NEW HOPE NEWS
Harris, R-l, Sept. 30.—Mr. Esley j
Davidson and family, of Bessemer j
City, spent the week-end at the home
of his father, Mr. W. P. Davidson.
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Mr. L. D. Wilkie, and family and
Mr. W. P. Wilkie, and family attend
ed the Randall reunion at Oak Grove
near Ellenboro Sunday.
Mr. Lee Cudd was a visitor in
Charlotte Thursday.
Mrs. C. M. Harris attended the
funeral of her sister, at Columbus,
Sunday.
A number of the young folks en
joyed a surprise party at Mr. Will
Strickland's Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Taylor, and
Mr. Hollis Taylor were visitors at
Mr. L. D. Wilkie's Saturday night. ,
Mrs. T. D. Kennedy and Misses
Ola, Alice, Vivian and Eunice Ken
nedy were visitors in Spartanburg,
S. C. Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wofford Davidson,
of Spindale, spent the week-end with
relatives in this community.
Mrs. Seth Davis and Miss Pearl,
Davis and Mrs. John Taylor were;
visitors at Mr. L. D. Wilkie's Friday j
afternoons ' j
Miss Lillian Lancaster visited Miss- j
es Ferne and Bernice Hines Sunday
afternoon. v f
Mr. Marion Turner, of Boiling j
Springs spent the week-end with j
home folks.
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Mr. Banner Taylor, spent Satur-1
day night with Mr. Wonnar Hopper, i
Mr. L. D. Wilkie and family and
Mr. W. P. Wilkie and family attend-1
ed the funeral of Mr. R. J. Wilkie, |
at Shiloh, Sunday afternoon.
Mr. G. .S. Kennedy, Mrs. T. D. j
Kennedy and Miss Ola Kennedy were j
visitors in Rerest City one day last j
week.
Mr. Broughton Strickland, of Boil-:
ing Springs, spent the week-end with
home folks.
A large number of the young folks
gave Mr. Bonner Davidson a surprise
birthday party Saturday night. A
mong those present were: Misses Lela
Alice and Vivian v Kennedy, Belle,
Marie and Genelle Parris, Myrtle
Jolly, Ila Mae Hopper, Opal and
Venella Turner. Messrs Robert and
Bonnar Taylor, Dewey Kennedy,
Gerald Hine's, Roy Deck, Clifton Mc-
Murray, Clifford and Vester Roach,
Marion and Waldon Turner, George e
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and Theron Jolley, Hoyt Parris, Bu
ford Lancaster and Wonnar Hopper.
Cakes, candy and bananas were serv
i ed. All had an enjoyable time.
A large number attended the sing
-1 ing convention at Sandy Springs Sun
day afternoon.
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FOREST CITY DEFEATS
HARRIS TEAM 6-3
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The Florence Pirates easily defeat
ed Harris Saturday afternoon on the
local diamond in a very interesting
base ball game, 6-3. Forest City made
a four run rally in the fourth inning,
a lead that Harris was never able to
overcome. Forest City stopped an
eight inning rally with a double play,
Lipscomb to Gurley to Keeter, the
only threat that they staged during
the entire game. Keeter led the hit
i ting with 3 hits out of 5 trips to the
plate. Keeter is leading the league
\in bat, ting with an average of .542.
Owens and Phillips was runner-up in
the hitting Saturday, with 2 hits out
of four tries. Splawn and L. Robbins
were the hitting stars lor the visitors
1 with 3 hits each. This was the third
I game of a five-game series to decide
i the championship of The Textile Lea
| gue. Forest City has won two games
j and Harris has won one. Forest City
; will play Harris the fourth game Sat
urday afternoon at Harris.
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RUTHERFORD STUDENTS
ORGANIZE AT BOONE
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Boone, Sept. 30.—The students
from Rutherford county attending
the Appalachian State Teachers col
lege, met in the Assembly Hall of
Lowell Home recently for the pur
i pose of organizing the county club,
i The following officers were elected:
| President, Hazel Buff; secretary and
■treasurer, Emma Koone; reporter,
, Louise Camp; program chairman,
Beatrice Whitehead; social commit
, tee, Hazel Biggerstaff; sponsor Prof.
I. G. Greer.
The members are as follows:
Hazel Biggerstaff, Leona Deviney,
and Hazel Buff, Rutherfordton;
Louise Camp, Cliff side; Ostine Whis
nant, Henrietta; Beatrice White
head and Fannie Carpenter, Mt. Ver
non; Emma Koone, Linsay Waters
and Jonas Waters, Gilkey; Joe
Womble, Forest City; Durham Brack
et and Roosevelt Hunt, Hollis.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, T HURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1929.
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j M.*H;tMorse .of Wyoming,, lowa,^a t veteran of the*Union;forces, |
believes i that t this»ear of. corn ■is ? a\wonderful [ talisman.f At |th 6 |
I G.I AS Reconvention held at Portland, Maine, the corn was |
center of attraction. At two national conventions of the G. A. |
| R.,* this, same rear of corn, was'carried by him.*,He isishowing it |
S to»William B.\Webber t of i Massachusetts.* The 'cornj averaged 88 |
5 bushels to an acre and ran 14 feet high. No wonder, the old-timer |
I is proud of his unusual mascot.'-(Herbert Photos, New York,- N.Y.)'|
MOORESBORO R-!
Mooresboro, R-l, Sept. 30.—A so
cial event of the fall season was the
handkerchief and towel shower giv
en at High Shoals, Saturday after
noon by the primary and junior de
partment, also the teachers in honor
of Miss Vera Whitaker, whose mar
riage to Mr. Fletcher McGinnis, of
Shelby, will take place soon. The
outstanding feature of the occasion
was the mock wedding of little Miss
Joyce Parris and Master Billie Rol
lins, which created much merriment
and fun. Many interesting games and
contests were enjoyed after which
delicious refreshments were served
consisting of ice cream, cake and
candy. Miss Whitiker received a large
number of handkerchiefs and towels.
Mrs. Mollie Padgett very delight
fiTlly entertained the Intermediate
boys and girls of High Shoals, Sun
day school with a party Saturday
night. Mrs. Padgett is the teacher of
the Intermediate girls.
Messrs. Fay and Theron Jolley at
a aaaj-ga agiasa jKiSase fOT —™ -* -
OTHER SIZES PRICED PROPORTIONATELY LOW
DOGGETT MOTOR COMPANY
FOREST CITY, N. C.
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tended the singing convention at j
Camp Creek Sunday. They reported J
some splendid music and a large at-.
tendance.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Robinson ac- J
companied by Mr. Zon Rob—!
inson, spent the week-end in Colum- (
bia, S. C., with Mr. and Mrs. Bert!
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Crosby.
Miss Effie Champion is very sick
at this writing. '
Mr. and Mrs. Ralston Jolly, of
Cliffside, were the week-end guests |
of the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Preston Jolley.
Promotion day exercises was ob-1
served at High Shoals Sunday a!
very interesting program was ren-,
dered by the children.
A friends commends the move to ;
make prison surroundings attractive, j
"In time," says he, "they will look :
so much like home that people will'
really succeed in keeping out of;
them."
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! Funeral Held For
Miss Hazel Johnson
I Union Mills, Sept. 19.—This-com-;
I munity was shocked to learn of the j
'death of Miss Hazel Johnson, which j
! occured at the Rutherford Hospital j
j on Tuesday afternoon at 6 o'clock.!
t Miss Johnson had the bone in her!
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j leg fractured, and was thought to be
! improving, but physicians advised a (
| slight operation to determine the full j
I extent of the injuries. She died a few j
j minutes after the operation. The de- j
\ ceased was born on July 20, 1913,,
I being only 16 years, one month and j
j twenty seven days of age, at the time
. of her sudden death. j
j The funeral rites were held at the,
•Round Hill Baptist church on Wed-j
i nesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, in j
j the presence of many sorrowing rel- j
' atives and friends. Rev. D. J. Hunt, 1
was in charge of the services, being
assisted by Rev. A. A. Walker and j
j Rev. M. L. Buckhanan, her former;
| pastors and Rev. R. T. Baker. They!
j all spoke of the beautiful and noble j
j life which Miss Johnson had, lived,
j Mr. Walker sang "Where We'll Never j
! Grow Old", accompanied by Mrs. j
| Frank Simpson at the piano, and |
I Misses Newsome and Green sang "No j
j Disappointment."
Miss Johnson united with the.
I Round Hill Baptist church about two i
| years ago and since has taken an ac- j
i tive part in Sunday school and B. Y. j
i P. U. work at her church and an ac-;
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j tive part in Christian Endeavor work!
at the Presbyterian church. Her life
; been a fine example for others to
follow. She numbered her friends by
1 the hundreds and these were pres
ent at the funeral services to pay
| their last tributes of respect to one
! whom they all loved.
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I The deceased is survived by her
; father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. E. j
' F. Johnson, four sisters, Mesdames
1 C. M. Edwards, Ellenboro; Young and
Fritz Hemphill, of Montford Cove;
| and Miss Dorothy Johnson at home.
[ Five brothers, Messrs. M. G. John-!
, son, Spindale; L. C. Johnson, Char-'
lotte; M. L. Johnson and Worth John-i
; son at home, also two nephews and
hundreds of relatives and friends. 1
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i Messrs T. C. Edwards, Jack Koon, :
Jonas and Palmer Bartles, Ransom
Hemphill and Grover Morgan serv
as pallbearers.
The many beautiful flowers wer
carried by Misses Evelyn Jones, Ett]
le Nanney, Nell and Ruth Mill e ~
Stella Mae GufFey, Louise and Geor'
gia Buchanan, Lucille Allen. Eli z
beth Holler, Ruth Smart,
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Barnes, Minnie Sue Nanney. ]\l ai -
Flack Reid, Grace Craig and Me-'
dames Jack Koon and Frank Sirr"
son.
HOLLY SPRINGS
Singing Convention is Well Attended
—Rev. Joe Sinclair to Preach
Sunday-Locals and Personals
. Harris, R-l, Seut. 30.—We h av
been having much rain in this section
this past week.
Rev. Joe Sinclair will preach t
Holly Springs Sunday morning at li
o'clock.
The Singing Convention which in. t
at Holly Springs Sunday was one or '
the best we have ever had.
Three choirs of our own conven
ti°n sang and the Methodist choir i
from Avondale church and a numbei ' \
of quartetts and duetts from other 1
churches. "
We are thankful for all the*e
singers who came. We hope they will
be at the next convention.
Messrs Rector Robbins of Boiling
Springs, spent the week-end with
home folks.
Messrs Camon Robbins was a plea
sant visitor at Alexander Saturday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Daniel and little
daughter, Virginia, also Mr. and Mrs.
Belt Robbins and little daughter,
Ruby* and Mr. Leroy Owens spent a
while at Mr. J. T. Robbins Sunday
afternoon.
VENIRE OF 75 MEN COST
MCDOWELL COUNTY $500.00
Marion, Sept. 30.—1t is estimated
by county officials that it cost Mc-
Dowell County at least SSOO to sum
mon the venire of 75 men from Ruth
erford county two weeks ago. A
total of 100 will be summoned for
the week, beginning November J,lth,
when the trial of Albert L. Hoffman
and five others will be held.*