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Established 1899 We Have bargains In the following property y FOR SALE. 1 lot on 12th St., 100x500, $650/ • 1 house and lot in Highlahd, 11-4 miles from depot, $550 1 house and lot west of Ivev Mill, 11-4 miles from depot sBoo. * * 1 house and lot on Bth st, lot 100x175, 6 room house, 2 barns, apple and pear trees, city water, a bargain at JiiUU. 1 lour room cottage, lot 100x293,' 30 apple trees, $7OO. 1 house and lot on Bth St., lot 100x200, five room cottage city and well water, price $1650. 1 house and lot on corner 14tn st. and 14th ave., lot 15 lx 320, 10 rooms and two story building, good orchard, city water, $3500. 1 house and lot, seven room cottage, corner-20th. and 9th ave., will rent or sell, a bargain at $l5OO. 2 farms adjoining each other, s"friiles south of Hildebran, Farm No. 1, 20 acres in cultivation, 3 acres of bottom land, 19 acres in fine timber, 2 cottages on farm, good orchard, etc, price $5OO. 1 farm, 12 acres in cultiyatiod, 23 acres timber, 50,000 feet of merchantable timber and some second growth of pine timber, one cottage and a barn. $5OO. 1 fine suburban residence an J truck farm, 11-8 miles of center of Hickory. This property can be bought at a bargain. 1 farm 4 miles of Hickory, on Deal and Lenoir road, 57 acres in cultivation, 18 acres in bottom land, 88 acres in timber. 100,000 feet in merchantable timber, bal ance cord wood, 1 eight room and 1 four room cottage, 2 barns, large orchard, land well watered. Price $3OOO. lfarm 1-2 mile from Hickory, 12 acres in cultivation, 13 acreS in fire wood. 5 room house, cottage, splendid orchard and barn-yard, $2OOO. Hickory Insurance & Realty Go., J. A. LENTZ, W. A. HALL, M. H. GROVES, President. Vice-President. Sec. Treas. | Valuable farms tor Sale | Jm 47 ACRE FARM 5 » Five miles south, very near to churches, on Jjjj 3| ~ main public road, good orchard, assorted fruits, vC Jjf 5 room dwelling, good double barn, double crib, )£ 5 buggy house, grainery. Price $1150.00. • |g s 160 ACRE FARM g 5| Seventy acres of which is in woods, 12 acres of )C C good creek bottom, 6 room dwelling house, |jj C plenty out-buildings, another good 3 room dwel- 3 E ling house, all situated about four and a half JJ| 2* miles east. Price $4000.00 9{ 84 ACRE FARM |p C Good dwelling and out-buildings, plenty of 5 2* wood land, 12 miles north-east, on main public Jj 3} road, R. F. D. route Price $1300.00. VW 5} 42 Acre Farm near town, north side. IC 2| 21 Acre Farm on west side. J5 C 100 Acres, 12 miles north-west. Price $550.00 5 jS 50 Acres. Elegant home and farm, little way & C outsid.. Price $4800.00. Jr 1 John E. liaithcock, SSnT 1 i The Value of a Dollar ) Is what you get when you trade at ) our store. ) \ IN FIRST-CLASS OOODS ) We sell Clothing 25 per cent, cheap * er than you can get it elsewhere. j SHOES! SHOES!! !The Best line in the city. Come to see us for bargains. - J ! Setzer & Russell i b > 1 j) HICKORY, N.C. rv • J* I If you want a job of printing done that MUnin innM 2* ve y° u entire satisfaction, just give I II I i IJJ ' The Democrat Printery your order and you 1 1 ill U'l'q 1 win be thoroughly satisfied. THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT HICKORY, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 57,1908. An Educational Campaign. This is to be a year of cam paigns in North Carolina. With in the next few months the question of State Prohibition will be thoroughly discussed, and immediately following will come the state and National political campaigns. There is danger that the question of bet ter educational facilities will be lost sight of in the consideration of these other matters. N with the others there should ]% waged this summer an aggress ive campaign for a larger school fund, for better-prepared teach ers, and for larger salaries. There is no doubt "Non est Jubium quin," as the Latin has it that much has been accom plished along educational lines in the last ten years. Small dis tricts have baen consolidated; better school houses have been built; many districts have voted a special tax to supplement the general fund; a system of public high schools has been introduced and the annual appropriation to I all the higher institutions oi learning has been greatly in creased. But there still remains much to be done, and especially in the elementary schools. Tht State tax levy for scltools remains the same that it was; the work done in the school room does not show v much improvement ovei that of ten or filteeu years ago, antTthe salaries paid the teacn ers arc too small to secure ana retain the best workers. The people of Catawba county have the cnoice of several plans for raising a larger fchool fund. Undoubtedly the best plan woulu oe lor tne State to increase tht levy for schools. Neighboring States have a levy of 30 cents on tne hundred dollars, whjle North Carolina has only 18 cents. Any district can call an election ana vote a special tax. A recent de cision of the Supreme Court sayb that the county commissioners may levy an additional tax, over and above the constitutional limit, sufficient to provide for a term of four months in all the .schools in the county. There nas accumulated in this county quite a surplus after all the ex penses have been paid. It would seem that the commissioners might lower the levy for county purposes and rais the rate for schools without increasing the total tax rate. In this way the levy for schools could be increas ed t0.22 or even 25 cents on the aundred dollars, and still leave sufficient funds to meet all the county expenses. Where there is a will, there is a way, and more money for schools can be raised if the people so desire. Another pressing need is for teachers who are better prepared to do the most efficient work. This is not meant for a criticism of the work now being done, but rather a calling of attention to the adverse conditions under which it is done. Many of the teachers in the elementary schools have to begin their work without any special training. On the meagre salary received they cannot afford to attend a distant summer school, or even to purchase many books and journals on teaching. They can however, attend an institute in tne county, thereby receive mucn help it the institute is con ducted along practical lines. Ot course teachers ought to be paid better salaries, and that too without their having tT make a Naturally they feel that they ought to receive proper recgnition without the blowing of horns and the sounding of trumpets. But there is a homely saying that, "What is every body's business is nobody's busi ness." It is necessary that some ne take the lead in theLe mat ters. Teachers know the con ditions and needs better than any one else, and it is fitting that they inaugurate this cam paign for better schools in Ca tawba county. So here is a call to the teach ers to begin an active campaign for a larger school fund, for bet ter equipped teachers and foi larger salaries. The Board of Education, the County Superin tendent, the commissioners anc the teachers themselves, ali working together can exercise a mighty influence for the upbuild ing of the school interests of Ca tawba county. What is needed is for some one to set the ball tc rolling, and this the teachers caii do if they will. Greatest spring- tonic, drives out all impurities. Makes the blood rich. Fills you with warm, tingling life. Most reliable spring regulator. That's. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35c, Tea or Tablets. * E.B. Menzies. Honor Roll of the Graded School for February. The attendance in the graded school for the month of Febru ary shows quite a falling oft from the previous months, dut to the inclement weather and sickness. The honor roll is giv en below. First grade, section A.—El bert Ivey, Alex. Menzies, Harvey Huggins, Stewart Whitener, Doris Hutton, Dorothy Ivey, Irene Dysart, Lovey Miller, Pamela Starnes. First grade section B. —Imo Ed wards, Treva Smitherman, Wil lie Bryan, Clinton Cilley, Ean Edwards, Cecil Huffman, D. C. Huffman, Shelton Campbell. Second grade. —Sadie White ner, Ethel Starnes, Sanfora vVinkler, Dan Wells, Robert Stevenson, Obed Dietz, Horace Long, Shuford Whitener, Harvey AlcComb, Helen Springs. Third grade-—Josephine Dy sart, Ewart Huffman, Mabel Long, Guy Pollard, Myra McFall. Fourth grade.—Oscar Deaton, Roy Pollard, Romona Rich, Mur phy Whitener, Miles Springs, Margaret Taylor, Paul Dellinger Marvin Bumgarner, Bailey Pat rick. Fifth grade.—Kerley Elliott, Sadie Salvo, Millie Kate McComb Glenn Abernethy, Annie Rein nardt, Clyde Herman, Elon Abernethy, Essie Moretz, Kate Elliott, Hilda Field, Gladys Reid Edgar Fox, Jennie Reinhardt, Corilla Winkler, Kathenne Pet erson, Mary Huffman. Frank Allen. Sixth grade.—Carl Cline, Geo. Dietz, John Field, Lelia Huntley, Sam Hawn, ,_Summie Ernest Starnes, Jettie Williams. Seventh grade.—Grover Huft man, Frank Johnson, Lottie Cline., Marie Whitener, Beulah Huffman, Mabel Cooper, Estelle Payne, Harris, Mary Alien. Eight grade.—Arthur Huff man, Ernest Kirk, Addie Mich ael, Bessie Rainey, Richard Shu ford, John Murphy. It coaxas back that well feeling, nealthy look, puts the sap of lite in your system, protects you from disease. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea has no equal as a spring tonic for the whole family, 35c, Tea or Tablets. E. Menzies. From a Correspondent. R. F. D. Conover. Stop, Listen and read. Do you care for the children of old North Carolina? If you do, vote for prohibition, if you don't, vote for whiskey. Do you want to keep up school rooms, or bar rooms? The way to keep up. schools is to vote for prohibition. If you want to keep up your family and poor children, vote for prohibition. lam glad to state that Mrs. Perry Cline has returned home from the hospital and is doing well. J. P. I. DeWitt's Little Early Risers, small, safe, sure little liver pills. Sold by , C. M. Shuford and W. S. Martin. DOES IT PAY. It is told of a Scotchman that he came across the seas and set tled in this country. He married nere' and had 2 little children whom he loved dearly. He was not a bad man. He had a relig eous bringing up. It was through sociability that he drifted intc dissipation. The men always used to drink before going to work. Then they would break off from work about 10: o'clock and take another drink. Then they would always take a drink at noon and so on during the lay, this habit began to get iU merciless hold upon him. One evening on his way from work a sleigh was dashing down the street and before he knew it the horses were almost upon him. He leaped back just in time to escape being knocked down. As he did this two women beautifully dressed in furs laughed contemptuously at his predicament. The man be gan to think. Why was he walking when other people cjuld ride and almost ride over him and treat it all as a joke? vVho were these rude rich peo ple? Looking after them he recognized them as the wife and daughter of the saloon keep er from whom he and his fellow workmen bought their daily drink. As he watched the sleigh disappear he said: You iiave had the last dollar you will get from me. From now on 1 am going to buy my wife furs my wife and children a home instead of supporting you. The next morning when the men broke off work and said, "Come on Joe lets go and take a sip." He replied, "No I have given that saloon keeper the last dollar he will ever get of mine. I am going to buy my wife and bairns a home instead of sup porting his family in luxury." The men laughed. "All right" said Joe "You'il see" And in a couple of years that man had enough money which he had saved from the saloon to buy a city lot and build a little home. That workman today is one of the leading merchants in one of our Western cities. Does it pay ? Does it pay to be good? Does it pay to do right? Teachers Association. The teachers are requested to attend the Association at Newton on March. 7th, 1908 to be held at the Court House. We hope all the teachers will be present. Subjects for discussion. "When should a pupil take up the study of North Carolina History ?" Proib. S. S, and Cox. Give the Natural order of Teaching Geography, Profs. C. O. Smith and A. P. Whisenhunt "How to Prevent a pupil from Selecting his own books|of Study. Profs. Lee Setzer and Chas. M. Staley. Program Committee. R. L. Whitener, Pres. Etta Baker, Sec. Boone Items. Correspondent to the Democrat. John Adams, an aged citizen, died at the home of his son-in law Daily Combs on Cove Creek on Monday morning of this week. On the night before his sister Mrs. Stephen Farthing passed into the great beyond. "Uncle John and Aunt Peggy," as they were familiarly known, were two of our best people. Miss Essie Ransom lengthen ed out the public school for two weeks at Blowing Rock by a gift of money. Mr. C. J. Cattrell has purchas ed from the Boone Baptist church the old academy building and lot. A. M. Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905. Campaign Articles. Many newspapers in the South are running something like the following as a notice to cam paign contributors in the coming prohibition election. The news papers always do more charitable j work than any other enterprise j in the community. Nearly every I body that has anything they want to argue or say to the pub- j lie, seems to think that the news- j paper ought to take it for noth ing and be glad to get it. All the church societies, the lodges and many other such things think they ought to be allowed to use the columns of a newspaper for all kinds of advertising. The trouble is, few people distinguish between advertising and news. In a sense all advertising is news. If an advertisment is not news it had as well be left out of the paper so far as any ad vantage the advertiser will get from it. Just in so far as an ad vertisement is news is it valu able to the advertiser. A news paper is glad to get and publish all news but advertisements are: .to be paid for. "With the approach of the state prohibition election • which is to be held May 26th, it is but natural to suppose that there will be many arguments used pro and con, and that the news papers are or will be expected to carrying these arguments in the shape of voluminous and lengthy articles by contributors who will expect them to be published without charge. In order that we may be under stood in the matter we are tak ing this early opportunity of stating our policy which will be to charge the regular line rate for all matter which is not strict ly news. Of course news mat ter will be given the people whenever we can do so, but we do not feel that we can afford to have our columns filled with cumbrous articles which often would crowd out other items of news which would be of infini tely more interest to the people. Therefore these contributions for or against state prohibition must be accompanied with full amount to cover at 5 cents per line." jfC nrl n 1 For Indigestion. * . Relieves sour stomach, palpitation of the heart. Digests what you eat In tne new state of Oklahoma the governor is a printer—editor, one state senator is an old time printer, there are three printers and twenty-three printer-editors in the legislature' and the com missioner of labor is a printer. Confidence when eating, that your food is of highest wholesomeness —that it has nothing in it that can injure or distress you makes the repast doubly comfortable and satisfactory* This supreme confidence you have when the food is raised with ROYAL Baking Powder Absolutely Pare The only baking powder made with Royal Grape Cream of Tartar There can be no comforting confi dence when eating alum baking pow der food. Chemists say that more or less of the alum powder in unchanged alum or alum salts remains in the food. CONSUMPTION Its Cause and Suggested Means of Recovery; Consumption is not always an inherited disease, and a large j percentage of cases may be at i tributed to the following causes: First, defective digestion. Second, imperfect nuirition as a j result cf-the first. Third, the accumulation of morbid product in the lumps as the result of respiration and consumption is an established disease. The first step toward a cure is to restore the function of nutrition, and to this end nothing in the world excels Vinol. It is for this reason we want every person in Hickory to know about our delicious cod liver prepaiation, Vinol, which is far superior to old-fashioned cod liver oil and emulsion because it is made oy a scientific, extractive and concentrating process from fresh cod's livers, combining with peptonate of iron all the medicinal, healing, body building elements of cod liver oil, but no oil, in pulmonary diseases, it nourisnes the body, increases vigor, checks tne cough and 01 ten mitigates tne disease. As a strength creator for old people, delicate children, weak run down persons and after sickness, Vinol is unexcelled. V|e ask Hickory people to try Vinol on our otter to return their money if it does not give satis faction. Menzies Drug Co. Gem Theater will be open every night after Thursday night March sth. New scenes everj night with illustrated songs. stems the and heals Xuntfs We are sorry for 'em, but this is what happened to four of our subscribers who were delin quents: One sed, "I will see you to morrow." He is blind. Another sed, "I will pay you Sadday if I live. He is ded. Another sed, "I hope to pay this week or go to hell." He is gone. Still another promised to bring wood the next week. He died and old Satan has nim sitten up inthe conner and is braking bark over his head.—Ex. , THE ChliviiKKN ,IKE II KENNEDY'S LAXATIVE COUCH SYRUP Don't fail to visit the Gem Theater at the Settlemyre Build ing Thursday night, March sth. Open every night after the sth. New Pictures every night.