RUTHERFORD
COUNTY'S
BIGGEST AND
BEST
NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF-FOR EST C1TV AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
VOL. VII No. 11
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 24, IS24
$1.50 Per Year In Advance
AMiii& Mi & a HOai til.
(iifen ,. L a fi ' iL
MOTS? YFaR iM HlSTiM
Six Per Cent 5 sun!-Annual and Four Per Cent Extra Dividend
Declared At Directors' Meeting
v Friday.
STRONGEST BANK IN TENTH
Forest City and Rutherford county
have many big business enterprise."
that make for the strength and suc
cess, growth and prosperity of the
community, but one will have to go
far to find the equal of the financial
growth and strength developed in the
last decade by the Farmers Bank &
Trust Co., of Forest City and Caro
leen. Opened for business Feb. 3, 1915,
this bank has steadily forged to the
front, until now it is recognized as
the strongest country bank in the
Tenth Congressional District. Grow
ing year by year with almost giant
strides, the bank now has total re
sources of over two million dollars.
Being on the "Roll of Honor" is
another honor that has come to the
bank. No bank can get on the "Roil
o Honor" except where its surplus
exceeds its capital.
Of the 30,000 banks in the United
States, only about one in ten is a
"Roll of Honor Bank.'" Thus, acces
sion to the roll of honor, while it is a
distinction is somewhat lost sight of
in the stress and strife of modern
business and banking methods, is
akin to earning the Victorian Cross or
the Croix de Guerre for bravery on
the battlefield, and is an achievement
of which any bank may be proud.
At a meeting of directors, held last
Friday, the regular semi-annual divi
dend of 6 per cent, and an extra divi
dend of 4 per cent, was declared.
With the mid-year dividend of 6 per
cent, paid July 1, last, the bank paid
an annual dividend of 16 per cent.
This record speaks for itself. In
some sections, 1024 has been an off
year, with a business depression that
was keenly felt and with an appre
ciable falling oft" in business. The
arniers Bank & Trust Co., has shown j
the greatest growth in any one year
in its history during 1924, a great
.showing in view of the fact that even
in Rutherford county the business de
pression has been felt to some extent,
although not as severe as in other
sections-.
A
the head
of the Farmers Bank
stands J. II. Thomas, active vice-president,
who has been unanimously giv
en the credit for most of the success
of the inslilutlon. "With him, shoul-
n- to shoulder, stands a great galaxy
oi on ice-
iters, who have al
so to be given
lion's shre of
rai.c
tor the
wonderful success of the
Lank. A keen
isicsht into the finan
cial affairs of the country, a ripe ex
perience, the
full
on fid en c
of the
public, backed by great
individual
weaith, has been some of the contrib-,
uting causes of success enjoyed by
. . i i ! 1 .1 : j
tne oam: s ouicers anu uuvcioia. $
A successf ul bank .bespeaks the fi
nancial standing of the county, the
confidence of the public in the insti
tution and its officers and denotes the
general prosperity of the community.
Stagnant business and prosperous
banks is an impossibility. Therefore
every one in Rutherford county
;liould buckle iro and nrenare to en
ter the lists for the new year with
full confidence in the business out-
look for 1925. I
VESTERN UNION OFFICE
TO MOVE UP TOWN
An announcement of interest is
that the Western Union Telegraph of
fice will move its headquarters" from
the Southern depot to an up-town
location on Jan. 1st, when they will
occupy the present quarters of the
B. & L. office, on Depot street.
This change will mean a great con
venience to patrons of the Western
Union. A full time operator will be
in charge.
It is understood that the B. & L.
ffice will move into and occupy part
f the building now occupied by W.
C. Magness Piano Co.
FREE Enlarged picture free
with your kodak finishing. Cham
pion's Studio. 41 -tf
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
IPULAR COUi
VED
IC
Miss Kalene Clemmer and Mr.
Paul Stroup United Mon
day Evening.
(Special to Courier)
Bostic, Dec. 23. The many friends
of Miss Halene Clemmer, of this
place and Mr. Paul Stroup, of Cher
ryville, will he interested to learn of
their marriage, which occurred Mon
day evening at the home of the
bride.
The marriage, though very quiet
was sweet and impressive, a group of
relatives of the bridal pair and i
few friends being present to witnes
it. The ring ceremony of the Baptist
church was impressively used by Dr.
W. A. Ayers, of Forest City. There
were no attendants, bride and groom
entering together to the strains of
Lohengrin's Wedding March, which
was rendered by Miss May Smith, of
Morganton.
Mrs. Stroup is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Clemmer and is a
young woman of rare charm and
sweetness, making friends with ease
from childhood. She is a beautiful
girl and never looked lovelier than
in her stylish costume of blue satin
faced crepe with fur trimming and
accessories to match.
Mr. Stroup is the son of the late
Mr. John Stroup and Mrs. Lovetta
Stroup, of Cherryville, and is highly
esteemed by a wide circle of friends.
He is a popular young business man
oi Cnerryville.
Among
were Mr.
the
ind
out-of-town truest?
Mrs
M . L . Clem p -
and daughter, Carolyn, of Birmii
nam, A-a
Irs. G. D. Clemmer, of
Charlotte ;
and Mrs. R. E. Har-
1111 uaugiuer, Jiuzabeth, Mrs. C
Old..
Mrs
C. K. McDaninl n-nrl
Misses Fannie King and Ollie Tat,
of Forest City and Miss May Smith,
of Morganton,
The bride has host
ts of friends in
Forest
(Ji:v, where shn w s n 'in,.
and efficient clerk in a large depart
ment store.
LITTLE CLASS AD
TtlCX
High Shoals,
est City Courij
N C Dr." 9 9
or-
ase
stop my aa.
did the trick. Hurrah for The Cour-
ic-r. Send me the bill and I will
send
check, yours truly, Jno. W. Daniel.
THE LOMBARD ENTERTAINERS
It is a true saying that the success
ful man is he who laughs often, lives
well and leaves the world better than
he found it. Harry Lombard, organ
izer and manager of The Lombard
Entertainers can qualify under this
digest as a most successful man. He
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tl SLeiJ 1UU11 iiuwevor, anu
makes others laugh and shed bright
ness and beauty through the program
which is presented by his remarkable
company.
For eight years he was baritone
with the English Opera Company and
is known not only as a singer, but also
for his ability as a comedian of high
rank.
Two artists, feminine and gracious,
assist Mr. Lombard in the presenta
tion of a program that is entertaining
and delightful and as clean and
wholesome as mountain air.
This excellent company wnll ap
pear as one of the numbers on the
Lyceum course at the school audito
rium on Monday, Jan. 5, at 8:00
o'clock p. m.
RUY A FORD AND
SPEND THE DIFxv
B. 6. DOGGETT.
J. H. THOMAS
Active Vice-President of Farmers Bank & Trust Co., who has done a great
wrork in building the success of the bank.
UNUSUAL EPISODE
IN CLEVELAND CO.
Intoxicated Man Impersonates Offi
cer and Attempts Arrest of
Licensed Preacher.
A case unusual in its sidelights j Welsh, made to The Courier yester
was "aired" before Recorder Mull j day, that Florence mills will resume
Satvirday morning when Everett j full time night work on January 5th.
Downs was charged with assault with ! vill be cheering news to the com
a deadly weapon, impersonating an munity at large, as well as to the
officer, forcible trespass and driving j workers in the mtJl.
a car while intoxicated, says the j A double shift will be employed,
Shelby Star. Downs on ail of the both rAght and day forces to be put
charges was given a four month sen-. on, This means a great deal more
tence and total fines of $100 and the work ior eirjpioyes whose prosperity
costs, an appeal being entered by his , will bo reflected in an increased1 busi-
counsel, Attorney D. Z.
bend set at $500.
icwton ano
It seems from the evioTence that seems good and it is with renewed
on Friday evening a week ago, one j hope and confidence that we approach
Wilson Smart, licensed to preach in j the New Year.
the Northern Methodist church was in I With the gigantic Chimney Rock
his home studying his Bible about project an assured fact, a resumption
nightfall when a car drove up in his j of full time operations by the va
yard. Smart lives on the farm of Mr. rious big cotton mills and a large
Elliott in No. 8 between Hollis and ! building activity in Forest City and
PoJkville. A man, who was a Strang -
er to him, was in the car according
to Smart. After asking for a drink
of water the stranger, Downs, who
seemed to Smart to be intoxicated,
asked Smart if he remembered male -
ing li-;juor some months back. This
was denied by the licensed preacher,
whereupon Smart says Downs inform-
erl him that he had come to arrest
him, being a state marshal. A badge
'was exhibited ana as feniarc protescea
he says a gun came into viev
helncd persuade him in the car
and
At
Smart testified, Downs offered to
let him escape. As the two argued in
the car Mrs. Smart appeared in the
kitched door and took a hand by or- j dition.
dering Downs to leave. Finally she j The bank has been most capably
re-entered the house for the family ! handled under the management of
shot-gun and at this period Smart and Mr. L. C. Cobb, cashier and is des
his small son testified that Downs toM j tined for a great future,
her that she would "have to shoot I With ample capital, a splendid ter
pretty quick" if she returned with j ritory in which to serve, and backed
the shot gun. At this statement it ; by a strong coterie of officers and
seemed that Smart jumped from the j directors, the future of this financial
car and went after the gun himself. institution seems assured.
When he returned with his shot-)
gun Downs was driving away in his
car and Smart shot once at the rear
of the car and again as it proceeded
down the road he testified. During the
entire affair there was considerable!
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profanity, according to the evidence, ;
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and Smart on the stand declared that
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should there be another such occur-
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rence he would be on trial, not
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Downs. An attempt was made to con-.
t j T. -j-r.
nect the licensed preacher with
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"moonshmmg some time in his past,
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and he admitted having been a bit
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wild" before he became a Christian,
and uneducated yet but serving his
Master. It appeared from an inf or- j not show up. His defense by his at
mal question that the preacher had torney was based upon lack of knowl
accompanied officers on the raid of a edge of what he did owing to his in
still and that the trip might have toxicated condition. On informal ex
some bearing 'with the episode.
No evidence was offered by the de
fendant, two of whose witnesses did
FLORENCE MILLS TO
RESUME NIGHT WORK
Hum cf the Looms to Be Heard Botli
Niarht and Day After Jan. 5th.
The announcement of Supt. N. TI.
j ness aetivity among our
niercaan'cs.
for 1925
The
nerai
outlooi:
- the county
ty seems
lr,
R.
f CI
A. I.
nerxoru toun
a prosperous
year ahead.
REMARKABLE PROGRESS BY
1 CHIMNEY ROCK TRUST CO.
i For a new banking institution the
J Chimney Rock Trust Co., has proved
i to be a most lusty infant. Opened
' for business a scant five months, a
v lyuiuus giuwui
irom its inception, az a meeting oi
! directors, held Tuesday, a semi-an-
i nual dividend of 4 per cent was de-
j clared and the bank's finances were
found to be in a most gratifying con-
BUYS WHITLOCK STOCK
Mr. E. I. Sinkoe, of Gaffney, pux
chased the Whitlock stock of goods
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after spirited bidding. Mr. Sinkoe
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announces that he bought the stock
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at a good price and is going to sell
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it at retail here in Forest City. The
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sale is now going on m the Whitlock
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old stand, near The Courier office,
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Mr. Sinkoe says he will have an
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interesting announcement to make
tj
after the holidays,
:??!!!
amination by his attorney he statec
that he only "intended to have a lit
tie fun."
I
Scenic Route Project Making
Headway Oppose Change
In fo. iy.
A rather slim crowd was in at
tendance at the Kiwanis Club lunch
eon Monday night, due, no doubt, to
the fact that most of the delinquents
were either too busy with the holiday
rush, or in preparing Christmas pres
ents at their homes, to take the time
to attend.
However, quite an interesting ses
sion was held. Foremost among the
things accomplished was completion
of plans for the community Christmas
tree, held Tuesday evening.
The program committee having
"flunked", the time was used in ef
fective manner. A motion, introduc
ed by Mr. J. M. Ecftvards and pass
ing unanimously, was to the effect
that the secretary convey to Mr. Jas.
B. Duke the club's appreciation of
his magnificent gift to the Carolinas.
A mock trial of Mr. B. B. Doggett
for delinquency in bringing the at
tendance prize elicited much merri
ment, the outcome being that the gen
tleman was fined $5. For the defen
dant Mr. T. G. Stone made a master
ful plea. Prosecuting was Mr. R. R.
Blanton, with Mr. Terry Moore fore
man? of the jury.
Mr. G. W. Rollins told of attend
ing a road meeting at Morganton last
Friday. The club went on record as
opposing any material change in the
present route of Highway No. 19,
from Marion throughout this county.
Mr. Rollins also brought cheering
information of the progress being
made in promoting the national
highway, known as the Scenic Route,
North and South, to run from Que
bec to the Gulf of Mexico. This
route has already been mapped and
is pledged in five of the Southern
states already. As mapped at pres
ent this road will come through For
est City, meaning at completion, a
steady travel from North to South,
and vice versa, of a vast throng of
tourists whose coming will be of much
benefit to the county at large. When
they pass through Rutherford coun
ty, they are sure to sing the nr.-uee-.;
of the many wonderful developi-ient",
the climate and the opportunities for
investment or the magnificent homc
me.klng possibilities.
PROVIDENCE HEWS
Forest City, Route 2, Dee. 22.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Smith and fam
ily of Henrietta, spent Suiiday with
bis brother. I.Tr. H. R. Smith and fam
ily. Mr. Herbert Ph''Ip;i of Avon
dale, spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Phillips.
Miss Katy Smith spent Sunday with
Miss Mabel Smith.
Rev. J. C. Gentry were dinner
guests Sunday of Mr. R. L. Smith
and family.
Miss Mabel Smith snen
Monciay
with Miss IJa Phillips.
Rev. J. C. Gentry was dinner guest
Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. R. R.
Smith.
Misses Ha Ethel Phillips, Mabel
Louise Smith, Mr. Albert Phillips
were in Gaffney Saturday shopping.
There will be a Christmas tree at
Providence next Wednesday night,
Dec. 24, at 7:00 o'clock.
Misses Ha and Ethel Phillips and
Inez Waters were in Lincolnton Sun
day. A PAGEANT AT THE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
In connection with th ? Christmas
treat, which will be given to chB S'.n
day school at the First Rapt is'; church
tonight, the young ladies will present
a Christmas pageant at 7:'30 o'clock.
The pastor will be in his pulpit next
Sunday for the regular services morn
ing and evening.
FOREST CITY GIRL MAR-
RIED BY GAFFNEY WOMAN
Gaffney, S. C, Dec. 18. Homer
Dycus, of Ellenboro, N. C, and Ma
mie Morrow of Forest City, N. C,
were married at Gaffney Sunday, Dec.
14, the ceremony being performed
by Mrs. Allan Willis, notary public.
Dan Ledford and Belle Showers, both
of Cliffside, N. C, were married here
Sunday also, the ceremony being per
formed by Probate Judge Lake W.
Stroup. Gaffney Ledger.
j What the Folk Are Doing For
j The Holidays Personal
Nnf
Henrietta, Dec. 22. Miss Minnie
Sue Fagan is spending the Christmas
holidays at her home in Campobello.
S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Morehead and
Misses Elizabeth and Vernie Haines
spent last Wednesday in Spartanburg.
Miss Grace Harmon and Miss Rose
Gaffney spent Sunday with Mrs. I.
N. Miller near Harris.
. Mr. Edmund Dandridge of Ruther
fordton is spending the holidays with
his sister, Mrs. Clyde E. Mahaffie.
The girls of Henrietta-Caroieen
High defeated the Caroleen Girl
Scouts on Caroleen basketball courc
Wednesday night, the score being 22
to 8.
Mrs. James W. Dandridge of Wat
erboro is spending the holidays with
her daughter, Mrs. Clyde E. Mahaf
fie. Misses Margaret and Travis Haynes
and Mr. Raleigh Haynes are spending
the holidays with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bab Haynes.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Mahaffie and
M. B. Mahaffie, Jr., are visiting thei.
parents Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Mahal'' ie.
Sr.
Mr. Joe Whisnant who is attending
school at Trinity college is spending
the Christmas holidays with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Whisnant.
The Cantata, On to Bethlehem,
given Friday night, by the High
school was enjoyed very much. Misses
Grace Harmon and Emily Camp svrag,
"Star of East" which was very be '.u
tiful. Miss Mattie Sou Harris who is at-
tending King's Business College at
! Charlotte, visited friends here Mon-
day.
j Mr. Spurgeon McDade is visiting
j Miss Mary Carson, formerly a
f;nurse here, stopped in town Monday
t afternoon.
; Mr. and Mrs. John Webb of Aiken.
S. C, are ."pending the holidays v u
i s. c
J. I't .i jU.l v.-til.:,, nil. elll.i
. o:;iil.!l.
j :.Hfs Pear' GiLvsple, a student at.
, Mars Hill e. !.'-.'.:., is spending th
he'iidays with : treats, Mr. a:u
': J. H. GiSe.fpie.
Miss Brama Syre vv o is teaching
' atGrarnlin, S. C, i., eliding Chrie.t-
sas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
h). M. Sayi. .
Miss Grace Uvj'rr.'.m r.:id ,Vir. Wal
ter Snith wiU Fcrt Ch;-isln:a:; with
j Miiss Harmon er:'."-., Mr. and Mrs.
w. ii,. jiarmon, near ;.i-.u:ney.
Miss Re-e '.''.-.'"-ey vl'l rvia
Christmas with Mrs. J. W. Bayne. rd of
wii.i -j k. -
; Mrs. C. B. Wiseman, Cupid and
, James will spend Christmas day with
Mrs. Wiseman's daughter, Mrs. The
ron Child" of Linee-iKon. Mr. Per
ry Wiseman who i i senior at Rich
mond Medical olle vill join his
' mother at Mr:-. Chillis' and return
: home with them.
' EXAMINATION FOR CARRIER
j AT SHELBY JAN. 24
i Because of the resignation of J. II.
, Nolan, rural letter carrier on Lawn
! dale, route 2, who will shortly move
. to Shelby with his family, there will
j oe held a civil service examination at
the Shelby postoffice January 21th.
; The salary of a rural carrier on a
; standard daily wagon route of 24
miles is $1,800 per annum, with an
additional $30 per mile per annum
each mile or fraction thereof in ex-
1 cess of 24 miles. The salary on mo
tor routes ranges from $2,450 to $2,--
i 600 per annum, according to length.
Separate examinations for motor
routes and wagon routes are no long
er held. Appointments to both posi
tions will be made from the same
register. The examination will be
open only to citizens who are actually
domiciled in the territory of the post
office where the vacancy exists and
who meet the other requirements set
forth in form 1977.
Miss Maggie Sue Edwai-ds. of Try
on, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Moore from Monday to Wednes
day. Miss Edwards, who is an ac
complished linotype operator on the
Polk County News, was a pleasant
caller at this office Tuesday.