BROAD RIVER
FARMERS MAY
GET DAMAGES
Property Owners Get Permis
sion to Sue Carolina
Mountain Power Co., for
Opening Flood Gates
Last Year.
The propeetv owners along Broad
River below Lake Lure dam, who
suffered much damages to crops
and land as a result of opening the
flood gates at the dam, may now
proceed to file suits in the Superior
Court of Rutherford county. Per
mission to do this was given in an
order signed by Federal District
Judge E. Y. Webb, at Charlotte
Tuesday. However, the order pro
vides that these suits must be in
stituted on or before June 1, 1930.
The Carolina Mountain Power
Company, the owner of Lake Lure,
the dam property and power plant
have been in the hands of Federal
receivers for some time. F. G.
"Wans
T3N S of water surge futilely against
the General Electric Refrigerating
Units in dealers' windows throughout
the country. From coast to coast
people are witnessing an astonishing
demonstration of the unfailing
reliability of General Electric Sealed
ln-Steel Refrigerating Units.
Drowned in torrents of water—
they are operating quietly, efficiently,
perfectly.
Dramatically Qeneral Electric shows
why not one owner has ever spent a
cent for service. No other mechanical
refrigerator could withstand the test.
Its mechanism bathed in oil and
hermetically sealed in steel
is unaffected by air, dirt and
moisture. The General Electric is
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The cabinet is of all steel construction
—porcelainlined. Itis movable. Built
up on legs—it has a free-vision base
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Pierce of Charlotte and N. C. Har
ris of Rutherfordton, are the re
ceivers appointed by the court in j
a foreclosure proceeding instituted
in the early part of 1929, by the
bondholders under the first mort
gage; and by the terms of the ord
er appointing receivers, all persons
I were enjoined from instituting any
| suits without first obtaining leave
iof the court. Consequently before
the property owners below the
dam could proceed, it becomes nec
essary to petition the Federal court
for permission. This petition was
filed in January of this year. At
torneys representing the receivers
and bondholders vigorously resisted
the granting of the order, until the
1 attorney representing property own
ers claiming damages pointed out
that under the law of North Caro-.
!lina a mortgage on the property of
a public service corporation does
j not exempt such property from
I execution under a judgment foi
| damages of this kind, and this be
ing true the receivers could not
well afford to ignore these claims.
Attorney Stover Poe Dunagan,
who filed the petition in behalf of
' Mr. John R. Washburn and others,
jand who represents about fifteen of
I the property owners sustaining
j damages, states that while the time
I limit, was fixed as of June Ist, he
I expects to have the suits filed with
,in two or three weeks, and hopes
j to get some of the cases disposed of
( at the August civil term of court,
jHe also stated that The Duke
Power Company, lessee, alleged to
have been operating the dam at the
time of opening the flood gates,
would be included as a defendant
in the suits.
It will be recalled that in 1928
there was much concern about the
possibility of the dam at Lake Lure
breaking. It appears that in an ef
fort to save the dam the flood gat
es were opened and the lake drain -
ed. The dam was saved. Towev
er, the great volume of water re
leased from the lake destroyed the
crops on bottom lands along the
river for more than fifteen miles
| below the dam, and thousands up
ion thousands or dollars worth of
| corn and other farm produce des
troyed, as well as damaging some
of the land. There was a similar
damage in 1929, but the los was
not as great apparently as the pre -
vious year.
"NEW WAYS FOR OLD."
A Film that Tells the Story of Three
Generations. —At Romina
This Week.
"New Ways for Old", a new one
reel historical health film is being
shown at the Romina this week. This
film, which has been shown to 5,-
000,000 people, tells a dramatic story
about, a real family. It might easily
be the history of a family in Forest
City. It shows three generations in
the struggle against diphtheria and
the final victory which science has
won for the child today. The mes
sage which the modern Betty Adams'
mother hears over the radio will in
terest every parent in Forest Citl.
The haircloth trunk, an heirloom
for generations in a New England
family, the doctor's buggy used dur
ing the Civil War, the original first
bottle of antitoxin which saved the
lives of children in Providence—
these are a few of the properties
Miich contributed to the unusual
background for this film.
This film is shown as part of the
program which is being carried on
all over the country to save the child
|ren of this generation from diphth
eria.
Pamphlets on this subject are ob
tainable at the Metropolitan office
at Forest City.
Ellenboro Wins
From Cliff side
Ellenboro, Anr. 18.— : "The Coun
try Gentlemen" of the Ellenboro high
school defeated Cliffside high school
here last Tuesday 6 to 4. Owens
pitched masterful baseball for the
home club for four innings but lost
complete control of himself in the
fifth inning and was relieved by
Hamrick who performed the miracu
lous task of fanning eight of the ten
bitters who faced him in the three
innings which he worked.
Metcalf secured two doubles for
the visiting team while Greene se -
cured a home run and double out
of two official times to the plate for
the local team. Both teams perform
ed well in the field. This was the
fifth straight victory for the home
team.
Of making books there is no end
—otherwise there would be fewer
race tracks.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1930.
Billy Allen Dead
j Mooresboro, Apr. 14. —Mr. Billy
Allen aged 83, well known, citizen and
.Confederate Veteran of near Moores
boro, died last Wednesday and was
! buried Thursday at 3 p. m., at Mt.
Harmony Baptist chuich. A large
crowd of sorrowing friends and rela
tives attended. Rev. Snipes was in
1 charge of the services.
| The deceased is survived by
three sons and a daughter, Messrs.
| John and Chas. Allen of near Sun
i shine, Smith Allen of near Moores
boro, and Mi's. Horace Get.tys, of
Forest City.
j Mr. Allen formerly lived in
j Logan Store Township and was a
! loyal member of the Methodist
'church. He was a well known and
. highly respected citizen and served
! his country in the War Between
I the States.
j Originality: Doing what some oth
jer fellow did so long ago that peo
ple have forgotten all about it.
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Our share in the making of Camels is to see that all of the fragrance,
t y mildness, mellowness, aroma—in a word all of the natural goodness of
theSC sun ' ri P ened tobaccos is preserved and developed—then to combine
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Company, Winston-Salem, N. C.
NOT NECESSARY
TO LIST MONEY IN
DEFUNCT BANKS
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County Auditor M. R- Reed
Advises • Depositors To
Make No Return For
Taxation
i
County Auditor M. R. Reed is of
the opinion that any money that was
on deposit in the six defunct banks
in Rutherford County need not be
listed for taxation purposes this year,
and in a Tetter written as of April
14, 1930, the concluding paragraph (
reads as follows: ":As a matter of
justice it is my suggestion that the
aimount of money on deposit in the
closed banks be omitted from the tax 1
list this year." !
The reason for the change of opin
ion on the part of County Auditor
' Reed is based upon several factors
! which are contained in the body of
his letter to all tax listers. Mr. Reed
feels the length of time that it will
probably take, from two to three
years, to wind up the affairs of the
finanicial institutions, is one reason
! and the uncertainty at present of
how much the defunct banks will re
turn to their creditors is another
; cause which should be taken under
consideration in arriving at a fair
and just conclusion. Also if the a
mount of money that had been de
posited was listed it might involve
legal proceedings for refunds if the
amount paid by the defunct banks
was less than expected, or the basis
of taxation, twenty-five percent of
the deposits, as had been suggested
first to the tax listers,
i :
When some men do you favors
they never let you forget it.
j ;
| The heiress may be homely, but
if she waits for some young man to
tell her so she will never find it out.
i
FLORENCE MILL NEty S
Forest City, Apr. IG.—j[ r
Mrs. Walter Phillips, of Aia r
visited here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Haidi n
children Onnie and J. I)., spent
urday night in Spindale.
Mr. Esper White and fani •
... V
•Sunday visiting here.
Mr. and Mrs. .J. D. Owens.
C. L. Owens, Andrew Hudlovv
Mr. Hardin motored to Ir •
O J
Sunday morning.
Born, to Mr. and Mr? v „
-ansom
Epley, April 14, a son. M ! K -v
baby doing fine.
Rev. H. C. Sisk", of She..,- v ,„
a visitor here Monday.
Mr. T. H. Lovelace and family a i.
tended the funeral of Mr. Lovelace'"
mother, and grand father at WalC
church Sunday.
Mesdames Baxter Pearson. Albert
Blackburn and Harrill Frady are i
the sick list.