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Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, Dccomiicr 1 0, 1 914.
N. 46
MAN KILLED
GBOVER ITEMS 50 YEARS OLD
CLUBDOM'
QUITS WESLEY
CASAR R.R.
Mountam Herald
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HERE THURSDAY
As result of jumpinp from moving;
freight train.
A young "white man of un
known idenity hero was killed
here Thursday afternoon as the
result of jumping from freight
train No. 71 just as it was enter.
ing the yard of tho Southern
ra'lway from the north. The
body was discovered within
few minutes after tho passing of
tho train lifeless weltering in
its own blood. Two wounds were
evident, one on tne chin and
the other on the neck, cither of
which, testified Dr. O. G. Fall.-',
railroad surgeon, was sufficient
to cause death. The doctor found
that the blow on the chin
had . resulted in breaking the
lower jaw bone all to jiieoes
and shoving upward the base of
the skull sufficient to cause great
pressure ou the brain. The neck
wound showed thai the windpipe
(trachea) was mashed flat and
crushed. ',
'This alone" said the doctor"
would have asplnxated (he man, '
Immediately after the -diseov-ory
of the body,, which was little
morn than ahundred yards from
tH passenger depot, local agent
Toiiipson instituted commiinica
tinu with tli" railroad auliiorities
-iio in turn advised tnat every
,c)tfo''t be made to identify the
''tatanVjia -.locate bis rctlole.
No i iue as to the identity coilhl
be -sec-.trPtl except fioin a, lad,
('. ('. Giddieb.' -na-iu'-jwho claim
: eu to recognize l'-m as ttoo Ifell.v
who was "'A'lth . Jtonta Brothers
here a low weel;s ugo, Gadi.no
came here. with the show, but
took a prolixin in tne Svior
Cotton Mill here: Those .who
are most lr.timritu with Gaddie
do not place much stress upon
his idHutliication.Gaddie dawned
fiat Kelly joined tho show ut
Wayiiesvllle N. 0. a, short, while
ago but that he knows nothing
more of him. -.
The railroad company turned
the body over to , II. T. Fulton
. undertaker, Friday morning for
hnrial and a place was Riven it
In the local pot ers fieM Friday
afternoon. ...
- Dr. Falls testfied at the inquest
""that there were three white men
on a tank car of tho train when
it 'passed him 'in -the outskirts
of town. Closer in about tht mid
way store, the train passed
Chief Police J, II Fisher and
Mr R W. Milkv. both of
whiu testified' .that they; saw
two white persons on the tank
car one of whom they identified
as tho deceased the otter you lit
er appearing to bf abont 15 or
16 year's old. They each testified
that deceased was crouched and
looking all around as rf select'
i nyt a place to -jump- when last
they saw him-. They came on up
town and In about, forty minutes
the alarm was raised that theie
. was a tad null . at ttie switch
Stand -between .the depot and
overhead bridge, . -
Phc train. entered the yard at
Fl8"at.a speed of 13 to 20 miles
per hour- and. passed; on being
a- through freight- The , body
was discovered as stated "above
and great crowds, throngod (.the.
place until nearv dark L. when
Captin W. ' Fortune took his
Bection crew aed vf to the place
and remoyed. the body . toj'.thej
baggagarooui where the inquest
." vtftis held at six o'clock and where
V fii remained until time for -burial
NOTES OF INTEREST
Movemcmt of GrOv'r people- Thanks
giving exercises ect.
Correspondence of Tiie Herald.
Pastor J. R. Miller conducted
Thanksgiving services in the
Uatist Church of Grover at
10:il0 a.m Thursday. The service
was attended.. "The students of
Grover High school marched in
a body from the school building
to tho church and furnished
some music, also some paper..
Papt.-rs were xead, giving tho
origin . of Thanksgiving, and
reason for our being .thankful
at this time. The school' tilled
the seates at, least one thiid of
the church auditorinm. A fine
body of young people. It speaks
well for them to come in a bodv
and take part in Thanksgiving
services. The choir furnished
some excellent music. AH en-
joyed the Hue sermon by the
pastor. A collection .was takeu
for the Thomasville : Orphanage
We should lwavs be .' glad of
an opportunity to nelp tho or
phans, such a noble work, caring
tor those left to our care.
V1isses Hell and Wilson, teach
ers in the Grover school, attend
ed the North Carolina Teachers
Assembly- in Charlotte, last
Week. " - :'.,-.'-
i . . .
Miss . Will in Plaxco music
teashera-- m the' sctlolM 'spent
riianksgiving . in Uock Hill,
vnotiiig relatives and friends.
Mr. L. C. Ellis a students of
Ciemson College spent Thanks
giving willi ''parents.'.' Mr. and
Mrs. ' II. E. Ellis. Hi, many
friends were glad to .see him
home again.
Miss Grace Parker of Ahoskie,
N. C. a former teacher ot Grover
school now teaching in Bayleaf
High Schooi, Neus, No. C. was
the guest of Miss Liviugston,
during Thanksgiving holidays.
It was a delight to her pupils
and many friends to see her in
Grover again.
Fndav afternoon, .
The train didn't kill the man.
lie jumped from tho car light
ing on his feot just thirteen and
a half feet from the protruding
end of the long crossfies af the
nwitch stand. As best could be
gained from the situation. : his
tracks etc. he was unable to
tsain his balance when he strucx
the ground and -wm hurled headlong-
Rtnki.ig 1ns chin and neck
against the end of the protrud
ing crosstie and the switch fix
tures fastened thereto.
. As evidence that Lis. ' deatn
was almost instantaneous the
bony when found was lying
prostrate. "with the head not more
than a foot or so from where it is
alleged to have struck. A great
pool of blood surrounded the
head.. Some of the first to reach
the scene pulled the lifeless form
from the pool of blood further
up the bank.- - : - :
- 'i'lie man wivs-smitllof stature
and 'appeared. to.' be about 22
years old. He wore a brown soft
hat, red and black checked svet
erovera wont;'shirt and knit
undershirt. Elsloyer garments
were blue overalls ovor common
rough pants and underwear. He
wore.' low.(' cutZ-shoes without
socks. In his pockets were some
keys, a pair of socks,, and a two
compartment sni. pocket book
coiitaiuin 53 cents in change.
: (Cont'd on back page)
MR.-L.I. JENKINS
Celebrates his .fiftieth anniversary
with bis; reception at Gastonia,
(Gastohla Gazette)
seven hundred or mow
guests from this city, Charlolti
Ashvillo, Kaloigh, and other
towns gathered last night be
tween the hours of h:.'K) and 1
o'clock nt the palatial Jenkins
home on South Marietta street
in response to invitations to a
reception by Mr. and Mrs. La ban
Lineberger Jenkins' n: celebra
tion of Mr. Jenkins' fitieth
birthday.' Twenty-six hundred
in .'Rations were issued and, but
for' the unusally inclement
weather, a much larger number
would have been present. The
affair was an informal, one and
the feeling of comaradarle and
good fellowship prevailing was
universal. In every appointment
the reception was perfect and in
biiliancy and size was ouefof the
most delightful social occaisons
ever held in Gastoma or tin:
section of the state.
'Thoughout the house. Sontn-
orn smily x was used in the great
est, profusion for decorating,
In addition to tho smllax there
were American Ueauty roses in
the dinining and sitting rooms,
pink carnations in tlfe front hall
and parlor while red carnations
were trsfetrfff' the 'upstairs halls
and rooms. All of the decorating!
was done by Mr. E. E. Brown
an expert, decorator from Asu
villo.
Colonel and .Mrs Thomas
Lee Craig greeted the guests at
the front door and directed
them to the cloak rooms upstairs.
Little Miss Katherine Harper
received the: cards in a pretty
basket. Others greeting them
informally in the front hall were
Mr, and Mrs. Jenkins, Mr and
Mrs. Jack V. Harper, Mrs. Ar
abia L. Jenkins, Mr. Clarence
Johnson, of Raleigh, and Mrs,
Robert A. Grimes, of Hickory.
"A buffet banquet ; in four
courses served by Rauscher,
the well known Washington
thing ot its kind overseen ' here.
Raascher himself -directed the
Jwnquet and was assisted by two
cliefsarid; ten Twaiters.all '"; of
whom were brought from
Rauscher's establishment in
Washington. The menu was as
follows: Creamed oysters and
mushrooms, salad and pheasant;
ice cream in basket and Ameri
can Beauty rose style; candied
fruit and bon bons; coffee. There
were two serving rooms, the
sitting room and dining room
being used for this purpose.
Both were decorated and ar
ranged identically ali ke, . A II of
the appointments for (be ban
quet, including pheasant deci
orations and other table ' dec
orations were brought from
Washington by the catrere. ;
. "At 'the sitting room the
guests were greeted by Miss
Marie Tofrenee and Miss Lillian
Watson. M'. J.. H,. Separk and
Mrs. W; J. Clifford greeted
the guests in tho sitting room.
At the dining" room door were
Mrai L. P. Wetzell and Mrs.
S. A." Robinson, ,' . :: - -
... "A most pleast ig .feature of
the evening was themusic wnicli
was furnisned by ,MNS Austin's
Orchestra of Ashevie and Miss
Atkins prchastra of ustonia in
tin parlor,.- Playing Alternately,
1 (Cont'd on Editorial Pagf')
ill Pag')
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Doings os Kinss Mountains Society
social Club-Bonk Club-U. D. C's
(Crowded outlast iveek
The Social Club
A most delightful ni' i-Uig (f
The Social Club v-'iis held with
Mrs. Fred Finger on November
19th. FourtaOle'.s were in-ai:gi.-d
for rook and a very pleasant
afternoon was .spent in playing.
Lovely yellow chrysanllieums
were.usc.i i:j uecoriwous.
The hoUss assisted by Miss
Daisy Ca rpenter nerved delicious
n"t salad on peaches with
whipped cream cheese wafers.
adoras and orangeade followed
by yellow creams, the color
scheme of yellow being lustfully
carrie I out in (lecorulioiis and
refreshments, OnMii of the
club members a few invited
guests we.e present as follows
Mesdames Campbell. Patterson
Grouse, Adderholt, Noal and
Miss Daisy Carpenter.
Mrs. Marshall Hctvener
Hostess
To The V, D. C
A most delightful iiK-etiig of
the U. D. C. was held Fri
day afternoon with Mrs. Mar
shall Heavner as hostess.
The. . meeting was presided
over by Mrs Claude Rhyne, the
ne w pre jdoBt. . After- the busi
ness meeting Mrs. Fred Finger
read a most interesting account
of the General - .Convention of
the .United Daughters of the
Confederacy at Savannah; This
article was! written by Mrs.
Vernon Philips and was . one of
the best reports our chapter has
had the pleasure of hearing read.
: Miss Louise O'Farrell delight
fully rendered one of Kipliugs
beautiful poems. Mrs L. F.
Neal read a sketch on the city
of Savannah, Ga. this proving
interesting to ihe chapter on ac
count of tho General Convention
haying been held there. "
The. ... hostess assisted ' by
Mesdames Cansler, '.: L'auipbell
and Houser and Misses. Aleen
Ormand and Louise O'Farrell
served a delicic"s salad course
consisting -.o! chicken Salad
with mayonnaise, pimento sand
wiches, wafers and coffee follow-
Cd by sliced bananas and candies.
,? 1 he ladies then -departed to
meet next time with Mn.' Joe
Garrett. " '
The Thursday Afternoon Book Club
' One of the most enjoyable
meetings in the history of the
Book Club, was that of Thurs
day when a large number of
members and invited guests met
at the home of .Mrs. Fleming
Ramsaur.; The hostess met her
guests at the, her hearty wel
come and smiling face making
them feel -that It was good to
live in::"Dixie',.,tholand of hospi
tality. -After the' roll call and
usual business session the follow
ing .program ...was' carried out:
'"History of Germany"' by. Mrs,
O. C. O'Farrell,. "The Unjversi
ties of Geimony'' by, Mrs, J. S
Hood, "Germ-ao.'T.ik," 0y j,8
BM. Ormand. i - '
The meeting was then turnod
over to the- hostess-who an
nounced that -we.. would have a
foW selections . by. the '"Galilee
Methdist'Choir.Mi' :
The ladies hfffdiy knew - what
was coming next but soon from
the bad.-., came " .the sound of
muhkj'- with - time 'end rhyme
unequalled,- Song . after song
thsse eighteen dusky Ethiopians
TO FOLL OW CALVIN
Well known Methodist Minister
Prc.vbylcriau dirndl.
Ke..I. W. I'legg. ver; piom
inoiit member of the .-.itrl:
S. I'. ( Olll'ereiiee M K 1'bun h.
South, w-ili !:ean.',-ii-tei', ut
Greeiipliorn. X (.' , l.av jnned
the Presbyterian chiircli l.as
been acceptrd ar- a 1 1 : : i: i -J . -r inH
the Orange Pivsbylery.
Mr. Cif-gg is wei! knoAn in
Kings Mountain, lie -s mi eider
Hrothr r Of l.'ev. M.H. I 'le.je n llC,
fur t ile -past four years -vas p.is
tor-of Kings .Vile, aad l-.lhetlirl
Methodist i.'iiiiivhe.;. Mr.
paid Ins brother here occasional
visits and almost invariably piva.
ched white here.' Many
peoide had learned to, 1
well ti a preacher.
of
our
him
Progress In Bankruptcy
As Was announced in die ad
Wtisdng Jcolnmns cf T!is Ga
zette the plan:., etc., of The Gas
ton Progress was to have been
sold by tho receiver, Mr. J. V,
Tiiiiberlake. at e'e-.en o'chn-k
Tuesday morning. However -the
sale, was rot held, due to. '-tie-fact
that some of tin creditor
have secure an injunction forbid-
ling tie.-sale. It, is understood
tliat the purpose is to tliro'.v,thi:
norpora.tion into bankruptcy nn
iler the- Federal statues' made
and provided.
R. 0. Howe
Mr. R. "O. llo-ve of Belmont
died from nevvaalgiri. of the heart
last Thursday morning at the
homo of his daughter, Mrs. Fate
West. Mr. Howe was about 75
years of age and bad been, in his
usual health until Wednesday
morning when ho-suffered the
attack tha t ended his life Thur.s-
layi
. Sheriff Lackey
Mr. I). D. Vil kins, who has
served Cleveland County so ac
ceptably for the oast, eight, years
is hiph sheriff, turnod over the
office to the newly-electd Sheriff
W. D. Lackey last Monday. Mr.
Wi'kins is now n private citizen
and" Strevi ff TTaeSey car ri os thif
"big stick." Thus two of Clove-,
lands best 'men' grace the high
est county office in the gift of
the people in direct . succession:
sang, causing tears .and .smiles
to mingle oti the faces of the
eager companp of 1 ladies listen
ing in the parlor. Soprano, Alto,
Tenor, Bass, Contral to and paits
unnaineable and too -'numerous to
mention were carried ou t in these
songs. Such songs as ''Jesus is
acomia in de cloud" "I'm apoip'
to hebben" and finally the .soft
notes of ; 'Swing low, sweet
chariot, coming for to carry me
home', made us almost feel that
wo were living '.in the days of
our fore fathers "befo' do war',
when negro music was so com
mon to tne ear. When tho music
bad ceased and the singers had
retreated to the back yard, the
hostess assisted by her young
daughters, served hii niegaut
salad course followed by dolt
cious mints. :.
.; Late in the afternoon the
guests wended their way home
ward carrying-with them , happy
recollectious , of- the pleasant
ofternoon spent In this hospitable
suburban home, -.? ': - ; -
IS INCORPORATED
ins j Under Mm of Shelby Northern Tail-
road Compmy
I Aeeordi-tg ion Shelby dispatch
jth" lung 'a'l-.-il of C.'asar rail-'
; ro.id has ben incDrpornled under
I the ii.un.- of "Snelliy Northern.
! Krlroa.U p.,,. y' ,vllh On ,
j.t!tS.nz-il . I'.ilal of $100,000'
i -v'!h S S. Ko,-t4T, Orlando '
! Lium and II. M Prince as lead
J sliiekluld.-rs. W'liiuicr wheq
Iwi.'ll be ruling to Shelby ou
t roll v ea rs.
No I.jiiii.i'ry Xaias Week.
ri.e
Siu.'A iiaite .nn u will not
Visit
and
Kings Moantmn Mondny
Sai uifla.v ot Christmas
week. Tins is not only a custom
with the laundry lint they have
some i-epairs to iii(i,e during the
week. Remember to put in an
extra shirt, nevt ween.
S A. Glenn
Mr. S. A. Gienn nt'od 75 of
ee Mete! se.-tiia, of oi k Countv.
.S. (', died 'last Thursday and was.
buried at Hethel cemetery that
a I'l.ernooM
Librarian At Littleton,
Mrs. VYVO. Rudisil! Irft Fri
day for Littleton Female College
wnere she has accepted the po
sition of librarian. Mrs. KudiRill
gradrated at Littleton with the
of Hii !.
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Rhea Warlick.
Mr. One A. lthea. one of our
very most up-l,odat young
swams, went oft somewhere last
Wednesday, ho did, and took iiit
to himself a wife and came back
here on I I and sloped for Ins
newly -remodeled homo which
we told you aoout tho other day;
it s out ot town. We tnedour
very best to get up with the
young tellow aud bestow con
gratulation and get the news,
'i Jut brother Rhea is like Brer
Babbit, he lay low au say nut
fin. ' ..' '- ':.-.
But it dawns that Im tnamed
Miss. Ruth Warlick of Lincoln
ton, N. C. who is indeed a hand
some young bndo aud whom wc
take pleasure in .presenting to
Herald readers and bid her a
hearty welcome to our city. May -their
days be inany ami banpy
aud may. they ever lork .about
our borders and sown wttbtn
our gates