BRING
IN
YOUR KEYS
VOL. X—NO. 5.
COMMUNITY NIGHT I
PROGRAM ENJOYED
AT SPINDALE
Approximately One Thou
sand People Attend Second
Program ot the Year
Tuesday Evening.
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A Spindale, Nov. 9.—Approximately
e thousand people gathered at the !
indale House last night for the
regular monthly Community Night
program. The evening's program was
in charge of Mr. D. C. Cole, director
of the Spindale Band, and Mr. J. E.
Berry, superintendent of the Spin
dale House, and was a musical pro
gram entirely.
The exercises were opened with a
selection by the band, followed by
several other selections at various
times during the program.
Mr. Harrison gave a delightful se
lection, using a harp and guitar.
This was followed by a violin-guitar
ukelele combination by Misses Ger
trude Clarke, Maggie and Gussie
Whitaker and Mr. Kilpatrick. As an
encore Miss Gussie Whitaker and Mr.
Kilpatrick gave a selection on the
Ukelele and guiter.
Messrs. Harrison and Watts de
lighted the audience with a banjo and
guitar rendition of "The Wreck of
Old 97." Mr. Watts later responded
to an invitation to play "Turkey in
the Straw", on the banjo.
The male quartett from the Spin
dale Baptist church composed of
Messrs. R. I. Roberts, W. R. Wells,
Charles Roberts and Hal Sherrill,
appeared on program twice during
the evening, rendering good vocal
selections. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Lloyd Williamson.
T. Forrester next apeared on pro
gram, by Mr. D. C.
Cole on the piano, gave a trombone
solo.
C. B. Goforth created much meri
ment and laughter with his humor
ous songs and stunts, which he sang
and accompanied himself on the gui
tar. He was asisted T>y the Misses
Whitaker and John L. Duncan.
The three Pitt-Brothers, playing a
mandolin and guitars, were well re
ceived during a half dozen or more
arances. -
IpiVAL AT HIGH
SCHOOL FRIDAY
Beauty Contest and Stunts to Be
Features of High School
Program.
Are you interested in having a
good time? If you are, do not fail to
attend the C. S. H. S. Carnival, beau
ty contest, and minstrel at the High
school building.
Here is the program: each room
is putting on a stunt in its home
room. The adjnission to each stunt
- will be only one cent. These stunts
are all original. You cannot afford
to miss them. One of them will show
Forest City's famous people, now liv
ing, three hundred years from now.
In all there will be ten good sjjtfws.
Next will follow the beauty con
test. From each grade, a candidate
has already been elected. From each
home room, a campaign manager has
been elected. Votes are being sold
at 5c for a 100. The following are
the candidates.
Senior class, Miriam Greene.
Junior class, Marie Huntley.
Sophomore class, Commie Frye.
Freshman Class, Dorothy Rudisill.
Misses Pauline Huggins, Mamie
Bakens and Ruth Moore will have
charge of the caronation.
Tinman agers are:
Senior class: Bernice Kanipe, Myrt
le G. Harrill.
Junior class: Grace Harris, Mary
Hollifield.
Sophomore class: James Moss,
Howard Walker, Charles Ford.
Freshman „ class: Cordia Walker,
Ethel Huntley, Eleanor Gillespie.
The girl receiving the largest num
ber of votes will be crowned "Queen
of the Carnival." See the campaign
managers "and buy votes for your
favorite.
Then will come the climax of the
evening, the Black-faced minstrel,
with this cast'of merry-makers: Fred
Blapton, Harold Reynolds, Burless
Blair, Stanley Hall, William Big
gerstaff, Harry Kendrick, Pierce Hyd-
FORESTGITY COURIER
PUBLISHED IN THE INTE 1 ST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORn roiINTV
RECKLESS DRIVER !
INJURES TWO MEN
ON HIGHWAY
Wiley Buckner and Hamp.
Pace the Victims —Driver
Makes Get-Away.
Caroleetf,Nov. B.—Sunday evening,
| about 6 o'clock, while walking on the
j highway near A. A. Smith's filling
i station, Mr. Wiley "Crip" Buckner
and Mr. Hamp. Pace were struck
down by a B ord roadster, driven by |
an unknown party, who immediately ]
made a %et ayay. Mr. Buckner was j
seriously injured, sustaining a brok
en leg and internal injuries. Mr.
Pace's injuries were not so serious,
but both were rushed to the Ruther
i ford Hospital for medical aid. Mr.
i Pace's wounds were dressed and was
j able tc return home. Mr. Buckner's
! condition was found serious and he
jis still at the hospital, but will poss
• ibly recover if pneumonia doesn't de-
I velop.
The automobile number of the
roadster was taken, after being chas
ed for some distance by parties that
happened on. the scene at the time.
This lawbreaker should certainly be
captured and brought to justice for
| such a reckless and malicious deed.
C. MORRIS WEDS
GRACE WATKINS
Prominent Young Couple Mar
ried Thursday at the Bap
tist 'Parsonage
Mr. Clarence Morris and Miss
Grace Watkins were married at the
Baptist parsonage last Thursday af
ternoon by Dr. W. A. Ayers, their
pastor, in the presence of only the
necessary witnesses.
Immediately after the ceremony
they left for a honeymoon trip by
motor, returning to Forest City Mon
day.
Mrs. Morris is the attractive daugh
j ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Watkins.
She is a graduate of Forest City high
' school and is prominent in social
| circles.
1 Mr. Morris is the« son of Mr. and
i Mrs. J. G. Morris, also of Forest City.
'He is bookkeeper for the Doggett
1 Motor Company, a position which he
| has held over six years.
The happy young couple are mak
ing their home on King street.
BRING IN YOUR KEYS
Keys for the child's automobile are
all gone. Please bring or send in
! your keys within 30 days. Who has
the magic key?
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ZI '
j er, Adelaide Peeler, Johnnie Toms,
J Emmet McKeithan, Zee Butler, Ruth
j Hollifield, Viola Hollifield, Brent
McKeithan, Virginia Magness, Mary
j Davis, Mildred Moore, Bernice Ka
nipe, Madge Moore, Myrtle Harrill,
Commie Frye, Kathryn Mcßrayer,
Annie Belle Ware, Sarah Bridges,
Horace Yelton.
You can rest assured that you will
enjoy their jokes and songs.
Come out for the carnival at 7:30.
Stay over to see the crowning of the.
"Queen of the Carnival." And at
eight o'clock the minstrel begins.
Moore's orchestra will furnish mus
j ic for the minstrel.
COTTON IS 20 3-4 c
ON LOCAL MARKET
Cotton is selling for twenty
and three-fourths cents per
pound on the local market to
day, according to a report from
the Forest City Oil Mill.
The Government report is
sued Wednesday morning is as
follows: cotton ginned, 9,925,-
795 bales. Estimated yield 12,-
822,300 bales; yield per Sieve
lint, 151.2 pounds; spot cotton
20 3-4 cents per pound.
Bad weather in some sections
of the cotton belt, and forecast
of rather general rains held
the markets steady this week.
FOREST CITY. NOR CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 1927.
Annual Red Cross Roll Call Nov 11-24
MR. C. B. MORRIS
DIED SUNDAY
Well Known Citizen of Alex
ander is Found Dead in
Bed
•#' ,
Alexander Mills, Nov. 7.—Mr.
Charles B. Morris, aged sixty years,
died at his home here Sunday morn
ing at an early hour. Funeral serv
ices were held Monday afternoon at
Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. C.
C. Matheny, his pastor, in charge.
Mr. Morris was apparently iji good
health when he retired Saturday
night. It was a great shock to his fam
ily and town to learn of his death
Sunday. Heart trouble was attributed
as the cause of death.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at
Bethel Baptist church, north of Ruth
erfordton. Rev. C. C. Matheny, Mr.
Morris' pastor, had charge of the
service, and preached the funeral
sermon. Following the services inter
ment was in Bethel cemetery.
Mr. Morris was known as reliable,'
honest Christian character. He leaves
a host of friends to mourn his pass
ing. He was a faithful member of the
Baptist church and was ever ready
to assist the church or any one when
ever possible.
He is survived by his wife and two
sons, Hicks and Harley, bojth of Alex
ander.
TEXTILE CLUB OF
SPINDALE MEETS
Yards and Garden Committee and
Nomination Committee Are
Selected.
Spindale, Nov. 9.—The Spindale
Textile Club held its regular monthly
meeting at the Spindale House yes
terday at noon. Mr. J. C. Cowan,
president of the Club, presided.
! Theprincipal business was discus
sion and appointing a yard and gar
; den committee. The committee named
are Mr. F. C. Kinzie, chairman, L. J.
I Thomason and Mrs. S. K. Yelton.
A nomination committee to nomi
• nate 1928 officials and report at the
next meeting was named as follows:
Messrs. Ivy Cowan, chairman, W. R.
Wells, and David Lindsay.
I Rev. W. W. Rimmer, Baptist pastor
was introduced.
Considerable discussion was held
over the Christmas treat for mill em
ployees. It was finally decided that
| each member of every family who
TWO HOMES WERE
BURNED SUNDAY
Houses Occupied by Messrs.
Adams and Fisher on Har
rill Street Destroyed
Two houses belonging to Mr. Brad
ley and sons, located on Harrill
street, just across the railroad tracks,
were destroyed by fire Sunday morn
ing at 2:30 o'clock.
The fire department answered a
call to come to the fire, but arrived
too late to save the houses. A high
voltage electric wire over ojie of
the houses made ex
tremely dangerous.
The fire originated in the house
occupied by a Mr. Fisher and fam
ily. The origin of the fire is un
known, as no one was at home that
night. When discovered it had made
such headway that the adjoining
house, occupied by Mr. Adams and
family was soon in flames. A heavy
wind fanned the flames, and it seem
ed for some time as if the entire
block would be burned. The good
work of the fire department kept the
flames from spreading beyond the
two houses.
The two houses were a complete
loss. The household furnishings of
Mr. Adams and Mr. Fisher were all
destroyed.
MISS ROLLINS TO
WED W. G. WILSON
Wedding to Be a Big Social Event of
November. Couple Very Popular
in County.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. .Rollins, of
Forest City, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Annie Louise
to Wyman G. Wilson, of Rutherford
ton, the wedding to take place in
November.
The bride is one of Rutherford
County's most charming and popu
lar young ladies. She is the daughter
of County Commissioner and Mrs.
Rollins and has been private sec
retary to Mr. K. S. Tanner, of Spin
dale, textile manufacturer, for the
past four years.-
Mr. Wilson is a well-known con
tractor, being owner and proprietor
of the Wilson Construction Co.
- ■ i
are represented in ttie mills will be
given a bag of nuts, fruits, candief*
etc., at this Christmas.
COUNTY CLUB TO i
MEET NEXT AT THE
SPINDALE HOUSE
i
Officers For 1928 Will Be
Balloted On at the No
vember Meeting.
Spindale, Nov. 7.—The November
meeting of the Rutherford County
Club will be held at the Spindale
House at one o'clock, Tuesday No
vember 15th. The program commit
tee has decided it will be well to have
a meeting without the aid of any
outside speaker, according to Mr.
David Lindsay, secretary of the club.
All members who have anything that
would be of interest to the club are
requested to be in position to pre
sent it at this meeting.
All members will be furnished a
ballot and will be asked to write
thereon the names of six members
who in their opinion would make
suitable officers. From the lists hand
ed in the officers of 1928 will be
! chosen.
Mr. and Mrs. Sifford Harris spent
j Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs.
I C. L. Proctor. Mr. and Mrs. Harris
will make their home in Valley Falls,
S. C.
W. NXCONFERENCE
CLOSED MONDAY
Rutherford County Gets Three
New Ministers When Ap
pointments Were Read
Asheville, Nov. 7.—Unanimous
adoption of a resolution emphatical
ly protesting the nomination of any
"wet" candidate for the presidency
in 1928 and adoption, of another
measure strongly condemning the
"evils of the tobacco habit and espec
ially the cigarette habit," were ac
tions of the final session of the
Western North Carolina Conference
of The Methodist church here Mon
day.
At the closing session of the con
ference which ended a six day ses
sion statistical reports revealing
large gains in membership and in
the value of church properties were
presented. The total membership this
year was greater by 2,498 members
than the membership reported at
the Gastonia Conference last year.
The number of pastoral charges in
the conference- increased from 303
to 308 during the year in the eleven
conference districts. Substantial in
creases in amounts raised for the
work of the church were shown, and
several large and expensive churches
were erected.
Ministers For County
The appointments for the confer
ence were read Monday. Rutherford
county appointments are as follows:
Bostic, J. E. Hipps; Broad River, R.
P. Fikes; Cliffside-Avondale, D. H.
Rinehardt; Forest City, M. F. MooreS;
Gilkey, J. M. Green; Henrietta-Car
oleen, F. H. Price; Pleasant Grove,
J. B. Tabor, Jr.; Rutherfordton, W.
R. Ware; Spindale-Alexander, T. C.
Jordan; Mill Springs, J. I. Spinks.
Rev. W. M. Heckard, of the Cliff
side charge, was sent to Spray, in
the Mount Airy district. J. P. Horn
buckle, who had completed his fourth
year at Henrietta, was sent to Bess
emer City, ii> the Shelby District.
NO COURT SESSIONS
ON ARMISTICE DAY
Rutherfordton, Nov. B.—Su
perior court will not be in ses
sion here Friday, (Armistice
x>ay) according to Judge Wal
ter E. Moore.
Judge Moore in making the
announcement stated that No
vember 11 is a legal holiday
and it has bgcome a custom in
North Carolina not to hold
courts on that day. This means
that the present term of court
will complete its grind with the
,adjournment of court on Thurs
day, November 17. Criminal
court will occupy the remainder
of this week, with civil cases
coming up Monday to Thursday
of next week.
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108 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
YOUNG CLIFFSIDE
MAN IS KILLED IN
AUTOMOBILE WRECK
WilliamClingman Pritchard
Dies in Marion Hospital
Following Auto Wreck
Last Week.
Cliffside, Nov. B.—The town was
greatly shocked when they learned of
the tragic death on Thursday of last
week of Mr. William Clingman Prit
chard, son of Mr. and Mrs. L E.
Pritchard, who died in the hospital in
Marion following a wreck on the
Marion-Morganton road Tuesday.
It is reported that the young man
was driving a Dodge touring car on
the road between Marion and Mor
ganton Tuesday afternon. Two others
were in the car with the youth and
they say that they were meeting a
car that crowded them off the road
near Nebo and the car turned over
several times down a steep bank,
crushing the back of William Prit
chard. It is also reported that the
car was going at a rapid rate of
speed.
He was immediately taken to the
Marion Hospital, where an X-ray pic
ture showed that his back was crush
ed, and other injuries had been sus
tained. He was conscious until the
very minute of his death, dying
Thursday afternon at five o'clock.
- His body was brought here to his
home on Cliffside street. Funeral
and interment was held Friday at
Prospect Baptist church with his pas
tor, Rev. R. C. Smith, in charge of the
services. The young man was only
about eighteen years of age and was
a fine looking young man, his youth
making his death seem all the more
tragic.
He is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Pritchard, of Cliffside,
one brother and four sisters. His
' family is well known in the county,
and his father was until about a year
ago a mechanic at the Cliffside Mills.
The other occupants of the car es
caped with slight injuries.
Mr. Amos Beam, efficient agent
of the C. C. & O. railway office, here,
spent several days last week in John
son City, Tenn., on business.
WALL REUNION HELD NEAR
| HENRIETTA SATURDAY
J Rey. Zeno Wall Speaks on "Rejig
ging the Old Well." Hi»tory
I of Family Read.
Henrietta, Nov. B.—More than six
hundred people attended the Wall
family reunion at the High Shoals
Baptist church near here Saturday.
An interesting program was arranged
and carried out. The exercises opened
at ten o'clock with a song service,
which was led by Mr. Jimmy Robin
son. This was followed by a piano
selection by Miss Lucile Wall, of
Henrietta. A quartett by the High
Shoals boys was much enjoyed. At
10:30 a devotional period in charge
taking in several generations, was
read by Miss Bess Wall, of Moores
boro. This was very interesting, and
of E. F. Wall of Chesnee, was held,
followed by a duet by Misses Iris and
Imora Robinson, of Mooresboro.
A brief history of the Wall family,
was one of the features of the day.
Thl> history will be published in
next week's issue of The Courier.
Rev. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First
' v ptist church, of Shelby, preached
at eleven o'clock, using as his subject
"Redigging the Old Well". His sub
■ ject had reference to the reopening
the wells of Jacob. Dr. Wall was at
his best during this address and
made an inspiring worthwhile
address that will long be remembered.
A song, "On Jordan's Stormy Banks
I Stand," was sang and the gathering
was adjourned for lunch. A bounfi
• ful dinner was served, and was greafc-
J:y enjoyed by the hundreds present,
i Following the dinner the Cliffside
Band was present and gave several
selections during the afternoon. Sev
eral short talks were made by those
present.
By actual count 125 members ot
the Wall family were present and
between four and five hundred other
members of the family present. Mr.
Aaron Wall, aged 90, was the oldest
[man present.