BUSINESS BUILDERS.
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Plumbing, Rooting and Guttering
Done by expert workmen. All kinds
of tin work on sbori notice. A full
line of bath tubs, bowles and sinks,
with hot and cold water fixtures. We
will do your work right.
Hickory Roofing & Tinning Co
Wanted.—To sell a scholarship
in the Asheville Business College.
Apply to J. F. Dellinges, Hickory.
The Passion Play will be shown
in Hickory for the last time Aug.
6th at The" Gem Theater;
Porch swings hammocks atvery
low prices. Hatcher Furniture
Co,
The greatest religious drama
ever written (The Passion Play)
will be presented at The Gem
August 6th. Admission only 10c
For Sale. —One $65 sewing
machine practically new. one
fine oak sideboard, and one oak
hall rack, both comparatively
new. Will sell cheap. For par
ticulars apply at Democrat office.
Thousands of people travel
thousands of miles in the Orient
to witness The Passion Play.
Don't lose the opportunity of
witnessing this wonderful play
at The Gem Theater Thursday
night August 6th.
Porch chairs and rockers at
reduced prices. Hatcher Furni
ture Co.
Women of Hickory and vacin
ity will do well to wait for Mrs.
Sallie C. Gaither, of Morganton,
N. C , before buying their cor
sets. She is the representative
and the domonstrator of the
Spirella perfection corset, sust ,
proof and unbreakable.
Go the Gem Theater Aug. 6th
and witness the Passion PJay for
the last last time. This is the
finest play ever produced. This 
play, alone, cost the manufac
turers $20,000,000.
A few "Old Hickory Chairs"
and tables left. Hatcher Furni
ture Co.
For Rent.—A good store room
the Killian building on Union
square, apply to S. E. Killian or j
M. M. Burke,
Fine line of lace curtains and !
rugs. Hatcher Furniture Co.
Wanted.—2ooo bushels of dry
and clean peach seeds, also will
buy dried apples and peaches in
quantities, and will pay the high
est cash market price for this
produce, delivered at our store..
Harris & Little.
The country people should
bring their families to see the
religious Passion Play shown at
The Gem Theater in Hickory
August 6th. It begins at 7
o'clock and is shown over every
hour until twelve o'clock. Price
Price 5 & 10c.
Bring in vour keys and get the
side-board. Hatcher Furniture
Co.
1 Local and Personal |
Rev. Bradshaw was in Granite
Tuesday.
Rev. Deaton went to Hardin
Saturday.
Mrs, Bean is visiting relatives
in Newton.
Harry Little is taking his two
weeks vacation.
Ihe City Bakery has a new
awning in front.
J. A. Herndon is spending the
week in this citv.
J. D. Riddle is among the city
visitors this week.
Mr. Suttlemyre of Newton
spent Sunday here.
Rev. W. W. Rowe returned to
Rockwell Saturday.
Dr. William Wheeler of the U.
S. Navyjs in the city.
James Reep of Newton route
3 was in the city Friday.
S. E. Killian and F. C. Cline
were in Newton Monday.
-Col. M. E. Thornton has re
turned from Quaker City.
E. B. Jones of Greensboro waf
a business visitor Monday.
E. B. Cline and John Shuford
went to Newton Monday.
Miss Susie Carroll has return
ed to her home in Newton.
Miss Mabel Stokes of Virjrinia
is the guest of the Misses Mun
roe.
Hickory will play ball against
L ; rcolnton at Newton onKeusion
day.
Mr. C. F. Blalock and wife of
this city are at Catawba Springs
hotel.
Clarence Pence of Newmarket
Va., was a guest of Prof. Stie
walt.
McCoy Moretz is visiting with
wife and children at Blowing
Rock.
A. A. Shuford transacted busi
ness in Newton one day thi9
week.
Miss Marie Nash of Lumberton
is the guest of Miss Knox Hen
derson.
M. G. Crouch on Tenth avenue
has sold his grocery store to Gibb
Peeler.
Mrs. Daniel Morgan, of Long
View is very ill, and not expected
to live.
Dr. Clapp was in the city one
day last week on his return from
Lenoir.
Miss Rosa Mund, of Concord is
visiting Mr. W. E. Holbrook and
family.
J. L. Hart of Newton spent
Sunday in this city visiting
friends.
Bascom Blackwelder spent
Sunday in Lincolnton visiting
friends.
L. P. Sigmon of High Paint
spent Saturday and Sunday in
Hickory.
Mrs. H. A. Wise of Wilkesboro
is the guest of Mrs. L. H. Wise
of this city.
Miss Nan Keonic: and her sister
are in the city stopping at Clare
mont College.
Mr. Avery Bass, of Gastonia
who has been visiting here, has
returned home. .
Mrs. L. P. Sigmon and son,
Edwin/ are visiting relatives at
Lenoir this week.
Rev. W. W. Rowe has been se
lected to the chair of English in
in Catawba College.
Dr, J. H. Moore has gone to
Texas to vsit his cattle ranch,
he will locate there.
Mrs. F. A. Abernethy is spend
ing several weeks at her old
home in Aiken, S. C.
Mrs. Susan N. Price of Gilbert
S. C., has been visiting her son
Dr. Price of this city.
Miss Nora Belle Mashduro, of
Old Fort is the guest of Miss
Daisy Sides of this city.
Robinson's Circuis is billed for
Statesville Aug. 28 This will be
during Fireman's week.
Rev. W. W. Rowe formerly of
Hickory has the chair of Eng
lish in Catawba college.
Miss Dora Witherspoon of this
city who has been visiting at
Lenoir returned Monday.
Miss Annie Link has returned
from an extended visit to her
brother in Fort Mill S. B,
Mrs. Lovelace and Miss Pearl
Cotton went to Reidsville Satur
day for a visit to friends.
Miss Maude Sigmon, of Salis
bury spent Sunday and Monday
at home with her mother.
Mrs. John Deal who has been
visiting her daughter Mrs Ed
Flowers has returned home.
Miss Henry Montgomery of
Lenoir was the guest of Miss
Maude Bradford h»st vCeek.
Mary Bumgarner went gone to
Rockwell Saturday to spend a
few weeks with her brother.
D. E. Hahn and children are
off on a mountain trip to Blowing
Rock, Boone and other points.
Miss Alice Franklin, of Dur
ham, N. C-., is visiting Miss Vir
ginia Rawls at Mrs. J. ID. Harte's.
- Mrs. E, H. Bridges of this
city has re-urned from a visit to
son H. R. Bridges in Morgan
ton.
Miss Mildred Jenkin/, of Char
lotte is visiting Mrs. J. S. Moody.
Rev. Hart will preach at
Winkler's Grove church at 3
o'clock on Sunday August the
9th.
Mesdame J.' R. Lewis and
Frank Carpenter and children of
near Gastonia are visitors in the
city.
Ed N. Hahn has moved hip
family to Gastonia. He has pur
chased the Gastonia Furniture
store.
Mrs. Mary Arney and children
of this city were visitors of
friends near Newton one day last
week.
Mesdames G. H. Cilley and
H. C.. Menzies of this city spent
several days in Statesville last
week.
Miss Rosa Holbrook, of Hunter
sville "spent several days this
week with her brother W. E.
Holbrook.
Col. W. H. Williams and
daughter Mrs. W. A. Rhyne are
the guests of Mrs. W. A. Martin
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Fry and
children spent several days this
week .in Newton the guests of
Geo. Seitz.
Mrs. Geo. Harris and children
from Canton spent Sunday and
Mondav in Hickory the guests of
M. G. Crouch.
Rev. Moser is attending the
Lutheran conference at States
ville. Rev. Moody left Wednes
day for that place.
Adrian Shuford is at Morgan
ton this month in charge of the
bank while one of the employees
takes his vacation.
Miss Rhea D. Sourbeer of Har
risburg, Pennsylvania, has been
selected as Lady Principal of
Claremont College.
There will be services at the
Presbyterian Church Sunday 11,
A. M. Rev. J. G. Garth will preach
No service at night.
Misses Alice and Bertha Rader
of Newton visited their cousin
Miss Estelle Fry of this city
several days last week.
Mrs. John Reagen of this city
who has been visiting Mr. and
Mrs. C. P. Miller of Lincolnton
for two weeks has returned
home.
Much interest centered in the
sermon preached at the Reform
ed church on Sunday. The
subject was "the King in his be
auty."
There will be no services at the
Reformed church on next Sunday.
Dr. Murphy will be in Davidson
county conducting evangelistic
services.
Mrs. Mattie Warliek and Mat
tie and nephew Frank Shull
spent several days this and last
week in Granite Falls with D. H.
Warliek.
Editor Click of the Times Mer
cury attended the Baptist picnic
at Maiden Saturday. He left
Hickory Friday and returned
Saturday.
The Rev J. S. Moody will at
tend the meetings of the Conven
tion of Morganton of which he is
Dean at Blowing Rock, August
11 and 12.
Mr. Howard Waff, of the South
ern Stove Company of Athens,
Georgia is in this city on business.
Mr. Waff is a very prominent
young business man.
Efforts are being made to es
tablish a Lyceum course for
Hickory for the coming winter.
Hickory should have some en
tertainment of this kind.
W. L. Winston, of McMillian,
Okla arrived last week to be pre
sent at the bedside of his sister
Mrs. Holbrook. Mr. Winston re
turned to Okla on Tuesday.
Miss Pearl Little of this city
if the guest of Mrs. 0. B. Car
penter in Stanley. Mrs. Carpen
ter and daughter gave a delight
ful party one evening last week
for MLS Little.
«
IN MEMORIAM.
Died Aug. Ist Annie L.
wife of W. E. Holbrook,
wife of the editor of the
Hickory Democrat. Hu
man experience has
quainted us with the sad
and mysterious deaths.
We have met with many
instances in which the re
moval of the object of death
was hard to understand but
certainly never in the his
tory of this town has there
been an occurrence that ap
parently, more untimely,
or harder to understand,
than the death of this young
woman, who, as far as hu
man judgment was worth
considering had everything
to live for, and no cause for
dying.
Born in Caswell county,
she was the daughter of the
late Col. Jno. R. Winston,
of the 45th North Carolina
Regiment C. S. A., who
made an enviable record on
the battlefield.
For several years she was
the principal of the Hick
ory Graded School and in
December 1903 was married
to Mr. W. E. Holbrook. edi
tor of the Hickory Demo
crat.
She was an intelligent
student of current events,
a devoted wife and a model
wife. In all the spheres
which we was called on to
occupy, she fully met the
requirements that faced
her. To all the demands
made upon her she was ful
ly equal; and in nothing did
she fail.
Hers was a loving charac
ter, adorned with all the
Christian Graces. The fun
eral services were conduct
ed from the Ist Presbyter
ian church by the pastor.
Rev. Dr. Garth on Sunday
at 5 p. m.
Of her immediate family
besides her devoted hus
band there remains three
little children, including an
infant two weeks old. In
face of such a dispensation
of providence we can sim
ply bow our heads in
amazement and say: "Thy
will be done."
T. M. H.
Mrs. H. S. Munroe and sister
Miss Mcßuffie and Mrs. Munroe's
little daughter Margaret of Col
umbus Ga., are visiting the fami
ly of Rev. Munroe of this city.
Reu J. L. Murphy and Mr. A.
A. Shuford were in Newton last
Monday attending a meeting of
of the Executive Committee of
the trustees of Catawba College.
Conversions have attended
every service held at the Reform
ed church at Brookford for some
time. Two united with the Re
formed church last Sunday night.
Miss Lotta Albea of McAden
ville who has been visiting at
Elkin came to this city Thursday.
Miss Albea is a charming young
lady and has a magnificent voice.
Mr 3. J. L. Cox, of Ardmore,
Okla, came to this city Saturday
to be at the bedside of her sister
Mrs. Holbrook. Mrs. Cox will
remain several weeks in this city.
George Cranford and wife
have moved to Hickory from
China Grove. They will reside
on Eleventh avenue. Hickory
is always glad to welcome peo
ple.
L. H. Shuford of Lincoln coun
ty was in this city last week,
the guest of his daughter Mrs.
Guy Huggins. Mr. Shuford's
sons Ed and Gene of Texas are
also here.
J. A. Reitzel's store in East
Hickory was broken into last
Sunday night. The thief entered
by the way of the window. He
secured only one dollar in money,
some meat and flour. He has not
been discovered as yet.
Seven Little Sewers Bazaar
Seven little maids of our city
who do not believe in all play or
ganized a sewing society some
I time ago which they called the
I Seven Little Sewers. The little
sewers met once a week at the
home of one of the sewers and
made dainty things for the doll
tamily. Other little maids also
wanted some of these pretty
things so the little sewers deter
mind to haye a Bazaar. For
several weeks they were busy
making dainty little dresses, lin
gerie, coats, caps, bonnets, in
fact every thing that would make
all the littte girls lcng for, for her
own dolly. Last Thursday every
thing was ready and the Bazaar
was held on the lawn of Mr.
Martin. Besides the little gar
ments the lictle sewers proved
their culinary ability in the deli
ghful ice oream> cake and candy
which they served. The Bazaar
was a success financially, for it
> netted the little sewers nearly
$lO.
The Little Sewers are Mi3ses
Frank Martin, Rose Martin,
Emma Bonner, Mary Allen, Katie
Elliott, Hilda Field, and Grace
Wizen.
The little girls are to be con
gratulated on their enterprise
and their friends hope, this will
not be the last affair of this kind
they will give.
The White Lady.
The 3ank of England Is popularly
called the "Old Lady of Threadneedle
Street" The story ig told that In the
early part of the last century, when
"the Green Man," "the Lady In Black"
and other oddities notorious for some
peculiarity of dress were well known
In the city, the "White Lady of Thread
needle Street" was a daily visitor to
the Bank of England.
She was, it is said, the sister to a
poor young clerk who bad forged the
•ignature to a transfer warrant and
who was hanged In 1809. She had been
a needleworker for an army contractor
and lived with her brother and an old
aunt in the city. Her mind became
affected at her brother's disgraceful
death, and every day at noon she used
to cross the rotunda to the pay coun
ter.
Her one unvarying question was, "Is
my brother, Mr. Frederick, here to
day?"
The Invariable answer was, "No,
miss, not today."
She seldom remained above five min
utes, and her last words always were:
"Give my love to him when he re
turns. I will call tomorrow."—Xouth'a
Companion.
No Piratical Innkeepars Th«M.
One lives mighty well in Normandy
and Brittany, even at the • smallest
Inns. Of course the fish are as fine as
can be found in the world and in great
variety. In season you wlil get most
excellent oysters, and you rarely find
an inn so small that it does not have
a dish of appetizing crevettes, or
shrimp, among the hors d'oeuvre. The
meats are Invariably good; chicken is
omnipresent One rarely gets wine on
the table in this part of France unless
It is specifically ordered, as little wine
is made In Normandy or Brittany. The
drink of the country is the native
cider, for which no charge is ever
made at meals. To those accustomed
to American cider the French cider is
not particularly palatable, but it is a
wholesome drink and after one be
comes accustomed to it quite enjoy
able. Prices are invariably low except
In the larger places. One can tour
Normandy, Brittany and Touraine and
live delightfully at an expense of from
ten to twelve francs ($2 to $2.40) a
day, this Including your bed and three
meals, with all the elder you can
drink thrown in.—Frank Presbrey in
Outing Magazine.
His Glassy Eye.
Doctor—l diagnose all sickness from
tlie patient's eyes. Now r your right
eye tells me that your kidneys are af*
fected. Patient—Excuse me,
but my right is a glass eye.—Moody'tf
Magazine.
Simple.
Lawyer (at the theater on the first
night)—l can't Imagine how the piece
can be drawn out into five acts. Author
—Oh, that is very simple. In the first
act, you see, the hero gets into a law
suit
Chance For Imagination.
Newspaper men were to be excluded
from a famous trial. "That's good,"
one of them remarked. "I hate to be
hampered by facts in writing up a
case of this kind."—Exchange.
The Wife Did It All.
Hewitt—Couldn't you get the person
you called up by telephone? Jewitt—
Oh, yes. Hewitt—But I didn't hear
you say anything. Jewitt—lt was my
wife I called.—New York Press.
The following party have
gone on a mountain trip to Blow
ing Rock and other points in the
mountains: Mrs. W. S. Stroup
and daughter Mattie May, Rev.
W. E. Poovey and wife and Miss
Edna Stroup and John Sherrill.
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vice. Particular attention to the business of f
i farmers. #
\ Invite new accounts and new business upon our \
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J A strong bank can afford liberal treatment
to its patrons.
) Our past policy and ample resources are our }
r guarantee for the future. r
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| of Hickory |
j Gapital, $200,000 Surplus and Profits, $25,000. f
I can show no higher conception of hygienic
perfection than in the elaborate and hand
some brass and iron beds that are now be
ing manufactured. Fresh air, cleanliness
I and comfort are secured at the same time,
when you choose your beds from the
many designs, and sizes, either single or
double beds, from our magnificent stock
of bedroom furniture.
Hatcher Furniture Co.,
Hickory, N. C.
UNIVERSITY
of North Carolina
1789-1907
Head of State's Educational System
DEPARTMENTS:
College, Engineering,
Graduate, Law,
Medicine, Pharmacy.
Library contains 48,000 volumes. Nsw
water works, electric lights, cen
tral heating system. New
dormitories, gymnasium
Y. M. C. A. build
ing, library.
790 STUDENTS TO.IN FACULTY j
The Fall term begins
Sept. 7, 1908. Address
FRANCIS P. VENABLE, PRESIDENT
CHAPEL HILT., N. C.
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.
20,000 TELEGRAPH OPERATORS
NEEDED.
Young Men Prepare Your
selves for Good Positions.
On account of the new 8 hour law
passed by congress in the interest of
telegraphers, and also on account oi so
many new railroads being built and old
lines extended, an unusual demand for
operators has been created. Conser
vative estimates have placed the num
ber of additional Operators that will be
required during the next ten months at
approximately 20,000.
YOUNG MEN, NOW IS YOUR
OPPORTUNITY! Enroll in our school
NOW and in only four or air months
we will have you qualified for splendid
positions. Telegraph operators receive
from $50.00 upwards. Our school has
been established twenty years; its
equipment is perfect; instruction tho-'
rough and practical; positions positive
ly guaranteed. Board in Newnan is
very cheap; the town is healthful andi
the people are cordial. Two main line
railroad wires run into our school rooms
No other school in the United States
has such up-to-date and practical facile
ties to the benefit of its studentsi
Write at once for free, descriptive liter
ature.
Southern School of Telegrophy,
Newnan, Georgia.
The Charleston Poet says Mr
John-Temple Graves ought to bt
"poet laureate" of this country
If the Post thereby attemps ti
compare Mr. Graves witjh Alfrec
Austin, we hereby file our mosj
solemn protest.—Ex.