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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1925
Page
11
Forest City Courier details subscription prices for one year six months and three months payable in advance. Advertising rates include display per column inch and reading notices per line with classified column pricing and per word charges.
Reverend Oscar L. Simpson urged Christians to stand out from the crowd in a Sunday sermon at Spindale Methodist Church. He cited Jesus calling followers the salt of the earth and urged living with distinctive virtue beyond mere crowds’ standards, advocating sincere speech and a higher justice beyond “an eye for an eye.”
Editorial urges rapid completion of the forest city street program and focuses on public square and parks. It emphasizes cleanliness as vital to impression, growth, and moral, educational, and material progress, calling for backyards, fences, and yards to be cleaned and beautified.
The speaker urges clean towns and yards as a duty to God and man. A dirty town breeds moral and material decay, and every person should strive to keep homes and streets attractive and beautiful.
Spartanburg Sun notes the death of William Jennings Bryan and honors his role as a magnetic orator and moral leader. It acknowledges disagreement with his politics yet stresses his lasting impact on American public life and the stirring of national thought.
T L Queen 72 longtime city resident dies at home at 8 15 am after a illness described as goiter and age related decline. He was a devout Baptist. Survived by wife and children Wilda Lethia Hannie Queen Josie Taylor Closs Smith Raymond Queen. Funeral at his home with Dr. W A Ayers officiating then burial at Cool Springs cemetery.
Rev. John S. Wood will conduct Sunday services at 11:00 a.m. at the M. S. church in the pastor’s absence on vacation. All are cordially invited.
Tryon July 29 North and South Carolina lumber wholesalers and retailers plan a vacation convention in Hendersonville September 10–11. They will spend half a day at Lake Lanier with a dinner and boat trip aboard the ship Carolina. The vessel, once tied to Charleston, now serves a gentler purpose than dodging revenue cutters.
Mrs J H Parks hosted the Child Study Club on Monday afternoon July 27. The session featured Sex Hygiene as the topic with papers by Mrs Barber Mrs Ayers and Mrs Brewer. Miss Elizabeth Barber presented Granny's Come To Our House and The Prettiest Girl. Visitors included Mrs R E Biggerstaff Mrs R R Hawes and Mrs J Worth Morgan and guests Miss Tolbert and Miss Hayes of Georgi. Afterward Mrs Parks assisted by Mrs Morgan served sandwiches and iced tea.
Rutherford County Board of Education will receive sealed bids for a consolidated upper Sulphur Springs and lower Union school at the Superintendent of Public Instruction office in Rutherfordton before 12:00 noon on Wednesday August 5 1925. Two bids on the same plan for eight room and six room schools. A two room wooden structure for Haynes district to be erected at the same time. Plans and specifications available at the Superintendent’s office. This 28th day of July 1925. Signed W R Hill.
A Thursday program highlights Cheap Kisses featuring a prominent cast and follows with the comedy Not Now. The double bill promises light, breezy humor and strong performances from well known players in a lively theater setting.
A Friday program lists two features, the drama Storm Daughters and a comedy, with a third chapter titled Idaho. The items indicate a double bill for July 31 with light entertainment and ongoing serials.
Saturday program features John Gilbert in Romance Ranch followed by the comedy Casey Jones Jr at the local theater. Print ads list showtimes and venue details for Saturday night entertainment.
On Monday August 3 the venue screens “Hottentot” followed by a comedy. On Tuesday August 4 a special picture is shown with the comedy “Lobby Gaw.”
A historic health note urges care with regular milk for young children in hot months and promotes evaporated milk as a sterilized, nutrient rich alternative. Pediatricians’ early feeding schedule from six weeks to twelve months outlines nightly and daytime feedings using evaporated milk lime water and sugar in specific ounce ranges.
A brief notice lists Wednesday events with the play Tides of Passion and an International News feature on the program lineup.
Special city licenses were due June 1. All interested parties must pay by August 1 or penalty will be added. Pay your taxes now. B. E. Putnam, Chief Police.
Barley returns to favor in Piedmont North Carolina as farmers report surer bigger yields than oats and seek out growers who have tried the grain. Local agronomy interest grows as producers compare varieties and share results to bolster harvest prospects.
Mr. C. D. Morgan returns from Washington to reopen Forest City Battery Service Co on King street Saturday Aug 1. Eight hour service and battery repairs offered with a specialty in battery work. Phone 163 for attention or visit on King street. First class work and reasonable charges on every order.
The Kansas Experiment Station reports 11 percent higher corn and 67 percent more protein are needed to gain 100 pounds in a dry lot compared with alfalfa pasture.
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