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FOREST CITY COURIER Published Every Thursday in the interest of Forest City and Ruther ford County. Entered Aug. 22, 1918, at the post office at Forest City, N. C., as second class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1879. E. ALCOCK Editor and Owner CLARENCE GRIFFIN—News Editor MRS. C. E. ALCOCK-Society Editor ARVAL ALCOCK Asst. Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year SI.OO Six Months ' .50 f1.50 per year outside of Ruthertord County. ADVERTISING RATES Display, per column inch 30c Classified Column lc per word J _ « THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1931.) _ | THE RAILROADS IN 1930. The complete operating statistics j for the American railroads during j 1930 have just been issued. To even, the casual reader, they vividly illus trate the plight in which our princi pal transport medium finds itself as the results of high taxes, unregulat ed competition and business condi tions. As compared with 1929, the num ber of tons of revenue freight hand led by the lines last year decreased almost 400,000,000. Freight revenue went down $742,000,000, and pas sengers carried the least since 1903, and operating: revenue the lowest since 1919. The number of railway employes declined from 1,661,000 to 1,488.- OOO.Total puchases for materials and supplies were $291,000,000 below 1929. Taxes were $48,000,000 under that year, pue to lowefriearnings and' the decrease in income 1 taxes. Hoover, earnings declined ( relatively more than tiaxes, so 'that the percentage of revenue consumed by the tax collector was the highest ir. history i t > •' The onljf bright spots ijti' thV continued .increase in operating. ef ficiency. Several new my records were established and further progress was made in safety, both for passengers and employes. In the interest of American prog-| ress and prosperity a way must be found to increase jj&ilroad revenue! and thereby speed up activity of one | cf our greatest industrial employers and purchasers of supplies. * ■ 'i' ■ * ■ ■■ OFFICERS' WATCHFULNESS PREVENTS DISASTROUS FIRE A fire of undetermined ol'igift oc curred here Tuesday about midnight causing to the sin occu pied rooms over the Gray Drug Com pany, alsoj water damage to the stock of Gray Drug Co;, and the office of Dr. G. P. :Reid. The fire was discov ered by night policeman W. F. Toney who immediately turned in the alarm. The quick work of the fire depart ment arrested the progress of the blaze which would have soon re sulted in. a heavy loss. Mr. Toney noticed the blaze in the upstairs rooms, and upon investigating found the fire. The blaze apparently origi nated in a toilet in the rear room. The fire was confined to two rooms and the hall. The greatest damage was from smoke and water. The of fice—of Dr. G. P. Reid was flooded and the stock of Gray Drug Com— pany, in the rear of the store.suffer ed some from water damage. OAK GROVE WINS Forest City, R-2, Sept. 8— Oak Grove won games number 27-28 last week. They ..defeated Ellenboro last Friday and Burkholder's, of Forest City, Saturday. They won over Burkholder's by the score of 13-6 The outcome of the game was ir doubt until the eigth inning. Ir this inning Oak Grove won th game by scoring five runs. Digl pitched a good game for Oak Grove allowing only four hits and striking •out six men.: Tlje visitors used thre pitchers against Oak Grove bu neither one could; stop Oak 1 Grove. "Tuck" Wilkie, of Harris, pitchei the last four innings and outside o the eighth pitched good ball. He i one of the best pitchers Oak Grov has batted' at this year. Webb, sta first baseman for Oak Grove, wa the leading hitter of the day. gf-t ting three out of four times at ba drove in four runs. Hutchins is leading the club ir hitting with a .424 average, while team average is .315, won 28 games Mode tails the list with .262. The and lost 2. * - -- > if THE I D5£E j I TED ALCOCK I i Called on an old-couple the other day and after looking through the! old family album, they showed me' some of their love letters which were! written many years ago, before they' were married. They think more of 1 those letters than anything else they! | have and wouldn't part with themi i for a fortune. That, rs quite different I from a lot of the young married] folks of today. They value their di-j vorce papers above anything else! that they have. —X— I guess there are plenty of pe:>- ( pie who forsook the farm for the ! factory who would love to hear the ! old cow bawling, the chickens cack | ling and the hogs grunting right now. —X— After all is said and done, the happiest people today are the ones who live up in the hills on their lit tle farm. They don't read about the business depression, there are no automobile horns to tear their nerves to pieces nor do they have to worrj if their hat is one of the latest styles They can eat onions, they can tak*. a day off and go fishing and there is no one to criticise them. They, have plenty of pleasure, there arej the old barn dances, watermelon,' time, corn shuckings, cider season, etc. And best of all, they don't have to listen to some would be singer riding up and down the streets, ex ploiting his musical talents when they go to bed at night time. —X— -4 After sfll, you can't make a wet prisoner dry by bailing him out. '' • w —X— Several hundred Chicago police men have been dropped to save the 1 taxpayers' money. Now the holdup' J men will get it, I guess. j -X- | ; Thjp;farmers are almost getting' as, much publicity as the gangsters in pur dailies now. I don't see any | for worrying about them. They can always turn their home into a hot dog stand and make a swimming pool in their cotton fields. Personal -1 lv. I'd rather read about the gang -1 I ster. X I They say turtles live longer than men and who ever saw a turtle tak ing exercise? —X— Heard a fellow say that there are no job hunters in Russia. No, sez. I, nor on the chain gang either. —X— A small town is the place where: you can not take a walk with a packj of cigarettes and have the same 1 amount wheivyau get back. :■ ' Black Walnut Seedlings Available At Nursery! 1 •' ! Rural boys and girls who are raem | bers of the 4-H clubs will have | 42,000 seedling black walnut trees j reserved for them until October 1 by the state,forest nursery and those who desire to plant such trees ab out over their farms should make application as early as possible. "The State Nursery was unable to supply the demand for black wal nut seedling trees last year but plan ted a larger number and now hasj a good supply on hand,"says R. W. Graeber, extension forester at State College. "The trees 1 will be shipped orly in lots of 25 each r?, 1,680 club members and we hope that every one will be taken by the • club members and planted on their \ farms this fall and winter." A The black walnut is a dual pur pose tree providing both * nuts and 1 timber and is adapted to many types T of soil, Mr. Graeber says. The tree e requires a rich, deep soil that is h] well drained. Success will b 4 e had I with the trees if they are planted 5! in fence corners, field-corners, ditch e ( or stream banks, large openings in [t 1 the woods and in deep pockets of J soil about rocky outcrops in the d j f ieldsj, f Shipments of the trees will begin ,s 'about November I, with those mak e ing orders first receiving the first r! shipments. After October 1, all s j trees not reserved by 4-H club mem ,-jbers will be supplied to adults and t. others desiring them. Black walnut . clubs have organized ir sev n eral North Carolina counties during e the past three years and many mem s bers are enthusiastic about the pros ; pects-from the trees planted, says Graeber. THE FOREST CITY «>'• C.) COURIER | RANDOM NOTES j A friend asked us Monday if we J were going to start a daily paper in 4 Forest City, saying that he had heard we were contemplating such action. No, brother, no. For ten years we have given of our best effort to give j the city a good weekly paper, have ' studied the field keenly and had con j templated the inauguration of semi ! weekly service, but changed our ! mind when the present business de | pression developed. That we have i amply kept up with the times evi denced by the fact that The Courier j is classed as one of the largest and • best weekly papers in the state. In! the lead editorial in Wednesday's] Charlotte Observer, in which Editor! Harris discussed the Smart case here under title of "The Murder Law," he complimented The Courier and recognized our superior service by slaying, among other things: "The Forest City Courier evidenced metro politan enterprise in printing in full the charge to the jury." Not only Editor Harris, but hundreds of read ers have complimented The Courier on the biggest "scoop" ever put over in this county. The Smart case wasj one of the most interesting and im-| portant to come up in years and in giving the charge to the jury The Courier gave a complete history of the case. You can count on The Courier to keep abreast of the times —in disseminating the news as well as giving the city a representative newspaper. When conditions justify, we will give you a semi-weekly news paper, then a tri-weeklv and then a daily. ♦ # • Trade Day in Forest City next Monday. A page ad in this issue, by the business men of the city, gives you cordial welcome to come visit I us on that day, meet your friends, j do your trading and have a general j good time. And if you are looking for amusement, both our theatres have splendid shows for that day. Come. * * V We believe in giving credit where i due, and we wish to commend Police- I man Toney on his alertness in dis covering what would have been a ! most disastrous fire Tuesday night i but for his attention to duty. Being j on the job and wide awake, he dis-j | covered the first wisp of smoke is- j I suing from the rooms over Gray ( i Drug Co. and promptly turned in j the alarm and got on the job. Being) promptly notified, the firemen hadj little difficulty in controlling the. fire. | » *■ • The fire of Tuesday night brings j to mmd the thought that it would be advisable for all property own-, ers, especially the stores in center of ' the city, have a thorough fire in ' spection, giving especial attention to '.the rooms overhead. This little at tention might avert a most disas trous fire. j | Good Honey Crop Produced This Year A record honey crop was pi'o duced by beekeepers of North Car olina this year . Nectar-producing •'plants in all parts of the state yield ed abundantly and both profession al and amateur beekeepers report excellent harvests. "While we have tons of phoney | for home use and for sale this sea son, not every year is so favorable for beekeeping," warns C. L. Sams, i extension specialist in beekeeping jat State College, who asks growers to get their colonies in shape for j the coming winter. "The amount of honey we shall produce next season will depend on the condition in . which the colonies are left this fall. | It will not pay to harvest the honey ; too closely. Some food must be left > for brood rearing and for carrying 5 the bees through the winter. Suc -1 cess in honey production lies in 1 carrying the colonies through the j winter in a vigorous condition so i that they will be strong and thriv i ing with a large force of worker » bees and a healthy queen at the be ginning of the honey flow next ! spring."* Mr. Sams suggests that every col : ony owner examine his hives this I j fall. Brood rearing must be encour ■j aged before killing frost because II the older bees will die in winter and - j therefore will be of little further ■juse to the colony after this harvest. Anything that interferes with j brood rearing during September and October, will, result in .the col- J onies> entering the winter in poor condition. M ORSE HEADS HIGHWAY GROUP Greensboro, Sept. 8. —Dr. L. B. Morse of Chimney Rock was elected i temporary chairman of a highway | aS s'ociation which was organized here ! Tuesday. The highway, which will extend from Washington, D. C , to the Great Smokey Mountain Nation al park, will be named by a speciai committee appointed Tuesday, the members being R. E. L. Neil'of Salis bury, Charles M. Ketchum of Greens boro and Frank Pierson of Durham, j Originally Dr. Morse had refer ! red to the project as the Capitoi ■ Parkway but by decision of the group j in conference here the name will be i chosen by the special committee. Dr. Morse, the temporary chair man, was authorized to select nine directors of the new highway asso ciation, these to serve uptil the first annual meeting, which, it wasj agreed, will held in Salisbury next January. Directors and offi cers for the new year then will be chosen. Among the cities and towns rep resented were the following: Greens-j boro, Lexington, Salisbury, Chariot-j te, Gastonia, Shelby, Rutherfordton, j Chimney Rock, Durham, Burlington j and Kings Mountain. The group a-i dopted in tentative form a constitu tion and by-laws for the new asso-| ciation, which will be incorporated j under the laws of North Carolina.! The nine directors, to be chosen short-) ly, will name an executive commit tee. So far there has been no final determination as to the route to be followed between Washington and the Great Smokey Mountain Na tional park, although existing roads are to be utilized. It was indicated that provision should be made for a route permitting travelers to visit| five national parks, namely, Rapidan,; Shenandoah, Guilford Battleground, Kings Mountain and the Great Smokey Mountains. BAPTIST CHURCH HAS ACTIVE ADULT DEPT. The adult department of the First Baptist church of Forest City had the best attendance this summer in its history. The attendance was bet-j ter Sunday than the summer months, j The department had over one hun dred present last Sunday. Sixty five men were present in the Men's Bible Class. It is expecting one hun dred next Sunday. The men are go ing to invite the absentees to come back and get in harness. The fall is about here and it is time to get back in Sunday school, j Roy Blanton. the teacher of the Men's Bible Class was back on duty last Sunday. This accounts for a larger attendance in his class than usual. Roy is one of the outstanding teachers in North Carolina. Mrs. W. C. Bostic is the able teacher of the T. E. L. class. Mrs. Carl Huntley is an inspiration to the Yojung Matron's class. Th'cse two ladies are wonderful teachers and all the ladies that possibly can should hear them every Sunday. Mrs. A. H. McDaniel, known as \ Miss Alice to the membership of the Baptist church and Sunday school, is an assistant teacher in the T. E. L Class. Miss Alice was the teacher for this class for a number of year®;. Her presence is appreciated and it inspires thfe class to go forward, i Miss Alice is one of the most faith | ful workers of the church and Sun , day school. The following officers keep the j adult department humming: , J. W. Sanders is the very effi ! cient superintendent. He is assist !ed by C. Z. Flack. Wilkie Meares ! is the secretary and Mrs. J. V. Ware i and C. A. Petty direct the singing ! and Mrs. P. L. Marks is the pianist, j This team would make any kind of j organization move. I The Men's Bible Class has as its j president Mayor R. L. Reinhardt. . He is assisted by Hoyle Elliott. Dr. j Reinhardt and Mr. Elliott are re j sponsible in a large measure for the splendid attendance of .the clasLs. Watch the Men's Bible Class grow. R. R. Blanton is the teacher of the men's class. He is assisted by D. O. Brack'ett and J. D. Link. George D. • Horn is the efficient secretary and I is one of the hardest working men in i the Sunday school. The T. E. L. Class has as presi j dent, Mrs. C. D. Kirby; vice presi . dent, Mrs. P.. D. Harrill; secretary, I Mrs. 8., E. Hamrick; teacher, Mrs. t\V. C. Bostic; assistant teachers, j Mrs. A. H. McDaniel, and Mrs. J. J C. Scruggs. This team makes the T. [E. L. class hustle. The Young Matron's Class has as president. Mrs. V, T. Davis; vice president, Mrs. Jack Harrill and M?s. Wilkie Meares; secretary, Mrs. M. R. Early, Mrs. Huntley is assisted by Mrs. H. C. and W. F. Morris. This line up in the adult department and the different classes could not be beat by any . group of men and wo men anywhere. Just go over this list and you will see why the adult de partment is moving forward. The • splendid attendance this, sum mer was due in a large jaart to the splendid work of Mr. T. T. Long. He secured the best talent available as teacher while our teacher was on his vacation. PROCEEDINGS OF SUPERIOR COURT Number of Cases Disposed of WADE MATHENY PASSES During Past Week—Will » SUCCESSFUL BAR EXAM Adjourn This Week. » Rutherfordton, Sept. 9.—The fall term of Superior Court for the trial t of civil cases continues here, and will ( likely adjourn Friday. Judge" H.j Hoyle Sink is presiding. This week a series of cases against' the Carolina Mountain Power Com pany, F. G. Pierce and N. C. Harris,' receivers of same and the Duke Pow er Company have consumed most of the time. The plaintiffs sued for al-i leged damages to growing crops, 1 , caused by flooding their lands twe; years ago. A compromise judgment: was reached in each of the cases, and-it was ordered that the plaintiffs take nothing further by these ac-! tions, and that defendant pay costs i of actions. The defendant was Caro-1 lina Mountain Power Co., a corpoi'a- tion; F. G. Pierce and N. C. Harris,' receivers of Carolina Power Com-j. pany and Duke Power Company. The I plaintiffs were: G. D. Koon and A.| H. Haynes; Mrs. Mary E. Whitesides,, Frank Camp, G. H. Camp and Will Hamilton; Mrs. R. S. Twitty, E. H. Harris, J. W. Greenway, L. H. Mor-j row, L. B. Shehan and H. L. Davis;l J. R. Washburn, M. L. Wilkie, John) Scoggins and J. H. Davis; Mrs. Grady Jones, Adnah Norris and S. L. White- f sides; C. S. Williams; J. D. White-j sides; M. C. Thompson; C. H. Ruppe;; W. L. McFadden. Other cases disposed of since the j last issue of The Courier are: Larned & Co., vs. B. C. Horn,j Individually, and trading as Horn' Cash Store. Ordered that plaintiff recover of the defendant $223.50 and interest from May 25, 1929, and costs. Mrs. T„ M. Ifarrill vs. Federal Mortgage Co. Voluntary non-suit. Lonnie Bell Phillips, vs. Home Security Life Insurance Co., Non- Suit. Louise Driskill vs. Herman Dris- j ■ kill. Divorce granted. J. H. Burwell, guardian of Horace' L. Cordell vs. Commissioner of banks, i jex rel Rutherford County Bank & Trust Company and John D. Biggs,, Liquidating agent. Court finds that i defendant is indebted to plaintiff in! | sum of $7,618.41, but finds that fundi was not a special deposit to be kept j separate from the other funds and ; paid out only upon orders of the! court. Therefore ordered that the; plaintiff recover the sum of $7,618.41,1 but that said amount shall have no j priority over the other indebtedness j existing against said defendant. F .F. Black vs. C. L. Wagcnner! and wife. Mrs. C. L. Wagonner. trad-i ing as Greensboro Loan Co. Plain- \ tiff alleges defendant wrongfully: caused the plaintiff to be arrested orj detained without legal process. Jury i finds this not a fact, and judgmenti jjL. OUR BIG SPECIAL Men's SUITS inm S2O Values Only lw' S B BS !c- • You will have to see these i % / suits to realize the wonder- values we are offering. STEINSDEPT. STORE Forest City, N. C. Thursday, September 10, 1931 is that plaintiff recover nothing fcy this action, and that the plaintiff an ! his bondsmen be taxed with the co>\ Haynes Bank vs. L. Champion. Plaintiff recovers of defendant sum of $504.11 with interest from Au gust 10, 1929, on note executed by defendant. Defendant appeals t > Supreme Court. Hoyle Elliott vs. Belle Gttrys Duckett. G. W. Justice ordered to make survey of property lines in dis pute and report same back to next term of court. Nelson Smith vs. Lee Robbins an 1 Baxter Hopper. Plaintiff recovers of defendant $300.00 for alleged in juries sustained. . Floyd Jones vs. Frank Shields. Plaintiff recovers $125.00. G. R. McCurry vs. Jas. M. Rollins, assignee of C. D. Hicks and W. 0. Mcßorie, trustee. Non-suit. I Out of the 94 who successfully ! passed the State bar examination in : Raleigh on August 24, was Wade i Maheny, of Forest City. There were i 144 who took the examination, and ; over a third failed to pass. Chi*»f ! Justice Stacy gave the examination, I which was considered one t)f tho > most difficult given in some time, i Wade is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Matheny, of Forest City, h s father being manager of the Fores'. ( City Seed and Fertilizer Company, i Lawyer Matheny graduated from . Wake Forest college in 1928 with ,He was on the faculty of Central • honors in scholarship and debating. ' High school, Rutherfordton for two ! years. He resigned in June, 1930, ;to enter the law school at the Uni | versity of Norfh Carolina, where he : has studied continuously since. I Mr. Matheny, who is spending his | vacation at home, plans to return to I the University next week to take the ! third year law course and thereby obtain his law degree next June. His ■ many friends hope that he will then locate in Forest City to practice. { His brother, Woodrow, who at j tended the University of Alabama i last year, will also be a student at ' the University at Chapel Hill this session. i S ELLIS-THOMPSON. ' I Spindale, Sept. 8. —Mr. W. C. Ellis ! and Miss Mabel Thompson were mar | ried in Knoxville, Tenn., on Monday, i August 24. Immediately after ceremony the couple left for a week s trip through Tennessee and Ken tucky. They had intended keeping , the wedding a secret, but announced | it soon after their return here. Mr. Ellis is manager trie Ellis, , Cash & Morgan Grocery Company, i of this place. They will make their ! home here, i OPENS COTTON EXCHANGE. I - Mr. Morgan P. Bodie, one of the ! South's most expert cotton buyers, has opened a general cotton merchan ; dising business in offices next door j to McNeely & Co., Main street, this | city. Mr. J. L. Scruggs, of Charlotte, will be associated with Mr. Bodie in j the buying and selling of cotton, j Mr. Bodie recently resigned as i cotton buyer for the Henrietta Mills, j Beaver Mills and Martel Mills, after 1 a service of thirty years with the i corporation. He has been in this coun ! ty*three years and recently purchased j a handsome home in Forest City. Hi I is one of our finest citizens and hos's :of friends wish him success in hi; I new enterprise. ! SEE ±i. L. Kanipe for your auto j mobile work, welding, brr.zing, re -4 building and charging batteries
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