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ft VOL. VII NO. 81. LINCOLNTON. N. C. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1913. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. THOUSANDS AT KINGS MOUNTAIN Great Throngs of Visitors From Five Stales Attend Celebration Secretary of State Bryan Delivers Stirring Address. King's Mountain, N. C, Oct. 7. -Visitors from Virginia, Ten nessee, Georgia and North and South Carolina are here today to celebrate the 133d anniversary of the battle of King's Mountain, in which the American colonists administered a stinging defeat to British troops. The battle of King's Mountain followed the defeat of the colon ists under General Gates at Camden and Sumter at Fishing Creek. Major Ferguson, com manding the British troops, was proceeding to Charlotte, N. G to join Cornwallis. In response to calls for aid, citizens of sur rounding states rushed to the aid of the broken colonist ranks. Under Col. Campbell the colon ists surrounded the Britishers and killed hundreds of them, in cluding their commander. It has been said that the de feat at King's Mountain paved the way for the final defeat of the British in America. 25,000 PEOPLE ATTEND. . It is estimated that 25,000 peo pie were assembled here by noon today. Special trains from Char lotte, Spartanburg, Gaffney, Shelby, Lincolnton, and all con tiguous railroad points brought up hundreds up to noon. Hon. William Jennings Bryan was the speaker of the occasion. Senator Lee S. Overman, who was expected to be present, was detained in Washington in con nection with the urgent deficiency bill while Governor Craig was detained at Raleigh by a caucus which he had to attend. Governor Hooper of Tennessee who had expected to be present, wired that urgent business in the Tennessee legislature prevented his being present. t Governor Cole Blease of South tarouna was unable to be pres ent BRYAN GETS BIG OVATION. Secretary Bryan arrived at Kings Mountain on Southern train number 37 at 11:20 o'clock and received an ovation. The great throngs of people around the station continued cheering . Viim until ta rata7a ofaifnl f the speaking ground a mile from -the station. --7' - The parade was headed by . the 17th infantry band of the United States army from Fort McPher ... son, Ga., under the direction of Capt. Neilson. Following this was a handsomely decorated float containing 13 young ladies rep resenting the 13 original colonies. The younsr ladies were Miss Miriam Parker of Charlotte ;Miss Mamie Fuller of Bessemer City; Miss Vian North of Grover; Miss Frances Finley of Yorkville; Miss Beth Andrews of Shelby: Miss MaryAnderson of Cherokee; Miss Lela Kendrick of Cherry ville; Miss Evelyn Lynch of Ruther fordton: Miss Clara "Armstrong of Gastonia; Miss Josephine Mul len of Lincolnton; Miss Mhily Wright of Clover; Miss Blanche Pressley of Rock Hill; Miss Birdie Phillips of Gaffney. ' Immediately following this float was one containing 52 young ladies representing the 52 states and territories of the union of to day. Following this was a car riage bearing Mr Bryan; Con gressman E. Y. Webb and Mr. O. Max Gardner, master of cere monies of the occasion. Behind this was a carriage containing Mrs. Bryan and sev eral ladies of Kings Mountain who were her hostesses for the day. Following these was a line of automobiles, carriages and other vehicles. The parade was over a mile in length. Mr. T. P. Bean of Polkton is spending some time here with! "".-inm bis family. , COMMISSIONERS MET ON LAST MONDAY The Board Took Recess Until Next Tues day When They Will Receive Bids For Road Bonds. The Board of County Commis sioners met October 6th with fol lowing commissioners present: D. H. Mauney, W. C. Rhodes, R. L. McCorkle, R. C. Goode. The usual routine of business was transacted, such as ordering the payment of bills and salaries of the different county officials. It appearing that the sheriff had made full settlement for taxes for the year 1912, it was ordered that the 1913 tax books be turned over for collection. Upon s motion the board took recess until Tuesday, October 14, for the purpose of receiving bids upon issue of bonds for road purposes in sum of $200,000 or such parts of same as the board in its discretion, may elect and desire to sell; further ordered that sealed bids be received for all or an portion of said order and that each and all bids be ac companied with a certified check of $1000 as evidence of good faith. FROM MISSOURI, CORN CRACKER WRITES. Bogard, Mo., Route 1, Oct. 4, 1913. Editor News:-After a long silence, no doubt refreshing to your readers, I arise to remark that I am still in Missouri, the land of peace, plenty and pros perity. This was the birth place of Mark Twain, the eminent hu morist; also of Jesse and Frank James, the Younger brothers, Bad Bill Anderson and others who gloried in deeds of violence. Cole Younger has been convert ed. Iran k James hgured as "starter" and judge in a horse race at Carrollton, at Carroll county fair one year since. I am in Carroll county, Mo. twenty miles from Missouri River and 60 miles from Kansas City. Several farmers of this region plant 100 acres in corn, which two hands and four horses culti vate. "The man with the hoe" is obsolute in this portion of Mis souri. Also plenty of men raise 100 acres of wheat and real ize from 16 to 30 bushels to the acre. The threshing mach ines have automatic feeders, and two good hands throw sheaves of wheat on this feeder. To see a machine - thresh -1500 - to 2000 bushels in one place is a marvel sight Oats yield from 20 to 40 bush els per acre and many farm ers sow from 40 to 100 acres.- Blue grass, clover, timothy grow lux uriantly, and corn yields from 50 to 75 bushels per acre without fertilizer. Generally no atten tion is paid to fodder; bdt this being a dry year, many have cut and shocked corn. My brother, B. C. White, had fodder enough to have made 25,000 bundles, but as he had plenty of hay and has sold 11 tons, he neither cut fod der nor stripped the stalks. He sold nearly 1000 bushels of corn this year and also 840 bushels of oats. ... ; ''.: I am here as a school teacher, and anu holding s down an eight months job at Mandeville: for which -1 am paid $56.50 per month. Missouri does not al ways hold it against a man that he wasn't "born here," for one fourth of her population came from Kentucky, and Dr. Creigh ton, one of the best physicians in Carrollton, is from North Carolina. I have given the cause of education, Sunday schools, churches and Masonic work the . best years of my life and was always criticized for hot being "bonr here," in North Carolina. For twenty years I was assur ed that the time was coming when Pd be. appreciated, ; and MAnnmmi now Mohammet has moved to the mountains. CortcCrackeb. VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO ACCEPT PROPOSAL House Democrats in Caucus in Favor 01 Settling Railroad Rate Fight Now. Raleigh, Oct. 6. House and senate Democrats in caucus to night voted unanimously to ac cept the proposition submitted by the carriers for a settlement of the western rates, voted 40 to 37 against creating two new members to the corporation com mission and voted unanimously to provide the commission with a rate expert. This action was taken after the governor, special ly invited to address the caucus advocated the addition of two new members as a great need, but not as a reflection on the commission, whose members he gave full credit for their work in a great achievement. The action of the caucus is not binding, but it probably represents the senti ment of the legislature. Governor Craig, who did not hear Chairman Travis in the af ternoon, corroborated him many times in the course of his ad dress, . particularly with regard to why an attack had not been made on intrastate rates. Dis cussing this matter, the governor told the members of the assembly to vote for a bill to reduce the rates if they felt they could do justice to the people of the state and the carriers, but to leave the matter to the commission if they did not think they could under stand the intricacies of the situa tion. The governor argued for an increase in the number of commissioners on the ground of necessity. Several members gave their views, among them Judge Coun cil, who said he was in favor of a new commission, not as a re flection on the old, but failing in that was in favor of giving the commission additional help. Senator McLean, of Robeson, said he was tired of hearing what the farmers want, saying that he represented 150,000 in North Carolina, .while there are only 50,000 farmers in the Union. He spoke against a new agri cultural building and advocated two new commissioners. A Yard Full of Flowers. Progressive Farmer. The following letter from Den ver, appeared in the Progressive Farmer: Our yard is very large. It faces the public road. We have a long wide walk bordered with violets. - In the spring when there are but few flowers blooming in our yard, the borders 01 our walk are purple with the lovely little violets. The borders are a foot and a half or two feet wide. The yard is divided with violets into four plots. In each of the upper plots we have an umbrella tree. The trees are very , pretty with their dark green foliage. Just below the umbrella trees we have a targe round bed 01 phlox. We have many shades and colors of phlox. The two lower plots of the yard' contain our roses. We have a great many roses. - ' T Our porch is perfumed - by the fragrant little blossoms of the cinnamon.yine. The tiny blos soms are very sweet and the vines are very pretty. We have the vines on each side of the porch. When making the frame on which the vines climb, two laths were placed in the frame per pendicular. The laths were about two feet apart. Between the laths a wire hoop wa3 placed. By training the vines around the hoop we have two cute little win dows. At the ends of the porch we have two beautiful beds of cannas. We have other flowers such as zinnias, cosmos, candy tuft, pinks, peonies, lilies of the valley, and coleus. ipenver, N. C marie proctor. ! BOARD OF COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONERS Met List Monday County Commissioners Were Invited To Take 1 Look at New Roads. ! The Lincoln County Road Com missioners met last Monday. Considerable business came be fore the board for consideration of a general nature and after transacting the business the board adjourned. An invitation had been ex tended the county commissioners to accompany the road commis sioners over the roads and see what had been done and what was to be done. The invitation was accepted and the two boards made a general inspection of the roads in automobiles, and all were highly pleased with the work already done and the prog ress being made at present. On the Lincolnton and Lowes ville road, 12 miles have been graded and about 4 miles of top soil has been put on, and this work is being pushed and it is hoped to have this stretch of road completed at an early date, i The road leading out west of Lincolnton, known as the Lin colnton and Rutherfordton road, is being graded by the Wright Contracting Co., also, and about 7 or 8 miles have already been graded. The top soiling is fol lowing the grading at a rapid rate and there will soon be another stretch of good road leading out that way. The road leading from Machpe- lah to Denver by way of Lowes ville will receive consideration at an early date. When this road is finished there will then be a complete road out to the county line. Mr. J. A. Abernethy, chair man of the Road Commission, was very enthusiastic when talk ing to The News man about what has been done in the coun ty towards road building. When asked what he thought of that part of the road which had been top soiled, he replied, "It is just fine." And this no doubt voiced the feelings of the other mem bers of the road commission and their guests, the county commis sioners. President Wilson Has The Most Luminous Intellect of This Generation. By Savoyard. Here's what is the matter with Woodrow Wilson he has the most luminous intellect of any American of his generation. He is a just . man, but he is more than a just man the highest at tribute of excellence he has an open mind. But let his mind be once ruled, his judgment once formed, one after the most ela borate hearing, the other after the most profound deliberation, and he is Gibraltar. He is that whimsicality of nature a great man, who is yet a fair man. Mighty few of 'em in history. You can count 'em on your fin gers, who have held exalted place. . Here is what he is reported to have said soon after he became President: "I gm always open to compromise , on men but on principles, never." . Exactly. If he had not acted on that idea, the tariff would not be reformed on Democratic lines. $131.95 For One Bale. Mr. Logan Scronce, who lives on route 1 fromReepsville, thinks he has this section of the state beat to a standstill when it comes to the bigest price for a bale of cotton. He sold a 830 pound bale at 14c per. lb., and 45 bu. seed at 35c bu., all of which brought $131.95. Women have more strength in their looks than we have in our aws, and more power by their tears than we have by our argu ments. SaviHe. ! SYNOD CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY North Carolina Presbyterian Centennial At Alamance Church More Than 1,000 People Gather On The Historic Church yardNotable Speakers. ' Greensboro, Oct 7. Today on the same spot where 100 years ago the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina was organized the denomination celebrated the centennial of the governing body in this State. More than 1,000 people gathered on the historic churchyard of Alamance Presby terian Church, six miles south east of Greensboro, and heard the masterful addresses that had been prepared on the Church's history of the century by the leading men of the denomination in the South. The church was inadequate to hold the vast audience, so that two meetings were held simulta neously, one in the open air. This morning at 9:30 o'clock the ministers and delegates met at the First Presbyterian Church, where last night the one hun dredth annual session was for- iiiaiij UJCHCU, ttUU J.1U11I tunc. they were conveyed by along! line of automobiles over macadam roads to the place of meeting. Half a hundred automobiles were pressed into service and carried nearly 200 ministers and dele gates. Many others went by carriages, while vehicles from the country met the street cars at the end of the Asheboro street line and carried still more people to the place of celebration. Hun dreds of people from all sections of Guilford and parts of Ala mance and Randolph Counties came by private conveyance. Simultaneosly two addresses on the same subject were being made, one in the church and an other in the grove. All who could crowded into the church, while the others sat upon rustic seats and heard the speakers from an improvised platform. ADDRESSES MADE. The speakers and their sub jects were as follows: "The Beginnings and Develop ment of Presbyterianism in North Carolina up to 1863," by Rev. W. W. Moore, LL. D., president of Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va. -"The Personnel of the Presby terian Church in North Carolina up to 1863, " by Rev. H. G. Hill, D. D of Maxton and Rev. D. I. Craig, D. D., of Reidsville. Then came dinner, following which were other addresses as follows : -- - - - . "The Last Fifty Years-the Presbyterian Church and Evan gelistic Agency," Rev. R. F. Campbell, D. D., of Asheville and Rev. J. M. Rose, D. D., Laurinburg. "Presbyterians in Educational Work in North Carolina During the Century," by Prof. C. Al phonso Smith, of the University of Virginia formerly of the Uni versity of North Carolina, a son of the famous Dr. J. Henry Smith, so long pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Greens boro. - Native of Lincoln County Dies on Visit' at Lilesville. ' Lilesville, Oct. 6. At an early hour Saturday morning, Mr. An drew J. Hallman died at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. J. M. Massagee, where he has been spending some time. Mr. Hallman was a splendid citizen, a brave Confederate sol dier, and a man of lovable char acter. He was a native of Lin coln county. Surviving are two sons, Mr. John Hallman, of Marshville and Mr. B. L. Hall man of Abbottsburg, and one daughter, Mrs. J. M. Massagee of Lilesville. Funeral and interment were at llarshville yesterday. COUNTY SCHOOLS OPEN NOV. 3RD County Board of Education Met on Last Monday Important Business Transacted, The County Board of Educa tion met in its regular quarterly session Monday. All the mem bers of the Board were present, Messrs. R. L. Sigmon, Chm., J F. Leatherman, and J. W. Little, Several matters of importance came up. The matter of fixing a date for the opening of the schools of the county was finally settled after viewing the situation from all sides. In view of the fact that we are to have a term of six months, it was thought best to start a little earlier than hereto fore. The date set for the open ing is November 3rd. The ques tion as to what period the At tendance Law should be in force, was next disposed of by fixing the time as the first four months of the school term. Another important matter was brought to the attention of the. Board. It was ordered that at least one sanitary closet be built at each school house this year and that the remaining be built by the next school term. The matter of having these erected will be left in the hands of the local committee very likely. A circular letter will be mailed out to each committee in a short time. In this letter the specification and question of finances will be discussed. This is a matter which has long been neglected but which has now reached the place where it must be dealt with in the light of a health problem, f The Board has been discussing for sometime the advisability of taking a part of Asbury District and Greenwood District and making a new district. This would give a strong school, and it seems that better work could be secured. , This matter was continued for six months to allow the Asbury District time to vote on a special tax. There will be a meeting of all the teachers of the county some-' time before the schools open. S. C Garrison. ' County Superintendent. STATE NEWS. Senator Simmons will give to the State museum the gold pen which he received from the President and with which Mr. Wilson wrote part of his name to the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill. The Seaboard Air Line railroad is furnishing truck growers along its line inthe eastern "section of the State millions of dewberry and strawberry plants to encour age the more extensive growing of those berries. J. R. Swann, whose appoint- ment as postmaster at Marshall is pending on the recommenda tion of Congressman Webb, will probably fail. The complaint against him is that he was too severe in criticising Senator Sim mons and Congressman Webb and the brand of Democracy they represented. A delegation of thirsty Wil mington citizens were due to visit Raleigh -yesterday to try to convince the Legislature that the legalized sale of beer is a neces sity in Wilmington, a bill having been introduced to that effect. Hickory has given an order for a motor fire truck to cost $5,500. The city agreed to purchase this truck after it was learned that the Southeastern Underwriters Association would agree to give a reduction in the insurance rates for the city provided a truck was purcnasea. a petition . was cir culated among the business men to get them to agree to pay the difference , between the old rate for insurance and the new for a term of three years to the city to be applied to the purchase of the truck. MASS MEETING OF LINCOLN COUNTY CITIZENS CALLED All Citizens Of The County Called To Meet In Mass Meeting By President of County Good Roads Association. Dr. W. C. Kiser of Reepsville, was in town Wednesday and made The News a pleasant call. Dr, Kiser is an enthusiastic good roads advocate, and he is hearti ly in favor of Lincoln county citizens getting behind the move ment for observing Good Roads Days as set forth by proclama tion of Governor Craig. Dr. Kiser is president of the Lincoln County Good Roads Association and has issued a call for all citi zens of the county to meet at the court house on Saturday, Octo ber 18, at 10:30 o'clock and dis cuss plans for working every road in the county on Good Roads Days. Following is the call for the meeting: Editor Lincoln County News: Please say to the citizens of Lin coln County that there will be a meeting at the court house Sat urday, October 18, at 10:30 a. iri, for the purpose of devising plans to meet the wishes of our Good Roads Governor to work November -5th and 6th on the public highways of our county, that are most remote and will not be reached for some time by our excellent board of road com missioners. Respectfully, W. C. Kiser, President Lincoln County Good Roads Association. Fire Prevention Day and Its Purposes. Governor Craig issued a pro clamation designating October 9 as j? ire rrevention my. tie urges all the people, public offi cials as well as private citizens, to observe this day in appropriate manner and asks that the city and town officials provided for proper meeting and addresses to can tnis maiter 01 enaing so iar as possible the great fire waste 11 j 1 11 1 from which the State and the nation suffer. He wants the firemen and civic bodies especial ly to unite in making this day worth while, including arrange-, ments for inspecting buildings and premises to the end that conditions calculated to start fires may be removed. In the pream ble to tne proclamation the gov ernor declares that the efforts to stop the fire waste which entails an annual loss of $250,000,000 are especially commendable, this fire waste being eight or ten t" 1 rYl rtO nr mVint i 1 tltin AnnnlMti nr. in European countries. He says the people are coming to realize that two-thirds of this fire waste is preventable by even ordinary care, lhe losses in North Caro lina are practically on as laree a scale as in the other States of the Union; that the State Legis lature has provided ample laws for building inspection and other precautions against fire, but that there is great need of better en forcement of the laws and that this can only be done when the people come to realize what can be accomplished in this line and the necessity for these precau tions. - Championship Series. The series of games between the New York and Philadelphia ball teams, the Nationals and Americans, to decide the cham pionship, began in New York Tuesday. Philadelphia won the first game Tuesday, by a score of 6 to 4, and New York won the second Wednesday by a score of 3 toO. Mr. W. J. Lynch and son and two granddaughters of route 6, visited the old home of Mr. Lynch in Catawba county some time ago and report a pleasant sojourn at the place of Mr. Lynch'a boy hood days.
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