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FOREST CITY COURIER Volume II No. 93 L s Meeting of Citizens in Interest of Good Roads meeting of Forest City citizens, ' the call of Mayor Moss, met iLday night to be with a delega -0I live wires from Rutherford the object of said gathering lD g to formulate a plan for a hard ,rface road between the two towns, j to urge upon the County Com moners the importance of and for a sand-clay road from ite Cleveland county lice to the jjendersonville county line. and means were discussed. s f !e r the ooiect of the meeting bad #0 fully explained organization was perfected by meeting Hon. J. F Alexander as 'bairman of the meeting and R. E. Bfice, editor of the Rutherfordton sODand J. L. O Thompson, editor jj tbe Forest City Courier, were secretaries. At the outset, Mayor Justice, of Bather ford ton, who had been called oa for a few remarks, stated that die Hon. M. L. Edwards was spokesman for the crowd and would backed up by Sheriff Reason, fjjc was sitting handy, wearing his good looks and best clothes most jocchalantly. It developed that the government m the state pay the nigger portion of the cost of certain highways to be tflDStmcted in this stat«, so these live wires from our enterprising suburb wanted a good macadam road built, and wanted our co-oper ation aud help to get it. It is need ess to add that the aid of Forest City was immediately and unani mously pledged. As a portion of this contract was 10 be et by the State Highway Commission at Asheville on VVed- jesday, the following delegates were ippointed to appear on the scene ad take the matter up with the Stare Commission and the 'ounty Commissioners and see if therecoiu senduiioiis of the body could not be put throjgh: Messrs. Alexander, Ha\or Moss, R R. Blanton, J, D. iedaetter, M. L. Edwards, M. L. Justice and S. Gallert. We are glad ID say the entire delegation went. *nd if this representative set of citizens cannot make a favorable impression on the State Highway Comal v, ion, and get what they want, ftere is iittle use for any -others to try. The following resolution was drifted. »>y Messrs. M. L. Edwards, iS. Moss and R. E. Frice. After •eiiig read it was adopted. The tommittee who went to Asheville '"if- made a permanent one, and fee resoution was entrusted t.o them to iiaieitrh with ij, and to even ' the legislature in extraordt «".v session ar.d procure that which toy Were working for. Whereas, the towns of Forest City Rutherfordton are situated about tar miles apart on the Wilmington, and Asheville Highway in fctherford county North Carolina •sich is one of the most important 'Sftways in North Carolina connecting section with the sea coast *4 whereas the two said towns are Powing and developing very rapidly fcch towards the other the traffic upon *id highway being very heavy and %eas it is contemplated by the State W Federal Government in co-op eration the townships traversed by said way to build a sand clay road; •tareas it is the sense of this meeting *t a sand clay road between said towns wuld be unsuitable and inadequate and *t a hard surface road be constructed 'tween said towns, be it therefore that the State Highway Com mon be requested to provide for the of a hard surface road J!n the eastern boundary of the cor- limits of the town of Forest Jto the easteru boundary of the cor limits of the town of Ruther jjton in co-operation with the town J orest City, the Federal Government the townships of Cool Springs and each paying its part of CIJSt of the construction of said ' n 'he proportion provided by law 'tat a permanent committee be i o bring about the enactment " ; essary legislation'and do such thin > n iiM construction of a hard surface ffctay. ; % st ' people were in v -Mayor Justice, and also oy Happenings of a Local and Personal Nature Misses Mayme Martin and Mary Crowell left Tuesday for Unaka Springs, Tenn., to spend a fortnight. 1. B. Covington returned the sth from a pleasant stay at Unaka Springs, Tenn. He "reports it pretty cool up there. Mesdames A. L. McDaniel and Hague Kiser returned Sunday from a two week's stay pleasantly spent at Saluda and Hendersonville. Dr. T. C. Mcßrayer, who has been indisposed for some time, has recovered sufficiently and left Tuesday morning for Maima, Fla., where he will spend a time with his half-brother, B. C. Moore. Miss Nell and Margaret Young, Robbie Biggerstaff and Paul T. Bern hardt, E. O. Huntley and Charles Wat son motored to Chimney Rock and Asheville July sth. The Rutherforn County Medical As sociation were to have a . picnic today at Chimney Rock, but called it off at the last minute, for a future date. Mrs. W. C. Blanton has returned from a visit delightfully spent with relatives and friends at Lincolnton and Concord. Miss Frances Schwartzman is taking a much needed rest, spending the time at Chimney Rock. Quite a crowd from hereabouts were Sunday visitors to Chimney Rock. J. C. Harrill is some gardener, as well as a good groceryman. Sixty days from planting he was eating ripe home grown tomatoes, and in 45 days had beans and Irish potatoes. He is waiting for a rain so he caneatroasting ears. Nothing like a good garden to fall back on. Technical Sergeant T. T. Long, of the Quartermaster's Corps, on duty with the Camp Supply Co., at Camp Gordon, Ca., was a week-end visitor to relatives in Forest City. For Sale: My 5 room house and lot located close in on Cherry Mountain St. See me for particulars. J .H. Crawford We have been through a heated election. Now, lets have another one. Who is the laziest man in Forest City? Cast your vote for him at Long's Drug Store Saturday. A package of Camel Cigarettes for the winner. Now, don't everybodyrun. Martin Melton, Elijah and Andy Jones and Elijah Mooney, prominent citizens of the Golden Valley section passed through Foiest City Monday, on their way to Rutherford ton. Lost: On Sunday, July 4, some where between Chimney Rock and Ruther fordton, a ladies pocket book, contain ing silver purse inside, a fountain pen and a £aby ring, a silver dollar, a paper dollar, some small change and some valuable receipts. Finder please return to Courier office, and get reward, Mrs. Persy Whisnant, daughter and three sons passed through Saturday on their way to Rutherfordton, stopping at C. W. Melton's for a little while. Jno. W. Daniel has sold his stock of goods to J. M. Price and son. They will take charge Ist of August. Mr. Oscar Price, who is in the mercantile business in Spartanburg, will have active management, but cannot get here before the above date. For the present, Mr. Daniel is motoring around Chimney Rock, Hendersonville, Ashe ville and other parts of Western North Carolina, taking a vacation. He is undecided what he will do, as yet, but says his home here is not for sale, and that he might buy more property here, as he sees a great future for this town' He would not talk much for publication, saying his plans for the future had not matured sufficiently to issue a definite statement. hn President of the Chamber of Commerce to visit Rutherfordton Friday niyht, and the invitation was accepted. This meeting is the beginning of a cementing of feeling which will unite both towns closer together and result in much permanent good for both of them. 6u mote, it be. GREATER FOREST CITY'S OWN HOME NEWSPAPER FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1920 Joe S. Biggerstaff Dead The people of Forest City were shocked last Friday when the news was spread that Joe Biggerstaff was no more, he having died that moi ning at the Rutherfordton hospi tal. For sometime Mr. Biggerstaff had been in bad health and on Tuesday was carried to the hospital, where he succumbed Friday from an attack of pneumonia. Born and raised in this county he was widely known and universally liked. At the time of his death he was living at Gilkey, where he was agent for the Southern Railway. Mr Biggerstaff was born June 30th, 1864. He leaves four children three sons and one daughter, and two brothers and two sisters living, besides a host of relatives and friends to mourn his death. tor a period of thirty odd years bd was a member of the Methodist church aod a consecrated Christian and an earnest laborer in the Vine- Yard of the Lord. At Gilkey he was a teacher in the Sunday School, and is greatly missed. His remains were laid to rest at Sunshine, his old home church, Rev VV. L. Dawson, pastor of the Forest City Charge, officiating, and all that was mortal of J. S. Bigger staff, was consigned to mother earth with Masonic honors, the ludge at, this place, of which he was a memoer, officiating. The floral offerings were many and beautiful, the expressions of sympathy at his death were heard on all sides, and the crowd that witnessed the obsequies was large He died as he had lived. Peace to his ashes Improvements at the Bank The Farmers Bank & Trust co. have made some changes and improvements at the bank. Each department is railed off, or caged in, and each man has his place where he can work uninterruptedly. The cashier, the paying teller, the tojk booker—in fact each department is caged in with a wicker steel cage, with door which locks, the lock being operated from either side. When you next go in the bank, do not poke fun at the gentlemen you see "behind the bars," for they have simply so fixed themselves that they can work with greater efficiency and thus give their patrons better service. By the way, the people at the head of this institution from the president on down the line, are a bunch of good fellows—good business men—progressive in thought and action, and have the best interests of this town and community at heart and will lend every aid, consistent with good banking principles, to any merit orious enterprise seeking fo establish itself witnin our borders, or extend ev ery courtesy to the individual who is worthy of the financial help or moral support of the bank. As it is conducted this bank is, and can be made, one of the greatest aids to the developing of a "Greater forest city" that we know of and our citizens should take every oppo rtunity to use it for this end. The bank will do more than its part if the citizens will unitedly cooperate in any enterprise that will help Forest City. Ralph Higgins of Erlanger, spent the week-end in Forest City. The Pickert Stock Co. is playing here all this week under canvass, &nd large crowds are attending each night, and, it is said that they are putting on clean, wholesome bills, with change of plays each night. The Pickerts make this territory every so often, and many people say it is the best stock company they ever saw. R. L. Ely and wife, of St. Petersburg, ; Fla,, have been visiting at the home of iJ. F. Alexander in Forest City. Mr. Ely is a native of Chattanooga, but for the past five years has been man ager of the Alexander hotels in St. Petersburg. He was on his way back from a business trip to Chicago and stopped over in Forest City for several days, and was favorably impressed with our little city. Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Riser, two sons and Mrs. Riser's sister, motored to Asheville, Hendersonville and Chimney Rock Saturday, end returned Sunday. I. G. Watson, of Anderson, is on a visit to relatives of Bostic, R, 1. Agricultural Department OF THE FARMERS BANK & TRUST CO Conducted By C. C. Proffitt Summer Legumes Should Be Seeded On Land As Soon As Small Grain Is Removed. Harvest time is almost here and with it the farmer is facing the question as to whether or not it will pay to seed peas or soy beans on the stuble land. Taking into consideration the distress ing need of organic matter in our pied mont soils, and the fact that the peas and beans gather nitrogen from the air and store it in the soil, it would certainly pay to seed these legumes, even if the seed were SB. per bushel instead of what they are. Every far mer should have the seed ready to sow or plant as soon as the small grain is removed. The legume crop should be fertilized well with a fertilizer high in phosphorous. There seems to be a prevailing idea among many farmers in Rutherford county that it is a rest for land to seed it to some kind of small grain. This is a mistaken idea unless the small grain is followed with peas or soy beans to be turned under. It is impossible to say too much in favor of summer legumes. In fact these crops often mean the difference between a progressive far mer and one who merely lives on a farm. It is next to impossible to main tain soil fertility in this section without sowing summer legumes to turn under. If you haven't your peas or beans ready to seed your stuble land, you had bet ter get them soon because they are very scarce. An application of lime will greatly increase the yield of all summer legum es. Think it over. !Do What, You Can! it 9 £ Use Every Precaution I To Keep Down Disease | With the present condition of our i town it behooveiiAir cKizens to j? use every prywfuion to ward off * disease. Swat the fly, kill the 3 mosquito, clean up the yards and £ empty the garbage cans and tubs £ of stagnant water, disinfect. * £ * We have inaugurated % a cut price sale on our ) goods for Saturday and i Monday, and these * trade stimulators will f be our feature for ihe \ week-ends. / - Mary Garden Face Powder I sl.oovatoe / 89c \ Mary Ganien Extracysl.so | value \ / $1.39 I Hind's Honey and Almond Cream. 60cVvalu/ 41c £ Nadine Face ftpwCer. 50c. r value V 41c. I Freeman's Faye\owder 41c. P Vogue Compiyxiori%Powder. p Lov'me Fade Powdery 8 75c. 63c. \ 30c. size/Vanishing 23c. \ 30c. size Cold Cream 23c. i 50c. size Rolling Massage g 39c. ' 65c/size Rolling Cream 49c. l * 6G6. size Shampoo Jelly 39c I 26c. tube Long's Tooth I Paste 13c. | 60c. tube Pepsodont 43c. j* 60c. tube Pebeco 43c. £ 30c. cans mavis Talcum s Powder 23c. jjj SI.OO ounce Thelma Perfume 69c. f 25c. box Stationery I9c. 60c. box Stationery 43c. > SI.OO box Stationery 81c. jj; $1.25 box Stationery 99c. f $2.00 box Statsonery $1.39 v Putman Fadeless Dyes, all I colors, 10c per pekge, 4 for 25c. ? 2-oz bottles Flavoring Ex y tracts, all flavors 25c. £ Strychnine Tablets per 100 25c. \ C. C. Pills, per doxen 10c. [ 25c. bottle Turpentine 15c. r 25c. bottle Castor Oil 15c. f Aspirin Tablets, per dozen 13c. I 2 dozen for 25c.. * 100 in bottle for 81c. £ 100 10-inch Double Records Z 85c. values. Special 49c. I ARJF'C UP-TO-DATE I LULIU D DRUG STORE \ The Nyal Quality Store Forest City, N. C. Happenings of a Local and Personal Nature Mr. Julius Burge and family and Mrs. Erwin of York, S. C. visited relatives here the past week end. Mrs. J. M. Edwards and attractive children, who have been visiting Mrs. Edwards' parents at Marion, have re turned home. They were joined by Mr. Edwards at Spartanburg Friday who accompanied them home Sunday. Messrs. I. B. Covington and Dr. W. C. Bostic spent Sunday at Unaka Springs returning home Monday. They will leave about the 15th for the Springs to spend three-weeks. G. W. Edwards and family are visit ing his parents at Mars Hill. W. G. Blanton visited relatives in Lincolnton, last Friday. Lightning damaged the electric plant at the Avondale mill Tuesday evening to a considerable extent, and at one time it looked as if the mill would be burned. # One man was injured from trying to pull the switches. He was carried to the Charlotte hospital and reports say he is not seriously hurt. E. G. Abernethy was on the scene in a short time, and got the plant going about 12 o'clock that night. Glenn is "Johnny on the spot" when it comes to a show down as a trouble fixer. For tunately, the damage done to the plant and the Mill was nominal. Mr. Welch, of Canton, N. C , is the guest of his brother, Mr. N. H. Welch. The many friends of Miss Minnie Justus will be glad to learn that she is able to be out again after several days illness. Misses Nell and Margaret Young and Helen Covington have returned from a trip to California and many other noted places. They report a great time. Misses Mayme Martin and Mary Croweil are spending the week at Unaka Springs. Mr. L. B. Reid and daughter, Doris, of Gaffney, visited at the home of L. C. Lowrance Sunday. Mrs. J. H. Thomas and children have returned home after spending sometime with relatives in Kentucky. Miss Bertha Hamrick, daughter of W. D. Hamrick, of Cliffside, and C. T. Shytle, of Latta, S. C., were united in the holy bonds of wedlock, at 8 o'clock on the evening of June 30th, by Rev. S. N. Watson, at his residence. Im mediately after the ceremony the happy couple boarded the Southern train for Asheville and other points. The groom is in the contracting business in South Carolina. The bride is a lovely young lady who has spent much of her time in Forest City, where she has many friends who wish for her much joy and happiness. The groom is to be congratulated on winning such a charming young lady to share his joys and sorrows. J. M. Long left Wednesday for Boise, Idaho, where he goes to accept the job of keeping water records for a government irrigation project. His many friends wish him well in his new field of endeavor. Hamp Lookadoo, from up in Sunshine Valley was in Forest City Tuesday. He came down to have some wheat ground and to spread some "sunshine" around. Says there is no "moonshine" but that as he is going out on a thresh ing expedition, he certainly hopes there will be some as he may have to work by it some. Misses Ruby Padgett and Virginia Moore of Lincolnton are the guests of Miss Linda Blanton, and will be joined Thursday by a party from Lincolnton, and then a pleasant outing at Chimney Rock is ahead of this crowd of beautiful and lovely femininity. Mr. Lynch of Charlotte was a pleas ant visitor in town Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. Arp Lowrance and children, Bomar and Katherine, return ed to their home at Charlotte Monday after a pleasant visit to Mr. Lowrance's mother, Mrs. Katie Lowrance. They were accompanied home by Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Long. Mr. Long returned Monday night. Mrs. Long returned home Wednesday. Mr. H. Gibbs, one of the foreman ot the sewerage works, spent Sunday in Asheville. $1.50 a Year, in Advance Newsy Letter From Thriving Cliffside Cliffside N. C.—A large number of our people attended the celebration at Rutherfordton Saturday and report a good time. The Haynes Band'played in Rutherfordton Saturday and state that the dinner set for the soldiers and the bands was all that could be desired. One of the Band boys says he is sorry that he was a little sick knd could not eat very much (?). The Ball team played Forest City at Rutherfordton Saturday. The scor& was 10 to oin favor of Cliffside. Thi* game according to agreement will not count in the league. Cliffside and For est City would have played on the local ground Saturday but for the celebration at Rutherfordton. They will play her© tomorrow, .(Tuesday). Miss Eva Long has returned from Badin where she visited last week. The infant of Mr and Mrs. Oscar Lythe, of Shelby was brought here for burial last Wednesday. Our former townsman Mr. J W. McKinney and Mr. Summey of Lex ington were visiting here Sunday. Prof, and Mrs. Clyde Erwin spent the week-end here at Waco. Mr. Burgoyne Wilson of Gastonia spentthe week-end here with home folks. Mrs. E. B. Jarrett has resigned her position as cashier with the Cliffside Mills Store. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Shoeber and Miss Fannie Doggett of Caroleen visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Moore Sunday. Mr. Chas. Burrus of Shelby spent Sunday and Monday with his parents Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Burrus. Mrs. Dora Cumnock has returned to her home in Spartanburg after conduct ing "Suitsus Cottage" for some time. She will be succeeded by Mrs. Ollie Harris. Mr. Hoyt Dixon spent Saturday in Monroe. Miss Belle Allen, milliner for the ClifFside Mills Store has left for her summer vacation, and after visiting friends at Harris and other points will go to her home in Spartanburg. Cliffside has another resident nurse in the person of Miss Maude Elliott of Monroe. Miss Stella McConnell and D. C. Cole motored to Boiling Sunday. Miss Fay Best and Palmer Harrill visited in Galfney Sunday. We are sorry to note that Mr. James Burrus is sick and confined to his room. We hope for him a speedy recovery. Rev. D. J. Hunt is spending several days at the Baptist Assembly grounds at Ridge Crest. Mr. G. C. Haynes is in Greensboro on business. Miss Una Edwards has returned from Graham, Va., where she has been visiting the past ten days. Master Charles Carpenter who had the misfortune to have his leg broken several days ago was removed from the Hospital at East Avondale Sunday to the Presbyterian Hospital at Charlotte for an operation. He was accompanied by his father, J. P. Carpenter, and brother, Ed Carpenter, and Dr. Bobo Scruggs. City Clerk, W. J. Davis, spent a portion of this week in Charlotte. Jack Grayson of Rutherfordton spent a short time with his uncle C. W. Melton, Sunday evening, whom he had not seen in twenty five years. The Forest City Motor Co., is having a pretty filling station erected near their place of business. It will be set on brick pillars, have a beautifully designed roof which will be covered with slate, and two gasoline tanks and one oil tank. As an adornment to the square, it will be a thing of beauty— according to E. G. Abernathy's versionj At a mass meeting held Tuesday nigh f , relative to the school building proposition, it was agreed to borrow $5,000 and erect a wooden structure, as a temporary makeshift, until the bonds could be sold at a profitable price, when the original plans for the erection of a modern brick school building would be carried out.