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V : Kinffs Mountain. N. C; Thursday, June 15. 19 Hi.
EDITORS DION'TEATHERE THE EKQUiRER -ACCOUNT TAX COLLECTIONS CLOSE
EDITOR MoKlSSICK MADE FIND
; . SPEECH AT BATTLEGROUND-1
, tiih win Enn W rowan jm";
Sandlappertgavt ite'tagi MpoaUfo
4s)tattoa lhe coif toot anj "
per menduurtnino Ultli at
V like tje'.hud expected. Whuo
(he ioviution was formall v a
. tended, ovjr phone ta Editor
; Watoa Bell at York he stated
th.f. WI AllM hin tk nnnlt
the l4ies' oo'amittee. A , reply
came later to the effect that the
V invitation was declined on tli
.' read been planted for Llffwoos
knd that the idea had gained too
a much pold to be given up at
that lata boor. ' . :
, Kotwitbitandinfr onr' disip
poiutment, a (iw of Da went over
t the baHlegrouod, erjoyed the
p oRram with them and accomp
anied them to our borders where
the turned at rltfht angles and
went on to Un wood without even
oomlntr throuKh town.
. At tbeattloground Editor J.
Riaa McKlasick of . Greenville
delivered a most able speech od
the battle of Kings Mountain.
In tho main his data was iratlibr-
d from the writings uf Dranei
and Roosevelt a ad was so arraLtr-
-ed and odudeased as to be -woet
Interesting and instructive.
- In t!)0 party from York were
apout fifty automobiles occujHed
by sombthing like two hundred
women and men with a few of
tbo young folks. :
' Ti)e tins Mountain delega
tion was Sorry that the Crowd
didn't come through town. Out
the roads were mightily ngatnst
ua. Kiagt Creek " fought the
whole project and practically do-
fratad it. Tho machines had to
lap toward York to the intersec
tion of the road with the King
"ouotaitvYo'k rnad and then
me tiirough. This landnd the
jty in the ytrj . Eastern ex
.tremity of town; and i ito the
lAnrooi road. Of course they
i. eould nave come up town with
'' tjve minutes additional time and
e would have felt so much
better about it ' i
OF THE - TRIP OF THiJ 8,' C,
EDITORS OVER HRE.
Ml ftCTOK TAKEN IN USIOIill
V
! HE PROPERTY BURNS
- (Orowded out last week) ' -
J IK Smith of Route 2, who
Js General Superintendent of the
Ke.vsvllle Copper Mine. Keys
.villei.Va., Informs os that tbe
entire plant of tbe- mine, which
includes bolsters,. . boileri air
compressor, As was destroyed bv
fire Bubday morning at 1 oVlock.
Vq one' was killed. : 1 be damage
r uns Into thousands ' of dollars,
with nojisuranoev v . v J .
Before the building had fallen
in Mr.mith was given orders
iy the owner to start Monday to
reconstruct every thing. Monday
morning he was able to ,m near
ly t whole force to work. Be
fore 12 hours bad row ; by be
frni intIIed boilers from other
" c-i and had the water pnmpa
Fg water out of tbe mine
it from flooding. , ' . -"
nithVi sou, Eddie, is As-
v ttpt- and they expect to
) e irything ready to go t to,
f in within 10 dayiw
..3k.i wiWking a large force
1 1 anda.JTbey .have . 5 loot!
vpi'i o ' j whEbTuiHu.iQ per
i vwere shi pping three
c- ' !' ' of ore a wMk. v-'
j r . as if some ne set the
Says tbci tame within two milts of
lintt Hoont&la Ktjrretted could
not Iriyt throagb.
Following is a brief summary
of the Btorvorrled by the York
ville Enauirer of Friday of the
visit of toe Spoth Carolina edit
ors to the Battleground and. Lin
wood Thursday.
Tho party . arrived- at tho
Kings Mountain battleground
shortly before H a'clock. Some
time was ppent liv inspecting the
oli monumeat an4 the newv The
spot where Col-. Patrick FerRU
ob fell as well as that whero he
was bailed wera object of ea
peoial lnterost. : The grave of
Fergiuoo Which Is owked by a
granite shaft and a pile of atones,
reoeived particular attention at
the hands of all who ha1 kodaks
and cameras, Practicality every
newspaper man - and everyone
cooneo'd with the profession,
gathered a stone and reverently
bdded it to those which cover
the British leader.
After the impeotion of the
historic spot to their satisfaction,
alt repaired to tbe stand, near
t! e giant monument, and there
Col. J. Rion McKhstck, assooi
ate editor ' of the Greenville
Dally News, delivered an inspir
in? educational addroos dealing
with the history Of the battle of
Kings Mountain and its import'
snre In bringing the revolution
of the colonies to a successful
conclusion.
"The party left th9 battle
ground at about ! o'clock .and
proceeded to Lin wood college,
a jauctofSO miles," which was
easily clipped off ' in an hour.
Tbe route taken was by Bethary ,
past toe residence -oc A .u. mc-
Carter and along the Kiogs
Mountain-GastoniA road. The
route led within two miles of the
town of Kings "Mountain and
everybody resretted that they
could not visit the . progressive
little city, but a pre arranged
schedule would not "permit Eo-
route from the battleground to
tilnwood tbe party passed ft road
gang engaged lu cutting a road
through the. oiountaiaoso section
ol Cleveland county, to the Yyrk
county line, and they were im
pressed with the way the North
Canlinians were doing the job.
After striking the North Caro
lina line the roads were all that
could be desired and what time
the chauffeurs had lost in climb
fag the bills that bad gone be
fore, was made up. While the
newspaper folks thought ' tbe
South Carolina road . were sin
fair condition, they were unan
imous 4a tho agreement that
those in Norti Carolina were
almost perfect. V.J;iy'. ..."'
. "Upon arrival at . Llnwood
college at 2 o'lock, tbe party
were taken in hand by Rev. .A.
T, tiindsa.y.,; president of the In
stltutlon, and nhown around the
beautiful little Associate Keform'
ed Preabirterian college at tbe
toot of Orowder'si mountalii.
Numbers of YorkviUe ladies and
gentlemen hd already arrived
witb dlener and so4 this : was
aunounoed. -There is ' no use In
desoribinK "it. -A feast' Js al)
that is nacessary and there was
jplenty of it - S'oliowinit ;aa. in
vocation by Rev. E, E. GillepsJ
the party, wJileb' at this point
SHERIFF LACKEY HAKES FINAL
SETTLEMENT. -
ttUBTH 912S.12I.2S LEAV1H6 $302.77
Commbsioncts compliment sheriff ou
bis very cIok colltclio.i Usually
more than 1 000 short.
6herlff W. D. Lackey made
final tax settlement - with the
county commissioners Wednes
day and thin showing was a most
gratifying one. He was charg
ed with $129,429.00 and of this
amount collected $129,120.92,
leaving uncollected only $302! 77
Usually there Is from a tnousaid
to twelve hundred dollars the
sheriff u unable to get, but tbe
Qollectloc this year was very
cjqse, and the cnrnxistionerR
Icompiimentcd Sheriff Lackey,
-Star. ; .
joint Meetio UtD. C.
(Crowded out last week)
0 the afternoon of Jure te
third the Kings Mountain, Chap
ter U. D. C. and tlm Bessie 6im-
onton Children s Uhapter bold a
joint meeting in the cliool audi
toi iuui. Tlie following splendid
program in honor . of - Jefferson
Davis was 'fndvjred: ' ,
lavocatiai Rev. Kerr. .'
Song, ""ramp, Tramp"
' ; : . Cliildreit's Chapter.
Poeo Jeffursoa Davis' Birth
day" Mrs. U F Noixl.
Addiv.s-r-Uev. G,,L,' Kftrr.'
Piano Solo-rMlsa Mary Fulton.
Reading Miss Miriam Goforth.
Song, "Sun.iy South"
- Children's Chapter.
Lord's Prayer in unisbii.
D'imbsred 800 or more people,
fell to it.
"At Lin wood college the press
oarty was met by President T.
L. Craig, of the Gaston ia Cham
ber of 1 Commerce; Secretaiy
Alfred O. Loyd of that organisa
tion and Mr. J. W. Atkins, editor
of tbe Gastonia Gazette,' These
gentlemen had come, to act as
pilots to Gastonia, the most pro
gressive city in North Carolina. "
While we appeciate the nice
things tha Enquirer has to say
about our roads and Llnwood we
remember how they g4ve us the
go-by good and -proper. In the
third jtsragrapb. it . says "The
route led Jrithin two miles of the
town of. Kings' Mountain and
everybody regretted that they
could not visit the progressive
little city; but a pre-arranged
'Two miles of the little city of
Kings Mountain." .Two miles of
the town of 'Kings Mountain.
They ' camo .right into -town
where the York road intersects
King stteet - It looks' like they
regretted Very much pot' be
ig able to see our ''progressive
little city" when It would not
bare belated tbem five minutes
to - nave come right through
tflfwn. Again prominent men'
tion was made of tbe Gastonia
delegation meeting the. party - to
pilot them to . their town. ' . But
nothing la eail dt J. M. Patter
son, Loslle ; McGinhis, tW., J
Wright, and .- Editor . Page, of
Kinirs Mountain mating them
at the batllegouud to pilot thtm
to our town. , Neither is the fact
that K'ligs Mountain? invited the
association , to lunch a t the
Mountain Vie hotel and that
the inyilatiotf wa declined com
mented upon. ?4PrearrftB(red;"
jrness it was; 'Loet Editor J '.
TAX LEVY 1RCREASE0
S CENTS ON THE f 100 WOR1H OF
PROPERTY HAS BEEN ADDED '
Tl IE USED TO WCREKETEJlCREBS'UUalES
frr vfn- r i v.x i ir--
v., -i n 7r wiiivi,
THE Fl
$32 teachers to be raised to $35-$37
teachers to $40, and so on Kings
Mountain gels $2,200.
There was a request beforo
the county commisioners at their
meetiug the first Monday from
the connty board of education
asking for a three cent additional
levy for tho regular school tax
in order that the salary of teach
ers could be slightly raised.
The oeutlon was granted and
tho levy made. Cleveland county
has been paying her teachers be
low the state average and tbe
increase of three cents on tbe
hundred dollars worth of prop'
erty wiil bring us up to a better
standard. . The scale of raises
will be about as follows asgur
ed oat by the Cleveland Star:
White teachers who have been
getting $3? per month will get
$40, thofe who have been getting
$32 will g-it $35 and co'ored
teachers heretofore drawing $20
will receive $22 wherever teach'
era deserve the Increase. There
are 168 white and 32 colored
school teachers in the county,
Slielby and Kiugs Mountain have
not been Retting their proportion
oLthe school money, so when
the taxes are collected from the
new levy, Kings Mountain will
le increased from $1,000 to $
200 and Shelby from $2,500 to
$2,900.
' - The Levy
Prop.
State 28?J
Schools '....,.....20
Pension 4
Special Schools.. 7
County --19
R. R. Bonds....... VA
Roads and Bridges 20
v Total i....05
Sr eciAl Schools
Patterson Springs 16?1
SHOT Himself W1T A vcklr
: ',v I BRE PISTOL.
TWO CANDIDATES Jii
ifcLi J'
Ml IEEI KJISTEI OF DIEDS !Wllt luui PIHMBf imititfM ik "
Bii ieea In hid health for long I Haiority of 1200 Want office restore.
Poll
71
60
12
0
57
0
0
$2.00
Earl .........
Grover .......
Dixon ...... ..
Beam's ......
Waco . ... . ...
Stubbs-....,..
South Shelby
Latdmore ...
Mobresboro
Pillston"
Belwood. .
.....20
...20
....10
....10
-.50
:...io
....30
.'...25
....20
Caar .....15
50
60
60
80
30
1.50
.30
30
60
45
75
60
45
Special Roads
No. 8 Roads ......38 1.00
No. 6 Roads 20 60
Kings Mtn. Preo't.25 75
Grover., ......,S!5.; .. 75.
The county eomuaies'oners bad
not conferred with tbe highway
commissioner in other town
ships . Where' special road tax
has been Voted,' hence no levy
has been mat's for ether town
ships. , ' ' '
. IICI OF 1 HOE 0IS1SLES FOR SGK3EI .
Mr. Palmer . Dlxcn, formerly
of tho Bethlehem section of this
county but now of tbe Betftuiy
section across the line, was kick
ed by a mule the other; day - and
badly wounded. ' He received the
blow in tho right side of the b
domen , ' producing intern a 1
trouble.' .While it is .said that
bis condition is not regarded ser
ious at present he is probably
incapacitated for work for Ibe
rerrmiffder of tbe jjmnjeryyi,'.
time ui was skthtly dcmtnled
very prominent.
Gaston County's register of
deeds'; Andrew Jackson Smith,
eomittcd! suicide last Thursday
afternoon at three Vclock in the
county commissioner's room
a the Court House in
Gastonia. A 32callibre Smitl,
Wesson revolver was used,
Tbe weapon was placed against
the right temple and the bullet
sent whirling through the brair
resulting in instantaneous death.
Mr. Smith had not been able to
attend the duties of the office
for four months but passed in
occasionally to look after the
business re-ieral'y. This he
had done only a short time be
fore the killing. County auditor
L. E. Rankin has his office in
the couiissioner's room and was
in Mm room when Mr. Smith
entered but left immediately for
the post office. Mr. 8mith had
been in the room only a few mi
nutes when the report of the gun
was heard,' Other court house
officials rushed to him and' found
him sitting ?npright iu a' chair
with the pistol gripped in his
hand and the blood gushing from
the wound in the temple:- A
physician was rushed iu but he
was dead.
vThosowbohad txien in close
relationship with Mr. Smith had
known for some time that he
was brooding over the fai'ure of
health, Some two months apo
be went to Philadelphia to con
sult specialist with reference
to a wound on the head which he
Candidate! setting In tine
Two a the fob.
fc'mco tho people have declar- ,
ed tlmt tU treasurer's office shall " .
be leniored' by a majority of'
nearly1 1,200, j: ri. Murray ' sr..' "J
nobncea li h candidacy for the po- .
sllion.- It ta presumed, from the .
published articles of Treasure?
Strodpj that he is a candidate
alexK Mft Strpup's proposal fas
that a brlmary be held at the ' '
genetal e&ctibn itfWoveutlicr, a;
which time the peoblb. will select
man to Be named-in the bin to'
lntrotftjceeFby representative
elect W.-M Maoriey wnedxthe
Assembly omvens-in Jknuar
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who Kayo been boarding at Mrs,
Bumgardhers od' the Dilling
received by falling against s fire- fcMHl Hjll ajrjcV their; marriage
rnave set up' Housekeeping
Church Street!
Success to all the BTerald readers
grate when a mere lad. Eight
years sgo he underwent sn oper
ation for relief from' ill effects
from this injury, but in recent
mouths Jias suffered inleasely
from it, .
Deceased would have been 54
years old in October. He was
the only son of Andrew Smith, of
Belraont. Gaston county, where
he was born and reared. He spent
twoyeacs; 1881 and 1882, under
Captain. Bell at the old Kings
Mountain Military A,cademy. He
won an appointment to .West
Point Military Academy and
spent six. months there in 1833.
He resinned his place there and
returned home. For a' time he
taught school and later 'went
went into the mercantile business
at Belmont,, For tpaay years
prior to his election to the po
sitlon of register of deeds, 12.
years ago. he was a magistrate,
Mr. Smith professed religion
in a meeting held in Gastonia,
about four months ago by Dr.
W, W.Orr and joined the Baptist
church
Be leaves a widow and si
children.
farl Wdb Back in the SUtes.
A letter from Mr. Earl .'
states that be is now bc wiUil
the states and gives fait, WW
address as "&.ata Gompi!
Coast Artillery, Fort Terry, N,
Y. He left th PMicpine
Islands some weeks ago. Ur.
Wells is one of the several Kiw
Mouutuin boys who huve made
tood in the service , of, Ujicle
(Too-late' for las issue)' .
Miss Morris wne ; has had)
charge of tbe'nwsic departmenA
at toe Washington' Collegiate- -InsUtotte-
of Wiahitktoa N; a:
1 par a very pleasant visitor to
Grace M. ' Church Sunday.-
Miss Grace Smith1 ir on' the1
sick list this weeki v
Mrs; D: A. BenBeld' Wb liaa
been right sick has slightly nV
proved. ,
. Mr. 8: O; StopbeY was in1
Gaston'a Saturday. . ,
I Mr. TP" ffi A'tkihs Has been"'
suffering with' kidkey colic for-
the past A'eelt'.
. Mrs. Mary Hbffttetler'ia on
the sick-lisf this weeg
Mr. tnd Mrs, John Butigardner -
on
Blid Attto Atciitent.'
While' nobody wis- sri6usly-
hurt' a pretty bad, automobile, ac
cident occurred just we3tdf town
Friday evening about dusk.-.
Messrs J4. D.- Wood and J- L. ,
Thomasson had startedio Shelby
In Mr, Wood's big Studebaker,
As: the cai; was makihg tire curve v
at Mr, Fradlr 0oforth's place W .
struck a rat and turned com -
pietely over aoij landed upright,
Mr. Wood held on. tt the steerioir' .
wheel and; was not hurt, except .,
atewscrstcheir: Mr. Thomasaop, .
elthcr'fell or jumped" and was
pretty badly bunged up.- Ha' .
wa. brOpght up tbwtf in a dased .
stet ani'dlda't' reg? himself -
until menicai aiteutiw1 wt giv- ..
en. . 'l ae car wasnot p3ittcJu,dam
aged. Hia too'was'toru of and
the windshield, fletrplhjhefl with
a f,ew other miftotlinui-ii. Tbn
miracle iytbc escape of th men-.
so slighUy Injereen the oarr -
turned ojtar ooaltnety. -
Mr. Wood Is a menyber ot m
BtterjnAdVMr. Thograsaon !T -an
empWe of tbe RanltihlrDi .
tureCo.'- ' .. ' . v
tork'UeiftllaUy:.
Watann Belk editor" oJ:,tbji
Tirlr News, did iihMelfifldrious .
lsTrtei5 in getting out daily
aaOag thar swssiorwof the Press
ssociatioa. Bell is right up to
hsnulf in getting 00 1 the news in -
a hurry. , Bin paper 'was ecor -
sjJ.; j &:'Z:ii?:y$:-?i-vi n.ahowb jpjf '.yarloos editors.'-' ;