Rutherford
County Offers
Unequalled
Opportunities To
Manufactures
and Others
VOL. XHI No. 28.
MEDICAL SOCIETY
TO RECLAIM BUST
DR. SCHEFFEUN
n r . T. C. Bost, of Charlotte,
principal Speaker— May
Place Bust of Noted Doc
tor at Hospital.
Rutherfordton, April 14.—The
Rutherford County Medical Society
■ e ld their regular meeting her#
Monday afternoon at four o'clock,
: t h e Rutherford hospital at which
tjme Dr. T. C. Bost, of Charlotte,
Councillor of the State Medical So
ciety of this district was the prin
cipal speaker. The attendance at
session was unusually good.
7he Secretary, Dr. W. C. Bostic,
v . brought before the society the
matter of reclaiming the bust of Dr.
Scheffelin, which is now in the Ma
gpie Hall of the Western Star Lod
... A. F. & A. M., of this place. Dr.
Scheffelin was a surgeon in Napol
en'. Army, and later emigrated to
the United States, landing at Charl
eston and later coming to Ruther
fordton, where he practiced medi
cine and surgery in the early 1820's.
He was recognized as one of the
outstanding surgeons of his period,
and his methods of practice were
said to have been a century ahead
of his time. His fame as a surgeon
made Rutherfordton the Mecca for:
invalids, and many of the doctors i
of the period received training un
der this man. He was never married
and died about 1838 in Rutherford-,
ton. The bust of Dr. Scheffelin, af
ter a long and interesting history, has
at last found a resting place in the
Western Star Masonic Lodge hall,
and upon suggestion of County His
torian Clarence Griffin the matter
was brought up at this meeting by
Dr. Bostic. The Society showed much
interest in the matter, and a com- ■
mittee consisting of Dr. W. C. Twitty j
Dr. R. H. Crawford and Dr. W. C. j
Bostic, Sr., was appointed to take
up the matter with the Masonic
Lodge with the object in view of j
having the bust donated to the So- j
ciety and placed on display in the
Rutherford hospital. A vote of thank's
flas extended to Mr. Griffin for his
interest in the matter, and he was j
requested to prepare a brief bio- j
graphical sketch of Dr. Scheffelin j
which will be framed and placed
with the bust in the Rutherford
hospital.
COOL SPRINGS
SCHOOL NEWS:
Several Will Represent School
»n State District Music Con
test At Shelby.
The high school glee clubs and
contest representatives will give a
P'ogiam at the Forest City Elemen-
J; y sc h°°l Thursday afternoon at
P r ogram lasts about fifty
mil >utes or an hour. The numbers
the program consists of solos by
li'nin Greene, James Bolen, Phil
hambers and Harry Kendrick. The
"'' ee c hib the boys' glee club
' ,! j a mixed chorus will sing. In
,j., t " ere be fourteen numbers.
~ ese b °y* and girls will represent
jy | ota ' high school in the State
lstl 'ict music contest at Shelby Sat-
Urda y, April 18.
year t^e local high school
h'n five first places in the district
e tmg and the contestants com-
ed ,n the state contest at Greens
na°h ose and girls are work
h*. ai( ' * or anot her trip to Green«-
°' * n or ler to help defray the
■Penses of the contestants a small
(^ miS!s ' on fee of ten cents will be
l P el "f° rmance the
-1 he public is invited to at
i«rnd T'r
XV iD " same admission for adults
"rj- Cnar £ed. Help the boys and
nia ke the trip to Greensboro.
'Tk
he i C sch °ol baseball team is
hav e( ' f ° r aro^na again. The boys
t 6 Vv " n games against such strong
g], ms as Asheville, Cliffside, Shelby,
° ro ' ut herfordton, Cherry
e - Watch the local team.
The high school band is making
a short time Forest
; have a band of sixty pieces.
FOREST CITY COURIER
FOREST CITY- "ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTU
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
REVIVAL MEETING
UNDER WAY FIRST
BAPTIST CHURCH
V.
Evangelistic Services Will be
Held for Two Weeks With
Pastor, Dr. W. A. Ayers,
Preaching—Great 'Re
sults Expected.
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A two week's revival meeting be
gan at the First Baptist Cburch here
Sunday morning, with the pastor,
Dr. W. A. Ayers, doing the preach
ing. Rev. George W. Davis, a form
|er pastor of Rutherford county, but
who just recently has been connect
ed with Boiling Springs Junior col
lege in the collection of Centennial
Campaign pledges, will assist the
pastor in the meeting, Mr. C. A. j
Petty will have charge \>f- the sins;- j
ing.
This meeting is being held as a j
foliow-up of the religious census
recently taken in Forest City, when
it was found that there were sev
eral hundred people in this city, who
gave as their denominational pref
erence the Baptist church, and who
are not members of any church in
the city, some of them holding mem
bership in churches elsewhere and
some not members of any church.
The services will be held each
ni§ht at 7:30 o'clock, with the ex
ception of Saturday night.. No ser
vices will be held on Saturday.
FUNERAL SUNDAY
FOR E. A. MATHENY
Passes at Home in Mt. Plea
sant Community Friday
at Age of 71 Years.
Forest City, R-l, April 14.—-Mr.
Elijah A. Matheny, aged 71, died at
his home in the Mt. Pleasant com
munity, this route, Friday, after suf
fering sometime with a complication
of ailments. Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'-
clock at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist
church, with Rev. J. W. Jones in
charge, assisted by Rev. Mr. Buch
anan. Interment was in the Mt. Plea
sant cemetery.
Mr. Matheny is survived by his
widow, who before her marriage was
Miss Permelia Lancaster, and the fol
lowing children: Mrs. Lester Hop
per, Forest City, R-2; T. C. Matheny
Forest City, R-2; G. A. Matheny,
of Henrietta; Mrs. O. R. Norville.
of Bostic, R-2; W. B. Matheny of
Washington, D. C., and S. A.
Matheny, of Forest City, R-2.
One brother and one sister survive.
They are George Matheny of Gil
key, and Mrs. C. M. Holland, of
Forest City, R-2.
Mr. Matheny was born January
18, 1860, and was 71 years and three
months old at the time of his death
i He was a son of the late George and
I Mary Hamricki Matheny.
j The pallbearers were grandsons,
1 and were Messrs Sam Hopper, Bax
! ter Hopp'er. M. F. Hopper, Henry
| Mathis and Virgil Norville. The flow
ler bearers were Mrs. Henry Mathis
Misses Ruby Hopper, Annette Hop
per, Elsie Matheny, Louise Matheny
Mabel Matheny and Daliet Norville.
Mr. Matheny was a substantial
citizen of his community,, and his
passing will be greatly regretted. He
i was a member of the Mt. Pleasant
I Baptist church, and also a member
of the Jr. O. U. A. M.
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| Local Boy Elected
I ' To Phi Beta Kappa
Chapel Sill, April 12.—Featured
by an address by Dr. Henry Van
Peters Wilson, of the University's
Department of Zoology, the annual
initiation meeting of the Carolina
chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, nation
al fraternity, was held
here with 24 students being admitted
to membership as the result of hav
ing attained an academic average of
1 92.5 during their first three years
of undergraduate work'.
Among those heing admitted was
Craig McClure, of Forest City, who
is a student at the University of
North Carolina.
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1931.
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SIX ESCAPE FROM
THE COUNTY JAIL
Saw Bars and Escape Early
Monday—Three Jail De
liveries in Twenty Days.
Rutherfordton, April 15. —Six
white men sawed their way to free
dom at the county jail here Monday
morning before daylight. Their es
cape was discovered when the jailer
went to give them breakfast. They
were on the second floor of the jail,
and sawjed two bars into and a
third in half.
Jimmie Barnes, trusty prisoner,
who refused to run away -March 25,
was responsible for letting the men
get away, police said. The other five
were Lennie and Lonnie Flinn, Riley
Hensley, Hop Valentine and George
Brady, all charged with larceny. The
same five men escaped March 24,
but were captured.
Five young white men escaped
from the chaingang here April I,
making three prison escapes here
within the past 20 days.
It is thought that the six stole
an automobile from John Michael,
negro, of this place, and made safe
their escape. Brady, who was the
last prisoner captured after the first
escape, has a record of escapes. This
is the largest delivery of prisoners
at one time ever known in this
county.
As The Courier goes to press no
trace of the escaped prisoners has
been found. The car of John Mich
ael, colored, in which it is thought
the prisoners made their get-away,
was found Tuesday on top of the
mountain. between Bat Cave and
Asheville. .
MRS. ODUS MORGAN
AGED 18, DIES
Funeral for Union Mills Wo
man Held Tuesday at
Mountain Creek
Church.
Union Mills, R-3, April 15.—Mrs.
Lena Cole Morgan, aged 18, wife
of Mr. Odus Morgan, died at her
home on this route Sunday night
at 9:30 o'clock. Funeral services
were held Tuesday afternoon at
Mountain Creek Baptist church with
Rev. Mr. Buchanan in charge, as
sisted by Rev. E. P. White and Rev.
A. P. Sorrels. Interment was in the
Mountain Creek' cemetery.
Mrs. Morgan is survived by her
husband, Odus Morgan, her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Cole, two sis
ters and one brother, Mrs. Lloyd
Harris, Miss Audrey Cole and Mr.
Guinn Cole, all of Union Mills, R-3.
Mrs. Morgan was a member of the
Mountain Creek Baptist church.
Messrs. Ruben Mcßrayer and A.
B. Price left Wednesday on a busi
ness trip to Warrenton, Ga.
I FUNERAL HELD FOR
SHILOH WOMAN
; Miss Elizabeth Abrams, Aged
i 83, Passes—Funeral Thurs
day at Shiloh Church.
JRutherfordton, R-l, Ap|ril 14. —
I Miss Elizabeth Abrams, aged 83,
died at her home near Shiloh Tues
day nigbt, April 7, after a short ill-
I ness. Heart trouble was the direct
J chuse of her death.
| Funeral services, VJJM held Thurs-
at Shiloh Baptist
church, \yith Rev. E. P. White in
charge, assisted by Rev. T. A. Jones,
Rev. B. M. Hamrick and Rev. Tom
Ruppe. Interment was in the family
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plot in the Shiloh cemetery.
Miss Abrams made" her home
two of her brothers. She is survived
by four brothers, Weldon and Hum
phries Abrams, with whom she lived;
John Abrams, of Rutherfordton, and
Gaston Abrams, of the Shiloh com
-1 munity.
I Miss Abrams was a member of the
| Shiloh Baptist church, where shs
j joined a number of years ago.
HOLD FUNERAL FOR
BRIDE OF 3 MONTHS
Mrs. A. B. Blanton Passes
Sunday After Brief Illness
—Funeral Monday.
Avondale, April 14.—Mrs. Jannie
Blanton, aged 20, wife of A. B.
Blanton, died at the home of her
parents near here Sunday follow
ing a short illness. She had been ill
only a short time, and doctors were
unable to diagnose her case.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at 2:30 at State Line
Baptist church with Rev. J. J. Brown
in charge, assisted by Rev. T. M.
Hester. Interment was in the State
j Line cemetery. The pall bearers
' were Messrs Arthur Collins, Bryson
Parris, Gold Hamrick, Baxter Ham
rick, Marshall Green and Thurman
Vassey.
! She is survived by her parents,
I Mr. and Mrs. C. T. McGinnis, of
| Gaffney, R-9, at whose home her
j death occurred, her one
! brother Broadus McGinnis, of Gaf
| fney, R-9; and three sisters, Miss
j Grace McGinnis and Miss Mary Es
ther McGinnis, at home, and Mrs.
Quay Mosteller, of Gaffney, R-9.
A large number attended the fun
eral Monday, and the large floral
offering showed in part the high es
teem in which she was held. The
flower bearers were Misses Mary
Sue Mullinax, Alberta Hamrick,
Euzelia Hamrick, Hiley McGinnis.
Beatrice Boome, Estelle Boome, Alice
Boome, Eltice McGinnis, Ruth Col
j lins and Oree Green,
j Mrs. Blanton was 20 years, two
| months and six days old at the time
lof her death. She had been married
1 three months.
(JOINT MEETING OF
jgCOUNTY CLUB AND
» WALTON LEAGUE
&
rrelson. Quince Gilkey
McClure Will be
f» at Friday's Ses
at Spindale.
Spindsle, April 13.—The Ruther
ford County Club and the Rutherford
County chapter of The Izaak Wal
ton League will meet jointly here
Friday at one o'clock in the Spin
dale House. This will be the regular'
April meeting of both organizations.
Hon. J. H. Harrelson, of Raleigh,
director of the State Department
of Conservation and Development,
will be present and speak at this
meeting. Hon. J. Quince Gilkey, of
Marion, and Mr. James G. K. Mc-
Clure, of Asheville, will also be pres
ent and speak briefly. Hon. R. Grady
Rankin, a member of the state sen
ate, of Raleigh, has been extended
an invitation to be present, but un
less the General Assembly adjourns
before Friday it is not likely that
he will be present.
The ladies of the Spindale Metho
dist missionary society, under direct
i ion of Mrs. W. R. Wells, will serve
! the luncheon.
The winners in the essay contest,
sponsored by the Izaak Walton Lea-;
gue, for students in the elementary
schools, will be present as guests of j
the club and the prizes will be a-1
warded to these six boys and girls, j
H. H. HALL DIES
AT HENRIETTA
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Prominent High Shoals Citizen
Passes at Age of 71—Fun
eral Last Wednesday.
Henrietta, April 14. —Mr. Henry
Harrison Hall, aged 71, died at his
home here Tuesday, April 7, after a
short illness of pneumonia. Funeral
services were held Wednesday after
noon at three o'clock at the Provi- ]
dence Methodist church, with his pas- j
tor Rev. J. A. Brock in charge a«-1
sisted by Rev. E. W. Lynch. Inter- j
ment was in the Providence ceme- j
tery.
Mr. Hall was born March 5, 1860, j
and was 71 years of age. He was a
son of the late Johij Elisha and Min
ervia Deal Hall, of this county. He !
married a number of years ago, but.
his wife preceded him to the grave. I
He is survived by seven children, j
as follows: J. C. Hall, Kings Moun
tain; W. W. and J. A. Hall, Ware
Shoals, S. C.; E. E. Hall, Alexander;
Mrs. L. L. Harrill, Mrs.
J. B. Hawkins, Avondale and Miss
Ethel Hall, of Henrietta. One broth
er and one sister survive. They are
Cameron Hall, of Bridgewater, and
Mrs. J. C. Cowan, of Morganton.
Mr. Hall was a member of the ]
Henrietta Baptist church.
S. M. I. Institute
Commencement;
Bostic, R-3, April 13.—The annual
commencement exercises of the
South Mountain Industrial Institute
will be held April 19, 23 and 24th. I
The annual missionary and Bible j
program \yill be given Sunday after- j
noon April 19, beginning at 2:30 o'- j
clock. On Thursday evening, April j
23, the baccalaureate sermon will be j
delivered and on Friday, April 24. j
commencement exercises will be;
i held from ten o'clock to 12:30 o'- J
clock.
: The management extends to the j
patrons of the school their;
sincere thanks for the wonder-.
ful support given them this year.!
and especially to the church societies
of the Sandy Run Association, which
has given great assistance.
Bailey Sisk, Ag'ed
64, Died Monday
Rutherfordton, April 14. —Bailey j
Sisk, aged 64, died here Monday af- j
ter a short illness. Funeral services j
were held Tuesday afternoon from !
the home of his brother in Caroleen,,
with Rev. H. C. Sisk in charge. Inter
ment was in the Rutherfordton city
cemetery.
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
MANY EXPECTED
TO ATTEND OLDER
BOYS' CONFERENCE
Program Completed for Seven
th Conference at Cliffside
Friday and Saturday.
Cliffside, April 13.—The program
for the Seventh annual Older Boys'
Conference is complete, and indica
tions point to one of the best con
ferences ever held. Considerable in
terest is being shown over the coun
ty* and more particularly in the ru
ral communities.
The conference will be held Fri
day and Saturday of this week. The
Sunday program has been eliminat
ed this year.
The conference officially open?
Friday at 4:30 o'clock, with the first
session in the Baptist church. Rev.
D. H. Rhinehardt will be in charge
I of the devotional service. J. S. Mas
j senberg, of Tryon, popular young
attorney, will have charge of tha
singing throughout the conference.
At this session the conference wiU
be greeted by the boy president, Dan
Holler and the adult president, Mr.
J. C. Hames. Boys' Conference of
ficers will be elected for next year's
conference at this time. Dr. L. B.
Hayes, Shelby, will deliver the key
note address at this session,
and the benediction will
be by Rev. B. P. Parks, Prof. Frank
S. Hall will preside at this meeting.
The annual banquet will be held
Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the
Haynes Memorial buiiding. The in
vocation will be by Rev. J. W. .Wil
liams, of Forest City. Rev. J. A.
Hunnicutt, pastor :of the Cliffside
Baptist church, will deliver the ad
dress of welcome, followed by
response by Prof. L. E. Spikes. Mu
sic for this session will be furnish
ed by the String Band, the
twins, Rutherfordton and the
Lovelace boys, of Caroleen. Pref.
Clyde A. Erwin will present the
speaker of the evening, Prof. D. W.
Daniels, of Clemson College. Thi*
benediction will be by Rev. A. W.
Lynch. The adult president, J. C.
Hames, will preside as toastmastec
Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock
the services will be held in the Bap
tist church, and will be in the form
of a dedication service. Dr. W. A.
Ayers will be in charge of the de
votional service, which will be fol
lowed by the usual song service, led
by Mr. Massenberg. Four 4-minute.
I talks will be made by the following
speakers and subjects: "Physical
Heights," Robert Hamrick; "Mental
Heights." Ralph Smith; "Social
Heights," Wendell Grigg; and "Spirit
ual Heights," Haskell Bates. After
these addresses Mr. Massenberg will
address the conference. The bene
diction will be by Rev. W. A. Bar
ber. Rev. I. S. McElroy, of Ruther
fordton, will preside at this session.
An athletic program will be the
feature Saturday afternoon. At .3:30
o'clock the Central high baseball
I team will meet the Cliffside high
j school team at the Haynes park,
j Prof. V. B. Cooper, of the Twin Hig-i
! school, will be in charge of this event.
The Wofford College Glee Club
will give a concert at the Cliffside
, high school auditorium Saturday
| evening, beginning at 7:30 o'clock
! Prof. Charles C. Erwin will be in
! charge of this program. Immediate
ly after the concert, a reception will
be held for delegates to the confer
ence and for members of the glee
club.
Each delegate who purchases a
ticket to the banquet Friday nigh*:,
which will cost sl. will be entitled
attend the baseball game apd the
glee club concert free of charge.
Those who do not purchase bar.q;; t
tickets will pay 20c and 35c admis
sion to the glee club concert, and
25c to the baseball game.
Attention is also called to the
fact that no provisions have been
made for entertaining the delegates
in the home of Cliffside this year.
Every delegate will be expected to
return to his home.
A FINE BOY.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Black are re
joicing over the arrival of a F r
born Sunday, April 12th, weip: t,
8 pounds.
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