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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
1
This local sheet from Cliffside, North Carolina, details gatherings, hospital visits, religious services, and school events. It notes multiple family updates, church dedications, sports matches, and the busy social fabric spanning Cliffside Mills, Ashe, Shelby, and surrounding areas.
A local editor recalls loaning a pair of Khaka overalls to a young man who recently met with trouble south of his pants and used the clothing to appease authorities until home could be reached for replacements. The wearer later landed a job at Florence Mill after the overalls were said to be the reason, but the editor never received compensation or the promised new pair. The item blends this anecdote with social notices of church activities and local visits including Mr. Ervin Lutz on vacation with a trip to Wrightsville Beach.
Mrs Elsie Gettys Martin wife of Ed Martin died at their Zebulon home on the 19th from a sudden lack of appendicitis The body was shipped to Forest City for interment at Hopewell on Wednesday The funeral was led by Revs Whittington Burrus and Harrill a large crowd attended She leaves her husband four brothers and a sister W B Gettys Settersonville Ga L A Gettys Shelby M B Gettys Gaffney S C H Gettys Forest City and Mrs Sarah Wood Chesnee S C Clyde Davidson visiting Marshville reports community sympathy and condolences.
The township reports crops benefited from showers after a dry spell. Mrs. Susie Freeman and her Texas grandson stayed with J. W. Carpenter over the weekend. Madgie Cowan attended a Teachers meeting at Union Mills. Hallie Hunt bought another Buick six. Essie and Adah Harding hosted a young people gathering with ice cream. Visitors from Forest City included Mary Carpenter Carrie Carpenter Florence Crotts Oda Crotts Oscar Carswell P L Grotts Miles Green Rodger Taylor. The Sunday school at Wilson schoolhouse grows. Moten Walker picked the first watermelon of the season. Billie Carpenter visited sister Mrs. Grayson Martin of Cliffside. Mrs. J. W. Harding spent Monday with her daughter, Mrs. E. M. Walker.
A Saturday night ice cream supper at Mr. J. W. Hardin's drew a large crowd. Forest City visitors Miles Greene Roger Taylor Sear Carswell and P L Crofts attended. Florence and Odie Crofts visited Essie Hardin. Madge Cowan returned to Union Mills for summer school. Annie Sue Ollie Lee and Mattie Carpenter visited Wilson school house Sunday.
To all members of the Farmers Union an important meeting of the County Farmers Union will be held at Union Mill on Saturday July 31 at 2 PM All members urged to attend A R Sorrell See Treas Mrs Lee W Lynch hosts guests Mrs T R Honeycutt and Mildred Taylor of Roanoke
Local notes report Burns and King visiting from Lancaster and Lisleville. Fannie King visited Sulphur Springs. W J Davis and family stay with his parents on the farm. Settle Bostick works at the Southern depot during A L McDaniel’s absence. Prolific Forest City native Tracy Proctor visiting Summerville. Gettys of Jeffersonville, Ga., with Dr J H Gettys and daughter Lois arrive in Forest City. Mrs J C Johnson ill. Rev T G Williams returns from Franklin and reports spiritual gains. Pleasant Grove Church plans a protracted meeting starting August 2 with Rev W L Dawson and Rev Southrow assisting. Forest City beats Caroleen 4–3 in a lively baseball game. John Poole buys a Liberty Six car and shows it off to family. Gary and Whitsett Hiatt visit from Easley. Whitsett popular with the local ladies. Joe Hardin quits bricklaying to run a large new stock of goods from Clarence Huntley’s store. expect cheaper prices than Helen Hunt. Sugar sale at four pounds per dollar via Thompson-Biggerstaff Co. Bostic.
Report of the condition of Farmers Bank & Trust Company at Forest City Caroleen and Lattimore dated June 30 1920. Cashier I J H Thomas swears the figures true to the best knowledge. Notary Gudger W Edwards verifies sworn statement. Directors T R Padgett J F Alexander E C Thomas attest to correctness.
J P Williamson visits Charlotte on business while relatives from Oklahoma and Shelby travel to Forest City to visit. Miss Mary Sheehan and Miss Lorena Hill depart, with Hill resigning and a replacement sought. Tong Drug Co contest yields Mrs. W B Edwards and G P Doggett prizes. Flack Hardware plans a late month opening with full farm machinery and hardware lines in the building formerly Horn’s Cash Store.
Gudger awards Esq has resigned his position with the Farmers Bank and Trust Company and will resume the practice of the law August 1. He will open offices in the C. C. Moore building over the Farmers Hardware Company and devote his entire time to his profession. Edwards has been a Forest City resident for five years and is a young attorney of ability.
Cook & Company announces a new main office at Greenville 8 C to serve Carolina customers. They sell all kinds of lumber shingles lath and related products direct to builders contractors mills and others at low wholesale prices direct from their mills.
Mrs James D Link returns from visiting her father John Mentosh in Ronceverte W Va and notes his condition improved Bonnie B Invisible Hair Nets Long Drug Co seeks a middle aged lady to care for two children with satisfactory pay Mrs Julia Tollerson Forest City Mrs R R Webb Boiling Springs report illness critical with peritonitis friends express sympathy and hope for recovery
Election at Piney Ridge school produced forty seven votes with twenty one in favor of consolidation and twenty six against. Local community activity includes visits among Hardin, Gettys, Womack, and McDonald families, multiple hospital and home visits, and a new Ford touring car purchased by J. R. Hardin.
West End residents Mr. and Mrs. S S Trout spent Sunday at Crouse Trout’s in Sandy Music. Mr. and Mrs. S B Baker of Cowpens visited J M Hughey’s with Miss Mattie Walker and Alma Huntley of Rutherfordton R 1. Mrs. Wall and son visited Mr and Mrs W H Blanton. J M Hughey will start a singing school at Boiling Springs on Monday. J C Roberson and family enjoyed a trip to Chimney Rock Sunday.
Mr D C Turner travels widely from Spartanburg to the Philippines and Europe. A Wofford College graduate and former U S Army lieutenant, he brings classing and stapling scores of 96 percent and 98 percent on colors after postgraduate study at Oxford. He and Dr Turner will move to Forest City in October, joining Florence mill.
A post card mailed from Bostic and bearing a Courier postal mark arrives with a quip about barb wire. The note mocks railroad service, suggesting the barbs or points fail when sent, and jokes that the Bill of Lading would read received in bad order.
A playful verse notes that honesty is best, yet temptation appears with a pretty maiden. The speaker admits a wish to break strict rectitude and steal a kiss, paired with the caveat of a chance that would have to be missed.
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