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FOREST CITY COURIER Published Every Thursday in the interest of Forest City and Ruther ford County. Entered Aug. 22, 1918, at the post office at Forest City, N. C., as second class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. C. E. ALCOCK Editor and Owner CLARENCE GRIFFIN—-News Editor MRS. C. E. ALCOCK— Society Editor ARVAL ALCOCK Asst. Manager * " —— SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance One year SI.OO Six months • $1.50 per year outside of Rutherford County. ADVERTISING RATES Display, per column inch 30c Reading Notices, per line 10c Classified Column lc per word i THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1929. i " " i FEATURES OF THE COUNTY CLUB. Perhaps there is a danger of over organization, or filling a city and, county with too many organizations,: yet The Star is inclined to favor the movement to establish a county club in Cleveland county similar to the Rutherford County Club. i Here in Shelby there are two or three civic clubs, such as Kiwanis and Rotary, and the same thing is true at Kings Mountain. This means 1 that business men of the two towns do have sociable contacts in get-to gether meetings which mean much to a community. Yet very few, if any, farmers are included in -these organizations, and, too, separate clubs at-Kings Mountain and Shelby do no big work in moulding the county closer together as a unit. A county club would do both of those things. Cleveland county is a bed rock farm county; our prosperity and our spirit depend upon the suc cess of the people out on the farm. A county club with a number of repre sentative farmers from each section as members along with business and professional men from Shelby, Kings Mountain, and other towns in the county would mean much, in our opinion, to the future of *he county. The development and progress of a county in these modern days depends upon cooperative effort upon the part of the entire county. Very little de velopment can be attained with one section pulling against the other. A county club, with all sections repre sented, seated about a banquet table once each month, should bring Cleve land county together as it has never been before.—Cleveland Star. PROSPERITY FOR THE AGGRESSIVE. The business barometer promises a few months of real prosperity for the aggressive, up-to-date merchant. Those who advertise and make use of the other modern agencies for ex panding, trade will get their share and more too. Reports from all parts of the coun try are encouraging. county, we feel, is going to be up to the average or above. The farm situation has been im proving rapidly within the past few months. Good prices are assured on almost all money crops. The Federal Farm Board will surely have its in fluence on the general situation, but j more than that economic conditions seem to favor the farmer today. A-reduction in the surplus has been accomplished partially by a movement of surplus men engaged in agriculture to the cities. This ad ditional labor in th« metropolitan centers has been absorbed with a consequent enlargement of the mar ket for farm produce. With the farmer on a better busi ness basis, we know that all business and industry will react favorably. It has long been recognized by thinkers everywhere that the key to Ameri can prosperity is the capacity of the farmer to buy the production of the factories. Now is the time for the business men of Forest City to make hay. The sun of .general prosperity is becom ing brighter with each advancing month. The aggressive merchant will be gin with the next issue of The Courier and each week keep our thousands of readers informed as to his stock of goods. If you don't tell 'em, you can't sell 'em. NO HUNTING. * "No' hunting and no trespassing." When a sign such as that greets you while you are strolling through woods and fields with a gun on your shoulder this fall, don't become an ■ gry and .assert that land owners are ' unreasonable beings who wish to de- prive you of the pleasure to be de ; rived from your favorite sport. ' They have their reasons. A few ! hunters who can never be classified fes sportsmen exhibit a calloused dis regard for the property rights of others. They break down fences, tramp through fields in which crops are growing, shoot livestock reck lessly, kill -song birds and commit other like depredations. The editor was discussing this 'matter with a Rutherford county farmer just the other day. His state ment expresses the feelings of a large number of farmers who have , found it necessary to post their land. ' "I don't like to keep everybody who likes to hunt off my land. I 'enjoy hunting myself and I hate to I deprive a good sportsman of the | fun he can get out of a day's shoot ' ing, but what's a fellow to do. Last ' year I lost a calf because of a reck less hunter who didn't know enough to handle his gun carefully. Some of, ! our neighbors have other complaints. | "I know it isn't the real hunter, who does these things, but it is pretty hard to keep some men off your land unless you keep everybody off." I I There was a time when posted land was almost unknown in this counljry and every sportsman itfelt , that he had a right to hunt where fancy dictated. But those days are gone. Today young men who have never learned to conduct themselves properly throng the woods and fields and as a result all must pay the price. I We are confident that there would be little posted land today if every man who carries a gun into the woods and fields had a proper regard for the property rights of others. But un fortunately there are a few vandals who frequent the out-of-doors, and as long as they exist posted land will become more and more common with each passing year. NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMERS. One of the best editorial articles that has been printed in Wetsern North Carolina in the past year ap pears in the current issue of The Bryson City Times. Pointing to the changes that are in progress in the mountains, The Times urges the people of Swain County, and especially the farmers, "to change their methods that have been in use so long and to start pre paring for the changes that we know are going to take place." "In the past,"continues the Bry son City paper, "we have been har vesting our crops, getting the win ter's supply of wood, and with this over, we settled down to await the coming of spring. This fall the farm ers can spend their time very pro fitably by planting cover crops to improve their land, build, repair and improve their poultry house and grounds, build new barns, repair their homes; plant shrubs and trees around their houses, and improve their farms in many ways. It has just been proved that turkeys can be raised at a very large profit in Swain county, and we believe that many of our farm people should be gin now to study this business, and to get ready to raise turkeys when the season Arrives. "There are hundreds of things that the farmers can do that will in crease their earnings each year, and we hope that they will take advant age of the changes so that the people of the county will all become pros perous. A little thought and study during the bad winter days when we will have to stay at home by the, fire may mean thousands of dollars to you, and we believe that the farm- | ers are going to begin now to use their time profitably, and that the next few years will bring about farm improvements in this county that will lessen our labor and increase our earnings." , 1 All the signs' are that a new era is setting in for that part of the moun tains in which Swain County is lo ! cated. With the establishment of the ! Great Smoky Mountain National Park " and the huge power developments » which have been undertaken, the mountain people are going to enjoy - opportunities never possessed by them r before. Some of the very best of 5 these opportunities will be on the I land and will come to the nibuntain L farmer, but he must be alert to seize them. Swain County farmers have al THE FOREST CITY COURIER, TH URSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1929. ' ready shown their ability to make great progress in poultry raising and in the cream business. No part of the program which ! looks to the future in Western North Carolina is more important than that which makes for prosperous farming. In many communities there has been little chance in the past for moun tain farmers to get ahead. They are going to have their chance before very long. Many of them have it now. They have only to look about them to find it. —Asheville Citizen. N GOLDEN VALLEY ! Mr. -Fred Houser Injured in Auto Accident —Mr. J. E. Towery 111. Local and Personal Items I Bostic, R-4, Sept. 22—On last Tues day afternoon Mr. Fred Houser was injured when his car turned over j near Sunshine. The road was wet and slippery, and the car, a Ford roadster, skidded and turned over. The car was damaged considerably, and Mr. Houser suffered a number of bruises. Mr. and Mrs. Will Houser, of Asheville, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Houser. ! Mr. Claude Brandle visited Mr. Robert Freeman Sunday afternoon, i Misses Elva Mae Houser, of Bes semer city, spent last week with her grand parents. j Mr. and Mrs. Eli Melton's visitors Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. Dan Melton, "Bob" Whisnant, Mr. Jethro Rollins and family. • Mr. and Mrs. Ray Towery of High Point, are spending some time with his father, Mr. J. E. Towery who is seriously ill. The many friends of Mr. Towery are afraid that the illness will be fatal. j Mrs. Mae ( Houser and 'cftildrien, Clara and Claude, of Asheville, are spending this week with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Houser. Mrs. Dan Melton was very sick Sunday night, her friends will re gret to know. Mrs. Stacey McCurry who has been sick for a long time is becom ing more serious, we are sorry to note. Born, recently to Mr. and Mrs. "Nat" Fortune, a son, Charles. i ■ SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain Dee'd of Trust made and executed on the 6th day of February, 1926, by Au gusta A. Lindy and husband L. Lindy to Farmers Bank and Trust Company, Trustee for J. H. Thomas, | Hugh F. Little and R. W. Minish, the said deed in trust being on rec ord in the office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, N. C., in Bogk A-2, Page 117, and default having been made in the .payment of the indebtedness thereby secured the said Trustee will on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1929. ! within the legal hours of sale, in front of the Farmers Bank and Trust Co., in the town of Forest' City, N. C. r offer for sale to the last and highest bidder for cash the fol- ! lowing described real estate to wit: j Known and designated as lots Nos.! Nine (9) and ten (10) of the prop erty of W. S. Moss, lying in the town of Forest City, N. C., on the South side of East Main street, as shown on plat of said property made by J. A. Wilkie, Surveyor and recorded in the register of deeds office of Ruther ford county in deed book 115 at Page 594, to which reference is hereby , made for a full and complete des cription. These lots are 25 feet front each and runs back 100 feet to an alley and are adjoining W. L. Horn on the West and W. S. Moss and N. J. James on the East, i This, the 25th day of September, 1929. | Farmers Bank and Trust Co., 51-4t Trustee. SPICK AND SPAN. I | The Hall-Rudisill Drug Co., has just completed a thorough job of ; interior work of painting, renovating, and decorating and this popular store . now presents a spick and span ap i pearance that attracts the attention : of all visitors. t I ! !! Get your school supplies at Stahl's - Ten Cent Store. ,! : | Plumbing and heating correctly s done by Farmers Hardware Co. L j s Water systems for rural homes. ■ Farmers Hardware Co. ORGANIZE UONS "l 1 CLUB AT HENRIETTA! ! ! i Civic Club Will Serve Henriet ta, Caroleen, Cliffside and Avondale—Offi cers Elected. i 1 ! Henrietta, Sept. 24. —An enthus- ■ iastic Lions Club was organized here Thursday night by Lyle Ormsbee, ; commissioner of Lions International, j ! Chicago, 111. This Club is to be, known as the Textile Lions Club, with a charter membership from the four towns Of Henrietta, Avon- \ ' dale, Cliffside and Caroleen. The fol- J lowing officers were elected: j President, S. J. Asbury, Jr.; Ist! vice-president, W. L. Hicks; 2nd vice | | president, Clyde E. Mahaffee; 3rd vice-president, Dr. P. H. Wiseman; j !Sec-Treas, Dr. H. L. Robertson; Tail j j Twister, Barroh P. Caldwell; Lion, i Tamer, Dr. 0. J. Mooneyham. j Directors: Chas. H. Haynes, Geo. J C. Shuford, F. 0. Hand, H. H. Jen- i kins. j Other charter members in addition 1 to the above are: Dr. J. C. Hord, A. j M. Haynes, H. G. Rollins, Dr. G. O. - | Moss, W. Louis Smith, W. J. Laugh ridge, Ed. Carpenter, J. W. Mahaffee 'and Z. O. Jenkins. i I j The Lions International is the sec- j j ond largest service club in the world, j j composed of 1929 clubs, operating in the United States, Canada, Mexico • ! Cuba and China; with thirty-two 1 , clubs in the State of North Carolina.; ! The next meeting of the Textile j • Lions Club will be held Tuesday. I night, October 2nd, at Cliffside. great deal of interest is being mani fested in this new organization and . the members are anticipating plea-! sant social relations to be derived from the genial atmosphere of this club; both in their work and their fun. 1 A special call meeting of the Com munity Woman's Club will be held at j three-thirty next Tuesday afternoon, at the home of Mrs. J. F. Timmer man in Caroleen. All members are , urged to be present at this meeting, j Mrs. T. L. Lovelace, Mrs. W. M. Lovelace and Mrs. J. F. Whistnant spent last Thursday in Charlotte, i Miss Cleo Sane was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Lewis of near Ruth- j erfordton, for the week-end. j Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Asbury, Jr., and boys have returned here after spending the summer at Chestnut Hills. | Miss Goldie Lee Morrisette spent the week-end as the guest of Mrs. F. O. Hand. ! LOGAN STATION COUPLE x i, OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY • Itom, Sept. 24.—Mr. and Mrs. J. j D. Logan, well known citizens of Logan Station, celebrated their fort-| ieth wedding anniversary Sunday at! their home when all their nine child- i ren and 15 grandchildren met at; itheir home for a bounteous dinner; and reunion. j The were married Sept. 22, 1889, and are a most remarkable couple, They are both about the same age, and were married at the age orf 17 ! years, being 57 years of age noM(. i They have never had a death in their j immediate family and all the chil- j i dren are doing well, and all are mar- ; I ried except the youngest daughter, j Mr. Logan has been a merchant for j ' more than 35 years. He first enter- 1 jed the mercantile business with his I father, the late J. G. Logan. After jhe died Mr. Logan and sons have j continued the business. Most of their ) children married early in life, i Their children are: four boys, Roy, J |B. 8., and Fred Logan, all of Logan I j Station, and W. C. Logan, of Ruth | erfordton, while their five daugh ters are, Mesdames Carl B. Wilson, Rutherfordton; J. E. Ferree and Glen Deck, of Logan Station; E. E. Walker, Bostic, and Miss Margaret Logan, at home. The latest fad —Yo Ho. Get it at Peoples Drug Store. | MERCHANTS I : » • I ► Do you run a modem busi- ► ! o ness? Modern business de- ► . 11 mands the use of our illustrat- > i ed Show-Cards. We make Show ► Cards, with any illustrations 0 and wording you desire. Any ► i size at a small cost. Mail orders o | * given prompt attention. Satis ► faction or no charge. ** | TATE-ALCOCK | , Geo. D. Tate. Ted Alcock 1 COTTON FAIR HELD i AT HARRIS SCHOOL I -• ! Number of Attractions Feature I Fair Day at Harris Satur day—Other News of Interest. i ! Harris, Sept. 23.—A cotton fair was put on by the vocational agri cultural classes of the Harris high | school Saturday. Out of the many varieties displayed Mr. Alton Tate, a high school student, of Harris, won first place. Mr. Frank Cole won sec ' ond place. Other winners were Rob ert Wall, Gaston Wall, Roy Towery,. i Herman Tate, Howard Cole, Roy Mcßrayer, J. P. Toms, and Garnell jWall. The judges for the cotton !contest were: Mr. Treadwell, of Rutherfordton, and Mr. A. B. Bush long, of Ellenboro, and F. E. Patton, of Rutherfordton. i Of much interest to the people of I the community during the morning | was the checker contest, conducted ; by Mr. Clayton Harris, and the horse shoe pitching contest, conducted by Mr. Avery Ruppe. Mr. Robert Craw- j ford won first prize in the checker ( •contest, and Mr. Belk Robbins won first place in the horse-shoe pitching contest. i i In the afternoon, at 2 o'clock, a !very effective health pageant was given by the children of the elemen tary school. The purpose of this pag jeant was to emphasize the need of good health amongst the children of 'the public schools. The children took | great pride and interest in represent-! ing the various constituents of good j health, milk, vegetables, fruits, tooth' brushes, soap and water, etc. j At three-thirty o'clock the second game of the series between the For est City and Harris baseball clubs j was played on the Harris ground, the score being ten and seven in fav or of Harris. j On Saturday night at 7:30 a pic ture show was put .on by the agri cultural class, the picture being Wil- i liam Boyd in "The Night Flyer." : The proceeds from the ball game and this show will go toward es-, tablishing a permanent motion pic ture machine in the Harris school building. i The many friends of Miss Edith Ann Pearson are gl&d to know that she is improving rapidly since un dergoing an operation at the Ruther ford Hospital. ! Mr. C. E. McKinney, of Laurin burg, spent the week-end with his family here. ! Misses Hattie and Nannie Stewart are erecting a beautiful duplex bun- j galow in Harris. j Harris school will close Friday for jarararararsiHiHizjaJHiaJHraiEfHraJHjHfaJ^^ | Series Number 62 | ! S Forest City Building & Loan Association H I Will Be Open October Ist | | If you are considering a safe place to | , B start a Savings Account, investigate the | II Building and Loan way. | 5 Small amounts, weekly, or large, we | | have a place for all. a | i Prepaid shares' at $72.50 the share is 1 | gaining in popularity over our State. Full | (g paid shares at SIOO.OO the share. No | I taxes to pay, always holds first place, jjj Weekly amounts from 25c up is the idea | that fits most of us.' Come in for a visit. | Forest City Building & 1 Loan Association | ' FOREST CITY, N. C. S ifgiaraaiaiaiziaigiaigiafeiEizraiEjagigram a month, in order to allow the child ren to assist with the cotton picking. Mrs. R. P. Fikes has returned home after spending a month with rela tives in Mississippi. Mr. M. M. Young is spending a few days with his family. Mr. W. C. Stewart, of Mayo, S. C., spent the week-end with his par jents here, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Ste wart. | Miss Nan Morgan was a dinner i guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Harris last Saturday evening. I THE PENSION ROLL. i I Even statistics are -sometime in teresting, and to those who do not ! happen to be familiar with Uncle Sam's pension roll the latest report on federal pensioners, soldiers and tfieir widows, will be informing at least. Here are the official fig ures : • War of 1812 —Widows, 11 Mexican War—Widows, 725. Indian Wars —Soldiers, 5,557; widows, 4,033. Civil War— Soldiers, 9,066; wid ows, 180,323. | War with Spain—Soldiers, 179,- 1580; widows, 28,862. I World War—Soldiers, 45; wid ows 17. ! A striking item in this report is the fact that ther are 11 widows of men who fought in the War of 1812 still alive and drawing pen sions. The last survivor of the Mexican War died only a few days ago. Practically all living veter ians of the War with Spain are now on the pension roll, their num | ber being about three times as great as that of Civil War veter -1 ans. During July 880 Civil War veterans died, while one was add ed to the pension roll. 1 In addition to the above, there are 14,826 soldiers of the regular Army and 3,719 widows drawing pensions. Most of these are doubt less veterans of one or more wars, but are carried on a separate list. ! While few soldiers of the World War have been pensioned, owing to the provisions made for war risk insurance for them, insurance payments already reach a large sum annually. It may be that in years to come survivors of this war, too, may be made eligible for pensions. 1 All of which illustrates once more that besides its other hor rors war is terribly expensive—be fore, during and after. ' Special floor mats, 5c each. Stahl's Ten Cent Store. ~ J Terra cotta pipe for wells. Farm ers Hardware Co.