Rutherford
County Offers
Unequalled
Opportunities
Manufacturers
and Others
VOL. XIII—No. 25.
FIVE TAKE JAILER'S
KEYS AND ESCAPE
COUNTY BASTILE
Prisoners Make Break Wed
nesday Morning—Jailer W.
L Walker Refuses to
Talk.
Fi ve prisoners attacked Jailer
I Walker at Ruthevrordton Wed
nesday morning and took his keys
and released themselves from the
Rutherford county jail. As The
Courier goes to press, four of the
nlt n have been recaptured.
Those escaping were Linnie and
Lonnie Flvnn, Riley Hensley, George
Bea tty and Hop Valentine. Beatty
■ c ti jj at large. All are charged with
Jobbery in some form and are being
held for trial.
When called over the 'phone Wed
nesday morning Jailer Walker refused
to give The Courier an# details of
the jail break, but stated that an
interview had been given to the
ie] ,tentative of another publication,
an d if The Courier desired the de
tails they could be secured second
hand through that source. Sheriff
McFarland could not be reached by
'phone as he was on a search for the
fugitives.
According to the information re
cieved here Mr. Walker went to the
prisoners' cells about nine o'clock
Wednesday to take some water. Af
ter unlocking the door and placing
the water inside, he was attacked by
the prisoners and his keys taken
from him, also a billet which he
V usually carried. The prisoners then
\ \in\ocked the outside door and left.
Your of them were captured with
in thirty minutes after the break.
One is still at large, but his capture
is momentarily expected.
TWO ARRESTED ON
BURGLARY CHARGE
I Shelby, March 23. —Joe Moore and
I C. L. McAfee, both white, were
[ tried in County Court and held
without bond for Superior Court on
I a charge of entering and robbing
I the home of Mrs. Kate Bridges near
I Boiling Springs Wednesday night.
Judge Maurice Weathers did not
I fix a bond because the evidence, he
I said, tended to show second degree
I burglary. Mrs. Bridges was not at
I home when the house was enter-
T'he flour, coffee, sugar and other
I articles stolen were found, it is
I said, in the house where the men
I lived, by Deputies Ben Cooper, Bob
I Kendriek and Gus Jolley.
I DEPUTIES FIND FIFTY
I GALLON BARREL "HOME BREW"
Forest City, R-l, March 23.—We
I e wondering who will claim, or if
I 't ••• ill be claimed, the latest find of
I (,e P l, ties Robbins, Phillips and Allen.
I One day last week these parties found
°n the land of Mr. W. G. Harris,
I pe mile from Harris, one fifty gal
■ 11 n barrel of "home brew". They
I as hor.est folks will, to find
I uho this property belonged to, but
I '" l( ' no Sl 'ccess. If the rightful owners
I put in the claim, w 7 e feel sure
I could have secured free board
I " n(1 ' l)( '?ing for a while which would
■ piobably help out during these hard
I Rles - They report they destroyed
■ !'- e " recen t find, in the shape of a
■ a, iel and its contents.
B Mr - and Mrs. I). E. White are
I relatives at Sharon this week
l f * G. Melton, Boiling Springs
■ *>ed to fill his fourth Sunday night
B^ a ?ement at Floyd's Creek Baptist
B ,u rch. it j s thought that rough
er Prevented Mr. Melton from
■the ft*' invited to hear
K, e '- W. B. Jenkins at the
Wi reek church, next Sunday
K[ l .' ar ch 19th, at 11 o'clock.
a former pastor of
K urc 'h but is now of Woodruff,
Imil 311(1 IS ' Randall and
of Alexander, spent Satur
■j.; an d Sunday with Mr. Gordon
|"£ T
■ ' y Summers and family spent
■ r , U( °k-tnd with Mr. Joe Randall
I a 'nily 0 f Caroleen.
BW a assortment of
K,j ' , loys ' baskets, candies and
B V ''. our offerings before you
B" f vtnoy's Ten Cent Store.
FOREST CITY CC URIER
FOREST CITY "ONE OF THE TEN BESt F&ANNED A*& MOST THE
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First County Club In The United States
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11 AT 1I BBL * JRFLLI
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ine aoove picture 01 ,ine memDers
of The Rutherford County Club was
made at Cliffside, during the Febru
ary meeting oi the club. This is the
first club of its kind to be organis
ed in the United States. Organized
in 1922, its county-wide program and
potential possibilities of great bene
fit soon attracted county leaders from
other communities. In 1930 there
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MILL CAPACITY
TO BE ENLARGED
Ellenboro Manufacturing Com
pany Will install New Ma
rr- chinery at Early
1 ' ' r•'
Ellenboro, March 23.—At a meet
ing of the stockholders of the Ellen
boro Manufacturing company, held
at the plant here last Friday after
noon, it was decided to increase the
capacity of the mill and install new
machinery. About 95 percent of the
stock was represented at this meet
ing. The proposed new machinery to
be added will be twenty-eight new
looms and dyeing machinery for the
dye plant. Mechanics are now busy
adjusting and repairing the old ma
chinery.
The plant is manufacturing rayon
bed spreads at present, which are in
wide demand. The weaving depart
ment of the mill is now running full
time.
The Ellenboro Manufacturing
Company was organized by the Belle
Brothers, of Charlotte, in 1925.
W. H. B(?!k, is president, W. A.
Harrill, vice-president, W. M. Mathis
secretary and treasurer, and J. H.
Graham, superintendent. The direc
tors are: W. H. Belk, B. F. Mathis.
W. L. Mathis, W. A. Harrill, J. A.
Mathis, E. E. Harrill, W. Z. Wright
and M. L. Hamrick.
Two Boys Charged
With Robbery
Spindale, March 23. —Chief of Po
lice Yates Duncan ai*rested two
young men Thursday morning and
placed them in jail charged with
entering the Southern depot hers,
also the Western Union office, the
office building and Sparks and Par
nell's store. The young men confess
ed to the robberies. They entered
the Western Union telegraph office
several weieks ago, carried out a safe
and battered the combination with
an axe, but were unable to open it.
A short time later they entered the
Southern Railway depot here and
broke open a trunk and took several
small items. Sparks and Parnell's
store was entered about the same
time and some groceries and other i
goods were taken.
Some of the goods v.'liich were
taken by the young men were recoy- j
ered when they were arrested Thurs - j
day.
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Miss Mary Crowell who was operat
ed on for antrum trouble last week
in Lincolnton was well enough «to Te
turn to her position in Shelby.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CrTY AND RUTIf 'Jjj >RD COUNTY
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FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH t§ ° .
was incorporated at Washington, D.
C., The National County Clubs As
i sociation, which has for its purpose
! the organization of county clubs
| throughout the nation. The sponsors
of The National County Clubs, Inc.,
: conceived the idea of a national civic
: organization, like the Kiwanis or
! Lions, after observing the successful
' operation of the Rutherford Couii
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Legion To Sponsor
Easter Egg
The Willis Towery Post of
American Legion will sponsor an eg|f
hunt Easter Sunday for the children
of the Forest City gradef
v Ci?y children.' The local
postr win furnish the eggs for the
hunt, which will take place in the
woods surrounding the Boy Scout
cabin, near the swimming pool, at
two o'clock. All the children in
Forest City are asked to assembled
about two o'clock in the Wilkie de
velopment at the road leading to the
Scout cabin, where the hunt will be
gin.
DEATH
Funeral Held For Mrs. Kan
sas McSwain Monday—ln
terment at Boiling /
Springs.
Henrietta, March 24. —Mrs. Kan
sas McSwain, aged 49, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur
McGinnis, here Sunday afternoon
after an illness of several weeks.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at the Henrietta Baptist
church with her pastor, Rev. J. A.
Brock, in charge. After the funeral
service the body was taken to Boil
ing Springs for interment. - v
Mrs. McSwain is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Arthur McGinnis,
three brothers J. R. McSwain, of
Shelby; I. L. McSwain, of Hollis and
B. B. McSwain, of Henrietta and
three sisters, Mrs. Ellie Kistler, of
Henrietta, Mrs. W. A. Xarcher, of
Henrietta and Mrs. W. R. Lovelace,
of Forest City.
Mrs. McSwain was a faithful mem
ber of the Henrietta Baptist church,
where she had held membership for
a number of years.
Ttye pall bearers were Messrs
Summie McSwain, Ollice McSwain,
Oliver Blanton, Jake Green, Am
brose Green and Jap Neal.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Harriss mov
ed to Asheboro last week-end, where
Mr. Harriss will enter business.
Their handsome home here has been
rented to Dr. C. H. Verner. Mr.
Harriss was engaged in the banking
business here for a number of years,
and is a business man of fine judg
ment and a congenial gentleman.
Their going away is a distinct loss
to the social and business circles of
town and county.
Egg dyes for Easter, only 5c
package. Courtney's Ten Cent Store.
I ty Club. Today there is a large num- .
' ber. of county clubs functioning in j
; counties of this and other states,'
I
all of which are modeled in nearly ;
all respects after the Rutherford j
Cotinty Club. ]
The club now has a total of 110 '
i
• members.. Officers are: president, G.;
; B; Howard, Spindale; vice-president.'
! Prof. Clyde A. Erwin, Rutherford-'
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FUNERAL HELD FOR
CAROLEEN WOMAN
it,.. *««.*
P'JWto. Careen Home.
Caroleen, March 23.—Funeral
services for Mrs. Buren Spurlin, 30,
were conducted at Oak Grove Meth
odist church .Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock. Mrs. Spurlin died at her
home at Caroleen Friday night, from
a lingering illness of several years.
Before her marriage to Mr. Spurlin,
she was Miss Flossie Bridges, daugh
ter of Mr 1 , and Mrs. Amos Bridge
of Race Path, She is from a well
known family of the county. She
joined the Sandy Run church sever
al years ago.
The funeial was in charge of the
Rev. I. D. Harrill. Interment was m
! Oak Grove cemetery.
Surviving are her husband, who
is the agent for the Seaboard Road, j
; at Caroleen, four children, William,
I Joseph, Martha and James, two sis
j ters, Mrs. Bessie Moore, of Tenn
-1 essee, Mrs. Robert Jenkins of Caro
leen, and three brothers, Troy Brid
ges, Seaboard employee at Harnlet,
Worth Bridges, of Caroleen, and
Claude Bridges, of South Carolina
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Baseball Team
Defeats Ellenboro
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The local highs opened the base- j
ball season in auspicious style here |
Friday afternoon by defeating the J
Ellenboro team 10 to 0. The Ellen-i
boro outfit looked good in spots but;
were no match for the heavy hitting i
Cool Springs lads who collected a ;
total of fifteen hits for the after- \
noon, led by Padgett with four out j
of five and Hollifield with a homer, 
and triple. Paul Hamrick also cor.- 1 j
nected for a triple. The Forest City']
infield also handled the ball in a nice! j
manner. Kirksey, starting pitcher '
allowed one hit during the seven in-! 
nings he pitched, Moss who relieved 1
him looked good. Forest City plays t
Cherryville here Friday. The Cherry- i
ville game should prove interesting t
since they recently beat Shelby. 1
FOREST CITY STUDENTS ,i
TO PRESENT OPERETTA j
One hundred boys and girls of the •
Forest City grammar school ,who are i
in the first, second and third grades. \
will give a primary operetta Friday, s
April 10. "The Little Garden" Is the l
titlje. The proceeds of the play will!
be used for the primary school li-j
brary and the orchestra for primary *
children. , 1
| ton; secretary-treasurer, Clarence
j Griffin, Spindale; sergeant-at-arms,
|F. E. Patton, Rutherfordton. The
: board of directors are G. B. Ho
ward, Spindale; Clyde A. Erwin,
Rutherfordton; F. E. Patton, Ruth
erfordton; O. J. Holler, Union Mills;
R. E. Price, Rutherfordton; Terry
Moore, Forest City; J. C. Cowan, Jr.,
Rutherfordton.
Mooresboro Man Is
Laid To Last Rest
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Mooresboro, March 23.—Funeral
services for Bate Bridges, 82, were
held at^sge£^
Saturday" aTferh'oon "in charge of the
Rev. Z. D. Harrill. Mr. Bridges died
at his home in Chase City. Va.,
Friday. He was born and reared
near Sandy Plains church, and he
moved away to Virginia several year.-,
ago. He had been in ill health
for several years. His w r ife died sev
eral years ago. He has four mar
ried daughters living - . A large crowd
attended the funeral.
Asheville Loses
To Locals 4—3
The local Highs won their second
straight game here Tuesday by de
feating Central High of Asheville,
r 4 to 3 in an interesting game, des
pite the weather. The Asheville nine
fought gamely but lost due to their
inability to connect with the offer
ings of Kirksey, who allowed fiv;
widely scattered hits and would ha\ e
won easily except for a bobble afield
Forest City came from behind in the
eighth inning - to win the game on
Paul Hamrick's double, scoring Dil
rlishaw. R. Hamrick drove in the win
ning marker with a single to left.
Cherryville Hi, conquerors of Shelby,
plays here Friday.
STOLEN CAR QUICKLY
RECOVERED
The handsome Buic-k car belong
ing to Mr. E. F. Dardine, manager
of the Romina Theatre, was stolen
Monday night from the stor— j
age room of the Hewitt Auto Works j
in this city. The automobile was :
stored in the basement and the thiei ;
gained entrance by forcing a Yale j
lock of the door with a piece of Ford ]
axle, which was left on the floor, j
The theft was discovered early Tues- 1
day morning, when the place of J
business was opened, and reported j
to the local police. Chief Price im- 1
mediately sent out notices of the j
theft to nearby towns and in a few
hours was notified that the car, En
damaged, was found parked in the
rear of a filling station in Shelby,
and was later returned to the owner
in this city.
This is the third of a series of }
robberies in or near the city in the
past few weeks, when Dalton Bros %
store and the Union Oil Co., were
robbed.
Easter toys, candies and novelties
at chain store prices. Buy now for'
Easter. Stahl's Ten Cent Stores.
14 Pages
84 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
SEVENTH OLDER
BOYS' CONFERENCE
TO BE APRIL 17-18
J. C. Hames Heads Conference
Organization—Sessions Will
Be Held In Cliffside.
Rutherfordton, March 23.—At a
meeting held in Superintendent
Clyde Erwin's office here Thursday
evening, it was decided to hold the
annual Older Boys' Conference this
year. Officers were elected as fol
lows: M. L. Edwards, Rutherford
ton, vice-president; R. u Leary,
Spindale, secretary; G. B. Howard,
Spindale, treasurer; B. E. Roach,
Cliffside, recording secretary; Prof.
V. B. Cooper, Caroleen, chairman of
athletics committee. The finance
committee is composed of Prof. J.
W. Eakes, of Forest City, chairman
and B. Wilson, of Rutherfordton.
j Ivy Cowan, of Spindale, Charles
Flack, of Forest City and G. C. Shu
ford, of Cliffside. Prof. Clyde A.
Erwin is chairman of the publicity
i committee with the following mem
bers: R. E. Price, of The Rutherford
ton News and Clarence Griffin, of
The Forest City Courier.
The selection of a president and
other committees, also time and place
was deferred until Monday night,
when a meeting was "held in Forest
City.
The report of the treasurer, Mr.
G. B. Howard, showed that the total
cost of the conference last year was
less than SIOO, and that a balance
of approximately $75 is at present
in the treasury. It was decided to
ask the communities of Rutherford
ton, Spindale, Forest City -and Cliff
side for SIO.OO each toward defray
ing the cost of this year's confer
. '. "'.'v
enee.
[dent, of the conference organization
last year, presided at this meeting.
The meeting was well attendc \.
J The concensus of opinion was that
j the conference should be held this
! year, despite the prevalence of de
prssed business, as hundreds of boys
in the rural communities are eager
j ly looking forward to this event. The
conference has been rotating be
tween the towns (if the county, and
according to the rotation plan Cliff
side is due to get this year's con
ference.
At a meeting held in Forest City
Monday evening it was decided to
hold the Older Boys' Conference in
Cliffside on April 17 and 18. At the
same time J. C. Hames, of Cliffside,
was elected president of the organ i
z?'.ion. Clarence Hughes was appoint
ed chairman of the entertainment
! committee and Jay Laughridge was
I appointed chairman of the reception
| committee.
This year's conference will be held
: only from Friday afternoon to Satur
i clay nig'it, eliminating the Sunday
! program. All delegates will be ex—
! pected to return to their homes each
| night, as no provision will be made
I for entertaining the boys in the
homes over night.
Local Man With
Herbert Hoover, Jr.
Mr. L. 0. Padgett, of Charlotte,
son of Mrs. W. M. Padgett, of For
est City, who is connected with the
Charlotte branch of the secret ser
vice department of the United States
Department of Justice, has received
orders from Washington to go to
Asheville and remain with Herbert
Hoover, Jr. Mrs. Hoover, wife of
the president, is expected to be in
Asheville soon.
Rev. C. C. Matheny, pastor of the
Alexander Baptist church, is recov
ering from an operation in the Char
lotte Sanatorium, of Charlotte. Mr.
Matheny went to Charlotte last
Thursday and underwent an opera
tion for the removal of a goitre the
same day. According to latest re
ports he will be able to return 11
his home the latter part of this week.
Traffic in a Louisville street was
held up for eight minutes, when
motorman William A. Ellingsworth
yawned and was unable to close his
jaws.