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VoK 13 No. 12
Kinus Mountain, N. C, Thursday, Mar 18: ivuti.
$1.50 A "Year in Advance
ERflGESYSTEM DONE BURTON KILLS HARDING BIG FACTS ABOUT CLEVELAND GOUNTY
WIS INSPECTED lST WEEK.
Sewer lints now ready for connections
A thoioagh system.
:
The Kings Mountain Sewerage
System has been coinplbted and
accepted by the City Council.
Mr. Waguer, inspector for the
J, B. McCrary Co. of Atlanta,
was hero last week and. went
over th j cnti;e system and pro
nounced it firsl-lass. The sys
tem was installed by the' J. B!
McCrary Co. and has been nnder
way since last Fall. An awful
amount of mud and sl'ish was
our heritage while the mam
thoroughfares were being work
d bat things are normal strain
and everybody seems glad it's
over. We expect to eive the
exact tiigures on cost of the sj s
torn as soon as they are definite'
ly known. ,
BESSEMER CITT KUfiOER CASE.
FDRMED 184! NAMED IN HONOR BENJAMIN CLEVELAND.
Boys knocked on door and ran Button ' Population 29,494 Value of Real Estate $5,220,605 Property $3,352,556
- shot oneIn jail without bond, Shelby County Seat Kings Hounlain Industrial Centre.
- 1: DAI PAGE DEAD
S
Mr. David Page of tne Klotho
Mill this city died, Saturday
.$ morning after a long ill-iesa with
tuberulosis. He was a member
of the Baptist church and while
) fully resigned to his Master's
'-, , will fought death bravely. He
r i was a roiame aga man ana
; Keavcs a widow and three child
ijjreni" It is said by neighbors
4 that better and mo: o loyal at
tontior. could not have been be
- stowed by a companion than was
administered b.i his wife through
'it all the months of his lingering,
jf The remains were laid to rest in
Mountain Rest Cemetery Satnr-
& .lot, a f tnt-nw-.n Tlav R A Pnfn
conducting the funeral,.
BR.JAS.IWRAYBURIEB HERE SATURDAY
3
Dr. Jas. A, Wray of Henry
I C. died Friday after an illness
I of grippe, He was eighty-three
4 years old and notable to recover
I from the "attack. He formerly
, lived here, having moved away
.'.. in 1886, and his. remains were
'1 brojght here Saturday afternoon
land buried beside those of his
V first wife. The funeral was con
I ducted from the Baptist church
f by Rev. J5t O. Cole, -pastor of
the Methodist church, the Bap-
i .tist pastor having not yet reach-
ed town. . ,
Dr. Wray was first married in
1861 to Miss M. J. Hall who died
(in 1880. To this union there
; were born four children. In 1881
f he married Miss M. E, Goforth
ofCloveland county, who sur
vives with two children.
."r'" Deceased was a member of
Corinth Baptist church in Ca
tawba' county. He was well
known nd highly respected as
a- man, as a physician and as a
soldier of the Sixties. '
'I
TAX LISTERS APPOINTED.
' NO. 4 TOWNSHIP, GROYER PRECINCT
- f. Lester Herndon, Lister. -i
G rover, from May 10th to May
17th.
,',U 4 TOWNSHIP. KINGS H0UNTA1N
. PRECINCT.
s. Leslie RcGinnis, Lister,
; Ware's School House, Monday
;4ay 15th, . '
A3ngs Mountain, 'fiona. May
'jj to Jnne 1st. -V
TOWNSHIP
V$. LDelUnger., Uslei;
Stony Folat, Wednesday, May
h. '. s ' ,
Volfe's Store, Thursday,' May
h.'- "
Yaco, TMiy Mfty 12th.. ?A--Vaco,
Saturday, May 13th
Excitement reigned iri Bess
etner City Wfldnesday night
when it was learned that liura,
the 17 year- old son of Mr. and
Mrs. David P. Haidlng ha J been
shot and killed by I. J. Burton.
Following is" a condensed ac
count of the affair as given by
the Bessemer City Jourbal of
Thursday:-
The shooting occurred at
9:45 last night and, on account
of the lateness of the hour, it
was not generally knocn until
this mormnt; when th news
spread like fit-e. -"Immediiitely
after the shoot
ing cororer Sellers was spi t for
and arrived on the scene in about
an hour. He empanelled a jury
at once to investigate the killing.
Their verdict was that Bura
Harding came to tiis death from
a pistol shot wound at the hands
of I. J. Burton.
''The facts as brought out at
the inquest were about us follows-
Burton, who conducts a
small grocery near the Gainbrill
cotton mill, sleeps in the rear of
his store. It appeared that
Harding and 'other boys have
bean in the habit of knocking on
Button's store door for several
nights for the purpose of teising
him. Burton is said to be a man
of great temper and had prepar
ed for the boys. Last night
a stick of eight-foot pine
wood was leaned ugainst Bur
ton's door and the .Icor knocked
upon. - As Burton opened the
door he saw the boy running a
cross the street in tront of his
store.
He fired one shot af the boy
which took effect just under the
loft shoulder bladet and passed
on through the heart. The boy
hollowed once and fell dead in
Lee Huffstetler'8 yard just across
the street from Burton's store.
The weapon used was a 88 cal
ibre Iver Johnson. Burton was
taken to Gastonia as soon as the
verdict of 'he coronet's inquest
was announced and lodged in jail
without bond."
1 lie following article was
preporod and submit! - d for pub
lication by the Norl i Carolina
Bureau of Publicity.lt deals sole
ly with Clove'and County am'
should bo carefully read by all
Herald readers Editor)
Cleveland County
Ponulation, 2t),494 poimlatior
ner square mile, (i0.4; rural "4.0;
Formed in 1811. Named in honor
of Hon. Benjamin Cleveland.
Value of real estate, $5,220,002:
personal property, $:i.2.12,."i0;
Number of rural schools, white
7.'!; negro 22. Public road !)0()
tnilus.
Farms and Farm Property, IT. S
Report l'-KX) compared l'.UO.
1!)(0 1000
4.0y2 Number of farms 3,410
05.2 Average acres per farm 74 1)
Average improved acres
i2,2 per f.rm
Value ct all farm property
510,158.277.. $4,022,290
Per cent increase in farm
proporty 1900.1910 152.5
Average value of land per
$20.19 farm 59.72
Average ralueof all property
S2.519 per farm $1,167
Agricultural Products
Corn
Oats
Wheat
Hay and forage
Dry Peas,
Potatoes, Irish
" sweet
Cotton
Tobacco
Cane; syrup
Apples
Peaches
Granes
Figs
Strawberries
Nuts
561,149 bu.
65,505 bu.
57,007 bu.
4,818 tons
7.73 bu.
8,297 bu.
93.593 bu.
15,508 balps
1,155 lbs.
32,989 gal.
24,205 bu,
25,239 bu
73,642 lbs.
2,900 qls.
- 5,883 "
8,055 lbs.
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, lUIUINBITBIUrOlU -In
passing Belmont the "other
day we noticed tt lota of build
ing is going ' on, J It appeared
from the train that a new cotton
mill was' going up and a number
of houses. There are more signs
of progress throughout , all mill
sections than w? rjayp ever be
fore notjeed, 1 ' ;
Live Stock and Products
Value of domestic animals
$924,584
" of cows 12,397
" of horses 159,735
" of mules 534,100
" of hogs 47.392
" of poultry 33,481
Dairy cows reported 5,244
Milk produced, gallons 1,970,857
745.717
396,106
276,880
46,305
situateO
Butter produced, lbs,
Eggs produced doz.
Poultry raised
Honey produced, lbs.
Cleveland Co ;ny is
in the southwestern part of the
State. Its northern end rests up
on the summits of South moun
tain at an elevation of pearly
3,000 above sea level, whilo along
its southern border runs the low
er Kings Mountain range,'
The country is drained by the
first and second Broad Rivers
and tributaries." The Broad river
rises in the chain of Kings Moun
tain and flows across the county
southward into South Carolina,
almost bisecting tne county. Thq
surface is undulating.
: The soil consists of alternating
tracts of red or reddish clay and'
gray and yellow gravelly loams
with 'good sub soil. The soil is
well adapted to g'-ain, especially
wheaif which of fine quality. All
grasses and cane grow well. Corn
aud cotton are the money crops.
Tobacco, too is adapted to this
soil. Clover, vetch, soja and vel
vet beans, co W peas" and' some
alfalfa are grown la the eounty.
The-people are producing a snr
plus of breadstuff; which is be
- - '
ing shipped out of the county,
The ti-ansDortation facilities of
the county are pood. Three rail
roads traverso the county, the
(Jarolina Central bisecting it
nearly from east to west., with
its eastern terminus at Wilming
ton; aud a part of tho Seaboard
Air Line system connecting with
Noiiolk and Atlanta. A fourth
railroad is being surveyed to be
built in the nexteighteen months
Cleveland county has several
mineral springs celebrated for
t heir cu rati ve properties Cle ve-
lanu Springs, Patterson's
Springs, and McBrayer's
Springs. Good hotels and hoard
ing houses are located at some
of these springs and mt.ny tour
ists visit them every summer,
Climatic conditions are excel
lent. The environment of the
bills on three side of the cnntiti-
w'th an o,)en southern exposure
gives to it an exceptionally tin
winter climate, singularly free
from snow. Its altitude and
proximity to the mountains make
it one of the most desirable sum
mer residences.
Cleveland County, is proving
itself a great dairying county for
the two creameries located in the
county ate paying the farmers a
dividend of about $60,000 yearly.
Rural free delivery of mail and
telephones are serving almost
every section of tho county. Be
sides the high schools add grad
ed schools located in the towns
there are 73 white rural schools
and 22 negro rural schools, with
a total av?.nig. daily attendance
of 5,383 in 1912-1913. Also good
(Continued on back page) .
LENOIR COLLEGE FINALS
WILL BE HELD MAY 21-24
Good Full Program of interest to Herald
Readers - Good Speakers.
Saturday, May 20, H:3U P M
Annual Concert,
Sunday, May 21. 10:30 A. M.
Baccalaureate Sermon
The Kev F. B. Clausen,
Wilmington. X. C.
Sunday, May 21, H:00 P. M.
Ad.lress before Cjllegc Luth
er Leagae The Rev. Bl D.
Wessincer, Cherryville, N. C
Monday, May 22. 10:39 A. M.
Declamation Contest.
Monday, May 22, 1:30 P; M.
Meeting of Board of Trustees,
Monday, May 22, 2: 5: P. M.
Art Exhibit.
Monday. May 22, 8:30 P. M.
Junior Orator's Contest.
Tuesday, May 23, 10:30 A. Mi
Address bftfore Literary So
cieties Professor Collier
Cobb, University of N. C.
Tuesday, May 23. 8:30 P.M.
Commencement Play.
Wednesday, May 24, 10:30 A. M.
Graduation Exercises.
Wednesday, Afternoon aud
Night.
Annual Alumni Exercises.
"UNCLE JOHNNIE" DEAD
Mr. John Smith, better known
as ' Uncle Johnnie," died last
Wednesday morning at one o'
clock at the hoir-e of his dangh
tor, Mrs. Peeler, at the Sevier
Mill. There wo two character
istics that distinctly marked this
old soldier. First, he wore his
old Confederate gray . uniform
aud cap, and second, he usually
cairicd his violin to play for pas
time, He was well known in
these parts and especially by
the old veterans.
S. P. Goforth Won Auto
H. B. Jones Won Piano
Miss Ware Scholarship
Herald Contest Wound Up In
Burst of Speed at Finish - About
1000 Subscriptions Handled And
Herald Has Reached High Tide
Of Circulation and Prestige In
This Section. ; Something For Adver
tisers To Consider.
20 VEIETRANS PRESENT '
MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATED 'HERE
Graves decorated Veterans relate wa;
stories Good dinner.
Kings Jtouataiu, N. C. M?y 13, 1916.
Mr. G. G. Page,
; Pubr. Herald
City: , ' : ' : .
; We the undgr$jgnad..ju:Iges chosen to make tbc final count
In the Herald's Aato Uonte?st beg to report our findings as follows.
Votes Cart Sat- Total Vote
Last report
956,175
920,900.
urday, May 13.
1,044,200
2,287,200
KINGS MOUNTAIN
Miss Aia Ware
H. B. Jones
R' F D 2.-
8i P. Goforth . 007,825.
HICKORY.803 14th St.
Miss Mabel Long - 713,250. 158,800
. First Grand Prize,: A $466.90 Ford Auto.
Mr. S. P. Goforth. .
Second. Grni Prize, A $350 Starck Piano.
Mr. H. B. Jones. '
Third Grand Prize, A $50 Scholarship.'
- Miss AdarWare. -
- II. M. Hesvner v
' ' " - J. B. Thomason.
. .'. . - " ' The Judges. ,
' ,.-v:. -j' . v, . J i ' . - . v " - '
I'-. i ' s " ' ' ' ' . '
Cast
2,000,375.
3,208.100.
2,540,800 3,448,625
872,050
If;
Tlie local chapter United
Daughters of. the Confedericy
together with a few friends and
citizens paid respect Wednesday
to the Confederate dead of
Mountain Risl Cemetery. Tho
veterans present, twenty i r.
number, assembled at the school
building at ten o'clock and those,
who wore able to walk marched
to the cemetery while the others
were taken in buggies and auto
mobile. Rev. J.' E. Berrvhil:
presided at tho cemetery where
"Lead Kindly Light" was sung
aud prayer offered, after which
flowers wero taken to the grave
of veterans who have cone a-
head ' and were tenderly laid '
thereupon. One thing that made
the exercise of unusna! sadns
wiis the absence of one who had ;
no grave to 'decorate,- niether
was he alive. "Uncle Johnnie"
Smith' had died that morning at
one o'clock and- lay a corpse.
Lacle Johnnie was alwajs kcen
to attend these exercises garbed
in his old war uniform and his
comrades missed hira greaolv.
After the graves were dccoratol-'
a closing service was held, after '
which Hie company repaired to '
the school auditorium.
The meeting at the'ftuditorfutr. '
was not what was expected, as
Rev. T, D: Bateman of Shelby,
who was to have benn theoiator
of the day, was sick and was nn- -
able to attend. Editor' G. O.
Pap:e presided at : the school
building and ii announcing that
Mr. Bateman would not bo pres
ent to speak stated that the time '
would be given the veterans for
relating war reminiscences' by
roll call. This part of the pro
gram proved most interesting as -these
men of the Sixties related "
their experiences during their -
younger but unfortunate days.
One thing seemed unanlmons -among
them, "I am not sorry I
went to the war but I'm mighty
glad I got back." Capt. F. Dil
linginabrief but forceful and
feeling speech wanted to ' know
why the younger people and cit
izens didn't take any more inter
est in the exercises of this Mem
orial Day. He said if it weren't
for a few good women the old'
soldiers would get na attention -at
all.
There wereanumberof uatrict
tic songs and one reading, -.ill of -which
added interest to the pro
gram. Rev. E. 0. Cole made the din
ner announcement. Ho stated '
that in tho basement a good dim '
uer was set and that thev Veter
ans, their wives and widows,,
the ministers and their wives,--tho
Mayor and his wife, and the '
editor and bis wife, were all in- '
vitedtoeat. The table service '
was mott acceptable. The peo
ple weii given seats, coffee and ' '
tea' wpre prepared and tbo re
pastVas most thoroughlyenjoy- -
cd. -a ' .
Tfhtf ranks are thinning. Three
of last years number have fallen
by the. wayside and maBy others
are growing feeble. Those who T
have died during the year are
Mr. Sellers, Mr McCarter 1 and '
Mr. Smith, "Uncle Johnnie. "-
Mrs. C. Q. Rhine is .president -
of the local chapter, and to her :
efforts is, largely due the success, ' J
oi the xreiiwk" '-i' 'M ' "1