Forest City
the Business
Center of
the
County
VOL. XI—NO. 41
* MASONS OF 44TH
DISTRICT MET
HERE TUESDAY
Communications From Grand
Chapter Officials and Ban
quet Features of Session
t The district meeting for the 44th
Masonic District, comprising all the
lodges of Rutherford and McDowell
counties was held here Tuesday af
ternoon and night, in the Forest City
lodge hall. The business session be
gan at 1 o'clock in the afternoon for
the masters, wardens and secretaries,
with the Grand Lodge officers.
District deputy grandmaster J. H.
Carpenter, of Rutherfordton, announ
ced that this was a special meeting
to exemplify the first degree in Ma
sonry.
Grand Master John J. Phoenix and
Past Grand Master John H. Ander
son, present grand secretary, being
present, the District Deputy Grand
Master appointed F. I. Barber to in
troduce them.
They were invited to the East and
grand ihonors given them. Grand
Master J. J. Phoenix made a few
remarks and stated that he was glad
to say that this was one of the dis
tricts represented 100 per cent.
On roll call of lodges, the follow
ing members were present: Mystic
Tie Lodge, Marion, 4 present; Wes
tern Star Lodge, Rutherfordton, 11
present; Forest City Lodge, 37 pres
ent; Cliff side lodge, 17 present; Car
oleen Lodge, 3 present; Joppa Lodge,
Old Fort, 6 present; Hollis lodge, 3
present.
The Grand Master sthen stressed
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the importance of the quota being
raised for the Oxford orphanage.
District deputy grand master also
stressed the same fact, and said he
hoped that in the near future the
full quota would be reached.
The grand master declared labor
suspended and work called in the
first degree, and district deputy grand
master called officers to fill stations,
as follows:
B. A. Dixon, of Marion, W. M.
C. C. Erwin, Forest City, S. W.
R. C. Watkins, Cliff side, J. W.
G. E. Hill, Rutherfordton, S. D.
S. A. Nesbitt, Old Fort, J. D.
C. C. Wilson, Caroleen, S. S.
Clay Blanton, Hollis, Jr. S.
M. H. Hewitt, Forest City, Tyler.
Secretary, John S. Wood, Forest
City.
Dr. G. 0. Moss entered apprentice
of ClifFside lodge was initiated in a
very impressive manner.
A telegram was received from J.
S. Wilbourne, of Marion, who stated
that he regretted very much that he
was unable to attend, but that court
duties detained him.
A collection of $23.00 was taken
for the Oxford Orphanage.
D. D. G. M. called on J. H. Ander
son, who made an interesting address
on work on entered apprentice de
gree which was very instructive and
investing. J. J. Phoenix made a
few remarks on the great work be
fore the Masonic bodies, and urged
each to measure up to the great task
before him. He spoke of the great
work of the orphans home, and stat
ed that we were leaders in this work,
giving the children a great educa
tion. He also spoke of the great
work of the Eastern Star Home at
Greensboro, and the great joy that!
it was bringing to the old people. He
told of the dedication of a monument
last week to one who was first to de
clare, while grand master, that every
child should have a good common
school education.
„At 6:30 the banquet was Held at;
Blanton's dining room, and sixty
' eight members were present. Mr.
J. B. Long was introduced as the first
member to be initiated into the For
est City lodge, No. 381.
Mr. M. O. Dickerson, Sr., was then
presented as being the only surviv
ing member of the Western Star
Lodge, Rutherfordton, which insti
tuted the Forest City Lodge.
The night session began at 8:00
o'clock, and the meeting featured the
comftiunication by the host lodge for
the purpose of the district meeting,
and work in the first degree.
The following lodges were repre
sented.
Cliff side Lodge, 17 present; Hollis
FOREST CITY COURIER
FOREST CITY ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY.
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iThirtylyearsfagoJwhen*publications like! OldlCapl Collier,lNick 1
Carter* King Brady,, and The James Boys, were the literature read
by the juniors,*a man who signed himself J'Noname'ii used to write
Actionized scientific stories. Like Jules /Verne he wrote the kfnd of
stories.that made one believe he'was an-advanced Also like
•Verne "most of the things hei imagined i have (come* to pass.* Back
inilß99, he,visioned the .time • when thej Navy I would* have
old folks never took the time to read his writings!* They
looked upon his fiction as unfit to read: But "Noname'lhad visions
that they lacked.** All this is but an introduction to this photograph
: showing the|scout planes of
; the planes is kept constantly poised ready for flight.* Scout planes
j today fare'considered an*essential partiofjthe? equipment'of the
[modern battleships of all the leading nations.'(Herbert Photos).
Cool Springs Students
Make Good Records
Report of Association of
Colleges on Local School
is Very Pleasing.
The 1928 report of the Associa
tion of Colleges and Secondary
Schools of the Southern States which
was recently received shows that the
graduates of the Cool Springs high
school are making good records in
college. The Cool Springs high school
is the oldest member in Rutherford
County of the Association. This
association keeps an accurate record
of H-.0 accomplishments of the grad
uates of its members. High school
graduates of member schools ai*e ad
mitted without examination to any
college of the southern states.
This report shows that of the class
of 1928 of the local school 18 of
the 28 who graduated attended col
leges. That was a record of 64.3
per cent of the class attending acad
emic colleges. Besides this number
there were others of the class who at
tended business colleges and were in
training in hospitals not recognized
bythe association. Of those who at
tended member • colleges 86.7 per
cent passed all of their work or a
total of 221 semester hours of work.
This is a remarkable record for the
graduates of the local high school and
one that is not equaled by many of
the larger schools of the state. The
local school authorities are very
much pleased by the showing made
by the former students as shown by
the 1928 report.
Auto Wreck Victims
Are Improving
Thomas Lovins, of Caroleen, who
was seriously injured when his car
collided with another automobile nearj
Mayo July 3, is improving rapidly, 1
according to reports from the Spar- i
tanburg Hospital, where he was tak-j
en following the accident.
Lovins, accompanied by Carl Mor-I
row and J. C. Beachboard, were •
wrecked when they tried to avoid >
striking a larger car which pulled in [
front of them on Wednesday, Julyj
3, near Mayo. Morrow and Beach-1
board were injured, and all were (
taken to the Spartanburg hospital.;
Lovins two companions were dis-.
charged the day following the acci-|
dent. j
WAYSIDE GANG PICNIC
Members and guests of the Way
side Gang will hold a picnic at Lake
Lure tonight. A big time is expect
ed. All are requested to meet at the
residence of Mrs. C. E. Alcock at
6 p. m.
Lodge, 6 present; Caroleen, 3 pres
ent; Western Staij, Rutherfordton,
17 present; Joppa Lodge, Old Fort,
10 present; Mystic Tie, Marion, 4;
Forest City, 37; One visitor from
Chesnee, S. C. lodge.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1929
K. of P. Orphans
Coming to Forest City
The children of the K. of P. or
phanage, at Clayton will appear in a
splendid program at the local high
school on the evening of July 30, at
8 o'clock.
The local members f>i the K. of P.
lodge are looking forward to tflie
visit of the children with much pleas
ure and hope all their friends will
give them support in their entertain
ment.
Death Claims Mrs.
E. B. Spangler
Rutherfordton, R-3, July 17.—Mrs.
E. B. Spangler, aged 48 years, died
at her home near Piney Knob Baptist
church Monday night at nine o'clock
after a short illness.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday at Piney Knob Baptist church,
with her pastor in charge. Interment
was in the Piney Knob cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Bland, six children, three sisters,
Mrs. Lillie Green, Ellenboro; Mrs.
Henry Waters, Rutherfordton, R-3,
Mrs. Clinton Blanton, Cliffside.
ATTENDING MEETING
AT LAKE LANIER
A group of Gastonia men, enroute
to Lake Lanier to attend the execu
tive committee meeting *of the Pied
mont Council, Boy Scouts of Ameri
ca, were joined in Forest City by
Rev. G. R. Gillespie Wednesday
morning. Included in the party were
Jas. W. Atkins, managing editor and
publisher of the Gastonia Daily Ga
zette; Mack J. Holland, real estate
broker and Fred L. Smyre, textile
manufacturer. All of these men are
active in the great work being done
by the Piedmont Council for the boys
of Polk, Rutherford, Cleveland, Lin
coln and Gaston counties.
MANY NEW BUILDINGS BEING
ERECTED IN FOREST CITY
Some few misguided citizens allow
themselves to croak of hard times
and slow business during what any
one should know is only a little let
up in buying during the hot weather
of the past few weeks, but Forest
City goes right ahead with prepara
tions for the great fall and winter
business that all well informed busi
ness men know is headed for the me
tropolis of Rutherford county.
In keeping pace with progress, the
Forest City Motor Co. has let the
contract for the erection of two hand
some storerooms adjoining their
| building on Main street. Davis &
i Weathers have the contract, which
jCOUNTY CLUB
: MEETS FRIDAY
Sherwood Brockwell, of State
Insurance Department,
Will Be Speaker
The July meeting of the Ruther
ford County, Club will be held in
the Methodist church, Rutherfordton,
on Friday, beginning at 1 o'clock.
Sherwood Brockwell, of the State
insurance department of Raleigh,
has been secured for this meeting
as speaker. Mr. Brockwell is at
tending the firemen's convention in
Hendersonville this week, and will
stop in Rutherfordton to attend the
County Club meeting on his return
to Raleigh. Mr. Brockwell is a speak
er of note, and his services are much
in demand over the state.
; The Woman's Missionary society
I will serve the luncheon.
MRS. W. M. BLANTON
DIED MONDAY
Funeral For Aged Forest City
Woman Held Wednesday
At Home on East
Main Street
Mrs. Roxana Gardner Blanton,
widow of the late Whitt M. Blanton,
died at the home of her son, Mr.
Bryan Blanton, on East Main street
here Monday at 12:15 o'clock, after
suffering some time with heart trou
ble. She had been ill sometime, but
was thought to be better Monday and
died suddenly.
Funeral services were held at the
home of Mr. Bryan Blanton Wednes
day afternoon at 4 o'clock, and were
in charge of Dr. W. A. Ayers, of
Forest City and Rev. A. T. Stouden
mire, of Henrietta. Interment was
in the Sandy Run cemetery, Sandy
Run Baptist church, Mooresboro.
Mrs. Blanton is survived by eight
children, five sons and three daugh
ters, as follows: Alfred Blanton, Pe
tersburg, Va., Boyd Blanton, Latti
more; Cheever Blanton, Mooresboro;
Bookter Blanton, Richmond, Va.;
Bryan Blanton, Forest City; Miss
Wytol Blanton, Forest City; Mrs.
Trevous Lamb, Edneyville; Mrs. C.
D. Harrill, Canton. One half sister,
Miss Martha Bridges, of Ellenboro,
twenty grandchildren and two great
grandchildren survive.
Mrs. Blanton was a member of the
Lattimore; Baptist Church,
She had been making her home
here with her son, Mr. Bryan Blan
ton, since the death of her husband,
who died of injuries received in an
automobile wreck on September 13,
1928. ,
Sawmill Employee
Seriously Injured
Olen Melton, sawmill employee, of
near Forest City, was seriously in-
jured Tuesday afternoon when an
axe he was using flew off the handle,
striking him on the bicep of the right
arm, cutting a gash four inches long
and severing the principal group of
muscles in the arm.
Mr. Melton, a sawmill employee,
was at work on a tree which he had
felled. The axe came off and struck
him on the arm. He was hurried to
Dr. A. C. Duncan's office here and
the wound was sewn up and dressed.
calls for modern, pressed brick build
ing of two rooms approximately
20x70 feet. Ground was broken
Monday and the structure is being
rapidly pushed to completion.
Mr. H. C. Morris is rapidly com-
pleting his handsome new brick
building, which will be used as the
home of the Chevrolet.
Harrill & King have pust recently
completed handsome improvements
on the former C. C. Moore building,
and also completed a new brick build
ing on Cherry Mountain street.
Other buildings are either in pro
cess of erection or being planned to
take care of expanding trade in For
est City.
Plans Maturing For
County Celebration
Rutherford Will Observe Sesqui-Centen
nial Celebration at Ruthertordton
Next Month
REPRESENTATIVES SELECTED TO SECURE ANTIQUES
—— ,
Small Child Injured
When Gored By Cow
Ruby Keeter, the nine year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
Keeter had a narrow escape from
' death Saturday afternoon when she
| was gored by a cow. Ruby was play
ing in a lot near the house with her
sister and another child. While pas
sing near the cow which was staked
out to graze, she plunged at the child
striking her in the side, and tossing
her a short distance. Clemmie Keeter
came to the rescue and succeeded in
pulling Ruby to safety, and picked
her up in her arms and carried her to
the house. A physician was immed
iately summoned, and she was taken
to his office where six stiches were
necessary to close the wound. Ac
cording *to late reports Ruby is rest
ing comfortably as we go to press.
DEATH CLAIMS
MRS. J. KIMBRELL
Harris, R-l, Woman Dies In
Hospital Saturday—Fun
eral Sunday
Harris R-l, July 15.—Mrs. Jess
, Kimbrell, aged 38, died in the hospi
: tal last Saturday evening at 6:30
She had been in ill health for severa
months and was taken to the hospita
for treatment last week, but develop
j ed double pneumonia and graduallj
' grew worse until death claimed hei
Saturday.
Funeral service was held at Floyds
! Creek church Sunday afternoon a 1
i 2:00 o'clock. Interment was in th«
Floyds Creek cemetery.
She is survived by her husband
; three children, father, two brothers
| and one sister.
i Mrs. Kimbrell was a faithful mem-
I ber of the Baptist church.
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12 Pages
72 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
[ Rutherfordton, July 15.—A meet
, of the committee on arrange
ments for Rutherford county's ses
i qui-centennial celebration and home
j coming day, to be held in August,
| was held in the office of the regis
j ter of deeds here Friday afternoon
!at 2 o'clock.
| The committee outlined a tentative
j program for the occasion. The event
| will be held in Rutherfordton, in
! celebration of the one hundred and
'fiftieth anniversary of the forma
tion of Rutherford county. The fea
ture of the day's program will be
j a street parade in the morning. The
i parade promises to be something dif.
j ferent from the usual line, as a num
j ber of interesting original ideas will
j be introduced by Messrs. 0. J. Hol
jler and B. D. Wilson.
Some difficulty has been exper
ienced, to date, in securing a speaker
for the occasion. Several have been
suggested, and it is likely that one
will be scheduled within the next
week.
Mr. J. E. Berry, superintendent of
| the Spindale House, was added to the
committee, and will have full charge
of a unique athletic program in the
t j afternoon.
A room will be secured at the
| court house for the exhibit of an
j tiques and old material relating to
»| the county. This material will be
•; under guard for the day. Prizes will
■ | be offered for various classes of old
I material, such as oldest speciman of
1 : handwork, old papers, documents,
• | guns, and other antiques pertaining
r J to the county. Representatives from
'j each township were selected to as
! sist in the gathering of this material,
> j and to lend other assistance to the
; j committee. Those selected are as
! follows:
i
' Duncans Creek—Grady Withrow.
, j Colfax—A. B. Bushong.
> i High Shoals—M. B. Mahaffee, 0
J. Mooneyham.
■ j Rutherfordton—H. L. Carpenter,
J. H. Burwell, Mrs. Annie Logan,
Mrs. K. J. Carpenter,
j Sulphur Springs—Mrs. M. M.
i Young, W. G. Harris.
Cool Springs—Charles Z. Flack, A.
H. McDaniel.
i Golden Valley—C. F. Fortune.
Logan Store—H. C. Carson, G.
W. Long.
; Green Hill—R. Ledbetter.
! Morgan—D.H. Hemphill, Mi*s. L.
V. Harris.
Camp Creek—R. C. Flack.
Gilkey—Charles Justice, W. L.
Bland.
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j Chimney Rock—J. M. Flack, Mrs.
L. B. Morse.
Union—M. Georgian, Mrs. J. D.
Whitesides.
Members at Large—E. N. Wash
burn, Miss Laura Howard, Mrs. F.
B. Moss, Mrs. R. M. Hill, J. C.
Hames.
A general meeting of all the com
mittees will be held at the court
house on Friday evening, August 2,
at 7 o'clock to perfect the program.
Refreshments will be served at that
time.
| The bands of the county will be
present and will furnish music for
the occasion. Other forms of enter
tainment will be placed on the pro
gram, which will be announced later.
Anyone having any material for
the exhibits, or anythfhg to be en
tered in the parade should communi
cate with any of the following mem
bers of the committee, R. E. Price,
Rutherfordton, Z. 0. Jenkins, Cliff
side; Clarence Griffin, Spindale;
Dave Lindsay, Spindale; 0. J. Holler,
Union M*ills, B. D. Wilson, Ruther
fordton; Charles H. Haynes, Cliff
side, or any member of the special
committee.
Mrs. C. E. Webber, of Spartan
burg, has been the recent guest of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dye.