Established 1899
1 We Have Bargains f
In the following property
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g 1 lot on 12th st., 100x500, $650. _ g
g 1 house and lot in Highland. 11-4 miles from depot, $550
S 1 house and lot west of Ivev Mill, 11-4 miles from depot,
g 5850. ' |
g 1 house and lot on Bth st., lot 100x175, 6 room house, 2
h barns, apple and pear trees, city water, a bargain at
8 SI7OO. I
1 four room cottage, lot 100x293, 30 apple trees, S7OO.
o 1 house and lot on Bth st., lot 10ox200, five room cottage,
2 city and well water, j>rice $1650. %
1 house and lot on corner 14th st. and 14th ave., lot 15 lx §
a 320, 10 rooms and two story building, good orchard, city
| water, $3500. * 8
1 house and lot, seven room cottage, corner 20th. and
o 9th ave., will rent or sell, a bargain at SISOO.
g 2 farms adjoining each other, 5 miles south of Hildebran, |
Farm No. 1, 20 acres in cultivation, 3 acres of bottom g
0 land, 19 acres in fine timber, 2 cottages on farm, good
J orchard, etc, price SSOO. * %
* 1 farm, 12 acres in cultivatiod, 23 acres timber, 50,000 g
feet of merchantable timber and some second growth
§ of pine timber, one cottage and a barn. SSOO.
§ 1 fine suburban residence and truck farm, 11-8 *niles of
S center of Hickory. This property can be bought at a - ¥
§ bargain.
1 farm 4 miles of Hickory, on Deal and Lenoir ro.id, 57 §
acres in cultivation, 18 acres in bottom land, 88 acres
g in timber. 100,000 feet in merchantable timber, bal
g ance cord wood, 1 eight room and 1 four room cottage, §
2 barns, large orchard, land well watered. Price
g S3OOO. |
g 1 farm 1-2 mile from Hickory, 12 acres in cultivation, §
i} 13 acres in fire wood. 5 room house, cottage, splendid
% orchard and barn-yard, S2OOO.
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1 Hickory Insurance & Realty Go., 1
J. A. LENTZ, W. A. HALL, M. H. GROVES, |
a ' President. Vice-President. Sec. Treas.
| Valuable farms tor Sale |
3j 47 ACRE FARM j|
12 Five miles south, very near to churches, on j*
gS4 v main public road, good orchard, assorted fruits, Kt
J}£ 5 room dwelling, good double barn, double crib,
Ju buggy house, grainery. Price $1150.00.
«S 160 ACRE FARM £
Seventy acres of which is in woods, 12 acres of
■w good creek bottom, 6 room dwelling house,
I plenty out-buiiaings, another good 3 room dwel- l£
ling house, all situated about four and a half [Jf
miles east. , Price $4000.00 [5
84 ACRE FARM 5
Good dwelling and out-buildings, plenty of 5
wood land, 12 miles north-east, on main public {5
road, R. F. D. route Price $1300.00.
42 Acre Farm near town, north side. K
21 Acre Farm on west side.
100 Acres, 12 miles north-west. Price $550.00
50 Acres. Elegant home and farm, little way £
outside. Price $4800.00. J?
John t. Haithcock. f
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HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 12,1908.
"Political Pettifogging."
Hon. John Sharp Williams is
right in declaring that the Ohio
Republican platform, demand
ing that every illiterate negro in
the South be allowed to vote un
der the threat of losing rep
resentation in Congress," is "a
startling piece of political petti
fogging." The reports current in
Washington that the "negro tick
ling" plank passed bv the Taft
crowd in the Ohio State Conven
tion was written by President
Roosevelt. He called upoi.
Southern men to support him in
the Brownsville matter because
ne was standing for justice ana
now in order to cater to the
negro vote he and his man Fri
iay threaten to oust Foraker b>
injecting the question of coerc
ing Southern States into the
Taft campaign: It is no bettei
than the Foraker firealarms ana
shows Roosevelt ana Taft have
oeen thorouhly frightened bj
che threat of the negro bishops
and are ready to restore sectional
md racial trouble to nominate
Taft. Commenting on the Ohio
p atfo.'m declaration Mr. Will
tarns is quoted as saying;
"If the Republican party wish
es the fourteeth amendment to be
enforced it should repeal the fif
teenth amendment. After the
passage of the fifteeuth amend
nent, whereby the South
forbidden to disfranchise any
body on account of race, color oi
previous conditition of servitude*
it lies in man's mouth to say that
any Southern State does disfran
chise anyone proving his state
ment. The statement can not
be proved because- it is abso
iutely false. The fourteenth am
endment left the Southern States
with the option for each State
co let the negroes vote cr not
vote, as it chose, but if it did not
allow them to vote it would be
subjected to a reduction .of rep
resentation."
But the Republicans will not
meet the question fairly. They
io not expect any electoral votes
in the South and they are willinft-
GO wrong its people in order to go
co the negroes in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois. New York, New Jersey
and other States where the ne
groes hold the balance of power.
Subtract the negro vote from the
Republican vote in either of the
above named States and all the
oorder States and the Republi
cans are in a hopeless minority.
That accounts for the Ohio
declaration.
Federal Clash is Expected.
Columbia, S. C. f March 7.—A
serious clash between South
Carolina and the Federal govern
ment seems certain, as a result
of Federal Judge Pritchard's
decision to take charge of the
affairs of the old State dispensary ,
and to have all claims by liquor
iou?es against the dispensary
passed on by receivers appointed ,
by him.
At Asheville to-day Judge
Pritchard named J. A. McCul
longh, C. K. Henderson,' and B.
t?. Arthur receivers. Hender
son and Arthur who are mem
bers of the commission named by
.he legislature to wind up the
affairs of the dispensary, prompt
ly notified Pritchard they would
not act as receivers as they
aenied his right to name them,
[t is said that McCullough will
also refuse to act and that the
commission named by the legis
lature to settle the dispensary
affairs will refuse to recognize
Judge Pritchard's authority in
anyway.
The State commission is resist
ing claims of many whisky houses
against the dispensary, on the
ground of frau , already evidence
of colossal graft has developed.
The whisky houses appealed to
Judge Pritchard for receivers.
Feeling throughout the State
is exceedingly, bitter against
Pritchard.
Rusticus' Letter.
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Correspondence to The Democrat.
Rusticus is very sorry "to tell
the many readers of the Demo
crat that gentlemen in this neck
of the woods are very scarce
just now.
Farmers are busy plowing and
some are sowing oats. The gen
eral order of the day is hauling
sweet potatoes to market. There
is now a general rush for Char
iotte while potatoes are bringing
a dollar per bushel.
The general health seems to be
pretty good in this community.
There are still moving and
changing farms. Mr. Pink
iTuffman has moved to. thi
Groves farm on the Hickory
road.
The sawmills are still running
at full blast. It is truly wofi
derful to see the destruction oi
the forests. At some places it
is almost taken clean, but few
sapplings standing yet. There is
scarcely a tree standing thai
will make boards or shingles to
cover houses or barns at this rate
the rising generation will bi
.ninus of timbers. But the love"
of money will do almost any
thing to get it into possession.
Hello, what has become 01
that Liles Creek Correspondem
since the Irishman gave hin
chat severe dubbing about hit
writing about the old Pennsyl
vania Dutch, has he been snowec
jnder or has he crept into tht
ground hog hole to repent in
sackcloth and ashes.
Brother prohibitionist, I now
call you to the stand, take tie
prohibition bill and come out to
polls in May next and there do
your duty in working hard for
the great cause and drive the
liquor demon from the face oi
old North Carolina and her peo
ple free from this demon; come to
the relief of the good women
and children of North Carolina,
who are made miserable by those
who have given themselves uf.
to the drink of the demon and
nurting their phyiscal constitu
tion. It seems that the given
candidates are cutting a b>
word just now. We are o f the
opinion a black horse will win
the race in the end so it has of
ten occurred and it may be the
same again.
We wish the Democrat a great
and grand success during the
approaching campaign.
RUSTICUS.
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Greatest spring tonic, drives out all
imparities. Makes the blood rich.
Fills you with warm, tingling life.
Most reliable spring regulator. That's
Hoiiister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35c,
Tea or Tablets.
E.B. Menzies.
The shipping tag was lost from
a jug which entered Georgia the
other day. The station agent
took it before a justice to deter
mine the ownership. The court
decided-to take the matter under
consideration for twenty-four
hours. When the claimants
again appeared the judge was so
full of the subject that the ques
tion of ownership had been self
decided. - w
Accidents will happen, but the best
regulated families keep Dr. Thomas
Oil for such emergencies. It
subdues the pain and heals the hurts.
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Remember, it is looking down
ward that makes sne dizzy.
Look up, and your brain clears.,
your heart grows calm, and
strength comes to you for every
task and every emergency.
A LIFE AT STAKE.
Your life may be at stake when you
notice any sing of kidney or bladder
trouble as Bright's disease and diabetes
start with a slight inregularity-that could
be quickly cured by Foley's Kidney
Remedy. Commence taking it. at the
first sing of danger
W. S. Martin & Co.
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A Wilkes Man's Remarkable
Dogs.
Wilkes Chronicle
Uncle Israel Miller was in towy
last week and the subject of dogs
iame up. Uncle Israel stated
that he has raised some remark
able canines down at his place,
de now has one that is good for
snakes.only. He will track up
snakes, yelping on the trail as ii
running a rabbitT When he
"trees" a snake he bays it until
some one comes to kill it. A
few years ago Uncle Israel had a
.ishdog, which would go along
the river bank and tree fish, and
if he could charm the fish to still
less he would dive in and get
chem. Our recollection is that
Judge Henderson purchased the
iog for the purpose of sup
plying the towns with fish, but
che dog reufsed to work, and
Jncle Israel explained it by
saying "you couldn't expect a
iog to be any account after he
iad taken up with these lazy
trifling town fellers."
THE TWO INVINCIBLES
Liver Oil and Iron.
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Cod Liver oil and iron in some form cr
Other are prescribed by physicians the
vorld over, more than any other two
remedies the world has ever known, foi
inemia or poor blood, weakness,
convalescence, and all washing aud
pulmonary diseases.
Iron because it is the basis of the
oiood and without a sufficient amount
che blood is impoverished, watery, stale
and impure.
Cod Liver Oil, because it contains
•curative and reconstructive qualities
greater than that possessed by any other
one medicinal agent.
In Vinol modern science has given
to the world a combination of these
two world-famed tonics —Cod Liver
Jii and Iron, but shorn or all useless
oil or disagreeable features.
Vinol is made by a scientific, ex
tractive and concentrating process from
iresh cods' livers, combining with
peptonate-of-iron all the medicinal,
sealing, body builder elements of cods
jver oil, but no oil.
As a body-builder and strength cre
itor for old people, delicate children,'
veak run-down persons after sickness,
And for Chronic Coughs, Colds,
ironchitis, and all throat and lung
troubles, Vinol is unexcelled.
We ask Hickosy people to give
Vinol a trial. It won't cost anything
unless it gives satisfaction. Menzies
Drug Co.
More Promises to Negroes.
Since the negro swallowed the
promise of "forty acres and a
inule" the Republican politicians
think they can make him swallow
anything. The negro bishops
declared. do hereby raise
our voice in stern and solemn
warning to the coming Repub
lican national convention not to
put in nomination for the
presidency either President
Roosevelt or Secetary Taft on
pain of having arrayed against
either of those gentlemen at the
polls next November the almost
solid colored vote of the North."
The answer to the protest is
to promise to restore negro
voting in the south after Taft
is elected? The Southern people
found a way to prevent the evil?.
Paft threatens. They will find
other ways. But the threat,
axtorted by the negro bishops,
will provoke no 'reopening of
conditions in the South that
to remain settled.
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.
Mr. Norman R. Coulter, a brominent
architect, in the Delbert Building.
•" SanFranclsco says: "I fully endorse
all that has been said of Electric Bit
ters as a tonic medicine. It is good for
everybody. It corrects stomach, liver
and kidney disorders in a prompt and
efficient manner and builds up the sys
tem.'' Electric Bitters is the best
spring medicine ever sold over a drug
gist'r counter; as a blood purifier it is
unequaled. 50c. at C .M. Shuford E.
B. Menzie, W. S. Martin, druggists.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905.
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Charges of Bribery in Which
Judge Adams is Concerned.
Serious charges have been
voiced by a member of Congress
against the Indian Territory
Citizenship Court, of which ex-
Judge Spencer B. Adams, of
North Carolina, was the Chief
Justice during its life. The
charges, which were originally
made by attorneys for redress
in a brief submitted to Congress
were incorporated 'in a speech
made by Judge Stephens, a mem-
Der of the Thirteenth Texas dis
trict.
The language of the most ser
ious of the charges as it appears
in the Congressional Record,
follows: "As a reward for the
superior legal services rendered
in these cases, this famous legis
lative commission awarded a
fee of $750,000, which was paid
to the firm of Manfield, McMur
ray & Cornish, attorneys-at-law,
McAllister, Indian Territory,
out of the trust funds of the
Choctaws and Chickasaws, and
in which funds the persons thus
dispossessed of their property
had a vested right under the
treaties, it is alleged that the
members 'of that court were
oribed and received as a con
j sideration for their decisions a
part of the fees paid these attor
neys/'
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, small,
safe, sure little liver pills. Sold by
C. M. Shuford and W. S. Martin.
Ivey Dots.
Correspondence to Tlie Democrat.
News is scarce with us this
week.
Miss Jessie Burch visited her
cousin in Newton Saturday.
Mrs. J. P. Toomey has been
right sick but glad to say she is
better.
Rev. C. M. Robinson is teach
ing school at Brookford.
Mr. B. D. Abernethy says he
will run for the Legislature but
ne will not run for the Democrats.
He says he is a Republican, if
that is the case we can't use
nim.
Mr. Geo. Danner has moved
from Brookford to West Hick
ory, his wife has been very sick
Out is improving,
Rev. Griffin and Ivey are hold
ing a protracted meeting at
Henry River.
Mr. Walter Burch of Rhodhiss
was in town Monday.
Some of the boys and girls
around here sure do like candy.
Will now close with best wish
es to the Democrat and its many
readers.
BROWN EYES.
/ Baking Powder \
m The only Baking Powder made
I with Cream of Tartar y ffil
\ Insures healthful and
Safeguards your food against
alnmand plwsphateof lime
Power of the Press.
Here is a good story illustra
tive of the power of advertising,
It was told by the manager of
the toilet department of a big
New York department store and
appeared in the Daily Times of
that city a few days ago. It is
as follows: "We have six differ
ent makes of one article," he
said, "and they are SJ near alike
in quality that experts
can't tell the difference between
them, yet we sell as much of one
as we do of all the others to
gether, just because the manu
facturer is everiastingiy advertis
ing it. # The other hve sell in
proportion to the amount of
advertising given to them. If
there is any difference in quality
[it is in favor of the poorest sel
ler."
It coaxas back that well feeling,
nealthy look, puts the sap of life in
your system, protects you from disease.
Hoiiister's Rocky Mountain Tea has no
equal as a spring tonic for the whole
family, 35c, Tea or Tablets.
E. B. Menzies.
Evading a Jim Crow Law.
Attorney W. H. Hart, a negro
member of the faculty of Howard
University, Washington, D. C.
purchased a Pullman ticket in St.
Louis for Fallis, Okla. After
crossing the Oklahoma State line
he was notified by the conductor
to enter the "jim crow" coach.
| Hart declined, stating he had
j purchased the Pullman ticket to
I Fallis, and intended to ride on it,
| but gave the conductor the liber
ty of throwing him olf if he de
j sired. The train crew did not
further interfere with him, but
arriving at Fallis he drove the
thirty miles overland Guthrie
rather than enter a "jim crow"
coach.
; Harsh physics react, weaken the bow
| els, cause chronic constipation. Doan's
: Re gu lets operate easily, tone the stom
ach, cure constipation. 25c. Ask your
druggist for them.
j Could this Kentucky
Senatorship been left directly to
[ the voters, there could be no
questson as to the meaning of
tne decision rendered. The
Democratic majority would have
chosen the man it wanted and
been freed of the mischievous
active of a group of politicians
who. standing between che people
and their representatives,
assumed to amend the popular
verdict the Kentucky incicent
should help crystallize the
sentiment of the nation fn favor
of changing the method of
electing United States Senators.
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