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KINGS MOUNTAIN HEBALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0. OVER $50,000,000 IN COTTON MILLS C0MMI8S0NER M. L. 8HIPMAN RE , l0RT8 ON STATE'S COTTON MANUFACTURES. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Oe'ng and Happanlnga That Mark 'ha Progrtaa of North Carolina Pao ala Gatharad Around tna SUta CapltoL Raleigh. Reports from two hundred and elghty-scv u cotton mllla In North Carolina made to Commissioner of Labor and Printing M. L. Shlpman, how that more than fifty-two mil lion dollars are now Invested in th cotton manufacturing Industry In this elate. The figures do not Indicate the Increase In the capital stock of the year, if there was an Increase, though It U supposed that a compart, on with the report tor 1913 would show a gain. The advanced data- given out re cently by Commissioner Bhlpman con stitutes Chapter V In the forthcoming report which he will make trls year, and which will soon be Issued from the press. The Information as given out follows: "The number of cotton mills report ing Is two hundred and elKhty-sevu. f this number two hundred and sixty-five show an authorised capital of 152,361,800. The number of spin dles reported Is 8,616,821; looms, 61, 112; cards, 8,704, employing 138.S36 of raw nmleri! used, J2,oi,0' pounds ; estimated value of yearly out put, 171,306,223. Tbe total number of employees reported Is 6,S1. Ot these 27,896 are males, 18.J41 an fe males; 6,501 crlldren; twenty-one mills, employing 4,484, do not classify employees. The estimated number dependent on these mills and on the 64.831 employees for a livelihood Is 110,093. Tbe per cent ot operatives who read and writs la given as eighty tour and two-tenths. "The high average wages for males Is 12.82; low average, 94 cents. High average for females, 41.47; low aver age, SO cents. "One hundred and fifty-three mills pay wages weekly; one hundred and thirteen pay twice a month; nine pay monthly; eight mills do not give this Information. "The average number of hours con stituting a day's work Is ten hours and four minutes. The average hours for the mills doing night work la tan . hours and twenty minutes. Bond Issue for Stats Fair. A bond Issue of $60,000 Is decided upon by the executive committee of - toe North Carolina State Fair, In an nual session at Raleigh, tor the erec tion of a modern exhibit building to take the place of the old agricultural building, erected In 1884, and a new and molern grandstand. There also Is to be another extension of the grounds eastward. . The financial statement of the treas urer showed $45,000 receipts for the last state fair, netting a . profit of $3,411, The assets of the fair were shown to be $112,811. Historical Commission Add Letters... The North Carolina Historical com mission has Just added the letters and papers of Chief Justice Thomas Ruf- fln to Its rich store of papers In the new fire-proof arohlves. The collec tion includes over z.vuv tetters rrom leading men of the state and the na tion, the period covered being from bout 1820 to I860. The colectlon Is being edited for publication by the commission by Professor Hamilton ot the University of North Carolina, New 8tate Charters. - - The Southeaestern Lumber Com pany, Monroe, capital $50,000 author ised, and $8,000 subscribed by C. , N. Simpson and others. : ' The Long Drag and Mercantile Company, Glen Alpine, capital $15,000 authorized and $2,600 subscribed by D. B. Long and others. For Agricultural Advancement. V TTnilA Mi BilahlnAa.-. vftf ttin . fftatn board of agriculture thure la under way preparation for a conference In this city to Include leaders In all lines of endeavor In the state, ' the pur . pose being the promotion of co-operation of all agencies in the state for advancement ot - rural upbuilding. Governor Craig, Commissioner of Agri culture Graham and the members ot the board of agriculture will take an active part In the conference which Is to be held soon, t a t " i -- In the conference Will be the lead- j era of all the North Carolina institu tions, Including the Farmers' Union farmers' Alliance, Or. P. P. Claxton, united states commissioner oi educa tion, Bradford Knapp and Dr. B. C. Branson of Athens, Qa. The subjects tohe considered are: . ' Mow Can the Department of Agriculture Here Represented Co operate to Better- Advantage for Aural Development In North, Caro lina?" i r . , , ' "How Can the Department of Agrl ralture and Each Other Agency Here Represented Increases Its Usefulness." Forty-Saved Pass Law Examinations. ' The North Carolina Supreme Court announces the granting of licenses to practice law to 47 of the S3 applicants for license who undertook the exami nation recently at the opening of the court tor the sprint, term. The names ot the new lawyers follow: Edwin T. Burton, I'ender county; Oudger W. Edwards, Madison; Harry E. Hannah, Chatham; Donald 11. Jackson, Pitt; Luther M. Kitchen, Halifax; Dan B. King, Lee; Lonnle a. Klutt, Catawba; William L. Mor-. rls, Forsyth; Oordon B. Rowland, Wake; Hoyt P. Taylor, Hertford; Jesss F. Wilson, Harnett; Ralph V. Kldd, Mecklenburg; Roy Webster, South Carolina; Ernest R. Taylor, Berte; Fltshugh E. Wallace, Duplin; William B. Campbell, Beaufort; Wal ter F. Taylor, Duplin; Alexander ' B. Otulaw, Pasquotank; John H. Ken yon, Catawba; Charles B. Click, Maeon; William C. West, Macon; Ezra Parker, Johnston; William C. Davis, Mecklenburg; Lowry Axley, Cherokee; Robert E. Hamlet, Mont gomery; Joseph C. Leatherwood, Haywood; Ernest C. Ruff in, Edge combe; Julius A. Rousseau, Wilkes; Edward L. Tilly, Durham; Orvllle T. Davis, Haywood; Samuel F. Teague, Wayne; William H. Oates, Hender son; Marvin L. Ritch, Mecklenburg; William A. Eflrd, Buncombe; Claude C. Cannaday, Johnston; Purvis C. Smith, Buncombe; Joseph R. Lee, Buncombe; Walter W. Cook, Cumber land; William H. Cowles, Iredell; James M. Alexander, Buncombe; John L.: Woodland, Haywood; Joseph P. Johnston, Mecklenburg; Warren R. Williams, Lee; William B. Coulter, Catawba; Edgar O. Achorn, Massa chusetts; David A. Houston, Union; Joaeph A. Lyon, Blalen. Anti-Saloon League Opens Campaign. Declaring that while It looks like North Carolina cannot be the very first to take stops to put an end to all importations of liquors for beverage yuaioie iu.T probable that Ibis state can be second In such s movement. Su perintendent It. L. Davis of the North Carolina Anti-Salon League, formally opened his campaign here looking to legislation by the 1915 legislature to paaa an act that, in conjunction with the Webb act will make the state abso lutely dry. Superintendent Dsvis was Introduc ing Rev. E. C. Dinwiddle, national su perintendent of the Anti-Saloon Lev gue for an address. The reason Superintendent- Davis thinks It Impossible for North Caro lina to be at the head ot the table of this movement is that Mississippi Is now paasing an act to this end that prohibits shipments of liquors for bev erage purposes, and allows delivery ot liquors only in cases where heads of families make affidavit that Intoxi cants are necessary for sickness In the family and this Is backed up by prescriptions by the physician. Then the carrier can deliver the shipment up to one gallon, eolect an extra 15 cents and have the shipment and de livery registered, paying the 25 oents for thla registration. . Mr. Davla de clared that North Carolina would have a similar bill, or one that will be some sort ot Improvement over the present one. . Mill Inspector Rat urns. V Secretary W. H. Swift, of the North narouna cniid Labor committee, is back from a trip to South Carolina, where he visited all the cotton mln centers and Investigated conditions as to the working of children In the mills. In. addition to halne- KArrAtnrv nt thm North Carolina committee he Is con nected with the South Carolina work. He was told in South Carolina that the law Is being pretty well enforced, in fact, so well enforced that people are leaving South Carolina and com ing to North Carolina. Enrolling Big Corn Club. There are alreadv S KnA - hnva- in this state enrolled for the 1914 corn clubs In this state, more already than enrolled last vear. and thnre am uv. eral weeks yet during which the en rollments will continue with increas ing volume.. . '.'.-?.. ;.;,-:;,. '...' Governor Honors Requisition. governor Craig recently honored a requisition fro mthe arovemnr of VI p. glnia for Jim Hayes, who is now held m tue Richmond county Jail for the Richmond authorities, charred with assault lwth deadly weapon. it-,-.: .' ' Ten Accredited High Schools. ' Prof. N. W. Walker, star In.n.A. tor of high schpls, makea public the numner ot accredited nigh schools In North Carolina as approved by the Ac credited Schools Of tfm . Rnntham States, which organisation held Its convention in Knoxvllle, Tenn., some time ago. , , : , In the accredited list n ih. it Southern States there were included 153 schools,- and North Carolina has 10 schools thus recoa-nlied nf tho first-grade variety as meeting , all the requirements of this commission.; Looklno Far Warthv ftiuialm. Having failed to Induce President Wilson to come to Raleigh this spring to. deliver the address for the unveil ing of the monument to the women ot the Confederacy 'given to the state by the late Ashley Home, the committee on program is arranging to secure an other speaker tor thla occasion. The address Is to be that ot presenting the monument to the state and the ad dress that Is wanted Is one that will present In concrete form and so make a real contribution to history, the selt sacrif Icidg service Tendered. , STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH ' CAROLINA PEOPLE. Dr Hill Selected. The Home Monument Committee, which has bun making preparation for the unveiling of the monument given by Col. Asliluy Home to the state as memorial to the Confederate wo men, has named June 10, 1814, as th date of the exercises. At the last meeting of 1b commit tee, which was attended by Col. J. A. Long, of Roxboro; Capt. T. W. Masou, of Northampton; Mrs. F. M. Williams, of Duplin; J. Uryan Orlmes, of Ra leigh; MaJ. H. A. London, of Pitts boro and it. D. W. Connor, of Raleigh this date wua selected, and It la one of marked historical Interest. The date la the fifty-third adver sary of the Buttle of Big Bethel, the first great engagement of the war be tween me two sections of the country, n that battle fell Henry 1-awson Wyatt, June 10, 1861. A monument to young Wyatt, one ot the fluest on the Capitol Square, was erected two years ago. Dr. Vensble Reports. In his annual report submitted to the Board of Trustees of the Univers ity, Dr. Francis P. Venable, who la abroad on a leave of absence, con cludes his report with these words: "I wish to express my appreciation of the year's leave of absence so gen erously accorded me by your body. I regret that the wear of these long years of service has made It neces sary for me to absent myself for a time from my post. 1 trust that I shall return with fresh vigor and seal to my duties. Meanwhile I feel that the management of affairs could not be left in better bands than those of Dean Edward-. K. Graham, for whom 1 bave the highest regard and Rowan Courthouse Accepted. The newly erected court house In this city wss screpted by Rowsn County Commissioners, and the build ing will be In use st sn early date. The structure coat $111,000, exclusive of furnishings, and It is said to be one of the best court houses In tbe state. Furniture has been placed and the county officers will move Into the building In a few days. Foreigners Entering State. The arrival in the Kinston section during tbe past fortnight of several Hundred foreigners confirms the be lief of a middle western capitalist who three months ago expressed the opin ion that soon tbe tide of immigration would be turned southward la reality and that it would be a sign of tbe material development of East Caro lina by ouulde capital. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. Out of the $250,00 bond issue to build good roods in Rutherford coun ty, this township, Cool Spring, has been appropriated $17,000. Colfax gets the same amount Theae are two ot tha largest townships In the county. Mrs. Margaret Linn Kluttx, wife of Secretary Whitehead Klutts of the International Joint Commission! and prominent attorney of Salisbury, died at a hospital there a few days ago, aged 30 years. At their, annual meeting hold In Statesvllle, the stockholders ot the Iredell Farmers' Union Warehouse Company ordered the payment of an eight per cent dividend. Its capital la $7,000. . Statesvllle, which has become some thing of a poultry center, is to have a modern poultry journal. B. L. Sronce and W. B. Brown, two of the leading poultrymen of the state, have completed their arrangements for the publication of The Carolina Poultry man. The Reldsvllle postofflce building which has for the past nine months been In the hands of tbe remodelers, is finished and is now occupied by the force. , , n ,.r5r The Rowan County Commissioners recently voted an appropriation of $2,500 annually for the support of the farm life school to be conducted at China Grove. A similar amount is to be given by the state. Mount Airy is to bave a passenger depot In keeping with the growth and importance of the town, the Corpora tion Commission having ordered the work completed by the first of next May. ".. The plant of the Spencer Water Co. belongs to the town of Spencer, This was the statement of Mayor C. G. Hell ing made recently. The deal tor a sale ot the plan to the town Is closed; the purchase price being $29,185. , Truckers In New Hanover county are especially active In geting their spring crops planted and full advan tage has been taken of the balmy weather ot the past few days. The land, perhaps, has never been prepar ed better for a crop than this year and the outlok for a good yield Is very promising unless there should be very severe weather later. The Civic Betterment -League of Ashevlle has started - a movement looking to the holding of rallies throughout the state In the interest of cleaner cities and has written to the organisations of Charlotte, Raleigh. Greensboro, Winston-Salem' and Wil mington asking their co-operation In the movement ' - . With approximately $100,000 avail able for good roads purposes, Hender son county Is enjoying the greatest good-roads era In its history as a re sult of which the principal highways of this community are receiving at tention after neglect tor many years. MAIL-ORDER SYSTEM EVIL How Chicago Man Made Immense Fen tune at the Expanse of Small Communities Everywhere. A merchant prince died In Chicago and left f 16.000,000 to his heirs, every cent of which was made In the mall order business. We would not dispute the dead man's honesty or criticise him for making this fortune In a manner that la cnrtalnly legitimate. Hut whence did these millions come, and from whose poverty grew bis wealth? asks tho Richmond Times-Dispatch. The answer Is the familiar Indict ment of tho mall-order business as It has developed In Chicago From men and women who wero lured by attrac tive pictures to pay retail prices plus the heavy cost oi carriage from Chi cago; from people who searched the pages of catalogue and would not en ter stores of their own towns, where tbe same goods at the aame price were sold; from buyers who sent to Chicsgo merely to give their pill chases that distinction begotten of distance from these came the mil lions that made the groat mall-order king. j If the evil ended here we should re- j gret tbe stupidity of a certain class 1 i of purchasers and stop at that. Hut tbe fortune of tbe mail-order kings Is gained at the expense of progress ! in rural communities scattered over ; rv-i't im tijo ' iutt tittle coun try merchant puts In bis stock, bought of merchants In his own state. He buys the beat, and Intends to sell I It honestly and at a fair profit. He waits. His cheaper goods are sold and hie staples are purchased. Hut his dress goods fade on the shelves snd his farming implements rust lu his storeroom. His neighbors buy of him only what they muat; their larger purchases are made from Chicago mall-order houses. The merchant U forced to sell what his customers will purchase; those who have helped to ruin him criticise the paucity of his stock. Tbe Chicago mail-order business cripples the local merchant It limits the stock of tbe stares. It builds up great fortunes and a single city, at the expense of those who would pro claim progress tbe country over. POSITION OF STREET TREES Writer Comes Forward With s New Idea Which st Least Is Worth Some Consideration, : Had the writer the privilege and pleasure of planting a townsite and framing the laws governing street trees, their planting, preservation and care, be would have no parkway next to the curb, but would have It on the inside of the sidewalk, next to tho property line. This would give the street a broader appearance, put the trees out of reach of wires, of horses, change the street grade, away from many ills. It would place them where more air, food and water could reach the roots at all times and allow of their retaining branches lower down than Is possible where they are close to the curb and obstructing free pass age of horses and vehicles. Los An geles Times. Women Like Thla Man. Women like a man who under stands their clothes. They may dress for each other and It is quite a fal lacy to-suppose that they dress for men, still they do like a man who has a feminine touch or two about blm. "A man who has a medal with three clasps and understands the cut of a skirt Is God's last word In men." The very nicest women fall terri bly with neckties, and they may know no more of trousers beyond the fact that they are customary. In the mat ter of hosiery I found her to be sound. When she rejected the socks they were "selling" I knew her for a woman in a thousand. "The things that are 'selling' are the things one doesn't buy," she remarked to tbe man who was serving me, and I very nearly cheered. There are woren In existence and nice women, too-who would have, made me buy socks that looked like summer blouses. From "The World's Daughters." Motto for Civic Workers. Improvement societies and similar bodies working for the general good of all should adopt a characteristic motto, not alone to print upon their stationery, but one that will serve to keep In mind the purposes for which the organization was formed. The fol lowing strongly appeals as peculiarly fitting:.'' '"'.!.;','' For the causa that lacks aaststance. Against the wrong that needs realatanoe, For the future in the dlatanca. And the good that we can do. . Dat Ok. - Guest Walter, are yon sure this 1 ox-tall soupT Walter Yessuh. . ' f Guest But I've found a tooth ,'n It Walter Well, I don't know, run: but I reckon dat ox must have been biting bis tall. San Francisco Chronicle. DO YOU SHAVE YOURSELF? If you do get one of these Razors. This razor is specially made for us, and is forged from high grade English Carbon stet?l. Each razor blade is thoroughly inspected n all its processes through tho factory und must coroo up to a satisfactory standard so that we cun and do guarantee every 012 razor sent out. This razor is three quarters concave, of gold polish, mounted In plain black oval handle and can be furnished in either round or square point. The Retail value of the razor is $1.50 We have secured a few of these razors at nn exceptional bargain and are prepared to give Herald readers the benelit of it. OUR OFFER One Geneva Razor - - $1.50 Kings Mountain Herald 1 year $1.00 All for only $1.50. Either old or new subscribers. Herald Publishing House, Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Buy your tires direct at Lowest Prices. By buying and contracting direct from tne factor ies fortires in large 'juantities for spot cash, we are able fr) nffnr !,1-ni at a great money saving price direct to the consumer. A saving of from i5 to ISO per cent. IPT ATlw you buy tires from us you ot full value, km you ilon"t have to pay the dealer's profit, the distributor's profit, salesman's commission and other high selling and overhead expenses. We sell tires direct to consumer at Jobbers prices and Yot Gkt; Big Value and Exactly What You Pay For. ' Shrewd auto owners compose our customers among them are bankers, merchant, lawyers, doctors, planters and men in all lines who know values and realize the advantages of buying direct. Tj uring the past dull winter automobile months we I D secured some excellent deals from the factories , JsL- and now offer our purchases at the following j prices: Among our tires are Diamond, Goodyear, Quaker, Nassau Empire, Fisk and others of equal quality. All Tires Guaranteed Fully. Note These Prices Carefully. TURFS SIZE TIRE GREY RED REL1NER 28x3 t 7.2(1 1.65 1.S0 1.85 3(1x3 7.S0 1.95 2.20 " . . 1.40 SOxS 1-2 10.80 2.80 3.10 1.90 31x3 1-2 11.00 2.90 3.20 1.95 32x3 1-2 11.90 2.95 3.25 2.03 34x31-2 12.40 3.00 3.30 2.05 '80x4 13.10 3.10 3.40, 2.30 31x4 13.45 3.20 3.60 : 2,35 32x4 13.70 3.35. 3.H0 2.40 33x4 14.80 3.50 3.90 2.45 34x4 16.80 - 3.60 4.00 2.60 35x4 17.25 2.75 4.20 2.70 36x4 17 85 3.90 4.25 2.80 84x41-2 18.00 4.80 6 10 8.40 35x41-2 18.75 4,85 6.20 8.45 36x41-2 19.46 4.90 5.30 8.60 87x41-2 21-60 6.10 6.40 8.70 36x5 23.00 - 5.80 6.20 . 4.00 37x6 24.40 ; 5,90 6.35 4.20 We can famish all other Sizes Non-Skid JO percent Higher. Our supply of these tires is limited, so we advise early ording. Remember, they are eew, clean, fresh, fully guaranteed goods. AH high grade goods that will give best service. - Terms 5 per cent Discount if full amount accompanies order. C. O. D. upon receipt of 10 per cent of cost.. Prompt shipments. Money returned if unable to fill ord er. Send, us trial order now. . Tire Factories 3-19 DAYTON, OHIO. "Anything Is Worth Doing Well.' It you want your Linen laundred well give it to the Snowflake man. We call Itegurally Rain or Shine. SNOWFLAKE STEAM LAUNDRY, f Gastonia, TIRES. 'HI Sales Company, Worth Doing N. C.
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