ALL ABOARD FOR KINGS MOUNTAIN OCTOBER TTH.
A lrtm toral NwoBpaprr 3fav All II;p family
Vol. 13 No. 22
KinjW Mountain, N.'C Thursday, July 27, 1910.
81.50- A Year in Aihanci
Cod's Controversy with the People
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by REV. G. U KEHR. Pastor A. R. P. Church.
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To tho Editor of the Herald:
While Paul was in Athens
"His spirit was provoked wi thin
lit ill ad he beheld tho city full of
idols. So he reasoned in the
synagogue with the Jews and
the devout persons, i n the
market place every day with
them that met him;" Other
are somet'ines pressed the same
way and because of very simih.r
reasons.
We wonder if it noiv occurs
that God sometimes has contra
Persies with his people. The
laws of God protect his soil and
Ills crops. The man Who allows
his soil to deteriorate commits a
fin in God's night. In foimcr
, timea lie coi niui'ul-d that llio
i i ..i i .i k
i lai'U fiiouiu it'sii cvt'iy svveui-.i
.year. The Drincip'e Hint under
, lies that command demand that
nnen of t-d;iv should prevent
v the deterioration of their lands.
' Tlie very fact, therefore, that
religion ser ice have their iin
pressions wiped. out, or at least
momentarily suppressed. These
tilings exist right here in Kings
Mountain Customers buy to
bacco, cigars, cigarettes, ice
cream, coca-cola, and and any
thing else for which they call.
Places of business are not. open
on that day to give things away.
Tho highways 0f this section
are full of joy-riders on the Sab
bath. Under all ordinary circum
stances any ma'ican put enough
gasoline into hi" tuulf on Satur
day for necessary driing. It
would be a good tiling for these
pleasure seekers if they would
find the piaeea of supu'y closed
jon this day. When we begin to
to scrva the Lord as we should
garage men will rest as well as
well ar. others. 1 he most of tho
automobile accu'out- take place
on ttie Sibhath as well as train
wrecks. The question for us tj
God permits the devastating; decide is not so much how to
storm to come shows that He has , travel on that sy but why.. Re
a 'controversy with the people. I pair work on machinery of any
He wojld bo the last person toj kind on'that diy is as wrong in
injure n growing cron rr to dam-i principle ii.) the running of the
ane His soil.
Has it occurred to us that
inaclrinery.
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ine prevent hU h'jstowini; the!co,nes l because of disobedience
to parents. There are men who
disregard the teachings of godly
blessing ujoi, -is that lie wo'Md
like to do? - Do we have to seek
far for a reason why a storm fathers and mother . who' have
-should visit this picdm-mt seo-1 K" before, parents who-wwiah--tion,
or any other section? D c thy promised to heed
we have to seek far why a storm There are boys and girls who
ohould visit Kings Mountain?; wi" not heed the wise counsels
Jf tlm regions 'around- are ns:'t ,b-ose whim God has com-
uilry aa ourstlves theie isi manaee tncra to oooy. TiieyseeK
the company of godless men
who have never done, them any
thing but evil. This is an ab
omination and it is a sin. Again
-parents fail to perform the duties
of their own office and fail to
train children for God. Is it
any wonder the storm comes?
The wor!d would not stay here
were it not for those who serve
Mod. If men will not be good
they should bo thankful that
there are io'ne who are good.
When God afflicts every good
ram should be stirred to his
very best.
., Let every one think of these
things. We can makp our town
prosp.jious temporally it e "vill
prosper spiritually. li is piti
able to see the ideas of- some
moss-covered brains in regardto
progressiveness. Things which
some men think up-to-date went
out of date when God destroyed
the world by a flood. Some
people in Sodom and G amor rah
thought they wonld start some
advanced ideas. Again and
again God put the proper brand
iio w o n d e'r at the r c -
cent devestation. Drunken
ness and licentiousness were
two sins that caused the devour
'r toeome against Israel. Every
.man whe drinks liquor an' every
unchaste person is a -reason
within Uiinsolf why the land is
devoured. '
Sabbath' ucecration was anoth
er of IshbI's sins and it is one of
the worst sins of our time.
Would it not be a good thing for
every on of us if we would read
what God has to say in regard
to the Sabbath and then Fitdown
and d" some thinking and pray
ing? What do you really thin'
of the Federal Government's
allowing thi postoffices to be
opened that day? Does it nut1
deny ui'tn their God-appointed
west? Are not the secular pap
er put into the Irtnds of people
when God 'intended that they
at' end church, r?ad their BiMes,
And ether religious literature,
with the proviso that may per
form works of necessity and)
mercy? Can you not find as
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fltreet on Sabbath . morning as
you can in any church service in
. .JLuwn? ...
'God' is exceedingly angry xith
rtliose who buy and sell and get
gain on that da.'. Were it not
ifor His mercy His justice
streets anil fill Jho churches and
then the streets will bo fuller on
week days. "Happy is the peo
ple whose Cod is the Lord."
JglDSEWBt m TIBEE HOURS
Cleveland co'inty commission-
would htaral'y wioo wp places ers in their zeal t restore travel
whaimii'oh ndiu kis cui-i-ipil over the bridiro swent streams
on. The man who sells in hurt of the coont.v iutiu atenporary
because his gain will be his rait bridge 85 feet long over Rrushy
ortlse GpdjWiU hare to strip creek last ck only to see it
' him of iti oruer to bless him. swept away within three hrnrs.
", And let boSnan think -that a The stream was liMiig while the
:. pctDOee1rt. ' means o-e ,or. wocb was oijj on and coatinu
.VIia - l.. .1...., UH Art frt cti.rtll milil it i-OAnliA A uiitl-t.
7tire uinu wuu uujrai in null .uu : u ,r.v.n ....... .....11, ..
IniliiUlui.-mtii An thla ntmt 1 r. ullttllt tint? 'WuVt. fif lllft rPO.ftnt
pei. "Thce loaBtB places bridge- .was tiksn. It was a
whert gpcHeaa- jpeo KMhai and cheap structare coatinj about . a
those-who ;iry . -
$85,000,000 ROAD
The sum of $H5,000,0(X) ol Fed
eral funds is made available for
the construction of rural roads,
by the pass? g of the Federal
aid road bill which becamo a law
July II, 1MB.. Of this sum, 75.
000,000 is to be expended for the
construction of rural post roads
under cooperative arrangements
with the highway departments
of the various states, and $10,
000,000 is to be expended for
roads and trails within or partly
within the national forests. The
act. limits the Federal Govern
ment's share in road work in co
operation with the state to 50
per cent of the estimated cost of
construction. Federal aid may
be extended to the construction
of any rural post road, exclud
ing all streets or roads in towns
having a population of 2.50" ur
nolo, except the oortiuns ol
or'oadsOM which the houses
are on the average, more tnau
200 feelapait.
Five million dollnrs is made
available for expenditure .he
fiscal year ending June 30, 1G17,
and thereafter the appropriation
is increased at the rate of rive
millions a year until 1U21, when
the sum provided is twenty-five
uvilions, making, a total of
seventy-live millions. In addi
tion, an appropriaMon of $1,000,
000 a year for ten years a total
of $10,000,000 is made available
for the development of roads
and trail? wholl.7 or partly with
in national forsstn.
The class of r:ids to be bniit
and the method of construction
are to be mutually agreed upon
by the Secretary of Agriculture
and the State high'A'ay depart
ment. Apportionment of Funds Among
' States.."''
The act provides that after
making necesai y deduction for
administering its provisions not
to exceed 3 per cent of the ap
propriation for any one fiscal
year the Secretary of Agri
culture shall apportion the re
mainder of each year's . appro
priation in the following manner:
One-third in the ratio which
Uie area of each State hears in
the total area ot all the Status,
Oie third in the ratio which
the population of each State
bears to the total population of
all the States.
One-third in the ratio which
the mileage of rural delivery
routes and star routes in' each
State bears to the total mileige
of rural delivery routes and star
routes in all the States. '
The sum of 10 000,000 Is
made available in yearly appro
priations of $1,000,000 for the
cooperative construction and
maintenanace of roads and trails
within or partly within the na
tional forests by the Unitjd
States, States, Territories, or
counties In which the fovests lie.
THE COM MILL
, ELECTS
The nnnual meeting of the
stockholders of the Cont Cotton
Mills whs held in their oflicelast
Wednesday morning. Of tho 1,
000 shares 715 were represented.
All the old ofliceit wore re
elected as follows: A. G. Myers,
president; F. Dilling, vice-president;
O. G. Falls, secretary anc'
treasurer.
The directors declared their
usual semi annual dividend of
rive per cent.
The report of the secretary
treasurer showed that the mill
was in a vpry prosrerous condi
tion. This mill has 21,000
spindle ar j is weli-eqnipped for
making line yarns. The stock
holders were well pleased with
he showing the mill had made.
PROF. GARREn TO
SOUTH FORK INSTITUTE
Prof. C. H. Garrett, for sever
al .vers superintendent of the
graded school at JJelhaven, N.
C. has; been elected principal
and general manager of the
South Fork Institute t Maiden.
The next term begins September
4th and a lurge attendance is ex
pected tor the coming session.
Key. 1, T. Nc'wton, of Dall.-w, is
U member of the board of Jtrus-
Moeas
Miss Cuba Lee Fisher is visit
ing relatives in Charlotte. 1
Mr. Lee Patterson of Uock
Hill, S. C. spent Thursday night
in town with relatives.
Mr. K. S. Galloway, Jr., of
Due West, S. C, arrived Thurs
day to visit h!s s'ster, Mrs. K.
W. Neal.
Uev. K. O. Cole returned from
Lake Junulusua Friday. He
slates that the floods did no dam
age there.
We are nsked to announce that
the annual cemetery and church
'.'round cleaning will be had at
Bethlehem Saturday.
Mrs. Geo, Logan and children
went to Hlacksburu Friday to
visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
U. A. Westbrook.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsay
who have been in Tennessee for
the past year arc visiting their
son, Key. A. T. Lindsay, at Lin
wood. Dr. J. S. Hood has moveil his
office from the Manney Drug
Storo to the offices in the 'Herd
building vacated by attorney N.
F, McMillan when he moved to
Gaston i a.
The Union Sunday School
Singinc Convention meets at
9ak Grovu Sunday. The sing
ers wi'l bear in mind that this
mceti-ig will be the time for the
election of oflicerj. .
PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH
Atlauta, Ga., July 25 How
reirarbakle has been the South 's
progress along agricultural and
ii.dustiial lines during tliu past
decadti was strikingly brought
out by President Fairfax Harri
son, of Southern Railway Com
pany, in an address before the
Virginia Bankers Association.
Mr. Harrison gave figures
showing that during this period
with an inCreace ii population
of but H.fS percent, the South
increased in assessed valuj of
its prof.erty 81.25 per cent, its
trtal wealth 129.211 per cent, trie
value of its agricultural products
50.54 per cent, of its live stock
51.82 ier cent' its mam'facturies
107.00 pei cent, and its mineral
products 42.85 per cent. The
number of banking institutions
increased tW. 75 ptr cent, bank
ing capital 63.92 percent, depos
its 77 28 i.er cent, and surplus
121.99 ppr cenv The mileage of
Improved roads increased 147.28
per cert and the revenues devot
ed to public, schools J 50. 31 per
ECHOES FROM THE FLOOD
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Colletlsville, N. C.
Four persons wore drowned in
the flood at Colletlsville, ten
miles vest of L?noir, Saturday
night, when the Johns river,
overflowing its banks, ;.enl
through every building in the
town, rose to the second tloor or
residences and left a trail of loam
from two to five feet deep in
every building. Tlie drowned
were. Mrs. A. P. Shoo..iuke and
three-7ear old chiiJ, the three
year-old child ot W. X. Clark,
and Tate Moore's wife, colored.
Linville, N. C.
The storm at Linville, X, C.
precipitated 15.il incho of rain
ii: 24 hours. Tlie greatest dam
age was inflicted in tlie gorge
ard valley of the Xortli Fork of
the Catawba river, whic'i was
swept over its entire lo-igth.
from its sourc; on Humpback
mountair to Marion, by Moods
and slides that completely wrecu
ed this leitile valley, sweeping
away uiaiiy houses, burns, mills,
and most of the farms.
Asheville. N. C.
Ss the waters returned t
normal in tlie French liroad
Valley near Asheville damage
was seen to be less than first
feared, and it was said that total
losses around lower Asheville
aid at Hiltinore would not ex
ceed $75,000.
Mcrganion, N. C.
Morganton was completely iso
lated, every bridge in Mur'.ce
county being swept away, Tho
damage to the Southern Rail
way company from Bridgewater
to Asheville is said to iiino.'nt to
at least a million dollars, and
some railroad men place it high
er. The desi ruction east of
Hijkory was not so great.'-. The
Southern Power company sus
tained at least $500,000 in damages.
was drowned and Itis l ')tel i
total loss. Mr, Logan is a l:irtx-
man of our tornmen, Mt- -r,;
(loo. and Leonid. is Lognn.
I! Hall of Green ".ill lost
life trying to wh i the riv?r
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flcndcrsonville
It is reported from Hen Jerson
villo that three lives were lost
at Fruitland and four at Hat
Cave. Those at Fruitland are;
Isaac L'onnor, Marie Freeuian
and a seventeen year-oid son ot
Tild.ni Freeman. At Hut Cave;
Mrs. Edgar Huntley and two
children, and Mis Hill.
Rebuilding
Xews comes from all quarto's .
the proper authorities are be
ginning to rebuild bridges and
other public property which
was swept away by tin: Hood.
County coniiiiissiuneis in most
counties heard from are provid
ing temporary brides across the
more important highways until
permanent bridges can be built.
Damage to cotton milla and other
property cf a corporation natnro
are being looked after with all
dispatch. Where the danrngo
wan slight and easily repaired
operation has been or . soon wril
be resumed. Places like Moun
tain Islnnd and Monbo where
the lliill.i were washed wholly
away will be longer in rebuild
ing, if at all. Iti)orls )oy
coming in of bodies of flood vic
tims being picked up hera and
therein the stricken districts.
Granite Falls, N. C.
. All streams were from ten to
twelve feet higher than any
Irnmvn hi.rli w:it.ui' inut-I him.
. r .i i I was found about two miles turn
ge to the amoiin' of thousands! , , . ., .
of dollars occur rod. TlieCataw-
More Bodies Found
Tho body of Supervisor H. P.
Giiilin was found by a searching
party composed of Southern
Railway emirlovus lust Wednes
day morning. It ws foiled two
or three .hundred yards k '
wheie tho Belmont trosUe acros.i
the t'alawba wentdjwn Sun
day Uifore. The body was ti.l.cn
to the old home at Literly, S. C,
for burial. Tiio bodies ol Sec
tion foreman C. S. l?,:rbee, and
Sloan Adams, a colored work
liian, both of Chariot U, v.cie,
found Friday, liarbee's bud'
ba river was from ten t.) twelve
feet higher than the the highi
water mark made in 101)1 . This
threw it up to the second story
in the Khodhiss mill and over
all the machinery in the A. K.
Smith mill at Uhodhiss. The
cotton house with four hundred
bales of cotton in it at the live
was washed away, with the sup
ply house,, stable and several
dwelling houses.
where the bridge went down and
Sloan's body was found at Fort
Mill.
At Rhodhiss
The damage at Rhodhiss, oc-
cording to the official announce
ment, will amount to something
betwoen $50,000 and $75,000, iu-
cludinr that at both plants, that
of the a. E. Smith Manufactur
ing Company and that of the
UhoJhws Mnufacturing Com
pany, l"cated on opposite sides
of the river.
Chimney Rock
It. seems that the popular
.mountain summer resort . was
completely swept awy. We
are .not iofoi med as to how many
lives were lost but in seems a
Mr. Forlune's Experience
Mr. W. L. Fortune, of Kings
Mountain, section foreman of
the Kings Mountaiu-Blarksbursf
section of the Southern Kailread,
gives in a thrilling experience in
his account of the destruction c-f
the Catawba trestle at Belmon!;
Sunday, July KUh.
"Capt. GrilKn and I were staiad
:ng right close together on a rift
'jxnd together -with the others
were guidir.g logs and treea so
that they would pass under the
trestle withcut lodging against
it. The derrick was picking up
logs from thfl upper side and lift
ing them over the track. The
derrick engineer backed his en
gine off the trestle but nave n?
no warning and before we hir'
time to take care of c ... C.
the crash came. ' I fe-a-d
rible crash overhead and loon-i-'
up. The track was taming up
stream and then suddenly it Ul
lorwurd. I made ft- leap J or a
post but missed it, I vent down
certainty that Mr. Ceo.. Logan . .(0oDtiaue(, oti back page)