Mrs Annie Carver Rites Held After Death
West Henrietta May 2 Funeral services were held at the home Friday at 2:30 for Mrs Annie Carver who died early Friday morning. Rev W M Reid led a brief service using 1 Corinthians 15 and Proverbs 14 1. Burial was in Providence cemetery. Mrs Carver born April 14 1864 died April 29 1927 aged 63 years 15 days. She married W A Carver July 12 1896. Survived by husband one son Willie Wise of Cliffside and six daughters Sallie C Smith Elizabeth Long Gastonia Tilda Bryant Buffalo S C May Lacadoo and Marthe Hicks Henrietta Polly Carver at home and twenty five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Henrietta
Annie Carver
W. M. Reid
Providence
Annie Wise Carver
W. A. Carver
Marthe Hicks
Henrietta
Polly Carver
Ellenboro Boy Profits From Pig Raising Project
Charles Ledford, a vocational agricultural student at Ellenboro High School, completed a pig project showing a $20.30 profit from two pigs bought November 28, 1926. They grew to about 210 pounds each, gaining 1.38 pounds daily over 129 days, with total costs of 35.45 and returns of 55.75, yielding $1.00 per hour. He also works two acres of cotton and one acre of corn for course credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenboro
Charles Ledford
Ellenboro High School
Charles
Brownwood Co-ed Stars in Carolina Playmakers Shows
Miss Eral Thompson from Brownwood Texas to play Mattie Jernigan in Quare Medicine and the Heiress in The Marvelous Romance of Wen Chun Chin as part of The Carolina Playmakers two of three plays to be presented here May 13. Thompson has played several roles with The Playmakers this season but her best work is in Mattie Jernigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownwood, Texas
Mattie Jernigan
Quare Medicine
the Heiress
Wen Chun
Chin
Carolina Playmakers
Miss Thompson
Local page moves and visits across West Henrietta
West Henrietta on May 2 reports visits by Ed Mahaffee and family to Rev and Mrs S P Jones on Cherokee Route. Attendees from Canton North Carolina return from B Y P U convention. Various visits: Brindle, Riddle, Kimbrell, Hamrick, Frashear, Baynard, Wilkerson, and Carson. A humorous line about think tanks ends the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Henrietta
Ed Mahaffee
S. P. Jones
Harlow Brindle
Ruby Brindle
Canton
N. C
Grover Riddle
Spindale
J. F. Kimbrell
Louise Padgett
Dexter Hamrick
Cliffside
Joe Carr
Clarence Crocker
Converse
S. C
Elisha Frashear
W. M. Reid
Revival at Missionary Methodist Church West Henrietta
The Missionary Methodist class of Henrietta begins a revival on Sunday May 8 at 7 45 p m in West Henrietta. Pastor Rev W M Reid will be assisted by Rev T A Sisk of Caroleen. The revival lasts ten days or two weeks with large crowds noted at recent services and messages on openings and salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Henrietta
Missionary Methodist
Henrietta
W. M. Reid
T. A. Sisk
Caroleen
Ellenboro Sweet Potato Storage Co contracts ready
Ellenboro May 2 contracts for the Ellenboro Sweet Potato Storage Company shares are printed and ready. Shares cost 50 dollars each, storage space not less than 100 bushels, storage charge fifteen cents per bushel per year. Potatoes must be from treated seed and stored in standard bushel crates. Interested parties may contact F. E. Harvill C. B. Harvill or A. B. Bushong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenboro
Ellenboro Sweet Potato Storage Company
F. E. Harvill
C. B. Harvill
A. B. Bushong
Getting Up Nights After Using Keller Formula
Rev W H Mitchell of Columbus Ohio reports his wife suffered nightly bladder irritation and now finds relief using lithiated bu chu a Keller Formula. He notes she previously awoke six to eight times nightly and that the tablets cost 2 cents each at drug stores. Keller Laboratory Mechanicsburg Ohio markets the remedy and Reinhardt Drug Co offers it locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Mitchell
Park St
Columbus
Ohio
Keller Laboratory
Mechanicsburg
Reinhardt Drug Co
Quote on liquor strength and drinker endurance
A bootlegger patrons claim liquor today lacks the old potency, but the speaker notes that drinkers do not have greater endurance either. The remark uses sharp, cautionary language about modern alcohol and personal restraint.
Providence School Close and Ice Cream Supper
Providence area news reports Providence School closed Friday after a funeral service held at the church. Miss Lorene Humphries hosted a Friday picnic at Flat Rock for students. Teachers R. A. and L. B. McDaniel gave senior class ice cream supper Saturday night. Local residents visited and attended services, with several families noted among weekend visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
R-2
Providence
Lorene ‘Humphries
Flat Rock
Walter Baynard
Messrs
R. A
L. 8. McDaniel
Ilis
Providence Sunday School
Jonnie Rollins
Howard Guffey
R. L. McDaniel
Mary Frances
Mabel Smith
Shelby
D. L. Smith
Pleasant Grove
L. R. McDaniel
Daisy
Lincolnton
Memorial services and birthday honor in Sulphur Springs
Memorial services will be held at Sulphur Springs on Sunday May 8 with public attendance invited. Dr and Mrs Baxter Haynes and their son visited Mrs S A Bland for her birthday and a decorated cake was presented. Others spent Sunday in Greensboro and with local families after services at Floyds Creek and Cherokee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
R-1
Sulphur Springs
Baxter Haynes
Spartanburg
Haynes
S. A. Bland
Bland
Memorial Services Held at Floyds Creek
Memorial services were held at Floyds Creek church Sunday with a large crowd in attendance. Local figures G B Pruette and Rev T C Harris led sermons and songs by the High School quartette and Goode's Creek duet accompanied the gathering. Farmers report hard ground but rapid planting with a shift toward more food and market crops this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boss Randall
Melton Harris
Alvin Mills Sherlin
Elsie Sherlin
Forest City
Claude H. Kennedy
Arthur
Charlotte
J. L. Butler
Gaither Kennedy
Floyd
Creek
Butler
Vernice Dobbins
D. R. Padgett
Ethel Carr
Cliffside
Ike Biggerstaff and Family
Avondale
J. S. Sherlin
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Mrs. Annie Carver
Sand
Miss Eral Thompson
The
Asheville Citizen
Asheville, N. C
California
American Rockies
Great West
Canada
New York
Atlantic City
Wasington
Brown Insuranceb Agency
W. L Brown ‘Bank Building
Ing & Lown
Missionary Methodist Church
Providence News
Providence School
S.A. Blend
Ferry News
Floyd's Creek
Citizens Bank & Trust CO
Rutherfordton
Union Mills
Palace
Forest City Motor CO
Forest City, N. C
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