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Forest City the Business Center of the County VOL. XI No. 32 Local High School Closes Next Week Rev. H. G. Hardin, of Gastonia, Will Preach Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday Night— Dr. R. J. Bateman on Program The commencement exercises of the senior class of the Cool Springs High School, of Forest City, will be gin Sunday, May 19th and continue through Friday, May 24. Sunday, May 19 at 8 p. m. Rev. H. q, Hardin, of Gastonia, will deliver Lk t Baccalaureate sermon. Music will |f furnished by the church choirs. The choir directors of the different churches are co-operating and work ing with Miss Katherine Goggans in this work. It is a custom for all the churches to suspend services and join in a union service on this oc casion. Tuesday night, May 21st, 8 p. m., Miss Goggans' pupils will give a re cital. The toy orchestra and other numbers will furnish entertainment on this evening. Thursday night, 8 p. m., the pro gram will be given by the senior class. A class day program has been arranged by the class for this occas ion. A jolly good time is in store for all who attend these exercises. Friday morning the annual decla mation and recitation contest will be held. This program will be at 10 a. m. Friday night, 8 p. m., the address to the senior class will be delivered by Dr. E. J. Bateman of Asheville. All the patrons of the township have an earnest invitation to attend the exercises planned for the senior class. The principals of the elemen- tary schools have arranged their pro >pams in such a manner as to make possible for patrons of the differ ent communities to attend these ex ercises. JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET TONIGHT Fourth Annual Class Banquet to be Held at High School Building The fourth annual junior-senior banquet of the Cool Springs high school will be held Thursday night (tonight) at the high school build ing, beginning at 8 o'clock. At the conclusion of the dinner a number of speakers will be heard. The topic will be an aeroplane flight, and the speeces will follow on aeronautical terms. "The take-off," will be the subject of Fred Blanton, president of the Junior Class. Macon Hewitt, president of the senior class, will speak on "The Flight." Other topics will be "The Engine," by Leona Hardin; "Our Cargo," by Mr. R. L. Jfeinhardt; "The steering-gear," by Farter Thomas; "Contact", by Miss ftuth Moore; "Aeronauts," by Lila Gordon King; "Wings", Glenn Mc- Keithan; "Engine Trouble," by James Moss and "The Landing Field," by Frances Hollifield. The glee club, quartet and Moore's Orchestra will furnish music for the occasion. Officers of the senior class are Macon Hewitt, president; Marie Hughes, vice-president, and Wilson Crocker, secretary. Junior class of- ( ficers Fred Blanton, president; Lila; Gordon King, vice-president; Delle Wofford, secretary. NEW FURNITURE STORE OPENS IN RUTHERFORDTON Mr. Reuben Mcßrayer, of the For est City Furniture Co., is opening a new furniture store in Rutherford ton today in the building next door to StahPs Ten Cent Store. Mr. R. Mcßrayer will be manager of the new store. A full line of new furni ture will be carried and also several °f the best radios. Mr. Mcßrayer has had years of •experience in the furniture business a nd should make a success of his new e nterprise. ~HH II - | || , FOREST CIT I COURIER FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CI J N THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE! SURVEY. Receives Most Votes I ■EI • -TH id II 1 ill 111 N I I I Mr. G. B. Harrill, recently elected member of the board of aldermen of Forest City, is one of the city's out standing business . men. He received a larger number of votes than any other candidate in the recent munici pal election. NEW OFFICIALS ENTERTAINED BY i KIWANIS CLUB Given Backing of Club in Man agement of City's Affairs —New Members Re ceived Into Club. The new city officials were guests of thfe Kiwanis Club Monday night, where they were given welcome and the endorsement of the club upon the work they have before them in the management of the city's affairs. The program was in charge of Dr. A. C. Duncan and J. W. Dalton, both of whom, and President Flack, made talks of encouragement to the new officers, and explained the club's at titude and co-operation with these men. Amoi?g the officials present were Mayor V. T. Davis, J. E. Caldwell, clerk-treas.; Aldermen F. E. Webb, G. B. Harrill, Francis Little, Chief Chas. R. Price and A. A. Price, of the police force, Broad Green and Frank Dorsey. • •» ' The meeting was a most interest ing one and a large attendance was present to greet the new city offic ials. Five new member were also re ceived into the club: Messrs. Arch McKeithan, formerly of Darlington, S. C., Francis Little, G. B. Harrill, W. S. Moss and E. G. Abernethy. i Report of the Milwaukee trip was made by M. H. Hewitt, who report ed that the new Ford car had been ; received and that sufficient space had been sold to the wide-awake bus iness men to pay for the car. This car will be decorated with the advertise ments of the subscribers to this fund and taken on the trip to Milwaukee, serving as an advertisement for For ! est City to all points going and com ing and at the convention city. It is a most unique idea and should at tract much favorable notice. Ac companying the car as delegates to the convention will be M. H. Hewitt, , Rev. G. R. Gillespie and President Chas. Z. Flack. These gentlement will advertise Forest City all along the route and will visit newspaper offices and chambers of commerce at all points. A big pep meeting will be held on the square June 10th to give the delegates a good send off and wish them God speed. On next Monday night the club will meet with the Rutherfordton club and all members are requested to meet at the hall at 6:30 p. m. in order to get an early start to the sister city. PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST _5 ' AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY G. B. HARRILL FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THU « q r » MAY 16, 1929 —— . _ . i r'tnffiifrv nrjffri r _ _ MISS MURIEL BARNES TO WED MR. CHAS. ERWIN Announcement of Approach ing Marriage of Popular Couple Made at Lovely Social Rutherfordton, May 13.—Mrs. W. O. Geer and Mrs. G. A. Hines were joint hostesses at a bridge party Saturday afternoon at Mrs. beautiful home on Ridgecrest Ave nue, announcing the engagement of Miss Muriel Barnes to Mr. Charles C. Erwin, the wedding to take place in July. The house -was attractively decor ated with snapdragons, roses and peonies, carrying out the color scheme of pink and yellow. Miss Viola Cowan held high score and Miss Mae Shirley cut consola ition. The honoree was presented with I a dainty box of linen handkerchiefs. | The hostesses were assisted in serv ! ing a delicious ice course to the fol lowing: Misses Muriel Barnes, Win jifred Hoyle, Ruth Moore, Annie Tay jlor, Viola Cowan, Rachael Niblock, Florine Herman, Amelia Stephenson, Madge Wilkins, Sarah Taylor, Olivia IMcGowan, Merle Davis, Lela Morris, , Ruby Pryor, Ruth Tilby, Frances .Whitney, Inez Waters, Laura How ard, Mae Shirley, Theresa Taylor, Mesdames Arthur Harrill, Leroy Dob bins, Iva Lovelace, L. E. Spikes, W. R. Hill, J. R. Anderson, B. L. Smith, J. R. Keeter, James McMahan, Fan nie Cantrell, W. C. Logan, C. D. Geer, A. G. Harrelson. PROF. B. L. SMITH ELECTED HEAD OF SHELBY SCHOOLS Rutherfordton-Spindade Super intendent Selected Over Twenty-Five Appli cants for Position Spindale, May 15. —Captain Ben jamin L. Smith, present superintend ent of the Rutherfordton-Spindale- Ruth school system, has been elected superintendent of the Shelby City schools, to succeed Prof. I. C. Griffin, according to word received here yes terday. ' Captain Smith was selected from a list of approximately twenty-five ap plicants for the position, by the Shel by school board, at a meeting held Tuesday. He will succeed Prof. I. C. Griffin, resigned, who has served for thirteen years as superintendent of the Shel by schools. Mr. Griffin will leave in July, and will be connected with the University of North Carolina. Prof. B. L. Smith came to Ruther ford county in 1919, shortly after being discharged from military serv- ice. He was head of the Forest City schools from 1919 to 1925, resign ing that year to go to Spindale where he has since been head of the Ruth erfordton-Spindale-Ruth school sys tem. Prof. Smith is recognized as one of the outstanding educators of the state. One notable fact about his career in Rutherford county is the fine constructive work done by him in the county. Coming to Forest City in 1919 the city had one poorly equip ped school building. Through Mr. Smith's efforts the city built a larger, and better equipped building. Mr. Smith was responsible, in a large measure, for the present magnificent system of township schools in Cool Springs, and spent much time and ef fort in putting across the election called for that purpose. 1 Mr. Smith's efforts in securing a centralized school system for Spin dale and Rutherfordton were no l«ss spectacular than his work in Forest City. During the short period of time "that he has been here he has seen the small, inadequate school build ings of Rutherfordton, Spindale and Ruth give away to modern elementary schools, with one of the best central high school buildings in North Caro lina, erected for the high school pu pils of the three towns. Ability was justly rewarded in 1927 with the appointment of Mr. Smith as a member of the state text book commission, for a term of five years. His work on this commission, £ ?- DR. LA. CROWELL | TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY CLUB - May Meeting Will Be Held Jointly With County Medi cal Society At Spindale I • _I? : * Spindale', May 13.—The May Meet ing of The Rutherford County Club will be held in the Spindale House here Friday at one o'clock, ac cording to an announcement made to- j day by the secretary, Clarence Griffin. ' j This wil be a joint meeting with the Rutherford County Medical So jciety. In addition to the members of the Rutherford County Club practi cally every member of the medical profession of the county will be pre sent. Dr. L. A. Crowell, of Char llotte, president of the North Caro j lina Medical Society, will be present 1 and address the joint meeting of the » j clubs following the luncheon. ' i I I The luncheon will be served by the • members of the Womans Missionary L Society, of the First Baptist church, ' with Mrs. R. M. Hill in charge. .! Anyone who does not belong to the Rutherford County Club or the . Rutherford County Medical Society, who wishes to attend is cordially in f vited to do so. If you expect to be . present for luncheon please notify the secretary or Mrs. R. M. Hill to that proper reservations may be made. Veteran Alderman JV * ; y_. S \M jm 4M -i«F d# a Jv ~f ■ ' 1 ntf *" W. L. HORN Mr. W. L. Horn, recently elected alderman of Forest City, enters his sixth term in that capacity. Mr. Horn has served five terms, or ten years, as a member of the Forest City Board of Aldermen, prior to his election May 7. REV. M. F. MOORES ILL Rev. M. F. Moores, pastor of the First Methodist Church, is confined to his room this week with acute in digestion. Mr. Moores was taken ill last Friday, and has been confined to his room since. As we go to press his condition seems to be improved. Mr. W. L. Brown and nephew, Glen Justus spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Brown in Hot Springs, Mr. Geo. Brown, of Laurens, S. C., returned home with Mr. W. L. Brown from Hot Springs, and spent Monday night here. in common with his other work, has been outstanding. With the removal of Mr. Smith to Shelby, Spindale and Rutherford county will lose a loyal supporter of the church, an educational leader of superior talents, and the community and civic clubs a leader whose place will indeed be difficult to fill. A successor to Mr. Smith has not yet b«en named by the Spindale- Rutherfordfon school board. New Hotel to Open In Forest City Soon To Be Known As Hotel Blanton and Operated By C. C. Blanton in Jones' Building on Depot Street New Mayor m r • 'w'KP& grafl ■fi V. T. DAVIS Mr. V. T. Davis, who was elected ; mayor of Forest City in the municipal election of May 7. Mr. Davis served! one term, during 1927-29, as alder-1 man. He also served, during that per- . iod, as mayor pro tem. Mr. Davis is a young man of fine character and ability. He is 38 years old, and was born and reared in Forest City. Dur ing the late World War he spent nine njonths in France as a member ofj Headquarters Company of the 324 th Infantry, and participated in the bat tles along the Meuse-Argonne front in October, 1918. LATE CASES IN SUPERIOR COURT Cases Cominp Before May Term of Court Tues day Rutherfordton, May 15.—The fol lowing cases came before the super ior court Tuesday for trial: State vs. Dennis Flack and Onie Flack. Defendant Dennis Flack pleads guilty. Onie Flack pleads guilty. Not guilty as to Onie Flack. Judgment as to Dennis Flack that defendant be confined in county jail four months and be assigned to work on public roads of county. State vs. Jess Kennedy. Defend ant pleads guilty. Judgment jof the Court that defendant be Imprisoned in County jail for a period of six months and assigned to work on the roads. The sentence of the Recorder of four months to run concurrently with sentence imposed in this case. State vs. Ben Johnson. Nol pros with leave. State vs. Vaden Mayse. Consolidat ed for trial: In first case prayer for judgment in this case continued on payment of costs. Capias to issue for punishment when ordered by court on motion of Solicitor. The court is of opinion after reading Sta tute and hearing the evidence in this case that the defendant is not liable to pay officers fee of $25.00, that the evidence was not furnished by the officers according to the evidence. In second case, judgment of the court is that defendant pay a fine of $20.00 and the cost. It is ordered by court that defendant need not pay a pen alty of $25.00 to the officer as the court is of the opinion after hear ing the evidence in the case and af ter reading the Statute that the law does not allow the officer to receive $25.00 in this case. State vs. G. R. Connor. Grand jury in a body comes into open court and returns a true bill for murder. State vs. Robert Gordon. Continu ed for defendant. State vs. Lathan Williams. Defend ant pleads guilty. Judgment of the Court that defendant be imprisoned in County jail for four months and assigned to work on public roads. 16 Pages 96 COLUMNS SI.OO Per Year in Advance i Forest City is to have a new !and up-to-date hotel, some thing that has been sadly need- Jed for the past few years in ; order to keep pace with the | growth of the city. Mr. Cowan C. Blanton, of IBlanton's Cafe, this week clos jed a deal with Mr. Geo. W. jJones for the lease of his brick jbuilding on Depot street and jis now rapidly making all ar rangements to open the new jHotel Blanton about June 15th. j The new Hotel Blanton will have twenty-six rooms and will be modern in every respect. «The building, which is a hand ' some brick structure, was orig inally planned for a hotel and lis admirably suited for the I purpose. It carries steam heat I and is fittingly arranged i throughout for a modern hos telry. Mr. Blanton's plans call for handsome new furnishings throughout, with the lobby on the first floor. In front a hand some marquee will be added, while in the rear ample park ing facilities will be provided. All work of interior decorating and furnishing will be rushed, and Mr. Blanton hopes to open the new hostelry by June 15th. Mr. Blanton, one of the most successful Cafe owners in the state, is finely qualified in ev ery way from experience and affability to make a success in I the hotel business. He will make his home in the new Ho tel Blanton and give the hos telry his undivided attention. Meals for all guests will be provided in Blanton's Cafe, one of the finest in the State and in close distance to the hotel. Forest City has badly needed a new hotel and our citizens will give Mr. Blanton solid backing in his new enterprise. The opening of the new hotel ! will be a boon to hundreds of itraveling men, who have so of jten expressed their regret at ithe. meagre hotel facilities in |our city, and who were often | compelled to leave the city, i many times at a late hour, to | find accommodations else -1 where. DAVIS GOFORTH DIED TUESDAY Funeral In Forest City Wednes day—-Revival Closes Births Reported Florence Mill, May 14.—Word was received here today of the death of Davis Goforth who died of pneu monia in Kings Mountain. Funeral services will be held Wednesday of this week in the Missionary Metho dist church here, in charge of Revs. E. L. Beachboard and H. C. Kiser. The deceased is the youngest son of Rev. and Mrs. C. J. Goforth of Caroleen and a brother of Mrs. C. E. Hardin of this place. Interment will be in Cool Springs cemetery. One of the most successful revival meetings ever held in the Florence Baptist church is now in progress there. A number of professions are made at practically every service, and a goodly number of accessions to the church have already been made. Rev. L. N. Eppley is assisting the pastor, Rev. Z. D.-Harrill. Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Randall are the happy parents of a son, Chivous Dorsey, born last Sunday. Born, recently to Mr. and Mrs. Huntley Adams, a girl. Mr. Robert Sisk is suffering from blood poison in his hand. Mr. C. E. Hardin is nursing a sore foot, caused by a poisoned wooden splinter.
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