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COTTON
Tho farmers of the cominntl
ty held a very intervsting and
apparently a very protrablejtnai those unable to subscribe a
meeting In the hrlge room over
the market here Saturday after
noon. The object was to discus
plans for the co-operative cot
ton ginnery they are planning to
bufld in Rings Mountain. As
Chairman G. 3 Ware expressed
It 'the farmers had. gotten into a
hole in the matter Of raising
atock for the enterprise. There
were too many small subscrip
tions. : ' ' :
;Mr. Joe E. Blanton, who bad
baen invited to address the meet
ing, cijeipated this trouble
when he presented his proposl
tiou which he id he worked
out while he had flu', and by
the war. that it. sthe f rat real
good thing we ta,ve yet heard
of as coming from thu 'flu'. His
proposition, which we "-'pr'tt, in
full below provides that no sub
scription be taken for less than
a hundred dollars nor for more
than that amount nn.1 that no
shareholder ever could own more
than J100tf stock. He argued
that hit plan would forever pro
tect alt stockholders and prr
vent the big man from freeziug
out the little man1 and place' e
qual responsibility upon every
member of the company. The
4l an calls for one hundred Uock
holders at ouo , hundred ' dollars
eftctOnaking a-c&pttal stoc't of
$10,000 whmh he says.will build
and equip a Wg ginnery and
leave a working capital of about
$3,000. He further proposed that
if a hundred men could i.o1. he
unlisted that they s'ar-. with fif
ty. Men' wives or fcon will he
allowed to lake, stock also but
each member:, votes his own
stock and no more. Mr. Blanton
wanted It understood that this
is not chllrf ol the Farmer's
Union but a plan wliluh be indi
vidually 6riinated and ; that
membership is not confined to
members of the union,-' ;
After Mr. Dlan ton's address
Dr. R. M. Gidney, coonty farm
demonstrator addressed the
meeting. His ideas were in line
with Mr.: Blanton' and he urg
ed the farmers to procend under
the Blanton plan.
On motion of B.. O. lxgan
the plan was adopted and stock
solicited under the new , plan,
There were about 25 larmers
present and they ail subscribed
to the $100 stock except ' one
man who came in loo late to hear
the proposition. jWlth a few sub
scriptions already In band added
the total inbscribed at the meet
' ing was $.2000.
Thi) following were appointed
to see thbiothtr farmers and get
'.their anbacriptloos and repoit
back next Saturday at 4 o'clock:
'' I. G, Patterson; Bun Heradan,
WUy Williams, Ben Logan,
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GiNNERY ON BIG SCALE
Charley Ware and Howard Hern
don. We are asked to emohasizo
hundred dollars are invited o
o operate and patronize the or
ganization and that the only rea
son tney are not admitted as
stockholders U that equality in
holding stock is considered an
essential to tho success of the
enterprise.
Those subscribing Saturday
at the meeting are: G. S. Ware,
T. C. Black, Wray Williams, O.
A, Bhes, Charley Ware, J. K.
Gofortii, Ben Logan; W. 8.
Mauny,J. Lv Mauoey, N. R.
Morris, R. S. Thornburg, J. N.
Smith, T. B. Ware, W. L. Go.
forth, Wayue Ware, W." A. Sism
C T. Ormand, I G. Patterson,
H. T. Wright, J. Hamrick, D.
P. Weight, Bun Hcrndon, L, C
Hord, J. T. Hord, H, V. Bar
mon, J. B. Tliomssson, A. High
Patterson, G P. Barber, R. L.
Barber. K
Under the Blanton plan it is
proposed to form six local or
ionizations in the county simi
lar to the o'io begun here. Four
have already been ef tested si
Pleasant Ridge, : New House.
Beaver Dam and Shelby. It k
further proposed that all these
organizations meet next (all and
form an oil mill and probably a
fertilizer plant at some central
point in the county to which all
the farmers can carry their seed.
The plan as submitted by Mr.
Blanton and ado o ted by 'he
farmers in their meeting Satur
day is as follows: ,
The Formation of a Cotton Gio
Plant. Oil Mill or Fertilizer Plant.
To Organize as Follows:
l.-r-lOO men with $100.00 each
gives a treasurer of $10,000.00,
2 J 100 shall constitute one
share and one share snali be all
that any one man shall own.
This $100 shall be deposited
with the Treasurer, before a
man becomes a member.
.8 The stock or company
shall be controlled by a major!
ty of the shareholders.
This company shall havo one
president, a vice-president a sec
retarv and treasurer, wita a
board of -Directors of five.
' 4. The annual meeting of the
company shall be held on the
first Thursday of August of each
year, or as -soon thereafter as
convenient, for the election of
officers and such other business
as may come before the meeting.
' 5. This company shall be in
corporated, before plant h in
stalled. '': .' .
On this principal the farmers
n.ay build Ihelr oil mill and ferti
lizer plant. ' '
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Kings Mountain, North Carolina, Thm sday, April
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They went over
fought for you.
for you.
A HALF BILLION IS-
T OF VICTORY LOAN
TERMS ETC. ARE ANNOUNCED
Amount, $4,500,000,000, oversubscriptions to be rejected.
Interest, 4 3-4 per cent for partially tax exempt notes, con
vertible into 3 3-4 per cent notes wholly tax exempt.
Maturity, four years, vith the treasury reserving the privi
lege of redeeming the notes in three years.
" The 3 3-4 per cent notes, to be issued later, also may be con
verted subsequently into 4 3-4 per cent notes. . '
The 4 3-4 per cent securities are to bo exempt from state
and local , taxation, excepting eitate and inheritance taxes, and
from normal rates of federal income taxes. The 3 3-4 per cent
securities are exempt from all federal, 'state and local taxes ex
cept estate and inheritanc3 taxes. '
Dated- May 20th. 1919.
Payments: 10 per cent with application on or before May 10.
, 10 per cent July 15th
. 20 per cent August 12th
v 20 per cent September 9lh
. , 20 per cent October 7th
v 20 per cent Novembrf 1 1th
with accrued interest on deferred installments.
Payment in full can be made on May 20th, the 10 per cent re
quired with application having been duly paid on or be
fore May 10th. : .' ;-:
Payment in full will also be allowed with application BUT
WITHOUT REBATE OF INTEREST, but there may be a
limitation as to the maximum amount of notes upon
which such full payment will be accepted. ,. ' ;
Payment can also be completed on any installment date with .
accrued Interest, BUT NO COMPLETION OF PAY
MENTS CAN BE MADE EXCEPR ON INSTALLMENT v
DATES. , ' . '.
First coupon on the notes will be payable at a sufficient time
after the last installment date to allow for completing
- delivery of notes ( -
Denominations of notes as heretofore.'. -
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Doar Mother and folks:
A in we ll
and st.ll in Germany, That is tl)'
first tiling I tliinU about .Then
I au enioyiii" life. Not that I
like Kurope and the army any
I better than tlio U. S. A.
and
Home because happiness is
not
muted to time or place, but
I comes from vritliin, from the
I soul. Where er the Spirit, of
God is there freedom, lliora ).
inpoiness And God every
wheve, therefore, if we have the
Spmt of Chiist we are happy
wheiever we are .
But spcakiuK of Amorica. I
never until now realized what a
j reat country she 13. Weil uaaj
she be called 'GodV country. 1
i was in an old Cathedral in Tie
i ves las? week. One of the oldest
and finest churches in Europe.
Some of the walls arc inlaid with
ivory and gold. This old church
ha.s stood thtre for 1.534 .year
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and has n it works of nit'sts
and sculptors that have live in
that tir.e. Jlut with all this
grandeur it felt like a tfieat chil
.y tomb to me. Maybe it was
me. Maybe I was lacking in a
spnse of reverence for a sacred
place. Hut give: ire the plain
house of God where the spirit of
God is. ', ',.-'
KpeakinR of Treves, it is an
old town of about 50,000 inhabi
tants situated in the beautiful
Mosel river valley. The river it
self runs throuch the city. It is
spoken of in history as a flour
ishing city 280 B, C, so you see
it has not grown much in pro
portion to its age. It has suffer
ored in many wars, beinix torn
down and built up again. And it
didn't entirely escape in this
war for tho Americans dropped
not a few bombs on it.
Every where can be seen the
ruins of that old Empire of
blood and iron. That I'mpire
that lived, by the swo'd und' per
ished by the sword, for Treves
was a Roman town for hundreds
of years. A little outside the
city are the ruins of an old am
phitheater where the Romans
fed the Christians to the lions.
Underneath it is a weut gloomy
dungeon where the victims were
kept before they were led forth
to be tow of beasts. . As I walk
ed through this place it seemed
like I could bear the last pray
ers of those who were about to
go to their death. Not because
thev had wronged any one but
h"i-ause they dared to be Christ
ians amonir a wicked and beast
ly people. But they never died
in vain for they are among the
foundation of the mightiest
kingdom of today, a kingdom
that was built not onbrute for
ce but on righteousness . and
truth which the founder of it
Himself never hesitated to give
His life for. v .'. ; , ' :
Grim old winter is back on a
visit here. I guess tie' knows
WARE WRITES COUNTY AFFAIRS i
Justice, Equality
A Year '.'In Advance
--Cleveland Star, 11th.
The county commissioners
Monday did not recommend a
tax supervisor and his two as
sistants to look after the reval
uation of property in Cleveland
under the revaluation act, but
will hold a called njKCtiug next
Monday to consider the matter.
There were no names ot active
candidates bel'oro the board, but
names have been whispered to
members outside of the meeting.
The supervisor will draw a sal
ary of $l'25 a. month and his two
assistants from $1 to $li a dav in
the discretion of the board. The
state lit commission has the
OQwer to appoint, but the coun
ty commissioners will recom
mend who tney want. These
three will gather tbu facts as to
property values, submit them to
the appraisal board, consisting
of tffo men, one from each polit
ical party who will make the
assessments. Tho supervisor acts
as chairman of the appraisal
board
All county commissioners were
present at the regular monthly
meeting Monday. Irvin Philbeck
of No. 7 township, filed his bond
as highway commissioner and
took tho oath of office.
J, C. Gold of No. 8 township,
filed his bond and took thi oath
of office as highway commission
er-
Sheriff W. D. Lackey, pre
sented his bond, took the oath
of office and entered upon his
new term as sheriff of Cleveland.
Heretofore, tbe office of sheriff
has expired tho first Monday in
Dicembei, as do the other coun
ty offices, but an act was pass
ed by the general assembly
changing the time from Decem
ber to April in order to give the
beriff time to make final settle
ment of taxes with the board.
Tax Listers Appointed.
Tax lifters for the ensuing
year were appointed as follows:
No. 1.1. A. McCraw; No. 2 W.
C, Hamrick; No. 3 W, D. Earl;
No. 4 F. Floyd: No. 5 E. L.
Whitwortb; No. 6 T. ' C. Esk-
ridge; No, 7 J. Lattimore; No. 8
Andrew J. Elliott; No. 9 W. A.
Gantt; No. 10 S. T. Carpenter;
No. 11 P. E. Downs.
On motion it was ordered that -
in the future, all persons buying
supplies for the county must
confer with the chairman or
some other memberof the board.
that Miss Springtime is more a
greeable to us but he is loath to
leave us anyway.
With love to all.
Your son,
- John H. Ware.
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