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VOL, VII—No. 49
600 D MEETING OF
COUNTY CLUB HELD
HERE TUESDAY
iub Endorses Boy Scout Move
ment In County Followmg
Talks By Scout Leaders
Of Piedmont Local
Council.
The Rutherford County Club held
its regular monthly meeting in the
Kiwanis Kali, Forest City, Tuesday.
The attendance was good and a very
enthusiastic meeting was held. The
dinner was up to the usual standard,
.and was immensely enjoyed.
A feature of local interest pre
sented to the Club was the enlarged
program of Scouting to be put on in
Rutherford county. This program in
cludes increased interest in Boy
Scout troops already functioning
with a forward look to the organiza
tion of one or more troops in every
town and community center in the
county. The program to cover a pe
riod of three aggressive years.
Mr. R. M. Schiele, Executive of the
Piedmont Council, v„ith headquarters
at Gastonia. furnished the club mem
bers with valuable statistics in con
nection with the growth, develop
ment and importance of the Scout
movement as a National, Inter-Na
tional and all-South asset.
Rev. G. R. Gillespie, of Forest City,
scout commissioner of Piedmont
Council, told of several years expe
rience as a scoutmaster in industrial
communities with a veteran troop
that has long since passed into his
tory, also the value of scouting as a
constructive character-builder in the
transformation of indigent and un-
der privileged boys.
Mr. Fred L. Smyrt, a busy secre
tary-treasurer of a Gaston chain of
mills, and president of Piedmont
Council, stated in definite terms the
program to be inaugurated in Ruth
erford and the necessity of raising at
once Rutherford's quota of the $9,-
000 annual budget, which would
amount to $1,500 each year for three
years.
Rev. Mr. Simpson, of Spindale,
spoke from his experience as a Scout
master. Mr Simpson was diametri
cally opposed to the pessimistic ten
dencies oi the older people concern
ng the younger generation and ex
pressed himself in no uncertain terms
on the side of the boys, quoting many
authorities and extolling
the value of the scout movement in
the working out of the boy problem.
Judge O. C. Erwin, of Rutherford
ton, the speaker of the hour, in con
nection with his subject, assigned,
"The Recorder's Cou~t, f ' stated that
there would not be nearly so many
boys and youths haled before the
court for violation of the prohibition
laws if there were mere Boy Scout
troops in the county. Just in the past
lew days, said the speaker, there have
been fourteen boys brought into court
on liquor charges. The Judge proved
to be a warm friend of the Scout
movement. The Rutherford superin
tendent of schools also voiced his
hearty approval of Scouting.
On motion of Dr. Duncan, of For
est City, the three year program and
budget were given the hearty endorse
ment of the club, and a committee,
representing in its personnel all of
the towns and communities was ap
pointed by President Kenneth Tanner
to lay plans for securing the first
year subscriptions and report at the
next meeting of the club.
Mr. Smyre told of a plan that has
proven most acceptable to Gaston
manufacturers whereby the rotton
mills considering all contributions to
scouting as investments, have readily
accepted assessment of one-naif cent
per spindle. This same plan in Ruth
eiford would net the committee sl,-
1100 of the required $1,500 for each
year.
Rutherford county now has troops
: t .Spindaie, Forest City, Cliffside,
Caroleen, Henrietta, Alexander City
and Ellenboro. Eight troops in all,
when there should be at least twelve.
and the splendid committee appoint
ed will go far toward producing them
in a very short time.
On motion and second, duly pass
ed, resolutions expressing the appre
ciation of the club for the donation
cf the Rutherford hospital to the
county, by Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Biggs
FOREST CITY COURIER
IUTHERFORDTON
KIWANIS GUESTS
OF LOCAL CLUB
Interesting Meeisreg', Conducive
to- Better and Clo-ser Rela
tions. With Neighboring
City—Splendid
Dinner.
| The meeting- (if the local Kiwanis
i Club, Monday night, when members
. of the club at Rutherfordton came In
!a large body as guests of the local
club, was one of the best held for
'some time and resulted in a spirit
jof neighborliness that is good to see.
| Good fellowship predominated thru
jout and representative citizens of the
i two cities were the better for "rub-
bing: elbows" and coming into closer
personal contact.
' We were glad to have the "boys,"
if.nc hope they wiil come again. The
! occasion was brought about by the
local club giving a dinner for the
[visitors in payment of the loss by the
J Forest City club of the series of hase
. ball games played off recently,
j The ladies are to be congratulated
! upon the splendid dinner which was
j served, while the program was inter
! esting throughout,
j A feature of the occasion was the
| singing of Miss Nell Padgett, with
j Miss Vera Whisnant at the piano. The
j young ladies were given a hearty
( round of applause,
i The visitors were warmly welcomed
•by the president of the club, Dr. A.
■ C. Duncan., with a hearty response by
j E&tor R. "£. Price. The harmony
and co-operation of the two clubs
'was particularly stressed by Mr.
i Price, who related how the Kiwanians
'of the two cities can work together
for the upbuilding of the county.
Secretary O. C. Erwin made a rous
! ing talk on the new county fair,
! which was well received. The Judge
{is a past-master at story telling and
soon had the crowd in splendid hu-
Jmer with his inimitable jokes. He
i then gave a detailed account of the
: reorganization and building of the
■ new fair grounds and what tiey
Jhoped to accomplish, with the promise
that this year's, fair would be the
biggest and best ever held :n ihe
county.
| Mr. Erwin to'id in particular of
J the many new features that have been
! added to the fair, foremost of which
is the racing on the new track. The
jnreworks are to be the equal of any
| at the larger fairs and are scheduled
for four nights of the iair. 1 here
will be a baseball game and also a
football game at the fairgrounds. The
■ first day will be school day, Wednes
day will be merchants' day, Friday
(will be farmers' day and also Polk
J county day, while Saturday will bring
jthe windup of Rutherford county s
I greatest fair.
The officers and board of direc
tors of the fair association have
'worked hard and faithfully in the
! past for the county fair and now
that they have expanded and, by
heavy expenses, gotten in position to
give the county folk a real fair, it
, behooves the people oi the county cO
[stand by them. The success of the
I county fair means much to every citi
zen of this progressive county. It
!5s your county fair. Do your part
in making it a success. Attend an r l
I boost and ask your neighbor to do
'the same.
Miss Alda Jones left today for
Union Mills, where she will enter
Round Hill school for the winter.
and Dr. and Mrs. Henry Norris, were
read and adopted.
Secretary O. C. Ervin, of Ruther
fordton, following his talk on the
work of the Recorders' Court, told of
the work that was being done at the
Rutherford County Fair grounds and
of the coming fair, which is to be the
best in the history of the county.
Prcf. W. R. Hill, the resigning sup
erintendent of public instruction, told
oi the wonderful progress that had
been :made by the county school sys
tem in the past five years- This pe
riod has been a new epoch in the
county. Larger and better equipped
school buildings have replaced the
one-room log school houses and
along with the consolidation of the
schools, many of the rural sections
now have advantage of high school,
while still greater progress has been
made in the city and textile commu
nity schools.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY.
! PROF. CLYDE A. ERWIN IS ELECTED
SUPERINTENDENT COUNTY SCHOOLS
At a meeting of the County Board
of Education Saturday the resigna
tion of Prof. W. R. Hiil, county sup
erintendent of public instruction was
accepted, effective October Ist. The
Board elected Prof. Clyde A. Erwin,
of Cliffside, to succeed Mr. Hiil.
The selection of Prof. Erwin by the
board was a wise one, and in keeping
with the educational progress of the
county. Mr. Erwin came to Cliffside
i six years ago as superintendent of
[the schools there, and during that
time the enrollment in the elementary
schools have grown from 260 to over
700, while the high school has grown
from 3to 110. Beginning with three
I teachers the school has enlarged to
such extent as to require the max
imum of twenty-one. The Cliffside
school system is now fully accredited
by the state educational board _
Mr. Erwin was originally from
Waco, and received his education at
the University of North Carolina.
Prof. Charles C. Erwin, a brother
of Clyde A. Erwin. will assume the
superintendency of the Cliffside
schools. He has had a number of
years experience teaching; having
BOY SCOUTS TO GIVE
PROGRAM FRIDAY NIGHT
Scoutmaster Lee announces an in-
leresting, instructive and entertain
ing: program Friday night at Kiwanis
Hall in connection with the regular
weekly meeting of Boy Scout troop 1,
of Forest City. Beside a new en
rollment of old scouts and enlistment
of new members, the Sccut Commis
sioner of Piedmont Council, Rev. G.
R. Gillespie, will give a thirty minute
talk on the progress of American
Scouting in Southern Europe, which
will be illustrated with Stereoptician
pictures, taken by him in Turkey,
Greece, Syria, Palestine and Egypt,
in 1923. The poor and pauperized
condition of the boys used for mater
ial over tr*ere will also be shown.
A3l scouts of present troop Xo # 1
ard all of former troops as well as
a':i boys who would like to become ac
tive scouts are cordially invited to at
tend.
President Fred L. Smyre and Scout
Executive Schiele, of Gastonia, were
present at the meeting last Friday
night and assisted Scoutmaster Lee
in a splendid meeting of troop No. 1
Piedmont Council executives are
arranging a three year enlarged pro
gram for Rutherford county includ
ing propaganda for one or more
troops in every town, community and
industrial village in the county. With
the scout commissioner now residing
in Forest City our own growing little
city should lead all others in this, the
greatest and most far reaching con
structive character building move
ment in the world. Our slogan
should be "Forest City Leads."
Gold Ledbetter left Monday for
Bedford, Va., where he entered
Randolph-Macon Military Academy
for the year 1925-1926.
NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, SEPT 17. 1925
Hraugj^HMß
fflHsfflgnHSfin :
PROF. CLYDE A. ERWIN
taught two years at Huntersville
i prior to his coming to Cliffside as
' principal five years ago. Under his
; able direction the school will continue
to grow.
Prof. W. Ross Hill, resigned, will
•leave soon with his family for St.
! Petersburg. Fla., where he will enter
j business. Mr. Kill was elected to the
i county superintendent's office in
1914 and has four times been re-elect
led by the County Board of Education,
i During the eleven years in office he
has conducted the educational affairs
|of the county with ability, and the
i county loses one of its most efficient
officials and citizens in his resignation.
The growth of the schools of the
county has been phenomenal. He "has
| always been an ardent supporter of
the consolidation system, and within
the past few years has succeeded in
| consolidating possibly one-third of
! the county schools. The little one
room school house, so common to the
j county ten years ago, is now almost
i a thing of the past. He has made a
j wonderful record and set a precedent
j that will be closely followed by his
! successor.
OFFICERS FOR TOWN OF
ALEXANDER MILLS INSTALLED
The officers of the Town of Alex
ander Mills were installed W ed-
nesday, Sept. 9. The town was in
corporated by an act of the last legis
lature and the bill of incorporation
named Mr. S. A. Summey mayor and
Messrs. B. R. Hicks, L. R. Champion,
Terry Moore, E. L. Cantrell and
Dewey Holland as town council. At
the Wednesday evening's meeting
these gentlemen were sworn in their
respective offices.
The town is fortunate in having
such a splendid bunch of officials
and they deserve the solid support
of every citizen of Alexander Mills.
MR. C. M. WHISNANT
BUYS FATHER'S INTEREST
Mr. T. C. Whisnant last week sold
his interest in the store of T. C.
Whisnant & Son to Mr. C. M Whis
nant, who has for the past four years
been associated with his father in
the grocery business in this city.
The Messrs. Whisnant have been
successful in their venture here and
have made many friends. Mr. T. C.
Whisnant, retiring partner of the
firm, has not as yet decided upon
what new business he will engage, but
it is hoped on all sides that he will
remain in Forest City.
Mr. Clyde Whisnant, who will
henceforth conduct the business, is a
wide-awake young business man
whose many friends predict continued
success for him.
Mesdames Fred Webb and G. C.
McDaniel were among those who at
tended the Williams-McCall Wedding
at Marion last week.
FINE PROSPECTS
SCHOOL THIS YEAR
Approximately 300 Students
Enrolled: At Opening. Aug
ust 31, Of Which £5 Are
Members Of the High
School.
Ellenboro, Sept. 25. —On the last
day of August. 1925, our school in
Ellenboro was astonished with a most
unusual favor. To many of us it was
favor, that, as yet, we haven't been
able to fully comprehend its value.
The people of our little village have
for a long time been wishing for an
accredited high school—one just as
good as any community in North Car
olina has. and now we believe that
the long sought for standard has been
attained.
On the date referred to above,
practically three hundred students
were enrolled in the Ellenboro school.
About eighty-five of that number
have been enrolled in the high school
department alone. Since the opening
of our school a new teacher has been
added to the high school department.
The new addition raised the number
of teacher, in that department to five.
This makes it possible for the Ellen
boro high school to offer as thorough
high school course as any school in
the county.
| The teachers for the Ellenboro
high school are as follows: R. B.
Tapp, principal; Miss Nannie Helms,
| Monroe, N C.; Miss Nellie Carson,
Bristol, Va.; Mr. Cecil Goode, Boil
ing Springs, N. C.; L. W. Cain,
j White Oak, N. C.
I Those teaching in the grammar
'grade department are as follows: Mrs.
iLee, Ellenboro; Miss Cleo Burns, El
jlenboro; Miss Scoggins, Ellenboro;
j Mrs. Ida Green, Ellenboro and Miss
Melrose Hawkins, Cliffside; Miss
Louise Wilkie, of Forest City is
teaching music.
SULPHUR SPRINGS NEWS
Forest City, R-3, Sept. 16.—Rev.
J. H Smith filled his regular appoint
ment fit this church Sunday.
Mr. Marvin Eaves, of Charlotte,
spent his vacation with home folk.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee R. Robbins is
spending a few days in Spruce Pine
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dock Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. Crawford Costner and Miss
Mary Frances Smith spent Sunday
afternoon at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Hopper.
Mr and Mrs. George Coin, Mr.
Roy Corn, of Spindale, spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Lee R.
Robbins.
Hi-Y CLUBS TO BE
ORGANIZED IN COUNTY
Grady H. Leonard, representative
of the state staff of the Y. M. C. A.,
in the Western District of the Y. M.
C. A., is making plans for a big work
among the high school boys in this
section of the state. The schools are
just opening and within the next few
weeks the Hi-Y cl jbs in ail the towns
in the district will be reorganized and
a few new clubs will be organized.
The new ones will be in Forest City,
Rutherfordton, Spindale, N. Wilkes
boro ard Elkin.
The genius of the Hi-Y Club i> that
it brings together for definite Chris
tian tasks, a group of leaders among
students, and place? before them an
attractive and attainable program. A
principal of a High school in this sec
tion wrote this paragraph in a letter:
"The Hi-Y Club has done more for
my High School in the six months of
its existence than any single organ
nation in town. It is my opinion that
the Hi-Y Club will be the redemption
of our boys in the high schools."
A Hi-Y Club set-up conference was
held last week-end at Edgemont at
which 15 leading boys from eleven
different towns met with Secretary
Leonard to thrash out plans for the
year. Much time was spent on a pro
gram that will be most interesting
and yet most beneficial to the fellows.
In another article is the announce
ment of the Older Boys' Conference
to be held.
After Christmas car second An
nual Bible Study Contest will be held,
j It was quite a success last year and
tthe number of schools participating
is expected to be much larger this
' year.
72 COLUMNS
SJ.SG Per Year In Advance
KUTHERFORDTON
SPINDALE SCHOOL
OPENED- MONDAY
New Central High School One
of Finest in State—Serves
Spindale, Rutherfordton
anc Ruth Districts—
Able Faculty.
Spindale. Sept. 15.—The Spindale-
Rutherfordton-Ruth schools ope*ned
Monday morning with a record break
ing enrollment and prospects for one
of the best schools in their history.
Under the present system Spindale,
Rutherfordton and Rath are consoli
dated. each town maintaining an ele-
mentary sehoo;, under the supervision
of a principal. The high school stu
dents of the three districts attend
school at the new central high school,
locatec near the Seaboard depot.
Capt. B. L. Smith is superintendent
of the entire high school and elemen
tary school system of the three dis
tx-icts.
The new central high school build-
ing is a structure of beauty. Located
on a commanding eminence it can be
seen over half of the county The
building itself is of magnificent con
struction, equalling anything in West
ern North Carolina in way of con
veniences and room.
Owing to the auditorium being un
completed the formal opening was
postponed until a later date.
The Spindale elementary school
opened with the largest attendance
ever enrolled in the grammer grades
there. Prof. F. H. Shuford, formerly
of Raleigh, now of Spindale, is Prin
cipal. He is a graduate of N. C. State
College and was formerly principal
of the Ellenboro school.
| Assisting Mr. Shuford at Spindale
| art : Miss Clara Taylor, Rutherford
jtoii. grade 3-A; Mrs. Fannie Noel
! Bannerman, Boone, N. C., grade! ;
Miss Pauline Harrelson, Cherryville,
N. C., grade 3-B; Miss Madge Wilkins,
Rutherfordton, grade 2-A; Miss Jes
sie Harper Brown, Monroe, 2-B; Miss
Mae Nanney, Union Mills, 3-A; Miss
Margaret Tate, Union Mills, 3-B; Miss
Mary Sue Hill, Rutherfordton, 4-A;
Miss Francis Bivens, McColl, S C.,
4-E; Miss Ola Lovelace, grades 5-7;
Miss Ruby McDonald, Anderson, S.
C., grad!es 5-7.
I The teachers at the new central
high school are: Principal, Mr.
L. E. Spikes, Candler, N. C.;
i science, Miss Eloise Green; Math,
Miss Mabel Sanders, Skyland, N. (f>.;
Math and Latin, Mrs. C. L. McFar
land; Latin and history, Miss Amelia
Stephenson, Bolar, Va.; English,
Miss Blanche Dellinger, Cherryville,
N. C.,; English and French, Miss Lil
lian Neal, Nashville, Tenn.; Home
economics, Mr?. Harry B. Waller,
Glendale. Ariz.; Commercial work,
Miss Cora L. Odom, Gibson, N. C.;
Music, Miss' Jo. c celyn Cox, Ashevilie,
N. C.; Expression, Miss Clara Reid,
Forest Cjty, .N. C.
YOUNG NEGRO SHOT
WHILE HANDLING AUTOMATIC
The nineteen-year-old son of Duff
Price, living in Grahamtown, was ac
cidentally shot and severely wound
ed last Saturday while unloading an
army automatic pistol at his home.
The bullet struck him in the thigh
and he bled profusely until the flow
was stopped by his physician. The
wound, while painful, is not thought
to be dangerous
VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL
It has been arranged with the vo
cational department of education of
North Carolina and the Cool Springs
High School of Forest City, N. C., to
teach the employed men and women
two classes a day. This work will
consist of business English and arith
metic, shorthand, typewriting and
bookkeeping. The vocational depart
ment requires t?;at this work bo done
dSuring working The periods
will be arranged to meet the wishes
of the majority of those taking the
work.
All parties desiring to take this
work are requested to see Mr. J. W.
Eaks at the Forest City Graded school
Friday evening, September 18, at
seven-thirty o'clock.
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