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History ur Moui , r < * * 1 * ' t ' ' ' (By MfS/P. R. Summers) ) The building of the Southern Railway from Charlotte to Atlanta hi 1*70-187:2. passing through thi3 particular lOealLlv- w.m *?? -T-?- ? -*? '*-- - IVI the ictuuding ot the town of Kings Mountain. Fanners who had been living in this section ot Cleveland County, prior to this time, had not vision ot seeing their land. turned Into town lots or ndustrial sites, but men from other parts of thib county and of North Carolina saw the possibilities for development andi came with their tafollies to found a town and establish a permanent home. - Children in the comtaunity- created the necessity for a school antj so abont 1874 the first attempt to provide this necessity was made. Two families secured a tutor for their children and kindly -permitted some neighbor children to share the j instruction in their homee ? and; piebald v. about the same lime, a, two-room building on the corner of! Piedmont Avenue and King street Was fitted up for a community | school. Mr. Alex Adorholdt sua the first teacher. Two ycots luter. Cnpt". W. T. H. ?i . it ? - ? a as *? ? * ? ? iwn si'Ttinu miikk .Mounwm h- nolocation of hi9 military and High pride und boost till 1K86 ('apt Boll' was a native of Virginia ? a hand- j acme man with a very winning personallty. His school at trailed many young men from this section of North and South Carolina, and who In later years became prime mover* in their reapectlye fields of endeavor^? and also affored splendid educational ad vantages for the local youth ?, both girls and boys. * The citizens of the little town ervcted for blip on this site, a two r COMPLl # I | L;. ?.; 5 * J E. HE] Cotton Kings Mountain, ; i | Greetings On Your Golden :: i . * i is ; i \ - 1 \\ GEC > C?ftl . Federi AtMHte * - * ' I' ..." ,-i < . ; ; ' * ' V" ! ? f I *?+ |||??| Kings itain Schools Story frame txutlU.t>K whliii was enlarged by the addition of wings on eiVocr side. Perhaps some of you reiientbcr the old building ? In the ; form of a yrcss with -a h-ah io*i>v > | front'? pi'(Mod while titul rluiiiv hi brown. This building served jib the .own sohool ufter the Bell school whs discontinued and until 1910, wV*:i after repeated uai success In I Cteinpis, it finally did sucteed In litr. ning to the gi ound. Until 1905 the Kings Mountain scltc.)! was financed on the tuition basis ? since that year It has been a graded school supported bv public funds. A'long list of nieu 'rand women have labored faithfully at the head ot oar educational system to bring It where it Is today. Conditions .were sometimes very unfavorable for muk a success The Insufliclency of funds was usually a handicapp *? In the fulling to provide equipment, teachers and many other necessities and requirements for a good school. It whs the usual' situation to be without chalk and eraser*: to be rhort' on desks, with pupils sitting in ! stmight chairs. K-jrely, was. tilers a I jcr*lor. so pupils and teachers swept the floors, dusted and washed win-, down after school. If there were "J. Ill | 1 piln took a c ollect km to pay for them < it very cold dn>s, achcol was dls:nt*eed. because the furnace would not work or the fire hadn't beenstarted early enough to warm the building. In the very early days of the grad rd school the pupils were graduated from the 7th and Rth grades ? but as the town end school grew, the 9th 10th and finally the 11th grades were added. In spfce of all its hardships, and short comings many of the stu[MENTS * i I [IN DON Waste North Carolina Tlii Anniversary ; ; | I 1 > Jt i I it 4 f 'Y, i S r " ^ \ f-\ >RGE H. EMERY if 1*4 Public Accountant il and 8tat* Tax toivloa i 1 Phono 790 ' [ tatoavUU, N. C. '' ; am* tH ' < > 9 i f: : ??? ????????????>??? ??>? dents of the King* Mountain Graded School were able to make good nod creditable records to college. In 1910, the first brick building vae erected on this site. It contained t? claf j rooms, several smaller tonus .ud an auditorium which waa 'ater turned into 4 additional claaa rooms. ' '' IK- roycd by fire in 1932, it gave I place to the present three-story build ing completed in 1933. The auditor!j vai and primary school were built In I 1!>?4 -jis an annext to the former j brick building. The otiior units of ; cur city schotl system (East and Wc.st) are familiar to all. * In these later years. with the bpt'itc'd systems of maintenance. Kings Mountain can truthfully and j i' dlv claim a school system,' comI pat able to any In i(he state and su- f j--r-i'or-to many in towns or equal j size. . \'i ti pupil. a teacher end a parent, { t has beeb my 'privilege i*o grow up with 'hn Kings Mountain school sys|'dm s'nve it became a public graded I ; nl. Heinembering so distinctly J the privations of the early days, ko;, mc t'he more deeply appreciiti\ of the splendid tacfllttes and > advantages V>ffor^d to the children j who attend school In Kings Mottn- j lain today. I -??? jl Overhead Cost Compared With Other Industrial Sections $1.24 Or $1.$3, 'Which? ^llxiipajyihe costs. Th*n represent <-<ju?^aniouini!!r,,fflfl9Tf?!!l,,ffBlfl(*-f|R* 1 larger cost $1.85 it a . composite for i large troop oi tactoriee la a part if the ectmtry that has t long un<rok?-u Industrial development. The wer coat 91.24 represent* Identical itallty produced in North Carolina. Which would your rather pay? Which would enable you to sett bur output mom readily. And why this difference? It la not so difficult to answer these questions. Coats are lower In North Carolina not only because production ' is high but because tbe section Is not congested industrially, .rousing costs pre less, lands cost loss, building material cost lees, combined with fair taxes, good corporation lawa, better health for employes that make for higher degree of production by a clase of workmen 'hat arc 38 percent native, no cttybred unrest element, no large labor turnover and maney , minor factors, ill "li'ten together make for lower cost. If you are a thinking manufacturer and Investor you know that irt my of the minor?as well as ma- ^ joe things is really what makes the business steady, reliable all of -which enters into low cost. Many plants that hitve come to this section have learned these facts and they are evidence within themselves. Call on or wrfte J. E. Horn don, Mayor or Kings Mountain^ who win give you more full arid complete information. The Home-Town Newspaper (The Bmporla (Kaa.) Gazette, Wil- fl llam Allen, editor) The other day we pfcked up Tho I .A Irrvi Enterprise, published In i I I living county neat 40 odd mtlen nor- I th of thin town. AJma to enjoying 1U I v> Inter hibernation and to not exact I ly a throbbing pulse of either ootn- I nu rce or ertate. Bo as pMi day I ornfw along tor (ton Weekly EhUe prise, Ol Little rtmkMM and writes I "Had tt not been tor the nails I ges and deaths, we might just M H well got ont no ifgiw this sudk and I thereby save a few dollars. Bet one I I does but once and few peopla can at I i fcmd to pat married more than oata I and we tout like to UtoWIKiliH tlMSa I by not gtvtng the news about these I hnportM* orants." And hereto lies the secret ef a I great American Industry, the Amor- H (can country newspaper. Invention I may drtaw the world together so I closely that we will be thinker than I three In a bed. Airplanes may bring I ThA New York Times to Km porta I for breakfast fifed The Kansas City I Star in the middle of the afternoon. I The Oasette will not flicker or lang- I uiah. It Is based upon something I more substantial thlan the grow th of I Invention of distance smashing ma- I chhtery. The Gazette and The Alma Bnter-IB prlee and t.lioiWwida of little Ameri- I ceui neyapetpen tn Uttle country I tcoms of from one thousand to fifty I thousand, make the I* Uv I n k only ill- I oldentally by poblwhtag the new* of I the great mad world. They mMke I their living by dignifying the human I e'virtjk, bg exalting and for a brief I proud hour preeer<1ng the little at- I false of country pacgh. "JhaVnoduMtLed I ^BUSINESS I ? ' w/it & I . N. C.. riFTTBTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION 1 1889 - - .. . * _ " . #'* ' . '* .'* Successful * * * The Kings Mo And 1888 BELK Celebrate 50th And 51st aag sjaa. rat i sociate. From that historic day until has been the policy of this institut (iolden Rule, "IK) UNTO OTHERS you." BUY AND SELL QUA I ' at FAIR I You will find this to be t We invite Industry 1 Safety . . f / A'lo? I /*"""? /-A, I /cSS / v. I dcriptJon is c \| you sure that I mixed under > I conditions? I ACCURACY AN. I THE WATCHWOR I OUR PRESCRIPT1 I MENT BUT IN EVEi I MENT OF OUR COMP1 I STORE AND SODA I - rDl) - take this opportunity t Iulate The Herald and Kings . on fifty year of progress and V The Rexali Ston m / . V. . ~^r~i ' Pioneers , - . * * - ? untain Herald 1939 BROS. Their r r -,'K ' ; Anniversary . ? >pened the doors of the MONROE >roiher, TTrnf^T'R,l,lliWl!lf!1lP 1 TWffl 'jj11 1 this Very day, fifty years hence, it ion to ioiiow the principals of the as you would have them do unto 1: " JTY MERCHANDISE t . - ... RICES he practice in our Stores ilo Our Community ' 1 < < ' . ? . . ' .1 . * '' " " . - your child to drink infected \ r eat food that was not freeh \ ilesome, BUT?ARE YOU AS \ tNED ABOUT THE MEDI- \ W OR YOUR CHILD \ re yoo sure that each pre arefully oocnpotinded, are the drug's are f?~' the .cajfi and I I acrictest sanitary I \ D PURrTY ARE I \ DS, not only in I \ ON DEPART- I RY DEPART- J JETE DP" I,**'****. / "" ill /' / ' & I.'-/ ': : .* *<*.'; in Drug Store IV -f58 >... :;M
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