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Kings Mountain, N. C, .Thursday t January . 8, 1914.
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yULlJMAYERYE AS CLDE
Mysterious D
arice Of Two -Negroes,
TiiVsku'U which wa'aald last
' week was" found near Crowders
.; Mountain proves to' have been
c found at' (he' point of Kings
;, Mountain by Mr. John' Carlco
an opertaTvd in the Anna cotton
: mill The base of the skull. was
projected' from beneath' a log in
' a brook and was ' partly; tub
:. merged by wa'terv It. U thought
'- that the Teinaluder of the' skele
t ti there, about so'newhere
sft'ill ' PctCrtlinit to
'Dr.'. J..
;ii.i'.",f a n 'i,f wcma. The
sty it suglit nigiis of hair
(wool) - auc!,;ilih. The doctor
. tii.uk'K tittl tliij negreso came' to
iu negress came to
TV,
illiwa-'is ; Uiti of' aynU-ti
tliiijl may bo conne "te J with tj e
i skiii.'atw the hUb'J 'a&L5&-;j&
' Uii tnysiery. On the
of iri-"-Wm -. Btntfi'tt near
ce tf lii'i Hud." or tNe
n Golgotha, tiiere lived a
o'luun aiid his" wifty in the
1912. Tii nesns sepin to
(wen of the -"fussy" kine
1 is said that the man was
?to say one day to his wife
kill you yet' V . The nekt
he city council met In regular
on Monday night and trans
d much business. -Probably
most impbrian act of the
was to rule that all pity
is must be. bald by January
i. In order to expedite the
lection the chief of police was
lered to Insert an ad, ' in ' -the
raid '.specifying the times and
ices of his collections' during
e ra-nainder of the months in
u of the fact that he Is physlc-
r unable to go around "to ev
individual arid collect as usu
Jpon coinplai nt . of" Div5 .1.; L.
.Kay that his garden had
n drowned for: more than i
rs by the change in the grade
ihe streets which.', turned; the
inige fro-n its regular course
vns .deefded that the cbuncij
ti should me-t on the pferais'es
t Monday at 2 P. M. tor the
i0!e of viewing the situation
the end that the garden should
rf'Hei'ued by the' iriDRt praqtlcf
:::.'lioil. .O..vv-
!(-sks. Leslie "McGinufs d
Herndoq ajppeard'i before
! card In behalf of the Kings
ntain Railroad '; Recognition
n 1
. s"esf
bo-fy
i isition,' Mr, McGinnis laid c with the ' clerk of the" com
matter T of - appropriating meroial club fn 'trying j to" bring
y frdifi the city treasury to about the cliangei'. ' v
G; H.' Logan made a bust
i p t j Grover 'Monday.
Margaret Hord returned
to school at Due Wes,.
cca LaP'
i came r
burx ' '
cf Lin-
: ' mday
i . .-.I Of
r nnx
isappear
morning -,.a neighbor - passed
around to the house,'' finding
everything lis tact, all the house
hold goods' wer'ethere but no
neicroesl. A pan of bread was
found in the stove burnt inio a
crisp and' other signs- ot pre
parations for breakfast were to
be seen. In' fact the house lout
the" appearance of : the usuat
habitat except that it had' been
neglected long enough to allow
the negroes' has ever
n hna:' nirt )n-H.
been seen
and It is
now twiieven tuat ciuraig iiic
preparation of breakfast that
Hie negro' man carried put his
tnrea 10 am nis wiia anu nni,
threat to kill his wifa and bnt
where the'sktill was found, and
t!iat he made good his escape.
The skull shows no sign of
foul play, but only the cranium
ana a part o tneraciai Dones are
present. It is' hoped that the
jflndin'i of th' . koH1 may be. a
clue which will eventually lead
to the briaglng to justice of the
mu'rderer if such he be. :"
The" house - and furniture are
stiU presVrved by . Mr. Bejihett
like tliey were left," - f, :
meei the expense of preparing
the folder heretofore mentioned
In the Herald before the board
in a very sensible and effectual
way.j.': It was estimated thlt the
total cost of the project will not
exceed thirty dollars and this
amount was' set ' aside , by. :.tbe
council subject to the ' approyai
of the city attorney. yiV;;.-;
"" Another very important mat
ter found favor in- the sight ' of
the board", viz; a "proposition jo
co-operate witi' the .Commercial
Club in conferring With the Divi
sion- Passenger Agents 6f , the
Southern "Railway proiipeotiyie to
iifikiog the" town a provisional
itop for trains jNo.- 87. and 33
flrst section. It was." ttrgued tnat
such arrangements- wou id land
many1 more" " people Vin" Kings
Mountain'than' under, the pres
ent regime.' Many Shelby' people
are '1 nterested i n the iiio ve anci
are anxious to have theseftrains
stop herein order to give them
a more efflcient'sch'edule. Then
U avoid iuiionvehient "schedules
oa- 'tr&ins''leaiitg-''. Shelby"they
'would come here" on' autom6bile
and board the train; ';.,
;' The city lerk" was asked
to
MJVW.'-R; Everhart andv, child
ren returned : Monday -to '"their
home at New Holland Ga.' after '
spending daps with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs, DanicJl Fulton. : "' !
Mr, and Mrs. T. F. Massoy'-fi
Ci t oiiville, S. C, is spending two
.s in- Kin;ts Me
y js'rei;evin;r
Mr.
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"II I'u'.V-
City
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REV. D. E. VIPPERMA'W
Who Moved To Kings Moun
tain Monday From Mount Holly
Where hp Has Resided For- The
Past Four and a Half Year.
Surry couuty and waa brouguii
un on the farm. His preparatory
.High Point graded school and
Pinnacle Institute. He attend d
inane forest college ana re-
Wake Forest college and re
under the late renowned Pr. J,
ti. Richardson who wa ne of
the states deepest spiritual
forces. - ' ;.-'. '-. - '.
He entered the ministry about
eight -years ago' which time
since has been cccupied on only
two fields.' His flrst charge was
at balifax, N. C. where he re
mained for three and a naif
years." Removvng fron ha', i fax
tQ'Moqht Holly Mr, Vipperman!rMuh,n 2l,d ,,nrt 4th Sundays
assumed the duties of that field
for the oast four and a half years.
H has been exceedingly Dopular
in both these fields and his work
Stan is out Us an eternal monu
ment to his faithfulness. c
Especially would wev notice
some ol the mateiifli jrjwtD
evident on his last field:-'. When
he took charge ot the Mt. Holly
church the sversgo attendance
at Sunday school was 24, during
his pastorate 185 when ho took
charge there was no prayermeet
ing. during bid pastorate' there
was tin ' 'average attendance at.
prayermeetlng "of 65,'and So on
through the whole work."
.MK'.Vipperman "comes here to
take charge of a country field
TOmp4V6f.-.'th6j:-'':6Upwing.
chuiches; Bethlehem' Patterson
Gi-dve.and Patterson Springs
.,The new preacher among . -us
has a splendid people with, whom
to work and let us take this op- j
portunity of congratulating . his
constituency" on tlie ' ;chpice.pf
such a good inani and " the , town
of Kings Mountain on securing
his residence; The; Herald be
speaks the - sentiments of the
people when H extends tha glad
hand of Welcome to Mr. ' Vipper
mafc, his wife; and four chlldrep'
;The .'.family'U'llwhstiAjthe
Mrs, Lizzie Falls house on Kail-
road avenue."
. Ah Appreciation ' Af
-We " desire to " express " Vo'n'r
sincere thanks, to tne -CQurco,
and friends" at' Groveiv for the
large pounding receivedtvt thejr
hanV oir'Ne w Year's My: ';''';';
V It,se(med that nothing thatis
needed for the tahle Was o.niftted
ahd'msny Rood things came in
larffe ' quantities, - enfact - every
thing that is heeded' Trda : the
kitchen' to tbel)arl6r'Was Includ
ed, and one friend who is. not' a'
mnmbor of thechurch, sent some
nice new crisp treasnry'.notes
V.'etvuly appreciate alt these
'.;.;' but,' ninro t'.SB - this, " VP
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LOCAL CHURCH
CALENDAR.
St. ."'ttbews Evangelical Lutheran
ARev. Chas. K. JJell, Pastor.
Public worship at 11 A. M. 2nd,
3rd, and 4th,' Sundays, and
at 7 P. M. 1st, 2nd, and
. ; ; v 4th Sundays." . ' .
Sunday School each Sunday
morning at '9:43. 1 . 1 '; ,r"
" -7. -
Hoyct Memorial Associate Rtformsd
Presbyliriac "
Rev. O. L. Kerr,' Pastor
Preaching every, Sabbath morn
ing at 11 o'clock.' Evening ser
vices at 7 o'clock 2nd, and
4th, Sabbaths '
Sabbath SuhoDl 'every . Sabbalb
morning at 10 o'clock.," . : t "
First PrrsSvtrrlan.
tmsrmrr : U.
Pastor. ,
M,li
ounUays at ll A. M.
auTTT1
,7:15 P.M."
San1v Pchool every Sunday
morninir at IOqVIopW
" First Baptist
Kev. J R. Miller, Pastor.
Services 2nd and 4th Sundays
at 11 o'clock A. M. and --
at 7:15 P. M.
Sunday School every Sunday at
10 Vcl ck. j. '";
First Hlhodist Ep'scooi' South
Rev. M. B. Clegg, Pastor.
at 11 A, M. and every
i Sunday bight at .
'-,. ?,o'clo'j. " . j-.
Sunday School af 10 A. Mevery
Sunday. " 4 -
M Grace Hethwflst . . - ...
. Rev. B. A. Culp, Postor.
Services every Sunday at 11 A.
.-.M. and 7:30 P. M. -4
Sunday School -at 9,45' every
Sunday morning.' i- :.''.
' YeOle Basket
" Mrs. Jacob Heavener of ' this
.town Is in poss jssian of the- old
fainUyr heir- loom,'! which' Is
a basket mautTi'ff England some-'
time prior to the year 1794,' The"
basket is made of oak splits on
an oval hoop without a handle
and holds about one-half bushek
It' is the kind used by our fore
fathers and fbremothers as roll
basket." Me thinks I can see that
old - Great, grand mother 'with
pipe in mouth and fly bonnett
puler shuffiy abput i,the head,
as she moves about, the oi'd loom
in the rearof : th'l6 V'.f&hihi
wearing ye ole hoop skirt," and
moving toward the f home; made
Chair' in" the i "rnerle'.Shi' sits
downyi'nd pulls thls very identic
al old basket np '- near and "takes
(rom.it' a VjlargefleMe''' of"''wcibl.
and a pair of -'cards :and" begins
to "aip'-' away. Soon 'she has the
'b&'iltleirx' It.ii1ft''Jr'bn''ct
then retiresV f Belpre1"; day - the
next morning that old Great--grand'-father
rises and " pulis' on
his' home, woven 'garb ' iightsi .his
pipe,:' bBrids''the toheel' 'shocks
the'spindle and spine thb hasket
of fleecy roqls i ito" a", thread so
fine- thiit Arachne .wou(4 ;. feign
hatness ahd hdadte her phantom
Vooha lii ' Ordei to. weave ""fabric'
that tlie i gods'.wbuld . admire.
Then comes.: the hbihe ' woven
jeans?''" -"'." i " '"'.'' : ''',".-'.''"' '
So much, for the reverie," Mrs.
Ilnavener's great-grand-.fathfv"
brought tl'ie brif - t to this con i
!ry in' the .yc. r - 1701 and
'1 near the pi-' nt town t .
f:: .ryviUe. TI'e ! I
i a l,i'rpVi'' f -r a vv '-'
A FREE FOR
Country too .
Fulton and
This country is too small to
ma .wl tV.
..Mil... tr m mia. k. ...I,
uuiu lira, anu viiflu uuvft wuu . -!
drawing near the closn of the
tale of tho frea-for-ntl deer rfrive
u . - j ------
noon as heaat about the heater
in hia store with friends' relalingjh'and ain.Vuct..;Hpll.eio2',,aa7 '!
the thrilling experience' of t.he j not excelleX.eiriay.". , . '. , r-
day, and turning to the Herald
man the lover of the chase said
'And you may tell em Ul ao
too" We do not know whether
the people but here goes notice
the buck is to see no more peace
until he changes quarters or
Kings Mountain baa a new
"Wa jumped biuf at exactly I
welve o'clock" Mr. Fulton
-k,,
twelve
said. And wuy are you o sure
about the time ot day?. "'Because
I had just finished my--biscuit
and sausage'.
News came to Kings Mountain
a, day or two previous that a
deer wos , between - here and
Shelby In the vicinity of Mr.
Miles Hamrick's farm on Buffalo
creek. No more welcome, tidings
could bavtv reached the ears of
some of., our people , who bold
ecords for . deer slaying and
others who are aspiring1 to the
feat of taking, the acal" of the
antlered flecy-f03t. So according
to' arrangmen'-s Messrs. " H T.
Fulton,'; p. Ml ., Baker, G. F.
Hambright,"'0. ; B' alla and
Burgen Falls, formed a ebmpany
Friday morning and put off to
the deer (dear) vicinity! Some
went by autosorae on hosebnok
and others mounted in VariousJ
styles mostly on footback joined
the company puthb way. By the
time the Kings, Mountain party
had arrived'th w'ibte "phce was
covered with people' s' if some
great -sport was to . be , pulled
off.,.We imagine that it savored
sotflewnat or tne.urympic garnas
of the East exoept that jio rqj-al
garbs were . pesent and" women
and children were absent To'
the hon.cpmbatants of the section
it must haye reminded, of Sher-t
man's . army -. except' .'that': no
devastlori- was in the wake, yfi-
The reporter asked MfcEaltott.
to estlmatevthe . erowa :whieh
finally jpi'ned' . . the chase:. ar($
after a number of efforts tie" dtU
clared that he could4-t pUce" '(4v.
estimate except that" about ' alh
the people frbm,''here 6b fiiii
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.The Gaston .county;
woners.. met. .Monday Jtt T?gir
session band .transacted the .'re
gular .ro.ntihe of business." 'Anil
will meet again next iMondayr-ld
settle with the tax bollectprsi.'t!';'?:
The' commissioners, aro ,-wolJ
pleased with the system of4cl
lecting In Gaston, i. e. towne in !
colluctoj's. ' . The township'4'.'
lector, they a.y ounces pik.
!!: eiiv ;. of Ullli; 1 pro)Oi
and collects the t;i..es the
tfi. ( ' t r-ay. hia cdmm
'or i ".-nnco, ri '.t. 1
'v'ro- v'h 1 ""nli !i te
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that
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1 F4iRs:8t taVifrtacr.
r-;.?- ?'i-s3j-s sit ": . '' '
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attend
passed
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all down.abljed.hJVrlQ-'-U' '
- It was.)atii,oe, spuchnefl df ,dear
and he was .u eji paVp.a ffjlo'
on a hillside' n&r lr 'swi:ici'a"
mici i nu iii.f yyA ,iiini
hunters soon r'ind jresji sL;a
cka
They formed a"' long. ijne. spa "
made 'a f ulF biVbftV' UriVe4ith
hlllsicfa keeping 'tlfo' Sd&k fctob'
f'her aigb-f :-t?acksla;nd
grazing. we- b-' seed.' So
confident aa-1FfilM8 'ho. A ;
8eem''io'h"a've o'ee'h.ibn0fe'f'of
the irinyttia thr aniriTivr'frta
on the'laiae'fi'felflMn
betOh a?sd""oft pif wiirtT' a
presently1" hu'piitf'ol:t'ri&5h s
wenMntji V5-4flfilntfi
monStS-eros- hnoU'wIi'fuT!! 'aiSr'jd- - i f
from'tn-i sithiS tcBt-'ifiSo'dt
dowSHtft. . irtng;ln?rmIrMs"
ol '?cflc8s'diTiu
joinedn'-'ol'iefulcnf
Vlii&iper"Vi?iffit'!l;'; ' e
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o"nyOm8;iW t'.jfVea'fil-t' ,
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nr'rfa-o.inltiacftfS"fbre!,U'
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wa-aokii llki $rfettvkil.
reilthff yidwv bforecoui-t oas
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