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Subscribe For The Courier, Only SI.OO per year in County VOL. X—NO. 18. "AUNT" NANCY JOHNSON, 91, HAS NARROW ESCAPE WHEN HOME BURNS Neighbor, Unable to Rescue Aged Lady, Rushes for Help—Barely Manages to Crawl From Burning Building Before Walls Fall In The Building One of the Oldest in The County— "Aunt" Nancy Now 111 From Effects of Burns, Shock and Exposure Union Mills, Feb. 7.—Last Wednesday night at 10:15 o'clock, the home of Miss ("Aunt") Nancy Johnson was com pletely destroyed by fire. Not an article of any kind was saved from the flames. "Aunt" Nancy, ninety-one years of age, and very feeble, has lived alone for the past many years. She is not able to tell exactly how the fire started but says it seems to her as if all the ceiling was in flames over her head at once. Mr. W. E. Sweatt, who lives about half mile from "Aunt" Nancy's homo, was the first to discover and reach the flames, from the outside. Hearing: the screams of "Aunt" Nan cy, within the house with the flames creeping out of.the crevices of the large room, he made every effort to •_ct to "Aunt" Nancy, but failed. In Wis efforts to break clown the doors : nd get in the window, Mi-. Sweatt received a few minor burns. Know ing he could do nothing alone, he i ushed away to find help, and on returning with others he found "Aunt" Nancy had managed to un bar the door, and crawled out of the house and had gotten about twelve feet when she became exhausted and LATEST NEWS FROM SPINDALE Basketball Games—Crawford Child Dead—Local and Personal Notes Spindale, Feb. 7. —The Spindale Athletic Club defeated the Converse, S. C., cagers here Tuesday night in a very good game of basketball. The home boys made a good start ending the first quarter 14-6 in favor of Spindale and the half 20-12 in favor of Spindale. The Converse players staged a comeback in the third and fourth quarters and ended the game two points behind Spindale, the final count being 43-45. Berry and Bullington tied for scor ing honors with 15 points each, while came next with eight, Yel ton 4, Grose two, and Walker one. A. Quinn, lanky center for the vis itors scored 26 of his team's 43 points. On Thursday evening Spindale pi ays at Spartanburg against the Spartan Y team, and on Friday eve ning they meet the Converse club at Spartanburg. The Kings Mountain Hilltoppers will be in Spindale for a return game on Saturday evening. Boiling Springs Athletic Club came back Thursday evening to defeat the Spindale cagers 25-27 after suffer ing defeat a few weeks previous by a score of 31-38. The pep and snap of the home team was sadly lacking Thursday night. Berry and Sherrill were the high scoremen, while Thompson and McDonald led tor Boiling Springs, Bullington's and Yelton's fast floor work at forward availed them little as they were un able to make good the many oppor tunities they had at the baskets. The small thirteen months old ba by of Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Craw ford died here Friday evening. It had been ill with whooping cough for several days, and this brought i * I about the child's death. Funeral serv- j ices were» held Sunday. MY. and Mrs. H. B. Biggerstaff left last week for Berea, Ky., where they will make their home. Mr. Big gerstaff was until recently connect ed with the Town of Spindale as water and light superintendent. The many friends of this family regret very much to give them up. WOMAN'S CLUB The Citizenship Department of the Woman's Club will meet on Monday evening, February l->th, at / :45 in the Kiwanis Club room. It is uiged that every member of the Woman's Club be present as there are matters of importance- to come up at this time which w'ill be interesting to each one. Let's have a lull attendance on Monday evening. FOREST CITY COURIER could go no further. She was very seriously burned and it is a miracle how she managed to get out of the mass of flames with her life. The house was one of the oldest in the county, being used for a resi dence. It was a two room log struc ture and was built about seventy years ago. This was the only build ing standing that was put up when the town of Union Mills was founded. The amount of the loss is not ex actly known, but there was no in surance carried on the building. "Aunt" Nancy is living now with rel atives near Rutherfordton. It is re ported that she is very ill at the present from the burns and fever, due to exposure on Wednesday night. This is the week in which we are asked to do our part for the orphans of the Near East. Every year this ap peal comes to us and we usually do our share. This year the campaign is un der the general supervision of Rev. G. R. Gillespie, of Forest City, form erly of Gastonia. Among the many thing Brother Gillespie can do bet ter than anybody else, staging a campaign lor funds for any cause whatever, and putting it properly be fore the public, is his forte. For sev eral weeks he has been laying plans for this drive and this is the week. The quota is smaller than it has ever been in this county and there should be no great big amount of trouble in raising it. —Gastonia Gazette. HUNTLEY & WILKIE TAKE OAKLAND - PONTIAC AGENCY i Mr. W. P. T. Mills, representing the Oakland Motor Car Co., Char lotte, was here Monday and placed the agency with Huntley & Wilkie for the Oakland and Pontfcc cars. The new agency has opened in the hand some new brick building just com pleted on W. Main street, where the cars can be seen and inspected. This Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Petty and Mev is a splendid line of cars, a General i dames F. T. Davis and Alia Mae Motors product that will find immed- ' Davis Ellis spent Sunday afternoon iate popularity in Rutherford county. ' n Spartanburg. The agency will also handle all parts ( - and w"fcouHe, for advetis MR. CALVIN HARRILL ing of the Oakland and Pontiac, this' riVETI I ACT CD 111 A V paper having been selected as the I/IIiD LAIJ 1 rilll/Al best medium in which to promote sales in this territory INFANT SON OF MR. AND MRS. J. D. BROWN DEAD Alexander Mill, Feb. 7.—Marion, the eleven months old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brown, of this place, died in Dr. Smith's hospital in Spartaru! burg Sunday afternoon at 3:45. The! baby was being treated for trouble in I the head. Funeral services were held at the Alexander Baptist church Monday af ternoon with Rev. C. C. Matheny in charge. Interment was in Mt. Pleas ant cemetery. DIES AT GREENVILLE : Mr. Wallace McDaniel, 20 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. P. N. McDaniel, " formerly of this city, died at his > home in Greenville, S. C., at 7 a. m. r, Tuesday after a short illness. Tin i young man was a grandson of Mr. J. II W. McDaniel, of this place, where ; he made his home until removing to ; • Greenville about one year ago. s; Funeral services were conducted > at his late home. Interment took place ?; in Cool Springs cemetery at 2 p. m. : Wednesday. PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY NEAR EAST WEEK FOREST CITY. NORTH CAROLINA FEBRUARY 9, 192^ REDPATH CHAUTAUQUA HERE MAY 26-31. The Redpath Chautauqua will be in Forest City for five days, begin ning May 26th, according to an ann ouncement made by Rev. G. R. Gillespie this week. Mr. Gillespie states that this year's program will be the best and biggest of any ever given here before. MR. A. K. FREEMAN INJURED ; Mr. A. K. Freeman, connected with ! the Clinchfield Coal Storage plant i at Bostic, was severely injured Tues day morning. Two men were prizing 1 open a car door when the crowbar ; slipped and struck Mr. Freeman j across the forehead, cutting a bad jgash. His wound was dressed by Dr. i Duncan in Forest City, requiring a i number of stitches. The accident, I ' i though painful, is not considered j dangerous. JUDGE M'ELROY CLEARING COURT DOCKET RAPIDLY Spring Term of Superior Court Disposing of Civil Cases As Scheduled Rutherfordton, Feb. B.—The Spring term of Superior court for trial of civil cases opened here Mon day morning at 9 o'clock. Judge P. A. McElroy, of Marshall, is presid ing. As The Courier goes to press the docket is being rapidly cleared and the cases are being tried as scheduled. Indications are that court will convene through next week. In that case, judging by the dispatch made during the last three days, the court calendar will be entirely clear ed. The following cases had been dis j posed of up to Wednesday morning: j Corn Littlejohn vs. Littlejohn ; (col.); Pauline Brown vs. Lewis | Brown and Gustie Bradford vs. Er j win Bradley, divorces granted. A. T. Withrow vs. Atlantic Fire Insurance Company plaintiff recov ers $500.00. i A number of suits were non-suit ed Tuesday, none of them being in stances in which large sums were in volved, except the W. J. Cole vs. Frog Level Gin Co. In the case of Wm. McKinney vs. Lloyd and Ada Williamson, in which a land boundary was in dispute, a verdict in favor of the plaintiff was given. As The Courier goes to press the' case of Annie Whitesides vs. Will Owens is being tried. In this case Anna Whitesides is suing Owens for SIO,OOO damages for alleged injuries in an auto accident Well Known and Aged Citizen Buried Saturday at Walls Church—Personals Bostic, R-2, Feb. 6.—Mr. Calvin Harrill died February 3rd and was' buried at Walls church Saturday., » Revs. M. L. Buchanan and Z. D. I Harrill conducted the services. He was 7!) years and a few days old. He had thirteen children, seven of whom are dead. His wife died five years ago. The children living are: Dr. L. B. Harrill, of Caroleen; Mrs. Landrum Lee, of High Point; Mrs. W. D. * Edwards, of the Hopewell section; Mrs. Baxter Melton, Mr. Plato Harrill and Miss Janie Har rill, of this community. He also ! leaves one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Beam, of Forest City. He died at th • h»me of his daughter, Mrs. Baxter .Melton where he has made his home since his home was de stroyed by fire in September. He had influenza in December and nev er fullv recovered. He was a man that was loved and respected by all who knew him. We extend our j heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved ' family. 'CONVERSE GLEE •: CLUB PLEASES LARGE AUDIENCE I , Delightful Concert Program Is Enthusiastically Received by Capacity Audience The Converse College Glee club gave a delightful concert at the Cool Springs High School Auditorium on Monday evening, February Gth. The concert was sponsored by the Forest City Kiwanis club and was enthusias tically received by a large audience. The program was varied and showed much talent and excellent training. The glee club as a whole, was much above the average college group and their ensemble singing was splendid. The director, Glen Stables, is one of the best known musician in the South and the club responds perfect ly to his direction. The program was divided into two parts. The first half was a highly artistic presentation of classical mus ic and it was a genuine treat to the music lovers in the audience. The glee club as a whole sang two groups of songs, the most popular of which were "A Song of India" and "'Sleep M iss Lindy." In the former the blend ing of the sweet girlish voices was i a wonderful example of ensemble : singing. A sextette of the best voices , in the club sang' the always popular ! Schubert's Serenade. This was one j jof the most beautiful numbers. A j violinist, Miss Mary Lou Kirby, play- j ed two brilliant numbers with all the j skill and technique and expression! ' of a professional. One of the music | seniors played two brilliant piano ! solos. These two number were ex j eellent examples of the very high | quality of work done at Converse. | The crowning feature of the first j half of the program was a group of ; three songs by Mr. Stables. These I songs, "My Desire," "The Scare ! crow" and "The Great Awakening" | suited Mr. Stable's magnificent voice j and he responded to an enthusiastic encore with Oley Speak's arrange ! ment of, "On the Road to Mandalay." • The second part of the program featured some lighter singing and some very pretty dancing. The first j numbers, the opening chorus from j "Artists and Models" was very at ■ tractive, the grouping of the tableau ; of models making an exquisite scene. : A solo dance by Miss Louise Smith j was professional in nature. "The i Black and White Chorus" was as i pretty and attractive as it could be, L and "Harlequin and Columbine" by i! Misses Smith and Wright was an ex ! quisite bit of fantasy. "Nothin' " was a charming jazz chorus and "Memor ies" a lovely dance. The audience re- ceived this half the program most en thusiastically and every number was greeted with vociferous applause. The girls were gracious with encores and nearly all the number on this half of the program were repeated. Before the conceit the club was entertained at dinner by the Kiwanis club in the High School Cafeteria. MRS. JANE PADGETT DIED SATURDAY Aged Lady of Near Bostic Suc- sumbs to Paralysis Bostic, Feb. 7.—Mrs. Jane C. Padgett, aged 80 years, died at her home near here Saturday morning at 7:30 o'clock. She had been sick a week or longer, suffering from a stroke of paralysis from which she never rallied. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Mt. Har mony Baptist church with her pas tor, Rev. B. M. Hamrick, assisted I by Revs. K. N. Snipes and W. W. Rimmer in charge. Interment fol lowed in Mt. Harmony cemetery. She is survived by eight children, as follows: Ben and Bob Padgett, who live with their mother at the ! home place; J. M. Padgett, of Ashe jville; J. H., of Sellers, Ala., G. M. ! Padgett, owner of Padgett's Barber | Shop in Forest City; and A. B. Padg ! ett, of Bostic; the two surviving ! daughters, Misses Zula and Ida, re t side at the home. A large number of grandchildren and great grand children survive, as well as a host of friends and relatives. Mrs. Padgett would have been eighty years of age had she lived •jIMKPa ' > *.-• ;• Wm #&*.**** *■■■ MRS. EBBIE MARTIN MRS. EBBIE MARTIN, AGED 95 YEARS, DIED THURSDAY One of Rutherford's Oldest Women Passes After a Few Week's Illness. Mollis, Feb. (s.—Mrs Ebbie Martin, aged ninety-five years, succumbed to pneumonia at her home four miles north of here Thursday. She had been sick about three weeks. Funeral services were conducted tount >- Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Dun- , cans Creek church, with Rev. E. T. j MDC CAD AH Wff QHN Baker in charge. An unusually large I kJzilliifl fi lLiJuli^ number of people were present to j OA P 1 *v pay their last respects to this aged AutlJ UfeAi/ woman of the hills Mrs, Martin was one of Rutherford county's oldest citizens. She was born May 7, 1832 in the Hollis com munity and had lived in the house in which she died for seventy five years. Her mind was remarkably clear up to her death. She remembered four wars in which the United States had been engaged in and could tell of the inauguration of more than twen ty presidents. She well remembers the institution of slavery. She slept well and could hear well until a short time before her death, although she had been unable to read during the last four years of her life. She was married August 2, 1852 to Billy Martin, at the age of twenty years. He was accidentally killed about 1874. She is survived by three children, Miss Mary Jane Martin, aged 70, who has been iiving with her mother; Mrs. Mandy M. Rollins and Mrs. Julius Bridges, of Gastonia. Eight of her children preceded hei to the grave. Thirty-eight grand children and a large number of great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild survive. Mrs. Martin was the oldest of a family of nineteen children. She is the last of the family. One brother, Andy Crowder lived to be 92 years of age, while all the others lived to be from 80 to ninety years of age, with one or two exceptions. Her parents Mr. and Mrs, Allen Crowder, lived to an old age. It is a legend in the Martin fam ily that Abraham Lincoln was related to the family. The husband of Mrs. Martin always claimed to be a half brother of the Great Emancipator. A large framed picture of Lincoln hangs in the Martin home beside that of Mrs. Ebbie Martin's husband. Mrs. W. A. Ayers left Sunday af ternoon for Philadelphia to be with her daughter, Miss Mary Ayers, who underwent an operation for eye trouble Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Friends here received mes sages Wednesday morning that the operation was over and Miss Mary was doing very well. until March 6th. She was married at an early age to Mr. J. L. Padgett, who preceeded her to the grave three years ago. At the age of four teen she joined the Baptist church and was a consistent member and was found regularly in her place at the church. The large floral offering and the unusually large attendance at the funeral attested in a small meas ure the esteem and love in which Mrs. Padgett was held in her com munity. 72 COLUMNS SI.OO Per Year in Advance COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS A ! BUSY MEETING Board is Well Within Its Fi nancial Budget—To Erect Two New Buildings ' Rutherfordton, Feb. 7. The j County Board of Education met here Monday with Plato Gettys, chairman, ! Mrs, Wiseman and W. W. Nanney present. • ! The annual budget was examined j and if was found that the Board was t well within its budget for this school j year, which ends June .*>o. The year [ will likely be closed with a balance. Mr. L. Burge Beam, of Salisbury, j building supervisor for Rowan coun • ty, has been secured to consult with the Board of Education on plans for | the $30,000 schol building to be 1 erected at Ruth this year. At a re cent meeting of the State Equaliza tion Board Rutherford County was | given §50,000; $30,000 to be used j in the construction of a new build ,! ing at Ruth and $20,000 for the | building of a school in the Sunshine | district, provided that district votes for an eight months term. : The Board arranged for the re ! lease of taxes on eight and one-half acres of land belonging to the Mary I B. Muilen school tor colored, in the Uree community. - The standard of teachers certifi cates will be raised next year, there by guaranteeing; a more highly train ed type of teachers for Rutherford Aged Woman Passes at Home of Daughter in Alexander Monday Alexander, Wilson, aged eighty-four years, died at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. J. G. Price here Monday aftei" a short illness. Funeral services were held at Mt. I'leasant church Tuesday afternoon with Rev. C. C. Matheny in charge of the service. Interment was at Mt Pleasant. She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. J. G. Price, of Alexander; Mrs. J. H. Neal, of Caroleen; Mrs. E. L. Whitesides and Mrs. Kendrick Whit aker, of Ellenboro, R-2. One son, John McMahan, died about twenty years ago. Her husband proceeded / her to the grave about .'SO years ago. Mrs. Wilson was a good neighbor and friends and was loved by all who knew her. She was born December 1 il, 181.'} and was one of the county's oldest citizens. She was taken ill a few weeks ago and her death was not unexpected. DR. VERNER IN NEW QUARTERS The partnership heretofore exist ing between Drs. A. C. Duncan and C. 11. Verner was dissolved by mu tual agreement Saturday, Dr. Duncan remaining in his old quarters and Dr. Verner establishing new quarters in the Farmers Bank Building. I)]-. Verner will occupy rooms ->Ol - and is splendidly equipped. He will have Mrs. W. P. Chaney as reg istered nurse, while Miss Merle Put nam has accepted a position as of fice assistant. Dr. Verner has been practicing in this city for over a year and has ihade many friends in his new home. WOMAN'S AUXILIARY MEETS The Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church met Wednesday, February Ist, at 4:00 p. m. at the home of Mrs. F. B. Long on Carolina avenue, with twelve members pres ent. After the business session and pro gram, it was decided to change the day of meeting to the first Tuesday of each month. The hostess served a delicious sal ad course with hot coffee, carrying out the Valentine idea. The guests for the afternoon were Mrs. F. F. Black, Mrs. J. Worth Morgan and Mrs. John Dalton. Mr. Clyde Hardin has accepted a position with J. M. Price & Co. 12 Pages
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