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The Kings Mountain .Herald
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Vol.11
Kings Mountain, N. CM Thursday, February 5, 1914.
No. 2
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PECODNTY COMMENCEMENT
Is set for
Tie Qeveland Counjy Commencement
for all tlx school! in tbe County will
be held in Shelby Saturday April the
4th-This great annual educational
rally bids fair to be tbe greatest
event of its kind every held in the
Coanty.
The date for the County Cora
mencement has been flxed b.
DrJ. V. Joyner for April 4th.
counted by the teachers as a
school day. All the schools of
tho county wilt assemble at the
Graded School at 10:00 A. M.
Every schoollis asked to have
it. i. .,i .. .
march in a body in the parade.
Th (VlmmfttoAman r alauaalf.
cd to join in the parade. These
1 schools coming in wagons may
K Hoomto thom iml , them aa
;floata in the narade.
Th RnmmMMimnt xerelspa
1
in ko .,- i i ms
special preparation on the part
of the teachers and Duoils. Onlv
v, h .
need enter the different contests.
I would like to have this list by
March 15th
., Immediately alter the big par
ade Supt- J. Y. Joyncr will make
the Commencement address. De-
plomas will be delivered to the m uaw Drea8t
graduates, and the Essay Medals Dr- Otho Rma WM q'ckly
by L. L. Strup and Highlander smoned and he carried the
Publishing Co. . pounded man to the Presbyter-
At one o'clock one boy .from iaa Hospital where he waa oper
each township will contest for a ated 00 b Drs- K- F- einbach
gold medal given by Dr. 5, S. and0tho RoNt
Royster. This contest will be Thrift ran from the scene of
held in the Graded school audi- cutting but waa pursued an i ran
torlum Not later than March into a house, calljng for protec-
13th a norlimlnarv contest will tion- ChieI Moore. Patrol Driver
be hekl in ; each township to
determine who will repersent
the townshiu in the Commence
ment, AH teachers who have
boys that wish to enter" this
contest can get together and
arrange the time and place and
select judges for the contest.' All
contestants must be In,-the pub-
lie schools, must be below ihe
eight grade and be a native of
this county. -
At the same representatives!
from the high schools will con-
test for a gold medal, given by
the First Natqnial' Bank. This
Contest will be held in the Court
house. Any School in the country
t will be allowd to enter this con
test except Boiling Springs and
Piedmont as their speakers are
too mature to come in contest
,with public school boys.
- At.-2;80 P, M.
the athlptica
yents will begin. Below we
announce tbe list of events to
gether with .tbe .public spirited
men: who will give 'prizes: '. 'j ':'
- Below the eighth grade.
. KW d Hash, nrism , civen hv
D. D. Wilkins; 440 yd dash, priae
' given bv F. L. Hoyle; One mile
race, prize given by J. J. Latti .
more; Relay race, prize given by
R. E. Carpenter Drdg Co.: .
, The following evente are open
to all the achools and all ages
and grades of pnpils: . : i
lop sd dasn, pnze given uy
iiSsjfix Co.; 440 yd dash prize
tfKlveSff W. B. Nix; One mile
sf . Jtr nt ' a ! - 1
vj ic.7m .uumaiu pea givua
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JS$f! given by T." W. : Hamrlch;
. f Running High jump prize given
-i ty Paul Webb; standing :,high '
no prize given, by Wi 0.
r Sons; Sunning, broad jump,
ze given by R. E. Campbell-,.
nding broad jump prize given
! L. LnvVy- " .' ' '
April Fourth.
Charlie Dtvi Stabbed in Char,
lotts.
We clip the following from
Sundays Charlotte Observer
which will he of Interest to
many people in King Mountain
who know Mr. Davis.
What may yel prove to be a
fatal cutting acrape occurred at
1:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon
anile inU Ch.-lie Davis, when
trie two became embroiled over
a pint of whiskey which Thrift
had la hi pocket and which bad
not been opened when the Cut-
ting occurred. Davis is in the
rreaoyienan nospiai in a aang
erous condition while" Thrift Is
, ,0ik.ed .' the tomb:
The affair secured in the re-
8taurant formerly occupied by
108 OIJ ". J" "ross
iiU. M 1 O a. I
"uo v- l"m ne oouwiern
Depot on West Tiade street It
seems that Thrift had a pint of
Mey and had so notified the
crowd; but the whiskey waa for
! 8ale- " is ald and not tot fr
dispensation. Just how tbe
Quarrel started could not be
though it is said that
w,u,ou' mucn Pvocanon i nn
i sprang Up and plunged the knife
A. B. Moore and Policeman L.
L. Wilson, hurraed to the home
in an automobile and arrested
Thrift. . V:
Both of the men are cotton
mill operatives. ' : ' ') :
Thiity to Eleven Favor' Lowell
The basket.ball team of Lo
well' hiirh school Dlaved here
Saturday with the local hich
8Cbool team. The score was 30 to
11 in favor of Lowell. The Lo-
wei team are some players.
They say that they!. have won
every game of the season.
Vipperman To Mississippi.
-Rev. J. L. Vipperman, pastor
of 8pencer Baptist, church took
his congregation by surprise last
Sunday by offering his resigna
tion - as their pastor effective
March 1st, Mr. Vipperman- has
accepted the. pastorate of tbe
Baptist church at Columbus,
Miss. Only a few of bis closest
friends were aware of his in.
tentiona until tbe announcement
was made Sunday, ;
Mr. Vippecman Is a native of
was reared near Wins:
tn Salem, waa for some years
fast?r r DallaB BaPtut churcb,
for the ,a8C flve Pa8tor
Soencer and is brother of Rev.
D; E- Vipperman of Kings
Mountain-
Tbe following is a list of
school exhibits together with
the names of men who will srive
prizes; - : V
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uest Jiixnibit ior Model -Farm,
ioti k& veil uy uuoiujr i-iabiuijiai
Bank; Best- Made Axe handle,
prize given by v Farmer's Hard-
ware C ; Best fflade work Apron,
fai-rpriee gfVea by. J. G, Dudly;
Bast .Cooking, .priwa given t by
Rush Stroup;' . ,. .i
AH Bchool exhibits wil be placed
1ft halla ot courthou'se, .
Trade Jit Home
At An Early Date The Herald Will Inaugurate A
Trade At Home Campaign.
Which will interest the people of
this city and section and should
be of particular interest to the
merchants of this city.
thing new and
el, nothing like it having ever
been attempted in Kings Moun
tain before, and as far as the
Herald knows, it is new to the
state.
Merchants who are interested
inkeeping business at home and
in fighting the big mail order
concerns of the North and East,
should consult the Herald at
once, as they wiil learn some
thing to their own advantage,
and greatly to the advantage of
the city and section, by so doing.
Teachers Assembly At Charlotte.
The teachers and school men
of this part of the state will re-
joice to know that the next ses
sion of the North Carolina
Teachers Assembly is to be held
in Charlotte. The date of the
Assembly is usually Thanks
giving week and we have been
informed of no change for this
year. .
The North Carolina Teachers
Assembly is a great institution
for all persons interested in pub
lie education and is especially
helpful to teachers. "'
"Quick and Powerful"
It is said that the 'very first
convert to Christalanity in Ja
pan began with ' a young student
who was engaged in translating
the gospel of John. It came about
thus: An American lady went
there with four or five mission
aries. After some time this laay
offered to teach English to a
young Japanese aiid gave him
the gospel of John to translate.
Shortly .after," it was observed
that he became very: agitated
and restless, i walking np and
down the room continually. ' At
last be could contain himself no
longer, and burst out with the
question.' Who is this man a-
bout whom I am reading the
Jesus? Yon call him a man,
but he must be a God." Thus
the written word proved itself
quick and powerful," Heb. Jv:-
12, and was the means of saving
a soul. i' r
Wedding At Crover.
Mr. T. Adams and Miss Anna
Wallace were marrid1 at Grover
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock.
Rev. J. R. Miller officiating. ' -
Tbe Herald extends coneratn-
lations to tho happy couple.
Mr. E.
I. Campbell made a
trip to Qastonla last
business
Friday.
exceedingly nov
Death AtCrover
Little Agnec the seven year
j0ld daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Moss died at their home
in Grover Saturday night at 10
o'clock. She had been in failing
health (or several months. Some
time ago she was taken to the
hospital at Rutherfordton but
her condition grew granually
worse and she was taken back
home tpo weeks before her her'
death. Her condition seems to
have been of a nature rather
strange to the medical profession.
Toe red corpuscles gradually
wasted away in bloood and no
check could be put . npon it.
Agnes was one of twins, the
sister surviving her. Th1 two
were very popular and much
loved by all who knew them.
Little Agnes is gond and the
Herald joins the host of relatives
friends in their loss.
The furnal was conducted at
Grover Baptist church . Sunday
afternoon at 8 o'clock by the
pastor Rev. J. R. - Miller, ann
tbe ' interment followed im
mediately. ;. , . i
Fox Up A Tree
Quite a little inteiest was
tired up here one day last week
when word reached town- that a
fox waa up a tree on Gns Huff
stetler'b farm about a, mile and
about a' mile and a half from
town. A number of our towns
men mustered all the dogs rvil
able and hurrid to. the scene.
The dogs were held off and tbe
fox forced to jume to tbe ground.
A ' few yards start " was given
Mr. Fox and the doss turned
loose. A beautiful chase of about
half a mile ended with the cap
ture of the fox. . ; - '. -
Mr. Vestal Jones has resigned
his position with the Gastonia
Gazette, of Gastonia and is at
home here - again 11
PROGRESSIVE
Has been
The Cost of Heathen Worship.
"I went recently to abig temple
known as Uc-Bt mountain temple,
and there saw more heathen wor
ship than at any place I hnvv
visited sinew coining to China.
Men and women crowded into
the temple by hundreda. Grrat
sacrifice of meat and bread were
mad to the idol. Paper and
burned and a flood of Hinoke a
cended to the skim. The ashes
were some four feet high, the
paper already burnt reoies nt
great sums of money. The
Chinese who in this way wor
ship give much more in money
to their religion than Christians
in America give to up rend the
gosiiel of their Lord and Savior.
"'I tell you I never felt so lone
ly as in that crowd of worahip
lers. The dense atmosphere of
heathenism was almost sicken
ing. I was probably the only
Christian in the whole mass of
several thousand, but when I
made known the fact that some
feed was wanted for the horse I
was riding, a man invited me to
his home, fed the horse and com
pelled me to take dinner with
him. He ia a relative of one of
our evangelists, and is favorable
to the gospel.
!'I wish you might see the
portrayal of hell given by im
ages and idols in the long halls
on either side of the temple
court. Man's conscience teach
es him there is a place of punish
ment, and his heart calls for the
worship of a God. Oh, that
these people might all come to
know of the true .God, and ot
salvation through His son; but
how are they to know unless
there be those to tell them, and,
urge it upon them? We are not
sufficient to cover the whole
field. There are only a few of
us missionaries, and we are
training more evangelists to help
the present force, but you must
give bs more men from home to
preach, and to teach the Chris
tians in the scriptures and Chris
tian living. We cannot doit all."
CHARLES A. LEONARD.
Revival At Grace Church
A revival meeting will begin at
Grace Methodist church tonight.
It is hoped thutii good attend
ance will be had. The meeting
is expected to run a) least ten
days, -.
Off ToTugnLand"
A note from Mr. Earl Wells
tells us that he is to leave Fort
Scott' San Francisco, Cal. For
the Phillipine. Islands , today.
He states that it will require
from 28 to 81 days to make' the
trip and that he will take notes
on the way and give the Herald
a write up of his experience.The
Herald man hopes that Mr. Wells
wil not be so detained by Neptune
as to prevent his taking the nates.
-Opium Smoking in Japan.
There are said to be 2000,000
confirmedtopium smokers on the
Island of Java.' Tbe missionar
ies to that country , assisted by
public-spirited; persons who do
not claim to be.tChristians, are
waging a warfare to check this
monstrous evil. Plans are wid
er way to erect a hospital in
Batavia for ' the treatment of
those afficted with tills pernicious
babit, , -
ASSOCIATION
launctied here.
Good meeting last Tborsdar night
Much effectual work done Organ
ization to be called "Proptuhre
Association" Constitution land by
laws adopted- Fees fixed-Per-.
nunent roll started membership
committee at work.
The King Mountain Progres
sive AHociation ia the name of
, .. 'Ci ia w tn lb embryo
oryo iiere
for some time and was laat
Thursday night virtually organis
ed. There were not quite so
many present at the meeting as
at the one a week previous. Two
reasons may be given for the
drop off in attendance: first, st
the last meeting the county farm
demonstrator was present and
made an address on the farm life
school proposition. This wan
according to announcement and
a good many went for that part
of the progam. Second, the
curiosity of the mass meeting
had about worn off and those
who attended were there for
business only. Hut, for all that
the attendance wis about sixty
souls which is m good or better
than the first meeting, So the
interest is by no means waning.
The constitution and by-laws
which had been prepared by t he
committee appointed for that
purpose was adopted with art
additional section. The date of
initiation of members and the
'orm&l opening of the work was
fixed for the - second 1 Monday -night
in February which falls
oa the 9th. A temporary mem
bership comiaitte was appointed
to enlist the people in the work ''
and to report at the next meet
ing. A canvas was made of
those present and a goodly num.
ber werejplaced on the perman
ent roll of the organization.
The greatest of harmony anc(
goodjwill prevailed, throughout
the meeting and everybody seem
ed to be filled with tbe Spirit of
progress. "
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanua Del
linger of Cherry villa were here;
last Thursday visiting Mr. Del
linger's brother, Mr. Sidny
Dellinger,
Train No. 44 dumpted three"
hoboes here last Thursday morn
ing. The free-privilege gentle
men didn't linger to form any
new acquaintences in the hill
city but made rapid schedule!
down by the store : of Plonk-"
Bros.&Co.
Former Jailor G. Ri Rhyne of
Gastonia who recently recieved
Commission as Deputy Collector'
under Collector A. D. Watts of
Ashville, was here Thursday.
Mr. W. S. Dilling Went to
Gastonia Friday on No 30' and
returned by auto, through the
Country. .. .
Mr, Floyd Mauney went to
Charlotte last Friday to replenish'
hit stock of ' Merchandise.
Dr. A. T. Lindsay President
of Lin wood College, was in town
Saturday,
Miss EUa McMillan who has
been on a several week's visit
to her sister, Mrs, H. L. Davia
ot Fayetteville, N. C, returned
Saturday night on No. 85. .
Let make this spring a trade,
at-bonw-season. ; " r
Mr, andMrs. Ira Turner ot
Charlotte spent tho week-end
here un guests of Mr. and Mrs,
CVnweli,
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