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($j # @ TX 1 TTf l f BOOKS! jfc We have al 1 kinds of Books except School Books, and lff> keep a full line of ' Vf SCHOOL SUPPLIES jgL Pen and Pencil Tablets, Composition Books, Examina- I* A*. tion Tablets, Pencils, Pens and Ink. \ff MAGAZINES. %?J Whether you want a single copy or an annual subscrip- yfr iii tion. you will find us ready and prompt to get you what Ct'j you want. a\ vi; jL VAN DYKE BOOK & ART SHOP A. L. MOSER, and L. R. MOSER, Proprietors. Between C. M. Shuford and E. B. Menzies. juT m T\ j Is the best advertising medium in Cataw -Ift OIIIAPP'I county' as it is read in very near every II 111 111 IJ Ni ! State in the Union, and in every home in 1 llu 1/1/ ill the county. The subscription price is oaly $l.OO pei year. THE rirCKORY DEMOCRAT. HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1908. WILL BE WORTH A MILLION. AN INVENTION CONCEIVFD IN HICKORY JAIL. Mr. D. IV. Mil/saps, of Will Sue the Town of Hickory for $lO,OOO Damages for False Arrest and False Imprisonment. Lumberton Robesonian. That device Mr. D. W. Millsaps, of Lumberton, has invented for bundling up letters in post offices, from which he expects to realize a cool million from the government, was invented while Mr. Millsaps languished one sum mer afternoon, in the jail at Hick ory—or, to be more exact, the idea which resulted in the inven tion was conceived at that time. In addition to the million which he expects to ge* out of the government for the invention which he conceived in jail, Mr. Millsaps expects to get $lO,OOO from the town of Hickory for that imprisonment, for he is going to sue that town for false arrest, false imprisonment and violation of the interstate commerce law. This is. the way it happened: Mr. Millsaps is agent for the Novelty Cutlery Co., and he sells knives. He goes from place to place and takes orders like any other traveling man, and then he goes around later and delivers. He is protected by the interstate commerce law and does not have to pay local tax. The town au thorities of Hickory were not advertent to that fact, so they demanded that Mr. Millsaps pay a tax. This Mr. Millsaps refused to do, and then the mayor de manded that he put up a bond in the sum of $5O for his appearance at court. Mr. Millsaps said that he could not put up the bond right then, so he was sent to jail, This was about 12 o'clock, noon, one day last July. One his way to the jail Mr. Millsaps asked to be allowed to get something to read, which request was granted, and he purchased a Harper's Weekly—the most fortunate pur chase-Mr. Millsaps ever made, no doubt. There was nothing to do but make the most of a bad situa tion, so Mr. Millsaps made him self as comfortable as possible in jail and proceeded to read the Haiper she had purchased. In that paper he saw a statement to the effect that the government spends hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly for twine used in postoffices for bundling letters; that many inventors have tried to invent a substitute for twine which would meet the demand for cheapness and speed; and that the invention of a practical sub , stitute would be worth a million I to the inventor. Here was where Mr. Millsaps got his idea. In reading his Oxford Bible he is ac customed to hold in his hand the rubber band which is -placed a round the Bible when it is not in use. Mr. Millsaps took counsel with himself and decided that two bands like that, properly placed in relation to each other, would do the trisk, and 10, it was done! An exceedingly simple devise it is, but no one had thought of just that very thing before. About seven o'clock in the evening of the day on which he was placed in jail a friend of Mr. Millsaps came to the jail in high indignaion and-putup in cash the $5O bond and obtained Mr.. Mill sap's release. On the 28th, of last October the case against Mr. Millsaps was tried before Judge Ward, who promptly instructed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. McLean & McLean, of Lumberton, will represent Mr. Millsaps in the suit which he wili bring against the town of Hickory for damages in the sura of $lO,- He is confident of winning that suit, ana he is also confident of getting the million from the government for his Utter-bund ling device. One neve? can tell what a day in jail may bring forth, when you have done nc wrong, and are an innocent victim. Ivey Dots. Some of our people are getting tired resting, Especially tw? certain men who all the way to Connelly Springs in a day fur their dinner and a chew of tobacco. They had not had a square meal since the mill stop ped and they ate so much it made them both sick, but we are glad to learn they are im proving. Mrs. J. P. Toomey returned home Thursday after a weeks visit in Lincolnton. Miss Minnie Abee has gone to Charlotte to visit friends ard relatives. Miss Lomie. Berry went tq Morganton Friday %q visit her sister. Misses Jessie Rurch and Lomie Berry went to Brookford Tues* day on business. Mr. Jim Abee who moved to Rhodhiss two weeks ago has moved back to Ivey. Mr. Will Froyier and daughter Miss Ethel have gone to their farm near Catawba to spend a few days. x • M'ss Candace Reese spent a few days with her brother in East Hickory last week. There is a lot of sickness in this part of town, some one sick at most every house with grip pe. Mr. M. L. Sherrill has been quite sick the last few days. Mr. Elbert Poygne has recent ly moved in the nouse with Mrs. Cloninger. Mrs. Griffin has been right sick but is improving. Mrs. Malcom McKenaie has been right sick, also Mr. Bum garner and wife have been sick with grippe. Will close with best wishes to the Democrat. J. B. ' Biookford Dots. After one of the mostsucessful terms, our school closed last Fri day, tnere were enrolled one hun dred pupils, with a daily average for the term of eighty and no trouble of any kind around during the term. Prof. Phillips speaks well of his pupils an.l they well of there teacher. The panic has not struck Brook ford yet, ne\v machinery has recently been put in the mill, new houses being erected among which is the "Hotel Brookford," a large two story building just in j front of the new store, it is being nicely finished inside and built by W. W. Williams, the up-to-date contractor for our town, and will soon be opened for public patron age, by one polite salesman, Mr. J. J. Nichalson and his good wife, who will know how to take care of the travelling public. Everything is quiet in our town, except the "kids,'' who are enjoy ing the big snow. Our busy little man, W. H. Shuford, is still very busy, but never fails to take in all the small entertainments and is particular ly happy when he can get the chance to swap a "few" with some pretty girl. LOTTIE. THE JUMPING OFF PLACE. "consumption had me in its grasp; and I had almost reached the jumping off place when I was advised to try Dr. King* Discovery; and I want to say right now, it saved my life. Im provement began with the first bottle, and after taking one dozen bottles I was a well and happy man again," says George Moore, of Grimesland, N. C. As a remedy for coughs and colds ?nd healer of week, sore lungs and for preventing pneumonia New Discovery is supreme. 50c, and $l.OO at C. M. Shuford E. B, Menzies, vV. S. Martin druggists. Trial bottle free. PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH. Former Lyles Creek Corres pondent Has Mistaken Idea and Begs Forgiveness. Mr. Editor: * An article was in your paper re cently from the pen of the for mer Lyles Creek Correspondent wherein he "attacked' 1 your writer, "Uncle Rusticus 4 ' re= garding his 'reference to the early settlers as descendant* from the old Pennsylvania Dutch, While at the tine we did not mean to reflect upon that good writer, we only wished to have trim explain what of people the early settlers, des cendants of the Pennsylvania Dutch, .really were. We hav often **ead "Rusticus'" ence to and naturally, when we arrived here we were wont t;> find out all -we could a bout them. As a consequence we were told here of a certain class Ox people who were refer red to us as M Qutch" and what we saw of th-em made us speak of them ''dirty, filthy, etc." This led to a communication from a writer whoVgned Ivmself "An Irishman," when, seeing we were addressing the (so-call ed) Pennsylvania Dutch in such a reckless manner, took occasion to protect the rights of Philadel phia, its Dutch and early sets tiers. As we had the wrong un derstanding, this caused us to attack "Irishman" in a similar manner as we had previouslv attacked "Rusticus." But however, the article writ ten by "Irishman," whom we have every reason to believe is a promineat gentleman -in your city, caused -us to investigate further. As .a consequence we find we were as badly mistaken as "Irishman*' said we wew, The people we referred to are not real dutch as we were told, but are foreigners, but many of them have a slight imitation of the Dutch dialect, and they are not descendants ot any Dutch of Pennsylvania, but from other quarters. We have now been correctly informed as to the real Dutch meaning and the people here correctly termed so. They are people as irishman" referred to: "Creditable, pros perous," etc. However we were informed right about the people we were told of, as they are low and worthless—but we had the wrong people. We trust "Irishman" will for give us, also "Uncle Rusticus" as we certainly did not mean to speak so rashly about people who are so prosperous as we now st*e the class here who are really the "Dutch." We will also take "Irishman's" hand gently and apologize and trust he will not feel ®ffended after he sees this from our pen in print. "MONOTYPIT" Formerly Lyles Creek Corres pondent. The State Republicans are to hold two conventions this year and the executive committee, in session at Greensboro yesterday, named that city as the place and April 30th as the..time for the first. They had such a pleasant time in their convention at Greensboro two years ago that they no doubt feared to change the place lest it might bring change of luck, with the possi bility of gentlemen threatening to use revolvers on each other and to throw each other out of the windows. —Ex. A SENSATION. The marvellous curative properties of Foley's Hoeey and Tar has proven a sensation in many cases of severe coughs and colds that had refused to yield to other treatment. Foley's Honey and Tar will stop your cough, heal the lungs and expel the cold from your system. Contains no harmful drugs. _ 1 W. S. Martin & Co Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905. "Rusticus Scores His Point and Makes a Home Run." A few weeks ago there appear ed in the DEMOCRAT an article supposed to have'been written by* that youth commonly known a the Lyle3 Creek corresp indent ahoqt the Pennsylvania Dutch; whom Rusticus had) often written approvingly of them. Ha com mands Rusticus to write an ar ticle about these old hard/ and steady Pennsylvania Dutch. But before we bigin in that theme, we will tell him some facts we suppose he does not know. There was a time according to history, that whole country a round Philadelphia was called Sylvania meaning a forest coun try before there was aiuch a thing known as Pennsylvania. The country Une of the Keystone was made, than the word Penn vas fixed to Sylvania and made it Pennsylvania in honor to that | great man, William Penn., who was an excellent man and was I engaged in making many treaties with the Indians who then in habited that country. Then it was that the german imigrants flocked into the state of Penn sylvania an J developed it. They and their descendants m vie the State what it U today, And hence they were called the Penn sylvania Dutch, whose fathers were of the first Germans who came and settled that large do minion. They were an indus trious ecomical, moral, religious and law abiding and a straight forward, honest people and always given to hospitably. There cannot be too much said about these Pennsylvania Dutch. But it seems that this youth has rather spoken slightly and disapprovingly about them in these latter days. He compares them with these latter day Ger mans mercenaries who ramble through the country. He said they were not law-abiding peo ple and were often found in the police courts That does not be long to the original Pennsylvania Dutch. Rusticus was astonished at his language towards the old Pennsylvania Dutch people. Ido not like to be compared with those latter days German mercenaries who are no Penn sylvania Dutch. When he pen ned that article he certainly must have been beside himself as he said what St. Paul was in his day—but we suppose that he was like the little boy was when his father had taken him out in to the country twenty miles looked up in his father's face and said: Well papa if this world is big every way it certainly mu3t be a whopper. So his grandparents came from Pennsylvania and were called the Pennsylvania Dutch because they were born and raised in Pennsylvania. We did not think he would go back on his blood. Rusticus did not ap prove of his language because his mother's father was born and raised in the city of Phila delphia and came to the Sunny South and bought a home and he was a full blooded Pennsylvania Dutchman descendants of these old Pennsylvania dutch. We suppose that wa3 the way with this youth when he got 300 miles from home away up in the city of Philadelphia he thought if the world was as big every way for it was {a whopper. We feel with the Pennsylvania dutch to think while he was in that large city he ought to have spoken more respectfully about them and not compared the old Pennsylvania dutch with these latter day German mer cencenaries. We think that an other Irishman ought to be after him. RUSTICUS. Stjbocribe for the Democrat. A Thimble Party, On Jan. 23th Mrs. Geo. Hutton entertained a fortunate number of ladies in honor of her mother Mrs. Bonnenhour. The guests were bidden to bring thimbles and many wers the surmises concerning the use these im portant little implements were to be put. The general opinion inclined to quilts but one lady had a game of thimble and forfeits in anticipation. Bill Nye, who said lie put away childish things but put them where he could get them again, would have felt himself fully sustained if he could have seen the pleasure and abandon with which these ladies went to work with bright colored tissue paper ito make caps, no party of child ren with paper dolls was any appieror more interested. Mrs. McNutt maintained stoutly that her cap was best t and it was if a good serviceable, substantual cap was wanted, but when —since the Vicar of Wake fied chose his wife ior her good wearing qualities and his wife chose her wedding gown for the same sufficient reason —when has a woman ever decided in favor of mer : t when beauty was in question; r.ot in this after noon. Mrs. Whiteside's creation of lavender and white carded off the prize which was a pretty pin cushion. After the exhausting mental strain of millinery the guests were invited in the dining room to enjoy a feast of good things and to admire the hand painted place cards and decorations of autumn leaves. Mrs. Winter's music added greatlv to the pleasure of the afternoon and Mrs. Bonnenhour's singing of >ld fam?Har songs was a refJ treat. The ladies who enjoyed the pleasant afternoon' with Mrs. Bonnenhouser were Mas dame McNutt, Ramsay, Reede, Bonniwell, Whiteside, N. Mar tin, James Martin, and Mrs. John Shuford. A NIGHT ALARM. Worse than an alarm of fire at night is the metallic caugh of criip bringing dread to the household. Careful mothers keep Foley's Honey and Tar in the house and give it at the first sign of danger. Foley's Honey and Tar has saved many little lives and it is the only safe preparation for children as it contains no harmful drugs. W. S. Martin & Co. Ground Hog Day.—Six More Weeks of Winter. Last Sunday was Ground Hog Day. According to the ancient superstition, exploded a thousand times by actual facts, but still cherished by the public, if the groundhog sees his shadow when he issues forth from his hole at neon on Candlemas day, (Febru ary 2nd) he will crawl in again and prepare for six weeks more of winter. If, on the other hand, he fails to see his shadow, he will remain out and make preparations for the coming of the spring, thus indicating that the most severe part of the winter is near at hand. Not a clovd obscured the sky during the day, and according to the superstition we shall have six weeks more of winter. NEIGHBORHOOD FAVORITE. Mrs. £. D. Charles, of Harbor, Maine, speaking of Electric Bitters, says: "It is a neighborhood favorite here with us." It deserves to be a favorite everywhere. - It gives quick relief in dyspepsia, liver complaint, kidney derangement, malnutrition, nervousness, weekaess and general debility. Its action on the blood, as a thorough purifier makes it esbecially useful as a spring medicine. This grand alterative tonic is sold under guaratee at C. M. Shuford E. B. Men* zie, W. S. Martin drug stores. Soc. Advertising in the Democrat brings direct results.
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