Cliffside News Weekly Editor Note
The Cliffside News is published weekly in connection with The Forest City Courier. Editor remains unnamed in the available text.
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Cliffside News
Forest City
Forest City Courier in Forest City, North Carolina
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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1927
Page
3
First bale of cotton sold to Cliffside Mills at 22c
Mr. E. B. Phillips of Buck Shoals near Cliffside delivered the season’s first cotton bale to Cliffside for ginning last Friday September 9 and the lot fetched 22 cents per pound from Cliffside Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Phillips
Buck Shoals School
Cliffside
Cliffside Mills
Local Happenings at Cliffside and Nearby Towns
Messrs M W Martin and S L Thompson bought new Essex cars from Cliffside Motor Company. Several visitors and locals are noted, including Misses Campbell Gibson and Kent returning from Chicago via Paw Creek NC, and many attending picnics, visits, and church events around Cliffside, Morganton, HenDersonville, and Shelby. A social note mentions Uncle Sam welcoming cold weather ending Atlantic and Pacific air hops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Martin
S. L.thompson
Cliffside Motor Company
Jane Campbell
Georgia Gibson
Helen Kent
Paw Creek
N. C
Chicago
Ill
Sam
Pacific
Bostic R-1 News highlights local farming and visits
Farmers struggle to finish pulling fodder due to rain while residents report social visits and travel. Jessie Stacy returns from Polkville. numerous relatives spend weekends together. A new baby Hoyt Anderson is born to Clee Toney's family. Several locals attend Mt Harmony singing, funerals, and a Lake Lure Chimney Rock trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Williamson
Shelby
R. 5
Jessie
Ruby Stacy
Sam Dale
Boiling Springs
G. W. Kelly
Bird McDaniel
J. S. Bedford
Bedford
Oak Grove
J. S. Stacy
Jim Andrews
Rex Weast
Clyde Merek
Alice J
Ruth Harrill
Ester Bailey Juere
Layette
Vernella Weast
Frank Weast
J. A. Cooper
Reac
Atiss Clara Cooper
Vernelle Weast
Earl Stacy
Bate Wright
Lattimore
Chalmers Weast
Fletcher Hollifield
Spindale
Mt.Harmony
Clee Toney
Hoyt Anderson
Bulo Grayson
Spindale Church Leader Davis Resigns for Seminary
Rev. G W Davis, pastor of Spindale Baptist Church, resigned last Sunday and will depart for Louisville Kentucky to enter Theological Seminary. Rev. Mr Smith of Marshville filled morning duties while Rev W W Rimmer of Dallas preached in the evening, with one of the two expected to succeed Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spindale
G. W. Davis
Spindale Baptist Church
Louisville
Theological Seminary
Mr. Smith
Marshville
W. W. Rimmer
Dallas
Davis
P. N. McNeely
Waxhaw
Spindale ‘Drug Co
John B. Neely
McDonald-Neely Co
Workers’ Council
Spindale Methodist
G. B. Howard
Spindale Park
Belmont Athletic Club
Local social notes from Floyd's Creek News
Forest City community members from Sharon to Chesnee are listed visiting relatives and attending church, Sunday gatherings, and weekend trips. Names include Jap Ledbetter, Mrs D E White, Frank Green, J C Powell, Gordon Toms, E Mauney, Bertha Newton, and many others with multiple family visits and a fishing trip recounted. A humorous closing remark about a man selling a crayon portrait after tobacco sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
R-1
Jap Ledbetter
Sharon
D. E. White
White
George Green
Miss Hester
Mattie Tanner
Gordon Toms
Frank Green
Jesse Honeycutt
Geneva
W. J. Edwards
E. Mauney
Sunshine
J. M. Mauney
Mrs. Mauney
F. E. White
Cherryville
Mr. White
Bertha Newton
Sawyer
Crawford Powell
Chesnee
J. C. Powell
W. N. McDaniel
Forest Vassey
Zeno Lancaster
Essex Sedan Trip Records Fuel Economy Note
A letter from Grover Haynes of Winter Haven Florida describes a 740 mile trip in an Essex Sedan with only one puncture. He used 35 gallons of gas for about 21 miles per gallon and added one quart of oil en route and on arrival. He mentions Cliffside Motor Co. and notes no car trouble besides the puncture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliffside Motor Co
Farmer Browns Conversion play delights Holly Springs church
Harris R 1 Sept 12 Prof Ed ward Cole stood in for the absent pastor. A church play titled Farmers Brown's Conversion showcased many characters including John Brown and Ruth Earnest. Proceeds from refreshments funded Hehored purposes. Monday September 5 death of Newton Splawn mourned. burial followed by his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cole
Newton Splawn
Holly Springs
Funeral Tributes for Local Resident in Obituary Notes
A memorial notice lists a deceased man survived by a sister and two half brothers, seven children with four sons and three daughters, and one great grandchild. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. B. M. Hamrick Rev. T. M. Hester Rev. Da L. Wright. Social visits followed among local families including Mrs. Sarah Robbins and Mrs. Annie Briscoe with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Honeycutt, and Rev. N.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Hamrick
T. M. Hester
da L. Wright
J. R. Morrow
Sarah Robbins
Annie Briscoe
Joe Honeycutt
Dairy consumption in 1926 shows rising dairy use
The Sears Roebuck Agricultural Foundation reports Mr Average American drank fifty five gallons of milk and consumed sixteen pounds of butter fourteen pounds of condensed milk four pounds of cheese and twenty eight gallons of ice cream in 1926. It notes rapid dairy growth over the last decade, vitamin A benefits, higher protein and calcium intake, and lower dairy use in the South due to slower production and higher prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears Roebuck Agricultural’ Foundation
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