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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1925
Page
5
The February 3 anniversary marks a decade since Farmers Bank & Trust Co. opened in Forest City and Caroleen. Officials report steady growth since 1915, crediting prudent management and community service. Rutherford County benefits from strong local banks and steady countywide prosperity.
Volume 1 Number 1 of the Methodist News Herald was published last Friday by the Rutherford County Methodist Preachers Association. Editor Rev 0 L Simpson and business manager Rev M W Heckard guide a monthly paper with broad Methodist coverage and beneficial aims. printed by Forest City Courier press.
Adams Circle met Jan 30 with Mrs Mary Proctor. Eight attended and contributed to the royal service program except Mrs F I Barber who invited an address on Roger Williams founder of the Baptist church in America. The circle adjourned to meet Feb 27 with Mrs G M Padgett.
A telegram to the Clerk of the Court stated Judge Long could not attend due to eye trouble and a likely one week replacement. The Bar Association favored adjourning since a single week might not finish a key case, so the jury was dismissed and no February term will convene. A May 1 term will be held.
Ellenboro and Forest City communities report a flurry of visits and family gatherings. John Wright and J P Wright siblings hosted relatives. Carroll Beam and family joined Julius Beam and others. Amy Rabb and Annie Mae Rabb near neighbors. Festus McKinney and clan from Shelby joined S J McKenney kin. Grace and Nellie Lewis hosted a teens party with peers from Canton and Blacksburg. Mrs Amanda Callahan reportedly not improving as of early February.
Mrs. W. E. Lewis hosted Sunday guests including Mrs. C. C. Lane and family of Campobello South Carolina Mr. M. L. McDade and family Mr. John Sherrill and family Mr. Ralph Green and family Mr. Guy Lewis and family Mr. George Shytles and family Miss Agnes McDade Mrs. J. R. Hardin and daughter Leona of Henrietta and Miss Carrie Holtzclaw of Canton visiting her uncle Mr. A. J. Sherrill for awhile.
A large County Medical Society meeting in Rutherfordt featured papers by Drs. Bostic Head and Crawford on rural physician replacement, with Dr W C Bostic's talk generating interest and to be published in The Courier. Officers elected include A A Rucker president B P Murphy vice president and W C Bostic secretary treasurer.
Ellenboro notices report the Jr. O U A M council providing materials and labor to rebuild J L Hamrick’s burned house. The project is about half finished and expected to be complete within a week. The group also collected ninety cans of fruit for the Hamrick family led by Mrs Ed Pruett and Mrs John Martin. Forest City reports mild weather and social visits across towns including Polkville Spindale and Bridges.
The Rev W K Collins and his family relocated to High Point last week as he accepted the pastorate of a Baptist church there. Friends in the county regret his departure but expect success in his new charge.
A group of county youths will present a minstrel at the Alexander school house next Saturday night February 7. The program features two plays and songs. Bundle Day at Spindale Store Tuesday February 13 offers goods at special prices including 1 yard wide sheeting at 10 cents and 12 1/2 cents per yard and sugar at 1 pound for 1.98 dollars.
Proceeds benefit the school. High producing hens mated with tan cied strain males. Prices 1.50 2.00 and 3.00 for 15. Orders taken by Brookdale Poultry Farm H C Vickers Prop R F D No 1 Forest City NC 17 4.
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