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VOL VIII—NO. 44.
COUNTY CLUB
AT HAZLEHURST
TUESDAY, AUG. 17
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Splendid Program for Farmers
Picnic and Club Meeting—
• Large Crowd Expected.
The combination farmers picnic
and County Club meeting to be held
Tuesday, August 17, at Hazlehurst
Farm promises to be one of the most
enjoyable and profitable gatherings
of the season. Dr. D. W. Daniel, of
Clemson College, noted orator and
humorist, will be the principal
speaker of the day. Dinner will be
•served picnic fashion, those not wish
ing to bring baskets will be served
at refreshment stands on the
grounds.
Beautiful Hazlehurst Farm is an
ideal place for the meeting and a
large crowd is expected to be pres
ent. Especially should the farmers
make an effort to attend. The pro
gram is prepared especially for their
benefit and profit.-
A glance over the following pro
gram will show what is in store for
those attending:
10:00 —Poultry demonstrations,
culling, proper housing, feeding, care
and general management. Conduct
ed by County Agent and poultry ex
pert from State College. %
11:30 —Trip through poultry plant,
escorted by Messrs. Haynes and Mel
ton.
11:00—Athletic contests: 100
yard dash, one-half mile race, sack
race, tug war by 12 boys, broad
jump, high jump. Prizes for each
entry.
11:80—Baby show. Best baby un
der one year old, best baby under
two years old.
Premium for largest family.
Premium for oldest man or wo
man.
Premium for longest man, toes to
tips of fingers. m
* Premium for largest man or wo
man.
11:30—Speaking, by Dr. D. W.
Daniel.
1:00 —Dinner.
2:oo—Talk, by F. R. Farnham,
dairy specialist, State College.
2:3o—Scrub bull trial, Judge J. D.
Smith, prosecuting attorney, F. D.
Hamrick, defense, O. C. Erwin.
CARROLL & BYERS CO.
TO OPEN ABOUT AUG. 25.
Workmen are busily engaged in
putting the finishing touches to the
handsome new brick building of. the
Cyclone Auction Co. next door to
Horn's Cash Store. When completed
this structure will be one of the
prettiest and most elegantly appoint
ed buildings in the city.
The building has been rented by
the Carroll and Byers Company, of
Gaffney, who sill open here about
August 25,. %'ith a stock of goods in
keeping with their reputation for
handling only the very best in their
line of men's and women's furnish
ings of all kinds, including a high
class line of shoes and slippers, etc.
• The new store will be a credit to
our city and will prove another draw
ling power for the trade that has
been coming this way, making For
est City a trade center of a wide
territory.
Mr. Claude A. Petty will have
charge as local manager. He is a
young man of exceptional ability and
most pleasing personality and he and
his excellent family will prove val
uable additions to our citizenship.
The Carroll and Byers Company is
known in this county and will
meet with success from the
start. Mr. Carroll became identified
with the county's interests sometime
ago by becojniiig a director in Chim
ney Rock Mountains, Inc.
M. E. CHURCH SERVICES
ik Dr. W. R. Ware will preach at the
TVI.. E. church Sunday morning at 11
o'clock.
Mrs. E. M. Lawing left Tuesday
for Hendersonville to spent a while
with her daughter, Mrs. J. P. With
row.
FOREST CITY COURIER
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOR EST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
BUILDING HANDSOME STATION
The Standard Oil Company has be
gun the erection of a handsome new
filling station at the corner of Main
and King streets, which if correctly
reported, will second to none be
tween Charlotte and Asheville. The
location is a splendid one and the
building will be equipped in the most
modern style. Mr. Carl Huntley, of
Forest City, will manage the new
plant.
MR. J. B. PHILBECK
DIES IN CLEVELAND
Brother of Mrs. T. J. Fortune,
of Forest City, Victim of
Paralysis.
Mr. J. B. Philbeck, prominent
farmer and well known teacher of
Cleveland county, and a brother of
Mrs. T. J. Fortune, of Forest City,
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died Monday morning about 12:25
at his home about four miles west of
Shelby, as a result of a stroke of
paralysis in his left side, which came
on him suddenly Saturday morning
about 10 o'clock. Mr. Philbeck's
health had been gradually failing
for about two years, but his death
came as a surprise to his family and
host of friends. He never regained
consciousness from the time he was
stricken to the hour of death.
Mr. Philbeck was 62 years old at
the time of his death, having been
in the midst of the Civil War
in the year 1863. He married Miss
Susan Doggett, and is survived by
his wife and three children, Mrs.
Bynum E. Weathers, Joe and Chas.
Philbeck, aged 13 and 10 years re
spectively, of Cleveland county. He
leaves a valuable 20-acre farm
surrounding his home, as well as
other property in that county, be
ing a very progressive farmer and
substantial citizen.
' Mr. Philbeck was a graduate of
the University of ,North Carolina,
where he was a member of one of
the oldest and best fraternities and a
classmate of Dr. G. C. Reid, of Forest
City. Although his course was one of
the hardest in the curriculum, he
was an honor student, and upon his
graduation around 1885, he took a
position as teacher in a Texas school.
Later he returned to North Carolina,
where he taught many years in Gib
sonville, Earl, Fallston, and in other
schools over the state and county.
Members of the school board during
his career as instructor rated him
as one of the best teachers in the
county. His last position was at Earl
a few years ago, immediately fol
lowing Prof. Lawton Blanton, and
afterwards he retired to pursue
farming.
Mr. Philbeck's family, both on his
own and his wife's side is related to
the most prominent families in the
county, and he leaves a host of
friends and relatives to mourn his
death. A brother, Irvin Philbeck,
died early itffce spring. Two sisters
survive, Mrs. J. T. Fortune, of For
est City, and Mrs. Rothil Conner.
Funeral services took place Tues
day afternoon at 3:30 at Beaver Dam
church. Rev. D. G. Washburn, as
sisted by Rev. Zeno Wall, officiated.
TAKES OVER ROAD
NORTH OF CHESNEE
At a recent meeting of the South
Carolina Highway Commission a
resolution was passed authorizing
the state to take over and maintain
that section of the road leading froin
Chesnee to the North Carolina line,
connecting with State Highway No.
207 a tSandy Mush. We feel that
this will greatly aid in shortening
the route between Forest City and
Spartanburg and will be of untold
benefit to all of this section. It is
hoped that our Board of County Com
missioners will co-operate with the
South Carolina authorities and
thereby have the Highway Commis
sion of this state maintain our part
of this splendid new route, which is
already in an all-year condition. This
road lessens the distance from Forest
City to Chesnee 7.8 miles, is of
standard width and serves one of the
most prosperous sections of our coun
ty. Forest City should prosper as a
trade center when our state takes
over this road.
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12,4926
TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS
BEGIN WORK SEPT. 6
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Registration Monday, August
30 Letter To" Patrons
Outside District.
It has been decided that the Cool
Springs Township schools will begin
work Monday, September 6. The high
school and the grammar grade
schools will begin at the same time
this year.
All grammar grade pupils and pu
pils entering first grade at the gram
mar grade school of Forest City, wilk
meet at the graded school Monday,
August 30, for registration and clas
sification. This will enable all the
teachers and classes to get down
to work the first day.
Pupils completed the seventh
grade last year and pupils who want
to take examinations on the work
which they failed on last year will
also meet August 30, at the high
school building. These meetings will
be held at 9 o'clock a. m. This in
cludes pupils from all- the schools
in Cool Springs Township and other
high school pupils who have not been
classified. It is important that all
pupils mentioned above register that (
day. If they do not their schedules
may be irregular.
Books for both grammar gx*ade
and high schools have been ordered
and work will be begun without de
lay. The Peoples Drug Store will
handle the books again this year.
The following letter was sent to
the patrons of pupils who live out
side the district last session:
"The school board of Cool Springs
Township decided to charge tuition
for pupils who live outside the school
district. This is due to thfe fact
that citizens living in the township
are paying from 45 to 60 cents on
the one hundred dollars as a special
school tax. It is nothing but fair
that people outside the district who
do not have to pay this tax, pay
tuition for the three extra months
which the county does not pay for.
The tuition is eight dollars a month
for three months', making a total of
twenty-four dollars. Please pay
ment not later than Friday, of this
week.
"Article 19, Section 241, of the
school law of North Carolina, states:
Credits on tuition to non-residents
whose children attend in ditricts.
Any parent or person residing out
side of any tax, special char
ter or special school taxing district,
and owning property within said dis
trict would be entitled to receive
credit on the tuition of said child,
children or wards, the amount of
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special school taxes paid on said
property. The tax for running ex
penses of the district is 45 cents. This
does not include taxes for bonds on
school buildings.
"If you have property in the
school district, please see Mr. Har
rill at the Industrial Bank, at Forest
City, and get a statement of the
amount of special taxes which you
pay in the district, and it will be
credited toward your tuition.
Half of the tuition this year will
be collected when pupils enter school
and the other half,the first of Janu
ary. If any patrons live outside of
the district who would like to trans
fer in the district, the school board
would be glad to aid them in mak
ing the transfer.
Pupils living outsire Bostic, Alex
ander, Mt. Pleasant, Pleasant Grove,
and Forest City grammar school dis
rticts will also be charged with a
tuition. The same terms will
to the grammar schools as the high
| school.
A list of books for each grade
will be published in The Forest City
Courier before school begins.
J. W. EAKS, Supt.
CITY TAXES MUST BE PAID
City Tax Collector W. E. Moore
warns all those delinquent with their
1925 city taxes that they must be
paid by September 15, or he will be
compelled to collect by law. Due no
tice is given in'an ad in this paper.
Woodland Swimming Pool is at
tracting large crowds daily. Try
swimming for your health's sake —
enjoyable, too. 44-2t.
MINSTREL SHOW
AT CLIFFSIDE
American Legion Boys to Give
Popular Program Tonight
at 8 O'clock
The American Legion Minstrels,
which were given at Rutherfordton,
last Friday night and at Ellenboro,
Saturday night, will be given at Cliff
side, in the hall over the Company
store, Thursday evening, August 12,
at 8 p. m. The doors will open at 7:30
p. m. and the show will begin at 8
p. m., promptly. Admission will be,
children under 12 years of age, 25
cents; adults 35 cents and reserved
seats, 50 cents. The latter are on
sale at the Cliffside Drug store. Pro
ceeds will go for the benefit of Cliff
side high school and the Fred Wil
liams Post, No. 75, American Legion.
A packed house enjoyed every
minute of the minstrel at Ruther
fordton. It proved to be clean and
entertaining. The jokes were new
and most appropriate while the sing
ing was unusually good. The scenery
and elaborate costumes were a fea
ture frf ,the evening. Pretty girls
added much to the appearance of
the stage.
The program opens with a mili
tary scene, "the Battle of Too Soon"
in which the awkward squad is in
troduced and make a big hit. A spe
cialty by little Miss Mary Miller,
some little stepper, is an interesting
feature of the evening's perform
ance. Next follows the mind read
ing act, which is full of humor. Mr.
Dudley Crawford as interlocutor,
and Messrs. George and Gene Tan
ner, Claude Miller," Jack Keeter,
Fred and Bill Logan, as black face
comedians, is a real treat. Time and
again the actors were called back
to the stage, especially was this true
of Mjif.
"Red Hot Henry Brown." Messrs.
Spurgeon Freeman and Gilmer Hines
as balladists proved to be real sing
ers. A black faced specialty by Mr.
Garland Miller brought forth much
applause.
The public is urged to attend this
most excellent show at Cliffside to
night.
FRANCIS-FREEMAN WEDDING
The marriage of Mr. J. L. Francis
and Miss Freeman was an occasion
of much delight and interest to the
many friends and relatives present.
The ceremony was performed at the
home of Mr. W. F. Roberson, of
Forest City, Route 2. The wedding
march was played by Mrs. R. M.
Andrews. The best man was Mr.
Joe Francis, of Chimney Rock, a
brother of the groom. The - 'oride's
maid was Mrs. J. C. Fortune, sister
of the bride, from Golden Valley.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. N. Freeman of Golden Val
ley. The groom is an attorney at
law of Oklahoma City, and was form
erly of this county. Those present at
the wedding were: Mrs. Edy Jay
and S. G. Sedden, wife, and daugh
ter, Paradise, Tex.; Charlie Francis,
and family, Shelby; Joe Francis, and
wife, Chimney Rock; R. K. Holli
field and family, B. Hawkins and
family, Landwin Hawkins, all from
Caroleen; J. C. Fortune and wife,
Robert Freeman, Claud Melton, Es
telle and Eva Propes, from Golden
Valley; Lewis Wills and family, Bax
ter Biggerstaff and wife, from Bos
tic; Mrs. R. M. Asdrews and Mr.
Hannesser, from Sunshine; Mrs.
Daniel and son, Mrs. D. M. Carver
and family, and Mrs. G. M. Moore,
and others, £rom Oakland.
The bride and groom will be at
home in Oklahoma City, August 15,
at 3305 N. McKinley street.
NEW FORD CARS SOLD
DURING MONTH OF JULY
Mr. B. B. Doggett reports the fol
lowing sales of Ford cars for the
month of July: *
G. H. Hames, T. D. Gilliam, J. L.
Butler, N. J. James, C. M. Nave, W.
G. Magness, Mrs. S. E. Melton, of
Forest City; Grover Splawn, Richard
Small, Orus McArthur, of Ruther-
I fordton; Christie Heffner, Ruth;
Charles Dalton, Geo. Wells, C. H.
Snead, Chimney Rock; J. F. Hunt,
Spindaje; J. D. McKinney, Ellen
boro; W. E. Cathey, Gastonia; C. H.
Turner, Statesville.
FINE GAME SATURDAY
The Spindale baseball team will
play the fast Cherryville team at
Spindale, Friday and Saturday. Col
lins and Tomblin will pitch for Spin
dale. Two of the fastest games of
the season are expected.
Friday's game is to be called at
4:30 and Saturday's game at 3:30.
Admission men 25 cents and iadies
and children 10 cents, and grand
stand 10 cents.
FARMERS TOUR
AUGUST 19
Trip to State Test Farm.To
Be Interesting and Bene
ficial Trip.
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The farm tour of Rutherford
county farmers and farm women to
State Test Farm, at Swannanoa, on
Thursday, August 19, will be a very
interesting and beneficial trip.
This will be the annual farmers'
day for all Western North Carolina
at the Test Farm. James G. K. Mc-
Clure, Jr., is chairman and has a
splendid program for the day.
Cameron Morrison, ex-governor of
North Carolina, and Commissioner
of Agriculture W. A. Graham, will be
the principal speakers.
Other talks by S. C. Clapp, supt.
of the Test Farm, John W. Good
man, district agent, and others dur
ing the day.
Mr. Clapp and his assistants are
making extensive preparations. An
all-day poultry disease booth will be
conducted by poultry department.
Tours to the orchard, poultry plant,
fertilizer and grain plants will be
conducted by a specialist in charge
of each project.
The test farm is a valuable asset
for Western North Carolina agricul
ture in its dissemination of infor
mation based upoYi practical tests,
in fruit culture, trucking, poultry,
dairying and other divisions of farm
industry.
It is hoped that a large delegation
from Rutherford county will go on
this trip A silved cup will be awerded
to the county scoring most points by
number of distance traveled. Every
body should take their dinner. F. E.
Patton, county agent, will be in
charge of the trip. Starting point
will be from county courthouse at
8 o'clock a. m., Thursday, August
19.
ALEXANDER SCHOOLS
OPEN AUGUST 17TH
Union Mills, Aug. 10.—The Alex
ander Schools, Inc., will open at
10 o'clock, Tuesday morning, August
17. A splendid opening is expected.
Rev. D. J. Hunt, first principal of
the school, is expected to be present
and deliver the opening address. Rev.
Hunt is well known and beloved in
this section of the country. Dr. J.
W. O'Hare, superintendent Mountain
Mission schools, Asheville, is also ex
pected to be present and make a short
talk. Following the opening address,
the alumni association will meet and
perfect its organization, which has
been greatly needed through the
years past. A large crowd of alumni
and friends of the institution are
expected to be present. A cordial in
vitation is extended to all by the
school.
Considerable improvements have
been made for the coming session.
The Hunt building has been secured
for the motherless children, a new
bored well is in process of making,
and a broom factory i?> being erect
ed in order to give employment to
some students who need help to pay.
part of their expenses. These with a
strong faculty of college trained
teachers, add much to the equipment
of the school and we are looking for
ward to an auspicious opening and to
ri successful year.
OXFORD SINGING CLASS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20
T*he singing ciass from the Masonic
Orphanage, at Oxford, will give a
concert in Forest City, Friday night,
August 20, at the high school audi
torium. This will be the only ap
pearance of the singing class in this
! county this season, and crowds are
| expected to come from every sec
tion to see the children in their
| splendid entertainment.
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SCOGGINS REUNION
: HAPPY OCCASION
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The Second Annual Event
Largely Attended Last
Sunday.
Several hundred people attended
the Scoggins reunion Sunday at the
home of Mr. Lewis H. Wells, of near
Bostic. This was the second an
nual reunion of this well known
family. South Carolina, Texas, Ok
lahoma, Tennessee and other states
were represented. At noon a long
table was filled with good things to
eat in the yard. There was much
food left. }
After dinner, Mr. Lewis H. Wells
called the crowd to order and made
a most appropriate welcome address
and introduced Attorney John L.
Francis, of Oklahoma City, formerly
of this county. Attorney Francis de
livered a most instructive address.
He traced the history of the Scog
gins family from the. time of the
early settlers in Virginia and told
of the descendants of Joe and Lewis
Scoggins, who settled in this county,
many years ago. The speaker took
a rap at evolution and praised the
growth of Western North Carolina
and Rutherford county.
R. E. Price, of Rutherfordton, was
next introduced. He spoke on "the
Bright Side of Life," and urged the
farmers to install all the modern con
veniences in their homes that was
possible.
It was decided to make the re
union an annual event. Messrs. Lan
drum Scoggins, Lewis H. Wells and
John Scoggins, were appointed a com
mittee in charge to arrange the
time and place for next year.
Among those present from a dis
tance were:
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Siddons, and
child, and Mrs. Edith Wright, of Par
adise, Tex. The latter is the mother
of Mrs. Siddons and was formerly
Miss Edith Scoggins, of this county;
Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Hamrick and
children, of Bristol, Tenn.; J. L.
Francis, Oklahoma, and many from
South Carolina and other points.
Four daughters and a son of the
late Jack Scoggins, were present, as
follows: Mrs. Margaret White, aged
78 years,, of Cleveland county; Mrs.
Nancy Hawkins, 75, of Caroleen;
Mrs. Eddie Wright, Paradise, Tex.,
age 73; Mrs. Charlotte Green, age
65, Cleveland county; and Mr. Jack
Scoggins, age 60, of Polk county.
He is a half-brother of the above
and Mrs. Cilia Stacey, aged 76 years
of this county, who was ill and un
able to be present. Miss Julia Scog
gins, age 86, of Mooresboro, aunt
of the above named six people, was
present and seemed to be enjoying
excellent health. She is very active
for one of her age.
Mr. Woody Wells, age 83, well
known Confederate soldier and a
member of Company B-34th Infantry
of the Civil War, was present and
enjoyed the reunion. He is one of
three left out of his company of 111
men, who served during the sixties.
Music was an enjoyable feature of the
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Zora Harrill, Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Reinhardt and family,
Mrs. J. K. Reinhardt and Mr. Joe
Reinhardt, attended a fish fry last
Thursday at the heme of Mrs. Ralph
; Moss, near Fort Mill. A most bounti
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' ful supply of fine fish was enjoyed
j by all.
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! Prof. O. P. Hamrick, of Boiling
| Springs, was a visitor in town last
| Monday.
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j Miss Leona Wilkie is spending the
! week with her brother, Mr. Arthur
j. Wilkie, of Bessemer City.
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i Miss Ruth Webster j> nr Saturday
, and Sunday at the home of her
brother, Mr. vard V'-bster, at
f Avondale.
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Woodland Swimming Pool is again
! open, following some damage by
| heavy rains last week. Manager
! Webb reports the popular pool in
, .better condition now than ever be
' fore. Large crowds are enjoying
Woodland these hot days. Drive out
i and take a swim.
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