FOREST CITY COURIER
Published Every Thursday in the;
interest of Forest City and Ruther
ford County.
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Entered Aug. 22, i9lB, at tbo post- !
office at Forest City, N. C. : as second '
class matter under act of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
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THURSDAY, JAN. 5, 1928 »j
THE SHELBY j 5
REVOLT. *
It is hoped that Shelby, upon 1 }
second thought, will not be. in-. 1
clined to boast of the 'disturbances
there Saturday night which un-j '
seated organized government and . 1
placed the town in the hands of ■
rioters. And it is equally as de- j
sirable that the officials, now that
they are again in control, will act 1
with vigor to show the element'
which flouted law and order' that ' *
such is not to be tolerated and that'
authority must prevail at any cost. • £
The youth of the -town .had - a-!,
big time at the expense of . the |
mayor and other officers. They, de- jf
fied arrest, threw firecrackers at" e
the policemen in violation of the j
ordinance against the explosives j
and capped the climax by holding the ;
officers prisoners in the City Hall., , S
Disregard of law by mobs is not 6
to be tolerated even on such a 11
small scale. The tendency is too t
strong throughout the world today for h
people to act as the spirit moves b
them, and once it is proved that au- ( t
thority can be unseated, the seed 8
Is sown for more menacing uprisings, j
Government must be upheld at any t
cost and it is«the duty of Shelby 1
to show those who participated in the t 1
revolt Satui'day night that similar j c
demonstrations must not occur again, t
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HOLLY SPRINGS >
Harris, R-l, Jan. I.—The Christ-
mas holidays passed off very quietly, j
Dr. M. A. Adams and Rev. Grover !
Splawn closed a teacher training
school this past week. j
On last Thursday night Mr. and .'
Mrs. .Matt Splawn entertained a num
ber of young; people with a sirigiilg!
and ajl seemed to enjoy themselves'
very much.
Monday night Miss Myrtle Mathth- j ■■
ey entertained a number of her' c t
friends with a party. A large crowd j' 1
was present and nil seemed to enjoy i c
the party very much.
Rev. David Roberts of Yv ake Forest >
has been visiting friends and rela-, 1
tives in this section this past week.
Those spending the holidays at ( '
home were as follows; Mr. and Mrs.!
Grover Splawn of Carson-Newman i
College, Miss Maggie Cole of Mede- ( '
dith College, Rev. Arthur Hender- ■
son of Boiling Springs, and Mr. Ed- , 1
ward Cole who is teaching at Union '
Mills. | *
Miss Pauline Cole and Annette !
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Hopper visited Miss Ina Robbins
Tuesday night. ' ,
Miss Gladys Roaich visited Miss
Maudie Robbins Saturday night.
Miss Lillie and Ina Robbins visited
Miss Elsie and Etta Cole Saturday
night. J
We are glad to welcome Mr 7 and ,
Mrs. Matt Splawn and family to our (
section.
Miss Lillie B. Robbins yisited her |
uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Cole Friday night. .
DEATH OF INFANT
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Mr. and Mrs. Rush Bridges, of ;
Alexander, have the sympathy of
friends in the loss of their infant son, !
James Donald, by death last Mon- (
day. Pneumonia caused the death of i
the little boy. Interment was at Prov- j
idence, Tuesday.
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When Leslie Makin and Miss Elsie
Marshall of Liverpool, were arraign- J
ed for fighting on the street the I
court sentenced them to be married j
at once. j
No man is entitled to credit for
being good if he isn't tempted.
BASKETBALL
Miami Defeats All-Stars
In a fast and hard fought game
the Forest City All-Stars were nosed
out by the fast Miami quintet Mon
day night, 49 to 43 in one of the
fastest cage games that has ever
been seen on the local floor.
The Miami team, recognized as
the south's fastest professional teams,
was given the hardest fight by the
local .team that they have had on
tlie northern invasion.
" •' locals' playing was on par with
the fast Miami team throughout the
game. The passing of the visitors
and the teamwork of the locals were
features of the game.
Wiery, noted Miami forward, led
the attack with 14 points for the vis
itors while "Boohoo" Davis, lanky
center, led the locals with 12 points.
While Davis was the star for the
locals, the playing of Dorsey, Hardin
and Capt. "Sleep" Moss must not be
o,verlooked. Harrill's work at standing
guard was also outstanding. Sietz,
who substituted for Hardin in the
last half, did some fine defensive
work by holding the mighty Miske
scoreless and shot two goals for ex
tra measure. Hamrick, who replaced
Harrill at guard, did some fine guard
ing:
Line-up:
Miami (49) Pos. Forest City (43)
Butler (10) Dorsey (11) j
R. F.
Wiery (14) ... Hardin (7)
L. F.
Hunter (13) - Davis (12) ;
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Miske (9) Moss (9) I
R. G.
off man (3) - Harrill '
L. F.
Subs: Haulk for Miske, Sietz (4)
for Hardin; Hamrick for Harrill. Ref
eree: Berry (Spindale).
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High School Games
The fast teams of Lincolnton High |
School will invade Forest City Jan. j
3. The lads and lassies from our
neighboring town expect to return
:he defeats in football and basket
ball of last year. The local girls and
boys will make a good fight to re-!
tain their string of victories. Good j
»ames are expected.
boys of Forest City have won i
three out of four games this season, j
The girls are running true to form, j
They haven't lost a game this seas-!
on. Cool Springs will have two teams j
this year that the fans will not be
ashamed to support. Now is the tiihe
for the high school boys and girls
and the fans of the town to show
your loyalty by being present Fri
day evening at 7:30 o'clock. Start
the New Year right. Attend this game
and you will see all the other games!
the girl's and boys play.
The admission to this game will
be the same price as a single game.
Adults 35c, children 25c.
■Forest City All-Stars vs Spindale
On Tuesday evening, January 10,
the Forest City All-Stars will meet
the Spindale Y. Team at the Spin
dale House at 8 o'clock. This game
is expected to be one of the best
of the season.'Spindale will play the
Boiling Springs team at the Spindale
House on Friday evening of this week
at 8 o'clock.
NEMAR THE MAN OF MYSTERY
The Savannah Press has the fol
lowing to say about Nemar:
"It is only upon rare occasions that
a town the size of Savannah his giv
en within it an entertainment of
such high standard as the one pre
sented Wednesday evening in the
Town Hall when Nemar, the Man of
Mystery, appeared under the auspices
of the Savannah Fire Department.
The jftidience privileged to witness
Nemar's work is enthusiastic in its
praise of the entire entertainment.
The program consisted of a wide
variety of acts of legei'demain per
formed with the skill of an artist
for. such Nemar proved himself to
be. Those who have seen the work
of Herrmann the Great, Thurston
and Houdini were forced to confess
that Nemar was their equal in every
respect. The. audience was complete
| ly mystified by the Australian Mys
. tery Cabinet and many of his larger
experiments.
i Nemar is to be complimented upon
the high class of entertainment he
i presents and can be recommended to
! churches, schools and societies to
provide an evening of wholesome en
joyment
Should Nemar be persuaded to ap-
I pear again in Savannah, he would
i be accorded a cordial welcome and
| a record breaking audience,
j Nemar will appear at the Benefit
Show for Police EPepartment and
Cool Springs High School Thursday,
January 12.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY,'JANUARY 5, 1928.
FERRY NEWS NOTES
I Ferry, Jan. 3rd. Sunday
i schools of Floyd's Creek and Goode's
i Creek churches gave a nice treat
| Christmas, the children and grown
i ups well enjoyed it very much,
j The school here opened yesterday
j after a week's suspension for the
j holidays.
| Mr. C. E. Keeter and family ac
i companied by Misses Sara Matthews,
! Myrtle and Cleo Keeter all of Lin
j colnton, Ga., spent the holidays here
j with relatives and also visited at
j Forest City and Spindale.
Several children have measles in
our community at present, all are
getting along nicely.
Mr. John Sherline has accepted a
position with Mr. A. D. Nanney at
Forest City.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Kennedy of
Charlotte visited Mr. Kennedy's fath
er, Mr. G. Kennedy Christmas day.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alexander
and brother, Mr. Taylor Alexander
of Woodruff, S. C., visited their
father, Mr. W. P. Alexander dur
ing the holidays. *Mr. Charles Alex
ander who is attending schbol at
j Shelby also spent Christmas at home.
Miss Mallie Honeycutt left Mon
day for Lake Wales Fla., to visit
her brother, Mr. Jonah Honeycutt.
Rev. W. H. Wall of Shelby spent
i the week end with Mr. L. L. Scruggs
and family. Rev. Wall is Mrs.
I Scruggs brother.
Rev. A. G. Melton of Boiling
Springs preached at Floyds Creek
church Sunday night, in spite of the
bitter cold a fair sized audience at
tended.
ALEXANDER NEWS
Alexander, Jan. 3. —Several of
the Alexander people have been sick
for the past two weeks. Most every
one is better now. Rev. C. C. Ma
theney has been right sick with a
severe cold. Mr. Matheney was not
able to attend to the service Sun
day night. Mr. Marion Blanton con
ducted the service tor him.
Miss Ada Hamrick and Mrs. Kate
Hamrick returned to Carson-Newman
College last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Jordan, Mrs.
J. L. Jolley and daughter Mary, of
Georgetown, Ky., visited Mr. , and
Mrs. A. L. Hamrick and Rev. ;and
Mrs. C. C. Matheney during the hol
idays. Miss Mary Jolley sang a solo
at the Baptist chui'ch the night the
Christmas pageant was given.
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan and Miss Jol
ley are juniors at Georgetown Col
lege, Georgetown, Ky.
Misses Freeda and Gladys Jolley, Mr
and Mrs. V. L. Jolley of State Line
and Mr. and Mrs. Wayland Holland
of Greenville, South Carolina visited
at the Alexander Teacherage last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Randall spent
last week with Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Champion.
Prof, and Mrs. Allison spent the
holidays with relatives in the eastern
part of the state.
MT PLEASANT NEWS
Forest City, R-l, Jan. 3.—The
Christmas season passed off very
quiet in this community. Every one
enjoyed the beautiful days that we
had.
Misses Flora and Ola Mae Matheny
were guests of Misses Sara and Janet
Holland last Thursday night for sup
per.
Misses Sara and Janet Holland vis
ited the Misses Wilkins at Henrietta
. last Wednesday night.
Mr. Glenn Toms, Willie Toms, J.
jC. Toms returned Saturday night
I from Georgetown, Ga., where they
t spent Christmas holidays,
j Misses Flora and Ola Mae Ma
j theny visited Miss Pauline Kennedy
| last Friday.
Mrs. Burl Womick entertained a
! number of young folks with a party
i last Thursday night. A large crowd
J was present and all enjoyed it, espec
ially the music over the radio.
Miss Mattie Toms visited her broth
er Mr. Gordon Toms last Friday.
Miss Velma Mayse left Tuesday
j for Boone where she is going to
1 school.
The following left Monday to re
j sume their studies at their respec
tive places: Ola Mae Matheny, Mayo
Mayse at Asheville Normal,, Wade
i at Wake Forest and Glen
i Toms at Berea College, Ky.
Next Saturday and Sunday will be
; preaching days at Mt. Pleasant. On
Sunday night, Rev. F. T. Collins will
preach. He conducted the revival
meeting last summer. Every one is
well acquainted with him. Everybody
is cordially invited to come to the
service both B, Y. P„ U. and preach
ing.
Mr. Forest Davidson left Friday
1 for Hamlet to work on the l-ailroad.
WEST END NEWS
7 j West End, Forest City, Jan. 3.
> Miss Jessie Matheny, and Mr. Ramon
t Sloan of Mississippi, were married at
i j Rutherfordton Saturday.
Mrs. W. G. Trout spent Sunday in
TGastonia visiting her daughter, Mrs.
• ■ O. T. Jones and Mr. Jones.
• The December meeting of the
• Woman's Missionary Society, of
, Pleasant Grove church, was held with
- Mrs. B. Z. McDonald. A very'inter
- esting program was rendered.
t! Rev. J. B. Tabor, Jr., spent several
i days during the holidays at Shepherd,
1 ■ visiting his parents, Rev. and Mrs.
2 ; J. B. Tabor, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Murph, and
* ! children, returned to Myrtle Beach
t Thursday, aftet spending a few days
• with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Long, Sr.
£ j Rev. J. C. Grose of Belmont, Miss
■, Clair Taylor of Snow Hill, and Miss
j Gertrude Taylor of Black Mountain,
r were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. I.
r ; Grose during the Christmas holidays.
r J Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Cole and chil
• j dren, motored to Canton Christmas
"' day and while there visited Mrs.
' Cole's sister, Mrs. Fred Ball and Mr.
• j Ball.
"! Mrs. O. H. Carpenter and son, Mr.
: | Tom Carpenter of Stanley, visited
j Mrs. V. F. McMahan and Mrs. T. J.
- j Cole, last week. \
Miss Margaret Grose and Walter
■ i Grose after visiting their grandpar- J
| ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Williamson
( and other relatives here, returned
;to their home at Flat Rock Sunday
j afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Will
! iamson and Miss Margaret McDonald
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accompanied them to Hendersonville.
A firm of Shelby, completed last
week, the installing of a heating sys- i
tem in Pleasant Grove church.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Long and baby
George Joe, of Chimney Rock, spent
the holidays with the former's par
. ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Long, Sr.
Mrs. J. P. Hardin and children,
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Billie and Martha spent Christmas
with Mrs. Eli Williams at Cherokee,
' S. C.
j Mr. and Mrs. Bob Griffin had as I
their guest Christmas day, Mi*. Robert j
Lee of Chesnee, S. C.
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! Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Maynard and
children of Belmont and Rev. J. B.
i Tabor, Jr., were the dinner guests
• Friday, of Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Grose
I' and Rev. J. C. Grose.
i Am glad .to note that little Paul
and Billie Duncan, after being con
,! fined to their room with measles, are
, j able to be out again.
FLORENCE MILL NEWS
Forest City, Jan. 3. —Florence
| Mills resumed operations Monday
j morning after nine days of inactiv
| ity. Mr. G. P. Warren, clever mechan
; ic at the Florence Mills has replaced
the nine inch steam whistle with an
I eighteen inch brass trumpet, which
' he hopes will give greater service,
j Mrs. T. C. Collins and children, of
Cherokee, S. C., spent several days
visiting relatives here last week.
I Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hardin, of Cliff
side, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.
L. Hardin last Sunday. They were ac
companied home by Mr. and Mrs.
Layton Hardin.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Burgin of Mar
(ion, were visiting relatives here last
week.
j\ Mr. B. E. Hardin and family spent
! several days last week with Mr. and
' Mrs. A. H. Haynes, of Ruthcrford
■ ton, R-3.
Mr. Perry Guffey spent part of
last week near Shiloh with Mr. and
Mrs. Rufus Wilkie. v
Messrs. Joe P. Hardin and A. L.
Doggett were in Gastonia Saturday
and Sunday on business.
Mr. Henry Head and family, of
Caroleen visited Mr. Joe Proctor last
week.
Measles and smallpox are raging
in this vicinity.
! Rev. and Mrs. C. J. Goforth, of
l" Chesnee were visitors here last week.
MRS. J. T. PONDER DEAD
Ruth, Jan. 2.—Mrs. James T.
: Ponder of Ruth, died Thursday morn
ing at 6:35 a. m. She suffered a
stroke of paralysis Tuesday morning
December 27, while preparing the
noon meal. Previous to that she was
apparently well as usual.
Mrs. Ponder was twice married.
Two children were born to the first
marriage, a son and daughter. The
json died some time ago. The daugh-
I ter lives in Texas. Her second mar
| riage was to Mr. J. T. Ponder. To
| this union was born three daughters
and one son, who, with the husband
survive. She was ajjout £4 years of
age and was a native of a western
state. She was a good woman and
a kind mother and will be missed in
| the home, church and community.
I It is easier to make a new quar
rel than to patch up an old one.
LOCAL NEWS
The measles are 4 stITJ raging.
Gladys Vandyke, Clyde Benson, Er
line McCluney, Wilburn Harrill and
a large number of others have meas
les. The little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Wilkins is seriously ill, also
Master Clyde Harris.
Tiny Keeter, little daughter of Mr.
John Keeter, spent a part of last
week with home folks. Little Tiny
since the death of her mother, has
been making her home with her unc
le and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Keeter, of Lincolnton, Ga. They, with
Misses pioe and Myrtle Keeter and
[ Miss Sarah Matthew, of Lincolnton,
j Ga., were all visitors of Mr. John
Keeter.
! Rev. and Mrs. C. B. Garrett, ofj
Seneca, S. C. t were the week end
guests last week of Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. David Richardson, of
Pelzer, S. C. were visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Martin, s
Revs. H. C. Kiser and H. C. Sisk j
attended the funeral of Alvin Brad- |
ley at Henrietta last 1 Week. j
A large crowd of Mr. Sam Turn-!
er's friends gathered at his home on '
last Sunday and surprised him with j
a birthday dinner. The table was in !
the dining room and loaded with
good things to eat. Sam was twen
ty-one years old. Every one present
seemed to enjoy the day with Sam
A New Year To Crow About
I We aren't Crowing because 1927 was a success- ■!
ful year for us, but we want to thank you who !■
made it so by your patronage and good will. To >|
our old friends, to our cherished new friends, and jj
to all those whose friendship we are striving to l\
gain, we wish a Happy New Year, and an abun- \\
dance of good things, We hope we will be per- 5
mitted to serve you for man\ years to come. >
Sander's Groceteria j
■; Phone 56 Forest dity, N. C. "j
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Spring Coats, Coat j
Suits and Dresses I
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are oh display and new shipments arriv- |
ing each day. Come jn and look them over ♦
as the Spring apparels are beautiful this *
time. j
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Coat Suits are the big number for J
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Spring. Prices ranging from 2
$16.50 to $79.50
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SHILOH NEWS
Rutherfordton, R-l, Jan. 3. —Rev.
A. G. Melton filled his appointment
at Shiloh Sunday afternoon and af
ter the services were over the peo
ple were much alarmed that the
church was on fire. With hard work
the fire was put out. It was suppos
ed that it caught from the stove flue.
About thirty five girls and boys
gavie Miss Odessa Jones a surprise
party on last Monday night. Then
on Thursday night Misses Euzelia
and Elva Spurlin entertained a num
ber of young folks with a social, and
on New Year's t night M?isses NeM
and Grace Mcßrayer also gave a
party. Every one attended these par
ties enjoyed them very much.
Mr. Baxter Jones of Polk Counts
spent Sunday and Monday at the
home of his brother, Mr. B. M. Jones.
Miss Ruth Morrow spent several
) days last week in Alexander sind
i Sandy Mush.
; and wishes him many more birth
! days.
The revival meeting at the Mis
! sionary Methodist church came to
a close last Sunday night. Rev. Kiser
did some good preaching. Largt
crowds attended and we feel that
much good was done.