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THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT.; Published Every Thursday bv W. E. HOLBROOK, EDITOR AND PROP at the Post Office at Hickorj as secouc class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year Cash In Advance $ i.w Six Months, " 5 Three Months " " a- Advertising Rates. Transient 2o cents an inch Prefered Position 15 " Yearly Contracts 10 " " " Thursday, September 30, 1909. THE LIEE OF JOHN JOHNSON. The life record of such a mar as John A. Johnson, -on account of whose death Minnesota if bowed down in grief, reveals th secret of the growth and the greatness and the glory of this republic. It furnishes cumula tive evidence that through the miricle of democracy "America" is only another name for ' 'Op portunity." To the door of ev ery cabin, however humble, it carries inspiration for every American boy, however poor, — the humbler the cabin and the poorer the boy, the greater the inspiration, for Johnson's moth er was a wash-woman and want was in the home. That this son of an unlettered foreign peasant, menaced by poverty from his very cradle, or phaned while yet a mere boy, unarmed with those powerful weapons bestowed by education, could become governor of a great American state and reach that eminence peopled only by men of presidential calibre,, is thf most glorious encomium that it is possible to pronounce on this nation and its free institutions. Is there another place on the globe * that preserves such a broad approach to fame? Where else can a boy rise out of such environment as surrounded John son and attain the position he won? And Johnson is only one among many poor American boys who have struggled upward and pre vailed, carving out for them selves an enduring place in Amer ican history, for in the United States there is a chance for ev ery boy who has the right stuff in him, and the American moth er is but the prophetess of dem ocracy when she points her son to the highest office in the migh tiest government on earth and tells him that there is a possibil ity that he may achieve that dis tinction, which typifies that he can do anything he wills. But there .is a price to pay. Johnson paid it- He was faith ful in small things, when he clerked in a store and filled oth er lowly positions. He adhered to the right and truth and made response to the calls of duty and of honor. In him was the spirit of a Man; the peopb saw it and loved him, and loved him, and in an overwhelmingly republcan commonwealth, he, a democrat, was three times elected govern or. The Johnsons can't be beat en back even by political preju dices, a strong influence in pub lic affairs, nor will people imbu ed with the true American spirit be blinded to the quantities of the Johnsons by political preju dice. In America, in spite of the people who groan because of trusts and millionaires and the pursuits of wealth, who see in all this a lowering of standards and a decay of virtue, personal worth and manhood are still the great, living, vital forces, and will be. The American mind is too healthy, too independent, too much in love with those things to turn from them t:> worship the golden calf, and the lives of the Johnsons prove it. Family, society and wealth laughed at the idea of a man being govern or of the state whose mother had "taken in washing," and Johnson's majority went higher. America loves manhood and re wards it. Johnson to our mind was one of the most admirable public men we had, and his life :eaehes a priceless lesson to the American youth.—Lexington Dis patch. A Runaway. On Tuesday a colored man was lriving Ed Shell's two black horses to a buggy for exercise. As he was driving across the railroad at the passenger depot, he saw a train backing rapidly. He suddenly pulled the horses back and heading from the way the train was backing. The car struck the off horse ®n the rump. The negro was thrown out and badly hurt on the head. The horses ran away and tore up the buggy and hurt the horses some. It was a narrow escape and should be a warning to people to watch for trains at the cross ings. Presbyterian Church Notes. Rev. M. Mc. G. Shields, of Greensboro, is preaching excel lent sermons this week at 3:30 and 7:30 p. m., and good audien ces hear him every day and night. These meetings will con tinue this week. The Saturday afternoon service will be especi ally for the children, and Mr. Shields will preach to them. On Sunday morning the Sun day school will hold special exer cises at 9:45 and a collection will be taken for Sunday school mis sions. At 10 a. m. communion service will be observed. On Sunday afternoon at 3:30, household service will be held. All children to be baptized should be brought to this service for baptism. Mr. Shields will make an ad dress to the children and parents. The Street Fair. Everybody seems to be head ed this way for the farmers fair here on the 15th of October. A big time is expected. A neat premium list has been issued. It tells how to enter for premiums and what the premi ums will be. Over SIOOO has been donated and will be given, distributed out according to class and values. The farmers will bring their stock and produce Thursday, 14, and enter them, and arrange them ready for next day. On Thursday night there will be speaking by two agricultural speakers. Friday will be show day, judg ing and awarding premiums. Ev ery body is cordially invited. Let everybody come for a good time and for a day of rare enjoyment. Try to be happy and make every body else happy. • Take Precautions. Prevention is the wise plan for every home. It pays to have ready Vick's Croup and Pneumo nia Salve. It is an external sure nipper os these dangerous trou bles and a household emergency remedy. 25, 50 and SI.OO jars. All Druggists. A happy family is but an ear lier heaven. The Thanks From Thousands of greatful people who have tested Vick's Croup and Pneu monia Salve attest its value, and the first importance to every home to have a jar ready. It nips colds and catarrhal troubles as well as certain stop for Croup and Pneumonia 25, 50 and sl. jars. All Druggists. A Water Haul. When our fox hunters go and find no foxes, put' it down that there are no foxes in three miles round. Some people in Caldwell kept telling the boys how that the foxes were killing their tur keys and things, and to come over and help them, or there would be no thanksgiving din ners in that shajik of the woods. Wanting a little fun, the boys gathered themselves together one night last week, and each shouldering up a "purp," went over to relieve the situation; But they couldn't see, or even smell where a fox had been along since the flood. James Shuford says, ' 'not a dog opened his mouth on ly when some one accidently 'trampt' on his tail." They came back feeling that it must be a two-legged fox that was killing their turkeys, and that it' will take blood hounds to tree, or bed him. Nice Table Ware. The Hotel Huffry will soon be furnished and ready for use. The proprietors are sparing no pains and means in making it one of the nicest, most comfortable and convenient hotels in the South. It will be modem in ev ery respect. The beds, chairs, furniture, and in fact, eveiything will show good taste and a deter mination to please. And they have nearly all the rooms ready. Their table ware is certainly a nice and full selection. It has arrived, and is silver and cut glass of the best and latest style. Mayor Geo. E. Bisanar, one of our Jewelers, ordered it for them. It was our pleasure to look through this selection, and to find it full and bountiful. It consists, in part, as follows: Sugar bowls, bread trays, syrup pitchers, cut glass salt and pepper shakers, regular size knives and forks, dessert knives and forks, table spoons, dessert spoons, soup spoons, teaspoons, coffee spoons, and orange spoons, sugar shells, gravy ladles, oyster forks, etc. We can't describe it. No one but a first-class Jeweler could have made such a rare selection. Ditching: Clark's Creek. For years, the bottom lands on Clark's creek—some of the best in the county—have been drown ded out. This was caused by the creek channel filling up with sand and soil from the hill sides, which were not properly cared for by hillside ditches; etc. The farmers finally got togeth er and decided to ditch out the creek. They,got a suitable law passed to bind them into some kind of corporation, so that all would fair alike in the expense and profits so far as such a thing is possible. They bought the machinery to ditch it, and for some weeks they have been placing tfie ma chinery and getting ready to work. They said they would be ready to begin work last Tues day. We went down to see, but they will not befready to do work before Friday or Saturday. It was interesting to see it, how ever. The machinery is operated on on a boat. They dig out a place for this boat. It fills with water, which is to float the boat. They have the boat launched. The boat is 16 by 60 feet, and it and the machinery all told weighs 85 tons. The boat and machinery cost only about $5,000. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R I A An advertisement is to a mer chant very much what sowing seed is to a farmer. It may take a little time for the results to be come apparent, but they are sure to come. The wise farmer is not niggardly with his seed, nor the wise merchant with his adver tisement. Lenoir College Football Team (BY COACH SCHAEFF.) When I arrived at Hickory to take charge of the football team at Ijenoir College, the outlook for a successful team was far from promising. 0 f last seasons men, not a back-field man was back, except the quarter-back, Rudisell. The line was more encourag ing for I found the large number of three, who had played on last seasons team. The fellows have responsed fairly well to my appeal for a large squad, and I have succeed ed in getting 22 men out. Most of these men had never seen a football, but they were all willing to learn, and some remarkable good material is showing up. Our first game is with Catawba College on Saturday Oct. 2nd. Our line-up on thatday will prob ably be: Center —Eller or Coonse. R. Guard —Spiegle or Rex. R. Tackle—Turbyfill or Coon. R. End—Carr or Horney. L. Guard—Fulmer or Rex. L. Tackle —Coon or Coonse. L. End —Mauney or Eisenhouer. Quarter-back—Rudisill, Mauney or Schaeff. Full-back —Rhodes or Rex. Half-backs Horney, Schaeff, Coon or Rhodes. ! We have had over two weeks practice, so the team is in excel lent condition, and we hope to put up a good article of ball. How many are coming out to the "Catawba" game on Satur day to "root" for "Lenoir"? Boone. The court adjourned Saturday. Jane Bennet was given 15 years in the pen, for the killing of Alonzo Hardin. Mrs. Bennett was mad at Hardin. Hardin came to her home for a banjo. She followed him and struck him with a hoe. He died in a few days. W. L. Bryan got judgment against the heirs of C. J. Cowles for SSOOO. Bryan was Cowles' agent to sell 6000 acres of tim ber land. Bryan introduced men who bought the land direct from Cowles failed to settle wi*h Bry an, hence the suit. Judge Council was raised here and has a host of friends who were glad to get a word with him. Guilford Critcher died at' his home on the Blue Ridge on the 22nd. He was in his 82nd year. He was an upright citizen, a good member of the Baptist church, and a good father of a large fam ily. He belonged to the masons. Alfred Watson of Stonv Fork, is building a cottage near the Mr. Grandon, of Pennsylvania, was here during court and held a meeting of the directors of the Watauga railroad. Nothing could be learned of the prospects of building the railroad. The Appalachian Training School is growing. There is room for more. FATHERHOOD AS A BUSINESS Curious Industry Arising Through Queer French Law. A curious industry has sprung up in France owing to the law which per mits any man to declare himself the legal father of a child. A number of men of good family and small means have adopted paternity as a profes sion and are willing for a umall sum to declare themselves fathers of boys or girls who have no names of their own. As long as these honest men alone profited by the law there was no particular reason to interfere, but the authorities are taking steps to abro gate it now, owing to curious circum stances which have come under their notice. Some time ago a woman proceeded against a man for theft and black mail. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The woman had a son who had been registered as "of parent age unknown." When the blackmail er came out of prison he in due form declared himself the young man's father, and he is his father still. Re cently in a lawsuit In which an in heritance was at stake the evidence proved that the legal father of one of the parties was two years younger than his daughter, and this state of affairs is too Gilbertian to remain pos sible much longer. TAFT IN CHICAGO. President Bpoke at Orchestra Hall Upon Important Questions. Chicago.—Speaking with great earn estness to a mass meeting in Orches tra hall, President Taft declared that no question before the American peo ple today is more important than the improvement of the administration of Justice, and announced his Intention of recommending to congress the ap pointment of a commission to take up the question of the laws delaying the federal couYts. The president said he hoped that the report of this commission, when rendered, would serve also as a guide to the states of the uaion in effecting remedial leg islation. The president, at the end of a day of sight-seeing, of baseball, of recep tions and dining, received an uproar ious greeting when he reached Or chestra hall to make the only set speech of his stay in Chicago. Mr. Taft devoted the entire first part of his apeech to the subject ol labor, and said he intended to recom mend to congress in his first message legislation to carry out the platform promise as to injunctions—that no in junction or restraining order should be issued without ribtice except where irreparable injury would result from delay, in which case a speedy hearing should be granted. The president declared anew his belief in organized labor, and con gratulated the leaders of the move ment that "they have set their faces like flint against the doctrines of so cialism." BANKERS' MEETING CLOSES. Los Angeles Named as Next Conven tion City. Chicago.—With the election of offi cers the convention of the American Bankers' association came to a close at the Auditorium and the 5,000 dele gates who have been in Chicago for the past four days returned to their home cities. The list of officers pre pared by the nominating committee was as follows: President —Louis E. Pierson, New Yorlf. Vice-President —P. O. Watts, of Nashville, Tenn. Secretary—Fred E. Farnsworth (re elected). Chairman of the Executive Commit tee —William Livingston. There is to be a vice-president from every state, to be selected by the ex ecutive committee. Loa Angeles is the next meeting place of the bankers. BISHOP McCLOSKEY DIES. Had Been Head of Kentucky Diocese For Forty-One Years. Louisville, Ky.—The Right Rev. William George McCloskey, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Kentucky, and the oldest Catholic bishop in the United States, both in age and in point of continuous service, died of the ailments incident to old age. The bishop was in his eighty-fifth year. He has been the head of the Kentucky diocese for forty-one years and was honored and loved by Cath olics and Protestants alike. For some time the bishop has been in feeble health and performed his duties with some difficulty. BUILDING COLLAPSED. Four Men Killed and Many Injured in Accident at Chicago. Chicago. —Four men are known to be dead and more than a dozen were more or less seriously injured, fol lowing the collapse of a three-story stone building in the course of con struction, on which 30 workmen were working, most of whom were buried beneath the ruins of the fallen walls and floors. Some of the men shouted a warning to their fellow laborers as the build ing started to crumble, but it was too late. Men were swept from the floor ing and hurled to the basement in a shower of stones. Girl Hotel Guest a Heroine. Chicago.—Fire which broke out ir the basement of the building occupier l by the Grant hotel, 128 Dearborn street, routed 50 guests and caused considerable excitement. The flame; were confined for the most part tc fhe basement. Miss Genevieve De Forrest, a guest of the hotel, was th* heroine of the fire. She hurried through the hallways, notifying th' quests that the fire was in the ba»s ment and that they had plenty of time to dress and leave. Will 1,000 Squatters. Kansas ''City.— Attorney General Jackson, of Kansas, has brought suit in the district court of Wyandotte county, Kansas, to oust 1,000 squat ters now living on a five-acre tract o* land near the Missouri-Kansas line, known as the "Patch." The squatters are mostly foreigners. The attorne general declared the colonization ol such a large number of foreigners or so small a strip of land is a menace to health and morals. Podagra in Tennossee County. Nashville, Tenn. —Notice ef a death from pellagra in Montgomery county has been received here by the state board of health. The notice came from the Montgomery county health officer, Dr. C. G. Wilson, who said it was the only case coming under hi? observation. Subscribe for The Democrat fiMJUMUUUUyyUUUIAAtUUUifIfIfIAp "** ' ' 5? | Jjl BEAUTY and SIMPLICITY | are twin qualities to be sought for. Search the town ?5| |" over and you'll find nowhere where these quslitles are 3l exemplified to a higher degree than here. K £ - We Study Beauty In Furniture - 3 and give it to you—cash piece seen in our stock. IC 3l Good quality and reaionableness of price is also assured jjj Hatcher Furniture Co, § § HICKORY, N. C. K 1 HOME MADE LOAVES | C at Rice's are large, crisp and delicious and is made 3 gj from the choicest flour obtainable. Give it to the 3 jj children between Imeals and it will make bone and IE muscle, and is wholesome and nourishing for the )C "J| whole family. When you want the choicest bake- |? •U stuffs order from Rice's. |g | THE HICKORY BAKERY 5 S 1240 Ninth Avenue 3j tire to the Queen's taste— Hammond & Johnson jj U HICKORY, N. C. I) | DISCOVERED" ur * s re P* ete with M !' «S> u e newest designs and Tl novelties that are practical U and desirable. Remember you are always welcome to see the 5 goods whether you buy or not. JJ MACE & RHODES J »Jewelers and Opticians M Hickory, s : IN. Carolina « *[ Wanted-Real Estate—At Once § X Hickory Insurance & Realty Company. 0 X We have on hand several applications from parties wishing to X purchase good Farming Lands in Catawba County. If you have V| anything in that line for sale see us at once. V q Hickory Insurance & Realty Go., q Q Office 1030 14th St. Phone 292. O koOOOOSCGOSOO9QOSOQOCOOo4
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