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i Vol. 10
Kings Mountain, N. C, Thursday, January 15, 1914.
No.51
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TWO BUSINESS
BURGLARIZED.
The Bicycle Shop of Costner Brqthcrs
and the Hardware Store of D. H.
Baker k Co. were catered Sunday
; morning and stout $125 worth of
Ccodi taken. . .,'
Tliwn wki two burglaries
committed here-Sunday morning
sometime between two o'clock
' and day. Cosiner' bloyole khop
and the hardware atort of D. M.
' Baker ds Co. were entered. Titer
wera four young men In town
Saturday who seemed to have
,, no business but loafing all of
-wore unknown here except on
v Claud Halu'.w, a notorious burg
lar whu one lived her. After
' burglary one of tlm youngnters
waa found In town and arreted
on suspicion.
It aueuia that the" biuyclo shop
was eutored first The entrance
-waa mad by removing a pan
from window In tho rear of the
shop after which the back door
waa opened from the tnalUe. It
in said that two of the auspicious
persons were of very amall
stature and It waa evidently a
.very srjiall person who paaaed
. through the 0ening In the
w!nilov.jtt tslhought that one
-.. of the fujnall men entered first
and orxfied the door and let the
, . .other fh. : .
r" .Two ylcyclea wer taken from
the shojp and aome eight or ten
old pistols thut had been lelt for
repair One of the bicycles was
new aoA belonged to Mr. Coatner,
- the pro prletor of the ahop. while
the oth r had, been repaired and
was re idy for delivery. Mr.
Coatner estimates - hia loaa at
' about" t w.enty Ave dollars. The
. four me referred to above visited
theaho Saturday and pretended
to wan 6 to boy a plttol. Mr.
Costene r showed them what L
had for sale but thuy didn't buy
. The I lurulars evident ycrcssed
''the bacMcyard from the rear of
the blcj cle shop to the rear ol
the bar lware store as one of the
oM iUi ol taken from the shop
md near the rear of the
: the direction of the shop,
tor was alao entered by
ig a pane of g'ass fiom
w In the rear, of the
But In addition to re-
; the glass a 8 4 iron' rode
ved in two and a piece
out The - hole -through
the burglar, ciawled
es 10 X 12 inches. The
oor was opened from the
! through which it Is sup
that the others entered
ough which all escaped,
i the closest estimate the
ng goods were taken from
',re; 4 ; pistols, 10 watch
S 12 rings, one fob, a safety
et, 20. boxes cartridges,
1 pocket knives and a flash
aggregating about $100.
'ollowing story as given
jnday morning fcy the
man who was remanded
look-up here Sunday on
on is the only evidence in 1
UthsloAiilri lannrt in tliA
-3 vunv wa
y of the burglarsj My
is Irvln Deltehue, My
lives in Atlanta and works
ailroad shops. My mother
;'en '' t was small.' - My
arrid againnd my step,
ns so mean to me that
I ave home. lam about
y rs old and have been
i lorn about .three
was
HOUSES ARE
in tlie railroad ahop In Sharon
vllleOhlo, I left theie In Decem
ber, and havo ben traveling
ever alnce. I got up with three
boys In Charlotte and citme here
on a freight train Saturday
hQ ootton fo1 T w broke
I learned that on of the boys
waa named '"Claud Halnea" brt
didn't learn any of the rent of
their names. During th day
Saturday I heard the boya aay
that thiy wer going to get
aoui guns and wheels that
nljht I oominenoed begging
then to let' go on towards
Atlanta but they persisted In
gave Claud aome money and he
went to a hardware ator and
bought a hack saw.' (Thl la
co ro bo r rated by the foro at
Bakers' Hardware ator stating
that they told a hacksaw and a
couple of blade to on of the
unploiouaumn.)
About nine o'clock I left the
mA kow nothnR of
robbery, I went to a rotton ihed
at the Dllllng mill and went to
sleep. I left there Sunday morn
Ing about seven o'clock and went
to hunt a botefding house I
finally found lodging for the
night and expected to go to work
In the mill to day It I hadn't
bean arrested."
Word came to the officers her
that three strange men were
seen between here and Shelby
Sunday and that tbey were
shooting pistols, , : The officers
notified the authorities at all
surrounding towns to be on the
lookout for the burglars but at
this writing they have not been
apprehended.
Claud Hains la well known in
these parts as a notorious burg
ar, having served several terms
Oithe chain-gang in this and
adjoining counties. Deputy
Sheriff, J. B. Rhodes waa .ii)
Concord Sunday and. Inquiry
was made of . him there for
Halns, he beintf wanted In
Cabarrus county. Halns has
lived In Kings Mountain at the
Cora mill and was in considerable
trouble while , here. - '
A reward o( $15.00 has been
offered for thearrest of Olaud
Haines arid the other two, or
five dollars for either of them.
The two trms robbed are offering
five dollars each and tee town
five dollars, Dellehoe was taken
to Shelby Tuesday and placed
in the County jail. He is charged
with complicity and will be hold
as a witness. , V
Just before we lock up the
first run Tuesday The bicycles
were found under Buffalo bridge
between here and Shelby "and
brought In .Tuesday afternoon
by policeman Miller, There were
tt.ree . instead of two wheels,
They were badly . mutilated but
were Identified by Mr, Costner.
Birthday Dinner
. . .
Uw- tT7K Kiwt-Kfittw ah War nmt it
saw vi u wit vmuuj wii wuvu a uwj
Jan, 24th. All ' relatives and
-lends are cardlally Invited to
oome and bring well filled
duskcts. - ,
The bond election is coming
on. Every level headed man
knows that road and street im
provement is 6nn of the first
signs of advancement in any
c ', '
Mass Meeting To-nig'ht.
There will be a mass meeting In
the opera house here to-night at
7:30. The meeting is called at the
instance of a number of the lead-
j ing business men of the town for
( the purpose of discussing a number
I of matters of great importance. It
I is hoped that every business man
will evince enough public spirit to
j come out and take a part In the
discussions.
Good Program Adopted.
SUtt Coniertatt for SocUI Service FUnt fromuive fracrua wit Strom
Speaker. Dr. Gnhaa Taykr and
At a meeting of the Executive
Coimnltu of ti Stat Confer
ence for Social Service In Ral
gh on Friday laat it waa d
olded to hold the aecond annual
meeting February 18th, 14th and
13th. Th central Idea of th
Conference this year will be to
develop th. church and aocial
service work. To this end the
strongest possible program was
planned for a three days meet
lpg.;
Dr. Graham Taylor of Chicago,
the president of the national so
cial service organ'iation, will
deliver the principal address on
Sunday afternoon, the last day,
Dr. Alander, of Vineland, N.
J., former president of that or
ganlsatlon,;is also exacted to
No More Chain-gang In Go.
The-conviot camp will bo no
more according to the ruling of
No. 8' highway commission in
session Tuesday. The commis
sioners have reached the con
clusion that under the cironm
standee it is muoh more sa Is
factory to .hire, labor than de
pend solely on oonylots, and as
soon aa terms of tho now on
the road expire, the force will
be hired altogether, and they
will take no more convicts. One
reason for sloping the convict
system in Cleveland county Is
that they coold not get enough!
convicts. The force has been
numbering from 12 to 20 and it
Is too expensive to keep guards
for this small squad when the
same nnmher of guards could
manage two or three times as
many. . . , -
- Prestdeut Passed Us By.
A few of us decided Monday
afternoon to make an effort to
have President Wilson stop his
train hen for at least five minu
tes that he might make us a,
brief speech from the; rear of
his car. We also wanted him to
have his .wife and daughters
come out-where we could see
them.Mr. M. L. Laugliil'n, ihe
very accommodating operator at
the Southern station,' did his
level" best over the . wires to
change the program of the presi
dent to our favor but all to no
avail. The, second section of 88
went right on by and the presi
dent didn't so much as stiok his
head out. . " ,' . :"
Dr. Akxuto Johnson Expccttl
address the Conference on
Saturday. -Gov.
Craig, the Honorary
President, wilt formally open
th convention th first day
Following th formal opening of
th Coofercno will oome the re
ports of various committees.
In th vonlnir tl President's
address will be followed by an
Informal meeting of th memb
er. Tore meeting will b held
on Saturday, th final meeting
being a symposium on the church
and aocial service.
On Sunday it Is planned to
hive Utni put m fill th
Raleigh pulpits. Full details of
the program will be published
at a later date.
Another re won is that tho re
cent legislature paaaed a law al
lowing a convict a discount of B
daya on each month of his time
for good behavior. This is not
satisfactory to those who work
convicts, according to the local
Highway Commissioners.
Another reason is that Judge
Cook recently ruled in Wake
county that a guard or overseer
could not whip a convict. The
oaae waa decided in th Super
tor court and will probably be
confirmed in the Supreme court.
Th local highway -oaimisslon-era
think that when Convicts
learn that under no circumst
ances has a guard or overseer a
rlitht to punish them for Impud
ence or refusal to work, a bad
state of affairs will be th result
Cleveland Star. . ' , -
Farmet'a Union to Meet
Mr. Joe E. Blanton, president
of the Cleveland Farmers Union
announces a meeting of the on
ion at the court house in Shelby
Thursday the 22nd, inst at 10:
80. All the members ar urged
to attend as ' much important
business is to be at1ided to.
- A Monstrous Tral,
: Mr. A. Worth Falls ukes th
cake on raising turnip. He
brougl-t one to the Herald office
Tueslay thai is a whopper, or
was. It measured 22 inches in
belt; 7 Idobes in diameter, 80
inches from tip to tip, stands 4
inches high and weighs 5 pounds.
Can anybody beat that? If you
can fcHng it along and w will
writ It up then e&i the turnip
A PLAN TO KEEP THE BOY
ON THE FARM.
Aa Eic&inxc writer Insists that
Country boys should be raised and
educated to love the Firm tad if
none utey wiumsie somes wert.
It haa com to th pass In a
good many parts of th country
that ther ar fw, If any, young
men left on th farm. You can
go through whole neighborhoods
of the sections and acaroely
find half a dosen boys old
enough to do a man's work that
ar making their plana to stay
on th plac whan they ar grow
up to manhood.
Aodth worst of it la that
their parents do not expect their
farm and follow la th fooUtaep
of father and moths. lndd
thy ar often found urging th
young folk to gat off -th farm
and do something else." Thy
end their boy and girls away
to school and perhaps college,
not for a moment thinking or
expecting that they will aome
day com back and mak th
count, y their horn. Rather,
they want to fit them for
a business or professional carter,
Instead of doing all in their
power to induce the young peo
ple to remain on the farm.
Idont suppose there Is any
body who would take th ground
that all boy ought to become
farmers. There ar some with
su:b marked bents In other dl
reotiont that it would be a direct
and serious loss to th world
were they to make the country
their home aa long aa they live.
I used to b a country school
teaoher, Among other, boys, I
had in one plac a lad who waa
terribly dull when it came to
book; b could not get a lessor
no matter how simple, to save
his life; but what a genius he
did have for making things with
his jaoknlfe! It waa all I could
do to keep him from 'whittling
during school hours. I used to
like to look at the trinket he
made, myself, when we. were
not. at our books, and X am not
ashamed to aay that I encouraged
htm in his carvings. It was born
In him and ho would . surely
mak a success somewhere in
life with hla tools.
But all ar not so. It Is easy
for some to do good farm" work.
It does not harm these to get the
very bent education they can; few
ever go too far in that direction.
Many of tbeb love th farm too
Tiey ar happy when around
the fields and with the cattle. If
prooerly encouraged and led on,
these boya would become first-
class farmers. And this is an ap
peal to those whose boys are
still with them to do al they can
to make th life of the farm so
attractive and. ao interesting
that the young men will want to
stay. If they want to go to school,
let them do It they ought to
have the best education possible;
but get your grip upon them and
help them to know at every step
of the way that you expect them
tobeoom farmeress toon a their
ohoolwork is done.
Howahall we ever do- thiar
What particular things shall we
do to mak the fsrm attractive?
Easy enough to say this; how
shall w do itr It is a- fair
question and this is my answer.
First of all, be in love with
tb farm your own self. If you
ar all tb,, time talking the farm
P- P010 it bright aid
and showing th young folks It
possibilities, th chaoea ar that
th boy will think about as you '
do. On th other hand if you are
always finding fault with th'
farm and It work, Molding th'
horses and c.tle and often thV "
mother and littles one, what )'
mor natural than to suppos
that th boys will think, "Wall,
this la not th place for me I'm"
going to get out juat as qulok aa
I can." Psrsoaal charaoter la
contagious. A good contented
bright-hearted farmer will b'
very apt to oooureg tli earn
characteristic la hi eons. -
And than It la nvr well to
ftaWisritfi flfjfptfl f Tl Mill
swa little chap on th farm' that
wer xpoted to juat about ak
th plac of a man. Too many
times ths farmer look on hla
boy and aay. "Wonder If Jo'
and I oouldnt do th work on
th plac nowf I'd ilk to get
rid of paying th hired man!" ,
So the boy I put to hard work,
wlthth mult in many cases
hat h never grow; to b aa
larg In body aa h would othr-,
wis and h comes to hat th
farm aud avery thins thai be
longs to It Th ar th boya
that akip out th first chano
they get. Too bd! Juat a llttl .
bit more of real fatherly kindness
a trifle mor ofsalf-aaorlflo and
th boy might hava bean kept
for th farm and mad th llf
of th old folks far happkrt It
never pays to ovrwirk a boy or
a girl. W feel It very muoh
when a oalt or a colt in any way
become stunted; why not b
great deal mor cartful about
th far mor preoloua young'
folks? Why not do everything
to mak their Uvea bright and
happy, instead of blighting them
by leading them to think that '
they ar good for nothing except
to help save a bit mor money?
W often hrtar the argument
that by giving th young folk '
a money, interest In th farm
they may be led to atay. To a
certain extent this is all right:
but oar must Wkn or
selfish spirit may b develops
on the part of th young man "
which may mar all futur llf
both of th parent and that of
the young man. I do know of
one eaae where this haopnd.
Th father and mother gave -gave
their youngest ton the
pri vilege of caring for the henes
and having a share in th pro
ceeds That was all right and and
if properly carried out, it would1.
have resulted very favorably;'
but something was awakened
in the heart of that boy that
made him on of the most selfish "
young men I ever knew. He '
rooted everybody els out in due
time and- became master of th '
situation. All this might hav
been prevented! believe by the '
exercise of the proper spirit on
the part of th father.
On thing that haa- worked i
a great deal of trouble in this'
matter of giving th boya a ahare '
in th farm atook has been th '
disposition of th father to sell'
th cow or the horse th boy has-'
oared for up through' th years -and
put th "money ia hla own'
pooketr Real bitterness often
grow out of a thing Ilk that -
On-th other" hand I muat
apeak' of one farmer lad who- -
was mad a partner' with, hi
father in a little sheen business. '
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