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Newspaper

Forest City Courier

Location

Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1927

Page

13

Local Couples Wed as Cupid Busy in Henrietta

Last week in Henrietta many friends attended memorial services at the high school. Sadie McGinnis and Arthur McGinnis wed in Gaffney. Lulu Goode and Dewey Chapman married in Cliffside. The community extends best wishes to both couples and notes their families.

Clifton Hicks Dover Cupid Lulu Goode Cliffside Dewey Chapman Gaffney Mrs. Chapman Bridges Mr. Chapman Ed. Chapman

Missionary Kate Hackney to Speak at Local Church

Miss Kate Hackney, returned missionary to China, on furlough, is guest of Mrs M F Moores this week. She will speak at the Methodist church Wednesday night May 25 at 8 o'clock. Public is invited to attend.

Kate Hackney China M. F. Moores

Paris Mountain Area News Highlights Local Visit And Mishap

Providence News notes Miss Lillian Phillips visiting Miss Essie Mae McDaniel and Miss Louise Smith dining with Miss Ethel Phillips. J S Clayton recovering after appendicitis operation. family visits Rutherford Hospital. Memorial services held in High Schools district. Inez Waters of Spindale staying with parents. Kate Wiggins survived a car accident near the old bridge with minor injuries. Roy Wess family spent weekend in Gaffney. John McDaniel and family visited Othlo Gilbert in Spindale. Eva Wilson reported sick.

Henrietta Lewis Neal Lewis Charley Bailey Baren Jolley Andrew Jolley J. D. Neal Grace Rutherfordton Forest City R-2 Lillian Phillips Essie Mae McDaniel Louise Smith Ethel Phillips J. S. Clayton Rutherford Hospital L. R. McDaniel Boyd W. H. Hawkins J. W. Phill Tenis Albert Morehead Inez Waters Spindale J. W. Waters Kate Wiggins Roy Wess Gaffney John McDaniel

Farmer’s Hourlight Rule Turns Daytime Into Morning

A rural proverb notes that daylight comes not from clocks but by farmers waking earlier in summer. The quirky burst compares a grandmother’s steady hand in a horse’s reins to the back seat driver who keeps order in a car.

Memorial services and visits in Liberty Street area

Memorial services were held at Providence and Montford Cove with attendees including Dorsey Randall G G Frasier Stella Hollifield Carrie Selvey Marie Hollifield and others. Visits included Robert Towery James Harris family in Rutherfordton Mountain Creek church sermon by Rev A A Haggard plus travel to Gastonia and Wall's church services.

Forest City N. C Dorsey Randall G. G. Frasier Stella Hollifield Carrie Selvey Marie Hollifield Providence Wash Harris Velma Harris Jordan Crow Robert Towery Charlie Horace Harris Mesdames Margaret Selvey Montford Cove Port James Harris Mountain Creek Rutherfordton Roy Simmons M. G. Smart Gastonia A. A. Haggard Ray Simmons Wall’s

Leave cotton thick 12 for biggest yields

Raleigh May 28 Dont chop the cotton too thinly on the row but leave two plants the width of the hoe apart and get bigger yields. P H Kime plant breeder at North Carolina Experiment Station says thicker spacing yields more seed cotton per acre. He notes best results with eight inches between plants in a hill or 12 inches row spacing, two plants per hill.

Raleigh P. H. Kime The North Carolina Experiment Station of State College Kime

Revival Ends At Henrietta Missionary Methodist Church

In Henrietta on May 23 the two week missionary revival concluded with fifteen professions of faith and five additions to the church. Pastor Rev. Wm. Reid, aided by Rev. Tom Sisk of Caro, delivered stirring gospel messages before large crowds. Regular services resume 1st and 3rd Saturdays and Sundays at 7:30 p.m., with a next Sunday service at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is invited. A philosopher is just an ordinary man who thinks a bald head is becoming to him.

Henrietta WM. Reid Tom Sisk Caroeen W. M. Reid

Cotton cultivation notes on spacing and hoeing practices

Mr Kime explains wider spacings need more hoeing labor and regular intervals. It is unusually difficult to secure a uniform stand of 3 and 4 plants per hill. For practical purposes, it is safe to chop the cotton the width of the hoe leaving an average of two plants in each hill.

Kime

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