Rutherford
County Offers
Unequalled
Opportunities
Manufacturers
and Others
VOL. XIII— No. 34.
DIES WHILE AT
ORK IN GARDEN
Funeral Held Tuesday For Mrs.
w. h. Hill, Who Died Sud
denly Monday After
noon.
* Rutherfordton, May 26.—Mrs. W.
HiH, aged 63-, died suddenly at
lev hoiiv west of here Monday. She
in the garden assisting in set
va± 111 LliC " . A ,
tin? out cabbage plants, and was
suddenly stricken with heart trouble,
' d died before she could be removed
to the house.
Funtval services were held Tues
day afternoon at Piney Knob Bap
t;.'t c hurch, near Gilkey. Interment
in the Piney Knob cemetery,
jfrs Hill is survived by her hus
:,,nd and seven children, as follows:
\j r s. Sarah Arrowood and Mrs. Effie
Humphries, of this county; Mrs. W.
H. Adams, of Forest City; Mrs. Lovie
Smith, of Mrs.
Pantha Epley, of Forest City; Miss
Lois Hill, of Forest City and Bris
coe Hil 1 of Marion.
Mrs. Hill was a member of Piney
Knob Baptist church.
HENDERSON WOMAN
IMPROVING AT HOSPITAL
Bear Wallow, May 26.—Mrs. Loly
Suttles, who was hurt in an auto
mobile accident near Lake Lure two
weeks ago. is doing nicely in the
Rutherford hospital, where she was
t;.ken immediately after the accident.
Her friends were distressed to learn
that she was so badly cut that one
eye had to be removed. Her
brothers-in-law, Cleveland and
John Suttles and her little daugh
ter. who were with her, were
painfully but not seriously hurt.
GOING ABROAD.
Dr. W. L. Stallings had a letter
this week from his friend, Rev. John
H. Bunn, of Lawrenceville, Va., say
ing he was sailing from New York:
on May 21st, on a tour through the J
old country. Rev. Bunn will visit j
Jerusalem, Palestine, Naples, Rome j
and Florence, Italy, Heidelberg, Ger
sny, Paris, France, and London, Eng
land. Rev. Bunn is well known here,
having preached in the Frist Bap
tist church here a short time ago. His
friends wish him a pleasant and safe
journey.
MARRIED IN CHESNEE.
Mrs. Flora McDaniel and Mr. S.
A. Barnes were married at the
Methodist parsonage, Chesnee, by
the Rev. Mr. Shealey on Wednes-]
day of last week. The bride form- j
erl y resided in Forest City,, where j
is well known and liked, and is 1
sister of Mrs. 0. C. Turner, of this i
c 'ty. Mr. Barnes is in the furniture
business in 'and is]
on e ol the well known business men !
of that city. After a short bridal
toui ', the happy couple will make
their home in Hendersonville.
CORN-FREEMAN.
Announcements have been receiv
ed as follows: '
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Freeman
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Lila Ernestine, to Mr. Roy
E Corn, on Saturday the fifteenth
°f February, nineteen hundred and
thirty, Spartanburg, South Carolina-
Mrs. Corn is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. G. Freeman of Shelby,
and tor thti past few years has been
a member of the faculty of the
Avondale school.
Mr. Corn is the son of Mrs. G. W.
Corn, of Forest City, and is conneet
f,i with Penders' Store of Forest
City.
Mr. John Harris, of Durham, spent
a t\\ V ( ] ays h ere ant j r3
• " n Horn, Mrs. Harris who has
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Horn foe
* e jo.-'t two weeks, returned home
0 are receiving this week a new
s :, P'-ient of ladies' and men's slip
and oxfords. Big new line to
_ '" from, at Bee Hive prices.
Come in this week. The Bel* Hive,
center of the county.
FOREST CITY COURIER
FOREST CITY "ONE OF THE TEN BEST OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY
NEW GOLF COURSE
OPENS SATURDAY
Mr. Don C. Melton Opening
New Course on His Farm
at Rutherford County
at Fair Grounds.
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The Dixie Golf course located on
Highway No. 20, between ' Forest
City and Spindale will open Satur
day, May 30th. This splendid new
course is owned and will be oper
ated by Mr. Don C. Melton, a man
with considerable experience with
upkeep of a golf course. While the
grass on the course is yet ycung it
is nevertheless a splendidly laid out
course on beautiful rolling ground.
Several of the fairways are cut
through woods and some of the greens
tucked back in little coves in such
an artistic manner that is bound to
appeal to the taste and eye of the
golfers in this section. Its ideal lo
cation is another feature that will
mean -much to the future progress,
being not more than a five minutes
drive from either Rutherfordton,
Spindale or Forest City. Since peo
ple are beginning to realize that
golf is not only a past time game,
but means much to the health of
people whose physical exercises is
limited by their position or voca
tion, no doubt there are many .who
will start playing this ancient Scot
tish game for their first time during
the months just ahead.
Music Recital
Well Attended
One of the most attractive fea
tures of commencement week was
the "Evening of Music" given by the
pupils of Miss Katherine Goggans
St the school building on Thursday
evening. The recital was well at
tended by the parents and friends
of the students on the program, and
the audience was repaid for braving
the weather by a performance of
brilliance and excellent technique.
The program was divided in two
parts. On the first half of the pro
gram were the younger pupils train
ed in the Kinscella method, and the
little tots played some charming
numbers. The children showed much
talent and excellent training.
In the second half of the program,
the music lovers of Forest City had
a real treat. The Ledbetter and
Moore sisters, the Washburn broth
ers and Lee Moss Rheinhardt are
young artists of much pomise. They
played some beautiful numbers with
finish and skill. Perhaps the most
enjoyed number on the program was
a quartette by the Misses Ledbetter
and Johnnie and Bennie Washburn.
They played an arrangement of
Verdi's Miserere from II Trovatore
that was beautiful. Lee Moss Rein
hardt played a brilliant number and
he and Johnnie Washburn played a
duo that was much enjoyed. Misses
Katherine Bradley, Marjorie Pad
gett, Mary Frances Harrill, Dorothy
: Lea and Sybil Moore played solos
! from a wide range of modern and
classic composers. Every number was
' well executed and the program was
varied enough to meet the taste of
j the audience.
1 As a whole, the recital.justified the
reputation that the music depart
ment of the Forest City schools has.
The students had splendid stage pres
ence, excellent technique, and an
understanding of music that is un
usual among students as young as
these.
WOMAN'S CLUB NOTICE.
All ladies who wish to become a
member of the Woman's Club next
year will please send SI.OO for mem
bership, and state which department
they wish to become members of,
to Mrs. Hoyle Elliott, not later than
July Ist, as the books of the club
close on that date.
Mrs. G. C. McDaniel and two sons i
will leave Saturday to visit her par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. Parker Holmes
in Winston-Salem. Mrs. Arthur Mc-
Daniel and son Arthur, Jr.., will ac
company them as far as Winston-
Salem and then go on to Washing
ton, D. C., where they will visit Mr.
McjDaniel.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORb COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1931.
Brilliant Studen >
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Jenk's, of Bostic, who received a
certificate of award for being neith
er absent or tardy for four years in
! Chicago, 111., May 26.—He110,
Forest City folks! You didn't know
it but I've been looking at you,
viewing you as you were reflected
! in the columns of last week's Forest
:City Courier. You'd be surprised to.
know what a faithful mirror of your
community I found this good news
paper to be.
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If Editor Aleock permits, I'll
write each week, telling you what
most interested me in the issue of
The Courier for the previous week.
Later on, when we're better ac
quainted, I may speak rather freely
at times, and then I'm almost sure
to make occasional mistakes. How
ever, when I'm too far off the track,
I hope some of you will call me back
by dropping me a line in care of
this paper. Your letters will be for
warded, and I promise to give them
prompt attention.
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Before going a single line far
ther, we'll settle one thing so that
it need never be mentioned again.
None of you know me. I've never
been in Forest City, and there isn't
a chance in ten thousand that you've
ever seen me. I'm just an odd piece
of humanity that's been tossed about
on life's sea for quite a spell. Now
I find my keenest pleasure in read
ing the good weekly newspapers that
come to my desk. Such papers as
the Forest City Courier are ever so 1
much closer to the lives of theirj
readers than the metropolitan sheets. |
In future letters I'll say very little'
about myself but will confine my re
marks to the impressions gained
from reading The Courier from week
to week.
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Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Nelson Griffin recently wed, and Miss
Ruth Virginia Anderson and Mr.
Robert Wendell Eaves who soon will
wed! Here we have four happy peo
ple who are undaunted by tales of'
LOCAL ORCHESTRA WILL
BROADCAST THURSDAY|
Ceek' Moore's orchestra will broad- j
cast over Station WSPA, Spartanburg
Thursday evening from 8:30 to 9:30.
o'clock. A splendid program has been :
arranged by the orchestra manager
for this occasion. Joseph Womblei
will give a program of piano selec
tions from seven to eight o'clock on
the same evening.
Ewald Jackson, competent and
hustling "devil" in The Courier office
is confined to his home with measles.
i
Complete line of picnic supplies,
also many things suitable for out
ings and camping parties.
Ten Cent Stores.
Miss Doris Jenks, the nine years-
Views of Our News
Last Week's News Reviewed by a Stranger in The
Windy City.
the Bostic school. She was also a
warded a certificate for excellence
in spelling in the Bostic gammar
school, term ending May 22. This
brilliant young student was promot
ed to the fifth grade.
By CHICAGOAN
| panics or possible- foreign entangle •
ments, or by the possible effects of
j the Farm Board's new policy. Ma/
their voyage on the sea of matri
i mony be free from storms—and ice
bergs.
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! mv-v
L In the calendar of events, last
|Vj?ek was of great historical signi
j ficance. But to Mr. Ray Horn, it
j was of importance chiefly because a
! certain day in it marked his entrance
!to .this mortal sphere. The friends
i of Mr. Horn, too, felt the importance
| of the event), and gathered to cele
brate it with song and laughter. What
1 gala time they had, and what a heap
; of good wishes they extended to him
j upon their departure! After all, there
is nothing quite so nice as having a
! birthday, and I hope he lives to
experience many such happy ones as
the last.
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What an interesting life was that
of Mr. C. C. McGinnis, of Green Hili,
respected citizen who passed away
last week. During his stay on earth,
iit altered its map several times;
wildernesses were converted into
| fruitful fields and contrivances in-
J vented and perfected that we consid
er necessities yet he lived happy
1 many years without them. He wit
nessed the fall of the mighty from
their thrones, and he saw the ob
scure and humble rise to positions
. of power. Truly, it was a wonderful
age that wrote its history before the
; eyes of this noble man; and inter
-1 esting as well as useful was his long
| life.
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If you don't want the whole world
to know about your business, don t
advertise it in the Forest City Cour
ier. How do you suppose I learned
that O. R. Coffield has a Jersey cow
for sale? Nope, a little bird did not
tell me. I read the ad in last week's
Courier.
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I'll be seem' you next week!
1 SATURDAY'S "POPPY DAY"
SALES AMOUNT TO $75.06
j
"Poppy Day" was observed here
last Saturday, and the poppies sold
i in the city netted $75.06. This money
; will go to disabled veterans and their
families. Mrs. Spurgeon Moss had
1 charge of the poppy sales campaign
| in the city, and to her and her well
j organized committee should go th§
| credit for the success of the cam
paign.
i Mr. J. L. Butler moved this week
!to the R. V. King house on South
Broadway, near his farm. This is the
first time in 34 years, says Mr. But
i ler, that he has lived in a rented
house.
MEMORIAL FOR
WORLD WAR DEAD
Legion Posts Will Decorate
Graves Saturday—County
Wide Memorial Services
Here Sunday.
,
Annual memorial services for the
World War dead will be observed
Saturday. The Willis Towery Post,
American Legion, of Forest City, and
The Fred Williams Post, of Ruther
fordton, are co-operating in this,
movement. Each post will have seven i
townships, and will be responsible j
for decorating the graves of veterans
in those townships. The officials of j
the local American Legion post re- j
quests those having flowers to do-:
nate for this purpose to please leave ;
them Saturday morning at the Moss
Brothers' building, opposite the
Methodist church, on East Main St.
Rev. J. W. Hoyle, Jr., pastor of
the Rutherfordton Methodist church,
will deliver the annual memorial
sermon Sunday evening at eight o'-
clock in the First Baptist church
here. The service, which will be
county-wide, will open with the sing
ing "America", followed by pray
er and a roll call of the deceased
veterans. Mrs. E. A. Milliean will
recite a poem "Forget Not The
Fields." A hymn *'God of our Fath
ers, Known of Old," will be sung
by the congregation. After the offer
ing the Spindale ffuartette, Messrs
D. C. Cole, G. B. Howard, T. 0.
Hendrix and J. W. Starnes, will sing
After the sermon by Mr Hoyle the
service will close with prayer and
Taps.
Ellenboro Ball Club
Gets New Uniforms
Ellenboro, May 25.—The recently
organized and strengthened Ellen
boro baseball team trotted out on
the field in new uniforms to loss
their opening game of the season at
Shelby, Saturday by the score of 3
to 2. Kirksey losing a pitching duel
to Sherrill Hamrick. Hamrick gave
up more hits than Kirksey but an
error paved the way for the win
ning margin. Nanney and Dutch Al
len led the hitting for Ellenboro
while W]all led for Shelby. Allen
provided the outstanding feature of
the game when he stole home to tie
the score in the sixth inning. Shelby
hitters twice struck out for the final
outs with the bases loaded.
The Ellenboro club with the ad
dition of Padgett and several other
new players is preparing to play
some of the best amateur ball in this
section. Teams interested write Gar
ret Edwards, business manager, or
Mart Wright, at Ellenboro. Tryon
plays at Ellenboro Saturday, May
30th.
FRAUD IN FROG RACE IS
DISCOVERED IN KINSTON
Kinston. May 25.—A fraud in con
nection with the international frog
jumping contest at Angels Camp,
Cal., last Sunday was exposed here
today.
"Zenobia," the Kington entry in the
contest which won fourth money, nev
er was within 2800 or 3000 miles of
this city. Zenobia, according to« press
reports, was one of the handsomest
but laziest frogs among the 150 par
ticipants.
Two persons reared in this section
reside in Angels Camp. Early in ths
year they wrote the Kiwanig club
here asking it to send one or more
frogs to the international contest.
The club said it would send five or
ten. About the time eliminations were
to be held here all the banks in the
city were closed. Kiwanians and bus
iness and professional men in gen
eral had no time to think about jump
ing frogs.
The former Carolinians in Califor
nia caught a frog in the Calaveras
hills and entered it as a leaper from
the swamps around Kinston. The 20-
000 persons who witnessed the con
test could not tell a Pacific Coast frog
from a North Carolina saurian, so the
fraud went undetected until it was
exposed here today. t
Nice lot of Colonial tumblers, 3
for 10c. Stahl's Ten Cent Stores.
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
SPECIAL FEATURE
EDITION TO BE
PRESENTED JUNE 4
Exploitation of Business, Indus
try and Professional Life
in Forest City and Ruth
erford County to Ap
pear in Next
Issue.
Already many of the commercial,
industrial and professional interests
of the city and county have arrang
ed for feasable representation in the
special feature number of The Forest
City Courier which will be present
ed next week to the people of this
section and the country at large, in
our effort to stimulate business at
home and to show the world that we
are a progressive community, eager
and anxious to become a bigger, bet
ter and brighter place in which to
live and do business.
Forest City has many inducements
to offer the manufacturers seeking*
new locations. It has every modern
convenience; it has all those thing.?
which bespeak and exemplify • the
economic situation of today—rail
roads, good hjghways, plenty of water
electrical current and its many by
products', an abundance of labor at
a nominal cost, good commercial en
terprises, and a citizenship that can
be compared only with the best to
be found anywhere in the union of
states.
These features and many others
will be included in next week's is
sue. The time is just now ripe for
such exploitation, and in order to
be on the ground floor we must now
divest our individual selves of the
pessimistic idea that depression is go
ing to continue forever. Fact is that
much of the present depression par
lance is due to the inHrvidual who
continues to insist that business isr
bad.
Forest City has gained for itself
the reputation for being a wide
awake, alert, modern and progressive
city—one of the best in the country.
Charles M. Schwab, head of the Beth
lehem Steel corporation said only a
few days ago that the country should
prepare itself for the "biggest busi
ness boom we have ever experienc
ed."
I Hence it is a duty we owe to our
| selves and our city to join in any
: move that will help us to become a
more progressive community and a
1 bigger industrial center, and only
through a collective and united ef
-1 fort can we hope to become that
which every loyal citizen desires —•
Forest City, North Carolina, the big
gest, brightest, best and busiest in
! the beautiful and bewitching Caro
linas.
SINGING CONVENTION AT
SULPHUR SPRINGS SUNDAY
i Forest City, R-l, May 27.—The
Rutherford County singing conven
tion will be held at Sulphur Springs
Baptist church Sunday, beginning a
10:20 o'clock. The address of welcome
will be by Mr. W. M. Lovelace, fol
lowed by the response by Mr. A. G.
Hamrick. The Sulphur Springs and
Shiloh choirs will sing during the
morning session, also some visiting
quartettes and choirs. Dinner will
be served on the ground at noon. All
are asked to bring a well filled bask
et. In the afternoon the Holly Springs.
Betheny, Adaville and Mountain View
choirs will sing, also some visiting
quartettes. A short business session
will be held at 3:45, at which time
"the date and place of the next meet
ing will be decided upon, and other
business transacted. '
PARTY FOR CHILDREN.
Misses Julia Abrams and Sudie
Young, leaders in the baby depart
ment of the Methodist Sunday school
delightfully entertained the little
, tots of their department at a lawn
party Tuesday from 4 to 5 p. m., on
j the lovely front lawn of Mrs. J. F.
Alexander's residence. Sixty were
present and many children's games
| were enjoyed after which the hos
] tesses served delicious lemonade and
; animal crackers, 'fhe children left
declaring Misses Abrams and Young
delightful hostesses.
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