Rutherford
County Offers
Unequalled
Opportunities To
Manufacturers
and Others
VOL. XIII —No. 46.
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Chicago, 111., Aug. 18.—While
f ners have been concerned with
rfects of the continued heat
ought on the growth and rip
i f their crops, Mss Ruth Dog
■ ! the other young men and
who will return from
schools, where they faith
ursued their studies during
months, have had their own
>ns to a torrid summer. Stu
c who kept up in their class
v k while the temperatures mount
ed have manifested their desire for
knowledge ir. a most convincing man
ner. And they have earned the
short rest they will enjoy before
being called upon to resume their
work.
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Latest reports f rom, " the fi
nancial front leave "prosperity"
still as shy as a bashful gal on
her first date. But the people are
adapting themselves to the
changed conditions, and they are
confident that the; depression will
pass, as have all its predecessors.
In the meantime, they are
stretching every dollar to the «
utmost. Advertisements are read
more closely than ever before.
Stupid merchants have decided
against the wisdom of advertis
ing because money is not so
plentiful as it once was. But the
concerns that have maintained and
increased their sales and profits
are the ones which maintained or
increased their advertising ap
propriations. They have taken
advantage of the torpor of their
competitors. Reading The Cour
ier one naturally associates with
the wise men of the commercial
world such local men and con
cerns as Jones Grocery, Union
Trust Co., Penders. Steins Dept.
Store, McNeely's, Davis Sisters,
Bee Hive, Dalton Bros, and oth
er advertisers. 'Course the non
advertisers have an advantage.
I'm unable to mention their
names in this column, even if the
fellows I talk about are getting
the business.
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L:ke unto a king at the zenith of,
t'c power and glory is summer on its
la=t days; Proud of Us attainments,
the season parades them in review
for such as Ralph Wright, Worth
Wright and Aubrey Clay, who. sav*>
The Courier chose it for their
trip to Washington, New York an
other points. To those who elect to
follow ribbon roads • across plains,
through valleys and up steep moun
tain ides, Nature displays her ac
complishments with triumph thai: v
almost audible.
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For Rent: A two-horse farm: So
advertised J. C. Toms in The Cour-;
K!. This choice bit of the eait .
ciiered at a time when land
i comparatively low. In the- ,> g
us, thrifty ?olks are seriously
considering land as an mveatmen .
The value of the stock and bonds .n
which they had invested lheir ™ ~
;., s has also dropped. And d.d
, try to raise a cabbage. «» a
h .nd? Well, the farm should n
f, r rent long. And don't be surpn
scd if the new neighbors a
f-.lks. If' they are, be kind
Assure them that the cow
have bought is not ancient
. cause she has no upper i
,arn them to they appeal!
irom the right side when they
to her for milk.
"Giant oaks from little acorns
grow." As summer mellow*,
lumn, and the giant oaks o
.st again shower their seeds to the
awaiting earth; this
to rnind once more. human
us of its apphes, ion
;iro f W the Beam reunion, to he held
FOREST CIT\ "'ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IX THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SURVEY
MRS. JOE MATHIS KILLS
HUGE REPTILE SUNDAY
Mr. M. H. Mathis, of Route two,
had a large snake here Monday on
exhibition, which was killed Sunday
by his mother. The snake was seven
feet and eight inches long, rather
grayish with a few dark red spots
on it. Mr. Mathis had the snake stuff
ed. On Sunday morning his mother,
Mrs. Joe Mathis, while enroute to
the garden, encountered the snake,
and despite her 52 years of age,
, picked up a stick and k#cd it. The
reptile was more than six inches
in circumference, and was one of
the ,largest ever found around this
community. Some observers say it
was an ordinary "chicken snake" ot
black snake family. The tail was |
rather sharp, with a small horn T>n j
the end.
Rutherfordton Woman Passes
While on Visit to Moun
tain City.
Rutherfordton, Aug. 18. —This
i community was shocked Tuesday
i morning to learn that Mrs. J. A.
McMahon had died in a hospital in
| Hendersonville Monday night soon
after midnight. She went with her
husband to Hendersonville Tuesday
to visit relatives and became sud
denly ill at 11:30 a. m., Monday on
the streets of Hendersonville and
was rushed to the hospital and nevei
revived. She left home Monday
morning as well as usual.
Funeral services were held here
Wednesday at 2 p. m., at the tiist
Methodist church and interment
j followed in the Rutherfordton ceme
: tery.
The deceased is survived by her
'husband and one child, a boy about
! three or four years old, five sisters
and one brother, viz; Mrs. James R.
Keeter and Mrs. Thomas M. Cast o
this place, Mrs. Mack Thompson and
| Miss Maggie Hill, both of Saluda
and Mrs. E. R. Dobbins of Gaffney,
S C.; and one brother, Mr. J. D. Hill
also of Saluda.
Mrs. McMahon, who was 38
of age was a loyal member of the
Methodist church and was held in
high esteem by a wide circle o
friends and relatives. She was born
j and reared in Saluda but has made
j Rutherfordton her home for the past
several years where she has endeared
; herself to a wide circle of friends.
Her hui»band travels for the Miles
Salt Co., of New Orleans, La., and
sells wholesale. He was working his
trade Monday when Mrs. McMahon
j decided to accompany him for a
| visit with relatives and friends.
The pallbearers were Messrs Bad
| ger Williams, J. Cal Williams, Theo
dore Hyder, W. O. Geer, GLA. Hines,
Bryan Waldrop, Collett Miller, . ~
and Wade Geer. The honorary pa.l
--: bearers were Messrs L. L. • •
I Jay Reid, Cal Simpson, Owen Sta
ey, J. E. McFarland and Curtis Hiu-
on AuffAt 13th. The substantial
family is a giant oak which a.
"Van* from the seed of hardy pion
eers who forced apart the rocks o
adversity and made poss.ble the
growth of the tree with its magni
ficent branches now spreading 01.
in so many directions.
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Reading of the imaginary, or veal.
Tori Alcock when »i'S
experience of led Aicoc
car balked as he was about to t
his friends to a picnic, Grouchy G ~
he of the soured soul, observed tha
while it was not so written in To
Done", he was certian there wei
nianv insects present at the picnic
when Mr. Alcock and his s
finally arrived. "Now there s ants,
for instance," granted Gas, "they*"c
supposed to be the most industrious
of bags, bat let them hear of some
one holding a picnic and a million
of 'em will take time off to attend.
There are 9,000,000 more men than
women in India.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF FOREST CITY AND f# COUNTY
DIED MONDAY
FOREST CI+Y, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST i
Out After 26 Days Battle
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Tunneling* to a depth of .30 feet
view, Texas, employees of the Shell
ed a fire which had raged 26 days
rels of oil a day. By laborious tunn
oil flow which fed the flames. Ic was
Texas field to curb fire by this meti
LOCAL SCHOOLS
TO OPEN AUG. 31
List of Teachers to Appear
Next Week—Urge All Stu
dents to Start First Day.
The Cool Springs township schools
will begin work on Monday, August
31st. The parents are requested to
get books at an early date. Please
do not buy second hand books un
less you know that these books will
be used this session. Books have been
changed the past year or so and
sopie of the second hand books will
not be on the adopted list. A complete
list of books for all grades from the
primary grades thru the high school
will appear in next issue of The
Courier. Wait until this list appears
before you buy second hand books.
Many parents will be able to sell the
second hand books or exchange them
with other parents.
All parents are urged to start
their boys and girls to school the
first day. In many instances it wll
be necessary for pupils to be ex
cused from school at least half of
the day during gathering time. If
these parents will start their chil
dren to school the first day, the prin
cipals will be as liberal with their
children as possible.
A list of teachers by schools and
grades will appear in the next issue
of The Courier. •
CHILD NARROWLY MISSES
DROWNING IN TUB OF WATER
A small child of Mr. and
Wash Calhoun, of near Caroleen,
narrowly missed death from drown
ing, when it fell in a tub of water
at their home Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Calhoun had gone in the yard
and was followed by the child. Her
first intimation of the near trageiy
was when she turned and saw the
child's feet sticking up in a tub of
water in the yard. Hastily snat-hinj:
the child from its perilous position,
first aid was hastily administered and
a physician hurriedly summoned. The
little one was resusitated and soon
apparently no worse for its narrow
escape from drowning.
Mrs. Carrie Bobo
Dies At Henrietta
Ellenboro. Aug. 18. —Funeral serv
ices for Mrs.- Carrie Bobo, 81, we;e
held at Libe.rty church, near
Whitney, S. C., Friday afternoon. Mrs
Bobo died at her home at Hen
rietta Wednesday night after a long
illness. She had been suffering from
the effects of a cancer for several
years. She was a member of Sax
on church at Spartanburg. Follow
ing the funeral service at Spartan
burg the body will be taken to Lib
erty church, near Whitney, for bur
ial. Surviving are one daughter.
Mrs. Nina Kirby, of Henrietta; one
son, Murch Bebo, S. C.,
and four sisters. The servire-s was
charge of the Rev. J. S. Brock
beiow a roaring oil well near Long
! Petroleum Corporation, extinguish
consun-ing approximately 10,000 bar
eling, the fighters stopped the steady
first the .attempt ever made in the
FUNERAL TUESDAY
FOR M. R. CARROLL
Widely Known Citizen of Tan
ners Grove Community
Passes at Age of 82.
Forest City, R-2, Aug. 18.—The
entire community was shocked to
learn of the death of Mr. Marsh R.
Carroll, at his home near Tanners'
Grove church, Monday morning at
eleven o'clock. Mr. Carroll had been
in ill health for more than a year,
and his death, while much lamented,
was not unexpected.
Mr. Carroll was born nsar Blacks
burg, S. C., January 30, 1849, and
was 82 years, 6 months and 17 days
of age. He removed to Rutherford
county and married first Miss Susan
Moore, a daughter of the late Capt.
Frank Moore on Nov. 11, 1873. She
preceded him to the' grave October
22, 1908. To this union were born
ten children, nine of whom survive,
as follows: Mrs. H. B. Doggett, of
Forest City; W. F., J. R., and O. T.
Carroll and Mrs J. S. Doggett, of
Forest City, R-2; Mrs. L. B. Rob--
bins, of Spindale; A. B. and H. M.
Carroll, of Hurtsboro, Ala., Leith
M. Carroll, of Douglasville, Ga. One
son, Prof. Herbert Carroll, died two
years ago.
Mr. Carroll married the second
time on March 17, 1910, to Miss Nan
nie Griffin, daughter of the late
George Griffin, of Rutherfordton.
She has been for twenty-one yea*-?
a real mother to his children, and
survives to lament her loss. One half
! brother, Johnson Carroll, of
burg survives, also two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Gold, of Lattimore and Mrs.
Lipscpmbe, of Gaffney, S. C. He
also leaves a number of grandchil-
I dren and great grandchildren.
Mr. Carroll joined the Methodist
church at PleasanJ Grove in the
early seventies and later moved his
membership to Tanners' Grove, wheie
he had been a faithful member for
some sixty-odd years During this
t : me h? also served several times as
steward of that church.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at two o'clock at
Tanners' Grove Methodist church
The funeral services were con
ducted by his pastor, Rev. J. W •
Kennedy and Rev M. M. Huntley ,
Interment was in the Tanners' Grove j
cemetery.
Pall bearers were Messrs Hoyle
Carroll. Boyce Robbins, Clyde Car
roll, John Doggett, Louis Doggett
and Alton Carroll. The profuse floral
offering was borne by Misses Hattio
Carroll. Ailene Bobbins, Ruth Dog-,
o-ett Mvrtle Doggett, Lois Grose j
Carrol Huntley. Mrs. Dessie Grose.
Mrs. Eunice Womack, Mrs. Mue
Huntley, Mrs. Effie Huntley and Mr.?.
Lucy Toms.
Mr. Carroll was a member of the
Masonic fraternity.
Just received a new line of latent
styles in fall hats. The new. mannish
derby in plain style or with ostii.'h
tip or fancy color feathers Mrs. E
E. McCurry.
SEVERAL HURT IN
| COLLISION LAST SUNDAY
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Cliff side, Aug. 17. Last Sun
day afternoon Messrs Claude Mor
row and "Chuck" Roper, of near
Forest City, accompanied by Misses
Helen and Hazel Hill, Maude Blan
ton, Eufra Simmons, of Cliffside,
and Miss Pauline Carpenter, of
Cherryville, who was visiting the
Misses Hill, were in a collision with
a car said to have been driven by
Mr. Claude Duncan, of near Caro
leen, who was accompanied by his
wife and bsfby.
All were more or less severely
shaken up and injured, while Mis.
Hill suffered more serious injuries.
Two ambulances took the injured to
! the Rutherford Hospital, where •.11
! except Mrs. Duncan and baby and
I Miss Hill were able to return to
' their homes after having their in
i juries treated. The latter have since
recovered sufficiently to return to
I their homes.
JONES COPELAND
KILLED BY AUTO
Found Dead Thursday Morn
ing Under Auto on Route
19, North of Ruther
fordton.
Rutherfordton, Aug. 17.—Mr.
Jones Copeland, age 52, weaver of
the Stonecutter Mills, at Spindale
was found dead Thursday morning
under a M*del T Ford Coupe about
one mile North of Rutherfordton on
Highway 19 by Mr. Jack Guffey, as
he was enroute to work. Copeland's
body was bruised on the neck, head,
chest and legs.
Mr. P. L. Flynn, farmer who liv
es near where the dead man was
found, states that Wednesday night
about 10 o'clock Copeland called to
him three times to come and help
him start his Ford and that he
(Flynn) replied that he was not a
mechanic. Mr. Flynn further states
that he did not like the way he talk
ed and could not understand him
well and as he had retired thought
it unadvisable to go to the lfian. La
ter he says he heard a crash but did
not go to it.
From all indications it seems
that Copeland tried to start the ca l
and that it ran backwards into a
ditch, off of a fill and knocked him
into the ditch, or fell on him after
he fell into the ditch and the fend
er struck him on the neck killing
him. His son, Leßoy Copeland
stated Thursday morning that his
father had had trouble lately start
ing the car, which is an old model.
From indications Copeland died De
fore midnight, for he was cold and
stiff when the Ford was pulled off
of him Thursday morning. The Ford
was headed towards Marion, rah off
a fill some eight or more feet high
and turned over on its side.
Mr. Copeland has been living
near Greer, S. C., and he and his
wife have been boarding at Spindal
the past few months, working some
in the Stonecutter Mills and eo'ng
back often to Greer. He leaves
his widow, one son Leßoy Cope
land. of Spindale;" one dauber.
Mrs. G. C Dimsly of S. C. •
rne brother, Archie Coneland. rf
Morganton and one s'ster, Ms.
Edgar Clontz, of Valdese. He was a
member of the chuich
Arlington, S. C., and was a men-be?
of the Junior Order at Dayton
Mills, S .C
Mrs. Copeland had her husband's
body brought to Spindale Th"r«d*y.
On Friday it was taken to Greer,;
S. C.. where it remained until Sat
urday. when funeral services wer
held. Interment was in the Gree
cemetery.
Mr Copeland was born and reared
in Burke county.
LIVES IN COUNTY 30 YEARS:
FIRST VISIT TO CITY
Mr C. C. Cochran, who lives north
of Rutherfordton. made his first trio
to Forest City Monday. Despite the
fact that Mr. Cochran has been re
siding in Rutherford county fot
thirty years, this was the first time
he ever visited this city. While her?
he traded mules, and after doing so
immediately returned to his home.
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60 COLUMNS
SI.OO Per Year in Advance
OVER 200 WILL '
GO ON FARM TOUR
TO TENN. FRIDAY
Rutherford County Club Motor
cade to Greeneville Will
Consist of Over Sixty
Cars-
More than two hundred farmers
and business men and their families
will constitute a motorcade to Green
county, Tennessee, Friday. This mo
torcade and farm tour is -ponsored
| by rhe Rutherford County Club, as
j sisted by otb r civic organizations
|in the county: To date, forty-six
j farmers are igncd up to take their
: cars and families, while over fifty
i oth-r farmers desire a way of trans
portation. Cars have been secured
jto carry half of this number, or
; mow, to date. Many other members
i of the County Club have invited cer
i tain farmers to go with them. To
! date more sixty cars have bsea
secured to make the trip.
The motorcade will leave Ruther
fordton, in front of the court house,
at seven o'clock exactly. County
agent F. E. Patton will have charge
of the motorcade. Two patrolmen
have been tentatively promised to
lead the motorcade. The rouXe will
be along No. 20 to Bat Cave*, thence
by Hendersonville, Asheville, Mar
shall and to Greeneville, Tenn.
Routing and instruction sheets will
; be furnished each car driver before
leaving Rutherfordton Friday morn
ing.
Approximately four hours will be
required for the 4 trip. An interesting
; itinerary has been planned by the
! Greene County Chamber of Com--
merce, which is co-operating with the
County Club in promoting the mo
torcade.
Each individual making the trip
is requested to carry a basket lumrh
which will be spread at noon in
t
Greeneville, Tenn.
IZAAK WALTONS
ENJOY DINNER
Izaak Walton League Holds
Business Meeting Tuesday
Night Visitors from
Counties.
Spindale, Aug. I ( J.—About thirty
members of the Izaak Walton Lea
*
gue of Rutherford county, and their
guests from Cleveland, McDowell an 1
Polk counties gathered at the Spin
dale House here Tuesday evening
, for dinner and business session.
The dinner was served by member-?
of the Spindale Methodist Women's
| Missionary Society.
Mr. David Lindsay, president of
the League, presided. A short busi
ness session was held after the din
ner, at which time the matter of plac
ing an aquarium at the Rutherfor i
county fair this year, and placing
in it various fish of th : s region was
discussed. It was decided to offer to
the school children of the county
prizes for the best essays and des
criptions of the fish contain:d the: -
in. A committee consisting of Messrs
Ed Trammell, Tom Keeter and J.
Weathers was appointed to work out
details.
Mr. George A Tomeraasen, of
Chicago, National Field Representa
tive of The Izaak Walton Leag.s
of America, was presented by Mr.
Lindsay, and spoke on the objects
the League, told of some of the ob
jects accomplished, and the goal of
the League.
Hon. E. B. Cloud, of Tryon, rep
resentative in the General Assembly,
and judge of the recorders' court,
spoke next. He told of his activities
in securing better game laws, and
fostering the work of the depart
ment of conservation and develop
ment during the past decade, while
senator and representative in the
General Assembly.
Sjee my new line of derby hats 'n
the popular shades of black, brown
and navy blue, with fancy feathor
trims. Mrs E. E. McCurry.