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SEE DIE WHEN
CAR CRASHES INTO
TRAIN FRIDAY
Ambrose Crotts, Boyce Martin
A I T Heaton, of This
a Coun t y>ieln Accident
at Kings Mountain.
, hree men, employes of a Kings
Moun tain textile plant, were m
■n.lv killed Friday night at 7.30
vlock«hen Southern passenger tram
' 40 northbound, struck their
automobile at a crossing on the city
ire in Kings Mountam and hurl
,] it 150 feet down the track.
'The victims:
Ambrose Crotts, 58, owner of the
automobile.
B ovce Martin, 27, a bridegroom
j T Heaton, 28 and unmarried
Witnesses of the crash said the
car in which the men were riding,
a small coach, started around
another machine that had halted for
the train and moved directly in
front of the locomotive.
The impact demolished the auto
mobile, throwing the fragments
several coach lengths down the
track. The three men were hurled
clear of the wreckage and were dead
when spectators reached them.
The train halted, while the bodies
were carried to a Kings Mountain
[ mortuary.
Chief of Police George Allen of
Imgs Mountain said it appeared to
him to the men had driven direct
ly in front of the train to their
deaths.
Coroner T. C. Eskridge, of Shelby
' after reviewing the evidence given
by several eye-witnesses of the trag
edy, ruled an inquest unnecessary.
~'Jinhref of the merTwere em-
iloyed in the dye room of the
Margrace mill.
The car was owned by Crotts,
but was driven by Martin at the time
of the accident. The bodies of all
the men were badly cut and mangled.
The three men were residents of
Rutherford county; two of them be
it? natives of the county. Ambrose
Crotts resided at Spindale, but had
teen working at Kings Mountain
several months. Boyce Martin was
a former resident of Spindale, where
be was employed. J. T. Heat
on was a native of the Cane Creek
section of this county, but had re
sided at Spindale several years, until
?oing to Kings Mountain to work a
snort time ago, ' *' J
The three men were traveling itf
Crotts car and were headed toward
Shelby, where they expected to get
Martin's wife, a bride of three
Months.
, unei 'al services for the victims of
w crash were held Sunday. Mar
k's body was taken to Mt. Olivet
c -uich, near Cowpens, for interment,
pts was buried at Mt. Vernon,
. 01est City, R-3, while Heaton was
' U! ' e( l at (ane Creek Baptist church
the Rutherford-McDowell line.
Funeral Services.
Funeral services for Boyce L. |
aged 27, were held Sunday !
iei no°n at Mt. Olivet Methodist •
ty ! ' ch - near Cowpens, S. C., Mar-!
_ ns />ld home church. The funeral!
eralT Cre * ar ® e ly attended, sev- s
n hundred attending. Interment ■!
,n the church cemetery,
to \4, n ' n * S surv ' vec * by his widow,
to 1 ti° m k een married three
n s to the day of the accident,
are nts, Mr. and Mrs. M. B.
B. formerly of Spindale, now
i„g, lngs fountain, also the follow
tjj| ,' T Ot^ ers an{ i sisters: Jessie Mar
frni Honolulu, Hawaii;
W\r^ ait ' n ' Kings Mountain;
F arr I] ait ' n ' Kings Mountain, Mrs.
W ns > Forest City; Ruby
* ln > at home.
and \ V ' n W3S 3 P°P u ' ar young man,
*i> o ' n es^eem by
from T^ m * was discharged
t* 0 e n 'ted States army about
*as a^o ' an( * following that
m P oyed in the mills at Spin-
m ° le recently at Kings
Funei-a! Cr °" 5 Funeral
rotts - services for Ambrose
tei(j ' y fea i' old widower, was
! *est r- t ' Vernon Baptist church,
thf » Sunday afternoon
, th ° 0 clock, With Rev. D. J. Hunt
1/ r Be, assisted by Rev. C. L.
A an(i Rev. T. M. Hester. Inter
j ' n Mt. Vernon ceme
ne of the largest crowds to
FOREST Clr COURIER
FOREST CITY "ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAOTTFUL IN THE U. S. A." U.IDEP»NT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY:
HARRIS STUDENT
WINS SCHOLARSHIP
Ralph Smith Winner in Lenoir-
Rhyne Declamation Contest
—-Get* Medal and Schol
arship.
Harris, March 30.—1n a declama
tion-recitation contests held at Len
oir-Rhyne college, Hickory, Friday,
March 27, Ralph Smith, represent
ing Harris High school, was award
ed a gold medal and scholarship to
Lenoir-Rhyne college, valued at
$120.00.
There were in the oratorical class
eighteen representatives from west
ern North Carolina who competed
for the medal and scholarship. Sec
ond place was won by a represen
tative from Swannanoa high school.
The contest was unusually good and
competition was keen. This is the
first time a Rutherford county boy
has won this honor.
Officers Will Not.
Wear Uniforms
Senator W. K. McLean's bill to
require law enforcement officers of
Rutherford county to wear uniforms
was killed in the Senate Tuesday
night. Mr. McLean presented this
measure last week, and by its pro
visions all officers in the county
would have been required to wear
an uniform had the bill passed.
ever attend a funeral in this county
was present on this occasion.
Mr. Crotts was born In Cleveland
county, but was reared in this coun
ty, and had spent most of his life
in the Mt. Vernon community. On
September 5, 1894, he was married
to Cfftriga "Eugene Carpenter, who
preceded him to the grave eleven
years ago. To this union were born
ten children, nine of which survive,
as follows: Mrs. Robert Harton, of
near Forest City; Mrs. J. A. Crow
der, Lattimore; Mr. P. L. Crotts,
Spindale; Mrs. J. L. Lancaster, Con
cord; Mrs. R. P. Buchanan, Spruce
Pine; Misses Lola, L. C., Rosa Lee
and Mr. C. D. Crotts, who make their
home with their brother, P. L. Crotts
at Spindale. Sleven grandchildren
survive, also the following brothers
and sisters: David Crotts, Spindale;
P. H. Crotts, Bostic; Mrs. C. L.
Freeman, Westminster community:
Mrs. J. S. Carpenter, Mrs. J. J. Rol
lins, of the Mt. Vernon community;
Mrs. C. G. Marsh, of Cliffside.
Mr. Crotts was a son of the late
David Crotts. He joined the Mt. Ver
non Baptist church at an early age.
where he served as a deacon for a
number of years. A few years before
his death he united with the Smith
Grove Baptist church.
The pall bearers were nephews of
the deceased, and were Messrs Ves
ter Hardin, Charles C. Carpenter, J.
B. Callahan, John Hardin, Angus
Crotts, Hoyle Carpenter. The beau
tiful floral offering was borne by his
nieces, who were Misses Pauline and
Mary Elizabeth Crotts, Mattie and
Beatrice Carpenter, Ada and Vatrice
Hardin.
He was 57 years, eleven months
and one day old at the time of his
death.
Funeral services for James T.
Heaton, aged 28 were held Sunday
afternoon at one o'clock at Cane
Creek Baptist church, on Highway
No. 181, near the Rutherford-Mc-
Dowell county line. Several hundred
friends and relatives attended the
sad occasion, packing the small
church to its limit, while many had
to remain outside. Rev. M. M. Hunt
ley, former pastor of the youth, was
in charge of of the service. Inter
ment was in the Cane Creek ceme
tery.
Young Heaton was unmarried. He
is survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Enoch W. Heaton, of Spindale,
two brothers and two sisters, Wesley
Heaton, Rutherfordton; Albert Hea
ton, Union Mills; Lillie Mae Heaton,
Spindale and Jamie Heaton, of
j Mooresburg, Tenn.
» I Pall bearers were Messrs Kelly
? Roper, B. F. Whitener, Ed Tombliri,
H. W. Whitener, Hildred Higgins and
i Luther Hamrick. The flower bear
t ers were Misses Lexie Hamrick, Het
. tie Burgin, Gracie Taylor, Flora
- Caldwell, Maude Beatty and Mencia
- Page, the last three from Kings
3 Mountain.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD H&TY
Heaton Funeral.
FOREST CITY, NORTH tJIURSDAY, APRIL 2 1931.
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| JUST KIDS The Toll of Friendship. by Ad Carter
Jj. Lp"l
DUKE FUNDS TO AID
SCHOOLS, HOSPITAL
Rutherford Hospital, Alexan
der School and South Moun
tain School Among
Those Aided.
Distribution of $714,453 to ari*
even 100 hospitals and sanatoria
the Carolina* 14«,
orphanages of the two states was J
authorized at the regular March!
meeting in Charlotte Tuesday of the t
board of trustees of the Duke en-1
dowment.
The funds apportioned totaled
$861,175.44 and were distributed on
a basis of the work carried on by
the institutions during the past year.
Because of the much greater de
mand on hospitals last year, the
board's usual gift of one dollar for
each free bed day made a much
greater sum than usual. The total
amount distributed to the orphan
ages and hospitals of the Carolinas
last March was only $640,000.
Checks for the amounts donated
Tuesday will be mailed out within
a few days. v •-**
Of the above amount the Ruther
ford hospital will get $6,096; Alex
ander Schools, Inc., Union Mills, $3,-
109.80 and the South Mountain In
dustrial Institute, Bostic, $938.60.
M. Hendrick Named
College Trustee
Mr. Maurice Hendrick, of Cliffside
was Monday night named one of the
thirty-six trustees of the North Car
olina State college, at a joint ses
sion of the senate and house com
mittees of State college trustees. Mr.
Hendrick was re-elected, his term
having expired March 31.
The recommendations of the com
mittee will be presented to the two
houses of the assembly in the next
few days for action.
If they are favorably acted upon
the new trustees will serve until
the proposed consolidation of State
college with the University of North
Carolina and North Carolina Col
lege for Women is effected.
The committee did not designate
any specific term for the proposed
trustees, but such action is antici
pated before the report is filed with
the two houses.
MR. MILSON BOSTIC WINS
IN CIRCULATION CONTEST
Mr. Milson Bostic, of this citj%
has been awarded a bicycle as first
prize in the Spartanburg Herald-Jour
nal circulation contest. Mr. Bostic
secured more subscribers for that
napar than any other member of the
carrier's force between Spartanburg
and Rutherfordton.
i Buy one for Easter: Giant grip
buckle, belt chain and genuine leath
er belt, all for only SI.OO. Biggest
belt value in town. G. F. Bradley.
Jeweler.
WRIGLEY MAKES
BIG COTTON BID
Chewing Gum Magnate Will
Buy 200,000 Bales at Limit
of 12 Cents Pound.
Chicago, March 31.—The William
Wwgley, Jr., company has its bid in
00,000,000 pounds of the south
fffrttnur a .price
not to exceed 12 cents a pound.
William Wrigley, Jr., today an
nounced formation of the Cotton
Investment fund—through which
all money collected from cotton
state's sales of the company's chew
ing gum products between April 1
and December 1, 1931, will be used
to purchase cotton on the Ameri
can market.
12 Cents Is Limit.
Should cotton go above 12 cents
the Wrigley company will get out
of the market.
Cotton was 11.52 on the Chicago
market today, for December de
livery. In New York, it was 11.49,
up four cents. ...
The plan is "in no sense an ad
vertising stunt or gamble, " Wrig
ley said. A similar project was ef
fected last year by the Canadian
Wrigley concern, through which
wheat was accepted in payment for
products.
City Registration
Books Open April 4
The registration books for the
registration of voters in the muni
cipal election of May sth will open
Saturday, and will remain open un*il
April 25th. Mr. J. E. Caldwell has
been named registrar and may be
found at the city hall from nine o'-
clock until sunset each day during
the registration period. Messrs G.. V.
Frye and P. N. Long have been nam
ed as judges of the election.
Attention is called to the fact that
those who did not register for the
sale of the town's light and water
plants are not registered on the town's
books, and must register if they wish
to vote in the approaching election.
W. M. S. TO MEET AT
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
The Woman's Missionary society
of the First Baptist church will hold
their regular meeting next Wednes
day afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
church. At this time Mrs. W. A.
Ayers and Mrs. Fred Webb will make
a report of the W. M. U. convention
held at Gastonia recently. All the
ladies of the church are cordially
invited to attend this meeting.
PLAY AT HARRIS.
Harris, March 30.— Evangeline, a
five-act drama, will be presented by
the seventh grade of the Harris
school at the school auditorium Wed
nesday evening, April Bth, at eight
o'clock. There will be no admission.
RHL SCHOOLS
3 -r0 HOLD FINALS
Washburn, Hollis, Green Hill
and Gilkey Among Schools
Closing This and Next
Week.
The commencement season for a
number of the large rural schools of
Rutherford county is close at hand.
Most of these schools had a term
last summer in order to allow their
students to get out in time to help
on the farm.
Washburn school located near Bos
tic, will close this week with exer
cises Thursday night, Friday, and
Friday night. Thursday evening at
8 o'clock there will be songs by the
school, a baby show by 12 girls and
one boy; a trained animal show; a
play, "Waiting for the Train." and
the seventh grade exercises. Wilma
Bridges is president of the seventh
grade, Bennie Washburn is valedic
torian; Miles Philbeck, historian;
Glen Norville, Poet; Ethel Wells,
prophet, and Oliver Melton, member.
Speaking Contest.
On Friday at 11 o'clock will be the
declamation and recitation contest
i with the following speakers and sub
jects: "Peeklin' thru the .Window."
J Archie Philbeck; "Asleep at the
Switch," J. D. Harrill; "The Gettys
burg Address," Howard Jones; "The
Black; Horse and His Rider," Robert
Philbeck; "Ain't She Cute," Nellie
Jones; "A Little Child Shall Lead
Them," Thelma Melton; "Mary's Big
Sister," Sarah Randall; "When Sister
Expected Her Beau," Jennie Mae
Walker; "Johnnie's Opinion of
Grandmother," Olene Walker; "Aunt
Elmore's Hero," Foy White; "Mary
Gray's Choice," Lucy Mae Norville;
and "The One-Legged Goose," Edith
Rollins. TRfs wiir "Tolloweiff 't>y'
dinner on the grounds. In the after
noon, County Superintendent of j
schools, Clyde A. Erwin, will deliver |
an address. j
Friday night at eight o'clock there
will be three one-act plays, "Mother's
Old Home," "A Regular Fix," and
"Captain's Predicament."
Green Hill School.
Green Hill rural consolidated school
will close April 8 and 9 with a pro
gram each evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Wednesday night, April 8, the pri
mary grades will present an operetta
"Over the Garden Wall," This will
be followed by a short play. "A
Pleasant Afternoon," by the Gram
mar grade girls. The boys will pre
sent "The A. O. M. T."
Thursday evening, April 9, at 7:30
o'clock a comedy in three acts,
"Bound to Marry," will be given by
the Bth and 9th grades. This will
be followed by the presentation of
seventh grade diplomas, certificates
and medals.
Hollis high school will hold its
final exercises April 5, 9, and 10. On
Sunday, April 5 at 3 o'clock the
baccalaureate sermon will be deliv
ered by the Rev. E. E. Snow, of
Fallston.
On Thursday evening, April 9, at
7:30 o'clock the seniors will hold
their class day exercises, while the
! intermediate grades will hold their
lecitation contest. Friday, April 10
will be commencement day with the
high school declamation and recita
tion contest beginning at 10:30
o'clock. This will be followed by a
picnic dinner on .the grounds. At 2
o'clock; the Rev. L. B. Haynes, pastor
of the Central Methodist church;
Shelby, will deliver the literary ad
dress. Graduating exercises and the
awarding of medals, diplomas, and
i other honors will take place.
1 On April 10 at 8 o'clock in the
evening the high school play, "Poor
Father," a comedy in three acts, will
be given.
Gilkey School.
, Gilkey high school's closing exor
cises will be held April 1, 3, and 8.
Wednesday night, April 1, the pri
mary grades will present an operetta
"The Golden Whistle," while on Fri
day evening, April 3, at 8 o'clock' the
fourth and fifth grades will present
' a play, "The Rejuvenation- of Uncle
I Hi."
| Wednesday evening, April 8, at 8
! o'clock the closing exercises will be
held with the high school present
ing a thi'ee-act comedy, "Beads on
a String.' 1
Mr. Chas. Byrd. of Wadesboro,
spent the wek-end here.
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
OUTLINE PROGRAM
FOR OLDER BOYS'
CONFERENCE
Conference Opens Friday,
April 17, at Cliff side—
Many Speakers of Note
Expected.
The Seventh Older Boys' Confer
ence, which will be held in Cliffside
cn Friday and Saturday, April 17
and 18, is expected to be one of the
best yet held in the county. Accord
ing to Prof. Clyde A. Erwm, unu
sual interest in the conference is
being shown in every section of the
county, especially in the rural di?-
tricts.
A tentative program has been out
lined. This program, which is sub
ject to change, is as follows:
Friday afternoon, tour o'clock: or
ganization meeting and election of
conference officers, followed by an
inspirational address by some speak
er of note.
Friday night: conference banquet.
Dr. D. W. Daniels, of Clemson col
lege, will probably be the speaker
at the banquet. It is hoped to have
an orchestra, band or some other
entertainment feature.
Saturday morning: address by
some outstanding college student:
from some North Carolina college,
followed by four 4-minute talks by
Rutherford county boys.
Saturday afternoon: Baseball game
between two college teams. If these
teams are not available, it is hoped
to secure a game between two pro
fessional or semi-professional ball
clubs.
Saturday night: College glee club
and reception.
! Sunday afternoon session this year,
as these sessions have, heretofore,
not been attended as they should.
AH boys attending this year's con
ference will be expected to return
to their homes each night, as no
provision will be made for taking caiv
of the delegates in the home of Cliff
side.
GAS TAX UP ONE
CENT WEDNESDAY
New Road Law Boosts State
Levy to Rate Equal to
Highest Paid by Any
State.
Raleigh, April 1. —North Caro
lina's new road law went into effect
Wednesday, and with it the sale
price of gasoline was increased one
cent on the gallon.
The ac.t increases the tax on gas
oline from five to six cents per gal
lon—a rate equal to the highest pai«l
in any state of the union.
This increase was voted when the
assembly passed the road law to
take over and maintain all county
roads as well as state highways.
The act provides that county
roads be taken over July 1, when
all county highway commissioners
will go out of office. However, the
law makes it illegal for county com
missioners to buyf sell or dispose of
any highway equipment which the
state also takes over July 1, between
now and that date.
Governor Gardner, who sponsored
the new law in its trip through the
assembly, predicted it "Will meet
the needs of our people in a manner
even beyond the expectation of it>
advocates."
He said it would put the state in
control of 47 chaingangs and 2,50>
county prisoners. The law provider
for convict labor where cheaper
labor cannot be obtained for road
work.
Seven members of the old high
way commission, which was abol
ished at midnight, will continue in
office as the new commission until
one is named by the governor. With
all road districts abolished by the
act, the new commissioners will n»c
be named on a district basis.
The seven remaining commission
ers are:
R. L. Doughton, chairman; J- G.
Stikeleather of Asheville; W. A. Mc-
Girt of Wilmington; C. B. Wheatlev
of Beaufort; Frank C. Kugler of
Washington; J. Elwood Cox cf
High Point, and James L. McNair
of Laurinburg.
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