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VOL. XXXII, No. 85
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Of Shelby And The State’s
Fertile Farming Section.
Modern Job Department.
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C.
TUESDAY, OCT. 28, 1924. .
82.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
BIKERS IN MEET HEBE SIT PIEDMONT
NORTH CHUN LEWS IN REVENUE
North Carolina Bankers From Group Nine With
Prominent Guests Hold Program at Cleveland
Springs. Statistics Furnished Show Preemi
nence of State. Taylor, Hoxton And Frazier
Speak at Best Meeting Group Ever Held.
The largest in attendance and one I
of the best from standpoint of pro-!
jnam of groupe 9 of the North Car
olina Bankers association was held |
Friay night at Cleveland Springs ho
tel. Of the 151 present at the elegant
banquet served in the dining room !
of the Cleveland Springs hotel with !
the three Shelby banks as hosts, there
were prominent bankers present from
New York, Baltimore, Richmond, Win
ston-Salem, Wilmington and Raleigh,
including Sam Hubbard president and
Paul P. Brown secretary of the North
Carolina Bankers association.
Col. Walker Taylor of Wilmington
who on the day before was in Rich
mond asking that a Federal reserve
branch be established in North Caro
lina. was one of the chief speakers,
giving up-to-date information on
North Carolina’s pre-eminence as a
Federal revenue producing field. He
furnished recent and authentic statis
tics from D. H. Blair of the U. S.
treasury to show that more money is
handled in piedmont North Carolina
than in any other like area in the Un
ited States and that North Carolina
paid into the revenue of the U. S.
Treasury the fifth largest amount of
any state in the Union, being exceed
r only by the states of New York
Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illinois.
Colonel Taylor aiso read a letter from
Mr. Blair showing that North Caro
lina paid $7,694,000 more than the
combined states of Virginia. Georgia,
South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana,
Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi In
recalling his visit to the Federal re
serve bank at Richmond he declared
that the American people are the most I
extravagant as well as the most law
less people on the face of the globe.
He saw them destroying $300,000 of
paper currency a day, cutting the
money in two and shipping half of it
to Washington tobe cancelled. He
found out that the life of a paper dol
lar is only eight months and that it
costs Uncle Sam 5 to7 cents to manu
facture it. He proudly referred to the
fact that the Federal reserve system
is a child of the brains of Southern
men and that in every community
three men stand out pre-eminently—
the minister of God who ministers un
to us spiritually, the doctor who min
isters unto our physical beings and
the banker who guards our savings,
using the money to help build the
community and eclaring that if eith
er of these three go wrong, ‘society
is gone to hell in hand basket.”
W. W. Hoxton, chairman of the
Federal reserve board was another
speaker and he asked that the bene
fit derived from the Federal reserve
system be studied and if it is found
to be serving its members, the non
members and the public commensurate
with its cost, they were asked not to
let it be abolished. It came into exist
ence ten years ago when the German
army was entering Belgium and not
a single year since that time has been
a normal one. The next ten years will
determine whether the system is to
live or die and he pled that there be
no injection of politics, warning the
bankers that in the platforms of the
three major political parties of the na
tion there is a covered jab at the Fed
eral reserve because of ignorance of
its great function.
Dr. W. H. Frazier of Queens Col
elpre, Charlotte was also a happy
speaker of the evening and after a
number of side-splitting jokes, sever
al of which were in negro dialect in
which Dr. Frazier is so gifted, ho
spoke on competition and co-operation
Competition, he declared, is that move
ment of different forces and factors in
achieving the greatest degree of suc
cess, the kind that makes men grow
°ut of the old-time, hum-druni way
of doing, to the modern and efficient
way of doing things. The transforma
tion in the times has come about ‘be
cause of the idea that if I don’t be ef
ficient and courteous, some one else
will.” The spirit of competition is
not taking advantage of ignorance.
Men must not care more for money
than they do for manhood. Dr. Fra
zier said this group gathering of bank
ers also suggested the idea of co-oper
ation in that these business men might
strive for this section to outstrip any
other section and that Col. Taylor’s
figures on North Carolina proved that
'co-operative competition” has put this
section in the highest degree of ef
ficiency and service.
The evening’s program was inter
spersed with music and fun. John Mil
ler, former chairman of this group
and president of the Citizens Nation
al bank, Gastonia, had arranged a
“playette” in which he called to the
front eight banker friends, had them
stand in their chairs and while in con
spicuous view, announced that they
were a “bunch of nuts and a string of
suckers”, to the merriment of the
crowd and embarrassment of his ac
tors. The ClifTside mill orchestra fur
nished lively music during the even
ing while Miss N'ell Padgett of For
est City, accompanied by Miss Vera
Whisnant rendered a number of de
lightful vocal selections.
The meeting was presided over by
Ivey Stewart of Charlotte, thw- former
chairman who was unable to attend
last year because of sickness. Officers
o fthe group this year are M. H. Jones
!>f Rutherfordton chairman; Furrest
Eskridge of the First National bank
Shelby vice-chairman, and B. H.
Long of Forest City secretary-treas
urer. Group 9 includes the counties of
Lincoln, Gaston, Mecklenburg, Burke,
Catawba and Cleveland.
November 8 Will Be
“Forget-Me-Not” Day
Will Sell Forget-me-nots For Benefit
of Ex-Service Men Who do Not
Get Compensation.
Saturday, November 8, has been set
aside for the observance of National
Forget-me-not day, on which date ev
ery city in the United States will see
pretty girls on the streets seling for
get-me-nots for the benefit of ex-serv
ice men who do not draw compensa
tion.
The drive will be operated under the
auspices of the War mothers, the
American legion, the disabled Ameri
can Veterans of the World war and
other patriotic organizations.
Last year the sales in North Caro
lina were very encouraging, the com
mittee hopes to see a substantial in
crease this year by reaching the small
er towns in which the day has not been
observed heretofore.
The drive was held on November 10
last year, but owing to the fact that
the 10th comes on Monday this year,
it is thought advisable to hold it on
Saturday prior to Armistice day per
manently designated as National For
get-me-not day
The day, already has official sanc
tion and encouragement from the
White House. One of the first acts of
Mrs. Harding( on recovering from a
serious illness, in 1922 was to write a
letter recommending the drive, and
to purchase fifty dollars worth of
Forget-me-nots.
The committee asserted thaMSe
success of the drive in North Carolina
is practically a certainty. First, be
cause plans are rapidly going forward
towards perfection which will enable
the appeal to reach every friend of
the disabled in the state on November
, and second, because of the patriotic
and magnanimous spirit of the North
Carolina citizenry.
BIG CAM BILE
AT FI GflS
Big State Sale of Jerseys at County
Fair Grounds. Banquet at Clev
eland Springs Hotel.
The annual sale of Jersey cattle
put on by the North Carolina Jersey
association will be held at the Cleve
land County Fair grounds out of Shel
by Thursday. October 30, beginning at
12 o’clock. Sixty head of registered
Jerseys will bo sold and will consist of
30 cows, 25 heifers and five bulls.
Farmers from all sections of the state
and especialy from Piedmont and
Western Carolina, are expected to be
here for the sale.
The Jerseys to be placed on exhi
bition and sale are already arriving
and are being housed in the cattle
barns at the Fair grounds and will
be open for inspection on Wednesday.
Any farmers in this section who con
template buying cattle are advised
by County Agent Lawrence and Tom
Cornwell, head of the Cleveland Cbu",
ty Jersey Breeders, to look over the
cattle Wednesday evening and get a
catalogue of the sale. The Jersey of
fered are some of the best individuals
from the best herds in North Carolina
and Cleveland county farmers are very
fortunate in having this opportunity
to buy fine cattle for foundation
stock.
A big banquet will be held at Clev
eland Springs hotel Wednesday even
ing at eight o’clock for the Jersey
Breeders of the state and county.
1’BY STAB WANT APS
Cleveland Branch of Democratic Fam
ily Holds Bis Reunion With
Noted Sons Speaking.
The Cleveland county court house
Monday from t o'clock until nearly}
.‘1 in the afternoon was the scene of an
unusual meeting, two hours of history'
making for the county and quite a bit
for the state. That scene might he
termed a big joyful reunion of the
Cleveland county branch of the Dem
ocratic family—the coming together!
without advance notice of hundreds of
Democrats from one of the outstand
ing Democratic counties in the state.
And again to the evident delight of
Cleveland folks it saw on the stand !
two of the most outstanding men and
best orators of North Carolina both
T’rminrti nf. filevoland rotinty O Max
Gardner and Clyde R. Hocy. Never
before have the two spoken from the:
same stand. For almost two hours the !
crowds that jammed the big court
room laughed hilariously, shed a tear,
considered seriously and cheered hear
tily and swayed as the two eloquent
speakers slipped from humor to seri
ous things and back again as they ar
rayed before the peoples tribunal the)
wrong-doings of the Republican party
and upheld the national record of the
Democratic party under Woodrow j
Wilson and the state regime for years
back.
The entire affair was rath- r unusn-i
al. In any campaign and more than
ever in this campaign Hoey and Card-1
ner are more in demand than any po- '
litical speakers in the state. In almost ;
every county of the 100 in North Car- j
olina hundreds have listened and cheer I
ed before their power of eloquence and !
yet neither has been able or found j
, time to speak in his home county. A
gradual murmur from Cleveland folks
caused the unannounced speaking Mon
day. They had a right to hear their
native sons and they asked that right, r
During the court Monday morning the i
grind of the docket was halted long
enough to announce that for the first
time in history two of the county’s
most illustrious sons would speak
from the same stage, not against each
other, but both for Democracy. The
speaking was announced only one hour
before it began, yet in that time the
court house filled and by the time Mr.
Gardner got underway there were
more people in the hearing of hisj
voice than usually greet the average
political speaker who is advertised
weeks in advance.
O. M. Mull, county Democratic!
chairman, introduced the two, and i
made a good job of it. considering
that hundreds were shifting about in
their anxiety to hear together the two
speakers all sections of North Car
olina clamor to hear even separately.
It was a proud gathering expecting
something really good—and needless
to say they got it. Captivating talkers
always, the two speakers called forth
their best efforts—for the more fame
j a man gathers the more he appreel
| ates the tributes of his home people.
They knew the hundreds of people
listening intently before them expect
ed something out of the ordinary and
a brand of oratory above the average,
and they gave it to them.
Flay G. O, P. Corruption.
Gardner spoke first and in charac
teristic style he opened up on the cor*
ruption and graft in the Republican
party nationally. Specifically. as if
presenting his case to the jury, the
former lieutenant-governor, related
the run of wrong-doing in the Repub
lican administration. How Harding be
came President: the downfall of
Denby; Fall and his sale of the oil
leases; Doheny and Dougherty, and
Forbes and the disabled veterans.
Turning for a time he contrasted the
prosperity of America under Woodrow
Wilson and the stagnation of business
under Coolidge, who could unfold
beautiful blueprints of prosperity but
could not make of them a reality. In
a forceful manner he touched upon
important national and state issues,
and had Cleveland county been Repub
lican heretofore it would have been
dangerously Democratic at the con
clusion of that speech. As it is a
greater Democratic majority than ever
on all tickets is expected next Tues
day.
Hoey, hailed in sections as the “Sil
ver Tongue of the South,” lived up to
his reputation as a speaker. His talk
was made more emphatic by actual
figures used. In three years of the
Coolidge regime the wealth of the Un
ited States has decreased three times
the entire expenditure of the World
war. Business is at a standstill. As a
conclusion Mr. Hoey paid one of the
greatest spoken tributes to Woodrow
Wilson that has ever been heard in the
state. Portraying as only a master
speaker can, he painted two pictures—
one of Wilson as he declared war, and
the other of the immortal Wilson as
he touched heights never before trod
by a human in attempting to bring
about peace for all time. The rapt si
lence and attention of his hearers,
eyes never wavering, a tear trickling
Hood Speaks Before
Kiwanis Club; Many
Off to Convention
Da\ idson Instructor (lives Psychology
of Selling Shelby. Local Kiwan
ians To Visit Spartanburg.
The regular meeting of the Kiwanis
club Thursday evening was featured
by a brief talk by l>r. Fraser Mood,
i'ft!' ■ Davidson college faculty. l>r.
Hood, who the guest of Supt. 1. f.
.(IrilTtn, program chairman, is rated
as an exaert on the psychology of
saiermanship and apparently he ‘sold
himself'' to hi: hearers. Although not
more than one minute, by his own ac
count. was devoted to a smdotja discus
sion tb" preliminary entertainment
was informing as well as amusing.
'1 he psychology; of selling or boost
ing a tijwit, such us Shelby, is not to!
boo: i in a general manner, but speci
fically, Dr. Hood declared. An out-!
side r is not interested in the general
advantage* of a town, but the speci-j
Ti" *»dv»ntaWdl’^CfTporfunfty with tut.
appeal to him. In concluding the
speaker declared that if the club is
endeavoring to attract outside indus
try to Shelby that some one enter
prise or industry should be tried with;
the advantages that would appeal to
th.i t particular enterprise played Up. j
Housing Cheer for “Doc” Dorton.
•Just prior to thr address of Dr.]
Hood, President Mull recognized Dr.
E. B. Lattimore, who in :i few words;
expressed the upbuilding and success
of Cleveland county's first bis; fair.
And for a climax the entire club stood
: - d cheered in appreciation of the ex
cellent work of the fair Secretary. J.
S. Dortcm. Dr Lattimore told of how
many months hack one member began
putting on his card the request for a
county fair movement and how month
by month he pained supporters until
the promotion became a reality and
the first hip fair a rousing success.
To Spartanburg.
Quite a number of local .Kiwanians
are expected to attend the district
convention in Spartanburg Wednesday
and Thursday of this week. The exact
number as yet is not known, but ac
cordig to reports some .'15 or 40 have
already announced their intention of
attending the big meeting. Victor M.
Johnson, the intcuaiionfd president of
Kiwanis, will be present as will Jules
Brazil, entertainer extraordinary, and
Fred Parker, international secretary.
Kiwanians who can attend arc urged
to dp so as the meeting will be an in
teresting one and of much benefit to
individual Kiwanians and the clubs
they represent.
Opening Service In
New Central Church
Bishop Collins Denny Has Been In
vited for First Service. Pews
And Other Fixtures Here.
Tlie opening service in the new
£150,000 Central Methodist church
will be held, or rather has been set for
Sunday, January t, according to an
announcement by the pastor Rev. A. L.
Stanford, who has returned from the
Western North Carolina conference
at Greensboro.
“The date has been set and from
present indications we will be able to
hold our first service in the new
church on that day,” he declared. The
pews, lighting fixtures and a part of
the art glass for the handsome edifice
are already here, and the installation
of these with other interior work is
yet to be done. The carpet to be used
has also been shipped and is now in
Charlotte. Practically all of the exter
[ ior work is complete and the build
ing presents a fine appearance from
the exterior.
Bishop Collins Denny, one of the
most prominent officials of the South,
ern Methodist conference, has been
invited here for the opening service
and if he accepts will all likelihood
preach the opening sermon at 11
o'clock in the morning.
Don’t condemn the other fellow un
til you are certain you have not made
the same mistake yourself.
hero and there was the best descrip
tion of the tribute, as the hundreds
hushed for a moment in reverence
from the enthusiastic cheering1 that
took place only a few minutes before
when the achievements of Democracy
were related.
No political gathering in the history
of the state has ever been treated to
better entertainment or to more
forceful addresses and the applause
that followed each hit was evidence
that the large audience knew that it
was hearing something few Demo
cratic assemblages have ever had the
opportunity of listening in on. They
will argue for many moons as to
j which speech was the better, but
many years will have winged by be
fore any one there will admit he hears
anything better. Even a stranger
would not wonder why Cleveland
county is Democratic, but instead if
he heard the two speeches would be
perplexed as to why all the country is
not Democratic.
GDI UP HBE
Hamrick and Willis Will Invest S15,
IMIO in Plant and Equipment for
.Modern Laundry Here.
Frank A. Hamrick and 1>. L. Willis
will build a new laundry on rh Gra
ham street, the plant and equipment
to cost $15,000, according to an an
nouncement made yesterday by Frank
A. Hamrick of the T. W. Hamrick
company. These gentlemen have pur
chased a lot 50x100 feet on K. Gra
ham street front .1. Lon Thomason and
have let ‘he contract to O. Cleve Con
ner for a one story brisk building 35x
75 feet to cost about $'1,000. Work will
begin in ten days and it is hoped tu
have’ the plant ip operation by the
first of January.
The equipment has not been pur
dmnd-v--. shut t he -owners state that
they will buy the most modern and
up-to date laundry machinery on the
market and fin all kinds of laundry
work, not only for Shelby but for near
by towns. The plant will be in rharge
of Mr. Willis, a brother of T>. L. Willis
who has had about 15 years experi
ence in one of the leading laundries
in Charlotte.
Boy and Girl Die
In Car Wreck In
Rutherford County
(’ora tee Mull and Gudger Mask Kill
ed Between Forest City and
Rutherfordton Saturday.
Two deaths and the driver in jail
is the toll of an automobile wreck be
tween Rutherfordton and Forest City
Saturday night about 7 o’clock.
Fred Mask, young white man of
Spindale, was driving an Anderson
roadster going towards Forest City.
With him were Miss Cora Lee Mull,
of Rutherford county and Black Moun
tain! his brother, Gudger Mask, Jas
per Williams and Case. Tire latter was
on the left fender while Gudger Mask
was on the right, they just happened
along and were taking a ride. A truck
was standing of the right, side of the
road. As Mask went to pass a car ap
proached from the south with bright
lights. MaSk did not see the truck and
swerve to the right to miss the on
coming ear and ran under the end of
t{ie long bed of the truck. He was go
ing about 20 miles per hour.
Miss Mull’s body was left on the
truck bed, but soon fell to the cement
paving and she died in a few minutes.
Gudger Mask was rushed to the Ruth
erford hospital und died Sunday morn
ing at 7 o’clock of internal injuries.
Williams and Case escaped unhurt
while Fred Mask the driver was
slightly bruised about the head and
arms. He is being held in the Ruther
erford jail charged with manslaugh
ter.
Miss Mull was the daughter of Van
B. Mull, formerly of Rutherford, now
of Black Mountain, she was 18 years
old and had been staying there some
time.
Gudger Mask was 14 years old and
the son of William Mask, of Spindale.
It is reported that Fred Mask and
Miss Mull were engaged and intend
ed to marry soon.
Mr. Query Should
Have Visited Us
Editor Was Apparently Interested in
Races Only When He Observed
Accounts of Our Fair.
Gastonia Gazette.
Both Cleveland and Cabarrus coun
ties are claiming to huve the best
county fair in North Carolina, and
judging from all reports, both these
events were mighty fine. The two fine
counties are to be congratulated. Yet
it must be remembered that, without
the added attractions of horse-racing
and fire works, two big drawing cards
the Gaston county fair has been going
on for ten years spreading the gospel
of good farming, diversification, dairy
ing, etc.
We hear much of the horse races
at these two fairs, but so far we have
seen nothing as to the pre-eminence of
the livestock and farming exhibits,
There it was that Gaston's fair shone.
Prominent Speaker
Here On Thursday,
Hon. Felix E. Alley, of Waynes
ville, one of Western North Carolina’s
outstanding speakers and Democratic
leaders, will address the voters of
Cleveland county in the court house
here Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Mr. Alley is the man who nominated
the late Locke Craig, “the Little
Giant of the Mountains,” for gover
nor and he is an interesting speaker
always.
A large crowd is expected to hear
Mr. Alley as it will be one of the
late speeches of the campaign.
CRY STAR WANT AIM*
Highs Win First
Game From Monroe
Here Last Friday
Shelby Breaks llondoo and Blanks
Monroe First Time in History.
Furehes Stars,
Bubbling over with the old Shelby
fighting spirit, something not seen in
the Charlotte game, Shelby defeated
Monroe here Friday afternoon 22 to
0, it being the first time in history
that a Shelby high school eleven has
emerged victor over the Union coun
ty outfit. Mingling end runs. cross
tackle plays, passes and smashing line
drives the blue-jerseyed eleven was
easily the superior from the outset.
The hefty Shelby line was everything
it was not in the Charlotte game. From
end to end, down by Captain Auten,
"Big" Beam and ’Six" Caldwell it was
hard to penetrate and on the offensive
opened .good holes. To the fast step
ping little Shelby backfield was «
drive the Monroe eleven could not
"ttop! -..“* .
Steve Furehes, brilliant Shelby
quarter, was the star of the game,
hut only a little in advance of Connor,
Furehes tore through the line for two
of the markers in addition to side
stepping through the field for the long
est run of the game. Connor plunged
for one touchdown aside from making
several of his fleeting end runs and
heig a wonder on defense. George
Wray drop-kicked for the two extra
points on both of his attempts and was
hard to stop on short line bucks. For
Monroe, Fairley, at left end, and Sny
der, halfback, were outstanding play
ers.
Shelby started off with a drive and
scored in the first five minutes of
play when Shelby blocked a Monroe
punt and after several short gains
through the line by Wray, Connor
plunged over for the first toudTdown
and Wray dropkicked for the extra
point. In the second half Connor broke
loose around left end for 15 yards and
Furchea side-stepped and wiggled
through the Monroe eleven for 35
additional yards. A pass, Ellerbee to
Connor, gained nine more, and Fur
ches tore through the line for a touch
down. Connor failed to kick goal. In
the fourth quarter when a Monroe
back fumbled a Shelby punt Cline Lee
recovered and Shelby pushed Monroe
back in dangerous territory, where,
when Monroe atempted to punt it was
again blocked for a safety, or two
points. In the last feW minutes of play
Coach Morris sent in several substi
tutes and two of them, Magness and
Hopper, were largely responsible for
the last marker. Ellerbee passed to
Magness for 30 yards and on the next
play passed to Hopper for 15, Furches
sliding through the line for a touch
down, and IV ray drop kicked between
the bars.
The Shelby eleven was an entirely
different outfit in spirit from the
| squad defeated by Charlotte and Kirk
patrick's eleven would have had a
hard time chalking up a victory
against the Shelby team on Friday.
Line-up:
Shelby Pas Monroe
Lee- Fairley
Left end
Beam - Correll
Left tackle
Sarratt ___ . . .Henson
Left guard
V. Grigg— . . ___ -Austin
Center
Auten (Capt.) Fowler
Right guard
Caldwell .... Wiggs
Right tapkla
Dedmon _ rV *_* • * • .Griffin
Kif¥ e«d
lurches — .. . 4-. ►-*- Morgan
Quarter
Connor - __ —Snyder
Right half
Ellerbee . .. Hallman
Left half
Wray —-- . - -Askew
Full back
Shelby substitutions: Pendleton,
Elliott, Magness, Harrill and Hopper.
Referee, LaFar (Davidson); umpire,
: Blanton (Carolina); head linesman,
| Pearce (Georgia).
Gardner is Heard
By Large Audience
Lexington, Oct. 23.—Before an au
dience that packed the Davidson coun
ty courthouse tonight, O. Max Gardner
of Shelby, gave a vigorous defense
of the record of the Democratic party
in the state for the past quarter cen
tury, and lauded its candidate for gov
ernor, A. W. McLean.
Mr. Gardner brought applause as
he gave answer to Col. Ike Meekins,
who in a recent speech read an attack
made upon McLean by J. W. Bailey,
his opponent in the Democratic pri
mary. In this connection Mr. Gardner
said:
“Colonel Meekins undertakes to dis
qualify Mr. McLean by reciting an ar
gument of Mr. Baijey, the late Dem
ocratic opponent of Mr. McLean.
Meekins seeks Democratic help, and
he needs it. If a Democrat’s fitness
for office is to be determined by the
criticism of a fellow Democrat, theff
by the same token the Republican
party is already condemned in North
Carolina.
FIRM PIPES GIVES
CLEVELAND BOOST
J. C. Mull Gets County Publicity in
Progressive Farmer. Leads in
Southern Farming.
Progressive Farmer.
October 29-30. Wednesday and
Thursday the North Carolina Jersey
Cattle club will hold its annual meet
ing and consignment sale in Shelby,
the wide-awake capital of the wide
awake county of Cleveland. The con
signment sale will consist of 30 choice
registered cows, 25 heifers, and 5 bulls
and there will be a banquet, election
of officers, and get-to-gether meeting
Wednesday, October 29 at 8 p. m.
Every progressive Farmer reader
who can do so will find it worth while
to attend this meeting, not only to see
some fine Jersey cattle and a lot qf
progressive Jersey breeders, but also*
to study the great agricultural pro
gress of Cleveland county itself. Not
many miles from the Progressive
Farmer office lives a former Cleve
land county farmer, J. C. Mull, R-2
Wake Forest. He is jus? back from a
visit to Cleveland county, and on a
visit to us theother day he talked en
thusiastically about Cleveland’s pro
gress. Said he:
‘I learned that this county produces
crops and produce fvorth more in dol
lars than those produced by any other
county in any other southern state,
in proportion to the population, so far
as I can find any record.
The value of crops and produce
grow in Cleveland county in 1923
1 amounted to $9,143,392. The popula
tion of the county is 34,272. The value
of the crops in dollars amounted to
$26f>.72 for each, person in the county.
The farmers grew 40,000 hales of cot
ton, $000,000 in dairy products, and
$300,000 in eggs and poultry sold.
"Cleveland is the leading dairy
county in the state. It is also a leader
in the enforcement of prohibition lavks
and has a larger church membership
to the square inch than any other coun
ty in the state. Last year out of every
270 people in the county, one boy or
girl was in college. Dr. Thomas Dix
on, father of the now famous Tom and
Clarence Dixon, was the leader in a
great church movement In Cleveland
county years ago, which caused so
many churches to be built in the coun
ty today.
“The county was poor as late aa
1890, and in need of financial aW.
Charley and George Blanton, farmers
and bankers were interested in the
county and helped with money and en
couraged farmers to buy blooded stock
and build nice homes. They did a great
deal to help make Cleveland county
such a good county to live in. Will
Lineberger, banker, was the leader
in making Cleveland the leading dairy
county in the state. At present he is
president of a large creamery at Shel
by.
“Max Gardner and Odus Mull took
the lead in farming fifteen years ago.
These two gentlemen began on their
own farms to raise cotton scientifi
cally, applying the right amounts and
proportions of fertilizer to make a
bale or more to the acre. They suc
ceeded so well that the people as,
whole began to farm for profit.
year (1923) they made more UftU?s,,$
cotton in the county than they
inhabitants.
“While all of the men I have men
tioned have been great factors in de
veloping the county to its present
standing the reatest factor in making
such a great agricultural county has
been the people themselves. They are
working folks—Maggie makes Jiggs
work. They farm for profit and get
it. Everything is bought and sold for
cash.”
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Democrats May Elect
Two Women to House
The North Carolina house of repre
sentatives which will be elected on
November 4 and which will hold its
first session in January, probably will
have for the second time in the his
tory of the Old North State, a woman
member. It is possible that there may
be two, one for each party, says an
Associated Press dispatch.
Miss Julia Alexander, a Charlotte
attorney, has been nominated by the
Democratic party and in Cherokee
county the Republicans have nomin.
ated Mrs. Lille May Corer, of An
drews. Both have opposition, but Char
lotto is normally Democratic and
Cherokee frequently elects a Repub
lican.
Attention \ oters.
A vote for the port terminals and
water transporation bill simply means
adding eight million and four hundred
thousand dollars to already one hun
dred and ten millions of the state’s
bonded indebtedness. Without any di
rect or indirect benefit to the present
or succeeding generation. We have no
right to transmit burdens to our pos
terity which we are not willing to
bear. Suyicient unto the day i6 the evi(
thereof.__ C. J. W, j