If You Read The Deniocr.it, you don't need any other newspaper. It's all here. One Dollar a year. : : Established 1899 insured His Wife In Hsr Last Days Serious Charge Against Postmas ter Everhart, ot Newton GOT OTHERS IN TROUBLE Dr. H. L. Abernethy, of Hick ory, victimized by Profes sional Courtesy- Agent Mize Discharged. Newton has been stirred over charges against the' postmaster physician of that city, Dr. YV, H. Everhart which State Insur ance Commissioner J. R. Young and the Metropolitan Life Insur ance Co. make against him, chaiging that he insured the life of his wife a few days before her death, knowing that she had a fatal malady. The sensation developed when the Metropoli tan's agent, Mr. R. L. Mize, and its Hickory medical examiner, | Dr. H. L. Abernethy, of Hickory were discharged. Both these gentlemen intimate that they were innocent victims of Dr. Eve. hart. The Raleigh News and Observer sent its staff repre sentative, Mr. Edward L. Conn, to Newton, and he sent the fol lowing to his paper Sunday: "The charge in essence is that Eyerhart, who was the insur ance company's examining phy sician at Newton, knowing his wife to be affected with a fatal malady (a cancerous affection), through "professional courtesy" induced Dr. Abernethy to dupli cate two applications for insur ance for his wife which Dr. Ev j erhart himself had originally! filled in, stating that his wife | was vigorous and in good health, one of the applications being sent to Dr. Abernethy the very day before the death of Mrs. Ever hart, leaving for the home office the day that Mrs. Everhart died. The first claim was paid by the company, but it learned of the death of Mrs. Everhart before the second policy had been ac cepted. The amounts were small, the policies being in the class of industrial insurance. [The amount was $232 50.] "Everhart claims that he is in nocent but admits the proceeding was "irregular" and attempts to shift the guilt to the agent and his brother examining physician, declaring, however, that he would not have done what Dr. Abernethy's place. He was con tradicted in a vital point by the agent, having stated that he told Mize he might carry the applica tion to Dr. Campbell in Newton. Mize says Everhart's statement is untrue, that he was directed by Everhart to carry it to Dr. Abernethy at Hickory. Everhart said that he was solicited for both policies, but Mize assented emphatically that Everhart him self proposed the second policy, and that it was not solicited, the agent being at the postoffice to collect payments due on the first policy. Everhart prepared the papers on Wednesday, March 2, his wife dying the following Sun day." Mrs. Everhart (who was Miss Rebecca Warlick) was operated on in September,inStatesville. In March a Richmond specialist had declared that a uterine discharge showed a tendency to sarcoma or carcinoma, cancer troubles. Eyerhart says Dr. Long told him that his wife had no pelvic trou ble and tha f "curretting" would cure her. She was then "cur retted." Says Dr. Everhart: "It was due to the irregularity of Dr. Abernethy and Mize that the trouble arose. Collins told Dr. Abernethy, Mize and me that it would be all right. I'm sure the company doesn't understand the situation. I didn't intend to commit fraud." Former agent Mize says in part: "The only thing I did wrong was in failing to see Mrs. Ever hart. I didn't want to send it in but was told to do so. I didn't canvass Dr. Everhart for the second application at all." Dr. Abernethy says: "Mize brought me the second application for insurance on Mrs. Rebecka Everhart late Saturday HICKO2Y PRODUCE MARKET. Corrected weekly by Whitener & Martin. Hens, per lb 11c Spring Chickens, per 1b... 27£ c Turkeys, per lb 12 l-2c per doz 17c Butter per lb 15 to 25 Apples, eating. ..' 2.50 a bu Sweet Potatoes 1.60 per cr Irish Potatoes SI.OO abu Cabbage, per lb 3 to 4c THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT evening, the day before her death, and he fold me she was in ffood health. I learned next morning that she was dead. The application filled oat by Dr. Ev erhart said she was in good health. As Dr. Everhart was the examiner for the Metropoli tan Life at Newton and sent the application up to me with his statement through Mize and the application too that she was in good nealth and vigorous I passed her through professional courte sy to him, I being the examiner here. "I passed the first application on the word of Dr. Everhart the same as this. Being the exami ner he couldn't sign up the ap plications for himself, as the rules of the company do not per mit that. I wrote the company on che second that I had passed her through courtesy. About two weeks afterward the inspector came through and removed me on account of that. "'From the application, filled out by Dr. Everhart himself, and the statements of Mize, I be lievedJMrs. Everhart to be all right and in good health. Ever hart sent me two applications, one for me to fill out, the other having her family history, etc., stati?ig that she was in good health, that she was vigorous. I filled out the blank one from the one he sent me and sent it in, it leaving here on Sunday, the day she died." Mr. Moretz's Fine Work Mr. McCoy Moretz did a splen did piece of word at Rockingham in securing the next Grand Coun cil of the Royal Arcanum for Hickory. He found the majority of the delegates in favor of Sal isbury which had been working for a month to secure the coun cil for April 26, 1911. Mr. Mor etz did personal work, so that when the vote was taken it stood Salisbury, 23; Hickory, 19; Ashe ville, 9. Mr. Moretz got the floor and showed that the previous Grand Council promised the meeting to Hickory, if Hickory would then support Rockingham. Then the next next vote was taken, standing Hickory, 30; Salisbury, 20. Miss Tullia Michael Married in Idaho Miss Tullia Michael, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. R. L. Starnes in Idaho, for some time, was married in Grangeville, Idaho, March 8, to Mr, Arthur Forest Rittle.of Clarkston, Wash ington. - Mrs. Bittle is one of Hickory's most popular ladies and has a host of friends here. While at home she had charge of her sister, Miss Minnie Mich ael's, Millinery store for a num ber of years. She was highly es teemed by all her numberless customers and will be greatly missed in this city. Mr. Bittle is a promir-ent young business man of exceptionally high qualities and is to be con gratulated in winning one of Hickory's fair daughters. A reception was given by Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Starnes. A host of friends were in attendance and all enjoyed the elaborate supper which was served. These young people expect to make their home in Spokane, Wash, We wish them a long, happy, prosperous career, as they journev hand in hand to gether in this new beginning of life. April showers bring colds, grippe, rheumatism, and other distressing troubles. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea effectually and quickly rids one of such troubles—prevents them, too. A 35c package makes cups tea. Try it today. Moser & Lutz. Col. Paul B. Means died at Concord yesterday. Don't use harsh phvsics. The reaction weakens the bowels, leads to chronic constipation. Get Doan's Regulets. They op erate easily, tone the stomach, cure constipation. Claremont College News Notes On Monday evening April 25th, the students of Claremont Col lege will give two plays entitled "Our Aunt from California," and "A Broken Engagement." These comedies are bright and lively and contain many amusing situations. The program will be gin at 8:15. Admission 25 cents. "My child was burned terribly about the face, neck and chest. I applied Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil. The pain ceased and the child sank into a restful sleep." —Mrs. Nancy M. Hanson, Jlam burg, N. Y. HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1910. Hickory's Splendid Graded School Has Groin till Actional Build ing are Needed THOROUGH WORK DONE Enrollment is 650 with Aver age Daily Attendance of 500 —Able Teaching Corps of Thirteen v The people of Hickory have cause to feel proud of the marve lous growth the graded school has made since its organization. In six years the attendance has doubled; the number of teachers I has been increased from six to thirteen; and the interest shown by parents has not lagged, but rather has increased year by year. The foresight and and wisdom of those who planned and laid the foundations of the school have been verified by the steady continuous growth. The true conception of a public school system has been carried out bet ter in Hickory, perhaps, than in other towns in the State. Here all classes and conditions of per sons patronize the school;no man feels himself too rich, or too poor, to send his children to the graded school. This is as it should be, for the school is where ail meet on an equal footing. There are some facts in the history of the school that ought to be preserved in permanent form. We are so prone to forget things, that we shall have for gotten, in a few years, the names of those who were instrumental in establishing the school. A special tax for the support of the school was voted, and work on the building was begun in the summer of 1903. Several public-spirited citizens assumed the financial obligation necessary to secure the erection of the build ing, and work was begun. Under the management of the school Board consisting of J. L. Mur phy, McCoy Moretz, J. F. Aber nethy, H. E. McComb,C. H. Geit ner and J. A. Martin the build ing was completed and the school opened in January 1904, with Mr. ' D. K. Mcßae, superintendent, : and a corps of five teachers. The first year there were enrolled 375 pupils, and the average daily at tendance was 246. Since that time the school has grown until now there are thirteen teachers in the school, the 'enrollment is 650, and the average daily atten dance is more than 500. Truly the growth. of the school has been marvelous, and is a source of pride to every citizen. There is a very urgent need for additional buildings, as the limit has been reached in the seating capacity of the prestnt building. It has been necessary to use the school auditorium and even the office and library for class rooms. The School authori ties are trying to provide teach ers enough to do the work as it should be done, but no more teachers can be added until oth er rooms are secured. Along with the increased at tendance there has been a strengthening of the course of study. There are now ten grades in the school, and several of the grades are divided into sections. The purpose is to arrange such a course of study as will give a thorough preparation for the du ties of life. In the lower grades great stress is laid on reading, writing, and spelling; in the in termediate grades arithmetic and English grammer are emphasized along with reading and spelling; and in the high school grades much time is given to mathemat ics, history, Latin and English grammar. In all the grades thor oughness is insisted upon, and the pupils are taught to rely upon their own efforts just as far as possible. When the school was organ ized, now nearly seven years ago, the purpose was to provide a school that would reach all the children of the town, and that would be equal to the schools of ; any other town. And year by year this purpose has been i worked out; changes have been made as they were needed; addi tions have been made to meet ithe increasedattendancejand the school has grown even beyond I the most sanguine expectations of its founders. And there is no reason to doubt that the people of Hickory will find a way to provide the additional buildings as they are needed. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA COMMENT Tne good women o£ the city have set Friday and Saturday, 22nd and 23ru as cleaning-up day. The Mayor and* Ahlermen are assisting and the peo ple and merchants will surely re spond to their wishes. Pay your poll tax or you can't vote. $2 00 is the amount re quired, no matter whether the tax payer owes an additional amount on his poll for special purposes, or whether he owes other taxes on property or not. The Constitution requires the payment of $2.00 and no more to qualify to vote. ■ | DEMOCRAIS CONTEST Watch the Democrat next week for list of splendid prizes in a con test which it will launch. oooooooooooo^ooooooooocoq | Business Builders | oooooooooooo*>oooooooooooo Wanted —1,000,00 ft feet oak tim ber. We also buy oak logs. CPII or write Iyey & Hice Co. 3t Farmers —for high grade ferti lizers go to T. E. Field. 3-24-tf For Sale —at bargain, pair good heavy mules and two good mares. See M. R. Rudisill & Co., Hildebran, N. C. R tf For Sale—at bargain, one new Corn Mill and gasoline engine, See M. R. Rudisill & Co., Hilde bran, N. C. tf An intelligent person may earn SIOO monthly corresponding for newspapers. No canvassing. Send for particulars. Press Syn dicate, b5240, Lockport, N. Y. aprl4tf Anyone, anywhere, can start a mail order business at home. No canvassing. Be your own boss. Send for free booklet. Tells how. | Heacock, ?5239, Lockport, N. Y. aprl4tf "" • Best brand No. 3 Tomatoes 10c can, seconds at 7 l-2c can. Bost & Newton. aprl4 2t Wanted— Fifty head of beef cat tle during May and June. Bost & Newton. aprl4 2t Farmers,— This is the time to plant field peas. Black and i Whippoorwill, for sale at Harris & Little's. Wanted —Two furnished rooms, down-stairs, by couple for light house-keeping. Nothing fancy desired, and must be reasonable. Address "Rooms," care Demo crat, Hickory, N. C. For Sale—Good second-hand Sewing machine. First class condition. See P. G. Kiser. It For Sale, Cheap —Two pool ta bles. Apply to Box 23, Gran ite Falls, N. C. 4-21-4t Wantedr-A printer who is will ing to begin on a small salary and work up to a better position. Address Drawer E, Hickory, N, C. 4-21-tf Wanted —By May 1, uptown room about 16 x 24, well lighted. Apply to S. J. Law rence, 4-21-2t Prompt relief in all cases of throat and lung trouble if you use Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. Pleasant to take, soothing and healing in effect. Sold by W. S. Martin & Co. For Clerk Superior Court. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Cataw ba county, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries and county convention. C. M. McCorkle. Apr. 18, 1910. There's no better Spring tonic than Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. The standard for thirty years. Tea or Tab lets, 35c. Get a package today, -nd you'll thank us for the advice. Moser & Lutz. Whitener & Martin shipped the first crate of Catawba straw berries to Asheville yesterday.* Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S u CASTORIA Perils and Pitfalls That Beset Boys Sunday Papers Rain Health} Sunday Influences COCA-COLA A SNARE Rev.J.S.Moody Warns Against the Comic Supplement and other Hurtful Mod ern Dangers The attention of the rector of the Church of the Ascension, Rev. J. S. Moody, was drawn, he told his congregation Sunday, to an advertisement that ap ! peared in the Charlotte Obser ver for boys throughout the state to act as its agents in sell ing its Sunday edition "with its comic supplement printed in four colors, 'the greatest suppliment seen in this part of the country.' The language of that 'ad' went on further to say. 'We will start a good boy and tell him how to make some easy pocket money' and the head lines of the very prominent "Ad, "Mr. Moody said, ran thus: " 'Boys wanted everywhere to act as selling agents for the Great Charlotte Sunday Oberser ver.' ' 'lt was a startling and a bold bit of newspaper enterprise," Mr. Mood ysaid, "for an otherwise reputable Journal in this state to betray itsmoral attitude in that way. There are "Perils and Pit falls'enough for the lads of the 20th century without adding one more to the list and that not the least unsuspecting and de moralizing. There are many agencies at work today which fully deserve the title "Corrupt ers of Youth. 1 ' Even in pagan Rome to be in any sense or by any example or device, 'A Cor rupter of Youth' was deemed the last stigma that could at tack to any man's reputation. "Let me outline some of the present 'Petils and Pitfalls' so that the home, the community and the state may clearly realize the serious conditions, the grave dangers that confront the young manhDod of our land. "And I begin with the comic sheet. It strikes terror to the heart of the average Sunday School teacher and worker. So fascinating is its blazing medley of color and caricature that scores of little children are learning their first lessons in deceit and dishonesty, by secreting and re taining their pennies and nickles given to them for sacred pur poses, that they may buy the much coveted prize, the comic Sunday supplement. Was there ever such a training school in parental disrespect, in vulgarity and coarseness, in irreverence for things sacred,as the villainous comic supplement, with its flaunt ing "wild west" type of joke and its blotches of bizarre art? "To merely name another no torious and wildspread danger— the deadly and demoralizing cig arette is enough. From physi cians, teachers, magistrates and police —yes, . from jails and asy lums and from the s-lent grave rolls up the terrible indictment, the bitter wail against the man ufacture, the sale, the use of the vicious. "But the slaughter of thous ands of our most promising youths does not stop with the cigarette. The Coca-Cola bever age has also invaded the land, largely our Southern States and its growing sale opens up anoth er field for serious investigation. So widespread and disastrous has the promiscious use of Cocaine be came that the matter has been brought to the attention of the President and material legisla tion will be necessary to control its illicit sale. Dr. Joseph P. Remington, of Philadelphia,says, 'The illicit sale of cocaine seri ously threatened future citizen ship, and that the drug was sold in large quanities to school chil dren, hundreds of them having bsen debauched though it.' Thanks to the new regulations and stricter censorship, the de basing atmosphere of the mov ing picture shows and slot ma chines in our large cities has been greatly improved, and the dangers for the boys corres pondingly lessened. " 'And now to return to the moral aspect of the 'Ad' in the Charlotte Observer: Can you think of any worse fate befalling the average boy from 9 to 15 years of age than to turn him loose on the streets of the city or Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905 town, to hawk and sell the Sun day paper with its bewitching- Comic Supplement? Take him out of Sunday School, away from religious influences, thereby weaning him gradually but most surely from respect for the Lord's Day, and all things Sacred, just at the age when he is most open to good influences and spiritual impressions, just at the age when he most needs the help of religion, the Church, and decent example, and eight times out of ten you have 'fixed him.' For the saddest part of it—and the feature that brings most grief— calling for loudest protest —lies just here—that once enticed away and his connection with religion severed, it is practically out of the question to win the average boy back 'to the straight and narrow way.' He more often than not becomes just a non church goer, in many cases a rebel against Society and the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. It is time for the thinking men and women of the land, just as much as for members of the Church of God, to give these things, that are so fraught with evil, and waste and ruin to our boys and young men, the thought and the conscientious study they deserve and demand. And whenever, or wherever we can act, let us do so with courage, and with an all pervading sense of our responsi bility, as citizens, as parents, as teachers, as magistrates, as mem bers of city councils or state leg islatures. " 'There are stony ways to tread; Give the strength they sorely need. There are tangled paths to thread, Light them, lest they miss the track. Holy Jesus, day by day, Lead them in the narrow way'." NEWTON BOY KILLED Earnest Houck Struck bv Pas senger Train—Professor Bucheit Accepts Correspondence of the Democrat , Newton, April 19.—Earnest Houck, the seventeen year old son of Mr. S. D. Houck, was struck and instantly killed by Southern No. 36 last Saturday morning, just north of the depot. The lad carried a pot of coffee to a conductor of a freight train, and was standing between the freight, which was on the sid ing, and the main line when the fireman on the freight began to clean out the ash-pan of his en gine. This caused considerable steam and noise and he stepped a few feet backward which put 1 him on the main line, when 36, without warning rushed upon him and the awful tragedy was pn/ipfPT Mr. S. D. Houck, the father was in South Carolina at the time travelling for the Interna tional Harvesting Co., but was reached by telegram in time to get here here Sunday. The funeral was conducted Sunday evening. The tax-books of the different townships throughout the coun ty, with the exception of Newton and Hickory which remain here, have been sent out to the sher iff's deputies.and all those who have not already done so, can get their receipts. It is impor portant to so before April 30th if you want to vote. Prof. J. F. Bucheit has sent his formal acceptance of the presidency of Catawba college. U. D. C. Meeting The Abel A. Shuford Chapter of the U. D. C. held the April meeting at the regular time, the third Monday in the month, April 18th with Mrs. Chad wick. A full attendance made the hour one of great interest. Mrs. Royster, the President, read ar article of B. H. Hill of Georgia, ' The South once more in the Union." From Creecy's ' 'Grand father's Tales of N. C. History" Mrs. Alfred Moretz read of "Sir Walter Raleigh" and Mrs. K. C. Menzies read "The Lost Colony" and "The Charge at Gettys burg." "The Bonnie Blue Flag" was sung. Ice-cream and cake were served before adjourning. A copy of the words and music of "The Old North State" was given to each one as a souvenir which all united in singing at the close. The Call of The Blood for purification, finds voice in pimples, boils, sallow complexion, a jaundiced look, moth patches and blotches on the skin,—all signs of liver trouble But Dr. King's' New Life Pills make rich red blood; give clear skin, rosy cheeks, fine complexion, health. Try them, 25c at C. M. Shuford, Moser & Lutz Walter S, Martin. 1 The Democrat Gives the news of Hickory and the Catawba Valley in full. 1 lie news of the world in brief. The Burial cf Co!. R. Z.Linney His Life-long Friend, Mr. Gwalt ney, Preaches Funeral MANY LAWYERS THERE A Great Outpouring of the Mountain Folk at Taylors ville at the Last Obsequies R. Z. Linney, the well-known lawyer of Taylorsville, who died suddenly last Friday afternoon, was buried tnere on Tuesday of this week, There was a large gathering of the people of his county manifesting their love for him, and lawyers were in at tendance from Iredell, Catawba, Wilkes and Caldwell counties. These his brethren acted as pall , bearers. I His funeral oration was de livered by his life-long friend, the Rev. Parkes Gwaltney,- who is himself a man of wonderful power and magnetism, and sel dom has such a scene been wit nessed. A church packed to its utmost capacity by sorrowing friends, with hundreds crowding the doors and windows, some twenty lawyers grouped around the casket of their fallen leader, with the tall, gray, patriarchal preacher towering over them with a voice and presence like John the Baptist of old. His tribute of friendship for the distinguished dead and his portrayal of a character sunny, kind, always forgiving and never harming or oppressing was pow erful and made the deepest im pression upon all his hearers. Upon invitation several of his legal brethren delivered short eulogies. The sons and daugh ters of the deceased from the north and west were all present at the funeral. Col. Linney was an extraordi nary man. With an education left unfinished by reason of the war he supplied the deficiency by omnivorous reading and hts pow erful mind assimilated and util ized everything. He was a learned lawyer and a giant in debate. His information was so extensive that he was a ready speaker upon any subject. His keen wit flashed and scintillated but never stung. His reasoning powers were tremendous. He was a unique and striking char acter, professionally, politically, socially—everyway. There is none other like him. What will "Little Alex" be without"Rom" Linney? Saved From The Grave "I hal about given up hope, after nearly four years of suffering from a severe lung trouble," writes Mrs. M. L. Dix, of Clarksville, Tenn. "Oiten the pain in ray chest would be almost unbearable and I could not do any work, but Dr. King's New Discovery has made me feel like a new person. Its the best medicine made for throat and lungs." Obstinate coughs, stub born colds, hay fever, la grippe, asth ma, croup, bronchitis and hemor rhages, hoarseness and whooping cough, yield quickly to this wonderful medi cine. Try it; 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottles free. Guaranteed by C. M. Shuford, Moser & Lutz, Walter S. Martin. Ice Cream Supper The Civic League will serve [ce cream and cake in the Huff man building April 29th from 6 to 10 p. m. This entertainment .vill be for the purpose of buying waste baskets and other town improvements. Every one cor iially invited. Worse Than Bullets Bullets have often caused less suffer ing to soldiers than the eczema L. W. Harriman, Burlington, Me., got in the irmy, and suSered with, forty years, "But Bucklen s Arnica Salve cured me vhen all else failed," he writes. Great est healer for Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Burns, Cuts, Wounds, Bruises and Piles. 25c at C. M. Shuford, Moser & Lutz, Walter S. Martin. ARRIVAL OF TRAINS SOUTHERN RAILWAY No. 21 going West 4:45 p. m. " 11 " " 11:30 a.m. " 35 " " 11:21 p.m. " 12 " East 5:30 p. m. " 22 " " 10:57 a.m. " 36 " " 9:54 a.m. C. & N. W. RAILWAY No. 10 going North 11:55 a. m.' 9 " South 2:55 p. m, Mixed train going North.. .8:35 p. ra, " »* gouth.. .8:40 a.

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