February 2, 1935
THE STATE
Page Twenty-seven
"BANNER
AGRICULTURAL
COUNTY
Telling You About
CLEVELAND
with the accent on
SHELBY and KINGS MOUNTAIN
or
NORTH
CAROLINA"
Aside from the fuel
they are grooming
b their leading cilir.cn
for the next gubernatorial
race, Cleveland County citi-
rens are bolding no particu¬
lar celebration at tbi- time.
Moat well-informed Tar
Heel» know Cleveland-» big
annual event come» in the
fall, when the famous fair
i» hold at Shelby.
On the other hand, not
ouly .i» Cleveland the “Banner
Agricultural County" of the
state, but large-scale manufac¬
turing as well make» it po**i-
Ые
for you to go there at any
time of the year and find a
condition sufficiently prosper-
ou» to give an ordinary county
cause for continuous celebra¬
tion.
And add to that the “feel"
of Cleveland's leading center»,
Shelby and Kings Mountain,
with a rich historical back¬
ground and a pleasant blend of
friendly loisurelinc*» of the old
order with the vitality of the
new. And to find some of the
most handsome homes in the
Mate, go through the resi¬
dential sections of Shelby and
examine those of eX-Governor
Max Gardner, Dr. S. S.
Royster and other».
Cleveland County i« perhap» best
known as an outstanding agricultural
county. For
юте
time she led the
state in cotton production. Recently,
Robeson County has edged ahead, lwit
Cleveland people are not slow to point
out that Robeson ha» almost exactly
twice their land area.
Banner Agricultural County
Due to the government’» acreage-re¬
duction program, Cleveland, of course,
did not approximate her cotton capaci¬
ty during the past year. The amount
AS a result of .splendid town and
country cooperation, Cleveland,
“llauner Agricultural County of
North Carolina,” has the largest
agricultural fair in the South, with
a larger attendance than that of the
State Fair. Diversified manufac¬
turing on a large scale in Shelhy and
Kings .Mountain also gives the
county a dominant place among the
industrial counties of the state.
WITH a handsome courthouse and beautiful, care¬
fully-tended elms, the court square at Shelby is
considered one of the most attractive in the South.
By
К.
M. MFNZlfS
she wa« allowed to gin in 1934 was
34,285 bales. And it take* a lot of
cotton to make a bale.
Tnke a look, also at other hard-
boiled facts about Cleveland’» agricul¬
tural record:
The county rank» fir»t in the »tnte in
pure bred Jersey cattle and it i« con¬
sidered perhaps the bet terraced county
as well. Poultry and dairy product»
combined come under the heading of
“big business” with a inillion-and-n-
half-dollar volume annual¬
ly. Crops of wheat, corn
and oat» run well over a
half-million; livestock, in
addition to cattle, three-
quarter» of a million ; while
cotton top* the list with
between two-and three-quar¬
ter* and three million an¬
nually.
Not only that, hut M
community sweet potato
-torage houses make po«i-
14c a crop of around
«0,000
bushel*
i mills
What is considered a record
for the entire country lie» in
the fact that more than 1,000
rural homes in Cleveland arc
electrically lighted. This enter¬
prising county was a pioneer
in this respect.
Moreover, rural telephone
E terns cover every section of
county and the modern und
well-equipped rural schools
compare favorably with tho«c
in Shelby and King, Moun¬
tain.
However, Cleveland Coun¬
ty* remarkable agricultural
record did not come entirely
through the grace of God and
the fertility of the soil. A
number of factor* have entered
in, and here are a few of them :
Under the able direction of County
Agent R. W. Schoffncr, a splendid co¬
operative spirit has been built up
among the farming population, with
successful carrying out of a thorough¬
going program as a result.
Paper is Praised
Another all-important factor has
been the steady attention paid to the
agricultural welfare of the county by
the CUttUnd Sl<rr. published at Shel¬
by. Ralph Jcctcr, addressing the farm
agents of the state, made this statement.
"The CUrtland Star has done more
