The Courier
Only SI.OO
Per Year
VOL. IX—NO 37.
x*
SUNDAY SCHOOL .
PLANT OPENED
LAST SUNDAY
Qliffside Methodists Celebrate
% Opening of Sunday School
Rooms With Much
Rejoicing
(Special to The Courier)
Cliffside, June 21.—The opening
of the Sunday school rooms at the
M. E. Church Sunday was a huge
success from every standpoint. We
had with us as speakers after the Sun
day school classes had reassembled
in the auditorium, Mr. Clyde A. Er
win, former superintendent and who
is now the County Superintendent of
the Schools, Ma\ O. V. Woosley,
conference superintendent of the
Sunday schools, and Miss Corine Lit--
tie, superintendent of the elementary
Sunday schools, from Lexington, N.
C.
It was indeed a pleasure to have
the new rooms for the Sunday school
classes. All the rooms are large and
roomy which makes so much differ
ence in the work. Now that we have
such a wonderful place in which to
study and work much is expected of
all the classes and of> the Sunday
school as a whole and we are sure
these expectations will not be in vain
but as an inspiration of achievement.
We wish that it were possible for
every one to come and go through cftir
plant now and all those who do come
will be shown about gladly because
we are very proud of it indeed.
After the classes had reassembled
in the auditorium Mr. Clyde A. Erwin
gave us a ten minute talk which was
enjoyed by everyone in the auditor
ium. After Mr. Erwin's talk Mr.
Woosley talked for a very few min
utes and then Miss Little told us in
as few words as possible how glad
she was to be here with us and how
much she rejoiced with us in our fine
new plant.
At about eleven fifteen the preach
ing service began. Special music by
Miss Euna Edwards, Mrs. S. L.
Thompson, Mrs. L. G. Garvin, Miss
Lilly Atchely, Mr. S. L. Thompson,
Mr. C. C. Collins, Dr. H. L. Robert
son and Mr. Metcalf. Scripture read
ing by Rev. W. M. Heckard of the
eighty-fourth Psalm. Miss Ruth Ed
wards rendered . one of the most
beautiful solos it has been our priv
ilege to hear and we are proud to
have with us one so talented. At this
time Rev. Heckard announced that
the following had been received into
the church membership by letter:
Miss Lula Mostello, Miss Virgiiiia
Steele, Mrs. W. B. Gurley, and Mrs.
G. Iv. Moore. All of these are welcom
ed into our midst.
Rev. M. F. Moores from Forest City
gave us an unusually fine sermon
taken from the 84th Psalm, sth verse.
He told us that even though we did
have such a fine plant now that it
was not always good for man to
be too highly lifted up. He told us
the story of three men who were dis
cussing Paul in their mid-week pray
er services who at the end of the
discussion were asked in turn what
they thought Paul looked like. Each
man gave a description of himself
and said that Paul must have been
like they. They were indeed vairt
men. He said if the part of doorkeep
er in the house of the Lord was
worthwhile then that of a dweller in
the tents of the wicked was not and
vice versa. Both are .makers of en
vironment. Rev. Moores tells us that
environment is one of the most im
portant. He gave us several incidents
to illustrate what environment can
do to one and how it -may shape a
young life. So we hope that the en
vironment of our new plant will help
or be a big factor in the lives of all
our young people as well as the older
ones.
After Rev. Moores finished his mes
sage all the congregation went out
on the outside where the laying of
the cornerstone was performed.
It was very good to have with us
at this time of rejoicing the members
who had left our community for
many years. Among those here were
Mrs. Tommy Waters, from Lexing-
FOREST CITY COURIER
COUNTY POSTAL
EMPLOYEES FORM
ASSOCIATION
Mr. John Williams of Ruther
fordton Made President
and Miss Sudie Mor
gan Secretary
Rutherfordton, June 20.—A meet
ing- of the postal employees of Ruth
erford County was held Thursday in
the city hall here, which resulted in
the formation of the Rutherford
County Postal Employees Council,
organized along lines similar to the
Cleveland County postal association.
The meeting was well attended,
postmasters and postal employees
from all parts of the county being
present. At the opening of the ses
sion, Mr. J. E. Bean, carrier on El
lenboro, R-l, was elected as tem
porary chairman with Mfes Sudie
Morgan, postmistress at Spindale, as
secretary.
Mr. R. B. Biggerstaff, Bostic post
master, opened the session with an
interesting talk on the purpose of
the organization and the benefits of
the association to the postal employ
ees. He brought out the social side
of the Council, and closed his ad
dress by extending a hearty invitation
to all to attend the Cleveland County
Association which meets at Boiling
Springs, July 12.
His talk was followed by a period
of open discussion, in which ques
tions and problems of the members
were discussed.
This was followed by talks of vital
interest, made by Mr. Padgett, of
Ellenboro and Mrs. Smith, of Avon
dale.
After this the organization was
perfected and an election of officers
held, which resulted in the selection
of Mr. John Williams, popular post
master at Rutherfordton, as presi
dent. Mr. Sidney Walker, of Bostic
was elected vice-president and Miss
Sudie Morgan, postmistress at Spin
dale was elected as secretary.
A program committee was appoint
ed and is composed of the following
members: Mr. R. B. Biggerstaff, Mrs.
R. C.t Smith, Mr. Grant Allen. The
president, vice-president and secre
tary was appointed as a committee
to arrange the first meeting place
and program.
Those attending the meeting were
Messrs. W. H. Harris, Grant Allen, J.
E. Bean, C. M. Butler, L. E. Powers,
R." C. Flack, W. B. Hollifield, S. L.
Freeman, S. A. Padgett, R. B. Big
gerstaff, Luther Sherrill, Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Smith, Miss Sudie Morgan.
Misses Mai'garet Young and Ruby
Hollifield entertained their Sunday
school classes with a picnic at Chim
ney Rock on Monday.
ton, N. C., Mr. D. C. Cole and fami
ly, Spindale, N. C., Mrs. Alpha Cole,
Spindale, N. C., Mrs. Carrie Fisher
Davis, S. C., Mr. and Mrs.
Cooper, from Morganton, N. C., Dr.
and Mrs. Whisnant, Avondale, N. C.,
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rollins, Forest
City, N. C., Mr. T. A. Biggerstaff
and Mr. I. N. Biggerstaff, of Avon
dale, N. C., Mr. P. ~8. Freeman, Av
ondale, N. C., Mr. Erastus Sprouse
and wife, Avondale, N. C.
_We wish to express for the church
as a whole, which Rev. Heckard did
at the eleven o'clock service, our ap
preciation of the cooperation of Mr.
Charles H. Haynes. Without his co
operation which he gave freely and
even gave us his workmen or rather
let some of his work'go that the
Church might be ready for the open
ing Sunday morning, we would not
have been able to realize this dream
which has been ours for so long a
time.
At two o'clock the workers in the
Sunday school met and were given a
talk by Miss Little and Mr. Woosley.
Miss Little had charge of those work
ing with the Elementary part of the
Sunday school while Mr. Woosley had
charge of the ethers. There the pros
and cons of an ideal Sunday school
were discussed and new ideas which
we hope to use later were given us.
PUBLISHED.IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1927.
" V.'
j| HE
3& -v^-ig^^H
v|g|B
gfflraHA - / - : ;g-::-. -MM- J|
SH
Bk
.;; - > \-MMW ■■»■■
* r - 5 jflißw? 4
1 ' * ''' : / ' :!| ':' ■■:' 'r ' 1 : ' , ZK 'S ' I "
The above picture is from a
recent photo of Forest City's
new Mayor, Mr. Chas. Z. Flack,
who won an overwhelming vic
tory in the May municipal elec
tion. Mr. Flack went into of
fice with the full confidence of
his people and thus early in
his incumbency has establish
ed the fact that his election
was not a mistake upon the
part of his many friends. He
has gone about his work with
UNION MILLS POSTOFFICE
ADVANCED TO THIRD CLASS
Postoffice in Third Class—Alexand
er Schools Receives Its Youngest
Member as Inmate.
Union Mills, June 21.—Mrs. Mai
A. Elliott, the splendid postmistress
of the local postoffice has recently
received notice from the postoffice
department, that the Union Mills
postoffice will be advanced to third
class on July 1. This is another step
forward for the little town of Union
Mills.
Rev. S. J. Lawrence, filled the
pulpit of the Round Hill Baptist
church at the morning and evening
services yesterday, filling the pastor's
place, Mr. M. L. Lennon who is on
vacation in Florida. At the morning
service Rev. Mr. Lawrence preached
an interesting and inspiring sermon
on "Sin," to a large and attentive
congregation. At the evening service
he delivered a splendid sermon on
"The Holy Spirit." Both sermons
were appreciated to the fullest ex
tent.
Recently the Alexander Schools,
Inc., received its youngest member
into the Home for Motherless Chil
dren. Little Christine Franklin, only
seven months old, of Gaston county.
The child's mother died when it was
only two days old. Prof. Sweatt,
states that this is one of the most pa
thetic cases that have been received
into the institution. The child has no
clothing and any one reading this
article would do a great favor for the
institution by donating some clothing
for little Christine. Prof. Sweatt,
further states that up to the present
time the Alexander Schools, Inc.,
have received no aid whatever from
the Alexander Estate. This being due
to the great depression in business
now in Florida, but it is hoped that
within a short time that at least a
part of the funds set aside by Mr.
Alexander for this school will be
available. Any donations from any
party will be appreciated very much.
A very serious accident, particulars
not learned by correspondent, hap
pened near here yesterday. One
young lady suffered a broken leg and
was carried to the hospital immed
iately following the accident.
The Green River Associational B.
Forest City's New Mayor
CHAS. Z.
FLACK
a zeal and enthusiasm and ef
ficiency to please his most ard
ent admirers. A clean cut pro
gressive young business man
and fully alive to the duties of
his office, he bids fair to make
the city one of the best execu
tives in the history of the town.
Forest City should prosper un
der his able management,
backed by a Board of Directors
composed of men who have the
best interests of the city at
heart.
CLARENCE RUFF, ALLEGED
SLAYER,SURRENDERS
Placed in Jail at Rutherfordton. At
torney to Apply for Bail on the
Plea of Self Defense.
Rutherfordton, June 20. —Clarence
Ruff, alleged slayer of Jack Davis,
voluntarily surrendered to Sheriff
Hardin here today, and was placed in
jail. Attorney Fred Hamrick has been
employed as council, and in a state-
ment issued by him today, he stated
that he will apply for bail for Ruff,
before the judge holding court in the
eighteenth judicial district under a
writ of habeas corpus. The applica
tion will be based on the plea that
Ruff shot Davis to save his life, it
is understood.
PENSION NOTICE
Rutherfordton, June 20. —Pension
checks for Confederate veterans and
widows of Confederate veterans have
been received and are ready for dis
tribution. Attention is called to the
fact that new names placed on the
list by act of last legislature do not
receive checks until a later date. By
the same act all widows of Confed
erate veterans applying for pensions
must have been married to veteran
prior to 1880.
Y. P. U. which was to have met at
the Round Hill Baptist church last
Sunday week for selection of officers
was postponed on account of rain.
The meeting will be held later.
Watch for the date and attend.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Morgan, of
Forest City, visited Mr. Morgan's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Morgan,
Sunday.
Mr. Robert Gray and family, visit
ed Mrs. Gray's sister, Mrs. Grant
Allen last week.
Miss Vera Hughes, of Union, S. C.,
is spending some time with her friend
and school mate, Miss Gertrude
Hemphill.
Mrs. Boswell, of Columbia, S. C.,
is spending some time in Union Mills
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. C.
F. Keeter.
The farmers around here, are very
busy following the heavy rains of
last week.
FORMAL OPENING
OF ROUTE 20 WILL
BE HELD JULY 30
Prominent Speakers and Citi
zens to Be at Chimney
Rock For Mammoth
Celebration
Rutherfordton, June 20.—Work of
paving Highway Twenty from Chim
ney Rock to Rutherfordton is rapid
ly nearing completion/Only 5600 feet
remained to be paved; Tuesday night.
The contractors paved 1300 feet Mon
day and during Tuesday 200 feet
more was laid. It is expected that
work on this part of the highway will
be .completed by Saturday, June 25th,
if inclement weather does not set in,
or some machinery break. Fourteen
days will be required for the concrete
to "set", so by July 9th traffic may
be going over the new pavement.
When completed Route Twenty,
aptly termed "the Main Street of
North Carolina" will be hardsurfac
ed from Paint Rock, Tennessee, on
the Tennessee-North Carolina line, to
Wilmington, N. C., a distance of 346
miles. This is the longest paved high
way in the state.
Mammoth Celebration
Plans' for a mammoth celebration
are under way, iand will be held at
Chimney Rock, on July 30. The Coun
ty Club, in session Tuesday, appoint
ed a committee to arrange for the
celebration. - Mr. Frank Page chair
man of the State Highway Commis
sion, has signified his willingness to
be present at the formal opening of
North Carolina's principal highway,
and an invitation has been extended
to Senator Lee S. Overman, and he
will likely be present on that auspic
ious occasion. It has also been sug
gested that the mayors of all the
towns on Highway Twenty, from Wil
mington to Asheville, be invited as
guests. Several hundred people will
be present and that day will be one
that will go down in the history,
not only of the county, but of the
state as will.
County Gets $236,000
It will be remembered that prev
ious to the commencement of the
work on the Rutherford-Chimney
Rock highway, the state borrowed
$70,0,000 from the county to be used
in this work. Last week while Mr.
G. W. Rollins, chairman of the Board
of Commissioners, was in Raleigh he
was repaid $236,000 of the amount
loaned to the State, and satisfactory
arrangements were made for the re
payment of the remainder in the fu
ture.
CONCORD NEWS
Bostic, R-3, June 21.—Rev. M. L.
Buchanan filled his regular appoint
ment at Concord church Sunday af
ternoon. After preaching, the South
Mountain School gave an interesting
program and talks were made. The
subject being prayer.
The B. Y. P. U. meets every Sun
day evening at 7:30. They elected of
ficers Sunday night as follows: presi
dent, Claude Harrill; vice president,
Farris Bailey secretary, Floyd Har
rill; corresponding secretary, Leigh
Harrill; Bible readers leader, Maude
Harrill; pianist, Mae Harrill; chois
ter, Esther Bailey; group captains,
Delia Thompson, Ruth Harrill, Buna
Francis and Huston Biggerstaff;
treasurer, Gladys Harris. Everybody
come and let's give the new officers
a large crowd.
Misses Ruth Harrill and Esther
Bailey attended the surprise party
given at Miss Vernelle Wease's Satur
day night.
Mr. and, Mrs. D. H. Kendrick and
family spent the week end visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyle Kendrick nea"
Sunshine.
i
Mrs. Lewis Neal and children are
spending this week visiting at Mr.
J. C. Bailey's.
Mr. and Mrs C. C. Merck and Mr.
and Mrs, Curtis Watson spent Sun
day in Cramerton visiting kinspeopie.
Mrs. Goforth has returned
to her home there after a visit in this
community.
SI.OO per Year in Advance
SELF INFLICTED
WOUNDS CAUSE
DEATH OF WOMAN
Mrs. O. W. Waters, Formerly
of This County, Died Fri
day in Dothan,
Alabama.
Mrs. 0. W. Waters of Dothan. Ala.,
shot herself at her home Friday,
June 17, about 8 o'clock. She was im
mediately rushed to a local hospital
where notwithstanding desperate ef
forts of doctors and nurses to save
her life she died at 11:20 a. m., same
day. She had been an invalid for
about eight years and it is believed
that despair and despondency over
her condition was responsible for her
action.
Mrs. Waters was 37 years, 6
months and 1 day old. She joined the
church in early life and when her
health permitted was a tireless and
active worker in her church. She
assured her family just before the
end came that all was well with her
soul. 4
Funeral services were conducted at
her home Sunday morning, June 19lh
at 9:00 o'clock by her pastor, Dr.
Hardie C. Bass of the First Baptist
of Dothan, assisted by Dothan Chap
ter No. 76, Order of the Eastern
Star of which Mrs. Waters was a
member. Interment in Dothan ceme
tery, committal services being con
ducted by the Eastern Star in ac
cordance jyith the beautiful and im
pressive burial service of that order.
Mrs. Waters was the daughter of
the late James H. Long of the
Golden Valley section of this county
and leaves to mourn her loss besides
. her husband, two sons, Forrest 18,
: Odell 13 and one daughter, Grace 9,
six brothers, T. T. and P. N. Long
i of this city, J. Z. Long, Bostic, R-4,
; R. H. Long of Gastonia, C. G. Long
j of Charlotte and J. M. Long, of Kla
math Falls, Oregon; three sisters,
Mrs. A. C. McCurry, Bostic R-4, and
Mrs. O. L. Melton, Bostic, R-2 and
Mrs. J. E. Hawkins of Gastonia, also
one half brother, Jesse Long, of
; Morganton, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Waters moved trom
! this county about ten years ago, go
j ing first to Jeffersonville, Ga. then
to Abbeville, Ala., moving to Dothan
about eighteen months ago. Notwith
standing the short time she had lived
in Dothan and being confined on ac
j count of ill health to her home prac
tically all the time, she had acquii*-
ed a wide circle of friends and the
esteem in which she was held was evi
denced by the many beautiful floral
pieces covering her casket and "the
many friends who tendered their
unselfish service and sympathy to
help and comfort the bereaved hus
band, children and relatives.
Mr. T. T. and Mr. P. N. Long- of
this city attended the funeral, little
Miss Grace Waters returning with
them to spend the summer with rel
atives in this county.
LIBERTY STREET NEWS '
Forest City, June 20.—Mr. A. L.
Harrill and family, of Cliffside, spent
the week end with Mr. and Mrs. M.
G. Smart and Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey
Randall respectively.
Mr. Robert Towery and „ little
daughter Gertrude, spent Sunday af
ternoon at Chimney Rock.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. 'Frasier, Mrs.
Stella Hollifield, Misses Carrie Sel
vey and Marie Hollifield accompani
ed Mr. Stacey Frasier and family to
Gastonia Sunday afternoon.
Mr. B. B. Burnette and family have
moved to Fingerville where Mr. Bur
nette will be overseer of the spin
ning room there.
Mr. and Mrs. Chivous Tate of the
Mt. Pleasant section spent Sui.Jay
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey
Randall.
Several from our street atti nded
the birthday dinner given :r. h* nor
of Mr. Ryal Baynard at his hciiio Sun
day.
Mr. Dorsey Randall and little
daughter Louise, spent Sunday after
noon with Mr. Goode Flack.
16 PAGES
96 COLUMNS