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Liberty, Truth,
Vol. 10, No. 0.
Kings Mountain, North Carolma, Thursday, May 1), 1918.
Jus lice, Equality.
81.00 A Year in A(hanci;
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U. S. JKJUJPJL Y TO JHL A1SER1SM
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
CLEVELAND COUNTY
Subscription 8278.0(0
Allot tment 214.000
OVERSURSCRIUED 04,000
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
KINGS MOUNTAIN
SUBSCRIPTION $7,200
ALLOTMENT 37,000
OVERSUBSCRIBED 1)40,200
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
UNITED STATES !
Subscription about 1 Million I
Allot tuu'iit ;$ Billion i
OVEKSUBSCKIREI) I Billion I
iivjidjiiiiiiaiiwwu
SUBSCRIBES $77,200
Kings MoDutaln has made the
finest show ia the Third Liberty
Loan it has ever made. The sub
scrip Hods total $77,200.00 which
is $40,200.00 ia excess of oar al
lottroent of $37,000 or I 209 per
cent of what was expected of u
Not only do we have an hone
flag swinging over Mountain
street but we will also get a star
in our crown. Cleveland couut.v
lias sabscrbed $278 000 which if.
$tU,C00.00 in excess of her allot
tment of $214,000 00 or 125 per
cent. It will be noticed that of
the $04,000 excess in the county
Kings Mountain alone accounts
foi $40,200 or nearly two thirds,
Hurrah! and tnree cheers for
Kings Mouutain. The heroic
blood ol Revolutionary times still
courses our veins. , . ..
LIBERTY BOND BUYERS
Kings Mountain's aubscribers
to the Third Liberty Loan ntt
previously reported;
Mason Cotton Mills $5000
WA. Mauney 1200
J. O. Plonk 1C00
No Name 850
Miss May Patterson 500
D. C. Mauney 500
Mrs. E. C. Cooper 300
C. E. Teague 300
R. 8. Harmon 800
Mrs. D. C. Mauney 250
6. E. Modena . 200
Anton Bros. 100
Miss Lucy Kiaer 100
W. L. Plonk. Jr 100
Bev. Patterson 100
G. F. Hambrighl 100
P. Floyd 100
C. T. Cornwell 50
Mrs. Sarah Fulton 50
Miss Margaret Kendrick 50
Mr s.J. R. Lrpford 50
Edna May Little 50
Mrs. E. J. Little 50
J. P. Mason 50
8. P Wolfe 50
I. B. Falls 50
IT IS SENT TO
EHGUli DARK F
The afidavit recently mention
od in Jhese columns that was to
be prepared and sent to William
Tracy Hambrijjht in England .
witn which he hoped to establish
his American citizenship was
sent by Mayor Wi lev H Mc'Jin-
uis and the following reply has
been received:
22 Masbro Kd. Blythe Hd.
Hamuersmith. London W. 14,
Englaud, April 15. 1018.
SIK,
ri - .
x-ieaue accept my sincere
(banks for your kindness in re
plying. I have today seen the
American Consul and he consid
ers your letter to contain prcof
oi my American, citizenship. I
had to siga certain papers which
are to bo sent to Washington
and returned here.
I have lived In England for
about 29 years irnd have been
married 21 years to an English
woman. The reason I was not
naturalized here was because I
am too proud of our gloiious re
public ever to pecome any othei
than un AinWican citizen and 1
live in hopes of ending my daj
thoie.
Two of your councilmen, G. D
Hambright and W. S. Dilling.
remeinW as boys and auc
their lathers.
Both my wife and self thank
you for jour trouble. If any of
my pe ple would care to writ
we should be glad to hear from
them.
I remain, Yours truly,
W. H. TRACY.
Mxmawu 1 ummmmmmtma mmmmma
ijJfaBSgggalZI M MUST
WmSml K MARKETED
IT COST ONE DOLLAR TO SAVE THIS LIFE
Perhaps It Was Your Red Cross Dollar That Gave This
Broken Flier His Chance to Live.
Food Administration C a 1 1 1
Upon Farmers to Market All
Except Supply Necessary for
Own Use.
Prom the ground tbey could see that
there was something the matter with
bit machine. Anil even while they
watched through their glasses he be
gan to foil.
A minute liter the little Ford ambu
lance whs puffing Its way across the
Ave miles of shell-stricken road that
lay between them and hlin.
Thejr found him beside the machine.
Re was unconscious, out a tree bad
broken his fall
"Just In the nick of time." said the
doctor crisply. "He'll be a pretty sick
boy for a few weeks, but we'll hare
him all right again and back with bis
French comrades."
Co ihey put him Into Ibe little Ford
By BRUCE BARTON
Of the Vigilantes.
ambulance, and lest than an hour
after they saw him fall lie, was safe to
a clean white bed. ' , '' '
"That's what It means to hare plen
ty of equipment. 'plenty of aaihulanics
and doctors and bandages ond every,
thing," said the Red Cross man who
told me. "It'ineans the difference In
getting there en time .or getting there
Just a minute too late." . .;
"Wonderful I" I ' answer&L ' "And
how much did It cost you to make that
trip to save that one French boy's
lifer
He flushed a little. "We don't meas
ure It In terms of money."
"I know It. But what do you think
It cost," I persisted for gasoline and
the trip and Ibe bandies and alir
' "t'erhaps a dollar, maybe two. liut
wby do you ask?"
"A dollurl" I answered. "A dollar
to save a hoy's lire I To send him
home again from the war to the moth
er and father who have scanned every
headline and waited breathlessly for
every visit of the letter carrier I Can
a dollar do a miracle like that?"
"It can," said the lied Cross man.
And then the thought occurred to me
that perhaps It might have been one of
my dollars.
It was somebody's dollar that did It.
It might have been mine or one of
yours.
Who knows?
CLOSING UP TALK
The Civic League recently ap
pointed a committee from its
membership to make a canvas ol
the merchants of tho town in an
effort to (ret them all to agree to
close at a certain and regular
hour in the evenings. The com
mittee, found all the merchants
but two or three heartily in fa
vor ol the inovti anJ they believe
tbat the Others will shortly
acree to the an ttjement,
EAST K. KITN. ROPQRT
We call attention to the An
nual Report of tue town of East
Kings Mouiitiin which appears
in this issue it the Herald. This
report is published for two pur
poses- The first is in compliance
with Chapter 123 . public Laws
1911 which requires towns and
other corporate bodies handling
publii. funds to publish an ite
mized statement in a newspaper
cuce a year of the business trans
acted. Unless this is done by the
town administration any tax pay
er has a viif ht to brig suit against
the town and recover on same.
The second reason is belter.
The city council of East Kings
Mountain conducts its business
in a way to meet public approval
nad they wish the payers to know
just where all the revenue ooir.es
RED CROSS SPECIAL TRAIN
Three Thousand Mile Dash Across Russia to
Succor Roiunania Heroic Work Required.
Poet afttle Rounianla, once so happy
and so beautiful I Itobbed of Its rich
lands by German horde?. Its people
driven bock upon themselves, the once
picturesque city of Jaasy Is now
crowded beyond its limits with the
country's destitute and starving.
Nothing but the most heroic efforts
of the American Red Cross has kept
Koumanla from actually disappearing
from among the nations of the earth.
When all those who could leave the
.country had Bed Henry W. Ander
son, American Red Cross commis
sioner to that' outraged country, stuck
to his post Diseased, starving and
ragged people were all about him. The
cause teemed hopeless. Kven lied
Cross owner could buy nothing la
RoumkBla, for the country was strip
ped. So Anderson appealed to our Red
Cross In Russia. There were sup
plies there,' but how could they be
carried the 3.000 miles that separated
I'etrograd from Jussy. Russia was
struggling against Internal disorder,
which In the Ukrainian territory was
civil war. Even with the authority
und protection of the Bolshevik gov
ernment the case seemed hopeless.
Yet help came a whole train load
under the charge of Lieutenant Ma
gunson of the American Red Cross In
Hussia. And Anderson sent this ca
ble: . : .
"We are today distributing food and
clothing to more than 10,000 people
and Increasing numbers every week.
Expecting shipment of four more cars
of food from Odessa this week. By
extraordinary effort we believe we can
continue purchase of sufficient supplies
to carry on work."
And so our Red Cross Is showing all
the world that not only are our men
ready to light for the right, but are
ready to help all those others who
are lu this battle for freedom. '
A GRUELLING NIGHT
FOR THE CANTEEN MAN
A Red Cross Canteen man wearily
banked the Bres under the kettles.
Their billet Is In nn old house near
by. By the light of a cundle the Red
Cross convoyer undresses and rolls
into nis blankets. Suddenly there
comes a sharp, cracking sound, and a
red flare lights up the room. The con
voycr, rolls quickly out of his hunk,
catches up his blankets anil run."
down the rickety stairs to the cellar.
There he finds his French assistant
and a lot of soldiers. They exchunge
nods and then seat themselves on
boxes. Four more sham, crncklnu
noises follow In rapid succession, and
a n ournful roar. This Is only the be
ginning of an artillery duel which
lasts all night
At break of day the Red Cross man
bestirs himself, shakes his assistant
snd tumbles up the stairway out Into
the yard. It Is strewn with dehris. A
shell s:ruck the next house In the night
and lli 'V out the wall. The convoyer
und his man set to work gingerly, for
the air is chill. They poke the Arcs
and throw on fresh wood and then set
to work to prepare the food. Within
an hour the canteen Is ready for busi
ness. This Is a sample nljrht of a Red
Cross Canteen riian at the front.
from and where it all goes.
That is giving- thetaxpayers a
square deal to which they cer
tainly are entitled The law nev
er has to be invoiced upon a town
administration when pusinusa
has been conducted properly but
on the other hand they are glad
to spread the record before those
whom they serve.
Waate and extravagance
Gernany's silent Allies. ,
are
Following the pledge of five
hundred hotel and restaurant
men to refraiu from the use of
wheat in their establishment
until after the next harvest, a
similar pledge has been given by
59 out of 63 dining car services
in the country and the other
Tour are exbected to adopt the
"no wheat' brograro.
II you believe in peace you will
fl.hfr ftn Mt It
MOTHER'S DAY
Mother's day will be observed
at the Baptist church next Sun
day morning both in the Snnday
Sch 3ol and preaching service. Let
all whose are living wear a red
rose and those whose mothers
are dead wear a white rose. Ser
and music appropriate for the
occasion. Everybody invited.
v, W;. R. Beach, pastor.
RalelKh. State Food Administrator
Henry A. Page has been Instructed by
the Food Administration at Wash'.ng
ton. In oiiler to assure the continuous
shipment of wheat to our armies
uhrouil und the armies of our Allies,
to appeal to the farmers of the State
to market the residue of their wheat
not Inter than May 1. No general or
der reijuisitionuilng wheat has been
ssnt out by the Food Administration
up to this time and probably will not
be sent out before the date mentioned.
In some states the attention of
State I'ood Administrators has been
called to reports from loyal farmers
that a number of pro-German farmers
have determined to withheld their
wheat from the market In order to
handleup to as great an extent as pos .
alble the Government and Its Allies In
the war agalnat Germany. There
have even been a few such Instances
reported In North Carolina. Such
cases will be promptly Investigated
and persons in this class will be di
rected to market their wheat immedl
ately upon penalty of having it con- -flscated
by the Government. 1
Administrator Page Is confident of
an Immediate and patriotic response
upon the part of wheat growing farm-'
ers in North Carolina who still have
wheat on hand. Mr. Page states tbat p
there Is no pecuniary reason ' why
wheat growers should not market all
of their wheat beyond tliolr own re
quirements until the next harvest. It
la possible that a higher price will be
fixed try Congress for the coming crop
but it would not apply to wheat from
the last harvest. Further, there Is
really some danger that the next crop
will not sell at as high a price in
North Carolina as wheat Is selling at
present because the rate Of $2.20 per
bushel fixed by President Wilson by
proclamation may be made to apply
to all aectlons regardless of freight
differentials, etc.
There Is a further chance that the
smaller mills which are now unre
stricted as to the price they may pay.
tor wheat, may be restricted to the
basing price minus freight from the.
nearest basing point which would be.
from $2.10 to $1.16 per bushel from
most points In North Rsjollnm.
War U an ugly thing but a Ger'
man peace ugliur-Russian far
mers are producing German food.
In France all grain that can
be used lu bread mailing is re
served for human food,
All the resources of the coun
try are hereby plcdgod--now is
the time to work them to the limit ,
In England "His Majesty
King" and the humblest sub
have duplicate rations card