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Vol. 13, No. 26.
Kings Mountain. North Carolina, Thursday; August'- !24. H)1G. 81.50 A Year in Advance
IVIRE BURNS CHARLEY
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DEATH SFEAX AT SHELBY
Wire fell wu E. Kiap 'lootafai
tchool fofMinf Wc&csdar alx&t
- -One iatt antther burnt.
' Char. Hantion, age 12; wis
" burned to dwitn, Charley Mc
Falls had hi hands BliRhtly
burned and consternation reign
ed in the vicinity ot the East
Klnus Mountain graded 'school
bnilding la,t Wednesday night
as the result of a static wire be
Ing do we. Nobody knows just
' how the wire came to be down
except that the, pin pullod oat of
, the cross-arm and the wire foil
t j the ground across Mr. Wesley
J Barnes yard. Young Uannon
. bad worke.l during the night
and was on his way to his uncle
Jesse McDanlel's about 5:
Thursday morning when he ran
in contact with the wire. The
' wire was lodged on a poultry
1 ' Wire and was Just high enough
to strike the boy abont the
throat. Mr. Barnes heard the
boy scream and saw the flame
leap pp. The lad Is said to have
,'bnrned like kerosine lor half ar
' hour before, the wire could bp
"... discharged. His left hand was
burned off at the wrist, hi right
hand badly burned andTlfis whole
body burned more or lea. r- lit
was the son of Mr. W. P. Han
son ,of near Bithlchom church
, about six miles from town.- The
boy bad come here on Sunday
. before to team to woik in the
Dilllrg Milt and was boarding at
v Mr. McDaniefs. . The father
si rived early Thnisday morning
. i and too'j the body home and It
was taken Friday to Antioch
where it was buried.
' The wire was supposed to be
. tead7 Ibat is' the switch ws pull-
ei ont It received its charge
itber by a leak in the "switch
or by overflow from other wires
. on the same poles, or more prob
-Ably irom boVU sources, it was
n tbe street are line and the
lights were off. This sort of
current is -called "static" and
there hi no way o knowing how
vStroogit was.' .
. Borne say the wire eatne down
early , as nine o'clock in the
sight bat Mr. Barnes says that
be discovered it about srfdnlght
It was lying flat on the gioond
across Mr. Barns' yard In front
ofia door. It bsraew several
doles in the g r o b d and
as It passed through a corn patch
burned aa ear of corn; in two.
Mr. Barnes says that he worked
- feard to keep peopto from com-
tag tn contact with tbe wire after
he discovered il Many were
'passing to and froas the mill, es
v pectally. as the day and night
' shifts were being made.
tt is claimed that mumnrous
efforts were made by telephone
to ha vo the wire attended to be
fore any damag, was done but
'it was only afunr jthe boy been
killed , that relief came. -The
bey could net, be released from
,the wire and burned there until
. someone could go to the power
house several hundred yards
'away and faav the current cut
off. Dir.' ' Parsons tod k n o
chances and cut off everything
.. i town, j :-t',. : -i 'i -: !?';'-.
., Mr.. Prsons-whii) -was n charge
of tbe power station says that
s ' "h; bs4 an .indistinct telephone
? messat nabut twelve, birty
, tbst thre ' waV tr'onbie with' a
'wire somewhere in toyrn but
h '' i o'aliibt'get the; ficts except,
, fy im Abie," the manf.w.ho jlobks
'y fter'tti town wire, was want
ed to a.ttond "to the:! tt( ? As
Q T. W. BICKETT 10
SEP. 4
DmocoHc undlaate for Governor
wni.addrcs voteri in the-awmy
court-house.
We are asked to announce
that Hon. T. W. Bickett. candi
date for Governor Of Nrth Car
olina'on the Democratic ticket,
will syeak In the court lioustt at
Shelby at 11 o'clock MomHy,
September 4th.
KEff. CULP IS 5TIHNE1I H LIGHTNING
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During the electrical storin of
Tuesday afternoon of lust u r
Rev. B. A. Uulp, pastor of Ur.ieo
Methodist church, was sevoivl.v
shocked by lightning, so niui-h
that he was unable to walk u ut.il
next morning. He bad bciii nut
at '.he church where soir-e hands
were tearing away the old build
ing preDaratory to building, n
a new one and was run in by 1.1k
cloud. Be and one of the men
were standing near tlw stova in
the kitchen at the patronage
when a severe clap came. Itat
fected Mr CulpV left leg and
he startel to 'all, when the other
man Caught him. He was able
to get about the next day.
BOOKCLUB
On the 17th of Adjust (he
Book Club together with their
invited guests met with Mrs.' J.
E. McLaughed, whose hospitali
ty is far reaching anl generous
nature includes a large circlo of
friends. ' .'.
Tb guests were met by the
attractive daughter, Miss. Mar
garet McLaoghen, and she na to
rear of reception hall where a
bank of magnolias surrounded
the bowl of ice cold punch made
and served by the delicate bands
of Miss Kate McLaughen and
Mrs. E. H. Wood.
Too parlor was decorated in
pink and white roses and polish
ed center table with a beautiful
Maiden flair fern.
Following the. business meet
ing this program was rendeed:
Our National Guard, by Mi's
D. C. Mauney.
Minuet lu G, 3uet by Misses
Katie, Garrotttand Margaret Mc
Laughen. ' - '!. : - :.
Beading, Fairness to Militia,
by Mrs. C. E. Neisler.
The LAst Smiiu. uiana solo' liv
Miss darrett. .
' Special reading, Burglar
Caught by, a Woman, by Miss
Margaret McLsughen.
'O Lovely Night, solo, by MisS
Garrett. ...
. A two course menu was served
and a mrst delightful afternoon
s (tent, long to be remembered by
those present. ; ': - -
Able had. no phone' Mr. Parsons
could, do nothing. The arc
8 witch is worked from the town
Station and Mr. Parsons had no
thing' to do with that.
While the boy was burning and
groundfng a greatar part of the
onrrent iMrv" Cbarfty MePUlls
came 4 n contact with the wire at
another point about forty yards
away but inatiaged to get away
before he was badly hurt: - : ,
Some blame attaches fa- - tlitit
wire lytatf tliere all nightxim-
oeriling tb.ee lives of so ' manjy
peoole but we ire not In position,
to place it. '. . :;'- .
Descendants Christian Maunney
Had Great Reunion Saturday
History of old Tryon county was re
viewedTo be annual event
Monument to be erected.
Undo"- idoul wonthercoivJitioivs
a t'ruwd fthtimated a( two thou
sand, mainly of the descendants
of Christian Mauwy, met Satur
day on the old historic gi'ounds
of Tryon CJourt House for the
pntposc'of reviowing the faini'y
and tho histar.v of tin; conrvu
nily. Tiio f.vift spat is mi tuc
lands of Alex Karris situated or.
the Macadam ' road hhout half
w.v botn'i'iVii lisscMiar City ami
Ch'Arr.vville, mv tin only narks,
ot the old county sat are an old
scrubby mulberry r, ro e in
the midst o? 3 sumll stubblo field
'v!ieh is sa d to be on the soot
where Christian Maanev's oak
Iok house stood which was silso
used as court ho'ise and jail.
Hard by are tho old rac p.it'i
and wagon '-Ctd of history. The
picuic was held in tho pine for
est about a hundred yards away
whole a etnrid nijd sea's had
been provide-by he ladi.-s of
Concord chu-cli. Tne c'uireh is
erecting a nice build'n m-ar hy
and the ladies provided the plat
fonn and seats for 'he privilege
of selling refreshment ou the
grounds.
The program was carried out
to the letter i:i the finest style.
Hon. W. A. Manne.v of Kings
Mountain presided in -his usna
pleasant manner. In h!,s iniro
ductory remarks lie stated that
the object of the meeting was
mainly to combine two Mauney
reunions, the one ho. has Usually
bad at his park near here am'
the other, the Moses Mauney re
union. The spot was f elected
because it was the old homestead
of Christian Mauney the pioneer
Mauney . who migrated from
Pennsylvania before the Revo
lution and, thciefore, the fore
father of all the Mauneys in thif
connection. Christian Majney
had two biothevs, Valentine aid
Abe Mauney, who came from
the Dutch settlements of Penn
sylvania aft the same time and it
is expected that their descend
ants will participate in the next
reunion to be held at the same
place next year.
Hon. Osca Mason of Gastonia
was " present and extended the
welcome and in very appropriate
words introduced the speakers.
The first speech was a recital of
the history of Tryon ctiunty and
the Mauney family by Judge A.
Nixon of Lincolnton. ' This will
bu reported in full elsewhere is
the Herald. Hon. Clyde ,R.
Hie.v was the nxt speaker.
Mr, Iloey spoke about twenty
minutes and made one of the
finest patriotic speeches we have
heard on.such an occasion.
The noon hour arrived and a
goneral srood time, was had. A
long four square tahte'was load
ed to. the groaning 'point with
rood thiURM and was well sur
round d with fnl Ks -with sharp
appetitPs. 4 A general get-ac-
qua n;ed hour was mingled wth
the eating. 1 At tr.o table Rev.
C, IC. .Hull offered orayer ron-
cludmg vith the '"Blessing."
After dinner the c,,wd re-as-
Sembled and -Hon.- A. ' Nixon
read tho will'ot Christian Maun
ey.. Hon. W. A.. Mainoy( then
Tead- a partial list of the lineal
descendants of Chv'stiail Maun
ey. Dr. Kiser of lieepsvill j of-
;ferod a resolution that lion. W.
A. Mauney ard his friends erect
an appropriate monument on the
! grounds coni!rimoi'Ui.ing 'the
I mou'Ory of C.'ii r i stin n Mauney
j and Tryon county. The resolu
tion was udopV:i and Mr. Maun
joy and A. Nixon wme appointe.l
to neuotiate the. matter. It was
di?cid,,id that the reunion bo made
a permanent annual evei.t and
W. A Mauney was appointed
Chairman nf arrangomonts. .1..I.
(Jeorga of Cliel rvville suggested
i that that the. editor of tin; K nips
Mountain Herald he asked tu
publish the entire list of the de
scendants and make his bi.l for
same. No action was t-ikeii in
that matter. The music for the
occasion was furnished by Mr.
i.nd Mrs. V. A, Kidenbour ar.d
Messrs. R L and W.K. Mauney,
of Kings Mount tin. Tao vio
lins, an organ and a horn weie
useu.
Among the nsmns of those
mentioned in the first, secoud
and thi-d guneritions of Christ
ian Mauney yv. Mauney, Ram-
soy, Jenkins, Wells, Rhyne,
S.-vnders, McCarter, Neal, Befttn,
Baker, Huffstetler, Rlackwjod,
Falls, Jones, Black, Carpenfir,
Plonk, Reynolds, Brown, Hud-
dleson, Kiser, Eaker, Sellers,
Stroup, Smith,- Williams, Van
Dyke, Heavner, Clark, Willis,
Bea'.ti, Long, Birber, Crawford.
Parris, Gaston, Proneberger,
Kendnck, Kennedy. t Miss Boh-
r.ie Mauney is making list of
all the name?, and the indica
tions now are thit there will be
about 2,000 of the descendants of
Christian Mauney -when the num
beriig is finished. V ,
Little 13-year-old Fannie Far
ris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A, Farris, was present with
the record that she 'had seen fi ve
of her grandmothers and they
were all Mauney's.
GRADED SCHOOL OPENS
- ELEVENTH
Full list of teachers Stvrral changes
in faculty Extra teacher in sixth
grade. . ;
DEATH OF MBS. HEWITT
Yorkville Enquirer. '
: After an illness of afout four
months, Mrs. Nancy Hewitt died
at the home of her niece, Mrs.
R. B. Riddle, on Clover No. 2,
Tuesday evening and was buried
at Union .cemetery in Gaston
county, N.VC, on Wednesday.
Mrs. Hewitt was in the 90th
year of her age'. She was, be
fore her marriage, Miss Nancy
Wood, and was ' born in York
county, near Wright's Ferrvi on
Christinas day, 1820. She was
twice married, first to the lata
Martin Waid aud'several years
after his death, to Rev. T. - A.
Hewitt, i now deceased. Site
leaves no rhildren. Up to a year
ago Mrs. Hewitt lived in War
rior, Ala., aifd- since then has
been with the family of Mr.
Riddle. Her only surviving rel
atives in this section are. Mes-
dames David Brandon and il. B
Riddlo of Clover No. 2, and Mr
William M. Glenn of Gaston
county. ' ' . -
illi INFANT
The infant child of Mr. John
Allen of Gastonia was buried in
Mountain Rest csmetery hie
Monday of last week, - ' " '.
The Board ot School Commis
sioners or the Kires Mountain
Graded School has completed
the list of teachers for the ensu
ing year and fixed Monday, Sep
tember 11th, as the opening day.
Th? teaahers are as follows:
SUPERINTENDENT
Professor Fran It Wr. Orr,
Charlotte, N. C.
LOWER FIRST GRADE
Miss Daisy Lovelace,
Mooresboro, N. C.
ADVANCED FIRST GRADE
Miss Sue Merriit,
Roxboro, N. C.
SECOND GRADE
Miss Jennie Lee Kerr, ,
Rock Hill, S. C.
THIRD GRADE
Miss Besi2 Slmonton,
City.
FOURTH GRADE
Misr. Edna Dixoii.
Fallston, N a
FIFTH GRADE
Miss Alda Titman,
Lowerysyille, f . C.
SIXTH GRADE
Miss Annie Bell Hill
Red Springs, N. C.
SEVENTH GRADE
Miss Bonnie Mauney,
- City. ,
HIGH SCHOOL
Frof. Orr and
Miss Melissa E. Philli.w,
Dulton, N. C,
The fcllowinu are of Inst year's
faculty: Misses Krrr" Slmon
ton, Dixou and Mauney.
Ope teacher 'his be added
in the sixth grade.
V flEORES M SLEHK
The comptroller of the cui-ren-.
cy has received-leports from the
national hanks of the county for
the last iiscai .year. Their con
solidated testimony set fcrth
the deposits of more than 14.-
00,000 persons, in evry slate,
county and town in the Union
having a national '.bank. This
testimony convicts of gross in
sincerity and, misrepresentation
those who have claimed and are
insisting that the country's pros
perityis a Fool's Paradise or
that it is temporary, sectional or
begotten of and dependent npon
war. -
To summarize briefly the re
port by groups of states, from
April 8, 19i2, to May 1. 1016i in
the states of New England the
increase in deposits was from
$619,000,000 to $811,79ot000, a
net gain in deposits of $191,858,-
000.
la the Eastern states the net
gain was $1,713,794,000. .
In the Southern states. the net
gain was $218,084,000; in the
middle elates, : $212,-219,C0O; in
the. Pac'fic states, $124,4B2,000;
in Hawaii, $901,000 r v
, The total net gain for all the
states reached the enormous fig
ure o of $3,119,811,000 quite
a silencer to the reckless state -meit
tt'at enemies of ' the gov
e.rnment have been making.--The
Bulletin. . -
LOCAL HI PERSONAL
Mr. Farris Hamrirk of near
Groverand Miss Fairy Hicksy
daughter of M. W. A. Hicks of
Route 2, were married Sunday
night, Angus Bth.
Mr. D. D. Kemball of East
King Mountain returned Thurs
day from Misenheimer, N. C,
where he attended the funeral
of his father who- died August
10th.
Mi. and Mm. L. C. Hord vis
ited in Lincolnton last week.
Mr. and Mrs H. M. Heavner
attended the meeting of tele
phone managers at Lakewooi)
Park, Charlotte, Friday niglrt.
Miss Eilen Long, who fead
been In a Charlotte hospital for
several weeks, was brought
home Thursday night and is
getting along very well.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Crotrse an
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Adderholt
spent part. o last week at Henry
River, visiting Mr. Adderholt'o
brothers, M. L. and D. W. Ad-
derholt, and his sisters, Mrs. M.
h. Rudisill and Mrs. M. R. Rudv.
sill. Thev returned Fridnv.
Rev. Rayippnd Browning and
lamily, of Lincolnton, weie iw
town last Thursday.
Mr. T. (7. Trfi6rnn iml f.;i.i
who moved to Gastonia three
months ago, have meved back:
hero.
MRS. RUM DIES r
Mrs. Eddie Plum died at her!
home in Greenville county, S.
C, August- 8tb. She was the
wite ot Mr. J. L, Flum, recently
of this county, and Bister of Tom
and E. 1, Maybtrr;. .-'.. ',
Mr. and' Mrs, G. G. Pace went-
over to Gastonia Thursday to be1
pusent that evening and night
at i receptipn givea by Mr. and
Mis. D. H. McMillkn in honorof
thei'son; JT. Fred McMillan,
and his bride. Mr. N. Fred Mc
Millan wit, married on Aucust 8
to KTtss A nna Sue CamD, of Gil-
key, N. C , and durinir the inlr-
hn had speut their honeymoon at
Asheviile, Henderson ville and
other points of interest among"
the mountsins of Western North
Carolina. The receptiott
largely attended by the young'
people of Gastonia and the hap
py couple eL joyed the occasion
to tbe fullest. They have set
up-liouse-kcepinsr oi West Airline.
rllUHSIIEtt
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Mr. Ed Smithy who recently
married at Lunrberton while' he
was assistant superintendent of
a tin mine at KeysviUe, Va., has
come' back to taike charge of the- '
farm,, which is situated near
Ware's school hoose, and Wr
mother, Mrs. J. North Smith,
has gone to Keysvij le to be with
his father. ' Edl says that Wh re
cent courtship ImkI1 somewhat of
romance in it and be think that .
all Herald1 readers ought tofcnow
about it. He met the goed lady
at Ke j'uville eoly once,, lilted her,
loved her, and when she went
back home lie sent her letters;'
soon he popped the question, an if
so, and so onrnd thrt he went
after her and she . folded her
tents and joined his.
Mr. J Rnk Pkge died a' fcls '
home at (he Sevfer Mill Tuesday
of last week alter long suffering -
with cancer of the face. TJw ,
remains were taken to Bfethle
heuQaneterf for buriil Wednej- .
dy. Mr, Page was s member
oi the Methodist chureh and sig-' '
nttied his willingness to die.
THE HERALBi LU far rsr
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