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Forest City Courier

Location

Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1930

Page

2

Forest City Faces Open Kickoff As Football Season Nears

Forest City fans eye a stronger squad after shifting backs and linemen. New material and substitutes fill gaps as last year’s losses are addressed. The locals expect a solid opener against Chesnee High on Friday September 19 with a schedule spanning Chesnee Gaffney Shelby Cowpens Hendersonville Marion Christ School Kings Mountain Lincolnton Hickory. Season tickets at 1.50 cover six home games. students and ladies half price.

Forest City Moss Dorsey Harrill Horton F. Blanton T. Blanton Salem Suber M. Moss Cool Springs High Fang Chesnee High Lincolnton Hickory Hickory High Rfield North Carolina High School Athletic Association Athletic” Association

Sandy Run Baptist Conference Program in Spindale NC

A two day schedule from October 8 to 9, 1930, for the Sandy Run Baptist Association at Spencer Church in Spindale North Carolina. It lists devotional sessions, sermons, organizational tasks, and topics such as Sunday schools, orphanage, missions, and Christian education with presenters from Atlanta and local leaders.

Riverside News Local Farm Life and Social Visits

Harris reports busy cotton picking as farmers keep up work. Local residents share visits and weekend stays among Padgett, McCraw, Collins, and Harris families. Attendees included relatives from Ellenboro and Henrietta with a funeral at New Hope M. E. Church and a vacation trip to Asheville.

Harris Jim McCraw Chesnee Boyd Collins Hiis Helen Harris New Hope M. E. Church J. E. Padgett Asheville

Revival Opens at Alexander Baptist Church

Alexander Sept 15 a revival meeting is under way at the Alexander Baptist church led by Rev C C Matheny with Rev J A Brock of Caroleen assisting. Music is under Rector Robbins of Harris with quartette groups welcome. Services are at 3:30 PM and 7:30 PM daily, with several quartets performing. three unite with the church on opening day. The meeting is expected to continue a week or ten days.

Floyds Creek News picks and visits in Forest City area

In Forest City R-1 on September 16 residents keep busy picking cotton. Families and guests visited across the community including the Tates, Whites, Edwards, Putman, Summers, Champion, Davidson, Scruggs, Piercy, Dobbins and Padgett. Local B Y P U talks featured by Ruth Piercy and Dobbin.

Forest City R-1 Sherman Tate D. E. White Dock Yowell Lake Wales Fla G. E. White Fred Champion Tan Davidson Elisha Davidson Weaver James Scruggs Ruth Piercy Dobbins Caroleen Floyd's Creek Bonner Padgett Loreen

Lincoln County Plans Fall Farm Demonstrations For Alfalfa

Women resist heat more effectively than men and men’s arguments falter as Congress passes twenty one farm relief laws. The major missed measure is rain at proper intervals. Twenty new demonstrations in alfalfa will be started in Lincoln County this fall, with the first cooperative carload of limestone unloaded for use.

Lincoln County

Avondale Social Notes Include College Plans and Visits

Avondale reports weekend visits by Mr and Mrs Joe Hawkins and daughter Ethel at Cliffside. A D Wilsons visited Forest City, Lois Womack dined with Miss Emma Silvers, and Maggie Melton with sons stayed with Seth Bedfords in Oak Grove. Several siblings and friends travel to Hendersonville, Marion, and Winston Salem for visits and college departures. The W M A prayer week at Haynes Memorial Baptist church features a young women vs men attendance challenge and circle meetings with Royal service readings and a time change to evening.

Avondale Joe S. Hawkins Ethel Oscar Hardin Hadin Cliffside A. D. Wilson Forest City Lois Womack Emma Silvers Maggie Melton Glenn, Boyce Hardin Billy Watkins U.N. C Elsenboro R. C. Smith Marion G. L. Price Lillian Smith J. C. Morehead Hendersonville Haynes Memorial Baptist Church Circle No. 3 W. T.huskey United Arms Royal Service

Farmers Form Exchange To Market Poultry

Farmers along the Seaboard branch in Anson Union Gaston Lincoln Cleveland Rutherford and Polk counties form the Seaboard Farmers Mutual Exchange to market poultry and eggs in car lots. Since 1923 one car of poultry sold grew to 44 cars in 1929. B Austell Shelby is president Frank Jackson Mill Springs vice president and R E L Funderburk Monroe secretary treasurer. A director from each county will move poultry within his county and a Charlotte meeting on November 5 will set plans for the season.

Rutherfordton Anson J Polk County Seaboard Railroad Seaboard Farmers’ Mutual Exchange John W. Soodman State College Anson Union Gaston Lincoln Cleveland Rutherford Polk Charlotte Exchange B. Austell Shelby Frank Jackson Mill Springs R. E. L. Funderburk Monroe

Manufacturer Claims Car Will Wear Till Paid For

A manufacturer asserts the car will wear until the purchase is fully paid, framing ownership as a debt until completion. The remark hints at durability tied to payment terms, reflecting marketing rhetoric on consumer finance and value. The statement emphasizes commitment to long wear and ongoing financial obligation.

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