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Kinjjs Mountain, N. C, Thursday, July 15. 1915.
No. 23
GG.. PAGE, Editor and Owner
PRINCIPLE FIRST
SI. A YE All in ADVANCE
ountam iiera j
Oct. 7th Celebration
seems new an
assured Fact
It was practically decided Thurs
day night that Kings Mountain
would pull oil a bin celebration
October the 7th it being tho 135
anniversary of the worid-famous
Battle of Kings Mountain. The
grandsons of the Revolution will
meet on that day to celebrate the
turning point in the great war
which resulted in American free
dom. Governor Stewart of Vir
ginia has been prominently men
tioned as the orator of the day
but no final selection has been
To Advertise the Advantages of
North
Greensboro, July 5th. Thejthe developement of North Car
North Carolina State Publicity olina by bringing people of
Bureau, temporary organization
of which was affected at a meet-
ing of some 70 of thn state's most
oroorressive men at Raleigh last
Tuesday June, 29th, is less than tages and progress in other sec
a week old but is already reciev-: tions.
ing the strong endorsement of j 4th. To aid in offering homes
thinking men in every part of at fair Mid reasonable prices, and
North Carolina evidenced in ex-; protect prospective settlers from
pressions of the press and let- , unjust speculators and fa.se ren
ters from individuals. j resentations.
This endorsement is given ouj 5th To assist each section in
the general plan of the organi- securing the ciass of settlers
zitiou as nublisbed frotn Raleigh suitable to that locality,
following the meeting to set on Otli. To cooperate with local
foot a campaign of publicity that ' community organizations and
will place before the people of civic organization, railroads and
the outside world a true repre- j other organizations, corporations
seutation of this state's match-. or individuals interested in pro
less resources ana advantages, jmoting the purpose set forth,
agricultural aud industrial, toj T,)e officerg elected to 8erve
me seiner ana investor. ui.fl(,,-ti. iir.f. .nnn.l mpHn
believed that a still stronger en
dorsement will be given when
the full import of this work Is
understood, Tho object of the
state bureau as set forth in full
in the plan of the organization
at last Tuesday's meeti'ig fol
lows: Is t. To study the needs, re
sources and community nrogress
of the state by sections.
2nd. To secure and create
such publicity as will promote
Redmen Have
The Eighth: District Council of
N. C. Independent Order of Red
Men was. held Saturday July 3
with Apache Tribe No 87 Mc
Adenville. The committee on
entertainment consisted of Ed
C. Ray, G. M. Patterson and H.
J. Wilkerson. The Program was
as follow? .
1:30 : Music by string band.
2:00 Meeting called to order
by W. N. Davis D. S.
Address of Welcome by J. A.
Anderson'. Response by A. M.
Dixon of Gastonia.'
2:30 , Music toy Brothers :
2:45 " Business Session
s i"4-io' Base Ball
jkiO Ipiciiic Supper and Mu-
3y String Band
?M Assembly In Hall.' Im
promptu Talk on vood of Order,
by J. G. Carpenter and A. M.
Dixon of Gastonia, and others.
The elect'okyi - of officers re
sulted as follows; - '
KannapoM
made. i
The following officers were
elected to direct the affairs of
the Kings Mountain Battle Me
mortal Association; J. B. Thorn
asson, president to succeed L.
A. Kiser; r . IS, Finger, vice
president; Ray. C. K. Bell, sec
retary; R. L. Mauney, treasurer
W. A. Ridenhour, G. V. Patter
son, M. E. Herndon, L. A. Kisur
and W. S. Dilling, executive
committee.
Carolina.
thrift and industry to I's, espec
J ially to our agricultural lands.
! 3rd. To acquaint people in one
section of the state with adiran-
which is to'be held on the first
Tuesday in Oct., are; Kenry A.
Page, Aberdeen, President; E.
C. Branson, Chanel Hill, A. E.
Tate, High Point. F R. Hewitt,
Asheviile, Clarence Poe.Raleigh
A. W. McLain, Lumberton, and
0. L. Joyner, Greenville, Vice
Presidents; Alt A. Thomoson,
Raleigh, Treasurer! and J. C.
Forester of .Greensboro, Secre
tary. -. . '
Big Meet At
H.C.
Sachem,
tonia.
W. N. Davis, of Gas
Senior Sagamore, Ed. C,
Ray
of McAdenville. '
Junior Sagamore, A. W. Web
ber of Lincolnton
. Prophet, Harry Page of Lin
colnton. (
Cheif. Recorder L, A. Rey
nolds of Grstonia
Kfeeper of Wmpnm, R. B. E
lam of Charlotte.
First Sanap, H. G. LinK Jr,
of Charlotte.
Second Sanap, David Berris
of Albemarle.'
Guard of Wigwam, R.G. Wood
of Lincolnton '
Guard of Forest, C. L. Mauney
lot Charlotte, i
The next meeting will be held
in Chailottew
R. N. Parrish and M. A. Cost
ner Represented Chattahoochee
tribe No.. 4&,pf. Kings .Mountain.
Gounti
ates
(Star 9th)
At. the ineetiiitr Mouday of the
county board of education which
is composed of W. L. Plonk,
chairman, A. 1'. Spake and R
Lee Weathers, about $20,000 of
the $20,247.55 raised for educa
tion in the general county fund,
was appropriated to the white
and colored scnools of Cleveland.
Tne anportionmentcontaiucd be
low is not wholly corec, but
mostly so, the only variations
arising' from changes that
might be made from one to two
teacher 'schools and vice versa.
Attendance Officers
As is provided by the State law
the school. census of the districts
will be taken by the school coin-.
mitteemen instead of by the at
tendance ofBciers as heretofore,
for which they will receive the
regular compensation of three
cents per name. Attendance ofh
ciers have been named as follows:
No., 1 J. A. McCraw.
No. 2 Open
No. 3 W. C. Suratt.
No. 4 Open
No. 5 S. L.Dellinger.
No. 6 L. A. Cabai.ses.
No. 7 J. L. Green.
No.' 8 T. G. Philbeck,
No. 9 Open
Nos. 10 and 11 Zemeri lustier.
Paint Four School Houses
Requests weie made by letter
of representative that the county
board bear half the expenses of
painting the following school
houses: Beaver Dam, Elizabeth,
Earl and Round Hill. This re
quest was granted. .
Three colored schools were
combined in upper Cleveland,
hereafter Douglas Academy, Ca
leo Peeler and the Cleveland
Mills schools will all be conduct
ed at Douglas Academy near
Lawndale and run in connection
with the High School.
LATTIMORE SCHOOL
A petition was before the
board from the Lattimore school
district asking that the special
tax be abolihed. A counter pe
tition representing three fourths
of the property in this district
was presented asking that the
specirl tax stand and after due
consideiatioo the bord decided
to continue the levy
Lattimore school has been run
ning eight and a half months,
but some of the patrons com
plained that they needed their
children for the harvest and ..ere
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEETS SATURDAY.
A meeting of the executiv-3
committee of the Union" Sunday
School Singing Convention is
called to meet in the Herald of
fice at King" Mountain on Sat
urday July 17 at 3 p. M.
The committee consists of G.
G. Page, Chin. C P, Gardner,
MISS MARY JANE DIXON
DIES AT THE AGE OF 61
Miss Mary Jane . Dixon who
lived with her mother near the
old mill -.died. Tuesday , morning
at 2:30 age 61 years. Miss Dixiou
Was a memher of the Fii st Bap
tist Church of Kinsa Mountain.
Sbe.died from -pooumonU .after
3$oarcl dpproprl
Scwoi Jund
unable to send for the full term.
The county board therefore,
lowered the levy from 25c on the
property to 20c and from 75c on
tho poll to 60c and ordered a
7 months school.
COMMITTEEMEN TO TAKE
CENSUS
Under the present school law
the county school board appoints
one school committeeman from
each district every three years,
leaving two old members to hold
over Urder this system there is
never a complete change in
school committeemen. The board
made most of its appointments
at their meeting in on day.
TWO NEW SCHOOLS
Another school district was
created in No. 10 township. The
building will be a one room
house erected by the time the
session opens and will be known
as Mull's School. It will be lo
cated about the middle of the
township.
A district for colored pupils
created in No. 10, the only color
ed school in that township. Lo
cation and nhuie have not been
settled upon,
The following is the apportion
ments for the various schools ot
money for teachers and wood
for the 1915-16 term, but the
amounts do not include ainounls
raised in special tax districts.
WHITE SCHOOLS
No. .4 Township
Amount E.irolled
Att
$126 Hardin . 17
288 Three B's 76
288 Ware 80
154 Elbethel 44
288 Dixion 65
1800 Kings Mountain
288 Patterson G. 59
600 G rover
No. 5 Township
11
48
49
3
46
45
$288 Oak Grove
256 Beam
154 Dameron
256 Plonk
288 Mary's Grove
600 Waco
154 St. Paul
288 Stubbs
100
54
24
49
69
50
67
COLORED SCHOOLS
No. 4 Township
$172 Long Branch 131
86 Compact
86 Vestibule
130 Kings Mt.
86 Battleground
.48
53
59
59
No. 5 Township
94 Ebenezer 63
172 Washington 100
Secy, Miss Pearl Falls, J. B.
Hamrick, J. J, tAlexaeder, Ben
D. Phifer and Ben G. Logan. It
is insisted that every member
attend, - .;."' .','"
G G. Page Pres.
. C, P. Gardner Secy.
only a few days hard 'suffering.
The funeral was conducted by
her pastor,1 Rev. J.- R; Miher,
Tuesday afternoon and there
mains laid beneath the Rod in
Mountain Rest cemetery..
G. E; Neisler is to
build another
Cotton mill
Kings Mountain is lo have an-,
other cotton mill . C E Neisler,
one of the iuduslrit'l lenders not
only of Kings Mountain hut of
Western North Carolina, is the
builder and owner. The Kiser
Lumber Company has closod the
contract for a turnkey job on ti e
building and will begin work
right away, Mr, Neisler hopes
to have the mill in operation by
October first. The mill will be
situated right beside Mr. .New-,
lers other mill, the Pauline, and
will do the spinning for the Paul
ine mill which weaves damask
exclusively. The new mill willdo
spinninuronly and will be equipped
with 2,000 spindles. The building
will be fctO x 90 feet and well con
structed and two stories high.
C. E. NEISLER.
Mr, Neisler came to Kings
Mountain in February 1894 and
has been known ever since as
one of our busiest and noblest
business men He came here as
superintendetof the Kings Moun
tain Mfg. Co. (Old Mill), When
the Bonnie was built he was
made superintendent of it. Then
the Enterprise changed hands
and became the Klotho and he
was made superintendent of it.
Later he was made superinten
. .. . .. ..
Mauney's Return From
Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs J. S, Mauney
returned Friday, night from
Philadelphia where they had
spent six weeks in the home of
Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Cooper.
Their daughter, Mrs. Cooper and
little son, Jacob Mauney Cooper,
Came back with them and will
visit here for awhile. ".
Mi. Mauney talks interesting
ly of his sojourn in the Quaker
city, and says the longer he
stayed the better he liked it. He
"REVERIES OF
f "Reveries ' of a - Bachelor"
proved to be quite satisfactory
as presented at the school audi
torium last Friday night; It fur
nished good rich amusement to
an appreciative audience. ;Dr.L.
P. Baker posed as the bachelor
and dreamed pleasantly of his
I affinities of -other days until the
dent of the Anna mill, Then 5
years ago ho built the Paulind
mill and became his own superin
tendent. If has held all the
above positions continuously
since his first election and hold
them all to (lay. He hohis stock
in all the mills except the Anna
and owns the Pauline entirely.
At one time, soon after Mr.
Neisler came to Kings Mountain,
he and S. A. Mauney associated
together and bought the Indian
Creek Mfg. Co. near Lincolnton
and operated it for five or six
years.
How does Mr. Neisler hold
down so many jobs and do it well?
You hear the question asked of
ten. Tliis scribe asked hiui this
same question in his interview
resulting in this article. "My
efficient lieutenants", is Mr.
Neislers answer. H' lias good
dependable men as close seconds
Hall the mills. He has at the
Kings Mounla'n Mfg Co., and
the Anna mill, W. U. Caldwell.
at the Bonnie H. G. Ware, at
the Klotho, R C. Green and at
the Pauline, W. K. White. These
are all good reliable men in
whom Mr. Neisler can entrust
his instructions.
Tiie Pauline is one of a very
few damask mills in the South.
'Didn't it require a lot of nerve
to go itnto the damask business
down here and all by yourself",
Mr. Neisler was asked by many
friends when he decided to build
the Pauline. "Yes it did" respon
ded Mr. Neisler "but other folks
are making money at and I be
lieve I can". But Mr. Neisler is
unlike lots of other man who
make good in business, he has
made friends all the time. Therk
is a big secret; when a man can
make money and make and hold
friends all at the same time be is
bound to succeed. A soecial pomt
in Mr. Neisler's business meth ods
is to promote rather than
import help. This wins efficiency.
Watch Kings Mountain grow.
says the "Fourth" in Philadel
phia was the biggest thing he
ever saw anywhere. He went
through the Wannamakcr estab
lishment from basement to gar -ret
which means that he saw
merchandise on 42 acres ot floor
space presided over by 6,700
clerks besides over 2,000 other
employes. Mr. Mauney weren't
a bit.sicK when he weut off but '
he mended up mightily just the
same .
A BACHELOR
real bride who was 'Mrs. ' Baker "
appeared. :- The play was pro
ceded by ' some' sple'ndil' musi
cal selections and followed by
ice cream and cake ser"ed in tho
twilight ou the grounds. The en
tertainment 'was under the' an
pices 'of ihe Kings MoiStaitv' 1
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