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VOL. VIII—No. is
BIG BOOSTER
MEETING HELD
AT SPINDALE
Co!. D. C. Collier Forecasts
Great Growth For West
ern Carolina.
Spindale, Feb. 6.—The booster
■ieeting of the Rutherfordton Kiwan
is Club held last night in the Spin
•tele House was a great success. A
large delegation attended from the
Forest City Club while a number at
tended from Charlotte and various
fortions of Rutherford County. Past
President R. E. Price was in charge
ef the program and introduced Har
vey Hollman, publicity man of
•himney Rock Mountains, who intro
duced the principal speaker, Col. D.
0. Collier, of San Diego, Cal.
Col. Collier soon captured his au
dience for each one soon caught his
great vision of Western North Caro
ftna and his excellent booster spirit.
Col. Collier told of his visits to va
wous summer resorts all over this
eountry and declared that "the
Mountains of Western N rtli "ar
#lir.a surpass them all" I « * they
jbaye a climate- " which is most de
lightful all the year around. Being
•lose to the great centers of popu
lation with good roads, a booster
spirit will make this the section the'
wost famous resort on this continent,
declared the famous builder.
He predicted that within the next
five or ten years people from the
West Indies, Panama, Florida and
even South America will be coming
to Western North Carolina. He
showed the advantages of tourists
and told how they had built up South
ern California. Col. Collier declared
that the Florida boom had not hurt
or affected Califoj-nia, for the later
State had over two million visitors
last year who came into California
from outside by automobile, alone.
The audience enjoyed most enthu
siastic speeches by Joe Garibaldi and
Charlie Williams, of the Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Gari
baldi told of the great growth and
progress of North Carolina and how
proud he was of the Old North State.
He predicted great things for the fu
ture of this section and declared that
no town grows greater than the peo
ple who make it up.
President F. I. Barber, of the
Forest City Kiwanis Club, spoke
briefly. A feature of the evening's
entertainment was a short humorous
program by Miss Marie Davenport,
of Charlotte, well-known Kiwanis
entertainer and promoter of "Ki
wanis Frolics."
WELSH SINGERS
HERE THIS WEEK
Will Give Splendid Program
At High School Audito
rium Friday Evening.
Welsh male voices have the repu
tation of making up the best singing
combination in the world, and on Fri
day evening at the High School au
ditorium the Adams Welsh Quartet,
recognized as one of the most fa
mous quartets of its kind in the
world, will appear in a combination
of classic, popular, and humorous
programs. Each member of this quar
tet is from the famous Royal Male
Chorus of Wales, and the quartet en
tertained hundreds of audiences
abroad and in the United States.
Their program includes a combina
tion of classic, popular, and humor
ous numbers, superior vocal work,
solos, duets, ensemble numbers of
the better sort, and unusually at
tractive and popular sketches in cos
tume. While primarily singers, the
men are none the less entertainers
of unquestioned ability and their
programs are replete with new and
novel features.
Forest City is, indeed, fortunate
in having this famous quartet visit
it and a large crowd of music lovers,
both young and old, is expected to
attend the entertainment. The Quar
tet is brought to Forest City through
the management of The Piedmont
Bureau of Asheville, North Carolina.
Admission Friday evening will be
25c and 50c. Don't miss this splen- j
did number.
FOREST CITY COURIER
LITERARY CLUB
Mrs. B. B. Doggett and Mrs. F. R.
Wilkins were very gracious hostesses
for the Literary Club, Division 1, at
the home of Mrs. Doggett on Thurs
day afternoon, Feb. 4th.
The subject for the afternoon was
Women's Part in Politics. A very
interesting program was carried out
and one new member received.
The hostesses, assisted by Miss
Ruth Doggett and Miss Annie Lee
Biggerstaff, served delicious
ments, manifesting the valentine sea
son.
DEATH CLAIMS
GOOD WOMAN
i Mrs. Rosalie Splawn Dies At
Home Of Her Son, Mr.
Dick Splawn.
West Henrietta, Feb. 8. —The
death angel visited the home of Mr.
1 Dick Splawn, on Fingerville, S. C.,
I Route 1, last Sunday and claimed his
! mother, Mrs. Rosalie Splawn. She
was 79 years, 5 months and 15 days
of age. Mrs. Splawn had been in
feeble health fox. about one year but
v;srs only seriously sick "'since lasf
Thursday.
Funeral services were conducted by
her brother-in-law, the Rev. S. P.
Jones, Monday at 2:30 p. m., at
Sandy Springs Baptist church near
the state line. She was a member of
Sandy Springs Baptist church. She
was before her marriage Miss Rosa
lie Westbrooks, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Westbrooks. Her
husband, Mr. Thaddus Splawn, pre
ceded her to the grave April 14, 1914.
Six daughters and one son preceded
her to the grave several years ago.
She is survived by the following sons:
Mr. Dick Splawn, of Fingerville, S.
{ C.; Volney and Carroll Splawn, of
! Bessemer City and four brothers,
Messrs. Foster and Dick Westbrooks,
;of Chesnee, S. C.; Tom Westbrooks,
'of Glendale, S. C.; D. H. Westbrooks,
of Fingerville, S. C., Route 1 and
five sisters, Mrs. John Cantrell, of
Fingerville, Route 1; Mrs. Rachel
Jones, of Cherokee, S. 0», Route 2;
Mrs. Margaret Head, of Melvin Hill,
N. C.; Mrs. Temmie Turner, of Lan
jdrum, S. C., Route 1 and Mrs. M. T.
j Kimbrell, of Henrietta. Several
grandchildren and great-grandchil
dren and other relatives and a host
of friends mourn her departure, for
she was a most estimable Christian
,lady apd to know her was to love
her.
We will say with the poet:
i "Jesus, while our hearts are bleeding
O'er the spoils that death has won,
Let us all this solemn meeting
Calmly say, "Thy Will be done."
Though cast down we're not for
saken;
Though afflicted not alone;
Thou didst give and thou hast taken:
Blessed Lord, thy will be done.
Fill us now with deep contrition;
■ Take away these hearts of stone:
*While we all with true submission,
Meekly say, 'Thy will be done.'
Though today we are filled with
mourning,
Mercy still is on the throne,
With Thy smiles of love returning,
We can sing, "Thy will be done."
OFFICERS ELECTED^OR
RECORDER'S COURT
At the meeting of the Board of
Aldermen Friday night of last week,
the following officers were elected
for the new Recorder's Court of For
est City:
L. C. Lowrance, Recorder.
J. W. Webb, Vice-Recorder.
J. E. Caldwell, Clerk.
C. O. Ridings, Pros. Atty.
The new court is expected to be in
operation by Monday, Feb. 15.
Mr. Ridings Resigns
To the Honorable Board of Alder
men of the Town of Forest City and
your Honorable Mayor:
I have been informed that at the
last meeting night of your honorable
Board that I was elected by said
board as Prosecuting Attorney for
the Municipal Recorders Court, re
cently established for the town of
Forest City. I assure you that lam
always willing and anxious to do any
thing in my power to help out in the
advancement of Forest City. I ap
preciate your kindness in offering me
the honor of being your first Prose
cuting Attorney, and I regret to say
that owing to pertain circumstances,
PUBUSHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEB. 11, 1926
THE FARMERS
FEDERATION NOW
ASSURED SUCCESS
Organization Building Slowly
But Surely—Meeting To
Be Held Feb. 20.
(Special to Courier)
Rutherfordton, Feb. 10.—The
work of establishing the Farmers
Federation in Rutherford county is
going on slowly, but surely, building
on a firm foundation—that founda
tion being the reliable men of the
A great many of our lead
ing farmers have already shown their
interest by subscribing stock.
The Farmers Federation will be or- :
ganized and will succeed in Ruther
ford county, because there are
enough progressive farmers in the
county to make it a success. It will!
succeed because it is endowed with
the two things that are essential to
the success of any business organiza
tion^ —good leadership and business.
The Federation has one of the ablest
executives in North Carolina in the
person of J. G. K. McClure, Jr. He
has won the honor and respect of
farmer in Western
North Carolina as well as of scores
of the leading business men. He has
not won it through a desire for pub
licity, but through a desire to serve
his fellowmen. He has given prac
tically, five years of his life to the
Federation and has received no com
pensation for his labors. The Farm
ers Federation fills a missing link in
the farming industry, therefore it has
been, is, and will be a success. No
matter how much capital a business
has it cannot be a success unless it
gets business. The Farmers Feder
ation should handle 100 car loads of
fertilizers, 50 car loads of truck
crops, 25 car loads of poultry prod
ucts and at least $30,000 worth of
feeds, seeds and spraying material
this year.
The farm relief question has been
debated quite a little in Washington
recently, and on Jan. 1, the news
papers came out with the headlines
"Co-operative Plan Hope of Salva
tion For U. S. Farmers." If the of
ficials of our country think this is the
best plan and the only plan for the
farmers to adopt we should consider
it very carefully. Robert W. Big
ham, chairman of the national coun
cil of Farmers Co-operative Associa
tions, said in Washington Jan. 12,
"We are just at the threshold of the
real accomplishments of co-operative
marketing, and we are learning from
our failures to make our new efforts
promise great success." He also says,
"I shall never forget the interference
of government in the marketing of
farm crops, until co-operative mar
keting has had a fair trial on a large
scale and has proved a failure. Be
fore I urge men to become peasant
minded, to ask some one else to work
out for them what they can do for
themselves, I must first exhaust every
opportunity to keep them indepen
dent American farmers." We as far
mers of Rutherford county should
feel proud of the fact that we now
have offered us the very type of co
operative marketing that these men
are advocating. And we should not
be satisfied until the Farmers Feder
ation is firmly established in Ruther
ford county.
Mr. J. Z. Green, who has had many
years experience in farmers' organ
izations, who is probably the great
est authority on co-operative mar
keting in North Carolina and who is
now editor of the Farmers Federa
tion News, will address the Ruther
ford County Club Feb. 16.
There will be a meeting at the
Rutherfordton Spindale High School
Saturday, Feb. 20, 1:30 p. m., for the
purpose of perfecting the Federation
of Rutherford county. At this meet
ing Mr. Green and also Mr. J. G. K.
McClure, president of the Federa
tion, will speak. No farmer in this
county should miss this meeting.
Mr. Austell, of Rutherfordton, has
opened a new store in the rooms for
merly occupied by the Royal Store at
Spindale. He is just back from New
York with a splendid new line of
goods.
best known to myself, I shall have to
decline the office. It will be impos
sible for me to serve.
Best wishes to you and your court,
'■ C. O. RIDINGS.
I DEATH OF MR. T. M. HEMPHILL
Mr. T. M. Hemphill, brother of Mr.
C. S. Hemphill, of this city, died at
his home in Marion, Feb. 1 of paraly
sis. Deceased was reared in the up
per end of this county, but had been
in business in Marion for a number
of years. He was about 56 years-of
age and is survived by his wife and
six children.
Mr. Carl Huntley has purchased
Capt. B. L. Smith's house on West
Main street. This is a handsome
| home, well located.
SECOND POULTRY CAR
COMING NEXT WEEK
To Be Loaded.Under Supervis
ion Of Division Of Markets
and County Agent.
The second poultry car of the year,
to be loaded under the supervision of
the Division of Markets, Raleigh, and
the County Agent, will be loaded in
Rutherford county next week. Ship
ments will be made from Rutherford
ton Monday and Tuesday and from
Ellenboro Tuesday, over the Sea
board lauwayT A?..advertisement in
today's Courier will give-£u'l par
ticulars as to prices to be paid and
shipping time. Our poultry raisers
will please take notice of the county
agent's announcement.
Where cars are advertised by the
County Agent, the money is guaran
teed by being placed in Rutherford
county banks before the poultry is
loaded. The agent is not responsible
for other firms or people loading in
the county.
The object of the poultry ship
ments under the supervision of the
County Agent is to get a better price
for the poultry and encourage breed
ing of better stock in the county.
The poultry is sold to competitive
bidders and goes to the ones paying
the highest prices.
There was sold in this county last
year over 75,000 pounds of poultry
at a gross rate of $15,000, three
cents above the local market prices.
The County Agent has just ordered
5,000 baby chicks for broilers to be
ready for April sales. He hopes at
this time to ship the first carload of
broilers ever sent out of the state.
Let our farmers encourage this move
so as to gain this distinction.
Farmers should take note of the
steadily growing poultry business
Rutherford county is getting a good
start in pure bred poultry. A recent
buyer here said that he was getting
better grade poultry here now than
even in the western states, where the
industry is given much attention.
With the influx of visitors to this en
tire section this summer, there will
be a great demand for poultry, which
should command steadily increasing
prices.
COUNTY CLUB
MEETS FEB. 16
Special Address By Mr. J. Z.
Green Of Interest to
Farmers-
The next regular monthly meeting
of the County Club will be held at
the Isothermal Hotel, Rutherfordton,
Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the usual hour
of 1 o'clock.
Mr. J. Z. Green, of Asheville, edi- j
tor of the Farmers Federation News,
will be the principal speaker at the
meeting. Mr. Green is well known in
this section as a progressive farmer
and is a speaker of ability. His
speech will be of special interest on
account of the plans underway for
the formation in Rutherford county
of a branch of the Farmers Federa
tion.
Every farmer should make it a
point to be present at this meeting.
SINGING AT MT. LEBANON
I
j
There will be a singing at Mt. j
Lebanon church next Sunday after- ■
noon, Feb. 14, at 2:30 o'clock. Every
body invited to come.
READ CAREFULLY
Why a man quit using a Ford— .
He died. B. B. Doggett
GUFFEYMHI
AT UNION MILLS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Fire Originated In Engine
Room—Loss About
$6,000.
(Special to Courier)
Union Mills, Feb. 10.—Fire, origi
nating in the engine room of the J.
P. Guffey corn and wheat mill at
11:20 Tuesday morning, burned with
fierce intensity and destroyed the
building and contents within the short
space of about twenty minutes.
The loss is estimated at from five
to six thousand dollars, partly cov
ered by insurance.
Mr. Guffey was on the second floor
when he noticed smoke issuing from
the engine room, but nothing could
be done to stay the flames already
under great headway. Very little
was saved from the mill, the two
story frame structure and contents
being practically a total loss.
The mill, which did a large custom
griading business, was started about
twelve years ago by Guffey & Flack,
but was now owned by Mr. Guffey
and his son-in-law, Mr. W. G
~~~
It has not as yet been determined
as to whether a new mill will be erect
ed to take the place of the one
burned.
I LATEST NEWS
FROM HENRIETTA
Happenings Of Interest Told
In Brief By Courier
Correspondent.
Henrietta, Feb. 9.—Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Smith spent the week-end
with Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. W. Harmon, near Gaffney,
S.C.
Dr. and Mrs. P. H. Wiseman are
expected home today. They have
been spending a few days in Rich
mond, Va.
Mr. Joe Whisnant, of Shelby, spent
the week-end with home folks.
Mr. Jake Moore, who has been
overhauling machinery in the card
room here, has gone to Ellenboro
help install the machinery in the mill
at that place.
Mr. S. F. Padgett, who has been
with the Henrietta market, will go
to EllenbOro to take charge of a mar
ket there.
Mr. H. M. Norman had the misfor
tune to have a finger almost severed
from his hand while grinding cards
last week.
The little two-year-old child of Mr.
and Mrs. John Lowery was severely
burned last Saturday when its cloth
jing caught fire from the open grate.
The little child of Mr. and Mrs.
Will Hightower, who fell off the
porch while riding a tricycle and
broke its arm, is getting along nice
ly.
A serious accident was narrowly
averted last Tuesday when the auto
mobile of Mr. Ben Hicks and the
train collided at the crossing on Hen
rietta street. By quick work Mr.
Hicks managed to turn his car but
the steps from both front and rear of
the train coach were knocked off be
fore the train could be brought to a
stop.
Two of the most interesting basket
ball games which Henrietta-Caroleen
Highs have played this season were
played at Rutherfordton last Thurs
day night, when they met the Ruth
erfordton teams. The girls game
which was refereed by Miss Eliza- i
beth Stroupe of Henrietta, was eight
to nine in favor of Rutherfordton.
Both teams expressed themselves as
highly pleased with Miss Stroupe as
| a referee. The boys' game was 32
to 35 in favor of Rutherfordton.
Coach Everett Spike of Rutherford
ton was referee.
In order that the customers may j
receive prompt attention during the '
heavy trading on Saturdays, a cake, j
candy and fruit department has been
installed in the Henrietta Store with ;
Miss Willie Sue Mauney in charge. j
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Moore delight
fully entertained at a six o'clock din-
ner last Friday evening. The guests
were Supt. and Mrs. J. B. Jones, Dr.
and Mr*. T. C. Lovelace.
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NEW TEN CENT STORE
Mr. D. M. Stahl, of Oxford, N. C.,
j will open a new ten cent store in
| Forest City March Ist. Workmen are
I now putting in a partition in the
large Btoreroom of the Farmers Hard
ware Co., building, the West side of
which will be used by Mr. Stahl for
his new storeroom.
Mr. Stahl is an experienced ten
cent store man, having been connect
ed with Kresge, Rose and others for
a number of years. He is now on
the market purchasing goods for the
new store.
HIGH SCHOOL ~~
BASKETBALL NEWS
Win Two From Marion—Play
Rutherfordton Friday In
State Championship
Series.
Last Friday was a big night for
the Cool Springs High basketball
teams. Marion, a dangerous but
friendly foe came upon the scene
of action after once tasting victory
from our bov« tV.lo year and from
tbfe Way they played were determined
to repeat but it was a case of just
a bit too much determination on the
other side. The girls played first
and had an easy overwhelming vic
tory over Marion's fairest. The score
being something like a five to one
standing. But the boys had more to
contend with. The first half ended
9 to 3 for Forest City and might have
been much more had not so many of
the easy shots rolled off the riftg. In
the last half Marion struck a faster
stride and scored 12 points while our
boys vere making 8. The final score
then stood 17 to 15 and might have
been tied had not the timer's whistle
' blown just before, a final marker left
a Marion player's hands. The goal
did not count. The game was one of
' the best seen on the local court this
season, due in part, no doubt, to the
5 splendid refereeing of Dr. Howes
J whose eyes never failed to catch the
• infringements upon the rules.
# * *
The first game in the champion
ship series will be played on Friday
1 night of this week at the Forest City
' High School, with Rutherfordton as
I their opponents. A meeting was held
I in Greensboro on Tuesday night
where the faculty managers got to
-1 gether to make out the schedule for
► the first elimination. The local highs
■ are very anxious to get into this con
test and see if they can't beat their
■ performance of last year which will
■ be remembered as a group champion
-1 ship and then lost to Charlotte by
three points in the semi-finals. The
boys are expecting to enter the tour
nament at Mars Hill also. This comes
off the latter part of this month.
* "* s
Forest City Win* Again.
Last Monday night was another big
night for Forest City basketball fans.
The first game between the Old Maids
and Flappers proved a corker for
thrills. The Old Maids seemed to
have the edge and kept the lead until
the last few minutes of the game
when a sly Flapper slipped in z. goal
and then another to make the score
?2 to 10 for the Flappers.
The boys won by a somewhat larg
er margin of 22 to 15, but not with
out stiff opposition. Caroleen
brought a good team and one that
i will give trouble to most any of them,
jln the second quarter Moss and Wat
kins went scoring wild and ran the
j score up to 18 to 6 for the first half,
iln the second half the visitors made
!a splendid effort but could not ap
' proach the lead.
Mr. U. S. Courtney is now on the
Northern markets purchasing new
goods for his ten cent store. Mr.
Courtney told The Courier before
leaving that he expected to buy a
j splendid line and proposed to keep
j his store up-to-date in every particu
| lar. He is a believer in advertising
; and says he wil! keep Courier read
|ers informed as to the many good
things that he always keeps in stock.
|
Mr. C. B. Harris and wife have
been visiting the former's father, Mr.
Thos. Hards, at Alexander and other
relatives in the county. He is with
the Atlantic Bitulithic Co., now locat
ed at Dalton, Ga.