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IffFBS OF MT.
■ PLEASANT WILL
I IMPROVE COTTON
Thursday Night
Hr*enty-three farmers of the Mt.
■lt community are going to
■■ o longer stapled cotton next
according to D. H. Sutton,
Wul of vocational agriculture.
Ue chosen Coker No. 5 as the
W* they will-grow and they have
BTred 267 bushels of this seed.
Mils for this progressive move were
tie at a meeting held in the Mt.
■feasant school house Thursday night,
■j w Matheney presided at the
B ting. p. H. Sutton discussed the
Mintages of growing a longer
'Lied cotton, and gave the results
If variety tests conducted by the De-
Lment of Agriculture last year.
K said these tests showed that Cok
|r Xo 5 was the type best suited to
Ll conditions. At the close of Mr.
Button's talk, Mr. Matheney introduc-
H- j. R. Moore, Secretary and Treas-
Lof the Alexander Mills. Mr.
Eoore told the farmers that he had
Ether buy the cotton for his mill at
Ere if he could get it. That the
longer stapled cotton grown in Cleve
land County was superior to western
■cotton. He said that he was so inter
ested in this community growing a
■better grade of cotton that he would
Itransuort the seed from the grower
■free of cost and that he would pay
la bonus of at least one-half cent a
■pound for this cotton. He also offer
led two prizes for the Best grade of
■ cotton grown from this seed, one
|prize to go to a man and the othei
■to a boy in the Vocational Agricul
|Wessrs. W. E. Lewis, George Blau-
Adam Price and Boss Randall
Kjtassed briefly the advantages of
This variety of cotton, and J. W.
Eaks discussed the success of the
variety tests run by the Department
of Agriculture. J. S. Morgan then told
of the variety test that his son,
Norman, conducted. Terry Moore of
the Alexander Mills discussed - the ad
vantages of a beter grade of cotton
and the following farmers bought
seed: J. S. Wall, Will Henson, Bur
well "W. Womack, W. L. Hunt, A.G.
Randall, K. M. Randall, A. B. Price,
K. P. Hamrick, G. A. Davidson, O. C.
Holland, J. W. Matheney, J. J. Man
ning, J. E. Morrow, Joe Jeffries, P.
L.Kennedy, W. A. Jolly, J. W. Eaks,
W. E. Lewis, G. H. Blanton, J. S.
Morgan, H. C. Vickers, J. A. Peeler,
and J. M. Price.
HRSTSARAH JANE
M'GINNIS DEAD
Funeral For Widow of Late R.
S. McGinnis Held Mon
day at Mt. Pleasant
' Ciiffside, Feb. 4. —Mrs. Sarah
Jane McGinnis, aged 79, widow of
the late R. Smith McGinnis, died at
her home here Sunday, after a week's
illness of pneumonia. Funeral ser
vices were held Monday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at Mt. Pleasant Bap
tist church, in Cleveland county,
with the pastor, Rev. D. G. Washburn
' n charge. Interment was in the Mt.
Pleasant cemetery.
Surviving her are the following
children, J. W. McGinnis, Chase City,
a.; C. T. McGinnis, Henrietta; G.
• McGinnis, Lincolnton;. J. V." Mc-
Ji nnis, Mooresboro, R-2, Mrs. C. C.
Pannell, of Gaffney, R-9, S. C.; One
sister, Mrs. Matilda McComb, of
liffside, survives. She also leaves
grandchildren and thirty-
great grand children. Her
M)and, R. S. McGinnis, preceded
er to the grave eighteen months
ago.
*j rs ; McGinnis was born July 12,
in Virginia. She was a daugh
er of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. Hill,
p City, Va. She came to
her ford county at an early age,
an d was married to Mr. McGinnis at
age of twenty years. She joined the
°asant Baptist church in young
Womanhood and was a faithful mem-
FOREST EN Y COURIER
FOREST CITY "°N E OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAI | JITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE~SUKVEY:
BURNS FATAL TO !
THOMAS HAMRICK, I
AGED THREE YEARS
Small Boy, Scalded When
Mother Overturns Soup
Pan," Succumbs to
Avondale, Feb. 4.—Thomas Ham
rick, aged three years, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Norris Hamrick, of Alex
ander, died at the home of 4iis aunt,
Mrs.. Chan Hamrick here Saturday
as the results of burns and scalds
received Saturday morning, January
26 when a pan of hot soup was ac
cidentally spilled on him by his moth
er.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at Haynes Memorial
Baptist church, with Rev. D. H.
Rhinehardt in charge. Interment was
in High Shoals cemetery. The pall
bearers were Paul Wall, D. Womack,
Clarence Deaton and Solon Smart.
Among those carrying flowers were
Mrs. Henry Smith, Mrs. C. E. Smart,
Mrs. J. T. Womack, Mrs. A. D._ Wil
son, and Mrs. Fletcher Wilson.
The little fellow died Saturday
morning at 7:15 after a week of in
tense suffering, most of the time of
which he was unconscious. On Satur
day morning, January 26, while in
the kitchen, he accidentally ran
against his mother who was carry
ing a pan of hot soup from the stove
;to the dining table. The mother drop
iped the pan, scalding the child's body
[seriously. His face was so badly
[scalded that all the skin came off
with the exception of a. small place
[on the chin. He was badly burned on
the chest, abdomen and arms. A
physician was immediately sent for.
He responded within a few minutes
but was unable" to do anything more
than relieve the child's suffering. On
Monday night the little fellow sank
i into unconsciousness and remained
in that state until death claimed him
last Saturday morning.
His mother, Mrs. Norris Hamrick,
of Alexander, was visiting her sister,
Mrs. C. Hamrick, when the accident
occurred.
SOIL SURVEY
BOOKLETS FREE
The Courier Distributing Gov
ernment Soil Survey
Pamphlets of Ruther
ford County
The Courier has received a num
ber of copies of the Rutherford
County soil survey and map that was
recently made by the United States
Department of Agriculture. This is
a valuable little pamphlet and every
one interested in Rutherford county
should have one. The book has a com
plete survey of the various soils of
the county, along with other informa
tion, with a map of the county in the
back of the book. As long as the sup
ply lasts any Courier subscriber may
secure a copy of this publication free
by calling at The Courier office, or
sending us a _card. The booklets are
furnished by Congressman Zeb Weav
er.
lfer of that church as long as she
lived.
Favorite songs of the deceased
were sang at the funeral services
Monday and included "Nearer My
God to Thee" and "Shall We Gather
at The River". A quartet composed
of Messrs Leroy Jolley, Jim Robert
son, Fay Jolley, and Therman Jolley,
of High Shoals, rendered touching
vocal selections.
The pall bearers were Orvis Pan
nell, Cato McGinnis, Dan McGinnis,
Broadus McGinnis, Grover McGinnis,
and Vaughan McGinnis. Honorary
pall bearers were J. L. Kendrix, D.
G. Wall, B. S. Wall, S. C. Robinson,
J. B. Robinson, and W. L. Luckadoo.
The profusion of beautiful flowers
were borne by the following flower
girls: Misses Louise McGinnis, Jan
nie McGinnis, Ona McGinnis, Mary
Ester McGinnis, Matilda Pamiell.
Hightower & Matheny had\charge
of the funeral arrangements.
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FOREST CITY, NORTH CAkt&&
Groundhog f aturday—
Snow and Sleet Monday
And it woir't be Springtime
until along about the middle of
March.
A prophecy something like
that was what the groundhog
left here Saturday when he
came from his hole and cast
his eyes about in the warm sun
light until he saw his shadow.
To those who follow the
groundhog legend—and there
are many such—it will be six
more weeks before the winter
or bad weather season is at an
end. Monday night saw the be
ginning of the real winter
weather here. When Ruther
ford county awoke Tuesday
morning a blanket of snow from
four to five inches greeted the
beholder on every hand. It is
said that along the mountain
chains of the county the snow
was from six to ten inches deep
Tuesday morning, while the two
hours snow Tuesday afternoon
added to the depth. Tuesday
night's sleet turned to rain and
as we go to press indications
are that winter has arrived.
MRS. M'BRAYER
BURIED SUNDAY
Funeral of Forest City Woman
Held in Shelby Died
Here Friday
Shelby, Feb. 5.—A large crowd at
tended the funeral Sunday afternoon
at two o'clock of Mrs. Amanda Log
an Mcßrayer, widow of Robert B.
Mcßrayer, who died Friday night at
11:15 at the home of her daughter,
at Forest City.
Services were conducted from the
home of Mayor and Mrs. W. N. Dor
sey on N. LaFayette street by Dr.
Zeno Wall, pastor of the First Bap
tist church of Shelby of which she
was a member, assisted by Rev. M. F.
Moores, Methodist minister of Forest
City who visited the sick bedside of
ten during her last illness.
Mrs. Mcßrayer was seventy years
of age June 2 of last year. She was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Logan and a member of one of the
most prominent and substantial
families in this section, her ances
tors fighting in the battle of Kings
Mountain. Practically all of her
life was spent in Cleveland county
and she was noted for her fine
motherly traits and her beautiful,
beaming countenance. Seventeen
years ago her beloved husband
died and her body was interred be
side his in Sunset cemetery under
a mound of floral designs.
She was the mother of eight
six daughters, and two
sons. One daughter, Mrs. D. 0.
Davis and the two sons, Logan Mc-
Brayer of Shelby and Robert Mc-
Brayer of St. Louis preceded her to
the grave. Surviving are the five
daughters, Mrs. W. N. Dorsey of
i Shelby, Mrs. Wm. Lowery of Pat
| terson Springs, Mrs. Grover King of
Forest City, Mrs. M. D. Honeycutt of
Monroe, Mrs. H. A. Dozier of Char
lotte. Thirty grandchildren .and four
great grandchildren to fahom she was
tied with true mother love, also sur
vive.
Mrs. Mcßrayer is the last of the
|J. R. Logan family although her
connection is wide and her friends
are legion.
A number of beautiful selections
were sung by Messrs. Tom Lattim
more, Mai Spangler, Horace Easom
and Rush Hamrick, while Mrs.
Nell Padgett Norris of Forest City
sang "Some Day We'll Under
stand."
' Pall bearers were Messrs. C. S.
Young, Roy Sisk, JohiL R. Dover,
|H. Fields Young, Jesse Lowery and
J. L. Suttle.
The flower girls were Misses Ailene
Mcßrayer, Lilah Gordon King, Mary
Logan King, Kathleen Hord, Marian
I Frances Hord, Geneva Dozier, Mil-
I dred Thompson, Charlotte; Genie
Sisk, Mrs. Julian Hord.
Miss Myrtle Hemphill spent Sun
day with her mother in Bridgewater.
_ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1929
FIGHT OVER BILL
1 TO EXEMPT LAKE
LORE PROPERTY
Representative Hutchins . Says
Hon. George Biggerstaff's
. Bill Would Set Bad
Precedent
Raleigh, Feb. 4.—The bill to ex
empt a tract of land within the cor
porate limits of Lake Lure, from the
payment of taxes and liability against
the bonded indebtedness of the town
was vigorously assailed when it came
up in the house here late Thursday.
The bill was introduced by Represen
tative George Biggerstaff, of Ruther
ford county, and the attack upon it
was led by Representative Charles S.
Hutchins, of Yancey county,
j Representative Hutchins argued
that if the house should pass this
bill to exempt a small tract of real
estate from the corporate limits,
and thus relieve the owner of this
tract from the payment of the taxes,
that it would be setting a danger
ous precedent that would tend to
weaken the credit of every city and
jtown in the state. *
"This bill merely exempts the
owner of this tract from responsi
bility for the bonded indebtedness
of the town, and relieves him from
paying the regular taxes which the
other owners have to pay. Hence
I do not think this bill should
pass.
Representative Biggerstaff made a
futile attempt to have the bill act
ed upon, but he was not sustained
and the bill was finally referred to
the judiciary No. 1 for further con
sideration.
Other local bills introduced last
week were measures to regulate the
penalties on taxes, and to facilitate
the collection of town taxes in For
est City. The first bill was introduced
by 'Senator Amos _R. Beam and is
intended to regulate the penalties
and discounts on taxes in Rutherford
county. The second bill, also intro
duced by Senator Beam pertains to
the collection of back taxes in the
town of Forest City, and authoi-izing
the sale of property to secure pay
ment of town taxes.
MRS. JOHN BURGESS
DIES AT AGE OF 81
Funeral Service for Forest City
Woman Held Friday—ln
terment at Rutherford
ton
Mrs. John Burgess, aged 81 years,
died at the home of her nephew, Mr.
M. E. Dorsey, on Powell street,
Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. She
had been in ill health for several
but had been confined to
bed only four weeks before her
death.
Funeral services were held at the
home of Mr. Dorsey Friday, and were
in charge of Rev. M. F. Moores, as
sisted by Dr. W. R. Ware, of Ruth
erfordton. Interment was in the
Rutherfordton cemetery.
She is survived by one brother, Mr.
T. A. Dorsey, of McKinney, Texas,
one step son, Mr. Frank Burgess,
former register of deeds of Polk
county, now of Columbus; one step
daughter, Mrs. John Dalton, of Polk
county, and several nieces and
nephews.
Mrs. Burgess was a daughter of
the late Rev. and Mrs. John Burgess,
and was born January 11, 1848. She
was known to her many friends here
as Aunt Lilah, being much loved by
everyone. She had made her home
here with her nephew, Mr. and Mrs.
Dorsey for the past three years, and
was given the tenderest love and care
by her devoted relatives. She was a
member of the Forest City Methodist
* —-»h, and was faithful in her du
ties toward the church.
The pall bearers were Messrs. N.
H. Welsh, G. V. Frye, Ray'Burnette,
G. P. Doggett, E. G. Flack, and F.
Y. H&mrick. The profuse floral offer
ing was carried by Misses Vivian and
Fay Dellinger, and Mrs. W. P.
Dorsey, of Shelby; Misses Kathleen
and Ruth Dorsey, Mesdames M. F.
Moores and C. E. Alcock.
Mrs. Ada Dean
Killed By Train
Head Almost Severed From Body When Sou
thern Freight Train Cab Strikes
Woman
KIWANIS CLUB
FAVORS CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE HERE
Poll of Members Show Only
One Opposed to Organiza
tion—Attendance Rec
ord Good
With 93 per cent of membership
in attendance Monday night, the
Forest City Kiwanis club made a
good start to duplicate the month's
attendance record for January. Ki
wanian Hull, of Spartanburg, kept in
tact his 100 per cent attendance rec
ord for four years by driving 37
miles to attend the Forest City meet
ing.
Howard Doggett, chairman of the
committee on Public Affairs, was in
charge of the program and brought
to the attention and interest of all
present many vital facts and sugges
tions as to what Forest City needs in
the progress and development of her
future. Many interesting opinions
and suggestions were brought out
by several speakers chief of which
was a poll of 18 business men of the
city, resulting in almost unanimous
belief in the beneficial results of a
new hotel and additional pay-rolls.
Of those interviewed 13 were heart-
ily in favor of a Chamber of Com
merce, four were neutral on the sub
ject and but one against such an
organization, cs the. means of inter
esting manufacturers in locating here.
It seemed to be the concensus of opin
ion that such an organization would
work hand in hand with the present
Kiwanis organization as an integral
part in the building up of our town.
John Dalton, Winnie Brown, Howard
Doggett and G. R. Gillespie were the
speakers assigned different phases
of the subject.
During the month of January the
local club was accorded 107 1-2 inch
es newspaper publicity by the Forest
City Courier, The Rutherfordton
News, Charlotte Observer, and Char
lotte News.
PROCEEDINGS OF
SUPERIOR COURT
Civil Term of Court Now In
Session Record of Cas
es Disposed of This
Week
Rutherfordton, Feb. s.—Judge T.
B. Finley, of North Wilkesboro, con
vened superior court here Monday
morning. This term of court is for
trial of civil cases only. On the op
ening day a number of cakes were
continued and order made in others.
Other proceedings were as follows:
Mack Lee Logan, a minor, by his
guardian Rutherford County Bank
& Trust Co., vs. Farmers Federation,
Inc. Defendant who is deaf and
dumb, was injured while in the em
ploy of the defendant and asks for
damages in the sum of SIOOO.OO.
Judgment against defendant Co. for
the sum of $271.50, to be applied to
the expense of hospital, attorney
fees, etc.
Mary Logan and State of North
Carolina vs. Charlie Logan, judgment
against defendant in the sum of
$200.00.
Carl Deaton vs. Ida Ward Deaton.
Divorce granted.
Kathleen James vs. Roy James. Di
vorce granted.
D. Childers vs. Chambers and
Turner. Plaintiff called and failed.
Non suit. This case has been be
fore two juries at previous terms,
resulting in a mistrial each time.
W. D. Galloway vs. I. Goodman.
Non suit.
A. S. Harrill vs. Silvers. Voluntary
non suit, y
Doggett & Champion vs. G. M.
14 Pages
84 COLUMNS
\sl.oo Per Year in Advance
i One of the most tragic accidents
'ever occuring in Forest City took
' place about noon last Saturday when
(Mrs. Ada Dean, aged 43, was struck
|by the rebounding cab of Southern
| freight No. 68, and instantly killed.
(The accident occurred at the South
tern depot here. Mrs. Dean, accomp
anied by Mrs. Carrie Bradv and
j Misses Maude McCluney and Eugen
jia Blackburn, had finished their work
|at the Florence Mill and were on
| their way home. As the train of cars
(had blocked their usual route they
ran to the rear of the string of cars
standing on the track, where Mrs.
Dean, in attempting to cross, was
struck down and ran over by the
j cab. Mrs. Dean was crossing the track
directly behind I the cab. The engine
further up the track at the other end
of the string of cars; coupled with the
cars, preparatory to making the trip
'on to Marion, just as Mrs. Dean was
Jin the center of the tracks. The re
bound caused the string of car to
move backward several feet. Mrs.
Dean was struck down, her body fall
ing across one track. Her head was
f almost severed from her body, and
jthe body was mangled and crushed,
1 resulting in instant death.
| The tragedy caused a pall of sad
j ness over the entire community,
; where the deceased had been living
| for over.a score of years and had
•made many acquaintances and
| friends, who regret her sudden and
unexpected demise.
Before her marriage, the deceased
was Miss Ada Linker of Cabarrus
County.
Surviving are her two daughters.
{Miss Myrtle Dean and Mrs. Wm.
' Lytle, both of this place, also an
aged father, several brothers and sis
ters, and a host of friends.
In the presence of probably the
largest congregation ever to assemble
in the church the funeral was held
Sunday afternoon in the local Wes
leyan Methodist church, of _ which
the deceased had been a faithful ancU
consistent member for nearly seven
teen years.
| Rev. B. H. Hiatt, the pastor, was
jin charge. Revs. M. R. Harvey of
Cherryville, G. F. Settlemyre of Hen
dersonville and J. E. Conner of Gas
jtonia, each made brief remarks in
j regard to the life of Mrs. Dean, af
jter which, Rev. Edwin M. Graham,
j pastor of the First Wesleyan church
'in Charlotte, preached the funeral
•sermon using as a theme, "The Inev
j itable Debt."
| The body was carried to the Cool
j Springs cemetery and interred by the
' side of the husband who preceded her
! about sixteen years ago to the grave.
The floral offerings were profuse
and quite beautifule.
The flower bearers were: Miss
Mary Melton, Mesdames Effie Hill,
G. W. Lytle, Nannie Burgin, Osie
Hardin, Ethel Hardin, Pearl Doggett,
Annie Hardin and Ruby Doggett.
The pallbears were: Messrs. G. K.
Lytle, R. C. Burgin, J. A. Hardin, D.
S. Hardin, A. L. Doggett and E. J.
Doggett.
WOMANS' CLUB
The Citizenship Department of the
Woman's Club will meet in the City
Hall Friday night, February Bth,
1929, at 7:30. All members are
%
cordially invited to be present at
this meeting.
Music Club Meeting Changed
On account of the meeting of The
Rutherford County club at Blanton's
Cafe on Friday, February 15, the
meeting of the music club has been
changed to Tuesday, February 12.
All members are requested to take
notice and bear the change of date
in mind.
j __
Self. Defendant withdraws appeal
and defendant taxed with cost of ap
peal.