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Kings Mountain, N. C, Thursday, February 18, 1915.
No. 8
MRS. PORTER
LOCAL ONIONS MILLS BORN
NO. 44 TO STOP
CREAMERY
YORK LADY
v DIES AT SEVENTY FIVE
TO MEET SATURDAY
BIG SHELBY FIRE
MR. HUNGERFORD
ROUTES ENCOURAGED
MRS. HERNDCN DIES
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i Mr. and Mrs. D. M Baker left
.Friday for Jonesville. S. C,
where they we.o called to the
bedside of her mother, Mrs.
S. A Porter, who was very sick.
Mr. Baker returned Sunday
ninth with the sad tidings that
Mrs. Porter was dead. When they
reached Spartanburg Friday
they received a telegram stating
that Mrs. Porter died about two-thirty.
Mrs. S. A. Porter wasa native
of Union County, S. C. and lived
to the ripo old age of 75 years
She suffered from asthma but
.was able to be up and about her
duties until Tuesday evening
before she died Friday when she
was seized with pneumonia
which quickly ended her days,
She had been a member of the
Baptist Church since the days of
her girlhood and was noted for
her stern but mild Christion char
acter. She was a woman of un
usual business ability haying
successfully conducted a larg
mercantile business for a number
of years after the death of her
husband.
Deceased is survived by a bro
ther and sister and the following
children; Mrs. K A. Whitlock,
Jonesville, S. C, Mrs. D. M.
Baker, Kings Monnta'n, N C.
II. W. Porter, Jonesville, S. C,
and Mrs. E. M Penny, Pacolet,
s. c.-;';:'';vv:y ;?
The Herald joins her many
friends in extending sympathy
to Mrs. Baker in her dark hour.
She w U return to Kings Mount
ain tomorrow or .next day. ,
Care of the Teeth Honor Roll.
East Kings Mountain Graded
School
Miss Irma Willeford's Room.
Sarah Bradford ,
Mary Bradford
Ola Jeukinu
Rona Culp
Carrie Hope .
Will Pearson
Ava Payseur
Eva Payseur
Forest Roberts . . -Miss
Estell Willeford's liooni.
Virginia Bradford '
Leon a Jenkins
Grace M'-.Damel
Annie Roberts
--Macie-Sliwi field .
Myrtie Burton
Eai lii' inns
., James Ballard
Pink Beatt.v
' DeWitt Hull
James McGinnis
Rufus Sanders
- Marshall Yates
Jasper Roper
Boyce Payne
Arthur Vickers
R. A. Hicks, whose death by
shoo.ing at Monroe' Louisiana
was announced in the Herald
last week, it develops was killed
by his partner In the painting
business and room mate, Ed
Stroup. The two men ate dinner
about 1 o'clock-, it seems, and
started out hunting with shot
guns. Here the story stops so far
as derails go. Hicks was killed
while on the hunt. Whether pur
posely or accidently, or how d is
jrV-covered o
' ' Cot. The 1
v I the left of
.' of his ueal
or disclosed" we , know
load entered a little to
the center of the back
neak tearing off his left
ar and a goodly portion of that
b d'e of bis face arid head.' Stroop
wiva remanded to- jail and here
'the information stops. ,
To the Editor:--Please annou
nce in your next issue that
every Local Farmer's Union in
our county acid in all ether
counties in Inortii Carolina
is called to meet in special and
extraordinary ression Saturday,
February 20th. These meetings
are to consider impoatant mat
ters affecting the farme's wel
fare and to make business and
other plans for the coining ses
8hn. "
We hoqe you will give this
notice a prominent place in your
paper and urge all Union men
to attend these special local me
etings Saturday. February 20th.
Yours sincerely,
H. Q. Alexander, State Pres.
H. C. Faires, Sec'y Treas.
Ormand Rodgers.
A very pretty marriage took
place Thursday afternoon Feb
4 at fo"r o'clock at the home of
Mr. R. D. Ormand. at Old Fur
nace near Bessemer City, when
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Ormand
became the bride of Mr. Floyd
Sidney Rodgers. The ceremony
was performed in the parlor of
the historic oid Ormand home.
The room was tasteful ley decor
atod in green and white and was
lighted with wax tapers. The
bridd and groom stood under a
magnificent ivy arch while Rev,
0. L. Bragaw, Pastor of Long
Creek Presbyterian Church, per
forme J the impressive ring cer
emony. The briae was cnartn
ngly attired in a gown of white
sitin charmeuse, trimmed with
fur, and with an overskirt of
white net. A bride's veil, show
ered with lillies of the valley,
a:id a beautiful bocquet of white
carnations added to the natural
attractiveness of the bride. Miss
es Agnes Ormand and Eva Or
mand sister and cousin respect
ively of the bride, were her at
tendants and little Miss Irene
Ormand was ring bearer. Just
before the ceremony Mies Zoe
Ormand sung "All for you."
Miss Aileen . Ormahd. Kings
Mountain, played Mendelssohn's
Wedding march for the entry -of
thn bridal party and durinir the
cer mor.v softly rendered Hear
ts and (lovers. "The bride is a
daughter of the late R. D. Or
,-r,and.aud a sister of.Mr R.D. I
Ormand, Jr., and is well known
throughout this neighborhood
and county. The groom tornverly
lived near Davidson but is now
a resident of Charleston. S C
and is connected wit'a a large
loan and trust company of that
place. Mr., and. -Mrs... Rodgeis
left Thursday nijrht on No. 40
for a visit to the grooms parents
at w.!1son and, after returning
here for a short visit, they will
go to Charleston tj live. Among
the guests for the wedding were
Mr. and Mrs. ben Price, Misses
Mattie,' Nannie, and Kate Price
Mrs. Geo. Link, and Mr. John 0.
Ormand, Of Charlotte. Mr. and
Mrs. B. M. Ormand, Miss Aileen
Ormand, and Mr. and Mrs. B. I.
Goforth, of Kings Mountain and
Miss Mattie Torrence, ' of Gas
tonia. ': "" ' -
Dr. W. O. Ruddock is install-
ing a wireless receiving station.
It will be located over the build
ing from the First National Bark
to Patterson Grocery Store. His
prime object is to get the time
of day from Washinptoii, 'while
competent receiver can get base
bail and other news. He will get
the correct time at 12 each, day
and ten each night. ' ; .
(Highlander)
A disastrous fire destroyed the
Blauton Roller Mil's on Wednes
day morning, entailing a loss of
about $17,000. Onlv $7,500 insur
ancc was carried on the property
The loss of 2,000 bushels of
41.80 wheat was a feature of the
fire.
The fire is supposed to have
originated from a spark from the
flue. The mill had been running
all night, with Mr. Maynard
Washburn as the miller in charge
His wife discovered the roof of
the mill on tire at about 4:30 in
the morning ane phoned Mr.
Washburn, who did everything
in his power to arrest the flames
but witbo.'i. avail.
The mill belonged to Messrs.
C. C. aud George Blanton, the
bankers, and it is probable that
they will rebuild.
A Mr. Corbett is said to have
established the fust bill near the
present site, but the roller mill
was established by . the present
owner's father, ths late Mr. B.
Blanton and has ben a landmark
of the country for perhaps a half
a century, it s loss is leio oy
thousands of families, that have
been accustomed to havirtg their
milling done there, often hauling
the grain from 20 to 30 miles
away,
Mr Duke
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(STAR)
Commissioner H, T Fulton and
Mr. Leslie McGinnis wee in
town Wednesday from our good
sister town Kings Mountain.
The Star man asked Mr. Fulton
what the news was oyer his way.
'The Dukes have been to town,'
he proudly replied. Yes, B. N
Duke, the tobacco millionaire
and electric railway builder
quiet.y alighted from a south
bound Southern tram one day
this week, went to a drug store,
bought some Kodak", 51ms, and
drove out to the edge of town It
is supposed that the Piedmont
and Northern railway people are
considering an extension of their
line South from Gastonia, con
necting with Kings Mountain
and possibly on to Spartanburg,
the northern " terminal of the
Ureenville division ot the Pied
mont Mid Northern lines.
Nothing waa announced as to
his visit but Mr. Duke's presence
in Kings Mountain leads those
people to suspect good news. ,
Mr. Fulton also heard from
reliable source before leaving
Kings Mountain that the. South
ern railway had engineers
through there this week making
a survey for a double tracking
tha main line. This has been
ordered for some time. Millions
of dollars worth of bonds issued
for the work, and it is hoped that
the Southern contemplates be
ginning work right away.
; Leslie McGinnis left Saturday
for Lynchburg, Va., where' he
spent the night with relatives
and went on to Washington Mon
day to assume the duties of his
office to which appointment we
referred last week. He states
thnlt his first work will be either
in the Northern or New England
States and that he hopes to look
in upon Kings Mountain again
ia May. Besides a salary of$I,
200 per year, he gets his trans
portation and $3.00 uer day fcr
otuer expense . . '
H. L. Huneerford, Suporin-
emlent of the Charlotte division
of the Southern Railway, was
here from his office in Greenville,
S. C., Friday in conference with
the officers of the Kings Mount
ain Progressive Association rel
ative to our passenger aud mail
facilities. Some changes in our
favor have resulted. Train 44
due here at 4:57 a. in. has bee
changed f ioin a provisional stop
to a regular stop. Recently an
order was issued bv the company
that 43 carry mail by Kings
Mountain and 30 bring.it back
This order was repealed. At -an
early date a telephone system
will be inaugurated; U-roug
vhich the night operator w
bulletin trains 40 and 35.
Is Doctored
Through a special act of the
Legislature, our local jeweler
W. O. Ruddock, has been grant
ed licen.se to practice optometr y
Mr. W. O. Ruddock has been
practising this profession for
about ten years and lias covered
a course of study. He has pract
fed, however, under other phy
sicians all the while. The special
act granting him the license
was in. compliance with the
grandfather clause of the act of
1909 requiring examination. That
act exempted all who had pract
ised two years prior to its pas.
sage. Mr. KuuUoeK was eligible
under this provision but failed
to apply for a certificate. Hence
the special act.
Dr. Ruddock has been long
ecognized as an expert in eye:
testing and glass fitting. The
license will not add to his ability
but will eliminate the neccessity
of practising under a physician,
He is now Doctor of Optometry.
Book Club
Mrs. J. M. Patterson was the
charming hostes to The Thurs
day Afternoon Hook (Jlub on
Feb, 4th. .
The guests were met at the
door by the hostess and shown
into. the sitting room and din
ing loom which wire thrown
together and tastefully decorat-
d with ferns and oth-r pot
plants.
The following program -vas
rendered: "History of Germany"
by Mrs. George Patterson, "The
Spe'l of Wremberg by Mrs.
Fleming Rainsaur,
"Germau Life" by Mrs. O. C.
O'Farrell. Miss Louise O'Farrel!
then delighied the- guests with
a reading. .
The hostess assisted by Mrs.
Walter Dilliug and Miss Ella
Harmon served hashed chicken,
waters, sandwiches, and coffee
with whipped cream followed by
stuf'ed dates.
The following invited guests
were present: MesUames Cam'
pbell, W. P. Fulton, R. U. Bak
er, L. F. Neal, Welch, Floyd,
Mauney and Misses Ella Har
mon and Louise O'Farrell.
Thanks
We sincerely wish to thank
khe good people of the town who
so graciously extended to us
their sympathy and kindness in
death of our dear brother.
Mrs, C. W. Richardson
, ? and Miss Farl Hicks.
The creamery meeting of the
Progreitsiyo Association on hist
Thursday night was well utti'ixi
ed. Mr. Stanley Combs of the
Division of Dairying of the
State Department of Agriculture
was present as announced and
gave a very entertaining
and
the
the
educating exposition of
creamery business.
In thel'nmin he deait with
rudinments of the business speak
ing first ot the general agricult
ural dvelopment of sections
where creameries flourish. He
cited numbers of instances where
counties low in agricultural
rating had climbed well toward
the top of the ladder as a result
of the creamery business and
animal husbandry which essinta
ily attends it.
He used a blackboard upon
which he tabulated the relative
values of.feed stuff as fertiliz
ing propertiesiand then pi-oduced
figures showing the. advantages
of feeding these feed stuffs to
milk cows instead of selling
them. He went through the
mathematics of the business to
the satisfaction of those present
that it was.a,. paying business.
Mr. Combs did not encourage
the building of (a creamery as
the initial step in the enterprise
but the establishment of it ilk
routes and the collecting of herds
His plan is to establish routes.
collect the cream and saip it to
market until the shipments are
sufficient to give a creamery
business e-iough.to make expen
ses from the start.
Mr. Fort, county farm dem
onstrator for Gastvn, was present
and made a talk along the line
of his work and incidentally
spoke of the creamery business
as a paying enterprise both from
the standpoint of money receipts
and from improvement.
The President and Board of
Directors of the Panama Pacific
In.ernational Expositon beg to
inform you that the Exposition
celebrating the completion of the
Pauama Canal will be opened to
the public with appropriate cere
monies Saturday. February
twentieth, nineteen hundred fif
teen, in accordance with the Act
of Congress and the Proclamat
ion by the President of the Uni
ted States.
The Exposition will on that
day be complete in every detail
including the participation of the
nations of Europe, of the Orient
and of all the Americas.
Very cordially yours,
' - Chas. C. Moore,
' . President.
With The Movie
At the Pastime Thursday
night "The Coward" a two-reel
human interest darma."A Bligh
ted Spaniard."
. Fiiday
'Hights and Shadows" a good
two-reel feature with Pauline
Bush in the lead.
'Charlie Woes Vivian" a Rip-
snorting Crystal Comedy.
' Saturday .
The Wise Guys" a comedy
with Betty Schode and Earnei
Shields.
Tne Girl Stage Driver' a
two-reel drama of western life
... .
in the days of '97. The winder
ful Arizona scenery in thus pict
ore ia wpctu seeing.
Kings Mountain friends of Mr
R.J, llermlon, of Yorkvilla
will regret to learn of the death :
of his wife which occured Fri
day the 5th.
Moud'ty's York News says of
her:
Mis. Mary Fant Herndon
died Friday afternoon at her
home op North Congress street
after an illness of nine day
of pneumonia. Mrs. Herndon
was Miss Mary Kant before her
marriagp to Mr. Herndon. Slio
was 47 years old. She is sur
vived by 11. J. Uerndon, hus
band of the deceased, and three
children, Robert Herndou, of
Los Angeles, Cal., Joseph aui
Mary Fant Herndon, living
here.
Mrs Herndon was a member
of the First Presbyterian church
of this citv. She was a'so a mem
ber of the Ladies Aid Society
of the church and a member of
the D. A. R. The funeral was
held Sunday morning in the
Presbyterian churcn and the in
terment made in the Rose Hill
cemetery. Tho services were-
conducted by Rev. Dr. E. 12.
Gillespie, the pastor of the Pres
byterian church.
Mrs. Herndon was- a devoted
Christian worker and always
helped those in need of her
services. Mrs. Herndon is sur
vived by three sisters and three
biothcrsj thosn being. Mrs. E.
V. Cannon, of Spartanburg; Mrs.
Robert Santee, of Spartanburg;
and Mrs. William Spenser of At.
lanta, Ga.; J. P. Fant, of Atlan
ta, Ga.; J. McJ. Fant, of Santuc
and S. J. Fant, of Atlanta. Ga.
Patterson Grove
A literary society has been
organized in the Patterson Grove
school with Otto Ware, president
and Eunice Falls, secretary and
treasurer. It hoh's its meeting
Friday afternoon at 2:30.
iey. J. R. Miller, who was
recently elected pastor of Pat
terson Grove Baptist church
filled his appointment Sunday-
afternoon. Jack.
Hicks Inquest
Special to The Times.
Moaroe, La., Feb. C. The cor
oner s jury wnicii invests
the killing of R. A. Hicks by
Trout late yesterday, east of
city, found that Hicks had
shot twice, 'once in the Si
the head and once in the sii
arm. -
Trout said in his matement-
after the killing that he only-
fired one shot, TUem are many
who believe that tlwn-al facte in
the case have not jeen told.
When officers , ached the kc9-
ne of the killing, a little dog-
owned by Hick was sitting on
the dead mars back guarding -his
body. Tha animal would not,
let any one ' approach his dead
master, andit was necessary to
get a rope and pull him away
before te men could toach the
body, ff he love of a dog for his
um. 'Vr was never more striking
ly slow
LOCALS
Eugene Noisier of Davidson
College spent a few days with' 11
! is parents, Mr and Mrs. C, E
Noisier, during th past week. "
Ma 'White of Gastonia is
iting her daughter. Mrs. M. L- .
Summers. . .: -v ' -
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