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(T •uperiority years ago, and to-day its HATS
ohsrsctcr supports sind sustains its I WliWßill* ■
Ar reputation for style and excellence.
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P mocks in many styles at Very Low Prices. Our H
E Lawn Swing is the Finest Made. Will last many
B seasons, as it can be folded and stored away.
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f Manufacturers' Agent
* GOOD-ROADS MACHINERY *
Contractors' Equipment and Supplies 4
\ Hickory, N. C. J
\ Agent for the Austin.Western Co., Ltd. of Chicago. f
0 American Road Rollers, all sizes; Aurora Rock Crushers, jaw and w
A rotary; Street Sprinklers and Sweepers; Western Road Machinery, >
\ scrapers, graders, plows, wheel and drag scrapers; Special Western
9 reversable road machine and ditcher; Dump wagons and carts; Steam §
A Shovel Cars and tram cars, all sizes; Dirt Spreaders, leveler-grader 2
\ and ditcher; Offcial Safes and Vaults, all sizes; County Vaults a spe- '
f cialty; Hand Traveling Cranes of the Reading Crane & Hoist Works, S
• A Reading, Penn.; County and township orders especially salicited, and A
• v prompt attention given. Austin reversible horse power rollers; Wes- \
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f Particulars and Prices.
Low Rates to Texasj^^^
and the Southwest
On the first and third Tuesdays of
each month exceptionally low-rate
round-trip tickets will be sold via
the Cotton Belt Route to points
in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas,
Oklahoma and New Mex
ico. Return f limit 25 The Cotton Belt is the
days and stop -OVerS al- direct line from Memphis
. i • to the Southwest. The
lOWed both going Cotton Belt is the only line
and returning. . operating two daily trains, carry
ing through cars without change—
the only line with a through sleeper
Memphis to Dallas. Equipment in
eludes sleepers, chair cars and parlor cafe
cars. Trains from all parts of the Southeast
make direct connection at Memphis with Cotl
Belt the Southwest.
Ask the ticket agent to sell you a ticket via Memphis
and the Cotton Belt.
ii Write for Texas or Arkansas book whichever section you are
interested in. These books are just off the press, and are full of
» C j andesamplea of what is actually being done by farmers, truck
gardeners and fruit raisers in this highly-favored section. A five
*mpEg color map is inserted in each book — Free upon
Sutton, District Passenger Agent,
109k W. Ninth
Ckattanaora, Tenn.
1 [Continued from let page."]
i a STTveC pauTc TTurat upon us
a few months ago he promptly proposed
as a remedy the guarantee of bank de
posits. and so popular has this plan be
come that it is today a national issue
and supported by the masses of the peo
ple. He has long advocated legislation
which will secure publicity as to cam
paign contributions.
He believes in peace—in universal Chris
tian peace. He believes the destiny of na
tions should be determined not by wars,
but by applying the principles of justice
and humanity. »
His career proves that successful lead
ership is determined by the success or
failure of great principles rather than by
election to high office.
Standard Bearer of His Party.
The voters have spoken, and we as
semble to give expression of their will.
The voice for the third time calls Nebras
ka's favorite son to be the standard bear
er of his party in this gigantic contest.
Since time began no grander tribute
was ever paid to any man by a free peo
ple. He Is recognized today as the most
representative citizen of the nation, the
peer of any living man.
Friends and foes have learned that ho
was shaped in that heroic mold In which
the world's great patriots, statesmen and
leaders have been cast.
First nominated when ten years youn
ger than any other presidential candidate
ever chosen by a prominent party, living
In a state 500 miles farther west than
that in which any president has ever
lived, he has grown in the affections of
the people as the years have passed.
Speaking and .writing freely on all sub
jects. his heart has had no secrets, and
his friends have increased in numbers
and in confidence.
Without an organization to urge his
claims, without a campaign fund to cir
culate literature In his behalf, without
patronage to bribe a single voter, with
out a predatory corporation to coerce Its
employees into his support, without a
subsidized newspaper to influence the
public mind, he has won a signal victory
at the primaries and has become tne rrea
choice of the militant Democracy of the
nation.
I obey the command of my state and
the mandate of the Democracy of the
nation when I offer the name of Ameri
ca's great commoner, Nebraska's gifted
son, William Jennings Bryan.
At the close Mr. Dunn brought out
the name of William Jennings Bryan
with intense drannitle force, and the
response from the great throng was
electric. The delegates sprang up. the
galleries followed suit, and the demon
stration was under way in a manner
that, for the time being, at least, prom
ised to rival the exhibition of enthusi
asm of the day before. One of the
banners that aroused much applause
was labeled "Missouri—Nominate Bry
an and We Will Show You." The
members of the Missouri delegation
bore up to the platform a white ban
ner bearing the words "Missouri Will
Give Bryan 50,000 Majority." By
means of a telephone Mr. Bryan heard
the celebration at his home, 500 miles
away.
Winfield S. Hammond of Minnesota,
amid a considerable volume of ap
plause, placed in nomination Governor
John A. Johnson of Minnesota.
L. Irving Handy of Delaware put
Judge Gray in nomination and in de
scribing his candidate said:
George Gray is a moderate, not a vio
lent, man. He is sound, not sensational,
and with him as president we shall have
rest from turmoil so that prosperity may
come agairv. The country needs a rest.
Honest enterprise and honest toil need a
chance to attend to their own business,
and George Gray is no meddler and can
be happy when he Is not engaged in a
fight.
This man has the temperament, the love
of justice and the firmness of principle
to correct abuses without disordering and
wrecking the affairs of the people. He
will know how to destroy the beasts of
prey without belaboring all of the domes
tic animals. He will stop predatory wealth
from depredations without terrorizing
honest and industrious wealth. He la
progressive, not revolutionary; constitu
tional, not autocratic; practical, not vi
sionary.
George Gray is not only the man best
fitted to be president, but he is also the
Democrat we can most surely elect pres
ident. He will be an acceptable candi
date in every part of our broad country.
The fourth and last day of the con
vention, Friday, July 10. brought the
perplexing vice presidential situation
to its crux. Judge W. J. Gaynor of
Brooklyn is said to have refused the
nomination, and it was not until the roll
was about half called tbat a really def
inite idea of the ultimate result could
be had. Towne, now of New York,
was thought by easterners to have the
best chance, but John W. Kern of In
diana proved the winner of the high
honor. Kern has twice been a candi
date for governor of Indiana and once
tor United States senator, but was de
feated on each occasion.
Thomas It. Marshall, Democratic
candidate for governor of Indiana, was
sent to the platform to offer Mr. Kern's
name. Mr. Marshall paid tribute first
to the platform of the convention, next
to Mr. Bryan, then to Indiana, and
lastly to Mr. Kern himself, whom he
described as a man of the highest
qualifications for the office.
Extracts From the Platform.
The platform is considered by im
partial critics as an unusually able
document. Considerable discussion
arose in committee over t|je plank re
ferring to the issuance of injunctions
in labor disputes. President Gotnpers
of the American Federation of Labor
could not secure the adoption of the
actual plank on this subject that he de
sired, but he succeeded in having ac
cepted a compromise plank, consisting
of a modification of his original one.
Following are in # part the planks rela
tive to labor, corporations, publicity of
campaign contributions, tariff reform,
etc.:
Experience has proved the necessity of
a modification of the present law relat
ing to Injunctions, and we reiterate the
pledge of our national platforms of 1896
and 1904 in favor of the measure which
passed the United States senate in 1896.
but which a Republican congress has ever
since refused to enact, relating to con
tempts in federal courts and providing
for trial by jury in cases of indirect con
tempt.
We deem that the parties to all Judicial
proceedings should be treated with rigid
impartiality, and that injunctions should
not be issued In any cases in which in
junctions would not Issue if no industrial
dispute were involved.
We favor the eight hour day on all
government work.
We pledge the enactment of a general
employers' liability act.
We pledge the Democratic party to the
of a law creating a depart
ment of labor.
• JEfl favQi Immediate xejylsioo pf
tariff by the reduction of Import duties.
Articles entering into competition with
trust controlled products should be placed
upon the free list and material reductions
should be made in the tariff upon the
necessaries of life, especially upon arti
cles competing with such American manu
factures a3 are sold abroad more cheaply
than at home.
We pledge the Democratic party to the
enactment of a law preventing any cor
poration contributing to a campaign fund
and any individual from contributing an
amount above a reasonable minimum and
providing for the publication before elec
tion of all such contributions above a
reasonable minimum.
We demand such enlargement of the
powers of the interstate commerce com
mission as may be necessary to compel
sailroads to perform their duties as com
mon carriers and prevent discrimination
and extortion.
We demand that a stop be put to the
frightful extravagance jn expenditures of
public moneys by the Republican party
and insist upon the strictest economy in
every department compatible with frugal
and efficient administration.
We pledge ourselves to legislation under
which the national banks shall be re
quired to establish a guarantee fund for
the prompt payment of the depositors of
any insolvent national bank under an
equitable system which shall be avail
able to all state banking institutions.
We favor an income tax and the
lar election of senators, an adequate navy,
a generous pension policy.
We favor the vigorous enforcement ot
the criminal law against guilty trust
magnates and officials and demand the
enactment of such additional legislation
as may be necessary to make it impossi
ble for a private monopoly to exist in the
United States.
We ire opposed to the admission of Asi
atic immigrants who cannot be amalga
mated with our population or whose pres
ence among us would raise a race issue
and involve us in diplomatic controver
sies with oriental powers.
Our Hydro Electric Development
on Catawba River.
LAST REPORT OF COL. THORNTON.
To the stockholders of the water
Power Electric Co.
Gentleman: As it is necessary
for the President of a corporator
to make at least an annual report
to the stockholders of his corpor
ation concerning its condition
and affairs I desire as the presi
dent of this corporation to sub
mit in writing a few facts in con
nection with our corporation as a
matter of record, as a premise
to my due report. The water
power development at Hickory
took incipient form in 1894 not
yet two years after I had become
a resident of the place and while
I was the owner and editor of the
Press and Carolian.
Some gentlemen, including the
late John L. Lyerly, who was a
part owner of the toll bridge
over Catawba river at the Horse
ford Shoal?, got me to go out
there with them and examine
these shoals with the view of
i ascertaining my judgement as to
the feasibility of a water power
development for the operation of
a factory at that point. A little
time later I induced the late John
N. Bohannan to undertake the
procurement of the lands and
riparian rights necessary for such
a development. He was for
several years, and part of the
time, very assiduously engaged
in respect to that part of the
enterprise. The task of paying
for the lands and rights become
too great for my friend, Mr.
Bohannon and he brought in his
employer to his assistance in the
enterprise, as he was already
largely interested in cotton mill
properties; and he in turn
| brought in a large capitalist to
assist them.
They expected to develop the
water power for a large cotton
factory; but, after several sur
veys, found it inadeouate for
their purpose and the project
languished. Meantime came
along hydro electrical develop
ment and electrical transmission
for power purposes. This new
process of developing power on
the water courses and transmit
ting it long distances for practi
cal utilization in the towns and
along the railway highways was
and is, and will be more so, in
teresting and attractive to capi
tal as well as to those conducting
industrial enterprises and especi
ally for new enterprises of the
kind, Meantime, on January
Ist 1903,1 had bought and took
charge of the electric eight plant
in Hickory. Soon thereafter it
was organized into a corporation
—the Thornton Light & Power
Co. It had no power and was
renting power at so much per
night. That price was increased
I immediately arranged for a
very fine stream August. But I
had water power in view and
cast about for a water power
site. During April I examined
the Horseford creek and bought
a site on that stream. Then I
found the site where it is pro
posed to erect our dam for the
present development.
Later the farm controlling it
came into the market for sale on
account of the big freshet on
May 20th 1901, and was offered
to me. I jumped af the chance
and took it. I thought I might
obtain the Horseford Shoals
above and by uniting the two
proposirions produce one that
would be large enough to be
very attractive in every respect.
The horse power would be suffici
ent and its consumption would be
sufficient. Beside, the transmis
sion of current for power and
lighting would be of such short
Jisu nee that I knew it was sure
to be attractive. Before h:s un
timely death I had several con
versations with Mr. Bohanror
on the subject. He was indeed
interested. We wanted the
developn ent especially for the
benefit ot riickory as well a"5 our
selves personally. I then got
some Pittsburg and otlrer Penn
sylvania people interested in the
matter and they, with their ex
pert came here and declared it to
be a million dollar propositi© l -.
They were ready and anxious o
engage in the undertaking. But
there was a hitch in acquiring
the Horseford Shoals and they
dropped out. Then I organized
this present company and pro
ceeded to business on my own
nroi:osit:on. Up until recently it
has been proceeded wth on t' r e
lines for a ut-.veiopment of 3000
horse power with a possible 5000
horse power. I knew it would
develop power sufficient to oper
ate the Thornton electric light'
plant f ; r Hickory. Also a few
industr.al enterprises in addition.
I have been at much thought,
care, anxiety, labor and expense
in bringing the matter to where
it is, and now present it before
you in shape, with engineers at
work ; to be financed aud con
structed and installed to com
pletion. Lan enabled to do this
although obstacles, hindrances
and beeettmer.ts of various forms
vexations, and harrassing in
their nature, have met me at
every turn with nearly every
one crying out: "You cam't do
it!"
In fact, so many not interested
with me in the enterprise took so
m jch interest in directing how
it should be done that frequently
I almost became discouraged.
11 have made arrangements for
the engineering for detail plans
and specifications, the financing,
construction and installing,
which is to proceed ccntinously
from now to the completion of
the plant. But other obstacles
still being in my path I have, in
order to avoid friction and to
ameliorate conditions so that
there can be no valid excuse for
failure or further delay in the
complete installation of a first
class up-to-date, hydro-electric
plant to its" fullest extent on the
Catawba river at Hickory and to
preserve harmony consulted to
retire from the Presidency of
your company. Respectfully
M. E. Thornton
President Water-Power Elec
tric Co., of Hickory N. C.
I "
Theres a little difference in the
price of flour. Theres a lot of dif
ference in the quality, Danvalley
will prove this. Flaglers.
BEST THE WORLD AFFORD,
"It gives me unbounded pleasure
to recommend Bucklen's Arnica
Salve," says J. W. Jenkins, of Chapel
Hill N. C. "I am convinced it's the
best salve the world affords. It cured
a felon on my thumb and it never fails
to heal every sore, burn or wound to
which it is applied. 25c. at C. M.
Shuford, W. S. Martin and Menzies
drug stores. %
The function of the kidneys is to
strain out the impurities of the blood
which is constantly passing through
them. Foley's kidney Remedy makes
the kidneys healthy. They will strain
out all wast matter from the blood
Take Foley's Kidney Remedy and it
will mrke you well. W. S. Martin &Co
The foundation of robust
health is what is allowed to enter
the mouth. The more simple
the diet, the more perfect the
health.
D? PRICE'S
WHEAT FLAKE CELERY
FOOD
is plain, pure and wholesome,
easily digested, prevents con
'tipation.
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For sale by all Grocers
NOTICE
The Board of Supervisors of
Hickory township will meet in
Hickory in Mayors office on the
Ist Saturday of August. All
overseers of said township are
requested by law to have their
roads worked and in good and
lawful condition, subject to in
spection by the Board and all
overseers must make a report of
their roads.
July 13th 1908.
J. P. Seitz, -
Chairman.
Danvalley flour, not the very
cheapest, but the best. Flagler's.
The Kind Ton Have Always Bonght, and which has been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
/9 and has been made under his per
/"j? y sonal supervision since its infancy,
sY* '4s£C/UwZ Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and '* Just-as-good" are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
- Infants and CiJldren —Experience against Experiment.
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 Biarrhcea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep,
. • The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Hare Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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Davenport College
Fifty-first session begins Sept. 9th.
A better place for girls and young women would
hard to find. Charges low.
For information, address,
CHAS. C. WEAVER,
Lenoir, N. C.
THE CHILDREN LIKE It
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