North Carolina Newspapers

Linwood College History Reviewed In Article By Rev. I. W. Canon Rev. J. W. Carson, Gastonia ARP minister, reviewed the his tory of Llnwood College in a re cent guest column for J. W. At kins' "Col Gaston Gossips" in the Gastonia Gazette of June 18. Linwood College was a forcal point of education for many Kings Mountain and Gastonia citizens, as well as a social cen ter attracting the youthful ?wains of the day. The Carson column follows: "This assignment has caused me to turn backward in memory to my boyhood days. Much early and unwritten history has center ed around All Healing Springs. For long years these copious springs at the foot of Crowders Mountain were believed to pos sess he? ling qualities. There is a tradition that the Indians brought their sick people to these springs, known as All Healing Springs, to be cured of thtelr diseases. The early Inhabitants of. this section believed that these springs had healing virture and visited them in search of healing and health. "In the latter part of the 1870's the Garrtets of Kings Mountain built a hotel here, and the springs became a popular resort for sick people and pleasure seekers. The grounds were beautified, many springs were walled in, and a pavillion was built over them. In a small area, springs of different mineral content were designated. Here were held many gay occa sions, and people came from Char lotte, Durham, and neighboring cities to join In the festivities. We country boys on occasions went up to listen to the enchanting mu sic and to view the joyous scenes ; but, according to the strict stan dards of the Scotch Irish around, even listening and looking werte taboo. "In 1883 a maiden lady from the North came to All Healing Springs and built a rather large structure on the mountain slope above the springs to serve as a school for girls. In those early days nteither the boys nor the girls of this section had much, opportunity to get an education. This good woman, known as "Miss Pruden," had evidently stu died the great need and made ef- 1 fort to give the girls of this sec- 1 tlon the privilege of a collegfe ed- 1 u cation. The school was support- 1 ed by the Northern Presbyterian Church, and was projected on the self-help plan, the students doing roost of the work in' preparing the royals and keeping house. Many tine and capable young women desiring coilege training, took ad vantage of the school, and receiv ed a fine education at a minimum cost, the neighboring people soon began to see the value of the school at their very door, and many young women of this sec tion received college training, who without the school, would have been denied the privllegies of college culture and education. "The first name of the school was Pruden Hall, named for Miss Pruden, the founder. Miss Pruden waa a woman of Impressive ap pearance, of fine Christian char acter, very deaf, but evidently a woman of executive . ability and vision. She was able to secure good teachers, mostly from the North, who had an uplifting in fluence ovier the young women of the school.. . "Having established the school, Miss Pruden turned it over to Judge Jones of Minneappolis, Minn., and other men of wealth, and went on her way to establish other schools of like character. Judge Jones sent the Rev, C, A. Hampton, a Northern "Presbyteri an minister, whose health had broken under the heavy duties' of the pastorate and the rigors of the severe winter, to take charge of the school. The Hampton fami ly- consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Hampton, a daughter, Helen, and a son, Harry. The Hamptons must have taken over the school in thte late 1880's. The name of the school was t,hen changed to Jones Seminary. Able teachers were employed and the college grew, attracting students from a large section of North Carolina and neighboring states. It proved a great blessing to the women in this whole section, and thei-e arte many here today, and many oth ers who would love to be here, who bless the memory of Jones Seminary. "In 1898 the head of the collegte, Rev. C. A. Hampton, passed to his heavenly reward,, and the doors of the school were closed for one year. Judge Jones offered thte use of the school property to the First Presbytery of the Asso B.T. Goodrich SPECIALS PRICES SLASHED ! VALUES GALORE! FOLDING STEEL LAWN and PORCSTCHAIR A $6.95 V ALU ft qm ? HEAVY DUTY STEEL, < ? COLORFUL CLOTH ~ BACK AND SKAT ? ASSORTED COLOR* ?uJ mvAAn if aIIaiii miv t a I VPi|kPllWI/ |Vi9?W| iMV, ???? touts COMPACTLY TOR STORAGE cu m*mm ;98 NOT A SECOND, NOT A RECAP But a Oenulne B.F.Goodrich Tise WITH / LIFI-TIMi GUARANTEE NOW ONLY I CROSSWORD ? * * #lv A. r._ ILinlnn I AmflM 44? Affirmative vote 1 7? Miuical note A * **? ? ? ? ? 4?-tK?w^ i^^SSkdSL*011111 49-^yrtrio Bamkrit word 2 SO L?tin abbreviation lot jJlA ,33^ .. '1??** r*11" J ft- CornpL. ?__ .. A tptck 28? Adwnery da j 58 ? Chemical lymbol for 32 Adults lot w?'TSStr* (?bb.) rf.bwxi? ? Indian 1 of inquiry ; 41? U-t 4t W? I 44? Low 1 45? T? 2 ? Ancient tan fod 4 ? 51? Part ef ?? ? Lyrical poem S3 Wo? ? ? >?hr? Mata at quality S1~w 5# ? Toward S 7? Snare I Kft T> U1 _ -? ~ + r- ? ?.????? vwiwi Bv I7C{XMIuOD 4W^'? ->n ?<l IS? Bone 65? Kiel amotion See The Want Ad Section For This Week's Completed Puzzle date Reformed Presbyterian Church. The offer was accepted and a committee was appointed to arrange for the reopening of thfe school. The presbytery ap pointed the Rev. A. G. Kirkpa trick and daughters, Mrs. Willie K. Douglas and Miss Grace Kirk patirck, to have charge of the college. The doors were opened in the fall of 1900 and the school at once gained popular favor, filling a grteat need iow felt in the community and by the former constituency . Being under the control of the presbytery that had many churches In this sec tion It won larger support from ? " the comtnunity and from the churches of the supporting deno mination. This administration was cut short by the illness of Mr, Kirkpatrick, who gavte over the management of the seminary at the close of the spring term of 1903. Mrs. Douglas became identified with the Woman's Col lege of Due West, S. C? and Mr. Kirkpatrick passed away jn Due West hi 1904. "Rev. A. T. Lindsay, pastor of the Pisgah A. f!. Presbyterian Church, purchased the property and took over the management of the schbol in the fall term of 1903. The name of the school was chan. ged to Linwood College, and a pferiod of enlargement and popu lar favor ensued. Many improve ments on the physical plant were rinade, new buildings were con structed, and the attendance on the college was greatly enlargted. After a few years, the doorfe of the college were opened to the boys of the community, and many fine m?n wtent out from the col lege into places of honor and ser % Lee. "It was a sad day for the grad uates of Linwood College, and the many boys and girls that needed its facilities, when it became nec essary to close the doors of Lin wood College. Tnis took place at the close of ths spring term of 1921. This necessity was brought about by several contributing causes. One was th<* competition of endowed colleges., and colleges supported by church and state contributions. Another wds the rigid requirement* of standardi zation which the smaller colleges were unable to mefet. "But the influence of the college did not end when the doors clos ed. Linwood College, and It pre decessors, have mteant much to this section of North Carolina, to the bordering states, and especial ly to this good Pisgah community. All through the history of the college the girls have been accus tomed to worship at Pisgah and it was always a pleasure and an inspiration to srtee the long llpe of girls marching down the road on their way to church. The young swains of two generations ago rated the enjoyment of the church services too much by the number of girls in the line. The days in which the college girls could not attend the services were off days in their minds, des pite the Excellence of the messag es given by Dr. feoyce, Dr. Gallo way, Mr. Lindsay, and Mr, Hood. "The influence of Pruden Hall, Jones Seminary, and Linwood College lives on, and will continue to live as long as the impact Of the women who attended the col lege is felt In the heart* and lives Of men and women. Thte ties that bind you together and bring you to thest reunions, are strong; and , the meeting of classmates, school mates, and former friends and teachers, win be cherished as long as you arte permitted to assemble in these annual gatherings. We all dsvoutly wish that the college were alive and active today. We can hardly reconcile ourselves to the fact that It Is not. Yet we arte thankful that the college lived and ministered so well in its day and time. We are assured that Its memory and blessings will never pass. The memory of this, fix# . institution lives in thousands of Hves tftdav anil far this we are It Is estimated that three out of every ten city residents In the United States consume less than a pint of milk, or Its equivalent, per person, per week. Plv, Reports from North Carolina commercial Irish potato growers as of June 1 Indicate production this year frill total . 3^00,000 bushels, compared with 3,705, OCX Culling Of Cows Is Recommended "Cull all low-producing cows before they eat into your pro fits." That is the recommenda tion of both state and federal au thorities. MHk production per cow has risen in the past ten years from an average of 4.600 pounds to 5. 400 pounds, while consumption per person of milk In all forms has declined from 752 to 689 pounds, according to figures sup plied by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. As a result, milk production has been exceeding the amount consumed since late 1952. ? In order to balance the supply and demand, It will be necessary to produce less or consume more, or .perhaps some of each, ac cording to George Hyatt, Jr.. In chatge of dairying for the State College Extension Service. Re duction In milk prices should en courage consumption of dairy products, but they also call for increased efficiency in daffy pro* duction. One way to accomplish this is to cull all low-producing Cows. The U. S. Department of Agri culture reports that the culling rate needs to be increased 10 per cent over 1953 just to hold cow numbers at the January 1, 1954, level. To bring production into balance with demand, culling should l^e increased considera bly more. ' Both federal and state dairy authorities strongly recommend sending to slaughter any ques tionable producers. Dairy farm ers cannot afford the economic1 drag which such sows represent. "Average and lower-than-av erage producers not only fail to pay for their own upkeep," says Hyatt, "but they swell the total volume of milk produced, there by reducing the potential profits of better producers. ? To help decide whether to cull now or in the fall, Hyatt suggests a comparison of returns to be made from summer gracing a gainst prospective lower selling prices for the cull cow at the end of the season. Prices of utility grade cows in a normal year are 9 per cent above the yearly av erage in May ? and 7 per cent below in November. This means a drop In value of about $20 on a 1,000 pound cow. Also, unless pastures are abundant, It Is more profitable to save them for the best producers. TO CLOVES. S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Parris Aldridge moved Thursday to Clover, S. C., where Mr. Aldridge has ac cepted a position with the A merican Thread company. Mr. Aldridge had held a position . with the Burlington Mill's Phte nix plant for the past five years. It had been previously announced that Mr. Aldridge was accepting a similar posi tion at Hudson. LETTS lyi Grace & S*lma If, like a lot of folks, you feel that the high form of life -we enjoy on earth is probably the most advanced on the universe, consider what a famous Harvard as tronomer has to say on the subject. According to this learned gentleman, there are at least 100 million oth er planets suitable for high forms of life. The mathema tical legerdemain necessary to arrive at this eye-popping figure assumes that only one star or. sun in a million has any planets at all. Fur ther, it assumes that only one in a thousand of these families of planets boasts conditions suitable for life in our general terms. These conditions call for a ner-cir cular orbit, proper distance from a warmth-giving star, proper atmosphere and mass, and rotation for night and day. We won't argue when our authority states that on this basis it all adds up to but one life- bearing planet for every billion stars. . Not that we've counted 'em, but there are thousands of billions of stars in the many galaxies, and assum ing for the last time that only one in a thousand of the possibly life * support ing planets actually has some form of tax-paying citizen, we arrive at the 100 million figure which start ed this all in the first place. In the second place, re gardless of what life exists :etsewtiere, it's a cinch they won't have an ALLEN'S FLOWER SHOP. Don't go chasing all over the uni verse;. "go no farther than 834 King Street, for the fin est floral gifts and arrange ments to be had in these partt, v Remember, friends, -HERALD HOUSE OF THE WEEK A SMAU HOUS? MANNING MJMAU DESIGN NO. t-197 DESIGN B-292. This compact house is an open room arrangement consisting of a livipg roofn which adjoins a combination kitchen dinette area, two bedrooms of almost the same size, a bath, and a screened porch in the rear. There is also a full basement with the stairs reading from the rear entry. The living room and mas ter bedroom face the front, where there is a generous planting area. The exterior finish calls for wood wall shin gles, wide eave overhang and asphalt roof shingles. Other interesting features called for in the plans are the folding doors to separate the liv ing room and i' ette area, a wide picture win dow. convenient coat closets at the entrances, roomy wardrobes in the 'bedrooms, an easily accessible linen closet, and a recessed tub in bathroom. The floor area is 1,009 sq. ft., with cubage of 18,66(5 cu. ft. For further information about DESIGN B-292, Write the Small House Planning Bureau, St. Cloud, Minn. ? NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CTTT BOARD OF KINGS MOUN TAIN FOB THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING THE CORPORATE UMITS: Notice is hereby given that the Mayor and Board of Commission ers wilLhave a public meeting at the City Hall at the regular meet ing ni-ght of the Board on tfie~lst day of July, 1954 for the purpose of extending the corporate limits of the City of Kings Mountain so as to include the following terri tory: BEGINNING at a stake in the old boundary of the City of Kings Mountain where the City reservoir tract crosses the said boundary, being the Northern ilne of the City Reservoir tract and runs thence N. 73 deg. 30 min. W. 192.48 feet to a stake, a new corner; thence a new line S. 16 deg. 15 min. W.. 300 feet to a stake in the old boundary of the City of Kings Mountain; thence with the old boundary N. 50 E to the BEGINNING and being a triangle shaped lot off of the old City Reservoir Tract. Second Tract: BEGINNING at a stake in the Northern edge of McGinnls Street, where the old boundary of the City of Kings Mountain cross es said street and runs thence N. 50 E. 1854 feet to a stake, a new corner; thence a new line S. 86 E. 1135 feet to a stake in Patter son's line; thence with Patter son's, Thornburg's and Parrish's line S. 4 deg. 15 min. W. 725, feet to a stake; thence W. 50 feet to a stake; thence S. 100 feet, to a stake; thence E. 50 feet to a stake; thence S. 4 deg. 15 min. W. 204 feet to a stake in the old boundary of the City of Kings Mountain; thence Northeasterly with the said boundary line to the BEGINNING, including the small lot of the Summers, & lot of the Ben H! Bridges property and a part of the old City Pump House tract. All persons living in the above described territory will take no tice that said Mayor and Board of Commissioners will meet at 8:00 o'clock on the above date and any person affected by said extension is notified to be pre sent and raise any objection which he or she might have for said extension. A resolution was passed by the Board on the 24th day of May. 1954 authorizing the publication of the foregoing notice. This the 3rd day of June, .1954. G. A. Bridges Mayor for the City of Kings Mountain Attest: , Joe Hendrick City Clerk J- 10? Ju l ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE Having qualified as Adminis trators for the estate of P. P? Beattie, deceased, all persons having claims against said es tate will please file same with the undersigned on or ibefore the 24th day of June, 1955 or this notice will be pleaded in ibar of the-ir recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate will please make Immedi ate payment. This the 23rd day of June, 1954. . Leonard P. Beattie, Lester P. Beattie, Administrators for P. P. Beattie Estate Davis and White, Attorneys 6:24?7:15 - HERALD PUBLISHING HOUSE Phones 167 & 283 Don't Forget . . . The July 10 Deadline A new dividend period is starting and all deposits re ceived by Inly 10th will receive dividends from Inly 1st. Little Savers . . . and Big Savers are equally wel come here . . . Our savings accounts lend them selves to any savings program. You will find our friendly people always ready to serve you. Ac counts are insured for safety to $ 1 0,000. Generous ' '? ' * ' -* '? ?'? ? " **' ? i - ' ' * ? ' ' - ' ' ? ? ? * * ? - . . , - * . 1 . " ' % ' ' . ; . ? " * dividends are paid on June 30+h and December 3 1 st of each year. YOU CANT FIND A BETTER PLACE TO SAVE ANYWHEBE ! ?'? *?* '* J 9"' '"'"?*%? ? V * *"T V "* ? ? " *4- /"? * ???" *'* *1 "*??"' " i , ?? ' " Each Account Is Insured Up To $10,000 We Close .At 1 P. ]ML Saturdays Kings Mountain n Association War mm ? aha MOUnfiy, rTML Ben H. Bridges. Sec.-Trea*.