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VOL X—No. 28
* 'FOREST CITY, METROPOLIS
OF RUTHERFORD, ENTERING
BIG BUILDING PROGRAM
City Hall, Modern Theatre, Standard Fill
ing Station and Four Business
Houses to Go Up.
Fastest Growing Small City Getting
Good Start on 1928 Building Progress.
* ECLIPSE ALL FORMER YEARS' GROWTH
That Forest City is to enjoy an un
precedented building program is in
abated by the announcements fol
lowing thick and fast of new build
ings to go up in our fast growing
city.
First of the new buildings will no
doubt be the new modern theatre,
plans for which have been completed.
Worlyvill begin at an early date, ac
cording to announcement of the pro
n:qteps v of the enterprise. The npw
theatre is to be erected on the lot
between Carroll and Byers and The
Leader Stoi-e, on Main street, oppos
ite the park. The structure is to be
30x100 feet. Plans call for the very
best construction for a modern the
ater and moving picture house, with
an adequate stage, and seating ca
pacity of 800, including the balcony.
o.Two small storerooms will be on each
side of the main entrance. The build
ing iff* have steam heat and modern
ventilating system. When completed
will doubtless be the handsomest
and most complete and modern the
ater building in this section of the
state. It should prove a great draw
ing card, being located practically in
the center of a great and prosper
ous county. No expense will be spar
ed to make it up-to-date in every re-
spect and nothing but the very best
pictures and shows will be booked.
Messrs. B. B. Byers and J. E. Tay
»"lor, representing the Standard Oil
7 Co., announced yesterday morning
that they were completing arrange
ments for the erection of a Standard
Fitting Station on the lot corner of
and Yarboro streets. This is
be one of the high type stations,
. beautifully appointed and modern in
every respect.
Plans are being considered for the
erection of a handsome new home for
the Forest City Motor Co., to be lo
oted just above their present quar
.i-rters. This new business house will
likely be under way in a short time.
Upon completion it will prove a
handsome addition to that popular
section of the city.
•The owner of the lot located be
tween the Horn Motor Co., and the
Moss building is said to be contemp
lating the erection of a fine business
houge on her lot at an early date,
whUe Mr. C. E. Huntley is consid
ering plans for the erection of a new
business house on Cherry Mountain
street. He has just recently sold his
two business houses on Main street,
his present quarters and that of the
1 Moss Chevrolet Co., to Mr. Walter
H. Haynes.
Mr. T. R. Padgett has an archi
tect drawing plans for his new furni
ture store and funeral home, to be
greeted on his lot corner of Main and
Powell streets. It is his plan to build
a commodious and handsome struc
ture, to take care of his growing bus
iness. Mr. W. L. Horn intimated to
the writer some time ago that in the
k tvent Mr. Padgett built, he might
Build on his lot next to that of the
Padgett building, in which event this
whole square would be built in, pro
vided the owner carried out her in
tention of building between Mr.
Horn and the Moss building to the
East.
There are, according to the state
ment of a well known real estate
man, at least ten new residences un
der construction in Forest City now
and others under consideration. Lat
est of the new business houses to le
completed is the handsome Young
Service Station on West Main street.
Another new enterprise is the new
bakery, which is j'uSt getting under
way in the Morris Bakery building.
Mr. J. R. Parks, of Asheboro, has ar
t rived and will have active charge of
the baking. He is an expert and has
already gained fame for the cakes,
pies and rolls they are putting out.
In a few days their new dough brake
will be installed, after which they
FOREST CITY COURIER
GIVES CONCERT
OVER WWNC.
Spindale Quartet Receives Re
quests and Congratula
tions From Several
States.
Spindale, April 17. —The Spindale
quartet, composed of Messrs. G. B.
Howard, D. C. Cole, T. O. Hendrix
and J. W. Starnes, broadcasted a sac
red concert over Station WWNC,
Asheville, last Sunday afternoon
from 4 to 5 o'clock.
During the program many requests
were sent in for special songs and a
large number of congratulations
were received. A total of forty-seven
long distance calls were sent in,
while numerous telegrams were re
ceived. Telegrams were received
from Knoxville, Kingsport, and New
port, Tenn., Clinton, S. C., Mt. Holly,
Gastonia, Forest City, Spindale,
Rutherfordton, Tryon, Brevard, Can
ton, Wayesville, Hendersonville and
Mars Hill and a number of other
points.
YOUNG WOMAN DIES
AT RUTHERFORDTON
Mrs. Aubrey Dobbins Passes
After an Illness of One
Week.
Rutherfordton, April 17. Mrs.
Aubrey Dobbins, aged 25, died at
her home here Saturday. She appar
ently was in excellent health until
Monday morning, April 9, when she
was taken suddenly ill, her condition
growing worse until death came on
Saturday. 7
Funeral services were held Mon
lay morning at 10:00 o'clock at the
Rutherfordton Methodist church with
Rev. W. R. Ware assisted by Rev| W.
W. Cassady and Rev. T. C. Jordon,
in charge.
Mrs. Dobbins is survived only by
her husband. She was a native of
Memphis, Tenn. She was married to
Mr. Dobbins in January, 1923. She
joined the Rutherfordton Methodist
church about three weeks ago.
The Forest City Kiwanis club will
play their final volley ball game
against the Rutherfordton Kiwanis
club tonight (Thursday.) The game
will be held at the Spindale House,
Spindale. Admission will be 25
cents. School children will be ad
mitted for 10c.
Only 29 of 150 college girls inter
viewed said! they would marry Col
onel Lindbergh if they had the
chance. But who ever denied a wo
man the right to change her mind
when the chance came?
will place a full line of bread on the
market. This is a local enterprise
which is receiving hearty encourage
ment from the town and county, and
should prove a success from the be
ginning.
Another real estate deal, closed
last week, was that in which C. E.
''ock sold his residence on East
Main street to Mr. E. F. Jobe. All
indications point to an early revival
of activity in all real estate, which
was a little dull during the fall and
winter.
Forest\City is just beginning to
hit her stride" for 1928. Watch her
grow.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
VOLLEY BALL
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1928
Vilmaßanky's Smile Travels 1,000 Miles
The new telephotograph flashed Miss Vilma Banky's smile from Chi
cago to New York, where it was shown on the screen of the Embassy the
ater. Telephotograph motion pictures is the newest miracle of science, de
veloped by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in co-opera
tion with the United Artists Corporation.
DELIGHTFUL TEA
AT PRETTY HOME
OF MRS. PADGETT
One Hundred and Fifty Guests
Entertained by Charming
Hostess Tuesday Af
ternoon.
Mrs. T. R. Padgett entertained at
a delightful tea Tuesday afternoon,
from 4 to 6, in honor of her sisters,
Mrs. Morrison Jones, of Hazard, Ky.;
Mrs. Frank Masters, of St. Au
gustine, Fla., and her daughter, Mrs.
Nell Padgett Norris, of Augusta,
Ga., and Asheville, N. C. The spa
cious and eleguant home was beau
tiful in the spring attire of flowers
of the season, apple blossoms, blue
flags, wisteria and ferns, which were
artistically arranged throughout the
rooms, which were en suite. ,
The guests were greeted at the liv
ing room door by Mesdames C. A.
Petty and A. C. Duncan. From there
they were greeted at the drawing
room entrance by Mesdames Hague
Padgett and R. W. Minish, who in
troduced them to the i-eceiving line,
composed of Mesdames T. R. Padg
ett, Nell Padgett Norris, Frank Mas
ters, and Morrison Jones. From the
receiving line the guests wei*e greet
ed at the north entrance to the so
larium by Mrs. C. E. Alcock, who di
rected them to the register, which
was presided over by Mesdames.
John Carpenter and W. R. Harrill.
At the south entrance of the so
larium the guests were greeted by
Mesdames G. C. McDaniel and R.
R. Howes, who introduced them to
Mesdames J. H. Thomas and R. C.
Alexander? receiving at the south-end
of the drawing room. Mesdames A.
C. Finch and Arthur McDaniel re
ceived) the guests at the entrance to
the dining room. The dining room
was a veritable bower of spring
flowers. The table, with a hand
some lace cover and huge center
piece of wisteria, blue flags, apple
blossoms and ferns, and two hand
some brass candelabras, each hold
ing seven white tapers, was presid
ed over by Mrs. G. C. King, who
cut. ice cream, Mrs. R. R. Blanton,
who poured Russian tea, and Miss
Margaret Young, who assisted in en
tertaining the guests in the dining
room. 1
Mesdames Chas. Z. Flack and E.
0. Thomas bade the guests a re
luctant good-bye at the south en
trance to the library. The windows
of the entire lower floor of the
home were draped ill nile green, giv
ing a lovely spring-like background
to the flower decorations.
The color scheme of yellow and
" ""PTI was carried throughout the re
freshments, consisting of green and
yellow brick cream, individual cakes,
mints, Russian tea and salted al
monds. The young ladies serving
were Misses Lilah Padgett, Ethel
Moore, Ruth Dorsey, Dorothy Bos
tic, "Polly" Huggins and Mrs. Blan
ton Biggerstaff.
One hundred and fifty guests
called during the afternoon.
Call and see our new line of hats
in all the newest shapes, colors and
styles before buying. Mrs. A. C.
Jones.
MRS. S. A. MORRIS
SUCCUMBS TO
HEART TROUBLE
Funeral Services for Aged
Lady Held Friday Af
ternoon at Union
Mills.
Mrs. S. A. Morris, aged 67 years,
died at her home on Arlington
street here Thursday morning, April
12, at 7 o'clock, after two weeks ill
ness of heart trouble.
Funeral services were held at
Round Hill Baptist church, Union
Mils, Friday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock, with her pastor, Rev. W. A.
Ayers, in charge.
Mrs. Morris is survived by nine
children, as follows: H. C. Morris,
Belmont; W. F. Morris, Concord;
Mrs. R. E. Edwards, Gillcey; J. Gar
land Morris, New York; Roy R. Mor
ris, Forest City; Mrs. R. D. Austin
and Miss Eula Morris, of Winston-
Salem; Miss Jennie Morris, Forest
City, and Wv. Goi'don Morris, of
Marion. Eight grandchildren sur
vive, also two brothers Messrs. Wil
liam and Joe Allen, of Nealsville,
and one sister, Mrs. Ada Hoyle, of
Old Fort.
Mrs. Morris was born June 23,
1860. She married Mr. Z. V. Morris
who/died October 6, 1920. She
joined Bethel Baptist church
when quite a young girl. She later
moved her membership to the Round
Hill Baptist church, where she was
a member for fifteen years. Four
years ago she transferred her mem
bership to the First Baptist church
here when she moved to Forest City
with her family.
The huge floral offering was
borne by the following flower bear
ers: Misses Margaret Young, Ethel
Blanton, Leona Wilkie, Myrtle Wilk
erson, Mora Cagle, Mesdames, A. C.
Duncan, Mrs. J. E. Caldwell, A. C.
Allen, R. C. Nave and A. D. Mills.
Pallbearers were Messrs. Charles
Z. Flack, Chas. Whitlock, R. H.
Becton, H. G. Bailey, A. D. Mills
and Roy Horn.
REV. G. R. GILLESPIE TO
SHOW PICTURES FRIDAY
Rev. G. R. Gillespie will show pic
tures at the Cool Springs High
school, Friday evening, April 20, at
Bp. m. Admission 10 and 25c. All
school children 10c. These pictures
will be shown for the benefit of the
Woman's club. /
These pictures are ones taken by
Mr. Gillespie in Europe in 1928 when
he was elected by the U. S. Con
gress as a representative from N. C.
to Holy Land and Armenia. They
show pictures, of the Holy Land, of
all things sacred of the conditions in
Syria and those countries after the
World War, pictures of the Ar
menian children in the near East.
They are interesting and also edu
cational. There is also humorous
side to some of them. The Wo
man's club urges every one to come.
There will also be music by several
of our home artists which will be en
joyable.
Rev. John S. Wood is attending
the Scottish Rite ceremonies which
are being held in Charlotte this
week.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
INSTITUTE APRIL
29 AT SPINDALE
Rutherford ton Township Sun
day School to Hold Annual
Session at Spindale
Methodist Church.
Spindale, April 16. —The Sunday
schools of the Rutherfordton town
ship will meet next Sunday after
noon at 2:30 at the Spindale Meth
odist church for the annual township
meeting, preceding the county-wide
Sunday school convention. The in
stitute is interdenominational and
practically all of the schools in the
township is expected to have repre
sentatives present at the meeting.
The program for the institute fol-
lows:
2:30 song—Devotional, Mr.. J. H.
Hill. Song—Spindale quartet
-2:4s—The Sunday school organiz
ed to meet the needs of the children,
Miss Swannie Hester.
3:05 —Organizing and using the
young people in the /Sunday school,
Rev. E. B. Jenkins.
3:25 —Song Southern Baptist
choir. Recorder of Attendance, av
erage of attendance for first quar
ter this year.
3:30 How to reaeh and hold
adiults in the Sunday school, Prof.
Cnarles Er.vin.
3:50 One good feature of our
Sunday school, (three-minute ( tajk
by one representative from each
Sunday school; duet, Mrs. Twitty
and Mr. McFee.
4:15 Business period, time and
place for Township Institute.
4:3o—Adjourn.
MR. P. D. NANNEY
AGED 75, DEAD
Well Known Rutherford Coun
ty Citizen Passes at Home
of Son in Marion.
Mr. Pink D. Nanney, aged 75, died
at the home of his son, H. F. Nanney,
in Marion Monday morning at 1
o'clock, following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Nanney had been feeble for
more than 'a year and his death was
not unexpected. His condition had
been critical during the past few
weeks.
Funeral services were held at
Round Hill Baptist church Tuesday
morning at 11 o'clock with the pas
tor of the First Methodist church, of
Marion in charge, assisted by Rev.
D. J. Hunt and Rev. M. M*. Hunt
ley.
Mr. Nanney is survived by four
children, as follows: Mrs. M. L. Nan
ney, Spindale; Mrs. M. V. Jackson,
Cliff side; Mr. H. F. Nanney, of Ma
rion; Mrs. Hamrick, of Lattimore.
Two brothfrs, William and Cliing
Nanney, of Spindale and Union
Mills, respectively, survive. Mr.
Nanney's wife preceded him to tne
grave several months ago. Since the
death of his wife he had been mak
ing his home with his children He
was a native of Rutherford county
and until Mrs. Nanney's death resid
ed at Union Mills.
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* POULTRY CAR IN FOREST *
* CITY ON FRIDAY *
* Forest City's first poultry *
* car will be placed at the South- *
* ern Depot here Friday for load- *
* ing of poultry. The Ruther- *
* ford County Poultry Associa- *
* tion is responsible for this pro- *
* gressive move. For about two *
* years poultry cars have been *
* visiting Rutherfordton and El- *
* lenboro at regular intervals, *
* which have meant much to *
* the poultry raisers of the coun- *
* ty. The territory surrounding *
* Forest City has long felt the *
* need of a closer market than *
* Rutherfotdton and Ellenboro, *
* and through the efforts of the *
* Poultry Association this has *
* been made possible. See ad in *
* this issue for further details. *
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STATE BAPTIST
CAMPAIGN GETS
UNDER WAY HERE
Centennial Campaign Launch
ed Here at First Baptist
Church Tuesday
Evening.
Between two and two hundred
and fifty delegates from the various
churches of the Sandy Run Associa
tion met in the social hall of the
First Baptist Church of Forest City,
Tuesday night, *to celebrate the
North Carolina Baptist Centennial
Campaign. Mr. Padgett, of Shelby,
asked the blessing and the delegates
then enjoyed a nice lunch which had
been prepared by the ladies of the
First Baptist church. In the ab-
sence of Dr. Mercer, Dr. W t . C.
Mad dry, after lunch made quite an
interesting talk on the Centennial
Campaign. He went into the causes
and explained (fully how our col
leges and schools had gotten into
debt. Up until 1923 the convention
had raised easily considerably over
a million dollars a year for our va
rious institutions, but the slump of
1924 came and crippled all manner
of business and conventions receipts
fell off by half, thus leaving our
schools in bad shape.
Mars Hill, Boiling Springs, Buies-
Creek, and Wingate had started on
building programs with the expec
tations of good times continuing,
now found themselves in an em
barrassing condition. Wake Forest
had been compelled to have a new
building. Meredith College had
been absolutely compelled to change
locations and enter on a large build
ing program, bonds being issued to
build. The almost panic affected the
sales of these bonds. Dr. Maddrey
lucidly explained the seriousness of
the situation confronting all of the
named colleges and schools, and
showed how and why the Centennial
Campaign had been put on.
The keynote of his whole speech
was that Boiling Springs must,, be
made a junior college. The last Bap
tist State Convention says raise two
hundred thousand dollars to make a
junior college out of Boiling Springs,
which is owned by the two associa
tions, Kings Mountain and Sandy
Run. Sandy Run Association has
been asked to first pay forty thou
; sand dollars to pay the debt on Boil
i ing Springs and then Boiling
Springs will receive sixty per
cent and other colleges forty per
cent of amount collected. Dr. Mad
the life of our educational institu-
I
| tions. As a high school Boiling
drey showed that we are at a crisis in
Springs cannot survive, but would
have to go down under competition
of our state high schools. It must
be made a junior college, and this
can only be done except by the gen
erosity and selfdenial of the Bap
tists of Sandy Run Association. Our
colleges and schools are the bone
and sinew of our religious life, and
| other ninety percent of the preach
| ers in our churches have come from
[ our denominational schools and col
leges, over two thousand coming
from Wake Forest alone since its
formation and a'round thirty two
hundred from our combined schools
and colleges.
After Dr. Maddrey's talk, Mr.
Cantrell, who is on the State board
as an evangelist, made a very touch
ing talk. He stated he went to Boil
ing Springs school, having a wife and
two children, with one dollar and
twenty cents in his pocket. He re
mained there four years, getting his
diploma. He then went to Wake
Forest College with his wife and
three children, having thirty-three
dollars in money. He showed that
he could have gone to no otfher
school and received the education
as he did. He rose to great heights
in his talk, and made an impassion
ed plea for the people not to fall
down in this campaign.
Reports frqm the seven - groups
were called for, about ten thousand
dollars being subscribed. Very lit
tle work has been done yet. Anoth
er meeting is to h* held next Tues
day night at same place, First Bap
tist church, Forest City, at which
time it is believed the quotas of the
various churches will be raised. The
meeting was very enthusiastic and
harmonious. At the next meeting
Dr. Mercer will make the address.