Vel, 11
Kino-R ivi minrnin.
A SPRINKLER
CLOSINGWEEK
Ha'i ?Ji Ordered
At ths regular monthly meet
ing of the City Council Monday
niht it was ordered that a street
sprinkler be bought, A "Stude
baker"was decided upon and it
is to be here within thirty days.
E. L. Campbell was elected
city attorney to succeed 0. Max
Gardner ot Shelby.
The municipal survey was not
completed so the petition for a
; hniiH Alpntinn for sewerage was
. not acted upon.
I Not Dead But Liveth
S Piatt Smith, son' of D. S
i Smith, of Bessemer City who
, was reported shot through the
b roast and seriously wounded in
Mexico a few days ago, and who
we all expected was deud, is very
miifh nlive. A telegram from
Hun E. Y. Webb to Mr. D. S
Smith at Besseme-i City states
that Plate Smith is well and In
fine condition. There was much
anxiety throughout tins se.;iiou
" ior the vQing man whom we
n frnifl had fallen victim to
the Greasers and the news of
uis safety will bring forth a sigh
of relief to his many friends
Pastor Installed.
Rev. G. L. Bragaw was form
allv installed pastor of the Pres
yterian churches at Bessemer
CAtv. Long Creek and rungs
Mountain Sunday.' The com
mission performing the installa
tion ceremonies was ioiujuu in,
" Rev. W. S. Lacy, pastor of Bel
inont and moderator of Kings
Mountain Piesbytery, Rev. G.
; . . . tt .:-
A. Sparrow, pastor at union
and Olney churches in Gaston
; .nnnttf -n.nd Rnlins Elder A. C
Jones of Gastonia.
Thp pvprcises were held at
Bessemer City at eleven o'clock,
at Long Creek at three and at
Kinss Mountain at 8 o clock.
Thp services here were mark-
ed throughout with the profound
st seriousness.- Rev. Mr. Lacy
nronriliaH the sermon from 2nd
Timothv 1:7 "For God hath not
:- Riven us the spirit of fear; but
i of 'Dower. and of love, and of
sound mind." The sermon was
one of striking appropriateness
and marked out clearly the way
... tot a successful ministry,
Rev. Mr. Soarrow propounded
the questions to the pastor ani
the congregatien which forms
the contract between them, after
which he delivered the charge to
the pastor. He stressed the fact
. that i h is contract was the most
. not. "mi "ipict in which they
', f'oiild cnU'V sunt ni it'a charge he
. ' ..; (i i i i.n fi)i' f'iji'oi 'n thi
it.-. jml't Ot I ie LmXKM . l mw xuaiHV
':. was followed o.y the charge to
' -' the congregation which was de
' livered by Elder Jones, His
charge left no room for knocking
or kicking oil the part of the
congregation, out co-operation
,inJ nrmer. 1 If the questions
answered there Sunday niglit in
f)(JP,nMnA nft;,afo lived on to and
rungs Mountain Graded School
Hon. W. A. Mauney
For The State Senate.
suv needed in tne
"everyday d! oi' those concerned
the Presbyterians of Kings
Mountoin will ma,k,e unprecedent
ed strides in the blaster's- work;
and we have no reason to believe
that it will.noi.'bV'done.'
" Ket-iJ vk.V -!. o, the column '
of political candidates; Geo. YV.
Wilson. 3.' B. Smith, D. D.
Wilktns, Prank I Hoyle, W. N.
. Davis, W. D. Lackey, R. b. Mil
ler,, 0.. Max .. Gardner, 4 Jtush
Stroup, G. H. Mrvin, O. E.
Ford, W. A. Manned Look them
over and see what each one is
asking tor. ,"."
The commencement exercises
of the Kings Mountain graded
school began Friday night with
the.declaiiners contest, for the
medal given by Dr. J. G. Hord.
The following young men spoke
on the subjects indicated; Cen
tralization In America, Mi1.
Cleatus Lohor; "A man's a Man
For A That," Mr. Burgon Falls
'The District School," Mr.
Lloyd Phifer; "Defeat and
Triumph," Mr. Horace Rudisilr,
"The Night Brings out the
Stars," Mr. Carl Plonk, "Chris
tian Young Men of America,',
Mr. Roy Keller; "Patriotism,"
Mr. James Hambright.
All the speeches were good
and well delivered. The judges
rendered a ballot of two for Roy
Keller and one for Carl Plonk.
Attorneys. A. E. Woltz and A.
C. Jones, of Gastonia, and O, M.
Mull of Shelby were the judges.
Mr. Mull rendered the decision
of the Judges and delivered the
medal to Mr. Keller, A num.
her of musical selections added
to the attractiveness of the pro
gram, and a reading entitled
PiirS is Pigs" given by Miss
Cathy n Moss was pronounced by
all as a splendid feature.
Saturday Night.
"Thn. Vidlev Farm" was the
title of a play given Saturday
night before a packed and ap-
ni-ppint.ivp. audience. This was
the only part of the commence
ment urogram for which1 admis
sion was charged and a neat sum
of more than $80 whs realized.
Sunday Morning, Annual Sermon.
At eleven thirty Sunday morn
nc the annual sermon was
preached by Dr. D. L. Caldwell
president of Queens College,
Charlotte. The opening praver
was led by Rey. E. C Cooper,
Lutheran pastor of Lynchburg,
Va. Dr. Caldwell read the first
chapter of Daniel which relates
the story ot the besiege of Jeru
salem by Nebuchadnezzar follow
ed by the Babylonish Captinity
and the part taken, by Daniel,
Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-
nego. He took as his subject
'Four school boys that made
good," the text being 2:48 "Then
the King made Daniel a great
man. and gave him mdny. great
gifts, and made him ruler over
the whole province of Babylon,
and chiel of the governors over
all the wise mln of Babylon."
The sermon was easily one of
the- very : best we ever heard
upon a like occasion.
The speaker showed conclu
sively that if a person doesn't
'make good" while in school
there is little hope of his doing
so when be gets out into the
world. v .
These four boys, Daniel,
Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-
nego were Jewish boys who were
raised to honor the God of Abra
ham. -After they were taken to
Babylon they were placed in the
King s University. . . There they
refused to be defiled by the Kings
meat. Thny made fine physical
! specimens'. Their development
aln.tr all 'lines was remarkable
I iinci as soon, as they were out of
school they were gWea the high
est positions in the gift of the
King.
First Resident First Postmaster First Mayor hdustrial Fioneer
Substantial Citizen would da Service at the CapiUl.
-A Good
You will see among the politic
al announcements in the Herald
the name of W. A. Mauney of
Kings Mountain who is in the
race for the State Senate. Every
man, woman and child in a broad
radius of territory is familiar
with the name. The present gen
eration was raised to associate
ihe name with practically every
phase of the industrial and edu
cational progress of Cleveland
Gaston and Lincoln counties.
Mr. Mauney was born on the
farm in Muddy Fork section,
near Cherry ville about 73 years
ago. Before the war Between
the states he was actively en
gazed in farming and teaching
school. He served throughout
the war as a valiant soldier. Re
turning, from the war with the
country laid waste and times ex
tremely hard on every hand he
resumed his work of teaching
and farming.
Before The Town Was
Mr. Mauney saved his earnings
and with a small capital moved
to what is now the flourshing
town of Kings Mountain in the
year 1873 being 41 years ago, At
that time there was no such town
as "Kings Kountain." The rail
road track was just being laid
through this section. Mr. Mauney
built him a small house which he
ncpfl for a store for a year or so
which he afterward used for a
residence. The same hou o now
stands and is occupied by Mr.
John Chaney near the overhead
bridge. This was the first house
built in Kings Mountain.
White Rains
There was no postofRce here.
The nearest one being at the
home of Dr. Tracy where
Mr. Ray Williams now lives and
was called "White Plains." A
little-while later "a post office
was established here and called
"Kings Mountain" and Mr.
Mauney was the first postmaster
and served 17 years. About that
time a depot was built. And to
this nucleus of post office and
deDOt the town has been built.
People began to move in and it
was sojn evident, that a school
was in demand. Young Mr. Ad-
derholdt was secured as teacher
and a good school for that age
was oDened ud in a house which
stood where Dr. Hord's residance
ntands. Mr Mauney was a
leading factor in promoting the
scnool and was a trustee in the
same. Along with these things
the neighborhood was mcorpo
rated inlothe town of "Kings
Mountain" and Mr. Mauney was
elected raavor which office he.
has held many times since.
Industrial Pioneer
Mr. Mauney was the industrial
pioneer of this section. He was
instrumental with the assistance
of his brother, Capt. F. Dilling
Carpenter Brothers, and, In faot
th chief promoter of the cotton
mill industry in this section.
Following is a list of the mills
in which he is interested, the
dates of their organization and
the position which he has held
CONVENTION
Of Baricas and Philatheas
LOSE NO TIME
Mr. Caldwell cited incidents to
show that , the same principle
holds today. The chief element
in the success of these boys was
the loyalty to the God 'of their
i fathers '-mid the fiercest critisms
Continued on
n eajh: Kings Mountain Manu
tacturing Company-1888-Presid-
eht; Cherry ville Manufacturing
Company-1892 President. . Long
Shoals ' Cotton Mill-1893-Secjr-Treas;
Bonnie MiU-1900-Seev-
Editorial page) Treas; Melville MUiCherryi-ille,
1902-President, the Enterprise
mill in Kings Mountain was es
tablished in 1892 and failed in
190". At this time Mr. Mauney
took over part of the stock and
became Secy-Trcas, and general
manager, and changed tuo name
of the mill to "Klotho." In 1895
when the Gaston mill was organ
ized at Cherry ville Mr. Mauney
became a stockholder. The Lula
mill organized in 1900 failed in
1907 and Mr. Mauney helped lo
nut it on its feet again and be
came a director and change! the
name of the mill to 'Phenix.,
These mill's all told represent a
a capital stock of $785,000.
Other Business Interests.'
Mr. Mauny is president of the
P'irst National Bank of Kings
Mountain, and Vice president of
the First ' National Bank of
Cherry ville. When the Kings
Mountain Lumber Company
failed in 1912 Mr, Mauney rallied
to the rescue, took stock, became
treasure, and changed the firm
style to Kiser LiimberCompany.
He was first among tliepromoters
of Kings Mountain. Cotton oil
Company and was it's first Sec
retary-Treasure. He is a partner
in the general stores of W. A.
Mauney&Brother, Mauney Drug
Company and the D. M. BakerA
Company Hardware Company.
As A Farmer
Mr Mumev being raised a farm
er never departed the faith us a
tiller of the soil. He now owns
and operates the old home farm,
near Cherryville; the Col. Abe
Mauney place, between Dallas
and Cherryville; and three farms
in and around Kings Mountain.
These farms aggregate a total
acreage of 1096 acres. Mr.
Maunejf prides himself on the
good success of several ot his
tenants who went to his farms
With practically nothing and
now are in good financial con
dition and are living well.
As A Politician
Mr. Mauney has been a life
long Democrat. He served in the
State Senate during the sessions
of 1907 and 1908 has served as
mayor of the town which he
helned so much to make a num-
'hpr of terms- has served on the
city council- and was once a
iiiat.ipp nf the Deace.
4 V '
Mr. Mauney is a man of strong
roiiVictions and doesn't always
Agree with his fellow citizens on
vital issues but he always sub
mits to defeat with due grace
and is ever willing for a majority
to rule.
On The Issues
' If elected to the Senate he
will endeavor to ascertain the
will of the people and be govern
ed accordingly. He is heartily in
favor ot the Webb bill, and is
not an advocate of a superfluity
of laws being passed just to have
something to do.
As A Man
Mr. Mauny is of Genoaa ex
traction coming from the Penn
svlvania Dutch. He is a devout
member of the Lutherau church
and lives on a high moral stand
owi TTa id nln.in and leads the
simple, life. He works every day
His entire time Is devoted to
personallj superintending' his
work. He dosst believe in taking
bigalari for the official poM-
The largest array of Sunday i
School workers ever assembled i
in North Carolina in a state con
ventiou was that of the Annual
Baraca Philathea Conention in
Durham lastSaturuay continuing
through Tuesday and closing
with a great mass meeting Tues
day night. It is conservatively
estimated that fully two thous
and Sunday Sbhool workers irom
every part of the state assembled
in that splendid city. The entire
assemblage was a brilliant one
and Durham was woli equal to
the task of making every mem
ber comfortable and happy.
Durham
Durham is a Baraca- Philathea
city. The mayor is teacher of
one of the largest Baraca classes.
The chief of nolice is an active
Baraca. Part of the Alderjien
are good Barrcas. The judge of
the mvfnicipai court is an active
Baraca and the prosecuting at
torney prosacutus the devil every
Sunday as a Baraca teacher. The
ladles are equally as enthusiastie
in the Philathea work. Isn't that
a great city? Is it not worth
while to have the leaders of a
city lined up in active Christian
work?
The Sessions
Neither words nor space would
do the sessions of the great con
vention justice. It was frought
with enthusiasm throughout. ,A
better knowledge of the Scrip
ture and a passion for souls
were noramouut features. The
oroal of a million men for
Christ" has already been reached
in the Baraca work and the new
standard set is for another mill
ion. "Auiillion women for
Christ" is the watchword with
Philatheas. There were many
good speeches which we would
be glad to report bufspace will
not permit. Suffice it to say that
a great army of the State's very
best talent from the pulpit to
the new is arrayed in thispnward
sweep.
Some History
Mr. Marshall A. Hudson of
Syracuse, Ne wyork. who is the
founder of the Baraca-Philathea
movemest, was present and
made a numberof thrillisg spech-
es all of which were nueci to tue
brim with good things. In one of
his addresses he gave a brief
outline of the history of the
movement which may be summed
up as follows;
The movement started in
Syracuse, N. Y. The need of a
clasB of this kind was shown by
the fact that scarcely any men
were attending Sunday School
in the church which he attended.
The first class had a member-'
shin of onlv eighteen men: the
same class now numbers 300
The speaker then told of his pro
eressive work and some innova
tions which horrified the older
members of the church by way
In Ihe Great Piano Contest
(.'ontpstitnts can not afford tu
lose any turn: now during the re
maining few wi.'t'ks ot thn con
test.
"Time Is Speeding"
The time for Droving lo tin.
public the most - popular sum
energetic young lady in the com
munity is fast drawing neur. l!
you will only stop and think ot,
the great honor it means lo the
winner in this prize voting con-,
test, you would nnt hesita-tu to
put forth every possible effort
from now until the closing hour
to see every person in the near
country, and tell them you aro
in the race and give them a
chance to help and vote for their
favorite.
300,000 Free Votes.
Do not forget this big offer
which closes Saturday May tin;
9th. If you rill win these free.
votes it may mean the piano to
you, now is the tithe to work,
j. i- i
TMTIinir.V. Ill, I III. Itfli MtlLLlt U11U cist? .
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get all these perfectly free votes ,
for it will mean harder work to,
you to secure this large number
of votes at any other time.
Opportunity Time.
Opportunity time closes May
the 16th. Then another fall iu
the scale of votes yon know
what you can get now for each
subscription, but you do not .
know how many a single year
subscription will give yoM then,
work and work hard for what is
in sight, do your level best and
then, you will Have nothing to
feel sorry lor afterwards. Do
not let your friends put you on .
until the last day this Is a big
mistake, you need help now, ex
plain this to them and they will
no doubt help you now when it
means so much to you.
Friends Will Help.
You have just as many friends
as any othsr, you need not think
their chances .re better than
than yours, you can get several
of your friends to work for you
if vou will just ask their assist:
artce. ' Get several to get right .
out and work for you, their fri
ends will help and soon, you
will have a large number of fri- .
ends interested and at work for
you. . ;
H T T -n..nn.. I..n,lr irt ilit.
i.irn. J. u. ,.'iiQii' ,y iv.u.r ... n..
fifth count.
LIST OF CONTESTANTS.
rungs iviouuiiuiu, ii. v.
Miss Veriiua Lindsay, ...361. 500
Mrs. J. L. Chaney.. .....3H0,850
Kings Mtn. R. V. D. No. 2.
Miss Mattio Ware. 205,000
Miss Edilcla Barber 354,900
Gastonia, N. C.
Miss Magirie' Dal ton.. '.,..10,000
Mrs. Edith Massagoe. .. .280,600
Shelby, N. C. '
M iss' Mario Harrelson . ... 1 0,000
Clover, S. C.
Miss Bierrie Stacy ........ .10,001)
of Showing that sympathy is
powerful factor in bringing
young men to Christ. . . .
Mr. Hudson gave a few inter
esting statistics regarding the
Baraca-Philathea movement.
TTa said that he- was once a
successful business man and am
bitious to become a millionaire;
now he said his ambition was
for "a million young men " for
Christ." He said that from the
one Baraca plass in Syracua the
movement has grown into 12,000
classes and'in nearly every count-
in the world. He said that, they
were' now contemplating s class
Sav. have vou found out yet
where your man stands on the
Webb bill? Better sound him. It
doesn't differ which side of the
fence you are on. Better spot
your man,
It seems mighty good to see
work going on across the way.
Would it hot be nice to have a
big fine building or some Kina
on the corner too-'
In China. If the movement eon
tittues at the present rate in so
other year there will be 20.000,