Vol.17 No. 33.
The farmer met Saturday at
ternoon and organized their co
operative gin company with 72
member subscribing $100 each,
The following were elected di
-rectors and officers: 6. S. Ware
president; T. C, Black, vice pree
ident; J, B, Thomasson, aec-treas
Grady Patterson and Bun Hern
don, directors. The officers art
also directors making a body Cf
.five. These will hold office until
the first annual meeting whicn
is set for the first Monday in
May 1920.
The stockholders will meet
.again next Saturday afternoon
at three o'clock for the purpose
of adopting a set of by-laws,
naming the organization, and
paying in some money, The in
Mallmonts in which stock is re
quired to be paid was fixed as
one third June first 1919, one
third December first '. 1919; one
third December first 1920. But
it was pointed out that the offi
cers wonld need a little money
' about having the company In
corporated and other detail work
and It was suggested that some
of tha subscribers were willing
to pay in before time in order to
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it is asked that all who -care t
pay in pact or all their subscrip
tion at the meeting Saturday in
order to expedite matters.
, rTbos) subscribing to "stock
and not heretofore repotted are:
J. J, Gamble,' E. L. Campbell,
John Logan, G. H, Ware, R. W.
Weaver, Thomas Hamrick, M.
L. ThornbunR, R. C. Gold, H.W.
gan, M. E. Uerndon, W, A.
Kidenhour, E. D, Ulalock, J. E.
Rhodes, G. E. Love! I, J, G. Go-
. i.ik rr r Oi Tl- . ' I o
TtnsiA r n Polio ft t' iilam.
J, H.Ware, 8, P, Goforth, Sta
cy Carroll, Ernest White (of Char
iotte), J. L, Julian, Dr J. R.
Anthony. ''
-' ''':' W; B. Cooper. .
W. B. Cooper, cotton exporter and
banker ol-Wilmin(rton, -writes:
- "It .the South plants acreage eojinl
to 1118 It means 15 cent cotton. If
the Lord sires .good seaitrms 60 per
ton fuanq cannot He paid for with
15 cent cotton. -" Two-thirds of last
year's s,crs means fully as many
dollars, as full acreage. In my opin
ion. Forty eent cotton, or even 36
' by April, means 15 cents next fall,
' Itew.i The South Is W more crit
ical state now than in the fall of
1914. . No one is going to help us If
we da sot tare oonelres. We seed
sadly, a strong state warehouse tys-
tern to help s borrow Money at reas
onable rites, a' system fullr aafe
fuarded la erery possible way." .'
4 '; J. W.' Cannon.
J. W. Cannon; of Conoord, one of
the biggest manufacturers , In the
world, says: . ;
Tha vtttnn attnatlon Is one they
ay the "apple woman knows as much ,
IDOOT JkS ny unn eivv. , . '
to me SJat the New York Cotton Ex
change Is a great detriment to the
Interest of the South both to the
farmer and the manufacturers for
the reison tout this great country
watcheNw To quotation! on cot
ton anf takes ltfor granted that the
prices sent out by the exchange are
reliable, n a great itump In futures
will cans trovers to withdraw from
the narV-.t srd feel as if the goods
should be old on the foals of New
York q.notettoBs.
5 RINTINO, ALL KINDS, THC HERALD
Kings
THE WISEMAN JURORS
The following Cleveland coun
ty jurors have been drawn by
the county commissioners to try
Aron Wiseman of Burke county,
charged with the killing of Dr.
Hennessea, the cue haying been
moved to Cleveland and a spec
ial term of court called to con
vene May, 12th:
No. 1 T. C. Humphries; No. 2
A. L. McKinney", J. L. Pruett,
P. C. Ramsey; No, 3 L, I Ken-
drlck, C. A. Borders, J. M.
Moore; No. 4 A. High Patterson
W.K, Mauney, George E. liovell
W. B. Simonton, D. G. Blanton,
W. C. Black well; No, 5 O. Eake
A. H. Black, No. 0. 0, Palmer,
W. L. Sanders, P, G. Abernethy
W. W. Martin J. B. Porter, W.
A. Pendleton, R. O. Justice, I.
Y. Weathers; No. 7 L. M. Gold,
D. A. 0, McSwaio, C. C Love
lace. N. A. Hamrick; No. 8Cha.
P. Dysavt, J. J. McEntiie, V.
Banks Champion; No. 9 G. Syl
vester Royster, Clem Martin, D.
C, Beam, Alex Costner; No. 10
G. C. Self; No. 11 Charles E.
Burns.
Alexander Sprunt a" Son.
Alexander Sprunt A SOD, of Wil-
tnf n Pf fill th hl nrnnrinn wrrtta .
We do not advise a reduction of
acreage. The present crop Is not i
large. The decline Is due to (he can-,
collation of large government con
tracts for cotton products and to the
drop of 30 per cent in the market
for cotton fabrics, also to 'speculative
holding for higher prices when the
whole crop might have been sold at
SO to. 34 . cents. Cotton bales ex
posed to. the wealher will rot rapid
ly nnder .the spring rains; the dam
age may be 25 per cent We adviso
selling the exposed cotton at the mat1
aet price Vlthout falay."
Qeorga A. Holdemess.
From George A. Holdernesa, a big
farmer' and a banker, of Tarboro, I
get this: .
"There Is mora cotton than there is
demand for, consequently the price Is
low. If this situation confronted any
manufacturing concern It would Im
mediately . curtail its production so
the amount already manufactured
would only be available during some
fixed period.- It the farmers see fit
not to curtail production by reduced
acreage they may expect a still low
er price. But with, reasonable reduc
tion In acreage the consumers of cot
ton will realise that there will not be
a large supply of cotton and the
farmer will be able to get an ad
vanced and fair price for his? pro
duct -The problem Is up . to the
farmers themselves, and If a large
crop Is made this year they will have
only themselves to -blame.':
Stuart Cramer.
Stuart Cramer, one of the biggest
cotton manufacturers In the world,
writes me: -
"My personal opinion is thai the
decline In the price of cotton Is due
largely to the general feeling that
the prices of all commodities will au
tomatically be reduced during the
period of reconstruction both in this
country and abroad, following the
war. For exactly the same reason
cotton goods are practically unsale
able now, even when pffered at the
cost of production; yet the- stock In
the hands of the retailers was prob
ably never so low as now.
"I believe the best Interests of the
country will be conserved by main
taining a fair, price both for labor and
commxtrtto: and. I hope we Will not
see, and 'I do -not expect to see, a re
turn to, pre-war values. I do expect
to see a readjustment ; of prices of
commodities that show an abnormal
profit, and that la all. I do not be
lieve cotton' to be one of them, and
as a cotton manufacturer I should be
glad to pay the present prices of cot.
ton for next year's crop If the price ,
la maintained.. The ontloqk now Is j
that the demand might possibly war I
rant the planting of a normal crop, j
but, a record crop would probably be I
a misfortune and break the prlca ma
terially In spite of the stoutest elr
forte to maintain It." v."-
Mountain, North Carolina, Thursday, May
STREET PAVING BEGINS
Street paving lias actually be
gun. The whistle gave its initial
toot Monday morning at the
corner of Mountain and Pied
mont streets, the corner at the
churches. Here the work began
and will proceed through the
business section of Mountain
street first. A layer ol concrete
four inches thick makes the
foundation for the asphalt top
coat. Sewer taps have been go
ing in all along the streets to be
paved for several weeks but
there are still a number ol taps
to be made.
ELMER SPENCER BUYS OUT HIS BROTHER
A business deal . of consider
able size was made this week in
the purchase by Mr. S. Elmer
Spencer of the entire holdings
of Mr, Geo. U. Spencer and Mr.
J. M. Holland in the Spencer
Lumber Co., Incorporated.
Mr. S. Elmer Spencer took
charge yesterday morning, and
will devote his entire time to
the management o( the firjn.
Mr. George R. Spencer and
Mr. J. M. Holland will continue
their connection with the Stand
ard Knitting Mills, of which Mr,
Georga Spencar is active mana
ger Gastonia Gazette.
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The name of the Laura Cotton
Mills has been changed to Sadie
Cotton Mills on account of there
being another Laura Cotton
Mil's in the state making it im
possible to incorporate another
of the same name in the same
slate. The Sadie Cotton Mills
has been incorporated at an au
thorized capital of $1 50,000. The
directors have been eloctod as
follows; L, A. Kiser, R.L. Maun
ey, D. O. Mauney, W, K. Maun
ov, T. Motley Plonk and Wiley
H. McGinnis. The officers are:
President, L. A. Kiser; Vice
president, R; L, Mauney; Sec,
Trpas., Doris O. Mauney. The
matter of the site has been pract
ically settled and work will be
gin on in? piant in about a
month.
REVIVAL MEETING TO BE Y
: EAST KINGS MOUNTAIN
We have jiift rrcived a notice
from Ucv. .1. J. Hicks antiounc
ing that a rev'.val meeting will
hegin at East Kinirs Mountain
Baptist church Sundav, Mav I t
and continue throuoh the 12,
Mr Hicks is pastor of tbechurch
There will be no day service on
week days. Nipht service begins
at eight o'clock.
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tSl.AO
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To last week's list of Victory
Liberty TiOun subscriptions we
add:
G, A. Smith J:1,(K)0
J. V. Wni-o 50
WYK. Mauney .100
W. G. H, Ware 100
Geo. Modena 500
Kinirs Mtn. Uoller Mills 500
J. C. Baumaardner 1,000
I. Uoyca Falls 100
Mrs. B. U. Martin 100
P. D. Uerndon 50
Mrs. P. M. Baker 250
V. A. Waro 1,000
$7,150
$00,150
$07,300
$70,950
$3,650
Last wees 's report
Total
Quota
Balance
MORRISON TO SPEAK
Hon. Cameron Moirison of
Charlotte has been engaged by
Supt. Allen to deliver the an
nual address at tbo cUsing ol
the graded school here Ma: '.".)
at 8:45 p. in. Other details of the
program will be announced later.
.PHONE 117 FOR LETTER HEADS
A Year In Advance
MAY 20TH PLANS
Cleveland county is planning
a bin time for her soldiers on
May 20 at Shelby.' Both the new
and old soldiers will be enter
Limed. Those who have gone a
cross nnd seen service and those
who went into training on tin
side and the veterans of the six
ties will come to together in com-,
mon session for a big time It is
expected that fully 800 soldier
of all i.la.sses will be present and.
it is proposeil to give these a
noonday spread on the court
campus. Every home in Shelby
has been asked to supplv a bas
ket for. the festive occasion. Al
so the homes throughout the
county are asked to h.lp out
with the dinner. A full program
for the day will be announced
later.
The Red Cross is managing
the celebation and is soliciting
baskets. The following persons
in Kings Mountain have agreed
to furnisli a basket; Miss Bonnie
Mauney, Mrs. M. L. Plonk, Mrs
I B, Gofortn, Mrs. O. G. Falls,
Mrs, A. H. Patterson, Mrs. L.
P. Neal, Mrs. J. S. Hood, Miss
May Plonk, Miss Daisy Carpen
ter. It is requested that no dish
es or anything els j be included
in the basket that you wished
returned. The dinner will be for
soldiers Only-our recent soldiers
and the veterans of the sixties.
THE TENTH OF Ml
The ttmth of May comes Sat
urday of next week -and it will
be observed liore as usual in lion
or of the old soldiers, A program
is being worked out and will be
published next week. It is sug
gested that as many of the peo
ple of the town as will : furnish
baskets fertile spread and that
more of tin people attend the
exercises. All Hie jonug soldiers
are also invite 1 to share the
honors of this occasion. The ex
ercises will be at the A.; R, P.
church.
Mr. H, P. Peterson says, take
out that screen ad and put in a
buildim ad, I've screened and
screened and screened, but he'll
screen some more if you want
him. Mr, Peterson : says he is
carrying on some bnilding work
these days. His weekly pay roll
looks something fierce for a
small potato, but Peterson is no
small l otato when it comes to
building houses. Read his ad and
then let him build a house for
you. Ho has already given three
soldiers woik and says he will
hire more if they want work.
Mr. Peterson has - just closed
contracts for the following build
ings: Harvey Roberts, 5 room
house on Parker street. ; E. L,
Campbell, two 6 room houses on
Cansler street; W. A. Wallace
5 room house, in East Kings
Mountain. Mr.' Peterson says
that thero is no prospect of
building material getting any
cheaper. So it yon contemplate
building yon might as well go
ahead.