They Increase the Income oi
Large Packers by the Millions
ONCE THROWN AWAY
It Means the Numbering of the
Days of the Local Butcher-
Uses found for Blood. Hoofs,
Horns and Entrails
Written for the Democrat.
The days of the local butcher
are numbered. You no longer
see him purchase a drove of
steers, and render them into ed
ible cuts in his small" slaughter
house at the edge of town.
And why has this complete
change taken place. Because
the local butcher has thrown
away the most important part of
his animal, —the blood, hoofs,
ho'-ns, and entrails. From the i
viewpoint of the large packer, j
the local butcher threw away all I
that was worth keeping. And I
the large packer goes a step fur-1
ther and says: "If you will «gree
to take off our hands free of ex
pense this edible partef the steer
and give us what the local
butcher has been throwing away,
we will accept that and remain
satisfied, and we will make just
about as much money as we are
making now."
The large packinghouse is not
only engaged in a slaughtering
business, but ha become during
the last decade primarily a man
ufacturing business. Years ago,
they sold their fat to soap mak
ers; now they use the fat to
make soap themselves. They
used to sell ali edible oils, now
they have become manufacturers
of oleomargarine. They not only
sell perishable cuts of beef, pork
and mutton, but have become
glue-makers, soap-makers, ani
mal-food makers and manufac
turers of a score of other by
products.
BY-PRODUCTS FROM WASTE OF
CATT^p
The HORNS of cattle are indeed
worth saving. The packer pays
no more fcr a Texas steer with
long and graceful horns than hie
does for the dehorned species; 
yet each steer with horns enables I
the Dacker to swell his stores of
hv-products.
There are two valuable parts
to each horn. The inner portion
of the horn, in which are found
the ramifying blood vessels, is
separated from the outer, hard
shell. The former portion goes
to the glue house to be trans
formed into glue, while the latter
portion is sold to the button
maker.
The HIDE is never thrown
away, even by the local butcher.
But the large packer is even more
particular, for he gets the hide |
from the tip of the nose, while
the local butcher severs the* hide
at the neck. And the workmen
are carefully watched that no \
hole is cut in the hide, for that
would lower the selling price
considerably.
To some people it might seem
*as though,the HOOFS could notj
find any sale. All the white ones j
are exported to Russia, where (
they are manufactured into va- |
rious things. The parts of the j
hoof that cannot be sold are I
cooked in large tanks and a good
grade of NEATSFOOT OIL is se
cured, which always commands a
good price.
In a small town, there may be
no demand for BRAINS; but in a
large citv, the restaurants always
demand them. The local butcher J
having no call for brains, must j
throw them away. In large j
packinghouses, brains are care-1
fully preserved in cold storage
until used.
The reader may not relish
TONGUE, but when well prepared,
it is a high-priced delicacy. The
tongue from cattle and calves is
of better flavor and commands a
better price.
The HEART and LUNGS form,
what is called, the pluck. As a
rule, the local butcher has no de
mand for these articles and the
dogs of the neighborhood feed
upon them. In the packinghouse
they are ground up and put into
sausage.
vVho has not eaten calf's LIVER
fried with bacon? Calf's liver
is becoming a much used article
of food at restaurants, and the
demand for it far exceeds the
supply. Beef liver is used f'»r
the same purpose and often sub
stituted for the former at the
cheaper restaurants; but such
clever substitution is readily de
tected. If the large packer can
not sell all the beef livers, he is
per i
having once tested the dish, how 1
ever, >ou will call for it again.
Sweetbreads are found in young
cattle attached to the esophagus,
near the first rib. They are
about 3 inches in length and of
white gland ui a r substance.
About ten years ago, there was
no demand for sweetbreads and
they accompanied the plucks to
the fertilizer tank. Today, they
aie carefully preserved and sell
at fiftv cents per pound.
Every pound of beef fat finds
its way into a large iron tank,
wherein it is made into TALLOw.
Live steam is turned into such a
tank of beef fat and after four
hours, the tallow is withdrawn, '
while the residue is sent to the
fertilizer department.
You might think it wouldn't
pay to extract the MARROW from
the bones of an animal. All large
bones contain a considerable '
amount of marrow, which is care
fully extracted by the use of com
pressed air. A tapering piece of;
pipe is inserted into one end of i
the bone, and in a twinkling the j
marrow is blown out. This marrow I
then finds its way into the oleo
department, for it contains the
essential oils of oleomargarine.
Cattle, like human beings, are
often troubled witn GALLSTONES. J
Even this item of waste is now'
turned into coin by the large
packinghouse. At the close of j
ea h day's killing, the gall stones |
are sent to the company's chemist j 1
who dries and pulverizes them, j'
The Chinaman is a ready custo- ,
mer, for he buys the whole out- 1
put and uses them in the prepa
ration of medicines.
Honeycomb TRIPE may not be :
eaten in large quantities on this
side of the Atlantic; but the ;
people of England seem to relish
it, for they consume large quan- 1
tities of it every year. The best
tripe is secured from the third
stomach of ruminants.
Restaurants are large consu-;'
mers of KIDNEYS, which are used j ;
in a well-known dish—Kidney-;
saute. Should the demand for!
kidneys fall off at certain seasons j
of the" year, the large packing- j
house can readily utilize them in
some brand of sausage.
All SINEWS and TENDONS are
I made into commercial glue.
' There is no sinew or tendon so
tough that it will not yield to the
action of water.
BONES form a large item of
waste in every large packing
house. The shin bone is care
fully sorted out and preserved
for, as material for knife han
dles, it brings a fair price. The
remaining bones are carted to
the tank room, and are made into
a good grade of fertilizer.
SLUNKS, in packinghouse par
lance, are immature calves. Af
ter the day's killing is over,
these slunks are gathered and
workmen remove the soft and
I delicate hide. Such hides are
very valuable for fine grades of
gloves and shoes.
The OFFAL tanks receive every
i scrap of waste that car not be
utilized for some valuable by
product. Atter this heterogen
ious mass is well cooked by the
aid of steam, it is allowed to dry
j and then pulverized in the ferti-
I lizer department.
! BY-PRODUCTS FROM WASTE OF
SWINE
"Large packinghouses utilize
every particle of the hog, except
that," is an oft quoted phrase.
From the SNOUT to the tail, every
part of the carcass finds a ready
sale. You may not relish pickled
pig snouts, but there are many
persons of foreign birth who
J seem to relish them,
i Ten years ago, EARS and PIG
j TAILS were thrown away. To
! day, these articles retail for 3 to
6 cents per pound.
The local butcher could never
collect a ton of hog BRISTLES,
whereas the large packinghouse
derives a good income from the
sale of bristles. By the aid of
machinery, the bristles are re
moved and transferred to the
drying rooms.
Pickled pig's FEeT have be
come a stanle article of com
; merce. Each year, thousands of
barrels are shipped to Liverpool
and from that citv widely dis-1
tributed. Boneless pigs feet in
small glass jars, is a late crea
tion, for they can be preserved
indefinitely.
LARD forms a very valuable
by-proauct of every packing
house, and it is prepared in im
mense quantities. Notwithstand
ing the many substitutes on the
market, lard appears to hold its
place; and the demand for it is
often greater than the supply.
The local butcher prepared
Hams, Shouldere, and Bacon;
HICKORY DEMOCRAT
Bridge
State Geologist to Send' a Mao
To Locate It
FUNDS WILL BE GOTTEN
Benefit of Creamery to Hick
ory , Pointed Out—City's
Advantages to be set Forth
in Advertising
The State Geologist, Dr. Pratt,
will send a man here in April to
make the necessary surveys for
locating the proposed bridge
across the Catawba river linking
Catawba and Alexander coun
ties.
This fact was made known at
the meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce Monday night .by Mr.
J. W. Shuiord, chairman of the
county commissioners and also
chairman of the bridge commit
tee of this body. He declared
that the commissioners of Alex
ander county were ready to do all
in their power to further this
undertaking, and were anxious
and willing to confer with the
people oli this section in every
way. The Catawba county com
missioners nave promised their
aic*. The Cnamber decided to
appoint a committee to solicit
funds for the undertaking.
Petitions from the Catawba
county bar to have a Federal
court established at Hickory have
been sent to Washington to the
State's representatives. President
Nicholson said tney write him
tnat they can secure this, and an
appropriation for a government
building at this session of Con
gress.
A meeting in the interest of a
creamery will be held in the
rooms of the chamber of com
merce next Saturday afternoon,
and the president urged the mer
chants and people of the city to
attend this meeting and confer
with the farmers in getting the
project established.
An effort being made to get
the Civic League to make their
headquarters in the C iamber cf
Commerce building and to get;
the aid of the league in improv- 1
ing the appearance of the build
ing.
The United States Department
of Agriculture is willing to send
a good roads expert here to su
pervise the building of a half a'
mile of sand clay road inside the
city limits. Mr. Shuford rec
commended that trie city take
advantage of this opportunity.
The meeting adjourned till the
second Tuesday in April.
Crowell Shuford
. There was a flutter in Hickory
society Monday afternoon when
it became known that Mr. James
C. Shuford had been led captive
by Cupid and had gone to New
ton where he was mairied to
Miss Elva Crowell at the home
of the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs, A. H. Crowell. The young
people took the first train out and
have gone to Philadelphia and
New York to spend at least part
of the honeymoon.
Mr. Shuford is the youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Shu
ford, of this city, and collector
in the First National Bank. He
is a bright and successful young
business man.
Miss Crowell is the pretty and
accomplished daughter of Mr. A.
H. Crowell. cashier of the Shu
ford National Bank of Newton.
Miss Mildred Crowell, sister of
the bride, was maid of honor and
Mr. Hugh D'Anna, of Hickory,
was best man. Mr. and Mrs.
A. A. Shuford, Misses flssie and
Rosa Shuford, Mrs. Rosa Green,
and Capt. and Mrs. Mott went
down from Hickory.
Hickory casts a shower of old
shoes and rice the happy
young couple.
but had no demand for BELLIES
and FATBACKS, so he turned
these into lard. The packing
house has a steady demand for
bellies and fatbacks, and twice
as much per pound is received
for pork in this shape as when
made into lard.
Thus two score items of waste
for the local butch r are trans
formed into verv valuable by
products by the large packer.
And this careful preservation of
all waste, increases the income
of the large packinghouses a
million dollars each year.
! P. C. ti.
1 Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
; CASTORIA
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1910.
COMMENTS
The Democrat is pleased to
print this week the second in
stallment of Itev. G. Garth's
exquisite interpretation of the
23rd This ?em from the
Shepherd King of prael has been
the comfort of the saints in all
ages, and Mr. Garth's treatment
of it is one of the most beautiful
we have ever read.
An article of particular value
especially to children and young
people, is Rev. P. C. Henry's
article in this issue on "the Val
uable By-Products of Large
Packinghouses." It contains a
wonderful amount, of instruction,
and teachers in the schools would
do well to take the paper to
school, read it to their children
and have them write a compo
sition from it.
It would delight the soul of our
old Boss Man, on the Charlotte
Observer, Mr. J. P. Caldwell, if
he could see the flying machine j
made by a gang of Hickory boys, i
Mr, Caldwell is the father of the
flying n achine in the South.
Against the persistent skepticism
and taunts of the Charleston
News and Courier and the Nor
folk Landmark, the Observer
kept on saying "We'll fly yet."
And now we ara going to fly
right here in Hickory.
A Car-Load of Eggs
"I notice that the Charlotte
Observer spoke of the egg record
being broken," said Mr. F. A,
Yoder. "'by a shipment from
Hickory on March 10, of 1500
dozen of eggs. I myself shipped
on that dav 3966 dozen. Thev
went through in a solid car to
New York."
The Democrat understands that
this carload of h"n-fruit repre
sents something like $l,OOO.
| Catawba's Next
Door Neighbors §
Mrs. Malissa Bush died on 1
March 1, at the home of her son.
near Hudson.
The Marion Progress says that
about March 1, a double daily
passenger schedule will be in
augurated between Spartanburg!
and Dante, Va., and in order to
be prepared for the new service
the officials of the company have
placed orders for ten passenger
coaches of the latest type. The
road has also ordered ten big
locomotives capable of hauling a
mile of coal cars.
The Boone Democrat says that
Mr. Bagby, son of Rev. W. M.
Bagby, formerly of Statesville,
will establish a newspaper in
Montazuma, Mitchell county;
Recent deaths in Shelby are
those of Mrs. David A. Beam
and Mrs. Theodore W. Wiggins.
Mitchael Kiser, of Bessemer
City, is dead.
The Watauga Democrat says
that Warren Carter and Miss
McC. Kottcamp, of York, Pa.,
are to be married this spring,
and the honeymoon is to be spent
at the former's summer home at
Blowing Rock.
Dr. J. M. Hodges of Boone,
has accepted the position of phy
sician at the Cranberry Iron
Works.
The 8 year old daughter of
Henry Duncan, of Saw Mills,
Caldwell county, was accidental
ly shot and killed while an old
gun was being dragged from
under a bed.
Mr. Claude A. Tomlin, of Olin
township, recently installed and
has in operation at his mill, near
his home, a modern private elec
tric power plant. The power
which operates the plant comes
from a water wheel installed at
the mill dam expressly for this
purpose, and the wheel is kept
running from sundown to sun
rise, operating an 8-horse power
electric generator, which fur
nishes lights for Mr. Tomlin's
residence and barn and for the
residence of the miller who has
charge of Mr. Tomlin's mill. A
small light is also kept burning
all night in the public covered
bridge over the mill dam. Later
on Mr. Tomlin will install an
electric motor by which he will
operate a wood-saw, threshing
machine, churn, etc., during the
day, with the same power which
furnishes light by night.—States
> ville Landmark.
First Tar Heel
Flying Machine
Made by the A. B. C. Aerial
Navigation Co. ol Hickory
TAKES A 10-MILE WIND
Mr. George Hutton Furnished
the Material on very Reason
able Terms-Builders Cut
Specifications
' 'Have you seen my boy any
where lately?"
It was Judge Council who
spoke. He was up town looking
for his son, Howard.
"Yes, I saw your boy a little
while ago," said a by-stander.
"He is back in Abernethv's ware
house, with several other boys,
making something."
"Is this a chicken coop, boys?"
asked Judge Council,as accompa
nied by Squire L. R. Whitener
and Mr. A. C, Link, they picked
their way carefully through a
wilderness of buggies to the rear
of the.warehouse.
There a workshop had been set
up, and tools were scattered,
about everywhere. In their shirt-}
sleeves Claude Abernethy, John i
Bohannon and Howard Council!
were laboriously toiling on a long j
wicker-work looking contraption, j
something like the framework of I
a bridge.
"No, sir," said the lads in cho-!
rus. "This is not achickencoop; j
it's a glide."
"And what is a glide?"
"A flying machine!"
"And what put this dangerous;
notion into your heads?"
"Why, we got it out of the Am
erican Boy, sir. It gives the plans j
and specifications for a glide in!
the last issue. It is absolutely
safe," continued one and another '
of the boys, as the amazed spec- 1
tators beheld the Thing taking .
shape. "You take it on a high ;
hill and then catch a good stiff j
breeze and glide down the hill
with it. One boy can use it, ;
standing in the midst of the ma
chine. The machine won't stand j
a wind over ten miles an hour.
Anything under that is safe.
"This is the A. B. C. Aerial
Navigation Company," remarked
Claude Abernethy, as he drove
in a fresh bolt and riveted it.
(There are bolts to beat the band ,
in the machine.) "Abernethy,
Bohannon. Council Aerial Navi
gation Company."
"We got the material from
Hutton & Bourbonnais," said
John Bohannon. "We first ap
plied to the Hickory Manufactur
ing Co., and Superintendent Fry
asked us what we wanted with
it. We told him we were going
to make a flying machine, and he
said he was sorry but he could
not let us/have any stuff for a
flying machine. He did not want
to take the responsibility for any
broken legged boys with stove-in
ribs, and crying mothers saying
chey never would forgive him for
selling us the timber."
"This was our first set-back
but we next called on Hutton &
Bourbonnais, and Mr. George
Hutton asked us the same ques
tion. When we told him, he
laughed and said he reconed he'd
have to let us have the material.
He said he used to be a boy him
self."
"We told him we would like
him to make his prices as reason
able as he could," interjected
Howard Council, "and what
would they be. He said well, as
it was a flying machine, and the
first one in North Carolina, the
honor to Hickory would be suffi
cient compensation."
"Hutton believes in encourag
ing infant industries," remarked
Mr. Link.
"The specifications call for the
length to be 17* feet," said
Claude, "but we couldn't get
timber quite that length and so
we have cut the glide down 10
per, cent all around." Here young
Abernethy placed himself 1 in the
centre of the machine and lifted
it easily. "It's as light as a
i feather," he said.
And thus the first Tar Heel fly
ing machine is taking shape.
Hickory gets the glory of it.
Hickory furnishes the finest boys
in the state as well as the fin
est of everything else. The
glide is almost ready for the cov
ering which is to go over the I
ribs.
"Won't those boys be disap
pointed when the thing doesn't
flv," said Squire Whitener to
Mr. Link as they denarted.
"Not a bit," said Mr. Link.
"Their biggest fun is in the an
ticipation.' They have been sleep
ing together at each other's
houses ever since they started
the Thing, and talking it over.
Democrat and Press, Consolidated i 905
If it doesn't fly they will not suf
'fer any very severe anguish.
The Thing is educational. It will
help to make Brooklyn bridge
builders, or South Pole discover
ers, or something else useful, out
of them when they are grown
up."
Money in Early Cabbage.
The Democrat has had the
pleasure of meeting a number of
farmers whom it would not oth
erwise have met, if it had not
been selling cabbage plants. The
demand for these Young's Is
land, S. C., plants have been
greater than the supply. The
Wm. C. Geraty Co. from whom
these plants comp, say that there
is money in early cabbage. In
an article sent out by the com
pany, they say:
Mr. Wm. C. Geraty, the found
er of this firm, was the pioneer
grower of early cabbage in the
Southern states for shipment to
the Northern markets. He
started business in 1868 and has
always been considered an au
thority on the growing of early
cabbage in the South.
In past years the growing of
cabbage in the early spring for
market has been confined almost
entirely to the sea coast section
of the South Atlantic and Gulf
states, for the reason that grow
ers of cabbage away from the i
sea coast could not produce a
a hardy plant which would stand
the frosts and freezes of early
spring. It has now been dem
onstrated and proved that cab
bage plants grown on the out
lying Sea Islaeds of the South ,
Carolina coast are particularly
tough and hardy. These plants
are grown in the open fields in
the late fall and early winter. ,
They are frost froof and can be
transplanted to the open held in
all sections of the Southern
states during the winter mouths.
Frosts or freezes will not injure
them and they will mature head
ed cabbage three to six weeks ,
sooner that home grown plants
The approximate cost of grow- ,
ing an acre of early cabbage is
as follows:
Twelve thousand Frost
Proof Cabbage Plants at $1 $l2 00 ,
The express charges will
average about 25c per M 3.00
One ton fertilizer 7 per
cent Phosphoric Acid, 8
per cent Ammonia, and
5 per cent Potash, at 35.00
Labor cultivating, har
vesting, etc. 15.00
Total cost of producing
an acre of cabbage $65.00
With an ordinary growing
season ycu can count on harvest
ing ten thousand or more heads
of cabbage. If these cabbage
sell for lc each, your profit will
be $35; 2c per head $135; 3c per
head $235. The land will be in
such a fertile condition after
your cabbage crop is harvested
that you can easily make a sec
ond crop of potatoes, hay or pea
nuts, without any additional fer
tilizer, the proceeds of which
will usually pay the original fer
tilizer bill.
The success or failure of your
cabbage crop will depend en
tirely upon the quality of the
Slants used. Do not buy plants
ecause they are cheap. Fre
quently ten to twenty-five cents
per 1000 saved on the cost of
your plants will cause you to
loose your crop of cabbage.
Cheap plants frequently make
seed shoots instead of heads.
TO FINISH AS JUDGE.
Judge Councill Doesn't Think
He Will be Candidate for
Congress.
In view of the frequent men
tion of the name of Judge Coun
cill in connection with the con
gressional nomination, in this
district, a representative of The
i Democrat saw Judge Council
this week and asked him if he
intended to be a candidate for
the nomination at the congres
sional convention. His reply
was:
"So far as I can now see I do
not think that I will be a candi
date, it is my desire to finish up
my terfn as judge, and I do not
think that I could do myself jus
tice in making the race against
Mr. Webb under existing circum
stances. - f
."I do not hesitate to say, how
ever, that I consider a seat in
Congress a laudable v ambition,
and while circumstances are such
as I have stated, we cannot tell
what a day will bring forth.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
The Democrat
Gives the news of Hickory and the
Catawba Valley in full. The news
of the world in brief.
Julius Huffman
Killed in Mill
Was Caught in tbe Machinery
at Cbninger's
HURLED UNDER PULLEY
Dead Body Clogged Belting
and Stopped the Mill—
Crowd of 3,000 Attend
ed the Funeral
Caught in a belt vtfhich he was
putting in place at Cloninger's
Mill last Saturday morning, and
hurled under the pulley, Mr.
Julius Huffman met a terrible
and probably instantaneous
death. The whole community
and the county as well were.
greatly shocked over the news,
as Mr. Huffman was one of the
best citizens of Catawba.
. It seems that he was the first
man to reach the mill that morn
ing, and as Mr. Phillip Cloninger
was coming down the hill to the
mill that it suddenly stopped
running. He looked under the
mill casually as he passed in to
see what had caused it to stop
and then passed on up stairs.
He was still looking for the cause,
when he saw Mr. Huffman's hat
lying on the floor, and fear
sprang into his heart. A step
further and he saw Mr. Huff
man's body protruding from un
der the pulley.
It was too awfully true. A
human being, drawn into the
machinery, had gone to his death,
and the dead body had clogged
ths machinery to a stoppage.
Mr. Cloninger gave the alarm
but the floor and ceiling had to
be cut away with axes be fore the
body could be extricated from the
machinery. The skull was crush
ed, and the body bruised and
broken in several places. A pen
cil in one of his pockets had been
driven into his throat.
Nobody was in the mill at the
time the fearful tragedy was
enacted.
Mr. Huffman was a true Chris
tian man and one of the finest
citizens of the county. He
leaves a widow and several
children: Mr. Lafayette Huff
man, a prominent young lawyer
of Morganton; Roy and Earl
Huffman, of the home place, and
Mrs. Elmer Eckard, of the
county.
Rev. C, L. Miller conducted the
funeral Sunday at St. Stephen's
church. It is said that a crowd
of about 3000 people attended
the funeral, enough to have
filled the edifice three times over.
It was a splendid tribute to the
esteem in which the deceased
was held by his fellow men.
Mr. Horney Won Euronian
Medal,
The negative won the debate
and Mr. Julius T. Horney, of the
affirmative, the medal at the
nineteenth anniversary of the
Euronian Society at Lenoir Col
lege on Monday evening. The
auditorium was crowded with
students and townpeople, who
?reatly enjoyed the splendid way
in which the debaters handled
about the most difficult subject
they could have chosen:
"Resolved, That Congress
should establish a Central Bank
in the United States."
The affirmative was maintained
by Messrs. Julius T. Horney and
Otho B. Robinson and the nega
tive by Messrs. Wm. L. Plonk
and Herbert C. Miller.
The young men handled this
profound subject elegantly and
especially did they do„well when
they were thrown upon their
.vwn resources in the rejoinders.
The committee, consisting of
Rev. Messrs J. L. Murphy and
James Deal and Prof. Whisen
hunt decided as stated above.
A perfect gem was the oration
of Mr. Fred R. Yoder on "The
Call of the South." The possi
bilities of the farm in the present
lay were alluringly held forth.
The subject was both unusual
and timely, and it caught the
cancy of the audience as attested
by the graat applause that fol
lowed.
Mr. Rufus L. Plonk presided
gracefully and made a charming
address of welcome.
On April 30th at Devil's Den
on the Yadkin river five miles
from Cooleemee, the 141 st anni
versary of Daniel Boone's de
i parture from North Carolina to
1 Kentucky, will be celebrated.
There will be a basket picnic and
a fish fry, and addresses will be
made by Senator Overman, ex-
Senator Pritchard, Governor
Kitchen, and Congressmen Paget
and Cowlee,