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48 FARMERS OROANIIE
Will Hold Cotton Until Market Con.
- ,". dition improve.
; The' farmers of No. 4 town
. i met at the FamersV Warehouse
.here Saturday according to ad
journment the Saturday previous
nd; resumed the work of .sol v
In i? the cotton market situation
and it was decided to hold their
.cotton off the market until con
ditions improve. The First Mat.
' ional Bank assuredthe farmers
' thmiio-h the committee that it
tonnld secure all the money for
them that it was entitled to un
t-der the taw and would lend it to
them at six per cent on cotton
'warehouse certificates. The
tanking coirnpltte consisting of
' J, B. Thomson, B. G. Logan,
-nd J. K. Goforth was continued
11 ad S. S. Weir was added. -
The meetina was held in . the
open outside the warehouse and
t was called to order by J. N,
'fimith. It was decided to organ
.ize and Mr. Smith called for
r tioujinatiuns far president. G. S
Ware was 'unanimously elocted
.presideqt and took charge imme
diately: -The necessity for. ec
' retary presented itself and G. H.
Logan wa elected.
- The farmers were very enthu
siastic and discussed their: busi
ness with ease and enthusiasm.
The auestion of davs for the
MM
warehouse to be kept open was
discussed at 1 e n t h. Some
t . thought two days in the week
fcufflctent . whife others thought
f It , should be Ttept open, every
.day. , It was decided that for
this week, it would be open to-
--i morrow (Friday)and that furth-
' -er arrangements could be made
' at the meeting Saturday after-
noon which will be held over
; Patterson Grocery Company
store. ".. . ,.; ?:.-'
Those enrolling in the organ
, izatlon as being willing to hold
' the'r dotton off the market until
S conditions improve are as fol
jr lows; " . -. . .
y G. S. Ware, G. H. Logan, G.
. D. Hambrigbt, W.'-P. Baumgard
1 " ner, 8. S. "Weir, B. G- Logan, J.
Beverly Patterson, Tbos. Arrow
' N wood, W. L. Goforth, W. B.
Herndonj W. A. Williams, D. P.
Williams, R. H. Harmon, W.
- iiauneyi A. High Patterson, J.
B. Thomasson, C. P. Ware, D.JE.
Kennedy, 8. L.' .Walker, A.B.
Sandsing, V, L. Hambrigbt, S.
Y. Norton, S. H. 'Pttrris, . W. A.
Morris, Leone Ware, R. R. Black
urn. W. E. Dixon, M. L. Ware,
Frank Gamble, Edgar Harmon,
T.B.War',,R. B. Dixon,; North
1 Smith, La" Payette Arrowood,
- , ,)r, G. Black, M, G. Wells, W. T.
j'.FaHa, Ora Rhea, ' W..C. Etters,
Sidney Bridges, W,h. Arrowood
A. L Welis, G W, Ware, J. T.
Watterson, W. 0. Ware, B. K.
Harmon. ' -:'--i..-- "
- Forty-six have enrolled and it
is hoped that more will: all hn
- line at the meeting Saturday.
RejtVtTthe time and place,
ove''if'8ttersda grocery. Com.
panV tdrn at J?. P. Saturday.
" The storing of eottoa applies
to colored people visa. 1 ;
Hatice. -
. : Any person having eeen,j ace
' ' -Snip 1st, in Kings Mountain or
Vi surrounding countor, a young
'.. man by' the name .'Russell 'or
' Jack Russe'l from ' Laurihburg,
. N. C. will 'pleases notify me at
! ?" ' ' iir, N. C. ."'1 -v"t,ly
347 EnroliedlnvThe (Graded; School Here
PREACHERS
BURNETT AND CLEOO
The Tw
Preadiers Get
To Basinus.
Dowa
2403 Miller Ave.,
East Chattanooga, Tenn.,
September 12, 1914.
To the editor of the Kings Mt.
Herald,
t Kings Mountain, N. C.
Dear Sir: , - (
I think the Rev. M.' B,
Clegg's letter appearing iri the
last issue of your paper demands
just a few words in reply. I have
neither time nor inclination to
enter into a newspaper contro
versy; bnt I feel that I must ans
wer some charges and implicat
ions which bis letter contains.
' I used 'V.ings Mountain Meth
odist Church, South" to accomo
date myself to the designation,
"Kings ' Mountain , Methodist
Chnrch." which you say Mr.
Clegg furnished your paper.
admit that ". "Kings Mountain
Methodist Chnrch," South" is in
accurate; but it is notambiguous.
Since his church Is known by Its
so called '.'popular" name, I yen
lure the assertion that there are
church , going : people 'in your
city who do not know thai the
church in -question ;is not the
Methoaist Episcopal Church.
I know that this bad been" true
u some cases. Some years ago I
stoped over for a short : time in
one of the-small cities in the cen
tral part of the state of North
Carolina. I purchased several
postcards there which containen
the photoRfaph of a church
bearing tliisdesig6ation; "First
Methodist Ch.urch." Afterwards
I learned, to my surprise, that
the church so designated was
the "tMethodist Church,' South"
of that city city.. .' ,
A lady : who has 'attended
cliureb in Kings Mountain, most
of her life told me that she did
not know until a few years ago
that the church which Mr. Clegg
now serves was the ''Methodist
Episcopal . Church,': South" of
Kings i' Mountain. M r, Clegg
woule have me understand that
his church is not the ''Kings
Mountain "LMetfiodistjlChurch ,
SQUth; ". but -the "Kings Mount
ain Methodist Episeoual Church,
South. " Very well, then why not
call it by its name. The nickname
which Mr, Clegg uses for his
church leaves it without ny dis
tinction from the "Methodist
Episcopal Church." ,' , ,' ,v:
Mr. Clegg charges in his let
ter that my statement was "false
and inconsistent."" Bear with me
a moment longer and let os see
who is "false and inconsistent."
The word, "South,', is the only
word that differentiates the two
great Methodist Churches; name
ly, the Methodist7 Episcopal
Church':; and the; "Methodist
Episcopate Church. South,". If
Mr. Clegg Msed this distinguish
ingword m 'advertising bis
church, then I confess that I ami
guilty of all that he charges in
his letter'. If lie did not 'use this
word which distinguishes bis de
nomination from the other de
nomination, then whatM submit
this 4efsnse to the bod judge
ment and ' faHmindedne88 of
your readers. ;' -'.' ..".sf : "'
I snould say',to Mr, Clegg that
I m.m .hoping, to see, .-someday,
our Methodism reanifed. I lot
one shall work and pray to that
end. But until this has been
Kings Mountain! N. C, Thursday September 7,
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Buffalo Drainage District
Number- One
There is much misunderstand:
ing about the 'drainage" worit
being done in Buffalo creek and
tributary streams. Some think
that it ij being done by the gov
ernment and probably few ex-
cp those inthnately acquainted
with thu situation know just how
the work is being done. For thf
benefit of our readers we give
below a history of tlie worlrand
something of what it will mean
to those interested.
GOVEnKMENT 8UBVEY 1912
In the year 1912 the United
States Government expended
$2,400 in ftiakirtsr'a survey and
profiles of the territory in cbn-
temptation. The land' owners
paid $100 on the survey.
DISTRICT FORMED IN 1913
In March 1913 the district
was ' formed ana designated as
"Buffalo Drainage District Num
ber One." The, district was
formed under the State Drain
age Act of 1909 and three com
missioners were elected by the
voters of the district, as 'follows;
G. Fred Hambright, W. L. Dame-
ronandJ. H Quinn. The last
session of the ieglslittsifi'a1 so al
tered the drainage law that h
provided for five commissioners
instead of three and an election
was held : with , the, result that
G. Fred Hambrigbt, A. H. Cline,
W. J. ; Roberts, Erastus Bettes
and J. Bunyan Khyne were
elected. The last named board
are still in charge of the work.
I TERRITORY INCLUDED.
The terf'itory Shcluded in the
istrict embraces, portions of
Buffalo creak, Muddy Fork,
Pott's Creek, Season's Creek
and a bumber of smaller tribu
tary streams, smd reclaims 2100
acres of bottom land. The metes
and bounds are as follows: Buf
falo Creek, beginning at the
upper end of C. -C. Robert's
place takes in the ' creek and
one half mile from the edge of
the bottom on 1 each side for a
distance of thirteen miles to the
South Carolina line. Pott's Creek
beginning ; at Lovelace's mill
and extends one and five-eighth
miles to intersection with Pott's
Creek near Buffalo, and follows
Pott'sCreek on to the intersec
tion with Buffalo. BeasoDiS
Creek, Beginning at Price place
two miles to intersection .with
Buffalo Creek. A niftnber of
smaller tributary streams are
ditched by uand. Tise-'itredging
jwill, cover nearly twenty-five
miles ana win snorieu me CDan
neisljy five miles. .The territory
includes one half mile on each
side of each stream measuring
frdfd the outside of tho bottom
land. This hillside territory is
infested with malaria and at
tention 1s turned to it in 'order
that it" may' be made healthful
enough that tenantis in y live
upon it to work titfe bottoms. , ;
SIZE OF CHANNEL '; ; J
;. Buffalo is, the '.argest stream
being drained and is the trunk
of the; system and of coarse -the
larcsst -channel la being made
inM.,7 At the beginning Of "the
channeHn. Buffalo it 'is twenty
five" feet wide; bottom1 measiire
ment Attheintereectlouof Mud
dy iEorkl broadens six feet and
afrthe- inteusection - ot Beason's
Crteftlr 11 ve feetf making the cbari-
neft: "then 1 thirty -siat-'feet, ' the
widtff v tt, hotda 'the , balance " pf
Ube 6 istance: Th new' channel
inVs tne water hree feet 'below
ft old bed-and -is snflicwnt ito
avert an overflow except in time
of extream swells. The channel
has an average depth of twelve
feet. The. carrying capacity of
the stream Is increased enough
to carry off a half inch water
fall without overflow.
DONE BY SUPERVISION
When the district was formed
the commissioners issue bonds
to the amount of $108,000 and
advertized for bids on the
work. After all the bids were in
the commissioners decided that
they could do the work cheaper
themselves and proceeded with
the work. Tbey bought a big
dredge for $12,000 and a small
one for $8,000, hired a man to
superintend the work and pro
ceeded. A few weeks ago the
superintendent resigned his
post and G. Fred Hambright
was put in charge.
COST OF THE WORK
as notea above $iU8.uoo in
bonds were issued to begin with
Some of the commissioners hope
to get through with a slightly
less amount. Tins amount was
fixed by the commissioners and
based upon the estimate of the
engineers who made tfhe suneyi
Tne property is assessed accord
ing to the bepelit recieved and
and is arranged into five .classes.
It is assessed by tue year lor a
period of ten years. A stipulated
amount is set upon each acre
and accrued interest is to be ad
ded. The bonds are of the ten
year tenure and a tenth of the
bonds is to be paid anually with
accrued, interest. Tbeassessment
upon one acre for one year with
the interest to, be added is by
classes as follows; Class A $4,02,
Class B. $3.22,' Class C $2.42,
Class D $1.05, . Class E $.81.
Counting the assessment to be
wholly upon bottom land and
charging nothing to the benefit
to tue upland it will cost upon
an average bout $50.00 per
acre by the time the work is
completed.
; IT WILL. PAY
One of the commissioners tells
us that the bottom land if pro
perly cultivated will produce
easily 100 bushels of corn to the
acre and that it can . be rented
on halves. But let us he a little
more conservative and say that
it will. produce 75 bushels to the
acre and the landlord gets one
third. This will mean 25 bushels
rent per year which is equal to
twenty-five dollars. Then) if one
acre yields tht- owner a profit of
$25.00 in one year to realize
$50.00, the cost of drainage, will
require only two years. At the
end of two years he has his lan J
all drained and paid for and in
.condition tot make him a profit
of $23.00 per year right n. And
tobi the property will enhance
in value- ilk least 900 per cent'.
We are informed that the average
price'whieb? any of the land of
the district has heretofore com
manded is about $10.. per acre
and even1 now it is bringing f 100
per acrl ami is not on the market
at that price. So-'far as we have
been" able to learnr not 'an acre
f the drained bottom lan3 "can
be'bongljt for less than $100. Sor
when the ten years. ia out and
the bonds paid off the'landrord's
account should stand .about as
litollows;' Investment, H jBcri iftf;
land $10, i drainage S$5Q,''.itatolHrdered for McBrayer, Cananiss,
investment $60. LBeceiuts. iient.
.$250, 1 acre of (land $100 , total
ICONT'D
ON BACK PAGE)
Monday'
1914.
J. Y. 1RVIN
WEEKLY SCHOOL LETTER
School and Home Studv School News
Second Lett r.
There are numerous Criticis
ms upon the work of the public
schools that are so absurd as to
deserve no attention, but the pro
test against assigning so much
work for Home study deserves so
me consideration. Not that home
study should be doneiaway with
but that careful judgment should
be exercised by the teachers in
giving work to be done at home
Where much study is required
a heavy burden is imposed not
only on the pupil but also on the
the parents. As a rule work do
ne at home is without intellegcnt
direction and the efforts of the i
members of the family to assist
in difficult w6rk often result in
more harm than good.
If you will investigate, you
will find that about one half of
the children come from hoini-s
that do not provide laiftps and
tables suitable for study. Some
of our best farmers with money
in the bank do not own a decent
lamp. I t&ve known ) u ills to b i
kept in lor not preparing written
work at home when later it was
found that th ere was not a pen
or a pencil in the bouse. Some l a
rents are careless about provid
ing paperj pens, ana pencils
The child should not be punisi
edfor this but the parent should
be seen.; .
I do not believe that our teach
ers are altogether to blame for
so much home study for the de
mands upon the schools.' are
growing eachyear. If any one
is to blame it is the parent. If
more is required of the school
than can be be done in five or
six hours, then some work must
be done at home. i
In order to dispense with
home study as much as possible
the following suggestions are
offered:
1. Do not require nupife to pre
pare lessons in too many snb-
jects each day.
2. Do not require too ranch of
any subject. PUpils often waste
time on minor details.
3. Have a good daily program
rightly dividing the time be
tween recitations . and study
periods. About half of the day
should be given to the prepara
tion of the lessons.
4 One chief aim of the- teach -
should be to train pupils how to
study- In assigninitdifQcult les
sons, Valuable suggestions .can
be given in a few minutes.
5 When pipits are trwnecfchow
to study much less time ' wiil be
needed in getting lessons. One
of the pitiful scenes in a home
si to see a child crying: oveth a
lesson that he does , not know
how to get.
School News :
New School houses ar' being
at Mt. Pleasant, Whites, Grass?
Branch and Washington (Col)r
"Tlie following schools are Ad
ding one room and remodeling
their houses: 'Earl, CabaniBs,
Beam, Double Shoal. ; i, -
The following schools; haye
painted and repaired their school
houses j.TVrights,. Ross Grovef
Pleasant Ridge. Zion and 'Moore
borb.
' .Ne pateht desks have been
Dixon, Pleasant Hill, Ware,
SB's Beams Mill'. Oak Grove,
and EUzabeth Schools
erald
No. 34
BUY A BALE
MOVEMENT SWEEPING SOUTH
Plonk & Floyd are J1ot Liberal Still
Fall In Line.
The b.uy a-baie movement is
sweeping the entire south. Our
newspaper pxchangos are full of
it. It is taking" like wild fire. -Buisnoss
men everywhere ure
ruohing to the aid of the farm. r.
The movement started in Atlanta
and is sweeping hastily over
Dixie. The Atlanta plan is for
every man who is not a farmer
with cotton to sell to buy a bale
and pay ten cents per pound for
it and hold it off the market
untii conditions improve. It may
be a paying prososition to the
buyer for as soon as the war
panic is over cotton is expected
to leap, as it were, into the air. ' '
But certainly it wifi pay every-
body else. I; will ena' the
farmer to dispose of his surplus '
at a living pricn and thereby
beep the wolf off his wife and
children for a while at least.
In some places different plans '
are pursued. For example, in
in some towns the creditors are
taking cotton at ten cents to the
amount of the account. In others
the farmers are storing their
cotton and borrowing money on
their certificates. . This latter
pfan is 4 being worked out here. ,
But more than one method may
be pursued in the same lccalit.v.
Plonk & Floyd, one of our most
progressive firms' here, started
an entirely new movement Mon
day. They are advertising their
proposition in this issue of the
Herald . and by posters. They
will for one week beginning
0(Jt. 1st, take a bale from every
person who owes : them for
horses and mnies and allow ten
cents per pound on account.
Now Cannot other business
men fall in lind and help to', re
lieve the situntion? One man
has already told us that he will
buy hot one' bale but five bales
at ten cents if the movement enn , :
be started. Business men, hear
what we say; The farmers keep
us alive rind it is our duty to
help them over this straight.
Who'll head the list? The Herald
will gladly publish a list osthosu
who will buy a bale. , .
Gets A Move On.
The other day one of our
neighbors had a letter from a
friend in Florida stating tnat he
had seen in the Kings Mountain
Herald . where the aforesaid
neighbor had ; moved his saw
mill from one neck of woods to
another. This neighbor was not
a subscriber and had, therefore,-
not readhe item. He began to
bestir himself and the madam
bestirred .bersflf. and he was
Soon , in the editor's sanctum
with the woeful tale and hi
name wentr forewith upon the '
list. When you let somebody in a
fnt away state know more about
the saw mill roads in your own
neighborhood than yon know .
"yourself ,T"yoi a.re b''fiinr the
time Well, that's exactly your
fix if"you don't take the Herald.
SbnSebody started this town; ' -
it in up to you to keep it mov- ,
ing. ' . . j ..' ; . ' '
A penny's worth of paint will "
Save a dollar s wortn of dam- -
"Re.' ,
Keeping your iouse in repair ,
keeps its value in the same coo-r
dition." , ' . ' -