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DR. WM ANDERSON GIVES FACTS ON BECHTLER FAMILY Remembers Christopher Becht ler, Jr., From an Incident Occuring in Boyhood. Dr. William Anderson, of Blacks burg, S. C., in a recent letter to The Courier, speaks well of the pamphlet "The Bechtlers and Bechtler Coin age", recently published by The Courier News Editor, Clarence Grif fin, and gives an interesting sidelight on Christopher Bejjhtler, Jr. • Dr. Anderson, a native of Rutherford County, lived for a number of years in Rutherford county .Portions of Dr. Anderson's letter follows: "I extend to you my heartfelt and sincere thanks for a copy of your booklet, "The Bechtlers and Becht ler Coinage". Without any flattering I consider it not only a literary, but an historical gem for all Rutherford county and North Carolina, and shall I preserve it among my most valuable ! and cherished papers. Remembers Bechtler. "I can remember Christopher, Bechtler, Jr., as an old man, who | lived opposite the home of cousin i Matt Miller, as you say, 'on the cor ner of Washington and 6th street.' I was a small boy and lived in the country with my grandmother. She liad a gold watch which needed re pairs, and she sent it to Mr. Becfet ler. After several weeks, on coming to town one day, I was sent into his shop expecting to get the watch. The old s man was sitting at his bench, i with his clay pipe and cane stem, | bushy eyebrows, tousled hair and stern face, and when I made known my call, he simply said "not done," and I was glad to make my escape from such forbidding reception. Sev eral times again I was sent in, but always entered his august presence with great trepidation and awe. I don't !know tfhat my grandmother ever did recover the watch. "Christopher Bechtler, Jr., had one daughter, Louisa, who married a German, I have forgotten his name, and two sons, whom I remember, Edward and Christopher. They were handsome young fellows and dress- ♦ A Home of Your Own You have dreamed about it for years. In your imagination it exists in every de tail. ' . But soon it may become a tangible reality if you open a building account in the bank, and add to it as much as possi ble out of each pay check. Before you build or buy be sure you have some surplus cash. To depend upon mortgages and loans entirely is to over-. burden yourself with interest payments. If you really want a home that you can enjoy without financial worries open your savings account now. Investigate our weekly Savings Plan. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS SIOO,OOO INDUSTRIAL LOAN & INVESTMENT BANK FOREST CITY, N. C. Ed always in the latest style. When I came here (Blacksburg) in 1876, I met up with both of them. Edward had married a Miss Wylie, a very worthy woman and of a good sub stantial family. She had inherited a small tract of land from her father's estate, and he had built a home on it, and went around repairing watch es, clocks, etc. "Chris was just over the line in North Carolina and was practicing medicine without a diploma or li cense, near Earls Station. He also had married a most excellent wo man, Miss Bettis, but he did so bad ly she secured a divorce. Both are dead now, leaving one son, a success ful farmer and good citizen, living near Earls. His wife is the daughter of a German and they have a family of five children." MOVIES RAISE GRADES. Some interesting tests with a view tt determining the benefits derived from supplementing ordinary in struction by motion picture films il lustrating the subjects taught were recently made in schools in San Diego and eleven other California cities. In all more than 11,000 children were tested, each school being divid ed into two groups, one of which received both book and film instruc tion, the other being taught through text-books only. The tests covered a period of ten weeks, at the end of which examinations were held. Pupils having the advantage of the motion pictures made grades averag ing 33 per cent higher in geography and 15 per cent higher in general science subjects than those who used books alone. This experiment appears to have been extensive enough to warrant the conclusion that the com bined book-picture method is highly advantageous in such subjects as those mentioned. Not only is this method beneficial to the individual pupil, but by reduc ing the number of failures in exam inations, it reduces the number of pupils who must repeat courses, thus effecting a saving in expenses for school purposes. The introduction of educational films is becoming widespread, and there is little doubt that they will become standard equipment for schools of the future. THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1929. ONE RUTHERFORD MAN MADE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN U. S. N. Navy Department Records Just Published Show J. L. Beam Died In Service During World War. One man from Rutherford county in the naval service of the United States, during the World war, made the supreme sacrifice, according to records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, of the Navy Depart ment. This sailor, Joshua Lawrence Beam, of Ellenboro, died on March 21, 1918, and to date no mention has been made of him in any county records, and his name does not ap pear on the monument on the public square in Forest City. One hundred and five enlisted men and officers, from North Carolina, in the Naval service made the su preme sacrifice during the World war, according to information just compiled and published • for the first time in the Congressional Record. A demand for this information arose in several counties of the state and Senator F. M. Simmons recently call ed on the Bureau of Navigation for statistics, names, etc., of North Car olina's men in the Naval Service. This information was compiled and furnished him and made public last week in The Congressional Record. The number of men in the Naval service of the United States during the World war from North Carolina and other statistics regarding their service, by counties, is a mere mat ter of speculation, for, unlike the War Department, this has never been made public. According to the records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, of the Navy Department, J. L. Beam enlisted first as apprentice seaman at Atlanta, Ga.; November 18, 1912, and was honorably discharged at Nor folk, Va., on November 17, 1916. He re-enlisted on January 5, 1917, at Richmond, Va., with a rating of Fire man, first class. Death occured at the Naval Hospital in Charleston, S, C., on March 21, 1918, diagnosis ulcer of the stomach. His remains were shipped to his father, Foster Beam, of Ellenboro, and were interr at Bethel Church, Ellenboro. SOLVING A PROBLEM. Where is the Forest City motorist who hasn't at some time or another wondered what actually becomes of automobiles after they reach the point where human ingenuity can't coax them to run an inch farther. We've wondered ourselves,' and now . that we have read of Henry Ford's plan to dispose of worthless flivvers, we want to pass it on. Ford is build a plant away up in the northern edge of New \ ork City. It will be equip ped to separate the metal in old ma chines worth saving from the waste material; to reclaim the hair in cushions and bale it for further use; to smooth out such metal sheets as can be salvaged and to melt up such as cannot. In a word, it will be a modern flivver reduction plant, and will solve New York City's problem of what to do with worthless junk that once rolled over the streets as autos. But that still leaves us won dering what will become of the mil lions of others annually falling into . that class in other parts of the coun try. Night Coughing | Quickly Relieved ; Famous Prescription Gives Almost Instant Relief. Night coughs, or coughs .caused by a cold or by an irritated throat are usually due to causes which i cought syrups and patent medicines !do not touch. But the very first J swallow of Thoxine is guaranteed ito stop the most stubborn cough almost instantly. Thoxine is a doc ' tor's prescription, working on an j entirely different principal, it goes : direct to the internal cause, j Thoxine contains no harmful ■ drugs, is pleasant tasting and safe j for the whole family. Sold on a money back guarantee to give bel ter and quicker relief for coughs or sore throats than anything you j have ever tried. Ask for Thoxine, J put up ready for use in 35c., 60c., • and SI.OO bottles. Sold by Peoples | Drug Store and ail other good Drug i Stores. AUTO LICENSES WILL BE SOLD AT RUTHERFORDTON Hunter Auto Co., Headquar ters For Rutherford-Mc- Dowell and Polk Counties. Rutherfordton, Dec. 2.—North Car olina automobile license plates will be sold here, beginning Dec. 16th by the Hunter Auto Co. Rutherford, Polk and part of McDowell counties will be served by the Hunter Auto Co. Car owners will be allowed to place on the new plates on their cars immediately after the pur chase. About six tons of State license plates were received here last week, 07 around 8,000 plates. This may not fill the demand. The plates this year will be in pairs, as it will re fill the demand. The plates next year. All owners of automobiles and trucks must secure a new license plate by the first of the year. The State law requires that ev ery automobile driver must have his car headlights tested and approved before a new license can be issued. The headlight adjusting station at the Hunter Auto Co., has already been opened and certificates can be secured any time. The selling of license plates here will be a great convenience to the people of Rutherford and adjoining counties. Plan now to get your license plates early and avoid the rush on Dec. 31st, 19£9. HIGHWAY 19 COMPLETED. The improving of Highway No. 19 to Union Mills has been com pleted. The highway has been re located, graded, top-soiled, gravelled and tarred. It is an all the year round road now and will mean much for the upper end of Ruther ford county. It will soon be water bound macadam road all the way to Marion. Keeping Pace With The Times Faster and faster are changes coming in this rapid ly changing world. Their influence is felt everywhere —especially in the fields of banking, investment, and finance. , . It is our constant aim to keep abreast of the chang ing times—to be able to advise our friends in business, whether farming or merchandising, and assist them in solving the perplexing problems of finance and invest ment that come with a complex and rapidly changing age. I Farmers Bank & Trust Company '•Home of the Thrifty" FOREST CITY and CAROLEEN WORLD'S DEEPEST WELL. i 1 While aviators are breaking ree-, ords for height, oil men are break-1 ing records for depth, with the fur-| ther difference, however, that in the; latter case the descent is made by I drilling tools and pipes, instead of men themselves. The deepest hole ever drilled ln:o the earth was completed as an oil producer a couple of weeks ago, when a well in Reagan County, Texas, reached a depth of 8,520 feet, or about one and five-eights miles. It is producing about 600 bar rels of oil a day. Other deep holes include one in Orange County, Calif., 8,201 feet, which was a failure; a gas well near Ligonier, Pa., 7,756 feet, and a small producing oil well in the Rosecrans G. M. Huntley & Son Funeral Directors Licensed Embalmer. Free Ambulance Service. ) DAY OR NIGHT, PHONES 292 AND 95. j WEST MAIN STREET. FOREST CITY, N C. 11 Harrill & King j Real Estate Bought and Sold ♦ Auction Sales a Specialty. J We buy and sell and cut the earth to suit the man. SEE US— j If you want to sell. } If you want to buy. ♦ Office Phone No. 59. ♦ Res. Phones 245 and 188 Forest City, N. C. ! field of California, 7,591 ' Besides opening up a Vast deeper drilling, the new We li | make a contribution to Gdl] I the royalty of one-eighth 0 f af o*' 0 *' 'oil produced being owned by \ University of Texas, which , ready received more than ten J,, | dollars its oil land hollr 1 since 1923. 0ldln & i When it is recalled that the -= I ( producing oil well in the T: I j States, drilled near Titusville, j 1859, was only 34 feet deep *7l | amazing advance made bv the ind! 1 try since that time may be b j appreciated. r i ___ | We read of an international 0r i ganization for wronged i All husbands could qualify to v ithem tell it.
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