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CLEVELAND PAID-UP CIRCULATION Of This Paper Is Greater Than The Population Given Shelby In The 1920 Census "A COUNTY THAT LEADS A PROGRESSIVE STATE IN DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE, AND WHERE HOSPITAL ITY REIGNS** Icbclanii a r RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department. VOL. XXXIII, No. 28 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1925 $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Lawndale Students Won Medalt For Reciting And Oratory. Shelby Girl Won Essav Medal. Piedmont High school, Laivndale won two of the three gold medals giv on by Clyde R. Hoey and Miss Seims ('. Webb in the annual high school cla sic Friday, for supremacy in oratory recitation and essay writing. Thoma. Cornwell, Piedmont student and sor of George Cornwell was awarded the Hoey medal for oratory on the subjeci of "Culture, the Foundation of Broth erhood," Mir-s Letha Branton, Shell) j high school student, and daughter o! Mrs. Everett Branton on the Shelby Fallston road, won the Selma C Webb essay medal on the subject “The Cleveland County of Tomorrow'' while Miss Vangie Falls, Piedmoni High School student and daughter oi Mr. John Fails, won the Recitation medal on the subject ‘‘Soul of the Violin.” Running in connection with the field day athletic events, the literary con tests attracted even more interest and attention. Every effort was of a high order and each metal was won or sheer merit over the strongest sort of competition. Hundreds were turned away from the school auditorium Fri day night the Hoey contest, after which the names of the winners of the Webb medals were announced. Record crowds have always attended the Hoey-Webb classics, but prominent men in educational affairs in the coui; ty declare the attendance Friday night was beyond anything that has been experienced before.T^utomobues which had brought friends of the contes tants from all parts of the county lined both sides of Marion street for several blocks, while the crowded con dition in the business section gave further evidence of something unus ual taking place. Hoey Oratory The speakers in the Hoey contest seemed to aspire to the sliver tongued oratory of the inimitable plat form speaker, C. R. Hoey himself, who for 18 years has given the high school medal for oratory. The majority of the times it has gone to Piedmont and Piedmont was proud to add an other victory. J. C. Jordan of Boil ing Springs was adjudged second best, the subject of his oration being “Using What You Have.” The judges were brought up from Cherryville, total strangers to the speakers and Supt. I. C. Griffin who presided, call ed the orators by number rather than 'by name or school they represented. These judges were Mr. Moser, prin cipal of the Cherryville high school, Hon. I). P. Dellinger and Rev. Mr. Banks, Presbyterian minister of Cher ryville. The six orators, the schools they represented and their subjects for the occasion were as follows: Nel son Callahan of Shelby “What next?”; J. C. Jordan of Boiling Springs on “Using What You Have”; Max Dix on of Shelby on “The Call of the South”; Chas Forney. Jr., of Piedmont on “A Unit in Carolina”; Thomas Cornwell of Piedmont on “Culture, the Foundation of Brotherhood”; J. 'V. Davis of Boiling Springs on “The Tribute to Cleveland County and Her Schools.” During the evening Ralond Hamrick of Boiling Springs render ed a vocal solo, Miss Elmore of Pied mont a piano solo, while a chorus from Boiling Springs interspersed music with the oratory. seima went) Keciiation Six contestants battled for the Sel ma C. Webb recitation medal which -Miss Selma, principal of the Shelby Grammar school has been giving for several years. This contest took place in the high school auditorium Friday morning and was well attended. J. G. Newton county superintendent ot county schools presided, and in order that the utmost fairness might obtain, called each contestant by number in the following order: Miss Sara Lee Hamrick of Boiling Springs who re cited “Mary Garey”; Yangie Falls of Fiedmont who subject was "The Soul of the Violin”; Miss Alice Poteet of Lattimore who rendered “Naughty Zele”; Miss Carolina Blapton of Shel by who selected as her vehicle G’Henry’s “Witches Loaves”; Miss Huth Hord of Kings Mountain on “The Lord’s Prayer”; and Miss Elva Sneed of Waco on “Bobbie Shaftoe”. Miss Alice Poteet was declared by the judges to be the second best in the half dozen recitations and honorable mention was made of her, while the medal was awarded to Miss V'angic balls. To vary this program Miss Margaret Elam of Shelby rendered a piano solo, students from Piedmont gave a most delightful piano duet, dosing with music by Boiling Springs students. The judges in the recitation contest were Miss New’ell, head of mu sic department of Cherryville high school, Mrs. Rollins and Mrs. Banks, also of Cherryville and total strung ers to the contestants. The Essay Contest. i. who v. :■! der we, cel one ■ H a ton of Shelby High t: o.v contest, did so un. ■)i •- congest competition. There ' ] 1 ''may,; submitted and the 1 aared ail of them to be ex Brarion is considered the most promising students in the ,-h si .< and her essay which wcm'it Sj;:, Webb medal will be pu ■ !. h in u. .rly issue of The Stai be m p : is • u ritorious and bears on a ' v‘: ‘n which the citizens ot Clc.id.,i ;.re particularly interested The ( !<•>> .a l t aunty of Tomorrow”. T oi. nv.'wi was presented in a grace ful manner by Judge John V. Mull. Others Thrive On Collins Episode Venders of Collins Death C ave Here and Some Wonder How W ise Old ilarnum Was. Ot all the wisdom handed down by the prophets of life Barnum continues to be the master dispenser. Fact is, we believe it the great . showman was living nowadays ho would change his 'vise crack to read: "One suc'ker Is born every second.” The best way to junge it would be by the birth rate complete. s°mc months hack an unfortunate ca\e explorer, Floyd Collins—yes that s right, you remember—was taught in a cave near Cave City, Ken* lucky, hastened there a short dis tance under the earth he died while hundreds above ground attempted his release. Ihe episode was given more publicity than any such event in this history. Some yelled “fake” others shook them head and wondered, while still others said Colling family, may I haps 1- ioyd himself, would get rich thereby. And the only tiring wrong with the last guess was the people who would get rich. Friday there struck town several j youngsters. On the sides of their cat j were vivid illustrations showing Col 11ms in the famous cave. A mega phone announced that down on West I arren street those who were inter jested might get a glimpse of all the | weird and unusual events that hap j pened around the Kentucky cave. 1 home understood the megaphone to -ay that Collins himself dying slowly in his living tomb might be seen. The | price for grown-ups was only 15 cents ! and for children a thin dime—and be lieve us many were the admissions j paid in both classes. And here’s what ; was- to see once you reached the inter ;or: Renumber the old family stere j optican that used to rest in the par lor. where the company looked at fa mous scenes on a relief background made by a semi-magic lantern. Well, the show consisted of 20 such little boxes inside of which one was able to see snapshots made around and about .sand cave. One of the pictures pre sented the Natural Bridge in Virginia | and another the kind of flowers used I at the funeral of the unfortunate cave [explorer, while some were similar to I the newspaper photos of the big news j story and so on, But won’t you agree that the only 'mistake Barn uni made in his famous ! statement was that of not making it | stronger. I ' I Misses Gladys Hamrick and Mar j garet Caban is s spent the week-end in [Charlotte the guests of Mrs. Vaughn Moore. Auction Sale Today; Chevrolet Car Free This (Tuesday) afternoon at 2 o’clock the Pinnix Land Co., of Gas tonia and Greensboro will conduct a sale for Anthony and Anthony, local real estate dealers, at which time about 5 nice residential lots located on East Warren street will be sold for the high dollar. A Chevrolet touring car will be given away at the sale. This property is located on a beautiful elevation over-looking Shelby and tn addition to the 75 lots, one six room home and .one new five room bunga galow will be sold. Terms of one-third cash and balance on easy payments are offered. EASTER DANCE. The O’Moore Entertainers, or the Columbus Orchestra DeLuxe, will be in Shelby Easter Monday night, April 13, for the big Easter dance to be giv en at the armory, it is announced. The orchestra, composed of six ver satile musicians, has just completed a booking with one of the leading ho tels in Columbus. Ohio, and with the appearance in Shelby will make its debut in the South, having met with favor all over the North. The orches tra features Gerald Felgar, lyric tenor of musical comedy fame, and Gate wood Booton, tenor banjo specialist With this orchestra it is hoped to make the local dance the out standing dance of the Easter season in this section. Play Ball. - #V\ — ■■ —.— The frost is going out of the ground, the grass is beginning to grow, anil on the sandlots and out on the old sage grass fields, Ameri can youth in gathering for the first baseball games. Of course league tcams_have been practicing for some time. 1 icture is of Steve O'Neill. Yankee catcher. „ Kings Mountain Takes Second. Carl Ellerbe Outstanding Athlete of County Track Meet. With the Shelby high track team winning largely through the versa tile and superior athletic ability ot Carl Ellerbe and Kings Mountain tak ing second place the county high school field peet held here Friday was one of the most successful ever staged From the basis of points Shelby led with 43. Kings Mountain was second with Hi, Boiling Springs third with eight and Lattiniore fourth with five points. Ellerbe alone cornered 23 points. In the tennis tournament Shelby I won in both singles and doubles, White I law Kendall being a winner in both ! events. In the singles young Kendall j eliminated the Boiling Springs hope j in straight sets 6-2, 6-4, the Piedmont! singles entrant withdrawing. In the doubles Boiling Springs team elimin ated Piedmont in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 and George Wray and Whitelaw Ken dall defeated the Boiling Springs team 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. The baseball game be tween Boiling Springs and Piedmont was won by Roiling Springs. Track W inner.1-. Outstanding features in the track! meet in addition to the individual work ! of Ellerbe were contributed by Plonk I and Goforth, of Kings Mountain high ! school, in the mile race, and by Morris > of Kings Mountain, in the standing broad jump, and Falls, of Lattimore, in the half mile race. Ellerbe, of Shel by, was entered in five events, taking first place in four and second place in one. Winners, schools they represented, and prizes won follow: 100-yd dash: First—Ellerbe, Shelby, $5 by First National bank; second— Harris, Boiling Springs, ticket to Le gion circus. 110-yd dash: First—Ellerbe, Shel by, $3 cap by Wray-Hudson Co.; sec ond—Uedmon, Shelby, ticket to Le gion circus. 4-iu-yd dash: Kllerbe and IJedmon Shelby, split $2,50 by Cleveland Bank and Trust Co. Half mile race: First—Falls, Lattt more, fountain pen by Paul Webb; Second—Hoyle, Shelby, ticket to Le gion circus. Mile race: First—Plonk, Kings Mountain, Eversharp pencil by Cleve land Drug Co.; second—Goforth;, Kings Mountain, ticket to Legion cir cus. Standing broad jump: First—Mor ris, Kings Mountain, Eversharp pencil by Rivere drug store; second—Ellerbe, Shelby, ticket to Legion circus. Runing broad jump: First—Ellerbe, Shelby, bill folder by Morrison jewel ry; second—Morris, Kings Mountain, ticket to Legion circus. Standing high jump: First—Ellerbe Shelby; second—Allen, Shelby. Running high jump. Tied by Allen and L. Beam, Shelby. Prize, baseball glove by J. D. Lineberger. Mile relay race: First—Boiling Springs; second—Shelby. High school boys who won prizes in the events, which was staged at the fair grounds before a large crowd, may secure their prizes at the office of County Superintendent Newton upon application. A few good numbers left in spring coats. Just what you need for these cool days, to be closed out for cost. They are real values, Mrs. F. N. Wood, South Shelby. ad Gastonia ( nr 1 urns Over on Highway 20 Near New Brthwarc School, Nine Miles From Shelby. Gastonia, April 5. Mrs. \V. X Davis, wife of a former sheriff of Gas, ton county, ami one of the most he. | loved women in the city, died j today at noon from internal injuries t sustained in an automobile accident at j8 o'clock near King.- Mountain, when I-the automobile in which she was a passenger turned completely over, throwing her out. Two other passen gers, Mr. and Mrs. .Geprfce' G. Glenn are also injured, the former seriously. I The other two occupants of the car : Kvan Glenn, the driver, and Miss Kli j zabeth Glenn, were uninjured. The party was en route to Ashe ' ville to visit a relative of the Glenns, ill in a hospital thew, .Three miles be yond Kings Mountain near the new K1 Bethel-Ware school building on the Shelby highway the car skidded sligh* !y on a straight level stretch .of road said the di iver. The ear veered from ; the hard surface and turned complete ! ly over, landing right side uji,' Mrs 'Davis and ,'It-. Glenn were thrown ! clear ot the car, sustaining injuries about the head and chest. Passing au tpmobilists brought the injured to a local hospital. Mrs. Davis is survived by ht*r hu> hand, \\ , N'. Davis, prominent poultry fancier of the state; five children, Mrs Evan Glenn, Misses Mary Neal anil Eugenia, the latter student at Greens boro College for Women; two sons, Sam and William, the former a stu dent at North Carolina State college; two sisters, Me.sdames Jane McDaniel, of Henrietta and Kate Powers, of Rutherfordton, and one brother, Sam Diggers taff. Mrs. Davis was a native of Ruth erford county. She was 55 years of age. Funeral and interment took place Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Mrs. Davis was a sister to Mrs. Bar ney Baber and aunt of Fred and Wil bur Baber, Mrs. George Hoyle, Mrs. Roger Laughrdige and Mrs. John Me Clurd. Dillard Deane and Crawford Deane, young brothers of South Gastonia, are being held in the Cleveland county jail without bail until Superior court, the charge against them or one of them being criminal assault. The two Deanes were given a preliminary hearing before'Recorder John P. Mull here Monday morning and returned to jail, the two girls, also natives ot South Gastonia, taking the stand and swearing against them. , According to the story told by the two girls the incident or incidents took place Saturday night between Gasto nia and Kings Mountain. The two girls both of whom are young and bear an attractive appearance, especially the one that says she was assaulted, say that they had a date to go with the boy's to a picture show. Leaving their homes with the boys in the boys’ Hud son the girls allege that they did not go to a picture show, but started on a ride towards Kings Mountain. A short time after- leaving Gastonia, the girls testified on the stand, that both of them were forced to drink liquor, the boys holding them and pouring it down their throats. They both became in. toxicated from the drink, they say. The girl in the rear seat with Dillard Deane testified that she had her sen ses enough to know' that she was as saulted against her will and upon cross-examination was sure that the act had been committed. When the pii-1 in the front seat attempted to help her friend they say that the boy in the rear seat hunt? his coat up between the two seats and that the boy driving held his hand over the girls mouth while the girl in the rear was assault ed. T he car, it is said, wras never stop* ped. Nearing Kings Mountain, accord ing to the evidence, the car stopped to turn or back up and the girls, in toxicated to a certain extent jumped put and ran in a filling station where they asked protection and help. Offi cers were called and took charge of girls, later returning them to their homes. The bcjys were apprehended la ter. The girls testified that they scream ed and objected when forced to drink the liquor and that they made a loud outcry at the time of the alleged as sault, and that once before reaching the filling station jumped out, but were too drunk to run and were pick ed up and put back in the car. One of the boys, Crawford Deane, accord ing to the girls apparently had no part in the affair other than to keep driving and hold his hand over the mouth of the girl in the front seat. Practically all the details of the alleged charge were related in court. Honor Shelby Boys At Davidson And N. C. State Colleges Two Shelby boys, Homy Ken. dall and Hugh M. Arrowood, were highly honored last week in Collegiate elections in the col leges of the state, being selected by their classmates to high stu, dent officers. Mr. Kendall, a jun ior this year at State college was elected by his fellow stu. dents president of the State col lege student body for the com ing year. The honor is the high est one in the power of the State college students and for the first time goes to a student in the en gineering department. The presi. dent-elect. who is the son of Mrs. H. E. Kendall, is already treasurer of the student body and holds a number of other im portant offices. Student govern ment has been in operation a* State College for only four years and young Kendall is the second Shelby boy to fill the highest student office of president, Clyde ,ir., son of Hon. and Mrs. Clyde ft. Hoey, being the present head of the student government. At the Davidson college elec tions over the week-end Hugh M. Arrowood, son of Mr. and Mrs. I,. U. Arrowood and a mem ber of the present freshman class, was elected secretary of the \\ ildcat Athletic association for next year. This is one of the two highest honors that can he awarded a Davidson sophomore, and popularity in the election is based on both athletic and scho lastic merit. The honor no dod^i will lead to others as it has been a law of custom at Davidson for years that the sophomore elect ed to the secretaryship of the athletic association will on his senior year be elected president of the student body or president . of the college athletic assocla. tion, Davidson’s two highest stu dent honors, In this connection it might be mentioned that a Shelby girl, Mi.-s Rosalynd Nix, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Nix, is head of the student gov ernment at N. C. C. W.. Miss Nix and Messrs. Hoey and Ken dall will attend the Southern Collegiate council meeting lots month in Tallahassee, Florida. Mull Placed On Hospital Board Governor McLean Names Shelby Man in Further Appointments. Clark Is Also Named. Raleigh.—Further appointments for four-year terms on state institutional boards were announced by Governor McLean as follows: Fayetteville State Normal school— George K. Grantham, Dunn, to sue. ceed S. W. Cooper, deceased; Dr. J. C. Grady, Kenly; Archie Graham, Clin ton; M. Broadus Glover, Bailey; Dr. Allan McLean, Wagram. Elizabeth City Normal school—IL G. Cramer and C. A. Cooke, Eliza beth ( ity; Clyde McCallum, Hertford, Dr. E. J. Griffin, Edcnton; Rev. S. A. Cotton, Washington. State hospital at Morganton—J. H. Beall, Lenoir, to succeed P. R. Ben nett; It. R. Clark, Statesville, to suc ceed E. P. Wharton, Greensboro; .7, It. Boyd, \\ aynesville, to succeed him self; John M. Scott, Charlotte, to suc ceed himself; O. M. Mull, Shelby, to succeed Mrs. E. E. Stafford, deceased. State school for the Deaf at Mor ganton—Dr. Howard Ronthaler,~AVin ston-Saleni, and \Y. W. Neal to suc ceed themselves; W. C. Dowd, sr., Charlotte, to succeed W. R. Whitson, Asheville; Mrs. I. P. Jeter, Morganton to succeed himself. Widow Of Dr. Morrison Dies At Mooresville Many Shelby friends will attend the funeral today in Mooresville of Mrs. Lucy Reed Morrison, widow of Dr. R. ' H. Morrison who passed away at the old Reid plantation south of Moores ville Sunday evening at 8:30 o’clock. Mrs. Morrison had been ill since Thursday with pleurisy and pneumo nia. She would have been 72 years old in June. Mrs. Morrison was a daughter ot the late Isabella Torrence Reid and was widely known having lived in Mecklenburg county and in Shelby where her husband practised medicine for many years. She was a typical Southern woman of fine culture and beautiful Christian character. One son, Dr. Reid Morrison who represented Iredell county in the legislature two years ago survives. Apparently, Senator Borah has firmly entrenched himself as Demo cratic leader in the Senate.—Hous ton Post-Dispatch. The public now has President Cool- 1 idge s views on both spenders and suspenders.—Boston Herald, •How’s Yours? America is what Paul Standard, New York sculptor, says of Mir? Cell* Bennett, stage and screen star. « List Of Patients At Shelby Hospital Mr. Walter Fannin); Not Doing So Well—Major Lackey Improving Rapidly—Other Patients Mr. Walter Fanning, prominent Shelby merchant who has been a pa tient at the Shelby Hospital for two j weeks does not show any improve ment and continues to run high tem peratures. He is suffering with pleur isy and his many friends have been much alarmed over his condition. Mayord W. 1). Lackey who has been a patient for the past three months is improving steadily and is able to spend two hour periods in a rolling chair. He sleeps well at night and is beginning to walk some, with the as sistance of nurses. His many friend, hope that he will soon be up and out again. Miss Reba Hamrick daughter of T. VV. Hamrick who was operated on for appendicitis ten days ago is improv ing and will be able to go home this week. Mr. 3. M. Scruggs of Cliffside is some better. He has been undergoing medical treatment for the past two weeks. Mrs. A. B. Suttle and her young son are getting along nicely, her many triends will be pleased to learn. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ike Berger Friday afternoon, a son. Mother and baby are both doing well. Mr. A. M. Pruett of Casar is getting On as well as could be expected, fob lowing a serious operation two weeks ago. Mrs. Plato Crowder of Lattimore was operated on for appendicitis Thursday and is doing as well as could t be expected. Her husband was a pat ient in the hospital several weeks ago. Mrs. B. J. Southards of Luwndale has been admitted for medical treatment is improving. Mrs. Dock Hastings of Casar is un-j dergoing treatment and is much betted than when she entered. Mrs. C. A. Burrus who was a pafT ent for ten days was able to go home Friday. Mr. M. E. Graveley, traveling sales man of Axton, Vra. who has been a patient was able to be dismissed Fri day. Mr. L. W. Padgett of Forest City j who was injured two weeks ago in an automobile accident is improving. Gilbert Hold son of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. fiord of Lawndale had his ton- ; sils removed Saturday morning. Mrs. II. M. Loy’s many friends will j be pleased to learn that she has re covered from an operation performed three weeks ago and went to her home on S. Washington street Friday. MAN Y OUT-OF-TOWN PEOPLE ATTEND FUNERAL _____ Among the out-of-town people at tending the funeral services of Mrs. John F. Stephens Saturday afternoon, were: A. B. Stephens of Suffolk, Va.; : Creihgton Stephens, of Hertford, this 1 state; Mrs. Cleveland Harte and Mrs. j S. E. Gidney of Muskogee, Okla.; Mrs. j S. H. Harris and Miss Hattie Stephens | of Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Haygood and William jr., Misses Addie and Susan Stephens, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Stephens, Mrs. Leila Stephens and Mr. Lewis Stephens all of Charlotte; and Mr. and Mrs. John Stephens of Hickory; anil Mr. and Mrsj Johnnie St. George of Clinton, Progressive Farmer Editor Says County Is Fast Becoming Agricultural Leader. ('■ L. Newman, associate editor of the Progressive Farmer one of Amer ica’s h ding farm papers, recently Visited Cleveland county, and as the result of his visit write* a story in his paper of the rens: t able agricul tural progress here. In many ways the story is one of the best booster ar ticles ever published about this section Mr, Newman went a step further than saying the county is an agricultural leader in North Carolina and said that, the county will eventually land in the ranks of “the 2.5 best agricultural coun ties in the United States.” In addition to the article, which will be concluded in the next issue of the farm periodical, two Cleveland county farm scenes were shown, one of a mod ern poultry house on the farm scenes were shown, one of a modern poultry house on the farm of W. C. Sarratt at Earl, and the other a picture of the poultry house of Lawrence Hawkins, the county's champion young poultry farmer. Hood County to Live in. The first article by Mr. Newman follows: An all-round good county to live in is Cleveland county, N. C.t Such is the conclusion we arrived at after two days spent in driving pret ty well over all the county, accom panied by Director I. O. Schaub of the North Carolina Agricultural exten sion service and piloted by County Agent R. E. Lawrence. Mr. Lawrence is fortunate in having such a county to serve, and Cleveland couny is for tunate in having a county agent so alert and efficient. And I. O. Schaub will agree with both statements. The farmers of Cleveland county not only ‘dell together in unity” but work together in unison. Right here Is found the secret of the remarkable progress made in Cleveland county In the past few years. The spirit of co operation is abroad in the land, abroad and working. By her work Cleveland county is becoming known abroad. We say ‘becoming” purposely, since the great development and progress made at the present time, with the hai’mony, concord, and cooperation now operat ing ip Cleveland, will eventually land her in the ranks of “the 25 best agri cultural counties in the United States.’ Sweet Boat toes. Cleveland county potato growers have learned that salesmanship is just as important as production, as far as the sweet potato crop is concerned. One man sold the potatoes produced by more than 100 producers. This el. iminated all competition and probably more than 90 per cent of marketing costs. This was the record of the Kings Mountain cooperative potato house. Deliveries are made by truck. Sales were made only as demand de veloped. Kings Mountain is not a city, yet this historic and thriving town consumed 7,500 bushs. of curing house potatoes and paid $13,125.0© or $1.75 per b. hel to the cooperative asso ciation for them. The merchants who bought these potatot >rt that they have never made any • uoney on hill cured potatoes and now demand the curing and storage house product. The present storage capacity is only 22,000 bushels, but this is to be in creased to 32,000 bushels this-year. All of the sweet potatoes produced in Cleveland county are handled under one marketing system. Only one va riety is grown. All are inspected and graded, and all seed potatoes are treated for diseases. Not a whiff ot that odor peculiar to diseased and rot t;ng potatoes came to our smelling or gan while in the curing and storage house. Cleveland county is not in the sweet potato belt nor in the cotton belt, yet the heavy production of these two crops is marketed with advantages that may be looked into with profit by sweet potato belt and cotton belt coun ties of the coastal plains. Poultry Campaign. Chickens had been roosting in trees for 150 years or more in Cleveland county—mixed and common kinds. Now purebred fowls roost in modem poultry houses and pay 100 per cent more for the privilege. Mr. Lawrence knew of only one modern poultry house in the county four years ago. He has no record ot the total number of such houses in the county now, but does know that 200 standard houses were built in one year. There are now hatcheries with a total capacity of 12,900 eggs— Aus tell’s with 1,000; Campbell’s with 1, 000; Archer’s with 1,200; Hawkin: with 3,000, and Hitchcock’s with 6700 There are nine commercial poultry farms with 8,000 birds. Farm Agent Lawrence is not stress ing commercial poultry' plants but a campaign in which he has been active* with good results is “one hundred purs* (Continued on page tliree.| _,