Henrieta Schools Opened Monday at Union Mills
Hen High School opened Monday Sept 4 at 8 30 with smaller attendance than prior years. Nearly 400 enrolled promising a favorable year though the eleventh grade adds work required for college. Faculty includes Prof S P Ver in and Lovelace with many teachers. Local events note a missing dog reward, new superintendent Johnston to Rank School, and a Masonic lecture week.
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Sietta
Moutten
Florence Ma‘ooo
Ada Smith
Ola Wilkins
Ruth Hamrick
Zoliah Hicks
Blanch DeBrule
Sie Roper
Elizabeth Hames
B. Mahaffee
Love
Ully
Vic Sue Harris
O'Lema Sallie Waeaser
Clara Harrill
Virginia Edwards
Margaret
Annie Bell Lane
Edric Winston
Thelma Gibson
Mary ‘Ndridge
P. Ver
A. C. Lovelace
Clyde Mahaffee
John Tabor
Ranlo
N. C
Rank School
Edwards
Masonic Order
Perry Wiseman
Richmond
Medical College of Virginia
Ruth Walker
Rutherfordton
T. C. Smith
M. B. Mahaffee
Spartanburg
Sparks
Caroleen
W. 'T. Tate
Presley Buys Local Barbershop In Black Mountain
Mr E P Presley of Black Mountain N C has purchased the Main street barber shop from Mr G M Padgett and will modernize it with new baths. He was previously in Asheville and will move his family here when rooms are secured. Padgett plans to locate in Asheville.
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E. P. Presley
Black Mountain
N.C
GM. Padgett
Char
Presley
Courier
Asheville
Mr. Padgett
Buy a Ford and Spend the Ta Once Dogget
A cryptic phrase hints at purchasing a Ford and paying a single tax amount. No clear news event or identifiable person beyond the odd wording DOGGET appears.
Bowen Returns to Forest City After Chimney Rock Work
Mr. Forest Bowen, who led a garage at Chimney Rock last summer, returns to Forest City and is now connected with the Carolina Motor Co. He reports a successful business at the Rock and has rented the Wilkie property on East Main Street, formerly the Rev. S. N. Watson.
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Forest Bowen
Chimney Rock
Forest City
Carolina Motor Co
Rock
Bowen
Wilkie
East Main Street
S. N. Watson
Contract Let for Hard Road Projects in North Carolina
Raleigh dispatch reports formal awards for 190 miles of highway and bridges in the 1922 season, totaling 4,879,035.40 dollars. Key contracts include 12 0 miles hard surfaced on the Central highway and Wilmington Asheville route, with Forest City to Rutherfordton segment awarded to Fish Carter Construction for 132,968 dollars. Project details list multiple 0.5 to 24 mile segments with firms Davis Wilcox, Elliott and Sons, C W Lacy, and R M Thurmond handling bridges and roads across Rutherford, Gaston, Burke, and Mitchell counties. Total 1922 expenditures reach about 22 million dollars, closing the season.
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Forest City
Rutherfordton
South Carolina
Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Wilmington-Asheville
Kings Mountain
Gaston County
Davis Wilcox Construction Company
Shelby
Elliott and Sons
J. A. Kreis
Ashford and
Burke-Avery County
C. W. Lacy
Oliver Costello Brothers
Mills Creek and Southern Railway
McDowell County
R. M. Thurmond
Toe River
Mitchell County
Rutherford
Fish-Carter Construction
Atlanta Constitution
Courier
Carnival Planned by Betterment Club Next Saturday
The Betterment Club announces a carnival at the public square next Saturday from 4 P.M. to 11 P.M. to raise funds for club debts. Events include circus clowns, Cupid's post office, fortune teller, fishing pond, and curiosity shop with antiques. Supper will be served cafeteria style from 6 P.M. Contributions of antiques or relics are requested, with contact to Mrs. R. E. Biggerstaff.
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Ladies of the Betterment Club
Jelock
R. E. Biggerstaff
Harris Abernethy wedding announced in Alexander section
The wedding of William Harris to Katie Sue Abernethy was announced last Sunday. The couple, married last February in secrecy, are the son and daughter of local residents Adolph Abernethy and Tom Harris living in the Alexander section.
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William Harris
Katie Sue Abernethy
Adolph Abernethy
Tom Harris
Alexander
Construction bids and project details across Buncombe county
Soil work between Forest City and the South Carolina line awarded to C. R. Willard Sons for 67874.20. Structures to J. C. Lobrist 13044.40. Project 901 seven miles surfaced between Mine Hole Gap and Hickory Nut Gap. Lee J. Smith Construction Co. 183474.40. Structures to C. Stovans 16693.20.
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Forest City
South Carolina
C. R. Willard Sons
J.C. Lobrist
Mine Hole Gap
Hickory Nut Gap
Buncombe County
Lee J. Smith Construction Company
C. Stovans
Rutherfordton News of Interest Sets Fall Busy Pace
Rutherfordton hosts a large turnout for first Monday as County Commissioners discuss key items. Deeds prepared for 28 parcels at prices from 50 to 410 dollars totaling 11245. An exhibition building 50 by 120 feet rises at the fair grounds. Rutherfordton High School opens September 13 with Principal John Wood and several teachers. Two marriage licenses issued in September: H D Abernethy to Tolla Dellinger and E Frank Keeter to Estelle Bradley. Editor R E Price of Sun Printing Co to wed Miss Whitaker in Chapel Hill.
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Rutherfordton
C. C. Erwin
The
Fair Association
Fair Grounds
Rutherfordton High School
John Wood
Register of Deeds
Wilkie
H. D. Abernethy
Denver
N. C
Tolla Dellinger
Rural Carrier Examination in Harris North Carolina
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an exam for rural carrier positions in Harris NC on October 14, 1922. Salary for standard 24 mile wagon routes is 1800 dollars per year plus 30 dollars per mile over 24. Motor routes pay 2450 to 2600 dollars annually. Open to domiciled citizens meeting Form 1977 requirements. forms and applications from the Harris office or Washington DC. submit ASAP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Harris
N. C
Washington, D.C
Commission
Washington, D. C
Three young men die and are injured in highway crash
A Dodge roadster carrying Homer Ray 26 of Marion and two companions left the North Fork bridge near Swannanoa around 3 30 am. Ray was killed, Stanford in critical condition, Crawford and Smith injured. The car, owned by Crawford, washed into North Fork creek after a high speed crash. whiskey was found in the auto and stream. Police investigate drink in driverless hours.
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Marion
Homer _ Ray
Ernest Crawford
Andrew Smith
French Broad Hospital
North Fork Bridge
Swannanoa
Stanford
Smith
Dodge
Asheville
North Fork Creek
Ray
FE. R. Morris
Crawford
Ridgecrest
H. T. Dillingham
Hub Duckett
Lance
Music director appointed at Spindale School
Spindale Sept 1 Miss Mabel Wells of this county is placed in charge of the music department at Spindale school. She will teach instrumental and vocal music. A Brevard Institute graduate trained under Miss Law of Boston Conservatory, Wells has years of teaching experience to develop local talent.
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Spindale
Spindale School
Mabel Wells
J. L. Wells
Wells
Brovard Institute
Miss Law
Boston Conservatory of Music
Boston
Mass
Morris
Converse College
Brevard Institute
Buy a Ford and Spend the Difference
A short ad note stating Buy a Ford and spend the difference with emphasis on B. Doggett as the contact or promoter.
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B. Doggett
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P. N. Hamrick
Car
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Baptist Sunday School
Round Hill
M. L. Skaggs
Jacquette Hill
Nina Mosteller
Evetrybody
W.C. Logan
Ethel Parker
Josephine Lathrop
W. C. Logan
Woman's Missionary Union of the
Green River Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
M. L. Buchanan
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Buchanan
Mountain Creek
Robt. B. Davis
Hmt
Vernon
Fruitland
Round Hill Academy
Fruitland Institute
Hampton
Sulphur Springs
Boiling Springs High School
Clyde Johnson
Charlotte
E. F. Johnson
Frank S. Hall
Avondale
Willie Carpenter
Cliffside
Clara Mor
Johnnie Logan
Lillie Mae Morgan
Sandy Music
Mt. Pleasant
Ladies of Betterment Club
Rural Carrier Examination
Homer Ray
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