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The Courier Only SI.OO Per Year VOL. IX—NO. 28 MOTHER AND DAUGHTER KILLED BY LIGHTNING AT CAROLEEN Mrs. James Morrow and Daughter Mrs. George Reavis Are -Instantly Killed When Struck by Bolt of Lightning Monday Evening at 8:00 O'clock. Caroleen, April 19.—Light ning claimed two lives during the severe electrical storm that hit this county Monday eve ning, when Mrs. Lucy Morrow, aged 47, wife of James Mor row, was struck dead as she turned to lower a window in her home, and her daughter, Mrs. George Reavis, age 28, was found dead in the next room a few minutes later, a victim of the same stroke that killed her mother. According to reports the stroke of lightning that killed the mother and daughter struck a pine tree near the house and entered on the electric light wire, blowing out the fuse plugs, and burning into two main electric tines and leaving the town in dark ness until near midnight. The stroke also demoralized the electric lines from Gaffney to Rutherfordton for a few seconds, throwing the entire territory into darkness about eight o'clock Monday evening for about one - half minute. The body of Mrs. Reavis was found by her father after Mrs. Morrow failed to answer his call. A toe on Mrs. Morrow's right foot was split by the bolt. The house was not in jured, except a plank or two torn off the ceiling. Mr. Morrow, semi invalid husband of Mrs. Morrow, was slightly shocked. The three small children of Mrs. Reavis were in the room but none of them were injured. Mrs. Reavis had been making her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Morrow for some time. They lived in the Hawkinstown section of Caroleen. Mrs. Reavis is survived by three children, the youngest three weeks old. Mrs. Morrow had just taken out SI,OOO group insurance for mill op eratives, which became effective last Saturday. She also carried $460.00 insurance in another company, taken out last August. Funeral services for the couple was conducted Wednesday at 3 o'- clock at High Shoals Baptist church. Several hundred people were in at tendance. THE CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS COMING MAY 13 Famous Body is Sponsored by Dramatic Club—At High School Auditorium The Carolina Playmakers are to be in Forest City, May 13. The Dra matic club is sponsoring this pro duction which will be best event of the year. Forest City is particul arly fortunate to secure the Play makers for they usually make only the largest towns. The Carolina Playmakers have won favorable criticism from all over the United States and their remark able achievements have placed Norffi Carolina in the foreground in orig inal play writing and distinctive in terpretation. The Playmakers began their work just nine years ago. They have writ ten and produced 46 Carolina Folk Plays, published two volumes and de veloped some remarkable writers. The chief of ttese writers is Paul Green, whose play "In Abraham's Eosom" is appearing in the Garrick Theatre in New York now, and is mentioned as being likely to receive the Pulitzer prize. The program that is to be produc ed at Forest City includes a play by Paul Green, "Quare Medicine" a folk comedy of Easter Carolina. The second play is "Lighted Candles" a tragedy of Mountain life by Margaret Bland and a Chinese play, "The Mar velous Romance of Wen Chun Chin," written by Cheng Chin Hsing, a Chi nese student who came to University of North Carolina to study dramtics. This play is based on a beautiful old FOREST CITY COURIER REGISTER NOW TO VOTE IN CITY ELECTION MAY 3 Registration Books Will Close Saturday, April 23, at 9 P. M. Forest. City's municipal election will be held Tuesday, May 3. All who have not registered to vote in prev ious elections must register before the books close next Saturday. It is the civic duty of every man and woman eligible to vote to register and cast their ballot on election day. A mayor and five aldermen are to be elected. Forest City must have the very best set of officers, and this can be obtained only by every voter expressing his or her choice at the ballot boxes. Remember, if you have not already registered, you must do so before Saturday 9 p. m. FATHER OF MISS JUANITA MINISH DEAD Word was received here this week that Mr. W. R. Minish, of Gratz, Ky., was dead. He underwent an operation for stomach trouble at a hospital in Louisville, Ky., a few days ago, which brought about his death Tuesday evening, of this week. Mr. Minish was a druggist at Gratz, Ky., and one of the town's leading citi zens. Miss Juanita Minish of Forest City is the only child. She is teacher of French and dean in the local high school and one of the town's most popular young ladies. TOWNSHIP DECLAMATION CONTESTS TONIGHT The township declamation and rec itation contest will be held at the high school auditorium Thursday eve ning (tonight), instead of Friday evening, as announced last week. Prof. Eaks states that the change was made on account of conflicting dates. WITHDRAWS FROM MAYORALITY RACE Mr. A. L. McDaniel, who announc ed as a candidate for mayor a few weeks ago, has withdi-awn his name but announces that he will be a can didate for Alderman. Attention is again called to the fact that registration books close next Saturday at 9 p. m. All who wish to vote in the approaching town election must register, if they have not done so in a previous election. OPENS FURNITURE REPAIR FIRM Mr. T. A. Summey, of Gastonia has opened a furniture repair shop here, under firm name of the Southern Furniture Repair Company. The bus iness will be operated upstairs in the Moss Building, and will specialize in repairing, upholstering and re-fin ishing furniture. Mr. Summey is a brother of Miss Katie Summey of the City Dry Clean ers Co. Chinese folk tale and is one of the most beautiful plays the Playmakers have produced. This is an unusually good program and representative of the excellent work that is being done by this group of young people. The most famous group in America. The New York Review says, "The plays produced by the Carolina Playmakers are fully equal to any of the Irish folk lore plays produced by Lady Gregory's company. Just received a large shipment of small hardware, Courtney's 10c Store. PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1927. The Hi-Y club is one of the most • active organizations in the Cool j Springs High School. The purpose of ! the club is to create, maintain and j 0 extend through the school and com munity high standards'of Christian character. The club sponsored a Bible study class last spring and this class won the Jstate chimpionship. KINGS MOUNTAIN PRESBYTERY MET TUESDAY IN SHELBY Mr. O. C. Erwin Elected Mod erator—Spindale Presby terian Mission Changed to Church. Parsonage to be at Spindale With the churches of five coun ties represented Kings Mountain Presbytery convened at Shelby Tues day morning for the regular annual spring meeting. Rev. W. W. Akers, of Lincolnton, preached the retir ing moderator's sermon and Elder O. C. Erwin, of Rutherfordton, was unanimously elected moderator for the ensuing year, the Rutherfordton church being represented by Rev W. L. Latham and O. C. Erwin, the For est City church by Rev. G. R. Gilles pie and Thos. G. Stone and the Brit tain, Union Mills and Duncan Creek churches by Rev. R. T. Baker and three elders. The report of the home mission superintendent was commended and adopted and Rev. G. R. Gillespie again re-elected for the ensuing year with headquartei's at Forest City. An overture with 31 petitioners, representing prominent Presbyterians of Spindale, was received and hon ored and the former Spindale con gregational mission granted permis sion to be organized as the Spindale Presbyterian church by a commission appointed for that purpose. A call for a pastor is now being prosecuted and he will visit the field the first Sun day in May with a view to becom | ing settled at Spindale. LOCAL HI-Y CLUB BEST ORGANIZATION OF ITS KIND IN COUNTY mm : 1 y i 11 «•* Hsawte-**«;» ' lit j&yM* wl ;. H ■l® ss mi i i i B _ aa _Ji,,| ■ ■ H lif fflr ' : * 4mn»KWW -M-m ■WW &&&> &6fr*& B\'.. :-■'«. I «C4« jnyn MK* *> ' ' B BB E « ipn sMtm iMMt mm >■? %&&&ss/?ss : *%■•.*%& 4&te: ■?%s&'•ss&'% '. ■■:-. 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The Charlotte Road Club is making a tour of the two Carolinas and are playing some of the amateur teams in the two states. Manager Thomason of the Spindale club assures baseball fans that thjs will be two games worth seeing. The school now holds the state cup. This is a beautiful silver loving cup given by Mr. G. F. Ivey, of Hickory. The club sent four delegates and the adult leader, Mr. Sutton, to the State Older Boys' conference in Winston-Salem last fall. The members of the club are se lected from among the upper classes in high school and are very enthus iastic about the work of the club. MISS VIRGINIA LINK WEDS OWEN STAMEY Attractive Forest City Girl Be comes Bride of Ruthe fordton Man Miss Virginia Link, of Forest City, and Mr. Owen Stamey, of Ruther fordton, were secretly married Sat urday. It is reported that the wed ding- took place in Asheville. Mrs. Stamey is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Link. She has been attending school at Meredith College where she is a Jun ior this year and one of the college's most brilliant students. She came to her home here last week to spend the Easter holidays with her parents, and Saturday left with Mr. Stamey. Mrs. Stamey was voted the most beautiful girl in attendance at Meredith Col lege in December. Mr. Stamey is a son of Mr. T. A. Stamey. He is a graduate of Trinity Park School, at Durham, year of 1919 and later attended Wake Forest. He is secretary, treasurer and salesman of the Wilson - Stamey Wholesale Grocery Company of Rutherfordton, a young man of remarkable character business ability and is an inval uable asset to the firm and commun ity. Following the wedding the couple left on a honeymoon trip. Every de tail of the elopment is attended with the utmost secrecy, and the announce-, ment of the wedding here this week was received with much surprise. BARN BURNED A bam belonging to Mr. William { P. Watkins, on King Street, was burned at five o'clock Wednesday. The cause of the fire was thought to have been defective wiring. Mr. J. C. Harrill noticed the fire and turned in an alarm, but when the j fire truck reached the fire the flames had gained such headway that they ( could not be checked. . The building and contents were a ! complete loss. One pony was burned to death, and two cars stored in the barn were burned, also one standing nearby on the outside. A lot of feed and roughage in the barn was also destroyed. The officers are: William Biggerstaff, president; Louis Summey, vice-presi dent; Pierce Hyder, secretary and James Moss, treasurer. Mr. D. H.Sut ton is adult leader of the club and attends all its meetings. The advis ory board is made up of all the men teachers in the high school. The motto of the club is, "clean speech, clean athletics, clean scholarship and clean living." APRIL MEETING OF THE COUNTY CLUB AT LAKE LURE Dr. L. B. Morse Tells of Won derful Development of Lake Lure Country in Address Before Club Lake Lure, April 20.—The April meeting of the Rutherford County Club was held at the Lake Lure Inn here yesterday. The attendance was good, and the luncheon up to the standard of that excellent holstery. Dr. L. B. Morse was in charge of the program, and in an address to the Club, told of the wonderful devel opment of the Lake Lure section and gave inside information on the growth of this new summer resort. A committee was appointed by the president to investigate the telephone situation in the county, in reference to making charges for connections between exchanges in the county. The committee are Messrs. K. S. Tanner, Tan Harris, and Dr. C. F. Gold and F. D. Hamrick. The members of the club left their cars at the dam and made the trip to Lake Lure Inn and return by motor boats, placed at the disposal of the Club by the generosity of the Chim ney Rock Mountains, Inc. EASTER CANTATA AT BAPTIST CHURCH The Easter Cantata, "The Prince of Life," by Evan S. Foster, given at the First Baptist Church Sunday eve ning, was pronounced by many to be the best program ever given by the choir of that church, j Miss Katherine H. Goggans, choir director, was warmly congratulated on all sides by lovers of good music j on the excellence of the program. A large crowd was present.. The 1 cantata consisted of fourteen num bers. Every member of the choir came in for praise and the several visitors who came and helped in the cantata were given a rising vote of thanks ' at the conclusion of the program. SI.OO per Year in Advance SPINDALE TO HAVE FIRE AND POLICE STATION SOON Newly Organized Fire De partment Has First Exper ience in Fire Fighting Thursday Spindale, April 18.—Spindale's new fire department had its first experience in fire-fighting last Thursday afternoon when the house occupied by Lonnie Lynch, colored, of "Black Bottom", negro section of Spindale, was burned. The house, the property of the Spencer Mills, was destroyed together with the household goods of Lynch. The fire department arrived too late to check the flames, but saved the adjoining houses from destruction. The house was almost a mass of flames before the fire was discovered, and the work of the fire engine was hamp ered by the inability to secure water, as the water mains do not extend to this section. The fire department organization has just been completed. It is a vol unteer department, and consists of the following members: Policeman Yates Duncan, Chief; S. K. Yelton, Captain; G. L. James, Lieutenant; G. J. Moore, day driver; Policeman G. F. Green, night driver. The mem bers of the department are Messrs. 0. C. Smith, Jim Chatham, T. B. Tate, Ed Nanney, Bill McDonald, Hal Sherrill, Ocie Nanney, Fred Green, Milton F. Apperson. Fire and Police Station Plans for a police and fire station have been accepted by the Town Council, and it is expected that work will begin on same within a short time. The proposed building will be erected on the lot with the Spindale House, and will adjoin that build ing. It will face west on the street leading from the Spindale House to Route 20 highway. Architecturally, it will conform to Spindale House, the same architect, Mr. M. B. Boyer, of Charlotte, having drawn the plans for both buildings. The structure will be about thirty by thirty-five feet in size and will be one story in height. A large, electrically operated fire siren has been place on top of the Stonecutter Standpipe. ALEXANDER NEWS Bostic Win* Debate Over Alexander School Fourth and Fifth Grades Commencement Soon. Alexander Mills, April 20.—Sev eral of the Sunday school classes went on an egg hunt last Saturday afternoon. Miss Ruth Moore is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Moore. Miss Moore has been studying in Columbia University, New York. Mrs. A. L. Hamrick spent the week end with her father, J. R. Jolley who lives near Cliffside. Mr. Jolley has been real sick with "flu." The debate between Bostic and the Forest City Grammar school was held in the Alexander school audi torium last Friday afternoon. Rev. C. C. Matheney, Mrs. Bryan Randall and Mrs. Marion Blanton served as judges. The decision was two and one in favor of the Bostic school. Miss Nola Patrick and Mrs. Mar ion Blanton, teachers of the fourth and fifth grades, had planned to give their school play next Saturday night, but had to put it off on the account of a negro minstrel that is to be given at this time. This play will be given Thursday night, April the twenty-sixth. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Randall spent last Sunday afternoon at Lake Lure. Miss Nola Patrick spent last Mon day night with her sister, Mrs. A. i L. Jolley. WASHING AND GREASING Bring your car to us for best serv ice and most satisfactory prices. Most convenient place in town. Full line of Standard gas and oils, ac cessories, etc. Free air and crank case service. Located on Cherry Mt. Street. Give us a call. White's Filling Station. 16 PAGES 96 COLUMNS r
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