[TOREST Cillf MERCHANTS WILL HAVE MANY BARGAINS MONDAY—TRADE DAY
tkade day
IN
FOREST
CITY
MONDAY
FEB. 9.
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TRADE BAY !
IN FOREST CITY |
MONDAY, FEB, 9j
,„Six Business Houses j
United in Offering Special ;
Bargains to All Visitors. j
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t . Forest City has j
Tride 1 i
'en »n institution and usual-;
!" laiw «owd. Forest City !
««t ,he P eople of aU !
k,snlw , ' '.,,,,1 terri-|
p co °" •' " , „„ Trade Days, j
*®VV to offer special J
r: .vs who come ,
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ance over the
JiJs printed below will show that
: i* men have made real
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inducements to all Trade Day visi
tors. In addition to the trade day spe
cials. many of our merchants have
on special x sales covering: their en
tire stocks. Read all the ads and see
for yourself if Forest City is not
a good place to come to, to do your
shopping.
Following are the special Trade
pay bargains offered by the busi
ness men of Forest City:
I Dalton Bros. SI.OO dress shirts,
■jjtc: 4 yards silk pongee for SI.OO. i
I Sanders' Groceteria —6 pounds
Ipare Rio coffee, SI.OO.
I Efird's Dept. Store —Men's heavy
■blue denim overalls. 68c; boys' den-
Sim overalls, sizes 4 to 10, 48c.
Graham Cash Co. —LL sheetinsr,
■6 l-2c yard; 39c printed broadcloth.
■2sc yard.
I A&P Store—4 cans No. 2 toma-
Htoes, 29c; whole srrain rice, 5c pound
I Boston.Store—Ladies' $lO dregs-
I Horn's Cash Store—Granulated
■sugar. 5c pound; pinto beans, 5c
■pound.
I Pigsly Wiggly—Two pounds Pig
■?ly Wigrply coffee, -se; onion sets,
■ Pender's— Fat hack. 10c pound;
■ pound bucket lard, 87c.
I Electric Appliance Co—P> lamps,
■25 to iiO watt, $1.05; $5.95 electric
■automatic irons, SIOO.
I Gray Dm? Co.—sl.oo hot water
■®>ttle>, 4;) c; SI,OO fountain syringe
Ipe^ M ° tor Co -~ AII tires, 15
I *°rest. City Motor C 0.—1926 Mas
sedan, $145; 1921 Buick
■ *| ter louring, ST," 00.
m £ siTV s2 ' oo wash dre ' ss "
Iff ,)' '*° nos —so per cent
W *'« a d new spring hats.
t McCun 'y—Call and see
In I S " ,rC - I ' i " li " s ' h«-»vy
lilt,. 'y-r'!'' ''"' SS R '" xls ' S)c
WrtVl St 3 s ' i«welor—sl.oo
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■ value All "' S work folirts
r,3 t ' " C; men ' s sl - 50 frh
■'* Wtlf'" V CiKai ' Store —
r !i ' Milieu irr', 79c: * io °
■s L„. Co.—sl.oo
|°ints, N r>oc; 01iver goober
| ar "w/(" U f, Store ~ ?1 - 00 bottle
■"ttlr Wi ne °! ,;' ver oil . 59c; SI.OO
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Wal , ent Store— One
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■S. s(le ".. f ent St o'o—Ladies'
■ sc v aluo ift Vl ll(> ' 39c; stationery,
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r ia te t y!,; 1 ty i CoUrier --Would ap
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■ at one ]7' ,S 3 greot
a year.
■' Beauti fu , .' ' * s dentine
WL novpif 01 valen
■ at Stahl's Ten
FOREST CITY COURIER
FOREST CITY "ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE I?Ji A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY.
SPECIAL VENIRE CALLED
FOR TRIAL BANK CASES
Rutherf ordton, Feb. 3.—A
Cleveland county jury will hear
charges against eight prominent
Rutherford county citizens ill
connection with the failure last
February of six banks. A spe
cial venire of sixty men from the
neighboring county reported at
Rutherf ordton Wednesday at
2:30 o'clock to serve as jurors.
The selection of jurymen began
at that time, and as The Cour
ier goes to press it is expected !
Ithat all of Wednesday afternoon I
and probably part of Thursday I
will be consumed in selecting |
fj the jury.
Just one year to a day after ?
the closing of the. banks the i
if court proceeded to try the cases |l
| against the eight officials, each [;
g of whom have been indicted on |
* one or more counts of accept- |
■: ing deposits knowing their insti- i
J tut ions to have been insolvent.
Judge J. Hoyle Sink, of Lex
ington, is presiding at the special
term of superior court, which
convened Monday morning. A
special venire from this county
was called, but contained only
four men who were not relatives i
of the defendants, stockholders !
or depositors of the closed banks j
with which the defendants were J
connected. j
MEN WHIP BOLD
GUNMAN WITH FIST
Would-be-Highway Robber
Knocked Out in Hol
up Attempt.
Rutherfordton, Feb. 2.—A would
be highway bandit received a rude
shock and the worst end of a free
for-all scuffle Friday night on High- j
way No. 181 near here, when two„
farmers of the Westminster section
of the county, who had given him a
lift, refused to be cowed in the ap
proved manner when he attempted
to hold them up with a gun.
The farmers, Lee Freeman and
Ernest McCurry, were returning
home in a wagon when a young man
waved them down for a ride. They
! took him on and had gone but a
short distance when the bold high
wayman pulled out a pistol and de
j manded tioney.
Acting with lightning-like speed,
McCurry landed a blow with his fi^t
on the "bad man's" head and knock
|ed him out of the wagon, Freeman
j jumped on the ingrateful hitch-hik- j
I er, knife in hand, rnd inflicted a few I
scratches in a spirited scuffle. «
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The amateur gunman, afraid for ;
j his life, finally managed to struggle i
j free, and fled with winged feet in-!
spired of terror. Although a search j
was made later, the wouid-be desper- |
ado was not apprehended.
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| Negro Stabbed
With Ice Pick!
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! Spindale, Feb. 3.—Alex Davis, j
I negro, aged about 40, is in the hos- •
• pital suffering from a deep chest j
J wound inflicted with an ice pick, and.
r Mack Logan, deaf and dumb negro,
|is cooling his heels in the Ruther
. ford jail as the result of a free-for
all negro conflict here Saturday at
midnight. According to Chief of
Police Yates Duncan, domestic dif
ficulties seem to have been the
of the trouble, which culminated
i near midnight Saturday when the,
i deaf mute stabbed Davis with an!
i ice pick. The weapoifinflicted a deep
i wound just under the heart, going
| nearly up to the hilt in the negro, •
j about a half inch of the pick break- j
irg off in the negro's body. He was j
taken to the hospital where an opera- j
tion was performed and is appar-j
ently recovering. Logan was arrest- j
ed by Chief Duncan and policeman i
Lancaster and placed in jail to await •
a hearing.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AN&ۤ|fcHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUA, ;4jy 931
j HEAVY DAMAGE BY i
j 9 FOREST FIRES
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Fire Fighting Patrols Organ
ized and Efforts Being i
Made to Stop Flames. (
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Rutherfordton, Feb. 3.—Ruther— 1
! ford County woodlands are being!
1 laid waste by forest fires, County;
J Fire Warden J. E. Trammel says, j
| Last week nine fires burned over j
j the wooded area taking a toll of j
$25,000 to $35,000 worth of timber
1 and several farm houses have been
j reported destroyed by the flames,
j Patrols and fire-fighting bands
1 have organized, and other for
jjestry officials of the State have
j! come to this county to assist Mr.
{i Trammel in combatting the fires,
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Wife of Slain Man and John
Paul Searcy Ordered Held
At Conclusion of In
quest.
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Rutherfordton, Feb. 3.—Closing
its investigation of the murder of
John Lynch, a coroner's jury Tuesday
afternoon recommended that Mrs.
| Lynch and John Paul Searcy be
j held without bail for grand jury
action.
T'v.r. j ur y ordered that the mur
dered farmer's wife and his former
employee be held until the grand
jury-j»eets at the n«*t erirmfiaf term
of Rutherford superior court.
Will Seek Bond.
After hearing the verdict, which
included the report that Lynch came
to his death as the result of shot
gun wounds, attorneys for Mrs.
! Lynch and Searcy indicated they
"would ask for an immediate hearing
under a writ of habeas corpus in
order to effect the release of the
..woman and the youth from jail un
der bond.
Lynch was murdered the night of
January 25 when someone called
him out of his home after he had
gone to bed.
Sheriff Testifies.
Sheriff McFarland told of inves
tigating the murder and the story
Mrs. Lynch told of someone's
shouting, just before the shots were
fired, "John Lynch. if you don't
treat your family better, I'll kill
you." Jack Lynch, 14, and Jean
ette Lynch, 8, children of the
j Lynches, told practically the same
J story as their mother told,
j Andy Gosnell of near Weaverville,
1 who lived on the Lynch farm from
(March, 1930, to January, 1931, told
I of threats of killing made by Searcy
j last year and said he and Searcy
, had been talking about Lynch. lie
I told of Mrs. Lynch's meeting Searcy
j three times at his home,
j Clarence Whiteside, 17. filling
; station employe, declared that on the
: night of the murder Searcy came to
; his station near the Lynch home
jand appeared to be frightened.
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I MR. V. T. DAVIS ANNOUNCES
FOR RE-ELECTION AS MAYOR
Mr. V. T. Davis announces in this
week's issue of The Courier as a
candidate for mayor in the approach
ing city election. Mr. Davis was
elected to this important post two
years ago, and has filled the posi -
tion in an efficient and acceptable
I manner. He is a young man of many
! business qualifications, and his rec
ord for the past two years speaks
for itself.
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j TAX COLLECTIONS GOOD.
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| Mr. M. J. Harrill, county tax col
' lector, reports that to date he has
■collected $424,016.17 in taxes fo
| the county. He is making a stren
! nous effort to clear up all back tax
|es during the next few weeks.
"io. tate mnim
FOR MURDER OF
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Rutherfordton, Feb. 4.—Geo.
Tate, aged 40, former Cliffside
man was sentenced to the crim
inal insane department of the
State Asylum at Dix Hill, Ra- >
. leigh, Wednesday afternoon by j
Judge Hoyle Sink, for the mur- J
der of his wife on October 30,
1930. The case was taken up •!
by the court Monday morning j
and was concluded Tuesday af- j
ternoon. The jury was asked to i
decide if the defendant was in
sane at the time of the murder
and whether sane or insane at
j the present. The decision of the jj
I jury was that he was sane at jj!
jj the time of the murder, but was ;
a insane at the present, chereup
£ " e was sentenced to the state jj
i asylum for criminals.
Tate killed his wife at noon i
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§ on October 30, while she was on I
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5 her way home from her work J
I at the Cliffside Mills. After* j
| shooting her he attempted to j
J take his own life.
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RUTHERFORDTON
TO GET NEW POST
OFFICE SOON
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Congress Monday Allocated
$70,00P for Building Office
At County Seat.
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Washington, Feb. 3.—i Six North
Carolina projects to cost
in the $66,764,000 ; allocation of
public buildings funds reported to
congress Monday by Secretary Mel
lon.
The largest individual allotment
in the state was $550,000 for Dur
ham.
The others were:
Mount Airy—slso,ooo.
Rockingham—slls,ooo.
Wadesboro—s9s,ooo.
Mount Olive—s7s,ooo.
Rutherfordton —$7C(000.
Cheraw, S. C., also got $75,000
for a postoffice.
Measure Passed.
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The treasury department said no
further authorization for the projects
would be required. Funds for the
projects will have to be carried in
the second deficiency bill yet to be
drafted.
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• The administration's $100,000,000 i
public building authorization meas
ure was passed by the house and
sent to the senate where its public
buildings committee approved it. In
addition, the house passed the Wag
ner advanced planning public works
measure and received from the chief
executive a request to appropriate {
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funds for more than 200 public
building projects to cost $68,764,000
MR. L. C. LOWRANCE
ANNOUNCES FOR MAYOR
Mr. L. C. Lowrance announces hisj
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candidacy for office of mayor of {
Forest City in this issue of The Cour-«
ier. The municipal election will be
held on Tuesday, May 5. Mr. Low
rance is the first to announce. He
has had ample experience in this
position, having served six terms.
He was first elected in 1907 and
served that and the remaining five
terms in a capable and efficient man
ner.
FOREST CITY TO PLAY j
CENTRAL HIGH TEAM;
Friday night, February 6, Forest
City will play Central High at For-J
est City. This is the second game ol j
the series between these two schools'
and a good game is expected. Those i
who have seen the local team play j
the last few games know that our j
team has improved considerable, j
Come out and help support your team J
and see a close and exciting game, j
Rev. John S Wood
| Claimed By Death
Forest City Minister ahd Thirty-Third Degree
Mason Died Sunday Afternoon at Home
of F. I. Barber—Prominent
j Throughout the State.
| FUNERAL HELD FOR 1
Young Smith Grove Man Suc
cumbs to Pneumonia—
Funeral Saturday.
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Forest City, R-3, Feb. 3.—Mr. ;
Henry Causby, aged 20, died at the j
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. j
|W. H. Causby, near Smith Grove
Baptist church Friday at noon after
a two weeks illness of pleurisy ami
pneumonia.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at twelve o'clock at Pisgah
Methodist church. Rev. J. W. Par
ker, of Gilkey, pastor of the church,
was in charge of the service. Inter-1
ment was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Causby is survived by his fath
er, Mr. W. H. Causby, his stepmoth
er and several brothers and sisters.
He was unmarried. He was a well
known young man and beloved by
all who knew him.
FOREST CITY HAS -
MORNING BLAZE
Filling Station Burns With
Loss Estimated at SIO,OOO
Sunday Morning.
The City Service Station, locat
ed near the heart of town, was gut
ted by fire Sunday morning with a
loss of approximately SIO,OOO. In
addition to the loss to the building,
which was used as a storage room for
the Doggett Motor Company, the
damage including the burning of five
iUfrtomobiles.
The fire was believed to have been
caused by defective wiring in one
of the automobiles.
All of the automobiles destroy r-d
were new Fords, one of them being
a truck. A truck belonging to the
Superior Laundry was also destroyed
Police discovered the fire about
2:30 o'clock Sunday morning and
' turned in the alarm, but it was some
| time before it could be brought un-1
der control. A brick front prevent
ed the blaze from getting to two
gasoline pumps in front of the
building, while a tin roof kent it
from spreading to other buildings.
The building was owned by B. B.
Doggett, while E. T. Randall was
! proprietor of the filling station. The i
building was insured, but Mr. Ran
dall carried no insurance on his
stock and equipment, the loss of
which amounts to about $3,000. The
burned automobiles were also in
sured. Practically all books, record'; '
and accounts of Mr. Randall were 1
destroved in the fire.
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Warning Against
Fake Solicitor ,
Rev. C. C. Matheny, pastor of the
Alexander Baptist church, issues a
warning to the public to be on the
lookout for a woman who claims to
be soliciting food, clothing and mon
ey for the Alexander school at Un
ion Mills and the South Mountain
Industrial Institute. According to
Mr. Matheny, the woman has recent
ly solicited several families and plac-
es of business asking that donations
be made to these institutions, and (
failing to receive a satisfactory res
ponse she poses as a representative
of other denominational schools.
Mrs. Grady Rhodes and son, ana 1
Mrs. Earl Padgett, of Lincolnton, j
visited Mrs. A. W. Falvey last Wed- !
nesday and Thursday. 1 1
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! The entire city was shocked Sun
day to learn of the passing of Dr.
John Snowden Wood, veteran Pres
bytejnan minister, which occurred
Sunday afternoon at 5:25 o'clock ;t
, the home of Mr. F. I. B:\rber, where
' he had staying during the n; -t
j l ew days. Mr. Y/ood returned from
] Raleigh about two weeks ago, whore
|he had been on a short vis.-.
I with a severe cold which had dew ! -
j oped while away. He went to the
home of Mr. F. I. Barber, and his
condition became worse. A liuWt
touch of pneumonia developed whi a
claimed him Sunday afternoon.
Br. Wood was born in Barnsley,
Yorkshire, England, July 12, 1851.
He came to America in young man
hood, and after a few years sojourn
| here returned to England, where he
| was married. He Jreturned to the
United States and became a natural
ized citizen.
Funeral service was held Monday
afternoon at four o'clock from the
Methodist church. Rev. W. J. Roach,
pastor of the Lowell Presbyterian
church, was in charge, assisted by
Rev. S. N. Watson of Forest City. Im
mediately after the ceremony his
body was taken to Rocky Mount, M.
G., where/ it was interred beside his
wife who preceded him to the grave
Mr. Wood is survived by two sons,
E. I. Wood of Rateffch and Ed. S.
Wood, of Richmond. Two daughters
preceded him to the grave.
Dr. Wood had been an active min
ister of the Presbyterian church for
many years until his resignation in
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1925. During hisv long period or ser
vice he was pastor of Presbyterian
church at Spencer, Morgan, Weldon.
| Failson, N. 0., Bryson, Tenn., Ander
sen. Ala., Blytheville and Wynn,
Ark. He was pastor of the local
| Presbyterian church from 11)12 to
! 1918.
He was active in Masonic work
and at the time of his death was
Grand Chaplain of the Royal Arch
Masons of North Carolina, also ac
tive secretary Forest City Lodge,
Royal Arch and Recorder of Com
mandery. Few Masons can point to so
long and faithful service in Mas
onry as Dr. John Wood. He was in
itiated on November 17, 1894; pass
ed April 6. 1905 and raised April
13, 1905. He was exalted a Royal
Arch Mason. May 10th. 1905, mal
a Royal and Select Master in the
Council in May 1905 and became a
Knight Templar July 20. 1900. In
November 1923, Dr. Wood was hon
ored with Scottish Rite 33 degree.
He became a member of Oasis Tem
ple, A. A. O. N. M S.,yn August
1911.
As he advanced in the differ
ent degrees in Masonry Dr. Wood
was honored with almost every
office. He was High Priest of the-.
Royal Arch in 1906, 1907, 1910,
1917, also Grand Chaplain in 1920,
1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1929.
Also Grand Chaplain of Royal and
Select Masons 1921, 1922, 192 5,
1924, 1925, 1926. Grand Chaplain
of High Priesthood 1919, 1920, 1921,
1923, 1924, 1925 and Past Most Ex
cellent President 1928, 1929. was
Grand Prelate of The Grand Coni
mandery 1928, 1929. Dr. Wood was
made a member of the Order East
ern Star in 1908 and was Grand
Chaplain in 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920
and Grand Patron in 1922, 1923.
COMMUNITY WOMAN'S CLUB
MEETING THURSDAY
Henrietta, Feb. 3. —The February
meeting of the Community Woman's
Club will be with Mrs. John Roach
and associate hostesses at the Roach
home in Avondale on Thursday af
ternoon February sth.