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VOL. IX—NO. 15
SCOOT LEADERS
HELD ANNUAL MEET
TUESDAY EVENING
Large Gathering at Cleveland
Springs Hotel for Annual
Meeting of Piedmont Boy
Scout Council. Ruther
ford Makes Good
Showing
Near two hundred scout leaders
of the five counties of the Piedmont
Council, representing every walk of
life, held an enthusiastic meeting at
the Cleveland Springs Hotel, Shelby,
Tuesday evening, on occasion of the
annual meeting of the Piedmont
Council. The dinner was up to the
usual high standard of the Cleveland
hostelery. Following the invocation
reports from the various committees
of the organization was given, show
ing that Boy Scout work had pro
gressed wonderfully along all lines
during 1926. The report of Mr. Fred
C. Kinzie, vice-president of Ruth
erford County, showed that there
was now twelve active troops in
Rutherford and that during 1926 a
standard scoutmaster's course had
been given, three troops had been
registered at camp, sixty-six second
class badges had been awarded, and
thirty-six first class, 238 merit
badges, nineteen star scout, one life
scout and two eagle scout awards
had been made. Rutherford's quota
of SI,BOO was also reported as rais
ed.
Rev. G. R. Gillespie, of Forest City,
was re-elected to serve as Scout com
missioner for 1927. Mr. Hugh White,
of Gastonia was elected president of
the Council.
The address of the evening, "Man
hood Trained to Serve," was deliv
ered by Hon. O. Max Gardner, of
Shelby.
Near the close of the meeting
Judge 0. C. Erwin, Mr. S. E. Elmore
and Mr. W. S. Moore of Rutherford
county were among those called upon
for impromptu remarks.
Rutherford county was well repre
sented at the meeting, having the
second largest delegation present
Gaston led with about sixty present
and Rutherford with twenty-one; as
follows: Prof. .L. W. Jones, John
Williford, Messrs. Robert Daniel, O.
C. Erwin, B. A.. Buff, R. E. Price, of
Rutherfordton; Messrs. G. B. How
ard, S. E. Elmore, F. C. Kinzie,
Clarence Griffin, J. H. Hill, Rev. G.
W. Davis, Spindale; Dr. A. C. Dun
can, G. R. Gillespie, Forest City; Rev.
J. P. Hornbuckle, Henrietta, Mr. W.
S. Moore, and Rev. R. N. Childress,
Caroleen; Messrs. C. C. Hicks, Gridy
Withrow and J. J. Tarleton.
Philip Padgett, of Forest City, was
present as a special guest of the
occasion, and with two scouts of
Gastonia, was presented the Eagle
scout award, the hignesi* rank to be
attained in scouting. These awards
were made by Scout Commissioner
Gillespie, of Forest City with approp
riate remarks.
The Piedmont Boy Scout council
has been the outstanding Boy Scout
organization in the state and leads
in having the largest membership,
in scout advancement, in having the
largest camp enrollment and in the
general activities of the year.
During the year four hundred
scouts of the Piedmont council
camped at the council camp at
Lake Lanier, thirteen hundred mer
it badges have been awarded, six
teen scouts have qualified for the
eagle scout rank and the activities
of the year have been especially re
cognized both locally and nation
ally. The membership of the Pied
mont council covers more than 1,100
men and boys.
With the election of Mr. Fred C.
Kinzie, at this meeting, as county
vice-president, the county of Ruth
erford is now completely organized*
after fashion of the council. Together
with Mr. Kinzie as chairman in the
county the following chairmen of
committees will administer the scout
program in Rutherford next year:
Messrs. Z. 0. Jenkins, Finance; B.
A. Buff, Court of Honor; C. A. Er-
Win, Training; Dr. A. C. Duncan,
Camping; O. C. Erwin, Troop Organ-
FOREST CITY COURIER
COUNTY CLUB HEARS
HON. MAX GARDNER
January Meeting of the Club Favor
ed by Stirring Address by Next
Governor of N. C.
Rutherfordton, Jan. 18.—Hon. O.
Max Gardner, at all times a polished
and brilliant speaker, was at his very
best when he addressed the January
meeting of the Rutherford County
Club here today. Using farm diversi
fication as a general subject he dis
cussed the subject very thoroughly
and showed that his knowledge had
been gained through an intensive and
practical study of the subject, and
not through hearsay. For more than
thirty minutes he held his listeners
spellbound with his wonderful ora
tory, and showed that he was in full
sympathy with the farmer in his
present predicament. He told how
Cleveland County business men were
aiding the farmer, and gave examples
of practical plans that might work
as well in Rutherford.
Following the address of Mr. Gard
ner, a small amount of routine bus
iness was transacted, part of which
was appointment of committees to
draft resolutions on the recent deaths
of Messrs. J. M. Edwards and C.
D. Geer.
SUPERIOR COURT
TO CONVENE FEB. 7
Heavy Docket to Come Before Ap
proaching Term of Rutherford
County Superior Court
Rutherfordton, Jan. 19.—Superior
Court will convene here Monday,
February 7th. As yet no Judge has
been assigned to preside. A list of
the jurors will be found elsewhere
in this issue of the Courier. The fol
lowing is the court calendar for the
term:
Monday, February 7
Mosely vs. Mosely.
Hensley vs. Hensley.
McConnon Co." vs. Marsh et al
(Protest.)
Carsters & Earls vs. Farmers Hard
ware Co. »
Green vs. Green.
Swift vs. Champion.
Waldrop vs. Waldrop.
Butler vs. Butler.
Quinn vs. Taylor.
Hospital vs. Porter & Boyd.
Amer. Agri. Co. vs. Wells.
Tuesday, February 8
. MeAlister vs. MorriS^
* Babcock vs. Thomas.
Taylor vs. Taylor.
Robbins vs. Robbins.
Baily vs. Haynes.
Bland-Holden vs. Harriil.
Moore vs. Moore.
Churchwell vs. Churchwell.
Dyers vs. C. C. & 0. Ry.
LoWery vs. Blanton.
Wednesday, February 9
Insurance Co. vs. Weast.
Mcßrayer vs. Hardin.
Almond vs. Clinchfield Mfg. Co.
Morrow vs. Oil Co.
Bryant vs. Hamilton.
Green Motor vs. Hamrick ..
Thursday, February 10
Aldridge vs. Insurance Co.
Proctor vs. Proctor.
Twitty vs. Coca-Cola Company.
Friday, February 11
Whiteside vs. Rutherford County
Laundry.
Hardware Co. vs. Baseball Club.
Guffey vs. Jones.
Ellis vs. Reid.
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ization; Rev. W. L. Latham, Church
kelations; Prof. B. L. Smith, School
Relations; Clarence Griffin, Publici
ty; J. W. Eaks, Reading; E. E. Har
rill, Civic service.
A meeting of these committees will
be held at an early date to plan ob
jectives in the county.
The 1928 annual meeting will very
likely be held at-some point in Ruth
erford County. Dr. A. C. Duncan
and Judge O. C. Erwin extended in
vitations, which were referred to the
proper committee.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1927
GOLDEN TORNADO
NEW NAME FOR
H! SCHOOL QUINT
Cool Springs Boys Playing Fast
Game—Two Games Here
This Week
Championship Form
The Cool Springs High School
basketball team seems to have hit
the stride towards the championship
when they defeated Marion High
School 39 to 20 Tuesday night, Janu
ary 11. Also the girls defeated the
Marion team the same night with a
score 36 to 24.
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Dubbed The Golden Tornado
The boys received new uniforms
last week. They are old gold, trim
med with black. They were dubbed
the Golden Tornado Friday night,
January 14, when they defeated the
fast Central Hi team 24-17. The
largest crowd of rooters that ever
witnessed a basketball game in Ruth
erford county was present. The
game was anybody's game until the
last few minutes. Both teams played
first class basketball during the
whole game. The referee remarked
that this was one of the cleanest
basketball games that he had ever
refereed. Also the fans of both teams
conducted themselves in a very
sportsmanlike manner. This was the
most exciting game • that has ever
been played on the local court.
Friday night January 21, there
will be a double header on the Forest
City court. The Lincolnton boys and
girls will make their first appear
ance on the local court. Forest City
has had the pleasure of playing Lin
colnton in football and baseball for
two years. The local boys are expect
ing a hard fight Friday night to re
tain their winning streak. Admission
to these games will be the regular
price of one which is 25 and 35 cents.
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Play Candler Saturday Night
The fast team from Candler will
play the High School here Satur
day night, January 22. This will be
one of the fastest games of the seas
on since Candler is bidding for the
honor as champions of North Car
olina this year. The fans who have
season tickets will be admitted to
this game in place of the one Febru
ary 8. We are unable to schedule a
game for this date. It is hoped that
all the fans will take notice of this
change. Mr. Paul Moss of this city
is the coach of the Candler team.
The games Friday night will start
promptly at 7:30 since we have a
double header. The girls game will
be played first.
Mr. Oren Newton employee of the
Palace Barber shop, has been ill with
smallpox. But we are glad to say
at the present he is back at his chair.
DEFEATS CENTRAL
HI SCHOOL QUINT
Cool Springs Retaliates For Recent
Defeat at Spindale and Scuttle
Central High 18-24.
Playing the fastest game of the
season Cool Springs took revenge on
Central High for the recent defeat
handed them at Spindale, and won
Friday evening's game by a score
of 18-24. The game was hard fought
from start to finish and was featured
by fast playing by both quints. One
of the largest crowds of the seas
on witnessed the game and cheered
lustily as the ball was passed to and
fro in an effort to score. Neither
side was able to score in the first;
quarter, excepting a free throw which
gained Cool Springs one point. Both
teams fared better in the second
quarter and the half ended with Cen
tral High leading by a score of 8-7.
The second half started off with a
rush and when the third quarter
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Double Header Friday
AGONIZING DEATH
IN OVERDOSE OF
POISON MEDICINE
Davis Boy Gets Wrong Bbttfe
of Medicine, and Death
Follows at Hospital
Grady Davis, eleven year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. William Davis, of
the New House district, died an ag
onizing death at the Rutherford Hos
pital at 4 o'clock, Thursday morning,
January 13th, as a result of having
taken by mistake, an overdose of
medicine containing "Atropine", a
highly volatile poison.
The child took the dose at school
Wednesday and was immediately
taken ill, and Thursday afternoon
was rushed to the Rutherford Hos
pital, totally blind and his jaws lock
ed as with tetanus—in the hope that
doctors at the institution would be
able to overcome the poison with an
antidote.
But he was beyond medical aid.
The circumstances of the case, ac
cording to the Cleveland Star, Shel
by, are as follows:
A doctor was called to the Davis
home Tuesday to prescribe for Grady.
Medicine prescribed, containing "At
tropine" with directions to be given
six drops at intervals in water.
The child was well enough to go
to school Wednesday, but his mother
wished him to get the benefit of the
meicine, and to this end dropped six
drops of the prescription in a bottle
filled with water, and' told Grady
to take it to school with him and at
the hour appointed, drink it.
In his haste in getting off from
home the boy took from the shelf
not the bottle with the six drops in
water, but the original bottle, con
taining the unadulterated solution.
At the appointed time Grady
took the (Jose, and almost at once
it took effect. He went stone blind
and developed halucinations within
an hour.
Before the school took in that
morning the children played a game
of hunting the rabbit. And Grady's
halucination took the form of the
rabbit hunt. While the school chil
dren, his friends and pals, stood
around the stove aghast and wonder
ing, the little fellow whooped it up
in the school room, chasing the imag
inary rabbit, hitting at it as the
vision darted among the benches.
Meantime the pupils of his eyes
had dialated until they took on an
unnatural and wild appearance. He
was sightless as the Sphinx.
A physician was hurriedly sent
for in the hope of administering a
helpful antidote. But by the time the
doctor arrived the jaws of the suf
fer were so locked together—simu
lating the form of lockjaw—that it
was impossible to pry them apart. „ j
As an extremity he was rushed to
the Rutherford hospital, where he
lingered, delirious, until four o'clock
Thursday morning.
FAIR ASSOCIATION
ELECTS OFFICERS
Mr. C. F. Cline President and Mr.
S. E. Elmore Secretary, Di
rectors Re-Elected.
Spindale, Jan. 18.—A meeting of
the officials pnd board of directors
of the Rutherford County Fair As-
sociation was held in the office of
Mr. S. E. Elmore here Thursday.
Objectives for 1927 were planned
and officers were elected. The fol
lowing were selected, and will serve
during 1927: President, C. F. Cline;
vice-president, Z. O. Jenkins; Secre
tary, S. E. Elmore; treasurer, F. C.
Kinzie. The old board of directors
were re-elected.
Mr.' Louis Stalnaker, Southern
Railway Clerk, who has been located
in Forest City nearly a year, was
recently assigned to Sumter, S. C.
as clerk there, and will leave Forest
City this week.
CHILD KILLED BY
TRUCKSATURDAY
Guy Wallace, Jr., Dies in Hospital
Following Injuries Received
When Struck by Truck.
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Rutherfordton, _ Jan. 17.—Guy
Wallace, Jr., son
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wallace, of this
place, was killed here Saturday af
ternoon when he was struck by a
Dodge truck at the intersection of
highway 19 and Green Street.
It is reported that the truck which
was being driven by C. H. Lavender,
had just passed the curve at the in
tersection of the streets when the
boy ran in front of the truck. A
buggy was a short distance in front
of the truck, both headed for town,
and this partially obscured the driv
er's view.
The lad was struck on the head
by the radiator, receiving- a frac
tured skull. Mr. Lavender picked up
the boy and carried him to the hos
pital where he died two hours later
without regaining consciousness.
Mr. Lavender was driving a truck
for a cafe and baking company. He
was accompanied by Mr. Joe Ferree,
of Logan's Station. Mr. Ferree states
that the truck was making from ten
to fifteen miles per hour, and that
the accident was unavoidable.
MRS. S. G. BRIDGES
PASSED MONDAY
Weil-Known Forest City Woman
Passes Following Extended Ill
ness of Heart Trouble.
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Funeral services for Mrs. S. G.
Bridges were held at the First Bap
tist Church here Wednesday morn
ing, Jan. 19, at 10 o'clock, with Rev.
W. A. Ayers, pastor and Rev. Zeno
Wall, of Shelby in charge. Inter
ment followed in Cool Springs cem
etery.
Mrs. Bridges died Monday after
noon, at 4:30, at her home on West
Main Street, Forest City, following
an extended illness. She had been in
declining health for some time, but
during the last two weeks rhe seem
ed to be improving. She arose Mon
day morning at her customary hour,
but soon begun to complain of be
ing nauseated and later of shortness
of breath, and gradually grew worse
until death relieved her sufferings
Monday afternoon. The cause of her
death was given as heart trouble and
complications.
Mrs. Bridges was seventy-four
years of age. Her husband preceded
her to the grave several years ago,,
having died in 1907. She is survived
by seven children, Mesrs. B. A. Bridg
es, Union Mills; Festus Bridges, For- |
est City, D. T. Bridges, Cliff side;
Miss Ada Bridges, Forest City; Mess
rs, Miles Bridges, Durham, N. C.;
T. Y. Bridges, Youngstown, Ohio,
and Mrs. F. R. Wilkins, Forest City.
Seven grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Bridges was a consistent and
faithful member of the Baptist
church. She joined the church early
in life, and in 1879 moved her mem
bership to Cool Springs Baptist
church, now First Baptist church,
where it has since remained.
The pall bearers were Messrs. T.
G. Stone, F. I. Barber, Charles
Flack, Glen Abemethy, John Dalton
and R. L. Reinhardt. The church was
filled to capacity with friends and
relatives of this venerable woman.
The floral tribute at the cemetery
attested the high esteem in which
she was held by all.
BASKETBALL
The Florence Pirates will meet the
Spindale Athletic Club at the Spin
dale House tonight (Thursday) at
8 o'clock. With the introduction of
several new players on the Spindale
team the game is expected to be close
and hard fought, and one that will
be worth going a great distance to
see.
SI.OO Per Year During the Month of January
J. W. D ALTON
TAKES OFFICE AS
HWANIS PRESIDENT
Succeeds J. M. Edwards, De
ceased President Elect—
Outlines Policies for
New Year—Commit
tees Named
Vice President J. W. Dalton was
elected to the presidency of the Ki
wanis (Hub at the weekly luncheon
meeting Monday night, to succeed J.
M. Edwards, elected in December,
and who died before taking the of
fice. The president's pin was deliv
ered by past President F. I. Barber,
who in a few well chosen words pm
ned the emblem to the lapel of the
new officer's coat. The recent passing
of president-elect J. M. Edwards had
cast a pall over the assemblage. Mr.
Barber stated that he had, as retiring
president, prepared a speech for the
ceremony of inducting into office the
new president, but in doing so had
outlined it with the expectation of
turning over the office to Mr. E(J
wards. He, therefore, in a few words,
paid tribute to the departed brother
and offered best "wishes to the in
coming officer.
Mr. Dalton, whose voice was chok
ed with emotion, paid a tribute to
Mr. Edwards, and in a short speech,
outlined the work for the new year,
saying:
"A little while ago there sat among
' you a true Kiwanian, a gentleman
and a man universally loved. He was
a man and a gentleman in every
respect. It was he whom you elected
to pilot the ship of Kiwanis for the
year 1927. Already he had made
preparations for sailing. He was on
I the Captain's deck, eager to begin
the voyage; all things were ready ex
cept to pull anchor. Then without
warning the Captain of this great
enterprise was stricken and lit a
week's time had passed beyond. His
death staggered us. We felt there
was none to take his place. It left
Kiwanis disorganized and bewilder
ed, almost unable to grope its way
in the dark. Yet, when you com« to
think of it, this is true to life. In
every phase of life, men at the wheel
are falling, whether it is in the rush
of business or whether it is in the
quiet of the evening the immutable
law is obeyed. The call comes; the
call is obeyed.
"We may pause, but we cannot
stop; the wheel of time moves on.
The work of the universe must be
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carried on, the place of the fallen
brother must be filled.
"In the hour of distress, you have
seen fit to raise me to the office
of president. I cannot fill the boots
of Joe Edwards, for there is no
doubt that he would have led you
to many a sunny shore and many
new climes. It would have been a
wonderful voyage. I thank you for
the high esteem with which you re
gard me. I cannot fill the place of
Joe Edwards, but I can fill the place
of John Dalton. To what-, success,
to what achievement, I can lead this
club, remains to be seen.
"Lord Nelson, the greatest Eng
lish Admiral, once fought the French
off the coast of England, when the
destiny of England was at stake.
When the tide seemed turned against
him, he hoisted a banner with these
memorable words on it, 'England ex
pects every man to do his duty.'
"Fellow Kiwanian3, Kiwanis ex
pects every man to do his duty. As
President of this club I shall lean
on you. I shall expect every man
of you to do a full measure of serv
ice. I' don't want a weak and pas
sive club. I don't want a club to
drift, but I want a strong, aggressive,
fighting club, a club which goes out
after things.
"The challenge comes to every
member of. this club to raise in his
might and with a burning zeal carry
on the work of Kiwanis with a
greater enthusiasm than ever before.
Men, can I depend on yo\i? Will you
give me 100 per cent? Will each
member of this club put his shoulder
to the wheel and move to action th£
dominant forces which are bur
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