Rutherford
County Offeri
Unequalled
Opportunities To
Manufacturers
and Others
, OL. XII—No. 38.
siNCLE" JOHNNY
LONG RETIRES
V "
u ]f Century of Business Ac
tivity Closed Monday by
Sale of Business.
"** r deal of interest to
number of people throughout
the' county took place here Monday
,en Mr. Charles E. Hardin pur
ged from "Uncle" Johnny Long
Lnrg' Drug Company. Th e sale
} le Monday and Mr. Hardin
''mediately took possession.
Hardin is a son of Mr. and
J. K. Hardin, of Forest City,
p 1 and has been with Mr. Long
"four and a half years. During
that time he has made a large num
;"r of friends by his suavity of man
. an d splendid business dealings*.
He is a young man of ability and
promise, and will make a success at
tv-e business in which he is engaged.
* Mr. Long, who has just sold the
lace of business, was rounding out
a half century of service in th e mer
rantile and drug line.
"Uncle John" as.he is known to
his many friends, was born in Logan
Ftore Township, Rutherford county,
in 1857. When he was about ten
years of age his mother, with her
brother, tw 0 nephews and four child
ren moved to Waynesville. This was
at the close of the reign of the orig
inal Ku Klux Klan and when anyone
thought to be a member of this or
ganization was being arrested > r
Federal officers. Mr. Long's uncle
and two cousins were all mem
ben of the Klan and left
the county t 0 escape arrest, living
in Waynesville for about a year,
Mrs. Long, her brother and hex four ,
children, left theix tfr move to Texas.
Getting as far as Morristown, Tenn.,
thev decided to stop, and made their i
f heme "{fieri for about"
Mr. Long lived in Morristown un
til he was about twenty years of age
ar.d then on account of health
he returned te Rutherford county.
After returning to Rutherford
county, Mr. Long worked in the
store of I. N. Biggerstaff in Logan
Store Township for about two years
a? 2 wagoner and clerk. Most of thes
two years wf i*e spent on tihe road as
a wagoner.
After working at Logan Store foi
about two years Mr,., Xong came
to Forest City to open a store for
Mi:. Biggers+aff and a Mr. Taylor. It
was Mr. Long's intention at that
time to go to Texas' as soon as he
could get rdie store opened and
someone could be secured to take
his place. After coming to Forest
City, however, he deeided to stay
here. He was employed by Bigger
staff and Taylor for about six months
then he w r ent to work for Blanton &
oung, where he was employed for
about two years. Mr. Long then de
cided to go into business for him
self in Forest City and he opened
a teneral store. According to Mr.
Long he sold everything ±rom a sew
ing machine needle to a threshing
n'a'hine. (
It; the year 1884, about the time
U went into business for himself,
Mr,. Long was married to Miss Jose-
I Vine Harrill, of Forest City.,
.Mr. Long came to Forest City just
riter the name had been changed
iirul in telling of his return said:
"There is quite a lot of difference
between the Forest City of lhat day
?nd the Forest City of the present
time. Then it was only a fork in
the road, one of which went to
Spartanburg and the other to Shelby
As to the business houses there were
only five or six wooden buildings. >
"Aside from the few business
houses her e at that time," Mr. Long
vvent on, "there was nothing here
but forests. Pine trees would have
"fallerj in what is now the public (
square had they been cut down.. It
v as nothing but a regular forest.
That", stated Uncle John, "is where
Forest City gets its name."
According to Mr. Long there is not
a business house in Forest City that
was here when he came to Forest
Cityi. The population of the town at
that time was about 150, while the
copulation is now over 4,000. Mr.
Lor.g has seen the entire business
square destroyed by fine and has also
every building on the square
torn down to make way for newer
FOREST CITY COURIER
FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES TO TUP TT g t.. TT O
' SIN THE U ' s - A " U. S. DEPARTMENT-OF AGRICULTURE SURVEYT
| RETIRES
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"UNCLE" JOHNNY LONG.
DEATH CLAIMS MRS.
P. M. REINHARDT
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Caroleen Woman Passed Sat
urday After Long Illness—
Aged 78 Years.
J Caroleen, June 23.—Mrs. Eliaa
iAnn Reinhardt, aged 78, wife of j
1
;Pinkney M. Reinhardt, died at her j
!
home in Caroleen Saturday after an
illness of several months of compli-
She had been critically ill
for about three weeks, and death
claimed her Saturday.
Funeral services were held at Oak !
'
Grove Methodist thurch Monday af
ternoon, witj»Pßev. H. E. Waldrop
in charge of the service. Interment]
was in thc\ Oaik Gijove-
i Pall bearers were Messrs Homer
rfafcd* Gfcawe. .Bates, Grady
Andy Bates and Pierce Reinhardt.
Flower bearers were Misses Opal
Lena and Nellie Price, Lucille and
Ruth 3Leinhardt, Mabel, Bedie and
Mae I&ates.
Mrs. Reinhardt is survived by her
husband, P. AL ,-Reinhairdtj, and
three children: W. M. Reinhardt, of
Caroleen; Mrs. J. F. Pi;k*e, of Shel
by, and R. P. Reinhardt, of Caro
leen. A number of grandchildren and
great grandchildren alse survive.
I .Mrs. Reinhardt was a (daughter of
the late Alfred EL Michael, of Burke
county, but has been residing in
Rutherford county aftroost since
yxrnng womanhood. She TOcas a mem
ber of the: Caroleen Methodist
church.
STEIN'S DEPT. STORE
BADLY DAMAGED BY FIRE |
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Fire of undetermined erigin broke j
catt in * Stein's Department St ore i
Thursday night about lOi&O damag- |
ing- the large stock of goods to an j
id most total loss from fame and
water. Good work upon the part of
the fire department saved >£he -build
ing from a heavy loss. *
Ji was stated that the stock of j
goods had an estimated vafaae of a
fcout $20,000. Insurance to the a
mount of SII,OOO was carried by Mr. ,
Stem.
The loss to the building, owned
jointly by Mrs. J. F. Alexander and
Mr. A- C. Alexander, was fully cov
ered by insurance.
Mr. Stein, busy with the adjusters
yesterday, said that his loss could j
not be determined until their w©rk
was completed. He stated, however, j
that he would open up for business
in temporary quarters pending re- ;
pairs on Ms present damaged stand.
He has been in business here for the
past six years, where he has been i
successful and made hosts of friends. •
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and more modern buildings. There
are only three residences here now !
that were in Forest City when
Mr. Long moved to the city. They
are the "Old Yarboro House," on
West Main street, the home of Miss ,
Panola Logan, also on West Main (
street, and the old Padgett home on
East Main street. (
' Mr. Long, or "Squire Long" has
been a justice of the peace for 35 or :
40 years. During this time he has 1
married about five hundred couples, i
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST 'CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
I THE COUNTY CLUB
I MET FRIDAY
i Decide To Ask Piedmont Boy
j Scout Council For Part-
Time Executive for
1 V v County. * j
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The June meeting of The Ruther-1
» |
ift rd County Club was held in the
> banquet hall of the First Baptist j
here Friday at noon. Approx-!
imately forty plates were served at
the luncheon by the ladies of one of
the church organizations.
Rev. Wm. C. Rourke, of Ellen-
t boro, asked the blessing. President
Jo. J. Holler called upon R. E. Price
•to outline th e program . Mr. Price
stated that a frank discussion of the
Boy Scout situation in the county
was necessary, and gave figures show
ing amount paid to the Piedmont
| Council by Rutherford county, each
j year, and stated that the count/,
apparently, was not securing full
value for the amount invested.
Mr, S. E. Elmore, present vice
president of the Piedmont Council,
- t
for Rutherford county, spoke next
and outlined the situation fully. He
stated that little interest had ' beeit
shown in the work in the
and that he feared such 'situation"
j would have a demoralizing effect on
! the scouts now registered in t#pops
in Rutherford. v
Im*
Dr. A. C. Duncan read a
from the Forest City troop r ij& :
camp at Lake Lanier, with
scoutmaster, C. P. Parks, urginjrsra£-
club to take no definite acti«Hj|!n
respect to withdrawing from"l®|*
Council. Dr. Duncan also
Itjrie'fly the situation. £?. : ,
. Mj£ J. H. HiU t ,
Spindple t*©op .one, of Sjo?ndale,
'7;""Rolh1 p. of Elreriboro,
Mrs. L. B. Moss, county welfare
superintendent and Rev. E. B. Jen
kins, of Rutherfordton, each spoke
briefly in regard to the scout work.
On motion of Dr. Duncan a com
mittee of five men were appointed
to confer with the other civic clubs
in the county, and Rev. Wm. C.
Rourke, Dr. A.' Cta Duncan, R. E.
Price, Jf. H. Hill and Z. O. Jenkins
were appointed for this purpose. On
motio® S. E. Elmore was instruct
ed to notify the Piedmont Council
officials that th e concensus of opin
ion is that Rutherford county is en
titled to at least a part time execu
tive, and request tihe council to take
steps to secure an executive for the
couniy.
■ County Agent F. E. Patton spoke
|on the county fair, and told of some
lof the plans for this year's fair,
! which will be held September 23-2'?.
j Mr, Bo»yd of the Farmers Federa
tion was introduced by O. J, Hol
ler, who spoke briefly.
Funeral Held For
Mrs. B. M. Hamrick
I Rntherfordton, R-l, June 215.
Mrs. M. Hamrick, wife of Rev.
B. M. Hamrick, well known Baptist
minister, died at her home Tuesday,
June 17th, after a long illness
and was buried at Shiloh Baptist
church Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock- Twelve ministers took part
in the services as follows: Rev.
E. P. White in charge, assisted by
T. M. Hester, M. M. Huntley, E.
Roberts, F. Hi, Fikes, W. W. Rim
mer, C. C. Matheny, D. J. Hunt, 'G.
|P. Horn, H. C. Culbreth, Tom
Ruppe and N. L. Wright. A large
crowd attended. The floral offer
ings were numerous, attesting to
the love and esteem her maanf
friends held for her).
Mrs. Hamrick was 74 years oM
and was a loyal member of the
chuireh for over 50 years.
FINDS TARANTULA.
Mr. J., W. Sanders caught a small
tarantula Saturday morning in his
store here, had been transport
ed from its tropical home to Forest
City in a bunch of bananas. Mr. San
ders first noticed the tarantula
crawling along a shelf near the ba
nanas, and later succeeded in cap
turing the insect, which was placed
in a bottle, and is now on exhibit.
FOREST CITY NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1930.
PRETTY WEDDING
BAPTIST CHURCH i
'TUESDAY EVENING 1
I
Miss Ruth Meares Becomes!
Brile of Mr. Arval AI
tBL TiQfy ' f '
cock in Beautiful
Ceremony.
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A|wedding of unusual charm and |
beai|,y was that of Miss Lillian Ruth j
Meases ajid Mr. Arval Leach Alcock,
whiefc* was solemnized Tuesday even- j
ing at ei&hfc o'clock at the First Bap- .
jtist #buarch. Dr. W. A. Ayer # s, pastor !
of the bride and groom, performed ■
the ceremony in his usual impressive
'manner? ' !
The church was beautifully dec- J
| tig&jjed for th£ occasion. Pines and
1 English ivy, with Queen Anne's lace, :
wer£- banked in profusion against a
j background of white. The soft glow |
jof interspersed Cathedral candles
( completed the picture of loveliness.
From the choir loft, which formed a
part iof the background, floated the !
! soft-strains of the wedding music J
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rendered by. Miss Louise Wilkie, of
' Chaflptte, cousin of the bride, at the j
mg&n, and Mrs. Nelle Padgett Nor-'
Jls, of Charlotte, and Mr. A. M. j
rfughey, of Gastonia, rendering beau- 1
ftfujl solos. Miss Wilkie wore a pow- 1
|ter blue chiffon crepe, with should-'
ejfr bouquet of roses and snapdragon.'
Jjjfrs. Norris wore a rose pink ovgan
3|e, ldftg waist, full circular skirt, 1
.wd shoulder bouquet of roses and
gjapdragon. (
jfPrior t 0 the ceremony, Miss Wil-'
played Schubert's serenade, and
V Nelle Padgett Norris, accom-
by Miss Wilkie, sang* "Ah. j
Mystery of Life," by Victor /
. and "At Dawning," by
I&£Mn. M&' Wttkie- l>l*yed ''Ro
mance", by Sheppard, and Mr. A.
M. Hughey, accompanied by Miss
Wilkie, sang 'Love's Old Sweet Song' i
by Malloy, and "Sweetest Story
Ever Told," by Stults.
During th e ceremony, Miss Wil
kie played "To a Wild Rose", by
Cadman.
As Miss Wilkie swung into the
beautiful strains of Lohengrin's j
"Bridal Chorus," Dr. W. A. Ayers
entered from the side and took his
place behind the marriage altar. The
ushers, Messrs. Cecil Meares, broth-!
er of tjjue bride, and Chas. Z. Flack |
came down the aisles, -crossed and 1
took their places oti either side. They .
in turn were followed by Messrs Chas. '
Oowell and Willie Moss. Following
the ushers came the bride's maids, '
Miss Elizabeth Wilkie, of Charlotte,!
cousin ©T the fcride, and Miss Alda j
Freeman, Miss Wilkie wore a pow-
| der blue chiffon (crepe with large
i pink bow at t"he side of long waist
line. Miss Freeman was attired in j
yellow chiffa» with large bow hn th£";
back. i
Next came Mrs. Cecil Grice, con-1
sin of the fcride, wealing pirik lace j
over yja'rnk sstfin, and Miss Mary Crow- j
ell, tb Nile green net \>ver grwen sat-!
in, with large green Sat rose finish
ing ifcre low waist Lme.
Then followed Miss Dorothy Bostic ,
*.nd 3ffiss Sarah Ruth Doggett. Miss !
Bostii -wore pink over pink!
patm, with large bronze bow at back
of kw neck line. M£ss| Daggett's
ftWB -swas oi natural color silk net j
comfchwd witih lace aver satin.
AH the bride's maids wore gowns
made o* long lines with very full!
skirts anvd carried aian bouquets of !
roses asid snapdragons tied wifih pink j
tulle.
Next 'entered tthe majcran of Sionor, ; i
Mrs. F. F. Black, sister of the Ibride. , i
Mrs. Black wore orchid chiffon crepe j.;
in basque style, with vesry long full
skirt. Following Mrs. Black came the > }
maid of honor, Miss Mary Meares, j (
another sister of the bride. Miss t
Meares wa« gowned in rose chiffon f
crepe, basque waist, with long full ]
skirt. Both Imatron and maid of a
honor carried gUidiolas. (
The bride's neices, little Betty't
Black and Dorothy Meares, clad in |€
>rchid point d'esprit, scattered rose
petals down the aisle, and were fol- ji
owed by the bride on the arm of f
ier father, Mr. J. B. Meares. Mr. a
rheodore Alcock was his brother's li
>est man. The groom, accompanied s
jy his brother, entered from a side F
[DEMOCRATS TO
| MEET SATURDAY
-
County Convention Will Be
Held In Rutherfordton Sat
urday at 2:3o— Precinct
Meetings.
The Democratic party of North
.Carolina Saturday officially took its
| first step of preparation for the fall
: general election whe n precinct meet
ings were held throughout th e state
to name delegates to the county con
■ vention, which will name delegates
jto the State Convention. 1
Each of Rutherford county's
j twenty-seven voting precincts held
( a meeting Saturday afternoon at
two o'clock, at which time five ac
tive Democrats were named as a pre
cinct executive committee, the chair
i 4
man of which will also be a member
i
'of the County Executive board.
! The County Convention will be
( held in the court house at Ruther
fordton next Saturday afternoon at
o'clock, at which time delegates
( from the county will be elected to
jthe state convention which convenes
|in Raleigh July 3. Any other business
j properly coming befor e the conven
tion Saturday will be attended to.
The precinct meetings over the
>county Saturday were featured by
a fine spirit of harmony and op
timism. The metings brought together
a large number of the active, lead
ing Democrats of the county, and
all are determined on one course —
that of turning in the largest Demo
cratic majority this fall that has been
seen in the county and state ffr a
; number of years, i. g 1
The names of all precinct dele
gates and executive committees elect
ed Saturday , not available as
The €ourier%«o«s -to* press, Tha lists
wfc/Dh hav. oeen received follow
Cool Springs No. 1
i Delegates: A. C. Keeter, Henry
Giles, R. R. Blanton, Milson Bostic,
W. C. Bostic, Jr., R. C. Ledbetter,
E. W. Matheny, A. A* Price, Ray
Purnett, Zeb McKinney.
Spindale Precinct.
( Precinct Executive Committee: O.
jA. Harrill, chairman; J. D. Morris,
S K. Yelton, J. H. Puckett and
Lloyd Williamson.
Delegates: Roland Mayse, Joe -Rol
jlms, Clarence Griffin, N. A. Gregg,
| Herbert Crenshaw, J. H. Forrester,
Ol G. Nanney, J. T„ Bland, J. H. Hill,
Alternates: S. K. Yelton, J». H. f\fck
ett.and E. B. Cobb.
; Cool Springs No. 3.
A. C. Duncan, P. D. Harrifl, Spur
jgeon Moss, 0.. P. Moore, Jothn Jones,
O. R. Duncnn, B. A. Stalnaker, N.
A. Hardin, John McMurry.
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jdoor t© lamet -the bride at the. altar
; which was flaarked on rather side bj
! menora candJabras holding whit*
! tapers *aakd over which -hung the beau
itiful wedding bell.
Th*e bride was gowned in heav;.
ivory .satin, Patou design, with long
train from the waist line
The sleeves were iibort and puffed
I and long white gloves were worn.
| Her veil of illusion was worn cap
style and held with orange blossoms,
and she .carried a bride's shower bou
quet of noses and valley lilies,
j Mendelssohn's "Wedding March"
was used as a recessional.
|
liDHied iately after the ceremony,
Jtfr. and Mrs. Alcock left on a motor
jtrip to Charlotte, Raleigh, Wash
ington, D. C., and other points. The
bride's traveling costume was a fleet
blue erepe ensemble with matching
accessories.
The hride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Z. B. Meares. She was edu
cated at Meredith college, Raleigh,
and for the past two years has been
a member of the faculty of the pub
lic schools. She studied pipe organ
at Converse college, Spartanburg, S.
C., and is organist at the First Bap
tist church, which place sh e has fill- ,
cd for the past two years.
The groom Is the son of Mr. C. E. ]
A.lcock, editor of The Courier, and
for the past eight years has been
issociated with his father in the pub- i
ication of this newspaper. He also c
iervee a number of daily papers as «
"orest City correspondent. i
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
SHOTGUN WOUND
FATAL TO YOUNG
SPINDALE MAN
Gordon Green Dies In Hospit
al as Result of Wound Ac
cidentally Received Sat
„ urday Morning.
Spindale, June 23i—Gordon
Green, 21 years old, son of Police
man George F. Green, of this place,
died Saturday morning at ten
thirty o'clock in the Rutherford
Hospital as a result of a gunshot
wound, received earlier in the day.
He, in company with three com
panions, Herman Martin, Kenneth
Clay and Odell Dimsdale, all about
the same age, spent Friday night
camping near Central High school.
About six o'clock Saturday morning,
after awakening, the youths were
seated on tjieir blankets talking.
Green, who had brought along a
small gauge, sawed-off shot gun, was
trying to remove an unfired cart
ridge from the gun, which had be
come fastened, due to poor or de
fective breech mechanism. In trying
to breech or unbreech the gun the
shell exploded, the entire load tak
ing effect in the lower abdomen and
groin. He was immediately snatched
up by his comrades and rush'ed to
the Hospital. An examination there
revealed that the discharge from the
gun had severed three large arteries.
Attempts were made to staunch the
flow of blood, but were unsuccessful.
He became weaker, and died at 10:30
j'clpck. _
' N 0 coroner's inquest was held.
Funeral Service.
Funeral services were held at
Tanner's Grave Methodist church,
Sunday aft' °lioon at four o'clock..
The service was in charge of Rev.
\f. M. Huntley, pastor of the Spin
iale Baptist church; Rev. T. M. Hes
er, of Spindale and Rev. B. P. Parks
•f Spindale. f; f : L *!«*,
Approximately three thousand
people attended the service. Less
;han Qfte-third of the huge number
were afete to gain admittance to the
Kfev. B. P. Parks gave the scrip
ture reading, followed by a prayer
by Mr. Huntley. Rev. T. M. Hester,
a close friend of the deceased, de
livered an excellent funeral dis
ccurse, and spoke highly of the
character of the young jnan and
paid a deserving tribute to his popu
larity among his associates.
He is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs., George F. Greene, of Spin
dale, with whom he made his home;
three sisters, Madgalene, Mary and
Lula Mae, at home; five brothers,.
Fred Green, of near Harris; Frank'
Green, of Lattimore; Leroy Green,
of Chesnee, and Wade and George
W. Green, Jr., at home. His grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Green,
of Henrietta, also survive, also his
grandmother, Mrs. Barney Fite, of
near Gastonia.
Pall bearers were members of the
Stonecutter Mills office force, and
included Messrs Russell Northy,
Hugh Armstrong, C. Carpenter, O.
C. Smith, J. H. Puckett and Merrill
Freeman.
The beautiful floral offering en
tirely covered th e casket and was
aanked over the chancel rail. These
lowers were borne by the following
lower girls: Misses Sarah Montfre
3c, Mary Rollins, Grace Hester, Ruth
iiles, Annie Reed, Nannie Sue Led
jctter, Mary Yelton, Maggie Melton,
Lucille Giles, Winifred Yelton, Hen-
T Reed, Virgie Scoggins, Letha Reed,
Clara Bell Hamrick, Jimmie Dun
:an, Imogene Yelton, Blanche Giles
*nd Mary Lou Goode.
After a brief service at the grave
he family and friends were dismiss
ed.
Gordon Green was born March
22, 1909, and was twenty-rone years
md three months old. He was a
'°ung man of many fine character
istics, and. was popular among a
arge circle of friends. His cheerful
disposition and jolly nature endear
ed him to all who came in contact
vith him and the tragedy of his sud
ien passing has left a pall of gloom
ind sadness over his hundreds of
friends and relatives,
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