Rutherford
County Offers
Unequalled
Opportunities To
Manufacturers
and Others
VOL. XII—No. 12.
KIWANIANS HONOR
FARMERS AT BALE
PER ACRE BANQUET
Many Prizes Awarded Wed
nesday Evening at Kiwanis
Meeting to Cotton Grow
ers of Township.
Dr. T. E. Browne, director of vo
cational education and dean of the
school of education of the North Car
olina State college, was the princi
pal speaker at a bale-per-acre ban
quet Wednesday evening given by
the Forest City Kiwanis club for 50
farmers of the Cool Springs town
ship who entered a better cotton
contest sponsored by the club and
the vocational agricultural depart
ment of the local high school.
J. M. Osteen, district supervisor
of vocational agriculture of Troy,
was present at this meeting and
made a short talk. Mr. Osteen has
attended every farmers' night meet
ing the local Kiwanis club has held
for the past three years and he is
extremely enthusiastic over the re
lations existing between the busi
ness men of this city and the farm
ers. James M. Gray, state manager
of the Chilean nitrate of soda edu
cational bureau of Raleigh, was also
present and made a short talk.
Three hundred dollars in prizes
were awarded to the winners in the
better cotton contest at this meet
ing. The judges in this contest were
Terry Moore of the Alexander Man
ufacturing company; D. H. Sutton,
vocational agricultural teacher of
the Cool Springs high school, apd
J. W. Eakes, superintendent of the
township schools. The prizes were
awarded as follows:
First prize, SSO and a suit of
clothes valued at $25 to P. V. Bostic;
second, $25 and a $lO raincoat, to
Geo. Blanton; third S2O and $7
worth of automobile supplies to O.
T. Dodson; fourth, sls and $5 in
merchandise to Clark Matheny;
fifth, $12.50 and a $5 pair of shoes
to Frank Gregory; sixth, $lO. and
$5 rocking chair to W. L. Hunt;
seventh, $7.50 and $5 in merchan
dise to G. W. Hardin; eighth, $5 and
$5 in merchandise to W. P. Crowder;
ninth, $2.50 and $3.50 smoking stand
to W. E .Lewis; tenth, $2.50 and
$2.50 in merchandise to Yates Hol
land.
The next 10 making the highest
records were awarded a year's sub
scription to The Forest City Courier.
Clarke Matheny was awarded
$25.00 for best grade of Coker No.
5 cotton grown in the contest. P. V.
Bostic won the ton of fertilizer re
warded by the Forest City Seed and
Fertilizer Co., for making the most
cotton per acre with their fertilizer.
G. S. Ruppe was given a ton of
fertilizer by George Blanton for
making the best cotton record using
his fertilizer.
Mr. Tom Harris, who was disqual
ified on account of lateness in enter
ing contest, made over ten bales of
cotton on five acres. Mr. Matheny,
of the Forest City Seed and Fertili
zer Co., gave him a ton of fertilizer
for this record.
Seventy men and boys participat
ed in the contest, and grew 350 acres
of cotton, each acre averaging over
a bale of cotton per acre. The ten
highest men and boys in the contest
averaged approximately eight bales
to their five acre projects. The sec
ond ten prizes winners averaged
seven bales to the five acres, and the
twenty winners averaged well over
seven bales to their five acres.
In the grammar school group a-
N number of boys entered the one acre
contest. Twenty-five dollars was i
warded to the three highest boys by
Prof. J. W. Eaks and J. R. Moore.
First prize, $12.50, was awarded to
J. O. Toms.
Mr. Paul Huntley, of Newport
News, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Smith and children, of Charlotte, will
spend the holidays here with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Hut.t
ley.
FOREST CITV COURIER
FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CI * r THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY.
Spindale Boy
To Take Bar Exam.
Raleigh, Dec. 18. —One hundred
and forty-two persons filed notice
of intention to take the North Caro
lina bar examination next January
27, says Edward V. Seawell, clerk of
the state supreme court, it was an
nounced Thursday.
1 The list contains the name of John
Lester Duncan, of Spindale, N. C.
PRAISES WORK
OF RUTHERFORD
GIRLS' CLASS
Dr. T. E. Brown Expresses Sat
isfaction at Work of Ruth
erford Home Economics
Class.
i Charlotte, Dec. 23.—High recom
mendation of the policy of the home
economics department of the Ruther
ford Spindale Central High school,
: which is doing seasonal benevolent
j work incident to classroom instruc
; tion and practice, was spoken here
| Saturday by Dr. T. E. Brown, of
. Aaleigh, North Carolina, director of
, vocational education, who has just
visited the school. The members of
I this class of young women are mak-
I ing "everything from layettes to
| durable, attractive school dresses,"
all of which will be given as Christ
; mas presents to needy persons in that
i community.
" 'To elevate the quality of human
living' is the task of modern edu—
j cation, in the opinion of Dr. Frank
j lin Babbit, of the University of Chi
j cago," said Dr. Brown. "To find
j this philosophy of education being
j worked out in a school and being
; applied to the Mves of the people
;of the community is a real inspira
tion."
I
j "One cannot conceive of a more
'thorough illustration of the applica
tion of this philosophy than that
given in the work of the home
j economics department of the Central
; High school* in Rutherford County,"
; continued Dr. Brown. "The county
welfare officer gave Mrs. Charles Er
iwin the home economics teacher,
1 S2O with which to buy material to
be used in making garments for the
needy children in the school district,
j Suitable materials were purchased for
making clothing for children of all
ages."
' "The girls in the home economics
j classes are so happy and enthusiastic
i over the project that not only are
, they using the class periods for
this work but also are giving their
I study periods and their spare time
|to the work, in order that the gar
i ments may be ready for distribution
Iby Christmas. Never have I seen
| a happier class of girls than those
1 who are doing these things which
. will bring joy to dozens of children
at Christmas time," said Dr. Brown.
PARKS-WADDELL.
|
A wedding of interest to a wide
circle of friends in Rutherford, Cleve
land and Buncombe counties was that
iof Mr. C. P. Parks to Miss Pauline
| Waddell, of Asheville, which took
: place Sunday afternoon, at four
! o'clock, in the French Broad Baptist
! church.
The father of the groom, Rev. B.
P. Parks, of Forest City, performed
i the ceremony.
Mrs. Parks is the talented daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Waddell
iof Asheville. She is a graduate of
i Asheville-Normal and North Carolina
college for Women. She has been a
j teacher in the public schools of
i Cleveland county for sometime, and
I is at present teaching in that county.
Mr. Parks is the son of Rev. and
Mrs. B. P. Parks, of Forest City. He
is a well-known young business
man, having been connected with the
Pilot Life Insurance company for
about four years, and is at present
the resident manager.
Mr. and Mrs. Parks will make
! their home on Carolina Avenue.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST  \ >ND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
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FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURI
THE CHRISTMAS TREE
1
am a
Christmas
tree. I am not the
kind that is all
' aglow one day in
the year and then is cast
aside and forgotten. I am a
sturdy evergreen which took root in
this community long ago, grew as it
grew slowly then flourished in the days of v
prosperity until now I stand as a landmark
for the community throughout the
year. But as a Christmas tree I bear
upon my branches gifts for all of you. My gifts
are these: News—all the news for all the people
all the time; clean news, wholesome news, news of
hope and not of despair; the kind of news that you
can read and talk over around the family circle; Ideals
and Faith and Courage—ideals toward which to strive to
make our community a better place in which to live, faith in
the essential righteousness and honesty of our people;
courage in upholding the cause of justice and condemning
the wrong; Leadership and Progressiveness and Service—
leadership in those causes which make for good of community,
progressiveness in seeing beyond the immediate need and the
immediate fulfillment of that need; service to the community in
protecting its people from danger, fraud, sorrow. These gifts I
bear for all of you—for your schools, churches, public institutions
your homes, your children and for each and every one of you
as individuals.
All these gifts
that are freely
yours to have
throughout the
year, I offer
this glad season of peace on earth, good
will and happiness to all. For I am a Christ
mas tree. I am your HOME PAPER.
FORMER RESIDENT
COMMENDS CITY
Compliments City on Decora
tions, and Makes Sugges
tions As To Beautifying
Certain Streets.
Christmas greetings to Forest City,
her people and multitude of inter
ests. We are rejoicing with you in
the favorable comment your city is
receiving in the news and editorial
columns of our largest daily news
papers. The spirit of your town, as
represented by your manufacturers,
business men and civic clubs, de
serves all the publicity and praise
that is possible to be had.
We still have a warm spot in
our hearts for Forest City and her
many fine people, and would love to
see still greater progress. So just
throwing out a suggestion, in keep
ing with the beauty of your business
court and Main street. Old Carolina
road, from intersection of Arlington
street, the main thoroughfare of
your handsome graded school build
ing, could be developed into one of
the beauty spots of Forest City, at
a very small cost. With grass and
crepe myrtle trees in the center
plots of what is already a boulevard,
shade trees along the margin of the
school campus and opposite side,
would transform this now forsaken
and abandoned street into a magni
ficent thoroughfare and be a contin
ual reminder to the 700 children of
the grammar school along lines :>f
civic beauty and landscape garden-
With your splendid Woman's Club,
Kiwanis club, School Board and City
Council and the spirit of all your
people, this could be an objective for
the New Year that would attract the
attention of every visitor to Forest
City and open an avenue to a splen
did residential section of the city.
—G. R. GILLESPIE.
Gastonia, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Weathers will
have as their dinner guests on
Christmas day, Mrs. T. E. Wilkins,
Mrs. S. L. Hobbs and family, of
Erwin, Tenn.,"Mr. and Mrs. John T.
Wilkins and family of Hendersonville,
Mrs. W. W. Wilkins and children, of
Atlanta, Ga.; and their son. Mr. Flay
Weathers, of Furman University,
Greenville, S. C., who is home for
the Christmas holidays.
DECEMBER 26, 1929
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MRS. A. L GRAYSON
DIED SATURDAY
Rutherfordton Woman Pass-i
es at Age of 68 Years—
Funeral Sunday.
Rutherfordton, Dec. 23.—Mrs. A.
|L. Grayson, aged 68, one of the
best known women of Rutherfoi'dton,
| died at her hom£ here Saturday aft-
I ernoon at 3 o'clock after a brief ill
|
i ness. - 1
; Funeral services were held at the
' first Baptist church here Sunday af
' ternoon at 3 o'clock, and interment
followed in the Rutherfordton ceme
tery. Her former pastor, the Rev. R.
H. Herring, of Zebulon, assisted her
pastor, the Rev. E. B. Jenkins, in the 1
services.
Her only child, Miss Alda Grayson,
is a missionary to China and left
here November 29, 1928, for her sec
ond trip to the far east.
Mrs. Grayson is survived by one
sister, Mrs. Hattie Callahan, of Ruth
erfordton, two half-brothers, Dr. F.
B. Watkins, physician at the state
hospital, Morganton, and Dr. W. O.
•Watkins, prominent druggist of this
place; two step-daughters, Miss Vir
ginia Grayson and Miss Myra Gray
son, both of this place.
Mrs.- Grayson had been a teacher
in the First Baptist Sunday school
her for 50 years and was active in
church and civic circles. She was
J a loyal member of the Davis-Dicker- j
I son-Mills chapter, United Daughters
of the Confederacy, and was a mem- 1
ber of one of the county's best
known families. She has always bee?i
known as a devoted Christian.
f
WIN RADIO AND TRAIN
AT ROMINA THEATRE
Mr. Byron Carson, of the Harris
Oil Company, city, won the Atwaier
Kent radio, given away at the Ro
mina Theatre Saturday evening. The
Romina announced two weeks ago
that this fine new radio would be giv
en away Saturday evening to the
person holding a certain ticket, and
Mr. Carson was the fortunate per
son. An electric train was also given
away Saturday morning at a special
show for children. This was won by
little Miss Frances Courtney.
Miss Mary Meares, of Winston-
Salem, arrived Tuesday to spend the
Christmas holidays with her parents, I
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Meares.
Ex-Service Men
Take Notice
There are in the State of North
Carolina 6,000 ex-service men who
have not applied for their adjusted
compensation certificates, these cer
tificates average SI,OOO each.
The time limit for making appli
cation for these certificates is Jan
uary Ist, Is3o, unless Congress ex
tends the time.
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ANNUAL BANQUET
FLORENCE MILLS
Overseers Enjoy Special Din
ner at Blanton Cafe Fri
day Night.
The annual banquet of the heads ji
of departments and overseers of the j (
Florence Mills was given at Blan- j i
ton's Cafe last Friday night, where \ 1
plates were laid for thirty-six. A i
splendid four-course dinner was serv- i
ed, followed by cigars and cigarettes. 1
Superintendent N. H. Welsh pre- 1
sided at the banquet. The invocation j
was by Rev. L. N. Epley. jj
The banquet was one of the best 11
ever served by Blanton and was en- 1
joyed throughout and further en- i
joyment. of the occasion was en- 1
hanced by good fellowship. ! 1
Short talks were made by the Rev. i (
L. -N. Epley, Dr. A. C. Duncan and r
Editor Alcock. Mr. Epley covered the l
spiritual side in a neat talk, while 
Dr. Duncan, after felicitating the 
Florence Mills key men upon the (
happy occasion, took time to express ]
a warning against the inroads of the 
communists, who have threatened 
wides-spread strikes in the South this 1 
Spring. Editor Alcock spoke of the j i
good fellowship and co-operation ex-M
isting among the overseers of the j
Florence Mills organization. *
It might well be said that there j
will be small chance of inroads by •
the communists in an organization ,
which shows the loyalty to employees '
as exhibited by the Florence Mills, I
As a striking example, there appeare;! I
at the rear of the banquet hall one '
of Florence Mills' oldest employees, j
"Uncle" Wilse Kelley, aged colored ;
man who helped to make the brick ,
from which Florence Mills is built ;
and has been an employee ever since,!
covering a period of 35 years. This !
old darky, typical of the Old South 1
in faithfulness and loyalty, has been j
: on the payroll since the ve/y begin- |
• ning of the organization. He is 7S s
' years old, lives near Spindale and !
! has not been late to his work but i
one day this year. The old man is J
; showing thp evidences of time and is
; not strong enough to do heavy work, j
: but the Florence Mills has kept him j
on the payroll all these years and j
provided employment for his declin- j
ing years. As one gentleman remark- j
ed to the reporter, who had asked j
about the mills keeping an old man j
upon the payroll, "Why, of course, j
he can't do uch work, but he ha s i
been faithful and loyal and if the
mills were to discharge him the oM j
man would just curl up and die, as i.
• •
it is, his feeling that he is doing >
something and is useful, that keeps j
him alive. Yes, Uncle Wilse feels that'
he is a part of our organization." j
• ' 1
The communists will have a hard
time making inroads into an organ
ization that shows this kind of spirit
to employees—even to an old colored
man.
i
TWO USEFUL MEN
OF CLEVELAND
*
In the recent passing of J. T. S. ;
Mauney and Tom Stamey, the coun- :
tv loses two of its outstanding men,
who have helped Cleveland j
County what It is. Their judgments ;
were mature, their county loyalty |
and pride were outstanding and their
lives were such that young men ;
should emulate their noble examples.
It was an inspiration for young men
to be associated with such noble men
as Mauney and Stamey and now that
they are gone, young men should
strive to step into their places and c
carry on. A great pride of Cleveland I
County are the noble men and wo- j c
men who have set such fine examples t
for the youth of our section.— Shel
by Star. ]
I 4 Pages
84 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
COUNTY OFFICERS
ARREST NEGROES
FOR SHOOTING
Three Jailed For Alleged
Shooting of Officer and
Filling Station Operator
At Greensboro.
Spindale, Dec. 23.—Two White
sides negroes, brothers, and another
negro were arrested Thursday by
officers at their home near Union
Mills, after a sharp piece of detec
tive work by Policeman George
Green.
On Monday night, December 16,
the three negroes drove up to a
filling station on the outskirts of
Greensboro, it is alleged, and after
an altercation with the operator of
the station shot him. A policeman
who attempted to arrest them was
also shot, according to reports, and
the negroes made their escape. For
tunately, neither of the men were
seriously wounded, and the policeman f
succeeded in securing their license
tag number. The car had formerly
belonged to a Spindale man, and
after Mr. Green was notified of the
fact, he at once began a search for
the car and located it at the home
of the negroes near Union Mills. On
Thursday Mr. Green, accompanied
by Chief of police Yates Duncan,
Curtis Hardin, Jim Marlowe and
Calvin Hardin, went to their resi
dence and arrested them. They were
j placed in the Rutherford jail and
officers at Greensboro notified. An
j officer came to Rutherfordton Fri
! day and returned with them to
j Greensboro, where they will stand
trial at a later date,
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Annual Meeting Of
B. S. A. Council Jan. 13
!
The annual meeting of the officials
icf the Piedmont Council, Boy Scouts
: of America, will be held in Hotel
• Armington, Gastonia, on Monday
; evening, January 13th, at 7 o'clock,
1 according to an announcement made
' by scout executive R. M. Schiele, of
| Gastonia. It was first planned to
i hold the annual meeting in Shelby,
, but due to a conflict in dates it was
changed to Gastonia,
I
j Officials for the council and officers
• for each of the counties composing
j the council will be elected at that
i time. The council is composed of the
; counties of Gaston, Cleveland, Lin
' coin, Rutherford and Polk, with sev
| eral adjoining counties as extension
I . -4
j territory. Reports for the year will
j also be made at that time.
ELLIOTT-STOTT.
!
Rutherfordton, Dec. 23.—Arnold
P. Elliotte was married here Wed
•nesday afternoon, Dec. 18., to Miss
; Olive Stott of Union Mills, by Rev.
|E. B. Jenkins, pastor of the First
Baptist church in the office of regis
ter of deeds, W. 0. Geer. After a
j brief honeymoon trip the young
J couple will make their home in the
! upper end of this county.
Santa has come to make the hearts
of little folks glad, and, believe me,
PIGGLY WIGGLY will make the
older folks glad any time they visit
the store.
My, my, you sure does get lots for
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you'ah money.