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* BY MRS. C. E. ALCOCK The help of friends will make this column more interesting. Please v . 140 and report items for this column. All news items of interest to women are welcomed. Birthday Dinner. Friends and relatives of Mr. H. X Kanipe, popular mechanic of this citv, s -ave him a si^prise birthda y dinner Tuesday at his home her;, on occasion of his 57th birthday. Those present were Mrs. C. A. Ford and son Charles, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Proctor, Mr. and Mrs. J W. Smith, Ty.j r? W. B. Moore and small daugh ter Deris; Little Bob Butler, Mrs. Lee Philbeck, Miss Bill Jones, Miss Mary Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Lolan Kanipe, Miss Bernice Kanipe, Mr. ond Mi's. H. L. Kanipe. Miss Maggie Kanipe and Mr. Jeff Alexander. * * + Mrs. F. F. Black and little daugh ters. Betty and Patsy Ruth, return ed Saturday from a two week's visit to Mr. Black's mother, Mrs. A. G. Black, in Birmingham, Ala. ♦ ♦ * Mr. C. P. Parks, the well known young insurance man of this city, had his tonsils removed last Satur day. He is recovering nicely and is back at work. * * * Mr. J. F. Weathers, Jr., will leave shortly to enter Furman University at Greenville, S. C. * * » Mr. B. E. Hamrick who was hit in the eye by a piece of steel while put ting on a belt at the Florence Mills on August 13, is improving slowly. He went to Charlotte last week to see a specialist. * * * Mr. Wren Chambers, who has been taking treatment for stomach trou ble at an Asheville sanitorium for some time, is showing improvement and expects to retiftn to his home here this week end. * * * Misses Esther, Mabel and Eliza beth Rollins returned Saturday from Ogunquit, Maine, where they spent several months. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Mcßrayer visited their daughter, Miss Kather ine Mcßrayer at Mars Hill college, Mars Hill. * » • Mr. and Mrs. Jack Michalove and son, Sillis, spent Tuesday in Ashe- Why You Should Buy A Ford In Preference To Other Cars. Have you ever wondered why the United States Government, the po lice department, and, large indus trial companies purchase Fords? They want cars of proved perform ance and a type that is built for thousands of miles of satisfactory, economical service. They keep a careful day-by-day cost record and in most cases, the New Ford ha.3 - •-een chosen only after exhaustive tests covering speed and power, safety, comfort, ease of control, oil and gas consumption, low yearly depreciation, and low cost of up keep. Then there is the Ford windshield sHattefl-proof glass that '.elimi nates danger of being cut in case accidents. To install this on an other make of car means an added cost of sls. And also, the Hou (kiilie standard equipment •all New Fords, mean «n extra cot. oi v 3O if installed on 'hor lev-priced cars. DOGGETT MOTOR CO. Misses Margaret and Madge Moore of Lenoir, and Mr. Frank McCrak en, of Sanford, spent the week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Moore. * * m Miss Sallie Nanney who with the Misses Rollins spent several months in Ogunquit, Maine, left Wednes day afternoon for her home in Ches nee. ** * ♦ Miss Myrtle Hemphill spent tha week-end in Charlotte. »;* * * V Mrs. Price Gaines and son, Price, Jr., of Keene, New Hampshire, and Mrs. John Shanklin, of Ashland, Ky., were the week-end guests of their sister-in-law, Mrs. '.Broadus, Moore, and Mr. Moore. The party is en route to DeLand, Fla., where they will spend the winter. ** v • Misses Meriam and Dorothy Green spent the week-end with their aunts. Mrs. J. V. Ogburn in Smithfield and Mrs. L. C. Adams in LaGrange. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Graham Hamriclc returned Saturday from their bridal trip to Atlanta, Ga., and other points of interest in the South. » * • Mr. D. F. Beachboard left for Charlotte Tuesday, where he will un dergo an operation at Charlotte Sa atorium one day this week for stomach trouble. Mr. Beachboard has been under treatment for the past five months and the specialist thinks an operation will give him perma nent relief. He is one of the coun ty's cleverest and most substantial citizens, who has hosts of friends hoping for his early and permanent recovery. ... ■ p Mrs. W. L. Horn and children and Mrs. Dora Wilkie visited Mr*, 1 and Mrs. W. H. Fanning at Woodruff, 'S C., last Sunday. % •: m • • Mr. and Mrs. Will Mills call ed to Spartanburg last Thursday on account of the death of Mr. Mills' mother, Mrs. Sallie Busbee, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Joe Willis, after suffering a stroke of paralysis. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Kiser, Miss Ruth Kiser and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tinsley attended the funeral services of Mrs. Busbee on Sunday afternoon. - * * * Mesdames June Harrill and Kmest Watkins spent Thursday in Hen dersonville. » * * > ' Miss Jennie Davis is visiting her sister, Mrs. Grady Carpenter, , and Mr. Carpenter in Greenville, Si C. * * * Misses Ruth Reid, Elizabeth and Mary Davis and Commie Frye will visit Miss Madge Moore and other friends in Lenoir. * * * Mrs. Baxter Splawn and son, of Greenville, S. C., spent a few days here with Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Chaney. * * * Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Lovelace, Ma con, Ga., who have been the guests of Dr. and Mrs. T. B. Lovelace re turned to their home last week * * » Dr. and Mrs. T. B. Lovelace had as their guests last week Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ware and son, Donald, of Chicago, 111. Mrs. Ware is a sis ter of Mrs. Lovelace. * * * Dr. and Mrs. T. B. Lovelace had I as their dinner guests Wednesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hoey, of Shelby, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Big gerstaff, Rev. and Mrs. M. F. Moores Mrs. J. F. Alexander and Miss Sudie Young. » * * Miss Sudie Young and Mrs. T. B. Lovelace were shopping in Charlotte | Tuesday. ** • i Miss Ethel Young entertained ove*. : the week-end, Mrs. B. Flack, Miss Minnie Stowe and Miss Elsie Barber, j * * * The officers and teachers of the First Baptist church will hold their first monthly meeting of the fall at j the home of Mr. O. C. Turner, as- ] sociate superintendent of the Sunday school, Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. THg FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1930. DUNAGAN AND HAMRICK DEBATE (Continued From Page One) them involving great amounts. A lawyer can't do that successfully— he's bound to give some advantage to one or the other—which will mean a loss to the party not favored. It [looks as though in this case all lost ! as Chimney Rock Mountains is bust | ed, the banks mentioned by me wreck jed, and the county crippled just as j charged. I take it no one disputes that. Mr. Hamrick himself made a l stronger assertion with reference to j Rutherford County, than I. And I !can prove my assertions with refer f ence to the banks and Chimney Rock j Mountains, Inc., by hundreds now I within sound of my voice. Afraid of Republicans? ! The explosion occurred when I j asserted that Mr. Hamrick dictated the policies that resulted in this ser ious situation, and that he shared considerable of the responsibility. Like an infuriated bull he charg ed at me. The fury was j to practically scare me to death, and to put such fear in the entire De mocracy that no further argument could or would be advanced. Ordinarily this would have been effective—because in my childhood I heard of Republicans in such a way that made me tremble with fear. I am still afraid of Republicans—not of them personally—but the form of government they hand out to the i people—and the fear of that form !of government gives me courage to continue the fight for Democracy and all that it stands for. i Doesn't Want Inheritance. I feel if there is anyone here tonight who did not know me before, after reading the open letter from Hon. Fred D. Hamrick, that jthey reached the conclusion that S. | P. Dunagan stood 10 feet tall, weigh | ing 300 to 500 pounds, with long i horns and spewing forth fire and brimstone from his ears, nose and mouth. After I myself, read his let ter I was compelled to look in a mirror in order to fully satisfy my self that I was not some such ani mal. Those of you who did not know me and had such ideas and conclu sions are doubtless surprised to see me in meekness and shuddering with fear before the thundering oratory of Mr. Hamrick. However, the Good Book I believe says "The meek shall inherit the earth" so maybe I'm not entirely lost. I believe though if the Republicans win I'll just let them have my part of this inheritance if they'll keep up the taxes on it. Personally, I am not a candidate for office nor do I aspire to political power or leadership. I shall there fore take up no time in discussing my own individual self. The voters are interested in facts—not in me. If Mr. Hamrick wants to waste his time discussing me, I will not even take the time to answer him. I'm go ing to discuss the issues— public rec- and Mr. Hamricks responsi bility. Chimney Rock Road. Let me take you back to September 1927, at a time when we were be ginning to feel the pinch of hard times—and, as some of us then thought the burdens of taxation were beyond endurance. Mr. Hamrick, (that meeting of some four or five j hundred protesting Democrats was i the beginning of the "aroused elec torate" of Ruth,erilord Coulnty; 'it ; has spread all over the county, into ! the ranks of both political parties. ! At a time when I told the history of I the famous Buffalo road, and how j the voice of the people affected b v ' it, was overridden and in spite of S their protest the road was located according to your dictation in behalf of Chimney Rock Mountains. A sol- j emn contract was entered into by j Chimney Rock Mountains, Inc., to construct the road, and pay for it; same to be completed before the old road was inundated with water. That contract alone kept to suffer the inconvenience of traveling several miles further for a time—until per haps another route could be establish ed. But later your firm drafted a resolution of the commissioners per mitting the old road to be covered with water without building the new road; and then later you either per suaded or permitted the county to build the road and pay for it ex— Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Houser and two children, of Newton, spent Sun day in Forest City with Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Beard. * * * Miss Alberta Morris returned to her home in Greenville, S. C., af ter spending the past week with Mr. £nd Mrs. W. S. Beai'd. pending more than $50,000.00 for itj of taxpayers money. I protested vig orously, and told of how many of us had had to borrow money to pay taxes and how the building of that road would heap added burdens up on an already over-burdened people. Hamrick Upheld Commissioners. Did you plead then for the masses as you're now pretending to do? I hope you're converted to my faith— as I expounded it then—but this aroused electorate" (and I'm glad you mentioned that in your Mosea letter, as it gives me a good text). All we wanted was a full investi gation to stop the wild expenditures cf public money. We charged no graft we charged no bribery; we charged no crookedness. We only demanded a full and complete investigation. At that time, you appeared in that meeting, so you said, merely as a disinterested citizen and tax paye * As such I take it you spoke your true {sentiments; with no political battl? at hand; no axe to grind; and not employed as an attorney, you would under such conditions speak your true sentiments. Here's your position as quoted verbatim from your speech— "Unless you can put your fingers directly upon any item the commis sioners have misappropriated, do not critize or try to stop them." See the Sun, September 1927. In other words, it made no differ ence to you how extravagant or use i less the expenditure—let 'em go— let the farmers homes be sold—but don't criticise or try to interfere. Policy Dictated. That's not sound government, Mr. j Hamrick; that's not suitable to the {"aroused electrotate" —that's the 'kind of policies dictated by you that Jl had in mind when I said in my ac ceptance speech, had busted, wreck ed and ruined the institutions men tioned in our county. You under took to dictate that policy and others i equally as bad in your speech that j day to the people of Rutherford I County. That showed conclusively yoa didn't want any interference from the outside. You knew of the extrav agant and dangerous situation. You condoned it, defended it—and the people of Rutherford County know you, as much or more than anyone els 6 advocated it, and succeeded in putting it over. And with what sue-* cess? «•-" Solomon Gallert died in June 1924. No counsel, other than your firm so far as I can ascertain advised or represented the County Commission ! ers from that time until December 1928. Never Protested. I am speaking from the records of Rutherford County, and at no time in all that period did you pro jtest but you only had praise and j commendation for the Democrat Party and the officers in power and the great progress under way. The indebtedness of Rutherford County increased from $902,00.00 in Septem ber 1924 to $3,692,224.00 in Decem ber 1926, an increase of nearly $3,- 000.00. At one time the County of Rutherford had more than a million dollars on deposit in the two banks I have mentioned without a surety bond in violation of the law. At one time $300,000.00 of road and bridge bonds were issued privately without advertisement in violation of the law. My figures are taken from the audits and minutes, copies of which I have i in my files. It is true that the three Commis i sioners then in power were placed lin power by the Democratic Party. ' I have no brief to offer for their rec ord. I do honestly believe, however, that the three gentlemen in question were honest, conscientious and felt j at the time that they were aiding in a j great development and trans j formation of Rutherford County. So ; far as they are concerned it was a case of misplaced confidence and the great mistake made by them was in accepting advice and counsel from the sources from which it came, instead of listening to the sober-minded tax payers of 'Rutherford County, who were interested in the masses of the people. Cannot Evade Responsibility. Mr. Hamrick cannot evade his res ponsibility for that administration by attempting to shift it onto the Democratic Party or onto his part ner, Mr. Harris, for the legal mis takes; and if I were in his place I, would be ashamed to undertake to do so. The public knows otherwise. If you do undertake to shift the responsibility, Mr. Hamrick, explain to the people why you did not file a brief or protest in behalf of the burdens being heaped upon the tax-; payers of Rutherford County instead j of aiding and abetting therein. You j know and the taxpayers knew that j as senior member of this law firm I your partner would not undertake j to put over any matter of conse-! Quence 'without seelcing your advice and discussing the different phases [ with you. Law partners do not trans act business that way. I i Not only did you know about these! things, but wet find you actively par-' ticipating, advocating, dictating and! otherwise using all of your talents: and ability to put over any sort of j proposition that would be beneficial ! to the interest of Chimney Rock. Mountains, Inc., which was perhaps? the one client that meant more than j anything else to you—at least it was the biggest client of all. Advocated Bond Issue. j We find you attending organiza tion meeting in 1926 advocating and moulding a sentiment to issue bonds of Ruthererford County for the pur pose of paving highway No. 20 from Rutherfordton to Chimney Rock andj urging the Commissioners of Ruth-! trford County to igsue those bonds ( and they did same. In the argument advocating the issuance of' these bonds the theory was aOvanced j that it would not cost Rutherford I County one penny except to lend itsj credit as the State would pay back the money in full, and that by doing so this highway could be immediate ly paved, whereas it might be a year before the State Highway Commis sion could get the money with which to do the work. But, Behold! As soon as the money was available and in the banks of Rutherford County we find that at the request of Chimney Rock Mountains, Inc., and for the reason that that corporation | could not afford to have the road j closed during the period of develop-j ment the paving of that road was j postponed for many months! Nearly j a million dollars left on deposit in the | banks of Rutherford County for a{ long period of time without one single cent of surety bond required and yet you claim that the present Board of Commissioners only had (to use your words) "a measly sum of $50,000. surety bond"! Perhaps you will explain to the people of j Rutherford County why no surety bond at all was had with the great amount of placed in the banks by your clients. I I The placing and keeping in the banks of approximately 'a million dollars over a period of more than a year greatly inflated the finances of the County, and forced the banks ADMISSION nAll 111 A THE .oiTk R 0 MIN A Now Playing Friday & Saturday EDDIE QUILLAN JACK PERRIN SALLY STARR RENE BORDON IN IN , ~ "Night Work" "Ridin' Law" ALSO ALSO Comedy and Cartoon Comedy and Cartoon NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY hergame, and she thriv- THE WORLD FOR LOVE ! * Picture v/ T wTIV^TrEE^ »J» - j.'fr M»I«I V 7" *«*«■» ,»».-- Vv»-'l| I** l ■> "*(• RICARDO CORTEZ • PHILLIPSHOLMES • JAMES GLEASON in order to pay interest on that huge surplus to lend out the money there by tied up in what proved to bo frozen and worthless assets. (Continued Next Week) 'of 1 V BEGIN WORK ON POTATO HOUSE AT ELLENBORO Ellenboro, Sept. 23.—Construction work on Ellenboro's fourth sweetr potato house began Monday. When completed this house will give Ellen boro a storage capacity of twenty thousand bushels. The house will be 80x60 feet in dimensions, and will be built after the pattern of other houses put up in the last few years. The house will be ready for, this year's crop. r SEE H. L. Kanipe for your grain drills and wheel disc harrows, Nis » | sen wagons and bodies. I FAIR WEEK ! SPECIALS The finest plain flour milled in North Caro lina. Per hundred f $3.00 1 I | 6 lbs. good Ground Coffee j SI.OO * I And everything else priced in proportion. Give us a call. ' SANDERS' ' GROCETERIA ! " Phone 56. £ * * PAGE FIVE
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