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THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT. Published Every Thursday bv W. E. HOLBROOK, EDITOR AND PROP Elite--J at tlie Post Office at Hickon as secoii- class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year Cash In Advance f i •* Six Monttis, " " Three Mouths " " Advertising Rates* Transient 2o cents an inch Prefered Position 15 (| Yearly Contracts 10 Thursday, July 22, 1909. The mill? at Maiden are report ed to have bought all the cotto in the Maiden Farmers Unior warehouse at 13 cents a pound This is certainly encouraging foi the farmers, and shows the ben efit of standing together. It i? said that cotton can be raised at a profit at eight cents a pound If this is so, and it has beer stated authoritatively, the far mers certainly have no kick com ing. It is high time that tin men who put in the brains am hard work in producing cotton should get their share of the profits. There is no reason why all the money should go to spec ulators and manufacturers, while the man who does the work has to struggle to get enough to live on. Brighter days are coming for the farmer and he is at last getting something of what be longs to him. It is reported that an attend ant at the Lutheran church, not a member, has announced his at tention of going there no more because the church has accepted SI,OOO from Andrew Carnegie for the purchase of a pipe organ. The reason assigned is that Car negie's money is *'tainted" and that he gave it for his own glory and not primarily for the benefit of the church. When one thinks of the millions of dollars which Carnegie has given away for va rious purposes, whether for his own glory or for other reasons, his thousand dollars to the Lu theran church looks about as big as a penny 6 would in a handful of fifty dollar slugs. If this man is so sensitive about the accept ance of "tainted money" the proper thing would be to go out and raise the money to take its place, by subscription or other wise, and return the thousand dollars to its donor. So far as heard from he has made no move in this direction. The best way to remove the stain from "taint ed money" is to use it for a good purpose. Judge Council, in his charge to the grand jury at the opening of court last week at Newton, hauled Catawba county over the coals for being so far behind other counties of the state in the matter of good road building. In this he will have the approval and support of every progressive citizen. With great natural ad vantages we ought to have as good roads as any county in the state. Instead we are ahead of none and are behind many in this important work. The judge said if a chain gang were estab lished he could furnish a hundred good hands to work on the roads. This being so it should be done at once. Why should we send our petty criminals away to work in other counties when there is plenty of work, and work that needs to be done, for them right at home. It is to be hoped our county officials will wake up to the exigencies of the situation and do what they should for the benefit of the people. If they do not soon rise to the situation and do something in the inter ests of the public they will be likety to hear something drop, and drop hard, at the next elec tion. A report of the Sunday School Normal at Lenoir College last week is omitted from lack of space. It will appear in our next issue. RURAL TELEPHONE. Spread of the Movements in this Ccuaty. Everyone is familiar with tht •ural telephone. Almost al! enow that it is a comparatively • cent development of life in th( •ountry and that the movement for communication a nong farms and for better connections be tween rural and citv districts has increased wonderfully within the past few years. Yet to thos .vhp are ignorant of the real sta tistics the figures of the latest telephone c n-us are nothing short of startling. For instance, take the state •nent of the censv.s that in the jer:ol from 1902 to 1907 th- iumber of rural telephone sta ions in the entire country in •reased 449 per cent. People are used t® calculating percentage, whether for interest or business orofit purposes, at four, five oi six per cent—seldom any more. \ man who says ) e can get 449 per cent out of an investment will be regarded with suspicion. There was a man in New York 'itv just a few years ago who tdvertised a speculative scheme .vhich he guaranteed would Sring in an income of 520 per cent. They called him ' 520-per cent-Miller," and he was sent uvay for swindling. But it is an actual fact that whereas in 1902 there were but 266,966 ru ral 'phone stations in the United States, five years later there were 1,464,773. The census figures show that the South had a great share in this development. The increase in the Soutn Atlantic States was 469 per cent, and in the South Central States it was 367 per cent. The actual figures, how ever, mean more than percent age. and show how the mcve ment spread through each one of the states.. Below is a table showing the total number of rural telephone stations in each southern state in 1902 and on December 31st, 1907, the latest date for which figures are available. State 1902 1907 Maryland 94 5,073 Virginia 5,599 15,155 vV. Virginia 1,839 24,234 N. Carolina 1,833 8,990 S. Carolina 1,020 3,099 Georeria 648 5,816 Florida 253 1,785 Total, South At lantic States 11,268 64,199 Kentucky 2.197 13,051 Tennessee 1,962 10 063 Alabama 291 5,419 Mississippi 641 6,973 Louisiana - 132 1,260 Arkansas 159 12,403 Oklahoma 270 24,874 Texas 2,177 41,862 Total, South Cen tral States 7,829 115.905 These figures tell very graphi cally the story of the activity of the southern farmers. Wherev er the telephone has gone it has brought with it better living, an increase in the productiveness of the farms and money-making op portunities for the agricultural ist that were not dreamed of be fore. In 1902 the 'phone was not a new thing—it was used in •all lines of business in the cities and on the more prosperous farms and ranches all over the country. But when one consid ers that in this five-year period the nun.ber of rural 'phones jumped from 94 to 5,073 in Ma ryland; from 270 to 24,874 in Oklahoma, ynd from 159 to 12,- 403 in Arkansas, the manner in which telephones were popular ized and raised from the station of a rich man's luxury to that of an every-day necessity of all the people can be readily understood. The census, though its results have only recently been publish ed, does not bring the actual conditions quite up-to-date. No figures are available for the year and a half since December 31, 1907, but the increase in the number of rural 'phone stations has been even more marked that in the five-year period to which the statistics refer. The state ment is made by the Western Electric Company, the largest manufacturers of telephones and 'phone equipments in this coun try, furnishing all the instru ments and apparatus used by LOSING FLESH SCOTT'S EMULSION LlilLLiUil' LiiVi «fl i'/jil fifTTiiiTl- ■* T H E STANDARD O F TM E'tf/Ofi'/V^ the Bell system, that in the past six months 80,000 of their nev ri ril telephones were sold. The reason for this growth is not hard to find. Life on thf fat ms used to be irksome—dis ■ ances were so gr at. The tele phone is the annihilator of dis ance. A.s one farmer express id it, lam next door to every body 1 want to talk to. That telephone puts my isolated farm in the heart of things." Manj imes a farmer has been saved i long trip to town; has been abl to get the doctor or the veterina ry surgeon in a hurry, whe I ** without telephone connections he would have been helpless. Brookford. News is scarce this week, so our letter from Brookford will be short. There were two ice cream sup per in the village Saturday night. All enjoyed them and everything went on nicely. Mr. J. W. Ballew was a visitor in our town last Sunday. Little Miss Vada Putman re turned to her home in Denton last Thursday, after a two weeks visit to her father, Mr. O. C. Putman, night second hand in the Brookford cotton mill. Brookford's second team cross ed bats with Henry river recent ly. Score 17 to 5 in favor of Brookford. The Brookford people are lis tening for the wedding bells to ring soon again, as there are a few secrets whispered around. Mrs. Messick, who was report ed sick of typhoid fever last week is not much improved. We have prospects of a new Baptist church in our town as soon as the arrangements have been made and the work will commence at an early date. Mrs. Fanny Hartsell is on the sick list this week, but we hope it is nothing serious. Gunpowder. The farmers are about done laying by corn and threshing wheat. Crops are looking very well. A lot of good hay has been made and put away. The fruit crop is nearly a failure in this settlement. Mrs. S. E. Link, of Charlotte, came up Saturday to spend some time among her relatives and her relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Lawrence and family, of Hickory, spent Saturday and Sunday in tne country with relatives. Rev. and Mrs M. Smathers and two children, of Swannanoa, spent part of last week visiting friends and relatives in this com munity. Mr. Smathers has just recoved from a very serious at tack of nervous prostration. He is still in delicate health. After months of patient suffer ing from that dreadful disease, tuberculosis, Mrs. Bertha Sher ill, wife of Newman Sherill, pass ed peacefully to her reward in Heaven last Tuesday morning. Her mortal remains were taken to her old home on the South Fork and laid 'to rest in the church yard at Bethel Wednes day, there to await the resurrec tion. Mrs. Sherrill was a very pious woman, of a kind disposi tion, and w r as loved by all whose good fortune it was to know her. She leaves two little children, a husband and many relatives and friends, who are pained on ac count of her premature taking away. Death is sad, even in old age, but doubly so when one so young and starting in life with so many bright prospects ahead is called into eternity. We com " mend the bereaved husband and relatives to Him who doeth all things well, for comfort in this hour of sadness and grief. "When my feet draw near the river. Whose dark billows madly roll, His rieli mercy shall deliver And sustain my'trusting soul." The Five Sedgwick's with Baby Elileen as the star attraction, will occupy the opera house all next week with a vaudeville entertain ment. I Baby Clileen, Featured With The five Vaudeville Go. THE FIVE SEDGLWZCKS AT OPERA HOUSE ALL NEXT WEEK. The Five Sedgwicks Vaudeville Company which makes its annual tour through the south every season will hold the boards at the Opera House all next week, beginning Monday, July 26th. This Company featuring Baby Elileen is considered one of the best vaudeville troupes on ths stage, with a repertoire of 25 vaude ville acts. Reserved seats will be on sale Thursday at W. S. Martin & Co. Prices 15, 25 and 35c. We offer a club rate of 3 tickets for 75c and 6 tickets for $1.25. Th ; s offer is good until Monday evening at 7 o'clock. | LENOIR COLLEGE * 8© Hickory, IN. G. JIJ Drop a Gard for a Catalogue at Once.. Sk A. B. Courses. Music (piano, violin, voice, theory), Expression, Jk Art, and Preparatory Departments. Our Graduates admitted to post- graduate courses in N. (\ University. New Dormitory for Men. ft Jk Kighty-foot wing lacing added to Girls' Building. Steam lieat, elec- O trie lights, baths, &c. Board aud lodging at cost! Tuilion in College, #40.00 a year. Hickory Business College in connection with I/. C. V Bookkeeping course, #2O; Shorthand course, £2O. Our students get Q and hold positions! R. L. FRITZ, Pres. O &©©&©©©? seossobo&siseQOQoaQl fTmmrmTlm) y We are now closing out our entire stock of x $ merchandise, consisting of x | Clothing, Shoes, Hats | I and Dry Goods | 8 This includes 500 Men's and Boys' Suits, 5000 Pairs of Shoes, 8 O all sizes, and a Full Line of Dress Goods. 0 X This is no fake sale. We mean business. Buying entirely for a x cash we can offer values never before seen in this town. X 5 All parties owing -us will please call and make 8 X PROMPT SETTLEMENT. f ? 7* r** » k- '4 Fif *'- -■; •?■ s Weak Kidneys, Eacknche, Rheumatism cr Lumbago it is ibsoiutely essential, in order to obtain satisfactory results, hai ycu-icke a reliable preparation that acts directly on the \i.dn eys. J£sny persons trust to luck for a cure. No remedy jvill be found mo: e satisfactory than T*%® H [Vl|Si |f B C i f■ J? De!c3/s are dangerous. There is no n.cre ccm fr y ron complaint the n Kidney comprint. Nature | | r lwaya gives due v/aining and failure to heed I \ same may result in Diabetes, Lumbago, \ Disease, or some other serious affc cticn of rhj } Kidneys. Pineules pre readily end naturally aj | sorlv.d and assimilated by the s:omach, drivir^ LM I out the poison dae to disordered conditions of ( the Kidneys or Bladder. purify the blood end invigorate the entire system. The first dose will cerivnce y -j that Fxeulcs w.J do all W2 ;lai.n for them. Get a bct.'e TO-DAY. FineuNw ore put up i.i two si.es; > 1.(40 a..d 50 ccuta. The dollar &ize j ua.ts us..£L.u«:li a3 ti.e 5J cent sue. TNZVL2 MEfcICINS COMPANY. Chicago. U. S. A. W. S. Martin & Company. $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. A4oretz=WHitener Clothing Company THE QUALITY SHOP.
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