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4 FOREST CITY COURIER Published Every Thursday in the Interest of Forest City and Ruther foid County. Entered Aug. 22, 1918, at the post cffice 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 FRS. C. E. ALCOCK -Society Editor ARVAL ALCOCK Asst. Manager ADVERTISING RATES Display, per column inch 30c Classified Column _lc per word Reading Notices, per line 10c SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year SI.OO Six Months -50 .50 per year outside of Rutheriovd County. THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1931. RANDOM NOTES The Courier does not engage in vituperation and abuse nor does personal likes and dislikes enter into its columns. Envy and jealousy, polit ical hatred nor spite never enters into its make-up. It is conducted upon a high plane which seems to be beyond the reach of a certain party, who evidently has let jeal ousy and envy warp his better judg ment. A Great Dane always ignores the : barkings of a feist. * * ♦ Rutherford county will not stand for insidious propaganda 'for the Communists of Red Russia. Watch for the vile and dangerous propagan dist of Communism. And stamp it out as one would destroy a poisonous snake. Communistic propaganda reaches silently, like a thief in the night, to the uttermost parts of this great country, and who knows when it may stealthily and under cover try to penetrate into this county. Be on guard and stamp it out at its first appearand. Socialism is the first step in Communism and should be just as rigidly repelled. ♦ * * Judging from the unwarranted attacks upon The Courier in a cer tain newspaper, some of the rancor necessarily stirred up in the last campaign has not died down, as :t should. To the few who still feel sore, Ave would admonish: Be a better los er. Rutherford county's Republican office holders get the same support and consideration from The Courier a" that given Democratic office hold ers. * * M j It seems that our boys of the baseball club are again headed for the championship tilt at Chapel Hill. Let your slogan be: "On to Chapel Hill." And remember to back up the baseball team by your presence at all the games. * * * It is just too bad. • The Courier sent a bill to a man in Rutherford ton, and, instead of paying it, he showed it to a newspaper man, who, : in turn, lambasts us for carrying a j subscription past due. We stand corrected. We thought the subscrib er so good a risk that we credited him on the subscription list and charged the account on our ledger. And, don't you know, that fellow kept saying, "Don't stop my paper; I will pay you." We are learning a few things as we go along, but our trustful nature sometimes gets us a few bad accounts. After all our kind consideration—and trust, brother, trust—that fellow just goes ahead, and, instead of paying our bill, shows it to that newspaper man, who take* 11? to task none too gently. It is just too bad; it "sholy" is. But please don't worry about The Courier. Thanks to faithful friends and sat , isfied customers, we are doing "iolably*' well, thank you. * • » j * Eight straight rainy Saturdays, and still the merchants of Forest City are heads up and "rarin' to go." Nothing daunts the courageous, you know. Come to see us next Satur day, rain or shine. Forest City merchants will welcome you with a cordial handshake, and an array of bargains that will- make your visit profitable as well as enjoyable. * » »• The Courier is very grateful and appreciative of the solid support given the home town newspaper b* our business men in the face of i veritable avalanche of outside influ cnces endeavoring to encroach upoi this field and tear down and destrc; the usefulness of Forest City s own and only newspaper. * * * Advertising has a real value, jus* j as any merchandise, real estate ir • : other commodity. This value is bas- j ed on circulation in trade territory, j character of the medium and gooii will of its readers. There is cheap: | and shoddy advertising, just as there , is cheap and ishoddy merchandise, j Quality in advertising is just as es-| ' sential as in the clothing you pur- j chase. Catch penny devices and aj small rate per inch for advertising ; only denotes the real value of what j is offered. Some high class newspa-. ' pers get thousands per page, lesser: ones in proportion. For reasonable price per inch for space, The Cour ier stands far in the lead as to val- j ; ue in its territory. i ; The Courier hears lots of com-1 , plaints about fast driving on the! streets of Forest City, several citi-j zens asking us to call attention to j this dangerous practice in these i columns. Are we to await some fear-, ful accident or loss of innocent life , j before awakening to the danger of ithe practice? * * * j One misleading rumor, or pre-j election propaganda, is to the effect j that Mr. Francis Little has not reg istered here, and following his elec tion to the Town Board, would bo ineligible. Mr. Little has registered, will be elected and also make a val uable member of the Aldermanic I Board. Forest City always consider 'ately and justly elects a representa tive of Florence Mills on the Town! 4 I Council, and this time will be no ex- j ception. * * * j The approaching election for May- j jor and members of the Board of, Aldermen is one of the quietest The] Courier has seen in Forest City in j in a number of years. What does this j portend? Or is it the lull before the j storm? Be that as it may, it be hooves the good citizenry of the city to be giving serious considera tion to the selection of men who will best serve the interests of the city. * * * i Have you noticed the excellent j programs given by Forest City Thea- j tres. Some of the greatest pictures made have been presented to the edification of Rutherford county folk, and it should be—and is—appre ciated by the public. "Resurrection/ 1 featured in Charlotte this week, was presented at a local theatre here last week. How's that for keeping abreast of the times? Forest City! gets the big ones —and gets them first. * * » i We detest rumor and hearsay, but cannot refrain from saying that if the statement we heard recently that one man here carried $5,000.00 1 in his pockets is true, he is treading ! .on very dangerous ground. Put that money in the bank, brother. It s high time that all foolish fears en gendered by the bank failures fol lowing the back-wash of the Florida r boom were alleviated. While a few , wrecks were left in its trail, th.3 banks remaining are stronger than i ever, having profited greatly from i the disastrous experience of the more venturesome which were carried down with the collapse of the boom. j *Miss Louine MiUaire, Keauty specialist Martha Lee! Toiletries, will be at Gray Drug Co.J all this week. She will teach you' how to care for your skin in a scien tific manner. Make an appointment. | Howard Allen, formerly with the Romina and Horn's theatres, has 'accepted a position at Shelby with Lyric Theatre and will be in the operating department. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McKinney and , family, Mrs. E. S. Summey and Miss JKatie Summey spent Sunday with 1 Mrs. R. R. Summey at Lexington. Mrs. Dora Wilkie and Mrs. W. L. . H6rn and children spent Sunday with i ; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Grice in Hen j dersonville. ' Improved Porto Rico sweet pota toes will be planted by growers of » ;the Cherryville community in Gas j j ton county to fill the new storage . j house to be constructed this sum j mer. n f Two cows provided M. M. Press t iley of the Speedwell community in j Jackson county with $106.50 in cash | last year from the sale of cream in {[ j addition to supplying the milk and t j butter needed by the family, and *• j skimmilk for two calves. a» . i- j 100 Pecans, grafted Scheley Pa n j per Shells, 6 to 10 feet high, at. y 150 c each. Farmers Hardware Co. THE FOREST CITY (N. C.) COURIER Hold Interesting Meeting Of P.-T. A. The regular meeting of the Forest City Parent-Teachers Association was held in Mrs. J. B. Flack's room in the grammar school building Mon day afternoon, April 13th, at 3:30. A long business session preceded the topic of the meeting which was dis cussed by the president, Mrs. As bury. j Mrs. G. P. Reid, chairman of the ' Welfare committee, gave a splen j did report. "Tree-planting day" was I observed in March during the move 'ment to beautify the school grounds The Bi-centennial Tree Planting As sociation will award a certificate for the work done. Thirty trees were S planted. Mr. G. C. McDaniel was 'the generous donor of the fertilizer 'used in the planting. Mrs. Reid also 'reported a balance of 53.59 on hand [from the cafeteria so capably man aged by Mrs. Wilkie. Acknowledgement of help was made to the following: Mr. G. C. McDaniel, for fertilizer; Mr. Bodice for a voluntary donation of SIO.OO for the undernourished children; and Mr. Dardine, for help on pictures. Mr. Finch reported a profit of $44.70 from the operetta given by the primary department lof gram mar school. Reports from the teachers showed the following number of pupils work ing in the garden contest: Miss Long's room one pupil, Mrs. Ware, three pupils. A picture of Robert E. Lee was presented Jto Miss, jJean Andrews' room and a portrait of George Wash ington presented to Mrs. Grace I Moore's room for the best efforts in ticket sales for the motion pic ture sponsored by the P.-T. A. Lit tle Miss Frances Dyer graciously re ceived the prize for Mrs. Moore's class. Mrs. Asbury announced that a pre-school list was to be made and prospective pupils visited. As fol low-up work, there will be a clinic during a set time of the summer vacation. An Executive Board meeting will be held during the first week of May, and plans for Father's night will be completed. Mrs. Asbury talked on "The Pre- School Child" and the iriportance of the Parent-Teacher Asiociation's supporting the child welfare move ment. From the grade count, Mrs. Bur well Moore's class won first place among the primary department and Mrs. J. B. Flack's room for the grammar grades. The treasurer's report showed a balance in the treasury of $64.49. The association adjourned, th r ? next time to meet in the high school auditorium. BASEBALL TEAM HAS GOOD RECORD The local high school baseball team won its eleventh straight game of the season by defeating Shelby Hi here Monday by the score of 13 to 6. Kendrick pitched a good game for the locals. The features of the game were the home runs by P. Hamrick for Forest City while May hew hit a homer for the visitors. Dillashaw and Padgett played good fielding games for Forest City. The following are the games play ed and the scores: Ellenboro, 0; Forest City, 10. Asheville, 3; Forest City, 4. Cherryville, 3; Forest City, 5. Ellenboro, 9; Forest City, 25. Shelby, 2 Forest City, 10. Cliffside, 8; Forest City, 18. Rutherfordton, 2; Forest City, 13. Kings Mountain, 4; Forest City, 11 Rutherfordton, 7; Forest City, 19 Shelby, 6; Forest City, 13. Sunshine, 3; Forest City, 4. Forest City played Cliffside *\t Cliffside "yesterday. This lends the games before the State series begin. They are scheduled to begin Friday, April 25. Forst City is expected to make a bid for. championship again this year. Saturday Is Last Day To Register Saturday is the last day to regis ter in order to vote in the municipal election to be held here May 5. Mr. J. E. Caldwell, city clerk, is the registrar, and if you did not register to vote in the election held for the sale of the city's light and water plants, or have not registered since the book's opened on April 4th, yon must register before sunset Saturday or you cannot vote. The city election will be held Tuesday, May 5, at the city hall. Messrs G. V. Frye and P. N. Long will be judges of the election. A COMMENDATION FOR ONE OF OUR LOCAL THEATRES We doubt if any county has been more tickled than that of Ruther ford for the last fortnight. There was a review and forecast of the productions which will appear at a Forest City theatre, and forecast that you would see some of the greatest productions you have seen. One of these hit us hot and heavy last Friday and Saturday and we can say beyond a doubt these two days created the greatest uproar of hi larity than has been experienced since we have been blessed with a theatre. No one complained because the other fellow made a racket for they all dropped into the same prac tice. Monday and Tuesday will long be remembered because of the appear-j ance of "Cimarron," a picture com-' bining every angle for which a per son could look for entertainment and information. Men came in staying j till twelve o'clock or midnight and on their exit consulting their time- j piece to see if they were carrying; out their promise to wifey to be back at ten, so absorbed in this marve lous production hours passed without consciousness. Well, that is that. Still they come like the bullets from : a rapid fire gun. Here is "Dracula," one of the ■ greatest mystery and spook' pictures | produced so far. We note the papers ! are out on this picture for showing! Wednesday and Thursday. Do not j miss it. » William Haines is always a wel come visitor to our town and he ap pears Friday and Saturday, just at the time of week when you will be in town or up street doing you week end shopping. Drop in and see Haines in "A Tailor Made Man." with a Fox news, which will show you many events of the day, and you will also find the program sandwiched with a lively comedy and a chapter of "Finger Prints", serial which started last Friday. Next week Vviii bring in a new phase of entertainment. Monday and Tuesday you will see Lowell Sher man and beautiful Mary Astor in "The Royal Bed," also another Fox news and spicy comedies. Wednesday and Thursday your order will be filled, which you have been waiting for, as Lawrence Tib bett and Grace Moore appear in "The New Moon," with the usual merri ment supplied in comedies. All the above pictures mentioned will appear at Horn's Theatre where the highest average of big produc tions will be found.—Adv. JUNIOR MUSIC CLUB HOLDS FINAL MEETING The Junior Music Club held its last meeting on April 15. It was hos tess to the Freshman Music club. The club was graciously pleased to have as honor guest, Mr. Alvin Moore, pianist and composer, from Brevard. Mr. Moore gave an interest ing talk and played several num bers at the conclusion of the pro gram. These numbers were "Valse in A flat Major" (Chopin) "Prelude in C Sharp Mincfr," (Rachman inoff) and "Sonata in A Major" (Scarlatti) also the club was delight ed to have Mrs. Ellis, Miss Round, Mrs. Clayton Carpenter and litte Martha Carpenter from Gastonia. j Little Martha Carpenter, who won in the State Junior music club contest was guest soloist. She played her contest number and graciously res ponded to the applause of the club, with an encore. She plays remark ably for one of her age. Martha is only seven. The club voted to have a party in May. Doris and Frances Ledbetter invited the club to have the party at their home. A very interesting program was engaged in by all: Club song, "America, the Beau tiful." Piano solo, "Song of the Trom bone," (Walter Rolfe), Russell Blan ton. Piano solo, ,"Air from (Mozart (Kinscella), Martha Green. Study for the afternoon, "Teachers of Great Pianists," John Blanton, Frances and Doris Ledbetter and Marjorie Padgett. Vocal solo, "My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair," (Haydn), Katherine Eradley. Piano solo, "Crescendo" (Lassen) Lee Moss Reinhardt. Piano solo, "Puritan Maidens". i (Morrison), Marjorie Padgett. "Musical Creed," Dorothy Lea Moore. Piano solo, "Morcean Characteris tique" (Wollenhaupt), Frances Led better. j Vocal solo, "Mother Machree," Edward Tompson. Vocal solo, "Transformation," ! (Winter Watts), Sara Duncan. , Poem, Sibyl Moore. •; Piano solos, Back Invention No. 1 and "Erotic" (Grieg) John Wash , burn. ! Vocal solo, "The Spirit Flower." j (Campbell-Tipton), Dorothy Green. ! State club song, "Sing, Young America, Sing," Strich), Group of girls. ! THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM | ! April 23, 7:30 Commencement sermon, Dr. Jhan, Morganton. ! April 24, 10:00 Outdoor Pageant, April Farewell. i 11:00 piano splo, Miss Dorothy Bicknell, Watumka, Okla. Procession • al: Invocation, Mr. C. F. Rogers, ; Winston-Salem; Salutatory, seventh TO THE DEPOSITORS Of The Former FIRST NATIONAL BANK .;•* FOREST CITY Having assumed responsibility for the deposits of The First National Bank of Forest City, we the officers of The Union Trust Co., both in the home office in Shel by and local office in Forest City, wish to extend to you a cordial welcome as patrons of the Union Trust Co., and assure you that you will receive from us courteous, reliable and helpful banking service. We sincerely trust that you will continue as depositors of The Union' Trust Co. and if there is at any time any improvements that you can suggest to us in ou£ banking service to you, we will apprecu^^ybui 1 ' k- m . suggestions. We wish to serve you, and please you in our service. Cordially yours, CHAS. C. BLANTON, President. FORREST ESKRIDGE, Cashier. R. E. BIGGERSTAFF, J. WORTH MORGAN, Managers of Forest City Office JUST RECEIVED 300 pair Meyers-Arnold Ladies' SIS. Slippers. Bee Hive Price |J t; Just bought a stock of Ladies' Pure Thread Full Fashioned Hose. Kayser Silky Allen A Hole Proof and other well known brands. Bee Hive price ___ 69c Just received 400 new beautiful styl ish dresses. Bee Hive price $2.95 to $4.95 THE BEE HIVE Bargain Center of the County Thursday, April 23. grade, Lorene Hill; Song, a i p Valedictory, seventh grade. 1 r ,.,. y "; : ton; Song, Tree Top Mornings'." f tion, Everett Yelton; Essay ta Yelton; Address, Dr. p.*"' N • LLy) rt o»> Hickory, N. C.; Song; Addre> "7,"' W. R. Bradshaw, M organ :on; i ings from Trustees, former and friends. Presentation of Diploma Awards; Benediction. GOLF CLUB OPENS ! I The Country Club Junior, na ture golf course, was opened 7" the season Tuesday of this week is one of the handsomest and ] 7 courses in any small city .» ."J" state, and will prove an atirar-' outdoor amusement for t':..- : mer season.
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