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THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, JAN. 21, 1909.
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Papers Bearing On Canal Pur
chase Turned Over To Attor
ney Stimson —He Is Expected
To Turn Them Over To Je
rome—Prosicutions May Fol
!ow.
Washington, D. C. Jan. 14.
The Department of Justice has
turned over to Attorney Stimson
all the papers connected with the
I Panama Canal deal, which had
been the target for criticism for
several months past. It is be
lieved this transfer is made with
a view to bringing action for li
bel in New York against news
papers who have been held .res
ponsible for reflections in the
transaction.
It is reported that Attorney
Stimson will turn the papers over
to District Attorney Jerome,
with instructions to present them
to the grand jury that suit may
be brought under the laws of
New York.
Attorney Stimson will not
make -cnown his plans for bring
ing the action, but it is under
stood that appeal will be made to
the State courts if t is.found that
the case comes within the pros
cription of the New York State
laws governing libel. The action
of the Federal authorities in
bringing the matter to the at
tention of Attorney Jerome is re
garded by many as indicating
thai the case wiil not come before
the Federal courts.
Whether the State laws eover
the criticisms of the canal pur
chase remEins to be determined
by District Attorney Jerome.
Cht ,• eiion «rre\f out of ef
fort of certain New York papers
to defame the honor of the Prea
ident and others connected with
the Panama Canal purchase.
The case will be watched with
much interest throughout the
country.
Johny, whose teacher was an
old maid, wrote the following
sentence on the black-board dur
ing his techer's absence from the
room: "Johny Brown can hug
the girls tighter than any boy in
school."
Upon entering the room, the
teacher noticed the writing and
poiitely informed Johny that he
would be expected to remain af
ter school.
Johny remained expecting, of
course, to get licked. The other
pupils, anxious to know what
punishment would be meted out
Johny, remained waiting on the
outside for the final decission.
Johny emerged but, contrary to
their expectations, he was wear
ing a broad smile.
"Did you get licked?" asked
one.
"No."
"Did she scold?"
"No"
"What did she do?"
"Shan't tell." replied John>,
"but it pays to advertise."
A New Yoak youth pawned the
family Bible for two theater
t r ckets, and thereby furnished
an excellent text for a lot of
timely sermons. Which shows
anew that good can come out of
evil.
If you will take Foley's Orino Laxa
tive until the boweis become regular,
you will not have to take purgatives
constantly, as Foley's Orino Laxative
positively cures chronic constipation
and sluggish liver. Pleasant to take.
Buy it at W. S. Martia & C«.
It does not take a very bright
woman to dazzle the average
man.
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HAINS ACQUITTED.
Thornton Hains Not Guilty
Of Complicity In Murder Oj
Capt. Annts—Jury Out For
Twenty-four Hours —Wild
Scene In Court Room.
Thornton Hainl, who hfctpfeen
on trial for some time, charged
with complicity id the murder of
Capt. Wm. E. Annis, at Baystde
Yacht Club last summer* has
been declared not guilty by the
jury of twelve men who heard
the trial. The verdict was given
last Fridiy afternoon at 2 o'clock,
the jury having been deliberat
ing for twenty-four hours.
The announcement of
dict was followed by a wildjcene
in the court room. Judge Crane
banged a gavel, and deput&ahc?-
iffs passed through the crowd in
an effort to quell the commotion.
John F. Mclntyre, chief fcoun
el for Hai«»s, collapsed ill his
cnair when he heard the veardict.
Evidently the strain had beon
too great for him. He had been
standing up to hear what the
foreman had to say. W hep the
decision was rendered, he sank
into his chair, trembling like a
1 >af.
Hains could not speak for some
time after hearing the verdict
but gradually recovered his com
posure when he kindly tanked
the jury for their decision*
Mrs. Wm. E. Annis, Sa&fe of
the murdered man, was j com
pletely overcome when notified
of the decision, and refused to
make any statement, saying she
would probably make % state
ment in a few day*.
When Hains was repeated, he
went immediately to a telepWoe,
and informed his father the
verdict, and sent word to his
mother that he would call on her
at once.
Haioi at once visited 13#broths
er, Peter Hains, the actual mur
derer of Annis who is now in
jail, and is yet to be tried.
When Hains emerged from the
court room accompanied by his
brother, they were stopped by
thousands of cheering people who
compelled Hains to doff his hat
a bow continuously for quite a
while.
Mr. Mclntyre then came upon
the scene and was as wildly
cheered as Hains. Hains and
his counsel were met everywhere
with enthusiastic greetings.
My first impression of Hickory
is that she is a cracker-jack.
She did not have any hotel for
me to stop at, but I hope she
will have soon. But I hear pros
pects are very bright now.
No place else on the globe will
you find as big-hearted, generous
and noble people as reside in this
old town. The> are not much on
dress parade. Thev do not wear
silk stockings and silk hats but
they have hearts a*bigjmawaj«a
as ever pulsated in human breast.
MUST BELIEVE IT
When Weil-Known Hickory
People-Tell It So Plainly.
When public endorsement is
made by a representative citizen
of Hickory, the proof is positive.
You must believe it. Read this
testimony. Every backache suf
ferer, every man, woman and
child with any kidney trouble
will find profit in the reading.
Mrs. Caroline Hodges, living at
Eleventh Street, Hickory, N. C., says:
"I have no hesitancy in recommend"
ing Doan's Kidney Pills, as I used
them with the most satisfactory result?.
I procured them at Menxie's Drug Co.,
when suffering from severe pains across
the small of my back accompanied by
headaches and other symptons of kid
ney trouble, tnd they gave me prompt
relief. I hope other wfferers of kid
ney trouble will give Doan's Kidney
PUls a trial as I am confident the re
sults received will 1 be most gratifying."
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. 1 Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan's
-aad take »e ether.
(ills Stranger ini
liiries W| ;
Murderer Confessed —Assisted
By Young Girl--Giri Told
Story On Death-Bed.
York, Pa., lan. 14.—Claiming
jelf defense as a motive, Harry
Keener, after being accused by
lis house- keeper of murdering a
strange man and interring the
remains on his farm, made a com
plete confession of the crime to
iet*4siv«s.
According to the police, Keen
er made his confession after be
ing sweated all night.
Keener's version is that the
man came to his house and
knocked at the door, and that
when Keener answered the
knock, the man declared that he
would kill him. Keener says he
then drew his pistol and shot the
man dead. This occurred last
July. Keener told the police
that with the assistance of Miss
Laura Tauser, bis house keeper,
lie buried the body in the orch
ard, where it remained until an
aunt of the girl, while visiting at
the house, returned from the or
chard one day saying she smell
ed a stench.
Fearing suspicion the couple
exhumed the body, and cut it to
pieces, after which it was burn
ed. Keener states that the girl
cut the body up while he looked
on. The bones were then buried
on the farm. Keener and the
rfrl were taken to the farm in a
tab, and the police say his con
fession was corroborated by the
finding of the bones and ashes in
places indicated.
The first imtimation the police
badof the tragedy w&s when the
girl, believing she was on her
death-bed, told -of the affair.
Aside from Keener's version, no
motive is known for the murder.
It is said that Keener's life has
been rather crooked all along.
He has served a two-year sen
tence in the pententiary, and re
cently has separated from his
wife. !
PORTLAND, MAINE CHILD
[ll, Weak and Emandated, Re
stored to Health by Vinol.
"Oar little daughter, six years
of age; after a severe attack of
the measles, which developed in
to pneoumonia, was left pitifully
thin, weak and emanciated. She
had no appetite, and her stomach
was so weak it could not retain
food. She lay in this condition
for weeks, aad nothing the doc
tor prescribed did it a bit of good,
ind we were beginning to think
the would never recover.
"At this time we commenced
bo give her Vinol, and the effect
was marvelous. The doctor was
amazed at her progress, and
when we told him we were giv-,
Ing her Vinol, he replied, 'lt is a
fine remedy; keep it up.' We
did so, and she recovered her
health and strength months be
fore the doctor thought she
could/'—J, W. Flagg, Portland,
Maine.
Vinol cures conditions like this,
because in a natural manner it
increases the appetite, tones up
the digestive organs, makes rich |
red blood, and strengthens every
organ in the body.
Vinol is sold in Hickory by
Menzies Drug Co.
' 'Congress laughed heartily
while the President's message
was being read.'' ' 'The President
laughed heartily of the attempt
ed Congressional rebuke.'' Why
doesn't the public laugh ?
Always hart Kennedy's Laxative
Cough Syrup handy, especially for the
children. It tastes nearly as good as
maple sugar. It cures the cold by
gently moving the bowels through its
laxative p.incipal, and at the same
time it is soothing for throat irritation,
thereby stopping the cough. Sold by
C. M- Shuford and W. S. Martin &
Co.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
Win We Act?. .
In last week's issue we set
firth some of the things we
»lould do. In this article it shall
oe our purpose to go further in
to the aubject. Since writing
the article last week, we hare
[earned with a great deal of
pleasure that two of our progres
siva townsmen have become in
terested in the hotel proposition,
and are now arranging for the
erection of a modern hotel to
cost from forty to fifty thousand
dollars. We have often said be
fore that we • would prefer to
see our town developed by home
capital, and the fact that these
two men have taken upon" them
selves to erect this building gives
us cause to rejoice.
We feel sure this will j?co*e a
paying investment, besides the
advantages accruing to our town.
This means employment for a
vast number of laborers and an
addition to our prosperity.
The investment of outsid«;cap
ital is still a thing of the future,
but we hope the near future.
The realization of this fact de
pends upon the personal efforts
of our citizens. If we set out to
kick each other, this can never
be accomplished. No town was
ever built up by kicking. In
fact there is no excuse for kick
ing. There is no earthly reason
why you should knock our town.
If you doa't like Hickory, there
are other towns. Go to them.
If your town is not worth boost
ing, it is not worth living in.
Everything you do to make your
town better adds to the contents
of your purse and to the ea e of
your conscience. You can't help i
your town without helping your-1
self.
And you can help advance the
town with the outiay of very
little capital. There are men of
wealth who are seeking invest
ment for their capital, and we
have more to offer them than
many other towns. Ours is the
ideal place for cotton mills, be
cause of the health fulaess oil our,
Climate. The grfe*te«t -problem
before many cotton manufactur-,
ers is to secure help. The writer
has in mind a number of cotton j
factories which, to his personal
knowledge, have had to allow
much of their machinery to stand
months at a time during the sum- j
mer season, because of the fact
that their help would seek a
cooler climate at that season.
Here conditions are different.
We are free from extreme heat
in summer. Any vocation can
be continuously pursued here at
all seasons of the year. Malaria
and typhoid fever, so common in
manufacturing towns, are prac
tically unknown here.
Cotton mill operatives will be
only glad to come te our town,- if
they are assured of employment,
and made acquainted with our
climatic conditions.
Theft aside from manufactur
enterprises, we need an auditor
ium of' sufficient capacity to ac
comodate any assemblage that
may see fit to come to us.
The Methodist Conference is
coming here this year, and we
should»be able to care for the
brethren in good style. And that
is not the only convention that
should land would come to our
city if we were in a position to
accomodate them.
And it is very desirable that
these conventione come here.
Besides the money they spend
with us, they advertise our town
far and wide. But when they
come, we should have something
to offer them, otherwise their
advertising will be ol but little
Value to us.
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Besides the conventions, the
town should have a Chatangua
and a Lyceum course every year,
which are possible only when we
have a hall sufficient for such
courses.
There is now a movement on
foot for the establishment of a
tireless telegraph station in our
town which will add much to the
popularity of the eity. Of course,
the people will have to take some
action in the matter themselves,
in order to secure this station.
A sanitarian is also badly need
ed.
There is no reason why Hick
ory should not be widely known
as one of the most popular health
resorts in the country. Being
free from excessive heat in sum
mer and extreme cold in winter,
we have all the advantages for
healthfulness. No place can of
fer more inducements to the
health or pleasure seeker than
Hickory.
"And in this connection it will
not be amiss to mention the es
tablishment of parks, driveways,
lakes and other places of out-door
amusement, all of which can be
made a paying investment.
Now, will we consider thefe
things and act upon them ? Let
us not got the idea that these
•things are an expense. Rather
than an expense, they will prove
a paying investment.
The rapid growth of Greens*
boro. High Point and other towns
was made possible only by the
enthusiaim of her citizens. Let
jus learn the lesson.
MARRIED AT AGE OF 101.
Ante-Bellum Negress of Ashe
boro Contracts Fourth Mar
riage After Passing Century
Mark.
Asheboro, Jan. 14.—Tom Pike
and Lettie Baldwin, both colored,
were married in the office of the
I Register of Deeds for this coun
j ty, to day at 3 p. m., W. N. Ei
;der, Justice of the Peace, officiatr
I ing. The groom gave his age as
i 45, and the biide when asked how
• old she was, she replied that she
professed religion seven years
before the war, and had nine
children at the close of the war.
After an investigation it was de
cided that she was 101 years oldj
and this age was put on the li
cense. The bride, who is Well
known in Asheboro, is the moth
er of 18 children, and has been
married three times before thi«
marriage.
:DON'T TAKE THE RISK.
When you have a l>ad cold or
cough, do not let it drag along ufctil it
becomes chronic bronchitis, or deve
lops into an attack of pneoumania, but
give it the attention it deserves and
get rid of it. Take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, and you are sure of
prompt relief. From a small begin
ning the sale and use of this prepara
tion has extended to all parts of the
United States and to many foreign
countries. Its many remarkable cures
, of coughs and colds have won for it
this wide reputation and extensive use.
Sold by C, M. Shuford.
—
After a country girl has visit
; ed in the city for a couple of
' weeks, she begins to call her
hired frfrl a servant.