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) -)'J.: THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD Kings JIonntahH N. C. - 6. Q. PACE. Editor and Owner. - SUBSOOniOS PMCEj One W $f. biz Months 50c - y Three Months 25c Entered November 17, 1905. it King Mountain, N. C..-M second' iaM matter, under Act ol Ceucrau l March 3, 1S7. You read our criticism of the show In liutt woek's Issue of tue Herald. You noticed tht we condemned the "profanity.". The editorial Opened the way for a free and and full discus sion of the ,f hole show business between the editor and the iimn atterti of the show In question. The discussion was altogether pleasant and sympathetic. The ahiw people 'Haid tbut on the whole it was the best vritoup that they ever had and were Kind that we had the nerve to nay exactly what we thought of it. Of coirse. the profanity was the nucleus of discoision. They explained that the words used could, hardly ba termed '"profan ity" but that they had tried bard to eliminate them from the plavs but" could uot They said every tiiae they leave out the wjrd 4a question the plays fall flit but -when they reinstate the expressions a strong ap plaose comes from the audience, The pointis this, stane actors havo to use language that is al roost Unbearable to the better thinking is. order t gain the applau.se of the misses. Isn j it awful when entertainers have to resort to unouth and uuaoninl.v laiiiHia in order to make e living. 'Wonder if any church people "gave a allow ot hands'; when prolautty was oeiug uhoJ. o n rt O o t O O a o cr (6 1 5? 00 o C5 3 C3 C -t . W.J. Wilson and family of Wa-J3, Texas, will a rrive about the hist of the month to visit his .:- brother, J. T. Wilson. , Public worship will be conduct -d"at the A. -11. Presbyterian . Church nji.t Sabbath at 11 - -o'olock by the pastor. A meeting ot the executive ' committee. Of the Union Sunday ' School Sinfiinfr Convention is railed to meet in the Herald of fice at King Mountain on Sat urdaj; July 17 at 8 p. m. y The committee consists of G. .fk Paife, Chm. C. P, Gardner, , -Sety,. Miss Pearl Falls, J. B. ' Ham rick, J.. J, Alex luder, Ben D. Plufer and Ben G. Lojraii. It is insisted that everv member attend. . ... ' . G. G. Page Pres. .- " C. P. Gardner Secy? Miss Margaret Willis of Char . totte la visiting Miss Bonnie Mauney. Miss lJonnie Mauney gave a party yesterday morning in hon - -or of her guest, Miss Margaret Willis. -f ... . -Subscribe for Tho Ha raid. POLITIGAL AGITATORS POLITICIANS WHO CAPITALIZE STRIFE A ; MENACE TO OOVERNMENT. Neglect of Agrleultural and Industrial Opportunities a National Crime. By Peter Radford. There never waa a tlma in tha his tory of tbla nation when we needed statesmen mora or agitators less than at the present moment The oppor tunities now afforded ua on land and aea demand the beat there la in atai craft and the poeslbllltlea that are con fronting us call for national Issues that unite the people, build Industry and expand trade. The agricultural and Industrial development of this nation haa suffered severely at the hands of agitator who have sent torpedoes crashing Into the port aide of business and whose neglect of the Interests of the farmer makes them little less than political criminals. We want no more of these evil spirits to predominate In government Too long their hysterical cry haa aent a shiver down the spinal column of Industry. Too long have the political agitators capitalized strife, pillaged program and murdered opportunity. An Indus trial corpse la not a desirable thing. a crippled bualnesa an achievement or neglect aa accomplishment about which any representative of tha gov ernment haa a right to bout. laauea that Bread Agitators Should be Eliminated. The political agitator must be elim inated from public life before thought ful consideration can be given to a constructive program In government The liquor question la the moat pro line breeding ground for agitators and whether pro or antl, the hatch la equally aa undesirable. This article la in no sense a discussion of the 11 quorquestlon but deals solely and by way of Illustration with the political products of that Issue. Other sub jects will be dealt with in the order of their Importance. IB the history of our government the liquor Issue has never produced a constructive statesman worth men tioning and It never wilL It baa sent more freake to Congress, Lilliputians to the Senate and incompetents to office than any other - political issue under the sun. "Tie recent experience of the Eng lish Parliament which lashed itself into a fury over the liquor question haa a lesson that H is well tor the farmers ef this nation to observe; for the subject In eome form or other ia constantly before the public for solu tion and ofttimea to the exclusion of more Important problem to the Amer ican plowmen. Too Many Political Drunkards, Lloyd-George, the Prohibition leader of Europe who led the prohibition fight In England, has declared that he will never again take a drink politically and there are many American politi cians pro and antl who would render their country a service by climbing on the water wagon or signing a pledge of political tempenaace. Too often our legislative halls are turned into political bar-rooms and many of the members become intoxicated on liquor discussions. We have tea many polit ical drunkards pro and anti in our public affairs. No one who la a slave to the political liquor habit Is quite so capable of dealing with the bus! ness affairs of government as the sober and Indastrlous. We have tew public men in this day who are strong enough to resist' the temptation of strong drink politically and when the demon Rum, once becomes firmly en trenched in the mind of a politician, he Is less capable ot meeting the de mands for constructive statesmanship bow confronting this nation. We have in this country too nrany red-nosed politicians both pro and anti. A candidate with political dell rlum tremens, a preacher with polltl cal snakes in his boots and an agitator drnak on the liquor question are the saddest .sights in civilisation and they should all be forced to take the polit ical Keeley Core. :- It Is far moss Important In govern ment to make ft easier for those who toil to eat 'than to make It more dif ficult tor a few topers to drink. There Is not one person In one hundred of our rural population that ever touches liquor but we all eat three times a day. THE LAYMAN'S DUTY There never was a time when preachers anil politicians formed an unholy alliance that civilisation did not shriek soot and Christianity cry aloud. Siace the beginning of gov ernment politicians have sought to decoy the ministry into the meshes of politics and -make them carry banners In political processions. They have taken the ministry to the mountain top ot power sad offered to make tkem monarch of -an they surveyed, and while most f hem have said, "Get thee behind jass Sata," a tew have fallen with crash that has shaken Wfarj' pulpit jxt Christendom. : AN ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF MORGAN J, Pierpont .(Morgan, one of America's leading financiers and financial agent of the British government in this country, was shot twice by. Frank Holt in the Morgan Summer home at Glen Cove.L. I. last Saturday morning. Armed with two pist oi8 Holt forced an entrance into the house over the protest of the servants. When the intruder, later ideniTrhen Mr. Morgan forced Holt tilled as Frank Holt, forced a servant to stand aside and with a revolver In each hand ap proached Mi. Morgan, his wife threw herself upon Holt, grasp ing him about the neck and hold ing him until thrust aside by her husband. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice the British Ambassador, who had been seated at the break fast table with Mr. and Mrs Morgan, assisted in disarming Holt. A ring at the front door first attracted the diners' attention. according to the witness story. A man's voice was heard at the doorway demanding admission to see Mr.Morgan. The servants said Mr. Morgan would not re ceive visitors on business at his country home. Then the man drew a pistol .inc exclaimed: ' Ivo got another one; you had better show me to Mr. Morgan' In an effort to protect his master the servant directed the intruder away from the room where Mr, Morgan was at breakfast and to war.ls another room. Rushing that way the man found Mr, Morgan's childr&d, at whom be pointed his pistols, as the butler shouted at the top of his vicf "Mr. Morgan, up stairs." The party in the breakfast room heard the strauge vo'ce ard tur raised that one of the servants had suddenly became insane. So tho three, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan and Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, rushed to the cei tral stair caso which they ascend ed. In the room ot the western end of the hall Mr., Morgan and his wife found an old Irish nurse and demanded to know wnat was the matter, thinking she had made the outcry. 'Finding that the old woman knew nothing thev turned back, to the stair caise. At tills moment Holt daslr ashed up the stairway. On see' ing Mr, Morgan he yelled: '"Is that Mr, Morgan? I've got you.' at the same time leveling both pistols In au instant Mrs Mor gan had thrown herself bodily on the man. ' She clung .to him until her husband shoved her a side nmi himself clasped Holt a' round the bod v. pinioning both Notice of Sale of Land For Taxes Whereas the taxes levied by the com missioners of the town of Kings Moun tain, N. C. , on the lands of Mrs. Nora Tracy Dixon. S. J. Durham, R. L. Dur ham. P. T. Duahara, Mrs. Pearl Balthis Wright Dixon, and B. F. Dixon, : for the year 1914 are due and unpaid. Now therefore I, J . H. Fisher, tax collector for the town of Kings Moun tain, N. C. , by power and authority vested in me by law, will, atjthe court House door in Cleveland county, N. 0; on Monday, the 16th day of , August, 191nat 12 o'clock, Noon, sell to the highest bidder, for cash, all the lands of the parties above mentioned, which are situated in the town of Kings Moun tain, Cleveland County,;N. C. adjoining the lands Of Klotho cotton Mill, Plonk, Falls and others, containg 25 acres, more or lss. This the 8th day of July, 1915, : : . -. : 7-29 J. H. Fisher, Tax collector for tie town of Kings Mountain. N. C. IViyllrjo.'1; "v Gastonla Sub Wrers will take notice that Mf W; M. Miller is authorized M " collect -subscriptions to the Herald.A'large num ber ot GAstonia subscriptions are fallinf due just now and we hope youf will see Mr. Miller and ?nevf. of his arms to Ms sides. There was1 a ' desperate strug gle betweeB the Vtalwart. finan cier and his - why and Irepgled ac8ailarft. Mis, Morgan, crowd wd into the the background, kept trying desperately to reach one ot Holt's pistol bands. As the two men swayed in their struggle, Holt'a right hand work ea a revolver lowl.y around to Mr, Morgan's thigh. : Tliern was an explosion with the gun bar rel almost against the financier's groin. A second shot followed in moment, but ty this time Mr. Morgan had caught Holt's right wrist and deflected the weapon so that the shot passed through the flesh? Upper part of the Jeg.1 backward until the assailant fell with a crash flat uoon his back upon the bloodstained floor with arms extended and the flnahclei lying directly over him. Hoit had lost the weapon from his right hand during the struggle, but still clutched the other re volver in hi3 left hand. Then Mrs. Morgan and the Irish nruse cast themselves upon the floetr trying to wr-nch the pistol from the intruder's grip. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice by tais time had reached the scene nnd he too caught at a pistol hand, so that they made sure that it could not asrain be directeoat Mr. Mor gan, Meanwhile a muffled voice came from beneath Mr. Morgan weakly crying "I have a s!ck of dynamite In my pocket, Take carg of It." TJje dynamite afterwards was fouaM in the pocket. Servarfts then aouearorl in number? and foremost among them was one who bad picked bp a large lump "of coal .from a Is the place to trade tecauWyoit get what you want and you get it cheaper. I carry first dass goods at the lowest prices consistent with legitimate business and am there fore able to serve you most acceptably. Here are only a few selections from my big stock. Come and pee. :. x ... . $1.50 40 inch Crepe De Ch ine at $1.00 per yard White and figured Lawns IOcJ 15c and 25t per yd. White and figured Voiles Sc arid 25c Genuine' London shrunk Palm Beach , PORT SHIRTS Men be comfortable by 1 wearing our low neck and short sleeve shirts, White, Palm Beach and and Stripes " : r : $.5Q to $1.50 The nicest line of mens dress shirts ever shown in Kings Mountain is on display at my " store v , f . , SHOES SHOES. ; i have a complete line of; Shoes, Oxfords and Pumps in all the new toes. Come in and let us you up v HATS v The famous If you are in scottU as ha ran tip the stairs. One Smashing blow on the head with thcoal subdued Holt. In a few moments the servants had him trussed np with Tope's, , . Meanwhile Mr. Morgan had struggled to his feet, bleeding profuselp. He walked to a tele-: phone and called hi office in New York. "I've1 been shot throng the tho stomaeh," he said when an swered, "Get me a doctor quick as yon can. Physicians were soon on the scene and after a preliminary ex amination, directed that a search be made for the bullets. Both were found '.n tho hallway, thus assuring tho 'physicians thut there was no necessity for dif ficult and dangerous probing. It also was sscertained that the wound in the abdouvn was al most superficial, the ballet trav eled clear across the stomach un der the skin, but without pene trating the thick wall of protect mbscles. Holt is said to be an ex pro fessor of a Chicago University and gave as his reason for his assault upon Mr. Morgan that he wanted, to sctre him and force him to -stop the war by stopping the manufrctnre ard shipment of munition of war to the belig erent countries, Morgan is. out of danger. Holt also dynamited a room Of the capitol at Washing ton the day before. He is demet ed....y. ---O. ' ; . ' Commits Suicide Holl committed suicide in bis cell In the jiill at Mineola Tues day night. 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