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VOL. VII—No. 52
THREE KILLED IN
' SOUTHERN RAILWAY
FREIGHT WRECK
Baber and Fireman
Conlev and W- F. Wise, Crew
Foreman, Are the Victims.
Rut&e«&ordt«&, Oct. i.—One of the
worst railroad in the history
of Rutherford county occurred on the
Southern's Marion-Rock Hil! division
at Hollands creek, one mile north of
here at 3:40 o'clock this afternoon.
Henry C. Baber, engineer, and a na
tive of this county, Fireman J. G.
Conley, of Rock Hill, S. C., and W.
F. Wise, foreman of the work crew,
of Thermal City, are all dead. Baber
and Conley were buried under the en
gine and killed instantly, while Wise
died soon after. Wise was in the
cab. He was rushed to the Ruther
ford hospital, but died before he
reached there.
It was a work train and was push
ing two cars and pulling one flat and
a caboose when the car of sand in
front of the engine jumped the track
on the trestle, turning the engine and
tender over, pinning the engineer and
fireman under the engine. The engi
neer was soon rescued, but at night
the fireman had not been found. It
is thought that he is pinned under the
engine. The right arm of Engineer
Baber was cut in two. He was prob
ably scalded to death.
The engine fell about 20 feet, also
the tender and car of sand. The
track was torn up on the trestle for
about 150 feet, while the trestle was
badly damaged for 75 to 100 feet.
Nineteen negroes were on the flat
loaded with crossties behind the en
gine. Some of them suffered minor
injuries. The flat and caboose were
left on the trestle.
Traffic on this line will be tied up
for 24 hours or more. The passenger
trams will likely transfer here.
Engineer Baber has been a faith
ful employee of the Southern for over
25 years. He was well known in this
county. He has one daughter living
at Rock Hill. Conley is a young man
while Wise was middle-aged.
Everything possible is being done
to rescue the body of Fireman Con
ley.
Firemans' Body Rescued Friday.
Rutherfordton, Oct. 2.—The body
of Fireman J. C. Conley, who was
killed in the Southern Railway wreck
here yesterday was rescued at mid-
night. His body was buried under the
engine. Workmen tunneled under it.
Traffic was restored over the
trestle at 9:45 this morning. Four
wrecking crews arrifed at the
scene of the wreck soon after mid
night. They did quick and efficient
work. The wrecked engine was
raised today. Engineer Henry C.
Baber, will be buried at Nazareth
church, near Welford, S. C., Saturday
afternoon at two o'clock.
Baber Funeral Saturday
Spartanburg, Oct. 3.—Southern
Engineer Henry C. Baber, who was
killed in a wreck near Rutherford
ton Thursday afternoon, was laid
v j&way the Nazareth church yard
at 2 o'clock today. Funeral services
were held in the church, the Rev. W.
Y. Cooley, assisted by the Rev. Z. T.
Cody, officiating.
The deceased is survived by his
daughter, Mrs. H. D. Bright, of
Wellford.
The following served as pall bear
ers: Andrew Johnson, J. F. Morgan,
Edgar Wilson, Oscar Wilson, B.
Bright and A. B. Stokes.
Engineer Baber was a native of
this county. He is an uncle of Mrs.
J. M. Edwards, of Forest City.
FOREST CITY KIWANIANS
VISIT MT. VERNON FAIR
A large delegation of Forest City
Kiwanians visited the Mt. Vernon
community fair last week. The dis
plays of farm products, etc., wjere
made in the domestic science build
ing, while the dinner was held in the
school house. It is said that the dis
plays were exceptionally good, espe
cially when the Jiouth is considered.
Mr. Ross, of the co-operative mar
keting association, Raleigh, was pres
ent and made a splendid talk.
The dinner was in keeping with the
reputation of the good folk of that
communit? and was hugely enjoyed.
President Duncan of the Kiwanis
Club, mau» a short talk in which he
expressed the pleasure of the Kiwan
iafte in being present on this occasion.
FOREST CITY COURIER
RUTHERFORDTON
NEWS OF INTEREST
Little Child D ies Following Op
eration—Ralfv Dav—Talks
By M iss Jackson.
Rutherford toft, October 6.—The
friends of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hovis
deeply sympathize with them in the
death of their daughter, Sarah, which
occurred on Wednesday. September
30th, following an operation.
Little Sarah was six years of age
and in the few short years of her
life had brought joy and sunshine in
to the home of her parents and by
her affectionate nature and quaint
expressions had won the love and ad
miration of all with whom she asso
ciated, their hearts now saddened
that no more will her childish prat
tle and mirthful laughter gladden the
home. The funeral service was con
ducted on Thursday afternoon at the
Methodist church by the pastor, Rev.
J. O. Ervin and beneath a bank of
flowers sleeps the beloved form, her
pure soul untouched by sin or sorrow,
safe from temptation. Beyond the
beautiful gate awaits the coming of
loved ones, "For of such is the king
dom of Heaven."
Rally day was observed at the Pres
byterian church Sunday last by the
presentation of a pageant. The
Southern Presbyterian church of
America and the six foreign mission
stations being represented by girls
dressed in costumes and with flags
of the different countries. There
were also songs and recitations by
intermediate ana primary classes,
short talks by the pastor and others
and an offering made for the cause
of Sunday school extension.
Miss Jackson, from the office of
Mr. H. H. Sweets, secretary of Chris
tian Education and Ministerial Re
lief, Louisville, Ky., was here Mon
day and made interesting talks both
in the afternoon and evening at the
Presbyterian church. Her subject
was service, education and the de
velopment of the spiritual life and
a specific purpose in life. She spoke
of our schools and colleges and the
wonderful opportunity that boys and
girls have today. She told of the
student Loan Fund, whereby many
girls and boys are securing an educa
tion and fitting themselves for a life
of service, who otherwise would be
unable to go to school. "This is an
age of trained service," she said, "we
want the best in intellect, in leader
ship, in spirituality." ' Her talks
throughout were deeply
and inspirational.
METHODIST CHURCH
Next Sunday is t% last Sunday
of this Conference £esik There will
be preaching at Pleasant Grove at 11
a. m., and at Forest City at 7:30 p.
m. Let all our people attend these
services. We are expecting a good
day at both churches, full congrega
tions and good Sunday schools. The
stewards at both churches are work
ing diligently to make a full financial
report on salaries and benevolences.
Let everybody do his and her part to
help make full and complete financial
reports. We have had a good year.
The Lord has wonderfully blessed us
at each of the churches with good re
vivals and a large number of acces
sions to our membership. Your pastor
is gratified over the report you are
helping him to take to our confer
ence. We are expecting to receive
more members next Sunday morning
and evening. Let everybody come
thankfully and prayerfully to both
these services, expecting a happy cli
max of the year's work. ,
W. R. WARE, Pastor.
MAMMOTH SWEET POTATOES
Mr. M. D. Carson, prominent farm
er of route 3, Bortic, called at The
Courier office last week-end and left
for the editor two mammoth sweet
potatoes, besides renewing his sub
scription for a year.
The two potatoes weighed 7 1-2
pounds and according to the present
price, amounted to exactly 52 cents,
as computed by our clever neighbor,
Mr. Clyde Whisnant.
Rutherford county farmers would
do well to consider the cultivation of
sweet potatoes. The soil is well
adapted to the sweet potato, there is
always a market for them and at a
good price.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1925
PRESBYTERIANS
BEGIN REVIVAL
IN NOVEMBER
Rev- Wm. Black, D. D. t Of
Charlotte, Will Begin Series
Of Meetings At Local
Church Nov. 22.
Rev. William Black. D. D., Synodi
cal Evangelist for the State of North
Carolina, of Charlotte. X. C., will be
gin a series of evangelistic services
in the Forest City Presbyterian
church Tuesday, November 22.
For more than a score of years Dr.
Black has been the outstanding
evangelist of the Presbyterian church
in the entire state and is still , the
ablest and most successful evangelist
and preacher ever used by this synod
consisting of nine presbyteries and
100,000 members.
Educated for the legal profession,
of which he became a brilliant mem
ber as a young man, being engaged
in many cases of importance before
the courts, he early gave his life to
Jesus Christ and consecrated to Him
and His service the best and all he
had. Intellect, ability, education and
eloquence were all laid upon the ''al
tar of sacrifice" and for a number
of years the Lord has used, in a mar
velous way, this man and his gifts to
His glory and the conversion of hosts
of sinners.
The Presbyterian pastor and people
of Forest City rejoice in the harvest
of souls reaped by our Baptist and
Methodist brethren in recent revivals
held and though we are comparative
ly few in number we wish to assure
all Christian citizens of Forest City
of our earnest and hearty co-opera
tion, with every protestant denomina
tion, in every effort for the welfare
of all our people and the best and
highest interests of our adopted
home. The pastor regrets that more
than half his time must be spent in
the fields of Presbytery and that his
sincere spirit of co-operation has not
been made more manifest.
We cordially invite all who love the
Lord to join with as next month in
another decisive battle with the
spirits of evil.
A CORRECTION
The Courier was misinformed "last
week, causing us to state that Mr.
Clarence Griffin had been appointed
depot agent at Spindale for the
Southern Railway Co. Mr. Griffin's
position is that of shipping clerk.
The mistake caused some of the
friends of Mr. Paul Moore, depot
agent, to think that he had resigned
his position, whereas he is still on the
job and has no intention of leaving
Spindale.
, MEETING
Announcement was made Sunday
that revival services will begin in the
local Wesleyan Methodist church Sun
day morning, October ilth, and con
tinue indefinitely. Rev. G. F. Settle
myre, the pastor, will do the preach
ing. Efforts are being made to se
cure special singing help. From all
appearances good preaching, splendid
congregational singing and special
selections will feature the meetings.
The co-operation and attendance is
not only solicited but urged upon the
peoples of the town and community.
CAPT. W. E. WEAVER MAKES
THE COURIER PLEASANT CALL
Capt. W\ E. Weaver, of Weaver
ville, father of Congressman Zeb.
Weaver, was a pleasant caller at The
Courier office one day last week.
Capt. Weaver is a typical represen
tative of the fast disappearing and
honored Confederate veterans. A
Southern gentleman of the old school,
he is sprightly as a youngster, de
spite his 85 years of age, and his de
votion to the Southland is beautiful
to see. %■
Capt. Weaver had been to the
Shelby fair and promised to come to
our fair this week. He was captain
of Company H, 29th Regiment and
participated in §yery engagement of
the Army of the West. For a man of
his years he is unusually vigorous,
both mentally and physically. He is
intensely interested in the candidacy
of his son for Congress and is sang
uiite of his re-election next year.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
■ OPEN OCT. 19
All Of County's 9.000 School
Children Will Be Back At
Work—Prospects Bright.
At the regular monthly meeting
of the Rutherford County Board of
Education Monday, October 19th was
set as the opening day for the public
schools of Rutherford countv.
A large number of the schools,
particularly in tlie larger centers of
population, have already been run
ning for more than a month and by
October 19th, or immediately tl\ere
after. probably all of Rutherford
county's nine thousand school chil
dren will be back at work again.
The prospects are bright for the
best session of public schools in the
history of the county.
The consolidation program which is
probably more than seventy-five per
cent complete has made it possible
for a large majority of Rutherford
county children to attend splendidly
equipped modern school buildings
where there is every facility for their
proper instruction.
Clyde A. Erwin, who has recently
been elected superintendent of Ruth
erford county schools, in his state
ment concerning the opening date,
says that he is expecting the hearty
co-operation of the good peopl? of
Rutherford county in making his ad
ministration of the public schools as
efficient as posible and we feel sure
that he will not be disappointed in
this respect.
GOING TO HENDERSONVILLE
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Whisnant and
splendid family will leave Monday for
Henderson ville, where they will make
their future hortie. Mr. Whisnant ex
pects to enter into the real estate
business there and his son, Hugh, who
has been manager of the Electric
Service Co., here for some time, will
open up an electrical business in
HendersonviHe.
BLANTON BIGGERSTAFF
ENTERS BUSINESS AT LENOIR
Mr. R. Blanton Biggerstaff, of
Forest City, and Mr. H. D. Mayhew,
'formerly of the Carolina Bakery Co.,
of Charlotte, have purchased the Le
noir Bakery, at Lenoir, and left
Thursday, Oct. 8, to take charge. Mr.
Biggerstaff is the eldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. E. Biggerstaff and a
splendid young man. He has been
connected with Mr. C. C. Bianton for
the past two years. Mr. Mayhew is
an experienced man in the bakery
busines. His wife was formerly Miss
Marie Padgett, of Charlotte, and a
niece to Messrs. T. R. Padgett and
Hague Padgett-, and niece of Mrs.
Geo. Carpenter.'
BIRTHDAY PARTY
On Friday, Oct. 2, from 4 to 6
little Miss Trilby Hewitt celebrated
her fourth birthday at her home on
King St. Many delightful games
were played and Steven Mullican won
first prize, a box of candy, for find
ing the most animal cakes which
were hidden away and each little
guest invited to hunt for. Favors
for the little girls were pink and
white combs and harps for the boys.
A beautiful birthday cake decorated
with the pink candles was brought
in and ice cream and cakes were
served, also pink baskets with pink
and white mints. Those present were:
Marguerite Huntley, Alice Louise
Minish, Frances and Burnice Dorsey,
Alice King, Martha Alexander, Jerry
Horn, Christine Mcßrayer,, Master
James Hemphill, Steve Mullican, Ar
thur McDaniel, Jr. AH left wishing
for Trilby many happy returns of the
day. ♦
MT. PLEASANT B. Y. P. U.
Fofest City, R-l, Oct. G. —The Mt.
Pleasant B. Y. P. U. met on Sunday,
Sept. 27 and elected as
follows: President, Dorothy Mc-
Daniel; vice-president, Ola Mae
Matheny; secretary, Flora McDahiel;
corresponding secretary, Bruce For
tune; treasurer, Melvin Waters;
choirister, Glen Toms and organist,
Reba Matheny. The B. Y. 'P. U. is
doing a great work and we hope that
it Will continue to improve. There
are fifty-seven members.
BIG COUNTY
FAIR IS NOW
IN FULL SWING
Started Tuesday With Record-
Breaking Attendance and
Crowds Expected to In
crease—Lasts Thru
Saturday.
Rutherford county's hig fair was
inaugurated in the new fair grounds
most auspiciously Tuesday, it being
estimated that between 10,000 and
15.000 people visited the fair grounds
during the day, not counting a big at
tendance at night.
At the time this is written (Wed
nesday afternoon) it is reported that
another record-breaking crowd is in
attendance, including a large dele
gaticyi of visitors from Spartanburg,
who have come to our fair in order
to boost it i;nd become better ac
quainted with their neighbors.
For the balance of the week, there
will be something doing all the time
and mammoth crowds are expected
each day. It is very gratifying to
note that the fair promises to be a
big succes in every way.
The editor has been sick today and
has not been able to visit the fair
grounds. Therefore this week we will
have to be content with an abbre
viated write-up of the county fair.
All our readers know what is to be
expected in the way of amusements
and it is too early to get a list of pre
miums.
A hasty visit to the fairgrounds
Tuesday afternoon was in sufficient
to get data for a complete article on
our fair. But a cursory glance re
vealed that this bids to be the great
est fair ever held in the county.
There is more to be seen in every
department, more and better attrac
tions, the new and commodious
grounds and a co-operation that
spells success.
In the agricultural building we find
splendid displays by Gilkey, Watkins,
Oakland, Mt. Vernon, Mt. Pleasant
community fairs with a splendid ex
hibit by South Mountain Institute and
Golden Valley.
The special and individual exhibits
are attracting attention from the
many visitors. Deserving of special
mention are those of Mrs. Monroe
McDonald, the Watkins farm exhibit,
Mr.s J. M. Devinney, Claude Elmore
and the County Home.
Among the business men having
booths are to be noted: Tate's Garage,
Studebaker and Dodge cars; N. J.
James, Florida lands; Cliffside Mills
Store, furniture, cloth, etc.; Boy
Scouts; Spindale Furniture Co.,
ranges, cabinets; Star Furniture Co.,
furniture, radio; Henrietta Mills
Stores, Farmers Bank, Keeter Hard
ware Co., with an unusually large
display by the Forest City Motor Co.
There will be races every day with
fireworks and other attractions at
night.
The management is to be congratu
lated upon the success of our fair.
It gives every promise of surpassing
all expectations.
MR. FELIX JAMES DEAD
Mr. Felix James died at his home
at Alexander Tnesday of cancer of
the stomach. He had been ill for a
long time and his death was not un
expected.
i Mr. James was about 50 years old
and is survived by his wife. He was
a member of the Methodist church
and a Mason. For some time he had
been a valued employee of Alexan
der Mills and was held in the highest
esteem by all who knew him.
Burial was at High Shoals church
Wednesday.
REVIVAL CLOSES
The revival at the First Baptist
church, conducted by Dr. R. J. Bate
man, came to a close Wednesday
night. Closing, as it did, just after
this paper had gone to press, we will
have to give a full report of the
meeting in our next issue/ However,
it can well be said thait the meeting
has been a wonderful one and result
ed in great good.
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MARRIED HERE
Miss Wilson Weds Mr. Yarbor
and Miss Blanton Bride Of
Mr. Wilson. All of Cleve
land County.
A double wedding of interest here
was that of Miss Blanche Wilson to
jßyburn Yarbor and Miss Alma Blan-
Jton to B. Roy Wilson, last Sunday, all
of whom are from Cleveland county.
The wedding was solmenized at
I the Methodist parsonage by the pas
!tor, Dr. W. R. Ware, who is a great
uncle of Mrs. Yarbor anff Mr. Wilson.
Only a few of Dobtor and Mrs.
j Ware's friends witnessed the cere
mony, as it came as a complete sur
prise to relatives and friends.
Mrs. Yarbor and Mr. Wilson are
daughter and sOn of Mr. and Mrs.
| Max Wilson, near Shelby. Mrs. Yar
jbor is • one of Cleveland county's
| teachers. Mr. Yarbor is a son of
• Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Yarbor and he
! holds e position with the state high
way commission.
Mrs. Wilson is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Blanton, Shel
by. She taught in the Shelby graded
school.
Mr. Wilson holds a position as
traveling salesman for Liggett-My
ers, making headquarters in Shelby.
The happy couples left immediate
ly after the ceremony for a tour of
the mountains of North Carolina and
Tennessee.
REVIVAL MEETING TO
BE HELD AT BOSTIC
| A revival meeting will begin at
: Bostic church on Monday night, Oct.
112. The pastor, Rev. I. D. Harrill,
will be assisted by Rev. C.-J. Black,
pastor of the First Baptist church of
King's Mountain. Services each morn
ing at 11 o'clock and in the evening
at 7 o'clock. The public and the
people of all denominations are most
cordially invited to attend.
CARD OF THANKS
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We wish to thank our friends for
the flowers and many kindnesses
shown us the illness of our
husband and father. To each and
every one we feel very grateful.
MRS. L. C. LOWRANCE AND
CHILDREN.
WE BUY OR SELL—AII kinds
of real estate. We can get what
you want or sell what you need
at the right p*ice. Sales
ed. A general real estate busi
ness. See us before you buy or
sell. CYCLONE AUCTION CO,
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