CLEVELAND COUNTY LEADS ALL COUNTIES IN AMERICA IN LIGHTENING FARM LABOR WITH ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
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Modern Job Department,
VOL'
. XXXIII, No. 67
THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST, 25, 1925.
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
OVER 1? MILLION DOLLARS lESTEO
ID TEXILE PLUS III CHIU
n ^ LeGrand In Charge Of Kiwanis Program
Shows 187,000 Spindles, Producing Some Of
The Finest Products Known To The Trade.
“Cotton mills in Cleveland have a
paid-in capital of $6,547,000 but this,
dpjs not represent half of themoney
invested,” according to Mr. R. T. Le
Grancl of the Shelby Cotton mill who
had charge of the Kiwanis program
Thursday night at Cleveland Springs,
Mr. LeGrand offering one of the most
informative and interesting pro
prams that has been held in many
weeks. The mills o' the county have
187,422 spindles and 2,862 looms and
many of the products were on ex
hibit in the hotel lobby, a revelation
to the eyes of those who saw it. The
variety and quality of the products of
Cleveland textile plants of today show
a marked improvement over the mills
of years gone by when pla.n white
cloth and yarns constituted the sole
out-put of cotton mills. It was a trib
ute to the skill of the laborers as well
as to the officials for many of the
mill products are finished, ready for
the trade.
Ise Cleveland Grown Cotton.
There are some 26 textile plants in
Cleveland and while all Were not re
presented because of lack of time to
interest many of the manufacturers,
Mr. LeGrand got together an exhibit
which is well worth seeing and at his
request the exhibits were allowed to
remain intact over Friday for the
benefit of the farmers attending the
picnic. Most of the raw cotton that
went into the manufacture of the
products on exhibit was grown by tne
farmers of Cleveland county, the lo
cal mills consuming more than the
county produces, although it is the
third largest cotton producing coun
ty in North Carolina
Finishing Needed.
Willis McMurry speaking for the
Belmont Mill stated that the Bel
mont consumes 1,800 bales annually
and that all is bought from the farm
ers of Cleveland.
Jack Dover, superintendent of the
Dover Mill, finished two years ago,
referred to the Dover as a Kiwaris
industry, launched by' the club one
night when $250,000 worth of stock
was subscribed. This mill has 11,500
spindles and 260 looms, making shirt
ings, curtain goods, braziere cloth,
etc. Last year 300 different styles
of cloth were manufactured The mill
has 87 tenement houses at the plant
and rents 27 dwellings in Shelby for
its operatives. It consumes 3,^00 bales
of cotton annually at a cost of ap
proximately $400,000. Last year the
plant used‘120,000 pounds of silk and
produced five million yards of cloth.
The pay roil is about $300,000 an
nually.
Eastside Mill had J. P. Toms, aider
man, as it spokesman and Mr. Toms
reviewed the various kinds of cloth
the mill had made since it was built
in 1919. It has 12,000 spindles, 260
looms and it now makes sateens and
broadcloth. The finishing of textile
products was emphasized when he re
ferred to the fact that cloth made by
the mill and sold for 12 l-2e per yard,
retails in local stores at 50c a yard,
not because the merchants are profit
ing more than they should, but be
cause the cloth goes through tne
hands of finishing plants and brokers
in the north before it’s ready for mar
ket. "More profit goes to converters
and broker^, than the farmer and the
manufacturer get,” according to Mr.
He Sews .’Em Up.
To sew up the cloth that is made,
tlit1 Lily Mill produces reverse twist*
™ thread in addition to floss and
other high grade threads and Gene
“thenek was spokesman for this
plant. Most of the product of this
joiH goes to the garment makers
trade. No one was rvesent to speak
°f the Cleveland Mill and Power Co.,
*"lch also has a finishing plant, but
o exhibit showed a wide range of
"feads, twine and sash cords which
*f<‘ finished ready for the trade when
»?V0 t^ils P'ant Lawndale.
Moderate Priced Spreads,
another exhibit which was a reve
atmn to many was that of tiro Min
^'*1- owned and operated by C.
a,ry at Grover. This plant makes
a moderate priced variety of bed
preads which are sold principally to
n.,rE° ma'l order houses in car-lots.
0 Plant works about 60 people and
DWCr*Vng day and n'Klu> having
- y of orders for months to come.
tr;„ ,e Noisier chain (Margrace. Pa
*,:na an£ Pauline) at Kings Moun
‘ Produce soma of the finest bed
tain^—S ’'V'n<^°'v curtaina and cur
Thes^ar^8 °n- ^mflr'cjn market.
and ari“*ti0"aHy advertised goods
M0 a,re. bringing fame to Kings
,,<“tain although Mr. Neisler who
reltnt*d’ ^‘TLslied his speech by
thinAi he was “making every
fa(.t t) ut money." it is a well known
runnin* i ^ text‘l,‘ mills have been
c°r.ditio'> 31 *°r a - ear or more and
ltu-m h-S do nut show any improve
ever *8 exh*bit of products, how
as a most creditable atfair.
i,,,
Hoskvy, Too.
'Slk.ll;
the
Olive Hosiery Mill declared that the
daily output is 12)0 to 1,400 dozen
pairs a day and these are sent not
only throughout Amerka hut in many
foreign countrie-. “Ir.wsox” 's the
brand under which those are put out
and they have wonderful reputa
tion. The mill ;<mpli>j s 175-people, has
a weekly pay-nl of s.1,000 and all
work, is finished, labeled and boxed in
the Shelby plant.
Tlie Ella Mills’ exhibit was very in
teresting, showing the different pro
cesses through which the cotton must
go in manufacture. Mr. Wickle, the
superintendent, was detained front be
ing present. Ti e Ella is a branch of
the Consolidated Textile Corporation,
one of the largest organizations of its
kind jn the East.
The Nev Plants.
Two new mills which are starting
operating in Shelby are the Ora ana
the Shelby Cloth Mill. Speaking for
the Ora, Mr. Earl Hantrick said the
mill has 45 tenement houses, all
equipped with water, lights and sewer.
The mill has 6,652 spindles and 102
looms, making shirtings. When in
full operation it expects to employ
180 to 200 people at a weekly pay-roll
of $2,500. It is estimated to use 2,000
to 2,500 bales of Cleveland county an
nually.
J. H. Look-son represented tne snei
by Cloth Mill, just starting operation.
It is making a beautiful line of novel
ty dress goods and the exhibit show
ed genius in design and coloring. This
mill building is day-light construction
and modern in every way with 21
tenement houses.
Modesty forbid Mr. Legrrr.d speak
ing of the Shelby Cotton Mill which
is the largest single industrial plant
in the county, having well over 20,000
spindles. He thanked Frank Ledbetter,
window dresser for the Fanning De
partment store, who arranged the
beautiful exhibit from the mills.
Shelby To Vote On
School Bond Issue
Of $200,000 Sept. 29
There will be a special election
on a $200,000 bond issue for
schools in Shelby on September
29th, the money to be spent for
school buildings within the next
two years in accordance with
plans and needs as outlined end
approved by the Kiwanis club in
a meeting some weeks ago, said
plan being suggested by the city
school board. A new registration
is called for and the registration
books will be opened Friday Au
gust 28th and close Saturday Sep
tember 19th, T. C. Eskridge being
appointed registrar. All qualified
voters within the present corpor
ate limits of the town will be re
quired to re-register in order to
participate in this election.
As proposed some weeks ago
the money will be used as follows
in the event the election carries:
Proposed buildings:
West Shelby 8 35,000.00
Buildings Class rms. Est. Cost
South Shslby .21 $75,000.00
Eastside _ ~ 10 50,000.00
North Shelby - 8 35,000.00
Remodel II. S. 20 25,000.00
Total - -- 60 $220,000.00
A $200,000 bond issue for a
water statiofi, sewer and water
main extensions will be issued at
an early date, but there will be
no election on this issue for the
reason that water systems are
held by the Supreme court to be
necessary public improvements
and elections on bond issues for
| this purpose are not necesary.
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Miss Jetton Arrives
In Brazilian Port
Mrs. R. E. Camp of Lincolnton has
received a letter from Miss Esther
Case, Secretary of the Board of Mis
sions of M. E. Church, South, Nash
ville, Tenn., reading as follows:
“We have just received a cable
gram from Rie De Janeiro, Brazil,
announcing the safe arrival of our
missionary party. The cablegram is
as follow*: “Party of lady mission
aries arrived here. All well. ’ We are
glad indeed to have this news and
hope to have further word from Miss
Jetton in a short while.”
Shelby people will be very much
interested in the above as Miss Jet
ton is a native of Shelby and is be
ing supported in the foreign field by
the Central Methodist church of this
place.
Some men die for their county and
others tr> r> beat trams >vcc the
MRS. J. P. D. WITHROW
OF HOLLIS IS DEHO
Wife of Prominent Hollis Merchant
Passes at Age of 56. Buried at
Big Springs Church.
Mrs. Laura Withrow, wife of Hon.
J. P. D. Withrow, merchant prince of
Hollis and member of the legislature
from Rutherford county, died at her
home at Hollis Sunday night follow,
ing a long illness with Bright’s' di
sease, the last four weeks of which
time her condition had been critical. A
heart trouble developed in her sick
ness and this is thought to be the
cause of her denth. The news will be
learned with deepest sorrow in this
part of the state because Mrs. With,
row was one of the best known women
of this section, active in religious and
civic affairs. She was the daughter of
the late I). A. S. (better known as
Doctor) Hamrick of Lattimore. Her
mother still lives at an advanced age
j with another daughter, Mrs. W. T.
Calton of Lattimore.
Mrs. Withrow was 56 years of age.
She was a beautiful Christian charac
ter and a woman whose life was hap
piest in service for others. She is sur
vived by her mother, husband and
two children, Grady Withrow, of Hol
lis who is partner with his father in
the large store, and Mrs. Richard
Thompson of Tate Springs. Tenn. The
funeral was conducted at Big Springe
Baptist church where she held her
membership, Monday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock by Rev. D. G. Washburn |
assisted bv Rev. A. C. Swofford.
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20 Woodmen Come
Back From Camp
Dr. Grigg Invites Encampment To
Meet In Shelby Next Year And
Officials To Look Over Sites.
Twenty local members of the Uni
form Rank Woodmen of the World
returned to Shelby Saturday night
from Charleston, S. C., where they
attended the district encampment
composed of the two Carolina? and
Virginia. Dr. T. 0. Grigg, captain of
Company, K, 97th regiment, who had
the men in charge, extended an invi
tation for this sixth district meeting
to be held in Shelby next year and
feels that Shelby has a fine chance of
securing this fraternity provided a
camp ground can be provided. Stale
Manager E. B. Lewis of Kinston, will
be in Shelby this week and look over
sites with Dr. Grigg with this meet
ing in view.
In the competitive filed drill at the
Charleston meeting the Shelby com
pany won second prize in Class A. an
honor of which they are justly proud.
;Those attending from Shellfv were:
IT. O. Grigg, Captain: S. M. Morrison,
'first lieutenant; T. P. Lpil, second
lieutenant, G. V. Weathehs, 1st seit
geant, Chas. D. Hicks, quarter master
sergeant, B. L. McKee, C. L. Runyans,
I. It. Spencer and Julian Thompson, jr,'
corporals, T. M. Grigg, Bugler, Win.
M. Hoffman, A. C. Page, W. P. S'lytle,
W. A. Cook, M. E. McSwain. V. G.
Frances, M. E. Spangler, D. E. SI ytle.
Fay B. Allen and C. A. Low ranee,
privates.
Negro Boy With Long
Memory Takes A Ride
Henry Jeffries, the negro youth,
who amazed Shelby street audiences
with his remarkable memory by re
citing the books of the Bible and the
Presidents of the United States has
forsaken the straight and narrow for
the more exciting life of crime, and as
a result is lodged in the city jail
charged with the larceny of a bicycle.
Friday morning about 10 o’clock, he
and another colored boy of about tho
same age went to Mr. Sam Ellis, the
bicycle man, with a request that they
be allowed to rent a wheel apiece for
about an hour. They wanted to ride
out to Cleveland Springs and back.
When they failed to return, Mr. Ellis
called Chief Hamrick, who made a
few’ investigations, found that the
boys had spoken of going to Char
lotte, and called the officers there,
warned them to be on the lookout for
a reciting prodigy on a bicycle. Plain
clothes Officer Bradley found the boy
soon after and they were both re
turned to Shelby. It is said that the
Jeffries boy entertained the Charlotte
police force immensely with his recit
ing ability after they were caught, and
that they were somewhat loath to let
the boy return.
Surprise Birthday Dinner.
There will bea surprise birthday
dinner at the home of Mr. Lem J. Wig
gins in the Zion community Sunday
August 30th in honor of Mrs. Wiggins
birthday. All relatives and friends are
invited.
Card of Thanks.
I want to extend my thanks to our
friends and neighbors for their kind
ness during the sickness of my hus
band and the death of my mother.
MRS l \V. BLANTON.
Rev. \V. (). (ioiide Gives Graphic De
scription of Forest Fire Which
Swept Grandfather Mountain.
As a result of the heroic efforts of
fire fighters who worked tirelessly
throughout Friday night, the fire in
the immediate vicinity of Grandfather
mountain is rapidly being brought
under control. The fire was at first
fed by the foliage of the trees where
all efforts to check it seemed useless
However, it has now shifted to under
brush and turf -und is rapidly being
brought under control.
The fire i.t said to have originated
in ulumber yard where 85,000 feet of
lumber was destroyed. It has been es
timated that the fire covered a total
area of 3,000 acres, which was owned
by the lumber concern, the govern
ment and the Linville Improvement
company. Smaller fires can he observ
ed in the surrounding mountains, the
most serious of which is probably one
which has broken out between Blow
ing Rock and Lenoir. However this
cannot compare with the Grandfather
fire in ferociousness. The loss in dol
lars can hardly be estimated. In ad
dition to the 85,000 feet of lumber 3,
000 acres of timber has been destroy
ed.
Rev. W. O. Goode Describes It.
The most graphic description of the
raging fire on Grandfather mountain
is given by Rev. W. O. Goode, native
of Cleveland county, who is at his
summer home in Blowing* Rook and
saw the first indication of the great
blaze. He said he sat on his porch
and watched it burn slowly until noon,
when the blaze went on a rampage and
fairly consumed the entire side of the
mountain.
The fire, he said, originated on the
east side of the Grandfather mountain
near the camp of a logging company
and spread rapidly through a cutover
district, probably covering 500 acres.
There the flames gathered great head
way because of the depth of the brush
left from the logging work. A 30-mile
gale sent the fire across the ravine,
he said, and it quickly covered the en
tire side of the mountain this side of
Grandfather, hurriedly crossing the
top and descending the gorge below.
“I stood on niy back porch,” he
said, ‘‘and watched the hurricane oi
fire for an hour and ahalf as it cross
ed from range to range. I then got in
my car and I drove as near as was
safe, 13 miles, to the burning forest
and there saw the most terrifying
sight that my eyes evef/.beheld. Gfgat
hungry flames of fire, belchingiout bf
the mountain gorges, ascending from
every mountain peak from the west
6f where . I stood,' Dense columns of
smoke, greater than might be produc
ed by a burning city, filled the heavens
above. Flying pieces of burning bal
sam filled the air. I saw dozens of
anxious men and women, natives of
that section, with their little children,
standing by the road-side wondering
if this mighty hurricane of flames
and fire would descend upon their
humble little homes.
Hospital Patient
Under Police Guard
S. W. McDaniel of Spartanburg,
who suffered a broken arm in the
automobile wreck east of Shelby last
Monday afternoon, was under police
guard at the Shelby Hospital for sev
eral days last week, he having been
indicted by L. C. McDowell of Cher
ryville for an assault with deadly
weapon as a result of the automobile
smash-up in which 3 people were
right badly injured. The guard was
removed when he gave bond in the
sum of $500 for his appearance at
court here September 1st. When he
recovers sufficiently from his injury
it is supposed he will return to his
home in Spartanburg until he is call
ed to answer the charge of assault
in court.
In a serious wreck last week, Mc
Daniel’s car struck a car driven by
Roy McDowell, and both automobiles
were comppletely demolished, and two
of the party in McDowell's car wen
taken to the hospital with more or
less serious injuries. Miss Kendrick,
one of the two, has been released,
but Cecil Robinson, of Charlotte, is
still confined.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
Taxes due the Town of Shelby must
be paid on or before September 15.
Property on which taxes are due
after September 15th, will be advertis
ed for sale.
4-25 A. P. WEATHERS, Mayoi
Home Coming at aPlm Tree.
There will be home coming day at
Palm Tree Methodist church near
Lawndale Sunday, August 30th. Rev.
Will Rollins will preach at 11 o’clock
and Rev. Ed Crowder will have charge
of the afternoon services.
A man’s face may be his foviuue
So may a woman’s. Then . attiiy
cold- ; to- :>i .. •
Edgar W. Hoyle, Suffering With
Melancholia Since World War,
Suicides in New York.
Edgar W. Hoyle, son of Lemuel
Hoyle, who operates the Bel wood Col
lar company at Belwood, committed
suicide at West Point, New York
Thursday night or Friday morning, ac
cording to telegrams received here by
relatives from the war department.
Hoyle who was about 40 years of age
had served in the World War and is
said to have belonged to a detachment
overseas that had charge of burying
tlead soldiers. This gruesome service
seems to have worked so on his nerves
that since his return from the wat he
would lapse into periods of melancholy
when for weeks he would not talk, ev
en to members of the immediate fam.
ily.
Two or throe weeks ago Mr. Hoyle
went to Washington, I). C\, in quest
of a job. Failing to secure one, he re
turned to Charlotte and enlisted in
| the army. Having knowledge of a
j special department of the army he
| was dispatched to West Point, N. Y.
A few days ago his brother Hugh
Hoyle of Belwood received a letter
fror.i him saying he was sending his
trunk home but the letter expressed
no intention of taking his own life.
Bloody Clothes Found.
A letter came a few days ago from
the war department at West Point
addressed to “H. Hoyle Shelby, N. C.-”
it was received by Hugh Hoyle of the
clerical force of Riviere’s drug store
and told that bloody clothes were
found on the bank of the Hudson
river at 10 a. m. August 10th with a
paper in the pockets containing the
name of “II. Iloyle.” Young Hugh
Hoyle immediately notified Hugh
Hoyle at Belwood and later in the day
a telegram was received bringing the
information that the bloody clothes
found on the bank of the Hudson had
been identified a3 those worn by Ed
gar W. Hoyle the night before and
that Edgar Hoyle was missing and
had either deserted or met with a
foul death. Shortly thereafter anothei
telegram was received saying the body
had been recovered. Particulars have
not been learned as to whether he in
flicted his body with a fatal wound or
whether he took his life by drowning
himself in the river.
- A message was dispatched to New
York by the family asking that the
body be held pending the arrival of
his two brothers, Hugh Hoyle of Bel
wood Collar company and Mariort
Hoyle, druggist of, Cooleehied, this
state, who departed Saturday for
Nfew York.
1 1, 11
15 Families Come To
Skelby Because Of
Railway Terminal
Southern freight trains began
to terminal in Shelby Monday by
reason of this shift in the starting
and stopping point of freight
trains on the Marion-Kingsville
division of the Southern railway,
between 12 and 15 families will
move to Shelby to make their
home. The freight yard in South
Shelby has been completed and
lreigrn trains on mis uivision oe
gan to make Shelby headquarters
Monday morning. Two trains
leave out each morning, one for
Rock Hill, S. C., and one for
Marion. Two freight trains return
to Shelby in the afternoon. Each
train crew will lay-over in Shel
by every other night.
It is thought that passenger
trains will begin to terminal here
as soon as permission to make the
change can be had from the rail
way commissioners of the two
states and that morning passen
ger trains will leave south for
Columbia and west for Marion. In
the event the passenger trains
make this headquarters, it is esti
mated that 25 families will be
added to Shelby’s population.
Two Children Fall
From Moving Auto
A faulty door-catch on a sedan au
tomobile was the cause of a near-seri
ous accident on the Lincolnton road
Sunday night about 7 o’clock. The lit
tle son of Mr. Pink Riviere, E. P. jr.,
was leaning against the door, when the
catch slipped, and the little boy fell
out into the road. His sister, Sarah,
seeing that he was falling, made a
vain effort to catch him, but failed,
and she herself fell out her head
striking the road. Her injuries were
much worse than the boy’s, as she sus
tained abroken collar-bone and a frac
tured skull.
Immediately after the accident the
little girl was rushed to the Shelby
hospital, where she was reported on
Monday morning to be resting easily.
The boy is at home, his injuries not
ueing serious euougu t necessitate
PiSEM COIITIiniFE BfMn
FUMING PBBFITHE. SHIES M'LEOD
Six Thousand Hear Notables At Big Farm Gath
ering And Witness Boiling Springs Community
Pageant, First Of Its Kind Ever Presented.
New Penney Store
Opens Here Friday
One of 676 J. ('. Penney Co., Dry
Goods anil Clothing Slores Opens
in Shelby Friday 28th.
Mr. K. K. Scott, local manager of
the J. ('. Penney Co., announces that
the opening date for the Penney Co.,
store has been set for Friday August
28th from 9 a. m. to it p. m., on which
day merchandise will he sold for the
first time. A beautiful store room has
been secured in the Masonic budding
where the Masons maintain n Blue
Lodge, Chapter and Ccmntandery anil
where the Public library is housed and
the Woman's club has headquarters
Manager Scott will provide flowers
for the ladies and souvenirs for the
children.
The new store will he conducted by
the J. C. Penney company, operating
one of the largest if not the larges:
multiples of department stores in the
world. It has 676 stores, scattered in J
44 states.
It is a strong organization finan
cially. The annual statement as of
December 31st last, shows a surplus
of $9,488,665.69.
Mr. James Cash Penney founded the
company in April, 1902, at Kemmer
cr, Wyoming:, doing: a grosB business
the first year of $$28,898.11. In 1924,
twenty-three year later, the gross
business amounted to $74,261,343. Wt
are told that the company estimates
its business this year in excess of $90,
000,000.
Some people may receive a wrong '
impression of the kind of merchan- ,
dise sold by the J. C. Penney com
pany because of the founder’s name.
The name “Penney” is confused with
the word “penny.” The company han
dles dry goods, apparel for women,
misses, young men, youths and boys,
furnishings and shoes for the whole
family, notions and kindred lines.
Field Meeting For
Farmers August 27th
(Extension Service.)
Mr. E. Y. Winter, dean of State
college, and one of the best plan*
breeders in the South, will be in the
county Thursday August, 27th and ev
ery cotton farmer in the county is
urged to attend a field meeting at
the cotton variety test on the county
home farm near the fair grounds at
2 o’clock p. m.
Dr. Wifttei*4Killjliagnss cqttpn breed
ing and show how to select thtPU&st
type of stalk.
Thirteen varieties of cotton are
planted in a test at the county home
to determine the best variety of cot
ton to recommend for Cleveland coun
ty farmers next year. This cotton va
riety test should prove of great bene
fit to the farmers of Cleveland county
as each variety will be picked and
weighed separately.
An offician boll county August 1st
showed that some of the varieties had
three times as many bolls as others,
Plans will be made at this meeting for
getting up a co-operative order of im
proved cotton seed this fall.
The cotton fertilizer tests at Messrs
Black and Lattimore have not had
enough moisture this summer to show
up the difference in the formulas of
fertilizer.
Fire Destroy* Cline
House At Lawndale
4
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the home and several outbuildings of
Mrs. David Cline at Lawndale Satur
day night about 8:30 o’clock. No one
was at home at the time the fire was
discovered, Mrs. Cline being on a vis
it to her daughter, Mrs. McBryde Pos
ton in Shelby. The buildings as well
as the contents were a complete loss
except the piano and sewing machine
which were removed by neighbors
who gathered at the scene. It is under
stood Mrs. Cline carried $3,500 insur
ance on the house and $500 on the fur
niture which of course dogs not cover
the loss.
BUY YOUR CITY LICENSE!
Every person who lives In the city
limits of Shelby must have displayed
on his cur or truck a city license tag
and to operate same without a num
ber is a violation of the law. All per
sons who have not secured their license
tag must call at once and secure same,
as all are now past due.
B. O. HAMRICK.
2-f-21 Tax Collector.
Mrs. Hilliard K. Stoner and three
sons are spending a few days at her
aunt'1- Mrs. Roll*' Elliott’; vi‘?r She!
An estimated crowd of 6,000 people
uttended the first farm celebration ot
its kind held in the Carolinas at Clev
eland Springs Friday afternoon and
nijrht, partaking of a 6 o’clock din
ner such as has never been equalled
in bounty, variety and taste, enjoying
speeches by Governor Thomas B. Mc
Leod of South Carolina, U. B. Blalock
general manager of the North Caro
lina Cotton Growers association and
B. YV. Kilgore, for HO yeurs connected
with the extension service of the
North Carolina department of agri
culture. It was a great day, moderate
ly cool in comparison to the swelter
ing weather that had prevailed a few
days before and altogether an orderly,
happy crowd. Hundreds came from
boundaries beyond Cleveland to frater•
nalize with Cleveland folks whose re.
putation has extended far and wide
for supremacy in agriculture.
The Model Communfty.
Best of all was the gripping pageant
of n model community, presented by
the Boiling Springs people under the
direction of Miss Susan Landon, com
munity director for the North Caro
lina Cotton Growers association. Thu
afternoon crowd was disappointing ir.
size, less than 3,000 hearing the stir
ring address of Governor McLeod, but
at night the crowd doubled to sse the
wonaertui pageant, the like of which
has never before been presented In
North Carolina. Prof. O. P. Hamrick
of Boiling Springs high school intro
duced the pageant in a stirring ad
dress and this was followed by lan
tern slides throwing pictures on the
white screen. In songs and placards
the Boiling Springs community pan
tomined the church, the home, the
school, the welfare work, the health
work, recreation, current events, farm
work and the community’s gifts to
Carolina as leading forces* that go to
make a rural community all that is
hoped for it. These men, women and
children drove home lesaons on com*
munity life that will have a wonder
ful effect upon the lives of the thou
sands of people who saw the com
munity life idealized in vivid fashion.
Farm Prosperity.
The program opened with an ad
dress of welcome by Hon. Peyton Mc
Swain, chairman of the celebration
committee who in choice words and
eloquent terms gloried in the fertil
ity of the Piedmont soil, the purity of
American blood, the thrift and indus
try of her people. He presented O. Jfi.
Gardner who introduced the speaker
of the afternoon, Governor MrLtod •£,
South Carolina, whose appeal was that
country life should be preserved bj1
being made profitable. He warned the
patriots of, farming against the dan
ger from alien labor* Urhidi he inti
mated might be brought into the An
glo-Saxon South unless the farming in
dustry is organized for profit. North
Carolina’s prosperity, the prosperity
of his own state and of the entire
South, must come largely from agri
culture, the South Carolina executive
-said, and the only way in which it can
be made to show a profit is through
organized and orderly marketing.
hpeaking directly of the new day m
community life, which he preferred
to designate as the bigger country
life, Governor McLeod declared that
unlike Florida, North and South Car
olina will never be tourists states.
Enough will never be attracted to
make the tourist trade a basic indus
try. He had no bricks to throw at
Florida, but interposed his comment
on the booming craze to emphasize the
promise of organized farming since
the first soil was turned.
Orderly Marketing.
Governor McLeod said that farm
ing has been the repetition one after
another of the hopeless task. Co-op
eration, and he made no apology for
co-operative marketing, is now a mat-,
ter of self defence, he believes it
abundantly proven. His own people
have been through the burning fires
of arbitrary return for their products.
They have come out whole with the
help of each other and the courage
to fight the opposition. The best life
of the future must come from the
farm, Governor McLeod said. He gave
illustration after illustration to show
how even the paths of adversity the
genius and brains of many industries
today can be traced back to the coun
try. He referred specially to W. S.
Lee, a Lancaster county youth who
is now vice-president of the Southern
Power company and is engaged in di
-'cting the greatest power develop
ment in the world today. Legislation,
however, is not what the farmer needs
to bring his effort in line with all
other effort. It is. no longer necessary
to ask congress for special privileges,
salvation is entirely optional as he
pictured it competition among farm
ers must be for the highest price in
contrast with the competition the !n
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