Forest City
the Business
Center of
the
County
VOL. XI—No. 25
CHORAL EASTER
CANTATA AT THE
BAPTIST CHURCH
"The King of Glory" Title of
Cantata to be Rendered by
Choir of First Baptist
Church Sunday
A choral Easter Cantata, "The
King of Glory," by R. S. Morrison,
will be sung by the choir of the First
Baptist church Sunday evening be
ginning at 7:30. This cantata is di
vided into two parts, the "Prologue"
an d "The Resurrection.'
The choir, under the direction of
L Miss Ruth Meares, organist, is sup
ported by Mr. A. M. Glickman, violin
ist. This cantata recalls simply and
reverently the scenes which mark the
last few days of the Savior's life
on earth.
Following is the program:
Part One —Prologue
Organ Prelude.
Chorus, "This Is the Day"—Choir.
Tenor solo, "0 Lord, Thou Art
My God," Mr. C. A. Petty.
Chorus, "Sing Unto the Lord a
New Song," Choir.
"Who is the King of Glory?"—
Men's chorus, Women's chorus; mix
ed chorus.
Violin solo, Mr. A. M. Glickman.
Part Two The Resurrection
Organ Prelude.
Dtiet —"In the End of the Sab
bath", Mrs. L, C. Edington and Mrs.
R. E. Biggerstaff.
Bass solo, "Behold, there was a
great Earthquake," Mr. Frank
Smith.
Tenor Recit., "His Countenance
was like Lightning", Dr. W. L. Stall
ings.
Chorus with soprano obligato—
"Fear Not Ye," Miss Emily Camp
and choir.
■ Chorus, "He is Not Here, He is
■Risen," Choir.
Alto solo, "Come see the Place",
]Vl)rs. W. C. Botstic, Jr.
Christ the First Fruits: Chorus,
"Now is Christ Risen," choir; Soprano
solo, "There is No Death," Miss Emily
Camp.
Chorus, "Death is swallowed up in
Victory," choir.
Trio, "All Power is given unto Me,"
Misses Alda Freeman, Princa Gaines
and Mr. E. H. Freeman.
Chorus, "Lo, I am with you al
way," choir.
Finale, "Behold the * King of
Glory," choir.
The public- is cordially invited.
DEATH CLAIMS MRS.
PRUDA ROLLINS
Mother of Mr. G. W. Rollins
Buried Wednesday at
Providence Church
(Special to The Courier)
Henrietta, March 27. —Mrs. Pruda
Rollins, aged 83, died at the home
of her son, Mr. Fred Rollins, at Hen
rietta, Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock.
She had been in her usual good
health until about ten days ago,
when ?he was taken seriously ill. She
v.?? a life long member of the Meth
od?? 4 : c v urch. having joined the Mace
donia Methodist church of Gaffney,
S. 0.,
This pged lady was widely known
throughout the county, and was rec
ognized for her christian influence
and splendid unselfish service. She
had the love and esteem of hundreds
of friends who are deeply grieved at
her passing.
She is survived by the following
children: Messrs. George Rollins,
Forest City, Fred, of Henrietta; G.
8., cf Avondale; Mesdames Sallie
Ingle and Dollie Smith, of Shelby,
and Ida Bradley, of Arcadia, S. C.
Her husband died in 1899. She died
from a stroke of paralysis. The fun
eral service was held from Providence
Methodist church Wednesday after
noon at 3 o'clock, in charge of Rev.
R. P. Fikes, Burial was in the church
yard.
Get a new hat to complete your
Easter outfit. You will find just the
thing you want in our new line. Mrs.
E. E. McCurry.
FOREST CITY COURIER
FOREST CITY "ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL * S~IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY,
Resigns Pastorate
■Pf
n
Rev. R. N. Childress, who has been
pastor of the Henrietta-Cartoleen
Baptist churches for several years,
resigned there recently and will leave
April Ist to become pastor of the
Arlington Street Baptist church, of
Rocky Mount, N. C.
METHODISTS WILL
PRESENT EASTER
CANTATA SUNDAY
"The Resurrection Song" Will
Be a Special Feature of
Sunday Evening's
Service
An Easter cantata, "The Resurrec
tion Song,' by Roy E. Nolte, is to be
given at the Methodist Church Sun
day evening at 8 o'clock. The Resur
rection story is beautifully told in
song and verse by this promising,
modern eomposer.
Some of the. b,e«t talent of Forest
City will help to present the story in
solo, duet, trio, and chorus work.
The program is given as follws:
Christ, The Lord is Risen (Opening
Chorus' —Choir.
Hear Ye The Story. (Alto Solo)
—Mrs. R. C. Alexander.
Hail, King of The Jews! (Bass
Solo; Choir) —M. H. Beam and
choir.
Father, Forgive Them (Soprano and
Alto Duet) —Mrs. Burwell "Moore and
Henry Giles.
The Wondrous Cross. (Choir; So
prano Solo) —Mrs. R. R. Howes and
choir.
There Was a Garden. (Men's Trio;
Choir) —Messrs. Giles, Dorsey Ran
dall, and M. M. Beam. Choir.
As It Began To Dawn, Choir.
Come, See The Place. (Soprano
Solo and Choir) —Mrs. Bert Moore
and Choir.
Awake, Thou That Sleepest, Choir.
Sing The Resurrection Song,
(Men's chorus; Tenor solo) —Henry
Giles and Men's Chorus.
Alleluia! Christ Is King!, Choir;
Women's Two-part chorus.
Whosoever Believeth, Soprano So
lo, Miss Lillian Washburn. Duet, Miss
Sallie Mae Sitton and Mrs. Ernest
Robertson.
Now Is Christ Risen (finale), choir.
The public is cordially invited to
be present.
To Hold Horticulture
Meetings in County
Mr. H. R. Niswonger, extension
horticulturist of State College, will
be in the county next week and as
sist the county Farm Agent and
Home Demonstration Agent in Horti
culture work.
Meetings will be held at following
places:
Tuesday, April 2nd, 10:30, in
office of Miss Howard. Mr. Nis
wonger will meet with the Home Dem
onstration club and discuss vegetable
growing.
Tuesday, at 2 p. m., a meeting
will be held at farm of C. Q. Walker,
Rutherfordton, R-4, with discussion
on pruning and spraying.
Wednesday, April 3, at 11 a. m.,
at farm of F. E. White, Floyd's
Creek, and at 2 p. m., at farm of
John K. Swofford, Hollis, Orchard
meetings will be held. Anyone inter
ested in vegetable and orchard work
invited to attend one of these meet
ings.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FORE g TY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA T* 4> \Y, MARCH 28, 1929
INVALID OF FOUR
YEARS TAKEN BY
DEATH MONDAY
Mrs. J. D. Yelton Succumbs to
Injuries Received in Au
tomobile Wreck in
1925
Spindale, March 27.—Mrs. J. D.
Yelton died at her home here Mon
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Her spinal
column was broken as the result of
an automobile wreck in July, 1925,
and she had been an invalid since
that time. During the past year she
became much emaciated from her
long confinement, necessitating al
most continuous use of drugs to keep
her alive and ease the great pain.
She became unconscious Saturday af
ternoon and never rallied, death com
ing Monday at 2 o'clock.
The condition of the body was such
that an immediate funeral was necs
sary. A short funeral service was held
at the home Tuesday morning at 9:30
o'clock. The body was then taken to
Golden Valley Methodist church, Bos
tic, R-4, where another service was
held at noon Tuesday, in charge of
Rev. M. M. Huntley. Interment was
in the Golden Valley cemetery.
Mrs. Yelton, before her marriage
was Miss Bertha Rollins, of Sunshine,
Bostic, R-4. She is survived by her
husband, J. D. Yelton, seven children,
Earl, Mary, Winifred, Imogene,
James, Jack and J. D. Yelton, all
of Spindale, one grandchild, her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Rollins,
of Bostic, R-4; three brothers, Joe
Rollins, Spindale; Letcher and Jeth
ro Rollins, of Bostic, R-4, and one
sister, Mrs. Eli Melton, Bostic, R-4.
Mrs. Yelton was a member of the
Golden Valley Methodist church, and
was a christian of a high type.
During her four years of confine
ment she bore her suffering with
the greatest of patience, and directed
the household affairs from her bed.
Although unable to move, and part
of her body completely paralyzed she
never complained, but devoted her
attention to the welfare of her home
Pall bearers were Messrs. Jake
Martin, M. C. Jones, C. S. McCur
ry, Glenn Smawley, J. H. Puckett
and W. T. Beatty.
Forest City's New
Library Opens Soon
The new city library will open one
day next week, according to an
nouncements made Wednesday. A
number of books have been received,
and just as soon as cataloguing ma
terial arrives the books will be cat
alogued and placed on the library
shelves. Announcements will be made
by bill boards of the opening, also
through the columns of The Courier.
FRIDAY IS BOY SCOUT FINANCE
DAY IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
Strong Committee Hopes To
Raise Rutherford's Quota
of $1650 in One* Day
Canvass
Friday has been designated as
Rutherford County Boy Scout Fi
nance Day.. Organized committees in
every community of Rutherford coun
ty where Boy Scout troops exist will
ask parents of Boy Scouts, business
men and textile mill heads for contri
butions to aid in carrying on the
Boy Scout work in the county.
Rutherford county, which is one of
the five counties of the Piedmont
council, is assessed $1650. The coun
ty has failed only once during the
past five years to raise this quota.
The Piedmont Boy Scout council,
which is composed of the counties
of Gaston, Lincoln, Cleveland, Ruth
erford and Polk, employ a full time
executive who devotes his time to the
advancement of scouting in the coun
cil. The council also owns and oper
ates the Boy Scout camp at Lake
Lanier, near Tryon. Since the organ
ization of the Piedmont council about
six years ago tremendous impetus has
been given the Scout movement in
the area covered by the council. The
number of troops have doubled and
trebled each year and hundreds of
new boys come into the scout troops
J V JS SMITH
RELEASED UNDER
I $5,000 BOND
X "
Go! ien Valley Man Held Fol
lowing Death of Wife, At
' Liberty After Habeas
Corpus Proceedings
R itherfordton, March 26.—Julius
Smi h, held for hearing following
dea i of his wife March 15, was re
leas d from jail Thursday under
$5, 00 bond, under habeas corpus
pro eedings. Smith was lodged in
jail March 15, following the death of
his vife, who was found in her home
in C olden Valley township, with a bul
let hrough her heart. Coroner W. C.
Higptower visited the home and
fouhd Smith in the kitchen drunk,
and Mrs. Smith cold in death with a
bullet in her body. He brought Smith
to Rutherfordton where he was
placed in jail.
His attorneys, Quinn, Hamrick and
Harris, served notice on Sheriff Hard
in to produce Smith for hearing, un
der habeas corpus proceedings, Thurs
day before Judge T. B. Finley, of
Burnsville. Smith was gpven a hear
ing and released under a $5,000
bond, for his appearance at criminal
court.
WM. JOYCE GETS
TWO YEARS IN PEN
New Jersey Man To Serve Sen
tence For Conspiring To
Commit Murder
I William Joyce, of Woodbury, N. J.,
I was sentenced Monday to serve two
i years in the Atlanta Federal Peni
jtentiary by Judge Qlark of the U.
S. Federal court, of Trenton, N. J.
Thi§ brought to a close a dramatic
trf!&; in which local people partici
pated, and attracted wide attention.
More than a year ago Joyce at
tempted to secure Joe Waters, of
Forest City,-to come to New Jersey
as a paid killer. Lengthy correspond
ence was carried on with Joyce by
Chief Charles Price who signed Wat
ers' name to the letters. Postoffice
officials also figured in the case.
Joyce was arrested last year and held
for federal court on a number of
charges growing out of the corres
pondence.
He was recently given a trial in
the Federal court at Trenton, N. J.,
and was sentenced Monday to serve
| two years in the federal penitentiary.
Messrs. C. C. and C. J. Hicks and
Misses Kathleen and Ruth Dorsey at
tended the General Electric Refrig
erator convention Monday being held
in Charlotte.
annually in the five counties. Ruth
erford county is asked for $1650
each year as her quota in carrying
on this work. This is a small amount
compared with that paid by Gaston
and Cleveland.
Mr. R. l!. Price, of Rutherford
ton, is the county finance chairman.
He has announced the selection of
chairman who will aid in the cam
paign Friday:
Spindale: G. A. Williams.
Forest City: E. O. Thomas.
Elienboro: 0. R. Coffield.
Caroleen: W. L. Hicks.
Henrietta: W. S. Moore.
Cliffside: Z. O. Jenkins.
Alexander: Terry Moore.
Rutherf ordton:
Each of the above community
chairmen will appoint a committee
who will assist in the soliciting Fri
day. Each solicitor will be furnish
ed with pledge cards and buttons. Any
donation will be gladly received, ir
respective of the amount. Anyone do
nating over fifty cents will be given
a button.
The people of Rutherford County
are requested to aid in this canvass
as much as possible. Boost the Boy
Scout movement. Your money is not
donated to charity in this cause, but
is invested in building citizenship of
the highest character.
Fireman Injured As
C.C.&O. Trains Crash
Speeding Freight Runs Into Open Switch and
Hits Train on Siding Sunday Noon
ELLENBORO BOY
CRUSHED TO DEATH
BY SCHOOL BUS
Marvin Hamrick, Aged Six
Years, Fatally- Injured
Monday Afternoon
(Special to The Courier)
Ellenboro, March 26.—Marvin, the
six years old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Hamrick, of this place, was fatally in
jured and died within a few minutes
Monday after being ran over by a
school bus.
The accident occurred about four
o'clock Monday afternoon directly in
front of the school building in Ellen
boro. In a scramble to get in the bus
the little fellow fell under the rear
wheel of the bus and was run over.
He was immediately taken to Dr.
Atkins' office, for first aid treat
ment but died shortly after reaching
the office. Death resulted from in
ternal injuries.
Marvin was a member of the first
grade class, this being his first year
in school. He was an intelligent and
bright pupil and very obedient to
his teachers and parents.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at Bethel Baptist church,
at Ellenboro with Rev. Z. D. Har-,
rill in charge of the service. Inter
ment was in the Ellenboro cemetery.
He is survived by his parents, four
brothers Fay, Oris, Calvin and May
nard, all at home except Maynard,
who is a student at the
for the Deaf, at Morganton; three
sisters, Ila, Addie and Madeline, all
at home.
The driver of the truck that crush
ed the life from the little body was
Thomas Melton of Ellenboro. Ac
cording to reports reaching The
Courier an investigation has been
made and the .driver exonerated of
all blame. The accident apparently
was unavoidable.
Out of respect to the family the
Ellenboro school dismissed to attend
the funeral Tuesday afternoon.
i TUESDAY, MAY 7
IS ELECTION DAY
j
[ Registration Books Open For
Town Election Voters On
April 5
Tuesday, May 7 will be municipal
election day here, according to an
official notice appearing elsewhere
in this issue of* The Courier.
Registration books will open April
5 and close April 27. Mr. J. E. Cald
well, city clerk, has been appointed
registrar, and books will be open at
his office from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m.
daily, except Sundays. On Saturdays
the books will remain open until 9 (
p. m. !
A mayor and five aldermen will be
selected in this election to serve a
term of two years. All candidates are
notified that they must announce be
fore April 29, if they want their
names to appear on the town ticket,
otherwise they will have to pay the
cost of having their own tickets print
ed.
The approaching municipal election
is causing some discussion in town,
but to date only Mr. V. T. Davis has
announced as a candidate.
WOMANS' CLUB
Literary Club
The monthly meeting of the Lit
erary Club will be held in the ban
quet hall of Blanton's cafe April 4,
at 3:35 p. m. A large attendance is
requested. The following ladies will
serve as hostesses: Mrs. C. H. Vern
er, Mrs. C. C. Tate, Mrs. C. F. Har
rill, Mrs. J. R. Moore, Mrs. Cham
bers and Miss Mary Moore.
16 Pages
96 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
Thermal City, March 26.—Fireman
Ed Ellis, of Erwin, Tenn., is in the
Rutherford hospital suffering with
a broken leg, broken arm and bruis
ed foot as a result of a head-on col
lision on the Carolina, Clinchfield and
Ohio railway near here Sunday about
noon.
I According to reports received by
i The Courier, a brakeman opened a
j switch by mistake which caused the
[wreck. A through freight was on the
| side track standing still with 60 cars
of coal while a time freight was on
the main line en route north loaded
with perishables, mostly oranges, and
was making fast time, getting ready
to climb a grade when it took the
switch. It was running late and was
itrying to make up time. The cars
| piled up and caused a heavy loss.
Engineer 0. H. Fox, on the fast
1 freight jumped and saved his life,
though he suffered some bruises. The
loss will amount to several thousand
dollars. Ellis had a narrow escape and
was dug out from under a "moun
tain" of oranges and vegetables.
FOREST CITY
TO BE VISITED
BY KENTUCKIANS
Danville Motorcade Will Stop
Here on Their Return
Trip From Charles
ton
While in Danville, Ky., last week,
Editor C. E. Alcock made arrange
ments to have the Danville motor
cade, which is leaving that city for
Charleston, April 1, stop in this city
on their return trip. The Kentucky
party will go to Charleston by way
of Spartanburg and Greenville and
return through Charlotte, stopping
there and at Kings Mountain and
thence to Forest City, where they
will be entertained at luncheon by
the Kiwanis Club if they reach here
at noon, and if not, the party will
stop in the park for a short time
in which to meet the Forest City
folk.
The motorcade is being promoted
i>y Mayor W. O. Mclntyre of Dan
ville and, it is said, will be composed
of some two hundred prominent Ken
tuckians. Mr. Mclntyre is also Edi
tor of the Danville Daily Advocate
and in his issue of last Friday car
ried a three column picture on his
i first page of scenes in Forest City
; and a write-up of the city, stating
that Forest City was to be one of the
prominent places at which the motor
! cade expected to stop while enroute
, from Charleston on their return trip.
| Editor J. C. Alcock, of the Daily
Messenger at Danville, is also going
to carry a cut and write-up of our
city in his paper before the party
leaves there on their trip.
Kentuckians have their eyes on
North Carolina and are full of praise
for the Old North State, as we well
learned on our trip through that
state last week. The Editor of The
Courier feels very grateful to the
Danville Editors for their prominent
mention of Forest City in their pa
pers and we fully appreciate the fine
publicity given our growing little
city. •
We are certain that the citizens of
Forest City will turn out en masse
to do honor to our distinguished vis
itors. The exact time of their arriv
jal can not be determined at this
| time, but Mayor Mclntyre will noti
■ fy Editor Alcock in time so that we
? can notify our folks when to expect
I them.
Mr. J. E. Ridings is busily en
gaged in getting ready for the op
ening of the Southern Hardware
store at an early date. The opening
date of this new store will appear
in our next issue.
Get acquainted with. the Building
& Loan Association.