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Vol. 13 No. 10
Kings Mountain, N. C.t Thursday, Juno 8, lv)u;
L
SEEMS CERTAIN
At recant meeting of the trus
tees of the North Carolina Ortho
taedio Hospital plana were adop
ted whercbj it look possible
now to realize this i-ntiUtion
within tl'e near futureMany of
the most prominent and energel
ic basine.is men of Gastonia and
Gnslou county are behind the
project in earnest. A whirlwind
camimign for Subacriuticns has
already beguu. Gaston people
puroose to start this institution
with a subscription of $10,000 or
more given by Canton countlana
for this humane purpose. The
campaign for subscription li
only been on a day or two and
up to thin time there has been
subscribed $2,000, none of wbioli
itubaoriptionH ii payable until
$50,000 haa been subscribed. The
, institution is an assuied success
provided the other oountie of
the State do their share aa well
as Gaston. There does not sem
to bi any doubt that Gaston will
raise her $10,000 and also that
Mecklenburg, Cleveland and Lin
coln will swell this amount to at
least $'tt,O00'withib the naxt six
ty da vs. Many of our best busi
ness men are ao much interested
iu this laudable Institution to help
tba poor, cripple and indigent
orphaned children of the State
that they aie lea vine their work
and making this pergonal cam
paigu themselves.
Some facts concerning this in.
jtitution ad its work might be
of interest to the puplic who
would like to assist the piouoot
ere i'l this undertakings
FACTS
Its cbiect is to provide t liospit
1. saliool and home combined.
for the treatment, education and
training of cri.ipled and those
Uh ehroric diseases: to aid
t'jesi to became at least partially
self supporting by means of the
education and the careful train
ing of any special talent a child
uay frave. v- -
It Is absolutely nonsectarian.
It is oen to all crippled white
children who need its care,
umidrea wno cannot pay arc
to be treated absolutely free.
It mill bo a home, traininc
echool and hospital where any
physician of good standing ean
, (tend his patients and have his
instructions for each eae carried,
out.
AH moiKvt, bequests, legacies
and donations received will be
' expended to alleviate the suffer
ings of diseased children.
Experienced nurses and teach
ers will bo employed.
About seventy-five cents per
day cover tne cost ol the care
of each child la like inetitu
.'. tiona. -
, There Is not an institution like
this, as proposed, in the entire
South and on); about eight or
tea la the United States, Mius
the great State of North Oaro
. lina has a wonderful opportunity
to lead along ihis philanthropic
Jine ,sJwell as along the lhtes of
commenco and agricuKura. '
It is cltes4er to enre odedu
cate cripples, thus transforming
' theu from the dependent to the
effective class, than It it to sup
port them through life.
. . This institution will pay large
dividends in humia character,'
.. K-""e nseful lives and hettar o.it-
. , , T :
SrVaMnahin. Riv the "rlnnlai? Aa.
fcl-f - ,
formed children of sound mind a
. ehanoe to make good. ,
REV. ORR WEIR
- DIES IN TENNESSEE
HIm many frienJs in Kings
Mountain wore severely shock
ed Saturday morning vheu the
news was spread that ltev. Orr
Weir, son of Mr. and Mrs W-
uoyce weir or this city, was
dead. He die i in a 'lospitul at
Union City, Tenn., Friday after
noon at 5:30.
Mr. Weir was born in Kings
Mountain nearly 31 years ao
and spent his youth here. He
was educated at the Kin ;s Moun
tain high whoc! and at Erskine
College, Due West. S. C. About
seven years ago he enterod the
ministry ii Kentucky where he
labored in the vineyard of his
Master nntil a little more than
three yean agu when he moved
to Keiv, Tennesee where he
served the church at Reives
and at Polk, Teuu., until his
death.
Mr. Weir wi.s married to Mies
Bosaie Harper of Union City,
Tenn. in October 1914 who with
a nine-months aid child sur slvcs.
Hesides the widow and child
are left to mourn the loss of this
most Milendid young man the
parents, Mr, and Mrs. W, Ho.vcc
Weir, of Kin;s Mountain, and a
sister, Mrs. W. G. Falls of Salis
bury, N. C. and a host of relati v
ea and friends in this vicinity.
The remains were buried at
Union City Saturday afiurnooc.
His father not being physically
able to take the trip, neither he
nor his mothor went.
HONIJUINEY
IS
JUUIN6 HMOIN Wmi REIT MONMT
At a heart party .Tuesday of
last week Miss Null Dijling an
uoiiQced the approaching murri
Age of her sister. Miss Louise
Hilling, to Mr. Charles Hardin
of Hickory, The marriage will
occur next .Monday, June 12tii
Mlsr Dilling is thci youngest
daughter of Mrs. Annie Dilling
and is very nopular in Kings
Mountain society. Mr. Hardin
is a young business man.
The legalized primary .held
here Saturday was a very tame
affair. No excitement and but
little interest prevailed. The
vote little more than half the
registration, Anil had it rot
been for local men in the race it
might have been of huh import.
There were 219 vpw cast nnd
of these Hon. W. A. Mauney.
candidate for the Legislature
against H, IS. Millar and N.
Champion, received 150 votes.
This was the hig'iest vote, cast
for any candidate. Mr, Mauney
was nominated in the county.
Indications at this writing (Mon
Jay) are that Dr. Hood was
nominated for coroner and H.
T. Fulton for county coiumis
sioner, but sufficient returns
have not been received to estab
lish the fact. We expect to have
the full returns before go to
press with the fourth and fifth
pages Wednesday afternoon
The people here voted to restore
the county treasurer's office 125
to 17. We understand that the
county as a Ahole favored res
.oration of the office by W per
cent.
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er? If you are not of course
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Hut any peison getting the
papar who knows of a per
son having subscribed and is
not receiving it will confer a
great favor on both the Iqs- '
ing subscriber and the Her
ald by catling attention to
the fact, we want everybody
who has paid for the Herald
to get it but in handling
more than a thousand names
one could easily be overlook
ed or lost: So please notily
us of any failure to receive
the paper. In notifying us
be sure to say to whom you
subscribed, when, how much'
you paid and give the add
ress exactly like it is. on your
receipt.
- Mr. sSam Shuroaker's Aunii
return (I Thursday from an. .ex
tended Ttsilto Davidson. . " '
Mrs. W. Frank Gofoith and
little son returned Friday from
Union county, .where they had
spent a week visiting relatives.
They also visited' the camp of
the Southern Power Co. at Lan
caster, where Mr. Goforth is
employed. "'.
Mr. Fred Good of . Greenville,
S. C, Mr. . Hays Bennett and
mother of Trenton, Tenn., and
Mr. Paul Patrick of Greenville,
8 0. sU- visltol; at Mr. C; E,
Noisier last week. The young
men vwere schoolmates of Mr,
ogoaeNia)er. Us !". -
1UND MAN UULOS HOUSE
rolKs are niiglu.y busy in
Kiugs Mountain lately, especial
ly carpoutHrs. But that fact cut
no ice with Mr. and Mrs. Iv-
Hullender. Mr, Hullender is
blind. He lives in one of the
uompauy huuses at the Old Mill
here. He decided recently that
he wanted a porch and room ad
ded to his house as it didn't look
exactly to his notion. So he
bought his material and set a
bout to get somebody to do the
work. ' Everybody was busy.
Finally he got somebody to saw
our. his framing aad put the
sheeting on. Then he and his
wife went after the job. They
weathxrboarded it, crawled up
on top and covered it, get down
off the finished roof and floorer1
it, cleaned up the trash and be
gan anew to liveat home. While
Mr. Hullender is stone blind he
demonstrates in many ways
what a man can do when he has
the grit in his craw, lie can
about knock the sh'ne off all the
wood choppers In town and
especially tor accuracy in cutting
it the proper length, Mr. Hul
lender promises that if he sees
the Herald this week lie will
read this article. The Herald
bos the greatest sympathy for
the blind bnt this case demon-.
strates the fact that it's no use
to give up and pine away be
cause of the affliction.
Mocals
Mr. C. M. Whltesides of Wil
mington, Delaware has been vis
ting relatives here- and at Long
Creek, .' ' ' ',.
Mrs. O C. O'Farrell' visited
her sister, Mrs. Nellie Patrick.
here last week. . ' ,
E
Y0UN6 OLD MEN
Last Tuesday 's Cleveland Star
carried the photographs of what
it chooses to call two of C'leve
lands "husky youngsters." The
two gentlemen in question are
Mr, T. W. Harmon, age and
Mr. Heny nainrick, age 94. Corn
Cracker writes the article accom
panying the pictures as follows:
"Permit mo tocall attention of
your readers to a pW of husky
I'our.gxteis who haveVthcir habi-j
tat in the realm of classic Cleve
land county, an important factor
in the domain of North Carolina.
One of these marvels of aoles
cent gayety, T. W, Harmon,
Route 2,Kiugs Mountain, is eigh
ty th.ee, and the life of the oth
er, Berry Hamrick, Uoute ,4,
blielby.bos spanned 94 wheat
harvests. Both of them are veter
ans of what they refer to as late
unpleasantness" rcferri'ig to the
Civil War and each has his loins
girt up and his lights burning,
ready at the tap of the drum to
seize Old Glory in one hand and
his trusty "Entield" in the other
Each has received his share of
bullet, bayonet and shrapnel
wounds, and each plows, cuts
wheat and Oats with n grain
cradle, lrkes mule teams and
goes to log rollings aud and house
raisings. Until three yeais ince
each of them enjoyed fox hunt
irg, auu followed the liouuds on
foot. Bui with about Ave army
wound each, both now rides,
one mouuledon an eruptive mus
tang aud the otiier on a disrepu
table mule us far as morals are
concerned, that would test the
horsemanship of "Buck Taylor"
-Buffalo Bill's famous bron
cho buster. T h c y had a
chum who was "ecentlv
gathered in by the grim
reapsr it Hie untimely age of
niuety -six, an J this had a depres-
iug influence on their future ex-
oectations. This unfortunate
stripling had driven a pair of
three year-old mules to Shelby
ani was kicked by them in con
cert. He wore out the gabie end
o a framed barn on them.
ding 'em" and completed his
journey homeward. But he also
had sabre, bullet, and grace shot
wounds and developed blood poi
son,' -: ,'
AH tjiese youngsters were
deep water Baptists and useful
and aealous members and Sun
day School workers. I saw one
of them last Sunday, who had
ridden a mule-five miles to a
singing convention. He walks
without a stick and reads without
glasses. By reason of his chum
dropping out at the prematurp
age of ninety-six, he fears that
fifteen yeavs hence he can't do
anything but "drap corn, '" "pid
dle',' around the blacusuiith shop,
sharpening plows, select seed
corn and shear mules.
The juvenile of ninety four
walks to Sunday School every ,
Sunday and teaches a Bible class
SLfiO 'A.Yctar in Ad v unco.
REV. R. A.MILLER
M ROCK HILL
pH-dhi,,,:;1':;.!::',::
Fciousuess, lii-v. Uolii-i-i,
paniorot one-of Ull. ,, .(isl
erlan churches at K,1(:: lun 'j,
C, for years, pastor t n
church, Mecklenburu ,.,JU1 ,v' !
also supply on the Kin Mwn.;
tein charge at various' h'i va'.H
and later Belmont (Gaston uoun
t.v), passed away Frldt.y niuht
NOT SflHSfllCTORY i
Cleveland Star views
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Howsev of
Greenville. S. C. visited here
last week. They wex-e acccimpin
ied by Miss Genervie Harris of
Spartanbarg.
Mrs. J.G. Hord and Children
and Mr. J no. F, White 'returned
Friday . from Gastonia,', where
they had visised a sister, Mrs.
Elmer Spencer.,
It mortifies him to wear specs
and he only uses them on dark
days. On account of six army
wounds, for two years he walks
with stick. Both of theso living
youngsters are pronounced Dem
ocrats, as was their chum, who
has been wafted to the evergreen
shore. The representative who
was called here recently, had his
habitat in No. 8.
. When the famed Spanish ex
plorer sought in vain for the
fountain of youth, it is a pity
tht he did not explore the p:ed.
moot region of North Carolina.
His credulity and (superstition
have been ridiculed by scientists
(Continued on. back page) ,
at 8 o'clock at his home in Ilock
Hill.
Mr. Miller never regained
consciousness after the stroke.
News of his death will be
heard witli great sorrow vin sec
tions where he labored for so
many years. All bis worki
stands as a monument that will
endure for years. He was known
throughout the Presbyterian
church of the Carolines, and was
esteemed as one of the most
Orthodox, inos earnest, most
conseqrte4 ministors of the
gospel in the whole Southern
Assembly. " -
Mr, Miller wa uncompromis
ing with any deflection from the
standards of the church.- He
measured his life by the plnmb
ine of the Bible and the Con
fession of Faith, these constitut
ing the sum-total of the tenets
of his faith. He was a strong
friend, a man of loyalty as well
as devotion to his church. He
was strong in his convictions
and no man moved him from a
position he thought right.
Mr. Miller was for 20 years or
lore pastor of the church in
Wadesboro, he building up a fine
oongregation and doing a strong
work there. As pastor of Hope
well church, Mecklenburg coun
ty, one of the seen historic
Presbyterian churches of that
county, wiiich "tought the Rev
olution" in Mecklenburg,- he is
best known in that county.
Mr, Miller was twice man ied.
He is survived by his wife and
son, Mr. Hobert Miller, of Rock
Hill.
Kobert Alexander Miller was
born in York county. S. C. He
was educated at Dai idson Col
lege, graduating with the degree
of B. A. in the class of 1871; He
entered Columbia Theological
Seminary and graduated there I
in the class of 1874 and was
licensed the same year by the
Presbytery of Bethel. He was
ordained in 1875 by the Presby
tery of Wilmington. He seryed
as pastor of the Mount Williams
and Richards churches from 1874J
to 1877 and aa pastor of the
Monroe and Wadesboro Presby
teriau churches from 1877 to
1883. He was pastor of Hope
well church,, Mecklenburg
county, from 1883 to 1890, and
became pastor of the three
churches: Hopewell, in Mecklen
burg county, Belmont and Low
ell Presbyterian churches of
Gaston county, in 1890. He
As tho
the Star mail route sjtuatipn;
in asking that a i-tir mail route
service be, inaugurated "frirn
Isiiiua Mount-tin to. Shelby, tbe '
paramount object was to gt-t the '.'
looming mail to Shelby f.-om tho
.north n-v.-eral hours earlier' in- ' '
,s'..-a(i uf wajijni until, the9.41
.Suutl-Pi-R and 5.41 Seaboard. As
mr.in-i- argument that this ser
-Mioujd be p ranted, it was
ItfYint...! . . . .
' ,n-1 "i '-he Petition . t!-at
t ie eariy morning service from
h-i'iK Mountain would t.nable
rural rout,- ,,Hlronis .
ewnewrom the (Shelby office to '
ttet tbeir rodrnimr ,nni..a .,
other -null from u norlh full
i rr,V ' l,M! I'resent
schedulh: ut tl.o'jwst utiire de
partment .oyerlook.a uar main
reason for'askln(t1ortbmSI)ecial
servlco abd lti ofdef to avoid tl,e
expanse of th- proposal stir
rbute fronVKhigs Moo'trtain ave
us-sofncthiftg'- thkf Sneln- ,t
htbe rural patrons do nof-yatit,
fimeia tiree bbnf Uter sched
ule for1 carriers Mm viii(f- tw
ofnee; .' , . V., - ;
Thisf onabl68 itliC Hrit 'pSfrdntf
to gee tbWr mail from 'thVadrtli-'
shortly after HreachieslhiShe'"
by office, but does "noi! benefit lc- '"V
cal yatrons.-In fact the carriers' '
say the rural patrons -prefer'-the'r
pM scheifule becanse therjr' want'
their nrai) before dinner so ' theyr
can read at nooa Ih sum-mer'the '
nights itre! so short and' farmers'
are so bnsy thev have ItttleA'Ufria" 1
or readfng at'ntght'by lamplFght
Tl'iey )tfev the oldsehodole' With '
the service ft-ont Klngs Mounlain.'
add it" i8"b3oped" the dpaTtroenf
can be mad to Bee the necessity
for it. and order carriers 'bask to''
thtf olcf schediileV"
supplied the churches at Kings
Mountain, Long Creek and
Bessemer City for a few months
in 1013 and again in 1915. After
serving in tiies) churches for a
number of years hb went to
Rock Hill, S. C., where ne served
as pastor at the time of- his
death.
No minister ever preached ic
Kings Mountain who commanded
higher respit of the oeople and
who is more pleasantly remem
, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mauney of
Cherry vjlie visited relatives here
Friday. .
. MMENIANS UT
- Armenian exhiTes eating grass1"
and dying oT starvation bv hunr
dreds; is" the startling message
received May 15th. fro v Conatan
tinonle by the American Commit "
tee for American and Syrian Re
lief, 70 Fift h Avenue, New York.
The cablegram says'that suffer- -ing
among the extriles deported -from
thetr homes by Turkish sol-
diers; has greatly increaseu on v
account of their refusal to accept -the
Mohammedan religion; but
tliat in spite of all the' suffering -they
are not'lbs'ing their Christ?
iin faith.
The Committee now -has reli --
able facilities for reaching -
the needy,' and its' - commiss- -
kins in several centers' of Persia, .
Turkey and Syria are undecthe
directions' of American Corlsnls; .
and Missionaries,"- Al'eppx, Mr, ' ,
Duton said, is the . distributing'
center for broad region in whlcb; "-.
there are' probably five hundred ' A
thousand 'destitute' Armenians.
Armenian popllatioa ,
of Thrkey, Persia
and Syria "before.- . ,
the European war.- S.OOOjOOtf
Massacred or died' of ' i
wottnds, disease or .
exhaustion?. - - - s 750,000
Survivors about - lSOQ.ODO' y
Destitute and sttrvlng '
Armenians,: - Nesto- j. -
riars and ? native . ,
Chritian(non.V
combutanta) in Tur-. , " '
key, Persia . ani..
Syris. ' - ' '-:' 1,000,000.
Amount of Dane; ,
needed' to rehabili
tate the- destitute . :' N'-
; andstarriai s- .--45,000,000 V
Amount of money v
raised thus far . - - $600,000-