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ico. Return-limit 25 isth
days and stop-overs al- line fromMemphi:
111 . " to the Southwest. Thi
lowed both going Cotton Belt is the only lint
and returning. operating two daily trains, carry
°' n S through cars without change—
the only line with a through sleepei
Memphis to Dallas. Equipment in
eludes sleepers, chair cars and parlor cafi
cars. Trains from all parts of the Southeas
niake direct connection at Memphis with Cor
Belt for the Southwest.
Ask the ticket agent to sell you a ticket via Memphi
and the Cotton Belt.
t Wri, « fcc Texas or Arkansas book whichever section you an
interested in. Theie books are just off the press, and are full o
fact » and examples of what is actually being done by farmer*, trucl
ra , encrb * n J ,fuit raisers in this highly-favored section. A five
• color map inserted in each book Free upon request.
H' H. Sutton, District Passenger Agent,
tWU W Ninth StTMt.
Ck*tt*eeoga, Tana.
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAKE BACK?
Kidney Trouble Makes .You Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
n it . cures made by Dr.
frr—'l . Kilmer's Swamp-
I Root, the great kia-
E vJ»-rJ Ik ney, liver and blad
- TTfrSl i r der remedy.
- J PS It is the great med
i ]f|l ical triumph 'of the
V, B|] [ nineteenth century ;
4 ) , —HIM discoveredafte*years
'? of scientific research
( » _ ; by Dr. Kilmer, the
mm "■ i"** l ' ■—**"eminent kidney and
bladder specialist, and is wonderfully
successful in promptly curiug lame back,
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
Bri ght's Disease, which is tUS worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilißer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommended for everything but if you have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be
foiled just the remedy you need. It has
been tested in so many ways, iu hospital
work and in private practice, and has
proved so successful in every case that a
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have a sample
bottle sent free by mail, also a book tell
ins* more about Swamp-Root, and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trou
ble When writing mention reading this
generous offer in this paper and send your
address to Dr. Kilmer
dolWsize bottles are Hon* u
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name.
Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on
every bottle.
"Shall the people rule?" Yes
if they elect Bryan and a Demo
cratic congress. If Taft is elec
ted the trusts will rule.
HOW TO GET STRONG
P. J. Daly, of 1247 W. Congress St.,
Chicago, tells of a way to become
strong; He says my mother, who is old
and was very feeble, is deriving so much
benefit from Electric Bitters, that I
feel it's my duty to tell those who need
a tonic and strengthening medicine
about it. In my mother's case a mar
ked gain in flesh has resulted, insomnia
has beeo overcome, and she is steadily
growing stronger." Electric Bitters
quickly remedy stomache, liver and
kidney complaints. Sold under guaran
tee at C. M Shuford W. S. Martin &
Menzies Drug Co. 50c
Had we not,faults of our own
we should take less pleasure in
complaining of others.- Fenelon.
Just a little Cascasweet is all that is
necessary to give your baby when it is
cross and peevish. Cascasweet con
tains no opiates nor harmful drugs and
is highly recommended by mothers
everywhere. Conforms to the Nation
al Pure Food and Drugs Law. Said by
C. M. Shuford and W. S. Martin.
Hark, Hark! The dogs do bark!
The students are coming to town.
-Ex.
A GOOD REASON.
Hickory People Can Tell You
Why It Is So.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure the
cause of disease, and that is why
the cures are always lasting.
This remedy strengthens and
tones up the kidneys, helping
them to drive out of the body the
liquid poisons that cause back
ache, headache and distressing
kidney and urinary complaints.
Hickory people testify to perma
nent cures.
H. D. Fry, ltving at 21st St., Hick
ory, N. C., says: "I used the con
tents of but one box of Doan's Kidney
Pills, but I was cured of a severe at
tack of-backache and I am pleased to
say that I have not felt any symptoms
of kidney trouble since. I heard of
Doan's Kidney Ptlls from a friend who
strongly recommended them to rpe,
and I procured a box at Menzies' Drug
Co. I received the best of results,
and gladly recommend them to oth
ers suffering fram kidney trouble."
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Fo*ter-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
foi- the United States.
Remember ihe name—Doan's
—and take no other.
Many girls obtain their fiirst
upon kbsing in the dark.
Foley's Ojino Laxative is a new
i remedy, an improvement on the laxa
! tive of years, as it does not
gripe or nauftat and is pleasant to
tak ft is guaranteed W. S. Mar
tin & Co.
The more the people see Will
Kitchin the better they like h'm.
He will sweep the Slate by a bi>
majority. *
DeWitt s Little Early Risers are
small pills, easy to take, gentle and
sure. Sold by C. M. Shuford and W.
S. Martin.
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Items From Granite Falls.
Correspondence to The Democrat.
The educational ralley we
said something about last week
was of a high order and came
up to the name. Rev. Wolfe
made the address of welcome.
Mr. Atkins of Lenoir a short talk
on levying a special tax to run
schools, Prof. C. E. Woltz form
erly principal of the school here
made a speech on 20th century
education and everybody that
heard him said it was the finest
speech on education they eve:*
heard. County Supt. Y. D Moore
of Lenoir made a good talk in
the afternoon. Miss Corpening
of North Catawba gave some
good recitations. Music was
furnished by the Granite band,
and dinner was served on the
grounds and everybody enjoyed
the day.
The marriage of Mr. W. G.
WhisnanJ and Miss Princess the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Mackey was a beautiful home
wedding. Quite a large crowd
was present and they received a
number of nice presents. Ice
cream and cake was served after
the ceremony.
The Philathea and Baraca
class of the M. E. church gave
a reception at the home of Mr.
D. H. Warlick on the following
night.
Prof. Hunter who was to open
school last Monday is sick and it
will not begin until a week later.
Mr. Shuford Aired is out
again.
The Old Plantation of Johnny
J. Jones Carnival Co., will be
here this week for three nights.
H. V. Bolick is all smiles these
diys. Its another boy!
Dr. Corpening and Parts Lutz
left Sunday for a ten ciays trip
to Okla.
Mr. Luther Sherrill has gone
to the State of Washington.
Mr. Boyce Martin and Miss
Maud Whitlow of Hickory were
married last Wednesday night
and not last April as was stated
in these columns last week. He
said he was joking.
Hustler.
Winston-Salem's Big- Event.
The progress've people of
Winston-Salem are spending
$50,000 in building new fair
grounds, which are located n
the North Western suburbs of
the city, direct on the Southern
and N. &. W. Railroads. The
electric cars will also run to the
gates of the grounds.
New buildings a.e being erect
ed, aUo the largest Grand Stand
in the State* There are houses
for poultry, pigs and cattle, and
barns and stables for horses.
Water will be found in all parts
of the grounds and the Park will
be brilliently lighted at right
with electricity. The Fair is
open to all counties in
N. C. and everybody can compete,
for premiums.
Extensive preparations are be
ing made for a great Fair, Oct.
6, 7, 8, and 9. Every thing will
be done for the entertainment
and amusement for the people.
There will be two fine bands cf
music, splendid exhibitions of ail
kinds, an Air-snip free dog &
pony show and a Wild West show.
Free attractions going on all tlu
time. The mid-way will be thf
best ever seen and free of obj-»c
tionable features. An Orator o !
world wide repitation will bt
present.
| There will be so mauy
going on at Winston-Salem, Fail
Week, and every ore that goes
there then will find the gates oi
the city open, and everbudy glacl
to see every body else.
G. F. Webb, Gen. Mgr. will le
glad to send catalogs or to fur
nish any imforination that maj
be desired.
Wz should not forget to state
»that the railroads will give re
duced rates.
FOR A SPRAINED ANKLE
A sprained ankle may be cured in a
bout one-third the time usually requir
ed, by applying Chamberlain's Lini
ment freely, and giving it absolute rest, i
For sale by W. S. Martin & Co.
PRESERVATION OF FORESTS.
The Old Bay Btate Is Now Taking tha
Initiative.
The preservation of the forests is a
problem second to none In present im
portance'and in its outlook toward the
future. Without trees our country
would be a desert, and the rapid den
udation of our New England hills is
already beginning to have its effect
upon our streams and rivers and upon
our water supply. The invention of
wood pulp paper and the rapid exten
sion of the industry throughout the
country, together with the increase of
newspaper circulation, have stimulated
the destruction of the forests to such
a degree that steps are already being
taken to preserve them before It is too
late.
Congress has attempted to take a
hand in the matter, but so far with
little avail, and it now remains for the
Individual states affected to see what
they can do. The tirst step would seem
to be the development of paper making
from some rapidly growing and an
nually reappearing substance, such as
cornstalk fiber, instead of from the
slowly rising tree which cannot be re
placed except after years of renewal
and growth.
As was to be expected, Massachu
setts is taking the initiative. To the
governors of the other five New Eng
land states Governor Guild has sent
out a request for a conference, and 4t
will be held at the Algonquin club
in Boston ou the 14th of September.
The six governors will then confer and
deliberate over the best means to be
taken for the preservation of our for
ests. and it is probable that arrange
ments will be made for the calling of
a New England business conference at
some time Immediately following the
presidential election. If It'should be
held. «wys Governor Guild In his letter.
It should come at that time "In order
that Its work might not be confused
with the politics of the presidential
campaign." One of the especial eb
Jects of this meeting of the governor
GOVGUIU' MASSAC HCSIOTS.
irith his associates will be to devise
menus whereby a greater uniformity
of action may be secured in the leg
islation among the several states in
the Union. But the greatest result
should be in the stimulus it wiU give
to public opinion and in its awakening
of us to the fact that the forests must
and shall be preserved.
The First Potatoes.
Sir Walter Raleigh, who shares with
Sir Francis Drake the honor of first
Introducing the potato in England,
lived at Brixton. Englaud, near Eliza
beth's House. Forinby. in Lancashire,
also elairns the honor of the site
of the first culture of the |»otato in that
country. They are said to have been
grown there by a Form by man who
sailed with Sir Walter.
The earliest cultivation of the i>otato
In the British islands was probably at
Youghal, on the south coast of Ireland,
where this great navigator had an es
tate.
It has been generally accepted that
the potato was taken to Europe froiu
Virginia and that It was cultivated
there by the natives. Sir Joseph Banks
and Da Coudelle both lent the weight
of their authority to this view, but it
has been ascertained that the Indians
of Virginia. thoi:g!i they used a number
of tuberous roots, did uot know our po
tato.
One of these.was the plant sometimes
grown as an ornamental climber in our
gardens and called by botanists Apios
tuberosa. The Indians called the roots
potatoes, and the French Canadians
knew them as pom me* de terre. and
cur potato, Leing a uative of South
America, was scarcely likely to be
known to the Indians of Virginia.
Vet the potato was undoubtedly
Introduced in England as part of the
cargo of one of Sir Richard (irenville's
ships and landed at Plymouth, and fhe
ship had gene direct from Virginia and
called nowhere on the way. On the
voyage home, however. It had encoun
tered and captured a Spanish ship from
Santo Domingo. The potatoes were a
part of the cargo of the latter vessel.
The Usefi I Sunflower.
Sunflower seeds are said to give an
extra fine flavor to oggs and are much
used by the French people for that pur
pose. Rerneml>er thi3 when you plant
your garden and drop in some seeds
around the edges and" In the odd cor
ners. A few planted near the sink
drain will help to keep away miasma
and give you heads of seed that will
be mammoth in size.
The Democrat, only SI.OO.
|| Farm and
Garden
. HANDLING APPLES.
Fruit Mutt Be Put Up For Market In
Attractive Style.
Radical changes must come about iu
the methods of grading, packing and
marketing our home grown fruits if we
succeed in maintaining our present
trade in the home markets. California
fruit is having a greater influence on
the prices of fruit in the eastern mar
kets every year, and this competition
is sure to drive many eastern fruit
growers out of the business unless it is
I'LLIiO NEATLY IN SHADK.
■net with goods that are put up in as
honest and attractive style as those
that arc shipped from that section.
The qqpedy lies in the li.-uids of the
growers. If they desire to have their
fruit recognized as equal to California
they must make it so attractive
iu style and honest and uniform in
quality that the buyer or the consumer
will not make invidious comparisons
when he sees it by the side of the Cal
ifornia product. Quality and flavor
will have weight in determining which
fruit to use, but if our home grown
fruits are put up in an honest manner
and undesirab> varieties are kept off
from the market we can meet the com
petition and hold our home markets.
This problem of handling and market
ing fruit is not one that can be solved
by individual effort alone. It requires
co-oi>eration on the part of the various
fruit growers. One man may succeed
in establishing a reputation for high
grade fruit, but at the best his reputa
tion would only be local, whereas if a
large number of the leading fruit grow
ers would combine and organize and
have their fruit put up In uniform
style and In large quantities by expe
rienced packers, so that their brand
would establish a first class reputation,
the demand for their fruit would equal
If not exceed that for the California
fruit What we need to do is to organ
ize and do our grading, packing, and
marketing in as businesslike manner
as the Californians.
Our growers must learn to utilize
their inferior grades at home and mar
ket nothing but the very best and In
uniform packages. By so doing they
will obtain more money than by plac
ing the whole lot on the market. Ev
iry grower should grow the best vari
eties, put them up In nice, clean, uni
form packages and place them in the
bands of dealers who understand tbeli
business. Let every package contain
full weight. The most important mat
ter after the growing of the fruit if
the selection of the package iu which
to seed it to market No fruit should
V sent in any but a neat and attrac
tlve new package of the form and size
TACKED SrSMS IXJWN
most popular where the fruit is ship
ped. The bumah eye is the great buy-1
er of fruit.
Apples that are sold for first class
fruit should be handled in a careful
manner while being picked and then
earefully laid In piles on the ground)
where the sun cannot rekch them or
removed to the barn for a few days
and left in piles, so as to permit some
of the moisture to evaporate and the
skin to become toughened, in which
condition the fruit will stand up bet-,
ter while being shipped and keep long
er when packed than it will when put
Into the barrel as fast as It is picked
from the tree.
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This woman says tliat sieV
women should not fail to fl
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veget> Si
Compound as she did. ' 21
Mrs. A. Gregory, of 2355 II
St., Denver, Col., writes to .. m
Pinkham: *
44 1 was practically an invalid for
fears, on account of female troubl i
I underwent an operation bv tli«
doctor's advice, but in a few mouths I
was worse than before. A friend 11.
vised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetal l#
Com pound and it restored me toperf, 4
health, such as I have not enjoyed a
many years. Any woman suffering 4
I did with backache, bearing-do\ a
pains, and periodic pains, should not f a
to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta.ll®
Compound."
FACTS FOR SICK WOME'J,
For thirty years Lydia E. Pin;-,
ham's Vegetable Compound, W'j
from roots and herbs, has been tie
standard remedy for female ii i
and has positively cured thousands J
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularitui
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indigt v
tion, dizziness or nervous prostration
Why don't you try it ?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all su'*
women to write her for a«lvk «.
She bas guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
"What do you expect to 1 e
when you come of a?re, my litt e
man?" asked the visitor,
"Twenty-one," was the Utile
man's reply.
QUICK RELIEF FOR ASTRMA fk?-
FERERS.
Foley's Honey and Tar affords im
mediate relief to asthma sufferers inths
,/orst stages and if taken in time will
effect a cure.
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Carolina & North-Western Ry. lj
Schedule effective Feb. 2nd. 1908.
Morth Passenger Mixed Mix. I
No. 10 No. 60 No bi
Chester Lv 805 am Ico pm
Yorkviile 44 853 am 225 pm
iastonia •• 944 am 415 pm 600 art
Lincoln. '• 1048 am 8 o."j ait
9 05 aiit
Newton 44 1128 am 1000 am
'iickory 44 1205 pm 1225 pi 1
Lenoir " 122 pm 255 pm
■South Passenger Mixed Mixed
No. 9 No. 61 No. 63
Renoir Lv 150 pm 905 am
Hickory 44 243pm 1115 am
Newton 44 310 pm 120 pm
Lincoln. 44 346 pm 225 pm
Tastonia 44 4o pm ? am 5 s op:u
/orkville 44 552 pm 915 am
Chester 44 640 pm 1035 am
CONNECTIONS
CAESTER —Southern Ry., S. A. I, and
L. & C.
Yorkviixe — Southern Railway.
Gastoni a— Southern Railway.
LincolnTon-S. A. L.
Newton and H ickory— Southern Ry
Lknoik — Blowing Rock Stage Line and
C. & N.
E F. REIT), G. P. A., Chester, P. C
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