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NEWS HAPPENINGS Of Kings Mountain MRS. M . K. < ROOK, Reorter. Items Of Nows Will Bo Appreciated—IMiiinr 177— The teachers Mamma, class, con sisting of about one hundred teach ers from Cleveland and On s'on counties which convenes here eveiy other Saturday at the Central school auditorium enjoyed an cu ing and picnic lunch at the Kings Mountain battleground last Satur day. This class Is under the or structlon of Dr. Hey worth, a inns' efficient teacher sent out by Le noir-Rhync college. Dr Heywonn read a most interesting account 01 the battle and events leading up to it, written by himself. Mr. Blair > was present with his moving picture camera He made several pict-ur* . of the class and places of interval on the battleground The Colonel Frederick Hnmbrlgl t chapter D. A R. was hostess to the members of the third district here last Thursday. This district includ - chapters from Charlotte, Gastonia Shelby. Lincolntcm -and Kings Mountain. A large number attend ed. Mrs. O B, Carpenter local reg ■ cut. presided over the opening cfc froises. '"America the Beautiful' was sung by all, followed by invo cation by Mrs. Arthur Hay. the chaplain. Following this was the Hag salute and American creed. Mrs. E. W. Griffin presented greet ings to the visitors and Mrs. C H. Hoey of Shelby responded. Mrs. J. M. McGinnis charmingly rendered a vocal selection. Another feature of the meeting war. a poem entitled j "A Tribute to the Battle of Kim,. Mountain.'’ composed and read by Mrs, Helen Hay of Col Frederics Hambright chapter. Mrs. J A. Hou ston of Charlotte, district leader, had charge of the business session. Reports were given by the various committees. {Splendid addresses wen. made by Mrs. Ralph Van Land Ing ham of Charlotte, vice president general and the state regent, Mrs Charles R. Whitaker of Southern Fines. A delightful luncheon was served In the dining room of the A R, Presbyterian church. Each guest was presented with a favor in toe form of a. paper cutter which had been mnde by a local Boy Scout, Jacob-Cooper, out of laurel from the battlefield. The ladies felt veiy much honored to have present with them Mrs. Joseph R. Wilson, sister in-law of the beloved war presi dent, the late Woodrow Wilson who made a most interesting talk Mrs. George R. WUsop of Gas tonia was elected new district load er and Mrs. Frank Summers cf Kings Mountain was elected as sc. retary. The following young indie,, daughters of members of the >ocai WE ARE FULLY I'KE FARED to back up little Tommy in his answer to the physiol ogy teacher when he asked him what he knew about the stomach. Said Tommy: “It’s where I am sore all the time in the summer from climbing; apple trees and eating green apples.” You'll be fully prepared if you fill up with Sinclair gas and oil. To guard a gainst nu^oe-i rouble and repair bid's it is important that you use motor fuel be yond question as to quality. Sinclair products fill this requirement because they lacked by a record of mcy. ! chapter served as pages: Miss?:; | Helen Hay. Pauline Neisler. .Jam 1 Smith, I,aura Manney, Louisa Oar ! pen ter- and Margaret Cooper. Following is the poem composed i and read by Mrs. Helen Hay ni . he ! meeting Tribute l'i( Kings Mountain Battle (■round Oh! beautiful mountains' The wonderful mountain! Whose peaks touch the mist clouds on high. Where the cedar and pine Overshadow the fountains Thai flow through "the Land of 'nr Sky" 4 ■ i nru mige granite oouiders. With giant-like shoulders. Defiant, grim sentinais bold, From her hand they were flung. From her hand they were lung Now monunrfents centuries old Though storms around their spires Where the lightning flash fires. Have raged through the ages of time, Their battlements still stand. Majestically grand. Towering high with strength sco lime. With our souls full of praise, On their grandeur we gaze Where the earth to heaven sojiiis nigh. U pill ted—-looking t here. From the vales of despair. They point, i,o our maker on high. Upon the rock-bound crest. Of the one we love best. Great shafts of victory stand They mark the turning tide Of war. where heroes died For freedom of our native land Kings Mountain! Kings Mountain! Historical mountain! Blood-written in annals of fame We cherish you with pride. And your brave sons who died. Enshrining ttftrc each sacred name. This battle-scarred mountain This nation-lumed mountain. Is sacred in history and song. It tells a true story Of our nation’s glory, To which freedom and honor be long i Tjs for tins thou art crowned. And thy name is renowned, With t hat of the ''Land of the Free There thy monuments stand, Emblematic and grand. With record of victory! There the laurel and pine Memorials divine. Evergreen will continue to grow. Where thy heroes now sleep While stars vigils keep And the night breezes whisper low. A reunion of her life long class mates and friends was held by Mrs fizzle Watt Falls last Monday aft ernoon at her home on Railroad avenue in celebration of her birth day anniversary. The home was attractively deco rated with baskets of lovely chry santhemums. The guests were greeted at the door by Mrs. ft E, Finger and shown into the living room wiicre they were greeted by the hostess who has been confined to her home for some time. Two vocal solos were rendered. “Sweet Long Ago,’’ and ‘Good Night little Girl," by Mrs. Cora Dilling Hunter Mrs. Laura Maune.v Ridenhour ac companist. Two violin selections were played by Mr. Nick Moss '‘Sil ver Threads Among the Gold." and ‘‘When You and I Were Young Maggie." Master Miles Falls, grand son of the hostess gave a reading "Old Friends." The concluding num ber was an instrumental duet "Peek A Boo Waltz " by Mrs Hunter and Mrs. Ridenhour, The Childhood picture of 'ac'i guest was then flashed upon i. screen as moving pictures. The hostess was presented with a beau tiful white birthday cake bearing the date of the birth of the hostess and the date of the party. Delicious cream with pound and fruit cake was served by Mrs. Tar ry Falls, Mrs, Will Byrd and Mrs F E Finger Wifey Scored. This story concerns a certain mar ried couple who were having their usual annual argument as to where they should go. Honors were about even. when hubby gave las wife an opening. "\ly goodness girl!" ire exclaimed impatiently. "Do you think vour judgment is as good as mine?" "Oh, no, dear!" said wifey. “Our choice ol partners for life shows that my judgment is uot to be com pared with you " One Of The Brothers. "Motoring is surely a great tlv-: t used to be fat and sluggish before the motoring craze but now I'm spry and energetic." “I didn’t know you motored "I don’t I dodge Montreal ot?> One Of World’s Wealthiest Men Started With Hundred Dollars | New York —A man who 29 years ago became elated over a $50 com mission for sale of a Chlca;;o lot, 'o-! day as a leading creditor of a dozen j nations is one of the world's most powerful financial figures. Ivar Kreuger, 49-year-old Swedish bachelor, who in ten years has loot | $300,000,000 to various nations in return for match monopolies, h-as again become the center of atten | lion in the financial world by the loan of $125„000,000 to the German government. Although born in a family 'hat had been engaged for several gen 1 orations in the manufacture of matches, Kreuger early in life turn ed to engineering as a career. Grad uating from the Stockholm Tech nical college, he made a tour ol the world to gain practical knowledge in his chosen field. He landed in New York in 19C0 With $100 in his pockets. The World's Fair attracted him to Chi cago, where he obtained a job as a real estate salesman. Three weeks later he sold a lot and made $50, The "Talkies.'’ | The milk cans rattle on the street : And on the pavement horsehorfs beat; And roisterers, returning late. Make noises as they eelebrate i In the east it's growing light; | Gone the stillness of the nigh! 1 In the skies the sun reflects; ; Comes the dawn, with sound ef fects! —Judge. SCHOOL TEST OF Boston Educator Says Modern Boys And Girls Excel In Prac tical Knowledge. The school hoy and girl of today is far more brilliant in th&'tield of practical knowledge than the pupils of three-quarters of a century ago. Despite the alleged hold of fads on the modern school system, the pu pils are are more at home with the rudiments of the three R's—reading, 'riting and ’rithmctic—than, former ly, so l.ouis J. Fish, of the Boston School Department has proved. An examination paper of 1853 was found by Mr. Fish among soma old reports and this set of questions was given to 200 pre-high school pu pils this last spring. The result was a 20 per cent improvement over the rating that the present grandmoth er and grandfathers achieved on their school slates. While only 80 per cent of the 1853 class were able to pass this test and enter high school, every single one of the boys and girls who took it this year passed it with flying color;.. And they did it with one year less preparation or alter eight grades, as THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., OF PHILADELPHIA, PA. ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF OTTO V. HAMRICK SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CLEVELAND COUNTY. SCMEEM ELECTRO-u i n of course! and*?1 tv»>* Vt* «'«** . as 0®^ .^XX\t r»^°‘ ?f r OX''- rVV Vxty the »c* the an<* ***e ih»l "*, Wlf f®e <*b ‘ viJo^ , w* ,S**ie’ ^'’'^ \o« F *0«c si»V' ^or«^^al yGu ,l»c**>* $ j.50 LIBERAL TERMS! Shelby Hardware Co. I'ho.n t nr SERVE T0 “«5Su,x> N. c against the nine grades that '.he 1853 class had had. Old Method Faculty. j “Although I had hunted for an old ; examination paper with the listed j results of how the pupils had pass I ed it, it wasn’t until this year that I found one,” Mr. Fish, whose field I is educational research, explained, j ’’This paper of 1853 was given at ! that time to a selected group of i vventy pupils wno were going *o : continue their academic training ' and sixteen of them passed it. "'nly [ twenty-five errors were allowed, yet no mistakes in spelling or punctun ] tion were counted. Today an exam • ! ination paper plainly states at the | top of it that such mistakes are I taken into consideration and dis count the standing of the pupil. ! T gave this test to twenty select - i cd pupils in ten different districts of the city and I gave it to them myself, with no warning or prepa ration. X corrected the paper myself, and the results have been highly enlightening and seem to refute any idea that our boys and girls are not as bright as the school children of other days. And it likewise seems to give the lie to the idea that the schools are devoting all their time to fads.” The examination paper of 1853 was devoted to fifteen questions on arithmetic, seventeen on geography and eleven on grammar. "I found that the boys are much improved today and that the girls are as good in arithmetic as the boys, but that they are excelled by them in the field of geography, Mr. Fish stated. "The old examination is narrow, factual and more of a memory test, while the tests of today are more interested in the ‘why’ of things, the reasoning power of the children I found that the arithmetic prob lems were simple compared to the ones that the children are prepar ed to solve today in taking examina tions for high school. ‘‘We hear a lot of criticism of the schools of today and statements that the children are not as well grounded in fundamentals as they used to be. We look at the pupils through old men's glasses and for get that we are not only the pro duct of a common school education, but of experience. We are not en titled to judge. This giving of an old examination merely confirms my opinion that the boys and girls of our day are just as well equip ped in the three R's as the chil dren used to be.” For drinking from a bottle of li quor in an ante room of a Grand Rapids (Mich.) court. Two men are in jail. CLOTHES TALK! WE MAKE THEM SAY... 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