flis HICKORY DEMOCRAT.
Published Every Thursday
E V. MORTON, - Editor and Proprietor
W M. REESE. - City Editor
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Thursday, October 14, 1915
THE WAR SITUATION.
The invasion of Serbia by the
Central powers has added a new
phase to the war situation in Eu
rope and may have as the cut
come a new war center, which
might be the deciding point in
the war. The allies have landed
troops at Salonica in Greece and
are rushing to the aid of Serbia.
The Balkan States have long
been a sore spot on the map of
Europe and developments at this
part of the continent will be
awaited with interest. Some
paper asked when the war would
end and the News & Observer
answered quickly, "when it
stops," which we are bound to
admit is correct without beir.g
exact, but in our opinion the end
is not in sight until more than
one of the nations involved are
crushed and bankrupted
Going a long way round but
getting there just the same is
well illustrated in the following.
A woman is said to nave had in
serted in a certain paper: "Being
aware that it is indelicate to ad
vertise for a husband. I refrain
from doing so; but if any gentle
man should be inclined to adver
tise for a wife I will answer it
without delay."
When cotton was six cents a
pound the Republicans were loud
in proclaiming the Dlame on Wil
son and the Democratic party.
Now we want to hear them give
the same president and party
credit for 12 cent staple. But
will we?
The fellow who warned against
kissing a woman, saying that if
you didn't catch consumption
you would get married, which is
just as bad, evidently had neith
er brains or heart.
You won't need so much money
to come to Hickory for the fair.
The railroads will giye rednced
rates. Hickory's a mighty fine
place to come to.
President Wilson has declared
himself personally in favor of
woman suffrage. Guess cupid
inspired him.
"Been too busy to write," is
too often an excuse for "Didn't
care to write."
Sad Spectacles.
The poor drunkard whe delib
erately drows his soul in the
intoxicating cup, and destroys
his house and home and dis
graces his poor wife and "chil
dren.
The poor gambler plavs a game
which costs him his character,
his credit, his peace and his soul
at last.
It.is a game in which every
thing is lost for time and eterni
ty. But perhaps the poor money
loyer is more to be pitied than
either the drunkard or the gamb
ler.
The cup of inebriate gives
momentary pleasure, and the
game of the gambler gives ex
citement for a season, but the
greed of gold has no such com
pensation.
It is a low, base ambition to
hoard without any compensating
enjoyment.
No wonder God' 3 curse rests
on the covetous man, and shuts
him out of heaven with drunk
ards and infidels.
Ars you covetous? "How
much owest thou unto my
Lord?"
All your possessions are his
goads and you must|give a strict
account to their use.-
Are you ready?
Remember the fate of the man
who did not use his talents for
his master.—Ex.
Woman loves a clear, rosy complex
ion. Burdock Blood Bitters is splendid
(or purifying the blood, clearing the
skin, restoring sound digestion. All
firuggists sell it. Price SI.OO, adv't
What Southern Brains Have Done.
The Nashville Christian Advo
cate published a statement of
some fruits of the south. It
follows:
"Of scientists, who rank
above Audubon, LeConte, and
Maury? The latter is called by
onethe greatest of Americans,
honored by every country save
his own.
"A Southern doctor first used
chloroform; a Southern doctor
founded the New York Poly
clinic; A South Carolina doctor,
Marion Sims, built the first wo
man's hospital; a Southern doc
tor (McGuire of Virginia) first
proposed that doctors be regard
ed as non-beiiigerents, free to
erve the wounded on both sides,
forerunner of the Red Cross
doctor of today. Dr. Kinlck of
Charleston, in 1862 opened the
abdomen of a wounded Confed
erate soldier removed the trou
i la; the patient recovered. The
account is buried in a medical
history of the war and is "seen
only by an occasional student.
Twenty-one years later the same
operation was performed by a
Swiss doctor, a few months later
still by a New York doctor, and
heralded to the world.
"The first sewing machine,
cotton gin, and steamboat be
longed to the South, the first
railroad to South Carolina, yet
Southerners were said to be
impractical and unbusiness
like, The first ironclad battle
ship was a Southern invention
and was used by Confeder
ates. The first submarine tor
pedo boat, the first ironclad bat
teries, floating stationary, were
built and used in the defense of
Charleston harbor. The ill-fated
United States submarine recalls
the brave men of the David who
blew up the Hooeatanic and
were never seen again, their fate
not being known until after
the war. Could you teach
the youth of do-day finer
things.
Ciaremont College.
The general public and citi
zens of Hickory will be pleased
to know that this Institution is
in successful operation, and a
good number of students, board
ing and local, are already en
rolled. The enrollment is increas
ing every week. Last week sev
en new ones were enrolled, four
boarding and three local.
Several new departments have
been added, Normal bookkeeping,
shorthand and Primary. Each of
these in operation and growing.
The L-terary course has been
strengthened and otherwise im
proved, The Art department is
a splendid one, and new pupiis
are enrolling each week.
The Music and Expression de
partment are likewise growing
as they deserve to do.
It is the'purpose'ofj Dr. Lyer
ly and his complete and thorough
corps of teachers to make Ciare
mont College what it should be,
and an institution of which
Hickory and North Carolina
should be proud.
Those desiring regular or spe
cial worklwill do well to make
further inquiries of the manage
ment.
Work for Greater Ciaremont
College,
Not Paint.
The worst mistake in painting
is not putting off. That cost 3
about 10 per-cent; you keep your
money a year and pay 10 per
cent for it.
Paint would have to come
down 25 per cent to make 10 per
cent on the job, for wages do nDt
go down.
The worst mistake is "cheap"
paint. It costs from 50 per cent
to 100, first cost, and another in
wear.
What a liar ; cheap" is! "Pest
off" is bad enough; "cheap" is
ten times worse.
DEVOE
(ady't)
President to Wed.
All of Wasington and the
country as a whole was intense
ly interested jin the announce
ment Wednesday night of the
engagement of President Wilson
to Mrs. Norman Gait, a charm
ing Virginia woman The wed
ding probably will take place at
thehome of the bride-elect in
Washington,
Pilos Cured ia 6 to 14 Days
/i/iir ci-ugsist will refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days.
Xhcbm aj>j>Uc§ti?a aivs# tax »nd ftcst, Wu
Seaboard to Consolidate With
Carolina, Atlantic & Western
Directors of the Seaboard Air
Line railway have approyed plans
providing for a consolidation
with the Carolina, Atlantic and
Western railway and an issue of
$300,000,000 mortgages. This is
in accordance with the com
pany's policy of financial expan
sion and constructive exten
sion announced some weeks
ago.
An announcement by S. D.
Warfield; chairman of the board,
says the consolidated company, is
to be known as the Seaboard Air
Line Railway company, is to
have an authorized capital stock
of $100,000,000, the Same amount
as was authorized by the present
company, divided into one million
share:?, par value SIOO, of which
there will be issued $27,280,000
preferred shares and $40,041,000
common shares.
New common stock is to be
exchanged for an equal amount
of common stock of the present
company and $2,280,000 of the
stock of the Carolina, Atlantic
and Western railway.
Of the $27,280,000 preferred
stock $2,280,000 will be exchang
ed for an equal amount of 5 per
cent, 50-year refunding bonds
of the Carolina company, con
verting that issue into a prefer
red stock.
New preferred stock amount
ing to $25,000,000 is to be ex
changed for a like amount of
President Will Vote For Woman
Suffrage.
President Wilson will vote for
the woman's suffrage state con
ditional amendment in New Jer
sey, his home State, in the spec
ial election October 19. He said
he would vote, not as the leader
of the Democratic party, but as a
Drivate citizen.
Mr. Wilson said he believed
the question should not be de
cided as a party issue, but by the
Scates. The following state*
msr.t was given out at the White
Kouse:
"I intend to vote for woman's
t uffrage in New Jersey because
I believe the time has come to
extend that privilege and re
sponsibility to the women of the
State, but I shall voce not as the
leader of my party in the nation
but only upon my private con
viction as a citizen of New Jer
sey called upon by the legislature
to express his conviction att he
polls. I think New Jersey would
be greatly benefited by the
change.
"My position as to the way
this great question should be
handled is well known, I be
lieve it should be settled by the
State and not by the national
government and that under no
circumstances should it be made
a party question; and my view
has grown stronger at every
period of the agitation."
Here is iust about what one
little fellow can destroy in one
year:
200 pounds of flour.
1 sack of salt,
200 pounds of sugar.
75 gallons of milk.
30 dczen eggs.
50 pounds of peas or beans.
100 pounds of meats of various
kinds.
2 sacks of meal and grits.
12 gallons of syrup.
25 pounds of butter.
And apples, peaches, water
melons, grapes, tomatoes, pota
toes, (both sweet and irish) and
all other kinds of good things, to
any quantity offered.
The above is an estimate for
the Tnornwell Orphanage and
takes in account necessities on
ly. Our boys would eat more if
given the chance. So you see,
friends 200 children could make
a great hole in John D. Rocke
feller's wallet if he should at
tempt to give them all thev would
eat.—Our Fatherless Ones.
Coughs That Are Stopped!
Careful people see that they are
stopped. Dr. King's New Discovery
is a remedy of tried merit It has held
its own on the market for 46 years.
Youth and old age testify to its soothing
and healing qualities. PneumoniaanO
lung froubles are often earned by de
lay of treatment. Dr. King's New
Discovery stops those hacking coughs
and relieves la grippe tendencies. Mon
ey back if it fails. 50c and SI.OO.
adv'i.
present Seaboard stock with un
altered dividend provisions. "
The $2,280,000 stock to be ex
changed for Carolina road bonds
are to be entitled to non-cumula
tive dividends of 6 per cent, be
fore dividends are declared on
the common. The $25,000,000
preferred stock is to be non-cu
mulative at 4 per cent before
dividends are declared on the
common.
Under the new mortgage ap
proximately $25,650,000 30 year
6 per cent bonds will be present
ly issued, of which approximate
ly $2,750,000 will be retained in
the treasury.
Of the remainder, a part is to
be used in exchange for under
lying bonds of constituent com
panies, The balance has been
sold to a syndicate under the
direction of the Guaranty Trust
company and the National City
bank of New York.
The Ssaboard Air Line owns
and operates by lease about 3,-
100 miles of road. The Carolina,
Atlantic and Western railway,
incorporated in South Carolina,
operates in North and South
Carolina, with a total trackage of
about 250 miles.
The Seaboard railway has for
a long time guaranteed the un
derlying bonds of the Carolina
company, whose tidewater con
nections will make it especially
valuable in the consolidation.
Correct Answer
A teacher was explaining to
her pupils in the primary class
the difference between civilized
and uncivilized races, insisting
upon the three things as requisi
tes for civilization—food, cloth
ing and shelter.
The following day she re
sumed her subject, byway of
review.
"What are the three things
necessary to a civilized man?"
she asked.
Several of the children re
membered food and clothing, but
the third requisite seemed to
have entirely escaped their rec
olection. Finally, after the ques
tion had been repeated two or
three times, one of the boys, the
largest one in the class, raised
his hand triumphantly,
"Well, James, you may tell
us,
"A wife."—Albany Pres?.
PARKER, N. C., MAN
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W. R. Davenport of Parker, N. C.,
long suffered from a peculiar malady
of the stomach, he sought treatment
with but little relief. At times it
seemed that he would have to give up
hope:
He took Mayr's Wonderful Remedy
and found immediate benefit. He
wrote:
"For years I have suffered from a
disease which puzzled doctors. They
termed it catarrh of the stomach,say
ing the only hope would be a change
of climate, and that in all probability
1 would never get well. Then I
heard of your remedy. One bottle
gave me instant relief. It made feel
likeanewman. Your full course of
treatments has about cured me. Sev
eral of my friends have also been cus
ed."
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy give
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and intestinal ailments. Kat as much
and whatever you like. No more dis;
tress after eating, pressure of gas in
the stomach and around the heart.
Get ohe bottle of your druggist now
and try it on an absolute guarantee—
if not satisfactory money will be re
turned."
C. & N.W-. Railway Company
Schedule Effective Apt. 18th 1915.
No. 8 Pass. l J ass.
Northbound Mixed No. 10 o No i 6
Ex Sun. Ex Sun.
Chester.... Lv. 12 05pm 7 43am
Yorkville 1 55 8 29
Gastonia 4 00 9 24
Lincolnton 530 10 15 ...!!!.*!
Newton 615 10 55 ..
Hickory 705 12 05pm 1 00pm
Lenoir. .._Ar. 8 20j 108 204
Lenoir/. ...Lv. * 200
Mortimer 317 ...."
Edgemont-,Ar. 327 !'.!!!!!!
No. 7 No. 9 SPass.
Southbound Mixed Pass. c No l s
Ex Sun. Ex Sun. Only*
Edgemont.. Lv. 10 00am
Mortimer 10 08
Lenoir Ar. 11 20
Lenoir Lv. 6 00am 1 35pm 8 15am
Hickory 715 235 E9 12
Newton 8 00 3 05
Lincolnton .... 855 343
Gastonia... .Lv. 11 00 5.0n
Yorkville 12 28pm 547
Chester Ar. 2 15 6 35
CONNECTIONS '
Chester —Southern Ry., S. A. L and
L. & C.
Yorkville—Southern Railway.
Lincolnton—S. A. L.
Ga&onia—Southern Ry., Piedmont &
Northern Ry.
Newton and Hickory—Southern Ry
E. F. REID, G. P. A.,
Chester, S. C.
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Seaboard Air Line Rail
way
"The Progressive Railway of the South,"
TRAINS LEAVE CHARLOTTE, EF
FECTIVE MAY 30, 1915.
EAST AND NORTH BOUND.
No 14—5:05 A. M.—Through train for
Wilmington, with parlor car at
tached. Connecting at Hamlet
with train for Portsmouth, Nor
folk, Raleigh and all points
north. Also for all points south
and C. A. & W. for Charleston.
Dining car service, vestibule
coaches and sleeping cars to
Washington and New York,
copnecting at Maxton for A. C,
L. points noith.
No. 34—10:10 A. M.—For Raleigh
Weldon and all local points.
No. 20—5:05 P. M.—For Wilmington,
sleeper car passengers can stay
in all night at Wilmington.
This train connects at Hamlet
for Savannah, Jacksonville and
all points south and north. Ar
riving Washington 7:10 a. m.,
New York 12:.57 p. m,
No. 16—7:50 P M —handles local sleep
er Portsmouth-Norfolk, connfect.
ingatMonrce for Atlanta and
all points south and south west;al
so connects at Monroe with fast
train fori Norfolk. Richmond,
Washington and New York,
through steel vestibule coaches,
Pullman electric lighted sleeping
cars to New York, dining cars
Richmond to New York.
WEST BOUND.
No. 15-9:05 A. M.—Local for Ruther
fordton, connecting at Bos tic
with C. C. & O. for all points on
that line to Johnson City Tenn.
Connects at Lincolnton with C.
& N. W. for all points.
No. 31—3:25 P. M.—Local for Ruther
fordton, from Raleigh, and Wel
don connecting at Lincolnton
with C. Jt N.-W for points on
that line.
James Ker, Jr., T. P. A.,
Charlotte, N. C
J. T. West, D. P. A..
Raleigh,N. C.
CALIFORNIA
Expositions
San Francisco and San Diego,
California
Southernßailway
Premier Carrier o? the So Jth
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 froija princi
pal points as follows:
Charlotte $84.15
Salisbury 84.15
High Point 84.15
Greensboro 84.15
Mount Airy 84.25
North Wilkesboro 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 rorting and will
allow stop-overs on both going and re
turn trip within limit of ticket.
Southern Railway offers 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 cars daily via New
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
you may choose, stopping off at your
own pleasure, thereby avoiding all the
discomforts of going and returning
with large tour parties, being compell
ed to follow the crowd. In going in
dividually or with special pullman 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 you around.
For further information apply to
Southern Railway Agents, or
R. H. Deßutts,
Division Passenger Agent,
Charlotte. N. C.
Executor's Notice
Having qualified as executor under the
will of M. M. Flanagan»late of Cataw
ba county, North Carolina, this is to no
tify all persons having claims against the
estate of M. M. Flangan, deceased, to
exhibit them to theundersignedat Hick
ory, on or before September 30, 1916, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate pay
ment.
This August 31, 1915.
J. L. CILLEY, Executor.
sep-3-10-17-24-oct-l-8.
For croup or sore throat, use Dr.
Thomas Eclectic Oil. Two sizas, 25c
and 50c. At all drug stores. adv't.
Your Watch
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If it is not running just right bring or
send it to us and have it repaired in a
thorough manner. Fine watch repairing
and adjusting a specialty.
Jewelry repairing and special order
work of all kinds- Prices die lowest -
quality considered,
\
Geo. E. Bisanar
JEWELER AND REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST
1 Southern Public Utilities Com'y.
Farms in Iredell for Sale
Two good farms 4 1-2 and 16 miles of States
ville, N. C„ 226 and 202 acres; good buildings
on both farms, ffood schools and churches
near: Can give possession of 4 1-2 mile farm
December l£ if sold in 30 days; probably the
other also. The right man can name his
terms. Prices reasonable.
f •' I
L. B. Bristol, Statesville, N. C.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The following prices f. o. b. Detroit, effective August 2,19 5:
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
ly equipped.
There can be no assurance 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.
I 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,
191S 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 SSO each will be distributed as rap
idly as possible after August 15, 1915. Retail purehasers 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 are, however, confident of our inability to reduce costs for several
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.
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