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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
5
Payable in advance rates for one year and six months. Advertising rates include column inch costs at 80¢, reading notices 10e per line, and classified column at 1e per word. No ads after 10 o’clock Wednesday. no front-page ads. Cards of Thanks and similar notices 5 cents per line. Communications to The Forest City Courier.
A reflective passage about a town's strength lying in its residents who stay and contribute rather than in its buildings. It invokes ambition, opportunity, and Roman wisdom to emphasize communal identity, ending with a Tangac recommendation and local drugstore Easter candy offerings.
Mr. P H McDaniel has purchased and taken charge of the Mill Street cafe of Mrs J P Waters. Improvements are planned and trade is starting well. The cafe benefits from a good location and promises success. Born last week to the wife of Mr James Hardin a fine boy Earl.
A meeting at Ruth chaired by the Rev J M Waycaster continues with strong interest. Much good is being accomplished and progress is noted as attendees persist in the discussion and activities.
Mr Oscar Carswell purchased the interest of Mr Adam Street in the restaurant on Main Street. He will run the business in an up to date manner and friends predict success for him.
We thank friends and neighbors for the kindness and sympathy shown us during the death of our husband and son. Mrs. W. W. Walsh and Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hyder.
The retailer states I have purchased the accounts of Mrs J P Waters at the Mill Street store and requests debtors to call and settle. Accounts will be settled for one half the amount. Signed P H McDaniel.
Mr. Bussy of the Austin Bridge Co. visits the city to begin work on a new reinforced concrete bridge over Second Broad River near Forest City on the National Highway. The project costs about 25,000 dollars, rises 35 feet, and features seven concrete spans.
Last Thursday Officers Willis and Byers nabbed Joe and Charles Biggerstaff near Sunshine. Charles escaped. The next day Officers Griffin and Lee seized Arthur Harrill and Rucker Metcalf in the same district. Harrill fled. Metcalf was bonded and the horse and buggy were confiscated.
J H Crawford returns to West End and will open a barber shop at Mr. Ware's Store, inviting old customers to visit. The note includes a score of 25-21.
A hopeful line suggests a future where the reader will own a Chevrolet someday, reflecting optimistic car ownership themes without specifying details or dates.
The Carolina Motor Co. opened a new garage at Chimney Rock this week offering general repairs, accessory parts, and acting as agents for Hupp and Studebaker cars. C. A. Lawing will manage with a skilled crew, having moved to Chimney Rock last week.
Edwin Harrill son of prominent Forest City grocer J C Harrill and a Seaboard Railway brakeman was injured while coupling cars at the Bostic Yards about 7 PM Monday. Doctors said injuries not serious but he will take a few days off work.
Alexander school ends term under Prof Cher ry and Miss Abernethy Vernon with a Friday minstrel in the chapel and a Saturday comedy playlet titled The Little Clodhopper performed on the stage.
Rutherfordton announces that all field day events are postponed from Saturday, April 8, to Saturday, April 15 to avoid making schools travel to Rutherfordton twice for field day and county commencement.
William Posey Hardin renowned citizen dies at home at 5:35 pm age 61. Survived by step mother Octavia, second wife Mary, four brothers L C G W James P, John, three sons Jeff J Robert R Crawford T, two daughters J G Shuttle A B Hutchings. Funeral by Rev J M Waycaster at 2:30 pm Wednesday. Burial Cool Spring cemetery.
The town hosts a Womanless Wedding at the school building with the La Betterment Society. A Group Degree Commencement was held, with strong school representation. A box supper on April 8 benefits the baseball club. Miss Fannie Wright and Leah Martin of Boiling Springs High spent the weekend at home. Cliffside B Y P U plans services at Ellenboro Baptist Church on Sunday night April 9.
Mliss Ina Covington of Hendersonville and sister of J. B. Covington has been taken to a hospital in Asheville where an operation may be performed soon. Her friends express wishes for a speedy recovery. Mr. I. B. Covington visited her in Asheville on Saturday and Sunday.
Attorney N. C. Harris of Quinn Hamrick Harris Rutherfordton was in Forest City on business Tuesday and called at the Courier office. He is described as a splendid lawyer and courteous gentleman, Virginia bred.
An old suit plea and dry cleaning offer, plus a shoe repair service, encourage residents to reuse garments and mend footwear to cut costs. Depot Street shop invites customers to call for pickup and repairs.
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