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PAGE FOUR FOREST CITY COURIER Published Every Thursday in the interest of Forest City and Ruthe ford County. Entered Aug. 22, 1918, at the post- j office at Forest City, N. C., as second class matter under act of Congress! of March 3-j 1879. C. E. ALCOCIv Editor and Owner i CLARENCE GRIFFIN—News Editor i ?:*RS. C. E. ALCOCK Society Editor: ARVAL ALCOCK _ Asst. Manager) SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year 1 SI.OO j Six Months -50] $1.50 per year outside of Rutherlord j County. ADVERTISING RATES Display, per column inch 30c j Resding Notices, per line 10c j Classified Column lc per word THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1930 EXIT JOHN ED PEARCE. j i It' John Ed Pearce, late of Pine- j ville, Ky., where he was adjudged I I guilty of criminal libel against aji brother editor, thinks i?e can draw j The Courier into a airty newspaper J brawl, he is reckoning jentirsly wrong! from beginning to end. The editor | of .The Courier is only concerned | sbont running his own newspaper in ! a manner to please the hundreds of leaders, who are not at all interest ed in what Pearce thinks of The Courier or how many subscribers the papir has, but are* only interested in the contents of the paper. His ■ malicious attack upon our friends, Messrs. Price and Miller, of Ruth erfoijlton. and The Courier, last week, was in keeping with the repu tation he ha 3 for seeking trouble with his fellow wherever located. His tirade about statements mafje to him by the editor of The Courier is false in every particular. The Courier can prove by a reputa ble witness that Pearce wanted the Rutherford county publishers to raise the subscription price tQ $1.50 per year, and the editor of The Courier, a hile admitting that we should re ceive this amount, told Pearce that tr\ account of the depressing - ness conditions prevailing this year, the time was not ripe for anj* change in subscription price. Pearce, dur ing- the conversation,, remarked that the Sun's subscription 'list/(he had just bought the paper) was not as large as it should be. We told him that if HE- had 1,000 circulation he would be justified in charging 250 per inch for his advertising. From this conversation, which was over heard by our News Editor, Mr. Griffih, Pearce concocted the garbled and false statements! made in the last issue of The Sun. I The Courier's circulation does not \ concern John Ed Pearce. It is only the advertisers who have any in terest, and our subscription books are open , to any advertiser who cares to check The Courier's subscription li;st. That results are entirely satisfactory to all concerned is attested by the volume of advertising carried in The Courier. For instance, the 24 pages carried last week. The Courier is no new experiment. There are numbers j of readers and advertisers who have fcern steady patrons during the nine years The Courier has operated un der present management. The Cour ier does not charge just any price It can get for advertising. Every one pays exactly 25c per inch—no more and no less. If we charged one per son 25c, another 20c or 15c, etc , we could not make this 'statement, as advertisers could readily soe that we had no standard rate. We don't send out hundreds of sample copies to boost our subscription list. . As to The Courier giving this ytar's subscription to our farmer and others in the county, w? let them be the judge as to our motive in doing so. One thing is cer tain: We did not do it with the idea oi boosting our subscription list, as it needed no boosting. IV e wish to apologize to our read ers for mentioning this matter, but le*.-- 1 that some statement should be mane in answer to Pearce's attacks Th. editor of The Courier tried to show Pearce every courtesy hen he first took charge The Sun, he having come to our office, introduced him self and stated that he wanted to enter the field here with the most c( idial relations with his fellow pub lishers. As we see it, he has failed in every tradition and all ethics of the. pi 'tession and The Courier prom i*e.s :!hat with this article of explana tion, the readers cf this paper will not be further burdened with any ref erence at all to The Sun and Joh«i Ed Pearce. Any further attacks by him will not be answered through the columns of The Courier. Exit John Ed Pearce! RANDOM NOTES ! The Courier wishes every reader ' and every patron and friend of the ■ paper, a Merry Christmas and a I Happy and Prosperous New Year. \ The year just closing; has been one lof many trials and vicissitudes to ! many of us, but there is lots to be | thankful for. It could have been [worse, you know. We heard a good j business (man from adjoining | county say Sunday that he thought | Forest City one of t.he very best i little cities in the state and that he | believed business conditions here-- 'in face of the bank failures and the general business depression —better than in any city of its size in the state. And he attributed this con dition to many things, chief ot which, he thought, was the wonder ful spirit and faith in the county displayed by our citizens. This same spirit will carry us over the "bumps" in 11)31. Just remember that, kind reader, and keep up your courage. We claim the privilege of getting a little personal in this column, and for that reason, we herewith wish to pay a deserved tribute to the of fice force of The Courier. Oh, how we do love these "boys' ot ours, and how faithful and loyal they are. Did you notice the mammoth 24- page edition last week? Well, "our boys" produced that paper on time and without one hours' overtime. We know the "game" well enough to be appreciative of such good work, and are thus publicly and gladly ma king acknowledgment. Remember, we are going to give these lads a day and a half for Christmas, so please bear in mind that no orders can be exe cuted Wednesday afternoon or I Thursday. And, if yor will pardon us, we also wish to pass out i. little bit of appreciation to some other loyal and good friends who have for nine long years stood by and done everything expected of good friends, in season and out, under stress or what not, loyal, true and willing to do as one wishes to be done by. Reader, meei our good friends, Bros. Price and Miller, of Rutherfordton, good newspaper men and ones who have j stood every test of friendship and displayed the most, wonderful spirit of fairness and co-operation in the making of Rutherford county's news papers. To these loyal friends, and to their "force," we wish all the good ! things so richly deserved and also [a happy Christmas and a prosper— jous New Year. * * * Christmas this year should mean more than it has for many years, as there are so many people in need and those who are able are looking after the needs of those unable to provide for themselves. And. after all, folks, the real spirit of Christ mas is giving in the right way and giving to the needy is the right way. .When this is done both the giver | and recipient are made happy. r INDUSTRIAL BANK TO PAY REGULAR DIVIDEND The Industrial Bank, one of the county's strong and reliable institu tions, will pay the regular quarterly I dividend .of 2 per cent Jan. 1. This I was determined at a meeting of the I board last Friday, and will come as g'ood news just at this time, when so i much unrest has been created in ' other counties on account of fail ures of some of the weaker banks \vhich have been carrying too much • "cold paper" on the real estate boom, j The strong position of Rutherford county banks gives confidence as we near the opening of the new year 1931. i . i ' Tlrs country now has so many filling stations it is easy to fuel "•j all of the people all of the time.— j Louiseville Times. j A practical politician should ( make a pood housekeeper, because his bunk is always made up.— Louisville Times. , The heieht of conservatism is found in a newspaper dispatch de scribing a place where 7,000 bar rels of beer were seized as a "for . mer brewery."—St. Louis Star. THE FOREST CITY COURIER, FOREST CITY, N. C. ! LETTERS TO SANTA ; | i 1 Bicycle. Forest City, Dec. 12.—Dear Santa j ciais— lam nine years old, in the ! fouth grade and go to Harris school. Please bting me a bicycle, pair ! of gloves, a book satchel, candy, ap jples and nuts. Little Billy said please 1 bring him a tricycle, pair of gloves and apples, oranges, candy and nuts and don't forget our teachers, Miss Coralee Dalton, of Forest City, is my teacher and is good to me. Billy's - name is Miss Alice Morgan He said not to forget her for she was also good to him, don't forget other boys antf girls. Goodbye. —FLORA WOMICK. ♦ * H Wants Printing Set. • Harris, Dec. 12. —Dear Santa —It |is getting very near Christmas, and ■ I am going to write to you. I guess i you have lots of letters now. I am; ! asking for a printing set, a pi»r of (gloves and a set of story books. Do ' not forget the poor, j With love, —JEAN ROBBINS. ;* * * Doll and Bed. Forest City, R-l, Dec. 16.— : Dear ' Santa Claus —I am a little girl four i ! j : years old. I want you to bring me j | a doll and bed. I have a little sis- j 'ter named Jean. She wants a doll' i 'and bed too, and please bring us some oranges, apples, candy and nuts. Hope you will remember ali jthe little boys and girls. j Yours truly, —RACHEL SMITH. ' * :!: i i Admirer of Byrd. I Cliffside, Dec. 20. —Dear Santa. — ! I am a little girl nine years old. I' jam in the fourth grade, I like my J .teacher very much. I just want to j | tell you of two things I want you to j | bring me for Christmas. I want you j to bring me the book about Richard-! E. Byrd that flew over the South pole. \ \V i e saw the moving picture about him iat Forest City. We heard the ship when it brought the men back from ! down there. We heard it over the radio. He sure was a brave man wasn't ' he. I also want you to bring me a j real wrist watch that will run. I also j want you to think of the poor child . ren who do not have anything, I want . you to take the rest of the things which I wanted" and give them ro j some poor children who do not have i , anything. I want you to make them ! happy at Christmas time. Your little friend. SARAH EVELLYN ALLHANDS. 1 Avondale SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the pow er of sale contained in a certain Deed In Trust made and executed on the 23rd day of April 1929, to W. L. Brown, Trustee, for Forest City Building and Loan Association, the said Deed In Trust recorded In the office of the Register of Deeds ; for Rutherford County, N. C., in book 6 on page 92, to secure a cer tain indebtedness and default having been made in the payments of the 1 said indebtedness thereby secured, the undersigned trustee will on JANUARY 23, 1931. ,in front of the Union Trust Co., i Bank building, in the town of For l est City, N. C., within the legal ; hours of sale offer for sale to th.? last and highest bidder for cash or ; good security, the following des cribed real estate, to wit: ( Beginning on John Hardins cor ner in Broadway; thence South with Broadway street 125 feet; thence East 200 feet, more or less to the Southern railroad; thence North with Southern railroad 125 feet to cor ner of John Hardin's lot on South ern railroad; thence with John Har dins lot 200 feet more or less to the place of the Beginning. Containing , one-half acre more or less, with i one seven room dwelling located on said lot. This, the 23rd day of i 1930. | W. L. BROWN, 12-It. Trustee. SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of ;he pow er of sale contained in a cer.ain Deed ,'n Trust made "and executed on the 11th day of June, 1930, by A. S. -Jackson, now deceased, to W. L. Brown, Trustee for Forest Cit.v Building: and Loan Association. The said De-d In Trust being- on record : n the office of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, N. c., in I book 6 on page 251, the said Deed |ln Trust being" given to secure a certain indebtedness, and default having been made in the payments of the said indebtedness and after expiration of due time in such cases and by order, the undersigned trus tee will on JANUARY 23, 1931. in front of the Union Trust Co., Bank building, in the town of Forest City, N. C., offer for sale to the last and highest bidder, within the legal hours of sale, for cash or good secur ity the following described real es tate, to wit: Lying and being in Cool Springs Township and described and defined as follows: Being part of the J. D. Ledbetter sub-division of the F. B. Harrill farm at Alexander Mills, consisting of lots No. 77, 78, 70, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 and 86 as shown on map made By J. A. Wilkie Surveyor and recorded in the office !of the Register of Deeds for Ruth erford County in Plat Book 1 at page 1 to which reference is here ; by made for a full and complete description of said lots, i This, the 23rd day of December, j 1930. W. L. BROWN, 12-4t. Trustee. l i National conditions look (worst i when last election's promises have I been forgotten and the next elec tion's promises are not out yet.— San Diego Union. J i | Colonel Lindbergh fiidn't claim ja record when he flew acrioss the | continent faster than anybody had, and that is a record in itself. —Nashville Banner. ! treason's (greetings! i At this Holiday Season we extend to fj you, not as a customer alone, but as a friend "-The Season's Greetings and L Heartiest Good Wishes! , Last-Mimite Suggestions for ! s Your Christmas Shopping—* mss*m mm* | CHOCOLATES Assorted 5 Box j I RAISINS ssoS s 3fe iSc | MIXED NUTS lb. 2Sc I MINCEMEAT Wk lb. 19c SPARKLE - 2Sc 1 CANDY Walnuts cigarettes j Cream Drops |h 11c , i Gum Drops Lucky Strike, Camel, Liberty Creams HUTS Chesterfield, | Bon Bons Piedmont, 01* * Almonds Old Go,ds Pitted Dates pkg. 22c p S alad Jl3c Layer Figs pkg. 25c PI , AI « o, .-ww — Layer Raisins lb. 12 1 Flour 24 7Sc Stick Candy 2 v„r d 35c Lard JZSSL He Hershey Kisses, lb. .... 39c —————— Cider, gal jug 59c mothers Bread. %">.« 7c 1 Best Granulated Sugar lb. oc CRANBERRIES in, Oranges Assor:ed Sizes lIC tO ;j By the Crate, $2.95 TANGERINES dez. l2»/ 2 cto2f»e j » fjj . 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