Rutherford
County Offers
Unequalled
Opportunities To
Manufacturers
a nd Others
VOL. XII— No. 7.
THE COUNTY CLDB
CELEBRATES 7TH
ANNIVERSARY
Evangelist George T. Stephens'
Dr. Baxter Haynes, and C.
H. Floyy Among Speak
ers At Friday's
Meeting.
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Spindale, Nov. 18. —The Novem
ber meeting of the Rutherford,
County Club was held at the Spin- j
: a le House here Friday at one o'clock
Fifty plates were served by the ia
dies of the Missionary Society of the
Firs* Baptist church, of Spindale.
}I : . C. F. Cline, president, pre
sided. and call upon Rev. R. T. Rak
er to return thanks. During the lun
cheon hour a primary was held for
1930 officers.
Mr. Powell Lee, director of mu
sic at the Stephens tabernacle,
vas present, and enlivened the meet
ing with several song selections dur
ing the lunch, period, in which
all members of the Club joined. He
was accompanied at the piano by Mrs.
Powell Lee.
Evangelist George T. Stephens
was next introduced. He brought
a stirring message to the club, and
one much appreciated by all of his
hearers. He spoke on the "Spiri
tual Problems." He declared that
this was the most embarrassing prob
lem facing the American people to
day and characterized the home as
the world's greatest institution.
Rev. W. G. Haymaker extended an
invitation to the Club as a whole
to attend the tabernacle services
Thursday night, November 21. That
night has been set aside as ' Civic
Clubs night," at which time repre
sentatives from the Rutherfordton
and Forest City Kiwanis Clubs, the
Hem ietta-Caroleen-Cliff side Lions
}tiub and the Rutherford County
Club will be present.
Charles H. Flory, assistant State
Forester, of Raleigh, was presented
by R. E. Price. Mr. Flory explained
the work of the state forestery de
partment, and gave some interesting
iaets and figures.
Dr. Baxter Haynes, of Spartan
burg, spoke briefly, and took occasion
to pay tributes to Dr. Henry Nor
ris and the late S. B. Tanner and R.
R. Haynes. He gave some interest
ing reminiscences of Rutherford
county of twenty-five year ago.
This meeting of the County Club
marked the seventh anniversary of
its organization. The club Vas or
ganized at a meeting held in the old
Spindale Inn, at Spindale, in Novem
ber, 1922.
"BALE PER ACRE"
BANQUET SOON
Contest Will Close on Satur
day, December 14. Ban
quet Will Be Held Fol
lowing Contest.
The Agricultural committee of the
Forest City Kiwanis club have an
nounced the week of December 16th
a s the date for their "Bale-Per-Acre"
banquet. The 5-acre contest for the
farmers of Cool Springs township
w ill close on Saturday, Dec. 14th.,
a nd all reports should be in the hands
°f D. H. Sutton by sunset of that
d&y. The fifty farmers and twenty
boys who have enrolled in that con
test have already reported some ex
client yields, a number reporting
m °re than a bale to the acre already.
The district banquet at Charlotte,
two weeks later, will have an atten
dance of at least sixty farmers and
b °ys from this township.
The prizes in the 5-acre contest
am ount to more than $300.00 and
judges, Terry Moore, J. W. Eaks
an d D. H. believe that the
c °ntest will be very close. These
Prizes, which were given by business
firms of Forest City are made up of
ta; >h and valuable merchandise, and
ave been of much value in the
gating of interest in the contest.
" r ' e Kiwanis club and the Depart-
Sl |nt of Agriculture of the high
» f hool are greatly indebted to the
,J -ntss firms for their cooperation.
FOREST C T TY COURIER
FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST b UTIFUL CITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DE PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERE g F FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
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—Courtesy The Asheville Citizen
The twelve men pictured here compose the jui'y hearing the evidence in the strikers' trial now under way
in the McDowell County Superior Court. They are, front row: Harold Williams, J. A. Frady, P. H. Poole, Frank
Kelley, C. A. Toms, G. McDaniel; back row: L. P. Rollins, J. 0. Ledbetter, R. R. Scruggs, J. A. Peeler,
J. D. Weeks, Jr., ,and J. F. Taylor.
PLAN TO ENLARGE
! CITY LIBRARY
Woman's Club Departments to
Raise Funds to Purchase
Additional Books For
Library.
The finance committee of the Lit
erary and American Home depart--
ments of the local Woman's Club
met in the ladies' rest -xxumi at the
city hall Monday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock to discuss and formulate plans
to raise funds to enlarge the public
library. The library is in urgent
# need of more books to supply the
increasing number of patrons. Mrs.
W. C. Huntley, our librarian, re
ports that books suitable for child
ren of the grades one to three are
in great demand.
This committee of the Woman's
: Club has fallen upon a unique plan
to raise funds to help supply these
much needed books; a plan which
will not place a financial burden on
any individual but one that will place
a large number of new books in our
library with all the citizens of the
town and community cooperating
heartily with the members of the
Woman's Club.
Just how many mickles it take to
make a muckle, probably nobody
ever calculated, but the finance com
mittee of the Woman's Club has
learned that sixteen pennies make
one foot. There are 214 feet around
the city hall, in which the public li
brary is located. It will take 3,424
pennies to encircle the city hall one
time. It is the plan of this committee
to canvass the city and ask each in
dividual to donate one foot of pen
nies, or the small sum of sixteen
cents. It is believed that many will
want to contribute yards of pennies
toward this worthy cause.
Friday and Saturday, November
22nd and 23rd, are the day's set apart
to canvass the city. Get your change
ready. Let's see how many times we
can encircle the city hall with pen
nies.
If any one doubts that sixteen
pennies make one foot, find the win
dow in which the poster of the Wo
man's Club is on display.
FOOTBALL FRIDAY.
F6rest City Hi will meet Cliffside
Hi on the local field Friday after
noon. Game called at 3:45 p. m. Will
be a good game, don't miss it.
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Mr. Wilkie T. Meares, of the post
office force, is confined to his bed
with appendicitis. As we go to press
the latest report is that he is more
comfortable today. His friends wish
him a speedy recovery and that he
will soon be well enough to get hack
on his job as clerk in the postoffice.
FOREST CITY. NORTH J £ -LIN A THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1929.
Rutherford Men Jury
On Marion Strike Cases
Three Days Taken in Pick
ing Jury Prom List of
175 Men From This
County.
Marion, Nov. 18. —After exhaust
ing a venire of 1-00 men, drawn from-
Rutherford county, and part of the
second special venire of seventy
five men, also drawn from Ruther
ford county, the jury was selected
to try the Marion strikers, for alleg
ed violence. The trial opened Tues
day, Nov. 12, and the jury was com
pleted Friday. Those chosen for jury
ciuty follows: John F. Taylor, farm
er; Gordon M. McDaniel, farmer; J.
A. Peeler, farmer; L. P. Rollins,
mill employee; C. A. Toms, farmer;
J D. Weeks, farmer; R. R. Scruggs,
filling station operator; P. H. Poole,
mill employee; Frank Allen, Mill
employee; Howard Williams, farmer;
J. 0. Ledbetter, farmer and John F.
Rady, farmer.
The trial entered its second week
Monday. The first testimony in the
trial was given Friday.
On trial are Alfred Hoffman, or
ganizer for the United Textile Work
ers of America; Wes Fowler, Law
rence Hogan, Del Lewis and J. Hugh
Hall. All the defendants are union
members except Hall.
Testimony already given in the
case has centered around five unlaw
ful acts alleged to have been com
mitted by strikers and sympathizers.
The first was an attack, related by
Sheriff Oscar Adkins, upon workmen
engaged in unloading cotton and coal
at the Marion Manufacturing Com
pany mill on July 17. Again on Au
gust 16, Sheriff Adkins testified,
strikers attacked him and a group
of deputies as they were serving evic
tion papers upon strikers who lived
in mill owned houses.
Testimony has also been present
ed that strikers on August 19 refus-
Clinchfield Mill and on August 30
ed to permit workers to enter the
threw furniture from the house of
a workman employed by the Clinch
field Mill after a strike started there
and attacked Sheriff Adkins 2nd de
puties when they attempted to pro
tect the furniture.
The fifth act of violence attribut
ed by the State to strikers in testi
mony was the dynamiting of mill
machinery at the Clinchfield Mill the
night of August 29.
A riot on October 2 at the Marion
Manufacturing Company mill in
which six strikers were wounded fa
tally has not as yet been brought
into the present trial. Eight sheriff's
deputies are under indictment for
murder in connection with the kill
ings. Judge G. V. Cowper, presiding
at a special term of court called here
Legion Doubles
Its Membership
The Willis Towery Post, American
Legion, doubled its membership since
November 11th. Prior to November
Ist the membership was 52. A num
ber of ex-soldiers joined the post
Armistice Day, and wliti -the mem
bers that have since been secured
the total membership is now 105.
This places the Post among the few
posts of the state who doubled their
membership during November.
A meeting of the local post will
be held in the City Hall here Thurs
day (tonight) at 7:30 o'clock. All
members are urged to be present.
CIVIC CLUBS NIGHT
AT TABERNACLE
Stephens County-Wide Revival
Resulting in Many Conver
sions—lnclement Weath
er Lowers Atten
dance.
Spindale, Nov. 20.—Due to rnele
ment weather the attendance at the
Stephens tabernacle was not up to
expectations last week. On last
Thursday night the tabernacle was
practically filled with people on oc
casion of "Forest City night". A
large delegation, which filled one
side of the huge building, were pres
ent from Forest City. Union services
were held in the tabernacle Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock, when the con
gregations of all of the Spindale
churches gathered for preaching ser
vices. Special services for all denom
inations were held at the tabernacle
Sunday afternoon, and on Sunday
night the young peoples organiza
tions of all denominations met at
the Presbyterian church for services.
At the same time the men of the
town met at the Spindale House for
prayer service.
Splendid results are being shown
in the meeting. Several conversions
were reported throughout the week,
and each service adds to the number.
Thursday night (tonight) will be
Civic Clubs Night, when members of
the Rutherford County Club, Ruther
fordton and Forest City Kiwanis
Clubs, the Henrietta-Caroleen-Cliff
side-Avondale Lions Club, their
sweethearts and wives will be special
guests at the tabernacle.
to handle cases arising from labor
disorders, has announced he will per
mit a change of venue for their trial.
In making the announcement Satur
day he said he would name the
county to which the trials will be re
moved Monday.
Red Cross Roll
Call This Week
Rutheriord People Asked to Support
Worthy Institution—County Officials
of Organization Announced.
Annual Sunrise Service
At First Baptist Church
One of the sweetest and most
beautiful services held by the First '
Baptist church here, is the annual
sunrise service held each Thanks
giving morning. At this time the
members meet in the church and
express their thanks for the many
blessings they have received during
| the year. Several have not missed
any of these services which have
been held for the past six years.
This service is held at 7 a. m.,
and everyone, regardless of denom
ination, is cordially invited to be
present.
TRAIN HITS TRUCK
AND INJURES MAN
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Otho Melton Seriously Injur
ed When Truck is De
molished by C. C. & O.
Passenger Train
Tuesday.
Spindale, Nov. 20.—Mr. Otho Mel
ton, of this place, was seriously in
jured Tuesday afternoon at £:OS
when the truck he was driving was
struck by a C. C. & O. passenger
j train No. 38, at Blanton siding, near
Alexander. The truck was almost
demolished, Mr. Melton suffered se
vere injuries about the he6d, and the
smoking car of the passenger train
was damaged.
Mr. Melton was hauling poplar |
blocks from near Blanton siding. He j
drove up the incline to the crossing. ;
and as the front of the truck went
jon the track the train struck the
j truck, and threw it off the tracks,
j The train came to a stop a short dis
tance away, and the crew secured an
j ambulance and sent Mr. Melton to
the Rutherford hospital.
The truck was badly damaged by
the impact, and a smoking car, at
tached to the passenger train was
disabled. The smoker was sidetracked,
and left.
A telephone message from the
Rutherford hospital, as The Courier
goes to press, states that Mr. Mel
ton is in a serious condition, but his
recovery is expected.
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Friends will be sorry to hear of the
illness of Mrs. W. R. Harrill, who ?s
confined to her home with a bad case
of tonsilitis.
Mr. T. R. Padgett, who has been
quite ill for the past week, is show
ing improvement.
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96 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
The annual Red Cross Roll Call
for Rutherford county will be held
this week, November 20 to the 23rd
inclusive. From Wednesday to Sat
urday every public spirited citizen in
the county will be asked to join. The
membership fee is only one dollar
per year. Superintendent L. E.
Spikes, of the Rutherfordton-Spin—
dale Central high school is county
, chairman and Rev. E. B. Jenkins, of
Rutherfordton, is Roll Call chair
man; Mrs. Badger C. Williams, of
Rutherfordton, is treasurer and Prof.
W. R. Hill, of Rutherfordton, is
secretary.
All the officials and workers of the
county held a get-together meeting
and dinner at the Iso-thermal Hotel
Monday evening, at 6:30 o'clock at
which time tentative plans for carry
j ing on the campaign were made.
One person from each town and
community has been appointed to
, solicit funds for their localities. It
is hoped to secure at least 1,000
members in Rutherford county. It is
hoped to enough funds to
employ a Red Cross nurse for part
time, at least.
During the last seven years the
Red Cross has expended in direct
disaster work from its general
funds a total of $6,500,000, or an
average of $936,000 per year, over
i and above the restricted contribu
tions for disasters.
The Red Cross is always on the
job in time of disaster. Victims of
floods, tornadoes, wrecks, etc., al
ways get help from the Red Cross.
I It does good in many other ways.
Half of the SI.OO membership fee
I stays in the local treasury to do
i good in our country.
FUNERAL HELD FOR
MRS. J. M. HAMRICK
Henrietta Woman Passes After
Lingering Illness—Funeral 1
At High Shoals Church
Saturday, Nov. 16. *
Henrietta, Nov. 19.—Mrs. J. M.
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Hamrick, aged G8 years, died at her
home Friday morning at one
o'clock. She had been in ill health
sometime, suffering; from pellagra,
which caused her death.
Funeral services were held at
High Shoals Baptist church Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. J. A.
Brock was in charge of the funeral
services, assisted by Rev. W. T.
Tate, of Pacolet, S. C., Dr. Zeno
Wall, of Shelby, and Dr. Suttles, of
Shelby. Interment was in the High
Shoals cemetery.
Mrs. Hamrick is survived by the
following children: L. P. Hamrick,
M. P. Hamrick, Mrs. S. Holland, of
Henrietta; Mrs. G. L. Holland and R.
B. Hamrick, of Forest City; Mrs. C.
G. Long; Mrs. J. A. Turner, of
Charlotte; Mrs. C. D. Moore, of
Shelby. One brother' and one sister,
as follows, survive: J. L. Hopper,
Shelby and Mrs. S. B. Thornton, of
Suwanee, Ga. Her husband preceded
her to the grave sometime ago. Thirty
grandchildren and seventeen great
grandchildren also survive.
Pall bearers were Messrs. Eugene
Holland, Ed Cantrel, Tom Moore, L.
Jolley, Una Hamrick, D. Hopper.
Flower girls were Mildred, Grace and
Jessie Hamrick, Mary Sue and Ruth
Turner, Katherine, Mary Sue and
Sarah Holland, Grace Cantrell, Sarah
Doggett, Effie Daniel, Mrs. Tom
Moore, Mrs. Janet Porter, Mrs. Ed.
Cantrell, Mrs. W. C. Hightower and
Mrs. Chivous Tate.
Mrs. Hamrick was a member of
the Henrietta Baptist church, where
she had held membership almost since
the organization of the church.