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AVONDALE WOMANDIES OF PARALYSIS

Stroke Fatal to Mr*. A. T.Stoudenmire, wife of Baptist

Minister of Avondale?

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Avondale, Feb. 4.?Mrs. A. T.Stoudenmire, wife of Rev. A. T.Stoudenmire, pastor of the Avon-

dale Baptist church, died at her homehere Wednesday night at 8 o'clock.Mrs. Stoudenmire was striken Sun-

day morning, January 20, whileteaching her Sunday school class in

the Avondale Baptist church. Shewas taken to her home and a physi-cian summoned. An examination re-

vealed that she had suffered a strokeof paralysis and was in a critical con-dition. She was conscious at timesduring her two weeks illness. Hercondition became worse daily,

until death claimed her Wednesdaynight.

Funeral services were held in the jAvondale Baptist church Thursday Iat noon. The services were in charge !of Rev. R. C. Smith, of Cliffside; as-]

sisted by Rev. M .M. Huntley, ofRutherfordton; Rev. C. C. Matheny,of Alexander and Rev. T. M. Hester, -

of Spindale. Burial took place Thurs-

day afternoon at Union, S. C.

Mrs. Stoudenmire is survived by jher husband, Rev. A. T. Stoudenmire, \u25a0t>ne son, Archie Stoudenmire, of

Avondale; one brother, Mr. Hicks, of |Columbia, S. C.; two sisters, Mrs. jJohrfson, of Gastonia and Mrs. Hicks, jof near Spartanburg, S. C.

Mrs. Stoudenmire was 52 years ofage. She was a faithful member of

the Baptist church and took a promi-

nent part in its work, assisting her jhusband in his labor whenever and ;

where ever she could.Pall bearers were Messrs. G. Chamr

pion, Russell Freeman, George Sil-vers, Floyd Ward, J. P. McSwainand F. S. Hall.

There were no flower bearers, as jit was Mrs. Stoudenmire's desire thatno flowers be sent.

Brunswick County farmers report

that prices for sweet potatoes thiswinter are much better than last

year.

? MAKES GOOD PROFIT ONDRY PICKED CAPONS

Clark-Matheny, senior in Vocation-

'al agriculture at Cool Springs High

School, shipped 20 capons to Holly

Inn at Pinehurst last week. These

J capons were dry picked and prepared* for shipment by the agriculture class

;as a demonstration lesson in prepar-

"inef poultry for market. They brought! Clark a profit of $36.83 after allexpenses were paid. Pinehurst offers

an excellent market for capons and

they are a good money crop for this

time of year.

SMITH'S GROVEf

I Forest City, R-3, Feb. 4.?We have

I several new families who have mov-

'ed in our community recently.

Mr. and Mrs. Roland Smith spentSunday with Mr. and Mrs. Helton,

near Ellenboro.Those who Misses Pearl, i

!Mary E. and Ruth Crowder Sunday

I afternoon were Misses Pinkie and'Gertrude Fortenbery, L. C. Crotts, j

I Pauline Crotts, Messrs. Fred and

jTravis Carpenter, Kermit Crotts,

? Paul Scoggins, Tom Walker, Earl-Scoggins, Roy Hardin and Jack Will-;

jiams.I Miss Lucy Crowder spent Sunday ,

jafternoon with Miss Mary Wilson and |! Alice Hardin.

Miss Kennedy and several of her

[friends spent Sunday afternoon with

jMiss Mossie Yelton.

Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer Yelton spent'the week end with his parents Mr. jIand Mrs. C. M. Yelton.

J Miss Annie Mae Andrews spentSunday afternoon with Miss Pauline

jGuffey.

Mr. Howard. Carter was the week

'end guest of Mr. Will Andrews.

| The Senior B. Y. P. U. had a very

iinteresting program Sunday night.

jThe subject was "The only Gospel."

(Those taking part were Mossie Yel-|ton, Pinkie and Gertrude Fortenber-ry, Mary Elizabeth and Ruth Crowd-er, Roy Hardin and Forest Forten-

berry.

! Prize idiots: The man who con-

jtemplates offering President Cool-idge a job in the talking pictures.

\ ELLENBORO NEWSi

(Special to The Courier)

i Ellenboro, Feb. 4.?An interesting

| basketball game was played Friday

i afternoon between Hollis and Ellen-; boro, resulting in victory for Hollis37 to 23. The game was played onthe Ellenboro court, witnessed byquite a crowd.

The girls circle of the Presbyterianchurch had an interesting meetingWednesday evening with Mrs. W. C.Meredith, chairman of the circle.They are arranging for a reception

and Valentine party to be given the

last of the week. Among the numberpresent were: Misses Mabel Griffin,

Estelle Reece, Myrtle Nesbitt, Mil-

dred Rogers, Naomi Wells, Esther

: Yelton, Jessie Martin, Maud Wright,

i Lorene Culbreth and Doris Alex-

ander. ~

Prof. Jones, principal of the Ellen-boro school spent several days at

Weaverville during the past week,with relatives.

Misses Millicent and Ruby Young

accompanied by Messrs. Frank Fosterand Howard McMilland, of Finger-

ville, S. C., were among the visitorswith Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Elliott the

past week.

Mrs. J. W. Dellinger, also Misses

Carrie McClurd, Elizabeth Dellinger

and Mr. Stuart Dellinger of Stanley,

N. C., were pleasant visitors with Mr.and Mrs. W. H. Payne the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. Percy Pegram andchildren of Shelby were pleasant vis-

itors with Mrs. A. S. Harrill; alsoPaul and Ruby Price of Forest City

were visitors with Mrs. Van Har-

rill Sunday.Mr. Charles Bland of Wake Forest

College spent several days with the

home folks here last week.

Miss Blanche McDaniel of Shelby,

very pleasantly remembered in El-jlenboro, her former home, was a

I visitor with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur

Turner during the past week.

WINS PRIZE FOR MOSTBALES COTTON GINNED

(Special to The Courier)

Ellenboro, Feb. 4.?Mr. A. L. Ham-jrick of Ellenboro won a five dollar(Stetson hat, given by the J. L. Rob-

jbins Ginning Company for having

| the greatest number of bales of cot-

ton ginned this season. Mr. Hamrick

jwon, having 35 bales ginned at this! gin. He is considered one of the best! farmers in the township. From a

|farm of 34 acres he produced 35bales of cotton; on eight acres he

produced 350 bushels of corn and3,000 bundles of fodder; on 2 1-2

acres he produced 250 bushels of

sweet potatoes; on 3 acres 25 stacksof cane feed; on 2 1-2 acres 50 bush-els of oats. Also produced a largequantity of pop-corn on a small acre-age, which he can sell on the localmarket at a price of $6.00 per bush-

el. This does not include his truckfarm, and other patches. He is a

man of family, and 35 years of age.

This was produced on a farm rentedfrom Mr. John O. Wright.

BELK'S SLOGAN "HOME OFBETTER VALUES".

In the ad of Belk's DepartmentStore, which appeared in The Courierlast week, the slogan under the

signature should have read "The

Home of Better Values" instead of"The Home of Better Goods". Inthe same advertisement L sheeting

was set up and printed as LL sheet-ing. The Courier regrets very muchthat these errors occurred and glad-ly makes this correction.

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A Washington family had four setsof twins in seven years. Anothercase of seven years of plenty.

I PJNEfiURST NEWS If

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; Ellenboro, R-2, Feb. 4.?We are

glad to note that the "flu" is about.to die down in our section.| j| Miss Lucretia Hord spent the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Ab. Putnam,

of Ruth.Mrs. Elizabeth Harrill, who has

been in very ill health for quite a'while does not seem to improve any. ?

Her sister, Mrs. Sallie Goforth, of'Cramerton, is still at her bedside.

Miss Esther Bailey has recentlypurchased a new self-player piano. ?

The Pinehurst Home Demonstra-

tion Club met with Mrs. C. M. Wat-son Friday afternoon. Miss Howardgave a very interesting talk on foods.Cake and punch were served for re-freshments.

Mr. Sherman Padgett and sister,

Miss Xantippa Padgett spent Sunday

afternoon with Misses Kathleen andGrace Turner. They also attendedB. Y. P. U. at Bethel Sunday eve-ning.

Miss Layettle Weast spent theweek end with her parents, Mr. andMrs. B. F. Weast.

! Mr. T. A. Merck will soon have his

new house completed.Mrs. Wesley Jones and Mrs. Cicro

Melton spent one afternoon last week

with Mrs. W. A. Bridges.

Mrs. Walter Bridges and little son,A. C. and Mrs. Lester Bailey spentlast Wednesday in Henrietta withMrs. Louis Neal.

Those visiting at Mr. W. A. BridgesSunday were, Mr. and Mrs. ShippHarrill, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Watson,Mr. Walter Bridges an<J family andMr. Oscar Padgett and family.

Miss Layettle Weast and Miss Lu-cretia Hord visited at Mr. W. A.Bridges one afternoon last week.

Messrs. Roy and Earl Price andMr. Norris Smart spent Sunday af-ternoon with Mr. Charles Padgett.

Rev. I. D. Harrill, of Lattimore,preached a very able sermon at Con-cord Baptist church Saturday morn-ing.

Mrs. B. F. Weast and son, Mr.Clay Weast visited at Mr. W. A.Bridges one day last week.

A man saved from a fire wrote hisrescuer a poem. What a way to-respond to kindness!.

THE FpREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 192§

j ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE

; Having qualified as Administrators

of the estate of Mrs. Ada Dean, de-

ceased, late of Rutherford County,

North Carolina, this is to notify all

persons having claims against the

3state of said deceased to exhibit

them to the undersigned at Forest

City, N. C., on or before the 7th day

jc-f February, 1930, or this notice will

;be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

' All persons indebted to said estate

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