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Established JS99
Special Prices
ON HEAVY-WEIGHT
Suits and Overcoats
For 30 Days
Our stock is not large, 'however, we don't
believe in carrying over goods, preferring
to.sacrifice the price while the goods ?re
yet very desirable, thus giving us room for
Spring Goods, and giving you fhe new
merchandise at low prices.
DON'T FORGET OUR LINE OF "WALKOVER" SHOES
in heavy Winter* weight are the very best
to be had, $4.00 the pair.
A complete line of "Hawes" and "Stetson"
Hats and Furnishings.
Moretz-Whitener Clothing—GO-
The Quality Shop.
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i HICKORY, JS. C.
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er than you can get it elsewhere.
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HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30,1908.
JOINT BILL FOR PROHIBI
TION
Full Text of Law Submitted —
Election in August.
The most important measure
before the legislature, was the
Lotig-Dowd bill providing fqr
prohibition, to become effective
January Ist, 1909, after the
people shall have voted for it at
an election to be held the fir&t
Thursday in August of this year.
This bill has the endorsement ot
the North Carolina Anti-Saloon
League.
■ This bill entitled, "An Act to
prohibit the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors i'
North Carolina, is as follows:
"That it shall be unlawful for
any person, or persons, firm or
corporation to manufacture, or
in any manner make, or sell, or
otherwise dispose of for gain
any spirituous, vinous, fermented
or malt liquors or intoxicating
bitters within the State of North
Carolina: ~ Provided, this act
shall not be construed to forbid
the sale of such spirituous, vin
ous fermented or malt liquors or
intoxicating bitters by a medical
depository or by any druggist
for sickness upon the written
prescription of a regularly lic
ensed and actively practicing
physician having the person for
whom such prescription is made
under his charge, which said
prescription shall specify the a
mount of spirits required; Pro
vided, further, that wines and
ciders may be manufactured or
made from grapes, berries or
fruits raised on the lands of the
manufacturers or other persons
and sold at the place of manu
facture only, and only in sealed
or crated packages containing
not less than five gallons per
package; but no wjne or ciders
shall be drunk upon the premises
where sold, nor shall the pack
age containing the same be
opened on said premises.
"That for the purpose of thig
act spirituous, vinous or malt
liquors or intoxicating bitters
are defined to be such spirituous
vinuos or malt liquors or intoxi
cating bitters, or compounds of
either or other medicines or be
verages, as the United States
Government levies a special tax
upon, or for the sale of which a
United States license is required
to be taKen out by the person or
persons, firm or corporation pro
posing to sell tho same, and all
liquor or mixtures thereof by
whatever names called that will
produce intoxication shall be
construed and held to be intoxi
cating liquors within the mean
ing of this act.
' 'That any phvsician who shall
make any prescription (except
in case pf sickness), for the
purpose of aiding or abetting any
person or persons who- are not
bona fide under his charge to
purchase anv intoxicating liquors
contrar/ to the provisions of
this act, and any druggist who
shall sell or otherwise dispose of
for gain any spirituous, vinous,
fermented or malt liquors, or
intoxicating bitters without the
written prescription of a legally
qualified physician, or who shall
duplicate the prescription of a
physician for intoxicating liquors
for any person or persons not
bona fide under such physician's
charge, without the written di
rection of the physician j*bo
gave the same, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction, shall be fined or im
prisoned or both in the discretion
of the Court for each and every
offense; and all druggists selling
intoxicating liquors by prescrip
tion as aforesaid shall keep a
record thereof which shall bear
the true dates of the sale, the
names of all persons to whom
sales were made, the names of I
the physicians upon whose pre
scription the salos were made,
which said record shall be sub
ject at ali times to inspection
of the solicitor of the u trict the
sheriff and other peace officers
of the country, the mayor and
police officers of the city or town
in which said druggist's business
is located and all other persons;
and any druggist failing to keep
the record aforesaid, or refusing
to permit the examination of
such record by the officers
named or other persons, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction be find or im
prisoned or both in the discre
tion of the Court,*
"The place where delivery of
any intoxicating liquors if made
in the Siate of North Carolina,
shall be construed and held to
be the place of sale thereof and
any station or other place with
in said State to which any per
son shall ship or convey any in
toxicating liquors for the pur
pose of delivery or carrying the
same to any purchaser, shall be
construed to be the place of sale,
provided that nothing in this act
shall be construed to prevent the
delivery of any intoxicating li
quor to druggists in sufficient
quantities for medical purposes
only. ••
"Nothing in this act shall be
construed as leaking it
to sell to any minister of religion
or other officer of a church, wine
to be used for religious or sacra
mental purposes.
' That nothing in this act shall
he construed to prevent the
county commissioners or govern,
ing body of any city or town
from prohibiting the sale of
spirituous, vinous, fermented or
malt liquors or intoxicating bit.
ters by druggists in their respec
tive counties, cities or towns.
"That all laws or parts of laws
in conflict with this act be and
the same are4ierebv to the ex
tent of such conflict repealed:
Provided, however, that nothing
in this act shall operate to re
peal any of the local or special
acts of the General Assembly of
North Carolina prohibiting the
manufacture or sale or other
disposition of anv of the liquors
mentioned in this act, but all
such acts shall continue in full
force and effect and in concur
rence herewith; and indictment
and prosecution may be had'
either .under this act or any
special or local a;t relating to
the same subject.
"Any person violating any of
the provisions of this act shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor,
"That the foregoing provisions
of this act shall go into effect on
the first day of January, in the
year of our Lord One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Nine, if a
majority of the votes cast at the
election hereafter provided for
shall be, Against the Manu
facture and Sale of Intoxicating
Liquors."
"That on the first Thursday
in August, in the year of our
Lord One Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Eight, an election shall
be held in the several election
precincts in each county in the
State of North Carolina to de
termine whether provisions of
sections one to eight (inclusive)
of this act shall become effective
Said election shall be conducted
and held under the same rules
and regulations and in the same
manner as elections for State
officers; and unless otherwise
provided in this act the general
laws regulating elections as set
forth in Chapter Ninety of the
Revisal of 1905 of North Caro
lina and the amendments there
to shall be applicable «to said
election. At said election every
person qualified to vote for mem
bers of the General Assembly
shall have the right to vote.
"At each election precinct
there shall be a ballot box pro
vided for the purpose of said
election, which shall be labeled
in plain Roman letters. "For
or Against and
Sale of Intoxicating Liquors 'f
In all other respects said ballot
box shall b-»i 1 conformity with
the general laws regulating elec
tions as set forth in Chapter
Ninety (90) of the Revisal of
1905 of North Carolina and the
amendments thereto. At said
election every qualified voter
shall have the right to vote* u
written or printed ballot, or a
ballot partly written and partly
printed, bearing the words "For
the Manufacture and Sale of
toxioattng Liquors" or a written
or printed ballot or a ballot part
ly written and partly printed
bearing the words 1 the
Manufacture and Sale of Intoxi
cating Liquors." The ballots
shall be of white paper and
shall be without device. The
votes cast at said election shall
be counted, compared, returned
canvassed, certified r-eport
e4 un4ep the same rulei and
regulations and in the same
manner as the vote for State
officers a \ provided in the gener
al laws of the State above re
ferred to except that the board
of State examiners shall, im
mediately after they have com
pleted their canvass of the re
turns of said election from the
abstracts transmitted to the
Secretary of State, certify to
the Governor a statement of
the result of saeh canvass, and
the Governor shall forthwith is
sue his prqQlamation announcing
and declaring the result and
such proclamation by the Gover
nor shall have the effect to de
termine the result of sai.i elec
tion,
"The State Board of Elections
ahd several county hqards of
elections are hereby authorized,
empowered and directed to take
all sueh actions as may be neces
sary to fully provide for the
election to be held in accordance
with this act. The several coun
ty boards of elections shall meet
in their respective counties not
later than the first day of May
in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and
eight and arrange for the hold
ing of said election by selecting
and. appointing a registrar and
two judges of election for each
election precinct in their respect
ive counties, the duties and
powers of whom shall be in all
respects as provided in the gen
eral election laws of the State as
above referred to. In making
the appointments of - judges of
elections the county boards of
elections shall, if possible, each
appoint for each election precinct
one comoetent person generally
known to be in lavor of the
manufacture and sale of intoxi
cating liquor in the State of
North Carolina and one compet
ent person generally known to
be opposed to the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquor
in the State of North Carolina.
The several cortnty boards of
elections shall make publication
of the names of the registrars
and judges of election and serve
notice upon them as required by
the general election laws of the
State.
"The compensation of all
officers engaged in the said elec
tion shall be the same as is pro
vided by law for similar service
in case of general State elec
tions. -
"In order to fully effectuate
the purpose of this act and 10
carry out the true intent and
meaning of the same it is hereby
provided that that the State
Board of Elections in matters
affecting the entire State and
the several county boards of
elections in matters affecting
their respective counties shall
respectively have full power and
authority and they are hereby
directed to make all such rules
and regulations and to do and
Democrat *nd Press, Consolidated 1905.
perform all such acts and things
as shall be necessary to complete
the details for the holding of
said election and to conform the
same as nearly as possible to the
general laws of the State regu
lating State elections as set forth
in chapter 09 of the Revival of
1905 of North Carolina an 1 V e
amendments theret> n>* or
hereafter adopted, \
"This act"filial] in , r orce
from and after its ratification "
Rank Foolishness.
"When attacked by a cov h
or a cold, or when your thro? is
sore,,it is rank foolishness to
take any .other medicine than
Dr. King's New Discovery,"
says C. O. El Iridge, of Empire,
Ga. "I have used New Dis
covery seven years and I know
it is the best remedy op earth
for coughs and croup and
a'l throat and lung troubles. My
children are subject to croup,
but New Discovery quickly cures
every attack." Known the
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and lung remedies. Sold under
guarantee at C. M. Shuford; W.
S. Martin and Menzies drug
to res.
Punishing Children.
Our quotation about the training
of tiger cubs and its application
to the punishment of children
has created quite a breeze.. We
concede tho right of every man to
his own opinion but we mist
insist that the free use of whip
in the schoolroom for children is
little short of barbarity.
We have even known cases
where the older children of a
family were allowed to punish the
younger children without leave
hinderance. In our humble
judgment this is nothing short
of a crime on the part of parents
who are thus sowing the seed of
hate and bitterness that will last
as long as life itself. The indis
criminate punishment of pupils by
teachers is nearly, if not quite,
as bad, *
The child who obeys through a
sense of fear obeys in the wrong
spirit and such obedience does
him no good.
It has been suggested that the
Bible speaks of the necessity tor
whipping. But such wisdom was
written for another day than
ours. In the age of force, when
parents had the power of life and
death over their children, and
when every man's chief aim was
to be a soldier and every woman's
chief duty to bear children who
should make soldiers, that was
very good. But we are living
under a new dispensation.
Does the New Testament any
where enjoin the whipping of
children? We have also seen it
stated that if children are not to
be punished, then we ought not
to punish criminals in the first
place we don't think a young and
innocent child stands on the same
footing with a criminal.
In the next place we are in
favor of whipping neither child
ren nor criminals. -Some better
method of punishment can be e:>
forced.
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"I have found a cure for misery
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time; and. it, puts yellow janndice clean
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- Teachers' Association.
The teachers are requested to
attend the Association at Newton
on Feb. Ist, 1908, to be held at
the Court House. We hope all
the teachers will be present.
Subjects for discussion.
"Whenshould .a pupil take up
the study of North Carolina
History?" Profs. S. S. Keisler,
and Cox.
Give the Natural order of
Teaching Geography," Profs. C.
0. Smith and A. P. Whisenhunt
"How to Prevent a pupil from
Selecting his own books of
Study. Profs. Lee Setzer and
Chas. M. Staley.
Program Committee.
R. L. Whitener,
Pres. r ,
Etta Baker,
Sec.
OAfTORtA.
Satrnth. s*T!n Kifld Yw Haw Always Bougftt
Sale of Valuable Land, -
By virtue of a decree of the
Superior court of Catawba county
in special proceedings entitled C.
A. Little, administrator, against,
at al, appointing me a commis
sioner I will on
MONDAY, Feb. 3rd 1908,
offer of sale to the highest bidder
for cash, at the Residence di the
late Thomas Setzer near the wn
of Hickory N. C., the following
described land in Hickory town
ship, to-wit:
Beginning on a stake on the
south bank of the W. N. R. R.
and two poles north of the Mor
gan old corner, and runs north
with J. D. Morgan's line 149
poles to a stone in said line, then
east 7Q p. to a stake in the old
Fry line, thence north with said
line 21 poles to a stake ond point
ers, thence east 250 feet to a
stake and pointers Fry's corner
thence south 152 poles to a stake
and pointers in the old Fry line,
thence north 87 west with said
line 50 poles to a pine stump,
thence south 14 l-£pole toa stake
in the center of the Western
North Carolina railroad, then
south 84 west with said railroad
to poles to a stake in said rail
road, Frank Lock's coner, thence
sold to the Lock's line 11 poles to
a stake, said Lock's coner, thence
west 5412 poles to tne beginning,
containing 110 acres more or less.
Excepting and reserving, how
ever, from the above described
boundary about 45 acres herefore
sold by said Thos. W. Setzer to
one Mr. Geitner, reference being
had to said deed for a description
of the said land. Said land will
be sold in lots first, then as a
whole.
terms, half cash, balance in
equal payments of three and six
months, with interest from date
of sale.
This Dec. 31 1907.
W.C NEWLANDatty.
C. A. LITTLE com.
-The Blood is The life.*
Science has never gone beyond the
above simple statement of scripture. But
It has illuminated that statement and
given it a meaning ever broadening with
the increasing breadth of knowledge.
When the blood is "bad" or impure II
is not alone the l~Jy which suffers
through disease. The brain la also
clouded, HJje mind and judgement are
effected, an evil deed or impure
traced to the
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Pierce's Golden Medical R
and mirifl»« thfi thereby
curing, pimples, blotches, eruptions and
other cutaneous affections, as eczema,
tetter, or salt-rheum, hives and other
manifestations of impure blood.
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sores, the "Golden Medical Discovery "has
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cases of old sores, or open eating uloers,
it is well to apply to the open sorts Dr.
Pierce's All-Healing Salve, which pos*
senses wonderful healing potency when
used as an application to the sores in con
junction with the use of "Golden Medical
Discovery" as a blood cleansing consti
tutional treatment If your druggist
don't happen to have the "All-Healing
Salve" In stock, you can easily procure it
by Inclosing fifty-four cents in postage
stamps to Dr. B. V. Pierce, 063 Main St,
Buffalo, N. Y., and It will COM to you by
return post. Most druggists keep It as.
well as the "Golds* Medical DlMOvery."
• »»•••
Ton can't afford to accept an) medicine
of unknown comportticm as a substitute
for "Golden Medical Discovery," which is
a medicine or KJTOW* COMPOSITION-,
having a complete list of ingredients In
plain English on Its bottle-wrapper, the
same being attested as correct under oath.
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