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Kings Mountain, N. C, Thursday, February 12, 1914.
No. 3
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W W i-HERNDON, PRESIDENT
PaaoEssive Association
The Kings Mountain Progressive As
sociation met Monday night and
elected its officers and directors.
Tin Kings Mountain Progres
sive Association tnet in the opera
house here Monday night for
the ciei'tion or officers. The
lecii in i;ih hy ballot. On the
first .allut M. K. Herudon, cash-
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4- ( ti ll f i!i'n:t:. K. NoikIit,
i, A K.-i';. W H VuHJinni.
AUt-i wvcrut bi.itoiM G'j.. V.
PalleiNon wum abided. Then an
other season of balloting follow
ed which closed by
of W. 8. Dilling
the election'
the fifth!
member of the board.
The itinerary membership
Committe h.inded in a list of 81
bonifide charter members to
which were added 4 other names
at tie beginning of the session.
At Jhe proper interval Tem
porary -Chairman L. A. Riser
turned the meeting over to president-elect
Herndon who assumed
leadership at once.
(Continued on Ediloral Page)
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Teachers Meet
The CrOwdera Mountain Town
ship Teacher's Association aiet
In the graded" school aaditorium
here Saturday at 10 A. M. Presi
dent John James, superintenaent
of Bessemer Qity schools,' was
present and presided over the
sewion. Many matters of interest
were discussed among whicn
were the following special topics;
"Assignment Of The Lesson"
led by Miss Ledford, teacher
Mountain View school;
at
"Art Of Questioning" led by
Prof. R. C. Cjjc;
"What To Do In Case Of
De-
linqueocies" lea oy miss ueiiu
Alexander of bunnyside school,
Thp matter -of iOffnbhY'coii'.
tt'Sis pivliiiiinnry to . tin county
contesis to be lu.'iii in cyMiiHctum
'with 'the county. toni(iieti.;emint
lit April was tukeii up and it. was
decidwl tlint they should be field
at Bessemer City on March 27tli.
Prof. J. B. Smith, priucipnl
of Dixpn Academy school and
president of Cleveland County
Teachers' Association'
visitor at the meeting.
was a
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New Fettuies. "
. The Herald has added soma.
new features this week. On the
front page is "Kings Mountain
1780," on the third page "Home
Town Helps," and on the sixth
page, "The Kitchen Cabinet."
All these articles are good and
wr.all vour esnecial attention ,
to them that you may not miss
them. " . ' V.;'.' "
In subsequent issues we expect
to ran other rti.les concerning
the battle of Kings Mountain
which will be of interest to lov
ers of history. We intend also
to set aside a column each week
as "ine war uepartnwnt in
which stories of the Civil war
willapper. The demsnd for a
rial story is becoming so strong
that we will start One with an
early issue.- '. As was mentioned
in the last issue of the Herald
we '.. expect to inaugurate a
"Trade At Home" campaign
soon and a column oer week
will be used in that department.
er if Hie I'l' ipW-s ii:m & Trnrt wie eiecinc ciiau at oing ing
C . whh e.ect'-d pre dent. There prison.
be ng )ii v mi.' n-iuiii:itioo made SclMiidt will be sentenced
for first We President ' npt. V. j Wednesday.
Dilliiig wi' vlvcti-d h.v ncclama I Schmidt; whosu defense was
tiim and in like 'manner W. A. I inanity, laughed bitterly when
.Vaiuiey whs mad- second vice.: the verdict was pronounced. He
prei ii-;it On he fiixt ballot 'steadfastly had declared himself
Must Die.
New York ' Feb. S.-Hans
Schmidt today was found guilty
of murder in the first degree for
killing Anna Aumeller, a young
woman he had married through
a self-preformed ceremony while
acting as a priest at St. Josephs
Church. The penalty is death in
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"TV I II' ,111-illHf l I 1 1 'I
punisnea oy aetin. LAter on
he protested against the Insanity
defense advanced by his consel,
and tonight said he would not
assUt them in any way if they
Prepared an appeal.
I wonld rather die tonight
than tomorrow," he said. "It is
as it should be and as I wish It.
This waa the second trial and
the jury was out a few minutes
less than five hours. At the first
trial the Jury disagreed. Alienists
supplied most of the testimony
at both trials. Schmidt's counsel
late today nopea that It he was
not acquitted on the grounds of
! mental unsoundness the degree
I of guilt fixed by the jury wou
' be second degree murder. Tl
Id
The
Jurors sending out for instruct
ions snorny alter retiring were
inlormed by Justice Vernon M.
Davis that thy could if they
wished prononncs a verdict less
severe than death.
A. G. Koeble one of Schmid't
counsel, said owing to the former
priest's persistent silence con
cernlng the crime it has not been
possible to place all facts before
the Jury. He said Schmidt was
not guilty of murder, but had
shielded a physician after the
woman death. She was not
murdered the lawyer declared.
If the police wonld disolav
energy, he said they could get
at the truth. "The lawyer was
undecided whether he would
takf an ai eal "father Soh-
undi wiil iu-'er otj the electric
ciniiiv'' .he miid, ;
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A Million Dollar
A Day in Luxuries
Is what a recent estimate says
the American people are import-
ing. We need the spirit of the
poxsover. A woman who was
asked to make an Easter sacri-
to missions bought a twenty
dolIar dreM for her child instead
of B twenty-five dollar dress and
Bve th difference, We write
ourihocki for the church and
tor missions, as a certain rich
businessman did, so regularly
that he never gave a thought to
lQe transaction; it was so mucn
office routine.
. But one day his first-born son
came to him, after hearing the
! address of missionary to whose
support the checks wen, and
aldt.
"Father, God has called me to
a foreign missionary; I must go."
And the father's face paled, and
he felt his heartstrings gripping
it was hia passover, and he was
not ready ta be sacrificed. Ka
hala, HawaiL
Box Sapper at "3 B."
There will be a box sapper at
"8 B" school house Saturday
night. Public is cordially invited.
Kings Mountain--. 780.
Twas on a pins in t mountain, the Tory heathens lay,
With a daughty Major at their head, one Ferguson they say,
Cornwallis had detached a thieving for to go,
And catch the Carolina men, or lay the Rebels low,
The scamp had ranged the country in search of Royal aid,
And with his owls perched on high, he taught them all his trade
But nh! that fatal morning, when Shelby brave drew near
'Tis certainly a warning that Government should hear
And Campbell brave, and Cleve.and; and Colonel John Seivier
Eich jrith a band of gallant men to Ferguson appear.
Just as the sun was setting behind the western hills,
Just then our twenty rifles sent a dose of leaden pills;
Up-up the steep together brave Williams led his troop
And joined by Winston bold and true, disturbed the Tory camp
The Roy.il slaves-the Royal owls, flew bigll on every hand,
Hut soon they settled -gave howl and quartered to Cleveland;
I would not tell the number of Tories slain that day,
P.ut surely it is certain that none did run away.
For all that were a living were hap,y to give up,
So let us make thanksgiving, and pans tin bright tin cup;
And may our glorious country
Found After
Wilington. Feb. 5. William
H. Lassell, linotype machinist-
operator on The Morning Starof
this city returned yesterday from
New York, where he arrived on
January 28 from Cuba with his
sister, Mrs, Evelina Pinkind
Lassell, whom he found in a
hospital at Santiago and whom
he had thought commited suicide
15 years ago. It was through the
efforts of R. E. Holaday, Ameic-
an Consul at Santiago, that Mr.
Lassell learned a few week ago
that his sister was confined in an
asylum on acount of insanity.
As suon as Mr. Lassell learned
that it was his sister he left at
once for Cuba, leaving this city
January 17. He easily identified
her as his sister, though she had
changi-d greatly since he saw
her last. -
Fifteen years ago she was wo
rking on the staff of The Brook
lyn Eagle as copyholder when
her young child fell out of a ba
by carriage and was killed. Soon
after she disapeared and it was
supposed that she had committed
suicide.
Previous to her residence in
New York she had married a
man in Atlanta. Ga.. who soon
deserted her-. Nothing ia known
as to what became of him It was
because of his desertion that she
was compelled to seek work in or
der to support herself .aid child-
Mr. Lassell was unable to trace
her history for the last 15 years
further bock than six years ago.
However, as far as can be learn
ed, the shock and grief of the
death of her cMld seems to have
deranged her mind, and her ide-
Home Coming of Baptists.
The Kings Mountain Baptis
Sunday school decidedon last
Sunday to have a home comminn
Qf the church and Sunday school
on the event of their return
home. We say on the return
home because the new church
with its -commodious Sunday
school department is going up
on the lot occupied by the old
Baptist ' .church before it was
torn away for the . new. The
chairman of the building1 com
mittee announced that the Sun
day school department could be
redy for occupancy four, weeks
from Sunday provided the money
were ptt In the treasury , with
which to do the work. Ted- men
stood on their feet, in response
to a propos'tion that they would
have joy, andpesce and wealth.
Fifteen Years.
ntit:: became merged into that
of the baby, so she ndw blieves
that she is only 15 years old al
though bhe is actually 43. Yet her
memory of her childhood days is
very real.
After leaving New York she
became a trained singer and dan
cer. She was for several years
with a troupe that did an net
with a circus, and evidently
traveled extensively in European
countries as she speaks French,
Italian, and Spanish. While uh
doubtedly suffering with the pe
culiar form of insanity, believing
herself to be merely a child,
when she reached Cuba three or
four years ago with
theatrical company the depress'
ing nature of the climate caused
her trouble to become worse.
Without money nnd without
friends she was sent from hosp
ital to hospital for treatment,
but never with any appreciable
benefit. It was only by the merest
chance that during her lucid
moments she furnished a clue by
which her relatives were lo
cated.' ':
Mr. Lassell sailed from Sant'
ago on the 25th of January,
reaching New York on the 28th.
His brother in-law, Dr. Vincent
Barber, lives in Brooklyn, and
he left his sister with him. Mrs.
Barber, his sister was formerly
a trained nurse and under the
skilled care of herself and hus
band Mr- Lassell states that his
sister has already shown much
mprovement in mind and he
hopes eventually, that she may
recover her normal intelligence.
see to it that .the money was
notlacking. So we are expecting,
the home comming four' weeks
from last Sunday which will be
March the 8th This date, remem
ber, has not been rUed and the
Herald is not announcing that
as the date bnt basing- our cal
culations on the work of Sunday
we believe that the date will not
oe later. A program will be pre
pared especially fortheoccasiod.
Further developement will , be
announced from time to time in
the Herald. - . v
. The public will bear In mind
that the Baptist here- are doing
what was pronounced by out
siders as an impossibility, that
is, to build a church and pay
for it as they go. This church 4s
being built oa a" strictly . cash
basis . . i-
150 SCHOOLS
Look Out.
Look out for the seed fakir!
He has for the past few weeks
been operating in the central
part of the State, and has decei
ved and defrauded farmer selling
them ordinary seeds from $1.00
tp $0.00 per bushel that were not
worth more than from $1.00 to
$1.50 per bushel.
Keep your eye on the fellow
who comes to your house with
his new kind of seed for spring
or fall sowing-seed that makes
miraculous yields. Ask him to
show his license to sell seed in
VP Tfh. nnnnl .lint ll.
UiiiiMJiiiijijl iuiJ.Jl'Li'iHlll ILL
Agriculture for money paid for
such a license, get his name and
address and send them to us at
once and we will make an effort
to get in touch with him. It will
pay you to write the State Depa
rttnent of Agriculture before
buying seeds from these seed
neddlers.
Last year these seed fakirs
did much damage in Wilks and
Other counties in that section
and finally thefarmers cried out
against their dirty business, but
the cry reached us too late t do
them any good it was a case of
locking the stable after the
horse is stolen.
We have just recieved a com
plaint that these fakirs are in
the State again, selling seeds
for spring sowing at redicuTously
high prices, and . we are after
them, Therefore, be on the look
out for them.
Approved,' W. A. Graham,
Chmmissioner of Agriculturet
James L. Burgress, Agronorais.
& botanist.
In' Charge' seed
Laboratory.
Burglar Turn Cat
Great excitement pre, railed at
the Cora mill office a tew morn
ings ago when the manager of
the company store, Mr. Charlie
Stowe, went, into the office to
ODen the vault. Not exactly then,
but just as he opened it and be
held the situation. What claimed
his optics? Well everything was
scattered topsy- turvy. Papers
were torn and scattered, the cash
box on the floor and showed
signs of fianl play. Burglary was
certain. The vault is a spacious
arrangment being something like
cube of 8 feet dimensions.
Pretty large for a safe but rather
small for a living room. But we
are getting to fast with the tale.
Yes, burglars! What should he
do, queried the troubled man.
Quick as a flash he decided to
close the door and all hast apply
to the convict camp for blood
hounds. Acting upon the impulse
he slammed the door. Hush! I
hear something inside. Stealth-
ly as Macbeth he crept up and
pulled a jar the door to ascertain
whereof the noise. With heart
in throat and thoughts every
where the horrified man piqued
around antil suddenly a huge
torn cat broke the spell and
dashed for liberty. About that
time Dr. O. G. Falls appeared
on the scene and all was well
The cat was evidently locked
up in the vaulttbe night before
and as the breathing space was
rather small for a nights lodging
he made desperate efforts to ret
out and by so doing eic.ittered
things around. '
' Dr. O. G. Falls made a busi
ness trip to Bessemer City Monday.
ENROLLED.
High School Union
Kings Mountain High School in Trl-'
angl? with Gistonii and Shelby
Initiative and Referendum, the
subject.
- Chapel Hill, Feb. The high
school activities of the Univers
ity for this spring are gathering
in interest and momentum, as
the time for the approaching
state-wide contests draws nearer.
First among these comes the
High School Debating Union,
which is carried on under the
auspices of the "Di" and "Phi"
Literary Societies and the Bur-
leau of Extension of the Univer-
the leading secondary ami high)
schools of the State have enroll
ed in the Union and have been
arranged in triangles. The tri
angular debate will bn held
throughout the State on March
'20th, and the final contest for
the Aycock Memorial Cup will
be held at Chapel Hill on April
3rd. The query that will be dis
cussed by all of these schools is.
"Resolved, That the Constitu
tion of North Carolina should be
so amended as to allow the In
itiative and Referendum in state
wide legislation.." Kings Moun
tain high school has enrolled in
the Union and is in a triangle
with Gastonia and ohelby.
The second annual inter-scholastic
track meet of North Caro
lina will be held at Chapel Hilt
on April 3rd, under the auspices
of the Greater Council and the '
Alumni Athletic, Association of
the University. Any secondary
school in the state is eligiblo to '
IHPm, renrewntatiVM tn nnmef
thia moot mvn BBnt in.
eluding the usual field and track"
features will be held. To the"
school which wins the highest
number of points, a Champion
ship Cup will be awarded,' and.'
to the team winning ' the relay
race a cup will be awarded.' Ev-
ery contestant winning a first '
place in any event will be award
ed a silver medal, and every con
testant winning' a second place '
will be awarded a bronze medal. '
All who come for the meet will '
be entertained by the students4
of the University, through the '
county clubs. Among the high
schocis that have already enroll
ed for this meet are: Raleigh,
High Point, Gastonia, Goldsboro''
Gatesville, Burlington,' Edenton.
The first annual championship"
contest in baseball for this year
is open only to the public high '
schools, city or rural, that shall -have
played and won, ?up to and1
including May 2. as many as'
four games fr0m teams repre
senting schools of similar rank, ,
and shall not have been defeated
shall be eligible to enter th pre
liminary contest. The committee
at Chapel Hill, throui- this eli
mination contest and the pre
liminary games which ah8'" be'
arranged, will settle on the two'
best teams in the State. These'
two teams will come to, Chapel
Hill some time in May to , may
the championship game. AHex- .
oehses, including transportation'
both ways, hotel bills, entertain
ment on, the "Hill", of the two'
teams thus selected for the final ,
game will be paid by the Alumnr
Athletic Association of the Un
iversity, under whose auspices
this contest is being. , The com
mittee in charge of this contest
is composed of the following
members; v
N. W. Walker, Chairman,-
T. G.Trenclmrd,-; .
; C. E. Ervid,
' , Oscar Leach, --'.,"
. ' Nat. J Cartmell,
" . E. R. Rankin. Sec ,.