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Forest City the Business Center of the County VOL. XI—No. 24 »MOTORCADE OF KENTUCKIANS TO COME TO CITY \ ■ Several Hundred in Party to Make Trip Pass Through Forest City k " * on Return Jour ney ■ Several hundred Kentuckians in a motorcade to start at Danville, Ky., the first week of April, will travel to Charleston, S. C., over the Chica go-Charleston airline highway, pass ing through Forest City on the re turn journey, according to informa tion received here last week from Mayor W. O. Mclntyre, of Danville. Mayor Mclntyre and his secretary, Thurston Kirby, left Danville last week on a preliminary trip over the highway to complete arrangements for the tour. v The Kentuckians are to celebrate in this way the. formal opening of , this highway, which connects the j Great Lakes with the sea. There j will be several distinguished Ken tuckians in the party, including Will iam Jennings Price, former minister to Panama; Dr. C J. Truck, president of Centre College; Newton Bright, commissioner of agriculture of Ken tucky and head of the Kentucky State Fair and horse show. Among others there will be forty of central Kentucky's most prominent club- Women. The trip will be made over the old Wilderness Road, or Boone Trail, in Kentucky, through the Gateway of Cumberland Gap at Middlesboro, the land of the sky, the Piedmont country, via Columbia to Charles ton. The motorcade will go via Greenville and return via Charlotte, including a visit to Kings Moun tain, where Isaac Shelby, Ken tucky's first governor, gained heroit fame. Lexington and Louisville au tomobile clubs will send their man agers. T. Bush Hill, of Middle boro, an orator, has been dele gated to represent the Kentucky progress commission. HARDWARE STORE OPENS HERE SOON Southern Hardware, Inc., To Open in Buck Store Build ing April Ist > The Southern Hardware, Incorpor ated, will open a store here about April 1, in the old Buck Store build ing, next to Peoples Drug Co., ac cording to an announcement made Tuesday by Mr. J. E. Ridings, who will be manager. Carpenter are busy renovating the building, adding shelves and re arranging the interior to suit the purposes of the new business. This particular concern will op erate stores in West Asheville and Enka, and is captalized at SIOO,OOO, with Mr. W. B. Gamble, of South ' Carolina, J. E. Ridings, of Forest City and D. L. Moyde, of Asheville as incorporators. The above concern is affiliated with the Southern Hardware, Incor porated, a company which operates a large number of stores in North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. , > Mr. J. E.- Ridings, who will be manager of the local store, is a brother of attorney C. O. Ridings. He is a native of Polk county and has had fourteen years successful ex perience in the mercantile business. He is a young man of integrity and - ability and his venture into business here is sure to prove profitable and of benefit to himself and a large con course of customers who will patron ize this new institution. SPINDALE STREET TO BE PAVED SOON Spindale, March 19.—Spindale Street, one of the town's principal thoroughfares, will be paved, at an early date. This was decided upon at a meeting of the town council held Monday night. Spindale street ex tends from the railroad crossing, in front of the Spindale House, to the incorporation limits 1 1-2 miles east. FOREST CITY COURIER FOREST CITY-*—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY^ KIWANIANS HEAR DR. L B. JENKINS Pastor of First Baptist Church, Rutherfordton, Speaks to Local Club The Kiwanis Club had a very in teresting and instructive meeting Monday evening, at its hall over Blanton's Cafe. Dr. W. A. Ayers had charge of the program for the occasion. A feature of the meeting was several delight ful musical numbers rendered by Miss Katherine Goggans, Miss Ann Lawrence and Mr. A. M.Glickman. Dr. E. B. Jenkins, pastor of the First Baptist'church, of Rutherford ton, was a visitor, and was called up on for an address. He spoke inter estingly on the subject of "The Value of the Church to the Community." His talk was based upon his exper iences during the past several years of travel. Dr. Jenkins has visited many na tions in Europe, Asia and Africa within the past several years, as well as having traveled extensively on the North American continent. His wide experience has given him \ rich background, and he handled his sub ject in a masterful manner. The Club will hold its regular monthly directors* meeting at the city hall on Thursday (tonight) at 7 o'clock. BOSTON STORE OPENS MARCH 28 Will Handle Medium Priced Ready-to-Wear for Men, Women and Children The Boston Store, Forest City's newest enterprise, will open here March 28. This new store is being opened in the old Harrill wholesale Company's stand, near the Romina theatre. The manager, Mr. E. M. Goldklang, states that he will handle a complete line of ready-to-wear for men, women and children, which will be sold at a medium- price. Mr. Goldklang is here this weelc stocking the building and making preparations for his formal opening next Thursday. Watch next weeVs issue of The Courier for full an nouncements. Mr. Goldklang comes to Forest City from Bishopville, S. C., where he has been engaged in the mercan tile business for a number of years, and is an experienced merchant. HARRILL FAMILY REUNION SUNDAY Memorial Service For Late Martin J. Harrill Held at Old Home Place The memorial birthday dinner giv en Sunday in honor of Mr. Martin J. Harrill, at the home of Mrs. Charles Ford, was well attended. So successful was the occasion that it has been definitely decided to make it an annual e^ent. The dinner was given as a mem orial to the late Martin J. Harrill, on occasion of his 104 th anniversary. Mr. Harrill, who was born in 1825, was one of the county's outstanding men. His descendants gathered Sun day at the old home place, on the old Bostic road to celebrate his mem ory. Forty-eight "relatives and friends of the family were present. The basket dinner was spread on the lawn and was greatly enjoyed by all who were privileged to attend. After the dinner interesting talks were made by Rev. W. A. Ayers, of Forest City; L. C. Lowrance, Charles Z. Flack and B. Arp Lowrance, of Charlotte. Several vocal selections were rendered by the Grahamtown colored quartette. Among the out of town guests present were Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Har rill, of Rock Hill; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harrill, of Raleigh; Mrs. T. W. Barrett, Mrs. S. E. Wylie and Mrs. W. H. Ferguson, of Chester; Mrs. J. P. Simmons and daughter, Miss Mae, of Spindale; James Kanipe, of Lattimore and B. Arp Lowrance, of Charlotte. PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1929 . J Outstanding Achievements of 1929 Legislature Raleigh, March 20.—The North Carolina General Assembly of 1929 was formally adjourned Tuesday, after being in session sixty-nine days. The Courier published a resume of the local bills passed at this session in last week's paper. The outstanding bills of state-wide importance passed at this session are summarized as follows: School Aid Law—Provides $6,500,000 equalizing fund, allotted $5,- 250,000 to six months' term, and $1,250,000 for aid of eight months' term special districts, for each year of the biennium. This is double the equaliz ing fund appropriated at the 1927 session. The act alsO prescribes admin istrative changes intended to promote economy in the schools. A 30-cent participating level is established. County Highway Aid Law—lncreasing gasoline tax from four cents a gallon to five, and creates a county highway aid fuml_of approximately $3,000,000 a year to be allocated to the 100 counties of the state on a popu lation-area basis, on condition that the counties reduce their ad valorem taxes for roads by an amount equal to their quota; also establishes a $5,- 000,000 equalizing fund to be disbursed by the State Highway commission without regard to county or district lines. Maintenance Appropriation Act—Authorizes expenditures of $38,000,- 000 for operation of state government and institutions during. two-year period beginning July 1. Permanent Improvements Appropriation Act —Authorizes bond issue of $1,972,000 for buildings at State Educational and Charitable institu tions. Revenue Act—Provides for increased franchise taxes on railroads and power companies, the rates being doubled, and various other increases, principally. in business license rates. License tax on soft drink bottlers doubled. • .... . i ... w . Australian Ballot Law—Requires secret voting in all primaries and > elections, but allows "markers" to be designated to assist illiterate voters. Workmen's Compensation—Provides for compensation based upon 60 per cent of average weekly wage of injured employee, with minimum of $7 a week and maximum of $lB ,a week, with limitation of $6,000 for com pensation for death or permanent disability; sets up industrial commission of three members to be appointed by the governor to administer provisions, Executive Counsel Act—Abolishes position of pardon commissioner, and creates instead office of executive counsel to governor, with salary of $6,500 a year, who will perform duties of pardon commissioner and such other functions as may be assigned to him by chief executive. Senatorial Vacancies—Authorizes governor to name successor in event either of United States senators dies or resigns before expiration of term, successor to serve until next General election. Sterilization of Mental Defectives—Lays down method by which ster ilization of mental defectives in public institutions may be ordered, and also condtions upon which same operation may be ordered .for defectives not in institutions. Highway Patrol Act—Establishes farce of 36 patrolmen and one chief, to be appointed by and serve under the State Highway commission, with principal duty protection of the highway against too heavily loaded trucks, and other abuses. Aviation Code—Series of five acts setting forth regulations for the operation of aircraft in the state. Constitutional Amendments—Submitting to voters questions of adding two Associate Justices to Supreme Court, thus increasing personnel to sev ien -' sepaiation of solicitorial and judicial and of authorizing Gen eral Assembly to classify property for taxation with view to taxing so-called intangibles. Mairiage Banns Requires five days' notice be given before ap plication for marriage license is granted, but applies only to minors. Bar Examination Restricts privilege of standing State Bar examina tion to natives of state and to bonafide students of law in state institutions. Appointment of Revenue Commissioner—JMakes office of Commis sioner of Revenue filled by appointment of the governor, instead of by election by the voters. Automobile Licenses—Act requires each automobile to display two license plates. Robbery Penalty Maximum penalty for robbery with fire-arms set at 30 years imprisonment instead of fh*e years. Divorce Statutes amended to make five years of involuntary sepa ration, as when husband or wife is in prison, grounds for divorce. Alcohol and Narcotics—Public schools required to teach evil effects on human system of alcohol and aiarcotics. Salaries—Attorney - General's pay raised to $7,500 from $4,000 with j stipulation that incumbent give full time to duties; act passed limiting ; pay of any otficial or employee of State Highway commission to maximum j of SIO,OOO a year. Frank Page received $15,000 as chairman of commission | prior to his resignation. Governor's salary increased to SIO,OOO a year ef ! fective in 1932. j Prison Industries—-Act passed directs state prison to set up plant for manufacture of automobile license plates. FARMER, OF NEAR BOSTIC, BOUND AND ROBBED SUNDAY Large Sum of Money Taken From Mr. Terry Phil beck by Three Men Sunday Night j Bostic, R-2, March 18.—Mr. Terry Philbeck, one of the communi ty's best known citizens, was rob bed of a large sum of money last Sunday night at his home. Mr. Phil beck lives near Salem church, in the Washburn community, three miles east of Bostic. Philbeck, a bachelpr, who lives alone, was awakened during the night when the men entered his. house, he said. They bound his hands and feet with a rope, and while he looked on, broke up a trunk and removed SSOO, the sav ings of a lifetime. They escaped with the money, and he has no idea of their identity. The man managed to drag him- self into the kitchen and with a butcher knife cut the ' cords that bound his feet. He then went to a neighbor's and got the rope .cut, I with which his hands were tied. I The matter was reported to officers land an investigation has been made, without results. The men were en tire strangers to Mr. Philbeck, and he states that he had never seen them before that time. No clues have been unearthed that would indicate in the slightest who the men are, or where they are from. OPERETTA SUCCESSFUL • The teachers of the primary grades of the grammar school, deserve much credit and praise on the operetta, "Fairies Are Really Truly," given by their grades on Tuesday ijight at the grammar school. The costumes were beautiful and the children showed fine training. MINSTREL-REVUE AT SPINDALE ON SATURDAY NIGHT Entertainment to be Staged For Benefit Basketball Club— Other News of Late Interest Spindale, March 18.—A minstrel revue will be given in the Spindale House Saturday evening, beginning at 8 o'clock, for the benefit of the basketball team. The entertainment will consist of orchestra selections, vocal music, (String band music, readings, and skits. Mr. C. Z. Go forth will participate in the program, also the Whitaker Sisters, McGinnis Brothers, Spindale Quartette, For rester orchestra and others. An ex cellent program of entertainment has been arranged and will be well worth the time of all who attend. Beginning last Saturday, at 12:30 o'clock, a bus line was inaugurated to Rutherfordton. The bus will be operated every Saturday from 12:30 to 9:30 p. m., on hourly schedule. The main office building at Spindale is the starting point and the Central Hotel is the starting point in Ruther fordton. The fare is only ten cents each way. This will give the people of Ruth erfordton and Spindale better con nections and more intimate touch with each other at a small cost. The jnerchants of Rutherfordton will cash any mill checks. This bus line will enable the people of Spindale to come to Rutherfordton cheaper than they can |drive their own cars and return home before bed time. Born to Mr. and Mrs. G. B. How ard, a son, Frank Mitchell Howard. JBorn, Tuesday, to Mr. and Mrs. Garland Johnson, a son. MURDER PLOTTER PLEADS GUILTY New jersey Man Who Wanted Wife Killed to be Sen tenced March 25th William S. Joyce,'alias Walter E. Morris, of Woodbury, N. J., pled guilty in federal court at Trenton, N. J., last Thursday to a charge of sending "indecent" letters to James P. Waters, of Forest City. Joyce, who wrote to Waters offering him S3OO to go to Woodbury to kill his wife, was arrested after a trap had been set for him by Chief of the local police department, Chas. R. | Price, assisted by Postoffice Inspec tor W. S. Brown, of Bridgeton, N. J. j This case, which was the most un -1 usual local men have ever figured iin, had its beginning in February, 11928, when Joe P. Waters, of this j city, received a letter from a man re ' siding in Woodbury, N. J., and sign led Walter E. Morris, stating that | Mr. Waters had been recommended to him as a "thug" or paid killer" ! and that he had some one he want |ed out of the way, and wanting to know how much Waters Would charge to go to New Jersey to do the | "job." The letter was turned over to ! Chief Price by Waters, who framed |an answer, signing Waters' name to i it. Price then got in touch with post ! office inspector J. G. Evans, of Asheville, who advised him to keep up his correspondence with Morris, ! turning a copy of all his letters writ ten to, and received from Morris over to the postoffice inspector gen eral at Washington, D. C. They were then turned over to the postoffice inspector of the district in which Morris lived, W. S. Brown, of Bridge ton, N. J. About this time Inspector Brown sent Price instructions to close the deal with Morris and enclosed in his letter were a special delivery stamp and a registered stamp that were to be placed on the letter from Price closing the deal. When Morris called at the post office for the letter it was necessary for him to sign for it and to be iden tified. One of the clerks identified him as he had rented a box at Pauls boro, N. J., under the name of Mor ris for over four When trac- ' ed to his home it was; found that he lived in Woodbury, X. J., and that r- • I 7, 1 8 Pages 108 COLUMNS SI.OO Per Year in Advance TAR HEEL FARMERS TO GIVE FATHERS BANQUET MARCH 26 Cool Springs Chapter Prepares Interesting Program For Annual Father-Son Banquet The Cool Springs Chapter of Young Tar Heel Farmers will en tertain their fathers at a father-and son banquet in the High School caf eteria on Tuesday evening, March 26. This entertainment is one of 135 father and son banquets which are being given by the students of voca tional agriculture in as many North Carolina High Schools this school year. Thirty-five boys and their fathers, the county board of educa tion and county superintendent, the Cool Springs Township . board, Sup erintendent J. W. Eakes, Chas. Chas. C. Erwin, D. H. Sutton, Roy H. Thomas, state director of agricul tural education, and J. M. Osteen, district supervisor will attend the banquet. .The home economics students, un der the direction of Miss Johnnie King, will prepare and serve the ban quet. Albert Blanton, president of the local chapter of Young Tar Heel Farmers, will preside and act as toastmaster .The principal address will be delivered by Roy H. Thomas. The following program has been pre pared. Welcome, Albert Blanton. Toast: To Our Fathers, Forest (Hunt. Response: To Our Sons, J. W. Ma theney. Toast: To the County Board4o Education, Glen McKeithan. Response to the Young Tar Heel , Farmers, A Member of Board. { Toast: To The Local Board, Nor 'ris Wells. j Response: To The Cool Springs ; Chapter, A Member of Board. Introduction of J. M. Osteen, J. W. ' Eakes. Address, J. M. Osteen. Introduction of Roy H. Thomas, Clyde Erwin. Address, Roy H. Thomas. SCOUT FINANCE DAY MARCH 29 f f » i j i, Canvass of Countv for Boy Scout Funds Will be Made t« Friday We£k 1. ! Spindale, March 20.—A meeting of -'the Rutherford County executive '. j committee, Boy Scouts of America, - ' met in the Spindale House Tuesday d evening and outlined plans for the % annual canvass for the county's qUC s ta. Friday, March 29, is designated - as Boy Scout Finance day, and an - effort will be made to collect the t county's quota of $1650.00 on that j date. Mr. R. E. Price, chairman of ' the county finance committee, will - be in charge of the drive. Each town 3 of the county will be allotted a pro i portionate sum to be raised. Each 3 town and community will be canvass > ed by a special finance committee 1 from that particular community. > I Each community in the county will be canvassed simultaneously, and an - effort will be made to tisit each'par : ent of a Boy Scout, the business i houses and mills in soliciting funds. ,I A complete committee for each . locality will be announced next week. CIVICS CLASS VISITS THE COURIER OFFICE Miss Ruth Moore's eighth grade civics class, of Cool Springs high school, visited The Courier office Tuesday morning and learned how to run a newspaper. The class, consist ing of twenty-five or more students, . was greatly interested iq watching the operation of the linotype, presses and folder. The actual operation of printing a newspaper was observed, and each member received an insight into the many operations necessary to produce a newspaper. his name was William Joyce. He was arrested July 13, 1928. ' Joyce, whose trial was held last week at Trenton, N. J., plead guilty to the charges.