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VOL. IX—NO. 4.
JUDGE JAMES L
WEBB DEDICATES
NEW COURTHOUSE
Large Crowd Attends Dedica
tion of New Temple of Jus
tice. Painting of Justice
Presented.
With the dedication of the new
courthouse 'Wednesday another era
in the history and progress of Ruth
erford county was brought about.
This is Rutherford's fourth court
house since the formation of the
county in 1770, and by far the most
beautiful and magnificent.
The program opened at 11:15 with
the dedicatory address by Judge Jas.
L. Webb, of Shelby. He spoke highly
of the progress of Rutherford county
and congratulated the authorities on
the erection of the beautiful new
courthouse.
In the afternoon Hon. Clyde R.
Hoey, of Shelby, presented to the
county a life-sized painting of Judge
M. H. Justice, the latest of Ruthei*-
ford county's three judges. Mr.
Hoey was for many years a close
friend of Judge Justice, and pre
sented the picture at the request of
the immediate family. This portrait
is the work of a well-known Wash
ington, D. C., artist, and will occu
py a prominent place in the new
building. It is estimated that almost
2,000 people were present for the
ceremonies.
Judge Webb also convened crim
inal court, charging the jury at 10
o'clock. There are about 80 cases on
the criminal docket, for trial this
week, and around 140 civil cases on
the docket for next week.
4 MR. MONROE JOHNSON TO
ADDRESS LEGIONNAIRES UTH
Mr. J. Monroe Johnson, of Marion,
S. C., will be at Rutherfordton and
address a joint meeting of the Ki
wanis Club and American Legion at
a banquet at the Isothermal Hotel
Thursday night, November 11th. Mr.
Johnson was a candidate for National
Commander of the American Legion
at the Philadelphia meeting recently
and made a strong race, withdraw
ing his name on the twenty-first bal
lot in favor of Commander Savage.
It is almost a certainty that he will
be the next national commander. He
is a great lawyer and the best speak
er in American Legion circles to
day. All ex-service men in the coun
ty are urged to be present and hear
him the 11th. Ladies are also invited.
Reservations for the banquet should
be made, to the Isothermal Hotel by
the night of the 10th.
Mr. Johnson will speak at Spar
tanburg on Armistice day and will
be met there by a group of Ruther
ford county Legionnaires fcind ac
companied to Rutherfordton.
LOCAL BOYS ORGANIZE
BASKETBALL TEAM
Early in the week a meeting ot
the young men of the town was held
and an athlete association organ-
Basketba >»was discussed and
a team organize&and plans made
for the winter. This year's team will
be financed by the Florence Mills,
arijd the quintette will be known as
the Florence ,'Tigers. Hickson Da-
was elected captain of the basket
ball team and Leon Frye manager.
' A number of new' fellows will go out
for the team and it is expected that
this year's line-up will be different
from that of last year s.
LOCAL MEN ON DEER HUNT
Mes-srs. M. H. Hewitt, R. W.
Minish, J. M. Edwards, W. L. Brown
and Mr. Brice were on a deer hunt in
the Wateree Swamps, about 50 miles
below Columbia, last
The party failed to kill deei,
though- Mr. Hewitt succeeded in
wounding one, and traced it for se\
eral miles by.a blood trail. They were
finally forced to abandon the hunt
on account of darkness.
Mrs. D. O. Wilson and Misses Ray
and Elise Wilson, visited Mrs. Wil
t son's brother, Mr. B. A. Putnam, here
Sunday.
FOREST CITY COURIER
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY '
Although the huge dam had been closed only three weeks when this picture was taken, there had formed already a beautiful, snimmermg body
of water covering many acres as a foretaste of the 1,500-acre aquatic play ground in Western North Carolina the completed lake will form. Mrs. Chas.
Schwab, wife of the famous steel magnate, with a party of Asheville friends, was among the last persons to make use of the old state highway now
being covered by water, before all traffic was routed over the new con crete state highway traversing the Lake Lure Estate.
VOTING VERY GOOD
IN RUTHERFORD
Democrats Win County Offices.
Republicans Make Gains
Contrasted With Pre
vious Elections.
On the face of returns today indi
cations are that the Democratic par
ity has made large gains over the en
tire nation. As was expected the
state gave the Democrats a substan
tial majority for state officers, and
a number of the counties that are
doubtful, or Republican, came over
to the Decomratic column.
Voting in Rutherford county was
very good as a whole. In some of the
outlying precincts indifference was
shown in voting. The Republicans
showed slight gains over the Demo
crats in this county as contrasted
with previous elections.
Voting in the County.
All precincts reported an unusual
number of "scratched" county bal
lots of both parties. The state bal
lots of each party was voted straight.
For the 17 Democratic state officers
each received 3,133 votes. The 13
Republican state candidates each re
ceived 1,876 votes.
County Officers.
With three precincts to report at a
late hour, those of Henrietta, Gol
den Valley and Chimney Rock No. 2,
, the votes for the Congressional and
county officers stood as follows:
Congress—Zebulon Weaver (D)
3,654;' R. Kenneth Smathers, (R)
2,370.
Senate —Overman (D) 3,633;
Hayes (R) 1,876.
House of Representatives—Tho
mas Moss (D) 3,429; J. S. Dockery
(R) 2,510.
Solicitor—J. W. Pless (D) 3,683.
State Senate —H. T. Fulton (D)
3,671; "R. L. Whitmire (R) 3,671.
Recorder —Bean (D) 3,513; Mode
(R) 2,507. •
Solicitor Recoraers* Court—R. R.
Blanton (D) 3,658; McK. Harrill
(R) 2,437.
Clerk Court—Yelton (D) 3,726;
Camnitz (R) 2,411.
Register of Deeds—Geer (D) 3,-
776; Carroll (R) 2,428.
Treasurer —Mrs. Minnie Blanton
(D) 3,680; Scoggins (R) 2,428.
Sheriff—Hardin (D) 3,680; Mc-
Farland (R) 2,428.
Coroner—Kiser (D) 3,634; Phil
ips (R) 2,452. ,
County Commissioners—W. G.
Harris (D) 3,178; G. W. Rollins (D)
3,127; G. E. Morgan (D) 3,190. Nan
ney (R) 2,637; L. Purgason (R) 2,-
696; Wall (R) 2,710.
County Board of Education—Pla
to Gettys* (D) 3,363; W. W. Nanney
(D) 3,354; Mrs. Wiseman (D) 3,-
347. D. L. Crawford (R) 2,612; R.
L. Hollifield (R) 2,593; Carpenter
(R) 2,612.
Surveyor—J. J. Miller (D) 3,651.
The fate of the constitutional
amendment and ex-service loan ref
erendum could not be learned as we
go to press. these two is
sues in this county was indifferent,
and returns are slowly being turned
in over the state.
Mr. and E. C. Hamrick and
children, of Wadesboro, are visiting
Mrs. Hamrick's mother, Mrs. G. W.
Daniel, near Tanner's Grove, this
week.
BEAUTIFUL LAKE LURE FILLING RAPIDLY; CHANGING LANDSCAPE WONDERFULLY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOV. 4, 1926.
COUNTY CLUB TO
MEET AT LAKE LURE
Mr. Charles A. Webb, of Ashe
ville, to be Principal Speaker
November 16th.
The next meeting of the Ruther
ford County Club will be held at the
Lake Lure Inn, Chimney Rock, Tues
day, November 16. The fact that the
r meeting will be held at the new inn
should prove a drawing card, as a
fine luncheon is anticipated.
Mr. Charles A. Webb, of The
Asheville Citizen, will be the prin
cipal speaker. He will use as his sub
ject, "North Carolina." Mr. Webb is
a polished speaker and an orator of
note, and using the broad subject he
has selected, a great speech may be
expected.
REMOVES BODY
OF MATT McBRAYER
Mr. J. W. McDaniel removed the
body of Matt Mcßrayer from its
former resting place to a new plot in
the Cool Springs cemetery last week.
After four years' interment the
body appeared natural enough to be
recognized by anyone who knew him
in life, says Mr. McDaniel.
December TRUE STORIES are in.
Courtney's 5c and 10c Store.
COMMISSIONERS
IN SESSION MONDAY
Business for October Light—
Routine Matters Largely Oc
cupies Attention of Board.
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With election coming Tuesday the
regular monthly meeting of the
County Commissioners was set for
ward one day and the session was
held Monday. The business tor Octo
ber was light and only a few busi
ness matters were brought before the
board. The salaries and expenses of
the officers were paid, and Mi's. R.
J. Hampton and Mr. J. P. Jones pre
sented bills of $90.00 and $61.50,
respectively for work on tax books, 1
i
which was paid. The Thompson j
Johnson Company was paid $2,447.00
for plumbing for the new courthouse
the largest bill coming before the
body. Oscar Horn was paid $9.75 for
carpenter work on the courthouse.
Bills for supplies for the Register
of Deeds office amounting to $13.75
were ordered paid, also SIO.OO to W.
Waters for supplies to Hattie Mc-
Kinney. R. E. Price, welfare officer,
presented a bill of $6.35 for rail
road ticket for a negro to Tennessee
which was paid.
The final matter before adjourn
ment was the awarding for printing
the annual statement of the board.
This went to the Sun Printing Com
pany, the consideration being one
cent.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Flack, of Gil
key, celebrated their "Golden Wed
ding" anniversary on Monday, Nov
ember Ist. Among the guests from
Forest City, were: Mesdames G. P.
Reid and Chas. Moss, and Mr. Madi
son Moss.
KIWANIS CLUB
WANTS TO HELP
THE FARMERS
To Hold Faftners Night on
Evening of November 15—
Many Expected.
i
Monday night, November 15, the
Kiwanis Club will be host to our
farmer friends, when a special pro
gram for their benefit and entertain
ment will be provided. This event
precedes the short course for farm
ers, full particulars of which is gi
ven in another article in this paper.
At last Monday's meeting the club
went on record as endorsing the pro
viding of an agent for this section
to supplement the work of County
Agent Patton.
. Prof. Chas. Erwin made a short
talk, in which he brought out many
suggestions of help for the farmer
in his dilemma of low priced cotton.
He is agreed that diversification is
the only remedy.
i Prof. D. H. Sutton followed in a
more lengthy discussion. He also
outlined the short course for farm
ers, which is to be given here dur
ing the week of November 15.
All details of the farmers course
will be given in next week's issue of
The Courier.
LOCAL MENHONORED
BY PRESBYTERIANS
Ministers of Presbyterian Con
gregations of County Take
Prominent Part in Church
Meet.
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At the fall meeting of the Kings
Mountain Presbytery, held in Mt.
Holly, October 26, the Presbyterian
pastors of Rutherford county were
signally honored. Rev. O. C. Houston
of Ellenboro, was unanimously elect
ed Moderator and as was to be ex
pected, made a splendid presiding of
ficer. Rev. .R. T. Baker, of Brittain
and Union Mills, was selected to
preach the Presbyterial sermon on
"The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus
Christ." Mr. Baker preached an ex
cellent sermon m conclusive evidence
of the fact.
Rev. G. R. Gillespie of Forest
City, was granted leave of absence
for the months of December, Janu
ary and February and permitted to
labor outside the bounds of Presby
tery. During this period Mr. Gilles
pie will act as field executive of Near
East Relief in the state of North
Carolina, speaking and working -in
the interest of 30,000 Armenian or
phans still in care of this organiza
tion, and for the relief of the thous
ands made homeless during the re
cent earthquake in Armenia and low
er Russia. Forest City will still con
tinue his headquarters and home mis
sion work will continue as before as
to incidentals and details.
CHILD STUDY CLUB |
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The Child Study Club will meet
at the home of Mrs. R. W. Minish
Monday afternoon, November 8. Mrs.
Minish and Mrs. D. H. Sutton will be
joint hostess. An interesting program
is expected.
FASHION SHOW
A SOCIETY EVENT
Large Crowds Gather at Car
roll & Byers Co. Style Show
Last Thursday.
One of the most pleasing events
of the season was the fall style show
given by Carroll and Byers Co., on
Thursday, of last week. The beauti
ful new storerooms were artistically
decorated for the occasion, showing
remarkable taste and good judgment
upon the part of Mr. Petty and his
assistants. Large crowds visited the
store, both afternoon and evening.
In fact, much to the regret of the
management, many were unable to
gain entrance, so large were the
crowds, eagerly thronging the
store to see the beautiful displays of
all the latest creations in coats,
dresses, Jjats, Spanish shawls, even
ing dresses, accessories, etc.
Mr. and Mrs. Petty were assisted
by Miss Elizabeth Gaffney, Miss Ola
Byers and Mr. James Byers, of Gaff
ney. Mrs. Nell Padgett Norris gave
several delightful solo selections, ac
companied by Miss Kathrine Gog
gans. Mrs. Lovan Edington of Gaff
ney, furnished delightful music dur
ing the style show.
The models were Misses Ethel
Moore, Lilah Padgett, Marjorie Pad
gett, Gladys Harrison and Mrs. Mary
Walker, Forest City; Misses Eleanor
Parker, Anna Mabry and Miss Reid,
Limestone College, and Mrs. James
Gaffney, of Gaffney.
The young ladies serving punch
were Misses Alice Holmes, Evelyn
Blanton, Marie Huntley and Hazel
Stalnaker.
The style show created much fav
orable interest in Forest City's new
store and large came from
all parts of the county.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Petty have
been warmly congratulated upon the
complete success of the fashion
show.
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MR. P. A. PRUETT DEAD
Mr. P. A. Pruett, well known citi
zen of Henrietta, died at his home
October 26th, the cause of his death
being paralysis. He was taken ill less
than 24 hours before his death and
the end was unexpected and a shock
to all.
Mr. Pruett was 73 years or age. j
He was born in Spartanburg county,
S. C., but lived in this county practic-;
ally all of his life. He was married j
twice, and was father of 27 children.
Of these 11 survive. Also surviving '
are his widow, 33 grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren*.
Funeral services were conducted j
from Cooley Springs church, in Spar- ;
tanburg county, last Thursday af
ternoon, and was in charge of' Rev..
W. M. Reid, of Caroleen.
HOME BURNED AT ALEXANDER,
A house belonging to Mrs. Springs !
at Alexander, burned Tuesday morn
ing about 9 o'clock. Part of the
household effects were saved by the
neighbors who gathered in to assist.
The house was of the one-story type j
and had five rooms. It is supposed j
that the originated from a de
fective flue.
Join th« Red Cross Nov. 11 to 25
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FARMERS TO
BE ENTERTAINED
AND GIVEN COURSE
Dinner at Kiwanis Club, Nov.
15—Actual Work Begins
November 16th.
A farmers' shourt course will be
given at Forest City during the week
of November 15 to 20. This course
has been planned and arranged in
co-operation by County Agent Pat
ton and the agricultural department
of the Cool Springs High school. It
will be of immense value to the lo
cal farmers and they are sure to take
advantage of it.
The course will open Monday
evening, November 15 with a dinner
given by the Forest City Kiwanis
Club to the farmei's. This event is to
be known as the farmers' night and
the club expects it to be a great oc
casion. Each Kiwanian will have as
his guest at least one farmer. The
| program on this evening will feature
an address by an expert from the
State Department of Agriculture. He
will speak on Co-operation Between
the Farmer and Business Man.
Actual work will begin on Tues
day, November 16, with intensive
practical course in poultry, dairying,
fruit and truck growing. The morn
ings will be given up to lectures and
the afternoons to field trips to farms
in the vicinity where the farmers
will be given demonstrations in each
of these subjects. Specialists from
the State Department of Agriculture
will give the lectures and demon
strations. Conferences will be held
and the problems of the farmers can
be submitted to these experts for
solving. No effort has been spared
to make the course practical.
This work has been carefully
planned to meet the needs of local
farmers. The farm survey of Cool
Springs Township, published recently
by The Courier, showed a shortage
on the farms of cattle, chickens,
fruit and truck. The present price
of cotton shows the economic dan
gers in a one-crop system. This lo
cality is splendidly adapted to the
branches of farming which this
course will feature and the market
lis good. It is the purpose of this
I course to arrouse interest in these
! branches and to give the farmers a
basic knowledge of the best methods
to use in increasing their yield of
cattle, chickens, fruit and truck. The
best method of marketing these pro
' ducts will also be discussed.
1 A detailed schedule of the course
I will be published fn next week's
Courier.
D. H. SUTTON.
j VALENTINO COMING
TO THE MOVIE
j .
j Rudolph Valentino's newest film,
! "The Son of the Sheik," which is to
1 be shown at the Movie Theatre No
: vember 10, recalls "The Sheik," in
| which he became famous several
[ years ago.
Can you remember?
The year when Rudy made rec
ords as "The Sheik" Babe Ruth made
a record of 59 home runs.
There was talk of a Disarmament
Conference. Warren G. Hai'dir.g was
President of the United States.
The year when Rudy first crossed
the hot sands motion picture thea
tres began to install cooling plants.
Agnes Ayres was the haughty Eng
lish girl in "The Sheik" she plays
flash-backs in "The Son of the
Sheik." Adolph Menjou was getting
started as the French novtelist iq
"The Sheik."
Awning manufacturers began to
patronize movies.
Sheik bandits, sheik belts and
sheik lovers came into being.
Weather Bureau reported more
heat waves than in previous
year.
In fact, so rapidly does time fly
that "The Sheik" has already had a
son, and "The Son of the Sheik" is
coming to Horn's
City, Wednesday, November 10th,
matinee and night.
Miss Spearman, of Ware Shoals,
was the week-end guest of Miss Sara
Bailey.