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PAGE FOUR 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 of March 3, 1879. t C. E. ALCOCK Editor and Owner CLARENCE GRIFFIN—News Editor MRS. C. E. ALCOCKLSociety Editor ARVAL ALCOCK Asst. Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance One year SI.OO Six Months -50 $1.50 per year outside of Rutherford County. ADVERTISING RATES • Display, per column inch 30c Reading Notices, per line 10c Classified Column lc per word THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1930. THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET — STATE, DISTRICT, COUNTY (The following is the State and county Democratic ticket, which will be voted in the No vfember election.) United States Congress. Senate: —Josiah W. Bailey. House, (10th District) —Zebu- lon Weaver. Statq Corporation Comm. George P. Pell. Solicitor. 18th Judicial District: —J. Will Pless, Jr., Marion. State Senate. 27th Senatorial Distriet: —Pey- ton McSwain, Shelby; W. K. McLean, Tryon. House Representatives. O. R. Coffield. Sheriff. W. C. Hardin. Clerk of Superior Court. M. O. Dickerson. i ' Register of Deeds. W. O. Geer. Treasurer. Mrs. Minnie F. Blanton. County Commissioners. J. P. Jones, Geo. H. Blanton, A. W. Deck. &oard of Education. J. T. Harris, W. W. Nanney, J. C. Hames. Coroner. W. C. Hightower. COMING OF THE OXFORD CHILDREN. Editor James F. Barrett, of the Brevard News, printed the follow ing editorial just prior to a visit of the Oxford Orphanage Singing Class to .that city recently. The children are coming to Forest City on Thurs day night, August 21. We want you tc read Bro. Barrett's editorial and are sure that after doing so, you will be, in the High School Auditor- # ium on the evening of their appear- ance here. Bro. Barrett says: "People who love little children miss much when they fail to attend the concert, given each year, by the class from the Oxford Orphanage, .Masonic institution. Aside from the .splendid concert numbers rendered, and the enjoyment of the prgram itself, there is a finer joy and greater good coming to each and ev ery one in such an audience. Men drid women in the audience look' upon the boys and girls of the class, as the concert begins and throughout the performance, in the knowledge that they are looking up on those whose fathers or mothers, or both in. some instances, have been taken away forever. The thought then comes to the man in the audience: ""What if I had died, and my own precious boy were in that group," or "what iif my little girl had been placed in that group, through my death," and then it is that the most tender love comes to the surface, the finest feelings there are in men and women rise above all the base or selfish err hateful thoughts which might have been in one's mind a few hours previous to this mo . nient. Spmehow a man goes back home after these concerts, more conscious of the mercy and goodness of God in being permitted to still be at home, with one's own loved ones. There is a deeper love for one's own chil dren, and a finer reverence for the children of all men, when one has been brought face to face with the fact that had it not been for God's own mercy and kindness, one's own children would be fatherless-, and _ they, too, would be in some concert. or some kind of an institution, being cared for by others. While support of these children is a great help to them, the blessing that comes to the one who helps is ever greater. No one ought to miss an opportunity of spending an hour with these little ones. It does one so much good. ENVY. One of the greatest handicaps to p?rsonal and community progress is envy—the fear that a neighbor or competitor is going to prosper, ihis spirit cramps one's vision, prevents the business men of a community irom working in harmony, confuses issues and an accurate view of op portunities. Don't let this human weakness stand in the way of your own pos sibilities. THE TREE SITTERS. How boys can travesty and satire the actions of their elders, and do it in all seriousness. The Current tree sitting endurance contests furn ish an excellent example. During the past few years thou sands of columns of newspaper space have been devoted to similar endui ance tests carried on by men and women of mature years. Col. Charles Lindbergh, Commander Richard E. Byrd, and a few other natural born explorers have added much to the world's knowledge and have pro moted the cause of aviation. But hun dreds of other notoriety seekers have lost their lives in vain attempts to accomplish nothing to the woild s knowledge if successful. Then we had a period of flag pole sitters, marathon dancers, and so forth ad nauseum. All of these ex hibitions served merely to show the extent of folly to which people will descend merely for newspaper pub licity and vaudeville contracts. Now come the boys with their tree sitting contests, and we hazard the guess that these are the most valuable of all such marathons, for they serve as a satire and travesty on the folly to which mature men and women have been reduced. ■*, ■: % "ACRES OF DIAMONDS." In the little village of Shiocton, Wisconsin, numbering a few hundred population, a memorial was recent ly dedicated to Eben E. Rexford, author of "Silver Threads Among the Gold", many church hymns and other works in the realm of letters. His fame as a literary man, of course, rests upon many more sig nificant works than the favorite song which identifies him in popular fancy. His books on gardening and horticulture are still valuable bo tanical texts though they were all written many years ago, Significant in connection with his career, however, is the fact that he spent all of his creative years in a small village that is comparatively unknown even in its own state. He found it unnecessary to journey to the far corners of the world or the great population centers for inspira tion. He saw enough of life in his own little, beloved village to enable him to appeal to the intuition, under standing, and sentiment of men and women the world over. It is a case of finding "Acres of Diamonds" in his own home surroundings. Those who imagine that success will never be theirs so long as they confine their activities to a small city like Forest City are overlook ing the opportunities nearest at hand. They are visionaries and rain bow chasers whose accomplishments will never be of sufficient character to bring either fame or fortune. PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION CHARGES. The State of Pennsylvania seems unable to hold an election of any description without charges and counter charges of vote buying The Senate campaign investigating com mittee inquiring into the recent Re publican primary in the 'Keystone State, brings to light, the following statements, which may or may not be substantiated: 1. That college students had vot ed for Grundy at a rate of $2 a head. 2. That huge quantities of liouor were made use of in lining up the Grundy negro vote. 3. That Senator Schall had been offered $50,000 to "lay off" Grundy in the Senate. 4. That the successful campaign of Secretary of Labor Davis for the Senatorial nomination had closed with a deficit of SIOO,OOO, still lack ing. We were very careful to call at tention to the fact that these asser tions have not been proved. Never theless, their nature is so indicative of the popular conception of the usu al Pennsylvania elections that we are compelled to deduce, once , again, that where there is smoke there must be at least a minimum of blaze. At this distance, it is im possible to appraise the evidence as presented, inasmuch as the worth of any evidence is predicated on the nature of him who offers it. Those who were called to testify, it is pre sumed, must be in position to sub stantiate their charges; at the same .time, the testimony may indict only the minor leaders in the practice of vote buying, and may leave the prin cipals of the organization free to ran again another day. We trust the Senate committee will stir itself into action, resolving that investigation alone is not the remedy. In any event, we should prefer, here in the South, to contin ue the practice of holding primaries and elections of costs not so hugely at variance with the salary of the office to which one aspires.—Chailot- te News. THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1930. LOYALTY. Loyalty between the individuals of a community is what transforms an ordinary town into a fine city. Loyal ty enables men and women to co operate and bring to community problems the force of organization. Loyalty keeps the money earned in the home town circulating in the home town. Loyalty makes everyone interested in the welfare of the com munity, and focuses on the problems cf the town the combined intelligence of its citizenry. STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENT. We Americans fall into an error in judging all things by mere size. We rate cities on population figures. We compare men on the basis of financial statements. We admire buildings for their height and ex panse. This is a false basis of comparison. Wc feel that many small cities like Forest City are more worthy of ad miration, and contribute more to the welfare of our country, than the great metropolitan centers dom inated by the mobs of the slums and underworld. We know that men cannot be valu ed merely on the size of their finan cial surpluses. Up and down main street here in Forest City there are a number of successful business men. They haven't of course, accu mulated fortunes; they are not call ed upon to give advice to the young people of the country, but still with in the limits of their own opportuni ties they are as successful-' as the captains of industry whose names face us daily in the press. We can say as much for the abili tv and integrity of many local farm-- ers as we can say for men who have found it necessary to employ capable secretaries to take care of their pri vate fortunes. It is difficult to make ends meet on the farm. The man who succeeds has accomplished as much within the limit of his possi bilities as the man who acquires fortunes through speculative activi * Hence size after all counts for but little. What we must do in all cases is to judge an individual or a community or any other entity on the basis of success attained within the limits of possibility. FACTIONALISM. The one great enemy of civic progress is the spirit of factionalism. It paralyzes organized community ac tivity. It work the vision of the town's citizens. It thwarts efforts initiated for the purpose of making the community a better and more prosperous place in which to live. It may be mild or it may be sav age depending upon the issues in volved and the hysteria aroused. It may merely express itself in jealousy over the success of a neighbor. It may be so submerged that it rarely takes audible form. But it is in every community. The way to throttle its ruinous tapping, at the roots of community welfare is to recognize its existence seek to educate people to a broad er and more intelligent view of things. ADVERTISING DOING IT. Penny, head of a cnain store sys tem operating 1,500 establishments, gave a radio talk recently in which he claimed the chain store business of the country last year was as much as $9,000,000,000. The Observer is willing to accept that statement at face value, because of another fact Penny brought out, which is that 28 chain store system people spent a oout $20,000,000 during 1929 "for advertising used to convey their sales message to the buying public." It is advertising that has brought the busi ness to the chain stores. —Charlotte Observer. PARENTIAL OBLIGATIONS. The men ot today had advant ages in their youth that are being denied to present day boys. Life for them was not all play. They had many duties to perform before they were allowed to rush off to the swim ming hole or the back lot ball dia mond. There were chickens to care for, wood to cut, a large garden to weed, and perhaps a horse or a cow that had to have regular attention. These many duties developed hab its that have been of inestimable value in later life. They learned to work and to care for the job in hand before rushing off to play. They ac quired some business experiense in connection with these duties that has helped them to meet the problems ox later life. Life in a small communitv like Forest City has changed tremen dously, however, in the last two de cades. Smaller homes with modern conveniences have eliminated the cuties that usecl to fall upon the boy. How he has little to do in ad dition to his school work and such activities as arise from that source. That result is a lack of training in some of the essentials of success. To find a substitute for this loss' is something worthy of serious con sideration. This need is partially sup plied in boy scout work and other such activities, but the real job falls back upon the parents. The father and mother of a grow ing boy should contrast his way of life with the way they lived at his acre, and see if they cannot find some thing to replace what the modera mode of life has destroyed. The drag net arrests in Chicago have reduced robbery. Apparently the police succeeded in getting the law-abiding citizens into jail so that the crooks couldn't get at them. CHESTNUT HILLS Chestnut Hills, Aug. 12.—Miss Margaret Haynes visited her sister, Mrs* J. D. Camp, at Dobbinsville, last week. Miss Nell Thomas, of Forest City, was the guest of Miss Lila Gordon King for a few days the past week. Miss Virginia May Haynes has re turned to the Hill after visiting her sister, Mrs. Spencer Love, at Linville for the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Fortune, of Bostic, have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Haynes at their cabin "Pile O'Logs" for several days. Misses Virginia May and Edna Love entertained at a delightful bridge party on last Wednesday evening for their house guest, Miss Lucille Wood bury, of Birmingham, Ala. Four tab les were in progression and top score prize was presented to Miss Rosa May Haynes, and honor prizes to Miss Woodbury and the guest of Miss Amanda Haynes. A delicious ice course was served at the conclusion of the game. Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Hall and Stan ley Hall and guest Phillip Padgett of Forest City are occupying one of the cottages for a month. Mr. and Mrs. John Layne, of Avondale, spent the week-end with Mrs. Layne's mother, Mrs. Zeb Jen kins. Miss Betty Shull who has been visiting Miss Mary Reid in Atlanta for the past week returned to the Hill Friday. Mr. Hollis Owens, of Avondale, spent the week-end with his family here. Mrs. E. C. Rowland and Mr. Tom Rowland, of Alexandria, Va., arrived last Sunday to visit Mrs. S. J. As bury, Jr. Miss Helenora Rowland, of Alexandria, has been spending the past month with the Asburys. Mr. Rowland and niece will return to* their home Friday morning, and Mrs. > Rowland, mother of Mrs. Asbury, left i Tuesday for Boone to visit relatives j there for a couple tof weeks. She will J return to Chestnut Hills the last of | the month to spend some time. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Haynes, Tom! Haynes, Jr., and Martha Moore Hay- j r>s, of Charlotte, spent the week-! end as the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. j Rush Shull. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Frye and Miss i Eloise York, of Charlotte, have rent ed a house on the Hill for a week or ten days. This new house was be- j gun on Monday morning and ready j for occupancy Saturday morning. It j is one of the most attractive homes 1 on the Hill and can most appropriate ly be named "Wonder View Cottage" as it commands a view of the shady golf course and the swimming pool, as well as the lovely stretch of hills in the foreground, the gray ribbon of highway number twenty winding j its way to Asheville, and the old mill j and water wheel above the course j Mr. Walter Haynes deserves praise for the attractive and convenient | homes he is building on the Hill for | summer tenants. Miss Virginia Poole, of Green- ' 'THE LOWEST PRICES AT K WHICH GOODYEAR IVER WM is OFFERED HEAVY DUTY TIRES ! ~* ,„ wr7&fJ SEE THIS LATEST GOODYEAR PATHFINDER Mffl wfajml i A big, brcad-Bhoul^^d ? tlucK'treAded ?oodyear with 6 plies of a sturdy, HHRMI Sopertwtet Cord (Goodyear patent) to withstand hard , ws on r ® a f" es » si'! full oversize and a handsome looker. Lat *ke lwse« »e HJffl.'Tt'g'rßUT: """ be * ,la * 01 enjoy,DS 30x4.50 29x4.40 $ 6.00 10 ply Truck Tirej s(sfif> 28x4.75 $ 7.80 32x6 $35.90 1 W 30x 3i/ 2 $ 5.30 Tubes also low priced Phone us—We come on the run Cliffside Motor Co. . Cliffside, N. C. wood, S. C., arrived last Friday to spend some time with the Asburys at the Sam Tom Gottage. Miss Reba Maiyi, of Winter Haven, Fla., is expected to arrive Tuesday to spend several days with Miss Haz el Haynes. Misses Ruth Kennedy, of Sanford. Phoebe McClure, of Charleston, W. Va., Mary Boozer, of Gastonia, N. €., and May Mclver, of Petersburg, Va., make a charming personnel as the house guests of Misses Rosa May and Amanda Haynes at their home "The Hodge Lodge". The Misses Haynes are entertaining for their house party Tuesday evening at a bridge and dance. Additional guests will be Misses Virginia May and Edna Love, Hazel Haynes and guest, Reba Mann, of Winter Haven, Fla., Lila Gordon King, Margaret Haynes, and Virginia Poole, of Greenwood, Messrs. Jimmie Grice, Ralph Craw fc>rd, Charlie Carpenter, Dr. G. O. Moss, Tom Rowland, Stanley Hall, Phillip Padgett, Joe Shull, Frank At kinson, W. Louis Smith, Andy Love, C. A. Denson. and Edwin Hughes. Mrs. John McFalls, of Gastonia, is spending several days with Mrs. Walter Haynes. Mrs. B. P. Caldwell, Mrs. S. J. Asbury, Jr., and Mrs. Grover King were guests Tuesday afternoon at tho lovely afternoon tea given by Misses Nell and Margaret Young of Forest City, for their attractive house guest, Miss Frances Coleman, of Tulsa, Okla. Mason quart fruit nars, 75c, per dozen if you tell us you saw this ad. Farmers Hardware L»o. f-OREST CITY COURIER PINE JOB PRINTING \>'PHONE 58 Programs Prompt Service £ > d y o 7«me. your FINGERVILLE Rl. Fingerville, R-l, Aug. 14 Bob Cooley and daughter are str ing a few days with her son I and Mrs. V. F. Cooley. ' Mr - Mrs. Jessie Owens spent Satm day afternoon with Mrs. tw Cooley. Mrs. Lillian Cooley spent Frirls, afternoon with mother v*? Miller Hines, of Greens Creek Mr. Wade Powell spent Friday af ternoon with Mr. T. L. Gilbert * Mr. Frank Robbins spent Friday afternoon at his brothers, Mr T* t Robbins. ' ' L - Mr. Conrad Gilbert and two littfp brothers spent Saturday i afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Wade Powell Mr. and Mrs. Wake Webb have a very sick baby. Mr. Albert Painter visited his moth er, Mrs. C. A. Painter Saturday if" ternoon. Mr. Paul Cooley, of Woodruff, S C., ha 4 been visiting *his brother' Mr. V. F. Cooley. r ' Mrs. Lula Cooley and daughter Marysue, are spending a few day* with her son, Mr. and Mrs. V F Cooley. CARD OF THANKS. We extend our thanks to the peo ple of Forest City and elsewhere for the many acts of kindness and th« sympathy shown us during the illness and death of our dear son and hus. band, Fred E. Webb. May God bless you all. MRS. MARY E. WEBB. MRS. FRED E. WEBB.
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