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VOL XXI 1, NO. 9
NDERSdNVIUJ& N. C. THURSDAY. MARCH 1 1 . 1915
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HOTELS, BOARDING HOUSES.
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Hotels and boarding houses
e aavisea ,10 nave mior
tion in the hands - of the . s
secretary of the G.-H. club fc
as to location, rates, accom-
dations, etc., for the new
booklet, by March 20.
T. E. GRANT ELECTED HEAD
ADVISER OF STATE "WOODMEN.
V. E. Grant was unanimously elect
ed Head Adviser of the Woodmen of
the World of North Carolina at the
convention held in Durham according
to a telegram received by the Demo
crat from Jno. T. Wilkins Tuesday. -
This office carries the second highest
honor that can be conferred by the
Woodmen in the State and it automat
ically promotes that of Head Consul of
the Woodmen of North Carolina, which
position Mr. Grant will very likely fill
two years hence. ,
White Pine Camp sent a strong del
egation to work in Mr." Grant behalf
and their efforts, were justly rewarded.
MEANS OF TERMS. "NITROGEN", . .
"AMMONIA. "PROTEIN.
(Progressive Farmer.)
A reader sends us tags taken from
cottonseed meal, which he says was
sold him as "8 per cent meal," and
asks if cottonsed meal with such a tax
on it is "the best ; meal?" The tag
contains in plain terms, "guaranteed
analysis : nitrogen 6.18 per cent"
When meal is described at 8 per
cent meal" the meaning is that it con
tains 8 per cent of. ammonia. The
term "ammonia" should no longer be
used, but since the mill men and many.
others still continue the use of the
term, the buyer must learn what it
means.- If our reader had known that
to find out whether this meal contain
ed 8 per cent of ammonia he only -had
to multiply the guaranteed per cent of
nitrogen by 17 and divide the product
by 14, he could easily have found out
that the meal sold him was not "8 per
cent meal", but xmly-7 1-2 .per cent
meal. 'That is, meal guaranteed ; to
contain 6.18 per cent of nitrogen only
contains as much nitrogen as there is
in meal containing 7 1-2 -per cent am
monia. When meal containing 6.18
per cent of nitrogen, equivalent to 7.5
per cent of ammonia, equivalent to
38.6 per cent of protein, sells for $24
a ton of nitrogen, equivalent to 8 p
cent of ammonia .equivalent to 41.19
per cent of protein, is worth about
$25.50 a ton.
Meal guaranteed to contain 6.18 per
cent of nitrogen, equivalent to 7.5 per
cent of ammonia is not the best meal,
for there is meal on the market con
taining more nitrogen, which is the
basis on which cottonseed meal should
b bought and sold.
To change nitrogen to an equivalent
of ammonia, multiply by 17 and divido
by 14.
To change ammonia to an equiva
lent of nitrogen multiply by 14 and
divide by 17.
To change nitrogen to an equivalent
of protein, multiply by 6.25 or 6 1-4
and of course, to change protein to an
equivalent of nitrogen divide by 6.25.
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY.
A daring burglary was committed
at the home of Captain J. W. Wofford
Tuesday night of last week. Two ne
groes, John Williams and Elsie La -than
captured by the police are said
to have confessed to the deed.
Captain and Mrs. Wofford were both
at home when the robbeary took place
tut did not hear the intruders. Later
it was found that a quantity of provi
sions from the pantry was missing.
Investigation by the police resulted
in suspicion against two negroes, who.
when arrested and tried before B. F.
Hood, Monday, are said to have con
fessed. They were found over to
court under heavy cash bonds.
PASTORS EXCHANGE PULPITS.
The pastors of four of Henderson
ville's churches exchanged pulpits
Sunday morning without previous an
nouncement. The visiting pastors arr
rived at the places of - worship ju3t
prior to church services and until an
nouncements were made from the pul
pits the congregations were not awar9
of the innovation.
Rev. W. F. Womble occupied the
Pulpit of the First Baptist, Rov. K. W.
Cawthon visiting the Presbyterian,
Rev. G. F. Wright filling the Methodist
and Rev. J. M. Shive the East Baptist.
THE LETTER "E.
(Fourth Estate.)
Some one has advanced the opinion
that the letter "e" is the most unfor ?
t'inate letter in the English alphabet,
because it is always out of cash, for
ever in debt, never out of danger and
in hell all the time. For some reason
he OVPrlnnVel tint frkrtnnstp nf thft let
ter, as we call his attention to the fact
that
"e" is never in war and always in
Peace. It is the beginning of exist
ence, the commencement of ease and
the end of trouble. Without it there
ould be no meat, no life and no heav-en-
It is the center of honesty, makes
!ove perfect and without it there
"would be no editors, devils or news.
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EDITOR RECOGNIZES LACK OP
SUPPORT AND MAKES COMPLAINT.
(Shelby Highlander.)
i. 0, temporary, Brother Page of
the King's Mountain Herald, last week
gave vent to his long standing and
but partially pent-up feelings, result
ing from a Pitifully inadequate sup
port from his home merchants.
His case is more typical than it
should be, and earns the sympathy of
his fellow-journalists, wherever they
may be located.
He opens his editorial column with
the following choice bit:
"How came?'-
"How came what?"
The Herald to have only four pages
this week?"
"Simply because the business men
of King's Mountain didn't help us to
make it bigger."
This is plain speaking, to say the
least
But he reserved for his leading edi
torial his hotest shot, as follows:
The Herald goes to about sixty dif
ferent towns in North Carolina and to
as many in other States and to the
Philippines Islands. Sn
who has never visited here picks it up. !
wud.i impression does he get of the
town? No grocery store, no drug
store, no hardware' store, no flour
mill, no hotel, no dry goods store, no
blacksmith shop, no. lawyers, no doc
tors, no Justices of the peace, no
notary; no qandy, no fruit nothing,
but one bank and one newspaper. Do
you think he would be liable to come
here to invest? See the point?
Now it so happens that Page has a
real grievance. He has given King's
Mountain the best paper it has ever
had by far. Also he has built up. a
respectable circulation.
King's Mountain, our splendid sister
town, is really a good town, in nor
mal times. tut like sn'mnnv nthc-
towns in the United States," it got hit
by "the war", and I suspect that it has
merchants who are as hard up as Ed
itor Page and have as big a grievance
againsfate.
"If "times were good, Page would
have, more ads than he could handle.
Our advice to Brother. Page is to
hunt a bigger town. -,
. When King's Mountain gets in bet
ter shape it- wilV send tor Pag to
come back and be one of the boosters.
THE EDUCATED PERSON.
A professor in the University of
Chicago declares that to be educated a
man must be able to truthfully answer
in the affirmative the following lrst of
questions:
Has education made you public
spirited?
Have you learned how to make
friends and keep them?
Do you know what it Is to be a friend
yourself?
Can you look an honest man or a
pure woman in the eye?
Do you see anything to love in a
little child?
Will a lonely dog follow you in the
street?
Can you be high-minded and happy
in the meanest drudgeries of life?
Do you think washing dishes and
hoeing corn just as compatible witn
high thinking as piano playing and
golf?
Are you good for anything yourself?
Can you be happy alone?
Can you look out on the world and
see anything except dollars and cents'
Can you look into a mud puddle by
the wayside and see a clear sky?
Can you see anything in the puddle
but mud?
Can you look into the sky at night
and see beyond the stars?
.Do you measure up to the test?
Try the formula on yourself and see
whether or not you are educated, for
getting for the time being that you
may never have seen the inside of a
college building. All is not education
that you learn from books. The wprH
Is a great teacher;, the world is a strict
disciplinarian, and there are many men
who never saw inside of a -college who
are thorough graduates, according to
the above list of qualities.
MARTIAL MUSIC.
: Aeroplanes,
Submarines,
Gory stains, "
' . Smithereens!
; Zeppelins, .
Bombs to drop. .
Horrid; dins,
Wish 'twould stop!
Shot and shell,
Noise galore!
War is hell, .
Nothing more,.
Shape your views
For the press, .
-Call it news,;
What a mess!
- How-they shoot
" T'other ones, .
Dihndum shoot .
- . From their guns.
Uncle Sam" .
. 1 - With the stuff
They'd s flim-flam,
But he's tough; .
So they'll find
: Spite of -fizz
He'll just mind
His own biz.-.
New York Sun.
Read the Democrat and trade with
its advertisers for they help improve
the community. ' ." .- -
Financial
The merchants of thlsjtowii Beseryefthe patron
age of the people of this community They are a
part, and a very importanppfebf the community.
They pay a very considerable portion of the taxes
of the town and of the county. They contribute
to the support of the churches and other social in
stitutions, and make possible'many things the com
munity would not have if they were not here.
The mail-order houses of the. cities are spending
thousands of dollars for the purpose of putting the
country merchants of this Jtowri and other towns,
out of business, and everyiinan who spends a dollar
with them assists in the Accomplishment of their
selfish aims. . ' ' -y' '- V:.'''':
The ultimate .end pfithmaiorder method will
be the centralmngof- of the coun
try in the larcre fti iiiidShe fi&inrJfll dftrii rfirin
of the smaller : citieatidtOrnsi
.Are you willing
destruction of ? this townP-flm1- "-: "v ;-. :.
Merchants Association of 34enders6hyi!le
DUTY ETERY BUSINESS MAX
OWES TO HIS ORGANIZATION.
Instead of Going Adrift Merchants
Should Pull Together for Success '
of TItetr OiP.anLzatJou.
"The value of organization" is a
subject which. never can be worn out,
notwithstanding that progressive mer
chants in every line have become "so
imbued with the necessity for getting
together and holding together that ex
tensive missionary work is happily not
so imperative as it used to be.- But so
long as one eligible and desirable in
dividual firm or corporation remains
outside the. pale: of his local and na-.
fidnaT.'lrade association,-striong -wni
U be. timely to preach organization,
and it is noticeable from the secreta
Ties reports of the various stationers'
associations and clubs that there are
are some stray sheep who should be
safelv herder into the fold.
A vast amount of good has been done
for the stationery industry by its va
rious associations, in the past, in vital
matters from a municipal ordinance
and a trade custom to a Congressional
legislation for the regulation of na
tional business. It is safe to say that
had it not been for a close watch
kept upon commercial progression or
rptrnerression. as affected by civic,
state and national politics, by the va
rious stationers' organizations, the in
dividual stationer would not enjoy the
same measure of rights that he holds
today. He may not realize what he
has gained by the persistent efforts of
his association, because, in some in
stances, the difficulties which oth
amfu -would have beset his path
have been met and dissipated be-
fore they overtooK mm,, aim
others his path was made easier ioi
m uriiiiA he sleDt. But ir ne were
cast adrift to shift hereafter for him
self, he would soon awaicen iu luc
f ron lit v nf what it means to be an
in. iirItiprs deoendent upon
his single and puny efforts to protect
himself from oppression
without his own trade. ,
tj the work done by trade
organization has been vast and im
portant, there sun .remain, muv
Thfiro will always be work
to da which none but organized trade
can accomplish so long as tne
continue to turn, and
.behooves every man-and woman who
makes his or her nvennooa oui.
CHARLESTON HOTEL MAN
The Wheeler hotel has been sold to
C. R. Fogus, owner of the St, John
hotel of Charleston, according to . a
letter received by Postmaster S. Y.
Bryson. ' L ,
Mr. Fogus, writes that he has closed
the deal with the Wheeler estate, at
Columbia, for the entire property and
will begin improvements at once with
fepfe
THE WHEELER HOTEL.
WMruction
industry. Id see to it that he or sh J
lendst all-rthe support possible to his
orher, trade organization. It is a duty
none i the less imperative than is the
auty ?io vote on election aay. if wo
are too indifferent to support the can
didate wbd represents our views, we
have no right to complain of misgdv
ernment. - . '
r If, therefore, we do not loyally sup
port bur trade organization, we have,
no v right' to grumble at unfair trade
customsbad business practice, or un
just laws. - It is Questionable taste on
the. part of the man who lives on free
lunch to upbraid the cook.
- It js very easy for the busiest of
busyimen to help his association.- He
need riot, take an .active part in its aft
3&rts,B&may'4lot- even-serve upon itsl
committees, but it is his plain duty to
encourage those who do. He should
join the organization in the first plao
and pay his dues freely and promptly
not for the- sake of others, but for hi.
own sake. He may not be a speaking
member;, in fact it is often better to
remain dumb when we have nothing
particular to say. But he can do a
whole lot by attending meetings regu
larly, by a handshake or an encourag
ing word or two spoken on the sid
to the executive members who are do
ing the work. The encouragement of
well attended meetings and dinners
has much to do with the success of an
organization, and it costs so little ef
fort that absence without cause should
be a disgrace. American Stationer.
SIX MONTHS PIG WEIGHED 202.
F. M. Nichols was in the city Tues
day from Horse Shoe feeling good
over. a. six months Poland Chian pig
which when dressed ' weighed 202
pounds, which was much above the
average.
Mr. Nichols said that a Henderson
ville business man hadtold him that
"hard time were on," but he didn't
know anything about such for he had
been able to sell all his produce, and
wished he had more.
TUXEDO PICTURE AT THE VISTA.
The Vista theatre next week will
show a two reel picture made at Tux
edo by thje Edison company, entitled
"Across the burning trestle." The
picture shows scenes around Tuxedo
and the spectacular burning of a tres
tle. - " . " :' :'
BUYS THE WHEELER,
a thorough renovation and some re
modeling. Mr. Fogus is proprietor , of one of
the leading hotels of South Carolina
and has had considerable experience
in the business. . .
The Wheeler hotel is one of Hendef
sonville's leading .summer hostelries.
PREPARE FOR DEAR EGGS.
- If the farmer wishes to benefit by
the high prices that eggs are certain
to bring next fall and winter, he
should begin to get ready for them at
once, say the poultry specialists in the
department. The way to have eggs
late in the year is to hatch pullets
early. It is- the early hatches from
which the pullets are derived that are
the largest money makers for the
poultry producer. The early hatch
ed cockerels can be marketed in
America .when they attain a weight of,
three-fourths of a pound to a pound
and a half each, which they should,
reach at about 6 to 10 weeks of age,
respectively, at a greater profit to the
produced than at any other time,'.ot
their lives. The early pullet?, if
properly grown, should begin tQ lay
in the fall at the time when eggs are
scarce and high In price. '
. , A Few Facts" to Remember.
Pullets must be wU matured be
fore they will lay many eggs.
Pullets that start to lay in the falj
before cold weather sets in will, as a
rule, lay. all winter.
It is the early hatched pullets that
produce eggs in the fall and early
winter, When prices are high.
February, March, and April are the
months to do your 'hatching in order
to secure early hatched "pullets. " -v
Yearling and 2-year-old hens do not
lay many eggs in the fall, as they are
molting at that time, and the feed
they consume goes not only to keep
lip the energy and life of the birds
but also to put on or crow a new coat
of feathers. :
In properly matured millets all
surplus energy beyond that needed to
meet the requirements of the body
is available for the production of eggs.
WORD "DAMNABLE PROFANE."
At a recent Pastors' Conference in
Greenville, South Carolina,, one of the
brethern read a paper in which he
referred to something in the city's, life
as v "damnable." In the frank and
friendly rcomments on the paper -that
fjIojy.ets radm
ister gently, suggested th,at the "word
"damnable" is near-profane if not pro
fane outright, and therefore, should
not be considered eligible for pulpit
use. The ensuing discussion, how
ever, showed the weight of opinion Ik
favor of the continued use of the
militant Saxon word. But the Bapr
tist Courier in reporting the incident
under the caption of "Near Profanity
agrees with the critic of the word and
cities the .following definition of
"damnable" in the Century Diction
ary: "Odious; detestable; : abomina
ble outrageous. (Regarded as Pro
fane.)" So, brethren, be particular
with your language!- Biblical Re
corder. -
VERY YOUNG S. S. SUPT. -
(Statesville Landmark.)
An incident of the recent Mission
ary Institute at Broad Street Metho
dist church, Statesville, which by i
some means escaped the newspaper
reports made at the time, deserves
wide publicity. It is mentioned in the I
secretary's , report of the institute j
printed in the North Carfolina Chris
tion Advocate, and is as follows:
"This report would not be complete
without reference to Miss Gertrude
Allen, who was introduced by the pre
siding elder as probably the youngest
Sunday school superintendent in
Southern Methodism. This is an
honor for which Statesville district
feels proud. Miss Allen is a mere slip
of a girl, 14 years old, who lives on
the Alexander "circuit, and has been
regularly - elected to the superinten-i
dency of their local school. In an
swer to my question she said very
modestly: 'We began with four chil
dren, besides my own brothers and 4
sisters, in an old house, which I had
swept and prepared.- Now .we have
39 scholars. I love the work very
much, and I would like to give my
life as a foreign missionary if they
will have me."
Think -"of a 14-year-old girl taking
charge of a Sunday school! And the
fact that the attendance has grown
from four to 39 shows that good work
is being done.
IT ISNT YOUR TOWN, IT'S YOU.
If you want to live in the kind of a
town
Like the kind of a town you like,
You needn't slip your clothes in a grip
. And start oh a long, long hike.
You'll only find what you left behind,
For there's nothing that's really new.;
It's a knock at yourself when you
knock your town". - -
It isn't your town it's you.
Real towns are not made by men afraid
Lest somebody else gets ahead.
When everyone work and - nobody
. shirks
You can raise a town from the dead.
And if while you make your personal
stake.
Your neighbor can make one, too.
Your town will be what you want to
. v ; see. . : - ' ". '
It Isn't your town It's YOU!
From Columbus (Miss.) Newspaper
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& G. H. CLUB MEETING. &
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i& The Greater Henderson
ville club will meet at the
library, Friday night at eight J'
o'clock, when a good attend
i& ance is desired. '
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DEMOCRAT READER KEEPS UP I
WITH AFFAIRS BY BORROWING,
A certain well known citizen of this
community has persistently recognized
the value of this paper as a dissemina
tor of local news, and has paid us a,
peer of all compliments in a manner
which speaks volumes for his know
ledge of the good things of life.
He is not destitue of this world's
goods, and he possesses the rare facul
ty of holding onto that which he gets,
lest the pangs of poverty overtake him
in his declining years. t
He possesses a wide knowledge ot
local affairs, because he is a constant .
reader of this paper, and the ,know- -ledge
extracted therefrom is turned to
good account in hip own behalf.
If an important event is soon to oc
cur he knows of it in advance, because
be has read of it in this paper. . ; -
If there is a bargain to" be had any-"
where in the community he is prompt
ly apprised of the fact, because thai,"
too, he has read in this paper. '
And if an acquaintance ft sick, or'
death has overtaken some member of
a family, or the stork has paid a visit
to the home of some : friend, he I is
among, the first to extend his condo
lences, or congratulations-T-because of
these, also, he has read in this paper. . -
He is a man of wisdom a pillar, of.
strength with a brain which absorbs
to the utmost of the essence of life.v
Few things escape his notice he is -ever
on the alert.
-But the DNE THING which he NEV
ER OVERLOOKS is THIS PAPER, and?
therein lie? the compliment which we
tkeuritorourself. It gives us a feel -irig
that we are something more than
a mere human . worm, ' that we are"
even a whole cog in' the-community
whe'et. . y ' ''is 'l- I
-Truw"
to the paper his dbliar never reaches -this
office but he READ& THE PA
PER JUST THE SAME "i
His neighbor is a subscriber, . and:
pays in advance, and in his generosity,
he lends . the paper to the "pillar of
strength" by request. " .
But itjmay not always be so. In
time we have hopes that the "pillar"
will pay us the super-compliment ' of
permitting us to humbly add his own
distinguished name to our subscript
tion list. '
Time works wonders even in the.
; Yes, we have hopes strong hopes. '
newspaper field.
HE DIDN'T TAKE THE PAPER.
A farmer in this community oncer
had a horse he wanted to sell. It was'
a valuable horse and should have
brought a good price. For months he.
tried to sell the animal, but could not
Qnd a buyer at his figure. He finally
sold it for about $25 less than its
value, rather than carry it through the
winter. .
Now it happened that just across the
line in another county there was an
other farmer who was looking for just
such a horse, but was unable to find
it. Then he inserted a little ad in the
home paper, which brought him a
number of offers, one of which he re
luctantly accepted.
The first farmer did not take tho
home paper, and of course did not see -the
little ad of the man who wanted a
horse, and who would have purchased
his animal at a good price.
By not taking the paper he aaved
the subscription price of $1, and like
wise lost $24 by not seeing the other
fellow's ad.
Such occurrences are ' happening
every week right here in this commun
ity, in which people actually Ipse good
money because they do not take their '
home paper, and hence" do not know
of many of the opportunities that arc
placed before them. -
The man whd takes the paper and
reads it carefully each week not only
knows what is going on, but he is in
fact money ahead at the end of the"
year by knowing what, ;when and
where to. buy.
"Penny wise and pound foolish" is
exemplified in many ways. I ;
SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT TO BE
HELD AT BALFOUR HARCH 19
The Balfour . school commencement "
will be held at the Balfour graded
school house on the morning and
night of March 19. - '
The declamation and recitation con
tests will be conducted in the fore--noon,
beginning at 10 o'clock.
At 12 o'clock an address will be de-
livered either by Prof. N. A. Melton of
Fruitland or Noah M. Hollowell ' I
Hendersonville. It has not been :a
cided which will speak during t'ao
morning exercises, but .announcementf
of this, will be made in next week's
Democrat . . ' -
Beginning at 7t30 "o'clock Friday,
night the-annual entertainment, con
sisting of plays, ; drills, recitations,
music and the awarding of prizes, will
be held. . '
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