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HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAYi DEC. 3 1908.
HICKORY.
There is no better place on
; earth than Hickory. This is a
; broad but true assertion. There
j are three things which go to
| make up an ideal place—health
j fulness, morality and financial
I possibilities.
In comparison, Hickory is
second to none in all of these.
In discussing healthfulness,
tvro things are especially im-
I climate and water.
Hickory's climate being free
from excessive heat in summer
and extreme cold in winter, and
having neither droughts nor
| floods, will compare favorably
I with that of any other town in
| the country. At no time of the
year, is the weather such as to
interfere with outdoor sports or
or labor of any kind. Rains are
abundant, but not excessive, at
all seasons. The town and sur
rounding country are free from
all gtagnant pools, decaying
vegetation and other disease—
breeding agancies.
Our water is as pure as ever
flowed from a fountain head.
Not one case of contamination,
resulting from our water, is on
record. Malara is unknown
while consumption and typhoid
are extremely rare. In fact Hick
ory has every advantage for
healthfulness.
As to morality. Hickory is far
above the average. There are
magnificent church buildings in
Hickory representing all the
leading religous denominations.
We also have an ideal graded
school with two progressive col
leges making our educational
facilities all that could be desired
Drunkeness and rcwdyism form
no part in the daily routine of
our lives. Sobriety and industry
is our slogan. Kindness > and
hospitality form a part of our
very being.
Our financial possibilities are
not to be surpassed. Every
thing that gees to make financial
success possible is to be found
here. Our location in the midst
of a fertile farming country,
gives us no mean advantage,
while the natural resources, such
as mines, timber, water-power,
etc. to be found in the country
surrounding us, plays no unim
portant part. This, coupled with
the fact that the country populace
with which we are surrounded,
are intelegent, industrious peo
ple, places us on high vantage
ground as to our surroundings,
while our railroad facilities, our
manufacturing industries and
our wide awake, prjgressire
citizenship gives us an envious
position localy.
Our merchants and business
rr>en are all intelegent and pro
gressive, every ready to uphold
local interprises. During the
recent financial disturbance our
people suffered less, perhafra,
than the people of any other
town.
While other towns were flood
ed with the armies of the un
employed, practically all our
laboring population were em
ployed at good wages, due no
doubt to the conservative busi
ness ability of our "captains of
industry." Our wholesale and
retail merchants are optimistic
when speaking of the outlook for
the future, Business conditions
generally are rapidlv improving
The banks report increased de
posits and that money is in great
demand, all going to show that
Hickory is the place for all class
es whether they be men of
leisure or men of toil,
Tnen in view of these Jacts,
what is the sensible thing for
our citizens to do? Get busy and
keep busy. Advertise your town
Let the world know that yours is
the only town. Let everyone
join hands in boosting Hickory
and we will see our little town
go forward by leaps and bounds.
Chamber of Commerce, get
jusy.
Letter From Rustfcus.
| Correspondent to the Democrat
A historical sketch of the poli
tical parties in old Lincoln coun
ty and now that portion as is
known as Catawba country;.
It is the object of the writer to
give a fall and lengthy detail of
these parties. He can Recollect
the scenes of the political strife
back to 1835, when there were
two great political parties known
as the Federalest who were led
by Hamilton and the State's
right Democratic party led by
Thomas Jefferson. We use to
attend the elections m those
days and heard the geifStd con
versation of the people about
these parties. We remember
one occasion that a heated dis
cussion sprung up between these
parties and one Michael Link
said, who are the Federalist?
His question was very quickly
answered by a noted Democrat
bystander and he requested—
As this party was far 'down the
minority and could not elect any
persons to office, we will form a
new party and assume the name,
Whig, then we can catch many a
man into our ranks. As the
Whigs fought Great Brittain and
the Tories and established this
American government by the
force of armies, then we certain
ly can elect some one for presi
dent.
This assumption of a Whig
party taken place in the years of
1836 and 1837, Then to elect
their president we must raise an
important issue so that we can
gain the day. Well the issue
was the re-establishment of the
National Banking system. Upon
this issue they elected then presi
dent William Harrison who died
in one month after his inaugura
tion and John Tyler the Vice-
President became the chief ma
gistrate of the govermental af
fairs, Then these two parties in
Lincoln and Catawba counties
ruled the county politics. The
Democrats were far in the as
scendency and could poll over
2000 votes, while the Whig party
co ild only poll abount 600.
Then after Catawba county
was found, then two parties still
existed, up to 1860 and then the
Civil war sprang into existence
and after the close of the- war,
the Whig party south passed out
of existence on account of the
Republican carpet-bagger mill,
and joined the Democratic, with
a few exceptions. These claimed
to be union men during the war.
—We remember that after the
war, there were but few who
were opposition to the Democra
tic party why Catawba county
polled as high as 1600 Democra
tic majority. We remember the
time that Cline's Township could
not poll more than two or three
sometimes, perhaps five Repub
lican votes. How is it today it
has entirely turned topsytervy
with a Republican majority.
What was the cause of this topsy
turvy? It must be admitted that
the Alliance had something to do
with it as there were were two
lodges in that Township. We
know of one ealled the maple
swamp, they had about 125 mem
bers, and they called themselves
the Alliance Democrats, but in
another year they called them
selves the peonies party. We too
remember by the election reports
on file that the Republicans could
not poll more than five Republi
can votes, where is it today?
They polled at the last election,
123 votes, why is this, and why
then were two Alliance lodges in
this township? And nearly all of
them have gone over to the Re
publican party. So it is all over
the county that we now have
these two great leading parties
today in Catawba county. This
statement of the state of affairs
in Catawba county can be traced
to the Alliance, A few days
ago a Democrat told the writer
who was fosmeralls an alliance
man, how that the Alliance was
the sole cause of the present
political affairs in Catawba coun
ty, we think that he was able to
decide this matter from the pre
sent standpoint. Then whom
brought on this dilemma, it cer
tainly will point to some one as
the leader of this whole affair.
Here we stop for the present.
One WHO knows.
Independent Sons of Rest.
Mr. Editoi:
In this weeks issue of your
paper, you make kindly refer
ence to our organization known
as the independent Sons of Re6t.
We give a short outline of the
workings of our order and what
we hope to acomplish, ~ First
ours 13 purely a social compact to
pass the time pleasantly, made
up of meq who have passed the
age of business activity, which
(our warm implies) though we
do affiliate with and take in
younger men and pratically we
try to make room for every man
out of a job regardlesss of age.
We have few by-laws, they are
simple and inexpensive, but we
cling to them with bull-dog tena
city anr enforce them right now.
As afore said there is no iniating
fee, no salaried officers, no tax
and no treasury, therefore we
are immerce from all the evils
that beset other organizations.
Such as log-rolling for office
defabcation, Graft and abscond
ing with the bag. Ours is a
peculiar order strictly up to date
in practice as well as theory in
which all temptations has been
removed. Where the weaker
brother need never sin or fall by
the way,
Our order is not perenial in its
workings. It is necessarialy so,
it goes and comes * with the
weather, Sinee we own no
property and nothing over our
heads except the canopy of hea
yen. And by the way we hope
for recognition by the City
Fathers as becomes all progres- ,
sive towns all along on the line
of civic improvement (or civic ,
righteousness if they prefer, we
are worthy) quiet a lot of us are
bending over with the burden of
years and our scanty locks are
being bleached with the frost of '
the Fnow that never melts on
this side of Jordans waves. Now
understand we are just throwing
out a little hint, we are every
inch of us, just what our name
indicates, The Independent Sons 1
of Rest. We reorganize once a
year in the early summer time, 1
Our officers are President and
Vice President and a seieet com
mittee known as outlyers or a
kind of watch-degs (so to
speak.)
All our meetings are informal
any time from sun up to sun
down. Now this savors of the
slipshod, showing a want of that
snapy ten o'clock sharp method
which other organizations boost
of. But lest you forget we guard
our freedom unceasingly, zeal
ous. We allow no inroads upon it.
We mtan freedom in the broad
est sense of the word
Refering to the notice in your
paper, you state that we expelled
one of our members for building
a fire for his wife after she had
chopped the wood, this is an er
ror. Our committee admonished
him charging that he must ayoid
domestic infelicity or at least
keep his troubles from the ears
of the public lest he bring odium
upon our order. We as a whole
recognize the f act that there is a
little friction in the best regulated
families and quiet a number of
our members are infirm and
short on business qualifications.
We adhere streneously to our
freedom in our deliberations, we
go from the sublime to the redi
culous. We are liable to change
from the discussion of the gam
blers to that of deep theological
research at any moment. And
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
j { No matter which arty in power } t OU want
yoar money in a Bank that can offer you ab
solute Safety as well as liberality.
1 Hickory Banking & Trust Co, i
is a strong, safe, liberal Baik. Deposit your
.. money with this Bank and it will be subject to t Z
3 T our order in times of financial depression or
i prosperity. §
We pay 4 per ceat interest, compiamled quarterly, In
Savings Department. Certificates of Deposit
bear 4 per cent interest from date
if left four months.
I Hickory Banking & Trust Go. I
J. F. ABERNETHY, Pres. W. X. REID. Cashier
we are happy to state that the
D. D. ministers gives us passing
recognation and occasionally ex
change views with U3.
| - Incidently we will say thai we
will have an investigation of
suspicious conduct on the part of
one of our members within the
next fortnight, if th weather
permits.
The charge is that he stole a
yaller gobler from the big drove
for his Thanksgiving dinner/ He
is an ex-confederate, possibly he
will explain that it was the force
of habit contracted during the
four years struggle.
Now heres to our order the noble
Sons of Rest,
We have a good number, they're
all good, better best
vVe have a knightly host, a bril
liant personel,
We revel all together, the Yan
kee and rebel.
We have all kind of politics Tom
Watson, Taft and Bryan --
We have socialist and populist
and every other kind
Free trade and protection and
the tariff and combine
Just evey shade of theory we
have them all down fine.
We have orttodox and heterdox
we have one Infidel
Evolution pre-history and some
claim there is no hell
Just every shade of doctrine,
that ever you heard tell.
Reward and future punishment,
for beasts and birds alike.
We tell much reminesence, most
all live in the past
Of well bred cows and horses,
of horses that were fast
Of dadies smoke house full of
meat that fattened on the
mast.
Thc onl y baWn fl powder made from lAr /
| Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Jf Mm
! MADE FROM GRAPES MMJWp
i Of greatest healthfullness and
His tater house and still house
we tell of this the last.
On drams and prohibition we're
just a little sore
Good mountain dew and brandy,
we can't find any more
The wave of prohibition ran orer
us with power.
Our stomachs and our good heart
are wearing every hour.
Base and football games, we
most heartily despise
The sight of automobiles makes
our indignation rise.
This rising generation don't heed
our good advice;
Our duty's done, our skirts are
clear; we've told them
more than twice.
If some young buck should say of
us, they're old and out of
whack,
Just let it come to our ears, we'll
give his head a crack,
We all go armed with crooked
sticks, and we will find
Bis track";
We will give it to him, just below
the small of his back.
-W. L. W.
Eat all the good food you like. Quit
dieting. You don't have to diet to cure
dyspepsia. In fact yon can not cure
dyspepsia or indigestion thar way, but
rather you must add strength to the
weak stomach by taking something that
will digest the food which the stomach
con not digest. Kodol is the only thing
known today that will do this, for Kodol
is made of natural digestive juices found
in a healthy stomach, and it digests all
food comepletely. Kodol is pleasant
to take, and is guaranteed to give re
lief in any case of stomach trouble.
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tin.
It is said that rich gold ore has
been found in large quanities in
the Smoky mountains of our
State.—Ex.