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VOL. VIII—No. 2
ALL RECORDS
BROKEN IN SALE
AT CLIFFSIDE
Cliffside Mills Store and Hay
nes Store, Avondale, Hav
ing Tremendous Success
Sale Continues.
Cliffside, Oct. 21. —All previous
.*ales records have been smashed
since the inauguration of the big
sale last week at Cliffside Mills
Store and Haynes Store No. 1, Avon
dale. Competent judges state that
this is the biggest and most success
ful sale ever put on in the county.
Mr. L. P. Coe, representing the
Kelly Sales System, who has charge
of the sale, is a believer in advertis
ing and has had his belief verified
during the present sale. Mr. Coe is
a cultured gentleman and as a sales
man ranks with the best in the coun
try. He was sound in his judgment
that a really tremendous big sale
could be successfully conducted in
the two big stores above referred to.
People came for miles, and are still
coming, to take advantage of the
many bargains being given in this
sale.
The sale continues throughout the
month. Busy buyers see to it that
no stocks are depleted and there
are just as many bargains now as
on the first day of the sale.
REV. O. L. SIMPSON TO
CONTINUE AT SPINDALE
At the Methodist church, Spindale,
Sunday at 7:30 p. m. Rev. Oscar L.
Simpson will preach the third of a
series of sermons on the general sub
ject of salvation. His subject Sun
day night will be "What Must a
Civilization Do to Be Saved?" The
first of this series had to do with the
salvation of the individual, the second
the salvation of a church.
It was stated in last week's issue
of this paper that Mr. Simpson would
be transferred from Spindale at the
close of the fiscal year of the Meth
odist church in this section. This
report was based on the fact that
Mr. Simpson's election to a profess
orship in Candler School of Theology,
in Atlanta. The chair which he was
to hold was to have been supported
by the board of missions of the Meth
odist denomination. It developed,
however, that because of the lack of
funds the entire plan had to be post
poned indefinitely. As a result, Mr.
Simpson was free to consent to be
reappointed to. Spindale and Alex
ander for another year. On his re
turn Monday evening from the Meth
odist conference at Statesville he ex
pressed delight at being able to con
tinue his work in this section.
M. E. APPOINTMENTS
FOR THIS DISTRICT
Appointment for the preachers of
the W. N. C. M. E. Conference at
Statesville for this, the Marion dis
trict were as follows:
E. 0. Beale, presiding elder.
Ball Creek, E. A. Blanton, Supply;
Bostic, E. J. Poe; Broad River, J. C.
Gentry; Burke Circuit, T. G. Smith;
Burnsville, G. L. Wilkinson; Cliff
side, M. W. Heckard; Cross Mill, J.
J. Gray; Forest City, W. R. Ware;
Gilkey, J. V. Tabor; Glen Alpine,
JohnCline; Henrietta - Carolyn.
P. Hornbuckle; Marion-First church,
W. E. Poovey; Marion Mills, J. N.
Wise. Marion Circuit, E. D. Ballard;
McDowell Circuit, H. F. Stimson;
Micaville, H. C. Freeman; Mill
Springs, J. C. Postelle; Morganton-
First Church, G. T. Bond; Oak For
est, B. A. Sisk, supply; Morganton
Circuit, L. L. Smith; Old Fort, M.
W. Dargen; Old Fort Circuit, Elmer
Simpson; Rutherfordton, J. O. Er
vin; Rutherford College, O. J. Jones;
Spindale, O. L. Simpson; Spx*uce
Pine, G. H. Christenberry; Table
Rock, W. J. Hackney. Professor
Rutherford College, R. M. Hauss.
i-'o u l uui uiauiuii ixao av,ccjjouu a
position in our dry goods depart
ment, and is ready and anxious to
wait on the ladies. Call and see
her. Horn's Cash Store.
Special sale on fruits, Friday and
Saturday, at Courtney's 5c to SI.OO
Store.
FOREST CITY COURIER
Convicted of Heresy «
The House of »3ishops of Pro
testant Episcopal Church took ac
tion against Bishop William Mont
gomery Brown, retired Arkansas
minister, to depose him from the
mii;i:try. They claim his teachings
were heietical.
FRIENDLY ENEMIES
STAGE GUN BATTLE
E. E. Scott and Family Having
Evidence of Being Follow
ed by Robbers Take Re
fuge In Home.
A thrilling, hair-raising experience
took place at the home of Mrs. J. E.
Mcßrayer near Moresboro late Sat
urday night in which "friendly ene
mies" exchanged shots, three groups
of people laboring under a misappre
hension, says the Cleveland Star.
Fortunately no one was killed in the
mix-up but the story is romantic to
say the least, E. E. Scott and family
thinking they were being persued by
a car of robbers,taking refuge in the
farm house of the Mcßrayers, who
were away from home at the time,
but returned to find strangers had
invaded their home which resulted
in an call for officers who thought
the invaders were house robbers,
while the Scott family took the of
ficers in civilian clothes to be the
men who had pursued their car from
Forest City.
Mr. Scott, partner-manager of the
J. C. Penny Co., store at Shelby was
returning from Nebraska with his
family, a distance of 1,500 miles.
When they reached Alexander Mill
Mr. Scott inquired about the road,
knowing that a detour was necessary
since No. 20 is under construction.
Two men approached the car, direct
ed them via Boiling Springs. As
; these two men left the car Mrs. Scott
| saw them put their heads together
hold a secret conversation, jump in a
Ford car and pursue them. Near
' Boiling Springs the Scotts inquired
again of the road and they were
directed to take a road leading them
to Mooresboro. There they saw the
j four men who had suspiciously direct
ed them at Alexander Mill. As the
' Scott car drove away these men fol
lowed them closely. Thinking their
motive was robbery, they took refuge
on the porch of the J. E. Mcßrayer
home. The car following them stop
ped in front of the house, drove up
the road a short distance and stop
ped again. The Mcßrayer home was
strange to Scott. He found no one
at home but wanted to reach a tele
phone to call Sheriff Logan,
j In a short time Mrs. Mcßrayer and
her son Yates returned in a Ford.
.Yates approached the house but Scott
'did not see Mrs. Mcßrayer. Natural
ly Yates thought his home was invad
ed. He called Scott "Buddie, what
are you doing here?" Scott kept
silent thinking Yates one of his pur
suers. Yates then went to Mooi*es
boro and brought Deputy Morehead
and Policeman Harris. By this time
the Scott family had entered a room
from the porch in an effort to reach
a telephone. Officers thought Scott
was a robber; Scott thought the of
ficers were his pursuers a.nd while
questions were fired back and forth
the answers did not reveal their
identity. Scott fired twice in the
darkness to prove to his would-be
robbers that he was ready to defend
( himself. One officer answered with
a shot through a window. Questions
and answers passed until finally the
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 1925
HOME COMING
OF MASONS
ON NOV. 6
Eastern Star Ladies Will Serve
Banquet—Big Time For
Masonic Brethren.
Forest City Lodge, No. 381, A. F.
& A. M., will observe home coming
on the evening of Friday, Nov. 6th.
The lodge will open at 5 p. m. and
later adjourn for supper at the Ki
wnnis Hall at 6 p. m., where they
will .be served by the ladies of the
Eastern Star.
A full attendance is desired. Let
every member be present. Several
talks will be made by the older mem
bers of the lodge. An invitation will
be extended - to the Wor
shipful Masters and Educational Sec
retaries of each lodge in the county.
This will be a meeting of interest
to every member and will result in
an inspiration for better work by
each member.
| KIWANIANS HAVE BIG
TIME MONDAY EVENING
One of the most enjoyable meet
ings of the Kiwanis Club was that
of Monday night, when the teachers
of Cool Springs Township were
guests of the club.
! The program was in charge of Ki
wanians Dalton and Brown, both of
whom were highly commended for
their efforts.
' A feature of the evening was the
•singing of Kiwanian Minish and his
."company" of five girls, while quite
j a number of other enjoyable songs
were given by different ones.
A wedding -of much interest to
friends here was that of Miss Alma
King, of Forest City and Hazard, Ky.,
and Mr. Frank Masters, of Daytonia,
Fla., on Thursday, October 15th at
Sanford, Fla. Mrs. Masters is a sis
ter of Mrs. T. R. Padgett, Mrs. Mor
rison Jones, of Hazard, Ky., and Mr.
G. C. King, of Kissimee, Fla., and one
of Forest City's most popular young
ladies. For the past two years she
has been with her sister at Hazard,
Ky., where she made many delight
ful friends. Mr. Masters is a splen
did "business man of Daytona, Fla.,
where he is a big contract or and
real-estate dealer.
After a bridal tour through Flori
da, they will make their home in
Daytonia. Their many friends wish
them much happiness.
Messrs. J. M. Edwards, J. W. Webb
and R. W. Minish attended A 1 Field's
Minstrels on Friday evening at Spar
tanburg.
| officers convinced Scott of their
identity, the the whole situation be
came gradually clearer. The ladies
in the Scott car were almost frantic,
so were Mrs. Mcßrayer and her
daughter-in-law. ,
By the time the would-be enemies
were found to be friendly, a half
hundred people had gathered, then
all who were armed rejoiced that
neither had shot to kill.
• "Buddie's" Head —OiJ and New i
Strong feeling of comradeship was .shown between Commander
Drain (left) the retiring head, and "Co Set 'Em" John R. McQuigg,
newly elected Commander of thf- * American Legion. Commander
McQuigg s oversea s record made him the unanimous choice.
INTERESTING WEDDING
MRS. L. D. HARLOW
TAKES HER LIFE
WITH SHOTGUN
Fires Load Into Her Left
Breast Saturday Morning,
Piercing Heart And Al
most Severing Left
Arm.
A shocking tragedy occurred at
the home of Mr. L. D. Marlow Sat
urday morning, when his wife, who
had been suffering from a mild form
of dementia, killed herself by firing
a load from a double barreled shot-
gun into her left breast at 6:30 a. m.
A gaping wound was inflicted, the
shot tearing through the top of her
heart and almost severing her left
arm as the load passed through. She
only lived about fifteen minutes.
It is said that on the morning of
the tragedy, nothing unusual had
been noticed in Mrs. Marlow's atti
tude. Mr. Marlow was in the kitch
en attending to the starting of the
fire, when suddenly he heard the
shot in an adjoining bedroom. Rush
ing into the room, he was horrified
to see his wife crumpled up on top
of a box, or trunk, in the room,
blood gushing from the gaping
wound.
It is thought that Mrs. Marlow
sat on the box and held the gun
pointed to her left breast, pulling the
trigger with one hand while she held
the muzzle of the gun to her heart
with the other.
Coroner C. M. Roberson was im
mediately called to the scene and
impaneled a jury, consisting of G. C.
Huntley, 11. B. Doggett, Hugh
Whisnant, J. L. Champion, J. C.
Houser and T. R. Padgett, who re
turned a verdict that death resulted
from wounds self inflicted.
It is said that Mrs. Marlow's mind
became affected following bad
health and religious fervor, but no
serious results were expected. She
was about 35 years old and the
mother of six children.
Mr. Marlow is an industrious, hard
working man and the tragedy in his
family is deeply deplored. He re
sides on Harmon street.
The burial took place at Monford's
Cove, former home of the deceased,
Tuesday.
DEATH OF INFANT
Little Jack Lindsay Brewer, 18-
months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. P.
Brewer, died Saturday morning, fol
lowing a short illness of congestion
of the brain and auto intoxication.
The interment took place at Wins
ton-Salem Monday.
The bereaved parents have the
sincerest sympathy of many friends
in their sad loss.
Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Hall, Jr., and
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smith attended
A! G. Field's Minstrel at Spartan
burg on last Friday evening.
Mrs. C. B. Harris, of Dalton, Ga.,
visited Mr. Tom Harris, at Alexander
last week.
"Diamond" Dick Alivel
. r >- V'-.' : -
i&V- xj3£g
fT^i, '
After living the quiet life of a
village physician for thirty years
in Norfolk, • Nebr., Dr. Richard
Tanner turns out to be "Diav.v.
Dick, dramatic dime novel hero.
Those supposed fiction stories ara
true episodes from Dr. Tamper s
life.
FAIR STORE HAS
SUCCESSFUL SALE
The Fair Store broke all sales re
cords with the inauguration of their
big sale last Thursday, mammoth
crowds being in attendance through
j out the week-end. The Fair Store
'has the quality, and this backed by
j their tremendous cut prices for this
sale, has attracted the buyers
in large numbers. The sale con
tinues, with another $5 prize on
Saturday. Read the ad in this
paper for full particulars of the big
gest and best sale ever put on in this
city.—Adv.
MOTORCADE TO PASS
THROUGH THIS CITY TODAY
Forest City is looking forward with
great interest to the Motorcade from
the South which will ? 'arrive here
Thursday morning at 9 o'clock and
be joined by a party of local business
i men and which will make the trip
over a part of the Black Bear trail.
The motorcade will start from
Greenwood Thursday morning and
will be joined by delegations from
Laurens, Woodruff, Spartanburg,
and Chesnee, S. C., and Forest City,
Chimney Rock and Rutherfordton, N.
C. From Marion the party will go
ito Linville City where the members
| will be served a luncheon by Hugh
! Macßae, of the Linville Improvemeht
i company. From Linville the motor
cade will go to Blowing Rock and to
Boone for the night.
A large delegation from Ashe and
Alleghany counties, and delegations
from Calax, Wythville and Indepen
dence, Va., will meet the motorcade
at Boone for a general meeting. On
the return trip from Boone, the mo
torcade wilt come by way of Roaring
Gap.
Among those who will join the par
ty at Forest City are Dr. A. C. Dun
can, R. W. Minish, E. O. Thomas,
City Manager Webb and others.
K. P. NEWS NOTES
i Forest City Lodge Nc. 82, K. P.,
; met for the second time since the re
; vival meetings at the Methodist and
! Baptist churches, and the members
that were not present missed one of
the best nights in a long time.
The mock trial of Messrs. H. B.
Doggett and C. O. Ridings was a
laugh from start to finish, each one
ably defending the other, and being
ably prosecuted by Messrs. J. E. Mc-
Farland and W. S. Hartley.
The big stove has been erected,
and with H. B. Doggett official fire
man, there will be plenty of heat for
all.
All members and visitors are urged
to be present each Monday night, for
there is always a treat in store for
you at the Knights of Pythias castle
hall.
A MEMBER.
Mr. Geo. Harrill, of Rock Hill, S.
C., spent Sunday here with his sister.
Mrs. Katie Lowrance, who has been
quite ill for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Walsh Moore spent
Sunday in Old Fort with Mrs. Moore's
; father and mother, Mr. and. Mrs.
! James P. Gordon.
$2.50 Per Year In Advance
UNIVERSITY HEAD
SUGGESTS NAMING
COUNTY MANAGES
Black Bear Trail and Boy
Scout Movement Discussed
At County Club.
A largely attended and interesting
meeting of the Rutherford County
Club was held at the Iso-Thermal
hotel in Rutherfordton Tuesday,
when seventy members and guests
sat down to a splendid dinner. The
invocation was pronounced by Rev.
G. R. Gillespie, of Forest City, with
Mr. K. S. Tanner, presiding. Under
the head of new business Mr. R. E.
Price introduced Mr. Paul Wager, of
the State University at Chapel Hill.
Mr. Wager is studying county gov
ernments and stated to the club that
he was a dreamer from New York,
visualizing model homes, model
schools, model counties and model
, commonwealths, who came to North
Carolina where these dreams are be
;ing realized. In his analysis of
county governments he has discover
ed many leaks, due to what he con
siders headless organizations and
| urged that Rutherford county follow
up her ideal of making dreams ma
terialize by the appointment of a
county auditor or manager whose
full time will be devoted to the stop
page of financial leaks in tax valua
tions and collections and be a captain
jof the ship of state in the commun
| ities of the entire county.
The speaker of the hour, Mr. Hugh
Mcßae, of Wilmington and Black
j Bear Trail fame, was introduced by
Dr. Morse, of Western North Caro
lina, Inc. Mr. Mcßae was highly
complimentary to local developments
in Rutherford county, including Lake
Lure, Forest City and Spindale, and
said that the County Club was by
far the best organization of its kind
he had seen. Intense interest was
manifested in his detailed informa
tion concerning the advantages to
Rutherford county in the construc
tion of the great North and South
Black Bear Trail, devoting sometime
Ito the increase in business to the
: county from both summer and win
|ter tourists, stretching as it will a
! distance of 2,000 miles from Canada
jto Miami, Florida. A number of
countv citizens from Rutherfordton,
Forest City and other points will
! join the motorcade from Spartan
. burg to Marion on Thursday, when a
: meeting of interested boosters and
i builders from several States will be
held.
At the conclusion of the splendid
talk by Mr. Mcßae, President Tan
ner asked that the following com
mittee for raising the fund for an
enlarged program of Boy Scouts of
America in Rutherford county meet
with Scout Executive Schiele and
! Commisioner Gillespie. Clyde A.
j Ervvin. Rutherfordton; J. W. Eaks,
Forest City; J. B. Jones, Caroleen;
: Chas. Erwin, Cliffside; E. E. Harrill,
I Ellenboro and B. L. Smith, Spindale.
At this meeting it was decided to in
augurate the financial campaign im
' mediately and plans for conducting
the campaign were formulated. In
' addition to this a Scoutmaster's
i Training School for Rutherford
county was organized and will hold
' its first meeting at the Rutherford
ton High School as guests of Prof.
B. L. Smith. Scout Executive
Schiele will be the instructor of this
intensive training and it is hoped
that all scoutmasters, assistants and
deputy commissioners will enroll at
the first meeting, Saturday night,
November 7.
All young- men interested in be
coming scout leaders will be heart
ily welcome. A nominal charge will
be made for a splendid meal on the
first meeting night and the training
school will get under way. Ruther
ford county will become a boy scout
unit, having her own local council
and officers, coui't of honor and
training schools.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the First Baptist church, wil! hold
a social on next Tuesday evening,
Oct. 27th at 7:15 at the Kiwanis
hart. A most delightful evening has
been planned and every member is
urged to be present.
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