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VOL. X—No. 46.
FLOODED WATERCOURSES
CAUSE HEAVY DAMAGE
IN RUTHERFORD COUNTY
Considerable Damage to Crops, Highways, and
Bridges Caused as Rains Bring Streams
To 1916 Water Level
The heavy rains of last week re
sulted in several thousand dollars of
damages to the highways and bridg
es in the county, while the swol
len streams left in their wake consid
erable damage to crops and to land.
The streams reached the highest mark
since the freshet of 1916, and in
some places the water was above the
mark of 1916.
During the 1916 high water period
the streams remained at a high mark
for almost a week, while the freshet
of last week occurred and was at an
end almost within twenty-four hours.
For that i-eason the damage will not
be as great as that of 1916. Several
small bridges on country highways
were swept away, and some were
damaged. None of the bridges on any
of the principal highways were dam
aged to any extent.
Lake Lure Dam Threatened
The people of Rutherford county
have been alarmed time after
during the past week with wild rum
ors that the gigantic Lake Lure dam
was breaking and that a large por
tion of the county was about to be
flooded, all of which were unfound
ed.
The heavy rains of last week caus
ed unusual pressure on the giartt
structure, and the dirt at the west
end of the dam partly gave away. One
of the flood gates was opened, which
allowed much of the water to escape,
relieving the pressure. Several crews
of workmen have been engaged there
since last Thursday in an attempt to
fill in the cut made at the end of the
dam by the water.
By Sunday much of the water had
been drained from the lake, and all
danger of the dam giving away was
thought passed.
According to engineers on the
scene there is little likelihood of the
great dam itself breaking. It was
so constructed, as to withstand al
most twice as much pressure as it
will ever be called upon to hold. The
trouble during the past week has not
been in the dam itself, but the dirt
retaining walls at the end of the dam.
The continued rains softened the dirt
to such extent that they offered little
resistance, and as a result the water
began to gradually seep through, cut
ting first a small trer.ch which later
widened, letting out a great volume
of water.
It is reported that more than 10,-
000 people braved the rough highway
to the lake Sunday to view the dam
age wrought by the freshet.
Roads Damaged
The roads in the Chimney Rock
valley are in bad condition. Route
Twenty was originally constructed
ten feet wide in order to allow traf
fic to move over the same road dur
ing construction. After the comple
tion of the first half of hard surface,
traffic was switched to the concrete
and construction work on the remain
ing ten feet went forward. Due to
this method of construction a seam
was left in the center of the high
way. At many places, especially on
the curves, the highway has been
undermined and half of the concrete
swept away, leaving a one-way road.
This is especially true of the road
from Lake Lure to Bat Cave. Land
slides have also blocked the road
at several points. No estimate of the
damage to the highways and proper
ty of that community is yet available,
but it is expected to run into thous
and's of dollars.
At Bat Cave several buildings
were flooded by the high water, and
some of the houses were swept from
their foundations by the receding
waters. The building housing the
postoffice and a store was moved pos
sibly a hundred feet from its original
position.
Crops Partially Ruined
Broad valley; extending
through the townships of Chimney
Rock, Green Hill, Union, Sulphur
Springs and a part of High Shoals,
suffered heavy damages to growing
crops. Practically all bottom corn
FOREST CITY COURIER
CONTRACT LET FOR
BUILDING NEW WING
TO LAKE LURE DAM
Geer-Wilson Construction Co.,
To Build New- Concrete-
Extension to Mammoth
Dam
Lake Lure, Aug. 22. —After an
other slide Monday night most of the
earthen embankment which has been
holding back the waters of Lake
Lure was gone Tuesday at noon, but
the water had not gone out. Work
men are busy piling earth behind the
embankment to strengthen it. There
is little apprehension about the dam
itself, since the water has been low
ered-about sixteen feet.
Announcement has been made by
the officials of Chimney Rock Moun
tains, Inc., that contract was let to
Geer-Wilson Construction company
to extend the concrete wing which
now projects eastward at the north
end of the Lake Lure dam, about 50
to 100 feet eastward. The exten
sion will be a 30-foot concrete wall
and will project into the Mountain
east of the dam. This will prevent
the dam giving away in the future,
as it will hold back the earth at
the north end.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Chan
ey, August 13, a fine boy. W. P., Jr.
Mr. Chaney is the popular and effici
ent manager of the local A. & P.
Store.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Prof. F. A. Brown, principal of
Mt. Pleasant school, recently under
went an operation for appendicitis
and is recuperating nicely. His place
is being filled by Mr. Wade Matheny
during his confinement to the hos
pital.
THE BEAUTY CONTEST
In order to have a chance in .the
national beauty contest, we must have
the .co-operation of our local girls.
We want "Miss Forest City" to be
a winner. Read the rules, girls, and
register.
along the course has been damaged,
although the damage is not expected
to be as great as that caused by high
water in 1916.
Due to the quick receding of the
water courses very few of the bridges
were damaged.
Second Broad River, near Forest
City, caused! some damage to crops
when the water reached the 1916
high water mark late Thursday.
Route Twenty highway, from Forest
City to Shelby was blocked at Puzzle
Creek bridge by impounded water
from the river. The highway was clos
ed to traffice Thursday and part of
Friday on account of the water. In
some places it was eight feet over the
highway.
Traffic officer Garrett Edwards
deserves mention for the excellent
work which he did Wednesday night.
The water began rising late Wednes
day afternoon and from that time un
til the water reached such depth as
to prevent passage Mr. Edwards was
on the job directing traffic over the
water-covered road. This necessitated
Mr. Edwards wading through the
water to guide the traffic. He re
mained on the job until the water
reached such height as to block the
highway.
No estimate of the damage done
by the overflow of Second Broad Riv
er has been made. The principal dam
age was to crops growing on the bot
tom lands, which were completely
ruined in some sections along the riv
er.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
SON BORN
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1928
REGISTRATION OF
SCHOOL CHILDREN
The last years' seventh grade from
Alexander, Bostic, Forest City, and
Mt. Pleasant grammar schools are
requested to meet in the High School
Auditorium for classification Friday,
August 24, at 10 a. m. Also any new
high school pupils in the Township in
the other grades are requested to
be present.
The first grade or beginners in
Forest City and any other new gram
mar grade pupils are requested to
meet at the Forest City Grammer
school for classification.
Beginners who become six years
old by November 1, may register
next Friday. If possible we will take
care of this number but if we have
more than we can take care of, the
age limit will have to be put back
to October 1.
FUNERAL SERVICE
TUESDAY FOR MRS.
H. L. (HOSTELLER
Well Known Woman Dies at
Home Near Cliffside Mon
day at Age of 66 Years
Cliffside, Aug. 22.—Mrs. H. L.
Mosteller, aged 66 years, died at her
home just over the Cleveland county
line, near here, Monday.
Funeral services were held at the
home Tuesday. Rev. D. H. Reinhardt,
pastor of the Cliffside Methodist
church, was in charge of the serv
ice. Interment was in the Camp Creek
cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Mosteller is survived by one
brother, J. S. Harris, of Shelby. Sev
en children survive, as follows; Mrs.
J. G. Morris, Forest City; Mrs. Bez
ola Cobb, Hampton Roads, Va.; Quay
Mosteller, Gaffney, R-9; Fay, Nine
and Pettus Mosteller and Mrs. Selden
H. Stephens, of Mobile, Ala.
An unusually large number of
people attended the funeral services
and burial. The grave was entirely
covered with loads of beautiful flow
ers, carried by Mrs. J. P. Harris, Mrs.
Rush McGraw, Mrs. John Hamrick,
Mrs. Ann Cooper and Misses Sue
Harmon and Ethel Kirby.
The pall bearers were T. McGraw,
William McGraw, Broadus McGin
nis, Talmadge Wood, C. Hames and
Charles Haney.
BIRTHDAY PRESENT
Dr. and Mrs. B. M. Jarrett, of
Shelby, are receiving congratulations
upon the arrival Monday morning of
a little daughter. Monday was also
Dr. Jarrett's birthday.
LAKE LURE WORK NOT
STOPPED BY LACK FUNDS
C. A. Mees of Charlotte, de
signer of Lake Lure dam, Mon
day night telegraphed the fol
lowing statement to The Char
lotte Observer:
"To avoid any possible mis
understanding which miglht
have arisen through the read
ing of news items emanating
from the site of the Lake Lure
dam, I wish to make the fol
lowing statement:
"No emergency work look
ing to the immediate restora
tion of the earth end of the
dam has been handicapped by
lack of funds and no statement
to the effect that we were so
handicapped was made by me.
Everything that could possibly
be done towards checking the
flood has been done and every
thing possible looking towards
making the structure safe will
continue to be done.
"It was further stated that
a concrete wall had sprung
leaks on Thursday, while as a
matter of fact there are no ev
idences of any leaks through
any masonry.
"I will appreciate it very
much if this statement is giv
en the same prominence that
was given the erroneous state
ment attributed to me."
Wedding Announced
SBI M
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MRS. J. CECIL GRICE
An announcement of much interest
in North and South Carolina is that
of the marriage of Miss Leona Wilkie
to Mr. Cecil Griee of Asheville, which
took place in the First Presbyterian
manse at Charlotte on February
eighteenth. The bride is the youngest
daughter of Mrs. Dora F. Wilkie and
the late Cyrus A. Wilkie, of Forest
City. She received her education at
Columbia College.
Mr. Grice is the son of Rev. and
Mrs. J. B. Grice of West Asheville,
and is a popular and efficient engi
neer with the State Highway depart
ment. He is now located at Saluda,
N. C., where the young couple will
make their home after September
first.
COUNTY CLUB
MET TUESDAY IN
RUTHERFORDTON
Small Number Present Hears
Fine Addresses on Agricul
tural Work in County
Rutherfordton, Aug. 22. The
August meeting of the Rutherford
County Club, held in the Baptist
church here, was attencfed by the
smallest number of members of any
previous meeting. The program was
one of the best that has been given
for sometime and those absent miss
ed an inspiring program. The large
number absent was attributed to bad
roads in some communities, and also
due to the fact that the Forest City
Kiwanis club was entertaining the
Virginia motorcade at Forest City.
Mr. A. W. Farnum, of the Quaker
Oats Co., was present and spoke on
poultry raising and on commercial
hatcheries.
He was followed by D. H. Sutton,
who gave an outline of the work of
the Cool Springs Agricultural de
partment. Mr. Sutton, who is teacher
■of the vocational agriculture, quot
ed many interesting figures in refer
ence to his work. He stated that this
district is rated first among the five
vocational agricultural districts in
the state, and that the Cool Springs
department received 1399 points on
a check-up by the state department.
This was 149 points above standard.
He also spoke of the honors that
had come to the students of his class
and of the cooperation of the class
with other agencies in the county.
Mr. Sutton was followed by Prof.
A. B. Bushong, teacher of vocational
agriculture in the Ellenboro school,
who related the benefit of the Ellen
boro department to the community.
He showed how the school was co
operating with the farmers of Col
fax township, and the part taken by
the vocational class in securing for
the community a hatchery and potato
curing house.
The dinner was served by che la
dies of the Baptist Church.
Immediately following the snner
some routine business was transact
ed and reports from committees were
given.
ARE OUR PREACHERS
IN POLITICS?
In view of the fact that
preachers, including some of our
great bishops, are being severely
criticised, and because of the
present situation, the" pastor of
the Methodist Church of Forest
City will endeavor to answer
the question, "Are Our Preach
ers In Polities?" next Sunday
night.
CITY ENTERTAINS
VIRGINIA GOOD
WILL TOURISTS
Motorcade Members Delighted
With Beautiful City and
Royal Reception
Tendered Them
Promptly at 12 o'clock Tuesday, a
number of cars, loaded with Forest
City Kiwanians, departed from this
city to meet and escort to our city
the motorcade of the Good Will
Tour of Southwestern Virginia, Inc.
The motorcade was met at Green
Hill, where members of the local Ki
wanis club boarded cars of the vis
itors in order to be with them and
point out interesting features of the
journey into Forest City.
The writer was surprised at the
first question asked, after he had
boarded a car containing four of the
Virginians, which was: "Are You for
A 1 Smith." Answering this question,
all four gentlemen declared their op
position to Smith and declared that
Virginia will go against Smith in the
November election. This circumstance
is related just as it occurred, with
out any comment on the part of the
writer.
The motorcade of 20 automobiles
and about 70 good-will tourists, es
corted by Rutherford county mount
ed police, arrived in Forest City
promptly at 1 o'clock and were escort
ed to Blanton's Hall, after all auto
mobiles had been parked around the
attractive little park, which caught
the eyes of the visitors and elicited
much favorable comment.
The banquet hall presented a beau
tiful and animated appearance as the
large throng was seated at the table.
Mr. Blanton is to be congratulated
upon the way he handled the lai'ge
crowd and upon the splendid menu.
The Forest City Courier had donated
menus printed on the back of the il
lustrated Forest City stationery. This
was another means of getting the
city's attractions before the visitors,
all of whom preserved the menus as
souvenirs of a pleasant stop in a
beautiful and progressive little city,
the smallest in which the motorcade
made a stop en tour. To honor the vis
itors, Mayor Flack had requested the
business men to display flags along
the square and had the square
thoroughly cleaned before their ar
rival. The visitors were loud in their
! praises of their royal reception in
j Forest City and enthusiastic over the
beautiful and business-like appear
ance of the city which last year gain
ed the distinction of being one of
ten best planned in the U. S. by Gov
ernment survey. All said they would
long remember Forest City and hoped
to again have the pleasure of another
visit to our hospitable and beautiful
little city.
Two verses of "America" was sung,
after which Dr. W. A. Ayers return
ed the blessing. The first part of the
program was in charge of the visi
tors. Mr. H. G. Bowen, leader of the
motorcade and secretary of S. W.
Va., Inc., was in charge, displaying
the same snap in handling the pro
gram as he had displayed as leader
of the motorcade.
One of the distinguished visitors
was Ex-Governor J'rinkle of Virginia,
who was introduced and made a very
short talk.
Mr. C. C. Lincoln, manufacturer of
Marion, Va., was presented with a
small chair made in North Carolina,
and made a few remarks, among
them stating that he takes the out
put of three North Carolina chair
factories.
The visitors were greeted by May
or Flack, who called upon Rev. G. R.
Gillespie to make the address of wel
come. Mr. Gillespie responded gal
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"WAYSIDE GANG"
MEMBERS ENJOY
BANQUET TUESDAY
Twenty-Nine Members of For
est City Club Present For
First Banquet
On Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock
'the "Wayside Gang" held their
monthly meeting in the new ancf
spacious dining room at Blanton's
| Cafe and was served with a sumptu
i ous dinner. This is the first time
, since the "gang" has been organized,
ithat they have had a banquet. There
; were twenty-nine present for the ban
quet and several members and visi-
I tors came in later. It was decided to
I hold all the meetings * and have a
| banquet in the dining room of Blan
| ton's Cafe, each month, in this way,
j bringing the members in closer touch
! with what the Wayside Gang stands
I for.
Mr. Harold C. Brown, of Charlotte,
the originator of the Wayside Gang
and Mr. Foster, of Huntersville, were
present on Tuesday evening and Mr.
Brown gave a splendid talk as usual.
He complimented the Forest City
gang on their activity, using as an
illustration the need of a wheel chair
for a cripple and shut-in who lives in
Maiden, and Mary Ellen, of New
Mexico who needed a typewriter and
how the club of Forest City respond
ed to the appeal by giving over fifty
percent of the amount needed to send
cheer to these two. The secretary
here received a lovely letter from the
boy to whom the wheel chair was
sent thanking all who gave toward
the fund and telling of how happy
he was when the chair arrived. These
are some of the things the "Wayside
Gang" stands for and does.
I Committees were appointed to vis
|it shut-ins, also reception and pub
licity committee.
; Miss Virginia and Howard Magness ,
were the stars of the evening and
gave two vocal duets which were wdll,
rendered and they were given a
hearty applause.
ALL-STAR TEXTILE TEAM
I With the season in the Carolina
Textile League drawing rapidly to a
close with Spindale and Marion slated
to play in the championship series,
Wallace Long, local baseball scribe
to-day announced 1 his All-Star Caro
lina Textile League team.
This team consists of four infield
ers, three outfielders, two catchers,
five pitchers and a utility mar-
Marion leads with six men on the
all-star team with Spindale second
with four. Forest City has three men
on the team while Cherryville . and
Lincolnton one each.
The team is as follows:
Deaton, lb, Spindale; Hawn, 2b,
Marion; Murray, 3b, Marion; Boggs,
ss, Cherryville; Colter, rf, Marion;
Scott, of Spindale, Milner, If, Mar
ion; Harrill, c, Forest City; Shehan,
c, Spindale; Brannon, p, Forest City;
Green, p, Marion; Collins, p,. Spin
dale; Benson, p, Lincolnton, Rumple,
p, Marion, and Moss, utility, Forest
City.
lantly and soon had the visitors in a
jolly mood and fully aware of the
cordiality of their welcome to Forest
City. He made a beautiful compari
son of the two states, closing with
the statement "we are one and stand
for the same things."
The response was by Editor Ed
Powell Chapman, of Roanoke, Va. He
complimented the good roadfe of our
state and paid tribute to Frank Page
and Henry Shirley as road builders.
He complimented the industrial inter
ests of our state and thrilled over the
wonderful W. N. C. scenery. He said,
"The eyes of the country are upon
North Carolina and Virginia is
watching and emulating your spirit
of progress."
Other short talks, songs, etc., com
pleted the first of the program.
Mrs. R. W. Minish gave a beautiful
musical selection, featuring Virginia
and Howard Magness, who were
[roundly applauded.
The visit of the Virginia good will
| tourists will go a long way in cement
ing the friendship of the sister states
and be a means of closer friendship
and more hearty co-operation in ad
vancement of the two states..