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PULL FOR FOREST CITY VOL. IV—No. 47. HENRIETTA SCHOOLS OPENED MONDAY • , r e Attendance and Bright Prospects —Eleventh Grade Add ed—Other Henrietta News. Henrietta, Sept. s—The Hen nVf* High School opened Mon (lav Sept. 4th, at 8:30 with a lortrer attendance than has been at any other opening of the f: hoo f in its history. The usual - '..ling exercises were carried out, ; -eraf splendid talks by members of the faculty; many of the chil rlren's parents being present lor the occasion. With an enroll it of nearly four hundred the prospects for an unusual year s work seems favorable. The lack of room will be the only disadvan tage. The addition of the eleventh grade will mean much to the school, the senior class number ing about ten—a remarkable class for the first year. They wi-1 have the advantage of all work requir ed by the State for college en trance The members of the sen ior class are: Misses Florence Ma haffee, Ada Smith, Ola Wilkins, Florence and Ruth Hamrick, Zeliah Hicks, Blanch Deßrule Roxie Roper, Elizabeth Hames and Mr. M. B. Mahaffee, Jr. The school and community is indeed glad to have Prof. Love lace as superintendent again this vear, and through his earnest ef forts a splendid corps of teacheis has been secured. The faculty is as follows: Misses Dovie Sue Harris, O'Lema Flack, Sal lie Wacaser, Clara Har nll, Virginia Edwaids, ]\laigaiet Young, Annie Bell Sane, Edric Bovlston, Thelma Gibson, Mary Etta Dandridge, Prof. S. P. Ver ner anvl Prof. A. C. Lovelace. Mrs. J. E. Bell, who has been spending the summer here with her laughter, Mrs. K. B. Pratt, left last Friday for Johnston, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Hamrick spent Sunday most pleasantly with Mr. Kamrick's parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Hamrick, of Car oleen.. Mr. Clyde Mahaffee had the misfortune of losing his fine English bull dog last Saturday night. It is thought that the dog has been stolen. A liberal reward is offered for its return. Mr. John Tabor leaves some time this week for Ranlo, N. C., where he goes to take up his work as superintendent of Ranlo School. We wish for him much success in his new field of work. Mr. R. E. Edwards, Grand Lec turer of the Masonic Order, is here for a week or more, giving a course of lectures. Mr. Perry Wiseman will leave for Richmond Va., Thursday, where he goes to resume his med ical work at the Medical College of Virginia. Miss Ruth Walker, of Ruther fordton, spent Saturday night with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Mahaffee motored to Spartanburg Saturday and spent a few hours shopping. Mr. Sparks, of Caroleen, brother of Mrs. W. T. Tate, preached at the Baptist church Sunday morn ing owing to the absence of our pastor, Rev. W. T._ Tate. Miss Louise Tabor returned Monday night from Reidsville and jackson Springs, N. C., where she "as been spending a week or more with friends. rn > to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin i Monday night, a fine hoy. Mother and child are doing nicely. BUYS BARBER SHOP ~ Mr. E. f. Presley, of Black i Mountain, N. C., has purchased : Main street barber shop of Mr. G. M. Padgett, and is now ( jn charge. Mr. Presley informs ] I he Courier tbat he will modern shop in every manner and J put in new baths. He was formerly in business at Asheville M J: omes highly recommended. r. Presley will locate his family ] just as soon as suitable \ rooms can be secured. j Mr. Padgett, who made many ] f ends here who regret hi.; de- j parture, will locate in A.sheville. ] B °y a Ford and spend the differ- j ence - B. B. DOGGETT. ] FOREST CITY COURIER LATEST HAPPENINGS ' AT UNION MILLS t Delightful Social Successful Meeting Closed—Baseball News —Social Happenings. Union Mills, Sept. 5. —A delight - ful social event of the past week i was the -social meeting of the i Baraca and Philathea classes of j the Baptist Sunday School held 1 in the Round Hill auditorium Fri , day evening. In a talk by Prof. 5 M. L. Skaggs, teacher of the Phil - athea class, he stressed the im r portance of the social side of - class work. Misses Jacquette Hill ; and Nina Mosteller delighted ev s with interesting readings f delivered in a most charming - manner. The music by Mrs. W. C. Logan and Miss Ethel Parker ! was a pleasing feature of the i evening's program. Delicious re -1 freshments consisting of ice ? cream and cake w r ere served, s There was a big crowd present to _ enjoy the occasion. Miss Josephine Lathrop and Mrs. -W. C. Logan, members of the - Round Hill faculty, went to Mar , ion Thursday to attend the meet , ing of the Woman's Missionary , Union of the Green River Baptist 1 Association, which convened in its annual session with the First ; Baptist church, of Marion, Aug. . 29th. and 30th. 5 Rev. M. L. Buchanan closed a - glorious revival meeting at Mt. ; Vernon Baptist church, Sunday night. There were fifty eight ad ; ditions to the church by baptism. t Rev. Buchanan recently held . meetings in the other two church ; es in his field Round Hill and ; Mountain Creek, and as a result r of the meetings tlv/e was a to . tal of ninety additions to the three churches. Including meet ings he held in two other church er, Rev. Buchanan closed five weeks of revival work Sunday, during which time he w r as en gaged in seventy services and had a total of more than 130 conver sions. Rev. Robt. B. Davis, of the Round Hill faculty, filled the pul ' pit at Round Hill church Sun day morning in the absence of the pastor, Rev. M. L. Buchanan, who was engaged in a meeting at Mt. Vernon. At Fruitland last Friday rvound Hill Academy was defeated by Fruitland Institute, 3 to 2, in one of the best games of base ball the school has played. Hamp ton was on the mound for Round Hill and was in fine form. In the sixth inning it required only nine tosses of the ball for him to strike out three men. In a game at Sulphur - Springs Saturday afternoon the school won an easy victory from Sulphur Springs, 7 to 2. Fruitland Institute will play Round Hill Academy in Union Mills, Saturday afternoon, Sept. 16th. Round Hill will play Boil ing Springs High School here next Saturday afternoon if pend ing plans are completed. Mr. Clyde Johnson, of Charlotte, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Johnson, a few days the first of the week. Mr. Frank S. Hall, of Avondale, and Miss Willie Carpenter, of Cliffside, visited Miss Clara Mor ris Sunday. Misses Johnnie Logan and Lillie Mae Morgan visited relatives and friends at Sandy Mush Friday and attended the play at Mt. Pleas ant Friday night. Miss Logan's sister Miss Rose Logan and Mrs. C. B. Elliott of the Mt. Pleasant school faculty, have returned to their homes here, as the school will be closed several weeks be fore opening for the winter term. Misses Margaret Tate and Lil- ; lian Belk left Sunday for Spin- ; dale and Miss Flora Morris for Bostic to begin teaching. Mr. Harvey Tate returned to Clemson College, S. C., today to resume his studies. RETURNS TO FOREST CITY i Mr. Forest Bowen, who had i charge of a garage at Chimney Rock during the summer, has rer turned to Forest City, where he is connected with the Carolina . Motor Co. He reports a success ful business at the "Rock." Mr. £ Bowen has rented the Wilkie ] property on East Main street, c formerly occupied by the Rev. S. ( N. Watson. PUBLISHED IN THE BUSIEST, BEST, BIGGEST AND FASTEST GROWING CITY IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 1922 All Ready But The Horses CONTRACT LET FOR HARD ROAD Two Projects For Rutherford County—All Contracts Total Nearly Five Millions. I The contract for paved road Forest City to Rutherfordton and ' a top soil road Forest City to the I" South Carolina line were among those let at Raleigh Aug-. 31. In the following dispatch from Raleigh is given only some of the contracts let for this section of the state: Raleigh, August 31. —Formal awards today for 190 miles of ■ highway and bridges construction work, to cost $4,879,035.40 broke the record for a single day's auth ; orization on expenditures, and closed the 1922 "season" on let tings for the state highway com mission. The bids were opened yesterday, but the mass of com pilative work force delay in mak ing the awards until today. Of the 190 miles placed under contract, 120 is hard surfaced. Much of it on the Central high way and the Wilmington-Ashe ville highway, hard surfaced links that will make these highways among the best in the south. The cost is divided between road building and bridge building as follows: For roads, $3,897,992.50; for-bridges, $999,042.90. With today's awards, the com mission has let its last contract for 1922. It began back in Jan uary with the slogan, "1,000 miles 1922," and its mileage for the year has reached more than eleven hundred. Total expenditures auth orized for the year now runs $22,000,000, several times greater than the most optimistic thought 12 months ago could be spent on road construction in a single year. Project No. 820 —1:58 miles hard surfaced between Kings Moun tain and Gaston county line, Davis Wilcox Construction com pany,, $52,150.10. Project No, 822 —10.47 miles be tween Shelby and Kings Moun tain, hard-surfaced, Elliott and Sons, $329,882; structures to J. A. Kreis, $39,044.80. Project No. 847—3.84 miles hard surfaced between Ashford and Burke-Avery county line, C. W. ■ Lacy, $65,374; structures to Oliver Costella Brothers, $19,575. i Project No. 348 —Bridge over ! Mills creek and Southern railway i in McDowell county, R. M. Thur- , mond, $16,906.40. Project No. 858—State highway i bridge over Toe river, Mitchell i county, R. M. Thurmond, $38,471- .10. Project No. 876 —4.83 miles hard- ] surfaced between Forest City and Rutherfordton, in Rutherford county, Fisk-Carter Construction ' company, $132,968. Project No. 882—15.80 miles top 1 BIG CARNIVAL NEXT SATURDAY Ladies of Betterment Ciub Have Everything in Readiness for the Occasion —Help the Good Cause. The ladies of the Betterment Club have completed all arrange ments for the carnival to be given next Saturday, and all roads will lead to the public square here on that evening, when the good ladies will have something to in terest everybody, both young and old. Festivities will start about 4 p. m. and from then on to 11 o'clock there will not be a dull moment. > I The ladies of the club, which . has clone so much for the city | in making- possible our beautiful . park and many other things, are . giving the carnival for the enter [ | tainment of the public and with J the object of raising some much .! needed money to pay some of the i club's debts. The people should — . J and will —rally to their suuport. I Among the many things offer !ed at the carnival will be the j circus clowns, the minstrel, Cu- I pid's postoffice, fortune teller, i fishing pond, curosity shop, etc., I and booths for refreshments, etc. , Supper, cafeteria style, will be started about 6 p. m. I The ladies of the club are anx ious to get as many antiques, old relics, etc., as possible for the curosity shop, and anyone having something cf this nature will help the good cause by loaning same to the club for exhibition. Good care will be taken of everything and all articles leturned in per fect condition. Please notify Mrs. R. E. Biggerstaff at once if you have anything for the curiosity shop. WEDDING ANNOUNCED The wedding of Mr. William Harris to Miss Katie Sue Aber nethy was announced last Sun day. This prominent young couple was married last Febru ary, but the fact was kept a secret. The bride is the attractive daughter of Mr. Adolph Aber nethy, while the groom is the son of Mr. Tom Harris. They reside in the Alexander section. soil between Forest City and South Carolina line, C. R. Will ard Sons, $67,874.20; structures to J. C. Lobrist, $13,044.40. _ i Project No. 901 —7.57 miles hard- i surfaced between Mine Hole Gap and Hickory Nut Gap, Buncombe ! county, Lee J. Smith Construction ] company, $183,474.40; structures to : R. C. Stovans, 16,693.20. i ___ | The Forest City Courier and ] The Atlanta Constitution both for i only $2.00 a year. Send all orders j to The Courier. j RUTHERFORDTON NEWS OF INTEREST Large Attendance First Monday— Fair Ground Lots Sell at Good Prices —New Exposition Build ing—Other News. k (Special to Courier) Rutherfordton, Sept. 6th—A I large number of people were in Rutherfordton for first Monda3 r . ) The County Commissioners were 1 in regular three days' session and ' a number of important makers were under discussion which will , be given out later. O. C. Erwin, Secretary of the Fair Association, spent a busy day preparing deeds for the pro -1 perty sold by the Association on Saturday. Papers were made to twenty-eight different parties for lots ranging in price fro SSO to $4lO, a total of $11,245. An ex position building, 50x120, is under construction at the fair grounds. After several days of unusu ally warm weather this section was visited by a severe electrical storm Monday evening. Rutherfordton High School opens on Wednesday, the 13th in , stant, with Professor John Wood , as principal and a number of ef . ficient teachers for the different ; grades. Only two marriage license have been issued by Register of Deeds Wilkie for the month of Septem ber H. D. Abernethy, of Denver, ■ N. C., to Ila Dellinger, of Cherry • ville, N. C., and E. Frank Keeter to Estelle Bradley, both of Avon dale, N. C. Editor R. E. Price, of the Sun Printing. Co., left yesterday for Chapel Hill where he will be married on the 6th instant to Miss Whitaker. RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an ex amination to be held at Harris, N. C., on October 14, 1922, to fill the position of rural carrier at Harris. The salary of a rural car rier on a standard daily wagon ; route of 24 miles is SI,BOO per annum, with an additional S3O , per mile per annum for each mile i or major fraction thereof in ex- ] cess of 24 miles. The salary on « motor routes ranges from $2,450 to $2,600 per annum, according to ] length. The examination will be open only to citizens who are ac- ; tually domiciled in the territory j of the post office where the va- I cancy exists and who meet the other requirements set forth in Form 1977. Form 1977 and ap- 3 plication blanks may "be obtained 1 from the office mentioned above i or from the United States Civil 1 Service Commission at Washington, D. C. Applications should be for- 5 warded to the Commission at Wash ington, D. C., at the earliest pract- ] icable date $1.50 per year, in Advance ONE KILLED, TWO INJURED AS CAR LEAVES HIGHWAY Homer Ray Dead, Ernest Craw ford Injured and Andrew Smith Slightly Hurt When Caught Beneath Overturned Machine. Marion, Sept. 4.—Homer Ray r 26, of Marion, is dead; Ernest Crawford and Andrew Smith, al so of Marion, are in the French Broad hospital as the result of an automobile mishap at the North fork bridge near Swannanoa about 3:30 o'clock this morning. Crawford is in a critical condi tion with a deep gash across his head, injuries to the back and lacerated knees. Smith's injuries are less serious. The Dodge roadster in which the three young men left Marion Sunday night at 12 o'clock to go to Asheville for Labor day, failed to make the curve at North Fork bridge at the end of a long stretch. The car's momentum carried it through the air over a distance of about 40 feet before it touched ground at the edge of the creek, looped and landed 30 feet farther in tKe middle of North Fork creek, and came to a halt on the opposite bank of the stream. The bridge is about 12. feet above the water line. Ray, who is the son of Deputy Sheriff Ray, of Marion, was driv ing the car. When the machine first hit the ground his head was crushed on a boulder. As the car lobbed through the air on the second loop Ray's lifeless body was thrown into the stream where it lay until Coroner E. R. Morris was called to the scone later in the morning. Crawford, a real estate dealer at Marion, was unable to move from the car, which had arighted itself after the second loop and came to a halt on the opposite bank of the stream. The auto mobile belonged to Crawford, who is said to have turned over the steering wheel to Ray after he had driven t.) the top of the mountain near Ridgecrest. Smith, who is connected with Smith's Grocery company in Mar ion, was the only member of the party able to move. After recov ering from the shock he went to Deputy Sheriff Lance's home close by and asked for assistance. Smith's legs were badly cut and his shoulder injured. Deputy Sheriffs H. T. Dilling ham and Hub Duckett went to the scene of the mishap soon after wards for an investigation. A quart of corn whiskey was found in the automobile and a quart jar in the stream. The latter con tainer had been bioken and its contents mixed with the stream. Smith, the only man in the party able to talk after the mishap denies having knowledge of whis key in the car and said if there was any it was not his. He said none of the party had been drink ing, but Deputy Sheriff Lance said Smith was under the influ ence of whiskey when he came to his home to ask aid. Officers say the automobile must have been going at a high rate of speed on the long stretch of highway which at that hour was lit up by the moonlight. The car, apparently new, was almost wrecked. The three men, all around '25. years of age, are unmarried. TO HAVE CHARGE OF MUSIC AT SPINDALE Spindale, Sept. 1. —The Spindale school is fortunate to have Miss Mabel Wells, of this county, daughter of Mr. J. L. Wells, to take charge of the music depart ment. She will teach both in strumental and vocal. Miss Wells graduated in the music department at Brevard In stitute under Miss Law, who was a graduate of the Boston Con servatory of Music, Boston, Mass. She then was for some time stu dent under Mr. Morris at Con verse College. Having several years' experience teaching at Bre vard Institute and other places in the state, we feel confident that she is going to bring out some of the fine talent that is in Spindale. Buy a Ford and spend the differ ence. B. B. DOGGETT. 8 PAGES 48 COLUMNS
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