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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1925
Page
7
Forest City Courier issue listing publication cadence and post office details. Rates shown include subscription prices 1 year 1.50 six months 1.00 three months 50 and advertising costs 30 cents per column inch 10 cents per reading line per word for classifieds. The date is Thursday November 12.
The Family Welfare Association of Forest City calls for generous public support to aid the needy amid a cold winter. Church groups and local clubs back the effort, citing reports of poverty and hunger, urging donations to fund relief and prevent future delinquency.
Auction notice for Monday November 16 at 10 a.m. selling household furnishings and carpenter tools at R. S. Callahan on Church Street Forest City North Carolina. Local dry cleaning and dyeing service advertised by J M Price & Son.
Mr Bud McFarland opened with remarks emphasizing home and spirit as Masons recall past leaders like W W Morrow noted as a county’s foremost citizen in 1883. Rev John S Wood read a lengthy paper, Clyde A Erwin spoke impressively, and local Masons led brief talks before a hall gathering.
Subscriptions and addresses shift as residents relocate. Ernest Magness starts a piano business in Marion. C R Blanton opens a Columbus real estate office. Greene runs a Mooresboro office focusing on Forest City real estate. W W Nanney moves to Rutherfordton for a Commercial Bank position. John F Scott joins Caroleen list and is praised at Henrietta Mills. Myrtle Wilkerson relocates to 817 E sth street Charlotte. J H Parks moves to 1833 E sth street Charlotte with Withers Parks firm. J D Branch moves to Savoy Hotel Albuquerque after leaving Henrietta Mills Stores. C T Jones moves to Spartanburg. Rev L R Tate offers thanks for Rutherford County newspaper and shares life details. L R Smith visits from Sandy Mush and brings peaches. subscription notices sent. M V Beam renews from Speer's Ferry Virginia, brother of A B Beam of Forest City, joint railway agent.
Spartanburg editorial notes rapid Western North Carolina growth from Asheville to Lake Lure. It highlights big capital poured into Tryon, Saluda, Hogback Mountain, Chimney Rock, Lake Lanier, and Skyuka properties, including Lake Lure development and Rixhaven project, signaling a new regional development perspective. The piece links Spartanburg interest to expanding opportunities in the area.
The twelfth annual conference opened at Caroleen North Carolina on November 2, 1925. Unity and spiritual power were noted with fruitful pastoral relations including Ruth N C and Shelby N C. Re-elected officers include Rev H C Sisk as president, Rev W M Reid as vice president, and Rev L N Epley as assistant vice president.
The court adjourned with cases carried to the next term including will matters, juvenile trials, and several criminal actions. Defendants in storebreaking, larceny, prostitution, and non support faced varied sentences or continued judgments, with some ordered confined to state prison or county jail and others given bonds or suspended judgments.
Miss Hessie May Bess and Mr. Lewis Hill surprised friends by driving to Alexander where they wed at the parsonage conducted by Rev. C. S. Matheny. The couples are well regarded in Florence Mills and begin married life with best wishes.
Joseph Reavis, 66 years old, died November 2 after paralysis since April 8. He suffered a final stroke on Thursday at 6 p m and remained speechless and immobile. Funeral at Prospect Baptist Church with burial in Prospect Cemetery. Survived by his brother R Z Reavis and several nephews and nieces.
Mr J Wright Jaynes business manager Round Hill Academy prints a note thanking the Courier for prompt publication of the September issue of the Round Hillian. He encloses the payment and praises the paper’s timely work.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Swofford hosted a surprise birthday dinner for their father J. M. Swofford at Hollis on Wednesday. Sons, daughters, and spouses from near Hollis, Shelby, Granite Falls, Rutherford College joined relatives for a picnic-style celebration marking his 60th birthday.
An article argues winter bronchitis harms older people and urges non medicinal care. It promotes fresh air and daylight, airing bedrooms by day, keeping beds unmade for ventilation, and avoiding narcotic cough mixtures. It contends warm air can be purer and more comforting than cold night air.
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