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VOL. IX—NO. 49
PIANO RECITAL BY
MISS RUTH RANKIN
TUESDAY EVENING
Forest City Music Club Spon
sors Enjoyable Musical
Program at High School
(By Mrs. D. H. Sutton)
Miss Ruth Rankin gave a piano
recital at Cool Springs High School
auditorium on Tuesday evening, Sep
tember 13. The recital was given un
der the auspices of the Forest City
Music Club and it was a treat to the
music lovers in the audience.
Miss Rankin is a young artist of
great talent and wonderful training.
Her stage presence is attractive, and
her musical technique is equal to that
of concert artists of years standing.
The interpretation she gave of the
brilliant and difficult selections on
program showed an intellectual grasp
and emotional comprehension rare in
deed.
Miss Rankin is a North Carolinian.
She was reared in Boone and her mus
ical training has been excellent. She
was graduated from Winthrop in
1923. During her last year there, she
won a contest put on by the Julliard
Foundation for music students in all
the South Eastern States. The award
for this contest was a scholarship to
study under Madam Samaroff, one of
the greatest teachers in America.
Madam Samaroff reserves the right
to refuse to accept any student who
does not show exceptional ability and
willingness to work. She has only ten
students and is musical critic for the
New York World. She regards
Rankin as an artist of great prom
ise.
Miss Rankin's selections were in
four groups, the first, Beethoven's
Sonata in F Major was played with
deep expression and marvelous tech
nique. The greatness of the compos
er came afresh to every person in
the audience while Miss Rankin play
ed this sonata, and a renewed thank
fulness that one of the greatest minds
the world has ever known had chosen
music as his medium of expression.
Her second group was two selections
by Shumann, Novelette in F, and
Toccato, Op. 7. This group seemed
to be favorites with the audience, the
applause here was very prolonged.
These selections were brilliant. The
third group was three selections by
Chopin, Nocture, Op. 48, No. 1,
Scherzo in C sharp Minor and Etude
in F Major. This group was to the
trained musicians in the audience, the
climax of her program. The Scherzo
was played with unsurpassed interpre
tation and an emotional group of the
composers that is rarely heard. She
closed her program with two of Listz's
best loved compositions, Liebestraum
and La Campanella.
Miss Rankin prefaced each of her
selections with a few well chosen ex
planatory remarks that added a great
deal to the audience's understanding
of the program.
Miss Rankin was assisted in her
recital by Mesdames A. M. Glickman
and Hague Padgett, both of whom
are performers that always please a
Forest City audience and they were in
very good voice on this occasion. Mrs.
Glickman sang two selections from
Liza Lehman's Cycle oi Bird Songs.
The Wood Pigeon and The Wren.
These bird songs suit Mrs. Glickman's
voice and the audience enjoyed them
very much. Mrs. Padgett sang Be
loved it is Morn by Ayland and
Water Boy by Avery Robinson. The
latter is a negro folk song that has
been made famous by Roland Hayes,
the negro tenor. Mrs. Padgett sang
this with splendid expression and an
unusual interpretation of the pathos
and weirdivess of the theme. She was
accompanied by Mrs. R. W. Minish.
The splendid male quartette sang
two selection and one encore that
was very popular with the audience.
This quartette is a community organ
ization that is doing splendid work.
It is made «tp of Messrs. G. B. How
ard, D. C. Cole, T. O. Hendrix and J.
W. Staraes. They sang "I'd Like to
go Down South," "In Caroline", and
"I Want a Girl". This quartette all
have good voices that blend well and
they were enthusiastically received.
The music club deserves much cred
it for sponsoring a performance of
this nature. There is no organization
in the city that is doing more work
of a distinctly cultural nature than
the music club. The quality of their
work is causing Forest City to be re
garded as a musical center.
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Five generations, all living and in good health, is the record oi this prom
inent Rutherford, N. C., family. They are: Top row (left to right) Mrs.
Ollie Harris, 43, and Mrs. Francis Collins, 21; and below (left to right)
Mrs. S. A. Bland, 65; Mack Cellins, three years old, and Mrs. H. D. Har
rill, 81. They all reside in Rutherford county, with the exception of
Mrs. Collins, who lives in Durham.
PILOT OF I). S. ARMY BALLOON
VISITS IN FOREST CITY
TEACHERS NIGHT
AT KIWANIS HALL
Educators ot Cool Springs
Township Grace Happy Oc
casion—Fun and Fellow
ship.
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Teachers night at the Kiwanis Club 1
Monday evening was a most happy oc
casion and the attendance was esti
mated at 72, there being about 40 j
guests. The Kiwanians had invited all j
the teachers of the Cool Springs -
Township.
Mrs. R. R. Blanton provided one of .
the best suppers ever given in Kiwanis
Hall in honor of the beloved teachers.
The only thing to at all mar the
pleasure of the occasion was the in
tense heat, but fortunately the cool
night air had the room very com
fortable long before the conclusion of
the program.
President J. W. Dalton welcomed
the guests in his inimitable fashion,
soon having the entire crowd in high
good humor. Along with his drollery
he made many earnest expressions as
to the appreciation of the good work
of the teachers, how their work is in
fluencing the younger generation and J
how Kiwanis backs them in all their j
good work.
"It is one of Kiwanis' happiest |
hours to welcome and receive the
teachers and is a high honor to the
club to have them present," said
Mr. Dalton. Drolly he continued,
"This is the most beautiful bunch of
teachers in the whole U. S., and they j
do know such a lot of things. It is j
such a relief to have these beautiful
teachers after having had so many
meetings with only the men present."
After many compliments and much
fun, he concluded by saying that Ki
wanis offered help in their eveyy un
dertaking.
The program, in charge of Supt. J.
W. Eaks, was splendid throughout.
The fun, wit and humor made the
older ones go back in memory to their
care free and joyous school days.
After a solo by Miss Ruth Meares, 1
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 1927
Lieut. W. O. Eareckson, U. S. A.,
of the U. S. Army Balloon which par
; ticipated in the Gordon Bennett .race,
;and landed Sunday near York, S. C.,
was a caller at The Courier Office
Wednesday. Lieut. Eareckson spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in Forest
City at the invitation of Miss Kath
j leen Dorsey.
i Lieut. Eareckson is favorably im
i pressed with Forest City and sur-
I rounding territory. He stated that
I for sometime he had desired to visit
I this section of North Carolina, but
had had no opportunty to do so until
! this week. He is stationed at Scott
Field, Illinois, and he is contemplat
'ing making the return trip there by
bus in order to see the country. He
was visibly impressed when told that
Forest City was one of the nation's
ten most beautiful towns.
Leaving Detroit Saturday in a
heavy rain the balloon entries in
the Bennett race had to drift
through recalcitrant winds, which re
quired skilful piloting. Southeasterly
winds prevailed Saturday afternoon
and part of Sunday and the work of
the pilots in keeping the huge bags
going in a southern course was con
sidered a remarkable exhibition in
ballooning skill. Lieut. Eareckson
i stated that the U. S. Army bag at
Jone time ascended to a height of 27,-
1000 feet, a remarkable altitude which
may be classed along with the record
.altitudes already made. The rarified
air and extreme cold caused great
suffering and Lieut. Eareckson was
unconscious for a time.
The balloon landed near York, S.
! C., Sunday afternoon. It was crated
I and shipped Monday. The command
ing officer in charge left Tuesday
for Marion, while Pilot Eareckson
stopped in Forest City.
with Mrs. R. W. Minish at the piano,
she was compelled to respond to a
hearty encore.
Jokes and stunts made up the
greater part of the program, and all
seemed to enjoy it hugely. Among
the winners in the stunts were F. I.
[Barber, Miss Farmer, Marshall Giles,
[Miss Wilier and Mayor Chas. Flack.
CONVICT ESCAPES
NEAR HENRIETTA
BUTIS RECAPTURED
Revival at Baptist Church—P.-
T. A. Reception for Teach
ers Attends Indian
Ball Game
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(Special to Courier) *
I Henrietta, Sept. 13. —Paul Thomp
! son, white, a member of the chain
[gang which has been working near
i Cliffside escaped last week by jump
ing onto a truck and driving it to a
, side road where he deserted it. He i
, succeeded in eluding capture till three '
o'clock next morning when he was
! discovered by night watchman Mr. i
iJule Carson in the machine shop
here. He was busily engaged in filing
off his shackles when Mr. Carson saw
him. He notified J. E. Robertson. In
i the meantime, however, Thompson
had succeeded in freeing himself and
| was about to make good his escape
,when the officer arrived and took him
in charge.
I Revival services began at the Bap
tist church last Sunday night. Rev.
G. W. Davis, of Spindale, will do the
preaching. A cordial invitation is ex
i tended to the people to attend the
revival services. There will be no
1
I prayer meeting at the Methodist
I church Wednesday evening in order
jthat all may be free to attend the
i revival services.
j Miss Ostine Whisnant is assisting
lin a training school at High Shoals
| Baptist church this week. She will
I leave shortly for the Missionary
| Training School at Louisville, Ky.
j This will be Miss Whisnant's second
[year there. Fourteen young women
| from North Carolina Will be in train
ing there this year.
Messrs. G. O. Wall and Clyde E.
Mahaffee attended the savage ball
game between two Indian teams, the
j Cherokee and Wolftown, at Shelby
j last Thursday afternoon. This game
I seemed to be a mixture of several
| American games. The ball was about
jthe size of a golf ball. Two goals like
| football or basket ball. Each player
had two racquet like bats in which
they caught the balir and a favorite
way of outwitting their opponents
was for a player to get the ball in
his mouth in which case it was up
to the opposing side to find the ball.
Mrs. O. J. Mooneyham entertained
the Woman's Missionary society of
the Methodist church Tuesday after
noon.
The Parent-Teachers association
■ will hold a reception for the teachers
at the elementary school building Fri- j
day evening September 23. It is
hoped that County Superintendent
Clyde Erwin can be present on that
occasion.
Mrs. T. C. Lovelace, Miss Ostine
i Whisnant, Mrs. W. M. Lovelace and
' Mr. Joe Whisnant made a trip v to
j Spartanburg last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Walker of
Shelby visited at the Teacherage Mon-
Iday night. Mrs.-Walker was Miss (
jMary Ella Clegg before her marriage
[August 10. She taught here for a
! number of years and her many friends
! are always glad to see her.
I
I Mr. O. J. Mooneyham made a
j business trip to Spartanburg last
Thursday.
Mrs. T. C. Lovelace and Miss Os
tine Whisnant attended the U. D. C.
meeting at Shelby Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Buren Phillips was able to
take charge of her school work Mon
day. Miss Florence Hamrick taught
for her last week. Mrs. Phillips re
cently underwent an operation for
Appendicitis at the Rutherford hos
pital.
' Mr. Harrill Hamrick, of Shelby is
principal of the Elementary school
this year. He taught in the high school
part of last term- Miss Annie Belle
Sane former principal become Mrs.
Edgar Lewis last Christmas and is
now living at her home near Lake
Lure.
Miss Cleo Sane, of Campobello, S.
C., is a member of the elementary
school faculty this year. She is a sis
ter of Mrs. Edgar Lewis and grad
uated at Winthrop College last June.
Miss Ethleen Estes is another mem
ber of the faculty who is a graduate
of Winthrop College. This is Miss
Estes second year here. She attend
ed summer school at the University
of Virginia this summer. While there
Mr. S. J. Asbury returned Sunday
Recently Married
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MR. AND MRS. W. R. McDONALD
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COTTON IS 21c TODAY
Cotton is 21 cents per pound
on the local market, according
to Chambers & Turner Co., cot
ton buyers.
The cotton market has wit
nessed the most active trading
as well as the widest fluctua
tions of the season during the
past week. The market has nat
urally been dominated by the
government report made public
Thursday in which a production
of only 12,692,000 bales were
forecast. This was a half mil
lion bales under trade expecta
tions.
This shortage in the estimate
is attributed to the depredations
of the boll weevil and by the
large abandonment of acreage
since the original acreage esti
mate was made July Ist. The
cut in the acreage alone ac
counts for a very respectable
proportion of the reduction in
the previously estimated yield.
ELLENBORO MFG. CO.
TO BE ENLARGED
Mill to be Twice Present Size
—Thirty New Residences
to be Erected
Ellenboro, Sept. 14.—At a meeting
of the stockholders of the Ellenboro
Manufacturing Company, held Wed
nesday September 7th, it was de
cided to enlarge the Ellenboro Mill
to twice its present size and capacity
This will also mean the erection of
approximately thirty more residences
to take care of the additional em
ployees needed.
According to an announcement giv
en to The Courier no definte plans
have yet been made in regard to the
date the work of enlargement will be
gin, but it is expected that it will be
socto. A building yommittee was
appointed to draft plans for the ex
tension to the mill, and to report to
the stockholders at an early date.
The work of erecting thirty new
residences for additional employees
will begin simultaneously with the
construction work on the mill.
terest in Virginia and made a trip
to Washington, D. C.
Prof. A. C. Lovelace purchased two
and one half acres of land from Mr.
Pink Harrill last week. The land is
located on the highway near Mr.
Harrill's home. Prof. Lovelace will
"begin the erection of a residence on
"his lot sometime in October.
One of the racing balloons passed
over Henrietta-Caroleen Sunday af
ternoon between four and five
o'clock. Telescopes and field glasses
were brought into play in an effort
to identify the strange visitor which
was traveling in a southeasterly di
rection.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brindle have
gone to housekeeping in North Hen
rietta. Mrs. Brindle was Miss Bernice
Jenkins a member of last year's Sen
ior class.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Goforth are
housekeeping at Dobbinsville. Mrs.
Goforth was Miss Mary Summey be
fore her marriage this summer. She
expects to teach at Race Path where
she has been teaching for the past
three years.
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108 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
PROMINENT YOUNG
DRUGGIST WEDS
ON AUGUST 31
W. R. McDonald, Jr., of Spin
dale, and Miss Annie Laur
ie Brinkley Marry in
Spartanburg
That "love will find a way" was
exemplified'in Forest City last week
when, as the climax to a house party
at the home of Mrs. G. R. Gillespie,
on Carolina Avenue, an unhearalded
and quiet wedding in the First Pres
byterian church of Spartanburg, S.
C., terminated a romantic courtship
extending over a period of a year or
more.
On Wednesday, August 31, the last
day of the house party, Miss Annie
Laurie Brinkley, one of the guests
from Glen Alpine, N. C., accompanied
by Miss Jennie McLauchlin, another
of the guests from Gastonia and Mr.
W. R. McDonald, Jr., of Spindale,
with Rev. G. R. Gillespie, motored to
Spartanburg where Miss Brinkley and
Mr. McDonald were quietly married
by Mr. Gillespie in the ladies parlor
of the handsome Spartanburg church.
Owing to the fact that the bride was
under contract to teach school the
wedding was kept a secret until last
Friday when it was formally announc
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Brinkley at a
reception for the bride and groom at
their home in Glen Alpine, attended
by more than a hundred relatives,
friends and acquaintances.
Mrs. McDonald, a native of Glen
Alpine and graduate ef the high
school there, was graduated in the
spring from the Eastern Carolina
Teachers College, at Greenville, N.
C. While a student there she and a
younger sister of the groom shared
a room together, thus an introduc
tion to the groom was brought about
which, after a blissful year of roman
tic association culminated so happily
in Forest City. The bride is a charm
ing and beautiful lady whom an inum
erable host of admirers and friends
will wish a long and happy voyage
on the sea of matrimony.
Mr. McDonald, a native of Wax
haw, N. C., is the senior and manag
ing member of the Spindale Drug
Company where he has made many
friends and is respected by all who
know him. He is a deacon in the
Spindale Presbyterian church, charter
member of the Rutherford county
pharmaceutical association and a lead
er in all the civic life and interest
of the town and county. A bright and
prosperous future is predicted for
this fine young couple by all who
know them.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonald will be at
home to their friends after Septem
ber 10 at the home of Mrs. G. L!
Cook in Spindale.
PRESBYTERIAN NOTES
Rev. Geo. R. Gillespie, superinten
dent of home missions will preach at
the Forest City Presbyterian church
next Sunday morning, September 18
at 11 o'clock a. m. The theme of the
sermon will be "The All-Seeing Eye
of God." Special music will be ar
ranged for the service. All members
and vi*tors are assured of a most
hearty welcome. A little church with
a big welcome.
The Presbyterians of Forest City
desire to thus publicly welcome to
"The City Beautiful" all of the splen
did teachers and officers of our city
schools and they desire to especially
welcome those who are affiliated with
the Presbyterian church in their home
towns. For the benefit of these teach
ers and other Presbyterians in Forest
City s«rvices are held each second
and fourth Sundays of the month
with a graded Sunday school in ses
sion every Sunday morning at 10
o'clock.
Many calls and letters have been
received from the representative la
dies of three counties who were re
cently entertained by Forest City
Presbyterians commending the beauty
of our town, the courtesy and hospi
tality accorded them and the splen
did entertainment afforded them on
September 5.
May our slogan be now and for all
time, "All for Forest City and all of
Forest City for Christ."
RIVER-SIDE PARK is the name of
Forest City's new restricted residen
tial section SUPREME.