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VOL. XVIII. NO. 2
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1919
$1.50 A TEAR IN ADVANCE
Ws
RAILROADS ARE OF
E
SHOULD BE EITHER OWNED OR
CONTROLLED BY THE PUBLIC
GOVERNOR BICKETT SAYS.
SENATE FIDDLING AWAY TIME
1 "Now It tlit Psyohologlcal Momtnt for
Putting This Railroad or Public
Utility Program Across."
Raleigh.
Raleigh. The government should
make It Impossible (or a man or set
of men working for a public utility to
go on a strike, la the opinion of Gov
ernor T. W. Blckett brought back
from the governor's conference which
met In Salt Lake Ofty, Utah, '
The problem of averting strikes, es
pecially In big public utilities which
affect of the three big matters consid
ered at the conference of the gover
nors. Thn Mnrth Carolina ttzAcuilve
had more to say about this particular
point than on any of the other sub
jects under discussion.
' JWtrating his point, that a man
fmgaged in a public utility work
should not he allowed to strike, the
goventbr said that the railroads, for
Instance, are- much more a vital part
of the nation than either the army or
the navy. It Is recognized that the
. railroads are ao 'necessary to the pub
' 1 llo welfare that they should either be
owned by the public, or should be con
trolled by the public. Now Is the psy
cological time for putting this rail'
road or public utility program across.
for 4.000.000 soldiers, who are just out
of the service understand the view
point, and would back up such a move.
Instead of dispolng of the treaty and
getting at these vital things the sen
ate is riddling Its time while Rome
burns, the governor thought.
Success In Preserving Records.
The North Carolina Historical com
mission la meeting with remarkable
success In Its efforts to preserve North
Carolina's war history. Concrete ex
amples of this success are one of the
finest world war museums In this
country; a department of war history
created in the historical commission
hv thn mneral assembly: and definite
provision for publishing a complete-
history of North Carolina's pan in
the world war.
Wants Resolution Passed.
Washington (Special) Representa
tive Godwin appeared before the house
committee on military affairs and urg
ed the immediate passage of Resolu
tion 8940 to 'authorise the secretary
r war to transfer, free of charge, to
the department of agriculture and the
postofflce department certain motor
propelled vehicles and motor equip
ments' for use In the transmission of
the malls and the construction and
maintenance of the nubile highways
The delay caused by the the refusal
th. aaAratarv nf war to transfer to
'the state these vehicles and equip
ment is a serious matter to the sev
eral communities.
No Blanket Investigation.
utrni.inin that he will draw bills
n tmiixtmnnt If the fcrand jury of
Mecklenburg county makes present
ments In cases grpwing out ot tne re
n.nt r harn tragedy in Charlotte,
and "adding that In his opinion, the
solicitor has no power to conduct a
blanket Investigation, Solicitor George
W. Wilson, of the Fourteenth Judicial
Tv.irfM hsi written a letter to the
governor setting forth his position In
the matter
'ml Validated.
f.Mwoil cnimtv's Quarter million
iniur. nud hnnd Issue Is validated
Martin county wins its 1100,000 suit
for the delivery of bridge bonds de
eltned by the Wachovia bank, highest
bidder, on the ground of Irregularity,
..... loirinlaHnn and former
Sheriff Wlndley, of Beaufort county,
gets new trial on charge of misappro
priation of county's money, the su
preme court decides In its first cases
. ot the fall term.- "
Insurance License Restored.
Announcement was made hi the
.shape 6f a formal statement for the
'press that the license ot the Globe
. and Rutgers Insurance, Company, can
celled by the insurance commissioner
on September I, had been re-instated
la compliance with an order signed by
Judge Henry P. Lane, holding courts
in the western' part of the state.
The Insurance company, through
Paul W. Schenck, of Greensboro, state
agent, brought suit against the com
. mlssioner to restrain him from can
celling the license of the company. ,
Notwithstanding the fact that the
people of North Carolina invested
more than 1110.800.000 la Liberty
Bonds ot the first four issues and gave
tremendous sums outright to the vari
ous forms of war work and war relief,
deposit! In North Carolina banks in
creased fifty-seven per cent during the
two years ot January 1, 1917, to Jan
uary L IMS.
These record breaking deposits have
been Ve ported by the banks of North
Carolina to the Federal Reserve Bank
of Richmond, the amount of money la
current, or circulating, accounts and
in saving deposits being far In excess
ot anything ever before experienced In
the history ot banking in the state.
Comparative figure just completed,
show, that from January 1, 1917, to
January 1, 1919, the total voln-ne ot
the deposits in the North Carolina
banka increased more than $72,040,
000. One of the features of the reports
filed by the banka la the remarkable
Increase shown in saving, deposits.
This Is not by any meana confined to
North Carolina but is true ot tile
banks throughout the Fifth Federal
Reserve District and, indeed, all over
the United States. In North Carolina
the amount of money to the credit of
savings accounts increased more than
914,703,000 within the period given
above, or 32.8S per cent There are
537 banks In the Old North State.
nsurance License Revoked.
The license of the Globe and Rut
gers Fire Insurance Company, ot New
York, to do business In thts state, was
revoked by order of Insurance Com
missioner James R. Young, and at the
same time the commissioner cancelled
the licenses of some eighty or ninety
agents and representatives In North
Carolina.
This action by the Commissioner,
which eliminates the company from
writing Are risks In North Carolina,
follows a hearing In his office when
Paul W. Schenck and attorneys of
the company appeared to defend a
charge against the company of issuing
policies in North Carolina varying
with the standard fire policy required
by the department :
Governor Hasn't Power.
Neither the constitution or the
statute law of North Carolina confers
upon the governor any power to origi
nate an Investigation or to create ma
chinery upon which an Investigation
may be conducted, according to a for
mal opinion of Attorney General J. S.
Manning, furnished, following the re
quest upon the governor for an Inves
tigation Into the recent car barn
tragedy in Charlotte. ,
Cheap Water 8yetems.
That efficient water systems can be
Installed on the average farm with lit
tle expense to the owner, has recently
been demonstrated by Mr. E. R. Ra
ney, farm engineering specialist of the
agricultural extension service, who
has recently returned from the pied
mont section of the state, where he
helped to Install water systems on two
farms. In both cases, the water i be
ing pumped by means ot hydraulic
rams. :
The total coat of installation was
about $65 and $125.
18,808 Men Wanted.
A six day campaign to increase the
membership of the American Legion
in North Carolina to 18,698 as part of
the nation-wide drive of the organisa
tion for a million members will begin
September 16, The state's quota Is
arrived at on a basis of 80,947 men In
the service. '.
More than one-third of the million
400,000 soldiers, sailors and marines
of the recent war organised in upward
of 3,500 posts from coast to coast
has already been obtained.
Governor Blckett to Speak.
Gov. T.. W. Blckett will deliver the
opening and the closing address be
fore the week's conference ot the
state and county council, at Chapel
Hill, September 16-20.
The state and county council, some
thing new under the sun tor North
r.rniinn la to be held under the aus
pices of the governor of the state, the
State University, the state Associa
tion nf rnnntv Commtsloners and the
state departments charged with carry
ing into effect the state public wel
fare laws. . '
Rotary Heads In Raleigh.
Raleigh has been aeciaeo. upon se
.i. a.t mvHnr nlaee for the presi
dents and secretaries of the Rotary
clubs ot the' Carolines ana Virginia;
and the date la October in. This an
nminVamant was made by Rogers W.
Davis, governor of the seventh dis
trict, composed of the states oi norm
and South' Carolina and Virginia.
Portsmouth, Vs., had bee a strong
bidder for the meeting, but Governor
Davis explained that Ralelfh was fi
nally chosen because ot the geograph
ical location. .... ; ., . .
The Prince
(Isaiah
(By Rev. M. C Gonnor, Wesleyan Methodist Pastor.)
"The men of America for the Man of Galilee" has been a rallying cry
for some years. ,
Let us now aay: All mankind for the Man of Galilee. He is the Prince
of Leaders, the Prince of Peace. He leads to manhood and womanhood,
to the highest attainments and greatest achievements of peace time.
For years the world has been challenged to war worka; now the Prince
of Peace, having led us through the burning fiery furnace, challenges us
to follow where He leads, to harvest the world.
Earth has been blessed with many great leaders, but the Prince of
them all is Jesus,."The Man of Galilee," the "Son of God." God sent many
prophets into the world, but they were abused and deserted, so He sent His
own Son. His divinity is clearly stated in Isaiah, "The Mighty God, the
everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." Jesus Himself stated it so clearly
that the men of His time said, "You make yoweelf equal with God"; and
He answered, "I do; for so I am.
This is the assurance of ua all.
the best of them, manifest in the flesh; He can not make any mistake. This
not only wins our heart, but it satisfies our mind, and gives us an undying
hope.. "
This fact has become so well known that we fail to fully appreciate
its worth. . j j
The heathen people that hear it for the first time marvel, and adore,
and give themselves to the Divine Leader with a devotion that should bring
the blush of shame to nine out of ten American Christians. Those that aay
Jesus is only good man, take the wires out of the electric lamp, and hold
it up to the deluded for admiration. They would take the aun out of
the heavens that we might admire the moon, whose secondary light is from
the sun. The Leader of the Church in ages past as well as today,
the leader of the hosts of good in every department, is the Divine Prince
of Peace.
(Rev. B. A. Culp, M. E, next week.)
THE
ADVANTAGE OF
8CHOOLS.
LARGE
Do the people really know what it
will mean to consolidate the small
schools? Why do people want to bold
to the one teacher school? The small
district can have only one teacher who
can draw only $62.50 per month. No
high school subjects can be taught,
nothing above the ' sevonth grade.
Most of those children will never have
any training above the seventh grade.
Some few will go off to the high
school at a high cost.
Out of three of these one teacher
schools a three teacher school can be
stablished. .. It aa many as twenty
high school pupils can be maintained
a principal of the high school may be
paid aa much as $125 per month out
of the stale and county funds. If at
first not enough pupils can be se
cured tor a high school the school will
be rated as an elementary school of
three teachers and the principal may
be paid $100 per month Jor the year
1920-1921. Earl, Boiling Springs, Pat
terson Springs, 3B's, Elizabeth, Double
Shoals, Lattlmore. Mooresboro, Un
ion, Fair View, Casar will each re
ceive $100 per month tor their princi
pal 1920-1921, provided they employ
one who can do high school work.
As It now is most people In the
county can not secure high school ad
vantages without sending their chil
dren to some other school far from
home and at a great expense. They
are helping to build up other commit
tees when they could build up their
own by having a school large enough
for three teachers, , There is no ex
cuse in Cleveland county for a one
teacher school. We have good roads
and the county is able to provide
transportation.
J. Y. IRVIN.
MI8S MALTBY TO SPEAK,
Back from the war hospitals ot
Europe, a company of American Red
Cross nurses are touring the country
an the Chautauqua Circuits in a new
and far-reaching public health, cam
paign. Four nurses have been assign
ed to cover the chapters in this di
vision, and Miss Frances Maltby will
speak in Kings Mountain on Septem
ber 23rd on the program of the Rad
oliffe Chautauqua Circuit, her subject
boing "A Record and a prophecy."
The need tor public health nursing
has been strikingly demonstrated in
thla country during the year 1918. In
the United States alone, tbe epidemic
of influenza was responsible for the
deaths ot 340,000 people( while tuber
culoais claimed 150,000 victims. In
addition to this, approximately one
third of the men who wore examined
for military service were found to be
physically unfit, the majority on ac
count' of defects which might have
been, remedied if taken in hand in
time,' as would have been the 'case if
there had been compulsory examina
tion ot school children years ago.
The public health nirVlng program
of the Red Cross offersKne specific
answer to the- question "What is the
Red Cross going to do in times v of
peace r The address of Miss Maltby
will take up five general topics, the
first throe ot which take public health
education itself into the home of
every one in the audience.
the first ot these is a plea and ar
gument for the employment ot a public
-health nurse in every community.
The second part of the nurse's
"message" il the urgent matter of
home hygiene and the care ot the
sick.
1 It is the third part ot the lecture
that asks whether or not the women
Of Leaders
9:1-7.)
.
Men are certain sometimes to blunder,!
in the audience can cook, and the
question ii as far from frivolity as It
is from impertinence , .
THE
CHAUTAUQUA ENDOR8ED
BY REV. KERR.
' . -
For a number of years several or
th- .i.n. nf Km,,. Mm,.in h'
endeavored to furnish instructive
lectures and wholesome entertain-1
ment for our town and community.
Lyceum numbers have been presented
at intervals during the school year
and chautauquas have been engaged
for last summr and for a few days
during this September. As a rule
we have had good entertainments
but sometimes we have not accom
pllshed all we had hoped.
It takes
money to get something that is worth
while along these lines and not a little
has been spent by private individuals
to meet obligations that have been as
sumed. With co-operation on the
part of all, better attractions can be
secured from year to year. Great
educational leaders and splendid mu
sicians appear on the lyceum and
chautauqua stage tn our country.
Practically all of our Christian col
leges have lyceum courses.
The writer of this article does not
endorse every particular thing that
has been done in our effort to aupply
this wholesome entertainment and it
may be that there are other disap
pointments In store. But the aim Is
praiseworthy and If all will join in
these efforts it will be possible for us
to have in Kings Mountain entertain
ments equal to "the best." Let us
cultivate a taste for the best In recre
ation and entertainment. This Is the
proper way to overcome a tendency
that all good people desire to correct.
Mr. Radcllffe. of Washington, D. C,
directs the movements of about six
teen hundred chautauquas in the Unl
ted states and Canada.
It is his de -
sire to make a contribution In this
way to the blotting out of illiteracy!
in our country. In our school audito
rium on Sept. 20, 22, 23 we are to have
addresses on Education, Home Mak
ing, and Care of the Sick, along with
music, readings and other numbers of
a kindred nature. Let us make this
a success.
G. L. KERR,
Chairman of Committee.
8HE TRIES HER PLAN. No. 2.
Hello Ladies! I have been trying to
get an early breakfast. It takes me
about an hour: Say, have you all
made any muscadine jelly yet? I
have and It sure is fine. Try it. Come
around some day and we can hunt
some vines. They are plentiful this
y jar. OLD LADY.
A PLAN 8UGGESTED NO. 1.
Hello ladies! I have found a secret
about happiness at home. A lady friend
of mine told me how she pleased her
husband. She slipped out ot bed of a
morning and got him an early break
fast when he wanted to get to work
early. Then she could go back to bed
and sleep another nap after he gets
to work. Ladies, let's try this a
while. Let's wash the dishes at night
and sift the flour and pick the rice
and cut the meat and set the table
and see just hw quick we ' can get
them oft to work. Let's try to amlle
or sing all the time they are about.
This might be good for us and them
too. THE OLD LADY.
. HAMBRIGHT A DELEGATE.
Mr. G. F. Hambright has been ap
pointed by Governor Blckett as a del
egate from this county to the Farmers
National Congress which meets at
Hagerstowa, Md, October 28-81.
TEACHERS MUST HAVE CERTIFI
CATES RENEWED.
Under the new school law it Is a
misdemeanor for a teacher to teach
without a certificate In force. The
law makes It a misdemeanor for the
committeemen and the treasurer to
pay a teacher without a certificate in
force.
If a teacher holds a state certificate
that expired July 1. 1919 it Is worth
less unless renewed. There are about
twenty teachers In the county who did
not do the Reading Circle work last
spring neither did they attend the
summer school. Their certificates ex
pired July 1, 1919. Their only chance
of teaching on a first grade will be foe
them to take the examination on
Lelper's Language in the Grades and
Ra peer's Teaching the Fundamental
Subjects. Both ot the books can be
had from Alfred Williams and tym
pany, Raleigh, N. C. The examina
tion on the above books will be held
October 14th and 15th. Any teacher
who falls to take tbe examination in
October will have to teach on a second
grade or not teach at all.
J. Y. IRVIN.
ABBOTT-WHEELER.
Word comes from Oxford, N. C. to
the effect that Miss Vera Abbott of
Kings Mountain was married to Mr.
Hugh Wheeler of that city. Mies Ab
bott was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Abbott and was lately employed
on the local telephone exchange.
REV. KIRK LIKES CHAUTAUQUA.
The chautauqua when conducted ao
cording to its original intention is
... . A , .
i wholesome from the standpoint of rec
i"' euwnaiumwu n uu ..
E. L. KIRK.
Baltimore. Hubert E. Smith, of
Pleasant Garden, N. C, was killed
here in a motorcycle accident.
Rocky' Mount.-C. C. Chalk, Well
known (Itlten and contractor of this
city, died at his home, heart trouble
causing bis death.
Chapel Hill. After several months
of study and Investigation definite
plans were announced for the new
school of commerce at the University
of North Carolina.
Washington. A delegation headed
by Judge Jeter C. Pritchard came here
from Ashevllle to protest against the
contemplated sale of Kehilworth Inn
to the public health service for a gov
ernment tuberculosis hospital.
Ashevllle. For the second time in
the past few weeks a still has been
discovered and captured on the es
tate ot Mrs. Edith S. Vanderbilt. the
widow ot the late George W. Vander
bilt, of Biltmore.
: Hickory. The Cbrestonlan Literary
society of Lenoir college has been re
organized with 40 or more members
and starts out the year with lndlca-
1 tlons ot Increased Interest in literary
topics,
,
Ralelgh.Wearing the French Croix
de Guerre and division award for
bravery while under Are on the front,
Lieutenant Walter Simpson has re
turned to Raelgh after long service
in Europe, for a short leave of absence.
Klnston. Lenoir a typhoidless
county is a probability. A systematic
campaign waged by the health bureau
against the disease has resulted In
the Immunization or a large part ot
the population.
Concord. Hugh, small son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles W. Endy, of Route
5, lost his leg here when, while play
ing around a mowing machine oper
ated by his father, his leg became en
tangled In the blades. The boy was
rushed to the Concord hospital where
amputation was found necessary.'
Shelby. The resignation of Sheriff
W. D. Lackey from office has caused
no little comment In Cleveland and
there is much speculation aa to his
successor.
Lumberton. Eight divorces have
been granted In Robeson superior
court this week, the divorce question
taking up much of the court's time
during the first week.
Ashevillev The town of Waynes
vllle is to have a new hotel with 250
rooms and it is expected that the
building will be ready for occupancy
by the end ot next spring.
Raeford The largest crowd of
Hoke county people ever assembled
welcomed the Hoke county boys back
from the great war with an old-fashioned
picnic. It was the general es
timate eight thousand people were
present. ,
ACCIDENT
TO WILSON PARTY
AUTOMOBILE COLLISION CAUSE8
DEATH TO TWO AND INJURY
TO THREE OTHERS.
ALL WERE NEWSPAPER MEN
Mr. Small Was Former Superinten
dent of the Southern Division of
the Associated Preas.
Portland Ore. Ben Allen, of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, member of
President Wilson's party, and James
R. Patterson, of Portland, Ore., were
killed, and two other newspaper men
Injured in an automobile collision on
the Columbia highway when the pres
idential party was returning to Port
land from a tour over the highway.
The injured:
Robert T. Small, Philadelphia Pub
lic Ledger.
Stanley Raynolds, Baltimore Sun.
The extent of Small's injuries had
not been ascertained at the hospital
where he was taken, but friends said
they are not considered serious.
Raynolds suffered a broken shoulder.
It was 17 automobiles back from
the- automobile bearing President and
Mrs. Wilson. While Patterson was
. ttemptlng to regain his position in
line, a spectator's automobile la said
to have crossed ahead of him and
in trying to avoid this car his ma
chine struck another and overturned.
It developed that Arthur D. Sulli
van, news writer, of Oregon, who was
also riding in the car, was among
the injured, bringing the total num
ber up to three.
Later information brought the In
formation that Small, who was riding
In the tonneau with -Sullivan and Ray
nolds, was thrown clear and escaped
with painful bruises and lacerations.
Mr. Small was former superintend-,
ent of the southern division of the
Associated Preej '
APPEAL FOR HELP SENT OUT
BY CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
Dallas, Tex. First definite news of
life loss came late from the Texas
gulf coast territory, stricken by a
tropical hurricane that awept In from
the gulf.
Flooded by water and battered by
gales, the city ot Corpus Chrlstl sent
out an appeal tor help, estimating its
dead "up to 25 or more" with 3,000
persons . homeless and In need, and
property damage approximating $3.
000,000. This appeal brought prompt action
from state authorities and southern
department headquarters of the Unit
ed States army at San Antonio. A
relief train was ordered started from
San Antonio for Corpus Christ! with,
tents, cots, blankets and medical sua
plles and foodstuffs.
FORCE AT FIUME NOW
NUMBERS 26,000 801DIERS.
Paris. Twenty-six thousand Italian
troops are now In Flume, according
to the latest advices to the Italian
poapo delegation here. The British
and French troops have left the city,
lowering their flags at d'Annunxio'a
request
The Italians are being reinforced
constantly by deserters from the regu-
lar organization. It is feared in gen
eral conference circles that the Nittl
government may tall because ot the
premier's denunciation of. d'Annunslo.
'ON-PARTISAN LEAGUE
LEADERS ARE CONVICTED.
Jackson; Minn. A. C. Townley,
president ot the National Non-partisan
league, and Joseph Gilbert, for
mer organization manager, were sen
tenced to three months m the Jack
son county jail here by Judge E. C.
Dean, without alternative of line.
Towney and Gilbert were convicted
here July 12 on a charge ot conspira
cy to teach disloyalty.
MINORITY REPORT O TREATY
IS PRESENTED BY MeCUMBEN
Washington. Rejection at all pro
posed amendments to the German
peade treaty and modification of the
recommended "Strong" ffefeerwitlone
was urged In an Individual minority
report filed with the senate by Sena
tor McCumber, Republican, North Da
kota, next in rank to Chairman Lodge.
Senator McCumber did not jots in the
recent Republican majority report and
voted with the Democrats on amend
ments and several reservation.
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