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-- Cbc trtcftor? democrat Published Every Thursday by W. E. HOLBROOR, EDITOR AITO PROP Entered at the Post Office at Hickory £g second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year Cash In Advance $ i°° Six Months, " " S ° Three Months " " " 25 Special rates given to long term ad vertising. THURSDAY AUG. 15. 1907. \Ve publish a report of the Alexander homicide in this issue We had no idea such conditions existed in that country or any where in this section. That liquor was sold in open bar rooms in violation of the law just in a few miles of Taylorsville is amaz ing to all. The Water Power and Elec tric Co Mr. C. S. Wenger, the engi neer of the Power Elec tric Company, has been in Hick ory again since last Friday. The hydro-electric plant is now an as sured fact. Only 3,000 H. P. will be developed at present, as that will be about the limit of con sumption of power and lighting at this present time. Several gentlemen came at the same time and others came later. Col. Thornton took a party of them out to Catawba river in his large farm wagon last Fiiday after noon. Among them was a bank er, who may invest in Hickory, an expert of his and a hydro-elec tric contractor from Penna. Sat urday Mr. Wenger and Col. Thornton received bids for the construction of the dam, the electric apparatus for 3 units of 600 K. W. each, or 1,000 H. P. each, and the turbine water wheels. The transmission line is to come later. It was decided to consider the electric side on Monday and the dam and tur bines on Thursday—to-day. There were three bidders on the electrical equipment and the Gen eral electric bid and proposals were accepted, with delivery at Hickory in 4 1-2 months. It is to be up-to-date and complete in each and every particular. The voltage is 11,000 direct, A. C., and will come to the sub-station in town, which is the power house now used bp the Thornton L. & P. Co. The awards for the turbines and for the construction of the dam are to be made to-day. Homecide in Alexander Last Friday at a bar room three miles south of Taylorsville in Alexander county there occur ed an affray which resulted in the killing of Bill Stafford and the wounding of his slayer, Jake Gant, barkeeper for the owner of the place, Partee Little. From the most authentic sources of in formation it appers that Bill and Jule Stafford, hit brother, came to the bar room and asked to buy liquor from Gant for whom they! had an old grudge and were serv ed only on condition that they drink no liquor on the premises. They got the liquor and then pro ceeded to take charge of' the place. In the affray Bill Stafford attacted gant from front of bar and Jule attempted to come a round where upon Gant drew a pistol and fired three shots into Bill Stafford, one shot taking ef fect in pit of stomach, another two inches under left nipple in breast and the third in forehead killing him instantly. After the killing of his bi other, Jule Staf fyrd attacted Gant strikirg him with a rock whereupon Gant fled but he was later arrested near the scene of the tragedy by dep uty sheriff E. C. Moose and Per- Bowman. , Gant was given a preliminary nearing at the courthouse in Taylorsville Saturday about 4 o'clock before Justices J. Matheson and J. 'W. Pharr, They decided that he was guilty of manslaughter and put the .bond at S6OO. He was unable to give bond and went to jail. Gant is a young man about 18 years old and recentlv served a term on the chaingang for assaulting a little girl. Stafford was a mar ried man and leaves a wife and six or eight children. He has a bad record and was known as "Fighting Bill." This deplorable killing is but a natural result of conditions ex isting in a whiskey section of Alexander which condition fortu nately do not now remain in many sections of this county and it is to be hoped this may result in awakening the oeople to their sense of duty on the whiskey curse. —W. P. H. cor Mascot. Meat and Crime. It may be presumed that men eat meat to-day because their fathers ate it and thought it-was good. Yet, if we believe the modern savant, there is danger in the choicest piece of flesh, for 'it has been decreed that men are largely affected by the kinds of food consumed by them. We have it on the authority of the Columbia State that a man is good or bad, according to the state of his digestive organs. Says The State: "We have long known that a man's digestion has a good deal to do with his temper; that if Jhis digestion is bad, he has 'a' bad temper, and if his digestion is good, he is of a good temper. This as a general rule is com monly accepted. But ;Eugetfe Christian, writing in the New York World,comesinnow andjtells us that it is what one eats that causes him to be a criminal or a good citizen. The scope of the influence of food upoq jJlour brains, he says, is far inder than it has been usually consid ered. The food we eat. accord ing to him, governs our actions, being responsible for crimes and mental disorders. And this re lates not merely to acts of vio lence, but to the economic condi tions so much preached about in this country to-day, bv which one man preys upon his fellow men or one set of men upon oth er sets. "Naturally, in view of ths present apparent wave of disor der and crime throughout the country, we look, if we believe what Mr. Christian says, to see what it is we have been eating. And while our. good friend and connoisseur in all things good, the Charlotte Observer, is con ducting a very interesting sym posium upon the ten best things to eat from a purely epicurean standpoint, it behooves us to con sider rather what is good to eat in order to improve our morals. " 'ln the flesh of animals, says Mr. Christian, there are three poisons—carbon dioxid. toxin and uric acid —that are con stantly being produced in th system and given off. When the animal is killed the process of passing off the poisons instantb ceases and the amount on hand remains in the flesh. "If we eat these poisons they will naturally have an effect not only upon our digestion, but up on our whole character. It is a case not only of effecting the moral nature through the per fectness of digestion, but of pur ifying the moral nature by keep ing poisons out of the body."" When you think it over, the theories of Eugene Christian are worthy of consideration, in this weather at least. The vegetari an has the advantage of most of us, in that his food commodities have no tendency to heat the blood or produce those "criminal vibrations" of which we have heard so much. IJMrs. Jas. B. Beard left Wed nesday to spend a few days at Blowing Rock. Miss Margaret Bost gave a re ception in honor of the "Ban tams" at home Tuesday evening. Bantams Roost High Monday afternoon Rock Hill was defeated by the Hickory Bantams by the time of 3to 1. The visiting team would have been given a goose egg, if it had not been for an error of judg ment by the Bantams that crows around first base. The Hickory boys were not able to connect with Laval's curves until the seventh inning when two three baggers and, three singles netted three earned runs. Colee, at usual, was unhitable; the Rock Hill boys finding him for only four singles in as many inning?. Laval, the best pitcher in the South Carolina League this sea son was pounded by the Bantams for nine singles and three three baggers. The features of the game were the pitching of Colee and hitting of Mavberry for the home team and the fielding and rooting of McFadden or "Doc" for the visitors. Tuesday, the Rock Hill boys were unable to see the swift curves of May berry. "Pat" our fast catcher says Mayberry's balls looked like peas to the South Carolina slab artists. They only connected for three singles, one of these being a measleyone. The fielding of the visiting team was as clumsy and slow as that of a gang of Plymouth Rock roosters. The Bantams would flap their wings, crow and hit Barrow for a single or a two bagger with ease. It w r nere lv a merry-go-round for Hickory and the game resulted in a score of Utoo in favor of 4he Ban tams. The features of the game were the pitching of Mayberry and the perfect fileding of the Hickory team and the listless playing of the visitors. The Fanner's Creed The Kinston Free Press quotes the "farmer's creed" of Henry Ward Beecher, and remarks, "To see how well it fits in with modern ideas of farming, sup pose some farmer discuss it in the institute to be held here on the 14th of this month." Below we reproduce the creed, and reiterate the suggestion of the Free Press. Such discus sion would be interesting, ami we, believe would prove the soundness of this creek, whicn was written sixty years ago. It runs as follows: We believe in small farms and thorough cultivation. We believe that the soil loves to eat, as well as its owner and ought, therefore, to be liberally fed. We believe in large crops which leave the land better than they found it—making the farm er and the farm both glad at once. We believe in going to the bot tom of things, and, therefore, in deep plowing and enough of it. All the better with a subsoil plow. We believe that every farmer should own a farm. We believe that the best fer tilizer for any soil is a spirit oi industry. Without this line, and gympsum bone and green ma nure marl and guano will be oi little use. We believe in good fences, good oarns,' good farmhouses, good stock, good orchards and children enough to gather tne fruit. We believe in a clean kitchen, a neat wife in it, a spinning wheel, a clean cupboard, a clean conscience. College of Agriculture and Me ohanic Arts. Practical education in A gricul ture; in Civil, Electrical, and Me chanical Engineering; in Cotton Manufacturing, Dyeing and In dustrial Chemistry. Tuition $45 a year; Board $lO a month. 120 Scholarships. Address PRESIDENT WINSTON, West Raleigh. "WE DEAL IN DIRT" And if you want to make money you will too, for we have more bargains on our list now than we ever expect to have again LOOK AT THESE No. 89. Vacant Lot Store Property 25x100 feet. For quick sale. $750 No. 80. TEN ACRE FARM 1-4 mile from Hickory. 5 acres wood land, 5 acres in good state of cultivation s"*- No. 81. ONE of the most desirable "building lots in town SIAH No. 82. FRUIT FARM. 100 acres on turnpike between Lenoir ana Blowing Rock - No. 74. FARM AND ROLLER MILL, Lincoln county, frrm con tains 83 acres with 10 acres bottom, 4 room dwelling, barn ai.d " outhouses. 100,000 feet merchantable timber. Three stand miil operated by water Dower. The whole for 4600 No. 85. HOUSE AND VACANT LOT. Lincolnton street, 4 room house irt good condition. Garden, fruit, vacant lot 136x172 1000 No. 86. BRICK STORE BUILDING. Morganton street 20x75 ieet, city water, elevator. One of the best stands in town. Only 3250 No. 79. NINE room dwelling. Lot 80x330, Hope avenue, near Le noir college. City water, every convenience 52500 No. 78. TWENTY-SIX acre farm 1-2 mile from Granite post office. 15,000 feet merchantable timber - 100® No. 75. 185 ACRE FARM and country store. Kings Creek town ship. Caldwell countv. 35 acres in cultivation, 100 acres tim ber. Eight room 2-story dwelling, barn and outhouses. Near school house and church - STfW No. 66. HOUSE AND LOT at Hildebrand. One of the best bar gains we have on our list - - 900 No. 65. 145 ACRE FARM 5 miles from Hickory in Caldwell coun ty . Over 100,000 feet merchantable timber. Large deposits of gold and monozite. Two good dwellings, barns and outhonses, also good orchard . - - 3000 No. 62. 65 ACRE FARM. 7 miles from HicKory. Land well water ed, 35 acres in timber - 7OO No. 54. One of the best located and most beautiful residences in Hickory. Has every modern convenience. Lot 152x320. Is near center of towrt - - 3500 No. 87^Store property near town. New 2 story brick building 25 x67ft. $2,400. No, 88. Six room dwelling, Granite Falls, N. C. New house, nicely painted, good garden and orchard. SBOO. No. 72. Very desireable lot on Shell St., 110x375 Ft., $450. No. 58. VACANT LOT 1-2 acre, Brookford road, just butside city limits - • - " $125 No. 57. 25 ACRE FARM, 1-2 mile from Hickory. Land lies well and is in high state of cultivation. New 5-room dwelling S2OOO No. 56. FARM 50 acres, 3-4 mile from Hickory. Is a bargain at $2375 If you want anything in the real estate line, come and see us. Jones and Mattocks , . -*• - - ' A'.'i it - H ;5> OFFICE OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HICKORY We keep open on Tuesday ane Saturdaynights Phone 225 VICTOR TALKING MACHINES 1 Did you ever stop to think of the pleasure you are missing because you have not a Victor Talking Machine? nCW m^ 9 ' C ' aS most uplifting of all earthly pleasures. Why put off buying and enjoying one of our fine Graphophones? There is nothing that can take the place of a Victor when it has once been installed in a home. It is a source of delight and pleasure to every member of the household from the oldest- to the voungest. Let us sell you a Victor. We sell either for Cash or on In stallment—easy monthly payments. Give us a call. The Morrison Bros. Co. Inc. HICKORY, N. C. i Claremont Female College HICKORY, N. C. 27TH YEAR OPENS SEPTEMBER 17TH. Completely re-organized and equipped with new furnishings. 20 acre campus, lofty elevation, brick buildings; all modem conveniences. Offers full College course, Preparatory, Music, Elocution, Art. New and able Faculty. Affords ideal Christian home influence. A safe place for pa rents to send their daughters. Patronage your home school. Boajjl and Tuition $l2O For further information address PRES. Wm. B DUTTERA Hickory, N. C. . AJiouie.- /nwilcl., .. aXfl. Mtyaqiid m ;j> /"o „/T«« . oik. & "fvt{A& Vi(}ito&yi'tofysi'.~ you ahz don't let not foaAtinff &tojo vw van that home -jfri you do efttajyly tfiat it viont take maefv to \oont6, \eal andyou eon pay pi it ly.jjfctw-eek you vH&fa. vw xl&o have the Se^t M*Hnff wvavfainz m tfie> money, &ynte cwkl talk it ovek vHtfi ub you\& tyvuly^ W. 0. 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