F iRESTCITY COURIER
F lished Every Thursday in the
ir re3t of Forest City and Ruther
ft I County.
E ered Aug. 22, 1918, at the post
c ce at Forest City, N. C., as second
c 5 matter under act of Congress
c -larch 3, 1*79.
( ALCOCK _ Editor and Owner
VRENCE GRIFFIN—News Editor
! 5. C. E. ALCOCK -Society Editor
i VAL ALCOCK —Asst. Manager
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Payable in Advance
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County.
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HURSDAY, MARCH 6. 1930
P ; CITY STUFF.
"here was a time when the phrase
.all town stuff" was used by peo
who cannot think well as an ex
ssion of contempt. But this atti
f 2 toward sn ail communities is or
uld change.
Vitness the big city o: Chicago
a 70U would acquire pride in For
f City, your home town. I*- s treas
u * is emptied oy graft and its po
ll men. firemen, and other emplcy
e must work without pay. A gar.g
li d court sits daily :n a Michigan
a nue hotel handing out its concep
~ 3. of JUsliC€r -fi it I tjc+Y'l*- ITI2TI—
The mayor was feitct6(i on a
tform of "Make King George
k p his snout out of Chicago. Its
i itima'.e business must pay to;,
t- Men are shot down or.
It . streets and tne perpetrr tors
tl i crimes walk free.
Chicago is a little worse than
r. st other American cities, but such
vL ings happen in a!! metropolitan
f*- iters. In every great city at lea.-t
r If of the tax payer's dollar goe«
i o channels of graft. In every
g: - eat city the criminal element is
p werful and dominant over many
r blic- officials.
This is big city stuff.
When we see what is really hap
j ning in this country of ours we
r iv well feel proud that we live in
a small town where people have
e ough intelligence to run their af
f Irs with some show of decency
L lADERS NEEDED.
i
Everywhere there seems to be a
t ugg-le to nnd some worthy purpose
t* which on- can dedicate his efforts
a d though:s. Sme people strive,'
p ssionatelv to uplift the unfortu
r te inhabitants r -f far away places,
hers seek to f.rd ways of improv
? the community And still others
-- iuige in a rsr- amount of idealis
talk that has no specific or prac
t. al application.
This human to rir.d ?on - .e issue
movement worthy of support
ids to ridiculo...» performances at
ues. but :t is e-~entially one of the.
test traits .r. human nature. Th?
sire to make life something besides
naiTow. se.f-seeking period of ex
ence is not to be condemned only
• T its unintelligent expression.
s
In Forest City, as in all other,
mmunities, we have many people,
ho would like to do something
}rth while in general social uplift'
• enlightenment. But unfortunately;
tey do not always know what to do '
id so seek reforms that are of.
lestionable value. 1
Herein "lies the need of intelligent i
adership. An individual or small'
oup in a community or an insti
tion can take advantage of this
rman desire to uo something worth
hile and lead the mass of people
the direction of better living,
culture, more intelligent cit-
In the main, thus, all communities
re the same. There is the will to
do something worth while for the
C among the reat mass of its
t ut lTt character of
they have tfaere is a vital
cJtffer e®e.
% ■"
S you may live you
lve^tmk m ited opportunities to ac
£ worth while thiags. If you
Requisite intelligence, the
ability to inspire oth
s with£your own ideals, you will
id a srge following pliable to
ur i uence.
ADVERTISING
AND PROSPERITY.
No less an authority on the busi
! ness situation than Roger Babson
, has made the assertion that adver
tising can be of enormous help to
| American business during the coming
| months.
The great problem in our country
•is sales. Whatever business stagna
tion we have is due to over-produc
tion. or rather under-eonsumption.
j Through intelligent advertising the
J merchant, the manufacturer, and
! the producer and seller in aJ -ines.
.can stimulate public demand, put an
lend to this period of underconsump
tion. create" demand that stimulates
{production and gives labor to those
'row unemployed. With the unemploy
ed earning money and buying goods.
Iwe will have business activity an'i
genera] prosperity igrowing like a
j rolling snow ball.
j This advice is not only f-.r the big
industrial leaders in New York. De
ftroit and Chicago. It applies just
la- effectively to the merchant here
1 ir. Forest City. The surest way to
' bring about hard times Is to stop
( advertising, and stop selling. For the
i less that we sell the less we produce
resulting in lowering the demand for
labor.
Optimistic reports on the future
outlook are coming from all quarters.
Men who know, who have valuable
reputations at stake, see no danger
ahead if every business man keeos
driving away at his business.
It is only good sense, therefore,
for the business man to continue
through the coming year as he has
f: one through the past year, placing
I perhaps a little more emphasis upcr.
advertising and selling.
LOCAL MARKETS.
Farm Relief, as a nation-wide is
sue. becomes a subject of widesprea I
discussion now that Congress is
!in special |;ssion. Much is
■ being published these days about
| improving far.n marketing machin
ery. about stablizing world prices in
'srain. ana about .stimulating demand
j and serving better the consuming
, public.
: In the humble opinion of the
editor, however, too little attention
»
,is paid to the subject of local mar
;ket> for farm produce. The few
irtudies that have been made on thi?
| =ubject are highly interesting
I * bought provoking.
R. Bruce Dunlap. county agricul
' rural agent for Blair County. Pa.,
recently initiated some work that
may prove to throw a great deal of
light on this entire subject of agri
cultural distress. He induced the
Department of Agriculture to lend
assistance in a survey of the home
market. Accordingly a study w? =
made of the demands for agricultur
al produce in Altoona. Pa., and of
the production of the surrounding
country.
It wa- discovered quickly that
r nly ® per cent of the potatoes con
sumed in that city are produced in
".he surrounding territory, although
'he country thereabout is well suit
ed to potato production. It was also
found that another town could con
sume three times as many eggs as
were produced in its tributary ter
ritory. although the country is well
adapted to poultry raising.
These towns import potatoes and
eggs from great distances meanwhile
the farmers in the territory surroun i
ing these communities are overpro
ducing some commodities and ex
porting them to far away points. Thp
cost of this great, and apparently un
necessary transportation of farm pro
duce is really paid by the farmer.
Knowledge of these facts have
given the editor of the Forest City
Courier an idea. In brief it is this:
Let's have a survey made of the lo
cal market for farm produce here in
oui county. This should be conduct
ed in a comniittee consisting of many
°1 l^e city's leading merchants, and
representatives of our farmers' or
ganizations.
Then let's give widespread publi
cum to the results of the survey, so
that our farmers may know what
they can market here locally with
out difficulty.
In time this would certainly prove
to be extremely valuable to our farm
f ers and it would likewise be of
benefit to our Forest City merchants.
This is, of course, merely an idea.
Ferhap:; it has defects. Anyway we
would like to have expressions of
opinion on this subject from the
readers of The Courier.
Unless tenant farmers of Scot
land county agree to plant and culti
vate a good garden this year, they
will not be advanced supplies by the
merchants of the countv.
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THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 19*6
! Joint Meeting Of
Kiwanis Clubs
I
1 A joint meeting of the Fore.-:
Citv. Rutherfordton and Tryon Ki
] wanis Clubs wiil be held Tuesday
night at the Columbus Hotei-, Cotuin
' bus. at 7 o'clock. All Forest City
members are urged to meet at tn.
local Kiwanis hall at 6 p. m., Tues
day evening, and go "o Columbus in
a bodv. No meeting will be held 3lon.
.
day evening here.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Kiwanis club was held Monda> even
ing. So business of importance wa~
transacted at that time. A paper, by
Mr. M. P. Bodie. cotton buyer, was
read by him. The paper follows:
With middling upland cotton sell
ing at 15c per pound, twenty-five
collars a bale or a uncer wha.
it was last year it is natural thai
those of us whose prosperity i?
I largely dependent on the cotton crop
• should want to take stock and trv
lin some measure to visulize what '?
; in the future.
And with this in mind it might ba
well to know North Carolina's posi
tion in cotton production. In 1925
North Carolina produced 290 pound?
cf lint cotton per acre leading all
ether important c r tton producing
states and comparing with an aver
age for the belt of ISO pounds a
gain in 1927 she led a.! other states
ir. pounds per acre and produced 233
pounds against an average of 154.
In 1928 she led all other states pro
ducing 252 pounds against an aver
age of 153. The figures are not avail
able yet for 1929 but I have no
doubt that the comparison will be
as favorable for North Carolina as
those of the past three years. The
western area if considered alone
would unquestionably make a still
more favorable showing. The mini
mum cost to deliver cotton from
the farmers in the west to the mills
transportation and other necessary
charges, including middlemen's prof
its. is about $15.00 per bale. Her* 1
it is 31.25.
With the highest production and
the lowest handling cost of any oth
er section it would seem that here if
anywhere cotton could be produee-J
profitably.
While there is no doubt need for
diversification as Prof. Erwin explain
ed to you last Monday night it is
more particularly true of the farm
ers who has to contend with morj
uncertain climatic conditions and
the boll weevil and consequent lov."
yield? than with us here.
In those contries where the boll
weevil is a real menace the propogar-.
da for diversification and limited cot
ton cultivation is quite as much tr,
insure the farmer against loss of en
t;re income from no production as
£ga:nst low price from over pro
duction. and it is possible that the
business people and bankers may
take it too seriously here and unduly
handicap the cotton farmer by with
holding credit from him at this criti
cal time. There is not a burdensome
surplus of cotton. The market is dc
pressed due to stagnation in all lines
of business. Cotton can be grown here
more successfully and profitably than
anywhere else in the United State - :
Ha. e faith and do not be
ed.
TRUSTEE'S SALE
OF LAND
Lnder and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain deed
of trust dated August 17, 1927, made
and executed by J. E. Grose and wife
Carrie Grose, to B. T. Jones, Jr.,
trustee, and appearing of record
in the office of the Register oi
Deeds for Rutherford Count v
in Book A-4. Page 46, default having
been made in the payment oi
the indebtedness secured thereby
and the holders of same having
requested the trustee named thereir
to sell the said property in accor.
dance with the provisions of the said
deed of trust, the undersigned will
offer for sale to the highest biddei
for cash at the courthouse door ir
Rutherfordton. North Carolina, or
SATURDAY, APRIL sth, 1930.
at about the hour of 12 o'clock, M.
the following described real estate
Beginning on the X. W. comer and
runs S. 100 feet to a stake; thence
about E. 100 feet to a stake; thence
about N. 100 feet to the street:
thence with said street 100 feet to
the beginning. There is a dwelling
house on this lot. Also one cotton
|^^ILLIO?^DOLLAnR^DCASTER^
Hugh Barrett Dobbs, better known to radio fans as Dobbsie," i
was an unknown 4*4 years ago. Today he is the West's gxeaitest |;
radio personality. E. H. Saunders, an executive of the SheL OJ ,|
Company and one of the West's greatest nsioners, was att ™-* € * i
bv Dobbsie. The photo shows the result of this attraction. I>oo
bsie" is signing a three-year contract at a yearly figure far ex
ceeding the salary of the President of the United States. From £
now on Dobbsie will devote his entire time to the of the *
t Shell Company, conducting the Shell Happytime over the National ;.
i; Broadcasting Company's network of the Pacific Coast stations, j,
| Dobbsie has now the distinction of being the highest paid racio .
J personality in the radio world to-day. (Herbert Photos, N. ~ j
grin outfit, known as the M. G. John
son gin. located in the town of
Spindale.
This the sth day of March. 1930.
B. T. JONES. JR., Trustee.
C. 0. RIDINGS. Attorney. 22-4t.
HENRIETTA SUNDAY
SCHOOL INCREASING
Caroieen, Mar. s.—Rev. J. A.
I
Brock, pastor of the Caroieen and
', Henrietta Baptist churches, received
.32 new members into the Henrietta
Baptist church Sunday, 28 by bap
tism. The Sunday school increased
riity percent in number, there being
406 present last Sunday. The effects
;of the recent Stephens' revival is
jus: now being felt, and it is ex
; pected that there will be a large in
crease in both membership and at
tendance.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
MEETING HERE MONDAY
The Knights of Pythias will hold a
rally meeting at the Pythian hail here
Monday night at 7 o'clock. A good
speaker will be secured for the oc
casion. All Pythians and former Pyth
ians are urged to be present, as
this i= an important meeting.
V. T. DAVIS.
Chancellor Commander.
AREME CHAPTER O. E. S.
There will be a call meeting of
Areme Chapter, No. 125 0. E. S.
Forest City, to be held in the Mason
ic Hall on Friday evening. March
14th. at 7:30 o'clock for rehearsal
for initiation. It is earnestly desired
that all members of the order be
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'Epworth Leagues
i To Meet Friday■
Spindale. Mar. Z.—?. .1
! County Epworth League A |
will hold its regular montr. .• . I
inter at Salem Methodist cr r. I
day evening l at 7:30 o'ck ;-; ..... I
' to an announcement ... _ _
| the county pres:dent. P:.: |
Eaves.
The Salem Epworti i.e. _
have charge of the devot. r. : , ; I
gram. Following the cev::i r .1
erc-ises a business session v- .. _
which will'be presided ©ve. v .1
county president, Prof. Ec- V
All leagues in the couc y ■
;ed to have a good numb-: . wt
> tentative? present for tr. • .
Exactly 2,570 persons &tte.-.de-: Jj
the eight live-at-home meetiri-? -V
in Catawba county by the : .r..; i--
home agent during the *«r- I
February 15.
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This Week and Next
Style No. 369
A Lot of
New Spring and
Summer frockS;
In prints and solid color- :
the very newest styles, just ar
rived, and we are going to rur.
these dresses these two week*
(2 at the price of one) Tha: 1
2510.00
These are originally $1 0.00
dresses.
We also have a pretty lir.r
of
Flat Crepe Prints
B ° iw " $5.95
each ''Amazing Value.-'
Come in and look over sort",
of our verv newest dres?e- **
$16.50
Style and quality in every
We are going to be
j every night until after nine : r.
! we invite all the ladies to corr
in and try on our dresses, "\0"-
like "em better when you t> v
'em on.
They are dresses that rea:; '
fit.
Make This Your Shoppe.
Ladies, We appreciate You;'
Trade.
Bangkok Hats in all shacie
and styles just arrived. Ha:*
from
$1.95 " $5.95
New line of Spring Coat
with Capes and without. Ver.
stylish and priced very reasoft*
able.
FOREST CITY SHOPPE
Allamae Ellis. Jennie Dar:s