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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.
C. E. ALCOCK. Editor and Owner
CLARENCE GRIFFIN—News Editor
MRS. 0; E. ALCOCK-Society Editor
ARYAL ALCOCK ..... Asst. Manage!
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 193
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET—
STATE, DISTRICT, COUNTY
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(The following is. the State
arid ~ county Democratic ticke|,
whjgh will be Yoted in the Nft
vejgfy'er electiotf:)
United States Congress.
-Senate:—Josiah W. Bailey.
- House, (10th
lon Weaver!
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.p. Corporation Coftmi.
j - £eorge P. Pell.
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S| » Solicitor.
|lßtuyjudiciai District:—J. Will
Pless, Jr., Marion.
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State Senate.
, 27th Senatorial District: —Pey-;
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iff* ton McSwairi; Shelby; W.
•' K. McLean, Tryon.
House Representatives.
,4 JO. R. CsffieJ& g y )
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W. C. Hardin.
Clerk of Superior Collet*. i£~
M \ Dickerson.
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Treasur%w I ■
• Mrs. Minnie F. Wanton.
O County Commissioners.
& P« Jones, Geo. IJ. A.
W. Deck, u
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,i' Board of Education*
J. T. Harris, W. W. Nanney,
J. C-. Hames.
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Coroner.
W. C. Hightower.
BUSINESS CONDITIONS. 1
s|palking with a business man the (
#her day and he said the conditions
Were in the hands of the people. And
long as people talked hard times 1
tfrere would be hard times. But turn '
about, change the scene, put pep in
the old chronic growler and start 1
over and lets go. The goal 'is 1
just ahead. |$ f '
And times ain't fwhat fcliey used t;o
be. v I
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«: ELECTION.
cw, that the election was so
unsatisfactory to many,
tttCTir is" some talk of calling for an
other vote on the question of selling
the utilities plants. That section of
the town charter relating to the mat- j
ter is ' published elsewhere this
paper. In the event anothetf.£fclection
is called, The .COIHW the
Voters to gto intoith« %}atser with
>ut prejudice or venom, and vote
abnd work for what each individual
considers the best interests of the
community at large.- -
No man can. live unto himself a
lone. When we undertake to go alone
we fail. It takes the cooperation of
the people to build a home or town,
a. church, a school, a corporation. But
one man in a community can tear
dbwn all that ,been built. Friend
ship means good will, intimacy, or
attachment. It-, means the coopera
tion of the people, and the standing
by each other to build up and perpe
tuate. A town this size is one fam
ily, and they should live close,.to
gether and walk hand in hand for
the mutual interest of each. Man has
not but few days here on this earth
compared to eternity. And life is too
short to spend that few days in
bickerings and strife. It may not
mean much either way what we
would say but we say it in all can
dor: it is the duty of man to go
forward —and no man can go alone.
Don't forget thy neighbor for sel
fish gain, but look forward to the
growth and upbuilding of your mu
nicipality, your community.
MAKE YOUR
PURCHASES NOW.
Within the last few months prices
have taken a terrific fall due to the
depression, and the buying public, if
it is in a position to make purchases
should do so now. As we scan the
market pages of various newspapers
we are agreeably surprised with the
downward trend.
Practically every commodity can
be bought much cheaper than at any
time since the war, and we would
suggest that it is profitable to buy
right now. When business gets back
to normal there will be an upward
trend of these prices so that it is the
part of good business to buy now.
Farm commodities can be purchased
at lower prices than some months
hence, and this applies to practically
all of the things that are grown on
the farm. We would urge our readers
to follow the market prices, and the
prices quoted in the advertisements
run in The Courier, and grasp the
opportunities that are offered.
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A MATERIALISTIC
FOUNDATION.
Community development and
"boosting" may appear a bit ridi
culous to those who are highly sop
histicated and are looking for oppor
tunities to carry forward effective
uplift .work, but to an earnest think
er feaMmunity uplift work is worthy (
of the best 9f one's effort and ideal
ism. , • ;•
Community "boosting" and civic
club activities may 'appear mater
ialistic, but effective idealism must
take account of material things.";
Culture thrives, happiness re
bounds, wholesome and worthwhile
leisure exists only \v(here
prOsi&rity is established. Progress
is never the product of
People must be comfortably housed,
well fed, and in a position to enjoy
luxuries, before they can give much
thought to the higher values of life.
For these reasons we feel that
'practical idealism finds its most *#£-
> outlet of activity for co'ttir
munity betterment. Whep ljew ind£&-
liries and businesses are Brought
Forest City our workers. a niofif
satisfactory - fufttjre , and ar| | Vppsi;-
tirhity for better jo"bs and some suif
plus in time and money .to devote to
other things.
The arts, the spiritual values ',pf.
life, and thp intellectual develop- j
ment of our people all receive con-,
sideration as the masses are relieved j
from the burden of economic presfevj
sure—from the mere job of making'
a * living. . \ 4 j
For these reasons we assert no j
community is contributing its share j
toward the general well being of j
the nation unless its citizens are
earnestly working for the upbuilding
of the business life of the city. ~ j
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CASHING IN ON C j
AN OPPORTUNITY.
A splendid illustration of a com
munity making the most of opportu
nities that lie right at their doors,
is revealed in *a survey which has j
just been made by The Times-News, ,
of Hendersonville, of what the new !
| canning industry is doing for the
! farmers of Henderson county and,
indirectly, for the city of Hender
sonville. Three years ago a cannery
cf considerable capacity was estab
lished there, through the joint activ
ity of the Hendersonville Farm Bu
reau and the business men of Hen
dersonville. During the season which
is now nearing its close this cannery
has recorded the largest business it
has ever done up to date, and two
additional smaller canneries ' have
been established in the county.
The survey by The Times-News
revealed that $470 a day is being
turned loose among the farmers of
Henderson county for vegetables and
fruits for canning. It is conservative
ly estimated that the three canneries
will turn out during the present sea
son 6,000 cases, 24 cans each, of
vegetables, berries and fruits, in
cluding 2,400 cases of canned beans,
i and 3,000 cases of tomatoes.
Here is a significant thing: Man
ager George E. Evans of the Hender
son. ..County Cannery, has turned
dowrr two orders for every one he
has bean able to fill during the pres
ent season, and it is said that dur
ing the past two years the cannery
could have sold 10 times as many
tomatoes as it had available.
Some small cities and communi
ties are sometimes disposed to bewail
the fact that they are not able to
attract great industries. Industrial
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1930.
experts and economists who have
given thought to the matter are prac
tically unanimous in the. opinion that
the small city or town or rural com
munity, relatively, is at no advan
tage as compared to the larger city
iin the matter of industrial progress,
i Hendersonville is not a small town,
j but the canning success which has
• been made there might just as Veil
! have been made at any one of a hun
jdred or more towns in North Caro
lina with a population of a few srore
or a few hundred people—any com
j munity in fact that has adjacent to
lit a rural community of intelligent,
industrious farmers. Not only in
canning but in other fields there are
opportunities at the door of prac
tically every city and town in North
Carolina regardless of size.—Char
] lotte Observer.
! CAMPAIGN
| EXPENDITURES.
The subject of campaign expendi
tures is occupying the center of in
terest throughout the country. Dis
closures in Illinois, Pennsylvania,
and in all states in fact indicate
that a victory in a primary election
is won only through the expendi
ture of enormous sums of money.
One of the editor's friends in
commenting on this expressed one
point of view effectively when he
said: "Is the time approaching when
the man without a great fortune can
not aspire to any high political of
fice? Have we closed the door of
public life to the poor man?"
As we view the situation it ap
pears at times that here is a real
menace to the future of democratic
government. But we have in this a
problem that is not easily solved.
To make an appeal to the great
mass of indifferent voters a candi
date must spend enormous sums in
printing and distributing campaign
I literature to educate the voters on
! the issues of the campaign. Today
a candidate "Jnay enormous
sums of money and spend it all
honestly.
Honesty of course, should be the
real test. It is not important what
a candidate spends but how he spends
it. If his money is devoted to the dis
tribution of circulars presenting the
iss.ues of the campaign to the voters,
we find nothing contrary tc the. the
ory of democracy., Jf it is u§ed £o
buy the support of influential,, indi
vidals, then the law should deny
that candidate any opportunity to
hold public office.
Limitation by law of all cam
paign expenditures is not a satis-
factory method of solving the prob
lem. The party in power with its
appointed officials has an enormous
advantage. To limit arbitrarily cam
paign expenditures always gives the
group in office an advantage that
is not in accordance with the the
ory of democratic government. No
group, faction or party can be trust
ed if it is not checked in its activity
by the fear that the party out of
office may be victorious in the next i
campaign.
So here we have a great and sig
nificant problem that can be argued
effectively from two sides. To solve
it we must consider it from all an
gles before we advocate legislation
that may create new problems and
leave the existing problem unsolved.
| It is worthy of careful thought.
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THE MOB MENACE.
The menace of the mob is some
thing to which all thinkers in all
times have given consideration. In
plays, in essays, and in all histori
cal writings we can learn that the
mob is always a dangerous element
in any civilized society.
Most great, disastrous upheavals in
history, from the revolution in Rus
sia back to the rebellions in anti
quity, were the work of mobs of hun
gry men and women, herded into un
| sanitary and uncomfortable quart
i ers in the cities. These products of
ja dismal and wretched environment
I have nothing to lose through a des
truction of existing institutions. Ef
j forts to hold them in subjugation
| are only temporarily effective. Goad
|ed by poverty and misery they band
•together and form the mob which
j sweeps over constituted authority
with the relentlessness of a storm
at sea. And the interesting fact is
that these mobs always arise from
{city slums.
In this there should be a lesson
for leaders of American industry.
Even in our enlightened age the mot
is with us, as primitive and brutal
ly powerful as at any time in his
tory. Let there be enough poverty
and misery and w e shall have a prob
lem on our hands that is beyond
even the control of our government
Intelligent industrial leaders rec
ognize the existence of this menace,
and seek to remove the danger by
maintaining a reasonable degree of
comfort and happiness among peo
ple of all classes, by distributing in
dustries out over the country away
from the great centers of population
so that workers may own homes, and
enjoy the comfort and peaceful ex
istence that life in smaller commu
nities affords.
If we continue to mass our popu
lation in great centers, if we con
tinue to enlarge our slums and then
fill them with poverty stricken, un
employed men and women, we create
what history shows is the greatest
menace to our existing economic and
social order.
We feel that the time must soon
come when business leaders will see
that industry must be moved out
into the smaller communities, so that
workers may be granted the added
comforts of life that a community
like Forest City affords.
DALTON BROS. INC.,
NOW 8 YEARS OLD
One of County's Largest Stores
Will Appropriately Observe
Their Anniversary
This Week.
Dalton Brothers, Inc., is observ
ing their Eighth Anniversary Sale.
Eight years ago Dalton Brothers
opened for business in one corner
of the present building with a stock
of about $3,000 worth of merchandise.
Year after year this progressive and
enterprising firm has grown and
expanded until today they have one
of the largest and most up-to-date
stores in this section of the coun
try.
The store is one of the best plann
ed stores in the country. Each de
partment is separate and easily ac
cessible to customers.
No store in the county carries a
more complete line of merchandise
than Dalton Bros. In shoes alone,
they carry a stock of $8,000; in
men's clothing $6,000. A new and r.p
to date ladies' ready-to-wear depart
ment with a stock of $4,000. This
department is very gratifying. Many
complimentary expressions have come
from the public since the addition of
thft department over a year ago.'
Dalton Bros, have made their rep
utation on the high quality of mer
chandise handled. No article goes out
of the store except with the guaran
tee that it must be satisfactory. Thsy
sell only nationally advertised pro
ducts.
The sales forces cf this store are
the most congenial and pleasant to
be found anywhere. They are polite,
courteous, and pleasant. It is a plea
ure to trade there.
J. W. Dalton is manager of the
store, a man of wide experience, hav
ing for many years worked with the
leading stores of this state. He makes
several trips to the north each year
in search of goods. When a new
article comes on the market he is
the first to get it.
G. D. Dalton looks after the men v s
department and numbers his custo
mers by the hundreds.
Mrs. Johnnie Mlae Vassey looks
after the ladies side and is very
popular with her customers. ,
Year after year Dalton Bros, have
increased sales over the preceding
years and from the looks of sales this
year will be no exception. The store
has three outstanding sales each
year: Anniversary sale, Dollar Day
sale, and July Clearance sale. One
of the rigid rules of the firm is nev
er to advertise an article either in
price or quality unless the store can
back it up one hundred percent.
Dalton Bros, number their custom
ers by the thousands and expect to
make many more as the years go by.
Dalton Brothers' Eighth Anniver
sary Sale begins Friday, September
19th, and continues through Satur
day, October 11th. See their adver
tisement in this week's issue of The
Courier for bargains galeire.
FOR RENT—Several houses in
good location. See Chas. Z. Flack,
Clty * 50-2t.
NOTICE—You would feel the
loss by fire of several hundred dol
lars at this time, but you would
never miss a few dollars to protect
that loss. Insure before it is too late.
Chas. Z. Flack, phone 40; office over
A&P Store, City. 50-2t.
Base ball, goli and fishing equip
ment. Farmers Hardware Co,
Big assortment turnip seed. Farm
ers Hardware Co.
SERIES 66
Opens October Ist
Now is the time to apply for shares ir
this new seriep. The Building and Loan
offers you an ideal way to save.
Right here in our own community is the
place where the majority of us will do
most of our hard work. Naturally we all
want to do everything we can to create and
sustain "good times" in this locality.
One of the best ways we know is to
keep money in circulation. Some people
think that when they invest money with
an institution like ours that it is shoveled
back in the vault somewhere and kept
there until they want it again. But most
of you know that is not so.
Your money is invested with us and
you receive credit for it. Such funds are
lent to build homes under ample security
of course. This is active money and it.
helps keep "good times." It helps keep
workers in all building trades busy. Ac
tive dollars mean general prosperity.
Forest City Building
& Loan Association
R. L. Reinhardt, Pres.
W. L. Brown, Sec.-Treas.
Forest city courier
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