.75. East Main street Circle
sent a box to Alexander school, valu
ed at $191.25. Total collection for
the year for missions $702.26. Of
ficers for the year 1929 were then
elected. All the old officers were re
elected except the president. Mrs. B.
B. Doggett has been the loyal and
faithful president for six years. Mrs.
■ W. L. Stallings was elected president
| for the year 1929. The officers are
as follows: President, Mrs. W. L.
Stallings; vice-president, Mrs. W. A.
; Ayers; secretary, Mrs. Carl Huntley;
(treasurer, Mrs. W. R. Harrill; organ
ized personal service committee, Mrs.
' T. O. Vernon; reporter, Mrs. W. C.
j Blanton.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
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[ The friends of Nellie Doggett sur
' prised her Monday night with a
birthday party, honoring her 10th
birthday. There were a number of in
teresting games played after which
j refreshments were served. Many
j gave nice presents. Those present
i were, Ona Hutchins, Ruth Towery,
| Ruby Hardin, Pauline Hutchins, Ro
j nell Towery, Viola Sisk, Hazel Hard
in, Clara Bell Hardin. Everet Toney,
Carl Hardin, Doyle Hardin, A. C.
Hudlow, Roy Hardin, Carl Sisk. They
all went away wishing her many
j more happy birthdays.
BIRTHDAY ROOK PARTY
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j Philip Chambers observed his fif-
I teenth birthday at his home here
J Wednesday, December 5, with a rook
party. The home was beautifully dec
orated suggestive of the Christ
i mas season. Six tables of rook were
played, the high score prizes going
to Hazel Harrill and Carter Thomas.
Following the games Mrs. Chambers
served a salad course to twenty-four
guests.
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ELECTED SPONSOR OF
WEAVER JUNIOR CLASS
Weaverville, Dec. 11. —Miss Jos
ephine Young, daughter of Mrs. M.
M. Young, of Forest City, R-2, who
is student at Weaver College, Weav
erville, N. C., has beeft elected spon
sor of the Weaver College junior
class. Miss Young is one of the most
popular students in Weaver College .
and is making a great many friends
among her class mates.
WOMAN'S CLUB ;
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Welfare Dept. Needs Clothes
The Welfare department of the
Womans' Club is greatly in need of
warm clothes for both boys and girls
of school age. If you have any boys'
suits in sizes that will fit a boy 8
to 14 years old, please send them at
once to Mrs. Geo. R. Gillespie, chair
man of the Welfare department. We
are asking that every house keeper
look over their wardrobes and see if
there are any clothes they can give
to some needy person at this time.
Please do not send soiled clothing,
as we -can not handle these. >
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Christmas Stockings
The Womans' Club members are
packing Christmas stockings for the
soldiers at Oteen Hospital. Anyone,
whether a member of the club or not,
may fill one of these stockings. Mrs.
A. W. Falvey has the stockings and
if you care to fill one call at her
home for a stocking at once. All
stockings must be shipped by De
cember 20, so it is urgent that this
matter he attended to at your earliest
convenience.
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HOPEWELL NEWS
Ellenboro, R-2, Dec. 12.—The
friends of Mr. Braidy Robbins sur
prised him with a birthday party on
last Tuesday night. Among those
present were Misses Alma Robbins,
Marie Robbins, ,Estelle Spratt, Don
na Bridges, Dorcas Bridges, Mrs. Ida
Robbins, Mrs. Madge Carpenter, and
little Master Jennings Carpenter, Mr.
Gifton Black, Cheaner Bridges,
Grady Hamrick, Van McDonald, Ro
land Bridges, Ray Bridges, Loren
Davis, Horace Bridges, Elmer Guf
fey, R. J. Guffey, Coy Ramsey, Rom
ie Ramsey.
All present reported a nice time.
The friends of Master Kermit
Bridges will be glad to hear that he
is recovering from a long illness of
heart trouble and it is hoped he will
soon be well and in school.
The friends of Miss Dovie Bridges
are sorry to note that she is very
sick at the time of this writing. We
hope she will soon be well again.
Mr. Lester Bridges is very sick with
"flu" at this time. His friends wish
him u speedy recovery.
Mr. James Fite and other mem
bers of his family have all got the
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For the men, we would suggest that you see our suits and ov
ercoats before you buy for the holiday season.
Petty's Shoppe
Forest City, N. C.
"flu". The family have the sympa-|
thy of friends and neighbors.
The little son of Mr. A. A. Owens |
is seriously sick at the time of this j
writing. His friends hope he will soon j
be well and in school again.
Miss Lois Swink gave a cotton j
picking on last Wednesday night, j
Lots of cotton was picked and all.
present reported a nice time.
Mr. Erman Ramsey of Mooresbo-j
ro spent last Saturday night with his '
cousins Coy and Romie Ramsey. *
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HORN'S THEATRE I
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Program, December 13, 14 and 15 ;
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13
Richard Barthelmess in "SCAR
LET SEAS."
Never has Dick Barthelmess play
ed a more stirring role!
Fearless and feared scrappy
i and happy he's the Barthelmess
jof "The Patent Leather Kid," "The
j Noose," andr "Fury" rolled into one!
f Play."
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14
Hoot Gibson in "A TRICK OF
j HEARTS."
j A Western drama that's as differ
| ent as night is from day.
j A wild and wolly Western town —
run by women—hard-fisted gun-tot
ing women, who believed they were
as good as any gang of bad men.
Episode No. 9 "Blake of Scotland
j Yard" and Comedy "Helen's Ha
! rem Scarem."
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15
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; Renee Adoree and Conrad Nagel,
|in "THE MICHIGAN KID" by Rex
j Beach.
• He cheated at cards, he cheated at
j love, and he cheated at honor.
| Beyond all question the most mag
■ nificent outdoor picture ever screen
! ed. A forest fire that pales into in
significance anything that has ever
gone before—a ride for life in a
frail canoe through the mad whirl of
treacherous mountain rapids.
Chase Comedy—"Never the Dames
[Shall Meet."
J Under a new order a government
| agent is prohibited from employing
| his wife as a stenographer. Who
said governments were heartless?
J AWAITS BABY'S AMPUTATED
TAIL
Baltimore.—Dr. Schultz of Johns
j Hopkins Medical School is awaiting
[a specimen of the "missing link."
J Two or three weeks ago a baby was
! born in Knoxville, Tenn., with an
; unmistakable tail, seven inches long.
.It was immediately removed'by a
j surgeon and promised to Dr. Schultz
. for §tudy. There are about 25 cases
. known to science, says Dr. Schultz,
j of babies born with tails.
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I TAKEN FOR MAN SHE SUES
| St. Louis, Suits for $90,000
i damages have been filed against the
| Coronado Hotel by a woman guest
| who charges that the house detec
i tive slandered her when he broke in
to her room, suspecting she was a
: man because of a heavy voice in
' duced by a cold.
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' BUYS A TRUNK AND
FINDS A BODY IN IT
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Vancover, B. C., —J. E. Butts pur
chased a trunk for sl4 at an "un
i claimed baggage" sale at a railway
' station. Inside he found a minia
' (ture casket containing the dismem
«bered body of a Japanese. The trunk
. j was lined and hermetically sealed
j with metal. Resting on the casket
- was an imperial Japanese passport,
. made out to Hisamata Zaa, forty
? eight, a native of Okinawa Ken. The
j trunk had been in the custody of the
i Canadian Pacific for a year.
"F" AS IN "PHONOGRAPH"
Salem, Mass.—An athlete wearing
ithe letter "F" on his sweater was
asked what it stood for and he said
"Philadelphia?'
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Forest City, N. G.