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VOL. XHI-No. 31.
OBSERVING MUSIC
WEEK IN COUNTY
Tuesday Night's Program Well
Attended —School and
Community Nights
Programs.
National music week, May sth to
Bth , is being observed in Forest City
and Rutherford county with special
music in the homes, schools, clubs
and theatres. To Miss Katherine
Goggans and her various commit
tees is due much credit for their
untiring efforts in preparing delight
ful programs for the public.
\ large ana appreciative audience
heard the opening concert given at
the high school auditorium Tuesday
evening.
Under the inspiring leadership of
jlr D. C. Cole, the Spindale Band j
was at its best. The Band was assist- ;
e( : by Miss Alice Herman, mezzo- j
soprano, of Rutherfordton, and Mrs.
W C. Logan, lyric soprano, of Ruth
erfordton, and Mrs. W. A. Barber,!
well known reader of Spindale.
The soloists interpreted their se-,
lections with skill and artistic finish.
They were ably assisted by Miss Lela
31 orris, at the piano, and Mr. A. M. ;
Glickman on the violin. Mrs. W. A.'
Barber displayed her dramatic abili- j
t y i n the "Gypsy Flower Girl," and
"Home," by Edgar A. Guest. The fol
lowing program was given: j
"Trumpets of Victory, Fred
Jewell; "Lost Chord," Sullivan, by!
the Spindale Band. Vocal, "A Spirit
Flower," (Campbell-Tipton) ; "Trees"
(Oscar Rasbach), by Miss Alice Her
man, accompanied by Miss Lela Mor- j
lis.
"Moment Musical" (Shubert) by
Spindale Band. Reading "The Gypsy
Flower Girl" and "Home" (Edgar 1
A. Guest) by Mrs. W. A. Barber. !
Vocal, "By the Bend of the River" 1
(Edwards) "Little Star" (LaForge) 1
by Mrs. W. C. Logan, accompanied 1
by Miss Morris and Mr. A. M.
man.
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"Operatic Gems" (arr. by Balby) |
Spindale Band. Vocal, "An Open j
Secret," (Huntington-Woodman,)
"Waiting in the Shadows", (Wellesy)
Miss Alice Herman.
"Best Loved Southern Melodies," 11
Spindale Band. j 1
Following this program on Tues- ' *
day night it is thought that no one I
will want to miss "School Night" at 1
eight o'clock Thursday night.
Practically all of the schools of *
the county will be represented in
the varied program. Youth, spirit,
and earnest talent will pervade the '■
atmosphere on Thursday night. Mrs. '
•-*. M. Glickman will direct the mu
sic. Mr. Clyde will "he
speaker of the evening. The county ]
welcomes every opportunity of hear- '
its superintendent speak, and
School Night" seems a very befit-
t ng time, for the pulse of Mr. Clyde J
Envin beats behind every school in ;
the county and he stands ready to
support every child, patron, or citizen
Rutherford county. '
Friday afternoon, the Woman's
Club of Forest City will feature mu- (
>K ' on program. It is hoped that '
f ther clubs will do the same thing. s
/' n Friday night, May 8, the series
programs will be concluded in ]
'Community Night." There will be ,
f t east six choirs and eight clubs,
resides other singers, taking part on
tlle program. j
Programs will be held in the [
au ditorium of the Cool Springs high 1
school. There will be no admission 1
ee - The program for community
mght > Friday, at 8:00 o'clock, follows '
Community Song, audience . i
Invocation, Dr. W. A. Ayers.
Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart," coun- (
choirs. *
Speaker, Mr. Barron Caldwell. 1
v °cal Solo, Mrs. R. Y. Turner. I!
-Musical Reading, Mrs. Julia Wil- ; *
,a Ws Rutherfordton Woman's Club.
-lusic, Henrietta-Caroleen Wo-
' niaTl 's Club. |J
Spindale Quartet, Rutherford 1
Uu nty Club. j 1
Special Number, Mt. Vernon I*
choir.
Quartet, Avondale.
Club, Rutherfordton.
io 'in and Saxaphone, Forest City ; s
r , rs E. Alcock and Mr. A. M 1
Kiwanis Club, Forest City. I
D ° mm unity Songs, audience.
ladings, Woman's Club, Forest
FOREST CITY COURIER
FOREST CITY— ONE OF TOE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BE AUTIFULCITIEYINTHE U. S. A." U. 3. 'OFAGMCULTURE' SURVRYT
.. PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD C^Hfek
Florence Baptists
To Hold Revival
I
Rev. N. L. Epley will begin a series
of revival meetings at the Florence
Baptist church on May 17th. A cor
dial invitation is extended to every
. church in town and the surrounding
■ country to join in with us, in your
[prayers and with your presence, and
lets pray for a great revival in the
hearts and lives of our people. We
are expecting quartetts from differ
ent churches to sing in these meet
, ings.
'COMMENCEMENT
I DATES MAY 17-22
.
| Dr. D. W. Daniel Will Be
I Commencement Speaker—
Dr. L. B. Hayes Also on
the Program.
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The following is an outline of the
Cool Springs high school commence
ment.
j Rev. L. B. Hayes, of Shelby, will
preach the baccalaureate sermon,
Sunday night, May 17th .Music will
be furnished by the church choirs
,of the town,
; Tuesday night will be the high
' school play.
j Friday night will be the final
night. The commencement address
to the seniors will be delivered by
jDr. D. W. Daniel, of Clemson col
lege.
The grades from the first thru
the high school will have a school
exhibit in the high school building
Friday night, May 22nd. The par
ents are invited to go thru the build
ing and see the work accomplished
by the grades of the different schools.
All the schools of the township will
be represented in the exhibit.
SENIORS WILL DON
COTTON AT FINALS
Seniors of Cool Springs Vote to
Wear Cotton Clothing at
Graduating Exercises.
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The seniors of Cool Springs High
school have voted unanimously tc
have "King Cotton" reign over the
selection of their apparel for the j
graduation exercises on May the
twenty-second.
Much discussion arose from the
effeminate question, "What shall we
wear?" for, after all, this is one of
the most important questions that
seniors have to decide. Every thread
of cloth must be weighed in the bal- j
ance. This spring will find "King j
Cotton" in the foreground of all
materials as the vote of the seniors j
indicated.
The graduating class of 1931 will '
be proud to look upon their apparel j
as being the most up-to-date, stylish, j
and economical dress ever donned,
by a senior clas. The girls in their;
white organdie dresses and the boys I
in dark coats and whip-cord trousers •
will proclaim the fact that Kino j
Cotton is the handsome "sovereign" j
of the industrial section of the ;
south. j
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Rutherford County
Ministers M3et
i
Spindale, May 4.—The Ruthei'ford j
County Ministers' met j
in the Spinale House here Monday
morning at ten o'clock. Rev. E. B. j
Jenkins, of president
of the Association, presided. Rev.;
Mr. Stribling, pastor of the Spin
dale Presbyterian churcty led the
devotion. The program consisted of
a review of books recently read by
the several ministers, and an - ex
change of books for future read
ing. At the June meeting the sum
mer conferences, or assemblies of
j
the various denominations will be
presented by able speakers. All
ministers in Rutherford county are
invited to join in the work' of the
association and attend its meetings. l
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City. Mrs. E. A. Milli'can.
Accordion Solos, Lion's Club, Cliff
side, Dewey McDaniel.
Vocal, Business Girl's Club, tyrs.
John Miller.
Anthem, "Praise Ye the Father,"
Gounod, County choirs.
"Star Spangled Banner," audience.
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1931.
| CONFEDERATE VETS
TO MEETSATURDAY
Annual Reunion and Memorial
Services Will be Held
in Rutherfordton.
Rutherfordton, May 4.—The an
nual Confederate reunion and mem
orial day exercises will be held here
Saturday. This event is usually held
on May 10th, but since that dsy
falls on Sunday the reunion will be
held Saturday instead.
The United Daughters of the Con
federacy will serve the veterans
luncheon at noon. The luncheon will
be served on the lawn at the rear
of the court house. In case of in
clement weather the corridor of the
court house will be used for serving
the luncheon instead of on the lawn.
There are about twenty-two Con
federate veterans now residing in
Rutherford county
FOREST CITY DEFEATS
SHELBY IN TITLE RACE
DAIRY GRADES
ARE ANNOUNCES
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Two Grade A Dairies and
Fifteen Grade D Dairies
Supplying City With
Milk.
Two dairies supplying Forest Citj
with milk have been rated as Grade
A dairies, while fifteen dairies have
been rated class D, according to ar
announcement made this week.
The two grade A dairies are: W,
S. Bridges dairy, W. S. Bridges,
owner and Sunnyside Dairy, James
Crow, owner. Grade D dairies are:
Bailey and Wilkie, Robt. Bailey,
tmmagef ; J. T. camp, Trank Jlober.
son, J. S. Doggett, George Wells,
H. D. Phillips, S. M. Flack, Zora Har
rill, Claude Elmore, Mrs. O. G.
Scruggs, G. W. Hardin, J. W. Car
lisle, Bob Cook Harrill, Mrs. Fred
Harrill and J. W. G. Smith. J. T.
Camp is now installing grade A
equipment and will be ready to make
the grade A requirements within a
week or ten days.
The principal requirements for a
grade A dairy are: all cows must be
tuberculin tested, and milked in a
barn that has standard light and
air; barns and stalls must have suf
ficient air, and be located so a£ to
drain naturally, and. the cow yard
must be graded and drained and kept
clean. A milk house must be provid
ed in a separate building and meet
with certain requirements as to
sanitation, toilets, elimination of
flies and an adequate water supply.
All milking utensils, bottles and caps
etc., must be sterilized. Employees
must have a certificate of health
from their family doctor, and observe
certain rules while handling milk.
All hotels, cafes, drug stores and
grocery stores are requested to dis
play a card announcing the grade of
milk sold there.
Permits may be secured from Mr.
Frank Dorsey.
SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY
SERVICE AT MT. PLEASANT
-A special Mother's Day service
will be conducted Sunday morning,
May 10th, at the eleven o'clock ser
vice at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist
church, (R) by the pastor Rev. J.
W. Jones. Special music has been
arranged for this service and the
pastor will bring a message on the
subject of "Mother my Mother."
Every family of the church is
urged to attend this service in a
body and sit together as far as pos
sible during the entire hour. Father,
mother, husband, wife and all the
children are invited to come and
help us honor the dearest earthly
friend we have, "Mother."
PRINCE WILBURN TO GIVE
CONCERT TONIGHT
Boiling Springs, May 4.—Prince
Wilburn, of Gold Coast, West Africa,
acclaimed as the world's leading
pianist, will give a concert in the
Roiling Springs college auditorium
here Thursday (tonight) at 8 p. m.
BODY OF GRANT
| FOUND IN CREES
Suffered Attack While Fishing
In Rutherford County
Friday Afternoon.
Old Fort, May 4.—The body of
Fate Grant, 45, of the Cedar Creek
section of Rutherford county, near
the McDowell, Rutherford, and Bun
combe county lines, was found
in Cedar Creek Saturday morning. It
is believed that, while fishing, he fell
into the creek. He had been a suf
ferer from epilepsy for some time.
Mr: Grant left his home Friday
afternoon to fish in Cedar Creek
When he failed to return late in the
evening a search was instituted and
his body was found in the creek.
Surviving are his w 7 ife, who was,
before their marriage, Miss Effi?
Lytle, several children, and one
brother, Will Grant, of Marion.
Kendrick Hurls Good Game—
Fast and Accurate Field
| j ing, Good Hitting by
Local Team.
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As The Courier goes to press
we learn that the Forest City
High school lacj* are preparing
to meet the Cherryville high
team at Shelby at 3:45 p. m.,
I Thursday in the semi-finals for
; ! western championship. Kendrick
j j or Kirksey will be on the mound
for Forest City, while Hollifield
! , will receive for the locals.
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' k May 4.—A smooth-work-
J ihg F % st hi Sh . school ,baaeb#l
' eliminate the
Shelby highs from the class B title
i race and win the groftp champion
ship by a 3-0 score.
Such was the class exhibited by
the Rutherford boys that general
opinion here is that no team except
Mt. Airy will be able to keep them
from going to Chapel Hill—and Mt,
Airy, if anyone cares to know, will
have a neat and difficult job of
turning that trick. Dopesters have
been saying for a week or more that
the winner of the Shelby-Forest
City game would be the most dan
gerous threat for the state title in
class B. But a Mt. Airy team thai
packed plenty of hitting dynamite
and a clever southpaw pitcher last
■ year has shown similar assets this
year. Just the other day Mt. Airy ,
trampled Thomasville, a good club. I
20 to 4. - f
' j If Forest City disposes of Cher-,
ryville, and that will not be such a !
soft job, it now looks as if the
Rutherford club will clash with Mt. i
i Airy for western honors.
; Harry Kendrick, Forest City hurl
er, was "right" here Friday and ;
turned back the Shelby hitters with '
two hits and a third of the scratch
i variety. He chilled the big bat of !
Ken Mayhew, Shelby's home run
king, after the first inning and sil
enced the clubs of Mayhew's team- j
I mates. One break was in favor of ■
j the ,young righthander: He is a fast
ball pitcher and the day was dark
and cloudy, making it hard to see '
his rapid-fire delivery. But, in all i
fairness, he would have been hard
to hit on a clear day. j
Fast, and at times brilliant, sup
port was given the visiting hurler. ;
P. Whitlock, on third base, his i
brother in center, Hamrick in left :
and the lanky shortstop made sev
j eral sensational stops and catches '
For that matter , the entire Forest 1
I
City team was keyed up to a win-1
ning pitch and fielding perfect
j style. ;
I The hitting of the Whitlocks and
Hamrick played a part in the For-;
: est City scoring along with two un
| fortunate Shelby errors.
! Barrett and Corbett contributed
I
j fielding features for Shelby while j i
: Joe Philbeck tagged a long throw j j
j home from centerfield to catch a ,
' runner at the plate. Shorty Mc- (
! Swain, captaining his third Shelby
! athletic team this year, performed (
.in creditable style. Peters, Shelby
; pitcher, worked out a clearly good
' game but his teammates could not
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R. trßeinhardt Wins
In Tuesday's Election
Total of 1204 Votes Cast Out of Registration of
1322—McDaniel, Horn, Little, Harrill
and Hemphill New Aldermen.
Eighty-Two Ballots
Cast At Rutherfordton
Rutherfordton, May 6.—Very
little interest was show n in the
municipal election here Tuesday.
Of 465 registered voters only
82 voted. There was only one
ticket in the field. The vote was
as follows: For mayor, R. R.
Flack, 82; for town commission
ers, J. H. Carpenter, 81; R. Y.
Turner, 77; W. W. Hicks, 78;
C. Twitty, 79. Rutherford
ton elects only four commission
ers. B. D. Wilson and J. L. Rob
inson, members of the old board,
wko were not candidates, receiv
ed two votes each.
SPINDALE ELECTS
NEW OFFICIALS
G. B. Howard Mayor—Yelton,
Plonk, Williams, Morgan
and Hill are Commis
sioners.
Spindale, May 6. G. B. Howard
was elected mayor and T. M.
Plonk, S. K. Yelton, G. A. Williams,
W. R. Morgan and J H. Hill com
missioners in the municipal election
held here Tuesday. Election, day
of lis r
terest was J&. tt# flf ftffiffij
however, only about one-half of the*
registered voters cast ballots. The
vote is as follows:
For mayor, G. B. Howard, 212
votes, (no opposition.)
For Commissioners.
S. K. Yelton, 196 votes.
G. A. Williams, 181 votes.
W. R. Morgan, 170 votes.
T. M. Plonk, 169 votes
J. H. Hill, 168 votes.
J. O. Williams, 95 votes
Hicks Hill, 63 votes.
J. T. Bland, 55 votes.
J. A. McCraw, 51 votes.
T. M. Plonk and S. K. Yelton, are
the only old members of the board
of commissioners who were re-elect
ed. W. C. Ellis and C. B. Culbreth
were not candidates for re-election.
G. B. Howard, a member of the pres
ent board, was nominated for Mayor
to succeed S E. Elmore, who has
been mayor since the incorporation
;of Spindale in August, 1923, and
i who was not a candidate for re
-1 election.
DAUGHTER BORN.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Blanton are
rejoicing over the arrival-of a lit
tle daughter, Nancy Margaret, born
Thursday, April 30th. Weight 10
pounds.
MEMORIAL AT COOL
SPRINGS CEMETERY
t
Memorial services will be held at
the Cool Springs cemetery next Sun
day afternoon at two o'clock. The
cemetery has been cleaned off re
cently, and is now in splendid con
dition. All are invited to attend these
services at two o'clock.
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hit consistently enough to send
runners across the plate—and such
is necessary to win ball games.
Forest City scored twice in the
first inning on a mixture of hits
and errors. Thereafter the play was
of a high type with neither club
scoring until Forest City pushed
over a final run in the ninth. A
large crowd attended the contest.;
but threatening weather and occa-;
sional light showers kept scores of j
others away.
Although defeated the Shelby
club put up a good contest but the
Morrismen struck another good out
fit at top form, and that's the story. •
—Renn Drumm in Cleveland Star. !
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
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R. L. Reinhardt was elected may
or in the municipal election held here
Tuesday, by a majority of 86 votes
over his two opponents, V. T. Davis
candidate for re-election, and L. C.
Lowrance. W. L. Horn, Francis Lit
tle, M. J. Harrill, G. C. McDaniel
and C. S Hemphill were elected as
members of the board of aldermen.
Much interest was shown in the
election, but no disorders occurred
to mar the day. The voting was per
haps the heaviest ever experienced
in a municipal election here. A total
of 1322 voters were registered and
1204 votes were cast, leaving only
118 registered voters who did not
cast a ballot.
The results of Tuesday's election
follows:
For Mayor.
R. L. Reinhardt , J. 640
V. T. Davis sj/}
L. C. Lowrance 41
Board of Aldermen.
G. C. McDaniel 854
C. S. Hemphill 799
W. L. Horn 686
Francis Little 699
M. J. Harrill fio6
W. E. Moore 599
R. K. Hollifield 570
J. L. Butler 429
M. H. Hewitt 281
W. L. Horn and Francis Little
were candidates for re-election oi
the board of aldermen. M. J. Harrill,
G. G." McDaniel and C. S. HemphiU
Tare the new members of the board.
defeated.
DEATH CLAIMS
CONFEDERATE VET
James L. Harrill Aged 84, Pass
es at Home Near Here—
Soldier in Co. B, 70th
Regiment.
Forest City, R-2, May 4.—Mr.
James L. Harrill, aged 84, a veteran
of The War Between the States,
died at his home near here Saturday
after a short illness. Funeral services
were held Sunday at Floyd's Creek
with Rev. Z. D. Harrill in charge,
assisted by Rev. J. A. Brock, Rev.
Mr. Kennedy and Rev. E. B. Mel
ton. Interment was in the Floyd's
Creek cemetery.
Mr. Harrill ?s survived by eight
children, as follows: G. Y. Harrill,
Campobello, S. C.; Sam Harrill,
Caroleen; H. F. Harrill, Forest City;
W. V. Harrill, Forest City, R-2; Mrs.
B. E. Price, Shelby; Mrs. John Mc-
Daniel, Forest City, R-2; Mrs. Hor
ace Henson, Caroleen; and S. E.
Harrill, of Forest City, R-2. Two chil
dren preceded Mr. Harrill to the
grave several years ago. Sixty-one
grandchildren and thirty-nine great
grandchildren also survive.*
Mr. Harrill was born June 24,
1846, and was a private in Company
B, 70th Regiment, North Carolina
Troops, Junior Reserves, in the clos
ing years of the War Between the
States He was married October 18,
1870 to Miss Clarcy Jenkins, who
preceded him to the grave.
Mr. Harrill was a member of the
Floyd's Creek Baptist church, whre
he joined a number of years ago.
The. pall bearers were Messrs T .
A. Harris, G. B. Harrill, C. H. Wo
mack, M. H. Womack, Therman Har
ris and O. J. Harris. The flower giris
were Misses Mildred McDaniel, Irene
Harrill, Burnice Harris, Vera Hen
lon, %iby Batson, Eula Womick,
Wilma Harrill, Eloise Harrill, Mrs.
R. C. Chapman, Mrs. R. L. Smith,
Sr.
Mr. R. E. Price, editor of the
Rutherford County News, left Sat
urday for Miami, Fla., as a delegate
to the International Kiwanis Meet
ing, from the Rutherfordton Club.
Be will return this week-end.
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