Rutherford
County Offers
Unequalled
Opportunities To
Manufacturers
and Others
VOL. XII—No. 47.
RRMERSKIWANIS !
PICNIC MONDAY
Large Attendance at Annual
Picnic, Held at Home of Mr.
Joe Dofcgett.
About three hundred people at~
I o nWi the Kiwanis-Farmers picnic
iKav evening held at the home of
S°° Doggett, south of Forest
ntv The farmers of the towijship,
aid their wives, were present. A
f ' ke t luncheon was spread m the
grove near the house.
Alr t T. Long was in charge of
the Kiwanis program. The blessing
Ivas a«ked by Rev. W. A. Barber,
■'.f n also welcomed the Kiwanians,
lon behalf of the farmers, in a most
manner. His welcome ad-
Cress was appropriately responded to
I v Attorney B. T. Jones, Mr. W. L.
Frown put on several stunts for the
women, and Dr. A. C. Duncan was in
thiro-e of the stunts for the men,
-nd both gentlemen brought forth
much laughter and merriment over
the manner in which they conducted
the contests.
County agent F. E. Patton pre
anted Mr. J. S. Howard, of Raleign,
who is connected with the Chilean
Nitrate of Soda Educational bureau.
Alter preliminary remaiks, Mr. Ho
ward gave some interesting facts and
figures on the cost of crop produc
tion.
Mr. Howard said that when 120
pounds of lint cotton was produced
on an acre that it cost 28 cents to
produce it. When 160 pounds is rais
ed on an acre it cost 21 cents. It
cost 17 cents per pound to raise two
hundred pounds of cotton and ten
cents per pound to raise 480 pounds
to the acre. With cotton selling at teri
cents per pound a farmer must raise
3t least 480 pounds of lint cotton
per acre to "break even. ' It cost 9
cf'nts per pound to raise 520 pounds
to the acre, and 8 per pound
to raise 580 pounds to the acre.
In a like manner he showed that
when 13 bushels of corn was pro
duced to the acre the production
cost was $1.32 per bushel. It costs
73 cents per bushel to raise thirty
bushels to the acre; 65 cents to
raise 40 bushels to the acre; 45
tents to raise 70 bushels and 35 cents
per bushel to raise 100 bushels
acre.
It costs $2.82 cents per bushel to
raise six bushels of wheat to the
acre; $1.45 to raise 11 bushels; 92
cents to raise 22 bushels and 82 cents
to raise 25 bushels per acre.
ASKS STAR ROUTE
SCHEDULE CHANGE
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Recommendations Made for
Change in Spartanburg-
Rutherfordton Star
Route Schedule. *
I'ecommendations have been made
the post office department to
nge the hours of arrival and de
ture of the Spartanburg-Ruther-
Itor star route mail carrier, iri
er to facilitate mail service ir.
county, according to Postmaster
Long At the present time the
ii from Spartanburg arrives here
t.u route about nine o'clock
1 returns late in the afternoon,
is gives Forest City and other
vns morning westbound mail
• as (ires che /nominee South
-1 ; • i the noon Seaboard
1n > hiit no outhbound mail ser
!>-ecommendations have been
; have the star mail carrier
urn from Rutherfordton to Spar
: immediately after his arri
' ( ' r aitfr making connection with
Asheville star route carrier,
n this manner mail intended for
an- route lines will make con
tion with the air mail routes as
merly.
l be discontinuance of the'
«hern trains Nos. 113 and 114, 1
niail schedule in the county, and
le es peciallv in Forest City has
J 1 demoralized and confusing. i
0 mail will be carried on the
i' l [ ra | routes Mondav, as it is a
® holiday— being Labor Day. The
1 f| tfice will also be closed.
>rest City Wins i
State Semi-Pro Title
1 a three series baseball contest, i
' :i;1 week-end between Forests
and Badin, at Badin, the local J
' v -on two games ancf lost one. ;
| ): '°- I "'hi to a conclusion the six '
>c'.ios for the semi-pro base
c ' ( an: Pionship of the state.
-"Uigust 14, 15 and 16th For
, ' l - v xv °n three games from Ba
l°. These games were return-
V] u:r ' - as t Thursday, Friday and
J!f ' a y The game piayed Thurs- :
';>'ilted in a 5-1 score for For
'ty; the game Friday was 5-3 in
oi Forest City, while Satur-;
* game was won 2-0 by Badin.'
by winning five games out
"*» Forest City may lay claim to
c emi-pro baseball title.
FOREST CITY COURIER
FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOR EST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
MRS. ELIZA L. !
HILL DIED SUNDAY
/
Well Known Alexander Lady
Passes After Short Illness
► • —Funeral Monday.
Alexander, Aug. 26.—Mrs. Eliza
L Hill, the twenty-nine years old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Van
dyke, of this place, died Sunday af
ter a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at the
Alexander Methodist church Monday
j afternoon at two o'clock, with Rev.
; C. C. Matheny in charge of the ser
! vice. Interment was in the Bethany
church cemetery.
• Mrs. Hill is survived by her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Vandyke,
and one daughter, Vonnie Ruth Hill,
of Alexander. The following brothers
! and sisters also survive: Tommie,
! Paul and D. Vandyke and Mrs. Bob
| Goode, all of Alexander,
j The pall bearers were Messrs Os
i car Carter, C. L. Mauney, E. M.
j Upton, R. E. Buckner, J. C. Buch
anan, W. L. Roach. The flower girls
| were Misses Jennie Waters, Ruby
• Mode, Laura Branch. Eunice Honey
; cutt, Nellie White, Marie Hawkins,
: Mary Aldridge, Lillian Enloe, Viola
Johnson, Ruth Wilkerson, Jennie
Branch, Vera Aldridge, Jennie Pearl
1 Newton and Mildred Nalley.
Mrs. Hill was a member of the
j Methodist church-
LOCAL SCHOOLSTO
! OPEN SEPTEMBER I
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j New Pupils to Register Friday
i —Farm Students to be Giv
en Leave of Absence
This Fall.
I The Cool Springs schools will
i open Monday. September Ist, for
; regular work. Those residing in the
rural communities are requested to
start their children the first day,
! i>rd when cotton is ready to be pick
ed special leave of absence will be
allowed.
i The new pupils and the.
«puptts"'niw dM 1
! examination last May, will be en
rolled at 9 o'clock Friday morning,
| August 29th. If new pupils and first
, graders are not registered at that
i time, it will be inconvenient for
; them later. It is the plan of the su
i to begin regular work
| the .first day. This is the reason why
all new pupils should be registered.
; Th eighth grade pupils will also reg
| ister Friday at the high school as
; well as other new high school pu
: Pi's.
! The parents are uiged to get
j hooks for their pupils ahead of tim-2
| since the supply of books run low
| some time on account of other
• schools getting books in Forest City
i Also the parents are requested to
: exchange as many of the last year's
books as possible. Pupils can not do
! efficient work unless they have books.
For this reason the parents should
oegin now to make plans for books.
A book list appears elsewhere in
this issue of The Courier.
j County Singing
Convention Sunday
Rutherfordton, R-l, Aug. 25. —
The Rutherford County Singing con
vention will be held next Sunday at
the Mountain View Baptist church,
1 near Oakland. The ; program opens
at 10:15 o'clodc :|anday morning
i with the devotional. F. F. Roberts
will welcome the choirs and singers
;at 10:30 o'clock, and Mr Rector
J Robbins will respond to the welcome.
The program for the-singing con-i
i vention follows:
j 10:45 a. m.—Singing by Moun-j
: tain View choir.
11:05 a. m.—-Visiting Quartets.
I 11:20 a. m.—Singing by Adaville
I choir.
11:40 a. m—Singing by Shiloh
j choir.
12:00 —Dinner.
i 1:00 p. m.—Singing by . Holly
1 Springs choir.
1:20 p. m.i —Singing by Bethany
j choir.
1:40 p. m.—Singing by Sulphur
! Springs choir,
j 2:00 p. m.—Singing by visiting
I choir.
2:20 p. m. —Quartets.
! 3:00 p. m.—Time and place of
j next convention.
; W. L. STALLINGS MOVES
SHOP TO KOMINA BUILDING
I
Dr. W. L. Stallings has moved his
]£welry shop to the Romina Theatre
building. Mr. Stallings moved hi*
frtock of goods last week, and is now
open for business in his new stand.
Workmen are busy this week in ar
ranging the interior of the new place
of business and installing new dis
play cases. Mr. Stallings states that
he is now in position to give his cus
tomers the very best of service, eith
er in repairing jewelry and time
piece?, or selling them new jewelry,
watches or clocks.
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROT If A, THURSDAY, AUG. 28, 1930
THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN
By GENE BYRNES
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Four Good Reasons For
Sale Of Utility Plants
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Sale Will Lower City j
County Tax Assure Indus- i
trial Development and j
Serve Rural Com- i {
munities.
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By O. J. HOLLER.
Union Mills, R-2, Aug. 25.—The j
farmers of Rutherford county are j
not only vitally interested, but they ]
have a very real concern in the out- !
come of the forthcoming elections |
m Rutherfordton, Spindale and For
est City on the question of selling;
the electrical distribution systems'
and water works plants to the South-.
ern Public Utilities Co. This interest'
and concern is based primarily up
on two or three specific facts.
In the first place the properties
in question, of 'very considerable
value, are at presept not subject to
taxation. Being owned by the muni
cipalities they are exempt by law.
If these properties are sold to the |
Duke interests they will immediately i
become taxable, not only by the
cities in \Vhich they are located, but j
all three of them by the county. ;
Such an increase in taxable values
os this would represent, would en- ■
able Rutherford county to quickly, [
if not immediately, piake a substan- ;
tial reduction in tax rates. Tax;
rates have recently been increased j
and our people are going to be more
burdened than ever as a result.
In the second place, according to :
all reports, the Southern Public utili
ties Co. has pursued a very liberal!
policy in the matter of extending;
service to rural communities sur
lounding and lying between the
cities and towns which they serve.'
It is to be assumed that the same i
policy would be pursued by the com-;
pany in this county. This would mean ■
that probably hundreds of Ruther-,
ford county families at present with-'
out electric service would be able to
secure service on liberal terms with-'
iji a comparatively short while. Elec
tric service means just as much :f
not more to people in the country
a« it does to neople in town and the
extension of this service into the
rural communities would unquestion
ably increase, not only the comfort
and convenience of those families
receiving it, but in many instances
would enable them to either reduce
expenses or increase income. In eith- •
er one of these events it means 1
more purchasing power for our peo- :
pie, just as the reduction of taxes '
Destroyed By Sunday icrning Fire
OLD FOREST CITY SCHOOL BUILDING
Rutherford Man
i I Wounded By Son
»f»4 > |j.
' Rttjfcherfordton, Aug. 20.—Charles
age 38, of the Grace Mills
kej€L was shot by his son,
Jasmes7*6; " here Friday but was
; not eeriously injured.
According to reports, Mrs. Moore
I nad been away on a visit, and while
she was away her husband sold
| most of her chickens. Upon her
j return she quarreled wi.th her hus
bandj whereupon- he proceeded to
I strike her, the boy states, and he
could not bear to see his mother
abused, so he used a sawed off rifle,
; 22-caiibre, and shot his father
! through the arm.
He had his arm dressed at the
nospital and is going about his
usual duties today. There has been
no arrests or court action in the
matter, to date.
New felt hats. You will be sur
prised at the price. Courtney's ltye
, Store.
i
would mean Vnore net purchasing
• power..
There is a feeling too, among the
, people of the county who have given
• thought to the matter that if the
i Southern Public Utilities Co. should
• come into Rutherfordton, Spindale
| and Forest City it would bring great
; or assurance of a continued and more
iapid industrial development of this;
section, wf:h more payrolls, more
taxable values and a greater mar
ket for the products of the farm.
; The urban communiw'es info Vested
and the people of the county both
would naturally profit from this sort
of development.
Our people feel that interests
of the urban communitk - joncerned
and the' people of the county are
identical. The more rapid the growth
of the towns the lareg the markets
and the low T er the taxes for the coun
ly. The greater the purchasing powe.*
of the people of che county the more
business there is for the merchant
and other business men of the towns.
It is not unnatural therefore that
the people in the county are inter
ested and concerned in these forth
coming lections which will determine
whether or not the Southern Public
Utilities Company becomes a part
of cur towns and county. In the face
of the facts which I have recounted
we are very naturally hopeful that
the election in all three towns will be
favorable to bringing that organiza
tion into Rutherford county.
Landmark Destroyed
By Spectacular Blaze
Sunday Morning Fire Sweeps Old School
I Building Occupied By Superior
]• Laundry—sls,ooo Damage
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Register Now For
Special City Election
j The attention of the people of
Forest City is called to the fact that
if you wish to vote in the special
election to be held soon to determine
whether or not the public utilities
are to be sold, you must register on
or before Saturday, September 6th.
Mr. J. E. Caldwell, at the city
hall, is the registrar for Forest City
and has the registration books. Every
Forest City man or woman who wish
es to vote for or against the sale
must register. The election will be
held September 16th. The registration
books- opened August 16th, and wjll
remain open until September 6th.
MARATHON PIANIST
PLAYS 76 HOURS
Thousands See Johnnie Good
nough in Endurance Con
test at Dutch Grill.
Johnnie Goodnough, better known
as "dizzie fingers", who began a
101-hour piano playing marathon at
the Dutch Grill here last Friday
evening at 8 p. m., ended his endur
ance contest Tuesday, fnorning iat
1:30 o'clock after playing the piano
for seventy-six and one-half hours.
Although Mr. Goodnough was un
able to continue playing until his
101 hcurd.we?"e tfp he made quite a
record, one that has never been
equalled in this county, and so far i
as is known, by only one other. A
picture of this other party, who play
ed the piano for one hundred hours, j
appeared in the state papers some-!
time ago.
The monotony of continually play-!
ing a piano and the terrible strain
on Mr. Goodnough's physical condi-,
tion did not show to such a great ex
tent until Monday. Then the only'
signs of discomfort were his bulg-;
ing, blood-shot eyes and his heavy
beard. The terriffic strain, however,]
was too much for Mr. Goodnough, j
who is just a young man, being in i
his early twenties, .and at 1:30 o'clock
Tuesday morning he surrendered to '
dire need of sleep, sore fingers and
aching muscles, after making a rec
ord of which he can be justly proud.
Mr. Goodnough has never tried to
play a piarto for such a long peripd
of time before but has played for
3o 1-2 hours at Greenville, Tenn.
j Mr. Goodnough is formerly of
j Eastern Tennessee but his home at
present is at Greenville, S. C. Had
Mr. Goodnough been able to com
plete his 101-hour marathon he would
have quit playing Wednesday morn
ing at 1 o'clock. He only lacked
twenty-three ar.d cne-haK hours of
completing his endurance contest.
Mr o William Morgan
Died Last Week
Rutherfordton, Aug. 25.—Mr
William Morgan, age 25, was found
dead in bed Monday morning, Aug
ust 18th. He had been in declining
health for some years and was well
known and highly respected in this
section, where he spent his life.
Funeral services and burial were
held at Round Hill Baptist church,
Union Mills, Tuesday morning, Au
gust 19. at 11 o'clock with Revs.
A. A. Walker and C. C. Grogan in
charge'. A large crowed attended.
Granddaughters were flower girls
u bile grandsons were pall-bearers.
Mr. Morgan leaves two sons, Mil
ford Morgan of near Rutherfordton ■
and Lawrence Morgan, of Ruther
fordton, two brothers George Mor- j
o-an, Rutherfordton. His wife died,
about fifteen years ago.
Mr. Morgan had been a loyal
church member for fifty years and |
enjoyed a wide circle of friends and ;
relatives.
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COUNTY'S BIG TAXPAYERS, j
Rutherford county has some Ug
taxpayers. Last year the Henrietta ■
Mills paid the most, $55,877.21. I
while the C. C. & O. Railway was 1
second, paying $43,221.16. Cliff- 1
side Mills v/as third, paying S3B,-
575.03 while the Seaboard Railroad «
paid $19,876.15 and came near ty- >
ing with the Florence Mills of For
est City, who paid $19,037.89. Alex
ander Mills came next paying sls,- ]
205.25 while the Southern Railroad g
paid $5,655.22. c
16 Pages
96 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
Memories of by-gone days were
vividly and startlingly recalled here
Sunday morning about 4 o'clock
••vhen a building that was one of
the i city's most familiar land
marks, and which was occupied by
the Superior laundry, was destroy
ed by a fire that did more than
5i5,000 damage.
This building was constructed
£.bout 1&03 by the town of Forest
City as a grammar and high school
and the majority of the people in
this vicinity attended school in this
nuilding.
Nothing but the walls were left
following the fire that raged for
more than an hour. The fire was
not discovered until the flames
were shooting through the roof.
People living close to the building
were the first to discover the fire,
the light and crackling of the
flames awakened them By screaming
i and shouting they managed to give
the alarm.> In spite of the faqt that
the engine house is only a block from
the building, firemen were unable to
save a thing after arriving at the
scene. The building was so near des-
Iroyed that the firemen had to re
move telephone and electric wires
from .the ground where they had fall
er after fastenings had burned frrm
the building before they could get
to the fire plug.
The building was valued at about
$4,000 and was owned by Mrs. Roy
Smith, of Charlotte. No insurance
was carried, on it. The plant was
owned by J. H. Bell, of Asheville,
and O. B. Bell, of Forest City, was
manager. More than SIO,OOO worth
of laundry machines were destroyed:
These included five washers,
tu n.bler, five presses, one collar ma
chine, two co|laf finyhlng machines
two ext,racts ; .y ;chine, a dry'
ing room machine and several
machines. O. B. Bell, manager of the
i plant, had stored in the attic more
' than $250 worth of household furni
i ture. About SBOO worth of laundry
| supplies were destroyed and about
; 12 bundles of laundry that had not
I been delivered Saturday. Usually all
: of the washing is delivered Saturday
! but this week there were a few
! bundles left over.
i The cause of the fire is un
, known. The plant did not run Sat
' urday and there was no fire in
j the boiler room. About $4,500 fire
' insurance was carried on the plant
j equipment. -
COOL SPRINGS CEMETERY
IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF
Mr. J. W. McDaniel, who takes
care of the Cool Springs cemetery,
has cleaned oft* all the plots and the
cemetery is in unusually good con
dition. Those having relatives and
fiiends buried at this place are ask
ed to visit the* cemetery next Sun
day and see for themselves how well
Mr. McDaniel takes care of it.
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MERRY SUNSHINE
KINDERGARTEN OPENS SEPT. 1
Miss Nell Young will open her
Kindergarten Monday, September 1,
in the Methodist church Sunday
school building. This Kindergarten
has had two successful years with
an enrollment of eighteen to twenty
children.
All parents who are interested in
enrolling their children from three
to six years, please call Miss Young
at her home between now and the
first. 47-lt.
BEGIN REVIVAL SERVICES
AT WESLEYAN M. E. CHURCH
Revival services will bgin in th
local Wesleyan Methodist church.
Sunday morning, August, 31, and
will continue several days, according
to an announcement made last Sun
day.
Rev. J. L. Bolen, the pastor will
do the preaching, while the music
will be under the direction of local
talent, with special instrumental and
vocal selections featuring each ser
vice.
Rev. Mr. Bolen has just recently .
moved his family into the parsonage
on Beaver street, to succeed Rev.
H. B. Hiatt as pastor.
Rev. Mr. Bolen has had about
seventeen years experience as pastor
having served some of the large pas
torates in this state and Virginia.
lls and -As wife, two sons, ami
daughters were formally received
and welcomed into the church last
Sunday morning.
We are giving away free —Pencil 5 ?,
peanut butter kisses and chewine
*um when you make a purchase in
>ur stationary department.