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fiJUGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1917.'
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
TO
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Bishop Hughe Will PresideMany
Noted Speakers to b on Program.
fchuroh Making Ample Preparation.
... People Opening Doort to Delegatea
and Visitors.
lie Fortieth session ot tbe Blue
Rldj;e-AlIantlo Conference ot tie
Methodist Episcopal Church, will con
vene with the Grace at. B. . church
Tuesday, November 20, and will con
tinue In session the remainder of that
week, the closing service to be held
Sunday night, the 25th.
Rer. B. A. Culp, the live and wide
awake pastor, to making every ar
rangeraont necessary for the comfort
and convenience ot the ministers and
delegates who will be present The
good people ot Kings Mountain have
freely opened their homes for the en
tertainment ot all visitors, and ample
entertainment will be provided.
Bishop Edward H. Hughes will pre
side over the meetings of the Confer
ence. Among tbe Dumber of promi
nent ministers who wlU be present are
Dr. Ddw. M. Blake, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., Connections! representative;
Dr. Trennery. representing the Sunday
. School Board; Or. Henry True Wil
son, of Philadelphia, Pa., representing
the Temperance movement, and otb-
: ers. The Mission Interests will be
represented by returned missionaries
from foreign fields. Rev. Culp Is an
ticipating a large attendance, and is
looking forward to the most succesa-
. tut and blessed session in the his
tory of Jbe Conference. .A calendar
for earn day's meetings ot the Cbn-
- ference will appear In the next ISBUe
v of The Herald. '
MRS. JANE HOWELL DEAD.
, Mrs. Jane Howell died at her home
-. on Mountain street here last Wednes
day night after a long illness. The
funeral was. held from the home
Thursday afternoon and by Rev. R. M.
Hoyie end the remains taken to El
bethel cemotery for burial. She was
a member of the Methodist church and
most estimable woman. She was 73
years ot age and the widow of the late
Lawson Howell, who died about six
years ago. She Is survived by the fol
lowing step-children: Mrs. Robert
McMacken and Mrs. Jno. Parsley ot
York County, S. C, and Grigs Howell
or aear drover and Aaron Howell, ot
Columbia. 8. C. The following -brothers
and sisters also survive: H. P.
Ooforth, of Blacksburg, 8. C; Mrs,
Carolina Hambrlght, 'Kings Mountain;
W.K. Ooforth, Rangers Texas; D. H.
. Griorth. Tolar, Texas; Vrank Ooforth,
Kings Mountain! C. L. Ooforth, Gains
vllle, Ga.; C. R .Ooforth, Kings Moun
tain; and Misses Ida and Lottie Go
forth. Kings Mountain. , . -' v.;
AARON MAUNEY WILL VALID.
' . The fail term of Cleveland county
court, was excedlngly short, being
, : . : done np In tew days last week. The
' most interesting case to be settled was
the contesting ot the will of the late
f Aaron Mauney. This was a case in
. which Mrs. Jane Rlppy, a daughter,
-sought to break 'her father's will on
the grounds ot mental incapacity, The'
; " , ' Jury rendered a verdict in tavor of the
defendants, J. B. and R. T. Mauney,
"'executors, whlclf means that; the will
,,' holds. ' i
-,, Divorces were granted as follows;
' , Mary Byors vs, Arty Byera; Ous Rob
" erts v..Frankces Roberta; Lou Wil
ffi Hams vs. A- C. Williams. - - .
' Ambrose Willis, larceny; bjll chang
' ed to forcible trespass, defendant
A '- plead .guilty and to pay costs.
State vs. John Hamrlck, ' falsa pre
0 ' - tense; gave $60 bond and to appear at
. i- Beit term, - '.'''
Robert Smith, receiving , liquor,
" pleads guilty and 110 line and costs.
t Walter Smith, transporting, liquor;
'.. .J ftloads gwlHv, $10 line and, costs.
" s John" McKInn, e. c. w.,,jury says
. 'gnllty Judgment W yet passed.
: .' . CARD OF THANKS.
'.",';:'fy'',;;':.'; We wish to extend our heartiest
J thanks' to bur toany neighbors and
, friends for their kindly assistance dur
ing the sickness and death ot our sls
t ter,? Mrs." Jane HowelL
-.'';;! ; , t Mrs; arollna Hambrlght. '
.''.;' r i ' L ! Miss Ida Gofortb. i;
rj; i , Mies tottie Ooforth. ' "
.' i " . ... . ;':' ' ;
. U....IJ M U.. M t r.
nouiy man vaany oorry. .i
' ' ' Richard was proud of CIS newly
k anlred pompadour. On day while
V standing In front of the gloss admlr
T l f it, he suddenly turned to his moth
' r 'id n:d : "!J y, mamma, when dad
r - 5 i noes iny pompadour,
" '"id l i hn!r oit
V,
BRIG. GEN. F.J. KERNAN.
IF is'
Brio. Gen. Francis J. Kernan Is now
assistant chief of staff. ,
MEANS CHARGED WITH KILLING
IN CONNECTION WITH DEATH OF
MRS. MAUDE A. KINO ON
AUGUST 29.
Affidavit Filed by Solicitor Asking Re
moval Is Countered by Affidavit
from Defendant Attorney General
Manning Begins Argument.
Concord, N. C The Cabarrus coun
ty grand Jury announced that they had
found a true bill tor murder against
Gaston B. Means in connection, with
the doath ot Mrs. Maude A. King, a
wefJtby Chicago lady, which occurred
near here August 29..
After presentment of the bill by
the grand Jury, Means was formally
arraigned in court and made his plea
ot not guflty. '
Solicitor Hayden Clement then, on
bebalf of the state; presented to the
court an' affidavit, asking that the
case be moved to an adjoining county
In this Judicial district for trial.
Counsel tor tbe defense announced
themselves as ready, and E. T. Cans
ler presented an affidavit from Gas
ton B. Means In reply to that of the
solicitor. '
L. T. Hartsell, counsel for the de
fense, then presented affidavits from
15 representative men of Ccncord,
saying -that in their opinion a fair
trial for the state could be had here.
The men signing these affidavit were
the postmaster, merchants, manufac
turers, salesmen, hank officials, coun
ty' officers and others. ' .'
J. L." Crowell. o lofendant's coun
sel, read affidavits from several other
officers and prominent persons of this
place... . :'.;.;
Solicitor Clement presented affida
vits from Detective William Jones
and Capt. William T. Jones, tram the
attorney general, and a certificate
from the clerk of superior court, show
ing that since April, 1914, three bOIs
for murder had been presented In this
county, in each of which cases tbe
defendants were acquitted.: No other
bills for murder bad been presented
during that time. . ,.' .' (
' At the conclusion of these,. Attor
ney General. James 8. 1 Manning, for
Judge K. B. Cllne ts- aave the case
the ; state, began argument before
moved to another county."- He was
followed by J. L. Crowell, L. T. Hart
sell, Frank Armfleld, Frank I. Os
borns and E. T. Cansler for th de
fendant. .
NEARLY ONE-HALF KAISER'S
UOATS HAVE BEEN LOST
; London. Between 40 and 50 par
cent ot the German submarines oper
ating in the North Sea, the Arctic and'
Atlantic since the beginning of the
war ' nave been sunk, said Sir Eric
Oeddes, first -lord of the'admlraHy, in
the house of commons,' ' v
- "We must lay plans fair a Vang war,"
continued Sir Brio. 1 see no signs
of Us being a short one." ' . .
"During the last quarter the Ger
mans tost as many snomarines as Uey
lost In 1916," said Sir Brie , ?
The output ot merchant shipping In
t?ie first nine months of this year, he
said, "was 128 per cent higher, than In
the corresponding period last', year.
The admiralty had decided (hat four
new shipbuilding. yards would be nec
essary, i.'ji'y-fr-,;:.-''' '(A
' .Sir Brie said he regretted K had not
beea tound 'possible to arrive at aba-H
la' for publication .ot British tonnage
losses') by submarine action, without
giving Information to the enemy. ,..,
...'' The losses of merchantmen la Octo
ber, he'said, were slightly worse than
In September. Enemy submarines
were fre-ln? sank to an" Increasln? ex-tr-t
In t Go'-nwrns were ' "
ALLIED HUES ARE
AIDING TIE ITALIANS
TROOPS OF ALLIES HAVE JOINED
CADORNA'S MEN AGAINST
THE ENEMY.
AUSTRO-GERMANS HELD BACK
Relnforcemente Arrive end Western
Front Extends From North Sea to
Adriatic War Department's Week
ly Review Is Issued.
Washington. England, France and
Italy stand firmly united to oppose.
any further advance of the enemy In
the Italian sector, says the war de
partment's weekly review of military
operations. The statement suggests
that 'the Teutons probably thought
Italy would be left to her fate, or that
the allies would be unable to dispatch
the necessary forces in time, but de
clares that England and France al
ready have sent large reinforcements
and the webtern front today stretches
from the North sea to the Adriatic.
Only bare mention of the American
troops In France Is made by the de
partment. In poliitlng out that the
momentous events In Italy must not
"lead us to forget that the principal
battle front of the war remains" in
France and Flanders, the statement
says, "here our forces are fighting,"
"Our attention during the past week
has been centered on the gigantic
struggle now going on In the Frlullan
plain," says the review.
"The Austro-German forces, break
ing through the Italian defenses
rat ng the upper reaches of the Isonso,
have erupted Into the low lands, and
carried forward a series of rapidly
co-ordinated operations, which have
resulted In the conquest of much ter
ritory.
Trench warfare has, for the time
being, been abandoned. Great troop
masses are maneuvering in open
country..
"Under the direction of General Ca
dorna, the Italian armies" have with
drawn to the west, bank of tbe Taglla
mento river.
"The momentous events in Italy
should not lead us to forget that the
principal battle fronts of the war re
mains, as It' has been since the be
ginning, the important sectors of the
western fronL In France and Flan
ders.' "Here the overwhelming bulk of
nemy strength Is concentrated. Here
our forces are fighting.
"Steadily the Franco-British forces
are pushing forward." "V
COL. E. M. HOUSE.
MMBPEMS
t
, M,-i to
New photograph of Col. E. M.
Houee, who Is studying for the presi
dent data end Information gathered
by diplomatic agents and others bear
ing especial ly on steps it will be neo-
eeeary for this government to take
that It may be fortified with facte and
figures to deal with the trade war that
Is sura to follow a ceeestlon of hostili
ties..
120,000 PRISONERS TAKEN
VAST AMOUNT OF ITALIAN TER
RITORY TAKEN BY AU8TRO
" GERMANS.
BERLIN REPORTS FIRST
CAPTURE OF AMERICANS
DtfM wl TnAnn - Th CSjOtura Of
I - " - - '
f American soldiers "by a .German re-
eoanoltering party Is announced oy
the war office. : '
The statement says that on tbe
Rhlns-Marne canal as a result ot .a
reconnoitering thrust. North Ameri
can soldiers were brought In.
,The portion jot the official state-,
ment .- .making , this announcement
reads: 1 ' . ' ' - -
1 "At the Rhlne-Marne canal, as the
rnsirlt of a reconnoitering thrust
North American soldiers were brought
in as prisoners." ' ,,
GERMANS DISPLAY UNUSUAL
ACTIVITY AGAINST AMERICANS
With the American Army In; France
Notwithstanding the. rainy weather
the German batteries displayed mora
aetrity than normal on the part of the
French line occnnled hy the Ameri
can tapops. . German shells were dis
tributed Impartially among, the
trenches, the American batteries reply
ing In the same fashion.
The enemy K using both high exple
tive and shrapnel In sending ooccaslonl
reminders ot the war. toward .' the
Americans. Reports reaching head
quarters, however.-are that the bom
bardment "could In no sense Jfi con
sidered "lively"" merely being- a de
parture from the normal state of quiet-.
ude at night on that particular sector.
Allies Rush Preparations to Come to
Italy's Aid. America Waives Ex
port Restrictions In fcrder to Hurry
Supplies.
Virtually one thousand square miles
of Kalian territory have been over
run, more than 120,000 Italians have
'been made prisoners and In excess of
1,000 guns have been captured by tbe
mles in their eight days' drive from
German and Austro-Hungarlan ar
the Isonso and Carnlc Alps fronts of
the Austro-Itallan war theater.
From the east the enemy invasion
on the center of the battle front now
Is well within gun range of he Tag
llamento river, where it has been pre
sumed that, General Cadorna would
turn and make a- stand. The Italian
commander-in-chief, however, has not
yet brought his troops about to face
the enemy, but Is continuing his re
treat with the rear guards harassing
the advance. Just where Cadaorna pur
poses to give battle has not become
apparent. Neither Is it known how
well the northern and southern flanks
of his army are keeping pace with the
retirement In the center, y
According to the latent Berlin offi
cial communication announcing the
heavy losses ot the Italians in men
and guns, engagements successful for
the Teutons have taken place on the
Tagllamento plain while the Rome
communication announces that there
has. been fighting on the hills of St
Danlele Del Frulll, along the Ledra
canal, at points northwest ot TJdins
and from four to five miles east of the
Tagllamento. ';
Meanwhile preparations to aid the
Italians In the hour of extremtyt are
being rushed by all the allies. Jules
Cambon, general secretary of the
French, ministry of foreign affairs, in
a statement has expressed the convic
tion that the Italians will be able to
stem the tide ot the invasion with the
aid ot the French and British troops
sen to reinforce them. The American
government Is to waive all export re
strictions In favor of Italy.
COST EIGHT LIVES
VICE ADMIRAL SIMS REPORTS TO
NAVY DEPARTMENT TORPE
DOING OF TRAN8PORT.
PATH Fl N EER S PASS
TWO OF NAVAL GUARDS DEAD
SALVATION ARMY HALL 18 s
.. , ' . SCENEv OF HOLOCAUST
-Patereoo, N. J Nineteen bodies
were taken from the ruins ot the. Salvation-
Army rescue mission in this
city which was destroyed by fire. Tea
mien1 were taken to hospitals with Prob
ably mortal injuries and many ovner
were ern- seriously,' hurt: in'-leaping
from windows of the burning struc
tur. - IdenOflo'aUoa". of all the dead
will be lnlposslblei the police believe,
as tl'B n?""nla of the nsltrlfn v
RELIEF FROM COAIN
SHORTAGE PROMISED
Washington. Immediate relief from
the coal shortage In the east was
promised by the fuel administration,
which will Issue an order modifying
the arrangement under which ship
ments' to pit northwest' have ' been
given preference over all other move
ments, ..y-.y-.;. !'", 'K.-
. Priority orders will be suspended in
a number of mining districts, partlo
ularly.in Pennsylvania, to release both
bituminous and anthracite coal for
munitions plants and domeslto con
sumers in the larger cities along he
Alantlc seaboard. Thls, It Is said,
will assure an , ample supply of fuel
to the big steel-producing and shin
building plants. : ';::
' At present tost of the coal mined
in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ken-,
tucky, Ohio and Indiana Is going - to
lake ports .for transhipment to i the
northwets and to Canada. This move,
ment has been to great that the north-
! ! In nnalfrlnn tfl hva TJiA ann-
W0. . - . --,
I-'- '"'t down. i .',..'''.,,.'. ..-
Casualty List Made Public Includes
Two Enlisted Men and Four of
Ship's Crew, Also a Third Naval
Seamen le Missing.
Washington. The torpedoing of the
homeward bound army transport Fin
land in the war icne resulted In tho
death of two members of the naval
armed guard, two army enlisted men
and four of the ship's civilian crew.
A third naval seaman Is missing.
Vice Admiral Sims' report of the
casualties to the navy department to
day added no details to tbe announce
ment' yesterday that the Finland had
been torpedoed, but had been able to
reach a European port under her own
steam.
The casualty list as made public
follows:
Members of the naval gun crew:
James W. Henry, seaman, second
class; dead. Next of kin, Rose Hen
ry, 43 Reynolds street Harrison.
N. J.
Newton R. Head, seaman; dead
Next ot kin, not given. Home ad
dress, Cleveland, Ga.-
Porter Hilton, seaman, second
class; missing, Mother, Mrs. Lizzie
Hilton, Toccoa, Ga. ' ; ..
Army: Private Lester Hlckey, in
fantry; drowned. Father, Thomas
Hlckey, 142 North Racine ' avenue,
Chicago, 111.
Charles H. Maxwell, colored, trans
port workers' battalion; drowned.
Brother, Thomas B. Maxwell, Box
278, Concord, N. C.
Members of Finland's crew:
M. Cardoza, fireman; drowned. No
emergency address.
, J. Haneslo,' barber; drowned. No
emergency address.
W. F. Phillips, waiter; drowned.
Brother, A. Phillips. Jackson bar
racks. New Orleans.
Jose Cuevas, mess boy; probably
died from injuries.
GERMAN TROOPS RETREAT
FROM CHEMIN-DES-DAMES
Big 'Delegation Met Washington Party
at Gaetonia Senator Bankhead
Much Impressed With Our People
I and Roads.
Tho patbfindors for the proposed
Uaukboad National Highway pasBid
through Kings Morntaln Friday about
noon. They larriod hero juBt long
euough to take light lunch at tbe
Floral Fair and passed on toward Shel
by. II. T. Fulton, chairman of the
county commissioners, called for order
In tho Floral Fnlr bail and presented
Secretary Koundtroe of the Bankhead
1 Highway Association who In turn in
I troducc J Senator tlankhoad. As the
I party was already two boura behind
I their schedule and were slated, for din
ner at Geffnry thnro wae no time for
an Informal meeting with epeechmak-
lng.
'iuite a big delegation of Klpgs
Mountain people met tbe pathfinders
at Gastonia and conducted them over
the Llnwood route to this town and
being mixed up with the party en
route presented our claims for the
great hBJliway which Congressman
Webb says will outrival the Applan
Way of the Roman Empire. Capt F.
Dllllng brought Senator Bankhead In
his sedan from Gantonla and talked
frankly with the Alabama senator rela
tive to his Impressions of the route.
Senator Bankhead, while not one of
the pathfinders himself, is author of
th9 bill now pending In Congress
which, if passed, will provlle for the
great highway from Washington to
Los Angeles and is accompanying the
party over the proposed route and no
doubt his Wishes In the selection of
Mie route will have great weight with
the committee. In the light of this
we get great salhtfact'on from the
fact that he told Mr. Dllling that we
had tho people and the roads and he
iaw no reason' why wo should not get
the route of tbe highway.
The pathfinders proper consist of tbe
following gentlemen: Col. Plnuehman;
Mr. LeGauss, a magazine writer ot
Washington; Morris O. Eldrldge, civil
engineer ot International reputations
A. C. Bachelor and the president of
the National Automobile Association!. ,
With them on tbe route were: Sena
tor Bankbead, of Alabama; and Con
gressman E. Y. Webb, of Shelby, and
Secretary Roundtree, of tho Bankhead
Highway Assocaltlon.' :'
Full Extent of Retrograde Movement
Not Yet Fully Known.
The Germans have retreated from
points along the historic Cbemln-Des-Dames
sector on the Aisne front In
Francs', where fur several months the
French troops ot General Petaln had
been keeping them sharply to task.
Just where the retrograde move
ment took place and how far It ex
tends cannot yet be told, as the Ger
man official communication merely
says that the Teutons, "unnoticed and
undisturbed by tbe enemy," system
atically withdrew their lines from the
hilly front In this region. The entlra
Una to the north of the Aisne where
tbe Germans were last reported as
facing the French is undulating In
character from tbe Soissons sector
eastward to the vicinity of Craonne;
and therefore it Is impossible, from
the rather terse acknowledgment of
withdrawal, to delimit the terrain
which has been given up.
Nevertheless it seems apparent that
the Germans, tired of the terrible or
deal they had been forced to dndergo
for some time from the French artil
lery and violent infantry attacks, have
decided to fall back upon Laon, capi
tal of the department of the Aisne,
which with Its network of railways
has; been the quest ot the French.
FLOUR TRADING WITH
.,- EUROPE PROHIBITED
New York. The milling division ot
the , United ' States - food administra
tion announced here that effective im
mediately, all, direct trading by Amer
ican millers, exporters and blenders
of flour with' European countries Is
Srohlblted, This business will be
andled hereafter only by the food
administration-, . v
WITHDRAW' EXEMPTIONS
GRANTED TO STRIKERS
Houston, - Tex. Denouncing as "lit
tle short of . criminal" a war-time
strike) IB any industry heeded tor tho
successful prosecution ot hostilities
and defining tbe oil industry ak "the
absolute heart of our navy," Dr. 814
j ttey J. Smith, chairman ot the south
lorn district draft board, said he Would
1 Immediately-ask his bwh -board to
'withdraw exemptions or discharges
'granted, on Industrial grounds to all
: registrants' Involved In the strike.
8ERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT.
A very serious automobile accident
occurred near the residence of S. 8.
Weier on the Grover road between
the Klntho and Sevier Cotton Mills
last Thursday evening Just after six
o'clock when C. A. Hamilton's big au
tomobile passed over the body of Chris
Rains breaking bis leg In three places,
breaking his collar bone and badly
bruising up his face and , side. ' Mr.
Hamilton, who is superintendent of
the Sevier mill, was coming up town
in his big car, whllo Rains, an opera
tive at the Klotbo mill, was going
home after work hours on a bicycle.
The bicycle and automobile collided
head-on with above results. Mr. Rains
seemingly blinded by the lights, got
onto the wrong side of the,-road,. It Is
said, while Mr. Hamilton seeing the
bicycle approaching on his side ot the
road tried in vain to turn far enough -out
to miss It and turned bo far that
his machine was turned on Hs side in
the ditch. It is said that Mr. Hamll-
ton offered first aid to Mr. Rains.
Rains is a married man and lives near
the Sevier mill. He is at his home and
is getting along very well.
8TREET SURVEY PASSED.
The engineering: firm of Bete & Tttll
ot Spartanburg has uiosed a contract '
with , the city council to survey the ,
streets of Kings Mountain preparatory
to tbe paving to be done here shortly. :
They had engineers here last week go
ing over the grounds.
- DR. SHELLEM MOVES HERE.
Dr. 0. W. Shelletn; of Antonville, N.
C has moved to Kings Mountain and
opened np office In the" Mauney Drug
Co. store. Dr. Shellora has a wife and
wo children which be will move here
In two or three weeks. We welcome
his ne family to town and trust that
her will find business and congenial
ity sufficient to keep them here.
ADDING TO THE PAULINE.
Mr? fi'l Neilser.' proprietor of the
Paulina Mills Is bulldhig another weav
tug room Bttmeurfng 100 by 99 feet. He
expects to have this addition In opera- (
ion y Anrfl or May. Something do-,
lng here all the time. " ( " '