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Hear S. D. Cordon and other noted speakers at Linwood August 24-29, Laymen's Conference nA 1cm (ra Vol 12 .Knurs Mountain. N. C, Thursday, August 12. 1915. No. 27 O. O. PAG Editor and Owner PRINCIPLE FIRST $1. -A YEAR in ADVANCE Mountain erald lew Gold Mine Is Being 0- pened Op Near In an interview with Professor John H. Furman, vice president and consulting engineer (or the Southern Venture Company, North Carolina corporation last week we gathered the (ol lowing information regarding the gold mining industry of his company which is resuming the operation of the old Catawba mines about two miles Southeast ot this town. "I hare discovered" said Pro feasor Furman where"' the vtJn of the old Catawba mine crosses the (old) Yorkvilie road about a quarter of a mile from the old mine. We have sunk a shaft eight feet deD on the new find and find that the vein is 3 X 12 feet. It is worth $W per ton and grows ilcher the deeper the shaft goes. This meaus a new mine which wili be run in con SUCESSFULL REVIVAL CLOSES AT BETHLEHEM One of the most successful re vival meetings to be held at Bethlehem church in a long time came to a most delightful close Saturday morning when twenty two new members stood in line in front of the .pulpit and recei ved right hand of fellowship in the good old country style. The "candidates (or babtisin were ac companied to the church pool which is about a quarter of a - mile beyond the church beside a scull brook from which the water is piped into a splendid - concrete pool. Beside the pool a, nice two- room dressing touso stands for the accommodation of candidates. In the presence ot a large con gregation toe baptismal rite was performed by Pastor J. W. Sut- tleatSOL ' Back to the church. te right BIG CREAMERY I The susberibers the stock Cor . the Lincoln Co-operative Creamery aset An the Chamber of CoaBBteveerooaisSatantay mora ing at 10 o'clock aoi organised (or busieesa. The crowd was very eeoresea tative body of dtfseoa, zoning iron all parte of LAoootln every township being represented by farmers who -sue interested in Sue creamery movement. There were several eitiaeos of the tows present. Taeehasnbur roost were full, every seat beiegoccu pled. There vw nothing Lacking at the it neetluf? of theotock lioliara the erawd was there theeathasiasa was there, aud to .crsvd brosgUt agon the asatfc sad forked it over for their reofipt, oha-ia their almost jnaOdssne U , 'daeola - (oiks jadlUtar to assise ctmhij gey. The first hoar of the aaeetiog was giva over to yiacoCt the firmi laatallateat of the otot. ifr. Shields sod Or. . C,ser feeJag ddejpafeed to tnoefae the mameo recekit far oaawi. Each tmbscriber arid one fourth ofthewsai aajho3-ibed'ad fie ml tbeaaettted aVwm to The Old Mine nection wit'i the old Catawba mine but will be a complete and separate plant. Machinery will be installed at the new plant as soon as practicable. ''At the old mini- the plant it nearly completed and ready to begin operations. No attempt will be made at any of the old workings but a new shaft has been sunk 80 feet. Abundance of ore is in sight running in value from $10 to $100 per ton. - It is equipped with hoisting' machin ery, pumps eto de.ivenng the ore at once into the mill. This vein is 3 to 4 feet thick and there are three other new openings with very rich ore in each one," From the above it will be seen that we now have the promise of a great gold mining industry right here within two miles of town. hand of fellowship was given the new members. Then Rev, J. G. Graham, a former pastor who assisted in the meeting, made a t'-n minutes talk to the young ttonvert. This was followed, j lort talk to Churchmembers by Rev. L. W, Swope, pastor the First. Baptist Church of Sb ilby who chanced tod.op in , Those received on a profession of faitu an.l baptized were; Carl Herndon, Paul Barber, Brittle Wells, Mrs. Geo. Bridges, Quinn Wells. Earnest Herndon. Sidnpy Lackey, IraDixion, Bentlev Bla lock, Vinnio Beam, F.va Foster. Mr. and Mrs, Fate Arrowood. Those received by letter or restoration were; J. B. Quinn, W, A. Herndon, Mrs. W. ' x A. Herndon and five children, and Barley Quinn. N LI NCOLN COUNTY IS ORGANIZED ing would then perfect a tempor ary orginisation aad elect direct ors. Discussion as to the namher of directors was irdulged in and resalted in a aiattoa that seven directors be selected. A motion then prevailed that the directors bo g vea power to elect the officers ot tie e ratine ry company from aatoagtbeir nunv ber, and that too iirectore term of office be far one .pear. , Next in order was election of directors, and the following noiuisatMas were mode; T. A. WarUekV W.C. Kiser, D. H. Shi elds, B. A. MeNeely, C. H. Mil ler, R. L. MaUeo, 0. B, Coon, W. C. Warlick,, Fred Raotaaar, J. B. Johnson Joa Abernatay, B C Wood, .-. From tlietontea the stockhold ers selected as their dieectors the foUowia oea&lemen; T- A. j Varlirk, Dr, W.C Etsec, E. it Shields, a A. McsNeeiy, R. C. Gusm. W. C Wsriick mod Feed Miss Ulaa Hafiststler daugh ter of Mc aad Mm. a B. KuIF- Mler, tad Mr. C, M Bridges wstw jaaurtedait the faoueof ifcvs bride ia fCiags ' Xtwmrtih Tncs' fayof mat weeh; Ber. & '1 ,tenes of Castnnaa officab iyr. THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTER NATIONAL EXPOSITION AT SAN FRANCISCO; CALIF , THE PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPO SITION AT SAN DIEGO, CALIF., AND THE GREAT GOLDEN WEST. as seen by Mr. E.S. McSwain and wife Mrs. Ava Herndon McSwain and their little daughter Velda Irene, of Montgomery, Ala., on their recent ten thousand miles tour. fffrwrni BY E. t. (cont'd from la.it watk) Wedndhy, June 16th. Altho ugh we were up until after ten o'clock last night five this mori- ing found us up arain, to be gree ted by a sun that had been doing duty oome time in en effort td rid the vast prarie of its heavy blanket of frost. During the night we have crossed over the border between the United Stafes and Canada, and out of tho State of North Dakota into the Provinie of Saskatchewan, ?t a "joint just north of Portal, N. D. At this: point we not only changed from the United States to Canada, but; from Cential to Mountain T'me, ! Roatt'ix r 'clock where we are itiseightia the Carolina's or wevon o,clock in Alabama. Before waohing the Pacific coaHt rill eliaugo Mine, making three hours difference as com pared with the Carolina's. All iha rest of to- lay we spent rid ing across the seemingly endless olains, similar to those of yester day in Me States, though crops are still later. Priucipal crops are wheat and flax, consequently every station along ttie line na from one to a half dozen grain elevators, much as the small towns of the south huve cotion At Moose )av, a city of 28,000 people, the largest city seen to day, we hare a short top, and change from the Soo Iine to the (Janacuan racine Uaiiway, over whieh later line we travel to the Pacific eoast or a distance ot a- hout 1,100 miles. Perhaps it would of he interest to state here that the city of Moose Jaw f?ot its name from Indian origia, wuich translated means: "The-ereek-where the-wbite maa-men ded-the cart witH the otoose jaw boae," hut il of that strung to it's bucks, it is th4 center of trie grain .ad miltioff iniibry of 3askit&Wewa aad is tlidciog city. Farther on we tsm throagti Mediaae Hat, a eitv of ISOOi whieh Is said to 'born iaoky'.i Ia other words, It ie ia t&e midst of aa abundant wipAly of aatsr-; si gas, whieh ie used for light, beat ad power, aktkoaich eoal is; fovad bene., the gas is cheaper, j Dariag the day e pttss mmm ber of other town of peou&ar aaoaes, hct Ui Mt take the; spaeeto UAl of thent.- J at be 3'oad Uedie&M UA eme to laadjoot little rotting, Ueh is a rerjr eJaame surht tiller having travelled ovr the cAaias nta70oslyainoa J oidayaia. with oalx aCewbreaKS hiraailimr 'I land, as snentiooed abovm. Hoar ever, cm ooutatauis do cou ts nam set, apr mtd MCSWAIN have spent another night's ride over the plain. The greater part of the day has been spent under clear skies, but we were in one small rain accompanied by hail near Medicine Hat, in the Prov ince of Alberta. Thursday, June 17th. Just be fore our train arrived nt Calgary Alberta, at 5:15 a. nL, we were getting in what is Called toe foot hills and change of scetiery was welcome. Calgry is a city of 80,000 inhabitants, thriving and modern in every respect, and is n important railroad cent ir, the C. P K. shops being locatad here. After a short stop here re begin toclimb the mountains on our way into the Canadian National Park in whica we make our firststop longenough to need hotel accom-! odalions f ince leaving Chicago, having spent three nights and1 over two days on the trains; Of! course, as you have noticed this has been broken by short stops' which were a great rest. From Calgary we wind our way up the bow river and at ;! a. in. we reach Banff, oar stop. At Banff, is located the station of the Canadian National Park and the famous Hot Springs. The eitv is located ia the valley of Bow river, which is surroun ded by snow capped peaks oaal most every side, some of which rise to a height of neatly 10,000 teet above tne sea level. This prk embraces a National reser vation of S ,732 square miles, wnich is the largest in the world being one and one half times as large as the famous Yellowstone ' National Park in the States. It covers a rst area of beautiful scenery, varied insseh man-' ner as to hot please ail bat to draw from them the highest praises. Lakes, rivers, uoant ains, vailers. ete ail holding captiratiag atteatioa competing features of their ava, la fact so many thugs of interest that one hanUy knows hew to spend his U ate, or whieh to aee tret Bardf, is veil seppiied with good hotels aad the accomodati ons cab he had at reaaonabw rat ea. We stopped at the HoaMstead Hotel amd found the oervtaes ftcatie4a8, whieh is raa oa the Anericaa plan, aithoagh fchers here are ra oa the Barawesn ptaa. Ia. t& respect Saa oifif Jm Croat aeseral oifcer atom ia ;the Sfa&soai Park, for aaateaee! LairoLwieos, wttdh U wadefcri J advertised, kmc oafr man faotel 3 aTDiah in owaaed hg tho C P. lu jaetd Cfcacf prioot m ristrpad Kaaneheutgaio camptti&i. All tScis ratItBChA ako ajr tthej LaceUMMeis sac iefce. bat , . I oaat'd oa kek pnej Gaston County Votes An Addi tional $150,000 Road Bonds (Gattonia Gazette 6th) The Voting on the question of issuing $150,000 worth of bonds Tuesday was very (juiet. A light vote was cast over the county, not more than 1M0O votes being Cast, of which about 1200 were for bonds as against 600 Opposed to bonds. These figured are not official, since the canvass will not be taken till Mdn'day. The above facts, however, will give an approximate idea of the vote Of the amount, 130.000 will be spent in building good roads; $50,000 in the repair and main tenance Of roads already built, and $50,000 to cover the floating indebtedness of the county. I Certain paits of tne county' which hatre not bad any work in ' MRS. LEE HARMON FALLS INTO WELL AND BREAKS FOOT Mrs. Leo Harmon age 55 suffering with a broken foot and various and sundry other bruises over her body as the res ult Of falling feet into a well in the back yard of her home On city street here last Friday monrng. the old well Had been discarded and was covered with a heavy board lid about Ave inches above the ground, Mrs. Harmon had just crossed the well in going into the trarden to vet tomatoes .for dinner, The board gave way and she remarked to her daughter. Miss Vinnle, that he came near falling in the well She went on into the garden and gathered her tomatoes and for - getting abcut the weak board, started back accross the well when the center board broke and let her feet first into the well. The alarm was quickly raised and great army of people gath ered. No ladder being easily ac cessible Ward Howser over the protest of friends played the hero by f oiog down on ehain to ascertain the condition of Mrs: Harmon aad to care for her an till a ladder cool( be obtained. As lack or fate or srovidenee or something unknown to s would rale the board which broke ua- Ho QKaittte-SainiBc; Teadierj Syivaa Valley News. Aeeordiag to The Carolina Mosataineer the school hoard of Haywood eoanty has decided not to allow any teacher rho satinkes igretites to t saeh school ia that cosnty. This ta eertaiaiya step in the right direction, for dhene is way of stisaatiajc the z tent of the iniaeaee eiearetce smoktag teacher would hamewp oa the yoamg bay eoamg cae'er hiseare. Titehoya, oeeiag tle teacher pufltng .way sat a, etgyl utJjt froix day to 4a, woakl toekajMB the habit s hewigall rigbtaad doattiese baadosdsof! theatwoaldtalt acto this U&y, eKaeaaiimoaddeatmetiM atafait. Th Rarswad owshteeaeaore to lMcoauaaaedfortikeiraefi(M' Ja this flutter. Majrow orhaol haad oa fattaw this &asaV Mvro(dfF59Tcaa COaaettteaVtfc) .r ;: Wr. C ML CroataW Bhm mt "eSc raeat tar av fear vjeeioa atssLiath- tx. Mc W, tLOaaaatfVttSOsadUi rliiav Qlda. Ifc Cawatar as wJMb.W- E. A8Dray, their section will be attended to at once. Notable among the roads is the highway leading from Dal las to Gastonia. This is one of the first macadam roads ever built in Gaston county and it has not been repaired since. The cit'zens in that section are prom sou that work will begin soon on this road, and in the words of one of the county commission ers, "They are going to make it so slick that they can slide from the court houee square at Dallas piioiD into Gastonia without stop ping." Tho county comraissieners were authorized by the Legislat ure to issue bonds, but this elect-' idn was called to ascertain tlic ' wilt of the people. islder Mrs. Harmon fell faster than ; she did and th fvo dieces cross- 4d over tho mouth of the inner curbing and formed a bridge, which kept her out of the- four -feet of wabar ind doubtbsA Ssav " ed het- life. A ladder was procured and lowered, a rope was put around Mrs. Harmon's body and Ward Howser ill ou a ted her On . his shoulder and clinlbed out, those on top steadying her with the rope. Mrs. Harmon was suffering greatly and i foot showed bad signs. No doctor couLr' be found under about threequarters of an hour when. Dr. Anthony arrived and found that the foot was brok en. Mr. Harmon says that he has intended for a long time to All ui the well which intentiou will doubtless be prost-euted right away. 3e tays that the eover was dot old bet that it decayed uitiil'h (afeier than lie he expected. it is the general Opinion that had dot ttoe hr6kee ser ved as bridge to keep ber out b! the water that Site wodld have drowned before assisihaee could have reached- She fell exactly nineteen aad s hsif feet. . . his first visit to Ms part of the country siaoe he left in 1865, jast after the surrender. He lived for a few years ht Louisiana and Texas, aad went frosa there to 'Oklahoma, sebere be has saade aeeess s farmer. Mr. Crow, der is a aatifoe of Clevelaod leoea- ty, but has asuy retattives and frieada ia Gaston, aad will spend aeveral week ia this section be. (jre retwroiag to h&s avome. PICNIC AT CLEVELAND SPRINGS The CBefliekati Oaomfgr Lof Bshuc Aoaoeiatfom vtlt a gneat Lg SUSOtejc Ptente at Ciewtoad 8pr&es Katanday. '. Asigaat lidk. 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