For Twenty-one Years
Royster's
Fertilizers
have been the standard
TRADE MARK because they are made
from honest materials.
JY * See that the trade mark
AEGisTERto * s on every bag. None
- genuine without it.
- . 1- '
F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO., Norfolk, Va.
CONOVER NEWS.
Postmaster John L. Isenhower
suffered a severe fall from a
stumbling horse on Saturday, the
fifth. He is attending to busi
ness again.
Capt. P. W. Carpenter, one
day lately, slipped on the sloap
ing gangway in rear of Lester
Hunsucker's hardware store. The
hurt seems not to be serious. Mr.
Hunsucker is refitting his selv
ing so as to enlarge his stock.
Our washed sidewalks and
streets have to some extent been
repaired.
The mighty Roosevelt does a
good thing now and then, as
when he dismissed from the
army ihose negroes who would
not tell who did the shooting.
What is a commander-in-chief
for, if may not act in an emer
gency?
A professor has been secured
for the chair of English in Con
cordia College. The second call
was made by the board of elec
tors, before one accepted. He
is said t! be a good man, and is
expected by February first. Prof.
J. S. Koiner is filling the vacan
cy until he arrives.
Two married young men,
named Bracket, have removed to
Conover. They make and repair
jewelry, watches, etc.
Gen. Robert Edward Lee de
cided to stand with his native
state, when the Civil war came
on. He loved the United States;
but when the issue came, he
loved Virginia more. He knew
the danger and trials and mis
cries he must meet. But duty,
as he saw it, compelled him. He
wrote his son, soon after decid
ing;: "Puty is the sublimest word
in our language."
GRANITE FALLS.
Granite Falls, Jan. 17.—We
have a few items that we hope
will find the way in your columns
or at least not to the waste bas- ]
ket, where we suppose our last
one went or at least it was not
put in the columns of The Dem
ocrat so were loth to write again
so soon but we will try and give
you the best we have in town.
Mr. J. W. Whisnant and Miss
Mamie Dixon, of Wake Forest
College, were married the 2nd
inst. Thev spent several days
with Mr«D. A. Whisnant. father
of the groom, and left for Lenoir
their future home.
Mr. Raby Conway and Miss
Amanda Ennas were married a
few days since.
Mr. J. A. Turnmire will move
to Drexel in a few days.
Work is being pushed right
along on the new cotton mill at
Dudley Shoals and it will not be
many months until we will have
three cotton mills near our little
town.
Dr. Donnelly is visiting frienc's
ai;d relatives in town after
spending several years in Ore
gon.
The Virginia Bridge Co., is
building another bridge across
the Catawba a few miles up the
river at a point about opposite
Rutherford College,
Mr. A. M. Martin, cur clever
depot agent, has moved into the
new depot at last.
' Miss Bessie Payne, of Hickory,
is visiting Miss Maud Allred.
We will soon have a band in
in good Working order under the
master hand of Prof. Barb, of
Hickory, who is here two or three
nigh's weekly, giving them les
sons. They will be ready for
business by the time summer
opens with its picnics, etc.
Letter From Rusticus.
While Rusticus was standing
upon the mountain top of time
taking a general survey of the
old world of ours, found it to be
a very curious old concern and
too found it to compose of many
men of many minds and opinions.
Also found it composed of many
politicians with an enormous
! bundle of public opinions rela
tive to general affairs of curs
all governmental plans to carry
out all those plans that will make
a successful government in all of
its different departments and
operations. Tnese many politi
cians all seeking to get a pull at
pie. When they want to stir up
a xreat and importaiif matter it
seams that old Pitchfork Ben
Ti Jman 'gets after them with
his old pitchfork and stirs them
around'awhi,le and does not care
' who it hits or when it pierces
them, but he wants them feel it.
It seems that our Bob, the gov
ernor, is after Blackburn with a
sharp stick to "stir him up a lit
tle," as the old dutchman said
bring him to his senses.
Since the different legislators
are in session of the many differ
ent states we suppose they have
introduced a bill to ehange Jan
uary to June since it has turned
so warm for the past few days,
so as to run the thermometer up
to 30 degrees in the shade.
Why it is so warm that it
makes the li ezards hop up and
down on the fence rail
There are many men of the
opinion that the government ad
ministration has something to do
with the ratlnglof the price of
cotton and -other produce. Tht
manv co-ton factories that have
sprurg up in the different sec
tions of the country are the lead
ing cause of the great consump
tion of cotton, and the great
amount it takes to run all those
fictories. After che war, Ca
tawb? countyhad [only one cot
ton factorv —to-day it has ten.
And the consumption of cotton
is nine times more than it was
then, and so it is at other points
of the county.
Take, for instance, Gastonia,
Tenys Mountain and manv other
places where cotton factories
have sprung up, where there
were none at the close of the
Civil war, and this ought to con
vince any sane mind that it is the
demand and consumption of it
that makes the price of cotton.
Of course, they say that the
country is in a prosperous condi
tion, and that prosperity ifc
bringing a fair price. So it is,
but if you will make a thorough
examination of/the fact you will
find that the greater portion it
done on piper. If you will
make a close examination yot
will find their money is rathei
scarce it the country among the
common people. A great many
who have property for sale hold
the money between their thumbs
and fingers and have no necessi
ty to pass it out. *
Real estate is so high and
everything in proportion that
.he common class of farmer*
cannot reach it. Then there i
an iinpjrtmt int that S
barrier to the comrtpn cla?s o
papier The Homestead h-.s
damaged their credit. It is im
possible lor them to buy in towi
unless they maHe a mortgage o:
; same property to secure thai
debt and hence, if you examine
the court record you certainly
will be astonished to find the
.country in a bad shape, Wt
hope the legislature will repeal
this o leous homestead.
It is quietly rumored that one oi
Lenoir's prominent Lawyers and
one of her splendid young worn
en are to be married at an early
date. No cards are Out yet and we
are not at liberty to give names
and date. —Topic.
The friends of Mr. R. W.
Rosebrough, will deeply'sympa
thize with him in the death of
his mother in Hickory last week.
Mrs. Rosebrough was ajnost es
timable .woman and will be sadly
missed in her home town.
News-Herald.
Miss Hattie Hoke, spent Sun
[day with home folks near the
Springs.
Southern Senators and Repi e
sentatives are united in favor of
the proposition to appropriate
$50,000 to be expo Ted by the j
Department of Commerce and
Labor in sending special agents
to fore g i countries to develop
la-gar markets for American cot
ton goods. Although the export
sales of American-made cottoft
goods have increased materially
in recent years, it is a well
kaown fact that this increase has
not been as rapid as it might
have been had the foreign mark
ets looked after intelligent
ly. This is espeaially true of the
S>ur,lv American markets gener
ally and also of some of those in
the ' Orient notably Jan—and
there is no doubt that the send
ing of special agents to these
countries will lead to largely in
creased sales—especially of the
grades of goods, generally manu
factured in Southern mills.
They Stand Alone.
Standing out in bold relief, all alone,
and as a conspicuous example of open
frauk and honest dealing with the sicu
and afflicted, are Dr. Pierce's Favontt
Inscription for weak, ever-worked, de
bilitated, UC-VOL.;, IRUN-UOWN," pajL
racked women, and Dr. Pierce 8 Golden
Medical Discovery, the famous remedy
for weak stomach, indigestion, or dys
pepsia, torpid liver, or bilioueneM, all
t utarrbal affections whether of the
stomach, bowels, kidneys, bladder, nasal
passages, throat, bronchia, or other mu
cous passages, also as an effective remedy
for all diseases arising from thin, watery
or impure blood, as scrofulous and skin
affections. . ~ ,
Each bottle-of the above medicines
"jears upon its wrapper a badge of hon
~sty in the full list of ingredients com
posing it —printed in plain English.
L'his frank and open publicity places
those medicines in a class all ay theny
set ves and is the best guaranty of their
merits. They cannot be classed as patent
nor secret medicines for they are neither
—being of ktunvn a/mposition.
Dr. Pierce feels that he con afford to
take the afflicted into his full confident;
and lay all thfr ingredients of his mcdi
-inos freely before them because theri
ingredients are such as are endorsed and
most strongly praised by scores of the
most eminent medical writers as cures
for the diseases for which these medi
cines are recommended. Therefore, the
afflicted do not have to rely alone upen
Dr. Pierce's recommendation as to the
curative value of his medicines for oer
tain easily recognized diseases.
A glance at the printed formula on
each bottle will fhow that no alcohol and
no harmful or babit-forfaing drugs enter
into Dr. Pierce's mudicines, they being
wholly compounded of glyceric extract?
of the roots of native, American forest
plants. These are best and kafest foi
the cure of most lingering, chronic dl«
eases. Dr. R. V. Pierce can be consulted
FRKR, by addressing him at Buffalo
N. Y. t and all communications are re
garded as sacredly confidential.
It is as easy to be well as ill and
much more comfortable. Constipation if
the cause of many forms of illness. Di
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipa
tion. Thev are tiny, snsar-crsted gran
ules. One little "Pellet" is a gentle laxa
tive, two a mild cathartic. All dealers IF
medicines sell them.
Is the Moon Inhabited.
Science has proven that the moon
has an atmosphere, which makes life
n some form possible on that satellite;
but not for human beings, who have a
hard enough time on this earth of oars;
especially those who don't know that
Electric Bitters cure Headache, Bil
iousness, Malaria, Chills and Fever,
Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Torpid
Liver, Kidney complaints, General
Debility and Female weaknesses. Une
qualled as a general Tonfc and Appe
tizer for weak persons and especially
for the aged. It induces sound sleep.
Ful y guaranteed by C. M. Shuford
nd IE. B. Menzies' Druggist. Price
only 50c.
\\ Woocfa S~ds |7
if Seed \
RedeMted)
UdtS Stocks.
We have thousands of bushels
in stock, selected from the best
crops grown in this country; all
the best and most productive
kinds:
>3 Burt, or 90-Day, d
P Black Tartarian,
Swedish Select
Red Rust Proot
White and Black Spring, Vir
ginia Gray Winter, etc. Write
for prices.
WOOD'S IEV SKD BOOK fir 1907
\ tells all about Seed Oats and all
\ Farm and Garden Seeds. Muled /
\\ free on request. II
\ T.W.Wori&Sons, Sudsmen,/
J) RICHMOND, . VA. &
TIMBER LAND WANTED
If you have timber lands for
sale, write us. We have a num
ber of customers for. large and
small tracts of good pine and
hard wood timber. Give price
and full particulars aa to kind,
j quantity, distance from railroad,
1 etc. VENABLE & FORD,
I * Lynchburg, Va.
A Lucky Postmistress.
[s Mfs. Alexander, of Cary, Me., who
has found Dr. New Life Pills to
b- the best remedy she ever tried for
keeping ihc Stomach, Liver and
Hotels BJW.IS ii order. Yoa'
agree with her if you try these painles*
purifiefi that infuse new life. .Guaran
teed by C. M. Sbvford and E. B.
Menzies' Druggist. Price 25c
Devil's Island Torture
is no worse than the terrible case of
Piles that afflicted n e 10 years. Then
1 was adv'sed to ap: ly Bucklen's Ar
nica Salve, and less than a box per
manently cured me, writes L, S, Na'
pier, of Rugles, Dy. Heals all wounds,
Burna and Sores like magic. 25c at
C. M. Shuford and E. B. Menzies'
druggist. I
CONSUMPTION
PREVENTABLE
PI6I>FBCnO. -« 1 »0 ItTANT.
lUtnlt, Obtained la n Ury Institution
The importance of disinfection S* show
by the resuV obtaiael at W Urook'yr
Home for (Jocu r.ptlves, the finest iu»L*u
t;on of the kind 4 n Now York. A letter
from the President id quoted
"We have two.l Flat U* Chlorides In the
Brooklyn 11 "> for C for more
than ten yea**, an* "u-l it not on*v a com
fort but a L'iiruugh Ife use we
tefy the go!*ul j vc jake auy inn iids oa
oe iiures an • ..•urtSrf**"' wl»o are in 001
ttant attoTi''* n  4' ai v.i. »-(* bun
dra'. of wl .»!u ft e u w iu j iu>j uliou.
Juftnurse iuk b vj. tjvv ; W' H o. to teu
J earh, aseix,ud ui-io t a- Jo t : u -«i .sot one
person over emplo * J i: t 0 H >mo ha* c!e
/elo;x>* Kne trou *- ;v!- S. V White
*rerii lem hlnf •.«. AV.. br joklyu, N Y
Pla oio: j:h ac. odor. co lor lea;
r»id - jfecUiu* whicb remove?
an/ fo
ing m. er a. q*u» -ft* t, - last an
*mii. .» n. r— duu.* * can be
obuiinet. at nil '*■ rug> .~fcß
Hickory Lutheran Church. •
Gentlemen!
We want to donate some L. &to
Paint to your church whenever they
*
paint.
The largest Methodist church in
Georgia expected to use 100 gallons of
the usual kind of paint, they only used
32 gallons L, & M. mixed with 24
.gallons Linseed Oil.
It costs less to paint a house with
L. &M. than with other paint, be
cause painter mixes Linseeu Oil fresh"
from the barrell at 60 cents a gallon
with v & M., and doesn't pay $1.50
per gallon for Linseed Oil as done if
reaiy-for use paint is used. Also be
cause the L. & M. Zinc hardens the
L. & M. White Lead and makes tht
paint wear like iron.
Actual oost L. & M. about SI.2C
per gallon.
Sold by Shuford Hardware Co.
LEGAL NOTICE.
Notice is hereby giver that ap
plication will be made to the
General Assembly of North Car
olina at its next session for a
supplemental amendment to the
charter of the Hickory Railway
& Pvwer Company so as to in
clude lii.es of said railway run
ing fr~>m Hickory to Erookford,
and from Hickory to" Penelope,
md from Hickory "to Lincolnton,
and from Hickory to Shelby, and
from Hickory to Catawba river,
and from Catawba river to Tay
iorsville, and from Taylorsville
to Wilkesboro, and thence over
he turnpike to Jefferson; on the
u>p of the Blue Ridge, a*ong the
■outhwesc corner of Flat Top r
and from Jefferson to Boone, and
from Boone to Plowing Rock,and
for other p-irpos s.
'lickor *, N. C.,
M. E. THORNTON,
President.
Human Blood Marks
A tale of horror was told by marks
->f human blood in the home of J. W.
Williams, a well known merchant of
Bac, Ky. He writes: "Twenty years
ago I had severe hemorrhages of the
lungs, and was near death when I be
gan taking Dr. King's New Discovery.
It completely cured me and I have re
mained well ever since."' It cure:
Hemorrhages, Chronic Coughs, Settles
Colds and Bronchitis, and is the onl}
known cure for Weak Lungs. Ever}
bottle guaranteed by C. M. Shuforc
ind E. B. Menzies' Druggist. 50c
rod sl. Trialbottle free.
* "w. ..... • ► " ... \
The Prescriph'onist
'''■" J. .. ' y '■ , /;" /
The man who does the weighing the measuring— who knows
the technical points of compounding prescriptions —the man 011
whom everything depends.
We never loose sight of our responsibility for a momert i«.
prescription filling. Every prescription leavir.g our store is fault
less in its purity and accuracy. You may feel "sure" when it
filled here
Walter S. Martin & Company,
j)ru^ists
Hickory, N. C.
1 Groceries for the
| FAMILY
i ■ When you order your groceries from us they
\ come up right. We are in a position 1o fill your
\ every -want, and if we do not have the articles in
4 stock will be glad to go out and get them for you.
f It is our purpose to furnisn everything in this line
that our customers call on us for. Call No. 165
when you want to get every advantage that can
# be give i a grocery buyer.
All orders promptly delivered.
Morton & Peterson.
HICKORY, N. C.
Tlie Old Reliable. I
Our new Spring stock of Clothing is £
arriving fast and we want to show li
you through our line whether you buy M
or not- We sell Clothing for nearly ft
one-half what it will cost you at other S
places, m
SHOES, SHOES. |
The best line in the city. We han- P
die General Merchandise. M
all on us for bargains. |S
Seizor (§r Russell, ♦
HICKORY, N. C.
Before You Buy
f 'on't fail to see my line of
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
Ha'.s and kinds of Under
wear for winter.
Also handle -GROCERIES
and COUNTRY PRODUCE.
* , -v. .
Don't fail to see my line
before you buy.
Yours'truly,
W. G. FOX
HickoryC.