HOUSE
WORK
Thousands of American women
in our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat j
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
'aches winch daily make life a burden.
It is to these faithful-women that
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
comes as a boon and a blessing*
as it did to Mrs. F. Ellsworth, of
Mayville, N". Y., and to Mrs. W. P.
Boyd, of Beaver Falls, Pa., who say:
"I was not able to do my own work,
owing to the female trouble from which
I suffered. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound helped me wonderfully,
and I am so well that I can do as big a
day's work as I ever did. I wish every
sick woman would try it.
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges
tion,dizziness,or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it ?
Mrs. Pinkliam invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
Bhe has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Plain or Fancy
rinting Done,
At the Democrat Printery.
Believes Husband Still Lives, i
Mr. Edward Carpenter accom
panied by his wife came to Ashe
ville some time ago for his health.
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter whose
fortune is variously estimated
from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000 ac
cupied one of the Geo. W. Van
derbilt vilas at Biltmore. Mr.
Carpenter died a week ago and
his wife being a devout christian
scentst refused to allow the un
dertakers to touch the body de
claring her husband was not
dead. She kept the body for
six days and called in Christian
Scieitiets to try to resurrect the |
body.
After a week of failure on the !
prrt of the Christian Scientists
to raise the dead body the train
ed nurse intervened and while
"Mrs. Carpenter slept, the bodv
was spirited away and emblamed
Upon being told that she could
not longer remain at the vila
with the dead body she purchea
ed the most expensies casket ■
procurable and accompaning the
body went to Savanah Ga. her
old home.
With One Eye Bandaged.
"I had a great joke played on me
while shooting billiards at a hotel in
New York recently," said a Milwaukee
man. "Haviug a little time on haud,
I sauntered into the billiard room. 1
became engaged In conversation wltli
a fellow in the room, and 1 proposed a
fame, while he readily accepted. At
first things went .along splendidly, and
I had twenty to his ten. But soon he
forged ahead and beat me out by a
close score. Then a friend of mine,
who was stopping at the same place,
said he was willing to wager that my
j opponent could beat me with one eye
j bandaged. I accepted his defl and
placed $5 on the result. He didn't give
me much of a chance, trimming me to
the tune of 50 to 15. After the game
' ,was over I paid my bet, when the
j above mentioned friend loudly told me
the eye that he had bandaged was a
glass one."—Milwaukee Sentinel
OASTORXA.
Bean tte _ Kind You Han Always Bought
No Piratical lnnk*»p«r« Th»*».
One live# mighty well In Normandy
and Brittany, even at the smallest
inns. Of course the fish are as fine a?
can be found In the world and In great
variety. In season you will get most
excellerff*oysters, and you rarely find
an inn so small that It does not have
a dish of appetizing crevettes, 01
shrimp, among the hors d'oeuvre. The
meats are invariably good; chicken If
omnipresent One rarely gets wine ol
the table in this part of France unless
it is specifically ordered, as little wino
is made In Normandy or Brittany. The
drink of the country is the native
cider, for which no charge is evei
made at meals. To those accustomed
to American cider the French cider is
i'.»t particularly palatable, but It is a
wholesome drink and ui'ter one be
comes accustomed to it quite enjoy
ai>!e. Trices are invariably low except
in the larger places. One can tou:
Normandy, Brittany and Touraine and
live delightfully at an expense of from
ten to twelve francs ($2 to $2.40) n
day, this Including your bed and three
meals, with all the cider you can
drink thrown In.—Frank Presbrey it
Outing Magazine.
Mother—Why, what grieves you, Wil
ie? Willie—l asked pa if he could
■pell hippopotamus. Mother—And what
lid he do? Willie (sobbing) —He
bought hard for a minute an' then
rot angry an* said he'd thrash me if
t bothered him again when he was
eadin'.—Loudon Fun.
An Awkward Comment.
In the vicinity of Germantown there
lived a worthy old Quaker lady and
tier son John, who were once called
upon to entertain a number of ladies
it dinner during quarterly meeting.
As John began to carve the broiled
chicken he entered upon a flowery
speech of welcome, but "In the midst
>f his flattering utterances his mother,
who was somewhat deaf,- piped up
from the other end of the table:
"Tou needn't be praising of 'em up.
John. I'm afraid they're a lot of
tough old hens, every one of 'em."—
Cleveland Leader.
To relieve consumption, clean out
the bowels, -tone and strengthen tht
digestible organs, put them in a
natural condition with Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea, the most reliable
tonic for thirty years. 35 cts, Tea or
Tablets.
Menzies Drug Co.
Music In Battle.
The first use of field music of which
we have absolutely authentic informa
tion was at the battle of Bopvines,
that village of French Flanders where
the French won three victories, Philip
Augustus defeating Otto IV. of Ger
many there in 1214, Philip of Valois
Jefeating the English there in 1340,
while In 1794 the French defeated the
Austrians at the same place. It was
at, Bouvines in 1214 that trumpets
sounded the signal for the victorious
French charge, the first authentic in
stance of a command given by a trum
pet calL
OASTORZA.
th, Kind You Kara Always Bougnt
An Egg as the Earth.
It will be a long while !>efore the
world of science will forget some of
the late Lord Kelvin's reasonings. He
was, for instance, a firm enemy to those
who held the fhc Interior of the earth
must be fluid because of its intense
heat To prove his contention that the
interior of the earth must be solid he
took two eggs, one hard boiled and
the other raw, and, suspending them
by cords, spun them in Imitation of
the earth's rotation. In a very short
while the raw egg lost Its momentum
aad came to rest, while the boiled one
went on spinning merrily for quite a
long while. From this he argued that
if the earth had a liquid core it would
have .come to an end long ago.—Lon
don Black and White.
iOiEYSKn^EYCORI
Makes Kidneys and Bladder Risk*
The Winds of the World.
Apart from the winds of regular
habit there are the many local winds
which occur in different parts of th'i
world and are generally unkind iii
character. Of such may be mentioned
the monsoon, simoom, sirocco, liar mat
tun, the puna of Peru, the bitter north
caster of Britain, the mistral of Mar
seilles and that coast, the rampero oi
the Andes. With all these local breezes
though. In fact, they are oftentimes
gales of- some velocity,- many curious
effects are coupled, and one of the most
noticeable of these is that the blowing
of the genuine nor*easier at home is
always coincident with the greatest
number of deaths from consumption
and brain disease. Singapore Free
Press.
OASTOniA.
BMM th. to Kind You Haw Always Bouft
Eyes of Deep Sea Fish.
"Few people know that when deep
sea fish are taken from the water
their eyes pop from their heads," said
a Mobile man. "This is due to being
relieved of the tremendous water pres
sure and coming in contact with air.
On the gulf coast, where thousands of
fish are caught daily, one can see hun
dreds and hundreds of deep water fish
with eyes hanging from their sockets."
—Nashville Tennessee an.
FOLEYSHONEMAR
Ourea Coidsi Prevents Pneumonia
Another Tiger Caught.
Sherriff Boyd made a raid r n
the moon-shiners of Bandy
township last Wednesday and
eaptured a 80 gallon copper stil
with 500 gallons of beer. Thf
sheriff was kind enough to giv
i man by the name of Georgt
Clay a free trip to Statesvillt
vhere Mr. Clay was tried before
the U-iited States officer and was
cound to court in the sum ol
$500,00.
Sheriff Boyd has made an ex
celent record as a hunter for
>iind tigers as well as a gooo
officer in other respects. He is
sver on the alert and when a
community produces more booze
than is nessicary, Mr. Boyd usu
ally succeeds in destroying the
factory and in arranging a
change of venue for the ©pera
tives. A few more such officers
as Boyd and anti-pros would be
convinced that prohibition does
prohibit. Let the good work
continue.
Woodpecker Hogs.
Walker Brannock, going
through the country, saw a drove
hogs, large but pretty lean,
and noticed that they would all
at once run to another part of
one field stay there a few minutes
then hump themselves to a dif
ferent place. They kept this up
for some time. The buyer called
jii the farmer, said he had been
looking at his hogs and they
were about what he wanted, ex
cept that they were light in
weight, and then he mentioned
their peculiar nervousness. The
farmer in a hoarse whisper, ex
plained that he had always called
the hogs to feed them, but that
he took cold and lost his voice,
and then got in the habit of
pounding on the fence with a
stick—and now since the weath
er is getting warm, "the darned
Woodpeckers are running those
hogs to death."
Her hand this man could not get,
His health was not as it should be,
He had not used the "best as yet,"
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
Menzies Drug Co.
Death from Hydrophobia.
James H. West, a highly re
spected citizen of Asheviile died
at his home Wedne c day night.
While there is a difference of op
pinion as to the cause of his death
it is generally supposed that he
died with hydrophobia. Dr. Saw
yer, one of the attending physi
cians gives the oppinion that Mr.
West did not have hydraphobia.
Other physicians and those who
nursed Mr. West during his il
ness state positively that the
cause of death was hydrophobia.
Mr. West was bitten on march
23 by a dog supposed to be mad
and wished to go to Atlanta for
trertment in the Pastuer Insti
tute but a physician advised
against it, stating there was no
danger. A negro who was bit
ten by the same dog only a few
minutes before Mr. West was
bitten, applied a mad stone to
his wound and the scone adhered.
Mr. West applied the stone one
week after being bitten and the
stone adhered slightly. Just be
fore death Mr. West whined
like a dog, and his last words
were: "Take the 1 dog away."
SERIOUS RESELTS FEARED,
You,may well fear serious results from
a cough or cold, as pneumonia and
consumption start with a cold. Foley's
Honey and Tar cures the most obstin
ate coughs or colds and prevents seri
ous results. Refuse Tsubstitutes. W. S,
Martin & Co.
Announcement.
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the House of Re
presentatives to the next Gener
al Assembly of North Carolina
subject however to the action of
the Democratic primaries and
county convention.
D. L. RUSSEL.
Announcement.
- —I hereby announce mvself
a candidate for the office of
County Treasurer subject to ac
tion of the Democratic primaries
and County convention.
April 15,1908
I J. U. LONG. ,
A Card.
To THE VOTERS OP CATAWBA CO.
It js with pleasure that S. E
Killian's name is presented to
-he people of Catawba county
-or the office of County Treasurer
;übject to the action of the con
tention. Mr. Killian is fullj
competent to fill this important
>ffice and has always been an
mswerving Democrat and is a
deserving Confederate soldier.
A.s Hickory Township pays one
third of the county taxes it is
but just that she should be re
presented in one county office.
A DEMOCRAT.
For County Treasurer
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of County
Treasurer having been a lifelong
Democrat and a confederate
veteran and have served as a
magistrate for 26 years at a
sacrifice to myself, therefore I
asked for a unanimous support
however subject to the Demo
cratic primaries and County Con
vention. If elected I''will be
found at my post of duty at all
times. Yours Respectfully
S. E. KILLIAN.
A Card.
To THE DEOMCRATIC VOTERS OF
CATAWBA COUNTY:
At the urgent solicitation of
his many friends, Mr. J. U. Long
has consented to become a can
didate for the office of county
treasurer of Catawba county,
subject to the action of the Demo
cratic county convention. Mr.
Long is an old soldier, a life long
Democrat and a man of highest
character and in every way a
most available man for this office.
Respectfully
J. H. YOUNT.
Announcement for Treasurer.
As to office of County Treas
urer will be open for a new man
this year, the present incumbent
W. A Day. Assuring us that he
will not be a candidate for re
nomination, I hereby announce
myself a candidate for the office
of County Treasurer, subject
however to the action of the
Democratic primaries and county
convention soon to be held, if
nominated and elected to that re
sponsible position I will endeavor
to discharge the duties of said
office faithfully and imperially.
Asking patronage of every
voter in the county who can con
scientiously do so, and assuring
everyone of my appreciation of
same. I-am fraturnally yours.
GEORGE P DRUM.
Announcement.
Not because there are not al
ready enough, and good enough
men whose services have been
offered to the Couuty as Treas
urer, but because, I believe I can
serve the people of Catawba Cou
nty, in that capacity as well as
they, and thereby be able to
make a living from same; since
I have been disable to continue
serving as pastor and preacher.
I therefore, present myself to
the voters of Catawba County
for the office of Connty Treasur
er, subject of course to the act
ion of the county convention.
J. Allen Arndt.
Netice of Bond Election*
Notice is hereby given that an
election is ordered to be held at
the several polling-places ir
Hickory Township, Catawba
County, North Carolina, o?i the
26th day of May, 1908, at which
election shall be submitted, to the
qualified voters of Hickory Town
ship, a proposition to issue bonds
for road improvements, in the sum
of Seventy-five Thousand ($75,-
000.00) Dollars, said bonds to
bear interest at Five (5) percent
per annum, payable semi-annual
ly, and to run for a period of
Thirty Years, in accordance with
Chapter 114, Public Laws of 1907.
By order of Board of Commis
sioners of Catawba County. -
April 23th 1908.
JACOB E. SETZER.
Clerk of Board.
For The Legislature.
To the voters of Catawba
county, I hereby announce my
self a candidate for the Legisla
ture subject to the action of the
Democratic primaries and coun
ty convention.
Repectfully,
M. H. Yount.
Don't let the baby suffer from eczema
sores or any itching of the skin. Doan's
Lintment gives instant relief, cures
quickly. Perfectly safe for children. AH
druggists sell it.
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MAN THE NATION REQUIRES.
John A. Johfison the Ideal Occupant of
the Presidential Chair.
As president Governor Johnson would
have the qualities tliat might lie de
scribed as logically and
needful at this time, representing both
In thought and by concrete achieve
ment all of the progressive reforms to
which the American people are now
thoroughly committed. llis personality
arid his methods are such that, com In;:
into oflice after the strentrmis and even
terrifying political and financial es;>*
riences of recent years, he would he
prepared to hold ail that has !>een gain
ed. restore an era of goo.l feeing and
smoothly and comfortably prepare the
way for such, additional advanced legi J .
iatlon as the times require In a word.
Governor Johnson is precisely the kind
of leader the nation requires at this
time, reatfy for new legislation to meet
uew needs, but careful and con'serva
tive iu his methods The same eonfi
dence inspiring, vote getting attributes
that have made Governor Johnson so
popular in Minnesota that there is ab
solutely uo question that he could car
ry the state as the Democratic presi
dential uominee will make him equally
popular with the voters of the nation
once they have au .opportunity to be
come acquainted with the man.
Every political campaign has its in
dividual conditions. It is found iu this
contest that Governor Johnson pos
sesses a strength peculiar to him alone
and by which he is certain to bring to
the Democratic party upward of a mil
liou votes in the middle west that have
hitherto been Republican. This condi
tk>n insures beyond a reasonable doubt
victory for Democracy and Governor
Johnson iu the following states: Min
nesota. North and South Dakota. Illi
nois, Wisconsin, lowa. Kansas, Ne
braska, Colorado. Montana, Washing
ton and Michigan.
PLATFORM BROAD AND STRONG
Declarations cf Governor Johnson All
Democrats Will indorse.
"The man from Minnesota" believe?
in the "immediate revision of the tar
iff. to the end that articles now con
trolled in America by illegal and im
moral combinations may be deprived
of their tariff power to rob the com
munity." He believes that tariff re
vision is one of the most important
works for the correction of tne abuses
that are plaguing the country.
He believes that the maintenance of
government by the people involves the
least interference by federal power
with the domestic affairs of the states
consistent with efficient national ad
ministration.
He believes in the constitution. "For
a president." he 'says, "to go outside
the constitution, even to accomplish a
beneficent purpose, is to enter the road
that leads to the destruction ff repub
lics."
He is opposed to the goverumeat
ownership of railways by state or na
tion, but, as his acts show, is a strong
believer in just and rigorous regula
tion.
He is opposed to oversea expansion.
He favors "the peaceful consolida
tion of the continent from Panama to
the arctic circle."
He is opposed to great military es
tablishments, but believes that the
size of the American navy must neces
sarily be determined to some extent by
the naval activities of other countries.
He is opposed to ship subsidies.
"You can't kill combinations," he
6ays, * * • "but when you come in to
crush the business of individuals they
must be opposed as evils."
He believes in an income tax.
He believes iu the just and equal en
forcement of law and that the observ
ance of the law is as incumbent upon
the rich and powerful as upon the poor
and weak.
LEADER IN INSURANCE REFORM
Whole Country Benefited by Action of
Governor Johnson.
Having had some valuable experience
In reorganizing a powerful Minnesota
Insurauce company, Governor Johnson
was well prepared to deal with the
emergency which arose when the cor
ruption and extravaganee of the man
agement of the great national life In
surance companies were revealed in
1905. In November of that year he
wrote a letter to President Roosevelt
which placed him in the front rank of
national leaders. In this letter the gov
ernor suggested a conference of gov
ernors and attorneys general to be
called by the president at Chicago.
The conference was held in the follow
ing February, and Governor Johnson,
as its chairman and dominant figure,
named the famous "committee of fif
teen" whose recommendations were
embodied in the law in Minnesota and
in about a dozen other states.
While the momentous decision re
cently given by the supreme court in
similar cases coming up from North
Carolina and Minnesota may have ttffe
effect of invalidating some of the rail
way legislation secured by Governor
Johnson in Minnesota, the fact remains
that he has done what he set out to do
and secured the enactment of popular
and beneficent legislation. If, as now
seems probable, the epoch making de
cision of the court in large measure
transfers railway legislation from the
states to the national legislature, it be
comes of particular significance that
one of the earliest acts of Governor
Johnson's career as a member of the
Minnesota legislature was the intro
ducUon of a memorial to congress to
extend the powers of the interstate
commerce commission, a memorial
which Antedated the extension of those
powers Vy Bome four years.
Paid Her In Full. -
lu lier younger days Hetty Green
had for a neighbor a shrewd old Ver
mont farmer. One day, in the midst
of the thrashing, this old farmer broke
his winnowing fan und sent over to
borrow Hetty's.
"Certainly." was the suave reply.
"He is perfectly welcome to my fan,
but I never let my tools be taken off
the place. Tell him to bring bis grain
here and he may winnow as much as
he l!kes on my barn floor."
Of course this was an awkward ar
rangement. but the fanner said noth
iug. Some weeks later Mrs. Green
sent over in a hurry to borrow the
old fellow's sidesaddle.
"Cortainly, she is perfectly welcome
to the use of my saddle. It's hanging
over a rafter in the loft above the
wagon shed. Tell her to come right
over and ride It there as long as she
likes."
Miles Darden, the Giant.
Miles Darden, the giant, was born
and raised in North Carolina? He was
seven feet six inches high and in 1845
weighed 871 pounds. He was born in
1798 and died In Tennessee Jan. 23,
1857. Until 1853 he was able to go
about his work in an active manner,
but his weight increased so fast that
after that year when he wanted to
move about he had to be hauled in a
two horse wagon. In 1839 It is chron
icled that his coat was buttoned around
three men. each weighing more than
200 pounds, who walked together In it
down the streets In Lexington. At his
death he is said to have weighed not
less than 1.000 pounds. His coffin was
8 feet long. 35 inches deep. 32 inches
across the breast, 18 inches across the
head and 14 inches across the feet.
These measurements were taken at
the time and are matters of historical
record.
Mourning For the Deceased.
"Lan Maclaren told this story of grim
humor in his lecture "Scottish Traits:"
A Scotch criminal condemned to death
was visited by his counsel, who hoped
to cheer him up just before the execu
tion. After some words of cheer he
said:
"Is there anything I can do for you?"
"Thank you, there is one thing you
can do for me before I att executed."
"What is that?" _
"I would ask you to go to my chest
and fetch my Sabbath blacks."
"And what do you want with your"
Sabbath blacks?"
"I wish to wear them as a mark of
respect to the deceased."—Lyceumite
and Talent
'•Your father is in politics," said the
stranger. "is he not?"
"Yeh," replied the boy. mom
thinks he's getting cured of it."
"How do you mean?"
"Why. his stummick has gone back
on him. and he can't drink like he
useter."—Catholic Standard and Times.
When you wart a quick cure without
iny loss of time, and one that is followed
jy no bad results, use
Chamberlain's
lollc, Cholera- and
Diarrhoea Remedy
It never fails and is pleasant to ta!:e.
.. is equally valuable for children. It is
-nous for its cures over a large part of
civi'i/.ed world.
Carolina & North-Western Ry. Co
Schedule effective Feb. 2nd. 1908.
Vorth Passenger Mixed Mixed
No. 10 No. 60 No 62
Chester Lv 805 am Ico pin
Yor'.cville " 853 am 225 pui
Gastonia " 944 am 415 pm 600 am
Lincoln. '• 1048 am SoJjam
9 05 am
Newton " 1128 am 1000 am
Hickory " 1205 pm 1225 pm
Lenoir 41 122 pin 255 pm
South Passenger Mixed Mixed
No. 9 NO.-61 No. 63
Lenoir Lv 150 pm "* 905 am
Hickory " 243pm 1115 am
Newton " 310 pm 120 pm
Lincoln. " 346 pun 225 pm
Gastonia " J4o pm ? am 55Q pm
Yorkville " 552 pm 915 am
Chester " 640 pm 10 35 am
CONNECTIONS
CAESTER— Southern Ry., S. A. L and
L. & C.
YORKVILLE— Southern Railway.
GASTONIA— Southern Railway.
LINCOLNTON—S. A. L.
NEWTON AND HlCKOßY— Southern Ry
LENOlß— Blowing Rock Stage Line and
C. & N.
B F. REID, G. P. A., Chester, 8. C
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NOTICED
NORTH CAROLINA,
Catawba County )
The undersigned having qualified as
administrator Of the estate of A. Bur
bonnais, deceased, late of Catawba
county, hereby gives notice to all per
sons having claims against his intestate
to present the same to the undersigned
within twelve (12) months from the
date hereof, as required bp law, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar; and such
persons as may be indebted to his in
testate are asked to make piompt pay
meut. This 21st day of April, 1908,
J. TELES MILLER,
E. B. Cline, Administrator.
Attorney.