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Rutherford County Offers Unequalled Opportunities To Manufacturers and Others VOL XIV— No. 8. r H. BECK TRIAL HELD TUESDAY State Highway Patrol Lieuten ant Given Two Fines on * Two Counts. Rutherfordton, Nov. 24.—A large cl .,nva attended the trial of Lieut. E. H. Beck here Tuesday in the recorder's court in the Courthouse. Two of the charges against Beck wtre nol prossed, or withdrawn. The w .ri ant signed by C. Lee Biggerstaff town clerk, was recalled while the oR e signed by Chief S. E. Waldrop was never served on Beck, at the request of certain officials. On the charge of parking too close to a fireplug here on the night of :he 11th Beck was fined $lO and cost and on the assault charge $35 and cost. Both these warrants were signed by Geo. Hodge. The charges against Patrolmen Geo. Allison, of Shelby, and H. R. Frymayor, of Hendersonville, were withdrawn and the patrolmen are on duty. It was an error about Patrol ir.an H. G. Singleton, who has been in a Charlotte hospital for some time suffering from injuries received in the late summer from an accident. This was partly caused by the refu sal of Beck to give the correct names en Nov. 12. Lieut. Beck thru his attorney, C. 0. Ridings, entered a plea of nolo contendere in the charge brought by Geo. Hodge. Only two witnesses went on the stand, Geo. Hodge, acting officer here on Nov. 11., who told about Beck parking too close to the fireplug and assaulting him three hours later on the streets here. He further stated that since Beck had been to him and made due apologies which he ac cepted and that he had no ill feel ing against Beck. A. L. Morris on the stand told about hearing Beck curse an night of November 11. W. C. Mcßorie, attorney, stated that he was employed by the town o f . Rutherfordton and C. Lee Bigger staff and drew some warrants against Beck. He commended the fine spirit of Beck and his clients in the mat ter. Attorney Ridings made a plea for the court not to fine Beck who had agreed to pay all expenses m con nection with the whole affair and had made due apologies to one and all concerned. Beck agreed to pay the fee of the prosecuting attorney. Stenographer's fee iin the hearing here the night of Nov. 16, witnesses and all other costs. Attorney Hidings made the point that when an officer violates the law he is criticized more severely than a private citizen- Attorney Mcßorie replied that "More is expected of an officer than a private citizen, as an officer should set the example for good behavior." Recorder Fred Mcßrayer read "the letter in open court of Biggerstaff to State Highway Chairman, E. B. Jeffress written Saturday in which He stated that Beck had made due apologies to him and that he wouM use his influence to help recall the warrants then against Beck and that be had no ill feeling against Beck' or the Patrolmen in the matter. Recorder Mcßrayer stated in court that he could not -understand the ac tions of Beck here on Nov. 11th and 12th as he had been in his court as a witness several times and had al ways conducted himself like a gen tleman. Beck came here Saturday and stay ed thru Monday and made due apolo gies to Biggerstaff, Hodge, tow r n of ficials and all concerned -and stated that he had no ill feelings towards anyone in the matter and that he did not know himself why he acted as ho did. He regretted the whole affair, ("apt. Chas D. Farmer of the State 'Highway Patrol and Chas Ross, Gen i Counsel for the State Hignway Commission attended the trial hut took no active part rn it. f 'apt. Farmer stated after the trial that he had no comment to make in the matter yet. Beck refused to make any statement after the trial was ever. Attorneys for Beck urged Record- Mcßrayer to not fine Beck 1 , but he 'fused. Mr. Chas Ford, of Wake Forest, 1 spend Thanksgiving here with his mother, Mrs. Chas, A, Ford, FOREST CITY'COURIER FOREST CITY "ONE OF THE - - * ~ IHJfI u s- A - U. a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY , PUBLI SHED IN THE INTEREST OF FbREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY " THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE SERVICE METHODIST CHURCH A Thanksgiving and praise service will be held at the Main Street Methodist church at 7:30 Wednes day night. Among the features of the service will be two papers. One "Origin of Thanksgiving" will be read by Mrs. G, C. McDaniel, and another "The Significance of Thanks giving" will be read by Mrs. A. C. McDaniel. The public is cordially invited to attend this service. FRANCES BARTLES | CLAIMED BY DEATH ! (Funeral And Burial Held At I Round Hill Church Last Wednesday Afternoon. t Union Mills, Nov. 24.—Funeral i services and burial were held last Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock for Frances Bartles, at Round Hill church. She died Tuesday morning at the Rutherford hospital of blood poison. She had a tooth extracted Nov. 7th and suffered much pain un til death relieved her. The deceased was fifteen years of age and the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Bartles. Kind ness and cheerfulness were charac teristics of her young life, and made for her many friends. She will be missed in the home, com munity and the Union Mills Con solidated school at which place she I was an excellent student. J The funeral services were con ducted by the pastor, Rev. C. C. Grogan and was assisted by Revs. D. J. Hunt, R. T. Baker, C. C. Ma theny and Dr. E. B. Dillard. Prof. W. E. Sweatt also had a part in the services. The pall-bearers were Messrs. Fr?d Hill, Gower Morgan, Johnny # Reid, Earnest' j.Bacfcanan sm& Boitson Lovelace.. The many beautiful flowers, tok ens of love and sympathy, wera carried by her schoolmates, Misses Nancy and Elizabeth Holler, Clair Bell Craig, Ruth Morehead, Gertie Graybeal, Virginia Briscoe, Lucile Allen, Alta Flack, Nell and Ruth Miller, Dorothy Johnson and Kate Jones. After the coffin had been placed upon the frier, the choir rendered with tender expression, "Nearer My God to Thee," and Miss Pauline Lawson sang sweetly, "Where We'll Never Grow Old," with Mrs. Jack Koone, accompanist. Favorite hymns of the deceased were sung by the choir, also the "Old Rugged Cross," was .sung by four school girls. Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Bartles, eight brothers and six sisters. Messrs. Tom, Jonas, Ralph, Palmer, Walter, and Frank, all of Union Mills; Cur tis, of Ervin, "Tenn., and half brother, J. C. Bartles, of Newport, News, Va., Misses TKTettie, of Ashe ville; Alice of Danville, Va.; Mat tie, of Gray Stone Park, N. J., Mrs. Nell HanneT of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Mary Duckworth, of Morgan ton, and half-sister, Mrs. Artie Johnson, of Green eville, Tenn. MR. IVY COWAN STATE SECRETARY OF WALTONIANS j Spindale, Nov. 23.— Mr. David; Lindsay, state president of the Wal-j tonlan Council, last week announc-. Ed the various committees of the ( Izaak Walton League /organization j over the state. Among the appoint ments was that of Mr. Ivy Cowan, of Spindale, who becomes the new State Secretary for the W T altonian Council. ANOTHER CRADE A DAIRY ANNOUNCED The dairy of Mr. Frank Roberson was graded last week and given a Grade A rating. This gives Forest City six Grade A dairies supplying the city with milk. These six dairies supply 229 gallons of milk daily, against 31 gallons sold by Grade D dairies. Attention is called to the fact thai, all must use the graded caps on all sweet milk, A or D, or the gracu furnished, according to the standard of milk ordinance, or be subject to i a fine. FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROHNATHURSDAY, NOVEMREB 26, 1931. + Do You Know? + t ' ■« it >n nimiMMfci-nnnnni " MM Qj 'imumnji' --I -j-.r-njMij-.rL- _njv.ii, rms r. rwjj - '■> . .v.-.- -t]r|inn ppn ] p m *. JSS : • .iWWv > ' . I »■ ■ :> : .2 i. • • • ' . ■■■:. » - v J * • .1 I ■ ¥ ' - : I t • '■ I j *; - 21155 / I h 'yy* j Photograph, Canadian S'atioruil Railwayt\ fItHAT these strange looking boats are the type that ply the Great X Lakes in the grain trade? They are known as "whale backs" i because of their length and the way in which they lie low in the water. Practically ail the grain carried from the head of the lakes to the big eastern elevators is transported in this type of vessel. SMALL BOY BREAKS FOOT. Ivan Fagan, the small son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fagan, had the mis i fortune to break the small bone in | the instep of his foot last Friday. He was playing, and lifted the iron cover from, a man-hole. In some manner the cover fell " f ofct, breaking' the bone. He was given medical at tention, and is no*w at the home of his parents, where 'ihe TS resting nicely. W. M. 5. MEETING. * . The W. M. S. of the First Bap tist church will observe next week as the week of prayer for world wide missions. The first meeting will Ibe held Tuesday afternoon at 3 j o'clock in the choir room, Mrs. A. j H. McDaniel and Mrs. R. L. Rein- : hardt, leader, Thursday afternoon, Mrs. R. K. Hollifield and Mrs. Fred Hamrick, leaders, Friday afternoon, Mrs. W. L. Stallings, leader. The j Lottie Moon Christian offering will be made at these meetings. CAR BURNED SUNDAY. j I Spindale, Nov. 23. —A new sport , model Chevrolet coupe, belonging to |Mr. Luther Sherrill, local post office; | clerk, was burned Sunday night J j near Oakland. Mr. Sherrill was re-j turning home after a visit to relatives j in the Oakland community, and while driving along fire flamed up from the neighborhood of the battery box. By the time he stopped the car the j fire had ignited the upholstering, j The car was a complete loss. Mrs. T. B. Lovelace and Miss Su- j ] die Young spent Friday in Asheville. A WORD ABOUT COURIER LEGAL ADVERTISING During the past few weeks it has several times been called to the at tention of The Courier that some one in Rutherfordton is advising clients who have legal advertising for publication to place same in Ruth erfordton. The Courier w T ishes to call atten tion to the fact that the state laws permit legal advertising to be pub lished "in a newspaper in the coun ty". Regardless of which section of the county the newspaper has its office, its columns may be used for legal advertising, under existing laws Several of The Courier's staunch est friends have been led into be • lieving that • insertion of administra tor's notices, etc., were illegal unless published in a county-seat newspaper despite the facr that such publica tion in Ths Courier would have bet BOILING SPRINGS COLLEGE TRUSTEES MEET The executive committee of the 1 board of trustees, of Boiling Springs [Junior college, met at Shelby, Nov. If . in order to give out a statement appreciation to the- churches of the Sandy Run and the Kings Moun tain Baptist associations for their loyalty to the college. Reports have come from many churches that they have definitely placed the college in their budget for the coming year, and that many others are planning to do the same. The outlook is bright because more churches have taken a definite stand for the college than at any time for many previous years. The executive committee takes this I i opportunity of expressing apprecia tion for this loyalty from the churches and to assure them that the outlook is bright for new students with the beginning of the next semester which starts January 14, 1932. BAZAAR VERY SUCCESSFUL J I The bazaar held by the ladies of 'the Methodist church last Friday and Saturday was quite a success. The j response from all the ladies who donated articles and food was great ly appreciated. Particular mention j must be made of the kindness and ! helpfulness of the merchants who contributed so largely to the success !of the undertaking. The sum realiz ed from the bazaar amounted to over i one hundred dollars. | Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Ridings and daughter spent Sunday with relatives in Polk county. i ter served their purpose, and gave . i them a wider circulation in the ter ritory concerned by such notice. The iaw makes no distinction be ! tween county-seat and non-county ] seat publications. Courier friends ; and advertisers are advised that any J legal advertising they may desire to ! insert in this newspaper will be | gladly received, and when published j will fulfill all the requirements of jthe law as fully as though it had been j published in a county-seat weekly, j A glance through this newspaper |is sufficient proof that it is used freely by a number of attorneys and • others in placing legal advertising. ! Attention is invited to the county | delinquent tax list. Our county officials will please bear us out in this statement, and see that The Courier is not discriminated I 1 against. THANKSGIVING SERVICE. The ninth annual sunrise "Thanks giving" service will be held at the First Baptist church Thursday morn ing at 7:00 o'clock. There is always a large crowd in attendance on this, which has come to be known as the sweetest, most helpful service of the whole year. No sermon is delivered but there are songs, prayers and tes timonies of Thanksgiving. Every body is cordially inyited. Thursday night at 7:30 that great layman, Mr. George J. Burnett of | Memphis, Tenn., who is one of the most interesting speakers in the Southern Baptist convention, will deliver an address. Every member of the church is to hear this , great Public cordially invit ed. Time of service, sunrise Thurs day morning and 7:30 Thursday night. / ATTEMPT TO RC'3 MOORESBORO BANK Yeggs Fail To Crack Safe In Union Trust Co., Last Week. Mooresboro, Nov. 23.—A daring attempt was made to crack the safe and rob the Union Trust Company's branch bank at Mooresboro, some time last Thursday morning before daylight. The yeggs burned their way into ! the bank vault but were not able to get into the safe before they were frightened away or became afraid to crack the safe due to the heat caus ed by the acetylene torches used in burning through the vault. Shr-'wd Effort. It is the belief of Sheriff Irvin Allen and officers that the attempt ed bank robbery was staged by pro fessionals or directed by an expert yerr. Entrance into the bank building was made by the rear door. After entering the yeggs used a large acetylene tank and torches to burn through the heavy vault to reach the safe. An attempt was then made to burn into the vault. This failing it seems as if it was plan ned to use nitroglycerine to blow open the safe. Was Too Hot. *■» Apparently the heat from the acetylene torches was so intense that it was dangerous to use the nitroglycerine and also too hot in the building to be comfortable. The Mooresboro Creamery had been broken into and three cream cans | taken therefrom for the -purpose of j carrying water to pour on the hot vault and safe. Whjcn Sheriff Allen was called there about 8 o'clock Thursday morning the vault and safe were still hot from the acetylene process. This indicated that the attempted safe-cracking took place not lor.g before daylight. In making their getaway the j yeggs left a big acetylene tank in the building. A cap and other ar ticles were also abandoned in the hurried getaway, which was made, it is believed, when someone came by and frightened the thieves. The trip to and from the bank had been made in an automobile, but when officer? were called the ] tracks were not clear enough to give any beneficial clue. One presumption is that at least; one of the party must have known ' something of "the lay of the land" , as shown by the stealing of the , creamery cans for carrying water! to cool off the heated safe. \ Rob Uncle Sam. ' The big loser in the bank robbery early Thursday morning at Moores-: boro was the postal department. The i safe crackers failed to get in the | main safe of the bank but took ap- ■ proximately $315 in stamps and sil-j ver from the vault. The stamps be longed to the Mooresboro post of-; fice, which is near the bank, and were i 7 I kept there for safety. TUBERCULOSIS SEAL SAI,E OPENS HERE FRIDAY ! The tuberculosis seal sale opens! here Friday. The sale of seals this ! year will be conducted locally by the Woman's Club, under the direction of Mrs. A. W. Falvey, as chairman. 1 2 Pages 72 COLUMNS P®' Year in Adva FAMIIY WELFARE ASSOCIATION DRIVE DEC. 34 Association Completes Plans For Winter's Work—Ask Donation of Clothing, Food, Fuel and Money. The officers of the Family Wei faic Association met Monday even ing at 7:30 in the city hall to corn jplete arrangements for a drive for funds, clothing, food, coal and wood to be used in giving aid to the needy of our city. Each chairman and vice-chairman j will select their workers to assist them in making the drive which will be mad? on December third and fourth, Thursday and Friday. When any of these ladies call at your home please have your gifts ready for • them, so they won't have to return [for them. Please have garments clean | when you give them as we cannot i handle soiled clothes. If you are leav j ing home for the day, place your ! gifts on the porch with "Family Wel jfare" written on it so they may col lect as they go along. Any kind of canned goods will be acceptable, also will be glad to have any gifts in the way of bed blankets, sheets, pillow ! cases or comforts. If any one has any wood they will give please notify i Mr. J. E. Caldwell at the city hall, ' and if you can't bring it to town, the Welfare Association will send a truck for it. We want the public to know that "if they give to the Welfare Associa tion that they are asked not to help | any one begging from door to door or on the streets, but send them to j the city hall to Mr. Caldwell and he (will have their case thoroughly in vestigated, before giving aid. We also iwant to remind each one that this i money is to be spent only on the needy in Forest City and not on those passing through, just beating .their way through the country. | The Family Welfare Association: last year aided forry-seven families, | consisting of two hundred persons. I We gave aid 124 times to thes? forty j seven families. We distributsd over one thousand garments, also distribut ed food, coal and wood and medicine. ! The physicians of the town gave 1 their services every tin'e they were called on to do so by Mrs. Alcock, who had charge of the work last year. Every case was investigated i before aid was given. We r?ceived {in actual money $234.49. and dis bursed $234.49, • 3 t-. JJ.. _ . If the churches, lodges and clubs of the city will co-operate by donat ing so much each month to the Wel fare Association and let all relief i work be done by this organization, !it will do away with duplication, which was found so prevalent last year, where some families received aid from as many as four sources and • others received no aid, except from the Welfare Association. Please have your donations ready jon Thursday and Friday, December i third and fourth. i MRS. A. V. BENNETT DIES AT BOONE, N. C. Mrs. A. V. Bennett, of Boone, aged 85. died Monday morning at 3 o'clock at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. J. L. Winkler. Mrs. Ben nett was ill only for a short time, suffering from heart trouble, which proved fatal. She was a devout christian and had been a member of the Methodist church since early childhood. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. L. Winkler-, of Boone, and Mrs. E. C. Rowland, of Alexandria, Va. Mrs. Bennett the grandmother of Mrs: S. J. As bury, Jr., of Forest City. The fun eral service was held in the Metho dist church, Tuesday morning at 10:30. STORES CLOSED THURSDAY. All stores in Forest City, except the drug stores, will be closed Thursday (today) for Thanksgiving The banks and postoffice will also close for the day.
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