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hstablished 1899 l^ocxxx>oooxx>ooxxxxxxxxxx^ \ iSL Don't Fly Aiound V f\ ' rom place t0 place ' homeless X >{. wanderers. Tie yourself down to 3C f iS tTf) ' ) a . com f home. Y 0 jit our P !an nis easy to own a O should like you to O /\ ( J come in and talk it over with us. P3 ■> jj fire insurance, q O Don't take the chance, better O ;• ' insure 'gainst fire and then you * comfortable. . »»»« If you have funds of your own or be din trust, we are in position to lend the same for you. We /\ V' guorantee the principal when due, uteres! 6 per cent, per annum 4 Q paid semi annually. Every cent paid us in insurance premiums O Q> loaned in Hickory. „ - A q Hickory Insurance & Realty Go., a QJ. A. LENTZ, w. A. HALL, * M. H. GROVES, © O President. Vice-President. Sec. Treas. v/ £% H. E. McCOMB, Ass't Mgr. Real Estate Dept. A 2kx>ooocooooxxxxxxxxxxxxx9' OUR FLAG. Its Origin and History Related by Rev, Thomas E. Grsgcry. The stars and stripes became the flag of the United Slates on June 14. 1777. On that day it was rcsclved by congress that the "flag of the thirteen Unit ed States be thirteen stripes, alternate rid and white, and that the Union be thirteen stars, white, in a blue fifld. representing a new constellation." The congressional enactment creating Old Glory said nothing concerning the particular form in which the stars should be grouped, and as the circle is the simplest of aii figures the circular form naturally became the one iu which the stars were arranged. The national flag continued with thir teen stripes and thirteen stars until Jan. 13, 1705, when congress voted that ";tfter May 1, 1795, the flag of the United States be fifteen stripes, alter nate red and white, aud that the Union be fifteen stars, white, in a blue fielck" Twenty-three years later, April 4. ISIS, congress adopted the following resolution: lie it enacted that from and after the Fourth of July next the Tag of the Unit ed States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white, and that the Union be twentv stars, white, In a blue Ik-Id And that on the admission of a new state into the Union one star be added to the flag, and that such addition shall take place on the Fourth of July next succeeding each admission. Certain members of congress in their patriotic ardor wanted a new stripe for each new state, but Mr. Windover, one of the members from New York, crose in his place and said: "Mr. Speaker. I am heart and soul in fr.vor of any proposition that will give us a big flag. We are going to be a big people, and we need a correspond ingly big flag. But it must not be so big as to be a burden to us. "At the rate the United States is now growing if a stripe were added for every new st:itc admitted it would soon be impos- ! sibie to find a mast or pole tall enough on which to hoist t ho- flag." Mr. Handover's speech settled the matter, and the limit was drawn at the thirteenth stripe. The first time the stars and stripes was displayed iu brittle was at Fort Stauwix, now the city of Rome, Oneida county. Colonel Peter Gansevoort was in command of the fort, and, being surrounded by St. Leger and called upon to surrender, the gallant old colo nel re plied as follows: "It is my determined resolution, with the forces uuder my comuiaud. to de fend this fort to the last extremity in behalf of the United States, who placed me hero to fight for it against all their enemies." The first salute given by a foreign" power to the stars and stripes was in Quiberon bay. ou the coast of Brittauy. Paul Jones in the Hanger was cruis ing in those parts and, coming up with * Trench admiral, saluted his flag. The Fveuchman returned the salute gun for gun. Before that event it had been the usage of Europe to salute the flag of a republic with four guns less than were fired in saluting the flag of a crowned potentate, but Jones claimed that Old G'.ory was the peer of any flag afloat and that in saluting it must get as tc iny guns as it gives. (Jlorious old flag! And of every American north, south, east and west '*he prayer is: "Long may she wave!"— Rev. Thom as B. Gregory in New York American. Mourning For the Ds3ceased. 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 ani 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;"—Lyceumiie and Talent. Subscribe for the Democrat. The W-y of Kcr.^^r. Whore Sonne: - > t0.,-:: ; p touches the boundaries of Ilaliaud there is a sandy lieatb which is so farreaching that he who stands upon one edge of it eannot look across to the other. Nothing except heather grows on the heath, and it wouldn't be easy to coax other growths to thrive there. To start with, one would have to uproot the heather, for it is thus with heather: Although it has only a little shrunken root, small shrunken branch s and dry, shrunken leaves, it fancies that it's a tree. Therefore it acts just lik;* real trees—spreads itself out *» forest fashion over wide areas, hv»ids together faithfully and causes all foreign growths that wish to crowd in upon its territory to die out.— "Adventures , of Nils," Translated From the Swedish of Sehna Lagerlof by Velina Swan ston Howard. Protecting Hsr Cake. The woman who had charge of a cer tain village postoffioo was strongly sus pected of tampering with parcels in trusted to her care. One day a rosy cheeked youngster, dressed in his best clQthes, entered the postofiice and care fully laid a huge slice of iced cake on the counter. "With m..*^' ;'er tht> bride's corapli uients, and will you please eat as inu'eb as you cau?" he suid. The postmistress smiled delightedly. "How very kind of the bride to re member me!" she cried. "Did she know of my weakness for wedding cake?" "She did," answered the youngster coldly, "and she thought she'd seud yer a bit of it this afternoon, just to take the edge off yer appetite before she posted any boxes off to her friends!" — Exchange. The Artful Passenger. "Here, you," said the conductor an grily, "you rang up a fare. Do that again and I'll put you off." The small man standing jammed in , the middle of the car promptly rang up another fare. Thereupon the con ductor projected liiin through the crowd and to the edge of the platform. "Thanks," said the little man. "I didn't see any other way to get out- Here's "your dime." Philadelphia Ledger. Real Dialect. At a traction line ticket office in Dayton, 0.. the other day 1 overheard t£e following conversation, the parties thereto being a German woman and the ticket agent: "A dicket tsoo Zinzin-nay-tee." "One way?" "Zwei ways." Then as he stamped the ticket the purchaser asked: "I haf dime to vaidt how much?"— Chicago News. Two Ways Out. "What would you do," asked the ex cited politician, "if a paper should call you a liar and a thief?" "Well," said the lawyer, "if I wer« you I'd tOi:s up to see whether I'd re form or thrash the editor."—Pick-Me up. ; When Women Claim Age. At two periods in life femininity de clares itseif to be older than it really Is, before it has reached eighteen and after it has reached eighty-lirve.- tlealth. Australian Bushmen. Although the hufhnien of AustraJla are the very lowest in the scale of ig nolV.nee. they possess a rare instinct that equals that of many animals and is in its way as woiul«£'ful as man's reason. It is almost impossible foi them to be lost. Even if they be led away from their home blindfolded for miles, when released they will unerr ingly turn in the right direction aud liake their way to their nest homes, aud. though these are all very similar, they nevtr make a mistake. "But can we live on $l,OOO a year?" asked he. "Let's see," said she. "Theater tick ets will cost about $2OO annually, ilyw | ers as much more an; 1 , bonbons, Fay. $2OO. Certainly we can do it, John, and save money into the oargaili."— ! Kansas City Journal. ' > HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 16,'908. Why He Was Anxious. .Buloz, the editor of the Revue de« (Deux Mondes, once had at his country house in Savoy a numerous company of literary people, one of whom was . Victor Cherbuliez. Cherbuliez contrib- j uted regularly every other year a novel ! to the columns of the Revue, and a j story of his was at that time running | in the periodical. Thj? guests had been j out for a walk and had amused them selves with gathering mushrooms, which were cooked for dinner. As the company were sitting down, it occur red to one of the party that undoubt edly some of the people who had tak en part in gathering the mushrooms knew nothing about them and that there might be poisonous fungi in the collection. This reflection so affected the com pany that all the people present, with the exception of Cherbuliez. declined to partake of the dish. He alone at tacked it with gusto. Thereupon, Buloz showed sudden and intense alarm. "Cherbuliez! Cherbuliea! What are you about?" he exclaimed. "Remem ber that yon haven't finished your story in the Revue!" Greatly to his relief, the mushrooms turned out to be innocuous, and the story was finished. It Was a New "Team" to Him. Heinrich Conricd told the followiug story once when chatting of his ex perience as an operatic director: "It happened in Chicago," said he. "1 went there to superintend our first sea son in Chicago. I got there early in the afternoon. As I was registering at the Auditorium a young, a very young, newspaper man came up and talked to me. lie Legged for an inter view. I tol l him I ha 1 arranged to see the press at 5. That did not satisfy him. Ho was on a:i afternoon paper It would be a Lather in his cap if he cor Id scoop the town. 'Very well." vai 1 I to him, 'I shsH give you an in terview, but it will have to be while I am taking my bath.' He seemed an intelligent and earnest young man. ami I v as willing to do that much for him "I turned on the water and divested myself of my cunt, and the interview preceded. "'What do you open with?' said he. " 'I open with "Tristan und Isolde.' franswer d. *' 'H:: vi* they ever been here before? be queried." Iron Eatsrs. "The first tiuu I ever swallowed r sack." said a carpet layer, "I jumped to my fe't and tremulously asked tin way to the hospital. " 'What's tho matter?" my mate, an old hand, asked. " 'l've swallowed a tack,' said f. •Good gracious, what will become of me?' "The old hand sat back on the car pet he was laying and laughed. " J \Vfiy, kid,* said he, 'it's nothing to sw;.llow a tack. Every professional carpet layer swallows half a dozen o! so daily. It's a thing that causes no inconvenience. If it did. I'd know it ! bet I've swallowed a hundredweight of tackn in my life.' "And I'm sure," the carpet layer con eluded, "my mate was telling the truth, for since then I've swallowed half a hundredweight myself." He gulped. "Hang it." he said: "there goes one now!"— New York Press. Aroused His Wrath. "Were you ever done in oil?" ven tured the wandering portrait painter. The old farmer almjst leaped out of ids boots. "Was 1 ever done in oil?" he roared "Well, I should say so! A long legged, fox eared individual that looked some thing like you came past here last weei£ and sold me a bottle of what was supposed to be genuine olive oil to eat on lettuce. When I poured It on the lettuce it turued out to be sewing ma chine oil. and. by heck, if I thought that you"— But the wandering artist was gone gone in a cloud of dust. Chicago News. . « Haiti's Legion of Honor. It is not generally known that the famous o:der of the Legion of Honor was adopted at Haiti in 1849. When Soulouque became emperor under the name of Faustin 1., he instituted an order in imitation cff that which had been established by Napoleon in 1802. Statues, ribbons and insignia were pre cisely identical, and since the sover eign of Haiti distributed his honors to all and sundry with lavish hand the French government was considerably embarrassed. The death of Soulouque ended the difficulty.—Paris Gaulois. A Poor Remedy. Speaking of a certain measure under discussion in the senate, a well known congressman said: "It does not meet the situation at all and will not reme dy conditions. It reminds me of the wife of a young blacksmith of Wash ington. 'Did you sew that button on my coat?' this blacksmith asked his wife one morning. 'No, dear,' the wife answered. 'I wouldn't find the button, but I sewed up the buttonhole, so it's all right*" An Exception. Little Ethel—Mr. Rich, we're not all made of dust, are we? Mr. Rich (be nignly)— Yes, my dear. Little Ethel (triumphantly)—Oh, well, you aren't, 'cos papa says you sprung from noth ing.—Puucu. . Subscribe for the Democrat; only $l.OO a year. A GHOST STORY. The Spectral Horseman That Visits Wycollfir Hall. This ghost story is contributed by a correspondent of an English magazine: "Wycollar Hall, near Colne. was long the seat of the Cunllffes of Billington. They were noted persons In their time, but evil days came, and their ancestral estates passed out of their hands. In the days of the commonwealth their loyalty cost them .dear, and ultimately they retired to \Ty collar with a rem nant only of thei&-once extensive prop erty. About 1819 the last of the fami ly passed away, and the hall Is now a mass of ruins. Little but the antique fireplace remains entire, and even the room alluded to in the following legend cannot now lie identified. Tra dition says that once every year a specter horseman visits Wycollar Hall. He is attired in the costfume of the early Stuart period, and the trappings of his horse are of a most uucouth de scription. . "On the evening of his visit * the weather is always wild and tempestu ous. There is no moon to light the lonely roads, and the residents of the district do not venture out of their cottages. When the wind howls loud est the horseman can be heard dash ing up the road at fall speed, and, aft er crossing the narrow bridge, be denly stops at the door of the hall. The rider then dismounts and makes his way up the broad oaken stairs into one of the rooms of the house. Dread ful screams, as from a woman, are then heard, which soon subside into groans. The horseman then makes his appearance at the door, at onr-e mounts (lis steed and gallops off. "His body can be seen through by those wbo may chance to be present; his horse appears to be wild with rage, and its nostrils stream with fire. The tradition is that oue of the Cunllffes murdered his v.ife iu that room and that the specter horseman is the ghost of the murderer, who is doomed to pay an annual visit to the home of his victim. She H said to have predicted the extinction of the family, which.; according to the story, has been liter ally fulfilled." THE CRITICS. Theso Observers Were Wholly Per sona! In Their Judgments. "The critical faculty is rare." said an editor and critic at a Philadelphia art club. "It must be impersonal. But most of us incline to be wholly per sonal in our critic!'m. The fact was brought home 10 me at one of the exhi bitions at the Academy of Fine Arts. "Passing from picture to picture, I overheard many criticisms. Thus a lady iu a rich gown said: " 'Whht a superb portrait of n young girl! It should certainly win the Car negie prize. It is easy to see that the gown was made by Paquiu.' "A fat, red nosed man in a fur lined overcoat halted before a picture enti tled 'The Luncheon.' " 'This still life,' he exclaimed, 'ls the most admirable I have ever seen. Terrapin, canvasback, champagne, lob ster. even Perigord pie—ah, what a genius.' " 'ln this historical painting.' I heard an antiquary say. 'the costumes are ac curate in every detail. The painter is a second Raphael.' " 'That horse there,' said a young polo player, 'is exactly like my Poda sokus. It's the best picture in the ex hibition.' "An athlete uttered a cry of delight before a daub called 'The Gladiator.' " 'What shoulders! What arms!' he said. 'I het anything the jury gives this painting the highest award.' "And half the throng, departing, said: " 'The picture in the last room is the best. No, we didn't see it—couldn't get to it. iu fact—but it draws far and away the biggest crowd'" Mole Superstitions. According to tradition, if you have a mole on your chin you may expect to be wealthy, while If you have It un der your arm it promises you wealth and honor as well. A mole on the inkle indicates courage. On the left :emp!e a mole indicates that you will tind friends among the great ones of the earth, but if it be placed on the right temple it warns you of coming distress. A mole on a man's knee means that- he may expect to marry a rich woman. A mole on the neck promises wealth. If you have a mole on your noss you are going to be a great traveler. A mole oh the throat Indicates health and wealth. Miles Darden, the Giant. Miles Durden, 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, 185 - Until 1853 he was able to g& 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 tw r o 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 lie is said to have weighed not less thai 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. Subscribe for the Democrat- Eight Points of the Law. A correspondent signing himself "So and-so" overheard soise men—"evi dently lawyers," he says—talking over a case 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 his 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. 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. {t 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 Fraucais. It runs as follows: "Pass the citizen Bonaparte to this evening's performance of 'Manilus.'- Talma." This shows, of course, that the Em peror Napoleon when he was only a lieuteuant of artillery was very glad of "orders" for the theater. M. Febvn adds a story which he heard from Tal ma's son 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." —**>- The Olympic Games. In 77;> B. C. the Eleians engraved the name of their countryman Corebus as victor in the foot race, and thencefor ward we have an almost unbroken list of victors in each Olympiad, or fourth recurrent year, for nearly twelve cen turies. The games survived even the extinction of Greek liberty and were tinnlly abolished by the Christian Em peror Theodosius in tne tenth year of his reign.—New York American. The Absinth Tippler. The symptoms of the effects of thi liquor in the case of the absinth tip pier commence with muscular quiver ings and decrease of physical strength The hair begins to drop out, the face assumes a melancholy aspect, and he becomes emaciated, wrinkled and sal low. Lesion of the brain follows, hor rible dreams and delusions haunt the victim, and gradually paralysis over takes him and leads him to the grave. Early Crorisrs. The earliest mention of the use of a crozier is of oue carried by Ataldus. archbishop of Reims, who died A. D 033. An ancient Saxon or Norman font in Winchester cathedral has n very old representation of a bishop with a crozier, probably the earliest example to be found in England. A crozier of rude shape is cut. on the tomb of Bartholomew, bishop of Ex eter from 1161 to 1184. A Wasted Sermon. A good deacon was once meandering along the docks on Sunday, and, notic ing a crowd of boys fishing, he com menced to reprove them for breaking the Sabbath. In the middle of his harangue he stopped suddenly to ejac ulate, "Look out, bub, you've got a bite!" to a small boy whose attention had been distracted from his line. Hu man nature was too strong for him.— St. James' Gazette. Where It Belongs. "Excuse me," said the playwright to his friend who was hissing the piece "do you think it is good form to his? my shoW when I gave you the ticket that admitted you?" "Certainly," resentfully replied tht friend. "If I'd bought a ticket, I would have contented myself by going out side and swearing at myself."—Success Magazine. Vienna Barbers. The Barbers and Wigmakers' onion in Vienna is very stringent in its ex amination before it will admit any new members to the society. Only fully competent persons are allowed to practice and to prove their capabilities must first show that they thoroughly understand the disinfection of razors, brushes, etc., used- in their craft and also' how to keep the razors sharp and use them to the best advantage. An Awkward Comment. In the vicinity of Germantown there lived a worthy old Quaker lady and her son John, who were once called upon to entertain a number of ladies at dinner during quarterly meeting. As John began to carve the broiled chicken "he entered upon a flowery speech of welcome, but in the midst of his flattering utterances his mother, who was ' somewhat deaf, piped up from the other end of the table: "You 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. A modern race horse is a mere speed machine. Highly strung, overtrained, devoid of real staying power, he is useless for any practical purpose. He is coddled, shrouded and nursed till every atom of resistance to untoward conditions is taken out of him. —Cal- -1 cutta Englishman. Democrat and Press, Consolidated 19C5. I- is Good Eye. It !s a curious fact that the loss of my one of the five senses is atoned for to a considerable extent by a pro nounced increase in the efficiency of the other senses. The result is some tiuics astonishing. A man who had lost the sight or both eyes trained his hearing until h- could tell by the sound >f his footstep: on the sidewalks as he made his wa? about town whether he -was In tht middle of the walk or at one side whether lig was walking pnst a bricl or a frame house or a fence or opei; ground. He knew in what part of the town he was not only by his memory oi sense of general direction, but by the difference in the "tones" of his foot steps, and he walked about freely, sel dom running into anything or any body. Some one in his presence' once calleJ in question his total blindness. "Which eye do you think I can see with?" he asked the skeptic. "The left one. of course," was the reply. "I can see that the right one is blind." In reply the bliud man merely opened *his penknife and tapped the left eye with the little blade. It was a glass eye. How His Place Was Filled. A well known divine whose theolog ical discourses draw crowded bouses in all the principal citleS accepted an invitation to lecture in a small provin cial town, but discovered afterward that he had a prior engagement on the same date. He accordingly apologized and offered to make good any loss the society might incur through his delin quency.. A few days later he received a letter from the secretary assuring him that no harm was done and inclosing a handbill which the divine is never tired of reading to his amused friends "As the Rev. Mr. Is unable to give his advertised lecture on 'Con science.' " announced the bill, "four members of the B minstrel troupe hare'kindly volunteered to perform in stead a screamingly laughable farce entitled . Any person who has bought a ticket for the other enter tainment may have it transferred to this on payment of sixpence extra."— London Tatler. When Explosives Explode. A popular notion that explosives will "go off" by any simple method is wrong. Many of the most powerful explosives imaginable may be kicked about, mav be set on fire or may be shot out of a gun, and unless the prop er agency for exploding them is em ployed they will not "go off" and will do uo damage. The reason for this may be explained by an illustration Consider a grateful of coal. There is there enough of what we may call ex plosive energy to throw a 1,000 pound weight through a foot of solid steel— If only it could be liberated. But there can be no explosion without oxygen, and the coal in the grate will not burn faster than the supply of oxygen in the air which reaches it will permit If the coal could be furnished all at once with enough air to cause its complete burning, it would explode with as great riolence as if it were so much dyna mite.—St. Nicholas. The Sun of the Blind. I have not touched the outline of a star nor the glory of the moon, but I believe that God has set two lights in my mind, the greater to rule by day and the lesser by night, and by them I know that I am able to navigate my life bark, as certain o tr reaching the haven as he who steers by the North star. Perhaps my sun shines not as yours. The colors that glorify m> world, the blue of the sky, the green of the fields, may not correspond exact ly with those you delight in, but they are none the less color to me. The sun does not shine for my physical eyes, nor does the lightning flash, nor do the trees turn green in the spring But they have not therefore ceased to exist any more than the landscape is annihilated when you turn your back on it.—Helen Keller in Century. Harmless Joke. Place a spool of cotton in the in side pocket of your coat and, having threaded a needle with the beginning of the cotton, pass the needle through the front of the coat, unthread the needle and leave about two Inches of the cotton hanging as if it were only a stray piece. The first person you meet will be sure to pick it off you, and his astonishment when he finds there is no end to it will give plenty of innocent fun. An Ancient Jest. A Gentleman having lent a Guinea, for two or three Days, to a Person whose Promises he had not much Faith in, was very much surpriz'd to find he very punctually kept'his Word with him; the same Gentleman being sometime after desirous of borrowing the like Sum, No, said the other, you have deceived me once, and I am re solved you shan't do it a second Time. —Joe Miller's Jest Book, 1739. Washington's Estate. When he died Washington possess ed, Including the land brought him by his-wife and the Mount Vernon estate, more than 74,000 acres. And this did not include his city property. He was Indeed a landlord on a large scale. Be sides the lands he held personally Washington was partner In various land companies, though none of these appear to have survived the Revolu tion. .. . , Teachers in the Graded School for the Coming Year. The orps of teachers in the Traded school has been filled, and heir work assigned them. The teachers' names and their grades ■re given. lisses Ada Schenck Ist Grade. Wa Harris 2nd grade, Annie Ouke 3rd E:'n i Hill 4th rrade, liOuise Dixon sth grade, Vva Gum 6th grade, Lela Miller hh grade HIGH SCHOOL, vliss Wrenn Harris, History and Latin. Mr. A. P. Whisenhunt, Mathematics. Supt. Chas. M. Staley, English and Science The schools will open August" 31st, in order that the fall term •nay end before the Christmas holidays. The school fund is sufficient to run the schools only eight months. Several changes are in contemplation which will add to the officiency of the -•schools. Superior Court. The Catawba Superior Court convened Monday at Newton .vith Judge Fred Moore of Ashe ville presiding. The following men were drawn as grand Jurors 0. D. Murray, forman: John Abernethy, W. A. Reinhart, Frank Saunders, J. P. Cornelius, G. E. Bumgarner, James M. Crouse, Ed. C. Smith, J. P. Cloninger, G. M. Hildebrand, H. F. Gordon, J. W. Mouser, A. G. Bumgarner, Bruce Yount. W. A. Setzer, J. P. Ritchey, James Rink, H. P. Robinson. Some twenty five cases were disposed of including many fines and several sentenced to the peni tentiary. There was a large at tendance of Hickory attorneys. The Socialist-Labor Party has nominated a man for president who now is in the Penitentiary. If we could only lock them all up for a while, The negro League is going to support Bryan. They are 700,- 000 "strong." Mount Aetna and Tom Lawson are both in eruption. It is rather unusual for Aetna. She Conquered the German*. In the Franco-German war the French hospital at Vendome was in charge of Mme. Coralie Cahen, one of the most noted nurses of the time. There, aided by two nurses and seven, Christian Sisters of Mercy, she re ceived thousands of French and Ger man soldiers. When the Prussians oc cupied Vendome they wished to hold the hospital and plant on it the Ger man flag. But, warned of the enemy's intentions, Mme. Cahen early one Jan uary morning visited the Prussian gen eral, who, surrounded by his staff, was about to seize the building. "Sir." she exclaimed, "we have re ceived your wounded and nursed them as though they were our own. We will continue to do so, but we will remain In a French hospital. We will not have it converted into a German hospital." "Madame," was the reply, "we are masters." "In the town it may be; here, no!" was the answer. "We are protected by the Red Cross and the French flag. You have no right to touch either the one or the other." She conquered, and from that day the utmost admiration was openly evinced for her by the Germans. \ " —— ~ His Hint. "Don't you want some needles, dear?" queried Brown as he picked up his shirt and glanced at the place# where the buttons should have been. "Why. no." replied Mrs. Brown. •Why do you ask?" "Oh, I thought." said Brow* a trifle nervously, "that probably your old ones had become worn by much use." His Charm Gone. Phoebe—You would hardly kno?r Freddy since he got back from Monte Carlo. He lost all his money there, and— Evelyn—Hardly know hlm!| Why, I shan't know him at all!—Illus-i trated Bits. His Night Work. Wifey—What makes you stay at the, office so late at nights? Do you gain| anything by it? Hubby—No, but I havei several times come —er—within an acei of gaining something. Philadelphia! Record. One Sided. t "Does he enjoy funny stories?" "Yes; when he tells them."— Hou«4 " ton Post Bryan will not take the stump. A cruel and unusual punishment.
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