| Banking by Mail j
I i_w mlmw ll—'i in win R»tn*u;*» wx— l
TWO ADVANTAGES of binding by mail arc saving of
time and convenience. -
OUR BANK exercises greatest care in handling your
business with exactness and .dispatch, acknowledging all I
remittances on the day that they arc received by UJ.
U YOU RECEIVE a statement of your receipts and expenditures
whenever you ask for it, as this Biiik doss your FINAN
CIAL bookkeeping free of charge.
COMMUNICATE with us and we will be glad to >lk this
over.
I Hickory Banking & Tra& Co.
HICSORY.ijjM. C.
I'IMIMimWHi 1 il 1 IHM'i I 1 til 1 "-"7" C^TTT^
|{tjs_ important to have your repairing
done just right-. Expert work and a full
stock of genuine materials enables us to
give high-class repairing. A watch can
be made or ruined in repairing. Don't
| take chances. Bring it here and have it
1 done right at reasonable prices.
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I ANNOUNCEMENT _' [
The following prices f. o. b. Detroit, effective August 2, 1515:
Ford Runabout $390.00 |
Ford Touring Car 440.00
Ford Town Car 640.00
No speedometer included in this year's equipment, otherwise cars ful- w
m ly equipped. |
There can be no ar.surance given against an advance in these prices at |
any time. We guarantee, however, that there will be no reduction in |
these prices piior to Aug. 1, 1916.
PROFIT SHARING WITH RETAIL BUYERS
On August 1, 1914, we made the announcement that if we could make
and sell at retail 300,000 Ford cars between August 1, 1914 and August 1,
1915 we would share profits with the retail purchasers to the extent of from
S4O to S6O on each car. We have sold over 300,000 Ford cars in the time
specified, and profit-sharing checks of §SO each will be distributed as rap
idly as possible after August 15, 1915. Retail purchasers who have not yet
mailed us their profit-sharing coupons, properly endorsed, should do so
without delay.
Our plan to profit-share with retail purchasers of Ford cars during 1914-
15 has been most successful. We thoroughly believe in it, but, realiz
ing the uncertainty of conditions generally makes it advisable to defer any
announcement of future profit-sharing until a later date.
We arc, however, confident of our inability to reduce costs for several
I months,and therefore can offer no profit-sharing for cars delivered during
August, September and October, 1915.
Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Mich.
Hickory Garage Co. - Hickory, N. C.
PHONE 225
Electric Light and Tower Franchise For Sale!
The City of Hickory, North Carolina, on the 12th day of October, 1915, at 10
o'clock, A. M., will award to the bidder offering to pay to the cify during the life
of the franchise the highest percentage of the gross annual receipts, an electric
light and power franchise, granting the right to use the streets of the city for the
purpose of operating electric light, power; fuel and heat plants for a period of
Thirty years.
All bids must be accompanied by a certified check for one hundred dollars.
Scaled bids will be received, but any bidder present at the opening of the sealed
bids will have the right to raise the highest sealed or oral bid.
The successful bidder, within thirty days after the awarding of the franchise,
must file a bond running to the city, to be approved by the City Council, in the
penal sum of Five Thousand Dollars, conditioned that such bidder shall well and
truly observe and faithfully perform each and every term and condition of the
franchise.
All bids will be received at the office of the City Manager, who upon request
will furnish any additional information sesired.
The city reserves the right to refuse any and all bids.
S. C. Corn well, - City Manager, - Hickory, N. C.
aug-17-20-23-27-30-sep-3-7-10.
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Claremont College, Hickory, N. C.
FALL TERM OPENS SEPT. 7, 1915
Splendid Buildings, Magnificent Campus, Steam Heat, Electric Lights,
City Water and all modern conveniences.
Teachers who are specialists in their Departments; non-sectarian, ! but
Christian.
COURSES: Literary, Music, Elocution, Art, Bookkeeping, Shorthand
and Preparatory. A SAFE PLACE FOR YOUR DAUGHTER AT A
MODERATE COST. For further information write, *
CLAREMONT COLLEGE. - HICKORY, N. C
To all School Cominlttemaa of Ca-
tawba County.
During the next six weeks I expect
to visit every school building in the
county to inspect the sanitary condition
of the buildings and grounds and
source of the water supply. This in
spection is made for the purpose of
enlisting your aid in the betterment of
health conditions and make the chil
dren more comfortable and productive
of greater results in their school work.
It is impossible to notify every mem
ber of the various school committees
the date and hour a certain school will
be inspected. To aid in this work and
believing, that the intention of the in
spection can be more fully understood
by the committee being present, I ask
that a member of each school board
drop me a postal card giving me his
address and phone number in order to
let me phone or write him the date and
hour suitable to meet the committee
at the various school houses.
This inspection work being the first
public work of its kind in Catawba
the purpose being the betterment of
schools from a health standpoint we
hope to have the support cf every per
or, and ail patrons of any school are
nv:ttd to meet at their respective
chools and go over the subj' ct of
,üb!ic health in the schcol.
Geo. W. Shipp M, D.
County Supt. of Health, Newton, N. C
Aug. 18, 1915
1
Your Cough Can be Stopped
Taking care lo avoid draughts, expo
sure, sudden changes, and taking a
treatment of D;. Kings New Discovery,
will positively relieve, and in time will
iuiely rid you of your Ccugh. The
iirst dose soothes the irritation, checks
he Cough, which stops in a short time.
Dr. King's New Discovery has been
lsed successfully for 40 yesrs ar.d is
I :arantced to care you. Money b3ck
f it fail?, get a Dottle from your Drug
gist; it costs enly a little and will help
ou so much.
Ohio Corn 14 Ft ct High.
Fin: ay, ( hio, A g. L 4,—' en
amin Ki>tier, a Marion town
ship farmer, reports the tallett
:orn in the county. l 4 e taid hi
hts afield containing corn four
teen feet high, the ears crowing
ni t feit fiom the ground.
Demi.s Cinu:bj Cjr^J
by local aj) »licnilon*. as they canno*
reach the d-t ;>• d portion of the ear
There is 01 v >•;*- va\ tocuie deatness.
and that is ; y f ofisliiutn»n.:J remedies
Deafness is a l> an iiu'iimod con
dition ot t e itiiu'ous lining ot the
Eustachian Tib*. When this tube is
inflamed you hv. e a rumbling sound or
imperfect hear r.g, and when it is en
tirely closed, Deafness is the result,
and unless the it.llamn ation can be
taken out and iliis tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de
stroyed forever, nine cases out of ten
are tausad by Catarrh, which isnoth
ing Lut an iniiamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
'atarrh) that, cannot be cured by
tail's Catarrh Cure. Send for ciicu
ars. free.
F. J. CHEN BY & CO., Toledo. Ohio,
■told by Druggists. 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for const
jation. adv't
Distress Signal.
(1 hiladelphia Public Ledg?r)
"Why are >o i flying your flags'
upside down, Suburbs"
"fe let the neighbors know
that the cook's gone and all in
vitations are off."
A Medicine Chest for 25c.
In this chest you have an excellent
remedy for Toothache, Bruises, Sprains,
Stiff Neck, Backache, Neuralgia, Rheu
matism and for most emergencies. One
25c. bottle of Sloan's Liniment does it
all —this because these ailments are
symptoms, not diseases, and are caus
ed by congestion and inflamation. If
you doubt, ask those who use Sloan's
Liniment, and better still, buy a 25c.
bottle and pro/e it. All druggists.
Notf Asheville is to have a
public swimming pool for the
negroes. O, well!-Dai)y
News.
Is Sickness a Sin?
If not, it's wicked to neglect illness
and means of relief. It's wicked tc en
dure Liver Ills, Headache, Indigestion,
Constipaton, when one dose of Po-Do-
Lax gives reief. Po-Do-Lax is Podo
phhllin (May Apple) without the
gripe. It arouses the Liver, increases
the flow of bille —Nature's antiseptic in
the Bowels. Your Constipation and oth
er ills disappear over night Po-Do-Lax
has helped Nature to remove the cause.
Get a bottle from your druggist tG'day,
Get rid of your Constipation overnight.
Whenever You Need a Censral Tcnlc
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
« e , r£j Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic propertiesof QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
FOUR CONVICTS ESCAPE
OUT OF GANG OF FIVE
Newton's Road Repair force Is
Sadly Depleted Result of
Negro's Grouch.
Newton, Aug. 23.—Newton town
ship's road force was sadly depleted
jesterday morning about 1 o clock
when four of the five convicts used as
a repair force quietly left the county
jail and mingled themselves with the
piedmont landscape. Jay Bost, Hick
| ory negro, whose time is up about the
first month, refused to join the
runaways and remained in the jail.
Of the four, one is white, James
Smith, sent from Wilkes county, had
nearly three months to serve, Leo An
derson, neero of Morganton hid about
30 days remaining of a two-year sen
tence put on him at Morganton for
stealing one pound of butter. He broke
into a car and got it. Tom Wingates,
also of Morganton. would have been
set free today had he stayed, and he
is supposed to have been the moving
force because he wanted to get off yes
terday and was refused. "Jim," a
South Carolina product, might have al
so gotten out today, as he had credits
enough to finish his time. The officials
do net caie much about those whose
times were out, but ofrir $lO reward
fo; them just the same.
A Political Event of the Week.
Formal entries for the attorney-gen
eralshiD arenowin order, Catawba Coun
ty leading off with Mr. W. A. Self,
who has been faltering pending on the
decision of Mr. Doughtoiu_ The Ob
server has said before that Mr, Self is
not only finely equipped for the posi
tion, but that he will be backed from
the start by a strong following. The
announcement of his candidacy wa"
the most interesting political event of
the week. There have been a good
i many "if' candidates for this particu
j lar S:ate office, and the retirement of
j Dough'.oa will be calculated to devel
|op these in short order. We believe
; the drift cf State sentiment is that th r
1 farther awav horn Ri'eigh a rain lives,
the better his chances. Charlotte Oo
|server
Cheap Paint.
There ar.-: 10G0 "cheap" and a doz
en really cheap ones.
That double word "cheap" is the
cause of wasting more monev than
pood paint costs, two or three times o
v?».
Cheap paint is good paint: there is
no other; no other is chsap.
The two wcrds sound alike but their
meanings opposite. "Cheap" costs
double. Cheap is Devoe.
F. B. Ingold.
To Drive Out Malarl-i
And Uulld Up The Systcir
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula ii
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron iu a tasteless forui.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. 50 cent®
You can see why girls
wear short skirts.—Daily News.
C. & N.-W. Railway Company
Schedule Effective Apt. 18th 1915.
No. 8 Pass. Pas.--.
Northbound Mixed No. 10 e No j 6
Ee r? o ounday
x Sun. Ex Sun. Onlv
Chester Lv. 12 05pm 7 43am
Yorkville 1 55 U1 29
Gastonia 4 00 9 24
Lincolnton 5 30 10 15
Newton 6 15 10 55
Hickory 705 12 05pm 100pm
Lenoir. ~.Ar. 8 20 1 08 2 04
Lenoir .-Lv. 2 00
Mortimer . 3 17
Edgemont-,Ar. 3 27
No. 7 No. 9 Pa;s.
Southbound Mixed Pass. c No- , 5
Ex Sun Ex Sun.
Edgemont..Lv. 10 00am
Mortimer 10 08
Lenoir... ,_Ar. 1120
Lenoir Lv. 6 00am 1 35pm 8 15am
Hickory 7 15 2 35 lj
Newton 8 00 3 05
Lincolnton 8 55 3 43
Gastonia Lv. 11 00 5.0()
Yorkville 12 28pm 547
Chester ... Ar. 215 635
CON N ECTION S
L C^ e c er_! Southern > S. A. L. and
Yorkville—Southern Railway.
Lincolnton—S. A. L. '
Gaslonia—Southern Ry., Piedmont &
Northern Ry.
Newton and Hickory—Southern Rv.
E. F. REID, G. P. A.,"
Chester, S. C.
Notice of Sale of Real Estate
By virtue of an order of the Superior
Court made in a special pioceeding
therein pending wherein Carrie Ross et
al are plaintiffs and Hickory Land & De
velpment Co., is defendant, the under
signed commissioners will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash in
front of the First National Bank of Hick
ory, On Saturday, September 11th, 1915,
the following described lot of land lying
in the city of Hickory near the New
I Graded School, bounded as follows:
Beginning at a rock, Rev. Robt.
Smith's comer runs S. 225 feet more or
less to Lincolnton street; thence S. 82 1-2
E. 100 feet to a stake; thence N. 225 feet
more or less to a stake, said Smith's cor
ner; thence N. 88 W. to the beginning
This Aug. 10, 1915.
B. B. BLACKWELDER,
M. H. YOUNT,
sjau j-0t"27-sep-3, Commissioners,
Zeppelin Loses Battle Witli Mono
plane. x
OS :al ann>Ji2)ii ent of the
most spectular exploit so far per
formed in Europe's titanic con
flict was made June 7 by the sec
retary of the. British admiralty.
It concerned the destruction of a
Z:ppelin dirigible in a daring ae
rial encounter 6.U00 feet above
in Ghent in Belgium. Six bom'js
were dropped on the hull of the
Garman craft by Sub-Lieutenant
R. A. J. Warneford, R. N., who
attacked the enemy single-hand
ed in a small Morane monoplane.
The battle in mid-air is ditcrib
ed in the detail in the August
Popular Machanics Magazine,
which also contains a full page
view showing the maneuvers of
the contending air craft. The
fight took place at three o'clock
in the morning after the British
airman had sighted the large
craft on the horizon between
Ghent and Brussels while doing
reconnaissance work. He flaw
directly over the airship and
within 50 feet of its upper sur
face. The last bomb burst the
envelope, causing a terriflj ex
plosion which sent the bulky ship
to earth, a fiary mass. The force
of the detrition capj'Zii the
monoplane, but the piiot was able
to regain control of it a*)d make
a spiral glide tj the ground. He
thereupon restarted his engine
and escaped, subsequently land
ing on French soil near
Griz Nez. A few days later while
trying out a new machine, War
neford was killed in a fall with
an American newspaper corres
pondent. It is reported that the
kaiser UDon hearing of the air
man's death remarked, "He was
a brave enemy."
Taken by Mistake or Stolen—
A va'ise on August 18, about!
6:30 p. nr., wa3 left in Southern
white waiting room with m>
name on end. It contains nott -
ing of va ue to any one except,
*-n Entf i e h co'n of at)
LO daied 1767 and two or»e«io'-
lar gold pins a ; :d find a lot ,c
trtctior.al cuntrty rur.nijtg m
denomination from three to ufty
jcnti. It ! cated please com
municate wit!»
W. J. WOLFf',
2\ p J . Tobacc r .ville, N. C.
Constipation Causes mos" Ills
Accumulated waste in your '.airly teet
o? bowels causes.absorption of poison*',
tends to produce fevcts. upsets diges
tion. You belch gas, feel stuffy, iint
able, almost cranky. It isn't you —it's
your condition. Eliminate this poisonous
waste by taking one or two Dr. King's
New Life Pills tonight. Ei.joy a full,
free bowel movement in the morning—
you feel so grateful. Get an original
bottle, containing 36 Pills, from your
Druggist to-day fcr 25c. adv't
CALIFORNIA
Expositions
San Francisco and San Diego,
California
Southernßailway
Premier Carrier f the Sufh
Very/Low Round-Trip Rates.
Dates of sale March 1, to Novem
ber 30, 1915. Final return limit three
months from date of sale, except that
those tickets will not be gocd to re
turn later than December 31, 1915.
Low Round Trip fares from princi
pal points as follows :l
Charlotte $84.15
Salisbury 84.15
High Point 84.15
Greensboro 84.15
Mount Airy 84.25
North Wilk.'sioro 87.85
Statesville 84.15
Hickory 83.25
Morganton 82/20
Winston Salem 84,15
Shelby 82.60
Fares from other points on same
basis.
Fares to Seattle or via Portland and
Seattle at wigher rate, hhese tickets
will permit of diverse routing and will
allow stop-overs on both going and re
turn t-ip within limit of ticket.
Southern Railway oSers choice of
several routes of historic interest from
which to select; going one way and re
turning another. Through connections
and good service via Memphis, St.
Louis, Chicago or New Orleans.
Through cais daily via New Orleans
and Sunset Route. Special car par
ties now being arranged, affording op
portunity to make trip without change
and with select company on outgoing
trip; returning at leisure via any route
ycu may choose, stopping off at your
own pleasure, thereby avoiding all the
d scomforts of going and returning
with large tour parties, being compell
ed to follow the crowd. In going in
dividually or with special pulhnan car
parties you spend your own money,
stop where you please and go and
come to suit your own convenience
and save money paid tourist agents for
escorting yon around.
For further information apply to
Southern Railway Agents, or
- R. H. Deßutts,
Division Passenger Agent,
Charlotte. N. C. .
\ * ' -*>
sc. the packet or two "Bobs" for a
t f cent at all the better stands and stores.
hearted
little things®-
(,these "Bobs"! All the
? pep and the mint of the
peppermint, all the chew
of the gum —with fine
white coats of candy, and
made heart shape 'cause
- everybody loves them so.
"Bobs" give you real flavor
IClines' Barber Shop!
VTli AV'iNT ; NEAR POST OFFICE
Modern, Ss .1 tsry, Convenient \
"ToTan i COLDIATKS
EITHER SLOWER. OR TUB
Polite Barb r s, Splendid Service
Court oust reatment.
HO V
f Q. "S'iermcm ■
•" ARCHITECT -J
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£ Stevenson TUdg',HICKORY, N. C.\
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NOT CE! NOTICE!
Sale of Valu ible Stock of Merchan
dise and Fixtures at Plateau,
Catawba County.
Under and by virtue of the power and
amhorily ves ed in the unersigncd Mort
gagee executed by R. C. Johnson and
wife, bearing date of November 15th,
1913, and recorded in the office of the
Regis.er of Deeds for Catawba County,
in Book No. 110, page 303, to which ref
t erenci: is hereby made for a more par
ticular description of said mortgage, de
fault having been made in the strict
compliance with the terms and stipula
tions therein contained, I will sell at
public auction, for cash or bankable
paper, at the County Court House Door,
in Newton, nt 1 o'clock p. m., on
Thursday the 26th day of August, 1915,
all of that certain stock of Merchandise
and fixtures situate at Plateau in Jacobs
Fork Township, Catawba County, here
tofore known as the W. S. Goodnight
sto: e and stock of goods, but sold to R.
C. Johnson on November 15, 1913, the
said Johnson hav.'ng conducted the busi
ness since said date.
This stock of goods consists of Dry
Goods, Groceries, Shoes, Hardware,
Hats, Caps, etc., in fact is a complete
line of general merchandise. With this
stock there will be sold the fixtures in
connection therewith consisting of two
pair scales, seven show cases, etc.
TVs 26th day of July, 1915.
Yv. S. Goodnight,
Mortgagee.
Notice of Saie of Real Estate Under
Mortgage.
By virtue of the powers contained in a
certain deed of mortgage given by H.F.
Yoder and M. C'. Yoder, his wife, to M.
A. Rowe and assigned to H. W. Harris,
the undersigned will sell at public auc
tion to the highest bidder for cash, in
front of the Post Office in Hickory Aug
ust 28, '.*>ls, at 1 o'clock p. m., the fol
lowing leal estate, default having been
made in the payment of the note for
which the mortgage is secuiity, said
land lying and being in Hickory town
ship, and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a Hickory and runs S.
16 1-2 W. 69 1-2 poles to a stone on the
old line; then with the old line S. "8 7-8
W. 47 poles to a stone in said old line;
then N. 22 East 15 poles to a Walnut;
then N. 9 E. 13 poles to a stone then N.
68 YY. 21 1-4 poles to a Walnut stump in
the river bank; then down the river 48
poles to an Iron wood on the bank of
the river; then S. 52 E. 28 1-2 poles to a
stone; then N. 45 E. 2 1-2 poles to a pop
lar; then N. 38 E. 46 poles to the begin
ning. Containing 31 acres, upland and
4 3-4 acres of bottom.
This July 26, 1915.
M. A. Rowe, Mortgagee,
H.W. Harris, Assignee,
M. H. Yount, Attorney.
QHICHEB7ER S PJLLS
, TUB IHAMOND UCAND. A
/•it 7tv\ £?. . Ah H T°>" l»rnc» l«t for /A
iGrV Kiumoncl Ttrnnd/WV
J 'l*® livd in»i Gold !iieul!ic\w'/
JTk ti?*, 05 . sealed with Blue Ribbon. V/
l-i VY| T*ke no other. Itny of roup V
I L W AiltforClll-CUES-TEH'S
I » Jf WAUONB IIRAND J'lUS.faJu
fy years known as Best, Safest. Always Reliable
SOLD BY DRUOQISTS EVERYWHERE
| PROFESSIONAL CARD:
R. P. DAKsIS
! CONTRACTOR and Biiii.Dtß
j Fine Residence and Difficult R
modsling a Specialty.
| HICKORY - - - N T (
HICKS HICKS
DEN I'ISTS
Office ia Mason'.c Buildiiis
ARTIFICIAL TEETH
A SPECIALTY
§ ZIMMERMAN & MOOSE
I ARCHITECTS
I OFFICE: 2nd Floor Southern Express SWt
H High-Grade Training. Broad Experience.
Efficient Service.
Dr. I. A. Wood,
DENTIST
Office over Moser & Lutz Drug Sta
Hickory. N. C.
Dr. Charles I. Ransacker
PHYSICIAN
Office Over Shuford's Drug Stor;
Calls Answered Promptly'at all Hon
Phones: Residence 92; office 25.
Office Hours: 3:30 to 5 ana 7 to 9 p.i
DR. VV. B. FAVISAI
Dentist.
Office Over Shuford Drug Sto
F. S. Steele, M. E
Office Over Menzies' Drug St#
PHONES
Residence 221-L. o. Office
- R. W. WOLF'S
VETERINARY HOSPITAL
Corner 9th Ave., 9th St.
THAT NEAT HAIR-CUT
YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR
—IS AT
Dietz's Barber Shop
TRY US NONE ÜBTTf
DR. PAUL W. TROUTMA
Sucessor to Dr. J.'C. DitWi*
DENTIST .
Office over Singing Sevang
Machine Office.
HICKORY. N. C.
D. F. CLINES
Palace Barber Sno
and Pressing CI lid
—Phone 96 —
ALL FIRST-CLASS WOR.-ME
HOT AND COLD BATHS'.
We Are Prepared to Do I on.
Woikand Make Your C lollies
New. Club Membership ' IcK( L
Suits SI.OO. All Work Guaranty
D. F. CLINE, •