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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1922
Page
3
The Cliffside News announces weekly publication with The Forest City Courier, lists editor B. E. Roach for news items, subscriptions, and ads, and provides office location for prompt attention.
Mrs Curtis Cantrell dies at home on Riverside Street after months of declining health. She was thirty, daughter of Mr and Mrs N W Hames, wife of the husband, and mother of two young children. She was a longtime Baptist church member.
Last Friday night Cliffside School closed with a play titled The Old Fireside enjoyed by a large audience. The show featured a clever cast with split scenes that brought both humor and seriousness to present contemporary problems. Charles Erwin directed the production and the cast earned congratulations.
A tent revival on Main Street continues with rising interest. Rev. Collins delivers strong sermons without fear tactics, prompting concern and contemplation among listeners. Since last Sunday, fifty to sixty new members have joined the Baptist church through the effort.
In a warm Sunday night gathering many heads of families in the town publicly joined in faith. Conversions occurred in Sunday school and in the woods as young men settled the matter. J. P. Carter directed music and sang a solo despite a cold, delivering a moving performance.
A sermon collection quotes Rev Collins on Christian living and accountability. It urges strict self examination among church members, warning sinners, stressing consecration, and to choose God over the devil. The notes emphasize readiness for Heaven and living in Christ now.
Miss Maude V. Elliott arrived from Statesville to visit Mrs. H. M. Sherin at Suitsus Cottage. The column lists guests, school staff movements, hospital admissions, memorial services, revival meetings, and local visits to Gaffney, Morganton, Cliffside, and Spindale. It notes barber openings, boiler remodeling, and upcoming Cliffside Mills stockholders meeting.
The Forest City Courier reports a weekend social round up with Zeno Hawkins and son, W Hawkins, J W McDaniel visiting P C Hawkins family, along with a small classified line advertising for sale typewriter ribbons.
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