Established 1899
A Ridge Roal
Every Time
It Mey be Longer but it-Avoids
the Kills
MR. HENRY'S ARGUMENT
A. System of Well-Built High
ways Would Make Cataw
ba The States' Greatest
County.
Written for The Democrat.
To some people, a road may be
a road, for they ciaim to see no
difference -in roads. Others,
however, readily realize the ad
vantages of good roads and the
disadvantages of bad, muddy
and hilly roads.
Ferhaps all of us have had the
experience of gladly travelling a
mile or more farther along a
* 1100 th ridge road in onler to
n/oid several ugly hills on the
nearer road. And when farms
along that lidge road change
hands, don't you suppose the
buyers will be willing to pav $5
to $8 more per acre because the
piece of land lies on a level ridge
road? Can't you sej what the
farms along that hilly road lose
in comparison with land along
the good ridge read?
There is no doubt about it—
Catawba county should have
good roads, because,
1. Goods roads will make Ca
tawba county one of the leading
sounties in the'state in a very
short time. Catawba county is
already famous for its herds of
good milch cows, its butter, its
good farms, etc. Now let some
magic wand place good roads
throughout the county, and Ca
tawba will rank with the best
county in the state. The popu
lation of Catawba county is in
creasing rapidly. Hundreds of
small, neat cottages are spring
ing up along the main high
ways which shows plainly
that there is a great demand for
homesteads. And because there
are always two or three parties
after a piece of land for sale, we
see land changing hands at forty
dollars per acre, eleven miles
from Hickory, with neither tim
ber nor good house upon it to
recommend the land. The above
land, however, lie 3 upon a natur
ally good ridge which ex
plains the high price at once.
Our cities and towns are grow
ing as never before; while good
roads over the county would in
crease the business of the city
and the country.
Suppose a man from another
section should come here during
late winter when our roads are
at their worst, and ride through
mud hub-deep, do you suppose
he would invest in our lands,
knowing that he would have to
travel such bad roads indefinite
ly? I dare say he would quickly I
shake the red mud of our section
his feet.
2. Good roads will raise the
value of our farm lands at least
three or four-fold in a few years.
Note the following instance,
clipped from The Hickory Demo
crat of recent date. Mr. M. L
Furr, of Mt. HDIIV, says that he
bought his farm near Mt. Holly
a few years ago, for sixteen dol
lars per acre. Since that time a
well built and graded road has
been built through the place and
that he certainly refused to sell
at one hundred dollars per acre.
The increase in value is attribut
ed almost wholly to the improved
road.
3. Good roads will enable us
to take large bads to market,
whereas we now load for the
steepest hill or for a
swampy place. You have prob
ably seen the picture comparing
the small, two-horse load, hauled
on our common hilly roads, with
the large load, hauled by the
same two horses upon a well
built, graded road
4. Good roads will cause our
young people to love the country.
They will desire to remain on
the farm,in wholesome surround
ings with pure air and not leave
for the large cities where they so
frequently fall into vice, or at
least enter the sweat-shops of
the cities. Let us do aH we can
to keep our young men on the
farm, where with proper methods
and industry, they can quickly
become independent.
5. Good roads are less wear
ing on our stock, on harne s, and
wagons. Hence when we have
good roads, the life of our stock
*•: > r -' -■ ■ - 9 m" 1 1 ■ " "
• . - *"" ' a *■ ■ ™ . . t -• •• -
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
will be lengthened, and harness,
wagons and buggies will last
longer. Ask our Rural Mail Car
riers what the life of a buggy is
over our poor roads.
6. Good roads will be used by
our posterity, our children and
their children. Is it not just and
fair to let them also pay their
part? The young man who used
h ' "
is brains and saw the advan
tages of piping the water from a
spring above the house so as to
have running water in house and
barn, wondered why his father
never thought of the advantages
and continued to carry water till
his death. Our posterity will
think the same of us if we do not
build good roads NOW.
7. Good roads are beneficial
not alone to the farmer, but mer
chants, manufacturers, the banks
uid every business receives great
! )*nefits from such improved
r )ads. The merchants of our
towns understand this truth,
hence they are ready and willing
to help the good movement along.
8. Good roads build up one
city, having naturally good roads,
in preference to another city,
which has neither natural nor
artificial good roads. At the place
where the writer lives, we are
equidistant from Hickory and
Newton. The road leading to"
Hickory is over a natural good,
level road, while the road to
Newton crosses many hills, un
graded and very steep. What is
the result? Living at the fork of
the roads, we can see fully 90 out
of every 100 teams going to Hick
ory instead of going to Newton.
Such being the case regarding
the roads, people will go to Hick
ory even though they live five
miles nearer Newton.
9. Good roads will never be
given up after we once have
tried them. We will then know
the advantages from experience
and we will never allow them to
leave us. It will be similar to
the experience with the R. F. D.
mail routes. Some people were
foolish enough to oppose them at
first; now they would not live
in the country without their ru
ral mail delivery.
1(J. Good roads will come
sooner or later over the whole
country. Hence, why not be
among the wide-awake and am
bitious counties of the state and
make a beginning with good
roads now? You may as well
try to stem the tide of the ocean
as to stop the movement for good
roads, therefore let us do the
most sensible thing and make a
beginning now, move slowly and
in the right direction.
P. C.H.
Dismal Swamp Sold.
Forty-four thousand acres of
Dismal Swamp land were sold
by William N. Camp and wife,
of Ocala, Fla/, to the Camp Man
ufactoring Company of Franklin,
Va. The price not given out, the
consideration mentioned in the
deed being $5.
This property was granted to
Nathaniel and William Nelson b>
the Commonwealth of Virginia in
1784. It is valuable chiefly for
the timber and historic associa
tions, unless some millions of
snakes, deer, bears, ?nd wild
cats may be accounted assets.
Washington Herald.
Hickory's Low Death Rate
That Hickory has a healthier
class of citizens and a better cli
mate than aftiv other North Caro
lina cities is clearly shown in the
bulletin of North Carolina Board
of Health, showing the death rate
per 1000 for the month of Octo
ber. , _ •
The death rate of tne different
cities per 1000 is as follows:
Hickory, 24; Asheville 14;
Charlotte, 9.9; Concord, 10.9;
Gastonia, 8; Greensboro, 11.4;
Kings Mountain, 15; McAdens
ville, 23.7; Monroe, 19.2; Moores
ville, 17; Raleigh, 18.2; Salis
bury, 6; Statesville, 9.6? Wades
boro, 10 2; Wilmington, 17.7;
Winston, 13.5.
State News.
The Morgan ton Industrial Club
is offering $5.00 for a slogan for
their city. ~
The Mcrganton people too are
realizing the necessity of a good
live Commercial or Industrial
Club.
Be careful when you notice pains in
the. bsck, swelling of the ankles and
feet, backache or urinary disorders. In
such cases try Pineules. They will be
found an excellent remedy in all cases
of kidney trouble. Pineules are autisep
tic; they assist the kidneys. Sold by
W. S. Martin.
HICKORY, N.C..THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1910.
Catawba §n the
Confederacy
' 'l
She Sent Ten Eatira Companies
to the Field
ONE OF 17-YE AR OLD BOYS
The Last Flag Designed for
the South Fell to Co. E.,
Capt. P. C. Shuford.
32nd Regiment
The following paper relating
to Catawba's part in the Confed
eracy was prepared by Mrs. Wil
liams, of Newton, the brilliant
wife of the editor of the Enter-
prise, and was read at the meet
ing of the U. D. C. this week:
"In the history of the men of
the Old North State, who in 1861
answered the call to defend the
land of their birth from invasion,
there are none who hold any
higher record in the entire South
than do the noble -sons of old
Catawba. She sent to the field
ten (10) entire companies, A. 12
Reg., F. 23; C. 28th; E. 32; F. 32;
G. 57; F. 38; K. 46; I. 49; E. 72.
Besides thesi she had nearlvhalf
of K. 35 and F. 55 the former
under Lt. Julius Link, the latter
under Capt. P. M. Mull. Co. A.
12, enlisted April 27, '6l, F. 23
followed in ; C. 28th
in Aug, '6l and so on one by one
until all her men had gone to the
front, and in 1864 an entire com
pany of 17 year old boys, under
Capt. Junius Gaither left home
for the war. This was
in action at Fort Fisher, and near
here. Many, nearly half, were
made prisoners, the balance sur
rendered under Jos. E. Johnson.
Co. A. 12 Reg. lost the first men
in battle, and came out of the
war with more maimed soldiers
than any other Company in the
state, and yet at the reunion in
Newton in 1909 this company
registered 30 members as pres
ent. Co. C. 28th was perhaps the
largest company in the county.
It was organized by Capt. Thomas
Lowe, who afterwards rose to be
Catawba's only colonel, but died
early in the war. At the 1909
reunion Co. C. registered as
present 41 of irs members, among
whom were its Capt. and Ist and
2nd Lieutenants. This record
cannot be equaled in the state.
"C). E. 32 won laurels of its
own. When the last flag design
ed by the Confederacy was made
Gen. Lee ordered it be presented
to the best Division in his com
mand; by them it was given to
the Pest b.igade; then it descend
ed to the best regiment and
the 32nd won it and when the
colonel commanded that it be
turned over to the best company
of that regiment for safe-keep
ing, it was placed in the hands
of Co. E., a Catawba county
company, commanded by a Ca
tawba man, Capt. P. C. Shuford.
And when the flag sank at Appo
mattox it was Capt. Shuford who
was chosen to sign the paroles of
those captured, .
"Father and sons enlisted and
fought side bv side, and last Fri
day, after laying his soldier son
to rest some montns ago, Mr.
David Yount of Co. F. 23, the
last of these fathers and Cataw
ba's oldest veterans crossed the
river.
"Catawba boasts of no long
lists of high rank officers. Col.
Lowe was elected to that position
but death soon claimed him.
Major D. P. Rowe rose from a
lieutenancy in Co. A. 13 to this
position and no braver, nobler
man ever lived. Of the John
Wilfong family, six sons went
forth to battle, and they are now
all together in the great beyond.
To enumerate Catawba's grand
heroes would be to name each
separately. When danger faced
them, none knew the word fear.
Take her roster and you will not
wonder as you read the families
that they went forth truly from
the verge of the grave and from
the cradle. _ .
"When the corner-stone of the
monument, in honor of Catawba's
hero sons, was laid, a close
search was made to obtain the
names of every one to place there,
and those in charge believe not
one was omitted. 2000 names
are recorded there, Catawba born
and raised, whether they enlisted
in old Catawba,*in other counties,
or other states, their mother
county honors them all and
placed them as her children on
these records. In Moore's roster,
one whole company of Catawba
men Co. G. 57 Regiment, is ac
credited to Rowan county, while
numbers of otherj are given to
other counties.
"Captains who organized com
panies as best I remember. Co.
A. 12, Capt. Ray; Co. F. 23,
CaDt. M. L, McCorkle; Co. C. 28,
Capt.*Thomas Lowe; E. 32, Capt.
M. W. Wilson; F. 32,(dont know);
F. 38, Capt. J. B. Little; K. 46,
Aaolphus Bost; I. 49. Capt. Chen
ault; E. 72 Junius Gaither."
CHAPEL HILL NEWS.
Dr. Henderson Has Article in
The Deutsche Reveu.
Correspondence of the Democrat.
Chapel Hill, Jan. 19,—Dr. Ar
chibald Henderson this month
has an article in the Deutsche
Reveu published in Berlin. Dr.
Henderson contributes, in this
country, to the Arena, Scribners,
Harper's Monthly, Current Lit
erature, Munsey, ..he North
American Review, and the At
lantic Monthly. Last year he
had several articles in foreign
magazines. As a critic of the
two Merediths, Mark Twain,
Maeterlinck, Ibsen, and Bernard
Shaw Dr. Henderson has achiev
ed a reputation on two conti
nents.
President David Starr Jordan,
of the Leland Stanford Universi
ty. delivered the McNair lectures
on "The Stabilitv of Truth."
He was too unwell to deliver the
third lecture.
E. E. Barnett. A. "R Morgan.
W. TJ. Cooper, J. G. Walker, J.
W. Freeman and C. E. Norman
represented the Universitv Y.M.
C. A. at the Laymen's Foreign
Missionary Convention which
was held at Greensboro. All of
these young men are members of
t.he student volunteer band and
intend to go to Japan, China, In
dia and Africa.
Dr. George Howe spoke before
the Y. M. C. A. Tfiesdav night
an "The Spirit of Honor," He
traced the growth of the honor
svstem in American Colleges and
made an appeal for the widening
and deepening of the spirit of
honor in our svstem of student
self-government.
Dr. Thomas Rnffin, Senior
Professor of Law. attended the
trial of the case of the United
States vs Th* American Tobacco
Company before the United
States Supreme Court. He gave
an interesting account of this
significant case to the law school.
Dr. C tf. Hertv, Or. J. E.
Mills and Dr. A. S. Wheeler, of
the Chemistry Department, and
Prof. E. V. Howell, of the Phar
macy school, attended the meet
ing of the North Chemical Socie
ty in Raleigh Friday and Sat
urday.
STILL DESTROYED
Booze Factory in South Moun
tains Cut up by Officers
Revenue officers Kanipe and
Nitzer and possemen H. W. Jones
and W. J. Kennedy, destroyed a
large illicit distilling plant 23 mis.
Southwest of Hickory, in Burke
county, last Friday morning.
The officers left Hickory late in
the night and came upon the out
fife early Friday morning. It con
sisted of a 110 gallon copper still,
cap and worm, 14 fermenters,
2500 gallons of still beer and
about 12 bushels of malt corn al
ready sprouted.
Owing to the fact that the beer
was not quite ready for distill
ing the owners of the plant were
not in evidence and the Reven
ue men had to be satisfied with
the destruction of the outfit.
A Good Meeting in Brookford
Rev. Mr. Murray of Wilkes
county, has just closed a very
successful meeting at the Brook
ford Baptist Church. There
was a great spiritual revival and
the meeting resulted in the ad
dition of 50 members to the
church.
Logical.
"A disease shoulcUbe attacked
at its source."
"Then if a man's disease is her
editary I suppose you would doc
tor his father for it, eh?"
Child re-n Cry.
FOR FLETCHER'S
oASTO R I A
Brothers' Slayer
Dies In Jail
Columbus Triplett Passes Away
In Boone
HIS INJURIES / FATAL
Boone People Vitally Inter
ested in the proposed
Wilkesboro Railroad
Project
Correspondence of The Democrat.
Boone, Jan. 14.—Our people are
in great hope of the early build
ing of the Watauga railroad from
Wilkesboro to Butler, Tennessee.
Several straws point to the cer
tainty of this move. Mr. W. J.
Grandon, of Tidiot. Pa., is inter
esting friends in the enterprise,
while local capitalists are doing
what they can.
Columbus Burns died in jail
here last night. He was impris
ioned for killing his brother Mar
shall during the holidays. Marshal
Triplett was stabbed in the thigh
and died immediately. Columbus
was badly beaten up and it is
thought that his death was due to
the injuries.
Attorney W. R. Lovil owns a
fine pack of fox hounds and is
enjoying some fine chases. There
are a number of foxes on the
Rich Mountain. A. M.
ANTITOXIN SUPPLY.
How it May be Obtained from
State Health Authorities.
Understanding that there is
some diphtheria prevalent in
Catawba county, the Democrat is
at pains to publish the following
bulletin sent out by Secretary W.
S. Rankin, M. D., of the State
Board of Health showing how
antitoxin supplies may be secured
for indigent cases. Catawba is
printed on the list of counties
which have already applied for a
supply of antitoxin, so that local
physicians could doubtless secure
same by appying to the County
Health Board. The bulletin says:
An Act of the State Laws re
quires that the North Carolina
Board of Health shall provide
Diphtheria Antitoxin for indigent
cases, and place the same in de
positories or distributing stations,
so that it will be within the con
venient reach of all, in those
I'counties where the commission
ers thereof shall request it and
agree to pay for same upon pre
sentation of a bill. Cities and
towns whose Boards of Health
' shall signify their willingness to
pay for same may also obtain An
titoxin from the State on the
same basis.
Pursuant to the above men
tioned Act, arrangements hnvs
been made with the firm of Dr.
H. A. Alexander & Co., Marietta.
Penna., and they have agreed to
1 furnish the necessary quantities
3 of Antitoxin. Their product is
1 concentrated and refined in ac
• cordance wi f h the most recent
e improvements of the Gibson
• method, and is prepared under
1 U. S. Government License.
HOW IT MAY BE OBTAINED
When a physician has need of
Diphtheria Antitoxin, either for
curative or immunizing purposes,
in indigent cases, it is only nec
essary for him to fill out and
a blank requisition form and
present the same to the county
superintendent of health, or any
member of the county sanitary
committee, or to such person as
the county sanitary committee
may appoint, who, after being
satisfied as to the indigency of
the person or persons for whom
the Antitoxin is intended, shall
approve and countersign the
requisition. The requisi 11 on
should also include the name of
the distributor, and what is still
more important, the name of the
County, City, Township, Board
of Health, etc., to which the An
titoxin is to be charged. _ Upon
presentation of such a requisitiozi,
filled out and signed in proper
form, any Distributor of State'
Antitoxin shall deliver to the
physician, or his messenger, the
qbantity therein specified. .
Owing to the volume of busi
ness of the entire State, the
Board of Heath was able to ar
range for special prices, which
are extended to the local Boards
! and to County Commissioners for
all indigent cases. The following
Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905
comparative list will show the
saving effected in this way:
Price Complete, Including Syringe.
Special Rate Retail Ratt
1000 Units....s .50 S2.OC
3000 Units.. . 1.30 5.00
5000 Units 1.90 7.50
Please note, however, that the
manufacturers will the
Special Rates only on charges to
Boards of Health,etc., and when
the Antitoxin has been used in
indigent case 3.
ANTITOXIN FOR NON-INDIGENT
CASES.
The advantages of the local
distributing stations are also o
pen to those not in the indigent
lass, in other words if a physi
cianhas a case requiring the use
of Antitoxin and the patient is
able to pay for it he may obtain
the same out of the State Board
of Health supply. In such cases
no requisition is required, but
the regular retail price is to be
paid to the Distributor, who in
turn will report the "sale" to
this office and receive a bill from
the manufacturers.
All letters and inquiries on
this subject should be addressed
to the State Laboratory of Hy
giene, Antitoxin Department,
Raleigh, N. C. Physicians are
urged to co-operate with us in
this effort to reduce the mortali
ty rate from Diptheria in the
State of North Carolina.
THE CENSUS TEST.
—i
Supervisor J. Yates Killian
Gives out Interview.
"The simple test which candi
iat.es for enumerators' places
will undergo February 5 does not
take away the supervisors' right
mder the census law to desig
late suitable persons for such
Dositions," said Supevisor of Cen
sus J. Y. Killian.
"It is designed to aid the «up
ivisors in the exercise of that di
rection and to enable the Census
Director intelligently to use the
jower of approval of the super
visors' designations conferred
lpon him by law.
"It is very well understood
;hat President Taft, Secretary
Sfagel, and Census Director Dur
ind all hold the supervisors re
sponsible for the enumeration.
There is no doubt, therefore,
;hat our first and most important
lutv is the selection of honest,
;apable and active persons to
nake the count.
"The Census will be taken, not
3y the Census Bureau officers or
;he supervisors, but by the en
jmerators. They are the ones
who come in contact with the
people and get the facts. Unless
2vary single enumerator does his
K-hole and proper duty there can
not be a correct census. There
can not be anything ?f greater
scientific value to this country
lKan accurate statistics as the
basis of a study of the existing
c jnditions regarding our popula
tion. agriculture, manufactures,
and mines and quarries.
"All persons, unless specifical
ly disqualified, are entitled to ap
ply take the test. Only those un
der 18 years of age and over 70,
and those who have not become
citizens of the United States, are
barred. Otherwise, all persons,
regardless of sex and political af
filiations, are eligible. It is left
to mv judgment whether it is
wise to appoint women in my
district. do the work,
I have no doubt, especially in
certain parts of the district.
There were a good many em
ployed all over the country in the
Twelfth Census.
"The time for closing the con
sideration of applications is Jan
uary 25. Those received after
that date will have to be ignored.
Applications should be addressed
in writing to me at this office and
not to the Census Director. I will
send inquirers the necessary
form form and instructions con
cerning it. Afterward I will
send those on the list, prior to
the test, a set of directions for
filling out the test papers. This
will enable everyone to come well
prepared. Nothing could be fair
er or better calculatedt|o insftre a
satisfactory applicant passing the
test.
"The test will be held all over
the country and in every super
visor' sdistrict February 5.
"I am given until February 22
to rate the papers in a very sim
ple way, and to gain an idea of
the qualifications of those rated
as having passed. Next I will
forward the papers of the suc
cessful, candidates, with my re-
Possibilities In
A Creamery
flie Hen Gjss in Partners With
• The Cow.
MR. THOMPSON'S SPEECH.
Big Crowd of Farmers Hear
Covernment Expert at
Mr. H. P. Lutz's
Farm.
The cow. the hen egg and the
ice cream freezer!
These are the three benevo
lent institutions that make -the
possibilities for a creamery in
Catawba most excellent.
The Democrat referred last
week to a splendid speech made
by Mr. S. C. Thompson, the ex
pert from the dairying depart
ment of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, at the home of Mr.
H. P. Lutz. There were 60 men
present, not counting the women
and children, a fine attendance.
The splendid herd of Mr.
Lutz's Jerseys, browsing in a
pasture in front of the house
was an inspiration to making the
creamery a success.
Mr. Thompson outlined the
necessary things to make a
creamery possible. There must
be 300 cows at least, and 154 of
these are in sight. There would
be more if Mr. R. L. Shuford
could see his way clear to join in
but he lives miles from Hick
ory, and, in view of the poor
roads, feels at present that he is
too much out of the way,
There can't be a creamery with
out thorough co ope ration.
"Creamery butter always brings
better prices than home made
butter. Say the market price is
30 cents; it costs 3 cents a pound
to make it, and you get 33 cents
for it. You get as much money
for your butter, with less work
for you and your women folks;
you help your neighbors who
come in with you, and you build
up a reputation for your county.
"People will begin to come to
you to buy stock, too. You must
eliminate all jealousies. Select
an expert manager with care
from your own people. Go in
for quality as well as quantity.
Many creameries lose 10 per
cent, for poor quality. The gov
ernment is always ready to assise.
"There is needed a 28 by 40
wood building, costing say $1200;
machinery for a gathered cream
Dlant $1200; a small refrigerating
machine $600; a total of $3,000.
You could save in cash by getting
the lumber and doing the work
yoursleves. Some of you might
acquire your interest in this way.
"The man who goes around to
collect the cream could gather up
eggs, cool these down in the
cold storage, and ship them for
sale in New York at 45 cents a
dozen.
"Pure cream could be shipped
to Florida and sold. It is ship
ped now from New England to
Florida. Ice cream might later
be made and supplied to North
Carolina towns."
Mr. Thompson made a splendid
impression, and was followed
with short speeches by Messrs.
Conover, W. J. Shuford, R. L.
Shuford, H. P. Lutz, Mr. Lutz,
Sr.; R. G. Mace, Howard A.
Banks, Robinson, Seitz, Smyre,
and others.
commendations or designations,
to the Census Director. He will,
if satisfied that suitable persons
have been selected, give his con
sent to their appointment, and
they will be commissioned. The
middle or latter part of March
should see everything settled.and
the selected and commissioned
enumerators will be sent more
circulars and books of instruc
tions relative to the interpreta
tion or meaning of the questions
on the two schedules.
"April 15 the Census Army
will move forward in the enum
eratiofi.",
A Wretched Mistake
to endure the itching, painful distress
of Piles. There's no need to. Listen:
"I suSered much from Piles," writes
Will A. Marsh of Siler City, N. C.,
; "till I got a box of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and was soon cured." Barns,
Boils, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Eczema,
. Cuts, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
1 vanish before it. 25c. at C- M. Shu
• ford, Moser & Lutz and Walter S. Mar
' tin.