Established 1899
Conover News.
Sunday last, Concordia congre
%ation celebrated the tenth anni
versary of the dedication of the
church building, a good brick
church. In the morning, pastor
P. Bischoff baptized the seventh
son of Prof. G. A. Romoser.
This was followed by the regular
morning service and a plain,
cogent discourse on the central
fundamental of Christianity; that
is, justification by faith. It was
delivered by Rev. J. P. Schmidt,
of Concord. At iwo •'dock,
Prof. Romoser preached frem
Zephaniah 3:9. having reference
to the ten years the congrega
tions have worshipped in this
church, and their duty now and
next.
The congregation has been
served by pastors of the Luther
an Synod of Missouri since 1892.
Its first preacher was Rev. Prof.
B. A. Yoder, beginning about
18rS. For nearly twenty years
divine service was held in the
college ehapel. There is preach
ing regularly every Sunday and
a day school for the children of
the church is taught nine months
in the year. The present teach
er is Mr. Hueschen, of Missouri.
The attendance is sixty, and will
soon be larger.
Your correspondent has been
among the Conover folks who
have visited the Exposition,leav
ing on Oct. 18th and traveling
seven davs. The weather was
good and the traveling pleasant.
One day was spent on the Expo
sition grounds. Of the State
buildings, that of North Carolina
is perhaps best, as to the build
ing and things shown in it. The
Virginia and West Virginia build
ings are good. Ris a pity the
enterprise is financially a failure.
It was said that the number of
visitors in October was greater
than in any earlier month.
The United State government
building buildings afford a
wealth and variety of unusual \
objects of interest
Most of our time was given to
excursions in the neighboring '
country. Sunday we spent at
Williamsburg, a place of rare
historic interest In the early
days of the colony, it was the
"Middle Plantation," because
mid way on the peninsula between
the James and the York rivers,
and between the Chesapeake
Bay and the plantations ' near 1
where Richmond now stands.
At the beginning of the eigh
teenth century, the capitol was
removed to this spot, and a town
was laid out following the forms
of the letters W and M, and the
college of William and Mary, king
and queen, was soon after estab
lished there. The old place is.
replete with historical objects
and associations. The founda
tions of the colonial capitol re
main, and inscribed on torass
plates in a small monument on
the site of the capitol one may
read: "Here Patrick Henry,"
etc. One of the plates contains
a list of the names
of the members of the conven
tion which passed the Virginia
resolutions to be forwarded to
the congress of the colonies, ask'
ing for a declaration of indepen
dence. Pendleton, Jefferson,
Mason, are among the names.
The old Bruton church and the
old courthouse, both dated be
fore the revolution, stand there
in their original walis.
We enjoyed attending service
in that old church twice that
Sunday. The sermon in the
morning was by Rev. Hunting
ton, of New York city, and in
the evening, by a minister of
Washington, D. C.
The present rector, Rev. Good
win, has written an interesting
history of the church and the
place
William and Mary College is
still maintained by the State as
TH® HICKORY DEMOCRAT.
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A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the People and for Honesty in Govermental Affairs •
a college and nornal school. The
president, Dr. L. G. Tyler, is a
son (perhaps the youngest by a
second wife) of Hon. John Tyler,
president of the United States.
Iff 1718, the students of the
| college were required to sit in
the gallery of old Bruton church
time of preaching, and were
locked in. After a time, Thos.
Jefferstn was among those stu
dents, penned in the little gal
. lery, and it is thought he there
| hatched his first notions of relig
ious liberty.
Monday morning, being good
on foot, we walked from Wil
liamsburg to the site of the city
of Jamestown, now an island and
nearly deserted since the town
was burned in Bacon's Rebellion.
The distance is seven miles, the
road leading through the scene
of Gen. Lafayette's mistake in
1781, when he attacked the army
of Lord Cornwallis, thinking it
was only a portion of the king's
troops remaining on the north
side of the James river.
The first English settlers call
ed their place James City, and
the county still hears that name.
A number of silk mulberry
trees yet stand alive on James
town Island, "planted according
to statute, 1621." The govern
ment then made an effort to in
troduce silk culture. The island
is three miles long. A little way
below the site of the old church
and town, stand the walls of the «
"Ambler house/' which was the
residence of Governor Wyatt.
Some of the mulberry trees
stand near it. i
The visitor reads on a tablet
by the wall: s
"Burned in Bacon's Rebellion,
1676
Burned by Tarleton's dragoons,
1781
Burned in the Civil war
Burned in 1892." i
Surely that house has been 1
burned often enough!
There is a monument nearly i
completed, 110 feet high, on r
what appears to be the highest 1
ground of the island. It is erect- 1
ed by the Association for the {
protection of Virginia Antiqui-
ties. A petition was offered for 1
the signature of visitors, asking i
the congress to take care of the
island as property of the United 1
Jtates. :
The place was well chosen by
the colonists, as accessible to J
ships and easily defended against ]
the savages, but it was extreme-
ly unhealthy. No wondar, then, ]
the town and capitol were re-
moved to the middle ground,
"where mosquitoes were not so
troublesome." K.
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General |
N. B. Forrest
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The question is sometimes ask
ed, "Did Gen. Forrest die in the
civil war?"
In the Confederate Museum at
Richmond, in the Tennessee
room, there hangs on the wall a
picture of "Nathan Bedford For
rest, Lieutenant-General, U. S.
A. Born in* \ Bedford county,
Tenn., July 18, 1821. Died at
Memphis, Tenn., October 29th,
1877."
In the State Library, Rich
mond, may be seen an interest
ing volume, by John Allan
Wyeth, M. D. t entitled, "Life of
N. B. Forrest" Its subject is
there styled, "One of the ablest
soldiers of the world.'' Whilst Gen
Forrest is said by the author to
have had his faults,it is pleasant
to find the candied biographer
showing that he had a generous,
humane heart, and 4 'had a high
sense of right and justice." He
was born in a back woods settle
; ment in middle Tennessee,
i J. S. Koiner.
i Miss Nell Moore, of Granite
i Falls, was in town Monday,
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31.1907.
; Cruelty to
' Editors.
We are fully persuaded that
s there is no editor in the State
i superior, as man or writer, to
i Editor Archibald Johnston, of
! "Charity and Children; ' but
even he is liable at times un
■ tl^inKingly to be led into things
■ that may injure "the Profes
sion." And why, oh why, should
he spring upon us such a cruel
surprise as when he urges that
we drop from our repertoire of
adjectives "up-to-date?"
Consider Brer, Johnson.
Where are we to find any tiling
so soothing to the ear, so expres
sive, so calculated to relieve the
mind of a tortured reporter who
has striven to find words descrip
tive of seventeen functions in
one issue? We have been at
Thomasville Orphanage, and we
know how easy it must be just to
stroll through those- pleaeant
gr&ves and pick phrases off the
trees, as it were, but most of us
must toil in the stony-hearted
towns where they flourish not.
Wherefore, oh our _ brother, do
not be guilty of such needless
cruelty to us. Abolish "up-to
date?" Perish the very thought!
Alarm of Fire
About seven p. m. Saturday
the town was alarmed by the
sound of the fire whistle, and a
crowd started towards the blaze.
But little damage was done, as
the alarm was caused by a chim
ney burning out at the residence |
of Mr.Munroe Sigmon, the black- '
smith.
Dr. McNairy and the Lenoir
Hospital. i
It was a pleasure, as it always
is, to see Dr. McNairy in town !
the other day. The reporter 1
questioned him about the hospit- 1
al which he is building in Lenoir.
The building, so the T)r. says, 1
has been somewhat retarded by
the difficulty in getting materials 1
and workmen, as is the case !
everywhere, but is progressing
very well—considering. He hopes
soon to have a well-built, well
equipped hospital, with all need
ful medical aopliances and a fine '
staff of nurses. J
Those who knowJDr. McNairy 1
are aware that he will promise '
nothing but what he can carry \
out. His cheery presence would '
help any patient, and his medi
cal skill equals that of any phy
sician in Western North Carolina. !
About the Standard Oil Tanks
Statesville is having some trou
ble with another Trust. Having
settled the Bell Telephone Com
pany to her satisfaction, she has
turned her attentjpn to the Stan
dard Oil folks. The tank, like
the one in Hickory, is right
where, on a nice calculation, it
could blow up the largest num
ber of people, if it took a notion,
and the town authorities, singu
lar to relate, have raised objec
tions to this, and directed the
Standard Oil -people to "move
on." Following its time
honored principles, of regarding
the life,, limbs and property of
the people as matters beneath its
consideration, the Standard Oil
Trust has told the Statesville Al
dermen and Mayor to go to
or words to tint effect. Being
entirely above the law, they say,
they cannot be made to move.
And there you are. But the
Landmark says the Standard Oil
will move if it can be made to do
so. Just so.. Same here.
Mr. Emmeron Hahn has gone
to Oregon to take a position as
stenographer and bookkeeper.
He has recently been holding a
like position in Alabama. He is
a son of our townsman, Mr. P.
C. Hahn.
The Clouds
Will Roll By.
t And still the sun is shining.
> And still 85,000,000 people are
being clothed and fed and are
t doing their accustomed work.
! Still the tramp of a mighty army
' of a million workers is annually
pouring into our country, and
hundreds of thousands from oth
er sections of the United States
are annually turning their foot
steps toward the great Southwest
and many into the Central south.
The world move. Human activ
ities know no let up. The farm
ers of the country this year
receive $7,000,000,000 for their
products, or about nfne.times the
total national banking capital of
the United States; almost one
half as much as the total invest
ment in all the railroads of the
country. Never before in the
history of America were the ag
ricultural conditions of the coun
try so sound and so solid; nevei
before were the farmers of the
South and the West alike so near
ly out of debt, and with a total
value of farm products to their
credit so staggering in amount
as to be almost beyond compre
hension. Contrast the $7,000-
006,000 which will this year be
paid to American farmers with
the total value of farm products
was $2,466 000,010, or but a lit
lle more than one third of the
value of this year. Even seven .
years ago, or in 1960 the total
was $4,717,006,000 while this ;
year aggregate of $7,000,000,000 1
shows a gain of $2,300,000,000 .
as compared with 1900. tnd is al- (
most as great as the total value ,
of farm products in 1890, ,
How can a country martially i
suffer in its business interests
with such a solid foundation for
marvelous prosperity and bus
iness expansion? New York is at
present the storm-centre of a bad 2
financial condition, due in 1
the rottenness of the methods of
some financial operators in that 1
great world centre, in pare to de- i
struction of confidence by care- 1
less agitation and legislation ]
against railroads and other cor- i
porations. It is true that the de- 1
preciation in securities has been
enormous. It is true that thous- 1
and s have lost their all by having 1
to sacrifice securities. But these 1
conditions do not, by any means.
change the fundamental sound- i
ness of American busines condi- 1
tions. The man who has been
forced by this financial storm to 1
sacrifice his securitios for far ]
less than their intrinsic value has .
transferred to the purchaser a i
property which, when the storm 1
is over, must inevitably advance ,
commensurate with the. marvel
ous natural resources and de
velopment of the country. Take ,
the conditions of 1893, with our ,
disorgauized currency system, ,
with the world uncertain as to the
future of our momentary stand
ard, with the silver issue in the
balance, and no man able to pre
dict the outcome, and contrast
that situation with the condition
to-day, and we can see something
of the difference —a difference
so great as to be really startling.
Then the farmers of the West
and south are burdened with debt
Then their agricultural products
were at an exceedingly unprofit
able point Then cotton, wheat
and corn and cattle were selling
at less than the cost 3f raising.
Since that day we have added
from 20.000,000 to 25,000,000 peo
ple to our population. We have
doubled and in many cases treb
led and quadrupled the volume
of business. We have trebled
the value of agricultural products
and ogainst the poverty the
farmers of that year is the a
bounding prosperity of to-day.
Despite these conditions some
good securities have fallen to as
lsw a prich as prevailed in 1893,
notwithstanding the vast expaog
sion in industry and population
and wealth. This is partly a case
of hvster cs, and, already stated,
partly an*out come of misman
' agement in some financial in
-5 stitutions, and, of course, to some
5 extent a distrust created by con
stant agitation against railroads.
These things however are eph
emeral in their nature, and must
pass awav. The country at
' Jieart is sound and solid for a
bounding prosperity despite the
disorder which temporarly pre
r vails in Wall Street and the in
terests connected therewith. The
Manufacturers Record doesn't by
any means fail to appreciate that
in one sense Wall Street is the
financial centre of the country
and that its disorders ffiicfc .the
whole body, but for some years
the country at large has been
growing more independent of
Wall street, and every year bet
ter able to meet its own local bus
iness problems without regard to
Wall Street operations. There is
no need of hysterics. The bound
less possibilities of a country of
almost infinate resources are be- ■
fore us. History affords nothing
comparable to the opportunities
which await the man of energy ;
and activity in this country. In
stead of joining In the hysterics j
of New York, let the business ]
people of the whole country turn
with greater energy that ever
before to the utilization of the '
magnifiicent opportunities which (
are before us, and the 1033es in
Wall Street, great as they have
been, will soon be forgotten in s
that mighty sweey of prosperity i
which is ahead of us. It may be
delayed for a brief time, but
nothing can stop the onward j J
march of America's business ac- j
tivities.
Why Not a Fair? ]
In these days when our citi- i
zens are going down to Charlotte,
to Raleigh, to Salisbury and
every other place to attend *
fairs, it occurs to us that there
is nothing lacking but a little
hustling for Hickory to have a
pretty good fair of her »wn. 'lt i
used to be that every country 1
town considered itself entirely. t
"out of the swim" if it did not i
have a "County Fair" every Oc
tober. Why, we can remember j
the days when tne "big house" '
overflowed with uncles, aunts ]
and cousins from "the other side ,
the mountainswhen the kitch-
en stove and the fireplace too
were kept hot for days with the
preparations for the visitors.
And nothing but the coming of
Santa Claus himself equalled the
thrill of climbing into the loaded i
carriage and driving off down
the "macadam road" to
the Fair Grounds. Oh, the ex-
citement of it! The "flying flags s
and streaming bunting, the '
crowds at the gates, the vehicles '
with their merry occupants, the 3
gay cavaliers on horseback, how
stirring it all was! And when ]
inside, the wonders of the giant i
pumpkins, canned fruits and pre-
serves, the glories of the worn- ]
en's, no, ladies'Jdepartment, tin ]
big cattle and beauiiful horses. ;
Then the side-shows with the
learned pig and the fat woman, ,
theJCentucky giant, the "small- ]
est dwarf in the world" and so
on and so on.
We*tloubt if any fair in ' the '
world wonld ever seem like those
fairs, but why not try? Hickory
has a fine country to draw from.
This side of Salisbury to the Ten
nessee line we would have no
rivalry. That we can bring a
crowd together has been proven
on 4th of July days. Our peo
ple have plenty of publi6 spirit,
and we belieye the proposition
could be made a paying one. We
Have a whole year to look into
the matter. Don't let's have
' everybody else getting ahead of
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'■ 1 LOC-AL |
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Mrs. Kirkpatrick went to Char
lotte Monday.
, Miss Fannie Withers went to j
; Danville Monday.
Atty. M. H. Yount is in New
' ton attending court.
Mrs. C. M. Thornton went up
, to Bridgewater Monday.
Mr. R, H. Milton went to
Bridgewater Monday on business.
Dr. Banks McNairy McNairy,
of Lenoir, was in town Saturday.
Dr. Hill, who preached here
Sunday returned Monday to his
home in Maxton.
Hon. Craige Shuford and wife
visited friends here Friday and
Saturday.
Mrs. A. J. Carpenter and Mrs.
P. J. Johnston visited Mrs. Ben
Seagle last week.
' Mr. W. T. Sledge, who attend
ed the Baptist Association near
Newton, has returned home.
Miss Gert Morrow who has
been visiting her cousin, Miss
Minnie Morrow, left Monday.
Beformation services will be
held in Lenoir College to-night,
conducted by Dr. Moser. (
Rev. Enoch Hite, of South I
Carolina, preached a very fine I
sermon at Lenoir College Sunday I
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Miss Minda McManaway spent "
some days in Charlotte visiting 1
her father and attending the 1
Fair. 1 1
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Rev. David L. Miller,of Luray, v
Va., was in lown last week, vis
iting his parents on his return
from Svnod.
Miss Lila Richardson, of Lin
colnton, was in town last week. -
Her friends here are always glad
to see her.
Mrs. and Miss Stuart, of Blow-
ing Rock, who visited friends c
here, returned Saturday to New- f
ton, where they have been with t
relatives. t
Mr. Karl Crouse will leave for -
his home in Charlottesville, Va., 1
Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Crouse c
have been in Virginia about six *
weeks and are charmed with the 1
country.
Rav. and Mrs. Stroup, of Lees
ville, S. C., spent a short time
here with friends last week. 1
Mrs. Str#up was formerly Miss 1
Blanche Yoder, and the couple
were warmly welcomed here. j
Miss Effie C. Miller, of Port- 1
land> Oregon, who has been \
spending the summer at Red- ;
lands, Cal., spent some hours
here on her tvav to her old home 1
near Lenoir. -
Dr. and Mrs. Price, who were
married last week are now At
their home opposite the residence
of Mr. Geo. Hall. The house has J
been improved and is a beautiful (
home. Our people welcome Mrs. '
Price to "our midst."
Quite a crowd went down from
here to attend the game of ball 1
between the deaf and dumb boys
from the school at Morganton
and Catawba College. The deaf
and dumb boys won 11 to 0. They «
made two touch downs and kick-
ed goal once. i
Friends of little Susie Sigmon, ;
daughter of Mrs. A. Y. Sigmon,
will be glad to know that the
broken limb is setting well and
that the little girljis cheerful and
does not suffer much pain.
Hickory. Here are Lenoir and
Statesville each with a whole
railroad to herself and a hospital
each. Can't we start something
of our very own too?
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I Professional Cards.
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D. L, RUSSELL
f ATTYORNEY'AT'LAW
Prompt attention given to all matters
of Legal Nature
Office:
Main St., Russell Bldg., Hickory
Dr. T. F. Stevenson
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Residence formerly occupied by Dr.
W. L. Abeftiethy
Office at Home
Calls answered at all hours
Phone 295 - Hickory, N. C.
Dr. Waiter A. White
DENTIST
Office 1 over Menzies Drug Store
Hickory, N. C.
DR. W. B. RAMSAY
D[\IIST
Office: Second-story Post Office
Hickory, N. C.
Hickory Markets.
PRODUCE
Corrected every week bv the
leading grocerymen
BUYING PRICES BASED ON
FIRST-CLASS QUALITY
Corn, per bushel 70
Oats, per bushel ~ 65
Peas, per bushel 1.25 to 1.50
Potatoes, Irish, per bu 50
Potatoes, sweet " 50
Onions, per bushel 60
Spring Chickens l2 1-2
Hens, per pound .8
Roosters, per pound * .03
Butte}, per pound, " 12 1-2 to 20
Eggs, per dozen , 20
Wheat, per bushel 1.00
COTTON MARKET
Strict Good Middling 11 1-2
Good Middling 11 1-4
These are prices paid to wagons.
Administrators Notice.
Havinin qualified as Administrator of
Wiley D. Chne, (dead) late of Catawba
County N. C. This is to notify all
persons having claims against the es
tate of said deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned or before the 23rd
day of October 1908, from date or this
notice will be plead in bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate pay
ment. This 23rd day ofOctober 1907,
S. £. Killian, Administrator.
Notice! Notice!
Having qualified as Administrator of
the estate of J. W. Nichols deceased
All- persons are notified to present their
Claims against said estate within one
year from date below bar will be plead
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make prompt payments.
This 24th day October, 1907.
Thomas M. Hufham Atty. (D. E.
Nichols, Administratrix.
Miss Clara Bowles returned to
Statesville Tuesday.
Mr. Eton, of Davie, spent Sun
day in Hickory with his cousin,
Miss Harden, of the Graded
School.
Rev. and Mrs. C. K. Lippard,
Lutheran missionaries to Japan,
who are in this country for rest,
have moved into the Dr. Baker
ottage.
Misses Delia Harris and Lynn
Johnson; students of Davenport
College, Lenoir, who have been
at their homes, Concord and
Franklin, rsspectively, were here
Monday on their return.
Mr. C. M. Courtney, of Le
roir was here Saturday to meet
his soiTwhoShas been In college
at Emory and Henry, Vvirginia,
and who has returned hfene sick,
the physicians pronouncing his
case a mild form of fever. Young
Mr. Courtney was accompanied
by his room-mate, Mr. Tracey,
who returned to Virginia on Moo*