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v Kings Mountain, N. C, Thursday, January 29, 1914.
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A' PRACTICALLY ASSURED.
At the meeting last Thursday night
much additional interest was shown
over the previous meeting With-
" cut a dissenting Aote it was decided
to organize Committee appointed
to draft Constitution and by-laws
Fifty persons signified their inten
tion to join and many others will
, take a hand.
Tub Kind's Mountain Boosters
Association is the proposed
hitino of tli' new commercial
organization which is under waj
of formation hero at present.
At the meeting last Thursday
night a decidedly increasing in
wan shown over the meeting
nf t)m nrorlonw Thniilr niivhr
At leant a hundred auu liilyy
person were present and no note
of discord wan sounded. The
committee thinks - that the
vmei
the part of our people mid the
views of the committee seemed
to prevail throughout. It was
moved and carried without adis
entiiig vote that we enter into
the matter of organization. After
much discussion as the best ways
and means of Droceedure it, was
decided to have a committee ap
noiffled by the chairman to draft
a constitution and by-laws to be
submitted at a meeting to be
held to-night. Those present were
canvassed to ascertain how many
Intended to actually aftlliate
with the organization - wlien ef
fected and at least fifty names
were handed in, It was explained
that nobody was bound by
having given in their names il
after the constitution and by
laws had been adopted they
felt that they didn't care to be
aftiliatd with the organization.
A large number of others who
didn't give in their names
expressed the belief that sucn
an organization was math needed
and intimated that they "would
join later if they felt that they
could comply with with , the
rules and regulations and en
dorse the wo'-k of the society.
It was stressed that . every
member was expected . to join
for a full twelve-month. .
Before the mass- meeting was
called to order Mrs G. L Murrah,
county farm demonstrator for
Cleveland,, addressed too people
in the subjectof scientific farm-.
ing. Mr. Murrah outlined the
program which . he wishes to
execute in the county. His first
idea' is to work through the
schools on-small farms with the
school boys. Ha want to enlist
at least ten schoois in this work
this year, and wishes to make
Kings Mountain school one of
them. -
His address was inttelligible
and to the point He showed
that he knew his business and
was capable of teaching his
fh(en branch. He evinced sin-
Cef4 'interest In. agricultural pro
trre1 an4 especially as relates
to J his county. The . speaker
vr Je onfc tntlt 4,16 population
of tbe earth is dayly increasing
While the farming land is either
standing still or on the decrease.
He clearly showed that farming
was thoJoundatidu of all .busi
ness and that more people were
to be fed from the same acreage
and that therefore the land must
betnade more productive.
ORGANIZATION
Mr. J. . Boone Passes.
Mr. J. J. U joiio, a confederate
veteran, passed away at his
home on Parker street in Kings
mountain Sunday afternoon at
3 :10 o'clock. His sickness was of a
littlo more tlian a day ' duration.
He suffered a stroke of apoplexy
Friday morning which rapidly
developed into paralysis to which
hesuueumbed without recover
ing his Bpeach. Mr. Uooue was
in his 74th year.
Deceased was born in Mitchell
county, North Carolina. J uue Otb,
IB iO. and was among the liit
from his co'imiunity to enlist in
the confederate army in the
served nm lull lour years anil
was In tha famous Ke. -en days
battle. About one half of the
time he was serving in -the in-
trraHunitMiiwi,fti!fFiwini1.w
caverly. He came out of tht
army unscratched, except that a
horse fell on iiim resulting in
some internal injury, and whs
known as one o,f the finest riders
ever in the saddle m the state.
After he was captured he served
a term in Point Lookout prison
and while thero the Yankees
tried to Induce him to swear all
egiance to the nnioti as it then
stood, But, the bra ve soldier who
had so heroically faced the can
non let it be known that he was
no less a Southerner than when
in the thick of the tight. It soon
became understood that notwith
standing the fact that he was in
captivity that Mr- Boon was by
no means whipped. He was a
member of 10th. N. C. Regiment
and Col, McElroy's Company.
After the war M r. Boonu was
married to MissMoua J Quinn of
his native county of Mitchell,
who was six years his senior.
The pair have lived happily to
gether ever since and seven
children were born to the union,
three of which have preceded
their father to the grave. The
family moved to Kings' Mountain
about eighteen years ago and
and have become well connected
with her-people.' Mr. Boone wrs
looked upon as one of our best
citizens. He was a member and
a steward of the Grace M. E.
Church, .
The funeral was conducted
from the. home at one P. M,
Monday. b,v his pastor Rev. B. A.
Culp; assisted by Rev. M. B.
dlegg and Rev.- B. S. Williams.
The interment followed in the
city cemetery. 1
: Decesed is survived by the
widow,' Mrs. MonaJ. Boone,-nd
four nhidren, Geo. J. Boone of
Bessemer City, J. S. Boone of
KingsMountain, Mrs. J. L. Smith
of Henrietta,' N. C. and Miss
Zola Boone of Morganton, N. C.
Don't, Teach Dancing.
Rev. Dr. John P. Carson of
Brooklyn does not approve of
Churches that encourage ' danc
ing and provide facilities of it
"It is the girls who like to
dance" he says" vYoung men
are' more. likely to get thirsty.. I
bad this in mind when a report
er came to ask my opinion of the
matter, I told him that when I
began to socialize my chi.rch, I
would introduce . a bar in the
basement, and have my assist
ant minister act as bartender, so
that men .-could drink Bnder
Christian, auspices." '.
Tin jZlemoriam William Wilson link?
Th Board of Director f Southern Railway Company
having afiombted In pedal writing thla ftrat day of Da
timber, 1913, and being advtad of the death, at hie homo
In Washington on November 25, 1913, of William Wilson
Flnlpy, for the patt aeven years Preatdent of Southern
Railway Crmpany. adopts iha fouling minute to be
spread on the records of the Company and to be published
in the newspapers of the Sculh.
WllXIAM W1I.S0V FIN LEY wu born nt Tas
Christian, Mississippi, on Srptelnber 2, lfifiB, and en
tered railway service in Nw Orleans in 1878. During
the succeeding twenty-two vrnrs he had a varied expe
rience, earning steady promotion and a growing repu
tation in the traffic depart mrnts of several railroads
and In charge of traffic relations, In the went and
southwest. In 1S9S, noon after the organization of
Southern Railway Companv. he began, as Third Vice
President In charge of traffic, his service for this Com
pany in which, with an interval of a few months tn
1896, he continued until hi death eighteen years later,
He became Preside at of this Company in December,
1906. at a moment when the work of gathering In and
welding together its lines into a consolidated system
had been done. The map had been made. There are
no more miles of railroad included in the system today
than there were when he hrramc President. His taak
wait, therefore, complementary to the work already done
and the history of the drvt lopmcnt of the property
conccifrd and aciDmpluhrri ttiai taak n( cmturrratioll
and profrmisive drrelopmrnt. Durlnf hi. administra
tion the revenue nf thr Cnmpanr Ineraaard W)M per
crnt. (comparlnc 191 with IMT),
more hit achievement, the balance
n.hifi.M.'M.iiil.HMi.n'MiiiHii lis i.iP.liiiin
Inrreaaed 2(19.07 er cent.
This record of material jtirress Is In no small meas
lire the reoult of Mr. Finlry's poller and practice of
building and trm(flhenlnit a working orftaniiation of
. the Company to far as rnnrrrns personnel, fie Inaug
urated and tteadfastlr enforced a rule of promotion
to All vacancies within the ormnisatlnn, by recognition
of demonstrated merit, with the result that he secured
and conserved that loyal Identification with the Inter
est of the South and of the Company, and that sense
of personal responsibility In all ranks of the service,
which is one of the most valuable assets the Company
has today.
On the public side of his responsibility Mr. Finley
developed largely during the post seven years. Con
vinced of the duty of accepting the changed conditions
In resprct of the administration of Industry incident
to the governmental policy of regulation of the rail
ways by public authority, he was nevertheless keenly Im
pressed with tlie apparent lack of understanding on
the part of the public of the problems of railway man- ,
agement. He, therefore, devoted much of his time to
the discussion of such questions before representative
audiences in all parts of the country, but chiefly in
tiie South, and the effect upon public opinion of his
Uo flight ( Uonight Uo-night.
At the opera house to-night at half past seven the most important meeting to be held in Kings
Mountain in a long time is to convene. It will undoubtedly mark an epoch in the history of the
town. A Commercial organization is expected to be practically completed. T.ie committee on con
stitution and by-laws has done itself splendid in preparing for thu event and the outcome is looked
forward to as one of vast importance to the town and commuity.
Let everybody who attended the other mass meetings, recently held leading up to th-isonecome,
and if you didn't attend the others come. Come anyhow.
.j. All Kings Mountain is wide awake and prosperity is right on us!
' WhooD for the town!
Another Burglar Is Behind
Jim Melton, a sixteen-year-old white boy.
charge He now rests in
A message from Lumberton,
N. C last Thursday advised the
authorities of the town that one
Jim Melton : wan under arrest
there on. the charge of . being
identified with the recent burg
lary here. Policeman Lindsay
sot out immediately for Lumber
ton. Upon arriving t':ere be
found that his man had confess
ed .the crime and made no ' pro
test against coming, bore for
trial. Mr. Lindsay and his man
arrived - in- : Kings - Mountain
Saturday morning and Mayor
Cline immediately engaged the
culprit In litigation. ; .V .
. t Melton told rarieus tales but
all pointed to the conclusion that
he was a pa'rty to the robbery.
He uiL.ed up his testimony be
fore the -mayor -almost-to the
point of unintejligibility.- He was
frank to admit that he was in
the game and seemed to want to
prove the fact So urgent was
he' ij pressing his case for con
fiction, that some were about to
and to his friends that In 110 he received, with the
assurance that It was bo mere decoration, a degree af
Doctor of Laws from Tulane University at New Or-h-nns,
the principal seat of learning In tha community
in sum ui liiajfflili.iyfflff'sai ai i iiw n niwi
but what rrrn
of Inrome aTallahle
On the personal aide, Mr. Finley was essentially a
gentleman! he demonstrated on many occasions the
combination in his character of those qualities which
aioy be expressed by the words modesty and courage.
He wu fair and Just In all hit dealings, courteous to
all men, slow to anger, but fierce in his resentment of
injustice In others. Partisan In his love for and belief
In the South and Its future and in the Southern Rail
way as an Important factor In that community, he con
vinced his associates that he never allowed partisan
feeling to colour hit Judgment to such an extent that
he could not always see the other tidei but a pillcy once
determined he set about Its accomplishment with a
characteristic belief in the potency of persistence and
an unhesitating use of air the power at hit command.
, He had at all timet the confidence, the respect and
the good will of this Board and of every member of
It, and In hit death the Board and every member of It
feels the lost of a friend of charming personal qualities
as well as an official associate of commanding ability.
Tha Secretary la attracted to express to tha .urvlvlno
mambara of Mr. Finley'. family tha respectful sympathy
of this Boar and to transmit to them a suitably en
grossed and attastad transcript of thla minute.
was arrested at Lumberton and brought here last week on the burglary
jail at SJielby and contends that he knows about the robbery here.
I seems to he the consenns of
i opinio" among those who inter
viewed him both in conrt and
out that he is at leaBt a simple
ton. Nevertheless, the-opinion
prevails that he shows plenty of
sense to have stayed out of the
game and that he ' deserves
punishment.
'Melton's identity is unmistak
able as his people live in Lum
berton and Policeman Lindsay
talked with h:s mother while
there;. 'The prisoner says, that
his people once lived here at the
Lula.mill and moved away sit
years ago.. Ttus'ssaid to be a
fact S A good many things he
tells may easily be established
as facts but as to the robbery he
is awfully mixed up. He declares
that he got up with the other
three boys in Charlotte an'd came
on. here;1 Among those who Mel
tonirrinlicates are Claud Haynes
Ed:,,Haynes (Claud's brother)
Irvin Dellebue (now in jail at
frank, straightforward and manly utterances and pa
tiently iterated doctrine has been long recognised, but
was remarkably demonstrated by the expressions which
have been received since his death from public bodies
throughout the South. He did much In this way to
correct a sentiment from which alt railway property
has suffered in recent years a sentiment which has
found its expression In an erroneous belief that a rail
way takes from the publics more than It gives, and his
effort in word amd deed was to restore a Just balance
of understanding of the economic necessity, to every
citizen in his daily life, of a well maintained, honestly
administered and prosperous transportation system.
In other ways also he gave expression to a broad
view of the Indent! ty of Interest between the welfare of
tlie railways and that of live public. He lent active
co-operation to the chief educational. Industrial and
commercial Interests of the South, and a moral support
to every movement which Is making for the welfare of
the South; but perhaps his. greatest service of this na
ture was his successful campaign for the promotion of
better agriculture.
Gently born and gently bred. It was Mr. Finley's
fortune to be thrown upon his own resources at an
early age and without the advantages of a university ,
!JS!fa"
Tire Bars
Shelby on the charge) and an
other whose najie he doesn't
know. It seems that Claud Hay
nes will have no trouble in prov
ing his connection with the affair
but as to Melton it is doubtful
as neither Claud nor Dellehue
seems to have known him. Mel
ton says tnat he did not enter
the store at all but stood watch
notwithstanding the fact that
Haynes claims to have held that
position. '".There is but little
connection in his numerous stor
ies of the affair but evidently he
knows something, of it. He in
troduces a new character, how
ever, that, of Ed Haynes and
some evidence would lead to the
cordborration of the testimony.
Ed Haynes escaped from the
Gaston county chain gan a tew
days prior to the robbery and it
is said that be left Lumberton
the same day that Claud did im
mediately ' before the robbery.
Melton 'was also Missing from
bis home in Lumberton for more
Popular Engin
eer Gets Hurt.?
Vr. . !' : -1 nf Columbia,
i. '.v:m p.'.ills ;!iv ihvoHlo on- .
;tuii? ' WHveii Columbia and
VugiiHlM. Git happened to a
very serious accident a few days
igo. While in Auuusta he start- '
ed to step from his engine witlv
torch and oil can in hand. By'
some means his heel caught and
pitched him forward. His letf
between kneuHnd tinkle came in.'
contact wiili the slmrp edge of a
tie in t!i next truck nnd both
:!-ne wei! broken. Mr, Bird'
wan taken to a hospital immedi
ateb' where medical attention
was rendered. His father in-law
Mr. G. W. Kendrickof this city,
was notified and lie hastened
forthwith to Ant'iiats Mr. Kpnd-
it ii iulueu lu.il Oul!nifu HuU
states that Mr. Uiid is getting
along very nicely and that he
has own removed from t,hf
liBlWPffl'1fi"AuI,iilsl!ilw liis home-
in Columbia. .,
.Mi. Bird is well known here.
iy a wide circle of friends and,' '
relatives who wilMie shocked to
leart of his misfoi tiinr, mid who
will look forward to ln. rtuovery -with
great interest
Mr. Bird is very popular- witn
his company. The oldeet, -mnn on
the road says of him ' He knows
more about an en,'.- e th u do".
His company lias li ai n ; i t'e,
pend upon Mr. Bird to a greater
extent than most engineers of
his age. Mr. Bird's father sulso
an engineer on the san e r i:,d
We all .await the glad news -that
his. leg. is solid m-m in 'tid
that he sits at hip throitle with
his usual cheerful uoiiieiiunco
and pleasant smile. -
Well, That's What We are Tiring to d
PAGE of the Kings Mountain';
Herald is turning out for his-,
town beyond any question the
best paper it ever had.-Shelby
Highlander.
Tax Returns for Cleveland. ,
Shelby, Jan, 25 Special. In the -tax
report which Register of
Deeds J. J. Lattimore has just ,
finished for the Corooration -Commission
and Secretary of.,.
State, Cleveland County shows,,
an increase of $200,000 in the..-
valuation of her property, the
total this year being $9,763,061.
There is a falling off in polls of
97. The total tax for county pur-
pos.es under a levy of 20 1-2 cents
on the $100 brings in $19,951,56;
for bridges and roads under a
levy of 1 3 cents on the $100
brings in a revenue of $12,581.--J ,
89;while the 'special tax for raiiv..
road bonds of 7 cents on' th.
$100 brings in $0,834.14, or a.,
total for all county purposes of
$4o, 488,44 Charlotte Observer. '
A Card of Thanks. ", '
We wish to thank the nptiiy
friends and neighbors wlio soV
much assisted 'tis . during the'
sickness, death and burial of our '.,
husband and father. May Heav.'
en's blessings be upon you. . , '
Mrs. - Mona J. Boone and child- .
ren. - " -
Master Charles Dilling is abla
te attend school again after suf fering
for several weeks with, a..'
bken arm' and shoulder.
than a weeJjr,.bont the same time.
Melton claims to be sixteen years'
and his . appearance does not
much belie him. - 'He was taken'1.
V) Jail at Shelby Monday to a-'
wij,;! trial" at superior court ia .
March.' -.lt?