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Rutherford County Offers Unequalled Opportunities To Manufacturers and Others VOL. XIII No. 24. KIWANIS CLUB ENDORSES JENKINS FOR COMMISSION Want Rutherford Leader on New Highway Commission —Also Addressed by Supt. Erwin. \ good attendance marked the Meeting of the Kiwanis club Mon jav night. An outstanding feature the meeting was the endorsement ,f the Hon. Z .0. Jenkins, of Cliff |icle, as a member of the new high ly commission, and the club goes , n record as backing this Democratic n-arhorse for a place on the commis ■ion from this district. As to whether ie W ants the place or not, or will , CC ept, was not definitely known at he time, hut the club nevertheless et it he known that he has the solid jacking of its members for the place. is splendidly equipped for the luties of commissioner and it is hop d that he will be given the place. The program was given over to a hort talk by Supt. Clyde Erwin, a avorite of the club and a man who lincerely has the interest of the chools and the children at heart. He liscussed in an eloquent and con fincing manner many of the prob ems and ideals of the schools, and ras especially pleasing in his com diments of the Cool Springs High chool. It was voted to meet in joint j ession with Rutherfordton and Tryon,; It the Isothermal Hotel, Thursday | light of next week, to take the place j if the regular meeting next Monday j light. It was also voted tcMXieet here- ; lifter at 7 o'clock, instead of 6:30, j L account of the approaching sum tier season. j o Take Religious Census Next Sunday A religious census will be taken ir. Forest City on next Sunday af ternoon, with all of the churches of the city cooperating in making the canvass. Workers have' been appoint ed from the different churches, and the information that they will secure fill be an invaluable asset to the lo ta! pastors. The city has been divid !(l into four districts, with a captain from each church to direct the work. SOCEEMNGS OF SUPERIOR COURT Number of Cases Tried During the Past Week—Court Likely to Adjourn Today. Kutherfordton, March 18.—The special term of superior court for hial of civil cases is still in session The Courier goes to press, how ei» it is likely to adjourn Wednes- Da s or early Thursday. Judge Cam e!°n Macßae, of Asheville, is pre siding. The following cases have been usposed of since the last issue of 1 ' le Courier: Corporation Commission against D. B. Johnson, and counter suit, D. B. Johnson vs. Corporation °mmission. Plaintiffs in each case receiv 'e nothing. i 01 P 01 ation Commission vs. Kings n an tinkle and Anita Allen, "ardians, Plaintiff recovered S7OO on ean shares of Rutherford County Ca nk stock. Rock Company and First L\ anC ' Com Pa n y, vs. Town to V 8 Ure ' defendants authorized ( ... ect cit y taxes on property lo- limits of Lake Lure. A - Harrill and Etna Geer Har tiff VS " avo^na Stores, Inc., Plain (f $ ; >00 in full settlement a claims and damages. and°A I)01ati0n Commissi °n vs. H. C. t e j s ' ** a irelson, trading as Har °n and Fanning and individually. ,01 untary non-suit. • nt Stock Land Bank vs. Williams and wife. Plaintiff re- S t ' uee sums of money; first • n f 40; also $150.41 and $104.52 'n.crcst on indebtedness. County Bank and Trust tyany vs. Lollie Smith. Non-suit ntinued On Page Eight) FOREST CITYCOURIER FOREST CITY "ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL r^T ife T*T ~ Left to right, back row: Guy Vess, manager; V. G. Whitlock, Eugene Hollifield, Melvin Price, William Sanders, Robus Womack, Howard Lytle, Woodrow Abernethy, E. V. Sietz, Coach. Middle row, left to right: Robert Hamrick, Joseph Burkholder, Robert Whitlock, Paul Hamrick, Captain: Don Padgett, Steve Kirksey, Arthur Blanton, Harold Tranthem. Front row, ielt to right: Norman Marks, Hughy Hollifield, Tillman Moss, Roy Padgett, James Settlemyre, Reed Collins, Everett Dillishaw, Huston Wells, Howard Neighbors. Prospects Are Bright For Winning Baseball Team Thirty Boys Practicing For Berths on Team—First Game Will Be Played Next Friday—Schedule For Season Is Given. MR. JOHN HARRILL DIED SUDDENLY Widely Known Bostic Business Man Passes—Funeral Held Sunday at Concord Church. - , —. r': Bostic, March 16.—Funeral ser vices for Mr. John Harrill, aged 68 were held at Concord Baptist church j Sunday with his pastor, Rev. I. D. j Harrill, in charge, assisted by Rev. | Z. D. Harrill. Interment was in the j Concord cemetery. Several hundred people attended the funeral. The pallbearers were Messrs C. T. Hollifield, John Martin, J. D. Bailey, D. C. Martin, J. S. Carson, Will Gun ter. The flower bearers were nieces of the deceased. Mr. Harrill, one of the leading business men of the community, died Wednesday after a short illness, o f of a complication of ailments . He is survived by eleven children, as follows: Mrs. A. J. Watrous, of Meridian, Conn., Cleve Harrill, of Washington, D. C.; Samuel Harrill. of Bostic; Miss Lola Harrill, super intendent of a Spartanburg, S. C.; hospital; Byron J. Harrill, San Fran cisco, Calif.; D. J. Harrill, of Wash ington, D. C.; Lemuel Harrill, of Bostic; Reece Harrill, of Washing ton, D. C.; Reid Harrill, of. State Col lege, Raleigh; Jake W. Harrill and Miss Jennie Sue Harrill, of Boiling Springs College. Four sisters and two brothers also survive, as follows: Mrs. Bettie Duncan, of Spindale; Mrs. Cordie Bostic and Mrs. Drus cilla Harrill, of near Bostic and Mrs. John Martin, of Ellenboro; T. L. Harrill, of Bostic, and W. A. Hat rill, of Rutherfordton. Seven grand children also survive. Mr. Harrill was one of the lead ing business men of Rutherford county. He had been in business in Bostic for a number of years, where he operated a general merchandise store. He was prominent in church and civic work, and was regarded as one of the leading citizens of Cool Springs township. He was an active member of the Bcstic Baptist church. Airplane Brings Son. The story of how Byron Harrill i rushed across the continent in two and a half days from San Francisco to Bostic, to attend the funeral ot his father, John Harrill, was revealed here Monday. The father died Wednesday nigh: at his home in Bostic. By the time his son got the message and arrang ed to start home it was Thursday j night and he made part of the trip j by airplane, arriving in Asneville at 2:20 p. m. Sunday. From there he drove to Bostic, arriving at 4 o'clock and attended the funeral of his fa ther with ten other child:en. PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY COUNTY Cool Springs High Baseball Team FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, i Coach Seitz issued a call for base ball candidates Monday, March 2. About thirty boys answered this call and began practice for the coming season. Almost all of last year's squad are back with several new players who will greatly strengthen our team. Only three positions are left vacant from last year's team and these can easily be filled. The pitching staff Composed of Kendrick, a pitcher from last season, and Kirksey, a seasoned pitcher, are expected to do some star hurling. The team is going to be the best one in several seasons and we have hopes of capturing the state title again. The team faces a hard schedule of thirteen games with several open dates before the championship series begin. The season opens Friday, March 20th with Ellenboro as our guests. Every student as well as every citizen of our town should support our team and cheer it on to victory. It is the very least that we can do. The boys with Coach Seitz work hard every day and we should give them our undivided support. The schedule is as follows: March 20; Ellenboro. March 24, Open. March 27, Cherryville. March 31, At Kings Mountain. April 2, at Ellenboro. April 3, Cliffside. April 7, at Shelby. April 19, Rutherfordton. April 14, Kings Mountain. April 17, at Rutherfordton. April 21, Shelby. April 24, at Cliffside. April 28, at Cherryville. May 1, Open. May 5, Open. May 8, Rutherfordton. May 12, Open. THIEVES BREAK INTO SAFE AT UNION OIL CO. ; Burglars entered the office of the Union Oil Co., formerly Harris Oil Co., on Highway No. 20, between Forest City and Rutherfordton, Mon day night and broke open the safe, getting about $85.00 in cash. A chisel was used to break the com bination knob and gain entrance to the safe. Entrance to the building was gained by prizing open a window. The loss is covered by insurance. There are no clues as to the robber, or robbers, ana this case will likely go down as another of the many un solved small burglaries so frequent throughout the county. i In the Crouse community of Lin coln county 12 farmers have a greed to plant only one variety of cotton this season. At least 20 others will likely join in with the plan, ; says County Agent Graham Morrison. MATH SgplEY WINS mm CUP Cliffside High School Speaker Wins in High School Reci tation Contest Thursday Evening. Caroleen, March 16.—The Ruth- 1 erford County High School Recita-! tion contest was held in the auditor- j ium of the Caroleen-Henrietta high ! i school building here Thursday night at eight o'clock. Miss Mattie Sum mey, of the Cliffside High school, won the Clyde Erwin loving cup in the contest, in competition with '■ speakers from eight other schools. Miss Pauline Kendrick, of Ellenboro, won it last year, while Central High won it two years ago. The following schools were repre-1 sented by the following speakers and ' subjects: Central High school, Miss Florir.e Wilson, subject, "Billy Brad and the Big Lie"; Cool Springs High school. Miss Mary Morris, subject, "An American Citizen"; Henrietta-Caro leen High school, Miss Frances Hol land;. Cliffside High school, Miss Mattie Summey; Harris, Miss Ernes tine Womick, subject, "Buying a Railroad Ticket;" Ellenboro, Miss Josephine Elliotte; Gilkey, Miss Mar ine Middleton, subject, "A Gift From Santa Claus." Sunshine, Aileen Mel ton, "On Contest Night"; Hollis, Ganclle Blanton, "Jack's Big Sister," The subject of Miss Summey's reci- 1 tation was "At The Swimming Hole" j HARRILL REUNION : HELD SUNDAY 0 ' Many Gather to Honor Memo ry of Late Martin J. Harrill, at Old Harrill Homestead. j 1 —— The third annual birthday dinner! and family reunion honoring the 106 th birthday of the late Mr. Mar-; tin J. Harrill was held Sundav. I ! March 15th, at the home of Mrs. ! I Chas. A. Ford, which place is known ! as the old Harrill homestead. Mr. Harrill was born March 14, 1825 and died Decsmber 31, 193 4. Nearly one hundred descendants and friend.- gathered on Sunday morning in t honor and loving memory of their | ancestor, who was Known as a lov- ing husband and father and a man ! of a splendid christian character. A bountiful dir.ner was spread on a long table that was placed on the j lawn for the occasion. Rev. W. A- j Ayers, pastor of the First Baptist, church, pronounced the invocation ' after which he read ten verses from i the 12th chapter of Hebrews, using J the Bible which was Mr. Harrill's 1 but is now owned by Mrs. Ford, j who prizes it very highly as it con- ■ tains family records of the births, ! marriages and deaths -of the Harrill. families. A large portrait of Martin j J. Harrill and his wife Veina Harrill j v, ere placed on the porch so that : the younger Harrill generation could see the likeness of their ancestors. ! After the dinner Mr. B. Arp Low- ' ranee, of Charlotte made a talk on j the history of the Harrill family. A talk was also made by Mr. L. C. • Lowrance. Out-of-town guests were, Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Harrill and daughters. J Misses Estelle and Mildred. Harrill, and Misses Mary and Frances Lu cas, of Shelby; Mr. and Mrs. F. L. i Scoggins and children Kenneth, i Eloise, James and Doris, of Cramer- 1 ton; Mr. G. M. Edward and Mr. and Mrs. Bronner Harrill, of Ellenboro; Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Favel and chil-; dren, Franklin, Hudson and Ruth i Favel and Mr. B. Arp Lowrance, of Charlotte; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ka nipe and children, J. Louis, Misses Sue and Mildred Kanipe, of Cliff-, side; Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Kanipe, of. Shelby; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harrill, j of Chester and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. i H. Harrill, of Rock Hill, S. C. Mrs. ; J. P. Simmons and Miss Lora Beil j McCurry of Spindale; Mr. and Mrs.' Carl C. Harrill and son "Pal" of Ham - J let; Mr. A. W. Young, of Finger--, ville, S. C , and Mr. J. W. Ross, of Spindale. The surviving children of the late Martin J. Harrill aie Mrj. Maggie County Club To Hear Tennessee Farmers Newton Myers, Billie Kiser and Jimmie Raider, Outstanding Agriculturists To Speak at Rutherfordton Friday. Legion To Sponsor Easter Egg Hunt An egg hunt will be sponsored by the local post of the American Legion on next Sunday. All the children of the town and all grammar school children are invited to the hunt. The Legion post will furnish the eggs. The egg hunt will take place in the woods surrounding the Boy Scout cabin, near the swimming pool. All children in town are cordially invit ed to attend. They are asked to meec about two o'clock at the home of Mr. Arval Alcock, and from there they will go to the Scout cabin, where the hunt will begin. CATAWBA FARMERS VISIT IN COUNTY Delegation of Prominent Farm ers Inspect Potato Curing Houses—Given Lunch Here. A delegation of leading Catawba county farmers visited Rutherford county Friday and inspected the sweet potato curing houses located in the county. They entered the county at Un ion Mills and after inspecting a curing house there they went to Ruth erfordton and thence to Spindale where they inspected the Farmers Federation building. After leaving there they continued on here where the Forest City potato curing house was inspected. The Forest City Ki wanis club gave the delegation a luncheon at the New Central Hotel here at one o'clock. Thirteen prom inent farmers from Catawba, includ ing J. S. Wilkins, secretary of the Hickory chamber of commerce, were in the delegation. At the conclusion of the luncheon here the delegation journeyed to Ellenboro where the four potato curing houses in that town were in spected, DOGGETT MOTOR CO., OPENS IN GAFFNEY Local Ford Dealers Take Over Davidson Motor Company, in Gaffney, S. C. Gaffney, S. C., March 16. —An- j nouncement was made here Tuesday !,of the appointment of Doggett Mo | tor, Co., Incorporated, as local Ford ; dealers. The announcement was ! made by J. B. Hood, traveling rep I resentative of the Ford Motor Corv • pany with headquarters at Charlotte. , Doggett Motors will be under the management of Howard Dog- { gett, son of B. B. Doggett, Ford dealer at Forest City, N. C., who ha* been connected with his father's busi ness for a number of years. Mr. Doggett was also in charge of the , Ford agency at Mooresville, N. C., . four years. Mr. Doggett announced his com pany will use the display room of | the Davidson Motor Company, former Ford dealers here, in the ' Littlejohn building at the corner of Limestone and Meadow streets for the present. j Mr. Hood said Doggett Motors will have available 3i? models anil | types of Ford cars and trucks. The new concern will offer first class Ford service to owners of this make of cars. Mr. Howard Doggett left Forest ; City Monday to take charge of the new company. I Mrs. Fannie Jones and family, of i Lincolnton, spent the week-end with : Mr. and Mrs. George Metcalf. I 1 —- " ' Mauney, of Forest City and Mr. John Bell Harrill, of Chester and Mr. Ge-j. H. Harrill, of Rock Hill, S. C. • > 12 Pages .. * r- » 72 COLUMNS M SI.OO Per Year in Advance Three of Tennessee's leading agri culturists are scheduled to speak be fore the Rutherford County Club Friday at one o'clock. The March meeting of the club will be held in the Baptist church, of Rutherford ton. The speakers are Newton Myers, of Greenville, Tenn., master Farmer of Greene county, Tennessee, and past president of the Tennessee State Agricultural Society; Jimmie Raider, of Greenville, Tenn., president of the First National Bank, of Green ville, and the only banker member of President Hoover's Drouth Re lief Committee; and Billie Kiser, sec -1 etary of the Chamber of Commerce-, of Greenville, Tenn. Each of these men will speak on timely agricul tural topics, and are expected to touch on the methods followed in. making Greene county, Tennessee, one of ihe outstanding agricultural counties of the United States. This will be a Farmers' meeting- Some sixty or more leading farmers of Rutherford county have been given a special invitation to attend the meeting. Any farmer who fail ed to get an invitation and wishes to attend is given a cordial invita tion to be present. ORGANIZE U. D. .C CHAPTER HERE New Chapter Named Lee- Eaves-Mc Daniel Chapter —Officers Are Elected. A local chapter of the United Daughters of The Confederacy wis organized here Saturday, and tenta tively named the Lee-Eaves-McDan iel chapter. The organization meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Charles Z. Flack, and was attended by twelve members, also Mrs. L. A. Crowell, of Lincolnton, who is the district organizer for the United Daughters of the Confeder acy, and Mrs. Jones, president of the Davis-Dickerson-Mills chapter, U. D. C., of Rutherfordton. Officers were elected as follows: Mrs. Charles Flack, president; Mrs. F. I. Barber, vice president; Mrs. G. P. Reid, secretary; Mrs. Broadus Moore, treasurer; Mrs. John Dalto.i, registrar and Mrs. A. H. McDaniel. chaplain. Mr. A. H. McDaniel, a vet eran of the War Between the States, was also present. It was tentatively decided to calf the Chapter the Lee-Eaves-McDan iel chapter, in honor of Col. Her bert Lee, Captain John B. Eaves and Mr. A. H. McDaniel. Col Lee recruit ed the first company of soldiers to leave the county, "The Burnt Chim ney Volunteers," later Company D, 16th Regiment. This company w.i, j recruited May 1, 1861, and left the company on June 3, 1861, two days before Company G, 16th Regimen . of Rutherfordton went into service This company was recruited and drilled on the present square in For est City. Herbert Lee was commis sioned captain of the Burnt Chim ney Volunteers on May 1, 1861, a position which he held until June 1, 1862, when he was promoted to ma jor, and was succeeded by J. W. Kilpatrick and A. A. McKinney as captains. A year later Captain John B. Eaves recruited and drilled Company I, 56th Regiment on the present city square. Captain Eaves was commis sioned May 19, 1862, and Jield that rank throughout the war. Mr. A. H McDaniel is one of the surviving members of this company, when tn town of Burnt Chimney wa« in cor porated in 1876 Mr. McDaniel was named one of the city's thre* alder men. LARGE FISH. Mr. Ed Dorsey. of Florence Mi!-, had on display Tuesday the largest bass of the season, weiging 6U pounds, in the window of the Fari- Ci'G i.UU.iuii. v-O.