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Kings Mountain, N. C, Thursday, June 3. 1915.
No. 17
.jkS-i- PAGE, Editor and Owner
PRINCIPLE FIRST
1. A YEAR in ADVANCE
5770 NEGROES! MORE BRICK BIG DAY
SHORT NEWS ITEMS LOCAL AND OTHERWISE
Condensed for the Convenience of Busy Readers
IN CLEVELAND
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ountam ileraia
W. M. Miller ot Gastonia was
on our stiejfcs Friday.
Charlie Fulls made business
trip to Gaskmia Friday.
A. L. Purdue of Gastonin was
nong those here on business
Friday.
Miss Ellen Long left Friday
for Henrietta to visit Rev. M.
B. Ciegg.
Miss Lollie and Ida Rankm of
Mt. Holly are here visiting their
sistsr, Mrs. J. T. Welch.
Miss Zada Gardner ot Char
lotte arrived Friday to visit Mrs.
I. B. Goforth and Miss Eula
Long.
Miss Magpie Degerhart of
Lexingtou, N. C. lias been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. C. W. Hul
lender.
E. L. Barber, a ministerial
student at Westminister, is here
to spend the summer with his
brother. J. T. B irber.
Miss Ella McMillan' of Gat.
touia has just spent several
days with her siser, Mrs. G.G.
Page, here.
Mr. and Mis, .1. S. Mauney
left Friday for Phiir.delphia
where thev are visiting their
daughter, Mrs. E. C. Cooper.
Mrs. J. Sidney Hood and little
i daughter left Friday for Wil
: raington,.Ni C. where they wilt
visit relatives extensively.
Misses Olive Spinks o' Meri-
i den, Miss, and Maude Boyte of
Monroe, N C, have been the.
house guests Of Miss Bomie
Mauney. i
Mrs. J. M Patterson of Char
lotte spent part of last week here
with her sister, Miss Sarah Wat
aon, manager of the Wataon Mil
linery Company.
Dr. J- G. Hord spent two. days
last ween with his son.Otto Hord
at Griffith, Ga. Otto seems to be
making a fine record in playing
ball with the Cracker..
Mrs. M. rj. : Bitch left here
Thursday after a visit to Mrs.
M.: E Ilorndon. ; From here she
"cut to Gastonia and Dallas
where she will visit before re-tur.-.ing
home.
Mr. and Mrs. W.ird. Howser
formerly of Greenville, S. C,
will spend the summer here. Mr
Howser is helping his father, R
R. Howser. in the bakery ati
cafe business
Miss 'Winnie Vera Mauney
! left Friday ' for 'Ansonville, N; '
C.,' and Richmond,' Va., at which
places she will visit relatives.
' Little Miss "Mary Grace Bald
win, of Charlotte, who had been
visiting her'oousin, Miss Maun
dy, left Friday also. . .
The following' King ; Mount
aiu young people are home from
sofljryHiss Lois Wilson, Daven
' Op'l?es Ethel -Parker 'and
IjrfJ Miller, .Meredith; Miss
liiie Mauney, Elizabeth; Miss
li'J o Plonk, Lenoir Fred Ba
k t! A. and M.; J."E. Herndon.
V-'ike Forest: Eugene Noisier,
Davidson. Miss Margaret Hord
ot Erslun,.Du WcaL 8. C.
1 Miss lionnic Mauney and her
! house guests, Misses Olive
Spinks and Maude lioyete, ae
, companied by Paul and Joe Nois-
ler, attended commencement at
1 Davidson last woe'-t. Tliey were
j accompanied baeli by Eugene
Nvisler.
Chief of Police J. H. Fisher
returned Friday right from
Forest City, Arkansas, whore lie
had been to see his bi other,
Frank Fisher, who was reported
seriously sick. Mr. Fisher found
brother pretty sick but lie was
much improved before he left.
(Bessemer City Journal.)
Last Saturday night Chief of
police Carson, accompanied by
Messrs. Aaron Dumeron, W. A.
Mason and Jno. Ramsey decided
they would look up the where
abouts of a certain source of
moonshine that had bee., flowing
into this city for several wee'es.
Their efforts bore them mi ch
1 ruit. At about 1 o'clock ih still,
which was a crude home-.nude
affair, was located about three
and one-Iuilf miles from the
city. Four negroes wtre in charge
and they were preparing to make
a run. Two of the negroes were
captured and were brought to
town alcmr with the still. About
fifty 'gallons of beer were poured a,ul lou'1- That night in h dream
out. John Shepard and Bob Cale , reheated pu t of the sf-vy a
were t.1,.. n,wr. rttitnni).Tiintf : !oi,fl- T;,J:t nor1ntt it was found
are in l..;
trial.
at Gastonia awaili n ;
In an address before the
Cleveland Ad Club,. on "'The Ex
ecutive's Attitude Toward Ad
vertising," Walter II. Cotting
hatri, president of the Sheriiiii
Wiliiams company said:
"There are two things w'lich
an., advertising executive must
possess to a very imrkeddcgree
courago and patience, and
nerve enouuh to stick long e
nousjh to let the advertising have
a chance.
"There are more men who at
tempt advertising : that have
courage than there.are men who
have "njjrve erough to hang
on long enough, for the adve!- "
tisiiig to get results. I havo al
ways counted that as one of the
advantages that the wise exec
utive has if he possesses the
nerve to stick long enough.
: -"I have seen hundreds .of con
cerns followingother successful
concerns wi tti si mi la methods,
and quit too soon. The bills
scare them, and they trip down
and do not stick lomr enough to
get results. That is fortunate for
us fellows who have- that nere
to stick because the other chaps
who follow us in many a field and
lack the nerve f to stick long
enough drop-out and their mon
ey is absolutely wasted. '
"If a man has not trot the
nerve to hang on long enough to
make his first venture a success,
he' had better save,. his .money
rather than start tho. campaign
at all," American Press. .
'. Gulfport, Miss.-John Keating,
of this place died tho other day
and his obituai y was published.
A barber was called in to shave
obe.corpse. As the razor, 'passed
over the man's cheek his yes
opened, his lips parted ' and he
said"Don't cut me, kii." The
barber dived. -through "the win
dow and is somewhere in Okln
noma by tins time. Keating is
alive and well.
Dublin, Tex W. M. Stewart,
former.'y u brakcinan, in a night
mare, dreamed that he was on a
freight train and that, on iroinir
XCmdV-r u bridge, a beam struck
hilii on the head, fracturing liis
skuil. The next mon.ing it was
found that. rs hair had changed
from a jet black to a ii 'ry red.
Physicians say that it will he
white in a few months.
New York, N. ' Y. It is net
gcnerill." known that Iceland i
one of the few couiitri?s'in wlvich
tilers is nation-wide prohibition.
And froin Iceland comes a story
similar to those always heard
from d'-y territory. Mr. Grier
't horsteinsson.of Reykjavik, now
at the Astor Hotel, here, savs
that the population is using al
cohol, which they manufacture
themselves, in home made distil
leries. There is no way to stop
this!
Trenton, N. J. Chas
lost the ase of his voice
result of an accident
years ago. Last week . a
patient in a hospital told
Katzea
as the
Reveral
fellow
a fun
Inystory. Katzea laughed long
that his
! restored.
power of speech was
I EJwaidsville, 111. Something
strange has happened to a pop
j lar tren on the premises of Town
I Clerk Peter Dresch. The tree
gives forth a strange, powerful
and sweet pcrtumo. No one hns
been n bio to explain the phe
no:nenon. . .
Kokomo, Ind. Run down and
dragged by a taxicab Jane Gard
ner,2.was found unhurt and coo
ing when her father crawled un
der the taxi to lescue ths babe.
.. The real "good fellow" is tl e
fellow who knows something
good-about everybody and tells
it. He never knocks oh his neigh
bor or digs up the past. Ho al
ways lends a helpiug hand to the
fellow who isuo against it and
Kives him a chance to make
good. He never forgets to do and
say the iittle things that make
his wife happy. 3 is children find
him a jolly chum and an ever
ready playmate. His home is a
haven Of love, happiness and
contentmeijf. The real "good
fellow" is tho world's greatest
asset. -Bert Morehouse in Gin
ger. Mrs Cordelia Hughes, wife of
the late C. A. Hughes, died sud
denly Wednesday, of last week,
about noon at her homa on tl-e
extension of South Washington
street, Shelby. She was going
about her work as usual and had
made no complaint, when sud
denly she was seized witi apo
plexy and died within a very
short while. She was 48 years
old and a highly esteemed lady
whose christian life was 'worthy
of emulation. The funeral was
conducted Thursday by Rev. A.
J.: Burrus, hor pastor, at theLfi
Javette : Street . . MfetUodist
Church.
Government bulletin gives itilus of
Colored population in county of
Cleveland.
A bulletin jar issued from Mr.
Wasiiinijton l:v tin1 Bureau of i-n" .
the Censjs furnished some v.-ry of K'i:
ititerr'Ntinu information of ":: I lislied
grocs Hi the United States." IMC. Tli
shows that we have ,"i,77il in lilac-'
I'levelaud county, whicli is I'.'.U I hi ic!
percent of our total population. I scho
Of tins number 1,7111 are hhe.-lc. :hen
It is astonishing to see thai the
balance of l.lHiO are mu'iUtoes.
2,j :.re ma'e, while i.'.rJl arc
females. Seve.iteen and seven
tenths per cent or 1,1 1"1 males
are :.'! years of age and over. For
ty two per cent of the n.alo a
dulls, or4l, are illiteraU y.
There am oJ.'ni r.cyrjcs ten
years of at'e and over and of
this number 1,!IJ7 or HI per cent
are illiterates. There fir 1,1. SI
negroes from (i to I I j ears of
age. with 7u( or o,'iX per cent
attending school.
Tlie general report shows the
lumber of negroes-' in the . total
area of numeration,, i. e, the
Uuited States and its possessions
to be 10,:i.'54!, 10.9 per cent of
the total population. They are
not great home owners and they
are to be blamed in the South,
where, so few own homes, al-
though they have.had r.earl.v a
hall century o fieedoin.
Cleveland Star.
Messrs C. A. Hamilton, Mon
roe Rhea, P. D. Herndon and
Casper Smith atteaded the meet
ing of Oasis Temple in Greens
boro last week, Mr. llamiltoa
,was a shriuer already and the I
other three took the degree at
this meeting.
Brother George Loga is a
sure enough "Honey Boy" He
just brustled right into the Her
all bauctum Saturday with a
broad grin upon his face an 1
with that Characteristic roll of
the eyes on which he. has the ex
clusive right passed ; the time
o'day and planted a package
down on the counter with a kind
lyrork and passed out. It was
two cases of honey. Nuf cend.
He didn't say w'.ere' he got the
honey for he was too busy sel
ling frui'a tret s, Ho says he never
saw the like in the sale of fruit
tres in all his born days.
Well, we've got it. It's infor
mation about "Locust Year"
about Which we mado diligent
inquiry last week. We promised
to dedicate spaefl for such infor
mation if anybody could furnish
i.Elven so. The office of infor
mation, U. S. Dept, of Agricult
uro comes across with u length
ly article which tells all about
it but it's too long to get in this
week. However, unless some
thin big turns up you may expect
at least a portion ot it next
week. -
Not seeming to know from
wheuce th y came nor whit'ier
they were going, a middle aged
lady and a girl who appeared to,
be about twelve years old and
to whom the lady " referred
as daughter passed through
Kings Mountain last Thursday
driving a sorrel horse ti a top
buggy. It was awhile they were
waiting at Jno4 F. Weifc'ssshop
tj have t the horse sShod
, (Cont'd onback pgge)
I. A. Falls of Kinrs Mountain has put
i a b
n:t .:! Blac'bars South
Carol na.
,ard-
a 'i
.t
- :' S.
lor the
to make
.t
tor
'.v ! Mariisljit!'
The pi,i;i!"
Il.v voled ten
tin
thousand dollars worth of bonds.
Cight thousand wll be Used in
extending the facilities of tin
school for whiv children and two
thousand wiii be spent on t'i
c:)'ored seliool. Mr. Falls is we. I
stitat.ed in Ulacksburir. 11 ' is on
a railway crossing which gi.'e
him four shipping routes and
then Mas a switch built right to
the kiln. Mr. Falls stat that
tjiere is story ta.k of rebuilding
cei lain burnt areas in Blacks
Iturg. f com sr. he retains liis
plant here.
' Mr, (Jco. W. Gibson, :-ngc t2
years died Wednesday of last
week at the houie of his younger
son, Mr. A. A. 'J bson, who lives
on Mr. Odus Mull's plantation
above Bin ib.y. Tli? Gibsons
moved to this county from Gas
ton, ibout live month:-, ago, ijul
the deceased had lived al vari
ous places in the county for four
years and is well and favorably
known, lie was ordained into
the ministry 'in l'JOo and did
faithful work for the Master in
the Baptist church. His -wife,
whose maiden name was Miss
uue Hammer .iclowell, sur
vives with rive children; S. L.
Gibson, Mrs. W. C. Hoskins,
McW. Gibson, It. Y. and A. A.
Gibson. The funeral was con
ducted Thursday and the inter
ment was at Ross Grove church.
'Charleston, ' W. Va. Varit d
a :d ingenius have been the ex
pjdients adopted to irrigate arid
throats since this State went dry
last July, but the most startling
wis one revealed today when
promoters ot a fake funeral
came to grief.
A hearse, a hack and a caski I
were used in the plot. Waiting
at a local railroad station were
the two vehicles, the hack con
taining throe niourn'id faced
men. From a passenger train
stepped a veiiod woman garbed
in deep black. At the same time
a child's casket was removed
from the baggage car.
As the worn in walked toward
tho waiting hack to join the 3
mon, the crowd ga?.es at her in
compassion and there Was a
murmur of sympathy as station
employes started to carry the
little casket toward the hearso.
Just as tiio white receptacle
containing tho "remains was be
ing lifted to be carried to the
hearse the bottom dropped out.
To the astonishment of the on
lookerp quart, pint and half piut
bottles with a smash to the sidewalk-
- The black-gowned woman
gave vent to her feelings by ut
tering a word descriptive , of a
region supposed to be even drier
than West Virginia. The entire
funeral party was ai rested.
The plan was actually to bury
"the child" in a grave that had
nlraady been dug and then go to
the cemetery and disinter the
"body,"
HERE SUk'DAY -
Sing.ng Convention a record breaker
Prff. Wray makes fine addrc.ii
Ideal Day.'
S'in.l,iy 's session of the Union
Sunday School Singing Conven
tion v. as I lie ..'i-eati'st day in tho
nistor;- of t!ii organization. The
w.'.itiier was ideal being fair out'
not. especially hot. The p.-ople
began rolling in from the coun
try side early in the morning be
fore nine o'clock'. Before the
opening hour, ten o'clock, hail
arrived it was already seen that
the attendance would he a record
bl'i'aker.'Tlie congregations from
Dak Grove, Patterson Grove.
Belhle! em and Cora Mill were,
present almost to a man. The
ivings Mountian people turned
out in unusually large numbers
besides there being a goodly
sprinkling of transient guests
from Gastonia and other points.
The order was never better.
There were at least MX)
persons in the spacious assembly
room throughout the day. They
were attentive, and appreciative.
They enjoyed the music immeii'
sety. It was indeed a program
worthy of appreciation
Ti e convention was the guest
of the Suud.f,' School of the
First Baptist church ami' was.
royally provided for and enter-'',
tained. Seats had been assembl
ed and extra seats provided un
til the sealing'capacit.v had b:'eu
taken. Members of the school
acted as ushers and packed the
building as long as there was a
eat and then employed all the
standing room. Four quarter
view reservations had bee 1 mado
f.r tiie visiting choirs seating
about fifty singers each. The en
tertainment committee had pre
pared a hundred foot table on
tlie lot adjoining the. 'churc'i lot
which was well laden with the
goodly things ot life at tho noon
hour. '
The address-by Prof Joe S. .
Wray of Gastonia at eleven
o'clock 'as a survival of the lit
test. He explained that 1 e knew
but little about the rudiments of
music but before he was done
everybody 'was aware that h i
knew the import and mission of
music. He treated "music" in a
general'' way going from t.he"def- .
inition to its influence, net only
upon man but upon other crea
tures. The speech was well pre
pared and wn full ot informa
tion, inspiration and exhorta ¬
tion.
The choirs participating wor?.
Oak Grove, .1. B. H. llamnck,
leader and Miss Essie Bll or
ganist; Bethlehem, Ben Logan
leader, Miss Ethel Blalock and
Prof. C. P Gardner, crgamsts ;
Patterson Grove, Prof. C. P.
Gardner, leader and organist;
Cora Mill, J. J. Alexander, lead
er, t'rot. Gardner, organist.
They all sang well. Their music
was well ordered and sung to
good time.
A most inspiring feature of
the convention was the congre
gational singing which consisted
of a number of old hyms and
church mnsij.
The next session of tho con
vention will be held on the fifth
Sunday in August. Place, to bo
ltermined bv the executive
conmittee.
For detailed information see
the secretary's repOMfdn another .
page.
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