Rutherford county urged to run own man for Congress
The Courier urges Rutherford County to nominate a local candidate for U S Congress in the next term after eighty one years of county alignment with outsiders. It proposes Z O Jenkins of Cliffside as a capable, honest business executive to serve, arguing for fair play and local leadership. The editor reflects on humor and humanity in public life, quoting cinema and frontier imagery to advocate more community spirit.
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Courier
Rutherford County
National Congress
William Graham
U. S. Congress
the Courier
Z. O. Jenkins
Cliffside
Jenkins
Abie
Charlie Chaplin
Forest City
Sands
Hokum
The Editor's Unusual Experience Story A Reader Visit
A Standard Interior Journal note recounts a friend delivering an amusing intraday tale. A visitor enters the editor's sanctum urging subscription credit and praise for improved quality. The anecdote ends with a playful plea to readers to respond to recent subscription notices.
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Standard _ Interior Journal
Hokum and Abies Irish Rose remembered by readers
A reminiscence on a magazine cover with a ragged boy and puppy selling for fifteen dollars and the lasting impact of Eddie Guest's lines and the enduring popularity of Abie's Irish Rose. The piece notes wide reader appeal and recalls scenes that touched hearts.
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Eddie Guest
Rutherford County
Forest City
Abie
An American picture of giving across faiths and borders
Conrad Hubert immigrated from Germany and built a fortune from a pocket flashlight. His executors and three prominent Americans Calvin Coolidge Alfred E. Smith Julius Rosenwald selected colleges hospitals and charities to receive aid on condition they raise matching funds, reflecting a uniquely American approach to philanthropy that unites diverse leaders in shared civic action.
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Conrad Hubert
America
Germany
Jersey City
Calvin Coolidge
Alfred E. Smith
Julius Rosenwald
United States
New York
Coolidge
Smith
al Jew
Rosenwald
Who'll Work With His Hands and Why It Matters
A Thomasville Press editorial laments a surplus of graduates in managerial roles and clerical work while tradespeople like carpenters bricklayers and painters are scarce. It argues for social respect and pay for hands-on labor and for youths to value skilled trades and farming as dignified careers.
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Thomasville Press
Conrad Hubert’s death marks enduring American spirit
The passage notes Conrad Hubert’s death leaving a monument of American spirit through his bequest. It mentions a Rutherfordton company where he worked for years, his native county roots, and his recognition as vice-president of the Rutherfordton Cleveland county unit of the Quality Service Stores.
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America
Conrad Hubert
Rutherfordton
Simpson
Rutherfordton-Cleveland County
The
Quality Service Stores
Rutherfordton Man Seeks County Commissioner Post
Mr. K. B. Simpson of Rutherfordton, a prominent grocer and manager of the K. E. Simpson Grocery, announces his candidacy for county commissioner in this week's Courier.
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Rutherfordton
K. BE. Simpson
the Courier
Simpson
K. E. Simpson Grocery
Seed prep and dairy routes boost tobacco farming area
In Lenoir county 16 farmers recleaned and treated seed to plant 3510 acres of tobacco. Cream routes were started in Edgecombe and Pitt counties to stimulate more interest in dairying.
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Lenoir County
Edgecombe
Pitt Counties
First Baptist Church Notes Highlight Sunday School
In the absence of Pastor W A Ayers Rev A T Stoudenmire of Haynes Memorial Avondale led both services at First Baptist. Sunday School attendance reached 347 with 603 enrolled. Fifty eight attended the Men’s Bible class taught by Roy R Blanton. Officers and teachers met with seventeen present to discuss training and literature from the blue books. Several circles scheduled будущие meetings and a turkey dinner banquet for officials was announced.
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W. A. Ayers
New Orleans
Board of Trustees
The
Baptist Bible Institute
A. T. Stoudenmire
Haynes Memorial
Avondale
First Baptist Church
Stoudmire
Stnday
Roy R. Blanton
Mr. Blanton
E. E. Smart
Superin
Smart
B. T. Jones
C. H. Verner
C. C. Turner
Sunda
Wayside Banquet and Mosquito Tales
A fragment from Forest City notes the Wayside Banquet gathering with locals and distant guests. The event features playful verses about absent Old Wayside, sheriff candidates, and a jokey crowd, followed by a comic poem about a jailbound old maid and a comical pursuit labeled Hard Boiled.
Waysiders Meet At Broadway Inn Banquet
The Wayside Gang held a meeting and banquet last Thursday night at the Broadway Inn at 7. Sixty odd Waysiders and friends sat for a three course dinner from grapefruit to mince pie. Much merriment arose from witty remarks by Damfino and Damino who else. Between the first and second course introductions were requested.
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Wayside
Broadway Inn
Waysiders
Damfino
Damino
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