The.:iiiiim,:Moiintain Herald
8-
Vol 11
Kings Mountain, N. C, Thursday, December 17. 1914.
N. 47
K. OFP.'S
HONOR ROLL
CITY COUNCIL IN FIDDLEDOM
ernoon
rover
ELECT OFFICERS
CITY GRADED SCHOOL
htf the &tito
MET LAST WEEK
BY CORN CRACKER
C J
Local order held meetiaj- Tuesday
night of last week for election
At a regular meeting held
in their hail Tue. night Dec.8ht
t ue following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year.
Dr. J. ft Anthony
Geo. Motlena
W MuGinnia
L. M' Sniunors
C. C.
V. c.
p.
M. W.
K. K. S.
I it Thompson
11. H U'"s"r
M
M E.
M. A.
I G.
O. G.
last, Tues-
: : I'-ji'iiv.'eil .
; i. Uui-iiw
iirest Green
Work in 3rd Rank
day night.
H T. FULTON
Xi ijj HuaUla ;iin Honored.
Mr H. T. Pul'on of Kings
-vlouiitittn wan elected chairman
oi the Cleveland -..County.. Cora
iiiioitors We congratulate our
townsman and ourselves on. the
v. eo-nition that lias come our
way Our very own Tom is lust
the iiiun for the niace and we
slmil look 'or the same high
class administration that has ev
er characterized Cleveland law
makers. : ' , V.
Tho Cleveland Star of last Fri
day gives the following account
of the meeting; All county offi
cer took the oath, gave bond
-in.l f'ssumed their duties'Won'
lav on the beginning of a new
t.-i m. Mr. H. T. Fulton of Kings
Mountain was elected chairman
of the board of County Com
missioners, succeeding Mr. O.
E, Ford, who was noi a candi
date for re-election.- Mr. E, ' O.
Borders and Mr. L. C. Palmer
: are the other two members.
B sidts paying the usual bills
' and releasing taxes.' the board
heard a request' from several
influential gentlemen asking
that the appropriation for - farm
work demonstration be carried
on. Dr. R. M. Gidney, farm
demonstrator, showed .hat
vi.u'e the work has been to tl
farmers of ' Cleveland county
and asited that the appropriation
-- be continued whetner he Is re
' - tained as demonstrator or cot.
- Mr. E. S." Milisaps, representing
theboaid of agriculture, Supt.
, - J. Y, Ii-vin the educational in-'"--
terests of the county and Col.
J. T. Gardener the business in.
terests all spoke in behalf of
the work but tne commissioners
, ' ' . decided to let their former order
dlscontinuHg the' county's ap-
' propriation bf and.
: -v Mr, Chivus, Washbnrn asked
permission ' to erect - a water
fountain 'on, (fit .court square
3 ' where mineral water, from Mc
ttrayer springs would, be sold
to the" public. Mr. Washburn
bought this spring and property
north of Shelby last summer.
'The water Bat strong chenrcal
;& ipjooerties and he proposed to
1 Vpipe it to Shelby, thus, patting
Tit within reach of Shelby citizens
-and visitors but his request for
- ; permission to build a bonne -was
den'ed. -
' The Cleveland Guards, 'through
v their capte, n, .Mr. J. Kelly De-
- .Priest, ask for an appropriation
of $100 to better maintain the
local militia.' but this request
7 was denied by the commissioners.
Report of Honor for third month Kings
Mountain School
First Grade B; Charles Fulton,
Elizbeth Peterson, Dariel Rag-
an, f ay Mctiinnis, faul Mcliin-
is, Oiffitt Cirn wall, Margaret
Cornwall, Jamie Gamble.Francos
Mauney, Ethel Lackey. Ernest
Aderholt, Jack Hauiseur, Bright
Ricliardson
First Grade A: Eva Plonk,
F. ! Norma Fails, Edna Davis, Ida
Walker. Jessie Carpenter, Doyl
Moss.
Sicond Grade: Clyde Wricht,
Third Grade: Julia Catherine
Mauney, Margaret Lackey.
Four.VGrade:'Frederick Ware.
Claud Hnoibright, Howard Pur
sley, Neil Waterson, Ida Dixon,
Mary Led ford, Bessie Ramseur,
Emeliue Dilling. Nina Roberts,
Inez Abbott, Mannon McGinnis,
Callie Harmon, VeraHambright.
Ethel Huffstetier, Fred Mercer,
Floy Wright, Thoma Mercer.
Fifth Grade: Ada Ware,
Gertrude -King. Ellen Falis,
GussU- Huffstetier. Odessa, Go-
forth,! Sallle May Lohr. Lucy
Harmon, Ruth Plonk, Miriam
Gofoi-th, Winnie Vera Mauney,
J. D. Hord.
Sixth Grade: Sara AilsonXLee
McDaniel, Louise Corn well, Ruth
Baker, Kate Harmon, Ellen
Peterson, .'
Seventh. Grade: Hsnrf Jones,
Marvin Ledford Aubie- Man
ner. . - v . i
Eight Grade: Lillian Ramseur,
Cora' Waterson.
Ninth Grade: Oliver Ramseur,
Mary King, Nina Hunter, Mary
Fulton.
Tenth Grade: John Floyd
Daisy Houser, Winnie McCraw.
Patterson i Grove ' School '
Patterson Grove school open
ed November 23rd. with Miss
Lola Shipman of Henderson ville,
N. C. as orincipal and Miss Ocie
Biggerstaff of ' Rutherford ton,
N. -C. assistant The school is
progressing nicely and a large
attendance is being had.
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Mrs.G. Y. Patterson entertaines.
The social club met with Mrs.
0, V, ;. Pattersou on Friday
afternoon from 8 to 5:30 o'clock
Dec. 4th. In spite of the down
pour of rain there was a large
crowd present. Mrs. Patterson
met the guests in the front hall
who were shown to the cloak
room by Miss Jettia Plodk. '
The entire, homo was decorat
ed witli holly and potted plants
for the occasion. There were
six prettily arranged tables for"
progressive rook, - which was
veryuch enjoyed by all pre
sent i Misses Marie Moss .and
Lina Allison assisted in serving
a delicious salad coursb and
coffee. Mrs., Patterson is noted
for her hospitali ty and exceeded
hersolX o" tbis occasion. The
club will look forward to another
meeting with' this hostess.
If you . will subscribe to The
Herald or renew your subscrip
tion, we will - include three
standard magazines, -all one
year, for only 25c extra. WRITE
OP. PHONE. ' z
The editor In company with
Prof. C. P. Gardner took a pi-ep
in on the Grover High School
last Friday attitnoon'. In fact we
spent the entire afternoon sess
ion there as guests of hoior. We
had intended spending only
short while there but the faculty
of young ladies made itso inter
dsting for us that we stayed as
long as they would let its
As it was our first day at
school we didtv't know at Which
door tj enter, consequently we
turned the knob and unceremon
iously 'jroke into the wrong room
right on the start, bnt the vi',y
accomodating 'ady who presided
in that department, knowing the
awkardness of new pupils, veiy
kindly excused our first offense
and informed us., that we were
expected to appl at the room of
the principal for matriculation
a.iQ accordingly ecorte us
thereto.
In the high School department
we wero landed wlier? Mis." N.
Meldonna .Livingstone.' kuovti,
everywhere the best teacher
to be found, presided. Greetings
and the time of day were exchan
ged and we were seated in com
fortable chairs near the red hot
stove, for it was co'd and cloudy
and we we;e chilled from center
to circumference. ..
Then we had time to survey
our srroundings. A spacious cLif s
room well seated, well warmed
and well occupied by a e-oodly
number, of ypung men aud wotn,-,
u who will ere? lonir be tapping
on trie door or college, uni versi
ty , and ; varions industries
seeking admissior and aucess.
Ourattontion was directed to the
olackboard which stretched a
cross one end and - part of two
sides of the room and on which
was a goodly sprinkling of xy
abetc. and such other characters
as are fqundin Algebra. You ng
men and young women were
.striving with tlw , . crayon
to make the results compare fav
orably with the specified number
in the briar patch in the back of
the book. Some succeeded and
some didri't just like it used to
be exactly. .
In about fifteen minutes Msis
Livingstone informed us lhat it
was time for our Caesar lesson
in Miss Plaxco's room. CaesarlA
shock to the foundation. Raoid
lv did the mind of the' scribe
reflect how for seven long years
he had tried to teai'h about the
great warrior in his nu t ye tongue
The recollections bad only one
pleasant aspect and that was
that he remembered very dis
tinctly that he haa once ciosed
the impenetrable volume with a
firm resolve to keep it closed..
"All right 111 show-you right
n" announced our hostess, and'
there was no matter of choice.
The cold air that wajs passing
briskly through tne unprotected
hallway between theAppartinent
served to brace us ii for what
was to follow. Astli&oorto the
lit ' le class room closeA behind
cs we aspied less than a dozen
hale looking young people sea'ted.
and armed ready for the coi
flict and in front' the handsome
Mistress o'f the room.' We were
each given, a copy of the erst
while closed votusre. Somerfllief
was extant when the first chap
ter in the first book was 0 an
nounced as -the lesson. ' This
chapter we had earned by heart
as the Only victory which we
had ever won over the intrepid
Caesar. Will either of yon teach
the lasson? Came from the smil
ing youug pedogog who held
undisputed sway in whatever
realm shs was appointed to sur
vey. Prof. Gardner has a nack
puiiing everyiiiin orr on
soineDouy else, so Iih nodded at
your scribe who begged leave to
'look on. 'The reading proceed
ed nicely and e.inced the tho
roughness with which the teach
er had prepared her pnoils In
the lower grades in the silent lan
guage. Miss Willie Plaxco is
from Br'gtiton, Tennessee, and
Grover is fortunate in securing
her as high school assistant
As we had failed to qualify In
uaun miss I'laxco ushered us
into the Kingdom of Miss Mary
Hester Wilson of Gastonia, who
teaches the third grade in rhe
Grover School. Then a class in
third grade arithmetic was con
ducted in our presence and done
to a nicety. Then came a read
ing lesson in which "Antonio
Canova" was the Tsubiect. We
had a book between ns but as the
children beat, us both--"" reading
we were excused on the ground
of unpeparedness.
Next, we were shown into the
room of the Hh. 5th.- and 0th
grales and here we recognized
the faces and surroundings of
tuat first room where we had
forced ourselves unannounced
upon our arrival at the temple
of wisdom. Miss Wilson, our last
hostess introduced us to Miss
Lenora Bell of Elkiu, ' N. C.
a the madam in change an(j
turned back toward her own
little flock and methinks she
heaved a sigh of relief as she
faced the bracing wintry air on
her return. Here we were treated
to a lesson in North Carolina
History wh ch provrd unusually
interesting. Inasmscb as this
82hool-maara was the victim of
our unwarranted imprudence
upon onr advent into tne schol
lastic atmosphere and in face of
our disqualification ia: all the
other departments In less than
an hour, we wera not asked to
participate at all but ocr hostes
was g aa enongn to just let us
be until her stipulated quarter of
an hour of undeserved punish
ment was out and sne would
have the privilege to send us
back to headquarters to be told
that our usefulness as. pupils in
bigh school had ceased and that
we would better go back to' our
old avocations of singing ana
squibbling. But white we were
in this last jurisdiction that his-to-y
lessou referred to was worth
while. It refreshed our minds
regarding the lamented William
Gaston who f lourshed as one of
North Ccroliua's pioneer lawyers
and lawmakers, and whon.e name
our sister county hears to his
worthy memory. ,
The round had been made and
we were again seated in the room
of Miss Livingstone the principal
and unquestioned - boss of the
whole institution., Here wo were
entertained with a iesson in
American History in which .sub
jects as "Humanitarian Ke-.
forms'', VRise of Mormonism"
nd others equally as Interesting
ere discussed. ' . - j ';
After recess alt the : pupil
ere assembled in . the auditor-
iiim where a splended program
Change In Revenue Act to aid with
cemetery entrance etc.
The city council held the regu
lar monthly meeting Monday
night in the new police head
quarters over the national Bank.
The ordinance was repealed
imposing a tax of $15 o i the
sales of electrical appliances.
An ordinance was enacted impos
ing a pedlers tax of $10 on bana
na wagons and furniture wagons
from other towns selling their
wares here without first haviug
taken oideis. The board decided
to aid the Civic Ixsague in de
veloping the new entrance to
the cemetery, 'rhe Standard
UilUo. asked for a permit to
establish a gasoline storage
tank by the side of their kero
sene tank on their lot near the
Southern power house. The
matter was discussed and action
deferred until a subsequent
meeting. As the permit asked
'or didn't state postively
whether the tank was to be
underground or above ground
and as it was the unanimous
opinion that a gasoline tank
above grouni was entirely too
hazardous a risk, tie matter
was deferred for investigation.
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zines do it now. You will enjoy
reading these splendid magazines
We will sell you three maga
zincs with The Herald all one
year for only 25c extra.
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aid is due, better pay up and get
three big magazines all one year,
for only 25 cents extra.
of speeches and songs was ren
dered. Here, the principal, being
a sympathetic kind hearted wo
man, decided to give the profess
or and the scribe a ttnal oppor
tunity to mane good. ;
The scribe was first at the bat
and we awai t the returns to say
"-hether tho day was saved
Next the professor was called
who spoiled his fortune by say
ing that the reason he loved lit
tle girls and little boys was ' be
cause re was once a lit
tle girl and little boy. The chil
dren knowing that he could sing
if he couldn't speak made a raid
on him for music. This he could
n't deny them for he was tho vil
lage vocal professor. In this line
he acquitted himself well and the
little folks fairly flocked around
him o express the! r appreciation
After school : ccording to pre-
arrangement, we went atraight-
way to the home oi tne vener
able B. F. Turner. Here we were
most royally entertained; until
lime lor froi. Uardner s music
class to convene at the Baptist
church. Besides the sociability
and entertaining qualities of Mr."
Turner's family we were also
rejoiced to htve the conpany of
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Dover of
Chattanooga Tenn., and Miss
Louis Dovei of Grover. It was a
most pleasant afternoon and eve
ning in this hospitable homo and
that bounteous -feaet . which
greeted us on that family festal
board was by no, means , an un
important part os the program
The memories : ''of this trip will
linger lonR after our footprints
on the streels Of Grover are ho
to more. '
Prof. White rives account of fiddle'rs
Convention in Charlotte
Kings Mountain, N. C. Route '
2, Dec. 15, 1914. As you lost
part of my last communication,
your clientile are doubtless un
der the impression that they
are mercifully spared. ;
An attempt to rehash wold
not be necessary; but it was,
doubtless, a rhapsody on the i
feminine charms so evident in
this community and the classic -
city of Kings Mountain is like
wise included.
Mention was likewise made of
mv pilgrimage to Charlotte on
on the date of Thanksgiving:
the Queen City being on that"' .
day and date the inecca of all "
old time tiddlers.
The guild was out about 45
strong, and regaled an audience '
of about 2000 auditors with
what John Mliton would have
called sweet sounds on sonorous .
metal.
Your ancient aud ill-favored
scribe was also numbered among .
the prophets and strove . to
make a joyful noise to the Lord.
All said they never heard
the like before and hooed thoy .
never would again
Hovibeit, many among these
artists were tuneful T-evites, and
''Billy in the Lowground" over
took "Old Dan Tucker" and
"Arkansas Traveler" on the
way to "Dixie" and to "Natchez
under the Hill"
"Red Wing" was likewise
present with her dark eyes
and fantastic costume, and would
fain "Haste to the Wedding"
were her betrothed brave not
sleeping on the "Low Prarie."
Among the gusts of honor
wero o'd but welcome "Sally
Gooden" and the old time .
honored scout "Leather Breech
es," added to gayety of nations.
Despite the ravages of war.
and the harvest and holicaust of
death and destruction, the "Sol
diers Joy" appeared and was ,
hailed with glad acclaim.
Among other celebrities who
annually visit Charlotte was
noted the comely "Old Jimmy
Suttentaller," and while the ,
occasion was one of peace od
earth and good will to men "The
Devil's Dream" like the weird
ghosts of Bango would down at -
no man's bidding. -.- ' . .
As most Herald reader are
aware, the men of Sunny France,
of Merry England, of the 6er- -.
man Fatherland and the Russian
Rraves are deluging the conti
nent of Europe in gore, while
t ie wail of the stricken widow
and the bereft orphan is heard
in the land.
I early every ink-slinger is
writing- what to do and ho w to
prepare for war in tice of peace.
As has been, the chief business
of the belligerents r ow engaged,
this does not seem to meet tho
emergency. War Is hell and is
opposed. to dictates of civiliza
tion and the precepts of Christ- '
ianity. Education is the chief
d.ifense of nations, and Germany 1
has exemplified the fact by the
masterful fight she is now mak
ing.' . .
To align our youth with our
our ' institutions, , to exemplify
the cause for whicu Old Glory
stands,; aid to enkindlo pat-'
riotism, defies all the bustling
armaments of steel and floating
(Cont'd on editorial page)
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