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Rutherford County Offers Unequalled Opportunities To Manufacturers and Others XIV —No. 13. VIEWS OF OUR NEWS By CHICAGOAN *>.icago, Dec. 29.—T0 each •?, very member of The Courier's f., fly of readers, A Happy New Year • ♦ m Y, Editor Alcock, whose efforts to e rve* bis community will continue v-M.'h 1932 with the same vigor ■: characterized them in the past: A. Happy New Year. May his de ;• inent subscribers shake with re when they realize their lack ( appreciation, and may the mer ,,.ls and other business men con linue to accord him the advertising -ob printing patronage that his , Km establishment deserves. + * * To The Courier's printers, to its reporters and to its printer's devil: A Happy New Year. May the printers n vc-i upset an "n" and the reporters ru'ver miss an important news item. S.". 1 careful as they may be, there'll be the devil to pay each Saturday night of 1932. As for the devil, may hi never ''pi" a form nor be late for his sweeping a single morning of the ru'\v year. * * » To the many good advertisers of past week's: A Happy New Year. You have served the people of your com munity well by keeping them inform ed of the trend of prices. You have helped establish the reputation of Forest City as a town in which busi r.v - men are ever alive to their op portunities and never lag in the steady march of progress. * » * To our good correspondents from the various localities, church and school news reporters and to our society editor: A Happy New Year. Your contributions are one of the main reasons why each issue of The Courier is so eagerly awaited. May your interesting reports continue and.may you find as much enjoyment nuking them as we do reading the paper after your letters are publish ed. » % • To Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Gold, who have moved from Cliffside to Alex ander: A Happy New Year. May you find congeniality and interest in your new surroundings and may your new neighbors ever remember 1932 as the New Year which brought to their midst new acquaintances that s'i n ripened into everlasting friend ships. ♦ » • To the young man who so recent ly took up residence with Mr. and Mrs. Perry Hardin of Golden Valley: A Happy New Year. Little boy, you will never know I made this wish, unless mayhap your parents clip this paragraph to remind you in later y ars that you were but a little babe on the New Year's day of 1932. » » * To Rudolpih and John Blanton and the other college students home for holiday vacations when the last Cour ier was printed: A Happy New Year. the remaining months of the P 1 ■ sf nt school year bring you honors and knowledge but most of all, may a realization of the fact that v n your present course is ended, \ . hall have only prepared yourself for the lessons to be learned as you I 'eed year by year through the College of Life. » » * Holiday cheer was present in the A Brandle home in Providence last -day when it held as guests Mr. M Airs. S. E. Harrill. Happy was the day f the gathering and happy were • wishes expressed by hosts and £ • ts. at the reluctant leave tak iJi?. The greetings are wafted to me l>y !he Courier. In echo, I return ■ i". A Happy New Year! * * * because the rest of The Courier be devoted to other things more ! t'tant than my ramblings, I must no more for this week, but be ':i I lay aside the paper, let me ' -h that the countless others whom ' have come to know through this 1 ]> r have just as Happy a New t; .r as those whose names I have mentioned. ! — Mr. Wesley Williams, of Georgia ! et-h, Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Mar ft Williams, of Greensboro col- Greensboro, spent the holidays 'o with their parents, Rev. and ! J, W. Williams. FOREST CITY COURIER FOREST CITY ONE OF THE TEN BEST PLANNED AND MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN THE U. S. A." U. S. DEPARTMENT'. SURVEY. SAVING MONEY ON COSTLY DIRECT MAILING Rutherford county store own ers will be interetsed in the fact that a great New York establish- j ment controlled by John S. Burke in November and Decern- , ber, 1931, passed the 1930 rec ord in number of sales and gross receipts. Mr. Burke states that improv- j ed conditions, in spite of depres- | sion, are attributed largely to j aggressive -newspaper advertis- i ; ing. Mr. Burke says that hereaf- I . ter he will save money spent on , costly circulars, and other store literature distributed through the j | mails, and add the amount sav j ed—hundreds of thousands a year—to productive advertising 1 in newspapers. Here is an authentic "check up" by one of the country's most successful merchants, who has proved to his own satisfaction that newspaper advertising is j the best, and cheapest method to • be used in successful merchari dising. Your advertising in The Cour • ier goes directly into the homes of the prospective buyers of Rutherford county, where it is a welcome visitor, and never cast j aside without a glance. The wide-awake merchant knows it is the cheapest and best method ' of advertising. Our local rate is j .rnly 25s per inch. And we know numbers of newspapers in the I state, with only half the circula i tion of The Courier, who get' j 35c and 40c per inch. Ponder these facts before making up your 1932 advertising budget. I • — , OAK GROVE NEWS; i_ —: 1 - Ellenboro, R-2, Dec. 29. —A Christ mas program and tree was given at , Oak Grove Wednesday night. The ! following program was given. Songs "Silent Night" by choir and "Holy, Holy, Holy" by congregation, Scrip ture reading, Edith Biggerstaff, prayer Mr. A. G. Randall, welcome, Edith Biggerstaff. "The Christmas Candles" by four girls, "W r hat it takes to make Christmas," a number of children, "Light of the world," Dorothy Carter and Ruby Wilson, "The Star of Bethlehem" by eight girls and a sacred play "Christmas Hearts are Humble" was given last, after which the gifts were taken from the tree. Rev. J. N. Snow made a short talk and pronounced the bene diction. Next Sunday is regular preaching day at Oak Grove, Everybody come. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Magness and children, Earnest Jr., and Sara Mar tha, of Marion, spent the week end at Mr. C. O. Magness'. Miss Kathryn Randall spent Sun day with Miss Ollierea Randall. Mrs. Iva Biggerstaff and Messrs Nollie and Dwight and Misses Edith and Hazel Biggerstaff spent Sunday, at Mr. Cleat Hardin's near Gilkey. ; Misses Reba Hamrick, Kathryn and Ollieree Randall and Mozelle Jolly and Messrs Jack Jolley and Ewert Burns visited Miss Etta and Mr. Roy Blanton, Sunday afternoon Miss Edith Biggerstaff spent Fri day night with Miss Maebeth Scruggs; near Cliffside. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hawkins and daughter, Marjorie and Mr. and Mrs.j Joe Hawkins and little daughter, Ber-, nice, of Avondale, were visitors at Mr. M. E. Hawkins, Christmas. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Claude El- ( more, Dec. 25, a son. 1 | Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Tate and i Messrs Clarence and Odell Tate are visiting relatives in Maiden, Belmont and Cherryville. Mrs. Mary Blanton, Misses. Etta Blanton and Ila Hamrick and Roy Blanton and Maynard Hamrick were visitors at Mrs. J. M. Randall s, Sat urday night. Mrs. Connie Duncan of Spruce Pine, Mr. Claude Jolley and family of Polk county and Mr. and Mrs. ( i Franklin Warlick' and little daughter j Doris, of Fallston, were visitors at Mr. W. A. Jolley's, Sunday. Misses Ettie Bailey and Susan | Biggerstaff spent S.unday with Miss Eugenia "Randall. Mrs. J. M. Randall and Misses PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST'OF FOREST CITY AND RUTHERFORD COUNTY FOREST CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1931. Change Poultry School Dates A change in dates from January j5, 6, 7 and 8, to January 26, 27, j 28 and 29 in our county-wide poul-' ! try school to be held in Forest City ! ! has been made. Dr. Kaupp suggested j this change so as to give more an i opportunity to attend and to allow j him to finsh up some work started. | in Florida. This school will be absolutely I free and all are urged to attend, especially those interested in poul i try. Don't forget the dates have been , changed from January 5, 6, 7 and 8 to January 26, 27, 28 and 29, 1932. PLAN REVIVAL OF MONAZITE MINING 1 j Company Opening Mining Vil- 1 lage Near Bostic—Begin Operations Soon. I Rutherfordton, Dec. 28.—The mona zite industry is now underway. Frank R. Porter of the Porter Placer Min ing company of Los Angeles, Cali fornia, has been in this county some time working on the project. He has headquarters here at the Isothermal hotel, though the plant will be located near Bostic. J. T. McGregor, secre tary of the local chamber of com- T merce and manager of the hotel, who , has been interested in the mining industry for some time, was instru-, mental in securing the industry for this county. ' Mr. Porter has had 35 years' ex- j perience in the mining business. He j plans to erect a large and modern ; monazite plant on Broad river near * , Bostic at the junction of the Sea | board and Clinchfield railroads. Mr.; Porter has contracted with B. Bryan Harrill of Forest City for five acres ( ; of land at the site. There will be a j • good highway, two railroads, tele- j ! phone and electric lights accessible j | for the plant. Mr. Porter plans to j I have the plant in operation not later . .than April Ist. The plant will pay j the farmers $25 per ton for mona- j ' zite sands to start with. ; i l j Basketball Game Thursday Night j \ . ; I ! The all sta*s, that is the star high I school graduates and other players! that have represented the high school; in former years, will play the high school team. This will be one of the ; best games and the last one of the old year. The admission for this game ; • will be men, 15c, women and school | children, 10c. I I I After the holidays the admission j price for the high school games will |be ten cents for women and stu dents and twenty-five cents for men. ( I The men usually have to pay the : admission for the wives and children, i | 1 For this reason most of the men will ! feel the effects of the low admission fees. It is regretted that it is neces- ' i sary to change the admission price, j The proceeds of the game Thurs-, day night of this week will be used to buy new uniforms for the high school team. The old uniforms are 1 about worn out. The fans want to see the local team dressed in good uni- ! forms. See a good game and help make your team look better. j i Ollieree Randall and Evelyn Grayson spent Friday at Mr. C. B. Harrill's. I I Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Kennedy visit-! | ed at Mr. Webb Kennedy's near For-' est City, Friday. I The Epworth League met Sunday night and elected new officers for i the coming year. Mrs. Connie Jolley | Duncan of Spruce Pine made a talk which was enjoyed. The worth Leagues closed a contest Sun- j day night Groups one, two, three and four have been in a contest for j attendance, collection and Bible reading two and four won. Mr. W. T. Harrill's, Mr. T. A. Big gerstaff, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harrill j and Mr. Coren Bailey and family were visitors at Mr. H. . Harrill s Friday. j Mr. Forest Matheney and family and Mr. Miller Martin and family j spent Friday at Mr. A. B. Bailey's, j | Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Harrill and ' children Billy and Rebecca of Hen- j rietta, were visitors at Mr. C. B. Harrill's, Saturday. • i SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING JAN. 3 i Sandy Run Sunday School As sociation to Convene With Alexander Church. *• ~~ • The Sandy Run Baptist Sunday' School Association will meet in the 1 t Alexander Baptist church Sunday af- 1 ternoon, January 3rd, at 2:30 o'clock. j All Sunday school workers and oth ers are urged to attend and -start the New Year right. The following program will be given: 2:30-2:45 Songs: Devotion, Rev. j C. C. Matheny, Alexander Baptist i church; Special music, Spindale quar- 1 tet. 2:45-2:50 Meaning of Church con trol: Supt. Vance Price, Mt. Plea sant, (R). 2:50-3:00 Discussion of enrollment, Supt. G. C. Harrill, Caroleen. 3:00-3:10 Advantages of grading, '; Mrs. Chas. Ford, Forest City First, j 3:10-3:20 Use of Baptist Litera ture, Supt. G. M. Cole, Holly Springs. 3:20-3:30 Meaning of Bibles used, Supt. T. J. Bagwell, Henrietta. 3:30-4 :JO Checking reports, an- j nouncements, counting delegates! present, adjournment. The last meeting was most encourg ing. The weather was very bad, yet j 20 Sunday schools sent representa-; tives. There were 55 officers and j teachers present. Reports were sent in from 25 Sunday schools. If your school did not send a report last month, join this 25 and let's make it at least 35 this month. I read out the list of those sending reports this ; month. Fill out these reports im mediately after the fourth Sunday so that we may fill out chart and give your school full credit before the meeting on. the First Sunday af ternoon. FLUkENCE MILL NEWS I *' ' Prayer meeting- Saturday evening j at 7 o'clock at the home of Mr. Clar | ence James, with Mr. M. L. Lynch j in charge. j Mr. N. B. Reid will preach at the Florence church Thursday evening at 7:15 o'clock. Mrs. Joan Toney spent Christmas j at Mr. Howard Whisnants. J Mr. and Mrs. Frank Toney spent j the Christmas holidays in the Sun -1 shine community visiting relatives. | Mr. and Mrs. Laxton Harden, of | Newton, are spending a few days ! here with his mother, Mrs. Horace Harden. — j Miss Mary Johnson and Mr. Alonzo j Putman were visitors in Shelby, I Sunday. j At the morning service at the • Florence Bapitst Sunday, Supt. J. W. ( Webb presented 18 pins to those i who attended every Sunday in year | "31". Mr." and Mrs. S. S. Doggett and | children are spending a few days at the home of Mrs. Doggett's father, j Mr. J. A. Mode. Mr. J. W. Towery and family were . visitors in Ellenboro Sunday at Mrs. Towery's mother, Mrs. Sallie Dob bins. Miss Ruth Towery is spending the Christmas holidays at Mr. Rufus i Towery's in Sunshine. Mr. and Mrs. Will Fant and children j' of Valley Falls spent the Christmas I holidays here at the home of Mr. Charlie Green. Mr. C. R. Hudlow and family spent Christmas at home of his parents, Mr. A. C. Hudlow. i Miss Pauline Erwin, of Charlotte Sanitorium, is spending the Christ mas holidays at home. Miss Mary Padgett, of Pacolett,, S. C., spent Christmas at Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hudlows. j Messrs Roand Padgett and Eddie Padgett and two (laughters Mary and Bessie, Miss Minnie Bright of Paco let, S. C., were the dinner guests of j Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hudlow- Christ- j mas day. Among who attended the pound party at Mrs. Roland Smith's Saturday night were, Misses Carrie, ■ Pearl and Nellie Burgan, Edna Er win, Emma Crawley ,Janine, Pau-. line and Moree Hudlow and their: house guest, Miss Mary Padgett. Messrs Earnest Coffey and Everett Toney. I Mrs. Broadus Crawley and chil dren are spending this week with her » f Cliffside Mill * I Gets Tax Refund I v ' j Washington, Dec. 28.—Tax re j funds aggregating several hundred thousands dollars were granted North Carolina taxpayers last year by the federal government, the bureau of ( j internal revenue revealed yesterday : in a voluminous report filed with j I the house committee on expendi- j tures in the executive departments, j ; Among those receiving tax re funds up to or more than $1,000: were: Eastside Manufacturing company, Shelby, $1,743.65; | side Mills, Cliffside, $12,998.84. M BUSY DAYS FOR !i OFFICER EDWARDS 1 i. County Traffic Office* Makes Number of Arrests on High- 1 ways During Holidays. ! I, j Traffic officer Garrett Edwards 1 made a very thrilling ride Jast Wed- 1 nesday, which- resulted in the cap- i 1 ture of two-men and five gallons of whiskey. Officer Edwards chased the , automobile twenty-two . miles over a slippery, wet dirt road"%efore cap- ! turing the men. He first noticed the ; car near Rutherfordton, and gave : chase which carried him out Route ! No. 181 via -Indian Lake, through | McDowell county and finally over | taking them in Burke county. The entire ride was made at a great dis • advantage to Mr. Edwards, as his. motorcycle threatened every second ,to skid on the slippery mud road. | The men were brought to Ruther— | fordton and lodged in jail to await a hearing in Recorder's court, i On the day before Mr. Edwards ' arrested t* T o men in an automobile • j near Spindale, and took fcavo gallons |of liquor. He also captured an au ! tomobile, one man * and one-half I ! gallon of Knfuor on Route 19, between ! Rutherfordton and Columbus, and on j Wednesday arrested another man : between Forest City and Rutherford ■ i ton, who had some whiskey in the t car. On Christmas Eve Mr. Edwards f II took an automobile in Colfax town ; ship. The driver was arrested. Some , | liquor was found in the car, but most, i. of it had been broken in the chase. Mr. Edwards made a number of ;, other arrests (furing the holidays, - 1 most of the parties being charged ! with operating vehicles while under : ( the influence of whiskey. Several 5 drunks were also arrested by him. ! • j —• —' ! tHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT ) FLOYD'S CREEK SCHOOL I , Forest City, R-l, Dec. 28.—A i i large crowd attended the Christmas . program, which was given at the ? Floyd's Creek school, on last Wed f nesday evening. The program con j sisting of songs, dialogues, short 1 plays and recitations, was well giv - S en and enjoyed by the people. , ! At the close of the program, Santa : Claus delivered to each child in school I - { - , a present from the large Christmas ' t ■ tree, which was beautifully decorat •Jed and weighed down with presents. I Miss Georgia Wells, the assistant I teacher, presented a number of > to those who have been neither ab • sent nor tardy since school opened. The presents and gifts gave the chil dren much joy and made Christmas seem real to them. } At the close of the evening ex ercise, the principal, M. L. Johnson ] gave to each pupil a treat. 1 I The evening was well spent bring-; ing to the children joy and to the old- ] er ones, memories of the past. , I ' - 2 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baldwin had as their guests for the holidays, the lat ter's mother and sister, Mrs. Aba B. Taylor and Miss Flora Taylor, of, Greensboro and Mr. Sidney Glinn,! of Goldsboro. Master Edward Marks, of Burling ton, arrived at Forest City, R-3, to i spend the holidays with his grandpar- j ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Baber. ! ______——— —— ———! sister, Mrs. Bronson Bennick's at Cliffside. ' i Mr. and Mrs. Willie Goode and . children spent Christmas at Mr. Wal- ter Downey's at Alexander. j | Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wilkins and children are spending this week with ] Mr. Wilkins parents, near Harrlss. j 16 Pages / * * • 96 COLUMNS SI.OO Per Year in Advance COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT AIDS MANY CHRISTMAS Co-operation of Clubs and So cieties Over County Brought Happiness and Cheer to Many Children. Rutherfordton, Dec. 28.—The coun ty department of Public Welfare ex tends thanks and appreciation for the'kind interest shown and helpful donations given at Christmas time by citizens and clubs, Sunday school classes and various organizations of the county. Christmas was a "happy event to many poor and neglected children. There were as many as 300 little girls hugging dollies and 300 little boys happily blowing horns, eating candies, nuts and fruits who would have been sorrowfully neglected had it not been for the kind-heartedness and generous gifts from the public. The County Welfare Departments received checks and cash gifts from •many which bought shoes and com fortable clothing for sick and un fortunate grown-ups as well as chil dren and there were helpful dona tions of foods and second-hand cloth ing sent, all of which contributed largely toward making comfort, peace and happiness for the needy and those who would have been forced to have gone without. The Rutherfordton firemen gave Christmas trees at which about 160 children of Rutherfordton, Ruth and Spindale received generous treats. Bright colored mesh stockings, bag ging by weighted gifts, were distri buted at this gala occasion by Old Santy himself, at the City Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Little children of disappointed .parents, some or-% phaned and many with skk fathets and motliera, came Tvith bright, bensu' ing smiles, clean faces and hands; at lot of them dressed neatly in checked Spindale ginghams, made by students of sewing classes of High schools in the county. Spectators at tending the festivity happily observ ed expressions of delight as names were called and small girls hugged pretty new dolls and boys puffed out round cheek as they blew bright horns. The children thrilled over fresh juicy oranges and apples as much as at candies and nuts and the occasion was a joyful success. 1 ., _ ' ChurJren Ifl I'eniote sections of the^ ' county received colored mesh stock ings which had been filled by volun teers and these were distributed by ! various committees of clubs and in terested and dependable citizens. Ac tive welfare community clubs were liberal and worked diligently to seer that no child failed to receive gifts at ClifFside, Caroleen, Henrietta, Avondale, Lake Lure and other well : organized towns of the county. The ; Forest City Family Welfare Asso ciation took cal'e of numberless poor and made happy hearts and comfort able appetites. j Many unfortunate families were listed and locations described by the Welfare Departments which the Ki wanis clubs of the county "pounded" with palatable foods; many hungry and disappointed hearts sat at Christ mas dinner experiencing delight of having big fat hens, cakes and good things which wfere furnished by mem bers of clubs—men who have big hearts that reach out to his less for tunate brother. Depression is considered a curse but proof is given at this holiday season that generosity still holds reign and that he who sacrifices reaps the raptuous joys of giving in a far greater degree than does the man with the full purse. PIEDMONT COUNCIL MEETS 12 The annual meeting of the. Pied mont Council, Boy Scouts of Amer ica will be held at the Masonic Temple, Gastonia, Tuesday night, Jan. 12th. " The Silver Beaver aw-,, ard has been conferred upon four members of the Council and will be awarded at this time. Those re ceiving the award will be: Presi dent, J. W. Atkins and Fred L. Smyre, of Gastonia; Rev. W. J. Roach, of Lowell and Dr. Allen J. Jervey, of Try on.