I HON.E.Y.WEBB
A.C.JONES
MAUNEY TOURING "PARTY
FINE CROPS
3 1-2 CTS. OFF
Is now chariman of the Judiciary
Shelby Congressman has made good
AH of his constituency will be
glad to hoar tliat Hon. E. Y
Webb lias been appointed Chair
man of the Judiciary Committee
Not only do his borne folks feel
elated over the honor that has
coine to our home man but Wa..
Ington and Congress itself has
breathetf a note of satisfaction
that such an able man was avail
able for such an important posi
tion. Mr. Webb is easily one of
the ablest and most popular
while among the youngest men
in Congress and we are proud of
biin. .'
v Orraand Summers.
f j; .On Wednesday night of last
: week at the home of the bride's
"i brother, Mr. Frank Roberts In
X East Kings Mountain, Dr. O. G.
vt. Palls pronounced the words
which made Mr. Walter Ormand
' ' and Miss Georgia Summers man
. and wife. - , '
: One Of Gaston's Seers Dead.
The following from the Char
lotte Observer of Sunday will
I carry sadness to many a heart
J for deceased as' truly one of
.Gaston county 's seers, -''''
J. T. Dameron.
Bessemer City, July 25 Spec
ial. New was received here last
night that Mr. J. T. Dameron
had passed away at his home in
Moore County whither he had
recently moved his family. .Mr.
Dameron was born in Gaston
County and prior to the early
Burins of this year lived all his
life near Bessemer Citv and on
Long Creek where he was a pro
gressive farmer and hospitable
and congenial neighbor, and was
one1 who faced shot and shell
during the (JO'S came forth from
the field of courage and surviv
ed a half a century afterward.
Mr. Dameron, better known as
Squire Dameron, " was a Christi
an gentleman, being an elder in
the local Presbyterian Church.
The funeral service will be held
tomorrow, y July 26, at Long
Creek, conducted by his pastor,
Rev. Mr. Bragaw.
"Off To Camp.
. Messrs. Eugene Neisler, Paul
Neisler, Joe Neisler, and Ffed
.' Baker, compose a camping party
', which departed our coasts yes
terday for Chimney Rock where
:- they .will enjoy life In a tent for
. , ton days or two weeks. They
.';. covered the 85 or 40 miles dis
tance on a wagon. "
Graveyard ( leaning" Saturday.
;s . The annual graveyard cleaning
v will be held at Patterson vGrove
Snttfft" J'of JUia week. Every
' persflJ5i-ested is requested to
b present with a . tool suitable
. for the, work. The people hve
always resoondedto this call
and it is hoped that" the nsual
large number wlllbe present to
. show their respects to the de
parted dead; i'" 1
ri4 14nfnflr And Pmt4tY
r. Meeting At Antloch.,. ,
The annual cemetery day, will
lie observed at Antioch church
next Friday".' (Tomorrow) and
ho protracted meeting will" be
in on Saturday with' Pastor
" in (
Delivered Annual Oration at Old Fur
nace Picnic last Saturday.
The Old Furnace picnic last
Saturday was one of the best
every held at the historic old spot
Early in th6 morning the vehicles
began to roll in : and harbor on
the grand old hillside and the
whole landscape was covered
with nicnic folks c arly inthe day.
The weathnr was ideal for out
door sport and the people made
the best of it. It was no experi
ment. For twenty years this old
spot, famous for its part in the
Revolution, has been the meeting
place for the people of a big ter
ritory, where mey meet annually
The old folks relate the exper
iences of the past year and the
young folks make friendship and
some plan for the future. Good
speeches, good dinner and good
music help to make the people
better. . . '
It was even so last Saturday.
The P-essemer City band was lo
cated in center field and rendered
excellent music throughout the
day. The Bessemer boys are
simply hard to beat' when it
comes to jerking off swell music.
They know how and then do ail
they know.' At eleven o'clock
Mr. Arthur Dixion of Gastonia
mounted the stand to introduce
the speaker of the day. Mr. Dix
ion is one of Gaston county's
most promising young men and
is the nominee for the State
Senate. In a few and well-chosen
wot ds he presented Judge A. C
.Tones of the'Gastonia Recorder's
court who delivered the princi
pal address. Mr.. Jones made a
speech, a speech much better
than is wont to bo made on such
occasions. Wo would that we
had spo.ee to reproduce it here,
but we hope to publish a full
extract . of the address next
week.
Dinner came on and the glory
of the occasion reached its zenith.
Individual spreads were made
all about on the hillside and hard
by tne running water of the old
canal. This was teal ly a season
of rejoicing. Not only was the
good rations enjoyed but it was
a season introductions and re
newals of old acquaintances. At
four o'clock a game of ball was
called between the Kings Mount
ain and Old Furnace teams which
panned out 9 to 2 in favor of
Old Furnac e.
"Old Furnace" Itself Is a very
interesting relic of the War of
Revolution. It i&only about three
miles from Kings Mountain and
almost in the shadow of the his
toric mountain where Ferguson
and his gallant gaey fell. The
furnace was made for the pur
pose ot mounting tians for use
in the famous battle that turned
the tide of freedom our way.
After the war the furnace ; wan
worked considerably in the man
ufacture of iron.
Revival At Patterson Springs Closes
- Evangelist Black and Pastor
D. E. ' Nipperman- cloased a
serirs of meetings at Patterson
Springs last Thursday. It ' was
a goodlmeeting and six ueditiong
were madb to the church, The
the days previous to the begining
os the meeting at Patterson
Springs they conducted a similar
meeting at Patterson ; Grove
with six .. additions. ' Rev. Mr.
BlacW is -now assis! Pastor
.1. C. C;!l"!io In p. 'ing at'
The Concluding Installment cf this our most Valuable Serial Story
Much Travel and final Arrival at home, the best place yet.
Continued Foui Lust Wqek. (By Miss Bonnie Mauney)
Alter leaving Shepherdstown
we soon came to Cliarlcstowii,
W. Va. where w stopped to
find an old confederate veteran
Major Murray. This gentleman
is a true "Johnny Rebel" and
has written several booxs to
cominomorate the vnlor of the
Southern heroes. Here to we
made ourlast visit to a confed
erate cemetery- Papa was in
hopes ef finding the resting
place of his brother who was
killed at the battle of Sharps
burg but all attempts were futile.
Furthor down the valley we
passed thru White Post. Va.
so called from the white post
which Lord Fairftax had laced
here when ho first came to
Virginia. All the surrounding
country was given to him by
tne King of England and this
post was a guide to those who
wished to . purchase land from
Lhlm.
The next town of importance
on our route was Front Royal
an educational and commercial
center, when wo reached here
we were warned not to attempt
the road on to Luray at least
not that afternoon. Coming into
Front Royal, we had traevled
over, what seemed to us a poor
road, but we were assured that
one was excellent in comparison
with the one to Luray. Not to
be daunted nevertheless with
a slight uneasiness, we left for
Bentonsville, a little Mountain
town twelve miles distant and
half way to Luray. It is useless
to say that we were surprised at
our road, for we were expecting
to be impassable; but with
the exception of the hills it was
fairly good and we soon realized
that, the "bad roads" was onlvi
a scheme of a hotel man and a
Garage owner to keep us in
Front Royal till morning. s
The night in Bentousville was
a quiet and pleasant one, altho
our crowd was scattered all oyer
the -little village, there being
no hotel accomeodations. Thurs
day morning we went to Luray
for breakfast and at 0:45. a. m.
found ourselves about to enter
the taverns of Luray. The first
sight of the grandeur of the -cave
together with the weird enfluence
of the subterranean realm gives
one a feeling of . route wbnder.
Queer shapes standout at every
turn resembling . either some
vegetable formation or form of
animal life, or even human
being. These , objects are all
stalactitic and stalagmitic form
ation.
The various apartments "have
been named in hornor or dictin-
guished personage or after some
thing to which they bear a strik
ing' resemblance. , Some of the
most noted of these places . are:
Elfin ramble; Plntos Coasm;
Hoveys Hall; immense giants
Hall; the Cathedral with its
grand pipe organ and chimes;
Hader,, a bewildring region peo
pled with goblins; and the Ball
Room, it is a task of recognized
difficulty to describe the indi
scrbable and such would be the
case if an attempt to describe
Luray Caverns were wade. The
discovery ot this "wonder of the
world" was made on August, 13
1876. . "
Our course North had been
thru the Shenandoah -Valley
our rout Via the Pafe Valley.
The latter would have appeared
much prettier to us had we
passed that way before seeing
the Shanondonh. The land is
indeed fertile, but it tanks that
atmosphere of prosperity so
characteristic of its neighbors.
Fourteen miles west of Luray
across the Massanutten Moun
ain we cameto the pike at Ne v
Market, and really, it did seem
good to be back to a place we
had seen before. With very few
delays during the remander of
the day, at HiliO p. m. we stopped
at the Natural Bridge Hotel
Already there were numbers
ot visitors here and after supper
we enjoyed the music and danc
ing at the pavillion.
Shortly after sunrise the fol
lowing morning wo were ready
the Natural Bridge, "God's
greatest miriacle in stone." Thi
wonderful structure connects
Iwo of the five round-top Moun
tains that rise in this part of
James River Valley. Its dimeu'
sions aro( hight, 215 feet; width,
100 feet; span, 90. Under it men
look like boys and trees ae bushes
Instead of returning by Roa
nolce and recovering the six
mile" mountain we determined
to try our fate by Lynchburg
but wo certainly 'aade bad
matters worse," for twenty-five
miles we traveled a one track
road which runs right along the
edge of the mountain. On one
Side of us we could look un and
see high mountains and on the
.other a hundred feet directly
below runs ' the James river.
Winding in and out among the
mountains and cross. ng narrow
bridges makes it a difficult tract
to .. ve a car safely on this
road and we were relieved to
reach the Hill City of Lynchburg
where we visited sevral old
acquaiutences. It was shortly
after twelve c-clock when we
started for Danville, and it was
0:30 P. M. when we reached
there, our only stop having been
made in Altavista, Va. From
Danville we went on to Reids
ville, N. C. and then spent the
night. The next' day was Satur
day and the Fourth of July so
We expected to come in contact
with several big celebrations.
Wm, J. Bryan was to speak in
Reidsville and also in Jonesboro
but not even such an attraction
could induce us lo prolong our
stay, so anxious were we to get
home. When we reached Salis
bury we Hid stoo for an hour or
so with some distant Mauney
relatives atid here we had a
lively time. ' , ,
J0s( before reaching Gastonia
something unusaual as well as
exciting happened. The celluloid
in the curtains caught fire' from
the exhaust pipe, and not know
ing from where the cloud of
smoke beneath was coming, and
thinking only of an explosion,
imagined myself possessed with
the powrr of flight and took my
departure from tire car in a
means that I shall not describe.
Fortunately no serious trouble
resulted either to the car or my
self, and continuing our way we
reached ' home' at 8:03 p. m.
weary and worn, having traveled
about forteen. hundred miles,
with the remarHable record of
i r-, J-, v .'
Big Wheat and Oat Crops down Grover
Way- 1.000 bushels oats on one Farm
Oats And Wheat Galore
Mr. J. Ileal Hambright was in
town Monday and brought good
news. He states that he has
just harvested over 1,000 bush
els of oats and 224 bushels of
wheat and that his neighbor, W.
Ross Hamhright, to his credit,
yea even in his bnrn, 700 bush
els of wheat and 200 bushels of
o:.ts. If we run out of biscuit
timber we'll know which wav
to start.
York Special.
The York News (Yorkville, S
C.) came 'out lust week with a
special "Booster" edition. 'It is
well gotten up well written
well illustrated. It sets our sis
ter county in our sister state in
an enviable light -before the
world. If our York contemporary
would devise some plan to keep
an editor it would bo one of the
best papers going, but just as
soon ns an editor gets his hand
in he goes and another takes up
the quill, We don't know where
the trouble is but there may be
a golden wedge or a Babylonish
garment in Achan's tent.
Earns Natl In Arm.
Mr. M. J. Neely suffered a
pretty bad wound from a nail
prick Saturday. He was helping
to do some carpenter work in
the Herald office when a stock
case gave way and fell. He was
standing near the end Of the
case and involuntarily grabbed
at it-when a protruding .mil
pierced his arm. It made a
wound about an inch long and
probably equally as deep but
as the nail was new and bright
lie wound will Jikeiy heal up
without much trouble.
Some Improvements
Kings Mountain can tfoast of
a few nice looking stores. Mr,
U. R. Howser has painted his
cafe building front and inside
and it looks nice and new.
Mr. Wm. Putnam's new brick
building which joins the cafo is
a credit to the town and then
joining the Putnam building is
the handsome new cafe building
of J. R. Reynoldp.. The Herald
man anticipates no danger of
perishing with so much good
eating right in front of the
sanctum. Other improvements
are being made also. Lots of
painting is being done in various
parts of town and other new
buildings are to go up and re
pairs to be made on old buildings.
The large store of Mauney Bro
thers will soon have a nice new
glass front. Work will beg'n at
an early date on the rebuilding
of 'the Mauney building that
was burned early in the spring-Mr.-
W. A. Mauney is erecting
two new brick residences. The
interior of the Herald office is
undergoing a change and will
soon look much better.
The Mauney Drug store has
been provided with metal ceiling
and other marks of improvement
are in evidence. The Barnes
Finger drug store has bad jts
interior renovated and painted.
The folks are wide awake and
moving things along. Let'er roll.
Miss Fannie Hord is verj Biok
with typhoid fever at her homel
in Waco. She contracted the di
sease while nursing it in the
family of hoc s i'ter at Bessemer
Kings Mountain is now offered
substantial reduction in freight rate
The recent investigation of '
freight rates by tho Progressive '
Assoc'atiou and business men''
has proved very successful and'
substantial reductions Itave been
offered by the railroad company. "
under tim recent compromise
arrangement Kings Mountain
was allotted to pay an average "
of five cents per hundred more
for freight, than was our neigh
boring towns of Shelby and Gas
tonia. Tho secretary of the Prog
ressive Association has just roc
evied a letter and scale of reduc
tion from the general freight
agent which will reduce the five
cent overcharge to one and one
half cent, being a gain of 'A cts
on five. This scale if accepted,
would mean a saving to Kings
Mountain merchants and shipper
of about $5,000 per year.
Another cent off the excess
ive I 'A cent would put us on a '
competitive and satisfactory foot '
ing with our neighnors ns it is
conceded that these other points'
are entitled to,a half cent less
rate being that Charlotte is a
basic shipping point. It has not '
been determined yet whether wc
will accept the proffered sche
dule or ask for the further re
duction to which we are entitled.
How they Cot Rich
A London baronet who manu
factures pills has sold a part of
his real estate for the tidy sum
Of $30,000,000. He made it out of
the profits of his business, and
he built that business up by ad-'
vertising, often spending ns high '
as half a million dollars a year
in printers ink.
John Wanamaker, the best
known and most successful mer- :
chant in this country, made his
millions by advertising, and
said so.
Tho great department stores
of the country are kept alive by
advertising, and are coining
money by more advertising.
You never hear of a lareg
mercantile house in this country
that does not advertise, and ad
vertise heavily. .
If a politician wants to make '
himself known to the dear people
he uses the most affective means
newspaper publicity. That is
advertising.
If a new son arrives at your
house you are keen to have it
"put in the paper," where your
frends will see it, thereby ad
vertising the fact that you are
walking on eggs.
If the editor called you a thief
in a two line item and stuck it
away in the most obscure cmer
of the paper, would you pass it
by in the belief that it "would
never bo notced?" . '
Never! You would consider your-"
self defamed beforo the entire
community, and would paw up
the earth in your bellowings.
You would be only too quick (w
concede that every line in the
paper is read.
Yes, adrertisingcertainly pays.
There la no man so small, or
Insignificant, but Wfya,t s6me one
is waiting tor it, -. :
There are plenty of people
who want what you have to sell,
bui they are wenry of looking
through a haystack for a needle.
They nrefer - ta : find it, in btv
ftdverfcisenwrnt.
And tliey will look In the local "
pap!' for the ad,
They will find someone but 1
will it be yours? ' 'L "
y on pd Ju f i Herald..'