Wilson Discusses
Cotton Condition
Sees No Reason Why Our Farmers,
Cannot Succeed Without
Growing Colton
To Editor ot The Stai
On Saturday night, 9 o clock, p.
m . September 12th, I walked along
the streets of Shelby with a good
part of ouv county's fifty - two
thousand population who wore visit
Ing the restaurants, barber shops,
Pool rooms, theaters and finishing
up their late shopping On s corner
I saw Rn old colored man sitting on
en empty barrel rertlng. I said,
"uncle, how arc you going to live
next year if we don’t plant any cot
ton?" He answered, “the Lord will
fake care of me,” I said I was glad
he took that view o fit. Then he said
Vou know the white folks are to
blame for hating filled up all these
■ urpluoses. We would have planted
more corn, cane, peas and potatoes
blit the land owner insisted we
plant every row in cotton."
We all know the negro was right
without any argument. And the
i ;medy is simple. Everybody now
has a plan of their own and will
Ernest A. Gardner
Attorney-At-Law
Judge Webb Building
Shelby, N. C.
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DAN FRAZIER
Civil Engineer And
Surveyor
Farm Surveys, Sub-divis
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Engineering Practice.
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ANTHONY, O. S.
Real Estate 31
ANDERSON CLAVTONCoT
Cotton Brokers 15-16
DUNCAN, D. F„
Southeastern Underwriters 23
DIXON, DR. H. C.,
Dentist 1-5
FRAZIER. D. R. S..
Ciril Engineer 10
HONEYCUTT-CAMrmXl
Cotton Brokers 9
HOME SECURITY LIFE
INS. CO..
District Office 3C
LATTIMORE, DR. E. B.,
Physician 7-8
MORRISON, DrTd7 M.
Optometrist 26-27
MUSIC STUDIO ~ 17
NEWTON, D. Z.,
lawyer 32-33
N. C. COTTON GROWERS
ASSOCIATION.
C. C. Horn, Representative 11
NOLAN. J. B. CO..
Real Estate 22
PILOT LIFE INS. CO.,
industrial Dept. 14
PEELER. DR. C. M..
Dentist 1-2
SPEARS, M. P..
Lawyer 20
SHELBY PUBLIC
LIBRARY I*. 19
WEBB. C. R.,
Pilot Life Ins. Co. 6-1 4 24-25
[not listen to any one else In that
I very thing lies the safety of our
country. We are all so' smart and
educated we have notions of our
'own and will not follow' any leader !
Hence, we are still safe from any
I revolutions. Now, a few observa
tions covering a period of some;
three score years.
When I was a boy 1 helped to
grow, pick and gin cotton (my I
father had a gin>. We bought very;
few goods. Even the hides from the
farm were tanned and made into
harness and shoes for our own use :
The spinning wheel and the hand
loom were still in use. The young-!
r ters of this generation will never j
know the thrill of holding the great |
hanks of yarn while their sweet
hearts wound the thread on halls to j
be made into clothes and socks for
all the family. Yes. girls. your!
grandmothers had something on
you there for they could iend love
messages along those. skeins of
thread charged with electricity that
always proved fatal for there were;
no ground wires and the boy friend
could only sit helpless with both I
hands fully occupied with the un- j
ruly hank and drink in her beau-1
ty and loveliness and admire her,
deft finger?. It worked, and the
divorce courts had little to do.
Forty years ago I went into the
mountains of Virginia and West
Virginia My business took me
among the country people who hadi
never seen any cotton grow. Their j
land was poor and sterile. They did
less work, had more leisure time,
and yet they always had mere mon 1
ey than our people in the cotton
states to buy what they wanted.
And they always paid cash. I may
also add they had more sense for
their brains had not been burned
out in the hot cotton field' making
and gathering, with mercury at 100
degrees.
Along m ine middle nineties I
came back to Cleveland county and
started again on the farm. I plant
ed and grew some cgtton with
cheap labor $7 per month. In April
1898 the late Mr. A. C. Miller offer
ed me six cents for my previous
years crop. I loaded it on my wagon
and with a hired hand fold Dan
Wilkins) took it to Kings Moun
tain the day President McKinley
declared war on Spain, and Mr.
Dilling paid me six and one-fourth
cents for it. Although that crop
had cost me only three cents per
pound to grow', I decided to raise
no more cotton for six cents. And
I did not plant any more until it
brought ten cents per pound some
years later.
While the late W. H. Miller was
editor of the Aurora I wrote him
an article advocating ter. cents per
pound for cotton in the sepd. I paid
$1.50 per pound in the drug store
for lint cotton then. Wc had the
monopoly of the world then on
cotton and I knew how' much work
it took to make and gather a pound
of cotton. Mr. Miller made light of
that and said it was unreasonable
and could never be. And yet, just
ten years later I did get more than
16 cents for seed cotton and one
dollar and twenty-five cents per
bushel for seed. Short cotton
brought forty cents that vear and
my friends in South Carolina got
one dollar per pound for all their
long cotton. (Mr. Lee Sowell grew
one thousand bales of long cotton
that year on 15,000 acres).
If by some magic touch we could
remove twenty million bales of cot
ton from tta earth today, the re
mainder would bring *1.00 per
pound. The value is always there j
COMMISSIONER'S I. AND SALE.
Under end by virtue of an order of ibe
superior court of Cleveland counts', N. c
made In special proceeding, entitled "N,
8. Gladden, Adm'r. of T. W. Gladden,
dec'd., and N. B. Gladden, personallv
and wife, Lillie Gladden, et a! vs. Palmer
McSwaln, Ra; McSwain, Id.: Mae Me
Scaln and William Mo3wain. minors."
the name being No. 1869, upon the spe
cial proceedings docket of said court, the
undersigned commi sloner will, on
Monday, Oet. 12, mi, at It M.
at the court house door In Shelby, n. C .
offer for sale to the highest binder, or
bidders, first in lots and then as a
whole, the highest aggregate bid being
reported to the court, on terms herein
after set lorth, the lollowing pieces or
parcels of land lying and being In No. 3
township Clereland county, N. C ad
joining the lands of Jame„ R Dover. L.
C. Camp, and others, and more particu
larly described as follows:
First Tract: Beginning at a stake in
the inter section of the Shelby-Patter
son Springs road and the Old Post road,
and runs thence with the Grover load S.
26-66 E. 600 feet to a stake in center of
said road, D. C. Camp’s corner; thence
with his line S. 80-25 E. 1430 feet to a
poplar stump, his corner; thence with
L. C. Camp and others' line N. 3-40 E
1145 feet to a post oak. Beam and
Camp:, corner; thence with Beam’s line
N. 75-35 W. 1432 feet to an iron stake in
center of post road; thence with said
road the following courses: 8. 37-30 W
372 feel, 8. 35-05 W. 494 feet to the be
ginning, containing 43.75 acres.
Second Tract Beginning at a stake In
the Intersection of the Shelby-Patter
son 8prings road with the old post road,
and runs thence with post road tlic fol
lowing courses: N. 25-05 E. 424 feet, 11
37-30 E. 372 feet to a stake in center o,
Post ,oa«. Allen's corner; thence with
Allens, line N. 74-50 W. 776 feet to an
iron stake, Allen’s corner: thenoe a 93
05 W. 134 feet to a stake In center oi
Shelby-Patterson Springs road; thence
with said road 8. 38-25 E. 844 feet to thi
beginning, containing 7.56 acres.
Third Traci: Beginning at the inter
section of the Shelby-Patterson Spring
road with the post road, and runs thence
with the Shelby road, N. 28-35 W. 337.6
feet to a stake in center of said road,
thence with Dover’s line, 8, 87-40 W 53:
feet to an iron stake, Dover's corner in
Btggers’ line; thence with Biggers ana
Logan's line, 8 23-05 W. 749 lect to an
iron stake, W. A. Gladden's coiner
thence, with Ills line, 8. 84 E 334 feet to
a stake, McSwaln's corner; thence with
his line. N. 21-15 E, 200 feet to a stake
his corner: thence with McSwaln's line!
3. 84 E 450 feet to a cement post In the
old road, McSwain s corner: thence w ith
oald old road, N. 17-15 E. 410 feet to the
beginning containing 10.47 acres.
Terms ol sale: One-third cash on dav
of sale, one-third payable in one year
and remainder payable In two vears
from date of sale, with interest 'from
date at six percent per annum, with the
privilege to the. purchaser, or purchasers,
of paying all the purchase price on con
firmation of sale, title to the' property
to be reserved until all the purchase orie
ls paid. This the Util day of September
1931
N B, GLADDEN. Commissioner.
Wuinn Hamrick * Harris. Attorneys
4t Sept 14c I
but we have covyred It up with too!
much surplus.
I have Just spent three months
among the tenant farmers of;
western North Carolina. They have
no cotton and no debts. But, they
do have plenty to eat and they selh
milk, butter, honey, chickens, eggs.!
fruit, vegetables and produce of1
every kind almost every day in the j
year. This year when the “frost is
on the pumpkins'1 and the corn.
■ taters” and apples are all gather- ,
ed and stored, they can sit hark in '
their homes by a good fire and;
drink a little home-brew. if they
want it, and enjoy a game ol set
back, smoking home grown “bur-;
ley" and singing old time songs;
while all the world goes by There
will be no bill collectors there, so
they told me. j
Now. the moral is—if they ran
do it, so can we. for w e have better |
land and tools and don't have to
walk up and down so many hills to j
get it done. But, the dear “man-1
ufacturers", the “speculators" and
the “profiteers' will tell us It can’t!
be done. Yes. they are the ones;
who say we can't quit cotton and;
live. But. it is just the other wav
They are the one.! who will make a
fortune out of it even at one rent
a pound. It is a shame and a dis
grace to say the people of the
Southern states can not live and
not grow cotton.
Cotton growing ha-, always been,
a job fer slaves, still is and always j
will be till a machine is made to;
harvest it. My seven dollar a month
negro was much cheaper labor than
my grandfather's slave labor. For
the interest on a thousand dollars
paid my man for a whole year's
work, and I could have cheated him
out of part or all oi that if I had
wished and when he died I did not
even have to bury him—the county
did that.
Now if you are expecting Presi
d»nt Hoover or the United States
congress to tell you what to do. you
will be quite likely disappointed for
that is altogether out of Mr. Hoo
ver’s line of business. He can't tel}
us farmers to plant less wheat,
corn or cotton or raise fewer hogs
and cattle so as to raise prices for
the consumer. Biit, he can. and
does, send help to us through the
Red Cros^ and other governmental
agencies when crops are destroyed
by pests, droughts or floods. This is
our job and if the speculators can
keep us so divided that we get no
concerted action it will just be too
bad for some of us who can't help
ourselves.
We are busied on cotton and I
wonder if some of our governors
think we can just keep on raising
one cent cotton for speculators to
make millions on while they run
around all summer opening up new
roads and parks. That is what has
ruined us already.
And now. to bring this rigbf up to
date. I sent a tategram from Ashe
ville, on Monday morning, August
17th to The Star to ask the farm
ers of Cleve'and to back Governor
Hughey P. Lcng. The Star did not
print it, so you are now calling
your meeting a month late. But the
world dees need our surplus cotton
now' and every bale may be used at
a good price. That will be discussed
in an article to follow.
I know well enough that if the
gates of Paradise were opened to
all the world there are plenty peo
ple who would have them closed im
mediately if by so doing it would
help their bank accounts. And they
are the ones who want us to keep
on piling up the cotton surplus ’til
the price reaches zero. They may
wear the lion’s skin but we know
them ior the asses thev ire And
their voice does not tool us now
and neither will We forget them in
the future, and maybe point them
out to St. Peters as the ones who
tried to keep us in bondage and
close the gates of opportunity to
us.
Very few' masters ever willingly
relerse their slaves. But, you just
watch and you w ill see one more
king dethroned. The farmers had
to build cotton mills and oil mills
fifty years ago to get a little pro
fit on what they made. And now,
you know the big interests have
gobbled them all up.
The people who arc doing the
most and the loudest talking and
grumbling are not farmers—they
take theirs meekly. And you know
what the Good Book says about
that. No, they don't own any news
papers or radio stations but 1 sure
do hate to see them part with their
nice cotton at half price. It made
me sick to see truck lead after trurk
load pass my house all day Sun
day and night, every hour and early
Monday morning, such nice cotton
-twenty-four bales to the truck— j
rnd knowing that the pool farmers!
" ere loosing seven hundred and
twenty dollars on every truck load.
I could shed tears over it. but being
Irish I had rather fight—I enjoy
that.
Yes, there is daylight ahead. The
world needs all our cotton now. and
as I said before, can even take it
for war-time prices for the use to
which it will be put. which will be
explained in a later article or world
conditions.
Texas adopts thirty per cent
acreage law. which is the best they
can do. And that is a good enough
for us for ours will be one hundred
percent, A few good sized wars are
new brewing, and if silver Is brought
back with gold a general advance
in prices of all commodities will
soon be seen
J A.,WILSON
Shelby, N, C„ P O. Box 304.
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' '®iTia>'l<ab!e air view of America’s new queen of
the skie.-, the U. S. S. Akron, world’s largest and
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S. Shelby School
Faculty Now 100%
All Arp Now Members of the Na
tional Educational
Association.
There were only three teachers
last year in the South Shelby
schools who were not members of
the National Educational associa
tion When schbol opened this fall
100 percent membership was report
I ed lhe second day of school. The
N E. A. is one of the finest and
certainly the largest professional
organisation in the country and the
Journal which it publishes is the
| most helpful magazine which
teachers receive. The list of teaeh
! ers who are members of the N. E.
| A follow Miss Isobel Hoey, Miss
Nancy Bagwell, Miss Winnie Blan
ton, Miss Nnney Buttle. Mrs Lee
Nolan, Mrs. Ben Buttle, Miss Mary
Hardy. Mrs. William Osborne, Mrs.
Kimmie Falls, Miss Nora Cornwell
and Miss May Connor. Miss Selma
Webb the principal has been a life
member of the association since
March 192B
STAR ADVSTPAYS
Home Program
Results In 25
Millions Saving
Sixteen and » Hair Million In
crease In Foods In IftSO anil
Millions In IlGt
«Special to The star >
i Raleigh, Sept. 38 North Carolina
| sprang into national prominence
the past week as the result of Gov -
rrnor Gardner’s live-at-home pro
gram through a national survey'
Conducted by the A soeiat r>d Press
to show the states of the nation
are preparing tor what ts expected j
to be one of the hardest a inters
within, the memory of man.
The third paragraph of the story.1
written in New York, is devoted to
the North Carolina program and]
Governor Gardner, the only gover-:
nor mentioned, ts given credit for!
the movement which resulted In an
increase from 1,250.000 to 4 BOO 000,
containers this year "■ filled with
fruits and vegetables by the rural
club women in the state, in addi
tion to canning done by city and!
town. Also, Governor Gardner!
pointed out. North Carolina farmers-1
raised *16.500.000 more in food and
feed crops Iasi year than in 1021) 1
and the U S. government estimates
*25.000.000 more In such crops this
year than in 1920
"This *25.000,000 which would
otherwise have gone for food and
feed will now stay in North Caro
lina, at a time when it would be
hard to get. with cotton selling for
6 cents and tobacco low," Governor
Gardner said. He also spoke of the
increased acreage planted in cane
and the large supply of molasses
that will result. As burl as the tie
pressloil ha' been. Governor Card
her h.is said, it Jibs bertu tlie great
est po sibli; ally to his live at horn
program
"As laid as conditions are i
North Carolina. \\c will be beitx
able to .stand tills winter Ilian an
other state in the Union.' Govern)
Gardner said. "I have been bavin
n survey made in every section a
the state to gel all possible inform
tlon relative to unemployment ar>
am preparing to make all Tore*
and tile conscience or the state pre
pare for feeding the hungry thl
winter," said Governor Gardner.
Although criticised for saving
vrar ago that the state is facltii
the most crltiral period since th
Civil war, hts critics Rre now begin
nine to agree with him Also nl
agree that his live-at-home pro
gram launched with a dinner a
the executive mansion. with th
news paper folks as guests, will ii
reality tie the salvation of the stnti
RUPTURE
E. J. MEINHARDI
OP CHICAGO IS
COMING HERE AGAIN
He will personalty demonstrate!
hts method without rharge at
the Charlotte Hotel, Charlotte
N Car., on Wednesday onlv
September noth, from !0:00 a. nV.
,0 4:00 p. m. Only men are In
vited.
Tin method contracl.il the rupture
opening in the everuge chip no mut
ter how largo the rupture or where it
is lore ted.
Rupture often causes Stomach Trou
Ole ili ik nr hr Constipation Nersous
nr ■’ end other ailments Hundred* of
deaths from rupture can b« avoided
''this visit to for white people only i
r J Metnhurdt. Home Office, ljfii
N Crawford Are. Chlcuo
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