forest City
the Business
Center of
the
County
pa-No. 21.
IGTY TO SEND
■SIX MEN TO SOUTH
I ATLANTIC LEAGUE
■ For Try-outs
In rtierford County will be well
feed ™ the South Atlantic
■ P this vear if the players from
B county now under contract for
ft'l make the grade. Six players,
■ tfU of the Carolina Textile
■ have been signed.
BGUS Hartsoe. mainstay of the Spin
lie pitching Staff of last year has
ten taken up by Charlotte. Grady
Errill catcher on the Forest City
■ 1 „'f the Carolina Textile League
■/last year, and a former Blue
Ifce League performer has been
I o signed by Charlotte. Bragg of
| rest city, Bullington, snappy in
fcelder of Spindale, and Scott, form
|r Spindale outfield man, go to
Inartanburg. Alton Grose, of Spin
tie who has had several years ex
igence in the 'bush leagues' of
K'orth Carolina and Georgia, will be
[iven a trial on the Augusta pitch-
DEATH CLAIMSMRS.
NORA ALDRIDGE
Alexander Woman Succumbs
to Long Illness —Funer- -
al Wednesday
Mrs. Nora Aldridge, aged 45, died
at the home of her son, Mr. Isaac
Randall, of Alexander, where she
had been making her home, Tuesday
morning at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Aldridge
had been ill about eighteen months
with cancer, and had underwent an
operation for that ailment.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
Providence Methodist church. Inter
ment was in the Providence ceme
tery.
Mrs. Aldridge was twice married.
Three children by her first marriage
survive, as follows, Isaac Randall,
Alexander, with whom she made her
home; Mrs. Monnie Buckner, of
Alexander; and Lewis Randall, of
Alexander. Her second marriage
was to Mr. Aldridge, who preceded
her to the grave about 18 months
ago. To this union were born three
children, Vernon, Mary and Vera
Aldridge, all at home.
Two sisters, Mrs. Phillips, of
Forest City, R-3, and Mrs. Will
Vickers, of Forest City, R-l, survive,
also two brothers, J. W. Phillips,
Forest City, R-2 and Landrum Phil
lips, of C:.roleen.
THE BIG FIGHT
OVER THE WIRE
| Romina Theatre Has Special
Western Union Wire for
Ringside Report of
Stribling-Sharkey
Fight
Wednesday night, Feb. 27th, is to
° e a big night at the Romina Theatre.
Principal interest is centered in ' the
Stribling-Sharkey fight at Miami, and
this event will be covered by a spec
'al Western Union wire report direct
from the ringside. The Olympia Play
er& and Rod La Rocque in "Love Ov-
Night" are also on the program,
his trio of features should draw a
arge crowd to The Romina. Manager
ughes has been unstinted in going
t0 heavy expense to provide these
e atures for Romina patrons, and is
0 be congratulated upon his enter
pnse. Elsewhere will be found a
week's program for the
°mina Theatre, which shows some
ric h things are in store for their
Patrons.
results of the chamnionship bask
et ball game at Gastonia Thursday
J'ght will be given at The Romina.
01 'est City plays Charlotte on this
n 'ght, an( j j oca i i n t eres t i n the out-
Come °f the game will be intense.
FORESTCITY COURIER
FOR E.ST 1 CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFULCITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ~SUfiVEY7
To Sing for 3 Kings
i Miss Fay Marvilius of New York
has gone to Europe to sing before
three monarchs, the rulers of Nor
way, Denmark and Sweden.
HENRIETTA WOMAN
DIED SUNDAY
Funeral For Mrs. Eliza Walker
Held at Dysartsville
Monday Afternoon
! Henrietta, Feb. 25. —Mrs. Eliza
Walker, aged 76, died here Sunday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
H. J. Brandle, after an illness of sev
eral months.
i Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at Dysartsville Baptist
church. Rev. R. N. Childress, of Hen
rietta conducted the funeral services.
Interment was in the Dysartsville
cemetery.
I Her husband preceded her to the
grave sometime ago. She leaves five
children, four sons and one daughter,
as follows: J. W. Walker, F. H. Wal
ker and M. P. Walker, all of Burke
'county and J. H. Walker of Caroleen,
and Mrs. H. J. Brandle, of Henrietta.
'One brother, G. W. Warlick, of
Burke, also survive
| Mrs. Walker a member of the
Baptist church.
DEATH CLAIMS DR!
; A. J. WHISNANT
1 Prominent Rutherford Dentist
Succumbs to An Attack
of Heart Trouble
Rutherfordton, Feb. 25.—Dr. A. J.
;Whisnant, popular and well known
' dentist, of this city, died here Thurs
day night at his home after an ex
tended illness, of heart trouble.
! Funeral services were held here
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the First Methodist church, with the
pastor, Dr. W. R. Ware in charge. In
terment followed in the Rutherford
ton cemetery.
He is survived by his widow and
four children, George Crawford
jWhisnant, age 21; William Whisnant,
age 17; Ethel Jane, age 11; and Lucy
Bell, 10 years old. He leaves three
brothers, Dr. J. F. Whisnant, promi
nent dentist, of Henrietta; W. C.
: Whisnant, Shelby a former merch
ant and P. C. Whisnant, farmer of
near Hollis.
I The deceased was born February
'29, 1868. He was educated in the
I schools of the late Capt. W. T. R.
j Bell of this section and graduated
!in dentistry at the* University of
Maryland in 1905 and has been prac
ticing dentistry here since. He was
I a native of Cleveland county but has
| made Rutherfordton his home for the
,past 28 years.
Dr. Whisnant was born in Febru
ary, married in February and died in
February. His father, the late Abso
lom Whisnant was born on Christmas
day and died on Christmas day. Dr.
Whisnant was an active merAber of
the Methodist church and was honest
and industrious. He knew dentistry
,as few men know it. He was well
; known in both Rutherford and Cleve
land counties. Mrs. Whisnant is the
daughter of the Hon. George Bigger
staff, representative in the legisla
ture at present from Rutherford
county. Western Star Lodge, No. 91
A. F. and A. M. of Rutherf ordton
had charge of the burial services.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FORES* V Y AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA T? \Y, FEBRUARY 28, 1929
'BROTHER OF MRS.
! W. A. BARBER DIES
1 IN ATLANTA, GA.
; Mr. Frank Burton Succumbs to
i Injuries Received in Acci
dent Saturday in Atlanta
Spindale, Feb. 27.—Rev. and Mrs.
W. A. Barber left Spindale Monday
morning for Atlanta, Ga., where
they attended the funeral of Mrs.
Barber's brother, Mr. Frank Burton.
.
Mr. Burton was injured in an acci
dent Saturday, dying late Sunday
evening. Word was received by Mrs.
Barber Monday of the death, but
the message failed to state the na
ture of the accident.
Mr. Burton is gurvived by his
mother, wife, nine brothers and sis
ters, Mrs. Barber being one of the
sisters. Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning in Atlanta Ga.
Mr. Burton was thirty-six years of
age, and was a native of Georgia. He
was a traveling salesman and had
made his home in Atlanta for a num
ber* of years.
PNEUMONIA FATAL
TO A. C. ALLEN
Prominent Insurance Official
Died Thursday After
Short Illness
Mr. A. C. Allen, aged 35 years,
died at the Rutherford hospital
Thursday morning at 2:45 o'clock, of
double pneumonia and other compli
cations. He was taken ill a few days
previous, and he and his friends did
not consider his illness of a serious
nature. His condition became worse,
necessitating his removal to the ho&l
pital Wednesday, where death claim
ed him Thursday morning..
His body was taken to Enfield, N.
C., his old home, Thursday, and
funeral services were held there Fri
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Mr.
Anderson was in charge of the funer
al services, which were held at the
home of his brother, Mr. L. L. Allen.
Interment was at Enfield. The
Masons had charge of the interment
service.
Pall bearers were Messrs. C. C.
Tate, L. E. Ramsey, 0. G. Nanney,
G. G. Briscoe, J. H. Lee and Grady
Carpenter, all of this county.
Mr. Allen is survived by his wid
ow, who before her marriage was
Miss Maude Horton, of Raleigh, and
two children, A. C. Jr., and Charles
Allen. He is also survived by two
brothers and one sister, as follows:
W. H. and L. L. Allen, Enfield, N.
C. and Mrs. D. M. Dew, of Ruther
ford College, N. C.
Mr. Allen came to Forest City
from Raleigh several years ago, and
was assistant manager of The Metro
politan Life Insurance Company, of
this district. He was a member of
the First Baptist church of Forest
City and was a member of the local
Masonic lodge. He was born July 14,
1893, in Enfield. He spent several
years at Raleigh and later came to
Forest City.
CITY VISITED BY CHAMBER
COMMERCE REPRESENTATIVE
Forest City Business Men Fav
orable to Organization,
Survey Shows
Mr. Floyd C. Bonham, of Wash
ington, D. C., a representative of the
United States Chamber of Commerce,
spent several days in Forest City last
week in the interest of that organ
ization.
While Mr. Bonham's trip here was
principally to interest the citizens of
the city in the national organization,
he canvassed the business men of
Forest City in regard to organizing a
local Chamber of Commerce here.
He reports that the prospects for such
a step are encouraging. Of the bus
iness men interviewed more than
twenty-five signified their willing
ness and desire to enroll in a local
3
. £ Pro-Petter
L. J. Ryan, editor of the Varsity,
daily newspaper of the University of
Toronto, who caused a sensation by
writing an editorial in which he said
"petting never hurt anyone."
MOTHER OF MRS.
G. B. HOWARD DEAD
Mrs. Mary B. Mitchell Dies in
Charlotte Tuesday After
Brief Illness
Spindale, Feb. 26.—Word was re
ceived here Tuesday by Mrs. G. B.
Howard of the death of her mother,
Mrs. Mary B. Mitchell, which occur
ed in Charlotte Tuesday.
Mrs. Mitchell, aged 75, had been
ill only a short time and her death
came as a shock to the family and
immediate relatives.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
from Steel Creek Presbyterian
church. Interment was in Steel
Creek cemetery.
Mrs. Mitchell iz survived by four
daughters and two sons, and a num
ber of grandchildren. Her husband
preceded her to the grave sometime
tMt _
W. M. S. TO OBSERVE WEEK
OF PRAYER MARCH 4 TO 8
•
The W. M. S. of The First Baptist
church will observe a week of prayer
beginning Monday, March 4, and con
tinuing through March 8. The Mis
sionary and Aid societies will hold
their regular meeting on Wednesday
of the same week at the church. The
program will be in charge of the
Young Matrons. All meetings will be
held at 3 o'clock in the church.
(CHIMNEY ROCK PICTURE
•IN NATIONALLY KNOWN PAPER
The current issue of Holland's
Magazine, a household journal, pub
lished in Kansas City, carries a fine
picture of Chimney Rock and a view
of Lake Lure from the rock. This
picture was one of a group of a half
dozen illustrating an article on Sou
thern resorts.
PLAY "THE 44 FLAPPER"
AT CAROLEEN SATURDAY
Caroleen, Feb. 26.—A humorous,
three act play will be given at the
Caroleen elementary school Saturday
evening. The title of the play is "The
44 Flapper," which depicts fashions
of 1944. A large number of Caroleen
folk will take part in the play.
organization. A large percent of the
Forest City business men are 'sold'
on the Chamber of Commerce organ
ization, and speak highly of its activ
ities, its accomplishments and meth
ods of placing a town before the
world, said Mr. Bonham.
According to Mr. Bonham, further
steps toward organizing rests with
the local business men. A sufficient
number have expressed a desire to
organize, and with that number a
respectable Commercial club could
be organized at once.
Mr. Bonham came here Tuesday
and left Thursday after two days
canvassing. In case the citizens and
business men should decide to organ
ize a chamber of commerce, a repre
sentative of the national organiza
tion could be secured to assist in the
undertaking, said Mr. Bonham.
Forest City Youth
Attacked By Thugs
Adelaide Peeler Sandbagged in Bout With
Strangers Who Refuse to Pay
For Gas
FOREST CITY MEETS
CHARLOTTE TONIGHT
Cool Springs high school
basketball team, champions of
group seven, will play Char
lotte, winners of group six
championship, at Gastonia
Thursday night (tonight) at 8
o'clock. Asheville High, of
group eight and Mt. Ulla, of
group five, will clash at the
same time at Asheville.
If Forest City and Asheville
win tonight they will play at
Spindale Monday. If Forest
City and Mt. Ulla win they will
play at Hickory Monday night.
The winner of Monday
night's game will meet the
winner of the Lexington-Wins
ton-Salem- Candor - High Point
contests Thursday night, March
7, at Salisbury. The Salisbury
winner goes to Chapel Hill for
the state finals, March 9.
SPONSORS COTTON
GROWING CONTEST
Prizes Offered to Ellenboro
Farmers - Who Produce
Most Cotton Next Sea
son
Ellenboro, Feb. 26.—The first eve-
ning meeting for farmers which was
held in the Ellenboro school building
Monday night by A. B. Bushong,
teacher of agriculture, was attended
by more than thirty farmers who gave
their names to enter a cotton grow
ing contest now being sponsored by
the agricultural department of the
school, tg j
Twenty-five dollars in cash have
already been donated to be given in
three prizes to the farmers who pro
duce the most cotton on five acres,
and more money is being raised to be
given as prizes for the purpose of
stimulating more efficiency in grow
ing cotton in the Ellenboro commun
ity, because after all it is not how
much cotton is grown on an acre that
counts but how much profit is made.
During the meeting the teacher of
agriculture gave the results of the
cotton variety tests conducted by the
Department of Agriculture of the
local school last year with percent
lint, length of staple, yield of ginned
cotton per acre and value of lint pel
acre for each variety. These facts
helped the farmers to decide on the
variety to grow. Before the close
of the meeting the teacher of agri
culture took the farmers' names to
get them more good seed. '
The next meeting is set for Fri
day evening, March Ist. when ferti
lizing cotton will be discussed. At
this time the cotton fertilizer tests
conducted by the Chilean Nitrate of
Soda Educational Bureau and the
Agricultural Department of the local
school co-operating will be explained,
and prices on fertilizing materials
will be available for the group. All
who are interested are invited to be
present.
The names of those who were pres
ent are: W. M. Campbell, L. L. Led
ford, A. L. McKinney, A. L. Burns,
M. B. Burns, A. M. Bridges, G. C.
Hamrick, L. R. Webb, A. D. Bridges,
F. L. Sparks, E. S. Bridges, G. B.
Hamrick, G. J. Padgett, W. W. Bridg
es, Oscar Padgett, W. E. Padgett,
M. E. Bridges, W. R. Philbeck, E. B.
Wilson, W. C. Stockton, M. E. Helt
on, B. E. Greene, B. C. Greene, E. B.
Dycus, C. B. Harrill, E. E. Hamrick,
L. W. McKinney, G. L. Jenkins, and
A. H. Greene.
16 Pages
96 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
Adelaide Peeler, twenty year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Peeler, of
the Mt. Pleasant community, who
was sandbagged Monday morning by
some unknown parties who refused
to pay for some gasoline they had
just bought from young Peeler, re
turned from the Rutherford Hospi
ta Tuesday morning after undergoing
treatment.
Young Peeler, football star and
captain of the Cool Springs football
squad, was found lying in the road
in front of his home in an uncon
scious condition about 8 o'clock Mon
day morning by a school bus driver,
after he had ben hit over the head
with a sandbag by thugs.
Peeler left the house a short time
before he was found, to catch the
school bus, which carried him each
morning to Cool Springs high school,
where he is a student.
When found he was carried to the
! house and medical aid and the police
were summoned. Chief of Police
Chas. R. Price, of Forest City, and
Garrett Edwards, county motorcycle
officer, made a thorough investiga
tion. Near the spot where Peeler was
found they discovered a flour sack
with about a half-pint of sand in it.
A Ford coupe was in the garage with
the hood raised. A pet-cock in the
gas line was open and gasoline was
! dripping out of it. In front of the car
was a half gallon bottle that had gas
in it. 11 v • JL
i
i Peeler who part of the time was irt
ja* semi-conscious state but was tillable
jto talk clearly, would raise up once
|in a while and say, "They won't
[me for the gas." He would also raise
jtwo fingers and say "two men in a
JjPord roadster."
} He was taken to the hospital at 3
j o'clock Monday afternoon. An ex
amination revealed that he had suf
fered no bodily injuries, but that he
was severely bruised about the head
j where he tfas struck by the sandbag,
j He remained in a semi-conscious
[state until Tuesday morning. Shortly
'before noon Tuesday he was able to
•give the officers a connected, coher
!ent account of the affair.
I While waiting for the school bus
I two young men in a car stopped and
. inquired if they might purchase some
i gasoline. Young Peeler went to the
Jcar shed nearby and drew out a half 1
! gallon of gas which was put in the
j strangers car. They made prepara
tions to leave without paying for the
'gas, and one of the men started the
car. Peeler reached inside and cut off
'the switch. As he did that, one of the
'men struck at him with a knife cut
•tiyg his arm and his coat along the
( arm and lapel. Peeler hit him with his
'fists, and as he did this the other
j man struck him over the head with
(the sandbag.
j The men said they were from J
' Georgia. Their car bore a Georgia
■ license plate. To date the police have
• found no clues that would lead to
ithe arrest of the guilty parties.
MEET TUESDAY
Executive Board of Piedmont
Council Will Hold Meet
ing at Rutherfordton
i
Rutherfordton, Feb. 26.—The ex
iecutive board of the Piedmont Coun
cil, Boy Scout of America, will meet
at the Iso-Thermal here Tuesday night
lat 6:30 o'clock. The meeting will be
j presided over by Mr. J. W. Atkins,
president of the Council, and manag
ing editor of the Gastonia Gazette,
[of Gastonia. About twenty-five of
ficials, representing the counties of
Gaston, Lincoln, Cleveland, Polk and
Rutherford will be in attendance.
I Several matters of importance will
|be brought up at this meeting for
action.