Forest City
the Business
Center of
the
County
VOL. XI —No. 33.
KIWANIANS WILL
SPONSOR CLINIC
FOR CRIPPLED
May 28 Rutherford County
Day At Orthopaedic Hos
pital—Dr. Miller Speaks
Here Monday
At the regular Kiwanis luncheon
next Monday night, May 27th, Dr. O.
L. Miller, chief surgeon of the State
Orthopaedic Hospital, Gastonia, will
o-ive a demonstrative lecture rela
tive to the work that is being done
at this institution. The entire mem
bership of the Rutherford County
Medical Society has been invited to
attend this meeting.
Forest City Kiwanis club had the
pleasure of Dr. Miller lecturing to
them at one of their meetings last
year. His lecture was very interest
ing and enjoyed by all the Kiwan
ians, since one of the objectives of
the Kiwanis is to aid the underprivi
leged child.
The program will be in charge of
Kiwanian A. C. Duncan.
To Hold Clinic
Tuesday, May 28th, has been set
aside as Rutherford county day at
the State Orthopaedic hospital,
Gastonia.
The Forest City Kiwanis Club
is sponsoring this occasion. Their
committee on the underprivileged
children will arrange conveyance
free of charge on that day to and
from the hospital for any crippled
or deformed child of Rutherford
county. Conveyance will also be
furnished free of charge for parent,
relative or guardian who may wish
to accompany their child. The cars
will leave for Gastonia from the
square in Forest City at 10:30 a. m.
and return about 6:00 p. m. The
conveyance will .be the automobiles
of the members of the Forest City
Kiwanis Club, and in the event the
will not be able to drive his
own car a good careful driver will
be furnished. ,
If you do not have a crippled or
deformed child (in your immediate
family, think of someone who is less
fortunate and call this opportunity
to their attention. They cannot af
ford to miss the chance of having
they child conveyed to the hospital,
examined by expert doctors and
advised relative to correcting their
deformity—all free of charge. The
experience of the best orthopedic
surgeons in the nation has proven
that the opportune time to correct
any boney deformity is before the
person reaches adult life. No child
who is crippled or deformed can
hope to have an equel chance with
a normal child in his future life's
work, and it behooves each and
every good citizen to bear this in
mind. One of the objectives of Ki
wanis is to aid the underprivileged
child and we are depending on the
citizens of Rutherford County to co
operate in this movement with' the
hope that there will not be left a
single child in Rutherford county
who will be handicapped by being a
cripple or deformed if it be within
the power of science to correct.
Please see or communicate with
Dr. A. C. Duncan, Forest City,
chairman of the underprivileged
child committee, who will be glad
to arrange for the child or children
in whom you are interested to attend
this clinic. Don't fail to be on hand
at 10:30, Tuesday morning, May
28th, at the square in Forest City.
A SNAKE STORY
There are fish stories—some be
lievable and some otherwise, but
what we want to relate here is a
snake story. His friends are discuss-
with some skepticism the state
ment that Mr. John Poole caught a
1-2 foot moccasin snake with rod
and reel in Lake Lure Friday night,
we are not an authority on
snake catching, but it is said by those
who claim to know, that it is never
Possible to catch a snake on a fish
h°ok; that they won't "bite that
Way." Anyway, Mr. Poole has wit
nesses to vouch for it that this parti
c-ular snake "took ,the bait" like a
hungry fish, swallowed the bait and
was caught with the hook in its
mouth.
FOREST CNF COURIER
FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BE, £UL CITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY.
j T. T. LONG APPOINTED
POSTMASTER HERE
Mr. T. T. Long has been appoint
ed postmaster for Forest City, and
his appointment will be confirmed at
an early date, according to word re
ceived from Mr. Frank A. Hampton,
secretary to Senator F. M. Simmons.
Mr. Simmons approved of Mr. Long's
appointment when it was referred to
him by the Senate committee on post
roads and postoffices.
BRITISH ROTARY
MEMBERS VISIT
COUNTY TUESDAY
Sixty Members of English Ro
tary Organization Passes
Through County
A motorcade of sixty members of
the Rotary International of the
British Isles passed through Forest
City and the county Tuesday eve
ning, enroute to the International
Rotary convention in Dallas, Texas.
The delegation stopped for a short
time in Rutherfordton, where a
welcome characteristic of true south
ern hospitality was extended them.
A delegation of Asheville Rotari
ans met the Englishmen in Ruther
fordton at 6 o'clock Tuesday after
noon, taking them to Asheville by
motor by way of Chimney Rock and
Lake Lure/ Directors of the Ashe
ville Rotary club had the visitors at
dinner at Grove Park Inn Tuesday
night.
Wednesday morning, the British
Rotarians were taken over the Elk
Mountain scenic highway and to
other points of interest in the Ashe
ville district. The Asheville Rotary
club held ita. ineeting Wed
nesday instead of Thursday at the
Asheville Golf and Country club at
12:30 o'clock to entertain the Brit
ish visitors there.
Several talks were made and tha
Englishmen left following the lunch
eon to continue their trip to Dallas.
The Biltmore estate was one of the
places to be seen by the visiting del
egation. The visitors were to lunch
Tuesday in Charlotte with the Chai
lotte Rotary club escorting them as
far as Gastonia and residents of Gas
tonia bringing them on to Ruther
fordton.
A fleet of 25 automobiles provided
by Asheville Rotarians were ready
in Rutherfordton for the visitors at
6 o'clock Tuesday.
MARTIN DAVIS
GETS ORE YEAR
Man Convicted of Manslaugh
ter in Killing Son Sentenc
ed Tuesday
Rutherfordton, May 22.—The jury
returned a verdict of guilty of man
slaughter here Saturday in the case
of Martin Davis, of near Henrietta,
who was tried for the shooting of
his son, Leland, last summer. The
jury was out about three . hours.
Judge J. L. Webb gave the case to
the jury about noon after a two
day trial which attracted much at
tention.
The case was called Friday morn
ing and all day there was not
standing room in the large new
courthouse. Attorneys F. D. Ham
rick of Rutherfordton, Clyde R.
Hoey of Shelby, and C. O. Ridings
and B. T. Jones of Forest City, rep
resented Davis, while O. J. Mooney
ham of Henrietta assisted Solicitor
Pless in prosecution. It was a
hard-fought case. The courthouse
was filled again Saturday.
Judge Webb passed sentenced on
Davis Tuesday, giving him one year
in the state penitentiary. This sen
tence was changed Wednesday by
Judge Webb to not less than one
year or more than two years on the
chaingang.
Shipment of ladies' hats received
this week. Courtney's Ten Cent
Store.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST O tEST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY. NORTH CAROLI jIS iURSDAY, MAY 23, 1929
THREE KIWANIS 11
CLUBS IN JOINT
MEETING MONDAY
Forest City and Tryon Clubs
Are Guests of Rutherford
ton Club, at Ruther
fordton
Rutherfordton, May 21.—A joint
meeting of the Forest City, Ruther
fordton and Tryon clubs was held in
the Isothermal Hotel here Monday
night, with an attendance of approx-
imately one hundred members from
the three clubs. The program given
by the various clubs was good, and
a fine spirit of fellowship prevailed.
The Rutherfordton Kiwanians did
everything possible to welcome the
visitors and make them feel at home.
L. E. Spikes, president of the Ruth
' erfordton club, presided. Rev.
; Charles Trammell, of Columbus, re
turned thanks. Tim of Spar
tanburg, Carolinas district governor,
was introduced by the chairman, and
spoke briefly to the assembled Ki
wanians, congratulating District No.
1, for their splendid attendance rec
ord to date, and for maintaining a
lead over all other districts.
Worth W. Nanney took charge of
the program on behalf of Ruther
fordton, and presented Clyde A. Er
win, who in his humorous and inim
itable manner, welcomed the visitors
to Rutherfordton. Little Misses Viv- j
ian and Lillian Keeter sang together J
three selections, with Vivian at the J
piano. . !
The Forest City program was in (
charge of John W. Dalton, who spoke j
of the advertising car which will be j
sent to the Milwaukee convention, f
and introduced M. H. Hewitt, the.
originator of the idea to send the •
car. Virginia and Howard Magness
were presented and sang a duet ac- j
companied by Miss Rudisill. A clever j
stunt was given by J. T. Harris, and ,
W. L. Brown, with J. H. Burwell as |
the "victim," but the joke eventu
ally was on Messrs. Harris and j
Brown. Lieutenant Governor G. R.;
Gillespie spoke briefly, giving some;
of the fundamentals for the success
of a Kiwanis club.
Fred Swann was in charge of the
Tryon program, and after a few in
troductory remarks presented Dr.,
Jerry Clarke, who spoke briefly on
'fellowship.' Seth M. Binding was
presented and took the members, in
imagination, back to the days of
their youth, along by the old mill
pond, where the frogs and nightbirds
were raising their voice in songs, im
itating each to perfection. R. E.
Price introduced Carroll Rogers, Polk
County's representative in the gener
al assembly, who gave a glowing ac
count of Tryon and Polk county, and
invited the clubs to visit Tryon ?t
any time.
The meeting came to a close with
the singing of "Till We Meet Again."
Miss Juanita Minish and mother
were called to their Kentucky home
at Gratz Monday on account of the
death of the former's grandfather,
Mr. W. R. Minish, at that place. Miss
Minish is one of Forest City's most
popular and efficient teachers,
w r hose host of friends deeply sympa
thize with her in the loss of her
kinsman.
Willis Towery Post, American
Legion, to Be Re-Organized
All Ex-Service Men Requested
to Attend Meeting and Be
come Members of Post
The Willis Towery Post of the
American Legion met Thursday
night, May 16, in the City Hall and
had a very delightful meeting. Much
interest was shown, and plans were
made to re-organize. The next meet
ing will be held in the City Hall of
Forest City, Thursday night, May 30,
at 7:45 p. m.
All ex-service men are invited to
attend this meeting and we are ex
pecting you to come, join, and have
a voice in electing officers.
. By becoming a member of the
American Legion, you will get their
monthly paper, and can be kept in-
>IISS RE ID to CONDUCT
EXPRESSION SCHOOL
Miss Claire Reid announces her
readiness to accept a small class in
expression , during June, July, and
August.
The course includes harmonic gym
nastics, voice culture, reading, de
bating, public speaking, and dramat
ics. Each student may specialize in
the most appealing phase of work.
Those wishing details may tele
phone 43, or-see Miss Reid at her
home on West Main street.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
PROGRAM FRIDAY
j Exercises Begin at 2 O'clock—
| Fifty-Eight Boys and
Girls to Be Promoted
I
Commencement exercises of For
! est City grammar school will be held
j Friday afternoon at 2:00 in the
j grammar school auditorium. The
following program will be given:
Graduation song, Class.
1 Reading—Seeing Things, Kath
leen Alexander.
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Piano Solo, William Sanders.
Reading—The Bald- Head Man,
: Dorothy Delehay.
' Piano Duet, Katfcerine Bradley
and Winnie Gilliam;
I Valedictory, Martha Moores.
! Song, Double quartet,
i Address, Dr. W. A. Ayers.
Presentation of the Seventh Grade
•Diplomas. 'i
f There are 58 boys and irirls of the
I seventh grade who will get diplomas.
: This year has been a very success
ful year of school work. There were
. 850 pupils enrolled for the year.
\ Sixty-six boys and girls of this num
ber were neither absent nor tardy
, for the school year, and two chil
! dren have made perfect attendance
for five years ~!n succession, which
: will give them gold medals for their
attendance.
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MOONLIGHT PICNIC
I
Forest City, R-2, May 18.—Mr.
Howard Daniel entertained a num
ber of his friends Saturday evening
at a moonlight picnic. Those enjoying
the picnic were Misses Vattie Belle
! and Cordie, Brackett, Blandena and
Blanche Doggett, Maggielen Green,
! Louvenia Honeycutt, Carrie Burgin,
l Mary, Nellie and Rosa Lytle, Mary
Glenn and Dortha Griffin, Womick
and Jennie Camp, Polly and Thel
ma Jones, Ethel and Lillian Phillips,
Ruth Ingle, Viola Whitesides, Bulah
Godfrey, Lillie Lynch, Huldah Free
man, Selma Simmons, Sarah Har
rill, Lillian Daniel, Messrs. Verl De-
Witt Vonnie Jenkins, Howard Cole,
Fred Callahan, Ernest Champion,
Robert Harrill, Tom Owens, Worth
Ruppe, Howard Ledbetter, Fay
Greene, Clyde and Hubert C. Grif
fin Norris Hardin, Guy Toney, Jack
Ballen, Clifford M. Nave, George W.
Matheny, Lester, Robert, Posey
Lynch, Audrie Toney, John Robbing
George and Calvin Rucker, James
Oueen, John Lee Sherlin, Hoyle Call
ahan, Charles Griffin, George W.
Doggett, Walter Poteat, Raleigh
and Buster Camp, Taylor Morrow,
George Harrill, Robbins and Albert
Phillips. Music was furnished by
Jenkins orchestra
formed as to the changes in the laws
regarding ex-service men.
Thousands of men in the U. S. A.
have failed to get their adjusted
service certificate, because they
were not familiar with the laws. You
may have been one of them.
Let's have a good strong Post here
in Forest City. We can do it. Tho
time has come for the ex-service men
to stick together and fight for their
rights.
' The re-organizing of this Post will
mean much to you. Don't forget the
date—Thursday, May 30th. (Memor
ial Day) a fitting time for this great
meeting.
Temporary Executive Committee;
Dr. F. R. Wilkins, Spurgeon Moss, V.
T. Davis, R. R. Morris.
Local High School
Closing Fine Year
Dr. R. J. Bateman Will Deliver Annual
Literary Address Friday Evening At
Final Exercises of Year
Dr. H. G. Hardin, pastor of the
Main Street Methodist church, of
Gastonia, preached the baccalaureate
sermon to the graduating class of
the Cool Springs high school here
Sunday evening. As is the custom in
Forest City all the churches suspend
ed services to join in a union serv
ice at the high school. Music was
furnished by the choirs of the var
ious churches of the city.
The service, which begun at 8
o'clock, was opened with the invo
cation led by Dr. W. A. Ayers, pas
tor of the First Baptist church. Con
gregational singing led by the choir
was followed by a chorus by the
choir, "Something For Thee." A
duet "Let Not Your Heart Be Trou
bled," was then rendered by Miss
Ruth Meares and Mr. Henry Giles.
J. W. Eakes, superintendent of the
township schools, then introduced
Charles C. Erwin, principal of the
high school, who introduced the
speaker of the evening, Dr. Hardin.
Ambitions
Dr. Hardin's address should prove
I an inspiration, not only to the mem
i bers of the graduating class, but
Ito all that heard him. He used as
his text First Timothy, 4th chapter,
16th verse: Take Heed Unto Thy
self." Speaking to the graduates he
j told them that they were standing
on the threshold of the future and
that he was present to help them
on their way. He said that com
mencement was only the beginning
telling them to look out over the
path to go and then "Take Heed Un
lto Themselves." Saying that there
I was lots to talk about, Dr.' Hardin
| said he was going to talk about the
j ambitions of the graduates, saying
that there were three ambitions.
First was to have much. He said that
it was a natural instinct for man
to want much and told the class to
get all they could as long as they
got it honestly and made the right
use of it.
The second ambition was that "I
might do something worth while."
"It's a great ambition to want to
go out in life and do something
worth while" stated Dr. Hardin, "But
the ambition that I would like to
give you," he went on "Is the am-
RUTHERFORD COUNTY
TEXTILE LEAGUE
Standings
W L Pet.
Forest City 2 0 1.000
Harris 1 0 1.000
Caroleen 1 1 .500
Avondale 1 1 .500
Henrietta - 0 1 .000
Cliffside .... 0 2 .000
Saturday's Results
Forest City 9; Caroleen 7.
Harris 1G; Henrietta 4.
Avondale 9; Cliffside 1.
HARRILL & KING
CLOSE BIG DEALS
Harrill & King, local real estate
firm, have recently closed two big
deals in Forest City. The Cyclone
Auction building was sold to Mr.
Geo. W. Jones at a handsome price.
Later the firm bought from Mr. C.
C. Moore his fine business building
on Main street, occupied by Flack
Hardware Co., and W. S. Moss Gro
cery. Handsome improvements will
be made on this property.
This firm will also erect a new
building on Cherry Mountain street
at an early date.
The senior class of Forest City Hi
School was given a special free
showing of "Wings" by the Romina (
Theatre Tuesday afternoon. The class,
turned out in a body to see this pic
ture and were enthusiastic in their
praises. I
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Owen and
Miss Myrtle Wilkerson visited Tryon
Sunday.
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84 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
bition to be somebody worth while.
What you are determines what you
will do. A man's deeds are a re
sult of what he is on the inside."
Dr. Hardin closed his address by
saying, "The chief ambition I would
leave to these young people is the
ambitio# to be somebody."
On Tuesday evening the pupils of
Miss Katherine Goggans gave a mus
ic recital to a large audience. A
number of students participated in
the program, aind acquitted them
selves well.
Senior Class .Exercises
The senior class exercises will be
held Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
The exercises will be in form of a
play, the time being the present and
the five scenes are in the grammar
school, freshman year, sophomore,
junior, and senior years. Miss
Frances Hollifield is class prophet
in this little playlet, Macon Hewitt.
historian and Miss Rebecca Hutch
ins will read the will.
On Friday morning, at 11 o'clock,
the annual reading and declamation
contests will be held. The four Com
peting in the reading contest will
be Misses Sara Bridges, Dorothy
Green, Leona Hardin, Virginia Mills.
Those competing in the declaimers'
contest will be Robert King, Forrest
Hunt, Phillip Chambers and Roy
Green.
Friday evening will bring the ex
ercises to a close. At that time med
als and certificates will be awarded
by Prof. C. C. Erwin. Dr. R. J. Bate
man of Asheville, will deliver the an
nual literary address. Diplomas will
be awarded by Prof. J. W. Eakes, to
the following seniors;
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Class of 1929
Faye Adams, Lula Allen, Albert
Blanton, Rubye Collins, Wilson
Crocker, Bruce Fortune, Louise Grif
fin, Stanley Hall, Lucy Harrill, Ma
con Hewitt, Frances Hollifield, Mary
Hollifield, Marie Hughes, Forest
Hunt, Rebecca Hutchins, Katherine
Mcßrayer, Flora McDaniel, Myrtle
McDonald, Glenn McKeithan, Reba
Matheny, Lois Moores, Norman Mor
gan, Jessie Philbeck, Elizabeth Rol
lins, Euzelia Scruggs, Ava Waters,
Roy Watkins, Emmitt Withrow, Jakie
Harrill, Katie Hardin.
OVERLOOKED ONE OF
CITY'S MOST EFFICIENT
\
In the write-up of .the city's now
officials last week, The Courier re
porter evidently overlooked the
name of Mr. Broad Green, who was
unanimously re-appointed by the
Board to the responsible position he
has held with credit to himself and
profit to the city for the part fif
teen years. Mr. Green's duties are
numerous, as he is in charge of
water, light, sewerage and street
service and ably servos as wiring
and sanitary inspector.
The oversight was entirely unin
tentional upon the part of the writ
er, whose only "alibi" is that Mr.
Green's name was overlooked when
taking a hasty glance at his notes
when writing the article.
The Courier is glad to correct the
oversight and gladly pays this trib
ute to one of the city's most faith
ful and efficient employees.
SEVERAL INJURED WHEN
BUS OVERTURNS
Caroleen, May 20.—Miss Elizabeth
Smith, Caroleen - Henrietta high
school student, suffered a broken col
lar bone, and several others were
slightly injured when a bus in which
they were riding overturned last
Wednesday. Those in the bus, some
twenty-five in number, had left the
school to drive into the country to
hunt flowers to decorate the school
for commencement. It is reported
that one of the girls was driving, and
on a slippery, muddy stretch of road
let the bus go into a ditch, and ov
erturn.