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I The Kind's Mountain
Vol 12
Kings Mountain. N. Cn Thursday, September 2. 1915.
No. 30
C G PAGE. Editor and Owner
PRINCIPLE FIRST
$1. A YEAR in ADVANCE . ..
; . Read all the ads in the Herald:
EY. COLE
EXPLAINS MATTERS
President Page and Secretary Gardner
' also hare a say.
; Ed!tr Herald;-
la your last Issue
Elbethel Is listed among; the
eholrs taking part in the 1 Sing
ing Convention. Also In a news
item yon say, ''We were delight
ed to learn that the choir El
bethel had virtually decided to
sing In the Convention at - Pat
terson Grove next Sunday.' '
have made dilligsnt inquiry
and find that our choir has ta
ken no action that won Id war-
rant the above announcement
or news itom. If our choir wish-1
ed to sing in the Convention the i
... i . . !
natter wouia oe Drougns oeiore
the Church and Sunday School
. in the regular order. This was
not done, neither -did the prop
osition ever come before the
choir as a body. .
' 1 am reliably informed that
Elbthel was listed In the Con
vention on two other occasions
without authority. I therefore
desire to make a statement
which I trust will prevent future
misunderstanding.
' There ar many things which
might be said in favor of Fifth
Sunday Singing Conventions.
There are also many things, to
" Jbe said to the contrary. I am
very anxious to avoid anything
border.ngon criticism of the
' judgement of the church which
anay, favor these Conventions.
That is their own business and
I will not argue tbe mutter - un
less compelled to do so lit de
fense of my own positlou.
So far as Elbethel 's position
is concerned in this matter, . I
it. nffiMnt, fnr the nresent
' to say that the Southern Metho-j report these choirs to me and
dlstCburch in Western North'it's nota part of my duty to in
Carolina baa an orphan's home vestigate his report,
at Winston Salem, and our Con- As to Elbethel having been
ference has, deeded tha. the 150 listed on the program of the con
ehlldren there be fed, curtded ventlon twice before I am igno
and tanirht bv each Sunday rant So far as I- can remember,
School devoting toe fifth Sunday
collection for that purpose. For
a great many years Elbethel has
not only been loyal but has ren
dered constant service In phi i
' nlng and sustaining thn work of
sending the Gospel and taring
for the. poor. So, however, good
the Singing Convention may bo
the duty 6f Elbethel Is elsewhere
on Fifth Sundays. To enter the
Convention would at least cripple
the attendance and work of the
Sunday School on that day. The
Singing Convention is only a few
months old au4 may disband a
nvtime. We cannot step aside
from a work so urgent , for the
present hour and Important for
future generations. I will not
attempt to argue the advantages
and disadvantages of the sing
lng convention, For us't pres
ent it is pot an open question,
I record, with great pteasur
fiat the Methodis Church en
courages In everv possible way
aoclat ratereourte and brotherly
cooperation among all. (thrift
iaus. To that end' bur commun
ion table it open to all Christians
and membership in all Christian
Churches is recognized ..ithout
question. Our ? sOharori f joins
hearttlv ioa nlon service' each
third , - Suidajr . evening
' and I feel sure that 6nr people.
would join with equal pleasure
H the gojfl Jessies of the sing.
AT GROVER
SCHOOL OPENING
Bond election for new budding Sept.
JJtb, $6,000. 7
The Grover High School open
ed Tuesday of last week with
the b'ggest emollment in it's
history. The school building was
crowded aad 106 names we.-e re
corded, 60 being the highest first
day attendcnco on record. MUs
N. Meldonna Livingstone Is a
gain at the neim as principal
and is ably assisied by Misses
Allston. Hall and Grlgg.
The peoplf of Grover are in
the midst of a campaign for a
new school building, un beptem-
ber 11th they will vote on a bond
issue of 16000 which if it carried
in .... ihA ?y ..A. m.-i.
will mean that the Grower High
Rhool will have a suitable build
ing. The Grover people need
thn building as much as any
people we know about and we
sincerely hope the bond issue
will carry.
ng Convention If the Churches
could unite at a time and place
which would not interfere with
more important duties and ser
vices. Wa rejoice to see Christ
ians brought together on all oc
casions where the Kingdom of
God uaaj thur be better served.
E, 0, Cole.
Hr. Page . '
To Rev. Mr. Cole, A to my
authority for including Elbethel
in the list of choirs expending to
paiticipate in the Convention I
would say that the choir was
returned to me by the secretary
of the convention and I haW no
leason to investigate his author-
itr. It's a prerogative of his to
or find from the file of the
Heraid, or laarn from the Secre
tary, Elbethel has never been
"listed, in the convention." Of
course If you can cite it in black
and white I will gladly agree
and make due explanation. In
describing the territory and
scope of the .convention in the
constitution drafted by the ex
ecutive committee, a member of
which is also a member ot !
bethel church and leader of El-J
bethel cuoirand adopted oy vue
'Convention on ' mqtlon'ot a
Presbyterian,., Etbeth4 was in
eluded in the territory, a thing
which could not have been a-
voided if it had been so desired,
but ttwre -was no such desire.
Then as the convention is strict
ly "Interdenominational" every
choir of whatever faith is eli
gible to membership. Elbethel
was therefore listed among' the
eligible but not as a member.
G. G. Page, Presi,
v Union Sunday School Singing
Convention, and Editor of the
Kings Mountain Herald. 'W :
f'iy Mr. Gardner . - - V
'. Editor Herald; . , ;;,
I consider the
statement fi (be above article
signed by Rev. E. O. Cole that
"Elbethel had been listed xn two
' Cpntf4.in.q9lmn.5 J ,.,
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.5. McSwain and wife Mrs.
Ava Herndon McSwain and their
little daughter Velda Irene, of
Montgomery, Ala., on their recent
ten thousand miles tour.
BY E S
( Cont'd from last week )
Saturday, June 19th. Although
we fpent eighteen hours enjoy
luff the scenery yesterday, five
this morning found us up anoth
er dav of enjoyment, none the
worse for hivintr dragged our
eyes over the rugged mountains
of rocks, snow and jce, from
lofty peaks more than twelve
thousand feet high to the depth
of numerous gorges several
thousand ..feet below. Be
fore retiring for the night we
had passed out of the most
mountainous part and by five
this morning were down the foot
hills in the fertile valloy of the
Thompson and Fraser Rivers
In this valley arc raised the lar
gest and best Irish Potatoes
grown la tne world: they are
not only known end served on
the table as you view them
growing but are chipped far and
near commanding fancv prices
The soil is extretnfiy fertile and
in the places not under cultiva
tion huge ferns of such mieni
tude and splendor as to cause
the ladies to ejaculate numer
ous expressions of pleasure and
wonderment. Potatoes are not
the only thing produced here,
but the princiual crop. A great
deal of fruit is also grown here
and numerous large canneries
are supported. Salmon and oth
er fish are also Caught in abun
dance. The climate is also very
delightful, which added to oth
er numerous advantaged makes
this a very desirable sec
tion. :' .
At fight o'clock we reached
Vancouver a beautiful and thriv
ing city ot 140,000, the first to
pre-t us on our arrival at the
Pacific Coast. Our stay of two
hours is very di-sirably spent
but on account of rain we were
not permitted to take in as much
as wo would had we been
more lucky in reaching on a fair
dy. The city is well . laid off,
good streets, well kept, fine busi
ness buildings and beautiful res
deuces with, amule magnlBcient
parks, resorts and other points
of interest. ' -'' ' '
. At tn o'clock we leve on tf:e
steamer Princess Charlotte. ' a
beautiful three deck steamer wth
accomodations lor 1,200 people.
We steam out across sttaitof
Georgia, through Admiralty
Inlet and into Puget SonnJ, a ds
tance'of eighty-two miles wmofi
Is made In four and a halt put'
ting us at our next stop, Victor
ia, at wo thirty. C During the
morning the fog lifts which gives
us a beautiful view of the coun
try, the mainland, . a we leave
Vancouver, and later the Island
of Vanor.n ver as w seat, the oth
I? WAIN
er side. Although called th
strait of Georgia, we are In
reality traveling on the Pacific
Ocean being as it were only be
hind the island.
Victoria, a beautiful city of
about 70,000, is noted for its English-like
appearance and nature
in fact we are toll that in many
respects it ca'inot be discerned
from some points in JSngland. It
i the capitol ot British. Colum
bia and contains the Parlament
Buildings. The climate is very
much tho same as that of south
cm England. A few facts may be
of .interest. With a population of
a little less tuan seventy thous
and, Victoria boasts the home of
48 millionaires, and the beautiful
appearance of the city the . wav
it is kept etc. will back it up.
The tallest building in the city is
ten stories high, the allowed lim
it as to height. Fortr-five hotels
do a profitable business while fit
teen churches are well supported
as well as two hundred and fifty
Jitney busses in addition to an
excellent street car service. The
streets are all paved, with as
phalt and are excellent, also
many d-ives in tne vacinity of
the city are notable, among
these is the one and one half
mile drive on the water front
that was built at the cost of one
and oue-half millions of dollars
over which we passed in our tour
ot the city. 825 acres are given
over to the city parks and child
rens play grounds. Splendid
bchool systems are well maintain
ed, the girls and boys being
kept separate in different build
ings. A right good fclze China
town is located in one side of the
city. One of these we were told,
whose name ' slips my memory
but a Chinaman, had accumulat
ed a fortuno of eleven million and
raised a family f. .ten children.
To each child he gave a million
and for the last million lots were
cast, not knowing how to better
divide or dispose of it. The e
leuenth million encluded the 'old
home placp, which we visited, or
passed, and was very nice.
Farther on in oui jo rney- we
passed the beautiful residence of
one Mr. Penderly, a several
times millionaire, j who to suit
his fancy has had grown la his
yard animals of almost all kinds
of a kind of bex-wood plant or
tree. These are grown in the
shape of the variovs animals nftid
trimmed daily. To care for th(se ;
he has bad 'grown a Merry Wid-1
O of the same kind of evergreen
whose keeper sees that her hat
is kept trimmed fresh daily with
different kinds and of roses.
Soir.e gay widow that can wear
anew hat every day!!
. ' I to be cont'd, next w,k J?
WRONG NAME
IS ROBT. BARBER
Kings Mountain man pays old debts
In Yorkvflle.
The York News carried an
item last week to the effect that
one Frank Barber of Kings
Mountain had been to the city of
Yorkville after an absence of 38
years had gone around and paid
several old debts one of which
amounted to $20. We lost the
clipping or would here repro
duce It, but the name was in
error. It should have read Rob
ert Barber instead of Frank
Barber. The man in question is
our very much esteemed citissen
Robert Barber who runs the
beef market at the Dilling Mill.
We know of no man whose in
tegrity is farther above reproach
than Mr, Barber and he asks
us to state that there aro some
Barbers yet alive who will pay
an honest debt no matter bow
old it grows.
Caring For The
Friendless
Mrs. L. H. Barker was here
Saturday soliciting funds for
the maintainance of a ''home
for the friendless'' which she is
conducting in Gastonia. She is
runting,the Bradley house near
the Loray mill and iscaiingfor
such persons as she has found
without homes or means of sus
tenance. She wears a metal
badge bearing the inscription.
! W. W. Prison Missionary" the
"W. W. meaning "World Wide'
She has visited ' all the state
prisons in the United States
holding religious services. She
spent much time with Leo. M.
Frank and says she is perfectly
satisfied of bis innocence.
: Hr. banker
(cont'd from column two)
other occasions without authority"-as
a direct reflection on me
as I am supposed to send in lists
of those taking part. Now I wish
to say that Elbethel has never
been on the list as one of the
choiro taring part in the conven
tion. Where Mr. Cole gets his au
thority I am unable to say but
I do know that it isn't true. Mr,
Cole also says that he has made
diligent inquiry and had found
that Elbethel was listed this
time without authority. This is
the whole substance of what was
said and done: At the noon hour
on Thursday during the week I
tiufcht there soote of the mem
b)rs ot the choir asked mc could
they come in and sing in the con
vention in the afternoon and 1
told them they could if they
wished and they agreed that
they would like to but I suppose
they were not aware of the fact
that thev bad to ask the : men
higher np. Would like for Mr.
Cola to know that neither I nor
Mr. Page docs such things as
he suggests "without authority'.'
We also believe that if Bro. Cole
would attend one or two sessions
of the convention and hear the
singing and ' see the interest and
enthusiasm he would feel more
kindly toward us and our work.
C P. Gardner, Sect..
Union Sunday Singing Conven
tion ' ." , :
ATLINWOOD
LAYMEN'S CONF'R NCE
Decided Success America's Best Tal
ent on the program.
The great Layman's Confer
ence held at Lmwood college
last week closed Sabbath even
ing with a final masterful ad
dress by Mr. Gordon. This has
been by far the most successful
meeting of its nature ever held
by the Associated Reformed
Presbyterians. The whole
church is edified and strength
ened. The delegates have gone
away with newer and broader
visions of life and duty.
This Conference was featured
by several address aily from
some of America's ablest speak
ers. The leading speaker of the
whole conference was Mr. S. D.
Gordon of New York. He made
ten set speeches during the con
ference and every one was
heard with increasing interest.
Mr. Gordon speaks in the sim
plest manner, using the plainest'
English and speaking in a con
versational tone But his mes
sages savor of the Holy Spirit
and co home to his bearers.
We would like to make person
al mention of all the speakers
but space will not permit. Others
prominent on the program how
ever, were Dr. Joseph Kyle of
New York; Dr. Clay Lilly, field
secretary of the toymen's Mis
sionary Movement; Dr. Orr; Dr.
J. S. Moffatt, president Erskine
College, Doe West, S. C; Dr.
Anderson; Mr. Cates; Mrs. Bry
sor; Rev. Carson; Dr. Miller;
Dr. Pressly, president of the A.
R P. Theological Seminary. -Due
West. S. C; Rev. J. R. Ed- -wards;
Mr. J. H. Ross; and Dr.
Parkinson.
The reader will by glancing
over this list of talent readily
understund why the conference
was such a great success, Many
of the speakers spoke several
times. Beides Mr. Gordon's ten
addresses, Dr. Kyle spoke seven
times, Dr. Lilly, three times, andt
so on.
Besides the hundreds of dele-4
gates going back home to be
more useful in church life they
have a new and better concep
tion of our fair section' and of
Linwood in particular. Many
have been the good words con.-'
ing from delegates to the Her
aid about our town, Kings
Mountain.
In ' the entertainment of tho
conference Pres. A. T. Lindsay
of Linwood College aroso etni-'
nently to the situation and con
verted his spacious dormitory
into a hotel and took the very
best of care of his numerous
guests.
Tha conference was in charge'
of Rev. J. G. Dalo of Chester,
S. C. Secretary ot the Laymen's'
Movement and a returned mis
sionary from Mexico.
LOCALS
Dixie Ware retamed last Fri
day from visit to his sister,
Mrs. Hngh Rodwell, at Macon,
n. a . w-
O. H. McDoniel, one of Kings
Mountain's most enterprising
dry, goods, merchants, returned
last week ' from the Northern
market where be bought an ele
gant line of fall and jrintergoTdsf
L- f cont'd on back pagl