FOREST CITY COURIER
Published Every Thursday in the
interest of Forest City and Ruther
ford County.
Entered Aug. 22, 1918, at tho post
office at Forest City, N. C., as second
fiaofi matter under 4ct of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
C. E. Editor and Owner
CLARENCE GRIFFIN.— News Editor
MRS. C. E. ALCOCK- Society Editor
ARVAL ALCOCK Advertising
H. H. HOUSER - Job Dept.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1928
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THE DEAD I
HAND.
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Government operation of business I
lacks imagination and originality. It
never creates anything—except jobs.,
It is a dead hand on initiative." 1
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So reads a paragraph by Merle
Thorpe, quoted in the Publishers'
Auxiliary. Local publishers and
printers can also testify that the
government in the envelope printing
business for half a century has rob
bed them of millions of dollars worth
of work which would have material
ly helped them to better serve their
communities. v
This sort of compet&ion on the
part of the government is utterly
indefensible, particularly for the
reason that by doing this at
\ less than cost the deficit"* must be
made up by the taxpayers, including
f' the printers whose business is in-1
jured by this practice.
EDUCATIONAL f
AND WAR
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•> The editor w£s discussing war and
the influence of education in cre
ating and arousing the martial spirit.
• -History taught so as t©' present war
as a romatic adventure is not only
grossly inaccurate but highly dan
gerous because-of the effect upon
youthful imaginations. If war is
really to be banished from the earth,
then there must be a change in edu
cation almost everywhere.
Whereupon a companion told this
\ little anecdote:
"A widow with four sons struggled
through the years, giving to her boys
the best home within her power to
offer. Though life seemed hard she
always lived for the time when her
boys would grow up, settle down in j
the neighborhood, and comfort and;
care for her in her declining years, j
"But life in the little inland town |
never appealed to their fancy. One j
by one they went out into the world, I
and always they took up life on the |
sea.
"Finally her youngest left, and be- J
moaning her lot she asked the visit
ing pastor, 'Why have my boys all j
gone to sea, brought up as they were •
here in a little inland community;
far from sound or sight of it?"
"He gazed up at a picture hanging;
above the mantle. He had often ad- 1
mired it himself. It was a romantic j
conception, showing a Yankee clip- j
per ship under heavy sail riding \
majestically through a surging sea. j
" 'Madam,' he answered pointing i
toward the picture, 'they have been j
seeing that and admiring it since |
childhood. What else can you ex
pect.' "
COMMON
PURPOSE
•• Anthropologist tell us that man in
his early state lived apart with his
own little family, and archaeologist
say the first communities were form
ed by confederated families brought
together for a common purpose—pro
tection against man's- natural ene
mies. Today, man is distinctly a
gregarious animal attracted more
and more to community life. And
men still build cities for a common
purpose, or common purposes, .
In the city -'cme finds protection
against fire, disease and the ene
mies of society. ,Qne goes fo the city
for good schools and monumental
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churches, paved streets, employment,
art, entertainment, the society of oth
er men and comforts of life denied
the rural citizen. There is found the
front rank of civilization.
The people of Forest City have a
common purpose. It is the advance
ment of the community as a whole.
That common purpose is hardly dis-!
tinguishable from the purpose of each j
individual. That which benefits the•
individual usually benefits the en- J
tire community and that which ben- '
efits the community reacts to the j
benefit of each of its citizens.
Prosperity and progress come to j
those communities whose citizens I
! have their eyes upon the largest num- j
ber of common purposes. Success j
crowns the efforts of the man of;
' purpose, and the city with a com- j
mon purpose works as one man.
"Common purpose" creates new j
industries, increases business, mini- 1
mizes unemployment, makes cities |
better places in which to live and per
form miracles in community better
ment.
THANKSGIVING
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At last the harvest was bountiful,
the gaunt spectre of starvation - no
longer haunted their daily lives, and
the little band of hardy and coura
geous Pilgrims set aside a day to of
fer thanks to the Divine Providence
that had at last brought them
through their period of tribulations.
We all learned the story in school,
the account of that first Thanks
giving day, but at times it is well to
have its details brought back to our
recollections.
Still facing hardships and dangers
that would try the patience and soul
of a modern citizen, these people still
found much for which to be thank
ful. How much greater therefore, is
our cause for offering up thanks at
this time.
Living in comfortable, well heated
homes in orderly and well lighted
cities, enjoying as necessities things
that were even beyond the compre
hension of the past generation, hav
ing before us opportunities for de
velopment, prosperous living, and
valuable leisure, we may, indeed, re
gard ourselves as highly fortunate
human beings living in one of the
| finest and most amazing ages in the i
j entire history of the world.
As citizens of America we may
(well be thankful, living as we do in
•a land affording greater material
> comforts, with more satisfactory op
portunities for mental and spiritual
! growth, than any society has ever
before offered to its citizens.
As citizens of Rutherford county
we may also feel thankful, for the
privileges we have of enjoying the
company and society of a fine com
munity of right thinking people,
where personal friendship abounds,
and the opportunity exists to take
part in the delightful adventure of
making the city the finest little com
munity in the world.
APPLAUSE FOR
| THE LINEMEN
Notre Dame's great football ma
chine went down to defeat at Madi
son, Wisconsin, recently. Something
of a surprise to those of us who have
long regarded the Irish battlers as
invincible and unbeatable.
How did it happen? All the sports
writers and radio announcers tell the
same story. The Wisconsin line out
played the Notre Dame line.
No, it wasn't the work of great open
field runners, fellows who always
thrill the crowd and unfortunately
get almost all the applause. It was
due to the struggling of the men in
the line—the ones who always do
the hard work and get the least
praise and publicity.
This is always true in football. It
is true in other things as well—in
business or community enterprises
for example. Some individuals al
ways get the praise and applause;
their names always figure prominent
ly in the news stories, they are the
ball carriers—the backfield men. But
they wouldn't get so far if they
didn't get the support of some hard
working linemen.
"And who are these linemen in
I community enterprise?" They're
the fellows who are more interested
in seeing the job well done than in
the plaudits and praise that follow.
They're the ones who are always
ready to go on any committee, and
help the chairman put his program
over. They're the ones who say:
"Your plan is O. K. with me, count
on me for your support." Their mot--
to is: "We are ready to boost Forest
City and help make it a more prosper
ous and more pleasant town, let the
publicity and applause go where it
will."
The Courier is never miserly with
praise to everyone engaged in worthy
community enterprises. But we want
to see a little more credit go to the
linemen. Like every other town,
Forest City needs more citizens who
are more interested in winning the
game than in who carries the ball.
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1928
TRUE COMMUNITY
BUILDING.
"I am not greatly interested in
your community boosting editorials,"
said a friend of ours the other day.
"By community boosting it seems to
me, Forest City and thousands of
other small cities are merely trying
to grow in size—to imitate the great
metropolitan centers. When we learn
of the bad government, the crime,
the disordered social life, and the
strange problems that seem to grow
with increasing population, the ques
tion arises: "Why should we strive
to boost *our city and make it larg
er?' " *••
We are in essential agreement with
this opinion. Perhaps the fault is
ours, however, in failing to define
our understanding of the meaning of
community boosting.
There are in this world many small
buildings that are sources of wonder
and pleasure because of the fine art
with which every detail is fashioned.
There are also great warehouses,
that are of no interest except for
their sheer enormity. This same thing
is also true of communities.
Our efforts along the line of com
munity boosting or building are in
itiated for the purpose of making
Forest City the small but exquisitely
fashioned building rather than the
enormous but ugly structure.
By community building we mean
work along the lines of improving
our agencies of education in order
that the life of the town may ar
rive at a higher and better intellect
ual level and in order that our boys
and girls may be better equipped to
meet the emergencies of life. By com
munity building we mean work to
make our city more beautiful, more
attractive to visitors and more pleas
ant for its residents.
Our purpose is really to make For
est City a finer and more friendly
town with greater prosperity for the
people now living here rather than
merely a larger city.
DR. FRANK
CRANE
Dr. Frank Crane has gone to that
I "strange bourne from which no trav
eler returns." Seventeen years ago
his editorial sermons began to appear
in the newspapers, and in a short
time won recognition. He became
(famous and earned through his writ
ings something like one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars a year. The
world was quick to x-espond. He had
something that the world wanted. He
had the gift of expressing beautiful
sentiments in a beautiful way, in
spiring and inspiriting all of us.
At the age of fifty he climbed
down from an underpaid pulpit to
brave a new field. Courageous he
started out, as if he were a youth, to
deliver his sermons in a new way—
via the printed words. In editorils in
newspapers, he penned praise of all
that is noblest and finest in the na-
Iture of man, encoui'aging his readers
I to live full lives devoted to the Good
and the True and the Beautiful. His
articles are said to have been read
by as many as twenty million people,
none of whom could have helped be
ing influenced for the better by the
lessons of loving-kindness, faith and
contentment that he taught.
Dr. Crane's influence will not die
with him, for he set an example to a
host of men of religion now teaching
through the lyiedium of the printed
word. Nor will Dr. Crane's editorials
die—people will be reading them long
after most writing of this period is
forgotten.
His great success proves how eag
er persons really are for moral truth
expressed in language that they can
understand. The death of Dr. Crane
is a great loss to the American pub
lic on whom he had such a singularly
fine, ennobling influence.
THE FARMER'S
JOB.
The big battle is ended. As the
smoke rises we can all survey our
surroundings, and see that none of
us have lost greatly. The subject of
farm relief, however, we may all
realize is not definitely settled, and
probably will not be disposed of
within the next decade—regardless of
what governmental action there may
be in store.
Agriculture as an industry may be
greatly helped or sadly hindered in
its progress by favorable or adverse
governmental action. But regardless
of all this it can never assume its
rightful place in the business of the
nation until the farmers themselves
tackle some of the vexatious prob
lems of distribution.
So long as the consumer in the
city pays more for a peck of potatoes
than the farmer gets for a bushel—
just that long will there be a serious
problem for the farmers to solve
themselves.
This great spread between the
prices that the consumer pays and
jthe prices that the producer gets is
[evidence of an inefficient and cum
bersome system. It is not necessari
ly proof that middle-men are exact
ing unfair margins of profits. It in
dicates, rather, that the- farmers
ihave not given to the task of dis
tribution the same scientific effort
that they have devoted to the prob
lems of production.
I To discuss these matters in detail
lis beyond the scope of a limited edi
torial. Books have been written on
ithe subject and it has not yet been
j sounded to its depth. Every one of
ithe thirty or more interests that
make up the whole agricultural in
dustry have their specific problems.
: Each of these must have individual
j treatment.
i But the machinery for distribution
of all these different farm products
is obsolete. Farm produce is dumped
generally on the market at peak pro
duction periods. It is not graded or
packed as the consumer wishes to
buy it. It is consigned to markets
without adequate knowledge of. the
existing demand in those markets.
; All this means excessive transpor
tation, needless handling, and in short
ijust waste. This waste, or a part of
lit, will be eliminated only when the
j farmer sets up better machinery than
! that now in existence —most of which
.has Vju st growed." -
TRUSTEE'S SALE
OF REAL ESTATE
North Carolina,
Rutherford County.
Under and by virtue of the power
and authority contained in that cer
tain Deed of Trust executed and de
livered by D. M. Dobbins, and wife,
Clara Dobbins, dated the 12th day
of May, 1928, and recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds of
Rutherford County, North Carolina,
in Book W-11, at page 262, and be
cause of default in the payment of
the indebtedness thereby secured and
failure to carry out and perform the
stipulations and agreements therein
[contained and, pursuant to demand
lof the owner and holder of the in
! debtedness secured by said Deed of
! Trust, the undersigned trustee will
expose for sale at public auction to
| the highest bidder for cash at the
1 County Court House door of Ruther
, ford County, in the town of Ruther
fordton, N. C., at 12 o'clock noon, on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1928
'all that certain lot or parcel of
; land, situate, lying and being in Col
fax township, Rutherford County,
: State of North Carolina, and more
particularly described as follows;
A parcel or tract of land situate
on the waters of Well's Creek and
'bounded as follows: Beginning on a
Everything you need for your Thanksgiving Dinner can be
obtained at our grocery store—and at the best values in town.
Just come in and see how economical it is to trade at our store.
All our groceries are of the very highest quality and our quick
turnover ensures you satisfactory, fresh goods. Try us once
and you'll always patronize us!
A BIG FLOUR SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY ONLY
We are in position to save you money on flour. Note our
big Saturday specials:
48 lb. SELF-RISING FLOUR
$1.89
24 lb. SELF-RISING FLOUR
95c
We also have a special lot of Hams for Thanksgiving.
Also Fruit Cakes, Chickens, Oysters, Fresh Meats, Celery, etc.
In fact, everything for your Thanksgiving Dinner.
Your patronage will be appreciated.
D. F. Beachboard
(Successor to Watkins Grocery)
Forest City, N. C.
stone running N. 9 E. 69 poles to a
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stake in Randall's line; thence with
his line South 85 1-2 W. 91 poles to
a stone pile, Randall's corner; thence
West 129 poles to a small persimmon
on H. Harrell's line; thence with his
line South 2 West 29 poles to a
black oak now down; thence South
87 1-2 E. 136 poles to a stake in an
old field; thence South 47 West 50
poles to a Spanish oak now down;
thenCe South 69 East 36 poles to a
dead chestnut; thence North 77 East
78 poles to the beginning, contain
ing 75 acres, be it more or less. Ex
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This the* 20th day of Novem.
ber, 1928.
7-4t T. J. MOSS, Trustee
MOSS & POWELL, Attys,'