North Carolina Newspapers

?Ohell Herald TV0 DEATHS Fr, Tornir and Mrs. Belk .. Two funeral within two hours in the mom church by the eanie minister waa the record made at the Baptist church - at Greyer test Thursdrvy.. . The first was ihaf f Mr. L, J. Turner, a very 'prominent business man of G ro ver and the second that of Mrs; Jennls Belle, wife of Mrv Henry Y. Beflc Of Dixon' Academy sec tlpn; ". '. . - Mr. Turner was a' . manu facturer of beds and mattresses and bad good real estate holding at Grover and in. Florida. lie had been a member of the Bup tist church sinoe be was thirteen years old and had ever been a valuable citizru. He died at the age of 47 and leaves a widow and tour children to mourn their loss. Mr. . Turner was a . Mason and the body was taken to the An tioch cemetery where it was laid to rest with Masonic honors. , 'Mrs. Belk was only thirty years old dying just in (he prime tit life and leaving her husband and sit children who. already - realise that . their best earthly ' friend has been taken. She had ' .been sick but a few weeks. She first had Measles which develop ed into pneumonia. After, the " funeral her body was carefully -. and sadly laid in its last earthly resting pluce in the Gfoverosnie tery. -. y ':JiV'.-t.: . i ,-' . ' --.. " ' Both it unerala were conducted " ""by'Rer rR. Miller of Kings' Mountain.at ten, 1 and - eleven o'clock' respectively Thursday . morning. 1 ' . ' ,- Grover has not had a 'sadder - day in all its -" History and two homes are 'bereaved beyond i earthly repair. We commend the 4ffief .stricken ";J;and especially - those, little children to Him who ' doetb all things well. ; ; ; . , ' .- . ... .... :iV" Sltemenlf Cash1 Received and V t Tald oetti Fe& 2, 1915, of The Kins Meuntain Memorial As- -' - fociation. , lcL N. Moss ' - , A. E. Cline " ' -t ' "-.', H. E. Peterson f Clarence Kennedy J. 0. Lacky '"' Oasper Smith "H. K. Black -J. E. Adderholt " w. L. Fortune f - . Kings Mtn. Mfg. Co. .KlothoMill Ben Willeford . p. R. Hav , B. M. Ormand . J, H, Garrett v Boon & Beam ' ,.B. D. Phifer , B. h. England' . ' .'' Dr. Hood (Entry fee) W. Dilling (Entry fee) r O. A. Khea . , Phenlx Mfg. Co. Bonnie. Mill ' Pauline Mill 4 Cora J-, B. Thomason I 6.00. . 8.00 1 5.00 1.00 t.QO . 8.00 , 1.00 , .60 il.OO v 16.00 10.00 1 6.00 2.00 7.50 1.00 .60 i 1.00 7- .50 v i. 6.00 2.00 1.00 10.00 20.00 6.00 i '25.00 5.00 1.00 r 2.00 1.00 . 1.00 J. a Williams .- Ceo. Modens A.McGUl C'Gofortti J.y.'Ware . Arthur Crouse - -Earnest Neal - A. P. Falls . v..,' W.T.Bradford .V I. B. GoTorth t. W.-T. Parker.. - ' "r., Firs Nat Bank ,:;-.' Klng Mtn. Bank Peoples Loan A Trut Co. II. T. Fulton J. B. r'iyio ' .50 ..1.00 -i.oo , 1.00 6.00 ' 2.00 2.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 10.00 8.03 500 IN POLITICS Some More Pie, If You Flaie The political pot is a "sorter a simmer'n' now and from the number of candidates who are getting into the field she'll be "a btlin". before long. Bepresen tetive R. B.. Miller and Sheriff D. D. Wilkins were in town Fri day ' shaking; hands, renewing old friendshloa and making new ones. Sheriff Wilkins jimlled as though his standing is good and Mr. Miller stated that his interest in the township seemed in .a healthy condition. Primaries Nay Mth. The Executive committee of the Democratic party met in Raleigh Tuesday of last week- anl fixed the following dates. County Primaries Saturday, May 16th. County Convention Saturday, May 23rd.; State Convention June 16th. It is optional with the county executive committee whetherlt adopts the 'dates of the county meeting but H is cue. tomary to be governed by the decision of the state committees and it is practically a foregone Oincluslon that the above dates will be recognzecC ' ' For Or Against Before yoq pledge yourself to support any candidate for either bonse of the Legislature have him Answer squarely these questions "How ard you going t Ol , the Anti-Saloon League In reference to stopping the ship ping of whiskey- Into . North Carolina?" And should the issue not be state wide will or will you not, support a bill to bar it from Cleveland county?" - " " " . i It makes no difference which Side you are on get' an answer to your question, if yon dont you- may wish some day you bad- Just as sure-, as the Legislature of North Carolina meets again this matter is cointt to be a vital issue and no man can intelligent ly and conscientiously support a matt until he ascertains bis standing. . '; v; ' '' The man who wants the pre sent schedule . perpetuated . had sound his man and, the man who wants a change had better sound bis - manr Ana yon bewr me Herald M not going .to support any man to an edltorial way un- he commits himself. Give us your, hand brother. - . W. A. Mauney ' Br. . 25.00 D, M. Baker & Co. v 10 J Wright Barber Shop 2 00 Mrs. M. P.Hislop v ' 1.00 Planters Hwd.Jo, - 1000 Barnes-Finger Drug Co. 10.00 MoGinnis Broi. v . 5.00 J. C. Bauamardner & Co. 15.00 C. B. Falls 2 00 D. H. Howser ' " ' 8.00 Plonk Bra Co. . ?0 00 Mtni View Hotel 81,00 Plonk & Ftoyd. , 1 ' 1O-0O Thomas-SubvrCo;- " 10 00 Kiser and Mauney 25.00 Mauney Drug Cff. -; 10.00 W, O. Ruddock 8 00 W. S.DlHingACbi : 10.00 Patterson Gra. Co. . 12-50 P;- Fnlton A Co. 1 ' 10 0Q R. S. Plonk A Co. - . 20.00 L. C. Hord 100 Dilling MIU".- ; .' 26.00 Ji R Gamble - - 2.00 S. Dillingor ' 1.00 J; G. Hord " ' " 6 00 W. A. Ridenhour; I ...- ' 5:00 EvL. Csmpbe'.; , " B 00 J. Di .Wilkin ' " ' 5.00 XVax Gaftl. t" --5C0 Kings Mountain, N. CM County Commencement To Be . Held April Fourth . IN SHELBY, THE CITY OF SPRINGS. A . Last lathat Hteilnf for this Sciool W largely attended Change -'a ? ' Sch dule ptopesei for text year. . . . Mo-e than a hundred teachers of Cleveland County were pre' sent at thq last meeting for this yesr. Saturday at the Court House in Shelby, The t'rst sub j ject discussed Was ' Tendencies Novices." After a paper read by the secretary, Mr. V. G. Garden-' er gave an interesting talk from his own experiences in teaching. from which we feel that young teachers gained something that will be helpful to them in their Work.; "." "Teaching Pupils to. Execute" was well discussed by Prof. R. C. Cox. Su'pt. Irwfn announ ced that teachers, who expect their certificates renewed are required to read One book a year on pedagogy, The one for this "Everyday problems in. Teach-" ing. Every teacher who has not this book is required to get it, andread it Seventh grade examinations, for county diplomas'' were dis cussed to allow Only those - who have completed ' the seventh grade as outlined in the course of study, to take the examinations that are sent out (a the te&cbersf these ex aminations, by making seventy 70 per cent or above on all the subjects shall receive a. ccrtfl- cate,c which will entitle them to enter the High , 8chool with out further1 examinations.. The Superintendent suggested that next year, we bikve a three days' Teacher's meeting just be fore the Opening of schools, and one meeting in the spring so a to arrange for county commence ment &c i; . V The, body of teachers yoted almost unanimously to make the change also ireqiiested the Su perintendent to ask the county Board of "Education tor pay the teachers for those days the same as. if teaching. ' r ' Messrs. ; Howerton, , Smith, Gardner, and Cox wereappointed as a committee to ''talk up,'! and arrange : for. triangular debates unit BnfiHIno' matches In all . the townshlpsoe'xt year. It is booed j within fifty miles of all teachers wfll'takepart in thisjShelby this year. Let us make important part' of the school work. - ' i -1 - The ' County Commencement April 4, is to be the greatest educational rally that has. yet been held in Cleveland County, which is one of the leading coon Mes in education in the State. In. order to arrange for the A .Sample, Copy "'J .' m AnJtlvitation to year,-,-. ... Progressives The regulaf stniiTnonthly meethig of the Kings Mointaiiv Progressive Association will be held . i Monday night in' the uew qia'rtefit in thY Na : fional Bank. : bnitdingy . Let every member be present. . Thursday, March 19, program on that the liententmts were appointed for different town ships as follows. ' ' Towiiship No. 1 Mr. Roy Green Township No. 2. Mr. B. M. Ellis, Township No. 8.Mr.M.R.Biggers Township No. 4 Mr. R. C. Cox Township No. 5 Mr. A. A. Keener To wnship,SNo.6 Mr R.T. Howerton Township No.7 Mr. .f.B. Philbeck Township No. 8 Mr. W. E. White Township No. 9 Mr. H. C. Sysk Township No. 10 Mr. B. M. Mull T-iwnship No. 11 Mr.J.H. Brocket - Each teacher Is to report to lieutenant, and find the position bis school is to occupy in the div-Uion. ; ; The schools will form in line at the overhead bridge on Main Street and march to the Court House.1 Every school is requested to have a nice large banner with the name of the school in letters large enough to be seen at a distance.. - At the suggestion ;, of Mr. Howerton, the teachers decided that we should have a band of Htate wide rePutation to .iarnish music This is something all can enjoy, for. the musical contest! will be gi ven on the Court square, Tiie schools 'were requested to help in raising a fund for this and quite a number of teachers responded by pledging for their schools and we expect Ka hear from others as this will add much to the good day. The medal contests hare been announced, but the two medals for English contests were spe cially spoken of, the sixth and seventh grades' may enter this Contest. ..'.;:'.";;:- . . Questions en . Robeson 'a Stud ies In English will be sent to to the teachers with the questions for the. seventh examinations. Each teacher is to . select, (or have. selected by a committee) by a committee the best paper, and aeiid to the Superintendent, who will have the oapers graded by a committee. ', The County Commencement is to be the biggest" event t it our commencexf at, a graoa 8 access for pld Cleveland County, which has never '-.been behind.' Let us come up to the standard in this Educational rally. Every body wants to be here' All teachers are expected to be here with r their . : pupils in line of parade. ji Don't i miss' this "big" day. of The HERALD S mmm ' ' Subscribe. $1.QQ per Stonday Dtight - 1914. CHAPEL HILL! Interesting News From University Chapel Hill March-Will. evey rural high school in the State Incorporate into .its curriculum an agricultural course? Recom mendations favoring such a mes ure are being staunchly sup ported by the committee on training, as indicated by the report drawn up and discussed at meeting held during the ses sions of the National Educational Association in Richmond, Vs., recently. The recommendations embodied in the report of the committee on vocational training, as drawn up by Prof. L. A. Williams, of the department of education of the University, and chairman of the committee Courses of Study, urge many far-reaching additions the high schools' courses.- Studies in dairying animal husbandry, cultivation of the crops of grain, tobacco, and cotton, horticulture, and courses In the of fertilizers are among the subjects advocat ed as coming within the province of the. rural hitch school. The committee advocates that the studies for girls remain unchang ed, and that thergirls cling stead. fastly to the traditional studies of hoiuemakintf, cooking, keep ing house, nursing, sewing, butter making, canning, ect. In localities where factories are found superabundantly, business courses are recommended, and in strickly farming regions business practice, bdok-keeptngand rural eabnomics are thought advisable for the Improvement conditions. Tne supporters of the idea of vocational training justify the agitation of the question by citing figures indicative of the fact that North . Carolina is largely an agricultural - State. Here are some of the major crops and the annual acreage of each: Corn. 2,459,457; oats, 228,620; wheat, 601.912; peanuts 195,134; pot- toes, 115,000; tobacco, 211,890; cotton, 1,274,404. The value of the domestic animals of the State is 60,000,000"Tbe fertilizer bill for the State annually is $12,252, 533. The magnitude of the last two mentioned items, considers the committee, sufficient justifi cation for the high school to annex courses of study to inform the pupils in the animal hus bandry and to furnish knowledge as to both natural and artificial fertilisers. The report, though tentative in matters of details, in a fewwords sums up the motive for vocational tralblng: '"To serve as a preparation for " ad vanced work in agricultural scl'ools, while at the same time being designed primarily for the student who can go no further, To contribute to the State a set of boys and girls fitted to realize and develop the wealth of the State new l.viug dormant in the soil." Superintendent of Public Instruction J. Y. Joynerand the city and county superintendents' of schools aJe supporting the movement for vocational training in the high tchools, particularly in the rural high' schools.- The personnel of the various' chair men' of committees consists of : N. W.- Walker, State high school inspector: Editor Clarence Poe, of Raleigh; L. A;' Williams, of the State University; C. S. New man, of the State Agricultural and' mechanical College1, and Balcoibe, of the' SUte NoAsal and Industrial College of Greebs borb,1 . . . ' (Continued' on' Edltoral PsgeV No.-8 WOMEN ASSIST In School Supervision A woman rural school uuperv-' isor to supplement the work of tbscouuty superintendent of pa-' blic instruction is the latest adv ance in rural education In the sta te. Such a supervisor is doing a most successful work In McDow- ell county, developing a few demonstration eclu-ols to show what kind of work can be done" inebmentary schools having effi cient supervision. Five other co unties now have woman rural school supervisors assisting the county superintendent in a smi lar WHy. The plan was first projected and worked out by L. C. Broguen - state supervisor of rural elemen tary schools, in conjunction witll th Southern Education Board uid the State Department of " Education. Its adoption in McD DowslI was secured and ' it is' working so well there that it is hoped that little dlfflcultyillbeT experienced in having other countries adopt it. Instead of scattering the efforts over the entire county, the Mc Dowell supervisor this year is' devoting her time to ten schools seeking to make them demon stration schools can be made to" ' train for practical lural living when they have -proper teaching and proper supervision. Under the direction, and with the co operation. of the teachers in these' . schools and the county., supper- - -intendent, approximately -; two hundred boys have been study ing practical agriculture, ' while one hundred girls have definite : and . practial -work in sewing. This kind of work has been done before in the high schools; but it is a new thing for the elemen tary schools. Besides giving the children an ' exceptionally efficient element ary training, this plau is having an effect on the community. The' psople of Ashford, one of the communities in which this plait has worked well, have petition ed to raise the local tax from 20' to 80 cents, in order . to- add a room to their two-teacher School making It an ffloient seliool, of the "tlrioe-teactier typt.-Jney also intend to build a permanent' home for. their male principal, so as to seShre his ' services for' the community for. the entire' , year, instead of for only six or seven months. - More than this, ,the plan' is: having ft striking effect on the' rural teachers. Made to Realize' their deficiencies by the skilled supervision' which , they have had, many of them, now that the runt school term is over, are taking practical teaclier:trainlngc courses of six weeks at the Nebo' State High Schobl. ;' Here they study metliods and practice of ' teaching under the skilled teach -teacher' of the high' Sjhool and under the supervisor, not only receiving instruction1 in' the most advanced' primary methods, bbt observing the work In tbe high' school classrooms. , . ' The supervisor uses one of tW jfooms 1u, the high' school build ing as a model to sliow the stud-ent-teacbers' how to' make the little one-rooln country cbool' . Attractive, comfortable, and more.' ; borne Uke. '" The' lectures and' dass room obserrati6na ere ' fol lowed by carefuliy1 planned con-. ferehce' in which' the student teachers are questioned' on the' (Cohtlnneil ort' Editoral PsgeV . 0