Forest City

the BusinessCenter of

theCounty

PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOB A -ITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY_

FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA*O RSDAY, MAY 2, 1929VOL. XI?No. 30.

SUNDAY BLAZEAT CAROLEEN DOES

$5,000 DAMAGE

* Some Record I

PsFUNERAL OF MISS

LELAMAEDALTONHELD WEDNESDAY

Named Bank Head

mggsmjfUff

\u25a0K

:Is

NV.;:xvy?? :N*g

v .. X V >; -\

"xf: ?

Store of Mr- D. F. Beach-board Destroyed?District

Meeting Jr. O. U. A.M. field

Caroleen, April 30.?The store of

Mr. D. F. Beachboard in Harrilltown

\u25a0va> destroyed by fire Sunday after-

noon about three o'clock. It is not

gtoown how the fire originated but

jfe had gained such headway when

it was discovered that nothing could

be saved of the large stock of goods

in the store and only the quick work

of the men saved a nearby feed stor-

age room. Mr. Beachboard had re-

cently bought the store back fromMr. J. L. Bobbins. The loss is esti-

mated at about $5,000.00 with 52,-

750.00 insurance.

Rev. F. H. Price preached a spec-

ial sermon to the Juniors in the Hen-

rietta Methodist church last Sunday

morning. The Juniors attended in a

body.

The district meeting of the JuniorOrder was held with the local lodge

in the Caroleen hall last Saturday

afternoon and evening. At six o'clockthe ladies served a bountiful picnic

supper on a long table in the hall to

the families and visiting delegates.

The play ''A Kentucky Belle" was

presented to a large and appreciative

audience by the Henrietta-Caroleenhigh school last Friday evening.

Those taking part in the play were

Earl Hicks, Georgia Deßrule, Mae

Beth Scruggs, Alvah Lockman, Rus-

sell Shytles, Lewis Doggett, LucileWebb, Sarah Doggett, Winnie De-

Brule. Lineman were Frank West, T.Moss, Samuel McAbee and Venoy

jMosely. Cindy and Henry were play-

ed by Ardath Willis and Robert

Spratt. The chorus was composed ofEdith Holland, Edith Hamrick, LouiseFowler, Jessie Harris, Virginia Ken-

nedy, Millie Lou Wilson, Ruby Ray,

Cecil Xeal and Yates Hawkins.Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Hamrick and

Mrs. Martha Randall spent Tuesday

with Mr. A. G. Randall and' Miss

Mamie Randall.

Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Patrick andsons Harley and J. D., spent theweek end with friends and relativesat Greer, S. C.

Mr. E. G. Summey and daughter,Mrs. Morris Goforth accompanied by

Miss Sara Wilkins and Mr. OwenPadgett spent Monday in Ashevillewith Miss Vera Summey at the Ashe-ville Normal.

The school at Race Path closed lastFriday. Tuesday night an entertain-ment was given by the school andon Wednesday night the declaimersand reciters contest was held. James

won the prize for the bestdeclamation and Mary Groce Ham-rick was the winner of the prize forthe best recitation. Dr. O. J. Mooney-

tiam and Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Mahaf-f&e were the judges. Dr. O. J. Moon-eyham presented the prizes in a shortand inspiring address. This is a threeteacher school. Mrs. Morris Goforthwas principal.

Twin daughters, Carolyn and Mar-°-yn, were born to Dr. and Mrs. T.C. Lovelace Monday April 22. Maro-lyn died Wednesday. The funeralservice was conducted by Rev. F. H.

\-Mce and the burial was in HighShoals cemetery.

Sister of Messrs. John andG. D. Dalton, of For-

est City, DiedTuesday

Forest City, R-2, May I.?Missi Lela Mae Dalton, aged 33, died at

I the home of her parents, Mr. and: Mrs. E. H. Dalton Tuesday, after along period of ill health.

Funeral services were held Wednes-day at 10 a. m., at Pleasant GroveMethodist church with Rev. W. R.Ware in charge, assisted by Rev. M.F. Moores. Interment was in the

| Pleasant Grove cemetery.

Miss Dalton is survived by her par-

i ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Dalton,! four sisters and three brothers, as\u25a0follows: Mrs. Ida Wright, Ruther-.fordton; Misses Cora Lee Dalton,Emma Dalton and Gladys Dalton;

Messrs. John and G. D. Dalton, ofForest City and Charles Dalton, of

j Chapel Hill.i Miss Dalton became a member of

Pleasant Grove Methodist church atthe age of eleven years,

j The pall bearers were Messrs.' Gordon Moore, George W. Griffin,IJ. R. Hardin, Grady Moore, C. W.Mayfield, and D. C. Cole. The flower

jbearers were Misses Mary GlennGriffin, Julia Grayson, Alda Moore,Margaret Mcßorie, Mrs. Miles Hamp-

;ton and Miss Elizabeth Griffin.

Gordon S. Rentchler, six feet four

inches high, is perhaps the "biggest

man" in the banking business. A

former Ohio farm boy, he has been

elected president of the National City

Bank of New York.

E. O. Aldrich of Shrewsbury, Vt.,aged 86, has been reelected to his65th successive term in public officeand his 55th successive term as TownClerk and Treasurer.

KIWANIS CLUBSPONSORS CLINIC

Dr. A. C. Duncan, Chairmanof Under-Privileged Child

Committee Heads* Movement

The Forest City Kiwanis Club,through Dr. A. C. Duncan, chairman

of the under-privileged child com-

mittee, has arranged for Dr. O. L.Miller, Chief Surgeon of the StateOrthopaedic Hospital at Gastonia, N.C., to hold a Forest City and Ruth-erford County Day at that Institutionsometime the latter part of May.

The members of the local KiwanisClub, in keeping with their past rec-ord of endeavoring to help the crip-pled and under-privileged children ofthis community, will furnish theirautomobiles to convey any crippledor deformed child in Forest City orRutherford county to Gastonia onthis day free of charge, where theywill also be examined and advisedrelative to correcting their disability

free of charge.

SPINDALE TOWNi ELECTION MAY7No Opposition to Present

Mayor?Seven CandidatesFor Board of . Commis-

sioners

! Spindale, May 1.?The Spindalemunicipal election will be held Tues-day. The voting will be at the Spin-

dale Furniture Company's Store. Ac-cording to Mr. J. H. Hill, registrar,an unusually large number have reg-istered to vote, about four hundred

names having been enrolled on thebooks. There is no opposition to the

present mayor, Mr. S. E. Elmore.

There are seven candidates in therace for board of commissioners, as

follows: W. C. Ellis, C. B. Culbreth,G. B. Howard, S. K. Yelton, T. M.

! Plonk, P. L. Champion and J. A.McGraw. The first four are at pres :

ent members of the board.

The parents or guardians of anycrippled or deformed child in Ruth-erford County are invited and urgedto communicate with Dr. A. C. Dun-can, who will be glad to make res-ervation for them. Watch this paperfor further information relative todate, etc.

MRS. SARAH SHYTLEBURIED AT SHILOH

Died Thursday at Ruth After Long

Illness Was 66 YearsOld

Literary Club to HoldLast Meeting of YearRutherfordtcn, April 30. ?Mrs.

Sarah Shytle, aged 66, died at the

home of her son, near Ruth, Thurs-

day after a long period of illness.Funeral services were held Friday

at Shiloh Baptist church. Intermentwas in the Shiloh cemetery beside the

grave of her husband, who precededher to the grave a number of yearsago.

Mrs. Shytle is survived by twobrothers, J. and J. W. Fordes, and

two sons, Luther D. Shytle, of Spin-

dale, and Baxter Shytle, of Ruth, alsoa number of grandchildren.

She was a member of the South-

ern Baptist church at the time of her

death. She joined the Baptist churchat the age of seventeen years.

i The Literary Department of theWoman's Club willhold its last meet-ing of the season on next Thursdayafternoon, May 2, at 3:45 o'clock in

the banquet hall of Blanton's Cafe.The following ladies will serve ashostesses: Mrs. J. F. Alexander, Mrs.

C. A. McDaniel, Mrs. G. C. McDan-iel, Mrs. Geo. Huntley, Mrs. CarlHuntley,'Mrs. F. E. Webb.

All members are requested to comeprepared to pay their general clubdues for the year, which is SI.OO.

B. Arp Lowrance BuysGoldsboro Paper

FOREST CHYCOURIERFOREST CITY?"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTI* £ TIES IN THE XL S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY.

CLOSES REVIVAL ATMEIIIODISTCHURCH

Ten Days Revival Services Con-cluded Wednesday Eve-

ning at First MethodistChurch

The series of revival services'which1

; begun at the local Methodist churchSunday, April 21, closed last night,

; after a very successful meeting.

Rev. W. B. West has been doingj the preaching for the pastor, Rev. M.IF. Moores. Services have been heldtwice daily, afternoon and evening,

? which have been well attended. On(several occasions the church auditor-! ium has been filled to capacity dur-? ing the evening services.

The church has been greatlyi strengthened since the opening of

jthe services. Mr. West, who is pastor|of the First Methodist church of| Hendersonville, is one of the out-standing men of the Western NorthCarolina conference, and the success

! of the meeting is largely due to hisi untiring efforts.

| One notable event of the meetingwas the splendid co-operatipn exhib-ited on the part of the members of

other denominations -of Forest GityvA large percent of the attendance ateach meeting was made up of mem-bers of other denominations.

Forest City High toPlay Kings Mountain

Forest City High school will play!the Kings Mountain baseball team jhere Friday afternoon at 3:30-,o'clock. Only two other games are jscheduled here this season, that of jHickory Tuesday, May 7 and Marionhere May 14. J

FIRE AT ALEXANDERDOES $4,000 DAMAGE

??

Wednesday Night Blaze Destroys

Garage and StoreBuilding

Alexander Mills, lApril 30.?Fireof undertermined origin destroyed abuilding here Monday night, causing

a damage of approximately $4,000.The building, a combination garage,

store and dwelling house, belongedto H. F. Coffey. Occupants of thebuilding were awakerhed Wednesdaynight by the crackling of the flames,and when the alarm was given thefire had gained such headway as to

make it impossible to ?ave anything.The building was insured for aboutSI,BOO.

Mi*, and Mrs. R. B. Mcßrayer havereturned from a bridal trip toCharleston, S. C., and other pointsof interest in the South.

14 Pages

84 COLUMNS

SI.OO Per Year in Advance

City Election WillBe Held Tuesday

Two Candidates For Mayor and ElevenFor Board of Aldermen?Two

Candidates Withdraw

Next Tuesday is municipal electionday. The polls will open at 8 o'clockTuesday and remain open until sun-set for casting votes for mayor anda board of five aldermen, for theTown of Forest City. The electionwill be conducted as municipal elec-tions have been conducted hereto-fore. On inquiry it was learned thatmunicipal elections do not come un-der the regulations prescribed in thestate Australian ballot bill, passedby the last session of the GeneralAssembly. Ballot boxes will be placedin each of the city's three precincts,and the same method of voting willbe observed as was used in the Dem-ocratic primary.

Two candidates for mayor and 11candidates for aldermen willbe votedfor on Tuesday, as follows:

For Mayor

V. T. Davis.L. C. Lowrance.

For Alderman

Mrs. C. E. Alcock.W. P. Hall, Jr.J. C. Harrill.J. P. Hardin.G. Bryan Harrill.

L Thos. M. Harrill.W. L. Horn.R. K. Hollifield.H. Francis Little, Jr.W. E. Moore.Fred E. Webb. <

Tickets bearing the names of theabove two candidates for mayor andthe names of the eleven candidatesfor aldermen will be placed at eachvoting precinct. Each voter will casthis or her vote for one candidatefor mayor and five candidates foraldermen.

? 4 * sCandidates Withdraw

I! Mr. Charles Z. Flack, presentmayor, who announced his candidacylast week, requests The Courier to

I state that he has withdrawn from therace, and will not be a candidate tosucceed himself. Mr. Flack had de-cided to devote his entire time tohis growing business interests, butunder pressure of friends consentedto allow his name to be presented asa candidate last week. After announc-ing his candidacy Mr. Flack askedthis week that his name be with-drawn, as his business activities aredemanding his entire time.

Mr. G. V. Frye, at a late hour, re-quests The Courier to announce thathe will not be a candidate to succeedhimself on the board of aldermen.

Mr. Frye has served for sometime on

the board, and is an experienced of-

ficial. Mr. Frye gave no reason for

his withdrawal other than that

business activities demand a larger

portion of his time, and that he felthe could not devote the necessary

time to the office, if re-elected.

MRS. WE M'DONALDCLAIMED BY DEATH

Has Been Blind for Twenty-Five Years?Survived by

Eight Children

! Forest City, May 2.?Mrs. WilliamMcDonald, aged 82 died Tuesday af-ternoon at 1:15, at the home of her

. daughter, Mrs. T. A. Bostic, neari Bethany church. Mrs. McDonald hadjbeen in declining health for sometime, was taken worse some weeks

iago, and her illness developed into.paralysis. She had been blind for the! past twenty-five years.

Funeral services were held Wednes-

day at 1 p. m., at Bethany Baptist

I church, with Rev. Z. D. Harrill, ofEllenboro, in charge, assisted by Rev.

; Chas. Padgett. Interment wasin the McDonald plot in the .Betjianycemetery.

j v

Prior to her wedding Mrs. Mc-Donald was a Miss Hamrick. She

Was born and reared in Cool Springstownship and in the same communityin which she died. She joined theRace Path Baptist church in youngwomanhood and remained a consis-tent christian until the day of herdeath. She married Mr. William Mc-Donald, familiarly known as "UncleBilly" McDonald, who preceded her

to the grave ten years ago. Eightchildren, five sons and three daugh-ters, were born to them, and survive,as follows: Messrs. B. Z. McDonald,Forest City, R-3; Matt McDonald,Forest City; Monroe McDonald, For-est City, R-2; Julius McDonald, For-

est City, R-l; Cautus McDonald, For-

est City, R-2; Mrs. T. A. Bostic, Mrs.Robert Carroll and Mrs. GarlandSherrill, of Forest City, R-2. A num-

ber of grandchildren and great grand-

children survive, also one brother, Mr.

D. B. Hamrick, of Caroleen and one

sister, Mrs, Jim Quinn, of Bat Cave.

Popular CoupleMarried in Goldsboro

The following announcement has

been received by friends here:

"Mr. and Mrs. James W. McDan-iel announce the marriage of their

daughter, Bessie Clementine, to Mr.

Jack Clayton Keen on Thursday,April 25, 1929, Goldsboro."

The bride is the attractive daugh-

ter of Mr. and MrsAJ. W. McDaniel,

of Forest City, who has been mak-

ing her home in Goldsboro. She has

hosts of friends here who will wish

her much happiness in her marriage.

Parent-Teachers Association ToSponsor Fathers* Night May 14th

On Tuesday May 14, atCool Springs High School Auditor--lU m, the Parent-Teachers Associationar e to honor the fathers. This event' s Panned not only for a social gath-ering, but also that the fathers maynave the opportunity of sharing ourschool spirit and loyalty and of see-lng some of the school activities.

The township schools are finish-es one of the most successful years

their history. Everyone knows theathletic record, but at this meet-

lnS you will have the chance to en-joy some of the other varied activi-

A most interesting program isT Promised. Among the numbers will be

a solo by Harry Kendrick, who won

first place in the music contest at

Gastonia; several selections by theGirls Glee Club and the Boys Quar-tet; and a very clever one-act play

presented by the Dramatic Club.It is hoped that all the fathers will

come, and of course bring the moth-

ers along too. However, it is askedthat anyone who finds it impossible

to attend will please notify Mrs.

Verner, as this is a social meeting

and the* hostesses would like to know

how many will be present. The P. T.

A. has always stood for loyal co-op-

eration with the school and patrons,

and we know this meeting will be

the climax of a year's successfulwork.

! Mr. B. Arp Lowrance, a formerForest City man, Talbot Patrick andA. W. Huckle have purchased the

Goldsboro Daily Argus, according toan announcement made Wednesday.

| The Argus is one of the oldest and

best established daily papers in thecoastal section of the state, and. is

now in its 44th year,j Mr. Lowrance, one of the new

owners, was until a short time ago,

field secretary of the North Caro-

lina Press Association, and is pub-

lisher of the Mecklenburg Times,Charlotte, and the Mount Holly News.

Mr. Lowrance is also president of the

Carolina Newspapers, Inc., a holding

company. r

The Argus recently celebrated its

fourty-fourth anniversary. It is the

oldest newspaper in North Carolina

under one continuous ownership and

management, and one of the oldestin the south.

County Club YearBooks Published

The 1929 year books of The Ruth-erford County Club were printed by

The Courier this week. This bookletis printed on a good grade of bookpaper, and has forty pages. The coverof the books are of a high grade

white linen finish cover stock, which

adds very much to the appearance

of the finished book. The books have

been turned over to the secretary,

Mr. Clarence Griffin, who will mail

them to the members at an early date.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Huntley

and family spent Sunday afternoon

with Mrs. Geo. Robinson in Shelby.

Mrs. Robinson has been very ill but

friends willbe glad to know that she

is improving nicely now and expects

to come home this week.

Officer Captures Brand NewStill in Business Section of City

As the result of the suspicions ofthe Chief of Police here, two men

are in jail and the town has a brandnew 50 gallon capacity still, that hasnever been used. The still was cap-tured right in the heart of the bus-iness section of the city after ChiefChas. R. Price, became suspicious

of two men and searched their car.According to Mr. Price this was

one of the best and most up-to-date

stills he has ever seen. While, most

of these illegal outfits are made of-copper condensers and sheet iron

the still captured here was made en-

tirely of copper.Mr. Price made the capture after

he had noticed two men in a new

Ford roadster drive to the rear ofthe local A&P Store to make somepurchases. This was a little unusualand he started to investigate. Seeinghim coming toward the car one of themen started to run. Knowing then,that something was wrong, Mr. Pricestopped the men and searched theircar, finding a brancHaew coppej stilland condenser in .the back end of

their car. Both men were arrestedon a charge of having in their posses-sion utensils for the purpose of mak-ing liquor. It is said the men stop-

ped at the A&P Store to buy somesugar to make a run. They wereboth from the Golden Valley town-

ship, this county.