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
cf March 3, 1879. 
C. E. ALCOCK- Editor and Owner
CLARENCE GRIFFIN—News Editor
MRS. C. E. ALCOCK-Society Editor
ARVAL ,ALCOCK Asst. Manager
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THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1931. j
THE CRIME OF WAR.
As the flag-draped casket of Roy
Nanney passed from the church Sun
day an appropriate remark was made
that "the World War isn't over yet."
A fine young man, in the bloom and
vigor of youth, prepared by long
schooling to take a prominent place !
in society and commercial crafts, and,
with the best of life yet to be, is
blasted down. His example is only
one of a million over the nation to
day. Two generations yet face -the
effect of the European turmoil. Shall
the occurrence be repeated again?
Shall those we are so tenderly nurs
ing today, guiding their tiny foot- j
steps; watchfully guarding against j
the ills of childhood; and in whom j
«)ur entire life is centered —whose i
future we are contemplating with j
such infinite care—shall these face |
the withering blast of the hellish j
inventions of war? Must these ,in 1
the. future, be torn from the family,
firesides, rigged up in a uniform and (
sent to blow the soul from the bodies !
of some stranger whom they do not i
know—with whom they have no quar
rel—all because their governors have
fallen out? God forbid, and
hasten the day when the j
ancient prophecy shall be realiz- j
ed, and the world will, in truth, turn ;
their death dealing instruments into j
plow shares and pruning hooks, and
the nations shall not learn war any
more!
AND HE CAME j
BACK HOME. j
Twenty-five years ago a young'
minister preached his first sermon'
at Mt. Pleasant, church this county. l
He was a young man with much •
promise in the profession to which!
lie had been called in life. Soon j
thereafter he entered the ministry!
in the State named for the Father j
of Waters, or as the negroes along j
the levees call it "Ole Man River."
A native of Rutherford county he I
had been baptized by Rev. A. C. Ir-;
vin, "Uncle Abe," and during the
years in Mississippi the desire re-1
mained in his heart to return home j
—to his native State and to his na- i
tive section. j
A number of years later he came
Lack to North Carolina, the eastern ,
section. And as other years passed j
lie came back within a short motor;
drive of the community in which'
"he had lived as a boy, the commu- ;
nity in which he had started out in '
life as a young business man only j
to leave the business field for the j
ministry. He came back with sev-;
eral ambitions for his native section. I
One was the building of an outstand-!
ing Baptist chnrch This he has ac
complished and he is now pastor of
the church, one of the largest Ban-'
tist churches in North Carolina. Ar.-i
other goal was the building up of
a church school for young men and
women who might not be fortunate
enough to attend other schools and
colleges. He has succeeded to a cer
tain extent in this undertaking and ,
is still working, never satisfied.
Yesterday he drove back to the!
little church, Mt. Pleasant, where
he first .preached and preached once
more to celebrate his 25th year in
the service of his Master and in for
warding his Master's Kingdom.
Congratulations—to Dr. Zeno
Wall, native Rutherford boy, now
pastor of Shelby's First Baptist
church and president of Boiling
Springs junio!r college!— Cleveland
Star.
The mothers of the boys and girls
who are members of the Cool Springs
band are asked to meet at the school
auditorium at 7:30 Thursday night,
at which time a Band Mothers' as
sociation will be formed, which will
make arrangements for the concert.
THE RETURN OF PROSPERITY
First Pay Debts: Thus says Roger
" Babson, noted financial writer in a
recent article. "Thus far there has
. | apparently been little desire by the
public to pay its debts as evidenc?d
31 by the many bank failures. This
9 j means that the first practical step
j toward bringing back prosperity is
-ito change the hearts, purposes and
r j ideals of the people. The moral fibres
pi of the people must be strengthened,
r! The conscience of the masses must
r i be awakened. Men and women must
- again struggle to pay their bills, do
ing unto others as they would that
z others should do them. The
j foundation of prosperity is Sacrifice.
2 Good times will return when good
. morals return. Business will improve
when the principles of those doing
* | business first improve.
)j "Spending money on public works
1 j is like attempting to cure tuberculosis
j with a mustard plaster, unless a
} proper proportion of the money is j
j used to reduce indebtedness. A man i
can get rid of the white plague only (
by changing his habits of living. 1 j
know because I have been obliged I
RANDOM NOTES !
j
We welcome son Ted back into!
our columns with his "Dope." Notj
so many moons ago Ted took unto j
himself a wife and forthwith began,
to neglect his columning. However,.!
with the assistance of his wife, we j
have persuaded him to continue his j
writings. A friend told the writer i
this week that one of the city editors j
of one of New York's largest dailies
had highly complimented Ted's writ-!
| ings when he had called his atten-1
j tion to the young man's "Dope" inj
i The Courier. Read the "Dope" col- [
| umn; you may find it interesting, j
j too.
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! How did you like "Views of Our I
News," by Chicagoan? We have an-»
other review this week, and more to»
| follow. You will also find this col- j
1 umn very interesting. Read it, week- j
ly.
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This week we present Mr. Frank;
;J. Payne's Special Feature Edition
! for your edification and the boost-'
.ing of our city and county. Hundreds'
lof copies have been mailed out to;
' the big centers of the country, and
Forest City and Rutherford county
j will be prominently brought before
j the public abroad, as well as at home.
] Read and preserve your copy of s
| The Courier this week. We have;
/found Mr. Payne a gentleman of cul-'
i ture and wide experience, a trained j
, writer who knows how to present;
the good points of the citizens, the ;
| businesses and the city's and coun- j
ty's advantages. He has visited many j
cities and towns and gained a val- j
uable insight into the characteris- j
j tics of each community visited, but J
says that he is charmed with For- j
; est City and much impressed with;
the wide-awake and co-operative j
spirit predominating in this city j
| and throughout the county.
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The weary Forest City merchant, j
j besieged weekly by the out-of-town |
! solicitors, will appreciate this, from J
the pen of versatile Joe Richardson
I of the Glasgow, Ky., Times.
"There are many varieties of
I bile. But we believe the most
offensive is the circulation liar ;
j who sells something he hasn't. j
got to the merchant who gives
j him an ad. to be rid of the nui
sance."
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We wonder if Forest City wou'd i
be interested in the formation of a
Chamber of Commerce, to exploit
• the attractions and advantages of the j
i metropolis of Rutherford county?
Why should we lag behind in this
matter, when such neighboring cities
as Tryon, Rutherfordton, Brevard
and many others of like character
■ j and size, have such bodies? It is true,;
I : we have a live and progressive Ki- j
; wanis Club, but why not show more
• ! pijogressiveness by also having a
> Chamber of Commerce?
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[ ' Remember, it is Trade Day in
. i Forest City next Monday. We want
! visitors from every section of the
> i county and surrounding territory.
fiYou will find it in Forest City, and
II at the right price—and a cordial wel-j
; j come, too.
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The writer visited the new golf
course of Mr. Don C. Melton, Sun
> day afternoon, where we were cor
-5 dially welcomed by this splendid
II gentleman, and given the full court-
, 1 esies of the course. Many of the
- city's golfers will be going there
1 regularly friom now on, and many
. new players will take up the game
THE FOREST CITY (N. C.) COURIER
to do so. In the same way business 1
can get rid of depression by chang- j
ing its habits of doing business. The ;
need of the hour is the revival of .
business morality. If an epidemic of.
debt paying should develop, the epi-'
demic of bank failures would im-!
mediately decrease. From present in
dications this desire to pay debts
is on the increase and this is a very
favorable sign. All the country's
banks need is to have people pay
( their debts.
"Why delay the return of prosper
ity. It is as easy to have good times
in 1931 as it will be two or three years
later. The depression will continue
until we make the necessary sacri
fice. Paying our bills by the Golden '
Rule will bring back Golden Pros
perity. If every community would
• have a religious revival, there would
! soon be a business revival. A change j
of heart in one citizen makes a chang e j
for better business throughout the i
entire community. When 51 per cent,
of the people of any city make up
their mind to pay their bills and give '
I better service, business conditions
! in that city begin rapidly to improve." ,
since finding it so convenient to play i
at this new course.
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Say a good word for your home
paper now and then, and give us
all the news you can, for it is our
friends who help us to make a good
paper. If you have some interesting ;
topic you wish to bring before the I
I people, write us a letter for publi
cation. You can do a great work for
j your county by writing for the coun
ity paper. Let's have an interesting;
, Open Forum. Write your views, and
I your news—and be sure to sign your ,
name to every article, not for pub- ;
lication, but as an evidence of good
faith and so that we may know here
in the office who is doing the writing. _
i
Have you seen any outcroppings •
of Communist propaganda in Ruth- j
erford county?
AN ATTRACTIVE
! WINDOW DISPLAY,
, j
i If you want to see an attractive
I store window display, see Horn's
I Cash Store window, where they have
a very pretty line of bathing suits
[and caps all styles and colors. You
j will find they have used sand as a
background, which gives the beach
! effect. You will also find sand buckets
! shovels and bathing suits for the
'kiddies, as well as adults. Mr. Alton
■ Horn deserves much credit for this
I attractive display of bathing sup
plies. D.C.A.
Big lot of new glass ware at
Courtney's Ten Cent Store.
m i p
Big Special On
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ilrWr'^
.tit.. _>-..1
This Week
86.95 at - 84.95
59.95 at „: 57.95
516.50 Navy Georgette
$14.95
Also
We are selling our famous
''For-Get-Me-Not" Frocks all
of cotton materials, guaran
teed fast colors at only
98c and $1.79
Special on cotton gowns all
hand embroidery.
2 for SI.OO
THE DAVIS SHOPPE
"Just Around The Corner"
FOREST CITY, N. C.
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D°PE I
:: TED ALCOCK |
This column is not written for any
special purpose. It may bring forth
a laugh or a headache, or yet again,
it may do a little to help in the bet
terment of our city and county. With
much modesty, etc., I would like to
say that several months ago a few
citizens accomplished several im--
provements in our city which were
possibly brought to their attention
in this column. Therefore if you
know of anything which will make
Forest City, safer, cleaner or better
and desire to do so, tell us about it
and we will do our best to pester
some one to a frazzle.
I
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Sunshine mellows —Heat purifies,
according to the ads of a popular (
brand of cigarettes. Oh well—a lot!
of us have been mellow for a long
time and it won't take long to get 1
100 percent pure if this hot weather j
keeps up.
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■ Copies of this week's Courier will
■be mailed far and near over the
! country, advertising the advantages
of Forest City to the industrial lead
ers of America as no other means
of advertising could possibly do.
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j The Brevard baseball team has a
good idea for getting boys of 13
years and younger started in Sun
day school. The manager is admit
ting the boys to the games free of
charge, provided they have a certi
ficate of attendance at Sunday school
; for the past Sunday. This rule is to
be in effect at all games played in
Brevard this summer. A pretty good
idea, I think. How about it, Mr. Can-
; trell? A 13 year old boy doesn't
'take up much room. Now I wonder
how I could make myself pass off
jas sweet 13?
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! If you are asked to sign the peti
tions which are "being taken over
A&P - A BUYER
LLLPJL A BOOSTER
eSTABLtsHEo * The Great Atlantic &. Paciric Tea Co. Is One of the Cai*J r
linas' Bsst Customers. During the Year 1930
o'/fi WHWE 6COWOMY RULES - This company bought for exclusive sale in A&P stores throughout
y>fr-rj-r-r--the States- and Canada approximately thirty million dollars
Xv7//J'l) '77 1 11 v\ ' 1 ($30,000,000.00) worth of Carolina products.
FLO'CM A&P 241b. 69c 98 lb. $2.65
8 buL 87C
SunnyiieM BACON 17c P L b g .
Fancy DEL MONTE Rajah
PEANUT PINEAPPLE SALAD
N cV 21c •S.T
2 Jars 2$C CRUSHED "
££S 23c v 19c Iffc
i.i Pure 12 cz. 24 oz. «■
VIXILUAK Cider Size Size *
"ICINGS sultaxa I IVORY SOAP, 2 [^s
Bread and Butter ••
IVORY SOAP, 2 VXT IS
Pickles Beans soap" ~'eakc £
2. Jais SSc can ge ivory flakes, 3 P kgs. 25c
1 MM mm* ■■ NN i, mm nmnmmmmmmmmm HIIUHI Mwm -
Stew Beef •• lb. '
Fat Back lb. S|e
Pot Roast ib. 11c
Round Steak lb. 19c
Fresh Fish
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Full Line of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
'GREAT * ATLANTIC & PACIFIC «
the county asking for a better mail
service, do so by all means, as it
will help to get the city delivery
which we have been wanting so long.
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Six more days until the tenth of
June, and what a day that is for Bass
hungry fisherman. One man who went
up to Lake James last Sunday, with
his fishing outfit in his car, tells me
that the Bass almost wrecked his car
striking his plugs. You can tell that
one at the next meeting of the Izaak
Walton League and by the way, I
wonder if Mr. Dorsey wouldn't let
us in on his secret of catching the
big ones.
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It is said that the Forest City- (
Alexander ball bark will be lighted
for the first time next Saturday.
This is another forward step by
Rutherford county. Boxing being my
pet sport, I naturally wonder if they
would be interested in putting on
some good matches out there some
night.
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It won't be long now before we'll >
be having our annual mad dog scare.'
Mad dogs endanger human life every!
year and tho there is nothing we can '
do about it besides keeping our dogs j
at home, in our own yards, maybe.
we can save quite a bit of suffering j
by doing so. Anyone who has taken !
the treatment can tell you that it's J
not so pleasant. There were sever.il '
children, and grown ups too who had
to take it last year.—Contributed.
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Things to worry about: Where to
find a parking place on Saturdav j
night. How to get out of your park-j
ing place when you are ready to |
leave, without going under or over'
the car parked behind you. |
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A German murderer recently re- j
ceived nine death sentences in court, i
He liked to torture and play with }
his victims as a cat does —hence the!
nine deaths I suppose.
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Quite a bit of excitement was I
created in The Courier office re-{
cently, especially for the one single i
man, when the linotype operator got )
hold of a piece of copy which had an
Thursday, June 4, l o!>\
alluring, fragrant scent to it which
made us think of some sweet
thing with the grace and daintines*
of an angel, with eyes like doves and
—well, you know. After we had tra ,
ed the copy down with the persis
tence of Sherlock Holmes, we found
it had come from—a man .
THE RISE AND FALL OF FOOL>
Amid all this babble and confusion
of money, expenses, depression an J
prosperity, we hear one cool ard
clear voice. It is that of Wm. Feah
er of Cleveland, quoted by Bruce
Barton in "The Rise and Fall ,f
; Fools," appearing in the current
! issue of the Red Book.
} Mr. Barton quotes Mr. Feather a*
saying:
"Hereafter I shall pay no attention
to car-loadings, bank-clearings, crops
;or commodity prices. I shall concen
trate on just one indicator— the ri«e
and fall of fools.
i "When I look about me and see
j young men half my age, driving
. high-powered cars, leaving their of
j fices at three o'clock in the after
: noon, boasting that they made
| twenty-five thousand dollars last
jyear, and exchanging tips good
i for a thousand dollars over the
\week-end; when I see boys rolli™
Jin money, boys whom I wouldn't
'hire to wash the rollers in my print
'shop— when that day comes arouni
again, I shall rush to my bank and
sell every share of stock I own.
"Because God never intended that
fools should make a better livintr
than honest workers. Whenever a
} situation arises in which they d%
II know that it is contrary to the
[fundamental laws of the universe
(and cannot last."
j William Feather is evidently a
j man of considerable wealth, and
l certainly he is a member of the
successful "common class," which
after all, is the backbone of the
Nation's business.—Lenoir News
j Topic.
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I Life is full of contradictions
[ Everybody knows that a "rolling
i stone gathers no moss" but few iva'-
j ize that the "roving bee gathers the
honey."