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VOL. VIII.—No. 16
SPINDALE HOUSE
FORMALLY OPENED
le a Splendid Memorial Dedi
cated in Loving Memory Of
Mr. S. B. Tanner.
Spindale, Jan. 26.—About forty
ire years ago Col. Frank Coxe, of
Philadelphia, came down into North ;
Carolina and through the late Dr.
Columbus Mills, was introduced into
the Green River section of Ruther
ford county. Col. Coxe was a coal
baron and he bought a fine estate in
Rutherford. His home seat was lo
cated at what is now Spindale and he
built the brick house which has just
been remodeled for use as the Spin
dale House.
At the time of its building it was
one of the finest homes in the county
and around it centers much romance
and local history during the ninties.
It has more recently been used as
the Spindale Inn and later as a com
munity house. About a year ago
plans were completed for converting
it into a memorial building. Using
the old residence as a nucleus work
has gone forward steadily and has
transformed it into what Dr. L. R.
Bowman stated as the finest commu
nity building for a town of the size
ef Spindale that he had ever visited.
The building is of a design re
sembling Colonial and, according to
its object, is built as a house of re
creation. The front entrance is into
the hall which leads direct to the
gymnasium. On the left of the hall
is a well equipped reading room and
library while on the right is a sim
ilar room which may be used as a
reading room, games or assembly
room. In the hall is a large bronze
tablet, on which is inscribed the fol
lowing:
"Spindale House, for the Recrea
tion of sie People of Spindale. Estab
lished in loving memory of Simpson
Bobo Tanner, Pioneer Manufactur- j
er of Rutherford County, December
8, 1854—July 3, 1924 and his wife,
Lola Spencer Tanner, December 30,
1865, February 22, 1925, and their
son, Jesse Spencer Tanner, August
31, 1902 —November 3, 1923."
The hall opens into the gymnasium
which is one of the finest in this sec
tion for basketball, volleyball, in
door baseball and various other kinds
of games. There are locker rooms
with showers, hot and cold. The
gymnasium is also an auditorium
with stage, stage equipment and seat
ing capacity of approximately six
hundred.
The formal opening of the Spin
dale House was held Friday, Satur
day and Sunday. Friday evening's
program was opened at 7 o'clock by
a concert by the Spindale Band. A
community pageant in two episodes,
was presented following the concert.
Mr. K. S. Tanner next presented the
building to the Town of Spindale in
a brief but appropriate speech, stat
ing that in opening of the first sea
son he hoped the people would learn
effective lessons in social contact,
high standards of moral values and
secure well rounded physical develop
ment at the Spindale House. Mr. S.
E. Elmore, Mayor, accepted the
building and playground on the part
of the town. After Mr. Elmore's ad
dress of acceptance, Dr. Leroy Bow
man, of Columbia University, New
York City, spoke at length on the
great benefit to the people that would
result by the town coming into pos
session of such adequately equipped
community building.
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Saturday afternoon the Spindale
Town team defeated the Boiling
Springs high school team in a splen
did basketball game by a score of
20-25, in the new gymnasium.
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Saturday evening a delightful ban
quet was given. The program was
as follows:
Banquet—S. E. Elmore, toastmaster.
Divine Blessing—Rev. M. M. Hunt
ley.
Short talks by J. M. Edwards, man
ager of Florence Mills; Miss Florence
Howard, pastor's assistant, Presby
terian church; R. E. Price, County
Welfare Superintendent; B. L. Smith,
president Kiwanis Club; Dr. A. M.
Trawick, Professor in WoiTord Col
lege.
Music —Orchestra.
Address —Dr. Leroy E. Bowman.
Play —"The Maker of Dreams."
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Union services were held in the
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THE SPINDALE HOUSE
WHAT BASKETBALL
BOYS ARE DOING
High School Trims Alexander,
Inc. Waynesville Plays
Here Wednesday 8 p.m.
The local high school basketball
team threw off the jinx last Friday
night by defeating the Alexander
School*,. Inc., 25 to 14. The game
started rather slow but" speeded up
as it went on and became one of ex
citement and thrills. Cool Springs
took the lead early in the game and
held it thruout. Alexander exhibited
several flashes of speed during the
fray but never seriously threatened
our boy's margin. Fouls on both
sides were numerous but "Doc"
Howes didn't hesitate about seeing
them. Forest City used thirteen
men in the game and some might
think that old lucky number was re
sponsible for the victory. Perhaps it
was. You can never tell.
Wednesday night the boys were
hosts to the Waynesville high school
team which is on a trip thru this sec
tion this week. The Waynesville team
is one of the strong high school teams
of the western part of the state and
no doubt the Forest City fans will
see some excitement.
Lineup for Alexander game:
C. S. H. H. A. S. L
Cavenaugh Jaynes
R. F.
Biggerstaff Buchanan
L. F.
Laughridge Keeter
C.
McKeithan Kendrick
R. G.
W T hitlock - Hemphill
L G.
Substitutes: Cool Springs; Moss,
Sherrill, Moore, Walker, Watkins,
Griffin, Blair, Long. Alexander,
Inc. Hemphill, J. Referee: Dr.
Howes.
SENTENCED FOR MOONSHINING
Buck Bradley and Pete Taylor,
charged with moonshining, were sen
tenced to the roads for one year each
in Recorder's Court Monday. Bonds
for SBOO were given and motion made
for an appeal.
According to the police, Bradley
and Taylor were caught in the act
of moonshining by Officers Thomas
son and Dalton on Cedar Creek last
Thursday.
"Troubles of a Bride" is a stirring
picture for next Saturday at The
Movie. Manager Horn has a splen
did program for the entire week. See
what he has by referring to the pro
gram in this issue.
building Sunday evening. Dr. Tra
wick, of Wafford College, Spartan
burg, S. C., delivered an excellent
sermon to a well filled auditorium.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 1926
LATEST NEWS
FROM HENRIETTA
Interesting Items Gathered By
The Courier's Special
Correspondent.
Henrietta, Jan. 26.—Miss Bettie
Fanning, of Shelby, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. W. L. Smith.
Misses Elizabeth Stroup and Min
nie Lee JTag&n s visited friends in Gas
tonia last Friday night and attend
ed the basketball game between Gas
tonia and Belmont.
Misses Miriam Hoyle and Faye
Lutz, of Shelby, spenjt the week-end
with Miss Mary Ella Clegg at the
teachers' home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Campbell, who
have been living in North Henrietta,
have moved into the Henrietta Inn
with Mr. Campbell's parents.
Miss O'Lema Flack spent the week
end with home folks at Forest City.
Miss Dovie Sue Harris visited her
parents near Rutherfordton Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mahaffee were
dinner guests of Dr. and Mrs. T. C.
Lovelace last Sunday.
Mr. W. S. Moore has purchased a
new Dodge coach.
The many friends of Mrs. C. B.
Wiseman sympathize with her in the
loss of her father, Mr. James Wray,
whose death occurred at Greensboro,
Tuesday, Jan. 19.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Whisnant, of
Hendersonville and Mr. and Mrs. C.
M. Whisnant, of Forest City, visited
Dr. and Mrs. T. C. Lovelace Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. W. S. Moss, manager of Hen
rietta Mills Stores and Mr. N. Ji
James left Friday for a business trip
to Florida.
Miss Margaret Doggett was called
to her home in Pickens, S. C., last
Tuesday on account of the illness of
her mother. Mrs. Doggett died Fri
day morning and was buried at Tan
ner's Grove Saturday. A number of
the teachers and pupils attended the
furneral. Miss Doggett's room, the
ninth grade, sent a wreath of beau
tiful flowers. They also sent a tele
gram of sympathy to Miss Doggett.
On account of the bad weather and
some sickness among the school chil
dren it was decided to postpone the
January meeting of the Henrietta
Parent-Teachers Association. A
meeting will be held in the graded
school building the latter part of Feb
ruary. This will be known as "Stunt
Night." Judges will be appointed
and the grade putting on the best
stunt will win a prize.
Mr. W. L. Meroney, formerly with
! the McGinniss Mills at New Orleans,
has accepted the position as overseer
of the cloth room at Caroleen.
The Henrietta mill boys played the
I Henrietta-Caroleen high school bas
. ket ball team last Friday night. The
! score was 29 to 39 in favor of the
! mill boys.
I The teachers will play the high
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school girls at the Henrietta court
next Thursday night. This will no
doubt be an interesting game. Come
out and see the girls play.
Dr. R. McGraw gave a lecture in
the Henrietta-Caroleen High School
building Monday night on "The
Banished Book and the Bad Boy." It
is well known that Romanism has
tried to banish the Bible from the
public schools. A free will offering
was taken.
Pipes have been laid from New-
Town to Henrietta street and water
is now pumped from a deep well.
This is a great improvement over the
"Old Oaken Bucket" and the hand
pump.
Mr. W. L. Bobbins, of Spindale,
was a visitor hei*e Monday. Mr.
Bobbins formerly lived here. Twins,
a boy and girl, were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Robbins Saturday night and
their many friends here are glad to
know that the mother and babies
are getting along nicely.
Mr. C. E. Mahaffee heard a .ser
mon over his radiola last Sunday
night which was broadcasted from
Long Beach, California. Of course
sermons over the radio are not un
usual but for distance this was out
of the ordinary.
Rev. J. P. Hornbuckle was taken
suddenly ill at the depot
at Ellenboro early Tuesday morning.
A physician was summoned and he
was taken home where he is now rest
ing quietly. It is hoped that he will
soon recover.
EXTENSION CLASS
BY PROF. STEVENS
Meetings To Be Held Every
Wednesday At Henrietta-
Caroleen High School.
Caroleen, Jan. 26.—Beginning
Wednesday, January 20, at 4:00 p.
m„ Professor Stevens, of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, will con
duct an extension class for teachers
at the Henrietta-Caroleen High
School building. A course will be
given in teaching methods which
gives credit for one-fourth of a sum
mer school and may be applied to any
class of certificate. A related course
was given in the fall and all the
teachers considered it the most in
teresting and practical work ever
done by extension. Problems as
they actually occur in the classroom
are brought up and discussed and
methods suggested are tried out and
their value proven-
Professor Stevens, unlike most
specialists, is not dogmatic, but takes
an experimental attitude towards
teaching problems. He is practical,
too; goes into the classroom, conducts
recitations and demonstrates his
methods with the teacher's own stu
dents.
All teachers in the county are cor
dially invited to join us. Meetings
will be held every Wednesday be-
I ginning at 4:00 o'clock. It is expect
ed to make this extension work per
manent, so that teachers may im
prove in service and raise their cer
tificates with little or no summer
school atttendance. Further infor
mation may be had by applying to
the County Superintendent.
CITY HALL NOTES
A new light and power schedule,
submitted by Manager Webb, was
adopted by the board Friday night.
The new schedule will mean an ap
proximate saving to the citizens of
$2,600 a year.
The matter of a Recorder for the
city will be taken up at the next
meeting of the Aldermen.
The Board now has under consid
eration the proposition of purchasing
pump equipment for the fire engine.
If this equipment is purchased, and
it will most likely be, the fire fighters
will be much better equipped to carry
on their work. Additional fire hose
has already been purchased.
An incipient fire at the home of
Manager Webb did small damage a
few days ago. Sparks from a grate
fell upon a bed but the blaze was ex
| tinguished in short order, the damage
; being to an overcoat and bedding
; only.
Don't forget the N. C. State Col
lege Glee Club. High School Audi
torium Thursday evening at 8:00.
General admission 35c and 50c; re
served seats 75e.
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MISS COFFIELD IS
i SUDDENLY KILLED
j IN ATLANTIC CITY
Sister Of Mr. O. R. Coffield, Of
Ellenboro and Well Known
in This County.
Mr. 0. R. Coffield, of Ellenboro,
received a message late Wednesday
morning, Jan. 27, that his sister, Miss
Rena Coffield, head nurse in a hos
pital at Atlantic City, had met with
an accident, causing her sudden
death.
The telegram did not give par
ticulars and a later telephone mes
sage did not convey enough informa
tion to let it be known as to what
was the nature of the accident be
falling the young lady.
All that could be learned was that
Miss Coffield was dead and asking
Mr. Coffield to give instructions as
to the disposition of the body.
He wired at once to ship the body
to Apex, N. C., the old home, for
interment and caught the first train
for the latter place.
Miss Rena Coffield was well
known in Ellenboro, where she fre
quently visited.
Mr. Coffield is the efficient and
popular agent for the Seaboard Rail
way Co., at Ellenboro. His many
friends will deeply deplore the fatal
accident to his sister.
C. M. WHISNANT SELLS OUT
The stock of groceries of Mr. C.
M. Whisnant was purchased by the
Cyclone Auction Co., and sold out
at retail yesterday.
"Cyclone" is right. When it comes
to action, we recommend the Cyclone
people. Tuesday evening they noti
fied The Courier to hold space for
an ad to advertise the Whisnant
stock. Yesterday they sold all the
goods, hence ve have no ad today.
Mr. Whisnant does not as yet know
his future plans. Everyone hopes he
and his excellent wife will decide to
continue their residence in Forest
City.
The Electric Service Company will
continue in the same building until
further notice.
Mr. D. F. Beachboard, who owns
the building, will more than likely
occupy it in the near future.
JAMES L. WRAY, SR.,
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
James Linton Wray, Sr., 79, promi
nent citizen and Confederate Veter
an, of Greensboro, died Tuesday
morning, Jan. 19, at 6:10 o'clock at
his home following a pneumonia ill
ness extending over a period of one
week.
He is survived by four sons, L. H.
Wray, of Charlotte; D. Wray, J. L.
Wray and W. E. Wray, of Greens
boro; two daughters, Mrs. C. B.
Wiseman, Henrietta; Mrs. W. H.
Britt, North Wilkesboro; one broth
er, J. A. Wray, of Asheville, and a
sister, Mrs. Estelle Suttle, of Shel
by. Also surviving are 16 grand
children and three great-grandchil
dren.
Mr. Wray was a member of the
First Baptist church. He went to
Greensboro about 15 years ago, com
ing from Shelby. When a lad of 16
year 3 he volunteered for service in
the Confederate army during the
War Between the States and he
served during the latter part of the
conflict.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock
from the First Baptist church. In
terment in Salisbury.
WOMAN'S CLUB
The Woman's Literary Club, Divis
ion 1, held its regular meeting on
Thursday, Jan. 21, the meeting hav
ing been postponed from Jan. 7.
The hostesses for the afternoon
were Mrs. F. I. Barber and Mrs. H.
G. Bailey. The club met with Mrs.
Barber. A very interesting program
was carried out and one new mem
ber was added to the roll.
Delicious refreshments were served
by the hostess.
I can not lighten your burden and
perhaps I should not, even if I could,
for men gTOW strong and better
through bearing their own burdens.
—Selected.