14 th
I
Anniversary
Number
VOL. XIV— No. 1.
i EV. J. A. BROCK NOW
FULL TIME PASTOR
CAROLEEN CHURCH
Henrietta, Formerly Associat
ed With Caroleen, Will
Elect New Pastor—
Two Weddings.
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Caroleen, Oct. s.—The Baptist
r.-Yhes at Caroleen and Henrietta
la.-r week decided that it r as to the
\ est interest of all concerned that
t-u-y discontinue the custom of hav
-4 one pastor serving part time at
t !,, r church and hereafter have a
f'jil time pastor for each church.
Si'V. J. A. Brock has served both
ci those churches for the past two
years or more and has also been
serving the church at Sulphur
springs. He preached his farewell
Ei-vmon at the Sulphur Springs Sun
day. September 27th. As the Caro
leen church wished Brother Brock
to continue as pastor and give his
full time to the work here, he asked
the congregation at Henrietta, at the
morning service, last Sunday, to re
'easv? him at once from further du
ties there as he felt it his duty to
aec nt the call to Caroleen as full
time pastor.
During his talk Sunday night at
Caroleen. Rev. Brock stated that he
IVIt that all this had come about
in answer to prayer, as two greet
churches such as we have at Hen
rietta and Caroleen were entirely
too much for any one pastor to serve.
After expressing his gratitude for the
expression of confidence shown by j
the church in calling him as full time
pastor, he brought gladness to their
hearts by stating that he accepted
the call. He then brought a wonder
fully clear cut and forceful mes
sage on tithing.
Mr. Maurice Hollifield, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bush Hollifield of near
Good's Creek, and Miss Muriel Po
teet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George T. Poteet of Caroleen, were
married at Gatfney, S. C., Saturday
October 3rd. They will make their
home in' Caroleen for the present j
time, and we wish for them a long j
and happy life.
Mr. Harvey Powell and Miss Ethel j
Hollifield were married at Spartan-j
burg, S. C., last Saturday. Mr. Pow
tll came to Caroleen from Spartan
burg some time ago and since then
has been an employee of the Caro
leen Mills. Mr. Powell's father is
dead, but his mother is still living
in the city of Spartanburg. - Miss
Hollifield is the charming and tal
ented daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.
M. Hollifield of Caroleen. She is aj
graduate of Winthrop college and]
last year she taught school in Polk (
county.
This young couple were acctlm—'
panied to Spartanburg, where the i
marriage ceremony was performed, j
by Messrs Paul Head, Leroy Brown, j
J r Lowe and Misses Jessie Blant >n j
and Myrtle Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. Powell will make j
home at Caroleen and we join (
their many friends in wishing t
a long, happy and prosperous!
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--1 TORNADO !
DEFEATS SHELBY
he Golden Tornado of Cool
! ngs high school defeated their
y close rivals, Shelby high here
day afternoon 12 to 0, in a ve T
" srame considering the hot weath
• Forest City and Shelby nave;
• n rivals on the gridiron f° r a
i u time and a good game is a»-
• ays played. Jorest City scored on
, :('lby in the second quarter on a
ntinuous drive down the field with
Birch Whitlock taking the ball over
:d they made their second score
the third quarter when Calton
lercepted a forward pass and
or a touchdown.
The Forest City boys have play
d three games, scoring 64 points
■ut have not been scored on this
■ l ason.
Forest City plays Black Moun—
• tain here next Friday. Come out
i«id support your home team.
*UK*,BT CITY "ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST RRATTTTFTTT T . ..V
---- S U Tht v ' s " - Department of Agriculture survey.
_ PUBLISHED 1N TH E INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHEt\°O COUNTY :
NEWSPAPERS FACTOR IN
CITY'S DEVELOPMENT
Forest City Owes Much of Its Progress to Enterprising News
papers Published Here—Courier Now
County's Oldest Paper.
By CLARENCE GRIFFIN.
The Forest City Courier had a
long line of honorable and outstand
ing predecessors in the newspaper
field. The first paper was published
here nearly a half century ago. C.
C. Erwin, of Waco, an uncle of the
present superintendent of county
schools, Clyde A. Erwin, established
the first newspaper. The office was
located approximately on the site of
Hewitt's Auto works, opposite the
post office. Mr. Erwin continued to
tprin his paper for about a year, which
was burned. Mr. Erwin later was
successful in the newspaper game,
and continued that trade the remain
der of his life. Among the first em
ployees of Mr. Erwin were Mr. J.
W. Smith, of Forest City, and the
late Cornelius Brooks, who met a
tragic death about two years ago.
when he was beaten to death by
thugs.
In 1887 Charles Scott brought out
the initial number of The Forest
City News. The first issue was print
ed August 4, 1887, and was consid
ered one of the finest little coun
try weeklies in the state, although
it consisted of only four pages. It was
printed on an old Washington hand
press. Publication was suspended in
June, 1889, and for several months
the town was without a newspaper, j
J. C. Green, an enterprising mer-,
chant .of Forest City, established The!
Forest City Ledger on December j
11, 1889. He sold this paper to Z.«
M. McKinney about two years later. S
Mr. McKinney published The Ledger
hbout three years, and suspended
publication.
Following this there was no news-i
paper in Forest City until December!
15, 1898, when the first issue of |
The Forest City Press appeared with \
Forest J. Reid as editor and pub-f
lisher. A few months later, because |
of some trouble the name was chang
ed to The Ledger-Vidette, and lat
er to The Enquirer. This paper con
tinued about a year. The office was
1 located about where Stein's store
now stands. Mr. Reed later left For
est City and his paper suspended'
publication.
The Forest City Progress was the
next newspaper, and was published
by Dan E. Kanipe. In June, 1903.
fire destroyed his plant and all the
equipment on which all of Forest
' City's papers had been printed up to
Uhis time. For five years the city had
■no paper.
"In the late summer of 1908, Z.
IV. Fowles and Gary Hiott, now edi
i tor of the Pickens (S. C.) Sentinel.
!came to Forest City from South Car
! olina and brought with them a new
printing plant. The first issue of their
paper, The Herald, appeared Septem
ber 10, 1908."
Herald State's Leading Papar.
j ''For sometime the Herald was con
i sidered the best weekly newspaper
! in the state. After three years, Mv.
j Hiott let Mr. Fowles have his in-1
jterest and in January 1912, M.j
1 Fowles sold the paper to J. V. Ware, j
i who sold it to Fred W. Amos the
lowing fall. In less than a year 1- re i j
Amos suspended publication. While j
Mr. Ware owned the paper Mr. B. j
Arp Lowrance, now of The Meek-,
lenburg Times, Charlotte, mana-j
ger and editor. Following the elec-:
dons in 1912, Mr. Ware suspended (
publication of The Herald.
"But Forest City was without aj
paper for only a very short time.,
Broadus DePriest leased the plant'
and revived the paper under the;
name of The Free Press in 1913. j
W. S. Croker, became editor and j
manager in January, 1914.
During the time Mr. Croker was,
in charge the services of Prof. B.;
11. Bridges, superintendent of public»
i instruction of Rutherford County,
was secured as editor, and Mr.
Croker acted as local editor, and
business manager. This arrangement
, was in force for a few months only,
due to the pressing duties of Prof.
Bridges. After Mr. Bridges resigned,
Mr. Croker again became editor and
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1931.
Mayse Not Indicted
For False Pretense
In our issue of September 3, a
stenographic account of the judge's
charge to the jury in the case of
Fred Smart was published. On page
ten, in column one, appeared the fol
lowing paragraph: "Mayse admitted,
on cross examination, that he had
been indicted on charge of falsb
pretense." This was an error. The
! stenographers taking the charge
i misunderstood the name. Mr. Mayse
has never been indicted on such
charge, and no such statement was
made to the jury by the judge.
I The Courier regrets very much
| this error, and gladly takes this op
} portunity to correct the mistake.
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FIDDLERS' CONVENTION.
A fiddlers' convention will be held
j at the Cool Springs high school au
| ditorium on October 23rd, at eight
J o'clock. This convention will be un
j der the auspices of the Willis Tow-
I ery Post, American Legion.
[acted in that capacity until January
j 1918.
The Courier Established.
Following a short suspension of
newspapers, Trelyon Brown came to
Forest City, and on August 22, 1918,
brought out the first issue of The
Forest City Courier, but suspended
publication in November of the same
year. Publication was resumed by
Gary Hiott January 23, 1919, J. L.
O. Thompson was in charge as edi
tor from March, 1920 until the pa
per was purchased by Mr. Howard
C Hull in July, 1921.
Due to ill health Mr. Hull was
forced to retire from the newspaper
game. After taking charge of The
Courier he labored faithfully to,
build up a newspaper befitting a town ;
of Forest City's class and size. How-j
ever, he saw his plans blasted by j
failure of health, and in January, j
1922, C. E. Alcock, a veteran i
j
newspaper man of Kentucky pur- j
chased the plant and began publish
ing The Courier.
Mr. Alcock, a native of Glasgow,
Ky., began his newspaper career in j
local shops of that to*vn. Later he j
was local editor of the Spencer Cour-1
ier at Taylorsville, Ky. Following'
this he and his brother purchased
the Kentucky Standard at Bardstown j
Kv., and after successfully operating.
% . i
it for a number of years he accepted
a position with The Louisville Cour-.
ier-Journal. He also served three'
years as superintendent of printing
for The Masonic Home, of Louisville.
After this he became advertising
manager of The Daily .Messenger,
of Danville, Ky., which position ho
held until he came to Fores: City in
January, 1922.
Courier's Policy Since 1922.
7n his removal the Blue Grass
state losL a valuable citizen and
editor, but Rutherford county se
cured a booster and builder. He has
joined hands with the good and pro
gressive citizenship of the county
and has taken an initiative part in
all movements for the betterment
and advancement of his adopted
county.
Under Mr. Alcock's management
The Courier has become an eminent |
constructive factor in the county.
During his residence here he has built
up one of the cleanest, highest prin
cipaled, most progressive and modern
weekly newspaper in the state. From
a six and eight page sheet giving a
partial review of the happenings of
Rutherford county, with a haphazard
policv, it has grown to sixteen and
twenty pages weekly, carrying a com
plete resume of all news that is
in the county, in a systematic and
progressive way. The Courier s edi
torial policy is clean and construc
tive. and its „ space is given freely
in supporting any commendable en
terprise of interest to Rutherford
County and Forest City.
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DAVID LINDSAY
of Rutherfordton
DAVID LINDSAY
A CIVIC LEADER
IN THIS COUNTY
Head of Izaak Walton League
In North Carolina Is a
Very Busy Man.
Rutherfordton, Oct. s.—David
Lindsay, well known textile execu
tive and conservationist has been
a busy man since he came to Ruth
erfordton from Rockingham county,
by way of North Carolina State col
lege six years ago.
In addition to his many duties us
1
a textile executive and director in j
several manufacturing concerns, he
is also president of the Waltonian
Council of North Carolina and one
of the leading supporters of conser
vation and development of natural
resources and wild life of the state.
He is a charter member of the Ruth
erf ' chapjPr of the Izaak
Walton League of America and is
ambitious for the league's work in
this state. He recently helped to or
ganize a chapter of the league in
Asheville and has been active in chap
ter organization activities elsewhere
in the state.
Offices In Spindale.
Mr. Lindsay lives in Rutherfordton
at the Isothermal hotel, but has his
offices in Spindale, where he is man
ager and treasurer of the Spinners'
Processing company. He is also a
director in the Park Yarn Mills of
Kings Mountain, the Johnson Mills
of Charlotte, and the Stonecutter
Mills of Spindale.
His first position after graduating
from State college was that of assist
ant superintendent at the Draper
American Mills at Draper. He later
became general superintendent and
erected the mills at Fieldale, Va.. for
the Marshall Field company. He
was with the latter company for 15
years before coming to Rutherford
ton.
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Active In Church Work.
Mr. Lindsay is an active member
of the Rutherfordton Baptist church
and is unmarried. He is also a mem
ber of the Rutherford County Club.
According to Mr. Lindsay, the state
organization of the Izaak Walton
League has under way a program to
"sell Nor.h Carolina to North Caro
linians." Plans are being made f >
organize chapters of the league n
Hendersonville, Brevard. Bryson
City. Concord and other places.
The Rutherford County Izaak Wal
ton League during the past year has j
released 6.000 bass, 10.000 finger-;
7 7 ,
ling trout, and 40 pheasants in Ruth-
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erford and Polk counties.
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HAWKINS-HAMRICK.
Shelby, Oct. 6.—Mr. and Mr*.!
W. S. Hamrick this week announced !
the marriage of their daughter, Ma- j
bel, to Eules E. Hawkins, the wed-;
ding having taken place at York.
S. C.. September 26.
The bride is a native of Shelby,
while the groom is a son of Mr. J.
B. Hawkins of Caroleen. They will
make their home in Shelby afte-.- a
short wedding trip which they be
gan when the announcement was
made.
The Willis Towery Post. American
Legion, will meet Thursday night at
7 o'clock in the dty hall.
Winners In Essay
Contest Announced
Miss Doris Ledbetter Awarded First Prize in
Courier Essay Contest—Miss Sarah Brack
ett and Miss Rebecca Perrin Winners.
Miss Doris Ledbetter, of Forest!
City, won the ten dollars in gold«
offered by The Courier for the best I
essay on "The Forest City Courier;
as a Factor in the Upbuilding and'
Growth of Forest City and the \
County, and its Value to The Com-'
munity." Second prize, of five dol-'
lars, was awarded to Miss Sarah!
Brackett, of Forest City, R-l. ar.dj
third prize, of three dollars, was a-!
warded to Miss Rebecca Perrin,
Forest City. J
A total of twenty-two essays were *
entered in the contest. The judges j
were Mr. Charles Z. Flack, Mayor j
R. L. Reinhardt and Mr. A. D. Car-j
ter, cashier of the Forest Finance i
Company. These judges spent all day I
Tuesday and part of Wednesday in'
reading and comparing the twenty-j
two essays. They were faced with f
a most difficult task, as every one of I
the essays were worthy of a prize.!
As only three prizes were offered,!
they found it a hard matter to decide!
the winners. The three prize essays!
were decided upon Wednesday morn-j
ing. and a report made to The Cour-!
ier. As all essays were so well j
written, thev will be used from time I
to time in The Courier during the j
winter. j
In fairness to the judges, it may,
be said that the ider.titv of the writ
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ers were unknowns to them. They j
| did not know the names of the win-}
ners until annoucfed from The Cour-j
| ier office. Each essay was numbered
as received, and all identifying fflarksj
removed. The numbers were record- j
ed in the office, and only the contest)
editor had access to them. The win-) (
ning essays were No. 20, (Miss
better); No. 11, (Miss Brackett) ;j (
and No. 9, (M iss Perrin). i
Miss Ledbetter's prize-winning es-j j
say follows: ' j (
"The Forest City Courier as a,
Factor in Upbuilding and Growth of j
Forest City and the County and Its jJ
Value to the Community." j
j
I cannot think of a single factor,
v
which does quite so much for the •
advancement of Forest City and the I
community as The Forest City Cour
ier. As the name indicates it carries j
all phases of Forest City activities; (
and along with the town activities is j
carried the county's affairs. Besides 1
local news, items of the state, of |
the nation, and of the world are 
published.
In the upbuilding and growth of:
the town, The Forest City Courier;
has been a very important factor."
j The value of the Courier to stores (
and businesses is unlimited. Thu,
paper advertises ail good businesser. ;
Likewise it boosts and appreciates ail t
I good and worthwhile businesses. The ■
Courier is ready to help all concerns •
which need help by giving advice oi .
doing anything which is possible ir.r
! the paper to do. ■ •
Also ir. the making of Fores: Ci-.y
beautiful the paper has been out- (
standing. It tells through adverse- j
ments of the beauty ot T .ie town. 1 i
once told about Forest (ity being 1
chosen, by the Department of Ag- t
riculture at Washington, as one of {
the ten most beautiful town:- in t!.t
United States. A' ' hristmas time >
The Forest City Courier gives a (
description of the town's decorations. £
At other times the paper carries ac- (
counts of the town s beauty. B a.it;. t
improvements are boosted, and ap- 
preciated, and are suggested. c
In the social columns and else- t
where in the paper are given ac-- j
counts of church affairs, school ac- i
jtivities, clubs. '|nd other doings, t
Wiese are encouraged to do good j
work. Enterprises, both spiritual and i
material are appreciated; and often 1
advice and suggestions are made. •
Town government and affairs are
discussed and are boosted. Improve- .
ments are gladly appreciated. ,
When businesses, the town's beau
ty, social activities, and town gov-'
ernment and affairs are so well ad
vertised, boosted, appreciated, and j
1 8 Pages
108 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
J suggested by The Forest City Cour
j ier, who would hesitate to take no
j tice of such a town? Anyone reading
I The Courier would immediately know
• that Forest City is a desirable town
I which is thoroughly alive and up
\ to-date. Such knowledge certainly
| encourages people to move to the
j town and start live progressive busi
| nesses and enterprises. The Courier
I does more than is ever realized to
- yards the upbuilding and growth of
: Forest Citv.

i Not only does The Courier do
| much towards the upbuilding and
| gi owth of Forest City, but also does
; it advance the upbuilding and growth
J of the county.
| The Forest City Courier calls the
. attention of its readers to the coun
j ty's natural resources. The paper
f tells of the development and of the
I possibilities of the county,
j Social news of the county, as we'd
j as that of the town, is published.
\ The Courier boosts all social activi
! ties of this county which tend to be
j of benefit to the people and coun
j ty. The editor appreciates all marks
;of progress in the county and he
j gladly makes suggestions for more
I successful undertakings.
The county's government and af
fairs are mentioned often. Doings
of the county are related fully in
the columns of The Courier. Better
management and contral of the coun
ty are strongly urged. The Courier,
like an individual, rejoices with tha
people when the county has accom
plished something worth-while.
Thus we see that The Forest City
Courier is lavish in its praises for
the county. In the same way that The
Courier helps in the upbuilding and
growth of Forest City, it also helps
in the upbuilding growth of the
county.
In many, many respects has The
Forest City Courier been of value
to Forest City and the community.
It would be impossible to enumerate
the values because the paper has
often been of value to the town
when it was least realized. The
Courier has caused people of other
places to open their eyes upon the
progress of Forest City and to get
a lasting impression of the town,
which impression will bring people
to Forest City when nothing else
will. Should someone in another
place become discouraged and wish
to leave the place, that person would
naturally go to a town which he
thinks to be progressive. Xo town
could prove more progressive than
Forest City. But, of what value
would it be—if Forest City were a
successful town—if there were no
means of letting people of other
places know it? Xo newspap r could
do this duty for the town and sur
rounding community better than
The F rest City Courier.
And, what of letting the town
people know of their little city? The
Courier would be of enough valu •
if it did only this for thpeople • f
Forest City. The town people n.e I
to read of the happenings around
town. To know of world, nation avd
state affairs is not sufficient. Or.,
must also know of local nappenin
Xot only need a citizen of Fore-t
City know of local affairs, but
also needs the boosting, the en
couragement, the appreciation, and
the suggestions of The Forest Ci y
Courier. A person of Forest Ci.v
could become discouraged and down
trodden and decide to leave the
place if it were not for The Cour
ier to bring before this person's eyes
the fact that Forest City is much
ahead of other places of its size and
that the town is even advancing in
higher things.
The Forest City Courier has well
proved its worth in the c
and growth of Forest City and the
county and its values to the commu
nity. The growth and development
of Forest City and the community
are assured as lor.fr as it has the
support of this splendid paper.