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 niatter under act of Congress
cf March 3, 1879.
C. E. ALCOCK Editor and Owner
CLARENCE GRIFFIN . News Editor
MRS. C. E. ALCOCK Society Editor
ARVAL ALCOCK .-Asst. Manager
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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1930.
THE SEABOARD
EXTENSION.
Hendersonville headquarters for
the movement to secure extension
of the Seaboard from Rutherfordton
westward are much in earnest. They
now have the endorsing resolutions
of all counties concerned except Gas-
ton and Lincoln, and no doubt, the
commissioners of these two counties
will be forwarding the desired docu
ment in a few days. The mountain
folks believe that, with the support
of the piedmont counties, they will
eventually succeed in the great under
taking.—Charlotte Observer.
AMERICAN POLITICS.
During a political campaign we
often hear people express a lack of
faith in the American system of
democracy. They refer to politics as
a dirty game, and deplore the trick
ery employed to confuse the public.
While many things are said in the
heat of a campaign that would never
be uttered at any other time, while
ali combatants indulge in a certain
amount of trickery to secure popu
lar support, much good comes out
of a political battle.
.The business of the public is
thoroughly aired. People are given
a better knowledge of how their
government functions than they
could receive in any number of
scholarly lectures. Words are not
minced.- - Feelings of officials
are not spared. And as a result
nor.hing is covered up. The general
public interest aroused by such con
tests serves as a wholesome check
and guide on any candidate in office.
There is a benefit to be derived from
Am-erican politics, crude as they ap
pear at times.
COCA COLA PLANT
MAKING. IMPROVEMENTS
Mr. F. I. Barber, manager of the
lo«ial Coca Cola Bottling plant, is
having a new refrigerating system
installed in the plant. This system
is being installed by a Charlotte
concern. This will enable Mr. Barber
to maintain a cool plant during the
hot. sultry summer months.
!lf i fkl ■ *f^ ain 24 85c I
rif ill for 48 lb. $1,681
S. R. 98 lb. $3.351
arlO lb. bag 49c |
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SUPERIOR COURT
CONVENES MAY 12
j Judge John Oglesby Will Pre
side Over May Term of
Criminal Court—Jury
; List.
| Rutherfordton, Apr. 15.—The Ma}
i term of Superior Court for trial oi
! criminal cases will convene here May
j 12, with Judge John Oglesby, ot
•Concord, presiding. . The jurors fo v
j this term of court have been drawn
ja? follows:
j Fir s t Week.
P. L. Marks, W. A. Wilson, T. L.
W. M. Spratt, W. B. Craig,
J H. Burgess, R. C. Gilbert, \V. L.
Smith, C. Y. Bradley, A. W. Harris.
Burl Womick, R. C. Nave, Bert Ka
(nipe, Amos M. Bridges, I. L. John
json, T. R. Keeter, Curtis M. Watson,
jW. T. Toms, S. A. Summey, M. L.
| Lovelace, L. B. Harrill, M. C. Ram
jsey, W. W. Hicks, W. T. McFarland,
B. F. Ledbetter, T. G. Hooper, F.
IL. Sparks, J. G. Baber, R. L. Shytle,
!W. H. Randall, A. I. Moore, W. G.
jCline, R. N. Padgett, W. J. Philbeck.
J. E. Yelton, J. C. Cowan, Jr.,
Second Week.
' G. D. Koon, W. T. Earley, J. F.
' Grover, J. C. Hollifield Joe L. Hamp-
I ton. J. C. McEntire, W. V. Huntley,
A. L. Brackett, J. R. Fincannon, Ed
Morrison, C. Q. Walter, W. L. Roach
iD. C. Martin, Joe D. Hamrick, D.
'M. Spratt, S. C. Wells, W. F. Hum
j phries, N. L. Walker.
B. & L. OFFICIALS
IN MEETING HERE
Annual Meeting of District
Eight of Building & Loan
Associations Held Here
Wednesday.
; Sixty officials of the building an.l
loan associations of the seven coun
ties embraced in district eight gath
ered in Forest City Wednesday for
their annifal meeting. These officials
represented thiry building and loan
associations.
The session came to a close with
an elaborate luncheon at Blanton's
Cafg at one o'clock. W. L. Brown,
secretary of the local association
acted as toastmaster at the lunch .
eon. Dr. A. C. Duncan welcomed the
association members to Forest City,
in a brief humorous address. The
response was made by Mr. Ed. Kist
ler, of Mt. Holly. Short talks were
made by Dr. John D. Biggs, Mr. For
rest Eskridge and Mr. Laßouque.
Sixty-one plates were served at the
luncheon.
1 This session was one of the most
successful held thus far in the state
this year. At a recent meeting of the
j Greensboro district a total of seven
ty three members were present. That
was. the only meeting held in the
.state where the attendance exceed
ed that of the Forest €ity meeting.
The morning session was held in
the City Hall, and was largely at
tended. Several good speakers were
ion program.
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THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, APRIL IT, 1 930.
Music Week To Be
Observed In County
Music, one of the finest arts of
mankind, will hold sway throughout
the nation the week beginning May
4, National Music Week. The same
will be true in Rutherford county
where, during the past few jeais re
markable progress in all blanches of
music has been evident.
Music lovers are now working on
plans for a county-wide celebiation
for this event which will eclipse any
previous effort. As plans are per
fected important announcements will
forthcoming.
I Committee arrangements have been
made as follows:
' Publicity: Dr. R. R. Howes, Forest
'•City; Mr. C. E. Alcock, Forest City.
Dr. Philip Nonis, Rutherfordton and
Mr. R. E. Price, of Rutherfordton.
i Invitation: Mesdames Fred Webb,
A. C. Duncan, R. R. Howes, all of
forest City.
Program: Miss Katherine Goggans,
Forest City; Mrs. A. M. Glickman,
Forest City; Miss Heffner, Cliffsdde,
Mrs. Logan, Rutherfordton Miss Mil
dred Rogers, Ellenboro, Mr. G. B. Ho
ward, of Spindale, and Capt. Ben
Smith, of Shelby.
FORMAL OPENING OF
TEA ROOM SATURDAY
The formal opening of the Harrill
& Black Tea Room, located on High
way No. 20, at West End, will be
Saturday morning, at ten o'clock.
This tea room will carry a full line
of sandwiches, specialize in barbe
cue, cold drinks, ice cream, candies,
etc. The tea room will be open daily
from ten o'clock in the morning to
midnight. The owners are offering
five dollars in gold to the person
suggesting the best name for this
place of business.
A large ad elsewhere in this week's
issue of The Courier 'carries; full
details of the opening, also lists
some appetizing menus.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR SERVICES
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
A special Knights Templar service
will be held at the Presbyterian
church here on Easter Sunday at 3
p. m. A large delegation of Knights
in full uniform will attend these ser
vices. Rev. J. S. McElroy, of Rut.h
erfordton, will do the preaching. The
public is cordially invited.
Never do anything in a hurry if
you would live long, advises a spe
cialist. What about crossing a busy
thoroughfare.
Those who think prohibition is en
forced more effectively than other
laws should try parking in a no
parking area.
Watch the Label on your paper.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE BANK OF ELLENBORO
at Ellenboro, N. C., to The Corpora
tion Commission.
At the Close of Business on the 27th
day of March, 1930.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts .—5101,415.31
Overdrafts 55.77
Banking House ..... 3,768.70
Furniture and Fixtures . 3,100.95
Cash in Vault and a
mounts Due from Ap
proved Depository
Banks 32,847.0S
TOTAL $141,187.81
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock Paid In ... $ 20,000.00
Surplus Fund 1,850.00
Undivided Profits (Net A
mount) 1,693.08
Other Deposits Subject
to check ' — 42,600.13
Cashiers checks outstand
ing 42.53
Time Certificates of De
posit (Due on or After
■'o Days) } 74.042.10
TOTAL $141,187.81
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
County of Rutherford. ss.
A. S. Harrill, President, E. E. Hav
rill, cashier and Z. D. Harrill, direc
tor of the Bank of Ellenboro, each
personally appeared before me this
day, and, being duly sworn, each for
himself, says that the foregoing re
port is true to the best of his knowl
edge and belief. -
E. E. HARRILL,
Cashier,
Z. D. HARRILL,
Director.
J. L. WRIGHT,
Director.
Sw oin to and subscribed before me
this the 11th day of April, 19-30.
O. R. COFFIELD,
* Notary Public.
My commission expires Jan. sth, 1931.
COOL SPRINGS TOWNSHIP SCHOOL
NEWS
'
Music Contest.
! The music department of the Cool
Springs High School made a splen
\did showing at Gastonia Saturday,!
f April 12th. Out of eight entries, five
i first places were won, a second ana
a third. The boys' glee club made (
192 percent. This was a very good
1 record considering the experienca of,
i the boys. This is the first year thr.t:
the school has had a boys' glee club.,
' TVio girls glee club made an a\eia£.'e!
■of 95 2-3 percent. Both of these;
clubs won first place. Eleanor Meares:
won first place in the contralto solo j
\ contest with an average of 92 per-j
cent. Phillip Chambers won the first j
place in the baritone solo contest!
'with 90 percent. Howard Magnessj
' won first place in the unchanged j
voice solo, 89 percent. Paul Hamrick:
won second place in the tenor solo i
'contest with a grade of 76 percent]
! and Dorothy Greene won third place j
in soprano contest 78 percent. Dor
Melons, A Delight
Of Tarheel Farms
! The North Carolina firm without
a watermelon patch is denying itself
jthe pleasure of having at home a
supuly of the most ce'ioious tTop
'»rown in the Soutn.
"Not only do watermelons contain
those essential food elements known
as vitamins, but the melons are tasty
and delicious. Growing the crop is
neither difficult nor expensive," says
C. R. Hudson, veteran extension
worker as State college. "Most any
old piece of poor, broomsedge land
will produce fine flavored melons
when propertly fertilized. A well
drained, sandy loam soil, sloping to
the south is best. Stiff clay soils and
low moist soils rarely give gQod re
sults."
To star', mark off iVo land In
spaces sc-vt-u to eip'bt feet wide. Plow
to thesf farrows w* 1 a turn plow
until th- writer furrow is left be
tween. New throw t a » furrows to
gether across these water furrows
ANNOUNCEMENT
To the person suggesting the best name for Rutherford Coun
ty's newest and most sanitary luncheon and dining room we will
give
$5.00 IN GOLD FREE!
Formal Opening
of this dining room, which is located on Highway No. 20, be
tween Forest City and Spindale, will be held on next
Saturday Morning, April 19
at 10 o'clock.
Every Visitor Will Receive a Card For Name Suggestion.
I
A full line of Sandwiches, Specializing in Barbecue, Cold
Drinks and Ice Cream, Cigarettes, Candy, Etc.
WE WILL SERVE FROM 10 A. M., TO 12 MIDNIGHT EACH
DAY.
Monday. April 21st, we will be prepared to serve at all time
CHICKEN DINNERS
Chicken Dinner Menu
SANDWICHES F R IE D CHICKEN BANQUETS
* OUR SPECIALTY
-D .u -J-) i RICE GRAVY s
Bai beeue Polk lsc j From one plate to one
_ . _ „ HOT BISCUITS bnndrpd
Barbecue Beef ____ 15c hundied
LIMA BEANS
Barbecue Chicken 15c CORN GREEN BEANS j TWQ prjvATE
j Sliced Chicken .... 25c MASHED POTATOES DINING ROOMS
(White meat only) (Choice of three vegetables) j f o j. parties
Lettuce & Tomato 15c SALAD DESERT
Pimento Cheese .. 15c COFFEE—ICED TEA—MILK CURB SERVICE
1— SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS !
HARRILL & BLACK, Props.
All Bakery Products Furnished Exclusively by Asheviile Baking Company.
ris Ledbetter represented the school
in the piano contest.
Typewriting Contest. ;
' Cool Springs High won third place
in the typewriting contest in 1928.
The following year the local school,
' moved up to second place. Nine pu- j
1 pils from the high school will jour-j
Jney to Asheville Wednesday to com-j
'pete for state honors again. ,
The first year class will be repre- j
! sented by Howard Magness, John j
|Blanton, and Margaret Searcy. The:
; second year class will be represent-'
jed by Alice Owens, Pearl Irvin and j
j Sara Holland. The third year have j
{three of last years' contestants to {
help fight for first honors. This class •
j will be by Elleanor j
! Meares, Joy Brackett and Virginia j
\ Mills.
Debaters to Chapel Hill.
Kenneth Bostic and Lilah Gordon.
King will represent the affirmative.
ito mik.i ridges showing where the
hills are to be. W'ier2 the checks
occur put in two shovelshil of good,
well-rotted manure and n handful
of high grade fertilizer. Mix these in
the soil well. Now reverse the plow
ing operation, throwing two furrows
over the water furrow. On these
| ridges the seed are planted.
Mr. Hudson advises using 6 to 8
seed in a hill until a stand is secur
ed and thinning later to two plants
in a hill. He advocates making sev
eral plantings a year so the water
melons will be ripening at intervals.
Begin during the first part of April
and plant until July 1. Keep the patch
clean until the vines are three feet
long then plant cowpeas between
rows to give the vines supDcrt. Few
er but better melons may secur
ed by limiting the number of run
ners to the pl.tnt.
They're going to spend many mil
lions to scrap old cars, right at a
when locomotives and tele
phone poles are accomplishing the
same thing without making a charge.
in the final debate at Chapel Hp
Thursday. Leona Hardin ana S* r '
Bridges will defend the negative *;•:
'of the question.
Baseball.
I Shelby will meet the local b•
|on the high school diamond Frid---
[ April 18th, at 3:45 p. m. This
j ises to be one of the best game
,the season. Shelby defeated \- r '-
jboys from Forest City in Sheibv r
j9 last week.
(
j Glee Clubs to Greensboro.
J Forty-four boys and girls will
jto Greensboro Thursday, April 24t
ito compete for state honors.
> Mrs. A. M. Glickman, Mr. C. C
iErwn and Miss Bettye Jane I'ieratt
I deserve much credit for the splen-
I did success of the music clubs and the
j debating. Miss Claybrooke has don
i excellent work in typewriting and the
; pupils are expected to make a fine
'showing at Asheville.
ROMINA HONOR ROLL
This week completes the .second si
weeks period of the county school
since Christmas and with it come
the passes to the Romina Theatre
two to each grade, one for the boy
and one for the girl with the highes:
average for the month. Next veek'-
issue of The Courier will carry th
Romina Theatre honor roll with th
names of the students that will b?
admitted during that week for goo
work.
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