A (Chan Curat NeutBpuprr Jor All Slje JamUti
Vol. 13 No. 13
.Kings Mountain, N. C, Thursday, Mav 2b, 191G.
81.50 A Year in Advance
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HISTORY OF EL-
BETHEL SECTION
BACK TO THE DAYS
OF THERM
.Crreapandenco of The Herald.
' t.t It becomes my delightful prl
, -vtlege to rtcord a lew facts a-
:bout a place wl.ijh has lone been
verv dear to u, and about some
neoDle who ula.vfid their part in
'-'long enough to aake grateful ac
mV J; knowledge ment to a number of
. frinnda fnr t.helr assistance In
S ) 'n.thopinir this information. I
shall strive to bo aucorate in my
, ji , statements, but please no not ex
iV ' tioft too much of me, as some er-
''v:.:).'; mam.. rirtiUf-l.iej frMin In. 'T
"suppose this is what the ''Pro-
irKMoiva TPurinoi" wnlllrl.CAll an
ideal Southern Community; a
lnd of arreen fields, pretty homes
' and community neighbor'iness; a
lane whero the plowman's voice
, 'mingles with the hum of tnac.hin-,
' ery and the buzzof traffic. Sounds
quite different from those were
once heard here for this place
lies Within hearing of one of the
nation's .famous battle- fields.
81nco some of the people who
lived in this section took part in
tht struggle, we .feel that we
should mike that the starting
point. of this story.
" The B-Ul " '
It was one cool October after
noon long ago. 'Men had been
gathering for- several days; not
because soldier 'received good
pay; lifllther was it because of
conscription toy it is said that
they came witbouUt orders or hope
of reward other than to free the
country from the British and
Tories. The whlgs , came from
several different countries. One
man left his home in th's section
who Wts to ray dearly for the
victory which wss won on that
day. His little son George was
only three years old but he re
membered as lng as he lived
hearing the Rons ' which killed
his father. There were only a
little over two dozen VThigj killed
but these wera sadly - missed in
their homes, The wife of the pa-
. triot brought his body, back af
ter the battle'. - . -
After the Battle
With the defeat of thi' British'
at this place the scene of . battle
'; ' shifted to other soctlocs but the
struggle' in this home lasted
many years.' Little Geosge and
the other ehildred were small m
most oftha work fell to the mo
ther. In order to realize ho diff
icult her. task' of farming, and
J . l..Anini nrdcr wn mnafc
member that many labor saving
devices sommon no were netiu
.' ' ' use then. ' ' -
' - . Home Life J;' I '; J
' . Several year have pasned and
George Is now ft grown man. A t
, tor their warrlftga ' George and
his bride took up ome land at
... . .. itr. ..lrf
ten cents per acre.
however that this piece of land
would brirg $50 per aore now.:
The house they lived in Is s,till
,, in uso being over 100 years old.
' ,Tbj "" became sturdy settlers
;' , ,'ma.king. their living by tilling the
ffil. The principal crops raised
pre,; cor. ats, whwrt, and
Tha r-ntfcnr IndustrV was
4 ih -its hfancjr at thatbmp, A
: good, farmer would cultivate a
' bout quo-half aere p;cotton. The
seedsLVere dronped by haneTand
at gatheing time the seels were
.'picked, from the'jrnt by land, al
so.
As there wore no railroads or
towns near, people could not go
shopping very often. They went
to Columbia S. C. once or twice
a year, to sell prod uoe and pur
chase necessities for thj home.
We are couying a hill below
whiih shows what farmers had
to sU also what tJey bought in
1810.
Columbia,
Ceorge Goforth, bought
G. Bronson.
50 lbs. sugar at .11
20 " coffeo " .15
10' " " " 15
WA " " " .15
6)4 " " " .15
uallon mslasses at .50
0 buo. thread at $1,157
il si ck salt at 3.25
Cash
S. C.
1840.
of
$5.50
-3-00
1.63
200
.1.00
,25
8.25
3.25
33.79
Total
Made payment by
bbls. Hour at $5.672. '
157 lbs. "
4j4 butter .U 18
11 " " " mi
" " " ,18
2.016 " " " mi
$58.C
S47.O0
4.34
.87
2.19
.43
3 81
$58,67
HOOD COLLEGE
- Total
Mr. George Ware has the ori
ginal couy of this bill with a
number of other (spars and let
ters. A part of his Jjouso was
built by Mr Goforth.
PART II , '
Edautlon
It seems that the first school
in this section was started about
the year 1818. The School house
wa.i where Elbethel church now
stands. The first teacher board
ed around among his pupils. In
order to encourage industry a
mong his sdiolars he often used
the switch freely. The ability to
do this was otie qualification that
a teacher must have before his
application for a school would be
considered. In some schools it
vas the coustom ta allow the
pupils who wew the first to ar
rive at the school hpnse to recite
first when school was taken up,
This was done to discourage tar
diness. Pupils studied their : les
sons aloud . and much attention
was ativen .spelling. It seems
the study of grammar, was much
formal parsing' but; very, little
wqi k in oral a ad written repro
duction of stor,i.f. Several sub
jects have been added j to the
course of . uandy since that time
such as physiology-agriculture,
and domestic, science in in some
places. These subjects have been
added for the purpose of riving
the course a practical as well as
a culturial value. ; - - -
A few years after the school
was started, Elbethel church was
orgar ized,. A ' 'former ; .historical
Sketch, of Elbethel supposed to
have been written by Rev, High-
hy Harmon .has ;:been published
in the fllerald already, so I will
staive to .not repeart what has
ben written. I wh to say bow-
ever that this cburen was orga
piz about the. yar 1832 , with
Mr. and Mrss. J, . p. - Ware,' Mr.
and Mrs. Preston Goforth, Mr:
artd Af rs. Thotoaa Dixon. Mr. and
J.liv Joh.n Don, Mrv atjd .Mt?.
Linwood College ImS closed
another aucoossful yuar. The
comineiicmer.( oxercihes were
held last wek and the students
and teachers departed for their
respective homes. This as the
second year of the co-education-
al feature and it bus pvoven very
successful. We hope to see the
fall opening have a better local
pitronage than has been the
cise. There are lots of young
people throughout this section
who have graduated from high
school and will enter college this
fall. Why not give Linwood her
share of patronage?
PROF. f!M!N HEADS BESSEMER CITY SCHOOL
The Bs.icner City Graded
school ti ustecs ";eld a meeting
Tuewday. They elected Prof, J.
D. Rankin, of Norwood, superin
tendent of the schools for the en
suing year. There now remains
only a tew teachers to be elected
to complete the faculty: thay
will probably be -selected at the
next sitting of the board. At Tues
day's meeting Mr. C. C. Coblfi
was elected treasurer, and Mr. C.
A. Jones, tax collector, (journal)
J. D. Harmon, Mr. and Mrs. Jam
es Ware and Miss Sally Dixon
as its members.Tho first building
was situated below the grave
yard and was built by Mr. An
drew Goforth. The presort build
ing is the third hou-se of worship
to bu erected at this place. It is
built of brick and one of the ni
cost cliurchns in the country.
Hails
Il order to better aporeciate
our splendid system of daily ma
ils now, we shouid remember
that in th"se days the mail was
carried only once a week. M any
pt-ople did not take the papers
then but those who did would of
ten read them to the crowd gath
Ared at the post office.
It is said that when a boy
wanted to write to a git 1 he would
send the letter by a small negro
boy, There was one qu allocation
however that these mail carriers
most possess, that was that- he
must be unable to read, as these
letters were not' sealed.
AN APPRECIATION
OF MRS.J. R. MILLER
We, the members of the Wom
an's Missionary Society of Ki'is
Mountain baptist church, wish
to expresM our appreciation of
our former pastor s wire, Mrs.
J. II, Miller, who was one of our
most loyal and faithful members
until Brother Miller accepted
the call at Fairmont, N. C.
Theiefore be it resolved
1. That we will sadly miss
her, for she always tried to
g-iide us to hifrhoi and nobler
things, and was ready to do her
part in every way.
2. That while wo give her np
with many regrets, we know
that our loss is Fairmont's gain
and that we know all thintrs
work together for the good of
those who love the Lord.
G. That we will always hold
in ioiid recollection our mucn
beloved sister who served so
faithfully and loyally in all rarts
of our church work.
4. That we are thankful it
was our lot to work with this
consecrated sister and we feel
her stay here has greatly bene
fitted us all.
5. That our prayers and bless
ing follow her to the new field,
Knowing she will continue to do
great woik tor oui Master.
Mrs. D. F. Hord
Mrs. E. J. Abbott.
Amusements
Amusements lor the young
folks were not lak ing at that time
There were singings at which
some elderly man would lead the
music. The singers were requir
ed to mark time with hand when
they sang. That their singing
was very beautiful is evidenced
by the music we hear at old time
singings to-day, Log rollings and
quiltings also corn shuckings
served to bring the young folks
together for amusement. Military
muster days were looked forward
to with pleasure. Many of the
young women also attended these
gatherings, so tne j oung officpn
when off duty spent their time
In flirtation. Instead of ice cream
and lemonade for refreshments
there was cider and ginger bread
Some folks used whiskey .for. a
beverage, but we are glad that
everybody was not in favor of
this even at that time. We are told
of a young officer who acoompan
ied a voung lady to a party. She
discovered. bottle of whiskey
in his pocket and told him that
she was going to throw the bet
tle away, He agreed and she did
o. Wftdo no. know whether be
used whiskey again or not.
' 'IThia article will be concluded
in next week's issue ol the .Her
ald and the names of the leading
cjiaractrs given., Editor
A new organization has been
effected in Kings Mountain
knowu as the Kings Mountain
Realty & Insurance Company.
The active members of this com
pany are H. T. Fulton and At
torney .1. R. Davif. The pur
pose of this company is to ini'uce
outsiders;, and people at home
to buy farms in No. 4 township.
There isn't any organization
that we welcome any more than
just such a company as this.
P'or in order to develop our
county and town we must adver
tise it and induce buyers from
the outside to come and live with
us. Real estste is cheap in this
township, simply because we
haven't a sufficient cumber of
farmers to cnuse keen competi
tion. So we should encourage
anv movement that will tend to
build up the community.
Look in today's Herald for
their ad and next week for a list
of property which they have for
sale.
If .you need to buy or sell any
thing in real estate see these
gentlemen.
AMERICA IS IN THE
PROCESS OF MAKING'
SAID PRESiOENT WILSON
AT CBARLOTTE SATURDAY
MR. H. Y. BELK
WEDS MISS HARDIN
The people of Kings Mountain
and Pixon Academy 'were taken
by surprise Saturday when Mr.
Henry Y. Uelk of the Dixon
Community brought home a ban-
some young wife in the person
of Miss Mayme Hardin. The bti
do is the daughter of attorney
N. W. Hardin of Blacksburg and
was employed as nurse in the
Greenville Hospital at Greenville
S. C. We welcome the young la
dy to this quarter of the moral
vineyard and congratulate Mr.
Bclk on his happy fortune.
THE BOOK CLUB WITH MRS. HOOD
The Thursday Afternoon Hook
Club was deliehtfully entsrtain
ed by Mrs, J. S. Hjod on tho c
leventh at her attractive new
bungalow. The house was charm
ingly adorned with roses and
daises and the afternoon was one
of unusual peasune. The fol
lowing program was carried out:
Vocal solo, Mrs. Lovell; Head
ing. "'German Women in War
Time," Mrs. G. V. Patterson;
Potw, "The Play-ground of the
Nation," Mrs. Hunter Pattei son;
Sonr, Mrs. Lovell.
During a pleasant social hour
the hostess, assisted by her little
daughter, Knox, Bpssie Ramsaur
and Mrs. John Plonk, solved
delicious tea with an accompani
ment' o f dainty sandwich?,
strowberry ice cream and wat
er The inv'ted guests were:
Mesdames Elmer Herndon, Jon
ah Thomason, R. S. Plonk and
Eugene. Lipfoid.
THE PRICES OF PAPER IRE SOARING
The prices of paper aro still ;
The presence and speech or
. President Woodrow Wilson was
J decidudly the climaxof th Char
lotte celebration. The throngs "
which gathered from i large sec
tion of the Southland to rea and
hear the nation's chief executive
were said to number moro than a
hundred thousand iouls, Not all '
heard. Neither did all see. But a
groat many mon saw than heart' '
The president has a splendid '
smooth heavy voice but speaking :
from an open air stand to an op- '
enairaudiencecobM not be heard '
except by those close by.' Tin'"
speeoh was a gem. The President-
sooke alonfc- the line of the ele-
. ments that enter into American
Civilization. He said:
"It is with unaffected pleasure
that I find myself in the presence
of this interesting oomonny to
day, for I have come back for a
visit all too brief to a region very
familiar to my heirt, and the
greeting of whose people is pe
culiarly welcome to me.
"I do not know, my fellow--citizens,
whether I can interpret
for you today the spirit of - this
occasion, but it is necessary
when we get together iu celebra
tions like this to take counsel
togt.ther -with regard to just
wlint it is that we wiRh to cele
brate. You will pay we wish to
celebrate the memrrlos of that
time to which we look back with
such priOe, when our falhc-n i
with singular wisdom 'if counsel
and stoutness of heai-t undertook
to set up an independuut natmu
on this side of t'w water, bnt it
is very much more important
that we should remind ourlves
of the element with which our -forefathers
dealt. There weio
ouly three million citizens iu.
that original republic of the U-.
niteil States of America. Now
there wo one hundred milko.u
It is a long cry back to (boi:e ;
climbing. Paper for which we -modest beginnings: a great p.r
paid six cents a . pound a few Jiod of time, not only, but a ttreat,.
weeks ago is now; quowa at o- ip8riodol profound change, sep
arates us from that time, ttnd i
leven cents. Other kinds in pro
portion. The-manufactureissay
they can see'W'relief in sight.
We' advise those? needing office
stationery to lay" in a supply be
fore any further advances are
made. Let tho -Herald, have
your work We'll do it just as
cheaply as we can under tho circumstances.
SIX REASONS
Why You Should Advertise ln The
I. It is a clean local paper for al 1 the family.
II. It is the only paper published in its territory.
Ill It has abona fide circulation of over 1100 cop
ies each week. - ..
IV. It covers the Kings Mountain trading territory
like the poonday sun.
V. It is the medium through which to show your
customers that you have confidence in what you
are offering for sale.
VI. Its advertising rates are very low compared
. with the service rendered.
yet I would remind yon that tli .
same elements were present,
then that are present now.
"What interests my thought ,
more than anything else about,
the United Statin is that, it ha '
always bcci in process of ba'nfe
made ever bince that little bepia- :
ningand that thero hive always - j
been the same elements in th.
nrocGts. At tho outset - theru '
. .t... 1 . 4... . i.. u.. t t
was ul but iifni'b ut biiv mi'i wuu :
led the movement tot t;Jl',mu.
euca a veiy high and itnii,-,ui'
passion for human l;iij .i:ni,
free institution, Arl yut tht rt
lay before them a gruM coutia-.
ent. which it was neoesnar to .'-
snoduo to the uses of t IvHIzotloov V
if they were gotcg to build upon , ' ' '
it a Kwat state air.c-ng thi fftirw'ir '
of nations. I heari a preacher ,
once point the very lBtpUiii
eircumstanea that 'our '. Lurtl' -y
Prayer begin with th: petitioa;-; ' ';
for 'jurdUy bread,', troia whittle., ? 1
he drew tho iofcrenc that It wT-:
very dilficuit io wortfilp-ii
an eoipty tomih. and tl et ti
material fouodfltUHta ot.uurHf F. ;
are tii flrit footxJft tiw, W J a '
l want UxHymir Amitem to.t'' 1
m that titif ceaotrtt ie4 4
that tUut hi4votdiHtMti6UlTi ' :
all of ft attentat, t !.' '