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FOREST CITY COURIER Published Every Thursday m the j interest of Forest City and Ruther- j ford County. j . ~"l Entered Aug. 22, 1918, at the post-; office at Forest City, N. C., as second | class matter under act of Congress. ef March 3, 1879. I C E. ALCOCK Editor and Owner] CLARENCE GRIFFIN—News Editor j MRS. C. E. ALCOCK-Society Editor j ARVAL ALCOCK. -Asst. Manager | SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance One ——- —j Six - Months ! $1.50 per year outside oi Rutherford ? County. ADVERTISING RATES j Display, per column inch 30c | Reading Notices, per line 10c i Classified Column—^--- lc per word! .M '■ r m m THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1930 ; ~ j THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET STATE, DISTRICT, COUNTY (The following is the State i and county Democratic ticket, j which will be voted in the No vember election.) United States Congress. Senate: —Josiah W. Bailey. House, (10th District) —Zebu- lon Weaver. Statq Corporation Comm. George P. Pell. Solicitor. 18th Judicial District: —J. Will Pless, Jr., Marion. State Senate. 27th Senatorial District ton McSwain, Shelby; W. K. McLean, Tryon. House Representatives. O. R. Coffield. Sheriff. W. C. Hardin. Clerk of Superior Court. M. O. Dickerson. v.ic - . « Register of Deeds. W. O. G«er. Treasurer. Mrs. Minnie F. Blanton. I County Commissioners. J. P. Jones, Geo. H. Blanton, A. W. Deck. Board of Education. J. T. Harris, W. W. Nanney, ' ' J. C. Hames. Coroner. W. C. Hightower. ■ r THE UTILITIES j SALE ELECTION. Within a short time the people of Forest City will be called upon to decide whether the town shall re-. tain its public utility plants, or sell them to the Southern Public Utili- 1 ties Company. The proposition has been discuss ed to such extent of late that it is doubtful if anyone in the city is not fully acquainted with the advantages of such sale by now. The old rumors that the Southern Public Utilities' Company will charge a large amount for each fire hydrant; that the com- | pany will not expand the utilities, ,?nd dozens of other rumors as equal ly groundless have long since been Many of the most bitter opponents of the proposition have since become boosters for the sale. Forest City will surely not let suCh golden opportunity pass! The Southern Public Utilities are opeia +ors of a large chain of public utili ties plants, and as such can better operate the plants than can a town. A municipality is not in the cal business solely as a means for raising revenue, but to furnish to the people a necessary commodity. A municipality cannot operate one plant as cheaply and efficiently and give the service expected of a com pany operating a chain as does the Duke interests. A municipality must make the plants pay expenses; the ■Southern Public Utilities can oper ate at a loss, or break even. Another big feature connected with selling the plants is the oppor tunity presented in taxing them. In writing about this feature, in last week's issue of The Courier, Mr. O. J. Holler had this to which we believe is worth reprinting I "In the first place the properties in question, of very considerable value, are at present not subject tc taxation. Being owned by the muni cipalities they are exempt by law Tf these properties are sold to the Duke interests they will immediately become taxable, not only by th cities in which they are located, bui all three of them by the county Such an increase in taxable value: as this would represent, would en able Sutherfordcounty to quickly if not immediately, sdfostart tial reductio'n in tax rates. Tax: rates have recently been increased . and our people are going to be more burdened than ever as a result. THE WRONG ANGLE. The neighboring Rutherford Sun, under new control, takes editorial exception in a recent issue to sor ll e cf the statements made by Clyde K. Hoey in his address to the Demo crats of Randolph county. The new editor declares that Mr. Hoey, des cribed as an eminent statesman that i paper hopes to see in the United I States Senate some day, was talking .nothing but bunk when he charg ed the existing hard times to Presi dent Hoover. "The silver-tongued orator," says The Sun, "Is far too : intelligent to believe that President Hoover is responsible for the hard times." ' , Perhaps The Sun placed the wrong ' interpretation upon the Hoey mean ing. Could it not be that Hoey was chiding Hoover not because of hard ! times, but because the times are hard i instead of prosperous as Mr. Hoo ' ver promised? In admitting that Mr. ' Hoover himself did not bring on the I hard times, why does not The bun I therein see the opportunity of taking ! the President to task for promising i prosperity when prosperity was not in his power? If a President cannot ' bring on prosperity or economic de ; pression, why should he attempt to I win votes, and win votes, by prom ising prosperous conditions? If elect ed on the unfair promise to bring on an era of good times, is it any more unfair to razz him for causing hard times? —Cleveland Star. . THE IDEAL CITIZEN. i An ideal citizen is the one who sees clearly and ever something good in the city and never loses the op portunity to spread that good news abroad that others might derive the benefits thereon, whose unselfishness prompts him to want others to share opportunities, health and pleasure , which his home city offers. : Loyalty is the first requisite for the ideal citizen. The k)ve for the place and his neighbors which dis misses the thought of self interest or policy and resolves itself into the knowledge of duty when he does all in his power to make the city a tetter place in which to live. There are three distinct attitudes which a citizen may assume toward the place in which he lives, which furnishes him food, shelter and as sociation for himself and family, to boost, to remain quiet or to knock. The boosjter is that ideal citizen who is never forgetful of the obligations which is due the home city. He is 1 ever found at the when any ! movement is launched which might tend to the advancement of the in terest of the city.- While others see darkly, to him good 1 is visible at all J times. The quiet ciWzeiv is satisfied to let the work and content to lull the asleep and let it rest. The knocker is, the man who is without a country. There is no room for him anywhere. His pres ence dampens the enthusiasm of every man or group of men who un fortunately comes in contact with him. Having no iaith in his own abil ity to go forward, he naturally lacks faith in his home city to do. You have the chance to belong to either of the three classes. If you are a booster, your neighbor knows it and will boost you. If you are aligned with the quiet, indifferent class, you will not be regarded one way or the other, for the man who selects to steer in the middle of the stream, gets no support from either side. If unfortunately you are a knocker, get ready to be knocked, for eventually it is coming to you. As you give, so will it be meted out to you.—Clin ton (S. C.) Chronicle. OCRACOKE RECORDS FIRST CAR DEATH Ocracoke, N. C., Sept. 2.—Ocra- ( coke's recent fatal motor accident, j the first in its history, brings to i mind the fact that this beach village \ of 800 population was about the last ! place in the United States to wel-, come the auto. It was not exactly | welcome, at that. There were no streets. Lanes! carried the traffic, which has been j limited to a half . dozen pony, carts. The inhabitants live by fishing, except those who go to sea. They wondei'ed where the first cars would be operated. The owners showed them on the beach below high water mark, where , the sand was hard and smooth. Ocracoke's strand made a nearly per i feet motor road. First cars to reach the town are said to have carried red and green side lights, on the starboard { and poyt sides, respectively, while 'in operation at night. That is a good old maritime custom. The only two in the community at one time crashed in a head-on colli sion, giving Ocracokes something to talk about. No one was injured, i It was only a few years ago. I | You will find all the latest maga j Zines at Stahl's 5-10-25 c Stores. | A legislative \iappropriation fenay be either an extravagance or an . | economy according to your political ; ■ viewpoint. 1 Get your Sunday papers at Stahl's 5-10-25 c Stores. > ________ ___________________________ ; If the pen is mightier than the ' sword why do criminals dodge it with such ease? , • r When the meek inherit the earth ; what are they going to do for truck I drivers? 3 Secretly all of us believe that we - hr.ve the hardest business in the , world in which to make a real suc —*ess.' - ; THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1930. NEW HOPE NEWS Harris, R-l, Sept. 2.—Mrs. J. B. Taylor, who has been sick for sever- j al days is improving her friends will i be glad to hear. I Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Kennedy and Mr. Buford Kennedy, spent Sunday with relatives at Blacksburg, S. C. Prof. J. R- Wilkie, of near Hen dersonville, spent a part of last week at the home of his brother, Mr. L. D. Wilkie. Miss Gladys Randall spent Sun day afternoon with Miss Lila Mae Hines. ~ Misses Ferne ind Bernice Hines visited Misses Clara and Mary Randall one evening last week. L. ■ Miss Vivian Kennedy spent Friday night with her sister, Mrs. J. V. Honeycutt. Those visiting at the home pf Mr. L. D. Wilkie on Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. Durham Digh,, Messrs Broughton Strickland, Marvin and Clint Turner, and . Earl Randall, Misses Mary Clara Etheleen ; and Eugenia Randall, Ola and EJunice Kennedy. : . ■ > , \ Miss Lois Hines went to the hos pital at Asheville Monday to have her tonsils removed.' Mrs. Buford Kennedy spent Sun day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gossett, near Trinity. Miss' Eugenia Randall, of near Ellenboro, is spending the week with her cousin, Miss Belle Wilkie. Little Miss Helen Harris, who has been in the hospital at Rutherford ton for several weeks, isn't improv ing much her friends will be sorry to hear. j', Mrs. L. J. Hamrick, of Spindale, spent last week at the home of her brother, Mr. L. D. Wilkie. Mr. L. D. Wilkie, Mr. W.'P. Wil kie and Mr. Lee Cudd were visitors in Chesnee Tuesday Mr. Broughton Strickland and Mr. Marvin Turner left Monday for Boil ing Springs where they will enter college. Harris, R-l, Sept. I.—The farm-; ers of this section are having- some dry weather and the cotton Is open ing- very fast. On last Wednesday Mrs. Lola Cole. Mrs. Bessie Roach, Mrs. Annie Bris coe, Mrs. Susan Jlenderson, Miss Maggie Cole and Mr. Rector Rob bins attended the Woman's Associa tion at Green's Creek. There was a large crowd at the B. Y. P. xU's Sunday night. On last Saturday part of the In termediate Sunday school classes of Holly Springs churcji took a trip to Marion and Polly Spout. They seem ed to enjoy it very much. ' of our people attended the singing convention at Mountain View cHurch Sunday. ; J ; On last Friday Mr. Pink Robbins died and was buried Saturday; at Holly Springs church. Mr. Robbins spoke of his going. He stated that he had a hope, a bright hope arrd thought that all i would be well with him. He lelaves a wife, six children, fifteen grandchildren, one brother and four sisters and a number of friends ; to mourn their loss. ! Mr. Robbins was sixty one years ! old. Rev. Fikes, of Harris and Brock, of Henrietta, had charge of the fun i eral service and Huntley had charge of the funeral arrangements. ■ Miss Ena Robbins spent Saturday r.ight with Misses Etta and Ellie Mae Cole. Mrs. Annie Briscoe spent the week end in Green River section visiting lelatives and friends. Mr. Lloyd Owens wilT leave today for Boone where he will enter school j \frork. TRIBUTE TO THE NEGRO. I ! One of the most beautiful and elo i quent tributes ever paid the negro ' slaves of the South was by Henry i W. Grady when he said: "History has j no parallel to the faith kept by The I negro in the South during the war. | Often 500 negroes to a single white j man; and yet through these dusky i throngs the women and children walked in safety, and the unprotected homes rested in peace. When the master going to a war in which slav eyr was involved said to his slave, "I leave my home and loved ones in your icharge," the be tween man and master stood disclos ed. He rejoiced that when freedom came to him after years of waiting, it was all the sweeter because the black hands from which the shackles fell were stainless of a single crime against the helpless ones confided to i his care."—N. C. Christian Advocate. ODD EPITAPHS ON TWO ENGLISH GRAVES Bolsover, England, Sept. 2.—The proudest boast of this obscure village . is that one of the quaintest epitaphs in England is inscribed in its church yard. The epitaph is that of a watch x maker buried nearly 100 years 1 ago. It reads: "Here lies in a horizontal posi tion the outside case of Thomas 5 Hinde, clock and watchmaker— who departed this life wound up. in hope of being taken in hand by his Maker, and being thorough- J ly cleaned, repaired and set going in the world to come on the 15th of August, 1836, in the 19th year of his age." i Nearby is this two-line epigram c of a butcher: "Here lies the body of poor John Higgs, s A famous man for killing pigs." e Our delicious Candies are always fresh. Stahl's 5-10-25e Stores. HOLLY SPRINGS JAMES HINER THOMAS ! CLAIMED BY DEATH (Continued From Page One) Honorary ; pallbearers B. B Ooggett, G. B. Harrill, W. S. Moss, O. C. Turner, J. B. Long, Fed Harrill, J R. Moore, K. S. Tanner, S. E. Elmore, J. L. Taylor, Fred Hamrick, Clyde Hoey, M. E. Hern- , don, W. R. Harrill, G. T. Moore, D. H. Sutton, A. C. Duncan, Chas. S. McCall, J. F. Weathers, J. Worth- Morgan, Dr. R. H. Crawford, Vassey , Hardin, George Blanton, J. T. Harris, j M. J. Harrill, J. W Smith, H. B. 1 Doggett, W. G. Magness, and R. E. Biggerstaff. G. M. Huntley and Son, local un dertakers, had charge of the fun eral arrangements. • Many from Rutherford county j went to Pleasureville, Ky., fol lowing the service here. Among them were Mr. B. B. Doggett, Mr.' iHoward Doggett, Dr. A. C. Dun can, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Alexander, Mr. E. 0. Thomas and Mr. Gus Thomas. Others attending the ser vice at Pleasurville were: Mr. j Giles Carter, a brother of Mrs. ; Thomas who came here for the ser vice; Mr. and Mrs. Y. L. M;Card well, of Mooi'esboro; and the four Thomas children. Mfrs. Thomas made the trip on the train the body of her husband was shipped on. . • Born, June 28, 1889, Mr. Thomas was 41 years and two months of age at the time of his death. On April 30, 1910 i at Lexington, Ky., Mr. Thomas was married to Miss Mar garet Carter, of Gratz, Ky., to which union were born four chil dren, all of whom survive. They are: James Hiner Thomas, Jr., Jordon Witt Carter Thomas, Rob ert Farmer Thomas and Helen Mar garet Thomas. Mr. Thomas is also survived by his father, Mr. Robert S. Thomas, Gratz, Ky.; one broth er, Robert F. Thomas, also of Gratz; and one sister, Mrs. Y. L. McCard well, of Mooresboro. Mr. Thomas was a member of the First IVJjethodist church, of Forest City. He was also a thirty-second degree Mason, a Shriner, member of the Rutherford County Club and a member of the Forest City Kiwanis Club. In addition to these he was a member of several bankers and manufacturers clubs. Mr. Thomas was well known in North Carolina as well as having a large acquain tance in New York and other cities outside of this state. Mr. Thomas was at one time pres ident of the Farmers Bank & Trust Company of this city, which failed last February. It is thought that Mr. Thomas' death was hastened by worrying over this bank and it is said that he had an insurance policy amounting to SIIO,OOO in which the Farmers Bank, which is now in the hands of a liquidating agent, was named beneficiary. It was while at tending a sale of tfce Farmers Bank property here in iJiine ' that Mr. Thomas was stricken With paraly sis. J. H. Thomas was born at Gratz, Owen county, Ky., June 28, 1889, a son of Robert S. and Susan Kelley Thomas. After attending the public schools of Gratz he received an ap pointment to the University of Ken tucky, which he declined in order that he might qualify for a business career. He was connected with the Gratz Deposit Bank for a year and then, when 19 years of age, he left home and accepted a position with the bank at Sherbourne, Ky. After being thoroughly trained in bank ing affairs, Mr. Thomas came to Rutherford county, becoming a resi dent of Caroleen in 1910. After coming to Caroleen Mr. j Thomas organized the Caroleen Sav- { ings Bank, of which he became cashier. On February 3, 1915, he organized the Farmers Bank & Trust Company, at Forest City, with which the Caroleen bank was con solidated. In the following Novem ber Mr. Thomas and associates ac- i quired and merged the First Na- i tional Bank of this city with the Farmers Bank. Under Mr. Thomas' management this bank prospered and at one time was the strongest country bank in the Tenth Congressional District, j At one time the in this' bank were over two and one-half j million dollars. The bankruptcy of i the Chimney Rock development, causing the Rutherfordton Bank to fail and straining the resources of the Farmers Bank, was the cause of its closing after a run had been made on it, when the Rutherford ton Bank failed to open. ' Before his forced ! inactivity, caused by illness, and before the financial depression Mr. Thomas had many large and varied inter ests, being connected with the fol lowing enterprises: Treasurer of the Henrietta Mills before they were sold to Northern capitalists; treasurer of Chimney Rock Moun tains, Inc.; treasurer of the Caro lina Mountain Bojwer Company; treasurer of the Chimney Rock Scenic Company; president of the Smith-Thomas Lumber- Company, of Alabama; president of the Chimney Rock Trust Company; president of the Citizens Bank & Trus& Com pany, of Spindale and Rutherford ton,which merged with the Com mercial Bank, of Rutherfordton, under the name of the Rutherford County Bank & Trust Co. Mr. Thom&s gave up his interest in the Bank following the consolidation. Other business interests were: Director Johns-Carroll Lumber Co.j of Alabama; president Spindale Mills, Spindale; director Stonecut ter Mills, Spindale; director Clover Mills, Clover, S. C.; president For est City Motor Co.; president Black wood Lumber Co., Wallaceville, S. C.; president Industrial Loan & In vestment Bank of Forest City. Many of these concerns do not now exist. Ml*. Thomas, following the failure of the Chimney Block development, withdrew his capital from many of them in an effort to save the local banks, causing many of them ta go into the hands of the receiver. In the passing of Mr. Thomas Rutherford county has lost one of her greatest citizens, a great finan cier, a born leader of men, a man of sound business judgement. For two years Mr. Thomas by his great knowledge of banking held togeth er an institution that had been greatly weakened by the financial depression that hit this county fol lowing the bankruptcy of the Chim ney Rock development. This insti tution was the Farmers Bank & Trust Co., at Forest City, and this bank was closed not so much as a failure but as a last resort to pro tect the depositors following: a run th*t had started when the Ruther ! fofdton bank failed to open, j The fact that Mr. Thomas took • the welfare of the people ©>f his adopted state and county so much to heart was one cause of his early .death. Grieving because the bank, one that he had helped to organize and build, until at one time its total resources were nearly three million ' dollars, had been forced to close. ! Knowing that he was being blamed for an act over which he had no control, all of these helped to de stroy his resistant power and in directly were the cause of his death. But while there were some who blamed him, others still loved and admired him, and while he lay in his last sleep at his beautiful home here on East Main Street, sorrow ing friends by the hundreds called to pay their respects to this great man who had dropped by the way side; this person who often had be friended many of them in times of need, and who always had an en couraging and cheerful word for all. MISS SARA COWAN WILL WED OSCAR RICHARDSON I Rutherfordton, Sept. 2. —Mr. and M-rs. J. C. Cowan has announced the engagement of their daughter, Sara Louise, to Oscar Leonard Richard scr. of Monroe. The wedding • will take place in October. The bride is one of Rutherford ton's most charming and popular young ladies and is a graduate of the North Carolina College for Women, Greensboro. She has taught here, at Monroe and Shelby. The wedding will be a social event of the early fall season in Ruther fordton. COTTON CO-OP ASSOCIATION OFFERING 9c FOR COTTON The North Carolina Cotton Co operative Association announces that it will advance 9 cents per pound for cotton. Last year the As sociation advanced 15 cents on cot ton, and held it until better prices prevailed before placing it on the market. The Courier will endeavor to give full details regarding the Association's proposition next week. School bags for the children from 25c to SI.OO. Stahl's 5-10-25 c Stores. i SPECIAL —Mavis talcum powder 25c size now 15c at Stahl's 5-10-25 c Stores. I _ 50c box of Kleenex FREE with each purchase of 2 boxes of Kotex— -78« Value of Kotex . . . 90c Value of Kleenex . . 50c A total value of $1.40 for 78c Efird's Dept. Store Get Your Full Share T COMFORT Bring your new Ford here and let us look ov--' t- I "' e Houdaille hydraulic shock absorbers. They are a^v to give you a smooth, comfortable ride, and there no reason why you shouldn't have it. Perhaps all they need is a slight adjustment. We specialize in| adjusting Ford shock absorbers and we know how to make them just right. It doesn t take long—the cost is small—but; you'll note a gain in riding comfort. We can give you a goo i o^ f v on the brakes too. t ' • \ Doggett Motor Company MORRISON SAYS HOOVER INSULT® ALL THE SOUTH Charges That Rsp ukli Thrived On ' Appeals . for Su PPwt "" Democratic Ticket. Boone, Sept. 2— Declaims- t President Hoover's "unparalaL T regard of the south" in the seW of his cabinet has been an hJ,i! lOn that section, former Governor r eron Morrison of Charlotte Jj?' the Democratic conveniion of r suiga county Friday afternoon .vt has seldom been stirred before The governor was scheduled t keynote .for the mountaineer but it was generally n re rii!"' that his speech here Friday be accepted in the nature of a jJ note for the entire stale. H blazed the trail in his opening speech which will doubtless be il\ lowed by the hundreds of other Dem ocratic orators who are abo Ul T take to the stumps. He drew two p ar allels; one to record and achieve i:»ent of the state government under Democratic administration, and t other the record "of and special privileges*' of the federal government under Republican admin istratioi). He declared that the Dem ocrats would stand pat on the rec ord of Governor Gardner's adminis tration and he challenged the world to find fault. He dealt with the Re publican charge of extravagance bv pointing cut that "\v e have tried to give proper care to our unfortunates cur mentally sick and our deaf and dumb and blind, but we have done that at a cost of 90 cents pci person a day." He mentioned tk progress in roads, schools and in dustrial development; and then he turned his attention toward the federal government under Hoov er. Mr. Morrison characterized tn? Republican party as an organiza tion having two major practices, oils being to breed sectionalism by ap pealing to the northern states to ig nore the south, and the other being the bonding together of special in terests and big business for the pur pose of plundering the people's sec tionalism. He thought the world war would eliminate sectionalism, he said, and he expected President Hoover to disregard one Republican prac tice by gathering around him some few Southern statesmen to aid in the shaping of the policies and the direction of the affairs of his admin istration. He thought the new presi dent might even call a Hoover Dem ocrat, who, he said, had more brain than Hoover could have found any where else T but 'we lived to see ar insult to the south which surpassed anything of its kind in history," Mr. Morrison declared. Then he waited for a dramatic ! pause and his deep voice boom | ed, "And not a single southern Re- I publican had the nerve to stand up I and denounce Hoover for his insult j to this great section, which departed J from its ancestrial teaching for the I first time and gave him the vote of i many of its largest states. Touching the prohibition ques tion, he said that Hoover has rv ! sympathy for it. He pointed to Hon i ver endorsement of Dwight W. Mor- I row's candidacy, who was nominal- J on a wet ticket in New Jersey, an>. he reminded the audience that • n drew Mellon, who has profited b> 1 ; liquor trade, was still the republican chief advisor. , - str. Morrison was unstintt - his praise of Josiah William ljeyv Democratic nominee United States Senate. He "No matter how you voted -• the primary you will be P ! " v , Bill Bailey after he gets m J.; Senate". He called him N ~e , olina's best orator and i best writer, and said he is aoit-,, | liant and always incorrupt , "Democrats, let's con:" er," he pleaded, adding, i our country's only hops.
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