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THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT. Published Every Thursday bv W. E. HOLBROOK, EDITOR AXND PROP Eute'-ti at the Post Office at Hickory as secoa:' class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Que Year Cash In Advance $ i.oo Bix Months, " 5° Three Months " " 2 5 Advertising Rates. Transient 2o cents an inch. Prefered Position 15 " " " Yearly Contracts 10 Thursday, July 8, 1909. I The new government building should have been located on the lot now occupied by the Hickory Grocery Co. and the new Shu ford block. With practically all the city's business and a large majority of the residences on the North side of the railroad it was a mistake to put the postoffice on the other side of the track. However, it has been decided and there is probably ro chance of a change, so it is up to our citizens to turn in and make the best of it. The Southern Field, published at Washington in the interests of the South, is one of the most valuable publications issued any where for residents of this sec tion. Every issue is full of in formation regarding the re sources of the South, and it could be read with profit by every resi dent of the state. We shall in the future quote largely from it, in order that our readers may have the information which it giyes, and which would other wise not reach them. Probably the most absurd newspaper sensation which has recently been sprung on a long suffering public is the proposed attempt by the Chicago Blade to send a balloon toAfrica and take aerial pictures of the jungle and its inhabitants. The Blade is one of those papers which cater to the lower tastes of humanity, being made up of little else but stories of murder, divorce and other scandals, with staring head lines, colored pictures and other accompaniments in police record style. The much adver tised trip may be a fake and may not, although the probabili ties seem to be largely in favor of the former. TOWN ACCOUNTS. The Lexington Dispatch makes these pertinent remarks about town accounts. The Catawba County News and THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT do not exactly like the way their respective towns make out an nual statements. THE DEMO CRAT says that Hickory's state ment was like the young wife's cash account, to wit: ' 'Received $5O from Charlie. Spent it all." The same complaint arises in almost every town. There is too much that is hazy and vague. A customer insists on his mer chant itemizing every article; the citizen should insist on the town going into details. It isn't enough to say, "Sundries, $100." People ought to know what sun dries cover. Sundries lots of times cover a multitude of sins and graft. Town government all over the country is a dead failure. Exceptions stand out like stars. We have harped a lot on local self-government, but we as a people haven't learned the art. A town should be run as a business institution. Everybody says so. Few try to make it so. Indifference on the part of the citizenship is directly responsible for- all our ills, not only in municipal government but in state and national affairs. We elect men to run the business and promptly forget all about it. BOND SALES. The following from W. J. Bryan's Commoner, is exactly in line with THE DEMOCRAT'S recent editorial suggestion re garding the sale of Hickory's highway bonds to the local in vestor instead of selling them in a bunch to be peddled out at a profit. Ma>or Carleson of Jamestown, N. Y., is urging upon his citizens the policy of issuing bonds in snu 11 denominations, when bonds have to be issued, with the idea of encouraging the purchase of bonds by the people in the citv. This plan is certainly a wise one, and the only objection to it is that it does not please the high financiers. The Wall Street magnates endeavor to Create the impression that no bonds can be sold until they are underwritten at a nice profit by some promi dent New York firm. There is no reason, however, why the peo ple of a city should not buy and hold the bonds which are issued for improvements. The city bond is a most excellent form of investment, and there is no reas on why the denomination of the bonds should not be small enough to permit the holding of them by the industrial masses. The only difference between a bond and a savings bank account is that the money in the savings bank can be withdrawn upon giving the required notice, while bonds run for several years. This, how ever, can be, to a certain ex tent, remedied if the city will authorize the treasurer to keep a record of persons desiring to sell bonds and of persons desiring to buy so that the parties can be brought together, and it is prob able that a person desiring to sell could, within a short time, find a purchaser; at least it is worth while for a city to make the experiment. Confederate Constitution. There has been deposited in the library of Congress and placed on exhibition in the manuscripts' division, the origi nal engrossed "Pemanent consti tution of the Confederate States of America." The constitution was adopted March 11, 1861, by the Confed erate Congress at Montgomery, Ala., and signed by delegates from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisana and Texas.- When the capital was moved to Richmond, it was carried to that city, and upon the evacuation of Rich mond, was sent with other pa pers farther South, where it was rescued by Mr. F. G. DeFon taine, at Chester, S. C., from a band of looters. Mr. DeFontaine kept this and other documents for some > ears, and, in 1883, it passed into the hands of Mrs. G. W. J. Deßenne whose son, Mr. J. Deßenne, of Savannah, Ga., now owns it, and has recently deposited it, as a loan, with the librarian of Con gress. The Sister States. Probably the sister states are: MissOuri, the Misses Sippi, Ida Ho, Mary Land, Gallie Fornia, Allie Bama, Louisa Anna, Delia Ware and Minnie Sota.-Letts lowa Record. [What's the matter with Indie Anna, Vir Jinnie and Carrie ,Lina.] ON THE OCEAN. Interesting Letter From Mr. E. B. Cline Regarding His Trip Abroad. Editor of the DEMOCRAT: Before this can possibly reach you the metropolitan newspa pers will have already contained accounts of the loss of the Cun ard steamship "Slavonia," which sailed from New York for the Mediterranean on the same iay we left on the Hamburg- American line steamer "Batavia " Still you may like to hear it first hand. We had fine weather and a smooth sea, with nothing of special interest until Thursday noon, June 10, when our oper ator on the Marconi wireless caught a message from the "Slavonia," which had preceded us on a more Northwestern course, saying she had run on the rocks in a fog on the island Flores, the most Northwesterly of the Azores group, had landed her passengers on the beach, and was lying in a dangerous condition. Our ship immediate ly changed its course, making all speed to her assistance. At the same time we called to the "Princess Irene," sailing about 50 miles behind. She also made haste, and at 9 p. m. the "Batavia" lay to about one mile off the coast where the "Sla vonia's" 500 passengers had been landed, the "Irene" coming in two hours later. A small boat soon put off to us, and a ship officer, calling "Ship ahoy" from far down on the dark waves and using all the formal ity of the sea, requested us to receive the "Slavonia's" pas sengers. At 4a. m. the work of the transfer began. Our small boats and those from the wreck ed ship would bring them over and we received them by a long swinging gang-way with much difficulty and no little danger, one sailor being thrown into the sea, but immediately rescued. The officers and seamen worked without food or rest until the last person was transferred, we taking about 300 and the"lrene" carrying the remainder. The crew of the "Slavonia" remained with the ship, but her machine room is full of water and she is reported breaking up, with no hope of saving her. The night was reported foggy and raining slightly, and her captian had gotten 12 or 15 miles out of his course in the intense darkness. To see the rescue of babies in arms and sick and crying women was worth coming across the world. As I write this we are under steam and running along St. Miguel, the largest island of the Azores. The view is most beau tiful, a number or white villages lying peacefully in the sun near the water's edge, witn green fields all laid out in perfect or der rising behind. The sea in deed hides its tragedies and quickly covers its scars. The captain of our ship and his crew are worthy of all praise and we accord it gladly. We should be at Gibralter in three days more, and then through to Naples before this can be posted. Our hearts are joyfully crying as did those men of old, "The sea, the sea." Sincerely yours, E. B. Cline. The State's Resources. The wide diversity of resources possessed by North Carolina was recently well shown by the Battery Park Hotel of Asheville in the issuance of a bill of fare. Everything upon the card, ex cept the sea foods and including the type and illustrations, was produced in North Carolina, and the card itself was but three weeks before a part of a hemlock tree in Haywood county. The people who advertise in the Democrat are the people that give you real bargains in what you buy. A Boy's Essay on Politeness. Politeness is rather a difficult thing, especially when you are making a start. Many people haven't got it. I don't know why, unless it is the start. It is not polite to fight little boys, ex cept they throw stones at you. Then you can run after them, and, when you've caught them, just do a little bit at them, that's all. Remember that all little boys are simoleton3, or they wouldn't do it. It is not the thing to make fun of a little chap because he is poorer than you. Let him alone if you don't want topjaywith him, for he is as good as y©u, except the clothes. When you are in school, and a boy throws a bit of bread or any thin* at you over the desks, it is not polite to put your tongue out at him, or to twiddle your fin gers in front of your nose. Just wait till after school, and then warn him what you'll do next time; or, if you find you are bound to hit him, be pretty easy with him. Don't keep on eating $5.00 Buys a good suit this week at "The Quality Shop," We have about 50 suits in med ium and small size left over from last season that we are closing out at $5.00. If you need a good every day suit it will pay you to look them over. iWoretz=WHitener Clothing Company THE QUALITY SHOP. v We are now closing out our entire stock of y; v merchandise, consisting of 8 Clothing, Shoes, Hats ; 8 and Dry Goods I At Cost | ft This includes 500 Men's and Boys' Suits, 5000 Pairs of Shoes, 5; 8 all sizes, and a Full Line of Dress Goods. x This is no fake sale. We mean business. Buying entirely for * cash we can offer values never before seen in this town. X X All parties owing us will please call and make 8 X PROMPT SEITLEMENT. | I Setzer & Russell | after you are tight3ning, and you will be far happier. Never eat quickly, or you might get bones in your throat. - My father knows of a boy who killed over his Sunday dinner. It is npt polite to leave victuals on your plate, especially anything you don't like. If you don't like turnips, it is better to eat well into your turnips rirst, while you are hungry, and you'll eat the meat and potatoes easy enough afterward. Bovs should always be polite to girls, how ever vexing they may be. Girls are not so strong as boys; their hair is long, and their faces are prettier; so you should be gentle with them. If a girl scratches you on the cheek, don't punch her, and don't tell - her mother. That would be mean. Just hold her tight by the arms till she feels you could give it to her if you had a mind to. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R I A Weak Kidneys, Backache, [Rheumatism or Lumbago it is tbbcluiely essential, in order to obtain satisfactory results, h?t j'ou t.?ke a reliable preparation that acts directly on the Sidneys. IvT: ny p ergons trust to luck for a cure. No remedy vDi be found more satisfactory than Delays are dangerous. There is no more com- / rron complaint than Kidney complaint. Nature 1 always gives due warning and failure to heed same mey result in Diabetes, Lumbago, Bright's \ Disease, or some other serious affection of tha KjV \ Kidneys. Pineules are readily and naturally ab> rf / sorbed and assimilated by the stomach, driving I fit / out the poison due to disordered conditions of Ij{ i the Kidneys or Bladder. They purify the blood and invigorate the entire system. The first do* will convince ycu that Pineules will do all we claim for them. Get a bottle TO-DAY. Pineules are put up in two sizes; $l.OO and 50 cent*. The dollar oonutiOS 1)4 times as much as the 50 cent size. PLNEULE MEDICINE COMPANY. Chicago, U. S. A. W. S. Martin & Company. |THE BEACON LIGHT I It shines day and night to the mariner who K? r»j sails the seas. You can't get wrecked when 5 you cast light on our completely assorted jfg 3 stock of, £ Furniture g £ |jl No mariner s compass is truer than values we give for M" dollars paid us. Nothing exaggerated. Buy and be S satisfied. CASH or CREDIT. raj 1 Hatcher furniture Co. | S Complete Home Furnishers S HICKORY, N. C. &{
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