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' Coriie to tKe Big Celebration Oct. 7.
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& (lran Coral Nrutsjiaijrr Jfur All uhr Jfoutihj
Vol. 13, No. 30.
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, Thursday, September 28, 1010. 81.50 A Year in Adnnee
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Battle of Kings Mountain t
Was The Turning Point
The Revolutionary War
BAHLE OF KINGS MTN. AS A HISTORICAL FACT
H.C.STUART
Governor of Virginia
The full import of tho battle
of Kinys Mountain seems not ta
I'B lek by tho laity of oui people.
The more .vou study o.bjHt the
battle the inoio 'OJ look into
it part in tso achievement
of American Liberty ho more
you will appreciate its import
ance. A 'large, pet cent of the
population of ',liis cmmunily
Cm tra: their n neology back
to the. time vvln.-n the buttle xtm
fought at d ii':d some rf thtir
forebears atojiul thi old h:s
toi ic spot i a.i i 1 1 bullet nt the
British and even pouring out.
their blood on the rugged moun
tain fide that the tide ot battle
liso. It tired the patriots of the
two Ciroiinus with fresh Z '
It encouraged tho fragment! of
the defeated and scattered
American army to seek each
other and organize anew. It
tiie.keiied the Legislature of
Xn.-tli Cnro'iua to earnest efforts
It eni.-ourugvd Vir vriuiii to devote
her resources to the eon n try
south of In r border. The ap
peal ani;e of a numerous eiu-mv
oi. I ln frontiers from senile.
mcnts beyond lln mountains
whose vrv na'i es had bt en nn
known the British, look Corn
wailis lyt suriri-e, a,",d th'-ir
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, .....v. . iumi li 111.1 I II H7JIIJ 'l
ingntt-tKe a liappy turn loriswaiwon. 119 ir-iu liopi-d 10
their posterity. j step with ease from one Carolina
nmcrtft'j history L'ies the ! 10 tllu otLer, and from these to
the conquest of Virginia, and he
had :iow no orher flhi ci K.n- f,-.
'The victory at, Kin,rs Moun-1 ret rem.
lain, which In thi s-drit of the "Tlmt memorable victory.
j 1ne11can soiuicr was iiko me Jeffjrson declared
following acuount.br theev.'nt:
ris'ng t Concord, in its fifed
rw the cy-
f jl an nunci-it.ion nf tlmf tmn ..r
Principal speaker at the Seventh of October J 'k t,M 111 in-iiton, tho tido or .nco.. uhieh tonni.
,. . .y-c j ehanxed the aspens ot tha war.;n,vtl.d the Kevjlutionarv war
Ul-ivuiuumi iit-ic ounminj nvvn.-. j nie loyalists no lon-r clniwl tilwitli the o&l of independene'e."
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LOCKE CRAIG
Governor of North Carolina
Who will be a mono; the honor guests at the
October 'Seventh Celebration here.
ET AND RESRVE A SEAT
noe you please call at the Flaffer
Drujr Store or The Herald Pub
lishing House or Mauney Drag
Co. for your Reason ticket.
Chairman of Lyceum Cain.
Tluv yonr lycoutn tickets now
The prices are tht sm as they
were last year, $2 for single
season ticket, $il 50 for double
season li-.ker, SI foe schoal child -
ix'C season ticl(et and 73 cents
for stiiKoo -ticket for children
under twelve There will be five
attractions '-all of which come
highly feccomended. ' The fimt
number .'ill 'e had on the! riht)
ot October Seventh followinit
tho biir celebration.. We hope to
nav s. larne number of vis.tors
on that occasion. Fifty rents
admission Till be charged adi'lts
foi single admissi'tn and it ta
planned to raise a consk'eri.blo
amount of lh" total cost of the
course on this occasion. The
course lacked a few dollars pay
ir.K out last ycar, We hope that,
Una wi ll not be tno cass HKiitv
Let all public spirited citizens
Mall in l'ne and help ma' the
ccuise a success from every
ctaudpoint. ;A committee has
charge of the. tickets ' and are
planning a campaign. Be ready
for their rominx at)d buy your
tickets. The matter of resf rved
stats wi'l be Imndled diffe-entlv
this year from what it was last;
When' vou reserve a seat
y year it will be yours throughout
the entire couise. . x
y The' chart '.of Ihe auditorium
willoe plact-d In the Wauney
. Df uk Store on the 2nd of Ooto
be' d all those who have pur
; f,Ajf season tickets ate re-
jteA call at the drjia; storo
TALENT SELECTED .
FOR OUR COMING
LYCEUM COURSE
AttracilBJts . For, Season ol
1916-11 n.10'JQCBil.
ALL PASTES CONSIDERED.
Local CommlttM ProvldM 8.1. et YMrk
Program at Popular Prtcaa.
Wltb more thnn 13.000 Lrceiini
course In Die Uulted Suites. nreruKliiK
flva number each and allcuiled annu
ally liy t0.0U0.CKXI iwople the supply of
clean, wholesome winter's entertalu
meut In this country la enjoying a
substantial and beultliy growth. 'I'hou
sunds of tonus and cities bare learned
from experience tlist it Lyceum i-our
Is beuetlclHl to inminiuilty life In
mnny wuys. puly . eutertaliinient
wblcli la wortb while ran grew unrt
staud I lie test of jrcitni ai llie l'cemn
tnorement hn done:
Kor tin! comlue full and. winter Vi
our coDiumulty a rhvl proKraui bn
uci'ii sple'tcd by the local ausplicn.
and tickets will lie sold nt. popular
ttisl Prices. A description of cant tiniiilier
on tins course imiowa: ...
'ASSOCIATION IT AT
WACO LAST WEEK HERE SATURDAY NIGHT
UiMS'l I.i l Kl!il;lTS.
The Kin us Monntain Rsptist
AssticUtion met with the Baprist
chutch at Wuco last week.
The session was weU attended
and the deliberations orderly
and tho hushiess transacted with
dispatch. The Waco people
arose to their opportunity in
taki irf: care of the delecates.
Homes were provided wo'l ahead
of time and nobody lacited for
eiitei'taininenl. Followintr is a
summaiy of the association ss
umdo out by the cltrk, J. J. Lat-
timore, last week,
Ths association rcnis'J! of
42 churches with a total member
shin of 8.851 as compared with
8,178 last year. Tho . digest of
church letters presente'i to the
ftS'ociulion today shows the fol-
Tlis iiKrirliltiiral cxbiblli at the
I'nir consist of cxhlblu of all (lie
tieid i:io;i;i as 'well as tha voelables.
There Is promise of a sre:.! variety
of - the le exhibits and a rou.Mj uuni
fariners, there have been a goodly
. . number of good crops grown of all
has been tho hardest year to produce
A Kepubl.cail speaking was uood crops In the memory of many
held in the coera house here ,he farm ,rodllcts "lld ",e lonl
o . , ' . , T. '. r. . farmers of the county are going to
baturday nipht. Mr. I.) A. Ful- show what Caston can do durinB a
ton. nresident. nf tho Uannklm.. I ver' harA year.
, . . Many wlu he
uiiiij oi mis precinct, presided
ini introduced M'. Jno. A Smith
of Uessemer City. Mr. Smith
apologist d for the absence of M r. i
surprifled to Know
that within the county good normal
crops of wheat, com, oats, cotton,
hay and vegetables have been grown.
Vet this Is true and the farmers aro
going to exhibit their stuff and prove
, ' i 1 c I'uuuuus l nullum 111UL JfUUU
arren Weave , who was alsl , methods of farming will win a good
exi:ecterl to speuk at tho meeting croiinabd y681-- , '
, ... .. . . . , These exhibits arc being shown not
i.v staiin-; tliat lie had a lot of so much because of the possibility
tops oi the cround that he must of winnins premiums, but beeause
, , . the producer knows, and is proud of
needs take up that tlirht. the knowledge, that these crops can
Mr. Smith ctm.tc.,1 nl,v..n,: be '.Produced In tiaaton economically
....... ...... ,i and takes this opportunity to demon-
' itllZ IliS a'Jftfenee t.liaf lio u-ruiM strate In lllh Iahh nrofre.sivo Inrninrt
stick to the "truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth. "
H cited the cafe of Annanias'
and Sapphira in emDhasizinn the
djnt,'er of lfin(j. This iminturide
'cledr he stated that he would not
lowing intere-it'mj figures: Total waste time on national issues but
"-na select ineir- seats tor ine
seaaon. , ' - . i,' v.iv;'.''.
i ' ' Should the, committee fail t
vs. ?''...-. ..WW',' r-. " . s ."'.-
THE WIT PAIK.
' Preparations arw already maklnt
for tha Third Annual Gaston County
fair to ba held In Oclobar, t17.
Tha premium list will be.Isrger and
more varied than this year. While
you are enjoying the IMS fair, tie
planning for tha one a year hence.
The Gaston County Fair la no longer
aa experiment, It ia a sure thins.
Prepare to make exhibits next year
and' go in to Din
amou-.t paid ia pastor's salaries
S10, 231. 88: Ktven to State urs
siens 1, 160.02; given' to home
missions $906,30; giveii to for
elttn missions 81,374.20; iven to
orphaiane' $1,224.88; uiiuisteriai
riuief $105.80; miniBterla'. educa
tion 225 54; colleges and schools
$200.;H; buiiditiKs and repairs'
$2,166.70; the poor $102.74; Sun-
day School expenses $855
other objects St 984 82; total for
all objec's $2iifi08.78. . In the
Sunday 'schools the:-e ai-e 339
officers and teachprs and a total
enrollment of 5.080, a tain of
413 over last year. ..
in passi'ig assured the voters
that "Mr. Hughes will be elected
by the biuest ii ajority of any
president sine; tiie war."
Mr. Smith then addressed him
f-elf to 'matters more local and
more specific. He discussed at
soine length the "cardinal prin
ciples of the two parties.'' then
passed on to the school laws and
sehcol hook i.ystem condetiminn
them.in stromr l;L!yuiice, In con
elusion he paid .his respects to
Mr. O.Max (Sardaefsi speech
niado in the same hall a vek
btjfott. and issued a challenge to
Mr. Gardner to meet hi. o there
o 4nl n t. Hiclicai l Wliila fl,k.
One of the attractions on the meH,jnR was tot as iar);ey at.
street last "week was an old (tended as the Democratic speak-
ehackely buggy drawn by a bum-;insr a week previous Mr. Si,iith
had a splendid audience. . , - .
exhibits next yar ' ' ; ,-.-. "
aosi pramiuau. -i t blcheadMOZ. - ' '. .
thl3 fact. All farmers should see and
study the exhibits of all the farm
crops, live stock and the exhibits of
the club members. The observant
and thonuhtful will find food for
careful thought and study that will
help them to solve many farm prob
lems. Thpv will gather Ideas that
wlH mean the saving of dollars in
actual money and dollars in time and
''.i "nor saved, It gives those who have
.lor n fnrm products for sale a chance
t j exhibit them before thousands or
people some of whom1 will be pur
chasers. It gives those who want
farm produrls a chance to see the ex
hibits and get In touch with the pro
ducer. Those who jto mainly for what they
can see and not what they could learn
will find excellent food for goods-box I Sarah
gossip inoi win make mo listener
THE SHELBY NEVUS
IS NOW PUBLISHED
The Shelby Ntwn has mide
its appearance ar.d we most
heartily welcome it to our ex
clmnne. It is rn Independents
Demoeialic semi-weekly, it is
well gotten up and is filled with
good live i:evvs. uood stronsr ec'l
toiials, and some a Kertise
ments. The Herald exterd the
hand of fellowship to the nev
publication and wishes for it a
most prosperous sailing? on the
troubled waters of journalism.
Messrs. C. H. Han1 in and Hab
inpto ii are the. owners aid Mr.
Miller is editor.
The ladies of the Methodist
church met with M-s. H. M. Or-
mand last Friduy afternoon at 4
o'clock lor a miscellaneous show
or. Mrs. I B. Coforth served
refreshing punch n the front
hall. The following program
was rendered: vocal duet, Misses
Virfrie Harmon and Ula Lone;
redinsf, Virjrie Harmon; piano
soio, Miriam uoiortti; recitation,
Ivate Oruiaud; reading.
around the auwdnat box or the stores I liuhy Hamdton; vocal tlut, Mir
who did not attend the Fair open;)iJm Goforth and Lucv Harmm;
their eyes In . amazement and greet1 , , T .. .
them as they would those who' have v0 !i0,- Mm- - varlick.
travelled afar ' and. en wdndors. There were about forty pre
1 - nt and many dainty ana useful
kfifts ,"eve bronpl't. It Is the
IXI OI1MAT10X.
For the benefit of out-of town vis
itors to tha fair and all others, an
Information Bureau will be main
tained near the ami a entrance to
the fair this year. It will be In charge
of a young man who will answer
gladly all questions that may be put
to iilm If he can. Any Information
about the arrival and departure of
trains, or about Aha city, or most
anything ' win be furnished by
thia bureau', ir yon want to know
anything make uee ef it.
purpose of these nood ladies (
have ohm other .shower in No
vember, and in December have a
bazaar; the proceeds to ro for
improving "their church.
Mrs. C. T. Cornwell and Mrs.
W, E. Austell went to G&stonta,
Friday.