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THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1909.
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TAYLORSVILLE FIRE.
Drug Store, Telephone Office,
Pool Room and Other Busi
nesses Destroyed at an
Early Hour.
Fire destroyed a large portion
of the business section early Sat
urday morning, the flames origi
nating: in the Bell Telephone
office. The drug store of O. L,
Hollar & Ccmpany was complete
ly wiped out and the loss is esti
mated at $3,500, partly covered
by insurance. Every possible
effort was put forth to prevenl
the spread of the fire but the tel
ephone office, the barber shop of
John Torrence, a presiing club,
a pool room belonging to R. F.
Tuttle and the building owned
by Dr. Hollar were completely
destroyed.
The night operator of the Bell
Telephone Company was sleeping
in the building and was barely
aroused in time, by Jeff Fortner
who was sleeping with him, to
save his life.
The alarm was given at 1:45 a.
m., and quickly the the people
turned out to fight the flames
which were too well under way
to extinguish.
TEN MEN KILLED.
Fearful Accident Near Win
ston Salem on Southbound
Railroad.
Nine or ten were entombed by
an embankment caving in on
the southside of Salem Creek
near Winston-Salem on the
Southbound Railroad about 9
o'clock Tuesday morning. The
buried men were Italians and
negroes employed as operatives
by H. J. Collier & Co., of Spar
tanburg, S. C., and Cleveland,
Ohio, concrete contractors.
When the cave in occurred the
operatives were cutting an em
bankment to enstall a concrete
abutment for an immense steel
trestle being constructed across
Salem Creek. It is estimated
that four thousand cubic feet of
dirt fell on them.
Boiler Bursts and Kills Two
Young Men.
A terrible accident occurred in
Newcastle township early Tues
day morning near Jarvis post
office at Sales' saw mill. Thorn.
Ladd and the 16-year-old son of
Mr. Francis Sales were at the
mill that rfiorning working and
were standing near the boiler
[ raking leaves from a drain that
ran fro.ni the boiler, having just
fired for a head of steam. Sud
denly the boiler exploded terri
bly scalding both of the young
men, all over. They were each
taken to their homes where Dr.
W. S. Pegram was called. But
the awful wounds proved too ter
lifcJTe for life and both the young
men died Thursday morning at 1
arid 2 o'clock each at his home
within a half mile of each other,
The accident was a very sad and
shocking affair.—North Wilkes
boro Hustler.
En Famiile.
Willie, a little boy, six years
of age, was taken on Sunday
night to a large city church,
where he saw for the first time
a vested choir. To his mother's
surprise and gratification, he not
only kept wide awake, but seem
ed greatly interested in every
part of the service. At its close
he turned to her and said, "I
like tnis church, it is so nice to
watch the preacher when he
comes out with all his wives in
their nightgowns."
The London authorities contin
ue to have trouble with the "suff
ragettes. " One woman wear
ing the suffragette colors smash*
ed a bottle containing- corrosive
acid on, a ballot box, injuring
several election officials. She
was arrested.
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION.
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President Tafjt y issued his
Thanksgiving Proclamation Mon
day, naming Thursday, Nov.
25th as the date for the obser
vance. The Lord~ of Hosts has
marvelously blessed the people
of the United States and peace
and bounteous crops have been
bestowed on them. The
President has issued the follow
ing:
By the PresideptiJf the Uni
ted States —
A PROCLAMATION:
"The season of the year
has returned when, in accord
ance with the reverent cus
tom establishment by our
forefathers, the people of
the United States are wont
to meet in their usual pla
ces of worship on a day of
thanksgiving appointed by
the civil magistrate to re
turn thanks to God for the
great mercies and benefits
which they have enjoyed.
"During the past year we
have been highly blessed.
No great calamities of flood
or tempest or epidemic sick
ness have befallen us. We .
have lived in quietness un
disturbed by wars or rumors
of wars. Peace and the plen
ty of bounteous crops and of
great industrial production
animate a cheerful arfd reso
lute people to all the renewed
energies and beneficent in
dustry and material and mor
%al progress. It is altogether
fitting that we should hum
bly gratefully acknowledge
the Divine source of these
blessings."
"Therefore I appoint on
Thursday, the twenty-fifth
dav of November, as the
day of general thanksgiv
ing aside their usual voca
tions, to repair to their
churches and unite in appro
priate services and thanks
t_ Almighty God."
(Signed)
"WILLIAM H. TAFT."
The Democrat has received the
following handsomely engraved
invitation:
Mr. and Mrs. J. Monroe All red
request tUe"honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Maude Edith
to
Dr. Charles Richard Russell
on Wednesday evening,
November twenty-fourth
nineteen hundred and nine
at half after eight o'clock
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Granite Falls, North Carolina
Third Attraction Blackwelder-
Martin Lyceum Course, x
As one admiring newspaper
critic expressed it, Durno the
Mysterious, is "A whirlwind of
wonders" and when he appears
here on Friday, Nov. 19th, under
the auspices of thd Radcliffe En
tertainment bureau a large audi
ence will enjoy as full an even
ing's amusement as has ever
been provided at small cost in
this community.
Durno gives a new twist to old
£ricks, and for rapidity of meta
morphosis loses nothing by com
parison with the greatest of the
so-called magicians who have
preceded him on the lyceum
platform. The program will be
full of refreshing laughs, includ
ing music, illusions, comedy,
magic, imitations and ventrilo
quism. In addition there will
be two or three clever conceits
arranged by the magician him
self, such as "Guess," a marvel
ous optical illusion, and "The
Metamorphose," showing the
dematerialization of human bod
ics»
"Within the past four years the
company headed by Durno has
crossed the continent six times
and has attracted large audien
ces in a hundred different cities.
Everywhere the performance
was declared to be novel and
highly entertaining, and in sev
eral places the press was very
enthusiastic in its ptaise.
WARLICK SHUFORD
Prominent Young Couple Uni
ted in Marriage in the Ger
man Reformed Church
on Tuesday.
A pretty wedding was solemn
ized Tuesday afternoon at 5
o'clock in the German Reformed
church here when Mr. Adrian L.
Shufo-d and Miss Annie Warlick
were united by the pastor. Rev.
J. L. Murphy. The church was
filled with their many friends
and relatives and the altar pres
ented a beautiful appearance.
It was decorated with ferns and
chrysanthemums and the wed
ding march was sweetly played
by Miss Rose Shuford. There were
ro attendants and the couple left
immediately after the ceremony
for Washington, Baltimore and
other points.
After spending ten days in
Northern cities on their honey
moon they will return to Hickory,
where they will remain until the
first of January. At that time
they expect to move to Oklakoma
where Mr. Shuford will be one
of the principal promoters and
stockholders in a new cotton mill.
Mrs. Shuford is the daughter
of Mr. fl. D. Warlick, one of the
most prominent citizens in Lin
coln county. He is the represen
tative in the Legislature from
that county. Mrs. Shuford came
here about two years ago and
was stenographer in the First
National Bank. Mr. Shuford is
teller in the same institution and
is a prominent young man in the
business and social world. Both
have many friends in this section
and their marriage will be learned
of with considerable interest.
MILLER-BEAN.
Quiet Marriage Takes Place at
Lenoir Methodist Church.
Sunday morning after the close
of the preaching service at the
Methodist church, at Lenoir, Rev.
Erwin performed a marriage cer
emony. Mr. Melvin Miller and
Miss Patty Bean, both of Lenoir,
were quietly married. There
were only a few people who was
aware that they intended to be
married and in fact none of the
congregation. The two young
people attended services at an
other church and came to the
Methodist church after the con
gregation had left - . The pastor
is the only party, it is under
stood, that was fully aware of
what was to take place and he
mentioned it to no one.
Miss Bean is a daughter of Mr.
J. W. Bean, and is a very pretty
young la^y.
The Fourteen Errors of Life.
ihe fourteen mistakes of life
Judge Rentoul told the Barthol
omew Club are:
To attempt to set up our own
standard of right and wrong, and
expect everybody to conform to
it.
To try to measure the enjov
ment of others by our own.
To expect uniformity of opin
ion in this world.
To look for judgment and ex
perience in youth.
To endeavor to mold all ..dispo
sitions alike.
Not to yield in unimportant
trifles.
To Took for perfection in our
own actions.
To worry ourselves and others
about what cannot be reminded.
Not to alleviate, if we can, all
that needs alleviation.
Not to make allowance for the
weakness of others.
To consider anything imposs
ible that we cannot ourselve per
form.
To believe only what our finite
minds can grasp.
To live as if the moment, the
time, the day were so important
that it would live forever.
To estimate people by some
outside quality, for it is that
within which makes the man.—
London Evening Standard.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905
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On Saturday, November 27th, Ip. m.
THE DU PONT POWDER COMPANY
will give a DEMONSTRATION of
Stump Blasting
„ HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA,
on the farm of Mr* Robert Hciilby,
- who has kindly granted permission to make this
v demonstration on his property.
Every Farmer
and all others interested are invited to attend.
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