Pastor elected at Floyd's Creek church in Forest City R-2
Rev G Melton was elected pastor and plans monthly Saturday 2 30 services and Sunday meetings at 11 00 and 2 30 on the third Sunday. Several locals visited, traveled, or hosted guests this week including Mrs F E White and family, the Vassie and Baxter groups, and Miss Mallie Honeycatt. A move to Hazelhurst Farm makes Festus Walls the overseer there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
R-2
G. Melton
Floyd’s Creek Church
F. E. White
Vassie
Baxter
Reuben Tate
Mallie Honeycatt
Florida
Gulf of Texico
E. Phillips
Lum Chapman
R. P. Fikes
Leroy Green
Frank Green
Charlie Tate
Washington
Walter Bostic
Russel
Bryson City
Jack Hamrick
Lattimore
Hazelhurst Farm
Spin dale Defeats Inman In Basketball Finish
Spin dale defeated Inman Athletic Club 42 to 27 in Inman South Carolina on Friday night. Berry and Sherrill starred for Spin dale while Moore led Inman with 13 points. Inman scored zero in the second quarter as Spin dale stretched from nine to twenty seven. Lineup: Spin dale Pas Berry RF Inman Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inman
S. C
Spindale Basketball Club
Inman Athletic Club
Berry
Sherrill
Spindale
Moore
Pas
Not Paying Debts Earns Admonition at Sermon
A preacher closes a sermon by asking who pays debts, causing all but one to rise. The lone man, in worn clothes, stands as the crowd sits him down and asks why he cannot meet obligations. The man quotes a fragment: lam 2 newspaper, then riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher
Buick
GM A.C
Lam 2
Trew
Preaching at Philadelphia Church in Ellenboro
Elder Samuel McMillen will preach at the Philadelphia church near Ellenboro on the fifth Saturday and Sunday, with both services at 11 o'clock. The notice appears in Plenborough dated January 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plenboro
Samuel McMillen
Philadelphia Church
Ellenboro
Poem and NC dissolution notice from 1928
A Loyd Mauney verse from Shelby appears beside a North Carolina corporate dissolution certificate. Secretary of State J Bryan Grimes records the voluntary dissolution of Harrelson Fanning Company of Rutherfordton with unanimous stockholder consent dated January 7 1928 and filed in Raleigh offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of North Carolina
Department of State
Harrelson-Fanning Company
South Main Street
Rutherfordton
Rutherford
A. G. Harrelson
I. J. Bryan Grimes
State of
North Carolina
Raleigh
A. D
W. N. Everett
Local residents recall Mr Sherman Tate and families visits
We were sorry to lose them from our community. Mr Sherman Tate and family and Mr and Mrs D E White were guests at Mr Gordon Toms Sunday. Mr J C Powell accepted a position with Mr Deviney at Rutherfordton as salesman of Chevrolet cars. Mr Gordon Toms and family visited at Mrs Lettie Hamrick's Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Tate
D. E. White
Gordon Toms
J. C. Powell
Deviney
Rutherfordton
Lettie Hamrick
Ellenboro Boys Successful With Pig Projects
Ellenboro residents report 22 pig projects totaling 8 190 pounds of pork sold for 1 427 80. Average dressed pork cost 12 cents per pound with 85 cents profit per hour of labor. Pigs weighed over 200 pounds gross in 120 to 150 days, fed on tankage fish meal shorts and cornmeal. Highest profit per pig 14 40. lowest 2 74. Projects show no losses after labor costs. boys also grew cotton corn and sweet potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenboro
W. W. Shay
Courier readers praise local paper in January note
North Carolina poultry club members will send an exhibit of 18 birds to the Madison Square Poultry Show in New York during the week of January 16. E. H. Callahan writes from Jan 13 praising the paper as newsy and full of pep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Callahan
North Carolina Poultry Club
New York
Enlisted Private Bridges Joins Cavalry School Unit
According to a report from 1st Lieut. H. L. Sears personnel adjutant Private John E Bridges, son of Mr and Mrs Z C Bridges of Forest City, is now with the 13th Cavalry at the Army Cavalry School Fort Riley Kansas having joined the unit on December 3 1087 Civilian date appears corrupted and not fully verifiable but describes his enlistment and assignment to Fort Riley Kentucky not cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
13Th Cavalry
Army Cavalry School
Fort Riley
Kansas
John E- Bridges
Z. C. Bridges
Forest
United States
H. L. Sears
Report on The Farmers Bank & Trust Company Condition
A 1927 year end financial report for The Farmers Bank & Trust Company of Forest City North Carolina shows resources totaling 2 756 295 02 with loans and discounts 2 083 288 90 and cash items 356 238 51. Liabilities include capital stock 250 000 00 and surplus 250 000 00 with deposits and other obligations listed. J A Dennis cashier swore to the statement January 11 1928 before notary G B Harrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C
State of
North Carolina
Rutherford
J. A. Dennis
G. B. Harrill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Floyd’s Creek
W. J. Edwards
Henry Sorgee
Forney Wall
Romey Scruggs
Forest City Motor Co
Forest City, N. C
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Frankling
Citizens Bank
THE
Citizens Bank & Trust CO
Union Mills
Philadelphia
Loyd Mauney
Shelby, N. C
Ellenboro Boys
U. S. Army
R. C. Aj Radiola
Electric Service CO
Farmers Bank & Trust Company
C. C. Moore
W. R. Harrill
Ectors
New York State
Peck
Bokar
Atlantic
Pacific
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