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THURSDAY. SEPT. 20, 1906. •
Democrat County Ticket.
For Congress:
E. Y. WEBB.
For Senate:
J. F. REINHARDT.
' For Legislature:
r M. H. YOUNT.
For Clerk Superior Court:
C. M. McCORKLE.
For Sheriff:
* D. M. BOYD.
For Register of Deeds: ..
' JACOB SETZER.
For County Treasurer:
' W.A.DAY.
For County' Surveyor:
ENLOE
For Coroner:
J. A. RICE.
For County Commissioners:
JOHN SHUFORD,
SAMUEL TURNER
Q. M. SMITH,
SUMMEY WILFONG
I. ALEX YOUNT.
Southern Labor Problem.
There are many indications
that the population of the South
ern states will increase much
more rapidly during the next
few years than ever before. The
development of Southern indus
tries is not only drawing immi
gration from the Northern States
and from Europe but it is also
drawing Southern labor from the
farms and plantations to the
towns and the consequence is
that there is at present an ac
tive demand in that section for
labor of all kinds, includiug farm
labor.
The flow of population into
these States has already been
large, and it will be still larger
when the advantages offered by
the South are better understood.
One of the principal of these ad
vantages is the mild and healthy
climate that prevails in almost
every locality in the South. The
summers are little, if any, warm
er than in the Northern States
and the winters are not nearly
so severe. For instance, the
records of the Uniced States
Weather Bureau show that the
mean summer temperature at
Atlanta is about the same as
that at Washington and little
higher than at New York, while
the winters are much warmer.
This means a great saving in
every household for fuel and
clothing, and the same weekly
wage will support a family in the
South much better than it will in
the North. New England cot
ton mill owners are aware oi
this and other advantages offer
ed by the Southard realize thai
if they are to hold their skilled
labor they - must pay higher
wages than the mills.
The Massachusetts Bureau of
statistics has noted the superior
adyantages ol,the South and, in
its last annual recort, said:
"When the European immigrant
finds what excellent opportuni
ties exist for him in the South
the tide of immigration will un
doubtedly turn in that direc
tion."
Increased population,of course,
means greater prosperity, not
only for the manufacturing es
tablishments that secure needed
labor, but also for the faimeis
who secure an enlarged home
market for their products. This
in turn, calls for more farm la
bor, the supplying of which is
one of the most difficult problems
with which the South is con
fronted. It is not probable that
farm labor can be drawn very
largely from the Northern States
and Europe must be looked to.
Heretofore the North and North
west have attracted most of the
agricultural immigration from
Germany and Scandinavia, but
ome of these immigrants are
now beginning to turn South
ward. In some Southern locali
ties agricultural immigrants from
the north of Italy have settled
in considerable numbers and
have proven to be very efficient
workers in the cotton fields. They
are much superior to the south
of Italy immigrants who havej
settled so largely in American
cities and some students of the
problem of the future labor sup
ply for the cotton fields believe
that it will be: solved by the
North of Italy immigrants.
Faculty Recital.
Remember the Faculty Recital
it Lenoir College Monday even
ng at 8 o'clock, sharp:
Pianist, Miss Lillie Belle Hall
nan; Reader, Miss Bessie Dan
fourth Bailey; Violinists, Messrs.
&. B. Patterson and K. G. Burch.
The public cordially invited.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jas. T. Jones from Mt.
Pleasant, S. C., were here last week.
E. H. Clevinger of Asheville was in
the city for a few days hast week.
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Mrs. J. A, Bowles is visiting her
ather in Statesville, who is very ill.
Messrs.John Martin and Will McCal)
? rom Morganton visited in the city Sun
lay.
Miss Hattie Leonard, who has been
in Savannah, Ga., for several weeks,
returned Tuesday.
It seems as Hickory "stands pat" on
not having an Opera House. We could
enjoy a great many entertainments if we
had one.
If you have a neighbor,who does not
take the Democrat, tell him to send
25 cents and the paper will come to his
address till Jan. 1, 1907.
Rev. Monroe, of Hickory, filled the
pulpit at Front , street Presbyterian
church Sunday.* After the morning
service a congregational meeting was
held and the resignation of Rev. Wil
liamson, as pastor was accepted. Rev.
/Villiamson has not decided where he
will take up work.—lredell Mascot.
As the cutting"American forests pro
gresses and the prices of lumber ad
vance woods are becoming valuable thai
were formerly believed to be'practically
worthless. One of these is the tupelo
or bay p»plar that grows in wet lands all
over the South. A few ago there
was practically no demand for it, but it
is now obtaining quite an extensive mar
ket. The Bureau of Forestry in the
Agricultural Department has issued a
bulletin calling attention to this wood
and its uses. The bulletin also con
tains information as to the proper me
thods of ajr-drying and kiln-drying tup
elo lumber. .
Atty. J. C. Fletcher, of Boone,
was here Wednesday.
You are apt to find just what
you want in our Business Builder
column.
Mrs. Allison, of Cleveland, is
visiting Mrs. Gibbs on Claremont
Heights.
Mr. Geo. E. Bisahar, the jew
iler, has a new ad. in this issue.
Look it up.
We are sorry to say tlu t Mrs.
W. G. Fox, who has been sick
for some time, is no better.
Attys. Thos. M. Hufham, F,
B. Cline and A. A. Whitener at
tended Leroir court this week.
Mr. Earl Ramsour was t: ke
to the hospital at Salisbury Mon B
day to be operated on for appen
dicitis.
E. L. Flowers and H. I. Hall
man will open their skating nnh
Thursday night over Shell Grain
and Feed Store.
Miss Maud Hahn and brothers.
Fred and Luke, spent Sun lay in
Maiden with their uscle, Mr. L.
A. Carpenter.
Mrs. J. F. Norris, who h;s
been in the Stokes Sanatorium
for some tim 6, is improving fast.
She is expected to be at home
within a week or so.
Seven Springs News.
Seven Spring, Sept. 17.—The
health of this section is very
good at present.
The farmers are about through
pulling fodder in this neighbor
hood. It has been a bad time
to make peavine hay. Cottoi.
picking is on hand. The people
will have themselves in shape
before long to make their credit
ors laugh.
The Tenocrats are going to
elect their ticket without a doubt
in this county. All of you know
in your hearts that these words
of mine are not the ravings oi
an unsound # mind, but God Al
mighty's truth.
* "The liquor traffic of this nation
is responsible for nearly all the
murders, bloodshed, riots, pover
ty, wretchedness, misery and
woe. It breaks Up thousands of
happy hordes every year. Sends
the husband and father to prison
or the gallows, and drives the
countless mothers and little chil
dren into the world to suffer and
die. It furnishes nearly all the
| criminal business of this and
! every other court, and blasts
every community it touches. The
| infernal traffic is legalized and
i protected by parties which you
sustain by your ballots. And
yet some of you have the audaci
ty to say that you are in favor of
prohibiting the traffic while your
ballots go into the box with
those of the rumseller and the j
" worst elements of the land in
favor of continuing the business.
Every year you are giving an
opportunity of voting a protest
against the soul and body, de
stroying business, and wash
your hands of all responsibility
of fearful results of the liquor
traffic. But you inform the gov
ernment by your ballot that you
are perfectly satisfied with the
present condition of things and
that they shall continue. You
legalized the saloons that made
me a drunkard and a murderer
and you are guilty with me be
fore God and man for the mur
der of my life. Amen.
Vote the Democrat ticket and
be saved, the 6th of November.
Sunday visitors: Mr. Alvin
Morrow and Miss Ola Deal, of
Claremont; Mr. Lester Edwards,
of Claremont, and Miss Vertia
Hu^mnr 1 , cf TTewtor; Mr. Grov*
er Jherrill. of Sherrill Ford; W.
S Alley, of Citawba.
My capital is one dol
lars in my dreams. Out for a
good time, A. S. Kale ragtime
millionaire. Headquarters at
the famous Seven Springs. Still
looking for some one to love.
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Miss Lizzie White is visiting
her brother, Dr. W. A. White.
It arouses energy, developes and
stimulates nervous life, arouses the
courage of youth. It makes you
young again. That's what Holster's
Rocky Mountain Tea will do. 3b
cents, Tea Or Tablets .E. B. Merzies.
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(Formerly advertised and sold as Satlnola.)
NADINOLA is guaranteed and money
refunded if it fails to remove freckles
pimples, tan, sattowness, liver-spots, colla
dhroloratinns, black-heads disfiguring erup
tions* etc-, in twenty days. Leaves the
skin clear, soft, healthy, and restores the
beauty of youth. Endorsed by thousands.
* Price 50 cents and SI.OO at all leading
drug stores, or by mail. Prepared by
National Toilet Co.. Paris, Tenn,
Sold by E. B. Menzies, Hick
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
at Hickory, in the State of North Caro
lina at the close of business .September
4th, 1906.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts f 314.648.55
Overdrafts, secured and un
secured. " 3,602.63
U. S. Bonds to, secure circu
lation. 30,000.00
Banking house, furniture, N
and fixtures 7,5°° :00
Due from National Banks
(not reserve agents.) 35.747-74
Due from State Banks and
Bankers , - 1,850.59
Due from approved reserve
agents. 15,228.53
Checks and other cash items 1.067.74
Fractional paper currency,
nickles, and cents. £27.59
Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz:
Specie 7,640.00
Legal-tender notes 10,451.00. 18.c91.00
Redemption fund with U. I s .
Treasurer (5 per cent of
circulation.) 1,500.00
Total $ 429,864.37
LIABILITIES. -
Capital stock paid in f 75,000.00
Surplus fund 25,000.00
Undivided profits, less ex
penses and taxes paid 13,466.65
National Bank notes out
standing 30,000.00
Due to other National Banks 11,602.7
Due to State Banks and
Bankers 11,166.54
Dividends unpaid
Individual deposits subject
tp check , 123,888 50
Demand certificates of deposit i 00,363.4(
Cashier's checks outstanding 311.5 1
Notes and bills rediscounted 39,000.00
Total . f 429.864 37
State of North Carolina, County ol
Catawba, ss: .
I, K. C. Menzies, Casliier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
K. C. MENZIES, Casliier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me tlifc
6th day of September, 1906.
E. B. CLINE, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
A. A. SHUFORD,
J. D. ELLIOTT.
W. B. MENZIES,
Directors.
Torture By Savages.
"Speakmg of the torture to which
some of the savage tribes in the Philip
pines subject their ciptives, reminds
me of the intense suffering I endured
for three months of inflamation of the
kidneys,"- says W. M. Sherman, of
Cushing Me., "Nothing helped me
until I tried Electric bitters, three
bkttbs cf which completely cured me. '
Cures liver complaint, Dyspepsia, blocd
disorders and Malaria; and restores the
weak and nervous to robust health.
guaranteed by C. M. Shuford druggist.
Price 50 cents.
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Special attention given to the
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nd pressed for SI.OO per month.
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CONSUMPTION
PREVENTABLE
IMPORTANT.
Results Obtained In • L«xe Institution, j
The importance of disinfect ion is shown *
by the results obtained at the Brooklyn
Home for Consumptives, the finest institn- ;
tion of the kind in New York. A letter
from the President is quoted i
"We have uses Piatt's Chlorides in the '
Brooklyn Home for Consumptives for more
than ten years, and'find it not only a com.
fort but a necessity. Through its use we
defy 'the germs* to make any inroads on
the nurses and employees who are in con
stant attendance upon the sick, one hun.
dred of whom are now in the institution. >
One nurse has been there well on to ten
years, a second almost as long, and not one
person ever employed in the Home ha« de
veloped lung trouble Mrs. 8. V. White.
President Kingston Are., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Chlorides is an odorless, colorless
liquid disinfectant whir>h instantly removal
any foal odors and destroys lisease-breed
ing matT«r A quart be He will last an
avenge Uunilj a month it can be
obtained at all drpggista.
RUN NO CHANCES
have your premises and stock
covered with
FIRE INSURANCE.
It's both expensive and foolish
to lock the stable door after the
horse is stolen. You don't know
how much worry can be avoided
for such *a small outlay. Our
rates are reasonable. Now is
the time to think and act. Let
us figrure with you. •
Clinard and Lyerly.
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Every man talks in an important way
about his mail' He has to go down
town Sundays to get his mail; hates to
leave town because he misses his mail,
and all their is in is a bill or two and
circulars advertising a mining scene.
If he chaaces to be at home when he
opens it, "hush" the mother will tell
tne children; don't disturb your father
wnile he is reading his mail.
$250—5125.
Think of it! The Chase* and
Baker, the finest automatic play
er in rhe world for $125 for just
one week. Costs at factory
$250. Call at S. E. Killian's
store and see it.
These prices hold good till Sat
urday next.
W. M. BAGWELL, Mgr.
The World's Famous Palmists
Here.
Located in the parlor over
W. S. Martin's Drug Store
are the Winterrothers.the famous
palmists and clairvoyants who
have astounded the whole coun
try by their wonderful powers
a:id are already doing the same
here. They are thronged with
the best people of our city and
nothing but the very highest
commendations are heard.
The palmistry readings are
along scientific lines and are so
accurate as to astonish the most
skeptical. Their clairvoyast rev
elations are so wonderful that
people visiting them find them
selves astonished and amazed.
Indeed, their one condition is
that if you are not convinced and
satisfied it costs you nothing and
we have yet to hear of one who
has not been fully satisfied.
Last night they were unable
to handle the crowd and the ex
pressions of satisfaction from
every one, as they would come
out of this reading 100 m, caused
che crowd to inert continu
ously until 11 o'clock, when a
goed n any who had waited for
hours had to go away without
having been waited upon.
They may be consulted on
matters ot business, courtship,
marriage, threatened danger or
contemplated changes of any
kind and the gieatest i>engfits
received.
The Winterroths are spoken of
in the highest terms by both
press and people all over the
countrv and must not be cor
! founded.with faK? rs and impos
tors who are coi tinually infest
ing the country.
Hours 10 a. m. to 10 m.
They will be here for a few days
only.
Ask any "Jap" that you may see,
"why the Czar, with bear behind,"had
to climb a tree.
The Yanks, God bess the Yanks, says
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E. B. Menzies.
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A prominent merchant of Son go, N.
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