Established 1899
National D. A. R.
in Narili Carolina
A Brief Sketch of The Society
bj lis Brilliant Historian
FANS PATRIOTISM'S FIRES
Mrs. E. D. Latta's Service in
the Organization -Mrs. Beu
lah Stewart Moore's His
torical Sketch
Written for The Democrat
An enumeration of facts and
figures is usually dry reading,
but in order to outline the early
history, progress and object of
this patriotic organization in our
State, the following facts are
"deemed necessary:
The National Society made its
first report in 1891, but was not
incorporated bv Act of Congress
until 1898. Seeminglv but little
interest in its progress was
evinced by North Carolinians
generally, as this first annual re
port says "Noith Carolina (No
Chapters.)"
In 1892, however, Mrs. M-iry
McK. Nash was elected the first
State Regent, and served three
terms. In 1836 the Srate Regency
was vacant. Mrs. Marv Reeves
Sprinkle was nexc elected and
served in 1897. During the years
1892-1897 there were still no
chapters.
The first real impetus given the j
movement was with the election
of Mrs. E. D. Latta, Charlotte,
1898, re-elected 1899-1900. !
I doubt if a just valuation has
been accorded the work accom-1
plished by Mrs. Latta. She
blazed the trail and showed the
glorious possibilities and privi
leges of the work as set forth in
Article II of the Constitution of
the National Society. A Georgi- j
an by birth, she claims North i
Carolina ancestors, and with all;
the ardor of the true pioneer,
work at once in her adopt
ed home, organizing the Meek- j
lenburg Chapter with Mrs. Stone- j
wall Jackson as Regent, Sept. |
1898. Immediately afterwards j
and during the same month, she
organized the Elizabeth Maxwell
Steele Chapter, Salisbury, wita
Mrs. M. C. Quinn, Regent. Then
in rapid succession, and named
in order of their organization,
followed the Dorcas Bell Love
Chapter, Waynesville. Miss Mary
Love Stringfield, m Regent; Arden
Park (later merged into the Bun
combe Hall Chapter, Asheville)
Mrs. Chas. Beale, Regent, and
the Whitmel Blount Chapter,
Henderson, Mrs. W. 0. Shannon,
Regent.
In 1901 Miss Mary Love String
field was elected S'ate Regent,
re-elected 1902-1903. Pursuant
to her call, the first State Con
ference ever held in North Caro
lina assembled at Waynesville,
July 1901. This was made pos
sible only by the earnest zeal and
untiring enerv of this charming
young Regent. Four of the five
chapters in the State sent dele
gates, and Greensboro was ably
represented by a member at
la^ge.
The result of this Conference
was both gratifying and inspir
ing. The interest in patriotic
work, historical research and edu
cational advancement aroused by j
the united effort of that small;
body of earnest women, "lineal |
descendants and present-day rep- j
rentatives of an illustrious dead" j
has borne a bountiful harvest'
and their influence and enthusi
asm have swept our common-!
wealth from the mountains to the
sea.
Mrs. Geo Phifer E* win of Mor
ganton, was our next State Re
gent, eiecred in 1904, re-elected
in 1905 1906. Under her enthu
siastic a»vs able leadership, the
Society continued to gain in;
strength and numbers. It was!
during Mrs. Erwin's regency,
that North Carolina had the hon
or of claiming her first National
(flicer, Mrs. Lindsay Patterson,
Winston-Silem, who served as
Vice President General for three
terms. Through her work for
the Continental Hall, the beauti
ful and stately home of the
Daughters of the Ame-ican Rev
olution, in Washington, D. C.,
Mrs. Patterson cau ed North
Caroo'un t-\ stand third en .the j
l'st of Sta contributing fuud->.
toward;) its thirteen columns.
Air.;. J no. Van Landinghani of,
(-harlot te. the sixth State R-g--nt,
elected in 1907, is now serving j
her third term, having been
unanimously re-elected by accla
mation at the Bih Annual Stale
Congress A womaiyof the most
exalted character, scholarly and \
dignified, Mrs, Van Lmdingham
has labored with untiring energy
for the best good and advance-
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
ment of the Society. Her zeal
has been and will continue
through years to come, an incen
tive to march onward and up
ward ever bearing aloft our ban
ner emblazoned with the soul in
spiring words: "Home and coun
try."
The wave of patriotic emulation
which save birth to the D. A. R.
was general throu gho u t the
United States, and that since the
day of its nativity the Society
has rapidly gained in strength
and usefulness, is attested by the
many and various achievements
of this noble army of workers.
In truth can this be said of North
Carolina in particular. We have
kept the faith and have above
jail set aflame in the land
the beacon light of a new
patriotism, calling all to remem
j be»* the heroic deeds of our an
! cenlors, and as American citi
| zens. set as high a standard ot
! public service in the twentieth
i century as was set in the
eighteenth by the men and wo
! men whdse memory we delight
to honor.
In fulfilling one of the most
important objects of our organi
zation, that of working and pre
serving historical plans, we are
lifting the odium of indifference
to a proper appreciation of his
toric value.
The mission of our Society is
eminently educational and the
daughters have inaug'rated a
most laudable undeitaking by
offering pr'zes and medals for
drawings and pictures of notable
events. This together with
medals offered in high schools
and colleges for the best essay
on historical subjects, should
stimulate art, incite patriotic ac
tivity, and incidentally further
educational and literary advance
ment.
We have an embarrassment of
riches from which to glean, com
potjnding from the first landing
to the close of the Spanish-
American War. What we wish
to evoke is some tangible expres
sion of our wealth —whether by
picture or poem, essay or epic,
and this we shall have when all
realize that the history of a
country is its most priceless pos
session.
The D. A. R. are also pledged
to carry out the injunction of
Washington: "To promote, as an
object of primary importance,
institutions for the general dii"-
fusion of knowledge." By so
doing, we are preparing the ma
terial for good citizens, and good
citizenship and patriotism are
synonymous.
BEULAH STEWART MOORE.
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MRS.* BEULAH STEWART
MOORE
Now serving her second term as
Regent of'the Elizabeth Maxweli
Steel Chapter, Salisb iry, was
elected State Historian 1907,
1908, 1909. In 1908 she was
appointed Chm. of the Jackson
Monument Committee. She
writes:
"I think the N. C. Daughters
of the American Revolution have
done more towards arousing
historic interest and thereby
stimulating State pride than any
other organization within her
borders."
An Original Correction
It appears that at an element
ary examination in English,
lately held in a school near the
city, two sentences were given
out to be corrected by the young
er scholars. The first sentence
was- t be corrected as to its
subject rpatter; the second as tu
its ntax. These were the
sentences: The hen has three
legs. Who done it? Wnen the
papers were handed in it was
found that one «>t the examinee*
h;--d regarded the sentences as
subtly connected in thought, for
his answer was as follows: The
hen didn't done it; God done it.
»
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
HICKORY, N.C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY f7, 1910.
To Push Big
Lawion Mill
Mr, E. L. SMorJ Lets Contracts
For Oklahoma. Enterprise
MR. MORFORD IN TOWN
Hustling Representatives of
Montcrief Cook CO. Estab
lishing Agencies in East
ern States
Mr. E. L. Shuford leftMondav
to push the erec-ion of the big
cotton' mill at Law ton, Ok la.,
which he is erecting there. He
went back with Mr. R. B. Mor
ford, of the Montcrief Cook Co.,
the real estate firm which has
played a-remarkable part in the
wonderful development of this
magic city of Uncle baby
state. Mr. Morford took steps
while in Hickory and Charlotte
to secure agents who shall look
after securing investors' in Law
ton dirt.
Mr. Shu ford's mill will be 407
by 79 feet, 2 stories, with an an
ntx for engine and heifer rooms,
warehouses; 60 modern houses,
with from 4 to 7 rooms plastered
and far above the average home
of the cotton mill employe.
Tne mill will weave fine sheet
or print cloth?. As soon as
finished a dye piant will be in
stalled. There is another cotton
mill at Guthrie.a; u one ; n a near
by Texas town, i »ece is room
in this new state for many more
such industries and Lawton is
the key to the situation. The eyes
of eastern capitalists are turned
to it.
Mr. Shuford has interested
most of the Charlotte machinery
supply men in his mill and in
I Lawton, and it is the intention
|to make his plant a large enter
' prise.
The Charlotte News of Feb.
Bth, said:
"Mr. E. L. Shuford, of Hick
ory, was in the city yesterday
in the interest of the E L. Shu
ford Manufacturing Company, of
Lawton, Okla., a Western enter
prise organized by Mr. Shuford
and other eastern capitalists.
Mr. Shuford was yesterday clos-
I ing contracts for installing the
machinery, etc., for the plant,
and these contracts will be
awarded to local contractors,
Whitted&Co., and other local
contracting firms being interest
ed.
Mr. Shuford was accompanied
by Mr. R. B. Morford, Repre
senting The Montcrief Cook
Company; a real estate firm, of
Lawton. This concern will con
duct an industrial sale of 5,000
lots at Lawton at an early date,
and Mr. Morford was here for
the purpose of securing a local
representative for interesting lo
cal capitalists.
Lawton is only eight years old
but has already assumed *he size
and activity of a hustling West
ern cit>, and it \vajs these con
ditions which served to interest
Mr. Shuford when he and a par
ty of Eastern capitalists recently
went on a Western trip. They
became impressed with the ad
vantages which Law on offered,
and the E. L. Shuford Manufac
turing Company was organized
for the operation ofa number of
cotton mills. The contract for
the construction of the mills has
been awarded to the Fiske-Car
ter Construction Company, of
Worcester, Mas*., and work on
the buildings will begin in
March, The company will be a
half million dollar concern.
Eight years ago the land *on
which now stands the city of /
Lawton was sold at public auc- j
tion by the government, and it!
was sold for tKa purpose of es
tablishing a city. The money
was turned into the city for mu
nicipal improvements. Today
the city has .15,000 inhabitants,
and is a prosperous and thriving
Western city possessing peculi
arly favorable climatic condi
tions for varied industries. A
street car system h s been in
stalled and the the city now has
35 miles of cement, sidewalks
with others under construction
and all modern improvements.
It possesses excel en t school and
church advantages, and its real
estate is demand. Last
fall 1,100 lots were sold at auc
tion an 1 brought $300,000.
Lawton is the home of the
blind Senator T. P. Gore and he
has been ins.i urnenTal,. in a large
degree, in the progressive devel
opment of the town.
The plant of the Shuford Com
pany will be established in the
I-idustrial Addition, a large and
Leautiful tract of sever?! hun
dred acres of land, adjoining the
city proper. It has been laid off
in lots. A Street car system is
now being put in to Industri
al Addition and the.-.o ! Cs will be
sold at private and pub-lie sale in
May.
On account of tlie favorable
climatic conditions in Vlis section
of Oklahoma the gov.?#!ment has
taken great inter®-', in the city
of Lawton and that section of the
country. The city is only three
miles from old Fort Sill, which
has recently received an appro
priation of $20,000 to be used
in enlarging and remodeling the
fort. Two Indians' colleges are
located here and $33t;000 have
been invested- in schools. The
government owns 1451000 acres
of land adjoining the city and
has established a zological gar
den, many animals hnving been
brought here from the Yellow
stone Park on account of the
more favorable clim-vie condi
tions. Leading into the city are
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MRS. MARGIE OVERMAN GREGORY
The beautiful ('an of Senator Overman and a member of the
Elizabeth Maxwelf St- *the office of State Vice
Regent, H;O2, 190 i. She was elected "Vice President General of the
National Society in 1909 by more votes than were ever polled by
any candidate of the society. A brilliant influential official career
is predicted.
the most perfect highways in the
country, and the water for the
city is brought direct from the
mountains eight miles to the
west. There is 250 pounds natu
ral presure and the water line
comes direct through the
trial Addition.
The city of Lawton is located
in the most beautiful natural
scenery of the west, and, al
though young in years, is one of
the most thriving and rapidly
growing cities of that section of
the country.
It was these natural advan
tages which attracted the atten
tion of Mr. Shuford an 1 resulted
in the organization of the manu
facturing company.
Cne of the purposes of Mr.
Sbuford here was to get some
one to act as local rep 'esentative
and o'ace on the Churlo'.te mar
ket the lots which are to be sold
in the Industrial Addition. Af
ter consulting with C.
Abbott the latter was secured as
Charlotte representative and will
look—after the business in this
city.
Judge Long Sat 53 Out of 52
Weeks
From The Catawba Conniv News
We were in conversation with
Judge B. F. Long of Statesvilie
a few days ago, and he informed
us that out of the fifty-two weeks
of last year he held court fifty
weeks. No judge living or dead
in North Carolina has ever equal
ed this record. We mention
this to say that n'o class of men
haye more arduous labors than
do our Judges and the next
Legislature ought to increase the
number of judges to twenty at
least.
The Easier Way
"Aunt Chloe." aiked a Vir
ginia housekeeper of an old ser
vant, "what makes so many of
your people superstitious?" Aunt
Chloe'? reply, which The Wash
ington 'S*:ar gives, wonld have
please] ihe late Samuel Smiles.
"Well, missus," she said,. "I
reckon it's 'cause no men folks
fin's hit a heap easier to depen'
on a rabbit's foot-dan on deir
own exertions."
Chitdrfen Cry
* FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTO R I A
RURAL TELEPHONES.
One in South Fork and An
other From T. D. Shuford's
to Newtoa—Personal
Mention
Correspondence of the Democrat.
South Fork, Feb. 15—The old
ground hog has rathea interfered
with the weather and spring.
The farmers are not plowing
very much nowadays owing to
the cold weathet. There seems
to be but little news in this neck
of the woods.
The general health of the peo
ple is fairly good just now. L. S.
Ritchy has bought a new engine
and sawmill outfit ani has gone
to Anson county near Wadesboro
to saw, having left the little vil
lage of Blackburn for a time.
Will Hovle and son, and Eben
, Weaver have also left Blackburn
j for a time, running a saw mill
near Lilesville, Anson county.
! The citizens have organized a
telephone company to run from
Dr. Ford's by F. A. Yoder and
James Wilfong's to Hickory.
They are-now laying off the route
and placing stakes where the
telephone posts are to be located.
They think it will be completed
at an early date. The money is
subscribed and will be ready
whenever called for.
Jacob Shuford is down in An
son county logging for Ritchy &
Company.
F. K. Beck dropped dead in
his yard on the first day of Feb.
between 4 and 5 o'clock. He had
been ailing for the several last
years. He was 85 years old. He
was of the German descent. His
father came from Pennsylvania,
and his original ancestors were
from Germany. He was born in
Davidson county not far from
Lexington, the countv seat. He
, bought a farm in Catawba county
in the year 1860 and moved to it
near Wesley's ' Chapel in the
spring. He was a farmer by oc
cupation and a member of the
Lutheran church about 65 years,
and Simon-pure, Jefferson Demo
cracy and cherished the good
time democracy that his father
used to appreciate highly and
never faltered or departed from
its true principle. He was a del
egate to the Democratic conven
tion that was held in Charlotte
in 1856 and which nominated
John W. Ellis for Governor. He
belonged to the Horse Guard
company during the Civil War
and was at Salisbury when Stone
man's CavaLry took the town
and destroyed the armory with
all of its contents. He was a
man very determined in his opin
ions. He lived under 21 presi
dent's administrations.
Mrs, D. W. Shuford has re
turned home from an extensive
visit to Shelby to see her married
daughter who lives there.
Some farmers are hauling
sweet potatoes to Charlotte, re
gardless of the weather and bad
roads.
There is another new telephone
line going up from T. D. Shu
ford's to Newton.
Perry Jarret is going ahead
with the work in putting up his
roller mill which he contemplates
to have finished at an early date.
Wheat begins to show a little
Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905
on the ground; so does oa£s.
Bob Spencer has left the P. R.
Yoder farm and moved on Frank
Propst's farm. Rpmon Killian
has moved on the Caleb Reinhardt
property.
Ephnam Sronce from Lincoln
county was a visitor at the home
of Col. G. M. Yoder on a business
t^'p.
The young folks have their
special social parties where they
say they have a good time of it.
' Superintendent Long and
Chairman A. C. Link, of the
Board of Education were round
this week visiting the public
schools.
The Democrat as a Booster
Prom the Hudson, Mass., News
A copy of the Hickory (N. C.)
Democrat has reached the News
office and its columns are teem
ing with the patriotic and pro
gressive spirit which Adjt. Gen.
Brigham has told Hudson people
he found permeating the entire
South on his recent visit. An edi
torial says:
'"The time has come to . work.
Hickory has grown from 2,525pe0p1e
ple ten years ago to 7,500. She can
grow three times larger in the
next ten years if the people will
pull together. She will not have
22,500 inhabitants in 1920 unless
the town is advertised far and
wide, where homeseekers and
men with capital to invest can
learn what we have here,"
"Hickory must have a live boost
ing club. It's suicide not to have
such. People here need to have
faith in the town and talk the
tov/n. The Atlanta and Charlotte
spirit is what made those two
cities. Every cititizen interested
in Il'ckory should come out to
the meeting to form a boosting
club, Monday night."
Scattered though the paper are
such sayings as these: "Hickory
would be the metropolis of wes
tern North Carolina if the peo
ple had as much vim as the town
has advantages." "Hickory
needs to says T less and 'We'
more." I
General Brigham's statement
that every place he visited
claimed to have more than any
other is founded to be true of
Hickory, for we read that "Hick
ory has more diversification of
its industries than any ofcheb
place in North Carolina, and is.
apt to continue its record in this
respect." Even the prospects
for the the baseball season of
1910 bring forth the cry, "Hur
rah for Hickory."
All this is in decided contrast
to the Hudson spirit of roasting
the Board of Trade instead of co
poerating with it in every way
and at every opportunity.
•MRS. MARY JOHNSTON
AVERY
Organized the Council Oak Chap
ter, Morganton, 1903, and has
served one term as Registrar and
five terms as Regent.
Born in Alabama she formed
the D. A. R. through her North
Carolina ancestors, being a des
cendant of Gov. Johnston.
In speaking of the D. A. R.
Society, Mrs. Avery says: "Per
sonally I think the Society has
been the key which unlocked the
Archives of History and made of
tradition written words."
Cotillion Club Elects Officers
At the regular monthly meeting
of the Hickory Cotillion Club
held in the parlors of the Hickory
Club on Wednesday evening Feb.
9th, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term.
Hugh D'Anna, Pres., Robt. E.
Martin, V. Pres., Frank A.
Henderson, Secv., Geo. L. Lyer
ly, Treas., Roy Abernefehy, Floor
Mgr. It will be the purpose of
the above officers to conduct
dances of said club up to the high,
standard of their predecessors.
The Club will delight in seeing
those who have received invi
tations to the previous dances
and we respectfully request your
presence at any dance which
might be given at our club in
the future.
Hickory Sprouts
Transplanted
"Too'sie" Saw Her Shadow as
Well as the Ground Hog
PROGNOSTIC ATOR RIGHT
A Sprout Needn't be a Big
Hickory to Cast and Fore
cast Shadows Full of
Big Portents
Written for the Democrat.
It would appear, from an inci
dent recently noted, that a Hick
ory Sprout, transplanted to
Northern soil, is at least as
weather-wise as the traditional
Groundhog. The big Daddy Hick
ory Tree had been telling the
; Sprout, on that recent seasona- *
ble occasion, all about the won
derful faculty of the Groundhog
as a shadow chaser and prognos
ticator, and the little Sprout, all
a-quiver with attention, had
taken in every detail of the pro
cess and philosophy of the wintry
forecast, with all that it might
mean in the wav of jjreparedness
for what was sure to ensue.
Now the Sprout has a dog, af
fectionately called "Tootsie,"
and while their relations are not
quite so intimate and unbroken
as those of Mary and the Lamb,
the two still get together for
their their outings a great deal.
It was a crisp, bright, sunny
day, you will remember, that
recent Groundhog date, with
fivery facilty for accurate fore
casting to govern _ the six
weeks of cold days impending §
So, about the middle of the fore
noon, with mits and furs and
overshoes all attached, little Miss
Sprout sallied out with "Tootsie''
for a tour of exploration.She had
heard Daddy Hickory saying a
day or two previously that the
family's supply of coal in the *
cellar wasn't going to be any
where near sufficient, if this pes
ky winter kept on lon£ with such
severity, and she just wanted to
know what should be done about
it.
Not far from the Home Grove,
where the solar system was do
=ttig its level beist to keep well in
evidence, Miss Sprout caught the
Boston terrier by the collar, and
commanded: —
"Now 'tand perfickly 'till,
•Tootsie,' an' look perfickly
p'easant, but wink all 'oo like"
(Daddy Hickory is "some
shakes" at amateur photography,
it should be explained, and Miss
Sprout ha 4 been literally^a poser
in her time), "while we see about
'iss. Nare, now! See 'atbigb'ack
shadow, Tootsie? Well, 'at means
'at we've dot to have more toal,
'tause it's doin' to be a long, long
winter."
They trudged home in their
own rambling fashion, "Tootsie"
the oracle and Miss Sprout the
seer, and with blankets removed
from the dog and wraps from
the Sprout, this meteorological
information was given out as
demonstrable scientific truth: —
"Daddy, it's to be an awful
winter. 'Tootsie' an' I dess
found it out. 'Tootsie' isn't any
Groun'hawg, but she's better'n
bigger. I dot her to stan' perfick
ly 'till an' look perfickly p'eas
ant —you know how!—an', Dad
dy, 'oo dess ought to seen the
awfully big, b'ack shadow 'at
she made in the snow! Did you
order 'at toal, Daddy? We dot to
have it now —'tause, even if
'iootsie' didn't see her own
shadow, I saw it, and I know
more'n a little fuzzy Groun'hawg
does."
All of which shows that a
Sprout needn't be a Hickory
Tfee to cast and forecast shad
ows full of big portents.
N. B. H.
A Good Egg Record.
; J. T. Jones in Lenoir Topic.
During the past month, Jan
uary, I received from eight hens
nine dozen eggs by actual count.
One of the hens having given
us eggs during December didn't
lay in January. Rut, counting
her with the others, we have,
dividing 108 bv 8, an average
of 13£ eggs per hen which I
, think is very good for this
winter month. Eggs have been
selling for from 25 to 30 cents a
dozen here. At 28 cents the nine
dozen would have brought $2.52.
• Deduct 50 cents for feed and
1 there is a profit of $2.02. If peo
: pie would nay more attention to
u the selection of stock, study the
methods conducive to egg produc
tion and have their hens laying
when eggs are scarce they would
realize better profit from their
poultry.
[The Democrat would like to
hear from any Catawba poultry
• man who can match this record. 1