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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 Six months * $1.50 per year outside of Rutherford County. ADVERTISING RATES Display, per column inch 30c Classified Column lc per word Reading Notices, per line 10c THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1930. THE NEWSPAPER PRESENTS LIFE. Sherwood Anderson, well known novelist and country editor, has juot published a new book. According to reviews that have come to the edi tor's attention, it must be an inter esting and unusual contribution to the nation's literature. It is entitled "Hellow Towns" and made up entirely of articles, feature stories, news • reports, and editorials that have been published during the past year in the Marion Democrat, the author's own paper. Editor Anderson has done some thing unique, but it differs from the average editor's contribution only in the literary style in which it is writ ten and in the book form of its pub lication. In the files of the Forest City Courier, or of any other paper of this character, one may find the equiva lent of an interesting book. It is made-up of a great diversity of ma terial, but practically all of it is sig nificant in that it help present a pic ture of American life as it is lived snd enjoyed in a community such as Rutherford County. For example one may find such a diversity of interesting reading mat ter as the following: An account cf the successful rise in the business world of a local citizen, a story on how .some local farmer has solved the problem of farm relief for him self, an article that gives a true in # sight into the educational system as one will find it in the typical small town of America, and so oh the list grows as one thinks on this subject. Your weekly paper is part of an interesting book—a picture of the pageantry of life in' Rutherford coun ty, an agency that helps keep you in touch with a rapidly moving world. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN From a man with a key and a kite in an electrical storm to be a beau tiful cabinet with a few dials, and the Sunday afternoon concert is a tale of wonder surpassing any told by Gueen Schehcrazaae in the "Arab ian Knights." The citizen of Forest City goes home at night and almost before re moving his hat has turned the switch and twisted the dials to his favorite •station. His wife does the ironing and the mending to the strains of beautiful musical compositions or ac complishments on the baseball dia mond or the football field. Brother and sister hold their dances in their own homes. Scarcely a Sunday pass es during the winter months when the family is not grouped around the radio on Sunday afternoon to hear a great symphony orchestra playing the superb, compositions of Beeth oven or Tschaikowsky. Back again we go to the great Benjamin Franklin with .his key and his kite and the electrical storm, and his discovery that from the air comes a power so great that it will light whole cities, that it will carry the human voice through the air on wires, that it will transmit the human voice without wires. Many of these developments came after the great scientist-statesman and social leader who was so popular ia France during the Revolutionary War. As we sit comfortably in our fav orite chair in our home in Ruther ford county listening our favorite radio program let us this month when we observe Franklin's birthday breathe a little prayer for this great man whose discovery made possible these comforts in our workaday ' world. CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF. BBBBeP^ 1 ' mm jH', : JBek. S' Wms JK! : ** 0L 4*B(s lk ,|H\ JfißOJd ROY R. MORRIS. Mr. Roy R. Morris, of Forest City, handed The Courier his formal an nouncement, Tuesday morning, ot his candidacy for sheriff in the pri mary. Mr. Morris is an ex-service man, a fine young business man, an 1 is favorably known to hundreds throughout the county. Mr. Morris was a candidate four years ago and made a good race. HENRIETTA NEWS OF LATE INTEREST Fine Meeting of Methodist W. M. S. Held —Baptist Missionary So ciety Reorganized—Locals and Personals of Interest. ' Henrietta, Jan. 7.—The Woman's Missionary Society of the Henrietta M. E. church met with Mrs. F. O. Hand on Monday afternoon. The de votional study was led by Mrs. Hand, and splendid talks on "Spiritual Cul tivation" and "Our Finances" were given by Mrs. O. J. Mooneyham and Mrs. A. M. Lynch. A summary of last year's wcrk was given and show ed a most gratifying improvement in every line of work of the soeiety. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lovelace had as their dinner guests last week, Prof, and Mrs. J. B. Craven, of Gas tonia, and Misses Mary and Eva Belle Covington of Monroe. Miss Goldie Lee Morrissette has returned here to resume her duties as teacher in Twin-Hi after spending the holidays with relatives in Oxford. Miss Cleo Sane spent the holidavs with relatives in Campobello, S. C., and returned here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Asbury, Jr., and boys Sam and Tom spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Barrus in Clinton. N. C. The ladies of the Henrietta Bap tist church have re-organized their Missionary Society, and held a mo«t interesting meeting on Monday af ternoon. Mrs. T. C. Lovelace was hostess on this occasion. Mr. Jim Robertson, of Caroleen, who was painfully injured when he fell last Monday morning, has enter ed the Rutherford hospital for treat ment. Miss Lillian Smith has been visit ing friends in Gastonia and return ed Sunday afternoon. Miss Ruby Smith, Mr. Ralph Carpenter and Mr. Dan Smith went to Gastonia Sun day to accompany her home. Rutherford Boy Gets Fine Position Mr. Gerald H. Mahaffee, former Rutherford county boy and a son of Mr. M. B. Mahaffee, of Caroleen, has been promoted to the superinten dency of the Louisville (Ky.) Cotton Mills. He has been with that concern for several years as assistant super intendent, and succeeds Mr. C. N. Poore, who has been promoted to the position of assistant to the presi dent. Mi\ Mahaffee's many friends in this county will be pleased to learn of his promotion. He is a textile graduate of U. C. State College, class of 1925, and is eminently qualified to fill his new position. ELLENBORO HATCHERY OPENS 1930 SEASON Ellenboro, Jan. 6.—Tfie Ellenboro School Hatchery, owned and operated by the agricultural depart ment of the local school, opened its 1930 season yesterday when the first eggs were placed in the incubator which has a total capacity of 7,000 eggs. • - In addition to selling baby chicks pronounced a perfect physical speci at reasonable price the hatchery will men at a recent examination by the again do custom hatching for those state and county health departments, who have their own breeding flocks. The genial doctor's friends are elat- Excellent breeding flocks have been ed over the lad's fine showing, which selected by the agricultural teacher, attests fond parent's ability in One of the flocks produced an aver- supervising the welfare of the splen age of 217 eggs per hen last year, did lad. THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, JANUARI », 1930. DEATH CLAIMS GILKEY MAN Gilkey, Jan. 6. —Mr. Earl Jones, j age 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Co-; lumbus Jonts of near Gilkey died i Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, at 5:45! o'clock of pneumonia. He took sick i Dec. 23rd. He was buried Thursday j at Gilkey Methodist church at 1 p. m. He leaves his parents, three brothers, Messrs. Henry, James and Lawrence Jones, all of that section and two j sisters, Mrs. Grady Spratt, Marion! and Mrs. Crawford Bailey, at home, j He joined the Methodist church at I the age of 12 and lived a devoted Christian life. He was a well known and most highly respected young man. Mrs. Elsie Dunbar, aunt of the deceased also lives with the family. KIWANIS CLUB NOTES. Good attendance at the Kiwanis Club Monday with the new president and secretary filling their respective offices. No business of any particular importance came up at this meeting, except that it was ordered that a sign be painted on the roof of the new building now being completed for M. H. Hewitt, carrying the name of the city in large letters for the benefit of any aviators who may pass over Forest City. The program was good. Those tak ing part were F. I. Barber, Dr. R. R. Howes and others. Committees for the new year were announced by the president. BASKETBALL FRIDAY NIGHT. Boiling Springs will play the local team at the High school gym Friday night, January 10th. Promises to be a good game and a large crowd is expected to turn out. MR. A. L. McDANIEL INJURED IN WRECK NEAR MOORESBORO Just as he approached the over head bridge just this side of Moores boro Tuesday morning at 9:15, the Buick car driven by Mr. A. L. Mc- Daniel, of this city, skidded and ht struck the approach to the bridge. Mr. McDaniel suffered severe injur- ies to his' left hand, his right arm was badly sprained, a bad cut was received below the knee and he was also bruised about his stomach. How ever, his injuries are not considered dangerous', an'l he returned to his home here after receiving first aid in Shelby. The Buick car was damag ed to the extend of some $375.00 it is said. It was a narrow escape fo; Mr. McDaniel. LINCOLN GIRL SAYS SHE WAS NOT PORTER'S WIFE Shelby, Jan. G.—The young lady at Vale, in Lincoln county, to whom George Porter left a note, addressed to his "wife" Monday, December 30, when he killed himself at Forest City was not his wife, so she says. Apparently the girl was Porter's sweetheart, one that he wanted to call his wife,.and did call wife in his last message before snuffing out his life. The girl mentioned, Miss Madge Davis, of Vale, has informed news paper men here that she was not Porter's wife. "This is a mistake," she says. "We were not married." Porter, she says, had called upon her a few times. NOTICE! It is rumored that Mr. Marvin Hughey recently gave some cheeks in P'orest City, which on being present ed were returned unpaid from the bank. As these checks were on oth er parties it was alleged, for the time being, by some, that they were forgeries. The matter has been straightened out to the entire sat isfaction of all concerned and the original maker of the checks has set tled with Mr. Hughey. Mr. Hughey has been absolved from all blame in connection with this matter. MERCHANTS OF FOREST CITY. YOUNG SON OF DR. VERNER PERFECT PHYSICAL SPECIMEN Hugh, ten-year-old son of Dr. C. H. Verner, was the only child in the Forest City Grammar school to be FIRST TO ANNOUNCE. —■ ■ - ' HBSi^B^»*v'V* , '-'^Ba^B V. T. DAVIS. Mayor V. T. Davis has broken ; the political ice by'announcing him | self as candidate for sheriff in the j Democratic primary in June. Mr. ' Davis, an ex-service man, was elected JVlayor of Forest City last May, and has served ably and efficiently in that capacity since that time. Mr. Davis is a young man of great busi ness ability and if elected will make an efficient officer. His formal an nouncement appears elsewhere in this isssue of The Courier. Sister Of Mrs. P. A. McGregor Is Dead Mrs. A. H. Richardson, aged 35, died at her home in Little Rock, Ark., Monday night, of pneumonia. Funeral services were held Tuesday and interment was at Little Rock. Mrs. Richardson is jsurvived by her husband and four children, two boys and two girls, the eldest being eight years old. Two brothers, both of Ansonville, N. C., survive, also two sisters, Mrs. P. A. McGregor, of Forest City, and one sister in Toledo, Ohio. Mrs. W. R. Hicks Died January 1 Mrs. W. R. Hicks, of Youngsville, N. C., died Wednesday, January 1, at four o'clock, after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at Flat Rock Thursday. Mrs. Hicks is sur vived by her husband, three daugh ters, one son and three sisters. The son is Mr. R. J. Hicks, manager of the Hendricks* Novelty Company, of Forest City. Mr. Hicks' many friends sympathize with him in the great loss he has suffered. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES Sunday school at the Forest City Presbyterian church Sunday morn ing at i o'clock. Sermon by Rev. W. C. Rourk at 11 o'clock; subject "The Personality of the Holy Spirit" Every Presbyterian in the city is cordially invited to attend this ser vice. All members especially should be present, as some important busi ness should be transacted. DCGGETT MOTOR CO., SELLS 14 AUTOS IN DECEMBER ' Doggett Motor Company, local Ford dealers, report an average of 17 new cars sold each month dur ing 1929 making a total of 204 Fords delivered during the year. Six of the purchasers of these cars are living in South Carolina, and one each in Cali- fornia, Tennessee, Georgia, Mary land, New York, Massachusettes and Indiana. The remainder were sfcld in Rutherford, Cleveland and Polk coun ties. The majority, of course, being in this county. It is interesting to note that two thirds of these were closed cars, whereas five years ago open cars predominated. Open car sales are now mostly confined to roadsters. A total of 110 cars were traded in, and 94 new cars were straight sales to people who did not own an automobile. A list of new cars sold during the month of December follows: Fordor Sedans to R. H. Jones, R-4, Bostic; Mrs. Ed. White, R-2, Bostic; Sport coupes to John Lester Dun can, Spindale; Henry Dillion Mode, Spindale. • Tudor sedans to C. B. Harrill, R-2 Ellenboro; Max W. Higgins, City; A. C. Murphy, Spindale; J. W. Cole, R-l, Forest City; W. B. Doggett, Henrietta. Phaeton to R. M. Waters, R-l Hollis. Pick-up roadsters to M[ill Power Supply Company, Charlotte; D. F. Beachboard, Caroleen and Higgins Cash Store, Caroleen. Truck to N. F. Price, R-l, Hollis. FLORENCE MILL The one year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Bridges fell in the fire and was very painfully burned la?c Friday. Miss Alma Land who has been spending the holidays with her sis ter, Mrs. Walter Brady returned to her home in Danville, Va., Sunday. The many friends of Rev. H. C. Sisk will be sorry* to know that he is seriously ill at his home in Shelby. Miss Velma Morrow is confined to her room with mumps. Mrs. H. C. Kiser is ill at her home on Park street. We hope for her a speedy recovery. ! Miss Cleo Young, who has been in Africa as a Missionary for the last two years, wired her mother, Mrs. Julia Young, Tuesday, that she had landed in Boston and will arrive home in a few days. Her friends here will" be delighted to that she will be home soon. Miss Mary Logan King was the week-end guest of Miss Beth Cald well in Cliffside. I Late Specials t ESTABLISHED 1 Wi 1 ; Week End | [(-"WHERE ECONOMY RUIES?S { PRODUCE DEPT. | CELERY, LARGE STALK 10 c | CURLY KALE, LB. 10 c ! LEMONS, DOZEN 35 c 1 GRAPES, LB. 15 c | STRING BEANS, LB, I 2^ c | 2 * ! MEAT DEPARTMENT ! FRESH GROUND BEEF, LB. 1S C j | SUGAR CURED HAM, SLICED, LB. 39 c j \ KING MACKEREL STEAK, LB. - 19 c | RIB ROAST BEEF, LB. | BONELESS STEWING MEAT, LB. 19 c | See large ad elsewhere for other items and prices T , " ni _ t «SSr'AIMOTIC&PACIFIC-™ ♦ _ ["NEW I BEAUTY i| See the new | FORD CARS at :: our showrooms o 4 O • | Doggett Motor Co. ► Forest City, N. C. PROMOTERS OF NEW TEXTILE PLANT MEET Sponsors of Forest City's new te\. tile plant met Monday evening at the Kiwanis hall. It was decided at hi meeting to begfn Solicitations for stock at an early date. About $85,. 000 has already been, subscribed t was announced, and the promo Lers need $40,000 more before beginning their work. GETS TRIP FOR SPLENDID INSURANCE BUSINESS Mr. "G. B. Harrill, affable L: efficient cashier of the Indum i Bank and head of the Security I surance Co., was given a trip to Ne York City by officials of the insur ance company for the good showing made by the Security during the year just closed. Mr. Harrill is expected to reach home today, after about a week in the metropolis. His trip was a deserved recognition of splen did services, and Mr. Harrill's host of friends are more than pleased to see him win the honor. Use Courier Want Ads For Results \
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