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QOOOCOOOO DOOCOOOCOOUOO 3 Quality Job Printing g 0 a! Reasonable Prices § 1 R«R \BLISHEI> !8W stale Libary c 0 Vi! IMOCKA R AND PRESS CONSOLIDATED 1905 Business in the South Begins to Brighten Up Reviewing the business conations throughout the South, the Manufacturers Record in last week's issue refers to the com pletion of the final link of the Clinchfieid Railroad through the mountains of North Carolina and the "Breaks of the Sandy" to a Connection in Eastern Kentucky with the Chesapeake & Ohio as the fulfillment of cne of the most ambitious dreams of the ante bellum South, which many years before the war vigorously work er the building a through line from Charleston, S. C., through the high mountain regions of Western Carolina to the West. It was the belief of Hayne and oth er South Carolinians, who in| I those days projected such a road, that its building would turn the traffic of the West into the South, and that the acquaintanceship thus developed would make im possible the v:ar which some of the far-seeing men of the South were then fearing might become a reality. Around the building of this road, now completed by the Clinchfield extension into Eastern Kentucky, is woven more of romance, of struggles against overwhelming odds, than have probably ever attended the building of any line in this coun try. The first 250 miles of the Ciinchfield system from- Spar tinfcurg, S. C , to Dante, Va„ represent a cost of about $125,- 000 a mile, and the extension ylich has just been opened has been Duiit at as high a cost, and probably for a good/nany miles a: a much higher figure. This 300-mil* road is probably the most expensive new road of that length ever constructed in this country. Thus one by one the dreams of the great business leaders of the Old South are be ing realized in the completion of railroads projected before 1860 and in the development of South ern ports as outlets for the vast commerces to and from the West which the far-seeing men of that generation knew the future held in store. At City Point, on the Jame3 River, Virginia, about 13,000 men are working in and on the great plant which is being built by the du Pont powder interests. The rirst units in this plant are now completed and are employ ing about 3000 hands, while about 10,000 men are engaged in construction work on other units. Attention iz called by the Man ufacturers Record to the increase in the production of oats in the Sjuth of 51,000,000 bushels over hat year's yieid, or a gain of 36 cer cent., as indicative of the trend toward diversification in farming interests. The total oat and wheat crop the South this yearls estima ted at 358,000,000 bushels. While Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri 2nd Tennessee, States which for .vears have been fairlv large wheat producers, have by reason of weather conditions produced smaller wheat crops than last year, yet on the other hand the central Southern States, Ala bama, Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia, have largely in creased their wheat production. Ceorgia nearly doubled its wheat crop, advancing from 1,600,000 bushels to 3,200,000 bushels. North Carolina increased its yield fcy 3.500,000 busha's, this grain being more than the total yield of Georgia. The crop of North Carolina is reported as 10,800,000 bushels. South Caroline, al though producing somewhat less than Georgia, nevertheless tret ted its wheat crop over 1914, while Texas made a gain of 6,- , 400,000 bushels, and Virginia 3,- 100,000 bushels. The exports of grain through Southern ports have shown a v ery heavy increase, Newport Kews alone having exported for THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT the fiscal year just ended about 40,000,000 bushels of grain, as compared with 1,700,000 bushels shipped from that port last year. At the same time Newport News by reason of the heavy foreign demand for coal, increased its foreign shipments of coal from 3,089,485 tons in the paeceding fiscal year to 3,450,725 tons for this year. During the same peri od more than 120,000 horses have been shipped from Newport News to foreign ports. With a determination to bring about a larger development in every line of business, to make the people of their own State realize more fully its advantages, and to draw people from other sections to their State, a large number of the most progressive business men ia North Carolina have organized a State-wide as sociation with a view to carrying on a broad campaign for con structive, upbuilding work. This movement is but an expression of the growing sentiment among the business interests of the whole South that the time has come for a larger vision on the part of home people of the op portunities for and the necessi ties for a broader utilization of natural advantages and co-opera tion with upbuilding construc tive forces. Reports from all parts of the South and Southwest indicate an awakenining to larger business development. New enterprises are being established here and there, though, of course, not so actively a3 prior to last fall. En terprises upon which work had been suspended are being re resumed, and construction is now taken up on the bridge to be built over the Ohio River east of Paducah by the Burlington Rail way system, which will give con nection between the Burlington roai and the Nashville, Chattan ooga & St. Railway. This bridge is to cost about $3,500,000 War News in Kansas. The battle at Short Jenk's home continues unabated, says The Atchison, Kan., Globe. At 11 o'clock this morning Mrs. Jenk's made the follorwing official announcement: "With a brilliant charge about breakfast time, I flanked my husband with m y stalwart foot and he doubled, up and then retreated in haste. It was almost a rout.'' At 1 o'clock | this morning Mr. Jenks officially announced: "The situation re mains unchanged, There have been attacks and counter attacks on both sides, with no decisive results. I'm now well intrench ed and confident behind a tub in the cellar. I believe I will ulti mately triumph. The enemy i 3 making many claims, and mak ing those things is the easiest thing in the world to do. If she had a cannon that was as rapid as her/nouth I would be compell ed to admit that my position is serious. As it is, 1 concede noth ing. I will conserve my strength and forces, with the view of get ting out of the cellar and con sulting a lawyer. I urge Ameri can newspapers to judge not un til the real situation is known. History will vindicate me and de clare thst I did not start hostili ties. My si9ter-in-law urged my wife to start them. My wife didn't need a great deal of 1 urging. "--Ex. When baoy suffers with the croup, j apply and give Dr. Thomas' Eclectic 1 Oil. Safe for children. A little goes | a long way. 25c and SOc. At all i drug stores. Manv a woman's work is never done —because she goes to a card party before the dishes are wash ed and dried. Itching, bleeding, protruding or. blind piles have yielded to JDoan's' Ointment. .SIV *l' stores. - ' DECEIVER ASKED FOR Mil HI BROBKFORD Two Stockholders, Holding Shares, Allege No Dividends Have Been Paid. On the ground that the big, half-million dollar cotton mill at Brookford has not paid a divi dend in 10 years, Wade H. Shuf ord and James A. Martin, Hick ory business men who hold 236 shares of common stock in the plant, have started proceedings with a view of placing the mill in the hands of a receiver. Sitting in chambers Thursday at Black Mountain, Judge W. F. Harding of Charlotte, named W. Turner of Statesville, referee and named August 5 at Hickory for a hearing. Tne referee is granted full powers to investigate the business of the mill and the com pany is cited to appear and show cause why it should not be dis solved. A previous order had been made by Judge Harding which was later vacated and a new one issued directing the company to prepare and file with the clerk of the court here an inventory of assets, liabilities, untitled con tracts, etc., which was done; and the plaintiffs thereupon made ex ceptions to items contained there in, and the order Thursday was the next step in the suit. The petition sets forth that the plaintiffs have received no dividends upon their common stock in 10 years, and that they hold more than 10 per cent, of the stock; that company is a go ing concern for the last 15 years; that the mill is worth $500,000; that its affairs are directed bv A. J. Juilliard & Co., of 70 Worth street, New York, which com pany, it is stated, is the sole creditor of the mill; that the di- 1 rectors of the mill have finan cial connections with the Juilli ard concern, and that they so di rect the business of the mill as to divert dividends from the hold ers of common stock. The pa pers state that Wade H. Shuford holds 234 shares of stock at the par value of SIOO each and that James A. Martin holds two shares The president of the company is E. W. Holbrooks, of New York; vice president, T. A. Redmond, of Aragon, Ga., and secretary treasurer, H. J. Holbrooks, of Hickory. The suit has been pending some time and all the lawyers in Hick ory are engaged, together with lawyers in Charlotte. It is said that a stiff legal battle is in store. Under the law, a stockholder in a mill that hasn't paid dividends in 10 years, holding as much as 10 per cent of the stock, may bring a company to accounting by throwing it into the hands of a receiver. THE BEST PROOF; GIVEN BY A HICKORY CITIZEN Doah's Kidney Pills were used — they brought benefit. The story was told to Hickory resi dents. Time has strengthened the evidence Has proven the result lasting. The testimony is home testimony— The proof convincing. It can be investigated by Hickory residents. W. L, Lafone, 1413 Eighth Ave., Hickory, severe pains in my back and was an noyed by irregular passages of the kid ney secretions. I procured Doan's Kidney Pillt at Lutz's Drug Store aal they helped me in every way. It is a ! pleasure to recommend this medicine [to other kidney sufferers." (Statement sriven Februarv 17th, 1911.) I OVER THREE YEARS LATER. | Mr. Lafone said: "My kidneys have i not bothered me for some time and I ; attribute their healthy condition to Doan's Kidney Pills, I gladly con firm all I have ever said aboutthis med icine." Price SOc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy— get Doan's Kidney Pills— the same that Mr. Lafone had. Foster-Milburn Co., 'Props., Buffalo, N. y,—adv. HICKORY, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1915 BRITAIN HAS ENORMOUS STORE Of COLO II AFRICA Accumulating Fast But No Safe Transport to Eng land. More than $100,000,000 in raw gold in bars, together with $50,- 000,000 in uncut diamonds, are piled up in British South Africa, awaiting safe transport to Lon don, so it is reported to the De partment of Commerce by United States Consuls in that part of the Dark Continent. The raw gold is accumulating at the South African banks at the rate of $14,000,000 a month. How to guard tnis vast store of treasure from possible German attack is one of the problems which vexes the Transvaal Gov ernment. Prior to hostilities the gold was shipped fortnightly to London by sea. The late Cecil Rhodes's dream of a Cape-to-Cairo railroad is not yet. an accomplished fact, though most of the land links are completed. A large part of the route, even when in full opera tion, will be on rivers and lakes in East Africa; and from Cairo the road has no means of com munication with Europe save through Egypt and territory in possession of or else claimed by Turkey, which is at war with Great Britain and her allies. At the outbreak of the conflict an arrangement was made by which the mines in British South Africa were kept open and tueir gold was delivered, as produced, to the local banks at Johannes burg and elsewhere, and they assayed in bars and put in the vaults. Schedules of the bars,, with certificates of assay, were sent to the Union of South African Government, which assumed re spontibility as to the value, the amount of which was cabled to ' the High Commissioner of the Union in London. Under his guarantee the Bank of England advanced to the London offices of the South African banks 97 per cent, of the value of the gold, which was held by the latter in the name of the Union Govern ment to the order of the Bank of England. In this way the financing of the mines has been kept up to normal, both as to working costs and dividends, thus enabling them to go ahead as usual. The net result, so far as concerns the Bank of England, 13 that the bank has $100,000,000 or so of "reserve gold," without actually having either the gold or any immediate prospect of getting it. During 1914 the total British South African prodnctlon of raw gold was $173,560,000, of which $83,000,000 was mined after the war was begun and is stored in South Africa. The output of diamonds i*i the South African Union in 1914 was $26,828,700, as against $58,478,- 400 in 1913. In addition, South Rhodesia produced $9,046, in dia monds. Practically all of these stones were dug before the middle of last August, for when the war began there was a general clos ing down of the Premier Dia mond Mine in the Transvaal, the De Beers Mines at Kimberlev, and others in the Transvaal and Orrnge Free' State. This put out of employment hundreds of white men and thousands of blacks and further depi essed trade by stop ping the importation of mining materials and stores. The war has paralyzed the South African feather export trade. More than $7,800,000 of this year's feathers are unpluck ed, and there was an equal loss last year. TJie ostrich, formerly the most pampered domesticated bird in the world, has come to be despised and neglected. Thou sands have beeu dying from lack of food and attention, and breed ing practically has ceased. Two years ago fancy male ostriches were valued up to SIO,OOO each. i12.500,(1N BALES I THE JBHIED CROP That Would Be 3,600,000 Bales Less Than Last Year—Big - Acreage Reduction. 0 / A prospective cotton crop of 12,500,000 equivalent 500 pound bales this season is unofficially estimated from the department of agriculture's June 25 condi tion and acreage report issued today. That would be 3,600.0001 bales less than last year's crop or a reduction of 22 per cent. In all 31,535,000 acres were planted this year, showing that the government's repeated appeal to cotton*growers to reduce the acreage and devote more land to other crops had been heeded. Reduction from last year's area amounted to 5,871,000 acres or 15.6 per cent. Condititon of the crop was bet ter than last year at this time and also better than the ten-year average on June 25. Along the Atlantic coast the crop deterio rated in June but conditions im proved in Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Acreage and conditions by states follow*: (Acreage in thou sands, i. e., ciphers omitted.) State Acreage Condition Virginia 36 78 N.Carolina... 1,333 79 S. Carolina.... 2,399 76 Georgia 4,684 79 Flordia 202 78 Alabama 3,382 78 Mississippi 3,382 78 Louisiana 1,139 83 Texas 10,365 82 Arkansas 2,193 85 Tennessee ... 813 87 Missouri 107 86 Oklahoma .... 2,102 71 California 35 90 All others..... 17 Thousands of Dollars Saved to Hick ory Shippers. The following letter from Mr. E. L. Travis, Chairman of the North Carolina Corporation Com mission. to Mr. A, K. Joy, Secre tary of the Hickory Chamber of Commerce, will convey very wel come news to the people of Hick ory—the people at large, as well as the merchants and manufac turers. Our Chamber of Commerce has been working on this matter for over a year, and it is to be con gratulated upon securing such good results. It is almost im possible to figure out just what t"he saving in freight will be to our shippers, but there can be no doubt about it running Way up into thousands of dollars every year. Mr. A. K. Joy, Secretary Chamber of Commerce, Hickory, N. C., - Dear Sir:- lam in receipt of letter from Mr. E. L. Green, Freight Traffic Manager, Southern Railway, ad vising that he will make reduc tions in the rates from Cleveland- Detroit territory to Hickory and other points as therein set out. I enclose a copy of his letter for your information. You will note that he proposes to give to Hickory the following reductions in rates from Cleve land-Detroit territory. 123456A8CD Present— 80 70 60 5Q 41 32 22 30 27 23 Proposed--66 57 50 42 35 26 20 28 22 18 Red'ns 14 13 10 8662255 I trust this will be satisfactory to you. iVery truly yours, E. L. Travis, Chairman. Impure blood runs you down —\ makes you an easy victim for disease. For pure blood and sound digestion —• Burdock Blood Bitters. At all drug stores. Price SI.OO. They were as costly as the prize bulls, Today they fetch no price. The African ostrich feather collapse is partly due to foreign competition and to changes in women's fashions. In all of British South Africa the white population is about 1,3@0,000, and there are 4,500,000 natives, of whom only 300,000 are clp«seLas civilized. ALFALFA REMEDY FOR MENIAL DEPRESSION? Dr. Blackwood Tells of Experi ments and Recommends It for "Food" Chicago, July 2.—Members of the American Institute of Home opathy concluded their annual conyention here today ani ad journed. Alfalfa as a remedy for indi gestion and mental depression was recommended by Dr; Alex ander L. Blackwood, of Chicago, He told of exptriment's made with the new remedy at a Chica go hospital. "During the past year obser vations were made of *the action of alfalfa on 17 persons," he said. "All of them noted that they grew so hungry that they could scarcely wait for their meals. Their minds were clear and bright, all bodily functions were stimulated and it was im possible to have the blues." Alfalfa is conyerted into a tin cture and used internally. Its use, said Dr. Blackwood, was ac companied by an immediate de lightful feeling of well being, in creased appetite and great im ! provement in weight. "All bodily functions were stimulated and ic was impossible to have the blues," said the phy sician's report. The tincture is known as Med icago Sativa. "Dr. Ben Bradley, of Hamlet, 0., also has made experiments with alfalfa," said Dr. Black wood, "and he believes it to be a coming drug. It stimulates di gestion and will prove of great value in dealing with loss of ap petite. It dees not act as a stim ulant in the same sense as liq uor." . Capt. Trickey Tells - Of Armenian's Loss London, July I.—Captain Trickey, of the British steamer Armenian, in an interview today, said he surrendered to the Ger man submarine only when his ship was afire in three places, her engines were out of action, and a dozen of the crew had been killed by shrapnel fire. Most of the members of the crew who perished. Captain Trickey said, were Americans. "The submarine as a signal for us to stop," said Captain Trickey, "first put a couple of shots over our bows when we were four miles off. I put my stern to him and ran for it. ' The submarine then began to shell us in earnest, the shrapnel bursting all about us, killing sev eral of the crew and knocking others overboard. I soon real ized that the enemy was gaining on us, but I did not propose to surrender without a struggle, but my steering gear was soon hit, and placed out of commission. Then a shell fell into the engine room and another carried the Marconi house away. Still an other cut down the funnel and disabled the stokers. "By this time the ship was on fire in three places and I decided to surrender. We had resisted the enemy for an hour, and 12 or 13 men lay dead on the deck. "The submarine commander then had to clear ship and at seven minutes past eight the Ar menian went down shattered by two torpedoes. "I must say that the subma rine commander showed us every fairness after we had given up, picking up many of the crew, who, because of a damaged boat, had fallen into the water." Lightning Has Been Lost. London, Juiy I.—The British admiralty announced tonight that the torpedo boat destroyer Lightnmg had been lost and that 14 members of her crew are missing. Although no mention is made of the manner in which the Lightning was sunk, it is presumed that she struck a mine or.was torpedoed. oocxx>ddo6D6booooudOodd 8 The Democrat Leads § | in News & Circulation 5 OOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOO 8 New Series Vol. I, No. 13 THREE BRITISH SHIPS HE REPORTED SUNK Steamers Were Destroyed by German Submarine Near Scilly Islands. London, July 2. —Three Brit ish steamers, the Caucasian Inglemoor and Welbury, the bark Sardczne and the schooner L. C. Lower were reoorted today to have been sunk by German sub marines in the vicinity of the Sil ly Islands, and off south Ireland. The Caucasian met her fate southeast of ttie L ? zard Head, on the coast of Cornwall, on Thurs day morning. While engaged in picking up her crew the Inele moor fell a victim to the same submarine. The Caucasian, when the sub marine opened fire, wa3 given full steam in an endeavor to es cape. Not until the steamer was struck by several shots, one of which demolished the wheel, did her captain surrender. The crew then took the boats. The sub marine hauled alongside and fired eight shells into the vessel. A dog belonging to the captain of the Caucasian jumped overboard and the captain plunged from one of the boats into the rough sea and rescued his pet. A few hours later the Ingle moor appeared on the scene and started picking up the Caucasin's boats. The Inglemoor had taken the occupants of the small boat 9 on board when the submarine emerged and opened fire on her. Escape being hopeless, the crew took to the boats and the sub marine then torpedoed and sunk the Inglemoor. subsequently re turning to the Caucasian, which was still floating, and sending her bottom.— The crew of the Inglemoor and a part of the crew of the Cauca sian were landed at Penzance, but one of the Caucasian boats, with 19 men aboard, was being rowed toward France when last sighted. The commander of the subma rine which sunk the Welbury was delighted when he learnfed she carried a cargo of sugar. After the ship left Cuba it was discovered that 9ome one had painted inside the vessel's fore hold the words: "You have a cargo of sugar for England, but you will never get there," The crews "of the Welbury, Tower and Sardozne are report ed saved. North Carolina Editors Elect Mr. Cowan President. Montreat, July 1. —James H. Cowan, editor of the Wilmington Dispatch, today was elected pres ident of the North Carolina Press association at the annual conven tion here. Other officers elected were: First vice president, Ed ward E. Britton, Raleieh News and Observer; second vice presi dent, Sanford Martin, Winstcn- Salem Journal; third vies presi dent, W, B. Harker, Maxton Scottish Chief; secretary and treasurer, J. B. Sherrill, Concord Tribune; historian, W. B. Thomp son, Chapel • Hill News; Doet, William Laurie Hill, Barium Springs. The executive commit tee was reelected. Bryan's Son-ln Law Fighting the Turks. London, June 20.—Captain Reginald Owen, of the royal en gineers, who was married to Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt daughter of William Jennings Bryan in 1910, | has been transferred to the Dar [ danelles, where he is fighting against the Turks. Captain Owen was attached to the Brit ish military station atKinston, Jamaica, when he married Mrs. Leayitt. Mrs. Geo. Herman is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Stanley Crouch, at Boydton. Va. She will also visit her daughter, Mrs. F. B. Powell, at Henderson, be* fore returning home,