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Forest City the Business Center of the County VOL. XI—No. 37 I NR. CY BRADLEY AND MISS PEARL. GILLESPIE WED Prominent Young Couple of Henrietta Married Sun day at Home of Brides Parents Henrietta, June 17.—One of the most important weddings of the early summer and one of much inter est to the community, was that of )liss Jonnie Pearle Gillespie and "\lr. Cy Bradley, which was solem nized at the home of the bride's pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Henry . ,1 Gillespie, on Wiseman street, Sun evening, June 16th. W jj ev ]vir. Brock, pastor of the Hen rietta-Caroleen Baptist churches, of ficiated. The room was decorated with Queen Anne's lace, dahlias and pot flowers. The altar was made with ivy vine and covered with Queen Anne's lace. The wedding took place in the presence of members of the j two families and a few friends. Miss Lucille Wall presided at the piano. Little Miss Martha Hicks sang "I Love You Truly" and "At Dawn ing." The bride was attired in a blue georgette ensemble with other ac cessories in tone of blue. She car ried a corsage of sweet peas. Little Oscar Jeter Mooneyham, Jr., the only attendant, carried the ring in a small wedding bell. Mrs. Bradley is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gillespie. She is a graduate of Mars Hill college. Af ter graduation, she taught one year in the eastern part of the state and two years in the Henrietta elemen tary school. She is very active in civic and church work, and is very popular member of the social set. J The groom is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Bradley, of Forest Vfity, N. C. He is a very popular young man in this community, where he formerly resided. At the present time, he is manager of one of the | A. & -P. stores in Gastonia, N. C. _! Immediately after the ceremony, the young couple left for a motor trip to Washington, D. C. ANEWREMJY COMPANY FORMED ______ I | The Haynes Brothers and For-j mer Mayor W. N. Dorsey, j of Shelbty, Are the Officials Knowing that Forest City is one of i the most progressive and fastest j growing cities in the state, and' de- j siring to take a part in its growth j and prosperity, Haynes Brothers | have formed the Haynes Real Estate Company, with former Mayor W. N. Dorsey, of Shelby, as sales manager ; with offices in Forest City and Cliff- { L side. Sales Manager Dorsey will al- ! ternate between the two offices and j m commute to and from his home in Shelby each day. A large lot of real estate and sev- : eral thousands of jicres have already: been lined up by the new firm, I which will operate on a large scale in this county. The Messrs. Haynes are so well! known throughout the county that j commendatory mention here is un- j necessary. They are men of ample : capital who have always taken a lead *n the development of the county, j Mayor Dorsey is a splendid man to bave with the company, as he has j ttade a success in the real estate, business and is thoroughly versed in! its most intricate details. The new firm, with its large capi- i tal and backed by the experience of | its officials, should provide an im- ' mediate awakening of real estate, activity and do a great work in the upbuilding of the city and the coun- I ty at large. WAYSIDE GANG MEETING Don't forget the meeting of the j ayside Gang, Thursday evening, j June 20, 8 o'clock, at City Hall. Election' of officers and other im portant matters. All are urged to attend. ; FOREST CITY COURIER FOR EST CITY--ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND 1 3 tEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE "sui^T PUBLISHED IN THE INTE - % OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY HEi ®x. • A w* Bfi % - Mrs. Pliny O. Pursar, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Bostic, Sr., of Forest City, whose recent wedding J. W. Harrelson to Be Speaker at County Club DEATH CLAIMS I c. M. CHAMPION; Seventy-Foui*-Year .Old Citizen j Dies at Home on West Main Street Wednesday i Mr. Columbus Mills Champion, i J aged 74 years, died at his home on i • West Main street here Wednesday! morning at 10 o'clock. He had been, in ill health for several years and J his death was not unexpected. i i He is survived by his widow, who j before her marriage was Miss Tina. Wilkins, four children, H. M. Champ-1 ion, of Rutherf ordton, R-l; P. L. j Champion, of Spindale; Mrs. B. M.. | Jones, of Rutherfordton, R-l, and' I Mrs. Herbert Cole, of Forest City, J ! and thirteen grandchildren. • I | Mr. Champion was born March 10,' j 1855. He was married to Miss Tina I Wilkins 52 years ago. He joined the i Kistler's Chapel Methodist church | when he was thirty-six years old, and j had been one of its most loyal mem-: I bers since that time. He had held 1 1 several official positions with the church during his lifetime. He was a prominent farmer and landowner. He liyed in the Shiloh. | community for a number of- years, ; | where he conducted his .farming i | operations, cotton ginning and other j business enterprises. He moved to; Forest City a few years ago on ac- j j count of his failing health, and had made his home here since. j As The Courier goes to press fun- ! eral arrangements have not been made. I REV. WADE BOSTIC TO TO PREACH HERE SUNDAY j Rev. Wade Bostic, for many years a missionary to China, who has just i returned to his native county, will ' preach at the First Baptist church i next Sunday at both the morning 1 and evening hours. The public is i cordially invited to hear Mr. B6stic. OFFICERS GET 53 QUARTS OF WHISKEY ! I Spindale, June 17.—Officers Gar ret Edwards, Jim Marlow, Yates Duncan and Geo. Green confiscated j fifty-three quarts of whiskey here Friday. The owner of the whiskey was placed under a five hundred dollar bond, and was given a hearing Tuesday in Recorder's court. He pled guilty to possessing the whiskey and was fined. FOREST CITY, NOl £ w VROLINA THUSDAY, JUNE 20, 1929 Recent Forest City Bride iwas one of the outstanding social ! events of the season. Mr. and Mrs. jVursar are making their home in i Monroe. ■ Director of State Department of Conservation and Development Will Speak Friday i -"■' Henrietta,• June 17.—-JThe June ■ meeting of the Rutherford County {Club will be held in the Henrietta- I Caroleen high school building Fri tday, beginning at one o'clock. j Mr. J. W. Harrelson, of Raleigh, | director of the state department of Conservation and Development, will j speak at this meeting. Mr. Harrel j son's subject will be along the line {of the development and preservation | of the natural resources of the coun jty and state. He is a speaker of abi lity, and his message will be of great 'interest to all who hear him. [ The meetings of the county club jare not for the members exclusively! J but are for all who wish to attend. Any one not a member of the club ' who wishes to attend the luncheon | should notify Mrs. L. B. Harrill, of Caroleen, or the secretary, Clarence ; Griffin, at The Courier office, so that proper reservations may be made for j luncheon. Anyone desiring to come in and hear the address following the , luncheon are cordially invited to do 1 f * SO* jW. M. S. TO MEET i HERE FRIDAY I I I Delegates From Churches of Five Counties Expected For Annual Ses sion Here l The Womans' Missionary Con ference of the Marion District, of the Methodist church, will meet here Friday in an all day session. The session will open at ten o'clock with Mrs. J. P. Jonas, of Marion, district secretary, presiding. Mrs. C. C. Weaver, of Winston-Salem, president of the Western North Carolina Mis sionary Conference will be the prin cipal speaker. Miss Ogburn also of Winston-Salem, will be present and speak in reference to young peoples j missionary societies. Luncheon will be served on the church grounds at noon. An inter esting program of activities is being arranged for the afternoon session,: consisting of addresses and music.! The business session will close the■ program. Approximately one hundred visit- i ors are expected here for the meet ing. These delegates will represent missionary societies in Yancey, Mc- Dowell, Burke, Polk and Rutherford COUNTY SINGING CONVENTION WILL BE HELD JUNE 30 i Shiloh Baptist Church To Be Host to Baptist Singers On Fifth Sunday i Rutherfordton, R-l, June 18.— Rutherford county singing conven tion will meet at Shiloh Baptist | church on Sunday, June 30. The j program opens at 10:30 with song j and prayer service, followed by an j address of welcome by A. G| Ham jrick. Mr. L. G. Nash will respon'd jto this welcome address. The Shiloh j choir will give a vocal musical pro jgram at 11 o'clock. From 11:30 to! J 11:40 the Mountain View Church | j choir will sing. The period between 111:40 to noon will be reserved for visiting quartettes. Dinner will be served on the Iground at noon. The afternoon service will open j at one o'clock with singing by the ! | Holly Springs choir. The Bethany I church choir will sing from 1:20 to ;1:40 o'clock, while the next twenty i minutes will be reserved for visit j ing quartets. Sulphur 'Springs choir will sing at 2 o'clock, followed by the Adaville choir. From 2:40 to 3:00 o'clock all choirs will join in together in a grand finale. From 3 o'clock to 3:30 p. m., clos ing business service will be held and ! the place of the next meeting de j cided. LEGION HEARS STATE OFFICERS J. M. Caldwell, and State Com mander R. G. Cherry Speak to Local American Legion Post State commander R. G. Cherry, i and Adjutant J. M. Caldwell, of Gas ! tonia, representing the American iLegion, spoke at the meeting of the local Willis Towery Post, American Legion, Friday evening, An enthfa | siastic audience heard these two ■ speakers. ! The local post has just been recent ly re-organized. The membership j jumped from sixteen to thirty-eight i Friday night. j In speaking to the legionaires Mr. Cherry gave three outstanding rea -1 sons for being a member of the Le \ gion: first, it is the duty of the Le jgion to assist in fighting the battles ;of their disabled comrades. It is i stated by medjcal authorities that the j peak of disabilities resulting from the late World War will not be reached until 1935, therefore it is |up to the able bodied to see that a I fair deal is given the disabled; sec jond, The American Legion must pledge itself to - honor that great group who did not come back from ithe great confict; third, the privi ' lege of wearing the uniform and de fending such a great country and i such glorious flag, j The /next meeting of the Legion wil be held in the City Hall on Thurs day, June 27. Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First j Baptist church, of Shelby, will de liver a memorial sermon here at the i First Baptist Church, to World War I Veterans, on Sunday, June 30. All ex-service men of the county, j ; gold star mothers, fathers, widows, , j children and other relatives of ex- 1 j service men are requested to attend. Relatives of those who made the su | preme sacrifice on the field of duty, or have died since the war are ex- | tended a cordial invitation. ICE CREAM SUPPER AT PLEASANT GROVE 1 I Forest City, R-3, June 18.—An J ice cream supper will be given on the 1 lawn at Pleasant Grove Methodist, church, Forest City, .night, 1 June 21. Come and bring some one with you. A cordial welcome awaits all. . i counties. In addition to the large number of delegates jnany ladies from the city churches and surround ing country are expected here for j the sessions. Kiwanis Delegates Cover Seven States Advertising Car Passes Through Seventy- Five Towns and Cities to Date—Dele gates Creating Much Goodwill KIWANIS DELEGATES ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION ON TRIP j Spend Sunday in Akron, Ohio, and Get Splendid Write-up in Sunday Paper ' I Kiwanians Gillespie, Flack and Hewitt are attracting wide attention |on their good-will tour to the In ternational convention at Milwaukee The following article appeared in Sunday's" Akron, Ohio News. The Forest City Kiwanis Car, car rying the good-will delegation to Kiwanis International Convention to be held in Milwaukee, Wis., June 24, arrived in Akron Saturday and are spending Sunday in this hustling manufacturing city of 250,000 peo ple. The delegates report a wonder ful and successful trip over a 950 jmile route through North Carolina, I Virginia, Maryland, District of Co jlumbia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The unique and profusely decoratted -car, in which they are traveling, has attracted the atten tion and interest of thousands all along the line of travel and Kiwanian Flack, Hewitt and Gillespie have •been the recipients of various wel comes, entertainments and much ! worthwhile publicity for their home j town. They leave Akron Monday | morning for Toledo, visiting all cities jwith Kiwanis clubs and Chambers of i Commerce. From Toledo they will jgo direct to International headquar jters in Chicago, with a side trip to I Detroit and arrive in Milwaukee jnext Saturday. Nothing these distin j guished visitors have seen has shaken their faith in Forest City as the best | small city in America. —Akron News. MRS. A. T. HELTON :! De TUESDAY i v j Passes Suddenly At Home on Big Springs Avenue Funeral Wednesday ' ' Mrs. A. T. Helton died at her I i home on Big Springs avenue here i Tuesday morning of heart trouble. ;She was taken ill Tuesday morning ;at 5 o'clock, and gradually grew ! worse, dying an hour later. ■ Funeral services were held at the i First Baptist church here Wednes j day afternoon at 3 o'clock. She is survived by her husband, ; Mr. A. T. Helton, one son, A. M. ; Helton, who made his home with his ; parents, one sister, Mrs. J. C. i Scruggs, and one grand child, also ! two nieces, Mrs. Guy Blanton, Forest j City and Mrs. E. C. Sanders, of 1 Burlington. j Pallbearers were S. N. Flack, W. IS. Moss, John Daniel, G. D. Horn,, 1 P. N. Long and V. T. Davis. Mrs. Helton was born August 24, j 1877, and would have been 52 years! of age had she lived until her next J ' birthday. She was a duaghter of the i late Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Martin. She ■■ married A. T. Helton December 21,1 i 1 1897, and to this union three chil-' dren were born, two of which died J |in infancy. Mrs. Helton's mother! preceded her to the grave nearly a, year ago, dying June 26, 1928. She 1 was a consecrated member of the j First Baptist church, joining at the! age of twelve years. She taught a j class of young girls for fifteen years,! and was forced to give up this class 1 about a year and half ago on account' of ill health. ' I The members of the Martin circle, ] of the Womans Missionary Society, ; of the First Baptist church had! charge of the flowers. 18 Pages 108 COLUMNS SI.OO Per Year in Advance ; Many interesting telegrams and i news clippings have been received ■at Kiwanis headquarters during the jpast ten days from Kiwanians G. R. i 1 | Gillespie, M. H. Hewitt and Charles jZ. Flack, Forest City's three "Am > bassadors of Goodwill", who are j driving the unique advertising car, j sponsored by the business men and I Kiwanis Club, from Forest City to I Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since leav jing Forest City on June 10th the • "Publicity Special" has crossed North Carolina, Virginia Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan and is nearing Chicago as the paper goes to press. The car jhas passed through over seventy-five towns and cities, has made scores of interesting and very profitable ( contacts with many Kiwanis clubs, Chambers of Commerce and news | paper editors, and has travelled close ,| to fifteen hundred miles since start ing on this history making tour from {Forest City. This "Publicity Stunt" , jis proving to be far more successful I than anx of its orginators ever : dreamed of an an inestimable amount Jof Goodwill is being created for r j Forest City. , | The following interesting tele | grams have been received from the "Touring Kiwanians" since they left Forest City: ; j "Washington, D. C., June 13 0 11929: —Wonderful reception Wash ington Club. Thousands view car alt a along route. Featured twenty news Guests all Kiwanis clubs g j Forest City to Washington. Reci pjpients valuable souvenirs. Visited all I, Kiwanis accomplishments. Flack _' making trip in good shape and all jiwell. Uniontown Friday, Akron , Sunday." j "Uniontown, Penn., June 14, 1929: ! Flack in the Senate. Gillespie ad ! dressed Washington Club. Hewitt interviewed by harnessed policeman and two speed cops. Safe in Union town. Pittsburgh Saturday, Canton and Akron Sunday. All well and r happy." . „ • "t I' Canton, Ohio, June 15, 1929: | Round table lunch with Washington- I Pennsylvania members. All three in J jail released by Kiwanis Judge, j Wonderful receptions everywhere. . j Steubenville president is newspaper j editor, good interview. Great publi city, fine contacts all along the line. • All well and fine spirits. Akron Sun :jday, Toledo Monday." r l j "Akron, Ohio, June 16, 1929: ( j Spending delightful Sunday in Ak jron with car in storage. Radio i church service. Seeing the city on •foot and making fine contacts. To ledo Monday night* s e~ clubs be 'tween. All well, wor^r.g*'and hap it » py. ! nl. ' | "Fremont, Ohio, June Y> ■: — I Wonderful club and new ,er an tacts Steubetiville, Cpnt». T, Akron, 'Medina, Wellington, Bellevif w, Ohio. Delightful Sunday in Akron. Toledo , tonight. Detroit Tuesday, guests of ! Strathmore and Northwest club. i R . / j Greetings Monday night, lemem jber us." I ! "Detroit, Michigan, June 18, 1929: Wonderful reception in Detroit. Es- J corted in from Bellevue, Ohio by Kiwanis President. Addressed joint | meeting two Detroit clubs today. Es-. I corted through Ford automobile and e airplane plants by general manager. 1 Saw construction from beginning to i end. Speak before another club ; Wednesday. Chicago Thursday. All ; well." ! ALEXANDER CHILD DEAD I , Alexander Mill, June 19.—A son, |L. V., Jr., was born to Mr. and Mrs. ;L. V. Mode here Tuesday, but lived 'only five hours. Funeral services for the infant were held Wednesday.
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