Rutherford
County Offers
Unequalled
Opportunities To
Manufacturers
and Others
VOL. XII—No. 14.
STEPHENS REVIVAL
TO OPEN JANUARY
19 AT CLIFFSIDE
Opening of Tabernacle Ser
vices Postponed One Week
—General Officers for
Campaign Are Se
lected.
Cliffside, Jan. 6.—The Stephens
tabernacle meeting to be held at
Cliffside, will begin on Sunday, Jan
uary. 19.
At a preliminary meeting of the
i epresentative citizens of the town
n Monday night the following chair-
nen of committees were elected:
General chairman, Z. O. Jenkins;
Secretary and Treasurer, J. C.
Hames; Finance, G. C. Shuford;
Building, M. Hendrick; Entertain
ment, Mrs. G. C. Shuford; Music, B.
E. Roach; Ushers, P. C. Hawkins;
Publicity, Dr. J. M. Allhaijds; Nur
sery, Mrs. C. D. Hughes; Transpor
ration, C. B. Edwards; Extension,
D. C. Whitaker; Secretarial, John
L. Scruggs; Young People, Lieut.
Barron P. Caldwell; Men's Prayer
Meeting, Rev. D. H. Rhinehardt; Wo
men's Prayer Meeting, Mrs. D. H.
Rhinehardt. MJr. Chas. H|. Haynes
was chosen honorary member of all
the committees.
Wednesday of this week will be
tabernacle day at Cliffside, when 200
men from all walks of life, will com
plete the tabernacle in one day.
Mrs. G. C. Shuford, chairman of
the Entertainment Committee, and
her able assistants, will give all of
these workers a turkey dinner at
noon, in the Haynes Memorial build
ing.
The choir at this great Evangelis
tic meeting by Rev. Stephens, will
consist of 200 singers, from all the
chutes'fn the £tlrr outfdfftfivcommtf-
nity. The ushers, about 60 to 75 in
number, will be chosen from the same
sections of the community, to handle
the large crowds, that are expected
to attend these meetings.
The extension committee expects
a large number of workers from Spin
dale and Rutherfordton, workers from
the tabernacle meeting, closed at
Spindale just before the holidays, to
go out with our workers - the
surrounding country, on n* in
day to advertise the approaching
meeting to begin on the following
Sunday, January 19.
THE COUNTY CLUB
TO MEET JAN. 17
Will Discuss Objectives For
1930—Session Will Be
Held at Caroleen.
The January meeting of the Ruth
erford County Club will ber held in
Caroleen on Friday, January 17, at
one o'clock, according to an an
nouncement made by the acting sec
retary, Clarence Griffin. The meeting
will be held in the hall over the Car
oleen store.
Each member is requested to come
prepared to suggest objectives as to
the year's work. Mr. Z. O. Jenkins
will speak briefly on some suggested
objectives which .the Club should
work toward. Other members will
speak briefly.
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A group of farmers and students of Cool Springs Township, a part of seventy farmers and
Students who produced an average of 583 pounds of cotton per acre in this years* contest.
Photo Courtesy Charlotte Observer
Cool Springs Farmers Break
Cotton Production Record
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL CONCLUDED
Total of $454.00 Subscribed in
County—Breaks 1928 Re
cord—Amounts Raised
By Towns.
The following is a financial report
of .J he. recent Red Cross Roll Cfell:
The total amountsto s"4^4.oo"^or the
county. The amount that remains to
be used by the local county chapter
is $229.00. This total runs a good
bit more than last year's roll call.
The pleasing part of the roll call
was that many more of our people
contributed than last year. Mosi; sub
scriptions were for one dollar. There
was only 6ne $5.00 subscription and
a few $2.00 subscriptions. This a
mount of $229.00 supplemented with
the $174.04 from last year makes a
total of $404.00 available for our
county work. It is hoped that we ican
secure a Red Cross Nurse for at
least three months.
Following is a list of towns con
tributing.
Rutherforcjton 5237j00
Porest City 91.00
Spindale 19.00
Henrietta-Caroleen 51j00
Avondale 4- 15.00
Ellenboro 14.-00
Cliffside •_ 14-00
The chairman of the above towns
are: Mrs. A. C. Duncan, Forest City;
A. C. Lovelace, Henrietta-Caroleen;
Curtis Price, Ellenboro; L. C. Cobb,
Chimney Rock; F. S. Hall, Avondale.;
Miss Una Edwards, Cliffside.
Prof. W. R. Hill, secretary; Mrsi
Badger C. Williams, treasurer; Rev.
Mr. E. 18. Jenkins, roll call chair
man, and L. E. Spikes, county chair
man.
Organize B. Y. P. U's
At Baptist Church
A junior, intermediate, senior and
general B. Y. P. U. was organized
at the First Baptist church here last
Sunday evening, with & M. Crowder
as general director of the- young
peoples' organizations. Fred Blanton
was elected president of the senior
union, while Miss Mae Farnham was
elected sponsor for the intermediates
and Mrs. Tom Vernon and Miss Jen
nie Beachboard sponsors for the
junior B. Y. P. U.
On Monday evening the first of
ficers' council was held and plans
and programs for the month were
made out. It was decided at this
meeting that on February 9th a study
course would be held.
The unions meet every Sunday
at 6:30, an hour before the preaching
service, and all young people are
urged to be present.*
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTi % O COUNTY
"Bale-Per-Acre" Cotton Growers of Cool Springs Township
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FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 9,
Local Farmers Average 583
Pounds Cotton Produced
Per Acre at a Cost of
7.67 Cents Per
Pound.
Seventy farmers in Cool Springs
Township in Rutherford county
produced this /season an average
of 583 pounds ojMint cotton to
the acte on 5-acre plots, at-a cost
of 7.67 cents per pound. These
farmers grew the cotton in a
contest sponsored by the Forest
City Kiwanis club and conducted
by the department of vocational
agriculture in the high school.
The 350 acres in the contest
produced 408.66 bales of cotton,
which comes near to being six
bales on each of the 70 five-acre)
plots. The 10 highest men in the j
contest made an average of 802.4
pounds of lint cotton per acre, or
a little more than eight bales on
five acres, and the second 10 men
produced 618.6 pounds per acre.
The tabulated results show that
i
the first 20 men in the contest
average over seven bales on five
acres.
The results of this contest are
extremely interesting. The prizes
donated by the Forest City business
I firms amounted to $332, and more
• than half the cotton was sold
i
iat a good premium direct to local
j mills. J. R. Moore and Terry
•Moore of the Alexander Mills, have
' been much interested in the grow
* ing of a longer stapled cotton in
this community, and they attended
a number of evening classes for
farmers conducted by the depart
ment of vocational agriculture of |
the high school and discussed the j
growing of longer staple cotton
from the manufacturing stand
point.
More than 500 bushels of Coker j
No. 5 seed were brought into the'
community this spring, and the
Alexander Mills gave a substantial )
prize for the best cotton of this
variety grown in the township, j
This is the first time this mill
has been able to use local cotton.'
They have already bought more
than a thousand bales this year
from the community and their
bwyer says the quality and staple
are excellent.
The cost of producing this cotton
was 10.33 cents below the average
cost in the state in 1928. The
average yield in North Carolina in
1928 was 212 pounds of lint cotton
per acre and the average cost of
production was 18 cents a pound.
The average yield in this contest
exceeded the state yield by 371
pounds and the production cost
average of 7.67 makes the cotton
in this contest pay the farmers
an average profit of 9.53 cents a
EVANGELISTIC
CLUB FORMED
Officers Elected for Ruther
ford County Evangelistic
Club at Meeting Held
Sunday Afternoon.
Spindale, Jan. - 7.—Several hun
dred attended the men's meeting at
the Spindale House Sunday after
noon. Jhe meeting was held by the
men o§ Spindale, Rutherfordton, and
surrounding sections to discuss the
a of Organizing a Business
mln's 6 * Evangelistic Club of Ruther
ford county. It was decided to organ
ize with the following officers: G.
B. Howard, Spindale, president; C.
W. Keeter, Rutherfordton, first vice
president; J. H. Hill, Spindale, second
vice president; W. R. McDonald,
Spindale, secretary.
The, following team captains were
appointed by the president to serve
for the first six months of this year
and to represent their church: 0., C.
Erwin, Rutherfordton Presbgfwrtan
church; W. B. Walker, RutheHowl
ton Baptist; C. M. Butler,
fordton Methodist; J. B. Flynn, Pied
mont Baptist church; W. O. Geer,
Mountain Creek; A.H. Putnam, South
ern Baptist church, Ruth; McKen
dree Wells, Mount Hebron Methodist
church; O. J. Holler, Union Mills
Presbyterian church; R. I. Roberts,
Spindale Baptist church; I. J.
Thomasson, Spindale Presbyterian;
J. H. Puckett, Spindale Methodist;
and W. R. Francis, Spencer Baptist
church, Spindale.
The club is non-denominational
and has as its object to lead men to
a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ
and to enlist them in Christian ac
tivity. >
684 Pounds Lint
Cotton Per Acre
Ellenboro, Jan. 6. —A total yield
of 3421 pounds of lint cotton, 684
pounds per acre, is the yield receiv
ed by M. E. Bridges of near Ellen
boro from his five-acre project,
grown in the Ellenboro cotton grow
ing contest sponsored by the agricul
tural department of the local school
last year.
The five-acres cost him a total of
$335.08 or $67.16 per acre when
charging managerial services and
rent of land at SIO.OO each per acre
along with all other costs including
labor. Subtracting the value of the
seed from the total costs and then
dividing by the number of pounds
of lint produced he produced a pound
of lint for a little more than seven
cents.
He fertilized with 4400 pounds of
an 8-4-4 fertilizer and 100 pounds of
acid phosphate at planting time and
then, side-dressed with nearly 200
pounds of nitratje of soda just after
chopping time.
pound. The abote profit was fig
ured on the basis of 17.20 cents
per pound lint.
Auto Crash Fatal
To G. K. Moore, Sr.
Prominent Cliffside Contractor Dies in Ruther
ford Hospital As Result of Injuries
Received Monday Morning.
HEAD-ON COLLISION ALSO I
SURRENDERS
Walter Branch, alleged
driver of the death car
which fatally injured Mr.
Kelly Moore Monday morn
ing, surrendered to sheriff
W. C. Hardin Wednesday
morning, bringing to a close
a three days persistent hunt
by officers and posses in
this and adjoining counties.
Branch escaped from the
scene of the wreck, and was the
object of a search extending over
a wide territory, in which sev
eral hundred people participat
ed. Officers sighted Branch Mon
day night and shot at him sev
eral times, but were unable to
stop him. A close lookout was
maintained by officers in ad
joining towns through Tuesday
night.
Branch, dejected, injured,
hungry and worn out by dodg
ing officers for nearly three days,
went to Rutherfordton and sur
rendered to Sheriff Hardin.
Branch was injured about the
body in a number of places.
None of the injuries, however,
are serious. They... are fleshy
wounds and cuts, which were re
ceived when the cars collided.
REV. M. F. MOORES AND MR.
LOX HARRILL IMPROVING
According to reports from the
Rutherford Hospital as The Courier
goes to press, Rev. M l . F. Moores,
pastor of the Forest City Methodist
church, is resting well, though his
condition is yet serious. Mr. Lox*Har-
rill, who was injured in an auto ac
cident Monday, is in critical condi-
tion, but showed some improvement
Wednesday .Both men rested well
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Charles Hill
Died Saturday
Rutherfordton, Jan. 6. —Funeral
: services for Mrs. Charles Hill, 78,
| who died Saturday morning, were
held at Piedmont Baptist church,
three miles west of here, Sunday af
ternoon with a large crowd in at
tendance. The Rev. T. M. Hester was
in charge of the services. She leaves
a husband and one daughter, Miss
Lula Hill; one brother, Charles M.
Keeter of Chico, Texas, and two
sisters, Mrs. M. D. Hill, Spindale,
and Mrs. R. A. Callahan, Ruther--
fordton. She was a devoted member
of the Baptist church and joined in
girlhood.
WOMAN'S CLUB
Dramatic Club.
The Dramatic club will meet
! Thursday evening (tonight) with
J Miss Merle McDaniel at 7 o'clock
All members are requested to be
present.
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Literary Department.
The Literary and American Home
department of the Woman's Club
will meet on Thursday afternoon,
January 9th., at the hoftie of Mrs.
J. F. Alexander.
Mrs. Morgan, Chairman, asks that
each member arrive promptly as
meeting will begin at sharp.
Any unpaid dues should be settled
at this time.
SI.OO Per Year in Adrance
INJURES MR. LOX HARRILL
Three men and one girl were ar
| rested and placed in jail at Forest
j City early Monday morning follow
ing an automobile accident near
Sandy Mush in which G. Kelly Moore
Sr., one of the county's most prom
inent men and one of Cliffside's most
beloved citizens was fatally injured,
and Lox Harrill, also of Cliffside,
had his knee badly crushed. The
driver of the death car escaped al
though his knee, lip and hand were
badly cut.
Mr. Moore, who was supervisor of
the construction of the new home
being built by Dr. and Mrs. T. C.
Lovelace here, and Mr. Harrill, fore
man of the carpenter work, were on
| their way to work when the tragic
wreck occurred on the curve just
below the cotton gin at.Sandy Mush
on the Caroleen road. It is said that
while coming around this curve,
their car, a Plymouth coupe, was
struck %>y a model T Ford roadster,
that was on the wrong side of the
road. It was driven by Walter
Branch, of Henrietta, and in it with
him was his brother, Woodrow Branch
of Henrietta, and Miss Virginia Roach
daughter of Horace of
Avondale.
Driver Escapet.
Following the wreck,' which was
almost a head-on collision, Walter
Branch made his escape, although
injured. His brother and the girl
who was with thfcm, were arrested -
by Jim Marlow, of Alexander, and
j brought to Forest City where they
were lodged in jail. It is evident that
they had a cf r-load of whiskey, as a
large quantity was scattered over the
ground and in the car, after the bot
tles had been broken, either in the
crash or by the occupants of the car
following the accident. A gallon of
whiskey, however, was found by of
ficer Marlow and later a half-gallon
was found by Chief Chas. R. Price
and Mayor V. T. Davis, of Forest
City, which someone had hidden,
jGary Hames, of Cliffside, owner of tha
Ford was arrested Monday morning
and brought, to the jail at Forest
City. They were all held in connec
tion with the death of Mr. Moore'
but the nature of the charge against
theiji was not" disclosed.
A Baynard boy of Sandy Mush
was also arrested charged with at
tempting to hide the whiskey which
was in the Ford.
Injured Taken to Hospital.
{ Immediately after the accident
! occurred, Mr. Moore and Mr. Har
rill were rushed to Forest City for
medical aid. A phone call to Dr. W.
C. Bostic, Sr., and Dr. W. C. Bos
tic, Jr., was put in, requesting them
to meet the injured men at their of
fice, but after seeing the condition
Mr. Moore was in, these doctors
thought it best for him to be taken
to the hospital. An ambulance was
quickly summoned, and Mr. Moore
and Mr. Harrill were rushed to the
Rutherford hospital, but Mr. Moore
•was so mortally injured that medi-
Jcal aid was of no avail and he died
i about 10 o'clock. Mr. Harrill was
[found to be in a critical condition
but he is expected to recover.
A warrant, charging him with mur
der, was issued Monday morning for
Walter Branch, driver of the Ford,
and a large number of policemen
and deputy sheriffs were put on his
trail. It was found that Branch had
been carried to his home in Henriet
ta by J. S. Wall, who lives on the
highway to Caroleen near where the
wreck occurred, after he had been
told Branch that he had been in
a wreck and was hurt, not saying
anything about any of the other
parties. Mr. Wall not knowing that
he was wanted by the police took
him home. Branch left his home,
though, to make good his escape,
and was seen crossing the Cliffside
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