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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1926
Page
9
Forest City Courier weekly edition details advertising rates for display per column inch reading notices per line and classified ads per word. Published by The Courier Pub Co in Forest City North Carolina with editor c E Alcock.
Hendersonville begins erection of a ten story office building on a corner lot to be a revenue producer. The $200000 project is underwritten by 99 men and is cited as a community incentive that might spur Forest City to secure a much needed hotel.
Dr Frank Crane writing for The Courier argues that the Golden Rule offers the only practical plan for peaceful living. He laments war’s costs and urges love, trust, and compromise as the path to lasting peace, noting political unrest in Germany Italy England France and Belgium.
Teachers from fourteen states at the University of Pennsylvania summer school denounce parents for laziness and shifting child training to schools. Ninety five percent note the trend, while half of the group cite excessive parental devotion to social and political interests as the cause. The piece also notes that American teachers are among the worst paid.
The piece argues that teachers, often overburden, cannot compensate for parental neglect. It contends early lessons in conduct must begin at home, or school discipline suffers. It rebuts claims of teacher incompetence by blaming inadequate home training and respect for authority. Asheville Citizen.
Mr J B Long and brothers G W Long of the West End and Jas Long of Madison county visited the old Long homestead in the Sun shine section this week. The trip brought fond memories as the brothers relived boyhood days, then they posed for a picture before returning to Forest City, feeling young in spirit.
Union Mills August 31 The Senior class of Alexander Schools Inc elected officers Miss Ouida Geiger Athens Ga faculty adviser Will E Young Burnsville president Fred Buchanan Union Mills vice president Rose Johnson Union Mills secretary treasurer The Round Hillian publication duties assigned Lawson Hickory editor in chief Mauney Shelby business manager Byrd Union Mills senior reporter Lee Buchanan Union Mills sport reporter Rose Johnson Union Mills social reporter The Round Hillian praised as a newsy paper previously printed by Forest City Courier A watermelon slicing hosted by Round Hill B Y P U social committee Rev M L Lennon preached at First Baptist Forest City last Sunday L C Johnson Whitman Douglass Asheville returns to work after ten days vacation
The Wesleyan Methodist North Carolina Conference president Rev John Clement will preach at Wesleyan Methodist Church on Mill Street on September 4 at 7 30 p m and lead the fourth quarterly conference. He will remain through the Sabbath with sermons at 11 a m and 7 30 p m September 5. All are welcome.
The Sandy Run Association meets with High Shoals Baptist church September 4 and 5. Saturday features stunt night. Sunday program includes devotional by Miss Dorothy McDaniel, welcomes by Mrs. R. K. Ledbetter, music by High Schools B Y P U, reports, conferences, addresses by R. L. Moore Mars Hill College and Clyde T. Morgan, and a convention sermon by Rev E N Gardner. Bring lunch.
Forest City Methodist church schedules preaching next Sunday at 11 a m and 8 p m by the pastor. Protracted meeting starts soon. full attendance urged. Mr and Mrs A W Lavender of Marion and their children visited with Mrs Lavender's parents Mr and Mrs Chas Erwin. Mr Erwin is seriously ill but improving slowly.
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