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Established 1899 |f HOW HON EY*UROWS*| k ? aj[ There a-e over seventeen million people in the United Staies making their money grew by de- posiiing in the BA&KS. W ins §l.OO a year for fifty venrs is only $50.00, but W compounded it is $290.00. sf»o 00 a year for fifty years, is only $2500 00 but at interest it is $14,- $ 500 - 00 - This shows what systematic savins will do, anv W A\ * ° JXL one can save money, and when you plaut sayings JK fin OUR bunk you will harvest dollars in future \b life. Plant the seed now to have the big tree later. W tfs ' s» i Hickory Banking & Trust Co., | The Farmers Friend. $ | NEW GOOE^f We have bought the largest and best selected stock of goods this .season than V ever before. A full line of g Dress Goods, Notions, Shoes, 5 0 Hats, Caps, Mens and v \ Boys Clothing, R A in fict we can furnish everything needed Q in your home. We have bought for cash .A © and can therefore give you the very best © 888 V bargains that can be had. All we ask of V you is to come and £ee and be convinced \ that our goods are the very best and we X are selling them close. ft fi* Thanking you for past favors and hoping to 6 continue business with you in the future. X h ' o © YOURd TO PLEASE, V | SETZER& RUSSELL 8 P HICKORY, N. C. fi, 4OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQ^ * ' T *> - i . . V, 1 THE HARDEST WAY 3 31 To get along in the world is to do things the wrong S| way. It might be considered wise by some to pay |{J as much for inferior bread, rolls and cake as for |2 the superior kinds. When tlie'pi ice is the same, |2 §| why load tlie stomach tfith stachy,heavy bake-stuffs? |Q Pay us what you pay "the other fellow" and taste the difference. .. M~ 3| Our bakers are artistic and know every little detail of their art. 9 g THE HICKORY BAKERY g Eg 1240 Ninth Avenue^^^l^ NXXKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX7? 0 USE THE 'PHONE. 8 (S When your doctor leaves a prescription, ask him to telephone X • us. It will be sent for at once! The prescription will be filled X O correctly and deliveied promptly at no extra cost to you. Try X 0 MOSER & LUTZ, Druggists 8 Q "On the Corner" - Hickory, N. C. O THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1909. HICKORY TO MURPHY. Trip Through the Mountains of Western North Carolina. • Many readers of the Democrat have visited Ashevilie, but prob ably few have ever been down the branehdine to Murphy, 125 miles disance, Just why Asheviile should ever have obtained such a vague as a resort is "one of those things no fellow can fine out." Hot in suzsmer and cold in winter, and shut in by hills on every side. It has some of the climatic cr scen ic attractions usually "considered indispensable for a place of this sort. The fact remains, however, that it is mort widely known than any other city in the state. This is due, primarily, to its near proximity to the famed Vander bilt estate, and secondarily, to the persistent advertising given to it by the Southern railroad. It is said that one half its residents - •- i . are transient visitors and it is certain that about one half its buildings in the residence section are either hotels or boarding houses. ' The thing which strikes the visitor first and most forcibly is the utter absence of sidewalks. With some 30 miles or more or well paved streets there is hard ly a sidewalk in the city, outside the business section. With little of outside commerce or manufac tures it would dwindle to a small town without the support of its visitors, who are evidently ex- 1 pected to be people of wealth 1 enough to ride when they wish ' to go out, and with little regard ! to those who are compelled to ( walk. - • ' The city's newspapers are not ( up to the standard which one 1 would expect in such a place, 1 being ruo-on the plan of the av- j erage country weekly with some ' few additions which give them 1 an excuse for publishing daily Outside of a couple of moving ' picture shows, and these not of * the best, the place seems to have ' practically no am lsements. Our train for Murphy was late ' in starting and steadily lost time 1 on the way: pulling in about an f hour behind time. This was to t be expected, for the stars would probably stop in their courses 1 should a train on the Southern 1 road be on time. The running ' time for the 123 miles is six hours and thirty-five minutes, i less than 20 miles, which is not ; fast time, even for the Southern, i widely notorious for its slow , trains. Danton and Waynesville i respectfully 18 and 28 miles out, 1 are the largest places on the road 1 and are thriving towns, having 1 considerable manufacturing in- i terests. At Balsam, 36 miles from Ashevilie, the station is 1 3551 feet above the sea level and i is the highest railroad point East of the Rocky mountains. There ' is nothing here but a summer hotel, which is said to be largely ] patronized. • At Dillsboro, 49 miles out, we cross the Tuskiegee river and follow along its banks to Bush- ' nell, where it joins the Tennes- 1 see river, whence we follow up 1 the latter stream and Nantahala 1 creek to Nantahala. Thus far 1 47 miles we run along close to 1 one stream or another. At times immediately on its banks, but. never out of sight of it. These i rivers or creeks are all broad and shallow, with a rapid fall which i makes their waters brawling ard 1 turbulent, with seldom a quiet to relieve the eye. All the way along the road runs through a narrow valley never ! more than a mile wide and usu ' not more than half that, - while the road bed is on the side ' of the mountain from 50 to 200 - feet above the stream, the fall to 3 which is sometimes almost per pendicular. One shudders to think.what would be the result ] should one of the cars leave the i raiis and roll down one of these banks. There would be .little s left'of either car or occupants __when one reached the bottom. £ With steep grades, sharp curves, , light rails, a badly blasted road n -bed and flimsily constructed roll -5 ing stock, it seems a wonder that serious accidents do not happen r more frequently. A freight train R gets piled up every little while, 0 but nothing more serious happens n to passenger trains than the j consequent delay. t The most attractive town along . the line of the road is Andrews, j Started only in 1890 when the s railrpad was ifcrilt, it has now something a thousand in \ habitants, and is giving Murphy, 3 the county seat, a close run for r supremacy. It is now building . eight miles of macadamized road, , and nearly 2000 yards of cement j sidewalks, and has just voted ; $25,000 for a system of public , water works. It is found that . water can be obtained from a . stream two and one hdf miles , from town, which will furnish . 1,000,000 gallons a day with a fall of 450 feet. Its great need , is now better business buildings, but. its citizens who are public sph i ed an 1 enterprising, will no doubt rise to the occasion and put up better buildings as occasion offeri. Murphy, the county seat, is the terminus of two lines of rail road. Branch lines of the Louis ville and Nashville and Southern, respectfully. It is the commer cial and geopraphical center oi a . large stretch of country, and should be a thriving and prosper ous town. Its business men are 1 however, with a few notable ex- 1 ceptions, devoid of enterprise and do not seem to know how to take advantage of their opportu nities. With streets axle deep in mud and no sidewalks it is not an attractive place. , The one redeeming feature of Murphy is the Drummers House, a hotel opened by Mrs. Nettie Dickey in 1885 and still under her management. She is an ideal hostess and the hotel has become widely known for its hospitality and the comfort it affords to ♦ travellers. v j Harte & Abee, the wellknown Hickory contractors', are doing work along the line of this road 'j amounting to over £150,000. , They are putting in water works at Murphy, Canton, Waynesyille, ] and Bryson, and macadamized roads and cement sidewalks at ; Andrews*besides doing the stone , and brick work on a $50,000 building at Murphy, and other work of lesser consequence at various'other places. Their work is all well done and they have : carried golden opinions from all with whom they have had busi- ' ness dealings. F. E. Bosworth, Nov. 2, 'O9. Morganton, N. C- ! Honor Roll for Second Month of School. 1 For the second month the av- ; erage daily attendance in the ; graded school has been more than 500. Fully 95 per cent of the pupils enrolled have been in attendance. The honor roll of ; different grades is given below: i FIRST GRADE, SECTION A. Lucile Bumgarner, Gladys Hef ner, A}ice Brewer, Edna Edward, Mary Hill, Gertrude Peeler, Vir- : ginia Bryan, Ila Starnes, Hazel 1 Crouch, Charlotte Garth, Lois Fry. Essie White, Louise Isen- * hower, Alice Lyerly, Kathryn 1 Hardin, Thurston Kiser, William s Shell, David McComb, Clay Lat- ; ta, Peter Abernethv, Joe Pearcei Pink Huggins, Donald Johnson, 1 Clyde Lawrence, Joe Shell, Glenn 1 Russell, Frank Sigmon, Stanley Deitz. - ] FIRST GRADE. SECTION B. \ i Margaret Bruns, Fred Buff, Edgar Burns, Jacob Geitner/ Marie Little, Reid Poovey, Don- > aid Wilfong, Hilda Whitener, i Ezra Abernethy, William Ballew, 5 Clyde Benfield, Albert Deitz, . Shuford Benheld, Annie Deitz, Willie Deitz, Steadman Council. JCatherine Fritz, Roy Gant, Wal ■ ter Hamrick, George Harris, : Floyd Huffman, Grace Seaboch, i Ralph Seaboch, Lcuise Setzer, i Marvin Sublett, James Whitener. SECOND GRADE. Summie Whitener, Norman ! Ilutton, Jeffy Bolch, George White, John Springs, Julius Thomas, Louie Whitener, Roy Bolick, Clifford Jones, Grace Pajne, Elenora Deal, Roy Swar inger,.Dolph Brewer. THIRD GRADE, SECTION A. Paul Deaton, Vernon Loner, Eula Reitzell, Robert Jones, Ko sa Propst, Pamela Starnes, Mag gie Whitener. ; THIRD GRADE, SECTION B. Aileen Aiken, Marie Craig, Imo Edwards, Vera Gibbs, Annie Long, Lovie Miller. Lillie Sublet, Norma Stevenson, Dudley Berry, Ernest Bumgarner, Clinton Cil ley, Luther Hamriek, Nelson Harte, Alex Menzies. Earl Rink, Paul Stevenson, Ralph Shell, Norman Woodlief: FOURTH GRADE. Gussie Whit*, Loa Hawn, Helen Springs, Robert Garth, Ray Lit tle, Loy Deal, Harry McComb, Charles Kirk, Katie Wacaster, William Patrick Wootten, Ross Sharpe. , „ FIFTH GRADE. Florence Sharpe, Sadie Men zies, Jo Moore. 'Mabel Long, Irene Seaboch, Lina Johnson, Gertrude Cooper, Mary Aberne thy, Oeoita Miller, SIXTH GRADE. Marvin Bumgarner, Joe Cilley, Paul Dellinger, Oscar Deaton, Egbert H^yle,- Willis Latta, Lou- ; is Stevenson, Grady Stroup, Hu bert Setzer, Everett Long, Bai ley Patrick, Rosco^Sublett, Har man Payne, Maud Bolick, Sudie • Burns, Ila Bowman, Annie Fry, Gladys Fisher, Lilac Blalock, Margie Hoyle, Blair Keever, Maud Maynard, Myra McFall, , Emma Newton, Pearl Miller, Louise Peeler, Jean Rich, Mar garet Tavlor. SEVENTH GRADE. . Maud Abernethy, Ralph Bel lew, Fred Campbell, Clara Fra zier, Hilda Field, Grace Hender son, Mary Huffman, Olga Hen kel, Grace Johnson, Rose Martin, Emmabel McFall, Ruby Perdue, Ramona Rich, Catherine Steven son, Caddie Starnes, Corilla Winkler, Loula Lee Wolfe. EIGHTH GRADE. Frank Allen, Jennie Reinhardt Annie Reinhardt, Millie Kate McComb, Adelyn McComb, Claud Abernethy, Sadie Salvo, Clyde Herman, Sadie Seaboch, Estelle Wolfe, Jettie Williams, Ora Sub lett, Blanch Little, Kate Elliott, Frank Martin. NINTH GRADE. Emma Bonner, Mary Allen, Carl Cline, Leroy Deaton, Imo gene Finger, James Fry, Frank Deitz, Beulah Huffman, Sam Hawn, Elizabeth McComb. TENTH GRADE. Mabel Cooper, Frank Elliott, Mary Kirk, William McComb, Earl Whisenhunt, Grover Huff man, Marie Whitener. What Woman Is "What is a woman?" To a painter, a model; to a doctor, a subject; to a fawner, a house wife; to an invalid, a nurse, to one without occupation, a play thing; to a Parisian, a dowry; to a naturalist, a female; to a Hu ron, a best of burden; to a col lege don, an angel; to a poet, a flower; and to a Christian a com panion.—^Topic. Whosoevertooteth not his own horn the horn of the same sha 11 not be tooted, forever. Moral—Advertise in your home paper, yesterday, today and to morrow* v c. Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905 ! If you buy your Fall Hat | here you know the style is A correct. | X ,WE have a complete stock of Stetson's, Hawes', I U and other makes, from $1.50 tB? : $5.00 in G New Colors and Shapes. Can fit any one with a N M Becoming Hat. It will pay you to see our stock \k Y) before buying. fj fL Also Complete Stock of Furnish- S u ings, Clothing and Shoes. - u | iWoretz-WHitener J Q Clothing Company D N THE QUALITY SHOP. Things Better Left Unsaid, You know how housewives m -IfcJ vie with each other as to |Pj/ sweet things (with a sting in yjySj l k them) they say of each other's B fey furniture, etc! Well, if you •Jsß&EaMEwif wlv • will outfit your home here as | f to chairs, tables, bedsteads, [t chiffoniers, etc. your dear friend can't have a derogatory ' A " " word to say. Best of all, you can cap the cli max by showing her "swell" ar ticles and telling her the prices you paid us. Hatcher furniture Company § DYNAMITE i STUMPS Cheapest «M B Way To Clear I I Land YS V On [Saturday, November 27th, 1p m. THE DU PONT POWDER COMPANY will give a DEMONSTRATION of Stump Blasting at HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, on th« farm of Mf« Robert Hsnby, who has kindly granted permission to make this demonstration on hi» property. Every Farmer and all others interested are invited to attend. THE SHUFORD HARDWARE COMPANY. w111 • 1 ~ ■■ . P j 1 Praying and transferring done promptly i and reasonably on short notice, Special at- i . tention to baggage transferred. Experienced A and courteous white drivers, a Calls Answered at All Times. f Mills Transfer, \ J. W. MILLS, Propr. i
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