North Carolina Newspapers

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 O' What’s THE News .THE STAR’S REVIEW. With the World Series over and fcot another football game until late in the week local sport fans will center their interest in the Cleveland Springs golf tourney, details of which are given, in to dav’s Star. • • • The Morgan school of South Shelby tops the list of contribu- 1 tors to The Star’s fund for a World War memorial, oeing the first school to m&r.e a contribu Several weeks ago Kings Mountain reported a ,,mad squir rel.” The latest from that town is i of a “mad cat.” Always watch the Kings Mountain correspondence in The Star. ♦ * * Those children wiio do not like to attend school should try get ting sick this week. Some 200 phy sicians will be here attending the convention at Cleveland Springs, the program of which is carried in today’s paper. * * * “Casey” Morris rejuvenated his football team with the result that the Highs were back in their, stride Friday. A full account cf j the game appears today. * * * Champion, the Mooresboro man who did some shooting at the last speedway racte, has been releas ed under bond, says an item in today’s Star. * * * Hoey and Gardner, two of the big guns during Democratic com* paigns in this state, are now busy spell binding political audiences over the state, but po!TScal inter est hereabouts is dull says an edi torial today. * * * Description bf a paper publish, ed in Shelby prior to the Civil War is given in this issue. The old paper is in the possession of J. F. Gaffney. * * ♦ The Cleveland County Negro Fair will be held next week, states a news item today. * V * An idea as to the lateness of the cotton crop may be gained from the ginning report published by The Star in this issue. • * * High school children of the county will write letters urging a big vote for November 2. The winners will receive vash prizes and their letters will be published; in this paper. • * * It’s about the fair siiopiiig period and readers of The Sta^ will benc-| fit thereby TT they watch the “ads” in this paper telling of fall bargains by rocal merchants. • • * Mr. Farmer, you should read the cotton survey given in today's Star. Much worthwhile information j may be gained thereby. At Least One Man Looks On Bright Side of Farming Rube Spangler, one of the most enterprising young farmers of Double Shoals section ts not a pes- j simist with cotton selling at 11 cents. He contends that he is hav ing a better year than last. Young; Spangler made 20 bales of cotton last year; this year he is making 30. The increased production off-: sets the lower price. Ha^, corn and fruit and meat crops have been abundant and he is a vie to live from the products of h*> rarm. With a few cows he has had an income cf 165 a month and this has afforded : spending money. He does not run a dairy, just keeps a few cows and j sells milk and butter, or it may be he patronizes the creamery. He stays clear of debt and admits that the farmer with heavy bills to pay 1 wight not fare so well with cot ton selling low, but the increase in the yield somewhat offsets the low price and when he was in town Saturday he acknowledged that this year will be better with him than the previous year. 1 wo Hundred At Midnight Show An audience of more than two hundred attended the [first mid night motion picture show ever staged in Shelby, put on at the Princess one minute after mid night Sunday. The piece was “The Last Frontier" an historic drama, an epic eg American his tory. This midnight show was an in novation of the Beams. The Prin cess managers declared that inas much as midnight shows are popu lar elsewhere, there is no reason why they should get a big hearing ln Shelby, And they tried ji. And the affair was so successful, announcement is l-.-.atie they will be continued. Next week, say the Beams, a first showing picture will be put on. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mitchell left several days here with their daugh Lhristianburg, V*., after spending this morning for their home in Mrs. Dewey Hawkins. REPORTS MW BE I Now York Article Tends to Show That Reaction May Como. Cot ton Crop Here Quoted. Editor’s Note: The following ar ticle is reprinted from the New York Commercial, one of the best informed and most authoritative commercial journals in the United ■ States. The article tends to show that there may be a rer:lion from the government cotton report, and re veals reason for the belief that the report is high, throwing the fig ures into contrast with private re ports, which are much more favor able to the grower. There is a well defined feeling taking hold here in Shelby that the! price of cetton may rebound from i the present low level, and such ar- j tides as this give-- a substantial basis for such predictions. It so happens that there appears] on the same page of the Commer-j cial as the article quoted a country wide cotton report, in which Shel by is included. Under a Shelby date line appears the following para graph: “Shelby, Cleveland county: County will make 37,000 bales; in sect damage has been 20 per cent; early crop getting well under way;I condition is 00 per cent.” Notwithstanding the sharp de-' cline which followed the announce ment of the department of agricul ture’s mid-September forecast of 15,810,000 bales for this year’s cot ton crop—it cannot be said that the' official figure has left the trade,1 as a whole, with a sense' of assur-1 ance as to the approximate size of the crop. Many persons, of course,) have accepted the forecast as defi-j nitely pointing to a yield little, if at all below last year’s super-abun dant crop. Quite as many others, however, find it extremely diffi cult to reconcile the magnitude of the forecast on the one hand with | the relatively small ginnings to (Continued on page 7) Extension Class For County Teachers Teachers Should ■ Register This j Week for Remainder of Course Thursday and Friday of this week are the last days that teach ers of Shelby and the county may enroll in the extension classes be ing conducted here on Thursdays and Saturdays, according to J. H. Grigg, county superintendent. Dr. Stevens is in charge of the Thursday classes und Dr. McKee is in charge of the Saturday classes. The Saturday morning classes are well attended, about 35 being in each of the two classes. Teachers taking this work thereby get credit on their certificates and units to ward college graduation. The classes continue over a period of 30 y'eeks and are equivalent to a summer school course, but cost less than half college or university expense. Mooresboro Man Given Bail in Charlotte. Will be Tried for Speedway Shooting. Charlotte, Oet. 9.—C. 0. Cham pion, 25, of Moorcsboro, alleged to have shot and wounded A. E. Gibson, of Gibson, at the Charlotte speedway race August 23, started on his way Friday toward making reparations for the crime with which he is charged. He paid $5 and ti.e costs in Mag istrate Mangum’s court for being drunk and disorderly and gave $500 bond for his appearance at the No vember term of court here to ans wer a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. He also gave $100 bond for his appearance at the same court o.i the charge of carrying a concealed weapon. Champion was submitted in the magistrate’s court by his attorney, former Congressman Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, who came to Char lotte to handle the case. Gibson was taken to the Presby terian hospital hery for treatment, after the shooting. He left several i weeks ago and was married at his! l»ome a few days later. Gin Report Shows Cotton Late Here There were 6.434 bales of cotton ginned up to Oct. 1st an compared with 15,990 bales up to the same date a year ago, according to the official sur vey made by Mr. »Veir, special agent. This bears out the state ment that cotton is about three weeks late in Cleveland. Less than h: If the number of bales ginned this year as compared with lasT, but the fields are white and picking is going on as rapidly as the pickers can harvest it. The gins are run ning full time and the next report will no doubt show half the crop harvested. Wall Home Burns With Belongings; Bad Luck Streak Series of Misfortunes Follow Rev. W, H. Wall. Just Moving In Before Fire Last Saturday Rev. W. H. Wall, who has lived in Srefoy for a good while, on Suttle street, mov ed to a farm a mile and a half this side of U'neolnton. He wanted to get into the country, to enjoy the peace of the countryside, to raise chickens, read, and rest from the turmoil he has found himself in the past year or more'. He managed to move some two thirds of his household goods over Saturday, including the best stuff he had—clothing, bedding, his val uable library (wLtcIi he estimates to be worth about fourteen hun-, dred dollars) and his better pieces of furniture.* He spent the day cleaning the new house, which he had bought. It was practically a new house, six rooms, set in a seven acre tract of land. Late Saturday afternoon he had got to the point where he was fum igating the rooms, using a mixture containing one third gasoline. He had gone pretty thoroughly over the house, the atmosphere of which was saturtated with the gasoline solution. There was a small lamp in «ne of Mwwwil > -- which Mr. Wall had used, anti which he thought he had extinguished. But evidently a small particle of flame was leiv on me wick., ai any rate there was a sudden explosion, as the gasoline fumes ignited, and is an instant flames spread all the interior of the tiouse. Wall himself was overcome with gas fumes and smoke, and had to be taken out. The house burned to the ground in half an hour. Meantime the family was in Shelby awaiting word to .'ime to the new establishment, fte word they got was, the house was con sumed, and Mr. Wall in an exhaust ed physical condition. So now the fam>ry is back in Suttle street, making shift to get by with what is left. Wall has been playing in hard luck the past two years. He was ill for fourteen months, and cut off from work, and underwent sev eral operations. As an incident of his misfortune just a month ago, a Ford car he owned caught fire and was destroyed. The family Monday found themselves virtually without clothing. Wall, in The Star office, reciting the facts concerning the fire broke down when he describ ed the plight of his children— their children burned and unable to go to school Monday. “They are too yftung,**- Ire said, “to understand, and some’ ow it can not be made clear to them.” LIKELY TO HAVE Shelby Oolfers I’repeTing tor Open ing Tourncvr on New Cleve land Course Colters of hhelbM and section are this week making ready for what is expected • j be their big gest tournament Friday to inaug urate the opening of a new nine holes in Cleveland Springs Es tates. It is now thought that a provi sional match will be arranged as a part of the opening for the bene fit of golfers who wish to follov the pros around prior to the ama teur tourney. Efforts were made to bring Bill Goebel and Fred Hyatt, of Charlotte, here for purse play with W. II. Lyle, Cleveland pro, and the Gastonia Country Club nro, but Goebel and Hyatt w::i be playing in the state open tourney at the time. However, arrangements are now under way for an 18-hole match between Lyle and the Gas tonia player. The tournament proper will open Friday afternoon between amateur, golfers of Shelby, Gastonia, Ruth erfordton, Forest City and other! nearby towns. C. L. Eskridge, Pitt1 Beam and other officials of the ' Cleveland Springs club are anxious to have every Shelby golfer enter' the qualifying round of the tour-1 nament. Alfred Marshall, developer of Cleveland Springs Estates, and a golf enthusiast, spent considerable time and money in constructing the new course and naturally takes a pride in favorable comments al ready heard on thi, course. There fore he is anxious that as mapy golfers as possible' participate in the event. All the fairways of the new| course are grassed and in splendid condition, while it will be the first time local golfers will have the op portunity of playing on grass greens here. Information concerning the event may be secured from Mr. Marshall, Pitt Beam, or W. H. Lyle. I --- Prize For School Letter Offered The Democratic executive com mittee of the county is offering prizes to Hif:h school pupils of the county writing the besc letter to voters on the subject "Reasons Why Every Citizen .**tould Regis ter and Vote in the Election Nov ember 2." According to the requirements j the contest is limited to high | school pupils; letters must not cx I ceed 500 words; esch school may j submit only five letters; no letter shall carry the name of the writer where it may be seen by the judges; the letters should be in the hands of the county superintendent I by 6 o’clock Monday afternoon, October 18; the contest is not con fined to children whose parents are in either party, being open to all. A $10 prize will be given for the best letter; $5 for the second; $2 for the third, and $1 each for the next eight. The contest is to teach the pupils ters will be published in the county papers. School Children Give $20 To World War Memorial Children Of South Shelby School Contribute To Fund To Honor County’s Dead. The Star’s memorial fund to erect a tablet to Cleveland county’s War dead increased considerably over the week-end. *~ Leading the list of contributors to the fund were the school chi'd ren and teachers of the South Shelby, the Morgan school there giving $20 to the fund. This is the first contribution from any school in the county and the size of tne contribution sets a mark for schools to she ot at. It’s in history now—the valor of the doughboy in Prance—and after reading there of the little white crosses, row on row, the youngsters of South Shelby gave readily to perpetuate the memory of the Cleveland county youths who gave them all. It was announc ed last week that the school would receive contributions to the fund but the amount received passed the expectations of school offi cials and teachers. Needless to say patrons of the school, teach ers and others are proud of the contribution and in cays to come the youngsters of thai school may point with pride to the monument and say “our gift helped make it possible.” Another Gives Among the individual gifts were two that come from the heart. One was from the mother of a boy whose name is recorded on the plank board at the ccttrt house The boy who never came back is enshrined forever in her heart of course, but she, too, wish ed that he with his fallen pals might be remembered by the county. The other contribution came in a larger sum from a man that couldn’t go, but remembered with his money those who did go. Little by little the fund is grow ing and ere manj* weeks enough will have been contributed to pur chase and erect the slab. In the years to come when you point with pride to the memorial can you add that you gave any thing? Red’s New Suir hi?/' Vi NEA, C.eveland'Jluroau Fed'Grange,* polcstar of profea clonal football, has a new sweater, ;«rith rockets, to keep his hands warm. Red is with the New York Yankees, a fast professional grid dpvcc, this season. SHELBY OFFENSE Light Backs Uncover Powerful Attack on Big Caldwell Line. Subs. Get Experience. Shelby feels home-like once more. The high school football elev en is back in an accustomed Shel by stride. Showing complete reversal in form from their Gaffney game the Highs easily defeated Lenoir here Friday 32 to 7. Driving tackle plays, sweeping end runs, and fine passing brought back memories of the old-time Shelby offense in the days when Shelby was always a state title contender. At the same time it was a different line, in play from the one swept by Gaffney, and the interference Friday was all that it should be to win games. Of course Lenoir presented no such team as did the South Car olinians, but the -Jaldwell boys were far from being football slouch es and will rank with the general run of North Carolina high school teams with the possible exception of Gastonia, Charlotte and Winston Salem. What “Casey” Morris' young eleven did show was that a licking did them good, that they have a drive despite their weight, and that with experience they have promise ahead. With the regulars in Lenoir could only push over a few first downs, but in the third quarter Morris let practically every one cf his substitutes loose and during that quarter Lenoir drove over a touchdown, the drives going through a line weakened by the ab sence of Moore and Beam, and for the marker Mauney’s inexperience in breaking up an aerial attack was responsible. Then came the final quarter and the story continued at the end of the first half was cli maxed with some of the niftiest broken fields runs exhibited here in late years. Light Bachs Good. It was a gala day for the light Shelby backs, who used speed and clever side-stepping to make up for their missing poundage. This time, were stars to be picked, Guy Bridges and Ben Rlppy would get the call. Rippy carried the ball over twice while Bridges flashing sweeps around end helped make practically every touch down pos sible. They were ably supported in their gains by Ed Harris and Capt. Tommy Kerr made the yardage when necessary with line plunges. But that’s Tommy every day. “Milky” Gold still in the limbering up process made it evident that he is the coming power of the Shelby offense. Mauney was speedy as ever during his calls, but still la (Continued on page 4) MAD CAT BITES TWO PEOPLE AT KINGS MOUNTAIN! i Kings Mtn., Oct. 11.—Mr. E. J.l Abbott and his little grandson Wendell had the misfortune to get bit by a mad cat the o'hcr day. The head of the cat \va: rusne.1 to Ral eigh as quickly ns j »s.db'e and upon examination tjerc, it was found that the cat had hydrophobia. I)r. llord began ni once to give both of them the Pasteur treat ment. Both are doing well now, and it is hoped very much that the treatment nny prove, efre' tu tl. The c:J ') abby th i*. bit rhb n sed been in the home for about ten years. Pets are never n paying thing. They are always dangerous. !f tftey do not contract hydropho bia, they often have other dis eases we do not want t > come in contact with. The best thing to do is to get rid of them, and yet we all love them and like to have them in our homes The pan r of the Baptist church he:•.» is going to preach a sermon >n iho ‘'Millennium" next Sunday mornit g. Several of his friends in the county have request ed h m to let thc:r. know when he is going o preach this sermon to he is tak!n; this occasion to let them all know about it. The service will begin strictly at eleven o'clock rod will close a few minutes after twelve o’clock. Everybody has a proud invitation to be here. II you are interested in the Millen nium bo sure to be with uh next Sunday morning. Mr. Clarence Baumgardner, of Erwin, Tenn., is visiting his father and sisters this week. ITe is the only son of our townsman, Mr. J, C. Baumgardner. The parent-teachers association is going to have a meeting Tuesday afternc- p Rev. E. 0. J i going to address them. ; mg is going to be at j | Lot every one in this and if others are interested, let them come also. We aro trying to have the best school wu have ever had, and we have succeeded thus far. Our football team won a won derful victory over Blaeksburg last Friday afternoon. It was such an easy task for our roam that the boys used thelP Second team a part of the time. The score was 60 to 0. We have a very fine coach this year. He is trying to erect a stand ard of honesty and uprightness among the boys that is telling in a great way. We are very proud of our Coach. Miss Helen Black who teaches in the Matthews graded school spent the week-end with homefolks. Miss Odessa Black, one of the high school teachers in the Bessemer City high school spent the week end with home folks too. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller McGill are i back from their honeymoon and j have gone to their respective places of business. Mr. McGill j is one of the bookkeepers in the Cora mill office and Mrs. McGill is ; one of the music teachers in our school . These young people are among the very best of our land, and know that there must be something to life besides play. We admire their attitude toward busi ness very much. Republish Draper a History Several have spo\en to us about having the Draper history of the Kings Mountain battle reprinted. This would be a stupendous task, but it is one that ought to be done. If the county will grand by the pro position, I am willing to undertake it. The book has more than six hundred pages in it, and of course, will have to have some additional pages of matter that book does not contain. This can be arranged very easily if the folks want a republi cation of the book. It is going to take a little time to get it out, but I am willing to do all that it re quires if the folks want to have the book republished. There has never been anything published on the bat the quite up to this wonderful book, but it is so scarce that you cannot get it without paying such a ter rible price for it. Some book dealers are asking $25 for it, while others are asking $17 for mangled copies of it. People of Cleveland, Rutherford and York counties, what do you say about it? Are you willing to stand by the proposition if the book can be gotten out for five dollars per copy? If you will stand by it, just drop me a card saying that you wlu. The city B. Y. P. U. is going to meet Tuesday evening with Mace donia Baptist church in this city. Mr. M. O. Thornburg and possibly others from Gastonia will make the outstanding addresses for the oc casion. The B. Y. P. U. work in Kings Mountain is looking up very much. We hope to have all of our unions standard by the first of 1927. Doctors Of 7th District Meet In Shelby Tuesday Colored Fair To Be Large Event Four-Day Program With Many Ex-1 hibita, Good Shows and Fine ! Races The Cleveland County Negro fair will open nt the county fair i grounds on Wednesday. October 20, and continue through Saturday, October 2'i. The Miller Brother Shows, con-; sisting of 10 shown, Tour rides and many concessions, will play the event. Good races are assured each afternoon at 2 o’clock, with a fireworks program each ’ night at 8 o’clock, and free acts in front of the grnndstand during the races and before the fireworks. The exhibits will cover the gen eral scope of farm products and ac cording to advanci reports the colored farmers of the county will have many fine exhibits in the big halls. Prof L. E. Hall, one of the state's leading colored workers, will make the opening address und will - also head the judging. Prof. Hall is district demonstration agent for North Carolina. The -eeond day will be Gaston, Lincoln, H ,th erford and Cherokee day, while Friday will be school day, and j prizes will go to \lirious schools I for their displays. Interesting Old Paper Is Shown By J. F. Gaffney Mountain Eagle Published in Shel. by Before Civil War Is Preserved J. Frank Gaffney, one of Shel by’s best known older citizens, has in his possession a copy of ‘‘The Mountain Eagle” a newspaper ^published in Shelby prior to the North Carolina’s secession fron: union. The old paper was published by D. B. Ross & company with Thomas J. Eccles and Sam S. Ross as editors. This copy was dat ed February 26, 1861, and was practically filled with the rift be tween the states and articles frr and against secession. It is easy to discern that the editors were for secession. On one page waj published the immortal southern song, ‘‘Dixie," while on another was a tribute to the Southern flag. And still another page carried Jefferson Davis’ inaugural address. On an inside page a roster of the Pacelot Guards, one of the first companies from South Carolina, was published. The company was formed in Spartanburg and Union counties. Otherwise the pa:>er is of con siderable interest. The front staif head was a drawii g of a manu • facturing village located before a background of mountains fron* which an old-time train was puffing out the end of a tunnel. The few advertisements carried tell of another day. One was by Dr. J. F. Miller, another by A. H. Gaither, attorney, and brandies and wines were carried in the drug store stock instead of rouge and face powders—t:ie present ‘‘drug store blush.” Included also in the paper was a report from the office of the Kings Mountain railroad at York villerSr G~ Mi L. Putnam.was watchmaker, A. W. Quinn was mer chant tailor. Dr. Alfred Craven was a dentist and A. M. Shields operated a carriage factory. Sev eral other advertisements were placed by newspapers of that day including: The Yorkville En quirer, The Charleston Mercury. The Southern Guardian, The Daily, Bulletin and The State Journal. Serial stories were also read in that day. The particular story of this old issue was “How I Mar ried My Grandmother/' stirring Pleas The paper was published just two days prior to the election when each county would name delegates to a State convention where the course of North Carolina was to be decided upon in the conflict. The editors of the Mountain Eagle in their leading editorial said in part: “Citizens of Cleveland, Ruth erford and Polk! By all the mem ories that cluster around the bleaching bones of your fathers on Kings Mountain—we exhort you to Do Your Duty to your country, and leave the consequences to God. “By your love for your moth ers, your wivec, your children, we conjure you to do your best to rid them of the incubus settled upon them in the shape of a rotten and corrupt Northern alliance.” It was a great, old paper, plain spoken, brilliantly edited and well printed. Outside the war talk, how ever, there were not more than three items that could be called news under today’s definition. Seventh District Medical Society to Meet at Cleveland Springs. Interesting Program. The annual meeting of the Sev enth District Medical society will be held at Cleveland Springs hotel here Tuesday afternoon and night. This district includes Mecklenburg, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Anson, Stanly, Union, Cabarrus and Ruth erford counties. Local members of the society are expecting to have from 160 to 200 physicians in attendance for the meeting. The opening meeting will be at 2 in the afternoon at which timt professional matters of Importance will be taken up. Papers of the profession, touching upon various diseases and cases encountered by the physicians will be read and dis cussed by the body. At 8 o’clock in the evening h banquet will be tendered those fi* attendance in the big dining room! of the resort hotel and at this oc casion it is said that O. Max Gard ner will be the principal speaker. Following the banquet officers will j be elected and the next meeting | place of the society will be select ed. ur. uias. H. Pugh, of Gastonia, is president, Dr. L. B. Lattimore, of Shelby is vice president, Dr. I Raymond Thompson of Charlotte, secretary, Dr. T. G. Boat of Char 1 lotte councilor. Committee on ar ] rangements i-. Dr. E. A. Houser, i chairman, Dr. E. W. Gibbs uud Dr. J Sam Schenck. One feature of the : meeting will be a banquet Tuesday • evening in the -dining room of the | Cleveland Springs liotel with an address by O. Max Gardner and J response by Dr. Drodie C. Nalle, > of Charlotte. The following is the program: Tuesday Afternoon, October 12 Two O’clock Cleveland Springs Hotel Meeting called to order by Dr, W. F. Mitchell, president of Cleveland County Medical society. Invocation—Dr. H. K. Boyer, of Shelby. I 1. Address by the president of the | North Carolina State Medical soc t iety—Dr. John Q. Myers, Char* lotte. 2. “Clinical and Techinal Aspects of Trigeminal Neuralgia.”—Dr. Thos. B. Mitchell, Lincolnton. • 3. “Data on the Heredity of Mi* graine.’’—Dr. Wm. Allan, Char lotte. 4. “Some Clinical Consideration of Brain Lesions, report of cases.’ —Dr. A. A. Barron, Charlotte. 5. “Calcium, Its Pharmacology and Therapeautic Indication.”— Dr. R. McBrayer, Shelby. 6. “A Study of the Tongue.”— Dr. John R. Irvin, Charlotte. 7. “Acute Laryngitis in children Report of cases.”—Dr. C. N. Peel er, Charlotte. 8. “Burns and Their Treatment.’ —Dr. John P. Kennedy, Charlotte 9. “The Practical use of Physio Therapy. Report of Cases.”—Df Jas. R. Alexander, Charlotte. ri 10. “Anything and Everything.’ —Dr. H. D. Stewart, Monroe. Banquet 6:00 p. m., Cleveland Springs Hots Address of welcome in behalf o the city of Shelby.—Hon. O. Ma: Gardner. Response—Dr. Brodie C. Nalle. Charlotte. Tuesday Evening _Eifeht O’clock_ 11. “Abortion.”—Dr. E. B. Lat timore, Shelby. ' 12. “The Radium treatment ol Benign Uterine Hemorrhage.”— Dr. Douglas T. Ferguson, Char lotte. .14. “Prevention of Conception; Some Indications for Surgical Ster ilization.”—Dr. Chas. I. Allen Wadesboro. Charlotte reports that the fol lowing Mecklenburg physicians wit be on the program, which should be unusually interesting this year ti the profession: Drs. John P. Ken nedy, James R. Alexander, A. A Barron, William Allen, Robert T Ferguson, C. N. Peeler and Johl R. Irwin. Makes 12 Loads of Hay on Single Acn Now that Mr. J. R. Gantt, « No. 2 township has furnished hi statement of a yield of 17 load of hay on an acre and three quar ters (two crops a year) on th same acreage, Mr. S. Lester Rob erts, who lives West of Shelby ha a record sthat exceeds that of Mi Gantt. On a single acre, one sow ing of cane seed, Mr. Roberts hau ed to his barn 12 lo tCs of hay on wagon bed that carries a cord o wood. In fact Mr. Roberts hauls 17 loads of cane hay from tht acre, but he would permit T Star to give it at only 12 because was speaking of real loads, high and pressed down.