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Kings Mountain, N. " C., Thursday, October 8, 19 14.
No. 37
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J. Y. JOYNER
BUY-A-BALE CLUBS
To Superintendents of Schools, Tact
ets, and School Children.
October 1 J914
On account of the disturbance
of the world's markets and the
consequent depression in the
price of cotton by the deplorable
European war, the farmers of
the State and the South are
seriouoly threatened with the
loss of millions of dollars and
with demoralization of business
in all lines by the forced sale,
under financial distress, of the
t South '8 chief money crop, cotton,
At prices less than the cost of its
production and less than its
intrinsic ralue. To avoid this
threatened disaster to the agri
cultural aad other business inter
ests cf the State, a cooperative
movement participated in by
- pitriotlc citizens in all parts of
the State, and of the South, of
all classes, vocationc aad pro
Xeswions, - has been started to
help the farmers protect them
aelves and ail the rest of us "by
helping them to store aad hold
ithew- cotton, by aiding in pr6
viding the money to take dis
' tress-cottbn off the market until
normal conditions can be restor
ed. V
No class of, citizens are more
ready to" respond according to
their ability to auv call of pub
' 11c service is any hour public
- need than ane the teachers and
other educational workers of
' tl) s State. In times of need the
' pchools should always be the
rallying places for nwic service,
teachers should always be among
the trusted leaders thereof, and, j
tfor their training and blessing,
the children hould always be
'enlisted therein. ':'.."'
As Sapermtendant f Puolic
"Instruction, therefore, I confl
dently call flipon teachers, super
itendents of schools and all other
educational .-workers for their
active aid tad loyal support of
the '.'Buy 41-Bale-of-Cotton Move
ment" far . mutual protection
against threatened disaster in
: this hour of common need. I beg
to suggest and to recommend
tthe following-plan for- helping
' 1 Bu y-a Bale.Clubs For Teach.
. 'era: Let every teacher and every
- (superintendent of schools that:
.can possibly afford it, buy a bale
of cotton' at 10 cects a pound
and' hold it. Let the county and
clty superintendents present the
matter to their ; teachers in
:thelr teachers' : meetings and
country teachers'.; associations.
and form teachers' clubs of two
'.or more to buy a bale of cotton
at 10 ceats a pound and store it
"When cotton reaches 10 cents it
r ' should-, fee purchased ' at half
,c(rit above market price and held
'2 Buy a-Bale Clubs For Child-.
" reo:Xne lesson can be taught
iri'thrifcrad economy, as well
' X"Y i W ving
thdVtlJh of each hool, or
the cfedfen of "'oScrpWcher in
eaob school, to investtbek .own
' rricftet ttt trfjeir Own hale of cotr
tioa'Vat'i0'WItii'i').pull4,'.ol, a
. halt cent above the market If thP
market price islOoente or over
" to be held, and, when: sold, the
'' proceeds thereof to be returned
to the children themselves, ac
ot'rling to the am oant invested
1 by each child. Where this plan
' is ' adopted A-iertifled . list . of
names of the children investing,
with the amounts' invested by
each in the bale of cottonpiir
.-chased, should be doposited im-
REGISTRATION
ELECTIONS IN NOV.
Who Are Entitled To Vote And Who
Hot. . .
Thursday. Oct. 1, will mark tlie
opening of the registration books
for the Keneral elections to be
held in November.
It is desired that as many citi
zens as possible register and vote
in this election Chairman Thomas
D. Warren, of .the State Execu
tive Coaiicittoe has defined who
are entitled to vot" as follows:
You can vote oa November 3,
if you ,
1. Are a male citizen of North
Carolina on election day ;
"2. Are 21 years old on or before
No ember 8, 1914;
3. Have resided in North Caro
lina two years, in the country six
month's and in the ward, pre
cinct, or election district four
moaths previous to the election
day. '
"A. If you have moved from
one precinct, ward, or election
district to another in the same
county within four mountbs pre
vious to election day, you are
entitled to vote in the precinct
ward, or election district from
which you moved.-
"B. To have resided in the
State, county, and precinct.
ward,, or " election district the
required length' 4t time, means
more than merely to have stay
ed there on a visit or even on
business; it means to have con
sidered the place' your perma
nent dwelling place your home,
the place to which you mean ; to
return. ; , ' " ', . '
"C. If you are a married man,
your residence is where your
family resides; if single, where
you sleep. ;
' IV; Are not a lunatic or idiot.
"V, . Have never Abeemcon-
victed of or confessed1 in open
court, . upon indicthent,' 'to ' a
crime punishable by. imprison
ment in the slate's prison; or,
if convicted of or confessed to
such a crime, have been restored
to citizenship as required by
aw; : :'
mediately after - the purchase,
with the bank in which the de
posit of -the proceeds of the sale
of the cotton is to be made. When
the cotton is sold the fund arising
from the sale shoald.be deposit
ed in the bank to the credit of
tire teacher of the school" dis
trict, in trust, for 'the Investing
children, as each fhild's inter
est shall appear from the' certi
fied listen the .banker's hands.
The fund being to the credit
of the district, instead of any
individual teacher, in trust for
individual child, will be subject
to the check of the teacher, as
trustee, for each child according
to his interest irrespective of
Any changes in individual teach
ers. At Ue proper time each
child tnj "la this way. deter
mine what disposition he . de
position he defines to have made
ot bis pait Mid - eau be encour
aged to use bis part of the pro
ceeds to start for. himself a sep
arate savings account.; .. ' .
..';' ? Buy-A-Baie Day: Let the
.county euoerintendeut set apart
tne earliest-possible day after
Uhe opening of (he public schools
of hieicoa-Bty, as "Buy-a-Bale-of
f Cottop T Day' in every ! public
cbooJ;cftU meeting of all tht
people Vit Jthb cublin. 'school jat
(Cpntjnued on back page.)
Dedication
Mountain Presbyterian Church
On last Sunday morning the
Presbyterian Church of Kings
Mountain was formally dedicat
ed. .-:
The services were markedly
simple and imressive and in
keeping with the traditional ex
ercises of this Staid old branch
of the Church. ; '
Th Rev. R. A. Miller preached
the sermon and a' profound im
pression on his hearers.
Mr. Miller has beea in intimate
touch with this church ever
since its organization, being one
of the only two remaining min
isters who Were in what is now
Kinars Mountain Presbytery at
the time of the organization of
the Church at Kings Mountain.
He has also supplied the pulpit
at various times when the church
was without a pastor and bas
long held a place of affection and
estfeem in the hearts of the peo
ple of this section..
He chose for his text: Matt.
XVI:18, "And I say .also unto
thee that thou art Peter-and on
this rock will I my church; and
the gates of hell shall not pre.
vail against it," and after point-
Jjjig tout that the word "rock"
meant the JJivtnity ana mos-
siahship of Christ," the true
foundation the church mgst eyer
be built u oon this and this alone,
he placed special stress on' the
words "my . church. " This was
not 46 oe 'sn institution' merely
for the development of man's
intellectual, physical' or boqiai
nature, nor must too great stress
be laid on the social work of the
church ns. to,. the , present- day
tendency for the danger to great
that all importance wjll be at
tached to the sports and club
features and the; preaching of
the gospel become a side line.
Tho Church of Christ, refers
not to one particular . Church or
denomination but the entire body
of believers and! in building the
Church Christ uses two instru
mentalities, Deceised and Hu-
mrn, greater sttess should be
laid upon the Devine and though
man should labor to work out
nis part the tendency today is to
attach all importance to manaef-
fort. The work ottb church is
to lead the Prodigal to the Fath
ers house and then to train for
service. The Christian ministers
work to be principally; that of a
REGISTRATION.
"VI. Are registered in, tlv
precinct where you offer to, vote:
.'You are entitled to be (cjst-
ered if you V
i "I. Can show to th- satisfact
ion of the registrar your ability
to read and write any section o
tle Constitution of North Caro
lina in the English language.
"If you are qualified to vote
in any state on January 1, 1867,
or are the son, grandson, or lin
eal descendant of such a one.
yon can be Registered, without
showing y ability to read "and
write, provided your name .Was
entered upon the permanent re
cord on or before December 1908.
'b Registration under this,
the 'grandfather. Clause' does
aot keep yon from having to .be
registered again, if so repuired
bS statute," . but oniy abolishes
;Uie educational testl as' to those
(registered under tt.isclause.
.w2 Will take the usual oath to
support the Constitution and ' as
I49 your age and residence
,14. it on are entiMea to be reg
Of The Kings
teacher. The church building is
to be a house dedicated or set a
part for the soryiueof God. While
men are tj praise God in it and
it is to be a place to learn how
we can best his will.
The dedicatory prayer was of
fered by the pastor. There was
no special music but the old hy
mns were sung with fervor by
both choir and congregation.
At the evening service the Rev.
R. J. McSwainof Monroe preach
ed and had there been an agree
ment between himself and the
speaker of the moaning as to
their subject matter there could
have hardly been more complete
accord.
Mr. McSw'ain spoke on the
fullness of Christian life. Some
people find religion a burden
others find it a joy. Some have
just a bare acquaintance with
christian' experience others rich
an intimate. Religion means to
us what we ourselves have it
mean. Some of us have not enou
gh to make us miserable whence
if we would allow God to reign
in our lives we would by suprem
ely happy in Ills iove.
.. Mr. McSwain spoke with feel
ing of his coming to this church
twenty years ago, of the- deep
love he had for the church and
people and his gratification of
the - work and : progress ot the
church during the passing years
and llieOiope he held for the fin
turo.
, Durine his pasorate here he
was universally beloved and is
rated as one the mostfaithful pas
toi sKings Mountain has ever had
At present he is oao- of the
EvaWelists of Mecklenburg
Presbytery.
The building just deeurated is
the second one occupied by this
congregation. It was constructed
during the pastorate of tJie-Kev.
J. M. Forbis, is quite a hand
some brick structure a.ni one
that the congregation are. justly
proud, of. It has been free from
debt for some time. The- church
alco owns jointly.- with. Long
Creek the comfortabjo manse
occupied by the pastor..
- A history of the .Presbyterian
Church of King Mountain will
probably be published in the
Herald some time in. the future.
istered, on election day if. you
have become eligible to. vote be
tween the day the registration
books were closed, and ttie day
of election;, j . ..
. "i Thus,. if your 'state resi
dense of two.yenns was complet
ed on your majority was reached
between th closing of the-registration,'
books imd November .8,
you. would be entitled to be reg
istered one election day . .
; !'VIL Hay.e.v.on,paidyour poll
tax for 1913. on. or before May 1,
1914 and ten. produce- your tax
receipt or -will, swear that yon
have sc. paid poll tax, lor IDM.'
"A '0B. cam vote without
having paid yous pplL tax if
you (1) Became, ofi age after
May 1, 1914, Or, (2) wera 50 years
old on or before May 1,,1S14, or
(3) were exempted by the couqty
commissioners. on or before May
1, 1914. from; paying yourv'poi
tax on accountof po.verty pri.in-firmity.-
'
6n( the blackboard P ;on,,paper
posted on the wall ;
r All teachers who -want '?North
Carolina .Education." . for fifty
cents ner'vear. please send sub
scriptions to J. Ys; Irvln. , In Amy
opinion this is thn.. best -school
journal publiobs jja.ibp.Jstmth.
PROGRAM
J. Y. IRVIN COUNTY SUPT
The Daily Program of The Cleveland
Countv Schools.
Timo is so valuable in the
work of schools, especially in
tho oountry where the teacher
has several grades to teach, thut
teacher who plans carefully how
to use it is almost certain to suc
ceed. A few simple principles
govern the making of a program
that will save the most time of
the six hours of the day.
Study Periods
In the first place a good prog
ram will show definite times for
study as well as for recetation.
It is essential that tho teacher
should k'iow what activity isen
geged in at every period of the
day. It ts equally essential that
tho pupil should be doing
certain' things at certain
times of the day. Thus
forming habits of regular study.
When , To Study
A second principle that should
govern a program is that the
preparation of the lesson should
be mode as soon as possible
after its. assignment. For after
the lesson has been well taught
the pupil will feel such interest
that he will want to proceed at
once on the study of tlw next
lesson in that subject. He will
also find it easy to use the hints
given by the teacher while they
are fresh on his mind.
Inspection period
The. teacher sliould reserve
for herself four or five .snort
periods during the day to in
spect, the room. At these times
she should move about among
the pupils, inspecting their work,
dropping helpful hints, a quiet
rebuke, or a word of praise. By
'.his method disorder is checked,
idleness is lessened, and dil
igence if stimulated,
Daily Operung exercises
An average of ten or fifteen min
utes should be set apart for open
ing exercises. Rightly used this
period becomes a source of inspi
ration for the whole day. At
these , opening exercises there
shoukl.be songs by the whole
school, Bible reading, the-Load's
Prayer current events given by
the. teacher or pupils, and mem
dry gems. '
Friday Afternooa
' All teachers should plan -for
Friday afternoon exercises.. A
debate should always have a pro
minent place. Live questions
ahouldvbe discussed bringing the
pupil in close touch with the pres.
ent, essays, declamations.- music
and spelling matches can all be
uses. Challenge some other
school for a debate-or a.- spelling
bee". No school is so small, so
poor, or so remote that it can
not use these Friday afternoons
as a means of growth and culture
These, exercises should' be held
after your recess in the afternoon
That w.ill give one hour and fif
teen-minutes for this part of the
urogram.
- Announcement:
By order of the counuy board
'schools shall .open at 8:30 A.M.
and shall have the following re
cesses: morning recess 10.30.
to 10.45; noon recess 12 tol:00,
afternoon recess 2:30 to 2:45, and
all schools shall adjourn at 4:00.
2. , Daily program will be found
in the "Course of Study" on
pages 2CM27. ':;
3. v By ; order.; of ;; the county
board all teachers are- required
Ito-have a .dally .program eifcber
FLORAL FAIR
PRIZES 'fCR FLOWERS
Now Under Management of The Qric
League.
The annual fair this year will-,
be under the management of
Civic Ieaguu.
The Kxact date will be an-,
nounced later and will depend
on the condition of (lowers as In -previous
years.
Anyone in tho town or vicinity .
is eligible for the prizes which .
are given for flowers and fancy
work as listed below: The prizes
will be on display at an early
date in the show window - of D. .
1
M. Baker's Hardware Co.,
First best collection El
Stovo
Second Cut glass bon
bon disli
Three best cream blooms
Marsailes quilt .
Three best white blooms
12 doz. cut glass shirbet glasses.
Thre best yellow blooms
1-2 doz. orange spoous.
Three best Dappliton ..
Cut glass bon-bon dish.
Three best Bronze
Baking dish .
. Three best Red blooms .
Brass jardinor. : .
Three best pink blooms
umbrella
Varigated blooms any variety.
Cut glass compot.
Best collection of ferns
Aluminum percolator '
. Best siugle fern
Plateau '
: Best white embroidey
Axminister rug
Best piece crochet '
Table cloth snd napKina
Best piece of tatting
Cut glass bon-bon disn
Best collection of cut flowers'
1-2 doz'cut glass. sherbet glasses
Best piece of baby apparel
Bakicg dish " '
fcach colection of flowers r:-
must contain at. least 8 varletie
and three blooms in each variety
Prizes awarded for single best
blooms cannot be bestowed on ?
those blooms contained, in. the '
collections. All entries for three : . ,
blooms must be placed together .
All entries for single llossoms
must bo placed together. All
ferns for best single variety
must be placed together. '
Prize committee . ,
; Mrs. J. S. Hood ,
' : " W- A. Ware
; ; " G. V. Patterson
" W. A. Rhidenhonf
Dr JVIcKay Is Dead.
After lying in an unconsious -condition
from Monday " afj )
noon at one o'clock Dr, M ,
departed this life Fridayouryiit t
October 2nd. He suffered afoke i
af vpoplexy in the Southern ;
passenger station at Gaston la
on Monday preceding his death. .
He was taken to the., City, hos
nit.al in Gastonia wfiere he re-.
1 1 ,;
celved every medical, aid until (
the end came. It. was marvellous
how he bore up so long- without
nourishment Dr. McKay was . '
one of Kings Mountain's, oldest -citizens
and a. leading: Vi)V the"
past ?0 years he1 practised m'edt--' -cine
here. : He ' was an offlcJ41'r
member of the Methodist church'. .
As the editor to called away
in response to a telegram that
his own "father toadying an'
obituary will, not bo attempted i
until 4 subsequent issue. 1