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geeccecccr 8 I I K „ The Wonderland and 1 he Gem | y HICKORY Q) ft ON JULY FOURTHS Advertising tor Federal Build ing Sites. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. Washington, D. C., June 3, 1908. Proposals will be received to be opened at 2 o'clock p. m. July 2, 1908, for the sale or donation to the United States of a suitable site, centrally and conveniently located for the Federal building to be erected in Hickory, North Carolina. A corner lot, of (ap proximately) 120 x 130 feet, required. Each proposal must give the price, the character of foundations obtainable, the prox imity to street cars, sewer, gas, and water mains, etc., and must be accompanied bv a dirgram in dicating the principal street, the north point, the dimensions and grades of the land, the widths end paving of adjacent streets and alleys, whether the allys are public or private and whether or not the city owns land Occupied by sidewalks. The vendor must pay all expenses connected with furnishing evidences of title and deede of conveyance. Im provements on the property must be reserved by the vendor; but pending the commencement of the Federal building they may remain on the land upon payment of a reasonable ground rent. The grantor must, how ever remove all improvements on thirty days' notice so to do. The right to reject any proposal is reserved. Each proposal must be sealed, marked "Proposal for Federal building site at Hickory, North Carolina," and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury (Supervising Architect), Wash ington, D. C. No special form of proposal is required or pro vided. Geo. B. Cortelyou, Sec. What Ails Him. DIAGNOSIS OF A FAILURE CASE. Ego-m^nia. Money fever. A "'swelled head." Atrophy from inaction. Opportunity blindness. Enlargement of ego. Jaindice from jealousy. Astigmatism of judgment. Paralysis from irresolution. Ossification of the cerebrum. Indigestion of a college course. Chills, affecting the enthusiasm. Asphyxiation of moral principle. Chronic inflimation of temper. Intoxication from a little success. Plethora of words and paucity of ideas. Blood-poisoning from vicious amusements. Apoplexy brought on by "quick lunch" and "must-catch-my- train. Mr, Home's friends are by no means discouraged in this gub ernational contest, his prospects for wining get brighter daily. Wonderful Moving Pieture Shows The people of Catawba and surrounding counties will have a rare chance to see and hear the best MOVING PICTURE SHOWS EVER SEEN IN THIS PART OF THE STATE. These wonderful entertainments, which are highly amusing and instructive, have been pronounced SUPERIOR to enter tainments given in halls and opera houses, where much higher admission prices are charged. It is worth coming a long ways to see. great sights on JULY 4th. These great shows will be located at each end of the main square, and will be made conspicuous by the playing of electric pianos. i INSULT TO FLAG AVENGED. Man Who Tore It Down It Compelled to Climb Pole and Restore It. Arrested by an Irish policeman who had seen him tear down an American flag which had been flying from a staff in the front yard of a Frenchman in noboken, N. J., Thomas Taylor was compelled to climb to the top of the forty foot staff and put the flag back where he had found it Several dozen men and boys, part of them of German, French, Irish, Polish and English par entage, witnessed the punishment of Taylor, who said he was an American citizen. It was early in the day when Taylor cut the ropes attached to a large American flag belonging to Emile Le Fevre at 219 Bloomfleld street Policeman O'Donohuecaught him and took bim to the court of Recorder Stanton. Taylor said he lived at 110 Mon roe street. His only excuse for having torn down the flag was that he disliked seeing it at 3 o'clock in HE SCALED THE POLE. . the morning. "You'll climb to the top of that flag pole and put back that flag." said the recorder. "There is nothing the mat ter with the American flag at any hour of the day, and the reason I have in sisted upon this public punishment for you is that I want to set an example l'or the benefit of any person who may feel disposed to hold from the flag the respect which is its due." Escorted by several dozen men and boys, Taylor went with two policemen to Le Fevre's front yard. Gathering the flag under one arm and holding a hammer, he scaled the pole with diffi cult}' and, amid the cheers of the crowd, nailed the flag back ki the position in which he had found it There was a great deal of cosmopolitan rejoicing. By the time Taylor had climbed to tfce top of the pole and slid down •gain there was very little disrespect for the flag left in the neighborhood.— N«w York Herald. CAPTURED A FLEET ON FOOT. Remarkable Achievement of Five Revolutionary Heroes. When Savannah was invested by the American army Captain French, with a small body of British regulars and five small vessels, was stationed twen ty miles up the river, and the prox imity of the American force made him nervous. Colonel John White of the Georgia line wanted to capture this de tachment, but no soldiers could be spared by the American general for the undertaking. Now, the colonel was a determined and masterful man and re solved to make the venture on his own account. He persuaded his three or derlies and Captain Ethholm to aid liim. At the fall of night they built a great many fires In the woods near the Brit ish post, arranged so as to give the im pression of a hostile camp of large force. Then the colonel and his four friends, "imitating the manner of the staff, rode with haste in various direc tions, giving orders in a loud voice. French became satisfied that a large body of the enemy were upon him, and, being summoned by Colonel White, he 6urrendered_hls detachment, JJuLfirewj Over aMillion of People Have S'en and Applauded Those Wonderful Picture:. The OEM and WONDERLAND of five vessels and 130 stands of amis." Colonel White pretended that he must keep back his troops, as Tory out rages had infuriated them and indis criminate slaughter might take place. He took the parole of the British cap tain and soldiers not again to serve, gave them three guides, his orderlies, to escort them to safe quarters and hurried them away before daybreak lest the fury of his pretended soldlere should fall upon them.—L. T. Sprague in Outlook. Jefferson on Newspapers. In a letter to Edward Carrington. dated Paris, Jan. 16. 1787, Thomas Jef ferson said: "The basis of our govern ment being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right, and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a gov ernment without newspapers or news papers without a government I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them." Carlyle's Prophecy. Borne over tbe Atlantic to the clos ing ear of Louis, king by the grace of God. what sounds are these, muffled, ominous, new in our centuries? Boston harbor is black with unexpected tea; behold a Pennsylvanian congress gath er, and ere long, on Bunker Hill, de mocracy announcing in rifle volleys, death winged, under her star banner, to the tune of "Yankee Doodle," that she is born, and, will envelop the whole world.—Thomas Carlyle. A Poet's Glimpse of the Future. New states, with starry emblems, one by one Come stealing through the future's twi- light dim. Like orbs of evening from its dusky sky. To take their place at last with those who tread Their high, unwearied and unwearying round Before the golden gates and battlements Qf paradise. The harp of Liberty Shall sound amain till Death himself ex- pire, Till God has made us free Immortally And Time is dust upon his broken lyre! —George D. Prentice. The Revolution's Darkest Hour. Of Washington crossing the Dela ware on Christmas night, 1776, a his torian has written: "That was the darkest hour of the Revolution. The American army was rapidly dwindling away, poverty was staring coQgress in the face, and the forces of the king, supplied with all necessary comforts, were flushed with victory. In those circumstances Wash ington executed a movement of the highest military skill. In the dead of a winter's night he transported his army, with its baggage and artillery, across the Delaware unperceived and almost in the presence of the enemy. From his position at Princeton he compelled the British to abandon their operations In New Jersey and withdraw to New York." NO MEEI? OF SUFFERIFG FROM RHEUMATISM. It is a mistake to allow any one to suffer from rheumatism as the pain can always be relieved and in most cases a cure effected by applying Chamber lain s Liniment. The relief from pain which it affords is alone worth many times its cost. It makes sleep and rest possible. Even in cases of long standing this liniment should be used on account of the relief which it affords Do not be discouraged nntill you have given it a trial. For sale by W. S. Mar tra & Co. The Democrat is $1 a year. I Everybody; men, women and children, are invited to see these OUR FLAG. its Origin and History Related by Rsv. Thomas B. Gregory. The stars and stripes became the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777. On that day It was resolved by congress that the "flag of the thirteen Unit ed States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white, and that the Union be thirteen stars, white, in a blue field, representing a new constellation." The congressional enactment creating Old Glory said nothing concerning the particular form in which the stars should be grouped, and as the circle is the simplest of all figures the circular form naturally became the one in which the stars were arranged. The national flag continued with thir teen stripes and 'thirteen stars until Jan. 13, 1795, when congress voted that "after May 1, 1795, the flag of the United States be fifteen stripes, alter nate red and white, and that the Union be fifteen stars, white, in a blue field." Twenty-three years later, April 4, 1818, congress adopted the following resolution: Be it enacted that from and after the Fourth of July next the flag of the Unit ed States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white, and that the Union be twenty stars, white, in a blue field. And that on the admission of a new state into the Union one star be added to tha flag, and that such addition shall take place on the Fourth of July next succeeding each admission. Certain members of congress in their patriotic ardor wanted a new stripe for each new state, but Mr. Windover, one of the members from New York, arose in his place and said: "Mr. Speaker, I am heart and soul in favor of any proposition that will give us a big flag. We are going to be a big people, and we need a correspond ingly big flag. But it must not be so big as to be a burden to us. At the rate the United States is now growing if a| stripe were added for every new state admitted it would soon be impos sible to find a mast or pole tall enough on which to hoist the flag." Mr. Windover's speech settled the matter, and the limit was drawn at the thirteenth stripe. The first time the stars and stripes was displayed in battle was at Fort Stanwix, now the city of Rome, Oneida county. Colonel Peter Gansevoort was in command of tbe fort, and, being surrounded by St. Leger and called npon to surrender, the gallant old colo nel replied as follows: "It is my determined resolution, with the forces under my command, to de fend this fort to the last extremity in behalf of the United Btates, who placed me here to fight for it against all their enemies." The first salute given by a foreign power to the stars and stripes was in Qulberon bay, on the coast of Brittany. Paul Jones in the Ranger was cruis ing In those parts and, coming up with « French admiral, saluted his flag. The Frenchman returned the salute gun for gun. Before that event It had been the usage of Europe te salute the flag of a republic with four guns less than were fired in saluting the flag of a crowned potentate, but Jones claimed that Old Glory was the peer of any flag afloat and that in saluting It must get aa taany guns as it gives. Glorious old flag! And of every American north, south, east and west (be prayer is: "Long may she wave!"— Rev. Thom as B. Gregory in New York American. Big cuts or little cuts, Small scratch es or brusies > or big ones are healed quickly by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It is especially good for piles. sis®imwh CUT Expenses By having your Job Work done at Democrat Printcry All work execut ed by an Expert Compositor The Best Work at lowest prices. send ns in in tun Out-of-town x orders given our special at tention. may lick up vour house or valuables while you delay. Prompt action is imperative. Real Estate—Before you buy beter tersee us. Look over what we have and when you find something that suits you we will help you buy it. Loans —Lend your money through us, you get 6 per ct. paid Semi Annually. Rental Agents— We have desirable homes for rent, reasonable terms. Hickory Insurance & Realty Go., J. A. LENTZ, W. A. HALL, M. H. GROVES, President. Vice-President. Sec. Treas. H. E. McCOMB, Ass't Mgr. Real Estate Dept. A- F=- HART, Manufacturers' Agent GOOD-ROADS MACHINERY Contractor .' Equipment and Supplies Hickory, N. C. Agent for the Autiu. Western Co., Ltd. "of Chicago. American Road Rollers all sizes; Aurora Rock Crashers, jaw ami rotary; Street Sprinklers and Sweepers-; Western Road Machinery, scrapers, graders, plows, wheel' and drag scrapers; Special Western reversable road machine and ditcher; Dunn wagons and carts; Steam Shovel Cars and tram cars, all sizes; Dirt Spreaders, leveler-grader and ditcher; Offcial Safes and Vaults, all sizes; County Vaults a spe cialty; Hand Traveling Cranes of the Reading Crane & Hoist Works, Reading, Penn.; County and township orders especially salicited, and prompt attention given. Austin reversible horse power rollers; Wes tern elevator grader, ditcher and wagon loader. Write or Wire for Particulars and Prices. LAWRENCE & CO. Wholesale Commission Merchants Poultry, Eggs, Fruits and Producs. Sweet Potatoes a Specialty ioooooooo Faneuil Hall Market. Stencils, etc., furnished upon application BOSTON, fIASS. THE NORTH CAROLINA College of Agriculture & Mechanic ARTS Practical education in Agriculture; in Civil, Electrieal and Mechanical Engineering; in Cotton Manufacturing, Dyeing and Industrial Chemistry. Tu ition $45 a year; Board $lO a month. 120 Scholarships. Examinations lor admission at County seats on July 9th. Address THE PRESIDENT, West Raleigh, N. C. Advertising .is the motive power of business. Stop adver tising and your business will be as dead as an engine without steam. PUT IT DOWN before you forget it—the date of the expiration of your fire policy, and write or see us a week or ten days in advance, its re newal can be attended to in ample time. Haven't got a tire policy? Put it down then, to see us at once. Procrastination steals not only time but money; for the flames ESTABNISHED IN ISJt RECIPE FOR DIXIE ICE C Can be made and frozen in 10 minutes at cost of One Cent a Plate. Stir contents of one 13c. package Jeii-0 ICE CREfljn Powder into a quart of milk and freeze. No cooking, no heating, else to add. Everything but ice and milk in the package. Satisfaction guaranteed. This makes 2 quarts of the in os delicious ice cream you ever a five Kinds: Chocolate, V*"] 11 *' St J a ' V ' berry, Lemon and Unflavo packages 25c. at your g r ' or by mail if he does not keep Illustrated Recipe Book I ree. The Genesee Pure Food Co., Le Roy
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