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THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT. Published Every Thursday bv W. E. HOLBROOK, EDITOR AND PROP Entered at the Post Office at Hickory as second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year Cash In Advance $ i.o Six Months, " «' 5 Three Months " " 2. Advertising Rates, Transient ' 2o cents an inch. Prefered Position 15 " " " j Yearly Contracts 10 " " " , Special rates given to long term ad vertising. THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1908. The primary held here Satur day gave Craig 254 votes; Home 113; Kitchin 94, Not knowing of the change in the date for holding the primaries in this county many of the voters dio not get to the polls at all. Hac all known about the change, many more votes would have been cast and we believe Ashley Home would have made a much better showing. This county will have 10 votes in the State convention of which Craig will get 6, Kitchin 2%, Home lh The Old North State has done he her duty fully. She has said by a majority of 50,000 that the salvation of her sons and daughters is a greater consideration than the wealth of the brewer and distiller. She has said that school-houses ai€ more profitable tdan bar-1 scorns; she has said that her put.'ic morals, and her body poli tic si. all no longer be corrupted by saloons; that her sons and daughters shall no longer be debased by intoxicated liquors. She has driven from her midst the devil's best friend and God's worst enemy: the friend of vice, the enemy of virtue: the friend of wickedness the enemy of righteousness. North Carolina has always done her duty from the time her patriots first march ed forth to fight the battles ol the revolutions, but her greatest victory was won last Tuesday at the polls. Carolina! Carolina! Heaven's blessings attend her! While we live, we will cherish, Protect and defend her. Arrangement Committee Meet A very enthusiastic meeting of the committee for arranging for the celebration of the Inde pendence Day, was held at the Hickory Club Room Monday night. At this meeting the fol lowing Committee were appoint ed. Advertising Committee, W. S. Martin, Tournament, T. L. Hen kle, Parade, John Cilley, A. A. Shuford, anb Z. B. Buchanan. Music, C. H. Geitner, Public Comfort Mayor Blackwelder. Fire-works, E. B. Menzies. Amusemeut; W. A. Shuford. Concessions, Neil Clark. Mayor Blackwelder, and H. F. Elliott Transportation, W. X. Reid, and T. L. Henkle. Veteran, L. R. Whitener, and D. L. Russell. Baseball, Roy Abernethy. Dec oration, J. C. Martin. Finance Committee, G. N. Hutton, Chairman, J. A. Martin. A. A. Shuford, Jr. A. L. Shuford E.B. Menzies, Z. B. Buchanan, Entertainment Committee, J. W. Blackwelder, Chairman, S. M. Hamrick, J. F, Click, W. E. Holbrook, J. D. Elliott. The above named gentlemen ire chairmen of their respective jommittee. A. A. Whitener narshall, will make all the an louncements. Judging from the enthusiasm nanifested in this meeting, lickory will be a lively town on he Glorious Fourth. Further nnouncements wili be made iter. Murder Near Greenville. Boyce Stone, a white man was illed Monday night by a negro amed Henry Fowler, near reenville N. C. Stone assaulted 'owler's wife, is said to have Stn tk§ gause. 50,000 MAJORITY Prohibition Carries State By Enormous Majority. ONLY SIXTEEN COUNTIES GO WET fountain Counties Go Dry—Women Exert Great Influence — Hard Fought Battle in All Counties—Principal Cities Prac tically All Dry—Trouble in Salisbury. It is impossible to say at this I writing exatly what the prohi tion majority will be, but it is safe to say that it Is at least 50,000 Out of a total of 86 counties , heart from, 16 have given a wet majority of 6,959, while 70 gave l dry majority of 48,500. With L 2 counties yet to hear from it s safe to say that the total ma jority for prohibition will be 50,000. Buncombe won the prize cor the largest prohibition major ity, having polled a majority of >,500. It is well to mention in c'-iis connection, the vote of the nountain counties. Those west )f the Blue Ridge rolled up a .najority of 10,000 being almost three fourths of the total votes :ast. Perquimans gave "the smallest 'prohibition majority. The votethere was so close that a majority of only llvotes isclaim edby the "drys". Wilke's and Johnson head the list on the other side, with a wet majority of 1,250 each. It is admitted that the credit for the largest majority in proportion to the vote cast lies between Madison and Yancey counties, returns not being com plete enough to award the prize, and it has not been so long since they were aiftply supplied with whiskey. It is said that every Congressional district in the state gave a majority for prohibition sxcepet the fourth and possibly sighth. All the principal cities )f the state have given good ma jorities for prohibition except Durham, Wilmington, and Tar t>oro. Some of the most notaple majorities for and against prohi bition, are: For prohibition—Bun ;ombft 3,500, Robinson 2000, Mec denburg 2,800, Randolph 1,500, Uamance 1,250, about 1,200 each J or Madison, Iredell, and Union. s itt: Richmond, and Yancey 1000 jach. Against prohibition—-Wilkes 1,500, Johnson 1,100, Durham 700, Martin 400. Yadkin 500. It is reported that much excit ment attended the election at Salisbury. A number of ladies were at work during the day, and doubtless did much to beter mine the results. At one time during the day, Mayor Boyd or dered all women who tried to in fluence votes arrested. This order was immediately followed by one from Governor Glenn stating thrt if nessicary he would send the state troops to protect anv wom en who were disposed to work for prohibition. Ladies were very much in evidence in Asheville also. In Raleigh the ladies as sembled at the various churches and spent the day praying for the success of the cause so dear to a woman's heart. Considerable excitment was caused on our streets Tuesday afternoon by a runaway team, Mr, Julius Cobb's team became frightened and ran down fouteen th street to Aikens stable. Mr. Cobb had the horses under con trol but the bit of one of his bridles broke and there was no means of controlling them. No damage was done however. Judging from the animated conversations heard about the polls Tuesday, there were some who were not indifferent to the result. Extensive preparations are being made for a gay time in Hickory July the 4th, They may beat Ashley Home getting votes, but he is going to be your next Governor just the same. The Vote in Catawba. Our own people made known their wishes in no uncertain tone Saturday. Only ©ne precinct jgave a majority for whiskey. Following are the majorities of the various townships as report ed: i North Hickory 96 South Hickory 78 Conover v 30 Maiden 63 Catawba 69 SherriH's Ford 89 Shawnee 50 Olivett 20 Mt. Pleasant 40 Claremont 39 Newton 214 Springs (wet) 72 Total 814 A few of the townships we are unable to give the exact vote as we haven't the official returns in this office. Altogether the coun ty gave the mt jority of 814 for prohibition. This was a great suprise to many of the most earnest temperance workers. In Hickory, the election passed off quietly. Great crowds could be seen around the polls from early dawn til late at night. Much hard work was done by both sides but no disturbances of any nature have as yet in been reported. For a while in the eirly part of the day it looked as if the '"antis" would carry Hick ory by a small majority, but in afternoon the scales were turued and when the votes were coun ted we had a majority of 174. Had the advocates of prohibition been thoroughly organized, the majority would have been at least 250. Wanted— person in the county to give me a trial on watch repairing. Satisfaction guaran teed. S. B. Mace, watchmaker for Morrison Bros. Moslem Architecture. The moslem architecture at Agra and Delhi, so splendid, yet so short lived, is so distinctive of a dynasty and so alien to the country as to be chiefly significant of the influence of the west on the east and stands alike in its permanence and in its feeling or Ideality in remarkable contrast to all that was before it, is around it and has come after it. It is indeed curious how young India is in art and how old In her literature, her customs and her social framework. There Is no social institution surviving In Greece or Italy that can in respect of age or of Inter est compare with the Hindoo castes, and there are no buildings or monu ments In India that can boast an an tiquity equal to much that can be found In the Latin and even in the Teutonic countries of Europe. Only a few of the ruder and smaller rock tem ples go behind the Christian era. the greater and more elaborate belonging to a more recent date, and It Is but what the later history would lead us to expect when we find as regards re cently recovered Buddhist sculptures that a sense of form begins to appear Just as Greek influences become active in India, though the imitations stand at an Immense distance from the orig inals.—Contemporary Review. A Misnamed Island. The Island of Madagascar Is mis named. It should be called St. Lorenz Island. Marco I*olo In his work on Africa named a stretch of land on the east coast, south of the equator, Mada gascar. Some time after this Martin Belhaim of Nuremberg prepared a chart of Africa, using Marco Polo's works as a guide, but misunderstood the report on Madagascar, thinking It meant an island. He thereupon delib erately added an Island to the east coast. This imaginary island was mapped on the charts of the geogra phers of the flfteenth and sixteenth j centuries. In 1506 the Portuguese sea captain, Fernando Svarez, discovered the real island of Madagascar and gave It the name of St' Lorenz, and for a time thereafter two islands found their place on the charts. In 1531 it was known that there was really only one islarid, and In accordahce With this discovery the original name of Madagascar was retained, and th* other name was dropped. ' phone sT* iot Prfnti? ? n f COO? WUll -bla-e S drove the farmers of Kentucky and Tennessee to V \ ' mj firffli warehouses and-destroying tobacco plant beds? @ X .■ . jßd jfiffl/i fbe Trust. Who is responsible for the conditions amono- 0 X the cotton planters today?— The Trust. Who locked up Q X n' 16 mone 7 * u t^le country a few months ago?— The Q A A \ —„- J rußts * . ho 18 responsible for the decline in the value X X 'J 4 iKji» - nAI securities today?— The Trusts. . Q A Tiusts?—\o 6r kn ° W SlK ' h thjn & s before we had the V | ' S Pto t ' le armers to Choose I K • -Gloriously independent." Marvelously strong. Won- A O , d ® rfull >' eas y t0 ha » dle - Astonishingly cheap in repairs. }l A •The great competitor of the Trusts in machines. As inde- K O pendent as a wood sawyer and as strong as a giant. l)o your duty as you see it; patronize that which you think is M o n __ __' K © Disk and Drag Harrows, Cultivators made by Walter A. Wood Machine Co. Q V Also sell Chattanooga Plows. " F. MOOSE & CO., Agents, Hilderbran, N. C. | Road Bond Election. Hickory township has declared at the polls that she is opposed to progresp. The good roads proposition was one which meant more to the people of Hickory and surround ing country than any other ever sub.nited to them with the pos sible exception of prohibition. And it is a lamentable fact that those who needed good roads most —the farmers —opposed it most. Those who voted down the bond issue, simply voted against their own best interest. With good roads the farmer could reaeh the markets with more of his products at considerably less cost. Then when the roads are once made good, the work of re pair will amount to practically nothing. How often do we hear the farmer complaining be cause he is required to contribute a small portion of his time to keeping the roads passable? Yet, when tliey have the opertunity of lessening their burdens in this respect almost unani mously refuse to do so. With only a small tax on each one the roads could be kept in first class condition with only a small amount of work each year. The returns from the election show the bonds to have been de feated by a majorty of 1038. There were only 737 votes cast on the bond issue but there were 1109 voters registered, 114 of whom had died or removed since registering and as all who regis tered and failed to vote were counted against it the majority against was greater than the total vote cast. The total vote cast was / 737 353 of which were against the issue. We are sorry the. people could not see the advantages and vote for good roads. The Glee Club. The Wake Forest Glee Clud will give one of its interesting entertainments in Huffman's Acadamy of Music on Tuesbay night, June 2ud, consisting of music and songs. The proceeds to the Baptist parsonage. It will be a treat to all who attend. Every body cordially invited to give it a liberal patronage. It is under the anspices of the Bap tist church The Dignity of the Subtreasury. We are wont to imagine an impos ing structure of stone when any one speaks of the subtreasury. But back In 1854 things were different One of the official examiners of subtreasuries at that time was one Gourge, and he tells us in one of his reports that the subtreasury at Jeffersonville, Ind., in that year was in a tavern adjoining a barroom and- connected with it by a I door with glass HghtsV The purpose of the glass was to make easy for the assistant treasurer when in the'bar room to keep an eye on his office. This office consisted of two rooms, and the public got in through a back passage under a stairway. The gold was kept In .an iron safe and the sil ver in wooden boxes: The assistant treasurer, ftrtned, slept in'one of the rooms. That was in 18541-Metropoli tan Magazine. •-• Subscribe for rhe Democrat. Correspondent to Deomcrat From Maiden. Nr, Editor: Where three or four good nun are candidates for the same office it is not a pleasant task to boost one'of them as the most deser ing of thesuffrages of the gooc citizens of Catawba countv, bir as a voter I wish to emphasize the canidacy of Geo. P. Drum for Treasurer of Catawba county I have known Mr, Drum for the past 20 years or more and I can say knowingly that a purer more upright man never tread the soil of Catawba, Any movement that has had foa its object the uplifting of the people materially moarlly or religiously has always had his undivided support, He csn not claim the title of soldier having been born a little too late, but he is the son of one of as true a soldiers as ever enlisted from the good old county of Ca tawba, now a very aged old gentleman who naturally leans upon his children for support, Mr. Drum belongs to a family name that is very numerous in our county. So much so that it has boen sa.J by one, there are enough Drums in Catawba coun tv to furnish music for the bal ance of the United States. The Drums of Catawba are noted for honesty, integrity and thrift, who have done a good part in the materia} upbuilding of our coun ty and so far as I know none of the family name ever held office in the county, Would it not be ! eminently proper for us to recog nize the large and. prosperous family by nominating and elec ting Geo, P, Drum to the office of Treasurer of Catawba, Geo, Drun is a poor man and makes his living by the sweat of his brow though he is not physicaly able to do hard manual labor on the farm or elsewhere, Now I a n not jne of those who think that a man should be given office just because he is a poor man, but other things being equal I think the man that is the most in need of the emoluments of office should be given the pref erence I know that Geo. P. Drum if nominated and elected, will discharge the duties of the office of Treasurer creditably to him self and the county, and I hope his friends all the county will bestir themselves and use all honorable means to secure his nomination and election. His Democracy has always been of the staightest type and ne is and always has been an ardent supportei of prohibition, rellow Democrats your support will be greatly appreciated by Mr. Drum and I appeal to all to go out to the primary and gi?e Mr. Drum your support. Respectfully, Democratic Voter, Coughs, Colds, Croup, La Grippe, Thl! G „ uine is to , b0 —' un 2 TrouDles. Prevents Pneumonia and Consumption YELLOW PACKAGE Sold by W. s. Martin & Co, Druggists. - m . ■ ' ~ / / The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of - and has been made under his per f JTL , sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive youin this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and" Just-as-good "are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against BTpArimpm^ What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms - and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind.. Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS The Kind Yon Hare Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. Eight Points of the Law. A correspondent siguing himself "So and-so" overheard soise men—"evi dently lawyers," he says-talking over a ease recently when some such ex pression as this reached his ears: "Well, he couldn't help winning. He had the eight points of the law in bis favor."' Ever since he heard this "So-and-so" has been wondering what were the eight points referred to, and he asks me if I can enlighten him on the sub ject I The eight points of the law, "So-and so." are these: First, a good cause second, a good purse; third, an honest and skillful solicitor; fourth, good evi dence; fifth, able counsel; sixth,-an up right judge; seventh, an Intelligent jury; eighth, good luck. It is well understood in forensic cir cles that if you have all these in your favor you stand a sporting chance of winning your case. But, on the other hand, of course you may lose.—London -Standard. Bonaparte as a Deadhead. Frederic Febvre publishes In the Paris Gaulois an interesting docu ment preserved in the archives of the Theatre Francais. It runs as follows: 'Pass the citizen Bonaparte to this evening's performance of 'Manilus.'- Talma." This shows, of course, that the Em- Peroi Napoleon when he was only a lieuteuant of artillery was very glad of "orders" for the theater. M. Febvre adds a story which 'he heard from Tal ma's sou to the effect that the future ruler of France used to lie in wait for the tragedian in the galleries of the Palais Royal and that the tragedian used often to whisper to his compan ion: "The other way, if you don't mind. I see Bonaparte coming, and I'm afraid he'll ask me for seats." Evidence Against Him. "I am proud to say," said the man with the loud voice, "that I have never made a serious mistake In my life." "But you are mistaken," said the mild mannered man with the scholarly stoop. ou have made one very seri ous mistake." 'I d like to know where you get your authority for saying so." "Your declaration is evidence that you have never tried to see yourseif as others see you."—Exchange. The Marvelous Resistance of Water. If it were possible to impart to a sheet of water an Inch in thickness sufficient velocity, the most powerful bomb shells would be immediately stopped in their flight when they came into contact with At It would offer the same resistance as the steel armor of the most modern battleship.-Strand Magazine. The Law's Delay. Betty—That case hasn't come on yet Isn't the law's delay maddening? Cis sle (absentmindedlyj— Perfectly fright ful! I've been six months getting that young barrister to propose.—London Opttiion. His Loss Our Gain. Poet—l had a poem here, but while I was waiting for you I carelessly upset some Ink over it, and I fear that I cannot remember it to rewrite it. Editor—That's gooL-New York Press. ♦ A Quick Switch. Jack (studying geography)— Father, what is a strait? Father (reading the paper)— Five cards of a—that is. a nar row strip of water connecting two larger bodies.—Harper's Weekly. Subscribe for the Democrat: only SI.OO a year.
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