Rutherford
County Offers
Unequalled
Opportunities To
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and Others
VOL. XI—NO. 48.
MINISTERIAL
ASSOCIATION
* MEETS MONDAY
County Association Will Hon
or Presiding Elder E. O.
Cole At Spindale
Meeting.
Spindale, Sept. 2.—The Ruther
ford County Ministerial Assocation
will meet at the home of Rev. W.
Arthur Barber, in the Methodist par
sonage here, Monday, September 9,
at 11 o'clock, honoring Rev. E. O.
Cole, of Marion, who is closing a
most successful quadrennium as
presiding elder of the Marion Dis
trict of the Methodist church.
E The president, Dr. W. R. Ware,
pastor, of the Rutherfordton Metho
dist church, will preside. Devotional
will be by Dr. Ware, followed by the
regular business session. Reports
will be made by the pastors after the
business session. A selected reading
will next be given by Mrs. W. Arthur
Barber.
Eev. E. 0. Cole will address the
Association on "Four Years on the
Marion District", which will be a
resume of his work during his term
in the mountain counties, and the
progress of Methodism since 1925
in this district.
Mrs. Barber will follow the ad
dress with another selected reading,
after which the Association will ad
journ for luncheon.
PROCEEDINGS OF
SUPERIOR COURT
Good Progress Being Made in
Clearing Docket As Court
Enters Second Week.
tßutherfordton, Sept. 4.—The fall
m of Superior Court, presided
over by Rutherford county's dis
tinguished son, Judge James L.
Webb, continued to grind out decis
ions in civil cases as the court en
tered the second week.
The cases of T. C. Hardin and
wife against the town of Forest
City, and J. C. Morrow and wife
against the Town of Forest City,
took up much of the time of the
court last week and this week. T.
C. Hardin and wife were plaintiffs
in two cases against the Town of
Forest City for alleged damages
sustained on account of improper dis
posal of city sewerage. In the first
count the plaintiffs secured $5,000
damage, and in the second count
plaintiffs recovered $3,500, and de
fendant ordered by court to operate
sewerage disposal plant so as not to
become a pubic nuisance
J. C. Morrow and wife, plaintiffs,
against the Town of Forest City,
recovered $1,750.00 in a compro
mise action in a case similar to the
above. The Town of Forest City was
in this case, to also operate
wje sewerage disposal plant so as
mt to become a public nuisance.
In the case of W. P. Watkins and
Watkins against J. C. Crocker,
the appeal from lower court was
withdrawn.
* James Millard vs. Otis Logan,
judgment of $139.80 in favor of
Plaintiff.
T. C. Hardin and wif# vs. Town
°f F orest City, controversy over land
boundary lines. Compromise agree—
ment. One-half of costs to be taxed
against defendant and one-half to
Plaintiff
Cleo Logan vs. W. C. Ellis and
Bessie Logan vs. W. "C. Ellis. Cases
ref erred to R. L. Ryburn, as referee,
to report findings to next term of
I court.
Mfs. Jessie Foy, administratrix of
essie Foy, deceased, vs. Town of
Compromise judgment,
kintiff recovers sum of s4,soC* , for
( ' ea th of husband, who was electro
cuted while employed by defendant,
an d Company vs. N. i..
ani Pton, Referred.
W. Harris vs. W. A. Harrill.
"tiff awarded $1,589.68 with in-
U;rosi t from September 2. 1929j and
FOREST CITY COURIER
FOREST CITY "ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AN D MOST BEAUT; 0 ITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY.
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF F J t CITY AND RU THERFORD COUNTY
Flack Reunion
Next Saturday
The annual Flack reunion will be
held on Saturday, September 7, at
the Bottomless Pools, at Lake Lure.
A basket dinner will be served at
noon. Approximately five hundred
members of the Flack and allied
families are expected from more
than a .dozen North Carolina coun
ties and three other states. The
committee last year agreed to hold
the reunion on the first Saturday in
September of each year.
ELLENBORO VOTES
TO SELL LIGHT AND
POWER SYSTEM
Southern Public Utilities Com
pany To Take Over Sys
tem—Reduction in
Rates.
Ellenboro, Sept. I.—The town pf
Ellenboro voted a better and cheap-
er electric current service last Thurs
day when the people of the town
voted almost 100 per cent to sell the
town power lighting system to the
Southern Public Utilities Company
for the sum of $18,500,00. Only
four people cast their ballot against
selling and did so by registering but
failing to vote on the day of the elec
tion
As a result of the town's decision
the Southern Public Utilities Com
pany has already begun work to give
better electric service in the town.
A line to carry a current of 6600
volts will be constructed at once.
This will furnish the town with a cur
rent three times stronger than the
current furnished by the town pow
er and lighting system. Then, the
current will be sold to citizens of
the town cheaper than the rate charg
ed by the town. Up to 25 kilowatts
the new rate will be eight cents per
kilowatt used, as compared with
the rate of 12 1-2 cents per kilowatt
up to eight kilowatts. This should
mean that the average man's cur
rent bill should be around SI.OO less
per month. Again, the new company
will allow a deduction if settlement
is made within ten days after bill
is presented.
Motor rate of seven cents per
kilowatt from 25 to 275 kilowatts is
also attractive to manufacturing en
terprises. It is understood that this
new rate for Ellenboro is much low
er than the rate for neighboring
town and cities.
STEIN'S TO HAVE
HANDSOME NEW FRONT
Workmen have been busy all
week putting in a handsome new
front at Stein's Dept. Store. The
work is being rushed and will be
completed at an early date. New
tiling, new show windows and some
interior work will give this popular
store one of the handsomest fronts
in the city.
The work does not interfere with
the operation of the store, and Mr.
Lee Stein invites friends of the
store to visit them as usual.
New goods are coming in and
all will be in readiness for a big
business as soon as the work is
completed.
VISITING PARENTS HERE.
Mr. Joe Hamrick whf has been
spending the summer at a boy's
camp in Michigan, is visiting the
home folks here this week. Mr.
Hamrick will again have charge of
the city school at Beaufort, S. C.
costs of action taxed against de
fendant.
H. H. Edwards and J. 0. Ledbet
ter vs. P. L. Champion and J. R.
Washburn, Jr., Compromise judg
ment whereby plaintiffs recover
$162.50.
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLI £ IURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1929.
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COUNTY EPWORTH '
LEAGUE UNION TO
MEET FRIDAY
Regular Monthly Meeting Wil
Be Held in New Sunday
, School Building At
Spindale.
Spindale, Sept. I.—The Ruther
ford County Epworth League As
sociation will meet Friday evening,
at 8:00 in the new Sunday school
building of the Spindale Methodist
church, for their regular monthly
business and devotional session.
The president, Prof. R. W. Eaves,
will preside at the business meeting.
The devotional program will be in
charge of the Spindale Epworth Lea
gue.
The Assocation is making splendid
progress at present There were more
than two hundred young people pres
ent at the August meeting held in
Caroleen, representing practically
every community in the county. New
Epworth League chapters have been
recently formed at Oak Grove, Sa
lem, Rutherfordton and Bostic. Ap
proximately three hundred young
people are expected for the program
Friday evening.
THE CLIFFSIDE
SCHOOLS OPEN
List of Members of Faculty—
Prospects For Good School
Year Encouraging.
Cliffside, Sept. 3.—The Cliffside
high and elementary schools opened
Monday morning with a fine enroll
ment. Prospects for one of the best
school terms in the history of the
school is 1 just ahead. The following
compose the faculty of the Cliffside
public schools for the year:
Elementary School.
First Grade: Misses Elizabeth
White, Live Oak;, Fla., Alice David,
Dillon, S. C.; and Gertrude Jones.
Peachland, N. C.
Second Grade: Misses Nevelyn Mar
tin, Greensboro; Madeline Moore,
Gastonia.
Third Grade: Misses Ruby Wilson,
Marshall, Erwin Nickels, Atlanta, Ga.
Fourth Grade: Misses Annabella
Logan, Rutherfordton; Johnnie Play
er, Elliotte, S. C.
Fifth Grade: Misses Ewer Bame,
Salisbury; Emily Hilliard, Warren
ton.
Sixth Grade: Miss Leatha Bame,
Salisbury.
Seventh Grade: Principal, Miss
Corene Bookout, Rock Hill.
Music Supervisor: Miss Beaulah
Heafner, Crouse, N. C.
Play Ground Supervisor: Miss
-Emily Hilliard.
High School Faculty.
Messrs C. A. Denson, principal,
Tarboro, N. C.; H. C. Beatty, his
tory, Stanley; Fred Barkley, Science,
Statesville;-Miss Sara Lou Jenkins,
English, Goldsboro; Miss Helen
Thompson, Latin and French, Fu
quay Springs; Miss Ruth Hord, Eng
lish and expression, King's Mountain;
Mrs. H. L. Robinson, household arts,
| Cliffside.
The school had the largest open
ing enrollment in its history. Mr.
Barkley, the new coach, is a grad
uate* of Erskine College and was an
all-state man in baseball and foot
ball. Mr. Barkley will teach manual
training in the high school. Two new
courses are offered in high school.
The two literary societies will
continue to be active this year. They
are The Erwin and the Florence
Nightingale Literary societies.
The chorus class in high school
is under the direction of Miss Beu
lah Heafner who has been director
of music in the high school for the
past five years. Efforts are being
made also to continue the boys band
and we hope soon to have them play
ing again.
Football practice begins with a
ORMAL OPENING
OF SUNDAY SCHOOL
BUILDING SEPT. 15
Spindale's $15,000 Sunday
School Rooms To Be Dedi
cated With All Day
Service.
Spindale, Sept. 2.—The Spindale
Methodist Sunday school's new $15,-
000 building will be officially open
ed Sunday, September 15, with an
all day service. Sunday school will
be held as usual at 10 o'clock. The
corner stone of the new building
will be placed at 10:30 and the cere
mony will be in charge of Rev. T.
C. Jordan, a former pastor now in
Burnsville.
The afternoon session will con
vene at 2:00 o'clock. At that time
talks and addresses by former Sun
day school superintendents, and pas
tors will be given. All former pastors
will be invited for the services. The
church will celebrate its tenth anni
versary on this day, also. The church
was organized in 1919, and has been
served by the following pastors:
Rev. J. B. Carpenter (deceased);
Rev. W. C. Jones; Rev. C. C. Toth
erow; Rev. J. J. Gray; Rev. M. W.
Heckard; Rev. O. L. Simpson; Rev.
T. C. Jordan and Rev. W. Arthur
Barber, the present pastor.
LOCAL LAUNDRY
CHANGES HANDS
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Perry Pur
chase Interest of Mr.
O. B. Bell.
The Rutherford County Laundry,
Inc., changed hands, this week. Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Perry, of Asheville,
have purchased the interest of Mr.
0. B. Bell in the laundry, and will
continue to operate it under the
t
same policies as heretofore. At a re
cent meeting Mrs. R. W. Perry was
elected secretary-treasurer, with Mr.
C. R. Perry manager. Other officers
elected are C. M. Fortune and R. W.
Perry, of Asheville.
Mr. J. J. Tinsley, who recently
sold his interest in the West End
Laundry, of Charlotte, becomes plant
superintendent of this enterprising
corporation. Mr. Tinsley is well and
favorably known here, having pre
viously been in the laundry business
here. He has operated laundries in
Miami, Fla., Charlotte and other
large cities and returns to Forest
City well prepared to give the pub
lic the benefit of his years of ex
perience.
CAROLEEN LOCALS
Caroleen, Sept. I.—Miss Lena
Price and Miss Willie Mae Raney
were the week-end guests of Miss
Ruth Reinhardt.
Mr. Grady Millwood spent the
week-end in Jackson; S. C., visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Mill
wood.
Mr. Cole L. and Luther Bates,
of Spartanburg, S. C., spent last week
with their grandmother, Mrs. E. A.
Reinhardt.
large squad and the prospects are
good for a fine team.
There are two tennis courts and
one of the best gymnasiums in this
section. This is being used in the
physical education course with Miss
Hilliard as instructor of the elemen
tary grades and Messrs. Denson and
Barkley instructors in the high
school course.
The school is serving the needs
of the community with a college re
quirements course being taken by
thirty per cent of the students, but
the practical courses of instruction
in social sciences and
for business and farm.
All the teachers have been select
ed for their high rating by the state
department of education and general
qualifications.
Prof. B. P. Caldwell is the super
intendent—of the schools and seems
pleased with the outlook for the
school year.
Rev. G. R. Gillespie
Moves To Gastonia
Rev. George R. Gillespie who has
made Forest City his home since
1926, moved his family to Gastonia
Monday. Mr. Gillespie will reside at
417 South Willow Street. The peo
ple of Forest City regret very much
to give up this splendid family. Dur
ing their sojourn here both Mr. and
Mrs. Gillespie have taken a promi
nent part in the civic life of the
community. Apart from his minister
ial and home mission duties Mr. Gil
lespie has always found time to en
gage in any worthy undertaking that
has claimed his attention.
DEATH CLAIMS MRS.
ROBERT MELTON
Caroleen Woman Succumbs to
Four Months Illness—Fun
eral At Caroleen.
Caroleen, Sept. 3. —Mrs. Robert
Melton, age 20, died at her home
"at Caroleen, Saturday morning af
ter an illness of four months. She
has been desperately ill for three
weeks. She was a member of the Mt.
Olivet Baptist Church.
She is survived by her hus
band; an infant eleven days old; her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hugh
Bailey, of Caroleen, the following
sisters, Daisy, Oma Lee, Carlin,
and Donna; two brothers, Charles
and J. S. All live near Caroleen.
The funeral services was conduct
ed at the Caroleen Baptist Church
Sunday afternoon in charge of Rev.
D. M. Smart, of Forest City. In
terment was made in the Wall's
Church cemetery near Ellenboro.
Library Shows
Substantial Gains
The Library report for August
shows a total distribution of 818
books. Donations of the past week
are: Two books given by Carolyn
Green; Two books by Dorothy Green;
One book by Mrs. Bess Jones and
twenty-five books by Dr. G. R. Gil
lespie. These donations are grateful
ly acknowledged. Also, the library
now has an Encyclopedia Brittannica
which was received last week as a
gift from the company. This is a
handsome gift and one for which we
are extremely grateful.
The books borrowed from the
State Library Commission were due
September 1, and accordingly re
turned. This leaves 204 vacant places
on the shelves which we hoped to
have filled by donations from pa
trons who have enjoyed the use of
the library during its brief existence.
Below is a list of books called for
often by those visiting the library:
This list will perhaps be of value to
ithose wishing to donate a book. All
donations, however, are acceptable
and appreciated.
Rosary, Barclay; Little Minister,
Barrie; Mary Carry, Boshen; Flying
U Rranch, Bowen; Valley of Silent
Men, Curwood; Steele of Royal
Mounted, Curwood; Poor Wise Man,
Rinehart; Tish, Rinehart; Little
Shepherd of Kingdom Come; Trail
of the Lonesome Pine, Fox; Wild
fire, Grey; Riders of the Purple
Sage, Grey; Mysterious Rider, Grey;
Never the Twain Shall Meet; Kyne;
Mother, Norris; Rose of the World,
Norris; Red Ashes, Pedler.
Mesdames T. R. Padgett, J. F.
Alexander, Misses Miriam and Lilah
Padgett and Mr. Philip Padgett at
tended the opening night of the
grand opera season in Asheville Mon
day.
Miss Louise Graham, of Bishop
ville, S. C., is spending a few days
here with Miss Rebecca Perrin be
fore going to Lexington where she
will teach in the schools this year.
Miss Mildred Moores left Tuesday
for Greensboro where she will enter
Greensboro College for the year.
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72 COLUMNS
Si.oo Per Year in Advance
COOL SPRINGS
SCHOOLS OPENED
MONDAY MORNING
Enrollment at High School
Exceeds That of Last Year
—lncrease at Grammar
School.
The Cool Springs Township schools
started work _ Monday on a regular
schedule. This was made possible by
registering the beginners, eighth
grade, and the new pupils Friday,
August 30th.
The enrollment of the schools ex
ceeded that of last year by about
fifty pupils. The Cool Springs High
school had an increase in number of
forty-four. The grammar school at
Forest City had an increase of
thirty. The other schools failed to
register quite as many as last year.
It is regretted that* some of the
parents in Forest (sity were unable
to begin their children in the first
grade this year. This was due to the
reduction in number of teachers
caused by recent legislation. Most of
the rooms at the Forest City schools
have over forty-five in them. The
average is over forty per room.
In spite of the condi
tions, the teachers and pupils have
determined to make this one of the
best school years in the history of
the schools. With this spirit, of co
operation on the part of both pu
pils and teachers a pleasant and
profitable year is assured.
MR. C. M. PIERCY i
DIED MONDAY
Henrietta Man Succumbs to
Three Months Illness—
Funeral Tuesday.
Henrietta, Sept. 4.—Mr. Charlie
M. Piercy, aged 58, died at his home
here Monday afternoon, after an ill
ness of four months. Funeral ser
vices were held Tuesday at High
Shoals Baptist church, of which he
was a member, with Rev D. G. Wash
burn in charge, assisted by Rev. F.
B. Price and Rev. J. A. Brock.
Mr. Piercy is survived by his wid
ow and nine children, as follows: W.
R Pink, Avondale; R. F, Theodore,
R., Pink, Evelyn and Jeanette, at
home; Mrs. Cesty Enloe, and Mrs.
G. Fite, of Kings Mountain. One
brother, J. W. Piercy, of Caroleen;
four sisters, Mrs. Etta Huntley, of
Cliff side; Mrs. Pantha Davidson, For
est City; Mrs. Cordie Grant, Henriet
ta; and Miss Hattie Piercy, of
Mooresboro, survive.
Mr Piercy was a faithful member
of the Baptist church. He had not
missed Sunday school in five years
until his recent illness. He was also
a member of the Junior Order, The
Masons and the Red Men.
M. P. ADAMS DIES
AT UNION MILLS
Union Mills, Sept. 2.—Mon
roe P. Adams, age 72, died
August 29 at the residence of his
daughter, Mrs. T. M. Parker, near
Union Mills. Mr. Adams died from
heart trouble.
He had been making his home with
his daughter since the death of his
wife about five years ago. He was
a member of the Baptist church,
and was a prominent number of the
community.
He is survived by seven daughters
and three sons: Mrs. P. L. Coxey, of
Gastonia; Mrs. J. R. Taylor, of Mar
ion; Mrs. B. O. Smith, of Alexander;
Mrs* Walter Epley, of near Ruther
fordton; Mrs. Bob Conner, and Ruth
Adams, of Alexander; Z. V. Adams,
of Marion; M. H. Adams, of Moores
boro; and Thomas Adams, of Alex
ander. And is survived by two sisters;
Mrs. Elizabeth Bartlett, of Black
Mountain; and Mrs. Lue Morris, of
Old Fort and by fifty-three grand
children and three great great grand
children.
Mrs. Robert Bell of Glasgow gave
a party for her dog Billie on its 22nd
birthday.