North Carolina Newspapers

I THE STAR Is The Leading Pap*r of Shelby and The State’s Fertile Farm Section. By mail, per year (in advance)—$2.6 By carrier, per year (in advance) $3 0 The mercury in the weather thcr mometer is somewTmt like cotton_ going down. * * * Rev. John W. Suttle again heads the Kings Mountain nsso-: ciation. Fore details of the recent associational meeting read today's I article in The Star by Rev C. .f. Black, Kings Mountain correspon-! dent of this paper. * * * The Highs play football here to-! day, and the college teams of the state play at various places tomor row. Shelby fans, who will witness today's game, wl” journey off for1 their favorite college game tomor. row. Two more miles of Highway No. ■ 20 in this section have been open ed to motorists, which is good news Furthermore the section of high way about the filling Lake Lure has been completed in record time. * * » A big celebration between Ruth erford and Cleveland at the final opening of Highway 20 is being planned, says today's paper. This event should be properly celebrat ed as it will mark .mother step ir. Carolina progress and binds, with a strip of tnrvia two counties that play leading parts in the forward march of the state. Editor G. G. Page stands alone as the best authority on the Battle of Kings Mountain, Thursdav r ight he spoke to Shelby Kiwanians on the fight that meant so much to American freedom. Cleveland coun ty readers interested in history should read with pleasure his ad dress as presented in today’s paper. * * * A lot of big news may be pub lished on the front page of The Star but more readers turn to the ‘■Little Stars” than any other sec tion of the paper. * * * One of the most attractive golf courses in North Carolina will be formally opened in Cleveland Springs estates on Friday, October 15, with a big gold tournament. Al fred Marshall, developed of Clev eland Springs, plans one of the best golf meets ever staged in the section. * * * Remember the old days when father used to call time on Sallie's beau? Those were great old days, but read an editorial on courting now and then. It appears in today’s paper. IfiliEilfS BAY 20 OPEN TO TRAFFIC NOW Construction Force Will Move Next Week to Shelbv 5,3d Work West from Warren St. Two more miles of highway No. 20 were opened Wednesday for traffic west of Shelby. Now the traffic is turned on the new roa'l at the top of the hill near the cross roads at the Blanton Brothers farm and the McArthur place. Going west, however, traffic is still de toured through Shelby via the Do ver Mill and Ora mill to the Dog gett old gin site, thence South to the Blanton-McArthur plantations. The construction force is now work ing near Brushy Creek, but on Mon day or Tuesday of next week the force of workmen and machinery will begin construction at the end of West Warren street and go west to the river where the bridge has been widened and elevated. All the hardsurfe-e that remains to be put down is from the old corpate limits of Shelby to Brushy Creek, a distance of two and a half or three miles. Mr. B. M. Graham, state engi neer, thinks the road will be fin ished and opened for traffic he. tween the first and fifteen of next month. No definte date can he fix ed as construction depends largely on weather conditions. The Kiwanis clubs of Shelby, Torest City and Rutherford are planning a joint meeting at Forest City, Nov. 18th, celebrating the completion of this stretch of high way No. 20. / Makes Record Hay Crop Of 17 Loads Mr. J. N. Gantt of near Moores horo has made a wonderful record with a hay crop this year—a re cord which is perhaps not eoualed in the county. On one and three quarter acres Mr. Gantt made two crops. The first so-’ing was of wheat, oats and vetch and from this first cutting he got nine wagon loads, the wagon frame being 12 feet long with four-foot standards. A man packed each load as it was Put on. On the second sowing he ■^sed cane seed and peas and made P|ght loads, measured on the same large wagon. The two crops on the same acreage produced 17 loads. goifIieyTo 1 OCTOBER IS Marshall Plans Bit; Tournament To Officially Open Fine New Course Golfers of this section arc assured a gala day on Friday, October 15, when the new nine hole course at Cleveland Springs Estates will be offi cially opened with a big ama teur tournament. A handsome ; loving cup has already been secured and will be present ed to the Carolina goifer turn ing in the bes: score for the ' first meet on the new course. ! Golf officials with Mr. Alfred Marshall are also planning for a , tournament between professional.-. | on the same day. rtili Goebel, of Charlotte, will likely be here to-' ge^her with the pros at Gastonia I and other places. If enough clubj professionals are in attendance a | tournament between them will also j be arranged for a cash prize. Amateur s Hig uay All in all it is a day for th;, amateur. It is hoped that every duh, prospective Bobby Jones, or what-not With the clubs will be out on the new' course that day., Av-1 rangements now call for the biggest, golf event Shelby has experienc ed—and it is justly so, for the newj course will rank with the best in t the state and opens up 18 holes for local golfers. Every Shelby golfer is expected to participate and dozens of visiting golfers from Gastonia, Charlotte, Lincolnton, j Rutherfordton, Forest City, Hick-; ory and other nearby towns will be invited. There will iikely be a day or two of the entire program. Beautiful Course ( Mr. Marshall, creator of Cleve land Springs Estates, is to be con gratulated upon the fine course l.e has constructed. Through his vi sion Shelby golfers now have a , course on par with the South’s. most attractive. Theactual build-1 ing of the course'under the direc- J tion of Mr. Marshall was carried, out by W. H. Lyle, pro of the I Cleveland Springs club. That the, two men worked together and j knew what they were about is , easily seen after a jaunt over the; course. Natural attractiveness is j combined with equally unattrac tive hazards, rolling fairways, and , inviting greens. Several of the fairways are j ; scenic masterpieces. As the course ! winds away from highway 20 to the , north it crosses and recrosso.j J several small streams and goes through several wooded hills. The j fairways are now green, almost | carpet-like, with Bermuda grass, and the greens though suffering | from a lack of rain, are coming i about in fine shape, assuring Shel I by golfers their first real grass greens. But the dub \v*o becomes en grossed with the beauty of the course is in for grief, for ere he knows it his approach shots will be buried in some of the worst traps ever contrived on a golf course. One or two of the greens are ideally located at the peak of hills with woods as a background. The eighth hole in particular offers one of the most enticing “pitch up” shots a golfer will encounter. Qualify on Friday All those entering the tourna ment will play an 18-hole qualify ing round on Friday. Thereafter the tourney proper will be under way after the handcaps are ar ranged. Then e.> nination flights will carry on until the winner of the big loving cup is decided. Local golfers proud of the new course have alrec.uy planned that the first foursome will include Mr. Marshall, developer of the Estates and Lyle, the course builder. Those backing the tournament together with Mr. Marshall, who consider it the formal opening, are urging all local golfers to pass the word along to their golfing friends else where. It’s labelled in advance a big day for the dub and the golfer. Kiwani* Is Making Plans to Celebrate Opening of Road Through Mr. George Blan ton. disrtiet truster of the Ki wr.nis club, a joint meeting is being planned between the Kiwanis clubs of Shelby. For est City and Rutherfordton to celch"ate the completion of the link in highway No. 20 be tween Shelby and Forest City. It is suggested by the two Rutherford county, clubs that this meeting he held at Forest City, Nov. IKth, that the enfire nfenibership of the thr»e clubs b'1 invited to at tend. each club appointing sneakers nrd entertainers to fill out a part of the program. It is expected bv Nov. 18th that the final link of the stretch of highway will be re?'ty for traffic, completing highway No. 20 from the mountains to the sea coast ex cept for a short stretch near Lumberton. In the event this joint meeting is held, which in all probability it will, the pro gram will bo given over to a celebration of the completion of this road which means so much to the intercourse be tween the two counties. Officers Locate Booze At Hotel Colored Hotel Workers Acquitted of Possessing. Grigg and Armstrong Implicated. City officers Wednesday evening found about seven gallons of li quor in the sample room of the Central hotel. Officer McBride Poston, watching the place, walked in t,he room just after Ed Austell and John Rippy, veteran colored employes, entered wti.ii a funnel ■ and a jug. The employes denied i ownership of the liquor and told j officers that they were merely go-1 ing to get a drink having heard | of its whereabouts. Friday the affair developed into three cases before Recorder John P. Mull. In the c®se against the col ored men, which was dismissed, it came out that the liquor arrived in an automobile. The charges cf| the following case were preferred against Plato Grigg, local taxi driver, from whose car the liquor was alleged to have been taken, j Charges in the third case were | preferred against J O. Armstrong, who accompanied Grigg on the trip and drove the car. The major part of the evidence was brought out in the third case when Grigg took the stand and admitted that the liquor was brought into Shelby in his car and that Armstrong drove at his (Grigg’s) request as he was not feeling _r»il. Grigg and Armstrong were fined $100 and the cost each and\ Grigg paid an appraisal fee on his car, which was under mortgage. The charges, as stated above, against the colored men were dismiseed. 182 Take Training H At Baptist Church Tonight the B. Y. P. U. training school closes at the First Baptist church after a run of five days. One hundred and eighty-two took the training offered in the several ! classes. Mr. H. M. Pippin was lead er and had the assistance of Mr. and Mrs A V Washburn, Mr. Perry Morgan and Miss Minnie Rickett. ! The classes began each evening it 6 o’clock, running for an hour, aft- I er which lunch was served ai the church. Class work was resumed after the lunch and' continued for j an hour longer. Results of the work were very gratifying. Knee Watches ( A new garter watch has been introduced by the elect of Mayfair. They are about a half-inch in dia meter and are “set” in jeweled garters about three-quarters of an inch in width. The garters have a buckle and a strap like- an ordi nary wrist watch, and fasten just below the wearer’s right knee, the watch face appearing on the left hand side. I City Schools Report Shows Increase Over Last Year The monthly report of the Shelby school system shows that 271 mere students were in school for the first month of this year than were in attendance at the same time last year. Attendance figures for the first month this year total 2,268. For last year the first month total was i,997. Central high school has the larg est enrollment with 434 pupils, with South Shelby, Morgan school, ranking next with 398. In the col ored schools 300 children are in at tendance., The attendance for the first month last year a:uT this year fol lows: 1925 1926 High School_....393 431 Sumter --265 229 Marion __ __:_309 275 Morgan (S. Shelby)_388 398 LaFayette —-269 267 Jefferson (Eastsid»» ..128 224 Washington- 141 Colored School __..245 300 1,997 2,268' John Suttle Heads Baptists- j Meet With Double Shoals Membership Over 10,000 Seventy-sixth Annual Session is Largely Attended. Discuss Boiling Spring* School. (By Rev. C. J. Block.) The Kings Mountain Baptist, a".:- nation nu*t in its 76th annuai ( session with the First Baptist i church at Kings Mountain Tues day and Wednesday of this week. Quite a large crowd attended both ‘ days of the meeting. About 150 delegates were enrolled, but there! were many visitor* and Baptists j who were not delegate*. The town people attended well. The house was well filled for all of the ses sions. Suttlc Still Moderator. Rev. George Abernethy preach-' cd the introductory sermon on “Je- j ms the Author and Finisher of out 1 Faith.” He delivered a very strong; and earnest message. All of the | old officers of the association were! re-elected by acclamation. These ■ are Rev. John W. Suttlc, modera tor, D. F. Ilord, vice-moderator: G. G. Page, clerk; and George Blau ton, treasurer. Rev. J. W. Buttle has been moderator for more than ten years. He was moderator when the association met with Kings Mountain church in 1905, but Rev. A. C. Irvin was elected at the next session of the association and ser--' ed several years before Suttle was re-elected. He served well for all of these years. Membership 10,000 All of the reports were well pro pared and shewed considerable im provement along all the lines ol the work. Of course, there was no. the increase in finances that should have been, but there was some im provement, we are glad to say. The reports showed that all of the de partments of the work have suff ered during the year because Bap tists have not honored the Lord with their money, but they have done better than they did last year. The reports from this association showed that we have made con-, siderable increase along many lines. The, membership of the-as» sociation has reached the 10,000 mark. This is very fine. When it was organized at Double Springs November 7th. 1851, it did not have but 1325 members. It has grown to this enormous number during this time, and then too, it has given off enough churches to organize an other association. This is the Sandy Run. It was organized in 1890. J *"■ f,rowih ( t tiie Baptist church in th's county has been marvelous. When the Broau River association was organized in 1800, there were not but a scattering few Baptists in the northern part of South Car olina and the lower part of South Carolina, but now this section is full of them. The Broad Riv»v association has been the mother of numbers of as sociations and is still a very strong one. Hundreds of churches have b.een organized and many other important things have been done. If Elder Joseph Logan, the oid preacher who stayed on his knees while the battle of Kings Mountain was raging, could rise today and look over this section, he would be more than amazed. The Baptists have grown in number, but they have not grown in consecration and service as they should have done. They have become too worldly. Let us hope that the coming year may mean more for us than any of the former ones. The second day of the associa tion was the high water mark. The question of Christian education and Boiling Springs High school were the most important matters that we discussed. Professor Huggins made the speech of his life on the question of denominational schoob We some ties say that a speaker was at himself. Ti-.e truth of it, is, they are out of themselves. They forget who they are and know nothing but the question they are discussing. That was the way with Prof Huggins last Wednesday. His speech was eloquent and it was convincing. He wTas heard as at tentively as any of the many spuakers of the whole session. Discuss Junior College. The most important question concerning Boiling Springs High school was that of making it a ju nior college. Mr. M. A. Huggins, the educational secretary was pres ent and-met with the trustees for the purpose of going over the situ ation of Boiling Springs. No agree ment was reached by which the school may become a junior college next year, but a committee was appointed to take the matter und“r further consideration and if possi ble, formulate a plan by which it may become a junior college not later than next year. This is going to be a very difficult task, but it is hoped that an agreement may be reached by which the school may become a junior college at the be I ginning of the next year’ s work. There is nothing else we ran <!< with this school and we just as well face the situation and do what xve are going to have to do to save our property. The people of this county are going to have to put more money there and they just as well get their bank accounts ready to do so before much longer. It is going to tnke this step to do what we have the opporu/itty to do. The association would have voted uo animously Wednesday to make it a junior college, but they did no* j have the chanco to do so, hut it is h( ped that when the association meets with Double Shoals churn: next October the committee ap pointed at this session may have something ready to put before the folks so that they may vote as 1 they wish to. Memorialize Rev. A. C. Irvin. ! The report on obituaries was ready by Mr. A. 1’. Spake. Nearly a hundred of our folks have passed j over during the year. Among these was the beloved A. C. Irvin who had preached in this section for half a century, who had been mod erator of this association for many years, and who had been in the homes of more of the Baptist peo- 1 pie of Cleveland county than any , man in it. Several of the brethren j spoke in the highest terras of his; life and work. Among these were j Rev Frank Putnam who said that he was raised near him and knew his every day life. He was bap tised by him and loved him as a father. Rev. D. G. Washburn and others spoke in the same way con cerning his going. A motion was made to have Dr. Wall and Rev. D. F. Putnam prepare a suitable me moriam of him for minutes of the association. They were also asked to have his picture placed in the minutes with the article they aie to write. Rev. I. D. Harrill made a motion that we set aside one page in our minutes for Rev. G. P. Bostick who fell on sleep in China during this year. This was a fitting thing for us to do. Great peace and harmony prevail ed during1 the entire meeting of tl'f association. The Kings Mountain people did all thry could to make every one enjoy the meeting, and It seemed that every one wanted to have the very best session that wc have ever had. There were no flings by anybody, but all seemed , to want the other fellow to enjoy I all that was said or done, j We had many visitors from out of the county. They too seemed to j enjoy the meeting with us. Among 1 those who attended rrom other as ] sociations were Rev. M. L. Kesler, superintendent of Thomasville Orphanage. Rev. W. R. Beach, rep resenting the Recorder: Dr. Chas. E. Maddry, corresponding secretary of the state mission board; Mr. M. A. Huggins, educational secretary; Perry B. Morgan, It. Y. P. U. sec retary, Rev. R. C. Campbell, pas tor of the First Baptist church at Hickory. Rev. Barton, pastor of West Hickory Baptist church; Rev James Ivey, pastor of East Hick ory' Baptist church; Professor Cor perning from Mars Hill college; Rev. C. A. Caldwell from McAden ville; Rev. J. L. Teague from Bes semer City, and possibly others whom the writer does not remem ber. The speeches were all good, the fellowship was as fine as it could be, and everything was done in the best manner possible. All fold, we had a most splendid session. Meets Next at Double Shoels The next session nieei^m with Double Shoals Baptist church Tues day after the first Sunday in Oc tober. The introductory sermon is to be preached by Dr. Zeno Wall and the doctrinal sermon by Rev. C. J. Black. LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION Again it is our privilege to of fer you the opportunity of wor shiping with us, and encouraging the work of the Lord. At ten o’clock we meet for the practical study of the Bible, in reg ular Sunday school work. At eleven o’clock, the morning service, ser mon by the pastor, with the admin istration of the Lord’s Supper. Evening worship at 7:30. We can’t offer the comforts and conveniences of a well-equipped church, but we do invite you to share with us the soul-satisfying sacrifice and salvation of the Sav iour. And the place, the Central school building. Mrs. J. C. Smith, Mrs. C. II. Doggett, Mrs. Robert Doggett and Mrs. S. E. Hoey were shopping in Charlotte Wednesday. __ .. .. c 0 .a, F $ Prominent Mrrchr.nt and Mnaon to Be Buried Today. Was Station Agent for 25 Years. Mr. Charles Syhanus Putnam cf Wnco, passed away very quietly Thursday afternoon October *>, 11*2(1 at his home, aftei a long and pn tient battle with diabetes and high blood pressure.. Mr. Putnam was also associated in business nr, a merchant with his father B. A Prtrarrt arid hrothet '. M. Putnam being known as B. A. Putnam and Sons li« has been agent for the Seaboard railway for 2ft years and was liked by all who knew him, and was also a Maron belonging to Cleveland ledge No. 202. He was a member of the Waco Baptist church. He was horn July 22. 1872. On July 12. 1908 he was united in malf'niony to Miss Annie Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Miller deceased. To this union were boro five children. To mourn this great loss of a beloved husband and fath er are Mrs. C. S. Putnam. Ralph, Nelson, Marvin, Fred and one daughter Charles Elizabeth, to gether with his rattier B. A. Put nam of Waco and two brothers Messrs. J. L. Putnam of Lineolntor, and Marvin Putnam of Waco, and one sister Mrs. Maggie Erwin of Forest City. The funeral wif. *>e conducted at the Waco Baptist church, this (Fri day) afternoon at 2 p. m. by his pastor Rev. J. W. Suttle. He will be buried with Masonic hohors. Shelby Fans Will See Grid Battles Will Attend Collette Garnet*. Spur lock. at Lenoir-Rhyne, Big Attraction in Section. Football fan3 of Shelby will journey to various parks Saturday to witness their favorite state game. The largest Shelby delega tion perhaps will go to Hickory for ; the game between Lenoir-Rhyntj : and Milligan. Spurlock, the big ; driving back of the Lutherans, is ' ihe main attraction there, it being | generally conceded that this star \ of Dick Gurley’s is one of the beat football performers North Caro lina has ever seen in action. Loyal Wake Forest alumni, sev eral of them at least, are planning to attend the Furman-Wake For est ganie at Greenville. This is predicted to be one of the Baptist's hardest frays of the year. Otherr will not make such a long trip and be content with watching Davidson in a predicted victory over Guil ford on the Davidson campus. Some few will go to Chapel Hill for the contest between the two Carolina universities with me hope of see ing two Shelby High boys, Furchcs and McMurry, in aicion. The other state games will not likely attract Shelby fans. Duke plays Elon at Durhanv and State meets Clcmson at Clemson. Dr. Wall Presented With A New Auto Dr. Zeno Wall, beloved pastor of the First Baptist church was pre sented this morning: with a brand new Dodge sedan in lieu of his car which was wrecked ten days ago when it collided with a truck in the Chimney Rock section as Dr. Wall wag coming home from Mars Hill where he had been conducting a revival meeting. Mai Spangler, Paul Webb and Ri.« Hamrick took his car which was demolished, trad ed it in for a new car and present ed it to him at the church th;s morning on behalf of the congre gation. Funds with which to pay the difference being secured from members of the congregation by personal solicitation on the part of a committee this morning. Dr. Wall narrowly escaped injury and possibly death when the acci dent occurred. He had been on a mission for the church, holding a revival among the students at Mars Hill which was marked with won derful success, although he receiv ed and expected little for his la bors. He was deeply touched by the generosity and thoughtfulness of his congregation this morning when the new car was presented. Pick-Pocket Get* Citizen At Fair Mr. Elijah Smith, a man advanc ed in years who lives on the Cora mill hill went to the Cleveland county fair on Wednesday night, and was relieved of $85 by some clever pick pocket, says the Kings Mountain Herald. Two morals to this story; first, it is safer to go to prayer meeting on Wednesday night than to the show; second, if one goes to the show he should not carry so much money with him. w—' . . —■ I '!■■■:**■■ Kings Mtn. Battle Fought On S. C. Soil Says Mr. Pag <;. pac.fv Editor G. G. Page, of King;.* Mountain the best authority on the battle of Kings Mountain, says the battle was fought on South Caro lina soil. OF FIS HERE i Talks Are Made to School Children —Posters are Displayed, Fire Hazards Remo\ed In the observance of fire pre vention week the chamber of com merce, Kiwanis club, fire depart ment, city and school officials are co-operating' in a campaign in Shelby this week. Attractive posters have been displayed in pub lic places calling attention to the dangers of fire and emphasizing ways to avert the loss of property by preventable fires. Local speak ers have appeared in all of the school buildings in Shelby and talk ed to the children on fire preven tion, while the city school board is planning to install a siren fire alarm system in ail public school buildings. A special effort has been made this week to clean up all fire hazards iy. she city, fol lowing a survey made by the fire men and boy scouts. Fire Chief Herman Eskridge has had a card printed which will carry interesting and helpful information to the fire department as well as to the city. In making a survey, every house in town will be can vassed and a record made of rhe kind of chimneys, type of heat us , ed, value of house, value of con | tents, condition of electric wiring, amount of indebtedness on the house, etc. This ^formation will be studied by the firemen. Where there are dangerous places, the owners or occupants will be in formed and in case of fire, the fire department will have facts on which to base the monthly reports of loss sustained and also ascer tain as accurately as possible the origin of the fire. 4, Can Join Cotton Co-ops For 1 Year New District Supervisor Says Contract are Now Made for Only One Year Period C. C. Hilton, district supervisor of the N. C. Cotton Growers as sociation who has come to Shelby, succeeding: Mr. Carl Hamrick, an nounced that farmers can now join the association for a period of only one year. This ruling was recently made by the executives who argue that this is a great op portunity for cotton farmers to keep cotton off market while the price is low’. The association is ad vancing nine cents per pound which is within a few cents of the market value at present. In the event there is an advance in the market from the present level the farmer will get the benefit. Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of Pro gressive Farmer, in a recent arti cle declared that of all the years in the history of the cotton indus try, this is the best year for the co-operative association to func tion for the benefit of the cotton farmer. The association enables him to hold his cotton off the mar ket, at the same time getting a liberal advance and the possibili ties of any increase that might come later. The cotton farmer under the present situation has everything to gain and little to lose. Mr. Hilton, the new super visor, has offices in the Lineberger building. Mrs. Harris Bailey and young son, John Harris, who have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Rudasill returned to their home in Elberton, Ga., the first of the week. Authority of Kings Mountain H tory Speaks at Kiwanis. Thinks Park Certainty. Yesterday was the mini versa of the battle of Kvngs Mount* and it was fitting that the Klwa is club program should coroinemt ate this important event in Am* ica’s history. Dr. A Pitt Beam b charge of the pre/ram last nig and secured Editor G. G. Page Kings Mountain who is without doubt the best authority on the i tails and incidents leading up ! the defeat of Col. Patrick Fergus? on that pear-shaped pinnacle. ® Page announced at all. his tea< ing had been upset by the discc ery that the battle was fought South Carolina soil. It is true, hi ever, that when the battle w fought, the boundary line betw< the two states was not fixed,f that does not dampen the inter of North Carolina people in 1 event. At a gathering j' members j the D. A. R.’s from several toy* at the battleground yesterd) Congressman Stevens of South Ci olina was the speaker and he p; dieted that within a year wd would be under way there for a * tional park. “Harmonica Mike” Cloyd Suj van. native of Shelby, delighted i club members with a few selectiii | on his harmonica. Mr. Page’s address follows: 1 i I esteem it a great privilege | speak to this fine group of gent ' men on this auspicious occasit I And as I come fcr a fifteen mj , ute speech on a two hour subject * feel that I shall have to do abo ! like Johnie did when he was ask by histeacher to write an ess ! on Patrick Henry. He was c?s j tioned not to try to tell all knew about Mr. Henry' but to ma j it brief and to the point. Here what he read before the class t ! next da>% “Patrick Henry was re headed, freckled faced boy. ' went to school until he was fiftee clerked in a country store un he was twenty, and then marri iand said “give me liberty or gi me death.” It brings me joy to be able speak for a <few minutes upon greatest section of the great* country in the world and some the underlying causes that ha made it so. Our section is rich. Rich not} | monev alone, but rich in loeatS^ rich in resources, rich in achie | ment, ar.d rich in history and < portunity. For location we are extrenu favored. We are at the very ctj| roads of America, just in gateway to America’s playgroup ; south, east and west and not! Northern people gojng south winter traverse our sect? southerners going north for si: mer go through our section; 5; mountain people going to 1 shore travel our roads and east) crs going to the; mountains go our doors. We are not too high for agriculture nor too low climate and scenery. uur natural resources are * eoualed by any section. The bow of the earth yield up her gold, ir» sulphur, tin barytes and ofc precious ores and metals. C fields yield bountiful harvests feed and food and cattle and ft while our forests give us timl and tan bark. But our greatest sources and the one we are $ beginning to tap is the fine blo< ed citizenship that has grown in this favored environment. In achievement we are uinnate ed. We have developed one of t finest farming sections in wo Our boys have gone away a learned the art from the mast) and have come back, and are s coming back, to give us a new 4 in farming. And with our incre ed production has come the mai facturerer and we are now in i very heart of the textile belt the south. Our school system li grown from a few scattered p: pole pens to handsome temples) learning presided over by coll* graduates. Our religious life 1 emerged from the old feeling “Me and mv wife, my son Jo and his wife” to the recognition the universal brotherhood of m and the fatherhood of God. M01 over, we have produced a class citizenry in this very section tl has been heard the world arou and today whereever the civili tion of man has gone the name’ some of pur fair sons Is known. Rich in History Now, the next topic is the « I am to speak about. I said we < rich in history. We are. Our a tion is favored not only in I location, her resources, her aehie1 ment. but we pride ourselves u| our historical riches. Not only i -*---^ (Continued on page two.). ,