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.Vol 12
Kiiiiis Mountain, N. C, Thursday, March 11. 1915.
G. G." PAGE, 'Editor and Owner
PRINCIPLE FIRST
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR in ADVAX M
ountain neraio
What The Progressive Associa
tion Has Done
DURING FIRST YEAR OF SERVICE
(Rdeised for Publiution by Vote of the Association)
The Kinps Mountain Progressive Association has been directly
resp nsib'.e for the following since its organization eleven months
ego:
The extension of Route no. 8 so as to give this town direct and
daily mail connections with Linwood College as well as the fam
ilies living between the Anna Cotton Mill and Linwood College.
m. i f C Plnnlr tifc n fc.v imt.ch nricr.-
i he rentingoi "uuk lwi " - -t- i
th hnifilina beinir emptv at the time and has been occipied since
the first day of May, 1914, at the price originally re.ited for.
llav'ngtho Southern Rai'wny Co. stop Nos. 37 and 38 at this
pia-w for lotm distance passengers, thereby increasing the con
venances for tho travelling public.
Having the claim department of the Southern Railway give the
agent at this place authority to settle small c.ahns thereby say-i-i;,'
the busings meii a great am unt of trouble and annoyance as
well as money.
Persuading the officials of the Charlotte division of the South--ern
Railway to construct underpass on the Kin Creek road with,
out righting same before Corporation C-mnnissior..
It has promote 1 an agitation for a creamery in Kin s Maintain
and through ts' influence the State Department of Airrieulture
sent- Stantv Conbs, a Creamery expert, here to dneiw the min.;r
with our people.
T'i S mthern Railway issned an or ler to haw ttnin 13 carry
its in i ! v lC:i.rs M vi V. iin brnuf it. ').;! o:t 3;'i The asso
siatiou si:c. '.id in Haying the order mpeied.
I, secured an order from the Southern Railway mi-Icing tra'n
II a rc 'iilar stop instei 1 of a provisional Vp as h-re',of re.
The Association has been directly responsible f r the .pre
limlnarv work 'now oiiig on at the old Catawba oM mine nnd
which now look as if it will develop into suc'i a'i' enterprise that
all of our mereiiants and citiwwi generally will be Jrnefltt'ed- '
The Association is responsible for the fact that we have not a
railroad station located within one and otic eight miles of our pres
ent station and within a few hundred yards of the town's corpor
ate limits. The placing of a railway Mtatioo at the point named
would have no doubt had a bad eff id on business, business prop.
ertpand real estate in general especially in the; Southern and
Western i art of the town. 1
There have been other matters that- the Asojafon has been
h 'lpful in but they are of minor i:n oortanca 7 nt 'mention '
them at this time., except that -wa; have a definite promise from
the General Manager of the Southern Railway Company saying
that before the work of changing th xde ol the railroad through
this town that he will have a representative come here and con
fer with Hie officer of the association, -the offi -ers of the town and
the citizens generilly as to the loaatio'ii of borh freisrht and pa?
O Miger stations &o that tiie present cong'isVid .condition of one of
our main business rtr ... will be removed, niid we also hive the
uronise of the passenger depaitment, tliat whfjj :f:.e hbo'vo work
is done that they will co -one rate with the AssociaM n and make a
"bnuty suotof the present bad hotting ;!aue 'vt vei'n Mountain
nnd G'uld street. .
2nd BAPTIST
CHURCH LAUNCHED
BE SURE TO ATTEND THE
MEETING OF TX1E PROGRESS
IVE ASSOCIATION MONDAY
NIGHT. IMPORTANT BUSI
NESS IS TO BE TRANSACTED
M. E. HERNDON, PRES.
That Kings Mountain is '.o
have another' Baptist Church
known as "Kings Mountain
Second Baptist Church" was de
cided in conference at the Bapt
ist Church here Wednesday
night of last week. The new
church will be 'located some
where near the Cora Mill and the
present church will hencefor
ward be known as "Tue first
Baptist Chrrch o Kings Mount
ain."
The Baptistslivingin the Cora
Mill vicinity and Eatt King
Mountain have desired a separ
ate organization for several
months and it it was only last
week that the uptown church
agreed to its organization.
There will be about tifty charter
members of the. "Second". A
bom Toi ty of tnese will go by
letter from the "First" Church
a:iJ about ten are Baptists liv
ing in the community and hold
ing their membership elsewhere.
As stated above the matter
has Von Rgit-iled for a long time
.nd the sentiment has constantly
gro.vn. The need o! a c.iurch in
'his locality has been urged up
on ilie uromui t-nat mere is a
reat many women and children
in that par6 of town who are too
inconveniently situated to attend
services up town especially ii
oad weather. Some of these
peopio live over a .mile from the
First Church and when the
wejther is'like it hs been for
the past winter they are almjst
eotirely shut out from church
service and Sunday school.
Those serving on the co nmit
tee which represent the cause of
the "Second" church before the
conference of the First "are
Rev. N. S. Mass, J. H. Riddle,
J. R. Rober.s, R. h. Cha-.ey, B.
L. England, and Ben Bruce.
Some of these are the most sub
stantial mambers of the First
Ohi rjh" and they dcn'itless wil;
be inhtrumental in putting the
"Second" Church to a work ot
4i-eat usefulness.
The "First" Church will feel
d:stinctly the loss of iihese mem
bers in the work of the Church
and Sunday School but as they
are liberated mlo a new field of
usefulness their work there is
anticipated with grer.t satisfact
ion.
. The .'Sceond" Church will be
duly organized within a short
time and a building will be erect
ed.
The "First" w planning for
the completion of its' bandsome
structure. (
LINWOOD
ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Meeting At Grace
(Arrived too late for last issue)
The revival meeting which
has been in progress at'' Grae
Church for the past two weeks
closed Sunday night. " The
pgM Rev- B. A. Cotpdid' al'
ehing. While-He had
, . , conti nu al 1 yfn '': two
i was at hiw'Jefii Sun-
Ey"nlKht and preached a most
' ;, forceful sermon from the - 7th
verse of the 89th Psalin: "And
7 i now, Lord, what wait I for? ray
'gjiope is in thee."- Thef church
:as filled to over f lowing with
' V eaget.hearers, :inahy having to
; t stand for. want of Wace. ' .
At the close" of the ' M?rinon,
Re7, Cu1p"gay61.hHe call for those
-who wished tofstart to life a
better lif e' to conie forward nd
i. 'nut fifty responded to the calf,
Sft
most of them staying at the a' tar
for prayer.
Our Sunday School has in
creased wonderfully, having had
23 prasent lor 3a id iv School
Sunday. Rev.Culp is Superinten
dent. .
Mr. AogmtusFord and family
and MK s Cordelia Harrelson of
Che-Vyr.il le 'were-' ' present Sun
day and helped with 'the sinking.
Mr, Ford a'd Miss Harrelson
gave some bpecial" music that
was greatly enjoyed by those
present Sunday night. -'
Sunday morning "before the
sermon the young peopie started
a free wiH offering for the pas
tor, receiving $32.60.. -, .
Sunday closed one of the most
successfull services in the history
of the church, - the number ' of
confessions following was .., se-ventyr-t-'wo,
' accessions to the
Church 92.. . A. MEMBER.
Mrs. W. T. . Belle.
Rutherfordton, March 5. At
the home' of her son, Charles
Belle, at Spartanburg. S. C. Mrs.
VV. T. R. Belle died Monday
night, aged 66 years. The body
w is brought here Monday and
services were conducted from the
Methodist Church, of which she
iad been a consistert member
f jr the greater part ot her life.
by her pastor, Rev. Albert Sher
ill. '
Back From Hospital
Mrs, Wright Harmon returned
from the cit? Hospital at Gast
0'iia Jasti .week where she had
been for 'an operation. We , are
glad to report that the operation
was successful and that Mrs,
Harmon is getting, along well.-'
Correspondence ot The Herald.
'Arrived too late for last issue.)
The annual evangelistic nieeo
ing of. the V. W. C. A. began
last Tuesdav night and contin
ued through Sabbath. Febru
ary 2mh, Rev. W. P. Grier the
able pastor of Bethany, Clover
and Crowders Vreeu churches
did the preaching. There were
two sermons a day and just be
foie each one the Y. M. C. A.
and Y. W. C. A. held a most
earnest prayer meeting, praying
for the out pouring of the Holy
Spirit upon each individual. As
"II of the services were public
a number attended from tne sur
rounding neighborhood. The
house was full Saturday. Mr.
Griers preaehin is of a very
high standing and no one can
get around the truths he brought
out from time to time. Rev, A.
T. Lindsay, G- L, Kerr, J. B.
and L. B. Kirby were called on
for special prayer. As a visible
result of of the meeting, three
confessions of faith were made
o ie of the three rtcieving the
sacrament of baptism. The in
visible result cannot be estimat
ed, for every soul seemed to
have been blessed spiritually.
The two associations presented
Mr. Grier with a nice purse and
expressed a deep-felt sadness at
his de.ia'-ture, but fond hopes of
having him again.
Fv,rty boys and Girla spent the
twenty second ot Febrtary with
friends and relatives.
Mr. Stark Slaughter of Hick
ory Grove, South Carolina enter
ed school last week. Ho was
given a hearty by the facu'ty
and students.
Misses Mildred and Annie
Falls spent Saturday night with
Misses Massey and Bethutne.
Messers Guy Castles and
Stark Slaugeter spent the week
end with their parents.
Miss Ethel Smith of Cowpens
Soath Ca.olina, a former stu
derfuf Unwood College is spend
ink several weeks with us. She
hopes that her health may be
regained while here. The "All
He.ling" water will do wonders
for anyone.
The follow ing attend the Lay-
mens Missionari Movement" at
the Secoad PresbyterianChurch
in Charlotte: President Lindsay,
Rev. G. L. Kei r, Messrs L. R.
Neil. J. L. Shannon, W. E. Lee,
J. E, Lindsay, Misses Bowan,
Bethume, Massep, Helms, Lois
Whitesides and Edith McGill.
Mr. Robret Kidd and Mr, Jim
Rowan, of Greenville Virginia,
visited Miss Annie RDwan last
week.
Messrs Herman Brown and
Chaska Holdhouser spent the
week end with their parents at
Troutmau, North Carolina t
We are glad to welcome Mr.
Hokb Hanua, of Gastonia as one
of our students.
: There was h basket ball game
between Linwood and Bern Ion t
last Friday evening. - Belmont
started the bail rolling in the
first ending, but only made one
point more than Linwood in the
second ending. The vfinal score
20 18 in fa', or of Belmont.
'Lowell will play Linwood
next Friday at 8:30 p. m. and
Hickory Grove is expected o
coiLe Saturday. This game will
be at 8:30 p. in. too.
A History Of The Dutch
Gaston County
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WRITTEN BY MISS BESSIE PA!
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(Copied from the Gastonia High School Magazine)
Gaston County, once a part of
Clarendon Colony, was establish
ed in lHKJaml Dallas was chosen
as the county seat. Here the
courthouse was begun in 117.
Among the tirst sett'ers of the
county were the Germans com
monly culied the Dutch. At the
beginning of the eighteenth cen
tury, they had suffered great re
ligious persecutions at the hands
of the French. Their homes
were devastated and destroyed
and they fled to England for pro
tection. Queen Anne sent them
to America to settle the English
territory. These people occupied
most of the countv North of Long
Creek and west of fie Catawba
river while the country South of
Long Creek was settled princi
pally by the English. The very
first settler of this county was
Sebastian Bet (Bess) who came
to Pennsylvania with some other
Dutch. He did not stiy there long
but traveled. South and reached
Gaston in 1740. "Bastian" as he
was called, selected some fertile
land on Leeper's Creek, built for
himself a log cabin and hero re
mained for one year. But at the
end of this he became lonesome
and decided to return to choose
a wife. Late one afternoon as
Best camped by the road Peter
Heyl (Hoyle) and his family rode
up and asked to be allowed to
spend the night. A member of
this family was young Katherine
Hoyle who was riding horseback
Best was so struck by the girl's
beauty' that he urged Mr. Hoyle
to bring his family to this county
and take possession of his cabin
until he returned from Pennsyl
vania. Sebastian Best continued
his journey but Katherine had
made such an impression on his
heart that he came back without
a wife and shortly afterwards
married he. Mr. Hoyle located
on the South Fork river on what
is now known as the Sugg's place
at Hoyle's bridge. Best and his
youni' bride moved on the other
side of the rivr just opposite
Hoyle's and there lived happily,
Some of the other oldest Dutch
families of this county are the
Rudisill's. the Costner's, the
Hoffman's, the Lineberger's and
the RhyneV
The Rudisill family was found
ed by three brothers, Mike,
who settled Hammerschold For
ge on Leeper's Creek; Philip,
who chose a farm between Hard
in and High Shoals: another bro
ther, who located at Dellinger s
Inn. near Iron Station and a
neohew who settled on Steel
Creek in Mecklenburg county.
The great Costner family is
descended from Adam Costner
who settled near Philadelphia
church. He muso hae come
about as early as the other people
for he died and was buried in
the graveyard of this church in
1767.
The Hoffman's are d-'sce
'le-is.
.'ov
. I ol
Del
tiiies
.his
;ind
lis.
tiubicrlbe (or The Herald.
to Gaston county was Lnr.
hdr;:"r kno'vn as 'O.iptV .
He made a Imuuo near
leading from D;.!'. s I
about lirlf way liet.vcer. '
Creek and Da!!
Louis" was kil'.e.l n
Revolutionary War by th
rious Padd.i Cut. k'- f
his houe pi'ct'(!i-i,n ; "
wanted to buv some c r
Llneberger took li.m ,'
at the cattle and wthoir
ing. Curr stci or ! nr.
and shot hiu dead
The pioner Ilhyi
who married Ki:"'dli
They came to Gutou
along with these other '.
and settled on the u -.
Hovle's Creek just be
linger s Inn.
Ail families of thes
and many other poop'" l .
county and in the bout:;
west are decendents of tin-
Dutch settlors of IhiK cour.ry.
The.--e colonists did nut have
the highest education 1,v '
were as-vMl; echieat- , ... ,
igrimts of other nntioi.-;. . rj.
better, although thi'V (',,''
appeard very ijir.o;.. n .i
Unglish besaaso th . no
speak the End'"': i.
They were slor1 in frv
learu and fought pi
change of lauenas".',
they did not for :t ioiit
come leaders or ii,r' ..
in on English uponliii.
They were contant t t .
i peace and their fr':- -i ji.
their agricultural and .
al pursuits and to . .
homes, many of the'
perts in weaving- 'i
in making machi-j' i ,.
not turn the world ;;i
but they did do the! i f .'
in holding it level and '-ft
The Dutch were cul'j
carry on th weal o
undertook. They stood :
i n their convictions as i i
stands on itsbasa. TI- n
was the religion of tin-
of the Senses. T.)
neither to the pis
f ,
1 to
:hey
flnv.
;oU
H
i mt
from Jacob Hoffman who settled
at the junction of Leeper's Crtek
and Killian Creek where they
form Dutchman Creek. One of
the peculiarities of this family
is that each son had a son named
Jacob and nearly every one of
these married a girl named Bet
sey. : . - " -- . .. ,,
The first Lineberger who cme
nor to the future wit ) nip nhei.
won. These men lira 'in
breathed into their iinsuv?
birth the true spirit of W. 'ty
They crossed the ocuai- : ti v
and bore thir share in n
up this great count v -'- i .
planting their rude 1 , v.
Theybuilded even hnt.c. -.( -
they knew.
This characteristic, fruvlt-'i
with coxmon sense in on -- mvx.
Dutch settlers, is tne same
which mrkes the German s. ldiei
the best in t! e wo Tl
qualitp was fully exei.?p'euua in
the War between the h'ntes.
Of the Gaston countv soeliers
thirtv-six bore .'the r ' Oi
Rhyne,' twenty-three were
Hoffmanff, not to speak of tue
A- , yWHecendants of these orhe.r fnr.v
enacim ... . ., , ,
i " a
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..r the
..t 'i
flu-
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v ..ir -.
ilies entetinrc the army f r
joining counties,
Gastrn coanty was & n
by men who beievd i'-.
"divine right of Kiik's
the divine rhjhu- r-t !
liberty. Ttl T:V
uot be as quick as te -ants
o( otner uatior V--.:-.
(jionMnued on JJaok P.;
a