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Rutherford
County Offers
Unequalled
Opportunities
Manufacturers
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VOL, XIII— No. 37.
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LAST WEEKS NEWS
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Chicago, 111., June 16.—Thoughts'
while reaching for my copy of The j
Courier: Here I will find chronicled j
events concerning the people of For- j
est City I will find joy and sorrow, !
singing and weeping. Life is life;
wherever it exists, but its sameness !
,7 not monotonous. {
T
Xow, you see, The Courier for;
last week announced that Luther j
Sherrill, of Spindale, has left for a J
much needed vacation after months j
at his P (i >t of duty at the local post- |
office. Well, among the wisest of men i
are those who realize that now and i
then they must have a rest. Calvin !
Coolidge was able to serve a term j
and a half as President without much j
rest. Surely, wearing those cowboy j
clothes was as arduous a task as his
regular duties! But after a few j
months of column writing, he finds .
himself all tired out, and so will i
suspend his two-dollar-per-word ar
ticles during the hot months of July
and August. And then, if Mr. Cool
idge had been in charge of a bud
ness like the one managed by Mr. '
Sherrill he might have found it neces- j
sary to take his rest still earlier. j
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Home from college are Miss Reba j
Price. Miss Louis Grayson, Miss Jes-1
sie Philbeek, Miss Lillian and Alice •
Washburn, Roland Morgan, Reba
Matheny. Flora McDaniel, Glen Toms ;
Forest Hunt, Howard McDonald, I
Louis Aull and Rosa Mae- Haynes,
so last week's paper relates. They j
have brought with them new ideas,
and they have in mind schemes
which, if adopted by the world, would J
solve many of its problems, they
feel sure. Older men and women |
having seen more of life, are inclin- ]
ed to disagree with them. But they j
do not scoff too loudly, at the pro
posals of young men and women.
They know that, if attempted, the
systems devised by youth could fail i
no more miserably than have those j
of some of the gray-beards now in '
control of our industry, commerce j
and governments.
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Mr. Joe P. Hardin who is report
ed to have some of the finest wheat '
n Rutherford county has probably
read the glowing accounts in the!
metropolitan press regarding the ,
decline of unemployment in an agri- !
cultural state. The jobless are on!
their way to the farms, was the rea
son given for the changing situa
t °n; and the prediction was voiced
that there would not be a vacant
faim in that entire state. Well, I
( '°uld understand should our corres
pondent also tell us that Mr. Har
din and his brother farmers were a ;
kit puzzled over the probable results
°f this exodus from the cities. Just
u nat will be the situation when the
Products of the toil of hundreds of '
ar e added to the already
listing surplus . . and the surplus
the world cannot buy?
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From a famous criminal court
'Uilding to an adjoining prison ex
tends a passage often referred to
as "Bridge of Sighs." Now, really
th e only reason I thought of that
because last week's report of
enjoyment provided in honor of
•iss Lillian Mabrey, house guest of
v' S or °thy Bostic by Miss Ruth
•loore contained nothing that had
0 do with sighs in any way. Course
't did entail some "bridge" and
1 e 'r losers. But everybody was in
Uc 'h a happy mood that it would
teke move than a bi'idge game to
them sigh.
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Hamp Geer, Spanish War
of Rutherfordton, lived for
' e a ges. Now the ages have claim -
j 1 their own. Let me add my humble
to the memory of the noble
' the passing of which was res
' ciiuily chronicled in last week's
Paper.
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Welt Politik" is a word that is
" e l with meaning. But neither its
FOREST CITY—"ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED A\ T n MncT * ttt , t h t\t „ ■ ____
™ A^U MOST SEAUTIj CITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY.
THE COUNTY CLUB
MEETS FRIDAY
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Joint Meeting With The Ruth
erford County Dental So
ciety—Meeting at
Henrietta.
The June meeting of The Ruther
ford County Club will be held Fri
day, beginning at one o'clock, in the
community building in Henrietta.
This will be a joint meeting with the
Rutherford County Dental Society.
Dr. C. S. McCall, of Forest City, will
have charge of the program. Dr.
Harold E. Story, of Charlotte, will
be the principal speaker.
All members of the Dental Society
and of the Rutherford County Club
are urged to attend.
The luncheon will be served by
the members of The Community Wo
man's Club, under direction of Mrs.
Charles James.
Rev. J. W. Jones To Become
Pastor of Charlotte Church
KIWANIS CLUB
SPONSORS CLINIC
FOR CRIPPLED
Will Take Children to Gas
tonia Tuesday, June 30
—No Charges Connect
ed With Clinic.
The local Kiwanis club is plan
ning another clinic for crippled chil
dren of Rutherford county to be held
at the Orthopedic Hospital, Gaston
ia, Tuesday, June 30, at 2:00 p. m.
All parents of crippled children are
requested to get in touch with either
Mr. W. L. Brown, secretary of For
est City Kiwanis club or Dr. A. C.
Duncan, chairman of the under-priv
iledged child committee who will be
glad to make reservation for this
trip. And bear in mind that this trip
will be absolutely free of cost to the
cripple children and those who ac
company them. The members of the
local Kiwanis club will furnish their
automobiles, to carry the children
to and from Gastonia, and the wives
of the members of the Kiwanis club
will prepare sufficient lunch for those
who make the trip, and all doctor's
examinations at the hospital includ
ing necessary X-ray pictures will be
absolutely free of charge. Ask' your
family physician, he will advise you
whether or not you should send your
child.
Two years ago our local Kiwanis
club sponsored a similiar pilgrim
age to this hospital, carrying forty
three children all of which were ex
amined and given proper advise to
be carried to their family physician
and several of the children have re
turned and been operated upon and
relieved of their physical deformi
ties and now have an equal oppor
tunity with other boys and girls to
! make useful and worthwhile men and
women. Final arrangements for this
trip will be published in the n-e:.
edition of this paper. In the mean
time talk and discuss this trip with
your friends and neighbors in order
;that no crippled child in Rutherford
county may miss an opportunity
to ;see if their physiciial infirmity
can be corrected.
Mr. W. H. Owen, superintendent
of agents for the Metropolitan In
surance Co., has moved his family
to Forest City, occupying part of
the Wilkins Apartment on West
Main street. Mr. Owen was formerly
at Rock Hill. His many friends will
be glad to know he has moved his
family here.
spelling nor its definition will much
concern Mr. and Mrs. Wilkie Meares
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Dorsey, Mr. and
Mrs. B. T. Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Flynn, the Norris Stotts, the R.
Morrisons, the Cleo Lambs, for quite
some time. What they await are the
decisions to he rendered by the ba
bies who last week arrived to takw*
their places in the administration of
the affairs of these happy households.
U j IJSHEP THE INTEREST OF F « |ST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROIg THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1931.
GOES TO CHARLOTTE
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Rev. J. W. Jones, who has accept
ed a call to the Durham Memorial
Baptist church, of Charlotte.
Mt. Pleasant Pastor Accepts
Call to Durham Memor
ial Baptist Church.
Rev. J. W. Jones, who since last
October has been pastor of the Mt.
Pleasant (R) Baptist church, has
been called to the pastorate of the
Durham Memorial Baptist church, in
Charlotte, one of the city's strongest
Baptist churches. Mr. Jones will
preach his first sermon there next
Sunday. He will probably move his
family there the following week. He
will deliver his last message at Mt.
Pleasant on July 28.
This is a deserved promotion for
this young pastor. He is well known
in this county, having married a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Moore, and his many friends rejoice
in his promotion.
Mr. Jones is a native of Mobile,
Ala. He graduated from Carson-New
man college, at Jefferson City, Tenn.,
and received his A. B. degree in
1926. He afterwards took special
training in evangelistical work at the
Southern Baptist Theological Semi
nary, at Louisville, Ky., and under
Dr. L. R. Scarborough, president of
the Southwestern Baptist Theologi
cal Seminary. He accepted a call + o
Calvary Baptist church, at Bristol,
Tenn., in 1926, immediately after
graduation, and remained there until
October 1930, when he came to For
est City, as pastor of the Mt Plea
sant Baptist church,
i He married Miss Luva Moore,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Moore, of Forest City, and they have
one daughter.
Mr. Jones is also active in young
peoples' work, and other church ac
tivities, having made a special study
of them. He is greatly assisted in this
extra work by Mrs. Jones, who nas
also had special training in this type
of work.
FOREST CITY POLICEMAN
KILLED FORTY YEARS AGO
An "old timer" tells The Courier
that the recent killing of Chief Aus
-1 tin Price brings to mind the fact that
just forty years ago "Bill" Jones.
.Forest City policeman, was killed at
the Southern depot here while try
j ing to arrest a man named John
I Parrish. Mr. Jones was shot with
j a .32 calibre pistol. It is also said
! that si glancing bullet struck the
late G. B. Horn, a bystander, in
j juring him slightly. Parrish was ar
i rested and taken to the McDowell
jail for safe keeping. Later, ac
cording to our informant, he was
cleared on a technicality.
TO GIVE DINNER
HONORING FARMERS
Rutherfordton, June 15.—The
Rutherfordton Kiwanis club will en
tertain a number of farmers and
their wives of the Gilkey section at
a picnic on the courthouse lawn
Thursday afternoon at 6 o'clock. M".
Allydece of San Antonio, Texas, and
Rev. George Stephens will speak
briefly.
PROF. D. H. SUTTON
j GETS PROMOTION
Local Agricultural Instructor i
Elected County Farm Agent
of Caldwell County.
Prof. D. H. Sutton, teacher of
vocational agriculture in the Cool
Springs school, has been appointed
| county agricultural agent for Cald- j
well county, according to an an
nouncement made this week. Mr.
Sutton has been a member of the !
Cool Springs faculty for six years, '■
during which time he has done much
for the furtherance of the cause of
agriculture in the township.
Mr. Sutton will move to Lenoir
(about July Ist, and will take up his
: new duties at that time. :
Mr. Sutton is a graduate of North
| Carolina State college, completing
his agricultural training there in ,
1920. Immediately afterwards he
accepted a position at Bladenboro, \
where he taught until he was elect
ed a member of the faculty of The 1
Farm Life School, in Rowan county.
He resigned there and came to For
• est City six years ago, and has since
j been teacher of agriculture in the
j high school here, a position which
i he has filled in an able manner, and
.
I has given universal satisfaction.
To date no successor to Mr. Sut-1
ton has been appointed by the local ,
school board.
FRANK L SMITH i
NEW POLICE CHIEF
Former North Wilkesboro
Chief of Police Appoint
ed Head of City Force
Tuesday Morning.
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At a meeting of tWßoarff'of al
dermen of the Town of Forest City, !
j held Tuesday morning, Mr. Frank L. j
Smith, former chief of police of i
North Wilkesboro, was elected chief :
:of the Forest City police depart-j
jment, the appointment effective im
; mediately. At the same time Mr. W.
iF. Toney, deputy sheriff who has
been acting chief of police, was ap
pointed night officer, effective July
Ist, to succeed Mr. T. F. Green.
Mr. Smith is a young man with
about eleven years experience as a
police officer. He is unmarried. Dur
! ing the past six years he has served
[as chief of police of North Wilkes
; boro, resigning his position there a
short time ago, following the muni
cipal election in which the old board
and mayor were defeated. Despite th 3
fact that he might have retained his
position there, Mr. Smith resigned
because he was not in sympathy with
the aims of the new board. The new
mayor sent a letter to Mayor Rein
hardt recommending highly Mr. Smith
1 and stated that Mr. Smith resigned
before the new officials took office,
or he would have been kept on the
force.
The retiring mayor and the five
ex-commissioners of the town of
North Wilkesboro mailed a letter to
' Dr. Reinhardt, recommending Mr.
Smith as chief, and said, in part:
I "Mr. Smith is a young man of very
highest character in every respect,
' and is absolutely fearless and im
partial in the discharge of his duties.
He is one of the most courteous of
ficers we have ever seen, and ct
the same time so positive in the dis
charge of his duties and the direc
tion of those under his supervision
that he wins the respect and admira
tion of most all of those with whom
he comes in contact.
• "Mr. Smith has today resigned as
our chief of police by his own choice,
and we unhesitatingly recommend
him with the assurance thjTt he will
render valuable and capable service
in any position for which he would
make application.
j "He has, in addition to serving
| as chief of police, had charge of our
welfare department and has con
ducted it in such a way as to not
| only assist and supply the needy, but
has encouraged them to obtain work
and become self supporting.
I "His judgment and knowledge of
human nature is developed to a high
degree for a man of his age, and hi»
services have been most satisfactory
to us."
| A total of eighteen letters were
mailed to Mayor Reinhardt and the
Hearing For Smart
Held Last Saturday
Man Charged With Killing of Chief A. A. Price
Committed to Jail Without Bond
To Await Trial.
FIVE YEARS OLD TODAY
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SILLUS MICHALOVE
Today is the fifth anniversary of
Sillus Michalove, fine young son of
Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Michalove, of
Forest City. Sillus has just returned j
from a visit to French Lick Springs,
where the above picture was made.
IT. JACKSON DIES
AT ALEXANDER
Funeral Held at Mountain 1
View, in Polk County,
Wednesday—Native
of Polk.
Alexander, June 17.—Mr. John
Taylor Jackson, aged 48, died at the
home of his son, Mr. Curtis Jackson,
Tuesday, after an illness of six
months, with a heart ailment. Fun
eral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at three o'clock at Moun
tain View- Baptist church, in Polk
! county, with Rev. Mr. Sidenspinner
in charge of the service. Interment
was in the Mountain View cemetery
i Mr. Jackson is survived by eight
| children, Mrs. L. H. Henderson,
! Gaffney; Miss Annie Bell Jackson,
tinman, S. C.; Curtis Jackson, Alex
jander; Glenn, Clarence. Stella, Grace J
land Blanche Jackson, all of Inman.
j One sister, Mrs. Nettie Corn, of
Mill Spring, survives.
Mr. Jackson was a native of Polk, j
and was held in high esteem by his
many friends. He was a member of
I the Mountain View Baptist church.
LAYMEN'S DAY AT PLEASANT
GROVE NEXT SUNDAY
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Laymen's Day will be observed at
Pleasant Grove Methodist church
next Sunday morning at 11:15. The
! pastor will participate in the service, |
! but the service will be delivered by
Prof. Chas. C. Erwin. Some of the:
laymen of the church will also speak. |
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend.
Board of Aldermen, urging Mr.
Smith's appointment. Practically all
of these letters were unsolicited. A
mong the recommendations were ,
| those _from Judge T. B. Finley, of
| the superior court; Bank of North
[Wilkesboro; Messrs B. T. Hender-;
ison and Frank D. Hackett, attorneys, |
iHon. John R. Jones, solicitor of the
17th judicial district, the Wilkes j
I Hospital, Hon. J. A. Rosseau, the new :
I mayor, and letters from a number of
merchants, and leading citizens. Each
writer spoke highly of Mr. Smith,
and told of his many activities while j
acting as chief of police of North.
Wilkesboro during the past six years, j
Mr. Smith is expected here some-;
time this week. His salary will bei
$125 00 per month. The night of-'
ficer's salary is SBO.OO per month, j
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72 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
Rutherfordton, June 15.—M0-e
than 1,000 people crowded the court
room here Saturday afternoon to
hear the evidence brought out in
the preliminary hearing of Fred
Smart, charged with killing Chief
Austin A. Price, of Forest City, Sat
urday night, June 6. The large court
room was filled to its capacity with
spectators, while many could not se
cure admission. After examining sev
en of the witnesses for the stato,
Judge Fred Mcßrayer, county re
corder, who heard the testimony,
made the following order:
| The court finds probable cause
of the guilt of the defendant of the
charge of murder in the first degree
and commits him to jail without bond
jto await trial at next criminal term
|of superior court of Rutherford
i county."
Attorneys Fred Hamrick, N. C.
Harris and J. S. Dockery, of the
firm of Quinn, Hamriek and Harris,
represented the defendant. They of
fered no testimony, and did not
ask for bail.
Judge J. L. Murphy, of Hickory;
County Solicitor O. J. Mooneyham,
C. O. Ridings and R. R. Blanton
were attorneys for the state Satur
jday. The prosecution decided after
the hearing to ask Governor Ciard
ner for a special term of criminal
court in July to try the case against
Smart.
Evidence.
Dr. W. C. Bostic, Sr., who exam
ined Chief Price eight minutes after
he was shot, was the first witness
placed on the stand. He was ad
mitted as an expert witness, and
testified that he found three gunshot
wounds on the chest and abdomen
of the deceased, and deep lacera
tions on the back, caused by knife
or razor, also a laceration on the
leg. Either of the wooinds would have
caused death within fifteen minutes
he testified The wound across the back
extended into the kidney, liver and
lower part of one lung, and one short
rib was severed, said Dr. Bostic.
J. L. Upton, of Forest City, was
next called, and told that he heard
Price ask Smart to get off the street's
and go home. When Smart refused,
Chief Price took him by the belt and
started off. Smart offered Chief
Price a chew of tobacco, which he
refused. They went on up the street,
with Upton following a short dis
tance behind. Within a few moments
he heard a cry for help, and broke
into a run. Just before rounding the
corner, he heard pistol shots and as
jhe came into sight he saw a man on
the ground.
Lester Philbeck, of Caroleen, an
eye witness was called. He was not
acquainted with either Price *or
Smart. He told of witnessing the
tragedy while seated in his car a short
distance from the scene of the kill
ing. As the two passed h:'s car, Price
ssid "I told you twenty minutes aga
|to go home," stated the witness. Ac
cording to Mr. Philbeck, Smart ap-
I parently knocked Price down, going
down with him, and as he came uj>
Price made an attempt to rise. He
' was pushed down by Smart's foot,
and then Smart fired three or fq::r
times into Price's body.
Durham Philbeck, a son of Lester
Philbeck, who was with his father
at the time of the tragedy, told sub
stantially the seme story as did his
father. He testified that he noticed
( nothing unusual in the conduct of
the two men as they passed him. h'lt
i heard the remark made by Price
'about telling Smart to go home. Af
ter they had gone about fifty feet
| he heard a call for help, and at one*
ran toward the men, who were on
the ground. When he was near them,
Smart, who had arose, began firing
-into Price's reclining body.
' R. M. Taylor, of Forest City, wis
next called. He testified that Smart
land another person were in Blan
i ton's Cafe, about 15 or 20 minutes
| before the killing, and that he heard
? them cursing He recalled havmg
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