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Iiterty- TraiTi, 1 Justice, Equality.
Vol.15, No. 30.
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, Thursday, November 29, 1917.
$1.50 A Year in Ad . nnee
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T CONFERENCE rATtirlNUKKS
IS MEETING HERE THIS WEEKi RETURN
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ur. -Jj. leeter is presiding ai lnviwiuon oi Birmingham, ala. Nov
. i i. n t i,ii, 18, .One of tl.e grcteat, koo
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The annual session of tre
North Carolina Conference o?
. the Wcsleyau Melhodict Con
section lor Chnich) of America
convened with Ihu WesJpyan
churcli here Tuesday inornlnn of
this week. Ministers and drl
egates began to arrive Mondt.y
evening, an I a largo number
aro in attendance, soiom: thein
being many prominent ministers
of tbia denomination. Dr. E.
Teter, of Sheridan. Ind the
president of the. Geuerar Con
ferenoe. ia here, and by invita
tion of president J. A. Clement
ia presiding. Dr. H. C. Bedford,
president of Central S. C.)
College, la on band to present
the educational interests. 'Rev,
and Mrs C. B. Harvey, returned
missionaries to India, are pre-.
eat aqd will have prominent part
iirthomfsitlonarj' iroirrm; Rev; ,
Anua K., Pler, of Princeton,
III., will represent i he W. H. &
.. V. M. 8. of the- Qensral Cou-
'tfreifce, Rev. Mrv Hughes, evan .
, '.lgellsV o' the Louisvtlk Ky.,
"Conference, ' Metodfat Epiaco
, pal Church, . South, and Rot.
H. T. Roddy, of Tennessee, an
evangelist ot the Apostolic Hol
iness Church, are prominent
visitors.
Today (Thursday) it 11 o'clodU
Dr. H. Clark Bedford will preach
a Thanksgiving sermon. There
will be preaching twine daily:
at 2 and 7:80 u. in, Thi O'-dinif
tlon sermon by Re. E. Toter,
aud ordination' service will k
. "conducted Sunday morning t
11 o'clock Old-fashioned Meth
odist Lova Fean at 2:30 Pundity
afternoon, preaching to fol ow:
alo Sunday night at 7:15.Specia!
music will be rendered at all
services. Tne bosines meetings
will convene each morning a I
8:80 o'clock, and after pleach
ing in the afternoon.
The attendance of Ministers
' and delegates is tho largest Id
the history of the conference,
' and tho pastor, Rev. Edw. M.
Graham, urges those who have
; not opened their homes for visit
tors, to please let him know at
ence If a ou . will assist in the
entertain D4iH of tliej good
people. '
A cordial invitation is extend
, ed by the conference to all i.x
tors and their congreKalijus u
. .Uetid VII the service.
f PAUL fEIERSOl WHITES 'v J
Camp Svleriv preenvillei S Q.
Hov. '24 1917Nor dout yon
re stiifl ' Turinlhg the' only
Newspaper , Kh.gr- Maintain
, ,:an boast of, and if I'm properly
infracted you- still, say -a
' tow things aboot Pur'is for
Ibe'dlfleient Social Stunts, pal-
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REV. B. A. GULP.
Who is beginning his eighth year
pastor; of ' Oraetf ' Methodlsl
OtiLICll. v
FJITJU. JIUrOMOSIEL JICCIOEMT
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' Joe Short, a farmer living nei r
Shelby on Avery Mo Murry'
plantatiou was killed Mqqday at
ternoon of luat week when the
nutomobiltt in which he was rid
ing plnnged down a 40 foot em
bankment nt the Weaver bridge
on i be - Shelby Sharon road.
Tom Mr. Coy, owner of the car.
ii man whoruoa a local tiro vul
Icanising plant, wa driving
'.When ho rounded the curve he
; atiiead a farmer, James Chain
Iniun'. who was riding in a bi'iggy,
and rather than strike Mr. Cham
p on and possibly deliver a fatal
Wow 10 him, McCoy steered the
car down tna embankment- with
the lesult that it turned ; over
'eveial tiinuN and landed upside
down on the brink of the river
with alt of tne occpants pinned
'nnderneat II. Lawrence Joner.-a
jibarber, wait ia the car, together
.with two women named Hay no
from Black a pnrg, S. C, None of
othem was hurt to any extent..
Mc (.Zov managed ' V) extricate
himself and lift the car oft the
others. Short bad ni,ly bruises
nbont the head and died five
hours later after' he Was taken
to his liom. (In is survived by
his wif'i un'l six children, '.
led :Off at home. '- Now '-. please
; dont 'forget that a ferir Kings
Mountaiu boy are putting-ia
bout twenty to twenty, . four
v ponn per day helping prepare
- hot reception for old Bill. And;
. Xu the juaraDtlneUon, we can
not rcoui- .-i round 'and gt't the
fbw ir:cMiliu rtquired to ir.aUe
us feel like ' doing this work.
You pen-ileiit home are cap
ping solely 'for money -while re
are scrapping to keep somebody
f roiirbei n g boss of ou r home land.
Npw-a fe-v things' from homt
in a while would make ns feel
more like wo were not forgotton.
TO tell the truth about the mat
ter there are , lots ol peopla
down here' "who never 'sampled i
any good old Kings Mountain
eats. And if the eats are sent
to us once every six '.months
maybe ''they ". will , not atmple
them then. , . ... ' 1 :
:. C;.- .;i'(-Respectful y.. K
: : '-; ":.''-..:' "paol C) Peterson.
P. H. 117-105 thS.T.'
roads tour fcr the purioae oi
inspecting and locating the most
feasible rout from Waahih;tor
to Atlanta, fjr the Bunkhead
National Highway Axociutii'i
which traverse-, from Waahing
ton to Lot Angelet Cat..' staned
from the rtteps of the Capitol oi
October SJOth. and uiune to a cl.
atlheCap'toI h-teps in wasliinw
ton on November Bth. ,
Before the prty starteel, imo
masive rer-moi'!e were held in
the iotund.1 of the Capitou Rep
rescntative from the -State,
Treasury, War, Nvy, Postbfflce
Interior and Road DepartinnnU.
were present io lend dignity and
to give their influence and aup-
,oval to the Bankhead National
Highway, which reaches from
WashinKton to Los Angele a,
Speeches were made by Senators
J. H. Bankhead,- Hoke Smith
D. U. Fletcher, Congresman Ev
Y."iWetb,":W. P." 6. aardin;
Jnlm Shellon ' Wflliauis. sod
others.
A Iter tlve ceremanies were con
cluded the Pathfinders in sprcial
automobiles accompanied by 50
automobile started down Penn
sylvania avenue from the white
House on their jou may . South
under the leadershib of Mr. J
A. Rountree. who had charge of
the party and conducted the cer
emonies of the tour. ''-'- "''
The official party that Made
the tour consisted of the path
finders, Messer. John Oliver La
Grace. A, 6. Batchelder. Ma rice
O. Eldridge. acco npanied by
Senator Bankhead, ex-congress-man
T, S. Plowman, president,
and J. A. Rountree, secretary.
Or. H. M. Rowe, Congressman
E. Y. Webb: C, E.' Ireland. Mrs. j
Ruth'Krauer and' Miss Selene
Rountree: of Birmingham. The
official party -a escorted by
State Highway , Commissioners
and delegations- through the
States of Virginia, North and
South Carolina and Georgia.
The Pathfinders traversed from
Washington t3 Fredericksburg,
R c'.mou Petersburg, South
Hill, Boydton, Clarksville. Va
to Raleigh, Durham, Hillsboro,
Mebane, Graham, Burlington,
Greensboro, High Point, Thorn
asvilie,- ? Lexington, ' Spencer ,
Salisbury, Concord, Charlotte,
Gastonia, Kincs Mountain, Shel
py, N. (J., to Oaffney Spartin
burg, Greenville, Anderson, S C.
Hartwell, Royston, Athens, Win
der, Lawrenceville, Stone Moun-
isin. on to Atlanta, arriving
there Saturday night November
8rd. Traveling a distance ot 834
miles, '..'; '.. W;..' :
After the party arrived in
Atlanta, they boarded the South
ern traiufemday afternoon, Nov.
4th and returned to Greensboro,
N. O. where au tomobile were in
waiting to escort the party over
the Piedmont ront to Washington
via. Reidsville, N. C. Danville,
Altai Vista, iorncLburg,' Lovers
inston. Charlottesville, Gordon
RtV. ANDERS. C.B HARVEi"
Returned mitSionaries to India. They will be here at the Weslevan Conferente.
COOL HEADS SAVED LIVES OF MANY PERSONS
fax Vi., en in to Wuhingtoo,
iinal heads and a little common
m,.m orobaMr saved the llrei and
ttmha nf aeveral hundred peraona,,
-ni'MoaUir womrn abd children, la
Ralelrii reeenUy when burning tneu-
i.,i. etectrle wires fllled a mo-
.in Mra tkeatre with imoke. Th
theatre has a eeatlnc oapadtr ' of
about 100 and It waa crowded. When
there were Indication of fire nobodjr
got excited and the theatre waa emo
ud without incident. Oonceralbf
tki Incident The Raleigh Time car
ried the following editorials
An nnnleaaaBt Incident which
aurred the Brat exhibition of the Red
rtou time, the tank in action, Mon
de? afternoon newthelee erred to
dtaplar a quatltr la Raieifh. people
that li -deeernng ot in oigo.
praiie. V
"The Strand Theatre was crowded,
practically ever eat on aoor and In
amllerT. '-when a pungent amell wae
aacceeded by wtop of Tpor crMptng
alone the celling. Bom lew rose
from their seata and made for the
door. The audience a a wnoie,
very largely-composed of women and
chlldrea. remained in ueu- ku.
Those who had itarted to leave re
turned. . The picture continued to be
miahed noon the screen. The piano
accompaniment never boeltated. The
rowd smiled at Its temporary
Toueneee. Then R cam! Th imetl
lacreued In mingency, nboon ; oi
amok became darker cloud . mat
cemmiDced to fin th theatre and to
make th air Uallng. It wa only
thea that th crowd began to move
but without uggUon of fright, In
otder, without undo pushing or crown
ing. It wa aa It th program were
esmplet and th audience filing bat
after unuHRuptd entertainment.
"One wondered what might have
been the consequence of a tingle fear
rlddeo peraon. 8tappone there had
been..th .fool, onoe, lnerlub) In
uch a gathering, to yell 'Fire!' Noth
ing of the sort happened, but that It
did not waa not remotely connected
with the faet that the "fire" waa the
burning of a amall piece of Insulation,
a big moke, and a mighty itlnk!
"The happy leme of thl Incident
wa due, no doubt. In part, to th
year of steady education from offi
cial source and through the preu a
to the obligation of keeping one'a
head to the threat of fire In public
place. Th very school children
knew the lire drill. Older member of
th audtene had mental picture of
th holocaust of human life of which
they had read, and knew that they
bad been cauaed almoat . invariably
not o much by fir a by the panic
that goes with it. But we wondered
It this efficient calm did not represent,
also, something of the effect which
war I having upon th people. Did It
not mean that then wa sunk into the
max oncioune a duty of preatr
ration that la not so much naturally
alflah a It 1 nationally economic?
Did N net mean that, erea to the
mind of small children, th luffertng
ot humanity, vn then reflected la
part upon the etn, haye brought s
hew eoui-ag, a aenalhte fataUam?
"Howvr that may be, It . waa a
pretty eight to atand tat th theatre
and watch the filled aisle empty
theenseivea slowly and without flutter,
whM th browa amok eddied over
their heada!
Bo looking, one could Imagine
what aa American army will be in
actio a, drum-Ire, charge, or gas st
tack, aa th cas may be."
CONFERENCE
CLOSES
The Hlue Kide Atlantic Con
Itert-nceof theM. E. church hold
ita 40th annual session here last
! w-pek closing Sunday evening,
j The altondaiii-i! was large and
it is iiruiioi-ntPii one of the most
hui:!prul sessions ever hold,
j Ken turns of the session was
the lecture Tuel;i.y ninlit by
Bishop Huuhes aid thj abdross
of Dr. Alius, on Temperance
Key's Kyuett and Kaiiuur, on
Missions, t)r. Tit-nery on 1 Snn-
jday Scli')ol', jnd Bishop Hughes
anc i'roi. r ictciier on Christian
Education'.
Pentecostal services were held
Friday and Satu.day afternoon
I conducted by Dr. Stanton, Ash-
jville. These services were lirgc-
ly &tt:nded aud were enjoyed
by all.
Members of the confurenca
are loud in their praise of the
splendid entertainment accorded
them by Rev. Culp, the local
pastor, and tho people of. Kings
Mountain and liope eoon to meet
with them again.
The next session of the Con
ference will be held with the
First Church in Ashevillc. and
the menabers are hoping for
Bishop Hughes a$ a presiding
officer aain n, year.
The appointments for tins
Conference apears on the second
pane. The punctuation in the
list is wrong and should be ob
served. Transposition of a semi
colon makes the whole list read
wronsr. For example: Rev. B. A.
Cu!p is assigned to Kings Moun
tain but it reads "Kings Moun
tain; B. A. Culp," which in
dicates that Mr. Culp would
take the following appointment
which is not the case.
60NE ON DEER RUNT '
CLEAN UP ALL THE SCHOOL HOUSES
School 'will open shortly, but now
that they are 141 an excellent oppor
tunity Is afforded to have them thor
oughly Inspected and plies ot old pa
pers, rubbish and other Utter cleared
put and a fir hasarda removed or
properly . safeguarded. Stove pipes
and tarn ace equipment should b In
vestigated and all defeats corrected,
and every method adopted which
spsHs protection. against and preven
tion ef are. Th annual average of
1st aehoef houses damaged or de
stroyed by Are can easily be lowered
if a little foresight and, caution are
exercised In a thorough cleaning up
and inspection campaign before th
school term opens. It is to be remem
bered that the Uvea of children are
Involved In th necessity ot careful
ness in thl important Item, aad no
amount ot expense or caution ahould
be pared in protecting; these llttl
one agasnst danger or ln)ory by are.
A hint to school official aad Jaattst
ought to be sufficient. Fir fact.
Messrs D. M. Palter, W. A.
Ridenbour. C. E. Neisler and
Fred Hambrignt left Monday
for Hilton Head, S.' C. whore
they joined a company from
Gastonia and Capjb Dilling. who
was already dowii tnere, for a,
big deer hunt on the big hunt
ing preserve owned by Capt
Dilling and associates.
Rev. M. L. Kesler, manager
of the Baptist Orphanage at
Thomasaville, addressed the
Baptist congregatibn here at the
eleven o'clock service Sunday,
presenting the orphanage work.
In Sunday school he made a
very interesting and helplul talk
to the Baraca class on the ideals
of the work at the orphanage.
made at all the piincipal towrs
and cities. , . . ' . : '
It is estimated that over one
hundred thousand people . greet
ed the-patb finders on their jour
ney of twelve hnndred in auto
mobiles,' 'Banquets; luncheons','
public meetings were held, thou
sands of school children lined
the fitreeta and roads in. many
LplacM wiving flaes and singing
patriotic sonps. The pathfinden
'diaUnoeof 842 miles. Stop) were were escorted ' by j committees
, ' ,- i-' . - -,i ,-V - '-M f.Vki-j-rit ; m; j ti : -i' X-r-1';.'.-. -;; ....
from one town to another, fre
quently there would be as many
as a hundre 1 and fifty cars in
line.. One of the features of the
trip was that of Senator Bank
head who is seventy-six years
old) and Ex-Congressman Plow
man, who is seventy-three years
making the entire trip" and deliv
ering an average of. ten speeches
daily without toe least Inconven
ence. ... .' , j.; :' -. '-";. ;'
l.The three pathflndera. Mes
ser&, La Groce, Batchelder, and
Eldridg, took observations, notes
data and maps of the two routs
the Eastern and Piedmont rguts,
They will study the same and
within the next sixty days or
more they will make a report re
commending fhe most feasible
rout, and will report to President
Plowman, who will call a meet
ing of the board of directors to
pass upon the same,' : . .-
The Bankhead -. pathfindlng
tour from start to finish was
indeed a crsat 80xxss.'.'-y-.V. ...