December 17, 1931.
IH £. FOSTER DIES . i
AT SPARTANBURG;
•
father of County Court Judge
Expires After Short J
Illness. t
j
;anburg, Dec. 14. R. E. Fost-'
or - father of County Court Judge
Mj;;. C. Foster, died Saturday af
teni.on at his residence, 308 St.
j o j,, -treet, after an illness of two
Vie j, Mr. Foster was well known'
in  , rt mburg as a real estate auc
tion- and he conducted court sales
j ierc -?r about 30 years.
p■ ral services were conducted
a: ]• yd's Mortuary at 3 o'clock
g un r. afternoon by Dr. W. L.'
Bali, pastor of the First Baptist
church, of which Mr. Foster was a
nlt n: or, assisted by Dr. J. L. Vip-
I per: .n, pastor of the Southside
I Bap -t church. Interment was in
Xaz..reth church cemetery.
Pispite his advanced age, Mr.
Foster was known about Spartan
burg for his happy and genial dis
posii n. His health began to faiU,
several months ago but he did notj
lose r.'> good spirits. He had been
confined to his home for two weeks
when his death came Saturday.
Robert Edward Foster was born in
the northern section of Spartan-'
bur* county, Sept. 8, 1858. He made'
his hene in Spartanburg since 1894.;
H~ survived by a daughter, Miss
Ira of Spartanburg, and by
one . Judge Foster. He left
three brothers, Landrum Foster,
Cagri Foster and Pinckney Foster, j
all c: Spartanburg County, and a
sister Mrs. D. E. Skinner, of Wood-
I ruff.
Members of the Men's Bible Class
I of :r- First Baptist church acted
as r. norary Ijpallbearetrs, beihg |
asked to take part in the services j
only at the mortuary.
A." ve pallbearers were Leßoy
Moore. J. J. Burnett, Sr., Moss P.
Have-. H. B. Carlisle. Sr., Walter
West and I. T. Williams. ]
Mr. Foster was well knowii in | 
Fore.4 City, where he frequently ;
conducted auction sales oi real es
tate. -■ ■>. *> ~. ..
| SEE rt. L. Kanipe for your auto-1.
mobile work, welding, brazing, re- j
building and charging batteries. |
g-- -
I Say: "Merry Christmas! , '
j with
! FLOWERS
| Make a splendid showing this Christ
♦ mas with the only inexpensive gift that is
♦ also luxuriant.
j Our wonderful assortment of fresh cut
1 flowers represent the acme of beauty and
value.
♦
Beautiful pot flowers in
| CYCLAMEN,
♦ BEGONIAS,
I POINSETT AS.
| Also Beautiful Cemetery Wreaths.
♦ No gift is more inspiring or thoughtful
J than a gift of flowers.
I Call in and see our
♦ Floral offerings, or
! Phone 103
\ THE WAKEFIELD
! FLOWER SHOP
I MRS. J. W. McKINNEY
♦ With City Dry Cleaning Co., F orest City
\ Two Doors From Postoffice.
♦
j Star Mail Route
May Be Changed
i
j Rutherfordton, Dec. 14. C. F
. Hunneycutt, of Greensboro, chiei
> railway mail clerk, was here Friday
! looking into the advisability ol
J changing the star route from here
to Shelby, which now leaves at 2
P. M., to leave around 8:30 A. M.,
and go direct to Kings Mountain
and connect with Southern train
No. 46 which passes there at 11:17
A. M. All olfices between here and
Kings Mountain would be served
as they are now. This would give
Rutherfordton and Rutherford coun
ty an early outgoing eastbound
morning mail.
SEES DEMOCRAT
VICTORY IN N. C.
State Will Be Safely Back i n
Fold in 1932, Shuping Tells
Committee.
r
Washington, Dec. 14.—Attending a
meeting here of democratic victory
fund chairmen, C. L. Shuping of
Greensboro, representing North Car-
I olina, told national officials of the
party Saturday that the Tar Heel
state will be found in the presiden
tial elections of next year.
Chairman SJiuping declared the
current victory fund drive would
cement the party in North Carolina
and encourage the rank' and file of
democrats to wage a militant cam
paign. The state, he said, would
raise its allotted share of the funds
by enlisting the active support of
its 400,000 democratic voters. Coun
ty, district, and precinct fund organ
izations will be perfected, he as
serted.
Found guilty on a charge of swind
ling $1 from an unemployed man by
promising him a job, Martin Waldoch
of Buffalo, was sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary.
At Bangor, Me., a deer leaped
through a screen door at the home
of J. J. Martin and upset furniture
in three rooms before being driven
from the house.
THE FOREST CITY (N. C.) COIIRIPW
1 1 NEW OFFICERS OF
,j BAPTIST CHURCH
f j '
V j Total of Sixty-Two Officials
f j and Committeemen Selected
e | at Sunday's Service.
a |
, j Officers for the coming year were
elected at the First Baptist church
i Sunday morning. This is one of the
J largest Baptist churches in this sec
. tion and including the various com
* mittee members, there is a total of
x sixty-two officials constituting ;the
3 ; church organization. Dr. W. A. Ayers
■, is pastor of the church, now serving
1 .in his ninth year.
Officers and committees elected
follow:
Organist, Mrs. Arval Alcock; choir
'director, Mrs. A. M. Glickman.
| Church clerk, J. Worth Morgan;
, treasurer, Elmer Hollifield; finan
cial secretary, Mrs. C. A. Ford .
| Finance committee, Dr. W. C. Bos
l tic, Sr., chairman, T. R. Padgett,
and R. R. Slanton, G. D. Horn, T. T.
| Long.
| Property custodians, Dr. W. C.
j Bostic, Sr., A. B. Flack,
j Committee on Baptism: Mrs. B. E.
Hamrick, B. E. Hamrick.
_! Morning offering committeee, P.
i N. Long.
1' Music committee: Mrs. A. M.
. Glickman, Mrs. Arval Alcock, Dr.
jw. L. Stallings, Mrs. J. V. Ware,
i! Pulpit supply: T. T. Long, A. B.
1 Flack, Dr. W. C. Bostic, Sr.
t| The Lord's Supper: Mrs. J. B.
- Meares.
i
"j Committee on poor! Mayes C.
'! Flack, D. O. Brackett, Mrs. B. B.
5 : Doggett, Mrs. P. D. Harrill.
! i
'! Sexton: J. B. Meares.
~j B. Y. P. U. Work: Charles ,Z
_ I Flack, E. L. Robertson, Mrs. C. A.
| Ford.
Ushers: Mayes C. Flack, I chief;
. j LoDan Kanipe, Arval Alcock, Roy
r Freeman, Hoyle Griffin, Guy Vess,
[! Willjam Sanders, Ernest Harrill,
► Lynch Mcßrayer, R. H. Ayers.
Committee on repairs: J. B. Meares
D. O. Brackett, Frank Smith.
Committee on publicity: Arval Al
* cock, Mrs. C. A. Ford, Charles Z.
! Flack.
Deacons: three year term, C. G.
Hill, P. N. Long, J. D. Link, W. C.
Grayson, W. B. Moore was elected
honorary deacon for life or during
► membersip in the First Baptist church
► He is the second honorary deacon
► elected. The other is Mr. Robert Cal
► lahan, venerable Confederate veteran.
►
►
I CENTRAL HIGH PLAYS
[ LATTIMORE FRIDAY NIGHT
► Rutherfordton, Dec. 14.—The Hill
y toppers of Central High school open
\ their basketball season with Latti
£ more Friday night. The game will be
► played at Central High school at
► eight o'clock. Casey Morris will bring
I his Shelby basketeers up for a double
* header next Tuesday night.
► The Hilltoppers will be somewhat
£ hard put to meet two such strong
► teams so early in the season. The
t boys have been practicing for the
y past ten days and will be in reason
► ably good shape to give a creditable
► account of themselves. In the prac
► tice sessions so far the work of
y Henry Hodge and Worth Callahan
y has been encouraging. Neither of
► these two are lettermen and if their
► good work continues t they will ably
5 fill the gap left by the departure of
\ several of last year's regulars.
In addition to the two teams men
► tioned above the schedule includes
! such teams as Glenwood, Henderson
[ ville, Forest City, Christ School, Kings
[ Mountain, Cliffside, Morganton and
► Wofford Freshmen.
►
I "Buy Carolina Made"
J Goods This Year
►
► In furtherance of its efforts to
► acquaint the people with and to en
* courage the use of North Carolina-,
y made goods by North Carolinians,
► the State Department of Conserva
► tion and Development has been dis
y tributing to merchants of the State
[ specially prepared lists of "North
► Carolina-made articles for the Holi
t days!" The list includes wearing ap
t parel and accessories, things for the
home, toys, books, and other articles
► designed to bring pleasure to their
► users.
t A statement accompanying the list
[ points out that Christmas shoppers
►: are going to be buying useful things
t! this year and that "North Carolina
l' made goods, being largely of this
[ type, will make a strong appeal to
► the buyer. All the home-made goods
I bought by our home merchants will
t ! give manufacturing plants additional
A Rock in a Weary Land
By BRUCE BARTON
WHEN I was fifteen years old my
father took me into his study
and gave me a talk about life
insurance. He was a preacher, with a
large family and a small salary.
"Paying my premiums has kept me
poor, and often in debt," he said, "but
T am well rewarded. I can lie down and
sleep soundly at night."
In order to bring the lesson home, he
applied for S3OOO of life insurance on
the twenty payment plan for me, say
ing that he would carry it until I had
graduated from, college and I could
go on with it from there.
Twenty years seemed longer at that
time than a hundred years seem now.
I wondered if I would ever live to the
ripe old age of thirty-five, when the
policies would be paid in full.
*
Well, I have lived that long, and
these policies, and some others, are all
paid up. Father himself lived long and,
having educated his children and seen
them all started, he cashed in his in
surance and was comfortable in his old
age. . i,.
Remembering this lesson, I have
signed my checks for premiums very
cheerfully, but never with so much sat
isfaction as during the past two years.
In a period when almost everything
one owns is tumbling it is great to
know that one investment, at least, is
just as good as it promised to be. Noth-
1
i
What would be a more appropriate Christmas Gift or a New
Year's Beginning than to start an Insurance Program for 1932.
We are prepared to give you complete Insurance Service.
CHAS. Z. FLACK
**
Life Companies: ... Fire:
Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurance Co.
The Travelers. American Equitable Assurance Company,
Casualty and Security: United States Fire Insurance Co.
The Travelers Indemnity, The Citizens Insurance Co., of N. J.
The National Security, The Home Insurance Co., (Farm)
Union Indemnity. Transportation.
Office: Union Trust Company Building. Third Floor. Rooms 306-307
FOREST CITY, N. C. PHONE 40
working time, create more wages and
more buying power. This will give
; everybody a more cheerful outlook
and serve to loosen up the purse
strings all the more."
In releasing the statement Director
Harelson stated that it was the hope
of his Department that merchants
would secure ample stocks of North
Carolina-made goods if they did not
alredy have the mon their shelves,
and that they would give prominence
to them in their show windows, on
their specialty counters, and in their
advertising, and that their origin of
goods would be plainly indicated by
appropriate show cards and tags.
"North Carolinians, then should make;
it a point to buy as many of these
home-made things as possible both
for the use of themselves and family
and for gifts to friends within and
[ without the State, and I believe that
our people will take pride in doing
• I
I this if the goods are called to their
j attention," continued the Director.i
i "Money spent for things made in .
I North Carolina keeps factory wheels ■
• turning, it pays more wages and J
! thereby creates more purchasing pow- ]
• er. This keeps retail activity brisk.'
tin fact, it helps all business, manu-j
,facturing, wholesale and retail. More--
; over, neither the retailer nor the cus- :
| tomer sacrifices quality, style or any
thing else in buying things made ■
here in the State. Our furniture I
i hosiery, silk, cotton, rayon, garment j
I and other factories make as good I
jor better products than do the fac-'
' tories of other States, and certainly
| the money we send out of the State
doesn't stimulate any more business
'ere at home."
ing has happened to any of the big
insurance companies, and nothing will.
I was reminded of this the other day
when I attended a convention of in
surance salesmen. They were full of
human interest stories.
Said one: "A business man walked
into my office and asked for an ap
plication blank. He said that two years
ago he was worth $200,000, and
thought that he and his family were
safe from financial worries forever.
Now the $200,000 is less than $50,000.
His only hope of independence is
through systematic saving as represent
ed by payments of life insurance pre
miums."
Another told of a man who asked:
"I am thirty-five and have to start all
over again. What kind of a policy can
you offer me that will insure me a com
petence at sixty?"
We were all carried off our feet by
the new theory of investments in 1929.
Bonds and insurance were out of date.
Common stocks were the one sure way
to fortune.
Now the pendulum has swung back.
The old-fashioned ideas are in style
again. It is a time when insurance com
panies ought to double their adver
tising, and insurance Salesmen their
efforts.
When we were prosperous we some
times regarded these salesmen as a
nuisance. Today their wares are "as
rivers of water in a dry place; as the
shadow of a rock in a weary land."
w. C. T. U. ORGANIZES
RUTHERFORDTON UNIT
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j Rutherfordton, Dec. 14.—Mrs. Lera
Gilreath, national Women's Christian
, Temperance union evangelist of Char
lotte, addressed a large gathering at
the Presbyterian church here Sunday
'afternoon and organized the Ruth
t erfordton chapter of the W. C. T. U.
with the following orfices: president,
; Miss Willard Powers; vice presi
dent, Mrs. J. Harvey Carpenter;
! secretary, Mrs. J. B. Miller; treas
jurer, Mrs. E. B. Jenkins. A num
| ber of women joined the organiza
■ tion, which has for its major pur
' pose the promotion of (temper
ance.
WANTED— World war covers. Rea
sonable prices paid. Ted Alcock.