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lis Is mmunity Fair Week at Ear! Tuesday; Boiling Springs -.Wednesday; II Bethel Thursday and Union Aft ay I I'v.o Linotypes, Advertising j f ..,fl J Cut and Picture Service. All fj J ! ( j Automatic Job Feeders. I Hume Print. Cheapest Pi cr t ; f i j Tluio Job Presses. No if fj ' T' Lare or To Sma11 1 ! Per Copy in This cr in Job for Ts. i 't 4H to Hand Phone No. 11. 'ifff.ifl- 1 firffi 10- n$ r.ncrlf 1 1 FT! Tf i.MJ --t VVTV . XT r- . ""' i i i . Villi.' AA A. 1M II. I 71 ' " . . . . . FIVE THOUSAND nAirc cirwrn imi DlLEd OlullCU UriTeS .2eb Vance's Tale That Man IN; CLEVELAND CO-OPERA-TIVE MARKETING Effective of Bill Cotton Pool in Texas, Oklahoma ; and Other Cotton Growing States ..Cooperative marketing of cotton is growing stronger each day in Cleve land county. Five thousand bales of cotton have been signed and indica tions are that, more than ten thous and bales will be signed by1 October 1 ."if h U'hpn thp ramniinn - vivsca October 10 to 15 has been designated as victory week for Cleveland county and each man who has signed the con tract is asked to get at least one other man to sign the contract be fore the campaign closes. If you haven't signed the contract see Mr. J. B. Whitehurst or your county agent before the 15thr North Carolina as a whole has tigned up 230,000 bales when its min imum quota was fixed at only 200, 0C0 bales. Most of this, however, was signed up in a comparatively small number of cotton growingcounties. Effect in Other States The biggest cooperative marketing organization of growers in the world is being completed at the Dallas of fices of the Texas Farm Bureau Fed eration. More than six hundred thousand bales of cotton from ap proximately 40,0001 Texas members have been put in one pool to be dis posed of through a sales agency set up by what is known as the American Cotton Growers Exchange. Oklahoma has signed up over 400,000 bales to fro into the same pool and Mississip pi is contributing 210,000 bale3 and Arizona is also in. The total already promised for the pool is more than one and a quarter million bales. Tex as cotton farmers are still signing contracts and it is expected that this tiite will ultinjately contribute more tlian a million bales to the pool. Every grower contributing to the pool has agreed to deliver all ofthe cotton that he produces for the next five years to the association which is composed of growers and managed by a Board of Directors elected by the growers and composed of growers. California cooperative marketing as sociations dwindle into insignificance when compared with this new collos al merchandisisng movement. The largest association on the Pa cific Coast has less than fifteen thou sand members. The American Cotton Growers Exchange will have more than 70,000 members, each pledges to deliver all his cotton during the per iod provided for in the contract This organization automatically becomes the largest cotton factor in the world. Its . office will be located in Dallas, Texas. Adequate financial support for the organization is now being arranged through different agencies. Letters from the War Finance Corporation in dicate that this Board will render the same support to the Texas farmers that it has already rendered to the Mississippi Delta . Growers Associa tion which has borrowed five million dollars and which will be advanced to the growers while the crop is be ing marketed through the same ex change that will handle the Texas crop. New York financial circles are also interested in advancing money for the financing of this crop movement as are also the larger Texas banks. The magnitude of the undertaking has attracted-the attention of ' keenest minds In the banking world. POTATO HOUSE WITH A CAPACITY 2,500 BUSHELS The twenty five hundred bushel ; sweet potato storage houses which is being built at Boiling Springs is nearing completion and will be ready in a few days for storing this years crop of potatoes in.i-Twenty men in this community joined together to build this house and will hire a com netent man to look after curing po tatoes and keeping of the house. The house is up-to-date in every way and is being built according to the government plans and instruc tions. Cleveland county soils are especial ly adapted to raising sweet potatoes, "nd with adequate storing houses can be made a profitably industry as one hundred and twenty bushels of po tatoes per acre is considered a fair average. Any one wishing to see a potato nouse under construction can do so at the community fair at' Boiling Springs Wednesday. Attorneys for Carl Wanderer, the twice convicted murderer of his wife and a "ragged stranger" in Chicago, nave filed an aoteal to delay the exe cution of the death sentence against nim. THE - - - v A Ill 11 I I VI' Vtlln i'OX Hlintinr s Yards Always Welcomes Strangers From Yorkville Enquirer: Got hold of Dan LatHmr, f tii-.i- ory Grove, the other Ha V QTlH ttfwl U Pleasure of . hearing, him talk about foxes and other things for a while. Of v tT ev"ybocly who reads The rorkvUIe Enquirer knows that Dan Lattimore is the most thnmn: fox hunter of his generation. What he does not know about the fox, fox hunting, partridge shooting, the game laws, etc., ia not worth knowing. Not only this, he is a thoroughgoing sportsman, who plays the game fair, whether it be with foxes, partridges or men. After Mr. Lattimore had talked about the lavages of the boll weevil out in his section, and wound up with the boast that, whether ho made any cotton or not, he would still i.ve ra tions enough to run him through the winter. Views and Interviews banter ed him with: 'Well, if I should come along about 12 o'clock sometime in January you wouldn't send me along to tne next house for my dinner," he laughed a hearty laugh, and came back with this: "I am going to tell you a Zeb Vance story. First, I am going to tell you that I use a hunting horn that Zeb Vance gave my father, and for which I would not take a pretty good sized little farm. Maybe you did not know it, but Vance was some fox hunter himself. He knew all about the sport, and he knew how to exchange grips with fox hunters, too. I heard him tell this story in a campaign speech, when I was a little boy. He was talking about the hospitality of the people he came in contact with in his canvass of the country, and he put it up like this: "If you find your self out late and in need of a place to put up, and come to a house where they have no dogs, you may as well drive on. There is some body sick there or they have company. If you see a bull dog or fice in the yard, there is no use wasting your time. The man will tell you that his wife is away and there is nobody to give you anything to eat that night or the next "morning. No, you may just as well drive on before it gets too dark; but when down the road a little far ther you come to a house where there are half a dozen mangey hounds in the yard and a hunting horn hanging up next to the door post, it is not use asking questions. It is not worth while to holler even. Just drive into the barnyard, take the harness off the horse, and go into the house. If they have already had purper it will take only a little while to get some more, and you will be welcome. They .are going to give you a bed even if the old man and the old lady have to sleep on a quilt in the back shed." Mr. Lattimore was not applying tne story to himself exactly; but every body knows that he has eleven or more first-class foxhounds the best in the country and that hunting horn that Zeb Vance gave his father. Of course Mr. Lattimore commenc ed hunting foxes in the old days when the hunters rode horseback; but now he is using an automobile. "Yes," he said, "I believe. I would rather hunt foxes in a car than on horseback. In the first place there are too many hog-wire fences nowadays for horseback riding: but anyhow you can get all the inn out of it just the same in a car. All ycu have to do is to hunt a high tface in the road and listen to the fun. Sometimes you might have to walk a mile or two; but that is not often, It is really better in a car." On his recent trip down . to Allen dale county, Mr. Lattimore "" caught fourteen foxes. BRINGING IN GEORGIA NEGROES TO OUR FARMS Neeroes from Georgia farms are comine into North Carolina to do farm work, the Georgia fields not be ing able to supply them with work since the boll weevil has ravaged the crops. A prominent farmer stated to The Star yesterday that ne saw sev eral car loads pass through Cliffside a few days ago coming to North Car olina to pick cotton and that Messrs. Cicero Falls, Billy DePriest and a number of other farmers in this sec tion have imported nine to ten each to help raise cotton. It is reported that A. J. Elliott, Am Palmer Chas. and Barrett Whisnant and perhaps others will go this week to Georgia to move families from that state to this. Ice Cream (Supper There will be an ice cream supper at PolkvilTTlIefHodTsriurcTTSatuP day night of this week. Everybody invited. When in need of furniture see The Paragon Furniture C he square. CLEVELAND STAR. SIIELUY. N. C. TUESDAY, OCT. 4. ia.COIiD CO'lTON PICKERS Lat!i;oro JlrW One Corres pondent TcIN of Vox Hunting smM'cUoiv PickingPerson- Meiuron Sfeci.-il to The Star: V t Messrs. S. B. Cooper and J. P. Lat timore who owns a fine pack of fox dogs and are very fond of fox hunt ing caught a fine old gray fox recent ly near the mountain regions.. The fox had been pacing the hills for lo these many days. They baeeed their game in an hour and 15 minutes eny joying an extra fine race. Mr. V. C. Davis of Lattimore found a fine open boll of cotton in " his field recently with 12 well matured locks in it. Mr. W. A. Martin has been confined to his room for some time. Sorry to note the illness of Mrs. A.- C. Hamrick. We wish this good bid ladv a speedy recovery. The writer has been informed that Mr. A. G. Wiggins of R-l has fine old peafowl that has been at his home for 21 years. It seems to enjoy .life fine and Is a very proud old bird. f Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Doty re cently a fine ten pound Bon. Born to Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Holland not long since, a fine son. It seems we have some champion cotton pickers in our midst. Mr., G. A. Jones picked 325 pounds ' in 9 hours; Roy Hamrick comes next with 29G in 8 hours; our old friend Mr. J. A. Potter who has withstood the storms of 51 summers is not found wanting ior ne picKec one aay and is as spry a3 a boy. Mr. Bob Jones, better knows as "Uncle Bob" who operates a sorgh um mill in our section says he is not in the ring for cotton picking, but is Johnny on the spot, making fine molasses. He knocks out, from 75 to 80 gallons a day with a good fireman at the front. Mr. Charles C. Hamrick of near Lattimore will move to Shelby in the near future. We regret very much to lose Mr. Hamrick and his esteemed family from our section. Mr. and Mrs. Stenit Walker spent Sunday with Mrs. Walker's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Harrill of .Lat timore. '.: ;, Mr. John Whitaker and attractive daughter Miss Maggie of Spindale spent Sunday with Mr, and Mrs, G. A McSwain of Lattimore. WANAMAKER SEES WAVE OF PROSPERITY COMING Big Merchant Declares New En at Hand; Pushes Advertista-? and Enlarges The speedy return of prosperity with plenty of work for all was pre dicted by two notable figures in in; dustrial and mercantile circles Chas. E., Bedford, president of the Vacuum Oil Campany and John Wan amaker, merchant of New York and Philidelphia. "Business revival week," said Mr. Wanamaker, "I think will be extend ed into a business revival of years and years. I have more faith in America today and more expectations of the future than at any time in my 60 years as a merchant. "There will be plenty of work for all if we show our faith, not in relat ing to our ecort, putting on blue glasses and keeping our money in our Dockets, but starting to build, put ting our money and our brains ev erything we have into the good of the country. instead of curtailing our adver tising, we are enlarging it Instead of standing patjn our stores as they have been, we are retitting,f rearrang ing and improving them. To do this we have given -employment to thou- sanas OI wecnwnic; aajr u "'"" . In Mr. Bedford's riew conditions will be restored to normal by spring unless forseen conditions arise. CLEVELAND CORN CLUB BOYS TO STATE FAIR County agent R. E. Lawrence will take a team of three boys to the state fair in Raleieh the week of Oct. 17th to nut on a seed corn demonstration booth to represent Cleveland county in club work at the fair. Mr. James M. Gray assistant director of Agri culture was here last week and assist ed in the selection of the following boys for the team: Charles Falls, Kines Mountain: Swain Morris, Beth lehem; Yates Harrelson, Waco ana Boyce Mauney, union as first alter nate. These boys will have all of their expenses paid to and from the fair and should be a great trip for them. This team will also enter the judging contest offered to the club boys of the state. Go to the Paragon Furniture Co. flTTrmtuTn6TTtf and save money. Our stocks are com. plete. Mr. A. W, McMurry is spending a week in New York on business. Mabel Jetton Missionary Society To Meet Friday The Mabel Jetton Missionary so ciety of Central Methodist church wijl Lmeet with Mrs. Rush Hamrick Fri day afternoon at 4 o'clock and all members are urged to be present. ' . Music and Art Department To Meet Wednesday . - The Music find: , Art department of hOj iVomanls club will meet "Wednes day afternocn with Miss Ethel Cline at the home of her sifter, Mrs. Rush Stroup... ;; Miss May Washburn Returns from Ashevillc The hosts of friends of Miss May Washburn the. bright and attractive young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Washburn, who has been in Aehe- ville under a specialist for a number of months, will be delighted to know that.ishe has almost entirely recovered from her recent illness and arrived home from Asheville last Friday. Engagement cf Miss Frances Mc-... Brayer and Mr. Flay Hoey An nounced at Beautiful Luncheon One of the most interesting bociui event of the fall season was the ele gant 1 o'clock luncheon given, by Mrs. tober n, t h , , h-me on South Dfl Kalb street, announcing the engage ment of her beautiful young daughter, Miss Frances, to Mr. Flay Hoey, son cf Mr." and Mrs. Ernest Hoey of this place. The chosen color motif for the hap- ry event was pink and green, beauti fully expressed in the decorations and refreshments. The luncheon board was covered in elegant white damask, in the center of which stood an unique conception of a gipsy pot and standing cloBe by guarding the secret which it contained was a cunning little pink kewpie in most coquettish pose. The twelve attractive little handpainted place, cards, bearing the names ' of Frances and Flay, were each attached to a pink ribbon which led to the gipsey pot this containing strips of paper announcing the wedding date, Nov. 16th. " The bride to be's chair was marked by a huge butterfly bow of pink tulle and at each plate was a cunning lit tle pink paper hat containing the mints: From the handsome chandelier just over the table which was shaded in green and pink, hung cunning little golden wedding bells and ropes of tiny celluloid kewpies, making a , most pleasing ensemble. i Five elegant courres were served in faultless style, and assisting the hos tess in entertaining were her sisters, Mecdames, C. R. Doggett, L. A. Blan- ton. Zeb Mauney, C. R. Webb and S. S. Royster. The luncheon guests were: Mes. dames Ernest Hoey, Wythe Royster, Frank Hoey, Willis McMurry, Mi.-ses Dorothy Dover, Frances McBrayer, Sara McMurry, Mary Griffin, Esther Suttle and Lena Gilman. First Meeting of Twentieth Century Club The Twentieth Century club re sumed its activities after the sum mer's vacation last Thursday after noon, meeting for the first time this fall with Mrs. Carl Webb at her ele gant new home on East .Graham St This handsome home which lends it self beautifully to entertaining; was artistically arranged for the occasion with beautiful growing plants and cut flowers, in which the color note of pink was emphasized.' . ... . -The club is again using the program compiled by the University of North Carolina, especially for the literary clubs of North Carolina, thls 'year's study-subject being "Studies in Amer ican Literature." With a full attend ance, and the new president, Mrs. R E. Ware presiding this interesting study was begun with three splendid papers on "Our Nature Writers". Mrs O. Max Gardner opened the program with an interesting article on Henry David Thoreau, who was among the first American nature writers. Mrs, A. W. McMurrys paper on John Murl, read in her absence most delightfully by Mrs. C. R. Hoey, was in itself a breath from the beautiful outdoors." With it's beautiful description of this wonderful writer and his love of na ture this splendid article was listen ed to with deepest interest by the club. The program was concluded by story of the life of the late beloved John Burroughs, of whom Roosevelt wrote, "He is our greatest nature lov er and nature writer", this study being most interestingly handled by Mrs. J u. L.ineDerger. During the social hour which fol lowed, the hostess, assisted by her niece, Miss Frances McBrayer served an elaborate ice course, punch, mints and salted almonds. The guests of the 1921 dirt u-rc 5-m. J;ic': Pnki.r and Mrs." Nimv Y rl- Tr' Charm Shelby Music Lover onc-iby music lovers wer given n rare treat Friday night when, under the auspices of thi Cecalin Music club and the Shelby Graded school, thev Were eiven a dnlichl fill nrnemnnt by Mr. 3nd Mr. Math'mi and Miss Corley, aiti.ts who had" already (I'alreudy wonl fame at the 'Wade-in-Carolinas Fah" In Charlotte. ,: , . Mr. Mathieu and wife opened , the" evening's program with a vocal duet which showed their voices off to ad vantage and which blended hnrmoni. ously . throughout. 1 : , Such sweet voices and clearness of tones have not been heard in Shelby for many a day. Mrs. Mathieu proved quite an ar-tit-t in her reading selections as well as her singing, while Mr, Mathieu varied his program from classical se lections to negro spirituals. Quite a feature of the program was the playing of Miss Corley, who besides being a fine accompanist, proved herself a fine pianist as well. Her rendition of "The Setelle From Lucia" with the left hand alone was faultier and won much applause. The program was thoroughly en joyable. Meetings of Literary Departments Mrs. Lamar Giduey will entertain the afternoon division of the Liter ary Department of the Woman's Club Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The evening division will be enter- tained by Misses Oeland Washburn and Eunice Roberts Friday evening at 7:30 at the home of Miss Wash burn. If you have not paid your dues for this year, please take It to one of these meetings as the New Year books are out and we can not secure one for you without your dues have been paid. LIBERTY BONDS KEEP CLIMBING New High Prices for the Year; Bank Gearings Show Increase New York, Oct, l. Increasing strength In, Liberty bonds throughout the week, which carried six of the issues of Liberties and Victory notes to new high price records for the year led to the prediction in banking cir cles that some of the issues may be selling at par before the end of 1921 if business recovery continues unim peded; ';: Some days the sales of Liberties and Victory notes ran to $10,000,000 and there was one " single transac tion In which $5,000,000 worth of Vic tory notes changed hands. ; The United States treasury depart ment is buying in government bonds and many banks have been taking advantage of the low prices to pur chase big blocks of bonds. Unemployment and mercantile ttag- nation have compelled many small holders to sell their bonds but the demand has been greater than the forced sales. .,: 1 : There was an increase in the coun. try"s bank clearings this week, re flecting larger financial . dealings. Freeh labor troubles have develop ed. Twelve thousands longshoremen are on strike at Hoboken, N. J., a sec tion of the port of New York), hind ering export shipments. The railway workers are threatening a national strike over wage cuts but the officials of the railroad unions' are understood to be opposed to a tie up of - the country's transportation facilities at a time when the government is strug gling to solve the unemployment problems. : ... ; ; ,? .,),;it FINE FOX DOGS CATCH y 15 FOXES IN TWO WEEKS Special to The Star: "On last Wednesday night Messrs. J. P. Lattimore, L. A. Blanton and S. B. Cooper arrived on Briar Creek for a fox chase with a pact of eleven fine Walker and Goodman fox hounds. The hounds can catch a fox if he will stay on the ground so off the dogs went for the chase. On arriving at the hunting ground they struck him and in about fifteen minutes they had him going in full speed. In one hour and thirty minutes they had caught him, and this was the best race the writ er has heard of jn many years. We hope to hear these dogs run again soon. These dogs have caught and helped to catch fifteen foxes In the last two weeks." The above was an unsigned com munication. While The Star does not print unsigned communications, it feels that the story is true and no harm could be done if it were not. good hunters in Cleveland who love We have some fine fox hounds and the chase. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE TrtRftSflf HUTU F I in WEEK IN COUNTY FOUR COMMUNITY THIS WEEK FAIRS Everybody is Cordially Invited to Attend TMese Fairs and See "VVnat The County is Doinir V. . : Tr . . ihis is community fair week in Cleveland County and everybody i3 cordially invited to attend all of them. Exhibits worth while are to be shown, all of which will reflect the. .farm and home life of the county.yEach of the four fairs take Jn three to five 1 other communities ano! the exhibits in each department promise to be large to compete for the valuable prizes of fered, r our hundred dollars worth of premiums are being offered at the El Bethel fair for premiums and around two hundred and fifty dollars at the other fairs. Fairs will be held at the following places: Earl Tuesday, October 4, under the leadership of Mr. A. , B. Webber as president, J. B. Wilson, vice president and Mrs. E. B. Olive as secretary and treasurer, Coiling Springs, Wednesday, Oct ober 5 with Guard Hamrick, presi dent, B. C. McCraw, vice president and Mrs. M. A. Jolley secretary and treasurer. '- :t .1 El Bethel, Thursday, October 6, O. A, Rhea, president B. G. Logan, vice president and Wane L. Ware secre tary. Union, Friday, October 7, with A, A. Mclntyre, president, and E. L. Weathers secretary. The ladies department will bo well represented at all of the fairs in canned goods, fancy work and pantry and dairy supplies as they have been working all summer on their exhibits. Live stock pens are being built at each of the' fairs and entries will be large in each department especially the dairy cattle, hogs and poultry. Competent judges have been secur ed to judge the exhibits at the fairs. Some of the features of the fairs will b a better hahiei contest for the "babies, tractor demonstration for the men, and an athletic program full of fun and amusement for everybody, and of course a greasy pole for the boya to climb. Plan now to visit one of these fairs and see what Cleveland county ; is doing along agricultural lines. Mr. Allen, secretary-treasurer of the Big Gaston county fair which will be held Oct. 11th to 15th inclusive was a Shelby visitor Saturday mak ing final arrangements for the choic est exhibits from the four community fairs of Cleveland county to be shown at the big Gaston county fair, which will be second only to the State fair to be held in Raleigh. He spoke high, ly of Cleveland's community fairs and sees no reason why the exhibits from Cleveland should not win valu able cash pripea. Premiums amount ing to over $350 have been offered the Cleveland community fairs as an in ducement to carry exhibits to Gaston- ia. Thurfday, October 13th has been designated ns Cleveland County day at Gastonia and free school tickets have been sent to all of the school committeemen of Cleveland county in the hope that as many school chil dren as possible, as well as adults will attend tne Gaston county fair on that. day. v'.-.,.. ' COTTON CROP ESTIMATE v SIX AND HALF MILLION " The ginner's report on cotton issued yesterday at noon by the government show 2,907,950 bales ginned,' from this year's crop which, is perhaps one of the largest gin reports, ever, issued at. this season of the year, due of course to the early harvest season. As a result of the report on cotton gin ned, the market advanced about one cent per pound on all months on the New York Cotton Exchange, but lost all that had been gained when the government's condition of 42.2 ' per cent and estimated yield of 6,537,000 was put on the wires at 11 o'clock, one: hour after the gin report was issued. . - This estimate on the yield is exact ly ahalf million bales less than the estimate of thirty days ago. The es timated yield per acre is 118 pounds of lint cotton. Irs. Marv Reid and bnhv. vrYin fcava rf -1 , - - - - . . been spending several w3teks here as the guests of her cousin, Miss Mary Harris, returned to their home at Winston-Salem last week. Mrs. J. R. Thomas and baby who have been spending the summer months here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gaffney, were joined here St. by Mr. Thomas who accomp anied them to theirhome in Orari burg, S. C. today. 1 Miss Virginia H. Wilson of Rock Hill, S. C. is visiting Miss Emi'ine Gilman. Miss Gilman and guest with a party of friends motored to Ci r.ey Reck Sundny for th.3 clay. um-