Forest City
the Business
Center of
the
County
VOL. XI— No. 27
KENTUCKY
MOTORCADE
IS DISBANDED
Illness of Leader at Charleston
Forces Cancellation of
Visit to Forest City
The Kentucky Motorcade, which
W as to have visited Forest City Sun
day, failed to arrive owing to the
sudden illness of their leader, Mayor
V. 0. Mclntyre, of Danville, Ky.,
w ho was compelled to leave the party
at Charleston and return hurriedly
to his home because of his indisposi
tion. When Mr. Mclntyre announced
Tiis intention of returning to his
home, the members of the motorcade
decided to disband as a body and
each member to then return singly
and on any particular route desired,
and therefore the Mayor notified
Charlotte, Kings Mountain and
Forest City that they would be un
able to carry out the original plan
of stopping in these places, as a body,
on their return trips.
Editor J. C. Alcock, of the Daily
Messenger, Danville, Ky., and Mr.
L. M. Hilliard, prominent young in
surance man of that city, arrived in
Forest City Saturday noon and were
entertained at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Alcock. In the afternoon
they were shown over Lake Lure and
paid a visit to Chimney Rock. Ar
riving at the rock, they found that
five other members of the motorcade
had registered there on that day.
Both gentlemen were loud in their
praises of Forest City, after having
been shown over the city, and also
stated that the Lake Lure-Chimney
Rock section was the most splendid
in scenic beauty of any point visited
while on their tour.
Mayor Mclntyre sent word by
these gentlemen conveying the sin
cere regrets of the entire company
that they were unable to visit Forest
City as a body, as orginally planned.
Forest City would have given the
visitors a royal welcome, and it is
deeply regretted that Mr. Mclntyre s
illness caused the disbandment of the
motorcade.
POPULAR COUPLE
TO WED SOON
Engagement and Approaching
Marriage of Miss Louise
Rose and Mr. Pink
Nanney Announced
Spindale, April 10. —Mrs. Lula
Rose entertained at her home on
Pleasant Street here Tuesday after
noon from 4 to 6 o'clock at a bridge
announcement party. The guests in
vited were Mesdames 0. G. Nanney,
Charles Rourke, E. V. Seitz, Jack
Harrill, Misses Lela Morris, Orrah
Lee Hill, Jennie and Elizabeth Davis,
Bernice Kanipe, Ethel Ebron, Mrs.
0. L. Ballard, of Charlotte, and Mrs.
Evelyn Chester, of Asheville. The
quests were shown to their places at
the tables. At each place was found
a beautiful place card representing
two in a cage. An appropriate
verse was found on each and on the
reverse were the initials C. L. R. and
P. D. N., which were those of Miss
Charlotte Louise Rose and Mr. P. D.
Xanney.
At the conclusion of the bridge
party refreshments consisting of
golden glow salad, cream cheese sal
ad, deviled ham, mints, pickles, olives
and Yale punch were served.
Miss Rose is the attractive and
talented daughter of Mrs. Lula Rose,
of Spindale, and widely known in the
county. She holds a responsible po
sition with the Spinners Processing
Company offices here. Mr. Nanny is
the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. M.
L. Nanney, and is connected with the
Gulf Refining Company, of Asheville.
The wedding will take place in
early June.
P. T. A. MEETING POSTPONED
The April meeting of the Forest
City Parent-Teachers Association,
scheduled to be held April 17, has
been postponed. No definite date has
been set for the meeting, and all in
terested are requested to watch The
Courier for further announcements.
FOREST CITY COURIER
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A special series of meetings will.
be held at the Main Street Methodist«
Church beginning Sunday evening, j
April 21st. The preaching will be]
done by the Rev. W. B. West, pastor j
of the First Methodist Church, of J
Hendersonville, N. C. Mr. West is one;
of the strong men of the Western |
North Carolina Conference* 4*nd it is»
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FOREST CITY KIWANIANS .
HEAR JAMES W. ATKINS
I President, Executive and Fi
j nance Ch&irman of Pied
mont Boy Scout Council
Speak Monday Night
i The meeting of the Kiwanis dub
Monday evening was devoted large
ly to the discussion of Boy Scout
work in Forest City. Through a mis
j understanding the finance commit
tee failed to function, and as a re
sult Forest City did not raise her
'quota of $325.00 on Boy Scout
Finance Day, March 29.
i The meeting was turned over to
Mr. R. E. Price, by president Charles
Flack. Mr. Price, who is county fi
nance chairman, introduced Mr.
James W. Atkins, of Gastonia, editor
of the Gastonia Daily Gazette, and
president of the Piedmont Council,
who spoke briefly on the work of the
scout movement in the five counties
of the council, and the importance of
carrying on this work. There
enrolled about 1400 boys in scout
troops in the council, stated Mr.
Atkins, but there should be five
thousand. Lack of adequate leader
ship has been one of the greatest ob
stacles. The matter of training the
boys of the present generation into
useful, law abiding citizens was forc
ibly demonstrated in Gastonia dur
ing the last few days, said Mr. At
kins. A situation exists there which
has been agitated by Communists, I.
W. W. and Russian Bolsheviks, said
the speaker, and such propaganda as
| put out by these extremists must be
combatted. No finer training school
to overcome this exists than the Boy
Scout organization, said he. He clos
!ed with an appeal to the Kiwanis
Club to get behind the canvass here
and back it to the limit.
Mr. J. Mack Holland, of Lincoln
ton, Council Finance Chairman, was
next introduced, and he told of the
method used in Lincoln county in
putting over the campaign there,
j Mr. R. M. Schiele, scout executive,
of Gastonia, spoke on the Boy Scout
work in the council in reference to
finances, and told how the money
was used. Of approximately $12,000
required to carry on the work of the
council, Gaston county donates SB,-
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY RUTHERFORD COUNTY
Will Conduct Revival At Methodist Church
■■C £ 1
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDA '§ »RIL 11, 1929
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, expected that his coming to Forest j
I City will prove a great blessing to .
| all those who will avail themselves of j
[the opportunity of hearing him. All
I are invited to'join inrthis contemplat
!ed effort for good, regardless of
! denominational affiliations, and ev
j erybody is assured of a cordial wel
jcome to all the services.
! 00G, or about two-thirds of the
'amount. Yet the remaining four coun
ities of the council are entitled to and
gets, the same attention and benefit
as does Gaston, said Mr. Schiele.
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i Mr. Clarence Griffin, County vice
i
» president, also spoke briefly.
■ i Mr. Terry Moore reported at the
: meeting that Alexander had raised
■ their quota.
" j The president announced that the
" meeting of the Club next Monday
night will be held at the school
building, in a joint meeting of the
Womans' Club.
> j A directors' meeting will be held
3 Thursday night at the City Hall, at
"! Bp. m., at which time several mat
• iters of importance will be discussed,
*' among them being the selection of a
' I committee to canvass the city for
»i scout funds.
5 ' The president announced the ad
; dition of the name of Mr. C. E. Al
cock to the Public Relations Com
mittee.
: Mr. Howard Doggett, who has been
• spending sometime in Florida and
; Cuba, has returned, and was present
" at Monday's meeting, where he was
' royally welcomed back into the
! | 'fold.'
PUBLIC LIBRARY
WILL OPEN TODAY
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' Beginning Next Week Library
j Will Open on Tuesdays and
Saturdays
Mrs. Carl Huntley, city librarian,
1 makes the following announcement
in reference to the new city li
brary :
"The City Public Library will be
open on Thursday afternoon April
11, from 3 to 6 o'clock and again
on Saturday afternoon the same
hours. Beginning next week, the
days will be Tuesdays and Saturdays,
hours 3 to 6. The new books have
not arrived but due to the generos
ity of the. public a sufficient num
ber of books have been donated to
justify starting without the new ones.
The public is cordially invited to
FIRST DAPTIST
SUNDAY SCHOOL
ENJOYS BANQUET
Contest in Sunday School
Brought to a Close Thurs
day Night With Din
ner at Church
On last Thursday evening at 7:30
o'clock, a most delightful occasion
was a banquet of the adult depart
ment of the First Baptist Sunday
school composed of T. E. L. class,
Young Matrons' class and Men's
Bible class. A contest had been on
for two months between the odd num-,
bered groups and even numbered:
groups as to which could make most
points of the six point system of a
Standard Sunday school. Odd num
bered groups had won. About nine
ty sat down to enjoy a meal which
was already on tables, consisting of
roast chicken, dressing and gravy,
baked country ham, green beans, po
tato salad, tea, rolls and coffee fol
lowed by ice cream and cake.
Mr. Eaks, superintendent of adult
department, was toastmaster and the
\ following made speeches: Mr. Turn
j er, 'Why We Should Have a Stand
ard Sunday School," in his own orig-
inal manner; Mrs. Ford, "How to
Have a Standard Sunday School,"
made a clear and convincing speech
as to how to have a Standard Sun
day School; Prof. Lovelace made
quite an interesting and practical
speech on, "Why We Attend Sunday
School*". -
I Miss Mary Harper sang two selec
tions. Mrs. F. Womble made quite
| a hit by a stunt she got off. Mrs.
Marks came in on the stage and sat
down to the piano and Mrs. Womble
came out as if to sing a solo, and
asked the audience how many of
tt.em*WeT heard her sing a solo. She
had a piece of sheet music in her
an 3. Sffe said you will not hear me
sing now; you must remember it is
April and walked off the stage.
A committee of two ladies from the
T. E. L. and Young Matrons' class
es and two men from the Bible class
had charge of getting up the ban
quet, serving, etc. We trust we will
have many more such occasions.
COOL SPRINGS
DEBATERS WIN
Affirmative Wins From Greens
Creek Here and Negative
Gets Decision Over Co
lumbus
By "winning both sides of the state
triangular debate the Cool Springs
High School won the Tight to go to
Chapel Hill to debate in the finals.
The Cool Springs School was one of
the thirty-four schools in the state to
win both sides out of approximately
two hundred high schools. The finals
will be-held at Chapel Hill, on April
18th and 19th.
The Forest City school was group
ed in a triangle with the Stearns High
School, of Columbus, and the Greens
Creek High School. Robert King and
Ruth Gillespie defended the affirm
ative against the negative of the
Greens Creek High "School at Forest
City. The judges of the contest were
Messrs.* F. S. Hall, of Avondale, W.
V. Tarlton, of Harris, and Curtis
Price of Gilkey.
Leona Hardin and Forest Hunt
defended the negative against the
Stearns High School at Columbus.
The judges for this contest were
Messrs. White of Saluda, and Bomar
of Tryon and Mrs. Flemmons, of Co
lumbus.
The subject debated by the high
school contestants for this year is,
Resolved, "That the United States
should join the World Court.
A sweet clover club has been organ
ized in Rutherford County with 30
farmers agreeing to grow a small
acreage this season. Limestone is
being used in tests of 1,000, 2,000
and 3,000 pounds to the acre to find
the best amount-
visit its new library on opening day
and every library day. It is your li
brary and we want you to feel at
home."
Differences Adjusted
At The Florence Mills
Employees Will Return to Work Thursday After
Three Days Idleness.
THE LATEST
Following a conference be-!j
tween the committee and the; n
Florence Mill management at c
3 o'clock Wednesday after-
noon, it was announced that j
differences were settled T
and the employees would re- (
turn to work in a body Thurs-'j
day morning. ||
The last meeting, to settle j
differences between the man-ji
agement and the employees, 1
was a most amicable one. it is n
said, and the committee ex
pressed themselves as being;
well pleased. The agreement of«
the company to grant {hree!
out of the four demands, as!
outlined below, was accepted j
by the committee, with the 1
promise that the employees
would return to work at 7 j
o'clock Thursday morning.
The meeting of the em-',
ployees* committee with the I
Florence Mill management!
was held at about 3 o'clock, in j
the office building, with Mr.
Hugh Little presiding.
Thus ends the differences at
the local plant, and its amic-j
able adjustment should have
a steadying influence over any
qnrest that might be in evi
dence at any other point in the
in the county. It shows good
judgment that the Florence".
Mill employees have settled j
j their differences without the j
j interference of any outside-tn-^
i f luence. j
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At a meeting of the strikers held j
Tuesday morning a committee was j
appointed to draft demands to be!
; presented to the mill officials,
j After being in conference with
[the mill officials nearly all day, the
i committee Tuesday night went to the
j strikers and getting the ones from
i the different departments to meet
separately stated that all their de
) mands, with the exception of the 20
! pet cent raise, had been granted and
I with only a few dissenting voices
• S considered the matter of going back
!to work in the morning.
j More than two thirds of the em
ployees were striking. The mill em
jploys "between eight hundred and a
! i thousand workers.
l ; No Communists
• j Although demanding a2O per cent
• 1 increase and the immediate dismis
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! sal of the company's "efficiency ex
-1 i pert," the strikers disclaimed any
r j connection whatsoever with the
''strike-instigating National Textile
' Workers Union.
Conducting their strike in an ord
erly fashion, minus any demonstra
-1 tions other than open-air mass meet
i ings at the "spring" behind the mill,
the workers drew up the set of four
demands, which they presented to
D. D. Little, the mill's secretary and
treasurer.
The list follows in full:
"1. We demand a 20 per cent raise
in wages.
| 2. We demand working conditions
as they were previous to the com
ing of Mr. J. C. McGarahan.
3. We demand that Mr. McGara
han be relieved of further duties at
this mill.
4. We demand that no person con
nected in any way with this strike
be discharged."
f The following letter, embodying
these demands, was presented to Mr. |
Little, as follows:
"We, the undersigned employes of
your mill, do address you with our
grievances, feeling that you will
treat us right and that you will see
the justice of our demands. Our re
lations with you and your officers
were most cordial until the advent
of Mr. McGarahan. We had a feel- '
ing of attachment for the mill and
it was all as of one family, but since
the coming of Mr. McGarahan the
situation has changed all together.
"Matters have gone from bad to
worse. The cutting of expenses and
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saving of money have been his only
lim, no matter how done or how un
justly, or how heavily it bore on the
nen and women. This has naturally
?aused a resentment and justly so.
We do not think you realize the ser
iousness of the situation and how
much damage Mr. "McGarahan will
eventually do you by his presence
here, although there may be a tem
porary apparent profit.
"We most earnestly ask you to get
rid of the services of Mr. McGara
han and meet a committee composed
of the following: C. E. Reese, T. W.
Lovelace, M. L. Lynch, J. D. Gun
ter, E. W. Heaton and H. C. Kiser,
who will present our grievances and
we trust that our past cordial rela
tions may be reinstated.
"We trust that you will see our
position in this matter and that our
demands are not unreasonable or
harsh in any way."
Hostile to Beal
Characterized by a manifest hos
tility against Fred Erwin Beal, sou
thern organizer for the National Tex
tile Workers' Union, and George
Pershing leagued with him in pro
moting the Loray mill strike at Gas
tonia as a communist worker, this
Forest City walkout presents a total
ly different situation from any other
mill disturbance in the Carolinas.
Lacking any leader, the strikers
issued the walkout order quietly
[Monday afternoon and at the change
'of shift Monday night the evening
| workers remained out, with the night
, force of about 50 weavers reporting
{for s«l«ty r -but--the.Jack of work to
| keep them busy provided them with
an enforced leisure.
Holding their first meeting Mon
day night, the strikers were address
ed by Dr. A. Duncan, physician
and surgeon here, who is grand drag
on of the Ku Klux Klan in this state.
iHis admonition to them was "to
! dodge the European radicals" and
jto avoid any connection with the
i Loray mill strike instigators, *1
The talk apparently paralleled
their own sentiment against "out
jsiders coming in here to tell us what
|to do," as some expressed it, and
individually and collectively the
strikers at their gathering here Tues
day morning assured all that they in-'
j tend to handle their own situation
i in a very orderly, business-like man
j ner, and without any intention of
(Organizing any union of any kind or
' stirring up dissention anywhere else.
"Ride Him on a Rail"
j Many maintained with decisiveness
i that "we'll run Beal and Pershing
, and that gang out of Forest City on
a rail .if they even show their face
I
here. We don't want to have any
• thing to do with that crowd. They
are a bunch of radicals, an un-Amer
ican crowd, and we don't want any
one to think that we are being in
fluenced in any way by those fel
lows. We know exactly what we are
doing here. You tell Beal and Persh
ing that we warn them not to set
foot here."
! The report previously had . been
circulated that an unnamed man and
two women in a Gastonia car had
visited this town for the expected
purpose of attempting to organize a
local of the National Textile Work
ers' union. The rumor declared also
that five men in a Gastonia car had
preceded them here last Saturday to
pave the way for them. The strikers
branded both these reports as false
in their entirety.
I Frank D. Grist, commissioner of
labor and printing of Raleigh, was
here Tuesday and twice to the
strikers. C. O. Ridings, attorney, and
Dr. Duncan, also spoke. The town
has been besieged by reporters Tues
day and Wednesday, there being rep
resentatives from the Raleigh, Char
lotte and Asheville papers here, as
well as a reporter from The New
York Times and the Christian Science
Monitor. When the newspaper men
first came to the city the strikers
mistook them for union organizers
and would have nothing to do with
them.