North Carolina Newspapers

8 PAGES TODAY Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday Afternoons By mail, per year (in advarcv)— By carrier, per year (in advance) $3 00 late News The famous "Wc” of aviation, rles A Linbderbh and his piano Spirit of St. Louis”, are today on f,rolio.. soil. aPPcarinB at Spar Imburg this afternoon for a parad I a banquet at Converse college evening. Thousands of people “,an the trek into.- Spartanburg tins morning. Locally it is Hed to get a glimpse of Lindy and Ih famous plane tomorrow as he * 0.,.r en route to Winston-Sa 1 it is likely that he will follow JTmain line of the Southern, rail “ d but there is a hope that he . 'hr little to the west—enough IB*.* uv to be seen here. Yesterdav afternon at 5 o’clock an American woman, Ruth Elder, hop Ti off from Roosevelt field. New York for Paris and the field where tlndv landed. The 2.1-yeai‘-old Lake land Fla., girl. iJ successful will be he fird of her sex to cross the At untic in the airplane.- The plane „s -The American Girl” and hei pilot was George Haldeman. Miss rider’s real name is Mrs. Lyle Wo Jjac, Unfavorable weather was re ported ahead. The Waiter L. Main circus arrived in the city early this morning and ha„ pitched their tent on the lot pest of Shelby between Warren and Marion streets. The street parade Vas witnesses by a large crowd, and the afternoon show was largely at - tended t he next show will be this evening at at 8 o’clock. The doors opening at “ P- m. Nancy Grey Named “Typical Teacher” Charlotte School Teachers Here Last Year Honored. Wears Sensible Dresses and Sensible Shoes. Charlotte—Miss Nancy Grey —pretty, curly-haired and blonde—a teacher in the Third ward school, has been chosen the typical school teacher of Charlotte in both dress and gen eral appearance. The points that brought her se lection are: She is pretty. She wears dresses at least four inches below the knee. She wears "sensible" heels. “We felt that she is typical of Charlotte teachers,” said Miss Cor nelia Carter, primary supervisor last night Miss Grey was selected after K P. Harding, city school superinten dent. was asked to name a teacher he thought typical. Superintendent Harding side-stepped and asked set era! of his assistants to make the selection. Miss Grey was an instructor last year and year before in the city schools of Shelby and a favorite in the city. She roomed with Mrs. Ceph Blanton and was a member of the faculty of the Marion school. She is a sister of Dick Grey, captain ci the Davidson football eleven, and a daughter of the vice-president of Davidson college. She was educated at Winthrop. IN 192G There Were 26 Types Of Crops In State Over One Million. 13 Were Big. Raleigh—The farmers of North Carolina in 1926 produced 26 differ ent crops, each having a value of more than $1,000,000. and thir teen of these crops had a value of more than $10,000. 000, while two creps—cotton and tobacco—were valued at almost $100,000,000 each, according to the last edition of the Farm Forecaster, published by the State department of agriculture. Citing these figures, the article *ent on to say that the farmers of North Carolina can diversify the;v crops, and that they are doing :t more and more, with the result fhat they are increasing the crop opportunities In the state eacn year. Farmers in almost any part of ftc state have a choice of more Wan 30 crops from which they can ***’■ what they will fVow in any ?fe )'***'' the article says, “thus * erin” an almost endless variety • w things that may/be grown, and them offering a good income fin"'111 ttus opportunity, there is requirement for any of the ; armors in the state to continue to *row any particular or unprofitable crop L Tllere are trucking areas north Albemarle sound and extending uthward, where from two to four °Ps may be and are being grown a single season, and on the same ;«creaKe.'’ 'These figures show, according to A Graham, commissioner of ag ibire. that the farmers of the ,,a e ai'e more and more seeing * u isdom of diversification, and they are coming less and less £ • °n just a few crops to pro g be bulk of their farm income, ji U: *armers have already seen h llRcessity of an all-the-year llfi farm income, and are rapidly ; aiduig their crops and livestock j|Z ucuon so that they may be as *d < f a cash return every month \ ne .''far"’ Mr. Graham said. 1 id mis coin report urns Car For Every Six and Two-thirds 1 Persons. 19 Coun'ies in State Have More Cars. If every automobile in Cleveland I county was a roomy touring car every person in the county could go to ride at one time in the county's ow-n automobiles. That’s quite a step from a few j years ago when the half dozen or mere people who owned "horseless carriages" were pointed out on the court square. Cleveland county according to the vehicle branch of the state depart ment of revenue has 5,915 automo biles, or approximately 6.000 cars Considering that the dealers have sold quite a number for 20-cent cot ton money since the report was for mulated. With the estimated population of the county somewhere near 40,000 people that means that there is an automobile in the county for every six and two-thirds people. Nineteen counties in the state have more automobiles than Clev eland. Gaston is the only adjoining county with more automobiles, hav ing 9.855. Burke has 2.800; Lincoln. 3.320; Rutherford. 4.500. Guilford county leads all other counties in the state in the number of automotive vehicles, according to figures compiled in the office oi Sprague Silver, head of the auto motive vehicle bureau of the state department of revenue, w'hich shows a total of 412.095 cars in the state as of October 4. Only five counties in the state have over 10.000 cars and trucks. They are Guilford. 24.865; Mecklen burg, 22.575; Forsyth, 16.455; Bun combe, 15.780; and Wake, 15.245. Graham county showed the small est number of cars with 261, while Clay came next with 275. and Dare was third from the bottom with 304 Women Wanting Hip Pockets - Fashion Experts Give O. K. Going To Have 'Em, Say Style Dic tators. Storage Place For . Flask Of What. (By Pearl Gross, INS Staff Corres pondent.) New York.—Women want hip pockets and, according to the fashion experts, they are going to have ’em. No longer will mere man have a 'monopoly on nice, roomy pockets where things can be stowed away No longer will the ladies have to depend upon a male escort to furn ish a “liquid lunch.'1 Madame will have a storing place on her hip for whatever she wants to put there, in a bottle—or other wise. The new autumn modes feature lots of pockets. Tweed suits have as many as four large, square patch pockets, two high above the waist and two below the aforementioned hip. Others have long, slit pockets, one on each side of the coat button. Then there is the leather, water I proof coat. Waterproof? Why not? It is enough to say that women are demanding these prohibition-proof coats where a sudden breakage in glass flasks will have no effect. Skirts are going to be a little longer. About foul inches below the knee, to be exact. And a small concise hip pocket will be featured on skirts, too, the fashion fanciers promise. Next? Specially designed hip flasks lor milady! ANDY BORDERS BUYS 87 ACRES AT AUCTION The Nolans, real estate operators, report the sale of the M. D. Hopper farm of 52 acres near the fair ground, to Mr. Andy Borders. The consideration was not made public. At the recent Nolan auction tfce ’.. H. Jones farm of 87 acres, near Earl, was purchased by Mr. S. K. Bingsang, of that town. DIPHTHERIA MADE AN INCREASE LAST WEEK Raleigh, Oct. 10 —Diphtheria con tinues to be the most prevalent con tagious disease in North Carolina, the state board of health reported today in announcing the disease to tals for the past week. In the seven-day period ending Saturday, noon 184 new cases pf diphtheria were reported as com pared with 176 previous week. The disease is found in practically every county in the state. Totals of other contagious di |seases for the week follow: Whooping cough. 129; measles, •’113; typhoid fever, 28; scarlet fever. 147; and smallpox, 10. 102-Year-Old Woman Picks 145 Pounds Cotton in Day They Like It, \>y . a ;t hand of musicians invaded the Philadelphia zoo the other day to learn what effect jazz music would 1 arc on the birds and beasts, the saxophone found favor at onea h the cockatoos, ib'cr; Robert* •■.A’.t - it. Late Coffins Are In Rainbow Hues To Lighten Grief New Designs For Final Rest Show That Black Boxes of Woe Seem Passe. Chicago,—It is almost a pleas ure to die now if one’s body is consigned to these progressive funeral directors. Their latest “caskets" are in pastel shades or tinted with hues of the rain bow. And coffin by the way, is out. The correct name for the apotheesized pine box is “casket.” The new designs were shown to day at the National Funeral Direc tors' Association convention. To be parked in one of those ultra symbols of grim death, and even the more subdued pearl gray coffin are passe. The prevailing shades says Secretary Mathews, are “orchid ashes of roses, . violet, Egyptian green, deep sea, blue and imperial purple.” He explained: ‘Death’s new fash ion has a saner logic back of it than the ephemeral and frivolous fash ions of life. Nouveau art caskets ex press the modern day ideas regard ing death and mark a revolutionary change in funeral customs.” Gone forever are the shroud, the wedge-shaped box of death, the black-plumed hearse and all the lu gubrious trapings of woe. “We must make it pleasant for the living," he said "Colors in cas kets help lighten the grief and rob the grave of its inevitable gruesome ness. Black Is no more a mark of respect for the dead than red or green. The rainbow is a symbol of hope. So is the casket.” Streamers of crepe on the door knob or wreaths are no longer a cor rect detail of mortuary etiquette. Mr. Mathews said. Neither is it good form, he added, for a widow to parade her grief by wearing heavy mourning. Court Order Annual Guardian Reports In At the June term of court, the judge issued an order compelling ail guardians to make their annual ic ports to the clerk of the superior court. Mr. A. M. Hamrick, according to law. Mr. Hamrick says there are so many guardians and they are so scattered he dislikes to add court costs to them, but unless these an nual reports are made as required he will be compelled to execute the order of the court and add costs to the guardians. The law requires all guardians to make an annual re port to the clerk, but many have failed to do this, so the judge took notice of this at the last term ot the court and threatens to give neg ligent guardians some trouble unless the order is obeyed. COTTON MARKET All exchanges were closed today in observance of Columbus day, the an niversary of the discovery of Amer ica. Cotton yesterday closed 5 to 10 points up from Monday. On tne Shelby market, buyers were offer ing 20 cents for spots. Cotton seed is quoted at $40 per ton or $2 per hundred which is equivalent to 60c per bushel. Aged Negress Has Been Picking Cot ton More than Three-Quart ers Century. When you do anything for a quarter of a century with a few added years thrown in you should become adept at turning out that particular work. Caroline Arnold, 102-year-old col ored woman, has been picking cot ton well over three-quarters of a century and at her advanced age she can still hold her own with some of the youngsters. Last Thursday the aged negress picked 145 pounds of cotton in one day. The “old mammy' of ante-bellum days is visiting her son Andrew Ar nold i.ear Shelby, coming with her daughter from Chattanooga, Term. While here she decided to try’ out her hand in the white cotton fields nea’- the city and established what nusl oc a record for one of that age Several rests were made during the day it is said. Juct how long she has been pick ing cotton the time-worn negress does not know. She started picking many, many years back yonder' as a pickaninny on an old Southern plan tation. One guess is that she rnighi have been five years old at the time —they started pickaninnies early in the plantation field—and if she did she has been picking cotton for 97 years, or three years shy of a cen tury. Ml KEEPS HER TRYST WITH Ml IN MECKLENBURG Charlotte.—The story of a tryst unbroken, a dashing Con federate soldier who never came back, and a love which dawned three score years ago and never faltered, has been told in tiny glowing flame of a candle. Miss Mattie Cowan was to gppiv the flame on her wedding day. Sui tors came—many of them—and de parted, leaving the girl, and later the woman, always waiting for the donor of the talisman. His name she did not give as she celebrated the 78th milestone of her life. She has treasured the memento ineffably. Her cherished hope, she says, was not the heroic form of despair. She did not falter when her decision was made first to light the candle's tip on the occasion of her birthday anniversary instead of at her wedding. For her there will be no wedding ! As she journeys toward the sunset of life, she believes the spirit of her soldieT would have her steadfast ness by applying the match befoie the end. Miss Cowan was born in 1849 in a log structure in Mecklenburg county, near Pineville. She lives with her sister, Annie, and a broth er, David. Other brothers live else where with families. There her home has always been. For more than 150 years the weather-beaten boards have afforded ishelter for the Cowan family. . With the roar of Union and Con federate cannon heard all about, a straggling group of Confederates camped one memorable day in the Cowan yard. They robbed the bee.v of their honey and got stung. One of them—only a youth, al most beardless—presented the young mistress of the house with a fragile little dip, itself more anti quated than the average man. Fjr a few, fleeting clays, there was ro mance. Then war called, leaving behind one waiting—and a promise The relic was laid away in its bed of lavender and old lacc through long years waiting, and no answer to the silent call. Thus the tryst was kept. Smith Talk Taboo . Officially About . Court House Here Official endorsement for A1 Smith is somewhat hard to find about the county court house here. Of course, there may be some, but it is not so easy to see as the flags on tht streets on Washington’s birthday. Yesterday a newspaperman quer ied a group in one county office as follows: "Are any of the county of ficers figuring on starting an A1 Smith club here?" One county officer shook his head and said nothing, w'hile another're marked that he hadn't heard 1 thing about it. but it remained for a bystander to climax the conver sation: "Some of ’em may stan one—I don’t know' about that—but if they do they will be private citi zens instead of county officers come Another election.” And that’s that. - County Cotton Crop Now 3,500 Bales Up On Crop Last Year Nine thousand, <ne hundred and ninety-two bales of cotton had been ginned in Cleveland county up to October 1. this year, according to the official report just issued by Miles Ware special agent. By October 1, 1926, only 6,434 bales had been ginned, a survey cf the past year's crop shows. This means that the present crop is 3,538 bales ahead of last year, or rather earlier than last year. Cotton men estimate thnt the crop is three weeks ahead of last year's crop and the ginnings tend to support the estimate. A total ginning of 20,000 bales or more is expected to be shown in the next report to be issued. scoulllf HONOR IN MEET; 138 SCOOTS NOW Many Shelby Boys Pass Various Tests For Degrees Before Coun cil. Names of Scouts. A meeting of the Boy Scout court of honor of Shelby was held at the county court house Monday evening The meeting was presided over by Mr. George Blanton, president of the court of honor, with Mr. R. M. Schiele, scout executive, occupying his customary place. The following men sat as judges: Prof. I. C. Grif fin, John P. Mull, B. O. Hamrick, Dr. H. M. McDiarmid. S. M. Morri son, G. F. Sides, James Blanton, Mr Whitworth, Henry A. Mills and Henry B. Edwards, attended and assisted in the meeting. An announcement was made by Prof. I. C. Griffin at the opening of the court of honor that if it could be arranged with the members of the Kiwanis club there would be a joint meeting of all scouts in Shel by in the near future. Mr. Griffin estimated that there are approxi mately 138 scouts in the city and predicted a fine gathering, if same coifld be arranged. Professor-Grtf * fin also asked vote of the scouts as to the advisability of all joining together once a month and attend ing one of the city churches in a body; it was unanimously approv ed by the scouts and called to the attention of the scoutmasters. It was noticed in this meeting of the Court of honor that the judges were more strict than usual as evi denced by several scouts attempting and failing to secure badges. Scouts are warned to come to future court meetings well prepared or they may be turned down. Tenderfoot—R. K. Wilson. Second class—Albert Suttle, John Hoyle, John Hendrick, Elgin Caroth ers, S. M. Blanton jr., Charles Wells Fred Simmons, Herman Best, Frank Jenkins, W. G. McBrayer. First Class—J. H. Southard. Ear! Tate, Herman Jones, George Blan ton, jr., John Lineberger, Paul Mc Kee, John Best jr.. Graham Miller, Alex Gee, John McBrayer. Felix O Gee. Merif Badges. Swimming—Norman Nolan, John E. Queen. John T. Miller. Textile—Matt O'Shields, Sterling Morrison, Billie Joiner, Charles Switzer. Handicraft—Grady Frances, Billie Joiner, John Queen, J. T. Miller, Norman Nolan. Poultry Keeping—Sterling Morri son, Billie Joiner. Civics—Charles Switzer, Sherriii Lineberger, Sterling Morrison. Bil lie Joiner. Firemanship—Billie Joiner, Char les Switzer. Hubard Panther, Matt O’Shields, Sterling Morrison. Cooking—Charles Switzer, Billie Joiner, Sterling Morrison, Hubard Panther, Pegram Holland. Craftwork in Wood—Billie Joiner, ; Grady Frances, Thurman Moore. Personal Health—Hubard Panther Matt O'Shields, Thurman Moore. First Aid to Animals—Hubard Panther, Sterling Morrison, Thur man Moore, John E. Queen. Craftwork in Leather—Hubard Panther. Charles Switzer. Sterling Morrison, Matt O'Shields. Billie Joiner. Automobiling—Thurman Moore. Gardening—Hubard Panther. Plumbing—Sterling Morrison. Hu bard Panther, Billie Joiner, Sher rill Lineberger. Charles Switzer. Salesmanship—Hubard Panther. Carpentry—Thurman Moore. Safety-first—Grady Frances. Leatherwork—Hubard Panther. Public Health—Matt O’Shields. Pathfinding—Matt O’Shields. First Aid—Matt O’Shields. Bird Study—Matt O'Shields. Craftwork in Basketry—Charles Switzer. Masonry—Billie Joiner. Woodcarving—Hubard Panther. Cycling—Grady Frances Matt O'Shields and Grady Fian ces received their star scout rank badges. MS SAVE EVEN CHANCE FOR WIN IN CAME FRIDAY Outcome of Annual Gridiron Battle With Gastonia Somewhat in Doubt, Morris Says. The Shelby Highs, -alter bein'? outclassed several times in recent years, are conceded an even chance and perhaps slight odds to win the annual game here Friday afternoon with Gastonia The game is billed for the Shelby park at 3:30 o'clock and due to the rivalry of years should draw a good crowd even if the elevens were not so evenly matched. Gastcnia and Shelby began then football rivalry years back and for many years Shelby held the upper hand over the Gaston lads. Then came Pat Crawford as coach to the Gastonia high school and for n few years Gastonia reversed things or made it more of a battle Crawford is no longer coaching the Gastonia eleven, but is now head coach at Guilford college Supplanting him this year is "Red" Whisnant, 192G captain of the Carolina eleven. Sim ilar to conditions here it is said that Whisnant had a quantity <f green material to work with, but late reports are that the Gastonia squad is fast rounding into form They always play tip-top iootba.l against Shelby. Schneider and Car son and other famous faces will be missing from the Gastonia line-up Just like there will be no Connor, Hennessa, or 'Big' Beam in the Shcl by faces. Shelby fans predict a victory for the locals, but the coaches do not. "This line of ours isn’t going to come out winner always," they say. Indications are that Captain Ed Harris will lead about the same Shel by eleven into Friday's game as has turned in two victories out of two starts. Although fans will want to see the pony backfield, including Bridges, Beam, Harris and Wall, work for a touchdown or so they are also anxious to see that new combination Morris has in the back field. The speed of McSwain^thc pile driving of Cline and the sterl ing defense work of Poston have been attracting local attention, and although minus the experience of the four ponies there are those who say the second-stringers have about as much scoring power as the oth ers. The line is about the same thing it has been—much like the Republi can party with Coolidge out of the picture. At times the forward wall looks good centering its play about Billy Grigg, but so far it seems too green, too small, and not aggressive enough to carry on in the state race. Gastonia lost to the trampling Charlotte eleven by a big score, bur that says nothing as Charlotte should be able to tramp anything in Western Carolina. Friday’s visi tors played Statesville to a tie last week and Coach Morris says the 17 to 0 win over Kings Mountain docs not mean that he has any wonder ful team. “We haven't so much, and they have less," as he sees it. Discrediting both elevens enougn to show that they are not grea> teams leaves them on about an equal basis for a good tussle Friday with that usual spirit of rivalry between the outfits. Gov. Richards Says Hold Cotton Crop Joins With N. Y. Organization In Warning Against Professionals Working Cotton. Columbia, S. C.~ Expressing “hearty sympathy tor every eilort, made to secure tor cotton produc ers the very best possible price," Governor Richards made publi. with a request that newspapers display it prominently, a telegram signed by the International Market Forecast bureau of America. Sent from New York, the telegram was as follows:, 'Professional operators here know - ing that the cotton situation is the most bullish since the war arc ham mering the market in an effort to shake Southern interests from their l holdings so that they can accumu late large lines of long cotton to be held for the sensational advance which is bound to occur after the peak of the movement has passed. “Unless you issue proclamation immediately making a direct appeal through the local newspapers to your farmers and merchants to hold their cotton they will become panic stricken and unload their product right on the bottom of this decline, playing into the hands of these sharpshooters "This night letter is being sent to the governors of all Southern states and if they will act in absolute unison it will save the Southern ! people over one huhdred million dollars.” Meeting Recall Leaders Set For Tonight, Said Over 700 Signers, Claim I ft’s Scientific Murffi?. Lorber, Broadway stan* Ftnr. has had several “hats'' like this molded out of vituglass to pre serve the vigor of her hair. The glat-s. you see. keeps the dust off nsd lets through the suit's ultra violet rays which doctors say art very beneficial. Catch Young Auto Thief Here Seeing Local Movie Show 12-Year-Old Negro Admits Stealing Car When Officer Arrests Him in Movie House. There may be a law in North Car olina that prohibits a boy driving I an automobile before his 16th birth [day, but Howard Hoskins, negro boy i of about 12 summers, went that law one better and violated three auto laws w hlle he was about it. He stole a car, drove it despite his age, and at times made 60 to 70 miles per hour while trying to get away. Anv way that's what he told Policeman McBride Poston. The car, Buick coupe, was stolen in Charlotte about 9 o'clock last Sunday night and recovered here later In the night. Monday evening Policeman Poston took the boy in custody as the youngster was tak ing in a movie in the colored gallery of a theatre here. A lot of slips, and a final one intj the mud where the stolen car “stuck up", led the youngster to his down fall. Sunday night the policeman no ticed the Buick stuck at the edge of the Cleveland Springs road. Mak ing inquiries he learned that it had been abandoned there by a col ored boy. Further investigation re vealed that the youngster had talk ed to a colored man driving a wagon The colored man when located said that the boy was his nepllew. Then the search began. Monday evening Officer Poston located the youth m the theatre. At first the boy con tended that he was so little he did not even know how to drive a ca.\ Then the officer asked him why hit uncle saw him driving it and the youngster, according to the officer, caved in and told the story. His story was that he had cut an other negro youth in Charlotte last Friday and fearing that the other boy would die he stole the Buick from where it was parked on Eliza beth Avenue and tried to make a getaway. ‘'I had to wait on a freight train at a crossing", he cold the officer, "and I was so afraid they'd ketch me that I run ’er 60 an’ 70 after it passed." The car it is said belonged to a Greensboro man by the name of Armstrong and the boy was being held for Charlotte officers and the car for Armstrong. Cards reaching here after the car was capture 1 stated that a $50 reward was of fered. I Not Much Sickness Reported In County Very few contagious diseases have been reported over Cleveland coun ty in the last week or so. according to a statement made by Dr. D. P. Moore, county physician, when ask ed if there were many diphtherii cases in the county, the state board of health having reported that nearly every county has some diph theria. "What contagious diseases have been reported seem to be in a mild form for the most part,” the county physician said. I nofficial Report This Morning llad At Least 750 on Recall Peti tion. Cheek at Meeting. Nothing of a startling nature has developed since Monday In the threatened rerall election for Shelby. In the days that have elapsed sentiment has switched several ways among factions, yet both sides of the movement seem determined: Meaning that the recall group is still at work, while the city ad ministration continues to func tion after announcing a "no surrrender” stand. Two unofficial statements from recall supporters today contained two Hems of news. One was that around 750 have signed the petitions being circulated, and the other was that a meeting ol recall leaders was scheduled for tonight. Seven Full. Said. This report had it that seven of the 12 copies of the petition were already filled with names and had been turned in. The five remainin'? copies, it was said, have numerous signatures and are still being car ried out. A general sum-up esti mate was that between 700 and 800 were already signed. One up-town petition, not yet turned in, had 40 names on it and another had 55, it was said. Go Over Books The meeting billed for tonight by the unofficial report is said to be for the purpose of checking over the registration books and formulating further plans in the movement. This was the Information given by one of the recall supporters. At the meeting, according to the statement, the registratkjoibooks of the city will be carefully checked, names of those who have moved away, or have died, will be removed and other notations made. A Compromise? Early in the week there was talk on the streets that a meeting of re call leaders might be held Monday or Tuesday night at which time a proposition might be considered to be made to the city administration. From one source today it was said, that the meeting was not held and that since the administration had taken a determined stand no propo sition would be offered. “If they ask for one it will be given," it wds said. “Otherwise, on we go.” Arguments still develop in street conversation as to the change in the form of city government to make the recall possible. Since the statement of Monday nothing more of an official nature has been issued irom the City hall. It was not learned today just when the petition would be filed be fore the county board of elections. Berlin Americanized By 5 And 10 Store* (By H. R. Knickerbocker, INS Stall Correspondent.) Berlin—The Americanization of Germany has gone a long step fur ther with the establishment hero of a series of five and ten cent stores owned by one of the greatest chain store magnates of New York. Customers have already,, appeared in sufficient numbers to assure the financial success of the undertak ing, but the popularity of the American invaders has awakened bitter hostility and the part of Ger man retail merchants. Some of the Berlin newspapers cf the more vental variety has begun to publish articles setting form reasons why the public should not patronize the American chain stores. Arguments of doubtful au thenticity are employed to rein force the German attitude. It is de clared that the German public de mands too high a quality of goods to be taken in by the comparative ly cheap prices of the American merchants. The continuous stream of patrons crowding the American stores since the opening furnishes the counter argument. The ehain store system in question is expected with in the coming winter tq have estab lished thirty to forty branches throughout Germany, five or six of which w’ill be in Berlin. POTATOES BIG AS HAMS SHOWN IN SOUTH DAKOTA < By International News Service.) Madison, S. D.—Potatoes the size and shape of a picnic ham are on exhibition from a Lake county farm here. The potatoes, flat on two sides broad at the top and tapering down to a smaller width at the bottom measure eigjht inches in length, 5 inches in width at the widest points and tips the scale at two pounds. The potatoes run about 60 bushels to the acre.