SCARBOROUGH-WALL
REVIVAL BEGINS
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VOL. X—No. 41.
COUNTY WIDE REVIVAL
MEETING TO BEGIN
HERE SUNDAY NIGHT
Dr. Zeno Wall, of Shelby, to Have Charge During First
Four Days. Dr. L. R. Scarborough, of Fort
Worth, Texas, Coming July 26th.
The Scarborough-Wall revival op
ens at the First Baptist church here
Sunday night and will continue
until August 5. This series of meet
ings will be held for the Sandy Run
Baptist Association and for Ruther
ford county. The morning services,
be held from 9 to 10 o'clock, while
the evening services will begin at
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7:30. The song service will last about
thirty minutes after which the evan
gelist will bring the message of the
evening.
j. . ' Tabernacle Completed
Work has been completed on an
open air tabernacle on the grounds
of the First Baptist church, which
will seat approximately three thous
and people, with stands for the speak
er and choir. This tabernacle was
erected largely by volunteer la
bor. The lumber used was furnish
ed by the Davis Lumber Co., and the
Doggett Lumber Co., of Forest City.
The First Baptist church of Shelby
Joaned the association the seat ends
which they used last year when Dr.
Scarborough conducted a revival
meeting there. Every man who was
willing to give his time was request
\ ed to come to the church Monday
morning to help build the seats and
stands, the work being completed in
one day. Dinner for the men was pre
pared by the ladies of the church.
Dr. Wall to Preach
The meeting will open Sunday
night with a sermon by Rev. Zeno
Wall, pastor of the First Baptist
church, of Shelby. Dr. Wall is one of
North Carolina's outstanding Baptist
Winisters, and is a product of Ruth
- erford county. Dr. Wall will be in
charge of the meeting from its open
ing Sunday until Thursday, July 26.
On that date Dr. L. R. Scarborough,
president of the Southwestern Bap
tist Theological Seminary, of Fort
Worth, Texas, will arrive and will
take charge, conducting the meeting
to its conclusion August 5. The music
will be in charge of Prof. I. E. Rey
nolds, teacher of music in the Bap
tist Seminary of Fort Worth, during
entire meeting.
In order to allow their members
to attend this meeting in a body the
Alexander church decided not to
have any services in their church
next Sunday night and the Cliffside
r Baptist church is expected to close
also. Several other churches near
Forest City have indicated their
willingness to close Sunday nighti
More than 2,000 people are ex
pected to be present the first night.
Noted Evangelist
This revival is expected to be num
" bered among one of the greatest
evangelistic campaigns ever held in
the county. Dr. Scarborough is class
ed as one of the outstanding Baptist
evangelists in the South, and is a
deep thinker and theological student.
He has traveled abroad and has writ
ten a number of books. He was in
charge of the 75 Million Campaign
for the Southern Baptist Convention.
He and Dr. Wall are both speakers of
exceptional ability and charm and
will bring many great mesages while
they are in Forest City. Dr. Scar
borough, who'will be accompanied by
his wife and three children, will oc
cupy the furnished cottage of Dr. R.
R. Howes during his stay here.
Services Interdenominational
While the services are being ar
ranged by the Baptists of Sandy Run
Association and Rutherford county,
a cordial invitation is extended to all
members of other denominations of
Rutherford county and elsewhere to
join in with the Baptist workers and
assist in making the revival one of
the most outstanding" ever' held, and
one of lasting good to the churches
of the county at large. At the mid
week prayer service held at the First
Baptist church last week, resolutions,
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FOREST CITY COURIER
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
which will be found elsewhere in this
week's paper, were adopted inviting
members of churches of all denomi
nations to attend these meetings.
Cottage Prayer Meetings
In preparation of the coming evan
gelistic campaign a number of pray
er meetings are being held this week.
On Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
services were held at the following
places: At the home of Mrs. H. D.
Harrill with Dr. W. A. Ayers in
charge. Rev. C. C. Matheny had
charge of the services at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Hague Padgett. Mr.
T. T. Long was leader at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sanders, while
Mr. D. O. Brackett had charge of the
; prayer service at the home of Mrs.
'C. G. Hill.
| On Tuesday night at 7:30 the
prayer meetings were held at the fol
lowing homes: Mrs. A. T. Helton,
with Rev. Matheny in charge; Mrs.
A. H. McDaniel, with Dr. Ayers in
charge; Mr. J. C. Harrill, with Mr.
R. R. Blanton in charge; Mrs. V. T.
Davis, with Mr. Chas. Z. Flack in
charge.
On Wednesday night (tonight) ev
ery one is urged to go to the First
Baptist church, where a united pray
er service will be held.
On Thursday night united prayer
meetings will be held at the Alexand
er and Florence, Baptist churches,
while Friday night has been designat
ed as home night. Deacons, Sunday
school teachers and parents are re
quested to hold special prayer meet
ings in their homes, after which they
are asked to go out j among their
neighbors and hold aitfief prayer
service. jl)
UNCOLNTON TO
PLAY FOREST CITY
ALEXANDER HERE
First Game of Second Half of Car
olina Textile League Will
Be Played Here
Today
Lincolnton comes to Forest City
Thursday (today) tor the first game
in the second half of the Carolina
Textile League. Lincolnton claims
they have strengthened up, and are
going to win the second half. A real
ball game is expected.
The Forest City-Alexander team
finished in second place in the first
half, and have a much stronger team
now than they did then.
Morehead, hard hitting right field
er has added much strength to the
team. -*\
The fast Lenoir teWrf *wm be here
Tuesday for a game.
Pastor of Baptist Church
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FOREST CITY. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1928.
Noted Evangelist Will Conduct Revival Here
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DR. L. R. SCARBOROUGH
DR. T. E. BROWN TELLS WHAT
HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY
STATE VOCATIONAL DIVISION
Director of Vocational Educa
tion of State College Ad
dresses Rutherford
County Club
Spindale, July 18.—The July
meeting of the Rutherford County
Club was held here Tuesday at the
Spindale House. The dinner was serv
ed by the ladies of the Spindale Bap
tist church, and approximately forty
plates were served.
The blessing was asked by Rev. T.
C. Jordan. The president, R. E. Price,
presided and Ivy Cowan acted as sec
retary.
Reports were called for from the
committees immediately after the
dinner. The roads committee failed to
report, however Mr. Harris stated
that he understood that some work
on Route 19 would be done this year.
Favors County Engineer
Mr. S. E. Elmore reported for the
county government committee. He
said that the committee had investi
gated the county managerial and
county engineer systems of a num
ber of counties, and that in their
opinion it would be well for the
county to employ a county engineer.
Mr. Elmore read a letter from the
Buncombe county commissioners in
which they stated that the office of
county engineer of Buncombe saved
a large sum for the county annual
ly, in addition to paying his salary.
The committee was continued in ord
er that they might meet with the
county commissioners at a later date
and discuss the method with the view
of adoo'iag it Cor Rutherford coun
ty.
Endorses Marking Historic Spots
County Historian Clarence Griffin
called to the attention of the club the
historic spots of Rutherford county.
He urged the county club to join with
the Kiwanis clubs and iadies organi
zations of the county in sponsoring
a movement toward erecting markers
on these spots. A committee, compos
ed of Messrs. K. S. Tanner, J. C.
Cowan, Jr., and G. B. Howard was
appointed to work with other com
mittees and the county historian.
Supt. Clyde A. Erwin, in a few re
marks, called attention to Prof. D.
H. Sutton, who was recently select
ed as one of the five outstanding ag
ricultural teachers of the state, also
to one of his students, Norman Morg
an. Mr. Erwin spoke highly of the
work being done by Mr. Sutton in the
Cool Springs High school. Mr. Sutton
was then called upon to introduce
the principal speaker of the day. Dr.
T. E. Brown. He told of Mr. Brown's
work in the state and his splendid
qualifications for his occupation.
Among Mr. Brown's jobs, said Mr.
Sutton he is dean of Education at the
State College, Raleigh, and Director
of Vocational Education.
Pays Tribute to C. A. Erwin
Mr. Brown opened his address by
paying a glowing tribute to Prof.
Clyde A. Erwin. He said that, al
though he had never met Mr. Erwin
until Tuesday, those in charge of ed
ucational work in Raleigh consider
ed him one of the outstanding county
superintendents in the state. For
twenty-five minutes Mr. Brown cited
example after example of the won
derful work being performed by the
division of Vocational education,
home economics division, the trades
and industrial workers department
and rehabilitation division. He told
of the method of financing these de
partments and the work accomplished
by them. These various departments
are financed by state and Federal
funds. In the vocational educational
division these funds provide for ag
ricultural and home economics teach
ers in the state high schools. When
this work was taken over by the
state about ten years ago there were
twenty-one farm life schools in the
state with 300 agricultural students.
At the present the state is supporting
teachers of agriculture in 135
j schools, who teach 7,500 students. A
recent check up of these schools, said
Mr. Brown, reveals that for every dol
lar invested from public funds re
turns to the state, in added farm pro
ducts, $3.00. Another feature of the
department is the night classes be
ing conducted over the state by these
agricultural teachers in which more
than 2,000 farmers took part in last
year.
Home Economics Division
The progress of the home econom
ics division has been as equally great.
When this department came under
the present system of supervision
there were three schools in the state
with 100 home economics students
enrolled. There is today 205 schools
in North Carolina teaching home
economics to 9,500 students. The eve
ning clas&work of this division is
reaching five thousand mothers an
nually.
Rehabilitation Department
Another important department is
that of the rehabilitation division.
More than nine hundred crippled and
deformed civilians have been trained
in some useful occupation and given
employment during the last year,
while several thousand have been en
rolled in this department since its in
ception, and have been sent back to
society in conation to assume their
proportionate responsibility.
PRESIDENT OF FARMERS
BANK IS IMPROVING
Mr. C .M. Young, who was
elected president of the Farm
ers Bank & Trust Company, of
this place, on June 29, is rap
idly recovering from a stroke
of paralysis. Mr. Young was
stricken shortly after he was
elected president. According to
information given out today it
is expected that he will be able
to take up his new duties short
ly.
MISCELLANEOUS
SHOWER FRIDAY
FOR BRIDE-ELECT
Miss Clara Harrill Gives Par
ty Honoring Miss Bunnah
Jones, Bride-Elect
Miss Clara Harrill entertained at
a miscellaneous shower on Friday
morning at 10:30 honoring Miss Bun
j nah Jones, bride-elect, whose engage
i ment was announced in June to Mr.
J. Victor Ogburn, Smithfield, N. C.,
the wedding to take place in August.
The home was beautifully decorated
throughout in Queen Anne's lace and
shasta daisies. Eight tables of "Pro
gressive Hearts" were played. The
tables were arranged in the sitting
room and reception hall. Beautiful
place cards in the form of a bride car
rying a shower bouquet designated
each guests' place. In the center of
each table was a miniature brides
maid attired in yellow and carrying j
a shower bouquet of white obelia
flowers, made a very attractive dec
oration.
Mrs. P. D. Harrill, Sr., stood on
the porch greeting the guests. Those
receiving with Miss Harrill were Miss
Bunnah Jones, bride-elect, and Mrs.
Robert Hair, of Pineville. The brides
register was presided over by Misses
Hattie Jones and Kathrine Harrill.
The prize, a lovely Oriental in
cense burner, was given to Miss Ruth
Meares for making high score. A
dainty candy jar was given Mrs. A.
C. Jones for low score. After sever
al games were played the hostess
served a delectable frozen salad
course with accessories, carrying out
the color scheme of yellow and white. ]
The favors were yellow baskets, each
handle holding a daisy tied with
white ribbon, filled with salted nuts.
The guests were then given tele
gram blanks with Jones-Ogburn writ
ten at the top. Each one then used
each initial to start a word sending
to the bride-elect congratulations and
advice.
Miss Ruth Meares played several
piano sejeptions and as the strains of
the weddrag march sounded little
Miss Martha Jean Harrill dressed as
a bride, wearing a long white veil and
carrying a shower bouquet was
drawn into the living room in a lit
tle white wagon, by little Miss Mar- i
tha Green, niece of the bride-elect,
dressed in a dainty little yellow or
gandie frock, wended their way to
Opens Revival Sunday
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96 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
NORTH CAROLINA
SHERIFFS TO MEET
IN RUTHERFORDTON
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! State Convention of County
| Sheriffs Will Meet Aug
ust 14 - 16.
Rutherfordton, July 17. The
North Carolina Convention of Coun
ty Sheriffs will meet here August 14,
15 and 16. An excellent program has
been arranged for the three days
meeting and approximately eighty
representatives of laW and order
from as many counties are expected
to be present.
The meeting last year was held
at Wilmington, and it was through
the efforts of Sheriff W. C. Hardin
that this town wag selected as the
convention city this year.
The program follows:
August 14th
2:00 p. m. Meeting at court house,
at which time the address of welcome
will be delivered.
8:30 p. m. Address by Charles E.
Boger, Superintendent of Jackson
Training School. Subject: Co-opera
tion between the officials of the
State and the officials of the Train
ing School.
August 15th
9:00 a. m. Business meeting at
court house.
11:00 a. m. Automobile trip to
Lake Lure.
12 M. Address at Lake Lure by a
prominent speaker.
1:00 p. m. Barbecue at Lake Lure,
after which the balance of the eve
ning will be taken up with boat rid
ing, bathing and sight-seeing trips in
and about Lake Lure (Special rates
to visitors.)
8:00 p. m. Banquet at Iso-Thermal
Hotel by Kiwanis Club given in hon
or of visiting delegates. •
August 16th
9:30 a. m. Business meeting at
court house, after which motorcades
to Hendersonville, Asheville and
points of interest in the mountains.
COUNTY TAX RATE
IS $1.44 ON SIOO
VALUATION 1928-29
A Reduction of Two Cents on Gen
eral County Fund Rate—
Special Taxes About
Same
Rutherfordton, July 17.—The
budget estimate of Rutherford Coun
ty for 1928-29 was released here to
day.
The general county tax rate for
this year is $1.44 on the one hun
dred dollars property valuation, or
two cents less than last year. This
tax levy provides for the county gen
eral fund, poor, roads and bridges,
county debt service, and county-wide
six months school term. The total
budget requirements for this is
$728,759.52, which is larger than the
one year ago, but the
difference is more than offset by the
increase of revenue available from
ofher than tax levy. Only $396,866.-
89 of the above amount must be
raised by a tax levy, while last year
nearly $500,000.00 was raised by tax
levy.
In special subdivisions there is a
reduction of three cents on the one
hundred dollars valuation of proper
ty on the Charlotte-Asheville High
way bonds; an increase of two cents
on the Colfax Township road bonds
and a reduction of one-half cent on
the High Shoals Township roads
bonds.
The special school district taxes
remain about the same as 1927-28
figures. A slight reduction has been
made in some districts while an in
crease of a few cents have been
made in others*
Miss Dana McDaniel, of Charlotte
is spending some time here with- her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McDan
iel. Miss McDaniel is improving nice
ly from a recent operation, for ap
pendicitis.
Miss Jones, presenting her with many
beautiful gifts, which after opening
she gracefully thanked each one.