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Rutherford County Offers Unequalled Opportunities To Manufacturers and Others VOL. XIV —No. 7. APPOINTMENTS READ AT ANNUAL M. E. CONFERENCE Rev. J. W. Williams Returns . tn Forest City—Several Changes Made in County by Annual Methodist Conference. A-heville, Nov. 16.—Before an | audience that taxed Central church; to capacity here Sunday night, Bish- ! op Edwin D. Mouzon read the ap pointments of preachers to charges in the Western North Carolina con ference for the next year. Of the nine pastoral charges in Rutherford county five of the old pastors were returned, and four new pastors were assigned. Bostic, Broad River, Forest City, Henrietta and Mill Springs charge have the same pastors as last year. New assign ments were made for Cliffside-Avon dr.le, Gilkey, Rutherfordton and Spindale-Pleasant Grove. Assign ments for the Marion District fol low : Presiding elder, E. W. Fox. Avery, J. M. Green. Bakersville, J. C. Gentry. Bostic, J. N. Snow. Broad River, J. W. Kennedy. Burke, C. S. Plyler, supply; Mc- Rae Crawford, Jr., pr supply. Burnsville, J. L. Reynolds. Cliffside-Avondale, H. H. Robbins. Cross Mill, J. A. Howell. Elk Park, E. B. Edwards. Forest City, J. W. Williams. Glen Alpine, A. G. Loftin. Gilkey, D. S. Richardson. Henrietta, A. W. Lynch. Marion, First Church, H. P. Powell; Marion Mills, J. W. Parker; Marion circuit, W. J. Hackney. McDowell, T. B. Huneycutt. Mill Spring, P. T. Dixon. Morganton, First church, B. C. Reavis. J -| North Forest, A'. A. Kyles. Morganton, circuit, H. M. Well man. Old Fort, J. L. Rayle; Old Fort circut, E. C. Price, supply. Rutherfordton, J. F. Armstrong. Rutherford College, W. G. Mc- Farlan. Spindale-Pleasant Grove, W. R. Kelly. Spruce Pine, W. R. Harris. Table Rock, A. Burgess. President Rutherford College, E. P. Billups. Rev. J. W. Hoyle, Jr., was trans ferred from Rutherfordton to Green Street church, Winston-Salem. Rev. W. A. Barber, pastor of the Spin dale-Pleasant Grove charge during the past three years goes to Mt. Zion charge, in the Statesville Dis trict. Rev. D. H. Reinhardt, pastor at Cliff side, goes to Sylva, Jack'son county (Waynesville district) while Rev. J. W. Parker, completing his four years at Gilkey, goes to Marion Mills, this district. Start Book Drive For City Library As this is "National Book Week"*' the city public library is putting on a drive for donations of books to the library /through grammar tfradc school. A reward will be given to the »rade that brings in the larg est number of suitable books. Each Person who donates a book is asked to write their name on a slip of paper and place inside of book, so the librarian may keep a record. The pupils are asked to turn their books into their grade teacher. The con test closes Friday. As winter is com and all enjoy reading a good "k before a cozy fire, and the li brary is in need of new books, let one donate at least one or books. If the children fail to C; ' ! on you and you have a book ioirve finished reading pass it on the library that your friends and 1 ■-' children may enjoy it. Someday when the library is open, drop around there and see the ys and girls, men and women, who •me to get books to read and you'll surprised at the number that Pend solely upon the library for iding matter. We want our library > grow and it needs your support, lets make "National Book Week" big tvtnt for our city library. FOREST CITY COURIER FOREST CITY ONE OF THE TEN BEST_PLANNEDANDJMO ST BEAUTIFUL CITIEsIFmE U. S. A." JENT OF AGRICULTURE Cotton Growers To Meet Friday Rutherfordton, Nov. 16.—Mr. M. jG. Mann, of the North Carolina I Cotton Growers Association, of | Raleigh will address the cotton growers of this county at the court house Friday, November 20th at eleven o'clock. Mr. Mann will teli about the ad vantages of putting your cotton in the Association. Mr. C. C. Horn, field representative, of Shelby, will also be at the meeting. WELFARE LEAGUE ADOPTS UNIQUE PLAN Citizens. Asked To Give Pen ny-A-Day To City's Needy. The Family Welfare Association, of Forest City, would like to get the "Penny-a-Meal or Day" program started by all the citizens of Forest City with every organization in the city co-operating. This "penny-a-meal or day" pro gram is being carried out quite suc cessfully in many other places and we feel sure that every citizen or organization in the town and county will co-operate in this plan of get ting funds for the aid that will have to be given to needy families this winter. Let every one place a jar on the dining table, with a label on it read ing thus, "I was hungry and ye gave me food, I was naked and ye cloth ed me, I was sick and ye ministered unto me." If every family and or ganization who can, will pledge them selves to this plan, it will make it easy for the Welfare workers to get necessary funds to work with and at the same time, it will give you joy in feeling and knowing you have a part in this splendid work. .. * » This money from the penny-a-day jar could be turned over to Mr. J. E. Caldwell at the city hall, who is secretary-treasurer of the Family Welfare Association. Start your pen ny-jar today. Charity Football Game Draws Many A large number were in atten dance at the charity football game played here last Friday between Forest City and Kings Mountain. While Kings Mountain was decisive ly beaten, the score is no indication of the action and playing displayed in the game. The final score was 66 to 6 in favor of the Forest City lads. Forest City showed a good driving power and played • a good game. Kings Mountain scored in the second quarter and this is the first time the local goal has been crossed at home this year. Calton, Hamrfck and Marks played a good game in the backfield. The proceeds of the game, after paying the expenses, were turned over to the Family Welfare Associa tion, and will be used by them in carrying on their charity program this winter. TEXAS VISITORS RETURN TO THEIR HOME THIS WEEK Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Fowler, of West, Texas, have returned home after spending several days in this county visiting relatives. While here they visited Mr. Fowler's brothers and sisters, Mrs. J. M. Robinson, of Forest City; Mr. B. F. Fowler, of Caroleen; Mr. W. 0. Fowler, of Har ris and Mrs. Melson, of Spartanburg. This was Mr. and Mrs. Fowler's first trip back to Rutherford county in a number of years. Mr. Fowler went to Texas thirty-one years ago. He has been active in several busi ness enterprises while there, and at present is the postmaster at West, Texas. He is a son of the late Hon. Leonard Fowler, of Harris, one-time treasurer of Rutherford county. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler made the trip to and from Texas in their automo bile. Pad locks 25c, old price 50c, cost; steel pliers 10c. Shot gun shells 70c; 22 short cartridges (cleanbore) 20c; Rem. Knob locks 35c; lanterns 85c; Hardware? Sure! We got it at Farmers Hardware Company. PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD" \^STY FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1931. COUNTY CLUB WILL MEET HERE FRIDAY Local Program Will Be Given —Luncheon Be Serv ed By W. M. S. of Meth odist Church. The November meeting of The Rutherford County Club will be held here next Friday at one o'clock. The meeting will be held in the building next to Padgett & King's Furniture store, on Main street. The members of the Methodist Woman's Mission ary Society will serve the luncheon. A local program will be given. Prof. Clyde A. Erwin, Mr. David Lindsay and others will speak. Any one having anything they wish to | present are invited to be present 1 Friday and bring it before the club. A primary will be held at this meeting for officers for 1932. Each member present Friday will vote for six men to guide the affairs of thc club during the next year. From such list submitted twelve men will be selected whose names will appear on the ballot which will be voted at the December meeting. MR. A. B. PADGETT DIED MONDAY Funeral Held Wednesday Af ternoon For Widely Known Bostic Man. Bostic, Nov. 18.—Mr. Alonzo B. Padgett, aged 53, died in the hospi tal Monday, following an illness of several weeks. He had been in ill health sometime and had recently been taken to the hospital for treat ment, and while there succumbed to a complication of ailments. Funeral services were held at Bostic Baptist church Wednesday af ternoon at 1:30 o'clock, with Rev. W. W. Rimmer and Rev. I. D. Harrill in charge of the funeral service. Im mediately after the service the body was taken to Mt. Vernon Baptist cemetery where it was interred with a brief but appropriate ceremony. Mr. Padgett is survived by hi? widow, Mrs. Lora Padgett, four chil dren, Herman, Don, Robert and El bert Padgett, all of Bostic;; five brothers and two sisters, J. H. and B. H. Padgett, of Bostic; J. M. Pad gett, Asheville; R. L. Padgett, For est City, R. F. D.; G. M. Padgett, Forest City, and Misses Zula and Ada Padgett, of Forest City, R. F. D. Mr. Padgett was a widely known citizen of the Bostic community, ard took an active part in the civic and religious affairs of his community. He was a member of the Bostic Bap tist church, where he joined a num ber of years ago. He was also a member of the Masonic order, holding membership in the Caroleen Lodge. A. F. & A. M. He was 53 years, seven months and 22 days old. Rev. L. N. Epley New Pastor At Bostic Bostic, Nov. 16.—Rev. J. A. Hun nicutt, pastor of Cliffside Baptist church, spoke at the Bostic Baptist church Sunday afternoon to a large congregation. Just after the message the church was called to conference and Rev. L. N. Epley, pastor of thf> Florence Baptist church, in Forest City, was extended a unanimous call to become the pastor of the Bostic Baptist church. The church feels very fortunate in securing Rev. L. N. Epley as pastor. Mr. Geo. F. Bradley, well ktiowr. local jeweler and financier, has pur chased the business house occupied by Padgett's Barber Shop on Main street. Mr. Bradley will make con siderable improvements on the prop erty. Good pocket knives 60c each; toys all kinds; collar pads 30c; rubber half soles 25c; old price 60c. Laundry heaters $4.50; good butcher knives 25c; at Farmers Hardware Company. 7 foot trace chains 65c cost; steel claw hammers, 30c; old price 75c; genuine Diston saws $2.00, old price $3.25, at Farmers Hardware Com pany. .. ' BUYS BUSINESS HOUSE. 115,417 BALES OF COTTON GINNED Rutherford County Ginnings Show Decrease of Over 1,000 Bales Rutherford county ginned 15,- 417 bales of cotton through Mon day, November Ist, according to figures released by the Department Commerce through the bureau of the census, Washington, D. C. To the same date last year there were 16,757 bales ginned, or a decrease this year of 1340 bales. There has been 597,405 bales ginned in the state, compared with 589,468 bales to the same date last year. Cleveland again maintains her lead as the champion cotton county of the state, having ginned 51,252 bales as compared with 50,958 bales to the same date last year. Cleveland is over 10,000 bales ahead of her nearest competing county, Robeson There has been 3,994 bales gin ned in Polk county this year, as com pared with 3,908 to the same date last year. ACHIEVEMENT DAY FOR HOME CLUBS County Demonstration Clubs Will Meet at Spindale November 20th. The Home Demonstration clubs of Rutherford county plan to ob serve Achievement Day at the Spin dale House on Friday night, Nov. 20th at 6:30 o'clock. The out standing feature of the evening will be the Fashion Show. Dresses made of Rutherford county mate rials and by Rutherford county women, will be modeled by some of the club members. These dreses j are divided into three groups— 1 those suitable for wear in the house, for more formal occasions. J Competent judges will select the best from each group and award prizes to the winners. £ Supper will be Served at 6:30 to the women and their invited guests each club contributing to this meal. Good music will be furnished for the occasion. Miss Laura Howard, County Demonstration Agent, is in charge of the Achievement Day. The Home Demonstration clubs are do ing all in their power to assure an even greater success this year than last. The following clubs are tak ing part: Pinehurst, Buck Shoals, Holly Springs, Green Hill, Caroleen, Mt. Pleasant, Watkins, Bostic Al- I exander, West End, Piney Ridge, ! Union Mills, Ellenboro and Race ! Path. FIRE DESTROYS DEPOT AT CLIFFSIDE JUNCTION The building used as a depot at Cliffside Junction was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon, about 3:30 o'clock. The blaze is believed to have been started from sparks from the engine of the Cliffside Railway, which had left there shortly before the fire broke out. There was very little loss as there was no freight there at the time, and the building was not very valuable. LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY j Spindale, Nov. 16.—The topic for ! next Sunday morning, November 22, 1 jis: The Last Days of the World, bas } ed on Luke 17, 26-37. | Beginning next Sunday night at 7:30 the Lutheran church will con duct regular evening services. The topic for Sunday evening is: Behold, : the King of Majesty Tremendous! j Everyone is cordially invited. J i REV. M. W. HECKARD CALLS. I ——— Rev. M. W. Heckard, former pas j tor at Spindale and Cliffside, was a pleasant caller at The Courier of : fice Monday morning. Mr. Heckard was returning to his home from the annual conference, held last week in Asheville. Mr. Heckard was transferred to the Hayne circuit, ii the Winston-Salem district this year. # Death Car Driver Is Exonerated Rutherfordton, Nov. 16.—George W. Hart, Charlotte tire salesman, Friday was exonerated of blame by a coroner's jury in connection with the death of J. I. Stacy, prominent Cleveland county man, who was kill ed near Forest City Tuesday, Nov. 10, when he stepped from behind a car that was parked on the high way and was hit by Hart's car. The jury held that the accident was unavoidable. DEATH CLAIMS ROOSEVELT HUNT Funeral Services Heid Sunday at First Broad for Young Forest City Man. Mr. Roosevelt Hunt, aged 32, died at his home here Saturday follow ing an illness of several months. Funeral services were held Sunday at First Broad Baptist church, in Golden Valley. Dr. W. A. Ayers, pas tor of the First Baptist church, of Forest City, had charge of the fun eral service. Interment took place in the First Broad Baptist cemetery. Mr. Hunt was unmarried. He is survived by two brothers, F. C. Hunt, of Forest City and D. L. Hunt, of Bostic, R-3, also three sisters, Mrs. Z. V. Blankenship, Bostic, R-3; Mrs. Bob Rollins, Forest City, and Mrs. Lee Blankenship, of Bostic, R-3. Pall bearers were Messrs W. L. Brown; Frank Dorsey, Burge Hir rill, Ed Biggerstaff, G. A. Harris, V. T. Davis. The large and beauti ful floral offering was borne by Miss es Olema Flack, Mattie Lee Flack, Fannie McKinney, Pearl Irvin and Mrs. V. T. Davis, Ada Jones, Mrs. Mercy Rollins, Misses Malonia, Vio la and Louise Gamble and Kittie Fortune. Mr. Hunt was a inember of First Broad Baptist church. He was a young man of high character, and numbered his friends by the score. He was familiarly known to his hosts of friends as "Ted." The Annual Fall Music Program 1 * v *■ • [ The school music department of | Cooi Springs township will give its ■ Fall concert on Tuesday evening, I Nov. 24, at 8:00 o'clock, at the High I school auditorium . Two hundr&d and fifty voices from 1 the elementary schools will sing in two and three part harmony, also the Toy Band will play. The High ! school chorus of one hundred and ten voices made up of the freshman chorus and th egirls' and boys' glee clubs will sing. | No admission will be charged, and | the public is cordially invited to at i tend. We especially invite the par ents to hear their children present j the following program: Part I. "Thanksgiving," Elementary grades, i "Little Mail," by Meissner, Mt. Pleasant school. "The Lass from Richmond Hill." Dana, Forest City 4th and sth grades. "Travel," A Trio, Bostic school. "The Little Dutch Garden," Meiss ner, Alexander school. (a) "See The Shoe Maker," (b) "Carolina Moon," Forest City pri- i mary graes. "Evening," Forest City 6th and I 7th grades. "America The Beautiful," audience Five minute intermsision. Part II "Soldiers Chorus," Gounod, High school chorus. "Steal Away," Negro spiritual, freshman chorus. j "Neath Your Window," Gates,' boys' and girls' club. "Out On The Deep," LoLhr-Fischer mixed chorus. (a) "01' Sar'Lina," Cooke, (b) 1 "How Sweet The Answer Echo \ Makes," Kriens, girls' Glee club. j "Open Our Eyes," Macfarlane, mixed chorus. "The Lost Chord," Sullivan, High school chorus. Half soles per pair, 10c; heel bolts 10c; gobber points 20c; galvanized buckets 20c; 5 gallon oil cans 85c: and good bridles SI.OO at Farmers Hardware Company. 1 2 Pages 72 COLUMNS SI.OO Per Year in Advance HIGHWAY PATROL LIEUTENANT WILL FACE TRIAL NOV. 24 Lieut. Beck and Two Patrol men Charged With Assault By Rutherfordton Men. Rutherfordton, Nov. 16.—Three warrants were served by Sheriff Mc- Farland Thursday on Lieut. R. H. Beck of Marion, commander of D ; - vision E, state highway patrol, who has charge of 22 western North Caro lina counties. One charges him with cursing and using boisterous language on the streets here and was signed by C. Lee Biggerstaff, fire chief and secre- of Rutherfordton, while two other warrants signed by George R. Hodge charge the lieu tenant with parking within three feet of a fire plug in Rutherfordton Wednesday and of assault on affiant , while acting as special policeman, j Tlie trouble started Wednesday night when Beck parked his car near the fire plug and Hodge asked him to move it. It is alleged that Beck cursed Hodge, followed him on the street and later struck him. Thurs day morning after the warrants were served Beck' told Chief of Police S. E. Waldrop, "that he would whip the whole d lire department." Goes to City Hail. At noon Thursday Lieutenant Beck, accompanied by Patrolman Allison and one other patrolman, whose name could not be learned here Thursday, went to the city hall and talked with Biggerstaff. Beck is alleged to have cursed Biggerstaff and a fight followed in the city hall. One patrolman, seeing Postmaster John Williams ap proaching, slammed the door and kept Williams out, it was said. Chief Waldrop, Charles McFarland and Williams hurriedly rushed into tha city hall through another'door and parted Biggerstaff and Beck. The two patrolmen, when asked why they did not part the fighting men and keep peace, replied they could not. One time they pulled Big gerstaff off of Beck, it is reported. Beck was telephoned Thursday | afternoon at Marion and ask id the name of the other patrolman, but he refused to give it. Feeling is running high here on i account of the conduct of the pa trolmen and Beck. It has been the chief topic of discussion on the streets. _"• 1 Council Meets. The town council met in special session Thursday afternoon um( a dopted resolutions asking the state" highway commission and Govern)! 4 Gardner to carefully investigate the charges and, if found correct, to remove the lieutenant and two pa trolmen. Copies of the resolution were forwarded to Raleigh Thursday afternoon. Both Hodge and Biggerstaff sre well known and highly respected citizens of Rutherfordton. The date for hearing has been set for November 24. The delay is due to superior court being in session, and the recorder's courtroom too small for this kind of a trial. Warrants have also been sworn out for the arrest of Patrolmen Al lison and H. G. Singleton. It was understood here Friday ! that Beck' reported to Raleigh that Biggerstaff challenged him to take off his uniform and fight, and that he complied, after they had engaged i r » an argument Thursday growing out of Beck's encounter with a police man the night before. Hearing Given. Rutherfordton, Nov. 18.—Investi gation of the activities of Lieuten ant R. H. Beck and State Highway Patrolmen Allison and Singleton in a dispute here Armistice Day and the day afterward was made Tues day night by Captain Charles D. Farmer of the highway patrol. Captain Farmer, who held a hear ing at the city hall that lasted two hours, was accompanied by Lieuten ant Fisher of the Charlotte dis trict. a stenographer, State Senator Bennett of Bryson City, and Will Neal, Jr., of Marion. Hearing of the case Tuesday night was held in the presence of Mayor (Continued on Last P:;ge)
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