Population
Greoter Kings Mountain 21.914
City Limits (196S Census) 8.256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300
Gi«ot«r Ktmgs Mouatala Uguxa u derlvtd txom tb«
•pacifd United States Bureau ol the Census report e
lanvary 1986. and Includes tlM 14.990 population o
Itumtoer 4 Township, and the remaining 6.124 ftOB
Number 5 Township, in Cieeticmd County and Crowder*
Mountain Township In Poston Cotmty.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL'85 No. 25
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 18, 1970
Eighty-Fifth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Legislative School Problem Remedy Is Asked
East KM Area
Second Appraisal gSlKi
On CBD Complete
NANCY LUBLANEZKl
JOHN HOUSER
Simmons. Hoyie
I Figures Close.
Laney Reports
i Sciond iipprui-'^al report on 44
i pi'Oitertii-r i.. hf acquirod in tlu*
I v*eiitral businos.-; tli.'^tricl renewal
I proiect has been rec’eived and is
I beinp reviewed by Iho Kii^^-S'
! Mountain Redoveloj men!. iL-m-
i mission and its st'ilt.
The Kin^s Mounta’n board <d
<’du>:iiion Monday nipht relterat-
e.l its p(!sition tliat tho Kings
*M.'Mnain dislrhi ‘’\v« Icomes sfu-
dt in-s f.om (Jaston Co. nly into
;!u' (iistiii*!."
Party Convention
Features Edmisten
DireL-tor Jvweph M. Liney r(*pi)il
I
SANDRA LEE ATKINSON
\
MICHAEL G. GOFORTH
College Diplomas
Awarded To Four
GUEST ORGANIST —Bob Cosh-
ion. choir director and organist
at Grace Methodist church, was
guest organist June 5-7 at Uni
versity Boptist church at the
University of Maryland.
Bob Cashion
Guest Organist
Robert Cashion was guest or
ganist June 5 and 7 at tin* Uni- |
versity Baptist Church at the Uni- j
vcTsity of Marylatui on a pro
gram commemorating 160 ytars
of witnes.s to the Nation’s Uapital.
Mr. Cashion who is iu>w choir ^
director and organist at Ch'ace
United Methodist Church was or
ganist at the Maryland church for
11 years. The church is second
largest in the D. C. convention.
He perlormfHi music by Bach.
Guilmant, and a le.ss informal
medley of beloved music for or
gan
Causby Child
Is Injured
City police reported no acci
dents ocfurred during the city
limits since June 8lh.
Patrolman E. M. Ball said I>ob-
bv Jo Causby. age four, of Mc-
C.innis street, was treated for in
juries at Kings Mountain hospi
tal when .she reportediy darted
into the path of a car operated
bv Russ(‘ll Wayne* Wright. 20, of
1.'42.‘4 Ware street, Gastonia.
Mr. Wright told Patrolman Ball
a parked vehicle on McGinnis
.str<*et was letting children out of
the car about 7;.'J0 pjm. He said
he thought all the eliildren vvere
standing by the parke'd car, ,so
he staft('d to pass wh(*n the
young.ster ran in front of his car.
No charges were preferred.
.Additional students are receiv
ing degrees from colleges and uni-
\ersities.
Michael G. Goforth, son of Mr.
and Mrs. I. B. Goforth of Cherry-
ville, has departed for Naval du
ty at Nevv-porl. Rhode Island
where he will atteni cf)mmuni-
cations school. After completion
of a thirteen week course of .stu
dy. he will report aboard the
U.5.S. Independence for a tour of
duty.
Got ;:*th was commissioned as
an Ensign in the U. S. Navy in a
.er(?mony at thoDuke University
Law School Buildingon Sundav,
May 31. H(* graduated on Monday,
June 1. receiving an A.B. degree.
Majoring in English while at
Duke, he phans to teacli following
his tour with the Navy.
19(36 graduate of Kings Moun
tain high school, Goforth was ac
tive in campus nctivitlc.s while ^it
Duke. He was amember of Delta
Sigma Phi fraternity, and held
po.>itions of responsibility in I he
NROTr: program.
Goforth is grandson of Me-\ I. B.
Goforth. Sr. of Kings Mountain.
John Houser, Sr., vice prc.sident
of North State Bank of Burling
ton. formerly of Grover, is among
270 bankers to receive certifi
cates at graduation ceremonies
Friday, June 12. ending the 21st
annual session of the School of
Banking of the South. The School
meets for two week.s each summer
at Louisiana State University in
Baton Rouge, under spon.sorship
of 15 Southern stale banker.s’ as-
.scriation.s.
During its existence, the Schotd
has now .awarded certificates to
2.731 bankers. "Our objectives are
to improve the quality of hank
ing by helping to make betler
bankers." Bradley Currey, direc-
(CauJhiHed on
I ed tiu' ir.itial appraisal by |
I cer Simmcni.s and tlu .second by I
Frank Ho\ lc as "remarkably j
Clo.SC'".
In fact, he said, .59 percent of [
tJi(* apiuaisals are witliin five
percenl <d the s.une figure.
Uarl V. Mauney, chairman of'
Ihe ReJcvclopineni commission.
I said iic.xi step i.s to recommend
"Ian market \alue" on eacli of;
I tlu? properties the Atlanta re-
I gional ofticc oi thi' Department’
I ol IIousin.g and Urljan Develop
m<*nt. Tne HUD office must eon-i
cur. i
C’hainnan .Mauney emphasized;
i Uku Ihe poliey ot tlie Redevelop [
i monl commi.ssion will be tc rec- ■
ommend tlie highest value pj)s-i 1
' blr on each properry. He said it]
would require about .two weeks i
for the appraisals .study to be,
i ^'ompletcd. I
' Each of the api>raisal reports'
approximates JOd pages. I
Mr. Lan(‘y said that, in deter I
mining fair marl;et value, tin ^
value will be ba.s<'d on the time'
a projHMdy i.s \<> be purcha.sed.
PriiK ipal variance (over 1.5 per
cent I betw(‘(‘n the .Simmon-' and
Hoyle api)raisals ojcurred on
eigtit jmrcels. Tl'.ese arc* ".«*v(*r-
aneo” parcels. ])arcels which aia*
portion.', of kxts.
Mr. Lane> gave this summa
tion ot the two appraisal reporl.s:
.Same 2; within five perc(*nt 23:
witliin ton percent "i; witliin 15
perei'nt 4; ov(*r 15 iiercenl vari
ance S.
'rtie 35 to Id stu ent.s alfected
in tlii> a. :i(in live in that pail ol ;
Ivings Mcu’it:iii. whiGi is in Gas-i
ion t.'>unt;.
l\irin;.s of tlu*.*-',' siudeits have']
re-iiK.vud I hat tlu ir ar(‘a he an-!
r.exctl to the* IGngs Mountain :lis- i
: i I. and I: a:* I nie.r.';e: s jgK'orl
to make the r«*<ju.‘sl so tiiat G'*n i
1 .'.1 Asseniijly action m i. be ta-]
ki .1.
‘ 5 lie siuderiis jiew pay tu.tion •
, to Icings Mountai'i !u/o!s in i
I Leu o. being buse 1 to Ga.ston '
I Ci.untv Th(*y niu.-t ob-
; tain p(*rmission o.icli yea. f’ cm
, lli(‘ Gaston Hoard ef Kdu.alion
^ le attend Kin'.s Mountain
soihiols
WINfe SCHOLARSHIP ~ Moffatt
Kennedy/ formerly of Kings
Mountain, has been nonied win
ner of an E. B. Kennedy Schol
arship, highest scholarship to
Erskine college.
Scholaishlp
To Kennedy
Moffat! Kennody, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Rcbcrt M. Ko?inedy. Jr.
of Due West, formerly of
.\ings Mountain, has been named
’Vinner of an K. B. Keiine.ly Scho-
b»rship. higlu'st scholarsliij) to
Erskine eollegi*.
In Kings Moiinain young Ken
nedy’s father was prineipil of
Eait .‘-ehool. \oi;ng Kenru'dy ac-
■oleraied .bis hi^li sehool work
and tini.'bed tlu* prescribed work
this y(*ar in tliree \a*ars.
Given in nu mory of the late Di.
Hberneze; B.inu's Keiincaly, tor 37
ye.ar.s an Krskau* pr jfe.ss«)r. E. B.
Kennedy .Schola.ships nrv award
ed :uiniially to an ii.itslanding
young m«ui and woman wlio arc
members (,{ tin* .\. R. I’n'sbyitT-
ian chuKh.
In King' .Nknirdain Ihe Kenne-
dys W('n* a.Iivn* in Boyce .Memor
ial aRI churcli.
Giiflis Rites
Set Saturday
Wesley Griffis, 77, died Tues
day night in the Kings Mountain
hospital after a brief illness.
ihe liody will be sluppfjtl by
Ai.!; Funeral Home to Starke, Fla.
Thursday for funeral services on
Saturday.
Surviving are liis wife, Mrs.
TN'dlio S. Griflis; sevini sons, Rev.
Troy Griffis of Gadonia. William
Griffi.s of Kings Mountain. K. D.
G.rlliis of Starke, Fla., Junior
Griffi.s of Do Solo. Fla., and Bob
by. Maxie and Harvey Lee Griffis,
all id Starke. Fla.; two sisters,'
Mrs. W. Uooioruis(‘ of' Lake:
C'ily, Kia. and Miss Beck Griffis
uf Didand, Fla., and 17 grandchil
dren.
Mr. Griffis, of .Starke, Fla., had
bin'll visiting Kings Mountain area
n datives.
Peterson Rites
To Be Conducted
John Thomas Peter.son, ag( IIS.
ol 319 Waco Rd. di(*d suddenly
Tuesday afternoim at 4:55 p.m. of
a heart attack. IV was a mem
ber of Temple Baptist church. Ih'
was tlie son of Ihe late Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Peterson.
Surviving are hi.s wfie, Ellari'e
Dellinger Peterson; one .son, Jack
Peter.son of Kings .Mountain, one
step.son Clyde Harrelson ol King.-;
•Mountain; one stepdaugliter. Mrs.
Robert Ruff of Kings .Mountain;
two sisters, Mrs. Fri'd .Newton of
Fayetteville, N. Mrs. Arthur
Blackwell of Inman, S. C. and
eight grandcliildren.
Funeral .services will be Iield
Thursday at 4 p.m. from Temple
Baptist church conducted .by Rev.
Frank Shirley and Re\. Leonard
Huff.stetler Burial will be in
•Mountain Rest Cemetery. The
body will remain at Harris Fune
ral Home until tiu' hour of .s(*rv-
ieo.
Thursday Sign-Up Day On Petition
For Fair Treatment oi Prisoners
Kings Mountain .Jaycees and
lo(?al members of the N. C. Na
tional Guard will join other
Guardsmen and Jaycoes in the
state Thursday, dublx'd ‘‘.Signa
ture Day", in effort to ohl-ain
the signatures of ^11 citizens on;
petitions to in'.Uience world o-;
pinion regarding American sor-,
vicem(*n held captive by Hanoi, i
Hob .Sioggins, local spokesman
for the Jaycees. said the petitions
will be sent to the Washington
amba.ssai.lors of Denmark, Fran
ce, Imlia, Poland, Romania, Rus
sia. and .Sweden^
The local Armory will be open
all day to the public and citizens
are invited to stop by and sign a
petition.
The .seven nations, said Scog
gins which will have represented
themselves as possessing in*
fluonco in Ilancd, hopefully will
make known the unanimity of;
North Carolina opinion against ,
the treatment of captive U.S.
servicemen.
I
In addition to Gov<‘rnor !5o1>
! Scott, who has endorsed this
program, and the National Guard
: Bureau in Washington, D. C., o-
I thers already supporting Signa-
I lure Day include the AMVETS,
I the Disabled American VTMocans,
!tho Rotarians, the* Veterans c)f
I Foreign Wars, the United Daugh-
■ ters of the Confederacy., the Vet
erans of World War I of the
USA, the Kivvanians, the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution,
tile Amt'iican Li'gion and the N.
C. Department of Veterans Af
’ fairs.
Ccirpentei
Biles Ccinilucted
Mi'.s, Buena Biggerstaff CarjH'n-
h r, S3, dic'd Ihursday in Foi.syth
Mem ;ri il Ho. pita!. She* had be<*n
in a Baptist rr*t home in Albe-
A native of C’lc'vc'Iand County,
slie was the daughli'r of the late
Bart >:i and Corch'lia Gold Bigger-
-tatf and widow of Ilc'rhert C’ar-
pentc'r. .Six* had held ceffice in the
state Woman’s .Mis.sioiiary Union
and tlie Baptist Association and
had taught Sunday School for 06
years. Slie was a retir(*d scIvkiI
teacher having taughtin Ga.ston
and Clevel.md County.
Survivor.^ include one daugli-
ter, -Mrs. Columbus Harmon of
Gastonia; and two brothers, Fred
Biggerstaff of Dallas and Arthur
Biggc'rstaff of Richmond. Va.
Funeral .service's were conduet-
cd at 11 a.m. Saturday at .Mount
Beulah Bapti.st Churcli by the Rev.
.h'lry Lelhco, thi* Rev. Edgar
Whitlock, thre Re\-. .\rc!iie Hughes
and the Rev. Hoyle Allred. Burial
will bi' in the church cinmetery.
Mc'morials may h(* made to Ihe
foreign miS'>ion.< work of Mount
Beulali Baptist Church.
Mrs. Harry s
Riles Conducled
.Mrs. .Minnie' Lee Shejiard Har-
r.\'. Ht, cl 200 I-;. Indiana Ave.,
Giover died at 1 p.m. WediK'.sday
; at Gaston Memorial Hosj^ilal.
She was a member of S('cond
B.'ijilKt Church. H<‘; parent.*-' were
tlu' late 'Ilioma^' and C’arolyn Al
len Slieppar:!. Her husband wa.s
the l;itr Clayton Durham Harry.
’ Siirvivoi> an' one d:uig!itei. .Mr.s.
! LcriaiiU' Sliields of B(*.s.semer
City: IW(» .si.sters. Mrs. .S. E. Neal
i ol Bessemer C'ily and Mrs. U. \\.
^ Ilaydi'n oi Lawr<*nc('. S. C\; two
giandciiildrcn; and th'ree groat
graiuLhilflren.
I’UiK'ral .>cr\ ii'i's were conducl
ed Thursda\ at Si.sk Ka.-t C'hapel
; at 3 p.m. by the Re\'. Marion J.
rierci', till' Rev. R. C’. Frank and
, llu' R(‘\. Cliarhv. Robbins. Burial
1 will follow in the Kl Betliel Metii-
1 odist Cliurcli cemeterj'.
VISIT ZOO
Members of the Senior Citi
zens club visited the McAden-
ville Zoo Tuesday. The outing
was .sponsored by tin* Kings
N^ountain Woman’s club and
also im-ludcd luncheon.
Make Applicotions
Formal, Says Harper
"If you hav(‘ apiilied for low-
rent housing before, you must
m w formalize your re(|uesl to
h<* declared eligible,’’ 'rhomas
W. Harper, executive director
of Kings .Mountain Publii*
Housing Authority said Wed-
n('sd.;ry.
"Wo ai'o now making final
(dicck-ouls as to eligibilit> of
ai plicant-s," Mr. Harper added.
"Some* of Hie low reni housing
units will he ready for occu
pancy soon."
The housing office is m>w lo
cated in its permanent f|uar-
ters at 291 McGill Co-.rt off
East Ridge street, betivveen
Carpenter and Gaston. It is
open daily from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.. except Saturdays.
SPEAKER ~ Rufus L Edmisten,
Chief Councel and Staff Direc-
rector of Senator Sam J. Ervin,
Jt.‘s Subcommittee on Separa
tion of Powers, will make the
address at Soturday's Cleveland
County Democrotic Convention
Miss Rrewer
Wins Masters
Miss Andra Noisier Brewer of
Henderson, N. C. received hO"
Nlaslers Degree at the 126tJi An*
nuMi, O'mmeri'.'emont of ’ State
University of New York at Al
bany, on June 21th. Miss Brewer
is the daughter of Capt. and
Mrs. W. F. Brewer of Henderson.
M.s. Brewer is the former Paul
ine Neisler of Kings Mountain.
Miss Hn»\ver receixed her Mas*
icrs Di^iee in "Criminal Jus
tice’’ and prosonllv holds a pos
ition with the Department of
Ju.stite in I4oston, Mass. Capt.
and Mrs. Brewer flew to Albany
and tUtendiM Hie ceremony.
Local Alumni
Surpass Quota
DUE WEST. S. C. — Ninety
eiglit pcrc(‘nt of all Erskine alum
ni in the Kings Mount:iin, N. C
Chapter contributed to the 1969
; 70 Erskine College Living Endow
ment C’ampaign. helping that
I campaign to reach a new record
I of .‘^184.296 in contributions from
, 3,90-1 alumni and 760 non-alumni
I Iriend- of Erskine.
i T!io Kings Mountain chapter
i was one of nine Enskine alumni
! chajiiers—out of a total of 48
j cli:ipiers — to surpa.ss 95 per cent
])articipation. Each of thc.so chap-
I teis earned an additional $100
I cliallenge grant for the campaign.
' Under the chairmanship of John
' (dioshiro of Kings Mountain, 44
' out of 4.5 alumni in the Kings
.Mountain chapter contributed to
the Living Endowment. Their con
tributions totaled $1,264.00.
Tlie communities and chairmen
included in the Kings Mountain
chapter arc* Kings .Mountain, un-
iler tlic chairmanship of Mrs. John
Cheshire, and Slielby, under the
chairmanshij) of Mrs. James E.
Still.
Aide To Ervin
To Be Keynoter
For Democrats
Rufus L, Edmisten, Chief
Counsel anj Staff Director of
Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr.'s
Sibcommittee on Separation of
Powers, will keynote, the Cleve
land County Democratic Con
vention at 1:00 p.m., Juno 20
at the Courthouse in Shelby.
iHe will bo inlrod ced by
Former Slate Senator Cltde No
lan, of .SheJby.
'Mr. Edmisten received the Bach
elor of Arts degree in political
science and religion D*om Ihe Un
iversity of Nortii Carolina in
1963, and the Doctor of Juris-,
prudence degree, with honors,
from George Washington Univ*'
ersity Law School,, in 1967. Ho
served on the George Washing
ton University Law Review, and
was president of the Phi Delta
Phi legal fraternity.
His wife, Jane Moretz Elmis-
ten, also a native of Boone,
North Carolina, attended the
University of North Carolina arid
the George Washington Univer-
, sity Lew .School with her hus
band, and also serv-ed on the
Law Review and received the
Doctor of Jurispi*udcncc degree
with honors.
Mr. Edmisten is a member of
the North Carolina Bar As.soc*
iation, the American Bar Assoc
iation. end the District of Colum
bia Bar Association, and is Reg
ional Vico President of the
Young Lawyers Section of the
Feioral Bar Association. He also
served as Treasurer of the Cap
itol Hill Chapter of the Federal
' Bar Association, and is a member
, of the Boai'J of Governors, and
■ General Secretary of that organ
ization.
Besides being licensed to prac
tice before local courts, he has
been accepted for practice before
Hie U. S. Court of Appeals for
! the District of Columbia and be-
, loro the U. S. Court of Military
Appeals.
Active in North Carolina poli
tical a.fairs, Mr. Edmisten is first
'Vice-president of the North Car-
, olina Democratic Club, and was
; chainnan of its annual banquet
j in 1969. He is also national coor
dinator for the North Carolina
Young Democratic Club, and
, was a delegate from Watauga
County to the 1968 North Caro-
; lina Democratic Convention in
'Raleigh. He has spoken to Dem-
^ocratic gatherings throughout
I North Carolina under the auspice
, of the Speakers Bureau of the
, North Carolina Young Demo-
' cratic Club.
Besides his pr(>.'’essional Inter
ests, Mr. Edmisten raises cattle
and horses with his father in
Boone.
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ARTHUR W. wnXIAMS
Williams loins
Bank Staff
Arthur W. Williams, a Kin.gs
Mountain native, has joined the
Promotion Qualification (PQi
Program at North Carolina Na
tional Bank here.
He has been assigned as a
credit analyst in the Credit De-
: partment.
j The PQ Program, unicjue in
I banking, is designed for college
j graduates. Instead of the trad-
! iiional employee indoctrination
; program, a college graduate is
I assigned initially to an area of
1 banking based on his edioational
I background, his personal inter-
lests and the bank's needs,
j Williams is a 1961 graduate of
! Lincoln high school, attended
Gaston College in 1967*68 and
I earlier this month was awarded
i a degree in economics at the
\ Univei^ity of North Carolina at
: Charlbtfc. He served in the U.S.
f Army from 1963 until 1966.
: His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
‘ lis F.'Williams, live on N. Wat-
j terson Street in Kings Mountain.
Mrs. Hawkins'
Rites Conducted
; Mrs. Neal Hawkins, lifelong
resident of Gaston County, died
' at 1 o’clock Thursday morning in
' a Cliarlotte Hospital.
Funeral services were held Fri-
, day at 4 p.m. at the home on
Neal Hawkins Rd.. with the Rev.
I William Leist in charge. Burial
j was in the OIney Presbyterian
j Church cemcter>'.
The former Julia Blanche Falls,
she was the daughter of the late
1 Thomas and Sara Elizabeth Falls,
( born Feb. 26. 1891.
I She was married to Neal Hawk-
I ins, Gastonia grading and paving
j contractor, on .Nov. 24, 1909.
In addition to her hu.*5band, she
I is sundved by two sons, Ho\vard
: Hawkins of Gastonia and Neal
; Hawkins Jr. of Hendersonville;
four daughters, Mrs. Douglas
; French of Belmont and Mrs. B. J.
Magner, Mrs. Joseph Allen and
Mrs. Hoke Hanna Jr., all of Gas
tonia; and one sister. Mrs. Camp-
bell Dixon of Gastonia.
I Mrs. Hawkins was an active
; member of OIney PresbjTerian
Church.
Bovine Most Popnlai Fann Animal
In County; Population Up To 9,0W
Ut T rMna btcpb awnewe . .
LEGION DANCE
Members and guests are in
vited to an American Legion
Dance Saturday 9-12 p.im. at
the Legion Building on York
I Road. The newly opened dining
i room will serve from 611 p.m.
$22,350 City Park Grant Approved
By HUD; City May Add MinpParks
U. S. Congressman James t i\i
I
I Broyhill announced from Wash-
i ington, D. C., yesterday th.at the
city has received a grant ttf
$22.'i50 for list* in its open space
land program.
The Congrt'ssmnn also wired
.Mayor Jolin Henry Moss who ox*
j pre.**sod himst'lf as iii itc pleased
' that the grant has been approv-
The city’s share will bo on a
’ 50 .51) basis.
1 The project involves ac(|iiisi
i tion of a seven acre park sit^ on
McGinnis street in the Deal- Dn
vidson street areas, clearing of
undergrowth, building a picnic,
playground, and parking urea,
and stream dredging.
N. C. Bush New
Grace Pastor
Rev. J. C. Lane of 805 Kather-
hie Ave.. pastor of Grace Metho
dist UJuireh, is being transferred
to the Moeksvllle Liberty Concord
Methodist Church. His rcplace-
m(‘nt at Grace will be Rev. N. C.
Bu^h, presently at Belwood, N. C.
The changes wore announced by
the West<‘rM North Carolina Unit
ed .Methodist Conference which
, <'nded Sunday at Lake Junaluska.
i Bishop Ear! fl. Hunt. Jr. named
' two new district .superintendents
j and assigned more than 800 oth
er clergymen for the 1970-71 year
i in the western North Carolina
' United Methodist Conference.
By UNDA BISER BEHRENS
The farm animal population of
Cleveland County is heavy on the
cattle side with probably some
7.000 to 9,000 (-ows of breeding
age, says J. C. Barber, county
cattle agent. Each year they pro
duce about 70 to 80^r as many
calvc's- whk'h are sold away to
midwestern falteners at a profit
of aliout $50 each "if a man does
a real goo<l job,” Mr. Barber says.
I'hat profit figuix* accounts for
depreciation, repairs and taxes.
'J'he callle raising profits look
slim at 32 to 33 cents a pound for
calf on Hie lioof compared to the
1.39 per pound for round steak
at Hie super market.
it
picture defies explanation bv that
model.
There is no .promotion of tlu
sheep producing industry ir
CIcvelapd. The poopio ; lo not in
teresled, don’t have the incline
tion or the knowledge to do
here, according to Mr. Barber.
Also, packs of dogs often attack
sheep. Despite the lack of sheep,
some wool is sold in a wool pool.
The poultry industry is the lar
gest single agricullural enter
prise In the county but Ihoro is
no poultry agent, Ratlier poultry-
men ai-e ‘‘verHeally integrated".
They are under contract witli fml
manufacturers who provide mun-
iagement services and the farm
J5ul Mr. Barber views caltlo]ers raise their flock to certain
raising ns an alteinalo u.se for specifications,
the land "‘until such lime a.s the! Cattle are no longer housed in
land developers take it all for 1 barns with a loft above for .stoi-
shop-pin T renters and subdivi-i ing hay. "Ikirns are leftovers
sions.’* Only about 100 siieep live I from days gone by," Mr. Barber
here and the largest single group : says. Hay is now stored on the
of Iiogs totals 150 soiws. ; floor of pole barn.s.
He and 1 trkxi to aeeount for j The cowcalf industry that a-
the lopsided, liitje represented ‘ bound.s here involves first im-
sheep population on the basis of - pregnating the ef>w. Most cattle-
area meat tastes. Very little lamb men prefer the natiural method,
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