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Vol. 17 No. 30.
Welcom
In behalf of Ourselves and our Subscribers The Herald extends to our returning Soldiers and Sailors
A Most Cardial Welcome back Home. Those of you who "Went Across" and helped to win for humanity
the Greatest Victory of AIT Ages have forged your way into the hearts of the Liberty Loving for all ti
me to come. Your Fame will Not perish from the Earth. VVitn no less fervor do we receive back those
who were in training but were not permitted to participate in the conflict.
GLAD TO.:SEE;YOU.V ; V '
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BOTH SIDES CONTEST
Kings Mountain's debaters
woo out in the duel contest Fri
day night against Bessemer City
in the triangular debate conduct
ed by the state university. King
Mountain, Bessemer City and
Cherry ville fo.-med a trUng'e
but Cherry ville dropin-d out nnd
declined to debatn. This left
Kings Mountain and Itesseuc
City to debate' under the emer
gency arrangements of duel de
bate. Tha query discussed was lh
name in every triangle in the
state and is, "Resoived, Th.it
life United States should adopt
a policy of requiring one year of
'military training of all able
bodied men before they reach
the age of 21." Messrs Lawrence
Lovel and Lester Saunders af
firmed the question at King
Mountain against Bessemer's
' nncmtlvn. and Messrs Jesse Ki-
r "
feer and Edward Lovell repre
sented the negative at Bessemer
against ber affirmative. The
Judges were unanimous in favor
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at Bessemer. The judges heie
were from Shdby, Messrs J. P.
Mull, J. H Qulnn and G. P.
.Webb. V:": . :': -
As we understand it, other e-
llmidatlng triangles Will be form
ed over the state of those win
ning Friday night and this sec
ondary contest will decide who
goes to Chapel Bill for the do
bate finals. Second contest on
April 25.
STATEMENT OP 1 OWNER
SHIP,. MANAGEMENT, CIR
CULATION, ETC. REQUIRED
THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF
AUGUST 24, 1912
Of the- Kings Mountain Her
ald, published weakly, at Kings
Mountain, N. C, for April 1919.
- G. G, Page testifies that he is
the sole. owner and editor of the
Kings ..Mountain Herald and
that there are no bond holders
or mortgage holders. V
. W. H. McGinnis,
, ;- ' Notary public. ':
M cow- pxnirps June 11 15)20.
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ERY HERE
From the looks of things the
street paving program will be
in full swing within a few, c'a.vs.
Machinery arrived last week and
was unloaded at Midway, the
new depot sitt-, with which lo do
the work. As time passes our
ppop'e become more interested
in good street".' That section of
Mountain si met from the rail
road crossing to the City limit
at D. A. Fulton's will be Includ
ed In thn living program pro
vided everything in forthcoming.
A majority of the property hold-,
ers cf this section hiye h'gned a
petition to the city council ask
ing that this section of street br
paved. '. '.-
We understand that a majority
of the property on Gold treet
as far out as Campbell Phi fur's
it represented on a petition ask
log for paving.
BASEBALL
DETROIT TIGETS
vs : '
BOSTON BRAVES
at Loray Park, Gastonia, N. C.
I THURSDAY, APRIL 10th.
j REGULAR LINE-UPS OF
THESE MAJOn LEAGUE
t TEAMS GUARANTEED.
For information address
Gastonia Athletic Assn.,
Fred L, Smyte, Treasurer.
LAND SALE MONDAY
The sale of tho Pinchbeck-
Smith land, containing 600 acres
to be held on. the 14th Instant
will no doubt attract a large
crowd, the iand to be sold is
one of the best farms iJ this sec
tion, and, is ideally located, be
ing only 1 1-2 miles from Kings
Mountain and 1 .1-2 miles from
Bessemer City, on the National
Highway, and Is well improved
and in a high stat j of cultiva
tion. , r ';
- This sale is to be conducted
by the famous Penny Brothers,
the World's Original Twin '.Auc
tioneer who have had twenty
yeats experience Appearing be
fore the publio as auctioneers,
and they have conducted sal s
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, TliniMlay, .Aji:U
Home
mnot
Cleveland Connty will do honor
to her soldiers at a big celebra
tion to be held in Shelby May 20
Particulars next week.
in nearly every state in the un
ion. Tuey look alike and talk
alike. In crying a sale they , both
speak the -same words in the
s line tone of voice, crying the
same bid at the same time, nev
er losing a bid, while the crowd
is held spell bound throughout
tho sa!e.
Mr. Forrest Sipe who has just
rst rnrd from overseas has open
0 1 up t'tore in the Laughlin
building at Midway. .
Soldier
10, ilJil)
8 1 .50
CARRYING PISTOL
For the first time since your
humble editor lias beon 'court
ing' l.e saw a woman fined in
court for carrying a pistol by
R:corder FalU Thursday. No
double standard for tho recoid.
er. So mav ::t continue. It was t
woman's session with a big at
e idance of members present
No rcfieslinients -eie . -erved
but a colkction was taUuu and,
the roll called.
Miss Pearl Koyster pleaili
truiltv to assaulting Mrs. E'la'
Queen with a bobbin in the Dil
ling mill. She said that Mr
Quet'n had 'talked ahout her '
Defendant paid five dollars find
aid five dollars costs.
Miss Pearl Ray ster's mother,
Mrs. Rosa Royster, was then
charged with carrying a pistol
concealed on a certain dav when
she was 'raising cane' with the
Queens. This charae miscarriedl
but one elderly ladv during the'
course of her lestimof j lot the
cat oat of tho wal!et and said
that on a )revious occasion shi
saw a pistol in M's. lio.vslor's
suit case which she was paeltinir
t case which she was paeltinir I
ako on a trip to the camp to
her son. Tho evidenco to-l
hisr with her almost ii jnfiwl
n cooked' tluv. cake .and slief
to ta
see
getl
sion
was fined fifty dollars nud Cuslfj
of $11.55.
A -peace warract was asked
for by Mrs. Queen agninst Mrs.
Royster whom she sui i lnd
threatened to kill her and of
whom she said li was very
much afraid. Record.-.,- Falld
would uot issue the Aiirrapt but
gave his promise that if she
undertook further, violence that
he would biat a peace warrant
all to pieces
WOULD REPAIR DEPOT
Tae railroad company has just
made a desperale effort to get a,
permit from the to n to repair
the old freight depot but thd
council has tauck to its deteruii
nation that the old firs trarl
shall not be repaired Tho towi
has a contract with the railroac
company which calls lor a new
freight depot as' well as a : pa
senger station and they are i
no notion of changing the plan
' Set ib out," it's a nev
depot we want.'
WOMAN FINED FOR
A Year In Advance
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