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VOL. VII—No. 43
WILKINS REUNION
WELL ATTENDED
Other News Of Interest From
Lower Rutherford
County.
Harris, Aug. 3.—The descendants
of Mr. D. S. Wilkins and wife, Eu
nicie, held their annual get-together
on last Saturday at the old home,
now Holly Brook Farm, owned by J.
P. Hester. The place is located on
a branch of the Poor's Ford road,
on Rutherfordton, R-l, near Kistler's
Chapel Methodist church, two miles
from Poor's Ford, and four miles
from Harris.
Those of the old school, as we can
remember, were: Mesdames Martin
Champion and wife, Mills Champion
and wife, Druey Wilkins and wife,
Mrs. Putnam and many others of the
newer and more recent generations.
There were present fifty-five or
more.
The morning was spent by visiting
familiar scenes of childhood days and
in talking of those who had gone to
await the calling of the Great Re
union. On our rounds we met with
a good old soul who lov.ed the Lord
so well that she could not refrain
from saying: "Let the redeemed of
the Lord say so." This reminded us
that we were children of ,God and
should "praise ye the Lord."
We gathered at the old spring at
the foot of the hill and dSrank from
the fountain that has given drink to
fowl, beast and man ever since the
hills were young. Then, to say the
least the dinner that was spread for
these descendants and friends of this
family, was enough to make a fellow's
mouth water at the mere sight of
such a sumptuous spread. After din
ner, of course, we rested for a while.
Then Rev. J. C. Gentry addressed the
family on "The Reunion Now and
Nowafter." His thoughts and re
marks were centered around: "If a
Man Die Shall He Live Again?"
Then came the touching scene, as
these good people got happy and did
not close the fountains, but let the
joy in their hearts beam through their
eyes. The hills reverberated with
songs of praise as they shook hands
with each other and thought of that
Great Reunion to which we were all
moving. May the memories linger
long and may many more of the
members of the family be present
next year, also may all who are not
ready to be called to the reunion be
yond the grave, make no more ex
cuses, but make ready.
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The revival meetings held for the
past two weeks at Tanner's Grove
will continue another week. The
Lord is meeting with his people there
and wonderfully blessing them. We
felt as children of God that it would
be a burning shame to close the door
in the faces of so many people who
were interested in seeking the Lord.
Up until Monday night we have had
twenty professions; eight having
sought membership. All who desire
to join either by letter or on
profession of faith will be received
into full connection at the eleven
o'clock service Sunday.
The revival is also on at Kistler's
Chapel this week and will continue
for two weeks or longer. Brother
Mack Reid is ably assisting there as
well as having assisted at Tanner's
Grove. Rev. O. L. Simpson and
Mr. Clarence Griffin, of Spindale,
were visitors at Kistler's Tuesday
evening, and Mr. Simpson filled the
pulpit at Brother Reid's request.
The Rutherford County Pastors'
Association met Monday with Rev.
and Mrs. J. C. Gentry at the parson
age in Harris. The fellowship of
the brethren was enjoyable. Sorry
so many of the brethren were not
present, but glad to have these visit
ing brethren: Revs. H. C. Bracket
and Mack Reid. At the close of the
day, upon retiring, Mrs. Gentry was
heard to say: "I have enjoyed this
day." Now brethren, when your hos
tess says something like that you can
come back and feel welcome.
CARD OF THANKS
I want to thank my relatives,
friends and neighbors for their kind
ness and many deeds of thoughtful
ness, during my sickness.
May the Lord bless them all.
MRS. M. H. FLACK.
FOREST CITY COURIER
C. C. & 0. EMPLOYEE
KILLED THURSDAY
Mr. E. K. King, Of Tennessee,
Killed In Accident; Two
Others Injured.
E. K. King, of Johnson City, Tenn.,
was killed Thursday afternoon, July
30, between Tate and Logan stations
on the C. C. and 0. railroad, about
eight miles east of Rutherfordton.
King was on a small flat car pulled
by a gasoline motor. The cars were
coupled with a pipe about six feet
long. It came loose catching between
the crossties and made a sudden stop
which threw Mr. King off the flat,
which had an engine on it. The en
gine struck King on the head, crush
ing it.
The deceased was 65 years of age
and was a faithful employe of the
Clinchfield Railroad.
Herbert Starnes and R. O. Pendle
ton, of Gate City, Va., were also in
jured in the accident and were taken
to the Rutherford hospital. They re
mained there until Tuesday, when
they were removed to their home at
Gate City.
All members of the Logan fam
ily, and friends are cordially invited
to attend the Logan reunion at West
minister school Friday (August 7th)
Come and bring well filled baskets
and enjoy the day with us.
DALTON BROS.
STORE GOSSIP
Well, it looks as if we have kissed
our $25 good bye to Fred Webb,
(this was a secret wager), but the
thing which hurts us most, is that we
don't get any sympathy from our
friends, not even from red headed
Dennis. Well, a fellow will run a
streak of tough luck once and a while
—like our Kiwanis club out played
the Rutherfordton club twice, but
lost both games. We always said
those fellows were born with a silver
spoon in their mouths.
However, the thing we wanted to
tell you about is, we are going to mar
ket this week, and we want all you
ladies to get through with your bar
gain chasing and be ready for this
new stuff we are going to buy. What
we get is going to be pretty, is going
to be snappy and you will like it.
People often ask how we manage
to get hold of so many pretty things
before other stores. Well, we are
always looking for those things. That
is why you see so many gray hairs
on our head; but we do it, never
theless.
Like all progressive cities, we have
a city manager now, and it is a pleas
ure to give Webb the glad hand.
We hope you digest this article as
it costs us a week's salary. We would
like to murder the man who started,
"It pays to advertise." Still we
would be awfully disappointed if you
did not know we were here.
We prophesy rain.
SULPHUR SPRINGS
Forest City, R-l, Aug. 5. —Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Webb, of Forest City, vis
ited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D.
T. McArthur Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Smith, of the Provi
dence section and Miss Betty Fan
ning, of Shelby, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Smith.
The Sulphur Springs baseball club
played the following games last week:
Defeated Bostic Tuesday 4 to 3; de
feated Spindale Thursday 8 to 6; lost
to Chesnee, S. C., 21 to 0, Friday at
Chesnee. This was a complete blow
up of the local team, they making 15
errors and only securing 6 hits. This
puts the two clubs on even grounds,
winning two games each. The fight
and rubber game will be played soon,
either at Spindale or Cliffside park.
Watch for the date. The local club
goes to Hendersonville Wednesday,
I and plays here Thursday afternoon.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFOR D COUNTY
LOGAN REUNION
(By J. W.)
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUG. 6, 1925
OVER FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE
Forest City Motor Co., Showrooms Crowded
With Eager Spectators When the
1926 Model Buick Is Shown.
August first was celebrated in
great style by the Forest City Motor
Co., of this city, when they placed on
display the new 1926 model Buick.
Hundreds of friends called through
out the day to view the new car, and
expressions of delight were heard on
all sides. The new Buick is a mar
vel of beauty and efficiency. From
expressions of the delighted hundreds
who saw the new car, it is evident
that it will have a tremendous sale,
as the remarkable low price made
makes the new Buick the best value
on the market.
Exactly 515 called at the Forest
City Motor Company Saturday to see
the new Buick, and the showroom
has been crowded all this week with
delighted crowds to see the new car.
Buick again demonstrated the
marvelous resources and ;abilities
of the automotive industry when
it introduced the present Better
Buick. Embraced in this latest
Buick offering are additional pow
er and strength, the newest engi
neering achievements designed to
give even longer motor car life,
the maximum in comfort and safety,
besides new beauty and refinements
of design and finish representing the
latest skill in body craftmanship. And
in face of these material and costly
,improvements lower prices are an
nounced throughout the entire line of
Standard and Master Sixes.
The announcement and the show
ing of the better Buicks silenced the
rumors that Buick would abandon the
valve-in-head for another type engine
which would permit of cheaper con
struction. The same principles that
were inaugurated by Buick 21 years
ago and which, have made it the lead
er in the industry have been adhered
to throughout.
The mechanical improvements in
troduced would have been considered
impossibilities only a year ago. They
represent the work of Buick research
and engineering staffs constantly
striving for betterments.
The new prices likewise represent
ALEXANDER NEWS
Alexander, Aug. 3.—We are glad
to see the rain after so much dry
weather.
Mr. Will Enloe and daughter,
Omie, of Gastonia, spent last week
end here at the home of his son, Mr.
H. O. Enloe.
Born, on Tuesday of last week, to
Mr. and Mrs. Jestie Staliings, a fine
girl, Dorothy Coree. Both mother
and babe are doing fine.
We are glad to know that Mrs. R.
Z. Abernathy is improving. She re-
turned home from the hospital last
week. We hope to see her out be
fore long.
We are glad to see that our young
preachers are going forward in the
work. Mr. Francis Lancaster preach
ed an able sermon at Bethel, near
Glenwood, last Sunday. Mr. Roland
Hamrick preached at Race Path.
Both will be seniors at Boiling
Springs this fall. We feel very proud
to claim them as boys from our
church.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Laughridge en
tertained a number of the young peo
ple at a party last Saturday night.
Mrs. Laughridge conducted it in her
usual manner, giving each one pres
ent a pleasant time.
On last Sunday quite a number of
friends and relatives gathered at the
home of Mr. W. D. Bates and surpris
ed him with a birthday dinner cele
brating his 43rd birthday. Mr.
Bates went to church, as usual, about
10:30 o'clock, the people began to
gather with baskets filled with good
things to eat. Dinner was spread
on a long table in the yard. The
good music in the afternoon addted
much to the pleasure of the day.
Everyone enjoyed the day and went
away wishing Mr. Bates many more
I happy birthdays.
CALL TO SEE THE NEW BUICK
achievements of the engineer, pro-;
duction and business departments of i
the Buick organization, and are in
no small measure due to the phenom
enal approval of Buicks by the public.
This latter factor has resulted in con
tinuously increasing sales with the/
attendant possibilities of economies i
in purchasing production.
The complete line includes 16
models, six in the Standard Six
and ten in the Master Six class.
In all cases the distinctive Buick
lines have been continued with
refinements such as the rounding
of radiator lines and the addition
of streamline mouldings. All are
finished in new and beautiful tones
of durable Duco. Some of the mod
els have Duo-tone Duco finish in dis
tinctive combinations. All closed
bodies are by Fisher and are uphol
stered in quality plush.
Buick has always been noted for
its sealed chassis, which prevents
dirt or water entering any of the
moving parts. Now it has added
an air cleaner, oil filter and gaso
line strainer. These, combined with
the standard Buick construction
practically eliminate the possibility
of any foreign substance entering the
engine or moving parts of the chassis,
and, consequently, minimize service
requirements and add to the life of
the car.
Because these three new units
have no moving parts, there is
nothing to get out of adjustment.
They require no power—in fact
are thoroughly automatic and require
only occasioinal cleaning to remove
the dirt and grime gathered from the
air, fuel and oil.
Another feature of the Better
Buicks which adds to the ease of
driving, and, therefore, to safety,
is the exceptionally long gear shift
lever. This lever comes to within a
few inches of the steering wheel
so that a driver's hand naturally
drops on it.
BOSTIC R-l NEWS
Bostic, R-l, Aug. 3. —Miss Cora
Greene spent last Sunday the guest
of Misses Mozelle and Juanita Has
tings.
Mrs. A. Melton is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. J. E. Melton.
Born, recently, to Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Withrow, a daughter, Arlene.
Miss Nora Belle Johnson spent last
Sunday afternoon with Miss Rhoda
Greene.
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Waters spent
last Sunday as the guests of the lat
ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
Johnson.
Mr. Joe Grayson and family at
tended the birthday dinner last Sun
day at Forest City, given in honor
of Mr. G raj son's mother, Mrs. Julia
Grayscn.
Miss Myrtle Grose visited Misses
Grace and Essie McKinney last Sun
day.
REID FAMILY REUNION
There will be a re-union of Reid
family at the old home place of Wm.
K. Reid, Sr., deceased, Thursday,
Aug. 6, 1925.
All kin folk and friends will be
expected to be present with well-filled
dinner baskets. We hope to have a
joyful day.
There will be a good artist on the
grounds to make group pictures, or
to do any other work desired.
REVIVAL AT PLEASANT GROVE
The annual protracted meeting
will begin at Pleasant Grove Meth
odist church next Sunday morning.
The pastor will be assisted by Rev.
J. O. Ervin, of Rutherfordton. There
will be two services a day, 11 a. m.,
and at night. All are cordially in
vited. Christians are urged to pray
for a gracious revival.
W. R. WARE, Pastor.
GEO. P. REID
NEW COMPANY TO
HANDLEREAL ESTATE
Forest City Real Estate Co., Or
ganized Saturday—Confi
dent of City's Growth.
{ Realizing the rapid strides Forest
! City is making and confidently be
lieving in its future, a new real estate
firm was organized here last Satur
day in the offices of Attorney C. O.
Ridings.
The new company, to be known as
the Forest City Real Estate Company,
was organized with the following of
ficers:
J. L. Butler, manager.
C. C. Butler, assistant manager
W. W. Butler, secretary.
C. O. Ridings, attorney.
The purpose of the company is to
c!o a general real estate business—
buying, selling, leasing, renting, trad
ing. Auction sales will be made a
specialty.
The company is composed of ex
perienced men who will make things
lively when they get to going. They
believe in Forest City and its future
and are well aware of the rapidly en
hancing property values—knowing
that the purchase of any property
within the city, or the county is a
splendid investment with big returns
practically assured. Mr. J. L. But
ler, manager, is a man of wide expe
rience and excellent judgment and he
knows values in the city and county.
The new company should prosper un
der his wise management.
Offices for the present will be with
Attorney C. O. Ridings, second floor,
near the postoffice.
HENSLEY'S STORE
CUTS LOOSE
Outstanding Selling Event
Staged By Popular
Spindale Merchant.
One of the most elaborate merch
andise events ever heralded in this
section is now holding the center of
the stage at Spindale. During the
past ten days big preparations were
made for the quick selling and easy
hand Sing of the Hensley stock for the
big crowds who will be eager to take
advantage of the opportunity to make
every dollar return one hundred
cents of value.
Mr. Hensley's stock consists of
men's, women's and children's cloth
ing, shoes and furnishings, dry goods,
etc., of the better known qualities.
All of it goes on the block at the
lowest prices in the history of this
territory, it is claimed.
In this connection, Mr. Hensley
says: "We are going td give the peo
ple some real, sure-enough bargains.
This is the first really big sale we
ever held and we are determined that
it shall be a success. To this end we
have put into this sale the biggest
values ever offered. Every day
brings new surprises. Every day
should be a record-breaker, if values
mean anything—for we have planned
to crowd a whole season's business in
to ten days. In order to accomplish
this we are doing some very unusual
price cutting as will be noted in this
issue of The Courier. This page
gives only an inkling of the thousands
of bargains awaiting the buying pub
lic."
Mr. Kensley is a public-spirited
merchant with countless friends and
customers, always a liberal advertis
er in these columns and Ave believe he
has the merchandise and reputation
to back up every statement and price.
Selling arrangement is in the
hands of Mr. Nat Kohler, president
and general manager of the Kohler
Adjustment Co., well known merch
andise idators and stock disposal
agents, Mr/ Kohler, who is among
the country's greatest merchandisers
and advertisers says in part, "Good
merchandising demands a rapid stock
turn over, a time when all thought
of profit is thrown to the winds. The
Hensley stock, no matter how desir
able and new, is marked with utter
disregard of its cost, to release tied
up capital that can better be used to
purchase new fresh stock. I will
guarantee to wrap satisfaction in
every bundle," he continued.
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THREE INJURED
IN AUTO WRECK
Driver Loses Control and Runs
Into Bank Above
Green Hill.
An automobile accident occurring
on the Hickory Nut Gap Highway,
near Green Hill, Monday afternoon,
resulted in injury to three and almost
total demolition of a Briscoe car.
Rev. T. L. Hodge, of China Grove,
N. C., with his wife and small daugh
ter, two men whose names we failed
to get and the small son of one of the
men were returning to China Grove
after a visit in the mountains. It is
reported that the driver lost control
of the car while rounding a curve
above Green Hill, running into a
bank. The small Hodge girl jumped
from the car and was not hurt. Mrs.
Hodge received injuries about the
head and a broken wrist. The son
of one of the men was injured about
the face and head while his father
was considerably bruised. The three
injured were removed to the Ruther
ford hospital. Mrs. Hodge was taken
to her home at China Grove, Tues
day afternoon. The other two are
yet in the hospital.
FOREST CITY KIWANIS
LOSE SECOND GAME
The local Kiwanians lost the sec
ond ball game to the Rutherfordton
Kiwanians Thursday afternoon on
the Spindale park, by a 12-14 score.
A number of errors and wild plays
were made an 4 in the last innings
players of both teams hit at will.
Smith, for Rutherfordton, secured
three nice hits out of five times at
bat, while Howes and Flack, for the
locals, made two hits each. The heavy
scoring came in the fourth inning
when the Forest City boys scored
seven runs off of five hits and an
error. Rutherfordton followed in the
next inning making nine rounds off
of six hits and three errors.
Summary follows:
Rutherfordton
Forest City ....
Batteries: Rutherfordton, Waldrop,
Hovis and Williams; Forest City,
Howes, Webb, Dalton and Miller.
Struck out by Waldrop, 3; Hovis 6;
Howes 2. Hits off Waldrop 5; Hovis
4; Howes 10; Webb 3.
On account of the golf tourna
ment that is to be held in Ruther
fordton tomorrow (Thursday) the
clubs will not play on that day. The
game has been postponed until Thurs
day, August 13, 4 p. m., which will
possibly be played on the Forest City
park.
GOODE'S CREEK NEWS
Mooresboro, R-l, Aug. 4. —A series
of meetings conducted' by Rev. Craw
ford Rollins closed Sunday night.
There was an extra large attendance
especially at night. A great number
of the visitors were from his other
churches. Seventeen were baptized
Monday in Broad river below the
new bridge. Twenty-four were add
ed to the church. Collection was tak
er. up only twice r.nc! over fifty-one
dollars was contributed.
Those who visited Mr. L. L.
Scruggs' were: Rev. Crawford Rol
lins, his wife, daughter, father, moth
er, and brother; Misses .Tosio and
Gertrude Ledbetter of Pleas >.nt
Grove; Mavis McEntyre,-Myrlie 7-Ta
mes and Mattie Goode and Mr. Max
Padgett.
Those who visited Mr. Eelton Goode
were: Misses Daisy Belle Goode, Irene*
Scruggs, Mamie Hawkins, Levenia
Scruggs, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Lewis'and
daughter ; Bern ice, Rev. and Mrs.
Crawford Rollins and daughter,
Irene.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gosey entertained
twenty guests Sunday.
Work on the new school building*
at Ferry is progressing nicely.
A large fishing party went
Chimney Rock Monday evening.
Rev. J. C. Davis and of
Knoxville, Tenn., were here this week,
visiting the family of his brother, Mr.
F. T. Davis, and other relatives. Rev.
Mr. Davis contemplates coming to
Forest City to make his home at an
early date. A warm welcome awaits
them in the old home.
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