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Subscribe For The Courier, Only SI.OO per year in County VOL. X—No. 20 P. T. REINHARDT KILLED INSTANTLY WHEN CAR WRECKS TUESDAY NIGHT Manager of Efird's Department Store and Successful Business Man. Funeral Services This Afternoon at 3 o'Clock. Mr. P. T. Reinhardt, prominent business man of Forest City, was in stantly killed at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday night when a Willys-Knight sedan driven by him left the paved highway near the observation tower on Lake Lure. No one was with him when the accident occurred. The car left the paved road on a sharp curve jumped a branch and headed into a steep bank opposite, bounced to one side,, but did not turn over. Mr. Reinhardt was badly cut about the face, his jaw broken and suffered se vere injuries to his body and skull. Death is thought to have been prac tically instantaneous, so severe were his injuries. Mr. Reinhardt had left Tar neel | Inn, Chimney Rock, at 9:15 o'clock, j where he had visited friends, saying j that he must return to his home ear- ; ly as he had not told his mother j where he had gone and she would be , uneasy should he not return home j early. He accordingly started on his j return trip to Forest City and had driven about fifteen minutes before ■ Caching the scene of the accident. •. The curve is at the foot of a long, j steep drive down the paved road, and It 'is thought that Mr Reinhardt had! failed to note the curve in time to ( check the speed of his car. A colored man, passing the scene j of the wreck at 8 o'clock Wednesday j morning, investigated, and upon j finding the dead body, hastily called j to passing motorists and apprised j them of what he had discovered. The; accident having happened after night j had set in, no one had up to that time discovered the wreck. The car , was badly damaged and the body was j iound slumped to one side of the • driver's seat at the wheel. The au thorities were immediately notified and relatives were informed of the fatal accident. The body was re moved to the undertaking establish ment of Ho vis & Keeter at Ruther iordton for e'mbalming, after which it was turned over to Padgett & King, undertakers of Forest City. The news of the tragic accident, spreading over city and county Wed nesday morning, came as a stunning blow to hundreds of friends here and elsewhere. Mr. Reinhardt, for nineteen years in the mercantile bus iness in Forest City, was one of the known and most popular busi ness men of the county. His career has been watched with interest here in his home town and his success was most gratifying to friends. Starting in as a boy, he steadily advanced un til given the management of the large Efird Department Store here a number of years ago, and since then has made a proud record of achieve ment and was held in the highest es teem by the public and the heads of his large firm. He was a director ot the National Bank here a few years ago, and prominent in social and fi nancial circles. Mr. P. T. Reinhardt was born Sep tember 21, 1885, being nearly forty three years of age. He was unmai ried. He is survived by his parents, >lr. and Mrs. J. K. Reinhardt, one brother, R. L. Reinhardt, of Forest City, one sister, Mrs. B. H. Long, of Chimney Rock. His mother was twice married, first becoming the 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. Mc- Daniel, York, S. C., and J. C. Burge, also of York, S. C. Funeral services will be held at the residence of his parents at 3 o'clock this afternoon (Thursday). All stores in Forest City will be closed in re spect of Mr. Reinhardt. LEAGE OF WOMEN VOTERS TO MEET FRIDAY The League of Women Voters will meet in the high school auditorium Friday afternoon, Feb. 24, at 3:30. A musical program will be given by the Music Club. Mrs. Howes is chairman of this club. Everybody cordially invited. FOREST CITY COURIER WOHANS: CLUB Division One, Literary Dept. Meets Division No. 1, Literary Dept., of the Woman's Club delightfully en tertained on the afternoon and eve ning of Feb. 14th. The committee in charge were Mrs. Barber, Mrs. A. C. Duncan and Mrs. C. Z. Flack. They were assisted in i-eceiving by Mrs. C. H. Verner, chairman of the division. This committee efficiently planned j ; and presented a most charming ;1 Valentine party for the benefit of J the club, at which seven tables of hearts, rook and bridge, according to choice, were played during the af ternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock. In the evening, between 8 and 11, ten tables were at play when the, member's husbands were also guests, j i The tables were numbered by attrac tive hand-made hearts of red. Miss Ruth Mears and Mrs. Joseph Womble added much to the enjoyment of the evening with music—saxophone and piano. Delicious chicken salad with crack ers, hot punch and red and white mints were served. ' Approximately seventy guests, a ; number from Caroleen, Henrietta | and Lake Lure, were present to enjoy [the hospitality of the committee and 'club. [' ! —— !, BIRTHDAY PARTY J ' j. . Little Miss Catherine King enter ; tained eighteen of her little friends !on Monday afternoon in celebration ( of her fifth birthday. Many delight- v , ful games were played, also a "pea-|' nut hunt" was enjoyed. Helen Cald well winning the girls prize, and David Gillespie the boys prize— Pink and white ice cream and Angel Food cake, and Geo Washington bas kets of mints were served. j ' HENRIETTA NEWS ! i } I™ , 1 Henrietta, Feb. 21. —The regular) ! meeting of the parent-teachers as-j j sociation was held Thursday after- > | noon. A splendid program was j I given in celebration of Founders! jday. | | A "tacky" party was given by the! !P. T. A. at the Welfare house Sat urday night. Numerous games and I contests enlivened the evening. A small admission was charged and popcorn, hot dogs, and peanuts were sold and a sum was realized. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Smart won the tacky" prize while several others | deserved honorable mention. | The Jr. O. U. A. M. No. 61 cele j brated the twenty-ninth anniversary j last Friday night. Ladies were in vited. A number of fine speeches were made and refreshments served. Hamilton-Neal Wedding Of interest to a wide circle of | . friends here and elsewhere was the j marriage last week of Miss Lula Mae j Neal and Mr. Jess Hamilton. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Neal. She is a graduate i of Cliffside high school class of '26 i and has been a student nurse at the 1 i Shelby hospital since last September, j Her attractive burnette type of j , j beauty combined with a charming ; personality won many friends. Mr. ; Hamilton whose home is in Concord, , j graduated at Wake Forest last June. [ jHe had studied with a view to enter ' i ing the ministry. He is now teach ing in Gaston county. Immediately after the ceremony the young people | left for a visit to the groom's moth jer at Concord. • Miss Mary Wilder who has been ill 1 at the home of her sister in Tennes- I see since Christmas, returned to .j Forest City, Sunday evening. Miss i ' Wilder is teacher of music in the s; schools of this township. We are de ' lighted to have her # back among us : once more. PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY FOREST CITY. NORTH CAROLINA FEBRUARY 23, 1928 at i i i P. T. REINHARDT MISS BOSTIC IS CITY'S SPONSOR AT HISTORIC BALL Beautiful Young Lady Imper sonates Mary Philipse at Kenilworth Inn Ball. Miss Dorothy Bostic, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Bostic, represen ted Forest City in the mammoth Costume Historic Bail at Kenilworth inn, Asheville, last night (Wednes day) when several hundred beautiful lassies from four states gathered there. Miss Bostic, Forest City's sponsor, ; represented Mary Philpise, the dame j of Philpise Tarven whom George J Washington made a desperate effort, to marry but was refused. She was a well-known figure and was fre quently called the queen of the evo lutionary period. The hat and lace of Miss Bostic's costume are decidedly rare and they speak character and individuality. The costume was designed and worn at the Braus Art Ball, a social func tion held in New York last year. The dress is of handsome taffeta in nile green and rose colors with trimmings |of gold lace and gold ribbon with bunches of rose and green hand pain ted roses on the skirt. The waist lis basque effect with hoop .skirt.. 'Sheer gold hose and gold slippers ! complete the costume. ; Miss Sara Scruggs, sponsor for \ Rutherfox-dton, was present and im- I personated the wife of General Grif ifith Rutherford, for whom Ruther ! ford county and Rutherfordton is named. Mrs. W. A. Hill, aged 24 years, died Wednesday, February 15, 'in Gastonia, and was buried the follow ing day in Bessemer City. Her death resulted from a complication of diseases. She is survived by her husband, Mr. W. A. Hill, who is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hill, of Forest City, and a brother of Mr. Carl Hill. REV. G. W. WHITESIDES, JR., KILLED IN TEXAS Rutherfordton, Feb. 21. Word was received here Monday by Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Whitesides, that their son, Rev. G. W. Whitesides, -Jr., had been injured in an auto acci dent in West Texas. Another mes sage followed shortly, stating that he had died as a result of his injuries. No details were given as to the cause of the accident, or the time of the death. OLDER BOYS' CONFERENCE OFFICERS ARE ELECTED A meeting: was held in Forest City Tuesday evening to make plans for the Fourth Rutherford County older Boys' Conference. Officers for this conference were elected, as follows: President, Char les Z. Flack; vice-president, B. B. Wilson; B. L. Smith; treasurer, G. B. Howard; recording I secretary, F. E. Hall. The commit tees will be selected by the President i later. The conference will be held 'at the First Baptist church here, on March 30 and 31 and April 1. Victim of Auto Wreck MRS. W. A. HILL DEAD SUNDAY SCHOOL i TRAINING SCHOOL : AT ALEXANDER Methodists to Give Annual Standard Training Course j March 11-16. —————— Alexander Mills, Feb. 21. The! Rutherford county Standard Train-! ing school which will be held here March 11 to 16 promises to be even better and with a larger en rollment than any previous schools, j according to Sunday school au-1 thorities of the Methodist church. I The school is conducted by the i Sunday school board of the Meth-! odist church for training of Sun-' day school leaders, and for all that j may desire better preparation for I service in the church. Tli? young people as well as the ■ adults are urged to register for this j training course. It is said that no ; one is too young or too old for the j school. Any one from any other j denomination is cordially invited to j take the course also. Some of the best trained ministers j and teachers in the Methodist church , have been recruited as teachers for j this course. All attending regularly and doing j , the work assigned them will receive a certificate of credit, and twelve jof these units of credit will secure | a Sunday school diploma. I ; I AVONDALE NEWS l ( [ ! Avondale, Feb. 21.—Miss Alice Ed-j j wards spent the week-end in Cliff-j [side and Shelby. ! Miss Lila Freeman spent the week end with her parents in Shelby. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Layne motor- ; ed to Spartanburg Sunday after- j non. Mrs. J. B. Watkins spent one af- j ternoon last week in Spartanburg shopping. Miss Beamor Thomas is improving after several days of illness. * MR. OSCAR J. MOONEYHAM TO PRACTICE LAW HERE j j Henrietta, Feb. 21.- —-Mr. Oscar J. \ Mooneyham was one of the success-! ful applicants to appear before the j Supreme Oourt recently and take, the examination to practice law in North Carolina. He appeared before j iJudge P. A. McElroy in Rutherford-! 1 ton last Friday and was sworn in as j 'a member of the Rutherford county; ! Bar. Mr. Moc'neyham is a native of ' Alabama and was bom and reared 'near Clio, Ala., and represented Bar bour County, Ala., in the State leg islature being elected in 11)2.5 and served until 1927. He studied pharmacy at the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute and at ' Colorado College, at Colorado brings ; Colorado. At a later date he at tended the Southern University where he specialized in chemistry and law. I He established the Mooneyham Drug Co-, at Clio, Ala., after leaving j college and still owns that store. He is at present employed by the Henrietta Mills Company in the Hen rietta Mills Drug department. ; Mr. Mooneylfim has established law offices at Henrietta and at For est City and will soon be devoting 'all of his time to the practice of 1 law. I FOREST CITY CHAMPS TO MEET ASHEVILLE TONIGHT At a meeting of coaches and heads of schools winning group j championships Tuesday evening ! further plans for playing the State elimination basketball series weie made. Forest City High, champs of group seven, will play the Asheville high at Central High school, Ashe ville tonight (Thursday). At the ; ! same time Charlotte and Mt. Ullah will battle at Davidson for honors. Should Forest City win from Ashe ville tonight they will meet the win ner of the Charlotte-Mt. Ullah game . at Gastonia Saturday night. ; ! In case the Golden Tornado comes : out victorious Saturday evening .their next game will be at Spencer on Feb ruary 28. Assuming that they win I there the next two games for eham t pionship of the west will be placed in Salisbuy. Choir Singer Wins Fame tl I j ! j i j uilllP 11 | Photo shows Grace Moore as she appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House, where she made her debut In Grand Opera as Mimi in Puccini's "La Boheme." Miss Moore rose to her present fame from a choir singer in Jellicoe, Teno. F. 0. GARREN DIES AT CAROLEEN j Succumbs to Dreaded Tuber culosis—Other Late News From Caroleen. (Special to The Courier.) Caroleen, Feb. 21. —Mr. F. O. | Garren, who has been in ill health i for several years, died at his home > here Sunday night at 1) :55 o'clock. His death was not unexpected, as his condition has been hopeless for j sometime, suffering with tubercu- I losis. With patience and courage ! he bore his afflictions until the end. Mr. Garren was 42 years, 10 months |and 4 days old. He was married to ; Miss Lula Webb, who, with four sis | ters and two brothers survive. The j sisters are Mrs. C. J. Robertson, Mrs. jC. F. Robbins, and Mrs. M. E. Mel ton, of this place, Mrs. B. E. Jones, jof Hendersonville, and Mr. D. N. Garren, of this place, and L. B. . Garren, of Winston-Salem, N. C. The funeral services of the deceas ed were held Tuesday afternoon • at ;2:00 o'clock at the Caroleen Meth- I odist church, Rev. Price, pastor of «the church and Rev. Helms, pastor i of the Methodist Protestant, eonduct ied the services. Interment was |at Oak Grove cemetery, where a large crowd of sorrowing friends and 'relatives attended the funeral. Intermediate B. Y. P. U. Social An occasion which was greatly en joyed by everyone present was a • valentine social given last Thursday evening at the close of prayer meet (ing by the Intermediate B. Y. P. U. ! The dining hall of the church in |which it was given, was attractively arranged for the occasion, valentine ' suggestions being carried out in the decorations and games. The party i boarded the "Ship of Faith" at 8 o'clock and set sail for a trip around the world. Passing many countries designated by posters, the : travelers soon were completely lost 'in the dark. They found themselves in Egypt. They journeyed out on the sea of Galilee where a fish pond was arranged; fishing poles were produced and the fish hat! a biblical question written on one side and the side was glued to some article. The fishermen were required to answer these questions or throw the fish Faith consists of three things, knowl ! and shooting at the center of a big heart furnished interesting amuse ment for an hour. Heart shaped place cards were presented to each j one, on which were written two comi cal sentences, in form of questions and answers, partners being found |in this way. They then marched j around by an ancient well, repre senting the well of Jacob, and here were served lemonade and then ; found their places at tables where delicious fruit salad and cake was served. Rev. R. N. Childress, the pastor made a short talk, presenting !' Jesus as bridegroom of the church, i The department having two recent . brides, wedding gifts were brought to be presented during the program. Neither being present they were left ■ in car of Mr. B. M. Melton, superin tendent of the department. Prof. A. ;; C. Lovelace presented them in a 'laughable manner. White hearts - with red handpainted arrows point i ing each one to Sunday school every - Sunday in 11)28, and also bearing a 1 scriptural quotation was presentee 1 each one as souvenirs. The occasion 16 Pages 96 COLUMNS SI.OO Per Year in Advance FUNERAL OF MRS ROBERT MAGNESS HELD FRIDAY Beloved Oak Grove Woman Succumbs to Lingering Ill ness Thursday. Bostic, R-3, Feb. 20.—Mrs. Robert L. Magness, aged forty, died at the Rutherford Hospital Thursday, after being a patient at that institution for about ten days. She had been in ill health about a year, which finally necessitated her removal to the hos pital, where her death occurred. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Oak Grove Methodisi church with Rev. W. R. Ware, D. D., in charge, assisted by Rev. J. E. ' Hipps and Rev. M. F. Moores. Inter ment was in Oak Grove Cemetery. She is survived by one daughter, j six years, at home and her hus , band. Her father, Shaw Randall. I and three brothers, Rev. Buford I Randall, of Princeton, W. Va., and j Willard and Hubert Randall, of Rock ! Hill, S. C., also survive. Two sis jters, of Brevard, survive. Pall ( bearers were brothers of Mr. and i Mrs. Magness and were as folows: jMssrs. Willard, Hubert and Rev. Bu | ford Randall, William, Clifford and | Ernest Magness. ; Mrs. Magness was one of the best i! known ladies of the Oak Grove com : munity. For a number of years she | had been superintendent of the Oak ; Grove Methodist Sunday School, the i only woman in the Marion district |to hold such a position for many i years. She was a consecrated Chris tian and a consistent member of Oak Grove church. She regarded her church work very highly and gave much of her time to it. The large attendence at the funeral and the many beautiful floral offerings was ; proof of the love and esteem in ! which she was held. 1 HENDERSONVILLE CLUB PLAYS SPINDALE SATURDAY j The Spindale Athletic Club will meet the Hendersonville City Ath letic Club in what promises \to be ' ono of the best cage games played at the Spindale House on Saturday evening, at H o'clock. Henderson ville has played a total of seventeen games, losing only two of them this ( 'season. The Spindale players have ' been keeping in trim, although no games have been played in nearly two weeks, on account of the State elimination series, and a red Hot game is expected to result aftfrr ■ their enforced idleness. i MEETING AT ALEXANDER k # ' ; A protracted meeing began at the f 1 M. E. church at Alexander Tuesday night at 7:30, conducted by the pas ) ; tor, Rev. T. C. Jordon. He will be t ' High Point. The meeting will con * itinue for about ten days. The public * !is cordially invited. 1 i 2 j was voted by everyone present as 1 ' beinu' most enjoyable. 2 Rev. R. N. Childress delivered a i very fine sermon to his eongrega rjtion here Sunday evening, the sub l'ject of his text was Faith, found in - Hebrew 11 —"Faith," he quoted, "is : j the evidence of things not seen." - j the substance of things hoped for, Ijback. This, with a fortune wheel i [edge, belief and trust. A few fine - examples of faith were brought to ? mind, great characters of the Bible, 1 'such as Noah, Moses, and others, who ! I had wonderful faith in God. -1 Miss Othello Ferree left last week J for Charlotte where she groes to ac i cept a position. Mrs. A. F. Mitchell, who has been 3, very sick for several days is able -1 to be out again. r j Mr. Jim Earley has resigned his .'position with the Henrietta Mills t 1 store, No. 2, at Caroleen to take ef t! feet Saturday, Feb. 27. He has ac • | cepted a position with the A. and t p. stores at Spartanburg, S. C. Mr. - and Mrs. Earley have many friends • here who are sorry to see them leave. ii Under the auspices of the P. 1- s A. a special picture will be shown - here Wednesday evening, Caroleen y i Hall, 7:30 "Moon of Irsael" is the a ' title of the picture. Everybody is d j urged to come out and help till tlu n house.
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