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"Do your Christmas Shopping Now" We are about to have another Christmas, and the authorities all agree that it will come in this year of 1908 on Friday, Dec, 25. A good many people imagine that it is coming some time in the fai distant future, and that in som* unknown way they can somehow escape giving up any money tc buy presents. Now, you may as well face the music. Christmas is coming in p little less than two weeks and the days will spl around before you know it. You know you want to give them all presents they will ap preciate and enjoy the wife, the children, daughter and son, father, mother—and your sweet heart, Buy your presents now. You have more time to make your se lections; you can shop with com fort; you get first choice of the fine stocks of Christmas goods; they will not costa cent more. By doing your shopping early you give the storekeeper and the clerks a chance; yon distribute business over a longer period; you accomodate them and they accomodate you. It is of mutual benefit to buyer and seller, Join the prosperity promoters -the wise women and considerate men—and buy your Christmas presents now. And you will re joice and be exceeding glac when you filnd you wiH not have to flight your way through the surging thronge that crowd the streets and stores just before the holidays, fighting for goods, anc at last takimr r 'vhat please*- you, but what you can get. Dontfailto call on the good merchants that aevertise. The> are more liberal hearted and wil give you better bargains thar elsewhere. Special Services. At the church of the Ascesion next Sunday. In the evening the 200th Aniversary of Charles Wesley, the brother of John and the most prolific hymn writer in the histoay of the church will be observed. The address will tell of his Jife and sketch briefly the won derful movement of the 18th century out of which sprunp methodism—and several of his more familiar and most popular hymns will be sung* We invite christians of every name to this unique service. Hurt at Saw Mill. Mr. Charles Echard met with a serious accident yesterday, (Wednesday) while working at his saw mill. Mr. Echard was working at the carriage alone when a piece of timber war caught by the saw and thrown with great force against him, breaking his collar-bone and one rib besides seriously cutting him about the face. Drs. Menzies and Abernethy attend the wounded man. A Card of Thanks. We desire to express our thanks to the many friends and neighbors who were so kind to to us during our recent affliction. May the Lord bless them all. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bowman. They tell of a justice of the peace in Kansas who had his first case the other day. He per formed the marriage ceremony, and then wrote it up in his crim inal docket. "It takes all sorts of copy to make up a newspaper." "Quite so. The women wonder why they bother with telegraph matter when there are so many interesting items to be culled frcm old scrapbooks." Should a lady squeeze herself in a street car? No indeed and nowhere else, while there are able bodied men who will gladly take the job without money and without price. !( A girl can't fool a man by talking like a middle-aged woman Charles Wesley-200th Anni yesrary Born Dec. 10 1708. This month, and this week are unspeakably rich in Anuiversar ies, not only for the English speaking race but for the whole christian World. John Milton, the loftist among the Epic Poets of the race, born Dec. 9th 1608 and Charles Wesley ihe prince of all hymn writers, born Dec. 10th 1708. Out- debt o the Wesleys, to Charles as nuch if not more than to John, demands and deserves some .sketch of his services as a hymn trriter in connection with this zlOOth Anniversary. The Wesley .aiiuly numbered eighteen cniici- j /en, and their mother was one of a family of twenty four sons and daughters They were all brought j up and educated in the English Ghurch. In the year 1735, Charles' and John came to America with Ufcitathoi pe, Governor ui Georgia, Charles acting as his | 1 secretary. In the next year 1736 hj pointed at Charleston, IS. C. cue rirst collection oi liy mns ever used in the English Churcn; only one copy of that edition non ix.sts. Returning to England aiter2 or '6 years laoor in Georgia, cue two orotners set out upou v-.iose preaching lours in England Wales and Ireland, waicn stirred i-nc uiiicca xrom luiiCi, co foundation stone, out oi wnicn eventually sprung ; the Great Methodist Organization. Chail.s turned nis strength and zeal tu nymn writing', living in iinstoi and iater m London as the Micar of Maryiebone Churcn where ne died March zy lVBb and was buri di in the yard oi his own parish Oiiurcu. Never has the woria .yet produced such a protefic an otner oi sacred versa, tiis hymns and songs reached the almost in credible number of 6600. To quote the first lines of a few oi (lis most celebrated hymns will suffice to reveal to us, the Church ;of to-day, the burden of Rrati j tude, the weight of obligation ( under which we all lie and for |»which we can never thank God j too much. First among them and I the most beloved of all the hymns of Christendom stands. "Jesus, Lover of mv Soul" "Love divine, all love exceli- ing" "A charge to keep I have" "Hark! the herald angels sing" Come thou long expected Jesus" 0 for a heart to praise my God" Jno. S. Moody. Resolutions of Respect Whereas, our Heavenly Father in his infinite wisdom, has seen at to remove from this world of sorrows and the wife of our es teemed and beloved Brother J. P. Burns. Therefors be it resolved: First—That we the members of Piedmont Council No. 43, Jr. 0. U. A. M., do truly sympa tnize with our beloved Brother and his motherless children, anu extend to these our tenderest sympathy in this sad hour of be reavement, and that we com mend them to the Supreme Coun cillor of the Universe. Second—That a copv of these resolutions be furnished the be reaved Brother, a copy be spread upon our minutes, also a copy be sent to the papers for publica tion. P. A. Rowe 1 W. H. Wilfong >Com. D. P. Smith J Paid Her In Full. In her younger days Hetty Green had for a neighbor a shrewd old Ver mont farmer. One day, in the midst of the thrashing, this old fanner broke his winnowing fan and sent over to borrow Hetty's. ( "Certainly," was the suave reply. 'He is perfectly welcome to my fan, but I never let my tools be taken off the place. Tell him to bring his grain here and he may winnow as much as he likes on my barn floor." Of course this was an awkward ar rangement, but the farmer said noth ing. Some weeks later Mrs. Green sent over in a hurry to borrow the old fellow's sidesaddle. Certainly, she is perfectly welcome to the use of my saddle. It's hanging over a rafter in the loft above the wagon shed. Tell her to come right over and ride It there as long as she likes." Carnegie's Bomb When Andrew Carnigit, "in an article in one of the leading Ma gazines, a few days ago, stated his views on the tariff question, it came like a bolt from a clear sky and caused many of the "stand paters" to "sit up and take notice. Coming, as it did, from one inside their own ranks, it caused many of the republican brothren to pause and consider. Mr. Carnegie's position, briefly stated, is that most of our indus tries have outgrown the stage of infancy and no longer need the protection of a high tarriff. ihis is the.democratic position exa tly, and the fact that orys of the repu blican party's strongest financial | supporter has expressed himself jas favoring tariff for revenue 1 only, is exceedingly hopeful. A GHOST STORY. Th® Spectral Horseman That Visit» Wycollar Hall. This ghost story is contributed by a correspondent of an English magazine: "Wycollar Hall, near Colne, was long the seat of the Cuniiffes of Billington. Thoy were noted persons In their time, but evil days came, and then* ancestral estates passed out of their hands. In the days of the commonwealth their loyalty cost them.dear, and ultimately they retired to Wycollar with a rem nant only of their once extensive prop erty. About ISI9 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 canuot now be identified. Tra dition says that once every year a specter horseman visits Wycollar Hall. He is attired In the costume of the early Stuart period, and the trappings of his horse are of a most uncouth de scription. "On the evening of bis visit the weather is always wild and tempestu ous. There is 110 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 full speed, and. aft er crossing the narrow bridge, he sud 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 once mounts his steed and gallops off. "His body can be seen through by those who may chance to be present: his horse appears to be wild with rage, and its nostrils stream with fire. The tradition is that one of the CunlilTes murdered his wife in that room ami that the specter horseman is thighest of the murderer, who is doomed to pay an annus! visit to the home of hfs victim. She is said to have predicted the extinction of the family, which, according to the story, has been liter ally fulfilled." With One Eye Bandaged. "I had a great joke played on while shooting billiards at a hotel in New York recently," said a Milwaukee man. "Having a little time on band, I sauntered iuto tbe billiard room. 1 became engaged in conversation with a fellow in the room, and I proposed a game, while he readily accepted. At first things went along splendidly, and I had twenty to his ten. But soon he forged ahead and beat me out by a close score. Then a friend of mine, who was stopping at the same place, said he was willing to wager that inj opponent could beat me with one eye bandaged. I accepted tils defi and placed $5 on the result. He didn't give me much of a chance, trimming me to the tune of 50 to 15. After the game was over I paid my bet. when the above mentioned friend Joudly told me the eye that he had bandaged was a glass one."—Milwaukee Sentinel BLOOD We live by our blood, and on it. We thrive or starve, as our blood is rich or poor. There is nothing else to live on or by. When strength is full and spirits high we are being re freshed—bone, muscle and brain, in body and mind—with continual flow of rich blood. This is health. When weak, in low spirits, no cheer, no spring, when rest is not rest and sleep is not sleep, we are starved; our blood is poor; there is little nutriment in it. Back of the blood is 'food, to keep the blood rich. When it flails, take SCOTT'S EMULSION It sets the whole body going again—man, woman and child. Send this advertisement, together with name of paper in which it appears, your address and four cents to cover postage, and we will send you a "Complete Handy Atlas of the World." SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl St, N*w York | It Is Christmas Time | ® ============= & ® Try our Pure > ® Delicious Homemade Chocolates ® and Bon Bens. My candies are good to cat and rsk reasonably cheap. Let me fill vour sweet tooth. 1 Aft have all kinds of fruits. _ Oranges per crate, $2 90 - Lemons per crate, $4.50 fa Gocoanuts per bag, 4.25 & Malaga Grapes per barrel, very fine. 55.00 Bananas, fine fruit, per bunch, $1.35 and $1 50 -1 and all kinds of mixed nuts! V Phone Trolrac 1302 & 241 Vj• VJ• 'A 1 Union Square S -——— as b The best of Everything in the Gro |s eery line May be Found at all Times SS * at our Store. q I FrashMeats, Fuh § e § fi All Kinds of Fruits and Vegatables. X § Heavy and fancy Groceries g h o S Polite and Frompt Service. Let us © ' Supply You. U | Hammond ft Johnson 1 a Main St. Phone 86 h «©©oo®s©is«^soex>os3©i!©aoae? 1 Phone No. 17 g I ANY HOUR, NIGHT OR DAY g || For Your g 1 Medicines, Toilet Articles I | and Robber Goods | 1 MOZER & LUTZ, I il DRUGGISTS j || (ON THE CORNER) »' 5 jjjjj JQOOOOOOOOOOXX>OOOOO^X>OOQ? | Positively the on!> Place | 0 IN HICKORY O X Where you can obtain FIRE WORKS FOR • X X CHRISTMAS. I have just bought a com- X X plete stock of these goods. Can supply X X you with anything you want in this lire. X O You will save monev if you buy your O Q CLOTHING here. Q | LOOK AT THIS! X kS Men's Mixed Suits, good quality, for ?3.90 © O Men'o all wool suits, worth -$9.00, for 4.90 © © and Boys' Pants, all wool, sold other places © \y for §3 00, my price 1.48 6 V Full and complete line of Dry Goods and \/ © Notions at right prices. The famous Wach- © © ovia Shoes. Everything needed in Gro- Q 1 Q cereds, Fancy and Heavy, Feed Stuffs. X *© Candies, Fruits, Nuts and Toys for Xmas. * § A. E. CLINE, | joocxxxxxxxxxxxxx>o:kxxxxxxS The Democrat is only $l.OO a Year, Why Not Save Money ON YOUR " " *" V / ; .J - Ours is the largest and most complete line of Clothing, Shoes, I Hats, Dry Goods and Notions ever displayed in Hickory. ALLEN'S stands in its line as the Pennsylva ! nia Railroad stands among railroads FIRST. There is a reason. You lean find anything you want in our i line at any time you want it. And the price is the lowest. We invite your consideration of the following: The Largest and Best until Christmas, at reduced pi IC€S# Collection of Tai- _ _ lored Coats Ever r\ rr / tn New Dress Offered , These coats are extra long, ! made of the best material, and Compare these, and scores #f |! are the very latest styles. The of other special prices, with the i workmanship is the best and the offerings you will find e'sewhere. fit is ideal. From now until W« feel sure you will decide tl»t ! Christmas we will sell these coats we offer you the biggest and best i at greatly reduced prices. And selected stock of new - faßrics at i when we say reduced prices, we the lowest prices, i mean you can buy them here . 50c dress goods to be sold dur i Cheaper than 1 , yoil ever", bouji&t ln^» e at t j them before. 2° ods tO /° at loe " N&fc r shody but good. j Women s High %rt ]\/[ en anc } Js o y S Suits | Tailored Suits. an j Pants. \ These suits are copied after Absolutely the best and most the choicest Paris, Berlin and stylish ever offered for tha Vienna models. Material and money, workmanship, the best. Choice in several new styles—very nob- A r D r T^JDAT ( s! by. In fact, a stock that is right V\J 11 \Jl\ fresh, crisp and right up-to-the Oar notion department is minute. Values that will con- bripiful of the most desirable in vince you that this is the very that line at prices that admit of . best place to buy. From now |no competition. Greatest and Best Collection of Shoes For Men, Women, and Children. ' lhis Season's latest and best. High-grade Fall and Winter E " t !f ely to ° ma " y tO , . shoes. Verv best makes, grades at P rlcea ' hat P iafte them m and styles—the wanted, up-to- the list of real bargains. Date —button, blucher, and regu- The best all wool blankets to be lar lace shoes in Patent Leather, found in the city, to go at reduced Gun metals and Colts. prices. These goods are absolutely new and up-to-date. No old or shoddy goods to be found on our shelves. When you think of shopping re member that we charge less for the same goods. Every salesman in our store is polite and obliging, and will extend to our customers every courtesy consistent with sound business principles. J. F. Allen.
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