Then and Now: The South’s Change From Then to Now
A reflective portrait compares the mid 19th century South with modern progress. It contrasts veterans’ memories, rural life, and old tools with barbed wire farms, motor vehicles, schools by brick, and the rebuilt South. It calls for unity and progress, affirming NOW over THEN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Lightfoot
Kings Mountain
Dixie
Tom
Yank
Sid
Polly
Tennessee
Big Ivy
Pope
Dixie Turner
Fordson
Ford
Dodge
Studebaker
Hudson
Cadiac
Southland
Old Island Ford Road
Maine
Florida
New York
San Francisco
Dizie Land
Mother Earth
Lightfoot
Forest City
New Presbyterian Church for Chimney Rock
A Kings Mountain Presbytery commission will organize Chimney Rock Presbyterian Church next Sunday at 3 PM in Chimney Rock Baptist Church. Rev. G R Gillespie will preside, Rev. W L Latham preach, Rev. R T Baker secretary, Elders J F Flack and C C Erwin, Judge Erwin to charge the new congregation. A rock church will be built and ready for dedication by early fall with charter members joining during construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chimney Rock Baptist Church
Kings Mountain
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Rutherford County
In Rutherford County North Carolina under a 1924 deed of trust D L Hamrick defaulted on payments Trustee I E C Thomas will conduct a public sale at Rutherfordton courthouse on Saturday May 29 1926 at noon of three tracts totaling land in Cool Springs Township including two acres first tract two acres second tract 167-100 acres and third tract four subdivided lots near Alexander Mfg Co. This notice dated April 27 1926 and signed by E O Thomas Trustee and T J Moss Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Hamrick
Register of Deeds
Rutherford County
North Carolina
I. E. C. Thomas
Rutherfordton
Cool Springs Township
Forest City
N. C
South Carolina Line
Mount Pleasant
Island Ford Road
Lewi Hamrick
Doggett
A. V. Hamrick
Amos Harvill
Alexander Mfg. Co
A. Harrill
Harrill
Office of the Register of Deeds
E. 0. Thomas
T. J. Moss
Forest City Ordinance Tax License May 1926
An ordinance passed April 16 1926 by the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of Forest City NC establishes license taxes to raise funds for general municipal purposes and to regulate trades and occupations within town limits from June 1 1926 to May 21 1927. It defines itinerant and non resident status for those not listing property for taxation and assigns taxes accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Forest City
Forestity
L. C. Lowrance
State OF
North Carolina
Cotton Growers Meet in Shelby for District Convention
The North Carolina Cotton Growers Association county convention in Cleveland County votes five delegates for the tenth district conference in Shelby on May 18. District nominees for director will be elected, shaping policies on cotton handling and sale for the next delivery season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Jolina Cotton Growers’ Association
Cleveland County
Court House
Shelby
N. C
Alexander
Burke
Caldwell
Catawba
Cleveland
Gaston
Irredell
Lincoln
Polk
Ruthess
George Blanton
Keep Your Yard Clean With Garbage Cans
A brief notice urges residents to maintain cleanliness by using garbage cans sourced from Farmer's Hardware Co. to keep yards orderly and prevent litter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer's Hardware Co
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Candy Kitchen
THE
John Thomas
Postoffice
Forest City, N. c
Rue
W. L. Horn
U. S
Reinhardt Drug Co
Billy Sunday
Miliar
Ness
Ais
D. F. Morrow
Gray
U. D. Ca
Union
South
North
Northern Methodist Church
Mason and Dickson
Carolinas
Brave
Land of the
NEW Presbyterian Church
Chimney Rock
A_general
Cyclone Auction CO
Rutherford
W. W. Steagall
Forest City Battery Co
King Street
Shelb
Reid
Art and Sign Studio
J. W. Reid
Propr
Forest City Shoe Hospital
Coca Cola Plant
LemeRagRmemaeenaane
Oal
Wilson Coal & Fuel Co
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