Rutherford
County Offers
Unequalled
Opportunities To
Manufacturers
1 an d Others
VOL- XU-No. 9.
|UCH INTEREST
BEING SHOWN IN
STEPHENS REVIVAL
County-Wide Revival Will
Continue Through This
\Veek —Large Number
of Professions Re
ported.
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Spincale. Dec. 4. —The Stephens
~u nt y-wide revival, which has been
. progress here since November 3,
2d not close Sunday evening as
uheduled. but will continue through
t s and probably through next
leek.
Much good is now resulting from
series of services. During the
jis three weeks little interest was
exhibited in the meeting, but under
t jje powerful preaching of Mr. Steph
ens 2 new spirit was manifested in
the last week of the meeting and as
a result the revival will continue un
til Sunday evening if not longer,
numbers responded to the
invitations of Mr. Stephens at each
meeting last week, which resulted
i number of conversions and a large
number reconsecrated themselves for
service.
Thousands attended the special
Thanksgiving services at the taber
nacle Thursday morning. At 10 a. m.,
a special collection was taken for
the Alexander School, Inc., at ln
icn Mills and a total of $360 in
money, besides much fruit, potatoes,
pumpkins, quilts, etc., was donated.
One hundred and fifty of the erne
Isndred and seventy-five motherless
children of that institution were pres
ent at this service and sang.
Thursday was family night, .and
i prizes wei-e awarded to the largest
liunily present; the oldest man and
oldest woman, and also to the
Smgest father and mother. A fam
ly bible was presented to Mr. E. C.
I Seer, of near Rutherfordton, for the
largest family, and Mr. W. M. -Stan
ley, of Spindale was awarded a rock
ing chair for being the oldest man
jiresenr. A Mrs. Hamrick was given
a jar of wild Canadian raspberries
ior being the oldest woman present.
Several thousand were present
j both at the Sunday .afternoon .and
Sunday night meetings. A fine meet
ing was had Sunday evening as the
outgrowth of special services held in
liutherfcrdton and .Spkidale churches
Sunday morning. Several reconsecrat
ed themselves at the .Sunday school
fccur at the Methodist church in Spin
dale Sunday morning, and several
professed religion. The Sunday moro
ing preaching hour at the Ruther--
fordton Baptist chureh was turned in
to a consecration hour and a num
ber professssd and joined the church
& that time,
A delegation of Rutherford coun
ty Masons were present Tuesday
evening, also z delegation of bank
officials representing practically all
M the banks in the county. The
||i'tiierford County Epworth League
idling, which was scheduled to meet
® regular monthly business session
Friday evening, has cancelled
we business and the presi
k&t, Prof. R. W. Eaves, requests
Leaguers to meet -at the Spindale
at 7:30 Friday night and at
teiJd the meeting in a body. Seats
*ill be reserved for the delegation
regular monthly business session
the League will be held on Friday
'Veiling, December 13.
About ninety people were in the
meeting Tuesday nigbt, of
about 75 were converts.
Methodist Society To
Hold Annual Bazaar
The Young People's Missionary
Society 0 f the Methodist church an
j"°unce their annual bazaar to be
, e d on December sixth and seventh
the Romina Theatre building. The
society reminds us that
e time in which to do Christmas
p -°Pping is getting short. They sug-
s t that you avoid the dense crowds
tl&t
come later in the season and
J Christmas gifts at the bazaar.
" re be a wide variety of
liCjl iCj - attractive gifts.
FOREST CITY COURIER
FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES I> U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY.
Mr, D. D. Webb
Died Last Monday
Forest City, R-3, Dec. 2.—Mr.
Drury Dobbins Webb,-aged 62 years,
died at his home near Smith Grove
church, Monday morning at 6 o'clock
after an illness of one week.
Funeral services wer«> held Tues-,
day afternoon at Walls Baptist j
church, and were in charge of his ■
pastor. Mr. Webb had been a member j
of Walls church about 49 years.
1 He is survived by his widow and ;
eight children. Nineteen grandchild- j
ren also survive. Mr. Webb was a]
prominent farmer and citizen and j
was well known over the entire coun-
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RAISING CHARITY '
FUND AT SPINDALE
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Fund Be Raised by Subscrip- j
tion And Used to Bring |
Christmas to Neediest
Families.
Spindale, Dec. 2.—A movement to
raise a fund of approximately SI,OOO
for charity purposes has been in
augurated here. The plan is to raise
the fund by subscription and use it I
in purchasing necessities for the
needy families of Spindale during
Christmas and the following winter
months.
Messrs. Glenn Keller and Mnx
Tolleson are originators of the move- j
ment. and are now soliciting funds J
for that purpose. The decision was
made to begin fund after a
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partial survey of Spindale and sur
rounding communities was made, and
a large number of destitute and
semi-destitute families were found.
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In the absence of any organized
charities such as is foundin
City and elsewliere, tliese
! young men have constituted them
■ selves a welfare board to raise funds
• and bring Christmas cheer to the
• unfortunate. The movement has the
■ backing and sympathy of the busi
■ :ness .bouses of Spindale and adjacent
i communities and promises to fill a
i long Se\t need.
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t Oyster Supper
i At Harris Friday
? Harris, Dec. 3. —An oyster sup
l per and free moving picture show
s will be given at Harris high school
- auditorium Friday evening, begin
-1 nmg at 5 o'clock. Among the many
- attractions will be a grab bag. cake
1 walk and a good time. Everybody is
- invited to uttend the supper and free
- show.
Several Injured .
By Fall On Ice
Spindale, Dec. 3.—Several people
were slightly injured here "Monday
j by falling on the icy pavements or
highways. Mr. Lewis Griffin suffered
" injuries to his shoulders, chesf and
" back when he fell early Monday
i morning on a slippery ice-coated
jf bank near the Spencer mill. Mr. Stal
lings, of the Spencer smill, suffered a
bad injury to his hand Monday **hen
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he fell on an Lee-coated spot in liis
yard and ran a Large piece of w*od
■ through his hand. Mr. Russell Mor
k gan, of the Spindale Grocery Com
pany, was injured Monday when he
1 ! £ell near the store. He is still in bed,
f i but is resting comfortably. Several
j others were injured to a lesser ex
& ten£ by slipping on ice-coated pave-
ments and roads Monday.
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j ? HEALTH $
! C GREETINGS ?
Shop Early and Buy Christmas Seals
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY * RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, jf MBER 5, 1929.
RE-ELECT DR. C. S. !'
M'CALL SECRETARY ,
DENTAL SOCIETY!
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Forest City Man Again Secre- ]
tary of First District
Dental Society of
N. C.
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Asheville, Dec. 3.—Dr. N. P. Mad- j
| dux, of Asheville, was named late J,
j Monday as president-elect of the ' (
j First District Dental Society of North (
I Carolina, succeeding Dr. T. A. Wil- j
! kins of Gastonia, who automatically ,
j became president of the body. Dr.,
! Maddux will have charge of arrang-:
I ing the program for the next annual j
| meeting, and will become head of
j the society at that time.
Other officers chosen Monday
| were Dr. A. D. Abernethy of Granite
' Falls, vice president; Dr. Charles S.;
| McCall, of Forest City, re-elected
: secretary and treasurer.
The one-dav meeting of the so-.
ciety came to a close at the George
Yanderbilt hotel Monday night with
an address at 7:30 o'clock by Mr.
Grumman, of the University of
North Carolina extension course. Mr.
j Grumman's address followed the an
! nual banquet at 6:30 o'clock.
The meeting opened Monday morn
ing in its ninth annual convention
with Dr. S. C. Moser, of Gastonia and
Dr. Harold E. Story, of Charlotte, .
as the principal speakers. About 60
dentists were in attendance.
Begins Christmas
Seal Sale Drive
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Mrs. A. C. Duncan, local chair—
| man of the tuberculosis Christmas
i seal sale drive, in Forest City began
j her work this week of placing ap
| propriate placards and postors in the
j windows of the business houses of
j the city. The sale of Christmas seals
| will start at once, and will continue
| until Christmas. Anyone desiring
1 tuberculosis Christmas seals should
Isee Mrs. Duncan or one of the work
j ers in this campaign. A large portion
lof the proceeds from sale of these
] seals will remain in Forest City for
; local work.
; Governor O. Max Gardner, speak
j mg of the Christmas seals, says:
''lt should be a matter of State
i pride to every patriotic North Caro
' linian to know* that the tuberculosis
! death rate in this state has gradua
-Ily decreased, along with the decline
in the United States at large, during
' j the last twenty-five years. I feel
; sure that the great National Tuber-"
, culosis Association, with the North
Carolina Tuberculosis Association af
| filiating with the former as it has
, j through your able service during these
many years, has contributed matcr
, ially to the decline in suffering, sick
. ness, and deaths from this terrible
, disease.
I As your fine organization is finao-
I ced exclusively through the sale of
r Christmas Seals, T wish to commend
I this work to the people of the State,
and I hope that the seals this year •
will exceed in number the records
{ of any previous year."
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Stephens Revival
Program For Sunday j
Spindale, Dec. 3.—The schedule
of services at the Stephens taber—:
nacle here for next Sunday was an- j
nounced Wednesday by Rev. W. G. j
Haymaker, campaign director, as fol
lows : :
Eleven O'clock, Union services at
tabernacle.
Two-thirty o'clock. Special ser
vices for everybody in Rutherford
county.
Seven o'clock, song service, led by j
Mr. Powell Lee.
Seven-thirty o'clock, sermon by
Mr. Stephens.
According to present indications
the meeting will continue through
next week. Much interest is being
shown in the services, but only a
small portion of the county has as
yet been reached. Wonderful revival
services have resulted in Spindale
and Rutherfordton, but other por
tions of the county have scarcely been
■ touched.
THiEvff mm :
SPLkiE STORES !
EARLY TUESDAY
Four Places of Business En
tered Tuesday Morning
and About $20.00 in
Cash Taken.
Spindale, Dec. 3.—Thieves enter-:
ed four business houses here Tues- j
day morning about four o'clock and
emptied the cash registers in each
place of business, and secured about
$20.00 in small change.
The robbers first entered the Spin
dale Drug Company by a rear win-.
dow. They rifled the cash registers
and took about five dollars in pennies
and nickles. They next forced the
door in the partition between Spin
dale Drug Co., and the Spindale
Grocery company. In the latter
place they secured about 300 pen
nies and about $2.00 in small change
The large automatic cash register
was damaged, when one of the com
partments was pried open with a
short piece of steel. The damage to
the register is about 520.00. A
smaller register, hid under a shelf,
was also opened. They next forced
open the Hines Service station srhevc
they took about SIO.OO in snr.'l
change, which had been left in the
cash register, and damaged the reg's
ter when it was forced op-;a. Austell's
store was broken into and a "mall
amount of money taken from there.
None of the business establishments
have missed any:hing other than the
change in tbe cash registe *s
Night policeman, ■ George Green,
noticed a white man leaving the
premises of the Hines Service Sta
tion and fired twice at him.
• Apparently the thief of thieves
were familiar witn the premises of
each of the places entered, as they
knew exactly how to gain entrance,
and where they would be most like
ly to find money.
Blanton Wins
Gold Football
In a contest sponsored by Grov
er's Soda Shop, the high school
"hangout", Fred Blanton, the quar
terback of the Forest City high
school football team won a gold foot
ball for having been voted the most
valuable player on the 1929 squad.
He played half back his first year
and since then he has been piloting
the team for the three past years.
Blanton was regarded by the teams
• that Forest City was accustomed to
meeting as one of the most dangerous
threats of the team, which is sub
stantiated by a coach of one of the
teams played this year, saying they
1 dreaded Blanton more than any man
his team ever played against. He
has shown up well throughout his
entire football career on end runs
and this year he returned punts with
much success. In the game played
against Concord, now the state cham
pions of B class football, he ran back
a punt for sixty yards. His punting:
has been as good as the average
j high school player. In addition to
these things the fans doubtless took
,in consideration his clean type of
1 playing and his regard for training
i regulations. In this personalitw there
is tied up qualifications which enabl
j ed him to hold down a position as
guard on last years basketball squad
! and was picked an all-state third
I baseman last year, having played that
position the State championship
baseball team of this school two sea
sons ago. Blanton is not only an ath
lete but is an all round student and
president of the student body.
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John B. Wyatt,
Aged 56, Dead
Mr. John B. Wyatt, aged 56, died
Thursday night at his home here,
after being ill a short time with
stomach trouble.
Burial was at Weaverville Satur
day in the Wyatt family cemetery.
Funeral services were also held there.
Mr. Wyatt is survived*byfamily,
a wife and eight children, also three
brothers and two sisters.
Pirates Will Clash I
With Glen wood Club
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The Florence. Pirates basketball,
team will meet the Glenwood quin-;
tet in their first game of the season
on the local high school court tonight;
(Wednesday). In the past this team
has been classed among the best j
amateur teams in the state and it is ■
thought they will be in even greater j
form this year.
Among some of the outstanding;
teams the Pirates will play this year,
will be Olsen's Terrible Swedes and;
Olsen's Nordics.
Among those coming out for i
practice are: Davis, Little, Harrill, j
Seitz, Stalnafcer,, Moss, McKeithan. |
Walker and Transom.
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COUNTY CLUB TO [
MEET DECEMBER 13!
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Will Elect 1930 Officers—.
County Government Pro- •
gram at December
Meeting.
Spindale. Dec. 3.—The December
meeting of the Rutherford County
Club will be held a week earlier than
usual, on account of the third Fri
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day being so near to Christmas. The
meeting will be held in the Isother
-1 rial hotel, Rutherfordton. on Friday
i evening, December 13, at 7 o'clock.
The time of the meeting has also
been changed from one o'clock to
seven o'clock for this one meeting.
Election of officers for 1930 will
be held at this time. A primary was
held at the November meeting, and
from a list of those nominated the
nominating committee have selected
the following for candidates to be
voted on at the December meeting:
For president: Clyde Erwin and
I O. J. Holler.
For vice-president: C. F. Gold
and G. B. Howard.
For sergeant-at-arms, , Grady
Withrow and Dr. A. C. Duncan.
For Directors: David Lindsay. F.
E. Patton, D. C. Whitaker, J. T.
j Harris, S. C. Gettys, Dr. L. B.
Morse.
A county government program
will be given at this time. Mr. M. R.
■ Reed, county accountant, will speak
I on taxation, and will have an inter
- esting address to present to the club
1 on county affairs. County Attorney
■ B. T. Jones will also speak on coun
t ty affairs. Several visitors from the
• newly formed Cleveland county club
P are expected to attend this meeting,
r also other visitors.
' Mr. Frank Clayton
5 Died Monday
3 Mr. Frank Clayton, aged 49 years,
7 died at his home near the Florence
j Mill here Monday afternoon at 1:30
? o'clock. He suffered a stroke of para
; lysis while standing on the street
- here Monday morning, and never re
j covered from the stroke.
j Funeral services were held at Pel
. zer, S. C., Wednesday, and inter
: ment was in the Pelzer cemetery.
: He is survived by his widow and
, seven children. His mother also sur
, vives and three brothers and two sis
: ters are lfving.
- Mr. Clayton was a member of the
, Methodist church. He had been a resi
; dent of Forest City about four years.
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SEW&IH" LITTLE CRTLLLFMS TO
FMGGLY WLGGLY, I>EY JES
CAINT TOTT SACK ALL PET GITS FUHJ
14 Pages
84 COLUMNS
Si.oo Per Year in Advance
COUNTY VISITED
BY COLDEST FALL
WEATHER KNOWN
Last Week's Cold Wave Sets
New Record in County for
November Weather.
i Rutherford county was visited by
the severest November cold wave in
; the history of the county last Fri-
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i day and Saturday. At dark Friday
, night the thermometer registered
thirty degrees above zero and fell at
! the rate of about four degrees per
hour until early Saturday morning,
when it was hovering between eight
.
and ten degrees above zero.
' Considerable damage resulted over
I the county from the freezing of ra
, diators, water pipes and water mains.
flowers, canned fruits and vegetables
' and gardens.
In some of the towns and villages
J the water supply was practically cut
| off as the result of freezing Friday
! and Saturday nights. Coal and wood
, dealers continue to do a thriving
! business, while the garages are doing
i a big business furnishing anti freeze
| solutions and doing repair work on
, frozen cars.
Rising tempex-ature Sunday gave
temporary relief from the severe
J cold, but Monday's rain and sleet
resulted in colder weather Tuesday.
; Older residents of the county state
I I that last week-end was the coldest
November weather ever known in
' Rutherford county.
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; Forest City Boy
j Confesses Forgery
1 Recently forged checks upon For
est City Feed and Fertilizer Co..
r Forest City Furniture Co., and the
Alexander Manufacturing Co., have
. been discovered by these firms.
By a clever piece of detective
• t work, Chief Chas. R. Price secured
' a confession from a local boy Tues
-1 day afternoon that he was the au
thor of the two checks forged a
: gainst the Alexander Manufacturing
"'Co.
> ! The lad, whose name is withheld
owing to the family, and to further
aid the authorities in catching two
' others who are thought to be im
) plicated in the forgeries, was arrest
' ed and is now under S3OO bond to
appear in Superior Court,
Chief Price is almost certain that
he will round up two other young
7 men, who are known to have beet*
aicomplices of the boy who has con
fessed.
? The lads are believed to have stol
) en printed checks of the above firms,
- all of which were made out for small
t sums and cashed at various local
• banks during the month of Novem
ber.
At present there has shown up
~ two forged checks upon the Alexan
der Manufacturing Co., one upon
• the Forest City Furniture Co., and
" three upon the Forest City Feed and
- Fertilizer Co., and it is believed by
the police that the above number
1 constitute all of the forged checks
" put out by this band of three boys.
• With their arrest and • conviction,
■ J which is certain, an end will be put
| to what has proved to be one of the
worst cases of forgery coming up
i in the county in recent years. Doubt-
less but for the good work of Chief
Price their depredations would have
! continued inde|nitely.
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I Injured In Auto
Wreck Sunday
Mooresboro, Dec. 3.—Early Sun
day night two cars crashed together
on the highway near Mooresboro,
and Mr. P. L. Marks suffered a brok
j en arm and Mrs. Marks was lacer-
I ated about the head and face. The
wreck was caused, according to re
ports, by an intoxicated negro driver
who is said to have cut his car a
cross the road in front of the Forest
City car. The negro's name was Lo
gan. He was placed under a $300.00
bond to await trial.