i The jKjhss Mountain Herald
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Vol 12
Kings Mountain, N. C Thursday, March 4. 1915.
No. 4
G. G. PAGE, Editor and Owner.
PHINCIPLE FIRST
ONE DOLLAR A YEAH in ADVANCE
. HOLLY
PERSONALS
BUFFALO -
OF LOCAL INTEREST
HAS BRIGHT FUTURE
FROM EXPERIENCE
ITEMS OF INTEREST
A SERMON
38,708,149 Church Members
in the United Slates
ACCCRDINlG TO THE FEDERAL COUNCIL
, - Written by a Gaston County Boy
who knows.
V Last week we gave a synopsis
of a sermon from the pulpit on
Child raising This week we
. give one from the pew. The ar
tide bebw was written for the
Cherryville Eagle by a Gaston
County boy who knows from ex
perience what he la talking about.
HAVE YOU A BOY?;
I as a the question to every
family in N. C., Gaston county
especially, the latter being my
homo county where I Bpent near
ly 20 years of my life, I was born
. in Cherry - ille, Gaston Co. N. C.
uly 10, 1885 so I am nearly 80
y;.ara old now. 10 years of my
- life I have s,ent roving and ram
blingover the country. I have
been from the Atlantic to the
Pacific and from the St. Law-
rence to the Gulf and what have
I to show for it? Absolutely
- nothing but a run down consti
tution . ' -';
But jou may ask the question.
Why have I upent my Life as I
havp? The quction may ue com-
s plicated to name. But to mo it is
simple enough. Bad com pan v s
the direct and only causa for it
I know it now but only to iny
. sorrow. I can remember the early
days of my life as if it was yei
. terda; . I know every one of my
' ' associates well. Tho I won't call
their naaies now.' And for the
past yea. s I have made a van
vatsaud inquired of all mv chums
so to speak, and I can't recall of.
-a single ouo who has made good.
Thov are a'l fthopt on the fcane
-; i-qni.l. ' '.
" ; 0 tli ot.i-tr hand the toys
. who I knew the as good boys,
the wajouty of them to day have
tuade or are waking thi-ir mark
in' the world. Some are Bankers,
Doctors, and Tawyers and so on.
: No-w whose fau't is it that I
did not e:'ino;e the better class
fv associates and be, in" their,
: , class today. It is not mirte. I wsj
ronng and tender and in other j
.words did not know :nry better
than the way I did., .Now I don't
want, to make' any reflection on
my p ireuts for I love them dear
": !y But through. Ignorance of
- what they were doeing they . all-
oed me to run": with- the class
that brought about my downfall.
As for 'a mother's influence I
; was permitted to. : do many a
little deed and to go to stay over
. night with Rome boys, when it
was a sains t her will for,, me. to
go with bot ny mother was help
less in a sense. I know I have as
-.. tcood a mother as any one ' and
. I don't believe' there is a person
any where that Knows her but
what respects tier. My father no
doubt thought he was doing
- right when be would allow tee to
4 'violate my mother's council He
simply did not investigate and
. Bee who 1.' WMpi.nirthftii.
t . flow my conduct was when, out
' tfht ight. Had he done so and
" properly api lied the rod Id time
cfrt'n'y 'would have been a
y- rfcan today instead of a useless
.. There are a lot of things that
' . can and will ctf use this '-downfall
of a boy.': But to-sift .this "tilings
- d wn I cari'Sce uoilihviir 'sp - ure
and' certain' the bad influences
I be gathers from bis associates.
t write this 'not for :-money : oi
popularity I'have paid - for iny
r ,xeriences dearly and tho I am
A po Christain I doftpow what is
(Continued on pack I'ajre). .
Hovemtnt of Ht. HoUy people and
, their Friends-Personal mention.
Mt Holly, Feb. 23. We are
glad to report the condition of
Mr. P. E. Le..tto be so much
improved that, he was able to be
brought home from the sanato
rium at Charlotte Sunday and is
thought to be doing nicely.
Miss Kate Wood of Charlotte
spent Sunday here with Mrs. J.
C. Cannon. . - .-
M rs. Beatty the aged mother
of Air. Ed Beatty of route one,
died Sunday and was buried at
Paw Creek today. .
Mr. Zeb Covington of Rocking
ham, was here Sunday visiting
his brother, Mr. I. B. Coving
ton.' Mr. J. C. Cannon of Atlanta,
Ga., is spending several days
with his family. ,
Mrs. J. M. Hoaver .Is very
much Indisposed at this writing.
Miss Marie Lineberger who
bis been visiting relatives here
and at Tuckasege for several
days returned to her home at
Lim'olutO'i yesterday. :
; : Miss Gertie Smith of Gastonia
spoilt the weeK-end here with
her sister, Mrs.E. E. Thompson.
Mrs. Carl Defer of Charlotte
was i week -end visitor at ,her
father s, Mr. W . T. Holland. ; ' ,'.
Miss Peart PWger' rf Maiden
arrived Saturday and witl -be
the gt.est ot Miei' "biothfr. 111
Lester Pin-jer for sovctnl days.
Mr! and Mrs; Henry est are
visiting relatives at Stanley this
week. : ' '.v,v a ' - ' .' . '
We notii e in today's News an
account of t!ie death of -Mr . A.
K. Loftin of Alta Vista, Virginia.
We are ycrry sorry to learn this
as we, have known Mr. Loftin
and i family- f jr a :. number ' of
years. : . .
Reba Maxine, . the infant
daughter ot Mr. Theodore Black-
welder died . Saturday and was
taken to Concord for burial. She
bad been sick aboct a week ago,
but to all amiearanw. had en
tirely recoveied. Saturday i at
twelve o'clock she was, taknn
suddenly ill and lived only fifteen
minutes. The bereaved parents
have Our deepest sympathy.
Eifchtof the most important
through passenger trains of the
Southern Railway have recent
ly been equipped with all-steel,
elictrically lighted cars of ttie
most modern design. ' .
The trains to which this equip
ment was assigned tbat oas
Kings Mountain are: Nos. 29, 30,
85, 86, 43, and 41. Nos. : 87 and
38 la an all Pullman train and
has been ail-steel since the intro
duction of steel cars. " '" :'-y'::.:J'
Word comes from Leslie Mc
Ginnis to the effect that he has
been 'assigned Cleveland, Gat
ton, Ruth9rford and Burke Coun
ties as bis present territory as
special investigator for the
United States .Census Bureau
So hd will -be able to have head
quarters at heme which ia a very
pleasant arrangement for him
and his family t
' Mr. and Mis. R. D. Gofotih
will l-ave for their home in Gaies-
burg, 'North Dakota, nez Tues
day after, spending the wmUr
with. bis parents, Mr. and Mrs,
W. L. Goforth, Mr. Arthur Go
fort, is about to decluV to go
With thein. " C ; - . -
Roman Catholics Lead and are Followed by Methodists then Baptists -763.097
gain last year.
The question was put to us the other day as to the religious
statu of our Country. We had to cough up and confess that ve
did liot know but would try to find out. Below we give the facts
and figures in the case as given by the Federal Council of Church
es There seems to be about 15 per cent ot the total nopulation of
the United States of the Roman Catholic persuasion and about one
third of the church members are Catholics.
Reunions bodies of all denour
jnat'ons gained WS.i)S7 new
members in the United States
last year, accotding to the fig
ures compiled by tne Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ
in America. This includes not
oily Christian but oihr sects
The total number of Church
members is now 38.7C8.J49.
The gains while large, are less
than half what they were in 1913,
when 1,320604 new members
were taken in. On the other
hand, the increase in the num
ber of ministers wis m re than
twice as large as in 1913, while
the nnirber of additional church
es fell off less than half. ' These
curious mutations are aimcun w
" ... . . ...
ox 'lain." says the council's re -
port. ' - ;.
Ali the larger denominations
made gains. The largest was
made by the Methodists, who
added 431,460 new members. The
Ro.uan Ca'lnlic Church gained
137 859, Baptists 122,125, the
Lutherans 56,248, the Presby
terian 56,019, Eastern Orthodox
30.500, Hi G rman Evangelistic
Synod, representing the State
chtiri-li o( Pruxsh,. 29.815 and
the Protestant Episcopal Church
28,641.
The Roman Catholics have
gjlned, Hr.frdinsr to the figures,
nearly million and quarter
a .nee 1910. The second largest
dehorni nation. ...the Methodiat,
hive Vaind nearly . 700,000 since
190C.The figures alsph J w that
the Episcopalians lve now
more than a million members.
They gained 86,437 since 1910
and more than 300,000 ; since
1900'- :c: ''::r:-;' v'-'";
. 17.aC8.000 IN COUNCIL.
Nearly half, or 17,500,000, cf
the entire church membership is
represented among the Churches
thatbelortir.tothe Federal Coun
oil. These bodies have a net in
crease in all the Churches.
The average increase in all
Churches in 1914 was two per
cent. It was four per cent in 1913.
New comnnications not only
made good all losses from death
expulsion, or withdrawal, hut
left a surolus of nearly m,
.... i.
090. - - - 'r''
There are nine religious bodies
which have a million or more
members. They are: . ;
Roman Catholic 13,791,637
Methodist Episcopal 3,603,265
Southern Baptist 2.292.2L
Natioual Baptist (colored) '
2, 018,878
Methodist Episcopal (south) .
2,005.707
Presbyterian (North) 1,4H2,S499
Disctples ot Cbriat 1,863,163
NortheJn Baptist Con ventuJtt
Pruteltgnf "Episcopal- ti l,QlJ$
M)n anafv'Bis; tfie figures disclose
some ratbeK.anri)risinn conrkt.
innjt. While the number of win
istefs jumped. 3212. dnilng 1914
the Dumber of otwehesremam-
ed almost stationary. .There 225,
613 cnunches last year as against
224,172 In 1913. a difference of
only 1.411. The total number of
of ministers lal year wan 178
2U0: in 1913, 175.07,1. There is
one minister for approximately
every 220 Church members.
Some of the denominations
that have large memberships
furnish no statistics. The Jew
ish Church is one of these. The
latest Jewish statistics are ob
tiined from the Government
census of 1936. And in accord
ance with the Jewish custom,
only heads oi trie iamines are
counted. While the number cf
Jewish rammunirants is reckon
ed at 143,000, the council esti
mates tbat the total number con
T 1 i
. J ... : .1. T 1.
ncuwu mw jevrau
oungreg(r
.ion is 700,000.
The followers of Dowie, known
as the Christian Catholics, have
for year refused to tell bow big
a membership they have. So
also have the Catholic Apostilic
branches. The Christian Scien
tists have adopted the same pol
icy with the result that nothing
is known of their strength since
1907, whon the sect ha i 86.096
members-
In the case of the Roman Cath
oli'js confusion arose becauce of
the practise of t!-at church of
including children am ng the
communicants; This is done sn
the Official Catholic Directory,
which refers to ibe . country's
Cotholic ''population" as being
15 per cent larger than the
council says it is. The deduction
is made in accordance with the
rule adopted in , the census of
1300 and 1903. which seeks to
keep a record only : of actual
communicants. No exception, t J
t:iis rule could be made. The
council points out that some of
cue C.'.tuolio "population" fig
urea are given in round numbers
juch as Baltimore, 261,000; Bos
ton. 900,000; Cincinnati, 200,000.
Another thing that influenced
the Roman Catholic returns was
the fact that in 1913 they added
to their list 50,030 members of
the Roman Catholio Church for
Uuthenians, S nee then there
have I n revisions and correct
ions,but the addition of so large
i i body in one lump v.ould natur
ally, ten 1 to offset the percentage
of increase the following year.
The Ruthenians had been com
ing to this country for years,'
but had not been counted in the
Roman Catholio totals be
fore..
Some of the smaller and le&s
well-known sects show interest.
in a changes. There are six diff
erent kinds of Adventists, but
tae only one that baa made any
improvement was the Seventh-
Day contingent, which took In
105 hewnembers. The Old-Two
iieed th-The Spirit Pedestrians,
a branch of the Baptist Church
had 761 and took in ao newaaeor.
bers. 1 ' " " '
'The Shakers have 516 mem
bers, while the Friends or Quak
;; (Continued on Baak Page)
Movements of Htra'd Read, t; and
their friends
G. T. King was in Charlotte
Friday on business.
J. T. Welch was a business
visitor in Charlotte Friday.
Mrs. O. C. O'Fairel was In
Charlotte Saturday.
Miss Estolle Willeford was
guest in Gastonia Saturday.
Dr. McB. ayer of Forest City
was in town Friday and Satur
day.
Miss Jennie Miller o?' Lincoln-
ton arrived Friday to visit her
stater, Mrs. B'rtd Finger.
Miss Aldft De:.l left Fridny
for South Carolina nhove she
will visit ber sister, Mrs. Oscar
Moore.
. Mrs. Fred Finger returned
with her sister Monday to Lin
colnton where she is viniling
relatives.
Mr.- and Mrs. Mason Goins
have set uj housekeeping here
in part of E. W. Hord's rcsid-
ene on Mountain street.
LOST A black overcoat bf-
tween the overhead bridge and
Floyd Mauney's rtsidence iasi
Thursday, Finder please return
to Charlie Williams.
Mrs. Holland of Mt. Holly and
Mrs. McLean of Belmont loft
Saturday after a visit to their
sister, Mrs. J. T. Welch. :
Messrs. R. S. Pioiilr, Dr. O.
G. Falls, Geo. V. Patterson, C.
I.eisler, L. A. Riser, and D.
C. Mauney visited tho Legisla
ture last week as a committee
from Kings Mountain relative to
the removal of the County line
which runs through the town.
Misses Irina Willeford, Car-
lyle Ware, Mary Rimsaur and
Essie . Kester attended the
teachers meeting at vBesse:cor
City Saturday afternoon, Grady
Vickers, Inez Bennett, and Mary
Bradford, students of the East
Kings Mountain Graded School,
went along to participate iu the
spelling match.
The Postal Telegraph Office
at Bessemer City has - been' dis
continued and the business which
has been going on there refer
ret to the Kings Mountain
office. This about doubles the
business of the local office.
Mrs. : D. M . Baker retu rued
from Joiiesville, S. C. , Tuesday
of last week. As has been pre-
viosly noted in the Herald, she
had-attended the funeral of her
mother at that place. Her Bister,
Mrs. Penny, of Paculet, S. C,
came home with her and retnru
ed Friday. . ; ;
The Kings Mountain Grocery
Company has moved into the
store recently vacated by R. T
Cansler. McGinnis Brothets are
moving their tin and repair shop
into tho Store, vaoated bv the
Kings Mountain Grocery Coin
pany. ..
Mr. M. M. Carpenter is build
ing a brick .structure in the Mau
ney back lot which will be usrid
by E. W. Hord as & blacksmith
Miss Sarah Watson, " manager
of the Watson & Co. Millinery
store here, lt-f t Saturday for the
northern markets to lav in. her
spring stock. Mrs. M. P, Hislop,
lornuir manager and proprietor,
ia in flharge of the business duf
mg Miss Watson 'a absence.
Bubacrltojtor Tta BeralA"
Brothrr Weathers airs HisOpUnlsm,
on Driioage Feiolls
(Star)
It is delightful to clironiclo the
tho fact thsA the drainage in Buf
falo districVti8 nearly finished
and at a cosf $25,000 less than
was anticipated. Tin1 ciusicna
within the district seem hiitistii il
now that the work has be n done,
although' they put up a siov.t
protest in tio beginning. It.
means that the valley of the Xilo
has been restored after the rich
laud lay in idleness and wiiste
for n quarter of a century. Men
who are in position to know sav
that the reclaimed bottoms w.ll'
yield 50,000 bushels of corn a
Sbiison and two civ!, will morn.
than pay the heavy drainage tax. ,
When this bpecia tnr. is !ilt ,1
the land will eaf.il v bring iflOO
more -per acre. Conditions are
such that corn is bringing $1.00
per bushel and the farmery, along
Buffalo and its tributaries will
find that good fortune and pros-
peritv wiil play to their 'minus it
Mit-y only luake as much corn
this year as they i08f'blv cun.
Buffalo will again be the ,
"Egypt" of tliis wholo section
of the country. Tim acres oi
swaying tassels will feed multi-.
tud'.-s and the tilitis of the soil
will prosper as no other (section.
They wiil not Imve the tux to
pay next fall hy reason of tho
euo'ioruy practised ia the- work
by the present drainage commis
sion and a opportunity awaits
them that is without a purallel
from an'agricultural bttuidpoiut
in the history of C!evf-.n;.u counJ
OakGroYc
Camsuui.denoa of The Herald.-
The followina is the honor
roll for perfect attendance, yood
grades and deportment. 3rd. .
month. ';''..'-":'''
First Uude.
. Blanche liell.Q'iillie Be'.l, Oso''
Lovelace, Odeil McS wain.
, Second Grade. .
Gladys McSwaln, Wilho Can
ipc Love Dixon, Wray Thorn-
burg, Peail Ware,
iJertha
Ware.
Ihvd Grade.
Crawford Lovelace,
Pearl
Lovelace. Vassie Bell,
W. H.
Champion. Ruby Ware.
Fourth Grade.
Edgar Bell, Vera Champion, '
Edna Watterson. :
SixVi Grade
Jennie Ware, Robert Loc
Lackey. .
Seventh. Grade
Maggie ware, Charlie Bell.
Mieses Lula Hord and- JSthi 1 1
Daviehon, teaehars. , ' (
There will be a box supper' t '
Oak Grove Saturday. eveni'.t
March 13.. Tho proceeds wl tfo--'
lor .(he benefit ot '. the" obool.
Evwrvbodv cordiallv inviAd.
TOYa
. Pattersonad Wte fin.,. , v
Hhed redrlipg nd moved their i f .'
power to their wiwl! ncutv:
Ebenezur church . ; .
Nelson Robe rhi fcolored) l.st. ;
bis barn By fif 'fnefiUay JUn-j, ,.
Feb. 16, 1915 He StUo lost , UU v.
l onghuessi' iraon, vwLeat.-flrSll '
and a goat; but succeed! ' in
saving hi horse s and cattle. The
engiu of the lire is unKno-'H."
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