COMMISSIONERS
IN BUSY SESSION
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Take Steps to Collect County
Funds in Banks—'Favor
State School System.
Rutherfordton, Apr. 21. —At a
.ent meeting of the board of coun
v commissioners steps were taken
i collect certain, funds due the
nty which are on deposit in the
. funct banks of the county. In this
connection the following- resolution
ire* adopted by the Commissioners
in open session: j
Whereas, there was deposited (
funds belonging to Rutherford
ro ;nty in the Rutherford County,
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DR. D. M. MORRISON
OPTOMETRIST
Eye Specialist
SHELBY, N. C.
W'ijl be in Forest City, Tuesdays ■
and Thursdays'
s to 9 a. m., and 2 to 3 p. m.
Office up-stairs, Farmers Bank Build
ing. Room 306, opposite office of Dr.
Verner.
Eyes Examined, Glasses fitted and
repaired
. H. MILLER . T. E. BYRD
Miller-Byrd Motor Co.
General Auto Repairing
Parts and Accessories
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f to take Cardui, too. After if
my first bottie> I could see L»*
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Eank & Trust Co., approximately
$135,328.31 and in the Farmers
j Bank & Trust Co., of Forest City,
approximately $101,684.91.
! Said funds were deposited in said
: banks by public officials in good
; faith in the belief that said banks
iwere solvent and able to meet their
! obligations;
There is reason to believe that
said banks and each of them were
| insolvent at the time the funds
; were so deposited.
Whereas, it is deemed to the best,
interests of the county to employ
competent attorneys to represent
said county in the recovery of said
funds and to take such action
against said banks and their sever
al officers and directors as justice
may demand;
Therefore, H. H. Tucker, chair
man be and he is hereby authoriz
ed, empowered and directed to em
ploy W. C. Mcßorie* D. Z. Newton
or such others, as attorneys to
represent said county in the pre
mises; and that said attorneys be
and they are hereby invested with
full power and authority to take
such actions for and upon behalf
and in the name of the county and
against said banks and their sev
eral officers and directors in any of
the courts of this state and in their
j judgment may be necessary for the
recovery of said funds, or such
taction or actions in said courts as
|in their judgment the ends of jus
tice may demand.
Urges State To Take Road.
Mr. A. M. Kistler was asked to
take over the road leading from
Forest City through Bostic to For
tune's Store, known as the Golden
Valley road, which is now a county
road and is in good condition.
Said road joins the road leading
from Shelby through Rutherford
county by said Fortune's Store, on
through Golden Valley Township
and on t and joining a road in
Burke county, leading in a short
course to Marion and Morganton,
which said roads are in good con -
dition.
They also asked State Highway
Commissioner to take over both roads
Also asked Gov. Gardner to use his
influence in securing said state aid.
Want State To Take Over Schools
The Commissioners also passed a
resolution asking that the General
Assembly of 1931, be and is hereby
petitioned to enact such law or
laws as may be necessary for the
State to take over, operate and fin
ance the public schools of North
Carolina as a state-wide system.
A certified copy of th:s resolution
was transmitted to the Clerk cf
the Board of County Commissioners
of Bladen County, North Carolina,
where the request came from.
Mr. H. H. Tucker wrote W. A.
Ferguson, Auditor of Bladen coun
ty at Elizabethtown, N. C., to in
form him in about 30 days just
how many counties have acceded to
"your request to this matter and
just what other steps you intend
to take. We are heartily with you
in this matter and if there is any
thing else that we can do to help it
along, you may command us,"
wrote Mr. Tucker.
Social Service
Worker in County
Rutherfordt'on, Apr. 21. —Ruth-
: erford county has the distinction of
; being one of three counties in North
Carolina to be studied by a represen
[ tative of President Hoover's social
' service conference in the person of,
Miss Susan M. Bodies, well known
J social service worker of the national
capital.
Miss Bodie spent Thursday and
Friday in this county with Mrs. F. B.
Moss, county superintendent of pub
lic welfare, in making a special study
of social conditions in the county.
Rutherford was selected on account
of the outstanding work of Mrs. Moss
and as being a county in which boih
l industrial and rural conditions were
present. Wake was another countj
■ selected on account of it being the
1 seat of the state government, while
[Haywood was a third, because it has
no full time superintendent of public
welfare.
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Thos. O'Brien Dead
Bostic, R-2, Apr. 21.—Mr. Thom
as O'Brien for the past several
years located at Brooklyn, N. •»
died in that city April 9th,.
The body was sent to the home of
his sister, Mrs. D. H. Philbeck, and
funeral services conducted by Rev.
J. E. Hipp, were held at Salem church
Thursday afternoon. Interment fol
lowed in the Salem cemetery.
The deceased was fifty-four years
of age. He was the son of the late
William O'Brien and leaves several
brothers and sisters.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1930.
ROMINA THEATRE
HONOR ROLL
Number of Students of Cool
Springs School System A
warded Free Passes to
Romina Theatre.
The following students of the
Cool Springs high school system ful
filled the requirements of the thea
tre honor roll and have been award
ed free passes to the Romina Thea
tre :
Cool Springs High.
Joe Neal, Lila Gordon King,
\\ oodrow Matheney, Lee Ellen Tate,
Von King, Dorothy Rudisill, John
Blanton, Sara Moss, Frank Ramsey,
Annie Moore, Alice Matheney, John
Washburn, Mary Morris, Gerald Go
forth, Martha M,oores, William San
ders, Winnie Gilliam, R. H. Owens.
Ruby Mask, Paul Hamrick, Virginia
Baynard, Glenn Hollifield, Kathleen
Myers, Lewis Weir.
Forest City Grammar School.
Modeine Nanney, Joe Berry, Lillian
Huntsinger, Cecil Keeter, Ford Gur
ley, Margie Baynard, Carl Sisk, Lo
rain Dycus, Madge Whisnant, Charles
j Moore, Gladys Reinhart, Wilk'u
'Meares, Eleanor White, Wm. Har
ris, Ruby Keeter, Clarence Owens
Katy Ruth Grayson, Robert McCall
Russell Gurley, Elizabeth Lawing
Nathan Gordon, Irene Green, P. 1)
Morrow, Eugenia Harrill, Murie'
Padgett, Reuben Allen, Ethel Young
James Bradley, Helen Duncan, Lapiai
Adcock, Lorena Haulk, Clifton Pitt
man, Inez Hastings, Walter Miller
Alexander School.
i Mayme Rash, Estelle Moore, Wadt
Abernathy, Elizabeth Jolley, P'loyc
Dixon, Elizabeth Baynard, Eug/?ne
Allison, Jr., Ruth Dixon, Marshal'
Harrill, Lillian Campfield, Charles
Holland, Nettie Champion, Chivous
Godfrey, Eunice Johnson.
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Mt. Plea s ant.
i Marshall Matheney, Blanchie Tow
ery, A. Summers, Nettie Towery.
Jennie Ruth Randall, Monroe Smith.
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Death Claims Mrs.
Ethel Blackwell
j Chesnee, S. C., R-l, Apr. 21. —
Miss Ethel Blackwell, aged 32, died
at her home of pneumonia and pel
lagra Saturday afternoon. Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon
at. three o'clock at Cooley Spring?
Baptist church with Rev. G. P. Horr.
and Rev. T. M. Hester, of Spindale,
in charge.
j Mrs. Blackwell is survived by her
I husband and one son, Lawrence
j Blackwell and one daughter, Beatrice
Blackwell, of Fingerville. Three
.brothers and four sisters sur
vive as follows: B. T. Lowery, Hen
rietta; P. D. Lowery, Cliffside; W
L. Lowery, Harris; Mrs. Sallie Fra
zier, Gilkey; Mrs. Coy Fisher, Char
lotte; Mrs. Maggie Dale, Harris
Mrs. Hester Humphries, Cliffside.
! Pall bearers were Boyce Cash
William Jolley, Fred Jolley, Coyle
Cash, Shelton Waters and Earl John
son. Flower bearers were Misses
Murrell Scruggs, Jannette Cook, Cora
Dale, Attie Price, Julia Ballman, and
Ruby Jackson.
Mrs. Blackwell had been a mem
ber of Hicks Grove Baptist church
twenty years.
Washburn School
Commencement
Bostic, R-2, Apr. 21.—Friday
morning, April 18th, Dr. C. H.
Trowbridge, President of Weaver
college, delivered the literary ad
dress to a good audience ; despite
inclement weather. Dr. Trowbridge
was introduced by Howard L. Wells,
of Bostic, formerly a student at
Weaver.
A picnic dinner was served and
the afternoon exercises consisted of
a readers' and declaimers contest
also a baseball game. Bernice Car
lisle and Ben Washburn were a
warded the readers' and declaimers'
medals respectively.
Friday evening a three act play "A
Little Clodhopper" was presented
to an appreciative audience in the
school auditorium.
MEETING OF DEPOSITORS
RUTHERFORDTON BANK
Rutherfordton, April 21.—A mass
meeting of citizen and depositors of
the defunct Rutherford County Bank
& Trust Co., was held in the court
house here Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Mr. 0. C. Erwin was nomi
nated temporary chairman and pre
sided over the meeting. The matter
of employing legal council to repre
sent the interests of the depositors
was discussed, and a committee was
appointed to go into the matter.
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\ BORDEN'S MILK, SMALL CAN 5* jj
BORDEN'S MILK, LARGE CAN P |
1 CAROLINA MADE FLOUR, PLAIN, 24-LB. BAG sl.lO jj
1 CAROLINA MADE FLOUR, S. R„ 24-LB. BAG $1.15 \
p ISAAC SHELBY FLOUR, 24-LB. BAG, S,R. 95 c
| ISAAC SHELBY FLOUR, 24-LB, BAG, PLAIN 95 c !
| BOST'S BREAD, 3 LOAVES FOR f
| PALMOLIVE SOAP, 3 10 c CAKES FOR i
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| STALEY'S SYRUP, 5-LB CAN 3T I
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I MORON'S IODIZED SALT, PER PKG. F 1
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Cj K. E. Simpson Green Grocery Company E. H. Walker 5
E J. Cal Williams LATTIMORE 3
Williams Brothers Hunt & Hewitt „ c v Y 3
§ e. E. Justice & Son ELLENBORO H S * Keeter & Company [3
S T. L. Johnson T. P. Tisdale, Jr. SHELBY g
R. W. Sparks & Son H. L. Green Chas. Buice jji
n3 AVONDALE CLIFFSIDE T. B. Mauney S
3 PC yjj A Z. B. Hawkins Baber Grocery Company S
5 V' t\' w a ii MOORESBORO C. H. ReinHardt. 5
1 J ' D ' We,U , r DC. Wright Keeler Brolher , S
S SPINDALE . FOREST CITY R. B. Keeter E
3 W. C. Ellis J- W. Sanders R. H. Champion Gj
H Spindale Grocery" Company Jones Grocery Company Jackson's Cash Grocery jjJ
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