RUTHERFORD
COUNTY'S
BIGCFST AND
BEST
NEWSPAPER
VOL. VII—No. 16
W. A. BUTLER, YOUNG FARMER,
ENDS HIS LIFE WITH SHOTGUN
Fires Load of Shot Into His Heart at the Home ol His
Father Last Monday—Rash Act Attributed
to Despondency
Despondent from continuous
brooding over ill health and the ef
of a severe accident in a Colo
-> mine several years ago, Mr.
Arthur Butler committed
suicide at the home of his father
Monday by shooting himself with a
shotgun. The gun's discharge pierc
ed his heart and he w«s dead when
members of the family reached his
side.
William Butler made his home on
the farm of his father, Mr. B. R.
Butler, in the Flat Rock section on
Route 1, Forest City. Monday at
noon he entered the parlor of his
father's home and quietly went about
the desperate act of taking his own
life. It is assumed that he placed
the loaded gun to his breast and fired
it by reaching over and pulling the
trigger. Only one load of the double
barreled gun was discharged. It is
said that his body was not badly
mangled, but death was instantan
eous.
Members of the family heard the
shot, but the first one to reach the
stricken man was Mr. Ben Gowan, an
employee of the place, who was cut
ting wood at the woodpile, and rush
ed into the parlor ahead of affright
ened members of the family.
There was no warning as to the
desperate act, although members of
the family knew that Mr. Butler had
brooded over his condition was
very despondent at times over his.
continued illness. About five years
ago he was badly injured in a mine
accident in Colorado. He returned
to the home place of his father and
since then had been conducting a
poultry ranch. His broken limb had
always caused him trouble, refusing
to yield to the best efforts of doctors
and specialists. Desperately brooding
over his condition, it is assumed that
his mind finally gave way and in a
temporary fit of insanity, he commit
ted the dlesperate act.
Mr. Butler married Miss Ellen Ed
wards while a resident of Colorado.
To this union was born three chil
dren. His residence was on his fath
er's farm, very near to the home
place. He could do only the lightest
work and complained continually of
pain in the broken leg.
Besides his wife and three children,
he is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. R. Butler; sisters, Mrs.
J. D. Wells, Henrietta; Mrs. Dewey
Holland, Alexander; Mrs. Geo. Fox,
Cliffside; Mrs. Rush Bridges, Alex
ander; Misses Lois, Jennie Sue and
Mary Francis Butler; two brothers,
Marvin and Baxter Butler.
Mr. Butler belonged to one of the
county's prominent families and h:s
untimely death has cast a gloom over
the county. Expressions of condol
ence and sympathy went out to the
stricken family.
The deceased was 30 yearr, of age.
>l*\ was a member of the Methodist
chAch and bore his afflictions with
fortitude up to the time oT the un
dermining reason, which even
tuated in the rash act of taking his
own life. He was a nephew of Mr.
J. L. Butler, of Forest City.
The burial was at Providence M.
E. church mesday at 2:00 o'clock
p. m. A large crowd was in attend- j
ance, while the floral offerings were i
profuse. Funeral obsequies were in j
charge of Revs. Gentry and Jenkins, i
BARBER SHOP REMOVED.
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The J. H. Crawford barber shop |
has been removed from the post •
office building to the storeroom f _>r- j
merly occupied by Mr. Oscar Huntley
on Mill street. The room has been j
thoroughly fitted for the purpose and ;
"Dad's Barber Shop" is now one of j
the best equipped in the city. There
are four chairs and bath, wlo'a expert !
workmen to wait upon you. Give j
them a call in the new location. j
BASKETBALL TONIGHT
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The Forest City Town Team will j
play Rutherford College at the fair- J
grounds court tonight. This should
prove an interesting basketball con
test and all lovers of the sport should
mjtike it a point to l>e present.
FOREST C n V COURIER
CYCLONE COMPANY
MAKES BIG DEAL
Back From Successful In
cursion Of Florida and Start,
ing Big Spring Business.
Members of the Cyclone Auction
Co., composed of Messrs. J. A. Wil
kie, C. E. Huntley, June Harrill and
G. C. King, returned last week from
Florida, where they consummated
two big land sales, one in Deland
and one in Kissimmee.
In an interview with a Courier
reporter Tuesday, Mr. Huntley stat
ed that they were well pleased with
their incursion into the land of flow
ers and that the company had pulled
two successful lot sales, getting good
prices in both instances. He also
said they did some considerable pri
vate trading and also had under con-
sideration a deal for 2,300 acres near
Sanford. If this deal goes through,
the Cyclone company will pull a
North Carolina development of great
magnitude. Having to come home at
present to take care of their big busi
ness interests here, Mr. Huntley stat
ed that they expect to do a great
' deal of business in Florida next win
! ter.
' Since returning from Florida, the
Cyclone people have pulled one of
the biggest real estate deals since the
new year, when they purchased this
week the storeroom of Mr. C. S.
Hemphill on Main street. The pur
-1 chase price of this property is about
$25,000 and is a very desirable site.
Mr. Hemphill will occupy the store
for a time, but the property will be
developed later by the Cyclone com
pany.
Another deal was to buy some de
sirable property on West Main street,
which will be developed at an early
date. The Cyclone Company is get
ting ready now for a big Spring busi
ness and have some important deals
under consideration.
This company is a big asset to the
town and county. Composed of men
of large means, they do a great work
in developing and aiding in the
?rrowth of the communi
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Shot Her Mother
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Dorothy Ellingson, 16\of San
Francisco, who shot and lolled her
mother in a quarrel, because of ob
jections to her night life. Dorothy
admits she ia a "Jaiz Maniac" and
shows no remorse at her act. The
night she killed her mother she
went to a dance. Two days later
she was located in a cheap room
ing house. Her father irnd brother
advocate hanging or life i&.£;._yu
mcnt for her.
PUBLISH ED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST AND RUTHERFORD COUNT*
FOREST CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JAN. 29, 1925
BAPTISTS mm
TRAINING SCIIO3L
Four Workers Representing
Baptist State Convention
Leading in Great Work.
The Baptist church here is having
a Sunday school and B. Y. P. U.
Training School this week. Four
workers, representing the Baptist
State Convention of North Carolina
are leading in the work. J. N. Bar
nette, Hickory, Sunday school spe
cialist; Miss Sophia Berghauser, Ra
leigh, Elementary Sunday School sec
retary, Edwin S. Preston, Marion, B.
Y. P. U. Field Secretary and Perry
Morgan, Raleigh, B. Y. P. U. secre
tary, are conducting simultaneous
classes from 7 to 9 o'clock each eve
ning.
The services Sunday were featured
by an address in the morning by Mr.
Barnette on "The Sunday School as
a Reaching-Out Agency," and in the
evening by an illustrated lecture by
Mr. Morgan. The class work began
Monday night with an attendance of
about a hundred. Much interest was
manifested at the first session and
the attendance and interest has
grown from day to day.
The following is the schedule of
work for each day:
7:00 —Devotional.
7:15 —Classes.
7:55—Address.
8:15 —Classes.
9:oo—Adjourn.
The address of the evening is given
by a member of the faculty. Mr.
Morgan spoke Monday night; Miss
Berghauser Tuesday night. This eve
ning Mr. Preston speaks and on to
morrow Mr. Barnette will speak.
Led by Mr. Mays Flack and a corps
more than forty workers, a religi
ous census was made of the town, and
although the tabulation is incomplete,
hnore than 1,500 possibilities were
'found for the Baptist school. The
school will continue through Friday
evening when examinations will be
given on the books taught.
TANNER FAMILY
TO GIVE MEMORIAL
Architects Planning Building
At Spindale to Konor
Father and Brother.
M. E. Boyer, Jr., Charlotte archi
tect, has completed the preliminary
sketches for the community build
ing at Spindale to be erected as a
memorial to the late S. 13. Tanner
and Spencer Tanner, his son.
An old colonial brick dwelling will
be the nucleus around which a hand
some community house will be built.
Together with the tract of land upon
which it will stand the place will be
presented to the town by Kenneth
Tanner, of Spindale; S. B. Tanner,
Jr., of Charlotte, and Mrs. 11. H.
Crawford, of Rutherfordton, sons
r
and daughter of the late S. B. 1 an
ner and brothers and sister ot the
late Spencer Tanner.
The total gift will represent an
investment of approximately $ 5,C00.
Bids on the work will bo invited the
middle of February and the building
is expected to be opened next fall.
The present house, formerly the
Spindale inn, will be remodeled and
repaired. At the rear will be addcu
locker and shower rooms, a gymna
sium, which v-;;i also be used as an
auditorium; a kitchen, small dming
room, library with shelves for 5,000
volumes, offices for the community
work director and a social room.
The second floor of the structure will
contain an apartment for the d.
rector.
The community house will be lo
cated in the heart of Spindale and
will set back 150 feet from the main
highway. A splencild old oak grove
provides an excellent setting. The
building will be 100 -feet wide with
depth of 160 feet.
Mr. Boyer will draw the plans and
supervise the construction of work.
WANTED —One A-l insurance
man. Attractive proposition. Apply
in own handwriting to X. Y. Z., care
The Courier, Forest City. 16-2t
OFFICERS ELECTED
FOR CONFERENCE
1 OF OLDER BOYS
To Be Held in Rutherfordton
in March—Program
Outlined For Great
Meeting.
S. E. Elmore of Spindale was elect
ed president of the Rutherford coun
ty older boys' conference organiza
tion, at the meeting of the general
committee held in the Spindale school '
building Friday evening, January 23.
The conference will be held at Ruth
erfordton March 13-14-15. With cer
tain exceptions where an organiza
tion leader so recommends, the com
mittee ruled that all delegates must
be fourteen years old or over.
Schools, Ji°y Scouts, Sunday school
classes and other boy's organizations
will be entitled to official delegates
in the ratio of one for every eight j
boys actively enrolled, within the age '
group specified.
A strong tentative program was
outlined by the committee, and Cap
tain B. L. Smith, secretary of the or
ganization, was authorized to get in
touch with the speakers at once. The
program includes an organization
meeting "Friday afternoon, March 13
at which boys from all parts of the
county will elect their president and
other officers to serve throughout
the three days of the conference; a
banquet at the Iso-Thermal hotel Fri
day night; special meetings Saturday
morning, afternoon and evening,
with a strong athletic program fol
lowing the afternoon session. The
final and, it is said, perhaps the most
important session, will be held Sun
day afternoon in one of the Ruther
fordton churches. It was announced
that an effort will be made to secure
Harry Price, senior at Davidson col
lege and holder of tennis singles
championship for North Carolina, to
deliver one of the speeches. While
the keynote for the conference dis
cussions was not decided upon, it is
expected that all discussions and ad-
dresses will center around some phase
of life work and that they will be
both instructive and inspirational.
On selecting the place for the con
ference., friendly rivalry developed
between Forest City and Rutherford
ton. Dr. Duncan, who extended an
invitation on behalf of Forest City,
withdfew in favor of Rutherfordton,
but served notice that Forest City is
on deck for 192 G.
In accepting the chairmanship of
the general committee, Mr. Elmore
said he was profoundly impressed
with importance of older boy's con
ference. lie expressed pleasure at
being permitted to serve actively in
its organization and promotion.
The following officers were elect-
S. E. Elmore, president; Dr. A.
C. Duncan, vice-president; B. L.
Smith, secretary; W. R. Hill, record
ing secretary; J. C. Cowan, Jr.,
treasure!*.
The president announced the ap
pointment of the following commit-*
tees: Entertainment, K. S. Tanner,
C. F. Goer, Dr. A. C. Duncan. O. C.
Erwin, H. L. Carpenter; Publicity,
Oscar L. Simpson, R. E. Price, C. E.
Alcock, J. 13. Jones, Clyde Erwin, C.
C. Sorrels; Finance, G. R. Howard,
Charles Z. Flack, F. I. Barber, C. F.
Cline, Z. O. Jenkins, D. C. Colvin, Dr.
R. 11. Crawford; Reception Commit
tee, to serve with W. R. Hill in
connection with his work as record
ing secretary, J. W. Eaks, R. H
Houston, Cnas. Erwin, 11. J. Cherry,
Frank Hall, J. M. Michael.
BUYS INTEREST IN
MOSS FURNITURE CO
Mr. B. H. Wilkins, well linown real
estate dealer, has purchased an in
terest in the Moss Furniture Com
pany and the firm will now be known
as the Moss-Wilkins Furniture Co.
The addition of Mr. Wilkins to this
strong firm should add prestige and
enable an expansion of the already
large volume of business. Mr. Wil
kins asks that The Courier let it b2
.known that he does not intend to re
linquish his real estate business, but
will be ready at all times to buy or
sell real estate.
Ground was broken this week for
the erection of the new brick build
ing of Moss & Wilkins, next to the
Long Drug Store. An account of
this structure was given in a recent
issue of The Courier. It will be a
handsome addition to the business dis
trict of the city.
CIVIL COURT
MEETS FEB. 2
Judge B. F. Long to Preside;
List Of Cases to Be
Tried.
(Special to Courier)
Rutherfordton, Jan. 27.—Judge B.
F. Long, of Statesville, will convene
the Superior Court of Rutherford
county, civil term, here Monday, Feb
ruary 2nd. There are a total of
from 75 to 100 cases on the docket
to be considered. The jury list was
printed in this paper last week.
The following is part of the cal
endar which has been arranged by
the attorneys:
Monday, February 2nd
Bachman Lumber Co., vs. Belk.
Wells vs. Greene.
Burnett vs. Hall.
Mcßrayer vs. Harmon.
Powell vs. Bradley.
Nettie Greene vs. Greene.
Harrill vs. Bostic.
Connor vs. McEntyre.
Tuesday, February 3rd
Scott vs. Kenyon.
Quinn vs. Taylor.
Mills vs. Waste.
Cobb vs. Henrietta Mills.
Revis vs. Henrietta Mills.
Payne vs. Mosteller, et al.
Rutherford Hospital vs. Boyd, et
al.
Carroll vs. Hardin.
Wednesday, February 4th
Harrill vs. Seaboard.
Burgess vs. Magness.
Rutherford Hospital vs. Stonecut
ter Mills and Vess.
Mask vs. Champion.
In re Will J. J. Harrill.
Led better vs. Glover, et al.
McAlister vs. Morris.
LOCATES IN ELLENBORO
Dr. C. L. Buchanan of Union Mills,
has moved to Ellenboro and will fol
low the practice of his profession.
He is an able and experienced physi
cian and the people of Ellenboro
feel fortunate that he is among them.
OFWffiE ramsT
Miss Edna Schenck and Mr.
Geo. W. Hi!! Married At
Rutherfordton Sat.
(Special to/The Courier)
Rutherfordton, Jan. 27.—A mar
riage of interest throughout the
county was that of Miss Edna
Schenck and Mr. Geo. Walter Hill,
at the home of the parents of the
bride, Dr. ard Mrs. D. R. Schenck,
on Saturday evening at six thirty
o'clock. The hail and living room
were beautifully decorated with
ferns, ivy and evergreens, an altar
of green and white b:?ing arranged
in the large bay window of the liv
ing room, over the center "window a
large American flag was draped, tiny
red, white and blue lights and white
candles softly lighted the room. As
the first notes of Lohengrin's Wed
ding March were sounded, Mrs. J.
H. Carpenter, at the piano, Master
Theodore Marrs, nephew of the
bride, carrying the ring in a pink
carnation and little Erma C:ark Car-
penter, daintily gowned in pink tulle,
bearing a silver basket of pink car
nations, entered from the hail. Mrs.
L. D. Marrs, sister of the bride, wear
ing biack velvet lavishly embroidered
in green crystal boa ! r.nd carr"":n rr
pink carnations, preceded the b:*He,
entering with fyer father, who gave
her in marriage*. They were met at
the altar by and his best;
man, Mr. A. Rymer, where
two hearts and lives were united by
Rev. J. 0. Ervin of the Methodist
church, using the impressive
ceremony.
The bride was becomingly gowned
in bronze silk bengaline with acces
sories to match, her boquet being
white carnations. The groom, who is
a member of Battery D, sth Art.,
stationed at Fort Bragg, was in full
uniform. He is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jas. Hill, of Cliffside. Mrs.
Hill, is an accomplished, attrac
tive and popular young woman, for
merly of Rutherfordton, but for the
past year has been located at Nash
ville, Tenn, as an efficient trained
nurse, where she has made many
$1.50 P«r Year la Adranc*
LAKE LURE
POWER SOLD TO
BLUE RIDGE CO.
Dam and Power Development
to Be Completed in Eighteen
Months; Work To Be
Pushed.
Spartanburg, Jan. 26.—The BIUP
Ridge Power Co., of Spartanburg,
.0. Carolina, has complied nego
tiations for the purchase of the ciec
tnc poweij to be created by Lake
ure at Chimney Rock according- io
an announcement by John A. Law
treasurer of the Spartanburg Com
pany.
Final details of the contract were
arranged at a meeting in Spartan
burg Thursday attended hy directors
of Chimney Rock Mountains, Inc., of
ficials of the Blue Ridge Power Cc m-
Pany Charles W. Tillett, Jr., of
Charlotte, Attorney for the Mountain
Company, C. A. Mees of Mees and
Mees, hydraulic engineers of Char
otte an d H. L. Bomar, attorney for
the Blue Ridge Power company.
"This additional power production
of the Lake Lure Dam," said Mr
Law, "estimated at thirteen and one
half million kilowatt hours per an
num will materially add to the pow
er resources of the Blue Ridge Pow
er company, and increase the avail
able service of the company.
An interesting feature is that the
Lake Lure plant is to be operated
from the Turner plant of the Blue
Ridge Power company through elec
tric control and that an automatic
governor will maintain at all times
the level of the lake at Chimney
Rock, thus assuring the attractive
ness of the lake from a resort stand
point."
Mr. Law stated that the right-of
way for a transmission line from the
recently completed Turner Shoals
Power station of the Blue Ridge
Power Company to the site of the
Lake Lure dam, a distance of six
miles had been practically all ac
quired and the line would be built
immediately. This line will serve to
carry power to the Lake Lure dam
site for construction of the dam, and
later convey the purchased power
back to the Blue Ridge system con
necting at the Turnsr Shoals sta
tion.
Litjhi n months will see the com
pleted construct: m of the Lake Luro
dam and power development, accord
ing to C. A. Mees vh ■ firm of hy
(irauhc engine .; a dv signed the
dam. The construction will be of the
muitipie an h type, r-' -t across
and 104 feet. ir> h» ight. Across the
top oi the dam a bridge will be con
structed Jin;' i';.i entire cesi.gn of as
great boauty as possible to 'it; into the
p'ar.s oi the Chimney
"ock Mountains Company, at th»
same time of. as duiv.ble economical
and efficient character as modern
science cun d;-vi.se. Immediate con
struction is contemplated and the
work will be pushed as rapidly a»
possible.
Mr. and Mrs. K O. Jennings, of
Chariotte, Miss Thelr.ia TVomack and
Messrs. Dave Kistler and Cobb, of
Lincolnton, and Messrs. Joe Martin
an' red Jl:irri'l of L!'enboro, visited
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Falvey and
M• s May., e Martin on Sunday.
friends who will be interested to
learn of her marriage.
Relatives of both families and x
few friends witnessed th* ceremony.
Miss Carris Season presided at the
punch bowl. The first slice of the
beautiful wedding cake wns cut bv
the bride and served to the guests
by Mrs. Marcus Justice.
The happy couple left for Marion
on the 9:30 train amid a shower of
rice, old shoes and good wishes.
Many lovely gifts attested the pop
ularity of the young couple. An in
teresting event connected with the
date of marriage was that it occurred"
i on the forty-first anniversary of the
marriage of Dr. and Mrs. Schenck
and the sixty-sixth anniversary of
Mrs. Schenck's parents.
Among the out of town guests at
tending were Mr. and Mrs. R. W.
Schenck, of Greenville, S. C.; Mr.
and Mrs. Jas. Hill, Miss Annie Hid
and Miss Gamble; Messrs, lihymer
and Lovelace, of Cliffside and Mr.
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Gordon Yeiton, o£ Spartanburg.
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