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XII —No. 13.
iORGE PORTER,
AGED 27, KILLS
SELF WITH GUN
pondent Young Man Corn
its Suicide —Reason For
Rash Act Not Defi
nitely Known.
spondent, either because he
[ not live with his wife or be
i his mother would not give him
>y, George Washington Porter,
sar old son of Mrs. Lula Porter
I himself at his home here on
•ty street Monday afternoon a
-3 o'clock with a 12-gauge shot
Porter is said to have threaten
) kill himself after he had been
ed fifty dollars by his mother,
;he, not thinking that he was in
*st, had laughed at him. Porter
-wrote two letters to his wife,
nd addressed them to Miss Madge
orter Davis, Vale, N. C., Route 3.
e then went into an adjoining
>om, seated himself in a chair, plac
d a 12-gauge shot gun in front of
irn, with butt resting on the floor
nd the end of the barrel against
is left side. Taking a small wrench
e released the trigger, the entire
iad .entering his left side, right
irough the center of his heart.
Mrs. Porter, who was in the next
In with two of her grandchildren
a neighbor's child, upon hearing
shot rushed into the room, ca-1-
her son's name, but he was al
ly dead.
orter had placed the two letters
had written to his wife in his
t pocket. These were opened to
if he had given any cause for
mg himself. The first letter fol-
Forest City, Dec. 30, 1929. —
t)edF Wife: I am write
this but can't help it. I am going
home to rest and you are the
r girl I love. Dear wife, I am
y that you and me can't get to
together, but can't help it for
mother won't help me and I will go
to my home. I want you to marry
if you can, but don't forget me. You
can keep the presents that I got for
you and you will be heartbroken
when you hear of this, I know, but
can't help it. Know what good times
ne and you had together. So, Madge
rou will go to my burying to see me
)ut away. Mother would not help
ne now. Mother, she said for me to
£o ahead and kill myself. I told her
;hat I was going to but she did not
>elieve me about it. But she Will
ind out all about it, so wife, you
:an live a good life that you can
;o to heaven, so don't blame any
»ne but me. By, by, by. From George
four hubby that called you last
light."
The second letter was then open
d and was as follows:
"Madge, I am writing you a little
nore. No, Madge, you won't think
aid of this. This is all the way I
ot to do this. So girl you won't
link hard of this. So you be a good
hi and live a good life that you
an go to heaven when you die. From
our husband, George Porter." A j
ostscript was added to this letter |
lying again, "Don't blame anyone
Ut George Porter."
Porter, who was a farm hand, had
•en working for a Mr. Bartlett, of
•ar Vale, and it is thought that he
fcrried Madge Davis, who is a sister
»law of Mr. Bartlett, while em
•ved by this man. Mrs. Porter says
•t she asked George upon his re- 1
to his home here and after he
V told her he was married, why
■ did not bring his wife home, but
■ never received any answer. Mrs. j
Bter also states that George asked
i -'or fifty dollars Monday, but
■ that she had given him a hun-
S dollars about a month ago and
[she just didn't have it at that j
■ttKTal services were held Wed-j
■ • r afternoon at *Mt. Vernon!
B- church where Mr. Porter had j
B't when twelve years of age. j
® . A. Ayers, pastor of the First
V t church of Forest City, was
■nrge of the funeral services.
".-e Porter was born April 22,
B' j lis father, George Logan
B preceded him to the grave a-
B ' yen's ago. In addition to his
A ' V. I' •
FOREST CUT COURIER
FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN ygE U. S. A." U. S. DEPAItTMKNT OF AGMCULTURE SURVEY.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST Clt* § COUNTY
Legion Banquet
On January 9th
| The Willis Towery Post, Ameri
j can Legion, will banquet its members
j on Thursday evening, January 9, at
! 7:30 o'clock. The Legion banquet
: will be held at the Broadway Inn,
\on Broadway street. The banquet
: will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Special
j music will be a feature of the after
| dinner program. Plates will cost
j seventy-five cents each. All members
I are requested to return their cards
|at an early date, in order that the
j proper number of plates may be pre
i pared.
' MRS. J. W. KELLER
TAKEN RY DEATH
Spindale Woman Succumbs to
Cancer—Funeral Held at
at Providence Metho
dist Church.
Spindale, Dec. 30.—Mrs. Nora
Keller, wife of Mr. J. W. Keller, of
this place, died at her home here
Monday, December 23, after an ex
tended illness of cancer. Funeral ser
vices were held Tuesday, December
24, at Providence Methodist church,
with Rev. H. H. Cassady, pastor of
the Spindale Presbyterian church, in
charge.
Mrs. Keller is survived by her hus
band, J. W. Keller, and seven child
ren, as follows: Mary, John, Warren,
Clegg, Howard, Fred and Lee Keller.
She was fifty years of age, and
was a member of the Methodist
church.
Pall bearers were Messrs. Boyce
Robtjins, T. R. Padgett, J. P. Sim
mons, J. T. Alley, J. T. Padgett and
L. T. Rollins. Flower bearers were:
Misses Lillie Crawford, Wil
liams, Sallie Parnell, Ida- Crawford,
Lou Crawford and Ida Cuthbertson.
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I Funeral Held For
j Mrs. B. H. Haney
Funeral services for Mrs. B. H.
Haney were held here Thursday,
December 19. Mrs. Haney died in
Philadelphia, of pneumonia, on De
cember 14. Interment was in Cool
Springs cemetery.
Mrs. Haney is survived by her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Lynch, of
Forest City; her husband, B. H.
Haney, of Philadelphia; five broth
■ ers, Robert, Lester, Roy, William
and Dean Lynch, of Forest City; and
three sisters, Pauline Lynch, and Lil
ly Lynch, of Forest City; and Iva
Carver, of Rock Hill, S. C.
Pall bearers were Messrs John
Allen, John Brackett, Ray Reep,
Howard Daniel, Robert Harrill, Ted
Phillips, Bostic Bridges, Dock Hol
land, J. R. Champion and Albert
Blackburn.
i
Home Of Henry Moore
Destroyed By Fire
Forest City, R-2, Dec. 30. —The
home of Mr. Henry Moore, of near
Oakland, was burned Sunday night.
The fire was discovered about 9:30 j
and had already gained such head- j
way when discovered that nothing
could be done to check it, or save
any of the furniture. The house and
furniture was a complete loss, only
a few small pieces of furniture being j
saved.
One of Mr. Moore's children was j
critically ill at the time.
The loss is over $3,000. The origin j
of the fire is unknown, but it is be- i
lieved to have originated from a de
fective electric light line.
Just eight years ago Mr. Moore j
suffered a similar loss when his home ;
and all of his furniture was destroy- ;
ed by fire.
wife he is survived by his mother,,
Mrs. Lula Porter, one brother, Joe!
Porter, of Forest City: and seven sis-,
ters as follows: Mrs. Willie Watson,;
Spindale; Mrs. Pink Evens, Ellen-j
boro; Mrs. Roy Jenkins, Harris; Mrs. j
Henry Heal, Caroleen; Mrs. Newton,
James, Forest City; Mrs. Walter Sisk, j
Nashville, Tenn.; and Mrs. William j
Funderburk, Forest City.
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FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JA \> x2 > 1930.
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FINAL SERVICE
AT TABERNACLE
FRIDAY NIGHT
Tabernacle Will be Wrecked
Saturday and Taken to
Cliffside—Service at
Spindale Sunday
Spindale, Dec. 30.—A farewell
service will be given at the Stephens
Tabernacle here Friday evening, be
ginning at 7:30 o'clock. Following
the services, the men who are present
will begin the work of wrecking the
tabernacle. A4l men are requested
to bring a hammer, and as soon as
the services are coucluded the work
of removing the seats and inside
furniture will begin. The tabernacle
proper will be wrecked Saturday.
A special service for men will be
held at the Spindale House Sunday
afternoon at 2:30. Dr. Wellborn, of
Atlanta," Ga., secretary of the Evan
gelistical Association, and Mr. Tom
Glascoe, of Charlotte, will be pres
ent and speak. It is probable that
several prominent laymen members
of the Evangelistical Association, of
Winston-Salem, will be present at this
meeting. These men will discuss
means of conserving the results of
the recent Stephens Evangelistical
campaign in the county, and a local
Evangelistical club will be organized
at that time. v
The Stephens tabernacle will be
removed to Cliffside Saturday and
re-constructed there in preparation
for the opening of a six weeks meet
ing at that place on January 12.
HOLD FUNERAL FOR
NR. ELIJAH DAVES
i
Bostic Man Died Saturday—
* Funeral Held Monday
Morning at Con
cord Church.
t
Bostic, Dec. 30. —Mr. Elijah Da
ves, aged 60, died at his home at
Bostic Saturday night at 11:15
o'clock, after a short illness. Funer
al services were held at Concord
Baptist church Monday morning at
11 o'clock with his pascor, Rev. I.
D. Harrill, in charge, assisted by
Rev. W. B. Jenkins, of Woodruff,
S. C. Interment was in Concord
cemetery.
Mr. Daves is survived by his wid
;ow and four children, as follows:
1 Mrs. Delia Thompson, of Bostic;
Mrs. Florence Owens, of Carole en;
i and Elizabeth and Ethel Daves, at
home. Four grandchildren survive,
also three sisters, Miss Ida Daves,
Rutherfordton; Miss Leona Daves,
j Logan Store and Mrs. Ada Petty, of
| Evansville, Ind.
;
Pall bearers were: Messrs. Lem
j uel Harrill, Samuel Harrill, Lee J
Smith, Joe Gunter, Joe Padgett,
John Bailey. Flower girls were
Missess Ailene Padgett, Alba Pad -
gett, Eunice Hollifield, Ruby Harris,
Jennie Sue Harrill, Bertie Lee Kea
drick, Beulah Philbeck, Sarah Flack.
Dr. Daves was born April 7, 1869,
in the Sunshine community, in this
county. He was a prosperous farmer
and one of the leading citizens of
his community.
Annual Meeting Of
B. S. A. Council Jan. 13
The annual meeting of the officials
of the Piedmont Council, Boy Scouts
of America, will be held in Hotel
Armington, Gastonia, on Monday
evening, January 13th, at 7 o'clock,
according to an announcement made
by scout executive R. M. Schiele, of
Gastonia. It was first planned to
hold the annual meeting in Shelby,
but due to a conflict in dates it was
changed to Gastonia.
Officials for the council and offi
cers for each of the counties com
posing the council will be elected at
that time. The council is composed of
the counties of Gaston, Cleveland,
Lincoln, Rutherford and Polk, with,
several adjoining counties as exten
sion territory.
'SOUTH
INSTITUTE hni
FINE CHRISTMAS
Institute Officials Acknow
ledge Gifts From Many,
Sources—Holidays En
joyed By All.
Bostic, R-8, Dec. 30.—1n spite of
cold weather and bad roads South
Mountain Industrial Institute enjoy
ed a happy Christmas season due to
the loyalty and kindness of friends
jof Bostic, Tryon, Cliffside, Forest
City, Mooresboro, Marion, Ellen
' boro, Durham, Double Springs, Shel
by, Rutherfordton, Salisbury, Gas
tonia, Lincolnton, Charlotte, Mor
ganton, Asheville, Albemarble,
Leaksvilte, besides St. Louis, Mo.,
Kansas Gity, Mo., Washington, D.
C., and other places had a part in
giving joy and'pleasure to the school
family. The gifts consisted of toys,
candy, cakes, fruits, chickens, cloth
j ing quilts, blankets, tray cloths, cook
ing utensils, dishes, a Victrola and
money. A basket ball given by Mr.
Weathers of the Farmers Hardware,
Forest City,"is much appreciated by
the high school girls. Many organiza
tions and friends brought their gifts
to the school. Among the visitors
was Mr. Roark, of Ellenboro, who
gave an appropriate Christmas mes
sage to the school.
Four cars of people from the Flor
ence church of Forest City visited
the school December 14, and brought
groceries and money. The boys are
hoping these visitors will return soon
especially the ones who helped at the
wood pile.
MR.SEORGEDAVIS
CALLED RY DEATH
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|
j Aged Resident of Walls Com
munity Succumbs to Long
Illness—Funeral Held
Sunday.
Ellenboro, R-2, Dec. 30. —Mr.
George Davis, aged about 80, died
at his home on this route early Sat
urday morning after a lengthy ill
ness.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afernoon at 2 o'clo'ck at Walls
j Baptist church, of which he was a
(consistent member. Interment fol
lowed in the Walls church cemetery,
beside his wife who died two or
three years ago.
Mr. Davis was the father of ten
children, nine of whom survive. They
are: M. C. Davis, of Union Mills;
Mrs. W. T. Dobbins, Mrs. C. H. Pad
gett, Mrs. R. L. Wells, of the Walls
community; Mrs. M. J. Hamrick, of
Henrietta; Mrs. E. D. Bridges, of
Richmond, Va.; Mrs. Ida Davis, Miss
Margaret Davis, and Miss Georgia
Davis, all of Ellenboro.
A large number of grand-children
and great grand-children survive. !
Mr. Davis was a member of one !
i
of Rutherford county's pioneer fam
ilies, and was well-known and res
pected in his neighborhod, where he
was a successful farmer for a num
ber of years.
Mr. and Mrs. Broad Moore have:
returned from a visit to relatives in ]
Georgetown, Ky.
HIS FIRST JOB A
MOST DIFFICULT ONE I
Mr. James Padgett, who has re- [
cently become engaged in the under
taking business with his father, Mr.
T. R. Padgett, and a recent graduate
of an embalming school at Nash
ville, Tenn., found his first job as an
embalmer a most difficult one, but
handled it in a masterly manner. His
first call was to embalm the body of
George Porter, who had shot himself
through the heart, making the work
cf embalming most difficult.
"Heartiest New Year's wishes for;
1930 —may you enjoy every mo
ment of it," Mrs. A. C. Jones, Mil
liner. 13-11.
Cotton Ginning
Report To Dec. 20
Rutherford county ginned 17,934
bales of cotton up to Friday, Decem
ber 20, according to a report of the
i Department of Commerce, issued
j through the Bureau of the census.
I The county had ginned 15,151
Ito the same date in 1928.
i The state had ginned 658,098
I bales as compared to 800,102 bales
j to the same time last year,
j Cleveland has ginned 52,670 bales
to date, as compared with 48,503 to
the same period last year.
WOMAN FOUND
DEAD ON PORCH
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i Miss Mary Jane Morgan, of
Union Mills, Apparently
Frozen to Death Thurs
day Night.
!
Union Mills, Dec. 30.—Miss Mary
| Jane Morgan, 50, who lived with her
mother, Mrs. Grayson Morgan, Sr.,
near Union Mills, was found dead
upon the front porch of her home
(Friday morning, apparently the vic
tim of some kind of attack or stroke
of paralysis which so incapaciated
her that she froze to death. She had
gone to milk about 5 o'clock the pre
vious evening and was not seen alive
again.
Her mother, an invalid, sat up all
night and was nearly frozen to death
when found about 8 o'clock in the
morning. The fire had gone out
and she could not build it again or
go to bed. No inquest was held.
Miss Morgan is survived by her
mother, two brothers, Harold and
Adam Morgan of that section; one
sister, Mrs. John Green of the Alex
ander mills; two Gor
don and Grayson Moigan. " r—
jEpworth Leaguers
| To Meet Friday
I
The Rutherford County Epworth
League Association will hold its Jan
uary meeting in the First Methodist
church here Friday evening, at 7:30
o'clock. The Forest City Epworth
League will have charge of the devo
tional program. Following the devo
tional the business session will be
held, at which the county president,
Prof. R. W. Eaves, of Spindale, will
preside.
The December meeting, which was
twice scheduled to meet, was post
poned on account of the Stephens
tabernacle services.
Ellenboro Church
Remembers Pastor
j
j Ellenboro, Dec. 31.—The Ellen--
boro Baptist church very generously
remembered its pastor, the Rev. Zay
j Harrill, on Christmas. The members
! presented him with a nice suit of
| clothes, hat, shoes, shirt and tie, and
j a bountiful pounding. The Concord
| church gave him a handsome and
! comfortable overcoat. Success has j
!
marked his life as a minister of the ;
gospel. He greets one and all with
open generosity, and has made many
friends in Ellenboro.
Ef you want to go right in the
New Year, you should visit the
PIGGLY WIGGLY store. Folks, you ;
jest wait on yourself, and you sho'
gits yore money's wuth.
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
J. P. CARPENTER,
OF CLIFFSIDE, IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
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Funeral For Prominent Cliff -
side Citizen Held Sunday
Afternoon—Large Num
ber Attend Funeral.
| Cliffside, Dec. 30.—We have men-
I tioned in previous issues the illness
| of Mr. J. P. Carpenter, a man well
! known throughout this entire sec
i tion. His condition gradually grew
! worse despite all that medical skill
j and the ministrations of loving hands
j could do and he fell asleep at 7:20
f Saturday morning. Although it was
j generally understood for several days
j that he could not recover, yet it-Was
1 a great shock to his family and many
! friends when the end came.
The funeral service was held Sun-
I day afternoon at one o'clock at the
j Baptist church where the deceased
i had served as deacon and teacher
j for so long, having been a member
j since its organization.
Dr. Charles H. Stevens, a former
j pastor now at Bessemer, Ala., was in
! charge of the services assisted hv
Rev. D. J. Hunt, of Nealsville, N.
C., Rev. A. T. Stoudenmire, Avon
dale, both former pastors, Dr. Zeno
iWall, Shelby; Rev. D. H. Rhinehardt,
j pastor of the local Methodist church
i and Dr. W. A. Ayets, of Forest
! City. Each told of the life of the de
parted friend, of his love and devo
tion to his church and his friends.
The choir sang very sweetly the
old hymn "Whiter than Snow,"
which was often sung by the de
ceased and the only song he tried
to sing during his illness. Another
, request number, "The City Pour
Square" was rendered by a quartette
j composed of Messrs. E. W. Husky*,,
j Claude H. Wilson, W. T. Husky and
iH. M. Owens, -
T
j Never in the history of the town
i have so many sorrowing friends :
' gathered to pay respect to a depart--
jed friend or so many beautiful
' flowers bearing their mute, but beau
| tiful testimony of love and esteem:
; except at the passing of the founder
1 of our town, the late R. R. Haynes.
I
j Many commented of the beauty of
i the last rites for Mr. Carpenter and
I after the service at the church a line
; of cars estimated about one mile
| long followed the body to its last
j resting place in the cemetery at
• Floyd's Creek Baptist church where
• he as a boy and young man attend
! Ed service.
The pall bearers were members of
the Masonic Lodge as follows: Messrs
John G. Roach, Avondale; B. D.
,
: Wilson, Rutherfordton; Maurice Hen-
I drick and J. C. Hames, Cliffside; W.
W. Nanney and Clyde A. Erwin of
Rutherfordton. The honorary pall
;bearers were: Charles Haynes, Walter
■ Haynes, G. K. Moore, J. B. Watkins,
i W. B. Wilson,- P. C. Hawkins, B. L.
i Davidson, B. E. Gold, R. E. Wall,
IJ. H. Sargee, P. R. Greene and T.
jL. Blanton. A part of the many
j beautiful flowers were carried ;by
Misses Virginia Moore, Pearl Sim
mons, Pamelia Pruett, Amanda
Haynes, Feme Pruett, Rosa Mae
Haynes, Virginia Mae Love, Edna
Love, Bertha McCraw, Lucille Frye
and Mrs. J. C. Hord.
At the cemetery the Masonic
Lodge took charge of the service and
the body of the departed brother was
consigned to the grave with the cus
tomary Masonic rites and honors.
The body was escorted also by the
Lodge of Knights Templer, of For
est City.
Mr. Carpenter is survived by his
wife and the following children:
Mrs. F. S. Hall, Avondale, N. C.;
Mrs. F. E. Webb, of Forest City; R
E. Carpenter, Arthur and Charles
Carpenter and Miss Alice Carpenter
at home. He is survived by one
brother, Mr. John Carpenter of For
est City, and one sister, Mrs. John
Beam of Ellenboro.
"We can't say how much we ap
preciated your friendship and bu ! -
ness during 1929, and hope for its
continuance in 1930. Ilappy New
Year," Mrs. A. C. Jones, Milliner.
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