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FOREST CITY COURIER; Published Every Thursday m the j irterest of Forest City and Ruther- j ford County. I Entered Aug. 22, 1018, at the post-, office at Forest City, N. C., as secon j class matter under act of CongTess | jf March 3, 1879. ] c. E. ALCOCK —Editor and Owner CLARENCE GRIFFIN—.News Editor rRS C. E. ALCOCK Society Editor ARVAL ALCOCK Asst. Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year Six Months - 5 ® 11.50 per year outside of Rutherford County. ADVERTISING RATES Display, per column inch 30c Classified Column lc per word THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1931. ABOUT AS FUTILE. Secretary Mellon's huge loan poli cy is a reminder of the story of the j woman who was so happy because . she had borrowed enough money to -pay all her debts. i ADDING TO UNEMPLOYMENT. It has been decided to reduce the f Marine Corps from 17,500 to 16,000; after President Hoover's Rapidan j conference with department officials' The American Federation of Labor can now revise its estimate of 7,000,- j 000 unemployed this winter by adding! j 1,500 marines. 1 ■ HIGH TARIFF NO ASSURANCE OF HIGH WAGES. This from a Republican: "It isj quite futile to repeat that high tar-j ilfs assure high wages when, with i what is in many ways the highest j and most vexatious tariff that this] country has ever known, some 6.-; 000.000 men and women are with - \ cut any wages at all."—Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. j PASTE THIS IN YOUR HAT. When political prophets ask you ■Jo vote for some new "sure cure" "or the woes of the nation, read the -"ollowing sane remarks by David F. Houston and thumb your nose at the professional vote seeker who thrives fit the taxpayer's expense: "Some tell us that we are in a rew economic era and that old eco-j romic laws no longer apply. They told us this in 1929. They tell us j the same thing in 1931. What they | ray now is just about as valid as ■ rs what they said then. They tell us that our institutions ( rre menaced; that we must speed-j ily revolutionize them: and, that, if i we do not, something will get us, the revolutionist, the communist, or the Soviets. "They tell us that capitalism has. failed or is on trial. They do not I tell us what they mean by capital- i ism. Perhaps they do not know. We '' know that capital is wealth saved to' aid labor in the production of furlh-j er wealth. That does not seem to! be a very dangerous thing. In fart ! it has been through hard work pro- : ducing wealth and through self-de nial resulting in saving weatlh that much of the progress of the world has come. It i? foolish to contrast capital ism with communism or sovietism. There is no such contrast. The real contrast is between liberty or free dom '.r.d individual initiative and tyranny. "Some of them, ignorant of what is really going or. in Russia but much impressed by propaganda, tell us that Russia has a plan and that we | must have a plan. They say that we 1 -t h\ e a national plan and na | t'Onal planning board. What folly! hat men, or group of men. in this. . \:ntry would know how to direct r- 1 !. or many, of the leading activi • es of this great nation; and who is ' ° innocent as to assume that, if they ie to make a plan, our people would follow it. unless they could made slaves? Certainly the Fed- Ma] Government could not formu or direct nich a plan. It i none t'o successful in discharging its c institutional functions: It cannot cn n,n " routine business lik. j the Post Office without a huge deficit." The theorists can call it what I they please but the majority of Americans, including the people of | Forost City, subscribe to the doc t-rne that every citizen should have 1 opportunity to earn the necessi ties of life, at least. THOUSANDS ATTEND ! ! TRE COLFAX FIAKi i ! ; Most Successful Fair Ever Held in Ellenboro Fine Produce Shown. ! Ellenboro, Sept. 21.—After thou- j I sands of people had entered the fair ' grounds at Ellenboro last Friday j and Saturday to see the excellent ; exhibits of the various departments iof the fair and to take part in the midway attractions the Colfax Fair i came to a close late Saturday night with comments that it was the most . successful of any fair ever held at ' J : Ellenboro. | The fair grounds with a midway ■ : of many rides and other forms of I amusements took on the atmosphere of a real county fair Friday and Sat ! urday nights when it was crowded | with people filled with fair spirit. Friday afternoon the baby show j drew a large crowd when from , twenty-five to fifty babies were on exhibition. Little Miss Bettie Sue , Barnett was awarded the SI.OO cash ! prize for being the prettiest baby under one year of age in the show, and Martha Bridges was given thoj ' same amount for being the prettiest [ j from one to two years of age. One i dollar went to little Miss Mary Crow ias a result of being judged the ; best developed under one year, and j i the same amount to Agnes Greene • j who was judged the best developed] ' from one to two years. Little Doro- ] thy Allen was awarded SI.OO in cash for being the fattest under one ! ' ! year. Master Jake Vassey Harrill was j the fattest from one to two years j of age and got SI.OO in cash. Other I winners in the show all of whom j got prizes follow: Madge Harris. j Mary C. Crow, Charles Sweezy, Mar i tha Bridges, Charles Reid, Vivian ! Hawkins and Martha Bridges, Mrs. 'J. Asbury of Forest City, Mrs. J. | B. Stockton of Rutherfordton and | Mrs. A. V. Falvey of Forest City ! were the judges of the baby show. ! Previous to the awarding of the j prizes in the baby show Miss Eliza- j J beth Rucker was crowned queen in j an impressive carnation exercise. Af-j J ter being crowned she awarded the i j prizes to the babies. Little Miss Jane ; Bridges and Joe Long stretched the ! ribbons just ahead of Dorothy Bush ! ong and Corbet Jones strewed the flowers ahead of Miss Rucker as she' walked on cheese cloth to the ros-| j trum where she was crowned bv ! Frances Roark and Dick Hamrick j who also carried the crown in the ] ' exercises// i " ! The athletics and fun events was j j opened up Saturday when Professor) i A. C. Hood threw two bantam roos- j ters from the top of the school' j building with an announcement, j | "They are yours if you catch them." • I Then, he threw other prizes which' were caught by the people below in [ the crowd. Miss Lillian Street got the prize 1 , for driving seven nails in a piece of j } timber the quickest, and Miss Jessie . | Pearl Kendrick was awarded the . prize for drinking a quart of milk the (juickest from a bottle. The ice sitting contest was won | by Zane Edwards who sat on a block ; of ice for fifteen and one-half min t | utes. He would have sat longer but i his father demanded that he should ; get off of the block. However, the boy has not suffered any injury from j chilling his body. The school exhibit was very much better and larger this year. All de partments of the school had some ■' thing on exhibit showing the nature ,of the work" done. : Air. Webb wen in the corn husk ing contest. Professor Morris. agricultural .teacher at Central high school and county agent Patton judged the field crops and horticultural products. ■ Miss Howard and Mr. Price judged ! the flowers. f There are some people who don't . | believe in buying what they need in ; i Forest City although they are an - xious to sell what they have to the ; people here. , . _ No man is bitrger than Forest ..City. Ev?rv individual should co ' operate in the task of making: it a s better place for children to live, [ to grow and to develop in. > j ' j Learn a word a day and by the ( time you are ten years older you j will have added 3653 new words to ' ! your vocabulary; that's probably r more than you have now. t ■ l ' Kayser knit all wool sweaters. Beautiful patterns to select from. Courtney's Ten Cent Store. SURASKY'S HAVE | GRAND OPENING! i I • ' Surasky's Department Store open. Ld its doors here Thursday morning at nine o'clock, with a record break ing number of customers on hand | for the opening. Throughout the day j | Thursday, and also on Friday and t j Saturday, large crowds thronged the j j new store and purchased new fall j ; and winter merchandise from the j 1 resplendent new stock of latest styles j ,in dry goods. A complete line of' jhigh quality merchandise, such as' , | clothing for men and women and ; 'children, shoesy and all lines of dry! | goods are artistically arranged and, .! displayed in departments, which make , I ii. a simple matter for shoppers to. ' find quickly any desired item. Hun j dreds of souvenirs were given away ! J opening day. KIWANIANS PLAN ! TO MEET somf! 1 I Carolines District Annual Con-j vention Will Be Held At Pinehurst Oct. 21-23. j Rutherfordton, Sept. 22. —The eleventh annual convention of the Carolines Kiwanis district, will be held at Pinehurst, October 21-22 and 23, according to an official an j nouncement made here Tuesday. ! The banquet on the evening of j 'the 22nd will be featured by ad-J dresses by Governor O. Max Gard ner of North Carolina and Gover nor Ibra C. Rlackwell of South Carolina, Governor Gardner be ing the first president of the Shelby club while Governor Blackwood is an active member of the Spartan burg, S. C., club. | The convention will open Wednes day afternoon, October 21, with; headquarters at the famous Caro-j lina hotel. Registration will start at i 1 p. m., while at 1 :30 p. m., the qual i j ifying round in the golf tournament • will be held at the Pinehurst Coun i .try club. At 6:30 p. m., the execi;- I rive committee dinner will be held, 'while at 9:30 p. m., will be the get together party and ball at the Caro-j lina hotel. j NEGRO WOMEN ARRESTED FOR THEFT OF DRESSES 1 i Ophelia Logan .and Estelle Con- J ! ner, two negro women, are in the: ; County Home, as a result of an j irresistible desire for new dresses, j Last Saturday night they visited Dal j ton Bros, store here and procured I j two eight dollar dresses, and then \ called upon the Davis Sisters' Shopne ; 1 I j where tney took two more, each J | priced at $9.95. There they left the j i hangers on the rack, and the dresses .were soon missed. After a chase; j which lasted for several blocks the • police finally arrested one of the | women. The other escaped, but offi | cers later went to her home in Sul-; ' phur Springs township, and arrested j her. The two women arrested were i I sisters. The mother went to the ' county jail to keep her daughters company. The negroes were tried in Record j er's Court Tuesday morning and each sentenced to three months at the' ' County Home. i GAFFNEY PREPARING FOR RUTHERFORDTON| j Gaffney, Sept. 12.—Gaffney Highj j school's football team, comparatively 1 ; light this year, is getting ready to» j pry the lid off the 1931 season here I | Friday with Rutherfordton, N. C.! ; The game will start at 3:30 o'clock, j .it has been announced. Th:> admission charges will be 25 j ' and 50 c:-nts, Professor L F. Car-j , son. principal of the high school, j stated yesterd; y. Th so rates will bo; in effect for the first several games. 1 | but may be changed later in the sea-; son. j No repetition is expected of the 1 1111 to 0 victory scored by over Rutherfordton a few years ago. i Rutherfordton had just started plav-j . ing football at that time, and the j ' boys were quite inexperienced. Thisj j year the North Carolina town is re i ported to have a heavy line up with several experienced men, rtnd the ; Gaffney players are expecting a hard i ] battle. ! ! ' This newspaper is published a* a \ I community asset, witih the hope that 1 jour citizens will use it, write for it,' I J ?ad it, like it, and, maybe, support i j The other day a Forest City lady! • declared she could rot wear her new I hat because she had no dress or j c hoes to match it. You can see where ] this leads. FOREST CITY (N. C.) COURIER MBS. ROBERT GILES DIED SUNDAY 11 [ Funeral Services For Spindale j j Woman Held Tuesday Morning at Green Creek. I , t Spindale, Sept. 22.—Mrs. Robert | I Giles, aged 48, died at her home here I j Sunday evening after a lingering ill- j j I ness. She had been in ill health sev ! eral months, during which time she ji : had been confintu to her bed, un- ( j dergoing much agony and pain. She j j , bore this suffering with much forti- j (tude and bravery. j j Mrs. Giles is survived by her hus band, Robert Giles, and the follow ing children: Mr. J. H. Giles, Mrs. Callie Mae Shehan, Mrs. Earl Har din, of Spindale; Mrs. Arthur Spark .s, Spindale; Mr. Curtis Giles, Misses ; Lueile. Ruth and Blanche Gilen, of Spindale. Tlit following brothers and ; ! sisters also survive: Mr. C. C. Greene J I Alexander: Mrs. W. A. Shehan, In ; man, S. C.;; Mr. W. E. Greene, Hen-J I dersonville; Mrs. O. C. Shehan. Boil-j , ing Springs, S. C.; Mr. R. A. Greene | f Hendersonville, and Mr. J. H. Greene of Penrose, X. C. Several grandchil- ; dren also survive. Funeral services were held Tues-J day morning at eleven o'clock from i ' Green's Creek Baptist church, in j Polk county. Interment was in the!* I * ! Green Creek cemetery, j The services were in charge ofj Revs. M. M. Huntley, T. M. Hester, j and Rev. of Chesnee. i i Mrs. Lizzie Lane, Aged SO, Deadj Hollis, Sept. 23.—Mrs. Lizzie' Lane, aged 50, died at her home j near here Thursday, Sept. 10, and J j was buried Friday, Sept. 11, at j ; Lee's Chapel, near Hollis. Rev. J. j JM. Barger was in charge of the ser- j I # j vice. Mrs. Lane came from a well) ! known and highly respected family. | She was a member of the Brethern . church of Spindale. She is survived by six children and four grandchii " dren. ! j "Chocolate Drops'' j Minstrel Tuesday ' ' T,- l ' Rich! Rare! Racy! Happy times' ' ahead. Everybody be on hand Tues-jr , day night! j" | The "Chocolate Drops" Minstrel; sponsored by the Woman's Club of. | Forest City, will be given at Cool I Springs high school auditorium, Tues. j day night, Sept. 29. Come .see a rip-roaring, side-split- I ing comedy in four acts; a bevy of pretty girls doing snappy dances and | singing the latest songs; and a group j of attractive children in special num-j | bers. Imagine seeing prominent men I and women as black-faced comedians. For instance, Mr. Hewitt, Dr. Howes j Come guess the others! There will be fifty in the entire J cast. I Interlocutor, Dr. R. R. Howes. Minstrel men, Mr. M. H. Hewitt, Mr. Jones. Mr. Flack, Harry Kendrick, Paul I Hamrick, Worth Baldwin, James j | Harrill, Willie Moss. Mandy Lee, (Old black mammy) ! I ; Mary Frye. I j ! | Rose Adair, (A charming South-1 i ern girl), Ruby Moore. | Palmer Kennedy. Rose's sweetheart. • ' Louie Smith. ; i Officer Shermen, J. W. Sanders. ! | Angelina, Mrs. B. T. Jones, i Cullud Ladies, Mrs Alcoc-k, Mrs. • ' Hewitt, Misses Mary Moss, Abrams. I I Young*. 1 1 Chorus girls, Emily Camp, Mary f Davis, Madge Moore, Katheryn Mc i Brayer, ?»larie Hughes, Connie" Fry . ; Tim P 'llins, Inez Hamrick'. j Eveiybody come! Songs! Dane: -: : i 1 Jokes! Ev .n a sob! Remember ihe i j time, Tuesday night. Sept. 29, 8 e'- ; ! clock. The place high school audi- ji 1 torium th price, .Joe and 25c, reserv- , led seats, 50c- and 35c. i ji "THE COMMON LAW" AT CAROLINA THEATRE j "The Common Law." a modern !« I picture version of the Robert W. ![ Chambers novel will be shown next Monday and Tu ./oay at the Ct.ro-| j lina Theatre, Spindale. !j Constance Benneit pi ays the star ring role. Tne cast include;: Lew [ Cody. Robert Williams, Hedda per, Marion Shilling, and Paul Ellis. ; f Paul L. Stein directed this RKO ' r Pathe film. J [ | C W indbreakers and all wool luro- ,ji ber jackets. Sizes 6 to 14. For boys l* 1 and girls. Courtney's Ten Cent Str?re L a * | School Days Are f I' Here I Just received 500 Boy's Suits. Long Pants | SPECIAL $2.95 f Outfit your boys at the Bee Hive | OUR WEEK-END SPECIAL- I g 200 Ladies' Silk Dresses. All newest cj cj fall dresses. Sizes 14 to 46. While they | I last | j || | THE BEE HIVE if § Bargain Center of the County. Forest City, N. C. jHjnELrEjzrs-nircL r rti"LfiL r 2Jcj^ f' OREST CITY f> Telephone a Original Typography S| fajfis f Our Hobby. IPU KS £K { | I | 1 1 " "" | , 11 ™ ■"!«■■■»■■ 11 LI . -■ C BOBTOW? « I [ Letterheads, Billheads j Cards, Circulars, | Folders, Fine Booklets, i Pamphlets, etc. j. j I j We never disappoint a customer on a 1 j | promise. You get the job when its dut j, t r ~ j FOREST CITY, iNORTFS CAROLINA i [ uovwmw 4 i! JUST RECEIVED |j | New Fall Coats I I Our new Coats are I gj in. Ladies, and we I §| invite your inspection. » j Quality, style and g I Coats worth from | h* *?s««Car S « p C~» &* : 'nPZi;s ;!j Cb: ISH! ctn on * r EL; i-r-t W iU.to tO O"Vs?.O*J i» W J P"P?->-."F ■• liit 4 oSf^V':Y>» i [2 . 1 fe mg at r / f*; v* *• M **£r Wnj tf jy . ;§ vfjT :l! I r 11 f t I nil Oi-Jjui) . //* v r3; ii V i u.; ▼ Si S| E| ;Dr : j3; t i |Q!. § Comprizing the best early season pur- c-;. i $ | chases to be had. Ladies, come in and |; {a! see them. |i | Stein's Dept. Store | | Forest City, N. 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