Vol .13 jtf ' :
Kinga Mountain; N. C., Thursday, March 9. 191G.
No'. 4'
G Editor. and 0
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PRINCIPLE FIRST
Si. A YEAR tn ADVANCE
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r Tbcttoft Economic Ingredluts To Use
y ; y On Piedmont Soils.
. In a lengthv letter from the
Department of Agri :ulnra,to the
Herald, B. W. Kilgoru.; gay? In
' part regarding (lie fertilizer sit
nation; - ' ' I
: ' ' j "The amount of. commercial
Dotash available for use in fert-
' ilizors is extremely small, and
' the niioe which it is command-
ins is very high for fertilizer
purposes. The indications t
' oreseut are that it will be nec
" cessary to charge about j per
' unit, wliicli U 23 cents perpouud
for actual potash, r bout 2J
. jnt8 ner pound for 'mariate 6!
potash, or $250 per ton for mu
riate or potash. Some quota
tion I at present are as .high as
$J00 per ton fortnariate of not-
ash. This pioduct in normal
time has' sold for from ..$45 to
,$50-pe; ton;" v v ' ' '.
"Under these conditions,: will
it pay to use potash in fertilizers
at all? Limiting the discussion
;to the main scaolo crops ot com,
the irrains,! cotton, peanuts, cow
fteaa, Sy Jeaiis and othei leg-
0Mfi, and tobacco, it Is our
' juJtfement that it will not pay to
i'ljov potash except for tobacco.
And possibly tor cotton, to a
veiy limited extent. '6fa 'certain
olif." .
"Fertilizers should be dsed to
meet the rends of croin on the
aftteular kina of land on which
. thf y are (rrowr, a.nd when :ued
J'i this way it . unquestionably
pay t fertilize.".- . '
ft "A the result of a good ' deal
of . exixfrienco and a -la(?e
amount . ot ,(nyestigatibns i-fith
tertillzers,, we soaeaW with coa
fider.ee. the mixtures Riven be
low as ones which will meet the
Mined , of - crops ondor present
conditions and profitably repay
theirioteltigen't apclicatiqni V
"For Piedmont Soils. -For
Ootton: v'i'f' :t":..
" JO per cent phosphoric, acid. . .
,- 2 to 8 per cent ammonia. J -
' For Corn, GriB,C!rasfe8, etc t.
1 10 per centphosplioric acid.
3 to 4 ercent ammonia. j
For Peas, Soy Bcai-s,' Clovers,
etc.:-. - --r-'".
' . Stralghtt acid phosphate 'on
., : mood Jn4j.4Mvr--.':'..'
12 lo 14 pet cent ptiosihortc
1 per cent ammoYiia on. poor
1 land. t MZK
Vox Tobbacoo: ' ' ' ':-
8 per cent pftosphorto.acliv ;
ANTJ-S ALOON LEAGUE MAN
' TO SPEAK HERE. '
MEUOlilST CHUHCn'SDHr ItCIIT IT 1
' ' -a . ' u .'.s' wr
it per pent niutnuuiK, , .. s,. Hi '
. 1 to S'oervsent: potaah.'?,
... The Dilllng mill' 'ainoddoing
way with -the company store
"hftftioajru rated the weli'y )ay
- roll system wliicli wo predict
witl aJoroe to the grejatM' Mtit
iaption 6C tiie employes. : They
. row -get their .moneyK onee .i a
; week,! and spend it : wherever
v they pleasn.'- : ' -
y- The firm of Alli ed & Kea jrtelc
consist inif tAMtiir J. i. J,. AUred
: and Arthur' Kendrlck hve open-
. ed their plum hing e8tbslime"nt
, a part of the tie w brick ware
'xrTt ))08e rt the Plohl bar-k Jot" Wfe
f iiuerstimu a ion wiw ww
' wiave bead closed.i 'tyi'tJ"''-
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MisB.EUa Stow of tM Jae.
y of Dast Ki"" -Mounlain
Large Crowd jExpecteif To Hrar Great
Soothera Orator
Kav. Sam"y. Small, D. D.i
to sitak at the Methodist church
here-tonight, "(ThursdayJ. He
is traveling and leclUiir.g under
the auspices o the Antl Saloon
League of America and is ono of
the South 's strongest and most
influential prohibition speakers.
The hour for beginning has been
fixed at 8 o'clock so that all bus
iness men may attend. Let the
church be filled.'
TO SF.CURE; ENFORCEMENT
- OF LOCAL LAWS.
MINISTERS , NSS IHPOBTINT BESOLUTIOHS
' ' Set. Sam Small, D. D.
' Rev. Sam. W. Smal1. the famous
joutheni Evangelist. Editor and
Lecturer, is called "A Prince of
the Platf-vm."
He is a man of exceptional at-
taiuiuents. He was liorn in
Knoxville, Tennessee,'in the city
founded by Jiis' family forbears;
graduated with high honors from
Emory aud Henry College . iu
Virginia, after admission to the
bar io Tennessee became private
secretary to ex-President An
drew Johnson and folio red that
statesman's nolitical fortunes to
the' United States senate, He
ho'ds the literary Regrets of A.
B. and A. Ml from fria Alma
Mater; Ph. D. . from Taylor Uni
versity. aud D.' D. from the Ohio
Northern . University. . He is a
trained jourualisV many ' years j
editor of. leading Southern news
papers, , princplly ; the noted ;
" Atlan'a '-Constitution." , He is
the author Of several books. By
8iioiutmen of President Hayes
he aeryed a- secretary oj the
American OdiBumaion in Paris
ia I878f and ia delegate from
this conqtry'tOtthn International
Literary COngjreas of that year.
He has seryejia many notable
national conventions of politioal,
commercitf and reformatory
characte.c.Wbile tn the United
States Arifcy in Cuba in 1889 he
was Military ' Supervisor of
Publla instruction, nvaging it
the reorganization of the public
school of tli Island. '
A Soldier of the Country and the
In mi: Mr, , SmMl, then a
prooi)aent editor and public rfiic
was convercod ; through M.he
preaching of IleV.' , $sm . Jpnus,
llie -'great-' Georgia, eyangpliat,
and iolued with' him ritt 'holding
evaiigelisltitf iiieHicfes In in al iTio
irreater dittos ; qf the .yoited
State'pd panada; vThose wre
ihe mwt"fambua and snccessful
re hg ions meotinirs ever. . held ;in
ii ixi rM any; .owier-.euiir,V(
Prt SujaU fcaaleli canpiBf. .'
aulting in tho Rioting .of . more
Ji'an drink ahppa; and is
rpi'o."ni7.ed in all Quartern o'f the
t i of the foremost'
Commend DraggbU For Tabooing Drags
Used As Bevaaw.
We. the undersigned ministers
cf Kings Mountain, being, caHod
bw the various churches as their
mo.-al leadets and religious
teachers, would lespectfnlly caU
the attention ol our meujbers,
and the people In gnaeial to the
following matters ; which we
think are of vital Importance.. ,
FIR55T. We find that our
peoule. throuah their represent,
atives, both state and municipal
have placed on thb various stat7
te, ' books certain great princi
ples known as jaws, by which
the conduct of our people is to
be governed in the keeping of
the Sabbata, especially the kind
of business and amusements al
lowed on that day. '. It is goner-
ally known that some of these
laws have not been properly
complied with id the past. Sin
cere effort on the part of o.sr
people to enforce these laws
have been made at various times
without success. We believe
that this failure has been due
largely to the weakness of public
spt.tiuient and the failure of our
people to give, the law and the
officers due moral supiiort. We
heartily commend the present
effort of our officers in tue en
forcement of the Jaw, aud here
by pledge them our moral sup
port and earnestly call upon all
good citizens of Kias Mounlain
to do likewise.
SECOND. Also seeinir a
growing tendency en the part of
some of our people to make a
holiday of the Sabbath, iustead
of a holy day, we call, attention
to the Word of God, by wluoh
we must all be judged at the last
day. concerning the proper ob
servance of the Lord's day, both
as to buxiness and pleasure,
Remember the Sabbath day to
keep it holy. Sjx days shalt thou
labor and all thy woik: bat the
seventh day is the Sabbath of
the Lord thy God: in it thou
shall not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nbr thy daughter, thy
manservant nor thy , maldserv;
ant, V uor thv cattle, nor thy
stranger that -is within thy
gates: For In sb. days thnLo d
made heaven and earth and ail
that in them is, and rested the
seventh day. wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabba h day and
hallowed.it." . Exodus 20, 8 -11.
"If thou turn away thy foot
from the Sabbath, from doiig
thy pleasure pn my holy day;
aud call the Sabbath a delight,
the holy of the Lord, honorable,
and shalt honor xiim not .doing
thirte . own ways, -nor finding
thine own pleasures nor speak-
lug tliine own. words: thea shalt
t,hou JeUght thyself in the word :
and I will cause the to ride upon
the high places of the earth; and
and feed tefi ith the heritage
of Jacob.' tbv fathef: for the
mouth of Lord hath spoken it
Wiah BS ia 14. ) '
In the above Scripture, and in
the the teachings' 0( our Lord, it
ia plainly stated that only works
of necessity and mercy are to be
dune on the Sabbath . OaV. In
Uu) aecond jjawiage we- ard dis-
tinctfy commanded not to Aa our
wavs, speak tmr own words or
to , seek ; our -pleasure on - the
Sabbath day,!', but if wo ' With
draw our- foot - from -t tramplina
those cotnMiud8. under" it -thftij
PQSTQN AND UOWERY DIE RS. SALUE DIXON DEAD
GRNT DAVIS' MURDERERS
ARE ELECTROCUTED.
PAID THE PENALTY. OF DEATH FEB. 25
Thev Bratallr Murdered and Robbed
'. ( ,: AgeJ Negro Of Gaston.
Georgo . Poston and Ernest
Lowery. the two neg.oes con
victed of the murder and rob
bery of Grants Davis, an aged
negro, in Gaston County, were
electrocuted in the State prison
at Raleigh February 25. Before
their excution they both confess
ed to lo the crime without try
ing to fix the blame on on any
body else.
Postos was tbo prime mover
in the conspiracy. His was the
idea and the plan. LoWry, his
pal. fought against he 'crime,
but he save ia toward the - l''st.
Both men, in their confessions,
agreed fully on the details of
the .killing. On Sunday. March
they went whh .Jo!-n Adams,
nephew of the murdered Davis,
to Davis' home. Their avowed
purposa was to get liquor, if
any was available, Adaus, who
went to the house while the oth
er two waited oatside, was due'
to whistle. The signal did not
comu and Lowry and l'oston
were leaving when they saw in
the iusk Adams and Davis goiug
a.vay fiom the house. , They
wtitoi for Granfi Davis to re
turn. In a fw moments be did
".line back alune.
Some distance from the house
they stopped Davis and engaged
him in a conversation. Poston
stood behind Davis and Lowry
in front. Poston had a heav.y
stick in bis hand and at a sign
from Lowery he 3truck'Davis a-
cross the head;.. .The .man fi.ll to
the ground but f tumbled up and
started ip run. They gave chase
and again Poston delivered him
a heavy -'-blow, with the' stick.
This time the man did not arise
nd upon Poston 's insistance,
Lowry took the stick and struck
the prostrate man again. . Then
thev rifled his pocnas, getting
75.00 dragged the body to the
bushes, covered it with straw
and left vit there, On Monday
when they heard' nothing Of the
crime they became frightened
and left for Atlanta. Wednes
day the body of Davis was found.
The arrest of Tjowt? and Poston
followed shortly; ;
F0R'1ER CLEVELAND WO
MAN DEAD.
BURIED IT BETBUO CEMflEBT WEDNESD1T
MB. J6RIER MCOANIEL . HAS
Mr. Grier McDaniel,'
ACCIDENT-
an- em
ploye at the Kiser Lumber Com
pany plant here, suffered a
severe : wound . last Thuiday
when a buzz plane struck his left
hard. It as once thought ex
pedient to amputate the. little
finger but the idea was abandoned.-
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e have the promise of God for
temporal and spivitnal.bloxfiings.
THIRD. We desireio heart
ily commendout driig. store in
their actiod iii abolishirg the
aaleof all bitters and - extracts
which are being used as Srbever?
age. , Since tneve are evidences
that these bitters -and -extracto
are being sold in other parti of
the the, town, and signs of boot
legging and blind tigers we re
spectfully ask our o Bears to for.
ret out the same and punish the
offendcrsi alonir with all drunk-
ness and profanity, without fear
or favor. '. i.'-: :':J ;'j'T
E. .O. eole.
jf K.'Herryfti!i t i
JR.rMfller,
lady Aged 41 Years Dies Of Pneumonia
and Tuberculosis. ,
Mrs. Sallie Dixon, wife of Mr,
Watt II. Dixon of Charlotte, died
Monday of last, week and was
brought , here and buried in
Bethlehem cemetary Wednesday
afternoon. She was 61 years of
age and died of pneumonia and
tubetculosis.
Mrs. Dixon was a member of
Belmont Baptist church having
lived in that community before
moving to Charlotte , The Dix
on family were originally . of
Bethlehem section of Cleveland
county and have many relatives
a these parts.
surviving are the husband,
Mr. Watt H. Dixon and the fol
lowing children; Mr. W. C.
Dixon, Mr, Erastus Dixon,
Mr. Nora Hord, Mrs. Ida Wat
tervou, Mr. Gaitber Dixon,
Miss. El va Dixon, Mr. Killy
Dixon and Mr, Doc 4 Dixon.
FUGITIVES FROM JACKSON TRAINING SCHOOL
ARRESTED HERE.'
Tvo young men, Mr. Emory
Bal't, son of Mr. H. Y. Balk
uf Kings Mountain R. 5, age 16,
and Mr. '..Earl'-. Frank, ago 17,
originally from Norfolk. Va.,
escaped from the Jackeon Train
ing School at Concord Thursday,
eveningust. as the day guard
was s -tiling for the night guard,
They caught a fieight train
beaded this way ar.d rode, the
cars on to Arch dale, between
Kings Mountain and Graver.
Just as the train was pulling up
into Archdalo the v young ,raen
forsor.k It aud. fled for fear of
officers of course. - - -
The point was near Mr. Belk's
borne but they didn't turn ic at
home. Tbey went on to Mr.
Aaron Wells ' Mr. Wells re
ported the matter to Mr, H. Y.
Bclk, lather of the wayward
son, who took the matter up by
phone with the intitution from
whico tney had escaped. - He
was advised to have them ar
rested awaiting an officer from
the school. The police of Kings
Mountain were put wise and
overtook the young men near
Grover and brought them here
and held them until : the proper
officer .rrived to take charge of
them. They said they were en
route to Florida.'
THE O'FARRELLS MOVE TO SAUSBuRRl
Capt.- O. C. O'Farrell and family
have moved to Salisbury. Mrs.
O'Farrell and the children will go
this week. We are Sorry . vo Jose
such a srtlendid family from
Kings Mountain but Capt. O-
Farrell's work demands it. He
hi passenger conductor' betve.o
Salisbury and Norwood. The
Herald hopes that some day he
tfill be back od his aid fun oil
the . Southend and .. tfi'l - iiKJvo
hack ta Kings Mountain. :
farmers interested
HAD GOOD MEETING HERE
SATURDAY.
TWEUE FABMERt SISN DP FOB ROUTES
Mr, aud Mrs. Cr A.. Hamilton
entertained the foliowiug of . his
brothers and sisters part of last-
week.1" Miv S.'G- Hamilton of
Grceusb6r6,vMr. Win. T. Bami-
ton, enroute to Wiuona; Misa. ,
Miss Otie Hamilton aud Mrs. E.
F. HamiltoB-;; ' V 'rT,
He .
; MisB Sieita Miller:4of Liticln
ton returned home Friday; after
vlfiting here and at "Greenville,
S. :C-.',v;';U.-V'-''. "A r 'i 0 fn
Plaa Routes Asi Ship Creair Until The
Bastness Will Support Creamery.
The meeting of 'the farmors of '
No 4 township wan a great sucesa
from every standpoint The meet
ing was called to order prompt
ly at 3 30 "last Saturday after '
noon in Squire Kendricks office,
Attorney J. R. Divla explain v
ed to the farmors tho purpose,'
of calling the meeting namely,' '
to discuss the matter of startiir
creamery routes leading out from
Kings Mountain. In Mr. Dav
is's talk it was explained to tho
farmerstho great necessity of go
ug into the creamery business. It
was declared by the speaker that
the dairybusl'iess was the great
est thing the farmers could en
tor into to develop their farms
and to increase their finances.
After. Mr. Davin concluded,
Professor Yoder took the floor ' .
and explained the workings of
the Catawba creamery and the
wonderful improvments which
the creamery had brought to the
farming district in and arpvnd I
Hickory. There are twelr? rout
es leading put from Hickory, and
ightenn hundred cows are lurn .
isl'ing milk for these routes!'
said Prof. Yoder, It is a tarjt','
stated Prof. Yoder, "that the
Catawba creamery., paid out th.
last yaer sum of - $240,000'
also said that, whenever times
were hat 3 In other places that
they were good in aad around
Hickory, simply because of this
creamery.. ..
After Mr. Yoder had explain.
edjmany vety Interesting points
about the diary huisn'ess, Mr. S.
8. Weir of near Kings Mopntain
who has had quite a good deal of
actual experience in shipping
cream to Shelby and Mooresboro" -
made an exceetlingly interestfng
talk along the line of running
the dairy business baied upon
bis actual experience. Mr. Weir'a
talk was very valuable from a
practicable standpoint ,
Every farmer present (and the
house was packed to its capacity)
was very enthusiastic over the "
matter. The . interest, shown
speaks well for the farnnre of
of this community. It showed
that tbey are progressive and
are anxious to to improve Mich
farms and to keep pace with the
progress and growth 'of other !
communities'. i ,
The following things were . ue'- ' "
cided upon as being essential td
begin the dairy.. , - ,
l; Get at least throe food cows? -
A cow that doesn't give over a
gallon of milk tier day is too ex-
pensive and will not pay for her' .
feed: A rood cow ought to at er
age about 2 td'I) gallons Of milk
per day: ' 'l'??1:''' 'Vi','r:;'
2: It was decided' lod lliat i ,
cream seriardtdr wad ah absolute ' .y:
necessity.- The creamery 'will noi
buy the whoia milk Keiice the t
net.essity for Separa'idr. . It wa
snovrtv , However,, that) everr "
though you do nqf ,hjp; yoar' ,r
creaur- . to" tr) . creamery V
that you get mqrtibytter' by
sepifatiait tirei creraa rid ipb4rn- '
lug-it io the old fatihlomKlehurna. 1
3: K ii necewary tha fwwa
2 to 3 cans to uhtp the cream to K
the creamery ;;-'';: ;; "'
lth;.the. Wy tarme.oatt-- ' ,
begin to ship the cream to Shelby."
or Mooresboro. It is not neceas-
.tor. ni tti'ltAVa''maj-t. 'o;zo
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