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FOREST CITY COURIER; RANDOM NOTES
Published Every Thursday in the
interest of Forest City and Ruiher
foid County.
Entered Aug. 22, ISUB, at the post
©ffice at Forest City, N. C., as second
class matter under act of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
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C. E. ALCOCK Editor and Owner
CLARENCE GRIFFIN—News Editor
fc'RS. 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 $1.0(1
Six Months -5C
$1.50 per year outside of Rutherford
County.
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Thursday, May 28, 1931.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
All correspondents are urged to
get their news letter into this office
as early as possible. Do not wait
until Tuesday or Wednesday to mail
your letter. Get them in the mail
Monday if possible. Correspondents
are again reminded to sign their
names to the letters. The name will
not be used, but is needed in order
to keep a check on active and inac-;
tive correspondents.
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A DIPLOMA IS NOT
CONCLUSIVE.
There is a lot of hazy thinking over»
the country as to education. The fact j
that a boy or a girl manages to get '
a diploma does not necessarily testi- j
fy conclusively that their education j
has been a success, because it takes,
more than dates, facts, formulas and j
figures to make an educated hu- ;
man being.
There are men and women who .
have never seen a college, but who, j
nevertheless, are better educated than ;
some of the young brades. When you j
know what we mean by this you are ;
beginning to show signs of education,
yourself.—Monroe Enquirer.
VALUE OF NEWSPAPER
TO ITS COMMUNITY.
We often hear of the obligation aj
newspaper is under* to the commu-:
nity in which it is printed and to the j
surrounding territory in which i
it circulates, but do not j
hear so much about the obli
gation of the community to the
newspaper. The fact is, obligation
is mutual, always has been and al
ways will be.
Today we say a few words about
what the newspaper does for its com
munity. No longer ago than last
Tuesday a man who lives some d:s-1
tance from Forest City, yet who is a 1
constant reader of The Courier made
this remark: "What a fine newspa- 1
per The Courier is with its always '
numerous pages filled with good ads
and live-, interesting news. Forest
City must be a lively place to sup- 
port a paper like that." This state- .
ment illustrates the truth of the con- 
tention that fully 75 per cent, of the
advertising a community gets beyond
its immediate environment is!
through its newspaper. If it is a)
newsy paper and presents to the
world at large a bold and cheerful
front, most people attribute to the
community the attributes displayed
by its newspaper. With most people
it is inconceivable that a lively news
paper can be published in a dead
town, and it is always with a shock
that they discover that a poor pa
per is published in a good town. As
a general rule, to which, of course,
there are exceptions as in the case
of all rp)es, as the newspaper is 30
is the community.
The riewapaper is always a
little ahead of its community. Its
pace is a, wee bit faster than that of
most others. When times are dull it
refuses to admit that things are as
bad as they possibly can be. It ha 3
a childike faith in the old adage a
bout the cloud and its silver lining.
Now for a local application of the
general philosophizing. Both Forest
City and the Forest City Courier are
O. K., and the reflection of that con
dition is mutual.
Advertisers in this paper say: "We
Believe in Forest City." If they did
not also believe in The Courier theii
advertising would not be displayed
to the scrutinizing eye of a critical
world through this medium.
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We have a complete assortment of
paints, varnishes, enamels, stains,
etc., 10c to 25c can. Stahl's Ten
Cent Stores.
Something big and interesting this
week for Courier readers will be the
new feature, "Views of Our News,"
by a Chicago newspaper man. Each
week he will review the news in The
Courier and comment on same. This
should prove very interesting to our
local people to have this expert in
the big city comment on the hap -
penings in our own community. Read
the first of these interesting letters
on the first page this week, and
watch for the weekly letters from
now on. These letters will give you
an accurate idea of how the news
of our people here appeals to those
ir. the big cities. Something new and
interesting. Don't miss a single letter.
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The Special Feature Edition of
j The Courier will appear next week,
edited and prepared by Mr. Frank
J. Payne, an expert newspaper man
of long experience and who is com
petent to see the many advantages
,of the community better than those
lof us on the ground, and to more
■ appreciate hundreds of advantages
that we home folk take for grant
i ed. In other words, he is viewing
us with the vision of an outsider and
drawing his conclusions from com
parison with many other places.
Many extra copies of this edition
' are going far and wide and will pro
vide an excellent vehicle with which
ito present the good points of Forest
i City and Rutherford county to the
) outside world. See Mr. Payne this
( week and get in on this booster edi
j tion of Rutherford's'leading news--
paper. i
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Don't fail to read the new fea
ture, "Views of Our News," on first
' page of The Courier this week. It
j will give you an excellent idea of the
| manner in which your town and com-
I munity is pictured to the outside
j world by the local newspaper. The
! more you help us to make The Cour
ier representative of Forest City,
j the more lasting and better impres
i sion we make on the outside world.
;A live town is always judged by the
; newspaper it supports. These letters
fcill appear for several weeks. Read
every one of them.
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Watch out for silent and under
cover propaganda for the Communists.
.Most of this is presented to the pub?
| lie in the form of so-called news items
i and blind editorials, in which there
|is an individious and odious compari
son of conditions and an appeal to
the blind prejudice of the working
man. The most dangerous thing fac
ing the American people today ir.
Communism and discontent of the
working class of people.
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Trade Day in Forest City, Mon
day, June 8. Mr. Merchant, begin
now to plan something for the big
crowd that is expected to be here
on that day. We must, and will,
maintain our position of trade center
of the county.
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We see by the papers that there
are 20,000,000 jobless in the world.
Judging from the numbers of loaf
ers on the public square, it appears
that Forest City has its proportion
—or more. It is surprising to note
the number of loafers the country
over. Some appear to have lost their
pep, others day dreaming and anoth
er class just plain lazy. Brother, if
you have a job, swing onto it; if you
have no job, get one, by all n^eans.
i POSTAL OFFICIALS
TO MEET SATURDAY
Rutherford and Cleveland
Councils Will Hold All Day
Session at Lake Lure.
■ j The joint meeting of the service
; councils of Rutherford and Cleveland
s counties will be held at Lake Lure
5 Saturday, beginning at ten o'clock.
. The session will open with a separate
. meeting of the various branches at
, I ten o'clock. At 10:30 they will re
t convene, and open the joint meet
e ing with a aong, "America," The
. organization will be perfected, fol
lowed by the address of welcome by
s, B. Morse. Mr. George P.
j jElam, Shelby carrier, will respond
r,to Dr. Morse's address. Mrs. W. Ar
(j thur Barber, of Spindale, will give a
reading, followed by a solo by Miss
Mamie Perry, of Hendersonville.
The feature of the day's program
f ; will be an address "The origin and
i, development of the Rural Delivery
a Service," by Mr. G. B. Hawkins,
Shelby carrier,, and an address by
THE FOREST CITY (N. C.) COURIER
i Hon. Dan Hill, postmaster at Ashe
j ville.
The session will adjourn at 12
o'clock" for luncheon. At one o'clock
the session will re-convene. Mr. Al
ford, post office inspector, of Ashe
ville. will conduct a question box.
Mr. T. T. Long, postmaster at. For
est City will address the meeting af
ter which miscellaneous business will
be attended to before adjourning.
A string band will furnish music for
the morning session, and the Spindalc
Quartet will appear on the program
Saturday afternoon.
SAMARCAND GIRLS
AT STATE PRISON
Twelve Inmates Get 18 Months
Sentences in Penitentiary
for Starting Fire.
Raleigh, May 25.—Twelve young
girls, some of them orphans, some of
them victims of circumstances and
some of them "just bad girls," had
found home Wednesday night.
Their homes were a frozen "safety
cells,' a block of cells at North Caro
lina state prison here, so called be
cause they are considered the safesi
place to keep incorrigibles, which
their new inmates have been called.
The cells are new death row.
Sentenced at Carthage.
The girls, who range in age from
16 to 19, were sentenced Wednesday
by Superior court Judge Michael
Schenck, at Carthage, to serve 18
months to five years in the peniten
tiary for their parts in burning two
dormitories at Samarcand manor,
state institution for delinquent girls.
Pleas of guilty of attempt to com
mit arson were entered after the
state dropped indictments for arson.
a capital felony in this state. Six of
the 12 rioted twice while jailed at j
Carthage awaiting trial, set fire to
their mattresses and kicked out win
dow panes.
Immediately after sentence was
passed, they were brought here in a !
school bus—the 60-mile ride in
southern spring sunshine and
through freshly planted fields and
busy hamlets, a final glimpse of a
freedom denied them.
One of the girls is Rosa Mull, 1
of Rutherfordton.
BIG TWO FOR ONE SALE.
Something new for Forest City
will be the big two for one sale at
the Gray Drug Company, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of this week.
All Nyal products will be sold during
this sale in this manner: You pur
chase an article at the regular price
and one more will be given you free,
or two for the price of one, making
you a saving of one-half on every
purchase made. See ad in this paper
and circulars for price lists of the
hundreds of bargains given in this
great three days sale. Don't forget,
this is your first two for one sale,
and it lasts only three days—Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday of this
w°.ek. Come in and see the many
wonderful bargains in the two for
one sale.
Horn's Theatre
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Program May 27th to June 4th Inclusive
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, May 27-28
ADOLPH MENJOU in
"MEN CALL IT LOVE"
A drama' of men and their wives, adapted from Vincent
Lawrence's play, "Among the Married." Leila Hyams, Nor
man Foster, Cliff Edwards.
ALSO COMEDY "DOGWAY MELODY"
FRIDAY and SATURDAY, May 29-30
"STEPPING OUT
Playboy husbands, gold digging cuties. You'll scream at this
talkie from the howling stage hit. Charlotte Greenwood, Reg
inald Denny, Leila Hyams, Lillian Bond, Cliff Edwards.
ALSO COMEDY, "FINGER PRINTS," and NEWS REEL
MONDAY and TUESDAY, June 1-2
! "LAUGH AND GET RICH"
You will find what the name implies.
NEWS AND COMEDY
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, June 3-4
LAWRENCE TIBBITTS IN THE
"SOUTHERNER"
COMEDY * 'ST
We have just received a big
line of
MID-SUMMER HATS
to go at %
REDUCED PRICES
Hair Braids, Rough Straws,
Leghorns, Panamas, Etc.
In all pastel shades.
This is one of the nicest and j
best lines of mid-summer hats
we have ever had, and are to
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be sold at the lowest prices
ever before offered, quality
considered.
MRS. A. C. JONES
Near Postoffice on Mill Street
ENJOY YOUR
OWN HOME
While Paying for It!
Don't wait until you can
pay spot cash { before you
buy. Enjoy your home through
all the years when you are sav
ing to pay for it by making
use of our liberal terms.
Now is the time to begin
making plans for a new home,
and while you're making them
oe sure to call us in for con
sultation.
Will sell you a good home
at most reasonable price and
on the very best of terms.
Apply to
C. E. ALCOCK
Courier Office
Tea-Time Frocks of Cotton
WHAT to wear for those semi- The circular insert of cotton !
formal in-between occasion? is bordered by the batiste itself a
when one is entertaining a "few shows how attractively t
closo friends at tea is very often sheer eottons may bp combined
a difficult question to solve. Hap j a frock t'na.t would start a buzz
pily a great deal of the guess work admiring conversation over niij
and charge have been eliminated a cup ot tea.
from this personal problem by the The other model is or av
skill of clever designers and dress- new cotton mull that is !
makers. ished in a dainty Dresden flo
For example the eyelet embroid- design. Puff sleeves. off
ered sheer batiste shown at the shoulder decolletagp and low pla
left is one of the loveliest nev. fullness in the skirt are spe
favorites of fashion this season, j points of fashion interest-
PLAY GOLF
On Dixie Golf Course for Recreation and health.
Fees reasonable.
OPENING DATE, SATURDAY, MAY 30TH.
Location two miles West of Forest City on Don C.
Melton's farm.
DON. C. MELTON, Owner.
i June Toilet
Goods Sale
Below we give a few of the many bar
gains to be had during this sale:
Cara Nome Creams, SI.OO kind, 3of any
kind for $2.00
Cara Nome Face Powder, with compact, free.
Shari Face Powder, with Shari Perfume, free.
Shari Compact, $1.50, during this sale 89c
Theatrical Cold Cream, pound size __ 59c
Jonteel Face Powder and Jonteel Soap free.
Midnight Face Powder, with foundation cream, free.
Arbutus Vanishing Cream 39c
Cocoa Butter Cold Cream 39c
Klenzo Cocoanut Oil Shampoo 39c
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These are only a few of our many items that have
3 been reduced, or carry free goods.
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With every purchase of Toilet Goods we will give
| free a 25c tube of Rexall Magnesia Tooth Paste. This
Q is in addition to the other free goods and reduced
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] FOREST CITY, N. C. /
'JBiiiET
THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1931.