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Kings Mountain, N. C, Thursday, January 21. 1915.
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MR. AUSTELL
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Prominent Gaff nty man well known
hcrshas bad acciEent
lyfaffney Ledger 13th.)
M.W. E. Austell, manager
tl tbe Iusurance Trust Company
and a prcmiuent young business
man of this city, had his right
foot entirely crushed whan he
fell under south bound train num
ber 39 yesterday morning just
as it was leaving the station. He
was carried to the City Hospital,
wliera the injured member was
amputated above the ankle. At
tending physicians reported his
condition to pe as well as couid
be expected yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Austell had plan.ied to go
to Spartanburg in the company
of Mr. S. L. Port. In some man
ner Mr. Port got on the same
side of the train as the depot,
but Mr. Austell was on the op
posite side. He attempted to get
on the train from the off side,
but the door was closed. VVhiie
trying to attrnct the attention of
someone On the inside of the train
so that the door would be opened
Mr. Austell slipped and fell be
neath the moving cars. The
wheels passed over his right
foot, crushing it to such an ex
tent that it had to be amputated.
Mr. E.H. Allen, of the Pied
mont Cafe, was an eye witness
to the accident, and was the first
person to reach the injured man.
Dr. J. G. Pittman and Dr. J. N.
Nesbitt, the railroad physican,
were called and tho injured man
was taken to the hospital.
Mr. Austell's chances for recov
ery are considered good.
(Mr. Austell is a son-in-law of
Mr. Geo. Cornwell of Kings
Mountain.)
Linwood Items.
Lin-wood College opened Tues
day, January 7th with many
""bright faces marked with . numer
ous Christina joys. Rev. Mr.
Hickman from Ohio conducted
the chapel exercises. After
J- trie ohapei exercises Mr.- Lindsay
called on Rev. S. J. Hood of Iva,
S. C. who was also present, to
make a few remarks. He jrave us
a word of encouragement and
- coinn anted oii"the b a ty-ai d in
spiration of the place .iiid its sur
roundings. He said lijs lady Ir-ye
gave him her promise to be true
oa Crowders Mountain, Profess
or Page, of Kings Mountain was
not present so Rev. Mr, Hick-
'fiian was called on to "remark'.
Ho, laid great stress on high a'ms
in life. Ho illustiateJ this by a
joke. As the joke goes on: A
young man called on a voung
lady one afternoon- . When he
left she went as far as .th'V gnte
with him. After some little Ntyie
he kissed her hand and turned to
go. She said; "yong man let m
give you a piece of advice. The
nevt time you kiss a young " lady
you aim higher".. So he wants
08 to aim higher not in that re
spect but in other respects.
We are glad to welcome to ou r
number the follo-ving new stu
dents: Messrs. Herman Brown,
Chaska Holthouser, Walter Lee
tfnd Misses Carrie Dixon and
Wilma White. ' ;
TheBrygnlinia Literary socie
ty invited the Calathenian and
Ade.lnhian societies to iiieet with
them last Saturday night. Thn
Debate: "Resolved that natureia
Bore'a'ttractive to the eye of man
than Ajt'Vwas an interesting ntnh
' ,ber on tbe program. The honer
Vle judges decided in ; fa-vprof
'4!e affirmative. ' .' :; v - ;
RECORDER
AND ONE COUNTY
Enthusiastic meeting held last Thurs
day night.
In response to a call announced
in the Herald last ween, about
35 citizens gathered in the halls
of the Progressive Association
laslThursday ni?ht about 8 P.
M. The object of the meeting
was to instruct our legislators
what we wanted done for Kings
Mountain during this session of
the legislature.
The meeting was called to or
dcr by Editor G. G. Page. Rev.
C. K. Hell was then elected tem
porary chairman. The election of
officers was then perfected, Edi
tor G. G. Pago becoming Per
manent Chairman and Prof R.
A. Yodcr secretary. Mr. H. T.
Pulton was then called on to
state one of the objects of the
meeting. He brought forward
the question as to whether we
wanted a recorder for Kings
Mountain district or not. He then
submitted a bill which he had
prepared, which if passed by the
legislature won'd authorize a re
corder's court for this district.
A motion was then made that we
adopt bill and let bill head pet
ition to the General Assembly
for a recorder's court as therein
provided. After a hot discussion
on the subject the motion was
tabled, It was then moved and
carried that it is the sentiment
of this body that Kings Mount
ain should have a recorder.
During tho discission it was ap
arent that ajme amendments
should be incorporated in the
bill. It wad tlien moved and car
ried that a committee be appo
inted to incorporate into the bill
amendment as expressed during
the fore going discussion and to
report to another meeting one
week from then. This Committee
Is Mayor A. E. Cline, Mr. N. F.
McMillan, and Mr. H. T. P'ulton.
Mayor A. E. Cline was then
called on to state another obj.et
or the meeting; that of the ad
visability of getting thelcountJk'
division line out of the incorpo
rate limits of the town. The fol
lowing motion was made and
carried. Tf.at this body express
its judgement that for the best
interests and prosperity for the
town of Kings Mountain that the
entire , Incorporated territory
should be either in one or the
other of the two counties. It was
then moved and carried that a
committee be a-)noint8 to i?o
into the matter and to consider
the advisability' of changing the
territory to one county or the
other. This committee is Mr, F.
L. Campbell, Mr. W H. McGin-
nis, aud Mayor A. E. Cline.
The prohibition question next
came up. "It was moved and sec
onded that the Secretary bo- in
structed to write to the legisla
tors expressing that the senti
ment of this boJy is in favor, ot
bill proposing to prohibit ship
incmts of intoxicating liquors
into this State
The meeting was then adjourn
ed. -Another meeting will be held
on Thursday Jan. 21 1915. (To
night at 7:30)
. R. A. Yoder, Sec.
',0v f Any Change
If Sny-of the choir leaders wish
to submit any changes in their
list of songs for the singing cor
Vehtion they will .please 'do so
right away, or if any new choir
wish to participate pleas let us
know. G..G. Page, Pres
effect fJonigrit
According to adjournment there will be a
meeting of the citizens of Kings Mountain to
night in the Progressive Hall for the further
consideration of what we want the Legislature to
i
do. The committees on "Recorders Court" and
"Getting the town of Kings Mountain all in
one county or the other" will be heard from.
Let eveiy citizen come out anl let h be "we"
and not "they" who did it. Time 7:30.
onaai
President M. E. I Jerndon announces a meet
ing of the Kings Mountain Progressive Associa
tion on Monday night, January 25. This associa
tion has done lots of good during its life in our
town and we earnestly hope that, a large attend
ance will be had.
Qoffec
at
a
poun
Would sound awfully cheap and we'would all
rush in and buy up a supply. '"But it costs eight
cents and the freight, so I must get five cents a
pound from some of my customers". Then he
reasons with himself. "Well, that is a losing
game, so I'll sell tooma at ten cents, and a
few of the big bugs at twenty-five cents". .
What would you think of a man coming to ,
Kings Mountain and setting up business on such
principles?
The present Herald man came to Kings
Mountain as a gentleman of strict business integ
rity, a man who wanted to render an effectual
newspaper service and make an "honest living
out of it. He had no coffee to sell but he did
have advertising space to sell and because he
regulated the rate and charged every man the
same those who had been getting coffee at two
cents yelled out and quit but those who had been
paying an excessive rate recognized the princi
ple and were glad. But the mass of those who
owe the patronage to the home town paper fail
ed to. show their appreciation of . the principle .
of "fair treatment to all and special privileges to
none".and are bidding fair toward driving out
the very thing that keeps the town before a
reading public. It takes money to buy land-or
run a newspaper. ,
No New Mill
Keep the record straight. The
news has been heraled forth all
o 'er the state tnat lungs aiouni
;vn is to have a new cotton mill
t'at -a charter has been granted
for the Kings MounUin Mfg. Co.
etc etc etc and so on. Now, some
body was Awfully anxious to
mislead the public or else did
not know what he was - talking
about. Tha fact is thet Kings
Mountain Mfg. Co. has renewed
its charter which ex oi red a few
months ago afoer an existence
of. a quarter, of a century. .
No person or agency believes
any more in boosting than the
editor of the Herald but he does
cot' believe in misleading the
public. Keep the record straight
anr1 howl the unscrupulous re
porters out of print. Let Kings
Mountain goforrward but let it
bs real and not merely gas . bag
reports. The? Herald sets its ' in
formation from a mealier at .tbe
cotnpanysbut does "not know
where the daily press ' gets it.
Tcvo
Gents
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New Store
Mr. Nick Abdelnour of New
,- , .. . . A.
.xorK.uity is opening up a big
stock of dry goods and ready to
wear in tho Baker building be
tween Kiser & Mauney's dry
goods store and D. M. Baker
& Co. hardware Store. Mr. Ab
deinour comes to our town with
long business experience and
has brought' with him the "live
am' let live spirit", as you will
see from his big ad in this issue
of the Herald.
Mr. and Mrs. Abdelnour will
live at : Mountain - View Hotel
which is further evidence of his
business judgement.
'. Let the people of this section
read Mr. Abdelnonr's ad and
patronize him. He is. a stranger
within our gates and lie has
come to do business and we pre
diet from the general . appear-R
ane he is giving things and th
publicity he is giving his.' busi
ness that he is going to enjoy a
good patronage. -
BuhnrrJti fer fWHnlA,
Y. M. C. A.
AT KANNAPOLIS
Institution is doing f.ne work (or body
mind and spirit.
Kanr.apolis, N. ('. Jan. 11, I'.'l.'i
The Kannapolis Y. M. C. A.
will O'.i'Mi im meuiuemiip earn
p.iign Saturday. Mr. Owens, sir
retarv of tin Y. M. A was
hi re yesterday and Npoke in a
most enthusiastic mnnnci about
tin- proposed canpaign. Ihj,-ta
tod that the K.innnpolis iilstitu
tion was in a contest with Sumy
for the State championship and
would wag'j a lively campaign to
win the prize, a hansomo sil
ver cup. The contest will close
January 30. The Y. M, C. A.
will make an effort to secure
1,000 members. Notices giving
an account of the campaign will
be published daiiv.
E5r. Gordon Lectures
Monday night Mr. Arthur V.
Gordon delivered a lecture at
the Y. M. t'. A., at Kannapolis
to a meeting of fathers and sons.
Mr Gordon's subject was "Traps
For Hoys. " He was heard with
manifest interest' by an audience
estimated at 100. Tuesday night
Mr. Gordon addressed an au-
dience estimated at 500 his sub- j
ject was, traps foriJirls . Mr.
Gjidon delivered a series 'of six
lectures at Kannapolis and cre
ated a fine 'impression during
lis yisit there. He left Wednes
day for Newton, where ho will
deliver a series of lectures.
(The Kannapolis Y. M. C. A.
is a worthy instution and is do
ing good work we are told.
We have just filled a big sta
tionery order for them which be
speaks the good judgement of
the manager. THE HERALD)
Blease Quits
An Associated press dispatch
sent out Jan. 11. from Columbia
8. C, and appearing in the morn
ing papers, says in part;. ,
"Cole L. Blease to day retired
as soutn Carolina s uovernor
rive da vs before his second term
of two years would have ended.
His resignation, sent to Secre
tary of State McCown, was sup
ple mented by a brief message
to the General Assembly inform
ing the members that it was al
so tendered to them.
Sme members of the house
of Representative and Senate
cheered the announcement of
the Governor's resignation. No
formal rction was necessary and
by directio jf the presiding ofti
cers in the two houses the mess
age was received only as infor
raation.
Lieutenant Governor Charles A
Smith was immediately sworn in
as the State.s Chief Executive
to serve out the unexpired term
No previous intin-ation of the
Governor's action had been
given and no reason for it was
assigned. The oresent Legisla
ture is chiefly composed of men
who are his political opponents
and it was said that proposals to
to institute impeachment proceed
ings against him were made at
a meeting of legislator Tuesday
nigut but no action .was taken.
I Doy ou know you can get three
magazines in combination with
The Herald by paying . only 25
cents extra? Send your order by
male, or phone us.
ESQJADNEY
IS c HAMPICN SPELLER
I Spiling Bee prried quite sucessM
on Friday nighl.
Ksquire W. A. Mai,py lini.i
the toga and hears til" .lit Unct
ion of beim; Kinus Motuit'iin q
I'liaiiinion Speller wit.il Rev. C
. 15 '11 as : elrn se,;. !.(.
Tn'at Spelling lW at the
school iiuditni'ium last IViday
night was a howling suc-.'.-w
from every view point. Tjiom.
who paid a (limn for i;!;;.ir- ;io:,
enjoyed an hourof the linevi , n
toitainnientever and these .;j':i.e.
swelled the uiano fund bv lr.
25. Those who took part in V-'
spelling enjoyed a review of
their past attainment and while
some were woefully disapointi d
in their ability to arrange letters
into words, the spelling on th'i
whole was good.
The Horald thought of pub
lishing the list of words missed
and by whom but might re
veal some things that should not
be talked outside of tho family
and when the Herald man him
self flunked on a fine letter Ar
rangement he was rot hani
convince that a detailed descriut-
ion was not in order.
Esquire W. A. Maunev oi tiio
'Old lieldsc! ool" of ante betlnm
days, being physically unable to
stand up throughout the hour was
soonseited on a chair and tlmir
with his white locks and aln:o- t
naked scalp glHening in tn.
stage light he eat with crossed
legs and dropped head and ap
peared half asleep. When it was
nearing his time to spell he was
observed as slightly shaking hU
foot as if a pleasant thought and
a spirit of confidence had poss
ession ot him. "But he spelled
every word and was left sitting
alona on the staga afte r a bait:!
of several minutes between him
and his last antagonist, Rev. C.
K. Boll, had ceased with the de
feat of the said Mr. Bell.
We hope this was only the be
ginning of ft " series of Spelling
Bees cs we all need the i''
view.
Teachers Meet
The attention of the teachers
is called to the date of their next
meeting. This should he one of
the best meetings of the se.liooi
year. The doctors of Shelby
have kindly agreed to talk to ti.e
teachers on ths School Hygiene,
Sanitary Schoolhouses ant)
grounds etc. This will also be
the day to lay the plans for tho
County Commencement. We
want evey teacher in the countv
to have a voice in what shall be
done on that day. This day has
come to mean more to the 9chool
children than any other day in
the yearaffd we should mane it
a day worth while for them.
PROGRAM:
10:30 a. m. to 11 a. in.
1. School spirit and Interest, and
How to stimulate those,
(a) Spelling Matches, Debates,
Atlieletes;
W. W. White, Lawton Blanton,
R. T. Howerton, and Miss Liv
ingston. 2. 11a.m. 12 Health 'talk, by
Drs. Mitehel, Royster, latti
more, Osburh Ellis Palmer, Mc
Brayer. . .. ,
3. 12 I P; M, Round table con
ference' ou ''Moonlight Schools
for Adult ; Illiterates", County
Commencwneiit, 'and School Ut .
provement, . ; " .-' .
Miss MeldOnna Livingston: Pnfc
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