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VOL. 13.
NO. 30.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1916.
$1 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
GARDNER SPEAKS AT
DEMOCRATIC RALLY
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN OPENED
SATURDAY NIGHT. LEADERS
ENTHUSIASTIC.
PRAISE WORKS OF WILSON
Laud President For Hit Policies and
Achievement. Opera Home
Packed.
Hen. 0. Max Gardner, candidate
for Lieutenant Governor, opened the
Democratic campaign for Cleveland
county here Saturday night before a
very enthusiastic audience In the
Opera House. He spoke briefly of
the leaders of the Republican party
and showed how that in 1912 Roose
velt ddnounced Penrose. Payne and
other leaders and split the party
asunder and that now he la back In
line with them.
He then discussed the differences
between the Democratic and Repub
lican parties which was followed by
an elabor te exposition of the poll
. cies and achievements of Wood row
Wilson and bis administration. He
spoka at length of the Federal Re
serve Banking law and commended It
as being one of the finest pieces of
legislation ever put on the statute
books of our country.
The Opera House was packed. Of
course the audience was composed
mainly of Democrats while there was
a good sprinkling of Republicans, and
a few ladies.
BRIDGE COMMITTEE MEET
J Gaston and Mecklenburg Boards
Meet at ML Holly and Settle Con
troversy About Brldgea.
; The bridge committees of the Gas
ton county and Mecklenburg county
commissioners met at- Mt. Holly
Monday and settled the little con
troversy which bad arisen between
the two boards concerning the re-
building of the bridges across the
Catawba river In which both coun
ties are Interested. The bone of con
tention was the Res well's Ferry
bridge which Is only a gateway be
tween Lincoln and Charlotte and Is
of little benefit to Gaston. The Gas
ton commissioners were willing to go
their full proportion in all the
bridges except this one. At a meet-
- ing last Friday the uaston commis
sioners offered to pay one-third of
this bridge and this la the proposi
tion which the Mecklenburg commis
sioners accepted Monday.
The other two bridges, Sloan's
Ferry and Mt. Holly, have caused no
'contention. State Engineer FalUs
will make a survey of the several lo
: catlpns and the work of re-construc
tion will begin at an early date.
The law regulating the building of
brldgea over county Una streams, so
Dr. O. vO.; Falls, chairman of the
Gaston board, tells us, bases the
proportion that each county shall
pay upon the number of taxable polls
In each county which in this case
would make Gaston'a part two-fifths
and Mecklenburg's part three-fifths.
But the Gaston board seeing no direct
benefit coming to their county from
the Roswell' Ferry, bridge refused
to pay the two-flfths but did agree
to pay one-third.
8UBMARINE SHOW.
Wonderful New Attraction Secured for
Midway at the Pair Show How
Submarines Operate.
One of" .the most popular of "the
many attractions With the Great Amer
ican Shows, the carnival company
. which comes to Oastonla fpr the week
' of October 2nd, Is the Startxell Sub
marine Show, with its working models
1 of Uncle Sam's submarine boats. Mr.
Starzell gives a clever talk on subm
1 rlnes and their uses, at the same time
conducting a sham battle with perfect
" models ot the various types of these
terrible fighting machines. ; , ' '
The watcher see the enemy's
draadnaught approaching and - the
quick action of the submarine of the
- sew type as it comes up broadside,
fire a shot and dives instantly, final
ly sinking the battleship. , The exhib
itor show a model ot the old type ot
submarine which works by motor pow
'' er for which It need storage batteries,
, ahw demonstrating the method of
': niltig the compressed air and water
ballast In comparison with this comes
" the latest invention . in submarine,
"Which is the work ot Capt Stance?, of
I imllton, Ohio, an ex-submarine saM
or who I at present building these
! t for the iwTerniBMit.
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E BARBECUE
FOR MILL PEOPLE
TWO THOUSAND POUNDS OF
BEEF, PORK AND MUTTON
PROVIDED REPAST.
PICNIC At PARKER'S GROVE
Stockholders of Kings Mountain Mfg.
Co., Klotho Mills, Bonnie Mills,
Anna Mill, and Paulina Mills Ar
Promoter.
The barbecue and picnic given Sat
urday By the stockholders of the
Kings Mountain Mfg. Co., The Klotho
Mills, The Bonnie Mills, The Anna
Mills and the Pauline Mills, to their
employes and their fnmliies was a
great success. The outing was held
In Parker's grove, near the old mill
which Is a most suitable place for
such an occasion. The occasion was
full of Interest from the beginning.
A greasy pole bad been fixed with a
dollar in a paper bag attached to the
top of the pole. The person climb
ing to where he could reach ' the
money was to get It. The boys work
ed hard. They worked by singles a
while, then they began to stack. The
contest went on until about eleven-
thirty, when Ralph Ware reached the
goal. When he hit the ground the
boys covered him and after a scuf
fle he extricated himself and took to
his heels to save the money.
At eleven-thirty Esquire W. A.
Mauney assumed mastership of cere
monies, and after music by the or
chestra composed of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Ridehour and Messrs, R. L.
and W. K. Mauney he made a short
and fitting speech. He stated that
for a long time -the mills had made
but little money, but now hey were
doing well, and he with his associates
thought it perfectly fitting to give a
day of outing and picnic to those
who had a.tuck to them through the
hard times. He urged the children
to go to school and make the best of
their opportunities. He then intro
duced Mr. O. Max Gardner, who made
a splendid address. Mr. Gardner
spoke along the line of the- great
part the cotton mill operative was
taking in carrying on the industry of
the world. . He gave special attention
to the boys and urged them to make
men of themselves. He held up the
example of Abraham Lincoln as a
speclment of .a poor boy overcoming
the obstacle ot poverty and Ignor
ance and rising to the presidency of
the United States. Mr. Gardner
steered clear of politics. After the
address more music was had from the
orchestra and then Rev. C. K. Bell
Invoked God's blessings.
A number of tables had been pre
pared in a roped off section and the
people were admitted to the barbe
cue by ticket About two thousand
pound of beef, pork and mutton had
been well prepared. - Bread, cakes
and pies were provided and a most
bountiful repast was enjoyed. This
was the first effort of the kind ever
undertaken here and it was success
ful in every particular.
L
ANNOUNCE8 THAT. HE HAS NO
INTENTION OF MAKING CAM
P IGN TOUR.
TO CARRY OUT PLANS MADE
Will Make Several Speeches on Pub
lic Questions Before Non-Partisun
Organizations. Party Leaders
Hold Conference.
Long Branch, N. J. President Wil
son announced that he has no inten
tion of making any campaign tour,
but that he will rai.y out plans al
ready tentatively made for several
speeches on public questions before
non-partisan organizations. This an
nouncement followed a conference
between Mr. Wilson and Vance Mc
Cormick. chairman of the Democratic
National Committee. Both the Pres
ident and Mr. McCormirk expressed
indignation over stories printed to
the effect that as a result of uneasi
ness over the Republican campaign
Mr. Wilson had changed his plans
and would stump the country.
Secretary Tumulty authorised the
following statement:
"The President has no Intention of
making any campaign tour. He does
not intend to change the program al
ready agreed upon by those in charge
of his campaign to accept invitations
from non-partisan organizations to
discuss political questions."
In addition to the speeches in dif
ferent part ot the country the Presi
dent plan to makg addresses on the
porrh of Shadow Lawn to delegations
from various states -who will call
upon him. The first of these speeches
will he made Saturday afternoon to
a delegation of business men with
whom Mr. Wilson will discuss the
record of business legislation made
by his administration.
Chairman McCormirk arrived here
with a portfolio filled with letters
from Democratic leaders and Invita
tions from political and non-polttlcal
organizations. He urged that as
many as possible be accepted.
With Chairman McCormlck. the
President planned to the general
trend of his addresses. In them he
will avoid personalities and confine
himself strictly to pressing public
questions. Among other things he
will dlBcuss the settlement of the re
cently threatened railroad strike,
which Charles E. Hughes has made
an Issue In the campaign.
LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE
Cost of His Salt
A Hoosler, who has moved to south
ern California, write to friends North,
complaining of the "skinning of the
"natives' and tourist." "I always had
believed," he wrote, "that the Pacific
ocean was salty, yet we pay ten cents
a pound for the same salt out' here
that we used to buy tor three cents a
pound in Indianapolis and h never
heard of any 'native' salt being dis
covered in White river, Fall creek,
Poguea and Pleasant runs."
its movements In the' water; it work
entirely by motors, with propeller
fore and aft, and carries no water bal
last; in action It 1 the quickest and
wickedest under-water -worker ever
known. It also car r lesafsteya
known. ; It also carries a 'safety de
vice by means of which, should the
machinery go wrong, the 'boat will re
turn to the surface of its own accord.
All these and many more interesting
facta Mr: Startxell tells about these
machines of war and now that "war
and the rumors of war" are taking' op
so much space in the dally papers sub
marines are something everybody
wants to know about' The models are
presented in an immense glass tank
which Is mounted on an automobile
truck made especially tor it, the wa
ter la clear and 'all the- nnder-watef
maneuvers are plainly seen through
the glass. The Great American Show
management are Justly proud ot Mr.
8tartseU'a submarine, show for it Is
not only a novelty, but something that
both the grown -folks sad the kiddie
want to see. -. ;
Short Paragraphs of Stat New Thai
Havt Bean Condensed for Busy
Popl of the 8tat.
8everal bridges In Catawba county
have been completed thla week.
Twenty-two appeals are disposed of
by the Supreme Court In the Initial
delivery of opinions for this iciui ut
the court.
The center of wheat production In
the State of North Carolina is in the
counties of Iredell, Rowan, Davie and
Davidson.
Chairman Brlnkkley of the Board of
County Commissioners received a
notification that the bridges for Burks
were being shipped.
The health department of Wilming
ton has Issued a notice to all school
children to be vaccinated before the
beginning of the fall term.
A high price record was establish
ed on the leaf tobacco market at
Winston-Salem when the average
price reached 118.8 a hundred pounds.
The commiaslnoers of the Town of
Hamlet have unanimously decided to
issue bond to the amount of $50,000
to continue stret Improvement work.
The North Carolina School for the
Deaf opened Its twenty-third annual
session with an attendance of 250, the
largest number ever present at the
opening.
Seventeen thousand persons vacci
nated against typhoid fever within five
months by one physician Is the rec
ord of Dr.' Thomas M. Jordan, of the
state department of health.
W. M. Blanton, one ot Marlon's old
est and most prominent citizens, died
recently from infirmities of old age.
He was in his eighty-fourth year and
had resided in McDowell county over
fifty years, having been born In Cleve
land county.
Walter Eldrldge. a young Virginian,
employed as assistant keeper of the
quintette of elephants with Sparks
Circus of Salisbury, N. C, was slain
at Kingsport, Tenn., by "Mary," a fe
male elephant which has been per
forming for IB yeajr s.
The official announcement of the
Haywood -county fair has been made
by Secretary Horace Sentelle, and ac
cording to the plans which are being
made the fair, which is to be held at
Wayneavllle October 3 to t. will be a
bigger success than ever.
Mr. W.'S. Fallls, state highway en
gineer, has Just returned from Lexing
ton, Ky., where he attended the South
ern Good Roads Association which was
in session there last week. He said
that North Carolina was well repre
sented among the large number of
highway official and experts of the
SOUtfa.' . .
Klffln Rockwell, the Carolina boy,
who has already won fame for him
self as a member1 of the French avia
tion corps, has brought down bis
fourth German Fokker, according to
recent dispatohe which tell of his
battle above the clouds, and following
escape from reinforcements from the
German corps.
"I hope to furnish you convicts for
work on 4 he Hickory Nut Gap road
within the next thirty days," Governor
Locke Craig told State Engineer Fal
lls at Ashevllle. "Just now the pris
oners are all busy on the elate farms,
planting the fall crops, a work that is
ahnhtAtv nmRmr hirt mnn
attacks. It was .aid. a disorders oc--,, complete,, u,er WU be sent
i-urreu m uiu, f i tue ssiuo lnt- ttu, j hlrfM th.t m.H
1
A meeting of the Torren Land
Title Committee ot the North Caro
lina Bar Association appointed to re
vise the land law ot North .Carolina
for presentation to the tat Legisla
ture, was held in Raleigh. Plana were
made for general discussion of the
matter before drafting the revised
statute. The committee will meet
with the committee appointed by the
Torren Union for the same purpose
in the upreme Court building in Ral
eigh on September 28 at three o'clock
In the afternoon.
r FAIR
TO BE A GREAT E
Line of Amusements Biggest and Best Ever
Seen in Piedmont Carolina
EOT
SERIOUS RIOTING MARKS
NEW YORK CARMEN'8 STRIKE
Mob Storm Barn, Overpowering
Police and Routing Railway
Employee.
New York. The most serious riot
ing since the transit strike In this city
began two weeks ago, occurred In va
rious sections of Manhattan, when at
tempts were made to run cars on the
Forty-second and Fifty-ninth street
cross-town surface lines. Mobs of
strikers and their sympathizers storm
ed two car barns, overpowering tbe po
lice and putting to flight all railway
employes in the vicinities.
Several motormen and conductor
who had not joined the strike were
beaten. .
The police assert that the strikers
took advantage of the fact that many
policemen were detailed to polling
booths in the primary election here.
Tile strikers apparently plannd their
PLAN FOR BIG CELEBRATION
Reduced Rates on All Railroads.
Governors and Their Cabinets
Will Attend October 7th.
Plans continue to round up for the
big October 7th Celebration. A meet
ing of the executive committee was
held Monday night at which reports
were made and various details work
ed out.
The committee on transportation
announced that they had secured re
duced rates over the Southern Rail
way. On account of the Gaston Fair
reduced rates will bo in effect over
; the C. & N.-W. and very probably
i over the P. & N. railways.
It was announced definitely that
Governor Craig would attend the cele
bration with his cabinet. It is now
expected that Governor Craig and
party will arrive on train No. 43 on
the night of October 6lh, and that
Governor Stuart and his staff will
arrive on train :-.o. 29 on the morn
ing of the 7th.
A renewed effort was made Mon
day uight to have Governor Manning
of South Carolina to attend accom
panied by his staff. Governor Craig
had been asked some time ygo to
extend this Invitation but having
heard nothing from our governor rel
ative to the matter It was decided to
cull the matter to his attention again
and to urge upon him to prevail up
on the Palmetto Governor to be with
us on the august occasion.
Invitations were ordered prepared
lo send out to the various guests on
honor and a thousand past-card
souvenir invitations printed for gen
eral distribution to be sent out by
local people to their friends.
THE BUSY CITY.
VILLA BANDIT8 ELUDE '
MEXICAN CAVALRYMEN
Chihuahua City, Mexico. The Villa
forces, which recently attacked Chi
huahua City, have succeeded In elud
ing government cavalry pursuing them
and have taken refuge In the Sierra
de la Sill and the Clenge de Los La
drone mountains, south of Sants Fe
Ysabel,, Chluahua, according to Gen
eral LaUas Ramos, who returned here
from the pursuit . ; , '
MANY LIVES LOST BY DAM "
" . BREAK IN BOHEMIA VALLEY
;,; London4-Many live have been lost
and enormous damage has been cawed
near Gabions. Bohemia, by the burst
ing of a dam in the valley at Wieaen
desse. according to a dispatch to Reu,
ten from Amsterdam, quoting a tele
gram received here from Gabion. The
dam was eight metres In length and M
la depth. : The onrushlng water car
ried away numerous (lass polishing
factories and It Is feared there were
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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BRIEFS.
The Department of Agriculture will
publish at the end of the present year
the result ot experiment covering
three years In North Carolina in win
tering beef cattle. -.,
Reports ot leaf sales from twenty
nine markets in the state show a to
tal of 14.781,681 pounds against J,63.
7IJ for August 115. Iha tgnres of
the monthly report tsned by the
Cemmlsskme-r art Agri culture shew IX,
11 first handi 7,0K .resold;
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Remarkable Piece of Mechanism to
. be 8hown at Coming Fair. A,
Feature of the Midway.
The Great American Shows, cam!
val company which furnishes the
amusement for the Gastonla Fair, be
ginning October 3rd have some of
the most original features on the
road.
The mechanical novelty of the age,
known as the "Busy City," is a re
markable piece of mechanism and
holds a story all its own.
.Some time ago a man who liked
nothing better than to Invent and
fathom out odd uses for machinery
spent three years Of his life con
structing and perfecting this busy
city, until when It was all complete
and In good working order he sold ft
to J. F. Murphy, manager of the
Great American Shows.
So Intent had he beeri on his self
imposed task during the three years
that his mind became affected and
the reaction set In after the work
was complete, so that the man be
came Insane. So perfect is this piece
of mechanism that even the most
severe critic can find -nothing want
ing In its construction, according to
the press in other cities where the
shows have been the Busy City has
a continual crowd ot visitors. This
unique city Is a perfect miniature
city, populated with tiny figures of
men and women, each one constantly
busy at the various daily tasks of
life, yet absolutely - unaided by : hu
man hands. There are men at work
in the mill and - shops, tiny trains
on the miniature railroads and all
the other signs of a prosperous city
of today. A band is seen playing In
the park, while a big policeman pa
trols his beat and keeps order. On
the other side of the city a black
smith shoe a horse, while nearby In
the tiny lake some fellows take a
row In a boat and a man on the shore
is busy fishing. Then in the midst
of all the hustle and bustle there is
the touch of home life which 1 need
ed to make the city complete, as the
tiny figure of .women perform the
usual household tasks. It Is Indeed a
"busy" city, a source of Interest to
all, but particularly so to those of
a mechanical turn of mind.
. In the Great American Shows it is
a feature and is known as J. F. Mur
phy's BuBy City. Mr. Murphy's name
has become so associated with this
unlfine show that he is frequently
called by his friends ."Business City
Murphy." All those who attend the
fair should be sure te See the Busy
citr.-v,'i-.;,V;.;l.;v.iv-r-s-;.i1-i
FBEEMICTIOIIS
Will Thrill Thousands at Sec
ond Annual Fair to Be Held
in Gastonia, October-3-7
0.000 Expected to Attend.
Exhibits of Farm Products, Canning
and Pig Clubs and Manufactured
Goods to Be Large and Varied.
Something About the Various At
tractions. Special to The Herald.
Gasonia. N. C. Sept. 20. No event
has ever been staged In Gaston coun
ty which has so universally enlisted
the co-operation and interest of busi
ness men, manufacturers, farmers
and men engaged In every avenue of
Industry as has the approaching sec
ond annual Gaston County Fair which
Is to be held here October 3 to 7
Inclusive. Fully thirty thousand peo
ple are expected to attend during the
five days. The biggest part ot them
will come from Gaston, Mecklenburg,
Lincoln. Cleveland, Catawba and
York counties, though the wide pub
licity that has been give the fair la
expected to result hi drawing back to
the old home county for a few days
hundreds of Gastouians now living in
distant section of this state and in
oilier states.
Despite the fact that the summer
has not been a favorable one and
that many of the finest farina in the
county lost their entire crops by the
heavy flood. Indications are -that
even the agricultural exhibit will be
far in advance of that of last year.
The farmers are taking a very active
Interest and are- preparing to make
the very best showing possible, - The
Boys' Corn Clubs and the Girls' Can
ning Clubs have enllsed in the ranks
of the fair boosters and their exhibits
will be of a character that will un
doubtedly make outsider sit up and
take notice. Poultry fanciers in this
and adjoining counties are centering
their enegries on a big bird exhblt.
Gaston county has made wonder
ful progress during the past two or
three year in the matter ot raising '
pure bred stock and the exhibit of
horses, cattle and hogs at thla year's
fair will be a showing that will not
only Burpsss many but will have the
effect of greatly stimulating other
farmers in this section to the raising
ot better stock.
Elaborate preparation are being
made for the exhibit by local mer
chants and manufacturers. At last
year's fair this exhibit atracted much
favorable attention but it will be at
least twice as large hi year. An
immense tent 0 feet wide and 270
feet long, will house these exhibits, to
gether with the agricultural, pantry
and dairy supplies and household
fabrics displays. The lumber ot cot
ton mills and other manufacturing
plants making exhibits will be very
much large than heretofore.
MIDWAY WILL BE BIG
AND MARVELOUS.
There is good news for the kiddie -
as well as the grown folk in the re
ports on the Great American Shows,
who will furnish the amusements fof
for Gaston County's Second ' Annual
Fair. There are fourteen -shows,
three riding devices, two bras bands,
thirty concessions, and three free at
tractions. The new Ferris wheel is .
sure to find favor with all who like
a ride np into the air, where splen
did view of the fair- may , be had.
The handsome merry-go-round , Is
worth mention, both it and the Ferris
wheel are brilliantly lighted. One ot
the most pleasing attractions with the
shows is Le pore's Concert Band.
Director Lepore is one of America's
foremost directors, and hi men are
all finished musicians. The dare
devil motorcycle riders are found In
the Bilodrome. To race at v break'
neck speed around the wall, which
are straight np and. down like the
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