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Forest City the Business Center of the County VOL. XI —No. 31 RUTHERFORDTON ELECTS CITIZENS TICKET TUESDAY p r# F. W. H. Logan Elected Mayor Over M. L. Justice, Incumbent Kutherfordton, May 8. —Dr. F. W. ■$ Logan, candidate on the citizens' ticket, was elected mayor of Ruth erfordton in Tuesday's election, over the present mayor, M. L. Justice. At a mass meeting of citizens sometime ago a citizens ticket was nominated, with Dr. Logan as mayor, fed B. D. Wilson, Mrs. A. A. Ruck er, A- G - Harrelson and J. Linwood Robinson, as city commissioners. Later a Democratic ticket was nom inated, with M. L. Justice, present mayor, as candidate, with R. R. Flack, A. G. Harrelson, J. H, Carpenter and J. Linwood Robinson as candidates for city commissioners. The results of Tuesday's election follows: For Mayor Dr. F. W. H. Logan, SSO. M. L. Justice, 294. For Commissioners J. Linwood Robinson, 612. A. G. Harrelson, 606. R. R. Flack, 391. B. D. Wilson, 345. J. H. Carpenter, 341. Mrs. A. A. Rucker, 275. Rutherfordton only elects four al dermen, or city commissioners, in stead of five. This gives the offices to Messrs. Robinson, Harrelson, Flack and Wilson, all candidates on the citizens' ticket, except one. HYDER-ROBERTSON WEDDING MAY 2 { Popular Young Couple An nounce Marriage—Other Items of Interest Avondale, May 7.—Misses Camp-, bell, Jackson, and Wells spent the,| week end at their homes. Mrs. Dennis Camp, of Forest City, spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Haynes Mrs. J. C. Cowan, Jr., and son, of Rutherfordton spent Tuesday with Mrs. Z. 0. Jenkins. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Owens motored to Forest City Wednesday night to see "The Singing Fool." The many friends of Mr. D. Hy der will be interested to learn of his marriage to Miss Nellie Robert son, which occurred at Gaffney, May 2. Mr. Glen Baber and Miss Bertie Brown accompanied them to Gaffney. Mr. and Mrs. Hyder will make their home with the latter's parents. Mr. Raleigh Haynes motored to Forest City Wednesday night to see "The Singing Fool.*' Mrs. Z. 0. Jenkins and Mrs. J. M. Layne visited Mrs. Dernnis Camp Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harrill and chil dren. of Kings Mountain, spent Sun day with the former's parents. Dr. and Mrs. O. J. Mooneyham and children motored to Spartanburg Sunday. Mr. "Red" Atkinson, Miss Georgia Belle Wells, and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Layne motored to Rutherfordton Sunday night. CHILD BADLY INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY AUTO Rutherfordton, May 7.—The three year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Summey of this place was knocked down and probably badly injured Sunday afternoon near Westminster when it ran in front of a car driven by "Red" Collins." The Summey family had stopped °n the side of the road to fix a Puncture and Mr. Summey had just crossed the road to wash his hands when the child followed him, com lng out from behind one car. She w as rushed to the Rutherford hos- P'tal unconscious but is better as We go to press. Physicians stated that the child has some chance for recovery. The accident was unavoidable and the Parents of the little girl stated so. FOREST CITY COURIER FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNE, \" MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY »Mii iwM.re iww» siSSa* m » ?M 1 - mm m* mrnrn&'m'*m wmw»- *s*ss muz*m-:- mm ■. * vsm&kmm reass,ww»«w«w M4ita£ito '« -nkSfiAj-lf % " t"I f * I M >S) ' HK' '■ ;P" m , mv'T JnJßi: i*. 'JS* "•* »S>, ;.#a '.i ■ - m w %-%-jP v HySjß || T vj^yl iitNl ■ --..J* Carl Latham, Pres.; A. V. Washburn, Jr., Sec'y.; Mrs. Snuggs, Spon sor; Oscar Bolch, Troy Bridges, Broadus Cartee, Cane C. Coble, Roy Ham inett, Arthur Henderson, Tench Justice, Howard Moore, J. B. Payne, Gil bert Horner, Hazel Cantrell, Clara Crabtree, Helen Crawford, Alice Cray ton, Carrie DePriest, Hazel Deaver, Nora Ellis, Velma Greene, Martha G. Hamrick, Janie Irvin, Ruth Irvin, Patsy McDowell, Mary Frances McWhor tor, Vida Price, Janie Wilson. YOUNG MAN KILLED TUESDAY IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD J. R. Carson, Former Ruther ford Boy, Dies In Atlanta After Accident. Bostic, R-3, May B.—Funeral ser vice for Joseph R. Carson, late of Atlanta, Ga., was held at Salem Methodist church Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Rev. J. E. Hipp was in charge of the service. Mr. Carsgn was instantly killed Tuesday in Atlanta, Ga., wh«n he fell from a scaffold from which he was working, and broke his neck. He was tweny-three years old, and merly a resident of Rutherford coun ty. He had been in Atlanta, Ga., for sometime where he was employed by the Palmer Construction Company as a brick mason. He was working beside the wall of a large building Tuesday morning, when in some man ner he lost his balance, falling sev eral stories to the pavement, break ing his neck. • Young Carson was born May 24, 1905, and was 23 years and eleven months old at the time of his death. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Carson, of Charlotte, who formerly lived near Bostic. He is survived by his parents and two brothers, Rich ard and Phillip Carson, also a num ber of relatives in this county. He was a young man of fine character and a member of Salem Methodist church, where he was interred. He was unmarried. Padgett and King were in charge of the funeral arrangements. HARRIS YOUTH BEST SPEAKER Cops Honors at County Meet of Orators Representing Schools Howard Cole, Harris High School student, won the silver loving cup offered by R. E. Price in the county wide high school contest Thursday night at Forest City high school. Nine high schools took part in the contest, as follows: Shiloh, Cliff side, Forest City, Gilkey, Hollis, Ruther fordton, Spindale, Caroleen-Hen rietta, Harris and Mt. Vernon. Judges were Miss Laura Howard, home agent, Rutherfordton; E. W. S. Cobb, superintendent of Polk Coun ty Schools and John W. Artz, county agent, Polk. REDPATH CHAUTAUQUA COMING MAY 31-JUNE 5 The Redpath. Chautauqua will be in Forest City for a five days pro gram on May 31. The programs will continue through June 5. A number of fine plays, musical companies, etc., will be on this season's program. Watch The Courier for further an nouncements. y PUBLISHED IN TH, £ EREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY Senior Class at Boiling Springs ' ~ FOREST Cm T H CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1929. HOME DESTROYED WHEN HIT MONDAY BY LIGHTNING Home of Mr. George Wright Destroyed by Fire After Being Hit by Light ning Ellenboro, May 7.—The home of Mr. George Wright was struck by lightning Monday afternoon and completely destroyed, resulting in a loss of approximately $2,000. The house was struck by lightning about two o'clock. A son of Mr. Wright's was at home, the remainder of the family being out of town at the time. The lone occupant of the house was slightly dazed and shocked by the lightning stroke which hit the house. When he recovered sufficient ly to get out of the house, the build ing was a mass of flames. No furniture was saved. The house and furniture was a complete loss. No insurance was carried on either the building or furniture. MOTHERS' DAY PROGRAMSUNDAY Spindale Methodists Will Give Program Sunday After noon at 5 O'clock Spindale, May 7. —A special Moth er's Day service will be held in the Spindale Methodist Church, of which Rev. W. Arthur Barber is pastor, on next Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Music will be a feature of this serv ice. The Spindale quartet, chorus choir, and congregational singing. Reading by Mrs. W. Arthur Barber. The vesper hour was chosen for the service with the view of inviting all the people of the community to at tend. Public cordially invited. This service will be held in lieu of the regular Sunday night service. Mrs. W. M. Clay, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. M. T. Long, of Wadesboro, and Mr. Kenneth Clay, left Sunday for Columbia, where they will spend several days visiting Mrs. Clay's sister, Mrs. Z. D. Hope. ' HANDSOME NEW RESIDENCE i Florence Mills is completing a \ handsome new six-room residence on Depot street. It is modern through out and adds much to the appearance j of that street. The house will be oc- j cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rob-. erson. Mr. Roberson holds a respon- | sible position in the Florence Mills j office. KIWANIS CLUB IS SPONSORING PUBLICITY TOUR Committee Will Visit Eight States, Canada and Dis trict of Columbia, Ad vertising Forest City Kiwanians Hewitt and Gillespie, the committee appointed by the local Kiwanis club to arrange a publicity and advertising trip to the Internat ional, convention, to be held at Mil waukee, Wis., June 23, desire to thank the many manufacturers and merchants who have so willingly and generously contributed to the expens es of the advertising and publicity trip contemplated. Together with the entire membership of the club they are proud gf the civic cooperation .spirit so eagerly manifested by the wide-awake and progressive business men of Forest City. In the entire city there were but three or possibly four merchants or firms who were not in terested in their home town and its development and too whom the unique method of bringing more pay i rolls to the city did not appeal. Any merchant who milks a community for his own interests and puts nothing back into it can not be a good citi zen. An automobile will be purchased in which to make the trip. This car will be literally covered with advertise ments, displaying the names and bus iness of all contributors and setting forth the advantages of Forest City to prospective manufacturers and new citizens. The car will leave June 10 and ten or twelve days will be consumed going to Milwaukee. The outgoing trip will be made through Eastern Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia and from Wash ington cross eountry to Milwaukee. After three days with several thous and Kiwanians from this country and Canada, the return trip will be made through Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Ken tucky and Western Carolina. Both going and coming stops will be made at all newspaper offices, chambers of commerce and merchants clubs. Prepared publicity in the form of photographs, cuts, statistics and ad vantages will be generously distribut ed and every type of industry will be prevailed upon to locate in Forest City and surrounding territory in trading distance. This will in no wise be a pleasure trip for the committee as the members of it will take abun dance of time, going and coming, working every jump of the way for the good of the home town as they do in their own business. The plan is unique, attractive and will draw the attention of thousands, it deserves one hundred per cent cooperation on the part of all progressive citizens and the committee appeals to all home patriots for their undivided support. FINDS HORNED TOAD Mr. M. F. Wall, who lives near the Forest City Motor Company, found a horned toad Tuesday afternoon on the Forest City Motor Company's lot, near his home. These peculiar little reptiles resemble very much the com mon lizards and sandlappers common to this section of the state, with the exception of the horns along the back. This reptile had six horns. The horned toad frequents the arid and sandy plains of the west, but with proper surroundings withh thrive in the south. Mr. and Mrs. John McMurry, who have been making their home in Shelby for several months, have returned to Forest City, and are now occupying their home on West Main street. Miss Lanette McMurry, of Goldsboro, spent the week-end here with her parents. Congoleum rugs, special 9c each. Stahl's Ten Cent Store. Milt Tolbert Chautauqua Players in their Big Tent, Forest City, all this week. Fig Bars, 2 pounds for 25c. Court ney's Ten Cent Store. Davis Elected Mayor By Large Majority G. B. Harrill, F. E. Webb, Francis Little, W. L.. Horn and W. E. Moore Winners in Aldermen Race Election Passed Quietly, But of Intense Interest—Splendid Of ficers Elected—New Board Meets Friday - Tuesday's municipal election passed quietly and at the count of ballots in the Mayor's race it was found that a total of 785 votes were cast, as against 902 in the election of May 3, 1927, a falling off of 117 votes. The final count of votes stood as follows: For Mayor V. T. Davis 590 L. C. Lowrance 195 Davis' majority 395 For Aldermen G. B. Harrill : 661 F. E. Webb 634 H. Francis Little 471 W. L. Horn 4X2 W. E. Moore 391 Above are the winners and the order in which they fin ished in the race. The other six candidates received the following vote: W. P. Hall, Jr. 362 Joe P. Hardin I 318 R. K. Hollifield 233 Thos M. Harrill 181 Mrs. C. E. Alcock 173 J. C. Harrill 72 The new members of the Board and Mayor Davis were sworn in at the City Hall at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The first meeting of the new Board will be held Friday night. Forest City is to be congratulated upon the selection for Mayor and Board of Aldermen. All are men of the highest standing, and are well qualified to fill their respective offices. The city's business affairs will be in the hands of conscientious men who will serve to the best of their ability in their exacting role of city guardians. One unique feature of the race was the appearance for the first time of a woman candidate for the Board of Alder men. The vote cast for Mrs. Alcock indicates that the men voters are not yet ready to favor a member of her sex for the office - . —: OPERETTA TO BE GIVEN FRIDAY Grammar Grades to 'Present "On Mid Summer's Day," at School Auditorium A delightful operetta "On Mid- Summer's Day" is to be given at the Forest City Grammar school auditor ium Friday night, May 10 at 8 o'clock. The story centers around a child who has neglected to care for her flowers. The flowers appeal to the Fairy Queen for assistance. She decides upon the plan of removing the flowers for a time in order to teach the child what they really mean to her. The child is heart-brok en over' the turn of affairs and af ter giving satisfactory evidence that she has learned her bitter lesson is rewarded by the return of her belov ed flowers. The characters are at- tractively costumed to represent the parts which they play and present a charming scene in their flower gard en and fairy land settings. - The pupils who are taking part in the operetta are: Queen, Martha Moores; Child, Margaret Meares; Nasturtiums, Willie B. King, Robert White; Pansies, Lynch Mcßrayer, Wade Abernathy; Asters, R. H. Ayers, Albert Taylor; Poppies, George Henson, George Gillespie; Pinks, Dorothy Delahay, Sara Brac kett; Violets, Nell Thomas, Gwen Proctor; Primroses, Martha Gordon, Frances Stalnaker; Daises, Pearl Price, Helen Thomas; Fairies, Fran ces Baynard, Winnie Gilliam, Ruth Atchley, Ruth Keeter, Treva Parks, Florence Searcy, Rose Suber, Polly Nance; Butterflies, Janice Caldwell, Mary Roberts Rhinehardt, Elaine Gibson, Virginia Newton, Marjorie Padgett, Mary Logan King, Kather ine Bradley, Margaret Scruggs; Sun bonnet Babes, Marie Hollifield, Lyn ette Gibson, Margaret Hamrick, Mar jorie McMurray, Annie L. Moss, Amelia Frye, Virginia Hamrick, Eva Champion; Sunbeams, Jean Duncan, Mary Grace Beam, Martha Greene, Mary Leslie Thomas, 16 Pages 96 COLUMNS SI.OO Per Year in Advance SPINDAIE ELECTS ONE NEW OFFICIAL Four Members of Old Board of City Commissioners and Mayor Re-Elected Tuesday | Spindale, May B.—One hundred ; sixty three voters participated in i Tuesday's municipal election here. I Approximately four hundred were ! registered to vote, but a smaller de gree of interest was manifested in the : voting than was shown in pre-election registration. The lack of any clear cut issues detracted much from the interest of the election. Mr. S. E. ; Elmore, who has been mayor since the incorporation of the town in 1923, was elected without opposition for a term of two years. He received one hundred forty five votes. The 1 vote for board of city commissioners i resulted as follows: i | G. B. Howard, 149. C. B. Culbreth, 140. S. K. Yelton, 130. W. C. Ellis, 124. T. M. Plonk, 115. P. L. Champion, 64. J. A. McGraw, 61. • Messrs. Howard, Yelton, Culbreth and Ellis are at present members of the board. Mr. Plonk is the only new member. Don't miss the MILT TOLBERT PLAYERS, Forest City all this week. Carolyn Greene, Mildred Mcßrayer, Merle Padgett, Inez Hastings, Marg aret McKinney; Overall Boys, James Allen, B. W. Thompson, Forest Bar ber, Richard Beele, Homer Bedding field, James Harris, Everett Webb, Jack Callahan; Honey Bees, Hugh Verner, Russel Blanton, Roy Pruette, Charles Gibson, Ed Thompson, Arthur McDaniel, Cecil Atchley; Brownies, Robert Long, Allen Nanney, Clyde Harris, Frank Newton, Steve Mulli can, Billy McCall, Donald Morris, William Harris. N Admission 15c and 25c.
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