The Kings Mountain
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Vol 11
Kings Mountain, N. C.t Thursday, February 2G, 1914.
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SCHOOL FARM J. T. McDaniel
Smith Morris INIGHT SCHOOL
SOME SWING TO THIS !
For Klngi Hountaln.
Died In Barn Door.
For Boys and Men.
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Kinjs fountain has scored
attain. It would kcop one man
"busy pretty near all ths time to
Veep the score property recorded.
It Is the school farm this time.
This: is one of the biggest tills at
all. Through the pci-siateftl ef
fort of Prof. R. C. Cox taper
lntcndent of the .graded school,
And county farm demonstrator,
G. L. Murrah, this (treat feat.
haa been accomplished. Tbei
school farm ia ft real verity.
A tract of twelve accea of land
has beeu leased .for ft term of
fire year from Mr. Richard
121am who grveajt reat free. Thin
land Is situate Just oflt ef town,
just South of the extension of
fountain street ltd covering
tension of IMila street Tlie Iocs
tlon In very desirable being at
bout the proper distance from
the graded school. One haodred
Lovs of the traded school have
enrolled nod the out look ia ex
"cefdingly1 encouraging..
The land la not in tilth, it has
Hieert pastured for a few years
Hnd some small growth wl have
to he removed. 8om draining
" und terracing will also nreessari
iprecede plowing. It is the pur-
fiose to put thy I and secured into
' 'cultivation draining' and re
claiming the waste places im
Droving the soil according to
the latest and most improved.
methods. The better portion of
the . tract , will- be planted , to
v cotton anWfcoYn and the bnlauce
-sowed to rye an-' peas this year.";
The land is subject to much im 1
- orovement and is a fit place for
' -an expert to show his skill.
' hV work is to be done 1yj
vtioji -'tinder the cirec in ,of Mr.i
tjilurrah who1 will visit the work
'every eight or ten days. In ad
; edition to directing the farm work,
.-he will from actual examples
' selected f'ro a the grow-in plants;
. and in practical talks to the boys
i uhow how plants get their fooYt'
and how the; unavailable olnn'
. food in Wa'.soil niay. be made
available. ?Ih short 'the .entire
. " work will .tie' a thorough yet srw
.: pie and very uratical course .in
agriculture' brought ho'pie to thoJ
. .- boyai ,; -;;'f .
Y Those iii.charg'e . of the 'work -.
realize that the land procured is
not fortile1 and cannof"ben easily
or profitable cultivated, at first
3ut t(ie location is ideal and some
splSndid resources present) , k
spring of Water isdn' the; place,
' boutee, barn and other buildings.
The buildlngs- .will be used tor'
canning-; demonstration - Work,
it is the attention a little luter to
.-organize a tomato club'- among
." the girls.'This land is especially
adapted to this purpose because
' 1t affords such Ideal opportuni--
: ties for teaching the boys the art
: of reclaming and lmprflvlngj
v ' land which tuihg niupt spon be,
ome ai.-praoticable proposition
for much such, land must Aw re
claimed i in or der toSfurnish homes
. and f.tnns for the; rapidly :ius
1 i-reaslotir rural population.
Wo believe thVt work' tinder
1 alien by Messrs Uos and Murrah
, m' Jlnterest otihe-.'tooys imd
' '''p'''' Kings Mountain will
h u'oeaed for it is ' founded u pon
fajtb dominated by earnestness
. ant) persistent efforts. These "are
" ' tfie : very elements that have
characterized the agricultural de
inohstratiom .work: ever . since.
' -' its - beginning in 1963 through
; ' the efforts of pr. teaman A.
- Knnpr, tho 'founder of tiro fnrnr
Died last Friday.
Mr. John T. McDaniel died
last Friday uX Ins home in the
Bethlehem taction at -the ag of
sixty. He hud oufiered for about
seven years with cancer on his
leg below the knee and had spent
much money fighting thedesease
which constantly made inroads
upon bis health. For the past
two years he was confined to the
house and gradually grew worse
until be end came as a relief.
Mr. Mi-Dadiel was an excellent
citiceft and commanded the high,
eat -respect of all who knew him.
He had been a member of Bethle
ham Baptist church for the past
thirty-sis years and was ever
looked upon as one of lu chief
supporters. Not only did be lend
finsncial aid tothe'clinrch but he
ever found on the right aide of
moral questions.
Tbt remains were laid to rest
in th: Bnthlehem cemetery Sat
nrday afternoon. His pastor Rev.
D. E, Vipperman, assisted by
Rev. J. U. Miller conducted the
funeral service in the church.
Deceased is. survived by the
widow and 12 children as follows;
W. D. McDaniel, J. T. McDaniel
Jr., Giles McDaniel of the Beth.
lehem section, F. E. McDaniel of
Luinberton; Mesdames John
Randall. Llod McSwaln, Ed.
Stewart. W P; Herndon, Clio
Booko; and Misses Bessie, Julian
and Liucy McDanial.
The aying requestof Mie dying
man, was that two . ot his
favorite vmns.be sung at' tht
funeral wi follows, "In The
Sweet Bynd By" and "God Be
With You ti'l AVe Meet Agin"
The reques; which Was ., granted
is a very saMsfactory evidence
that the man ijipd'-to the jiving
faith. . ,
. -, .- - -w -,
V - - - '.A
South, of the boy's corn clubs qnd
the canning clubs. His work hue
rowu until there is now in the
South oue thousand agentf. do-
monstra ting better method of
'lemOnntrating work in . thi
farming 'and home making t
fully a hundred thousand farmers
md eeTerity -fl ve .-thousand boy
Aiid twenty-five tnausand jrirls.
,OOBS THiS, LAB333T OE1 ALt
Wr.. Murrah informes us that
ten schools ia the county - has
airoady established Farm schools
under his direction and will there-
s .. i r - ' . i . - i j
UHH UO CUlHVHUfU III Hie 'IIie
manner as the Kings Mountain
Farm school.. But Mr.i Murralv
further adds this irratifyng state-
en t that Kings Mountain is in
flel4ad in the number of ,boys
enrolled and the number of acres
in. the farm. It is also interesting
:o note that a large number of
school ' haveapp.lied for this
iemoOsti. worV-i in fact a
irar, number than Mr.Murrah
ou Id attend to atone t:Uie and
we therefore should congratulate
ourselves On thatour school'was
selected from such a .large num
ber of inulicants. V
As to the financial .interest oil
the.iftovemet it should be pay nig
proposition. There win be Hibso-
l Jtely noexpense attached exeep
tor a small amount, of : fertiliser
and a little work .that; it may not
be possible to have done by the
boya.. Mr. ;: M ilrraTi fiiin res that
counting the worst in the way of
expenses that i will not aggre-
more man so yer acre, un tlie
otheir hand, for every dollar thnt
he farm nets and farm nets and
turns over to the" school . the
courity puts, unotlier dollar on
top of it,-, f i;i-" :
' Prom our way: of thinkiriig it
is one of tho; longest strides .for
ward, that the coinmuntly has
made . lately and the work 'de
serves the 'evmpathy1 and sup
port of the entire Community and
we yenly bclievo that H will ret
it."
I w-my J
I -1 titrrx rf-: 1
1 She ordered
one food
A week or so later they
And titer the uw them the wJ!ed in distress:
"Why, I have been bunkoed, for right down the street
These bargains I'm sure I could easily beat
It isn't so funny
To pay out your money
And get disappointment instead of treat."
DOTY YOU OWE YODR TOWN
Be Faithful and Honest with Yourself.
OBLIGATIONS
Mntc Sending His Honey to Distant
er the Doty He Owes His - Home
Willing to Compete.
- Duty Is s pom thnt Hkoh wllh u
Id the morning- nod sue t rant with
n at nlnln. It i I'ovxtvwriv with the
ilrtluu uf unr Inlellli.-WKi'.' . It h the
luidViw which rleure to us, bu wheiv
we will. '; " '
fat us do oar duty hi our shop or
kltchfu. In the itinrket. the street, the
ulllcp. the farm, the achool, the home.
Jniit us fiiitbfull.r an tf we stood In tlie
trout mnlM of some grunt lutttle and
knrtv that victory, for mauklnd de
pended upon onr braver' . etreogth aud
skill .''.- r -
When ne do thnt the rare humblest
of uh will lie nervine in thnt icreiit
arniy which x bWvcs the welfare of
the world.
'., A Dollar Loet. . y
, It should .be the iIuksiq of every
rural consumer uerer. to send nwny
for nouds that be can-juat jis well buy
st home. Every time jifKend a dnl-.
tar to a man oraer nouse mat aoimr,
n far as you sndyosr community re
concerned, Is practically out of circu
lation, r . : '- v
Vour own borne mcrcbnnt I" the one
who helps to keep op your schools,
your churches ind-your town. He la
the oue wbo deserves your -trade and
not Rome catnjottne houto lu Chicago
or eluewhere. ;--'' ..
' Goods en Uneeeured Promlen.
When o hiire notblux to Klve In
xchiiuK, to whom do you. go for c
oomniodutlonf until v Dome uucertulu
vuujo wurn jwu vhh mj i .
Vdo you not always Ind yonr borne
nyrchiiut ready end wIIIIuk to let; hie
'gaud no on proui lues, not Kiiuninteed
uorov but verbal promlRps. triMtlnf! to
)-om; honesty and good luck In meeting
tb! 'hiifEatlon IuutJ- . v- ; '
lio iuflny furuis neve been uld for
by yoar ipercbuufa mlvnuclurf IkiIIi the
goods iiecemury . to .'keep life In -the
body amJ cash to meet -that dionded
Interna iAi the inortgnge? ; " ,
- CDilei to wiiiie-: fumlUkiilH would
the furnierV trnst tb . merebont tot
tnontba 1ittdiiontbs with the produce
of his faraC dr would he imit for cash
or 1U equlmletat upon delivery vt. ttw
good? - V .' ' ''
;,v .;; Net ftiwr- Cheat.,. '
'fV knoT that.W averano consumer
does not feel t butyls lox-al merchant ia
p rohlwr or . a cheat; but, like, all bo-
mnnklnd. the cnulu&icp mid prices of
from the Mail Order Store,
came by express,
OE CONSUMER.
Concerns Every Citizen Should Consid
Town Local Merchants Ready and
mail order birascs npiwal to blm. and
be forwards his order and cash with
out considering tlie Injustice be Is ilo
lujr himself; bis uierchaut and bin
home towu. v
. The catulorues of the mall order
house are llluiiiined with pictures to
ratcb the eye of the unwury. They
range In complexion from a brunette
banana to a blond cannry bird. They
offer to sell you anything from a phi
losopher's stone to a cypres anlngle
aawed out of a sunbeam.
Cash Versus Credit.
It seems unbelievable, but It Is ne
crtheieaa a fact, snowing the entire
Ifck of any sense of Justice, tbat many
people regard their local stores as
merely Institutions ;of accommodatlon.
Wben tbese people bave cash to spend
If goes to' the faraway mail order
houses, but wlien times are dull, when
they are sick or out of work or during
tbe aeason when farmers are not turn
ing their produce Into cash, what do
they do? Do tbey write to tbe cata
logue honse and ask for credit?
If they did do yon think Micy would
get It? Not on your lire! Those con
cerns most hare casb, must bare It In
advance, must have- It before you can
eveo see the goods yon buy. Tbe con-
muwr kuub 11m luuuey suy iueu aim
down and wnita until the mall order
bouse (tela good and ready to All bis
order. ; ' ' ' '
' But when borne people want credit
or favors' uf any kind they hustle off
to tbelr borne merchant, very obliging
ly order what tbey want and tell blm
to charge tt. expecting him to wait at
least from one to sli months for his
.pay ' .'.',;'
Dealing With Nsighbera.
' Id buying from your borne merchants
yu deal wHb aeigbbors. Buy with
goods -before yon. Tuy when you get
the goods If you so elect Bar goods
delivered free, lteturn goods if not
satisfactory. Build np . yonr borne
.tore.'. . - -
Help build up yonr awn boms! town
and make of yourself a man worthy of
your day and time.'- Every man should
tnke pride In being a good American
I-citizen, and we believe most inetf do
and that moat men are. or at least de
sire to be. but what kind of cltiien Is
the man woo supports an octopus?
Should be not be placed- In' a doss
with the man tbat knocks hl own
business? That sort of man Is Invari
ably neither a good neighbor nor a
food dtixeav ,-. ' .
Copyrighted WHbv Thomas J. snHvan
Quite a little excitement pro
vailed oier town Saturday morn
ing when it was announced Unit
a man had been foun J dead on
the street in East Kings Momi
tain. It soon developed, howev
er, that the dead body was not
found in the street but in the
barn door at Mr. L. C. Hord's
lot near the Pauliue mill. No
niy.story mii-rounded the event
and . there was no trouble at
identification. It whs tin; imkI.v
of Mr. iMiiith Morris, u white
mun of 2"i years, who drove tin
wagon for Mr. Hurd. The first
announcement of the death ot tin;
young man come by way of Mr.
Bob Beuui who while working
about the mill saw Mr. Hord's
)iaj wmgiijsiji
Leniaster's oat patch, one of tin1
millet having a bvidlu on and tin-
other not. Mr. IVaiu taught
the mule wearing the bridle and
led him up to Mr. Hord's house
and announced his rind. Mr.
Hord had not yet gotten upas it
was only about seven o'clock in
the morning. With all haste did
he prepare himself for an inves
tigution Of the situation. As
quickly as possible he went to
the barn and not seeing Mr.
Morris readily began, looking for
him and soon saw his feet pro
jecting from the door of the feed
room and his hend lying back in
the room. Mr. Hord called lo
hitn but with no respon.. He
called to Mr. Ceara who was
just passing the lot on bis - way
back to ihe mill; to come tliore
thnt the man looked to bo dead.
Mr. Beam preferring to take no
further hand mended his gate
and answered back that ho would
send Mr. Joe Cole who was soon
upon the spot. The two men
undertook to resuscitate the man
but soon decided that it was no
use and sent for Dr. J. G. Hord
who pronounced him dead.
Sheriff Wilkins and Coroner
T. K. Barnett of Shelby wtre!
notified and arrived together all
10:30. . A jury -was ompannelled
and the inquest followed. The
jury was composed of the follow
ingi, Frank Lindsay. G. W. Ku-
deinlr- W n Atkins. J. S' Man-
ney, is. w.-. Keai aua tienry
Gallimore.- The jury not "being'
able to agree Dr. J. E. Anthony
was sent for. ' No foul play was
suspected but some suspicion a
rose as to the quality of some
whiskey which deceased had
drnnkon the day before. Dr.
Anthony had the body removed
to H. TFulton & Co. 's under
taking " establishment where a
post mort-m examination was
performed. Vbe verdict of the
doctor was -that -deceased came
to his. death as a result of heart
failure and so was the yerdict ot
the jury. " .
Deceased was the son of J. R.
Morris of Cherokee, S. C. His
people were notified as soon as
possible and two brothers, S. B,
and G. A. Morris, and D. D. Mar
tin arrived on train No 12 Satur
day afternoon ttnd took' charge
of the body, . they loft on. No.
39 Sunday morning with , the
body and expected' to lay it ,10
rest in the cemetery 8t Buck
Creek Baptist ; churcb " near
Cherokee, 8. C.'iater in the day.
The decehsed was a member , of
Cuck Creek chofch an bis pas
tor, Rev. C. P.' Felind, ' conduct
ed the funeral.
His parents, two brothers and
three sisters survive. We under-
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'I he spirit of progress cofllmux
to cultivate the perple of King.i
Mountain, Lust week in our a:
count of the Piedmont Music
Company we said that it was thi)-'
very latest creation unless some
thing elsp had been born since we
wentto presn was a borning while '
we were writing that selfsanm
article, namely, the Farm School
account of which appears in
unothcr colnni. N'ou' something
e!sc ia turned up. The Herald
Night School For Hoys is here.
Tin-night school w hich has been
conducted by Atloin.v N. F.
McMillan for rhe past naveral
months has been tJiken over bv
F.nitor Fi'ge of the Herald mid
Mr. Mnnitx! Uhea. Mr. Page
Mf-litvil room after sevi-n Vfars
conw-oiiiive oxj)eriene' n princi
pal of nl the best High
Schools in the slate and Mr.
h'liea has been ttachinj -m thn
night school for Mr. McMillan.
Mr. McMillan will not sever his
connection with the school but
will continue as professor of
penmanship. The reason for tho
change is very obvious. Mr.
McMillan's practlc is ever gr
ing and his time for school work
is becoming more and more
limited while the school is
steadily growing and demands
more attention. Mr, Rhea is also
a very buisy man. Ho is book,
keener at the Johnstown null.
Its no use to say anything for
the Herald man for he is always
buisy. Idle bread is not a part of
his menu. However, with the
.iOmbined efforts of the total
managemsht we hope to make
school one of the loading factors
in the educational life of tho
city. Its prime object is to put a
good school in the reach of the
laborer who cannot attend the
day school and the elder man
who was deprived of uu early
education, There will bo no age
limit or entrance requirements
If the situation justifies it a
litllelater entrance requirements'
may be : inaugrated in order to
Obviate too' much latitude of
work for the limited time which
we have to give it two-hours per'
night for three nights in the week'
is the present schedule,: the'
nights being i Monday,' Wednes
day, and Friday, of each weekV
The course of instruction will
not be as broad as that of the'
public schools covering only two
or three of the essentials.' Tire
limited time which students will
be able to use iu school "will not
justify a lull curriculum. English, .
Mathematics' Penmanship and
spelling will be the main studies.
We eqpect to ad Baokkeeping
and Stenography just as soon as
a class can be organised.
The intent of the scbooj is to.
supply a pressing heed in the
life and wellfare of the people.
There are so many people wba
are hungering and for a better
education and by circumstances
insurmountable are not in posi
tion to attend the day : school
that we feel that tb,a night school
will prove an everlasting bless
ing to them. The literary feature '
will.be stressed an much at con
dition rwill warrent. Debates
will be gtoen occasionally. Why
this? So many people go out to
fight thajaajttle of life without
being abletr et up ' before on
audience and express an opinion.
Again., the school may be able1
to, help students conditioned ia
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