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Rutherford
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VOL. XIII— No. 38.
VIOIrfDRNEWS
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P I f7|\IAST WEEKS NEWS
REVIEWED BY
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Chicago, 111, June 23.—There are
some things that are just beyond
the imagination of Millie, the titian
fcaired disturber of the serious
thought in this office. A transcon
tinental automobile trip is one of
them. But her green eyes danced
with excitement when she read the
account of the ride enjoyed by Mrs.
"Skiff" McCurry and son, Mr. Mack
and grandson when the Golden Val
lev correspondent spied them on their
way to Lake Lure. "Boy," she ex
claimed! "Think o' speedin' speedin'
along the country roads on one of
those swell June days, 'n stoppin'
at one of those keen joints along a
bout sundown to eat and drink and
then hunmin' on in the moonlight!'
Take it from me, those folks are ;
lucky to g. j t a break like that trip." 1
And then Millie mouthed a fresh
piece of the material which builds j
Wriggly Towers and baseball teams
that contend for championships.
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Bi? institutions are built by at- j
trading the attention of the buying ;
public and then holding its confi-!
dence. J. C. McNeely and Company!
know this. Their large advertisement j
in last week's Courier attracted the J
attention of many readers And they
in turn learned that the advertise
ment was a statement of truth when
they investigated the quality of the
floods sold for such low pric-es. Thrn
the *ales sheets of this growing con
cern show the wisdom of its action.
And Forest City benefits because of
its good fortune in having such pro
gressive merchandisers.
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Speaking of opinions: Just con
suit Sillus Michalove and Margaret
Green on what they think was the
finest day in 1931. They'll tell you:
promptly that it was the day on :
which they were five years old. And j
why not? You older folks can still
remember such days in your lives
when there were parties and cakes
and candles and mysterious packages
all wrapped up in tissue paper. That's
why you have such a good time when
Sillus and Margaret and their play
mates are happy.
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Of course, there's C. C. and Walsh
Moore, who, according to The Cour
ier. took a trip over to Toccoa, Ga.,
last week. As they visited about the
town, thev saw some things that were ,
eighty fine. The business buildings |
?nd the pleasant residences and per- j
hap? a city park. But when they j
checked the advantages of Forest j
City against those which were before
their eyes, they were glad. Glad
that everybody did not see things as
they did. If they did, they'd all want
to move to Forest City. And then the
population would increase so rapidly,
•hat some of the good neighbors
might be forced to move.
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Although the members of the Oak
Grove Epworth League may not
have agreed at times on matters of
their organization's policy, you need
but mention the picnic near Caroleen
which was reported in last week's
paper, and they'll agree to a man
(or woman) that they had the time
of their lives. And that they're look
ing forward to a rgpetition of the
affair in the not too distant future.
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Kiwanis Clubs are voluntary or
ganizations in which men of various
vocations have united to dedicate
their efforts to the service of their
•ellows. The account of last week's
meeting was in itself the answer to
f he question, "What do you think of
Kiwanis?"
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Now there's another place where
3 difference in opinion is interfering
my plans. I'm satisfied that
enough of my readers wish to hear
a radio broadcast to warrant the
allotment of time I'm asking from
? targe broadcasting station. The
managers of this station are still cf
another mind. And although I insist
FORE^CITY— ''ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND M ? ST BEAUTIFUL CITIES
MINE CAVE-IN NEAR
ELLENBORO FATAL
TO MR. 808 DAVIS
Son of Mr. Davis Has Narrow
Escape As Mica Tunnel -
Caves Wednesday.
Bob Davis, of Ellenboro, was in
stantly killed and his son narrowly
escaped injury Wednesday morning:,
about 9:30, when an old micS mine,
near Hopewell, on \ Ellenboro R-3,
that they were working, caved in.
about a truck load of dirt and rocks
falling on Mr. Davis. The boy, hear
ing the crackling of the rocks and
dirt as it began to fall, jumped back
just in time to miss being trapped
under the debris.
The mine belonged to C. O. Dycus
of the Hopewell section, and had not
been worked for some time. Mr. Da
vis and his son, whose name could
not be learned, had only started to
work in the mine this morning. They
were really only prospecting, having
gone into the mine to see if there
was enough mica left in it to pay
them to work it. It is thought that
the cave-in was caused by them tap
ping along the sides of the mine as
they brote off pai'ts of the mica for
mation. There were several tunnel?
leading from the entrance, which was
a big hole dug into the ground. They
had not entered these, however, but
were standing at the foot of the hole
examining the sides. The cave-in fell
from the top of the hole, falling on
Mr. Davis. About a truck load of dirt
bad to be removed before his body
could be recovered.
The son, jumping back when he
heard the dirt and gravel coming,
heard his father scream. Climbing
out of the mine he ran to the home
of E. B. Dycus nearby and summon
ed help. Mr. Dycus, who was a broth
er of the owner of the mine, with
the aid of several others who gath
ered, dug the body from under the
debris.
Mr. Davis was about 45 years of
age. He was married and had sev
eral children. He is also survived by
three brothers: T. B. Davis, of Mar
ion; Will S. Davis, of Lattimore, R-l;
and Ed Davis, of Gastonia.
Mr. Davis had only been living : n
Ellenboro since last winter, moving
to that place from the New House
section.
The body of Mr. Davis was re
moved to the undertaking establish
ment of Hightower & Matheny, at
Avondale, by W. C. Hightower, c kr
oner, after he had viewed it at the
mine this morning. As The Cour'er
goes to press the inquest had not
been held, but was scheduled to take
place some time Wednesday after
noon or night.
Henrietta Man
Died Saturday
Henrietta, June 22.—Funeral ser
vices for Mr. Bret Suggs, of this
place, were held Sunday afternoon
at the Henrietta Baptist church. Mr.
Suggs died Saturday at his home
here after a short illness. He was
well known throughout the entire
community, and had been engaged
here for sometime-as a shoemaker.
He has one son at Cliffside.
CHAS. PRICE DETECTIVE
FOR HOTEL CHARLOTTE
Charles R. Price, former chief of
police of this cjty, has been made
hotel detective for the Hotel Charlo
tte, in Charlotte. Mr. Price was ap
pointed to this position June 19, to
succeed J. W. Cohen, who resigned
to go into business.
The Hotel Charlotte is a member
of the Southeastern Hotels Company
and is one of the largest in the state.
that hundreds of people are intend
ing to write the letters I have re
quested, but have put the matter
off until a later date, the "radio
boss' comes back with the assertion
that such postponement is evidence
of a lack of interest. Well, folks,
there you have the decision in the
matter. (Why* not write those letters,
folks? We are sure you want to hear
this broadcast. Send your letters di
rect to The Courier and they will bj?
forwarded—Editor...
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY
FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1931.
Fred Smart, who is being held in custody charged with the
shooting of Chief A. A. Price here on the night of June 6th. f
It is probable that a special term of Superior Court will be
called for his trial.
Spindale Mail Accidentally
Kiiied Wednesday Morning
Boyce Elders Electrocuted or
Died of Heart Failure—
Coroner's Inquest Now
Being Held.
Spindale, June 24. —Boyce Elders,
aged 31, was electrocuted or died of
heart failure Wednesday morning at
8:30 o'clock while employed in the
Spencer Mill here. As The C urier
goes to press a coroner's inquest 's
underway, and a coroner's jury will
decide in what manner he met death.
According to witnesses, Mr. Elders
was standing on a ladder, drilling a
hole in 4 the roof near the skylight,
with an electric drill. He was in close
proximity to some high tension elec
tric wires. He suddenly stiffened and
fell backwards, across the top of the
ladder. The electric current in the
mill was shut off, and his body re
moved from the ladder. When exam
ined a few minutes later at the hos
pital he was found dead. A coroner's
jury is considering the facts in the
case this afternoon, and will decide
as to how he met death.
Mr. Elders was a young man well
known and admired by a large host of
friends here. He had been employ
ed by The Spencer Mills for a num
ber of years, and at the time of his
death was a spare hand in the weave
room.
He is survived by his widow, who
Honored
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Prof. A. C. Lovelace, superintendent of the Caroleen-Hen
rietta High school system, who was the recipient of an educa
tional degree at Duke University recently.
prior to her marriage four years ago
was Miss Elma Kistler, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kistler, of this
p 1 : e. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bud
J Jers reside near Belmont.. . One
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brother, Joftn Elders, of Henrietta,
and two sisters, Mrs. Mai Pittman,
of Spindale and another at Belmont
also survive.
Funeral arrangements have not
been fully completed as The Courier
goes to press, however, it is ex
pected that the service and burial
will be held at Pleasant Grove Metho
dist church, at West End, Forest
City, Thursday.
i
ELLENBORO STORE ROBBED.
Ellenboro, June 23.—Paul Tis—
dale's store, in the mill section of
Ellenboro, was robbed sometime Wed
nesday night or early Thursday morn
ing. A number of articles were taken
including overalls, shirts, guns, lard,
flour, meal, hams, bacon, cigarettes,
tire patching, and gas. Entrance was
gained through the back door, i
1 crowbar being used to break the lock.
The loss totals around $l5O. Officers
1 have been investigating the case but
so far no arrest has been made.
! Miss Zelda Yelton, of Nebo, and
Misses Fannie Dorcas and Mary
Helen Gettys, of Oklahoma City, were
the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Lattimore.
Two Drowned At
Flat Rock Friday
Dewitt Harrill of this City and Miss Mary Etta
Parker, of Marion, Lose Lives While
Swimming Late Friday Night.
Fire Destroys Transfer
Truck Here Tuesday
A Mundy transfer truck, from
Va., was burned Tuesday
nighlt, on West Main street, near
the Forest City Seed and Fertilizer
plant. The truck passed through the
city about 9:30, and bystanders no
ticed sparks flying from the truck.
Several started after the truck in
cars, to warn the driver. In the mean
time the fire alarm was turned in.
and both trucks responded to the
alarm. The burning truck was stop
ped near West End. The truck was
carrying 95 gallons of gasoline in the
tank and emergency tank, both of
which exploded and threw burning
gas over the street. The truck was I
completely destroyed. Sevfen cases
of silk rayon was destroyed, also some
items of freight which was being
transported in the truck.
PROFTCTLOVELACE
HONORED AT DUKE
Twin High Superintendent Gets
Degree—Outline of His
Work at Caroleen.
Superintendent A. C. Lovelace, of
ceived" his'" Master jif E#Bfeiition de
gree at Duke University on June 10.
Only ten other persons received this
degree at the recent commencement.
Mr. Lovelace has the honor of grad
uating with the first class on the
new Duke campus. An unusual co
incidence was that three boys who
graduated at Shelby High ? while Mr.
Lovelace was their principal, grad
uated with the bachelor's degree in
the same class.
Mr. Lovelace has done all his
course, work during the past two
summers, and written his thesis dur
ing the past school year. A new rul
ing requires everybody to spend five
terms for this work now. By hard
work, Mr. Lovelace was able to aver
j age between 90 and 95 percent on
all his studies, and as a result was
elected to the Educational honorary
! fraternity for outstanding students
in education at Duke University. Mr.
Lovelace made an average of over
95 percent for the four years at
Wake Forest college where he receiv
ed his A. B. degree with the follow
ing honor, "Magna Cum Laude."
Mr. Lovelace is starting his eleven
th year in school work at Henrietta,
and his fifth year at Caroleen. When
he came to Henrietta in 1919, there
was no school building, the upstairs
of the company store being used for
school purposes. Neither was there
1 any high school work. He developed
1 a high school that has become a mem.
I ber of the Southern Association. The
j elementary schools, there were the
first in the county to become standard
schools. He was instrumental in hav
ing the building at Henrietta erected.
Later Prof. J. B. Jones came to Caro
leen and these two men laid the plans
for the present district system. Prof.
Jones had charge of the schools dur
ing the actual construction period.
Mr. Lovelace went as head of the
| Sylva schools in Jackson county.
From there he was called to the
i principalship of the Shelby high
j school, but he was called back + o
i Henrietta-Caroleen as superinten
' dent, where he has started his fifth
year.
The recent legislature makes it
necessary to curtail expenses in this
school system. The superintendent's
salary will be reduced five hundred
dollars next year. One principal will
get 16 3-4 percent cut. All teachers
receive 10 percent cuts, and with the
increase that would have been made,
some will receive 20 percent to 25
percent less than they would have
received under the former law. Tn
addition to these cuts, the number
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72 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
"Death caused by means of acci
dental drowning", was the verdict
returned Monday afternoon bv the
coroner's jury in the inquest of De
witt Harrill, of this city, and Mary
Etta Parker, of Marion, who were
drowned in Flat Rock Swimming Pool
Friday night between 10 and 11
o'clock. The inquest was held Mon
day afternoon in the city hall here
at 1 o'clock.
The tragic and sudden passing of
these two young lives was a great
shock to the people of this section.
Mr. Harrill was one of the best
known young men of this city, and
had hundreds of friends to mourn
his passing. He was kn >wn through-
I out this section of the state for his
ability as an automobile trader, which
business he was in until a few months
ago, when he opened a furniture
store here with his brothers.
Grady Harrill, a brother of the de
ceased, made the following state
ment to a Courier representative
Monday afternoon following the in
quest:
; ''Dewitt and I had gone to Mar
ion last Friday afternoon to do some
automobile trading. When we return
ed to Forest City we brought Mary
Etta Parker and her aunt, Nannie
Parker, back with us. There was a
j ball game Friday night, which I
j wanted to go to, thinking , that 1
might get to play, and as Dewitt
! and the girls didn't want to go. TV»
' picked up P. D; Harfill to "stay with
'them until I could get "tout of th 3
ball park. Mr. Harrill and Dew'tt
were great friends and he stayed
with Dewitt while I was at the gam 3
for this reason."
Account of Tragedy.
According to P. D. Harrill and
other witnesses heard during the in
quest Monday afternoon the events
leading up to the tragedy were as
follows:
When about time for the game to
be over Dewitt and P. D. Harrill and
the two girls had driven out to the
ball park to get Grady. The gama
not being over they had driven on out
to Flat Rock swimming pool, -wher'a
j Dewitt wanted to go in swimming.
!He asked Nannie Parker to go in,
i but she having a bad cold did not
; want to, so Mary Etta Parker had
j gone in with Dewitt. The pool had
! already closed for the night, but D*±-
1 witt persuaded Bob McDaniel, who
operates the swimming pool, to let
them go in. In addition to Mr. Mc-
Daniel there were three other boys
at the pool, Claude Morrow who had
been acting as life guard during the
day, Baxter Butler and J. B. Rob
bins.
During the day part of the water
had been drawn off on account r >f
some children that had gone in. De
witt was told by Claude Morrow, ac
cording to his statement during the
inquest, that the water was shallow
jand not to dive in. Dewitt evidently
didn't hear for he did dive in and
'tame up on his side, according to
I Mr. Morrow. He was not hurt, how
' ever, and he swam out in the pool,
'coming back for Miss Parker, tell
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cf students per teacher will be in
creased. This makes a hard situa
tion for the children. It is difficult
|to see how the same efficiency can
' be maintained as heretofore, but like
; other school men, Mr. Lovelace is
determined to make the best of the
situation.
It is doubtful if there is another
native Rutherford county boy who
i has done so much for the children
of this county as has b?en done
through the school-room work of Mr.
i Lovelace. While he was at office
work during the World War, seeing
I the large number of boys who could
i not sign their names, he determined
to go back to the masses and give
his life in service for education It
is a source of pride for him to see
j the progress that has been made n
1 this county since he started teaching
at Henrietta twelve years: ago.