Forest City
the Business
Center of
the
County
VOL. XI —No. 29
WOMANSCLUB
IS ORGANIZED
AT HENRIETTA
Large Number Attend Dis
trict W. M. S. Special
Services at Methodist
Church.
Henrietta, April 24.—Among those
attending the Woman's Missionary
Conference at Winston-Salem last
week were Mrs. F. H. Price, Mrs. O.
j Mooneyham, Mrs. M. B. Mahaffee
and Mrs. S. J. Asbury, Jr. The Hen
v xietta auxiliary is especially proud
Jlfe 1 being one of the seven societies
the Western North Carolina Con
ference to receive the Woman's
Missionary Council Certificate for
one hundred per cent work in their
mission study for 1928.
At a call meeting of the Tuesday
Afternoon Book Club on Tuesday at
the home of Mrs. S. J. Asbury, Jr.,
plans for federating into a Woman's
Club werfe concluded. The officers of
the Club are Mrs. O. J. Mooneyham,
President; Mrs. Henry Jenkins, vice
president; Mrs. Frank Edwards, se?-'
retary and Mrs. J. F. Timmerman,
treasurer. The Club will be known as
the Community Woman's Club, the
members to be from the four towns
of Henrietta, Avondale, Caroleen
and Cliffside. Mrs. Robert Neal was
elected Club Parliamentarian. The
Program Committee is composed of
Mrs. Robert Neal, chairman, Mrs.
Buren Philips, Mrs. T. C. Lovelace,
and Mrs. F. O. Hand. By-laws and
Constitution committee: Mrs. S. J.
Asbury, Jr., chairman, Mrs. W. S.
Moore, Mrs. W. M. Lovelace and Mrs.
Walter Mahaffee. Active work will
begin with the regular Club year in
October.
Mrs. W. S. Moore spent Tuesday in
Shelby as the guest of friends.
{ Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Price spent
Wednesday in Monroe visiting rela
tives.
Special services will be held at the
Henrietta M. E. Church Sunday
morning At this time ten children
will be received into membership of
the church and the Junior Order are
invited as especial guests, by the pas
tor, Mr. F. H. Hand.
Mrs. J. J. Lindsay, of Spartanburg,
is the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Frank Edwards, in Caroleen, for sev-
eral days.
Mr. and Mrs. S. 5. Asbury, Jr., and
boys, Miss Virginia Poole and Mr. W.
Louie Smith spent the week end at
the Sam-Tom Cottage at Chestnut
Hill.
Dr. and Mrs. O. J. Mooneyham and
and family spent Sunday in Asheville
with relatives.
Mrs. Henry Putnam of Asheville,
was the guest of Mrs. W. S. Moore
on Monday.
Dr. and Mrs. T. C.' Lovelace an
nounce the birth of twin daughters
on Monday, April 23, Carolyn and
Mirilyn. Mirilyn died Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. Funeral services
were held at the home Tuesday af
ternoon at 5 o'clock, with Rev. F.
iH. Price in eharge. Interment was in
the High Shoals cemetery.
Big One Cent Sale
Begins Thursday
The Hall-Rudisill Drug Co., will be
gin their annual Rexall One Cent
Sale today (Thursday), which will
continue through to Saturday. This
is one of the biggest bargain events
in the history of the city. The sale
is backed by the Rexall people, the
local store being a link in the larg-
est chain of co-operatively operated
chain stores in the world. The Rex
all Store has the exclusive' sale for
all United Drug Company's trade
marked merchandise.
The plan of the Rexall One Cent
Sale is a sale where you buy an item
at the regular price, then another
item of the same kind at ont cent.
The system makes for tremendous
savings on every article purchased,
and ther is no limit—buy all you
Av ant, but only during the three days
°f the sale.
A large ad of the Hall-Rudisill
ftrug Company, appearing elsewhere
in this issue of The Courier will give
you full details and prices of a large
number of items on sale during »the
three days.
FOREST CITY COURIER
FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTD ? TIE-IN THE U. S. A." U.- S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY.
Engagement Announced j
l^l^p!SSSS?, '^f^P^'
n "v
Miss Louise Rose, daughter of
Mrs. Lula Rose, of Spindale, whose
engagement and approaching mar
riage to Mr. P. D. Nanney was an
nounced recently. The wedding will
take place in June. Mr. Nanney is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Nan
ney, of Spindale, and is connected
with the Gulf Refining Company, of
Asheville, ,
THE WOMANS CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
Mrs. Fred Webb Will Be Pres
ident 1929-30—Mrs. C. H.
Verner, First Vice
President
A general meeting of the Woman's •
Club was held last Thursday after- j
noon in the city hall for the purpose j
of electing officers. The following
names were submitted by the nomi- ,
noting committee as officers of the
Woman's Club for 1929-30 and
unanimously accepted:
Mrs. Fred Webb, president.
Mrs. C. H. Verner, first vice pres
ident.
Mrs. B. B. Doggett, second vice
president.
Mrs. G. C. McDaniel, recording
secretary.
Mrs. Hoyle Elliott, corresponding
secretary.
Mrs. C. E. Alcock, treasurer.
Mrs. D. H. Sutton, club reporter.
Miss Viola Randall, auditor.
Mrs. C. H. Verner was elected as
delegate to the State Convention to
be held in Charlotte, beginning April
30, with Mrs. Fred Webb as alter
nate. All ladies were urged to at
tend this convention if possible. A
rising vote of thanks was tendered
Mrs. Falvey, retiring president, for
her splendid leadership during the
past year.
ELLENBORO SCHOOL
CLOSES MAY 3-6
Dr. John F. Kirk, of Asheville, Will
Deliver Baccalaureate Sermon
Prof C. A. Erwin to Speak
I Ellenboro, April 22.—The com
mencement exercises of the Ellenbo
ro school will begin on Friday, May
3, and continue through Monday,
May 6, according to announcements
|of officials of the school.
! Dr. John F. Kirk, of Asheville,
will deliver the baccalaureate serm
on this year, while Superintendent
Clyde A. Erwin will deliver the an
nual literary address.
The program for the commence
ment exercises follows:
I Friday evening, May 3, beginning
at 8 o'clock, musical recital by mem
bers of the school.
J Saturday evening, May 4, operetta
by the grammar grades,
j Sunday morning, May 5, begin
ning at 11 o'clock Dr. John F. Kirk,
of Asheville, will preach the annual
baccalaureate sermon.
Class day exercises will be held
Monday morning at 10 o'clock, and
on Monday evening at 8 o'clock will
be given the graduation exercises.
The awarding of diplomas, and the
annual address by Superintendent
Clyde Erwin will also take place at
this time.
The Ellenboro scttool is closing one
of the finest sessions in its history.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FC 3 CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROL J m iURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929.
PUBLIC LIBRARY *
| RECEIVED 200 NEW
i BOOKS LAST WEEK
Interest Shown By Borrow
ed Books—Library Soli
citing Magazine Sub
scriptions.
Forest City's new Public Library
is progressing splendidly. Two hun
dred new books were received last
week and are ready for distribution.
Forty books were let out last week,
indicating the interest being shown in
the Library. There were no donations
this past week, however. All organ
izations that are desirous of giving
a subscription to a magazine are
asked to give Mrs. Carl Huntley the
money and the magazines will be
ordered. We wish to acknowledge a
subscription to the Etude by the
music club, one copy of which has
already been received.
Forest City Pupils Make Good
Showing in Typewriting Contest
Through a series of tests and j
drills the following students have won j
Bronze Medals and Certificate of j
Proficiency awarded by the Under
wood Company on 15 minute tests.
Bronze Medal Awards won by Ele-.
anor Meares 49.2 net words per min
ute, Virginia Mills 46, Joy Brackett
46, and Mary Hollifield 40 net words j
per minute. The Bronze Medal Emb-!
lem is awarded for a net speed of 40
to 49 words a minute for 15 minutes.
(Net words—after deducting 10
words for each error.)
Certificates of Proficiency won by j
Euzelia Scruggs 39 net words, Reba
Matheny 38, Jessie Blanton 37, Alice
Owens 31, Bruce Fortune 31, Pearl
Irvin 30, and Ruby Collins 30. The
Certificate of Proficiency is award
ed to any student attaining a net
rate of 30 or above net words for
15 minutes. We are hoping that sev
eral other students will win medals
and certificates witnin the next few
days as all of the students have not
taken the Underwood test for .this
month.
The following students won the
trip to Asheville Saturday to enter
the western district contest, making
a net average on a series of tests giv-
GOLDEN VALLEY
MAN DIED MONDAY
Mr. Samuel B. Biggerstaff
Passes at Age of 69—Fun
eral Tuesday
Bostic, R-4, April 24.—Mr. Sam
uel B. Biggerstaff, aged 69 years,
died at his home near Sunshine Mon
day after an illness of nearly a year.
During that period of time his health
had been failing, but was not con
sidered anything of a serious nature.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 from the
Golden Valley Northern Methodist
church. The services were in charge
of Rev. J. W. Culp, of Asheville. In
terment was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Biggerstaft was one of the
community's best known and most
highly respected citizens. He was a
prosperous farmer and took a prom
inent part in the activities of the
community. He was a member of the
Golden Valley Northern Methodist
church, and took a prominent part in
the church's work.
He is survived by his widow, two
children, Mr. Baxter Biggerstaff who
is postmaster at Bostic and Mrs. K.
N. Snipes, of Bostic. Two sisters,
Mrs. Jane McDaniel and Mrs. Kate
Powers, of Rutherfordton, survive.
i The pall bearers were Messrs. j
George Robertson, Joe Melton, Ed i
Early, Willie Melton, J. K. Robin-1
son, John Martin. The flower bearers j
were Mesdames Fay Hollifield,!
George Blair, W. Hollifield, Ralph 1
Harrill, Howard Hollifield, T. C. j
Howell, Erastus Smart, W. M. Mc-,
Keithan, Misses Buna Ferree and!
Ned Clemmer.
To Wed
Miss Marie Huntley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Huntley, who will
be married this morning to Mr. R. B.
Mcßrayer.
len as follows: Eleanor Meares 45,
Virginia Mills 43.3 and Joy Brackett
143, as second year students. First
year students: Reba Matheny 39.3,
Mary Hollifield 36, and, Alice Owens
32 net words per minute.
I Asheville led the speedsters Satur
day in individual and team average.
Individual writer making a record of
47 net words per minute, and team
average 45 net, but the Forest City
students gave them some close com- j
petition making the following rec
ord: Eleanor Meares 44 net words,
Virginia Mills 41, Reba Matheny 29,
Joy Brackett 29, Mary Hollifield 25,
and Alice Owens 13 net words per
miniifte for 15 minutes. It being per
missible to enter a first year student
in second year class would give us a
team average of 38 words per minute.
In comparing our team with the
winners in the southern piedmont
contest, which took place in Char
lotte Saturday, they stand as fol
lows:
Charlotte's individual winner 44
net words per minute. Statesville
made highest team average, 38 words
per minute. Charlotte's average was
36. Forest City's individual writer 44
net words, and team average 38 net
I words per minute.
FOREST CITY BOY
WEDS IN PHTSBORO
Wedding of Mr. Frank M. Big
gerstaff and Miss Carrie
Bland Guinn Announc
ed
Announcements were received here
this week reading as follows:
"Mrs. Murray Guinn announces
the marriage of her daughter, Carrie
Bland to Mr. Frank Malcolm Bigger
staff, on Friday, the twelfth of April,
1929, Pittsboro, N. C.
Mrs. Biggerstaff comes trom one
of Chatham county's most prominent
families, her father, now deceased,
was at one time one of the outstand
ing political leaders of his district,
and a business man of prominence.
Mrs. Biggerstaff has been teaching
school at Apex, N. C., for sometime.
Mr. Biggerstaff is the youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. (X B. Bigger
staff, of Forest City. He is a grad
uate of Duke University, and has
been principal of the Apex High
school for two years.
No Evening Service
at Baptist Church
All the members of the First Eap
tist church are urged to attend the
morning service next Sunday as there
will be no night service on account
of the revival at the Methodist
church.
The pastor's subject will be "As
surance of a Future Life." A cordial
invitation is extended the public.
Funeral For Gastonia
Crash Victim Tuesday
J. D. McCurry, Killed When Crescent
Limited Hits Car, Buried At South
Mountain Church.
"Desperate Lover"
Omitted This Week
The Courier's serial story
"The Desperate Lover," is omit
ted from this issue. This week's
installment failed to arrive in
time for publication in this
week's paper, and will be pub
lished next week.
We regret very much that
we must leave out this story
this week, but assure our read
ers that it will appear next
week.
POPULAR COUPLE
WILL WED TODAY
Miss Marie Huntley and Mr. R.
B. Mcßrayer Will Be Mar
ried at M. E. Parsonage
Miss Marie Huntley and Mr. R. B.
Mcßrayer will be married at the
Methodist parsonage this morning by
Rev. M. F. Moores. Only a few inti
mate friends al,ad the immediately
family will be present at the mar
riage, immediately after which the
young couple will leave for Charles
ton, S. C., on their honeymoon trip.
The bride will wear a tan flat
crepe traveling suit, with accessories
to match. After an extepsive bridal
tour, the young couple will make their
home in Forest City.
The bride-elect is one of Forest
City's most popular young girls, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hunt
ley. She is a graduate of Forest City
High School, was elected Queen in
1927, and is widely known as one
l of the city's most beautiful young
girls. She is also possessed of a most
! lovely disposition and is popular in a
wide circle.
: Mr. R. B. Mcßrayer is one of the
the city's successful young business
men, being associated with his father,
Mr. Reuben Mcßrayer, in the Forest
j City Furniture Company. He is a
young man of fine business qualifica
tions and has a bright future.
CITY OBSERVING
CLEAN-UP WEEK
Citizens Are Requested to Clean
Up Premises and Back Streets
This Week
This week is being observed as
Clean Up Week in Forest City. Prac
tically all of Forest City's public-
spirited citizens have taken advant
age of the added opportunity to dis
pose of rubbish, and have cleaned up
back lots, vacant and business blocks
and cleaned out thq cellars. Already
many of the streets and lots in town
have taken on new appearance as a
result of the cleaning up of this
week.
Clean-Up Week comes to a close
Saturday. The town authorities re
quest those who have not already
cleaned up their premises to do so
at their earliest convenience, and
the rubbish will be collected by the
city health department's wagons. Do
what you can to see that all vacant
lots are cleared of all refuse, tin
cans and other litter. You are asked
to kindly co-operate with the of
ficials of the city in keeping our
town numbered one among the ten
of the best in the United States.
DAUGHTER BORN
Mr, and Mrs. Clyde Hardin are re
ceiving congratulations over the ar
rival of a daughter Elizabeth Ligon,
born Saturday, April 20th.
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96 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
Bostic, R-4, April 24.—Funeral
services for John D. McCurry, aged
21, who was killed when his car was
demolished Sunday afternoon at
Gastonia, by the Crescent Limited,
were held Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, at South Mountain Baptist
church, near Sunshine. Rev. C. C.
Matheny, of Alexander, was in charge
of the service. Interment was in
the cemetery adjoining the church.
He is survived by his wife, who
was Miss Lula Bradford, of Spin
dale before her marriage, also a small
child. Mrs. McCurry and infant, who
received injuries about the body and
jhead, were removed to the home of
Mr. Wilson McCurry, at Alexander,
a brother-in-law, Monday, where they
| are rapidly overcoming the horrible
experience which they went through
Sunday.
Mr. McCurry is also survived by
one sister, Mrs. Ethel McCurry, of
Union Mills, R-2, and three brothers,
Messrs. Fred, Wilson and Ben Mc-
Curry, all of Alexander.
Pall bearers were Messrs. Champ
Mooney, Rex Ensley, Roy McFarland,
Elijah Upton, J. C. Buchanan and
G. T. Hawkins. Flower bearers were
Mrs. Georgia Baynard, Misses Mamie
Bland, Minnie Bradley, Pearl Whit
aker, Ruth Murphy and Mayoma
Murphy.
Mr. McCurry was killed Sunday af
ternoon when the car which he was
driving was struck by the Crescent
[Limited, a crack Southern fast train
at a grade crossing near Gastonia*.
Four other were also killed at the
same time and two injured. Mr. Mc-
Curry, a textile employee, had been
working at Belmont, but had been
making his home in Mt. Holly. He
[was engaged by Mr. Fred Parton, of
Gastonia, to take his family to Gas
tonia Sunday afternoon. In the ear
with Mr. McCurry were Mr. and Mrs.
Parton, their infant daughter, James
jand Bud Parton, twins of Mr. and
• Mrs. Parton and J. D. McCurry, Jr.,
(infant of Mr. McCurry and Mrs, Mc-
j Curry.
! The train struck the Var at a grade
\ crossing near East Gastonia. Wit
jnesses said McCurry apparently was
(oblivious to warnings of a watchman
J who attempted to flag him as he ap
proached the crossing. Mrs. McCur-'
ry said he attempted to back the
car off the track after realizing lite
danger. The car wrs co npletely de
• molished. Besides McCurry four oth
ers were killed, Mr. and Mrs. Parton,
their infant daughter, and James Par
ten, their young son.
Mr. McCurry lived about three
minutes after the crash, dying on the
operating table in a Gastonia hos
pital. His skull was fractured and he
suffered other injuries. He was nev
er conscious after the crash.
Padgett & King had charge of the
funeral arrangements.
Mr, June Harrill
Withdraws From Race
Mr. M. J. Harrill has requested The
Courier to withdraw his name from
the column of official announcements
for Alderman.
Mr. Harrill gave as his reason, the
fact that he could not find time to
attend to the duties of the office in
the event of his election. His name
was announced by friends and he is
appreciative of their loyalty. Mr.
Harrill is a business man of fine
judgment and has hosts of friends
who will regret his withdrawal from
the race for Alderman.
PRESBYTERIAL AUXILIARY
MEETS IN RUTHERFORDTON
Rutherfordton, April 23. —The
Twenty-second annual meeting of the
Kings Mountain Presbyterial Auxili
ary will meet in the Rutherfordton
Presbyterian church on Tuesday and
Wednesday, April 30 and May 1. .