Forest City
the Business
Center of
the
County
VOL. XI—No. 38
THOS. M. HARRILL
FATALLY INJURED
BY CAR SATURDAY
West Main Street Merchant
Dies Monday Of Injuries
Received When Crush
ed Between Cars
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY
Mr. T. M. Harrill, merchant of
West Main street, died Monday morn
ing at 11:30 at the Rutherford hospi
tal of injuries received Saturday af
ternoon when he was crushed be
tween a truck and touring car in
front of his store.
Funeral services for Mr. Harrill
were held Wednesday morning at 11
o'clock at Pleasant GroVe church.
Interment was in the Pleasant Grove
cemetery.
He is survived by his widow, and
seven children as follows, Martin, C.
8., Iver, Lois, Ruth, Palmer and
Eudophis Harrill, all at home. The
eldest, Martin, is 18 years of age.
Four brothers and one half- sister
survive, as follows: Cleve Harrill,
Spindale; Palmer Harrill, and Clovis
Harrill, Forest City and Claude
Harrill, Avondale, and Mrs. H. L.
Young, of Charlotte. His mother, the
wife of the late Frank Harrill, is al
so living.
Mr. Harrill, who was 42 years of
age, was one of the city's best known
business men. He had conducted a
general merchandise business and
filling station near the Forest City
Oil mill, on West Main street, for
about seven years. Prior to that he
had been in business at other places
in the city, and had an excellent repu
tation as a business man of integrity
and trustworthiness. He had been a
member of Pleasant Grove Metho
dist church for a number of years
and was one of the church's staunch
est supporters.
According to reports reaching The
Courier Mr. Harrill was standing at
the rear of a produce truck Satur
day afternoon engaged in a conver
sation with the driver in regard to
some beans. A touring car, driven
by Diras Logan, colored, who was
accompanied by another negro,
Johnie Humphries, drove into the
rear of the truck, crushing Mr. Har
rill between the truck and car. The
negroes had pulled to the side of the
highway preparatory to stopping at
the filling station, but it is said that
due to faulty brakes the negroes
were unable to stop the car before
striking the truck.
Mr. Harrill did not think that he
was seriously injured, and when
Chief Charles Price visited him Sat
urday afternoon in regard to arrest
ing the negroes he told him to wait
until he was able to get up, and that
he was not seriously injured. His
condition became worse Sunday and
he was removed to the hospital Sun
day afternoon where an examination
revealed that he had suffered serious
internal injuries, and that his intesr
tines had been torn and punctured
in several places. The injuries caused
his death Monday morning at 11:30.
The two negroes were arrested
Monday afternoon on a charge of
assault and battery and placed in the
Rutherford jail, where a preliminary
hearing will be given them this week.
WILKIE & HUNTLEY TO
HOLD SALE AT NEWLAND
Wilkie & Huntley, local real es
tate men will hold a big sale at New
land, Avery County, on Saturday,
July 13. They will have 40 business
and residence lots to offer in the
sale, and expect them to sell at a
good price in this growing new town,
which is the county seat.
Messrs. Wilkie and Huntley are
both experienced real estate opera
tors and should make a success of
their Newland sale.
LEGION POST MEETS
The Willis Towery Post, American
Legion, will meet in the City Hall
Thursday night in regular meeting.
All members are urged to be present,
and to make an effort to bring a new
member along.
FOREST CITV COURIER
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FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL
The French Monoplane fr Yellow Bird" and Its Si
The Paris-bound monoplane Yellow Bird crossed the Atlantic, making a safe landing in Spain, the three
aviators being Armand Lotti, Jr., Jean Assolant and Rene Lefevre. Arthur Schreiber, 22, of Portland, Maine,
was a stowaway, the first on a transatlantic plane in the history of aviation. Jean Assolant said the extra weight
of the boy had been the cause of their failure to reach their objective-^Paris.
Boiling Springs Youth Is
Drowned in Ellenboro Lake
Ezell Green Loses Life When
Boat Capsizes On Sun
shine Lake Sunday
Ellenboro, June 24. —The sum-|
mer swimming season in Rutherford
county took its first toll of life.
Sunday afternoon when Ezell Green,
aged twenty, of Boiling Springs was
drowned in Sunshine Lake, near here.
The accident occured about five
o'clock. It is said that Green, in com
pany with Paul Green, of Boiling
Springs, went to the lake for a swim.
The two boys got into a small boat
for a ride over the lake. The boat
capsized throwing the boys in about
fifteen feet of water. Ezell could
not swim and went down, while his
companion ' saved himself by swim
ming out. Only a few spectators
were at the lake at the time, and all
were boys. Some of them went for
help while the unfortunate lad was
struggling in the water. When help
arrived he had drowned. After div
ing several times the body was res
cued.
The deceased was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Green, of Boiling
Springs. He is survived by his par- 1
ents, five brothers and five sisters, 1
as follows; Amos, Joe Frank, Mack
Elkton and T. A. Green, and Mrs.
Flay Crow, Misses Sallie, Addie Sue
and Mittie Green, all of Boiling
Springs.
The young man was an active mem
ber of the Boiling Springs Baptist
church.
Funeral services were held at Boil
ing Springs Monday afternoon at
4:30 p. m., with his pastor, Rev. Mr.
Jenkins in charge of the service. In
terment was in the Boiling Springs
cemetery.
PROMINENT YOUNG
COUPLE WEDDED
Miss Murriel Barnes and Prof.
Charles C. Erwin Married
Tuesday
Announcements reading as follows
have been received: "Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Barnes announce the marriage
of their daughter, Murriel, to Mr.
Charles C. Erwin, on Tuesday, June
25, 1929. Greensboro, N. C." Ac
companying cards read: "At home
after July 10, at Forest City, N. C."
Mrs. Erwin is widely known in
Rutherford county, where she has
taught school at Cliffside and Forest
City.
I Mr. Erwin is principal of the' For
' est City high school, a position which
he has filled efficiently for several
i
years.
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ELLENBORO CHILD
DIED SATURDAY
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Ellenboro, June 25. —William Ru
dolph Beam, two and one-half years
old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Burchell
Beam, of near here, died Saturday
morning after an illness of severaJ
months, of cancerous tumor of the
bladder.
i Funeral-services were held Sunday
' morning at 10 o'clock at the home
with Rev. W. C. Rourke, pastor of
the Presbyteriaiy church in charge.
The child is survived by his parents
one brother and three sisters.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FORES g AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
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FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THI - JUNE 27, 1929
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Memorial Service At
Baptist Church Sunday
Dr. Zeno Wall, pastor of the First
Baptist church of Shelby will
preach a special memorial sermon
here next Sunday at the Baptist
church, at 11 o'clock. All ex-service
men, wives, widows, sisters, brothers,
mothers and other relatives of ex
service men are urged to be present
at this service. Dr. W. A. Ayers
will preaah at the same hour at
Shelby, exchanging pulpits with Dr.
Wall.
KLAN JUBILEE
HERE JULY 4TB
Hundreds Expected in Forest
City For Barbecue
and Ceremony
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It is understood that Forest City
will v be the recipient of a big Klan
jubilee, July 4th. It is understood
that the festivities will begin at 3:00
p. m. in the form of a closed meeting
and that the Grand Dragon of South
| Carolina and Mr. H. K. Ramsey, the
| Imperial Klaliff, from Washington,
;D. C., will be the principal speakers.
j It is also understood that imme
'diately following the closed meeting,
j there will be held a real old time bar
'becue, followed by the burning of a
! huge fiery cross and parade, after
(which they will hold an open air
(ceremony. It has not been difinately
[learned just where this part of the
; program will be held, but it is pre
sumed that this feature of the pro
jgram will be held on the former
i Biggerstaff property north of West
;Main street beyond the high school
i buildir,g.
; It is further understood that the
jSpindale Band will be on hand and
jwill lead the parade.
Since tl»ere will probably be Klans-
men here from over the entire state,
and in view of the fact that the
Klan has not had a public demon
stration in this county for a long
time, there will, no doubt, be thous
ands of people present to witness this
demonstration.
COUNTY BANKS BUY
SHORT TERM NOTES
Farmers Bank and Rutherford
County Bank Purchase
$150,000 County Notes
Wednesday
The Farmers Bank & Trust Com
pany bought Wednesday morning
SIOO,OOO of Rutherford County
notes, issued as revenue anticipation
notes. These notes bear interest at
six per cent per annum, and were
•purchased at jfar by the Farmers
Bank.
The Rutherford County Bank and
Trust Company also purchased
$50,000 worth of these notes at the
same time.
These notes were issued for the
purpose of paying principal and in
terest on outstanding bonds of the
county, which are now due, or will
be due within the next four months.
These notes are Vss/ued for a term
of six months, in anticipation of col
lection of and other revenue
due county.
IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY
LIGHTNING DOES
DAMAGE SUNDAY
AT SPINDALE
Home of Harlan Mayse Dam
aged Farewell Recep
tion for Captain and
Mrs. B. L. Smith
Spindale, June 26.—A house be
longing to Mr. Max Dobbins, and oc
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Harlan
Mayse, in North Spindale, was struck
by lightnning Sunday afternoon and
considerable damage done. The light
ning either entered on the raido
aerial or the electric light line.
The stroke tore a large section of the
house out, and damaged some of the
furniture. A bed was set on fire
but some of the neighbors extin
guished it. The' family were not
at home at the time.
Special services will be held at
the Spindale Methodist church next
Sunday afternoon, at 5 o'clock for
aged and feeble men and women of
Spindale. Specif arrangements for
their comfort are being made, and
chairs will be furnished for all. Rev.
|W. Arthur Barber, pastor of the
j church, will have charge of the ser
i vice.
About thirty members of the Spin
dale Sunday school gathered in a
farewell reception at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Burwell Tuesday
night, in honor of Capt. and Mrs.
B. L. Smith, who leave Monday for
Shelby. The Sunday school present
ed Mr. and Mrs. Smith a beautiful
floor lamp. Rev. W. A. Barber pres
ented ithe lamp to • M,r. and Mrs.
Smith in an appropriate speech, ex
pressing on behalf of the church and
Sunday school, the regret of losing
this fine family. Mr. Smith respond
i ed, thanking the members for the
thoughtfulness shown them. Mrs.
Smith also thanked the SuiTday
School and spoke of the pleasure she
had derived from her work in the
church.
Mrs. Clarence Griffin and small
son, Donald, left Sunday for a two
weeks visit to relatives in Colum
bia, S. C.
ELECTRIC STORM
DOES DAMAGE
Week-End Electrical Disturb
ances Cause Several Small
Blazes
I The electric storms of Saturday
and Sunday did considerable damage
throughout the county. Heavy winds
damaged crops in a few localities in
the county. The storms of Saturday
night caused some damage to the
power lines and telephone property
at several points.
! A fire at the local power plant
Sunday afternoon, at 1 o'clock ne-
I cessitated calling out the fire de
partment. The fire was caused by
electrical disturbances. The damage
was small and was soon repaired.
[ A burning transformer, struck by
lightning, brought in a call for the
| fire depalrtment Saturday night at
10:30 o'clock.
I A small blaze, caused by lightning,
|at the Forest City Oil Mill, resulted
iin a call for the fire department Sun
jday morning at 5:30 o'clock. The
.blaze was soon extinguished, and the
(damage was small.
County to Observe
150 th Anniversary
Rutherford County Club Selects Commit- >
tee to Formulate Plans For Mam
moth Celebration in August
Duncan and Blanton
Win Golf Tournament
Dr. Amos C. Duncan and R. R,
Blanton represented the Forest City
Kiwanis club at the Kiwanis golf
tournament which was held at Hen
dersonville, Monday, June 24th. All
Kiwanis clubs of western North Car
olina and upper South Carolina were
invited to send a team to compete
in this tournament.
The first prize, a large silver lov
ing cup, was won by the Henderson
ville team.
The second prize, another silver
loving cup, was won by Kiwanians
Duncan and Blanton, representing
the Forest City Club.
Dr. Duncan was also low medalist
of the visitors, turning in the lowest
and best score of any visiting Ki
wanian.
GOOD WILL
AMBASSADORS
RETURN FRIDAY
Spreading Fame of Forest City
as Live Wire Town at Mil
waukee Convention
Itarest City's "Good Will Ambas
sadors" and delegates to the Kiwanis
convention at Milwaukee are doing
a great work in spreading the fame
of Forest City as a live-wire town
and progressive city at the conven
tion and at all points touched.
The following telegrams have been
received since The Courier went to
press last week:
Jackson, Mich., June 19.—Another
fine club meeting in Detroit today.
Meet with Battle Creek club Thurs
day. Chicago Thursday night. At
Lansing tonight. All well.
Michigan City, Ind., June 20.—De
toured to Lansing, Michigan, from
Jackson last night. Lunched with
Battle Creek club today. Stop in
Michigan City tonight. Chicago Fri
day, Milwaukee Saturday. Publicity
going big. All well, happy, sober
and home sick.
Chicago, 111., June 22. —Safe in
Chicago Friday and Saturday. Two
hours at headquarters. Milwaukee
for Sunday.
Milwaukee, Wis., June 23.—Safe
and sober in Milwaukee. Thousands
pouring in. Registered and all set
for grand opening. Stopping at Col
onial Hotel.
Milwaukee, Wis., June 24. —Seven
thousand making whoopee. Micky
and Gillespie drove car in main en
trance convention. Parked in front
of main platform, then lost selves
in crowd. had wrecker pull
car away. Great convention. Thous
ands viewing car.
Milwaukee, Wis., June 25.—Caro
linas district great meeting. Ten
minutes given car and trip. Leaving
Wednesday morning. All well and
in high spirits.
A later telegram from Milwaukee
says the delegates will arrive home
Friday night.
CONTINUE SUIT AGAINST
RUTHERFORD COMMISSIONER
Rutherfordton, June 25. —The civ
il action of N. M. Ponder against
Hardin H. Tucker, chairman of the
board of commissioners of Ruther
ford county, scheduled to be tried
Tuesday afternoon before Justice of
the Peace Lindsay Purgason of Lo
gan Store township, was continued to
|be tried before the recorder here on
July 5. The commissioners demand
ed a jury trial and the justice could
not grant that.
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96 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
Caroleen, 24.—Rutherford
county's sesqui-centennial anniver
sary will be celebrated in August, ac
cording to plans formulated at the
June meeting of the Rutherford
County Club, which met in the Hen
rietta-Caroleen High school build
ing Friday at noon. Messrs. B. D.
Wilson, of Rutherfordton, Dave
Lindsay, of Spindale and Z. 0. Jen
kins, of Cliffside, were appointed to
assist the program committee, R. E.
Price, Clarence Griffin and Charles
Haynes, in perfecting details and
preparing the program for the occa
sion.
The celebration will be held Aug
ust 16, at some central point in the
county, according to plans now un
der way, and will be an all day af
fair. Two or more speakers of abili
ty will be present.
Rutherford county was formed in
1779, and is 150 years old this year.
Mr. J. W. Harrelson, of Raleigh,
director of the department of Conser
vation and Development addressed
the Club on the work of his depart
ment, after being introduced by 11.
E. Price. Mr. Harrelson explained the
, functions of each of the eight divi
sions of his department, how financ
ed and operated and the relation of
the departments to the welfare of
the state at large.
Twenty-seven plates were served.
The attendace was the smallest had
at a meeting in some time. Rev. J.
A. Brock asked the blessing. The
luncheon was served by the Mission
ary Society of the Baptist church,
and was in charge of Mrs. L. B.
Harrill.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR C. M. CHAMPION
Funeral services were held for
Columbus Mills Champion at Shiloh
Thursday afternoon, with Rev. A. G.
Melton in charge of the service. H.
B. Doggett who had been associated
with him in business for a long time,
in a short talk paid a glowing tri
bute to his memory. Rev. J. D. Hunt,
Rev. M. M. Huntley and Rev. B. M.
Hamrick, who had been his life long
friends, made short talks. Inter
ment was in Shiloh cemetery.
The people that knew him loved
him and gathered in mighty con
course with wet eyes at his grave.
The influence of his life will lingei
until what was called his belongings
in this world will be dust.
I "Uncle" Mills, as he was affec
tionately called, was born March
110, 1855, and died June 19„ 1929,
'at the age of 74 years. He filled the
! definition of a man. As a citizen of
: North Carolina he gave over three
! score and ten years of service. As a
neighbor he was generous, tender and
I charitable every day in the year. As
ja friend he was faithful—he had no
enemies.
As a husband and father he lived
! for his family. He was a christian for
ja long time. He lived long enough
and well enough to lead his family to
Jesus, Christ. Of commanding com
mon sense, with ideas and convictions
of his own, unswayed by qommunity
clamors, caring nothing for worldly
honors, a quite, honest,earnest chris
tian gentleman.
He lived his life unashamed and
died unafraid.
The active pallbearers were his
nephews, and were as follows:
Mestrs. U. A. Champion, Baxter
Champion, M. G. Jones, Clarence
Jones, Carl Huntley and N. B. Allen.
Honorary pall bearers were Messrs
|R. K. Hollifield, H. B. Doggett, J. F.
Weathers, J. W. McDanieJ, Graham
Lynch, G. N. Mcßrayer, J. M. Owens,
;E. W. Wilson, J. N. Jones and J. L.
! Butler.
Dr. J. S. Rudisill, of the Hall-
Rudisill Drug Co. and Dr. Clayton
Stalnaker, of the Peoples Drug
Store, attended the druggists con
vention in Asheville last week.