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| Local and Personal 1 ©€««€€€*€«€€:€«««€€€•€€€€€> Albert Keever now has 20 fox hounds. Judge Council spent Sunday at home with his family. The Reformed church parson age has been repainted. Paul Dellinger is spending this week in the country. Grace and Bailey Patrick are visiting relatives in Virginia. Mr. W. W. Summers is spend ing a few days at Connelly Springs this week. Rev: W. W. Rowc filled the pulpit at the Reformed church last Sunday morning. The executive committee of Claremont college has derided to put steam heat in the building. Mrs, Willie K. Douglas and Miss Amelia McComb left town Wednesday fur a trip to Earope. Misses Esther and Rose Shu ford have started on an extend ed tour of the United States and Canad?. The new Shuford block is pro gressing rapidly toward comple tion, and will soon be ready for occupancy. Mr, C. E. Nabors of Rhodhiss has bought the house of Harris! Little on Kinth avenue, and will make his home here. The children of the Baptist church went to Baker's moun tain on a picnic last week, and of course had a good time. Mrs, W. B. Ramsay went to Fort Mill on Monday to attend the wedding of Miss Wrenn Harris to Mr. Lacy Whiting. At the Baptist church on Sun day the pastor, Rev. Mr. Hart, preached an impressive sermon on"The Brevity ofiiuman Life." L. R. Hamilton has gone to Rock Hill, where he will oper ate a moving picture machine j for Stein & Earle, the Air Drum Co. Miss Ennice Sinclair of Fay etteville, spent a few days re cently in our city, the guest of her cousin, Miss Eva Worth Moody. It is claimed that it has rained in Asheville every day but one in the past six weeks. This beats Hickory's record a little, but not much. The new city directory of Hickory, for which W. L. Gil bert is agent, is neatly gotten up and will be needed by every busi ness man. LOST—A lady's gold watch between W. C. Fox's residence and the Methodist church. The finder will return to this office and get the reward. Dr. and Mrs. Murphy are spending this week at Hender sonville and Lake Toxaway. They will return in time for the regular services next Sunday. , The Woodmen of the World will unveil a monument at Glen Alpine July 4th, and the Hickory camp is invited to attend. A choir from Enola will furnish music. Miss Eva Worth Moody is - pending a month with relatives ut Norfolk and Hampton, Va., and at Elizabeth City and Eden ton in the Eastern part of North (Carolina, Mr. A. A. Shuford is to have a priyate office i n the newly fit ted up building on Fourteenth St. which will als® be the headquar ters of several mills in which he ' h interested. The report of the state board of nealth say that in Catawba county there were 15 cases of ineasles in April, 3of whooping cough, 2of pneumonia and sev eral of mumps. A correspondent writes: "You n:-e doing about 1,000 per cent better for Hickory than turning another paper published v U a thousand miles from here, "Success to you." For rent after July Ist., the space in mv store now occupied by Miss Michael's millinery. C. T. Morrison. One of the classes of the Meth odist Sunday school gave an ice cream supper Tuesday night, at which some sls or S2O was real ized for the building fund. Misses Mae Morris and Mar garet Holbrook of Huntersville are visiting their uncle, W, E. Holbrook, as is also his sister, Miss Rosa Holbrook of the same place. Miss Alva Powell has gone to Lenoir on a visit. Before going she subscribed for THE DEMO CRAT, her newspaper training having taught her where to go for the news. The First Building & Loan As sociation is making extensive im provements on the interior of the 14th street building recently purchased by them, preparatory to occupying it. Steadman, son of Judge and Mis. Council, received a painful injury last Sunday by stepping upon a sharp rock and cutting his foot. Dr. Menzies was call ed in and dressed the wound. Mr, J. L. Springs of Charlotte, wishing to live in a live town, has bought the house recently built by S. D. Campbeli in the Southern suburbs of Hickory, and will make iUhis home in the future. Married in Icard township, Burke county on the 17th inst at the residence of H. A. Adams the officiating magistrate, Mr. Jerry Smith of Burke county to Miss Vina Gross of Catawba county. Dr. Murphy held communion services at Brookford last Sun day, with services preparatory some days before. Ten persons united with the church. Eight of these were men and four are heads of families. Another change of time on the Southern road went into effect Sunday, but the only trains af fected are 11, 12 and 21. Trains are now due as follows; East bound, 9.54 and 10.57 a. m. and. 5.30 p. m.; west-bound, 11.30 a. m. and 4.55 and 11.21 p. m. ' Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Moody, with J. Sterling Moody, Jr., were in attendance last week at the annual convention of their church in Asheville, where Rev. Mr. Moody delivered an address on the "Educational side of the Sunday school." The Blowing Rock hotel open ed on the 15th for the summer. Some handsome stationery for the house has recently been put out from THE DEMOCRAT office. Mrs. Taylor will go up to the j hotel on the first of next month, to remain for the rest of the season. j Often The Kidneys Are Weakened by Oier-Wnrk. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.. Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re sponsible for much sickness and suffering, j P therefore, if kidney trouble is permitted to i continue, serious re sults are most lik; - to follow. Your otLer organs may need re tention, but your kid neys most, becaurss! they do most ana should have attention first. Therefore, when Jrour kidneys are weak or out of order, you can understand how quickly your en tire body is affected and how every organ ] seems to fail to do its duty. If you are sick or "feel badly," begin taking the great kidney remedy, ifr. 1 Kilmer's Swamp-Root. A trial will caax- 1 vince you of its great merit. The mild and immediate effeclt of Swamp-Root, the great kidney and. bladder remedy, is soon realized.. It stands the highest because its remarkable health restoring properties have been proven in thousands of the most distress ing cases. If you need a medicine yoa should have the best. 4 Sold by druggists in fifty-cent and one-dol- Xj »?£ J" - j lar sizes. You may | have a sample bottle by mail free, also " pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mis take, but remember the name, Swamp- ; Root, and don't let a dealer sell you j something in place of Swamp-Root—»if you do you will be disappointed. Mr. L. L. Bolich is now in i charge of The Democrat's print ing department, with Fred W. Amos, of Newton as assistant. Those desiring to get up-to-date printing at reasonable prices, . will do well to give us a call. More seats are needed in the City park. It is pleasant on these hot days to sit in the shade and rest, but there are not enough seats for those who would like to use them. Its up to the authorities to provide a few more benches. Mr. D. P. Waters, who got out the historical supplement for the Lenoir Topic recently, was in town this week. He is now in ( Johnson City, Tenn., but expects to return here soon and may then arrange to prepare a pub • lication in the interest of Cataw ba county. The Presbyterian and Reform ed churches will unite in Calvin memorial services on Sunday, July 11th. Rev. J. G. Garth will speak on "The Man and the Times," Rev. C. A. Monroe on "'What we have Received from Calvin," and Kev. J. L. Murphy on "Calvin, Preacher. Pastor and Theologian." Mr. C. W. McCoy returned to his home near Huntersville Mon day after spending several days in the city visiting at the home of Mr. J. W. Little on 10th st. He was so favorably impressed with his short stay here that he will very likely leave his ele gant country home and come to iLckory and live. At the church of the Ascension on Thursday, June 24, comes the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, The Holy Communion with address at 10 a. m. Service next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, subject, "The Excuse Habit." Oppor tunity for baptism of children on Thursday at 10.30 a.m. and on Sunday at 5 p. m. On Friday Revenue Agents Miller and Blalock, assisted by H. W. Jones, seized an illicit still in Burke county, about 13 miles from here. The still has a. ca pacity of about 25 gallons, and there were 1,000 gallons of beer. Two men were running it and by fieetness of foot escaped arrest, although the officers came so near getting one that they se cured his hat. The proposed new cotton mill, recently alluded to in The Demo crat, seems to be an assured fact. The projectors are ready to begin construction as soon as they can be certain of the nec- power, and recent ad- that the Southern PowlrGo. is alljready to come in here and will start work on its plant very soon. The company is also to furnish power for the Brookford mills and those of the Ivey company. Claremont College. The Trustees of Claremont College at their annual session selected six additional members las follows: Messrs. K. C. Men j zles and F. A. Clinard for one jiyear. Dr. Banks McNairy and \C. 11. Geitner for two years. E. IL. Shuford and J. F. Abernethy ; for three years. | Rev. J. L. Murphy was elected | president of the board, G. H. j Geitner secretary arid C. C. Bost 1 treasurer. j J. M. Shuford, C.'M. Shux'ord I and J. W. Warlick were appoint |ed a committee on property, A. lA. Shuford, G. H. Geitner and 'j C. C. Bost a special committee on The report of the ? President of the College showed j that all bills had been paid and' I that when all accounts are col \ lected there will be a. small amount above the running «ex i penses. The outlook for the : j school is encouraging. ] To relieve constipation, clean out" the bowels, tone and strengthen the ] digestive organs, put them in a nat ural condition with HolHster r s Rocky i Mountain Tea, the most reliably } tcnic for thirty years. 35 cents, Tea ; or Tablets. Moser and Lutz. i KILLED BY A WATCHMAN G. H Keever Shot in the Rail road Yards at Nashville. G. H. Keever of this city was shot in the railroad yards at Nashville, Tenn., on Monday night by Oscar Vaughn, night watchman, and died four hours later at the city hospital. He was an electrician by trade and had been for some time in Oregon, but had not been successful there, and was mak ing his way home. ' s ; He was in the yards trying to leave on a train, it is said, when Vaughn arrested him. While waiting for the patrol wagon Keever started to run and Vaughn shot him through the back, the ball going entirely through his body. Vaughn has refused to make any statement, but it is reported that he says he fired at Keever's heels, in tending to scare him into stop ping, but the ball carried ur ward with fatal results. Vaughn was arrested and lock ed up charged with murder. The body was sent here for interment and arrived here Wed nesday night. Gunpowder. The farmers are very busv now working corn and putting up wheat. They are consider ably behind with their work on account of the recejit continued rainy weather. The wheat crop is not as good asdt was thought to be some time back. Corn is looking fairly well. The new bridge across Gun powder creek hag been opened to the public for crossing. Mrs. N. A. Yount, of Hickory, spent the latter part of last week with her father, Mr. Babel Sherrill. Mrs. W. B. Yoderof Asheville spent Saturday and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. W. N. Sherrill, who is very sick. Mrs. F. T. Sherrill and babe of Lenoir are visiting relatives in this vicinity this week. A good crowd of our people speak of going to the fourth of July celebration at Lenoir. Mr. Vance Hall and Miss Delia- White were married Sunday, G, W. Sherrill, Esq,, performing the ceremony. Blackberries are getting ripe now, so there will be less reason to fear starving, unless flour goes so high that we cannot buy it, so as to make pies of the berries. In that event, we can eat; the berries without "crust." Morganton Wins. At Ralegh on Monday the North Carolina Corporation Com mission affirmed its pre vious order that the Southern Railway should move its freight depot to the northern or town side of the tracks, and should make this of a size suitable to the business done. This action was taken after the Southern Railway had ex cepted to the order, saying that the change could not be made, that it would be dangerous. For Morganton it was shown I that the present site is danger ous, the depot not adequate and dangerously situated. The Corporation Commission overruled the exceptions of the Southern Railway, and confirm ed its order that the depot be removed t® the town side of the track and be enlarged. A Thrilling Rescue. How BeTt R. Lean, of Cheny, Wash, was saved from a frightful death is a story to thrill the world. "A hard cold," he writes, "brought on a des perate lung trouble that baffled ah ex pert doctor here. Then I paid $lO to sls a week to a lung specialist in Spokane, who did not help me. Then I went to California, but without bene fii. At last I used Dr. King's New Discovery, which completely cured me " and now lam as well as ever." For lung trouble, bronchitis, coughs and colds, asthma, croup and whooping cough its supreme. 50c and SIOO. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by C. M. Shuford, W. S. Martin, and Moser h; Lutz. DOCTOR ADVISED OPERATION Cured by LydiaE.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Paw Paw, Mich.—" I suffered terri 7-7 —bly from female Ills, -r, jgl including inflam *? mation and conges tion, for several years. My doctor said thero was 110 hope for me but an operation. I began £gll Pinkham's Vegeta -1 can now say I am Another Operation Avoided. Chicago, 111. "I want women to know what that wonderful medicine, E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- Eound, has done for me. Two of the est doctors in Chicago said I would die if X did not have an operation, and I never thought of seeing a well day again. I had a small tumor and female troubles so that I suffered day and night. A friend recommended Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it made me a well woman."—Mrs. ALVENA SPERLING, 11 Langdon St., Chicago, 111. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Cem- Eound, made from roots and herbs, as proved to be the most successful remedy for curing the worst forms of female ills, including displacements, inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu larities, periodic pains, backache, bear ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion, and nervous prostration. It costs? but a trifle to try it, and the result has been worth millions to many suffering women, BUSINESS BULEERS. Advertisements inserted under this head at 5 cents a line for each insertion Summer underwear for men, women, boys and girls at J. A. Bowles. 2t ''A new six room cottage for rent on Nineteenth street, good neighborhood etc. apply to A. J. Payne" City. See the new summer parasols and umbrellas at J. A. Bowles. Wanted: To buy a good young Milk Cow, a small cow preferred Apply Democrat Office. The R. and G. Corsets the standard of the world at J. A. Bowles. WE will be in the market for two or three thousand quart and gallon cans of Blackberries. Will want nothing but clean choice fruit, cans well filled. We fur nish cans and cannery. For fur ther particulars call at our office or write us. HICKORY SEED CO. Hickory N. C. 2t. Hosiery in black, blue, tan, white and pink at J. A. Bowles. Wanted.—Boarders. Rate SIOO per day or $4.00 per week at Side residence 900 10th ave. W. L. Frazier Prop. Childrens parasols at J. A. Bowles. v A Woman's Back Has many aches and pains caused by weaknesses and falling, or other displace ment, of the pelvic organs. Other symp toms of female weakness are frequent headache, dizziness, imaginary specks or dark spots floating before the eyes, gnaw ing sensation in stomach, dragging or bearing down Igtowor abdominal or pelvic region, disagrM&ble drains from pelvic organs, faint spells with general weakness. If any considerable number of the above symptoms are present there is no remedy wi\give quicker relief or a more per manent than Dr. Pierce's Favorite PreSassmt>HS{t has a record of over forty years of Invigorating tonic and .strengthening. D£ vine known to medical science. It is made of the glyceric extracts" of native medici nal roots found in our fctests and con tains not a drop of alcohol or harmful, or habit-forming drugs. Its ingredients are all printed on the bottle-wrapper and at tested under oath as correct. Every ingredient entering Into "Fa vorite Prescription " has the written en dorsement of the most eminent medical writers of all the several schools of prac tice —more valuable than any amount of non-professional testimonials —though the latter are not lacking, having been con tributed voluntarily by grateful patients In numbers to exceed the endorsements given to any other medicine extant for the cure of woman's ills. You cannot afford to accept any medicine of unknown composition as a substitute for this well proven remedy OF KNOWN COMPOSITION, even though the dealer may make a little more profit thereby. Your interest in regaining health is paramount to any selfish interest of his and it is an insult to your intelligence for him to try to palm off upon you a substitute. You know what you want and it is his busi ness to supply the article called for. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the original * Little Liver Pills" first put up by old Dr. Pierce over forty years ago, much imitated but never equaled. Little sugar-coated granules—easy to take as candy.- / c Final Call For= T A X ES! I must collect the balance of the TAXES, and this is to notify all persons who have not paid their taxes on or before the Ist Day of July 1909, that I will then advertise their property for the pay ment of same. I will regret very _ much to take this course, but I must close up the tax books, and after the, above date cost will certainly be added to tax. D. M. BOYD, - - Ex-Sheriff. If Vhe art of Lowing! jS how to paint doesn't require 5 *3 knowing algebra, or how to keep 3 house. Neither do we have to be Ja Si hyponotist to sell our ja Q FURNITURE 2 Jb Our goods speak for themselves. 5 5 Their sterling worth and good 5 5 qualities are open and apparent 5 5 Purchasers here are never dissat 5 g isfied. Be one. ja | Hatcher furniture Co. | 2 Complete Home Furnishers 5 S HICKORY, N. C. jjj H Summer Goods § & Men's and Boy's B I Clothing, Shoes and Hats | 1 Ladies 1 W OUR LINE OF DRESS GOODS M AND NOTIONS ARE THE H BEST IN THE CITY. || j| THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR ,|j g IS WHAT YOU WANT :: ; : 1 I SETZER & RUSSELL 9 P HICKORY, N C, The "Merry Widow" statistics that were disseminated through the country have spurred a hum orist of Puck to continue reckon ing the effect of the "Merry Widow." He figures that 48,- 632 hurdy-gurdys have caused 532,467 plain and 4,489,577 fancy curses, and that 10,783,602 men have had their noses skinned by Merry Widow hats. Chamberlains Cough Remedy The Best on the Market. "I have nsed Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and find is to be the best on the market," says S. W. Tardy, edit or of The Sentinel, Gainsboro, Tenn. "Our baby had several colds the past winter and Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy always gave it relief at once and cured it in a short time. I always rec ommend it when opportunity presents itself." For sale by W, S. Martin & Co. For Weak Kidneys Inflammation of the blad der, urinary troubles and backache use DeWitt's Kidney «nd Bladder Pills A Week's Treatment 25c ft.* IMWITT *co.. CHITW, M. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S - CASIOR I A 1 :S hi
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