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FOREST CITY COURIER Published Every Thursday in the icterest 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. C. E. ALCOCK-Society Editor ARVAL ALCOCK Asst. Manager ADVERTISING RATES f/isplay, per column inch 30c Classified Column lc per word SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year SI.OO Six Months -50 $1.50 per year outside of Rutherford County. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1931. LANGSTON HUGHES' «ERANCES. st week's editorial in The Cour ier, heading "Dirty Com munism at th& University" has brought about considerable comment among iFhe Courier readers. In res ponse to wide-spread demand, we are publishing herewith the full text of , negro Langston Hughes' remarks, as j printed in The Contempto, a Chapel Hill publication, also a poem, also printed in The Contempto: Christ in Alabama. Christ is a Nigger, Beaten and black— O, bare your back. Mary is His Mother— Mammy of the South, Silence your mouth. God's His Father- White Master above, Grant us your love . Most holy bastard Of the bleeding mouth: Nigger Christ On the cross of the South. Southern Gentlemen, White Prostitutes. If the 9 Scottsboro boys die, the j South ought to be ashamed of itself —but the 12 million Negroes in America ought to be more ashamed than the South. Maybe it's against the law to print the transcripts of trials from a State court. I don't know. If rot, every Negro paper in this coun try ought to immediately publish the official records of the Scottsboro cases so that both whites and blacks might see at a glance to what ab surd farces an Alabama court can descend. (Or should I say an Ameri can court?) .. The 9 boys in Kilbee Prison are Americans. 12 million Ne groes are Americans, too. (And many of them far too light in color to be called Negroes, except by liars.) The judge and the jury at Scottsboro, and the governor of Alabama, are! Americans. Therefore, for. the sake of American justice, (if there is any) and for the honor of Southern gen tlemen, (if there ever were any) let the South rise up in press and pulpit, home (and scfiool, Senate Chambers and Rotary Clubs, and pe-1 titien the freedom of the dumb young | blacks—so indiscreet as to travel,! unwittingly, on the same freight) train with two white prostitutes . . . And, incidentally, let the mill-owners of Huntsville begin to pay their wo men decent wages so they won't need \ to be prostitutes. And let the sensible - citizens of Alabama (if there are I any) supply schools for the black j populace of their state, ( and for the | half-b:ack, too—the mulatto children of the Southern gentlemen (I reckon they're gentlemen) so the Negroes won't be so dumb again . . . but back to the dark millions—black and half black, brown and yellow, with a gang of white fore-parents—like me. If these 12 million Negro Americans' don't raise such a howl that the doors J of Kilb?e Prison shake until the 9 youngsters come out, (and X don't mean a polite howl, either) then let Dixie justice (blind and syphilitic as it may be) take its course, and let Southern gentlemen amuse themselves burning 9 young black boys till they're dead in the State's electric chair. And let the mill-owners of Huntsville continue to pay women workers too little for them to afford the price of a train ticket to Chattanooga . . . Dear Lord, I never knew until now that white ladies (the same color as Southern gentlemen) travelled in freight trains .... Did you, world?. . . And who ever heard of raping a prostitute? Hello kids! Santa Claus will be at our store Thursday and Friday af ternoons from three to five o'clock. Courtney's Ten Cent Store. I CHAPEL HILL LITERATURE. It has been definitely settled that Contempo, the paper published at Chapel Hill, certain contents of which aroused the wrath of the An derson editor, is in no way a respon sibility of the University, but it ap pears that there are other publica tions there, notably The Daily Tar Heel, The Buccaneer and College Humor, and rucus around these pub | lications has resulted in organization of what is known as the Student's ! Research League, Bulletin Number j 1 of which is received at The Ob j server office. This numbei contains ! an attack on the editor of The Tar | Heel, requesting his resignation on various grounds, and promising that iif he does not face the charges I brought against him, the Research i League will go on record as declar- I ing them to be true. It is the state | ment of purposes of the League, how ' ever, that gives indication of some thing going wrong with journalism at the University. The publishers of The League Bulletin remain anony mous, "not out of fear," for they are to print nothing that is "libellous or ,* untrue." It is declared that the most glaring evil is The Daily Tar Heel," and the League's first shaft is directed against 'the latest Ameri can phenomenon —the Campus Rack eteer." The further declaration is that "a group of more than a score of upper-classmen, representing fratern ities and non-fraternities, have wit nessed the gradual disintegration of student government on the campus, and at last they have organized a program of action. To expose the evils of the campus, in a restrained and dignified way, is their plan." One of the arraignments of the edi tor of The Tar Heel is intimation that he refused to print a letter re futing his "false editorial on Com munism on the campus." Evidently the printing press at the Hill has been engaged in literary activities that irks at least a portion of the upper-classmen, aside from interest ing the outside public.—Charlotte Observer. "SURRENDER" USES ELABORATE SETTING Two very exacting tasks confront ed the production staff of Fox Films when it was decided to make "Sur render," which is based on Pierre Benoit's novel, "Axelle," dealing with a most interesting though seldom treated phase of the great war—the life of the prisoner. The entire setting in "Surrender," coming Monday to the Romina is a huge detention camp in Germany built around a castle by the short of the North Sea. MR. CHARLES Z. FLACK MOVES TO NEW QUARTERS i Mr. Charles Z. Flack, widely known [insurance representative, moved T'ues j day morning to his new quarters in the Union Trust Company building. i Mr. Flack has rented twa rooms on the third floor. He represents several | well-known insurance companies. See his advertisement in this issue of The Courier. i i Why Paint Is I mportant Although the location and style of I architecture are, naturally, the first \ things planned by the prospective j home builder, one of the most impor tant factors in home construction i.t paint, and painting work. Not only does paint give the finish ing touch of beauty, but its preserva* i live quality is of vital significance. .Most painting difficulties are found j to be caused by moisture, not neces sarily on the surface, but within the wood itself. Consequently the struc ture must be permitted to thorough- J ly dry before the priming coat is ap- I plied. If this coat is thin enough it j will give permanent protection to the [ wood and, at the same time, allow the sun to draw the moisture to the sur face. The best procedure is to apply a priming coat as soon as weather con ditions are favorable. Delay and ex posure will cause weathering if the surfaces are long neglected. I ~ J Bring the kids to see Santa Claus any time from three to five o'clock Thursday and Friday afternoons, at Courtney's Ten Cent Store. i LOST —Ladies' black purse, near Adaville church. Contained $5.00 bill j and change, also glass case. Reward. | Miss Lucille Sherlin, Box 411, Spin dale. H_lt Paper shell pecans. Just the thing for Christmas. Only 25c a pound. Ten Cent Stores. Christmas boxes at half j price, also ribbons and laces. * Will sell my fall hats at half price. Mrs. E. E. McCurry. - -tg. _ jSyb . jy i £. 2X;.•„ 4£-- HAH LETTERS TO SANTA Remembers Playmates. | Avondale, Dec. 14. —My Dear j Santa: I will write you a letter. I l am ten years old. I go to school. I lam in the fourth grade. Miss Haynes jis my teacher. I want a baby doll, telephone, box of candy, nuts and fruits and I want all the girls and boys to be remembered. VELMA SMITH. % * • i Baby Doll and Telephone. Avondale, Dec. 18.—Dear Santa Claus: I am six years old. I go to I school. I am in the first grade. Miss j Nanney is my teacher. I want you |to bring me a baby doll, telephone, pair gloves, candy, nuts and fruits. MARY JANE SMITH. * * * Cowboy Suit. Cliffside, Dec." 14.—Dear Santa. I am a little boy in the first grade. Miss Alice David is my teacher. Santa do not forget me and my good teach er Christmas. I want you to bring me a cowboy suit, a ball, Amos and Andy car and don't forget I like j candies, fruits and nuts. Be good to my mother, dad and the rest of the little boys and girls. A little friend, CHARLES LEMMONS. * * * Cliffside, Dec. 14.—Hello Santa: I am a little girl seven years old. I want you to bring me a cowboy suit because I play with my little broth er most of the time. I also want a little doll dresser, and a pair of bed room slippers. You can bring me some candies, nuts and fruits. Do not forget my little friend Rachael Metcalf. Hoping to see you Christ mas. A friend, FRANKIE LEMMONS. ♦ ♦ ♦ Cliffside, Dec. 14.—Dear Santa: I don't want you to bring me things this year, but I will tell you what I want. I want a black board, a story book of "Alice in Wonder land," a puzzle of some kind, and a few fruits and nuts and candy. I want you to bring all of my friends and my school teacher many nice things. With love, JESSIE LEMMONS. j SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the pow er of sale contained in a certain Deed of Trust made and executed by Isiah Flowers and wife, Ioal? Flowers, on the 3rd day of October 1925, to W. L. Brown, Trustee, for the Forest City Building and Loan Association, to secure a ejertni'n indebtedness and default having been made in the payments of the in debtedness thereby secured, the un dersigned Trustee, will on FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1932. within the legal hours of sale in front of the Building and Loan of fice, in the Town of Forest City, N. C., offer for sale to the last and highest bidder for cash or good se • curity the following described Real Estate, to wit: Lying and being in the Town of Forest City, N. C., in the section j known as Graham Heights and be | ing lot No. 5 in Block "B" of the Weathers Sub-Division as shown on I map on plot made by J. A. "Wilkie, Surveyor, said map being on record in the o'ice of the Register of Deeds for Rutherford County, North Caro lina, in Book at page , ref- I erence to which is made for a more complete description of said lot. This, the 16th day of December, 1931. W. L. ( BROWN, 11-4t. Truste?. THE FOREST CITY (N. C.) COURIER Only Seven More Shopping Days Until Christmas That's All You Will Need At Horn s Largest Assortment of Gifts and Toys We Have Had in 34 Years You Can Get Your Entire Christmas Needs At Horn's Candies, Fruits, Nuts, Toys and Gifts Galore Horn's 'mS$L Cash Storel&«^ FOREST CITY, N. C. Thursday, December 17, 1931
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