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THE LEPER. , John Early Signs His First Voucher for $165.20 With the very pen that doomed him to a lifelong isolation as a leper, John Early has signed a document that emphasizes the paternal attitude of- the, United States government to ward him. It was his first pen sion for $165.20. Tn-i leper's hands swol len and he fingered the pen with difficulty. Hesmiied grimly at the thought of what a fateful part the little instrument had played in the crucial events of the last few weAs of his life. His wife was near t.o aid and comfort him, the guard stood by with his usual impassivity and Health Officer McLean, who is a notary public, attended to all details of the formality. The official envelope bearing the voucher had two short cuts, exposing the places for sign a ture. It was imperative that the leper did not touch the voucher itself. As soon as he had signed it, Dr. McLean quickly tore, away the envelope and burned it. Then he placed his own sig nature and seal on the voucher. When Early's pension check arrives the same form will be gone through. He intends to turn the check over to his wife. "There is absolutely no danger of infection from that voucher," said Dr. McLean, after it was signed. "When the hand of the patient is not allowed to come in contact with an object it -is im possible to transmit the disease. "Personally, I do not think that there would be one chance in a thousand of catching the disease, even \f Early laid his hand upon the paper. But by this manner of sighing we have eliminated all possible chance of transmitting it." Commissioner of Pensions Warner has expressed himself entirely satisfied with- the pre cautions taken by the health de partment to prevent any infec tion of the voucher. "The voucher will be fumi gated before it is placed in the archives of the Pension Office, he said. "And this with the care taken in the securing of Early's signature, absolutely ex cludes danger of contagion. "The arrangement now in troduced which covers the paper is an admirable device and shows ingenuity on the part of the in ventor. There will be no diffi culty in the future in paying al of Early's checks direct to him." Since he has been ostracised from his fellow-men, Early has begun a study of various musi cal instruments and is rapidly, becoming proficient on the violin and guitar. The latter instrument he learn ed to play while a member of the Salvation Army. Should he remain here, he intends to prac tice on several instruments and to master them. Mrs. - Early moved to her little cottage Sat urday and after straightening the disordered rooms, walked the short distance to her hus band's camp. There she re • mained during the afternoon.— Washington Herald. Stabbed to Death. Stephen Gruber son of S. F. Gruber, a well known musician of Marion was stabbed, to death at Blackville, S. C., Monday afternoon by a man named DeWitt. Young Gruber was there tuning pianos. No parti culars of the homicide could be learned, Mr. Gruber, father oi the young man, w.cS in the city on his way to the scene of the tragedy, but was called back bj his son-in-law, who said thai the body had been shipped t Marion. Young Gruber was about 24 years old and o' of the family of noted musicians People will recall his uncle, whc was engineer on the Charlptte- Taylorsville road quite a numbe of years.—Charlotte Observer. Laws and Ordinances. f Sec. 93. It shall be the duty. o ; the attending physician to gve immediate notice to the board of health (Dr. H. C. Men- : zies, J. W. Shu ford and J. F. A'oernethy) of any contagion 6r infectious diseases of any character, such as small-pox cholera, diphtheria, membranous : croup, measles, typhus feyer, scarlet fever, yellow fever and such other diseases as may be declared by said board of health to be contagious or infectious, which may come under the pro fessional care of such physician; and it shall also be the duty of the attending physician to re port to the board of health wnen such patients are free from con tagion and when the houses oc cupied by such patients are ready for disinfecting and fumi gating; and any physician who shall fail or neglect to report as 1 afore said any such cases of dis ease that come under his pro fessional,care as aforesaid shall j be punished, on conviction there of in the m yor's court, by a fine of fifty dollars or imprison ment for 30 days. Sec. 94. Any person who shall knowingly sell or cause to j' be sold or otherwise dispose of I any bed-clothing or any other article whieh is infected wth small-pox, membranous croup. j measles, typhoid fever, typhus fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria or cholera, whereby these dis eases may be spread or made liable to be spread or dissemin- « ated, shall on conviction, pay a fine of fifty dollars or be im prisoned for thirty days. Sec. 95. The board of health is authorized and empowered to order a fumigation of the premis- . es where a case of scarlet feveror other contagious or infectious disease has occurred, and mav place thereon a flag or other design of warning during the preyalence of such disease, and any person hindering or obstruct ing the execution of the order of said board, or who shall remove such flag or design without au thority, shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars or imprisoned thirty day 3. No person shall remove his or her family from any dwelling place while the flag or card of warning is dis played thereon, without permis sion from the hoard of health, and any person violating this provision shall be fined fifty dol lars or imprisoned for thirty days. Sec. 96. The board of health of the City of Hickory shall have full power and and authority to enter any premises and make such examinations as they may deem necessary and send to a j hospital or quarantine establish-1 ed or designated for the purpose any person within - the City of Hickory who may be sick with small pox, epidemic cholera, yel low fever, scarlet fever, or other contagious or infectious disease, when in judgment of said board of heaith such isolatioi is neces sary for the protection of the public:- Said board of health shall al-o have authority to sub ject all persons who may have 'been exposed to contagion or in fection of the afore said diseases to such quarantine restraints and regulations as said board may deem necessary. Said board, of health make suitable rules and regulations for carrying into effect the aforesaid pro visions. Any person who shall hinder or obstruct any member jf the board of health or any member of the police or ,sanitary force or other person acting un.- ier the authority or by-the tion of said board of-health from removing to a hospital or quaran tine any person whom they de sire to remove or are so remov ing. or who shall in any way hinder or obstruct the^properof ficials in enforcing any of the provisions of this section shall ie arrested and taken before the nayor's court and shall on con viction, be punished by a fine of 'nifty dollars or bv imprisonment for thirty days. v Sec. 97. No hogs or pigs shall i be kept in any pen or sty, or in ' any yard or lot within the Fire ] ] Limits of the City of Hickorv, j and any person violating the j provisions of this section shall be fined $5.00 for each day such r violation is continued. This ordinance shall be in force j and effect from and after the j first of December 1908. s Gold Against Honesty. That a mamtnoth fund aggre. : gating several millions of dollars ] has been subscribed to defeat his candidacy for the Presidency is ( the charge made by Democratic leaders and reported to William J. Bryan. Among the alleged contributors according to the charge, are the directors of every big corpora- i tion that the Democratic candi date has assailed in his 'speeches j during the past four years. , That Bryan was much concern ed over the story was shown when he called up national head- , quarters at Chicago over the long distance telephone as soon as it reached him, and a>ked that it be thoroughly investigated, and all the facts ascertained, so that he | could consider them on his arri | val in the Windy City. The inti- , ma tion is eonveyed in a charge that among the contributors are several members of the group of millionaires known as "the Stan- \ dard Oilerowd." This despite the fact that it j was under a Republican adminis tration that the largest fine in , history ($29,000,000) was impos ed on the Standard Oil for rebat ing- Bryan's informants state that , the alleged fund is not to be dis- ; tributed through the Republican | National Committee. That organization, the story ; goes, will have no knowledge of the existence of the fund, whicfi will be disbursed through agents and the State committees of the Republican party in a dozen States. According to the report received by Bryan, onfc of his close advisors declared that the States and amounts so far de cided upon are as follows: Nebraska, $175,000; Kansas, $200,000; lowa, $300,000; Indiana, $500,000, or as much thertof as may be necessary; Illinois, $500,- 000; Ohio $500,000, or as much thereof as mav be needed; West Virginia, $JO©,OOO * and New York, any amount wanted after the Republican candidates are nominated and the preliminary canvasses are made. Item s Prom Granite Falls. Correspondence to The Democrat. Prof. Hendren who has been teaching here goes to Stcny Point N. C. to engage in similar work. He will move this week. Mr. J. E. Keever has added a line of groceries to his harness and repair store. There will be an E4ucational Rally at Granite Falls Graded School Auditorium BViday 11th. Prof. Woltz and some other noted rften will speak. The Granite Falls Graded School will open 14th with Prof, Punter of Charlotte as principal, who comes highly recommended and we are glad tc have him with us. Whisnant-Tilley & Co. will add a line of milinery to their store ; which he under the management of Miss Mattie Curtis of Morgan ' ton. *. ? . . Mr. W. G. Whisnant and Misr Princess Mackey are to be mar ried the 10th and we hope V give an account in our next letter Rev. Mr. Wolf will begin a protracted meeting in the_Mf E j Church 20th and will be assistec by Rev. John Moore. Hustler. - ) r— T "~ Southern Railway will operati r iis popular excursion to RicV mond, Va., September 15th,trai to consist of first class day coac' J es and Pullman cars, giving tw days tyid one night in Richmond 31 Following round trip rate frorr' Hickory $5.00. For detailed irt« , formation see large flyers or on your depot ager.t. 11 R. L Vernon, Trav. Pass. Agent. Blue and Gray Reunion. Major Jerome A. Watrous, of Milwaukee, a retired array of ficer who has returned from the national encampment of the j Grand Army of the Republic at Toledo, Ohio, says a joint en campment of the Grand Army of the Republic and United Confed erate Veterans is favored within a few years, Mr. Watrous, in an interview, said: "There is a strong undercur rent in favor of a joint encamp ment of the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confed- , erate Veterans in one of the border states within the next ten years at which time there should be inaugurated a movement for the building of a monument at Appomattox in memorv of | Generals U. S- Grant and Robert ! E. Lee, and of all the American soldiers who marched and fought on both sides in the civil war. Wouldn't that be a history-mak ing encampment, and wouldn't such a monument tell a wonder ful story?"— Constitution. And What do You Think? Why, the other day a man from Statesville, actually from that glorious county, Iredell, and even from the Northern part thereof, blew in here, carrying on the front of his coat, a pic t i:e of Big 3111 Tift about the siz:! of a dinafer plate. And as the Democrat "man" can talk some we had the thing out right there on the platform. We talk ed to him like a mother, and all the mean thing said was "I do not think I ought to feel ashamed to carry a picture of ths future executive of these United States anywhere." But we i didn't let him get the last word. We shook our pencil and our head at him, and said "You better mt count your chickens"—Then he went away. But where is the Landmark that it lets these things be thus? .7 _ "VS& •* • • > v A TRAVELING MAN'S EXTERI i ENCE "I must tell you my experience on an East bound O. R. & N. R. R. train from Pendleton to LeGrande, Ore., writes Sam A. Garber, a weH knOwn traveling man. ''l was in the smok ing department with some travel ing men when one of them wf&t out into the coach and "came back and said, "There is a woman sick unto death in the car.- lat once got up and went out, found her very ill with cramp col ic; her hands and'arms wore drawn up so yon could notstraighten /them, and" with a deathiike l9pk ab her face. Jwo or three ladies were working with*nfif and giving her whjskfcy. I went to my suit case and gotmy bottle of Clwra berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy (I never travel without it,) ran, to the water tank, put a double dose of the medicine in theglass, pour ed some water into it and stirred it with a pencil; then I had quite a time to tet the ladies to let me give it to her but I succeeded. I could at once see the effect and I worked with her, rub bing her hands, and in twenty minutes I gave her another dose. By this time we were almost into Le Grande, where I was to leave the train ; I give the bottle to the husband to be used in case another dose should be needed, but by the time the train ran into Le Grande she was all right, and I received the thanks of every passenger in,the car." For Sale by W. S. Martin &Co. -- : . Watauga Superior Court will convene in Boone on Monday the 14th, with Judge Murphy presi ding. —Boone Democrat. ■£ - A Kensington baker ha* just married a manjeure. He proba bly'had an eye tcf business Irt the matter of lady fingers. Impure blood runs you down—make " /ou an easy victim ior organic diseases. 3urdtock Blood .tile )100d —cures the cause--buiids you,up. The reconciliation of Senator ?oraker is progressing likeipold -.ar.—Mascot. Regulates the bowels, promotes easy latural movernents, cures constipation —DoanVßegulets*. Ask your dirug rist ror them, 25 cents a box. J 'There wllf nothing to pre sent Mr. T|ftf fom accompanying Air. his Africae tour f he (Jefires to do so. r-JMasot. - . - ' DeWitt's Early ( M Imall gilt?, 'easy to take, gentle „ and ' I -,ure. —Sold by C. M. Shuford and W. 13. Martin. NATURE AND A WOMAN'S WORK Nature and a woman's work com bined have produced the grandest remedy for woman's ills that the world has ever known. In the good old-fashioned days of our grandmothers they relied upon the roots jand herbs of the field to cure disease and mitigate -suffering. The Indians on our Western Plains to-day can produce roots ard herbs for every ailment, and cure diseases that baffle the most skilled physicians who have spent years in the study of drugs." From the roots and herbs of the field Lydia E. Pinkham more than thirty years ago gave to the women of the world a remedy for their pe culiar ills, more potent and effica cious than any combination of drugs Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is now recognized as the standard remedy for woman's ills. Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 615 N.C. St., Louisiana, Mo., writes: • »' Complete restoration to health means so much to me that for the sake of other suffering women I am willing to make my troubles public. "For twelve years I had been suffer ing with the worst forms of female ills. During that time I had eleven different physicians without help. No tongue can tell what I suffered, and at times 1 could hardly walk. About two years ago I wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice. I followed it, and can truly say thai Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice re stored health and strength. It i£ worth mountains of gold to suffering women." What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound did for Mrs. Muff, it will do for other suffering women The Confederate Flacr. . The first Confederate flag was the stars and bars, a blue field and-three stripes, one white and two red, and on the blue field seven white stars'in a "circle, a star for each State that up to* I that time had seceded. In bat tle, however, it was seen that this banner bore althogether too close a resemblance- to the Stars and Stripes, and thus there came into use thp battle flag, the origin of which seems to have been as follows; This is the statement of* Gen. William £. Cabell; "When the Confederate army,' -eomn|ftnded bv Gen. Beauregard, and the Federal army confrxjlited each other at Manassas, it was seen that the Confederate flag and the Stars and Stripes looked at a distance so much alike that it was hard to distinguish one from the ©th*r. Gen. Beauregard, thinking that serious mistakes Blight be made in recognising our troops, after the battle of July 18,. at Blackburn Ford, ord ered that a small badge should be worn on the left shoulder by our troops, and as I was chief quaver-master, ordered me f i© purchase a large amount of red flannel, and to distribute it to each regiment.'* This Confederate battle flag was adopted in September, 1861, and was designed |>y Generals Johnson and Beauregard. Ilea was i& color, wit I# a bltte St* Andrew cross reaching from cor ner, and white stars on the cross representing the different South ern Spates. TJie women of tke South made these flags' by hun dreds out of theiij red and blue silk dresses. Miss Constance Cary, who afterw-a?d r ; becape Mrs. Burton Harrison, the well known novelist was one of the three Southern girls who made the first three flags. -^Ex. -! . Xj J. C Goodwing, of Reidsville, fa. C. says: "BuckSfcn's Salve is* salt enough knocker for ulcja'fc. A bad one came £>n my leg last summer, but that wonderful salve knocked it out in royiyis. Not even a scar remain- Guraihtaed for piles, sores, bums etc. 25c at C. M. Shuford W. S, Mar tin & Menzies Drug Co. jtji sty y 4 r/;t>;.'>. #?fi«iihl'§iflF is §{ JJ££?VOQ | W£7/ Accommodate |( | ,4// Right!| |[ We're ready for that Printing jk now. Will take it up today and y '% push it promptly. 1 % 11 Yes, I know what you Want; j % quality and attractiveness. Print- : * *m jg ers'taste and judgment mixed with W jfjjs business ideas at a price you can w jP afford to pay. 1 Democrat Printery, Tele g£^ Ca " jL Low Rates to Texas On the first and third Tuesdays of each month exceptionally low-rate round-trip tickets will be sold via the Cotton Belt Route to in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, ico. Return ' limit 25 The Cotton Belt is the days and stop-overs al- JgSTjW^ lowed both going Cotton Belt is. the only line anrl rpfnrninff jBSSiwPJ&r . operating two daily trains, carry j/kßffiKjgwing through cars without change— the only line with a through sleeper Memphis to Dallas. Equipment in eludes sleepers, chair car* and parlor cafe cars - T rains from all parts of the Southeast yfisgil make direct connection at Memphis with Cott. Ppfg| (Mr Belt trains for the Southwest. MHra ■ Ask the ticket agent to sell you a ticket via Memphis wMl&Srjr dsi Ks an 'i the Cotton Belt, TM Writ* for Texas or Arkansas book whichever section you ire interested in. Thase booka are just off the press, and are (all of B&(act* and axamples of what is actually being done by farmers, truck gardeners and fruit raisers in this highly-favored section. A five. Color map la Inserted in each book-—Free upon request. H. H. Sutton, District Passenger Agent, Chattaosoca, Tens. Students Catch Rattlers. For the last three months two students of the Medico-Chirurgi cal College, Philadelphia, have pat in their vacation hunting rattlesnakes and Copperheads, in the mountains near Emmitsburg They captured a number of large reptiles from which they obtained about $1,500 worth of venom, which will be shipped to the Pathological Institute in Paris. They enjoyed their outing in the mountains. A number of times they had exciting adven tures, but managed to escape mishap. They carried an anti dote for rattlesnake bites, but, did not have occasion to use it. In catching the snakes they used two sticks cf moderate thickness*! One had a Y fork while the other had a silk •line running through guides, ending in a loop. The snake was usually found in a coil ready to strike, but before striking the silk loop was dropped over its head and tightened. The reptile was then lifted into a bag. At the end of each day's hunt the venom was extracted. ~ In doing this a small platinum spoon was used. The operator with his hands encased- in a pro tective glqve, removed the snakes from the bag by looping thejn with the stick containing the silk tllreaiJ. After grasping the reptile firmly well up the neck, the noose was removed and the serpent's jaws were forced open by. a squeeze. The spoon was then inserted in its mouth and pressed against the fangs in tjie upper jaw, causing them to on the poison duidfc, forcing the venom through the hollow fang into the of : the -ty vfas seldom that more than two.br three drops of venom was secured from the largest xattlli*."# After ? it% venoife was |gken the snake was killed. The poison was bottled for shipment in small phials and securely sealed. Subscribe for the Democrat; only $l.OO a year. Foley's Orino Laxative is a new remedy, an improvement on the laxa tive of former years, as it does not £ripe or and is pleasant to take. It is guaranteed. W. S. Mar tin & Co. . . 'jf . . "What do you expect t© be when you come of age, my little • man?" asked the vfcifcw, "Twenty-one," was the little Han's reply. "* jr ' ir - QUICK RELIEF FOR ABTRMA SUF FERERS. Foley's Honey and Tar affords im mediate relief to asthma sufferers in the worst stages and if taken in time will effect a cure. Carolina & North-Western Ry. Co Schedule effective Feb. 2nd. 1908. , North Passenger Mixed Mixed No. 10 No: 60 No. 62 Chester Lv 805 am 100 pm Yoricville " v 853 am 2 25 pm Gastonia " 944 am 415 pm 600 am Lincoln. 1048 am Bosam 9 05 am 'Newton "1128 am 1000 am Hickory M } 1205 pm 12 25 pm Lenoir " 122 pm 255 pm South Passenger Mixed * Mixed ; -- -No. 9 No. 61 No. 63 Lenoir Lv 150 pm 905 am Hickory " 243 pm 1115 am Newton " 310 pm 120 pm " Lincoln. " 3 46pul 225 pm Gastonia " £gjgj 700 am 5 so.pm ' Yoiteville" 552 pm 915 am Chester " 640 pm 1035 am •—» ? *ll > I CONNECTIONS ' * * 4 CAESTER —Southern Ry., S. A. L and. L. &C % YORKVILLE— Southern Railway.- GASTONlA —Southern Railway. LINCOLNTON—S. A. L. NEWTON AND HlCKORY —Southern Ry LENOlR— Blowing Rock Stage Line and C. &N. E. F. REID, G. P. A., Chester,-8. C HUMAN HANDS DO NOT TOUCH IT. Prom the time the raw materials rea?h our. factory they are handled entirely by ma . kept scrupulously. ,cl«m. No chance for Jefl-0 M Ml|Q ttwfier .to become contaminated. It is strictly pare and wholesome. Our factory is as clean as your kitchen. ICE CREAM if Easy to Make. 11 quart milk. 1 package JELL-0 ICE CREAM Powder. Mix, ana freeze without cooking. Simple, isn't it f This makes two quarts of smooth, vel vety icecream, deliciously flavored, in 10 minutes at cost of about 1 cent a plate. Flavors: Chocolate, Straw berry. Lemon and Unfavored. Sold by your grocer 2 packages for 85c. "Enough for a gallon."—o* by mail U )>• . g '■ss&te&uv J*
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