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/ Rutherford County Offers Unequalled opportunities To Manufacturers an d Others MRS. H. D. HARRILL AGED 85, PASSES Passes Sunday in Same Home She Entered Long Ago As Bride. Mr , 11. D. Harrill, affectionately * " to a large circle of friends Relatives as "Aunt Patsy," died t w home here early Sunday morn ' at the advanced age of 85 years. died in the house which she Entered sixty-five years ago as the thful bride of a Baptist minister. J Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two o'clock from the | Fir ct Baptist church with her pastor, • \y A. Avers, in charge, assist (j by Rev. S* N. Watson. The ser 'ice was largely attended, the church tilled to its capacity. Interment followed in the Cuol Springs ceme ten*. Mrs. Harrill, widow for five years, born July 16, 1845, and was married April 2, 1866. Before her marriage she was Miss Patsy King, daughter of the late Barney and Susan King, and was a member of a family long prominent in this sec tion. Mrs. Harrill was the mother of seven children, only four of whom survive. They are Mrs. W. F. Grid er, of Rock Hill, S. C., Mrs. W. B. Moore. -Joe Harrill and Zora W. Har rill. all of Forest City. One brother also survives, Mr. W. P. King, of Shelby. The pall bearers were Messrs G C. King, M. J. Harrill, Robert Har rill. C. C. Moore, W. Grady Moore and Robert V. King. Aside from being one of the old est persons in Forest City, Mrs. Har rill was also one of the oldest mem bers of the First Baptist church here where she was an active and devot ed member until her last illness. «S ASK FOR »■ * FEDERAL LOANS 326 Drought Relief Applica tions Filed With County Agent—Time Expires April 28th. F. E. Patton, county agent an nounces that up to the present, time 326 farmers of the county have made application to the Farmers' Seed Loan Office at Washington for $49,- 228.00. The loans are made on se curity of a crop mortgage and due ! he 30th of November at 5 percent interest per annum. This money became available by Rutherford County being included in the drought stricken counties and money comes from the forty-five million dollar appropriation made by Congress the first of the year to help farmers in drought stricken sections. April 28th will be the last day for these applications as they r ' 1M be in Washington by April 30. Mr- W. Nanney, W. G. Harris ar,( ' J. C. Buff are the local comm'it te( and have given much time to this Mrs. F. e. Patton and B. A. •ff have taken the applications Mrs. Oscar Geer has acted as 1 otar y Public in stamping the pa- P fls with the Notary seal. The money is to be used for the puiehase of fertilizer, feed, seeds and food. The local committee has appoint * the following men to look over e 'i lespective townships and see if ere are men or women who are Qam aged by the drought, hail or floods j 0 need assistance. And if they find j 1 blow ot anyone, have him call p (t April 28: R. M. Harris, Harris; ; k - Williams, Uree; Zeb Taylor, le ®» W. Hemphill, Union Mills; F. ; Koon, Union Mills; Grant Allen : n 'on MiH S ; Roscoe Flack, Union g\ S ' Bostic; Claude \V u S ; Lee Gordon, Hollis; n Blankenship, Bostic, R-3; C, k " °avis, Bostic; H. P. Rucker, Gii e>. E. X. Washburn, Bostic; A. S. arrill, Ellenboro; B. M. Ferree. A. B. Harrill, Ellenboro; an Hampton, Rutherfordton, R-3; • • button, Forest City; A. B. h Ushor *g> Ellenboro; H. W. Bing- B am ' Harr is; Grady Withrow, Hollis; . Moore, Forest City, R-2; J. W. Resides, Uree. Man y °f the farmers who first ap- FOREST CITY COURIER FOREST CITY "ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. a DEPARTMENT OFXGRICULTURE SURVEY. JUST KIPS —Preparedness! B, Ad Carter F JE\T ,Moo(cHTA TAKE A UOOU at THE SutT-YUH 1 BE bothering j , 7 8 \ INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CO n jl l BOXING SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT Twenty Rounds of Boxing Scheduled Here Friday, Under Auspices of the American Legion Post. Forest City is to have one of the best boxing shows ever held in Ruth erford county when Mike O'Brien, who hails from Asheville, meets the up and coming Wildy "Kid" Blanton, CHffside in the main bout of a twenty round card, spon sored by the American Legion, Fri day night, April 10. In the semi-finals K. O. Scruggs recent victor over Henry Byers, Chesnee, S. C., flash, meets Battling Ramos, who says he hails from Spar tanburg, S. C. Two other good bouts will complete the card. A large crowd is expected from all parts of the county. City Library To Observe Birthday Next Saturday the city public li brary will be two years old. Every body visiting the library Saturday are asked to bring a book in honor of the occasion. It is suggested that if you wish to draw out a book on Saturday that you choose some good, interesting book) from your own shelves and bring it as a birthday gift to the public library. The book donated should be in good condition. Everybody is invited to visit the li brary Saturday and are urged to tell their friends of the "birthday party." The library management extends thanks to Mr. Arval A.lcock for a donation of several good books, also to Esper Brown for his donation of book's recently. WOMAN'S CLUB The Woman's Club will meet on j Thursday afternoon, April 9th, at 3:45 in the home of Mrs. G. C. Mc- Daniel. The joint hostesses will be Mesdames G. C. McDaniel, R. L. Reinhardt, W. W. Richbourg, J. S. Rudisill, Ernest Roberson, Walter Smith, W. L. Stallings and Misses Rebecca Perrin and Joy Shaver. ( RUTHERFORD COUNTY BIRTH RATE FOR 1930 During 1930 Rutherford county had a birth rate of 30.5 to each 1,000 white population, while the negro birth rate was 26.1 per 1,000 popu lation. During the same period the white death rate was 10.6 per 1,000 , and the negro death rate 16.1 per ; 1,000. plied have already received their checks. It usually takes about 15 days. PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1 SSI- Music Week To Be Observed May 6-11 The annual observance of Music Week will take place the first week in May. Last year the various or ganizations of Rutherford county voted to make this celebration an annual affair, to be held at Forest City. All the music clubs and other civic organizations have been requested to furnish a number for the pro grams, and many have already res ponded generously with their talent. The schools of the county are also preparing to contribute berg to the week's program. Police Arrest Store Breakers Determined to put a stop to the store breaking, robbery and petty thievery that is so prevalent in this section at present, the local police department under the supervision of Chief Chas. R. Price, is making a concerted effort to catch the guilty ones. Suspects are snatched up and placed in jail, their houses are raid ed and searched for stolen goods and as a result a general clean-up of ths guilty parties is being made. The latest robbery occured in this city Wednesday night when the A&P store was broken into and between SSO and $65 in cash stolen. Two were arrested Friday night on sus picion, Texas Red and Will Tolbert, negroes of this city, and they later confessed. Both are in jail charged with store breaking. They were ar rested by Chief Price, Austin Price and Jim Marlowe. All of the money stolen was not recovered but it is believed that the largest part of it has been hid at the homes of the two negroes and police believe that it will be found. The negroes were given a hear ing Tuesday morning in the record er's court, and were bound over NO the criminal session of the superior court under a SSOO bond each. They failed to make bond and were re manded to jail. Locals Continue Winning Streak The local highs continued their winning streak by winning the only contest played last week, because of inclement weather. Forest City made it five straight by defeating Ellenboro I there 25 to 9 in a slugging match ; featured by the all-around hitting jof the local high nine. Coach Seitz j used Kirksey, Kendrick" and Moss on ! the mound, while Ellenboro used five j hurlers in an attempt to halt the »hitting of the visitors, led by Paul I Hamrick. Forest City plays at Shelby Tues day with Kendrick probably hurling. Friday afternoon Central high, of Rutherfordton, will be met here in what should be the most interesting game to played here. Kirksey prob ably will pitch this game. THE COUNTY CLUB MEETS APRIL 17 j Joint Meeting With Izaak Wal ton League at Spindale House Spindale, April B.—The Ruther ford County Club will hold its April meeting in the Spindale House here Friday afternoon, April 17, at one o'clock. This will be a joint meeting j with the Rutherford County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League. The members of the Spindale Methodist church will serve the luncheon. J. W. Harrelson, director of the State Department of Conservation -and Development, of Raleigh, is ex | pected to be present, and will mak'e | the principal spech. James G.K.Mc ; Clure, of Asheville, and J. Quince Gilkev, of Marion, will also be pres ent and speak. R. Grady Rankin, of i the State Senate, Raleigh, has been invited to attend, but it is not known at present whether Mr. Rankin will j be able to attend, on account of his ; senatorial duties. In addition to the address of Mr. Harrelson, Messrs Gilkey and Mc- Clure will speak briefly. The winners in the Izaak" Walton League's essay contest will be announced at that time, and the prizes will be donated. COUNTY EPWORTH LEAGUES MEET Six Chapters Represented in Monthly Meeting Held at Spindale Friday. Spindale, April 6. —The April meeting of the Rutherford County Epworth League group meeting was held at Spindale Friday evening, April 3rd, at eight o'clock. The devotional service was con ducted by the Spindale chapter. Two short plays were given by the mem bers of the home chapter. These were enjoyed greatly. The business session followed. Mr. Ralph Jolley introduced the new county president, Mr. Ken W T ells. The roll was called by the secretary and the following chapters were rep resented : Rutherfordton, Pleasant Grove, Spindale, Alexander, Mt. Heb ron and Oak Grove. Spindale was awarded the cross for scoring the highest on the standard of efficien cy for the month while Oak Grove was awarded the banner for having the largest number present. Committee composed of Miss Eu gune Randall, Mr. Ralph Jolley and Mr. W. A. Barber was elected for the purpose of making the plans for the annual picnic which will be held in June. The next meeting will be held the first Friday night in May at Alex ander. Following the benediction the Leagues were asked to go down in the dining room, wfHefre delicious refreshments were served by the Spindale chapter. Five Men Escape Rutherford Jail Rutherfordton, April 6.—Five convicts escaped from the Ruther ford county chaingang here Wed - nesday night in the second recent jail break by sawing two iron bars into with a hacksaw, low ering a cross bar and jumping from a four foot window. They were all young white men: James Toney, 36; R. L. Ammons, 27; Arie Lane, 22; James Herring, 23; and Bill Emory, alias Horace Brookshire, 33 . Toney, Lane and Herring were serving sentences for violating the prohibition laws, while Ammons and Emery were charged with larceny. Toney has served two months of nis six months' sentence, Ammons three of his five months' sentence, Lane, two of his four months' sentence, Herring two of his 14 months' sen tence, and Emery four of his five months' sentence. Their escape was soon discovered by the night watchman and offi cers have made every effort to ap prehend them, but so far have failed. KILLED THURSBBMfe 3. ' _ \ ' ~~~~~ i v.::.:****:-;- I" \A-j --■: V v ■ Horace Kephart, a native of Penn sylvania, but an adopted son of Bry son City, N. C., who was instantly killed Thursday morning in an au tomobile wreck while enroute to Asheville. Mr. Kephart was one of the best known men in Western North Carolina. As an author his book "Our Southern Highlanders," is regarded as without peer in moun tain literature. He was a moving rr:i in having the Great Smoky Mountain National Park created and formally transferred to the federal government. In magazines and books he urged the creation of the park for a score or more of years. He was an official on the Park board. In 1930 he was president of the North Carolina Literary and Histor ical Association, the first president in the history of that society that was born north of the Mason-Dixon line. Mr. Kephart had tentatively accepted an invitation to address the Rutherford County Club at the May session. NAME SPINDALE TOWN OFFICIALS Candidates Nominated for Municipal Election in Har monious Convention Tues day Evening. Spindale, April B.—A convention was held in the Spindale House here Tuesday night at which time candi dates for municipal offices were nom inated to be voted on in the muni-1 cipal election of May 5. G. B. Ho-| ward was nominated for mayor and T. M. Plonk, S. K. Yelton, G. A Williams, W. R. Morgan and J. H Hill were nominated as candidate? for board of aldermen. The admin istration of S. E. Elmore was endors ed, and a vote of thanks extended to him by the convention. The convention was well attend ed and was one of the most harmon ious metings of its nature ever held here. R. R. James acted as temporary chairman and was selected as per manent chairman. Clarence Griffin was selected as secretary. Mr. James explained the purpose of the meet ing and asked that each individual present express his views on any subject coming before the convention W. R. Wells stated that S. E. Ei more, present mayor, would not be a candidate for re-election and nom inated G. B. Howard. G. A. William*-" was next nominated for the post, and after a vote G. B. Howard was nom inated. Eight men were nominated for board of aldermen: J. 0. Williams T. M. Plonk, J. A. McCraw, S. K Yelton, G. A. Williams, Hicks Hill. W. R. Morgan and J. H. Hill. A vote was taken on the eight, in order tc select five for the board. The vote resulted in the nomination of T. M Plonk, S. K. Yelton, G. A. Williams W. R. Morgan and J. H. Hill. The first two, Plonk and Yelton, ar members of the present board. G. B. Howard, J. H. Hill, Hicks Hill and T. M. Plonk spoke briefly, and thanked the convention for their support, and urged the full suppor of the people in administering the affairs of the town. On motion the administration of S. E. Elmore was endorsed, and n rising vote of thanks extended tc him for the efficient and capable manner in which he has handled th~ town's affairs since its Incorporate.' SI.OO Per Year in Advance MR. B. H. LONG ELECTED CASHIER I FIRST NATIONAL Mr. G. B. Harrill Forced to Resign on Account of 111 Health. At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the First National Bank, held last Monday, the resignation of Mr. G. B. Harrill, cashier, was ac cepted and Mr. B. H. Long, one of the most efficient and best known bankers in the state, was elected to , succeed Mr. Harrill as cashier of j the institution. Mr. Harrill, who was the prime* mover in the organization of the ! First National, was forced to regret fully tender his resignation as cash ier on account of the breaking down of his health, brought about by the terrific amount of work' devolving upon him for the past few month*. Possessed of tremendous energy, he i soon became ill lrom overwork and was advised by his physicians to take i a rest and get out from under the ; strain of so much work. He was head ' of the Security Insurance Co., cann ier of two banks, the First National and the Industrial Bank. At pres ■ ent he is confined to his room, but with sufficient recovery will, health and strength permitting, resume hi? duties with the Industrial Bank and thd insurance company. One of the most popular men in the county, who numbers his friends by his ac quaintance, his breakdown in health is keenly felt in all circles. Mr. Emmet Kerr, official of the American Trust Co., Charlotte, cor responding. bank for the First Na tional, was in the city Tuesday and held an informal meeting with some of the officers of the First National. Mr. Kerr is deeply impressed with the progress of the new bank' and stat ed to the officials, after a look absolutely liquid in every respect, and has made a wonderful showing for a new institution. A persual of the bank's statement, elsewhere in this paper, will show the standing of the bank;. MANY EXPECTED FOR TRADE DAY Monthly Event Becoming Pop ular With Hundreds in Forest City's Trade Territory. Trade Day will be observed in Forest City next Monday. Hundreds of people from every locality in the large trade territory of Forest City, and from every township in Ruther ford county, are expected here, as usual, for the big event. With the advent of spring it is expected that much livestock, par ticularly pigs, horses and mules, will change hands Monday. It is reported that there were from 800 to 1,000 pigs on the market here one month ago, when more than 2,000 people attended the event, despite inclement weather.Several breeders of pure bred pigs have already announced their intention of having a nice selection of pigs here Monday, from which prospective customers may select their needs. As there are seven! growers of pigs and hogs in close proximity to Forest City, the town is becoming a great market for this type of livestock. Forest City merchants, as usual, will have many special bargains for Trade Day. You are cordially Invited to vi: :c our city next Monday, meet your friends and do a little trading. The Bee Hive—bargain center of the county. in August, 1923. Mr. Elmore has served eight years as mayor. A preliminary meeting was held last Thursday evening at Hill's Store. m Spindale street, at which time five men were suggested as aldermen, four of which were voted on at the convention Tuesday night. The municipal election will be held May 5. J. D. Morris has been named registrar and Earl Yelton and G. D. Davis judges of the election I 2 Pages 72 COLUMNS
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