FOREST CITY COURIER
Published Every Thursday in the
interest of Forest City and Ruther
ford County.
Entered Aug. 22, 1918, at the post
office at Forest City, N. C., as second
class matter under act of Congress
cf March 3, 1879.
C. E. ALCOCK Editor and Owner
CLARENCE GRIFFIN.—News Editor
MRS. C. E. ALCOCK ... Society Editor
ARVAL ALCOCK Asst. Manager
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THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1930.
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TO PRESENT "MANLESS
WEDDING" FRIDAY
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The Young Matrons circle of the ;
First Baptist church will present (
"The Manless Wedding" at the high |
school auditorium Friday evening
June 6th, at 8:00 o'clock.
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Following is a cast of characters: ,
Bride, Miss Maggie Carolina Lake '
Lure, Mrs. C. O. Ridings; Groom,'
Mr. Archibald Sandy Mush, Mrs.
Tom Vernon; Mother of bride, Mrs.
Bostic Lure, Mm, John Carpenter;
Father of groom, Mr. Henpecked ,
Lure, Mrs. B. T. Jones; Mother of'
groom, Mrs. Alexander Mush, Mrs. |
Tho>. King; Father of groom, Mr.
Shakey Mush, Mrs. Oarl Huntley;
Grandmother of bride, Mrs. Dutch
Grill, Mrs. C. P. McMahan; Grand-!
father of bride, Mrs. Dutch Grill,
Mrs. U. S. Courtney; Aunt of bride,
Mrs. Frog Level, Mrs. Hoyle Elliott;
Uncle of bride, Mr. String Bean,
Mr. W. L. Stallings; Great aunt, Mrs.
Lizzie Otherwise, Mrs. L. S. Nanney;
Aunt of groom, Mrs. Avon-Dale,
Mrs. V. T. Davis; Uncle of groom,
Mr. Spin-Dale, Mrs. Wilkie Mears.
Mrs. Gotitall, Mrs. W M L. Brown;
Mr. Courier, Mrs. Michalove; Miss
Tire Sale, Mrs. Jack Harrill; Mrs.
Sampson Weak, Mrs. Albert Helton;
Miss Skinney, Mrs. A. D. Nanney.
Brides Maids: Mrs. Foy Black, Mrs*.
P. D. Harrill, Mrs. C. Jones, Mrs. G.
J. Henry. Ushers: Mrs. L. B. Pad
gett. Mrs. Wilbur Mcßrayer, Mr?,
Alton Horn, Mrs. Lolari Kanipe.
Maid of Honor: Miss Ellen Boro,
Mrs. Pauline Ridings; Best man, Iso
Thermal, Mm O. B. Green; Baby
sister, "Sissy" Lure, Mrs. Spurgeon
Moss; Ring bearer, Master Trailing
Arbutus, Mrs. Henry Miller; Train
bearer, Polly Larkspur, Mrs. Broadus
Mocre; Parson, Rev. Stepanfetchit,
Mrs. C. H. Verner; Servant Aunt
Africa, Mrs. Chas. Harrill; Quartet
te, Mesdames J. T. Camp, Claude
Petty, Walter Moore, F. E. Webb. |
Pianist, Mrs. L. C. Eddington.
A NICE NEW FRONT;
A FINE GROWING BUSINESS
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The Farmers Hardware Co., des
pite the so-called business c^epres- 1
sion. has been making a splendid
growth in the past few months and
locks to the future with optimism,
according to an interview this writer
"had with Manager Weathers one day j
this week. Some time ago they pur-,
chased the Flack Hardware Company .
and also have just completed a hand
some new front to their large store.
This is one big strong firm that is a '
decided asset to Rutherford county. !
Weathers is never lagging when it
comes to any movement for the
betterment of the county, and is es
pecially noted for his interest in
.good roads and schools.
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SINGING AT MT. PLEASANT.
There will be an all day singing
held at Mt. Pleasant Sunday, June
Bth. There will be good singing by
other choirs of the community and
some special music by Umphreys and
Lake W. Stroup, of Gaffney, S. C.
All choirs are cordially invited to
come and sing. There will be a good
time for all as there will be a din
ner served on the ground* There will
be a large crowd attending.
"I have been through five busi
ness depressions. They all act alike.
The men who, if business fell off
66 per cent increased their selling
effort 75 per cent, managed to pull
through, as if there were no depres
sion, and the efforts of such men
tend to shorten the periods of de
pression."—Thomas A Edison.
I ANNUAL MEETING
; POSTAL EMPLOYEES
HELD FRIDAY
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J, H. Williams Elected Presi
dent—Next Meeting at
Chimney Rock.
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i The postal employees of Cleve
land and Rutherford counties held
a joint meeting at Casar last Fri
day with a large attendance and an
interesting program.
The rural carriers and postmast
ters held separate conferences in
'the morning. At 11 o'clock the
! audience assembled in the auditor
jium of Casar school house and
| heard a most pleasing address of
j welcome from Profit H. M. Loy,
' principal of the Casar school.
| Postmaster S. S. Weir of Kings
'Mountain responded for Cleveland
. county while Mr. C. M. Butler, car
rier on Rutherfordton, Route 2, re
sponded for the Rutherford county
delegation.
( In the absence of Postmaster T. J
,T. Long- of Forest City, who was
j prevented from attending on ac
count of illness in his family, Posfc
, master J. H. Quinn of Shelby dis
| cussed the "Ups and Downs of a
( Postmaster's Life" in an interesting
■ manner.
j Editor Ki, E. Price of The News,
| spoke next and urged the Postmast- j
ers and carriers to use the local;
newspaper more to get their mes- j
sage across to the public. He;
pc inted out some of the difficulties j
,that postal officials meet in
with the public.
Little Miss Mary Dee Self, of j
Casar, gave a humorous reading
String music was furnished by Fred j
Hull and Carm Workman of Casar, j
while the Shelby Junior Male Quar
tette sang several numbers to the |
delight of all present. Members of j
the quartette were: Messrs Paul j
Gold, Miller Freeman, Howard Gold I
and Forrest Bowling. Their sing ; ng:
was a feature of the day.
Postmaster John H. Williams of j
Rtitherfordton, was elected presi- j
dent of the meeting and for the J
coming year with Carrier J. E. Bea- j
son, of Ellenboro, secretary.
A bounteous dinner was served,
on the grounds. In the afternoon '
Carrier A. F. Collins of Grover, dis- j
cussed some of the opportunities ■
for service of a rural carrier.
Carrier G. V. Hawkins of Shelby j
c onducted the Question Box and;
j many vital questions in
the afternoon.
It was decided to hold the 1931 !
meeting at Chimney Rock. The •
president appointed the following
program committee for next year*j
Clerk G. D. Smawley, Rutherford-1
ton; Carrier, J. E. Beam, Ellen-;
bcit); Postmaster, A. I. Joy,'
Mooresboro; Carrier, George Dover,'
Shelby and Postmistress Sudie Mor
gan, Spindale.
i Carrier C. M. Butler read the fol
lowing resolution which was unani- j
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mously adopted:
p WHEREAS, the homes, the high
ways, and the country sides in all
I sections of our great country are ;
greatly marred and disfigured by!
! the numerous old rickety, dilapidat- j
ed, unsightly and unpainted mail,
I boxes and supports that are seen in ;
front of homes and on road sides \
throughout the country; and, |
j WHEREAS, the Postoffice De
partment has been doing all in its
power for several years, by moral
suasion, to induce all persons in
interest to keep all mail boxes and
' supports on Rural Routes in first
! class repair and to paint them I
white and to inscribe the names of
the owners on both sides of the
boxes in black letters about one
inch in height; and,
1 WHEREAS, it is apparent that;
,the Postoffice Department will, at
ri a distant date, make the painting j
i of boxes and posts and the lettering |
c f same, mandatory as is now re- j
i quired in keeping same in good re-j
pair; and,
WHEREAS, the Rural Carriers!
. and the patrons of the routes are i
/about equally the beneficiaries of
> such improvements and should both
1 share in the initial cost of such
■ improvements: now, therefore.
Be it Resolved by the joint meet
ing of the Cleveland and Ruther
ford County, Service Councils in!
- session at Casar, N. C., on this the
. 30th day of May, 1930, as follows:
! FIRST: That it is the sense of
I this body that a united and spon
l taneous movement ] should be
. launched at once throughout, the
L country to have all mail boxes and!
■ j supports on Rural Routes put in I
first class repair and immediately j
THE FOREST CITY COURIER* THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1»30.
painted white and the names of
the owners of the boxes inscribed
on both sides of the boxes in let
ters about one inch in height.
SECOND: That, it is further the
sense of this body that the repairs
and painting- to be done on boxes
and support should b e done under
the supervision of the carriers and
that the carriers should take the
initiative in the movement.
NOTICE OF MEETING OF
BANK STOCKHOLDERS
Former stockholders in National
Bank of Forest City who exchanged
stock for stock in Farmers Bank and
Trust Company on the consolidation
cf the two banks are requested to
meet in the office of F. E. Patton,
Rutherfordton, on June 9, 1930, at
ten o'clock m.
—STOCKHOLDER
HOLLY SPRINGS NEWS
Harris, R-l, June In —The people of
this section are having some dry
weather at present.
A large crowd was present at
Sunday school Sunday.
The senior B. Y. P. U. of Holly
w'ent td Sulphur jSprings
Sunday night and gave a demonstra
tion program.
Mr. Arthur Cole and Miss Addye
Henderson Surprised their many
friends by getting married Saturday
afternoon. The groom is a prosper
ous farmer of this section and is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cole, while
the bride is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs.Bunyan Henderson. She graduat
ed at Asheville Normal two years
ago and since then has been teach
ing at Ruth. Immediately after the
ceremony the couple left for a hon
eymoon trip to Tennessee and other
places after which they will make
their home with the grooms' moth
er, Mrs. Samantha Cole. We wish for
them a long and happy life.
Mr. and Mrs. Birch Cole and fam
ily spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Matt Splawn.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Rice and lit
tle son, also Miss Estelle Rice of
Marion, spent the week-end in this
section.
Miss Maggie Cole who has been at
tending school at Bridgewater col
lege, is back at home now.
NAILING ANOTHER
FALSEHOOD
To the Democratic Voters:—
i I have just been informed that
jsome of the Simmons supporters are
|circulating* a report that I attended
,a Simmons meeting: at Forest City
j Tuesday night and stated that I had
"quit as Manager of Bailey's cam
paign and would have nothing more
Uo do with it."
1 This is absolutely false, and with
• out any foundation whatever. I was
in Forest City Tuesday night, and
was informed by someone after I
arrived that there was a Simmons
meeting being held. I did not attend
the meeting and had nothing what
ever to do with it.
You may rest assured that I am
for Bailey and will continue to cam
paign in his behalf.,
Clean and decent politics (in view
(if the false and malicious attacks
made on Mr. Bailey—charges with
out any truth or foundation in fact)
demand his nomination. Unless the
people repudiate the kind of cam
paign conducted by those opposing
Bailey, decent men and women will
refuse to offer for office, and the
field of elective offices will be left
to unscrupulous politicians. There
fore in the interest of good govern
ment I call on the good women, and
ell others who desire clean politics
in Rutherford County to rise up and
put a stamp of disapproval on the
unfair and unjust methods adopted
by the Simmons forces throughout
the state.
I take this opportunity to congrat
ulate Mr. Bailey on the high and
dignified campaign that he and his
friends have conducted, and I am
proud of the privilege of lending my
aid in this campaign which means
so much for Democracy and better
government.
Victory is here—Keep the work
going make Bailey's majority
next Saturday the biggest ever ac
corded a candidate in North Caro
lina.
Sincerely,
STOVER P. DUNAGAN,
Manager Bailey Campaign in Ruth
erford County.
Political Advt.
Rutherford County's
Population Is 40,449
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Morgan Township, census 1930,
692; number farms 137; census 1920
643; number farms, 142.
Hampton Town, census 1930, 297;
number farms, 6; census 1920, 175.
Rutherfordton Town, census 1930
2,020; number farms, 15; census
1920, 1,693.
Spindale Town, census 1930,
3,066. No figures for 1920.
Rutherfordton Township, census
1930, 2,554; number farms, 285;
census 1920, 4,079; number farms,
266.
Sulphur Springs Township, census
1930, 2,457; number farms, 421;
census 1920, 2,043; number farms,
377.
Union Township, census 1930,
946; number farms 168; census 1920
805; number farms 148.
Totals, census 1930, 40,449; num
ber farms 3,764; census 1920, 33,-
294; number farms 3,628.
Chimney Rock and Golden Valley
Townships are the only two sub-di
visions in th e county that showed a
decrease in population over 1920.
Marigold, the three year old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Long, was
taken t 0 the Saluda hospital, at Sa
luda, Sunday for treatment.
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I Like Getting Money From Horn J
S WHEN ITS SAVED SO EASY AT PIGGLY WIGGLY j||
I Lemons its Tim© for Lemonade, DGZ. 27c 1
'I * Y our Choice of 1 4 11 1 t
I lea Any Brand 1"4 ID. pfcg. 21C j|
I Sugar Best Granulated 10 lb. 49c 1
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RICE, Fancy Blue Rose, 4 lbs. for 25c jvj
COFFEE, Pure Piggly WigglySpecial, lb. 20: |vj
35 No. 2 Tomatoes, 3 cans 25c No. 2 Conqueror Corn 12c pji
JP 2 lb. Bucket Jewel Lard 29c Super Suds, large, 2 for 35c
E Vinegar "Star" Gal. .... 59c Karo, 5 lbs, blue 33c
M Silverdale Peaches 2lc Octagon Soap, 7 for 25c S
WMeal Yelton's 10 lb. Bag 25c I
PF| Sun-Maid Raisins, pkg. 10c Flit 1-2 pt. _ 35c. Pint 55c
t Mothers Oats with china 31c FLIT GUNS 29c
HEINZ ASST. BAKED BEANS TALL CAN, 2 FOR 25 c W
B1 IN OUR MEAT MARKET lU
J Fresh Fancy Trout lb. 14c sK
jpp FAT BACK, nice thick meat, pound 12c |jj|
§j Cheese full Cream Pound 22c ||l
S Fresh Fish, Live Fryers, Western Beef, Pork and Veal fj
| LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED V#
BIG ISLAND NEWS :
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Harris, June 2. —The farmers in
this section would appreciate a nice
rain on their crops.
Those visiting- at the home of Mr.
Horace Greene Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Greene and Mrs. Lowrance
| Penson, of Forest City.
I Mr. and Mrs. Gold Shehan, of
! liutherfordton, spent Suhday with
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Allen.
! Mr. and Mfc's. { Charlie (Morgan
spent Saturday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Greene,
Mrs. Jim Splawn visited Mrs. Early
Splawn Saturday.
| The many friends of Mr. Rector
Splawn will regret very much to hear
of him having a very sore foot.
Misses Lou Amos and Mary
visited Miss Kathleen Roach
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Martin of (
Spindale, spent Sunday with Mr. j
and Mrs,, Ralph Greene*.
Mr. Clyde Penson, of Forest. City
is spending- a while with his uncle, j
l«Ir. Horace Greene.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Rice of Mar- j
ion, ispent the week end with Mr. J. j
T. Splawn.
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Miss Laura Amos spent Wednes-|
day night with Miss Agnes Greene.!
Mrs. Ralph Greene and daughter, |
Lois, and Miss Ruth Hardin spent j
Saturday evening with Miss Ila Amo;;. !
Ministers Club
I Ho,ds M eeti ■
Spindale, June 4.—'The j,, , f .
jing of the Rutherford
jters Association was held ; •;
dale House Monday morning at |
: o'clock. The topic, id J \
, Service was presented b v r
, ! S. McElroy, with a general di*. '
|sion by those present. After
ing; program the mini, t r.> } lad
1 season of splendid fellowship 1 1 j
j lunching at the Dutch Grill T .\
! Room near Forest Citv. T] lP a.
I ASSOC"
j tion after thorough discussion J
| unanimous action as
| the association go on record
j strongly discouraging the holdi n „ *!
, funeral services on Sunday whenV '
| other day is at all possible;
, or. Sunday that the hours be so
j ranged as not to interfere with'
, hinder the friends of the decea
jfrom attending church services."
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WOODLAND TO OPEN
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,
i Woodland Park Swimming f,
-will open next week under manage.
| ment of Mr. Lee G. McMurry, •
jso successfully conducted this re-
I sort in the past few seasons. \ T
| nouncement of the opening day wi'
|be made next week. Mr. McMurr
j expects a good season and will have
| the pool in the finest shape it ha;
ever been.