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TOURNAMENT FOUR
DAYS NEXT WEEK
Basketball Teams of County
Will Meet at Sptndale
House to Decide Coun- ,
ty Champions.
The county-wide high school bas
ketball tournament sponsored by
The Rutherford County News and
Superintendent of schools, Clyde A..
Env in will be held at the Spindale
House next week, beginning on Mon
day night, Feb. 23rd and closing on
Saturday night. Feb. 28th. There will
te four nights of the tournament,
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Saturday. For convenience, the
schools playing in this tournament
have been classified into two groups,
Class A and Class B. The four larg
er schools of the county, Forest City,
Central High, Henrietta-Caroleen and
Cliffside will compose class A while
I Class B will be composed of Ellen
boro, Mt. Vernon, Sunshine, Hollis
;n d Harris .Gilkey having dropped
out.
The News will award a silver lov
inv cup to the winner in Class B
while Superintendent Envin will a
ward a cup to the winner in Class
A.
The tournament will open on Mon
day night with a double header. El
lenboro vs. Mt. Vernon and Sun
shine vs. Hollis.
On Tuesday night, Feb. 24th the
■winner of the Sunshine vs. Hollis
group will play Harris.
On Wednesday night, Feb. 25th
the winner of the Ellenboro vs. Mt.
Vernon group will play the winner
on the 24th. This will decide the
championship of Class B and the
cup will he nifrhfr foU
lowing the game. The winner of class
E will play the winner of class A
(which will be decided on percent
age basis and will likely be Central
High school) on Saturday night,
Feb. 28th, for the county champion
ship. The Erwin cup will be awarded
that night following the game.
Rules for the contest.
All players must be bona fide stu- ;
dents of the school they represent
and members of the basketball team.
The time of quarters will be eight i
Minutes with ten minutes between
lakes. Ail games will start at 7:3Q
P- m., except Wednesday night, Feb.
2oth which will start at 8:15 p. m.
Admission to everybody will be 25
enTs P er night. Each team will be
Hotter! ten players, coach and man
ner to free admission. All others
IVu '"' W regular price, 25 cents.
coach must send to either Clyde '
Eiwm or R. E. Price by Satur-:
ay noon, feb. 2lst, a list of those'
•o will play and are entitled to free
Emission to the games.
On the first night, Monday, El
and Jit. Vernon will play j
and Sunshine and Hollis wil! j
ollow. j
"" Sanies will be plaved at the
'pmdale House.
The piomoters of this tournament
' not mak e one cent out of it. If
' ere ls an J r funds left after all ex
• . , e ' aie P a ' ( l it will be equally
e d among all schools partaking,
lis wil] be allowed to use the
OIK ° U(I a^s * n the Spindals
? e * lee nf Soap and tow
be 10c extra per person. If
Pajer desires soap and towels,
-should arrange to pay 10c each*'
jnn £ same with them. All schools
)ti ear their own trans
ileßl^ 11 ex P ense to and from Spin
,r' he n rit -'e of the floor, SI.OO
a 'n, P er night will be borne by
Promoters.
e P r ' nc ipals and coaches
L ° l5()0st tournament.
e C ? and supporters of each team
Surged io come out and support
favorite.
Earl Hardin of Snindale will
ee games.
e Purpose of the tournament is
\eourage wholesome amusement
5 ° 0(1 filing between all schools
16 county.
' E. O. Thomas, of Asheville,
few days here last week.
FOREST CITY COURIER
FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE U. S. A." AJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY
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"Ministers Day'' At Rutherford
County Club Meeting Friday
Rutherford Jurors For
District Federal Court
Grand jurors • and pjstit jurors,
avho -yvill ££x.v&.ajLMie.Shelby
District Federal Court, which will
convene on March 16, were drawn
last Friday.
Those called from Rutherford
county are: J. W. Beason, Fred Hill,
J. D. Flack, C. Jack Logan, G. N.
Huntley, J. D. Morris, John Carpen
ter, F. C. Hunt, F. B. Koone, F. D.
Keeter, Benjamin Harrison, Furman
Walker, J. L. Hamrick, Fred Pender
grass, Grover McDaniel, J. 0. Gris
wold.
BANS OFFICIALS
FOUND GUILTY
Judge Defers Passing Sentence
Until The May Term of
Superior Court.
Rutherfordton, Feb. 10.—Five of
ficials of the Rutherford County
Bank and Trust company, which clos
ed February 4, 1930, were convict
ed in superior court here Thursday
of receiving deposits while the bank
was insolvent.
The jury returned its verdict at
4:30 p. m., after two hours of delib
eratiyn. Three hours later, Judge
H. Hoyle Sink, presiding, re-con
vened court to announce he would
withhold sentence at least until 5
p. m., Saturday.
Sentences Deferred.
Judge Sink said he had been try
ing to decide what was best to do.
He added that if he had not been
able to obtain certain information
he desired by Saturday, he might
further defer passing of sentence
until, the May term of court.
With this announcement, prayer
for judgment was continued and the
five defendants were allowed to
continue at liberty under bond.
The five—J. L. Taylor, president
of the bank; W. B. Walker, cashier,
and K. S. Tanner, S. E. Elmore and
T. F. Oats—were indicted for re
ceiving deposits on January 25 and
February 1, 1930, the state contend
ing the bank had been insolvent for
at least a year before it closed. The
jury found them guilty of the
charge as to both dates.
Solvency Claimed.
During the trial the defense coun
tered contentions of the state as to
the bank's insolvency with evidence
tending to show that the institution
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PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEB. 19, x 1931.
By GENE BYRNES
February Meeting Will be Held
in Cliffside—Rev. E. B. Jen
kins to Conduct Session
For Ministers.
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The February meeting of The
Rutherford County
held at Cliffside Friday at one o'-
clock. Mrs. L. G. Garvin will be ; n
charge of serving -the luncheon.
This meeting is a "Ministers'
meeting." All ministers in Ruther
ford county have been invited to be
present at this session. Immediately
after the business session the meet
ing will be turned over to Rev. E.
B. Jenkins, pastor of the First Bap
tist church, of Rutherfordton, who
will preside. Rev. R. T. Baker, pas
tor of the Brittain Presbyterian
church, will speak on "The Chal
lenge to the churches." He will be
followed by Rev. Mr. Jenkins who
will speak on "The Menace of A
merica."
All who wish are cordially invit
ed to attend the session, whether a
member of the Club or not. Lun
cheon will be fifty cents. Seats will
be provided for those who wish to
attend the session, but do not care
to have luncheon.
Immediately after the meeting
the members will congregate on the
Baptist church steps were a group
picture will be made. This picture wil'
be used in the initial number of The
National County Clubs publication,
published in Washington, D. C.
Fire Destroys
Spindale House
Spindale, Feb. 17.—A small bun
galow, the property of the Stonecut
ter Mills, was destroyed by fire Mon
day noon. The house was occupied
by a Mr. Dobbins and family. When
discovered the top of the house was
a mass of flames and the family fail
ed to save any of their furniture.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
The fire department responded to
the call but was unable to accom
plish anything other than prevent
ing the spread of the flames. The
total loss was above SI,OOO. The
house was insured, but Mr. Dobbins
carried no insurance on his furniture.
A FINE BOY.,
Prof, and Mrs. E. V. Sietz are re
joicing over the arrival of a son,
born Sunday, February 15th.
Mrs, R. R. Morris left Monday for
Charlotte to enter the hospital for
treatment of her throat.
DECLAIMERS' M\
RECITERS' CONTEST
MARCH 12-13
Declamation Contest To Be
Held At Central High—
Reciters Contest at
Caroleen.
The Rutherford County High
School Recitation Contest will be
held at the Caroleen-Henrietta High
school on Thursday night, March
12th. This contest will decide who
will win the loving cup awarded by
Supt* Clyde A. Erwin. Miss Pauline
Kendrick of Ellenboro school won it
last year and Central High school
won it two years ago.
The high school declamation con-
will be held at Central High
school auditorium Friday night,
March 13th. This contest will de
cide who will win the loving cup
awarded by Editor R. E. Price. Nat
Hamrick of Central High school
won it last year while Harris won
it two years ago.
The following rules have been
adopted by the high school princi
pals of the county:
The recitation contest shall be
open to girls and the declamation
contest to boys.
Contestants must be bonafide stu
dents of the high school of the
county and shall not be over 21
years of age.
Each high school of the county
can be represented by one girl in
the contest and by one boy in the
declaimers contest.
Each school may select (if it de
sires) its contestants in a prelim
inary in the school. In each local
preliminary contest where as many
&s six compete in either contest, a
gol(J* medal wiJLJaa* given the win
ner in each contest.
The winning school will be aw
arded the above loving cups men
tioned to keep one year and if they
win the same cup two years in suc
cession it will become the property
of said school to keep permanently.
The recitations and declamations
shall be limited to eight minutes
each.
The County Supt. of Schools will
preside at each contest and shall
select the judges.
WOMAN REACHES
CENTURY MARK
Mrs. Sailie Davis Dies at
Daughters Home At
Uree.
Uree, Feb. 17. —Death has takon
Mrs. Sailie Davis at the age of 100
years.
Mrs. Davis died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Callie Painter,
near Stone Mountain church. She
was born February 28, 1830. Had she
lived a few days longer she would
have reached her 101 st anniversary.
The deceased was a "member of
the Stone Mountain church. She
was twice married, first to J. Dalton
and second to John Davis. To the
first union four children were born.
Two, Mrs. Minty Vess, of Buffalo,
S. C., and Mrs. Callie Painter, sur
vive. Mr. Dalton was killed in 186 3
during the War Between the States.
To the second union one child, Char
les Davis, was born. He lives here.
Mrs. Davis is also survived by 42
grandchildren, 76 great grandchild
ren, and five great great grandchil
dren.
The funeral service was held at
the Cherry Springs Baptist church.
FATHER OF MR. NEWTON
NEELEY DIES AT WAXHAW
Spindale, February, 17.
Mr. W. P. Neeley, of Waxhaw,
aged 75, died at his home there
Wednesday morning after a six
weeks' illness. He is the father of
Mr. Newton Neeley, of the Spindale
Drug Company, of this place. Mr.
Neeley is one of the seven surviv
ing children. He left Wednesday
morning to attend the funeral ser
vices.
Prizes Live-at-Home
Contest Announced
ICiwanis Club and Agricultural Department of
Cool Springs School Sponsoring Four
teen Farm Contests This Year—
Rules Given for Contestants.
Honored
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STATE'S MASTER
FARM TEACHER
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EJlenboro Agricultural Teach
er Picked Out of 144 Teach
ers in North Carolina.
From among 144 agricultural
teacfters in North Carolina, A. B
Bushong, of the Ellenboro high school
in Rutherford county, has been se
lected as the master agricultural vo
cational teacher of the entire state.
Mr. Bushong, whd was born and
reared in the Shenandoah valley of
Virginia, has had a very unusual
record as a teacher of farm youths
and adults. He attended Roanoke
college at Salem, Va., for two years,
and served two years in the United
States army during the World War.
In 1923 he was graduated from
Virginia Military Institute at Blacks
burg, Va., and was elected to Phi
Kappa Phi honorary society. That
meant that he was one of 10 of a
class of 130 who made the highest
average grades during his stay at
V. P. I.
During the school year of 1920
he enrolled 117 boys and men in his
classes with a total of 175 projects
conducted. Thirty-seven all-day stu
dents in the high school had a total
labor income of $8,524.22, or an
average of $233.08 per pupil. Eighcv
evening class adult farmers had a* 1
estimated value of improved practice
of $40,477.88. A total of $15,814.22
worth of cooperative buying and
selling of farmers' produce and sup
plies was done during the year.
Mr. Bushong organized the Ellen
boro Sweet Potato Storage company,
which has grown to a plant of four
houses with a total capacity of 20,-
000 bushels. A total of $1,701.77
worth of business was done last year
by the Ellenboro school hatchery,
a 7,000-egg incubator having been
secured by Mr. Bushong for the ag
ricultural department of the school
to develop the poultry industry
within the community.
The Ellenboro Canning associa
tion has been organized by this ag
ricultural teacher. Twelve thousand
cans were filed for home consump
tion last year. He cooperated in the
economical cotton production pro
gram, furnishing 75 bale-per-acre
growers in 1929 and 50 last year.
Among other successful activities,
Mr. Bushong is mayor of the town,
is president of the chamber of com
merce, teaches a Sunday school
class, has organized a chapter of
the Young Tar Heel Farmers, or-
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72 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
Last Monday night was "Farmers
; Night" at the Kiwanis Club, and a
number of our foreVnost farmers
were guests of the club, having been
invited to participate in the "Live
at-Home" program. A special pro
gram and an unusually good supper
were prepared for the farmer guests
of the evening. Much profitable dis
cussion was engaged in and of es
pecial interest were the short talks
of County Agent Patton and R. M.
Morris, agricultural teacher at Cen-
I tral high school.
The farmer guests were introduced
by Dr. A. C. Duncan, followed Iv/
an address of welcome by Attorney
R. R. Blanton and response by Mr.
Luke Summey. Mr. Blanton stressed
the fact that town and country de
pended one upon the other and should
work and co-operate together for the
good of all concerned. He also tokl
of the unselfish work of the club in
its efforts to promote the welfare
of the farmers, reminding the guests
of the club's motto, "We Build.'*
Mr. Summey expressed the apprecia
tion of the guests in being present
at the meeting, very gracefully ac
knowledging what the club has done
for town and county in its unselfish
service, without hope of reward, and
said the county needs the club.
Prof. D. H. Sutton, in charge of
the program, then introduced. Coun
er of the evening. He first stressed
it
the importance.of the "Live-at-Home"
campaign and told of the improved
methods in modern farming, but si
the same time gave credit to the "oid
timers" for living at home in th?
old days. Modern conditions are dif
ferent, but Mr. Patton advised that
our farmers get back to the old id- a
of living at home. When you find a
farmer who is not making a living,
you invariably find one who does not
grow things to live on. A run down
farm denotes a shiftless farmer, ac
cording to the farm agent, who made
a plea for those present to assist in
raising the standard of farming in
the county. There is now only one
cow to every seven people in the
county and less than 500 brood sow.-,
while all the time hogs are being'
shipped in. Over a million and a
half dollars worth of stuff is boujaht
every year, all of which could and
should be raised in the county, an ?
also the fertilizer bill could be cut
heavily if farmers would raise cover
crops and rotate properly. At pres
ent the fertilizer bill amounts
irore than enough to pay all taxes.
Mr. Patton brought out many in
teresting facts and figures while
making his plea that the
join in the live-at-home program.
Mr. Sutton then present?d the
plans for this gear's contests, an'!
list of prizes, all bf which will be
found in this article.
The next speaker was Prof. R. M.
Morris, vocational teacher in Cen
tral high, who devoted his time
soil improvement, giving the farmers
present many useful suggestions. He
strongly endorsed lespedeza for soil
improvement.
Following Mr. Morris' talk, Mr. J.
W. Matheny called upon the farmer
guests to make short talks, many
responding, among them being Mr.
J. D. Link, Messrs. Carson, Crowder,
Toms, Joe Doggett, Mr. Hunt, Mr.
Summey, Vassey Hardin and others.
Details of Campaign.
The Forest City Kiwanis Club and
the Department of Agriculture of
Cool Springs High school are spon
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ganized the Colfax Fair association,
took 20 students on tour of state,
introduced 225 bushels Coker cotton
seed in 1929, cooperated in arrang
ing exhibit at Rutherford County
fair and in 1930 wrote 96 news arti
cles pertaining to the work of hn
students.