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VOL. IX—NO. 29.
FOREST CITY
BUSINESS HAN
KILLS HIMSELF
Mr. Joe J. Reinhardt, Despon
" dent Over 111 Health, /
Dies From Knife
Wounds.
Nothing has ever so sorely distress
ed and profoundly shocked Forest
City and the county at large, as the
startling news Saturday morning at
7 o'clock that Mr. Joe J. Reinhardt
had been found dead in his bedroom,
at his home on East Main Street.
He was found by his sister, Mrs.
B. H. Long, who had gone to his room
to call him to breakfast. He was ly
ing on the floor, in his night clothes,
face downward, with his arms crump
led under his body, a small penknife
near by, dead, but his body had not
become cold.
Mrs. Long did not at once notify
the family, fearing the shock to her
mother, but called her two brothers,
Messrs. P. T. and R. L. Reinhardt
and Drs. W. C. Bostic. It was after
the arrival of these gentlemen that
the news was broken to the family.
Dr. W. C. Bostic and son, Dr.
Chivious Bostic, Jr., responded im
mediately, and found that Mr. Rein
hardt was dead, but that his body
had not become cold, indicating that
the rash act must have been commit
ted near 6 o'clock.
There were three wounds in his
left breast, near the heart, and a
slight wound on his neck.
Coroner C. C. Kiser, of Avondale,
called at 8 o'clock and viewed the
body, finding it such a patent case of
suicide that it was deemed unneces
f sary to hold an inquest. 11l health
and despondency are the only known
causes of his rash act. He left no
note or statement.
While Mr. Reinhardt had been at
his home during the day Friday, he
seeiffed in his usual good spirits and
spent the evening in the home of his
sister, Mrs. B. H. Long, listening
over the radio until his usual bedtime,
then retiring as usual at his home.
Mr. Reinhardt was a well known
business man, senior member of the
Reinhardt Drug Co. and formerly dir
ector in' the National Bank. He was
about 45 years old and unmarried,
living with his parents in his beauti
ful new home on East Main Street.
His ill health began with an attack
r of flu in 1921. Since that time he
had more or less been a sick man, be
coming worse last year, and being
very despondent at times.
He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. K. Reinhardt, and two brothers,
Messrs. P. T. and R. L. Reinhardt,
both prominent business men of For
est City, and a sister, Mrs. B. H.
Long. His mother was twice mar
ried, first becoming th'e bride of Rev.
J. C. Burge, a Baptist minister, of the
Rock Hill section of South Carolina.
To this union were born the following
} children, Mrs. Zora Harrill, Forest
City; Mrs. A. W. McDaniel, York, S.
C. and J. C. Burge, also of York.
Funeral services were held at the
home Sunday at 3 p. m., after which
interment took place in Cool Springs
cemetery. Dr. W. A. Ayers and Rev.
M. F. Moores were in charge of the
■services. Floral offerings were large
and beautiful, bearing mute testi
mony to the love of deceased.
The flower bearers were Misses
Robbie Biggerstaff, Fannie and Alice
King, Margaret Bostic, Mayme Mar
tiiH Ottilee Long and Clara Harrill;
Mrs. M. H. Hewitt, Mrs. Q E. Alcock,
Mrs. Spurgeon Moss.
Pallbearers were Messrs. W. P.
Hall, H. R. Camnitz, Dr. W. C. Bostic,
£. G. Abernethy, C. O. Ridings, Dr.
F. R. Wilkins.
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The writer was a pal and friend
of the deceased and well conversant
with the many good qualities of the
man, especially his loyalty to friends
and devotion to family. Joe Rein
hardt was a man of firm conviction,
sound judgement and bright mind.
His devotion to little children was a
testimony of the kindness of heart
and goodness of the man, his love of
family a beautiful trait and his de
votion and steadfastness to friends
FOREST CITY COURIER
I ELLENBORO BOYS
HAVE EXCELLENT
SCHOOL RECORD
■ ■■■■ ■«
George Helton and Misher
Green Have Not Been Ab
sent From School in
Seven Years
Ellenboro, April 28.—Seven years
in school without missing a day is
the record just made by George Hel
ton and Misher Greene both ninth
grade students in the Ellenboro High
' school.
In addition to a perfect attendance
record Misher has not been trady dur
ing the past six years that he has at
tended school at Ellenboro and during
the one year that he has gone to the
Bridges school, previous to coming
to Ellenboro. George who has gone
for five years to the Oak Grove school
and two years to Ellenboro, does not
have but one trady mark against him.
This tardy mark was made this year
when he was kept in bed one morn
ing due to a smallpox vaccination.
(This is an unusual attendance
record, and we believe that it would
be hard to duplicate. The Courier
would like to hear from other schools
who have students on their rolls who
have records above the average. Ed
itor.)
FOREST CITY TO
PLAY FOR GROUP
CHAMPIONSHIP
Wins Two Games From Hen
rietta - Caroleen Highs.
Group Seven Champion
ship Game April 29.
Forest City defeated Caroleen-
Henrietta High School 11-1 Wednes
day evening, April 20. The score
does not indicate the strength of the
Henrietta team. Home runs by Mc-
Keithan and McKeithan with bases
full were some of the thrills of the
game. Blanton pitched a good game,
allowing only five hits, while Forest
City slammed with nine safeties dur
ing the game. This was the first game
in the county championship.
On the following Friday Forest
City defeated Caroleen-Henrietta
14-1 in the first elimination game of
the state championship series. The,
weather was more suitable for foot
ball than baseball. However, very
few errors were made by either team.
McKeithan struck his old form in
this gam#. He struck out seventeen
men and allowed only five hits. This
was a very good game considering
the weather. The Caroleen boys
fought hard throughout the game.
The Forest City boys have shown
very rapid improvement the last
week or two.
The Forest City High School base
ball team will play the Shelby high
school team at the Spindale park
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Shel
by defeated the Kings Mountain team
Tuesday by 5-2, leaving the Shelby
and Forest City teams as the only
contenders for the championship of
group seven.
DUKE UNIVERSITY GLEE
CLUB AT CENTRAL HIGH
The Duke University Glee Club
will be at Rutherfordton-Spindale I
Central High school on Tuesday, May
3rd, at 8:15. This is one of the best
glee clubs in the state. Tickets for
this concert may be secured now at j
Peoples' Drug Store, here.
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showing the stuff of which the man
was made.
A success in the business world,
surrounded by loving relatives and
friends, his untimely end makes his
going one of extreme sadness and
grief—one of the unfathomed mys
teries of an all wise Providence not
understood by mere man. May he
rest in peace.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1927
The writer had the privilege of vis
iting Hazelhurst farm one afternon
last week. This farm of
more than six hundred acres now be
longs to Mr. Walter Haynes. On
this farm is to be found many inter
esting things. Not only is it a .model
farm in the usual sense of the term
but there is to be found one of the
most complete and up to date poultry
farms in this s'ection of the country.
, On arriving at the first of a series
of buildings, Mrs. Haynes and the
writer alighted from the car while
Mr. Haynes went to look after some
work elsewhere on the farm. When
we reached the door of the building
we found that the baby chicks had
been moved to a recently and more
up to date building. Here we saw
Mr. Henry Sagree with his big truck
which carries a load of eggs to Spar
tanburg every Tuesday and Friday.
Mr. Hacher Melton is in charge of
the poultry farm and we found him
busy with other helpers gathering
eggs and looking after about eleven
hundred and sixty-eight baby chicks.
There are long rows of new mod
ern buildings for housing the fine
fowls and we saw ten breeding pens
of about one hundred birds each of
the Wycoff strain of White Leghorns.
There were a few pens of the Baring
strain and besides these there were
a few pens of Rhode Island Reds and
Barred Rocks. The number of eggs
gathered daily average about one
thousand six hundred. The pens are i
WINNERS IN
SCHOOL CONTESTS
Annual Recitation and Decla
mation Contest Held at
High School Last
Thursday
The annual recitation and decla
mation contests were held in the
Cool Springs High School Auditor
ium Thursday evening April 21.
These contests have shown improve
ment over the contests of last year.
The contests showed that much
work had been accomplished in this
field.
These contests include pupils in the
fifth grade through the seventh grade
of the Alexander, Bostic, Forest City
and Mt. Pleasant Grammar Grade
Schools.
In the declamation contest Mt.
Pleasant was represented by Lonnie
Sommers, "Massey Johnson's De
fense". Bostic was represented by
Frank Washburn, "House by the Side
of the Road," Alexander was repre
sented by Esper Brown, "Jean
Jones," Forest City was represented
by Phillip Chambers, "Shall the Sta
tue of Lee Stand in the Hall of
Fame?"
In the recitation contest Mt. Pleas
ant was represented by Pauline Ma
theny, "Homfe"; Bostic was represent
ed by Sybyl Moore, "Dot Enter
tains"; Alexander was represented
by Alice Matheny, "One Legged
Goose"; Forest City was represent
ed by Dorothy Green, "The Wedding
of Miss Bray."
% These contestants were chosen in
an elimination contest at the differ
ent schools. Each received $2.50 in
the local contest. The prizes were
donated by Alexander Manufactur
ing Company, Security Insurance
Company and a friend.
The winners in the final contest
received $5.00 each in gold, given
Hazelhurst, Rutherford's Model Farm
j ,
VIEW OF POULTRY YARDS
equipped thoroughly even to the
automatic drinking fountains. The
pens are so arranged that during the
cold weather they have a sunny yard
on the south side of the buildings
while on the other side the yards for
summer are well shaded by fine trees.
The new house for the baby chicks
is equipped with latest brooders and
more than eleven hundred were
taken from the incubators at two
recent dates. We noted a 1600 ca
pacity Wishbone Mammoth Incuba
or filled with another hatch and a
smaller incubator also filled. There
are several thousand birds all told on
the farm and Mr. Haynes is plan
ning many things for the, farm. We
went down on the creek near the old
home of the late Miller Hopper and
found a force of men at work on a
dam of rock and concrete to be twen
ty feet high forming a small lake,
Mr. Haynes plans to install a lighting
plant there to light the homes and
other buildings on the large farm.
He said it would also make a fine
"swimming hole."
At present there are in the poultry
yards about 2,200 hens and one thous
and fryers. The superintendent, Mr.
Melton is an experienced poultry man
and was very courteous and willing
to explain everything as he filled the
feeders for the baby chicks. What
we saw at Hazelhurst was well worth
the trip and we want to go back when
we have more time to look over the
entire place. B. E. R.
REV. J. A. BOWLES
DIES IN GREENSBORO
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Former Methodist Pastor Here
•Passes After Long Illness
of Cancor of the
Throat.
j
Greensboro, April 26.—Rev. James
Archie Bowles, aged 70, died at his
home here late Monday afternoon af
ter a long illness. He had been in de
clining health four or five years, suf
fering with cancer of the throat.
| Funeral services were conducted
j Tuesday at 3:30 at Greensboi*o.
i Mr. Bowles is . widely known
throughout the state among ministers
and laymen. For 38 years he has been
j a member of the western North Car
olina 'conference, serving churches
and stations in various parts of the
state.
Mr. Bowles is survived by his wife
and nine children, as follows: Archie
and Charles Bowles, Mrs. Eva Bowles
Jenkins and Miss Annie Mae Bowles,
of Greensboro; Hargrove Bowles, of
Monroe, Wade Bowles, Salisbury; Joe
Bowles, Detroit, Mich.; David Bowles,
Hamlet and Mrs. C. A. McDaniel,
Forest City.
Rev. Bowles was pastor of the
Forest City and Pleasant Grove
churches from 1918 to 1917, and
while pastor made hundreds of
friends who will grieve to learn of
his passing.
The U. D. C. Chapter' will meet
with Mrs. R. S. Eaves in Rutherford
ton Friday. They will hold a special
business meeting in regard to enter
taining the old soldiers on May 10.
Place o| entertainment will appear
in next week's Courier.
by Dr. W. C. Bostic and Mrs. Minnie
C. Flack. '
The winners in this contest were
Phillip Chambers and Dorothy Green.
ELLENBORO MEN
RECEIVE 3,500
LEGHORN CHICKS
Messrs. Wright and Wilkie Get
Big Shipment of Baby
Chicks Last
Friday.
The 3,500 white leghorn baby
chicks recently ordered by John O.
Wright and Yates Wilkie, of Ellen-I
boro, from the Mansfield Hatchery at
Louisville, Ky., arrived in Ellenboro
1 last Friday evening on the South
| em train from Marion, N. C.
After an inspection of the chicks
I was made at the station they were
j taken to Mr. Wright's farm just at
the edge of town where they were
placed in his new poultry house
which is 20 x 150 feet, and is large
' enough to house 1,000 laying hens.
! Here they are being cared for by
j Messrs. Wright and Wilkie.
It is from this number that they
hope to get at least 1,000 laying pul
lets by October 1 of this year.
|
, Rev. G. R. Gillespie is this week
engaged in conducting a series of
evangelistic meetings at the New
Presbyterian church in North Bel
mont. This church has just been com
, pleted and is being formally dedicat
ed.
CITYILECW
TO BE HELD
TUESDAY, MAY 3
Heavy Vote Expected in Next
Week's Municipal Race
0
Forest City municipal election will
be held Tuesday, May 3. There are j
only two entries in the Mayor's race,
Chas. Z. Flack and L. C. Lowrance,
while there are fifteen desiring to
serve on the Board of Aldermen.
Polls will open at sunrise and close
at sunset. A heavy vote is expected.
The Courier wishes to urge every
voter to cast his ballot. It is only
in this manner that the will of the
people can be determined.
A big increase was noted after J
closing of registration books last
Saturday.
The vote in the city election in
1025 was as follows in the race for
Mayor:
Lowrance ... . .... -182 j
Bridges . .169
Harrill 16
TOTAL 368
It is said on good authority that
600 votes will be east in next Tues
day's election.
ALEXANDER NEWS j
Alexander, April 25.—Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan Randall attended a ball game
in Spartanburg last Thursday after- i
noon.
Miss Nola Patrick, teacher of the (
fifth grade, and Mrs. Marion Blan
ton, fourth grade teacher, will give j
their play Thursday night (tonight) i
April twenty-eighth. The title of this
play is: "Day Before Yesterday." In j
this play the following people will j
be represented: The Prehistoric, !
Grecians, Colonial, Civil War girls, :
Indians and Puritans. The characters i
in this play will be dressed in the j
Natine costume of the people they i
represent. Those who attend this!
program will see a great panorama
of history. All of the characters have ;
taken a great deal of interest in their j
parts. Miss Patrick and Mrs. Blan- I
ton deserve much credit for the train-*]
ing they have given the children in
getting up this play. The patrons of
the school, also visitors are cordial
ly invited to be at the Alexander
school auditorium and see this play.
The curtains will rise promptly at 1
7:30.
The Alexander ball ground is now
in good condition for some real in
teresting ball games. Rapid work is
being done on the grand stand.
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BOYSCOUT BOARD
MEETS WITH IDE
KIWANIS CLUB
Scout Officials of Five Coun
ties of The Piedmont
Council Guests of For
est City Kiwanians
The Executive Board of the Pied
! Mont Council, Boy Scouts of Ameritfc,
were guests of the Forest City Ki
! wanis Club Monday evening. Follow
ing an excellent luncheon President
John Dalton turned the program over
to Dr. A. C. Duncan who in turn
asked Scout Executive R. M. Schiele,
of Gastonia, t6 take charge. Mr.
Schiele introduced the visiting mem
bers of the Board.
Mr. Hugh E. White, council presi
dent wa« called on for a talk, and in
the course of his remarks gave some
interesting statistics on the Scout
movement. The movement is primari
ly interested in character building,
but emphasizes vocational and lead
ership training and citizenship. He
also asked that some one present
some plan whereby a survey could be
made of the council to ascertain the
number of boys in scout troops and
out of scouting.
Mr. Schiele presented the Scout
situation of Forest City to the Club
| and urged that a committee be ap
' pointed to sponsor the reorganization
| of the town's inactive troops and to
see that the scout program was car
ried out in Forest City. Mr. Schiele
said that the Piedmont Council had
a greater membership than any other
council in the state. The scout move
ment is not an experiment ©r fad, as
it has been before the public for sev
enteen years, and continues to ex
pand and grow. If there wasn't some
thing worth while behind the move
ment the public would have learned
the truth in that length of time, said
Mr. Schiele. He further stated that
the best thing that the local Kiwante
Club could do would be to sponsor
the local scout troops. The Club has
an outstanding opportunity to ac
complish something worthwhile by
looking after its future citizenship.
Mr. Schiele called on Mr. F. C.
Kinzie, of Spindale, who briefly re
lated the progress of the Rutherford
County scouts. He was followed by
Mr. A. C. Lineberger, of Belmont,
who told of the work of the Belmont
Rotary Club in sponsoring the scout
movement there. Mr. Harry Page, of
Lincolnton, and Dr. Allen Jervis, of
Tryon, reported for their respective
towns while Rev. 0. P. Ada, of Kings
Mountain spoke briefly in reference
to the Kings Mountain organization.
The visiting members of the Ex
ecutive Board and county commit
tees were as follows: Scout Execu
tive R. M. Schiele, Gastonia; Messrs.
Hugh M. White, president, of Gas
tonia; F. C. Kinzie, Spindale, Ruth
erford county vice-president; Harry
Page, vice-president of Lincoln Coun
ty, Lincolnton; A. C. Lineberger,
vice-president of Gaston county, Bel
mont; Drs. Allen Jervis and Swan,
representing Polk County, Tryon;
Rev. O. P. Ada, local committee,
Kings Mountain, L. A. Kiser, Kings
Mountain; J. W. Culp, treasurer of
the Council, Gastonia; Fred L. Smyre,
chairman of Finance, Gastonia; Rev.
M. O. Thornburg, Church Relation
ship Committee, Gastonia; W. M.
Pickens, Lincolnton, and 0. C. Erwin,
Dr. A. C. Duncan, Prof. J. W. Eaks,
Clarence. Griffin, local county com
mitteemen.
Following the Club meeting the
Executive Board held its regular
meeting in the Kiwanis Hall, at which
time matters pertaining to the Coun
cil were discussed and reports from
the various counties were given.
President John Dalton, of the Ki
wanis Club, announced that Mr. J.
D. Lineberger, district vice-president
of Kiwanis, Shelby, would be present
and address the Club next Monday
night. Messrs. R. L. Reinhardt and
Howard Doggett will be in charge of
the program.
Messrs. E. O. Thomas and R. C.
Alexander have returned from Gratz,
Ky., where they went to attend the
funeral and buriel of Mr. W. R.
Minish.