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Rutherford County Offers Unequalled Opportunities To Manufacturers and Others VOL. XII —No. 42. i A. HARDISON TAKES OWN LIFE NEAR BAT CAVE Wadesboro Business * Man Shoots Self In Head With Pistol. Bat Cave, July 21.—James A. Ilardison, prominent Wadesboro, N. C business man and a member of the North Carolina Park commis sion, committed suicide at his sum mer home here Friday morning at 9 o'clock. 3lr. Hardison stepped into his bathroom and shot himself in the head. Members of the family rushed into the room to find him lying in the floor. He died almost instantly. Mr. Hardison, a man of about 60 years of age, had been in bad health for about a year, and members of the family believed his ill health was responsible for his act. He was in an automobile wreck about a year ago, and never' recovered from the shock. Mr. Hardison, who was engaged in the wholesale grocery business at Wadesboro, was also a large stock holder in the Queen City Bus line, operating between Charlotte and Asheville, and was interested in 'oth er business enterprises. He had a beautiful summer home here, and has spent considerable time here each summer for the past several years. Sheriff W. A. Garren and Coroner Albert L. Beck, of Hendersonville, were notified of the suicide, and ar rived here shortly before noon to make an investigation. Mr. Hardison was a member of the Episcopal church and a Mason. He is survived by his widow and two James i'HL'tl¥* H dison, both of" Wadesboro. ' 4r RUTHERFORD CLUB AT APPALACHIAN COLLEGE Boone, July 17.—The Rutherford county students at Appalachian State Teachers college entertained the faculty and matrons of the college at an informal party and watermelon feast at 6:30 o'clock, Wednesday af ternoon, July 16. On account of the rainy weather the party was held in doors in the assembly room of Lo vill Home dormitory. The fun was started when one of our girls lauch ed a contest, an apple race, in which all present took part. The winning team was awarded a box of dough nuts as a prize. Other games and contests followed in quick succes-- sicn. The feature which cheated the most interest and laughter was a drinking contest played hv eight of the professors, four la es and four men. The ladies fed juice with a small spoon, the ' uple finishing first winning. After the games were ended the watermel- r> Wero served and all too soon , 0 >tm] y b e ll rang, breaking up the m scattering the jolly crowd. At the least there were eighteen members of the faculty present. The P-utherford COunty folks preS ent eie * hisses Alice Morgan, Naomi ell*, Lillian Street, Nan Morgan, elma Mayse, Nona Morgan, Etta |*ead, Ferne Briscoe, Carrie Lee -owe, Julia Morris, and Miss Gettys Messrs. Roosevelt Hunt and Miles Hampton. This county had seventeen students enrolled in this college for first summer term. The total en rollment of the college was approx imately eight hundred. Misses Alda Freeman and Ruby Moore and Messrs. Cap Freeman a nd ''Dude" Frye, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. E. R., Jarrett and fam ily and Miss Pauline Freeman, of Shelby, M. H. Freeman, of Rock Hill, and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Free man of Spindale, spent the past week a t Myrtle Beach. L>r. and Mrs. R. L. Reinhardt and Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Rein **rdt, Mr. and Mrs. Zora Harrill and «Ir. James Moss spent Sunday after- at Shuford's Dairy near Hick- FOREST CITY COURIER FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY _——- i i mm Mr. John Paul Lucas, vice-presi dent of the Southern Public Utili ties Company, and editor of the Southern Public Utilities Magazine,- who spoke before the Rutherford County Club last Friday. A resume of Mr. Lucas' speech will be found else where in this issue of The Courier. GREEN'S CREEK NEWS Mill Springs, R-3, July 21.—Mrs. S* L. Fagan gave a most enjoyable party for the young people of this section Saturday night. Mr. and Mrss, Curtis Fagan spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Greene, of Hendersonville. 7 • % Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Jolley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Pur sel and family went on a fish fry Sat urday evening over to the old Grey Hornet., Mr. W. Y. CT Cantrell, of Qooley Springs, spent the week-end with William Cantrell. tinue through the week. The pastor, Rev. N. A. Melton is in charge. Misses Endora Bryant and Pau line Bridges spent Saturday night with Miss Sadie BlackwelK Miss Hettie Greene of Henderson ville is spending this week with her friends of this section. Ellenboro Streets Being Paved Ellenboro, July 22.—The hardsur facing of the main streets in Ellen boro was begun today when the Wil son Construction Company gave the streets a priming coat of hot tar. | After the priming coat dries two more coats of tar and two coats of gravel are to be applied as to state highway specifications. More than a mcnth ago the streets were topsoil ed with a good grade of soil, and since that time has been thoroughly packed under traffic. 1 The job of treating rhe streets with tar 'and gravel should be com pleted by the close of the week. KIWANIS CLUB NOTES. Notwithstanding the hot weather, attendance picked up Monday night. Mr. Chas. Flack had charge of the program and an interesting round table discussion of the sale of the utility plants occupied the business session. It was the general opinion that about all that could be done at present was to ask the public to with hold judgment until further infor mation can be gained as to the ad visability to sell or not to sell. Com parative tables, and other data, will be forthcoming at an early date, and then the public can make up its mind as to the merits of the sale. This action was taken because a number of persons have already begun to fight the sale of the plants, without having sufficient knowledge of the matter to render a fair judgment. It is far toO important a matter to let prejudice, or ignorance, rule. If it is best for town and county, as a whole, to sell, The Courier advises the sale of the plants. At any rate, ' there is plenty of time, and plenty of information will be furnished lat jer, to enable the voters to come to Jan intelligent conclusion in the mat ter. PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY COUNTY CLUB SPEAKER FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1930. COUNTY REVOKES FISHING LICENSES Action of Commissioners Being Heatedly Protested Over County by Sports men. f Rutherfordton, July 21.—At a re cent meeting of the board of coun |ty commissioners the fishing licenses { were rescinded. No fishing license j can be purchased at the present ; The action of the commissioners was taken, it is reported, after informa tion was received by the board that no benefits were being secured from the state and federal govern ment fisheries. i The matter was brought up at. the County Club Friday by David Lind say. Dr. L. B. Morse stated that since the county has been fishing licenses several hundred 'thou sand fish had been placed in the trib utaries and lakes of the county. A huge shipment of fish is scheduled to arrive within a short time from a federal government hatchery, and unless the fishing licenses is reinstat ed, tfye government cannot place thfe fish in the county. Mr. Lindsay stated that sik yeai|s| ago there were no game fish in streams of the county, but after tlgi county began issuing licenses, state and federal governmenthag taken an interest in the matter. :#wj had co-operated wonderfully. '.Jyfiaj result of stocking the stre county visitors from a nunjlflKH states are drawn to the counts|j vs :ry summer, said Mr. Lindsay ?>(U>r A committee of three, conJp&&i of Mr. David Lindsay, Dr. L." « Morse, and Roy R. Hunter, was agr pointed from the County Club lb civic clubs in the county were re quested to select committees for the \ same purpose, j At a meeting of the local Kiwanis Club Monday night the matter was brought up and a committee, consist ing of Dr. A. C. Duncan, M. H. He witt and W. L. Brown was appointed to work with the committees from the other chrbs in having the action of the commissioners rescinded. At a meeting of the Rutherford ton Kiwanis Club a committee con sisting of Messrs J. H. Burwellj J. E. Haney and R. E>., Price was ap pointed to take up the matter with the commissioners. In a letter from Mr. J. S. Har gett, of' the State Department of , Conservation and Development, to R. ,E. Price, it- was stated that last year i 7 the amount received from the fish ing licenses in this county was $786.- 00. At. the same time the Department put on a full time warden in the county and a part-time warden at Lake Lure, and the amount derived i from the fishing licenses did not near cover thefexpenses of maintaining the .'wardens During the past year the state alone has placed eleven thou sand rainbow trout and five thou- I sand bass in the streams of the coun ty, and hacKplans of placing a hun idred thousand or more fish suitable to the muddy waters of the rivers in the county. However, since the 'revocation of the licenses by the ' commissioners nothing more can' be done by either the state or federal government in placing fish. | The" action of the commissioners iwas taken after petition, signed by i fifty-two residents of the county, had been presented. J ELLENBORO YOUNG TAR HEEL FARMERS MEET ! . - ;%1 Ellenboro, July 22.—The Ellen--j jboro chapter of Young Tar | Farmers held an enjoyable meeting ( recently when considered a. summer trip and when five gallons of home-made ice cream was served. At a previous meeting a commit tee of three boys was appointed to make and serve the refreshments. iThis committee made up of the fol lowing: Carl McKinney, J. L. Ham .rick and C. O. Bridges, found it no 'easy task to serve twenty-five boys to the satisfaction of their appetites. FUNERAL HELD FOR MRS. NANCY BAILEY J if Caroleen Woman Passes At An Advanced Age—Fun oral At Sandy Run Church. |Caroleen, July 21.—Mrs. Nancy Bailey, aged 76, died at her home heire July 13, after a few days ill ness. Funeral services were held at Sandy Run j|hurich, M/bnday, July 14, with Dr. Welchel in charge, as- by Rev. A. T. Stoudenmire, of Cooleemee, N* C., and Rev. Z. D. Harrill, of Ellenboro. The Mooresboro quartet, composed of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Jolly, Z. W. and Miss Irene Green, sang a selection. Mrs. Sam Green gave a solo, followed by a quartet by the quartet, Miessrs. C. H. Wilson, W., T. Huskey, Howard Haw kins and Ed Huskey. Pall bearers were Messrs. Bill Souther, Charlie Souther, Lydia Souther, Jimmie Shepherd, Colan awards and Stephen Bailey. Hon orary pall bearers were Messrs. iffyfccher Melton, C. H. Wilson, G. A. Silvers, 'J. N. Goode, Ed\, Huskey. The flowers were carried by Misses ißubjg Smiijh, Lizzie Bii/d, / Lillian Zula Wood, Mrs. Ernest Emgtp, Mrsj.. Glenn Blanton and Mrs. W. fJtt. U. will meet Friday pten|ng at J|;3o o'clock at the Hay- Baptist church. Cottie Moon circle met with BwßWk I&allteeman on last Tuesday wt liftock. Program was ren »ei|U by IBs. I. C. Harrill. Several given, then Mrs.Wel ®h*' nE»e IT'very interesting talk on 'jtfm sttHfer for the month. The busi- MM wsSaken yp. We will meet with ,¥ rs. C» JBlSmtfrt for our next meet- WtfjfT V"**• Miss Ruby Tate, of Stokesdale, N. C., is visiting in Avondale a few days. MR. CECIL WATKINS NAMED LOCAL MANAGER OF PIGGLY WIGGLY • Mr. M. R. McConnell, manager of the local Piggly Wiggly store since the opening here last October, has resigned his position to accept a more responsible one with the Pig gly Wiggly stores in Charlotte, hav ing left for his new home first of the week. Mr. McConnell made hosts of friends (Turing his stay in this city, and the fast growth of the store is due in a large measure to his abili ty and popularity. Mr. Cecil Watkins, popular Forest City young .man, has been named as successor to Mr. McConnell as manager of the local store. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Watkins, known and liked by everyone, and his appointment to this responsible po ! sition pleases His iHost jpf {friends here, all of whom are confident that he will make a success in his new duties., He is well qualified for the . position, having had a-number of years' experience. He was associat ed with his father in business here for a number of years, during which time he became thoroughly faimiliar with the grocery and meat business. Later he was with the Jones Gro cery Co., and went from this firm to Piggly Wiggly store some time ago. The Piggly Wiggly people are to be congratulated upon the appoint ment of Mr. Watkins. i W?? ; * i —: BAPTIST BOYS HAVE BASEBALL CLUB I The boys of the intermediate de partment of the Baptist chitfrch ; under direction of tlielr superinten dent, Lolan Kanipe, have or- ( 1 ganized a baseball club. They 1 played the intermediate boys |cf the First Baptist church of Shelby here last Thursday and de-j feated them by a score of 6 to 4. j On Tuesday they defeated the East- side mill boys, of Shelby here by a score of 8 to 6. This same group of youngsters en- joyed a picnic at Webb's swimming pool Tuesday night. A large num- ber was? present and a nice time was had by all. RECENT BRIDE % i I Mrs.R. Roy Morris, of Forest City, who, before Tier recent marriage, was Miss Hattie Hudson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. • Hudson, also of Forest City. SALEM NEWS ~ Bostic, R-2, July 22.—Washburn school opened Monday morning. Mr. Lowell Glover is principle again this yeai\ There are two new 'faculty members, Miss C. Howard, of Mt. Vernon section and Miss N. Mcßry er. Mr. M. C. Davis, of Gilkey, visit ed his sister. Mrs. R. L. Wells last ■ weeks. I Miss Jean Andrews has returned jpfter spending some weeks at Len oir-Rhyne attending summer school. | Born, to Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Norville, Thursday, a fine daughter. ' Mother and child are doing nicely. C Ikibbm» spe&4- the Weex*erT with tne par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Bridges, !of Ellenboro. j Misses Frances and Zennie Allen l visited Misses Layattle and Vernell Weast Sitoday v ' j Mr. and Mrs. E.) N. Washburn, Jr., spent *he week-end with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Philbeck who resides near Sunshine. j To Publish Felix Walker's Memoirs Beginning next week The Courier will publish the Memoirs of Felix , Walker, Rutherford's first Clerk of Court, United States Congressman, | Soldier in the Indian and Revolution ary wars, Assemblyman, and one of the founders of Boonsboro, Ky. The manuscript is being loaned j The Courier through the courtesy of Mrs. Estelle Oltrogge, of Jack sonville, Fla., a great-grandaughter of Felix Walker. ■ | This manuscript is considered one jof the outstanding historical docu ments .in existence dealing with the i period of 1760-1826 in Rutherford , County and western North Carolina. It was writtlen by Walker in 1826, | two years before his death. This i manuscript has been published only one time, in 1907. • j During the past two years The i Courier has received approximately one hundred and seventy-five requests j to publish this autobiography. Due to its great length it will probably be published in two issues of The Cour- j ; . i ler. ■ P MASS MEETING CALLED. I I Rutherfordton, July 22.-—A mass | meeting has been called to meet : next Monday morning at ten o'clock in the court house here, and discuss with /tHe .comwfissioniers w*ys and means of reducing the 1930-31 tax rate. The commissioners state that [they will be glad to hear discussion |on this and all to^ SI.OO Per Year in Advance CHANGES MADE IN RUTHERFORDTQN INDUSTRIAL BANK W. W. Hicks, C. F. Geer and Mrs. Fannie 'Hicks Purchase Controlling Interest. Rutherfordton, July 21. —A trade of general interest to the public was consummated here last week when Messrs. W. W. Hicks, C. F. Geer and Mrs. Fannie H. Hicks purchased the interests of Messrs F. D. Ham rick, N. C. Harris, David Lindsay and |J. S. Dockery in the First Industrial ; Bank, of Rutherfordton. This deal gives Mr. Hicks and his associates complete control of the bank. i t / • Mr. Hicks will be In active charge of the bank and will be assisted by Mr. B. H. Long as cashier and Mr. jK. T. Carpenter as assistant cashier. Mr. Long has been connected with ithe bank as cashier since it opened for business two years ago. While this bank does not take checking accounts, it takes savings accounts on which it pays interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, ;and it also issues its certificates of 1 deposit on which it pays interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. ' It enjoys the confidence of the pub lic, which is evidenced by the fact that when the several banks in the county closed their doors last Feb ruary this bank did not have a single depositor withdraw his ac : count, but on the other hand it gained several new accounts. Mr. Hicks has had considerable ■ experience as a banker, having been cashier of the old Forest City Bank, , later converted into the First Na tional Bank of Forest City under his management. He resigned, his posi organized Citizens Bank of Ruther fordton of which he with his asso ciates made quite a success up to the time he resigned and moved to ( Alabama to go into the lumber busi ness. - . ,' ywm^ i At the reorganization meeting of the stockholders held Friday morn ing, Mr. C. Forester Geer and Mrs. Fannie k H. Hicks were added to the board of directors, and Mr. Geer was also elected vice president. Being well and favorably known by the public, as a safe and conserva tive business man he will add con siderable strength to the organiza' tion. This bank opened for business on June 20, 1928 and has enjoyed good business. It's total resources en June 30; were $138,941.49. The capital stock is $25,000 with a sur plus fund of $5,000, and undivided profits of $2,806.50, according to « the quarterly report, REV. W. C. LOVIN TO SPEAK AT WESLEY AN CHURCH Rev. W. C. Lovin, president of the North Carolina Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist church, will preach Wednesday evening, July 23, at 7:45 at the Wesleyan church, af -ter which he will hold the last quart erly! servide for the local church. The Rev. Mir, Lovin conducted the last revival meeting for this church and the people fell in love with him and will be greatly pleased to have him here again. j Sunday, July 27, at 7:45 p. m., the ! local "Dixie Colored Quartet" will sing at this church. After which the pastor will preach his farewell ier mon, before leaving for annual con ference. Afterward he will take up jwork in another town. I „ WOODLAND SWIMMING POOL . The water in the Woodland swim- 16 Pages 96 COLUMNS
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