Hn The Towns
I Where you find the people making use.of their J
! Banks, depositing their money and paying their bills )
by checks, you will find a progressive, "get-there" f
spirit that means the up-building of that town and f
i vicinity. J
i This is our home and we take an active inter- f
I est in watching and aiding the material prosperity of f
! both town and surrounding country. We should like \
to see every man and woman who has an income, ev- f
ery farmer, evepr laboring man, every mechanic] ev- F
ery young man in this community start a bank ac- )
count. • _ . .. -
You are interested—come in and talk with us #
A about it. a •
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J HICKORY, N. C
Business Builders,
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WANTED— For U. S. Army able
bodied, unmarried men, betweer ages of
31 and 35. citizens of United States, of
good character and temperate habits,who
can speak, read and write English. Men
wanted now for service in Cuba. Fo
information apply to Recruiting Officer*
i 5 West Trade St., t liarlotte, N. C.;
jfc i-2 South Main St.. Asheville, N. C.;.
Bank Building, Hickory, N. C.; 417 i-a
Liberty St., Winston-Salem, N. C.;
jj6 1-2 North Main St Salisbury, N C;
j Glean Building, Spartanburg, S. C-
Haynsworth and Conyer's Building
Greenville, S. C.; or Kendall Building
Columbia, S. C.;
GUITARS, Violins, Mandolins,
Banjos, Harps and all kind of
string instruments at The Morri
son Bros. Co.
WANTED-Renter * or * arm
nearConover, N. C. Apply to -
Mrs. Henry L.
Hickory, N. C.
Rooms for rent, furnished or
unfurnished. Apply at this office.
LOST-On road botween Hick
ory and Granite Falls, Ladies
Brown Linen Coat. Finder
please return to Hickory Demo
crat office and reward of $1.50.
LOST—A Southern Railroad pais
book (or mileage book) lost July
4th between Hickory and Cataw
ba Springs. Any person finding
this and returning to Hall Co's.
Store or information wilL get re
ward for same at The Hall Co.
Store, Hickory, N. C.
FOR SALE—I wagon and surry
for sale. See W. P. Huffman.
LOOK, LISTEN
A clearence auction sale will
take place at our store Saturday
evening at 3p. m. and continue
until 10:00 p. m. At 'this sale
will be given some of the most
valued bargains ever offered
here. Come and get a bargain.
Huffman's Furniture Store,
Hickory, N. C.
FOR GOOD LIVERY
Call phone 246 when you want
a good double or single team
with careful drivers. Our prices
are reasonable.
Carr & Teague,
Hickory, N. C.
Watauga. :
Hon. S. L. Patterson,
sioner of Agriculture, has been
in town this week.
The new public school house
at Valle Crucis is being painted.
Elder Cordell, of the Mt. Airy
district held quarterly meeting
in the Boone and Watauga cir
cuits this week.
Rev. 0. P. Ader gave a splen
did lectureon character building.
Mr. Brendall gave a splendid
talk to the young men and Mr.
Davis lectured on the Taber
nacle.
College of Agriculture and Me
ohanic Arts.
Practical education in Agricul
ture; in Civil, Electrical, and Me
chanical Engineering; in Cotton
Manufacturing, Dyeing and In
dustrial Chemistry. Tuition $45
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Address
PRESIDENT WINSTON,
West Raleigh.
; I LOCAL |
Prof. G. W. Hahn spent Friday
in Newton on business.
Mr. Wiley Clay, of Raleigh,
" | spent Sunday at home.
| Mr. James Wood, of Asheville,
j soent Saturday in the city.
i Mr. F. A. Clinard spent a day
in Newton on business recently.
Miss Margaret Bost has re
turned home from a visit to Stan
ley.
Mr. J. C. Fry spent a few days
in Statesville this week on busi
ness.
, Mr. Nelson Triplett, of Lenoir,
was in town Monday to seethe
ball game.
• Mr. Marvin White, formerly of
this place, died at his home in
Asheville Sunday.
Miss Minnie Rector has re
turned from a weed's visit to her
home in Morganton.
Messrs. Henry and James Van
story* of Connelly Springs, spent
Friday in the citv.
Miss Myrtle Ferguson spent
several days this week in Bridge
water with her brother.
Mrs. Carrie Gamble and her
son, Connelly* are spending a
week in Asheville.
Mr. Gordon Bohannon after a
few weeks visit home has re
turned to New York.
Mr. Reynolds Crook and Mr.
F. P. Wharton, of Charlotte,
spent Monday in the city.
Mr. R. S. Parker, of Southern
Pines, spent Sunday in the city
to the delight ef his friends?
Mr. J. A. Caldwell, of Char
lotte, spent Sunday here with
his brother, Mr. W. I. Caldwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnson
of Baltimore, are here visiting
his father, Mr. R. W. Johnson.
Attorneys W. B. Gaither and
Witherspoon, of Newton, spent
Tuesday in the city on legal bus
iness.
Mrs. W. L. Abernethy return
ed Thursday from Connelly
Springs where she has been vis
iting Mrs. Sherrill. . -
Miss Ollie Hoyle entertained
the Young People's Aid Society
of the Methodist church at her
home Monday evening.
Miss Bessie Jones left Tuesday
for Asheville where she will
spend several weeks with her
sister, Mrs. Joe Fisher.
Mrs. J. A. Martin and her chil
dren and her mother, Mrs.
Blount, are at Edgemont for a
few days.
Messrs. Harris Burgin, Victor
Motz, Hugh Cline and Victor
Reinhardt, of Lincolnton, were
in town Monday attending the
ball game.
Mrs. J. H. Sledge, of Louis
burg, is here visitiug her son,
Mr. W. T. Sledge on- Morganton
St Miss Mary E. Wiggs and
Mr. Sledge's daughter, Miss
• Lucy Sledge, came with her.
Mr. Geo. Hoke has gone ti
Hickory to take a position as as
sistant bookkeeper with th«
Hickory Grocery Co. —Catawba
News. ~
Ted Sides spent Sunday at
Black Mountain. ,
The Streetr carnival is in full
blast this week.
Mr. A. Rarriseur and Mr. Ran.-
sey of Asheville were here Tues
day. >
Mr. StoweCrouse of Lincolnton
was here this week.
Miss Daisy Sides is visiting
friends in Asheville.
Prof. Garland Sittlemyre spent
Wednesday in the city.
Dr. E. R. Russell, of Charlotte,
spent Sunday in Hickory.
Miss Katie Miller is visiting
friends in Asheville this week.
Will Henderson has gone to
, Black Mountain for a few weeks.
? Capt. C. M. Young spent Sun
j day at Old Fort with his mother.
I Mrs. C. M. Young is stopping
: with her aunt, Mrs. J. S. Sides.
, Mr. L. J. McDonald, of Char
lotte, was a visitor in town Fri
day*
• Mr. Gordon Wilfong,of Jacob's
Fork townshipJJ was avisitor in
town Monday.
Mr. Jesse Warlick and family
r have gone to Reepsviile to visit
, his old home. ►
The Lutheran churches of the
. county will picnic at Lenoir Col
lege Saturday.
5 Miss Kathryn Weh!er,of New
ton, is visiting Miss Rosa Shu
foid on Morganton St.
Dr. J. L. Murphy and Dr. C.
. E. Wehier, of Newton, exchang
ed pulpits last Sunday.
* We have some nice yard sticks
and we want to give all of our
subscribers one if you will call
before they are given out.
Rev. W. R. Minter and wife,of
Lincolnton, spent Monday night
with Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Doll on
their way to Black Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hawn have
gone to Blowing- Rock, Mrs.
Hawn will spend a few weeks in
the mountains for her health.
Rev. J. L. Murphy will deliver
the address at the annual Mason
ic picnic to be held at Ball's
Creek camp ground, Aug. Ist.
Messrs. Ben and Frank Coop
er, of Statesville, and Mr. Kahrs
of Gastonia, are in town playing
ball with the Hickory Bantams.
Dr. R. J. Morrison was here
Monday on his way to Cherry
ville. Dr. Morrison has been to
Chicago taking a post-graduate
course in dentistry.
Mrs. Carrie Nation will be
here Friday and will lecture in
Wesleyan Methodist church at 3
o'clock and 8 P. M. We don't
know what else "Carry" will do.
There will be no preaching at
the Reformed church next Sun
day morning, as thev will unite
with the Presbyterians, but
there will be services at night as
the Presbyterians will unite with
them.
Dr. W. B. Duttera, of Salis
bury; Rev. W. H. McNairy, of
Lenoir, L. A. Carpenter and Dr.
P. J. Kluttz, of Maiden, were in
town Monday to attend a meet
ing of the Board of Trustees of
Claremont College.
Mrs. C. F. Bialock and Mrs. C. I
■ E. Cole are at the Stokes Hospit
al for treatment. They both had
serious operations last week.
* They stood the operation well
and are getting on as well as
t could be exoected.
Judge W. B. Courcill has
' bought a large farm on the Yad
" kin river near Salisbury. It is
* ,said this is one of the best farms
J in that section. The judge went
down last Saturday and closed
- the trade. v
» C. E. Hawn, a brakeman on
1 the C. & N-W. Ry., v was knocked
1 from the train somewhere near
s Lincolnton Tuesday night and
badly scared up about the head
» and face. Mr. Hawn says he
t- does not remember how nor
e where he was hurt, but the first
a he knew was at home ' the next
morning.
||Mr. and Mrs. Riddle are spend
ing a few days in the mountains.
I Mr. R. S. Abernethy, of Ruth
erford College, was here Wed
, nesday, ,
Prof. Woltz and Editor J. C.
• Martin, of Lenoir, were in the
, city Wednesday.
We would like to see some of
our ladies - start up the Civic
League movement .in Hickory.
Rev. Moody submits a few
timely remarks in this issue
headed "Trees or Weeds'* for
our beautiful city.
Misses English and Camp, of
Richmond, spent a few hours in
the city yesteiday on their way
to the mountains.
Services 'next Sunday at the
Church of the Ascension at 11 a.
m,, and 8 p. m. Subject of morn
' ing sermon —"Summer-time Re
ligion."
If Hickory had the hotel facili
ties and a good city hall to meet
in we could have such a grand
» meetings as the State Press Assr
i ciation and the State convention i
to meet in our good city.
' A SSO Present.
J. D. Elliott has shown hi§ ap
! preciation for the good work
• done by the Hickory Volunteer
Fire Co., during the burning of
one of his ware houses a few
weeks ago which is fresh in the
minds of our readers. He has
given Mr. C. A. Moser, chief of
this department, a check for SSO.
The company did some excel
lent work at this time, and Mr.
Elliott is a man who does not let
good deeds go unappreciated. \
Lincolnton Defeats Hickory.
Lincolnton took both games
from Hickory this week, but
Hickory made her work hard for
it. The score in tfie first game
was 6to 0, and the feature of
the game was the pitching of
Smith for the visitors.
The score in the second game »
was 3to 0 in favor of the visit
ors. Colee for Hickory and
Story for Lincolnton both pitch
ed good ball.
The Lincolnton team has a
gentlemanly crowd of ball pla>-
ers, and all we can say, oh! here
is to Lincolnton we want anoth
er whack at you.
IveyMill Dots.
Our mill is running full time
with a full force of hands day
and night.
Mr. Cook's baby is real sick of
typhoid fever. Hope she will
soon recover. Also the little
child of Mr. Miller's has fever.
There is not much fever in our
part of the city at present and
we trust will not be.
The daughter of Mr. Amsey
Lafon who has been sick for sev
eral weeks, died Sunday. We
extend our sympathy to the be
reaved ones.
Malcom McKenzie and M. L.
Sherrill have gone to Charlotte.
Mrs. Nettie Goings and chil
dren, of Rock Hill, are visiting
her sister, Mrs. Drum.
Mr. Bumgarner is fencing his
house and lot which adds much
to the looks and value of his
property.
Rev. J. W. Griffin's son and
two other gentlemen from Gas
ton county are with Mr. Griffin
to spend some time, j
; Rev. 0. L. Stringfield, princi
pal of South Fork Institute, Mai
i den, gave us a grand lecture Fri
• day' night. His subject was
5 "Christian Education" and he
i handled it well. He is a good
t speaker and his speech was well
I received and enjoyed.
The voting contest at thiswrit
[ ing Miss Mattie Abernethy leads
. in the contest for the watch giv
, en by the Hickory Rifles to the
I m&st popular girl in Hickory.
i The Hickory Banking & Trust
r Co., ask you to let them take
t care of vour money for you and
t pay you 4 per cent for letting
them take care of it, See adv.
C. C. Moore, President of Cotton
Association, to Speak in
Newton. -•
Everybody should go to New
ton July 31st to learn what the
cotton association means to the
South. The business men as well
as the farmers should be inter
ested in this great subject. Mr.
C. C. Moore, president of the as
sociation, will speak there on the
above date. ' t-.. - . .
We note from the Asheville
Citizen Wednesday the death of
Marvin H. White, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. M. White, now of
Asheville. The family is form
erly oi Hickory where\he spent
his early years. -
Fourteen men carried Jolly Joe
from the car in which he to
the undertakers room.
Notice.
Ail persons wishing to make
settlement with the estate of
Thomas W. Setzer, deceased, will
please-present same and make
settlement with me within i
twelve months from date
C. A. LITTLE, Admr. ,
Game well, N. C., July 11, 1907.
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Address
FRANCIS P. VENABLE, Pres.
Chapel Hill, N. C.
r Mr. E. L. Flowers left this
, morning for Washington, D. C
V w
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GREAT
Closing Out Sale
Only a Few More Days of This Greatest of
All Sales
Are you getting your part
of the great Bargains? it not
why not. My house will be
occupied by Messrs Morrison
Bros, of this place, and lam
under contract to give them
possession in 30 days. Hence
this immence stock of swell
merchandise must be moved
out at some price, so here
goes, and if you dont get your
part, you need onlo to blame
yourself.
Mens- 's3 Oxfords for $ I 98
$3.50 shoes and oxfords for $2.48
Mens $1.50 hats for 99cts
50c Under wear for 25cts'
50c wool dress goods for 24 l-2c
10c white and fancy Lawn for 7 3-4 c
50 A: 75c Shirts for 39c
Best $1 Shirts for 69c
$lO Mens Fine Suits best goods-for $ 7.48
$9. Suits for $5.98
SB. Suits for $4.98
Boys $2 Suits foj>s4.39 - - >
In fact every thing is mark
ed down. to prices that is
simply rediculous, as they
must be sold quickly.
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McCoy Moretz Mgr.
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